UNA'S ALABAMA PLANNING INSTITUTE COURSES THIS WEEK IN FULTONDALE -
CLE APPROVAL

It's not too late to register for the Alabama Planning Institute's Basic
Zoning & Subdivision Regulations and Meeting Management and Dispute
Resolution courses to be held Thursday, November 8, and Saturday, November
10, in Fultondale.  The Basic Zoning & Subdivision Regulations course,
sponsored by the University of North Alabama Continuing Studies and
Outreach, has been approved by the Mandatory Continuing Legal Education of
Alabama for a maximum of 3.0 hours' credit.  To register, go online to
www.una.edu/conted and select the "Planning and Zoning" tab or you may call
our office at 256-765-4786.

BASIC ZONING & SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS

Your zoning ordinance is arguably the most important device you have to
implement your comprehensive plan. It provides you with the means to define
the type and intensity of uses permitted on any piece of property. Your
city's subdivision regulations govern the manner in which vacant land is
platted into streets, blocks, and lots in preparation for development. They
are, therefore, very important in that they establish the street pattern and
the type of improvements that must be made as land is brought into urban
use.

In this work shop you'll learn the legal basis in Alabama law for regulating
the use of land and its subdivision. This workshop also brings you
up-to-date on how Alabama courts have been viewing land use issues.

Course Title:  Basic Zoning & Subdivision Regulations
Date:  11/8/07
Time:  5:30 - 9 p.m.
Cost:  $92 CLE Registration/$82 Non-CLE registration ($79 when three or more
register from same company)
Location:  Fultondale, AL
Ethics Credits:  0.0
CLE Credits:  3.0

MEETING MANAGEMENT AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION
- Saturday, November 10, 2007: 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. (Course No.
08-PZ1110)
- $169 per person/$159 per person when 3 or more register together
from the same organization

What you will learn in this workshop: (1) You will get samples of effective
commission and board by-laws, and also learn what they should minimally
contain.  Participants will learn appropriate rules of procedures, how to
keep a meeting flowing and well-organized in a way that gives your meeting
that "stamp of professionalism;" (2) You will learn some practical and
proven means to manage meetings, how to defuse unruly or disruptive
attendees, and how to best manage large crowds.  You will also learn how to
deal with the media on politically charges issues; (3) You will learn more
about, and practice some of the latest techniques to resolve conflict
amicably; (4) You will learn some simple and proven mediation techniques for
dealing with contentious disputes - with developers and others.

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Wanda Dixon