Public Corp Section: Winter Seminar

When:  Feb 13, 2015

Winter Seminar: Water, Water Everywhere: Sewer Backups, Surface Flooding, & FEMA Assistance

Date: February 13, 2015
Time: 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Place: Baronette Renaissance Hotel, 27790 Novi Rd, Novi
Register: online or by mail/fax form PDF

Agenda

8:30 a.m.  Registration/Continental Breakfast
   
9:00 a.m.
 Welcome
Catherine M. Mish, Winter Seminar Chair, Public Corporation Law Section
9:05 a.m.

​		 Stormwater Problems & Solutions for Michigan
Speaker: Jim Nash, Oakland County Water Resources Commissioner
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 9:45 a.m.
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​		 Tactics for Municipal Resiliency in the Face of Climate Change: Practical Approaches to Building Resilient Communities
Speaker: Dr. Haris Alibašić, City of Grand Rapids Director of the Office of Energy & Sustainability
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10:25 a.m.
​		 Break
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10:35 a.m.
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​		 Governmental Liability for Sanitary Sewer Backups: The Current State of Michigan Law
Speaker: Margaret Debler, Johnson Rosati Schultz Joppich PC
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11:15 a.m.
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​		 Sewer Backup and Flooding Claims and Class Actions Against Municipalities
Speaker: Mike Ellis, Michigan Municipal Risk Management Authority
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11:45 a.m. Lunch
   
1:00 p.m.





 Disaster 101/Processes for Municipal Disaster Declarations
Speakers: Mary Fales, City of Ann Arbor, Senior Assistant City Attorney & Assistant Emergency Manager

S. Peter Manning, Division Chief, Environment, Natural Resources & Agriculture Division, Michigan Department of Attorney General

What is FEMA’s Role?
Speaker: Maureen Cunningham, Regional Counsel, FEMA Region V
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2:30 p.m.


 Lame Duck Shenanigans: What the Michigan Legislature Enacted in Late 2014 that Impacts Municipalities
Speaker: John LaMacchia, Michigan Municipal League Lobbyist
3:15 p.m.​ Cracker Barrel
Moderator: Michael Watza, Kitch Drutchas Wagner Valitutti & Sherbrook

PCLS Council Meeting Immediately Following Program

#WinterConference

Location

Baronette Renaissance Hotel
Novi, MI