Bargaining for Development is a one-of-a-kind handbook that explores the policy and planning principles behind land development conditions, vested rights, and development/annexation agreements, and provides guidance for the practicing professional, government, and land development communities in evaluating the need for, and the drafting of, land development statutes, ordinances, and agreements. The handbook's basic premises are two-fold. First, land development and annexation agreements offer an excellent vehicle for government and landowners to provide in detail for land developments. Second, because of the law pertaining to vested rights and land development conditions, the development community needs more assurances concerning the continued viability of their projects and the government community requires more in the way of public facilities than the common law grants to either. Vested rights to proceed with a development, including the multi-stage variety, are not easy to come by under the applicable legal principles. Public facilities not closely tied to a land development project through nexus and proportionality are similarly difficult to legally enforce. A development agreement provides for both.

Bargaining for Development: A Handbook on Development Agreements, Annexation Agreements, Land Development Conditions, Vested Rights and the Provision of Public Facilities

Callies, David

Curtin, Daniel J.

Tappendorf, Julie A.

Environmental & Natural Resources Law

Environmental Law Institute

Land owners and local governments use formal agreements to maximize mutual interests in and benefits from certain types of land use. Development by Agreement begins with an overview of problems that can be solved by agreements related to development, annexation, conservation, and a host of other land uses. The authors then provide several extensive chapters on negotiating and drafting these agreements and conclude with a comprehensive set of sample agreements and checklists that are also included on a convenient CD-ROM.

Development by Agreement: A Tool Kit for Land Developers and Local Governments

Barclay, Cecily Talbert

Callies, David. L.

Law Practice

American Bar Association]

Social media offers tremendous opportunities in the public sector. Governmental entities can use it to communicate with the public, interested stakeholders, and each other. The promise of greater transparency and public participation, however, is not without risk. Local governments must consider the reliability and source of posted information, professional ethical obligations, and a host of other legal issues. Social Media and Local Governments provides practical information to government attorneys and officials in their use of social media in the government context. The authors provide concrete examples of how communities across the country implement social media; explore First Amendment issues, Sunshine Laws, and copyright and privacy concerns, among other legal considerations; examine public employee usage of social media, whether at or away from the workplace; and explore ethical issues faced by public officials. The book concludes with sample social media policy forms and a checklist for creating and implementing a new social media policy.

Social Media and Local Governments: Navigating the New Public Square

Salkin, Patricia E.

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