7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. Registration & Hot Breakfast

8:00 a.m. – 8:10 a.m. Welcome and Introductions

8:10 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Sunshine and Scrutiny: What Planning & Zoning Officials Need to Know About Open Meetings Law and Foil
Sarah Brancatella, Deputy Director and Katie Hodgdon, Association Counsel, Association of Towns

9:00 a.m. – 9:10 a.m. Break

9:10 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. New York’s New Freshwater Regulations – Wetlands and Wetlands of Unusual Importance
Speaker TBA

10:00 a.m. – 10:10 a.m. Break

10:10 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Navigating ORES at the Local Level
Matthew A. Eldred, Senior Associate, Harter Secrest & Emery LLP

11:00 a.m. – 11:10 a.m. Break

11:10 a.m. – Noon Home Rule Meets the (Affordable) Housing Rule: Navigating New York Funding Incentives Through Strategic Zoning
Sarah Brancatella, Deputy Director and Katie Hodgdon, Association Counsel, Association of Towns