Practical Solutions to Legal Issues for Commissions

About This Webinar

NAPC's Commission Assistance & Mentoring Program (CAMP) Legal Trainers will share their thoughts on current and developing legal issues that impact historic preservation commissions. The format of this session is designed to engage participants in sharing legal issues faced by their commissions and discussing approaches that can be used to address these challenges. Examples of topics may include economic hardship and affordability issues, blight and eminent domain, receivership, affirmative maintenance and demolition by neglect, owner consent provisions, religious liberty issues, impartiality of decision makers, preservation procedures and due process, complying with sunshine laws, decision making around resilience projects, and potential de-designation of properties at risk for climate change.

CE Credits: 1.5 AIA/AICP

Who can view: Everyone

Webinar Price: $15.00

Featured Presenters

Ramona Bartos

Director, Historical Resources, North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources

Ramona Murphy Bartos is Director, Historical Resources, and Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer, NC Department of Natural and Cultural Resources. She holds Juris Doctor (cum laude) and Master of Historic Preservation degrees from the University of Georgia and a BA in History and International Studies from Emory University. Prior to entering state public service, Ramona was a private practice attorney and civil mediator and has been a legal trainer for the National Alliance of Preservation Commissions. She currently serves on the executive board of the National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers, representing North Carolina.

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Adrienne Burke

Principal, Community Planning Collaborative, Jacksonville, FL

Adrienne Burke, AICP, Esq. is Principal, Community Planning Collaborative. Prior experience includes Principal Planner, Miami-Date County, Assistant Director and Director, Nassau County Planning, and Executive Director, Riverside Avondale Preservation, Jacksonville, Florida. She holds a M.S. degree in Historic Preservation and Urban Planning as well as a J.D. from the University of Florida where she currently serves as an Advisory Council Member, UF Urban and Regional Planning. She has been a NAPC CAMP trainer since 2016.

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William Cook

Partner, Cultural Heritage Partners, PLLC; Washington, DC

Will Cook is an attorney at Cultural Heritage Partners, PLLC, a historic preservation and cultural heritage law firm. Previously, he served for eight years as associate general counsel at the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Will is also a board member on the Lawyers’ Committee for Cultural Heritage Preservation, Valleys Planning Council, and Ladew Topiary Gardens, and participates frequently as a legal trainer for NAPC’s CAMP programs. He teaches preservation law and lectures regularly to national audiences on issues related to historic preservation law.

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James Reap

Professor, University of Georgia

James K. Reap is an attorney who specializes in heritage conservation. He is a Professor in the Historic Preservation Program at the University of Georgia and has served as chair of preservation commissions in the City of Decatur and DeKalb County and as vice chair in Athens, Georgia. He is a founding member of the National Alliance of Preservation Commissions and has been an active trainer in the CAMP program. He has held a number of positions in the International Council on Monuments and Sites and was appointed by President Obama to the State Department’s Cultural Property Advisory Committee.

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