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2012 NCAZO Mid-Winter Workshop..
Make plans to attend the 2012 Mid-Winter Workshop that will be held at the Embassy Suites, Cary, NC. The dates are February 19 - 21, 2012.
| If there are any questions, please do not hesitate to contact chairs: | |
Grace Smith |
Chatham County |
Conference Information:
2012 NCAZO Mid-Winter Workshop
NCAZO Continuing Education Conference Registration
Date & Location
Embassy Suites
201 Harrison Oaks Blvd.
Cary, NC 27513
(919) 677-1840
Click HERE for the hotel website.
RESERVATIONS
You must make your own reservation directly with the Hotel no later than January 20, 2012. Phone number: (919) 677-1840. Each guest must give a credit card or send in first night’s deposit to hold their room. You must inform them you will be attending the NCAZO Conference to assure the guaranteed rate.
ROOM RATES
$109.00 per night plus tax (12.75%)
(Room reservation cut-off date is January 20, 2012)
REGISTRATION (2012 NCAZO Mid-Winter Workshop)
| Visitor Type |  |
Cost | |
Late Registration | |
| Members* | $75.00 | $85.00 | |||
| Non-members | $110.00 | $130.00 | |||
| Spouse/Guest | $40.00 meals only | ||||
| Children 12 and under | Free | ||||
| One day attendance** | $45.00 | No Fee | |||
| One day non member** | $65.00 | No Fee | |||
*or per event attending |
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On-line Registration & Payment must be completed no later than February 15, 2012
Online Registration Form
Agenda
Annual Conference
The 2011 NCAZO 30th Anniversary Annual Conference turned out to be great success. The conference was held at the Courtyard Marriott at Carolina Beach from Sunday, July 24th through Wednesday, July 27th. Attendance was good with 93 members, 3 non-members and 9 first time attendees. The conference kicked off Monday morning with opening remarks from Association President Kevin Medeiros and a welcome from Carolina Beach Mayor, the Honorable Joel Macon.
Monday was 80’s retro day as many of the members dressed in their best 1980’s outfits to commemorate the association’s beginnings in 1981. Congratulations to Angela Birchett of Chatham County, and Earl Phipps of the City of Greenville for winning the awards for having the best female and male 80’s attire. We would like to thank all of you that participated and would like to give a special thanks to Angela Birchett and Janice Duncan for putting all the 80’s activities together. We would also like to thank Andy Thomas for putting together the picture boards showing the NCAZO throughout the years.
The Monday sessions had an agricultural theme starting out with a presentation from Steve Woodson with the North Carolina Farm Bureau on regulations and exemptions dealing with “Bona Fide Farms in counties and municipalities. The second session was on “How Zoning can Impact the Farmer” presented by David McLeod, Assistant Commissioner of Legal Affairs and Martha Glass, Manager of the Agritourism Office with the North Carolina Department of Agriculture. The afternoon session began with a presentation from Carl Martin, Building Code Consultant, with the Engineering Division, Office of State Fire Marshal, (OSFM) on “Flood Plains, Farm Buildings, and other Agricultural Exemptions”. The last session was presented by Ted Feitshans and Brandon King with the North Carolina State Extension on new legislation pertaining to ETJ’S and annexation of agricultural properties. We would like to extend our sincere thanks to each of these speakers who presented a variety of information on agricultural issues that affect many of us in our jobs.
Tuesday was a full day of presentations starting off with Randy Mundt, NCEM presenting Floodplain updates and NFIP information. The next session was presented by Teresa L. Lockamy, Human Resource consultant for the City of Greensboro. Theresa gave a presentation on “You want me to do what” Communication Techniques to deliver Great Customer Service. Theresa is a wonderful speaker and gets the audience involved in the discussion. Tuesday afternoon sessions were led by perennial favorites Rich Ducker and Dave Owens from the School of Government. As always the membership received valuable information concerning current zoning cases and legislative updates. We wrapped up Tuesday’s session with our “Where do we go from here?” session and the Board was given some great ideas and feedback for things to look for and accomplish for the future.
Tuesday night the conference’s 30th Annual Banquet and Award Ceremony took place on the Winner Princess Queen with a good meal and entertainment provided by our membership. The three hour scenic cruise departed from the docks at Carolina Beach at 6:00 pm and the fun began shortly thereafter. Once the music began even a little rain didn’t dampen the spirits of the members as they danced to 80’s music and enjoyed themselves on the promenade deck as we cruised on the inland waterway. President Kevin Medeiros presided over the Awards ceremony. Congratulations go out to Stephanie Hobbs, Surf City on being awarded the 2011 NCAZO Scholarship Award of $1000.00. The NCAZO Zoning Official of the Year award went to Randy Guthrie; AICP from the City of Goldsboro, and the award for the 2011 NCAZO Member of the Year was presented to Grace D. Smith, AICP, CZO from Durham City-County. Congratulations go out to all our award winners as they were each deserving of the honors they received.
The conference wrapped up Wednesday morning with the business breakfast meeting and swearing in of the new officers. The Association welcomes new President David Sudderth, First Vice-President Ron Smith, Second Vice-President Brian Sifford, Treasurer Grace Smith and new Board member Susie Morris with Cabarrus County who will be representing the western district.
Special thanks go out to Ron Smith, Conference Chair and the entire Board of Directors for a job well done in planning and putting on the conference.
Thank you to all who participated and assisted with the conference and especially to the membership for their continued support of the association for the past thirty (30) years. Hope to see you all in Cary for the Mid-Winter Workshop, February 19-21, 2011.
Annual Conference
The 2010 NCAZO Summer Annual Conference kicked off on Sunday, July 25th at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Asheville, NC. A total of 91 NCAZO members attended the conference with 7 guest speakers. Session topics included “Do’s and Don’ts of Zoning by Bill Dunston, “Historic District Zoning: Design Police or Quality Cops?” by LuAnn Monson, Mr. Jim Bradshaw’s “Zoning -An Opportunity for Improvement “, and our main speaker Mike Collins on “Dealing with workplace stresses”. Of course, Rich Ducker and Dave Owens from UNC School of Government gave their legislative updates. Entertainment for Sunday night’s social and Tuesday night’s dinner banquet was provided by “Wise Apple” bluegrass band. Evaluations for the conference were mostly positive from the attendees. There were some complaints about the room temperature in the conference meeting space. Further investigation revealed that the air conditioning compressor for that particular meeting space was faulty. The hotel quickly apologized for the inconvenience to us. The Wednesday morning business breakfast meeting went well with Loray Averett departing as the 2009-2010 NCAZO president, and Kevin Medeiros assuming the duties of the NCAZO president for 2010-2011. Wayne Krimminger was also sworn in as a Board of Director representing the western part of the state. David Sudderth assumed the responsibilities as 1st vice-president, and Ron Smith assumed the duties of 2nd vice-president for the organization. The NCAZO Board of Directors would like to thank the all conference attendees, and conference chairs Kevin Medeiros and Sean Tencer.
Mid-Winter Workshop
The Mid-Winter workshop was held at the Embassy Suites in Cary, NC, February 22-23, 2010. Todd Rademacher & Grace Smith co-chaired the workshop. Approximately 120 members attended the workshop.
Evaluations from attendees were positive (both verbal and written).
President, Loray Averett welcomed attendees followed by a special welcome by Cary Planning Director Jeff Ulma.
Sara Young, AICP, Planning Supervisor, from Durham City-County Planning covered two sessions on Historic Preservation. The first morning session reviewed the General Statures regarding regulation of historic properties while the second session covered enforcement of historic preservation ordinances and some specific cases.
The Monday afternoon sessions included Rich Ducker and Dave Owens presenting “Legal Corner” and “Legislative Updates”. The information shared was valuable as usual. We appreciate their willingness to continue to support NCAZO. Thanks Rich & Dave!
On Tuesday, Rick Hester, Assistant Director of Durham Neighborhood Improvement Services, presented a session focused on non-residential nuisance codes. Following Rick was Lauren Blackburn, AICP, Town of Davidson Planner. She presented a session on Zoning for Open Space. Thanks to all the speakers!
If you were not in attendance, you missed an opportunity to win a free conference. A door prize drawing was held on Tuesday morning giving away the hotel cost and registration fee at our upcoming annual conference, to be held in Asheville, NC. Congratulations to Christopher Gibbons from Brunswick County.
