Public Assets Workshop

ARE YOU SITTING ON A GOLD MINE?
An expert led training on how cities and counties can take full advantage of their land, buildings, and other public assets.

Come learn how to design a strategy and implementation plan to identify, track, assess, and evaluate the opportunities & benefits of your public assets.

INCREASE PUBLIC REVENUE THRU STRATEGIC PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
COVERING:
+ Strategies for Managing Public Assets
+ Overcoming Internal Competing Interests
+ Trends and Model Practices
+ Public Good vs. Economic Benefit
+ Generating Revenue From Publicly Owned Properties

DESIGNED FOR:
+ Economic Development Practitioners
+ Public Asset Managers
+ City and County Managers
+ Community Development and Planning Directors
+ School Districts
+ State Agencies 

**This event is recognized by the International Economic Development Council (IEDC) as a professional development event that counts toward the recertification of Certified Economic Developers (CEcD) - Level III credit.** To view our workshop as a recognized event on IEDC's website, please click here.     

WHEN & WHERE
Event date: Dec. 10-11, 2009
Registration begins at 8:00am
Session starts at 9:00am

Town & Country Hotel
500 Hotel Circle North
San Diego, CA 92108
(619) 291-7131  

Discounted Hotel rate: $119-$134/per night + tax
Click Here to Reserve Your Room

$249 Early-Bird By Nov 16th
$299 CALED Member Rate After Nov 16th
$349 Non-Member Rate After Nov 16th
Hurry, Seating is Limited!

AGENDA:

Thursday, December 10, 2009

8:00 -9:00 a.m.
Registration

9:00 -9:20 a.m.          
Welcome – Wayne Schell, President & CEO, CALED and Rob Gilmore, President, L.A. PLAN/L.A. County Economic Development Corporation

9:20 -10:15 a.m.        
Is Now the Right Time?
This is a discussion on if you should take action on public assets and what that action should be.
Larry Kosmont, President, Kosmont Companies and Jim Rabe, Principal, Keyser Marston Associates, Inc.

10:15-10:30 a.m.       
Break

10:30-11:15 a.m.       
Strategies for Managing Public Assets for Revenue Generation
The big picture look at what you need to consider to have an effective method for managing your assets.
A.J. Paz, Director of Real Estate, Northrop Grumman Corp. and Allan Kotin, Principal, Allan D. Kotin & Associates

11:15 - Noon               
Overcoming Internal Competing Interests
How to build consensus with other public asset owners in your jurisdiction who have competing interests.
*Presented by Larry Kosmont, President, Kosmont Companies
Vincent Yzaguirre, Deputy Director, Riverside County Economic Development Agency

Noon - 1:45 p.m.               
New Business Resources
John Schuetz, Principal, The RSH Group
Marc J. Berg, Vice President-Project Management, The RSH Group

2:00 - 2:45 p.m.          
Politics of Public Good vs. Economic Benefit
How to balance the good a public asset can provide and the economic benefit it can create for a jurisdiction.
R. Maurice Robinson, ISHC, CRE, ASA, Hospitality and Real Estate Consultant, Maurice Robinson & Associates LLC

2:45 - 3:00 p.m.          
Break

3:00 - 3:45 p.m.        
Determining Highest & Best Use
Key steps in how to move forward
Victor S. Grgas, Property Services Bureau Manager, City of Long Beach

3:45 - 4:30 p.m.          
Implementing Your Strategy
Key steps in how to move forward
Jeff Allen, Industry Solutions, ESRI
Jerry Wagner, President, D&W Consulting
Todd Kuhlman, Director, CCIM Real Estate Data Exchange

Friday, December 11, 2009 – Player Perspectives
Day two will focus on key players and how they view public asset ownership, use, and development.

8:30 - 9:30 a.m.          
Private – Sector Perspective
How do they value your property and when & how to bring in private partners.
Michael B. McShea, Executive Vice President, CB Richard Ellis, Washington D.C.  

9:30 - 10:15 a.m.        
Feds as Trend-Setters
Federal land management experts share innovative strategies they’ve used.
Tom Doszkocs, Senior Realty Officer, U.S. General Services Administration/Real Property Utilization and Disposal

10:15 - 10:30 a.m.       
Break

10:30 - 11:15 a.m.       
Bringing it to the Local Level
Jurisdictions that are already creating revenue from their assets, explain how they did it and lessons learned. James F. Barwick, Director of Real Estate Assets Department, City of San Diego
Tony Canzoneri, Partner-Los Angeles, McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP
Torrey Contreras, Director of Community Development, City of Cerritos

11:15 - Noon  
State Makes the Case
Status report on what the State is up to these days.
Joe Mugartegui, Real Estate Services Division, Asset Management Branch, CA Dept. of Real Estate Services/General Services            

Noon - Closing

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