Training Materials
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Webinar: Resilient Leadership Tools for Elected Officials and Executive Leaders Part Two
June 16, 2022Colorado has recently experienced more intense and frequent disasters. This trend is expected to continue, is your community prepared to move through and recover from these events?
CML, CCI, and the Colorado Resiliency Office hosted a two-part webinar that discusses how your community can plan for and recover from disaster. During this webinar, you will learn:
• The top five things you are encouraged to do right now to be ready for an event
• Learn from your peers who have experienced disasters
• Learn how land use planning can reduce your risk before and after disasters
• Connect to available resources and state support -
Webinar: Resilient Leadership Tools for Elected Officials and Executive Leaders Part One
June 9, 2022Colorado has recently experienced more intense and frequent disasters. This trend is expected to continue, is your community prepared to move through and recover from these events?
CML, CCI, and the Colorado Resiliency Office hosted a two-part webinar that discusses how your community can plan for and recover from disaster. During this webinar, you will learn:
• The top five things you are encouraged to do right now to be ready for an event
• Learn from your peers who have experienced disasters
• Learn how land use planning can reduce your risk before and after disasters
• Connect to available resources and state support -
Webinar: An Overview of CHFA’s Colorado Affordable Housing Developer’s Guide
May 19, 2022The intention of the Colorado Affordable Housing Developer’s Guide is to help support community leaders, local for-profit and nonprofit developers, and advocates seeking to ensure that safe, decent, and affordable housing is an intentional and integrated part of their community fabric. Attendees learned how to access the Developer’s Guide online and use it to better understand and plan for the development or preservation of affordable housing in their community.
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Webinar: Effective Governance
May 16, 2022During this two-hour, virtual Effective Governance mini-workshop, attendees heard from CML Executive Director Kevin Bommer about the roles and responsibilities of elected officials and maintaining positive council/board relationships; CML General Counsel Robert Sheesley on open meetings and records; and CML Executive Board President Bob Widner on effective meetings.
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Webinar: Introduction to Web Accessibility
May 5, 2022In this webinar, CML hosted Denver-based Aten Design Group's accessibility specialist, Michaela Blackahm. She explained the ins and outs of digital accessibility, including, why we make websites accessible, who we make sites accessible for, what guidelines are recommended, and how we can all take little steps to create more accessible websites for everyone.
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Webinar: Housing Needs Assessments—What they are, how to get one done, and what to ask
April 25, 2022CML hosted Heidi Aggeler, Managing Director of Root Policy Research, on a webinar that focused on housing needs assessments. This webinar is for communities who are interested in conducting a housing needs assessment and haven’t, or have not completed an assessment recently. It discussed how to scope a study, best practices in drafting Requests for Proposals, reasonable costs of assessments, trade offs with different types of community engagement, when it makes sense to involve an advisory committee, what staff should expect, and how to ensure your study contains tailored strategies.
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Webinar: Creating a Gigabit Broadband Network in your Municipality
April 8, 2022Colorado will soon be receiving more than a billion dollars in federal dollars to improve telecommunications, fiber optic infrastructure, and broadband. Understanding how to approach the dizzying array of new technologies, how to spend these seemingly complicated grant funds, and what to do next is crucial. CML hosted a discussion with Executive Director of the Colorado Broadband Office Brandy Reitter, CML Legislative & Policy Advocate Jaclyn Terwey, and Dave Zelenok of HR Green that focused on what’s happening at the state and what technologies are available.
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Webinar: After the Polls have Closed: Canvassing the Vote and Recount
March 10, 2022CML is pleased to present the 2021-2022 Election Webinar Series, geared toward helping municipal clerks prepare for and navigate upcoming elections.
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Webinar: The Economic Importance of Managed Parking
March 3, 2022
Access and mobility are key to your downtown’s success—and that means more than just providing parking spaces.
Join Andrew Vidor and Mallory Baker of Walker Consultants’ Denver office for a discussion about the economic importance of a well-managed parking and mobility system in your community. A well-managed parking system can boost your downtown’s activity, attractiveness, and help build a story of success for your local businesses. It’s an important step to success for your local businesses and downtown.
In this interactive discussion to learn:
1. Why effective parking and mobility management are critical for economic development and vitality
2. Hear about the successful strategies being used in other communities around our state
3. See how parking and mobility is scalable no matter the size of your community
4. Learn ways to incorporate these strategies into your economic development efforts -
Webinar: Getting it Right – How Colorado Will Make Unprecedented Investments in Housing
February 23, 2022CML hosted a discussion with Brian Rossbert of Housing Colorado and Cathy Alderman of Colorado Coalition for the Homeless about how Colorado will make investments in housing. Participants learned about current task force and subpanel work, and more about how ARPA Funds will be spent in response to the state's housing crisis.
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Webinar HB21-1110: Colorado Laws for Persons with Disabilities
January 18, 2022Theresa Montano and Laurie Kubitz, of the Technical Accessibility Program Team in the Governor's Office of Information Technology, provide an overview of the accessibility bill including the impact, requirements, and penalties according to the new law. They also give an introduction about how to prepare and plan for accessibility compliance, along with access to templates that you can customize for your organization.
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2022-01-13 - Webinar: Signature Verification, Ballot Format, and Canceling an Election
January 13, 2022CML is pleased to present the 2021-2022 Election Webinar Series, geared toward helping municipal clerks prepare for and navigate upcoming elections. The third webinar in the series provides information and tips on signature verification, ballot format, and canceling an election.
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2021-12-09 - Webinar: Nomination Petitions, Petition Packets, and Signatures
December 9, 2021CML is pleased to present the 2021-2022 Election Webinar Series, geared toward helping municipal clerks prepare for and navigate upcoming elections. The second webinar in the series provides information and tips on nomination petitions, petition packets, and signatures.
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2021-11-18 Webinar: The Election Calendar
November 18, 2021CML is pleased to present the 2021-2022 Election Webinar Series, geared toward helping municipal clerks prepare for and navigate upcoming elections. The first webinar in the series provides information and tips for creating an election calendar for both polling place and mail ballot elections.
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2021 Annual Seminar on Municipal Law
September 1, 2021CML's Annual Seminar on Municipal Law will take place Oct. 22-23, 2021 at the Pueblo Convention Center. This seminar provides expert Colorado-specific information that is directly relevant to the daily practice of municipal attorneys in the state, as well as opportunities to network with peers.
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Smart Cities 101 - Elements of Smart Government
July 27, 2021Presentation materials and a session video can be found here.
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Effectively engaging diverse communities
July 26, 2021Presentation materials can be found here.
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Legislative Wrap Up: An In-Depth Look at the 2021 Session and Look Ahead to November Ballot Issues
July 15, 2021Presentation materials can be found here.
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Colorado and the Census of Governments
June 29, 2021Presentation materials can be found here.
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Drought Preparedness for Colorado
June 29, 2021Webinar resources can be found here.