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<br />9A <br />Page 7 <br /> <br />You must return the registration form and provide payment to reserve one of the training spots. <br />Please be sure to include details about an important issue facing your city so that we can prepare <br />interview questions that are tailored to your community. The form has been posted on the <br />League's Web site at www.cacities.ora/resource files/28225.Media Trainina f1ver2009.odf. <br /> <br />Emily Cole, League communications assistant, is available by phone at (916) 658-8283 to answer <br />any questions about the on-camera media trainings. Registration forms should be sent to her <br />attention at ecole@cacities.ora or by fax to (916) 658-8240. <br /> <br />Reservations will be accepted on a paid first-come, first-served basis. There is a $10 charge <br />which is refunded as a $10 CityBooks coupon for those who attend the training. No refunds or <br />coupons will be issued for "no shows." <br /> <br />Available On-Camera Interview Training Session Times <br /> <br />Thursday, Sept. 17 <br />10 -10:45 a.m. <br />2 - 2:45 p.m. <br /> <br />Friday, Sept. 18 <br />11-11:45 a.m. <br /> <br />Meet Vendors and Service Providers at the League's 2009 Annual Conference and <br />Save Your City Money <br /> <br />If you are attending the League of California Cities Annual Conference and Expo Sept. 16-18, be <br />sure to visit the Expo to find money saving opportunities for your city. The Expo will include more <br />than 250 exhibitors specializing in financial and legal services, construction management, <br />legislative advocacy, planning, technology services, telecommunications, lighting products, <br />environmental services and engineering services. <br /> <br />Information about the Expo and exhibiting vendors has been posted on the League's Web site at <br />www.cacities.ora/ac. Please click on Annual Conference, then Exhibitors, to view specific product <br />details about each exhibiting vendor. <br /> <br />For more exhibit information contact Rebecca Inman, at (916) 658-8237 or rinman@cacities.ora. <br /> <br />8TH Announces Certification Program <br /> <br />The California Business Transportation Housing Agency (BTH) requested that the League inform <br />cities that the department has launched its State of California Certified Sites Program. City <br />officials should determine whether this new program offers benefits for their city. <br /> <br />Through the Certified Sites Program, local governments can register "project ready" commercial <br />or industrial sites which will help site selection, planning, and development process. The program <br />will provide a current inventory of commercial and Industrial sites (Including existing commercial <br />and industrial buildings and business parks) that: <br />. Are available for purchase or lease; <br />. Have the support of local permitting authorities; <br />. Meet current evaluation criteria for various commercial and Industrial uses; and <br />. Are readily available for project development or initiation of use in the shortest time <br />possible. <br /> <br />The California Department of Real Estate will certify sites by reviewing required materials to <br />ensure that a site meets specific criteria including, but not limited to, verification and availability of <br />utilities, site access, environmental concerns, land use conformance and potential site <br />development costs. BTH Secretary Dale Bonner says that the program should help stimulate <br />business expansion onc~ the economy recovers. <br /> <br />7 <br />