2026 Minnesota City Attorneys Annual Conference Materials

Jason Kuboushek and Melissa Manderschied

Handouts:

• Presentation – Open Meetings Live Mics and Closed Doors – Legal Requirements and Opportunities in the Age of Digital Public Discourse (pdf)
• Minnesota Statutes Chapter 13D Open Meeting Law (pdf)
• Resolution to Close Public Meeting to Discuss Emergency Procedures (pdf)
• Topics Index (pdf)

Ruben Dominguez-Matheis and Ryan Russell

Handout:

• Presentation – Reflecting on Lower Potency Hemp Edible and Cannabis Licensing (pdf)

Amanda Karras

Handout:

• Presentation – From Washington to Your City Hall (pdf)

Ryan Zipf

Handout:

• Presentation – Helping Us Help Your City Clients (pdf)

Farah Famouri, Julie Liew, and Jana O’Leary Sullivan

Handout:

• Presentation – The Legal Landscape Social Media Trends for 2026 (pdf)

Kate Malmon, Suzanne Mateffy, and Meridith J.O. Socha

Handout:

• Presentation – From Policy to Practice – Implementing Digital Accessibility (pdf)

Kevin Toskey and Michelle Weinberg

Handouts:

• Presentation – Is Construction Manager at Risk Right for Your Construction Project (pdf)
• Construction Manager at Risk General Conditions Exhibit (pdf)
• Construction Manager at Risk Insurance and Bond Exhibit (pdf)
• Construction Manager at Risk Maximum Price Amendment (pdf)
• Construction Manager at Risk Purchasing Agent Agreement (pdf)
• Construction Manager at Risk Standard Form of Agreement (pdf)

Joseph Sathe

Handout:

• Presentation – Cannabis Update IV A New Hope (pdf)

Scott College, Wade Erickson, Adam Martin, and Brian Rubenstein

Handout:

• Presentation – The Power of Second Chances (pdf)

Matthew Foli, Corrine Heine, Charles Ramstad, and Dylan Ramstad Skoyles

*Real property law credit

Handout:

• Presentation – Easements and Park Land – It’s All About the Grant (pdf)
• Easement primer (pdf)
• Easements and Park Land – It’s All About the Grant (pdf)
• Methods of Dedicating Public Right of Way (pdf)

Faisal Kaleem

Handout:

• Presentation – So, You’ve Been Hacked (pdf)

Edmundo Lijo

Handout:

• Presentation – Immigration Essentials for City Attorneys (pdf)

Joe Van Thomme

Presentation not available online

Michael R. Bradley

Handouts:

• Presentation – The Future of Franchising (pdf)
• Intrepid Fiber Networks Cable Communications System Franchise (pdf)
• Ohio Telecom v FCC (pdf)
• This is the Way – Equal Access to Broadband Through Municipal Franchising (pdf)

Eric Kolbeck and Anya Pavlov-Shapiro

Handouts:

• Presentation – 1977 Meets 2026 – The Minnesota Government Data Practices Act  (pdf)
• 1977 Meets 2026 – The Minnesota Government Data Practices Act in the Age of AI Resources (pdf)

Andrea Kingbird and Eric Taubel

Handouts:

• Presentation – Minnesota and Tribal Cannabis Compacts and Local Governments (pdf)