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Thursday, Aprif 10 5:30 - 6;30 pm Hosted Reception at the Westin Optional Theater Performance ' Dracula" by Bram Stroker, at the San Diego Old Globe Theater. See attached flyer for,details and ticket information. (Reservation deadline is March 26.) Friday, April 11 7:30 am Continental breakfast and informal "cracker barrel" discussions Share and learn what is going on in other cities. Best idea at each table will be recorded and reported in a future Department Newsletter. Come brag a bit! Bring handout materials. Table topics will include: • How cities under 25,000 use cultural activities • Opting out of the county, library system • Libraries and schools share facilities • What arts activities can do for youth • Creating and using a city foundation , • Skateboarding 8:00 am Registration Open _ 9:00 - 10:15 am General Session Briefings How to Advocate for Community Services Professional lobbyists from several associations including the League, as well as associations for libraries, parks and recreation, and the arts will teach appropriate and effective models for lobbying the council or legislative committees. Proposition 218 and its Impact on Community Services Revenues b,r Our relationship to the public has radically changed as a result of Proposition 218. Learn how community services is in jeopardy, and more importantly, how community services can play a key role in re-engaging the public in its support for and trust of the city. 10:30 - 11:45 am General Session Briefings How To Get Gang Suppression Funding Learn from the Department of Justice how you can get help in your efforts to eliminate gang activity. - Moving Beyond Customer Service to Community Empowerment Human services delivery in the City of Seattle is one of the best examples in the nation of the kind of integrated services and collaboration on which this conference has focused. Learn from the source about promising partnerships, the questions to ask, the results to expect, and how to get great results. Speaker: Jim Diers, Director, Department of Neighborhoods, Seattle, Washington 12:00 noon Concluding Luncheon - Special Program "Letters to Declan" Don't miss this powerful and hilarious one-man show b Jack Gallagher agher. His message focuses on the heart of community - the family - and offers moving insights on how we can engage our youth in building the future. Jack has appeared nationwide, both live and on his own television show;. has been four times on the Tonight Show; and is scheduled to be on The Conan O'Brien show on February 26 Be here for this unique performance (one which you may want to'bring to your city). 2:30 pm Adjourn Reminder: The Ralph M. Brown Act does not apply to conferences simply because a majority of the city council or other covered body attends. However; a majority of the body may not discuss among themselves specific substantive issues at such conferences. Any such discussion is subject to the Brown Act and must occur in a meeting which complies with its requirements.