NJWA 3rd Quarter Educational Event 

Join the New Jersey Wireless Association at our 3Q Educational Event on October 1, 2015 at the Hyatt Morristown Headquarters Plaza.  The event will kick-off with an educational session followed by a panel of municipal officials ready to inform and answer questions. The day will end with good food and networking. We hope to see you there!

REGISTRATION:
$50 per person
Annual Sponsors:  Complimentary (email ashley.jackson@pcia.com for Promo Code)

AVAILABLE SPONSORSHIPS:
Lanyards - $1000 (SOLD OUT)
Sponsor to provide completed lanyards to NJWA
Banner - $150 (unlimited)
Sponsor to provide completed banner to NJWA

SCHEDULE:
3:00pm - Registration Open
3:30pm - Current New Jersey Environmental & Compliance Concerns
1) Nests on Towers
     *  Regulatory Background (Endangered Species Act & Migratory Bird Treaty Act)
     *  What to look for/When a concern
     *  Impacts
     *  Best practices going forward

2)  October 2014 Report & Order - A Year Later
     *  Overview of Programmatic Agreement and R&O
     *  Real world applications of R&O
     *  Problems with R&O
     * The Future

3)  Q&A - Other Topics
Presented by Adrian G. Berezowsky
Senior Managing Director - CBRE Inc. - Telecom Advisory Services
Mr. Berezowsky has over eight years of experience completing environmental and regulatory due diligence for the wireless infrastructure industry.  He also helped found IVI Telecom Services, Inc., which was a nationwide environmental consulting firm specializing in telecommunications infrastructure development, affiliated with the IVI Companies which were acquired by CBRE, Inc. in late 2014.  Mr. Berezosky attended The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science & Art (Bachelor of Architecture) and Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law (Juris Doctor) and has been working at IVI since finishing his education.

 Mr. Berezowsky specializes in regulatory and compliance issues relating to Phase I Environmental Site Assessments, National Environmental Policy Act compliance, historic preservation, wetlands, floodplain, endangered species and other related environmental issues. He is active in various state wireless associations as well as in his community and enjoys working with like-minded people on resolving important environmental and regulatory issues.

5:00pm - Dinner and Cash Bar
5:45pm  - NJWA Executive Update and Charity Presentation
6:00pm - Panel Discussion
Our panel of experts will discuss how New Jersey Planning Officials balance the competing interests in evaluating wireless facilities applications.  Some of the topics to be covered include:
*  The latest Federal Regulations affecting local zoning considerations (shot clock, Section 6409, deemed approved)
*  How new technologies are impacting the process (DAS, small cells, new stealth)
*  New Jersey Permit Extension Act
*  Ideas for community engagement prior to formal hearings
* Q & A

PANELISTS
Moderator - Todd Hay, PE, CME, Associate Vice President Pennoni has worked on engineering projects during his nearly 23 year career as civil engineer, project manager and principal. His work has included local/county transportation, utilities, traffic and recreation projects; K-12; college/universities; rooftop/ground mount solar projects, all within NJ; telecommunications and a variety of private/public design and design-build projects within NJ, NY, CT, VT, NH, and NM. Currently, Mr. Hay serves as the appointed City, Planning and Zoning Board Engineer in the City of East Orange and the Township, Planning and Zoning Board Engineer in the Township of Nutley. Mr. Hay is also the appointed Board of Education Engineer for the Springfield Board of Education. In addition, he has served over 25 municipalities, 4 counties and 10 public school districts as on-call engineer. He is an Executive Committee Member of the New Jersey Society of Municipal Engineers where he is Vice President. He resides in Branchburg, NJ, where he is Chairman of the  Planning Board, appointed Commissioner to the Somerset-Raritan Valley Sewerage Authority and Architectural Advisory Board Member for the Township.

Steven R. Tombalakian, Esq., P.E., P.P., Weiner Lesniak LLP, where his legal practice emphasizes land use, zoning, environmental and commercial real estate.  Mr. Tombalakian has represented wireless carriers, commercial property owners, developers, redevelopers and municipalities on a wide variety of matters.  Mr. Tombalakian began his career with Killam Associates and has considerable practical design, planning and construction experience.  He earned his B.E. and M.E. degrees from Stevens Institute of Technology, and his J.D. degree from Seton Hall University School of Law.  Mr. Tombalakian is also chairman of the Borough of Madison Planning Board. 

Robert A. Vogel, PE was appointed the Municipal Engineer in the Borough of Madison in July 2001 and has administrative oversight for Engineering (Capital Construction Projects), Planning, Zoning and Building departments.  He plans, specifies, and bids public construction projects and performs construction management on building, road and infrastructure improvements.  He functions as the wireless communications point of approval for expedited minor wireless changes and guides the site plan process for major improvements to public property (which the governing body approves).  Bob received his BSCE from NJIT's Newark college of Engineering in 1985, and has since completed many graduate courses in engineering, management and law.  He has worked for several private engineering consulting firms in New Jersey, and went on to government staff experience over the past 15 years.  He has maintained many licenses, certifications and memberships in his various areas of practice and also served as 2010 President of New Jersey Society of Municipal Engineers.

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