TAR....Reserve the date.......

Reserve this date—
May 22
It's your regional meeting. Download the registration form and return it by May 15.
Your Texas Association of REALTORS® Region 4 Meeting, hosted by the Lake Cities Association of REALTORS®, is a great opportunity to learn about the latest state and national issues affecting your livelihood—and share your ideas and concerns with local and state leaders in the REALTOR® organization.
This meeting will be held at The Branding Iron at Firewheel in Garland. Download the registration form and return it before the May 15 deadline.
Contact Augie Plunk at 972/276-1139 with any questions

WCR Luncheon**Save The Date**

Greetings. . . . our very own, Diane Donley, will be the guest speaker at the WCR Metro East Chapter in May. Save the date, May 7th, 2008 Wednesday LUNCHEON 11:30am at the Dallas Athletic Club (DAC). Address is 4111 LaPrada Mapsco 39.G Cost is $20 with a reservation. Email reservation to teresa@txpcc.com Pay at the door with cash, check, or credit card.

IF several in our class plan to go, we could ask for a RESERVED table....... I hope to see some of you there....... Rodney Rowan 972.278.0404

Green Presentation Wednesday April 23rd 9 am

Don't forget there's a TRPL Green Committee Presentation on Wednesday April 23rd at 9 am at the Ebby Halliday office located at Coit & McDermott.

Hope to see you there! And Happy Earth Day.

Inspiration

Sometimes the most powerful learning can come from validating what you know through affirmation by peers. I personally see the hard work that has been put into cultivating leaders through this program and the high quality of all the speakers and presentations in their own way. As a participant in National education committees for NARPM I know the challenges. Naturally actually doing things is where you hone those skills but lets refer to our mantra "Leadership is inspiring others to accomplish goals and objectives." -Class III- ..........Inspiration...... that's what its about. ..........Maybe we inspired one of our own to step up and work to bring even more powerful education topics and speakers into the program.

A few points about TRLP Sessions...please comment back

I had a conversation with Gigi at Cantina Laredo and she encouraged me to post the summary here. Basically, several of us felt underwelmed by todays sessions and the sessions from the diversity training and it lead to a series of conversations that I'm going to sum up this way:

1. We **love** TRLP and the people in the group we're working beside, and we **really** appreciate with work Gigi, Diane and the others put into this.
2. We seem most impressed with the community, city, county, industry and association leaders who spend their time helping us, along with activities that let us interact and work together.
3. We learn more about true diversity in our discussions of each other's individual backgrounds and experiences rather than sophomoric exercises and watching videos that sugarcoat the issue.
4. We learn more about efficient meetings by having them, instead of running well over time while lecturing us about staying on point. A thirty minute video on bad meetings seemed like a odd and ineffective choice.
5. We learn more about our association and our ability to be leaders within it by discussing the interworkings, the challenges & successes of our organization instead of learning how to apply for a business loan.
6. Those of us in this class are not at a 101 level. We want sessions that make us stretch and grow, not sessions that slow-pitch to us. We're asking to have the bar raised.

With great respect for our times together and for everyone who believes in TRLP.

Bob

Dallas City Council ratifies green building codes for new construction

Dallas City Council ratifies green building codes for new construction

The Dallas City Council adopted a resolution for the implementation of the citywide green building program and an ordinance establishing the green building program on April 9, 2008.

The proposed ordinance incorporates the recommendations of the task force into the Dallas Development Code. The program will consist of two phases (summary of program below). The long term vision for the program is for Dallas to be carbon neutral by 2030 and for it to be the greenest city in the U.S.

If you are a builder, land developer, general contractor, remodeler, realtor, architect, designer, or any way connected to the construction industry, you will have to learn about and implement the City of Dallas’s new green building codes.

If you require more information on the City of Dallas’s new green building codes and how they affect you, or need education on green building practices, or if you need help in developing a green program, we are available for individual consultations or group seminars.

RC3D offers:
Consultancy in green building and sustainable design.
Educational seminars.
Energy modeling.
Document review for LEED compliance (or any other rating system).
LEED Project Management (or any other rating system), i.e. liaison with LEED for Homes Provider, coordination with verifiers/raters, filing of documents and submissions for certification, etc...
Meet with our consultants to find out how you can build green without incurring huge costs.

Go to our web site for more information and news on green building and sustainable design.

A summary of the Task Force Recommendations and Ordinance Requirements can be downloaded from Dallas City Hall
Summary of the City of Dallas's Citywide Green Building Program

Phase 1 becomes effective October 1, 2009, and includes requirements for energy efficiency, water conservation, cool roofs, and outdoor light restrictions for new residential projects and new proposed commercial projects affecting less than 50,000 square feet of floor area in a single 12 month period. Builders must use 15 percent less energy and 20 percent less water than current Dallas code standards mandate.

Proposed projects affecting 50,000 or more square feet of floor area, or more than 50 dwelling units, in a single 12 month period will have to achieve 85% LEED certified level compliance under any of the applicable LEED rating systems or equivalent (e.g. must achieve at least 22 LEED NC v2.2 points), although formal certification by the USGBC or an equivalent entity is not required and equivalent green building standards may be used.

Phase 2 becomes effective October 1, 2011. Phase 2 applies to all new proposed projects, residential and commercial. Proposed projects must be LEED certifiable or certifiable under an equivalent green building standard.

All new proposed residential projects must be LEED certifiable under either the LEED for homes standard, or meet the Green Built North Texas standard, or an equivalent minimum green building standard certification level as determined by the building official, although formal certification by the USGBC or an equivalent entity is not required.

Each proposed commercial project may apply for compliance under any of the following LEED rating system products: LEED NC (new construction), LEED for schools, LEED for retail, LEED for healthcare, LEED CS (core and shell), or LEED for homes.


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Two Green Updates

I have two updates for the GREEN TEAM.

1. The Green Presentation originally scheduled for April 29th is now scheduled for April 23rd at Ebby Halliday Realtors (Coit & McDermott)

2. The City of Plano is holding their LIVE GREEN FESTIVAL Saturday at the Plano Centre • 2000 E. Spring Creek Parkway • Plano.
Find out more at http://www.plano.gov/Departments/Environmental+Services/livegreenexpo/
I am trying to make it there but I have clients Saturday to take around.

See everyone Friday!!

We Are The Champions!!

Congratulations TRLP III for coming in first place on the TREPAC Challenge. TRLP III exceeded the total dollars goal and 100% participation on Wednesday, April 9, 2008. Class I is close behind.

City Council Endorsements

I wanted to let Class III know that CCAR is endorsing one of your own for Allen City Council, Joey Herald. Joey has already been hard at work attending TAR Candidate school last week. I hope everyone is ready to work hard for Joey!

Here are the endorsements for all the other city council races in Plano, Allen, McKinney and Frisco.

Plano City Council Candidates
Pat Miner, Place 1
Loretta Ellerbe, Place 3
Harry LaRosiliere, Place 5
Jean Callison, Place 7

Frisco City Council Candidates
Maher Maso, Mayor
Bart Crowder, Place 5
Scott Johnson, Place 6

Allen City Council Candidates
Steve Terrell, Mayor
Ross Obermeyer, Place 2
Joey Herald, Place 3

McKinney City Council Candidates
Geralyn Kever – Place 2
Ray Ricchi, Place 4
Sherry Tucker David, At-Large Member

Let me know if you are interested in working on any of these campaigns and we will get you plugged into the right place.

Linda Taylor
Chair, Gov't Affairs Committee
TRLP Class I Graduate

Two more Green Committee Presentations!

We're been invited to present at the Ebby Halliday office at Coit & McDermott on April 29th at 9 am (thank you Shelly!!!)

We've also been invited to present at the Greater Texoma Board of Realtors at noon on the 14th of May (thank you Larry!!!)

If anyone else has other locations we can do, let me know!

Also, I was selected as a delegate to the Texas Democratic Convention in June. Is there anyone else going for either party?