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The land use incentive program was developed to reward Property/Casualty members that successfully complete More Information online training about land-use decision making. Cities that meet the training requirements will earn a savings of The land use incentive program as much as$3,750 per land use claim. Cities that do not rewards property/casualty meet the training requirements will pay a higher rate of members that successfully land use costs. complete online training about The incentive is available on an ongoing basis to all land use decision making. member cities that certify upon completion of the course The web-based training is at each subsequent renewal that the following city provided by LMCIT and available officials successfully completed the training: through the League's City • A quorum of the city council; Learning Point. The cost is$30 • The chair and another planning commission member; per person,with group discounts • The city planner or other staff person with lead available. responsibility for planning activities. Go to the E-Learning area of the Cities can qualify for the incentive at any time by meeting Training and Conferences section the training requirement, at which point the city will ofthe League website at receive an endorsement. Any land use claims made www.Imc.org to learn more. against the city after receiving the endorsement will qualify for the savings. What kinds of damages are not covered? Most money damages that might be awarded against the city are covered. This specifically includes_two types of damages that are frequently excluded under conventional liability insurance policies: • Awards of attorneys fees in federal civil rights or state human rights actions; and • "Temporary taking"damages; i.e., inverse condemnation damages awarded for the claimant's loss of use of property prior to the time that a land use regulation has been ruled by a court to be unconstitutional as a"taking"of property. The following types of monetary damages are not covered: • Exemplary or punitive damages or attorneys fees awarded against a city officer or employee, unless he/she was acting within his/her duties and not guilty of malfeasance, willful neglect of duty, or bad faith. • Fines or penalties. • The cost of complying with an injunction or similar order. • Repayment of any taxes, assessments, fees, or other charges that the city wrongfully collected, or any interest on that repayment. • Amounts paid for the permanent acquisition of property or property rights, or for the right to permanently enforce a land use regulation or restriction. • Amounts due under contract. l 3 Small Cities Track-2011 Planning&Zoning 101-21