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City Planning Commission and Community Board Meeting You will examine an issue raised at a public meeting or hearing of a participatory forum such as a Community Board, the Landmark Preservation Commission or the City Planning Commission.
Look at each body’s official website to find meeting times and issues. If you attend a community board meeting, look for the appropriate sub-committee, such as Land Use, Zoning, Housing, or Landmarks.
Once you identify your issue(s), research its history and follow up on its progress in subsequent meetings and in media reports. Based on your experience and research, you will write a paper (approx. 10 pages) on this issue, analyzing it within the context of the urban factors we have studied.
Your paper should consider the issue as a case study of larger questions about urbanism and public participation. These questions will vary depending on your topic, but you should be able to discuss how your issue relates to concepts like social and economic priorities, public and private space, circulation, and housing, open space, and/or the design of the urban environment.
Your paper should also consider the process and effectiveness of public participation. Think about who and what you observe at your meeting(s) and assess the impact of public meetings and hearings on the outcome of projects and proposals. If there will be further action on your issue, and then explain how you expect the public review process to continue in the future. This essay will be going on Turnitin so please NO plagiarism.
Real Project Manager Research Essay Paper EX 1-3. Find an example of a real project with a real project manager.
Feel free to use projects in the media (the Olympics, television shows, movies, and so on) or a project from work, if applicable. Write a one-page paper or prepare a short presentation describing the project in terms of its scope, time, and cost goals and each of the project’s attributes. Try to include information about what went right and wrong on the project and the role of the project manager and sponsor. Also, describe whether you consider the project to be a success or not and why. Include at least one reference and proper [APA] citations.
Chapter 2: EX 2-1. Perform financial analysis for a project using the format provided in Figure 2-5. Assume the projected costs and benefits for the project are spread over four years as follows: Estimate costs are $100,000 in Year 1 and $25,000 each year in Years 2, 3, and 4). (Hint: Just change the years in the template file from 0, 1, 2, 3, and 4 to 1, 2, 3, and 4.The discount factor will automatically be recalculated). Estimated benefits are $0 in Year 1 and $80,000 each year in Years 2, 3, and 4. Use an 8% discount rate. Use the business case financials template provided on the companion Web site to calculate and clearly display the NPV, ROI, and year in which payback occurs. In addition, write a paragraph explaining whether you would recommend investing in the project based on your financial analysis.
Legal Writing Project Preparing a Letter to a Client In Figure 1, you’ll find a memo from your supervising attorney asking you to prepare a letter to your client, Jane Smith.
In the memo, your supervising attorney is telling you she received a Tax Assessors’ Office Hearing Notice and wants you to send a letter to Ms. Smith advising her of the hearing. The information that should be included in your letter to the client is in both the memo from your supervising attorney and the appeal hearing notice shown in Figure 2. When preparing the letter, make sure you use the letter writing recommendations included in the Legal Writing study unit. The letter should go out under your signature, not your supervising attorney’s signature. The letter to Ms. Smith should go to the property address listed in the Tax Notice. Sample letterhead for your law firm is shown in Figure 3. Use the client’s address that’s listed in the hearing notice.
Please send a letter to Ms. Smith advising her of her tax appeal hearing per the attached notice. Please make sure she remembers she is to meet me in the lobby ten minutes before the hearing is scheduled to begin and that she should bring pictures of all comparable houses in her area as per our earlier meeting.
Time of Hearing: 10:35 a.m.
In Figure 4, you’ll find another memo from your supervising attorney asking you to prepare a new deed for your client, Jane Smith, who is selling her home. In the memo, your supervising attorney gives you some of the terms of the sale. The information that needs to be included in the new deed you’re preparing is in the memo from your supervising attorney and in Figure 5, the previous deed in which your client took title and became the owner of the property. Figure 6 is a blank deed form for you to use in preparing the new deed from your client, Jane Smith, to the buyer (grantee).
Note: Scan or type the deed form into your computer to complete this assignment. A deed must be signed by the grantors, witnessed, and notarized for it to be complete. You can use your own name for the notary and any other name you choose for the name of the witness.
Please prepare a new Deed in connection with our client’s sale of her residence.
I have attached her old Deed for you to obtain the legal description. The buyers are Adam and Sally Jones, also of Clark, PA, and the purchase price is $150,000.00.
FIGURE 5—This figure shows the previous deed, in which Jane Smith became the owner.
For this exercise you’ll write an internal office memorandum to your supervising attorney that advises her of the results of your research on a given topic and applies the law to the facts in your case. Remember, for an internal office memo, your purpose is to inform your supervising attorney as to what your research has found, not to persuade the reader one way or another.
John Brown sued his dentist, Dr. Thomas Furlow, claiming he was injured because of Dr. Furlow’s failure to extract an infected tooth on August 3, when he was examined by Dr. Furlow. After his appointment with Dr. Furlow, ignoring Dr. Furlow’s recommendation to return because his tooth was infected, Brown left to go on vacation. While he camped in the desert, his tooth became more severely infected. The infection spread, causing him severe pain and fever and endangering his life. Brown passed out in the desert and was found by a passerby, who rushed him to the hospital. His life was saved, but he incurred significant medical expense, loss of income, and pain and suffering.
who asked him when he had been served and made an appointment for March 19.
hours away. He forgot the appointment with his attorney that morning and spent the weekend with his family at his mother-in-law’s residence.
Upon his return on Monday, March 22, Dr. Furlow rescheduled his appointment with his attorney for March 23.
Meanwhile, on March 23, a default judgment was entered against Furlow. Furlow’s attorney phoned the court clerk the afternoon of March 23 and was told that a default judgment had been entered. He immediately filed a motion to set aside the default judgment.
PRIOR HISTORY: Appeal from Fayette Circuit Court; Honorable Rebecca Overstreet, Judge; Action No. 89-CI-2021.
ATTORNEY FOR APPELLANTS: Winifred L. Bryant, Lexington, Kentucky.
ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLEE: Joni D. Tackett, Earl S. Wilson, Jr., Lexington, Kentucky.
Emberton, Howerton, and Miller, Judges. All concur.
Aubrey Perry (Perry) and Christine P. Robey (Christine) appeal from a default judgment entered in favor of Central Bank & Trust Company (Central Bank). Perry contends that the trial court erred (1) in finding that it had personal jurisdiction over him, (2) in granting the default judgment, and (3) in denying the post-judgment motions. Christine concedes the issue of jurisdiction as to her, but relies on the latter two issues on appeal. We affirm.
Citizens held the first mortgage on the property in the principal amount of $125,000.
of $5,311.75, with a balloon payment of the balance due on or before June 29, 1988.
acquire an interest in Bristol’s Restaurant in Lexington, Kentucky.
and Robey also signed another note in the principal amount of $65,000, due and payable in full on or before April 4, 1988. This note was secured by assignment of a sales contract for $350,000 on the Virginia Beach property, and the parties have treated this note as if it were also secured by the guaranty agreement, presumably because of the language in the latter concerning liabilities incurred on or before June 30, 1988.
Christine and Robey managed to reduce the principal owed to Citizens on the first mortgage to some $96,760, and they paid the other two notes down to $209,977.43 and $20,000, respectively. At some point, Robey and Christine separated and divorced, and Christine moved back to Virginia. As mentioned, suit was begun to enforce the construction liens and the residence was subject to foreclosure sale. Because of the guaranty agreement, Central Bank sought to join Aubrey Perry as a third-party defendant by motion made July 19, 1989. This motion was granted on August 7, 1989. The house was ultimately sold by private sale for $185,000. The first mortgage to Citizens was satisfied, and Central Bank received $70,306.70 from the proceeds toward satisfaction of its second mortgage. Thus, approximately $162,000 of the principal remained owing from the two promissory notes. Central Bank sought to collect the debt from Robey, Christine, and/or Perry. When the three failed to file answers to Central Bank’s cross-claim within 20 days, CR 12.01, the bank filed a motion for default judgment on October 10, 1989.
Robey then answered by informing the court that he had filed for protection under the federal bankruptcy laws on October 9, 1989.
Christine filed a notice of entry of appearance on October 20, 1989, and Perry filed a notice of special entry of appearance on the same day; both filed affidavits and a response to the motion for default judgment. The trial court granted the default judgment against Christine and Perry on November 16, 1989, and postjudgment motions were filed on November 27, 1989, including a motion pursuant to CR 52.02 for findings of fact and conclusions of law regarding the question of personal jurisdiction over Perry. A hearing was held on the motions and all were denied by order entered March 14, 1990. That order stated that the court had personal jurisdiction over Perry pursuant to KRS 454.210.
It is from the entry of default judgment that Christine and Perry bring this appeal.
Perry challenges the trial court’s assertion of jurisdiction because he was never in Kentucky concerning the guaranty note, his signature was solicited by the bank, and the note was sent to him in Virginia where he signed it and mailed it back to the bank.
Our long-arm statute is KRS 454.210, and it is designed to permit the exercise of personal jurisdiction over nonresident defendants while complying with federal constitutional requirements of due process. Texas American Bank v. Sayers, 674 S.W.2d 36, 38 (Ky.
App. 1984), cert. denied, 469 U.S. 1211, 105 S. Ct. 1180, 84 L. Ed. 2d 328 (1985).
Ed. 95 (1945), quoting Milliken v. Meyer, 311 U.S. 457, 463, 61 S. Ct. 339, 343, 85 L.
First, the defendant must purposefully avail himself of the privilege of acting in the forum state or causing a consequence in the forum state. Second, the cause of action must arise from the defendant’s activities there. Finally, the acts of the defendant or consequences caused by the defendant must have a substantial enough connection with the forum state to make the exercise of jurisdiction over the defendant reasonable.
citing McGee v. International Life Insurance Co., 355 U.S. 220, 78 S. Ct. 199, 2 L.
(3) (a) When personal jurisdiction is authorized by this section, service of process may be made on such person, or any agent of such person, in any county in this Commonwealth, where he may be found, or on the secretary of state who, for this purpose, shall be deemed to be the statutory agent of such person.
KRS 454.210. A case which this Court found helpful, but which was not cited by either party, is National Can Corp. v. K Beverage Co., 674 F.2d 1134 (6th Cir. 1982). In that case, a North Dakota resident, who never set foot in Kentucky, was subject to personal jurisdiction in this state by the signing of a personal guaranty agreement in North Dakota. The nonresident’s husband was a vice president and shareholder of a company whose principal place of business was Louisville. Her only relationship with Kentucky was the signing of the agreement and her marital interest in her husband’s stock in the company. The company failed, and she and other guarantors were sued in federal district court.
The court in National Can also found that the second prong of the test was met because the agreements were the basis for the action. 674 F.2d at 1138. The court then concluded that there was sufficient connection with the forum state to make the exercise of jurisdiction reasonable, reciting that the guarantors voluntarily signed the agreements, Kentucky was chosen as the business situs, the guaranties were vital to the establishment of the business, and the operation had a realistic impact on the commerce of Kentucky. Id.
Comparing the facts of National Can to the present case, we find several similarities.
“in all respects governed, construed, applied and enforced in accordance with the laws of [Kentucky].” Although not an explicit consent to jurisdiction, this language put Perry on notice that he could expect any legal ramifications to be dealt with in Kentucky.
Furthermore, Perry’s agreement was the basis for the loan and acquisition of the interest in Bristol’s, cf. National Can, 674 F.2d at 1138, and so the cause of action arose from his act of guaranteeing the note.
Perry’s act of signing the agreement also had a substantial enough connection with Kentucky to make personal jurisdiction reasonable. He knew that he was guaranteeing loans extended in this state for his son-in-law to acquire an interest in business here, and he also knew that should Christine and Robey fail to make payments or if the business venture failed, he would be looked to for payment. While he did not acquire any economic interest in the business himself, he certainly had a stake in its success.
Corp. v. Van Dusen Air, Inc., 466 F.2d 220, 228 (6th Cir. 1972).
We believe the trial court correctly concluded that Perry had sufficient minimum contacts with Kentucky to satisfy due process requirements for personal jurisdiction.
Kentucky Practice, CR 55.02, comment 2 (4th ed. 1984) [hereinafter “Ky. Prac.”].
Christine signed for the service of process of the lawsuit, but stated that she talked with her former attorney who, as Christine recalls, advised her that she did not think she had any assets. Based on this advice, Christine made no response to the summons.
7 Ky. Prac. CR 55.02, comment 2. Perry signed for the motion seeking to add him as a party to the original suit, and his housekeeper signed for the actual summons once he became a party. This was accomplished in July and in early September 1989. Perry states that he had no knowledge of the suit until he received the motion for default judgment on October 12, 1989.
Furthermore, both Christine and Perry wrote letters in August agreeing to the private sale of the Robey residence. This should have put them on notice that should there not be enough money realized from the sale, the entire mortgage would not be satisfied and this might open them up for some liability.
We believe the parties did not exercise due diligence concerning this suit and answering the summons. Furthermore, the apparent defenses which might alter the outcome are also weak. Christine and her father both assert that Central Bank misrepresented the extent of the interest Robey was acquiring. Christine and Perry claim that they believed Robey was acquiring interests in two Louisville restaurants and a meat packing company in Lexington as well, for the $500,000. Central Bank merely wanted security for its loan to Robey and Christine. The bank was not concerned with whether Robey was acquiring an interest in one restaurant or three; its only concern was that the borrower be able to pay the loan, or in the alternative, that there be adequate security in the event of default.
It is true that courts do not favor default judgments and that it is preferable to decide cases on the merits. Dressler v. Barlow, 729 S.W.2d 464, 465 (Ky. App. 1987). If it appeared that Christine and Perry had a truly meritorious defense, then on balance, whether the trial court should have set the judgment aside would be a close call.
However, we believe the excuses for failing to answer are weak, as are the defenses, and we cannot say it was an error or abuse of discretion for the trial court either to grant the default judgment or to refuse to set it aside.
The judgment and order of the Fayette Circuit Court are affirmed.
Attorney For Appellant: William C. Shouse, Shouse & Burrus, Lexington, Kentucky.
Attorney For Appellee: David E. Melcher, Swinford & Sims, Cynthiana, Kentucky.
OPINION: This appeal arises from a refusal to set aside a default judgment by the Harrison Circuit Court.
The appellee entered into a lease agreement with the appellant on May 16, 1979. The appellee filed suit against the appellant on September 28, 1981, seeking a judgment for the entire rental payment due under the lease. On October 23, 1981, the appellant filed a petition for removal in the United States District Court, properly served the appellee and filed a copy with the Harrison Circuit Court. This petition was dismissed as defective on October 27, 1981.
Instead of amending this petition, the appellant filed a second petition for removal on November 5, 1981, longer than thirty days after the filing of the complaint. Neither the appellee nor the Harrison Circuit Court received notice or copy of this petition, although the appellant offered affidavits that notice and copy were mailed. On January 27, 1982, the appellee applied for a default judgment because of the appellant’s failure to plead or otherwise defend the action. The appellant had made no answer in the trial court where both the appellee and the trial court thought the action to be because of the aforementioned failure in notice. The appellant also had made no answer or defense in the United States District Court where he thought the action to be.
On February 5, 1982, the trial court granted and entered the default judgment. The appellant appeared and made a motion to set aside the default judgment on February 16, 1982, because the second petition for removal had not been remanded. Prior to ruling on this motion, the United States District Court, on April 1, 1982, dismissed the second petition for removal as being defective. The appellant, then, asked the trial court for leave to file an answer and counterclaim and to amend its motion to set aside the default judgment.
On August 6, 1982, the trial court denied the motion to set aside the judgment.
The issue before this Court is whether the trial court abused its discretion in failing to set aside the default judgment.
The law clearly disfavors default judgments. Bargo v. Lewis, 305 S.W.2d 757 (Ky. 1957).
Moreover, the trial court has wide discretion to set aside a default judgment. Northcutt v.
Nicholson, 246 Ky. 641, 55 S.W.2d 659 (1932). The moving party, however, cannot have the judgment set aside and achieve his day in court if he cannot show good cause and a meritorious defense. CR 55.02; Jacobs v. Bell, 441 S.W.2d 448 (Ky. 1969). Good cause is most commonly defined as a timely showing of the circumstances under which the default judgment was procured. The appellant asserts that his reliance on the removal of the trial court’s jurisdiction to the United States District Court is a sufficient showing of good cause. This Court does not agree. Federal, not state, law governs all removal proceedings. Grubbs v. General Electric Credit Corp., 405 U.S. 699, 31 L. Ed. 2d 612, 92 S. Ct. 1344 (1972). Removal of jurisdiction is effected after the movant files a petition and bond, gives notice to all adverse parties, and files a copy of the petition with the clerk of the state court. 28 U.S.C.
1446(e). Once these steps are completed, the state court loses jurisdiction over the case unless and until the case is remanded by the federal court. Id. The removal is effective the date of the petition. Howes Childers, 426 F. Supp. 358 (W.D. Ky. 1977); contra, Wright, Miller & Cooper, 14 Federal Practice & Procedure § 3737 (1976). Since the state court retains its jurisdiction until it is notified of the removal petition, this procedure allows an interim period between the filing of the petition and the notice to the parties and the state court where the federal and state courts both have jurisdiction. Berberian v. Gibney, 514 F.2d 790 (1st Cir. 1975), Howes, supra. Dual jurisdiction remained in the instant case at least until February 16, 1982, when the appellant’s motion to set aside the default judgment first notified the appellee and the trial court of the second petition for removal.
See Medrano v. the State of Texas, 580 F.2d 803 (5th Cir. 1978). Where no notice, actual or constructive, is given to the state court, the trial court’s actions are not void. Id. Obviously, conflicting actions can occur.
Most courts find concurrent jurisdiction means nothing more than that once the state court is notified of the removal, federal jurisdiction predominates in any conflicting actions during this interim period. 1A Moore’s Federal Practice 0.168 [.3-8] (1983); Howes, supra; contra; Wright § 3737. In effect, then, the federal court can overturn any default judgment that had been granted during the period of dual jurisdiction. Id. Where, as in the case at bar, the federal court dismisses the petition, the removing party’s only recourse is a motion to set aside the judgment, and reliance on his petition for removal as good cause may fail. When the removing party fails to answer in compliance with either CR 12.01 or Fed. R. Civ. P. 81, the trial court does not abuse its discretion in finding such reliance inadequate as good cause.
CR 12.01 requires a defendant to serve his answer within twenty (20) days after service of the summons upon him. The appellant waited almost seven (7) months before he served the appellee with his answer. The default judgment was not granted until over three (3) months had elapsed after the time the appellant was required to tender his answer. The appellant’s failure to file a timely answer is sufficient basis for a default judgment, and the appellant is not entitled to have the judgment set aside unless he can show reasonable excuse for the delay in answering and establish that he is not guilty of unreasonable delay. CR 55.01; Terrafirma, Inc. v. Krogdahl, 380 S.W.2d 86 (Ky. 1964).
In a removed action in which the defendant has not answered, he shall answer or present the other defenses or objections available to him under these rules within 20 days after the receipt through service or otherwise of a copy of the initial pleading setting forth the claim for relief upon which the action or proceeding is based, or within 20 days after service of summons upon such initial pleading, then filed, or within 5 days after the filing of the petition for removal, whichever period is longer.
this reliance as an excuse for delay.
an appearance before the court. Pound Mill Coal Co. v. Pennington, 309 S.W.2d 772 (Ky.
from being in default for want of appearance.” 6 C.J.S. Appearances § 32 (1975).
defend and makes unnecessary the resolution of whether the appellant received notice.
whether the appellant presented a meritorious defense.
Kentucky Civil Rule 60.02. Mistake; inadvertence; excusable neglect; newly discovered evidence; fraud; etc.
as authority. Use only these cases and statutes as your authority.
n Use the format shown in Figure 7.
n Follow the format described in your Legal Writing study unit.
n Avoid long words and legal jargon.
n Don’t overdo it—be brief and to the point, but thorough.
n Write in the active voice as much as you can.
n Check for errors of spelling, punctuation, and format.
n Be sure to include precedent using the four cases and civil rules given. Cite only these four cases and civil rules.
n Proofread and make your final editing review from a paper copy, not directly from the computer screen.
Your project’s objective is to install new lab equipment in 200 research facilities located in Washington State. You install 5 devices in each lab. The approved budget is $500,000 and the approved schedule is 14 weeks.
After 8 weeks, you have installed the equipment in 110 of the labs and you have spent $250,000.
The company responsible for the lab equipment installations is interested in knowing more than the usual budget versus costs incurred model for managing their projects. For this project, they would rather have you quantify the cost of work currently in progress. The executives understand that Earned Value is one of the most accurate techniques for measuring and controlling a project’s schedule and budget. They want you, the project manager to compare how much work has been completed against how much can be expected to be completed at a given point.
online through WSU Online Libraries.
Event Planning for Brand Association Improvement Produce an Event Plan that includes at least two content pages and a reference page.
Operational Test and Evaluation OT and E Write a one-page SINGLE-SPACED abstract on the issues of the interactions between the Developmental Test and Evaluation (DT&E) and the Operational Test & Evaluation (OT&E) in the Test & Evaluation phase of the acquisition process.
An abstract is a single-spaced overview of an article or book in which briefly identifies the main points and conclusions of the document with as few extraneous words as possible.
The paper must be in APA format and must include any references that you use to develop your findings.
ïAPA formatting: Resources and citations are formatted according to APA (6th edition) style and formatting.
Budgeting and Funding Project Proposal Purpose: Students will write a project proposal (professional report) that outlines the development of a program to meet the needs of the target group identified in Assignment 1.
Process: Students will write a plan for your project in the form of a professional report. The Student Learning Support website has useful information on Project assignments, this will aid the writing of a professional report.
Background literature (Reference to the main points in your literature review highlighting target group need/s, and critical evaluation of response to this need to date).
Program content (this may include topics covered in psychoeducational groups/parameters of online support groups). In your report, reference the literature as to why you are considering this content / these parameters. Brief details of program content may be put into an appendix (Appendices are not included in the word count).
European Foundation for Quality Management European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM) Excellence Model, i.e. Processes, products and services and present a report detailing and describing how the criterion is being fulfilled by your organization, department or division.
b) The report should be between 2000 and 3000 words including everything in the report except for the cover page. Please indicate the word count on your cover page.
c) 5 points reduction will be applied to the reports lower or higher than the specified word limit.
d) The report should be written in font size 12 Times New Roman and with 1.5 spacing between sentences.
Introduction: Introduction should cover background information, the purpose of the report, selected pillars and criterion (just a list) and outline of the report. The written text should articulate the introduction very clearly and effectively.
History and emergence: Overview of the selected company/department /division, demonstration of a good understanding. Detailed explanations are required in this section.
Model criteria: Detailed explanations of how the selected criterion is applicable in your company/department/division.
Strengths: Detailed analysis of the strengths of the company/department/division. The written text should align the reasons effectively with supporting evidence. Excellent argumentation and in-depth critical analysis must be demonstrated.
Recommendations: Propose logical and realistic recommendations for the area of improvements in your company/department/division. You must clearly explain the recommendations. You should develop ideas that are conceptually strong and reveal important insights.
Conclusion: Recap of the report by demonstrating the highlights.
The research paper needs to be minimum of 2000 words. The main focus will be to identify and describe the challenges of the project in terms of the three primary objectives of Project Management (Scope, Time and Cost). It should discuss the interrelationship of these elements and how the Project Manager successfully or unsuccessfully managed them, trading off one versus the other within an environment of competition and conflict over limited resources. The paper does not have to discuss all phases or aspects of the project, but should identify sufficient components to illustrate the student’s understanding of the challenges and importance of good project management.
A 2000 word paper reviewing a real world, completed project, describing the challenges experienced by the Project Manger in balancing scope, time and cost throughout the project. Also, highlight successes and failures of the project.
Project Manager Write Up for Academic Purpose Below listed are the skills required for a project manager the academic subjects taken to gain theory and applications/tools that would be required to be used to complete tasks in a work environment.
The expectation is to map the academic course to the skill set required to complete a projects manager’s job with the necessary applications/tools. No references or APA required, however, plagiarism needs to be factored.
The concept behind this write up: The coursework is typical coursework that provides such skills to perform the job duties. The complexity of the tasks requires that a formal academic program in such narrow fields be required as these fields give such skills required to perform the job duties effectively.
Summary of what a project manager does.
How these skills impact a project managers job and which academic course helped me understand the fundamentals of this skill set. 17 skills are listed which will need to be combined with the academic course names and how they helped me understand and specialize this skill, finally, under each skill, we also add the tools are required to complete this task.

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