HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESPONSE - RFP - P 831April 29, 2002
PROJECT EXPERIENCE
Northern Colorado Community Separator Study
Northam Colorado
Client: City of Greeley acting on behalf of 6 other local govemments
• Multi -jurisdictional client
This region's thriving economy and attractive setting have drawn many new
• Study recommendations adopted by
people to the area and resulted in a dramatic increase in the amount of
all participants
urbanized area. If recent development patterns persist, the communities in the
region will eventually merge into an extended metropolitan area with no
• Identified regional priority protection
apparent boundaries or separations between them. EDAW worked with these
areas
communities to identify the locations and types of buffers needed to maintain
• Public survey using simulation of
community separation. An important step in this process was a public survey.
growth scenanos
The survey used numerous photo simulations and other graphic techniques to
• Planning Award, Colorado Chapter
prompt responses regarding the size and character of community separators.
American Planning Association
Does an effective separator require that little or no development occurs or is it
possible that certain types of development are compatible with the goals of
maintaining community separation? These and other questions were
addressed.
Most communities in Northern Colorado have recently adopted
comprehensive plans and other types of plans that indicate where and what
type of development is anticipated in the foreseeable future. This information,
along with available mapping on floodplains and other constraints to
development, was used to reveal where development can reasonably be
anticipated within the region. Those locations where a buffer is desired but
development is likely will become priorities for further action. Through
cooperative efforts and the utilization of solutions that were fair and acceptable
to landowners, EDAW worked with these communities to develop a plan
designed to maintain appropriate separators.
The project received an award from the Colorado Chapter of the American
Planning Association.
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Santa Rosa/ Rohnert Park Community Separator Preservation
Plan
Sonoma County, California
Client: Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation and Open Space
District
A plan to preserve 4,300 acres of "community separator' lands -agricultural and
open space lands located between the rapidly developing cities of Santa Rosa
and Rohnert Park. Sonoma County designates one -quarter percent of their
sales tax to be used for acquisition of agricultural and open space land. The
majority of this funding is currently used to purchase conservation easements
to protect agricultural and open space uses.
The intent of the plan is to identify ways to maximize the acquisition dollars
while preserving the critical resources of the area. The project involves identi-
fying areas of natural, scenic, agricultural and open space value, and defining
critical areas which must be preserved in order to preserve the open space
/ agricultural separator. Issues include vernal pools, preservation of views,
potential recreation use, and biological issues. Implementation methods, cost
and phasing will be developed as part of the preservation plan. A landowner
outreach program, including workshops and newsletters, is part of the project.
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St. Louis Downtown Core and Riverfront District Master Plan
St. Louis, Missouri
Client: St. Louis Development Corporation
EDAW was lead consultant on a Development Action Plan for the revitalization
of the St. Louis Downtown Core and Riverfront District. The team's goal was
to recapture some of the City's success for Downtown living, working and
entertainment. The plan identified specific catalyst projects, some that began
construction before the planning process was complete.
The process began with a market analysis that showed a demand for housing,
retail and office space within the 180 block core study area, as well as for the
surrounding downtown environs. The design component of the process
identified four visions for downtown: A 24-Hour, 7 Day a Week Environment; an
Entertainment and Tourism Center for the Region; an Education and Technology
Continuum; and Creating Streets for People. Our team used the market data and
the visions to identify four priority project areas and one priority program for
implimentation. The project areas focus on development of a residential
neighborhood on underutilized lands on the riverfront; development of a
historic loft district for niche retail and residential; development of a true urban
square within the heart of the downtown; and improvements to the Jefferson
Memorial Arch Grounds and Gateway Mall to better connect downtown with
the river's edge. Finally, a'Streets for People' program identified a kit -of -parts
for specific pedestrian and retail streets.
Other primary components of the process include: creating a transportation
strategy for the downtown that addresses proposed interstate changes; an
intensive public and advisory involvement process with bi-weekly meetings
and five public workshops; and identification of a detailed implementation
strategy to make the planning efforts become a reality. The entire planning
process covered a 16 month time frame.
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PROJECT EXPERIENCE
• Stapleton Airport Site Redevelopment
Stapleton Design Guidelines
Neighborhood Design Guidelines
Denver, Colorado
• Setting standards for neighborhoods,
Client. Forest City Development
architectural and landscape design
EDAW created a design book for use by builders and the Design Review
• Historic, traditional mixed use and turn
Committee to set standards for neighborhood, architectural and landscape
of the century neighborhood design
design. EDAW also provided conceptual parks and streetscape design for
accommodating the needs of a twenty
Phase I development.
first century community
Stapleton neighborhoods are being designed in the tradition of historic Denver
through its mixed use design, tree -lined streets, generous parks and gracious
homes.
Turn of the century neighborhoods such as Park Hill, Hilltop and Washington
Park embody the principles for neighborhood design at Stapleton. These
places are admired today for their strong character, quality of architecture and
humanly -scaled streetscapes. Although these neighborhoods were typically
built over a long period of time, the mix of styles share common elements such
as simple building forms, quality materials, appropriate massing and
proportion, and garageless streetscapes. Inspired by this local palette of
landscape and architecture, the Stapleton neighborhoods will form their own
special character while accommodating the needs of a twenty-first century
community.
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PROJECT EXPERIENCE
Metro Wastewater Utilities Master Plan
Denver, Colorado
Client: Metro Wastewater Reclamation District
EDAW in conjunction with Carollo Engineers, is developing the service area
utility plan for Metro Wastewater Reclamation District. The study covers the
Denver region and will center on the development of a user-friendly decision -
making information system. EDAW will develop an interactive GIS database
that uses local land use plans and TAZ information to generate demand
spatially and in a tabular format. The model will allow the user to look at
demographic information on a map or in tabular format. The system will also
allow the user to query various subareas. The spatial database will link directly
to a hydraulic model, flow and load projection model, and H2S predictive
model.
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PROJECT EXPERIENCE
Traditional Deveopment Pattern
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Windsor Comprehensive Plan Update
Windsor, Colorado
Client: Town of Windsor
The Town of Windsor's growth rate has surpassed 9% for the last several years
necessitating an update of their comprehensive plan. EDAW's approach
included a review of existing policies based on lessons learned from the last
several years. New additions included a housing chapter as well as additional
land use, cultural, transportation, utilities, parks, recreation and natural
resource policies. The plan encourages new urban forms ranging from
clustering to mixed -use development nodes. The resulting land use map
captures these new forms illustrating increased densities surrounding the
Town's urban center.
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PROJECT EXPERIENCE
• Inventory conducted of natural,
historic and cultural resources
• Policies presented for relating to
natural resources, open space and
natural hazards
• GIS mapping and analysis provided
for existingtfuture land use and
environmental resources
Laramie County Comprehensive Plan
Laramie County, Wyoming
Client: Laramie County, Wyoming
To guide growth and development of 2,686 square miles in southeast
Wyoming, EDAW is working with the Laramie County to create a
comprehensive plan. This plan will direct the development of the
communities in the area for the next 20 years based on their future needs.
Incorporating existing plans, directing growth toward existing
communities, encouraging economic growth, providing efficient facilities
and protecting natural resources are issues that the plan will address. The
GIS analysis provided will include a number of future land use scenarios.
EDAW will also assess existing natural resources and develop strategies
for their protection. The plan will specifically address the Preble's
Meadow Jumping Mouse, the Butterfly Plant, the Swift Fox and the
Mountain Plover.
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Corinth Gateway Community Downtown Plan
Corinth, MS
Client: The Alllanee
The purpose of Gateway Community Study is to create a successful plan for
downtown that will both sustain/create the character of the community that is
desired by residents of Corinth, while providing for the estimated 250,000
visitors per year to the community after the opening of the National Park
Service's Civil War Interpretive Center in 2004. Many gateway communities to
National Park Service sites often find themselves overwhelmed by the influx of
visitors, with no forethought and planning to direct additional activity while
conserving the sense of place that makes the community so special.
This study primarily focused on Downtown Corinth, to observe traffic patterns,
parking habits, current land uses, the character of the built environment, and
connections to the Interpretive Center. Secondarily, entry corridors into
Downtown from the primary highways and surrounding tourist sites were
reviewed to identify the best entries, to identify opportunities and constraints
within each of these corridors, and to recommend physical and policy changes
that will identify appropriate character and uses for the corridors. Finally, the
surrounding outlying communities were reviewed for opportunities for
tourism related activities.
Initial recommendations identified three core districts within Downtown: A
Cultural District, a Retail District, and an Arts and Entertainment District.
Policy, physical and strategically phased recommendations will be identified for
each Downtown District, as well as the gateway corridor district and for the
outlying communities.
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PROJECT EXPERIENCE
• Developed future land use map of
north Front Range region
• GIS water forecasting tool
• GIS database allows identification of
existing and future land use for any
period in the next 40 years.
NCWCD Water Demand Study
Northam Colorado
Client: Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District
As municipalities continue to grow in northeastern Colorado, so does the need
for water. The ever-increasing water demand will be met through the transfer
of existing water rights and the development of new water supplies.
The Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District (NCWCD) decided to
meet the challenge of growing communities along the Front Range through a
regional assessment of present and future water demands. EDAW, the prime
contractor, prepared existing and future land use components of a fully
interactive GIS water forecasting tool.
EDAW created a seamless GIS layer depicting future growth as envisioned by
land use plans and demographic projections provided by 45 municipalities and
counties. The existing land use GIS layer was developed through the
classification of Landsat TM and IR51-C satellite imagery. The result was a GIS
database that allowed the user to identify the existing and future land use in the
study area for any period in the next 40 years.
As a separate task, EDAW helped prepare water use factors for different
regions in the study area. The water use factors, along with information on
time horizons, residential densities and composition, were linked to the various
land use classifications in the GIS database.
The resulting GIS model will assist the NCWCD in developing long-term water
management policies.
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EDAW References
Stapleton Design Book
Denise Gammon, Vice President of Development
Forest City Stapleton Inc.
1401 17" Street, Suite 510
Denver, CO 80202
303-382-1800
McCarran International Airport Land Use and Disposal Plan
Mr. Dennis Mewshaw, Principal Planner
Dept. of Aviation
P.O. Box 11005
Las Vegas, 89111-1005
702-261-5072
Windsor Comprehensive Plan Update
Joe Plummer
Planning Director
Town of Windsor
301 Walnut Street
Windsor, Colorado 80550
970-686-7476
Metro Wastewater Service Area Utility Plan
Bob Neal
Metro Wastewater Reclamation District
6450 York St.
Denver, CO 80229-7499
303-286-3000
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FORT COLLINS COLORADO
Mr. James B. O'Neill II, CPPO, FNIGP
80824 Director of Purchasing and Risk Management
City of Fort Collins-
215 North Mason Street, 2ntl Floor
Fort Collins, CO 80524
TEL 970 484 6073
FAX 970 484 8818 Re: Proposal No. P-831, City Plan (Comprehensive Plan) Update
www.odaw.com
Dear Mr. O'Neill and Members of the Review and Selection Committee:
On behalf of the EDAW team of consultants we are pleased to submit the attached
proposal to assist the City staff in the update of City Plan and to coordinate with you
on the development of the Transportation Master Plan.
As many of the review and selection members may know, EDAW has worked with
the City of Fort Collins as a locally based, national firm and we have been privileged
to serve the people of Fort Collins on a variety of planning and design projects. This
association with the City of Fort Collins and its citizens is a relationship that we, as a
firm, have cherished and are very grateful for. We see, in the update of City Plan, a
unique opportunity to apply our past experience and understanding of Fort Collins to
this important assignment, and to assist the City and its residents in answering the
question "What type of community does Fort Collins want to be in the next 20 to 50
years?"
As the City Council, City staff and many other key leaders in the community view the
update of City Plan, there are several key issues that the selected consultant team
should address.
• Demonstrated Project Continuity and Knowledge of City Plan and its "lessons
learned" over the past 5 years, combined with an understanding that the 'Project
is an update and not a fundamental restructuring of the City's Comprehensive
Plan.
• Knowledge and Understanding of Fort Collin's regional context and established
relationships with neighboring communities and Larimer County.
• Ability to evaluate multiple objectives and find a forum for consent on the critical
issues such as density, growth boundaries, transportation corridors,
transportation planning, and the plan review process, among others.
• Experience in mixed -use development, multi -modal transportation system
development, and good urbanism that creates memorable and environmentally
and socially 1 asponsible places.
• Internal capabilities to conduct public information and communications
throughout the process in a variety of public workshops and media.
• Passion and dedication to providing the people of City of Fort Collins with
UNITED STATES exceptional regional planning, economic planning, comprehensive city planning,
transportation/land use planning and urban design services.
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C L A R 1 O N
Clarion Associates is a national land -use consulting firm with offices in Fort Collins, Denver, and
Snowmass Village in Colorado, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and affiliate offices in Chicago, Philadelphia
and Cincinnati. No firm in the country can match the combination of community planning, land use law,
and real estate economics experience of its principals with both public and private sector clients. Clarion
principals have worked nationally for a variety of clients including government agencies, municipalities
and counties, regional planning agencies, financial institutions, developers, corporations, partnerships,
law firms, architects, and not -for -profit organizations.
Our unusual combination of talents allows us to develop creative solutions to difficult land use questions.
Clarion is particularly known for its expertise in land use and plan implementation. Its principals have
written comprehensive plans and drafted ordinances and regulations throughout the United States, with
particular emphasis on comprehensive plans, regional plans, growth management strategies, development
regulations, design standards, natural resource protection, adequate public facilities programs, and both
downtown and suburban zoning systems.
Clarion has considerable expertise in working with community and county governments on planning
projects and assignments requiring regional cooperation. This experience will be invaluable in the
development of the City Plan update. Clarion is particularly adept at working on projects as a team player
where more than one community's culture, needs and sensitivities must be met.
Clarion Associates offers excellent computer capabilities in spatial data analysis, mapping, and
alternatives comparisons. We maintain leading edge skills in graphic design and web -based technology,
and are proud of the high quality products we provide our clients. All of our Planning efforts are
conducted using GIS technology (ESRI Platform). We also utilize CommunityViz, an ArcView
extension, for alternatives development and analysis.
Clarion Associates
Arapahoe County, Colorado Comprehensive Plan
Arapahoe County retained Clarion Associates to prepare a comprehensive plan update for this 806 square mile
county located southeast of Denver. The main planning challenge was to define appropriate policies for the
County, recognizing the significant differences between the urban, western portion of the county, and the rural,
eastern areas and small communities. The adopted plan includes policies to address growth management,
housing, economic development, public facilities, fiscal impacts and conservation. Clarion coordinated an
extensive public process, including three advisory committees and numerous public workshops. Clarion has alsc
been retained to implement the Plan, and is currently conducting an extensive diagnosis of the County's
development regulations. Once complete, we will be preparing revisions to their regulations in an updated,
unified format.
Reference
Sue Conaway, Planning Manager
Arapahoe County
(720) 874-6655
Southern Nevada Regional Plan, Las Vegas, NV
Clarion Associates was retained to lead a team to produce a regional plan and growth management strategy for
the Las Vegas Valley, the fastest growing region in the nation. Mandated by the state legislature, the regional
plan addresses transportation, land use, air quality, infill development, and public services and infrastructure.
Working closely with the Regional Planning Coalition, made up of elected officials of the five jurisdictions in the
Las Vegas Valley, Clarion Associates crafted a plan that focuses on implementation because all local
government plans must conform, by state law, to the regional plan. The team also defined a process to review
developments of regional significance, also a feature of the state legislation. Clarion is currently in the process
of overseeing compliance review for all of the plans and development ordinances of the local governments
within the plan area.
Reference
Mary Kay Peck, Director of Community Development
City of Henderson
(702) 565-2474
City of Fort Collins Comprehensive Plan
Ben Herman, now a principal of Clarion Associates, was responsible for leading a consulting team that included
Calthorpe Associates and Clarion Associates, that prepared a new comprehensive plan and implementation
strategy for this fast-growing university community. "City Plan" was a landmark project for Fort Collins for
several reasons. Although Fort Collins was known for its innovative approaches to planning, the city had never
completed a unified Comprehensive Plan. Prepared over the years as a series of separate elements, the city's
Comprehensive Plan consisted of at least 12-15 separate documents. Additionally, Fort Collins had never
prepared a Comprehensive Plan Land Use map, but rather had relied on policies and a performance -based
approvals system (the Land Development Guidance System). The new City Plan approach, which was adopted
unanimously by the Planning and Zoning Board and City Council, consists of a set of goals, principles and
policies, and a City Structure Plan that organizes the city's planning area into four basic types of places:
Neighborhoods, Districts, Corridors, and Edges. In support of the new direction taken by the plan, Clarion
Associates drafted an innovative new zoning code that completely revamped the city's noted Land Development
Guidance System and implemented the city plan.
Clarion Associates
Reference
Joe Frank, Director of Advance Planning
Fort Collins, Colorado
(970) 221-6752
1-25 Corridor Plan, Northern Colorado Communities
Clarion Associates prepared a regional corridor plan for 32 miles of Interstate 25, through Northern Colorado.
The study process included the participation of 6 municipalities, 2 counties, the Regional Transportation and Air
Quality Council, and the Colorado Department of Highways. The study focused on development of three key
areas: (1)a set of unified design standards, (2) a conceptual transportation plan, and (3) policies and standards
for natural areas and open lands conservation. The project team developed three alternative visions to help
participants visualize what the Corridor could look like in the future and determine where community preferences
lay. The team responded to the issues identified early on, asking questions such as: If current development
patterns were not desirable, then where should development occur? If, tilt -up, concrete panelized structures were
not desirable, what characteristics should new construction have? Would agriculture remain a viable use in the
Corridor in the long-term? What types of transportation system would best serve future development patterns?
Each of these questions, among others, was thoroughly evaluated during this process.
During the visioning process, Corridor Design Principles were developed. Each principle represents a broad
goal to be addressed by the plan and the accompanying design standards, to achieve the Preferred Vision.
These principles were fine-tuned and supplemented throughout the planning process as various issues arose and
the Vision became increasingly clear. These principles included:
♦ Establish a range of development types and intensities within the Corridor. Focus urban levels of
development within compact "activity centers".
- ♦ Coordinate local and regional transportation investments to increase future mobility and mode choices
within the Corridor.
♦ Preserve natural areas, open lands, and views that contribute to the open character of the Corridor.
♦ Maximize long-term property values and community benefits within the Corridor by improving the
overall quality and functionality of development.
Reference
Joe Frank, Director of Advance Planning
Fort Collins, Colorado
(970) 221-6752
Wake County Comprehensive Growth Management Strategy
Clarion Associates is leading a multi -disciplinary team to create a comprehensive Growth Management Strategy
for Wake County, North Carolina, which has experienced significant and unprecedented economic development
and population growth since 1990. While this growth has brought significant benefits, Wake County is bracing
for at least 500,000 new residents anticipated to flow into the region over the next 20 years. In an innovative,
intergovernmental approach, Clarion Associates is working closely with a 42-member task force, consisting of
representatives from the County, the school district and twelve municipalities. This planning process, which is
not legislatively mandated, is focusing on growth concerns in seven areas: community character, cost of growth,
water/sewer, schools, transportation, open space, and land development standards.
Reference
Britt Stoddard, Wake County Planning Department
Clarion Associates
(919) 856-2641
The Cosh of Sprawl in Pennsylvania
Even while Pennsylvania and its largest metropolitan areas continue to lose population, many parts of the
Keystone State are struggling with issues related to unmanaged suburban and rural growth, particularly the loss
of agricultural and other sensitive lands and habitats, the abandonment of many older urban cores, and threats
to historic and cultural resources. In response to increasing citizen concerns, a consortium of non-profit
organizations -with 10,000 Friends of Pennsylvania in the lead -retained Clarion Associates to conduct an
analysis of the costs of growth in Pennsylvania. Given a project with limited funding, Clarion Associates first
conducted an in-depth analysis of national and state literature on the subjects of sprawl and costs of growth to
distill findings that would be equally applicable to the State of Pennsylvania. Working closely with a statewide
advisory committee, Clarion then organized and conducted six case studies around the state. Each case study
grouping consisted of an older core city, an inner -ring suburb, and a relatively fast-growing outer suburb.
Clarion gathered data from these case studies and used the information to formulate a final report on the
various costs of growth in Pennsylvania, including public infrastructure costs, transportation costs, land costs,
social costs, and economic costs. The client planned to use this report to bolster arguments in favor of
coordinated and comprehensive state, regional, and local legislative and policy responses to the issues of
growth.
Reference
Joanne Denworth, 10,000 Friends of Pennsylvania
(215) 568-2225
Clarion Associates
ABOUT ECONOMIC & PLANNING SYSTEMS
The Firm Economic & Planning Systems is a land economics consulting
firm experienced in the full spectrum of services related to real
estate development, the financing of government services and
public infrastructure, land use and conservation planning, and
government organization.
Guiding Principle EPS was founded on the principle that real estate development
and land use -related public policy should be built upon
realistic assessment of market forces and economic trends,
feasible implementation measures, and recognition of public
policy objectives, including provisions for required public
facilities and services.
Areas of Expertise Real Estate Market and Feasibility Analysis
Fiscal and Economic Impact Analysis
Public Finance
Urban Revitalization and Redevelopment
Real Estate Reuse and Disposition
Regional Economics and Industry Analysis
Land Use and Conservation Planning
Government Organization
Information Systems
Clients Served Since 1983, EPS has provided consulting services to hundreds
of public and private sector clients throughout the United
States. Clients include cities, counties, special districts, multi -
jurisdictional authorities, property owners, developers,
financial institutions, and land use attorneys.
Staff Capabilities Each of the firm's principals has over twenty years of
professional experience providing a broad range of economics
consulting services. The professional staff includes specialists
in public finance, real estate development, land use and
transportation planning, government organization, and
computer applications. The firm excels in preparing concise
analyses that disclose risks and impacts, support decision -
making, and provide solutions to real estate development and
land use -related problems.
Offices Berkeley and Sacramento, California and Denver, Colorado
COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING QUALIFICATIONS
LAND USE AND CONSERVATION PLANNING
EPS participates in the preparation of land use plans and related implementation programs.
We combine a thorough working knowledge of land use planning and regulatory practices
with fiscal and economic expertise, ensuring feasible land use plans and implementation
measures. EPS's services typically are engaged to help prepare comprehensive plans,
specific plans, and resource management plans. Skills applied to these efforts include
economic and demographic forecasts; market analysis as input to plan formulation,
including housing needs and jobs/housing balance; development of land use information
systems; land use policy development; fiscal and financial evaluation of plan alternatives;
and development of implementation programs, such as open space preservation programs
and housing programs.
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In order to support the range of local government activities necessary to fund and build
capital improvements, EPS provides services including planning facilities, arranging for
funding, and administering financing programs. EPS's goal is to ensure successful
development of projects and land use plans by preparing feasible financing plans that
respond to public and private objectives and make creative use of available financing
mechanisms. EPS services include: forecasting demand to assist in infrastructure design,
sizing, and timing; identifying and forecasting potential funding sources; allocating capital
costs among participating entities; assessing the impacts of capital financing alternatives on
project feasibility and public finance negotiations, including drafting development
agreements; and formulating assessment rates, special tax formulas, and fee ordinances.
MARKET AND FEASIBLITY ANALYSIS
EPS prepares real estate market and feasibility analysis for a diversity of real estate
development projects and land use planning programs. Our services provide a realistic
assessment of real estate market trends to determine the potential market support for a
given project or land use plan. EPS's feasibility analysis evaluates the potential financial
returns and feasibility of a project, drawing upon our market research of product types,
absorption, and pricing. This market and feasibility information is used in a wide variety of
applications, such as assessing individual project feasibility, development project design
and programming, property disposition strategies, downtown revitalization and
redevelopment efforts, specific and comprehensive land use planning, and economic
analysis of impact fees and other public finance programs. The firm's market analysis
efforts range from evaluations of existing market information to detailed project -specific
market forecasts that utilize consumer surveys and other primary research. Pro forma cash
flow models test feasibility under a range of project alternatives, financing, and partnership
options, disposition strategies, and measures of financial return.
PROJECT PROFILES
Park City / Snyderville Basin Growth Management Plan
Summit County, Utah
The unincorporated Snyderville Basin and Park City have experienced strong growth
pressures due to their dual functions as a rapidly expanding destination resort and an
affluent residential suburb to the Greater Salt Lake Area. In response to these growth
pressures, the County adopted a new General Plan that established a new vision for the
Snyderville Basin in terms of general planning objectives, policies, and design standards.
As a next step, the County required a more detailed analysis of the geographic and financial
impacts of growth, and the policy tools available to manage this growth consistent with its
new vision.
EPS prepared a growth management report that considered the following: (1) real estate
market development pressures; (2) the likelihood that the existing policy regime would
produce outcomes consistent with the new vision; (3) an additional set of policy options that
could more closely guide growth towards the community's vision; and (4) an analysis of the
costs of growth and the measures available to ensure levels of service are maintained or
enhanced as the Basin grows. The information, analysis, and recommendations included in
the report provided the County with a quantitative and graphic basis for the interpretation
and implementation of their new General Plan.
Metro Vision 2020 Plan Urban Centers Project
Denver, Colorado
Metro Vision 2020 Plan is the integrated land use and transportation plan for the Denver
metropolitan region. A compact urban form with freestanding communities was chosen as
the desired development pattern. To direct land use and development patterns towards the
desired urban form, the plan included core elements including an Urban Growth Boundary,
Urban Centers, Regional Open Space, Multi -modal Transportation System, and
Environmental Preservation.
EPS (with an urban design subconsultant) worked with DRCOG on a program to implement
the Urban Centers core element. Although many cities were interested in designating urban
Center locations, there was a lack of agreement on center requirements and regional
commitments. EPS identified comparable urban centers in other cities and identified the
common elements contained in them. The planning team then selected two locations in the
Denver region to undergo an intensive pilot center planning process to develop a concept
plan illustrating how the site could develop to an Urban Center over the next 20 years. EPS
then evaluated the existing Urban Centers criteria and characteristics contained in the Plan
and recommended modifications based on the experience of other cities and the workshop
process. The implementation plan recommended a common set of criteria for urban centers
of all sizes and a locally initiated designation process that allowed each center to develop to
its market threshold level over time.
Preservation Strategies for the Santa Rosa/Rohnert Park Community Separator Area
Santa Rosa, California
The Santa Rosa/Rohnert Park Community Separator Area consisted of 4,300 acres of
important agricultural and scenic lands located between the two growing cities. It has been
recognized that land use designations alone could not ensure preservation of this area.
Budget Limitations prompted the Sonoma County Agriculture Preservation and Open Space
District to explore a range of acquisition technique and alternative conservation strategies.
EPS, working with EDAW, provided a mix of preservation tools and supplemental funding
sources that were appropriate to the resources and land characteristics within the Separator
and which maximized limited District funding. EPS estimated the projected costs of the
program over time to assist the District make strategic preservation decisions that resulted
in permanent land protection.
North Livermore General Plan Amendment Open Space Strategy
Livermore, California
EPS prepared an open space strategy for a proposed 30,000 population development in the
North Livermore Area for a General Plan Amendment. Based on a land use plan prepared
by Calthorpe Associates, EPS developed appropriate open space preservation strategies and
estimated the costs and feasibility of implementing them. The land was categorized
according to the degree of physical constraints to development and the resource values. The
recommendations included requiring dedications under a Specific Plan; the creation of an
Open Space Conservation Zone and a Future Study Area; identification of Acquisition
Target Areas; and the establishment of a land trust to implement the acquisition strategy.
The costs of implementing the proposed open space strategies were estimated and the
financial feasibility evaluated. Recommendations were made regarding appropriate sharing
of the cost burdens.
Porter Trust Master Plan and Annexation
Jackson, Wyoming
EPS was economic and financial consultant on the consultant team preparing a master plan
and annexation agreement for the 822 acre Porter Trust property in Jackson, Wyoming. The
Town initiated annexation on the property to address its long-term growth and community
needs over the next 25 years. The property is immediately contiguous to the Town's
southern boundary. The property is envisioned as the best opportunity to provide
community -oriented affordable and attainable residential and commercial uses as
contiguous development to the Town. Much of the remaining private land in the County
has been developed for exclusive second home projects.
EPS was responsible for forecasting commercial and residential demand in the region and
determining the appropriate amount, type and density of development for this parcel vis a
vis other locations in the County including infitl development and redevelopment. Based
on the demand forecasts, EPS recommended a development program for the site that was
incorporated into land use alternatives and the recommended master plan. The firm was
also responsible for evaluating capital facilities needs and fiscal impacts of the project on the
Town and the County and recommending exaction and mitigation requirements to address
the expected impacts.
Santa Fe Corridor Subarea Plan
Littleton, Colorado
The study area included over 500 acres of largely underdeveloped land lying between Santa
Fe Boulevard and the South Platte River. The study area was undergoing significant
changes including: completion of RTD's southwest light rail line, completion of the South
Platte River Park, and reconstruction and widening of South Santa Fe Boulevard. The City
wanted to ensure that the future development of its undeveloped land met its land use and
economic development objectives.
EPS was economic consultant on a consultant team to develop a land use, zoning and urban
design plan for the Santa Fe Corridor and Historic Downtown Littleton. The economic
analysis identified the types of higher quality development that would be consistent with
the City's goals, evaluated the market potentials for attracting the appropriate types of
development to the corridor and specified the appropriate type and intensity of land uses by
subarea. EPS also estimated the fiscal and overall economic benefits of public investments
and recommended regulatory and public investment changes necessary for attracting
desired development. The project team incorporated the recommendations of the study into
the Santa Fe Corridor Subarea Plan as an element of the City's overall comprehensive plan.
Marin - Sonoma Land Use and Transportation Study
Marin and Sonoma Counties, California
As part of a consultant team, EPS collaborated on a transportation study for the Sonoma
County Transportation Authority. The goal was to define and implement improvements to
the transportation system in Sonoma and Marin Counties along with other efforts that could
reduce congestion and improve efficiency. EPS analyzed demographic trends and journey -
to -work patterns for Sonoma and Marin Counties, as well as the framework for analyses.
The consultant team formulated alternative land use and transportation scenarios to
illustrate the transportation and economic linkages of land use with transportation systems.
The end result was a preferred land use and transportation scenario, for which EPS
prepared an investment strategy.
RESOLVE Oualification
RESOLVE, Inc. is a non-profit organization specializing in neutral mediation,
facilitation, and consensus building services with particular expertise in planning,
transportation, natural resource and public health issues. For twenty-five years,
RESOLVE has been dedicated to improving public dialogue to develop common
perspectives and answer complex public policy questions.
RESOLVE has extensive and varied experience with convening, designing and
conducting consensus building and public involvement efforts in the areas of growth,
land use and resource management. These efforts have included work for government
regulatory agencies, fish and wildlife management, wetlands conservation, marine
fisheries, Native American tribes, conservation organizations, industry, and combinations
of these entities working in collaborative partnerships in the U.S. and internationally.
RESOLVE mediators have earned outstanding reputations for neutrality and credibility
with clients and stakeholders. Our Senior Mediators each have 10-25 years of
experience, combining mediation and facilitation with a foundation in science, public
policy, law, planning, and natural resource management and policy. RESOLVE staff
have facilitated processes on a spectrum of land use and environmental issues including:
water quality and quantity, wetlands, hydro -dam relicensing, fishery management, marine
mammal interactions with commercial fisheries and many other issues.
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In composing our team, EDAW thought carefully about these project related issues,
our past performance, and the unique project requirements. It is in consideration of
these issues and conditions that our project approach, organization, preliminary
scope of work and team composition was formed. We sincerely believe that our
proposed approach will provide the City with outstanding and cost-effective results.
As we composed, our team our first and primary objective was to provide you with a
team that sincerely possessed the following characteristics:
• A demonstrated passion and enthusiasm for the City of Fort Collins. We are
especially pleased to have Clarion led by Ben Herman as a key team member.
His past experience as a key participant on first City Plan consulting team will
provide and invaluable asset.
• A practical knowledge and commitment to working with the City of Fort Collins
Planning Department. The EDAW team has had recent experience with the City
in developing corridor plans with East Mulberry Plan and the I-25 Corridor. An
essential component of these assignments has been an integrated approach to
transportation and land use planning.
• A leadership group that has both Public Polio/Growth Management and planning
policy expertise. We offer the services of Douglas Porter for the national
perspective of other community experience with growth management and the
services of Anne Warhover for additional expertise in Colorado cities in housing,
transportation, and urban growth policy issues.
• A project team that sincerely wants and desires to work with the City of Fort
Collins for many years in the future through the implementation of an updated
City Plan.
We believe our team resources are uniquely organized to provide the City of Fort
Collins with the professional services you are requesting. We do not consider the
update of city plan as simply another planning study for the study - we view this
effort as another cornerstone to the City. To this end, we appreciate your
consideration of our team's qualifications and hope that we have the opportunity to
discuss our enthusiasm and approach with you in person.
Finally, we acknowledge the receipt of the Addendum to Proposal No. P-831, City
Plan Update. We understand that the original opening date was 3:00 pm April 22,
2002, and that the new opening date is 3:00 pm (Fort Collin's clock) April 29, 2002.
We look forward to hearing from you soon
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Bruce Meighen
Project Manager
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RESOLVE Services and Relevant Organizational Experience
RESOLVE's primary services include:
• Situation Assessment for convening stakeholder groups and assisting parties to
evaluate whether and how a collaborative process could be useful;
• Designing and Facilitating technical work groups, workshops, public meetings, joint
fact-finding efforts, strategic planning processes, resource management planning
efforts, and public -private collaboratives;
• Mediating negotiated rulemakings, policy dialogues, site -specific disputes, and
litigation settlement efforts,
• Project and Contract Management for contracts including multi -million dollar
indefinite quantity contracts and small short-term projects.
• Training in facilitation, dispute resolution, negotiation, and consensus building; and
• Applied Research in the use of facilitation, mediation and other dispute resolution
techniques for policy -making.
Convening, Desienine and Conductine
Facilitation, Mediation, Consensus Buildinz, and Public Involvement
for Natural Resource Mannement Proiects
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• Rocky Flats Future Site Use Working Group
• East Mulberry Corridor Plan
• City of Boulder Jobs/Population Balance Task Force
• Summit County's Lower Blue Master Plan
• T-Rex Partnering Workshops
• California Marine Life Management Act Constituent Involvement Project
• Potomac River Conference: Developing Watershed Action Agendas
• Southeast States Wetlands Conservation Planning Workshop
• Summitville Superfund Site/Colorado Water Quality Goals Convening
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• Federal/State Wetlands Regulatory Streamlining Workshops
• Wetlands Policy Forum
Developine Aereements, Partnerships Stratezic Plans
and Natural Resource Manazement Plans
Pacific Fishery Management Council Groundfish Fishery Management Strategic Plan
Development Process
• USDA Forest Service Strategic Planning Process
• State of Maryland Oyster Management Plan
• Strategic Planning Workshop for NOAA Constituent and Public Affairs Office
• Cape Cod Commercial Hook Fisherman's Association Strategic Planning Workshop
• U.S. EPA Wetlands Division Strategic Plan Development
• Collaborative Stewardship Symposium for National Forest Management
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DOUG PORTER CURRENT AND RECENT PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Selected Clients:
Abell Foundation (Baltimore, MD)
Baltimore County, MD
Boise Future Foundation
Calvert County, MD Planning Dept.
The Conservation Fund
Delaware Dept. of Transportation
Del Webb Corporation
Fannie Mae and Fannie Mae Foundation
Florida Energy Office
Georgia Department of Community Affairs
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Maryland Department of Transportation
Metro (Portland, OR regional agency)
New Jersey State Planning Office
City of Pittsburgh
Transportation Research Board
U.S. Conference of Mayors
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
U.S. Dept. ofHousing/Urban Development
U.S. Department of Transportation
The Urban Land Institute
Washington Township (Mercer County), NJ
Planning and Regulatory Aspects of Growth Management
Palm Beach County Peer Review Process. Porter is serving on the peer review committee advising the Palm
Beach County planning and zoning office on proposed new zoning and subdivision regulations. The new
regulations are being prepared to implement "tier system" plan recently adopted by the county as a growth
management tool. Regulations are focused on promoting specific "models" of development such as compact.
mixed -use town centers and traditional neighborhoods.
Overcoming Barriers to Infill Housing. As part of a program sponsored by HUD and the Urban Land Institute,
working with the City of Chicago and the suburban jurisdictions of Highland Park and Hanover Park to stimulate
development of affordable inftll housing. Program efforts include round -table discussions. organization of a
workshop to provide workable approaches for the communities involved, and collaborative efforts with each of the
jurisdictions to pursue specific objectives in production of infill housing, including development of community land
trusts and establishment of inclusionary zoning approaches.
Regional Urban Restoration Program. Managed the three-year cooperative agreement between the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency and The Growth Management Institute to work collaboratively with state,
regional, and local agencies to promote sustainable urban restoration and revitalization as an alternative to sprawl.
Efforts were focused on South Florida and the EPA Region 5 office in Chicago. In South Florida, GNU assisted
regional and local groups in implementing the "Eastward Ho!" strategy to restore the urban corridor from Dade
through Palm Beach counties to prevent further sprawl into the Everglades. The efforts including organizing
workshops to define specific regional strategies for the corridor, with preparation of subsequent reports. Porter also
managed development of a scoping study to determine potential needs for a regional travel demand model sensitive
to land use and transit scenarios. In the EPA midwestern region, GMI worked with regional EPA and metropolitan
planning staff to promote sustainable development in metropolitan areas, resulting in conferences on sustainable
development in Detroit and Peoria. Through a follow-up contract with the EPA Region 5 office, GMI has drafted a
white paper on transportation and land use effects on regional air quality for the Northeastern Illinois Planning
Commission.
Effects of Smart Growth Programs on Availability of Developable Land. With a grant from the Fannie Mae
Foundation, GNU participated in a survey of state and local measures to accommodate production of affordable
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housing as part of regionwide Smart Growth programs
Studies of Market -Rate Housing Production in Central Cities: For the U.S. Conference of Mayors, the National
Association of Home Builders, and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, prepared case studies
of progress in the "Building Homes in America's Cities" program promoting regulatory simplification, public
incentives, and private actions for production of market -rate housing in central cities.
Studies of Affordable Housing Developments: Preparing descriptions and analyses of affordable infill and
redevelopment housing projects assisted by Fannie Mae programs, for Fannie Mae's internal educational and
external promotional purposes.
Exploration of "Ad Hoc" Regionalism. With a grant from the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, organized a
workshop with representatives of non -governmental organizations formed to promote regional growth
management, to explore the origins, working styles, and planned or actual outcomes of their efforts.
Growth Management Tools: For the Georgia Department of Community Affairs, preparing descriptive analyses
of techniques commonly used in local management of growth, including mixed -use zoning, performance zoning,
and acquisition of conservation easement. The monographs are to be published on the web as guides for local
governments.
Charlotte/Mecklenburg County Intermodal Facility Study. For the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce, evaluated
alternative development plans related to proposed construction of an intermodal facility at the regional airport and
recommended a land use strategy for areas to be affected by the facility operations.
Playa Vista Sustainable Development Advisory Committee. Selected as member of committee advising the
Center for Sustainable Urban Design at Playa Vista on ways to promote sustainable communities through
monitoring and evaluation of the organization, design, construction, and occupancy of Playa Vista and other
sustainable developments.
Southeast Massachusetts Regional Growth Management. Participated in a consensus -building process to
generate agreement among an ad hoc, broadly representative committee formed to consider regional approaches to
growth management in Southeastern Massachusetts. The committee is developing a vision and action program in
response to both high -growth and slow -growth forces in communities south and east of Boston.
Transferable Development Rights Program. Advised Washington Township, NJ in structuring a transferable
development rights program to stimulate town center development (based on neo-traditional development patterns)
while conserving open space and farmland.
Maryland State Growth Management. With a grant from the Abell Foundation, evaluated Maryland's recent
"Smart Growth" legislation to determine improvements or new provisions that would ensure achievement of state
development objectives, including consideration of measurable outcomes. The report contains 21 recommendations
for strengthening the program to meet stated goals.
Analyses of Proposed Iowa and Colorado State Growth Management Acts. For the Home Builders Association
of Greater Des Moines, analyzed the strengths and weaknesses of proposed state legislation to guide local decision
making on development issues. Evaluated alternative proposed state legislative acts and participated in workshop
discussion of potential approaches and provisions organized by the Growth Management Alliance of Colorado.
Highway Corridor Growth Management. For the Maryland Department of Transportation, advised a 75-member
task force on growth management approaches to linking land use planning and development to transportation
improvements in the U.S. 301 corridor. For the task force, Porter prepared case studies of growth management,
evaluating current county growth management practices, conducted a survey and analysis of intergovernmental
agreements, defined land use scenarios for evaluation by the transportation model, determined land use inputs and
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resulting impacts of land use, and helped to guide the Task Force's decisions on recommended actions.
Evaluation of Growth Management Strategies. In workshop formats, advised elected officials and staff in
Huntersville, NC; Cary, NC; and Eagle County, CO on potential growth management techniques for guiding
growth.
State Guidelines for Large -Scale Development. Conducted a survey and analysis of state growth management
programs for the Florida Energy Office to determine their treatment of large-scale development within the
framework of state objectives and policies; as part of this project, Porter participated in discussions of Reid Ewing's
research program that resulted in the publication of Best Development Practices.
Analysis of Slow -Growth Scenario Issues for Portland Metro. In connection with Portland, Oregon's long-range
metropolitan planning, worked with ECO Northwest to analyze issues related to a potential slow -growth scenario,
including possible techniques for achieving slow -growth and probable consequences of those actions.
Pittsburgh's Industrial Zoning Regulations. As part of a consultant team that is revising Pittsburgh's zoning
ordinance for the city planning department, researched industrial zoning approaches in other cities and prepared
an issue paper and provisions to guide industrial development to reflect modem needs. The work will draw from
Porter's previous research on zoning and covenants for research/business parks.
Consensus -Building Case Studies. Prepared four case studies for the Urban Land Institute to exemplify
consensus -building efforts in managing development, ranging from downtown revitalization to highway corridor
planning. These built on other case studies and research prepared for an earlier ULI publication entitled Working
With the Community:.4 Developer's Guide.
Regional Advisory Panels. Participated as a member of ULI advisory panels for regional growth management
issues in Boise, Idaho; Monterrey, Mexico, and Las Vegas, Nevada; wrote and edited reports for each.
Growth Management Workshops. As faculty associate of the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, Porter assisted in
organizing and participated in workshops on growth issues in New Hampshire and Lexington, Kentucky.
Growth Management Research. For the Growth Management Leadership Project, conducted an evaluation of the
growth management research efforts of national associations allied to regional and local development concerns.
Growth Management Practice. Continuing research and publication about growth management practices in
specific states, regions, and communities, as evidenced in the list of publications. These efforts are aided by
frequent speaking engagements in regional and local conferences on growth management issues.
Infrastructure Planning and Analyses
Land Use Implications of Planned Highway Improvements. Participated in three expert panels evaluating the
land use implications of alternative highway improvements and potential effects on adjoining communities. The
highway corridors included I-5 north of Vancouver, Washington; I-270 north of Washington, D.C.; and Maryland
32 in Howard County, Maryland. The analyses involved determinations of potential changes in land use
projections due to proposed highway improvements.
Boise Region Infrastructure Vision and Program. Worked with a multi -stakeholder group in the Boise, Idaho
region to define regional infrastructure needs and frame a regionwide strategy for infrastructure development and
financing. Surveyed 18 intergovernmental service delivery organizations as potential models. Recommendations
included new intedurisdictional arrangements for planning and developing infrastructure systems and
identification of new revenue sources to finance infrastructure needs.
Washington Region Transportation Summit. For the U.S. Department of Transportation, Office of the Deputy
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Assistant Secretary for Governmental Affairs, assisted in organizing a Congressionally -directed summit to define a
transportation action plan for the Washington, D.C. region, including interviews, agenda -setting, identification of
speakers and sessions, and preparation of a white paper and subsequent action plan.
Transit Station -Area Development. Commissioned by the Transportation Research Board of the National
Academy of Sciences to prepare a synthesis of research and experience with transit -focused development. He
studied policies and practices in 19 regions in the United States and Canada as part of the study, which has been
published by the Transportation Research Board.
Transit -Oriented Land Use. Participated as a panel member and report editor for the Urban Land Institute Panel
Advisory Service week-long evaluation of Charlotte, North Carolina's transit proposal for the South Corridor. The
panel was requested to propose appropriate land uses and development guidelines for transit station areas along the
proposed rail transit line.
Growth Management and Local Schools. Worked with Baltimore and Calvert County administrations in
Maryland to recommend regulatory and policy responses to growth issues concerning school capacities and school
development programs, both involving development moratoriums and recommendations for revisions to adequate
public facility ordinances.
New Jersey Infrastructure and Monitoring Programs. For the Office of State Planning, prepared the final report
projecting 20-year infrastructure needs in connection with the state development and redevelopment plan.
including projections of costs. In addition, he formulated a monitoring and evaluation program for tracking the
effectiveness of the plan as it is implemented.
Growth Management and Transportation. Worked with the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, Porter assisted in
organizing a workshop on metropolitan issues in land use and transportation relationships for the Federal Highwav
Administration, including presentation of a paper on metropolitan growth management prospects and editing of
the workshop summary publication.
Financing Infrastructure with Special Districts. Porter prepared a second, updated and revised edition of Special
Districts: A Useful Technique for Financing Infrastructure, published by ULI, including a new chapter on the
formative procedures for districts and updating of many case studies.
Land-Use/Transit Linkages. Porter prepared an issue paper on indicators of supportive land use for proposed
transit systems for the Federal Transit Administration, under contract to the Urban Land Institute.
Regional Infrastructure Financing Issues. For the Johns Hopkins University Berman Real Estate Institute, Porter
organized and managed a Washington/Baltimore regional conference on public/private financing issues.
Metropolitan Transportation Planning. For the Transportation Research Board, prepared and presented two
papers at national conferences concerning planning and data issues in metropolitan transportation planning. In
addition, prepared a summary of discussions at a regional consensus -building workshop organized by the Triangle
Transit Authority in the Raleigh -Durham (NC) region.
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TEAM OROANIZATItN1AL CHART
GROWTH MANAGEMENT
COMMITTEE
CITIZEN ADVISORY
COMMITTEE
Mike Hughes, RI
Team Leader
Jody Erickson, RI
Public Involvement
Key
EDAW - EDAW, Inc.
CA - Clarion Associates
EPS - Economic & Planning Systems
RI - RESOLVE, Inc.
SB - Sear -Brown Group
GMI - Growth Management Institute
Client Group
H Cales Givens, EDAW
Principal -in -Charge
Bruce Meighen, EDAW
Project Manager
Dan Guimond, EPS
Team Leader
Anne Warhover
Affordable Housing /
Economic Policy
Jane Blackstone, EPS
Public Policy Expert
TRANSPORTATION
MASTER PLAN TEAM
Ben Herman, CA
Team Leader
Deana Swetlik EDA W
Urban Design / Planning
Doug Porter, GMI
Growth Management Expert
Chris Duerksen, CA
Legal / Intergovernmental /
Zoning / Land Use Issues
Don Silar, SB
Civil Engineering
Tbm Kekh, EDAW
Team Leader
Tina Axelrad, CA
Growth Management/
Open Space Preservation
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EDAW, Inc.
Cales Givens will serve as Principal in Charge. With over twenty-six vears in
planning and landscape architecture, Cales Givens has extensive experience in
master planning, urban design, public/private development planning, resort
and golf course community planning and landscape architecture design. His
responsibilities include strategic land use planning, rezoning and master plan
processing, design guidelines and implementation. Mr. Givens has particular
expertise in directing large multi -discipline consultant teams and leading
planning and design projects involving community participation.
Bruce Meighen will serve as Project Manager. Bruce is a certified planner with
experience in comprehensive planning, regional planning and environmental
analysis. He specializes in local and regional land use and environmental
analyzes for comprehensive plans, resource management studies,
demographic forecasting, NEPA documents and water demand studies. Bruce
brings to this project ample experience in directing other large regional
planning studies. He recently completed a land use and demographic analysis
addressing future growth beyond 2020 for Metro Wastewater that covered the
entire Denver Region. He has provided similar services for communities
along the Front Range including three other regional growth studies that
examined land use beyond 2020 -- the Greeley Water Demand Study, the
Northern Colorado Regional Planning Study and the Northern Colorado
Water Conservancy District Water Demand Study. He recently completed
comprehensive plans for Laramie County, Wyoming and the Town of
Windsor. Colorado and is currently working on the East Mulberry Corridor
Plan and the Steamboat Springs Comprehensive Plan.
Tom Keith will serve as Environmental/ Open Space/ Regional Planner. Tom
has over 20 years of experience in a wide range of resource management and
regional planning assignments. He has been involved in open lands projects
for more than a decade. He is highly skilled at the analysis of land use and
natural resource information, and integrating the results of the analysis into
public policy and decision -making efforts. Tom has participated in numerous
regional studies, including work for the City of Fort Collins, Town of Windsor
and Larimer County. Examples of his work include the Northern Colorado
Community Separator Study, Fossil Creek Reservoir Resource Management
Study, Regional Water Demand Study for the Northern Colorado Water
Conservancy District, Fort Collins-Timnath-Windsor Separator
Implementation Study, and East Mulberry Corridor Plan.
Deana Swetlik, AICP will serve as Urban Designer/ Planner. Deana's
background as both architect and planner allows for keen insight into the
collaboration of planning issues with urban form. Deana has worked on a
broad range of project types including land use plans, zoning ordinances,
neighborhood plans, revitalization plans, design guidelines, streetscape
projects, site development, park plans and bikeway planning. Ms. Swetlik's
specialty is in directing multi -disciplinary teams and in leading public
workshops.
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Clarion Associates
Ben Herman, AICP, will be the lead team member for Land Use and Growth
Management. He has more than 24 years of local, regional, and international
experience in all aspects of community and environmental planning. He has
been responsible for managing and conducting complex, multidisciplinary
assignments for both private and public sector clients. He has extensive
experience in community planning, and he has completed comprehensive
planning assignments for numerous towns and counties in Colorado —
including Arapahoe County; the City of Westminster; the City of Fort Collins;
Adams County; Colorado Springs; the City of Evans; the City of Broomfield;
Arapahoe County; and others. He served as project director for the
preparation of City Plan in 1996/97.
µChristopher Duerksen will provide expertise with zoning, land use,
intergovernmental, and legal issues related to the implementation of the Area
Plan. He has represented local governments, nonprofits, and the private sector
in a variety of land -use and zoning matters and specializes in development
code revisions, growth management planning, historic preservation, natural
resource and scenic area protection strategies, airport -area development, and
market development strategies. A co-founder of the Rocky Mountain Land
Use Institute, Mr. Duerksen has written and spoken extensively on land use
issues in Colorado and nationally.
Tina Axelrad is a Senior Associate with Clarion. Ms. Axelrad's areas of
expertise include development code drafting, comprehensive and growth
management planning, and open space/natural resources preservation
strategies. Ms. Axelrad has a Bachelor of Arts in Economics, from Connecticut
College; a Master of Urban Planning — New York University Wagner School of
Public Service; and a law degree from New York University School of Law.
Her role will be to provide technical support for growth management and
implementation tasks.
Economic & Planning Systems, Inc.
Daniel R. Guimond, AICP will be the task leader for economics and will also
lead the capital improvements planning analysis. Dan is a principal with EPS
and manager of the Denver office of the firm. He has extensive experience in
land use policy analysis and the preparation of comprehensive plans and
capital improvement programs at the local and regional level. He has been at
the forefront of regional growth management efforts including the analysis of
alternative urban forms and preparation of integrated regional growth and
transportation plans for metropolitan planning organizations and councils of
government. He was the principal consultant working with the Denver
Regional Council of Governments with the development of Metro Vision 2020
from the initial development of alternative urban forms until plan adoption.
Dan is also a specialist in implementation programming, in particular the
development of capital improvement plans. He has also been active in civic
affairs related to planning and development and has served on the Denver
Planning Board since 1992.
Walter Kieser, Managing Principal of EPS, will be a senior advisor in the area
of growth management and urban form. Mr. Kieser has on over 50
comprehensive land use and transportation plans for cities and counties. His
broad -based experience with land use, transportation and conservation
planning, public/private financing agreements, inter -governmental
agreements, infrastructure financing programs, local government
reorganization, and real estate development projects combine to provide
balanced and pragmatic solutions, ensuring that land use plans can be
successfully implemented, infrastructure can be financed, and that real estate
projects meet private -sector financial objectives while supporting public policy
objectives. Walter has worked extensively in Colorado including successfully
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implementing the state's first rural transportation authority for RFTA in the
Roaring Fork Valley and Aspen's recently approved affordable housing
strategic plan. .
Jane Blackstone, Vice President of EPS, will be responsible for the evaluation
of plan alternatives against economic and policy measures. Ms. Blackstone has
more than twenty years of project management, public policy and planning
experience. Prior to joining EPS, she was a deputy director responsible for
planning and real estate activities at two former military bases — the Presidio
of San Francisco and the former Lowry Air Force Base in Denver. This
experience with public mixed -use planning and development projects,
including integration of economic, public policy, environmental, historic
preservation, transportation and natural resource considerations, informs a
practical, interdisciplinary approach to land use planning assignments. Jane's
work has also employed extensive public participation efforts, resulting in
projects that meet public and private objectives and are successfully
implemented.
Andy Knudtsen, Associate with EPS, will be responsible for market analysis
and growth forecasts. Mr. Knudtsen has extensive expertise evaluating
demand for commercial and residential development. Concerning housing
needs, Andrew has completed numerous regional assessments and jobs/
housing balance studies, including recent projects for Aspen, Winter Park, and
Mesa County, Colorado. Andy has enabled communities to recognize the key
role affordable housing plays in sustaining economic viability and the need for
a range of housing options to reflect the community's economic profile. He
has also completed community -wide commercial market assessments to
identify supportable square footage for commercial and employment based
land uses for balanced growth.
RESOLVE, Inc.
Mike Hughes, RESOLVE will lead the public involvement effort, working with
the project staff and consultant team to ensure a consistent, inclusive and
effective public involvement strategy. Mike will work with the staff to ensure
that the mass communication effort (press relations, press releases,
newsletters, web site communication, etc.) supports the face-to-face strategies
(public meetings, lectures, workshops and Citizen Advisory Committee).
Mike will facilitate some of the CAC meetings and will facilitate public
meetings. Mike has experience in public involvement in Ft. Collins as the
facilitator for the City's Fluoride Technical Study Group and the East Mulberry
Citizens Advisory Committee. He has worked with other members of the
project team in Ft. Collins, Boulder and Arvada.
Jody Erikson, RESOLVE will facilitate Citizen Advisory Committee meetings.
She is currently leading the Citizen Advisory Group for EPA's cleanup of the
Shattuck site, a highly controversial remediation in Denver. Jody has
additional experience working with public advisory committees focused on
planning, health policy, energy and environmental quality.
Project Advisors
Douglas Porter of The Growth Management Institute will serve as an advisor
related to growth management issues. Doug is a nationally -recognized
authority on all forms of growth management. For many years he has
monitored, analyzed, and written about growth management programs,
techniques, and issues at state, regional, and local levels throughout the United
States. He returned to private practice in 1991 after 12 years at the Urban Land
Institute, where he directed ULI's public policy research program. Since 1991
he has engaged in a broad variety of assignments grounded on his wide
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knowledge of growth management issues and practices. In 1992 he founded
The Growth Management Institute as a nonprofit organization to carry on his
ULI experience in information exchange, research, and educational endeavors.
In his prior career, he had completed 20 years of consulting in planning and
development, mostly as a principal at Marcou, O'Leary and Associates in
Washington, D.0
Anne Warhover will serve as an advisor related to Policy and Growth
Management Issues. She is the President and CEO of the Downtown Denver
Partnership, a private, non-profit corporation. The Partnership, a group of
three separate corporate entities and one quasi governmental entity, markets
Downtown as a vibrant and diverse place to work, live, play and invest. A six
million dollar annual budget provides funds for services designed to give
downtown Denver a competitive edge as the business center and
entertainment destination for the Rocky Mountain Region. Services include
keeping downtown clean and safe, retaining and recruiting jobs, facilitating
housing development, marketing entertainment and retail destinations to the
metro area residents, and producing three major annual events. In her role as
President, Anne is responsible for implementing the policies set by four
separate boards of directors who represent 475 member businesses and over
600 downtown property owners.
Don Silar, P.E., Sear Brown, will serve as consultant related to utility and
infrastructure issues. Don is a Project Manager for Sear -Brown and has worked
in civil engineering and construction since 1976. He emphasizes thorough and
efficient planning, design, contract document preparation and construction
inspection/administration. Don is experienced in site investigations, report
preparation, computer aided and conventional planning and design, and
construction inspection/administration.
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RESUME ( 1
EDUCATION
B.I.A. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and
State University, 1975
REGISTRATIONS
Registered Landscape Architect, Virginia,
1978
Maryland 1988
AFFILIATIONS
Urban Land Institute
American Society of Landscape Architects
Chair, Landscape Architecture Alumni
Committee at Virginia Polytechnic Institute
and State University
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and
State University College of Architecture
Advisory Board member
HONORS + AWARDS
Merit Award for Research, Summer
Student Program 2001, Colorado Chapter
ASLA,2001
Outstanding Planning Award, St. Louis
Downtown Development Action Plan, APA,
2000, Missouri Chapter
Honor Award for Urban Design and
Planning, St. Louis Downtown
Development Action Plan, ASLA, 2000
Honor Award for Planning and Urban
Design, St. Louis Downtown Development
Action Plan, CCASLA, 2000
Honor Award for Planning and Urban
Design, Stapleton Design Book, CCASLA
2000
Merit Award, Lansdowne and the NVRPA
Conservation Easement, ASLA Potomac
Chapter, 1991
Planning Award, Alexandria 2020, Potomac
Yard, APA National Capital Chapter, 1990
Merit Award, Alexandria 2020, Potomac
Yard, ASLA Potomac Chapter, 1990
Planning Award, Lansdowne, APA Virginia
Chapter, 1989
Honor Award, A Memorial to the 56 Signers
of the Declaration of Independence, ASLA
Potomac Chapter, 1984
Faculty Design Award, Virginia Polytechnic
Institute, 1975
Merit Award, NAIE Urban Design
Competition, 1973
H. CALES GIVENS
Principal/Vice President
With over twenty-six years in planning and landscape architecture, Cales
Givens has extensive experience in master planning, urban design,
public/private development planning, resort and golf course community
planning and landscape architecture design. His responsibilities include
strategic land use planning, rezoning and master plan processing, design
guidelines and implementation. Mr. Givens has particular expertise in directing
large multi -discipline consultant teams and leading planning and design
projects involving community participation.
PROJECT EXPERIENCE
Mulberry Street Gateway Corridor Plan, Fort Collins, CO
Co -Principal -in -Charge
CLIENT: City of Fort Collins
Corridor plan, design standards and gateway imaging for Highway 14, the main
access from 1-25 into Downtown Fort Collins including economic, land use, and
environmental analysis of the 2,600 acre site.
Town of Castle Rock Vision 2020, Castle Rock, CO
Principal -in -Charge
CLIENT: Town of Castle Rock
Updating the Town of Castle Rock Vision 2020 which included leading the
visioning charrettes, building public consensus and engaging the citizens to
determine their future destiny.
Stapleton Redevelopment Plan for Developer Selection, Denver, CO
Principal -in -Charge
CLIENT: Terrabrook
Strategic Master Plan for the redevelopment of the former Stapleton Airport site
prepared during master developer selection process.
Design Guidelines for the Redevelopment of the Stapleton Airport Site,
Denver, CO
Principal -in -Charge
CLIENT: Forest City
EDAW created a set of design guidelines to augment the City and County of
Denver's ordinances that will build upon the developer's master plan to set the
tone for development of the first phase of the project, and will be used as a
foundation for future phases.
Corinth Downtown Plan, Corinth, Mississippi
Principal -in -Charge
CLIENT: National Park Service
A ten year plan for the City of Corinth, Alcorn County and the Siege and
Battlefield Commission to guide redevelopment of the City of Corinth. Special
focus issues are downtown parking including circulation, tourism, signage and
wayfinding, and other important planning elements. Partnering with the
National Park Service Gateway Communities, the goal is to prepare for the
sesquicentennial celebration of the Civil War and to increase tourism.
MCCarran International Airport Land Use + Disposal Plan, Las Vegas, NV
Principal -in -Charge
CLIENT: McCarran International Airport/Clark County Department of
Aviation
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RESUME 1 i
N. CALEB GIVENS Economic market analysis, interim disposal plan, land use plan, environmental
analysis, infrastructure analysis, and strategic management policy for a 5,234
acre site which is compatible with the airport environs including such uses as
open space, golf courses, commercial, office, retail, industrial, manufacturing,
warehousing, easements and rights -of -way.
St. Louis Downtown Core + Riverfront District Master Plan, St. Louis, MO
Co- Principal -in -Charge
CLIENT: Downtown Now!
EDAW developed a plan aimed at the identification of specific catalyst projects
some that would begin construction before the planning process was complete.
Our team's goal is to recapture some of the City's success for Downtown living,
working and entertainment.
Guidelines for St. Louis Downtown Plan, St. Louis, MO
Co- Principal -in -Charge
CLIENT: Downtown Now!
EDAW created a set of typology guidelines for the St. Louis Downtown
Development Action Plan which included identification of street typologies,
open space, landscape, historic building, new construction, parking structures
and wayfinding systems.
Jacksonville Downtown Plan, Jacksonville, FL
Principal -in -Charge
CLIENT: City of Jacksonville
EDAW participated in a highly interactive workshop process to prepare a
Master Plan for downtown including development of an overall vision, goals
and policies, action plans and programs as well as design criteria and standards
needed to provide a high level of urban design for downtown development.
Coliseum Central Business Improvement District, Hampton, VA
Principal -in -Charge
CLIENT: Coliseum Central Business Improvement District
EDAW developed a master plan which addressed market potentials,
redevelopment/revitalization concepts, development and financing, impact of
automobiles, concerns of safety, and the lack of an appropriate environment for
pedestrians.
Strategic Planning for the St. Joe Company's 1,000,000-acre Land
Holdings, Florida Panhandle, FL
Principal Planner
CLIENT: St. Joe Company
Development of a business strategy for St. Joe to create market -driven
programs, identify analogues, evolve inducer strategies, and segment properties
into manageable increments, as well as detailed master planning for selected
sites.
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BRUCE MEIGHEN, AICP
Associate
EDUCATION
Bruce Meighen is a certified land use planner with experience in
Master of City Planning, Georgia Institute of
comprehensive planning, regional planning, environmental analysis and
Technology
geog raphic information systems. He specializes in local and regional land use
Bachelor Arts, Geography Urban
Systems, McGill University, Montreal,
M
and environmental analysis for comprehensive ement
plans, resource mans
P g
Quebec
studies, demographic analysis, NEPA documents and water demand studies.
Commerce Degree, Champlain College,
As a project manager, Bruce has directed large environmental projects
Montreal, Quebec
throughout the western United States.
REGISTRATIONS
PROJECT EXPERIENCE
Certified Planner (AICP), 1995
Habitat Evaluation Procedures (HEP)
Certified, 1999
East Mulberry Street (Highway 14) Corridor Plan, Fort Collins, CO
Project Manager
CLIENT: City of Fort Collins
AFFILIATIONS
American Institute of Certified Planners
Subarea plan for the primary gateway into Fort Collins. The study includes a
American Planning Association
land use plan, transportation studies and an economic analysis.
Colorado Planning Association
Ladmer Land Trust Project ID Team
Windsor Comprehensive Plan Update, Windsor, CO
Nature Conservancy
Project Manager
CLIENT: Town of Windsor
HONORS + AWARDS
Comprehensive plan update, including the addition of housing policies
Colorado Chapter ASLA Honor Award, 2001
addressing workforce and affordable housing. Other components included
-California National Historic Trails
environmental, transportation, infrastructure and economic development.
Interpretive Center Siting Study
Colorado Chapter ASLA Land Stewardship
Award, 2001 - California National Historic
Steamboat Springs Comprehensive Plan, Steamboat Springs, CO
Trails Interpretive Center Siting Study
Project Manager
Partnership for Community Design Award,
CLIENT: Clarion Associates/Town of Steamboat Springs
Colorado springs Parks, Recreation and
Trai12000-2010 Master Plan
Comprehensive Ian update addressing the future growth of Steamboat
P P P g
Merit Award, American Society of
Springs. Key components include carrying capacity, recreation, parks, open
Landscape Architect, Colorado Chapter,
space, natural environment, urban form, and economic viability.
Colorado Springs Parks Recreation and
Trail 2000 - 2010 Master Plan
Metro Wastewater Service Area Utility, Land Use + Demographic
Chapter Award, Colorado Chapter of the
American Planning Association, 1999-
Forecasting Model, Denver, CO
Northern Colorado Community Separator
Project Manager
Study
CLIENT: Metro Wastewater Reclamation District
Georgia ASLA Award, Mass in Kennesaw
Battlefield Earthworks Mapping and
Service area utilityplan for Denver metropolitan area, including demographic
P
Preservation Plan
and economic forecasts and future land use analyses. The project included an
GPA Award, 1997 - Kennesaw Battlefield
automated CIS model to assist in the generation of demographic data at any
Earthworks Mapping
scale, utilizing TAZ data, land use information and census data. The project
Corporal of the Year Award for Outstanding
examined future growth for the Denver Region for key points in time from 2000
Leadership and Top Candidate Award
to build -out.
/1988, Canadian Military Reserve
B.A. Geography Graduate with Distinction,
1992
NCWCD Water Demand Study, CO
Project Manager
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
CLIENT: Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District(NCWCD)
ERDAS southeastern Users conference,
Study assessing and quantifying present and future water demands for the
1995, Shoreline Management
region along Colorado's northern Front Range. Developed CIS database
NALMS Southeastern User's Conference,
utilizing satellite imagery, existing CIS databases and future land use plans to
1995, Shoreline Management
assist planners in meeting water demands into the next century.
National Conference on Battlefield
Preservation, 1996, Earthwork Preservation
EEI, 1997, Recreation Planning
Northern Colorado Community Separator Study, CO
Colorado Wildlife Society, 2001, CDOW
Project Planner
Master Management Plans
CLIENT: Various Northern Colorado Communities
GIS analysis to identify key parcels for preservation and model future growth
as a way to evaluate different perceptions of open space.
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BRUCE MEIONEN, AICP Greeley Parks + Recreation Master Plan Update, 2001, Greeley, CO
Project Manager
CLIENT: City of Greeley
Master plan update inventorying existing resources, analysis of recreational
uses and trends, and a plan of development to meet future needs.
Greeley Water Demand Study, Greeley, CO
Project Manager
CLIENT: City of Greeley
Long-range, GIS-based water demand forecast utilizing alternative land use
scenarios for the years of 1999, 2020 and 2050.
Larlmer County Landfill Siting Study, Latimer County, CO
Project Manager
CLIENT: Latimer County
Siting study using a CIS model to evaluate over 20 environmental, land use and
cultural factors, and to identify land suitability for a new landfill.
Colorado Springs Parks, Recreation + Open Space Plan, Colorado
Springs, CO
Project Planner
CLIENT: City of Colorado Springs
Master plan recommendations focused on recreation facility distribution,
staffing needs, development impact fees and expansion of parkland, open
space areas and urban trails to meet current and anticipated future demand.
Laramie County Comprehensive Plan, Cheyenne, WY
Project Manager
CLIENT: Laramie County, Wyoming
Comprehensive plan that evaluated natural resources, natural hazards and
open space; and identified and developed policies to protect these natural
communities. Incorporated multi -species habitat conservation plan to protect
species such, as the Preble's Meadow Jumping Mouse.
Arvada Parks, Trails + Open Space Master Plan, Arvada, CO
Project Planner
CLIENT: City of Arvada
Trails and open space master plan involving inventory of existing resources,
survey design and implementation, needs assessment and identification of
priorities. Master plan recommendations focused on expansion of parkland,
open space areas and urban trails to meet current and anticipated future
demand.
Fossil Creek Reservoir Resource Management Plan, Fort Collins, CO
Project Planner
CLIENT: City of Fort Collins and Latimer County
Created resource management plan for 750-acre reservoir to document site
resources, protect and enhance important wildlife habitat, and provide for
public use.
Elbert County Open Lands + Trails Master Plan, Elbert County, CO
Project Manager
CLIENT: Elbert County, Colorado
Master plan for development and implementation of a working open lands
program stressing the acquisition of a conservation easement and public
education based on an evaluation of Elbert County's natural resources.
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RESUME 11
TOM KEITH
PrincipallVlce President
EDUCATION
Mr. Keith is an Environmental and Land Use Planner who is highly
M.S., Regional Resource Planning,
experienced in master planning and natural resource management He has
Colorado State university
specialized in regional -scale studies for the past 20 years and has worked
A.B., Bowdoin College
throughout Colorado and most of the nation. Much of his work focuses on the
theme of balancing resource protection and development objectives. He is
ACTIVITIES
highly experienced in public involvement
Latimer County Open Lands Advisory Board
PROJECT EXPERIENCE
HONORS • AWARDS
Merit Award, American Society of
Landscape Architects, Colorado State Trails
East Mulberry Street (Highway 14) Corridor Plan, Fort Collins, CO
Master Plan
Co -Principal -in -Charge
Honor Award, American Society of
CLIENT: City of Fort Collins
Colorado Chapter,
Landscape Architects, arksand Recreation
Fort Collins Parks and Recreation Master
Subarea plan for a 3-mile rime corridor from I-25 to downtown Fort Collins.
P primary
Plan
Chapter Award, Colorado Chapter of the
Northern Colorado Community Separator Study, Northern Colorado
American Planning Association, Northern
Principal -in -Charge
Colorado Community Separator Study
Merit Award, American Society of
CLIENT: Six Northern Colorado communities
Landscape Architect, Colorado Chapter,
Study identifying key areas for protection of agricultural and open lands
Colorado Springs Parks Recreation and
separating six Northern Colorado communities. Project received an award
Trail 2000 - 2010 Master Plan
from the Colorado Chapter of the American Planning Association.
Partnership for Community Design Award,
Colorado Springs Parks, Recreation and
Trail 2DOO-2010 Master Plan
Steamboat Springs Comprehensive Plan, Steamboat Springs, CO
Colorado Chapter ASLA Honor Award. 2001
Principal -in -Charge
-California National Historic Trails
CLIENT: Clarion Associates/Town of Steamboat Springs
Interpretive Center Siting Study
Comprehensive plan update addressing the future growth of Steamboat
Colorado Chapter ASLA Land Stewardship
Award, 2001 - California National Historic
Springs. Key components include carrying capacity, recreation, parks, open
Trails Interpretive Center Siting Study
space, natural environment, urban form, and economic viability.
Windsor Comprehensive Plan Update, Windsor, CO
Principal -in -Charge
CLIENT: Town of Windsor
Update of the Town's current comprehensive plan, including the addition of
housing policies addressing workforce and affordable housing. Other
components include environmental, transportation, infrastructure and
economic development.
Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District Water Demand Study, CO
Principal -in -Charge
CLIENT: Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District (NCWCD)
Study assessing and quantifying present and future water demands for the
region along Colorado's northern Front Range. Developed CIS database
utilizing satellite imagery, existing CIS databases and future land use plans to
assist planners in meeting wa ter demands into the next century.
Metro Wastewater Service Area Utility Plan, Denver, CO
Principal -in -Charge
CLIENT: Metro Wastewater Reclamation District
Service area utility plan for Denver metropolitan area, including future land
use forecast and development of CIS -based decision support system.
Larimer County Parks Comprehensive Master Plan, Larimer County, CO
Principal -in -Charge
CLIENT: Larimer County, Colorado
County -wide inventory and assessment of existing parks, natural resource
areas and identification of high priority open space areas.
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TOM KEITH Fort Collins Parks and Recreation Policy Plan, Fort Collins, CO
Principal -In -Charge
CLIENT: City of Fort Collins
Update of 1989 master plan emphasizing appropriate balance of programmed
versus unprogrammed space in neighborhood and community parks in this
rapidly growing community of 100,000.
Poudre River Drainage Master Plan, Fort Collins, CO
Principal -In -Charge
CLIENT: City of Fort Collins Utilities
Integration of environmental protection + enhancement measures in develop-
ment of flood control plan for a 12-mile corridor through Fort Collins, CO.
Little Thompson River Corridor Conservation Study, Latmer County, CO
Principal -in -Charge
CLIENT: Latimer County
Strategy for conservation of significant lands within the lower Little Thompson
River drainage, including inventory of ecological factors, assessment of land-
scape characteristics and scenic values, and other land use and resource factors.
Lower Poudre Canyon Concept Plan, Fort Collins, CO
Principal -in -Charge
CLIENT: Cities of Greeley + Fort Collins, Latimer County, Northern Colorado
Water Conservancy District, Colorado State Parks, "Friends of the Poudre."
Joint action plan for protection and enhancement of important recreation
resource, including extension of regional trail system, development of
additional nver access points, and development of two new regional parks.
Arvada Parks, Trails, and Open Space Master Plan, Arvada, CO
Principal -in -Charge
CLIENT: Citv of Arvada
Master plan recommendations for expansion of parkland, open space areas and
urban trails to meet current and anticipated future demand. Included
inventory of existing resources, survey design and implementation, needs
assessment, an extensive prioritization exercise with the Citizens Committee,
and detailed financing plan,
Weld County Open Space Plan, Weld County, CO
Principal -in -Charge
CLIENT: Weld County
Open space element of the County's Comprehensive Plan recommended
establishment of community buffers and a series of open space corridors along
the South Platte, Big Thompson and Cache La Poudre Rivers.
Castle Rock Parks and Recreation Open Space Master Plan, Castle
Rock, CO
Principal -In -Charge
CLIENT: City of Castle Rock
Master plan involving population distribution analysis, recreational needs
assessment, and inventory and evaluation of existing parks + open space areas.
El Paso County Parks, Trails + Open Space Plan, Colorado Springs, CO
Principal -in -Charge
CLIENT: El Paso County
Master plan guiding overall direction for parks program, including
identification and protection of key open space areas and expansion of the
regional trails system.
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EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science, Architectural Studies,
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Master of Architecture, University of
Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Master of Urban Planning, University of
Wisconsin - Milwaukee
REGISTRATIONS
Registered Planner: AICP
AFFILIATIONS
Member, American Planning Association
Member, Congress for the New Urbanism
Member, Colorado Chapter of the American
Planning Association
Member, Wisconsin Chapter of the
American Planning Association
Member, American Society of Landscape
Architects
Member, American Institute of Architects
HONORS +AWARDS
Merit Award for Research, Summer Student
Program 2001, Colorado Chapter ASLA,
2001
Honor Award for Urban Design and
Planning, St. Louis Downtown Development
Action Plan, ASLA, 2000
Honor Award for Urban Design and
Planning, St. Louis Downtown Development
Action Plan, Colorado Chapter ASLA, 2000
Honor Award for Urban Design and
Planning, Stapleton Design Book, Colorado
Chapter ASLA, 2000
Outstanding Planning Award, St. Louis
Downtown Development Action Plan, APA,
2000, Missouri Chapter
PUBLICATIONS
No More'John Doe, Seven -Gabled Snout
Houses:' Please, A&E Quarterly, Summer
2001, pp. 22-25
Design of Stapleton Reinvents Status Quo,
Colorado Real Estate Journal, October
2001
DEANA L. SWETLIK, AICP, ASLA
Associate
Deana Swetlik's background as both architect and planner allows for keen
insight into the collaboration of planning issues with building scale and
character. Her initial training as an architect spawned further interest in the
issues of urban decay, sporadic growth and the overall need for urban design
as an integral part of the development process. Deana has worked on a
broad range of project types, including: land use plans, zoning ordinances,
new neighborhood plans, revitalization plans, district guidelines, streetscape
projects, site development, park plans and bikeway planning. Experience in
both the private and public sector provides Ms. Swetlik with a clear
understanding of how projects are taken from conceptual design through
permitting and construction.
PROJECT EXPERIENCE
Mulberry Street Gateway Corridor Plan, Fort Collins, CO
Project Planner
CLIENT: City of Fort Collins
Corridor plan, design standards and gateway imaging for Highway 14,
including economic, land use, and environmental analysis of the 2,600 acre
site.
Town of Castle Rock Vision 2020, Castle Rock, CO
Project Manager
CLIENT: Town of Castle Rock
Vision 2020 which included leading the visioning charrettes, building public
consensus and engaging the citizens to determine their future destiny.
Corinth Downtown Plan, Corinth, Mississippi
Project Manager
CLIENT: National Park Service
A ten year plan for the City of Corinth, Alcorn County and the Siege and
Battlefield Commission to guide redevelopment of the City of Corinth.
Special focus issues are downtown parking including circulation, tourism,
signage and wayfinding, and other important planning elements. Partnering
with the National Park Service Gateway Communities, the goal is to prepare
for the sesquicentennial celebration of the Civil War and to increase tourism.
Stapleton Redevelopment Plan for Master Developer Selection
Process, Denver, CO
Urban Designer
CLIENT: Terrabrook
Strategic Master Plan for the redevelopment of the former Stapleton Airport
site prepared during master developer selection process.
Design Guidelines for the Redevelopment of the Stapleton Airport Site,
Denver, CO
Project Manager
CLIENT: Forest City
EDAW created a set of design guidelines to augment the City and County of
Denvei s ordinances that will build upon the developer's master plan to set
the tone for development of the first phase of the project, and will be used as
a foundation for future phases.
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DEANA L. SWETLIK, AICP Union Pacific Urban Design Plan, Las Vegas, NV
Project Manager
CLIENT: City of Las Vegas
Alternative infill development scenarios for underutilized lands in
downtown Las Vegas, which included: a new residential and mixed -use
neighborhood, a specialty commercial district and an urban entertainment
center, connected to Fremont Street via an elevated transit system.
Neighborhood Master Plan, Waupun, WI
Urban Designer
CLIENT: City of Waupum Private Developer
Neighborhood plan for 120 acres of infill land which included multi -family
housing, duplex lots and single family lots at higher densities developed
around a greenway system.
Town of Raymond Land Use Plan, Racine County, WI
Project Manager
CLIENT: Town of Raymond
Comprehensive land use plan which identified both a 15 and 30 year growth
scenarios, identification of a multi -modal trail system to be established
throughout the Town, and a Town Center Development Plan.
St. Louis Downtown and Riverfront Master Plan, St, Louis, MO
Project Manager
CLIENT: Downtown Now!
EDAW completed a comprehensive downtown land use and urban design
plan. The heart of the plan identified the downtown intermodal station
around the Old Post Office that included metrolink, commuter and local bus
routes, taxi and bicycle facilities.
Typology Guidelines for St. Louis Downtown Plan, St. Louis, MO
Project Manager
CLIENT: Downtown Now!
EDAW created a set of typology guidelines for the St. Louis Downtown
Development Action Plan which included identification of street typologies,
open space, landscape, historic building, new construction, parking
structures and wayfinding systems.
Urban Design Infill Guidelines, Reno, NV
Project Manager
CLIENT: City of Reno
Infill design guidelines for 8 existing neighborhoods, which include and
address land use pattems/zoning, vehicular and pedestrian circulation,
parking, historic and architectural features, setbacks, and landscape/open
space requirements.
Menasha Downtown Urban Design Plan, Menasha, WI
Project Manager
CLIENT: City of Menasha
The document provided specific design strategies for three districts within
the downtown: a waterfront district, a downtown business district and an
infill-housing district.
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C L A R 1 O N
Qualifications of
Benjamin A. Herman, AICP
Clarion Associates
Ben Herman is Vice President of Clarion Associates, a national consulting firm with offices in
Chicago, Denver, Fort Collins, Philadelphia, and Cincinnati. The firm emphasizes land use planning
and zoning, growth management techniques, market analysis, appraisal, and real estate consulting.
Clarion's clients include numerous local governments and private sector clients throughout Colorado
and the West, as well as the rest of the United States. Mr. Herman is a Land Use Planner with more
than 24 years of professional experience in all aspects of land use and environmental planning. He has
been responsible for managing and conducting complex, multi -disciplinary assignments for both
private and public sector clients. Mr. Herman's areas of expertise include preparation of land use
master plans for communities and regions; land use analyses and development feasibility studies;
growth management strategies; and preparation of land use ordinances. He has extensive experience
in planning assignments involving local, state, and federal regulatory agencies. Mr. Herman has also
served as an expert witness in assignments involving land use planning, open space, and historic
development patterns.
PROJECT EXPERIENCE
The following projects are representative of Mr. Herman's experience
Comprehensive Land Use and Growth Management Plans
• Adams County Comprehensive Plan, Adams County, Colorado
• Arapahoe County Comprehensive Plan, Arapahoe County, Colorado
• Avon Comprehensive Plan and Comprehensive Plan Update, Avon, Colorado
• Berthoud Land Use Plan, Berthoud, Colorado
• Broomfield Comprehensive Plan, Broomfield, Colorado
• Casper Area Comprehensive Land Use Plan, Casper, Wyoming
• Colorado Springs Comprehensive Plan, Colorado Springs, Colorado
• Deadwood Comprehensive Plan, Deadwood, South Dakota
• Flagstaff Area Regional Land Use and Transportation Plan, Flagstaff, Arizona
• Fort Collins City Plan, Fort Collins, Colorado
• Fort Collins Downtown Civic Center Master Plan, Fort Collins, Colorado
• Greenwood Village Comprehensive Plan, Greenwood Village, Colorado
• Hamilton Township Comprehensive Plan, Hamilton Township, New Jersey
• I-25 Mixed -Use Development Area Plan, Weld County, Colorado
• Northern Colorado Regional Planning Study, Latimer and Weld Counties, Coloradc
• Northeast Plains Land Use and Infrastructure Study, Aurora, Colorado
• Northwest Cheyenne Infrastructure and Development Plan, Cheyenne, Wyoming
• Plan for the Region Between Loveland and Fort Collins, Latmer County, Colorado
• Salida Comprehensive Land Use Plan, Salida, Colorado
• Second Century Plan, Twin Falls, Idaho
• Town of Superior Comprehensive Plan, Superior, Colorado
• Ventnor City Comprehensive Plan, Ventnor, New Jersey
• Westminster Comprehensive Land Use Plan, Westminster, Colorado
FIRM CAPABILITY
firm capability
SERVICES
Practice
Landscape Architecture
EDAW has been a guiding force in the fields of landscape architecture, urban
Urban Planning + Design
design, and environmental planning for over half a century. EDAW's special
Resource Management
emphasis on the broad and increasingly complex issues of land use planning
and design both encourages appropriate use of resources and enhances the
Environmental Analysis
environment.
Biological Services
Economic Development
Much of EDAW's planning work involves large sites. Landscape design
Ecological Restoration
projects, however, are at all scales, from small monuments to broad sweeps of
property. Clients range from corporations and institutions to public agencies
Site Engineering
and architectural firms. Their common need is resolution of a land -based
Water Feature Design
problem, which is why EDAW, with its multi -disciplined staff— from planners
and designers to geographers and irrigation engineers — is consistently
OFFICES
effective. '
Alexandria Philosophy
Atlanta EDAW's concern is with every aspect of environmental management. We see
Beijing planning and policy -making, environmental analysis, physical design and
Brisbane implementation as a continuum of related professional activities. Through the
Denver application of our professional skills, we strive to improve the quality of the
Fort Collins
relationship between people and their environment throughout the world.
Glasgow
Our firm is interested in significant work, not measured by size, but by
Hong Kong
relevance to a project's impact on its investors, community and setting. As
Huntsville
practiced by EDAW, planning and design are action -oriented processes that
identify problems and create and evaluate alternate solutions to meet the
Irvine
client's goals. Each project is approached with this philosophy. Through
London
rigorous management and flexible decision -making processes, results are
Los Angeles
maximized within given time and cost constraints.
Melbourne
Miami
Staff
Montclair
750 professional, technical and administrative employees in 24 offices
Paris
worldwide, including 49 in Denver and 48 in Fort Collins.
Sacramento
Recognition
San Diego
Over 120 local, state and national awards in the last 20 years — both client- and
San Francisco
industry -based — exemplify EDAW's strong design and planning capabilities.
Seattle
Shanghai
Shenzhen
Sydney
Tempe
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Land Use/Transportation Plans
• I-25 Corridor Plan, Northern Colorado Communities
• Light Rail Station Development Program, Denver, Colorado
• Mason Street Corridor Plan, Fort Collins, Colorado
• Rail -Oriented Development Handbook: Strategies & Tools to Support Passenger Rail, Colorado
Department of Transportation
• West Corridor Light Rail Environmental Impact Statement, Denver, Colorado
Public Policy and Environmental Planning
• Denver Federal Center Master Site Plan, Lakewood, Colorado
• I-25 Regional Corridor Plan, Northern Colorado Communities
• Liberty State Park Development and Implementation Strategy, Jersey City, New Jersey
• Resource Recovery Financing Plan, State of New Jersey
• St. Mary's Munitions Facility Environmental Assessment and Development Suitability Study,
Sydney, Australia
• Urban Land Institute Panel Advisory Studies - Mobile, Alabama, Peoria, Illinois, Denver, Colorado
• Ventnor West Redevelopment Strategy, Ventnor, New Jersey
• Wastewater Infrastructure Financing Program, State of New Jersey
PREVIOUS PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
• Director of Planning, Balloffet and Associates, Inc., Fort Collins, Colorado (1995-2000)
• Principal, BHA Design, Inc., Fort Collins, Colorado (1992-1995)
• Managing Director, EDAW Australia Pty. Ltd. (1989-1992)
• Senior Associate/Director of Operations, EDAW, Inc. (1982-1989)
• Assistant to the Commissioner, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (1980-1982)
• Senior Associate, RE Hughey and Associates, Inc. (1978-1980)
EXPERT WITNESS TESTIMONY
Declared expert in the discipline of land use planning in United States District Court, District of Idaho
and County District Court, County of Jefferson, Colorado
EDUCATION
B.S., Environmental Studies and Planning, Richard Stockton College of New Jersey
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
• Member, American Institute of Certified Planners
• Member, American Planning Association
• Past President, Colorado Chapter of American Planning Association
• Past Member, American Planning Association Chapter Presidents Council
L L A R 1 0 N
C L A R 1 O N
Qualifications of
Christopher J. Duerksen
Clarion Associates
Chris Duerksen is Managing Director of Clarion Associates, a land use -consulting firm with offices in
Denver, Fort Collins, Snowmass Village, Chapel Hill, Chicago, Cincinnati, and Philadelphia. He has
represented local governments, nonprofits, and the private sector in a variety of land -use and zoning
matters and specializes in development code revisions, growth management planning, historic preservation,
natural resource and scenic area protection strategies, airport -area development, and market development
strategies. A co-founder of the Rocky Mountain Land Use Institute, Mr. Duerksen has written and spoken
extensively on land use issues in Colorado and nationally. He has authored many books and articles on
land use and conservation issues, including Takings Law in Plain English and Aesthetics, Community
Character, and the Law.
MAJOR PROJECTS
• Henderson, Nevada, Comprehensive Zoning Code Revisions
• Ft. Collins, Colorado, Land Development Code
• Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Zoning Ordinance
• St. Louis, Missouri, Lambert Airport Economic Development Strategy
• Cary, North Carolina, Unified Development Ordinance and Growth Management Plan
• Wake County, North Carolina Growth Management Strategy
• Southern Nevada Regional Growth Management Plan
PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
• Director - Gateway/Stapleton Development Office, City and County of Denver, 1988-1991
• Director of Development and Public Policy - The Enterprise Foundation, Columbia, Maryland, 1987-
1988
• Senior Associate and Director of Land Program - The Conservation Foundation, Washington, D.C.,
1978-1987
• Associate and Attorney - Ross & Hardies, Chicago, 1973-1978
EDUCATION
Juris Doctor - University of Chicago
Bachelor of Arts, Cum Laude - Kansas State College
Ford Foundation Local Government Fellowship - City of Oak Park, Illinois
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND OFFICES
• Member, American Planning Association
• Former Chair, American Bar Association Committee on Land Use, Planning, & Zoning
• Member, Illinois Bar
• Elected member of Fredericksburg, Va., City Council (1983-1987)
PUBLICATIONS
• Author or co-author of five major books on historic preservation law, environmental regulation of siting
of major industrial facilities, river conservation, and national parks
• Author or co-author of four major planning advisory service reports for the American Planning
Association
C L A R 1 O N
Qualifications of
Tina Axelrad
Clarion Associates
Tina Axelrad is a Planner and Attorney with Clarion Associates of Colorado, LLC, a land use -consulting firm
with offices in Denver, Fort Collins, Snowmass Village, Chapel Hill, Chicago, Cincinnati, and Philadelphia.
Ms. Axelrad's areas of expertise include development code drafting, comprehensive and growth management
planning, open space/natural resources preservation, demographic/economic/market analysis, and
identification of market opportunities and related land use issues and constraints.
MAJOR PROJECTS
• Adams County, Colorado, Comprehensive Plan
• Chaffee County, Colorado, Comprehensive Plan
• Colorado Springs Mixed -Use Development Standards
• South Platte River/Santa Fe Corridor Master Plan, Englewood, Colorado
• City Plan, Fort Collins, Colorado
• Downtown Master Plan, Edmond, Oklahoma
• Comprehensive Plan for the Downtown Historic District, Natchitoches, Louisiana
PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
• Associate and Attorney, Cox, Castle & Nicholson, Los Angeles, CA
• Law Clerk, Berle, Kass & Case, New York, NY
• Law Clerk, Robinson & Cole, Hartford, CT
• Law Clerk, Siemon, Larsen & Purdy, Chicago, II,
• Planning Assistant, Marlene Pawlowski, A.I.C.P., Wilkes-Barre, PA
• Research Assistant, Resources for the Future, Washington, D.C.
EDUCATION
• Juris Doctor, cum laude -- New York University School of Law
• Master of Urban Planning -- New York University Wagner School of Public Service
• Bachelor of Arts in Economics, summa cum laude -- Connecticut College
PUBLICATIONS
• "The Search for Constitutionally Protected `Property' in Land Use Law,"
(with Kenneth B. Bley) The Urban Lawyer, Spring 1997
• "A Land Use Lawyer's Guide to Writs of Mandate," (with Kenneth B. Bley) California Land Use Forum,
Spring1992
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Past Vice -President of External Affairs, Colorado Chapter of the American Planning Association
Member, American Planning Association
Member, California Bar
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DANIEL R. GUIMOND, AICP
Background Dan Guimond is an economist and planner with over 20 years
experience in economic and financial analysis and development
planning for the public and private sectors. His activities on both land
use and transportation -related projects include market and financial
analyses, economic development and impact analyses, and
implementation and capital improvements programming.
Mr. Guimond is a Principal with Economic & Planning Systems, an
urban economics firm with offices in Berkeley and Sacramento,
California, and Denver, Colorado.
Expertise Community and Regional Planning - Dan Guimond has extensive
experience in land use policy analysis and the preparation of
comprehensive plans and capital improvement programs at the local
and regional level. He has been at the forefront of regional growth
management efforts including the analysis of alternative urban forms
and preparation of integrated regional growth and transportation plans
for metropolitan planning organizations and councils of government.
Redevelopment - Mr. Guimond has extensive project experience in
large-scale redevelopment planning including the reuse of nine former
military bases for civilian uses. His experience includes overall project
management, evaluation of reuse potentials, development strategies,
developer selection and negotiation, land and facility valuation,
financing, and grants preparation.
Downtown Development - Dan Guimond has been the director or
principal analyst on over 25 projects concerning downtown
development, urban revitalization, and historic preservation. These
assignments addressed the economic, land use, and financial aspects of
development including market analysis and determination of retail,
residential and other development potentials; overall development
strategy; specific project feasibility; financing; and implementation
strategies. He has also been an economic consultant to the National
Main Street Center of the National Trust For Historic Preservation in
small communities in six states.
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Retail Analysis - Mr. Guimond has specialized in retail market analysis,
including market studies for neighborhood and regional shopping
centers, department stores, discounters, and grocery store chains. For
the public sector, he has evaluated the impacts of new retail facilities on
the existing retail locations and measured the economic and financial
benefits of new developments. He has also conducted over 25
downtown retail market studies for cities of all sizes.
Economic Development - Dan Guimond has advised cities, counties,
state, and federal agencies on a range of economic development issues,
including preparation of economic development plans and strategies,
capital improvement programs, fiscal impact analyses, and project
development feasibility and funding. Specific project feasibility studies
have addressed convention and conference centers, golf courses, and
recreation facilities. He has also conducted feasibility studies and
environmental impact statements on a wide range of tourism
development projects including ski resorts, conference facilities,
marinas, and resort developments.
Transportation - Mr. Guimond has provided economic consulting
services on all phases of transit and highway projects including major
investment studies, environmental impact studies, preliminary
engineering, and financing plans and programs. He has specialized in
the land use/ relationship, examining a range of issues
including alternative alignments, station locations, and potentials for
economic development, transit -oriented development, and joint
development. Tourism -oriented transportation projects include tourist
trolleys and scenic byway plans. He has also focused on transportation
investment policy including developing decision support systems for
allocating financial resources based on outcomes and results. He has
also developed special district financing plans and conducted benefit
studies for other transportation improvements.
Employment 1999-Present Principal, Economic & Planning Systems, Inc.
1997-1999 Principal, In Motion, Inc.
1993-1997 Vice President, BRW Inc.
1978-1992 Vice President, Hammer Siler, George Associates
1976-1978 Planner, Jefferson County Planning Department
Education M.A., Urban Geography, University of Colorado, 1976
B.A., Political Science, University of Colorado, 1972
Affiliations American Institute of Certified Planners
National Trust for Historic Preservation
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Background Walter Kieser is an urban economist and land use planner who during his 28-
year professional career has specialized in applying economic and financial
analysis methods to land use planning, real estate development, government
organization, and public financing.
Mr. Kieser is an expert in managing complex technical analyses and
communicating planning, economic and financial concepts in a manner that
effectively supports sound land use planning, public policy development, real
estate investment decision making, strategic planning, and conflict resolution.
His broad -based experience with land use, transportation and conservation
planning, public/private financing agreements, inter -governmental
agreements, infrastructure financing programs, local government
reorganization, and real estate development projects combine to provide
balanced and pragmatic solutions, ensuring that land use plans can be
successfully implemented, infrastructure can be financed, and that real estate
projects meet private -sector financial objectives while supporting public policy
objectives.
Walter Kieser is a founding Partner and Managing Principal of Economic &
Planning Systems, Inc., an urban economics consulting firm with offices in
Berkeley and Sacramento, California, and Denver, Colorado.
Expertise Fiscal and Economic Impact Analysis — Walter Kieser prepared and
participated in several hundred fiscal and economic impact analyses on a wide
variety of land use plans, development projects, and infrastructure
improvements. These quantitative analyses have focused upon determining
the cost of growth, policy refinement, and ensuring implementation within the
context of land use plans, environmental impact analyses, and initiative ballot
measures.
Public Finance — Mr. Kieser has helped establish public financing for a wide
variety of public services and infrastructure projects including development
project -related infrastructure, area -wide capital improvement programs, and
specific infrastructure projects. Financing techniques applied include
formulation of area -specific and facility -specific impact fees, special tax bonds,
and redevelopment tax increment financing.
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Financial Negotiations — Walter Kieser prepared numerous feasibility
studies and economic analyses and participated in real estate and
infrastructure financing negotiations involving public agencies and private
participants. These negotiations have resulted in mitigation and tax sharing
agreements, development agreements, owner participation agreements, and
real estate disposition agreements.
Resource Conservation — Mr. Kieser developed and participated in
numerous programs and projects designed to preserve open space and
natural habitats, preserve agricultural lands, and ensure productive and
sustainable use of natural resources. These programs have creatively
applied regulatory mechanisms, compensatory regulations, and public
acquisition techniques.
Government Organization — Walter Kieser prepared and participated in
over 50 feasibility studies addressing municipal incorporation, major
annexations, special district formations and consolidations, and inter-
governmental agreements. These feasibility studies involve preparation of
detailed pro forma operational and capital budgets and analysis of impacts
of reorganization upon existing agencies.
Land Use and Transportation Planning — Mr. Meser participated in the
preparation of over 50 comprehensive land use and transportation plans for
cities and counties, with emphasis upon preparation of demographic and
economic forecasts, land use analysis, and developing policies and
programs related to resource conservation, public services, and
infrastructure.
Employment 1983-present Managing Principal, Economic & Planning Systems, Inc.
1977-1983 Managing Associate, Angus McDonald and Associates
1971-1976 Associate Planner, Sonoma County Planning Department
1967-1970 U.S. Army (Military Intelligence)
Education Bachelor of Arts degree in Environmental Studies and Biology from Sonoma
State University in 1974. Completed graduate courses in economics and
public administration at Sonoma State University and the University of
California, Berkeley.
Affiliations American Planning Association, Member
California Association of Local Agency Formation Commissions, Associate
Member
International Society for Ecological Economics, Member
Friends of the River, Member of the Board of Directors
Yosemite Restoration Trust, Member of the Board and Vice President
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JANE BLACKSTONE
Background Jane Blackstone is a planning and public policy professional with
extensive experience managing complex redevelopment projects. During
a twenty-two year career, Ms. Blackstone has specialized in program and
policy analysis, the structuring and implementation of systems and
organizations to manage public projects, and the facilitation of consensus
on land use and other public policy issues. Her broad -based experience
working on two successful military base conversions drives a practical,
interdisciplinary approach to project planning and implementation.
Ms. Blackstone is a Vice President with Economic & Planning Systems,
an urban economics firm with offices in Berkeley and Sacramento,
California, and Denver, Colorado.
Expertise Military Base Redevelopment — As a senior manager of both the Lowry
Air Force Base redevelopment and the conversion of the Presidio to a
self-sustaining national park, Ms. Blackstone has participated in reuse
planning, economic development conveyance negotiations, financing
strategies, and implementation of mixed -use projects.
Mixed -Use Redevelopment Projects — Jane Blackstone has developed and
implemented reuse plans and financing strategies for redevelopment
projects including commercial, mixed -income residential, recreational,
and educational uses. Her work has ranged from planning to real estate
leasing, sales, and property management. She has experience working in
the context of both national and local historic designations.
Land Use and Transportation Plannine and Proiect Management — Ms.
Blackstone has planned and implemented practical solutions to land use
and transportation issues. Her work has included natural resource and
vegetation management programs, alternative zoning for new urbanist
projects, subdivision platting, cultural landscape planning, and
compliance with environmental and historic preservation regulations.
She has managed transportation programs including traffic analysis,
transportation demand management, a clean -fuel shuttle system, parking
management, and multi -modal planning.
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Government Organization — Jane Blackstone has participated in the
start-up of several organizations and inter -agency projects, in both local
government and federal contexts. Her work has included strategic
planning, fiscal and feasibility analysis, budgeting and forecasting, as
well as the management of logistics, information, and human resources
associated with government organization.
Public Participation Strategies — Ms. Blackstone has extensive
experience developing and implementing public participation strategies
using a range of techniques including public information, media
placement, public meetings, and citizen committees. Her work has
emphasized effective communication and consensus building.
Employment 2001-present Vice President, Economic & Planning Systems, Inc.
1998-2000 Deputy Director for Planning & Real Estate, Presidio Trust
1993-1997 Deputy Director, Lowry Redevelopment Authority
1991-1992 Management Analyst, City of Aurora
1989-1990 Real Estate Sales Associate, Norris, Beggs & Simpson
1981-1988 Program/Project Management, King County
1977-1980 Personnel Management Specialist, U.S. EPA
Education M.A., Public Administration, Daniel Evans School of Public Policy at
the University of Washington, 1982
B.A., English, Cornell University,1977
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ANDREW M. KNUDTSEN, AICP
Background Andrew Knudtsen has extensive experience with real estate feasibility
analysis, fiscal impact assessment, market research, housing needs
assessment, and policy development.
Expertise Commercial Development Market Assessment — Mr. Knudtsen has extensive
expertise evaluating demand for commercial and residential development. In
addition to numerous residential market studies, he has completed
commercial market assessments that identify supportable square footage for
large-scale market areas over extended forecasting periods. His work has
provided a basis for policy development that is grounded in market -based
research and analysis.
Fiscal Impact Assessment — Andrew Knudsen has built economic models
designed to estimate the economic impacts to local government under various
growth scenarios. His work includes economic and demographic growth
projections that are used to quantify the costs and revenues attributable to
development. Clients have benefited from these assessments as they are able
set policy that directs future growth. His work has evaluated projected
funding levels, accounting for future expenditures and identifying the surplus
or deficit likely to occur under various modeling assumptions.
Housing Needs Assessment — Mr. Knudtsen has completed numerous
housing needs assessments and jobs/housing balance studies. He has
quantified overall supply and demand for housing enabling communities to
focus their policy and development efforts on specific sectors. He has enabled
communities to recognize the key role affordable housing plays in sustaining
economic viability and the need for a range of housing options to reflect the
community's economic profile.
Land Use Analysis — Andrew Knudtsen has forecast growth for residential,
commercial, and industrial sectors and has helped communities determine the
optimal development capacity for each, based on community values and
economic needs.
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Castle Rock Vision 2020
Castle Rock, Colorado
Client: Town of Castle Rock
EDAW worked closely with the Town of Castle Rock to update their Vision
document. This process included numerous meetings with Town Planners
and Vision Committee members, as well as four neighborhood forums held
throughout the community. The process included an in-depth look at
existing goals for the Town, updating these goals and determining an overall
vision statement.
'Vision 2020' is Castle Rock's collective idea or concept of what it wants to
become in the future. Its purpose is fourfold: to declare, guide, unite, and
motivate. The Vision is organized into two parts: an overall Vision
Statement and four sub -categories called 'Cornerstones of the Town of
Castle Rock.' The Four Cornerstones are the fundamental town -making
principles of a community and they expand upon the overall Vision
Statement. Each of these four categories contains a series of goals that, when
accomplished, will drive the town toward its desired future.
Future phases of the project include an update to the comprehensive plan
and completion of design guidelines, both to coincide with the overall Vision
established for the Town.
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Public Policy - Mr. Knudtsen has worked extensively with elected officials
and community representatives regarding policy evaluation and
implementation. His work is geared to providing a basis for public officials to
make informed policy decisions.
Employment 2001—present Associate, Economic & Planning Systems, Inc.
1998-2001 Principal, Knudtsen and Company Consulting
1995-1998 Housing Division Director, Town of Vail
1990-1995 Senior Planner, Town of Vail
1988-1990 Planning Associate, City of Boulder
Education Courses in real estate investment analysis, Commercial Investment Real Estate
Institute 1996through 1998
Bachelors of Environmental Design, Magna Cum Laude, Univ. of Colorado,
1987
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MICHAEL HUGHES
EXPERIENCE SUMMARY
Michael Hughes, MCP, AICP, is a mediator and trainer with experience in public policy mediation,
workplace mediation and mediator training.
He has conducted regulatory negotiations, policy dialogues and site -specific mediations at the local, state and
federal level and is knowledgeable about a broad range of land use, transportation, air quality, waste, health
and other related issues. Mike has extensive experience in conflict resolution, facilitation, and training in the
public sector. He uses those same principles to assist employees in private companies, non-profit
organizations and government agencies to effectively recognize, raise, and resolve their own conflicts.
Mike holds a Master's Degree in City Planning from the University of Pennsylvania (1984), worked as a
planner in local government and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners. He received a
Bachelor's Degree in Political Science and Sociology from the University of Denver magna cum laude and
Phi Beta Kappa (1981). He received leadership training through the University of Colorado Center for the
Improvement of Public Management's Rocky Mountain Program (1986) and was trained in mediation by
CDR Associates (1991).
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
2000 - present Senior Mediator. RESOLVE
Previously Partner, CDR Associates
SELECTED MEDIATION AND FACILITATION PROJECTS
East Mulberry Corridor, Ft. Collins and Larimer County, Colorado (2001-2002) Facilitating the work
of a Community Advisory Panel as its members assist the city and county develop a land use, urban design
and transportation plan for the corridor and assess whether the city should annex the area.
Fluoride Technical Study Group, City of Ft. Collins, Colorado (2002) Facilitating the work of a
technical study group charged with reviewing scientific information about the risk and benefits of
fluoridating drinking water supplies and reporting those findings to the Board of Health and Water Board so
that they might make recommendations to the City Council concerning the current practice of adding fluoride
to community drinking water supplies.
Jobs -to -Population Task Force, City of Boulder, Colorado (2001-2002) Assisted the City Manager in
selecting participants that represent the widest array of perspectives on whether the City of Boulder should
make changes in zoning, land use regulation or other policies to ensure that future development yields a
match between jobs and housing as one method of reducing regional commuting, realizing the City's vision
of a compact urban form, reducing pressure on housing prices and addressing other community and
environmentalconcerns. Facilitating task force work aimed at evaluating job and population forecasts,
generating alternative future development scenarios, evaluating the scenarios and developing a public
process to gather wider community input about the scenarios and the policies required to achieve them.
Children's Health Protection, U.S. EPA (2000-2001) Led the work of the Science and Research Work
Group of EPA's Federal Advisory Committee on Children's Health. Assisted the work group as its members
initiated a new research project to link children's disease and environmental causes at specific life stages.
Facilitated work group meetings, convened a subgroup that included outside expertise and managed the work
of an external consultant.
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Community Advisory Committee, Pikes Peak Regional Council of Governments, Year-2025 Plan
(2001) Assisted the community advisory committee to review and revise elements of the transportation plan
and develop consensus recommendations to the council's board of directors. The committee's success in
concluding its deliberations helped the regional council meet its deadline and protect Federal funding for the
transit, highway, trail and enhancement projects in the plan.
Lower Blue Basin Master Plan Summit County, Colorado (2001) Assisted the County's Lower Blue
Planning Commission to meet its deadline in producing a draft plan for the basin. The plan addressed
important policy questions including agricultural preservation, utility location, transportation, design,
recreation, environmental quality, urban growth boundaries and Town/County cooperation.
Boulder County AIDS Project, Board of Director's Retreat (2001) Designed and facilitated the board's
- annual retreat. In a one -day session, the board was able to make significant progress on questions of the
proper role of board members vis-a-vis staff members, clarify board structure and decision -making protocols.
and begin work on a revision to the board's by-laws.
Planning Commission Retreat, City of Boulder, Colorado (2000) Interviewed all planning commission
members, designed the agenda and facilitated both the retreat and follow-on meetings.
U.S. EPA Center for Drinking Water Optimization Strategic Plan (2000) Designed and facilitated the
strategic planning retreat for EPA and contractor staff members interested in setting the direction for the
center.
Denver Radium Site— Citizen Advisory Group (2000) Convened a citizens group that will advise U.S.
EPA as the agency removes radioactive material form the Shattuck Site. Working with key stakeholders to
reach consensus on the group composition and the operating agreements that will guide their deliberations.
Silver Creek Watershed Remediation (2000) Facilitated meetings among Federal. state and local officials,
environmental, historic, business and community activists and representatives of a mining company to assist
them in reaching consensus on the manner, timing, cost and cost allocation of remediation efforts.
TREX (Southeast Corridor Transportation Expansion) Partnering Workshops (2000-2001) Designed
and facilitated partnering workshops for a 70-member team that included the Colorado Department of
Transportation, Regional Transportation District, Federal Highway Administration, Federal Transit Authority
and the private contractors as they developed the design -build request for proposal. The partnering
workshops focused on problem -solving skills and strategies and produced a partnering charter.
Evergreen Transportation (2000) Facilitated a consensus -building process aimed at selecting a preferred
alternative for improving the intersection of County Road 73 and State Highway 74 in Evergreen, Colorado.
The stakeholders successfully created a preferred alternative.
Arvada Parks, Trails and Open Space Master Plan (2000) Convened and facilitated citizen advisory
committee discussions that will direct the city's investment in parks and open space. The committee includes
homeowners, developers, environmentalists and representatives from different recreation programs. The
committee reached agreement on a recommended plan and submitted the plan to the City Council.
City of Boulder Comprehensive Plan, Mixed -use Designation (2000). Assisted the planning department
and neighborhood interests to design and conduct a public meeting to explore concerns over designating a
commercial area for mixed -use development.
City of Boulder, Housing Strategy and Residential Growth Management. (1999). Assisted the planning
and housing departments in their efforts to design a public process that would lead to community support for
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a new housing strategy. Facilitated public meetings to exchange information and provide an opportunity for
community dialogue about city housing policy.
Rocky Mountain Arsenal, Restoration Advisory Board (1998). Evaluated the citizen advisory component
of the Arsenal's restoration process, including issues of meeting management, planning, group dynamics and
public participation. Developed a set of recommendations to improve the function and increase the
effectiveness of the advisory board.
Transportation Policy and Plan, Arapahoe County, Colorado (1997). Successfully mediated an
agreement among five elected officials from Arapahoe County, Greenwood Village and Aurora, Colorado.
The resolution brings the three jurisdictions' transportation plans into agreement and resolves long-standing
differences in transportation policy.
Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Facility Future Site Use Working Group (1993-95) Assessed the
feasibility of facilitating a public planning process and then convened and facilitated the working group that
was charged with making future site use recommendations to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).
PUBLICATIONS
Co -Author of "Facilitating Statewide HIV/AIDS Pcficies and Priorities in Colorado," The
Consensus Building Handbook, Susskind, McKearnan and Thomas-Larner, eds., Sage Publications,
Thousand Oaks, 1999.
EDUCATION
1984 Masters in City Planning, University of Pennsylvania
1981 Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Sociology, University of Denver, CO.
magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa
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MEDIATIONNACIUrATION EXPERIENCE
6/01- HIV Resources Planning Council, Denver, CO
Assist the planning council in creating the process for a two-day council retreat and three
community meetings. The goal is priority setting and resource allocation for dispersing
congressional funds from the Ryan White Care Act to HIV services in Denver. Facilitate
the two-day retreat, and three community meetings. Draft and finalize a report detailing
the outcomes and describing the process that led to those results.
6/00- Shattuck Citizen Advisory Group, Denver, CO
Three-year commitment to facilitate the CAG's monthly meetings and task group
meetings. Generate agendas, and meeting summaries. Communicate with all CAG
members and U.S. EPA
5/31/01- Business Council for HealthCare Competition, Denver CO
Facilitated the Board of Directors yearly retreat. The BCHC is an issue council of
Colorado Association of Commerce & Industry (CACI). BCHC lobbies the Colorado
legislature on health care issues for the business community. Members included
Pacificare, CEO of the Alliance. NFIB. Director of Government for Anthem Blue Cross
and Blue Shields, and the CEO of CACI.
2/01- American Lands Alliance, Forest Restoration Summit, Boulder, CO
Facilitated sessions focused on reforestation principles and implementation
4/19/99 and 5/19/99 CLEANIT, and ONEW, Denver, CO
Facilitated two meetings between the two community groups. The groups were
challenging EPA to reverse its decision to bury hazardous waste on site in the city of
Denver, in their neighborhood. Anticipated conflict due to past history between the two
organizations. Focused on their goal to work together and present a unified front.
EXPERIENCE
River Guide, Clear Creek Rafting, Idaho Springs, CO 4- current/ 2001, 5-9/2000
Guided rafts with 6-8 guests on Clear Creek and the Arkansas river
Instructed guests on paddling technique and safety procedures
Created and encouraged group cohesiveness, and a team atmosphere
River Guide, River Heritage Society, Denver, CO 5-9/1998,1999
Motivated & encouraged guests. fostered a team atmosphere
Created a safe environment, Maintained safety, both on and off the water
Guided rafts with 6-8 guests on the Platte, Arkansas, and Colorado rivers
Education
University of Denver, Colorado, B.A., 1993: Major: Human Communications, Minor: Studio Art
University of Denver, Colorado, Alternative Dispute Resolution graduate program
CDR, Boulder, Colorado, 10/00: Collaborative Processes for Public Policy Clashes
Douglas R Porter
President, The Growth Management Institute
Growth Management Advisor, Planning and Development Consultant
5406 Trent Street, Chevy Chase, MD 20815
Telephone/FAX 301/656-9560
e-mail: dporter@GMIonline.org
Douglas Porter is a nationally -recognized authority on all forms of growth management. For many
years he has monitored, analyzed, and written about growth management programs, techniques, and
issues at state, regional, and local levels throughout the United States. He returned to private practice
in 1991 after 12 years at the Urban Land Institute, where he directed ULI's public policy research
program. Since 1991 he has engaged in a broad variety of assignments grounded on his wide
knowledge of growth management issues and practices. In 1992 he founded The Growth Management
Institute as a nonprofit organization to carry on his ULI experience in information exchange, research,
and educational endeavors. In his prior career, he had completed 20 years of consulting in planning and
development, mostly as a principal at Marcou, O'Leary and Associates in Washington, D.0
Through the Institute and in private practice, Porter has focused on several aspects of urban
development.
• Evaluations of existing and proposed growth management policies, regulations, and practices
as they relate to the development process at community and project scales;
• Assistance in formulating strategies and resolving issues concerning community development
at local, regional, and state levels;
• Analyses of linkages between land use panems, transportation systems, and environmental
concerns;
• Organizing, managing, and participating in conferences, workshops, and small -group
discussions to explore growth management issues.
Porter brings a breadth of expertise that bridges interdisciplinary boundaries. His work focuses on
essential technical, administrative, and political issues that influence urban development. In addition, in
his experience with ULI, Porter learned the value of meshing public and private interests to achieve
community development objectives. His extensive previous experience in redevelopment, downtown
revitalization, project approvals, and impact analyses provided a valuable foundation for his work in
growth management. These efforts have been carried out in close working relationships with consultant
teams, local advisory groups, public administrators at federal, state, and local levels, environmental
groups, and development firms.
Porter was appointed a Fellow of the Urban Land Institute in 1998. Governor Glendening appointed
him Chairman of the Maryland Transportation Commission from 1995 to 1997.
The Growth Management Institute
EDUCATION AND TEACHING
B.S. in Urban Planning, Michigan State University, 1957.
M.S. in Urban and Regional Planning, University of Illinois, 1960,
Adjunct Professor, Berman Real Estate Institute, Johns Hopkins University (1992 - 1996). Graduate
course on planning and regulatory techniques.
Adjunct Professor, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Virginia (1993 -
ongoing). Course on state and regional growth management (current).
Fellow, Urban Land Institute, 1999-.
Faculty Associate, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy (1992-93, 2000-2001)
Coordinator, Urban and Regional Planning Program, Catholic University, Washington, DC, 1976-79.
Lecturer, Department of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Illinois, 1960.
Visiting Lecturer at numerous universities.
Organizational Memberships and Activities
Member, American Planning Association, American Institute of Certified Planners, Urban Land
Institute
Lambda Alpha International (land economics honorary society), Transportation Research Board (Land
Development Committee), and Urban Land Institute. Appointed Fellow of the Urban Land
Institute in 1999.
Professionally Related Activities:
Shaw Area Cooperative Housing Council, Washington, D.C., 1968.
Mayor's Downtown Housing Committee, Washington, D.C., 1990.
Friendship Heights Sector Plan Advisory Committee for Montgomery County, 1991-2.
Infrastructure Financing Subcommittee, Economic Development Advisory Committee, Montgomery
County, 1992.
Member of the Board of Directors, Chesapeake and Potomac Regional Alliance, 1992
Member of the Steering Committee, Partnership for Excellence Task Force, Washington
Regional Council of Governments (1993 - 1994).
Chairman, Maryland Transportation Commission (1995 - 97)
Member, Steering Committee for Metropolitan Development Public Advisory Committee,
Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (1997 - )
Member, Technical Advisory Committee, Center for Sustainable Development at Playa Vista (1998 -)
The Growth Management Institute
ANNE WARHOVER
Anne Warhover is the President and CEO of the Downtown Denver
Partnership, a private, non-profit corporation. The Partnership, a group of
three separate corporate entities and one quasi governmental entity, markets
Downtown as a vibrant and diverse place to work, live, play and invest. A six
million dollar annual budget provides funds for services designed to give
downtown Denver a competitive edge as the business center and entertainment
destination for the Rocky Mountain Region. Services include keeping
downtown clean and safe, retaining and recruiting jobs, facilitating housing
development, marketing entertainment and retail destinations to the metro area
residents, and producing three major annual events. In her role as President,
Anne is responsible for implementing the policies set by four separate boards
of directors who represent 475 member businesses and over 600 downtown
property owners.
Prior to joining the Partnership in 1992, Anne was a vice president of First
Interstate Bank of Denver. As a banker for over 15 years, Anne provided
corporate banking services to regional and national customers and managed the
Community Relations Department. She graduated from the University of
Colorado.
Volunteer activities include or have included:
Women's Bean Project Board of Directors
Warren Village Board of Directors
Colorado Housing Assistance Corporation Board of Directors
Friends of the River (Greenway Foundation)
Meals On Wheels Volunteer
Adopt A Family Volunteer
Denver Public Schools Volunteer
Founding Chair, Business Capital Corporation
Denver Athletic Club Board of Directors
Leadership Denver Class of 1992
Donald F. Silar, P.E.
Sear -Brown
Education
Professional Experience
B.S., Civil Engineering, Colorado State
Don Silar, a Project Manager for Sear -Brown has worked in civil engineering
University, 1976
and construction since 1976. He emphasizes thorough and efficient planning,
design, contract document preparation and construction
' Professional Registration
inspection/administration. Don is experienced in site investigations, report
Professional Engineer, Colorado, and
preparation, computer aided and conventional planting and design, and
Wyoming
construction inspection/administration. Details of Mr. Silar's project
experience are described below:
Professional Affiliations
American Society of Civil Engineers
Water System Design and Construction Experience - Projects totaling over
" American Water Works Association
36 miles of 6-inch to 30-inch distribution and transmission lines
Special District Association
containing unique features including river crossings; bored railroad.
Colorado Municipal League
highway crossings; aerial crossings: construction in hazardous
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environments (e.g., gasoline contaminated soils); analysis of freezing
potential for shallow cover and exposed installation: alternate restraining
systems: corrosion assessment and abatement programs: wetlands
assessment and impact mitigation: raw water diversion structures:
development of traffic control plans. well design: metering and pressure
control stations/vaults; and installations employing trenchless technologies.
All of these designs involved close coordination and negotiation for
easements across private, state, and federal lands: preparation of casement
documents. preparation of crossing permits: preparation of traffic control
plans: and assessment of Trenchless Technology applications.
Additionally, Mr. Silar's experience includes pump stations. river
diversion structures for the interception of raw water. and storage
reservoirs and tanks.
• Water System Hydraulic Analysis - Performed hydraulic analysis on
distribution and transmission systems for numerous communities. These
analyses involved in -field data collection, model calibration, and analyses
to determine existing system constraints, future improvements, and
optimization of the performance of the distribution grid and associated
appurtenances (e.g., booster stations, control valves, and storage facilities);
and transient wave (surge) assessment and mitigation.
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Wastewater and Stormwater System Design and Construction Experience -
Design and construction inspection/administration services on projects
totaling 36 miles of interceptor lines and force mains to 144 inches in
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diameter, lift stations, metering facilities, and special appurtenances such
as comminutor facilities, grease traps, and diversion and energy dissipation
structures. These projects contained numerous unique aspects, including
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river crossings: bored railroad, state, county, and federal highway
crossings: aerial crossings of water courses: construction in petroleum
contaminated soils: assessment of freeze potentials in shallow cover and
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exposed installations; construction in unstable soil conditions; wetlands
assessment and mitigation; development of traffic control plans:
assessment of the corrosion potential; design metering stations; and
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assessment, design and construction of Trenchless Technology
applications.
"The Vision is to make change work for Fort
Collins... while protecting the best of what we
have... and recognizing who and what Fort
Collins will become ... by preserving a sense of
community identity and pride. Fort Collins will
confront and mitigate the negative impacts of the
car on our lives. Fort Collins will share in the
region's responsibilities."
- Fort Collins City Plan
PROJECT EXPERIENCE
East Mulberry Street (Hwy 14) Corridor Plan
Fort Collins, Colorado
Client: City of Fort Collins/Lorimer County
EDAW is currently working with the City of Fort Collins and Larimer County
to complete a sub -area plan for a three-mile primary corridor that brings
people from I-25 to Downtown Fort Collins. The project is anticipated to be 14
months in length, with extensive public open houses and almost weekly
meetings with a Technical Advisory Group. A Community Advisory Group
has also been established to aid in the process.
The team has been undertaking an analysis of physical conditions and is
currently conducting a market analysis to determine what future land uses
would be viable in the corridor over time. Development on the site will be
closely tied to the local marketplace and regional economy. Critical to the
financial and market success of the corridor will be a land use plan that reflects
an understanding of the market, the mix of uses in demand, the
interrelationship of activities that create synergy and what types of
development create positive returns.
The project includes identification of issues, establishment of goals and
objectives, creating alternative and a preferred framework plan, completing
transportation modeling, and creating a corridor streetscape design and design
standards for implementation. Select early physical improvement projects will
be identified for Phase I implementation. The preferred plan will include a
specific implementation package that assesses the feasibility for the City of Fort
Collins to annex county lands.
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PROJECT UNDERSTANDING AND APPROACH
The City of Fort Collins, with issuance of this request for proposal, has
demonstrated a serious commitment to monitoring and guiding growth
within the community. A great deal of thorough, thoughtful work went into
creating City Flan. The next step is to sustain the Vision for Fort Collins
through a methodical updating of City Plan based on new needs, insights
gained from the past five years, the ongoing challenges of effectively
managing growth, and citizen concerns. Clearly, Fort Collins is a community
on the forefront of growth management policy, supporting good urban form,
and balancing the wishes of individual citizens with the realities of maintaining
and enhancing the living environment of our community. The update will
build on these strengths.
As the City Pl, n vision states, Fort Collins recognizes the importance of its
role in the region. The City exerts a strong influence on the regional economy
and on other communities in Larimer County and beyond. In turn, the City
will continue to be profoundly affected by land use and other decisions made
in these surrounding communities. The need for regional coordination is
critical. There are practical limits, however, to what can be accomplished
through regional cooperation and an exploration of strategies for a more
direct involvement in shaping land use within adjacent areas should be
considered. These strategies can range from strengthening
Intergovernmental agreements to conservation easements to strategic
annexations. The underlying framework for this exploration will be an
intensive evaluation of how and where the community wants to direct future
growth and the influence these decisions have on the City's form.
Our overall approach to this project is summarized below. More detail is
provided in subsequent sections.
APPROACH TO PLANNING
This project must accomplish five key goals:
Identify market demand for the City and the region and establish an
understanding of how these forces influence land use decisions.
• Complete a 'what -if' process that identifies the short and long tern
desires of the community.
• Review existing policies and tools to analyze their effectiveness towards
achieving an updated vision for the community.
• Establish a new City Plan map that reflects any modifications in growth
management strategy for the community.
Create an implementation plan that includes both physical and policy
recommendations to support the City Plan update.
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These goals must be met within the context of the four basic components to
the City: Neighborhoods, Districts, Corridors, and Edges. These basic
building blocks to a community will be reviewed in context of growth, infill,
open space (corridors and edges) and revitalization/densifrcation as a
component to this planning process to define the future urban form for the
community.
We have structured the planning process into two parts to best meet these
goals. Part I is designed to achieve the first two goals and Part II will address
the other three. An effective planning approach must be community -driven,
multi -disciplinary, and focused on achieving consensus where it can. Even in
those areas lacking consensus, however, appropriate decisions must be made.
APPROACH TO DESIGN
Even though this is a Comprehensive Plan Update, Urban Design
considerations need to be addressed at this scale in order to set the physical
and policy framework for individual project implementation down the road.
These considerations include:
• Urban Form
Each building, collection of buildings, open space, and the urban form
created by the delicate inter -relationships of these elements creates the
place, the density and the 'features' that makes a community special. The
integration of design, market realities, ecology, and engineering will be
the key to maintaining a memorable sense of place for Fort Collins.
Infrastructure and the Environment
Critical to this project will be the integration with the Transportation
Alaster Plan. The integration of Land Use and Transportation is
paramount to creating a livable community that promotes smart growth
policies. Land Uses affect the need for transportation, and, vice versa,
transportation can be used as a tool to guide land uses, ultimately
promoting smart growth policies.
The resolution of current and future infrastructure demands such as
vehicular and pedestrian flow, utilities, and parking appropriately
combined with the design and implementation of streetscape and
pedestrian enhancements will create a unique connected system of urban
places in Fort Collins. We will suggest smart growth solutions to support
future development within Fort Collins, and through the integrated
planning and transportation process, will strive to design for sustainability
and longevity.
• Sense of Place
The decisions made on where to grow, how the growth occurs, and what
the growth looks like will affect the long term sense of place for Fort
Collins. This City Plan update will need to address these issues in order to
preserve the sense of place that the leaders and citizens of Fort Collins
desire for the future.
APPROACH TO COMMUNICATION
Successful planning and implementation outcomes are generated through
resourceful and productive interaction among the City and their staff and
project committees and working groups, community and neighborhood
representatives, the media, the general public and the planning team. We
understand the importance of involving a wide and diverse audience during
the evolution of development plans. In fact, we believe that nurturing
client and community involvement and understanding is the first
step in any successful project.
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We utilize a number of techniques and tools to ensure success for our clients
and the communities in which we have worked. These methods include both
technology based communication methods and hands-on meetings and
workshops. These methods as proposed for each contact group involved are
described below.
Communication Amongst Team Members: Communication
among all team members is critical to the success of the project process.
Our team will begin the project by establishing a Team
Communications Collaborative to be used throughout the process.
EDAW will act as primary contact with the client group, and will provide
coordination through team leaders from Clarion, EPS, Resolve, Sear
Brown and Growth Management Institute.
This Communications Collaborative will, aside from day-to-day phone
calls, also include the numerous forms of communication and transfer of
data typically used today, including email, Federal Express, facsimile, File
Transfer Protocol, and conference calling. We will also support the City's
project Web site by supplying graphics and text for the City to post.
Communication with the Client Group: Communication with the
Client Group is also critical to the project's success. We have found that
projects of this scale often include several weekly calls by the Project
Manager and weekly calls with the Project Director. We have included
monthly meetings with the Citv Staff Group. Day-to-day calls and emails
between the EDAW Team Project Manager and the City of Fort Collins
Project Manager assures a smooth process from those elements from
planning and market strategies to logistical items such as where a meeting
will take place and checking on the status of a document. Conference calls
may also occur between key EDAW team members and City Staff in
order to focus on individual items that may come up during the planning
process. Interim meetings throughout the process with Council
members, Plan Commission members, and/or stakeholders will occur as
necessary to assure open communication and support consensus building.
Communication with the Transportation Master Plan Team:
This will be critical to the success of both projects. Land Use and
Transportation are intimately interrelated, and therefore the EDAW team
will work with the Staff Group in the project kick-off meeting to establish
the precise communication techniques to be used in collaboration
between the two teams throughout the process. In addition, we have
identified key meeting times for both teams in our Scope of Services
Embracing Collective Input: We understand the need to work
together with the Project Manager, the Staff Group, and designated
Stakeholders throughout the design process. Active client, stakeholder
and community participation is always an integral part of our approach.
We welcome input from users throughout the planning team's process as
that input educates us to issues, facts and stories we might otherwise miss.
Further, it builds stronger ownership of the plan and, ultimately, of the
built environment. We have included five public workshops in the
current scope outline based on the project schedule, but are open to
adding additional workshops or informal meetings as necessary to
promote consensus from the public and greater stakeholders.
• Communication with the Public: We wholeheartedly embrace
public participation as an integral component of the design process. We
can reach out to the public through:
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Public workshops where ideas are presented and planning concepts
evolve through public dialogue and small group work. Feedback
and comments from the public will be gathered during pubic
meetings.
Project newsletters, fact sheets, press releases and web site
communication to provide access to drawings, photographs, meeting
highlights, interview summaries and plan drafts.
In the project start-up, it is important to establish the broad outlines of the
public outreach strategy, including:
• Whether to create a Citizens Advisory Committee, and if so, the
composition, purpose, timeframe and expected outcome.
• Whether to use a survey instrument, when and with what goal in mind.
• When to include face-to-face communication between the staff team/
project team and the general public (lectures, public meetings, open
houses, charrettes) and with what goals in mind.
• How to effectively work with existing civic and community organizations
(neighborhood associations, community groups, services clubs, advocacy
groups) and to what end.
• When to use mass communication (newsletters, press releases, press
conferences, mailings) and with what goals in mind.
• How to use electronic communication (web sites, e-mail distribution lists)
and for what purpose.
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CITY PLAN UPDATE PART 1:
TYPE OF COMMUNITY, GMA PURPOSEIBOUNDARY
DECISION (6 MONTHS)
PHASE 7 - INVENTORY AND ANALYSIS (4 MONTHS)
TASK 1 PROJECT START-UP
The EDAW team will coordinate project initiation, data gathering,
establishment of a public outreach program, and development of a
comprehensive work program, budget and project schedule. City staff will
preliminarily define the Growth Management Committee (GMC), Citizen
Advisory Committee (CAC), and assist in gathering information and
generating GIS mapping products. A project kick-off meeting will occur to
complete the following subtasks.
Subtasks:
• Finalize the detailed work program pertaining to the EDAW team and
staff tasks, budget, and the project schedule.
• Establish document formats, project notebooks, project website, project
directory and reporting requirements. The EDAW team will create a
project directory, and will utilize e-mail as a primary form of
communication amongst team members and client contacts. Facsimile,
conference calls and other means of communication will be used to assure
the most efficient planning process. Document and mapping formats will
also be established at this time between team members and with the City
of Fort Collins.
• Define a Growth Management Committee (GMC), which is comprised of
a basic staff core, as well as selected other agency representatives as
appropriate.
• Establish the final Citizen Advisory Committee (CAC). We presume that
the committee will be broadly representative of the community interests
and would include growth management advocates and skeptics,
environmentalists, business interests, University affiliates, young, old,
men, women, long-time residents, newcomers, etc. Among the members
should be several who are also serving in an advisory role for the
transportation planning process. These members would have an
additional liaison role to play. We presume that there would be a similar
Citizen Advisory Committee for transportation and that a membership
overlap will be an essential part of the effort to coordinate the two
planning processes. In addition, we anticipate several combined CAC
meetings that will include all members of the Transportation and City
Plan Update CAC Committees.
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• Discuss mass media, electronic communication and the network of
existing community organizations.
• Discuss project expectations.
• Finalize the comprehensive public outreach and public participation
process. The EDAW team will review and enhance, as appropriate,
following discussion with the GMC. It is anticipated that the public
participation process will include four public workshops, public lectures,
and a series of Citizen Advisory Committee meetings. This will include
the preparation of presentation materials, PowerPoint presentations and
-- other handout information.
• Obtain any additional background information, including an electronic
copy of City Plan.
• As part of this early phase, we propose to announce the plan update, the
formation of the Citizen Advisory Committee and the public involvement
framework to the general public.
• Discuss and finalize coordination between the Citv Plan Update and
Transportation Master Plan. (Group meetings to be noted as CPU/TMP/
Staff)
• Document City Council and Staff Issues.
Duration: 2 weeks
Deliverables: One camera-ready/electronic final detailed work program,
budget, project schedule, Growth Management Committee
roster, and final Citizen Advisory Committee roster
Meetings: Staff-1
TASK 2 INVENTORY AND ANALYSIS
The EDAW team will develop an inventory of information relating to existing
plans, studies, agreements and ordinances. This information will be shared
with the Consultant selected for the Transportation Plan. These include, but
may not be limited to:
A) The current City Plan.
B) Other Elements of City Plan: Specific Sub -area and Corridor Plans.
Examples include the Historic Old Town Area Plan, the Harmony
Corridor Plan and the Campus West Plan. Members of the EDAW team
have recently been working on the Mountain Vista Sub -Area Plan, the I-
25 Sub -Area Plan, the East Mulberry Corridor Plan, the Mason Street
Corridor Plan and several other plans in the Fort Collins Area.
C) Utility/Service Master Plans. Examples include the 1989 Poudre Fire
Authority Strategic Plan, the Box Elder Drainage Study, the Cooper
Slough Drainage Study and the Light and Power Master Plan.
D) Implementation Tools. Examples include the City's Land Use Code,
Growth Management Area Agreement with Larimer County, and the
Capital Improvements Program.
E) Other Non -City Plans and Programs. Examples include special purpose
districts, Larimer County PLUS, CSU Master Campus Plan, and the 1992
Poudre R-1 Master Plan.
F) The review should also include new and emerging plans which have been
adopted but not yet implemented so that the policies required for
implementation and any associated costs are included in the analysis such
as the Downtown Strategic Plan.
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Aerial view of Fort Collins, CO
G) The City Council's Themes, Goals and Objectives.
H) Regional Data sets, including comprehensive/land use plans, parks and
open space plans, IGA's and GMA's from surrounding municipalities and
counties. These will be entered into a GIS system to be used during Phase
2. EDAW is working on the implementation of the Northern Colorado
Separator Study, recently developed several long-term land use scenarios
for the City of Greeley and just completed the Windsor Comprehensive
Plan. This information about local land use plans in the area should
facilitate this task.
I) Property ownership and land status (public, private, protected etc..) for
lands surrounding the GMA.
J) Natural resources information including sensitive wildlife habitat, prime
farmland, natural hazards, wetlands and flood plains.
Ubtasks:
• Base maps of the City will be provided from the City's existing database
of City Plan Mapping. In subsequent tasks, data overlays/changes will be
created in Arc View format in keeping with the standards specified by the
City.
• Review, inventory and evaluate existing information, relations to existing
public master plans or private development plans, and context of
adjoining areas.
• Interview service providers to document their capacity to serve existing
and future development as well as to understand future plans and
potential improvement costs. Sear -Brown, the project civil engineer, will
bring their knowledge of existing systems, which will allow the team to
be efficient in the collection of information and the assessment of the
City's future needs.
• Review, inventory and evaluate the existing county/municipal services,
including fire, police, school, library, etc. for existing service levels and the
possibility of incurring additional service areas for the City.
• Facilitate up to 20 stakeholder interviews with key property owners,
business owners, developers, and City officials. These interviews will take
place during a scheduled two-day stakeholder's session. The stakeholder
interviews will also include market and economic questions in order to
understand the community's attitude toward growth management
strategies. Other interviews may be conducted via phone.
• Examine the boundaries of the City's Growth Management Area (GMA)
and the intents and purpose of the GMA boundary.
Duration: 10 weeks
Deliverables: One camera-ready/electronic draft and one final
Assessment and Analysis of Existing Conditions Summary
Report and Maps.
Meetings: Staff-4
GMC — 2 (coinciding with Tasks 3 and 4)
CAC —1 (coinciding with Tasks 3 and 4)
CPU/TMP/Staff -1
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TASK 3 GROWTH FORECASTS
EPS will develop baseline growth forecasts and growth distributions for the
Fort Collins region for the 2002 to 2025 time period. Forecasts will be based
on the state demographer's figures of projected population, household, and
employment growth for the Fort Collins MSA and will provide an accepted
baseline of growth as a starting point for the planning process. Based on the
growth and development objectives of the communities in the MSA, EPS will
develop distributions of growth between Fort Collins and the other cities in
the MSA (Larimer County). EPS will also refine employment forecasts to
consider growth by major job sector and to evaluate a range of jobs/housing
balance options. The EDAW team will correlate these population forecasts
against the GIS-based land use plans collected in Task 2 to determine
discrepancies, refine demographic numbers and determine potential build -out
scenarios. EDAW has just completed this task for the entire Denver area. These
forecasts will provide major input to the development of urban form
alternatives for the region.
Subtasks:
• Evaluate state demographer growth forecasts for MSA level population,
households, and employment for the 2002 to 2025 time period.
• Forecast population and household growth by city for the region.
• Forecast employment growth by sector and by major area (Fort Collins,
Loveland and other).
• Develop jobs/housing balance alternatives.
Duration: 10 weeks (coinciding with Tasks 2 and 4)
Deliverables: One camera-ready/electronic draft and one final Technical
Memorandum
Meetings: Staff-4 (coinciding with Tasks 2 and 4)
GMC- 2 (coinciding with Tasks 2 and 4)
CAC - 1 (coinciding with Tasks 2 and 4)
CPU/TMP/Staff -1
TASK 4 MARKET ANALYSIS
EPS will quantify the demand for selected land uses. The RFP indicated the
need to evaluate residential densities prescribed by the City Plan. Based on
the population and household forecasts, the land area needed to accommodate
future multi -family and single-family housing will be identified. A spectrum of
densities will be evaluated, including those currently, identified in the City Plan
as well as more conventional single- and multi -family densities, to determine
the appropriate area and locations for future housing development. Retail
demand will be estimated based on population and housing forecasts by
location and expected levels of store growth needed to serve population
growth. The existing retail development pattern will be evaluated to
determine the need for and appropriate location of additional community and
regional retail centers. A regional market framework will be developed to
address the City's position related to emerging trends and opportunities. The
primary focus of the framework will be on economic development
opportunities for the City and their impact on future revenues.
Subtasks:
• Develop forecast of single-family and multi -family housing needs based
on demographic projections.
• Based on market research, provide land area estimates required to meet
future demand for both uses under various density alternatives.
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Centerra Conceptual Master Plan,
Loveland, CO
• Review available data related to existing retail uses by type and location
and estimate retail sales levels by location from City sales tax data.
• Determine need for and appropriate location of additional retail.
• Evaluate regional market trends and assess the City's ability to
accommodate new development.
• Compare existing City Plan land uses to market demand.
Duration: 10 weeks (coinciding with Tasks 2 and 3)
Deliverables: One camera-ready/electronic draft and one final Technical
Memorandum - Market Analysis
Meetings: Staff - 4 (coinciding with Tasks 2 and 3)
GMC-1 (coinciding with Tasks 2 and 3)
CAC -1 (coinciding with Tasks 2 and 3)
TASK 5 OPPORTUNITIES AND CONSTRAINTS
After Tasks 2 through 4 have been completed in draft form, the EDAW team
will compile an Opportunities and Constraints map. With the background
information collected and analyzed and existing conditions reviewed, we will
develop a summary memorandum and map that translates the physical and
market findings into physical and policy opportunities and constraints such as:
...growth management boundaries, regional linkages, infill opportunities, site
and infrastructure resources, real and perceived barriers - such as physical,
environmental, social, economic, employment and educational, fledgling
initiatives...
The meeting will consist of a presentation of Task 2 through 4 findings and a
presentation of the teams initial Opportunities and Constraints. These will be
documented both in map format and in written format. Vacant and
underutilized parcels, GMA's, IGA's, land status, as well as potential
environmentally sensitive areas, are some of the base layers that comprise this
analysis tool. A discussion will follow to focus on the market analysis and on
the key physical opportunities and constraints of the site.
Duration: 3 weeks
Deliverables: One camera-ready/electronic draft and one final
Opportunities and Constraints Summary Report and Map.
Meetings: Staff -1
GMC - 1
CAC-1
CPU/TMP/Staff -1
TASK 6 PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT/PUBLIC MEETING (91)
In Tasks 2 through 4 of this phase, the goal of the public involvement effort
will be to condense and disseminate existing information and clarify its
relationship to the plan update. To accomplish this end, the team will present
information to the Citizen Advisory Committee and communicate key data to
the general public. This second goal will be accomplished through a public
meeting/lecture early in the process. The team recommends a public
lecture at Colorado State University at Fort Collins that will focus on
educating the public on the importance of growth management, tools utilized
for growth management, and case study examples of successes and failures in
managing growth. Doug Porter of the Growth Management Institute will
lead this lecture. The evening will end with a small presentation on the status
of the City Plan Update.
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Duration: 1 week
Deliverables: Graphic, PowerPoint Presentation and/or hand outs as
necessary
Meetings: Public Meeting/Lecture -1
PHASE 2 - DETERMINE TYPE OF COMMUNITY. CITY SIZE.
PURPOSE AND PERMANENCY OF THE GMA BOUNDARY (2
MONTHS)
TASK 1 "WHAT IF"
At the conclusion of the analysis phase, the team will present a preliminary
summary of major issues and opportunities, and weaknesses. The EDAW
team will work collaboratively with the Fort Collins Staff Group, GMC, CAC,
and the public to begin preliminary "What if" scenarios for the future of the
community. First, a brainstorming workshop will occur with the Staff Group
and GMC.
Questions to be asked during this task will include:
• What type of community does Fort Collins want to be?
• Is there an optimal size for the community?
• What are the key quality of life factors that need to be accommodated
within any growth scenario?
• Where can the City grow?
• What is the GMA's population and job employment potential using City
Plan density policies?
• What role can redevelopment feasibility play for continued employment
opportunities and population growth?
• What policies and implementation techniques does the City need to
establish to achieve its desired outcome?
• What should the relationship of Fort Collins be in the context of the
regional growth?
• What elements of good urbanism should be adopted within the
community?
• What are the appropriate housing densities and community form for each
neighborhood in the community?
• How do the growth objectives of Larimer County and other surrounding
communities affect growth in the region?
• What is the appropriate balance between growth and preservation of
natural resources and open space?
This is a time to think boldly. In order to do this we will pose a series of "What
if?" questions to explore the range of options for changes/growth and their
consequences for the community. To assist in this discussion, the EDAW team
will also provide a matrix from several other communities that compares
community growth with quality of life factors.
The "big ideas" that emerge will be tested, massaged, and refined to create the
preliminary growth management scenarios for the City. Schematic drawings
that begin to illustrate these opportunities will begin to formalize during this
brainstorming session. The EDAW team will utilize Image Preference
Surveying, Visual Simulations, CommunityViz and other communications
techniques in order to communicate scenarios for the community. The
alternatives will be defined in spatial terms including land consumption
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incorporation
Extension of the RTA system offered
unique opportunities for development
Comprehensive Plan and EIS were
prepared concurrently resulting in a
self -mitigating plan
Lakewood Comprehensive Plan + Environmental Impact
Statement
Lakewood, Washington
Client: City of Lakewood
This recently incorporated suburban city, with a population of over 60,000, was
experiencing rapid growth, increased traffic congestion, and incompatible land
uses. Other challenges facing the community were to identify and support a
viable, pedestrian -oriented downtown while preserving the natural character of
its numerous lakes and forested areas, diversifying its commercial and
economic base, and maintaining its existing neighborhoods. Unique
opportunities for the city included the extension of a Regional Transit Authority
light rail station to the city and the planning for appropriate land use densities
around the station to support rapid transit. The Comprehensive Plan was the
first effort for the city to deal with major growth and design issues related to
this emerging "edge city."
EDAW prepared the EIS concurrently with the Comprehensive Plan to identify
and analyze critical environmental issues as part of the EIS alternatives analysis.
Many of the issues identified in the EIS analysis led to policy changes in the
plan, thereby producing a self -mitigating plan.
Key issues addressed by the plan included urban design components to create
an improved image of the City and to support economic development. One
component of the urban design element focused on the Central Business
District and used design elements to link the Lakewood Mall, historic city core,
and the proposed City Hall into a cohesive urban core.
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(amount and location), transportation requirements, and open space potential.
The alternatives will be visualized in CIS (using visualization software or
other techniques) in order to better understand the future growth pattern and
its relationship to surrounding municipalities. These techniques have been
used on several recent efforts for the Denver Area, the Front Range and the
City of Greeley.
Towards the end of this task, there will be a working session with City Council
to review the "What if" scenarios and growth management strategies
discussed to date.
Duration: 2 weeks
Deliverables: One draft and one final camera-ready summary
memorandum outlining the "What if" process, feedback and
results.
Meetings: Staff-1
CAC-1
GMC- 1
Council Working Session - 1
TASK 2 EVALUATION OF "WHAT IF" SCENARIOS
The EDAW team will evaluate the growth options against a range of land use,
growth management, fiscal and economic, infrastructure, implementation/
policy implications, and urban service considerations. It is anticipated that the
methodology for this analysis will include the preparation of a set of
evaluation criteria based upon the City Plan goals, as well as other factors (to
be determined through public input). The application of the criteria will allow
measurement of the relative benefits and tradeoffs associated with each
scenario and the formulation of a preferred option based on the best
characteristics and strengths of the options tested.
Subtasks:
• Define evaluation criteria based on City Plan goals and other factors
developed with public input.
• Evaluate growth options against defined criteria.
• Prepare a matrix summarizing the evaluation of alternatives.
• Formulate a preferred option drawing from evaluation findings.
Duration:
4 weeks
Deliverables:
One draft and one final camera-ready summary
memorandum outlining the "What if" process, feedback and
results.
Meetings:
Staff-2
CAC-1
GMC- 1
CPU/TMP/Staff- I
TASK 3 PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT/PUBLIC MEETING (#2)
Public involvement is essential in this phase. Our goal will be to involve as
many members of the community as possible, asking that each interested
participant contribute to the vision for Fort Collins' future. Citizen Advisory
Committee meetings in this phase will explore alternative futures and allow
the committee members to envision the community as they want it to be.
EDAW will also compare Fort Collins to other communities and address
quality of life factors as it relates to growth. A public workshop will occur to
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present the "What if' scenarios that the Staff, GMC, CAC and consultant team
had devised. The second part of the workshop will include an interactive
"What if" session with the public. This workshop will help members of the
community translate imprecise images into specific visual details that capture
the desired future. This phase could also include a survey or focus group
aimed at adding detail to the community vision.
Media relations will ensure that community members know when, where and
how they can contribute to the visioning process. Our approach will be to
provide as many options as possible for contributing ideas, including
attending public meetings, offering ideas in writing (electronically or in hard
copy), communicating through existing organizations or contacting the
Citizen Advisory Committee, project team or staff.
Duration: 1 week
Deliverables: Graphic, PowerPoint Presentation and/or hand outs as
necessary
Meetings: Public Meeting/Lecture - 1
CITY PLAN UPDATE PART II:
IDENTIFIED CITY PLAN UPDATE AND OTHER RELATED
ISSUES (e MONTHS)
PHASE 1- ANALYSIS/RECOMMENDATIONS FOR UPDATING CITY
PLAN COMPONENTS (2.5 MONTHS)
TASK 1 GOALS, PRINCIPLES AND POLICIES REVIEW
The EDAW team will lead a review and reconfirmation of the assumptions,
fundamental principles and policies, and major choices made at the adoption
of Citv Plan. The team will focus on those issues/policies that have come up
since the adoption of City Plan, as well as those new principles that City
leaders have identified for consideration. All elements will be reviewed in the
context of growth management for the community and surrounding region.
This review will also occur in the context of the outcome of the "What if'
exercises of Part I of the planning process.
This Task will also include a review of the 'lessons leamed'to date with City
Plan and current growth management strategies. This will include both
successes and those areas/policies that were not as successful.
The EDAW team will analyze Fort Collins' Growth Management Strategies
and examine other communities that have been successful, and those that
have failed.
Duration:
5 weeks
Deliverables:
One camera-ready/electronic draft and one final
Recommended changes to Goals, Principles, and Policies
(outline format)
Meetings:
Staff-2 -
GMC- 1
CAC - 1
CPU/TMP/Staff - 1
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TASK 2 RECONFIRM VISION
This Task will include a review and reconfirmation of the vision identified in
City Plan in context with both the major choices made at the adoption of City
Plan and the decisions made to date within the City Plan Update planning
process.
Duration: 4 weeks
Deliverables: One camera-ready/electronic draft and one final Vision
Statement (if update necessary)
Meetings: Staff-2
GMC- 1
CAC-1
TASK 3 PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT/PUBLIC MEETING (#3)
The essential public involvement objectives in this phase are:
1. Restate the vision in a compelling way and disseminate it to the public.
2. Provide venues for the public to help translate the vision into specific
goals, principles and policies in context with the "What if" outcomes in
Part 1.
3. Demonstrate the relationship between the vision and the goals, policies
and principles.
4. Disseminate the vision statement and the goal/principle/policy
statements.
The Citizen Advisory Committee will be instrumental in reviewing and
helping to revise the staff team/project team work in this phase. A Public
Informational Meeting in this phase will include presentations of the vision,
goals, principles and policies and provide the public with the opportunity to
offer feedback, pointing out those cases where the vision statement is not
adequately reflected. This meeting will include a display of the vision
statement and the existing principles established in City Plan.
Should the project and staff team elect not to use a survey or focus group
earlier in the process, this is a time when it might be warranted. In this phase,
this kind of public involvement tool allows the project/staff team to gauge
community reactions to the vision statement and the other draft plan
elements.
Mass communication and electronic communication can provide support for
the public involvement process at this point, ensuring wide distribution of
these elements and providing the means of offering community feedback.
Duration: 1 week
Deliverables: Graphic, PowerPoint Presentation and/or handouts as
necessary
Meetings: Public Meeting/Informational Session - 1
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PHASE 2 — CITY PLAN UPDATES (3 MONTHS)
TASK / POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS
Based on planning to date, the EDAW team will identify and outline new
policies and modifications to existing policies that should be considered to
support Growth Management strategies.
Subtasks:
• Prepare recommendations in an outline format for revisions to existing
policies and preparation of new policies to address issues and directions
established for City Plan during Phase 1 of the City Plan update. It is
anticipated that these new policy directions and/or "course corrections"
may include, among others, the following:
Growth Management Area strategies
Housing Density/Community Form
Redeveloping Areas
Enhanced Transportation Corridors
Jobs/Housing Balance
Affordable Housing
• Review policy recommendations with staff technical team and Citizens
Advisory Committee.
Duration: 8 weeks
Deliverables: Recommended changes to Goals, Principles, and Policies
(outline format)
Meetings: Staff — 3 (coinciding with Tasks 2 and 3)
CAC — 2 (coinciding with Tasks 2 and 3)
GMC —1 (coinciding with Tasks 2 and 3)
CPU/TMP/Staff-1(coinciding with Tasks 2 and 3)
TASK 2 PREPARE REVISED CITY PLAN GOALS, PRINCIPLES,
AND POLICIES
Based on the policy direction established during Task 1, the consultant will
prepare draft revisions to the City Plan Vision, Goals, Principles, and Policies.
These will be reviewed with staff, members of the CAC, and elected and
appointed officials and refined as necessary to develop a set of revised Goals,
Principles, and Policies for adoption.
Subtasks:
Refine policy recommendations and draft new/revised Goals, Principles,
and Policies as appropriate to address issues and directions established in
Task 1.
• Review draft policy revisions with Staff Technical Team, CAC, and Council
Growth Management Committee.
• Revise documents as needed to address issues that arise during review
and prepare final Goals, Principles, and Policies for adoption by City
Council.
Duration: 12 weeks (coinciding with Tasks 1 and 3)
Deliverables: Text changes to Goals, Principles, and Policies
Meetings: Staff — 4 (coinciding with Tasks 1 and 3)
CAC — 3 (coinciding with Tasks 1 and 3)
GMC — 2 (coinciding with Tasks 1 and 3)
CPU/TMP/Staff -1 (coinciding with Tasks 1 and 3)
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TASK 3 CITY STRUCTURE PLAN
As a result of planning to date, including questioned policies and principles,
reaffirmation of the vision, and review and inclusion of sub -area plans
completed since City Plan, the EDAW team will review and recommend
modifications to the City Structure Plan map. At this time, there will be a
working session with City Council to review Tasks 1-3.
Duration: 4 weeks (coinciding with Tasks 1 and 2)
Deliverables: One camera-ready/electronic draft and one final
_- Recommended Changes to the City Plan Map (coinciding
with Tasks 2 and 3)
Meetings: Staff-2 (coinciding with Tasks 2 and 3)
GMC- 1 (coinciding with Tasks 2 and 3)
CAC - 1 (coinciding with Tasks 2 and 3)
CPU/TMP/Staff -1 (coinciding with Tasks 2 and 3)
Council Working Session - 1
TASK 4 PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT/PUBLIC MEETING (#4)
The detailed work of reviewing and evaluating policy changes is best
accomplished, from a public involvement perspective, through the Citizen
Advisory Committee with updates to the general public that help interested
citizens follow the progression from vision to policy.
Duration: 1 week
Deliverables: Graphic, PowerPoint Presentation and/or handouts as
necessary
Meetings: Public Meeting/ Informational Session-1
PHASE 3 - IMPLEMENTATION (3.5 MONTHS)
TASK 1 REVIEW EXISTING DEVELOPMENT CODES AND
PRACTICES
Once the primary revisions to City Plan have been determined, it is likely that
amendments to the Citp's Development Code will be needed to implement
the Plan. Clarion Associates will take the lead in reviewing the City's
regulatory documents and procedures, including the Development Code,
Adequate Public Facility requirements, and Capital Improvements Plans, to
recommend needed revisions to implement the Plan's vision.
Subtasks:
• Review City's Development Code and other regulatory documents.
• Produce a summary "Diagnosis' report in memorandum format that
identifies areas that may need to be changed to reflect City Plan changes.
Duration: 4 weeks
Deliverables: Development Code Diagnosis Memorandum Report
Meetings: Staff-2
CAC - 1
GMC-1
CPU/TMP/Staff - 7
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TASK 2 DEVELOP CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM
Based on revisions to the City Plan, the team will develop an updated
summary of capital improvements needed for plan implementation, including
estimated project costs, available funding, and project priorities within
available funding. This Capital Improvements Program will focus on short-
term high -priority action items, and will be coordinated with the capital
improvements recommendations coming out of the concurrent
Transportation Master Plan effort.
Subtasks:
Prepare a summary of capital improvements needed to implement the
updated City Plan.
• Assign initial priorities to improvements.
• Prepare order -of -magnitude cost estimates for priority improvements.
• Identify existing levels of revenue for capital projects.
• Identify revenue shortfalls and unmet needs.
Duration: 4 weeks (coinciding with Task 1)
Deliverables: Draft Capital Improvements Program
Meetings: Staff-2
TASK 3 PREPARE IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY
RECOMMENDATIONS
Based upon the consultant's review of the City's regulatory documents
completed in Task 1, the EDAW team will prepare a detailed implementation
strategy and Action Plan for City Plan. The Implementation Action Plan will be
in summary report and matrix format.
Subtasks:
Prepare an Implementation Strategy and Action Plan, to include
consideration of the following:
- New or Changed Development Regulations
- Recommendations for revisions to the City's Intergovernmental
Agreements
- GMA Boundaries and Policies
- Funding primary services
- Priority CIP needs (from Task 2)
Review Implementation Strategy with the Staff Technical Team, CAC, and
Council Growth Management Committee and revise as necessary.
Duration: 8 weeks
Deliverables: One camera-ready/electronic draft and one final
Implementation Strategy and Action Plan
Meetings: Staff-3
CAC - 2
GMC-2
CPU/TMP/Staff -1
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TASK 4 PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT/PUBLIC MEETING (#5)
Close communication with the Citizen Advisory Committee is critical in this
phase. At this point in the process, the expertise gained by the committee
members will allow them to provide highly informed reactions to the
implementation strategies.
This is the third and final point at which a survey or focus group can be useful.
Survey or focus group questions can focus on the implementation details
including the tradeoffs and priority setting inherent in this phase. Of all of the
opportunities to use this type of public involvement tool, we believe this is the
most appropriate. Survey or focus group interview questions should be as
detailed as possible. The time, effort and expense of focus group or survey
work make it a less useful choice for open-ended, visionary questions. Were
we to use this kind of technique in the final phase of the project, we could
explore tolerance for tax changes, reaction to specific ordinance changes and
preference among competing capital improvement projects. A joint effort
with the transportation planning process is possible in this phase.
As the implementation details emerge, the public should have one final
opportunity to react to the plan draft and offer feedback. Public meetings at
this point give members of the public a forum where thev can confirm their
support for the plan or explain any remaining concerns.
The final public involvement task in this phase is dissemination of the final
plan. Mass communication can be useful to disseminate information about the
plan's core content and about the fact that the plan is complete.
Duration: 1 week
Deliverables: Graphic, PowerPoint Presentation and/or handouts as
necessary
Meetings: Public Meeting/Informational Session - 1
TASK 5 FINAL` DOCUMENTATION AND PLAN IMPLEMENTATION
After all meetings, the EDAW team will compile all'Summary Memorandums'
into a final City Plan Update report. EDAW will also assist the City with
Council Meetings necessary to ensure the Plan's adoption.
Duration: 4 weeks
Deliverables: One camera-ready/electronic draft and one final City Plan
Update Plan
Meetings: Staff - 1, Council Meetings - 3
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McCarron International Airport Land Use and Disposal Plan
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Client: McCarron International Airport Clark County Dept. of Aviation
EDAW provided market analysis and land planning services for a 20,543 acre
site, the Cooperative Management Area, (CMA) defined by the aircraft
departure flight corridors. Within the CMA, the Bureau of Land Management
transferred ownership of 5,234 acres to Clark County.
EDAW prepared the economic market analysis, interim disposal plan, land use
planning, environmental analysis, infrastructure analysis, strategic
management policies and application for purchasing the property. The land use
planning was compatible with the airport environs including uses such as open
space, golf courses, commercial, office, retail, industrial, manufacturing,
warehousing, easements and rights -of -way.
Public input and consensus -building was conducted in workshops and
presentations throughout the planning process. The preferred land use plan
amended three existing township comprehensive plans and was adopted by the
County Commissioners.
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