HomeMy WebLinkAboutRFP - 8029 EXISTING OLD TOWN NEIGHBORHOOD PLANS UPDATE (3)existing old town
neighborhoods plan update
Proposal No. 8029 | November 18, 2014
4696 Broadway | Boulder, CO 80304
(303) 440-9200 | www.migcom.com
In association with:
Brendle Group | Fox Tuttle Hernandez | Economic & Planning Systems, Inc.
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BERKELEY, DAVIS,
FULLERTON, KENWOOD,
PASADENA, RIVERSIDE
AND SAN DIEGO
COLORADO
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NEW YORK
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NORTH CAROLINA
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EUGENE AND PORTLAND
TEXAS
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PLANNING / DESIGN / COMMUNICATIONS / MANAGEMENT / TECHNOLOGY
November 18, 2014
Mr. John Stephens, Senior Buyer
City of Fort Collins Financial Services
Purchasing Division
215 N. Mason St., 2nd Floor
Fort Collins, CO 80522
Re: Proposal No. 8029 – Existing Old Town Neighborhoods Plan Update
Dear Mr. Stephens and Selection Committee Members:
MIG, Inc. is pleased to submit our team’s proposal to prepare the Existing Old Town
Neighborhoods Plan Update for the City of Fort Collins. As a firm with local roots and a
broad national perspective in neighborhood planning, active transportation, parks and
recreation planning, cultural resources, environmental planning and placemaking we
appreciate the opportunity to introduce our firm and the team we have tailored to meet the
needs of this exciting project.
We are pleased to include frequent MIG partners the Brendle Group, Fox Tuttle Hernandez
and Economic & Planning Systems, Inc. These firms bring their respective expertise in
sustainability, transportation planning and engineering and real estate development/
economics. The individual team members we have selected for, and committed to, this
project have long track records collaborating with one another throughout Colorado and
beyond.
The MIG Team’s unique understanding of the interplay between historic and
well-established neighborhoods, downtowns and commercial corridors as well as university
campuses – with projects in Denver and Laramie as well as similar efforts in Spokane,
Missoula, and Charlotte – allows us to hit the ground running and focus project resources on
meaningful engagement, planning and design. Our team also brings extensive experience
working with agency staff to develop a plan collaboratively. The MIG Team can provide
technical expertise and analysis and work seamlessly with City staff members developing
plan chapters.
I am the primary point of contact for the MIG Team. My email address is jayr@migcom.com.
I can also be reached using the following contact information:
MIG, Inc.
4696 Broadway | Boulder, CO 80304
Phone: (303) 440-9200
We welcome the opportunity to further discuss our qualifications and approach. If you have
any questions, or require any additional information, please don’t hesitate to contact me.
Sincerely,
Jay Renkens, AICP
Director of Denver Area Operations - MIG, Inc.
Project Director/Manager
Table of Contents
Project Understanding 1
Approach 3
Deliverables 7
Team Profile 8
firm profiles
relevant experience
team introduction
team organizational chart
team availability and capacity
resumes
Schedule 30
Budget 31
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project understanding
Project Understanding
The City of Fort Collins is embarking on an important
process of updating the original East Side and West
Side Neighborhood Plans to adjust the original visions,
policies, recommendations and implementation actions
to respond to new realities, interests and trends. While
the Neighborhood Plans for the two neighborhoods were
originally two separate documents, one of the outcomes
of the current effort will be to consolidate the updates
into a single Old Town Neighborhoods Plan (OTNP). As
stated in the RFP, the consolidation into a single plan must
not compromise the engagement, process, evaluation
or planning for either the east side or west side areas.
Given limited resources to complete the updates for these
two important areas of the City, a collaborative process
between City staff, the MIG Team and the community will
be necessary.
The OTNP must provide a new overall community-
supported vision for the plan areas and provide a blueprint –
with a collection of projects, policies and programs – to help
realize that vision. Therefore the project requires a team of
City staff and consultants that understand the challenges
and opportunities related to moving the dial from a
policy perspective, getting projects designed and built,
developing creative and sustainable funding strategies as
well as ensuring long-term maintenance and operations are
given their due. At the same time, the project also requires
a very strong element of community and stakeholder
engagement to ensure that the plan recommendations are
reflecting community desires and addressing neighborhood
concerns.
The ONTP will also need to build upon existing citywide
visions and policies while making specific recommendations
and actions unique to the two neighborhoods. It will
be important to balance the needs of residents and the
broader community as both east side and west side
areas play key roles in the daily lives of most Fort Collins
residents and visitors. The ONTP effort will need to be
closely coordinated with the design guidelines update and
other concurrent planning efforts at the City. In addition,
it will become an element of both the City Plan and the
Transportation Master Plan. Thus, an ongoing dialogue and
engagement process will be required for residents, visitors
and a range of subject area experts.
Ultimiately, the ONTP is about managing change. A lot has
already changed and evolved since the previous planning
efforts for the two neighborhoods were completed. And
whether we like it or not, additional change is on the
way. Thus, it is critical to the success of the ONTP and
the respective neighborhoods to articulate features and
characteristics that require preservation and enhancement
and to understand the forces of change and how to best
guide those to achieve a desired vision. A multi-disciplinary
team is needed to understand the interplay, implications
and importance of land use, urban form, traffic, walkability,
streetscape design, green infrastructure, placemaking and
identity as well as market forces.
The ONTP should integrate health and sustainability
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project understanding
This includes exploring opportunities for first and final
mile connections to the MAX BRT, protected bikeway
connections to and from the Mason Trail, managed parking
with implementation “triggers,” and right sized streets that
are safe for everyone. Our team includes transportation
planners and engineers that have been working across
the city to plan, design and monitor compete street
investments. They have been working with the triple
bottom line measures, the Transportation Master Plan and
the challenges associated with circulation and parking
in the Old Town neighborhood thought prior planning
studies. Their background with technical data, city staff and
stakeholders will save this effort time and budget.
This effort will provide updated policy directions and
actionable implementation strategies for the East Side and
West Side neighborhoods, as these neighborhoods balance
maintaining their character with change and reinvestment.
This plan update will build on concepts from City Plan such
as strengthening the community “spine” along the Mason
Corridor, integrating green streets and infrastructure
as well as leveraging catalytic sites to strengthen and
preserve the character and quality of life in the East Side
and West Side neighborhoods. It will also introduce new
neighborhood-specific concepts and strategies that reflect
other recent efforts and community priorities, such as safe
routes to everywhere, parking, Colorado State University
growth, nature in the City, historic preservation, train noise,
development compatibility, social sustainability, integrated
utility services, the Fort ZED Zero Energy District (Fort ZED)
and downtown growth and change.
In addition to connecting the Old Town Neighborhoods
Plan to other recent and ongoing City efforts, we
understand the need to use a systems approach to connect
plan components and analyze alternatives and strategies
against economic, environmental and social outcomes (i.e.,
the Triple Bottom Line). Brendle Group has a long history of
working with the City of Fort Collins in developing tools and
processes for evaluating alternatives and strategies against
the Triple Bottom Line, including the recent Sustainability
Assessment process, which will be used to help maximize
sustainability outcomes in the Old Town Neighborhoods
Plan.
There are a board range of stakeholders for the OTNP,
including residents who own and rent, other property
and business owners, visitors, partner agencies and the
development community. It will be critical to a successful
project to engage these various stakeholders from the
outset. The MIG Team’s approach will help to build a strong
and dedicated constituency to champion the plan and its
implementation. To this end, interactions with stakeholders
will be well designed with clear objectives and desired
outcomes communicated to all involved. Our approach and
proposed schedule has been organized to engage sensitive
receptors and other stakeholders at key decision points in
the planning and design process.
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approach
Approach
The MIG Team brings deep, comprehensive, cutting-edge
experience in neighborhood planning and design,
streetscape design, downtown and campus planning,
strategic planning, sustainability and stakeholder
engagement. As leaders on many successful neighborhood
and district planning efforts for cities of all sizes across
the country, we bring the experience, tools and proven
methodologies to ensure that these elements are
successfully integrated into the Old Town Neighborhoods
Plan (OTNP) process.
Our approach begins with bringing together the absolute
best core team for the project. Our core team of MIG,
the Brendle Group, Fox Tuttle Hernandez and EPS—with
strategic, visionary principals, the ideal project manager
and premier technical analysts, designers and writers—will
be hands-on and completely dedicated throughout the
expected 14-month planning process.
Our approach includes a tight consultant team that is nimble
and flexible and can respond to aspects of the project that
we can’t predict at project outset. Great neighborhoods—
like the East Side and West Side neighborhoods—are
complex systems with a diverse and interrelated set of
systems and parts. The vision/s will emerge during the
process and may benefit from the involvement of specialists
in a specific area or from an example from another part of
the country.
Our approach includes committed and strategic principal
and partner-level involvement at all stages of the process
and dedicated and organized project management; clearly
articulated process design; close collaboration with City
staff; focused and facilitated internal and external meetings;
and creation of analysis, planning and design products
that are visionary, technically sound, clear, understandable,
highly graphic, and aesthetically pleasing.
The MIG Team believes that there are specific elements that
the OTNP must incorporate:
• Build on the existing foundation of plans, frameworks and
regulations for the City, the neighborhoods and the other
individual institutions and property owners;
• Understand and clearly outline the issues, concerns and
ideas of stakeholders from the project’s onset, including
major constraints, potential pitfalls, as well as political and
financial realities and opportunities;
• Understand that the neighborhoods cannot be all
things to all people and balance the various demands
within what can actually be impacted by this planning
and design effort to best protect valuable parts of
the neighborhood and support existing and future
development;
• Develop a circulation and streetscape concepts for
constrained arterials in the neighborhoods, manage
parking and enhance efficient automobile circulation,
transit, walkability and bikeability to and through the
neighborhoods, as well as into adjacent neighborhoods
and districts;
• Create and support truly great streets, “green”
infrastructure, vibrant public space, and healthy practices
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approach
MIG has extensive experience building consensus and
engaging neighborhoods throughtout Coloradoand the
other team members have recent experience working
with the City of Fort Collins and neighborhood residents.
Collectively, we have a long track record of developing plans
and designs with stakeholder buy-in and a strong sense of
ownership.
Our approach will be guided by the need to refine a vision
with specific goals, recommendations and strategic action
steps. The final product of this process will integrate
strategic priorities for urban planning and design;
connectivity and mobility; economic vitality; infrastructure;
sustainability and key partnerships. Study elements will
acknowledge the past while allowing new ideas to emerge
and creative solutions to be developed. A constant eye will
be toward the final product of the current effort to ensure
that the process results in strong recommendations and a
very clear set of action items and implementation strategies.
Our approach is further detailed below using the four
phases and 11 tasks outlined in the City’s RFP for the
OTNP project. After a summary of key steps for each task,
we provide a summary of project deliverables by task.
To create the list of deliverables, our team started with
the descriptions included in the RFP as a base and then
adjusted them to reflect our recommended approach.
PHASE I: PROJECT INITIATION
Task 1: Define Parameters of Update Process
The MIG Team will work with the client team to refine the
preliminary scope of work, schedule and budget. This will
include a list of specific deliverables and timelines for data
collection and technical analysis. A final scope of work and
budget will be exhibits to the consultant contract while the
schedule will be updated as needed throughout the process
and included with monthly invoice with an indication of
overall progress. These efforts will be informed by Brendle
Group’s recent work with the Fort Collins Climate Action
Plan and FortZED.
Task 2: Existing and Future Conditions
The MIG Team will prepare a summary presentation and
mapping of existing and future multimodal transportation
operations in the plan area. This will include an audit of the
walking, bicycling, first and final mile and traffic circulation
patterns within and around the neighborhood.
FTH will compile and summarize the existing parking
inventory and utilization data available from City staff. They
will also collect parking data during one evening peak near
areas of concern or change.
For this task, EPS will evaluate the market conditions of the
targeted subarea, providing insight to the City regarding the
depth of demand and magnitude of the potential changes
in the neighborhoods. The information to be collected will
account for market demand factors such as the increase
in population, the increase in employment, the change
in household income, and the change in tenure. EPS will
collect data for the past 15 years and document trends in
each of these categories, showing how the trends in the
immediate neighborhoods compare to the City as a whole.
The degree of change will indicate the degree of market
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approach
The analysis will help shed clear light on potential elements
that may need mitigation (impacts) as well as identify
benefits that can be maximized. The analysis process
will also draw on related City planning documents and
programs, and support and align with Budgeting for
Outcomes topics wherever applicable. During Task 2, the
MIG Team will lead stakeholder engagement and focus
group activities on transportation, transition areas and
sustainability-related issues and needs.
Task 3: Develop Initial Draft Plan Layout and Phase I
Chapters for Review
The MIG Team’s work in Task 3 will focus on supporting
staff in the development of Phase I chapters with a focus on
transportation and sustainability. For transportation, this will
include a summary of the current MMLOS for each segment,
ROW measurements using current GIS engineering files,
audit of the current roadway geometrics, accident history,
and assessment of potential future redevelopment to
support ROW adjustments. The MIG Team will also identify
future design concept options including narrative and
graphics/mapping materials for the North Shields and
Mulberry corridors.
The MIG Team will examine existing physical characteristics,
zoning and design standards to assess transition area
concerns and opportunities. Using specific tools in the City’s
Sustainability Assessment toolkit, possibly supplemented
by other road-specific tools such as Green Roads or
Envision, Brendle Group will facilitate a workshop to lead
a multi-disciplinary team through the analysis of two key
constrained arterial street segments (North Shields and
Mulberry Street). Results of the analysis will be summarized
in inputs for the plan chapters that identify sustainability-
related issues, opportunities, and needs for the street
segment alternatives.
PHASE II: RECONFIRM PLAN VISION/FRAMEWORK
Task 4: Plan Vision
Based upon the input received during Phase I and the
beginning of Phase II, the MIG Team will develop vision,
goals and objectives for the neighborhoods. These will
be put in a graphically pleasing and user-friendly layout.
The Team will also develop supporting text and graphics
to help illustrate and communicate the vision to staff, key
stakeholders and the community.
Task 5: Framework Development
The MIG Team will create a preliminary development
framework to support the vision/s and goals and
guide preservation, enhancement and growth of
the neighborhoods. The Team will prepare technical
documentation that can be used to present the concepts
and policy choices to the neighborhood and stakeholders
based on the concepts prepared during Phase I. For
transportation, this will include: proposed streetscape
enhancements, travel time for motor vehicles; parking
overflow and management; on-street bicycle facility
accommodations; pedestrian safety and enhancements;
first and final mile transit access; alternative parking
requirements; and “right sizing” neighborhood streets.
This will also include initial concepts for neighborhood
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approach
The concepts will be determined during the process, but
are expected to include a spectrum from full scrapes to
small additions. Density will be accounted for, showing
expansions that reflect the same number of dwelling units
as well as increases that reflect a change in land use policy/
zoning category.
The feasibility analysis will account for the various locations
throughout the historic district that reflect different design
and zoning standards.
Task 7: Develop Initial Draft Plan Document for
Review (Phase II Chapters)
MIG and FTH will work closely with staff to develop
options for constrained arterial streets. These will include
conceptual cross sections and intersection configurations
for arterial street segments in the neighborhood that
facilitate safe multimodal travel near and within the
neighborhood. The Team will prepare summary text of the
preferred multimodal transportation designs, including
implementation phasing, preliminary project costs and
potential funding options. Phase II will also include a variety
of community and stakeholder engagement activities as
highlighted in the process schedule.
PHASE III: POLICIES/STRATEGIES DEVELOPMENT
Task 8: Revise and Update Policies
The MIG Team will assess existing City policies and
develop a memo with narrative, graphics and illustrations
summarizing the existing policy framework. The Team
will use this assessment and the input received to date to
develop a set of new policies that will help to support the
realization of the vision and goals articulated earlier in the
process.
EPS will quantify the amount of capital investment likely
to occur and how this investment results in greater fiscal
revenues to the City in the form of property taxes, use
tax, permit fees, and sales tax. The purpose of this section
does not involve a full fiscal model construction, but is
rather intended to quantify the benefits. The analysis will
account for the degree of investment that could occur under
different scenarios and will link policy options to the larger
economic impact associated with each.
Task 9: Strategies
The MIG Team’s roles in Task 9 will include the overall
community and stakeholder engagement for Phase III
and ongoing project coordination. The MIG Team will be
available to support City staff in the development of the
plan strategies.
PHASE IV: PLAN IMPLEMENTATION/ADOPTION
Task 10: Implementation Action Plan
The MIG Team will develop a set of implementation
priorities that reflect the fiscal realities of the City,
community and the partners that are involved. Recognizing
fiscal constraints, creative financing and partnerships
are likely to be needed to support implementation. The
MIG Team will approach implementation from a life cycle
cost perspective being mindful of not only initial capital
obligations, but ongoing operational and maintenance
costs. Brendle Group will support the development of an
implementation summary and schedule, and process for
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deliverables
Deliverables
PHASE I:
• Existing transportation Conditions summary for Plan
area related to constrained arterial street segments
(North Shields between Mulberry and Vine; and Mulberry
Street between Riverside Drive and Taft Hill Road) for
two areas: 1) Assessment of constrained arterial street
segments focusing on improvements for bike and pedes-
trian facilities, including ROW measurements of segments,
infrastructure inventory, conflict point identification,
existing cross sections, bicycle and pedestrian LOS,
assessment of potential future redevelopment to support
ROW adjustments, and TBL analysis for street segments;
and 2) Streetscape design enhancements for medians and
parkways and intersections along corridors.
• Future Conditions: Constrained Arterial Street Segments:
Develop future planned infrastructure facilities and
preliminary design concept options including narrative
and graphics/mapping materials.
• Transition Area Assessment: Provide analysis of
Neighborhood compatibility of new development (design
and intensity) in fringe areas such as the Neighborhood
Conservation Buffer (NCB) zone, and Community
Commercial (CC) zone adjacent the Downtown. This will
lead to development of design standards later in process
if part of implementation recommendations.
• Public Involvement: Participation at TAC meetings,
stakeholder interviews/focus groups and neighborhood
listening sessions.
PHASE II:
• Vision: Develop updated vision for neighborhoods
including narrative and supporting graphic diagrams or
illustrations for such themes as neighborhood character
and compatibility, land use, transportation, urban design,
and open lands components.
• Framework Plan Options: Develop concept options for
existing and future land use, transportation and open
lands as part of a consolidated framework map and
supporting graphic and narrative information.
• Options for Constrained Arterial Streets: Develop
conceptual options for arterial street segments including
preferred street cross sections, integrating proposed bike,
pedestrian and transit facilities, intersection design and
other supporting streetscape design graphics. A summary
will be provided of preferred design and policy options to
consider for implementation, including implementation
phasing, preliminary project costs and potential funding
options.
• Public Involvement: Materials, facilitation, and summary
of public, TAC, and stakeholder meetings and survey
administration.
PHASE III:
• Policy Development: Assess existing policies and
develop initial list of new draft policy directives, working
closely with staff.
• Public Involvement: Materials, facilitation, and summary
of public, TAC, and stakeholder Meetings.
PHASE IV:
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team profile
Firm Profiles
MIG, INC.
Contact: Jay Renkens, AICP, Director of Operations
4696 Broadway | Boulder, CO 80304
P: (303) 440-9200 | F: (303) 449-6911
www.migcom.com
Since it was founded in 1982, MIG, Inc. has focused on
planning, designing and sustaining environments that
support human development. Our team of over 180
professionals has assisted public agencies throughout
Colorado and the nation in projects that enhance
community livability, support revitalization and connect
people with places. MIG embraces inclusivity and
encourages community and stakeholder interaction in all
of our projects. For each endeavor—in planning, design,
management, communications or technology—our
approach is strategic, context-driven and holistic,
addressing social, political, economic and physical factors
to ensure our clients achieve the results they want—on time
and within budget. For 32 years, our plans have
produced results.
Areas of Expertise
• Neighborhood Planning
• Community Outreach and Involvement
• Urban Design
• Mapping and GIS Analysis
• Ecological Design and Landscape Architecture
• Park Planning
• Trails and Streetscapes
• Natural Areas and Greenways
• Comprehensive Planning
• Cultural Landscapes
• Environmental and Regional Planning
• Recreation Programs and Community Services
• Park and Facility Needs Analysis
• Park Maintenance and Operations
• Strategic Planning
• Demographic and Trends Analysis
• Design for Children and Youth
• Universal Design and Accessibility
Community Planning and Urban Design
MIG offers a unique combination of community planning
and urban design expertise that brings visioning
and community interests together to frame land use,
transportation and urban design issues. From concept
development to final planning documents, MIG has a
successful track record in the planning and design of
environments that contribute to community livability and
neighborhood vitality. We integrate innovative solutions
into our neighborhood plans and other policy and action-
oriented documents that we create.
Visioning and Community-Based Planning
MIG brings a strong, multidisciplinary approach to assisting
communities to develop and define a common vision for
strategic action, with success measured by high levels of
consensus and implementation. We use the community’s
vision as an inspirational expression of future possibilities
regarding the function and character of the area. This
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team profile
Landscape Design
MIG has a proven track record in innovative and award-
winning landscape design. We provide a full range of
services, including programming, concept and schematic
design, feasibility analysis and construction documentation
and administration. We have broad experience in the design
of outdoor environments that integrate people with and
without disabilities, contribute to community livability and
enable residents to lead healthy, active lifestyles. Projects
range from streetscape design and traffic calming to
neighborhood parks and trails to schools and public plazas.
Environmental Planning and Analysis
MIG delivers a full range of environmental planning and
ecological design services including watershed planning
and management; open space, trails and recreation
planning and design; river corridor planning and restoration;
environmental compliance and documentation; and
biological assessments, permitting and restoration of
sensitive habitats such as coastal wetlands and riparian
zones. All projects are approached from a multi-objective
perspective to ensure that opportunities for economic
and community development are achieved in addition to
the environmental benefits. In this way, ecosystem health
supports human health and provides the foundation
for successful community development and long term
economic viability as well. MIG has working relationships
with many federal, state and regional resource management
agencies throughout the United States.
BRENDLE GROUP
Contact: Shelby Sommer, Planner
212 W. Mulberry Street | Fort Collins, CO 80521
P: (970) 207-0058 | F: (970) 207-0059
www.brendlegroup.com
Brendle Group (BG) is an engineering consulting firm
that has been actively practicing sustainability for over 18
years, specializing in sustainability planning, economic
development, energy management, climate protection,
water conservation and sustainable design. Founded
in 1996, BG was a pioneer in the now flourishing field of
sustainability. Among sustainability consultants, BG is a rare
find, also having a dedicated business practice in economic
development that includes bringing energy efficiency to
scale and growing local jobs in the process; cluster-based
cleantech initiatives and downtown and neighborhood
districts.
Located in Fort Collins, BG has supported the City of Fort
Collins in its energy, climate and sustainability efforts for
well over a decade, working as a close partner with the City
to develop a variety of award-winning plans, programs and
projects. Moreover, BG’s building is a showcase of energy
and water efficiency measures, and its employees have
close ties to the downtown area, the Eastside and Westside
neighborhoods, Colorado State University and the Mason
Corridor.
FOX TUTTLE HERNANDEZ
Contact: Carlos Hernandez, AICP, Principal
P.O. Box 19768 | Boulder, CO 80308
O: (303) 652-3571 | C: (303) 478-5107
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team profile
Golden Triangle Neighborhood Plan
DENVER, COLORADO
The Golden Triangle is a unique neighborhood located
between the Cherry Creek greenway, the Downtown
Business District and Capitol Hill in Denver. It’s rich in history
and culture, encompassing Civic Center Park, the state
capitol, the Denver City and County Building, the Denver
Art Museum, History Colorado Center, the Denver Public
Library, Byers-Evans House Museum, the Clyfford Still
Museum and several other arts and cultural destinations.
MIG, Inc. led a community-driven process to create a new
neighborhood plan for the Golden Triangle that established
a vision and goals to guide the future of the neighborhood.
The Neighborhood Plan provides conceptual level design
for streetscape and open space improvements to link the
various institutions, businesses and residents.
Other major emphases of the project included establishing
a more coherent and recognizable identity and providing
direction for how new mixed-use development can best
support the overall neighborhood.
The Golden Triangle Neighborhood Plan was adopted
unanimously by Denver City Council. It has broad support
from elected officials, staff, residents, businesses and
various organizations.
REFERENCE
Chris Gleissner
City and County of Denver
(720) 865-2923 | chris.gleissner@denvergov.org
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South Hill Coalition Connectivity and Livability Plan
Latah Creek
Latah Valley
Southgate
Lincoln Heights
East Central
Comstock
Rockwood
Cliff Cannon
Grandview\Thorpe
Manito/Cannon Hill
Riverside
West Hills
Brownes Addition
West Central Peaceful Valley
High Drive Park
Manito Park
High Bridge Park
Hangman Park Conservation
The Creek At Qualchan Golf Course
Lincoln Park
Liberty Park
Qualchan Hills Park
Grant Park
Comstock
Park
Fish
Lake
Trail
Underhill
Park
Hamblen
Park
High Bridge Park
Edwidge
Woldson Park
Fish Lake Trail
Cannon
Hill Park
Southside
Sports Complex
Cliff
Park
Ben Burr
Park
Coeur
d’Alene
Park
Thornton Murphy Park
Finch Arboretum
Ashland
Conservation
Polly Judd Park
Latah Creek
Conservation
Grandview Park
Wentel Grant Park
Latah Creek
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team profile
SPOKANE, WASHINGTON
South University District - Sprague Corridor Planning Study
The South University District is an important business
and employment center, situated just east of Downtown
Spokane. Running through the South University District,
Sprague Avenue is a busy primary arterial that connects
Downtown to eastern Spokane. The University District
Sprague Corridor (UDSC) Planning Study will guide the
future of land use within the South University District and
transportation and street design along Sprague Avenue.
The project evaluated existing conditions within the
study area and determined appropriate strategies and
designs that will serve to reduce energy consumption and
greenhouse gas emissions. To this end, the study focused
on transit-oriented development and infrastructure barriers
and solutions.
MIG, in association with DKS, conducted a range of public
outreach and engagement efforts that served to guide
development of the UDSC Planning Study, and ensured that
it had broad support from the community. To address “must
haves” for the study area, the project centered on a series
of community workshops, held at key phases of the plan
process.
Based on public outreach and an assessment of existing
conditions, MIG developed a preferred design for the
Sprague Avenue Corridor, recommendations for future
land use within the South University District and an
implementation plan that identified necessary steps for
carrying out the plan. MIG also carried the final study
through the adoption process.
REFERENCE
Brandon Rapez-Betty, Senior Communications Specialist
Spokane Transit Authority
(509) 344-1869 | Brapez-betty@spokanetransit.com
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Lakewood embraced RTD’s West Light Rail Line by
proactively creating zoning districts around the new transit
stations–specifically tailored to their transit oriented nature
and long term potential for growth. Working with both the
Planning and Economic Development departments, MIG
created a series of images visualizing the place that citizens,
zoning policy and the market support. These graphics were
used to educate and excite the development community
about the redevelopment potential along this transit line.
REFERENCE
Roger Wadnal, AICP
Comprehensive Planning & Research Division Manager
(303) 987-7519 | RogWad@lakewood.org
West Line Economic Development
LAKEWOOD, COLORADO
The Oak Street Station project is one of MIG’s first transit
oriented simulation and still stands today as one of our most
successful projects; even being aired on NBC’s evening
news. The goal of this project was to generate a vision for
the Oak Street light-rail station for possible redevelopment.
MIG had to layout the design based on a series of sketch
plans provided by the City and RTD, design the streetscape
and plazas and lastly create an inspiring animation
REFERENCE
Roger Wadnal, AICP
Comprehensive Planning & Research Division Manager
(303) 987-7519 | RogWad@lakewood.org
Oak Street Station Area
LAKEWOOD, COLORADO
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Glenwood Springs Comprehensive Plan
GLENWOOD SPRINGS, COLORADO
REFERENCE
Gretchen Ricehill, Planner
Glenwood Springs Community Development
(970) 384-6428 | gretchen.ricehill@cogs.us
The public input process for the Comprehensive Plan
demonstrated that there was a wide diversity of opinion on
many of the issues confronting the city: the relocation of SH
82, the treatment of Grand Avenue, the mass and scale of
downtown and annexation potential to the south, to name
a few.
The goal of the Comprehensive Plan was to bring direction
to many of these contentious issues and present next action
steps for the city to take shape in a sustainable manner.
Scenario planning, planning exercises, Community Viz, and
3D visualization were all used to develop a final preferred
alternative that reenforced the community’s preference for
their future City.
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UC Davis Neighborhood Master Plan and Long Range Development Plan
DAVIS, CALIFORNIA
MIG led a multi-disciplinary team to develop a
Neighborhood Master Plan for the West Village
neighborhood for the University of California, Davis campus.
Located in a semi-rural, agriculturally rich area, the plan
reflects the needs of the City of Davis and the University to
create development that is based on sustainable and smart
growth principles. The plans guide development of the
University and a new community, which will accommodate
more than 3,000 students, faculty and staff over the next
several years.
The Neighborhood Master Plan is a detailed form-based
master plan that serves as a model for new mixed use
housing nationwide. Instead of following typical and
new-urbanist residential development patterns, MIG’s plan
includes a range of housing types and densities, innovative
mixing of uses at a neighborhood center, cutting-edge
energy and water strategies, special attention to habitat and
open space and urban-agriculture edge boundaries. This
helped fulfill the project intent to create an integrated and
sustainable community that is environmentally, socially and
economically beneficial.
Building on the existing conditions analysis of the over
3,000-acre campus and surrounding region that included
understanding the socio-cultural needs of the existing
and future community, MIG developed alternative growth
scenarios.
All scenarios incorporated sustainable concepts and
principles as well as integration of utilities, environmental
and fiscal analyses. Through meaningful engagement that
included multiple stakeholder meetings and community
workshops, MIG revised and refined the preferred scenario.
This in turn formed the basis for a developer in 2005 to
design and build the largest planned zero net energy
community in the United States. Formally opened in 2011,
the first phase of West Village is on track to demonstrate,
for the first time, that zero net energy is practical on a
large scale. Upon its completion the entire planned site
will include an elementary school, town center, recreation
fields, a neighborhood park, and a network of bicycle paths
separated from vehicles.
REFERENCE
Robert Segar, Assistant Vice Chancellor,
Campus Planning, University of California, Davis
(530) 752-2172 | rbsegar@ucdavis.edu
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San Jose Strong Neighborhoods Initiative
SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA
MIG reviewed city lot configurations and developed land
use alternatives to help meet economic development and
revitalization goals. MIG designed a community involvement
process that was used as a model for other neighborhood
plans. The process was geared to help the community
better understand the forces shaping their communities
and how they could influence the end result. This included
design and planning charrettes, multilingual neighborhood
open houses, bilingual community workshops, stakeholder
interviews and focus groups. Based on the success of the
original program, MIG was asked to lead four subsequent
Renewing the Action Agenda projects.
REFERENCE
Christopher “Kip” Harkness, Program Coordinator
San José Redevelopment Agency
(408) 794-1142 | christopher.harkness@sanjoseca.gov
MIG led six San Jose Strong Neighborhoods Initiative
(SNI) projects. The neighborhoods are diverse with regard
to ethnicity and each of these neighborhoods are a mix
of residential and commercial uses. The goal of the SNI
was to involve neighborhoods and their diverse interest
groups in the development of community-driven plans to
improve neighborhood conditions, enhance community
safety, coordinate community services, and strengthen
neighborhood associations.
In order to achieve this goal, MIG worked with the
SNI Technical Advisory Committee; which included
representatives from key agencies in San Jose. A strategic
action plan and design improvements for each area were
developed with Neighborhood Advisory Committees
composed of neighborhood residents and business and
property owners.
MIG created innovative planning and design solutions for
these projects that addressed traffic calming measures;
safety and security; parks, recreation and community
facilities; and commercial revitalization.
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Sustainability Assessment Toolkit
CITY OF FORT COLLINS, COLORADO
Brendle Group recently led the development of a
Sustainability Assessment process to support the
integration of social, environmental and economic
considerations into City of Fort Collins decision-making.
The process is designed to identify key sustainability
issues and alternatives early in project planning so they
can be mitigated, and facilitate more participatory forms
of decision-making and accountability. The Sustainability
Assessment program which includes a toolkit of assessment
tools, guiding principles, and a reporting template—
facilitates the comparison of alternatives in a manner that
makes the decision-making process more transparent to the
public and inclusive to disadvantaged groups. The toolkit
is based on research of more than 50 existing sustainability
assessment tools and reflects feedback and participation
from numerous City steering committee meetings and
testing of real projects.
REFERENCE
Bonnie Pierce, Environmental Data Analyst
Environmental Services
(970) 416-2648 | bpierce@fcgov.com
Climate Action Planning
CITY OF FORT COLLINS, COLORADO
Brendle Group is currently supporting the City of Fort
Collins in evaluating the City’s greenhouse gas reduction
goals and leading an update to the Climate Action
Plan. Brendle Group led the City of Fort Collins in the
development of the City’s original Climate Action Plan
in 1999 and its first update in 2007. In this current effort,
Brendle Group is providing the technical analysis that
will underpin the plan update; evaluating the emissions
reduction potential of various strategies, conducting a cost/
benefit analysis of various scenarios and supporting the
triple bottom line assessment for the overall plan.
The Climate Action Plan update includes various strategies
and tactics related to energy use and supply, land uses and
development patterns, travel demand and transportation
modes as well as waste management, and also builds on
recent work with Fort Collins Utilities to analyze a potential
Integrated Utility Services model to support the City’s
sustainability goals.
REFERENCE
Lucinda Smith, Environmental Services Department Director
(970) 224-6085 | lsmith@fcgov.cm
FortZED Net Zero Energy District
and Net Zero Water Initiative
CITY OF FORT COLLINS, COLORADO
Brendle Group has collaborated with leading clean
technology companies, businesses and local government
working to make Fort Collins, Colorado home to one of
the world’s largest net-zero energy districts. Covering
a similar area as the Old Town Neighborhoods Plan,
FortZED is taking shape with an innovative mix of smart
grid technology, renewable energy sources, demand
management and supportive public policies. This
collaborative effort has included municipal buildings, the
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College Avenue Transportation Study
CITY OF FORT COLLINS, COLORADO
Carlos Hernandez, Bill Fox, and Molly Veldkamp of Fox
Tuttle Hernandez (FTH) are nearing completion of a
transportation study for College Avenue in Fort Collins,
Colorado (US 287). College Avenue is the most traveled
north-south arterial in the City with nearly 35,000 daily
vehicles and is less than a 3 minute walk from the new
MAX BRT system. FTH was hired to prepare a multimodal
transportation plan for the College Avenue corridor
based on a newly adopted land use and vision for
Midtown Fort Collins. Carlos was the project manager of
a multi-disciplinary team that identified new pedestrian
and bicycle connections to and from the MAX station for
the existing and planned land uses in the College Avenue
corridor. Carlos’ team also evaluated travel patterns, user
demographics, preliminary design alternatives and triple
bottom line analysis of the proposed alternatives. This
project is set for City council adoption in October 2014. City
staff and the City council finalizing a $1.5 - $2 million next
step construction plan for 2015.
REFERENCE
Aaron Iverson, Senior Transportation Planner
City of Fort Collins
(970) 416-2643 | aiverson@fcgov.com
Housing Affordability Policy Study
CITY OF FORT COLLINS, COLORADO
As the Fort Collins City Council identified affordable
housing funding as a priority, the City recognized that its
existing development incentives, land use regulations,
policy and funding were not enough to entice developers
to address housing afford ability issues. The City engaged
EPS to complete a comprehensive housing affordability
policy study with a public process component of three
public stakeholder workshops and Council work sessions.
EPS identified demographic, economic and housing
market trends to characterize housing affordability issues
and challenges, as well as existing regulatory (land use
incentives, building codes) and non-regulatory (fee waiver
policies, etc.) structures. The analysis delved further
into core housing cost issues, such as documenting the
extent that land, hard and soft costs and taxes/fees had
contributed to exacerbating housing affordability issues.
The analysis then quantified the housing issues and needs,
such as trends in commuting and ownership housing costs,
changes in affordability gaps, gaps in rental and ownership
inventory as well as legislative barriers (i.e. threat of
construction defects claims) to construction of multi-family
ownership housing, among others.
EPS structured recommendations by short, mid and
long-term strategies and solutions to address each
of the identified challenges and conditions. These
recommendations included quasi-regulatory and
non-regulatory solutions, such as the establishment of
a public-finance based incentives policy, a reduction in
the minimum house size in the building code, granting of
development review fee waivers for affordable housing
projects, reevaluation of marginal capital expansion and
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Old Town East and West Side
Neighborhoods Economic
Impact Study
CITY OF FORT COLLINS, COLORADO
The City of Fort Collins Planning Department was
evaluating changes to the zoning code regulating home
sizes in the historic East and West Side Neighborhoods
surrounding downtown. The proposed changes were based
on a form-based zoning approach to defining maximum
development potential that is based on its context and
relationship to adjacent uses; in contrast to existing zoning
that treats all properties in a more uniform manner. The new
proposed regulations would affect the ability of individual
homeowners differently. Some will be able to build a large
addition or new home (through a scrape-off) while others
will be precluded from making any major additions to the
existing square feet of building area. Before the changes to
the zoning code were made, the City Council and Planning
Department wanted to understand what the impact of the
changes would be on a range of lot sizes and in different
areas.
EPS was retained by the City to study the economic impact
on property owners under the proposed zoning changes.
The economic impact analysis estimated the number of
property owners who would be 1) precluded from building
a new home on an existing lot through a scrape-off and
2) precluded from feasibly building a significant home
expansion (at varying sizes from 500 square feet to over a
1,000 square foot addition) by the proposed regulations. A
financial feasibility analysis was used to determine how many
properties would be precluded from make additions to their
homes or scraping their current home to build a market
feasible new home. The Planning Department and City
Council used this information to modify their approach to
the zoning changes to a revised floor area ratio method.
REFERENCE
Megan Bolin, City Planner
City of Fort Collins
(970) 221-6342 | MBolin@fcgov.com
Loveland Downtown Market Study
CITY OF LOVELAND, COLORADO
The City of Loveland and the Loveland Housing Authority
retained EPS to determine the market potentials for the
downtown area of Loveland, Colorado. The Loveland
downtown was once a vibrant area but has been losing retail
and employment to suburban parts of the City. The City
wanted to know what uses were supportable downtown and
could be part of a catalyst project to draw attention to the
area.
EPS conducted a market analysis of for-rent and for-sale
residential and mixed-use commercial space in downtown
Loveland. The analysis documented current conditions
in the downtown area and detailed development trends
in the City to determine the amount of development
potential in the City and determine how capable downtown
could be in capturing development. The analysis also
compared five downtown areas along the Front Range
of Colorado to determine how much city-wide growth
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MIG Team Introduction
MIG has carefully selected a highly experienced team of
professionals to prepare the update to the Existing Old
Town Neighborhoods Plan, representing the full range of
expertise needed to conduct the planning process and
deliver a strategic, holistic, visionary and sustainable plan.
MIG’s project management team will guide the entire effort,
and is specifically crafted to include the depth and breadth
of design and planning experience needed for this project
to be a success.
The MIG Team will be led by the project management
team of Jay Renkens, Project Director/Manager and Jeff
Liljegren, Deputy Project Manager. Both Mr. Renkens and
Mr. Liljegren have extensive experience developing and
implementing neighborhood plans, policy frameworks and
streetscape designs.
Mr. Renkens has led the visioning and plan development
for over a dozen neighborhoods and has a particular
expertise in the unique relationships between established
neighborhoods, downtowns and campuses. He has
provided his planning and design expertise to similar
neighborhood planning projects in Denver and Aurora,
Colorado; Laramie, Wyoming; San Diego, California;
Portland and Bend, Oregon; Spokane, Washington; and
Charlotte, North Carolina. Mr. Renkens is also the Director of
Denver Area Operations for MIG.
Mr. Liljegren is a lead planner and urban designer in the
firm’s efforts in downtown and corridor planning, complete
streets, streetscape design, walkable neighborhood
planning and implementation. He is a LEED Green Associate
and has extensive experience in innovative urban planning
and design, land use planning, city center and district
revitalization as well as graphic illustrations. Mr. Liljegren
assisted Mr. Renkens and served as Deputy Project Manager
for the Golden Triangle Neighborhood Plan and the Peoria
Station Catalytic Project.
The project management team will be supported by top
MIG personnel. Consulting Principal, Jeff Winston, brings
over 40 years of experience in planning and designing
neighborhoods in Colorado. He provides a unique, historic
understanding of neighborhoods in Colorado communities.
Angie Hulsebus is a landscape designer with particular
expertise in park design and stormwater management.
Cole Gehler is a Fort Collins resident and project associate
at MIG. He has supported Mr. Renkens and Mr. Liljegren
on such efforts as the Golden Triangle Neighborhood Plan,
the Peoria Station Catalytic Project and the North Tryon
Neighborhood Plan. This core team will be supported by
our in-house staff of planners, landscape architects, graphic
designers and policy analysts.
Integral to our team, we have included key subconsultants
that provide great added value to our proposed scope of
work. All proposed team members are frequent partners
with MIG. Shelby Sommer and David Wortman will lead
the efforts of the Brendle Group on this project. They
provide a deep understanding of Fort Collins and will lead
the team’s efforts in Triple Bottom Line analysis and policy
development specific to neighborhood and community
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MIG Team Organizational Chart
The chart below outlines the overall MIG Team structure
and how the consultant team will interact with City staff
and decision makers.
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Jay Renkens, MIG
Project Director/Manager
Jeff Liljegren, MIG
Deputy Project Manager
STAKEHOLDER
ENGAGEMENT AND
VISIONING
Jay Renkens, MIG
Jeff Winston, MIG
Carlos Hernandez, FTH
Shelby Sommer, BG
MIG Team Availability and Capacity
Each member of the team is committed for the duration
of the project and their current workload will not impact
their availability to successfully complete this assignment.
In addition, due to the depth of each firm, we are able to
advance multiple assignments simultaneously. We have
the in-house personnel and resources to accommodate
new projects regularly and to respond to unexpected
assignments.
Jeff Winston, MIG
Consulting Principal
LAND USE
PLANNING
Jeff Winston
Jay Renkens
Jeff Liljegren
MIG
URBAN
DESIGN
Jay Renkens
Jeff Liljegren
Cole Gehler
MIG
GIS MAPPING AND
ANALYSIS
Cole Gehler
Jay Renkens
MIG
ECONOMIC AND
MARKET ANALYSIS
Andrew Knudtsen
Matt Prosser
EPS
SUSTAINABILITY AND
TRIPLE BOTTOM LINE
Shelby Sommer, BG
David Wortman, BG
Angie Hulsebus, MIG
CIRCULATION AND
PARKING
Carlos Hernandez
Molly Veldkamp
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Jay Renkens, AICP
PROJECT DIRECTOR/MANAGER | MIG
EDUCATION
• Masters of Urban and Regional Planning,
Portland State University
• Master of Psychology of Health and Exercise,
Purdue University
• Bachelor of Science, Health Promotion and Wellness,
University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
• Peoria Station Catalytic Project, Denver/Aurora, Colorado
• South Hill Coalition Connectivity and Livability Master
Plan, Spokane, Washington
• South University District/Sprague Avenue Investment
Strategy, Spokane, Washington
• Gunnison Parks and Recreation Master Plan,
Gunnison, Colorado
• Denver Downtown Area Plan, Denver, Colorado
• White Rock Center Master Plan/Economic Development
Strategy, White Rock, New Mexico
• University of Wyoming Long Range Development Plan,
Laramie, Wyoming
• Riverpoint Campus Master Plan, Spokane, Washington
• Ankeny/Burnside Development Framework,
Portland, Oregon
• Coeur d’Alene Education Corridor Master Plan,
Coeur d’Alene, Idaho
• West Broadway Corridor Charrette and Community Vision
Plan, Missoula, Montana
• Santa Rosa Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan,
Santa Rosa, California
• Spokane Downtown Master Plan Update,
Spokane, Washington
• North Las Vegas Downtown Master Plan/Investment
Strategy, North Las Vegas, Nevada
• Boston Downtown Crossing Plan, Boston, Massachusetts
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Neighborhood Planning / Urban Design
Downtown and Corridor Revitalization
Urban Development / Facilitation Graphics
QUALIFICATIONS
Jay Renkens is a seasoned project manager with a wide
range of experience in planning, policy, and design. At
MIG, Mr. Renkens specializes in neighborhood planning,
urban development, downtown and corridor revitalization,
urban design, facilitation graphics and multi-dimensional
urban planning. His rich design and mapping portfolio is
complemented by his varied experiences in verbal and
written presentation. He has extensive experience writing
plans, reports, grants, memos and policies.
Mr. Renkens has completed a variety of planning and design
projects. He has extensive experience in the last decade
assembling and leading highly effective multi-disciplinary
teams that often include economists, engineers, architects
and branding specialists. He strives to ensure every project
he contributes to is context-driven, community-building and
set for implementation.
As Director of Denver Area Operations, Mr. Renkens
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CONSULTING PRINCIPAL | MIG
Jeff Winston, ASLA / APA
EDUCATION
• Masters of Architecture, University of Pennsylvania
• Masters of Landscape Architecture,
University of Pennsylvania
• Bachelor of Arts, Economics, University of Utah
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
• Colfax/Wadsworth Urban Reinvestment Plan,
Lakewood, Colorado
• South Thornton Revitalization Study, Thornton, Colorado
• Wheat Ridge Neighborhood Revitalization,
Wheat Ridge, Colorado
• Comprehensive Plan and Visualization of Design
Guidelines, Farragut, Tennessee
• Downtown Master Plan, West Fargo, North Dakota
• Comprehensive Master Plan, Livingston Parish, Louisiana
• Interstate 25 Corridor Subarea Plan, Centennial, Colorado
• Vision Dixie Regional Comprehensive Plan,
Washington County, Utah
• Carson City Downtown Plan, Carson City, Nevada
• Federal Boulevard Public Facilitation,
Jefferson County, Colorado
• Ascension Parish Comprehensive Plan,
Ascension Parish, Louisiana
• Code Analysis and 3D Visualization,
Jackson Hole, Wyoming
• St. George General Plan and Update, St. George, Utah
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Regional and Community Planning / Facilitation
Visioning / Urban Design
QUALIFICATIONS
In over forty years of professional practice,
Jeff has pursued a special interest in the the planning of
communities and regions. He has prepared successful
community plans throughout the United States, specializing
on western communities. He has designed plazas, malls and
streetscapes and developed design guidelines for public
spaces and whole communities.
Jeff has also directed numerous projects from conceptual
design through construction, often coordinating the work of
multiple consultants.
Jeff developed workshop and other participatory design
processes including roll-up-the-sleeves charettes, digital
design, focus group interviews and conflict resolution,
which the firm has successfully used in planning and design
projects for clients in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming. He
has successfully implemented the Institute for Participatory
Management and Planning methods for public participation
(SDIC).
Jeff has been retained by several agencies solely for his
facilititaion and mediation skills. Jeff is adept at conveying
complex ideas in an understandable way and listening to
all input. He has been a visiting professor of landscape
architecture, taught at the University of Colorado, key note
speaker and published author of multiple papers
and articles.
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DEPUTY PROJECT MANAGER | MIG
Jeff Liljegren, AICP / LEED Green Associate
EDUCATION
• Master of Urban and Regional Planning, Hubert
Humphrey Institute, University of Minnesota
• Master of Landscape Architecture, CDES,
University of Minnesota,
• Bachelor of Science, Parks Recreation and Tourism,
University of Missouri
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
• Peoria Station Catalytic Project, Denver/Aurora, Colorado
• Golden Triangle Neighborhood Plan, Denver, Colorado
• Denver TOD, Denver, Colorado
• Wheatridge Streetscape Plan, Wheatridge, Colorado
• North Tryon Neighborhood Vision Plan,
Charlotte, North Carolina
• Tustin Downtown Commercial Core Plan, Tustin, California
• Minneapolis Downtown Parks Master Plan,
Minneapolis, Minnesota
• Holly Street Redesign, San Carlos, California
• West San Carlos Urban Village Plan, San Jose, California
• South Bascom Urban Village Plan, San Jose, California
• Saint Louis Great Streets, Saint Louis, Missouri
• Dallas Complete Streets Manual, Dallas, Texas
• Charlotte Center City 2020 Vision Plan,
Charlotte, North Carolina
• RE:Streets, National Endowment for the Arts, USA
• Sugarhouse Center Master Plan, Salt Lake City, Utah
• University of Wyoming LRDP, Laramie, Wyoming
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Urban Design / Planning / Landscape Architecture
Downtown Plans / Corridor Plans / Campus Master Plans
Streetscapes / Site Development / Strategic Planning
Graphic and Illustrative Design / Facilitation / 3D Modeling
QUALIFICATIONS
Jeff Liljegren has over eight years of experience in urban
design, planning, and landscape architecture. Since joining
MIG in 2008, he has managed and contributed to projects
that have helped to shape the public and private realms
for many cities throughout the United States. His work has
included streetscapes, transit-oriented design, corridor plans,
campus master plans, urban village and neighborhood plans
as well as downtown visioning plans.
Jeff applies strong graphic and design skills to his project
work, including photo-simulations, 3D modeling, computer
and hand renderings and illustrations. In addition, he has
facilitated multiple community outreach efforts.
Most recently with the City of San Jose, Jeff managed the
West San Carlos and South Bascom Urban Village Master
Plans developing an urban design framework and in-fill
development solutions for each plan. These plans addressed
the City of San Jose’s desire to guide future development
efforts along underutilized transit corridors in anticipation
of future housing and employment needs. The urban village
plans will help focus new investments to transform these
corridors into vibrant urban villages where people can live,
work, and play.
REGISTRATIONS
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EDUCATION
• Bachelor of Landscape Architecture with a
second major of Environmental Studies,
Iowa State University
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
• Peoria Station Catalytic Project, Denver/Aurora, Colorado
• Golden Triangle Neighborhood Plan, Denver, Colorado
• Lyons Main Street Enhancement, Lyons, Colorado
• Longmont Downtown Alleys, Longmont, Colorado
• Dakota Ridge Park, Boulder, Colorado
• Park East Park, Boulder, Colorado
• Bond Park, Estes Park, Colorado
• Superior Town Center, Superior, Colorado
• CU Pedestrian Underpass, Boulder Colorado
• Streetscape Design, Golden, Colorado
• Desert Mountain Resort Community, Scottsdale, Arizona
• Catavina Resort Community, Palm Desert, California
• Carson City, Nevada Freeway Landscape
• Freeway Landscape, Rifle, Colorado
• Covidien Landscape Xeriscape Conversion,
Boulder, Colorado
• Horizon Drive Corridor Streetscape,
Grand Junction, Colorado
LANDSCAPE DESIGNER | MIG
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Community Design / Urban Design / Illustrative Graphics
Construction Documentation
QUALIFICATIONS
Angie Hulsebus brings a passion for environmentally
sensitive design, artful landscapes, and outdoor recreation
with her to the MIG Team.
Angie’s project experience includes luxury residential
community and recreation center design and planning
(mitigating intensive grading conditions, achieving a
high-end level of finish, and producing marketing graphics);
streetscape design and detailing; park master planning
and design; sub-consultant coordination and construction
drawing packages and illustrative graphics production.
Angie is skilled at design and rendering as well as
AutoCAD, Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign.
Angie believes that having a strong connection with the
project site, its users and the client are all integral parts of
creating successful, beautiful and functional landscapes.
Angie Hulsebus
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PROJECT ASSOCIATE | MIG
Cole Gehler
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Community Design / Urban Design / Regional Planning
QUALIFICATIONS
Cole Gehler’s skill set and knowledge base crafts his unique
position at MIG. Having urban and regional planning
knowledge with a concentration in design and physical
planning, Cole uses a diverse set of computer programs
visually communicating places at various scales, in 2D
and 3D.
Cole’s primary role at MIG has been to assist project
managers and principals by researching project sites,
organizing documents and producing illustrated digital
graphics. Cole balances his time and efforts appropriately,
understanding that each project requires a unique allocation
of time between focusing on details and producing with
speed. With Cole’s comprehensive understanding of
planning and design projects and highly tuned graphic
skills, he brings insight and talent to each project.
Cole will contribute to the design and production of
collateral materials, website design and updating and
mapping. He is currently working on Peoria Station
Catalytic Plan, St. Vrain River Redevelopment Study, and a
revitalization plan for Bowling Green, Ohio.
EDUCATION
• Master of Urban and Regional Planning,
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
• Bachelor of Environmental Design,
University of Colorado, Boulder
PROJECT EXPERIENCE
• Peoria Station Catalytic Project, Denver/Aurora, Colorado
• St. Vrain River Redevelopment Study,
Longmont, Colorado
• US 6 and 19th Grade Separation, Golden, Colorado
• Superior Town Center Visualizations, Superior, Colorado
• Lightrail TOD Center Visualizations, Lakewood, Colorado
• Denver TOD Visualizations, Denver, Colorado
• Sheridan Station Catalytic TOD, Lakewood, Colorado
• Lucent Boulevard STAMP, Douglas County, Colorado
• Peoria Station Catalytic Project, Denver, Colorado
• Bowling Green Land Use Plan, Bowling Green, Ohio
• South Bascom & West San Carlos Streetscape and Urban
Design, San Jose, California
• Rifle Transit-Oriented Development, Rifle, Colorado
• San Pablo Avenue Form Based Codes,
El Cerrito, California
• National and Euclid Corridor Visualizations,
San Diego, California
• Hemisfair Park Visualizations, San Antonio, Texas
• Glenwild Entry Gate Visualizations, Park City, Utah
• St. Bernard Parish Comprehensive Plan,
St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana
• Livingston Parish Comprehensive Plan,
Livingston Parish, Louisiana
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Shelby Sommer, AICP / LEED AP
QUALIFICATIONS
Shelby Sommer brings more than 9 years of experience in
community planning and development to the Brendle Group
team. She has a degree in Environmental Design, and is also
a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners
and a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
Accredited Professional (LEED AP). As a local government
planner early in her career, she led multi-disciplinary teams
through the Fort Collins development review process and
helped create an award-winning Development Review
Guide. More recently, she worked as a planning consultant
for a range of clients including municipalities, counties, and
regional organizations, where she focused long range and
strategic planning to enhance community vibrancy and
sustainabiliy. Major projects included Plan Fort Collins, and
comprehensive plans for various Front Range communities
including Cheyenne, Commerce City, Wheat Ridge, and
Adams County.
At Brendle Group, Shelby supports a variety of local and
regional sustainability plans and projects. She is a seasoned
meeting facilitator and is skilled at crafting strategies to
involve and inform the public and other stakeholders in
ways that are meaningful and fun. Shelby also brings a suite
of spatial, analytical and design skills including geographic
information system-based (GIS) maps and analysis, triple-
bottom line evaluation, and performance monitoring
strategy development. Recent projects include supporting
the development of the City of Longmont Sustainability
Evaluation System, developing a Climate Response Strategy
for the Salt Lake City, and integrating sustainability concepts
into the City of Loveland Comprehensive Plan.
PLANNER II | BRENDLE GROUP
David Wortman, LEED-AP BD+C
QUALIFICATIONS
David Wortman offers over 20 years of experience as an
accomplished sustainability planner, project manager,
facilitator, educator, and communicator for U.S. and
international communities, companies, and organizations.
He offers clients a diverse background in the fields of
sustainability management, urban and environmental
planning, education for sustainability, and communications.
He has collaborated on sustainability strategy, planning,
and education projects with a diverse set of organizations
including the Earth Charter Institute, International Union
for Conservation of Nature, Australian Research Institute
on Education for Sustainability, and ICLEI-U.S. Local
Governments for Sustainability. David was the task lead
to develop the recent City of Fort Collins Sustainability
Assessment toolkit and has worked with City staff on
multiple other sustainability projects, including the
integration of sustainability into Plan Fort Collins.
David also is a widely published writer and book author,
covering topics related to the environment, sustainability,
and green consumer issues. He researched and co-authored
the book Engaging People in Sustainability, published by
the International Union for Conservation of Nature and has
contributed to several academic texts on sustainability and
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team profile
Carlos Hernandez, AICP
QUALIFICATIONS
Carlos Hernandez is one of the leading transportation
planning professionals in Colorado. He blends a
background in planning and engineering to help clients
implement complete street solutions. Since 1998 he has
built a reputation for meaningful public process and
community engagement during high visibility transportation
planning projects. Carlos frequently works with planning
commissions, elected officials, and stakeholders to gain
consensus on innovative transportation system investments.
He has managed over 20 Transportation Master Plans in
Colorado and across the United States. Carlos holds awards
from Colorado APA for his work in Woodland Park and
Lyons, Colorado. He has supported communities in the US
36 corridor for over a decade on the implementation of their
complete street plans. In the last five years his contributions
to local governments has resulted in over 100 miles of
complete street transformations. Carlos coaches Jr. Buff’s
basketball at the YMCA and enjoys searching for charging
stations in his electric Nissan Leaf.
EDUCATION
• University of Colorado at Boulder, City Planning (ENVD)
EXPERIENCE
• College Avenue Transportation Study,
Fort Collins, Colorado
• Golden Triangle Neighborhood Plan, Denver, Colorado
LICENSES AND REGISTRATIONS
• American Institute of Certified Planners
AWARDS
• APA Colorado Projects of the year (2009/2011)
• Boulder County Pinnacle Award (2010)
TRANSPORTATION PLAN PROJECT MANAGER
FOX TUTTLE HERNANDEZ
Molly Veldkamp, AICP
QUALIFICATIONS
Molly Veldkamp has collaborated with over 25 communities
to plan, design, and implement transportation solutions
for livable communities across the western U.S. This
includes extensive experience with bicycle network
planning, pedestrian infrastructure design, transit system
planning, citywide complete streets policy development,
transportation master plans, and complete streets design.
She is committed to working with diverse stakeholders to
identify transportation solutions that encourage safe use
of active transportation modes. Her work on the City of
Fort Collins’s Transportation Master Plan was the basis for
an Excellence Award given the City of Fort Collins by the
Colorado Chapter of the American Planning Association in
2011. Molly was recently appointed to the Jefferson County
Healthy Eating-Active Living Policy Team (HEAL) in 2012.
She is also a Programs Committee co-chair for the Colorado
Chapter of the Women’s Transportation Symposium (WTS).
Molly is an urban farmer that makes most of her trips by
bicycle.
EDUCATION
• Biology and Environmental Studies, Calvin College
• Masters Urban and Regional Planning,
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team profile
Andrew Knudtsen
QUALIFICATIONS
Andrew Knudtsen, a Managing Principal with EPS, is a
planner and economist with 20 years’ experience in the
areas of comprehensive planning, real estate market and
feasibility evaluation, and public financing strategies. Mr.
Knudtsen has advised many cities and towns on policy
issues affecting land use, redevelopment potentials,
housing, and fiscal issues. His work enables communities
to ground their policy decisions on the technical analysis
of market, economic, and fiscal trends. For land use plans,
he has provided economic and demographic projections
as a basis for regional planning; conducted market analysis
to calibrate forecasts with market performance; provided
land use demand projections for commercial, residential
and industrial uses; and correlated projected land uses with
transportation needs.
EDUCATION
• Bachelors of Environmental Design, Magna Cum Laude
University of Colorado
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
• Highway 42 Redevelopment Plan, Louisville, Colorado
• Water’s Edge Land Value Analysis, Fort Collins, Colorado
• Diagonal Plaza Redevelopment Plan, Boulder, Colorado
• Downtown Mixed-Use Development Feasibility Analysis,
Longmont, Colorado
MANAGING PRINCIPAL | EPS
Matt Prosser
QUALIFICATIONS
Matt Prosser, a Senior Associate at EPS, is a planner and
economist with 9 years of experience in land planning and
real estate economics. Matt will be the primary analyst
and project manager for EPS. He has a broad base of
experience and education in planning, urban design, and
real estate. Matt has worked on several comprehensive
and neighborhood plans analyzing the economic feasibility
and impact of changes to land use policy. He also has
background knowledge of land use and entitlement
planning, real estate development and finance, and
Geographic Information Systems (GIS).
EDUCATION
Bachelors of Environmental Design,
University of Colorado, Boulder
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
• Old Town East/West Neighborhoods Economic Analysis,
Fort Collins, Colorado
• University Hill Economic Analysis, Boulder, Colorado
• Downtown Market Study, Loveland, Colorado
• Midtown Corridor Redevelopment Plan,
Fort Collins, Colorado
SENIOR ASSOCIATE | EPS
KEY DELIVERABLES COMMUNITY AND STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT
Phase I: Project Initiation
2015 2016
Phase II: Reconfirm Plan Vision/Framework Phase III: Policies/
Strategies Development
Phase IV: Plan Implementation
and Adoption
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Project
Management
Team Meetings
Neighborhood
Listening Meetings
ONGOING
(2/23/15 - 4/10/15)
TAC Meeting #1
(2/18/15)
Public
Involvement
Plan
Stakeholder Interviews
and Focus Groups
(2/23/15 - 3/31/15)
TAC Meeting #2
(4/8/15)
Community
Visioning Workshop
(5/20/15)
TAC Meeting #3
(6/10/15)
TAC Meeting #4
(7/15/15)
TAC Meeting #5
(9/16/15)
Stakeholder Check-Ins
(7/20/15 - 7/24/15)
Neighborhood
Listening Meetings
(8/3/15 - 10/9/15)
Neighborhood
Listening Meetings
(12/7/15 -
1/8/16)
TAC Meeting #6
(11/4/15)
TAC Meeting #7
(1/13/16)
Board and
Commission Work
Sessions
(week of 8/3/15)
Stakeholder Check-Ins
(10/19/15 - 10/23/15)
Board and
Commission Work
Sessions
(week of 11/29/16)
Community
Visioning Workshop
(1/20/16)
City of Fort Collins - Existing Old Town Neighborhoods Plan Update - 8029 31
proposed budget budget
Hours @ $165 Hours @ $180 Hours @ $115 Hours @ $110 Hours @ $80 $150 $150 u $150
1.1 Refine scope of work 2 $330 $0 2 $230 $0 2 $160 6 $720 $90 $90 $90 $270 $990
1.2 Refine schedule, key milestones and deliverable due dates 2 $330 $0 4 $460 $0 2 $160 8 $950 $90 $200 $90 $380 $1,330
1.3 Develop a Public Involvement Plan (PIP) 2 $330 2 $360 4 $460 $0 8 $640 16 $1,790 $320 $1,200 $0 $1,520 $3,310
1.4 Define coordination strategy for ongoing and recent studies 1 $165 $0 2 $230 $0 4 $320 7 $715 $960 $800 $0 $1,760 $2,475
Subtotal 7 $1,155 2 $360 12 $1,380 0 $0 16 $1,280 37 $4,175 $1,460 $2,290 $180 $3,930 $0 $8,105
2.1 Transportation Assessment of N. Shields and Mulberry Street 1 $165 $0 4 $460 $0 16 $1,280 21 $1,905 $2,800 $0 $0 $2,800 $4,705
2.2 Existing Transportation Conditions Summary 2 $330 $0 4 $460 $0 24 $1,920 30 $2,710 $6,600 $0 $0 $6,600 $9,310
2.3 Future Transportation Conditions 2 $330 $0 4 $460 $0 12 $960 18 $1,750 $6,200 $0 $0 $6,200 $7,950
Subtotal 5 $825 0 $0 12 $1,380 0 $0 52 $4,160 69 $6,365 $15,600 $0 $0 $15,600 $0 $21,965
Task 3: Develop Initial Draft Plan Layout and Phase I Chapters for Review
3.1 Transition Area Assessment 4 $660 2 $360 4 $460 $0 24 $1,920 34 $3,400 $0 $0 $0 $0 $3,400
3.2 Phase I Public Involvement 12 $1,980 4 $720 24 $2,760 $0 32 $2,560 72 $8,020 $2,000 $2,000 $800 $4,800 $700 $13,520
3.3 Phase I Coordination 8 $1,320 $0 12 $1,380 $0 $0 20 $2,700 $0 $0 $0 $0 $2,700
Subtotal 24 $3,960 6 $1,080 40 $4,600 0 $0 56 $4,480 126 $14,120 $2,000 $2,000 $800 $4,800 $700 $19,620
Task 4: Plan Vision
4.1 Preliminary Plan Vision 4 $660 $0 2 $230 $0 8 $640 14 $1,530 $500 $500 $0 $1,000 $2,530
4.2 Supporting Text and Graphics 2 $330 $0 8 $920 $0 24 $1,920 34 $3,170 $1,150 $800 $0 $1,950 $5,120
Subtotal 6 $990 0 $0 10 $1,150 0 $0 32 $2,560 48 $4,700 $1,650 $1,300 $0 $2,950 $0 $7,650
Task 5: Framework Development
5.1 Development of Policy Options 6 $990 2 $360 4 $460 $0 16 $1,280 28 $3,090 $3,100 $1,200 $1,600 $5,900 $8,990
5.2 Development of Framework Options 4 $660 2 $360 2 $230 $0 12 $960 20 $2,210 $2,000 $1,000 $0 $3,000 $5,210
5.3 Preferred Plan Framework 2 $330 $0 4 $460 $0 8 $640 14 $1,430 $800 $800 $0 $1,600 $3,030
Subtotal 12 $1,980 4 $720 10 $1,150 0 $0 36 $2,880 62 $6,730 $5,900 $3,000 $1,600 $10,500 $0 $17,230
Task 6: Evaluation of Policy Options
6.1 Preliminary and Final Evaluation Criteria 4 $660 2 $360 2 $230 2 $220 12 $960 22 $2,430 $750 $2,200 $1,200 $4,150 $6,580
6.2 Evaluation of Policy Options 4 $660 2 $360 2 $230 2 $220 8 $640 18 $2,110 $1,000 $1,600 $800 $3,400 $5,510
Subtotal 8 $1,320 4 $720 4 $460 4 $440 20 $1,600 40 $4,540 $1,750 $3,800 $2,000 $7,550 $0 $12,090
Task 7: Develop Initial Draft Plan Document for Review (Phase II Chapters)
7.1 Options for Constrained Arterial Streets 4 $660 $0 4 $460 $0 32 $2,560 40 $3,680 $2,200 $0 $0 $2,200 $5,880
7.2 Phase II Public Involvement 12 $1,980 4 $720 16 $1,840 $0 24 $1,920 56 $6,460 $2,000 $2,000 $0 $4,000 $700 $11,160
7.3 Phase II Coordination 8 $1,320 $0 16 $1,840 $0 $0 24 $3,160 $0 $0 $0 $0 $3,160
Subtotal 24 $3,960 4 $720 36 $4,140 0 $0 56 $4,480 120 $13,300 $4,200 $2,000 $0 $6,200 $700 $20,200
Task 8. Revise and Update Policies
8.1 Assess Existing Policies (narrative, graphics and illustrations) 2 $330 $0 4 $460 $0 12 $960 18 $1,750 $400 $1,200 $1,600 $3,200 $4,950
8.2 Develop New Set of Policies 2 $330 2 $360 4 $460 $0 8 $640 16 $1,790 $800 $800 $1,200 $2,800 $4,590
Subtotal 4 $660 2 $360 8 $920 0 $0 20 $1,600 34 $3,540 $1,200 $2,000 $2,800 $6,000 $0 $9,540
Task 9. Strategies
9.1 Phase III Public Involvement 8 $1,320 $0 4 $460 $0 12 $960 24 $2,740 $1,200 $1,200 $0 $2,400 $700 $5,840
9.2 Phase III Coordination 6 $990 $0 10 $1,150 $0 $0 16 $2,140 $0 $0 $0 $0 $2,140
Subtotal 14 $2,310 0 $0 14 $1,610 0 $0 12 $960 40 $4,880 $1,200 $1,200 $0 $2,400 $700 $7,980
Task 10. Implementation Action Plan
10.1 Preliminary Implementation Strategy 4 $660 $0 2 $230 $0 8 $640 14 $1,530 $800 $800 $3,200 $4,800 $6,330
10.2 Final Implementation Strategy 2 $330 $0 2 $230 $0 4 $320 8 $880 $340 $400 $1,220 $1,960 $2,840
10.3 Design Standards for N-C-B and C-C zones 8 $1,320 4 $720 2 $230 8 $880 12 $960 34 $4,110 $0 $0 $1,000 $1,000 $5,110
Subtotal 14 $2,310 4 $720 6 $690 8 $880 24 $1,920 56 $6,520 $1,140 $1,200 $5,420 $7,760 $0 $14,280
Task 11. Old Town Neighborhoods Plan Adoption
11.1 Phase IV Public Involvement 4 $660 $0 4 $460 $0 8 $640 16 $1,760 $1,600 $1,200 $0 $2,800 $700 $5,260
11.2 Phase IV Coordination 6 $990 $0 12 $1,380 $0 $0 18 $2,370 $0 $0 $0 $0 $2,370
Subtotal 10 $1,650 0 $0 16 $1,840 0 $0 8 $640 34 $4,130 $1,600 $1,200 $0 $2,800 $700 $7,630
128 $21,120 26 $4,680 168 $19,320 12 $1,320 332 $26,560 666 $73,000 $37,700 $19,990 $12,800 $70,490 $2,800 $146,290
5% Administrative Mark Up $3,525 $140
$149,955
Direct Costs Professional Fee Total
e s t i m a t e d p r o j e c t c o s t
Jay Renkens Jeff Winston Jeff Liljegren Angie Hulsebus Cole Gehler/
MIG, Inc.
Fox Tuttle Hernandez Brendle Group EPS Subconsultant Total
Professional Time and Costs Subtotal
Total Project Cost
Phase II: Project Initiation
Phase II: Reconfirm Plan Vision/Framework
Phase III: Policies/Strategies Development
Task 1: Define Parameters of Update Process
Task 2: Existing and Future Conditions
Phase IV: Plan Implementation/Adoption
Project Director/ Manager Consulting Principal Deputy PM Landscape Designer Project Associates
City Council Work
Sessions and
Hearing
(weeks of 2/8/16
and 2/15/16)
Refine Scope
and Schedule
Existing
Conditions
Summary
Future
Guidelines
CONSTRAINED ARTERIALS
Recent
Development
Potential
Development
(based on zoning)
TRANSITION AREA ASSESSMENT
VISION ELEMENTS
Neighborhood
Character and
Compatibility
Land Use
Transportation
Urban Design
Open Lands
Sustainability
Future
Guidelines
(narrative, graphic diagrams
and illustrations)
Land
Use
Transportation Open
Lands
Framework Plan
Options and Diagrams
Opinions for Constrained
Arterial Streets
Draft Policy
Directives
Implementation
Strategy
Design Standards
for NCB and GC
Zones
Adopted
Neighborhoods
Plan
existing old town neighborhoods plan update schedule
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB
University of Colorado
EXPERIENCE
• Transportation Master Plan, Fort Collins, Colorado
• Cherry Creek Neighborhood Plan, Denver, Colorado
LICENSES AND REGISTRATIONS
• American Institute of Certified Planners
MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AND
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT | FOX TUTTLE HERNANDEZ
organizational change. His writing experience also includes
over 150 peer-reviewed journal articles and consumer
publications for National Geographic, Sierra magazine,
NSAA Journal, Sustainable Industries, Planning magazine,
and several other national and international publications.
PROJECT MANAGER | BRENDLE GROUP
• American Institute of Certified Planners
• LEED Green Associate, U.S. Green Building Council
oversees local staff and can access resources firm-wide.
He consistently helps communities manage trade-offs and
make strategic investments/decisions.
REGISTRATIONS
• American Institute of Certified Planners
FTH
PARKS AND
OPEN SPACE
Angie Hulsebus
Jay Renkens
Cole Gehler
MIG
RESOURCES AND SUPPORT
Urban Design, City and Regional Planning, Universal Design, GIS, Drafting, Meeting Facilitation/Management,
Graphic Design, Communications, Consultant Coordination, Quality Assurance and Quality Control
sustainability. Carlos Hernandez and Molly Veldkamp will
represent Fox Tuttle Hernandez on the MIG Team. They
will provide planning and engineering consulting services
with a focus on walkability, bikeability, first and last mile
transit connections and roadway design for constrained
arterials. EPS, led by Andrew Knudtsen and Matt Prosser,
bring market reality, economic development and real estate
experience to the MIG Team to ensure that recommended
policies, concepts and strategies are feasible and
implementable.
Detailed resumes highlighting all key personnel
qualifications are provided on the following pages.
these communities have been able to capture as a way to
benchmark the potential capture in downtown Loveland.
The comparable analysis was also used to summarize what
approaches cities have taken to incentivise development
and which approaches worked best. Lastly, EPS tested the
feasibility of a mixed-use condo building and mixed-income
apartment building to determine if current rents and prices
could support new development and what level of public
investment was needed to make the projects feasible. EPS
is also currently working on a Highway 287 corridor study
evaluating development and redevelopment opportunities
on the north and south gateways to downtown.
REFERENCE
Mike Scholl, Economic Development Manager
City of Loveland
(970) 962-2607 | Mike.Scholl@cityofloveland.org
development review fee structure as well as disposition of
land bank properties, among others. EPS also identified
a set of other solutions that were either regarded as too
potent for the existing or foreseeable conditions, such
as an inclusionary housing ordinance or commercial/
residential linkage program, or were viewed as having too
little political support, such as a time-limited property tax
or a development excise tax to find a more permanent or
substantial funding source.
REFERENCE
Sue Beck-Ferkiss, Social Sustainability Specialist
(970) 221-6753 | sbeckferkiss@fcgov.com
K-12 and higher education sectors, leading businesses
and an organized residential engagement. Brendle Group
has also assisted with strategic planning, developing a
scenario evaluation tool that can compare packages of
alternatives—education and behavior change, renewables,
large-scale efficiency upgrades, and other strategies—for
overall contributions to net zero pathways.
Brendle Group is also leading an initiative called net zero
water—a water management concept that builds off net
zero energy and climate neutrality innovation. Development
of a net zero water planning toolkit is underway and the City
of Fort Collins is one of the leading sponsors. The toolkit is
anticipated to be used widely across the public and private
sectors and is applicable at multiple scales, including but
not limited to buildings, campuses as well as larger districts
and neighborhoods. The purpose is intended to standardize
and simplify water analysis and planning, while also
maximizing economic returns and environmental benefits.
REFERENCE
Katy Bigner, FortZED Coordinator
(970) 221-6317 | kbigner@fcgov.com
Conservation
Cowley
Park
Elliot
Coservation
Trolley Trail
Conservation
East Central
Community Center
Southside Senior Activity Center
35th Avenue Parkway
Freeway Courts Park
Your Place
Park
Fish
Lake
Trail
informal
park access
areas
4th
Sherman
Howard
Cliff
Sumner
10th
13th
Southeast
I 90
29th
37th
Perry
Regal
Southeast
Palouse
Perry
Havana
Grand
Manito
Manito
Skyview
33rd
34th
33rd
30th
31st
35th
42nd
43rd
33rd
Arthur
37th
Bernard
Division
Browne
Altamont
Grove
McClellan
Cedar
Walnut
Lincoln
Lincoln
Thorpe
US Hwy 195
US Hwy 195
Hatch
57th
17th
Thor
Hartson
Havana
Freya
18th
Hills
Grand
Howard
Newark
44th
Rockwood
Cowley
Thurston
Crestline
Cook
49th
25th
14th 14th
Maple
5th
Napa
Sunset
Riverside
Sprague
3rd
2nd
17th
18th
Hatch
Arthur
Ray
Fiske
Ray
29th
Rockwood
Pittsburg
21st
27th
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Feet
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0 500 1,000 2,000
Feet
SPOKANE SOUTH HILL COALITION
CONNECTIVITY AND LIVABILITY STRATEGIC PLAN (CLSP)
Source: City of Spokane GIS + Google Maps
City Limits
Railroad
Elementary School
Post Office
Parks + Open Space
Medical Center
Middle School
High School
Library
DESTINATIONS CIVIC
SPOKANE SOUTH HILL COALITION
CONNECTIVITY AND LIVABILITY STRATEGIC PLAN (CLSP)
Sources: Online Questionnaire, Stakeholder Meetings, City of Spokane GIS, Southgate Neighborhood Plan and Google Maps
Proposed Bike Route
Proposed Arterial
Streetscape Improvement
Bike Master Plan Route
Funded and Scheduled Southgate Plan Greenway
Intersection Improvement
School
Commercial Center
PROPOSED PROJECTS*
Greenways
Bike Routes
Arterial
Streetscape
Improvements
Potential
Ped-Bike Linkage
Proposed Greenway
Existing Trail
High Performance
Transit Network
Centers
Potential Ped-Bike
Linkage
* See Proposed Project Matrix
for more detail.
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B
B
B
A A
A
A
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C
C
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26th
Higher Priority Project
Top Priority Project
A Lower Priority Project
A
A
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In 2011, the City of Spokane allocated funds to individual
neighborhood associations to embark on localized planning
efforts. The residents of five neighborhoods on Spokane’s
South Hill – Cliff/Cannon, Comstock, Manito/Cannon Hill,
Lincoln Heights and Rockwood – decided to pool their
resources to develop a coordinated and integrated plan to
address neighborhood connectivity and livability.
In early 2013, the five neighborhoods established the
Spokane South Hill Coalition (SHC) and hired MIG to
lead them in this unique planning effort. MIG provided
the overall project management, but the process was a
collaborative effort between MIG staff, members of the
SHC and a dedicated City staff person. The scope of the
project was developed to leverage the distinct expertise
and resources of these three project partners. For instance,
an intercept event was organized for a Summer Parkways
event with MIG designing the posters and handouts, the
City providing tables, chairs and easels and SHC members
staffing the event.
SPOKANE, WASHINGTON
Other outreach methods included an online questionnaire, a
Steering Committee, a business ambassador program, field
testing and community meetings.
The resulting Connectivity and Livability Plan articulates a
community-driven vision and goals for the South Hill area,
as well as specific interventions to address safety, walkability
and bikeability, parks, tree canopy, wayfinding, preservation
and design character. Political and financial feasibility
were considered and addressed throughout the planning
process to ensure that the plan’s recommendations are easily
implementable.
The plan received a ‘Best Plan or Project’ award at the April
2014 Washington Chapter, Inland Empire Section, American
Planning Association’s Excellence in Planning Awards.
REFERENCE
Jo Anne Wright, Associate Planner
City of Spokane
(509) 625-6017 | jwright@spokanecity.org
www.foxtuttle.com
The Fox Tuttle Hernandez Transportation Group (FTH)
was originally formed in 2001 to provide high quality
transportation consulting services to local governments
and private sector clients. The company has been centrally
located in Boulder County, Colorado for over a decade.
The firm has always attracted and retained highly qualified
engineering and planning professionals who are committed
to client service and complete streets. FTH only commits to
projects that are compatible with their staff’s expertise, will
implement safe streets for all modes of travel and fit with
staff’s availability. FTH’s has reviewed the work plan and is
ready to exceed your expectations during this project.
ECONOMIC & PLANNING SYSTEMS, INC.
Contact: Andrew Knudtsen, Managing Principal
730 17th Street, Suite 630 | Denver, CO 80202
P: (303) 623-3557 | F: (303) 623-9049
www.epsys.com
Economic & Planning Systems, Inc. (EPS) is a land
economics consulting firm experienced in the full spectrum
of services related to real estate development, the financing
of public infrastructure and government services, land use
and conservation planning, and government organization.
EPS has offices in Denver, Colorado; Denver, Los Angeles,
Oakland, and Sacramento, California.
vision, with associated goals and principles, serves as
the overarching framework for implementation through a
prioritized set of actions.
Livable, Walkable and Bicycle-Friendly Environments
One of the key elements of creating and sustaining a
successful place is making it a people-friendly environment.
Successful streetscapes must be people places first.
Creating pedestrian and bicycle-friendly places requires
re-orienting the development patterns to the human scale
and controlling vehicular circulation so it can be in harmony
with pedestrian patterns without hindering their movement.
Facilitation and Consensus Building
MIG has expertise in promoting collaboration and
facilitating consensus. MIG is internationally recognized for
its facilitation expertise, developing and using innovative
techniques to create an open atmosphere in which different
viewpoints can be heard, acknowledged, addressed and
reconciled. We have helped diverse groups of public and
private sector clients resolve conflicts, agree on common
ground and work toward common goals.
• Plan Implementation: Develop implementation summary,
phasing recommendation and costing, recommended
implementation schedule, funding strategies, specific
action items, and process for ongoing monitoring of plan
implementation.
• Design Standards: Develop implementation design
standards for N-C-B and C-C zones addressing neigh-
borhood compatibility issues.
• Public Involvement: Public, TAC and stakeholder
meeting materials, facilitation, and summary; participation
in public meetings, Boards and Commissions work
sessions, City Council work session(s) and hearing.
ongoing monitoring of plan implementation. MIG will also
develop design standards for the N-C-B and C-C zones.
Task 11: Old Town Neighborhoods Plan Adoption
The MIG Team’s roles in Task 11 will include the overall
community and stakeholder engagement for Phase III
and ongoing project coordination. The MIG Team will be
available to support City staff in the development of the
plan report.
transitions, open space and sustainability.
Task 6: Evaluation of Policy Options
The MIG Team will audit the concepts prepared in Phase I
using TBL measures. This will include new TBL measures that
were recently prepared during other FC Moves planning
efforts that provide detailed evaluation of alternative street
designs and policy choices. TBL measures for motor vehicle
operations, multimodal travel, and transportation finance
will also be used to evaluate the Phase I concepts.
Using the Sustainability Assessment toolkit, Brendle Group
will lead the TBL evaluation of different scenarios or bundles
of land use and transportation concepts, policy options, and
potential implementation strategies. The evaluation process
will engage a multi-disciplinary team to provide balance
and various perspectives across myriad sustainability
topics, including but not limited to community character,
economic considerations, environmental factors, and social
needs and opportunities. As with the TBL analysis for street
segments, results of the TBL evaluation will be incorporated
into a Summary Report template that provides decision
makers with clear, concise, and comparative information
on impacts and benefits. Brendle Group will also support
stakeholder engagement activities during this Task, focusing
on verification of the TBL evaluation results.
EPS will test the economic feasibility of different design
concepts to confirm their economic viability. Based on ideas
generated through the public outreach and developed by
MIG, EPS will provide static proforma to show the return
provided by each concept.
pressure that exists for future development within the
historic neighborhoods.
EPS will also account for market supply factors and delineate
the change in the residential and commercial inventories
for the subarea. EPS will document the amount of building
permits issued, breaking down the data into subsets for
new construction, expansions/additions, and remodels.
This will be captured for both commercial and residential
uses and will be used to show the annual investment in the
historic areas in terms of the dollars spent expanding the
built environment. The information collected in this step
will include the value of improved space (leased as well
as sold) compared to the cost to construct it. For the last
portion of this task, EPS will interview brokers in the area to
assess the degree of balance between supply and demand,
what product types are in highest demand, and what future
trends look like compared to historic data.
Early in the process, the MIG Team will work with the TAC
to brainstorm, identify, and explore social, economic, and
environmental topics, identifying synergies to other projects
and balancing sustainability benefits. Brendle Group will
also discuss when during the process to apply triple bottom
line (TBL) analysis, recognizing the need to apply TBL
analysis early, and again to refine alternatives. This task will
draw on the recently developed and approved Sustainability
Assessment framework and tools for use, and will help
establish a process for triple bottom line (TBL) analysis over
the course of the planning project.
for people living, working and visiting Old Town;
• Identify opportunities to modernize the area’s
infrastructure to integrate low impact development and
new technologies while ensuring that the infrastructure
and utilities can meet the needs of existing development
and strategic areas of growth;
• Focus on the most impactful streets and sub-areas to best
leverage limited public and private investment potential
in the short-term and set the stage for long-term success;
and
• Incorporate solutions to ensure that development of
the public and private realms is congruent, synergistic
and fosters good urban form and viable long-term
transportation and parking solutions while not adversely
impacting surrounding residents.
Our team’s approach reflects our excitement for working
collaboratively with City staff and various project partners
and stakeholders. Each step in the process will include
in-person project team and consultant team coordination
and work sessions, stakeholder interviews and check-
ins, focus groups, planning team work sessions, and
opportunities for the residents and other users of the
neighborhoods to help inform the planning and design
of their own community through listening sessions,
neighborhood meetings and workshops.
throughout the entire planning process as opposed to
simply using Triple Bottom Line analysis or Health Impact
Assessment methodologies as evaluation tools to be
applied at the end of the day. These important aspects
of the community and these neighborhoods should be
integrated into the vision and goals, potential policies,
the plan framework and specific recommendations and
implementation strategies.
For example, Old Town neighborhood residents and
businesses are concerned about walking, bicycling, safe
driving and parking management given the on-going
changes in an around the neighborhood. Our team is ready
to build consensus with them for multimodal transportation
solutions that would more effectively meet the travel needs
of residents, business and visitors.