Professional Experience and Accomplishments

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• Village Planner for Merton, Wisconsin
• Village Planner for Dousman, Wisconsin
• Village Planner for Mukwonago, Wisconsin
• Working with Village Officials to Update Sign code; Mukwonago

• Village Planner for Mukwonago, Dousman and North Prairie
• Town Planner for Port Washington
• Interim Planner for Cities of Burlington and Oconomowoc
• Advisor on planning matters to Villages of Merton, Eagle, Thiensville and Oregon, and City of Franklin
• Planning, project design, development and natural resource protection standards, TID financing and development negotiations for business development; Mukwonago
• Comprehensive Plans for Villages of Mukwonago, North Prairie, Dousman and Fredonia
• Comprehensive Plans for the Towns of Port Washington, Concord and Raymond
• Advised Comprehensive Plan preparation; Villages of Merton and Hortonville, and Town of Milford
• Member of Advisory Committee to Waukesha County Cooperative Comprehensive Smart Growth Plan
• Northside STH 83 Corridor and Edgewood Neighborhood Plans; Mukwonago
• Knellsville Neighborhood Plan, and design standards and new zoning districts for neighborhood; Town of Port Washington
• Sixteen neighborhood plans; Town of Somers
• Neighborhood plans for City of Fitchburg, Villages of Hartland and Belleville, and Town of Randall
• Concept site planning and 27th Street corridor plan; City of Greenfield
• Downtown Strategic Plan; Village of Dousman
• Downtown improvement study team; Village of Elm Grove
• Rural Conservation Subdivision Standards; Town of Port Washington
• Comprehensive zoning ordinance amendments; Village of Wheeling, Illinois and Village of Fredonia
• Assist comprehensive zoning amendments; Cities of Columbus, Fort Atkinson and St. Francis
• Comprehensive land division ordinance amendment; Village of Fredonia
• Zoning ordinance updates; Villages of Mukwonago, Dousman, North Prairie and Merton, and Town of Port Washington
• Traditional neighborhood design standards and annexation fiscal analysis policy; Village of Fredonia
• Floodplain ordinance updates; Villages of Mukwonago, Dousman and Oregon, and City of Watertown
• Boundary agreements; Villages of Mukwonago and Dousman
• Incorporation study; Town of Geneva
• Extraterritorial planning and plat review area study; City of Oconomowoc

• First staff planner, formed administrative procedures and planning policy
• Development reviews, recommendations and administration (over 3,500 housing units)
• Support to Common Council, Plan Commission, Zoning Board, Parks Commission, Environmental Commission, Community Development Authority and Economic Development Commission.
• Directed Comprehensive Plan update and adoption of Unified Development Ordinance
• Prepared several neighborhood plans and rezoning studies, including St. Martins Village improvements and zoning
• Assisted Economic Development Director, 400+ acre Business Park design and TID/TIF establishment and administration, and city-wide economic strategies
• Recommended STH 241 corridor development policy and zoning leading to attraction of large single use corporate office on redevelopment site
• Expanded use of Planned Unit Development zoning for flexible and quality urban design of commercial and multi-family projects on infill and redevelopment sites
• Recommended policies for large lot residential zoning and rural area preservation
• Worked with elected officials and commissions to establish park, open space and natural resource policies and standards
• Facilitated first Comprehensive Open Space and Recreation Plan, and drafted several amendments, establishing first time city park expansion program
• Project manager of community park expansion design and construction
• Prepared and administered Community Development Block Grants and Stewardship Park grants
• Negotiated expansion agreements for two adjacent limestone quarries
• Analysis and recommendation of first city impact fees
• Assisted with acquisition of Lake Michigan water service to city, preparation of first Storm Water Management Plan, and other infrastructure improvements
• Liaison to Franklin Public Schools, Milwaukee County Parks System, and other county facilities in city
• Worked with county to extend Oak Leaf Trail along Root River, and expanded use and development of county park sites and facilities
• Participated in preparation of school strategic and expansion plans
• Member of Library Building Committee; assisted with location, plan and design of new public works facility, satellite fire station and new police facility

• Development reviews, recommendations and administration (over 3 million square feet of retail and business space)
• Support to Common Council, Plan Commission and Zoning Board
• Served as Zoning Administrator
• Negotiated development agreements
• Directed Comprehensive Plan update, with a detailed Central Area Plan that set direction for successful downtown redevelopment over next 20 years
• Economic development support and recommended creation and duties of Economic Development Coordinator position
• Support to downtown business improvements
• Cost/benefit analysis and recommendation establishing annexation policy and a boundary agreement
• Implemented use of development fiscal impact
• Main project team member of city initiated annexation, condemnation and redevelopment of old plat for new affordable housing, senior housing and commercial development
• Analysis and recommendation of infill, redevelopment and tear down policies, and prepare zoning amendments to implement policies
• Worked with downtown businesses, Chamber of Commerce leadership and Police to resolve shopper and commuter parking conflicts with reallocation of spaces, new parking signage and wording, and new commuter parking rate structure
• Worked with stakeholders to establish shared parking ordinance and agreements between expanding downtown businesses and surrounding churches
• Recommended reuse of former downtown police station site for residential with parking structure
• Prepared Roosevelt Road corridor improvement plan and policy implementation
• Concept subdivision planning for rural subdivision redevelopment
• Assisted Fire Chief with station location analysis
• Prepared concept site plans for new headquarters fire station and satellite station
• Liaison to DuPage County Planning Department, park district, school districts and Wheaton College
• Member of several county planning technical advisory committees

• Development reviews, recommendations and administration
• Oversaw post-recession resurgence of multi-family and retail developments, incubator industrial space and then corporate offices and many infill single family subdivisions
• Support to Village Board, Plan Commission and Zoning Board
• Served as Zoning Administrator
• Drafted and facilitated review and approval of comprehensive zoning ordinance amendment
• Established minimum landscaping and green space standards
• Streamlined development policy and process
• Prepared concept land use plans for infill and redevelopment sites
• Assisted with reuse of former downtown Village Hall site for senior housing
• Recommended land use and design standards for redevelopment of former elementary school site within established neighborhood
• Economic development; main contact person attracting regional distribution center to redevelopment site
• Part of team promoting economic development and expansion of sales tax revenue via annexation of existing and potential retail sites
• Recommended streetscape upgrades within industrial areas
• Preparation and administration of Community Development Block Grants for downtown improvements
• Study of commuter parking use resulting in revised hours and wayfinding signage
• Assisted with integration of a regional detention basin with secondary use as recreation and improved access to adjacent industrial park
• Assisted Palatine Park District with reconstruction of community park and Salt Creek Park District with planning of new regional park
• Liaison to O' Hare Airport Noise Abatement Study
• Representative on regional transportation committees
• Liaison to Cook County Zoning Department, elementary and high school districts and library district

• Assisted in farmland preservation planning presentations to counties and all towns
• Co-author of Farmland Preservation Plans of Grant, Green, Iowa, Lafayette and Richland Counties
• Co-author of Comprehensive Plans of City of Brodhead and Village of Blanchardville
• Assisted with corridor land use plan for City of Monroe/Green County Highway 11 by-pass planning
• Assisted with public opinion survey for and preparation of Rural Public Transportation Feasibility Study
• Supervised mapping assistants