Projects

Staffing

• In-person staffing for San Mateo, Rancho Cordova, Elk Grove, Stockton, American Canyon, Concord, Manteca, Napa, Roseville, Signal Hill, Yuba, and Sacramento County. 

• Provided remote help for Lincoln, Suisun, Antioch, Westminster, and Benicia.

• Background in current and long-range planning activities for the public and private side.

• Skill with processing General Plan and Zoning amendments, community and master plans, tentative maps, development agreements, use permits, design reviews, variances, telecommunication issues, nonconforming issues, environmental documentation/CEQA, settlement agreements, and annexations.

Housing

• Housing Element updates for Stockton, Lincoln, Woodland, and American Canyon cities.

• Helped create a Housing and Neighborhood Action Plan that implemented various policies to encourage public-private partnerships, public collaboration, funding, and infrastructure needs. Items can be downloaded from the Stockton Housing Action Plan.

• Work to secure the California housing designation of “Prohousing” for the City of Stockton.

• Managed 2 million dollars in state grant money for various efforts that encouraged the production of more housing units.

• Conducted needs assessment for disadvantaged communities. Work includes community outreach, market studies, and the creation of action items tailored to neighborhood reinvestment.

• Aided in the review of the Housing Consolidation Plan review, various homeless initiatives, funding allocation and spending (i.e., CDBG, HOME), grant submittals,

• Conducted annual reviews and reporting to the state.

Visions and Long-Range Planning

• Managed a comprehensive overhaul of the Development Code and Design Guidelines.  

• Processed many large code and map amendment efforts consisting of thousands of property owners and hundreds of zoning code changes.

• General Plan Updates for Stockton include annual progress reporting and coordination with state agencies and consultants on policy implementation.

• Helped prepare and review master plans for various plans in the Sacramento and Stockton regions.

• Managed and assisted in annexing over 1 square mile of new land into the City of Stockton. Also managed the Municipal Service Reviews and Sphere of Influence Update and amendments.

• Work to facilitate master plan development in Elk Grove, Rancho Cordova, and Stockton.

• Experience in dealing with development and settlement agreements.

• Chaired the San Joaquin Council of Governments Habitat Technical Advisory Committee (HTAC)

• Proposal writing, budget creation, and cannabis regulation amendments. 

Infrastructure and Funding

• Conducted infrastructure deficiency studies and explored leveraging funding to speed up redevelopment.

• Explored the funding gap for housing projects in disadvantaged communities.

• Helped implement various capital improvement projects (CIP).

• Helped in many grant submittals for funding of needed infrastructure.

• Updates to Traffic Impact Analysis guidelines to reflect Vehicle Miles Traveled.

Data Analysis and Mapping

• Proficient in AutoCAD and GIS mapping software systems.

• Conducted land use projections, constraints maps, data management, map creation, holding capacity analysis, parcel surveys, GIS/AutoCAD integration, and public workshop presentations. Preparation of housing condition surveys for Woodland, Lincoln, Lathrop, American Canyon, Wasco, and Weed.

• Conducted land use assessments to find vacation and underutilized land. Based on updated legislation, this included vacant buildings for potential residential reuse and potential industrial warehouse locations.

Customer Support

• Experience resolving conflict for unhappy applicants, residents, developers, and elected officials.

• Experience in dealing with contentious project reviews.

• Training in public outreach techniques.

Management/Training

• Current and long-range planning, including project and contract supervision.

• City Planning Mentor (PLAN Sac Valley Mentoring Program)

• Youth sports coach.