Item M03BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
Meeting Date: October 15, 2003 Division: Growth Management
Bulk Item: Yes X No
Department: Planning
AGENDA ITEM WORDING:
Approval of recommendations from the RFP Review Committee to select the firm of Wallace, Roberts, and
Todd, LLC to complete the Professional Services to Prepare a Harbor Preservation/Redevelopment Area and a
Corridor Enhancement Plan for Stock Island in the Florida Keys and direct staff to enter into contract
negotiations with this firm; if the Staff is unable to successfully negotiate a contract with this firm, it is
authorized to enter into negotiations with the second ranked firm.
ITEM BACKGROUND:
In June of 2003, the BOCC approved the solicitation of a professional planning consulting firm to PREPARE A
HARBOR PRESERVATION/REDEVELOPMENT AREA AND A CORRIDOR ENHANCEMENT PLAN
FOR STOCK ISLAND IN THE FLORIDA KEYS. At the June 18, 2003 meeting of the BOCC, the Planning
Department requested and received permission to advertise for a Request for Proposals (RFP) from firms
capable of completing the project. The Notification of Request for Proposals was placed by the Purchasing
Department. The Review Committee received and reviewed the five (5) responses to the RFP. The committee
chose to interview the top three (3) firms. On September 26, 2003, interviews were conducted for final
selection of a professional planning consulting firm. The Committee unanimously chose Wallace, Roberts, and
Todd, LLC as the top candidate and The HOK Planning Group as the second ranked firm. Staff recommends
that the BOCC approve the selection of Wallace, Roberts, and Todd, LLC as the consulting firm to prepare the
plan and direct staff to enter into contract negotiations with Wallace, Roberts, and Todd, LLC.
PREVIOUS REVELANT BOCC ACTION:
June 18, 2003 — Approval to advertise the Request for Proposals
CONTRACT/AGREEMENT CHANGES:
N/A
STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS:
Approval
TOTAL COST: $100,000
BUDGETED: Yes X No
COST TO COUNTY: 100,000 SOURCE OF FUNDS: 148-MSTD
REVENUE PRODUCING: Yes _ No X AMOUNT PER MONTH Year
APPROVED BY: County Atty
DIVISION DIRECTOR APPROVAL:
Timothy
DOCUMENTATION: Included X To Follow Not Required
DISPOSITION:
Revised 1/03
Management
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submitted to: Monroe County, FL
submitted by a. Wallace Roberts & Todd, LLC
with: The Chesapeake Group
August 13, 2003
Contents
Letter of Interest
A. Summary of Qualifications
1. Team Profile/Organization
2. Key Personnel Qualifications
j 3. Relevant Experience
B. Project Approach
1. Understanding of the Issues
2. Preliminary Approach
3. WRT Project Management
C. Additional Information
1. Drug -Free Workplace
2. Non -Collusion Affidavit
3. Ethics Clause
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August 13, 2003
RFP Review Committee
do Monroe County Purchasing Office
1100 Simonton Street, Room 2-213
Key West, FL 33040
Re: Harbor Preservation/RedevelopmentArea & Corridor Enhancement
Plan for Stock Island
Dear Sirs & Mesdames:
On behalf of the Wallace Roberts S Todd, LLC (WRT) team, I am pleased to
convey our interest and our qualifications for the above -referenced project.
WRT is a leading multidisciplinary planning and design firm with offices in Coral
Gables, Philadelphia, Lake Placid, San Francisco, and San Diego. Since the firm's
inception in the 1960's, WRT has built a nationwide reputation in the planning,
design, and implementation of urban area redevelopment, mixed -use districts, wa-
terfronts, and neighborhood revitalization efforts. Our integrated approach, which
incorporates aspects of physical and environmental planning, urban design, and
socio-economic, traces back to the seminal work of WRT founders David Wallace
and Ian McHarg. Foremost among the firm's credentials is our long-term involve-
ment in the planning and design execution of the landmark waterfront plan for
Baltimore's Inner Harbor (MD). WRT has had major planning and design assign-
ments on the waterfronts in 35 of America's 50 largest cities, including New Or-
leans, Saint Louis, Minneapolis, Norfolk, and Miami.
In Florida, WRT has been responsible for some twenty planning and redevelop-
ment projects including such success stories as our plans for Key West's Bight,
Fort Lauderdale Beach, Fort Myers Beach, Delray Beach, and the celebrated "South
Beach" area of Miami Beach. In addition, WRT has designed a number of cultural
districts and special corridor projects, including Fort Lauderdale's Arts and Sci-
ence District, Estero's'Times Square" area, Miami's burgeoning Downtown En-
tertainment District, and the ongoing corridor enhancement projects for Flager Street
in Miami and Sistrunk Boulevard in Fort Lauderdale.
From our work for these varied communities, we have gained a sound under-
standing of the complex issues of redevelopment as well as solid expertise in
conducting analytical processes that support implementable concepts and strate-
gies. Most important, we believe in the importance of achieving consensus among
stakeholders in support of a plan. WRT practices what we call values -driven
planning, an approach which acts upon the values and aspirations expressed by
the community, challenging and empowering citizens to become actively involved
in charting the future. This process of community participation is at the root of our
philosophy of community building.
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Joining us as subconsultant for economic analysis is The Chesapeake Group, a
firm with an outstanding track record and unparalleled familiarity with the local
issues and conditions that frame the needs of this assignment.
We are confident that our team's resources of talent and expertise, and our dual
focus on vision and practicality all provide a solid foundation for the success of the
different aspects of this project. Our interactive approach will produce concepts
that are both visionary and doable. We look forward to an opportunity to present
in person our capabilities and our ideas for this important assignment.
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Letter of Interest
Downtown Revitalization
Plan for Punta Gorda, FL
WRT practices a values -driven planning
process, which emphasizes consensus -
building and public participation
Stock Island, Florida Keys
Harbor Preservation/Redevele11Hie nt Area
& Corridor Enhancement Plan
Summary of Qualifications
1. Team Profile/Organization
Wallace Roberts & Todd, LLC (WRT) has assembled a team that is ex-
ceptionally well qualified to assist Monroe County in developing a Harbor
Preservation/Redevelopment Area and Corridor Enhancement Plan for
Stock Island. Our team combines an exceptional wealth of local knowl-
edge, coming from recent and ongoing work in the Florida Keys, with a
national experience and a reputation for excellence in waterfront plan-
ning, redevelopment economics, urban design, community enhancement
and beautification, public consensus building, and other related skills
required to succesfully carry out this assignment. The WRT Team com-
prises the following firms:
• Wallace Roberts & Todd, LLC -- Prime Consultant
WRT is a multidisciplinary planning and design firm, nationally recog-
nized for excellence and creativity in significant community planning,
urban design, and environmental planning projects. From headquarters
in Philadelphia and regional offices in Miami, San Francisco, San Di-
ego, and Lake Placid, WRT principals and staff of over 150 have been
serving public and private clients across the United States and abroad for
over 40 years now.
Soon after its founding in the early 1960's, the firm gained eminence for
its holistic approach to urban revitalization, as exemplified by one of
America's most successful and celebrated waterfronts: the Inner Harbor
in Baltimore. Since then, our reputation for excellence and innovation in
planning and design has been strengthened and sustained by an excep-
tional record of successful redevelopment throughout the nation and
abroad, with efforts ranging from the site -specific, through the waterfront
and urban corridor, to the downtown and neighborhood scales. In Florida
alone, an inventory of over 50 planning and design assignments (includ-
ing those in Miami, Key West, Delray Beach, Fort Myers Beach, Punta
Gorda, Aventura, Tallahassee, Fort Lauderdale, Sarasota, Jacksonville,
Orlando, Pensacola, and many others) serves to demonstrate the suc-
cess of the firm's comprehensive approach.
Our underlying philosophy is to enhance the physical and social environ-
ment through improvements that are contextually appropriate, make the
least demand on resources, and are sustainable through the use of ap-
propriate techniques, operations, and materials. The diverse range of
assignments completed by WRT has been defined by our commitment to
the principles of sustainable design and values -driven planning.
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In this assignment, WRT will serve as team leader, taking on responsibil-
ity for overall client and consultant team coordination. Project manage-
ment functions will be assigned to Alyn Pruett, WRT Principal, and Silvia
Vargas, WRT Associate, whose professional qualifications are further
described in subsequent sections of this submittal. In addition, WRT will
be responsible for conducting required land use and urban design analy-
ses, public input activities, concept/strategy development, and plan
and design guideline preparation for both the Safe Harbor area and the
two targeted roadway corridors.
• The Chesapeake Group, LLC (TCG) — Economic Analysis
WRT's credentials in land use planning, urban design, and landscape
architecture are reinforced by the expertise and experience of those on
our team. Assisting us in analyzing market and economic conditions, and
identifying appropriate/feasible development types, opportunities, and
implementation strategies is the consulting firm of The Chesapeake Group.
TCG has over 27 years of experience in the preparation of market and
economic development analyses to accompany planning and design stud-
ies. Based in Baltimore, MD, with strong ties to and a long-standing
presence in South Florida, TCG has performed market analyses for revi-
talization efforts in countless communities across the United States and
Florida, including its ongoing assignment preparing an economic devel-
opment strategy for Monroe County. TCG's combination of local knowl-
edge and national experience will assist WRT in understanding the physical
and market conditions, both at the local and regional levels, that need to
be considered.
2. Key Personnel Qualifications
WRT's interdisciplinary design staff offers the firm's clients an opportu-
nity to address a wide range of needs. Because each project we under-
take has its own, community -specific goals, challenges, and technical
needs, our approach to project staffing is to assign individuals to each
project based upon the specific challenges it presents and the type of
work required. These determine who among the firm's staff of over 140
professionals will provide the best fit with respect to meeting our clients'
needs.
WRT undertakes projects using the project manager form of organiza-
tion. In this organization, every project is assigned a professional -in -
charge (PIC), who is responsible for the overall project quality, produc-
tion and organization. The Professional -in -charge is assisted by a Project
Manager, who is responsible for the day to day work on the project, and
coordination with the client's project manager and any subconsultants.
Summary of Qualifications
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Stock Island, Florida Keys
_ Harbor Preseruation/Hetleveiownen* Area
&CorridorEnnancementPan
The PIC for this assignment will be Alyn Pruett. The Project
Manager will be Silvia Vargas. Work will be performed primarily
from WRT's fully staffed Coral Gables office; however, if neces-
sary, additional resources will be drawn from the firmwide
multidisciplinary staff.
The staff assigned to this project represent some of the firm's
best available expertise in the areas of land use planning, urban
design, landscape architecture and community beautification,
consensus building and public facilitation. All have recent experi-
ence with comparable projects, and have familiarity with the Florida
Keys through their involvement in previous and ongoing projects
ranging from the 2010 Monroe County Comprehensive Plan/Rate
of Growth Ordinance, and the Key West Bight Master Plan, to the
recent Florida Keys Carrying Capacity and the Economic Devel-
opment Strategy studies for Monroe County. Ms. Vargas, the
proposed Project Manager, is also a former Monroe County staff
planner and former Florida Keys resident, who continues a local
connection in her capacity as land use expert for the State of
Florida in land acquisition/takings cases in the North Key Largo
area. The team's first-hand local knowledge and recent experi-
ence will ensure that work will be conducted in an efficient, cost -
and time -effective manner. Following is a brief biographical sketch
of the key individuals on the team, with full resumes following.
C. Alyn Pruett, A/A — Principal, Professional -in -Charge, Ur-
ban Design Leader
Mr. Pruett is an architect and urban designer with over 25 years
of experience focused on the planning and design of neighbor-
hoods and institutional facilities. He is an accomplished profes-
sional who brings to this project the success of numerous imple-
mented urban design projects. Mr. Pruett's experience includes
the preparation of land use and urban design studies for places
as diverse as Key West (FL), Detroit (MI), Punta Gorda and
Aventura (FL), and London (Ontario, Canada). He has also been
responsible for the preparation a number of successful HOPE VI
revitalization master plans for affordable housing communities
throughout the Southeast, including the former Joel C. Harris
Homes and Capitol Homes, in Atlanta, and McCallie Homes in
Chattanooga. Mr. Pruett is also the leader for WRT's practice in
planning and design for colleges and universities. As such, he is
responsible for the master plans of several significant institutions,
including the United States Capitol, and the John and Mable
Ringling Museum of Art, the State art museum of Florida.
Summary of Qualifications A-3
Stock Island, Florida Keys
Harbor Preservation/Redevelopment Area
a Corridor Enhancement Plan
Silvia E. Vargas, A/CP — Associate, Project Manager/Land
Use Planner
Ms. Vargas is a professional planner with over 10 years of pub-
lic- and private -sector experience in community planning. Since
joining WRT, Ms. Vargas has managed, or assisted in the devel-
opment of plans and regulatory tools for numerous communities
that seek to achieve sustainable growth and preserve and en-
hance community identity and quality of life. Her experience
ranges from the regional scale (as in the plan for the metropolitan
areas of the Republic of Panama, or the Florida Keys Carrying
Capacity Study) to the sector, neighborhood, and site -specific
scale (as in the recent HOPE VI revitalization master plan for the
Orlando Housing Authority's Carver Court Housing Complex).
Currently, Ms. Vargas is Project Manager for the preparation of
an urban design and street enhancement strategy aimed at revi-
talizing the Sistrunk Boulevard/NE 6th Street corridor in the north-
west area of Downtown Ft. Lauderdale. Ms. Vargas is also Project
Manager for WRT's ongoing visioning process in the barrier -
island city of Port Aransas, TX, which faces the challenge of
protecting its traditional character as a small "fishing village," while
accommodating growth to promote a healthy economy.
Gerald Marston, ASLA — Consulting Principal for UrbarilLand-
scape Design
Mr. Marston is a landscape architect with over 25 years of expe-
rience as a practicing professional and educator. He currently
leads the landscape architectural practice in the WRT Coral
Gables office. Mr. Marston's professional background includes
senior design and project management with three of the most
prestigious planning and design firms in the United States. He
has extensive and wide-ranging experience in land planning and
design for resort and waterfront properties, park and recreation
master planning and design, community redevelopment and ur-
ban landscape design. He is Principal -in -Charge for the Sistrunk
Blvd./NE 6th Street Urban Design and Streetscape Enhancement
project for the Fort Lauderdale CRA, working closely with Ms.
Vargas and Ms. Carolyn Mitchell.
Carolyn Mitchell — Associate, Urban/Landscape Designer
Carolyn Mitchell is a landscape architect and urban designer
with extensive experience in the design of public spaces in urban
settings. Ms. Mitchell's experience includes the design and devel-
opment of implementation strategies for streetscapes, parks and
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Summary of Qualifications
Stock Island, Florida K--ys
Harbor Preservatlog:/Pedeuopio;ii7ienY Area
Corriflor Enhancement Plan
public gardens in the United States and abroad, including Manila,
Jakarta and Bombay. Most recently, Ms. Mitchell has been the
project director and lead designer for the Flagler Street Improve-
ment project in downtown Miami and has participated as project
director and designer in various projects in Miami's Overtown for
the Community Redevelopment Agency and the Trust for Public
Land. These projects include the Overtown Greenway, the 11th
Street Corridor, the 9th Street Pedestrian Mall. She is also the
lead designer of the streetscape enhancement concept for
Sistrunk Boulevard in Fort Lauderdale.
Subconsultants: The Chesapeake Group
Howard Kohn
Mr. Kohn is the President and co-founder of TCG. He spent much
of his early professional career in the public sector, working for
the city of Baltimore, where, among other roles, he served as
planner or market analyst for numerous revitalization projects,
including many related to the Inner Harbor. As a consultant, Mr.
Kohn has worked with countless communities across the nation,
providing market and economic analyses and devising economic
development strategies. Mr. Kohn has lectured extensively on
these topics, and has received recognition for his work and ex-
pertise from the International Downtown Executives Association,
the National Council for Urban Economic Development, Small
Business Administration, and the American Planning Associa-
tion, among others. Mr. Kohn currently is directing the prepara-
tion of an economic development study for the Florida Keys (Mon-
roe County).
Marla Dumas
Ms. Dumas has had a long professional association with both
WRT and TCG, and currently operates as TCG's Florida area
office. Ms. Dumas brings to the team over 20 years of local
experience in the areas of housing, economic development, plan-
ning, zoning, and permitting. Much of this experience comes
from her work in the public sector, including most recently as
Director of Planning and Community Development for the City of
Sunny Isles Beach. Prior to that, Ms. Dumas was instrumental in
helping establish the Miami Beach CRA and City Center Historic
Convention Village Area (for which WRT subsequently prepared
the Redevelopment Plan). Ms. Dumas is currently teaming with
WRT for the preparation of a housing strategy for the City of
Lakeland, FL.
Summary of Qualifications A-5
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C. Alyn Pruett AIA
Principal
Coral Gables Office Director
Architect Urban Designer
Mr. Pruett is an architect and urban designer with over 20 years of diverse experience in planning and designing for ur-
ban revitalization. Mr. Pruett has been the Urban Designer or Principal -in -Charge for a wide variety of community rede-
velopment plans, as well as large scale urban design studies across the nation, including those for Detroit, Michigan and
London, Ontario, Canada. Mr. Pruett has also in recent years been extensively involved in the preparation of HOPE VI
community revitalization plans— having prepared successful grant applications in Atlanta, Columbus, and Orlando, Flor-
ida. In addition, Mr. Pruett is the leader of WRT's Colleges and Universities Affinity Group, and the principal author of
the Guideline for University Master Planning adopted by the Florida Board of Regents and the Florida Legislature.
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Architecture, Rice University, 1975
Bachelor of Arts, Rice University, 1973
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Wallace Roberts & Todd, LLC, Coral Gables, FL,
1975-present
Principal, 2000-present
Partner, 1992-1999
Senior Associate, 1987-1992
Associate, 1980-1987
Architect/Urban Designer, 1980-present
Urban Designer/Planner, Wallace McHarg Roberts & Todd,
1975-1979
Researcher (part-time), Rice Center for Community Design and
Research, Houston, TX, 1975
Planner/Designer (part-time), The Crane Design Group, Houston,
TX, 1975
Draftsman/Caudill, Rowlett and Scott, Houston, TX, 1974
Designer, Wallace McHarg Roberts & Todd, 1973-1974
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP/REGISTRATIONS
1993, Architect in MI, FL
American Institute of Architects
International Downtown Association
Society for College and University Planning
HONORS & AWARDS
Planning Honor Award, Downtown Urban Design Study, London,
Ontario, Canadian Institute of Planners, 1992
Outstanding Public Works Project, Jacksonville Beach Seawalk
Plaza, Florida Planning and Zoning Association, 1989
Grand Prize, University of Miami Campus Master Plan, Interna-
tional Competition, 1985
Institute Honor, Master Plan for the United States Capitol,
American Institute of Architects, 1986
PUBLICATIONS/LECTURES
"The Role of Design in Successful Downtowns", Canadian Insti-
tute of Planners Conference, 1992
"International Development: Case Studies of Planning in South
American and the Caribbean", International Downtown Asso-
ciation Conference, 1991
"Model Downtown Planning Efforts", International Downtown
Conference, 1990
"Building A Successful Downtown", Mobile Community Sympo-
sium, 1989
"Downtown Hollywood Commercial Renovation Program",
American Planning Association, Florida Chapter, Conference,
1985.
REPRESENTATIVE PROJECTS
Punta Gorda Downtown (CRA) Plan, Punta Gorda, FL
WRT was retained to prepare an update of the City of Punta
Gorda Downtown (CRA) Plan and the nearby "East Side" neigh-
borhood. Although the area had been designated a CRA area in
1989, little other than cosmetic streetscape improvements had
been accomplished a decade later. WRT's plan incorporates
extensive citizen input and consensus -building exercises, leading
to a broad action strategy. The plan focuses on rebuilding a
critical mass of activity in the central business district, strengthen-
ing the downtown residential and retail components and creating
a sequence of linked public uses and activities along the water-
front. In addition, the plan calls for new initiatives to retrofit
downtown streets to become more pedestrian -friendly and to
adaptively reuse underutilized assets such as the County Court-
house, Memorial Auditorium, and Punta Gorda Shopping Mall.
Mr. Pruett was Principal -in -Charge and urban designer for this
project.
Aventura Town Center, Aventura, FL
The City of Aventura retained WRT to prepare a concept plan for
development of a new Town Center. The proposed Center will
occupy the site of an existing suburban -style shopping center.
The new Town Center will feature mixed -use development with
ground floor retail and residential and office space above. The
site plan proposes development of a new "Main Street" along
which new retail uses will be developed, along with a new civic
square. A new publicly funded Performing Arts Center is also
proposed for development in the Center. Mr. Pruett was Princi-
pal -in -Charge and urban designer for this project.
McKee Botanical Garden, Vero Beach, FL
Mr. Pruett was partner -in -charge for the preparation of the con-
cept plan for garden restoration and the master plan for future
site development. In this effort, Mr. Pruett assisted in evaluating
alternative site locations for new visitor and administration facili-
ties, pedestrian circulation and parking facilities. Currently, Mr.
Pruett is partner -in -charge for the preparation of the architectural
design of all new garden facilities proposed to be constructed on
the site including a visitor reception area, book/gift shop, garden
cafe, meeting/classroom building and maintenance structures
Atlanta Capitol Homes Revitalization Master Plan and
HOPE VI Grant Application, Atlanta, GA
WRT was retained by the Atlanta Housing Authority to develop
the physical plan for revitalization of the Capitol Homes public
housing community, and to prepare the FY 2001 HOPE VI Grant
Application, which was awarded S35,000,000 in Federal fund-
ing. The revitalization plan calls for development of a mixed -
income community including public -housing -eligibility apart-
ments, along with affordable, and market -rate apartments. The
new community will also include a neighborhood -serving retail
center. Mr. Pruett was Principal -in -Charge and urban designer
for this project.
McCallie Homes Revitalization Plan, HOPE VI Chatta-
nooga, TN
Mr. Pruett served as Principal -in -Charge for this recently
awarded 2000 HOPE VI revitalization plan and grant application,
Stock Island
a $35 million grant request that leverages a total of $120 million
dollars in investment. Located in the historic Alton Park neigh-
borhood, this plan is part of a broader -based planning strategy to
revitalize an inner-city neighborhood within a successfully revi-
talized downtown Chattanooga. The plan proposes to create an
on -site elderly village, a neighborhood Town Center with mixed -
use retail, neighborhood services, an expanded health clinic and
a new day care center facility. A system of pedestrian connec-
tions extends the award -winning Safewalk program thru the
neighborhood and the site to provide safe access between two
existing public schools and the Chattanooga Creek Greenway
system. Brownfield sites within the area are planned for new
housing development, recreational fields and neighborhood
parks.
George Foster Peabody Apartments, Master Plan and
FY 2002 HOPE V/ Grant Application, Columbus, GA
Mr. Pruett served as principal -in -charge for the preparation of
the fy 2002 HOPE VI grant application for Peabody Apartments —
a 510 unit public housing community located north of down-
town Columbus. The plan for the community included a new
300 unit mixed -income residential component as well as a retail
commercial component made possible by the site's location
adjacent to a major medical center. The grant application was
successful, with the Columbus Housing Authority receiving a $20
million HOPE VI grant.
Tuxedo Courts FY 2002 HOPE V/ Grant Application,
Birmingham, AL
Mr. Pruett served as principal -in -charge for preparation of the
HOPE VI grant application for Tuxedo Courts — a 488 unit public
housing community constructed in the late 1950's. The plan for
revitalization of the site, located across the street from the his-
toric Tuxedo Junction made famous in a jazz tune of the same
name, incorporates new urbanism principles and reuses the ex-
isting street grid. New boulevard street treatments and a "town
square" provide internal amenities for the residents and tie the
site development back to the adjacent neighborhoods. The new
community was planned to accommodate 268 mixed -income
rental and ownership units.
Joel Chandler Harris Homes, HOPE Vl, Atlanta, GA
WRT worked directly for the Housing Authority of the City of
Atlanta (AHA) as grant writers, planners and writers on this $35
million winning HOPE VI application, which leverages over $50
million I additional funds. The physical component of the revitali-
zation plan proposes to demolish all of the existing 510 severely
distressed units, to replace them with 240 units of public housing,
104 tax -credit units, 156 market -rate rentals, 20 affordable home-
ownership units, and 40 market -rate homeownership units. In
addition, the plan aims to restore the historic connections be-
tween the neighborhoods and the adjacent college campuses
through a system of linked public and green spaces, landscaping
and the revival of neighborhood -oriented retail activity. Mr. Pruett
was Partner -in -Charge
Cartagena Waterfront Restoration Plan, Cartagena,
Columbia
The plan for Cartagena's waterfront restoration prepared by
WRT included an overall land use plan and urban design concept
plans for specific portions of the waterfront. One of the main
goals of the plan was to relocate residents from unsafe and un-
sanitary conditions along the waterfront and provide opportuni-
ties for new urban housing. a major component of the plan was
the proposed development of a residential "new -town -in -town"
on large parcels of vacant land immediately adjacent to the his-
toric colonial city. Mr. Pruett was the Urban Designer for this
project.
Miami Comprehensive Neighborhood Plan, Miami, FL
The Miami Comprehensive Plan focused on addressing the spe-
cific problems and opportunities of Miami's unique multi -cultural
neighborhoods to ensure orderly growth and development and
the provision of adequate services and facilities. The Plan identi-
fies a planned growth strategy which focuses on the redevelop-
ment of core areas of the city including the riverfront, downtown
area, and civic center. It also includes recommendations and
standards for capital needs and programming, transportation,
community design, economic development, housing and neigh-
borhood improvements and land use controls. Also included,
was a community design element which provided recommenda-
tions for strengthening the unique character and identity of each
neighborhood. Mr. Pruett was Senior Planner on this project.
Park West New -Town -In -Town Redevelopment Plan,
Miami, FL
The Downtown Development Plan for the city of Miami, pre-
pared by WRT, included the recommendation for development of
a new residential community adjacent to the downtown em-
ployment center. Following completion of that plan, WRT was
selected to prepare the specific plan for development of the new
community, called Park West. The plan recommended the de-
velopment of over 3,000 new residential units in an underutilized
area of outdated industrial uses. The design emphasized the
creation of an urban residential neighborhood which includes a
combination of low rise and high rise buildings. Design guide-
lines were included in the plan to ensure that the ground level of
the development will be an active mix of both residential and
retail commercial uses to provide 24 hour activity within the new
neighborhood. Mr. Pruett was the Senior Urban Designer for
this project.
Poinciana Village Residential Development Miami, FL
WRT was selected by a private developer to design Poinciana
Village, one of the first blocks to be developed in the Park West
New -Town -in -Town. The design included both two story walk-up
apartments along the major pedestrian street and a high rise. The
design reflects the Mediterranean style of architecture prevalent in
Miami, which includes tile roofs and pastel colored stucco walls.
The first phase of the project consisting of the low rise housing
has been constructed. rvir. Pruett was the Senior Urban Designer
for this project.
Detroit Town Within A City Plan, Detroit, MI
The construction of a new Chrysler Assembly Plant on the far east
of the City of Detroit provided the impetus to plan for neighbor-
hood conservation and selective redevelopment of the adjacent
parts of the city. the plan proposed to use the existing city -owned
supply of vacant land as a catalyst for the redevelopment project.
The plan focused on creating redevelopment and infill sites for
housing located between a stable neighborhood on the west side
of the Study Area and a historic neighborhood to the east that
was threatened by continued disinvestment in surrounding areas
and rising crime rates. Mr. Pruett was the Project Director and
Urban Designer for this assignment.
London Downtown Urban Design Guidelines, London,
Ontario, Canada
The urban design plan for downtown London focused on provid-
ing a set of design guidelines that would assist the city in review-
ing proposals for new large-scale development projects. The
guidelines also provided recommendations for reductions in height
and scale of development in the transition areas between down-
town and the adjacent residential neighborhoods. In addition,
guidelines for streetscape improvements were prepared which
provide for a hierarchy and continuity of treatment on key pedes-
trian -oriented shopping streets. Mr. Pruett was the Partner -in -
Charge and Urban Designer for this assignment.
Stock Island
Silvia E. Vargas, AICP
Associate, CommunityPlanner
Ms. Vargas is a professional planner with over 10 years of national and international experience at a variety of planning scales, and a
special focus on land use and regulatory planning for public sector clients. Her experience ranges from plans at the neighborhood, city,
and regional levels, to specific -area planning and regulatory work for communities. Ms. Vargas has a special interest in the exploration
of sustainable growth concepts and in issues related to the preservation of community character. One of Ms. Vargas' strengths is her
familiarity with the workings of municipal government, which comes from her previous work as a Senior Development Review Planner
in the Florida Keys (Monroe County, FL). In this capacity, Ms. Vargas administered innovative land development regulations and growth
management tools developed by WRT. She also subsequently served as Monroe County's Parks and Recreation Planner, overseeing the
County's land acquisition program for recreational and scenic preservation purposes. Since joining WRT, Ms. Vargas has directed and/or
assisted in the preparation of a variety of plans and land use regulations for communities across the U.S. and abroad. Through her work
both in the public and private sectors, Ms. Vargas has acquired extensive experience working with diverse groups and handling public
involvement activities.
EDUCATION
Master of Urban Planning, University of Kansas, 1993.
Bachelor of Arts, Architectural Studies, University of Kansas,
1991.
Bachelor of Arts, Italian Language & Literature, University of
Kansas, 1991.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Associate, Wallace Roberts & Todd, LLC, Coral Gables, FL,
2001-present.
Land Use/Community Planner, Wallace Roberts & Todd, LLC,
Coral Gables, FL, 1996-present.
Senior Planner, Parks & Recreation, Monroe County Planning
Department, Monroe County, FL, 1995-1996.
Senior Planner, Development Review, Monroe County
Planning Department, Monroe County, FL, 1994-1995.
Planner, Development Review, Monroe County Planning
Department, Monroe County, FL, 1993-1994.
Teaching Assistant, School of Architecture and Urban Design,
University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, 1992-1993.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS/REGISTRAT/ONS
American Institute of Certified Planners (1997)
American Planning Association.
National Trust for Historic Preservation.
LANGUAGE SKILLS
Fluent in Spanish and Italian; proficient in French.
PUBLICATIONS AND LECTURES
Sustainable Tourism: Forming a Model in Marathon Key and
the Middle Florida Keys, Florida Marine Science Education
Association Conference, 1996.
Ecological Issues and Sustained Economic Development in the
Florida Keys, Upper Keys League of Women Voters Seminar,
1994.
"East Lawrence Neighborhood: Developing a Framework for
Dealing with Historic Preservation & Design Issues," East
Lawrence Improvement Association, Lawrence, KS, 1992.
"Historic Preservation Criteria & Standards," Oread
Newsletter, Vol. XVI, No. 2, 1992.
Historic Preservation Criteria and Standards, Oread
Neighborhood Association, Lawrence, KS, 1992.
Evolution of the Plaza in Latin America: Pre -Columbian and
Spanish influences, Latin American Studies Luncheon Series,
University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, 1992.
HONORS AND AWARD
Phi Beta Delta, Honor Society for International Scholars.
Monroe County Employee of the Month, September 1994
REPRESENTATIVE PROJECTS
Aventura Medical Office District Plan, Aventura, FL
WRT was retained, with Ms. Vargas as Project Director, to
prepare a land use study and proposed zoning and urban
design concept for the area around the Aventura medical
complex. The recently adopted concept plan made
recommendations to change from the current small to
medium -size medical office and ancillary uses, to a higher
density, mixed -use district character that will provide flexibility
to accommodate multifamily housing for hospital employees,
as well as a variety of supporting uses including retail and
office, while encouraging a more urban, pedestrian -friendly
street environment. The urban design concept also proposes
reconfiguration of some local streets, with distinctive gateways
and streetscaping to create a "medical campus/district"
character. The plan makes specific recommendations for
regulatory amendments necessary to achieve the desired
district character.
NE a Street/Sistrunk Blvd. Streetscape
Improvement Project and Urban Design Plan, Fort
Lauderdale, FL
WRT is leading a multi -disciplinary, $7-million effort as part of
the City of Fort Lauderdale CRA's holistic revitalization strategy
for the Northwest/Progresso/Flagler Heights district.
Consisting of two projects, running in parallel, the initiative
involves: (a) the redesign and reconstruction of the road,
currently a major east -west throughway into downtown Fort
Lauderdale, as a two-lane, pedestrian -friendly neighborhood
street; and (b) the development of an urban design framework
for the revitalization of the corridor, as well as the adjacent
residential areas which include Fort Lauderdale's historic
African -American neighborhoods. The planning process is
predicated on a basis of extensive consensus -building and
community participation, intended to achieve a plan that is
both sensitive to the needs of current residents and responsive
to the future demands of the market, but also respectful of
the cultural heritage and aspirations of the community. Ms.
Vargas is Project Manager overall, and is also directing the
preparation of the urban design element.
Carver Court Neighborhood Master Plan and HOPE
V/ Revitalization Grant Application, Orlando, FL
WRT was retained by the Orlando Housing Authority to
develop alternative redevelopment strategies for this public
housing site, located in the southern part of Orlando's historic
African -American Parramore neighborhood. The preferred
alternative, developed with the input of residents, neighbors,
and a wide variety of public and institutional stakeholders, is
based on a holistic approach to community sustainability,
including the application of "green" development principles.
The selected approach and resulting development plan and
program were used to prepare a HOPE VI revitalization grant
application, which was recently awarded $18 million in HUD
Stock Island
funding and which will leverage over $50 million in other
funds, including nearly $8 million from the City of Orlando.
Ms. Vargas was Project Director for this recent assignment,
coordinating planning process activities and the preparation of
the grant application.
York County Vision Process and Comprehensive
Plan York County, SC
WRT was recently retained to create a new policy/strategy
framework for two key elements of York County's
comprehensive plan. Like many communities located along
the edges of the Research Triangle, York County faces the
difficult dual challenge of accommodating growth to achieve
economic development and diversification, while preserving
qualities of community character that attract such growth in
the first place. WRT has led a highly successful process to
create a new vision for the future of the community, and is
now guiding the development of a policy framework that will
serve as the basis for the Comprehensive Plan. Ms. Vargas is
Project Manager for this ongoing assignment.
Florida Keys Carrying Capacity Study, Florida Keys, FL
WRT was part of a multi -disciplinary team effort that recently
produced a Carrying Capacity Model and Study for the Florida
Keys. The purpose of the study, as commissioned by the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers and the Florida Department of
Community Affairs, is 'to determine the ability of the Florida
Keys ecosystem to withstand the impacts of future land use
change'. The model is intended to provide an evaluation tool
for local, regional, and State planners to make policy
recommendations regarding growth, development, and quality
of life issues affecting the Florida Keys. Ms. Vargas was
Project Director for WRT, and served as the team's Land Use
Planner, leading the development of the model's land use -
based foundation.
Bradfordville Sector Plan, Leon County (Tallahassee), FL
Ms. Vargas was Project Director in this WRT-led effort to
prepare a sector plan for the northeastern quadrant of Leon
County. The area, still largely rural in character, is beginning
to experience the effects of increasing development pressures.
Key issues addressed in the Sector Plan include the
containment of sprawl, the preservation of lifestyle choices,
and the development of strategies and standards for the
creation of a "village center" with integrated land uses and a
design character that recognizes the unique characteristics of
the community.
All Saints Neighborhood Development and Urban
Design Regulations, Tallahassee, FL
Following completion of its landmark revitalization plan for the
critical Gaines Street corridor in Tallahassee, WRT was retained
to support implementation of one of the plan's key
recommendations: to effect necessary regulatory changes to
guide development patterns and character in those areas of
the corridor that are under immediate development pressure.
Ms. Vargas is currently directing the development of site
design and development standards to preserve the character
of the historic All Saints Neighborhood, while encouraging the
development pattern proposed for this district in the
Revitalization Plan. The user-friendly, graphic -oriented format
of the proposed ordinance is intended to serve as the basis for
subsequent changes to the City's Zoning, Site Plan, and
Subdivision Regulations.
City of Galveston Comprehensive Plan, Galveston, TX
This historic island community faces a unique combination of
challenges related to the management of pressures from
tourism, the revitalization of historic in -town neighborhoods,
the diversification of the local economy and the protection of
unique barrier island ecosystems. WRT's recently completed
plan addresses each of these issues through a strategic
approach. Major areas of emphasis include: preservation and
enhancement of in -town residential neighborhoods, aesthetic
enhancement of key roadway corridors; creating linkages
between activity centers, and supporting the restoration of
habitat areas. Ms. Vargas provided analytical support for
transportation- and infrastructure -related policies, and was
ultimately responsible for coordinating the preparation and
editing of the final plan for adoption.
Southwest Area Plan, Dublin, ON
Ms. Vargas was Project Planner in a WRT-led effort to prepare
a community plan and overlay zoning ordinance for the
southwest quadrant of the high -quality City of Dublin. The
study area consists of a 12-square mile, largely agricultural
zone that has been subject to increased growth pressures in
recent years. The plan focuses on "raising the bar" of
development quality and adding community "form -givers"
through a system of greenways and open spaces protected
through conservation development design. Ms. Vargas was
principal author of a set of residential design standards
intended to help implement the plan's objective of raising the
aesthetic quality of new development.
North Key Largo Land Acquisition Project, Monroe
County, FL
WRT was retained by the Florida State of Attorney's Office to
provide land use planning and regulatory expertise on
condemnation cases affecting properties targeted as part of
the North Key Largo Hammock Conservation Project, one of
the most extensive and ambitious projects of its kind in the
State. Ms. Vargas was responsible for preparing site capacity
and regulatory analyses for a number of environmentally
sensitive large-scale parcels involved in litigation. She
continues to serve as expert witness on outstanding cases.
Unified Development Code Revision, Cary, NC
Ms. Vargas is part of a consulting team that is conducting a
major revision to the Unified Development Code for the small,
but rapidly growing Town of Cary, located in the heart of the
Triangle. Specifically, Ms. Vargas has developed new or revised
existing standards for off-street parking, street connectivity,
landscaping and buffering, traditional neighborhood
development, flag lots, and crescent subdivisions.
Harris Homes Master Plan and HOPE VI
Revitalization Grant Application, Atlanta, GA
Ms. Vargas coordinated the preparation of this 35-million-
winning grant application packagefor the Housing Authority
of the City of Atlanta (AHA). The target site is Harris Homes,
a distressed community in the Atlanta University Center
neighborhood, where AHA already has invested over S70
million in successfully revitalizing two other public housing
sites. The redevelopment of Harris Homes is considered critical
to the success of the overall revitalization efforts taking place
in the rest of the AUC neighborhoods. The plan focuses on
the notion of a "college town," developed on the basis of a
strong physical, social and economic link between the Harris
Homes community, the surrounding neighborhoods, and the
colleges.
Stock Island
Gerald C Marston, ASLA
Principal
Mr. Marston is a landscape architect with over 30 years of experience as a practicing professional and educator. He
currently leads the landscape architectural practice in the WRT Coral Gables office. Mr. Marston's professional background
includes senior design and project management with three of the most prestigious planning and design firms in the United
States. He has extensive and wide ranging experience in land planning and design for resort and waterfront properties,
park and recreation master planning and design, community redevelopment and urban landscape design.
EDUCATION
Master of Landscape Architecture
Harvard University Graduate School of Design, 1972
Bachelor of Science in Landscape Architecture
Michigan State University (with honors), 1969
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Wallace Roberts & Todd, LLC — Coral Gables, FL
Principal, 2001-present
Partner, 1996-2000
Senior Associate/ Vice President, WRT, Inc.
1991-1996
Senior Associate/ Sasaki Associates, Inc.
Coral Gables, FL 1985-1997
Vice President/ Edward D. Stone, Jr. and Associates
FL Lauderdale, FL 1981-1985
Principal / Walquist/Marston
Columbus, OH 1976-1881
Landscape Architect / Labrenz, Reimer, Inc.
Columbus, OH 1974-1975
Project Manager, Sasaki, Dawson, DeMay Associates, Inc.
Watertown, MA 1972- 1973
Landscape Architect, Richard A. Gardiner & Associates, Inc.
Cambridge, MA 1969-1972
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture
The Ohio State University 1973-1981
Lecturer / Design Critic
Harvard Graduate School of Design
The Catholic University
University of Kentucky
Texas A & M
Kansas State University
University of Florida
University of Miami
Florida International University
PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATIONS
Registered Landscape Architect in the States of Florida and Ohio
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
American Society of Landscape Architects
PUBLICATIONS / LECTURES
Creating Neighborhood Character, ASLA National Convention,
1996
Art & Architecture - Miami Symposium, 1995, Center of
Contemporary Arts, North Miami, FL
"Thirty-five Years of Design on the Land," a Sasaki Associates
Retrospective, University of Florida; 1990
HONORS AND AWARDS
The American Society of Landscape Architects
Merit Award, Overtown Pedestrian Mall, 1999
National Endowment for the Arts / U.S. Department of
Transportation
Merit Award, Overtown Pedestrian Mall, 1996
Florida Chapter, The American Society of Landscape Architects
Merit Award, Overtown Pedestrian Mall, 1996
International Downtown Association
Merit Award, Overtown Pedestrian Mall, 1995
Ohio Chapter, American Society of Landscape Architects
Merit Award, Land Reborn, 1975
The American Society of Landscape Architects
Certificate of Merit
Excellence in the Study of Landscape Architecture
Michigan State University, 1969
REPRESENTATIVE PROJECTS
STREETSCAPE/CIVIC PROJECTS
Flagler Corridor Streetscape, Miami, FL
Principal in Charge WRT was selected to prepare streetscape
redevelopment plans for Miami's Main Street, the Flagler
Corridor, from the Miami River to Biscayne Bay. WRT prepared
detailed schematic and design development documents for
Downtown Development Authority. WRT is currently under
contract to develop construction documents for the Flagler
Corridor.
Ocean City Boardwalk Renovation, Ocean City, MD
Mr. Marston was Principal -in -Charge for the $2 million
restoration of the oceanfront boardwalk and associated facilities.
WRT prepared recommendations for the design and detailing
that would convert an existing, deteriorated concrete promenade
to its historic wooden form. In addition WRT prepared
recommendations and designs for Entry Gateway Features,
beachfront graphics logo and icons, specially themed pavement
areas, and thematic site furnishings.
Beach Street U.S.A, Virginia Beach, VA
Mr. Marston was Principoal-in-Charge in collaboration with local
consultants to develop unique families of elements that would
provide the district with a distinct identity. Families of elements
including gateway features, performance venues, lighting, and
paving with a distinctively lively feel and recalling indigenous
community features.
Miami Beach Historic Convention Village - Civic
Improvements, Miami Beach, FL
Project Director/Designer The Miami Beach Historic Convention
Village Civic Improvements focused on the development of
schematic plans and design guidelines and schematic designs for
a new City Hall plaza, botanical garden and riverwalk.
Estero Island Streetscape, Fort Myers, FL
Project Director/Designer Following the adoption of a WRT
prepared redevelopment plan for this nine mile long barrier
island on Florida's west coast, WRT is prepared detailed design
and construction documents for New Island entry signage, over
one mile of urban roadway streetscape improvements and the
creation of a pedestrian mall as the focus of the traditional resort
entertainment district.
Overtown Pedestrian Mall, Miami FL
Project Director/Designer: The Concept of the Overtown
Pedestrian Mall was formulated in the SE Overtown/Park West
Redevelopment Plan by Wallace Roberts & Todd. The Spine of
Stock Island
the Redevelopment Concept is the establishment of a broad
pedestrian mall from 1-95 to Biscayne Bay.
The Overtown Pedestrian Mall eliminates vehicular traffic on NW
9th Street and establishes a broad pedestrian mall in its place.
Constructed of rustic terrazzo in vibrant oranges, yellows, blues
and greens, the plaza is punctuated with clusters of seating
drums and commemorative bronze medallions documenting
historic events within the Overtown Community.
Dayton Plaza of Flight, Dayton, OH
Principal in Charge: WRT has been retained as landscape
architects and site planning consultants to design an urban plaza
in downtown Dayton that commemorates and celebrates the
City as the birthplace of flight and home of the Wright Brothers.
Orlando Centrop/ex, Orlando FL
Project Director/Designer while with Sasaki Associates Inc., Coral
Gables, Florida. The Centroplex site identified by WRT in
Orlando's Downtown Plan as an area that could generate
opportunities for additional convention related activities. The
fifty -acre project consists of the existing Bob Carr Performing Arts
Center, Existing Expo Center, 15,000 seat Civic Arena and a four
hundred -room hotel. The final site Master Plan created a unique
entertainment district in downtown Orlando with signature
paving, courtyards and plazas with contextual fountains, and lush
landscaping forming this pedestrian oasis within the downtown
core.
Sunrise Civic Center, Sunrise, FL
Project Director / Designer: WRT provided Master Planning
services for the City of Sunrise Civic Complex which included
integration with the existing City Hall and Fire Station and an
adjacent office building to be converted to police and fire rescue
use. The new 37-acre Civic Complex includes a Broward County
Library, a Senior Citizens Center and the 72,000 SF Civic Center.
The plan required siting of the new facilities, Design of vehicular
and pedestrian circulation systems and the development of a lake
for storm water management.
WRT also completed landscape design for wetland restoration
within the existing lake, a new main entrance from Oakland Park
Boulevard and landscape and irrigation design and construction
administration services for the Senior Center and Civic Center
Facilities
PARK PLANNING AND DESIGN
Haulover Park Master Plan, Miami -Dade County, FL
WRT was retained by Miami -Dade County to prepare a Master
Plan for Haulover Park, one of the County's most important
regional parks. Haulover has served for decades as a prime
beach attraction for residents and visitors, as well as offering a
variety of recreation including golf, tennis, boating and fishing.
In recent years the park has suffered from deterioration of some
facilities and a decline in popularity.
In developing the Master Plan, WRT examined a number of
options for the golf program (including both traditional course
and teaching facilities), beach revitalization and other park
elements. WRT worked closely with County staff, municipal
representatives and other stakeholders, as well as special
consultants the National Golf Foundation, in developing and
evaluating concepts. The Master Plan concept includes a re-
located and expanded, special waterfront par 3 golf course; an
enhanced and diversified beach experience; improved parking
and circulation; an extensive waterfront promenade; an
expanded marina and concession area; a conservation education
facility; and a"great lawn" civic space for community events.
Coral Gables War Memorial youth Center, Coral Gables,
FL.
Partner in Charge / Lead Designer: WRT prepared a Master Plan
for the renovation and expansion of the Coral Gables War
Memorial Youth Center. Working with a recreational needs
program prepared by the Metropolitan Dade County Parks and
Recreation Department, WRT combined its architectural and
landscape architectural expertise to provide an integrated
solution for the Youth Center's future needs. New expanded
outdoor facilities included three baseball fields, two
soccer/football fields, combined basketball /rollerhocky court and
tot -lot. The architectural solution included a new gym,
auditorium, locker rooms, and multipurpose craft and meeting
rooms. The Master Plan also recognized the "Civic" aspects of
the expanded facility and relocated the main entrance on
University Drive
During the two part design and construction phases of the
project, WRT served as landscape architects preparing detailed
design documents and providing construction administration
services for over $600,000. in site improvements including
athletic facilities, landscaping and irrigation.
Fairchild Tropical Garden, Miami, FL
Partner In Charge: WRT prepared a Master Plan for Fairchild
Tropical Garden, the Miami region's 83-acre public botanical
garden and a world-renowned collection of palms, cycads, and
other tropical plant families. The Master Plan, completed in
1995, was the Garden's first comprehensive evaluation of its
physical plan and facility growth needs in over 30 years. The
Master Plan identified key strategies for meeting the growing
demands of the Garden's programs and operations through
cooperative projects with adjacent Dade County park facilities, as
well as strategic upgrades and expansions of existing Garden
facilities. The Master Plan also carefully preserved and restored
significant features and concepts of the original 1938 Garden
plans, prepared by the pioneering Florida landscape architect and
Olmsted associate William Lyman Phillips.
In conjunction with the Master Plan, WRT also designed specific
"early action" improvements to help re -invigorate the Garden in
the aftermath of Hurricane Andrew. These included a renovation
of the Garden's front parking area and entrance, a restoration of
the "Phillips Gate" and original entrance Allee, and a restoration
plan for the Flowering Tree Section.
Volunteer Park & Equestrian Center, Plantation, FL
Principal in Charge: WRT has been retained by the City of
Plantation to prepare design and construction documents for the
$6 million development and expansion of Volunteer Park. This
unique project will combine a multi -use, open -space community
park — adjacent to an existing Community Center -- with
extensive restored wetlands, trails and boardwalks and a nature-
themed playground. In addition, the City's popular but aging
Horse Arena, also adjacent to the park, will be completely
renovated and expanded as part of the project, providing a
venue for Class "A" Horse Shows as well as a wide variety of
special equestrian uses.
Boynton Intracoastal Waterway Park, Boynton Beach,
Florida. Project Director / Designer: WRT prepared a Master Plan
for the last undeveloped parcel of land on the Intracoastal
Waterway in Boynton Beach. The primary objectives of the plan
were scenic enhancement, environmental restoration of the site,
and educational interpretation. Master Plan facilities include a
two-story picnic facility, an educational and performance
pavilion, a Veterans Memorial garden and shelter, picnic shelters
and restrooms and associated parking.
WRT is currently preparing detailed architectural and site design
and construction documents for this $2.5 million project.
Stock Island
Carolyn Mitchell
Associate, Landscape Designer
Ms. Mitchell's experience includes landscape and site design, construction documents and construction administration
for high -end office, civic and leisure projects in urban settings around the world. Working closely with architects, artists
and other consultants, Ms. Mitchell has designed landscapes for the urban environment that include parks, streetscapes,
roof gardens, courtyards and landscape and site design for major office and hotel properties. In addition, Ms. Mitchell's
experience includes the design of large public gardens and resort landscapes, landscape restoration and historical
landscape assessment and rehabilitation.
EDUCATION
Master of Landscape Architecture, 1992, University of Virginia
School of Architecture, honors
Bachelor or Arts, Botany, 1986, George Washington University
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Associate, 2003 - present
Landscape Architect, Wallace Roberts & Todd, LLC, 2000 to
2003
Landscape Architect, Hellmuth Obata + Kassabaum, San
Francisco, 1996-2000
Landscape Architect, Royston, Hanamoto, Alley & Abey, Mill
Valley, California, 1993-1996
HONORS AND AWARDS
American Society of Landscape Architects, Virginia Chapter,
Award of Honor for Excellence in the Study of Landscape
Architecture
American Planning Association, Virginia Chapter, Meritorious
Award for Village of Midlothian Landscape Master Plan
American Society of Landscape Architects, California Chapter,
Award of Honor for Glacier Point Rehabilitation, Yosemite
National Park
REPRESENTATIVE PROJECTS
Virginia Key Beach Park Miami, Florida
Wallace Roberts & Todd's was selected by the Virginia Key
Beach Part Trust to develop a General Plan for this urban
beach park. A National Register of Historic Places site, the park
is located on a barrier island that encompasses the last
undeveloped ocean front property within the city limits.
Virginia Key Beach Park was Dade County's only beach open
to African Americans during the era of segregation and its
establishment in response to a direct action protest by African
American activists in 1945 was a significant and early victory in
the Civil Rights movement. The Virginia Key Beach Park Trust
formed to guide the city of Miami's plans for the development
of this historically and ecologically significant site. Ms. Mitchell
serves as landscape designer and project director.
Flagler Corridor Streetscape, Miami, Florida
Wallace Roberts & Todd was selected to prepare streetscape
redevelopment plans for Miami's Main Street, the Flagler
Corridor, from the Miami River to Biscayne Bay. WRT prepared
detailed schematic and design development documents for
Downtown Development Authority. Ms. Mitchell acted as
project director for the confirmation of the master plan and
preparation of construction documents for the first phase of
impiemenation, The Flagler Street Market Place, the first major
capital improvement undertaken by the city of Miami in the
last decade.
Overtown Pedestrian Mall, Miami Florida
The Concept of the Overtown Pedestrian Mall was formulated
in the Overtown/Park West Redevelopment Plan by Wallace
Roberts & Todd. The Spine of the Redevelopment Concept is
the establishment of a broad pedestrian mall from 1-95 to
Biscayne Bay that eliminates vehicular traffic on NW 9th Street
and establishes a broad pedestrian mall in its place. Ms.
Mitchell is Phase III project director and involved in design and
construction documents.
Overtown Greenway, Miami, Florida
Prepared for the Trust for Public Land, this action plan outlines
the design and development strategy for a system of
landscaped pedestrian and bicycle pathways that link Miami's
natural, cultural and recreational resources to the central
Miami neighborhood of Overtown. The city of Miami
Community Redevelopment Agency subsequently adopted the
greenway plan as a part of its long-range vision for the
redevelopment of the neighborhood and a key component of
a"green infrastructure" that will ensure quality of life and
urban revitalization in the Overtown redevelopment area. Ms.
Mitchell acted as landscape designer and project director.
Ritz Carlton Resort and Hotel, Grenada, West Indies
The landscape design for this Five -Star resort and hotel on the
Caribbean Island of Grenada focused on preservation and
enhancement of the adjacent habitat reserve of the Grenada
Dove, an endangered bird species indigenous to the island.
Wallace Roberts & Todd developed a strategy of enhancing
and expanding the natve plant communities within the
development area to both protect and increase dove habitat.
Design measures included extensive use of native habitat
restoration in place of landscape development, introduction of
buffers and habitat preservation corridors to expand and
interconnect existing habitat areas, the use of native plants
and other locally sourced, sustainable materials. Ms. Mitchell
acted as landscape designer and project director.
Naples Botanical Garden Master Man Naples, Florida
Wallace Roberts & Todd worked with the board of directors
and founders to develop a master plan for the development of
this new cultural institution and destination in Naples, Florida.
The master plan articulated a sustainable design strategy and
interpretive concept that focuses on stewardship of the Florida
native plant communities found on the garden's 160-acre site
as well as the relationship of people and plants in other
subtropical and tropical areas. The garden mission articulated
in the master plan serves as the basis for the garden's
accreditation application. Ms.Mitchell acted as principal author
and project director.
Onftfdsr"n vocaya Aaaewn and Gardens Miami, Florida
Wallace Roberts and Todd was selected to design an outdoor
gallery to display the orchid collection of Viszcaya Museum
and Gardens, one of South Florida's leading attractions and a
National Historic Landmark. Ms. Mitchell designed The David
A. Klein Orchidarium in keeping with the historic architecture
of the Italian Renaissance villa.
Glacier Point Restoration, Yosemite National Park,
California
Ms. Mitchell served as landscape architect for this award -
winning Royston, Hanamoto, Alley & Abbey project, a
landscape restoration of the Glacier Point Visitor Center in
Yosemite National Park in California. The restoration involved
replacement of the visitor center and restroom buildings,
reorganized site cirulation to achieve accessible pathways and
to lessen impact on adjacent plantings, a new amphitheatre
Stock Island
and the reintroduction of native plant populations throughout
the once -degraded site.
Haulover Beach Park Design Guidelines and Dune
Restoration, Miami, Florida
Building upon Wallace Roberts & Todd's General Plan for
Miami Dade County's largest resource -based park, Ms.
Mitchell developed architectural and site design guidelines for
the park to guide future development toward a signature
image for the park. Ms. Mitchell then developed an early
action project for implementation by volunteers that included
aesthetic enhancements and the first phase of a complete
restoration of the park's native dune plant community.
Wallace Roberts & Todd, LLC continues to be involved with
the implementation of the general plan and application of the
design guidelines as consultants to the County on architecture
projects.
Fort Bonifacio Streetscape, Manila, Philippines
Envisioned as the centerpiece for a new Manila that will be at
the forefront of Asian planning and urban design, Fort
Bonifacio will ultimately house a daytime population of more
than one million people and accommodate 250,000 full-time
residents. Ms. Mitchell served as project landscape architect
for the streetscape, open space and public art programs for
this HOK project, spending time in Manila coordinating with
local landscape architects, artists and engineers as well as
development agency staff to implement the design.
Hotel Mulia Gatot Subrato, Jakarta, Indonesia
Ms. Mitchell served as HOK project landscape architect for the
site design, podium design and landscape for this Four -Star
hotel in downtown Jakarta. The fifty -story tower's podium
incorporates a roof -top health facility with two swimming
pools, a fitness spa, a cafe, a restaurant with outdoor dining
terraces, gardens, fountains and a sky -bridge. The hotel's
street level landscape includes entrance plazas, fountains and
streetscape fronting one of Jakarta's main boulevards.
Hotel Mulia Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia
As part of the HOK design team, Ms. Mitchell served as
project designer for the gardens, pools and fountains for this
1000-room Five -Star resort hotel on Bali's Nusa Dua beach.
Working closely with architects, engineers, fountain and pool
consultants, art consultants, and the developer's Indonesia -
based construction management staff, Ms. Mitchell
coordinated the design and construction documenation of the
project's 100 hectares of gardens, three swimming pools,
fountains, traditional outdoor theatre, outdoor dining terraces,
courtyards, and beach access.
Wisma Mulia, Jakarta, Indonesia
As HOK project landscape architect, Ms. Mitchell collaborated
with architects, fountain design consultants, local landscape
architects, structural engineers and the developer's Indonesia -
based construction management staff to complete design
development through construction for Jakarta's tallest
building, a 54-story office tower set in a campus in the city's
Golden Triangle district. The plan included plazas, gardens,
fountains, and streetscape.
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Howard Kohn
HOWARD KOHN is the President and Co-founder of TCG. Howard received his Masters in
Urban and Regional Planning from George Washington University and a Bachelor of Arts
Degree in Economics. Howard spent much of his early professional career employed by
Baltimore City, where he was instrumental in the development of one of the nation's most
successful commercial revitalization programs and public -private partnership efforts. In his role
with the City of Baltimore, he:
• conceptualized and established the commercial revitalization program, working with the Chair of the
Mayor's Small Business Advisory Commission;
• acted as the project planner for 10 revitalization projects;
• acted as the market analyst for all of the revitalization efforts; and
• performed the role of a liaison between residential and business community interests.
In addition to his involvement in the above program and as a result of his strong marketing and
planning expertise, Howard played a key role in the following representative efforts:
• the development of a work program to attract tourists to the Inner Harbor;
• the development of the City's position and program for the Inner Harbor;
• the development of a financial package for an office complex in the Inner Harbor in Downtown;
• an analysis of the seafood industry in Baltimore and identification of potential sites for a proposed
new wholesale seafood market;
• analyses of rapid transit station areas' development potential;
• the development of the economic development component of the master plan; and
• the development of a program to create a labor intensive industrial service park in the Park Heights
community. (The Park Circle Industrial Park is now a successful State Enterprise Zone.)
Howard was also employed as an economic analyst for Baltimore County for several years.
During that tenure, he:
• developed market analyses and concept plans for commercial revitalization areas;
• assisted with the economic development component of two master plans for the County;
• developed economic forecasts for Owings Mills and White Marsh town center areas; and
• assisted with the development of plans for light rail and rapid rail transit station areas.
Howard is, has, or was:
• current member of EPA's "Brownfields Task Force."
• lectured on marketing and economic development at the George Washington University, the
University of MD., Johns Hopkins University, the U. of Baltimore, and Towson University.
• received national recognition for his marketing and development work by the International Downtown
Executives Association, National Council for Urban Economic Development, the Small Business
Administration, the American Planning Association, the Omicron Delta Epsilon International Honor
Society in Economics, etc.
• the former Co -Chair of the Neighborhood Economic Revitalization Committee of National Center for
Urban Ethnic Affairs.
• the past President of the Maryland Downtown Development Association.
• the past Treasurer of the Maryland Downtown Development Association.
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Maria S.
MARLA DUMAS is associated with TCG's Florida planning group. Marla has worked with
TCG members in one capacity or another for many years. Marla is a graduate of Ohio State
University and Florida International University and is a member of the Urban Land Institute,
Florida Trust for Historic Preservation, and the National Trust for Historic Preservation. She
brings to the team more than 23 years of experience in the areas of housing, economic
development, planning, zoning, and permitting. More than twenty years of that experience has
been in the South Florida area.
Most recently, Marla was the Director for Planning and Community Development in the City of
Sunny Isles Beach, Florida. Under her guidance the City wrote and had approved a new
comprehensive plan and developed new tools and zones associated with waterfront
development. Prior to her role in Sunny Isles Beach, Marla had been responsible for the
coordination of the inter -local agreement that established the Community Redevelopment
District, City Center Historic Convention Village Area in the City of Miami Beach. While formerly
working for Miami -Dade County, she played a significant role in developing redevelopment
plans in Homestead, Florida City, Hialeah, and Southeast Overtown/Park West. In addition,
Marla has extensive experience in developing affordable housing both on Miami Beach and
during her tenure with Miami -Dade County.
Ms. Dumas has spent much of her professional career working to promote a variety of
affordable housing programs that included traditional public housing, Section 8 housing, first
time home buyers programs and other innovative housing efforts. She had major responsibility
for the development of the regulations for the pilot program resulting in the Florida Housing
Trust Fund that provided reduced interest rate second mortgages to assist low and low
moderate families to become homeowners. Additional Documentary Stamps on the sale of real
estate was the funding source for this Trust Fund.
In addition to the administration of numerous housing programs, Marla also played an active
role in evaluating potential housing sites. She was responsible for determining site selection
criteria and instrumental in efforts geared toward eliminating concentrations of subsidized
housing in any one area of the community. Toward this effort, she helped to create some
models that encouraged a range of residential opportunities within revitalization areas.
Development of new housing units and rehabilitation of existing residences were frequently part
of the strategies utilized by Marla when creating redevelopment plans for targeted communities.
Increasing and stabilizing the housing stock were viewed as critical components to promotion of
economic development efforts that were fostered by such plans.
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National and international experience gives
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Waterfront Planning and Design
Since preparing the original redevelopment plan for Baltimore's celebrated
Inner Harbor, WRT has assisted dozens of communities in similar ef-
forts. The original plan for the Inner Harbor was to introduce a new type
of attraction to an urban setting. With an educational and entertainment
focus, the Harbor was to be the setting for attractions which could breath
new life into the old industrial area. Today, millions of visitors come to
Baltimore for these attractions, and continue to come back. Billions of
dollars have been invested in hotels, residential and retail with more on
the way.
From the natural waterfront edge in Louisville, KY, to the historic canal
restoration in Richmond, VA, WRT has guided waterfront revitalization
across the country and abroad for over 40 years. In Minneapolis, the
Upper Mississippi River corridor will be developed for residential and
mixed -use with linear parks on both sides of the River. On the New
Jersey side of the Hudson River, an 18- mile walkway is being developed
with spectacular views to the Manhattan skyline. Visitors to Norfolk, VA,
can eat dinner at the Waterside Festival Market, designed by WRT, and
watch the busy waterfront traffic.
Nearly every one of WRT's waterfront plans has been carried out, result-
ing in major reinvestment of public and private dollars. Our approach is
unique in that, throughout the planning process, we maintain a strategic
focus on implementation to assure a final product that provides a realistic
basis for action by community leaders. Our success is derived from a
tradition of professional innovation, balanced consideration of all relevant
factors and issues, and the attention given to community expectations for
quality of life and effective citizen participation and consensus -building.
Our plans are tailored to the unique concerns and needs of each com-
munity.
The brief project descriptions that follow provide a sample of our team's
experience in waterfronts throughout the country. WRT has also worked
on international assignments including Barcelona, Spain; Cartegena, Co-
lombia; Japan, Taiwan; and Korea. Presently, the firm is working on the
new 50-acre Kaka'ako Park in Honolulu, a project we won in a national
design competition, and on the Trinity River Corridor in Dallas, where we
are the lead landscape architect and urban designer on a major study for
a world -class public open space.
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WRT has had major planning and design assignments on down-
town waterfronts in 35 of America's 50 largest cities. Most of
these assignments have led to revitalization of public areas, which,
in turn, set the framework for private investment.
Particularly relevant to this assignment is our extensive experi-
ence with planning, design, and implementation for the re -use
and redevelopment of industrial or working waterfronts, including
our plans for:
• Lincoln Harbor
• Hudson Waterfront Walkway
• Castle Point, Hoboken for Hartz and Stevens Institute
• Port Imperial South, Weehawken
• Key West Bight Master Plan, FL
• Hoboken Waterfront, two master plans for Hartz
• Liberty State Park
• Jersey City Master Plan
• Edgewater, NJ Waterfront for Hartz
• South Amboy Station Area Plan (for NJ Transit and City)
• NL Industries (brownfield) site in Sayreville, NJ)
• Camden, NJ Waterfront
• Southeast Federal Center, Washington, DC
• New London, Ft. Trumbull Peninsula, CT
• Bridgeport, CT Waterfront
• Richmond, VA (Valentine Museum, Canal)
• Harrison, NJ Waterfront Redevelopment Plan
Highlights of our waterfront planning experience which are rel-
evant to the Stock Island assignment include:
Baltimore, MD
The Inner Harbor
WRT's Master Plan for the Inner Harbor was revolutionary for its
time. The entire waterfront was transformed from a series of de-
caying piers and vacant buildings into a new tourist destination
that attracts more visitors each year than does Disneyworld. By
clustering attractions around a landscaped pedestrian promenade,
the intensity of pedestrian use built a festive atmosphere, which
supports retail uses. Harborplace as the major retail development
became the center of a relocated retail core in downtown. Many
subsequent waterfront revitalization areas have suceeded based
on WRT plans developed upon the model established by this
project.
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Key West, FL
Redevelopment Plan for Key West Bight
The plan for Key West bight provided recommendations and
guidelines to expand public access to the waterfront, preserve
existing "character" uses and activities and provide for new com-
mercial development that is compatible with existing activities and
the adjacent historic district. For this area located adjacent to
tourist -oriented Duvall Street and the historic Old Town residential
district, the plan seeks to expand the Town Center concept to the
waterfront to secure new investment, while retaining the
rough-and-tumble waterfront character indigenous to Key West.
Specific plan components include an historic commercial fishing
fleet, maritime museum and a mixed use village of residential,
office and specialty retail uses.
Ocean City, VA
Ocean City Board Walk
Design concepts for renovations of the Ocean City Boardwalk
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included new furnishings and lighting as well as an innovative
signage concept that helped to identify Ocean City as a quality
family resort. Iconography used in the signage program was in-
tegrated within other design elements. Playing on the theme "things
to do at the beach," the iconography became integral to the de-
velopment of a strong gateway identity for the board walk that
extended beyond the boardwalk itself in the form of bus wrap-
pings and t-shirts.
Fort Lauderdale, FL
The Esplanade
WRT's design for this waterfront park is the centerpiece of the
Fort Lauderdale Arts and Sciences district which is anchored by
the Broward Center for the Performing Arts and the Discovery
Center for the Performing Arts. The park's pavilion, interactive
science exhibits, amphitheatre and riverside promenade provide
a setting for downtown events such as the Street Dance and
Shakespeare Festival. The Esplanade also serves as destination
along the city's Las Olas Riverfront, which has been a spur to
reinvestment and revitalization in downtown Fort Lauderdale.
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Washington, D.C.
Anacostia Waterfront Master Plan
The National Park Service played a major role in the development
of this WRT master plan for a 500-acre site just south of central
Washington, DC. They demanded a continuous "soft" waterfront
park similar to others on the Potomac River, counteracting the
SE Federal Center's interest in more heavy pedestrian activity.
Early landscape design concepts by WRT have won praise from
the National Park Service. WRT has been retained to prepare a
revised master plan for the 55.3 acre Southeast Federal Center
that will be privately developed in partnership with GSA. The
major change in this master plan is the addition of housing into
the program. This success story was recently documented in
Urban Land Magazine.
Louisville, KY
Ohio River Corridor Master Plan
Like so many other riverfront communities, Louisville has been
separated from the Ohio River by floodwalls, highways, and in-
dustrial development. WRT's plan, prepared as part of
ourCornerstone 2020 Comprehensive Plan, establishes the
reconnection of the people to the river through future land use,
investment and management strategies for economic develop-
ment, environmental conservation, and new residential neighbor-
hoods. The first phase of implementation is a 4.5-mile public multi-
use greenway trail. This assignment is particularly significant in
the extent and benefit of community participation. Numerous user
groups, through their input, helped establish the program for the
park.
Richmond, VA
The Richmond Riverfront
After the railroads put commercial canalboats out of business,
the historic canals were abandoned for many years. In 1999, the
restored canal system and an adjacent walkway, planned and
designed by WRT for the Richmond Riverfront Development Cor-
poration, opened to great fanfare. The city predicts over
$200,000,000 in private investment associated with a new public
waterfront. Guidelines for private development were set and prop-
erty owners are now busy developing housing, retail and hotel
space along the canal.
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Norfolk, VA
The Norfolk Waterfront
Based on a plan by WRT, Norfolk has developed a highly suc-
cessful waterfront. With both public and private attractions, the
j Norfolk waterfront has followed the successful formula of
Baltimore's famous Inner Harbor. A series of attractions are linked
along the waterfront for both tourists and residents. Large open
spaces and a continuous walkway designed by WRT form the
setting for major outdoor events like Harborfest. Norfolk has tour-
ist venues such as a minor league baseball stadium, a water
focused Museum, and the Waterside Festival Market along the
waterfront with ferry service to Portsmouth.
Urban/Landscape/Civic Space Planning & Design
Aventura, Florida
- _ - Aventura Town Center
The City of Aventura retained WRT to prepare a concept plan for
development of a new Town Center. The proposed Center will
occupy the site of an existing suburban -style shopping center.
The new Town Center will feature mixed -use development with
-- _ -- ground floor retail and residential and office space above. The
site plan proposes development of a new "Main Street" along which
new retail uses will be developed, along with a new civic square.
A new publicly funded Performing Arts Center is also proposed
for development in the Center.
Coral Gables, Florida
Redevelopment Concept Plan for Coral Gables Business Vil-
lage
p WRT was retained as prime consultant to prepare a plan and
urban design concept for the revitalization of the City's obsolete
industrial area. The approved plan calls for the city to stimulate a
phased transition to office, h retail and residential uses with over 2
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million square feet of development anticipated within 10 years. A
major emphasis of the plan is placed on the design quality of
public plazas and streetscape improvements. WRT was respon-
sible for overall planning and urban design and for the coordina-
tion of traffic, parking and utilities studies.
Development Concepts and Policies for Downtown Coral
Gables
Following completion of the redevelopment concept for the indus-
trial area, the city authorized a preliminary study of alternative
concepts for the reinforcement of the downtown area. This plan
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redefines functional zones in downtown and proposes policies on
height, density and quality of new development.
Coral Springs, Florida
Sample Road Corridor/Town Center Master Plan
Historically the "center of town" in Coral Springs, Sample Road
has traffic and aesthetics common to most highway arterials in
suburban Broward County. To enhance community character
and create a true "town center," WRT prepared urban design
guidelines and redevelopment strategies to change both roadway
operational and design characteristics, as well as to foster a more
urban development character.
Design/Development Guidelines
In order to raise the overall level of design character throughout
Coral Springs, WRT prepared design guideline manuals for fu-
ture commercial, as well as industrial and residential develop-
ment. Based in part on real estate market considerations, the
higher standards of design are now credited with improving the
community economic competitiveness, as well as its quality of
environment.
Delray Beach, Florida
Community Redevelopment Plan
In early 1986 WRT began work as prime consultant for the prepa-
ration of a Community Redevelopment Plan for an area of Delray
Beach which includes the downtown area. In October 1986 The
Community Redevelopment Agency adopted the plan. In May
1987 WRT was retained to design the city's downtown waterfront
park, the first project recommended by the plan.
Fort Myers Beach, Florida
Estero Island Redev. Plan & Overlay District Implementation
In 1992 WRT commenced a continuing assignment to prepare
and, subsequently, to implement a long range strategy to up-
grade the character of the Estero Island residential / resort com-
munity. The project, completed in 1998, entails the revitalization
of the community's village town center as well as extensive land-
scape beautification throughout this seven -mile long barrier is-
land.
Summary of Qualifications A-21
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Hamilton, NJ
Route 130 Corridor Vision Plan and Guidelines
WRTwas retained by Hamilton Township to study the problems and
opportunities resulting from the explosive growth potential of this
rural corridor. Fueled by the availability of large tracts of developable
land and easy regional access via Interstate Route 195 and NJ
Turnpike, Hamilton Township's Route 130 corridor is being
transformed into a major commercial destination. Conventional
development regulations for the Corridor allow the Township to
regulate the use, placement, and architectural character of
buildings and their parking lots.
Homestead, Florida
Historic Downtown Beautification
WRT was selected as landscape architect for the preparation of
design and construction documents for the $1.2 million streetscape
improvement program to beautify the historic downtown area. The
design incorporates extensive sidewalk widening and paving, traffic
flow modifications, colorful plazas and gazebos as well as a mul-
titude of flowering trees, vines and shrubbery. WRT has subse-
quently prepared design documents and administered construc-
tion for a $1.0 million second phase of the downtown streetscape
program.
Jupiter, FL
U.S. Highway One / Intracoastal Waterway Corridor Study/
Master Plan and Development Guidelines
WRT completed a master plan and development guidelines for
the corridor defined by U.S. Highway One and the Intracoastal
Waterway in Jupiter. The plan sets Town policy concerning road-
way cross sections and coordination with FDOT and the MPO
concerning future highway capacity improvements. In addition,
the plan and development guidelines call for strengthened land-
scape buffers, enhanced public waterfront access, a more inno-
vative mixed use development concept and the re-creation of a
"town center' fishing village area along the Jupiter inlet water-
front.
Miami, FL
Miami Riverfront Development Plan
WRT completed a concept plan for the redevelopment of the down-
town Miami Riverfront. The plan calls for new private investment
in mixed use development and new public investments in a water-
front park and river clean-up efforts.
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Greenway Plan
WRT prepared the plan for a new urban greenway that will link
Miami's inland neighborhoods adjacent to downtown to the shore-
line of Biscayne Bay and the Miami River. When complete the
Greenway will complete the necklace of parks that encircle the
downtown area and improve community access to the waterfronts
that give the city its unique character. The Greenway will be
j comprised of streetscape improvements, enhancements to the
metrorail (Miami's elevated transit line) right-of-way, along which
a portion of the Greenway will run, and enhancement of the Florida
East Coast rail corridor which the Greenway will cross.
Miami Beach, FL
Historic Convention Village/City Center Redevelopment
WRT prepared a master plan for the revitalization of the core
"Center City" area of Miami Beach. Comprising an architectur-
ally significant historic district as well as the reinvigorated Lincoln
Road Mall and one of the nation's largest convention centers, the
plan targeted major investments to upgrade the areas image and
liveability while attracting a new convention headquarters hotel.
j Following plan adoption WRT was retained as landscape archi-
tect and urban designer for over $20 million dollars in improve-
ments to civic plazas, oceanfront corridors, village streetscapes,
a riverwalk, parking improvements and a redesigned Botanic Gar-
den.
Tallahassee, Florida
Gaines Street Revitalization Plan and Design Regulations
WRT was retained by the City of Tallahassee to lead a master
planning effort for the redevelopment of a substantially underutilized
section of downtown Tallahassee. The plan encompasses
i downtown Tallahassee's Civic Center, the historic All Saints and
Stearns-Mosely neighborhoods, and a large section of obsolete
commercial and industrial uses that lie between the campuses of
Florida State University and Florida A&M University. With bold
action by the CRA, this quadrant will be transformed into a lively
"University Village", an urban environrent with several thousand
new student and young professional residents, as well as
entertainment and specialty retail elements. WRT went on to
develop zoning regulations as part of implementation of the plan,
a first action intended to preserve and enhance the character of
the historic All Saints neighborhood.
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Sanibel Island (FL) Vision Statement and
Comprehensive Plan
Miami Comprehensive Neighborhood
Plan & Downtown Revitalization Plan
Fort Lauderdale Beach
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Environment
The firm's extensive experience planning for Florida's coastal
communities is particularly relevant to this assignment. Coinciding
closely with the enactment of the Local Government
Comprehensive Planning Act of 1975, WRT prepared three of
the State's first and most significant comprehensive plans. The
Sanibel Island Comprehensive Land Use Plan, prepared
immediately upon the City's incorporation, established a unique
framework for growth management tailored to the fragile
environment and unique community character of this special barrier
island community. Under the leadership of the planning director,
the plan has been faithfully followed in all subsequent land
development regulations and successive EARs and plan
amendments. In 1995, WRT was retained at the twenty-year
anniversary of the plan's adoption to lead the community in crafting
a Vision Statement as the basis for a framework to meet the
challenges of the next twenty years.
WRT's Miami Comprehensive Neighborhood Plan was the first
comprehensive plan to be adopted and approved under the
LGCPA. Like Sanibel's Plan, the Neighborhood Plan has been
faithfully followed, and has guided the City's long-term program
of neighborhood reinvestment and downtown revitalization.
In the 1980s, as communities were preparing for their first EAR
and plan updates under the more stringent Rule 9J-5 compliance
requirements, WRT focused its attention on comprehensive plan
implementation, crafting some 20 community redevelopment plans
including those for Boca Raton, Delray Beach, Fort Lauderdale
Beach, Miami Beach, and many others which have succeeded in
redirecting investment to more livable urban areas. Then, in 1990,
WRT was selected to solve the long -running battle between the
State of Florida (through DCA) and Monroe County. The County
had, for several years failed to achieve compliance with Rule 9J-
5 despite the threat of continued litigation from both pro- and
anti -growth intervenors, as well as the imminent threat of a State
takeover of development control. With the assistance of WRT,
the County finally adopted, and DCA approved --and successfully
defended from attack-- one of Florida's most innovative and
stringent carrying capacity -based growth management
Summary of Qualifications A-24
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Corridor Enhancement Project,
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frameworks. The adopted Monroe County Comprehensive Plan,
and its award -winning Rate of Growth Ordinance, helped to avert
the State takeover, and propelled the community to the forefront
of growth management, now expanded to include Federal
involvement (through USACOE) in the creation of an environmental
carrying capacity model which may have broad applicability to
coastal communities, and in which WRT has also been involved.
WRT has also been called upon to develop growth management
strategies to reconcile conflicting interests elsewhere in Florida.
In 1981, WRT crafted the Orlando Comprehensive Growth
Management Plan as the City was grappling with severe suburban
growth pressures. This plan put in place an effective framework
to curb sprawl, and redirect investment into the neglected urban
areas, a framework that remains in place today. WRTs subsequent
Downtown Orlando Growth Management Plan has led to a virtual
rebirth of Downtown Orlando and its in -town neighborhoods as
one of Florida's most noted downtown success stories.
In Tallahassee -Leon County, WRT recently prepared a
Bradfordville Sector Plan and growth management regulations in
response to a court -ordered development moratorium imposed
until the County would demonstrate compliance with its
Comprehensive Plan. The Sector Plan, approved in 2000,
dramatically reduces commercial development and places stringent
new guidelines to hold the line on sprawl and protect rural
character, as required in the Comprehensive Plan.
Currently, WRT leads a multi -disciplinary, $7-million effort as part
of the City of Fort Lauderdale's revitalization strategy for the North-
west/Progresso/Flagler Heights CRA district. The project com-
prises two separate components, running concurrently: (a) the
reconstruction of the roadway, currently a major east -west through-
way into downtown Fort Lauderdale, as a two-lane, pedestrian -
friendly neighborhood -serving street; and (b) the development of
an urban design framework and market -based land use plan for
the revitalization of the corridor and adjacent residential areas,
including Fort Lauderdale's historic African -American neighbor-
hoods. The planning process has had a great degree of public
input, to ensure the plan is both sensitive to the needs and aspi-
rations of current residents and responsive to the future demands
of the market, as well as also respectful of the cultural heritage of
the community.
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WRT encourages confirmation of our track record with past and
current clients. Additional refences can be provided upon re-
quest.
Sistrunk Blvd./NE 6th Street Corridor Enhancement
Helen Gray, Project Manager
Ft. Lauderdale CRA
101 NE Third Ave., Suite 300
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301
(954)828-5018
HelenG@ci.fort-lauderdale.fl.us
Estero Island Redevelopment Plan and Overlay District Imple-
mentation
Shaye Prather, Executive Director
Lee County Community Redevelopment Agency
P.O. Box 389
Fort Myers, FL 33902
(941) 335.2510
Ocean City Boardwalk
Mr. Terence McGean
City Engineer City of Ocean City
PO Box 158
Ocean City, Maryland 21842
(410) 289-8796
Gaines Street Revitalization Plan
Valerie Hubbard, Interim Director
Tallahassee -Leon County
Comprehensive & Environmental Planning Division
300 S. Adams Street
Tallahassee, FL32301
(850) 891-8600
hubbard@talgov.com
U.S. Highway One / Intracoastal Waterway Corridor Study/
Master Plan and Development Guidelines
Brenda Arnold, Project Manager
Community Development Dept.
210 Military Trail
Jupiter, FL 33458
(561) 746-5134 -
brendaa@jupiter.fl.us
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Benefit District implementation *"Brownfield" initiatives *Tourism
development *Site selection *Business plans.
Transportation Analyses
*Parking supply & demand analysis *Turnover and capacity
analysis *Joint development opportunities analysis *Transit
station location analysis *User demand forecasts *Public transit
benefit analysis *Origin -destination studies *Attitudinal research
*Systems analysis *Traffic capacity analysis *Pedestrian &
vehicular circulation analysis.
*Financial analysis proformas for new development *Financial
analysis proformas for reuse opportunities *Land use fiscal
impact analysis for plans *Cost -Benefit analysis *Creative
financing techniques *Funding strategies *Special fee or
assessment evaluations *Parking structures *Impact fee analysis
*Tax structure analysis.
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collection that includes the following ...
*Telephone surveys *Customer intercept or patron surveys
*Origin -destination surveys *Employee surveys *Student surveys
*Business surveys *Direct mail surveys *Focus group facilitation
*Parking utilization surveys.
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Retail and related services have been a TCG forte since inception.
"City' markets, festival markets, themed activity, and other creative
development provide the foundation for existing areas in many
different locational settings.
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commercial environments and downtowns. Efforts include
strategically positioned FEC's, theaters, combined retail centers,
etc. Clients include some of the best known entities in the family
entertainment industry.
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TCG's industrial efforts have focused on creating quality urban
business parks, corridor suburban and urban "parks", "brownfields"
reuse, niche manufacturing associated with other activity, and multi -
tenant, targeted recruitment activity.
Spanning the entire country, TCG has analyzed the market feasibility
of new office development, innovative "incubator" space, home -office
opportunities, and other office situations based on the labor pool,
reversing commuting patterns, and needs.
TCG has analyzed and made suggestions with respect to
implementation of and for many downtown, waterfront, and other
strategically situated residential efforts. Marketing plans for
stagnating and declining residential areas have also been
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neighborhood and core center areas. TCG has been in the
forefront of commercial recreation combined with retail and other
development.
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North Beach Community of Miami Beach, Florida
TCG developed a comprehensive strategic neighborhood
enhancement plan for the northern most neighborhoods of
the City of Miami Beach. Included are changes in
regulations impacting housing, restoration efforts, and
strategic site development.
Charleston, South Carolina
As part of an overall effort for the Enterprise Community in
Charleston, TCG performed market analysis and
developed concept plans for the addition of higher income
new communities within the distressed area, expansion of
select existing neighborhoods, and relocation of housing
that conflicted with existing and proposed industrial
development.
Muskegon, Michigan
TCG developed a conceptual plan and a recruitment effort
to attract development interests to a strategic waterview
parcel in downtown Muskegon. The project is based on
"new urbanism" or "neo-traditional' planning principals.
Scranton, Pennsylvania
TCG prepared a market analysis, focused on in -fill
housing in the Mulberry Street — Heritage Hill area of
Scranton in central Pennsylvania. The effort involved
defining market opportunities based on nearby university
and medical institutions as well as the large population.
Anne Arundel County, Maryland
TCG has developed a specific expertise in the senior
housing, both assisted and unassisted components of the
market. One of many such projects includes the reuse of
an historic elementary school in Anne Arundel County for
about 100 subsidized units.
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Neichborhood Historic Restcraticr.
Analyzed, conceptualized, and assisted with implementation efforts
for an historic neighborhood restoration effort in a minority
community in Cambridge, Maryland.
Corridor Reinvestment
Provided a range of technical assistance resulting in the creation of a
multi -billion dollar revitalization effort for the Main Street corridor and
stabilization of the adjoining Westport Square entertainment focused
area of Kansas City, Missouri.
Investor Recruitment
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new ownership for the historic former Francis Scott Key Hotel in
downtown Frederick, Maryland.
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Developed a mixed use theater, hotel, and retail proposal for the
core block of downtown in Racine, Wisconsin. Plan preserved vistas ,
to Lake Michigan while supporting the "Spirit of America" concept
along Main Street.
Analyzed and suggested the development of a sports themed
museum for the central area of Aberdeen, Maryland.
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Provided market analysis, recruitment program for office and retail,
and organizational development to the Downtown Management
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Management from analysis and design through construction of the
conversion of an abandoned historic train station to a "Farmer's" or
"City" market in Hialeah, Florida.
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Analyzed and developed concept plans for the reuse of a 200+ acre
"brownfields" site for housing, industrial development, commercial
recreation, and passive recreation in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
Em owerment Center
Conceptualized the creation of a museum and empowerment center
for Cambridge, Maryland. Center includes cultural, performing arts,
and educational opportunities.
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Analysis and conceptualization of theme oriented restoration of the
former African -American community's "downtown", including the
national Negro League Museum & Jazz Hall of Fame in Kansas
City, Missouri.
Analyzed, recruited anchor tenant, and assisted with financing for
the highly successful Madison Square Shopping Center in the heart
of the African -American community in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Analyzed opportunities and conceptualized development for an urban
linear business park for the Liberty Street corridor in Winston-Salem,
North Carolina. Assisted with the establishment of a community
development corporation.
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"City" markets, festival markets, seasonal kiosks and carts,
farmers' markets, specialty centers, mixed use centers, and factory
outlet centers are all part of the changing opportunities within
urban, outer urban, suburban, and rural settings. Reuse and re-
marketing of regional and community scale shopping centers are
essential components of creative commercial development. TCG's
efforts have often been pioneering.
Entertainment Activity & Centers
Communities throughout the country are integrating commercial
recreation and entertainment into exciting complexes with retail,
restaurant, office, and housing. TCG has identified opportunities
and assisted with the development or repositioning of family
entertainment centers, themed development, movie theaters,
sports complexes, museums, as well as other activity oriented
toward resident and visitor markets.
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Yes, there are significant opportunities for industrial expansion in
urban and non -urban settings, bringing with the activity the
benefits of economic base industry, increased employment, and an
expanded tax base. There is a direct link between neighborhood
stability and employment opportunity. Business parks along major
"commercial" arterials are often keys. So too is aggressive
recruitment. Entrepreneurial activity often has the potential to
maximize benefits to communities.
Throughout the West Coast, Midwest & East Coast regions of this
country, THE CHESAPEAKE GROUP has been involved with
numerous successful downtown and neighborhood revitalization
efforts in communities ranging in population from 1,500 to millions.
All have different market forces and unique qualities.
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following is a representative list of organizations to which THE CHESAPEAKE GROUP has
provided assistance.
Aberdeen Economic Development Commission
Allapattah Business Association
Allapattah Merchants Association
American City Corporation
Anne Arundel Co. Office of Planning & Zoning
BCH Real Estate Specialists
Belair-Edison Housing Services
Broadway Area Association
Carroll Co. Economic Development Commission
Carteret County Economic Dev. Commission
Charles Co. Economic Development Commission
Charles Village Community Benefits District
Chesterfield Co. Department of Planning
City of Aberdeen
City of Baltimore Department of Planning
City of Cambridge
City of Charleston
City of College Park
City of Coral Springs
City of Fort Lauderdale
City of Fort Walton Beach
City of Havre de Grace
City of Hialeah
City of Homestead
City of Hudsonville
City of Kalamazoo
City of Longview
City of Memphis
City of Miami
City of Miami Beach
City of Milwaukee
City of Muskegon
City of Muskegon Heights
City of New Haven
City of North Miami Beach
City of Norton Shores
City of Racine
City of Richmond
City of Spartanburg
City of Sunny Isles Beach
City of Tacoma
City of Westminster
City of Winston-Salem
Columbia Association
Columbia Management, Inc.
Columbia Pike Revitalization Organization
Commerce Bank of Kansas City
Commercial Realty Resources of Kansas City
Community Foundation of Muskegon County
Crosstown Development Corp.
Deep Creek Realty
Developers General Corporation
Downtown Kalamazoo, Inc.
Downtown Management Board of Grand Rapids
Downtown Racine Corp.
East Meyer Community Council
Eastern Baltimore Area Chamber of Commerce
Empower Baltimore Management, Inc.
Enterprise Foundation
Fairway Golf Center
Farmland Petting Zoo
Fayette Co. Community Action Agency
Fed. of Hispanic Organizations of Metro Baltimore
Ford Foundation
Foss Waterway Development Authority
Govenstowne Business Association
Grand Rapids Dept of Economic Development
Greater Washington Area Chamber of Commerce
Harford Community College
Heritage Homes
Hermitage Lanes
Historic Third Ward Association
Homewood Retirement Centers
Inner County Outreach
Jefferson County Job Development Corporation
LSL Planning Associates, Inc.
Las Colinas Realty
Lawrence A. Forman Associates
Liberty Communities Development Corporation
Lincolnway West Business Association
Marketing & Design, Inc.
Maryland Dept. of Housing & Community Devel.
Massachusetts Comm. Econ. Dev. Assist. Corp.
Memphis Area Chamber of Commerce
Miami Beach Transportation Management Assoc.
Monroe County
Mulberry Central Development Corporation
Muskegon Winter Sports Facilities
Mutual Benefit Life
National Center for Urban Ethnic Affairs
National Trust for Historic Preservation
Neighborhood Business Specialist Program
Neighborhood Economic Devel. Corp. of Eugene
Neighborhood Housing Services
Olathe Lanes East
Pangaea Development Corporation
Parsons Brinkerhoff Michigan, Inc.
Pierce Transit
Pikesville Community Growth Corporation
Placemakers
Prince George's Economic Development Corp.
Route 1 Partnership
Santa Rosa Island Authority
Shield Press
Sound Transit
South Baltimore Business Association
South Bend Dept. of Economic Development
The City Market of Kansas City
The Rouse Company
The Spanish American Center
Town of Cary
Town of Chapel Hill
Town of Hampstead
Town of Hancock
Town of Indian Head
Town of Manchester
Town of Montague
Town of New Windsor
Town of Newington
Town of North Beach
Town of Taneytown
Town of Union Bridge
West Anne Arundel Co. Chamber of Commerce
Westport Tomorrow
White -Hutchinson Entertainment Group
Wilde Lake Village Merchants Association
Wilkes-Barre Industrial Development Authority
Worcester Co. Economic Development
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large communities in the East, Midwest, West and South, including ...
Aberdeen, MD
Akron, OH
Anne Arundel Co., MD
Arlington, VA
Baltimore Co., MD
Baltimore, MD
Bethesda, MD
Boyne City, MI
Brooklyn, NY
Cambridge, MD
Carteret County, NC
Cary, NC
Chapel Hill, NC
Charles County, MD
Charleston, SC
Chesterfield Co., VA
College Park, MD
Colonial Beach, VA
Columbia, MD
Columbia, PA
Columbia, TN
Coral Springs, FL
Deep Creek, MD
Delmar, DE
Detroit, MI
Easton, MD
Eugene, OR
Fayette County, PA
Florence, OR
Florida Keys, FL
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Fort Walton Beach, FL
Frederick, MD
Grand Rapids, MI
Hampstead, MD
Hancock, MD
Harford County, MD
Hartford, CT
Havre de Grace, MD
Hialeah, FL
Homestead, FL
Houston, TX
Hudsonville, MI
Hyattsville, MD
Indian Head, MD
Ithaca, NY
Jefferson County, NY
Kalamazoo, MI
Kansas City, MO
Laurel, MD
Lee's Summit, MO
Leonardtown, MD
Longview, WA
Manchester, MD
Manton, MI
Memphis, TN
Miami, FL
Miami Beach, FL
Miami -Dade Co., FL
Milwaukee, WI
Monroe County, FL
Montague, MI
Mount Airy, MD
Mount Rainier, MD
Muskegon County, MI
Muskegon Heights, MI
Muskegon, MI
Nashville, TN
New Haven, CT
New Windsor, MD
Newark, NJ
Newington, CT
North Charleston, SC
North Beach, MD
North Miami Beach, FL
Norton Shores, MI
Olathe,KS
Onancock, VA
Pensacola Beach, FL
Pikesville, MD
Pocomoke City, MD
Port Huron, MI
Portland, OR
Portsmouth, VA
Prince George's Co., MD
Providence, RI
Queens, NY
Racine, WI
Richmond, VA
Riverdale, MD
San Francisco, CA
Scranton, PA
Seat Pleasant, MD
Smyrna, DE
Snow Hill, MD
South Bend, IN
South Miami, FL
Spartanburg, SC
Spring Lake, MI
Springfield, MA
Sunny Isles Beach, FL
Tacoma, WA
Taneytown, MD
Taunton, MA
Union Bridge, MD
Washington, PA
Watertown, NY
Westfir, OR
Westminster, MD
Wildwoods, NJ
Wilkes-Barre, PA
Willoughby, OH
Winston-Salem, NC
Worcester County, MD
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1. Understanding of the Issues
Located immediately east of Key West, Stock Island is an important
community comprised of residential, commercial and marine -related
uses. Because of its location and access, the area is not highly
visible to tourists driving past it on their way to Key West. However,
the continued expansion of tourist -related development in Key West
is already beginning to affect the Stock Island community in the form
of recent development approvals. As the location of a large commu-
nity of affordable housing and a major center of commercial marine
uses, the future type, character, and quality of development are ma-
jor issues that must be addressed.
The change experienced at Key West Bight may offer some lessons.
The area has undergone substantial change over the past twenty-five
years. In 1975, the Bight was still home to the commercial shrimp
fishing fleet. By the late 80's, however, the shrimpers had moved to
Stock Island, priced out of the Bight as the demand for marina space
expanded. In response to the growing potential for private develop-
ment to overtake the Bight and eliminate public access to the water-
front, the City, with planning assistance from WRT, prepared a rede-
velopment plan for the Bight area. As a result of that planning effort,
the City, with the funding assistance from the Trust for Public Land,
acquired several key waterfront parcels. The outcome of the plan
and the series of land acquisitions was that an appropriate amount of
private development was allowed and, most importantly, public ac-
cess to the waterfront was also preserved. Moreover, while improve-
ments to the waterfront access have upgraded the quality of the pub-
lic spaces, the historic character of the "old" Bight has been re-
tained.
The current Monroe County planning effort has similar potential to
shape the future of Stock Island: to improve the public environment
and guide appropriate private development and redevelopment. Un-
like the Key West Bight area, however, which had already lost the
commercial marine fishing fleet when the redevelopment plan was
prepared, the plan for Safe Harbor provides a real opportunity to
address commercial fishing and marine uses; to determine how to
support those viable uses that exist, while allowing appropriate devel-
opment / redevelopment of underutilized properties.
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tial to define the character and quality of the public environment of
Mn.Stock Island - both on the Macdonald/Maloney Avenue and the 5th
r 1 1i Avenue corridors, as well as in relation to Safe Harbor and potential
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sion", or "look" desired for Stock Island. In the Key West Bight
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example that vision called for improving the quality of the area, while
at the same time retaining its unique character and quality that many
believe represent the "old" Key West. Similar issues pertain to Stock
_ = - Island: how to allow for change and improvement without destroying
the character and quality that make it a unique community.
The challenge of this planning effort is to understand the existing and
changing nature of the area and to guide that change for the better-
ment of the community. The following section of this submission
discusses our specific approach and tasks for accomplishing this
goal.
2. Preliminary Approach
Described in the following paragraphs is WRT's proposed approach
to the process of preparing the Stock Island Safe Harbor Preserva-
tion/RedevelopmentArea and Corridor Enhancement Plan. Through
the proposed process, consultant, staff, elected officials, stakehold-
ers and citizens will interact collaboratively, pinpointing issues, es-
tablishing a vision, posing strategic alternatives and policy choices,
and formulating development and redevelopment guidelines.
This process gives balanced attention to issues of function, design
and "place -making", market and economic opportunities, as well as
to issues of public acceptance and effective implementation. It also
invites public involvement and treats residents, property and busi-
ness owners, development interests, and citizens as partner stake-
holders. It is a process which will conceive a vision -inspired plan,
backed by a consensus of public opinion, and therefore capable of
being effectively implemented.
Following plan completion, the WRT team can make available a full
complement of skills and expertise necessary for effective drafting of
new codes and other implementation activities.
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Phase 1 - Project Parameters Definition
1.1 Project Kickoff
Over a 1-2 day period the consultant team will initiate project kickoff
activities. These will include an initial site tour and meetings with key
personnel to accomplish the following:
• Receive prior plans, studies and data
• Identify project milestones
• Identify key stakeholders
• Plan formation of a Stock Island Planning Advisory Committee
1.2 Review of Prior Plans, Studies and Data
In this task the consultant team will review and evaluate for sufficiency
base information assembled by County Planning staff concerning the
Stock Island project area and the surrounding context area, including
base mapping of present land uses, zoning, existing streets and utili-
ties, vehicular circulation, market and economic studies etc. In par-
ticular, The Chesapeake Group's background work on the Economic
Development Strategy prepared for the County will provide invaluable
information about market and economic potentials and needs of the
Stock Island community. During this task, any data gaps will be iden-
tified and timelines and responsibilities for supplementing existing in-
formation will be identified.
1.3 Stakeholders Interviews
Over a 2-day period, the consultant will meet individually or in small
focus groups with key stakeholders, including but not limited to area
property and business owners, marine/fishing industry representa-
tives, representatives of resident associations, current development
interests, elected and appointed officials, and others as may be iden-
tified. The purpose of the interviews is fourfold: First, to identify the
intentions/aspirations of study area property owners and business,
marine, and development interests regarding the future use of land
and facilities; second, to array interpretations and expectations for
the desired outcome of the Livable CommuniKeys Program as it per-
tains to Stock Island; third, to identify issues and variables for which
there will need to be focused consensus -building throughout the plan-
ning process and forth, to identify prospective members of a Stock
Island Planning Advisory Committee. Although not identified in the
RFP, we believe that the formation of a broadly representative group
of Stock Island stakeholders would be of great value in guiding con-
sensus on difficult policy choices and in ensuring ultimate citizen
"buy -in".
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1.4 Development Context Evaluation
The economic conditions in the Lower Keys are such to ensure on-
going redevelopment pressures on relatively underutilized areas such
as Stock Island. This task will document and diagram the status of all
existing, planned and proposed development / redevelopment activi-
ties on and in reasonable proximity to Stock Island, including new
developments, business closures or relocations, property assemblages,
etc. In addition linkage and scale factors, including walking and
driving distances along vehicular corridors; as well as activity land-
marks, neighborhood and commercial corridor edges and functional
relationships among existing and planned uses and activities in the
harbor / port area will be identified and diagrammed for use through-
out the planning process.
1.5 Existing Conditions Documentation: Site Development Op-
portunities and Constraints
This task will include a comprehensive inventory of existing physical,
functional and aesthethic conditions which will be the basis for defin-
ing specific development opportunities and constraints. These will
include, but may not be limited to the following:
Safe Harbor/Peninsula Port
- Existing uses and orientation (local population -serving, marine /
fishing industry, tourist -oriented, etc.)
- Activities / uses critical to commercial fishing industry
- Underutilized property / obsolescent uses
- Regulatory / environmental / functional constraints
-Waterfront visual character
- Existing and potential public waterfront access
Corridor Enhancement Areas
- Existing uses and orientation (local population -serving retail, whole-
sale/industrial, tourism, etc.)
- Physical condition assessment (building placement and orientation,
vehicular circulation, access management, pedestrian circulation,
landscape character and quality etc.)
-Aesthetic assessment (architectural and landscape character, iden-
tity features, neighborhood edge conditions, streetscape character,
etc.)
1.6 Development / Redevelopment Opportunities
While the above tasks seek to characterize the framework within which
new uses, activities may be introduced through redevelopment, this
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task will seek to better define specific development / redevelopment
opportunities. Based on input received from stakeholders, and from
the county -wide economic development strategy prepared by the
Chesapeake Group, a "palette" of prospective development compo-
nents will be identified, including but not limited to the following:
• Housing
• Complimentary Uses: local -serving retail, marine industrial /
service, tourist - related
• Boat slips / dry storage
• Waterfront / public access enhancements
1.8 Summary of Project Parameters
This task will include a summary working paper arraying the basic
parameters for the development and redevelopment of the Corridor
and Harbor components of the Stock island Plan
Phase 2 - Vision, Concepts and Strategies
2.1 Community Forum One
The first of two community forums will be facilitated with key stake-
holders and citizens to accomplish the following: First, to identify con-
sensus on a vision of what the corridors and Safe Harbor area should
be like; their mix of activities, scale and character; and Second, to
outline ideas for specific features such as design themes, focal land-
marks, public amenities and other site -specific features.
2.2 Vision
In this task the consultant will interpret and articulate stakeholder input
as a vision statement describing the intended transformation of the
corridors and harbor area. Specific reference will be made to the
intended socioeconomic characteristics, the scale, the mix and inten-
sity of activities, design character, array of amenities, and linkages
among adjacent functions and commercial and neighborhood dis-
tricts.
2.3 Concepts and Scenarios
In this task a series of concepts and development scenarios for spe-
cific program elements will be developed and sketched graphically.
Key variables to be explored will include:
Safe Harbor / Peninsular Port Area
• Redevelopment project site definition
• Potential property assemblage / acquisitions
• Siting of prospective new development
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• Vehicular, parking and pedestrian circulation enhancement
• Linkage elements
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• Pedestrian access improvements
• Auto circulation and parking enhancements
• Landscape enhancements
• Street furniture enhancements - benches, lighting, signage
etc.
• Building improvements - setbacks, massing, architectural
design, etc.
2.3 Preliminary Design Framework I Development Guidelines
While the concepts and scenarios in Task 2.3 present a menu of
potential components of the planned redevelopment of Stock Island,
the design framework will depict "how the pieces can be assembled"
to shape the character and identity of the place.
Using sketch and/or computer -generated imagery, aesthetic choices
will be depicted as a means of stimulating the imagination, generating
j public interest, and facilitating consensus about preferred planning
and design outcomes.
2.4 Community Forum Two
In this task a second community forum will be held to present the
Vision, and seek public input in refining the Concepts, Scenarios and
the Preliminary Design Framework.
Phase 3 - Plan Document
The Stock Island Harbor Preservation / Redevelopment and Corridor
Enhancement Plan will be prepared in draft and final form to include
the following components:
• Illustrative Plan - A color rendered site plan depicting the
conceptual future arrangement of land use patterns, buildings,
streets and streetscape elements, public uses, open spaces and
waterfront enhancements. In addition, sketch vignettes will depict
the intended design character of the corridors and harbor areas.
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• Conceptual Development Program -A conceptual identifi-
cation of the types, quantities and placement of new uses which
may include redeveloped / infill housing, local -serving retail, tour-
ist -related uses, marine/fishing industry -related uses, additional
boat slips / dry storage, etc.
• Design Guidelines and Regulatory Framework- Descrip-
tions and depictions of guidelines pertaining to building place-
ment and orientation, architectural and landscape character,
streetscape, lighting and signage, "thematic" elements, and pub-
lic open space and waterfront access opportunities. In addition
the structure for the implementation of the design guidelines
through zoning overlay districts or other regulatory means will be
addressed.
• Implementation Strategy - A series of "next steps" will be
identified which will outline additional tasks that will need to be
undertaken after completion of this planning process in order to
implement the recommendations of the study. These next steps
may include the following:
— Capital Improvement Program, identifying specific property
acquisitions, streetscape enhancements or other public invest-
ments
— Specific redevelopment project definition
— Zoning / Land Development Regulation modifications
— Detailed landscape / streetscape enhancement plans
— Community Redevelopment Plan / Finding of Necessity
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3. WRT Project Management
Effective project management will be essential to carrying out the
planning and design process in a timely manner that meets the pre-
liminary timeframes outlined in the RFR To ensure time -effective-
ness and appropriate staffing levels, WRT undertakes projects using
the Project Manager form of organization. In this organization, every
project is assigned a Professional -in -charge (PIC), typically one of
the firm's principals, who is responsible for the overall project quality,
production and organization. The Professional -in -charge is assisted
by a Project Manager, who is responsible for the day to day work on
the project, and coordination with subconsultants and the client's
project manager. The PIC for this assignment will beAlyn Pruett. The
project manager will be Silvia Vargas. Work will be performed prima-
rily from WRT's fully staffed Coral Gables office, which is located
about two hours from Marathon and about three from Stock Island,
by car. If necessitated by the demands of the project, the Project
Manager has the authority to call upon additional resources from the
firm's multidisciplinary staff of over 150 professionals.
The PIC and Project Manager can also be assisted by other princi-
pals as may be required for a particular assignment. On this assign-
ment, Gerald Marston will act as Consulting Principal, not only pro-
viding support to the PIC and project manager to keep the projects
moving on schedule, but also participating as a professional resource
on urban design/corridor design issues.
The WRT Quality Assurance
WRT's Quality Assurance Plan process for quality control involves
both systematic procedures and common sense. Paramount to the
process is continuing communication with the client, sub -consultants,
and the in-house project team. This will ensure that the work is pro-
ceeding according to the scope and schedule and in compliance with
all instructions, regulations and codes. Client communication takes
the form of on -site discussion, telephone conversations, workshops,
and e-mail messages or faxes to all client/team members apprising
them of relevant conversations and decisions immediately after they
occur.
At the beginning of each project, the WRT PIC and Project Manager,
as well as their sub -consultants, will reduce the scope of work to a
series of specific tasks. These tasks are evaluated in the following
ways: previous experience with similar tasks; availability of data and
level of effort required to satisfy data collection/development; effort
Project Approach B-8
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and time required to process and evaluate the data and perform the
task; interface requirements with client and sub -consultants; and po-
tential time delays and revisions. Also important is the relevance of
j the task to the decision process.
I
The tasks are then prioritized in a critical path format, with scheduling
and staffing resources assigned to each task. This information is
typically input to a spreadsheet with specific individuals and hours
assigned to each task of the contract. Progress and quality reviews
are systematically scheduled for internal checks as well as client re-
view periods.
At WRT, document review is a Principal -level requirement. All infor-
mation, including sub -consultant products, flows through the assigned
Professional -in -Charge and the Project Manager. WRT is also re-
sponsible for scope refinement, establishing and maintaining sched-
ules and budgets, continued client liaison, staffing, consultant coordi-
nation, and management of all work tasks.
Project Approach
B-9
Additional Information
DRUG -FREE WORKPLACE FORM
The undersigned vendor in accordance with Florida Statute 287.087 hereby certifies that:
wallaf-A A
(Name of Business)
1. Publish a statement notifying employees that the unlawful manufacture, distribution, dispensing,
possession, or use of a controlled substance is prohibited in the workplace and specifying the actions that will
be taken against employees for violations of such prohibition.
2. Inform employees about the dangers of drug abuse in the workplace, the business's policy of maintaining
a drug -free workplace, any available drug counseling, rehabilitation, and employee assistance programs, and
the penalties that may be imposed upon employees for drug abuse violations.
3. Give each employee engaged in providing the commodities or contractual services that are under bid a
copy of the statement specified in subsection (1).
4. In the statement specified in subsection (1), notify the employees that, as a condition of working on the
commodities or contractual services that are under bid, the employee will abide by the terms of the statement
and will notify the employer of any conviction of, or plea of guilty or nolo contendere to, any violation of
Chapter 893 (Florida Statutes) or of any controlled substance law of the United States or any state, for a
violation occurring in the workplace no later than five (5) days after such conviction.
5. Impose a sanction on, or require the satisfactory participation in a drug abuse assistance or rehabilitation
program if such is available in the employee's community, or any employee who is so convicted.
6. Make a good faith effort to continue to maintain a drug -free workplace through implementation of this
section.
As the person authorized to sign the statement, 1 certify that this firm complies fully with the above
requirements.
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Bidder's Signature
ng,12, Or
Date
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NON -COLLUSION AFFIDAVIT
� I yn Pruett of the city
of pgMi ami, 'FT, according to law on my oath, and under penalty of
perjury, depose and say that;
1) I am a P r i n rr iT a i o f WR T,, T.T.r , the bidder making the Proposal
for the project described as follows:
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES TO PREPARE A HARBOR
PRESERVATIONIREDEVELOPMENT AREA AND A CORRIDOR ENHANCEMENT
PLAN FOR STOCK ISLAND IN THE FLORIDA KEYS
2) The prices in this bid have been arrived at independently without collusion, consultation,
communication or agreement for the purpose of restricting competition, as to any matter relating to such
prices with any other bidder or with any competitor;
3) Unless otherwise required by law, the prices which have been quoted in this bid have not been
knowingly disclosed by the bidder and will not knowingly be disclosed by the bidder prior to bid
opening, directly or indirectly, to any other bidder or to any competitor; and
4) No attempt has been made or will be made by the bidder to induce any other person,
partnership or corporation to submit, or not to submit, a bid for the purpose of restricting competition;
5) The statements contained in this affidavit are true and correct, and made with full knowledge
that Monroe County relies upon the truth of the statements contained in this affidavit in awarding
contracts for said project.
STATE OF P 1 n r i ri a
(Signature ofWilder)
COUNTY OF nR; am; _TlarlP 08 , �Z•
DATE
PERSONALLY APPEARED BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority,
who, after first being sworn by me, (name of individual
signing) affixed his/her signature in the space provided above on this
day of 20 C,
`J
tiOTARY PUBLIC
My commission expires: =� i
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DAMARYS DE LA TORRE
Notary public - State of Florida
.=my corartrsiion Expires Feb tt, 200T
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9ptdad Nuional Nttfatry Asm
SWORN STATEMENT UNDER ORDINANCE NO. 10-1990
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
ETHICS CLAUSE
—�zaI j a a- Reber wants that ht6has not employed, retained
or otherwise had act on his5behalf any former County officer or employee in violation of
Section 2 of Ordinance No. 10-1990 or any County officer or employee in violation of
Section 3 of Ordinance No. 10-1990. For breach or violation of this provision the County
may, in its discretion, terminate this contract without liability and may also, in its discretion,
deduct from the contract or purchase price, or otherwise recover, the full amount of any fee,
commission, percentage, gift, or consideration paid to the former County officer or employee.
Cam.-4422., A44
(signature)
Date: 40 . /7, 0 3
STATE OF Florida
COUNTY OF M; am; _pade
PERSONALLY APPEARED BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority,
who, after first being sworn by me, affixed his/her
i
signature (name of individual signing) in the space provided above on this `� 1 day of
r '_�!� �► - [ t f'�__ My commission expires:
NOSY PUBLIC
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•.., DAMkWS OE LA TORRE
�£ Ncun vuer� - state a Ftoride
w to I MY C 1111ni ion Expires Feb 11. 2007
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