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Work Experience
1986-Present
Principal Planner
Pedersen Planning Consultants
Volcano, Hawaii (1986-94); Encampment, Wyoming
(1994-2010); Granby, Colorado (2010-2018); Keaau, Hawaii
(2018-Present)
1985-86
Project Manager/Senior Planner
Barrett Consulting Group, Inc.
Honolulu, Hawaii
1982-84
Senior Development Planner
Louis Berger and Associates
Anchorage, Alaska
1979-82
Project Manager/Senior Project Engineer
Holmes and Narver, Inc.
Orange, California and Anchorage, Alaska
1977-79
Senior Planner
American Samoa Government
Development Planning Office
Pago Pago, American Samoa
1976-77
Principal Planner/Partner
Resource Planning
Hilo, Hawaii
1972-76
Project Manager/Project Planner
Neighbor Island Consultants
Hilo, Hawaii
1970-72
Social-Environmental Analyst
Koebig & Koebig Hawaii
Honolulu, Hawaii
Education
University of Alaska, Anchorage, Alaska
Graduate Studies, Planning, 1980-82
Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, Washington
B.A., Political Science, 1970
St. John’s College, Winfield,
Kansas
AA, Business Administration, 1968
Professional Affiliations
Member, American Planning Association
Member, APA,
Colorado Chapter
Community
Interests
Elected Board Member,
SilverCreek Water &
Sanitation District Board, Granby, Colorado |
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Relevant
Experience
Jim Pedersen is the
principal planner of Pedersen Planning Consultants (PPC). As
principal planner, Pedersen is the project manager for most of the
projects completed by PPC. In addition, he also participates
significantly in the performance of specific technical project tasks
and related project coordination.
Pedersen has over 40
years of community and regional planning experience. He has managed, participated, and
authored a wide variety of regional and community land use,
transportation, water, sewer infrastructure, economic development,
and natural resource management plans, and various feasibility
studies. He has served in both private and public planning
capacities and completed short to long-term project assignments in
Wyoming, Colorado, Alaska, Hawaii, American Samoa, Federated States
of Micronesia, Republic of the Marshall Islands, and Republic of
Palau.
Pedersen’s regional
planning experience has included his management and participation of
land use plans for Carbon County and Johnson County, Wyoming, as
well as Tualauta County in the U.S.Territory of American Samoa. He
has also managed and prepared housing master plans for Park County,
Campbell County, Hot Springs County, Sweetwater County, Wyoming.
Other regional planning experience has been associated with his
preparation of economic development plans for Carbon and Sweetwater
County, Wyoming, the U.S Territory of American Samoa, the State of
Chuuk and State of Pohnpei in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM),
and the Republic of the Marshall Islands. He has also participated
regional water and wastewater master plans in northeast Wyoming, as
well as the Republic of Palau and the U.S. Territory of American
Samoa. Pedersen also managed a statewide child care assessment for
all 23 counties in the State of Wyoming.
In terms of
community planning, Pedersen has managed and/or participated in the
completion of several municipal master plans for the Wyoming
communities of Afton, Alpine, Burlington, Douglas, Encampment,
Frannie, Granger, Star Valley Ranch, Thayne, and Wright, as well as
the City of Yuma and Town of Walden, Colorado. These plans involved his analysis of
demographic, economic and land use trends, water, sewer and energy
infrastructure, local road networks, and community services. With
these analyses, he also prepared community development strategies
concerning the type and location of future land uses, economic
development, water and wastewater systems, road networks, child care
and long term care facilities, emergency services, recreational
facilities and community trails, and other municipal facilities.
His transportation
planning experience has primarily focused upon master plans for
commercial ports. Pedersen has participated in the preparation of
commercial port master plans for the Republic of the Marshall
Islands, the Ports of Pohnpei and Chuuk in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), and a
commercial dock facility in the State of Kosrae, FSM. Pedersen has
examined airport and local road network needs as part of an overall
facility management and development plan for the State of Chuuk, FSM.
He also completed a transportation study of the a four-county region
in north central Wyoming that focused upon factors influencing
commercial truck traffic, as well as recommended actions that would
stimulate increase commercial truck operations in the region and
enhance regional economic development
Pedersen has
conducted feasibility studies for various public and private
investment projects such as alfalfa processing facilities, community
centers and child care centers. These studies examined potential
markets, capital, operation and maintenance requirements and costs,
as well as the preparation of cash flow analyses.
Pedersen’s
environmental planning experience has included his preparation of a
watershed protection plan for the U.S. Territory of American Samoa
that analyzed resource management issues and developed strategies
for future resource management. He has also completed environmental
assessment and impact statements for a wide variety of public and
private investment projects.
Pedersen has
extensive experience associated with community involvement programs
that represent an important component of almost every community
master plan completed by the firm. He regularly facilitates
discussions of land use issues and community development with
elected officials and community leaders, the general public, small
business and industry representatives, utility managers, and other
stakeholders. Pedersen has developed a variety of effective
techniques for encouraging substantive community input and the
integration of community concerns, insights, recommendations, and
priorities to plan recommendations. |