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SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS <br />Silvia is a professional planner with vast experience throughout the U.S. and abroad. After starting <br />as a public sector planner in the Florida Keys, Silvia’s subsequent private practice spans planning <br />projects at every scale, in urban, suburban and rural contexts. She has directed some 24 region- <br />wide, county, and municipal comprehensive plans, many of which have received national or state <br />awards for planning excellence from APA and other professional organizations. Silvia has also <br />led numerous community visioning processes, parks and open space plans, regulatory codes <br />and design standards, university campus master plans, community revitalization processes, and <br />placemaking initiatives. Silvia is a skilled Project Manager and an imaginative and dynamic facilitator <br />who specializes in designing and executing creative public engagement processes. Her background <br />and experience give her great competence and sensitivity toward the challenges of collaborating with <br />diverse stakeholders in the planning process. <br />SELECT COMMUNITY PLANNING EXPERIENCE <br />Land Use Plan, Major Street Plan and Ordinance Update, City of Mobile, AL. Silvia assisted the <br />City of Mobile in updating the City's Future Land Use Map and the Major Street Plan, which provides <br />guidance for right-of-way dedication during subdivision and rezoning approval processes. Neither <br />document had been replaced in almost 50 years and had only be amended in piece-meal fashion. <br />The update process involved a series of interactive technical agency and stakeholder engagements <br />designed to (1) ascertain the alignment of current plans and policies with Map for Mobile; (2) <br />identify investment and capital priorities; and (3) formulate a long-term land use pattern and linked <br />transportation network to help the City meet the Map for Mobile mandate, while informing the zoning <br />and LDR update. Leveraging input received from the engagement activities, Silvia worked with the <br />consultant team to develop new or revise existing zoning districts and development regulations, <br />consistent with the new FLUM and MSP. (Facilitator/Professional in Charge while at SEVPC) <br />Comprehensive Plan and LDC Analysis, Winter Park, FL. Silvia reviewed the effect of existing <br />policies and regulations on the City’s economic vitality. Aside from specific plan and code issues that <br />the City could solve, the review revealed an absence of consensus on community vision and clear <br />long-term economic development goals. Silvia recommended that the City engage in a community- <br />wide visioning process, which the City has done since. (Professional in Charge while working for <br />another company.) <br />Plan Houston, Houston, TX. Silvia was a Project Manager and policy planner on the consulting team <br />which developed Plan Houston —the first general plan for the City of Houston. Plan Houston is an <br />ambitious effort to take over 150 existing visions, plans, studies and strategies previously created <br />by different city departments and organizations from all aspects of the community and weave them <br />into one cohesive citywide vision and a set of clear policy directives to guide Houston’s future. <br />Developed through a nontraditional planning process, Plan Houston has been effective in bringing <br />community partners together to envision the future. The collaborative approach will align existing city <br />plans and policies, improve intra-departmental communication, and increase operational efficiency. <br />(Professional in Charge while at WRT) <br />PlanLafayette, Lafayette Parish and City of Lafayette, LA. Silvia served as Project Manager <br />for an ambitious community planning initiative in Lafayette Parish. PlanLafayette aligns land use, <br />transportation and utility planning through the Future Land Use Map in order to consume less land, <br />reduce the cost of service provision, and encourage more livable development patterns. Simultaneously <br />with the comprehensive plan process, Silvia led the preparation of complementary district-scale <br />plans to implement specific policies of PlanLafayette for downtown Lafayette and several small areas <br />around the city, as well as a new Unified Development Code, a capital improvement plan, and training <br />materials for a new citizen leadership and neighborhood planning program. (Role: Professional in <br />Charge while at WRT) <br />Silvia E. Vargas, FAICP, LEED AP <br />Principal Planner <br />YEARS OF EXPERIENCE <br />28+ <br />YEARS WITH THE FIRM <br />3.5 <br />EDUCATION <br />Master of Urban Planning, <br />University of Kansas (1993) <br />Bachelor of Arts, <br />Architectural Studies, <br />University of Kansas (1991) <br />CERTIFICATIONS AND <br />LICENSES <br />American Institute of <br />Certified Planners (AICP) <br />No. 087875 <br />LEED Accredited <br />Professional (Legacy) <br />PROFESSIONAL <br />AFFILIATIONS <br />American Planning <br />Associates (APA) <br />Urban Land Institute (ULI) <br />ULI Women's Leadership <br />Initiative (WLI) <br />U.S. Green Building Council <br />(USGBC) <br />HONORS <br />Fellow of the American <br />Institute of Certified Planners <br />(AICP), Class of 2020 <br />Distinguished Alumna, <br />University of Kansas School <br />of Architecture and Design, <br />Class of 2017 <br />104