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Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer <br />F. FIRM REFERENCES & SIMILAR WORK COMPLETED <br />City of Sunny Isles Beach | RFQ No. 16-12-01 <br />Professional Planning and Zoning Consulting Services, <br />including Civil and Traffic Engineering <br />Printed <br /> on <br />paper <br />15 <br />1.888.367.4400 | www.johnsonengineering.com <br /> <br />Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer <br />Laura is the director of the firm’s planning and landscape architecture group. She joined Johnson <br />Engineering in 2004 to lead the planning services in the firm’s Collier County office. Laura manages <br />projects that involve development feasibility and due diligence studies, governmental coordination, <br />preparation and presentation of land use and zoning applications, site planning, master planning, and <br />design. She has 18 years of professional experience in the planning field, in both the public and private <br />sector. Prior to joining Johnson Engineering, Laura served five years as a planner for the City of Naples. <br /> <br />Relevant Experience <br />¬ Lee County General Planning Services - Provide continuing professional planning services <br />to Lee County, including management of analysis and expert planning services to determine <br />development feasibility options for property impacted by expansion of right-of-way for the <br />Plantation Road/Crystal Drive Round-about. <br />¬ Lee County Port Authority - Provide continuing services as the Port Authority’s primary <br />planning service provider, including rezoning of Page Field Airport Operations Planned <br />Development and Comprehensive Plan Amendment for SWFIA to facilitate demand-based <br /> Non-Aviation Support development in compliance with local codes and FAA regulations. <br />¬ Fort Myers Community Redevelopment Agency - Provide professional planning services <br />including Cleveland Avenue Land Development Code Amendments and public <br />involvement coordination to establish new Overlay Code to encourage lot assembly, <br />promote mix of uses, and incentivize pedestrian realm improvements along the Cleveland <br />Avenue Corridor within the City’s Redevelopment Area boundary. <br />¬ Fort Myers 2010 Downtown Plan, Acquest/City of Fort Myers - Provided planning <br />support through the adoption of the 2010 Riverfront Development Plan and amendment <br />creating the 2010 Downtown Plan including re-drafting and re-mapping for the area north <br />of Bay Street and between the two US 41 bridges. Services included preparation of TMDL <br />grant and State Revolving Fund loan applications that resulted in award of $768,164. <br />¬ Fort Myers Public Works Facilities Master Plan - Provide professional planning services <br />to evaluate future Public Works facility needs at the City of Fort Myers’ facilities campus <br />upon an assumed build-out condition with an anticipated City population estimated to be <br />90,000 residents in 2030. Four alternative land plans were generated to accommodate the <br />future spatial needs for the facilities across approximately 60 acres. The final Facility Plan <br />report summarized the facility inventory and interviews, plan options, and future permitting <br />considerations. <br />¬ Hendry County General Planning Services - Provide continuing professional planning <br />services, including preparation of Evaluation and Appraisal Report based Amendments for <br />the Conservation Element, Infrastructure Element, and Housing Element of Hendry <br />County’s Comprehensive Plan. Also provided planning and GIS support to evaluate the <br />impact of proposed density and intensity provisions for the 579-acre Oxbow Community. <br />¬ Collier Metropolitan Planning Organization Planning Services - Provide continuing <br />professional planning services to the Collier MPO to support walkable community <br />improvements. We coordinated with community stakeholders and performed existing <br />conditions inventory with GIS documentation of all existing pedestrian facilities, destinations <br />with ¼ walkability buffers, transit facilities, and crash data for the 2013 Naples Park <br />Walkable Community Study. Also coordinated qualitative survey and recommendations for <br />the 2014 Collier MPO Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Study. <br />¬ Collier County Coastal Zone Management, Collier County - Managed and prepared <br />feasibility studies and conceptual design to determine planning, zoning, engineering, parking <br />and site design constraints for three proposed park projects for Collier County Coastal <br />Zone Management including Clam Pass Improvements, Conner Park Improvements, and <br />Bayview Park Overflow Parking; and assisted with a Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance <br />Variance petition for Bluebill Beach Access and Facilities. <br />¬ Bayshore Gateway Triangle CRA, Collier County - Managed and prepared feasibility, <br />design and amenity concepts and alternatives for the Triangle Stormwater Pond Pathway, <br />including presentation to community groups for public input to support application for <br />recreational trail grant funding. <br />¬ Collier County School District, Collier County - Managed and prepared feasibility studies <br />and consistency review applications to determine facility planning, zoning, engineering and <br />site design constraints for five proposed school and bus facility sites for Collier County <br />School District including School JJ in East Naples, School EEE in Golden Gate Estates, <br />Immokalee Career and Service Center site, Immokalee Tradeport site, S.R. 29 site, and <br /> Section 25 site near Immokalee. <br />LAURA DEJOHN, AICP <br />Director of Planning & Landscape Architecture <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />ldejohn@johnsoneng.com <br />239.280.4331 <br /> <br />Years Experience <br />18 years <br /> <br />Education/Training <br />Master of Planning (1998), <br />University of Virginia <br /> <br />Bachelor of City Planning (1997), <br />University of Virginia <br /> <br />Professional Affiliations <br />American Planning <br /> Association Member <br /> <br />Urban Land Institute Member <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />