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Atkins | Stone Mountain CID <br />Planning and Urban Design | 3-18 <br />Atkins | City of Sunny Isles Beach, RFQ No. 12-04-020006.027944.0512 <br />Harry Belton, RLA <br />Corridor Planning, Transportation Planning, Parking Studies <br />Harry Belton has 29 years of landscape architecture experience in the south Florida area. <br />During this time, he has been responsible for providing a wide range of landscape architecture <br />services on a variety of projects. This experience includes commercial development of retail <br />space, offi ces, and hotels; urban renewal projects; government facilities design; transit projects; <br />streetscape designs; and highway landscape, as well as the layout and design of parks and <br />recreational facilities, coastal and waterside parks, landfi ll conversions, and greenway and trail <br />systems. <br />Mr. Belton’s project experience includes: <br />Sawgrass Expressway Highway Beautifi cation, City of Coconut Creek, FL. Mr. Belton <br />served as senior landscape architect for this project that involved the preparation of a complete <br />Florida Highway Beautifi cation Grant application package for the landscaping and irrigation of <br />1.25 miles of the Sawgrass Expressway. The design successfully combines a buffer to residential <br />areas with beautifi cation of the expressway’s north terminus toll plaza using a naturalistic <br />planting of South Florida native plant material. <br />NE 4th Street Pedestrian Promenade, Miami, FL. As lead landscape architect, Mr. Belton <br />worked with Miami-Dade College and the City of Miami to reconfi gure a city street doubling <br />the amount of pedestrian space available for students at the downtown Wolfson Campus. <br />Also included was the addition of street trees, upgraded lighting, and street furnishings. The <br />improved pedestrian circulation also facilitated improved use of the Metromover station located <br />in the project area. <br />Gateway Boulevard (Seacrest Boulevard to Federal Highway), Boynton Beach, FL. Mr. <br />Belton served as senior landscape architect for this project that included a street widening that <br />was effectively used as a redevelopment project of a city-linking corridor. Also included was <br />the development of neighborhood identity and congruity through the use of improvements to <br />pedestrian systems, landscaping, and architectural features. <br />Boca Raton Downtown Redevelopment, Boca Raton, FL. Mr. Belton was involved in the <br />design of hardscape and landscape features for the right-of-way (ROW) improvements for <br />a downtown community redevelopment agency (CRA) district. The project included Florida <br />East Coast (FEC) railroad ROW easements for landscape and parking enhancements. Special <br />pavements and plant materials were used to further the city’s special and historically opulent <br />aesthetic. <br />City of Oakland Park Downtown Renaissance Program, Oakland Park, FL. Mr .Belton <br />provided landscape architectural review for this project, which included review and support <br />services for the redevelopment of 16 blocks of downtown streets, sidewalks, and public spaces, <br />as well as the landscaping of high-profi le transit corridors and over six municipal parks. <br />65th Infantry Veteran’s Park Master Plan, Osceola County, FL. Mr. Belton served as senior <br />landscape architect and provided master planning services that included: two conceptual plans, <br />a fi nal master plan, two public meetings, and a cost estimate. The park is envisioned to be an <br />“extension of your backyard” for the neighbors who live adjacent to the property, yet serve all <br />the residents in this densely populated area of the county. The park will take advantage of the <br />existing topography remaining from the golf course by having an extensive trail system that <br />meanders throughout the site and along the existing water bodies. Other site amenities will <br />include a playground, community garden, picnic areas and shade pavilions, an exercise course, <br />Frisbee golf course, fi shing dock, and open space. <br />Education <br />B.L.A., Landscape <br />Architecture, Louisiana State <br />University <br />Registrations/Licenses <br />Registered Landscape <br />Architect <br />Florida LA0000900, 1983 <br />Professional Affi liations <br />American Society of <br />Landscape Architects (ASLA) <br />Broward Section Chair <br />Florida Urban Forestry Council