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Home My WebLink AboutSubmittal-Resume-Mark AlvarezMARK ALVAREZ LAND PLANNER, TRANSPORTATION PLANNER tel: 305-756-0714 cell: 786-208-6655 e-mail: malvares@bellsouth.net EDUCATION Master of Science, Civil Engineering, Ohio State University, 1990 Master of City and Regional Planning, Ohio State University, 1990 Bachelor of Science, Operations Management, Ohio State University, 1988 p. 1 of 3 Feb 2008 COMMUNITY SERVICE City of Miami Upper Eastside Council Boulevard Oversight Committee, 2004 City of Miami Beach Transportation and Parking Committee, Commission Appointee, 1998-1999 City of Miami Beach Traffic Calming Committee, Chairperson, 1999 PROFESSIONAL TRAINING Awarded certification to American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP), 1996 (AICP #086841) Pedestrian Safety Training Program, Florida Department of Transportation, 1993 Collaborative Neighborhood Planning Dispute Resolution Workshop, Florida Growth Management Conflict Resolution Consortium, 1993 EXPERIENCE SPECIFIC PROJECTS LISTED IN ATTACHMENT A PRINCIPAL, MERIDIAN CONSULTING MIAMI, FLORIDA 1998 - PRESENT Mr. Alvarez as a sole practitioner, provides planning services to public entities and private interests, in a range of concentrations related to land use and development and transportation planning. Areas of concentration are: • Comprehensive Planning • Community Redevelopment (CRA) • Site Planning and Review • As -of -Right Development Analysis • Impact Analysis • Right -of -Way Vacation and Abandonment • Capital Improvement Programming • Transportation Planning • Transit Planning • Parking Analysis • Expert Witness SUBMITTED INTO THE PUBLIC RECORD FOR ITEM /.5/ON saaoR . LEHMAN CENTER FOR TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH (LCTR) FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY MIAMI, FLORIDA 2007-2008 As a sub -consultant to LCTR, Mr. Alvarez is working in areas of applied research in transit planning, transportation and land use relationships, and transportation demand management. He is the principal investigator (PI) or participated in the following efforts: • South Dade Busway Transit Park -and -Ride and Feeder (PI) • Village of Pinecrest South Dixie Highway (US-1) Intersection Study O - OO 1 & r -- LDLI;r; ::14:L,-- resume - C l ictr- 6 MARK ALVAREZ p. z of 3 LAND PLANNER, TRANSPORTATION PLANNER tel: 305-756-0714 cell: 786-208-6655 e-mail: malvares@bellsouth.net Feb 2008 SENIOR RESEARCH ASSOCIATE CENTER FOR URBAN TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH (CUTR) UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA TAMPA, FLORIDA 2003-2007 As a visiting research faculty member, Mr. Alvarez is working in areas of applied research in transit planning, transportation and land use relationships, and transportation demand management. He was the principal investigator (PI) or participated on the following major projects: • Coastal Communities Transit Plan (PI) • Transit System Subsidy Policy Analysis (PI) • College Pass Fare Analysis • Commission District 13 Transit Needs Study (PI) • Comprehensive Bus Operations Analysis (PI) • Zone Fares Peer Review Analysis • Transit Service Standards Analysis GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION, CITY OF MIAMI BEACH MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA 1999-2003 While Principal of Meridian Consulting, Mr. Alvarez was also engaged in an adjunct capacity with the City of Miami Beach, initially to conduct an exhaustive community involvement program, and develop the program of the the street-scape component of the City's $92-million general obligation bond (GOB). All three questions (fire safety, parks improvements, neighborhood street-scape improvements) of the GOB were voted for and approved in November 1999. After the GOB was approved, Mr. Alvarez continued to provide services to the City to implement the improvements by on -going coordination with the City's $480-million Capital Improvement Program. He has developed cost models for project phases, cost components, and schedules with the City's program management consultants for street-scape work coordinated with drainage improvements, water infrastructure rehabilitation, waste water line rehabilitation, shoreline rehabilitation, parks and other capital improvements. SENIOR PLANNER, THE CORRADINO GROUP MIAMI, FLORIDA i 993.1998 As senior planner at The Corradino Group (TCG), Mr. Alvarez led the community planning, land use, and transportation planning projects for TCG. He was responsible as project manager for the technical coordination, data collection and analysis, community input, final recommendations, and presentations for projects with public -sector clients in multiple concentrations including: • Comprehensive Planning • Community Redevelopment (CRA) • Right -of -Way Development • Transportation Planning • Transit Planning Submitted into the public record in connection with item PZ.15 on 05-22-08 Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk MARK ALVAREZ p. s of 3 LAND PLANNER, TRANSPORTATION PLANNER tel: 305-756-0714 cell: 786-208-6655 e-mail: malvares@bellsouth.net Feb 2008 REGIONAL PLANNER, SOUTH FLORIDA REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL HOLLYWOOD, FLORIDA 1992-1993 As Regional Planner for the South Florida Regional Planning Council, Mr. Alvarez was responsible for a variety of regional and transportation planning assignments, including updating the transportation element of the Strategic Regional Policy Plan (SRPP), evaluating local comprehensive plan amendments, staffing the Technical Advisory Committee of the Fort Lauderdale Airport Expansion, performing a regional Hurricane Evacuation Study, and assessing airport and seaport growth in the Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach Counties for a regional economic analysis. In addition, Mr. Alvarez was project manager for the inception of the US Department of Energy, and Florida Department of Community Affairs Clean Cities Program in the South Florida Region. TRANSPORTATION ENGINEER INTERN, BURGESS NIPLE, LTD. COLUMBUS, OHIO 1992 As Transportation Engineer Intern, Mr. Alvarez performed data collection and technical analysis for the Ohio State University and Medical Center People Mover Feasibility Study. He developed a ridership model, and performed forecasts for various alignments, station locations, and operational alternatives, for a proposed 2.05-mile automated -guideway light rail on a 1,700-acre campus of with 80,000 students and employees. ENGINEERING AID, ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION (SAIC) COLUMBUS, OHIO 1988-1992 At the Environmental Systems Engineering Division of Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), Mr. Alvarez performed technical analysis, on -site field work, and community relations activities for environmental remediation projects at Department of Energy (DOE) and Department of Defense (DOD) sites at: Fernald, Ohio; Portsmouth, Ohio; Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio; and the Y-12 Nuclear Feed Material Plant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Mr. Alvarez also developed and administered a Computer Services, Technical Graphics and Drafting Services Center for the Environmental Systems Engineering Division, and the Risk Management and Engineering Division of SAIC Columbus offices. PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS • Using Ridecheck and Survey Results to Formulate CBOA Recommendations for Miami Dade Transit: American Public Transportation Association, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2005 • Intermodal Trends in the Miami Urbanized Area: Changes Over a Decade and Emerging Trends: American Public Transportation Association, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 2004 Submitted into the public record in connection with item PZ.15 on 05-22-08 Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk MARK ALVAREZ LAND PLANNER, TRANSPORTATION PLANNER RESUME ATTACHMENT A tel: 305-756-0714 cell: 786-208-6655 e-mail: malvares@bellsouth.net ATTACHMENT A: PROJECT LIST p. 1 of 5 Feb 2008 COMPREHENSIVE AND COMMUNITY PLANNING • City of North Miami Beach Comprehensive Plan land use amendments review for NMB Coalition North Miami Beach, Florida, 2006-2007 • Riviera Neighborhood Vision Plan, review for Riviera Neighborhood Association, Coral Gables, Florida, 2006 • Town of Bay Harbor Islands Comprehensive Plan land Use amendments review for BHI Civic Association; Bay Harbor Islands, Florida, 2002 • City of Sunny Isles Beach Comprehensive Plan; Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, 2000 • City of Plantation Comprehensive Plan — Transportation Element; Plantation, Florida, 1999 • Port of Miami Master Development Plan — Transportation Element; Miami, Florida, 1999 • Foss Waterway Strategic Plan, Tacoma; Washington, 1998 • Downtown Racine Comprehensive Planning Study; Racine, Wisconsin, 1998 • Coconut Grove Planning Study for the City of Miami; 1996 COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT • Finding of Necessity, land use, existing conditions sections, for proposed Community Redevelopment Area in the four (4) areas in Miami -Dade County, Florida 2005 - Goulds - West Perrine - Metro Zoo, and - North Biscayne • North Miami Beach Proud Neighborhoods GO Bond Program public information; City of North Miami Beach, 2002 • City of Sunny Isles Beach Comprehensive Plan; Sunny Isles, Florida, 2000 • Miami Beach General Obligation Bond Development Program; Miami Beach, Florida, 1999 • City of Plantation Comprehensive Plan; Plantation, Florida, 1999 • Port of Miami Master Development Plan — Transportation Element; Miami, Florida, 1999 • Foss Waterway Strategic Plan, Tacoma; Washington, 1998 • Downtown Racine Comprehensive Planning Study; Racine, Wisconsin, 1998 • Miami Beach Housing Authority Application for New Approach Anti -Drug Program; Miami Beach, Florida, 1998 • Fort Walton Beach Community Redevelopment Plan Update (City of Fort Walton Beach, Okaloosa County); 1996 (Carr -Smith Corradino) • Omni Area Redevelopment Plan for the Performing Arts Center (Downtown Development Authority, Miami), 1996 (Carr -Smith Corradino) Submitted into the public record in connection with item PZ.15 on 05-22-08 Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk MARK ALVAREZ LAND PLANNER, TRANSPORTATION PLANNER RESUME ATTACHMENT A tel: 305-756-0714 cell: 786-208-6655 e-mail: malvares@bellsouth.net p. 2 of 5 Feb 2008 TRANSPORTATION • Pinecrest & South Dixie Highway (US-1) Intersection Study, Village of Pinecrest, Florida 2007-8 • Guard Gate Analysis / Queuing Analysis, Mauna Lani, Hawaii, 2007 • Trip Generation and Traffic Impacts of Mercy Hospital Redevelopment, Miami, Florida, 2006 • Traffic Impacts of 3-block mixed -use development in the downtown Hometown District, South Miami, Florida, 2005 • Traffic Calming Plan for the North Grove Neighborhood in Coconut Grove, Miami, Florida, 2003 • Sunny Isles Beach Boulevard Redevelopment Plan Transportation Alternatives; City of Sunny Isles Beach, FI., 2001 • Miami Beach Municipal Mobility Plan (City of Miami Beach); 1998 • Downtown Market Plan, Transportation Components, Tacoma; Washington, 1998 • Miami Design District & Little Haiti Charrette, Transportation Components, Miami, Florida, 1998 • North Miami Beach Boulevard Corridor Study (FDOT and City of North Miami Beach); 1998 • North Miami Beach Neighborhood Traffic Calming Projects (City of North Miami Beach); 1997 • Hialeah Comprehensive Plan — Transportation Element Update (City of Hialeah); 1994 PARKING ANALYSIS • Analysis of the Parking and Height Allowance Zoning Ordinance Amendment in the Urban Central Business District (UCBD), Miami, Florida; 2007 • Review of shared parking application at Mayfair mixed use center for the City of Miami, Miami, Florida, 2002 • Deering Bay Yacht and Country Club Parking Study; Coral Gables, Horida, 2000 • Newington Downtown Business Center Parking Analysis; Newington, Connecticut, 1999 • Foss Waterway Development Parking Analysis, Tacoma; Washington, 1998 • Downtown Market Plan, Parking Components, Tacoma; Washington, 1998 • Miami Design District & Little Haiti Charrette, Parking Components, Miami, Florida, 1998 TRANSIT PLANNING • South Dade Busway Transit Feeder Study (and park -and -ride analysis), Miami -Dade Transit 2007 • Coastal Communities Transit Plan, Miami -Dade Transit and City of Miami Beach, Dade County, Florida 2006-7 • Transit System Subsidy Policy Analysis, Miami -Dade Transit, Dade County, Florida 2006 • College Pass Fare Analysis, Miami -Dade Transit, Dade County, Florida 2006 Submitted into the public record in connection with item PZ.15 on 05-22-08 Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk MARK ALVAREZ LAND PLANNER, TRANSPORTATION PLANNER RESUME ATTACHMENT A tel: 305-756-0714 cell: 786-208-6655 e-mail: malvares@bellsouth.net p. 3 of 5 Feb 2008 • Zone Fares Peer Review Analysis, Miami -Dade Transit, Dade County, Florida 2005 • Transit Service Standards Analysis, Miami -Dade Tranit, Dade County, Florida 2005 • District 13 Commission District 13 Transit Needs Study, Dade County, Florida 2004-5 • Comprehensive Bus Operations Analysis, Miami -Dade Transit, Dade County, Florida 2003-5 • North Miami Community Transit Circulator Implementation; North Miami, Horida, 2002 • Northeast Dade Community Shuttle Monitoring Program; Miami -Dade Transit Agency, Miami -Dade, Florida, 2001 • Fort Lauderdale Beach Transportation Study, Park and Ride Feasibility Study; Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 2000 • North Miami Community Transit Circulator Plan; North Miami, Florida, 2000 • South Beach Electric Shuttle Plan (City of Miami Beach, and Miami -Dade MPO); 1997 • Northeast Dade Transit Improvement Study (Metro -Dade Transit Agency); 1995 RIGHTS -OF -WAY • Flamevine Avenue Right -of -Way Abandonment Impact Analysis, Vero Beach, Florida 2008 • Carmena Avenue Right -of -Way Vacation for MITA Management, LLC, Deerfield Beach, Florida 2007 ZONING ANALYSIS • Impacts of Fairwinds on the Ocean Hotel and as -of -right land use analysis for The Palms, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 2008 • Palmer Trinity School Expansion, Rezoning, and site Plan Review for Palmetto Bay Residents, Palmetto Bay, Florida 2008 • Review of Pompano Beach Resort Site Plan Approval for Renaissance Condominiums, Pompano Beach, Florida 2007 • Impacts of Orion Resort Hotel on Bonnet house Museum and Gradens for Bonnet House, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 2007 • Analysis of the Parking and Height Allowance Zoning Ordinance Amendment in the Urban Central Business District (UCBD), Miami, Florida; 2007 • Bayview Market Mixed Use Development Substantial Change Analysis, Miami, Florida; 2006 • Renaissance Mixed Use Development Zoning and Impact Analysis, Miami (Little Havana), Florida; 2006 • Gables Waterway Mixed Use Development Zoning and Impact Analysis, Coral Gables, Florida; 2006 • Zoning and Redevelopment Analaysis in the Downtown Hometown Plan District (Mr. Byrne), South Miami, Florida; 2006 • Sonesta Key Biscayne Residential/Hotel Development Site Capacity Analysis & PUD Review, Village of Key Biscayne; 2006 Submitted into the public record in connection with item PZ.15 on 05-22-08 Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk MARK ALVAREZ LAND PLANNER, TRANSPORTATION PLANNER RESUME ATTACHMENT A tel: 305-756-0714 cell: 786-208-6655 e-mail: malvares@bellsouth.net p. 4 of 5 Feb 2008 • Charter school site plan review, Town if Miami Lakes; 2006 • Impacts of Walmart (rezoning) for Monarch Lakes HOA, City of Miramar; 2005 • Impacts of Americana Hotel site rezoning for Bal Harbour Residents' Coalition, Village of Bal Harbour; 2005 • Drafted Sec. 803.1 amendments City of Miami Zoning Ordinance,"Big Box Ordinance": adopted Oct 2005 • Impacts of Coconut Grove Home Depot (MUSP) for Coconut Grove Civic Assn., City of Miami; 2005 • Transfer of Development Rights (TDR) Ordinance analysis, Coral Gables, Florida, 2004 • Development and Zoning Analysis for the Downtown Vision Plan, Downtown Development Authority, Miami, Florida, 2004 • Land use and pricing analysis of proposed Valencia Residential District TDR Ordinance, City of Coral Gables; 2004 • Impacts of Villa Magna Major Use Special Permit (MUSP) for Brickell HOA, City of Miami; 2004 • Impacts of Kubik Major Use Special Permit (MUSP) for Upper Eastside Committee, City of Miami; 2004 • Impacts of Coral Station at Brickell Major Use Special Permit (MUSP) for Raods HOA, City of Miami; 2002 • Feasibility study and site plan analysis for historic structure/property re -use, City of Miami, FYC investments; 2002 • Impacts of Comprehensive Plan Amendment for increased residential density and the use of density averaging, Town of Bay Harbor Islands, 2002 • Impacts of small-scale amendment to Miami -Dade Comprehensive Development Master Plan for the Ojus Civic Assn., before the Miami -Dade Board of County Commissioners; 2001 • Impacts of site plan approval for Reserve Condominium for Pinecrest HOA, Village of Pinecrest Council; 2001 • Impacts of non-use variances for expansion of the Lourdes Academy, Miami -Dade County — Area 12 ZAB; 2001 • Impacts of Special Exceptions of the Grove Harbor Caribbean Market Place & Marina, City of Miami, 2001 • Impacts of Brickell Bay Village Major Use Special Permit (MUSP) for Atlantis Condominium, City of Miami; 2001 • Impacts of non-use variances for Caribe Nobel School, Miami -Dade County — Area 12 ZAB; 2001 • Unusual use application for high monopole cell communications tower, Miami -Dade County — Area 15 ZAB; 2001 • Impacts of Park Place at Brickell Major Use Special Permit (MUSP) and negotiated settlement, City of Miami; 2001 • Land use interpretation of medical clinic for Coral Gables HOA before City of Coral Gables Commission; 2000 • Home Depot non-use variance impacts for Keystone and Sans Souci HOA before Miami - Submitted into the public record in connection with item PZ.15 on 05-22-08 Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk MARK ALVAREZ LAND PLANNER, TRANSPORTATION PLANNER RESUME ATTACHMENT A tel: 305-756-0714 cell: 786-208-6655 e-mail: malvares@bellsouth.net p. 5 of 5 Feb 2008 Dade Board of County Commissioners; 2000 • Miami Children's Museum special exception impacts for the Roads HOA before Miami - Dade Board of County Commissioners; 2000 • Ministerio El Buen Pastor special exception and unusual use traffic and parking impacts before Miami -Dade Zoning Appeals Board; 2000 • Walgreens application for rezoning impact analysis before Miami -Dade Board of County Commissioners; 1999 • Rezoning application for Publix supermarket traffic impacts before the City of Pompano Beach, Florida; 1998 • Rezoning application for Publix supermarket traffic impacts before the City of Miramar, Florida Commission; 1998 • DP Colonial redevelopment application for non-use variance traffic analysis before the Village of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida; 1998 • Bayshore Palms traffic impacts for the Point View Association before the City of Miami Commission; 1998 Submitted into the public record in connection with item PZ.15 on 05-22-08 Priscilla A. 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