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Baird +Driskell Community Planning including the nationally recognized Marin Countywide Plan (National APA award), City of Novato General Plan (APA award), City of Napa Growth Management System (APA award), Blueprint for Bay Area Housing (State APA award), Town of Corte Madera Affordable Housing Overlay Zone (HUD's Robert L. Woodson Jr. Award), and the Genentech R &D Overlay Zone (award from the Sam Mateo County Economic Development Association). • Highly regarded by HCD staff In our previous housing element work, as well as our work on ABAG's Blueprint, we have established an excellent reputation with HCD staff. We have taught courses on Housing Element requirements and best practices with Cathy Creswell, Deputy Director of HCD, through the U.C. Davis Extension. We have also been involved with HCD staff in other presentations conducted on housing element requirements for local governments. • Highly regarded expertise in community involvement processes. Jeffery Baird has taught community involvement techniques and methodology at Stanford University ("Community- Based Planning ") and through the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation Training Institute (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania / San Antonio, Texas). He has an expert knowledge in all aspects of community involvement and methods to maintain a constructive community dialogue around challenging concerns in very demanding communities, ranging from process management, meeting management /facilitation graphics recording skills, community surveys, stakeholder assessments, public consensus processes, alternatives review, etc. • Expertise in environmental review for general plans. Baird + Driskell has authored EIRs on most of its general plans. Overall, we have prepared over 20 EIRs on various projects. This experience will be useful in making sure the planning effort responds to environmental review requirements and findings. • Extensive experience working with Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and computer graphic capabilities. Jeffery Baird has been a guest lecturer on GIS /Planning applications at the University of Natal in Durban, South Africa, and also served as project manager and lead planner for the country of Qatar's first long -range Physical Development Plan, a $4.5 million project to establish a GIS -based national planning system. We have extensive experience in print and presentation media, displays, reports, newsletters, and can assist in project packaging. We are committed to creative, quality work and appreciate all the work City staff has done in organizing this project. We look forward to working with you and the community on this important assignment. Cordially, id_ ,, 111► Je � -r ' Baird, AICP Principal, Baird + Driskell Community Planning