2. Calvin, Giordano & Associates, Inc.
We are a well-established multi-disciplinary firm that has been located in South Florida for 79 years.
Since 1937, the company has grown from a small, two-person surveying firm to over 300 employees, providing over 25+ Municipal Services.
Project Department providing over 30 years of Planning Services
Team Members with experience between 12 and 32 years directly in Planning
Municipal/Agency Experience (not limited to):
City of Cape Coral, FL
City of West Park, FL
City of Cutler Bay, FL
City of Weston, FL
City of Delray Beach, FL
City of Key West, FL
City of Greenacres, FL
Monroe County, FL
City of Lauderdale Lakes, FL
Town of Bay Harbor Islands, FL
City of Lauderhill, FL
Town of Lake Park, FL
City of Marathon, FL
Town of Medley, FL
City of Marco Island, FL
Town of Palm Beach
Miami Gardens, FL
Town of Pembroke Park, FL
City of Pahokee, FL
Town of Surfside, FL
City of Sunny Isles Beach, FL
Village of North Palm Beach

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5. CORE TEAM MEMBERS AND THEIR EXPERIENCE
Shelley Eichner, AICP, Principal in Charge
Senior Vice President and a Partner oversees all private sector and public sector planning activities.
She has over 30 years of diversified planning and platting experience in securing land development approvals, land use plan amendments and local government planning, including 20 years with CGA.
HIGHLIGHTED EXPERIENCE
City of Hollywood Regional Activity Center
City of Hallandale Beach Regional Activity Center
City of West Park Transit Oriented Corridor
Sheridan Stationside Transit Oriented Development
City of Weston Comprehensive Plan and EAR

6. CORE TEAM MEMBERS AND THEIR EXPERIENCE
Richard Cannone, AICP, Project Manager
Planning Administrator responsible for the preparation of land development regulations, comprehensive land use plan amendments, assists various municipal clients by reviewing applications, preparing staff reports and attending meetings.
With 20 years experience also responsible for responsible for project management, scheduling and budgeting, including 4.5 years with CGA.
Experience in the City of South Miami:
City of Coral Gables, Principal Planner
EAR coordination between both municipalities.
Liaison for Zoning Code Rewrite, Mixed-Use District and Mediterranean Design Guidelines.
Greenberg Traurig, Senior Planner
Conducted site analysis, due diligence for REIT owned properties including working with previous staff on redevelopment possibilities, inconsistency between land use and zoning and difficulties with RO Zoning.

7. CORE TEAM MEMBERS AND THEIR EXPERIENCE
Robert Collins, AICP, Principal Planner
Principal Planner with 20 years experience working in many facets of a public planning department including managing and reviewing current planning projects; land development, permit and zoning review; developing and administering comprehensive plans and amendments; and managing and coordinating multifaceted community revitalization and conservation plans and projects.
Related Experience in Florida Comprehensive Plans
City of Weston EAR-Based Amendments – 2016
City of Miami Gardens EAR-Based Amendments – 2016
Town of Medley EAR-Based Amendments – 2016
City of Hallandale Beach EAR-Based Amendments – 2009
City of Lighthouse Point EAR-Based Amendments – 2009
Town of Golden Beach EAR-Based Amendments

8. CORE TEAM MEMBERS AND THEIR EXPERIENCE
Related Experience in the City of South Miami:
Member, Underline Design Review Committee
Maidique Design and Build, LLC, Staff Designer
Housing development project on Miller Drive and 65th Court
Conducted zoning analysis, due diligence and permit processing for the development of an office building on SW 70th Street and 59th Place
Gianno Feoli, Director of Landscape Urbanism
Leads the Landscape Department in creative design strategies for urban environments with specialties including urban design, contextual analysis and branding.
With 15 years experience encompassed a wide array of project-types, and his strengths lie in park design, streetscapes and urban interventions, form-based urban designs and planning strategies, transit-oriented
designs, community participation efforts and graphic communication services.

9. ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY
Community Kick Off Meeting
Individual/Group Interviews
Community Workshops & Focus Groups
Joint Meetings
Project Team Meetings
Public Meetings/Hearings at Adoption
Interactive Website and
E-Newsletters
Social Media Campaign
Constant Communication with Staff

10. CURRENT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN & CODE UPDATES
Municipality
Code Update
Comp Plan
City of Key West
Land Development Code Overhaul
Conflicting policies and standards
 City of West Park
Update TOC Zoning Regulations
Expand Boundaries of TOC
City of Weston
EAR-Based Amendments
Village of North Palm Beach
Create Unified Land Development Code
Town of Palm Beach
City of Marco Island
Update Land Development Code
City of Miami Gardens
Town of Medley
 City of Cape Coral
Rewrite Land Development Code
Consistency
Town of Longboat Key
City of Naples
Analysis of D-Downtown District

11. Land Development Codes LEGAL REVIEW AND ANALYSIS
PAST & LAST 5 YEARS
Comprehensive Plans
Land Development Codes
Firm Total
Last 5 Years 13 1 4
LEGAL REVIEW AND ANALYSIS
Unless related to a specialized issue, our experience has been best to work with the municipality’s legal staff.

12. SUCCESSFUL RESIDENTIAL BULK & MASSING
Town of Surfside, Florida
CGA, was able to mediate the sometimes competing interests of both parties , while remaining true to the vision of the community.
Massing studies, discussions of materiality and finishes, and restrictions on qualities of development played a critical component of the package.
Established hierarchies within the predominant residential areas to vary requirements and intensities of architectural treatments, depending on location, in order to foster a high-quality, livable neighborhood.

13. BEST COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OR LDC PROJECT
City of Key West, Florida
Centered on Major Issues
Engaged Community, Citizens and Officials – “Let’s Get it Right”
Focused on “Key West Solutions”
True Definition of Affordable Housing & Inclusionary Housing
Fixing Inconsistencies
Addressing Issues in Comp Plan that cannot be implemented

14. REED VS. GILBERT
The entire sign code for Weston was recently re-written to provide “content-neutral” signage. CGA’s Planning staff worked with the City to make sure that the proposed code was in compliance with the recent Supreme Court decision.

15. CONSENSUS AND CHANGE AGENTS
Opportunity to move away from the “9J-5 Checklist”
Allow for innovation, such as a web-based plan
Structure more like a Guidebook/User-Guide
Executive Summary/Marketing Piece
Employ the 3C’s
Clear
Concise
Community Driven
Martin County EAR
Competing Issues/Interests
Anti-development
Sustainability
Smart growth
Pro-growth
Participants allowed as much time as needed to speak
Comments recorded on a screen or pad to assure comments were noted
Successfully recommended changes to streamline and remove inconsistencies from a document that is considered “the bible” in Martin County

16. ALLOCATION OF WORK BETWEEN CONSULTANTS B
Building Code Services
Emergency Management Services
Coastal Engineering
Engineering
Code Enforcement
Environmental Services
Construction Engineering and Inspection
Facilities Management
Indoor Air Quality
Construction Services
Multi-Disciplinary Engineering
Contract Government
Municipal Engineering
Civil Engineering
Planning and Zoning
A.D.A.
Public Administration
Drainage
Redevelopment & Urban Design
Stormwater
Underground Utilities
Landscape Architecture & Landscape Design
Water Resources
Data Technologies and Development
Transportation Planning
Traffic Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Roadways
Surveying and Mapping
All Team Members are full-time, in-house CGA employees.

17. Thank you
Questions?