Melissa Anderson, AICP
Biography:
I currently work as a principal planner for the
Planning Division of Salt Lake City. My primary focus at work is
serving as the Sugar House Community Planner, responsible for long
range and current planning, as well as capital improvement projects.
My work experience also includes work for the private sector while
in graduate school, then employment as a policy analyst for a
non-profit organization, and experience as a planner for the City of
Midvale as well as Honolulu. I completed a Bachelor of Arts degree
in Economics and a Masters degree in Urban and Regional Planning at
the University of Hawaii at Manoa. I was brought up in northern
California and around the Bay Area of San Francisco, lived in Hawaii
for twelve years, and after a few years of experience in Boulder
Colorado, I settled down in Salt Lake City, my family’s place of
origin.
Statement of Interest:
I have been an active member of the Utah Chapter
for the past three years, and intend to continue serving the
membership and community for years to come. My membership to the
American Planning Association began in 1991, and I became AICP
certified in 2000. I have served on the Executive Board of the
Hawaii and Utah Chapters in a variety of capacities: Student
Representative, Secretary, Treasurer, and now State Conference
Project Manager. My professional experience coupled with consistent
participation with our local chapters provides me with a firm
foundation to serve as Vice President of the Utah Chapter of the
American Planning Association.
The chapter is seeking to enhance its educational
outreach services to both our urban and rural communities. In
support of this goal, I am currently managing our annual conference
and for continuity, will manage next year’s conference as well.
This chapter has typically experienced a high level of membership
participation at our annual conference. Consequently, the Fall
conference has become a vital component to how we serve and train
our professional community. The chapter is also reevaluating how we
can best support our rural, and in particular Southern Utah
communities with programs and training. Education with clear
information is one of the best ways we may be able to realize better
decision-making within our communities.
Sherrie Christensen, AICP
Biography:
Sherrie
is currently employed by Mountainland Association of Governments as
a Circuit Rider Planner, serving as City Planner for Kamas, Oakley,
Francis and Henefer, all located in eastern Summit County.
Sherrie serves as Utah APA Executive Committee member representing
Small Cities for the past 3 years. Prior to her employment
with MAG, she was a County Planner for the Utah County Community
Development Department. Sherrie graduated from the University
of Utah with a B.S. in Urban Planning and received her AICP
designation in June 2001.
Statement:
Serving
on the executive committee as the Small Cities representative has
been a wonderful experience. I have enjoyed contributing to
the Utah Chapter and know that your committee is working hard to
promote planning interests in Utah. The office of
vice-president is crucial to the executive committee and the members
of the APA, and I believe my past 3 years experience on the Board
uniquely qualifies me for the position.
As vice-president I will
work to strengthen the chapter’s influence with and the education
of the state legislators with regard to planning issues. I
would also like to update the chapter bylaws and institute a new
office of president-elect, so that those elected to the office of
president would have a year of training and experience with the
Board prior to assuming the crucial leadership position. In
light of the declining attendance at our annual spring conferences I
will work to develop a single annual conference that would be held
at different locations throughout the state. By eliminating
the spring conference, the chapter could focus all of our resources
to present a more comprehensive conference that would benefit our
vast membership.
I look forward to continue serving the members of
the Utah Chapter, and appreciate your support in the election.
Thanks for your vote of confidence.
Nicole Cline, AICP
Biography
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE, URBAN PLANNING, MARCH 16,
1995, University of Utah,
Graduated member of Golden Key Honor Society
AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PLANNERS (AICP),
1996 TO PRESENT,
CERTIFIED ZONING ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, American
Association of Code Enforcement,
CERTIFIED ZONING INSPECTOR, International
Conference of Building Officials
RESEARCH AT UNIVERSITY OF UTAH, TO DETERMINE THE
THEORY OF SUSTAINABLITY IN APPLICATION TO SMALL WESTERN CITIES AND
TOWNS. PUBLISHED IN SUSTAINABLITY AND ACTION THROUGH
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, 1995.
GUEST SPEAKER AT VARIOUS SEMINARS EDUCATING
PROFESSIONALS ON THE VALUES OF GROUND WATER RESOURCE PLANNING.
PRESIDENT OF UTAH ORDINANCE COMPLIANCE ASSOCIATION
(1996)
MEMBER OF STATE OF UTAH GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION
SYSTEM ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
MEMBER OF STATE OF UTAH, DEPARTMENT OF
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY GROUND WATER PLANNING CONFERENCE
COMMITTEE.
Statement
Utah has achieved so much planning work in the
last decade. Now is not the time to rest easy as some of the
greatest planning challenges are in the near future. We have
seen many of the subsidies from the state cut due to legislative cut
backs, and we cannot let the work that was done gather dust.
Local planning in most parts of the state has so much yet to be
done. As the state budget shrinks, it will become the
responsibility of the local planner to find those resources that can
implement our plans. While we hosted the world to
come and see the quality of life that we enjoy here, the issues of
adequate public infrastructure, schools and long range planning
still remain as unresolved issues in most of our communities.
Now is not the time to curtail our planning efforts.
We as planners have a responsibility to maintain
our efficiency with continuing education. Planning in Utah has
control the sprawl development that many of us have seen in the last
10 years. We have to implement the plans and assess our
progress, while continuing to define Utah. With a state that
has more government land ownership than private ownership, we need
to be heavily involved with Federal planning efforts to insure that
local policies and values are taken into account in those efforts.
Where we live in a desert and the 2nd driest state in the nation, we
must master a marriage of inter-jurisdictional resource protection
for our water resources. And in many parts of the state
we continue to build in the wildland-urban interface with no plans
for wildfire protection.
As your chapter vice president, I will work
diligently to keep planning foremost in governmental efforts
statewide. We need to support the efforts of our president in
creating dialog among planners and have to insure opportunity for
every planner to gain the information and continuing education they
need to do their job. I am a firm supporter of the Utah
Chapter of the American Planning Association and a true believer in
what planning can do for our society, environment and state.
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