Brittany Tuttle, Mcip, Rpp Email & Phone Number

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

As an intermediate consultant, Brittany works on a variety of land use planning projects for local government clients. These include community plans, zoning bylaws, development cost charge bylaws, and subdivision and development servicing bylaws. A major component of Brittany's work for these projects is planning and facilitating community consultation events to hear and address public issues.

West Kelowna, British Columbia

Brittany acted as file lead on development applications for temporary use permits, development permits, and development variance permits. She coordinated with the applicant throughout the development application process to ensure all necessary studies and reports were submitted for review, development proposal signs were posted, and all involved agents contacted. Completion of all Council reports and associated permits were also included in her responsibilities as file lead. Brittany worked with a small team to complete a How to Start Your Business Guide for the City's Economic Development division. The guide incorporated step-by-step information on necessary items for completion prior to starting a business in the City. This includes: business licenses, building permits, location selection, and business plans, amongst other aspects. The project involved coordination with the Planning, Building, and Bylaw Enforcement divisions.

Waterloo, Ontario

During her role as Campus Ambassador, Brittany worked within a team of fellow Student Ambassadors who all loved sharing their passion for the University of Waterloo with others. She demonstrated strong customer service skills by providing campus tours to domestic and international prospective students and their families, as well as school groups and UW Faculty. Ambassadors also work within the Visitors Centre where they answer general admissions and student life inquiries from campus visitors, as well as via phone calls, email, and an online chat system. Promoting the University at recruitment events such as March Break Open House is also another component of this role.

West Kelowna, British Columbia

Brittany completed a variety of tasks during her co-op work term with the City. She gained knowledge of British Columbia planning legislation and processes that she applied directly through assisting in the preparation of Council reports for development permits, zoning bylaw amendments, and development variance permits. Brittany was involved in a number of long-term projects at the City as well, including a Development Cost Charges review and the Westbank Centre Agricultural Plan, which involves a set of agricultural land use recommendations for a specific neighbourhood area. Acting as an assistant to the City's Parks Planner was another major component of her role. Brittany was directly involved in the consultation process for the Parks Master Plan update. She attended a series of public consultation events and analyzed data collected from survey results and interactive activities. This data was utilized to determine which projects were deemed as priorities by City residents to be implemented in the updated plan.

Waterloo, Ontario

Brittany's role as a Teaching Assistant for a first-year core Planning course (Planning Administration adn Finance) required leading and organizing content for weekly tutorial sessions. She offered assistance to her students to provide additional clarification of course material. She was responsible for marking tests and group projects, as well as providing each of her students with a tutorial participation grade.

Toronto, Canada Area

Brittany worked collaboratively with the Bruce Trail Conservatory to conduct audits of properties owned by the Ontario Heritage Trust on the Trail. The audits identified property management concerns such as lack of trail identifying markers, safety issues, and significant species preservation. The results of these audits were presented to Bruce Trail Land Stewards at a monthly Bruce Trail Land Stewardship Committee meeting. She assisted with the preparation for an Environmental Land Tribunal hearing for an OHT-owned property on the Bruce Trail. The property was subject to the construction of a parking lot to manage traffic conditions in and around the site. Hearing preparation involved working directly with residents of the community to address their concerns and brainstorm strategies for ensuring the property's unique natural features would be protected. Some of the materials required for this project involved the creation of maps and other graphics using Adobe Illustrator software.

Ottawa, Canada Area

Brittany's primary role was to prepare all required documents for the circulation of development applications to internal and external agencies, such as proposal signage wording and application summaries. These applications included: zoning by-law amendments, site plan control, plan of condominium, holding provisions, and demolition control. She also assisted the Planner I by completing pre-consultation packages for future development proposals and attending these meetings. For consent applications approved by the City's Committee of Adjustment, she calculated required cash-in-lieu of parkland payments.

Kitchener, Canada Area

Brittany participated in the Planning Around Rapid Transit Stations (PARTS) project that the City was undertaking in preparation for the future Region of Waterloo light-rail transit system. She conducted research on best practices for municipal station area planning and presented her findings at weekly team meetings. A summary of these best practices was included in the Phase 1 report of the study. She also used Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop to edit images for station urban design concepts, as well as input data into a 3D Google SketchUp model of each station area. Brittany assisted in the completion of Committee of Adjustment reports for minor variance, sign by-law, legal non-conforming use, and consent applications. She also provided comments on site plan applications requiring zone change and official plan amendments to be included in pre-submission consultation records.

Picton, On

Brittany asssisted in the completion of Committee reports for severance, rezoning, minor variance, and easement applications, as well as conducted all associated site visits for these applications. She completed the required public notices for these applications and any associated by-laws.

Master Of Management

Activities and Societies: Vice President of Career Affairs, MM Program Society *Accelerated Career Scholarship recipient The 9-month.

Bachelor Of Environmental Studies, Honours Planning, Co-Operative Education, French And Geography & Environmental Management Minors

Activities and Societies: Campus Ambassador - UW Visitors Centre, Undergraduate Teaching Assistant - School of Planning, Ambassador.

Transfer Credit, Architecture

Completed a one-week intensive urban studies course in Barcelona, Spain that involved analyzing multiple city landscapes from a design.