Michael Nilsson Email & Phone Number

Orange, Ca, Us

San Diego, California, United States

As the Director of Planning for KOA Corporation, I lead and manage the following job responsibilities:-Company operations for over 15 transportation planning staff across three Southern California offices -Operation of KOA's Orange County office, which includes 20 staff members consisting of civil engineers, traffic engineers, transportation planners, and administrative staff-Multi-modal transportation planning pursuits, leading a team that secures an average of $3-4 million dollars in contracts on an annual basis -The firm's grant writing and grant management practice, which has secured over $243 million dollars in grant funding for municipal governments and transportation agencies -Development of Active Transportation Plans, Safe Routes to School Plans, Complete Streets Plans, Local Roadway Safety Plans, Safe Streets for All Plans, Corridor Plans, Area Plans, and Circulation Elements of General/Long Range Comprehensive Plans-Project development and integration of staff operations with our parent company, Lochner, to expand pursuit of transportation planning initiatives nationwide-

San Diego, California, United States

San Diego, Ca

As the firm’s Active Transportation lead, I managed business development efforts and staff statewide on behalf of PlaceWorks. Building the practice from its inception in 2015, I developed active transportation, Complete Streets, corridor, multi-modal, trail and transit-oriented development Plans as well as feasibility studies and General Plan Circulation Elements. Projects successfully adopted by jurisdictions since 2015 include:-Active Transportation Plans for the county of Orange, the cities of Avenal, Brea and Lake Elsinore as well as for the Town of Los Gatos-Complete Streets Plans for the cities of Los Banos and Richmond -Los Angeles County Department of Parks & Recreation Countywide Trails Data Inventory-Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Transit to Parks Strategic Plan-Metropolitan Transportation Commission Regional Bicycle and Pedestrian Count Web Portal/Database Implementation Plan In-progress mobility efforts included:-Active Transportation Plans for the cities of Ceres, Irwindale and Wildomar as well as for the Soboba Band of Luiseño Indians-Caltrans Smart Mobility Framework Update-City of Anaheim Santa Ana River Walk Feasibility Study-City of Rancho Cucamonga Empire Yards Plan-Complete Streets Improvements for the Centerville business district in the City of Fremont -General Plan Circulation Element Updates for the cities of Needles and San Bernardino Additionally, I secured $18.7 million in funding through developing successful grant applications for the Metropolitan Transportation Commission and for the cities of Glendale and Long Beach.

Glendale, Ca

Lead Project Manager on transportation planning projects in the City of Glendale, managing staff teams of 9-12 people from 3-4 City departments (July 2014 – November 2015) -Involved in staff supervision, funding and career development for the 15 member Urban Design and Mobility Section of the Community Development Department for the City of Glendale -Applied and received over $7.2 million dollars in grant funding for bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure -Applied for over $22 million dollars in TIGER grant funding for Active Transportation Projects -Prepared RFP’s and managed candidate selection for Glendale’s Citywide Pedestrian Plan, Safe Routes to School Program and Safety Education Initiative, totaling over $1 million dollars in consultant contracts-Developed implementation standards for the Downtown Specific Plan TDM Ordinance-Prepared the TOD-oriented Tropico Center Plan, a component of the South Glendale Community Plan-Managed the Advanced Wayfinding Guidance System Parking Sign Program in Downtown Glendale -Project Manager representing the City on Space 134, a proposed 30 acre cap park over the 134 Freeway-Managed the South Glendale Community Plan Environmental Impact Report (EIR) -Appointed to 10 panels to interview staff and consultant positions from within and outside of Glendale-Lead staff liaison representing the City of Glendale on mobility projects to community organizations including the Go Glendale TMA, Glendale Chamber of Commerce, and Walk Bike Glendale -Appointed as a Fee Hearing Officer by the City Manager’s office to preside over code enforcement violation cases with decision making capacity to rescind, reduce or maintain fees for those cases

Glendale, Ca

Project Manager with experience in developing mobility policies, managing staff teams, writing ordinances and implementing transportation projects (May 2008 – June 2014) -Managed $1.8 million in City consultant contracts, including projects with Nelson\Nygaard, Hunt Design, Melendrez, Atkins, Civic Solutions and Cityworks Design-Applied and received over $3.8 million dollars in grant funding for City of Glendale mobility projects-Directly supervised and mentored 5 Community Development Department staff members -Prepared and managed RFP’s, candidate selection and contract approvals on 6 City of Glendale projects-Organized and attended approximately 50 outreach meetings to inform the public of mobility projects -Presented and prepared staff reports, policies and ordinances to City Council, Planning Commission, and the Transportation & Parking Commission-Completed case processing for the City of Glendale Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) Fueling Facility including Design Review, Conditional Use Permits, Parking Exceptions and Variances -Prepared the CEQA environmental analysis for the City of Glendale CNG Fueling Facility, Glendale Bicycle Transportation Plan and the Downtown Glendale Parking Standards Ordinance-Prepared the NEPA environmental analysis for the proposed Glendale Beeline Bus Maintenance Facility, including consultation with Native American tribes and obtaining a Section 106 approval for the project-Created policies and text for the award-winning North Glendale Community Plan and Safe & Healthy Streets Plan, edited text and graphics for the award-winning Space 134 Vision Plan -Helped prepare the following ordinances in the City of Glendale Municipal Code (GMC): --Downtown Specific Plan Parking Standards ordinance, GMC Chapter 30.32, adopted March 2011 --Transportation Demand Management ordinance, GMC Chapter 30.32.171, adopted March 2011 --South Brand Preferential Parking District ordinance, GMC Chapter 10.36, adopted June 2013

Newport Beach, Ca

Land planning consultant contracted by Cook Hill Properties, LLC on the Montebello Hills Project, a 488 acre brownfield site for a 1,200 unit master-planned community (April 2004 – April 2008) -Collaborated with over 12 firms and supervised 5 TRG Land, Inc. staff members on land planning issues -Supervised the production of GIS graphics for the client’s consultation process with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to ensure Gnatcatcher habitat on the property was not impacted by development-Managed project budget and prepared monthly invoices to Cook Hill Properties, LLC -Analyzed site plan statistics, enabling the client to set up entitlement goals and pro-formas-Selected product types for plotting dwelling units based on residential marketing reports -Reviewed hand-drawn grading plans and supervised their conversion into computer-generated files

Newport Beach, Ca

Planner for the City of Brea Hillside Zoning Ordinance - Collaborated with Cotton Bridges and Associates (now MIG) to produce an updated zoning ordinance document for all hillside residential neighborhoods in the City of Breahttp://www.ci.brea.ca.us/DocumentCenter/View/60 -Wrote zoning ordinance text and supervised staff in creating graphics to represent text-Organized and conducted field trips to visit hillside developments for the City of Brea-Collected photos of various hillside residential projects throughout Orange County -Prepared and submitted an itemized budget monthly to the City of BreaLand Planner for the East Orange General Plan Amendment and Design Guidelines - Represented The Irvine Company on the 1,707 acre, 3,820 unit master-planned community http://www.cityoforange.org/depts/commdev/planning/advanced/shiieo/default.asp-Assisted our client, The Irvine Company, in writing zoning ordinance text and definitions for the East Orange General Plan Amendment-Created hand drawn grading plans and plotted product types on scaled drawings -Researched various residential product types for the East Orange project and verified product compliance with the City zoning ordinances and fire department regulations -Collaborated with JZMK Partners to prepare Design Guidelines for the East Orange and Santiago Hills II projects-Analyzed site plan statistics including land use acreage, net developable acreage and dwelling unit counts for the East Orange project

Bachelor Of Science, Urban And Regional Planning

Activities and Societies: Member, American Student Planning Association Member, Sigma Chi Fraternity Student Mentor, College.

Education record

Activities and Societies: Member, Sigma Chi Fraternity English Tutor, Department of Athletics