Patrick Murphey Email & Phone Number

Department Of Planning And Development

• Coordinate achievement of the long and short term goals and objectives of the 157-person staff of the Department, divided into six bureaus, each tasked with overseeing the planning, zoning, finance, and operational.
• Assist in preparation of the Department’s annual budget.
• Manage departmental communications with elected officials, other departments, sister agencies, and private entities seeking project support and approval from the City.

Department Of Planning And Development

• Supervise the 34-person staff of the Zoning Bureau in the City’s Department of Planning and Development.
• Oversee all zoning reviews for building and sign permits and issue opinions regarding any zoning-related matters in the City.
• Review and recommend all projects presented before, and represent the City and Department at, the Chicago Plan Commission, Zoning Board of Appeals, and City Council Committee on Zoning, Landmarks, and Building Standards.
• Projects include Planned Developments, all development adjacent to Lake Michigan in the City’s Lakefront Protection District, Planned Manufacturing Districts, Industrial Corridors, Zoning Variations and Special Uses.
• Lead discussions at public hearings and community meetings regarding long and short-term plans, city policy and procedure, municipal ordinances, infrastructure initiatives, and public and private development proposals.

Department Of Planning And Development

• Supervise the 157-person staff of the Department, divided into six bureaus, each tasked with overseeing the planning, zoning, finance, and operational needs of the Department for the City.
• Guide the Department’s $208M budget request for fiscal year 2024 through internal preparation and testimony before the City Council
• Coordinate departmental communications with elected officials, other departments, sister agencies, and private entities seeking project support and approval from the City.
• Represent the Department at all hearings before the Chicago Plan Commission and Commission on Chicago Landmarks.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Taught graduate-level zoning course (Land Use Regulation Planning) in the College of Urban Planning and Public Policy.

Department Of Planning And Development

• Supervise the 12-person staff to the Chicago Plan Commission and analyze all Planned Development, Lakefront Protection, Planned Manufacturing District, Industrial Corridor, and Tax Increment Financing District.
• Lead discussions at public hearings and community meetings regarding long and short-term plans, City policies and procedures, municipal ordinances, infrastructure initiatives and public and private development proposals.

Department Of Planning And Development

• Supervise the staff to the Zoning Board of Appeals and analyze all variation and special use proposals that come before the Board related to development through the entire city.

Department Of Planning And Development

• Oversee the sale of city-owned real estate and requests for financial assistance for economic development initiatives
• Work with public and private entities and alongside community organizations, elected officials and numerous City departments to review and implement projects based on budgetary constraints, community priorities and.

• Oversaw all short and long-term planning and economic development projects for the city.
• Organized and managed the city’s four Tax Increment Finance Districts.

• Drafted urban and suburban revitalization and transportation plans for municipal, state and private clients.
• Led discussions and presented plans at public hearings and meetings.

• Wrote policy papers on transportation financing, public transit improvements and intergovernmental relations.
• Planned and managed public discussion forums for the 2030 Transit and Development Plan for Chicago metropolitan area.

• Organized welfare-to-work data from local, state and national government agencies and developed improved methods of data collection and categorization.

• Assisted in the property acquisition phase of the relocation of Kennedy – King City College and the development of commercial and retail facilities in the City’s Englewood neighborhood.

• Redeveloped federal real estate and oversaw the transfer of property from federal control to state, county or municipal governments or private ownership.
• Worked with private and public sector developers and planners, along with local, state and national politicians.

Masters, Urban Planning And Public Affairs

B.A, History

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