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Kelsey Johnson, AICP Community Planner Kelsey is a community planner with extensive public sector experience. She has worked as a planner and consulting staff planner for the City of Ankeny, Iowa; the City of Mahtomedi, the City of Saint Anthony Village, the City of Tonka Bay; and Denmark Township, Minnesota. Her experience as a staff planner allows her to ensure that planning decisions can be practically applied. Kelsey has also served as the project manager and lead planner on land use plans, comprehensive land use plan updates, zoning ordinance updates, subdivision regulation updates, housing action plans, and Education: small area studies. Each of these initiatives involved a degree of public Bachelor of Science participation and involvement. Kelsey's strong leadership resulted in Community and Regional successful implementation of the plans she has worked on. Planning, Iowa State Kelsey is also a grant and funding specialist on WSB's Grant and University, 2006 Funding Committee. She diligently tracks and stays informed of funding Registration: and grant opportunities. Specifically, Kelsey is an expert in planning American Institute of and economic development funding sources which allows the Certified Planners documents she works on to set the stage for future funding opportunities. This background and knowledge allows for realistic Affiliations: implementation policies, all while creating dynamic land use and American Planning Association redevelopment documents. Sensible Land Use Coalition SELECTED PROJECT EXPERIENCE Comprehensive Plan Updates Kelsey has assisted in the preparation of a major comprehensive plan updates communities throughout Minnesota, including the City of Mahtomedi and Grey Cloud Island Township. The Plans identify where the communities have been, where the communities are now, and where the communities seem to be heading. Key components of these plans are identifying land future land uses and growth patterns throughout the community. These visions are obtained by setting goals, objectives, policies, and plans to guide the community in getting where they want to be. Public participation was promoted throughout these planning processes, which was facilitated in part by Kelsey, including meetings with Steering Committees, Planning Commissions, residents and neighborhood groups, members of the City Council/Town Board and staff. By engaging the public early on, the communities were able to ensure that their Plan would be valued and effectively implemented. Environmental Assessment and Review Kelsey has assisted in the preparation of EAs and AUARs for a number of projects throughout Minnesota, including those for the City of Elk River (171 St Avenue AUAR), the City of Minnetrista, Anoka County EA LAWCON, and the City of Rogers. Kelsey works closely with WSB's environmental and natural resource staff throughout these processes to ensure land use decisions take into consideration the environmental and natural resource amenities within the study area. ADDITIONAL PROJECT EXPEREINCE • Zoning Ordinance Update - City of Mahtomedi and City of Cloquet • Housing Action Plan - City of Mahtomedi - • Small Area Study - City of North St. Paul and City of Woodbury WSB &Associates.Inc.