Jacobs - South Florida Regional Planning Council

Education
B.S., Community &
Regional Planning,
Minor Political
Science, Iowa State
University, 1984
Continuing
Education: Master
courses
Transportation,
University of South
Florida, Center for
Urban Transportation
Research (CUTR)
Registrations
American Institute of
Certified Planners,
(111230), 1998
Years of Experience
Since 1987
Edward L. Baier, AICP
Public Policy
Mr. Baier brings 23 years of experience in local government and MPO
transportation planning. His experience in people and cross-functional
management, facilitation and communication, and MPO/transit/local
government make him a strong project leader. Mr. Baier brings skill in
technical analysis, public participation, agency and policy board
coordination. He also allocated transportation planning and development
review section resources and provided for project management.
Mr. Baier developed scope of work and managed consultant selection
processes. He managed and guided professional consultants, engineers
and planners on a multitude of projects, including Capital
Improvement Element, Concurrency Annual Report, Transportation
Corridor Preserv-ation Plan, Constrained Roads Study, Truck Route
Plan, and Multi-Modal Transportation District.
General Planning Consultant (GPC), Hillsborough County
Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO), Hillsborough
County, Florida. Services provided under this multi-task contract
have included the Long Range Transportation Plan (LRTP) Update
Phase 1 for costs, revenues, technologies, focus groups, and technical
memoranda; Water Ferry Planning Phase 2 for cost, ridership,
revenues, partnership coordination; and LRTP Phase 2.
Tampa Bay Area Regional Transportation Authority (TBARTA)
Regional Transportation Master Plan Update, Task Manager.
Elements include transit, freight, roadway, air quality, public
engagement, electronic town hall meetings, agency coordination, and
MPO coordination in the seven-county region. Managing completion
of technical memoranda and assisting through the adoption process
with TBARTA Board and committees.
GPC, Sarasota/Manatee MPO, Sarasota/Manatee MPO, Sarasota
and Manatee Counties, Florida, Project Manager. Services under
this GPC start in July 2011. Projects anticipated include: Developing
multi-modal transportation plans for the U.S. Highway 41 corridor;
developing a bicycle and pedestrian master plan; implementing
telephone town hall technology and other public engagement
techniques; and providing policy planning and support for regional
planning activities.
Hillsborough County Planning & Growth Management (PGM)
Department, Transportation Division, Section Manager/
Transportation Planning. Managed, coordinated and monitored the
PGM Transportation Planning Division. Responsible for planning,
policy analysis and grant funding for transportation capital projects
and programs. Primary planning staff liaison with MPO, HART,
Expressway Authority, Hillsborough County Aviation Authority,
TBARTA (regional transit/rail), and transportation management
organizations.
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