| Education
University of Alaska, Anchorage, Alaska
Graduate Studies, Planning, 1980-82
Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, Washington
B.A., Political Science, 1970
St. John’s College, Winfield,
Kansas
AA, Business Administration, 1968
Professional Affiliations
Member, American Planning Association
Member, Western Planners Association
Member, Wyoming Planning Association
Member, Sonoran Institute Wyoming
Partnership Advisory Board
Member, Wyoming Economic
Development Assn
Member, Wyoming Association of
Housing and Redevelopment Officials
(WAHRO)
Work Experience
1986-Present
Principal Planner
Pedersen Planning Consultants
Volcano, Hawaii (1986-94) and
Encampment, Wyoming
(1994 to
present)
1985-86
Project Manager/Senior Planner
Barrett Consulting Group, Inc.
Honolulu, Hawaii
1982-84
Senior Development Planner
Louis Berger and Associates
Anchorage, Alaska
1979-82
Project Manager/Senior Project Engineer
Holmes and Narver, Inc.
Orange, California and Anchorage, Alaska
1977-79
Senior Planner
American Samoa Government
Development Planning Office
Pago Pago, American Samoa
1976-77
Principal Planner/Partner
Resource Planning
Hilo, Hawaii
1972-76
Project Manager/Project Planner
Neighbor Island Consultants
Hilo, Hawaii
1970-72
Social-Environmental Analyst
Koebig & Koebig Hawaii
Honolulu, Hawaii |
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Relevant
Experience
Jim Pedersen is the principal planner
of Pedersen Planning Consultants, as well as president of its parent
company, Pedersen Corporation. As principal planner, Pedersen is
the project manager for most of the projects completed by Pedersen
Planning Consultants. In addition, he also participates
significantly in the performance of specific technical project tasks
and related project coordination.
Pedersen has 38 years of planning
experience and has managed, participated, and authored a wide
variety of regional and community land use, infrastructure, economic
development, and natural resource management plans, as well as
various feasibility studies. He has served in both private and
public planning capacities and completed short to long-term project
assignments in Wyoming, Colorado, Alaska, Hawaii, American Samoa,
Federated States of Micronesia, Republic of the Marshall Islands,
and Republic of Palau.
For example, Pedersen has prepared
community master plans or community development plans for various
Wyoming communities such as the Town of Afton, Town of Alpine, Town
of Burlington, Town of Encampment, Town of Frannie, Town of Granger,
Town of Star Valley Ranch, and Town of Wright. He also recently
completed a master plan for the Town of Walden, Colorado.
Pedersen managed and participated in
the preparation of the Carbon County Land Use Plan, which was
adopted by Carbon County, Wyoming in 1998. This plan involved his
detailed evaluation of regional land use issues, economic and
demographic trends, environmental and natural resource issues, and
the recommended areas for future land use expansion.
Pedersen managed and participated in
the preparation of the Johnson County Comprehensive Land Use Plan.
This plan, in part, considered anticipated land use demands for
housing and other land uses, population growth, the consequences of
expanded rural development, natural resource issues, future land use
management, and the recommendation of land use development patterns
for the unincorporated areas of Johnson County.
Pedersen managed the preparation of a
Housing Master Plan for the City of Rock Springs, Wyoming. This
master plan effort included an inventory of all land parcels and
lots in the city, analysis of real estate trends, the preparation of
population and housing demand forecasts, evaluation of potential
residential expansion areas, review of residential lending activity
and policies, and recommended housing development strategies.
In 2004, Pedersen managed the firm’s
evaluation of socio-economic consequences of the proposed Entrega
Gas Pipeline project. This pipeline project extends through seven
counties in northeast and northwest Colorado, as well as
southcentral and southeast Wyoming.
Pedersen managed and participated in
a housing assessment of Hot Springs County, Wyoming. This
assessment forecasted housing demands and special housing needs, and
evaluated potential housing expansion areas in the communities of
Thermopolis, East Thermopolis, Kirby and the unincorporated area.
He has also managed the firm's
completion of a Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy for both
Sweetwater and Carbon County, Wyoming. Pedersen made a substantive
review of regional economic issues and trends, community assets, and
barriers to economic investment. In addition, he outlined specific
economic development strategies for a five-year planning period.
In 2002, he managed an evaluation of
economic development opportunities for the Town of Wamsutter, a
small town along Interstate 80 that is significantly influenced by
natural gas development and vehicular traffic. Pedersen supervised
the development of a statistical model that forecasted potential
employment generation for natural gas development, as well as
economic development opportunities for retail sales, retail
services, and overnight accommodations.
Pedersen managed a manufacturing and
industrial opportunities project for the Goshen County Economic
Development Corporation. This project involved his evaluation of
available commodities, rail infrastructure and highway networks and
other community assets, the identification of economic development
opportunities, as well as determination of barriers to future
economic investment. PPC used this information to develop
marketing materials and prospect selected industrial companies in
the United States.
Pedersen supervised and participated
in the preparation of the Tualauta County Land Use Plan in the U.S.
Territory of American Samoa. This plan, in part, involved his
development of growth management and infrastructure policies, as
well as recommended land use patterns for a rapidly growing area on
the Island of Tutuila.
Pedersen has also managed and
participated in regional utility master plans for water, wastewater,
and electrical power systems, as well as transportation plans for
roads, community airports, and commercial harbors. This experience
has typically involved his development of anticipated service
demands, the evaluation of past and future capital, operation and
maintenance costs, and the development of strategies for new
construction, facility improvements, as well as system operation and
maintenance.
Pedersen has extensive experience
associated with community involvement programs that represent an
important component of almost every land use or community
development plan completed by the firm. Pedersen regularly
facilitates discussions of land use issues and community
recommendations with elected officials and community leaders, the
general public, small business and industry representatives, utility
managers, and other special interests. Pedersen has developed a
variety of effective techniques for encouraging substantive
community input and the integration of community concerns,
recommendations, and priorities to plan recommendations. |