PEDERSEN PLANNING CONSULTANTS


KEY PERSONNEL

James (Jim) H. Pedersen
Principal Planner/Project Manager

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

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.

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