Public Agencies
Public agencies present a unique approach to planning and environmental services. Often projects will be in the planning phase for years prior to their construction, and their development is part of a larger plan. Public agencies also include projects that are solely programmatic in nature, focusing on policy and regulatory change as opposed to a physical project. Our professionals have experience in each of these scenarios, and have collaborated with public agencies ranging from small municipalities to national resource agencies.
City, State, and Federal Agency Projects
We understand the funding and jurisdictional relationships between all levels of governmental agencies. Our city, state, and federal experience includes roadways, highways, bridges, rail, public infrastructure, and aviation projects, as well as programmatic changes. Our professionals have provided environmental impact assessment, technical studies, and public involvement on these uses.
Policy Planning
Effective policy planning requires a keen understanding of the people, economy, environment, resources, and geography of the area to be managed. Our experience includes technical studies to characterize these concerns.
Comprehensive & General Plans
The periodic and required updates to comprehensive and general plans are projects in themselves. Some states also require environmental impact analysis on their updated elements. Our comprehensive and general plan experience includes planning and environment analysis for plan updates and environmental impact assessment on the recommended changes. We have provided technical studies to support our work.
Regulatory and Use Change Analysis
Changes in resource agency policies, regulations, and use characteristics are required to be analyzed under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). Our experience in this regard includes transportation management plans in national parks and public lands. Our professionals provided technical studies and environmental impact assessment for these uses.
Long Range, Master & Management Plans
These plans are not limited to public agencies, and may include quasi-public agencies like university planning departments. Our projects in this regard include long range parking and transportation plans, municipal specific plans, master plans, and federal agency management plans. Our professionals provided planning research and support, environmental impact assessment, and technical studies for these uses.