Andersen Planning Consultants
Redevelopment &
Planning
Project Management
Specialists
Public Sector Services

Andersen Planning Consultants offers urban planning and redevelopment services
throughout the Bay Area, including interim department management, project
management, public outreach and meeting facilitation services.  We help augment
your staffing capabilities by handling projects that your staff either lacks the time or
expertise to manage.  Our services include:

                              
                                               
                                              URBAN PLANNING

Interim Department Management
Have a vacancy on your management team due to staff turn-over or a long-term
leave?  Jennifer Andersen of Andersen Planning Consultants can step in to help.

Planning Project Management               
Facing too many large development proposals or have a particularly difficult project
that needs focused attention?  Andersen Planning Consultants can handle these
projects for you and make sure they stay on track.

Comprehensive Plan Development
Andersen Planning Consultants can help you develop concept plans, specific plans
and implementation plans to set the stage for the right development in your
community.  

Zoning Ordinance Update
Are your regulations giving you the control you need without discouraging desirable
development?  Andersen Planning Consultants can help you simplify and restructure
your ordinance so that it fits your needs.

General Plan Updates
Been putting off a General Plan Update?  Andersen Planning Consultants can put
together and manage a team that will make it happen while keeping you in the
driver's seat.  

Organizational Development
Finding it difficult to train new staff because you have never had the time to develop
written procedures?  Need someone to get your policies into a usable format?  
Andersen Planning Consultants can help you and your staff get organized!

Community Outreach and Facilitated Problem Solving
Andersen Planning Consultants is experienced in facilitating meetings ranging from
small staff-level problem solving sessions to large community forums.  Let us help
you bring stake-holders together in a constructive environment to air issues and find
common ground.                                      
                                                                               
                                                                                                                                      
        
                                                                     
                                             
 REDEVELOPMENT

Interim Department Management
Just started your redevelopment agency, or need an interim manager while you fill a
recent vacancy?  Jennifer Andersen of Andersen Planning Consultants can step in
until a permanent appointment is made.

Redevelopment Project Management  
Have a redevelopment project that you need to get off the ground?  Andersen
Planning Consultants can help you develop and issue a Request for Qualifications
and/or Request for Proposals, work with you to evaluate the results, and take the
lead in DDA Negotiations, strategic planning and development of in-fill properties
within your Redevelopment Project Area.

Facade and Commercial Rehabilitation Program Development
Redevelopment funds have been used by many communities to develop facade and
commercial rehabilitation programs, but developing and managing these programs
can be difficult and time consuming.  Andersen Planning Consultants can help you
work through the process and tailor an effective program that fits your needs and
your budget.

Redevelopment Plan Formation and Amendments
Andersen Planning Consultants can manage the formation process for new plan
areas or help you amend existing redevelopment plans.

Five Year Implementation Plan Development
Five Year Implementation Plans are a State requirement, but, when written and
formatted correctly, they can be much more.  Andersen Planning Consultants can
ensure that your Five Year Plan is  not just another document that gathers dust.  We
will make it a helpful tool for guiding decision making, tracking progress, and helping
the community understand and be more comfortable with Agency activities.

Town Center Revitalization
Determining how to turn your historic commercial town center around is a community
affair, requiring input from not only your planning, redevelopment and economic
development staff, but also your engineering, maintenance, code enforcement and
recreation departments, business organizations and the community as a whole.  
Andersen Planning Consultants can bring the needed professional experience to the
table to help facilitate this discussion, and develop an implementable plan that will
address critical concerns and place you on the track to success.

Building Re-use
Redevelopment Areas often have one or two key properties that are well-loved by
the community for their historic significance, but have defied the market's ability to
renovate or reuse.  Andersen Planning Consultants can help you explore
development and reuse options for these properties that will forward your
redevelopment goals.  

Community Outreach and Facilitated Problem Solving
Andersen Planning Consultants is experienced in facilitating meetings ranging from
small staff-level problem solving sessions to large community forums.  Let us help
you bring stake-holders together in a constructive environment to air issues and find
common ground.

Organizational Development
Finding it difficult to train new staff because you have never had the time to develop
written procedures?  Need someone to organize your policies into a usable format?  
Andersen Planning Consultants can help you and your staff get organized!

Please contact Jennifer Andersen at 510-750-6510 or email her at  
jennifer@andersenplanning.com to discuss how we can serve you.
“Jennifer has the patience,
persistence, planning and financial
know how, and interpersonal skills to
get complex real estate projects done
effectively and efficiently."
 
               
              
        
John T. Nagle
Goldfarb & Lipman LLP
Oakland, CA