email: jay.w.mcleod@gmail.com | cell: (919) 747-4158 | LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/jay-mcleod-71546568/
OBJECTIVE
Research, analysis, creative solutions, and placemaking through public real enhancement and design, coordinated with urban and long-range planning, ordinance creation, and implementation, with a focus on progressive, best-practices outcomes.
EDUCATION
Master's in Urban & Regional Planning University of Florida, FL May 2011
+2 semesters Landscape Architecture
Master's in Biology (Urban Ecology) University of Louisville, KY December 2008
Bachelor's in Biological Science Florida State University, FL August 2002
Current planning and development review, special projects, site design and review December 1, 2014 - present
Working as Senior Planner for the Town of Clayton, NC
* Current planning, development review, site plans, rezonings, and presentation to elected boards including Town Council
* Special projects, including sidewalk installation, and right-of-way acquisition and certification for LAPP-funded greenway project
* Long-range planning, including coordination with regional and state agencies and planning efforts
* Ordinance amendments to the Unified Development Code, including creation of a Downtown Overlay District incorporating objective, design-based, neighborhood character regulation
Regional planning, grants-driven work, and developments of regional impact 6 months
Working as Planner III for the Southwest Florida Regional Planning Council
* Review of new and amendments to Developments of Regional Impact
* Presentation to Council; public information requests; coordination with developers and other agencies
* Special projects; GIS; grant-writing
Long-range, regional planning, visioning, and special projects 3 years
Working as Planner for the Central Florida Regional Planning Council
* Coordinated work products relating to a 50-year regional visioning effort (www.heartland2060.com), including alternative future scenario modeling, energy baseline and greenhouse gas inventory, affordable housing inventory, extensive GIS work (ArcGIS 10), and economic development strategies
* Downtown master planning and visioning (including graphics and conditions inventory) for several jurisdictions, focusing on enhancing local identity, economic competitiveness, and livability
* Part of the team that created the award-winning Lake Alfred Downtown Master Plan (http://www.cfrpc.org/documents/Lake_Alfred_Downtown_Master_Plan.pdf, FAPA 2013 Award of Merit in Neighborhood Planning)
* Created award-winning Affordable Parcel Inventory and regional Future Land Use map (NADO 2012 Innovation Award)
* Worked on the award-winning, statewide effort to update the Florida Energy Assurance Plan (http://florida-energy.org/, NADO 2013 Innovation Award)
* Wrote scope of work and coordinated the production of the award-winning Florida Heartland Energy Baseline and Greenhouse Gas Inventory (NADO 2013 Innovation Award)
GIS Modeling using ArcGIS and ModelBuilder 1 year project
Working for: St Johns River Water Management District and South Florida Water Management District and freelance
* Established methodology and created living models (in ArcGIS and ModelBuilder) to estimate and spatially allocate historic agricultural groundwater pumpage for five counties in Central Florida
* Assembled, compiled, and standardized Future Land Use Maps (in ArcGIS) for 85+ municipalities to be used for analyzing large-scale trends in future development, “hot spot” land use conflict detection, and population projection
* Analyzed tree canopy cover in metro Louisville, KY to determine socio-economic distribution (ArcGIS)
* Created wetland prioritization model (ArcGIS) by analyzing habitat, landscape and growth features
Planning and Design 1 year 3 months
Working for: Alachua County Environmental Protection Department and pro bono/freelance work
* Created a Low Impact Development (LID) Manual to accompany Alachua County land development regulations and address a community need for policy concerning ecological stormwater design
* Redesigned local riparian park for better pedestrian/cyclist movement and ecological stormwater treatment
* Facilitated and designed community garden for Kanapaha Middle School, Gainesville, FL
RELEVANT SKILLS
Data analysis and GIS
software: ESRI ArcGIS, ArcInfo, incl. ModelBuilder and creation of GIS
models, suitability analysis
Graphics:
SketchUp, Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, InDesign, some Illustrator), hand-drawn
graphics and rendering, some AutoCAD
Office: Microsoft
Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
Communication: presentations at public meetings,
report writing, grant writing, communicationWORK
AWARD WINNING
* American
Planning Association Florida Chapter (APA FL) 2013 Award of Merit in
Neighborhood Planning for “The
Lake Alfred Downtown Master Plan” (2013) – concept development, public
outreach and visioning, graphics, report writing, presentation
* APA FL,
Heart of Florida Chapter, 2013 Award of Merit for “Affordable Housing Toolkit” (2013)
– technical review and coordination
* North
American Development Organizations (NADO) 2013 Innovation Award for “Florida
Heartland Energy Baseline and Greenhouse Gas Inventory” (2013) – technical
review and data coordination
* APA FL,
Heart of Florida Chapter, 2012 Award of Merit for “The
Lake Alfred Downtown Master Plan” (2013) – concept development, public
outreach and visioning, graphics, report writing, presentation
* NADO 2012
Innovation Award for “Preparing
for the Future in the Heartland: Regional Land Use and Affordable Housing” (2012)
– technical review and coordination
* NADO 2011
Innovation Award for “Central
Florida Economic Analysis and Disaster Resiliency Study” (2011) – economic
impact modeling and chapter writing
NOTEWORTHY
*
Central Florida Regional Planning Council, as
part of a U.S. Housing and Urban Development grant, “Heartland
2060 Resiliency Plan” and some
associated documents (2014) – technical review and coordination, graphic
coordination, report writing
*
Florida Regional Planning Councils Association,
as part of a U.S. Department of Energy grant “Florida
Energy Assurance Study: Interim Report” (2013) – technical contributor,
economic modeling, report contributor
REFERENCES
Current employment references available upon request.
