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International Urban, Regional and Environmental Planner, and Consultant For Immediate Contact Click Below |
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| Family name: | BAER |
| Given name: | GREGORY SID |
| Contact: (Residence): | P.
O. Box 6820 5413 Nesthorn Way Pine Mountain Club, California 93222-6820 USA 661-242-3459 telephone/fax |
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(Employer):
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Parsons Corporation 100 West Walnut Street B3-01-04 Pasadena, California 91124 USA 626-440-6320 telephone / 626-440-6201 fax |
| Date of birth: | 03 September 1948 |
| Nationality: | United States of America |
| Civil status: | Social
Sector Development Consultant / Project Manager – Team Leader Environmental Mitigation Housing Policy, Urban and Regional Planning Public Sector Reforms – Governance and Decentralization Health Sector: Strengthening Management Systems / Coordination and Budgetary Systems Capacity Building |
| Education: | 1989,
University of California Los Angeles - M. A. Urban and Regional Planning
/ Social Policy 1979, Northwest Missouri State University (Tarkio) - B. A. Business Management |
| Membership of professional bodies: | American
Planning Association Association of Environmental Professionals |
| Key qualification: | Over seventeen years of professional planning in the United States, Asia, Middle East, Caribbean, and south Pacific focusing on development policy formulation, project management and environmental impact mitigation processes. Specific activities include strengthening decentralization and institutional reforms, urban and regional development, housing policy, and environmental planning. Mr. Baer has worked in various development capacities including Land Use / Environmental Planning consultant in United States; Environmental Group Leader and Regional Team Leader in Dominican Republic; Program Officer and consultant for the World Health Organization; Country Director for a French/Danish/Belgium NGO consortium in Cambodia; Team Leader in Viet Nam and South Pacific countries; and, Housing Expert in Abu Dhabi and Cambodia for UNCHS. |
| Specific Country Experience: |
Nepal | Feb 1990 to July 1992 |
| Cambodia | Aug 1992 to Dec 1995 | |
| Cook Islands | June 1994 / Aug 1995 | |
| American Samoa | May 1994 | |
| Papua New Guinea | Aug to Sept 1994 / Feb 1996 to Feb 1998 | |
| Viet Nam | April 1994 / June 1995 | |
| Samoa | May 1994 | |
| Thailand | Aug 1992 to Dec 1995 (logistics) | |
| Singapore | Aug 1992 to Dec 1995 (logistics) | |
| Hong Kong | Aug 1992 to Dec 1995 (logistics) | |
| Philippines | Aug 1992 to Feb 1998 (Project coordination) | |
| Australia | June 1995 (Regional training seminar facilitator) | |
| United Arab Emirates | June to Aug 1999 | |
| Dominican Republic | Nov 2000 to May 2001 |
| Donor organizations: | World Bank, ADB, UNDP, UNCHS, WHO, DFID, AusAID, USAID, and EC. |
| NGO projects: | Action Nord Sud (France/Denmark/Belgium), SCF (Australia), SAWA (The Netherlands), and U. S. Peace Corps/Nepal. |
| Language skills: | English (native language), French, Spanish, and Nepalese. |
| Date: | April 1999 to Present |
| Location: | World Headquarters, Pasadena, California USA |
| Organization: | Parsons |
| Position: | Project Manager - Principal Planner |
| Description: |
Project negotiation and management of site planning processes: Environmental Impact Reports and mitigation measures, Specific and General Plans, land-use surveys, housing studies, GIS and aerial photo analysis, zoning ordinance up-date, demographic and socio-economic data collection and interpretation. § City of Monrovia, California: Update of California’s Housing and Community Development (HCD) certification; Housing, Noise and Safety Elements. § City of Pasadena, California: East Pasadena Specific Plan EIR/General Plan update of Land-Use Element/Fair Oaks / Orange Grove Specific Plan EIR/Robinson Park Master Plan Initial Environmental Study § City of San Dimas, California: Housing Element - HCD certification, housing survey, housing affordability and real estate market analysis. § Hillside Residential Development EIR - City of Duarte, California. § City of Signal Hill, California - Redevelopment Plan - Fiscal Analysis. § U.S. National Park Services, Walnut Canyon National Monument: Environmental Assessment of Wildland-Urban Interface Project to initiate a fire management plan to protect archeological sites from wildfires. § South Tahoe Public Utility District, Recycled Water Facilities master Plan EIR: Analysis of project impacts on land use, agriculture, public utilities and services, and transportation networks. § Louisville, Kentucky RTL (light rail) Environmental Impact Statement – socio-economic impacts and analysis. § USAF, Travis Air Force Base (Fairfield, California) General Plan preparation. § Ivanpath Energy Center (Southwest Nevada) – Preparation of Environmental Justice analysis. § Gerald Desmond Bridge Expansion EA/EIR (Port of Long Beach) - Preparation of Environmental Justice and land use planning analyses. § Government of Dominican Republic / ONAPLAN - November 2000 to May 2001. Phase A - Group Leader of the Environmental Sector: Initial activity determined existing conditions, trends, opportunities and restrictions for sustainable development, including an environmental assessment and regional planning exercise for the following sectors: institutional, socioeconomic, land use, infrastructure, and environment. Phase B - Regional Team Leader: Formulation of a National Strategic Development Master Plan, with a ten-year implementation strategy identifying priority planning areas and mitigation measures for coastal resource and forestry management, slum upgrading, tourism development, economic development, and upgrading municipal water and sanitation services. |
| Date: | June - August 1999 |
| Location: | Emirate of Abu Dhabi, UAE |
| Organization: | UNCHS / Crown Prince Court |
| Position: | Housing Expert |
| Description: | Preparation of housing sector policy study for year 2000 through 2020. Institutional assessment, home ownership and rental affordability analysis, population projection and housing need analysis, and banking sector analysis. |
| Date: | Feb. 1996 - Feb. 1998 |
| Location: | Papua New Guinea |
| Organization: | World Health Organization / Ministry of Health |
| Position: | Program and Management Officer |
| Description: | Technical Assistance in support of Healthy Cities programs, i.e., upgrading urban housing with affordable housing, access to safe drinking water and sanitation. (PNG/NHP/001) Technical support at the Ministry for administrative reforms, governance, policy and program formulation, long-term planning, monitoring, evaluation, human resource support, information systems, health systems research, and development agencies' coordination. Implementation of ADB funded Provincial and District project to strengthen constitutional reforms, management skills and capacity building of district level services, e.g., site planning, programming, budgeting, monitoring and evaluation. |
| Date: | December 1995 |
| Location: | Cambodia |
| Organization: | UNCHS / Secretariat of Housing and Urban Development |
| Position: | Housing Expert |
| Description: | (INT/95/056) Cambodia's initial assessment of urban housing policies and institutional capacity, land-use, housing markets, refugee/IDP and squatter settlements and international assistance in urban planning and the housing sector. |
| Date: | July 1993 - Oct. 1995 |
| Location: | Cook Islands, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Viet Nam, Cambodia, and American Samoa. |
| Organization: | World Health Organization, Western Pacific Regional Office, Manila, Philippines |
| Position: | Management / Administrative Reform and Governance Consultant |
| Description: | Initial analysis and follow-up preparation of health sector long-term development plan document, e.g., capital program development, site planning strategy, and human resource analysis. |
| Date: | February 1995 |
| Location: | Cambodia |
| Organization: | World Bank |
| Position: | Social Policy Analyst – Social Welfare Sector |
| Description: | Preparation of health sector infrastructure development and capital investment assessment under guidelines for IBRD funding of programs for rural development. |
| Date: | July 1994 |
| Location: | Cambodia |
| Organization: | AusAID/Save the Children Fund (Australia NGO) |
| Position: | Health Management Expert |
| Description: | Preparation of the Project Design Document (PDD) for SCF(A). The document set the training strategy for health workers in primary health care and the strengthening of the district health capacities in Cheung Prey District, Kompong Cham Province, Cambodia. |
| Date: | December 1993 - April 1994 |
| Location: | Cambodia |
| Organization: | European Commission / SAWA Consultants (The Netherlands NGO) |
| Position: | Urban Planning Consultant |
| Description: | Team Leader for the Urban Planning Component of the European Commission funded Urban Water Rehabilitation Project -- Pursat Province EC funded town-planning component for the infrastructure rehabilitation program assisting returning refugees. Identified short-term planning objectives to institutionalize land-use planning and environmental management processes, town-wide house-hold survey and socio-economic analysis, cadastral mapping, land-use study, advised on land tenure and squatter policy, and conducted planning workshops. |
| Date: | August 1992 - April 1993 |
| Location: | Cambodia |
| Organization: | Action Nord Sud (France/Denmark/Belgium NGO) |
| Position: | Country Director / Project Manager for Hospital Reconstruction Project |
| Description: | EC funded rural planning and development project for the resettlement of refugees and IDPs -- construction of roads, bridges, irrigation canals, schools, and health clinics, development of rural agronomy and credit schemes, and land mind clearance. Responsible for the French, EC and The Netherlands funded urban development project comprised of the reconstruction of the 400 bed surgical hospital in Phnom Penh. |
| Date: | 1992-1997 |
| Location: | Nepal |
| Organization: | U. S. Peace Corps / Ministry of Housing and Physical Planning |
| Position: | Urban Planner |
| Description: |
1992-1997 Eight Plan Period Development Strategy: Preparation of housing and urban development programs for submission to the National Planning Commission. Formulation of legislative, policy, and program documents for the Ministry to implement decentralization, market center development, infrastructure, income generation, and staff training. § Shelter Policy Formulation: Member of the UNCHS Policy Core Planning Draft Committee for the formulation of HMG's shelter related housing policy, program proposals and implementation strategy, and conduced sector training needs assessment. § Nepal Housing Development Finance Corporation: assessment of reserves of financial institutions for housing finance for the formulation of UNCHS Housing Sector Green Paper. § USAID Market Center Location Analysis: facilitator of multi-sector (HMG and donor) coordination. § UNOPS Strengthening Local Government - Decentralization and Local Elections. § King Mahendra Trust: Arun III River Hydroelectric Dam Access Road Environmental Assessment. § Preparation of ADB project Terms of Reference for Pokhara Lake Side Environmental Preservation and Watershed Management program. |
| Date: | February 1989 - February. 1990 |
| Location: | Los Angeles, California |
| Organization: | Steinmann, Grayson and Smylie |
| Position: | Urban Planner |
| Description: |
Lead planner assessing spatial needs; alternative site development and cost feasibility analysis; infrastructure capacity, traffic circulation, proposed and existing land-use study. § Los Angeles County: Master Plan for the Office of Education. § State of Arizona: Capitol Complex and Regional Centers Master Plan. § New York City: Municipal Civil and Criminal Courts and Jails Master Plan. § State of Michigan: State Supreme Court and Appellate Court Complex Master Plan. § Clark County (Nevada): Master Plan Capital Improvement Program. § State of Washington: Capital improvement program plan for General Services Administration complex. § Carl Karcher Enterprises, Inc. (Carl's Jr. Restaurants) - Corporate Office Complex Master Plan Lead planner for the facility development strategy of space management for the corporate complex, i.e., administrative offices, research and development facility, food processing and distribution complex, and corporate training center. Environmental assessment, land-use, traffic circulation, infrastructure, and water source/quality for compliance with government guidelines. |
| Date: | June 1988 - February 1989 |
| Location: | Los Angeles, California |
| Organization: | University of California, Los Angeles |
| Position: | Planning and Program Office |
| Description: |
Preparation of the project planning guidelines, budget, and alternative site analysis documents. Formulation of user access to the staging site and pre-architectural space programming, building design guidelines, traffic circulation, utility and infrastructure capacity study, and environmental assessment. § Powell Library: Renovation and Seismic Evaluation. § Law School: Library Renovation and Expansion Project. § UCLA Medical Center: Medical Complex Expansion. § Campus Recreation Facility: New Construction. |
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| Location: | Los Angeles, California |
| Organization: | Michael Brandman & Associates |
| Position: | Urban Planner |
| Description: |
State of California Employment Incentive Area: Environmental Impact Report - Document research, preparation and presentation for the City of Los Angeles' application for state funding of the proposed redevelopment of the Port of Los Angeles. Land-use assessment of federal government EPA Super Fund sites with water quality and infrastructure analysis for the proposed development of an industrial park, community services and public housing. · Los Angeles County: Zoning Revision of the Santa Monica Forest Conservation Area - Revision of the county zoning ordinances to implement up-dated land-use policy guidelines to enhance protection of the coastal wilderness area. Aerial photo interpretation and preparation of the base map for recreation, forest, wilderness and housing land-use in compliance with the Los Angeles County General Plan. |
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