SCOTT DAVIS

4580 34th Street, San Diego, CA 92116 · E-mail: scd.gws@gmail.com · Phone: (619) 281-8495

02/18/2015

ATTN: FE Design & Consulting

327 E 2nd St. #222

Los Angeles, CA 90012

Dear FE Design & Consulting Human Resources Representative,

I was excited to see the Associate Planner, Urban Planning position with FE Design &

Consulting advertised on indeed.com.

I have professional experience as a Planner, GIS

Technician, Grant Writer that I can apply to successfully perform this role with your company.

This is the kind of work that I imagined myself doing after graduate school.

I’ve completed four advanced internships with the City of Oceanside, City of Lemon Grove,

Sierra Club of San Diego, and Circulate San Diego, and have recently worked as a Junior

Planner for Reid Planning, Inc. through a temporary agency. My roles provided current and

advanced planning, and active and public transportation advocacy, and I submitted

commentary on CEQA-EIR/NEPA-EIS documents at the Sierra club of San Diego. I’m

experienced in writing staff reports, researching demographics for plans and profiles,

determining zoning regulations and dimensional standards, reading cadastral information,

using check lists to determine project conformance, ministerial and discretionary permitting,

and reading drawings and maps.

I recently completed my Masters of City Planning to supplement my Bachelors of Geography:

Urban and Regional Analysis from San Diego State University. The majority of my classes

were in environmental science and policy, planning policy, fiscal analysis, GIS, and statistics.

For the past two years, I worked as a Grant Writer researching grantors and funding

opportunities for my clients. I’m currently volunteering with the San Diego River Park

Foundation helping to implement their master plan, while reviewing habitat and community

plans, and Land Use Development Codes and Zoning Law.

I’m passionate helping to build an environment which suits the needs for populations today and

tomorrow. I’m a proven professional writer and want to work for the best. I’m punctual, detail

oriented, capable of prioritizing projects and meeting work deadlines, and able to work alone or

with project teams.

Thank you for your time and consideration. I look forward to meeting with you soon.

Sincerely,

Scott Davis

SCOTT DAVIS

4580 34th Street, San Diego, CA 92116 · E-mail: scd.gws@gmail.com · Phone: (619) 281-8495

  · Passionate about current and long-range environmental and city planning challenges

  · Three years professional Geographical Information Systems (GIS) experience

  · Ten years’ experience using attention to detail as a CAD Drafter/Designer

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

COMPETENCIES

Community Investment

Transportation

Community Design

Data Analysis

Junior Planner

GIS Mapping

CAD Drafting

Excel

PowerPoint

WORK HISTORY

10/28/2014 to 01/28/2015

The Lawton Group/Reid Planning, Inc., San Diego, CA

  · Created ArcGIS maps and AutoCAD drawings showing NAVFAC facilities

  · Employed the internet Naval Facilities Data Store (iNFADS)

  · Revised measurements in Basic Facility Requirements (BFR’s), Asset Evaluations (AE’s), and in

spreadsheets using Excel 2014

  · Adapted information for planning documents from property records

Grant Writer

09/21/2012 to 05/17/2014

Grant Writing Specialists, La Mesa, CA

  · Taught class on “Nonprofit Demographics & Statistics Made Easy” to local nonprofits

  · Wrote effective grant proposals generating over $20,000 in awards to the Young Artists Music

Academy

$5,000 from French/Masserini Foundation - 4/13/2013

$2,000 from Dr. Seuss Foundation - 5/27/2013

$1,500 from Bull Foundation – 9/7/2013

$2,000 from Birch Foundation – 9/14/2013

$5,000 from S. Mark Taper Foundation – 12/18/2013

$5,000 from Melvin Garb Foundation – 3/20/2014

GIS Technician

09/30/2013 to 01/03/2014

Advantech GS Enterprises, Inc./RBF Consulting, Carlsbad, CA

  · Created maps showing TMDL's and compiled a list of water bodies near freeways that do not fully

support beneficial uses for the State of California (Caltrans/DOT) using ArcGIS 10.2

  · Defined map elements and measurements in spreadsheets using Excel 2010

  · Submitted maps to Caltrans on time and under budget

Planning Intern

11/05/2012 to 05/23/2013

Circulate San Diego (formerly Walk San Diego), San Diego, CA

  · Complied demographics and wrote Community Plan Profiles for Policy Manager to present

  · Researched city TransNet expenditures for biking and walking

  · Researched policies related to developing walkable neighborhoods

  · Analyzed city ordinances for the inclusion of Parklets

  · Interpreted statistical data on transportation behaviors and provided summary on results

Public Speaking

Grant Writing

Report Analysis Writing

SCOTT DAVIS

4580 34th Street, San Diego, CA 92116 · E-mail: scd.gws@gmail.com · Phone: (619) 281-8495

Planning Intern

09/12/2011 to 05/18/2012

City of Oceanside, Oceanside, CA

  · Initiated and managed a sites inventory database using Access and Excel 2010

  · Created and edited letters to City sub-contractors

  · Served as Liaison between IT and Planning Departments

  · Evaluated lots in zones that could accommodate housing

  · Digitized and shaded zoning designations that could accommodate high density residential

  · Successfully submitted Housing Element to California HCD

  · Reviewed ministerial development applications and determined regulations for permits

  · Met with property developers concerning housing additions and landscape requirements

Planning Intern

12/01/2010 to 04/01/2011

City of Lemon Grove, Lemon Grove, CA

  · Analyzed General Plan for Complete Streets 2008 policy addition and authored a staff report

  · Reviewed subdivision plans for discretionary permitting process

  · Reviewed drawings for structural conformity

  · Performed supervised field investigations of local business applicants for permits

  · Updated and manipulated the Community Development Department’s Zoning and Land Use Maps

for the Department’s Zoning counter using ArcGIS 9.1

  · Recommended that city engineering and maintenance crews create an accessible GIS record of

construction and maintenance calls by street and address. The city staff met with their GIS

consultant to discuss implementing the model.

  · Successfully created a GIS map that separated private and public streets

Planning Intern

Circulate San Diego (formerly Move San Diego), San Diego, CA

  · Created and managed Move San Diego’s Wiki-spaces page

Planning Intern

Sierra Club, San Diego, CA

  · Reviewed CEQA-EIR/NEPA-EIS documents to provide public comment

GIS Technician

Volunteer

01/05/2009 to 04/01/2009

Peak Technical/SDG&E Sempra Energy, San Diego, CA

  · Formulated and manipulated power pole construction and maintenance model using ArcGIS 9

05/03/2008 to 10/04/2008

City Heights Farmers Market, San Diego County Farm Bureau, San Diego, CA

  · Oversaw set up/take down of market chairs and tables and maintained a clean environment

  · Participated in the building of a community garden

Landscape Architect Intern

EDUCATION

Masters in City Planning

San Diego State University

Bachelors in Geography: Urban and Regional Analysis

San Diego State University

December 2012

December 2007

08/27/2007 to 02/06/2008

Baron HR/Rick Engineering, San Diego, CA

  · Manipulated residential planting and irrigation plans using AutoCAD and ArcGIS 9

05/21/2010 to 07/01/2010

08/02/2010 to 12/01/2010