Long Range Associate Coordination Planner

## Long Range Associate Coordination Planner Apply:
City Hall:
Full time:
Posted Yesterday:
JR100341

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** Salary:** $7,606.93
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* Job Summary:

** This position involves completing both routine and complex land use planning tasks and duties with a focus on transportation and education related issues in coordination with agency partners. This individual facilitates and attends stakeholder and outside agency meetings for student loading, corridor studies, roadway widening projects, safe routes to schools, intersection improvements, school site planning and similar projects. Represents the City at various meetings with community partners, primarily the West Ada School District (WASD), the Ada County Highway District (ACHD), the Idaho Transportation Department (ITD), Valley Regional Transit (VRT) and the Community Planning Association of Southwest Idaho (COMPASS).

Organizes and facilitates regular meetings of the Meridian Transportation Commission. Work includes coordinating with WASD and ACHD to understand, plan and mitigate impacts of proposed development on schools and the transportation network. The position responsibilities include advocating and advancing solutions for the transportation, education, and long-range planning needs of the City of Meridian.  
· Works independently and under the direction of the Long Range Planning Supervisor and/or the Community Development Director;
· Serves as a member of various external and internal committees and teams as assigned to represent the City of Meridian’s vision, policies, and standards;
· Coordinates with WASD to make sure school planning and City planning goals align;
· Ensures development project impacts are reviewed and commented on by WASD consideringschool loading and transportation impacts;
· Ensures the City’s highest priority projects are considered by the various transportation agencies intheir budget and programming processes;
· Assists in developing and maintaining the Comprehensive Plan, transportation plans and City policies to ensure long-term goals are meaningful, measurable, and consistent with other adoptedplans;
· Makes recommendations and writes technical reports and memos based on research, data analysis and policies;
· Presents project updates, alternatives and recommendations to Mayor, City Council, Planning and Zoning Commission, Transportation Commission, WASD, private development and/or buildergroups, and other public agencies and groups;
· Participates in the preparation of transportation plans and programs and communicates this information to the public, staff and elected officials;
· Serves as the liaison between the City and ACHD, ITD, COMPASS, VRT and WASD;
· Establishes and maintains effective working relationships with WASD Board and staff, the ACHDCommission and staff, Planning and Zoning Commission, Mayor, City Council members, other civicleaders, clients, state and federal authorities, other City departments, and local planning agencies;
· Conducts research and collects and analyzes data to create maps, graphics and reports using

ArcGIS and other software;
· Regularly attends development pre-application meetings and assists Associate Planners in preparing analysis included in staff reports;
· Attends special meetings or facilitates public meetings held in the evening;
· Deals with complex and sensitive issues related to complex transportation, traffic, education and planning projects and answers technical questions;
· Reads, interprets, and reviews site designs, traffic impact studies, construction drawings and comments on needed changes and adjustments;
· Manages consultant budgets, gains…