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MMIt MARK KALTSAS, R.L.A. LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT/PLANNER EMI 1 Mr. Kaltsas has been the President of MK Land Corporation for the past five years and has more than 10 years of landscape architecture and planning experience. _. He has worked in both the private and public sectors including positions as Interim City Administrator and Community Development Director. His work has covered a broad spectrum of areas and includes playing a significant role in award winning designs such as the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, IL. In his current .__, capacity, Mr. Kaltsas provides a wide array of services including land use planning, park and trail master planning, playground design, site analysis and layout, landscape design and planning, urban design,and construction plans and specifications. - SIMILAR EXPERIENCE City of Victoria 2030 Comprehensive Plan Update Client: City of Victoria, Minnesota -- Victoria is located approximately 30 miles southwest of downtown Minneapolis in a rapidly growing area. TKDA and MK Land are working together to develop the 2030 Comprehensive Plan Update. This plan is currently in process and will be completed in 2008. The plan will use the previously completed major _. Comprehensive Plan amendment as the basis for the development of the 2030 Plan. This plan will include a significant public participation process which hopes to ensure that the direction of the community is on target. City of Watertown 2030 Comprehensive Plan Update Client: City of Watertown, Minnesota Watertown is located approximately 35 miles west of downtown Minneapolis in rapidly growing Carver County. MK Land is working to develop the 2030 Comprehensive Plan Update. The vision of the city will be the basis of this plan and will be developed by the community through an extensive outreach process involving a community education series, community collaboration, design charrettes and a survey. The plan will be completed in 2008. City of Victoria Major Comprehensive Plan Amendment Client: City of Victoria, Minnesota EDUCATION — Mark Kaltsas, in conjunction with TKDA and city staff, completed a major Professional Degrees amendment to the Comprehensive Plan. Following completion of a series of Landscape Architecture— special land use studies, an AUAR and several other planning reports, an University of Kentucky,Lexington, amendment to the Comprehensive Plan was necessary. The process involved Kentucky considerable public participation from City officials, Township officials, residents and business owners. The plan includes population projections, mapping, REGISTRATION phasing,housing and economic development,and by incorporation,sewer system Registered Landscape Architect, �. and water system components. The plan was designed toprotect and maintain Minnesota,North, Carolina,,Wisconsin,South y p g Indiana, Sout _. the rural characteristics that are deeply valued by the community, while meeting Carolina,Oklahoma the density goals required by the Metropolitan Council. The plan is unique in that it provided a "floating" MUSA line within the city and surrounding township. A ORGANIZATIONS "floating"MUSA allows the city to determine the type and pace of growth without a American Society of Landscape lengthy approval process. Architects,American Planning Association,Council of Landscape Architectural Registration Boards 23