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Beth Thompson Project Manager/Senior Planner Education B.S., Environmental and Resource Sciences, University of California, Davis Experience and Current Responsibilities As a Project Manager and Senior.Planner, Ms. Thompson's responsibilities include environmental planning, policy document preparation, and contract services within client agencies. Ms. Thompson has over eight years of experience in environmental planning and community development. Ms. Thompson's experience includes project management for environmental analyses in Placer County, Elk Grove, Monterey County, Sacramento, and Novato.. She has experience with research, analysis and project management in support of environmental document preparation and production, as well as long-range planning experience with 1 . housing elements, Consolidated. Plans, and grant implementation and administration. Ms. Thompson's contract work includes environmental planning for the City of Elk Grove from management and writing of environmental documents to the oversight of the preparation of the Housing Element. Ms. Thompson also provides grant implementation services to the City of Citrus Heights and Monterey County, including compliance with federal overlay requirements, program design and implementation, and funding applications. I • Relevant Project Experience ► . City of Elk Grove, Consolidated Plan, Action Plan; Citizen Participation Plan, and program implementation. Served as Project Manager responsible for the Consolidated Plan, Action Plan, and Citizen Participation Plan for the City of Elk Grove. As part of the City's participation in the ;. Consolidated Plan Improvement Initiative, developed a strategy for producing a streamlined document that would be user-friendly for the public and clearly state the City's goals and objectives, presented the City's approach to HUD, and participated in the HUD .San Francisco office's CPII working group for streamlining the Consolidated Plan. As a new city, Elk Grove did not have existing CDBG programs. Ms. Thompson worked with City staff to identify goals and strategies appropriate for a fledgling entitlement City. In addition to i managing the Consolidated Plan and Action Plan, she is overseeing implementation of the City's CDBG program and is instrumental in developing the City's first Housing Rehabilitation Program, Homebuyer Assistance Program, and a process to use subrecipients to carry out public services. In addition to managing the City's process of becoming an entitlement jurisdiction, Ms. Thompson i has also created an Affordable Housing Trust Fund for the City, including overseeing the preparation of the nexus study for the Affordable Housing fee and the fee feasibility study. Ms. Thompson also administers the Affordable Housing Trust Fund, working with developers to identify affordable housing opportunities and reviewing the loan documents and regulatory agreements, negotiating the City's requirements with the developer and financial teams involved in each project. ■ Placer County, Martis Valley Community Plan EIR. Assistant Project Manager for the environmental review for the Martis Valley Community Plan. The Martis Valley Community Plan provided land use guidance for the Placer County portion of Martis Valley, located in the Truckee-Tahoe area of Northern California. The EIR prepared for the project analyzed traffic and circulation impacts on the local roadway system, State Route 267, and Highways 89 and 80 that would result from the PMC PACIFIC MUNICIPAL C O N S U L T A N T S