COACHELLA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT | PLANNING SUB-COMMITTEE
March 10, 2022
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1 Agenda Economic Development | Planning Sub-Committee March 10, 2022
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1. Regular Meeting Minutes of September 2, 2021, of the Coachella Economic Development | Planning SubCommittee.
PRESENTATIONS:
2. Economic Development Incentive Water/Sewer Deferment Program – Red Moon RV Project
3. KDI Proposal – Coachella Community Center Proposal
4. 50th and Polk Street Cultivation Project
NEW BUSINESS CALENDAR (LEGISLATIVE AND ADMINISTRATIVE):
None.
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MINUTES
OF A REGULAR MEETING
OF THE
CITY OF COACHELLA
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT | PLANNING SUB-COMMITTEE
September 02, 2021
5:00 PM
CALL TO ORDER:
The Regular Meeting of the Economic Development | Planning Sub-Committee of the City of Coachella was called to order at 5:05 p.m. by Chair Hernandez.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE:
ROLL CALL:
Present: Committee Member Delgado and Chair Hernandez.
Absent: None.
Pursuant to Executive Order N-29-20 pertaining to the coronavirus/COVID-19, this meeting was conducted entirely by teleconference/electronically with no in-person public access to the meeting location.
APPROVAL OF AGENDA:
City Manager Martin asked to move Item 3 to the next meeting.
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES:
1. Regular Meeting Minutes of April 8, 2021, of the Coachella Economic Development | Planning SubCommittee.
PRESENTATIONS:
2. Potential Housing Project (Van Buren St/Avenue 52) presentation from Rob Bernheimer regarding APN 779-360-001, along Van Buren Street, seeking approval to rezone area to residential. Committee supportive of rezoning area to residential.
3. Item continued to next meeting.
4. International Economic Development Council (IEDC) Leadership Summit 2022, to be held at the La Quinta Resort January 30 – February 1, 2022. Sponsorship in an amount of $10,000 (or an amount equal to the partner cities). Item to next come before the City Council. 3 Item 1.
Minutes
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5. Annexation Discussion- Calhoun (Avenue 50 -Avenue 52). City staff to follow up with the owner of Tower Market and, City of La Quinta for area located within the sphere of La Quinta.
6. Desert Lakes Specific Plan, now tentatively called KPC Coachella. Project of approximately 2,800 acres, north side of I-10, and runs along I-10. Presentation by city consultant Ron Goldman. Project to include residential, retail, commercial space and hotel. Request from the Subcommittee for the project to preserve senior housing from existing/previous specific plan.
Public Comment: Stan McNaughton.
NEW BUSINESS CALENDAR {LEGISLATIVE AND ADMINISTRATIVE):
None.
PUBLIC COMMENTS (NON-AGENDA ITEMS):
None.
ADJOURNMENT:
There being no further business to come before the Committee, Chair Hernandez adjourned the meeting at 6: 14 p.m.
Respectfully Submitted,
Deputy City Clerk
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NOVEMEBER 30, 2021
COACHELLA COMMUNITY
CENTER PROPOSAL
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Item 3.
3 About KDI ....................................................................................................................................................................5 Proposal Overview .................................................................................................................................................... 7 Proposed Work Program ........................................................................................................................................8 Phase 1 .....................................................................................................................................................................................10 Phase 2 ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 11 Proposed Timeline and Budget ......................................................................................................................... 15 Project Team Resumes ......................................................................................................................................... 18 Contents
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4 Kounkuey Design Initiative is a collective of diverse urbanists—architects, landscape architects, urban planners, community organizers, and engineers—united by our shared commitment to building equity, justice, and resilience in communities.
A BIPOC- and woman-led firm, KDI comprises 50 professionals working from four offices:
Los Angeles, Eastern Coachella Valley, Nairobi, and Stockholm. Our four service areas— Design + Build; Plan + Program, Advocate + Educate, and Research + Test—ensure that we don’t take a one-size-fits-all approach to a challenge or project.
We have 15 years of experience partnering with government agencies and low-income communities of color to deliver hundreds of projects that support social, economic, and environmental equity. From temporary activations of vacant lots and underused streets to long-range vision plans and changes to citywide policies and programs, we have a proven track record of improving neighborhoods and the built environment..
We recognize that inequities in the built environment stem from systemic inequities in policy, resource allocation, and decision-making. For far too long, too many voices have been excluded from the design and planning process, leading to many of the inequities we now work to undo. With this in mind, our guiding philosophy is to create meaningful opportunities for diverse groups to share decision making power in the processes that will shape their neighborhoods. We structure each project to ensure that design and planning concepts are accessible and engaging to everyone—particularly to people who might be approaching such processes for the first time. We believe in the power of design, and in our daily practice we see that power is infinitely stronger when shared.
Across scale, context, and discipline, we believe small, community-led projects have the capacity to lead to large scale transformative change. We have seen strategic and targeted changes to a single vacant lot or bus stop evolve into networks of projects that ultimately yield permanent policy changes and build safety, health, and equity across an entire city. We recognize that communities are better positioned to overcome decades of systemic injustice when work is carried out in a sustained manner, in cooperation with policy-makers, city planners, and local organizations.
About KDI
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Planning engagement in Oasis, CA
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6 to youth, food entrepreneurs, artists and people
seeking art programs.
Advancing three catalyst projects identified in the
Feasibility Study that would provide immediate
benefits to local and regional residents, while
helping to realize the long-range vision of a new
community resource hub. These catalyst projects
are: a community kitchen, artist studios with
flexible space for arts programs, and a youthdesigned and programmed space for young people to gather and meet.
Our proposed approach will demonstrate in the
short term the potential of the former City Hall to
benefit local and regional residents, and the City
of Coachella, while positioning city officials and
other stakeholders to permanently transform the
site over the long-term.
Proposal Overview
On September 8th, 2021, KDI presented the
Coachella Community Center Feasibility Study to
the City Council. In that presentation, we shared
a vision for transforming the former City Hall into
a community resource hub that could accomplish
the following goals:
- support local entrepreneurs through business
incubation programs and a commercial kitchen
- provide space for artists and people seeking arts
programs
- create opportunities for residents to access
wellness service providers such as chiropractors
and yoga instructors among others
- activate the downtown with cultural events
- establish a safe space for youth to gather and
meet
- access services provided by local non-profits.
Council members enthusiastically supported the
Feasibility Study’s recommendation to activate the
outdoor space along 6th Street with programs
that would advance these goals in a highly visible
and concrete way. The City Manager requested
that KDI propose a phasing and implementation
plan for the future Civic Center that would
capitalize on the funding available now to the City
of Coachella through the American Rescue Plan
Act (ARPA).
This document outlines our proposed approach to
phasing and implementation over the next twelve
months, including:
Producing a series of five site activations which
will attract a broad range of Coachella and
regional residents, and will offer resources and
assistance
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PROPOSED
WORK PROGRAM
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8 Coachella Civic Center Beacon engagement in Placentia 12 Item 3.
9 Phase 1: Task 1-3
Task 1. ProjectManagement
We will organize regular meetings with city
officials, preparing agendas and meeting notes. We
will manage the project budget, and prepare
invoices for KDI and any subconsultants rovide
invoices
Task 2. Site activations
KDI will plan and coordinate five cultural events or
“site activations” with live music, arts classes, artist vendors, food vendors, resource tables and
programming for youth and kids. These activations
will serve as opportunities for the community to
experience the future potential of the site and will
include programing and outreach activities.
Cumulatively they will build community buy-in and
support of the project, and can be used as
opportunities to invite potential investors to visit
the site and experience the future vision first hand.
KDI will design and produce custom furnishings
(e.g. benches, tables, play equipment, etc.) to be
used at each event. In addition, KDI will work with
local non profit organizations and community
groups to enhance visibility of their programs and
resources at each event, and help groups network
with each other.
Task 3. Advance three catalyst projects
For each project, we will answer key questions that
will help the City move from plan to
implementation:
What specific amenities, resources, and/or services
will be provided?
What will be the benefits to the City and residents?
What is the design of the physical spaces of the
project?
Who will operate and manage the project?
How will the project be funded?
Task 3.1 Operations and Management
We will outline how each catalyst project could
be run, identifying roles for potential government,
nonprofit, and other partners in staffing,
programming, and maintaining each project.
Key questions:
How many people could the catalyst projects serve?
What are other benchmarks of the projects’ success?
What outreach is needed to let people know about
these projects?
What entity or entities will assume liability,
insurance, fiscal management, and other
administrative responsibilities for the projects? What
entity or entities will lead programs?
Task 3.2 Finance
We will produce a rough cost estimate for each
catalyst project, including costs for construction,
program, maintenance, and other costs. We also
will identify potential revenue streams that could
offset the costs of new proposed programs and
spaces.
Key questions:
How can the projects generate revenue without
burdening low-income residents?
Could partnerships with regional schools and
universities or health care providers and public
health agencies support programs?
What co-operative or sharing strategies could help
reduce costs (e.g. artists could rent shared studio
space at reduced cost in exchange for volunteering
to lead free public classes)?
Task 3.3 Phasing
We will produce a phasing plan with projected
timeline for each catalyst project, and
recommendations for project sequence and interim
programs and activations.
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10 Phase 2: Task 4
Task 4. Design
We will advance the concept design in the
Feasibility Study to a 50% Schematic Design level,
with a special focus on the three catalyst projects.
50% Schematic Design will move the project closer
to permitting and will include the following work
from a team of sub consultants (e.g. Architect,
Surveyor, Engineer):
- two Community Design Workshops;
- Site Plan(s) documenting site layout; -
Representative site sections as necessary to depict
typical relationships between the proposed
improvements;
- Illustrative drawings to accurately depict quality
and function of spaces;
- Preliminary material selections for planting,
hardscape, site furnishing, shade structures, fitness
equipment, and playground equipment;
- Draft Design Report including all of the above plus
a discussion of the sustainability features of the
design;
- Topographic survey; and
- Engineer’s Assessment of the building and
landscape systems
Key questions:
What equipment will the arts space and commercial
kitchen offer to users? How much space should be
made available, based on projected demand?
How can the spaces accommodate different users
and activities?
What will make the spaces feel welcoming and
inclusive?
How will the indoor and outdoor spaces relate to
each other?
1. Program Phasing Plan
2. 50% Schematic Design
3. Final Project Summary Report
At the end of our scope of work, KDI will produce a
final summary report that will serve as an investors
packet to entice funders, investors, nonprofits,and
local and statewide politicians to support and
champion the community’s dream. The City will be
well positioned to take the Coachella Community
Center project from concept to reality with a packet
that includes program phasing recommendations,
50% Schematic Design of the site and finally a
robust narrative tool in photography and video
that can be used for marketing purposes as the
city continues to work on securing funding for the
realization of this project.
Final Deliverables
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11 Participatory design workshop in
Coachella, CA
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12 Coachella Civic Center
Community Engagement
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13 Diagram from Coachella Civic Center
Feasibility Study Report, Key Survey
Results
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PROPOSED TIMELINE
AND BUDGET
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15 Project Timeline
Month 1 Month 2 Month 3 Month 4 Month 5 Month 6 Month 7 Month 8 Month 9 Month 10 Month 11 Month 12 Task 1. Project Management
Task 2. Site activations
Task 3.1 Operations and Management
Task 3.2 Finance
Task 3.3 Phasing
Task 4. Design
Final Summary Report
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16 Phase 1
Staffing
Task 1. Project management $ 10,000
Task 2. Plaza activations (5) $ 100,000
Task 3. Advance 3 Catalyst Projects
Task 3.1 Operations and Management - $ 22,000
Task 3.2 Finance - $ 12,000
Task 3.3 Phasing - $ 8,000
Staffing total - $ 152,000
Direct Expenses
Construction materials (e.g. wood, paint, etc.) for youth space in the plaza - $ 60,000 Youth stipends to co-design and propose programs for youth space - $ 10,000 Program provider stipends for activations (e.g. musicians, performers, service providers) - $ 10,000 Refreshments - $ 4,000
Photographer - $ 2,000
Videographer - $ 3,000
Permitting - $ 5,000
Travel - $ 2,000
Printing - $ 4,000
Direct Expense Total - $ 94,000
Phase 1 Total - $ 246,000
Phase 2
Staffing
Task 3 Design - $ 214,000
Staffing total - $ 214,000
Direct Expenses
cost estimator
Travel - $ 500
Printing - $ 3,000
Direct Expenses total - $ 3,500
Phase 2 total $ 217,500 $ 217,500
PROJECT TOTAL $ 463,500 $ 463,500
Budget Summary
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17 MRCA Statement of Qualifications
for Professional Services
October 30, 2020
18 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
CHELINA ODBERT
Chelina is Co-Founder and Executive Director of Kounkuey Design Initiative. She believes in the potential of low-cost, high-impact design interventions to improve social, economic, and physical quality of life in lowincome communities. Her expertise covers a range of topics including leadership, participatory planning, social entrepreneurship, urban development, environmental remediation, and social impact design. She has extensive field experience through her work in Africa, Latin America and the US. Chelina helped shape KDI into an internationally recognized and award-winning design, planning and community development firm. Chelina has lectured around the world and written about KDI’s community-engaged approach to planning and design.
PRACTICE
Executive Director, Kounkuey Design Initiative, Los Angeles, CA, 2006 - Present (14 Years) Villa Verde Affordable Housing, Coachella, CA
City of Coachella Wellness Center, Coachella, CA
Somos Oasis: Oasis Park, Eastern Coachella Valley, CA
World Bank Group Handbook for Gender-Inclusive Urban Planning, Global Nuestro Lugar: North Shore Park, Eastern Coachella Valley, CA Thermal Oasis Mobility Plan, Eastern Coachella Valley, CA Building Healthy Communities Environmental Justice Campaign, Eastern Coachella Valley, CA Salton Sea State Recreation Area, Mecca, CA
Free Lots Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Play Streets, Los Angeles, CA
Watts Re:Imagined, Los Angeles, CA
Adopt-a-Lot, Los Angeles, CA
Pacoima Wash Greenway, Los Angeles, CA
Ballona Creek Greenway, Los Angeles, CA
SCAG Tactical Urbanism, Southern California
Proposition 68 Technical Assistance, California
Complete Parks Campaign, Cities of Colton & Placentia, CA La Farmacia Popular, Homestead, FL
Kibera Productive Public Space Project, Nairobi, Kenya
IDEO.org Amplify: Rivers and People, Kibera, Nairobi, Kenya WATSAN Portal, Kibera, Nairobi, Kenya
Building Urban Flood Resilience: Integrating Community Perspectives, Kibera, Nairobi, Kenya Lengina Water and Community Project, Lengina, Narok South, Kenya Longborizu Rural Development Project, Longborizu, Upper West, Ghana Bonneau Productive Public Space: The Market Place, Bonneau, Haiti An Expanded View of Urban Agriculture in Ouled Ahmed, Casablanca, Morocco
EDUCATION
Harvard University, Master of Urban Planning
Claremont McKenna College, B.A. Spanish and Psychology, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa
TEACHING
Harvard Graduate School of Design
UCLA
AWARDS AND APPOINTMENTS
Knight Public Space Fellow, Knight Foundation, 2019
Renewal Award Winner, Atlantic Magazine, 2017
Vanguard Fellow, Next City, 2016
Kamala Harris Appointee, Proposition 39 Citizen Oversight Committee, 2015 Ideas Scholar, Aspen Institute, 2014
Designer and Advocate Shaping the World, Public Interest Design Global 100, 2013 Global Emerging Social Innovator, American Express and Ashoka, 2011 New York Prize for Public Architecture, Van Alen Institute, 2008 Ambassadorial Scholar of Urban Planning and Architecture, Rotary Club, 2002
SELECTED LECTURES
Odbert, C. and Mulligan, J. (2017) A Tale of Two Cities, and a Parable of Two Ponds. Presented at University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability, Ann Arbor, MI.
Odbert, C. (2017) Building Urban Flood Resilience: Integrating Community Perspectives. Presented at UN Habitat “Dangerous Landscapes” Conference, Hanover, Germany.
National Conference in Los Angeles, CA.
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18 MRCA Statement of Qualifications
for Professional Services
October 30, 2020
22 PLANNING DIRECTOR
JEROME CHOU
Jerome is the Planning Director at KDI’s Los Angeles office. Jerome is passionate about collaborating with community members to realize their potential as designers and planners of their neighborhoods and cities, with a focus on finding the sites and places that can be activated – immediately and in the long-term – to improve lives. Jerome oversees KDI’s regional and statewide programming, policy and advocacy. Before joining KDI, he worked for Van Alen Institute, the Flint Public Art Project, the Design Trust for Public Space, James Corner Field Operations, and Baltimore City Department of Planning. His experience spans landscape architecture, urban planning and community organizing in the public, private, and non-profit sectors. Jerome has Masters Degrees in Urban Planning and Landscape Architecture from Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design.
PRACTICE
Planning Director, Kounkuey Design Initiative, Los Angeles, CA, August 2018 - Present (2 Years) City of Coachella Wellness Center, Coachella, CA
Play Streets, Los Angeles, CA
Vermont + Manchester lot activation, Los Angeles, CA
Proposition 68 Technical Assistance, California
Adopt-a-Lot, Los Angeles, CA
Program Director, 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale, Venice, Italy, February 2018 - August 2018 Pritzlaff Center Gardens, Santa Barbara Botanical Garden, Santa Barbara, CA Ballroom Marfa Drive-In, Marfa, TX
Grace Farms, New Canaan, CT
Patch/Work Living Cities Design Competition, Philadelphia, PA Weis Courtyard, Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, PA Grange Park, Toronto, Canada
Senior Manager, Van Alen Institute, Basel, Switzerland, 2016 - 2018 Opportunity Space Festival, Malmo, Sweden
Director of Programs, Flint Public Art Project, Flint, MI, 2012 - 2013 Urban Transformations, Flint, MI
Director of Programs, Design Trust for Public Space, New York, NY, 2012 - 2013 Five Borough Farm, New York, NY
Made in Midtown/making Midtown, New York, NY
Project Manager, James Corner Field of Operations, New York, NY, 2008 - 2009 Southern District Community Planner, Baltimore City Department of Planning, Baltimore, MD, 2002 - 2005 Community Organizer, ACORN and Working Families Party, Brooklyn and Hempstead, NY, 1996-1998
EDUCATION
Harvard University, Master of Landscape Architecture
Harvard University, Master of Urban Planning
Harvard College, Bachelor of Arts in English and American Literature
TEACHING
Urban Design Studio, Columbia University GSAPP, New York, NY, 2013 Urban Planning, GSD Career Discovery, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 2008 Visiting Critic, Columbia, Harvard, Maryland Institute College or Arts, Morgan State University, Pratt Institute, University of Michigan School of Art Design, Vassar College
SELECTED PUBLISHED WORK
“Keeping Current Resource Guide” (2018), Van Alen Institute, Basel, Switzerland “Heritage Activation: Reclaiming the Present and Future City in Flint, Michigan” (2017), Flint, MI “Making Midtown: A Vision for a 21st Century Garment District in New York City” (2012), New York, NY “Five Borough Farm: Seeding the Future of Urban Agriculture in New York” (2012), New York, NY “High Performance Landscape Guidelines: 21st Century Parks for NYC” (2011), New York, NY 22 Item 3.
19 DESIGN DIRECTOR
MELISSA GUERRERO
Melissa Guerrero is KDI’s Design Director. Previously she led community-based planning and design projects The Trust for Public Land, Mayor Garcetti’s LARiverWorks Team, Los Angeles Neighborhood Land Trust, and the Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority. She has a Masters of Landscape Architecture from Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design.
PRACTICE
Design Director, Kounkuey Design Initiative, Los Angeles, CA, December 2019 - Present Project Manager, The Trust for Public Land, Los Angeles, CA, September 2017 -December 2019 Bradley Green Alley, Los Angeles, CA
Green Together: Northeast Valley (TCC-Pacoima), Los Angeles, CA Central-Quincy Green Alley Networks, Los Angeles, CA
Avalon Green Alley Network Stewardship, Los Angeles, CA Project Manager, LA Neighborhood Land Trust, Los Angeles, CA, March 2013 - September 2017 Washington Avenue Park, Compton, CA
Fellowship Garden of Love at Holmes, Willowbrook, CA
Golden Age Park, Los Angeles, CA
Wishing Tree Park, West Carson, CA
Student Garden at Washington Prepatory High School (Los Angeles Unified Schoold District), Los Angeles, CA
Landscape Architectural Lead, LA Mayor Eric Garcetti’s LARiverWorks, Los Angeles, CA, January 2015 - March 2016
Certification from the National Park Service of the Los Angeles River (within City of Los Angeles) along the Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail Design director for the Reader’s Guide for the LA River Ecosystem Restoration Project Project Manager, Mountains Recreation & Conservation Authority, Los Angeles, CA October 2010 – January 2015
Lewis MacAdams Riverfront Park, Los Angeles, CA
Compton Creek Natural Park at George Washington Elementary, School Compton, CA Caballero Creek and Los Angeles River Confluence Park, Los Angeles, CA Design Intern + Executive Assistant, Studio-MLA, Los Angeles, CA Summer 2007 +September 2005 - June 2006
Los Angeles River Revitalization Master Plan, Los Angeles, CA
EDUCATION
Harvard University, Master of Landscape Architecture, 2009 Columbia University, Bachelor of Arts, Archaeology, 1998 GRANTS
2018 Strategic Growth Council’s Transformative Climate Communities Grant of $23,000,000 for Green Together: Northeast Valley
2018 Ocean Protection Council Grant of $1,000,000 for Quincy Jones Green Alley Network 2014 IRWM Grant of $1,309,077 for Marsh Park Phase 2 (Lewis MacAdams Riverfront Park) 2014 Urban Greening Project Grant of $980,000 for Caballero Creek and LA River Confluence Park 2012 Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy Grant of $250,000 for Caballero Creek and LA River Confluence Park
2012 Statewide Park Development and Community Revitalization Grant of $725,000 for Marsh Park Phase 2 (Lewis MacAdams Riverfront Park)
2012 Statewide Park Development and Community Revitalization Grant of $1,035,708 for Compton Creek Natural Park
2011 State Coastal Conservancy Grant of $500,000 for Compton Creek Natural Park 23 Item 3.
20 PLANNING ASSOCIATE
CAROLYN ANGIUS
Carolyn is a Planning Associate at KDI’s Los Angeles office. She is passionate about working hand-in-hand with community members to build inclusive, safe, and equitable public spaces for all, particularly in underserved neighborhoods. Prior to joining KDI, Carolyn conducted international research on urban planning and design practices for more gender equitable cities and public spaces as a Harvard Graduate School of Design Druker Traveling Fellow. Carolyn also has experience in public policy, developing and implementing climate adaption, environmental justice, transportation, and water policy in the Office of California Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr. Carolyn holds a Bachelor of Arts from Scripps College and a Master in Urban Planning from the Harvard Graduate School of Design.
PRACTICE
Planning Associate, Kounkuey Design Initiative, Los Angeles, CA, February 2020 - Present Changing Lanes: A Gender Equity Transportation Study, Los Angeles, CA Coachella Civic Center, Coachella, CA
Slow Streets, Los Angeles, CA
Druker Traveling Fellow, Harvard Graduate School of Design, Various, May 2019 - February 2020 Gendering Urban Design: The Spatial Implications of Gender-Informed Design, Vienna, Mumbai, Mexico City, Nagareyama, Cape Town
Consultant, Inter-American Development Bank, Málaga, Spain, October 2019 - January 2020 Urban Planning and Design Intern, MIG, Sacramento, CA June - August 2019 Sacramento Light Rail Authority Transit Oriented Development Plan, Sacramento, CA O Street Corridor Plan, Sacramento, CA
International Community Service Fellow, Alpa Nawre Design + Critical Places, Bhilai, India, January 2019 Urban Planning Intern, NBBJ, Boston, MA, June - October 2018 2018 Downtown Boston Planning Study
California Climate Adaptation Research Supervisor, Harvard Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, MA, 2018
Planning Associate and Research Analyst, Office of California Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr, 2014 - 2016
EDUCATION
Harvard University, Master in Urban Planning, 2019
Scripps College, B.A., History with Honors 2013
AWARDS
2018 - 2019 American Planning Association, Judith McManus Price Scholar 2015 - 2016 PLAN Mentor Program Mentee, American Planning Association Sacramento Valley 2013 Edward A. White Award in American Studies, Scripps College
LECTURES
Angius, C. and Macrakis, E. (2019) Community Land Trusts: More Than Just a Model. Presented at Alabama A&M Annual Urban Planning Conference, Huntsville, AL
PUBLISHED WORK
Angius, C. (forthcoming in 2020) “Creating Space for Adults with Limited Mobility: Participatory Governance, Social Inclusion, and Planning in Málaga, Spain” in Inclusive Cities II, Inter-American Development Bank.
Research Supervisor for Keenan, J. M. (2019) Climate Adaptation Finance and Investment in California. Taylor and Francis Group.
Featured work in Platform 12: How About Now? Harvard Graduate School of Design.
Angius, C. and Macrakis, E. “Community Land Trusts: More Than Just A Model.” Angius, C. and Shen, S. “Multiple Mobilities: Improving Mobility to Achieve Gender Equity in La Favorita, Mendoza.”
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21 Somos Oasis: Oasis Park, Eastern Coachella Valley, CA Nuestro Lugar: North Shore Park, Eastern Coachella Valley, CA Thermal Oasis Mobility Plan, Eastern Coachella Valley, CA Building Healthy Communities Environmental Justice Campaign, Eastern Coachella Valley, CA HR Coordinator, America’s Labor Supply, Indio, CA, 2015 - 2017 Agricultural Safety and Regulations Handbook
Heat and Illness Prevention
Sexual Harassment Prevention
Front Office Supervisor, Marriott’s Shadow Ridge, Palm Desert, CA, 2014 - 2015 Rooms Controller, La Quinta Report, La Quinta, CA, 2006 - 2008 Bar-Back, Best Beverage Catering, Indio, CA, 2004 - 2006
EDUCATION
Loyola University, Chicago, Philosophy and Political Science, 2011 - 2013 Riverside City College, 2010 - 2011
COMMUNITY COORDINATOR
CHRISTIAN RODRIGUEZ
Christian is a Community Coordinator at Kounkuey Design Initiative. He is passionate about social, racial, economic and environmental justice for underserved communities. A proud resident of the Eastern Coachella Valley, Christian is thrilled to be working in his own back yard and to be part of the changes happening in his community. Prior to joining KDI, Christian spent seven years as a faith-based community organizer and retreat leader during his time in Seminary School. He has experience in various industries such as catering, hotel management, and agriculture, most recently working as the Human Resources coordinator for a Farm Labor contractor in the Eastern Coachella Valley. Christian studied Philosophy and Political Science at Loyola University Chicago.
PRACTICE
Community Associate, Kounkuey Design Initiative, Los Angeles, CA, 2017 - Present 25 Item 3.