The ordinance provides for eleven members to be appointed by the Mayor for terms of three years in length. The ordinance empowers the Mayor to appoint a chairperson to preside over the Planning Board on an annual basis. The Manager of Community Planning and Development is an Ex officio member of the Board, and shall serve as secretary.
The ordinance requires that the Planning Board shall hold at least twenty-four meetings per year, with a minimum of one meeting per month. Minutes of proceedings are public record.
PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS
Barbara Kelley, Chair
Kamlet Shepherd
1515Arapahoe Street
Tower 1, Suite 1600
Denver, CO 80202
O-303.825.4200
FAX: 303.825.1185
Term Expires: 06.30.08
bkelley@kamletshepherd.com
Ms. Kelley is an attorney with Kamlet Shepherd where she is engaged in a diverse corporate practice encompassing primarily corporate and municipal transactions, commercial banking, and commercial real estate. She is a member of the Board of Trustees of the National Sports Center for the Disabled.
Laura E. Aldrete
1660 Lincoln St, Suite 2100
Denver, CO 80264
Laura Aldrete, AICP, is a senior supervising planner at PB Placemaking. Her focus is on the Denver Union Station project management and transit station area planning around the Denver Metro region. Previously, she served as the Assistant Director of the Denver Urban Renewal Authority (DURA) working to realize community revitalization in typically underserved, blighted communities. Her key responsibilities included oversight of the federally funded housing rehabilitation programs on behalf of the City and County of Denver, and policy and technical guidance critical to the planning, design and ultimately development of infill projects. Prior to her position at DURA, Ms. Aldrete was the Special Projects Director in Denver’s Office of Economic Development and the Stapleton Project Manager in the Denver Mayor’s Office. Throughout her career, Ms. Aldrete has worked closely with landowners, City Administration and agencies, City Council, developers, community groups, and other interested parties. Ms. Aldrete, a native of Colorado and graduate of the University of Colorado, advanced to receive a Masters of Arts in Urban Planning and Latin American Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Brad Buchanan500 E 8th Ave
Denver, CO 80203
(303)861-4600 (work)
(303)861-4646 (fax)
Term Expires: 06.30.10
bbuchanan@bygroup.com
Mr. Buchanan is a principal with Buchanan Yonushewski Architects. He has served as the Chair of the Landmark Preservation Commission, and as a member of the Blueprint Denver Land Use and Transportation Advisory Committee and the Quick Wins II Task Force. Mr. Buchanan is associated with the Downtown Denver Partnership and Colfax on the Hill.
Frederick Corn, P.E.Corn & Associates (Environmental Management)
3625 Raleigh Street
Denver, CO 80212
O-303.433.8577
FAX: 303.455.1123
Term Expires: 06.30.08
fredcorn@comcast.net
Mr. Corn is president of Corn & Associates Environmental Management, Inc. The firm provides environmental engineering and consulting services, including soil and groundwater remediation and site closure, regulatory compliance support for the industrial sector, and due diligence in support of the commercial real estate industry. Mr. Corn has lived in Denver for more than 12 years. His interests on Planning Board focus on land use and comprehensive planning.
William H. Hornby
180 High Street
Denver, CO 80218
H-303.777.1616
FAX: 303.777.1616 (call first)
Term Expires: 06.30.09
Hornden@aol.com
A resident of Denver since 1957, Mr. Hornby is a former editor of the Denver Post. He is a trustee emeritus and former chairman of the Colorado Historical Society. He serves as a board member of the Clayton Center for Children and Youth, the Colorado Historical Foundation, and the Center of the American West at the University of Colorado at Boulder. He is chairman of the Education Foundation of the Colorado Community College System.
Anna Jones
1616 17th St, #262
Denver, CO 82020
303-628-5558
Anna Jones is a senior associate with Progressive Urban Management Associates (P.U.M.A), a consulting firm that specializes in downtown and commercial area revitalization strategies. Anna is primarily involved in the formation of special districts, market-based planning and project feasibility analyses. Prior to working at P.U.M.A, Anna served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Sri Lanka teaching English and working at a sea turtle hatchery. Anna is affiliated with Colfax on the Hill, the International Downtown Association, and the Colorado Revitalization Association.
Ms. Judith Martinez 2590 S Clermont St
Denver, CO 80222
303-837-8466, ext. 105
fax- 303-837-8496
jamarhar@msn.com
Term expires: 6.30.08
Judith Martinez is a Denver native and the Director of The National Center for School Engagement at the Colorado Foundation for Families and Children. Judith is a member of Finding Common Ground, American Evaluation Association, and American Planning Association. She also recently served on the Justice Center Task Force. Her interests on the Planning Board include community engagement, affordable housing, and asset-based community development. Judith has a Masters Degree in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Colorado at Denver. She currently lives in South Denver with her husband and daughter.
Bruce O’Donnell
Starboard Realty Group, LLC
621 Seventeenth Street
Suite 2500
Denver, CO 80293
O-303.294.0555, x109
FAX: 303.294.9426
Term Expires: 06.30.09
Mr. O’Donnell, a Denver native, is president of Starboard Realty Group, LLC, where he specializes in solving complex regulatory and land use issues, as well as provides real estate entitlement project management services for clients throughout the metropolitan Denver area. His Planning Board interests include the land use, historic preservation and public finance areas.
Karen Perez
GCR
633 17th Street, Suite 1700
Denver, CO 80202
Term Expires: 06.30.10