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Questions for Planning Commission InterviewsCITY OF � CHANHASSEN 690 COULTER DRIVE • P.O. BOX 147 • CHANHASSEN, MINNESOTA 55317 (612) 937 -1900 • FAX (612) 937 -5739 MEMORANDUM TO: Don Ashworth, City Manager FROM: Kate Aanenson, AICP, Planning Director DATE: January 28, 1997 SUBJ: Planning Commission Vacancy As per Resolution No. 95 -34A, the Planning Commission has recommended the following candidates for the vacancy created by the departure of Mayor Mancino: Allyson Brooks recommended candidate (7:45 p.m.) Philip Standafer proposed alternative (7:30 p.m.) Lou Ann Sidney proposed alternative (unable to attend) Jeff Farmakes and Allison Blackowiak terms will expire in April. Jeff has informed the Planning Commission that he would not be seeking reappointment and Allison will seek another term. She has only been on the commission a few months because she is filling a vacated term. The procedure states incumbents who are reapplying do not need to be interviewed by the commission but do need to be interviewed by the City Council. Allison was interviewed less than 6 months ago. I would like some direction from the Council on this issue. The planning commission would like to see if an architect or someone with a background in design could fill Jeff's position. The commission felt that Jeff's background provided a lot of insight into the design of buildings and would like to find someone with similar interests to replace him. What this means is that we will advertise for this position (encouraging people with this background to apply). gAplan\ka \pcappt.doc APPLICATION FOR CHANHASSEN COMMIS YED DATE / .), / fo /' DEC 11 1996 COMMISSION APPLYING FOR: i 0 n n n CITY OF CHA; , ASSEN ALTERNATE: ' r/V )(S NAME: tt 1 1 S ov, V_') r c A S ADDRESS: 1 �,e �� CITY• C /° �'�" "'sw�, ZIP: S'S / �j HOME PHONE: 3 G S WORK PHONE HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN A RESIDENT OF CHANHASSEN ?: HIGHEST LEVEL OF EDUCATION ATTAINED, PLUS DEGREES, IF ANY: I, O CURRENT EMPLOYMENT: (State position, employer & brief description of duties. If with present employer for only a short time, previous r employment as well.) f /G•nnCs L �innCS��� P-oi t I C , 1 1 1 I ReSy,rU [�n<z5e-, ir-A 1-� ACTIVITIES AND AFFILIATIONS: (Include elective offices, honors and recognitions received, if any.) c / � k i, 4S:.�ec� ��ncS 6 l7Gtviso�, �tN � �Sr�J r1 0 4 4k A �leic ►�;� Nom, I„ r�) ��s� �fkG��� ��' rlu,� �C� ��� �1 << >c � ��, Aerrec, lib'$. REASONS FOR SEEKING THIS POSITION AND YOUR QUALIFICATIONS:_ PI rase S C"I4a,C- cI IN FILING THIS APPLICATION, I UNDERSTAND THAT A COMMITMENT OF MY TIME, ENERGY, INTEREST AND PARTICIPATION MILL BE INVOLVED, AND I AM PREPARED TO MAKE SUCH A CONEMn7MENT IN THE EVENT I AM APPOINTED TO THE ABOVE COMIVIISSION. SIGNATURE ALJ.YSON RRnnKC, Phil_ 1831 Sunridge Court Chanhassen, MN 55317 December 10, 1996 Chanhassen Planning Commission City Hall Chanhassen, MN 55317 To whom it may concern: I am respectfully submitting this application for the opening on the Chanhassen Planning Commission. Presently, I am a Senior Transportation Planner with the Minnesota Department of Transportation (Mn/DOT). My primary responsibilities include determining whether historic properties exist within Mn/DOT's project areas and the effects of the undertaking on properties eligible for, or listed on, the National Register of Historic Places. Previous to this I was staff archaeologist with the South Dakota State Historic Preservation Office for seven years. I have also worked for the USDA Forest Service and the National Park Service. My years of public service have given my a solid background in the federal environmental review process. My work with Mn/DOT has also required a knowledge of Minnesota's environmental legislation. Further, my background has given me extensive experience balancing the need for development with both cultural and aesthetic values. I believe that this experience would make me a particular asset to the Chanhassen Planning Commission. I completed my doctorate in December of 1995. As I worked on my degree while working full -time I did not have much time for community involvement. With the completion of my degree I now have the time to participate in local planning efforts. Since the spring of 1996 I have been a member of the Carver County Land Use Planning Committee. This committee was established to assist with the updating of the Carver County Comprehensive Plan. I joined the committee as I had an interest in seeing cultural resources (including historic landscapes) taken into consideration during the planning process. I have also discussed with the Carver County planners the possibility of budgeting for a county -wide historic preservation plan. I believe that my involvement with the Carver County Land Use Planning Committee shows my commitment to community involvement. If you have any further questions please do not hesitate to contact me. Thank -you for your time and consideration. Sincerely, Allyson Brooks, Ph.D. N ALLYSON BROOKS,Ph.D. 1831 Sunddge Court Chanhassen, MN 55317 PH: home - 612 - 368 -4257 work - 612 - 296 -3065 Education: Ph.D, University of Nevada -Reno, 1995, Advisor: Dr. Don Hardesty (702) 784 -6049. M.S. degree in Industrial and Historical Archaeology, May 1987 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY. G.P.A.: 3.80 B.A. degree, 1982, McGill University, Montreal Canada Archaeological field school, 1984, Catholic University, Thunderbird Park, VA. Overseas Student: Tel -Aviv University, June 1980 -July 1981 Continuing Education: NEPA and the 106 Process, National Preservation Institute, St.Paul, MN November 1996 Introduction to Federal Projects and Historic Preservation Law, Advisory Council Workshop, Pierre, SD October 1989 Bottles and Cans Identification Workshop, UNR, Jan. 1989 Relevant Work Experience: Senior Transportation Planner (Historian /Historical Archaeologist ) September 1996 - present. Minnesota Department of Transportation, Cultural Resource Unit, 395 John Ireland Blvd, St. Paul, MN Duties: Responsible for determining the impacts of Mn /DOT's undertakings on historic properties. This includes supervising and directing all historic and historic archaeological work being conducted for the purposes of NEPA and NHPA Section 106 compliance. Other duties include writing Programmatic Agreements, determining appropriate mitigation for adverse impacts to properties, generating contracts for subconsultants, monitoring and reviewing subconsultant's progress and final deliverables, and implementing Mn /Model, the GIS based state wide predictive model. Senior Cultural Resource Manager: January 1996 - September 1996 BRW Inc. 700 3rd. St. South, Minneapolis, MN Duties: Project manager for Mn /Model, a GIS based state -wide predictive model for pre- contact sites. Reponsibilities include managing a multi - million dollar budget, supervising staff and subcontractors, providing research direction and coordinating outreach programs with the professional community and general public. General duties included directing and managing BRW's cultural resource program. This entailed supervising a staff of 12, managing various cultural resource projects, writing proposals, reviewing final products and soliciting new projects. Historical Archaeologist October 1988 - November 1995 State Historical Preservation Center, Box 417, 3 East Main Street, Vermillion, SD. Duties: Responsible for environmental review. All state and federal undertakings were reviewed to determine their effect to historic properties. Recommendations were made for archaeological surveys. -Archaeological and historic site survey reports were reviewed and determinations of eligibility were made to the National Register of Historic Places. Data recovery plans were also reviewed for their adequacy. I worked with federal agencies and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation to develop Memorandums of Agreement and Programmatic Agreements and set standards for the evaluation of historic properties. I managed and input data into our CRM database and archived CRM reports. I also managed South Dakota's archaeological subgrant program and wrote historic contexts for the state plan. Special projects included working on a management plan for historic mining sites in the Black Hills, writing South Dakota's context for homesteading and agricultural development, and initiating and developing our state's site steward program for amateur archaeologists. My work with mining and agricultural properties required survey and evaluation prior to developing the context documents. Further, I was responsible for organizing our yearly cultural resource management workshop which is an open public meeting for cultural resource managers and archaeologists. Other special projects included organizing a workshop on evaluating homesteads for the National Register of Historic Places, organizing the Society of Industrial Archaeology's 1991 fall tour in the Black Hills of South Dakota and the Mining History Association's 1993 annual meeting in Lead, SD. In September of 1990 I was granted nine months of educational leave to attend the University of Nevada -Reno for my Ph.D. In 1993 I was appointed to the Abandoned Mines Lands Advisory Committee by Governor Walter Dale Miller. Archaeologist September 1987 - September 1988 USDA Forest Service, Black Hills National Forest, Custer, SD Supervisor: Lance Rom, Forest Historic Preservation Officer Duties: From April 1988 until September 1988 I administered and carried out archaeological work on the south zone of the Forest while independently conducting field projects on three ranger districts. Supervision of two paraprofessionals was required. With the north zone archaeologist, I developed and taught a training workshop for the paraprofessional archaeologists to be recertified. Other duties included aiding in the fighting of Forest fires. From September 1987 until April 1988 general duties required conducting archaeological survey projects in areas scheduled for timber harvesting, road construction, wildlife habitat improvement, and recreational development. Prehistoric and historic sites were evaluated for the National Register of Historic Places. Reports on the field work were prepared on a project by project basis. For the necessary cases, recommendations for management programs were made to reduce the possible effects that the proposed resource activity may have on existing archaeological sites. This position also required the supervision of volunteers, and the training of paraprofessionals. Historical Archaeologist May 1987 - Sept. 1987 USDA Forest Service, Black Hills National Forest, Custer, SD (Contract) Duties: Principal Investigator for historic sites in Black Hills National Forest. This position entailed developing a historic themes outline for the Forest, and working with local historians on related studies and the exchange of information. The majority of time was spent evaluating historic and archaeological sites according to the criteria established for the National Register of Historic Places. The evaluation process required archaeological field work, historic research, oral interviews, and the analysis of any historic artifacts recovered in the field. Mitigation recommendations were made for those sites to be impacted by forest related activities. General duties were the same as described in the previous position. Parts Warehouse Manager Dec. 1986 - April 1987 Historic Albany Foundation, 44 Central Avenue, Albany, NY Supervisor: Ned Pratt (25 hrs per week) Duties: Managed the parts warehouse which included accounting, marketing, public relations and knowledge of budget process. Identification of historic buildings and architectural parts was necessary for salvage work. Resale of salvaged parts was made to local individuals rehabilitating their homes and to local contractors. Supervision of staff ranging from 2 -5 people. Some design and carpentry work was involved. Research Assistant Sept 1986 - April 1987 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY Duties: Analyzed the Saratoga Battlefield stoneware ceramics through the use of x -ray fluorescence to determine the chemical composition and origin(s) of the clay. Results were presented in the masters project listed above. Historical Archaeologist June 1986 - August 1986 National Park Service, Alaska Regional Office, Anchorage, AK Supervisors: Lee Stilson, Paul Gleeson Duties: Aided in the determination of construction impacts on historic archaeological sites and historic sites in Klondike National Park, Skagway, Alaska. Conducted archaeological surveys and excavations to locate all possible cultural, historical and archaeological remains, including actual on- site sampling, photography, mapping and recording of the remains. Aided in determining the extent, content, nature and significance of cultural features, artifacts and data. Performed some laboratory work. Research Assistant Sept. 1985 - April 1986 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY Supervisor: David Starbuck, Shirley Gorenstein Duties: Excavation of test pits at the English encampment of the Saratoga Battlefield. Identified and prepared historical artifacts for cataloging. Artifacts were computer cataloged using ARDVARC, a database system designed for archaeology. Fifteen hundred ceramics were analyzed using SPSS -X, a social science statistical package, BASIC, LOTUS 1 -2 -3, and SYMAP. Analysis concluded with the preparation of an article on the 1985 ceramics for an unpublished National Park Service report entitled "Preliminary Report on the 1985 excavations at the Saratoga Battlefield ". Archaeological Crew April 1985 - July 1985 Archaeological Services, Western Wyoming College, Rock Springs, WY. Supervisor: Steve Creasman Duties: Preparation of an Archaic period prehistoric site for excavation. Identified features, conducted stratigraphic profiling, photography and mapping. General excavation duties. Archaeologist January 1985 - April 1985 Garrow and Associates, Atlanta, Georgia Duties: Preparation of historic plantation site for excavation, identification of features, mapping, preparation of artifacts for cataloging. General excavation duties. Archaeological Staff July 1984 - August 1984 Buffalo Museum of Science, Humboldt Parkway, Buffalo, NY Supervisor: Michael Gramly Duties: Aided in the archaeological surveying of NW Maine for prehistoric sites, test pit excavation to determine the nature and the extent of sites, preparation of artifacts for cataloging. Auxiliary Work Experience: Research Associate December 1996 - present. University of Minnesota- Duluth. Duties include acting as advisor to graduate archaeology students and participating on master and dissertation committees as requested. Adjunct Facultv University of South Dakota. September 1994 -June 1996. Museum Intern: September 1984- December 1984 Exhibits Section, Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C. Supervisor: Margeurite Noga Duties: Preparation and maintenance of natural history exhibits. Preparation of silk- screens, photography of meteorite thin - sections, historic research for upcoming special exhibit. Honors, Fellowships, Scholarships: Certificate of Recognition, State of South Dakota, 1995 Teaching Fellow, University of Nevada -Reno, 1990 -91 Black Hills National Forest Certificate of Merit (monetary), 1988 Black Hills National Forest Certificate of Appreciation, 1988 Graduate fellowship, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1985 -86 Teaching Assistantship, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1985 -86, 1986 -87. Appointed by the Governor to the Abandoned Mines Lands Advisory Committee 1993 Professional Memberships American Anthropological Association Society for Historical Archaeology Society for American Archaeology South Dakota Mining Association Mining History Association Plains Anthropological Society Western History Association References: Jim Wilson, Acting State Historic Preservation Officer, Historical Preservation Center, Box 417, Vermillion, SD (605) 677 -6822 or (605) 624- 9702. Dr. J.R. Fishburne, Ex -State Historic Preservation Officer. (804) 493 -8270 or (804) 493 -8038. Dr. Herbert Hoover, Dept. of History, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD (605) 677 -5599 Dr. Don Hardesty, Dept. of Anthropology, University of Nevada -Reno, Reno, NV (702)784 -6049 Signe Snortland, Bureau of Reclamation, Bismarck, ND 701 - 250 -4594 Dr. Larry Zimmerman, Dept. of Social Behavior, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD 57069 (605) 677 -5596 Publications Brooks, Allyson and Beth Prine 1996 Conquest and Capitalism:Historical Archaeology in the American West, World Archaeological Bulletin 8 (in press). Brooks, Allyson 1995 Interpreting the Industrial Technology and Social Organization of a Mining Boom in the American West. Journal of Kroeber Anthropology. Brooks, Allyson and Stephanie Jacon 1994 Homesteading and Agricultural Development Context. South Dakota Historical Society. Pierre, SD. Public Presentations: Symposium Chair and Organizer: Non - Traditional Archaeological Resources:Perspectives from Above the Ground. Society for Historical Archaeology Annual Meeting. Washington D.C. 1995 Brooks, Allyson and Michael Bedeau 1995 If You Think It's Butter but It's Not: The Importance of Landscape in Archaeological Analysis. Presented at 1995 Society for Historical Archaeology Conference. Washington D.C. OF D. C. Brooks, Allyson 1994 Going for the Gold (and Silver):The Archaeology of Mining Ventures. Presented at the 1994 Mining History Association Annual Meeting in conjunction with the International Mining History Association. Golden, CO. 1994 Interpreting the Industrial Technology and Social Organization of a Mining Boom Town in the American West. Presented at the 1994 Society of Historical Archaeology Conference. Vancouver, Canada. 1993 South Dakota's Context for Homesteading and Agricultural Development. Presented at the 1993 Society of Historical Archaeology Conference. Kansas City, MO. 1993 Homesteads and Criterion D. Presented at the Historical Archaeology and the National Register Workshop, NPS, Aspen, CO. Berg, Richard and Allyson Brooks 1992 Current Initiatives on Site Preservation Along the Missouri River Trench. Presented at the 50th Plains Anthropological Conference. Lincoln, NE. Bibliography of cultural resources reports available on request REGIS DIST. CENTER TEL :612 -947 -7165 Dec 13 96 19:05 No.014 P.01 APPLICATION FOR CHANHASSEN COMMISSION DATE: /;� - /3 % COMMISSION APPLYING FOR: ALTERNATE: �- NAME: �4'. /r r ADDRESS: �7� 7 �� >Z 1he'w A /act. _ CITY: zip: J HOE PHONE: f Vu WORK PHONE: �Y7 - 715 -0 HOME HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN A RESIDENT OF CHANHASSEN ?: HIGHEST LEVEL OF EDUCAT1iO NATO IN, PLUS DEGREES, IF ANY: CURRENT EMPLOYMENT: (State p employer & brief description of duties. 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