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68 <br />Qualifications of <br />Steve Sizemore, AICP <br />Clarion Associates <br />Stephen Sizemore is a planner, lawyer, and Senior Consultant in the North Carolina office of Clarion <br />Associates. He has more than 28 years of planning experience, primarily with growth management <br />and development regulation for local governments. Before joining Clarion, Mr. Sizemore was' <br />planning director for a coastal North Carolina county with a large military installation, overseeing the <br />county's development of a comprehensive plan and implementation of its first county-wide zoning <br />regulations and served on Norfh Carolina's Coastal Resources Advisory Council. Prior planning <br />experience includes 12 years as a land use planner/attorney for an urban Norfh Carolina county - <br />where he prepared growth management/land use policies and regulations, including transitional <br />rural-urban development regulations -and 7 years as a planner for a North Carolina university town - <br />where he helped prepare a unified development ordinance. Mr. Sizemore has also worked as <br />research attorney for the American Planning Association, where he edited Planning & Environmental <br />Law, organized the annual Bettman Symposium on land use law, and was an associate editor and <br />contributing author for APA's Planning and Urban Design Standards. He also developed rules and <br />guidelines for preparation of comprehensive plans and development regulations by local governments <br />in Maine. <br />Professional History <br />• Planning and Development Director, Onslow County, 2005-2008 <br />• Research Staff Attorney and Editor, Planning & Environmental Law, American Planning Association, <br />2002-2005 <br />• Land Use Planner/Attorney, Wake County, 1990-2002 <br />• Senior Planner, Maine Office of Comprehensive Planning, 1988-2000 <br />• Planner, Development Coordinator, Town of Chapel Hill, 1978-1986 <br />• VISTA Volunteer planner, Town of Clayton, NC, 1977-1978 <br />Education <br />• Juris Doctor, University of North Carolina at Chapel HiII <br />• Masters in Regional Planning, University of North, Carolina at Chapel Hill <br />• Bachelor of Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill <br />Professional Associations <br />• American Institute of Certified Planners <br />• North Carolina State Bar <br />• Member, American Planning Association <br />C 6 A R 1 ~ N <br />