John Adam 57 Fourth Street, no. 1

Ashland, Oregon 97520

tel. 541.488.9118 | mobile 541.292.3514 | johnadam@eml.cc

Summary Municipal planning professional seeking position as a PLANNER in an agency

where formal education, related experience, and skills will be fully applied

Education 2000–2002 Master of Arts in Urban and Regional Planning,

Graduate College, University of Iowa, Iowa City

1993–1995 Secondary Education Teaching Certification,

College of Education, University of Iowa, Iowa City

1987–1992 Bachelor of Arts in English with a minor in German,

College of Liberal Arts, University of Iowa, Iowa City

Accreditation 2009 American Institute of Certified Planners

Employment 2014– Principal Planner, City of Medford, Oregon

2008–2014 Planner IV, City of Medford, Oregon

2003–2008 Planning Director, City of Talent, Oregon

2002–2003 Associate Planner, City of Iowa City, Iowa

2000–2002 Planning Intern, City of Iowa City, Iowa

Experience Management of Planning and Building Departments, managing two assistants

(Talent)

Head of Comprehensive Planning division, managing four planners (Medford)

Preparation and presentation of administrative, quasi-judicial, and legislative staff

reports (all cities)

Amendment of the urban growth boundary (Medford; still in process, but nearly

there)

Development and implementation of zoning and subdivision code revisions and

reorganization (Talent)

Served on the Technical Advisory, the Policy, and the Contract Oversight

Committees for the development of a 50-year regional plan (since 2003 for both

Medford and Talent)

Served on Rogue Valley Metropolitan Planning Organization Technical Advisory

Committee (RVMPO TAC); chair of MPO TAC in 2006 and from 2008 to 2012

(Medford and Talent)

Grant writing and management of projects in Iowa City (successful nomination

of neighborhood to National Register of Historic Places), Talent (code revision;

John Adam 57 Fourth Street, no. 1

Ashland, Oregon 97520

tel. 541.488.9118 | mobile 541.292.3514 | johnadam@eml.cc

master planning), and Medford (transportation impact analysis for urban growth

boundary expansion)

Research and drafting of new landscaping, lighting, and site-development

standards for the in-house revision of the zoning code (Iowa City)

Daily customer service responsibilities; organization and leadership of

planning open houses and charettes (all cities)

Drafting, field research, and facilitation of citizen planning groups for District

Plan amendments to the Comprehensive Plan (Iowa City and Talent)

Preparation of annual departmental budget and adviser for biennial City Council

goal setting (Talent)

Enforcement of zoning and nuisance codes; floodplain administrator (Talent)

Organizer and leader of ethics training courses for AICP certification

maintenance

Volunteer work Southern Oregon Professional Development Coordinator, Oregon Chapter of

the American Planning Association (2010–present)

Recognition Employee of the Quarter, City of Medford, Autumn 2012

Skills Practical knowledge of ArcGIS, SPSS statistical software, Adobe Pagemaker, and

Microsoft Office