Land Use Environmental Planning
Resume:
SAMUEL G. ABRAMS
Orlando, Florida *****
*************@*****.***
PROFILE
Highly motivated professional with extensive training and wide ranging experience.
Excellent skills in analysis, writing and verbal communication. Quick learner, responsible and honest. Will relocate anywhere in Florida, Available immediately.
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
Land use planning and zoning
Environmental planning
Energy planning
Urban design
Commercial property appraisals
GIS
Analyze, explain and write regulations
Advanced population projection techniques
MS Office
Public presentation
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
●Writing recent articles on the effects of changing technology on land use including electric vehicles, solar, education, affordable housing, climate change and resilience
●25% average reduction in value commercial property tax challenges
●Revised and simplified zoning code, brought it into conformance with the City of Hollywood master plan
●Designed and wrote safe neighborhood plan
●Wrote master’s thesis on residential development regulations for energy conservation and generation
●Wrote senior thesis analyzing the then new NEPA regulations
●Researched and wrote major portions of the EIS of the East Brunswick NJ master development plan
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Commercial real estate consulting, appraisals and research
Wrote and obtained variances and permits for commercial properties
Wrote housing, historic preservation and Port Everglades sections of the City of Hollywood master plan
Reviewed building and site plans and occupational licenses for zoning compliance
Analyzed variances, rezoning and land use changes and made recommendations at public hearings
Supervised 3 GIS technicians, used system myself (Accumap based on AutoCAD 10)
Office manager and bookkeeper at Malor Realty
Constructed scale models for architects, lawyers (95% success rate) and museum displays
WORK EXPERIENCE
Now working as an independent consultant on planning issues and on solar energy for commercial buildings. 8/2023-current.
Realtor/commercial and residential appraiser/researcher, Flynn Realty, Investment Realty,
Malor Realty, Hollywood, FL 1992-1995
City Planner 1, City of Hollywood, Florida 1989-1992
Planning Technician, Hillsborough County City County Planning Commission, Tampa, FL 1986-1989
Scale Model Builder, Panoramic Studios, Philadelphia, PA, 1982-1986
EDUCATION
Recent courses in Entrepreneurship and marketing, Business values and Bookkeeping 2018-2019
Graduate studies in Land Use and Energy planning, Univ. of N. Carolina at Chapel Hill 1979-1981
B.A. Urban planning, Environmental planning and Urban design, Rutgers Univ. New Brunswick NJ 1979
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