HomeMy WebLinkAboutDesign Team Job Descriptions Edina Public Works Site Small Area Guide Process April 2010
Job Description: Design Team Member
The City of Edina is organizing a community-based planning initiative that will result in a
Small Area Guide, a first step in defining the patterns of land use and development and a
core component of an eventual Small Area Plan. A key element of this process is the
definition of a Design Team that will be primarily responsible for establishing the core
design and planning directions for the study area defined for the Small Area Guide. The
process is intended to be heavily oriented toward engagement of the community,and will
occur over approximately five weeks. The result of the Small Area Guide process will
demonstrate a vision for the study area that is forward-looking, economically viable,
innovative, sustainable,and publicly supportable.
The Design Team will be composed of up to ten professionals representing the following
disciplines:
• Architecture
• Landscape Architecture
• Urban Design
• Urban Planning
• Transportation Planning
• Market/Economic Assessment
Members must be residents of Edina with relevant experience in projects dealing with
master planning for mixed use redevelopment,public space design,sustainable design, or
transportation planning. Participation at all events and meetings is encouraged,but active
participation during a 1-1/2 day design charrette is mandatory.
Key activities will include interactions with a Community Advisory Team charged with
overseeing the preparation of a Small Area Guide, and working collaboratively with other
Design Team members to articulate a narrative and graphic vision and supporting
principles for the Small Area Guide.
Participation as a member of the Design Team is voluntary, and will not preclude future
professional participation in a project resulting from the Small Area Guide. Design Team
members are expected to volunteer their time, and to provide any materials anticipated to
be needed during their participation in any event related to the Small Area Guide process.