Leaders in
Comprehensive Plans, Land Development Codes and Growth Management Strategies
and Expert Testimony re Land Use and Development: Compatibility,
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PROFILE OF FIRM PRICIPAL LES
SOLIN, FAICP, founder and
President of SAI, is frequently called upon to lecture at state and national
professional conferences on Comprehensive Planning and Land Development
Regulations. He served as an instructor for the Florida Chamber's Growth
Management short course in Comprehensive Planning, Evaluation and Appraisal
Reports, Plan Implementation and Legislative Updates.
Mr. Solin has been qualified and frequently serves as an expert witness
in matters surrounding land use and comprehensive planning. He has testified
before State Hearing Examiners; Eighteenth and Nineteenth Judicial Circuit
Courts; and US Court, Middle District of Florida. From
1988 to 1996, LES SOLIN served as one of seven elected commissioners on the governing
board of the AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PLANNERS (AICP) and served
as Vice President of AICP from 1992 to 1996.
AICP is the professional development organization that certifies
planners; participates in the accreditation of collegiate planning programs;
promotes professional development; and enforces ethics in the profession.
Principal author
of AICP’s Professional Practice Manual (American
Planning Association Press, 1995), Mr. Solin is the past chair of the
AICP Professional Practice Committee and AICP
Ethics Committee. In 1999, Mr. Solin was elected to the inaugural class of
the Fellows of AICP. A substantial portion of Solin's consulting practice is directed at assisting local governments. However, his in-depth planning experience has attracted the interest of citizen non-profit organizations as well as the development community. Solin is frequently retained to provide expert opinions regarding land use and development issues involving compatibility, consistency, and compliance. He is a member of the Congress of New Urbanism and is working on certification in Form-Based Codes. Mr Solin holds a master’s degree in city planning from the Georgia Institute of Technology, a master's in business administration from Florida Institute of Technology, and a bachelor's degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. |
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