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Julie Herlands
Experience
Julie Herlands is a Principal with TischlerBise and has fifteen years of planning, fiscal, and economic development experience. She holds a B.A. in Political Science and a Masters of Community Planning (M.C.P.) from the University of Maryland. Prior to joining TischlerBise, Ms. Herlands worked in the public sector in Fairfax County, VA, and for the private sector for the International Economic Development Council. She has conducted fiscal impact analyses using the case-study marginal approach to evaluate multiple land use scenarios, specific development projects, and annexations. In addition, she has prepared over 80 impact fees and other one-time fees for communities across the country. She is a frequent presenter at national and regional conferences including serving as co-organizer and co-presenter at a half-day AICP Training Workshop on Fiscal Impact Assessment at the American Planning Association National Planning Conference in 2008 and 2009. A recent session on impact fees and cash proffers presented at the APA National Conference is available through the APA training series, Best of Contemporary Community Planning 2005. She is currently the Secretary-Treasurer of the Economic Development Division of the APA.

Selected Fiscal Impact Analysis Experience
  • Town of Queen Creek, Arizona - Fiscal Impact Analysis of Growth Scenarios; Fiscal Impact Analysis of Development Project
  • Napa County, California - Fiscal Equity Study
  • Lake County Schools, Florida - Cost of Land Use Study; Revenue Strategies
  • Shreveport Metropolitan Planning Commission of Caddo Parish, Louisiana - Fiscal Impact Analysis of Growth Scenarios
  • Anne Arundel County, Maryland - Fiscal Impact Analysis of Growth Scenarios; Revenue Strategies; Fiscal Model
  • Rouse Company/Howard County, Maryland - Fiscal Impact Analysis of Development Project
  • Town of Snow Hill, Maryland - Fiscal Impact Analysis of Development Project
  • Lincoln County, Nevada - Cost of Land Use Study; Revenue Strategies; Fiscal Model
  • City of North Las Vegas, Nevada - Cost of Land Use Study
  • Nye County/Town of Pahrump/Nye County Schools, Nevada - Cost of Land Use Study; Fiscal Impact Analysis of Growth Scenarios
  • University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, North Carolina - Fiscal Impact Analysis of Development Project; Fiscal Model; Multijurisdictional Study
  • City of Coppell, Texas - Fiscal Impact Analysis of Development Project
  • City of Bluffdale, Utah - Fiscal Impact Analysis of Development Project
  • Henrico County, Virginia - Fiscal Impact Analysis of Growth Scenarios; Fiscal Model
  • Town of Leesburg, Virginia - Fiscal Impact Analysis of Growth Scenarios; Fiscal Impact Analysis of Annexation; Fiscal Model
  • Somerset Homes/King George County, Virginia - Fiscal Impact Analysis of Development Project
Selected Impact Fee & Infrastructure Funding Strategy Experience
  • City of Boulder, Colorado - Impact Fee/Excise Tax Study
  • Town of Castle Rock, Colorado - Impact Fee Study
  • Lake County Schools, Florida - Revenue Strategies
  • Plant City, Florida - Impact Fee Study
  • Port St. Lucie, Florida - Impact Fee Study
  • City of Stuart, Florida - Impact Fee Study
  • City of Kellogg, Idaho - Impact Fee Study
  • City of Post Falls, Idaho - Impact Fee Study
  • Shoshone Fire District, Idaho - Impact Fee Study
  • City of Evanston, Illinois - Impact Fee/Excise Tax Study
  • Anne Arundel County, Maryland - Revenue Strategies
  • Caroline County, Maryland - Schools Excise Tax Study
  • Dorchester County, Maryland - Impact Fee Study
  • City of Salisbury, Maryland - Impact Fee Study
  • Town of Easton, Maryland - Impact Fee Study
  • Talbot County, Maryland - Impact Fee Study
  • Wicomico County, Maryland - Impact Fee Study
  • Worcester County, Maryland - Impact Fee Study
  • City of North Las Vegas - Impact Fee Study
  • Nye County/Town of Pahrump, Nevada - Impact Fee Study
  • Cabarrus County, North Carolina - Voluntary Mitigation Payment Studies (Two School Districts)
  • Catawba County, North Carolina - School Impact Fee Studies (Three School Districts)
  • Chatham County, North Carolina - School Impact Fee Study (One School District)
  • Orange County, North Carolina - School Impact Fee Study (Two School Districts)
  • Goochland County, Virginia - Cash Proffer Study
  • Henrico County, Virginia - Impact Fee Study; Cash Proffer Study
  • Prince George County, Virginia - Cash Proffer Study
  • Prince William County, Virginia - Impact Fee Study
  • Spotsylvania County, Virginia - Impact Fee Study
  • Stafford County, Virginia - Impact Fee Study
  • Sussex County, Virginia - Cash Proffer Study
Education
Masters of Community Planning, University of Maryland (Summa Cum Laude, Phi Kappa Phi)
B.A. Political Science, University of Buffalo (Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa)

Speaking Engagements
  • Fiscal Impact Assessment, AICP Training Workshop, American Planning Association National Planning Conference, 2009 and 2008
  • Infrastructure Financing: Funding the Gap, American Planning Association National Planning Conference, 2009
  • Economic Development for Planning Practitioners, Training Workshop, American Planning Association National Planning Conference, 2009
  • Impact Fees and Cash Proffers, APA Virginia Annual Planning Conference, 2009
  • Paying for Growth, APA Virginia Annual Planning Conference, 2009
  • Voluntary Mitigation Payments: An Alternative to Impact Fees, American Planning Association National Planning Conference, 2007
  • Proffers vs. Impact Fees: The Virginia Experience, National Impact Fee Roundtable, 2006
  • Impact Fee-Or Is It? American Planning Association National Planning Conference, 2005
  • Integrating Planning with School Demands, American Planning Association National Planning Conference, 2005
  • Fiscal Impact Analysis and Cash Proffers in Virginia Jurisdictions, APA Virginia Annual Planning Conference, 2005
  • Planning and Fiscal Reality, American Planning Association National Planning Conference, 2004
Publications
  • "Should Impact Fees Be Reduced in a Recession?" Economic Development Now, August 10, 2009 (International Economic Development Council)
  • "Agreements, Fees, and CIP," The Best of Contemporary Community Planning, 2005, Training CD-ROM (American Planning Association and Lincoln Institute of Land Policy)
  • "The Connection between Growth Management and Local Economic Development," Economic Development News & Views (Economic Development Division of the APA)
Contact
Julie Herlands
julie@tischlerbise.com

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