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Company
Profile
Principals
Stephen
Svete
Michael
Gialketsis
Walt
Hamann
Duane
Vander Pluym
Joseph
Power
John
Rickenbach
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Principal
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As
Principal, Mr. Rickenbach oversees the Planning and Operations
of Rincon's Environmental Sciences and Planning Group in
San Luis Obispo and directs the management of projects in
the Central California region. He is responsible for preparing
and overseeing technical studies, particularly with regard
to general plan and specific plan preparation, CEQA review,
GIS analysis, site monitoring and site planning. Mr. Rickenbach
has over 13 years experience in the field, with an emphasis
on specific plans, supported by a strong background in applying
GIS technology and database management to guide long-range
planning efforts. He manages CEQA and NEPA documents, and
has successfully used the environmental and planning processes
to guide agencies through complicated annexation studies.
TECHNICAL
CAPABILITIES
- Mr.
Rickenbach prepares a wide range of planning studies,
including specific plans, general plans, constraints analyses,
and CEQA/NEPA documents. His particular expertise is planning
within rural communities, and for cities in the process
of urbanizing. He is an expert at coordinating public
input to produce planning documents based on consensus,
and has successfully developed plans for communities with
differing needs.
- Mr.
Rickenbach applies Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
technology to planning projects. He is technically skilled
in the use of ARC/INFO and ArcView, the two GIS programs
most widely used by agencies within the state. He successfully
used his GIS skills for projects such as general plan
updates, groundwater quality studies, and oil pipeline
corridor analyses. He teaches a GIS course at the junior
college level.
- Mr.
Rickenbach is an authority regarding the concepts surrounding
neo-traditional town development. He co-authored an award-winning
study that compared the costs and benefits of standard
suburban development to the principles of neo-traditional
planning, an approach that emphasizes site planning to
improve the functionality of development.
EDUCATION,
REGISTRATIONS AND AFFILIATIONS
M.C.R.P.,
City and Regional Planning, California Polytechnic State
University, San Luis Obispo
B.S.,
Physical Geography, University of California, Davis
American Institute of Certified Planners
American Planning Association
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