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Title: Park Planning Intern
Description: The Park Planning Intern will work with the Park Planning team to support the long range park planning efforts, individual park master plan projects, land development review, and the planned update to the Park and Recreation sections of the Countywide Comprehensive Plan. Responsibilities may include attending planning team meetings; assisting with stakeholder identification and notification; working on the logistics of planning public outreach meetings; attending public outreach meetings to assist with set up, registration, and note taking; compiling and summarizing public feedback from meetings, email and web input; evaluating rezoning applications qnd site plans for impacts to parkland; and conducting Comprehensive Plan research.
Requirements: Coursework in geography, land use planning, public policy planning and analysis, landscape architecture, park and recreation planning, and/or nature resource management. Good research and writing skills, attention to detail, Microsoft Office computer skills.
Title: Park Land Records Database and Base Map Creation
Description: The Land Acquisition and Management branch is creating a land records database and base maps for each park within the Park Authority’s inventory (over 23,500 acres of parkland). These base maps, using an AutoCAD format, will illustrate park boundary information and the location of existing easements and other land restrictions for use in the planning and development of park facilities. Duties may include land record research, coordination of park survey information, database development, and park base map creation.
Requirements: Engineering or landscape architecture student or related field with AutoCAD experience, ability to research land records
Title: Parks Land Use/Land Cover Analysis and GIS Special Projects
Description: The Park Planning Section has analyzed park inventory data and countywide aerial photography to classify land use/land cover into five generalized categories. Intern would use GIS and aerial photos to update these maps and perform data analysis and reports. This information will better enable the PAB and staff to make decisions related to park planning and resource management. Other GIS projectss will also be assigned and may include mapping of park features on-site in parks using GPS.
Requirements: Geography, Planning or Land Use Studies. Must be proficient in GIS.
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