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Director of the Office of Planning Andrew Altman Confirmation Resolution of 1999
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Chairman Linda Cropp at the request Of the Mayor

A PROPOSED RESOLUTION IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Chairman Linda W. Crop, at the request of the Mayor, introduced the following resolution, which was referred to the Committee of the Whole.

To confirm the Mayoral appointment of Mr. Andrew Altman as the Director of the District of Columbia Office of Planning.

RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this resolution may be cited as the "Director of the Office of Planning Andrew Altman Confirmation Resolution of 1999".

Sec. 2. The Council of the District of Columbia confirms the appointment of:

Andrew Altman
601 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20004
(Ward 2)

as the Director of the Office of Planning, in accordance with section 2 of the Confirmation Act of 1978, effective March 3, 1979, (D.C. Law 2-142; D.C. Code, sec. 1-633.7) to serve at the pleasure of the Mayor of the District of Columbia.

Sec. 3. The Council of the District of Columbia shall transmit a copy of this resolution, upon its adoption, each to the nominee and to the Office of the Mayor.

Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.

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ANDREW ALTMAN
601 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20004

EXPERIENCE

DIRECTOR OF CITY PLANNING
Community and Economic Development Agency, City of Oakland, CA, 9/96-7/99

Managed all planning, land use approvals and zoning for one of most diverse U.S. cities, with population of 400,000, 57 square miles. Managed revitalization program, targeted city services to inner city districts.

MANAGER OF COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING
Office of Planning and Building, cite of Oakland, CA, 8/95-9196

Managed Comprehensive Plan, neighborhood revitalization planning, citywide land use ordinances, historic preservation planning, waterfront planning, citywide and area rezonings. Completed update of Comprehensive Plan, awarded CA American Planning Association Award, initiated first waterfront plan.

SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE ADMINISTRATOR
Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Los Angeles, CA, 3/91-7/95

Directed planning services division of redevelopment agency including management of Downtown Strategic Plan, initiation of new redevelopment project areas in inner city neighborhoods.

ASSISTANT TO MAYOR TOM BRADLEY
Office of Mayor, City of Los Angeles, CA, 10/89-3191

Served as primary adviser and representative on all issues related to redevelopment.

FELLOWSHIPS AND TEACHING

LOEB FELLOWSHIP
Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, MA, 9/98 - 5/99

Selected as one of ten recipients nationwide awarded to individuals who have demonstrated leadership in the design and related professions. Focused on designing best practices for revitalizing cities.

LADY DAVIS POST GRADUATE FELLOWSHIP
Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel, 7/87-7/88

Fellowship awarded for applied research related to urban revitalization programs. Consulted to Jerusalem Municipality on demonstration neighborhood council program.

VISITING LECTURER
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, Cambridge, MA, Spring 99

Invited to develop and teach graduate course and symposium on "Remaking Distressed Cities," focusing on successful urban revitalization strategies that brought leading practitioners to MIT.

EDUCATION

MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Masters in City Planning, Cambridge, MA, 5/87

TEMPLE UNIVERSITY
Bachelor of Arts in Geography, Philadelphia, PA, 5/85

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