Julie A. Dercle, PhD, AICP

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1989 - 97 City of Big Bear Lake, California — Head of the Planning Department reporting to City Manager; responsible for administration and management; supervise current, advanced, and transportation planning, zoning administration, community and economic development, redevelopment, and code enforcement tasks; staff to City Council, Planning Commission, Film Commission, Growth Management Board, Redevelopment Agency, Mountain Area Regional Transit Authority; task force member on the interagency, Bear Valley Coordinated Resources Management Plan and U.S. Forest Service Discovery Center; Housing Element of the General Plan; Section 8 Housing; developed affordable housing; Community Development Block Grants. Advanced planning projects, including a comprehensive Growth Management Program, a City-wide Geographic Information System, Americans With Disabilities Act implementation, General Plan revisions, specific plans, major studies, and capital improvement projects; casework on large-scale current planning projects.

1981-Present Planning and Community Development Consultant; County of San Bernardino, US Forest Service, and various local organizations; various projects and studies including development of a long-range strategy for community/economic development and urban design and infrastructure improvements for the western San Bernardino Mountain area; blight and income studies; Streetscape design for The Sixth Street Revitalization Plan, City of Coachella CA. President/Owner; Objectif. Design, Development, and Distribution, a firm specializing in art, design, and media projects for private industry, educational and governmental agencies. Producer/Writer – "The Freeman House;" School of Architecture, University of Southern California, (National Endowment for the Arts grant); "An American Portrait;" documentary exploring inner

EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Architecture; Design/Planning Methods and Theories Option; University of California, Berkeley. 1992; Master of Architecture; Design/Planning Methods and Theories Option; University of California, Berkeley; Graduate Work; Department of Urban Planning, University of Paris VIII (Vincennes); Maîtrise d'Enseignement d'Arts Plastiques (Master of Arts in Design), Certificate in Methodology; University of Paris I (Panthéon/Sorbonne); Certificate of Participation; United Nations' Graduate Seminar: Habitat