1. Design + Planning Resume
Tara Salmieri, AICP
Senior Associate
Education Tara Salmieri is a Senior Associate leading work on local
Bachelor of Arts, Urban Growth Management, Planning and Politics: Rollins
College (1999) government land development codes that are based on
sustainable design principles with an emphasis on
Professional Registrations illustrative development codes that rely on understanding
Conflict Resolution, July 2000
American Institute of Certified Planners, #0200636 the design of the community to better code the context of
Form Based Code Certified, 2008 the built environment. Tara is also Form Base Code certified
and has led the code writing for Florida cities including
Affiliations
Florida Planning and Zoning Association Eustis, Lakeland, Jacksonville Beach, Leesburg, Sanford and
American Planning Association Sarasota County.
City of Orlando Board of Zoning Adjustment, 2004 – Oct. 2009
Vice Chairperson, 2007 – 2008
Chairperson 2008 2009 Project Experience - Small Area Studies
Publications + Technical Papers
US 17/92 Corridor Strategy Plan, Sanford, FL
“Revitalization of Suburban Corridors and Strategies for Redevelopment,”
American Planning Association Urban Design Publication The US 17/92 Community Redevelopment Area (CRA) Plan
was updated to outline the financial strategies for the
Presentations remaining 10 years of the CRA. Three corridor strategy plans
“Codes on the Road,” interactive course for multiple cities in Central
Florida,April – September 2009, Local American Planning Association were created by sub districts established in the original CRA.
“Aging Corridors,” Florida Redevelopment Association, 2007 Each district was a little over three miles in length. The
“Ideas about the Future of our Cities Form Based Code,” October 2009, Corridor Strategy Plan’s focused on both private and public
presenter Florida Redevelopment Association Conference
“Is there a Place for Placemaking in Planning’s Economy,” panelist, October
investment for the corridor identifying key locations for
2009, Urban Land Institute redevelopment and key areas for additional public
investment. October 2006, The Redevelopment Planning
Professional History
Agency and the Community Redevelopment Agency Board
2009 – Present
Design + Planning at AECOM A unanimously approved the strategies that were developed
Senior Associate for the corridor. Tara served as the Project Manager and
Planner that led the creation of the strategic plans for each
2000 – 2009
Glatting Jackson Kercher Anglin, Inc. Orlando, Florida subdistrict.
Senior Associate
Broward Boulevard Corridor Study, Fort Lauderdale, FL
1999 – 2000
Herbert Halback Inc
Two phases of the Broward Boulevard corridor study were
Planner completed that focused on light rail and bus rapid transit.
One of the primary objectives along Broward Boulevard was
1999
to encourage and shape future development and land use
City of Belle Isle
General Services Coordinator, patterns. To support this objective, the Broward Boulevard
station area identification and planning was conducted
within a corridor-wide planning effort with a focus on
redevelopment. Tara was the project manager and planner
for both phases of the project.

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Project Experience - Design Guidelines/Policies district.. All of the block prototypes were tailored to
downtown Sanford’s current block dimensions and historic
City of Lakeland, Citywide Design Framework and Form building pattern. Transitional blocks were created to protect
Based Code, Lakeland, FL the surrounding single family uses that bordered the study
Creation of a citywide form based code is currently being area. The block typology was meant to serve as a guide to
developed that includes 16 building types, parks, landscape how infill development of complete blocks and single parcel
standards and block layout. Tara is the project manager and development should fit within the existing fabric of the
creator of the land development code. downtown. Tara was the project manager and creator of the
ordinance.
City of Eustis, Form-Base Code Land Development
Regulations, Urban Design, Eustis, FL Route 9 Integrated Land Use and Transportation Plan,
In July of 2008, the City of Eustis adopted a new form-based Ocean County, NJ. New Jersey Department of
code developed in response to concerns by the City Transportation commissioned a study to look at the 30-mile
Commission and local stakeholders who were interested in stretch of Route 9 between South Tom’s River and Tuckerton
creating a new land development code that would function Boroughs and how land use, transportation, and community
to streamline the approval process, create clear design design and planning can be better integrated. The study led
standards consistent with the City’s vision, reinforce the to a corridor partnership agreement and several key
character of each community district, and implement the
implementation items, including the redevelopment of a
City’s downtown Master Plan. The City of Eustis’s form
brownfield/old shopping center into a mixed use community,
based code provides design regulations for the entire
the development of alternative roadway network, a model
transect, as opposed to traditional form-based codes that
ordinance, and roadway redesign. Tara led the creation,
provide regulations only for the urban areas. Tara was the
lead planner and creator of the design and form of the land development and workshops for the model ordinance.
development code.
Rock Hill-York County-Charlotte Model Ordinance, Rock
Hill, SC – Lead Planner, developed two model ordinances for
City of Jacksonville Beach Downtown Vision Plan,
corridors and station areas that addressed street
Jacksonville, FL
framework, uses, building types, basic architecture
The vision plan provided the framework to create form based
standards.
land development standards that were adopted in 2009. Tara
was the project manager and creator of the adopted
Sarasota County, 2050 Land Development Regulations
standards created from the vision plan.
Village, Hamlet, Conservation Subdivisions, Economic
Riverside Avondale Zoning Overlay District, Jacksonville, Development Overlays, Sarasota, FL
FL Glatting Jackson created Land Development Regulations
Riverside/Avondale Area is approximately six square miles of and Zoning Code amendments to implement portions of the
historic neighborhoods with neighborhood serving retail Sarasota County 2050 Resource Management Area (RMA)
located throughout the area. A zoning overlay for the System Amendment to the Sarasota County Comprehensive
Riverside/Avondale area was created to protect the historic Plan. These revisions included revisions to their current
character of the area, provide flexibility for redevelopment Zoning Ordinance to provide for a series of zoning districts
while protecting the stable existing single family historic and design standards to implement the county’s Village,
residential community. A series of graphics were created to Hamlet and Settlement Area land use designations that
help guide the overlay and provide a form based application Tara helped develop.
for the historic area. Tara was the project manager and
creator of the ordinance. Historic Villages of Goldenrod, Orlando, FL
Design guidelines created, provided additional language that
Sanford Downtown Riverfront, Sanford, FL would supplement Orange County's Land Development Code
A zoning overlay with three districts was created for the through the development of an ordinance specifically
created for the Historic Village at Goldenrod. Tara was the
Downtown/Riverfront Area which identified the existing
project manager and creator of the guidelines.
street network and how buildings should orient to each
street designation and the appropriate heights permitted by

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Lee Road Neighborhood Design Guidelines, Orange Brandon Main Street Land Development, Brandon, FL
County, FL Implementation of a vision for a town center utilizing
Design guidelines that identified the issues and constraints traditional neighborhood design standards. The town center
within the County’s current Land Development Code for concept was developed through an interactive design
consideration of modifications to the current Land process that created four mixed-use zoning districts (Town
Development requirements. The tools utilized during this Center I and II, Neighborhood Services and Gateway) that
process were 3D modeling of a site within the corridor and would regulate the vision for new and infill development
photo visualizations to help translate the Land Development through development blocks. Tara was a planner that
Code to a more user friendly application and understanding created pieces of the ordinance adopted.
of the categories to regulate. Tara was the project manager
and creator of the guidelines.
City of Leesburg, Leesburg, FL
2004, A unified land development code was adopted in the
city of Leesburg. The new code provided for both traditional
building patterns and suburban building patterns that
understand the community character vision as expressed
within the adopted comprehensive plan. Four of the ten
chapters in the Unified Land Development Code were
completely y revised: Zoning District Regulations, Site
Design Standards, Signs and Technical Standards Six new
zoning districts were created - one additional single-use
district and five new mixed-use districts. The new mixed-use
districts included design standards with a range of urban
and suburban standards that would complement specific
areas within Leesburg. Access management and street
sections were crafted along with the addition of landscape
standards for commercial properties.
City of St. Pete Beach, St. Pete Beach, FL
A vision plan was created and identified specific standards
to be created four (4) new zoning districts including
permitted uses for the new districts, as well as a new bulk
standards table that also addressed density, intensity, and
height limitations. In addition, these regulations also
addressed general design standards and requirements for
the City of St. Pete Beach Land Development Code that will
be consistent with the sub-districts of the North
Redevelopment District as defined in the proposed
amendment to the City's Comprehensive Plan. Tara created
the ordinance and provided necessary support for the vision.
Pasco County Update to the Land Development
Regulations, New Port, Richey, FL
A Planned Unit Development Ordinance was created to
support Traditional Neighborhood Design that included
parameters for street design, building position, landscape
standards, sign standards and basic architectural
guidelines. Tara created the ordinance, public engagement
approach, task force review and adoption.