Mr.
Collins is the principal in the consulting firm of Collins & Schoettler.
This 18 -year old public sector planning firm provides a full
range of planning services to cities and counties in the San Joaquin
Valley.
Greg Collins has over 23 years of experience in the planning
field and 16 years of experience in local government. As a public
sector planner for Tulare County, Mr. Collins' positions ranged
from environmental coordinator to project planner for two major
land use plans: the Rural Valley Lands Plan and the Foothill Growth
Management Plan. Both of these plans won national planning awards
from the National Association of Counties. While with Tulare County,
Mr. Collins was also responsible for preparing numerous environmental
impact reports for various projects, including general plan elements,
subdivisions, and commercial developments.
As a planning consultant, Mr. Collins has prepared planning
reports, environmental impact reports, specific plans, general
plan elements and zoning ordinances for cities and counties within
the San Joaquin Valley. Mr. Collins has also has furnished contract
planning services to small cities. Serving as the city planner,
responsibilities have ranged from permit processing and ordinance
interpretation to the more complex tasks of preparing general
plan elements and environmental impact reports and reviewing site
plans.
Mr. Collins served on the Visalia City Council and Visalia Redevelopment
Agency from 1975 to 1991, presiding over the City of Visalia as
it gained a reputation for innovative and progressive planning
policies; from 1987 to 1991 he served as mayor and chairman of
the Visalia Redevelopment Agency. Because of his planning background,
he has chaired or served on committees dealing with land use,
housing, redevelopment and circulation.
Education
Mr. Collins has a B.S. in Biology from the University of California
at Santa Barbara and a Masters Degree in City and Regional Planning
from California State University, Fresno. Mr. Collins also holds
a limited service community college teaching credential in the
field of ecology. He has taught classes in the field of planning
for the U.C. Extension program.
Awards
1988 Distinguished Leadership Award, California Chapter AP
