Resourceful & Practical Land Use Planning & Entitlement Solutions
Winecki Consulting, Inc. has successfully prepared and processed hundreds of governmental and non-governmental land use planning programs and development entitlements throughout coastal California, including residential and mixed-use development, habitat restoration plans, resort hotels, public parkland and recreational facilities, regional airport and multimodal transportation systems, and educational facilities, among others. Our experience includes a multitude of planning programs and projects that have effectively addressed complicated coastal policy and planning issues, including:
- Public access and recreational resources
- Visitor-serving facilities
- Coastal-dependent and priority development
- Water quality
- Environmentally sensitive habitat areas (ESHA)
- Agricultural Resources
- Public scenic resources
- Coastal hazards, including sea-level rise and shoreline processes,
- Energy conservation and emissions reduction (climate change)
- Archaeological and paleontological resources
- Coastal policy conflict resolution (balancing)
Winecki Consulting, Inc. diligently monitors current trends and evolving applications in Federal, State and local planning practices and public policy development to ensure our clients are informed of matters that could affect their planning and project goals. Our practice emphasizes proactively planning, designing and processing projects in a way that addresses public, environmental and community concerns early in the process, and our ability to effectively assess and distribute information regarding key planning and policy issues serves to advance agency and stakeholder communication, collaboration and accountable decision-making for our clients.
Specific Services
- Due diligence assessment
- Environmental constraints and opportunities analysis
- Concept design and procedural strategy
- Land use/development feasibility assessment
- Policy constraints and opportunities analysis
- Policy development for government sponsored and private sector (project -driven) Local Coastal Programs/Amendments, Public Works Plans and Long-Range Development Plans
- Proposed policy and planning program review for land use/project goal compatibility
- Entitlement Plans
- Supporting policy, technical and legal documentation coordination
- Application preparation and processing; zoning compliance review, coastal development permits, land use permits, conditional use permits, development plans, etc.
- Resource protection, management and mitigation programs
- Federal Consistency Review
- California Environmental Quality Act/National Environmental Policy Act (CEQA/NEPA) document and compliance review
- Review of permit conditions and findings for feasibility and defensibility
- Appeal negotiation and resolution
- Violation/enforcement resolution
- Condition/mitigation compliance monitoring and related construction management
- Project design and technical consultant team building and management
- Strategic counseling for timely and cost-effective project review and approval
- Agency staff support to ensure sound project review and consistency findings
- Agency and stakeholder meeting representation
- Public hearing representation, including preparation of presentation materials and written correspondence in response to public comment and/or agency recommendations
- Decision-maker briefing materials and ex parte communications