Experience

Dr. Guthrie has thirty-two years of experience as a professional planner, working primarily in the areas of impact fees, demographic analysis, infrastructure funding, fiscal evaluations, and transportation planning. His career includes twenty-three years of work as a planning consultant and eight years of public sector experience. At TischlerBise, Dr. Guthrie is the impact fee team leader, with over 380 studies completed for approximately 120 jurisdictions in twenty-five states/provinces. Dr. Guthrie has also served as an expert witness on the topic of impact fees.

As a planning practitioner, Dr. Guthrie promotes smart growth through revenue strategies and pricing policies. By helping communities implement Development Impact Fees, local governments create a nexus between private sector development and the demand for public facilities. Rather than subsidize growth with general tax revenues, Dr. Guthrie works to ensure designated funding for infrastructure that also helps to minimize externalities like traffic congestion. He has pioneered innovative methods for tabulating census data to support higher fees for larger housing units and reducing fees for infill development located in urban centers.

Dr. Guthrie also teaches graduate planning courses at local universities, including Growth Management at the Alexandria campus of Virginia Tech and Planning Techniques at Catholic University of America. His doctoral dissertation, titled "Understanding Urban, Metropolitan, and Megaregion Development to Improve Transportation Governance" documents the expected geographic extent of commuter sheds in 2030 for large metropolitan areas within the continental United States. Commuter sheds provide a viable refinement to current statistical area designations and solve problems due to inconsistent and fragmented MPO boundaries. Nine transportation megaregions are proposed based on specific criteria, including global gateways that facilitate movement of people and goods, contiguous commuter sheds with urban centers spaced a suitable distance for high-speed rail service, and end-point commuter sheds projected to add at least one million persons and jobs from 2000 to 2030. The dissertation recommends a new paradigm for transportation governance with scale-dependent decision-making and funding strategies.

Selected Impact Fee & Infrastructure Funding Assignments

• City of Foley, Alabama - Development Impact Fees
• Baldwin County, Alabama - Development Impact Fees
• Apache Junction Water Company, Arizona - Water System Connection Fees
• City of Avondale, Arizona - Development Impact Fees
• City of Casa Grande, Arizona - Development Impact Fees
• City of Glendale, Arizona - Development Impact Fees
• City of Goodyear, Arizona - Development Impact Fees
• City of Goodyear, Arizona - Water Resources Fees
• City of Peoria, Arizona - Development Impact Fees
• City of Prescott, Arizona - Feasibility of Development Impact Fees for Roads
• Town of Queen Creek, Arizona - Development Impact Fees
• City of Scottsdale, Arizona - Development Impact Fees
• City of Show Low, Arizona - Development Impact Fees
• City of Surprise, Arizona - Development Impact Fees
• City of Tolleson, Arizona - Development Impact Fees
• City of Bentonville, Arkansas - Development Impact Fees
• City of Chino Hills, California - Development Impact Fees
• City of Clovis, California - Sewer Impact Fees
• City of Temecula, California - Development Impact Fee
• City of Tulare, California - Development Impact Fee
• Pitkin County, Colorado - Funding Strategy & Impact Fee
• City of Boulder, Colorado - Development Excise Taxes
• Town of Castle Rock, Colorado - Development Impact Fees and Evaluation of Douglas County School Fees
• Montezuma County, Colorado - Development Impact Fee
• Town of Erie, Colorado - Development Impact Fees
• City of Evans, Colorado - Development Impact Fees
• Town of Johnstown, Colorado - Drainage Financing Alternatives, Development Impact Fees, and Water Rate Study
• Arapahoe County, Colorado - Rural Road Funding Strategy
• City of Louisville, Colorado - Development Impact Fees
• City of Pueblo, Colorado - Development Impact Fee
• Town of Vail, Colorado - Development Impact Fee
• State of Delaware – Transportation Impact Fee
• New Castle County, Delaware - Development Impact Fees, Sewer Policies and Capacity Fees
• DeSoto County, Florida - Development Impact Fees
• DeSoto School District, Florida - School Impact Fees
• Manatee County, Florida - Development Impact Fees
• City of Lake Wales, Florida - Development Impact Fees
• Polk County School District, Florida - Capital Needs Assessment
• Pasco County School District, Florida School Impact Fees
• City of Miami, Florida - Development Impact Fees and Evaluation of Miami-Dade County Impact Fees for Roads and Schools
• City of Naples, Florida - Development Impact Fees
• Coral Ridge Properties - Capital Improvements Element for Parkland, Florida
• City of Punta Gorda, Florida - Development Impact Fees
• City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida - Development Impact Fees
• Gordon County, Georgia - CIE and Development Impact Fees
• City of Douglasville, Georgia - CIE and Development Impact Fees
• Douglas County, Georgia - CIE and Development Impact Fees
• City of Garden City, Georgia - CIE and Development Impact Fees
• Henry County, Georgia – CIE and Transportation Impact Fee
• Effingham County, Georgia - CIE and Development Impact Fees
• Town of Hailey, Idaho - Annexation Study and Development Impact Fees
• City of Nampa, Idaho - Development Impact Fees
• City of Post Falls, Idaho - Development Impact Fees
• City of Baltimore, Maryland - Transportation Funding Strategy
• Home Builders Association of Carroll County, Maryland - Evaluation of Development Impact Fees
• Cecil County, Maryland - Development Excise Tax
• Frederick County, Maryland - Development Impact Fees
• Town of Hampstead, Maryland - Development Impact Fees
• Charles County, Maryland - School Impact Fees
• Worcester County, Maryland - Development Impact Fees
• Queen Anne's County, Maryland - Development Impact Fees
• Carroll County, Maryland - Development Impact Fees
• City of Westminster, Maryland - Capital Improvements Plan
• City of Madison, Mississippi - Development Impact Fees
• City of Nixa, Missouri - Development Impact Fees
• City of Belgrade, Montana - Development Impact Fees
• Gallatin County, Montana – Roads and Fire District Impact Fees
• Florence-Carlton School District, Montana - School Impact Fees
• City of Great Falls, Montana - Evaluation of Capacity Fees
• Town of Manhattan, Montana - Development Impact Fees
• City and County of Missoula, Montana - Development Impact Fees
• Frenchtown Fire District, Montana - Development Impact Fees
• City of Polson, Montana - Development Impact Fees
• Douglas County, Nevada - Road Impact Fees
• NAOIP & HBA of Albuquerque, New Mexico - Evaluation of Impact Fees
• City of Las Cruces, New Mexico - Development Fees
• Currituck County, North Carolina - School Impact Fee
• Orange County, North Carolina - School Impact Fee
• City of Jacksonville, North Carolina – Water and Sewer Facilities Charges
• Home Builders Association of Beavercreek, Ohio - Review of Transportation Fees
• City of Delaware, Ohio - Development Impact Fees
• City of Green, Ohio - Development Impact Fees
• Village of Sunbury, Ohio - Development Impact Fees
• City of Edmond, Oklahoma – Water and Sewer Impact Fees
• City of Cambridge, Ontario - Development Charges
• Hydro Electric Commission of Cambridge, Ontario - Development Charges
• City of Sarnia-Clearwater, Ontario - Development Charges
• Township of Wellesley, Ontario - Development Charges
• Aiken County, South Carolina - Development Impact Fees
• Anderson County, South Carolina - Development Impact Fees
• Georgetown County, South Carolina - Development Impact Fees
• City of Sherman, Texas - Development Impact Fees
• City of American Fork, Utah - Development Impact Fees
• City of Clearfield, Utah - Development Impact Fees
• City of Clinton, Utah - Development Impact Fees
• City of Draper, Utah - Development Impact Fees
• City of Farmington, Utah - Development Impact Fees
• City of Hooper, Utah - Sewer Impact Fee
• City of Hyde Park, Utah - Development Impact Fees
• City of Kaysville, Utah - Development Impact Fees
• City of North Logan, Utah - Development Impact Fees
• City of Pleasant Grove, Utah - Development Impact Fees
• Salt Lake County, Utah – Stormwater and Park Impact Fees
• South Valley Sewer District, Utah - Sewer Impact Fees
• City of Spanish Fork, Utah - Development Impact Fees
• City of Springville, Utah - Park Impact Fees
• City of Wellsville, Utah - Development Impact Fees
• City of West Jordan, Utah - Development Impact Fees
• City of Woods Cross, Utah - Development Impact Fees
• Home Builders Association of Chesterfield County, Virginia - Cash Proffer Study
• Isle of Wight County, Virginia - Cash Proffer Study
• Graham Companies (Loudoun County, Virginia) - Evaluation of Dulles Sewer District
• City of Suffolk, Virginia – Water and Sewer Availability Charges
• Jefferson County, West Virginia - Development Fees
• City of Eau Claire, Wisconsin - Public Facilities Needs Assessment
• City of Kenosha, Wisconsin - Evaluation of CIP Process
• City of Casper, Wyoming - Development Impact Fees
• Teton County, Wyoming – Transit Impact Fee
• Select Fiscal, Economic, & Demographic Studies
• City of Chino Hills, California - Fiscal Study
• City of Douglasville and Douglas County, Georgia - Fiscal Study
• City of Garden City, Georgia - Cost of Port-Related Services
• City of Post Falls, Idaho – Evaluation of Proposed Phosphorous Discharge Regulations
• City of Twin Falls, Idaho - Fiscal Evaluation of Proposed Micron Plant
• Winchester Homes – Fiscal Evaluation of Clarksburg Area (MD) Master Plan
• Howard County, Maryland - Fiscal Analysis of Residential Prototypes
• Sterling Forest Corporation, New York - Fiscal Impact Analysis of Development Proposal
• City of Stillwater, Oklahoma - Fiscal Study
• City of Cambridge, Ontario - Fiscal Impact of Residential Prototypes
• City of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania - Fiscal Impact of State Government Facilities
• Lancaster County, Pennsylvania - Fiscal Impact Analysis of Residential Development
• City of Chesapeake, Virginia - Alternative Student Generation Rates
• City of Harrisonburg, Virginia - Economic Benefit of the Southeast Connector
• King County, Washington - Marginal Cost Study of Growth Alternatives and Fiscal Impact Model

Education

Ph.D., Planning, Governance, and Globalization, Virginia Tech
M.A., Urban and Regional Planning, University of Florida
B.A., Education, University of Florida

Speaking Engagements

• "Impact Fees," Utah City Engineers Association
• "Funding the Infrastructure Gap," American Planning Association National Conference
• "Preparing the Impact Fee Ordinance," Institute of Continuing Legal Education in Georgia, Land Use Law Program
• "Development Impact Fees," Association of Idaho Cities Conference
• "Reasonable Impact Fees," National Association of Home Builders Conference
• "Impact Fees: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly," Continuing Legal Education International, Growth Management Conference
• "Do Impact Fees Fit Your Comprehensive Revenue Strategy?" Rocky Mountain Land Use Institute Conference
• "Developing a Capital Improvements Program," Utah League of Cities & Towns Conference

Publications

• Introduction to Infrastructure Financing - Paul Tischler, Dwayne Guthrie and Nadejda Mishkovsky. 1999., IQ Service Report, Vol. 31, No. 3. Washington, DC: International City/County Management Association.