Julie Herlands

Experience

ed-herlands Julie Herlands is a Principal with TischlerBise and has fifteen years of planning, fiscal, and economic development experience. She holds a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Buffalo and a Masters of Community Planning (M.C.P.) from the University of Maryland. Prior to joining TischlerBise, Ms. Herlands worked in the public sector in Fairfax County, VA, and for the private sector for the International Economic Development Council. She has conducted fiscal impact analyses using the case-study marginal approach to evaluate multiple land use scenarios, specific development projects, and annexations. In addition, she has prepared over eighty impact fees and other one-time fees for communities across the country.

Ms. Herlands frequently presents at national and regional conferences including serving as co-organizer and co-presenter at a half-day AICP Training Workshop entitled "Fiscal Impact Assessment" at the American Planning Association National Planning Conference in 2008 and 2009. A recent session on impact fees and cash proffers presented at the APA National Conference is available through the APA training series, Best of Contemporary Community Planning 2005. Ms. Herlands is currently the Chair-Elect of the Economic Development Division of the APA.

Selected Fiscal Impact Analysis Experience

Town of Queen Creek, Arizona – Fiscal Impact Analysis of Growth Scenarios; Fiscal Impact Analysis of Development Project
Napa County, California – Fiscal Equity Study
Lake County Schools, Florida – Cost of Land Use Study; Revenue Strategies
Shreveport Metropolitan Planning Commission of Caddo Parish, Louisiana – Fiscal Impact Analysis of Growth Scenarios
Anne Arundel County, Maryland – Fiscal Impact Analysis of Growth Scenarios; Revenue Strategies; Fiscal Model
Rouse Company/Howard County (Columbia), Maryland – Fiscal Impact Analysis of Development Project
Town of Snow Hill, Maryland – Fiscal Impact Analysis of Development Project
Lincoln County, Nevada – Cost of Land Use Study; Revenue Strategies; Fiscal Model
City of North Las Vegas, Nevada – Cost of Land Use Study
Nye County/Town of Pahrump/Nye County Schools, Nevada – Cost of Land Use Study; Fiscal Impact Analysis of Growth Scenarios
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, North Carolina – Fiscal Impact Analysis of Development Project; Fiscal Model; Multijurisdictional Study
City of Coppell, Texas – Fiscal Impact Analysis of Development Project
City of Bluffdale, Utah – Fiscal Impact Analysis of Development Project
Henrico County, Virginia – Fiscal Impact Analysis of Growth Scenarios; Fiscal Model
Town of Leesburg, Virginia – Fiscal Impact Analysis of Growth Scenarios; Fiscal Impact Analysis of Annexation; Fiscal Model
Shenandoah University (Winchester, Virginia) – Economic Impact Analysis
Somerset Homes/King George County, Virginia – Fiscal Impact Analysis of Development Project

Selected Impact Fee & Infrastructure Funding Strategy Experience

City of Boulder, Colorado – Impact Fee/Excise Tax Study
Town of Castle Rock, Colorado – Impact Fee Study
Lake County Schools, Florida – Revenue Strategies
Plant City, Florida – Impact Fee Study
Port St. Lucie, Florida – Impact Fee Study
City of Stuart, Florida – Impact Fee Study
Polk County, Florida – Impact Fee Study
Seminole County, Florida – School Impact Fee and Infrastructure Financing Study
City of Kellogg, Idaho – Capital Improvement Plan and Impact Fee Study
City of Post Falls, Idaho – Capital Improvement Plan and Impact Fee Study
Shoshone Fire District #2, Idaho – Capital Improvement Plan and Impact Fee Study
City of Victor, Idaho – Impact Fee Study
City of Evanston, Illinois – Impact Fee/Excise Tax Study
Anne Arundel County, Maryland – Revenue Strategies
Caroline County, Maryland – Schools Excise Tax Study
Dorchester County, Maryland – Impact Fee Study
City of Salisbury, Maryland – Impact Fee Study
Town of Easton, Maryland – Impact Fee Study
Talbot County, Maryland – Impact Fee Study
Wicomico County, Maryland – Impact Fee Study
Worcester County, Maryland – Impact Fee Study
City of North Las Vegas – Impact Fee Study
Nye County/Town of Pahrump, Nevada – Impact Fee Study
Cabarrus County, North Carolina – Voluntary Mitigation Payment Studies (Two School Districts)
Catawba County, North Carolina – School Impact Fee Studies (Three School Districts)
Chatham County, North Carolina – School Impact Fee Study (One School District)
Orange County, North Carolina – School Impact Fee Study (Two School Districts)
Goochland County, Virginia – Cash Proffer Study
Henrico County, Virginia – Impact Fee Study; Cash Proffer Study
Prince George County, Virginia – Cash Proffer Study
Prince William County, Virginia – Impact Fee Study
Spotsylvania County, Virginia – Impact Fee Study
Stafford County, Virginia – Impact Fee Study
Sussex County, Virginia – Cash Proffer Study

Education

Masters of Community Planning, University of Maryland (Summa Cum Laude, Phi Kappa Phi)
B.A. Political Science, University of Buffalo (Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa)

Speaking Engagements

Fiscal Sustainability, American Planning Association Webcast, 2010
Fiscal Impact Assessment, AICP Training Workshop, American Planning Association National Planning Conference, 2009 and 2008
Infrastructure Financing: Funding the Gap, American Planning Association National Planning Conference, 2009
Economic Development for Planning Practitioners, Training Workshop, American Planning Association National Planning Conference, 2009
Voluntary Mitigation Payments: An Alternative to Impact Fees, American Planning Association National Planning Conference, 2007
Proffers vs. Impact Fees: The Virginia Experience, National Impact Fee Roundtable, 2006
Impact Fee—Or Is It? American Planning Association National Planning Conference, 2005
Integrating Planning with School Demands, American Planning Association National Planning Conference, 2005
Planning and Fiscal Reality, American Planning Association National Planning Conference, 2004

Publications