BFJ Team. Mark Freker Associate Mark Freker is a planner with a range of experience, focusing on land use planning, community engagement, and transportation planning. He has more than five years of experience in both planning and public health work in urban and suburban contexts, with projects including development studies, transportation plans, land use analysis and public health research.

BFJ Team. Eshti Sookram Planner Eshti brings experience in creative community engagement, geographic analysis, project coordination, social media management, and graphic design. Demonstrating a commitment to fostering inclusivity in community engagement, her focus extends to addressing environmental justice concerns in multidisciplinary planning projects. Prior to joining BFJ, Ms. Sookram worked for the FAB Fulton Business Improvement District and Urban Magazine at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation.

BFJ Team. Emily Tolbert AICP Senior Planner Emily Tolbert has a diverse background in planning, policy, marketing, and academia. She has experience in comprehensive planning, strategic planning, community engagement, and graphic rendering and analysis. Prior to BFJ, Mrs. Tolbert was the Assistant Director of Columbia University’s Graduate Urban Planning programs and worked for the National Trust for Historic Preservation and several planning and architecture firms.

RFP - HARTFORD-BRAINARD AIRPORT BFJ Planning was awarded a contract under Public Act No. 22-118, Section 426, which mandates the CT Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD) on behalf of the state to assess the benefits and opportunity costs to the City of Hartford and the State of Connecticut of the current and alternative uses of the Hartford-Brainard Airport property. The state must do so in a way that is consistent with and supports the bill’s stated goals of promoting the health, welfare, and safety of people in Connecticut; increasing their quality of life; boosting tourism; stimulating the economy, and enhancing people’s ability to enjoy the Connecticut river. DECD must submit a report of the analysis’s findings, by October 15, 2023, to the Finance, Revenue, and Bonding Committee. BFJ Planning will prepare a Draft and Final Reports which will synthesize; 1) a decision pathway for continued use or redevelopment of the Airport following Federal and State regulations; 2) a preferred development scenario with a clear regulatory pathway for redevelopment following Federal, State, and Local laws; and, 3) a Final Report summarizing the community engagement program, identify impacts and an environmental remediation phasing plan. The report will highlight development constraints and provide other recommendations to assist the final decision-making by members of the State Legislature. BFJ Planning must submit a draft report by August 31, 2023, to DECD. BFJ is conducting this RFP process by its Brainard Airport contract with the State of Connecticut DEDC and is issuing separate requests for qualifications/proposals (RFQ/RFP) to engage consultants to undertake (A) economic considerations, (B) environmental components and (C) analysis of the regulatory components of the requirements stated in the DECD’s RFP#22ECD2185. Documents. RFP No. 2022-1 Phase I and Phase II Environmental Site Assessments RFP No. 2022-2 Economic Analysis of Hartford Brainard Airport RFP No. 2022-3 Regulatory Analysis of Hartford Brainard Airport

BFJ Team. Georges Jacquemart PE, FAICP, PP Principal Georges Jacquemart directs BFJ’s Transportation work and has extensive experience in managing and undertaking traffic impact and circulation studies, and projects related to transit planning, parking, bicycling and pedestrian circulation. He has worked on assignments for a variety of clients in North and South America, Europe, Asia and Africa. Prior to becoming a principal of BFJ, Mr. Jacquemart was the principal of Jacquemart Associates, Inc., a New York-based transportation planning and traffic engineering firm. He had previously been associate vice president and regional manager of Alan M. Voorhees & Associates.

BFJ Team. Francoise Mohamed Office Manager

BFJ Team. Christine Jimenez LEED AP ND Associate Christine Jimenez has a multidisciplinary background in the fields of architecture, planning, and urban design. She has experience working on comprehensive plans, downtown plans, graphic visualizations, public engagement events, urban design studies, and zoning analyses. Prior to BFJ, Ms. Jimenez worked for a Westchester-based architecture firm focused on home renovations and new residential projects.

Urban Design. BFJ’s senior professionals include architects, planners, and urban designers with experience in a range of urban design and site planning projects for public and private clients. These include design studies for downtown areas and urban waterfronts; detailed site plans for housing, commercial, and light industrial uses; and projects for larger campuses as well as for individual sites. Contact. Jonathan Martin, Ph.D., AICP j.martin@bfjplanning.com Downtown and Neighborhood Revitalization BFJ’s downtown revitalization projects have included large-scale urban design studies and the preparation of detailed design guidelines for downtown areas. Downtown Master Plan → Farmingdale, New York Site Plans BFJ’s urban design skills, supported by its expertise in zoning, comprehensive planning and transportation planning, have been utilized in numerous mixed-use and residential developments. The firm’s past work includes a number of neighborhood studies in East Harlem and a Master Plan for the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Gardens at Harriman Concept Plan → Harriman, New York Streetscapes and Façade Improvement Programs BFJ’s work includes a variety of streetscape design studies and façade improvement projects to improve the quality, appearance, and economic viability of downtown Main Streets and suburban corridors. Design guidelines and development standards have been developed as both standalone documents and as part of adopted zoning, including form-base codes. Main Street Design Guidelines → Port Washington, NY New Communities and Master Plans The firm has completed a number of major master plan assignments including new community plans within the United States as well as in China, Egypt, Brazil, and Vietnam. Our work on the Master Plan for Hanoi included the preparation of long-term plans for the Core City and for five new satellite cities. Hanoi Master Plan → Hanoi, Vietnam

BFJ Team. Sarah Yackel AICP Principal Sarah Yackel is an urban planner with more than seventeen years of experience in environmental review, land use planning and zoning. Ms. Yackel has extensive expertise in the preparation of comprehensive plans, waterfront plans, and zoning regulations throughout the Metropolitan and Mid-Hudson regions. In addition, Ms. Yackel heads up BFJ’s environmental review practice group and has broad knowledge of the environmental impact review and assessment processes, including the management, preparation and review of environmental review documents at all levels of government, public consultation and scoping, and development of effective mitigation strategies. Ms. Yackel has managed a large variety of projects ranging in size and geography, from large-scale urban redevelopment projects to small scale projects in suburban/rural areas. Prior to joining BFJ, Ms. Yackel worked as a planner at the Municipal Art Society (MAS) of New York and at Environmental Science Associates, a San Francisco based environmental planning firm. Ms. Yackel served as the Chair of the New York Metro Chapter of the American Planning Association’s (APA) Awards Committee from 2010 to 2015, as Vice President for Committees from 2012-2014, and as Vice President for Professional Development from 2006-2008. Ms. Yackel was awarded the “Floyd Lapp Award” for distinguished service by the APA NY Metro Chapter in 2008. Ms. Yackel has also been a guest lecturer in environmental planning at New York University Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service and Baruch College.

BFJ Team. Noah Levine AICP, PP Associate Principal Noah Levine is a project manager and design professional with a broad range of planning experience. He has worked with private and public sector clients on projects ranging from master/comprehensive plans, traffic, pedestrian and parking studies; land use and zoning plans; neighborhood and downtown revitalization; site design; municipal consulting; and environmental review. He has also been actively involved in BFJ visioning workshops, charrettes, and other outreach methods, including interviews and surveys.