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6.1H Page 23 ROLAND S. ABERG - PRINCIPAL Roland is an urban planner, site/master planner and registered landscape architect with over 30 years of experience in serving public and private clients. A graduate of Cornell University, the University of Oregon and the University of California, Berkeley, he has majored in landscape architecture, architecture and planning. In addition to an undergraduate degree in landscape architecture, he also holds a Master of Architecture and a Master of Landscape Architecture degree from Berkeley and Oregon respectively.. He has been with Hart Howm:ton for the past 20 years. Roland is a member of the Urban Land Institute and the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA), and is a Registered Landscape Architect in California, Minnesota, Pennsylvania and Washington. Professional Experience The .6tst landmark project in Roland Aberg's professional career was the award-winning. visionary master plan for the Indianapolis \Vhite River Park conceived in 1980 while working with the firm of Danadjieva and Koenig Associates. (DKA). During his ten years with DKA, Roland brought to bear his bold vision and creative design talent in planning and design for the Washington State Convention and Trade Center in Seattle as well as the Mission Bay development in San Francisco where he was part of the City of San Francisco Planning Department team. Both won national awards and recognition for design excellence. Additional award-winning work included the master planning and design for the West Point Water Treatment Facilities and regional waterfront park on Elliott Bay in Seattle, WA. Prior to his Wo.rk with DKA, Roland spent three years in London working with Derek Lovejoy and Partners in a multitude of projects including planning for the impacts of England's North Sea Oil industry, campus master planning and design for the Plymouth Naval Academy, in addition to a variety of land reclamation projects and mixed-use developments. Roland joined the firm of Hart Howerton (then called Robert Lamb Hart) in 1988. He subsequently became a Principal and now heads the J\.finnesota office. He has been a principal with the San Francisco office for most of his tenure with Hart Howerton and divides his time between both offices. Hart Howerton is a team of planners, architects, landscape architects and interior designers with offices in New York, San Francisco, London, Vail, Park City. Minneapolis and Boston. The mainstream of their international practice is master planning new communities and designing the landmark buildings and landscapes that make them succeed. The firm has worked in all regions of the United States, in Europe. Asia, Latin America, and around the Pacific Rim. While at Hart Howe.cton, Roland has continued his innovative and thoughtful planning and design work in a host of landmark projects around the country. Most notable has been his role heading a large design team in creating the master plan and vision for the Bridges of Saint Paul. a major mixed-use urban development on the Mississippi River in the heart of downtown St. Paul. Other projects include his master plan work for the Pellissippi Research and Development Park supporting the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. the Gateway Valley Master Plan for a 1,700 acre valley in the east hills of San Francisco Bay, the conceptual master plan for the historic downtown district of Pagosa Springs, Colorado, and his work as part of the Hart Howe.cton team for the 20,000 acre Santa Lucia Preserve in Monterey. CA. He has also led the team that has created the initial conceptual master plan and land management strategy for the Honeywell family estate on Lake Minnetonka, MN, and more recently has spearheaded a multi-agency team in creating a vision for the lvlinnehaha Creek Corridor master plan in the City of Minnetonka, MN. In leading multi-disciplinary professional teams, Roland works with and coordinates civil engineers, geologists, soil engineers, traffic consultants, economists. architects, landscape architects, biologists. hydrologists, etc... In guiding projects through approval processes, he routinely deals with community interest groups as well as government agency officials and their staffs. He has been instrumental in resolving environmental and community concerns in a holistic manner to achieve a sound, sustainable approach to growth in many communities. HART HOWERTON I (111-~~}lt;rt: !~lt\'.lrf)t~