INTRODUCTION

Hello, my name is Markus Coleman.  I am in my senior year of college and second year here at ASU.  I have work for the City of Phoenixfor a total of 16 years.  A majority of this time has been with the Development Services Department.  I have mostly worked in the civil field of development.  I have reviewed, approved and issued permits for civil construction.  Working on minor and major commercial project such as Happy Valley Towne Center to Master Planned Communities such as Desert Ridge, has allowed me to see several aspects of construction policies. I currently work for the Public Transit Department, I have the duty of managing the contracts in which the City of Phoenix sells transit service to other cities/agencies.  As we experience economically hard times, transit service is being eliminated and/or consolidated to become more efficient.  Deciding what transit services to modify and how in turn that will impact the citizens that utilize these services required knowledge of planning and policy.  I am hoping that through this course I will gain a better understanding of the variables that are considered when creating policies.