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Lydia Major, ASLA, is a landscape architect in LHB's Urban Design + Planning group. She has been involved in
<br />community planning projects in West Allis, Wisconsin; Buffalo, Minnesota; and Highland, Michigan. She has also
<br />prepared development plans founded on land development capacity, clustered development patterns, and geographic
<br />information systems to preserve critical landscapes and features on a nearly 500 acre site in a southwest suburb of the
<br />Twin Cities. She helped prepare the 2006 Maple Grove Park Plan, which integrated parks, trails, and other priorities of
<br />the Maple Grove Park Board. She is currently involved in the redevelopment of the Wayzata Bay Center in Wayzata,
<br />Minnesota, an intensive mixed use redevelopment project that will anchor the eastern end of downtown; and a
<br />proposal to create a major education campus in Chaska, Minnesota.
<br />Lydia received her Master's Degree in Landscape Architecture from the University of Minnesota and her Bachelor of Arts
<br />Degree in English from the University of Wisconsin - Madison. She is a licensed Landscape Architect in Minnesota.
<br />Lydia Major will be active in meetings of the PARMPUT and public meetings, participate in the preparation of broad
<br />master plan directions and specific park master plans, and assist in the preparation of interim and final reports. She
<br />will also be responsible for mapping and coordination with city staff for GIS documentation.
<br />CJ Fernandez, ASLA has over eight years of experience as a landscape architect. During this time CJ has specialized in site
<br />design, master planning, and design development for public and private clients. His portfolio of work includes parks,
<br />urban design, trails, sustainable design, regional planning, nature center, memorial design, waterscapes as well as
<br />subdivisions, transportation and recreational site design.
<br />CJ's design priorities are based on community integration in the design process. In his work, CJ has led large public
<br />meetings, communities and private clients through interactive processes as a means of active engagement in the design.
<br />Through the use of technological expertise and artistic rendering, CJ has used design for creative problem solving, as a
<br />civic actor, for conceptual expression, and during design development. He has worked in a wide variety of presentation
<br />situations in both local and international capacities. His experience in park planning and design includes an ecologically
<br />sustainable trail design and interpretive program for Crosby Farm Nature Area in St. Paul, Minnesota; a 200 mile
<br />recreation corridor along the Red Lake River centered on East Grand Forks, Minnesota; planning for the Gitchi Gami Trail
<br />along the North Shore of Lake Superior; and the Minnesota River State Trail between Redwood Falls, New Ulm, and St.
<br />Peter.
<br />G Fernandez will assist in the development of the master plan and participate in public meetings.
<br />Dan Cornejo, Principal, Cornejo Consulting, is an award-winning city planner with three decades of innovative thinking
<br />and experience in community planning and design, all of which has been characterized by innovative and inclusive public
<br />engagement. After an extensive career in public service and directing planning services for a major
<br />architectural/engineering firm, in 2004 Dan established his own firm, focusing on Twin Cities communities.
<br />He has worked across North America in a variety of urban, suburban, and rural settings in diverse cultural and
<br />community situations. He has served as Director of Planning and Design for St. Paul, Development Director for
<br />Robbinsdale, and Planning Director for Staten Island, NY. Prior to that, he led redevelopment planning for a former CP
<br />Rail site on the downtown waterfront of Vancouver, Canada that has won numerous awards for its extensive and diverse
<br />public open space and trails. Most recently, he led an extensive neighborhood stakeholder consultation process in
<br />assessing impacts of the University of Minnesota on surrounding neighborhoods, as well as organizing and leading the
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