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Paul Thompson, Senior Planner, manages the Central Lane Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) Regional Transportation Plan at LCOG, and conducts financial and long-range planning for the MPO. He has conducted over 70 projects for local governments, including work in all aspects of public infrastructure planning and finance. Paul developed the first land use allocation model for LCOG's transportation system model over 10 years ago, an updated version of which is still used today to forecast residential and employment land use patterns 20+ years into the future. Paul's expertise includes planning for the

- impacts of growth on infrastructure systems, developing impact fee methodologies and rate structures, user fee rate analysis, policy analysis, and financial analysis.

Paul has a BS in Economics (with a focus on Resource Economics) and a MS in progress in Urban Planning, from the University of Oregon. He has over 25 years experience providing economic, financial, transportation, and planning expertise and other technical assistance to clients, including twenty years at Lane Council of Governments and five years with ECO Northwest, a private consulting firm. email