Fountain valley : planning director is hired by city

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After a 10-month search for a new planning director, the city has hired Michael W. Brotemarkle to fill the vacancy left by Frank Schuma. Brotemarkle has worked for the community development


departments of five cities in Southern California and has managed two private consulting firms that handled environmental and redevelopment planning. He currently resides in Orange but lived


in Fountain Valley for eight of his 30 years in Orange County. “When the job became open I immediately said yes,” Brotemarkle said. “All my kids were born in this town, and it’s like coming


back home.” Among Brotemarkle’s first jobs will be to assist in revising the city’s General Plan, a blueprint for commercial and residential construction over the next 10 years. That


project will begin this December and take about 18 months to complete. MORE TO READ