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James Bryant Duncan (born 22 February 1939) is an American urban planner, the founding partner of Duncan Associates and a past president of the American Planning Association. In his six decades as a planner, he and his firm assisted over 400 cities and counties in 43 states. Early life Duncan was born in Wewoka, Oklahoma and raised in Corpus Christi, Texas. His parents were schoolteachers. He received an associate of arts degree from Del Mar College in Corpus Christi (1959), a bachelor of arts in journalism and government from the University of Texas at Austin (1961) and a master’s in city and regional planning from the University of Oklahoma (1965). During his collegiate days, he worked as a summer reporter for the Corpus Christi Caller-Times and as a legislative aide in the Texas House of Representatives in Austin. Career His first job in a planning department was as a research analyst with the city of Austin (1961-1963). After obtaining his graduate degree, he became planning coordinator for Camarillo in Ventura County, then the fastest-growing city in California (1965). This was followed by two years (1966-1967) directing the Seattle planning operations for a multi-disciplinary design firm. Then came a cross-country move to Miami to serve as a contract planning advisor to Dade County’s 27 cities. Over the next five years (1967-1972), several of his more significant accomplishments included a “controlled growth guide” for South Miami; an “image enhancement” plan for North Bay Village; a bilingual comprehensive plan for Sweetwater, an expressway multiple use study for Miami, and a matrix analysis of all 28 zoning codes in the county (all firsts).

Next on his career ladder was growth management director for the city of Hollywood (1973-1977). Accomplishments included an award-winning “poster” plan, a new zoning code and creation of the nation’s largest urban wetland nature preserve. His next position was more of a layover than a stopover – six months as director of the South Beach redevelopment agency (1977). Miami Beach politics proved problematic and consulting with a few Gold Coast communities awaited (1978-1981). Joining Broward County (1981-1984) as its development management director, he implemented a new land development code and multi-facility impact fee system. At the time, impact fees were a new and little-known form of exaction. Also, occurring this period was a turn at teaching growth management as an adjunct professor at Florida Atlantic University (1983). His next career move was a return to Austin as its land development services director (1984-1987). At the time, Austin was witnessing record growth and a torrent of development permits. Area plans were quickly prepared to guide land use decisions, and regulations were enacted to protect watersheds, preserve capitol views and provide parkland. Permits peaked in 1986 and nosedived in 1987. After having to cut his staff in half, he opted to return to consulting.

Duncan Associates was created to assist public agencies with their plan implementation needs. As such, most of its assignments involved the drafting of land development regulations and impact fee studies. In its initial quarter-century (1987 to 2012), the firm served 340 cities, counties and regions in 43 states with its two most far-flung clients being Fairbanks, Alaska and the US Virgin Islands. It also prepared studies for the states of Hawaii, Louisiana, Minnesota and Florida. While the firm drafted regulations and studies for many major cities and counties (e.g. Chicago, Fort Worth, Tulsa, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Kansas City, Atlanta, Phoenix, Raleigh, Tucson, Lincoln, Minneapolis, Albuquerque, Maui, Hawaii County, Orange County and Dade County), it also prepared several special studies of an innovative nature, including a “cost of sprawl” study for the state of Florida; a “growth management techniques” manual for the Puget Sound Council of Governments, and a “feedlot fiscal” study for the Minnesota Department of Agriculture. Firm projects were honored by APA chapters in Texas, Florida, Louisiana, Nevada and Colorado.

From 2007 to 2014, he also served as a principal lecturer on the subject of “sustainable zoning and development controls” in over a dozen APA “planners training service” roadshow workshops.

He retired in 2015 and lives in Austin. Active in city affairs, he has served as vice-chair of the Austin zoning and platting commission and chair of a citizens advisory group to update zoning. Personal life He is married to Ekaterina Sakkas, a former Miss Greece. They have one son, Bryant. Honors Appointed to Florida Resource Management Task Force by Gov, Bob Graham (1978) Elected president (twice) of the Florida APA chapter (1982 and 1984) Elected president of national American Planning Association (1986) Represented nation at first USA/USSR Symposium on Urbanism in Moscow (1988) Named a Charter Fellow of the American Institute of Certified Planners (1999) Recipient of Outstanding Alumni award by OU College of Architecture (2010) Recipient of Regent’s Alumni award by University of Oklahoma (2014) Recipient of Planning Legend award by Texas APA chapter (2018) Publications Duncan, James B. and Nelson, Arthur C. (1995), Growth Management Principles and Practices. Planners Press. American Planning Association, Chicago. ISBN-10: 0918286921

Duncan, James B. (2009), “Financing Public Infrastructure” Local Planning: Contemporary Principles and Practice. International City Managers Association. ISBN-13: 978-0873261487

Duncan, James (December 2011), “Development Impact Fees” PAS QuickNotes 35. Planners Press. American Planning Association, Chicago.