Carl Taylor is a Professional Civil Engineer with over 34 years of experience in urban land development, public works, and transportation projects, predominantly in Orange County.
Through his extensive work for private developers, Mr. Taylor developed strong working relationships with the County of Orange staff and became extremely knowledgeable of the County's development process. Strongly motivated to improve that process for the benefit of all involved, Mr. Taylor sought appointment and has served the citizens of Orange County for 18 years as a 4th District appointee to the Board of Supervisors' Development Processing Review Committee (DPRC).
First appointed by Supervisor Don Roth in 1992, and subsequently reappointed by every 4th District Supervisor since Mr. Taylor has been one of the longest-tenured and most active members of the DPRC. Using his expertise and experience in successfully navigating the County's development process, Mr. Taylor has been a leader in working to streamline, clarify and communicate the County's development process, which has benefited the citizens and applicants, the County staff, and the development industry in Orange County. In 2003, the Board of Supervisors honored Mr. Taylor with a proclamation commending him for his work on the DPRC.
Mr. Taylor has also been closely and actively involved on a volunteer basis with OC Public Works in developing and reviewing their engineering design criteria, standards, and procedures through his longstanding participation on their Design Manual Committee and Standard Plans Committee. He is co-author of the first and second editions of the Orange County Highway Design Manual and has contributed to numerous Design Manual addenda, and updates and revisions to the Standard Plan Manual. Mr. Taylor has received three Board of Supervisors' commendations for his participation and professional contributions to the Design Manual, the Standard Plans Manual, the Local Drainage Manual, and the Highway Design Manual.
Mr. Taylor has utilized his extensive knowledge of the County's design criteria and standards on numerous projects for the County of Orange, including La Pata Avenue Gap Closure, and On-Call Contract assignments for OC Public Works and OC Parks.
In addition to registration in California as a Professional Civil Engineer, Mr. Taylor has a B.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley; and a Masters of Divinity from Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary. He lives in Mission Viejo and is a Vice President of Huitt-Zollars, Inc. in their Irvine office. Mr. Taylor is an active member of Saddleback Church in Lake Forest and is very involved in ministry to alcoholics, drug addicts, the homeless, and people living with HIV, primarily in central Orange County.