Item 17 - On -Call Transportation and Traffic Engineering Services

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Understanding of Need The City of Santa Ana is rapidly changing its street and transportation network to respond to the needs of the City's residents. The past several years has seen the City advance a range of innovative and advanced active transportation and multi -modal transportation improvements to make the City's streets safe and more convenient for all users. With the likely imminent adoption of the General Plan Update (and the associated Mobility Element Update) by the City Council, the City's efforts to continue the remake and rethink the street network will continue and will advanced more quickly. The IBI Group Team has been assembled to provide the necessary experience, knowledge, and capabilities to assist the City in the implementation of a range of transportation and traffic engineering projects. We bring extensive experience in all of the service areas identified by the City in the RFP, from traffic impact studies and VMT analysis, to active transportation project planning and design, to traffic signal design and transit priority systems. Our team also brings a long history of work with City staff on a range of projects, which provides a strong understanding of the City's priorities, as well as the challenges and opportunities faced by City staff. This experience allows us to offer our services working as an extension of City staff, focused on the same goals and outcomes. We have organized our proposal to highlight our team's overall approach to project management as part of on -call contracts and our key areas of expertise and capability should we be selected for this contract. Following this understanding, we have provided a sample scope of work and schedule of tasks, per the requirements of the RFP. Project Management Approach IBI Group and its team of transportation planners and engineers have the experience and knowledge to successfully perform all of the services identified by the City of Santa Ana for this On -Call Contract. Our Project Manager, Mike Arizabal, will serve as the primary point of contact for City staff. Mr. Arizabal is well qualified to lead this assignment because of his 15+ years of experience in transportation planning and engineering. Supporting Mike will be our Principal -in -Charge, William (Bill) Delo. Together, Mike and Bill will be available points of contact for the City and will assign the appropriate staff and task leads for the assignments that emerge from this on -call. Our overall team includes a mix of transportation engineers, traffic engineers, and transportation planners capable of providing the range of services requested by the City for this contract. The IBI Team is currently working with several local and regional agencies on an on -call basis providing engineering services ranging from planning -level conceptual engineering to the preparation of Plans Specifications and Estimates (PS&E). These on -call projects have ranged from large interchange and transit improvement projects to smaller scale traffic impact analysis, traffic signal, and active transportation projects. Based on our previous on -call experience, the IBI team believes the following key contributors are essential to a successful on call contract: • Communication between Consultant's Project Manager and City Staff: Keeping the client in the loop with respect to the project status and issues allows City staff to quickly act when key decisions need to be made in order to keep the project moving. • Understanding the Assignment: Establishing a clear understanding of the assignment with the City is essential to getting an accurate scope and fee prepared, to a rapid kick-off meeting, and to successful completion of the work. 10 IBI GROUP