Agenda Packet_2024-07-16 (Revised)

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long-term needs with the addition or removal of other • Timely and complete technical reviews of the trained staff. submitted plans and associated reports. Plan Check Conformance • Sound record keeping and documentation of when plan reviews are submitted and returned, Cannon also understands that, at a minimum, plan correspondence files, meeting minutes (if check services will be provided in conformance with necessary), plan check mark-ups, and reference the most current version of the following documents materials. When plan corrections are required, a and standards as applicable: written plan correction list will be provided to the • Grading Plan Guidelines applicant, or the applicant's agent(s). • Street Improvement Guidelines With the City's permission, communication • Conditions of Approval and Title Reports between plan reviewer(s) and the engineer/ architect of record through phone calls, e-mails, • City of Santa Ana Standard Plans faxes and/or plan check review meetings, as • Master Plans needed. Keeping our client and the project owners • Municipal Code informed through CC's of review memos, a-mails and plan check logs. • Grading Ordinance and Grading Plan Check Requirements • California Building Codes Chapters 18, 33, and Thank you - • Jay foryour Appendix J diligence on plan check. • APWA Standard Plans and Standard Specification (Greenbook) for Improvements in Public R/W Ehab Elias, Senior Civil Engineer • Caltrans Standard Plans City of Santa Ana • Orange County Public Works Standard Plans On-line/Electronic Plan Review • Approved Specific Plans, Site Plans, We are committed to sustainable business practices, Environmental Documents, and/or Tentative and Final Maps as we've been performing electronic plan check reviews for the past five years. Our objective with this • Grants, easements, or vacations as applicable process is to reduce waste and paper consumption • Traverse, Lot and Tract Boundary Closures for and save money, resources, and time by eliminating final or parcel maps Subdivision Map Act mail or courier delivery services for hard copy pack- • Model WQMP ages, therefore reducing vehicle emissions. • Orange County Technical Guidance Document We are aware the City utilizes ProjectDox to perform plan check review of improvement plans, technical • CA MUTCD and WATCH studies and other documents. Our plan check team is adept with ProjectDox having received formal training Facilitating the Plan Check Process on this cloud-based software alongside City staff We understand the concern, need, and desire to and we are currently licensed users with the City. We approve the plan check package at the first submittal. are familiar with navigating through this cloud-based It has been our experience that when plan checks software, such as: extend three review cycles, there is potentially an issue or concern that has not been addressed up front Reviewing open projects and accepting "my or there has been a breakdown in communication. tasks." We have experienced success in the past by • Adding plan check comments using Changemark implementing the following approach: tools and Simple Markup tools, basic markup tools (highlighting, measurement, text box, • Lannon