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City of Santa Ana | First Street Multimodal Boulevard Study
<br />RFP NO. 25-029 | Appendix A: Key Staff Resumes & Support Staff Qualifications
<br />Sara Costin Mockus
<br />Community Engagement
<br />Sara is a proven public outreach and project management professional with more than 30 years of experience in Southern California. As President and CEO of CPOG, Sara leads
<br />the firm’s overall vision, planning, and client service. For each client, she focuses on developing communications strategies and creating innovative approaches, while delivering
<br />an outreach program to meet the needs of the project. Her proven ability in program coordination and management, combined with her skill in facilitating community dialogue
<br />on complex issues, sets her apart in the field. She brings relevant project and stakeholder experience collaborating with the City of Santa Ana from her work on Caltrans District
<br />12’s I-5 Managed Lanes and OCTA projects.
<br /> RELEVANT PROJECT EXPERIENCE
<br />FIRM
<br />CPOG
<br />EDUCATION
<br />BA, Philosophy,
<br />University of Wisconsin
<br />INDUSTRY TENURE
<br />32 years
<br />FIRM TENURE
<br />11 years
<br />OCTA, SR 55 (I-405 to I-5) Widening, Santa Ana, Irvine, and Tustin, CA
<br />Outreach Manager. Sara manages the $1.6 million project and leads the team
<br />to conceptualize, develop, and execute the communications plan. She applies a
<br />customized outreach approach to generate local and regional awareness of the
<br />project and takes a proactive approach to construction outreach. She is implementing
<br />a public awareness campaign that is equitable to the needs of diverse project
<br />stakeholders, communities, and populations. She builds and maintains trust with
<br />stakeholders and uses data/metrics to evaluate outreach efforts and adjust strategy.
<br />OCTA, in cooperation with Caltrans, is improving four miles of SR 55 between I-405
<br />and I-5. The project will improve traffic flow and reduce travel time by adding one
<br />regular lane and one carpool lane in each direction.
<br />Caltrans District 12, I-5 Managed Lanes, Santa Ana, Anaheim, Buena Park, Fullerton,
<br />La Mirada, Orange, and Tustin, CA
<br />Outreach Manager. Sara managed the team to develop and facilitate outreach
<br />to support the successful preparation and finalization of the draft environmental
<br />document and the final environmental document pursuant to CEQA/NEPA. Efforts
<br />included strategies to identify non-English speaking communities, including outreach
<br />to generate awareness, understanding, and confidence among environmental justice
<br />communities, motorists, cities, businesses, interest groups, first responders, elected
<br />officials, and community stakeholders. Caltrans is proposing to address operational
<br />deficiencies related to high-occupancy vehicle degradation on I-5 between Red Hill
<br />Avenue and the Orange/Los Angeles County line in both northbound and southbound
<br />directions through studies of alternatives that include price managed lane strategies.
<br />LA Metro, Los Angeles-Glendale-Burbank Feasibility Study, Los Angeles County, CA
<br />Outreach Manager. Sara supported the development and facilitation of a Corridor
<br />Cities Working Group (CCWG) that included the cities of Los Angeles, Glendale, and
<br />Burbank; LADOT; Councilmembers Paul Krekorian, Mitch O’Farrell, and Gil Cedillo;
<br />Supervisors Hilda Solis and Kathryn Barger; and Metrolink. Five meetings were
<br />hosted with the CCWG to provide project introduction, updates on infill stations,
<br />LRT discussions, review results, and a draft report update. Additional meetings were
<br />held with key stakeholders, including LOSSAN, Burbank Airport, LA Metro Southeast
<br />Gateway Line Team, and LA Metro Link US Team, DreamWorks, Disney, Pelanconi
<br />and Rancho Homeowners Associations, Taylor Yard Community, North Los Angeles
<br />County Transportation Coalition, and Alliance of River Communities. One-on-one
<br />key stakeholder meetings, community association and organization meetings, and
<br />activity centers were implemented. An online public opinion survey was created to
<br />obtain feedback on study findings. The survey, via the Survey Monkey platform, was
<br />provided to stakeholders within the corridor through seat drops with a QR code to
<br />link directly to the survey to Metrolink riders on the Antelope Valley and Ventura
<br />County Lines, LA Metro and Metrolink social media, and city-specific website and
<br />social media platforms. Sara worked with the team to determine the survey questions,
<br />which were provided in three languages appropriate to the corridor – English, Spanish,
<br />and Armenian. More than 3,500 stakeholders participated in the survey.
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