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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTRANSTECH - Complete Proposal (On-Call Traffic and Transportation Engineering Services) Technical Proposal On-Call Traffic and Transportation Engineering Services Submitted To City of DIAMOND BAR Attn.: Christian Malpica Associate Engineer/Project Manager Submitted on PlanetBids Submitted By TRANSTECH ENGINEERS, Inc. Contact Person for this submittal: Ahmad Ansari, PE, Principal E: ahmad.ansari@transtech.org C: 949-702-5612 www.transtech.org 855.595.2495 (toll-free) www.transtech.org About Transtech Video Highlight: CLICK HERE March 17, 2026 City of DIAMOND BAR Attn.: Christian Malpica, Associate Engineer/Project Manager Submitted on PlanetBids Technical Proposal, On-Call Traffic and Transportation Engineering Services Dear Mr. Malpica Transtech is pleased to submit this Proposal for the subject services. Transtech is submitting this proposal for the following service categories (typed with bold): A. Traffic Engineering / Studies B. Design / PS&E / Plan Checking C. Construction Support D. Transportation Planning / Coordination F. Meetings / Other Services Established in 1989, Transtech Engineers, Inc. is a California-based, multi-disciplinary engineering consulting firm with over 36 years of experience serving public agencies throughout Southern California. We provide comprehensive municipal engineering, public works, transportation, building and safety, and infrastructure management services to approximately 100 public agency clients, including serving as Contract City Engineer and City Traffic Engineer for numerous cities in the San Gabriel Valley. Our multi-disciplinary service capabilities include: • City Engineer, City Traffic Engineer, Development Review, Public Works Engineering, Plan Check, Inspection • Civil Engineering, • Staff Augmentation • CIP Program and Construction Management and Inspection • Grant Writing, Fed/State Funded Project Management, Labor Compliance • Building & Safety Services, Building Inspection, Plan Check, Building Evaluations, City Building Official, Code Enforcement • Planning Support • Traffic and Transportation Planning and Engineering • Water Resources Engineering • Surveying, Mapping, ALTA, ROW Eng In addition to providing many diversified services to approximately 90 agencies, we are also providing Traffic and Transportation Engineering Services, including serving as Contract City Traffic Engineer for several agencies: • City of Alhambra - Services Provided: Contract City Engineer, Contract City Traffic Engineer, Contract Building Official • City of Calabasas - Services Provided: As-needed Traffic Engineering Services • City of Commerce - Services Provided: Contract City Engineer, Contract City Traffic Engineer, Contract Building Official • City of Cudahy - Services Provided: Contract City Engineer, As-needed Traffic Engineering Services; CIP Services; B&S Plan Check • City of Glendora - Services Provided: Municipal Engineering, City Engineer, Traffic Engineer • City of Hesperia - Services Provided: As-needed Traffic Engineering Services • City of Hidden Hills - Services Provided: Contract City Engineer, Contract City Traffic Engineer, Contract Building Official • City of Huntington Park - Services Provided: Contract City Engineer, Contract City Traffic Engineer • City of Irvine - Services Provided: As-needed Traffic Engineering Services, CIP Services • City of La Mesa - Services Provided: As-needed Traffic Engineering Services, Staff Augmentation, CIP Services • City of Laguna Beach - Services Provided: As-needed Traffic Engineering and Transportation Planning Services, CIP Services • City of Lancaster - Services Provided: As-needed Traffic Engineering and Transportation Planning Services • City of La Palma - Services Provided: Contract City Engineer, Contract City Traffic Engineer • City of Lynwood - Services Provided: Contract City Engineer, Traffic Engineer, CIP Services • City of Malibu - Services Provided: As-needed Traffic Engineering Services • City of Maywood - Services Provided: Contract City Engineer, Contract City Traffic Engineer • City of Montebello - Services Provided: As-needed Traffic Engineering Services; CIP Services; Building & Safety Services • City of Monterey Park - Services Provided: As-needed Traffic Engineering Services; CIP Services; Building & Safety Services • City of Norwalk - Services Provided: As-needed Traffic Engineering Services; Building & Safety Services • City of Ontario - Services Provided: As-needed Traffic Engineering Services; CIP Services • City of Palmdale - Services Provided: City Engineer, Traffic Engineer • City of Rancho Palos Verdes - Services Provided: As-needed Traffic Engineering and Transportation Planning Services • City of Rialto - Services Provided: As-needed Traffic Engineering Services • City of Rosemead - Services Provided: Contract City Engineer, Contract City Traffic Engineer, Contract Building Official • City of Salinas - Services Provided: Contract City Traffic Engineer Table of Contents On-Call Traffic and Transportation Engineering Services • City of San Bernardino - Services Provided: As-needed Traffic Engineering Services • City of San Marino - Services Provided: Contract City Traffic Engineer • City of Signal Hill - Services Provided: City Engineer, As-needed Traffic Engineering Services • City of South El Monte - Services Provided: Contract City Engineer, Contract City Traffic Engineer, Contract Building Official • City of Temple City - Services Provided: Contract City Engineer, Contract City Traffic Engineer, Contract Building Official • City of Thousand Oaks - Services Provided: As-needed Traffic Engineering Services, CIP Services • City of West Covina - Services Provided: Contract City Engineer, Contract City Traffic Engineer, Contract Building Official • City of Yorba Linda - Services Provided: As-needed Traffic Engineering Services We have extensive experience working with Public Agencies. We are accustomed to working with governmental agencies, and have a good understanding of public agency issues, procedures, and policies. Several of our staff members are former City Engineers, City Traffic Engineers, Public Works Directors, Building Officials. Our team includes experienced staff members who have worked for Caltrans and are intimately familiar with the standards and procedures, project development and approval process, and requirements. Transtech has a large pool of well experienced staff and resources available to provide requested services, and to respond to requests in a timely, cost-effective manner. Our staff and resources include approximately 250 professionals. Attachment: Signed Addendum 1 Thank you for the opportunity to submit this SOQ. Should you have any questions, or require additional information, please contact us. Ahmad Ansari, PE, Principal E: ahmad.ansari@transtech.org; C: 949-702-5612; O: 909-595-8599 Table of Contents On-Call Traffic and Transportation Engineering Services Our proposals is structured in the format specified in RFP Section titled “ PROPOSAL CONTENT”, limited to 15 pages, and as further clarified in Addendum 1, Section Page 1. CONSULTANT BACKGROUND (per RFP, limited to 3 pages) 1 2. CONSULTANT TEAM QUALIFICATIONS 2 2a. Staff General Qualifications 2 2b. Organization Chart 3 2c. Resumes 3 3. APPROACH AND METHODOLOGY 7 4. COMPARABLE WORK IN LAST 3 YEARS 8 5. REFERENCES 13 6. AGREEMENT 14 7. STAFF AVAILABILITY 14 Technical Proposal 1 On-Call Traffic and Transportation Engineering Services 1. CONSULTANT BACKGROUND (per RFP, limited to 3 pages) Company Profile: Established in 1989, Transtech (a California Corporation) is a multi-disciplinary engineering consulting firm. Transtech has been in business for over 36 years and is providing municipal services to approximately 100 public agencies. Large Pool of Staff with Diversified Experience: Transtech has a large pool of well experienced staff and resources readily available to provide requested services, and respond to requests in a timely, efficient, and cost-effective manner. Our staff and resources include approximately 250 professionals, including building officials, plan checkers, inspectors, permit technicians, engineers, project managers, designers, plan checkers, inspectors, construction managers, traffic and transportation analysts, technicians, support personnel. Experience in Working with Public Agencies/Cities: We have extensive experience working with Public Agencies/Cities in similar assignments. We are accustomed to working with governmental agencies, and have a good understanding of public agency issues, procedures, and policies. Several of our staff members are former City Engineers, Public Works Directors. One of the unique qualifications of Transtech is that we serve public agencies as municipal contract service providers, including Contract City Engineer, City Traffic Engineer, Building Official, CIP Manager, Planner and in other capacities. Our multi-disciplinary service capabilities include: • Building & Safety Services, Building Inspection, Plan Check, Building Evaluations, City Building Official, Code Enforcement • City Engineer, City Traffic Engineer, Development Review, Public Works Engineering, Plan Check, Inspection • Civil Engineering • Planning Support • Traffic and Transportation Planning and Engineering • Water Resources Engineering • CIP Program and Project Management • Construction Management and Inspection • Federally Funded Project Management • Labor Compliance • Staff Augmentation • Grant Writing • CDBG Project Management • Emergency Support Services In addition to providing many diversified services to approximately 90 agencies, we are also providing Traffic and Transportation Engineering Services, including serving as Contract City Traffic Engineer for several agencies: • City of Alhambra - Services Provided: Contract City Engineer, Contract City Traffic Engineer, Contract Building Official • City of Calabasas - Services Provided: As-needed Traffic Engineering Services • City of Commerce - Services Provided: Contract City Engineer, Contract City Traffic Engineer, Contract Building Official • City of Cudahy - Services Provided: Contract City Engineer, As-needed Traffic Engineering Services; CIP Services; B&S Plan Check • City of Glendora - Services Provided: Municipal Engineering, City Engineer, Traffic Engineer • City of Hesperia - Services Provided: As-needed Traffic Engineering Services • City of Hidden Hills - Services Provided: Contract City Engineer, Contract City Traffic Engineer, Contract Building Official • City of Huntington Park - Services Provided: Contract City Engineer, Contract City Traffic Engineer • City of Irvine - Services Provided: As-needed Traffic Engineering Services, CIP Services • City of La Mesa - Services Provided: As-needed Traffic Engineering Services, Staff Augmentation, CIP Services • City of Laguna Beach - Services Provided: As-needed Traffic Engineering and Transportation Planning Services, CIP Services • City of Lancaster - Services Provided: As-needed Traffic Engineering and Transportation Planning Services • City of La Palma - Services Provided: Contract City Engineer, Contract City Traffic Engineer • City of Lynwood - Services Provided: Contract City Engineer, Traffic Engineer, CIP Services • City of Malibu - Services Provided: As-needed Traffic Engineering Services • City of Maywood - Services Provided: Contract City Engineer, Contract City Traffic Engineer • City of Montebello - Services Provided: As-needed Traffic Engineering Services; CIP Services; Building & Safety Services • City of Monterey Park - Services Provided: As-needed Traffic Engineering Services; CIP Services; Building & Safety Services • City of Norwalk - Services Provided: As-needed Traffic Engineering Services; Building & Safety Services • City of Ontario - Services Provided: As-needed Traffic Engineering Services; CIP Services • City of Palmdale - Services Provided: City Engineer, Traffic Engineer • City of Rancho Palos Verdes - Services Provided: As-needed Traffic Engineering and Transportation Planning Services • City of Rialto - Services Provided: As-needed Traffic Engineering Services • City of Rosemead - Services Provided: Contract City Engineer, Contract City Traffic Engineer, Contract Building Official Technical Proposal 2 On-Call Traffic and Transportation Engineering Services • City of Salinas - Services Provided: Contract City Traffic Engineer • City of San Bernardino - Services Provided: As-needed Traffic Engineering Services • City of San Marino - Services Provided: Contract City Traffic Engineer • City of Signal Hill - Services Provided: City Engineer, As-needed Traffic Engineering Services • City of South El Monte - Services Provided: Contract City Engineer, Contract City Traffic Engineer, Contract Building Official • City of Temple City - Services Provided: Contract City Engineer, Contract City Traffic Engineer, Contract Building Official • City of Thousand Oaks - Services Provided: As-needed Traffic Engineering Services, CIP Services • City of West Covina - Services Provided: Contract City Engineer, Contract City Traffic Engineer, Contract Building Official • City of Yorba Linda - Services Provided: As-needed Traffic Engineering Services We have experience in a variety of projects, such as: o Street Rehabilitation and Reconstruction o Traffic Signals o Street Lighting o Water, Drainage, Sewer Improvements o Utilities o ADA Improvements o Bridges Parking Structures o Community Centers o Libraries o City Halls o Fire Stations o Police Stations o Parks and Playgrounds Experience with METRO: We work with METRO on a number of projects. Currently, we are managing 710 Mobility Improvement Projects for the Cities of Alhambra and Rosemead, which has total funding of approx. $250m. Experience with Caltrans: Our team includes experienced staff members who have worked for Caltrans and are intimately familiar with the standards and procedures, project development and approval process, and requirements. Experience with County of Los Angeles: We work and coordinate with LA County on a number of projects. We are also one of the B&S service consultants for the County. We also coordinate with the County Fire Department, and Sheriff’s Department. Experience in Federally Funded Projects: We have extensive experience in the management and administration of federally funded projects. In the past few years, we have managed over 30 federally funded projects. Our staff members have completed Caltrans Resident Engineer Academy for Federally Funded Projects. We follow guidelines and procedures of Caltrans Local Assistance Procedures Manual (LAPM). Experience in Grants: Our team has proven track record in obtaining outside grants for its client cities. Our staff works with our client cities to find potential funding sources, and to prepare competitive applications for various programs. We have obtained extensive amount of funds for our client cities. 2. CONSULTANT TEAM QUALIFICATIONS 2a. Staff General Qualifications We have extensive experience working with Public Agencies. We are accustomed to working with governmental agencies, and have a good understanding of public agency issues, procedures, and policies. Several of our staff members are former City Engineers, City Traffic Engineers, Public Works Directors, Building Officials. Technical Proposal 3 On-Call Traffic and Transportation Engineering Services 2b. Organization Chart 2c. Resumes AHMAD ANSARI, PE, Contract Principal Education • BS in Engineering, MBA Registrations/Certifications • Licensed Civil Engineer Highlights Mr. Ansari has over 30 years of past experience in City and County Public Works and has worked at several municipalities in Southern California, including: • City of Moreno Valley- Public Works Director/City Engineer • City of Rialto- Public Works Director/City Engineer • City of Perris- Public Works Director • City of Pomona- Deputy Public Works Director/Assistant City Engineer. He has managed CIP Programs and Public Works Operations, and served as the responsible in charge of numerous multi-disciplinary teams, including: • Capital Improvement Program project management and delivery; Real Property/Right of Way acquisition and management; Traffic and Transportation engineering; Private Development/Entitlement process review and approval; Maintenance and Operations including roads, storm drains, sewers, parks, facilities, traffic signals, signs/striping, fleet; Special Districts, Landscape/Lighting Assessment; Electric Utility BAHMAN JANKA, TE, Principal Traffic Engineer Education • MS, BS in Civil Engineering Registrations/Certifications AHMAD ANSARI, PE Contract Principal ALI ZAGHARI, PE (Former CALTRANS Distr. 7, Dep. Dir., Traffic Operations) Sr. Engineer Support on Caltrans involved projects BAHMAN JANKA, TE Principal Traffic Engineer NORMAN BACULINAO, PE, TE Sr. Traffic Operations Engineer JANA ROBBINS, PTP, RSP Sr. Transportation Planner (Dir. of Traffic Eng and Transp. Planning) KAREN VIGIL, EIT, PTP, RSP Associate Engineer BRIAN CERVANTES Associate Engineer Large pool of well experienced staff and resources available to provide requested services, and to respond to requests in a timely, cost-effective manner. Our staff and resources include approximately 250 professionals. NICOLE ROBBINS Traffic Analyst Technical Proposal 4 On-Call Traffic and Transportation Engineering Services • Licensed Traffic Engineer Highlights Mr. Janka has over 35 years of experience in Traffic Engineering and Transportation Planning. He is providing Contract Traffic Engineering Support at City of Temple City, City of Rosemead, City of Monterey Park, City of South El Monte, City of Maywood, City of Alhambra, City of Commerce, City of San Marino In his prior He has served as City Traffic Engineer and Transportation Administrator/Deputy Director for public agencies, including: • City of Pasadena, California: Transportation Administrator/Deputy Director • City of Santa Clarita, California: City Traffic Engineer • City of Fremont, California: Associate Transportation Engineer • City of Palo Alto, California: Associate Transportation Engineer • Entranco Engineers, Bellevue, Washington: Transportation Engineer. Professional Organizations/Committees • Chaired (10 years) the Streets and Freeways Subcommittee of Metro and current member • Former Chair of San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments’ (SGVCOG) Public Works Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) • Former President for Southern California Section of Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) • Member of National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) • Member of American Public Works Association (APWA) • Member of City and County Engineers Association (CCEA) • Member of ITE’s Urban Traffic Engineering Council and Expert Witness Council • Member of Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals (APBP) • Member of City Traffic Engineers Association (CTE) Papers/Presentations/Accomplishments • Have presented topics at local Southern California Section of ITE • Presented a topic at first Southern California ITS Summit in October 2006 • Presented a paper at ITE Annual Meeting in Hawaii in June 2006 • Won ITE’s best Scribe award among 13 western states for year 1998-1999 • Presented a paper at the 4th International Civil Engineering Conference in May 1997 • Co-authored and published a paper in January 1992 of ITE Journal • Presented papers at ITE Annual Meetings in 1985 and 1991 JANA ROBBINS, PTP, RSP, Sr. Transportation Planner (Director of Traffic Engineering and Transportation Planning) Education • BA, Cal Poly Pomona Registrations/Certifications • Licensed Professional Transportation Planner Highlights Ms. Robbins has 30 years of experience. She serves as one of Transtech representatives at various Cities, prepares traffic safety and calming studies, stop and signal warrants/studies, traffic impact studies, traffic calming reports, parking studies, responds to requests from Public and City Officials and attends Traffic Commission, Planning Commission, City Council Meetings as well as Design Review Board meetings. On behalf of client Cities, reviews traffic impact studies and parking analysis submitted by developers and represents contract Cities at Commission meetings when these projects are reviewed. She works directly with staff in the departments of public works, planning, engineering, and community development at each client city. She attends community forums and neighborhood block meetings to discuss and answer questions about current and future traffic conditions. She prepares traffic impact studies for development projects in Southern California, which involves the coordination with developers, as well as local and regional agencies. Her project experience includes: • Contract Traffic Engineering Support at City of Temple City, City of Rosemead, City of Monterey Park, City of South El Monte, City of Maywood, City of Alhambra, City of Commerce, City of San Marino: As part of Transtech’s Municipal Services Contract, Ms. Robbins serves as the Transtech representative for Traffic Engineering Services. In this capacity she prepares traffic safety and calming studies, stop and signal warrants/studies, traffic impact studies, responds to City requests, citizen complaints and attends Traffic Commission meetings. She also reviews traffic impact studies submitted by developers, provides traffic study guidelines (scoping) to consultants preparing TIA’s and represents the City at planning Technical Proposal 5 On-Call Traffic and Transportation Engineering Services commission and council meetings when these projects are reviewed and presented. Part of her duties also includes assessing safety for pedestrians, buses and bicycles by reviewing master plans completed for transit and bicycles as well as safe walk to school routes. • Preparation of Traffic Impact Studies (TIA): These studies are prepared to assess transportation impacts of proposed developments and to determine the changes in traffic and traffic control devices that will be needed in the future with the added development or land use change. The preparation of TIA’s includes; Identification of impact mitigation plans, coordination with City or agency planning and traffic engineering departments. This includes the supervision of field technicians and in the field collection of traffic related data, preparing a local traffic model, conducting a level of service analysis at each study intersection and street segment, identification of mitigation measures and report preparation. • School Site Review: This task includes the observation and analysis of school sites as related to traffic and safety. This includes suggesting drop off/pick up procedures for parents and buses, driveway assessment and signage, field review of existing signing, striping, school drop off, pick up, school crosswalks, sidewalks, crossing guard locations and the identification of future measures that will improve the traffic safety. • General Plan Updates, Circulation Elements and TIA: Preparation of circulation element and TIA for the City’s General Plan update. Identification of impact mitigation plans, coordination with the City planning and traffic engineering department and Caltrans. This included the supervision of field data, traffic modeling, level of service analysis, identification of mitigation measures and report preparation. • Specialty Studies: Travel Time and Delay, License Plate Studies, Pedestrian Movement Studies, Bicycle Usage Studies, Truck Movement Studies, On Street Parking Assessment in Commercial Districts, Assessment of Cut-Thru Traffic for various Agencies and Private Developers; Parking Occupancy Studies for Various Cities and Developers; Engineering and Radar Speed Survey for Various Cities. NORMAN CAESAR M. BACULINAO, PE, TE, Sr. Traffic Operations Engineer Education • BS in Civil Engineering Registrations/Certifications • Registered Civil and Traffic Engineer Highlights Mr. Baculinao has 30 years of experience in Traffic Engineering. He has strong Traffic Signal System Operation experience, including Traffic Management Centers or TMC. He is technology oriented and has extensive working knowledge of new (Intelligent Transportation System) ITS standards, the System Engineering Process; Traffic Signal System Integration, Video Detection, CCTV systems, twisted pair communication system, fiber optic cables, Ethernet, Light Emitting Diode (LED) signals, Red Light Camera Systems, etc. His prior experience includes: • County of Ventura, California: Traffic Engineering Manager • City of Pasadena, California: Traffic Engineering Manager • City of Santa Clarita, California: Associate Traffic Engineer • City of Stockton, California: Assistant Traffic Engineer • City of Roseville, California: Assistant Traffic Engineer Membership and affiliation • Member of Institute of Transportation Engineer (ITE), and Traffic Signal Association (TSA) – Southern California section. • Current Research Panel Member (Active) for NCHRP 03-125 “Evaluation of Change and Clearance Intervals Prior to the Flashing Yellow Arrow Permissive Left-Turn Indication”. • Former member of the Arterial ITS Working Group of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (METRO). Papers or publications • "Video Detection-Is it ready to replace loops?" 1998 District 6 ITE meeting, San Jose, CA. • “Signal Timing Solutions to Address Safety Issues” 2002 District 6 ITE meeting, Palm Desert, CA. • “Signal System Implementation with LRT Interface - Pasadena Experience”, 2005 District 6 ITE Meeting, Kalispell, MT. Technical Proposal 6 On-Call Traffic and Transportation Engineering Services ALI F. ZAGHARI, PE, PMP, Sr Engineer, Caltrans Coordination Support (Former Caltrans District 7, Deputy Director, Traffic Operations) Education • MS, BS in Civil Engineering Registrations/Certifications • Registered Civil Engineer Highlights Mr. Zaghari has over 35 years of experience in Transportation Management & Operations at various capacities in the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans). His career path includes a number of key managerial positions in Caltrans leading to his last position as the Deputy District Director (DDD) for Traffic Operations at Caltrans District 7 in Los Angeles. As a member of District 7 Executive Team, Mr. Zaghari was responsible for policy, development and implementation of the traffic operations assets and the safe mobility of all users of the State Highway System (SHS) consisting of approximately 1500 center miles of freeways and conventional highways in Los Angeles and Ventura counties. He managed an operating budget of approximately $70M encompassing both operations management and capital outlay support needs. The organization under his leadership included critical functions such as Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), Traffic Design, District Traffic Manager (DTM), Corridor Management, System Performance, and Encroachment Permits. KAREN VIGIL, EIT, PTP, RSP, Associate Traffic Engineer Education • BS Civil Engineering, Cal Poly Pomona Registrations/Certifications • Licensed Professional Transportation Planner, Licensed Roadway Safety Professional Highlights Ms. Vigil has 8 years of experience in City Traffic/Transportation Engineering/Planning. She serves as one of Transtech representatives at various Cities, prepares traffic safety and calming studies, stop and signal warrants/studies, traffic impact studies, traffic calming reports, parking studies, responds to requests from Public and City Officials and attends Traffic Commission, Planning Commission, City Council Meetings as well as Design Review Board meetings. She works directly with staff in the departments of public works, planning, engineering, and community development at each client city. She contacts, meets with residents representing city staff in assisting in the resolution of local traffic problems and concerns. After meeting with residents, she prepares and presents reports and recommendations to various city staff and agencies. She attends community forums and neighborhood block meetings to discuss and answer questions about current and future traffic conditions. BRIAN CERVANTES, Associate Engineer Education • BS Civil Engineering, Cal Poly Pomona Highlights Mr. Cervantes has approximately 4 years of experience. He works in Transtech’s Public Works, City Engineering and Traffic Engineering Departments at Transtech’s client Cities assisting City Engineers and Public Works Directors. He assists in the review of traffic engineering requests, and in the preparation of staff reports, reviews of traffic reports, preparation of exhibits, traffic safety and calming studies/reports, traffic impact studies. He also serves as Office Engineer and assists Resident Engineers with contract administration, document control, contract compliance. He has extensive experience in customer service and interacting with Public Officials and community stakeholders, including with residents and businesses. He serves as a liaison between Transtech, our clients cities, and community stakeholders. He also manages the public works permit counter and in permit issuance and public works inspection for Transtech’s client cities. NICOLE ROBBINS, Traffic Analyst Education • A.S. Business Administration, Rio Hondo College; B.A. Marketing, Ottawa University; MBA, Strategic Innovation, Ottawa University Highlights Ms. Robbins has approximately 4 years of experience. She currently provides support to Transtech’s client cities in Traffic Engineering and Transportation Planning. Ms. Robbins is one of our lead Traffic Analysts Technical Proposal 7 On-Call Traffic and Transportation Engineering Services and is in constant interaction with City Officials and residents which makes her the liaison between Transtech, our clients cities, and the residents. She communicates with them via email and phone. Ms. Robbins manages all of the traffic related inquires that come from residents and businesses to the city and communicates with the applicants about the status of their request. This includes management of our Traffic Department’s comprehensive traffic task log. She manages the tasks and oversees traffic projects for over 10 client cities. She also assigns the tasks and reports based on the type of request to the various departments and team members at Transtech. 3. APPROACH AND METHODOLOGY Customer Care and Responsive Service Approach:  Our services are founded on the principals of Total Quality Management for Total Customer Care and Satisfaction.  All telephone calls or e-mails received are returned within the same working day, or the following day. We take pride in our “Same Day Response” motto.  Transtech also provides a 24-hour emergency contact number to its clients.  Customer Care means highest quality customer service. Transtech is committed to providing “Customer Care” to the City, City's patrons, including responding quickly and effectively to the walk-in, telephone, and electronic inquiries of the public related to our services. Responsiveness is an integral part of Transtech’s “Customer Care” service approach.  Our Contract Principal will meet with the Client’s Project Manager frequently for service evaluation and address any areas for improvements.  Responsiveness is an integral part of Transtech’s “customer friendly” service approach. While our service is always on an “as needed” basis, our responsiveness is on “full-time” basis.  Transtech understands the importance of being able to expedite certain projects, when requested, by the City. Structured Approach: We have a structured approach to execute projects in an efficient manner that makes Transtech capable of providing the City with an efficient and quality product. Transtech has established guidelines and policies, including written manuals on quality control, project management, and design procedures for its staff and for its contract cities. These guidelines ensure a consistent approach to the execution of assignments undertaken by our organization in compliance with City’s specific procedures, standards and requirements. The following paragraphs describe our general approach to deliver projects in an efficient and cost-effective manner. A project specific approach will be provided for each assigned project and will become part of the specific contract for the specific project. • Project Management: Our approach is to provide proactive management and attempt to identify potential issues and problems in advance and take corrective actions before they become problems. This requires extensive hands- on knowledge, experience and management skills of the people involved in managing the project. Our team members have extensive experience and proven track record in managing large and complex projects and bringing them to a completion on time and within budget. • Management of Documents: We use an electronic file management system. All construction forms, daily dairies, weekly statement of working days, etc. are stored in our electronic file system, and are per Caltrans documentation system. We provide these documents at the end of the project to the client in organized files as well as pdf files. • Methodology for Communication to Inform City on Work Progress: Key project team members will attend periodic project progress meetings with City staff throughout the project duration. • Electronic common project information and file sharing platform: We create and provide access to project participants a common project information and file sharing platform. Coordination with City: Key project team members will attend periodic project progress meetings with City staff throughout the project duration. We will establish and maintain a close working relationship with City staff. We will manage assigned projects, carefully control costs and resources, and complete assigned work on schedule. We will provide progress reports to the City at regular intervals. Expediting Projects: Transtech understands the importance of being able to expedite tasks when requested by the City. Transtech has sufficient staff and resources to expedite projects. Project Schedules: Transtech has a proven track record for completing projects on time. Part of our role as Project Managers is to develop, review, update and manage the project schedules and confirm that tasks are scheduled within reasonable and appropriate timeframes. We constantly review, monitor and update the schedule to confirm it is in Technical Proposal 8 On-Call Traffic and Transportation Engineering Services compliance with the original schedule and that related coordination with external/3rd parties/regulatory agencies/utility companies, etc. are on track. If the look ahead schedule is not in compliance with the original schedule, we take appropriate actions to avoid potential delays. Our approach to Scheduling and Timely Completion of Project and Schedule Recovery includes having the contractor prepare a baseline schedule, which identifies the project scope, critical path, project milestones, target dates, phases and sequences of work, and activity durations. When significant activities show that they are slipping from the baseline, we work with the contractor to develop recovery plans. Project Controls: Our staff has experience with various document control software systems including Procore, Autodesk ConstructWare (which has now become Construction Cloud), and Primavera P6. In our experience all major control software programs work basically the same way and adapting from one software offering to another has a fairly small learning curve. Because the specific software is generally a choice made by the prime contractor, our staff is ready to partner with any user of any program. That said, not all projects require the ‘fire power’ associated with an expensive, sophisticated control system. Sometimes an intelligently designed filing system that stores basic Word, Excel, PDF, and email documents in the cloud is all a project really needs. 4. COMPARABLE WORK IN LAST 3 YEARS Examples of Studies and Reports: FULL TRAFFIC IMPACT REPORTS & PARKING ANALYSIS Client Project Title Brief Summary City of San Juan Capistrano Master Plan for Downtown Area Determine The Historic Town Center Master Plan’s Potential Impacts On The City Of San Juan Capistrano’s Transportation System And To Identify Strategies For Improving The Transportation System’s Overall Effectiveness Through A Multimodal Approach. UC Riverside West Campus Development Project Determine Potential Impacts On The Surrounding Circulation System With The Development Of An Expanding Campus, Site And Student Enrollment. City of Lawndale City-Wide Parking Study The Study Took A Comprehensive Look At The Parking Supply And Demand Issues That Explain The Parking Deficiencies In The City. The Study Conducted A City-Wide Occupancy Survey Of Both On-Site And On-Street Parking And Described Options Developed To Address The Deficiencies. City of San Marcos San Elijo Ranch Development EIR/Traffic Study Prepared An EIR/Traffic Impact Study For A 3,200 Unit San Elijo Ranch Development Project. The Study Area Encompassed A 5 Mile Radius From The Center Of The Development. City of Torrance City-Wide Safe Route to School Project Evaluated Existing Signage, Striping And Traffic Conditions Around 32 Schools In The City Of Torrance. This Included The Preparation Of Safe Route To School Maps And Recommendations For Each School. City of Huntington Beach Pedestrian Study Produced This Report As Part Of An Effort By The City Of Huntington Beach To Evaluate The Impacts Of Main Street Two Block And Three Block Street Closures During Weeknight Surf City Events And Weekend Events. Various Cities Cudahy, Carson, Alhambra, Temple City, San Gabriel, Huntington Park Preparation of Full PSRE Traffic Project Reports for Various Funding Applications. This included Analysis of Existing Condition, Future Conditions, Level of Service, Accident History and Recommendations. City of Alhambra Garfield Avenue Lane Reduction Review Preparation Of Study Assessing The Potential For Reducing The Number Of Travel Lanes And Parking Near The City’s Business Center To Improve Traffic Flow And Safety. City of Temple City Daines Street Preparation Of A Traffic Analysis To Review Existing Corridor Operations Including An Assessment Of Pedestrian Safety Along The Corridor. Presentation Of Report And Recommendations To City Staff, Traffic Commission And City Council. Technical Proposal 9 On-Call Traffic and Transportation Engineering Services FULL TRAFFIC IMPACT REPORTS & PARKING ANALYSIS Client Project Title Brief Summary City of Commerce Various Focused Traffic Impact Analysis with Emphasis on Safety Preparation Of Several Traffic Studies To Identify And Evaluate The Traffic Impacts In Particular Safety As A Result Of The New Washington Boulevard Street Configuration. City of Commerce Focused Traffic Impact Study and Safety Review Preparation Of A Traffic Study To Identify And Evaluate The Traffic Impacts Of Modifying The Median Islands In Front Of McDonalds And Costco Facilities And Provide Recommendations To Improve Vehicular Safety. City of Inglewood Crenshaw “S” Curve Safety Review A Safety Assessment Of Traffic Conditions Along Crenshaw Boulevard Between Manchester Boulevard And 79th Street. The Assessment Was Needed Due To The Horizontal Curve, The High Number Of Accidents That Occur Annually Along This Roadway. City of Alhambra Various Streets to Assess the Impacts of Cut-Through Traffic. One included a Multi-Jurisdictional Review with the City of South Pasadena for the Pine Street Cut-Through Traffic Assessment As Part Of Ongoing Efforts To Improve Safety, Reduce Accident Potential And Improve Traffic Conditions On Pine Street Between Huntington Drive And Atlantic Boulevard, Studies Were Conducted And Recommendations Developed For City Council’s Consideration. Project Went Through City Council, Traffic Commission Review As Well As Included Coordination With City of South Pasadena. City of Alhambra Traffic Calming Studies on Norwood, Elm Street, Marguerita Avenue, Garvey Avenue, Glendon Way, Shorb Street, Front Street, Main Street A Review of Existing Traffic Patterns And Volume Entering And Exiting These Streets To Assess The Magnitude Of Traffic Currently Using Residential Streets In Order To Bypass Congestion On Adjacent Major Streets. Information Was Presented To City Staff And Recommendations And Improvements Presented To The Traffic Commission. City of Temple City Traffic Calming Studies on Encinita Avenue, Arden Street, Olive Street A Review Of Existing Traffic Patterns And Volume Entering And Exiting These Streets To Assess The Magnitude Of Traffic Currently Using Residential Streets In Order To Bypass Congestion On Adjacent Major Streets. Information Was Presented To City Staff And Recommendations And Improvements Presented To The Traffic Commission And City Council. City of Huntington Park 2012 to 2017 Various Traffic Calming Corridor Studies. Including studies on Pacific Boulevard, State Street, Gage Avenue, Florence Avenue A Review Of Existing Traffic Patterns And Volume Entering And Exiting Studied Streets To Assess Vehicle Traffic, Parking Impacts And Pedestrian Safety On These Streets. Information Was Presented To City Staff And Recommendations And Improvements Presented To The Traffic Authority. City of Inglewood North City Traffic Calming Traffic Calming Study For The Residential Area Bordered By Centinela Avenue To The South, La Cienega Blvd To The West, La Brea Avenue To The East And Slauson To The North. Transtech Prepared An Initial Review Of The Traffic Patterns And Volume Entering And Exiting The Above Mentioned Neighborhood. City of Alhambra Fremont School and Various Elementary Schools in the City (School Site Review) Studies Included A Site Assessment Of Current Drop Off And Pick Up Policies As Well As Review Of Existing Signage And Striping. Recommendations For Valet Programs And Updated Signage And Striping. City of Temple City Longden Elementary School (School Site Review) Review of Traffic Volume, Parking Conditions, Existing Circulation Surrounding the School Site. Recommendations Included New Valet Lanes, Turning Prohibitions, Upgraded Signage And Striping. Presentation To Traffic Commission And City Council. City of Rosemead Francis Elementary School, Rice Elementary School, Monterey Vista School, Willard Elementary School (School Site Review) Tasks Involved An Assessment Of Existing Drop Off Procedures And Traffic And Parking Needs Surrounding Each School, Report Preparation And Recommendations For Updated Signage, Parking Areas Valet And Warrants For Additional School Crossing Guards. Presentation Of Report And Recommendations To City Staff And School District Personnel. City of Inglewood John Wilder Academy (School Site Review) Comprehensive Review Of Drop-Off And Pick-Up Operations And Traffic And Pedestrian Circulation At Wilder Academy. This Project Went Through Council Member, Academy And Council Review. Technical Proposal 10 On-Call Traffic and Transportation Engineering Services FULL TRAFFIC IMPACT REPORTS & PARKING ANALYSIS Client Project Title Brief Summary Pomona Unified School District School Site Assessments and Traffic Circulation for (5) school sites (School Site Review) Cortez Elementary School, Montvue Elementary, Rio Rancho Elementary, Philadelphia Elementary, Dudley Elementary. Various Cities Various Focused Reports Prepared for Public Works or Traffic Dept. (Preparation of Warrants for All-Way Stop, Traffic Signals, Beacons and Pedestrian Devices) Prepared Traffic Review With Existing Conditions Analysis, Observations, Counts For The Preparation Of Various Warrants Using CAMUTCD and CVC. Went to PW and Traffic Commission Various Cities Preparation of CMP Data (Preparation of Data Required for CMP Submittal) Information Included Peak Hour Count, LOS Analysis And Letter Report. Various Cities Citywide Engineering and Speed Surveys (Preparation of City-Wide Engineering and Speed Survey) Prepared The City-Wide Engineering And Speed Surveys. Transtech Staff Is Radar Certified With The Rio Hondo College Justice Center. City of Alhambra Main Street Master Plan, Lowes, Kensington Mixed Use, BMW Expansion, Medical Office, Commonwealth Plaza, Nissan Expansion, Pacific Square Retail, Alhambra Campus (Peer Review of Traffic Studies Prepared by Outside Consultants Submitted to Client Cities) Preparation Of Traffic Scope, Meetings With Consultants As Representative Of The City, Review Of The Traffic Studies, Recommendations And EIR’s Prepared For Each Proposed Development Project. Represent The City At Planning And Council Presentations Of Larger Projects. City of Alhambra Review of Development Projects in Surrounding Cities that May Affect Alhambra (Hotel Projects from MP) (Peer Review of Traffic Studies Prepared by Outside Consultants Submitted to Client Cities) City of Temple City The Terraces, Camelia Square, Mixed Use Project (Peer Review of Traffic Studies Prepared by Outside Consultants Submitted to Client Cities) Example of a Technical Memorandum for a Traffic Engineering Study: Following report is prepared for and presented to the City of West Covina Traffic Commission. In addition to attaching the report to the Agenda, Transtech also presents the report at the meeting in Power Point format. REQUEST: Resident would like a review of traffic conditions at the intersection of Valerie Court and Wednesday Drive. The resident expressed concern about line-of-sight issues at this intersection and how it becomes severely limited when vehicles are parked at the corner. Power Point Presentation Format: Technical Proposal 11 On-Call Traffic and Transportation Engineering Services Selected Report Pages: Technical Proposal 12 On-Call Traffic and Transportation Engineering Services Example of a Traffic Signal Warrant Study: TRAFFIC SIGNAL WARRANT STUDY AT THE INTERSECTION OF SAMPSON AVENUE AND ABBOTT ROAD, CITY OF LYNWOOD Note: The Report is 32 pages. Only few selected pages are provided. Technical Proposal 13 On-Call Traffic and Transportation Engineering Services Examples of Community Traffic Workshops: • Traffic Engineering Workshop and Pedestrian School Safety Discussion: As part of our CBE Program Transtech staff hosted a workshop with the Temple City Youth Committee going over the specific traffic concerns that they brought up at prior events regarding the area around Temple City High School. The workshop highlighted what goes into preparing a traffic engineering report and the various items that recommendations are based on such as existing conditions, traffic counts, field observations, accident history, etc. The workshop was also an open discussion and reviewed the possible options/projects addressing the concerns the youth committee had around their High School. From there at no cost to the city as part of our CBE program, we conducted an engineering traffic analysis of existing conditions and potential traffic improvements near the school and presented these to City Council. During our field work we conduced traffic counts. Student’s part of the Youth Committee also participated in the count collected process as part of our CBE program. • Temple City Youth Committee Pedestrian Safety Booth: The Transtech Team volunteer their time and at no cost to the City prepared traffic safety brochures working together with the youth committee to educate the community about road safety for motorists, pedestrians, and cyclists. This particular event was held to coincide with another City event to be able to capture many community members. Transtech joined the Temple City Youth Committee in hosting the booth that focused on pedestrian safety and included surveys for the community to fill out related to the types of traffic improvements they would like to see around the City, their frequency of using different modes of transportation (walking, cycling, driving), and other traffic related questions. Virtual Community Workshop re Traffic Study: One of the Cities where Transtech serves as City Engineer and City Traffic Engineer is the City of West Covina. Recently, Transtech conducted a virtual Community Workshop for a Traffic Safety Study. Please visit the Workshop Page at www.onlinecityservices.com/citrus-cameron. Following are additional links to other sample Work Products in Traffic Engineering that demonstrates Transtech’s experience: • Sample Traffic Study prepared by Transtech: Sample Traffic Study1; Sample Traffic Study2; Sample Traffic Study3 • Sample comments for a traffic study reviewed by Transtech: Sample Traffic Study Review1; Sample Traffic Study Review2; Sample Traffic Study Review3 • Sample Traffic Signal Warrant Study prepared by Transtech: Sample Traffic Signal Warrant Study • Sample Stop Sign Warrant Study prepared by Transtech: Sample Stop Warrant Study • Sample School Site Traffic Safety Study prepared by Transtech: Sample School Site Traffic Safety Study1; Sample School Site Traffic Safety Study2 • Sample Speed Hump Study prepared by Transtech: Sample Speed Hump Study • Sample Parking Study prepared by Transtech: Sample Parking Study Sample Traffic Signal Plan prepared by Transtech: Sample Traffic Signal Plans 5. REFERENCES CITY OF ALHAMBRA Address: 111 South First Street, Alhambra, CA 91801 Contact: Lucy Garcia, Assistant City Manager T: 626-570-5032; E: lgarcia@cityofalhambra.org Service Duration: Started in 1993 – Ongoing Service Services Provided: Building & Safety Services (Building Official, Plan Check, Inspection, Permit Issuance); City Engineering Services; Traffic Engineering; CIP Management; Federally Funded Project Management; Engineering Design; Public Works Permit Inspections; Map Check. CITY OF ROSEMEAD Address: 8838 Valley Boulevard, Rosemead, CA 91770 Contact: Ben Kim, City Manager T: 626-569-2169; E: bkim@cityofrosemead.gov Service Duration: Started in 2022 – Ongoing Service Services Provided: Building & Safety Services (Building Official, Plan Check, Inspection, Permit Issuance); City Engineering Services; Traffic Engineering; CIP Management; Federally Funded Project Management; Engineering Design; Public Works Permit Inspections; Map Check Technical Proposal 14 On-Call Traffic and Transportation Engineering Services CITY OF SOUTH EL MONTE Address: 1415 Santa Anita Avenue, South El Monte, CA 91733 Contact: Rene Salas, City Manager T: 626-579-6540; E: rsalas@soelmonte.org Service Duration: Started in 2018 – Ongoing Service Services Provided: Building & Safety Services (Building Official, Plan Check, Inspection, Permit Issuance); City Engineering Services; Traffic Engineering; CIP Management; Federally Funded Project Management; Engineering Design; Public Works Permit Inspections; Map Check 6. AGREEMENT If selected by the City for this project, we will appreciate the opportunity of having our Attorney discuss the final contract language to ensure our insurance is in compliance with current laws and regulations and meets the City’s requirements with the City’s Attorney. Following are our comments and suggestions for City’s consideration: 7. STAFF AVAILABILITY Large Pool of Staff with Diversified Experience: Transtech has a large pool of well experienced staff and resources readily available to provide requested services, and respond to requests in a timely, efficient, and cost-effective manner. Our staff and resources include approximately 250 professionals, including building officials, plan checkers, inspectors, permit technicians, engineers, project managers, designers, plan checkers, inspectors, construction managers, traffic and transportation analysts, technicians, support personnel.