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Request for Qualifications No. 21-11-01, Professional Planning and Zoning Consulting Services, including Civil and Traffic Engineering for the City of Sunny Isles Beach PAGE 15 CALTRAN understands that Multimodal is a key aspect for the City and the need to ensure that acceptable trips are being deducted as part of the traffic impact analysis is key; sometimes developers “push” the idea of multi-modal trips will play a key factor as part of their projects. Throughout our analyses, Transportation Control Measures are taken into consideration on CALTRAN’S proposed improvements; encouragement for public transportation, encouragement for bicycle and walking, shared-ride services, school flexible schedule (if school traffic impact is being analyzed), signal optimization utilizing software such as SYNCHRO 11, PTV America’s VISSIM and VISTRO. Our design strategies are focused on multiple modes of movement as opposed to only vehicular mobility. Pedestrian and bicycle user access to critical corridors and linkages between those modes and transit facilities play an integral role in establishing an effective and safe transportation system. Enhanced pedestrian/bicyclist features make transit a more viable mode, while an improved transit system will help make a community less car-dependent and more pedestrian-friendly. We have extensive experience in the planning and design of pedestrian/bicyclists’ access/safety features and have designed projects utilizing shared use paths, special bike lane markings, overhead signage, bulb-outs pedestrian midblock crossings, refuge islands as well as pedestrian corrals, and over/underpasses We treat utility coordination as a key professional service and it is one of our core disciplines. Working closely with the Florida Department of Transportation has given our team a true understanding of the expected goals, objectives, and direction required to properly identify and locate utility infrastructure and negotiate relocation and accommodations strategies to expedite the utility coordination and certification process. Our extensive experience providing professional utility coordination services throughout the state has provided us the foundation required to support the City’s utility coordination requirements. As utility coordinators, our focus is to identify and mitigate utility conflicts as early as possible to prevent delays to the design schedule and allow for a smooth construction schedule without delays. We are experts in “Coordination, Communication & Cooperation.” We have highlighted a few key coordination steps below: • Field and plan reviews (identification of existing and proposed utilities) • The preliminary utility meeting and meeting management • Request and collect documentation from UAOs for the determination of compensable interests • Review/Develop Utility CADD files • Assist the Engineer of Record in the creation of the conflict matrix • Negotiate resolution of utility conflicts • Follow-up with UAOs • Specific approach for development of the utility section in the final RFP for a design-build (DB) • Certify project In addition, we provide utilizes “outside the box” processes to further enhance the utility coordination process such as: • Concepts for Conflict Mitigation/Avoidance • 3D Capabilities • Non-responsive Utility Agency Owners (UAOs)