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<br />Joaquin E. Vargas, P.E.
<br />Transportation Engineer
<br />STAFFI
<br />RESUMES TRAF TECH
<br />Traf Tech
<br />ENGINEERING, INC.
<br />Education:
<br />Master of Science in Civil Engineering (Transportation Engineering) - Georgia Institute of Technology, 1987
<br />Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering - Santo Domingo Institute of Technology (INTEC), 1986
<br />Registration:
<br />Professional Engineer - Florida (PE# 44174), 1991
<br />Professional Traffic Operations Engineer (PTOE# 1262), 2003
<br />Municipal Experience:
<br />Joaquin Vargas is an accomplished transportation engineer specializing in traffic engineering, parking studies,
<br />traffic impact studies, access, internal -site circulation, traffic concurrency, Development of Regional Impacts (DRI),
<br />pedestrian mobility studies, safety evaluations, and signal warrant studies. He has reviewed hundreds of traffic
<br />studies and site plans on behalf of municipalities, especially for the City of Sunrise. Furthermore, Mr. Vargas has
<br />conducted over 200 traffic engineering assignments for the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT). He is
<br />currently serving as traffic consultant to the cities of Sunrise, Oakland Park, and Coral Springs. He has also provided
<br />traffic engineering consulting services to the cities of Bay Harbor Islands, Cooper City, Destin, Fort Lauderdale,
<br />Hollywood, Homestead, Lauderdale -By -The Sea, Miami, Miami Beach, Miami Springs, Miramar, North Miami Beach,
<br />Ocala, Pembroke Pines, Pompano Beach, Surfside and Tamarac.
<br />Mr. Vargas has also served as expert witness for the public and private sectors. For the FDOT, Mr. Vargas served as
<br />expert witness on several cases involving parking, access, and internal site circulation. He also represented the City
<br />of Tamarac in a traffic - concurrency related case.
<br />Representative Projects:
<br />Traffic Engineering Services for the City of Coral Springs: Mr. Vargas has been serving as traffic consultant to
<br />the City of Coral Springs since the late 1980's. In this capacity, he has reviewed hundreds of applications from traffic
<br />and safety standpoints. He has reviewed site plans prepared by others from access, parking, stacking, and internal
<br />site circulation standpoints. Mr. Vargas has reviewed numerous traffic studies prepared by others for new projects
<br />within the City of Coral Springs.
<br />Traffic Consultant for the City of Sunrise: Between 1996 and 2005, Mr. Vargas served as traffic consultant to the
<br />City of Sunrise. In this capacity, he assisted the city in convincing the developers of the Florida Panther's arena that
<br />the best location for the arena was next to the Sawgrass Mills (its current location). Furthermore, Mr. Vargas has been
<br />involved in reviewing most of the Sawgrass
<br />Mills expansions (DRI's), including the recently-closed Wannado City and Metropica projects. Mr. Vargas has been
<br />involved in the review process of numerous applications submitted to the City of Sunrise. These reviews have focused
<br />on traffic impacts created by the proposed projects, and site plan reviews.
<br />Pompano Beach Plaza Master Plan Project: As a sub - consultant to Bermello Ajamil and Partners, Traf Tech
<br />Engineering was retained by the City of Pompano Beach to conduct traffic and parking studies in connection with the
<br />Pompano Beach Plaza Master Plan project. The traffic study addressed the existing and future operating conditions
<br />of the study area, evaluated the effects of modifying existing traffic patterns such as implementing one -way streets,
<br />and provided recommendations regarding pedestrian facilities, public transportation, traffic calming, and access
<br />management in order to improve vehicular and pedestrian mobility within the study area.
<br />The parking study addressed the existing public parking facilities located within the study area, the existing parking
<br />demand of these public parking facilities, the future parking needs for the study area, and recommendations intended
<br />to improve parking conditions in connection with the Pompano Beach Plaza Master Plan project.
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