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Calvin, Giordano & Associates, Inc. E x C E P T 1 0 N A L S O L U T 1 0 N S OAKLAND PARK STATION PLAZA Oakland Park, Florida CGA was contracted by the City of Oakland Park to design a public plaza at a prominent location within the City's Culinary District. The public plaza is the linchpin to the newly established District's catalyst for redevelopment, serving as a connective means and threshold to a brewery being proposed in a presently vacant industrial building. The goal of the plaza's design was to meet the goals of the District's master plan in contributing spaces of value for social, public use to increase the pedestrian experiences being lent by the District. Additionally, the plaza provides ample areas and infrastructure to serve as the designated location for future street markets — this includes ample electrical connection stations, a flexible elevated area that can be used as a stage area, and ample outdoor seating opportunities through the use of elevated planters with seat walls. The design of the plaza required very close attention to detail design to ensure that the quality of the space was of a high architectural quality, consistent with the initial branding strategies already embarked by the City. Lastly, the project was conceived, design and developed through a cooperative process with the assigned City officials, the developers and adjacent property owner, lease and their contractor, and finally with the City- selected contractor contracted to build the plaza project. This coordination was a highlight of the project which ensured that the design ideas were clearly communicated and translated into the implementation phase, that all in- building needs were met and scheduled so as to not conflict with the plaza's tight construction schedule, and that the continuity and balance of design elements was achieved between the public space and the improvements proposed by the adjacent building in terms of design treatments, color, signage and motifs. Client City of Oakland Park Contact Information at Time of Project Harvey Rambarath, Assistant Director Engineering & Community Development City of Oakland Park 5399 North Dixie Highway; Suite 3 Oakland Park, FL 33334 (954) 630 -4478 Fax: (954) 229-0422 harveyf@oaklandpafHl.gov Project Date 08/2012 — 1172012 Services Provided Landscape Architecture ( Hardscape & Planting) Civil Engineering Surveying Principal in Charge Dennis J. Giordano Project Manager Gianno A. Feoli Team Members Tammy Cook - Weedon, RLA, ASLA, LEED AP BD -C Roberto Roush, PE LA_0115 OAKLAND PARK STATION PLAZA.DOC 1 21