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0 <br /> 0 �e• Calvin. Giordano 8 Associates, Inc. <br /> o <br /> {. F % C E P i I O N l SOLUTIONS <br /> • #� <br /> ® Schedule of Proposed Services <br /> Having practiced in the South Florida region for over so many years, CGA has grown and responded to the <br /> ® <br /> increasingly urbanized character of our surrounding cities and municipalities. Having these experiences <br /> 0 has made us sensitive to urban issues. These issues include: <br /> 0 • Architectural vision <br /> 0 • Access and signage <br /> 0 • Cost of design solutions <br /> 0 • Continuity of pedestrian access <br /> • Promotion of foot-traffic and non-motorized connectivity <br /> 0 • Provision of context sensitive responses to design challenges <br /> 0 • Increased spatial limitations need to be negotiated with more extensive services and amenities, <br /> O including ample walking paths, wayfinding signage and furnishings <br /> • ADA accessible routes, <br /> 0 • Lighting <br /> • • Safety and CPTED best practices <br /> 0 • Definition of character areas <br /> • Landscape vegetation planted in sound methods of horticultural best-practices that promote the <br /> O longevity and survival of canopy and character-giving plants <br /> 0 All of these will be considered with long-term commitments in mind,such as maintenance and continuity of <br /> quality. <br /> O Of particular interest to Sunny Isles Beach, we have the understanding that landscape architecture projects <br /> need to be conceived in a manner that benefit the surrounding area's users and communities, as an <br /> 0 essential component to the success of the projects, in collaboration and coordination with the other <br /> 0 disciplines and services that must come together to ensure that projects are successfully planned and built <br /> on-time and within budget and in concert with the expectations and demands of the community. <br /> 0 Demonstrating that the community's needs can be addressed in tandem with improvements done in a <br /> 0 manner sensitive to the people being served increases the value and the role of public space to its serving <br /> 0 community. <br /> 0 CGA also believes it is important that any improvements designed and planned are orchestrated <br /> 0 programmatically with those in the neighboring or adjacent areas so as to achieve the concerted, overall <br /> 0 goal for the entire area. Many of our experiences have included exactly these types of coordination, <br /> including: <br /> 0 <br /> ® • Provision of recreational landscape improvements <br /> • Character lighting, furnishings and pedestrian amenities <br /> 0 • Landscape Improvements coordinated with drainage considerations <br /> 0 • Landscape vegetation selection with considerations to maintenance expenses <br /> 0 • Alternate paving materials, including colored concrete and pavers, pervious pavers and textured <br /> surfaces <br /> 0 • Wayfinding and signage <br /> • Seamless upgrades of the entire area's public spaces, working in coordination with design <br /> O guidelines driving architectural character of the built environment <br /> • Expansion of sidewalks and pedestrian areas to facilitate increased connectivity and multiple-use <br /> 0 patterns <br /> 0 • Increased safety throughout pedestrian-use areas; and <br /> 0 <br /> 0 RFQ#12-04-02,Landscape Architecture Page 21 8 <br /> S <br />