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<br /> EXCEPTIONAL SOLUTIONS
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<br /> streetscape improvements have been to foster increased pedestrian safety, promote traffic calming, and
<br /> upgrade community aesthetics. Lastly, we are capable of delivering exceptional landscape solutions in
<br /> ® providing landscape improvements that employs the practices of water conservation, through the use of
<br /> ® Xeriscape principles, appropriate vegetative planting detailing to ensure proper root-growth and
<br /> preventative infrastructure impacts, water conservation irrigation design standards, as well as fostering
<br /> O sustainable storm-water management practices through the use of landscaped bio-swales and pervious
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<br /> O A true testament o our collaborative, multi-disciplinary team
<br /> ® approach to project development has been evidenced in our
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<br /> past experience delivering a complete dossier of landscape
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<br /> architectural products, principally in their detailed articulation :I r` ' I
<br /> ® of how environments can be built and designed. In creating ' \
<br /> ® design solutions for specific projects, it is our practice to build ,7
<br /> ® upon an understanding of the culture of the 'place and couple ip.I f^ r Y -- h
<br /> them with on-site investigations and analyses to understand ir/.gN , � a �f`
<br /> ® the character of the area under study. This is imperative in the ' ' y
<br /> continuingthe solvencyof SunnyIsles Beach'communities and « -: :;, ".- I; x
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<br /> neighborhoods as distinguishable from others in the region, as se: ;7- j', : r` :,-
<br /> ® well as in the support of the sub-texts that serve as developing .'-�l� !fin` " 9'�1 "'.%_-\
<br /> ® unifying themes that congeal the City under a unified character -_ s";F -:�'� ::� 's+= :'_-�"`
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<br /> ® and theme - an important consideration for City as it spreads
<br /> over a vast area. These revealing analyses allow us to better comprehend the built form to identify
<br /> ® opportunities and constraints, identify the use of architectural form, space, materials and treatments, open
<br /> ® spaces and their design qualities, create micro-climates,and foster sustainable practices. Through our past
<br /> ® experience, we are able to reveal important architectural characteristics that makes Sunny Isles Beach
<br /> uniquely poised as a city presently being emulated across the region. It is precisely our understanding of
<br /> ® Sunny Isles Beach as a model 'place' increasingly surrounded by imitations of the standards established by
<br /> ® the City that promotes our ability to deliver increased qualities that support the City's standout position
<br /> and counteract the increasing region ubiquity.
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<br /> ® Additionally, because we have the readiness and inclusion of traffic, roadway, electrical and civil engineers
<br /> on-staff, we have the first-hand experience in providing improvements that adequately and safely address
<br /> ® the realities necessary to develop an implementable set of design standards. These include the installation
<br /> ® of bike lanes and bike routes, visual enhancements, paving areas, traffic calming strategies, crosswalk
<br /> ® improvements, and ensuring that universal design standards are appropriately met to deliver adequate
<br /> ADA access to all public areas. Safety is an important aspect, which we can readily deliver, both through
<br /> ® strategizing the build-out of street types in manners that foster the coexistence of motorized, non-
<br /> ® motorized and pedestrian uses, as well as with the implementation of lighting design standards and
<br /> ® schemes that promote consistent lighting, minimize light pollution, promote energy-efficiency, and
<br /> contribute to the overall branding of the City. We have also successfully employed and developed
<br /> ® strategies for branding through the creation of gateway features and strategies, directional signage
<br /> ® mechanisms, and overall branded environments that take all aspects of a tightly-packaged landscape
<br /> ® product into account, including furnishings and pedestrian-oriented features.
<br /> ® APPROACH
<br /> ® The CGA team will assist the City in implementing each project's design with efficiency and cognoscente of
<br /> budget, time-sensitive and community-sensitive issues. We pride ourselves in delivering exceptional
<br /> ® solutions to our clients and in working diligently to ensure that City Staff are an integral part of the
<br /> ® project's development through open communication lines. CGA makes the commitment to the City of
<br /> ® Sunny Isles Beach that we will be attendant, serviceable and responsive.
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