Keith Schnars - Traffic Engineering and Transportation

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s CITY OF ,SUNNY ISLES BEACH SECTION THREE STAFFING • The K&S Team has a long history of providing traffic corridor studies; parking demand and supply studies for • engineering and transportation planning consulting services projects ranging in size from a local shopping center to to municipalities and counties in Florida.These services will five downtown square blocks; traffic safety studies; signal • be led by Mr.Eric Penfield,P.E.,our designated consultant warrant and stop-sign control studies;as well as providing • project manager for this contract who has personally expert witness testimony during quasi-judicial hearings on provided this same type of traffic engineering consulting behalf of many municipalities --- and Mr. Penfield has • services for over 10 other municipalities (including Sunny provided all of these services for the City of Sunny • Isles Beach) during the past 15 years. Isles Beach under a previous contract. • As shown in the subsequent Staffing Chart and As Project Manager, Mr. Penfield will maintain regular and ® Organizational Chart, the K&S traffic engineering and frequent contact with the City's designated project manager transportation planning team we offer the City is comprised for that particular project or task. It is understood that • of 7 registered professional engineers in the State of Florida. he will meet on a regular basis with City staff through the • They have been specifically selected for their various areas duration of the given task to ensure that services are being of transportation expertise relative to the tasks expected provided and delivery of the product is on schedule. When ® under this contract. We also offer 2 certified planners there is not an active project, he will regularly coordinate • in the State of Florida who have substantial experience with city staff to discuss upcoming needs and activities. coordinating community outreach and intergovernmental • coordination activities. They provide immense value on QA/QC Officer - John Krane, P.E. has over 23 years • high-profile projects or where public outreach is important of experience in transportation planning and traffic K&S also includes a full complement of CADD and Graphic engineering, access management, traffic operations, and • Artists who can provide technical assistance and develop safety. During the past 5 years, Mr. Krane has actively • renderings of proposed projects so the public can better championed high-profile, challenging projects on behalf understand their impacts. of several municipalities. His primary areas of expertise include intersection and roadway operational and level • Overall, we provide a complete set of competent and of service analyses, site impact analyses, development and experienced personnel with the skill set to accomplish any application of transportation demand forecasting models, • task requested under this contract. As noted in the Staffing project traffic development, and project management • Chart,each of our key staff have the requisite minimum 5 Mr. Krane worked over 14 years with FDOT District 4 years of experience or more;each has worked for a minimum where one of the roles he fulfilled during that tenure was • of 3 other municipalities providing similar services;and our the Assistant District Traffic Operations Engineer. In that • designated consultant project manager has more than the capacity he was responsible for Safety Management, minimum 7 years of project management experience on Congestion Management, and Access Management He • these types of contracts. The following expands on the oversaw the development and implementation oflow-cost • experience of select key staff. traffic operations solutions to address operational and safety issues. He also was responsible for the review and i STAFFING HIGHLIGHTS regulation of access management practices in accordance • with Rules 14-96 & 14-97. Project Manager -The Project Manager, Eric Penfield, • P.E., will be responsible for the overall execution of the Veronica Altuve, P.E. is a transportation engineer with project and the primary authority on program management 16 years of experience, much of whichhas been devoted issues. Mr. Penfield will also oversee that the execution to providing traffic engineering services to numerous • of individually ordered tasks are carried out by our Team municipalities in South Florida, including the cities of Fort • to the satisfaction of the City. He has over 15 years of Lauderdale, Parkland, and Boca Raton. She has substantial experience providing municipal traffic engineering services expertise in the preparation of traffic impact studies for for numerous cities in South Florida,including more than 5 large scale developments, parking studies,corridor studies, S years for the City of Sunny Isles Beach. During that time, interchange approvals, and municipal comprehensive Mr.Penfield was the project manager in responsible charge plans. She has detailed expertise in transportation and of traffic engineering and transportation planning services traffic operations analysis using software packages such as for more than 10 other municipalities. Highway Capacity Software, SYNCHRO, CORSIM,VISSIM, SERPM, and FSUTMS. Ms. Altuve has reviewed traffic • His services have included performing traffic calming studies,parking studies,and site plans submitted by various studies; transportation demand management analyses; land development applicants to ensure conformance to 5 ® _ j KEITH and SCHNARS,P.A. ]� RFQ12-04-02 PAGE 13 EDRJacS5II L0CAtRaM