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I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ba Bermello Ajamil & Partners,lnc, Professional General Engineering Consultant for the North Bay Road Pedestrian and Emergency Vehicle Bridge, and the Town Center Park Observation Deck and Boardwalk Miami-Dade County ELEMENTS OF SPECIAL FOCUS The B&A team has reviewed the Request for Proposal. as well as all the supporting documents, discussed the project issues and made numerous field visits, We created individual task groups to evaluate and research the project and have concluded that there are six elements on this project that will require special focus: · Town Center Vision · Roadway Geometry · Bridge Structure · Environmental Permitting · Landscape Architecture · Public Involvement Our understanding and approach to addressing these elements are described in the following paragraphs, Town Center Vision We believe that the bridge and boardwalk need to be more than physical structures that connect residential and commercial areas together, The appearance of these linear connections should convey a positive message of the City's mission to encourage quality development and redevelopment as well as connecting the residential areas via pedestrian and bicycle accessways, We envision designing an overall project that not only satisfies design standards, applicable codes and budget constraints, but also is an aesthetically-appealing structure that delights pedestrians, motorists and the surrounding neighborhoods, The B&A team has extensive experience designing award winning pedestrian and vehicular environments and will utilize our Urban Design expertise to develop a project which further enhances the Town Center Vision for the area south of the site and the new park at the eastern end of the proposed boardwalk (see exhibit L - 1,0), This project also offers a unique opportunity to connect the south and north segments of the bicycle/pedestrian greenway proposed in the comprehensive plan, Roadway Geometry Our team has developed two viable preliminary alternatives which incorporate the requirement of holding thewest side right of way line and providing a future envelope for the conversion of the pedestrian bridge to traffic bearing section, Alternative 1 provides 70-ft curves at the centerline and includes a tangent between the curves. Alternative 2 (shown on the left) provides 95-ft curves at the centerline and has a full reverse curve alignment. __!5.R;~rjz"t~1,~",>:f~~<:f.~ '" \~;: . "tfF'\ ~":Jtt.:\~~j'J~~'U_ , ' '^P "- 11 .,.~, ~ It CITY OF SUNNY ISLES BEACH www.bermelloajamil.com 3