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02 I Qualifications Park Planning & Design Experience AECOM's Florida offices are national leaders in parks and open space planning and design for cities and counties, including: 1 . Park, Trail, Bikeways, Greenway Master Planning and Design . Athletic Facility Master Planning and Design . Wayfinding and Interpretive Graphics/Sign Design . Natural Resource/Recreation Management Planning . ADA/Sustainability Audits . Visioning and Facilitation . Design-Criteria and Construction Documents, Project Management and Construction Administration . Parks and Recreation System Master Planning, Strategic Planning, Needs Assessments AECOM's mission is to "Enhance and Sustain the World's Built, Natural and Social Environments", and we believe that a community's system of parks and open spaces can generate significant economic, environmental and social benefits, and can help the community become livable and sustainable. Due to our experience working on numerous similar park planning and design projects, the City of Sunny Isles Beach will benefit from: 1) AECOM's in-house resources 2) Our expertise and commitment to the profession of Park Planning and Design 3) Our expertise and commitment to Green Design and Sustainability Planning First, we are able to provide all major services for the project "in-house", including urban design, landscape architecture, architecture, civil engineering, electrical engineering and structural engineering design. This means that AECOM will assume full responsibility for all aspects of the project; the project will be designed by seasoned professional with extensive parks experience; there will be no gaps in communication or responsibilities between subconsultants; and all work will be carefully reviewed through AECOM's QA/QC program, as described in the Approach/Methodology section. Second, we are one of the few firms in the country to have a full-time Parks and Public Space Planning and Design team, fully dedicated to parks and public realm projects similar to the Intracoastal Parks. Our Project Director, Jay Hood is a registered Landscape Architect with over twenty-two years of experience in site design and David Barth, our Principal Planner is a Certified Parks and Recreation Professional (CPRP) - in addition to a Landscape Architect and Planner - who has been immersed in the parks and recreation profession for over 25 years. He is active in the Florida and National Recreation and Parks Associations, and regularly speaks and writes regarding public involvement, needs assessments, levels of service, park design and construction, sustainable parks and other current topics. He is also known as an expert facilitator and consensus- builder, which will be helpful as the City works to reach community consensus regarding the design of the Intracoastal Parks. Finally, our commitment to green design, LEED design principles and sustainable parks is of great value to the City. As discussed previously, our team has extensive experience in green design and LEED certification. We will not only consider how the Intracoastal Parks can be designed to be as sustainable and energy efficient as possible - but how the parks can contribute to the overall economic, social and environmental sustainability of the City as well. 14 City of Sunny Isles Beach I Design & Permitting Services of the Intracoastal Parks RFQ No. 12-04-04 Aoo-coM