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City of Sunny Isles Beach ∙ RFQ No. 12-04-02 – Planning & Urban Design 2-4 each designed to be implemented in a manner yielding statistically-valid results. These can be conducted in person, over the Internet or via telephone. Recently, the firm completed a system-wide attitude survey for the Rockford Illinois Mass Transit System. This was used to determine rider opinion on the level and quality of service. For the Coastal Communities Transportation Study, Corradino developed an innovative method of determining the origins and destination of every vehicle entering and exiting the barrier islands of Miami- Dade County. License-plate-recognition cameras were placed at every entrance and exit to this system. License plates were identified and tracked to see where they came in, departed, or stayed in the system. Understanding what a city is looking for, and then developing innovative techniques to gain the best information possible—so that quality data is available for an analysis—is what makes successful projects. ENGINEERING AND ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY REPORTS AND STUDIES In today’s world economic development is often in the forefront of municipal policy. The formation of viable economic development initiatives is a complex process. Most cities’ economic policies simply focus on “jobs,” but lack the detail on how the jobs will be created. Most cities do not have economic development departments. Joseph M. Corradino is the immediate past chairman of the Economic Development Council of South Dade (EDC). This organization is focused on assisting the local governments in South Dade as a liaison to further the quality planning of the area, which has resulted in the new land use and zoning of transit-oriented nodes along the US-1 Corridor. The EDC worked to market these locations to site selectors from various industries. Similarly, they have worked on getting businesses started so that they can reinvigorate the US-1 Corridors’ lagging retail centers. Similarly, they are initiating a larger sub-regional economic development plan to identify potential new industries to diversify the economy in that area of the County. Mr. Corradino also runs the Economic Development Department for the City of Homestead. This is part of the Development Service Department consisting of Planning and Zoning, Building and Business divisions. They work to assist existing businesses and in bringing new businesses to the city. In performing each of these tasks, economic analysis is critical. The Louisville Airport Improvement Program the Corradino Group performed is the largest economic development project in the history of the State of Kentucky. On smaller scales the firm has worked to examine the feasibility of municipal infrastructure including buildings, parking garages, transit systems, roadways and sidewalks. Recently the firm completed a feasibility study for