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RESUMES WALTER OKITSU, PE, PTOE, PTP CREATIVE CONCEPTS/TRAFFIC CALMING FEATURES TASK LEADER KOA I Senior Engineer Mr. Okitsu is a Founder and a Principal of KOA. Mr. Okitsu has extensive experience in transportation planning and traffic design over a wide variety of highway, transit way, and bikeway projects. This includes designs for traffic signals, street lighting, signing & striping, worksite traffic control. He has field and managerial experience on traffic impact, feasibility analysis, and circulation projects. RELEVANT EXPERIENCE Port of Long Beach Pier J Bike & Pedestrian Path, Long Beach, CA Design Manager. The KOA team helped POLB design their first bike path, which will run adjacent to various tourist attractions. A combination of bike lane types; innovative bike facilities; landscaping; wayfinding signs; and various other amenities will be provided for pedestrians and bicyclists along the south shore ocean -front area. Pasadena Bicycle Transportation Plan, Pasadena, CA Task Manager. The City of Pasadena had prepared a draft bicycle transportation plan that featured conventional Class II bike lanes and Class III bike routes throughout their city, but residents and City Council members requested that higher -level bikeway facilities be considered. KOA Corporation performed a bikeway analysis and feasibility project that included bikeway concepts for 28 miles of separated bike lanes, or cycle tracks, and 10 miles of bicycle boulevards. Mr. Okitsu prepared designs of the separated bike lanes and led the design of the bike boulevard concepts. The recommended bikeways were analyzed for traffic and parking impacts. Cost estimates were generated for the project alternatives. Mr. Okitsu made a presentation of the bike boulevard recommendations at a public workshop and city commissioners meeting. In a later stage of the project, KOA updated the plan to become the final bicycle transportation plan for the city. City of Wildomar Grand Avenue and Clinton Keith Road Bikeway Design, Wildomar, CA Project Engineer. Mr. Okitsu produced conceptual layouts for bicycle facilities on a 5.2-mile corridor along Grand Avenue and Clinton Keith Road through the City of Wildomar. The concepts recommended of a mixture of Class I bike paths, Class II bike lanes, Class III bike routes, and Class IV cycle tracks, and included a roundabout and bike boxes. Most of the recommended features have proceded to implementation. BUSH STREET BICYCLE BOULEVARD DESIGN SERVICES RFP NO. 18-072 KOA EDUCATION MS, Transportation Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA BS, Civil Engineering, California State University, Los Angeles, CA BS, Math -Computer Science, University of California, Los Angeles, CA REGISTRATIONS Professional Engineer, Traffic, CA #1406 Professional Engineer, Civil, CA #52655 Professional Traffic Operations Engineer (PTOE) Professional Transportation Planner (PTP) PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS Institute of Transportation Engineers, International Director Registered Traffic Engineers of America, Founder and President California Legislative Council for Professional Engineers, Director UCLA School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Instructor for undergraduate transportation engineering courses