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November 14, 2019 <br />Mr. Rudy Rosas <br />Principal Civil Engineer <br />CITY OF SANTA ANA <br />PUBLIC WORKS AGENCY <br />215 S. Center Street, Building A <br />Santa Ana, CA 92703 <br />SUBJECT: RESPONSE TO THE CITY OF SANTA ANA REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR SEISMIC AND <br />STRUCTURAL ASSESSMENT FOR WATER STORAGE RESERVOIRS <br />Dear Mr. Rosas: <br />Thank you for the invitation to submit our proposal to evaluate the <br />seismic and structural integrity of the City's concrete water storage <br />reservoirs. Beyaz & Patel and our team are excited about the opportunity <br />to work for the City of Santa Ana (the City) and principal civil engineer, <br />Mr. Rudy Rosas on this project Our qualifications, experience, approach, <br />project manager, and commitment to the City makes us ideally suited to <br />deliver an outstanding project. Highlights of our proposal include: <br />Water is our focus. For the last four decades, Beyaz & Patel, Inc. <br />(Beyaz & Patel) —a Type-C corporation —has focused on structural <br />design and rehabilitation of water and wastewater infrastructure in <br />California. We are headquartered in San Diego and supported by 13 <br />team members, including licensed professional and structural engineers, <br />technicians, and CADD designers. <br />Beyaz & Patel, Inc. is in concurrence <br />with any and all provisions as <br />contained in the standard agreement <br />attached as Attachment 2, Standard <br />Agreement in the Appendix of the <br />J <br />Experience. Beyaz & Patel has experience evaluating water reservoirs Request for Proposal. <br />having inspected, evaluated and designed well over a hundred. Recently, <br />as subconsultant to Dudek (our Civil team member) we completed <br />reservoir studies and retrofit design for thirteen (13) City reservoirs for the City of Oceanside. We have primed similar <br />projects in the past for the City of Petaluma, Palo Alto, and Sea Ranch for their City water storage systems. Our project <br />list is extensive but the work never gets old. Other recent similar work includes a seismic assessment and design of a <br />concrete tank the City of Redwood City that also serves as an emergency back-up water reservoir for the City's fire <br />department; E Reservoir and Pump Station (again as a sub to Dudek, our civil team member), the Markham and Citrus II <br />tank recoating projects for Eastern Municipal Water District; and Sand Hill Reservoir No. 2 Roof Replacement for the <br />City of Millbrae. <br />We have the knowledge and experience to provide a structural and seismic evaluation and analysis, make <br />recommendations and, if required, prepare design plans and specifications to bring the City's concrete reservoirs up to <br />the current seismic code. Our team has a thorough understanding of the federal, state, and local regulatory processes; <br />technical standards; guidelines; ordinances; and impact to the local community required to complete this project. <br />Responsiveness. Beyaz & Patel team has an established record of success because we will communicate often and <br />effectively with the City. Deliverables are checked by a senior engineer for quality. Cost control and schedules are <br />tracked by our qualified project manager. <br />Leadership. Subhash Patel, PE, SE, President and principal structural engineer and co-author of the East Bay Municipal <br />Water District's, Reservoir Design Guidelines, is our assigned Project Manager and primary point of contact for the Seismic <br />and Structural Assessment of the City's Potable Water Storage Reservoirs. Subhash has extensive experience, <br />specifically in Southern California, providing structural engineering design and rehabilitation services for water storage, <br />Beyaz &Patel 25B-1 9 Statement of Qualifications <br />