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A. Cover Letter
<br />February 28, 2023
<br />Attn: Suzi Furjanic, AIA
<br />Associate Park & Landscape Planner
<br />City of Santa Ana, Public Works Agency
<br />20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701
<br />sfurianic(@santa-an a.or
<br />Subject: Thornton Park Lake Circulation Study and Renovations Project Proposal
<br />J. Smith & T. Muli Inc (JS&TM) is pleased to provide our proposal for professional Lake Engineering services to
<br />the City of Santa Ana. Over the past 25-years, JS&TM staff have provided Lake Engineering and Lake Consulting
<br />services to municipalities, homeowners associations, golf course owners, and major builders such as City of
<br />Santa Ana, City of Costa Mesa, City of Escondido, City of Cerritos, Lennar Communities, Centex Homes,
<br />Highpointe Communities, Tejon Ranch and others.
<br />We are intimately familiar with Lake/Pond Design and Engineering procedures, regulations, and standards. Our
<br />Principal Engineer, Jonis Smith, PE is uniquely qualified to provide lake assessments, develop lake renovation
<br />plans, and provide guidance to lake owners based upon his unique combination of education, training, personal
<br />interests, and experience. Mr. Smith was trained in the highly nuanced art and science of lake and water feature
<br />design and engineering by three (3) of the premier lake and water feature designers in the world: J. Harlan
<br />Glenn, Johan Perslow, and Kenneth R. King. There is no other lake engineer that has received direct training and
<br />worked with all three of these premier designers. Mr. Smith developed a design approach that takes the best
<br />of the designs that his teachers developed, combines them to create a superior design approach that betters
<br />their work, and then added his own techniques to create a design approach that results in superior water quality,
<br />maintainability, safety, and aquatic ecosystem health. Mr. Smith was also trained in the techniques and practices
<br />of lake management by Dave Glenn of Lake Management Inc, (LMI). Our combined 48-years of design
<br />experience has given us the opportunity to become very familiar with each phase of lake/pond development
<br />from planning through construction. We specialize in Lake/Pond Design, Engineering, and Construction. We
<br />have extensive experience reviewing lakes and designing renovation plans to transform lakes into valuable
<br />community assets.
<br />The Benefits of Working with JS&TM: The benefits to the city are lower consulting costs, timely project
<br />progression, a project that is propelled forward with adept know-how, and representation by a proficient
<br />consultant that will effectively abate project liability to the city.
<br />Contact Person: Our Principal, Jonis Smith, PE, CFM, QSD/P, Env SP will be the primary contact to the city. His
<br />contact information is as follows:
<br />Jonis Smith, PE, CFM, QSD/P, Env SP
<br />33161 Camino Capistrano, Suite-D
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