Item 17 - On -Call Transportation and Traffic Engineering Services

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Professional Experience Fehr & Peers has developed a strong reputation as a trusted advisor in developing effective and innovative transportation solutions. Our experience working with Planning and Public Works Departments, cities, and other public sectors agencies is extensive. We have worked directly for or in coordination with the Santa Ana Public Works Department on the Standard Avenue Bike Lanes Design, 5th Street Protected Bike Lanes design, Downtown Parking Study and Safe Routes to School projects, among many other efforts. Fehr & Peers has completed several traffic studies for developers and on behalf of the City using traditional level of service analysis and most recently conducting VMT assessment. We have also worked in conjunction with both the Planning and Public Works Departments on the City's Senate Bill 743 Implementation and helped the City transition their Traffic Impact Study Guidelines from Level of Service (LOS) to Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT). Fehr & Peers authored the City's latest TIA Guidelines and has been retained on an on -call basis to assist in review of VMT assessments since the adoption of the new process. We have been preparing transportation impact studies for City applicants for many years and have also served as on -call consultants for both the Planning and Public Works Departments offering as -needed support to the City for over 15 years, and many other efforts. These projects cover many of the services desired in this RFP and more information regarding our experience is provided as follows. Fehr & Peers is one of the few firms that routinely applies OCTAM, the SCAG model, and other regional models in Southern California to different projects. We have accumulated extensive RFP NO.: 21-125 knowledge and application experience in those models, which includes unique insights about the modeling through our recent support on SB 743 for OCTA and our past projects involving OCTAM enhancements. Fehr & Peers actively applies travel demand modes to a variety of projects, following modeling requirements compliant to SB 74310EQA. Working closely with both Caltrans districts and headquarters, we address induced vehicle travel, especially for roadway expansion projects, from model calibration/validation to application based on Caltrans' first edition of Transportation Analysis Framework (TAF) and Transportation Analysis under CEQA JAC). Complementing our SB 743 experience is our knowledge of local transportation issues in the county. This local planning context is important when implementing a new statewide law that was not written with full consideration of the unique geographic differences throughout the state.