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iteri5 <br />COVER LETTER <br />November 30, 2021 <br />Mr. Azadeh Azad <br />City of Santa Ana <br />Public Works Agency, M-43 <br />20 Civic Center Plaza, Ross Annex <br />Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br />949.270.9400 1700 Carnegie Avenue, Suite 100 <br />iteris.com Santa Ana, CA 92705 <br />Re: Proposal for On -Call Transportation and Traffic Engineering Services <br />(RFP No. 21-125) <br />Dear Mr. Azad: <br />Iteris, Inc. (Iteris) is pleased to submit the enclosed RFP to provide Professional Engineering <br />Transportation and Traffic Services as well as Project/Program Management to the City of Santa <br />Ana (City). At Iteris, we want to play a key role in transforming built and natural environments into <br />thriving communities. The firm's unmatched experience and broad range of professional consulting <br />services helps our clients plan and implement innovative strategies to meet the challenges of <br />tomorrow, focusing our efforts on revitalizing and building resilient cities. The various projects that <br />will be released as part of this on -call provides a unique opportunity for the City to improve mobility <br />by upgrading traffic signals and communication infrastructure. <br />Iteris' proposes Mr. Braulio Ramirez, PE, as Project Manager (PM) for this project. Mr. Braulio <br />Ramirez, PE, will be the primary principal contact for any Task Orders (TO) that may arise from this <br />contract. He will oversee work from project inception to completion and will also be responsible for <br />coordinating staff activities and meetings. <br />Iteris will provide the City with the following distinct advantages: <br />EXPERIENCED <br />PROJECT <br />MANAGER AND <br />PROJECT TEAM <br />The proposed PM, Mr. Ramirez has over 16 years of hands-on Traffic <br />Engineering experience, respectively, working on both public and private <br />sector projects. Mr. Ramirez has extensive experience in traffic <br />management and municipal transportation planning and engineering, <br />making him the ideal team to manage task orders for this on -call. Iteris has <br />also provided recent timing and infrastructure improvements as part <br />of the Orange County Transportation Authority's (OCTA) Regional <br />Traffic Signal Synchronization Program (RTSSP) projects for the City <br />of Santa Ana along Harbor Boulevard, Bristol Street and Main Street. <br />Iteris provides on -call support to public agencies throughout California and <br />EXTENSIVE ON- has over 100 technical staff to meet any agency need, at any time. Iteris <br />CALL has successfully served over 20 local agencies in the past 10 years <br />EXPERIENCE with on -call assignments in Transportation Planning and Traffic <br />THROUGHOUT Engineering (including the City of Santa Ana), and Operations, both as <br />LOS ANGELES on -site staff extension as well as through completing various TOs at Iteris' <br />AND ORANGE offices. Iteris recently assisted the Cities of Laguna Niguel and Irvine with <br />COUNTIES preparation of the grant applications for the OCTA RTSSP for the Crown <br />Valley Parkway -Pacific Coast Highway (PCH) and Bake Parkway corridors. <br />