Item 20 - Authorize Agreement with Mark Thomas & Company, Inc.

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September 24, 2020 Attn: Sean Thomas, PE City of Santa Ana I Public Works Agency; M-36 20 Civic Center Plaza; Ross Annex I Santa Ana, CA 92701 Dear Mr. Thomas, The City of Santa Ana (City) continues to advance active transportation projects to better serve the community and improve traffic safety. Developed collaboratively with the community and formalized in the Central Santa Ana Complete Streets (CSACS) Plan, the Standard Avenue Bikeway Project will continue the commitment to addressing community need with a high-quality public realm improvement. The project design will include separated bikeways, a protected intersection, improved pedestrian crossings of Standard Avenue, buffered bike lanes, and a bicycle boulevard. Collectively the project will serve bicyclists and pedestrians to better travel along Standard Avenue and cross the roadway to travel within the City. For the past 93 years, Mark Thomas has been providing engineering solutions that meet agency and community needs. We have earned the reputation as award-winning industry experts in the planning and design of bikeways, complete streets, and multi-modal connectivity. We offer the City the following benefits: Passionate Project Manager. Our team will be led by Paul Martin, PE, TE, LCI, as project manager. Paul lives nearby in Tustin and attended community meetings during the preparation of the CSACS Plan. He has a long history of working directly with the Santa Ana community residents and City staff in the office, on bicycle, or during school walk audits. Paul recently served as the Active Transportation Coordinator for the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) and often served as a liaison to address issues between the City and OCTA. Leveraging his local understanding, strategic approach, and extensive experience on similar active transportation projects, Paul will serve the City well for this ambitious project. Active Transportation Design Expertise. Mark Thomas specializes in the planning and design of active transportation infrastructure. This includes protected/separated bikeways, protected intersections, buffered bike lanes, bicycle boulevards, pedestrian crossings, and traffic signal features to serve both bicyclists and pedestrians. We are currently working on similar projects such as the Mendez Historic Freedom Trail & Green Street and Garden Grove Boulevard Class IV bikeway projects in Westminster, Covell/J Street protected intersection in Davis, Class IV bikeways and protected intersections on Charleston Road in Mountain View, and the OC Loop Segment D in Brea and Placentia. Our experience will be leveraged to benefit the City’s project. Dedicated Project Team. Paul will be supported by in-house experts and subconsultants who have the expertise and availability to successfully complete this project. Subconsultants knowledgeable with the community will support Mark Thomas to provide successful public outreach and excellent design solutions. We have included Arrellano & Associates to lead the public engagement, KTUA for landscape design and water infiltration opportunities, and Fehr & Peers for traffic engineering and the protected intersection design. KTUA was involved in the preparation of the CSACS Plan, of which Standard Avenue is identified as a corridor for improvement, which later empowered the City to secure Active Transportation Program (ATP) funding for design and construction. This is a well-qualified team that has a history of delivering successful projects for the City. We acknowledge receipt of all addenda and Q&A, and have reviewed the sample contract agreement; we have provided our comments and suggested edits on the following page. If you have any questions about our proposal, please contact Paul Martin at (949) 697-7840 or via email at pmartin@markthomas.com. We are looking forward to working with you on this project. Sincerely, MARK THOMAS Darin Johnson, PE Principal in Charge (949) 477-9000 2121 ALTON PARKWAY, SUITE 210 IRVINE, CA 92606 MARKTHOMAS.COM