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<br />. <br /> <br />"'" <br /> <br />"wtI <br /> <br />Otterson & Associates <br /> <br />intersection congestion and provide an opportunity to beautify the project area. Decorative street <br />lighting and traffic signals, extensive landscaping and decorative paving were also key features of <br />this project. <br /> <br />City of Huntington Beach; City Traffic Engineer: <br />As City Traffic Engineer, Jim interfaced directly with the City Administrator, City Council <br />members, the public, other public agencies, consultants, contractors, developers, the press and <br />regularly made presentations at City Council meetings, which are televised. The City of <br />Huntington Beach has a complete state-of-the-art sign shop, striping maintenance operation, <br />traffic signal, and street lighting maintenance section. Traffic signal maintenance is performed on <br />a 24 hours-a-day, seven-days-a-week basis. The traffic signal and street lighting maintenance <br />sections were instituted following Jim's appointment as City Traffic Engineer. The City is <br />completing the installation of a citywide spread spectrum radio-based traffic signal master control <br />and surveillance system, which is to be the platform for future Intelligent Transportation System <br />(ITS) applications. This master control and surveillance system was funded by a combination of <br />Caltrans Transportation System Management (ISM) Grants and U.S. Department of Energy <br />Petroleum Violator Escrow Account (PVEA) Grants. Jim's duties also included review and <br />approval of all transportation related studies and improvement plans. He also designed and <br />installed the first modem roundabout installed in Orange County in over 100 years. Jim also <br />represented the City of Huntington Beach in tort liability lawsuits involving traffic accidents. <br /> <br />Jim supervised or designed the construction traffic control plans for numerous arterial street <br />rehabilitation projects, arterial widenings, a city-wide bridge seismic retrofit project, a county <br />sanitation district trunk sewer main replacement project, and numerous special events, including <br />the 1996 Olympic Torch Run, which made its only Orange County stop in Huntington Beach. <br /> <br />Herman Kimmel & AssociatesIRBF; Project Managerffraffic Engineer: <br />Jim was responsible for the design of traffic signals, signing and striping plans, and <br />construction traffic control plans for several large projects in Orange County, including the <br />Newport Boulevard (State Route 55) widening and interchange modification at Coast Highway <br />(State Route 1) in Newport Beach and for the installation of four miles of 72" diameter water <br />main in Trabuco Road in Orange County for the Santa Margarita Water District. Jim also <br />prepared a Project Study Report and two Project Reports within CaItrans District 7 and District <br />8. His experience includes large traffic control, signing and striping, and traffic signal design <br />projects to Caltrans specifications within Caltrans Districts 7, 8, and 12 while employed by <br />Herman Kimmel & Associates. <br /> <br />City ofSimi Valley; Associate Civil Engineerffraffic: <br />Jim prepared and reviewed extensive signing, striping, traffic signal, and construction traffic <br />control plans during a period ofvery rapid growth in Simi Valley. <br /> <br />Page 4 of5 <br />