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a STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS <br />— TO THE CITY OF SANTA ANA FOR <br />ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANTS -TRAFFIC STUDY <br />2 - Firm & Personnel Experience <br />INTRODUCTION <br />The City of Santa Ana has circulated a Request for Qualifications for Environmental Consultants that will <br />provide environmental services for the City's Planning Division. The City's scope of work may include any <br />and all work efforts related to analysis of a proposed project for compliance with CEQA and NEPA <br />guidelines. KOA Corporation (KOA) is proposing to provide consulting services for the line item <br />"TRAFFIC STUDY." <br />KOA is highly qualified to provide the required services. Mr. Rock Miller manages our firm's Orange <br />County Office. Mr. Miller served as the City Traffic Engineer for the City of Costa Mesa for over eight <br />years, and he has gained an additional 18 years of experience in traffic engineering consulting since leaving <br />that City. Additional planning staff, including Min Zhou, P.E., Ronn Knox, and Joel Falter has combined <br />experience of over 55 years for municipal experience in our firm also adds to our general knowledge. <br />Our firm, especially our nearby Orange County office, currently provides general on -call traffic engineering <br />services for Several communities, including Orange, Diamond Bar, Anaheim, Tustin, Lake Forest, and <br />Mission Viejo. The staff members who provide services for these Cities would be assigned and available to <br />Santa Ana. We are also frequently retained by other Cities for specialized projects that rely upon our <br />"municipal" approach. We invite the City of Santa Ana to contact a reference for any of our projects for <br />an independent assessment of our firm's capabilities. <br />KOA has extensive experience in all of the areas identified in the discussion above, as well as in other areas <br />�I that are of great value to municipalities but not possessed by all small traffic engineering firms. We have a <br />reputation as an innovative firm that can undertake a wide variety of municipal tasks and produce a strong <br />record of success. Our recent projects (all completed by the Orange County office staff) illustrate our <br />�I diversity and unique capabilities. Here are some examples of projects that illustrate our wide and unique <br />capabilities. <br />• We have completed numerous General Plan studies over the past 20 years. <br />• We conducted 8 workshops and facilitated a successful neighborhood traffic management plan for one <br />of the oldest neighborhoods in Downtown Culver City. <br />�j i We refined the Ventura County's computerized Traffic Forecasting Model to properly analyze several <br />controversial roadways that are being closely reviewed by the Board of Supervisors. We also designed <br />safety improvements on one of these roadways in response to a tragic and controversial fatal accident. <br />• We are working with St. Jude's Hospital to process a Master Plan and design traffic improvements for <br />their regional hospital in Fullerton. <br />• We sponsored, organized, and presented at a "Designing Streets for Pedestrians" seminar that was <br />attended by over 80 persons throughout Orange County and beyond. <br />KOA CoxroRATioN <br />PW4W1NG & ENGINEERING 4 <br />