ALBERT GROVER & ASSOCIATES -2010

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Citywide Engineering & Traffic Survey Project Organization /Quality Control Traffic Engineer, and is certified as a Professional Traffic Operations Engineer (PTOE) in the State of California. Mike Evans: Senior Design Engineer, Mr. Evans has extensive background in traffic engineering and design, including signals, signing and striping, interconnect, accident evaluations and traffic operations. His experience includes timing plan development and corridor studies. Previously, he was the Transportation Operations Engineer for the City of Mission Viejo where he was responsible for speed zone surveys and accident analyses. Mr. Evans will be responsible for analyzing the accident data for this project. Ruben Perales: Engineering Assistant, Mr. Perales has a wide range of experience in both the public and private sector, having joined AGA after working for several years for the City of Upland. His experience includes both field and office activities, varying from conducting detailed topographic field surveys to the design of traffic signals, development of signing/striping plans, and conducting traffic signal warrant analyses. Mr. Perales has experience with various large scale database projects, and is well- versed in the use of the Crossroads software program. Mr. Perales has lived in Santa Ana for 23 years and is quite familiar with the City's roadway network. Resumes for key AGA employees are included in Appendix A. The actual radar speed measurements at the 200 locations will be conducted by Traffic Studies, Inc. (TSI). AGA has utilized TSI for the collection of traffic volume data and other similar data collection efforts (such as pedestrian counts, delay studies, parking utilization studies, etc.) for more than twelve years. TSI's efforts will be managed by Mr. Craig Shick, TSI's Vice President. Mr. Shick can be reached at (714) 508 -3612. QUALITY CONTROL To fully achieve all of the objectives of the proposed project, the following steps will be adopted as AGA's Quality Control Program: ♦ Speed survey sections will be discussed in detail with the City staff and/or the Police Department during the initial meeting after reviewing and finalizing the list of street segments for the study. ♦ Prior to commencement of work, AGA will submit samples of the radar speed survey field sheet, the radar speed survey analysis sheet, the field review summary sheet and the summary of recommendations chart for preapproval by the City. ♦ A minimum sample of 100 vehicles will be surveyed during off -peak hours, with a minimum of 50 vehicles for each direction of travel. The instruments used will be periodically inspected and calibrated during the survey period. ♦ The radar speed surveys will be conducted only between the hours of 9:00 to 11:30 AM and 1:30 to 4:00 PM and only on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Albert Grover & Associates 3