1. CIVIL/ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE RIVER OAKS NEIGHBORHOOD AND STORMWATER PRESERVE PARK
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2. PRESENTATION OUTLINE Project team CGA history
Team background and experience
Project Manager Experience
Typical project approach
CGA Quality Assurance and Performance Standards
Experience on similar projects
Specific project Approach and Design Concept
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3. PROJECT TEAM

4. HISTORY OF THE FIRM Founded in 1937
Provide multi-disciplinary services with a specialty in the needs of local municipalities
Have been serving our clients in the South Florida region consistently and without interruption through the recent economic situations

5. LOCATION

6. MULTIDISCIPLINARY SERVICES}
Geotechnical Engineering
Construction Inspection & Materials Testing
Information Technology
Structural Engineering
Public Outreach
Municipal Engineering
Public Administration
Civil Engineering
Contract Government
Coastal Engineering
Planning & Zoning
Surveying & Mapping
Building Code Services
Transportation Planning & Traffic Engineering
Code Enforcement
Data Technologies & Development
Utility & Community Maintenance Services
Emergency Management Services
Water Resources Management
Indoor Air Quality
Environmental Services
Redevelopment & Urban Design
Construction Services
Construction Engineering & Inspection
Renewable Energy
Resort Development
Landscape Architecture } }

7. PROJECT MANAGER EXPERIENCE
JENNA MARTINETTI, PE
Senior Project Manager
Over 10 years of engineering experience
Project Manager for stormwater, water, sewer, land development, parks and roadway design projects
Grant Experience:
FEMA HMGP grant
Parks for People
Florida Communities Trust Grant
Benefit Cost Analysis preparation
Grant writing assistance
Grant administration
Board Director for Hollywood Chamber of Commerce 7 years

8. TYPICAL PROJECT APPROACH
DESIGN, PERMITTING & BIDDING
Define project scope, budget and schedule with the City
Outline specific requirements and/or constraints
Project kick off meeting
Survey and data collection
Analysis and modeling
Stakeholder input
Design schematics
Design development
Plan review meetings and Quality Control reviews
Construction documents and cost estimating
Bidding / Award / Notice to Proceed

9. QUALITY ASSURANCE & PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
Maintain strong and effective communications
Constant monitoring of project development and progress
Provide code research to maintain regulatory compliance
Document design decisions and criteria utilizing CGA’s “Basis of Design Report”
Establish critical milestones early
Early and continued coordination with permitting agencies
Quality Control Statement “CGA is committed to providing Exceptional Solutions through quality services and work products in a manner that promotes the highest level of freedom from deficiencies while seeking the highest level of public safety and customer satisfaction.”

10. SIMILAR PROJECT EXPERIENCE
DANIA COVE PARK, DANIA BEACH, FL
Waterfront park on C-10 canal with scenic mangrove Cove.
Shoreline stabilization
Fishing dock and platform
Pavilions
ADA compliant path and tables
Grant funded (County and State)
Educational signage

11. SIMILAR PROJECT EXPERIENCE
BASIN 5 DRAINAGE PROJECT, DANIA BEACH, FL
400 acres of low lying residential neighborhood
Numerous repetitive loss properties (RLP)
Historic sheet flow to a wetland buffer for West Lake Regional Park
Tidally influenced outfalls and low lying neighborhoods
Design incorporates a bioswale prior to discharge to the OFW
Bioswale designed to minimize impacts to wetlands
Neighborhood improvements include:
New catch basins, collection system, and pump stations
Incorporation of existing gravity wells
Back flow prevention on outfalls
Coordination with FDEP, FDOT, SFWMD, Broward County and Dania Beach

12. SIMILAR PROJECT EXPERIENCE
HALLANDALE BEACH NE QUADRANT DRAINAGE PROJECT
FEMA HMGP grant funded
Approximately 170 acres
Numerous RLP
Tidally influenced outfalls and low lying neighborhoods
New inlets, upgraded collection system and 2 duplex pumping stations
15 pressurized injection wells and BFP on existing outfalls
Utility upgraded

13. SIMILAR PROJECT EXPERIENCE
LLOYD ESTATES, OAKLAND PARK, FL
FEMA HMGP grant funded
Approximately 400 acres
Numerous RLP
History of flooding problems
Tidally influenced outfalls and low lying neighborhoods
Additional swales and exfiltration trench, upgraded collection system
Emergency flood gates and pumping station
Bioswale
Utility upgrades

14. PROJECT EXPERIENCE

15. SPECIFIC PROJECT APPROACH
Project kick-off with the City
Gather background project information
Past studies and reports not already obtained
Utility information requests
As-built information requests
Discussions with City staff familiar with the historic flooding
Public Outreach
Survey and additional field visit – existing drainage pattern analysis
Begin geotechnical investigation, confirm wetland delineation, perform wildlife survey
Design conceptual plan/layout
Get concurrence from stakeholders
Set up pre-application meetings with the agencies
SFWMD, Broward County, ACOE, FDEP

16. SPECIFIC PROJECT APPROACH
Plans production
Ongoing meetings with project team and City
Quality control
Design considerations:
Minimize impacts to the existing wetlands and wildlife
Minimize impacts to the existing trees
Conservation easement on Wetland parcel on eastern limits
Tidal influence of the discharge and on North end of the neighborhood limits
Coordination with CSX, FDOT, and SHPO during design for railroad bridge relocation

17. DESIGN CONCEPT GOALS CHALLENGES
Treat and store stormwater prior to discharge
Reduce neighborhood flooding
Create a stormwater preserve park and amenities with new wetland area
CHALLENGES
Low lying area, older development
Minimal hydraulic grade line from neighborhood to preserve park
Tidally influenced water body on northern limits, east of SW 15th Ave
Proposed preserve elevation compared to tail water elevation
Preserve the wetland forested low lying area in center of the property

18. DESIGN CONCEPT SOLUTIONS
Provide innovative water quality treatment designs
Bioswales
Underdrains
Positive discharge for roadways to alleviate standing water
Provide a collection system leading to proposed retention/preserve park
Possible flood control gate
Pump station to discharge retention area when needed
Create a community friendly park environment
Walkways/boardwalks
Educational signage (weather proof)
Enhanced wetlands
Tree preservation

19. PROJECT TEAM WHY OUR TEAM? INTEGRATED APPROACH
We involve all the stakeholders; everyone involved in the planning, design, construction, operation, and maintenance of the site.
We make sure to communicate clearly so all parties understand the issues and concerns of all the other parties and interact closely throughout all phases of the project.
EXPERIENCE, PERFORMANCE & SATISFACTION

20. THANK YOU!
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