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Corporate Profile Our Company GAI is an employee-owned engineering, environmental, planning, and economic consulting firm with over 55 years of experience providing local expertise to worldwide clients in the energy, transportation, development, government, and industrial markets. Our Clients Our clients are highly respected global energy and manufacturing firms, transportation agencies, and 110 national developers—as well as local communities and state and federal government. They challenge ENR TOP 500 us with projects that demand skilled technical expertise and sustainable results. DESIGN FIRMS Our Communities Our numerous offices are organized to mobilize staff and services seamlessly. They foster a unique blend of professional consulting disciplines, dedicated engineering and environmental specialists, and + local experts. We work, live, and give charitably to the communities we serve. 55YRS SUPERIOR Our Services CLIENT SERVICE ■ Airport Planning + Design ■ Impoundment and Landfill Permitting + Design ■ Bridge and Structure Inspection + Design ■ Land Development Engineering ■ Coal Combustion Residuals Management ■ Landscape Architecture + Design ■ Construction Inspection and Management ■ Master Planning and Urban Design % ■ Cultural Resources Management ■ Mechanical, Electrical, and Structural Engineering 100 ■ Economic Analyses and Strategies ■ Natural Gas FERC Certification and Permitting EMPLOYEE ■ Electric Transmission Design and Siting ■ Nuclear Energy Engineering Support ORGANIZATIONALOWNED FIRM STRUCTURE■ Environmental Engineering ■ Right of Way and Appraisal Support ■ Environmental and Species Studies + Permitting ■ Land Surveying and Mapping ■ Gas Pipeline Surveying and Mapping ■ Transportation Planning + Design ■ Geographic Information Systems (GIS) ■ Utility Management Consulting ■ Geotechnical Engineering and Geology ■ Water, Stormwater, Wastewater Management

GREEN BAY FLORIDA MAYVILLE MILWAUKEE VISION | To strategically grow our business, SCRANTON JACKSON INDIANADUBOIS nationally and internationally, in partnership and CRANBERRY CHICAGO KENTUCKY PITTSBURGH PHILADELPHIA trust with our clients and staff. FORT WAYNE SOUTHPOINTE MICHIGANMURRYSVILLE INDIANAPOLIS CANTON BRIDGEPORTNORTH CAROLINA MISSION | We meet our clients’ challenges by

OHIO RICHMOND empowering our employee-owners to transform ERLANGER CHARLESTON PENNSYLVANIA ideas into reality® VIRGINIA WEST VIRGINIA 900+ CORE VALUES | Integrating integrity, trust, and WISCONSIN EMPLOYEES quality into all that we do • Delivering outstanding client service and communication • Enhancing business through high ethical standards • GAI offices are strategically Acknowledging our employees’ achievements • JACKSONVILLE located to meet the needs Strengthening our success through safety HOUSTON of our clients. GAI’s Orlando ORLANDO office will serve as the TAMPA

PALM BEACH GARDENS primary location through which all professional services will be coordinated.

RESPONDENT TEAM Firm’s Organizational Structure Established in 1958 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Authorized As part of GAI, our specialized Community Solutions To Do Business In Florida (FLORIDA CORPORATION), Group (CSG) practice combines with the broad 201505.R1 we currently serve our clients from 27 office locations knowledge of our 900-person engineering and throughout Eastern, Midwestern and Southern United environmental consulting firm to offer services in Planning, States. GAI has been serving municipalTransforming clients ideas in Florida into reality for since 1958, GAI is an employee-owned, engineering, environmental, planning, Landscape Architecture, Surveying, Management ® the past 30 years. and economic consulting firm providing local expertise to worldwide clients in the energy, transportation, Consulting, as well as thegaiconsultants.com engineering disciplines of Civil, development, government, and industrial markets. Environmental, Structural, Transportation, and Electrical. Principal Place of Business and Contact:

Our specialty is providing professional services as a prime GAI Consultants, Inc. consultant, drawing upon a unique blend of in-house Peter Sechler, PLA, AICP experts and technicians, to meet the City’s individual work Vice President assignment requirements. From feasibility studies—t o site 618 E. South Street, Suite 700 plan review—to final design/permitting review—through Orlando, Florida 32801 construction site inspection should those services be T. 407.423.8398 | D. 321.319.3126 | F. 407.843.1070 required, CSG’s ability to meet your needs is second. [email protected] www.gaiconsultants.com/communitysolutions

gaiconsultants.com/communitysolutions RFQ No. 19-001 | Professional Services Library of Consultants 3 Our mission is to create livable places of lasting value in an increasingly connected, complex, and competitive world.

COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS GROUP: What We Do EXPERIENCED PEOPLE, OPEN MINDS, Our work centers on finding resolution to place-based problems by implementing context-sensitive, sustainable FRESH IDEAS solutions that are economically and fiscally beneficial and implementable. We engage diverse community groups What We Are to affect positive outcomes with shared benefits through CSG is an idea-driven, strategic consulting practice integrated solutions. Consequently, our clients include integrating design, planning, and economics. We are governments, agencies, institutions, and developers who committed to enhancing communities in ways that are share an equal need to address complex and inter-related practical, sustainable, and authentic to our clients’ needs, challenges. We work from planning to policy and concept to while being politically aware, financially feasible, and construction across the scales of region, city, and campus; aesthetically compelling. Our mission is to create livable neighborhood, street, and site. places of lasting value in an increasingly connected, As an art, our practice requires an understanding of the complex, and competitive world. nuances of feasibility, political sensitivity, urban form, Who We Are relationships, and character of place. But as a science, it involves street geometries and hydrologic flows, floor- CSG is a unique team of landscape architects, urban area ratios, densities, market economics, and financing designers, land use planners, public finance and economic mechanisms. We are effective because we are sensitive development specialists, and public administrators who and sophisticated about implementing complex ideas capture the full dimensions of strategy and solution. across the platform of inclusive participation, thoughtful Committed to positioning cities for a sustainable future, design, funding and finance, public policy, and community we are recognized for delivering insightful, thorough, partnerships for initiatives both large and small. and technically sophisticated solutions. We embrace a philosophy that values the complex interrelation of people, Master Planning + Urban Design place, and policy while considering a project’s ability to Landscape Architecture + Design positively impact its investors, community, and setting. Economics + Real Estate Consulting

gaiconsultants.com/communitysolutions RFQ No. 19-001 | Professional Services Library of Consultants 4 Master Planning + Urban Design Landscape Architecture + Design CSG’s master planning and urban design practice focuses The Landscape Architecture Studio within CSG integrates on crafting plans that create livable places of lasting an experienced team of professionals that strives to raise value for communities that require context-sensitive, the standard of planning and design services to a new sustainable solutions. We prioritize close collaboration level with every project, producing sustainable, context- with clients through an approach that emphasizes plans sensitive solutions that meet our clients’ objectives. We that reflect strong neighborhoods, livable transportation listen to their concerns, their desires, and their needs; networks, interconnected park and open space systems, we gather a deep understanding of place and issues; environmental sensitivity, and economic opportunities. we then deliver thoughtful and innovative solutions. The Through work at the scale of city, neighborhood, and studio operates under a fundamental planning and design street, our plans create the framework for rich, interactive philosophy seeking to develop solutions that make a settings that bring people together in environments that positive contribution to the economic and social values facilitate meaningful experiences that enrich lives. of a community or place. Whether the task is community master planning and place-making, streetscape and Our team draws upon expertise in multiple disciplines to corridor design, sustainable stormwater strategies (LID), balance physical, social, and economic needs and create parks and open space design, or corporate and campus urban places that enhance quality of life. We understand planning and design, we are committed to creating rich, that each building, streetscape, transportation corridor, diverse and sustainable places for people—beautiful and park works toward creating an urban place that works that allow people to connect to the environment transcends the value of any individual element. Our and that respect the community’s cultural, historical, and planners and engineers work closely with clients to ensure environmental heritage. that each piece of this urban fabric is deliberately designed with quality and respect for its role in the public realm. Wayfinding + Environmental Graphics With an eye toward implementation, we also understand the complex regulatory processes that must be navigated This special practice links to both our planning and in order to gain approval for these great community landscape architectural practices. From a planning plans. We draft clear plans and regulations designed to perspective, we utilize wayfinding as part of our mission support community goals, preserve lifestyle choices, to create understandable, navigable and visually and create economic development and redevelopment attractive community places. This may range in scale opportunities, and we forge partnerships between from a neighborhood, district, downtown or campus up stakeholders and local governments to achieve these to regional systems such as trail or park networks where positive outcomes. we are providing information to enhance community use and function. From a design perspective, we leverage Economics + Real Estate Consulting our graphic design capabilities to provide local branding and interpretive and educational signage as part of a CSG’s economic and real estate consulting services draw place-based experience. We also use our skills in visual from the advising team’s experience, education, and a communication to create logos and graphic branding for culture that integrates allied disciplines to enhance the community driven projects, so that our shared community appropriate solutions. The firm’s approach draws upon its planning initiatives have a visual identity that participants knowledge of growth management techniques in many can attach to through websites, posters, advertisements state settings, local regulatory constraints, infrastructure and other collateral materials that help connect people to systems and design, public finance, awareness of the our projects. needs in the private marketplace, preferred land use forms, aesthetics, emerging trends in development, and the linkages among infrastructure, economic development as well as the character of the built environment. This knowledge enables our clients to choose critically between alternatives and implement a strategy or master plan that is flexible, cost effective, sustainable, and marketable—attributes sought by both our public and private clientele.

gaiconsultants.com/communitysolutions RFQ No. 19-001 | Professional Services Library of Consultants 5 ORGANIZATIONAL STAFF

CITY OF NAPLES

TEAM LEADERSHIP

PROGRAM MANAGER + QA/QC CLIENT SERVICES DIRECTOR PROJECT MANAGER + SENIOR DESIGNER FRANK BELLOMO, PLA PETER SECHLER, PLA, AICP DONALD WISHART, PLA [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

SERVICES + TECHNICAL RESOURCES

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN PLANNING AND ECONOMIC STUDIES INFRASTRUCTURE ENGINEERING

SHEEBA WEST, PLA, ISA A. BLAKE DRURY, PLA ROBERT FUDGE, PE [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Landscape Architecture + Design Urban Design + Land Planning Civil Site Design Kevin Aust, PLA, LEED AP Andrew McCown, AICP Aimee J. Shields, PE Mag Hanna Barsoum, PLA, LEED AP ND Patrick Panza, AICP Vijaysimha Seelam, PE

Wayfinding + Environmental Graphics Park System Planning Environmental Services Ana Oropeza Degwitz Kristin Caborn, CPRE, FCP D.J. Silverberg, PWS, REP

Redevelopment Planning + Economics Owen Beitsch, PhD, FAICP, CRE Laura Smith

GAI’s Community Solutions Group is an integrated practice At GAI, we also have a comprehensive service engineering focusing on Urban Design + Planning, Landscape Architecture team with whom we often collaborate during implementation. + Design, and Economic Development + Strategy. We have However, we are not submitting under those sections. If over 30 professionals, and work together often in a “concept appropriate, our civil, transportation, and environmental to construction” model in which our planning efforts lead to professionals are certainly available to fulfill a support role. implementation of the projects we also participate on. We believe that the best approach for the City of Naples is to allow us to make a case-by-case decision in collaboration As a result, we are submitting for the 1.0 Architecture with City staff as assignments become available, so we can category under the 1.2 Urban Planning and Design craft the best support team possible from your “Library of subcategory, as well as the 3.0 Landscape Architecture Consultants”, including identification of appropriate W/MBE Services category—as we have expertise in all three of these firm participation. listed subcategories. Pete Sechler will serve as Principal in Charge and Client Manager and will assemble appropriate staff across our disciplines as needed to support any assignment under these categories.

gaiconsultants.com/communitysolutions RFQ No. 19-001 | Professional Services Library of Consultants 7 TAB B | 1.0 ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES (1.2 URBAN PLANNING AND DESIGN) Section TAB: B 1.2 Urban Planning and Design

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Section 1.2 – Urban Planning and Design Our Economics Practice is integrally linked with our Planning Sub-Discipline team, providing public, private and institutional clients with the tools needed to better understand market, financial and Our Planning Practice defines the linkages between social economic context, while developing approaches to realize fabric, economic vitality, and the creation of places for people. opportunity. We bring proven experience with real estate We lead strategic visioning and master planning efforts for positioning, revenue generation, public/private partnerships, both old and new communities. We build understandable and redevelopment strategies. We bring projects together community frameworks for reconciling competing issues, through sound strategies and achievable outcomes that guiding decisions, and structuring actions. And we evaluate support the larger mission of building great places. and create regulatory and implementation tools that support the vision and enable desired outcomes to occur. Our master Our Services include: planning and urban design practice is the bridge that connects Market Opportunities and Financial Analysis diverse stakeholders and issues into unified partners and Fiscal and Economic Impact Analysis directed opportunities. Valuation and Pro-Forma Modeling Our Services Include: Funding and Finance Development Positioning and Partnerships Community Visioning Redevelopment/Special Area Strategic Planning Urban Infill + Redevelopment Planning Master Planned Communities Together, these areas of expertise directly address all the Campus and Institutional Master Planning key elements identified in the listed subcategories. We Parks System Planning + Bike Pedestrian Systems have specific and distinct experience with complex issues, such as economic analysis, housing studies, and regulatory Transit Oriented Development + Corridor Planning frameworks; as well as detailed community issues, such as Future Land Use + Form Based Regulatory Planning redevelopment planning. The nature of our work demands that we are sophisticated and diverse in practical skills, including public presentations, community outreach, GIS and data management, and digital/visual communication. We have our in-house engineering team available to provide support, and we utilize an inclusive approach to teaming— working with the City to assemble appropriate teams using other members of your “Library of Consultants”.

Pete Sechler, PLA/AICP, will serve as your point of contact and Principal in Charge for this work, with Blake Drury, AICP; Owen Beitsch, PhD; and Kristin Caborn, CRPE being key resources to lead project development. gaiconsultants.com/communitysolutions RFQ No. 19-001 | Professional Services Library of Consultants 12 Project Profile ST. PETERSBURG #A141432.00 INNOVATION DISTRICT Client: City of St. Petersburg Pinellas County | St. Petersburg, Florida Services: Economics + Strategy During the summer of 2015, the City of GAI facilitated several visioning exercises – Redevelopment + Special Area Strategic Planning St. Petersburg and GAI collaborated with to conceive a master plan that organizes representatives of the St. Petersburg a framework for governance, strategic Landscape Architecture + Design Innovation District. This broad-based objectives, and place-making. GAI’s goal

– Urban Streets + group of leaders represents organizations for these exercises is that, over time, the St. Livable Corridors and institutions that compose this diverse Petersburg Innovation District will enjoy Urban Design + Planning and unique area, including the City of St. dramatic evolution—not only physically, – Community Development Petersburg, the Downtown Partnership, but also synergistically—so that these – Redevelopment Planning + Chamber of Commerce, All Children’s separate entities can advance their missions Urban Design Hospital/John’s Hopkins, Bayfront Health, of research, health, education, innovation, – Parks System Planning + Bike/Pedestrian Systems University of South Florida St. Pete, University and new business incubation to significantly of South Florida College of Marine Science, The benefit the local quality of life and community Completion Date: Poynter Institute, the Foundation for a Healthy vitality, while positioning itself as a nationally 2015 St. Pete, Florida Institute of Oceanography, significant hub of innovation and collaboration. and the Tampa Bay Innovation Center.

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gaiconsultants.com/communitysolutions RFQ No. 19-001 | Professional Services Library of Consultants 13 Project Profile ST. PETE DOWNTOWN #A141242.00 WATERFRONT MASTER PLAN Client: Services: City of St. Petersburg Landscape Architecture + Design Pinellas County | St. Petersburg, Florida Project Team: – Parks, Trails + GAI Consultants’ GAI’s Community Solutions Group provided new placemaking solutions for the major Public Realm Community Solutions a master planning and inclusive public downtown parks and sites that can support Group (Project Leadership – Urban Streets + participation strategy for 7 miles of downtown + Team Coordination, Livable Corridors large community events in conjunction with Urban Planning, and waterfront in St. Petersburg, Florida, including strategic redevelopment opportunities – Green Infrastructure + Citizen Participation) Environmental Design the historic downtown parks along Bayshore in the core of Downtown, Albert Whitted AECOM (Waterfront Urban Design + Drive. The plan addresses landside, parkway, Airport, and Deep Water Port. Some of these Planning) Planning and waterside uses through programming, initiatives are now coordinated through Moffatt & Nichol – Community form, and design for the next 20 years. The the newly adopted Innovation District (also (Waterside Engineering) Development plan is organized by 5 “Dimensions of the developed with GAI/CSG) as a partnership of Harvard Jolly – Redevelopment (Architecture) Waterfront” as a framework for reconciling the Marine Research, Academic, Healthcare, Planning + Urban Design and capitalizing on opportunities for and Innovation entities near the downtown Awards: Environment, Parks + Trails, Boating, Streets waterfront. 2017 Award of Merit, – Parks System Planning Florida Chapter American + Bike/Pedestrian and Circulation, and Economic Development. In total, the plan enjoys strong community Society of Landscape Systems Architects The plan includes recommendations for support as a result of more than 30 community new experiences along the waterfront, meetings that define a 20-year vision Completion Date: 2015 such as neighborhood recreation, passive of prioritized actions and ideas ranging opportunities to engage the water, from incremental to transformational as environmental restoration, water quality, St. Petersburg continues to focus on the and coastal resilience. The plan also defines Waterfront a treasured community asset.

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gaiconsultants.com/communitysolutions RFQ No. 19-001 | Professional Services Library of Consultants 14 Project Profile WAREHOUSE ARTS A160112.01 DISTRICT/DEUCES LIVE Client: City of St. Petersburg

Project Team: JOINT ACTION PLAN Kisinger Campo and Associates (Prime Consultant) Pinellas County | St. Petersburg, Florida GAI Consultants’ Community Solutions Group The City of St. Petersburg is working with as well as programs for events, investment, Services: Urban Design + Planning local businesses and residents to develop and celebration of this diverse urban place.

Streetscape + Wayfinding a Joint Action Plan for enhancements to The GAI Community Solutions Group, in

Visioning Process the 22nd Street Deuces Live Corridor and coordination with both Deuces Live and the

Stakeholder Interviews the Warehouse Arts District. Together, this Warehouse Arts District Association, has led

Public Outreach/Information emerging area represents one of the most more than 16 public involvement events to

Placemaking culturally vibrant, historically significant seek design input into the planning process. urban areas in the entire state of Florida. The results are an organized set of planning, Completion Date: Spring 2017 (Phase 1); The goal of the project is to develop a joint policy, street design, and development TBD (Phase 2) framework plan with recommendations to recommendations that will leverage the full

Awards: the streetscape, open space, branding, and potential of the shared district. 2018 SunCoast APA Award for wayfinding; private property enhancement; Community Planning

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gaiconsultants.com/communitysolutions RFQ No. 19-001 | Professional Services Library of Consultants 15 Project Profile ORLANDO DOWNTOWN #A161060 SOUTH COMPLETE STREETS Client: City of Orlando, DSNID

Services: CONCEPTUAL MASTER PLAN Landscape Architecture + Design Orange County | Orlando, Florida

– Parks, Trails + Public Realm GAI’s Community Solutions Group is in design), with the goal of immediate – Urban Streets + Livable Corridors leading a conceptual master plan for implementation of some of the ideas. the streets within Orlando’s Downtown – Green Infrastructure + The team is also developing an overall Environmental Design South Neighborhood Improvement vision for the District, reaching out to the District (DSNID). This includes developing Urban Design + Planning many stakeholders and business groups an achievable vision that defines the – Transit-Oriented within the area to explore aspirations for Development + Corridor appropriate role for each of the major and the DSNID. Planning minor streets within an overall mission of In addition to livability, the complete streets – Redevelopment Planning + enhanced livability, value, and Urban Design multimodal access. ideas are intended to support economic development, local business, and in some – Parks System Planning + The streets are repositioned as community Bike/Pedestrian Systems cases, comprehensive redevelopment. The infrastructure that better support a walking, DSNID is an extremely diverse area with Completion Date: biking, and transit-friendly culture, while 2017 many distinct opportunities. The creation still accommodating vehicles. Initial of “more complete” streets will contribute outcomes from the work are also being greatly to the desired positive outcomes, coordinated with a Florida Department of while also providing placemaking character Transportation (FDOT) resurfacing project to celebrate the full spectrum of activities. for a portion of Orange Avenue (currently

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gaiconsultants.com/communitysolutions RFQ No. 19-001 | Professional Services Library of Consultants 16 Project Profile OBT NEXT A160818.02 Client: Project Website: Orange County | Orlando, Florida Orange Blossom Trail www.obtnext.com Development Board Awards: In the 1950s and ‘60s, Orange Blossom Trail and connected corridor that is collectively Services: 2018 Florida Planning (OBT) (part of US 441) in Orlando, Florida, governed and support transformative Urban Design + & Zoning Association was the area’s premier north-south route for change to improve its well-being. The Vision Planning Outstanding Plan/ Study Award tourists—filled with hotels, great restaurants, is supported by six Guiding Principles, – Engagement and Outreach 2018 American and other thriving businesses. implemented initially through six Big Moves Planning Association and Catalyst Projects. – Redevelopment Today, the landscape on OBT is very Florida Chapter Award Planning + Urban of Merit different; in the past four decades, the This is the first-ever comprehensive Master Design corridor has experienced disinvestment Plan prepared for the 8-mile corridor of OBT – Future Land Use + leading to destabilized businesses and from SR 50 to SR 528. Regulatory Planning neighborhoods. Economics + Strategy This Master Plan is one of the three plans Grounded in extensive public outreach, created; the other two are: 1) Community – Market + Financial Analysis community input, and data analysis, the Redevelopment Area (CRA) Plan Update and

– Redevelopment OBTNext Master and Implementation Plan 2) Safe Neighborhood Plan Update. + Special Area seeks to respond to the changing economic Strategic Planning All three plans are complementary, but only environment, and the evolving demographic the Master Plan illustrates the overall vision Completion Date: and market conditions in the community. and framework for the entire corridor while Fall 2017 The plan framework is made up of a addressing existing issues that impact the Vision—an inclusive, accessible, diverse, corridor’s viability.

WEST ORLANDO Sports & Entertainment District

HOLDEN HEIGHTS Rio Grande Ave Westmoreland Dr Westmoreland Design/Construction & Education Hub

HOLDEN Holden Ave Authentic Food District

Americana Blvd

AMERICANA Auto and Services Hub Oak Ridge Rd

LAKE ELLENOR Sand Lake Rd Education and Jobs District

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gaiconsultants.com/communitysolutions RFQ No. 19-001 | Professional Services Library of Consultants 17 Project Profile DOWNTOWN ORLANDO #R120686.01–05 MARKET REPORTS Client: Orlando Downtown Development Board/ Community Redevelopment Agency Orange County | Orlando, Florida

Services: Economics + Strategy GAI’s Community Solutions Group (CSG) Residential Market Trends (including sales serves the City of Orlando as a Continuing history and property assessed values) – Fiscal + Economic Impact Service Economics and Public Finance – Market + Financial Analysis Commercial Office Market Trends (inventory, Consultant. In this role, we have provided – Funding, Revenue + Financial Modeling occupancy, average rental rates per square quarterly trends data across all market Urban Design + Planning foot, and sales history) sectors within Orlando’s downtown to assist – Community Development in the strategic guidance of development, Apartment Market Trends (occupancy, Completion Date: incentives, public finance, and Community absorption, and rental rates) Ongoing since 2011 Redevelopment Agency (CRA) investment This detailed analysis of the area’s Awards: activities for more than 5 years. development and valuation activity has 2016 Roy F. Kenzie Award – Fiscal Impact Studies, Florida Redevelopment Association The City of Orlando has one of the state’s been updated every quarter since the fourth most successful CRAs, located within the quarter of 2011 to document improvement downtown Central Business District (CBD). in economic activity as the area has The Downtown CRA comprises four sub- recovered from the Great Recession. Our areas: Central Business District, Eola Heights, resulting detailed knowledge of statewide Parramore, and Uptown. CSG was retained and Central Florida’s economics and by the Downtown Development Board to public finance has positioned our team prepare quarterly economic updates for the to be ideally suited to assist in complex CRA and four sub-areas, the City of Orlando, assignments, such as our economic impact and Orange County. CSG compared various analysis for the planned University of Central economic indicators, such as: Florida (UCF) downtown campus, which has been instrumental to UCF, the City, the State Business Trends (new business formations) of Florida, and other entities and partners in

Hospitality and Tourism Trends (hotel room the development of a financial plan for this count, occupancy, and room rates) major community investment.

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A161202.01 REGIONAL AFFORDABLE

Client: HOUSING INITIATIVE Orange County Government, Florida Orange County | Osceola County | Seminole County | Orlando, Florida Services: Economics + Strategy Working with a consortium of four local Effectively, this coordination seeks to ensure – Development Positioning + Strategy government partners—drawn from Orange, a stable platform, while challenging each

– Fiscal + Economic Impact Seminole, and Osceola Counties, and the participating government to enact changes

– Market + Financial Analysis City of Orlando—CSG assisted with the and report their progress on a range of

– Valuation + Pro Forma Modeling completion of the first regional affordable measures intended to advance housing at housing initiative in Florida. These four varied price points. – Funding, Revenue + Financial Modeling local governmental authorities recognized – Redevelopment + Special Area Strategic At least four measures have been given a very Planning shared strategies in order to provide a high level of consideration: cumbersome more powerful approach to mitigating Urban Design + Planning regulatory approvals, standards for accessory this major regional barrier to sustained – Community Development dwellings, inclusionary housing requirements, economic development. and linkage fees. Historically, the latter in Completion Date: For nearly 16 months, CSG advised these particular have been resisted in Florida; Summer 2018 governments about various regulatory, however, the regionalization of this approach Project Website: financial, and programmatic tools that demonstrates the practical and political value of www.ocfl.net/affordablehousing could be adapted and implemented in a joint approach across jurisdictional lines. each partnering jurisdiction. The outcome The effort and the supporting report are of the continued interactions resulted in now being formally vetted by the partnering a document describing the scope of the governments. Many of the recommendations problem, the identification of solutions have been implemented, even while the report specific to the problem, and commonly awaits adoption in each jurisdiction. themed tools that could be embraced across jurisdictional lines.

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gaiconsultants.com/communitysolutions RFQ No. 19-001 | Professional Services Library of Consultants 19 Project Profile MAITLAND DOWNTOWN #A151585.00 CRA MASTER PLAN Client: City of Maitland Orange County | Maitland, Florida Services: Economics + Strategy GAI’s Community Solutions Group has downtown that responds to diverse public – Market + Financial Analysis completed a master plan for the Maitland opinion, market reality, and local government – Redevelopment + Special Area Strategic Planning Downtown, including the Community policy. Landscape Architecture + Redevelopment Agency (CRA) area and The plan is put into action through a Design neighborhood adjacencies. Maitland has framework of physical connections, strategic – Parks, Trails + Public Realm a diverse and rich collection of community market positioning (including collaboration – Urban Streets + Livable assets, including museums, theaters, Corridors with private development interests), and green spaces, and community centers modifications to public policy documents. – Urban Design + Planning loosely organized as a central “downtown,” The result is a “living” master plan, – Community Development which has both urban and suburban informed by substantial stakeholder and – Redevelopment Planning + patterns. However, these assets are highly Urban Design community input that is meant to provide a disconnected from the neighborhoods as a clear framework for vision and intent, with Completion Date: result of an incomplete urban street network 2016–Present flexibility in terms of implementation to meet and arterial roadways, which are suburban in future needs over the next 10 years. Private nature. The challenge is to define a market- development and local street and park driven and community-supported vision for improvements are already underway.

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gaiconsultants.com/communitysolutions RFQ No. 19-001 | Professional Services Library of Consultants 20 Project Profile CITY OF OCOEE #A150475.00 DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN Client: City of Ocoee Orange County | Ocoee, Florida Services: Economics + Strategy audits, design charrettes, public meetings, – Redevelopment + Special Area Strategic Planning IN EARLY 2016, THE CITY OF OCOEE and a robust social media campaign. Input Landscape Architecture + Design ENGAGED GAI’S COMMUNITY collected from these efforts allowed the – Urban Streets + Livable Corridors SOLUTIONS GROUP TO LEAD AN project team to formulate a design vision – Green Infrastructure + Environmental Design EXTENSIVE, COMMUNITY-BASED, for downtown that was translated into a Urban Design + Planning DOWNTOWN MASTER PLANNING comprehensive list of park, streetscape, – Community Development EFFORT. connectivity, and enabling infrastructure – Redevelopment Planning + Urban Design The adopted master plan has resulted projects. – Parks System Planning + Bike/Pedestrian Systems in unprecedented acceptance and The physical vision is also supported by Land Development enthusiasm by the Ocoee community. The regulatory and economic development tools. – Civil/Site Engineering City has immediately moved forward with A new form-based code overlay replaces Water implementation, including a major bond the antiquated mix of traditional zoning – Stormwater Management/Flood Protection issue to fund top-priority projects. categories throughout the downtown. The Completion Date: The goal of the master plan was to create a City has also begun engaging key properties 2017 strategic vision for the future of downtown and businesses to facilitate new, local Awards: as the center of community life, as well investment. Together, the actions resulting 2017 Outstanding Plan Award, Florida Planning & as an economic engine for the city. The Zoning Association from the plan are positioning Ocoee for work required substantial focus on public a transformation of the downtown and 2017 Award of Excellence, Florida Chapter American Planning Association engagement through workshops, walking waterfront experience.

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gaiconsultants.com/communitysolutions RFQ No. 19-001 | Professional Services Library of Consultants 21 Project Profile CITY OF NEW SMYRNA BEACH #A171292.00 COASTAL COMMUNITY Client: City of New Smyrna Beach RESILIENCY PROGRAM Services: Community Planning Volusia County | New Smyrna Beach, Florida Program Development

Public Participation + Facilitation GAI’s Community Solutions Group is to develop potential speaker panels and assisting the City of New Smyrna Beach in program formats for many of the sessions. Completion Date: 2018 defining and delivering a year-long (once- Staff then took the lead in marketing and per-month) program of evening “community “deploying” the program. conversations” organized around key topics Our team facilitated the opening kickoff critical to ensuring a Resilient, Sustainable and the “growth and development” focus future for this Coastal Community. Topics session, including providing content, include Environmental Sustainability, meeting facilitation, panel discussion, and Social Equity, Public Safety, Transportation, group activities and public dialogue. Each Growth, Recreation, Tourism, and Economic session has drawn more than 200 attendees Development. The mission is to set a and has been highly successful. community platform for shared information, knowledge development, and expanded We remain a resource for additional perspective between City Leaders and the targeted programs as the City Staff guides Community—leading to recommendations the Community through this well-defined for future initiatives and a more informed, program. Staff will also use the input from constructive platform for shared dialogue this program to inform their upcoming around complex issues. Comprehensive Plan/Evaluation and Appraisal Report and other policies and Our team assisted Staff in defining the programs for the future. The program key issues, vetting and refining them with remains underway for the balance of 2018. City Council, and then worked with Staff

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gaiconsultants.com/communitysolutions RFQ No. 19-001 | Professional Services Library of Consultants 22 COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY Project Profile CLIENTS Various Counties | Florida Client: Various Florida Communities CSG has provided services to numerous Tasks associated with these efforts Community Redevelopment Agencies (CRA) include, but are not limited to: throughout the state of Florida—helping Reviewing original documents for them update existing plans or modify to consistency with legislation expand their CRA areas. While ensuring Documenting and preparing Findings compliance with F.S. Chapter 163(III), of Necessity studies our professionals have supported many Updating the financial information local redevelopment agencies engaged and capital costs in strategic planning, revitalization, or economic development efforts. To date, has Providing TIF projections

been involved in the planning efforts of more Making presentations at workshops CRAs in Florida than any other firm. and public hearings Included: Developing management and Alachua County Dade County Holly Hill Ocoee Sanford Altamonte Springs Dania Beach Inverness Oldsmar Sarasota implementation programs Bradenton Daytona Beach Kissimmee Orange Blossom Trail Sebring Cape Coral DeLand Lakeland Orlando Seminole County Developing incentive policies Casselberry Deltona Largo Osceola County South Daytona Beach Cedar Grove Destin Lee County Palm Bay St. Pete Beach leveraging assets Charlotte County Eatonville Maitland Palmetto Stuart Clermont Fernandina Beach Marion County Panama City Tallahassee Ensuring compliance with Cocoa Fort Lauderdale Miami Panama City Beach Volusia County F.S. Chapter 163(III) Cocoa Beach Fort Myers Naples Parker West Palm Beach Colliers County Gainesville New Port Richey Pensacola Winter Park Crescent City Gulf Breeze Plant City Pinellas County Crystal River Haines City Polk County Port Orange

gaiconsultants.com/communitysolutions gaiconsultants.com/communitysolutions RFQ No. 19-001 | Professional Services Library of Consultants 23 Project Profile DENNING DRIVE ROAD DIET #A160023.00 CONCEPT PLANS Client: City of Winter Park Orange County | Winter Park, Florida Services: Landscape Architecture + Design GAI’s Community Solutions Group (CSG) was the City’s limited construction budget meant – Parks, Trails + Public Realm tasked by the City of Winter Park, Florida, to that the curb on only one side of the road – Urban Streets + Livable Corridors develop several streetscape concepts for a could be moved to achieve the road diet. Completion Date: 1-mile segment of Denning Drive, featuring a CSG developed several typical sections 2016 transformative “road diet.” The diet required for potential road diet scenarios that were that the number of lanes on Denning Drive be considered by the City. After picking the 58’ R.O.W Two Way Leftreduced Turn Lane from four (two in each direction) to Intermittent Median desired typical section, CSG developed a Pedestrianthree Crossing (one in each direction with a center turn Multi-Purpose Trail plan for the entire Denning corridor. The final lane). The City also desired the incorporation design featured a three-lane section, a center of dedicated bike facilities as part of the turn lane/planted median, a multi-use trail streetscape design. on the east side for bikes and pedestrians, CSG designers faced many challenges intersection and crosswalk improvements, tackling the proposed road diet. Denning mid-block crossings, and street trees. This Drive has numerous driveway cuts, making design achieved all of the City’s multimodal left turns difficult to accommodate in a goals, while solving the multiple constraints

Relocatedconsistent Curb (East) section. It is also a major bus route, presented by the existing road conditions. so the design had to feature turnouts for the Today, the City of Winter Park is working on bus stops. Also, there is less than 60 feet of implementing the design in the 2018 Denning Ave - Road Diet DRAWING NO. 04 of 12 DATE OF ISSUE 02/05/2016 City of Winter Park, FL Proposed REVISION 1 right-of-way over most of its length. Finally, calendar year.

Construction progress on Denning Street

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gaiconsultants.com/communitysolutions RFQ No. 19-001 | Professional Services Library of Consultants 24 Project Profile CITY OF UPPER ARLINGTON TRAFFIC CALMING + LANE Client: City of Upper Arlington, Ohio

Services: AVENUE CORRIDOR PLAN Neighborhood + Corridor Planning Franklin County | Upper Arlington, Ohio

Traffic Calming Urban Design + The staff of GAI’s Community Solutions location around the city, many of which have Redevelopment Planning Group (Pete Sechler and Blake Drury) now been implemented. Each “test site” Completion Date: worked with neighborhood leaders, City involved direct interaction and field design Ongoing officials, and other stakeholders on new with residents in order to ensure community approaches for livable transportation in ownership of the ideas. Traffic calming Upper Arlington, Ohio. Upper Arlington concepts were field-located and tested by is a first-ring suburb of Columbus, Ohio, both residents and life-safety vehicles. developed originally as a 1920’s trolley In addition/particular, our team assisted community, and incrementally expanded with a contentious area of the Lane Avenue th over the course of the 20 century. While Commercial Corridor—incorporating a Upper Arlington remains a community road diet, on-street parking, urban form of choice, it is beginning to experience standards for a proposed new, mixed-use unlivable traffic impacts in some areas development (which has now occurred), and due to growth and change in certain traffic calming to buffer impacts to adjacent commercial corridors, creating impacts on neighborhoods. Our GAI Community the neighborhoods. Solutions Group staff remains active through Our staff provided a new model of City- additional city, community & development wide mobility and community form, and facilitation on the Lane Avenue Corridor, then translated the approach into several which continues to see new economic site-specific design solutions in several investment as a result of prior success.

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gaiconsultants.com/communitysolutions RFQ No. 19-001 | Professional Services Library of Consultants 25 Project Profile WINTER PARK BICYCLE #A150535.00 WAYFINDING MASTER PLAN Client: City of Winter Park Orange County | Winter Park, Florida Services: Landscape Architecture + Design The City of Winter Park and the Winter Park use of these innovative tools and processes – Campus + Institutional Environments Pedestrian and Bicycle Advisory Board work enabled CSG to build and illustrate the – Parks, Trails + Public Realm together in order to develop and implement Wayfinding Master Plan logic for the – Urban Streets + Livable Corridors strategies aimed to improve pedestrian and City’s extensive bicycle route network in Urban Design + Planning bicycle-friendly infrastructure in the city. The an efficient manner, whereas the use of – Parks System Planning + Bike/Pedestrian Systems City and Advisory Board desired to move traditional methods would have proven to be GIS Database Development forward with portions of a complete Bicycle cost-prohibitive. Completion Date: Wayfinding Master Plan. The Wayfinding Plan Sign Logic Report 2016 Through a continuing services contract, and Sign Location Detail Map Book contain GAI’s Community Solutions Group (CSG) information and maps detailing all was tasked with creating the Logic portion 6 wayfinding districts, 44 key destinations, of the Wayfinding Master Plan. In order to 118 decision points and turns, and 321 signs. build the Wayfinding Master Plan logic, CSG Together, this information represents a employed an approach involving a hierarchy master plan for signage of the entire existing of districts, destinations, and decision points. and proposed Winter Park bicycle route Our CSG planning team then developed a network, and, in turn, serves as the base GIS database and mapping tools specifically for future steps along the way to realizing intended to efficiently process the large increased use of a safer and more user- number of routes, destinations, decision friendly bicycle network. points, and signs. The development and

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gaiconsultants.com/communitysolutions RFQ No. 19-001 | Professional Services Library of Consultants 26 Project Profile WEST RIVER: STREET #A170486.01 DESIGN STANDARDS Client: Related Urban Hillsborough County | Tampa, Florida Services: Urban Design + Planning GAI’s Community Solutions Group is A major component to the redevelopment

– Community Development working with The Related Group (Related is the functionality and purpose of the

– Redevelopment Planning + Urban Design Urban) in collaboration with the Tampa study area streets. The West River: Street

– Future Land Use + Regulatory Planning Housing Authority and The City of Tampa, to Design Standards was created to help redevelop the North Boulevard Homes/West define incremental street enhancements, Completion Date: Ongoing River Neighborhood. investments, design, and construction for each development phase of the master plan. Street components and street typologies were defined to create context-based solutions for commercial, residential, CHESTNUT STREET and access streets. This will both inform OREGON AVENUE and guide the design vision and material standards for the study area, making a more memorable and attractive neighborhood.

UNION STREET VISION: The West River: Street Design Standards ROME AVENUE vision is to create unique and valuable experiences that will enrich the quality of life for residents by developing walkable, pedestrian- friendly environments through well-connected, safe, livable streets—using the traditional West Tampa Neighborhood site materials that convey MAIN STREET the community’s rich history.

Existing PHASE I DESIGN VISION

Granville LED Acorn light Urban Corner Enhanced Intersection + Skyclimber Live Oak Bench + Trash Street Signs attached +/- 80-88 feet on center On-street parking Trees in planters + Pedestrian Crosswalk 40-44 feet O.C Receptacle to light post (pending photometric study) water strip for furnishings

Place utilities underground Proposed

STREET DIMENSIONS (EXISTING + PROPOSED / LOOKING WEST)

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gaiconsultants.com/communitysolutions RFQ No. 19-001 | Professional Services Library of Consultants 27 Project Profile NORTH MIAMI BEACH #A160143.00 PARKS AND RECREATION Client: City of North Miami Beach

Project Team: MASTER PLAN Atkins (Prime) Miami-Dade County | North Miami Beach, Florida GAI Consultants’ Community Solutions Group (Subconsultant) The City of North Miami Beach (NMB) master plan. The adopted master plan Services: parks and recreation assets provide unique fulfills many requirements for grant funding Urban Design + Planning recreation experiences for residents to and Council on Accreditation for Parks and – Parks System Planning + Bike/Pedestrian Systems enjoy. From neighborhood community Recreation Agencies (CAPRA) accreditation. Inventory + Park Evaluation centers to sports fields and playgrounds, The plan includes a city-wide inventory and Public Input including Focus Groups, Online NMB’s parks and recreation resources serve Survey + Open Public Forums evaluation of supply and demand for parks all ages—contributing to residents’ leisure GIS Mapping + Analysis and recreation facilities and programs in time activities, and helping them to pursue a Capital Improvement Planning + Cost Estimating the City. Inventory for all 29 of the City’s healthy, active lifestyle. parks was done using portable GPS units, Completion Date: 2016 To create an implementable plan to which resulted in a complete inventory of all sustain and improve parks and recreation physical assets. The GIS data was then used opportunities in NMB for the future, the City to analyze priorities identified by residents, embarked on a year-long process to develop such as safe, walkable access to playgrounds and adopt their first parks and recreation and outdoor fitness equipment.

JUNE 2016

City of North Miami Beach, Florida PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN

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gaiconsultants.com/communitysolutions RFQ No. 19-001 | Professional Services Library of Consultants 28 DISCIPLINE STAFF CREDENTIALS, LEAD STAFF PROJECT MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE AND BACKGROUND

CITY OF NAPLES

TEAM LEADERSHIP

SERVICES + TECHNICAL RESOURCES

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN PLANNING AND ECONOMIC STUDIES INFRASTRUCTURE ENGINEERING SHEEBA WEST, PLA, ISA A. BLAKE DRURY, PLA ROBERT FUDGE, PE [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Wayfinding + Environmental Graphics Park System Planning Environmental Services Ana Oropeza Degwitz Kristin Caborn, CPRE, FCP D.J. Silverberg, PWS, REP

Redevelopment Planning + Economics Owen Beitsch, PhD, FAICP, CRE Laura Smith

ORGANIZATIONAL STAFF 1.2 URBAN PLANNING AND DESIGN

gaiconsultants.com/communitysolutions RFQ No. 19-001 | Professional Services Library of Consultants 29 PETER SECHLER, PLA, AICP Director, GAI Community Solutions Group Role: Client Services Director

Pete specializes in urban design, campus planning, and Select Project Experience landscape design projects in the eastern U.S. for public, private, St. Petersburg Warehouse Arts + Deuces Live Master Plan, St. and institutional clients. His focus has been to work inclusively— Petersburg, FL – A master plan for parks, complete street and identifying the community context and mission, understanding public realm improvements for these two important constituent economic potential, and thereby positioning specific initiatives groups and character areas. to support broader goals, enhanced livability, and sustainable St. Petersburg Innovation District Master Plan, St. Petersburg, success. Pete has been involved in the following types of projects: FL – A set of facilitated workshops and strategic plan for an area citywide regional visioning; community redevelopment; transit- with 2 Hospitals, University, Research, Marine Science and oriented urban development; main street and urban walkability Entrepreneurial Center. The Plan was Adopted and the District projects; medical, educational, and office park campuses; was launched with Governance and Priority Action frameworks urban public parks and trails; and neighborhood planning and as a result of the plan. enhancements. St. Petersburg Downtown Waterfront Master Plan (DWMP), EDUCATION St. Petersburg, FL – Director of Master Planning for 7 miles of MBA, Business Administration, 2018, Point Park University downtown waterfront in St. Petersburg, Florida. The geography BS, Landscape Architecture, 1990, Ohio State University was stretched from the historic downtown on Tampa Bay, north Continuing Education Certificates: –– Harvard Business School: Leadership Training for Executives to the Coffee Pot Bayou and south to Lassing Park. The DWMP –– Harvard Graduate School of Design: Experiential Placemaking addresses landside, parkways and waterside uses, form and design for the next 20 years. REGISTRATIONS/CERTIFICATIONS Professional Landscape Architect (PLA): Florida 1993, #LA0001465 Vision 2020, St. Petersburg, FL – Senior Designer and Project American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP), No. 023221 Manager for a citywide vision forum at the beginning of Mayor Baker’s first term. Visioning included participation by over AFFILIATIONS 300 citizen delegates and identified 15 citizen-based themes American Society of Landscape Architects Florida Redevelopment Association affecting the physical, social/cultural, and economic landscape Urban Land Institute of St Petersburg. Since the Vision, many of the ideas have been First United Methodist Church, Musician implemented through the successful leadership of Mayor Baker. HONORS/AWARDS lnVision Tampa, Tampa, FL – 20 Year Vision for Downtown Tampa Florida Chapter ASLA and the Center City Neighborhoods, funded by HUD. The plan –– Frederic B. Stresau Award, St. Pete Beach Master Plan included thousands of resident and business participants, and –– Environmental Sustainability Honor, Lake Beauty Park Redevelopment 4 years later, remains the cornerstone of principles that guide –– Award of Excellence, Nemours Children’s Hospital or inform a wide variety of initiatives that are now underway –– Award of Honor, Lake Beauty Park Redevelopment in Tampa. Plan also included the 2 mile Nebraska Corridor, –– Award of Honor, UCF Health Sciences Campus –– Award of Honor, Sanford Downtown Plan downtown Design Standards and a Magnet School education –– Award of Merit, Florida Southern College program. –– Florida Chapter American Planning Association (APA): –– Award of Merit and Best Practices Award, lnVision Tampa Orlando Health Downtown Master Plan, Orlando, FL – –– Florida Planning and Zoning Association: Ongoing leadership including linked initiatives including –– Outstanding Redevelopment Study, Ocoee CRA Target Areas Campus Facilities Expansion, Transit, Open Space, Private Special Development Plan Florida Redevelopment Association Redevelopment and the development of the Downtown South –– Roy F. Kenzie Award, Orlando Venues Master Plan Neighborhood Improvement District. –– President’s Award, Jacksonville Downtown Open Space and Walkability Master Plan Downtown Streetscapes & Park Master Plan, Village of Wauwatosa, (Milwaukee MSA) WI – Community and Business District Driven Master Plan for the 150 year old Village of Wauwatosa, a renewing business district struggling with the gaiconsultants.com/communitysolutions RFQ No. 19-001 | Professional Services Library of Consultants 30 balance of regional transportation and local character. West River Redevelopment Master Plan, Tampa, FL. Principal-in- The plan enjoys broad support and includes features Charge and Senior Designer such as road diet, intersection tightening, reverse angle Downtown By Design, Bradenton, FL. Principal-in-Charge parking, shared space street, bike track/trail, and green Downtown Master Plan, Cocoa, FL. Principal-in-Charge infrastructure. The first $6M phase of improvements is Redevelopment Plan for McCoy Annex U.S. Navy Property, starting construction now. Orlando, FL. Senior Designer Downtown Streetscapes Master Plan, Greenville, SC – The Shipyards, Jacksonville, FL. Principal-in-Charge of Landscape Principal in Charge for the master planning and schematic Architecture design of over 10 miles of downtown streets & corridors. DuPont Testamentary Trust, Jacksonville, FL. Principal-in-Charge Also led the master Plan for the Heritage Green cultural of Landscape Architecture campus. Downtown Streetscapes Master Plans: Erie, PA, Greenville, SC, Southbank/Riverplace Blvd, Jacksonville, FL – A plan and Boca Raton, FL. Principal-in-Charge road diet for Riverplace Blvd that will bring new bike / Orlando Health Downtown Master Plan, Orlando, FL. Principal- ped amenities to this emergent location. The plan enjoys in-Charge broad support from residents and property owners and is Nemours Children’s Clinic, Orlando, FL. Principal-in-Charge proceeding into design construction documents. Central Michigan University Campus Image Master Plan, Mt. Lane Avenue Commercial Corridor Plan, Upper Arlington, Pleasant, MI. Principal-in-Charge OH – Plan to resolve conflicts between transitioning FL Southern College, Lakeland, FL. Principal-in-Charge commercial, stable residential and street design. Plan Saint Leo University, Saint Leo, FL. Principal-in-Charge resulted in appropriate successful redevelopment, new University of Central FL Campus Landscapes, Orlando, FL. road diet and neighborhood traffic calming. Principal-in-Charge Lake Beauty, Orlando, FL – Principal-in-Charge of the Lake Beauty Park, Orlando, FL. Principal-in-Charge redevelopment of the 4-acre Lake Beauty Park in Downtown Downtown Waterfront Park, Kissimmee, FL. Principal-in-Charge Orlando at the Gateway to the Orlando Health campus. Sanford Riverwalk, Sanford, FL. Senior Designer and Project The $3 million project required use agreements between Manager three land owners and addressed a variety of open space, John Portman Trail, Atlanta, GA. Principal-in-Charge environmental quality, and transportation needs for both Blue Jacket Park, Orlando, FL. Senior Designer and Project the community and the on-campus population at Orlando Manager Health. Southport Community Park, Orlando, FL. Senior Designer and Downtown Open Space and Pedestrian Master Plan, Project Manager Jacksonville, FL – Principal-in-Charge and Senior Designer for a 5-year action plan for streets, parks, and riverfront open space in downtown Jacksonville. Working with a steering committee, the plan identified opportunities and initiatives for enhancing livability, while providing comment on larger issues critical to the success of downtown as an attractive place to live, work, shop, and play. The master plan includes conceptual design plans for Metropolitan Park, Friendship Fountain, Laura Street, and other public and private sites. Downtown Waterfront Park, Kissimmee, FL – Principal-in- Charge of master planning and landscape architecture for Downtown Waterfront Master Plan this 25-acre, $25 million park in downtown Kissimmee St. Petersburg, Florida fronting Lake Toho. The master plan includes roadway realignment and streetscapes to create downtown redevelopment parcels, boating and recreational enhancements, and venues for many forms of community gathering and events. The park was completed in 2014.

Other Selected Project Leadership Experience Invision Tampa/Center City Plan, Tampa, FL. Principal-in- Charge Orlando Venues Master Plan, Orlando, FL. Principal-in- Charge/Design Reviewer Citywide Urban Form and Transportation Forum, City Centre Mall, Mississauga, Ontario. Principal-in-Charge St. Petersburg Innovation District Bluegrass Tomorrow, Lexington, Kentucky. Senior Designer St. Petersburg, Florida Sarasota 2050, Sarasota, FL. Designer gaiconsultants.com/communitysolutions RFQ No. 19-001 | Professional Services Library of Consultants 31 A. BLAKE DRURY, AICP Director, Planning and Urban Design Role: Project Manager/Planner

Mr. Drury is an urban designer and city planner focused Highlighted Professional Experience on creating livable communities. He has developed New Smyrna Beach Coastal Community Resiliency Program, plans for public-sector clients in urban, suburban, New Smyrna Beach, Florida and rural settings across North America, including St. Cloud Citywide Master Plan, St. Cloud, Florida initiation, conceptualization, and design of large-scale Clermont Downtown & Waterfront Master Plan, Clermont, Florida neighborhood redevelopment projects, downtown plans, SR 429 Land Use + Economic Development Study, Winter and numerous transit station area planning programs. Garden and Ocoee, Florida He also has extensive experience helping private-sector clients develop visions and principles to guide new Maitland Downtown Master Plan, Maitland, Florida communities, including master plans for many traditional Sunbridge Community Master Plan, Orange and Osceola neighborhood development design projects throughout County, Florida the southeast United States. Mr. Drury is frequently invited Orange County Complete Streets, Orange County, Florida to speak at professional events throughout the region, The Tampa Center City Plan, Tampa, Florida and has served as an Adjunct Instructor at the University Ocoee CRA Target Area Development Planning, Ocoee, Florida of Central Florida for the past seven years teaching urban Citywide Design Framework and Form-Based Code, design at the graduate and undergraduate levels. Lakeland, Florida Heritage Village Special District Form-Based Code, EDUCATION Longwood, Florida M.S. (Planning), University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, 1998 B.A. (History), Cum Laude, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, Downtown Form-Based Code, Cocoa, Florida 1996 Longwood TOD Implementation Strategy, Longwood, Florida REGISTRATIONS/CERTIFICATIONS SunRail TOD Facilitation Program, Orlando, Florida American Institute of Certified Planners #017026 Longwood TOD Implementation Strategy, Longwood, Florida AFFILIATIONS Mount Joy Main Street and Station Area Plan, American Planning Association University of Central Florida, Adjunct Instructor (2007-2014) Mount Joy, Pennsylvania Sand Lake Road Station Area Plan, Orange County, Florida PUBLICATIONS / PRESENTATIONS “Lessons Learned From SunRail,” South Florida TOD Working SunRail – Central Florida Commuter Rail, Orlando, Florida Group, June 2014 Broward Boulevard Corridor Study, Fort Lauderdale, Florida Drury, B. (2014) The Train Has Left the Station. Florida Planning, Winter. Northwest Corridor Connectivity Study, Atlanta, Georgia “Planning + Design Considerations for TOD: Lessons from the Moorefield Station TOD, Leesburg, Virginia Field,” Florida Section of the Institute of Transportation Engineers (FSITE) Annual Meeting, November 2013 Transit Supportive Development Principles, Charlotte, “So You Want a Train Station,” Florida APA Conference, September North Carolina 2013 “Riding the Gravy Train,” Florida Planning and Zoning Association, Hillsborough and Nebraska Corridor Master Plan, Tampa, Florida June 2013 Lane Avenue Corridor Plan, Upper Arlington, Ohio “Leveraging New Development Opportunities,” West Volusia Summit, November 2010 Orange County Complete Streets, Orange County, Florida “Codes on the Road,” Orlando-Metro Section - American Planning Association, June 2009 McCallie Avenue/MLK Boulevard One-Way Street Conversion, “Urban Design for Transit,” Pennsylvania Public Transportation Chattanooga, Tennessee Association Annual Conference, April 2009 “The Lateral Approach – Linking Transportation and Urban Design,” Oakland Park Boulevard Corridor Study, Fort Lauderdale, Florida Texas A&M University, April 2008 Seventh Street Corridor Plan, Charlotte, NC Central Florida Commuter Rail Transit – SunRail, Orlando, Florida gaiconsultants.com/communitysolutions RFQ No. 19-001 | Professional Services Library of Consultants 32 ANDREW MCCOWN Director, Planning and Urban Design Role: Planner

Mr. McCown specializes in project management, policy Highlighted Professional Experience writing, comprehensive planning and evaluation, Ocoee Downtown Master Plan, City of Ocoee, Ocoee, Florida. neighborhood planning, campus planning, entitlement Envision St. Cloud Citywide Master Plan, St. Cloud, Florida. management, public involvement, and technical research. Princeton Properties, Dr. Phillips Foundation, Orlando, Florida. He has participated in a broad range of projects, including Comprehensive Plan Amendments, Community Vision Lucerne Property, Orlando Health, Orlando, Florida. Plans, Neighborhood Plans, hospital campus planning, Orlando Sports and Entertainment District, Orlando, Florida. community college system planning, and a number of SR 429 Land Use + Economic Development Study, Cities of Ocoee large landholder entitlement strategy projects. and Winter Garden, Florida. Orlando Health – Various Projects, Orlando, Florida. Mr. McCown is able to effectively integrate a practical, St. Petersburg Innovation District, St. Petersburg, Florida. technical background into all areas of planning. He Riverplace Boulevard Complete Street, Jacksonville, Florida. has extensive knowledge of geographic information Comprehensive Planning, Florida. Projects include: system (GIS) applications and is experienced in utilizing GIS technologies to create geodatabases and »» City of Maitland Evaluation and Appraisal Report, Maitland, Florida (2009) develop suitability analyses and base mapping for land planning, including Developments of Regional Impact, »» City of Maitland EAR-Based Comprehensive Plan Amendments, Maitland, Florida (2010) Comprehensive Plan Amendments, Area Plans, campus planning, site analysis, and concurrency. »» Smart Charlotte 2050, Charlotte County, Florida (2008) »» Haines City Evaluation and Appraisal Report, Haines City, Mr. McCown is highly skilled at organizing and conducting Florida (2009)

public outreach efforts in support of planning efforts. »» City of Bradenton EAR-Based Comprehensive Plan His outreach activities have included coordinating Amendments, Bradenton, Florida (2005) and implementing charrettes, workshops, and public STATE AND FEDERAL PLANNING presentations, and conducting group exercises, leading Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) Spaceport and breakout sessions, and coordinating live electronic polling. Aerospace Support Contract, Florida.

EDUCATION Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Infrastructure and Governance MS, City and Regional Planning, 2005, Georgia Institute of Study, Kennedy Space Center, Florida. Technology Kennedy Space Center, Post Shuttle Mission, Kennedy Space BS, Chemical Engineering, 2003, Georgia Institute of Technology Center, Florida. REGISTRATIONS/CERTIFICATIONS Boone National Guard Center Joint Land Use Study, Frankfort, American Institute of Certified Planners, #024345 Kentucky. AFFILIATIONS American Planning Association PUBLICATIONS / PRESENTATIONS 2007 – Making the Most of GIS, Multifamily Trends, November/ December 2007, Contributing Author (uncredited)

gaiconsultants.com/communitysolutions RFQ No. 19-001 | Professional Services Library of Consultants 33 PATRICK PANZA, AICP Assistant Planning Manager Role: Planner /GIS Modeling

Mr. Panza is an Assistant Planning Manager located in Highlighted Professional Experience GAI’s Orlando Office. He has 10 years of experience with PLANNING AND DESIGN + GIS SOLUTIONS planning, design, and policy analysis accumulated through LIFT Orlando, Orlando, Florida a variety of public and private sector projects during which he has utilized his extensive technical abilities to Deuces Live/Warehouse Arts District Joint Action Plan, St. Petersburg, Florida create innovative approaches to the analysis and design of community development solutions. Bicycle Wayfinding Master Plan, Winter Park, Florida OBT Next CRA Master Plan, Orlando, Florida Mr. Panza specializes in the application of GIS technologies Whispering Pines Park, Inverness, Florida to planning processes. His knowledge of how planning Town of Windermere On-Call Planning Services in Windermere, works at the policy level coupled with design and Florida implementation of these technologies have provided South Lake County Regional Park, Lake County, Florida benefit to the wide variety of projects in which he engages. Parks, Recreation, Pathways, and Open Spaces Master Plan, This work includes system master planning for parks and Casselberry, Florida recreation, and bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure; Clermont Downtown and Waterfront Master Plan, Clermont, community master plans; and private-sector land Florida development projects. He has 11 years of experience with St. Petersburg Innovation District, St. Petersburg, Florida GIS mapping, data management, and analysis, in addition Town of Bainbridge Annexation, Bainbridge, Indiana to 12 years of experience with the design and creation of CAD-based deliverables. Tradition Towers, Orlando, Florida Orlando Firehouse No. 1, Orlando, Florida EDUCATION The Hilton Hotel at Church Street Station, Orlando, Florida MS, Urban and Regional Planning, 2013, University of Central Florida Marden Ridge Apartments, Apopka, Florida Graduate Certificate, Urban Regional Planning, 2008, University of Maitland West Planned Development, Maitland, Florida Central Florida BA, Psychology, 2006, University of Central Florida City of DeBary Growth Management Services, EAR (Evaluation and Appraisal Report), and EAR-Based Amendments, DeBary, REGISTRATIONS/CERTIFICATIONS Florida American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP), #028961 FDOT District Five Bikeway GPS Inventory, Orlando, Florida AFFILIATIONS City of Lake Wales Utility Planning, Lake Wales, Florida Central Florida GIS Users Group Urban and Regional Information Systems Association – Florida City of Daytona Beach Stormwater Remediation, Daytona Beach, Chapter (FLURISA) Florida American Planning Association Orange County Stormwater Pond Permit Inventory, Orange SKILLS County, Florida Computer-Aided Design (CAD) Eminent Domain Appraisal Services, Orange County, Florida Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Site Planning and Design Growth Management Policy Software AutoCAD, AutoTURN, and SketchUp; Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator; and GIS such as ArcGIS and Autodesk’s Map3D

gaiconsultants.com/communitysolutions RFQ No. 19-001 | Professional Services Library of Consultants 34 KRISTIN CABORN, CPRE, FCP Senior Planning Manager Role: Parks and Recreation Planning

Kristin has 17 years of extensive parks and recreation Highlighted Professional Experience management and planning experience involving First Coast Aquatic Center, Jacksonville, Florida managing several multi-million-dollar parks and recreation Parks, Recreation, Pathways and Open Spaces Master Plan, projects, and providing master plan implementation and Casselberry, Florida phasing plans services for public sector clients. North Miami Beach Parks and Recreation Master Plan (PRMP), Kristin thoroughly understands the municipal park North Miami Beach, Florida planning process through her experience as a previous Whispering Pines Park, Inverness, Florida Parks and Recreation Director, where she was actively South Lake County Regional Park, Lake County, Florida involved in all aspects of park planning, including City of West Palm Beach PRMP, West Palm Beach, Florida extensive public involvement and facilitation. She is a Parks and Recreation Director, City of St. Cloud, Florida Certified Park and Recreation Executive, Florida Crime Parks and Recreation Director, City of Wyoming, Ohio Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) Martin County Parks and Recreation Master Plan, Martin County, Practitioner, and was named to Engineering New Record Florida Southeast Top 20 under 40 in 2015. Parks and Recreation Continuing Services Contract, Osceola County, Florida EDUCATION M.S., Recreational Studies, University of Florida, 2000 Parks and Recreation Continuing Services Contract, Osceola B.S., Recreation (Honors), University of Florida, 1997 County, Florida REGISTRATIONS/CERTIFICATIONS Daughtery Park Master Plan and Construction Documents, Polk Certified Park and Recreation Executive (CPRE), National Recreation County, Florida and Park Association, Florida (11160) Lake Tholocco Recreation Area Development Plan (RADP) Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) Practitioner (FCP) Update, USACE Mobile District, Fort Rucker, Alabama Palm Bay Trailblazer Grant Public Input, Palm Bay, Florida AFFILIATIONS Florida Recreation and Parks Association (FRPA) Foundation Trustee, Continuing Parks Engineering, Design and Planning Services, President- 2013-2014 Polk County, Florida Member of the first class of Certified Park and Recreation Executives through NRPA Bayshore Gateway Triangle Public Art and Placemaking Planning Secretary of the board and Parks Liaison, Florida Design Out Crime Services in Collier County, Naples, Florida Association, a Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) Network Jan Phyl Park Master Plan and Construction Documents in Polk Florida Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) County, Florida Practitioner Veteran’s Memorial Park Expansion, Hillsborough County, Certified Park and Recreation Executive (CPRE) National Recreation and Park Association Tampa, Florida Florida Recreation & Park Association (FRPA) Santa Rosa County District Five Parks and Recreation Master AWARDS Plan, Santa Rosa County, Florida Top 20 under 40, Engineering News-Record, 2015

gaiconsultants.com/communitysolutions RFQ No. 19-001 | Professional Services Library of Consultants 35 OWEN BEITSCH, PHD, FAICP, CRE Senior Director, Economic and Real Estate Advisory Services Role: Redevelopment Analysis

Dr. Beitsch has been active in the management and execution of Select Project Experience complex studies for public and private clients for several years. Bay County Airport, Bay County, Florida. Lead Economist. Project His particular interest in special issues confronting downtown included support planning and disposition of Florida’s Bay and other urban areas is demonstrated by his civic as well as County Airport, allowing capital freed through the transaction his business activities. He holds an active leadership role in the to be applied to a substantially larger airport, enhancing the Tampa Downtown Partnership and is a founding member of the County’s goals of economic development. Orlando Neighborhood Improvement Corporation where he City of Ormond Beach, Florida. Responsibilities in this contract served as Chairman for 4 years. Dr. Beitsch recently concluded 8 address a variety of (re)development issues stemming from the years of service as a member of the Orlando Housing Authority City’s interests in repositioning certain CRA owned or controlled Board of Commissioners. As a resident of Winter Park, Florida, parcels and securing private actors to develop these parcels. he just ended his tenure as assistant chair of the City’s Economic Advisory Board while also serving on other ad hoc committees City of Orlando Multiple CSAs, Orlando, Florida. Economic exploring policy issues for both Orlando and Winter Park. Analyst. Dr. Beitsch has enjoyed a relationship with the City of He is currently an elected board member of the Xentury City Orlando for more than twenty-five years with work extending Community Development District, which oversees a major tourist over a variety of continuing service agreements, most executed area proximate to Disney World. Dr. Beitsch was asked to join with the City’s finance department where he has advised on the Counselors of Real Estate in 1990, a group open only by a number of fiscal issues stemming from assessments and tax invitation and normally focused on valuation issues. He serves credits, among other subjects. On real estate matters, he has on the group’s editorial board and was assistant editor of Real provided expert support in eminent domain issues and is now Estate Issues, the organization’s referred journal. In 2010, he was supporting work of a special task force oriented to affordable named a Fellow in the American Institute of Certified Planners housing. Several years ago, he helped the City of Orlando of Planners, the highest honor bestowed in the urban planning develop a housing incentive program, focusing on offsets to profession and awarded to only about 3% of those achieving parking costs and resulting in the first rental housing to be built in certification. He was named as an outstanding alumnus of the city center in almost 20 years. University of Central Florida’s College of Health and Public Affairs Martin County, Florida. Dr. Beitsch will be a key professional in 2011 and remains active as a member of the urban planning tasked with strategic planning and redevelopment issues as they faculty since 1996. occur. Transportation Funding Analysis, City of Tampa, Tampa, Florida. EDUCATION Economic Analyst responsible for providing the financial PhD, Public Affairs, University of Central Florida underpinnings supporting the existing trolley system by aligning MURP, Masters of Urban and Regional Planning, Florida State University City goals with appropriate land use and entitlement strategies. Transportation Funding Analysis, City of Miami, Miami Florida. REGISTRATIONS/CERTIFICATIONS Economic Analyst responsible for providing the financial Fellow, American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) Counselor of Real Estate underpinnings supporting downtown Miami planned Real Estate License: FL – 1993, #SL595584 peoplemover expansion. AFFILIATIONS Sebring Airport, Sebring, Florida. Lead Economist. Project American Institute of Certified Planners involved providing tax and financial support to Sebring Airport. American Society of Real Estate Counselors Palm Beach International Airport, West Palm Beach, Florida. Orlando Neighborhood Improvement Corporation, Chairman Associate Editor, Real Estate Issues Lead Economist. Project included complete land use studies for acquisitions at Palm Beach International Airport. Orlando Downtown Markets Report, Orlando, Florida. Continued Financial and Economic Benchmarking Services provided to City and Community Redevelopment Agency. gaiconsultants.com/communitysolutions RFQ No. 19-001 | Professional Services Library of Consultants 36 LAURA SMITH Assistant Financial Analyst Manager Role: Economic Analysis

Ms. Smith serves as Assistant Financial Analyst Manager and Select Project Experience specializes in the preparation and research of real estate Comprehensive Plan Amendments, City of Minneola and City of development assignments. Having served as a professional Winter Garden, Minneola and Winter Garden, Florida. As Senior municipal planner for 6 years, Laura brings valuable experience Planner, prepared, transmitted, and adopted Local Government to GAI’s Community Solutions Group (CSG). Her expertise and Non-Local Government-Initiated Comprehensive Plan includes writing and updating land development codes, Amendments. (City of Minneola, 2009–2011; City of Winter development plan review, comprehensive plan re-writes and Garden, 2011–2014) updates, comprehensive plan evaluation and appraisal reports, Downtown Market Reports FY 2015–2016; FY 2016–2017, City community redevelopment area (CRA) findings of necessity, of Orlando, Orlando, Florida. Senior Analyst responsible for data and redevelopment plans. She provides research assistance collection and analysis. GAI’s CSG prepared quarterly summaries and analysis of market, economic, and demographic data; of selected market activity occurring within the Downtown information on existing and proposed retail, office, and industrial Orlando CRA and other areas. development; census data; and employment statistics for various products for the firm. Financial, Market, and Analytical Services Central Station, RIDA Development Corporation, Orlando, Florida. Senior Analyst EDUCATION responsible for data collection and analysis. GAI’s CSG evaluated MPA, Public Administration (Pi Alpha Alpha), 2008, University of various development options for a 3.5-acre property located in South Florida Downtown Orlando. BA, Political Science, 2006, University of South Florida Financial/Market Assessment, Orange Blossom Trail CERTIFICATIONS Development Board, Orlando, Florida. Senior Analyst MURP, Urban and Regional Planning, 2015, University of Central responsible for data collection and analysis. GAI’s CSG estimated Florida supportable levels of development for various land uses along the 8-mile segment of the Orange Blossom Trail (OBT) corridor, SKILLS ArcGIS which is the focus of OBTNext. Municipal Planning Longwood Real Estate Asset Analysis, City of Longwood, Longwood, Florida. Senior Analyst responsible for data Land Development Codes/Regulations collection and analysis. GAI’s CSG performed inventory and Data Analysis analysis of residual land values of City of Longwood real estate Development of Regional Impact assets. AFFILIATIONS Land Development Regulations, City of Minneola and City of Lake County Planning & Zoning Board Winter Garden, Minneola and Winter Garden, Florida. Prepared and revised Land Development Regulations. (City of Minneola, 2009–2011; City of Winter Garden, 2011–2014) South Lake County Regional Park, Lake County, Florida. Senior Analyst responsible for data collection and analysis of potential economic impact of a new recreational facility/sports complex to be constructed in South Lake County near the City of Groveland. Transit-Oriented Development (TOD), Port Authority of Allegheny County, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Senior Analyst responsible for data collection and analysis associated with urban planning and economic TOD study.

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December 4, 2018

To: City of Naples, Florida; Purchasing Division

Re: RFQ #19-001 for Professional Services Landscape Architecture Design & Planning

To Whom It May Concern:

Please accept this letter of recommendation for GAi's Community Solutions Group (CSG) for the above noted RFQ. Recently, I worked with the CSG team on a direct assignment: The Warehouse Arts District/ Deuces Live Joint Action Plan. This effort spanned two adjoining business districts - an emerging industrial arts area and a historic African American Main Street- with different issues and opportunities, sharing a common goal of an improved public realm that raises the social, cultural, and economic potential of the area. The CSG team successfully worked with diverse community stakeholders to examine the study area, and develop urban planning concepts and specific landscape architectural designs & budgets for a capital improvements program. The final plan included recommendations for improved infrastructure and streetscape, a road conversion with new bicycle facilities and on-street parking, two new signature parks, and a variety of placemaking enhancements. The City is preparing to begin implementation of the plan with early phase investments.

In addition to this project, CSG has also worked in recent past with the City on our Innovation District Master Plan and our Waterfront Master Plan. We have been consistently happy with all aspects of our working relationship with CSG and would recommend them for similar public realm planning & design assignments.

Sincerely,

Brian Caper Economic Development Officer City of St. Petersburg 727-893-7035 [email protected]

Post Office Box 2842 •St.Petersburg. FL 33731-2842 Telephone: 727-893-7231

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802 NW 5th Avenue, Suite 200 : Gainesville, Florida 32601 : Phone: 352-393-8200 : Fax: 352-334-2132

December 6, 2018

To whom it may concern: Please accept this letter of recommendation for GAI’s Community Solutions Group (CSG) for urban planning, redevelopment, and landscape architectural services. The Gainesville CRA and I personally have worked with the CSG team on two recent direct initiatives: 1. The South Main Street Corridor Plan. This included corridor planning, public engagement, and detailed landscape architectural / streetscape plans to convert this corridor to a “complete street”. The project is currently under construction and is transforming the area as a place to go to, not just through.

2. The Power District Redevelopment Site. The scope included planning, economic development, and real estate development services to assist the Gainesville CRA in positioning the property and soliciting viable private sector redevelopment proposals.

The CSG team has worked successfully with our team and various stakeholders on each of these projects and is a continuing service provider to both the City and the CRA for landscape architecture, planning / economic development, and engineering. Their work continually exceeds expectations and we plan to continue our professional relationship in the coming years.

Sincerely,

Andrew Meeker, CRA Manager Gainesville Community Redevelopment Agency 802 NW 5th Ave. Suite 200 Gainesville, FL 32601 [email protected] 352-393-8205

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GAI and our Community Solutions Group are committed to providing service in Naples. All of our CSG professionals are based in our Orlando, which is approximately 180 miles Jacksonville / 3:40 away from Naples. We also have an office in Tampa that includes some engineering support services. While this is not ‘local’, we are accustomed to working across the State of Florida, including current work in West Palm Beach, Jacksonville, Panama City and Tampa. We have a current Orlando assignment as a subconsultant to ESA on the Naples Airport Master Plan. Kristin Caborn worked as a subconsultant Tampa Park Planner on the 2017-18 Collier County Park System Approximate Master Plan. Most significantly, Frank Bellomo, PLA led the distance to City Hall development of the North Collier Regional Park over a 6 180 Miles | 3 Hours year period of time. We will commit time and resources to 40 Minutes Palm Beach support the City of Naples over the life of this Contract. Gardens

Certified (MBE) Minority Enterprise Status

GAI will remain open to working collaboratively with the City to build the best possible team for each project assignment, including any cases where an existing project may warrant additional specialty MBE peer consultants who may provide a unique service, or are otherwise connected to the subject site such that it is advantageous and efficient for the City to include their participation.

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gaiconsultants.com/communitysolutions RFQ No. 19-001 | Professional Services Library of Consultants 42 Section 3.0 – Landscape Architectural Services planners and site development implementation, including detail design, construction documents, bidding assistance, and Our Landscape Architecture + Design Practice operates under project delivery. a fundamental planning and design philosophy that seeks to develop solutions that make a positive contribution to the local Our CSG landscape architectural professionals work values of place. We work in active urban environments, historic collaboratively to support each other and work integrally towns, walkable neighborhoods, campus environments, parks, with the other planning and economics components of our and natural lands. We are committed to creating rich, diverse, 30-person Community Solutions Group. As Senior Designers, sustainable, and authentic places for people—beautiful works Frank Bellomo, PLA; and Donald Wishart, PLA, bring over that allow people to connect to the environment, community, 75 years of experience leading public realm landscape and each other. architectural projects of all types. Pete Sechler will ensure that projects are guided, and that the full resources of CSG are Our Services Include: available to the City for project needs. We have two Arborist on staff (including Sheeba West), a dedicated Wayfinding Parks, Open Space, and Trails professional in Ana Oropeza-Degwitz, and a dedicated FDOT Urban Streetscapes and Corridors landscaping capability led by Mag Barsoum, PLA. Additionally, New Communities we work hand-in-hand with our civil engineers, ecologists and Campus Environments other allied GAI professionals who can also support on this project. Urban Buildings + Places As we receive project opportunities from the City of Naples Green Infrastructure + Low Impact Design over the life of this contract, our approach is to bring our best Environmental Graphics and Wayfinding CSG talent and strategize with City staff to create the best Roadway and Highway Landscapes teaming arrangement possible for the City—whether that involves additional GAI staff or collaboration with other peer Our Landscape Architectural practice is diverse and deep professionals. We work well with others and will be a partner in all the areas listed in the Landscape Architectural tab, to the City in creating the best team for each assignment, including all three subcategories. We work sustainably in including attaining W/MBE goals. urban areas and rural landscapes, we work on sports facilities and environmental restorations and we work as parks systems gaiconsultants.com/communitysolutions RFQ No. 19-001 | Professional Services Library of Consultants 43 Project Profile NORTH COLLIER #H050103.00 REGIONAL PARK Client: Collier County Collier County | Naples, Florida Services: Landscape Architecture + Design GAI’s Community Solutions Group was throughout the state. This impressive project

– Parks, Trails + Public Realm responsible for landscape architecture and includes than 25,000 sf of architectural

Construction Administration design for North Collier Regional Park— facilities, such as an $8 million water park one of the most ambitious park projects ever and lazy river, a 35-ft-high water slide, age- Completion Date: 2006 undertaken in the state of Florida. After appropriate pools, tournament-level soccer 7 years of design and construction, the and softball complexes, playgrounds, a Construction Cost: $47 million 213-acre park opened to rave reviews and boardwalk system, and other amenities. has become the envy of park departments Awards: Southeast Construction News, Award of Honor, 2006 Associated Builders & Contractors, Excellence in Construction, 2007

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gaiconsultants.com/communitysolutions RFQ No. 19-001 | Professional Services Library of Consultants 44 Project Profile SOUTH LAKE #A150590.00 REGIONAL PARK Client: Lake County Lake County | Florida Services: Landscape Architecture + Design GAI’s Community Solutions Group is Phase 1 has been completed, and the South

– Parks, Trails + Public Realm providing design, master planning, Lake Regional Park Master Plan includes architecture, and construction administration multi-purpose fields, baseball, softball, and Completion Date: Ongoing services for South Lake Regional Park. This little league fields; cricket fields; playground multi-phase, 141+- acre regional park project area; dog park; pavilions; path system Construction Cost: $20 million consists of three phases: and trailhead; exercise stations; canoe/ kayak launch; sports and path lighting; Phase 1 – The park master plan maintenance storage building; restroom/ Phase 2 – Design and construction concession buildings; and signage. Phase bid documents 2 is currently in progress, and GAI is now

Phase 3 – Construction administration support providing the construction documents for this project.

Paddle Launch / Fishing Pier / Wildlife Observation Area

Beach / Volleyball

Trailhead Youth Baseball

Cricket

Nature Trail

Softball

PHASE 1

Boardwalk / Observation Platform

Multi-Purpose Fields Softball Tennis / Pickleball

Playgrounds Fitness Area PHASE 2 Nature Trail Basketball

Dog Baseball Park

Picnic / Passive Park Area

PHASE 3

PROJECT NO. A150590.00 South Lake Regional Park DATE OF ISSUE 05/03/2016 Lake County, FL 0 100’ 200’ 400’ Master Plan REVISION 1

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gaiconsultants.com/communitysolutions RFQ No. 19-001 | Professional Services Library of Consultants 45 Project Profile VICTORY POINTE PARK #A151186.02 Lake County | Clermont, Florida Client: Services: City of Clermont Economics + Strategy As part of the City of Clermont’s Downtown Florida environments—just part of a series of – Development Completion Date: Positioning + Strategy Master Plan process, GAI’s Community innovative stormwater strategies developed 2018 Landscape Architecture Solutions Group identified Victory Pointe to help improve water quality within Lake Construction Cost: + Design Park as a key catalyst project, based on Minneola and expand development $8 million – Parks, Trails + Public Realm the City’s need for a new stormwater opportunities downtown. In addition to Awards: facility on the west side. The Victory providing environmental improvements Downtown Master Plan: – Green Infrastructure + 2016 Florida Environmental Design Pointe Park project re-envisioned the and serving as a development catalyst, the Redevelopment Awards: Land Development Roy F. Kenzie, Urban typical stormwater pond approach project establishes the adjacent lakefront Planning Studies – Civil/Site Engineering by creating a community amenity that as the location for the myriad special events Water provides recreation, a wildlife habitat, and hosted by the city, creating economic – Stormwater a signature address for adjacent future opportunities for merchants and restaurants. Management/ Flood Protection development. GAI also assisted the City in obtaining a The new park receives stormwater from a $600,000 Lake County Water Authority significant portion of the downtown streets, Grant to support the project budget. and includes a series of cascading filter marsh The project was opened to the public in treatment areas designed to reference native August 2018.

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gaiconsultants.com/communitysolutions RFQ No. 19-001 | Professional Services Library of Consultants 46 Project Profile FIRST COAST #A160518.00 AQUATIC CENTER Client: Services: City of Jacksonville Landscape Architecture + Design Duval County | Jacksonville, Florida Project Team: – Parks, Trails + PQH Group Design, The City of Jacksonville has embarked on It was the City’s priority to understand all Public Realm Inc. (prime) the process of considering a world-class cost aspects of the project prior to moving Survey GAI Consultants aquatic facility. Originally started as a forward, so that informed decisions could (subconsultant) – Surveying grassroots effort led by members of the be made, and accurate information could be Land Development Completion Date: community, the City began its due diligence provided to the public and elected officials. 2014 (feasibility); – Civil/Site 2017 (master planning Engineering by hiring a project team that includes key In 2017, the City hired the design team of and design) staff members from GAI’s Community GAI and Counsilman-Hunsaker to bring this Solutions Group (CSG). CSG professionals facility to life. studied the fundamentals of the facility The project includes an indoor aquatic feasibility, including the economic impact facility with a 50-meter completion pool, to the northeast Jacksonville area and a 25-yard warm up/teaching pool with surrounding region; the demographics of the supporting building amenities, as well potential users; the capital costs; and, most as an outdoor diving pool and tower and importantly, the operations and maintenance outdoor recreation pool to serve the densely EXTERIOR RENDERING 8 costs. Extensive public input was utilized DUVAL STATION ROAD and growing residential area of northeast throughout the feasibility process to uncover Jacksonville. 30% construction documents, the various needs of potential user groups, which include phasing options, cost FIRST COAST AQUATIC CENTER including competitive swimming, diving, estimating, and value engineering ideas, recreational, and instructional users. were delivered to the City in early 2018.

FIRST COAST HIGH SCHOOL

A GAI Consultants, Inc. Service Group PROJECT NO. A160518.00 618 E. South Street Suite 700 First Coast Aquatic Center DATE OF ISSUE 12/08/2017 Orlando, Florida 32801 0 40’ 80’ 160’ Concept Plan T 407.423.8398 Jacksonville, FL REVISION 0 gaiconsultants.com/communitysolutions

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gaiconsultants.com/FIRST COASTcommunitysolutions AQUATIC CENTER RFQ No. 19-001 | Professional Services Library of Consultants 47 1 Project Profile FORT MELLON PARK #H050141.05 Seminole County | Sanford, Florida Client: Completion Date: City of Sanford Phase 1 (2009); Ongoing In an effort to continue to revitalize historic The park also includes a four-tower, fort- downtown Sanford, the City retained GAI’s themed playground, Grande Plaza, and lawn Services: Construction Cost: Community Solutions Group to complete a to accommodate large special events; as well Landscape Architecture $4.5 million + Design (5 acres Phase 1) multi-phase master plan for improvements as basketball courts, restroom buildings, to Fort Mellon Park, located in the heart of custom shade structures and pavilions, – Parks, Trails + Public Realm downtown on the shores of Lake Monroe. gardens, and a lakefront overlook. Upon approval of the master plan, contract Permitting Fort Mellon Park project is part of larger documents for the entire park were Contract Documents, program of improvements that GAI and our Bidding completed, and a first phase was bid senior staff have led over the last 15 years, and awarded. Construction including Sanford Downtown Plan, Riverwalk Observation The project consisted of a $1 million and Seawall Reconstruction, First Street interactive play fountain, which is the largest Streetscape, and Phase 2 Riverwalk Trail. interactive play fountain in Central Florida.

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gaiconsultants.com/communitysolutions RFQ No. 19-001 | Professional Services Library of Consultants 48 Project Profile NORTH SHORE #H120111.00, #H132147.00 OVERLOOK AND Client: Lake County Parks and Trails TRAILHEAD Services: Landscape Architecture + Design Lake County | Ferndale, Florida – Parks, Trails + Public Realm

Completion Date: As a joint effort between Lake County, the station—all catering to the many cyclists, who 2014 Florida Department of Transportation, and the traverse the challenging terrain of CR 455 in Construction Cost: Green Mountain Scenic Byway Commission, Ferndale. These amenities may also be used $1.3 million this small yet challenging project was by hikers on this fully accessible trail, which

Awards: developed on property owned by the St. traverses down Sugarloaf Mountain from 2013 Horizon Award, Lake Sumter Metropolitan Johns River Water Management District at an an elevation of 150 to 60 ft. Natural grade is Planning Organization environmentally sensitive site overlooking a steep 20%, but through creative grading Lake Apopka. and switchbacks, the trail is now fully ADA The project consists of a corten steel structure compliant. overlook, offering breathtaking views of Lake GAI’s Community Solutions Group served as Apopka more than 1 mile away; a composting the prime consultant on the project, which restroom; large shelter; and an air pumping opened to the public in late 2014.

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gaiconsultants.com/communitysolutions RFQ No. 19-001 | Professional Services Library of Consultants 49 Project Profile PAYNE PARK #H020119.00 Sarasota County | Sarasota, Florida Client: City of Sarasota Parks and Recreation Department GAI’s Community Solutions Group was The final master plan included a skate park,

Services: hired to develop a program, master plan, tennis courts, a grand promenade and great Landscape Architecture + Design and detailed construction documents that lawn, an adventure playground, a community

– Campus + Institutional Environments would create a signature park—an exciting, center, boat pond, an amphitheater, lawn

– Parks, Trails + Public Realm usable, urban space in downtown Sarasota. bowling, and a shuffleboard complex. With

– Urban Streets + Livable Corridors After thoroughly researching the history of the $8 million first phase complete, the

– New Communities + Mixed-Use Environments existing parks and previous master plans, a $9 million Phase 2 will be designed in

– Urban Buildings + Special Places new program of park uses was developed in the future.

– Green Infrastructure + Environmental Design concert with the City’s Development Team. Construction Documents + Administration The firm’s principals and staff“ were articulate, talented and dedicated to making our project

Completion Date: successful. The $8 million first phase bid under budget, and was completed on time, something 2014 “we attribute to the thoroughness of the documents and their attention to the project throughout Completion Date: the construction phase. – Duane Mountain, Special Projects Manager $8 million

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#A160600.00 INDEPENDENCE LANE

Client: Services: STREETSCAPE City of Maitland Landscape Architecture + Design Orange County | Maitland, Florida Project Team: – Urban Streets + GAI Consultants, Inc. Livable Corridors CPH, Inc. The Independence Lane corridor between Our team designed Independence Lane – Urban Buildings + Crawford Irrigation Special Places Horatio and Packwood Avenues is set to be as a shared-use space between Maitland

Walker Lamm Joint – Green Infrastructure the starting point for a genuine downtown City Hall, Maitland City Centre, and Venture + Environmental Maitland. GAI/Community Solutions Group Independence Square Park—making this Design Completion Date: completed the Maitland Downtown Master area an important center for community and Urban Design + 2018 Planning Plan in 2016, and this initial downtown social activity in Maitland. Other features investment is one of the highest priority include green design stormwater features, Construction Cost: Land Development $1.2 million capital improvement projects as identified overhead festival lighting, event power, – Civil/Site Engineering by the community. The first 600-ft block structural soils, and the introduction of of this new “main street” has been special hardscape and landscape details, constructed, in conjunction with an adjacent which will be carried into the planned mixed-use development. Additional blocks Independence Square Park. are in the planning and design stages to extend the experience and economic development opportunity.

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gaiconsultants.com/communitysolutions RFQ No. 19-001 | Professional Services Library of Consultants 51 Project Profile CLEVELAND STREET #H080259.01; #A160128.00 STREETSCAPE PHASES I–III Services: Client: Landscape Architecture City of Clearwater/ + Design Public Works Pinellas County | Clearwater, Florida

– Urban Streets + Livable Completion Date: Corridors 2017 (2012 Phases GAI’s Community Solutions Group (CSG) GAI provided construction drawings and – Green Infrastructure + I and II) began providing services to the City of construction observation services for the Environmental Design Construction Cost: Clearwater in 2002 with the creation of the redevelopment project. Work included Urban Design + Planning $11 million Downtown District Design Guidelines, an new utilities, drainage, roadway surface, – Transit-Oriented urban planning document that became sidewalks, lighting, banners, furnishings, Development + Corridor Planning the basis for the design of two phases of a landscaping, and irrigation. Of particular streetscape project for Cleveland Street, note was the inclusion of public art – Parks System Planning + Bike/Pedestrian the city’s primary retail and commercial throughout the project, from the use of Systems corridor. This award-winning project brought historic icons and materials, to the placement

Lighting, Signage, more than $11 million in improvements to of three-dimensional art pieces. Signalization, Roadway + the downtown area. Phases I and II were Median Design For Phase III, GAI’s CSG provided design for completed in 2012. After years of studies by complete street and road diet of Cleveland Utilities + Irrigation the City and previous master plans offered Street in downtown Clearwater, Florida, which Contract Documents, by other consultants, Cleveland Street finally Bidding + Construction includes festival market design. Phase III was Observation became a reality. completed in 2017.

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gaiconsultants.com/communitysolutions RFQ No. 19-001 | Professional Services Library of Consultants 52 Project Profile ORLANDO HEALTH #A101421.07 LAKE BEAUTY PARK Client: Orlando Health Orange County | Orlando, Florida Services: Land Development GAI’s Community Solutions Group led We designed the first fully functional – Civil/Site Engineering the redesign and reconstruction of Lake urban rain gardens and recirculated water Landscape Architecture + Design Beauty at the gateway to the Orlando Health treatment in downtown Orlando to enhance – Campus + Institutional Environments Campus. This $3 million project included the lake water quality. And we incorporated – Parks, Trails + Public Realm many innovative features that leveraged our numerous “experience spaces” that allow – Urban Streets + Livable Corridors integrated design, landscape, ecology, and for walking, exercise, events, and private – Green Infrastructure + Environmental civil engineering services. reflection for the many patients, families, and Design staff on campus. Urban Design + Planning The mission was to bring environmental

– Campus Master Planning and restorative health to an environmentally Finally, we incorporated functional and

Water damaged, unsightly natural lake. Our team iconic towers, gateways, and overlooks created both hard edge (lake wall) and soft to assist in “branding” the campus entry – Groundwater Engineering edge (littoral plantings) to both maximize park while highlighting key views and gathering – Stormwater Management/Flood Protection space and bring people close to the water as locations. Lake Beauty became an icon to the – Water + Wastewater Engineering we fundamentally resculpted the lake edge, larger community during the PULSE recovery Completion Date: adjusted road alignments and removed soil as a location for community healing and 2007–2014 contamination and invasive plant species. memorial remembrance. Awards: FC ASLA Sustainability Project of the Year; Award of Excellence

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gaiconsultants.com/communitysolutions RFQ No. 19-001 | Professional Services Library of Consultants 53 Project Profile PARK AVENUE DESIGN AND ENGINEERING SERVICES Client: City of Winter Park Orange County | Winter Park, Florida Services: Landscape Architecture + Design GAI served as Master Civil Engineer and Prior to joining GAI, staff members of our

– Urban Streets + Landscape Architect for the reconstruction of Community Solutions Group also worked on Livable Corridors historic Park Avenue in Winter Park, including the detail design for the street as economic Land Development all design, engineering, and construction development analysis and incentives for – Civil/Site Engineering phase services. Customized detailing Winter Park. Completion Date: delivers unique design solutions for this Today, GAI continues to work with Winter Park Ongoing since 1996 historic area, while positioning the street for in a variety of capacities, such as Continuing new activity and business investment. Services Engineering, Economics, Planning, and Landscape Architecture.

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gaiconsultants.com/communitysolutions RFQ No. 19-001 | Professional Services Library of Consultants 54 Project Profile RIVERPLACE BOULEVARD #A150191.00 COMPLETE STREET Client: Jacksonville Downtown Investment Authority Duval County | Jacksonville, Florida Project Team: GAI Consultants’ Community Solutions Group GAI’s Community Solutions Group led The preferred concept included buffered Deittrich Planning, LLC public involvement and conceptual design bike lanes, increased sidewalks, safe exploration of several alternative scenarios crossings, narrowed vehicular lanes, and Services: for a place-based reconstruction and “road contemporary solutions to streetscape and Landscape Architecture + Design diet” for Riverplace Boulevard. The project urban stormwater drainage. – Urban Streets + Livable Corridors had been long identified as a top-priority Following the vision, the GAI team worked – Green Infrastructure + Environmental Design project of the South Bank CRA, focusing with the City of Jacksonville on project Urban Design + Planning on the need to balance auto movement implementation. As prime consultant, GAI – Community Development with increased bike/pedestrian safety. provided all landscape architecture and civil The objectives also addressed the need – Parks System Planning + Bike/Pedestrian Systems engineering while coordinating the balance for a “placemaking” approach that would Land Development of the team. Today, the project is successfully support emergent development, including – Civil/Site Engineering bid, and groundbreaking and construction is residential, retail services, and a regional scheduled through the 2018 calendar year. Completion Date: desire for increased access to the Riverwalk. 2018

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gaiconsultants.com/communitysolutions RFQ No. 19-001 | Professional Services Library of Consultants 55 Project Profile SOUTH MAIN STREET, #A141194.02; # A141194.03 ROAD DIET AND Client: Gainesville Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) CHW Engineering, Inc. COMPLETE STREET Services: Alachua County | Gainesville, Florida Landscape Architecture + Design

– Urban Streets + Livable Corridors

– Green Infrastructure + Environmental Design GAI’s Community Solutions Group is leading Today, South Main Street carries a traffic the design of the new streetscape for volume of less than 15,000 average daily Completion Date: Ongoing since 2015 3,200 linear feet of South Main Street trips (ADT), so roadway capacity exists to in Gainesville, Florida. This industrial reposition the right-of-way to better support corridor southeast of Gainesville’s historic the emergent diverse land uses. The plan downtown area has been experiencing not only “diets” the road, but incorporates new and emergent private development, new on-street parking, bicycle facilities, thus encouraging the need for multimodal and Low Impact Design (LID) “rain garden” transportation uses. South Main Street is also stormwater facilities. The street will maintain the location of the new Depot Park attraction, access for industrial trucks, school bus two regional bike trails, and the newly tours to the Cade Museum, and local traffic expanded and redeveloped Cade Museum. to businesses and public amenities. The streetscape is currently under construction through the CRA.

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gaiconsultants.com/communitysolutions RFQ No. 19-001 | Professional Services Library of Consultants 56 Project Profile WAUWATOSA VILLAGE #W150087.00 STREETSCAPES AND PARKS Client: Services: City of Wauwatosa Landscape Architecture Milwaukee County | Wauwatosa, Wisconsin + Design Project Team: – Parks, Trails + Public GAI Consultants’ Realm Community Solutions GAI’s Community Solutions Group led community conflict, but also because the Group – Urban Streets + the 2015 visioning of a previously stalled new solutions represent many progressive Livable Corridors Martinsek and Associates 2014 effort to redesign several streets and ideas, such as road realignment and “diets,” (Community Outreach) Urban Design + Planning intersections in the historic Wauwatosa low-impact rain gardens, shared space street Ken Saiki Design (Local Village. The new effort, led by Pete Sechler, designs, parklets, integrated cycle trails, and Landscape Architect) – Community Development has been a resounding success, with broad reverse-angle parking on the two primary Wisconsin Bike Fed (Bicycle Planning – Redevelopment support for a complete redesign of park shopping streets. The project is currently Specialist) Planning + Urban space, 6 “gateway intersections,” and more under construction, and Phase 1 had its Design Completion Date: than 6,000 linear feet of streetscape. This grand opening in summer 2018. 2015 (planning); is remarkable not only because of the prior 2017 (construction)

Construction Cost: $12 million (total); $8 million (Phase 1)

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gaiconsultants.com/communitysolutions RFQ No. 19-001 | Professional Services Library of Consultants 57 Project Profile EUSTIS DOWNTOWN #A110684 REDEVELOPMENT Client: City of Eustis Lake County | Eustis, Florida Services: Economics + Strategy GAI’s Community Solutions Group has GAI’s team studied each existing utility – Market + Financial Analysis participated in many aspects of the and business entrance for site conditions. – Redevelopment + Special renewal of historic downtown Eustis. Extensive measures were developed and Area Strategic Planning Beginning with the 2008 Downtown Master enacted to minimize impacts to the revenue Landscape Architecture + Design Plan led by Pete Sechler, GAI provided stream of the adjacent businesses. – Parks, Trails + Public Realm infrastructure design and engineering, Today, GAI continues to work in Eustis with economics, and public finance services – Urban Streets + Livable the design and development of the Phases Corridors for the plan, as well as the detailed design 1 and 2 improvements to Ferran Park on Urban Design + Planning and implementation of new streetscapes, the Lake Eustis Waterfront, including a new – Community Development infill development, and a downtown area playground and splash pad. All work in Eustis Infrastructure Engineering stormwater management facility. requires extensive public involvement and Completion Date: GAI designed the streetscape along agency coordination, and our relationship Ongoing Magnolia Avenue and Eustis Street in the continues as the City’s on-call engineer, Construction Cost: heart of the city’s downtown section. often called upon to act as an extension of $3+ million Working with City staff and Eustis residents, City staff.

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gaiconsultants.com/communitysolutions RFQ No. 19-001 | Professional Services Library of Consultants 58 DISCIPLINE STAFF CREDENTIALS, LEAD STAFF PROJECT MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE AND BACKGROUND

CITY OF NAPLES

TEAM LEADERSHIP

SERVICES + TECHNICAL RESOURCES

Wayfinding + Environmental Graphics Park System Planning Environmental Services Ana Oropeza Degwitz Kristin Caborn, CPRE, FCP D.J. Silverberg, PWS, REP

Redevelopment Planning + Economics Owen Beitsch, PhD, FAICP, CRE Laura Smith

3.0 LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES

gaiconsultants.com/communitysolutions RFQ No. 19-001 | Professional Services Library of Consultants 59 FRANK BELLOMO, PLA Senior Director, Landscape Architecture Role: Program Manager + QA/QC

Frank serves as the Senior Director of Landscape Architecture Select Project Experience Services for Community Solutions Group, A GAI Consultants Victory Pointe Park, Clermont, FL – Victory Pointe is a multi- Group, Inc. service group. Frank brings over 35 years of level, staged filter marsh/environmental park created from experience on a diverse range of projects covering all aspects a non-functioning wetland. In addition to creating a public of landscape architectural design in both the public and private recreation and educational opportunity, Victory Pointe sector. During the course of his career he has been responsible re-imagined the lakefront as a place for major lakefront athletic for hundreds of site-sensitive landscape projects including urban events, creating significant economic impacts upon the streetscapes and plazas, parks, trails, waterfronts, commercial downtown core. and office complexes, residential communities, campuses and Ft. Mellon Park, Sanford, FL – Multi-phase renovation of an iconic gardens, and hotels and resorts. yet dated and undervalued downtown lakefront open space. EDUCATION The 4.5 million dollar first phase, now constructed, includes a Bachelor of Landscape Architecture, University of Florida, 1980 large splash pad, community playground, basketball, shelters, restroom, and seniors exercise trail. REGISTRATIONS/CERTIFICATIONS North Collier Regional Park, Naples, FL – Over a period of 6 years Landscape Architect, Florida #0000732 of planning and construction, this 50 million dollar facility has Landscape Architect, Mississippi, #615 proven to be southwest Florida’s most popular public recreation CLARB Certified, #30154 facility. Tournament level soccer and softball complexes AFFILIATIONS compliment an 8.5 million dollar water park, gymnasium and American Society of Landscape Architects fitness center, playgrounds, a children’s archaeological dig, −− Honored by the American Society of Landscape Architects for boardwalks, and a community and nature center, all on 200 Outstanding Service to the Profession Florida Recreation & Park Association, #15568 acres. North Shore Overlook and Trailhead, Ferndale, FL – Principal-in- PUBLICATIONS AND LECTURES Charge of this project located on an environmentally sensitive Speaker, “Streetscape 101”, Florida Redevelopment Association Annual Conference site overlooking Lake Apopka. The project consists of a corten Speaker, “Quality Streetscape Design”, Florida Main Street steel structure overlook, offering breathtaking views of Lake Conference Apopka over 1 mile away; a composting restroom, large shelter Speaker, “Urban Design & Economic Redevelopment”, Hamilton County Main Street Conference and an air pumping station, all catering to the many cyclists Editorial Advisor, Florida Landscape Architecture Magazine who traverse the challenging terrain of CR 455 in Ferndale. In AWARDS addition to catering to cyclists the project amenities are available Marine Science Center, Ponce Inlet - American Society of Landscape to hikers, who use the fully accessible trail which traverses Architects, Award of Excellence down Sugarloaf Mountain from an elevation of 150’ to 60’. Sunsplash Park, Daytona Beach - American Society of Landscape Natural grade is a steep 20%, but through creative grading and Architects, Award of Honor Jackie Robinson Ballpark, Daytona Beach - American Society of switchbacks the trail is now fully ADA compliant. Community Landscape Architects, Award of Merit Solutions Group served as the prime consultant on the project, Cleveland Street Streetscape, Clearwater - Florida Redevelopment which opened to the public in late 2014. Association, Roy Kenzie Award, Best Capital Project Cleveland Street Streetscape, Clearwater, Florida – American Public Sanford Riverwalk Phase II, Sanford, FL – Principal in Charge. Works Association, Award of Excellence Following the success of Phase I, the City of Sanford, with Woodland Boulevard Streetscape, DeLand, Florida American Society of Landscape Architects, Award of Merit financial assistance from FDOT and Seminole County, retained Community Solutions Group to develop concept design plans and detailed concept analysis drawings for a 3 mile segment of this waterfront trail. The concepts, approved by the City

gaiconsultants.com/communitysolutions RFQ No. 19-001 | Professional Services Library of Consultants 60 Commission, became the basis for all future work efforts. Tavares Parks Master Planning, Tavares, FL Upon completion of the Concept plans, Community Volusia Courthouse Plaza (Chess Park), Volusia County, FL Solutions Group provided full landscape architectural Winterhaven Park, Ponce Inlet, FL services for the project through completion of construction Woodlea Sports Complex, Tavares, FL documents. The services included landscape and irrigation Ballough Road Fishing Pier, Daytona Beach, FL design, as well as the design of unique gathering plazas Beach Street Streetscape Daytona Beach, FL and wayfinding elements. Frank Rendon Park, Daytona Beach Shores, FL Blackwood Avenue, Ocoee, FL – As a part of a Continuing Halifax River Recreation Trail, Daytona Beach, FL Landscape Architectural Services agreement with the Jackie Robinson Ballpark, Daytona Beach, FL City of Ocoee, CSG was retained to provide streetscape Riverfront Park North, Daytona Beach, FL deign and contract documents for the Blackwood Avenue Riverfront Park, Daytona Beach, FL Streetscape, located from S.R. 50 to Old Winter Garden Sunsplash Park, Daytona Beach, FL Road, adjacent to the west property line of Health Central Lake Beresford Park Master Plan, Volusia County, FL Hospital. The $400,000 project included the addition Strickland Community Park Master Plan, Volusia County, FL of a gateway feature at S.R. 50, along with the design of County-wide Dune Crossover Program, Volusia County, FL the hardscape, landscape and irrigation, as well as the Courthouse Plaza/Chess Park, Volusia County, FL selection and placement of roadway lighting fixtures. Gemini Springs Park, Volusia County, FL These decorative lights then became the required Lake Beresford Park Master Plan, Volusia County, FL lighting standard for the City’s CRA District. The success Lake Diaz Park, Volusia County, FL of the project became the impetus for the City to retain Lake Monroe Park, Volusia County, FL Community Solutions Group to complete design plans for Marine Science Center, Volusia County, Ponce Inlet, FL Blackwood Avenue north of S.R. 50. Plymouth Avenue Soccer Park, Volusia County, FL Turkey Lake Park, Orlando, FL – Principal-in-Charge for Spring to Spring Trailhead, Volusia County, FL the development of a Master Plan for the 300-acre park Spruce Creek Park, Volusia County, FL renovation, as well as the construction drawings for Phase Sugar Mills Garden Master Plan, Volusia County, FL I improvements. These improvements included new Volusia County Dog Park, Volusia County, FL guard house, park entry, wayfinding signs and graphics, West Conservation Area Planning Study, Volusia County, FL playground, group picnic shelter and barbecue grill, cabins and renovation of fishing pier, boardwalk and bike trails. Urban Planning, Design, and Streetscapes Beach Street Streetscape Phases I & II, Daytona Beach, FL Parks, Trails, and Visitor Centers Clearwater CRA Downtown Design Guidelines, Clearwater, FL 27th Avenue Park, New Smyrna Beach, FL Bayshore Gateway Cultural Arts District Master Development Atwater Community Park, North Port, FL Plan, Naples, FL Austin Tindal Regional Park, Osceola County, FL CRA Streetscape Design Guidelines, Gainesville, FL Big Mulbery Branch Management Plan, Palm Coast, FL Oviedo Beautification and Wayfinding Design Guidelines, Bill Frederick Park at Turkey Lake - Renovations, Orlando, FL Oviedo, FL Chattanooga Parks Master Plans, Chattanooga, TN Station Square Urban Park, Clearwater, FL Childs Park, Mount Dora, FL Broadway Street Streetscape & Toho Plaza, Kissimmee, FL Coachman Park, Clearwater, FL Blackwood Avenue, Ocoee, FL Conserve II – Concept Plan, Lake County, FL Apopka Town Center Master Plan, Apopka, FL Daytona North Park, Flagler County, FL Broadway Streetscape/US 17/92, Kissimmee, FL Dune Crossover Program, Volusia County, FL Canal Street Streetscape/SR 44, New Smyrna Beach, FL East Lake Community Park, Lake County, FL College Park CRA District Streetscape Guidelines, Gainesville, FL Gemini Springs Park, Volusia County, FL Dade City Streetscape /SR 700, Dade City, FL Hopkins Community Park, St. Cloud, FL Downtown CRA District Streetscape Guidelines, Gainesville, FL Hunter Springs Park, Crystal River, FL Eastside CRA Design Guidelines, Gainesville, FL Jungle Trail, Vero Beach, FL Historic Commercial Corridor Preservation Plan, DeLand, FL Korona Park, Flagler County, FL Int’l Speedway Boulevard Streetscape/US-92, Daytona Beach, FL Lake Beresford Park, Volusia County, FL Main Street Streetscape, Leesburg, FL Lake Diaz Park, Volusia County, FL North Jacksonville Urban Design Plan, Jacksonville, FL Longs Landing Management Plan, Palm Coast, FL Pleasant Street CRA District Streetscape Guidelines, Gainesville, Oslo Riverfront Park Management Plan, Indian River County, FL FL Parks Master Planning, Fernandina Beach, FL Port Richey Town Center Master Plan, Port Richey, FL Pfc. Emory L. Bennett Memorial Park, Orange City, FL US 98 Corridor Master Plan, Walton County, FL Riverbreeze Park, Oak Hill, FL Shepard Road Streetscape, Winter Springs, FL Riverside Park, New Smyrna Beach, FL Toho Square, Kissimmee, FL Soldiers Creek Park, Seminole County, FL West Conservation Area Planning Study, Volusia County, FL Sugar Mills Garden Master Plan, Volusia County, FL Woodland Blvd Streetscape, DeLand, FL Sunsplash Park, Daytona Beach, FL gaiconsultants.com/communitysolutions RFQ No. 19-001 | Professional Services Library of Consultants 61 DONALD WISHART, PLA Director, Landscape Architecture Role: Project Manager + Senior Designer

Mr. Wishart is a professional landscape architect focused Highlighted Professional Experience on creating livable, sustainable places. He has extensive COMMUNITY PARKS, OPEN SPACE, AND STREETSCAPE DESIGN experience with master planning, sustainable site design, Lake Nona – Laureate Park, Parks and Open Space, Orlando, streetscape design, detailed landscape architectural Florida design, and construction documentation, with expertise Lake Nona – Laureate Park, Streetscape Design, Orlando, Florida in creating and developing a project vision and character, including bringing that vision to the built form. He is an NeoCity Public Realm and Streetscape Design, Osceola County, Florida honors graduate of the University of Florida, College of Landscape Architecture with over 24 years of experience. Dr. Phillips Packing District Streetscape and Roundabout Design, He has worked on a broad range of resort, recreational, Orlando, Florida residential, civic, and commercial projects located Wildlight Community Public Realm and Streetscape Design, throughout the United States. Wildlight, Florida Independence Lane Streetscape Design, Maitland, Florida EDUCATION South Main Street Road Diet and Complete Street, Gainesville, BLA, Landscape Architecture (with Honors), 1989, University of Florida Florida Riverplace Boulevard Complete Street, Jacksonville, Florida REGISTRATIONS/CERTIFICATIONS Clermont Streetscape Design, Clermont, Florida Professional Landscape Architect (PLA): FL – 1998, #LA0001626 Oakland Park Parks and Open Space Design, Oakland, Florida AWARDS Orlando Health – Lake Beauty Park, Orlando, Florida Florida Chapter – American Society of Landscape Architects (FLASLA) Award of Excellence, Nemours Children’s Hospital, 2013 Orlando Health – Copeland Boulevard, Orlando, Florida Award of Honor, Lake Beauty Park, 2013 John Portman Boulevard – Stone Mountain Trail, Atlanta, Georgia Environmental Sustainability Honor, Lake Beauty Park, 2013 Award of Honor, Broad Street Park, Baldwin Park, FL, 2003 City of Erie Streetscape Master Plan, Erie, Pennsylvania Award of Merit – Community Parks and Open Space, Baldwin Park, FL, 2008 Vance Harmon Park, Osceola County, Florida Award of Honor, Broad Street Park, Baldwin Park, FL, 2003 URBAN DESIGN/MASTER PLANNING/SITE DESIGN Congress for the New Urbanism Charter Award, Baldwin Park, 2009 Nemours Children’s Hospital, Orlando, Florida Urban Land Institute (ULI) Award of Excellence, Baldwin Park, 2004 Downtown Orlando Community Redevelopment Area, National Arbor Day Foundation Orlando, Florida National, 2004 Building with Trees Award of Excellence, Baldwin Baldwin Park Public Realm Design, Orlando, Florida Park U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Sunbridge Community Public Realm Visioning, Orlando, Florida National Award for Smart Growth Achievement, Baldwin Park, 2005 Audubon of Florida Sunbridge Placemaking and Design Palette, Orlando, Florida Distinguished Corporation Award, Baldwin Park, 2004 Lake Nona – Laureate Park, Town Center Headquarter Office Council of Sustainable Florida Sustainable Florida Award, Baldwin Park, 2004 Building, Orlando, Florida Florida Association of Realtors Greenville Downtown Streetscape Master Plan, Greenville, Environmental ENVY Award, Baldwin Park, 2004 South Carolina Heritage Green Cultural Campus Master Plan, Greenville, South Carolina

gaiconsultants.com/communitysolutions RFQ No. 19-001 | Professional Services Library of Consultants 62 ANNE “SHEEBA” WEST, PLA, ISA Landscape Architecture Manager Role: Project Manager/Landscape Architect

Ms. West has invested her professional life preserving Highlighted Professional Experience and creating beautiful places. A recent addition to GAI’s LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE AND LAND PLANNING PROJECTS Community Solutions Group, Ms. West has 15 years of Black Bear Wilderness Trail, Sanford, Florida landscape architecture, master planning, site planning, and construction administration experience for public Lake Lorna Doone Park, Orlando, Florida and private projects in numerous roles on all stages of a City of St. Cloud Park and Recreation Master Plan, St. Cloud, project from concept through construction. Her range Florida of built projects throughout the state of Florida includes W-192 Strategic Placemaking of Public Facilities, Osceola hospitality and entertainment, Florida Department of County, Florida Transportation (FDOT) roadway aesthetic improvements, Packing District Stormwater Park, Orlando, Florida commercial retail development, multifamily Oviedo Center Lake Park, City of Oviedo, Oviedo, Florida residential development, senior living communities, Victory Way, Osceola Parkway, and World Drive Area hospital campuses, public streetscapes, Community Development Design, Reedy Creek Improvement District, Redevelopment Agency (CRA) improvements, public Florida parks, and trails. Her specialized experience includes I-10, Aesthetic and Landscape Improvements, FDOT District Two, Adobe Creative Suite, AutoCAD/LandFX, ArcGIS, Jacksonville, Florida Bluebeam Revu, GIS ArcMap, and Microsoft Office Suite. I-95, Aesthetic and Landscape Improvements, FDOT District Two, Jacksonville, Florida EDUCATION Temple Avenue/US 301 (SR 200) Complete Street Design, FDOT MLA, Landscape Architecture, 2002, University of Florida District Two, Jacksonville, Florida BS, Microbiology, 1996, University of Miami Orange Avenue Streetscape, City of Altamonte Springs, REGISTRATIONS/CERTIFICATIONS Altamonte Springs, Florida Professional Landscape Architect (PLA): FL – 2011, #LA6667082 International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) Certified Arborist, FL- I-10, Suwannee and Columbia County Rest Areas Hardscape and 9265A Landscape Design Guidelines, FDOT District Two, Florida AFFILIATIONS Vance Harmon Community Park Phases 1 and 2, Poinciana, American Society of Landscape Architects Osceola County, Florida International Society of Arboriculture (International and Florida Walker Road Park, Polk County, Florida Chapter) Seminole County Sports Complex, Seminole County, Florida CIVIL/COMMUNITY South Oak Avenue Streetscape, Downtown CRA, City of Sanford, FASLA Awards Committee Volunteer, 2017, 2018 Master Thesis Defense Committee UF, 2017 Sanford, Florida Creatingjobs.org/Paddle Out Poverty-Board Member and Volunteer, US 17-92 Streetscape, CRA, City of Lake Mary, Lake Mary, Florida. 2012–Present Grace & Grits Sanford, FL, Volunteer 2010–Present Florida Hospital Health Village, Florida Hospital, Orlando, Florida SunRail (Central Florida Commuter Rail Transit), FDOT District Five, Central Florida Jackson View Park, Leon County, Florida

gaiconsultants.com/communitysolutions RFQ No. 19-001 | Professional Services Library of Consultants 63 KEVIN AUST, PLA, LEED AP Senior Landscape Architect Role: Project Manager/Landscape Architect

Mr. Aust specializes in landscape architecture with more Highlighted Professional Experience than 14 years of experience in the profession. He has Independence Lane, Maitland, Florida been involved in all aspects of planning, design, and Wildlight Village Center, Nassau County, Florida construction of the built environment. His experience Rayonier Building, Wildlight, Nassau County, Florida includes project management, public involvement, program development, visioning, site planning, design Winter Garden Downtown Parking Garage & Plaza, Winter Garden, Florida development, construction document preparation, permitting assistance, and construction administration. Brannon Community Center, New Smyrna Beach, Florida Inverness Downtown Streetscape Renovation, Inverness, Florida Mr. Aust has been involved in the following types of South Bend Downtown Revitalization, South Bend, Indiana projects: healthcare and educational campus planning and Orange County Roadways Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) design, urban design and walkability, parks and opens Study, Orange County, Florida spaces, and neighborhood planning and design. Stone Mountain/John Portman Boulevard Trail, Atlanta, Georgia Mr. Aust has a unique appreciation for the varying types City of Erie Streetscape Master Plan, Erie, Pennsylvania of public and private development and the role of First United Methodist Church of Orlando, Orlando, Florida Landscape Architects in the processes of each. With a Orlando Health South Gateway, Orlando, Florida background rooted in nature and outdoor play, a broad Orlando Health Lake Beauty Park, Orlando, Florida range of professional experiences and a recent focus Winnie Palmer Hospital Stormwater Park, Orlando, Florida on the healthcare industry, restorative landscapes, and Lynn’s Garden at Florida Southern College, Lakeland, Florida sustainable applications, Mr. Aust has developed a keen Baldwin Park - Parks & Open Spaces, Orlando, Florida interest in socially and environmentally sensitive civic Lone Sailor Memorial at Blue Jacket Park, Orlando, Florida oriented projects that create rich public environments. Kissimmee Lakefront Park, Kissimmee, Florida EDUCATION Over the Branch Gateway, Bartow, Florida B.S. Landscape Architecture 2002, Purdue University Bartow Community Center, Bartow, Florida REGISTRATIONS/CERTIFICATIONS Miami-Dade County Parks Accessibility Inventory and Registered Landscape Architect, Florida No. LA6666838 Evaluation, Miami, Florida LEED® Accredited Professional Laureate Park Phase 8 Parks & Open Spaces, Orlando, Florida AFFILIATIONS Laureate Park Mixed-Use District Streetscapes and Parks, American Society of Landscape Architects Orlando, Florida Downtown South Main Street Independence, Orange County, Florida AWARDS Waterset Discovery Center, Apollo Beach, Florida Florida ASLA Environmental Sustainability Award, Lake Beauty Park Florida ASLA Award of Honor, Lake Beauty Park Terra Verde, Kissimmee, Florida Aviana, Davenport, Florida Solana, Polk County, Florida

gaiconsultants.com/communitysolutions RFQ No. 19-001 | Professional Services Library of Consultants 64 MAGUED BARSOUM PLA, LEED AP– ND Senior Landscape Architecture Role: Project Manager/Landscape Architect

Mr. Barsoum serves as Senior Landscape Architect for Highlighted Professional Experience Community Solutions Group, A GAI Consultants Group, FDOT D5 DISTRICTWIDE LANDSCAPE SERVICES (WITH GAI) Inc. service group. Mr. Barsoum practiced Architecture / SR 400 at Saxon Road Landscape Architecture & Urban Planning-in the Middle East for 16+ years at international multi-disciplinary SR 528 at I-95 & SR 401 engineering firms and more than 4 years in Florida. His SR 93 at US 27 & SR 200 projects include residential, tourism, parks, corridors, and SR 50 Beverly Drive to Waterside Pointe Drive mixed-use developments. His experience includes design SR 500 Lee Road to Beggs Road and production of 11 state line gateway landscape projects SR 93 located throughout FDOT District 3, multiple projects Goldenrod Buffer in District 5 and Landscape inspection, monitoring & I-95 north of Fiske Boulevard reporting for Turnpike. Callalisa Creek EDUCATION OTHER PROJECTS WITH GAI MLA, Landscape Architecture, 2013, Florida International University Inverness Downtown Streetscape MSC, Construction Management, 2016, University of Arkansas-Little Rock W192 Streetscape Horticulture Diploma, Stonebridge Associated College, 2010, E192 Streetscape London, United Kingdom Regional Planning and Architecture, 1995 and 2001, Cairo City of Leesburg Gateway University – Faculty of Engineering and Faculty of Urban and City of Clermont 8th street entryway – Downtown gateway Regional Planning Clermont Boat Ramp REGISTRATIONS/CERTIFICATIONS City of Clermont Wayfinding Registered Landscape Architect, Florida #LA6667254 LEED AP-ND Stetson University Aquatics Center Pre-approved for AICP The Gatherings at Lake Nona SKILLS EL Faro Memorial Park Proficient in Auto CAD, Land F/X, Photoshop, Microstation Aware of Revit software and building information modeling (BIM) MASTER PLANNING (WITH PREVIOUS FIRMS) technique & ArcGIS City of Apopka Downtown Development - Apopka, Florida Strong project management and administration skills Code analysis Silver Lake Residential Development – Lake Mary, Florida LEED projects experience Professional Employment St. Maarten Gov’t Center, Philipsburg, St. Maarten GAI Consultants, Inc., 2016-present St. Philipsburg Master Plan, St. Maarten Landscape Architect/Planner, Miller Legg, 2014-2016 Senior Landscape Architect, Dar Al-Handasah, 2005-2012 Canyons – Bolivia (700 Acres) Technical Office Manager, Rabya Landscaping and Urban Casino and residential development, St. Maarten Development, 2001-2005 Retail Site at SR 415 & SR 46 - Sanford, Florida Eagle Land Residential Development - St. Cloud, Florida Sea World entertainment district (64 Acres)

gaiconsultants.com/communitysolutions RFQ No. 19-001 | Professional Services Library of Consultants 65 ANA OROPEZA DEGWITZ Senior Environmental Graphic Designer Role: Design + Planning

Ms. Oropeza Degwitz is a Senior Environmental Highlighted Professional Experience Graphic Designer in GAI’s Community Solutions Group. Lake Lorna Doone Wayfinding, Orlando, Florida With 7 years of experience (5 in wayfinding—both St. Cloud Downtown Wayfinding, St. Cloud, Florida design and planning), she is a passionate Graphic and City of Sebastian Wayfinding, Sebastian, Florida Industrial Designer with experience in product design and development, branding, and corporate identity. SunRail, Orlando, Florida Ms. Oropeza Degwitz is self-motivated, creative, and Wayfinding, City of Buena Park, Buena Park, California versatile with knowledge of both 2D and 3D work. Wayfinding, City of Daytona Beach, Daytona Beach, Florida Her background in industrial design gives her an Central Michigan University (CMU), Mt. Pleasant, Michigan extensive knowledge on fabrication and materials, as Interior Athletics Wayfinding, Virginia State University (VSU), well as experience with construction documents for Petersburg, Virginia retail commercial interior renovations and build-out Exterior and Interior Wayfinding, Orange County Convention supervision. She has both analytic and creative thinking, Center (OCCC), Orlando, Florida which is what allows her concepts to be data-driven and Healthcare Wayfinding, Carilion Clinic, Roanoke, Virginia oriented. Her designs are well-thought-out and consider Healthcare Wayfinding, Orlando Health, Orlando, Florida the project character and goals. Research plays a big Vehicular Wayfinding Strategy and Design, Port Canaveral, part in her design methodology. Ms. Oropeza Degwitz Florida has worked on national and international projects for Wayfinding Signage Study Update for Downtown Development cities, such as Daytona Beach, Kuala Lumpur, Buena Park, District Area, Downtown New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana Oklahoma City, and Naples; and on campus wayfinding Wayfinding Strategy and Design, The Metropolitan Museum of for Central Michigan University, Virginia State University, Art, New York, New York and New Jersey Institute of Technology. Her experience Parks Wayfinding Strategy and Guidelines, City of Alexandria, and background in both 2D and 3D design make her a Alexandria, Virginia vital asset to GAI’s wayfinding team. Pedestrian Wayfinding Enhancement, City of Springfield, EDUCATION Springfield, Massachusetts BFA, Industrial Design, 2013, Savannah College of Art and Design Gateway Design, Miami Circle, Miami, Florida BS, Graphic Design, 2010, Instituto de Diseño de Caracas Downtown Pedestrian Wayfinding Strategy and Design, City of BS, Industrial Design, 2007, Instituto de Diseño de Caracas Orlando, Orlando, Florida AWARDS Dean’s List 7/7 Quarters at SCAD, 2013 Graduated with Honors (Magna Cum Laude, GPA 3.8)

gaiconsultants.com/communitysolutions RFQ No. 19-001 | Professional Services Library of Consultants 66 ROBERT FUDGE, PE Senior Engineering Manager Role: Civil Engineering

Robert has more than 32 years of experience in the civil EDUCATION engineering field. His responsibilities have included BS, Civil Engineering, 1997, Oregon State University project management, oversight, and strategy of major REGISTRATIONS/CERTIFICATIONS land development projects; preparation of zoning plans, Professional Engineer (PE): FL – 2000, #55925 grading plans, drainage calculations and stormwater Land Surveying Intern (LSI): OR – 1999, #1613LSI management systems; soil erosion and sediment AFFILIATIONS control; utilities and lift stations; management of civil Pasco Builders Association (2000–2009): Life Director; served on the engineering teams involved in full design and preparation Board and Executive Board of Directors; Chaired Governmental Affairs; served as President Elect; and served as the Treasurer of construction documents, as well as the responsibility Society of American Military Engineers: Member of his department’s financial performance and overall Tampa Bay Regional Coalition: Member strategy. He has in-depth experience in all facets of civil engineering and has worked with a wide variety of clients.

D. J. SILVERBERG, PWS, REP Assistant Environmental Manager Role: Environmental/Ecological Services

Mr. Silverberg, a Professional Wetland Scientist since EDUCATION 1995, has been conducting ecological consulting studies MS, Biological Sciences, Ecology, Florida Institute of Technology, 1988 since 1987. He has conducted preliminary land use BS, Marine Biological Sciences, Florida Institute of Technology, 1985 assessments, wetland delineations, and listed species REGISTRATIONS evaluations for over 600 sites throughout Florida, and Professional Wetland Scientist No. 000272 Environmental Professionals of Florida: Registered Environmental wetland jurisdictional delineations for local, state, and Professional No. 239 federal regulatory programs. Permit applications for all Authorized Gopher Tortoise Agent, Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission, No. GTA 09-00004-E, March 2009 levels of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Permit Program, Florida Department of Environmental Protection CERTIFICATIONS/TRAINING (FDEP), and various Florida Water Management District 10-Hour OSHA Outreach Training for the Construction Industry Environmental Resource Permit programs. AFFILIATIONS National Association of Environmental Professionals (AEP) Mr. Silverberg specializes in client and regulatory agency Florida AEP, Central Florida AEP interaction, technical writing, wetland delineation, plant Society of Wetland Scientists, SWS/PCP Certification, Renewal Committee identification, and project management. Home Builders Association of Mid-Florida Publications/Presentations gaiconsultants.com/communitysolutions RFQ No. 19-001 | Professional Services Library of Consultants 67 gaiconsultants.com/communitysolutions RFQ No. 19-001 | Professional Services Library of Consultants 68 CITY OF WAUWATOSA KATHY EHLEY 7725 WEST NORTH AVENUE Mayor WAUWATOSA, WISCONSIN 53213 PHONE: (414) 479-8915 E-MAIL: [email protected] www.wa uwatosa.net

Peter Sechler, AICP/PLA Senior Director GAi/Community Solutions Group 618 E South Street, Suite 700 Orlando, Florida 32801

October 1, 2015

Dear Pete and Community Solutions Group:

I want to thank you for the outstanding urban planning and landscape design work you and your team at GAI /Community Solutions Group did forthe City of Wauwatosa.

Our city has a once in a lifetime opp01tunity to transform our historic downtown business district into a livable, walkable dynamic center appealing to businesses, residents and community leaders for many years to come. We were looking for a partner to help us understand and transform this area and you exceeded all our expectations.

It was remarkable how well the process transpired. Your expertise, innovative ideas and consensus building helped build excitement and momentum foro ur neighborhoods and unite some very diverse stakeholders, including: the Streetscape Steering Committee (comprised of business, city staff and community leaders), The Village businesses (Village Business Improvement District), community residents, Common Council and city Engineering Staff.

I was impressed with the way you and your team walked our streets and neighborhoods, attended a conce1i and ate in local restaurants to really get a sense of how our residents lived, walked and explored our this area. You listened first to the many diverse groups and came back with several conceptual design options and used their input to generate an iconic, exciting and enthusiastically-accepted design concepts for our most important public space.

Your tean1 successfully engaged the public (more than 500 contacts in over 20 meetings) and their support and endorsement by the major stakeholders help with unanimous approvals by our Common Council.

The City of Wauwatosa was facedwith a challenge to preserve and enhance our historic main street character in the face of growth and new expectations of a more diverse population with the expectation of quality of life amenities.

Pete, your design insights and your ability to communicate effectively with each stakeholder group and your passion for our project was instrumental in garnering approval of our master plan for State Street in The Village. Thank you again for helping us findan authentic solution that is well designed and unique to our space and will improve the lives of our community. Warm regar ...., � �·-· Ul� Kat · Eh� y, Mayor KEii__/

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MAILING ADDRESS To Whom It May Concern: • It has been my pleasure to work with Frank Bellomo and his staff at Community Solutions Group on a variety of projects with the City of Sanford for the past seven HSICAL ADDRESS years. More specifically, a sample of projects completed includes: Ft Mellon Park Phase I • Ft Mellon Park Phase II Ft Mellon Maintenance Facility Goldsboro Trail Phase II Goldsboro Trailhead On each of the projects I have found Frank to be very knowledgeable about the • structures, landscaping, lighting and overall design and construction concept. The ability to foresee our needs and to present them in a professional manner is noticed by all and is shown in our completed projects. His prompt attention and professional response to the many details in the construction process is very much appreciated and make him a great asset to the City of Sanford and its staff.

I look forward to future work with Frank to include the Centennial Park Rehab project which will make this park one of the most desirable wedding facilities in Seminole County. Please accept this letter as reference in determining Frank Bellomo for your construction project. I am available to discuss further if needed. •

Sincerely, Robert A Beall Jr.

Public Works Department

Operations Manager, CPSI

Office 407.688.5000 Ext. 5423

The Friendly City

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