Item M12
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
Meeting Date: May 21, 2003
Division:
Growth Management
Bulk Item: Yes ~
No
Department:
Planning
AGENDA ITEM WORDING: Approval of recommendations of the Selection Committee to select the firm of
Bermello, Ajamil & Partners, Inc. (B&A) to prepare a Tavernier Creek Bridge to approximately Mile Marker 97/US-
1 Corridor area enhancement plan for Monroe County and direct staff to enter into contract negotiations with this
firm.
ITEM BACKGROUND: In order to continue the implementation of the Liveable Communikeys Program and the
implementation of the Florida Keys Scenic Highway Corridor Management Plan and Overseas Heritage Trail it is
necessary to analyze methods and alternatives to public/private property improvements to enhance the visual quality
of the viewshed along US I from Tavernier Creek Bridge to approximately Mile Marker 97 and identify bicycle and
pedestrian improvements. A notification of Request for Proposals was placed by the Purchasing Department. The
Selection Committee, of four representatives from the Growth Management Division received two proposals for
review. The top ranked firm was selected at a committee meeting on April 28, 2003. Each proposal was evaluated
and ranked according to points based on objective evaluation criteria. B&A received the greatest number of points
based on the objective scoring criteria.
The Selection Committee recommends that the BOCC approve the selection of B&A as the consulting firm to prepare
the Tavernier Creek Bridge to approximately Mile Marker 97/US 1 Corridor area enhancement plan for Monroe
County and direct Growth Management Division staff to enter into contract negations with B&A Consultant Services.
The preparation of the Plan will include a public participation process and input and recommendations from the
Florida Keys Scenic Highway Advisory Group (FKSHAG). A grant for $35,000 has been received from FDOT for
this enhancement project.
PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION: January 15, 2003: the Board approved a Request for Proposals for the
preparation of a Tavernier Creek Bridge to approximately Mile Marker 97/US- I Corridor area enhancement plan for
Monroe County.
CONTRACT/AGREEMENT CHANGES: N/A
ST AFF RECOMMENDATIONS: Approval.
TOTAL COST: $35-50,000
BUDGETED: Yes X
No
COST TO COUNTY: $10,000
SOURCE OF FUNDS:
N/A
REVENUE PRODUCING:
Yes N/A No
AMOUNT PER MONTH N/A Year
APPROVED BY:
County Atty N/A
Risk Management _N/A_
DIVISION DIRECTOR APPROVAL:
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DOCUMENTATION: Included
X
To Follow
Not Required_
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DISPOSITION:
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County of Mo~oe
Growth Mana2:ernent Division
2798 Overseas Hishway, Suite 400
Marathon, Florida 33050
Voice: (305) 289-2500
FAX: (305) 289-2536
Board of County Commissioners
Mayor Dixie Spehar, Dist. 1
Mayor Pro Tern Murray Nelson, Dist. 5
Corom. Charles "Sonny" McCoy, Dist. 3
Corom. George Neugent, Dist. 2
Corom. David Rice, Dist. 4
MEMORANDUM
TO:
Monroe County Board of County Commissioners
FROM:
Timothy J. McGarry, Director /71
Growth Management Divisio<<7/
DATE:
May 21, 2003
SUBJECT: Review of Request for Proposals (RFP)-Professional Services to prepare the
Tavernier Creek Bridge to approximately Mile Marker 97 US/-l
Corridor-Enhancement Plan.
BACKGROUND:
On January 15,2003, the Board of County Commissioners approved a request for consulting firms to
submit Statements of Qualifications for the following:
"Professional Services to Prepare Tavernier Creek Bridge to approximately Mile
Marker 97/US-l Corridor Area Enhancement Plan for Monroe County [Florida Keys]"
The purpose of the Request for Statements of Qualifications was to solicit responses from
consulting firms interested in preparing a US 1 Corridor Area Enhancement Plan for Tavernier
Creek Bridge to approximately Mile Marker 97 as part of the implementation of the Livable
CommuniKeys Program, Florida Keys Scenic Highway Corridor Management Plan, and the
Overseas Heritage Trail Master Plan. The US 1 Corridor Enhancement Plan is intended to analyze
methods and alternatives to public and private property improvements to; to enhance the visual
quality of the landscape along Us 1; and identify bicycle and pedestrian improvements. Issues to
be addressed shall include visual enhancement, bicycle and pedestrian safety, appropriate parking
and identification and enhancement of the planning area's "sense of place." The exercise shall
result in graphic alternatives, recommendations on the development of specific land development
regulations necessary to facilitate and maintain improvements and community character,
recommendations to improve bicycle and pedestrian access from Tavernier Creek Bridge to
approximately Mile Marker 97 and an implementation plan.
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A notification of Request for Statements of Qualifications was advertised on February 18,2003.
Two responses were received by the closing date of April 11, 2003. HOK Planning Group and
B&A Landscape Consultants.
The proposals were evaluated by a Selection Committee consisting of Maureen Lackey, Jeff
Stuncard, Jerry Buckley, Monroe County Planners and K. Marlene Conaway, Director of
Planning and Environmental Resources Department.
Elements to be Evaluated in the RSQ
In their proposals, respondents were requested to demonstrate their firm's and project team's
qualifications and experience to address the following elements of the proposed Tavernier Creek
Bridge to approximately Mile Marker 97 US 1 Corridor Area Enhancement Plan.
1. Initial Site Assessment: Consultant will conduct a "kick off' site assessment on-site with
appropriate governmental representatives to identify area of focus, key area stakeholders,
determine the range of issues, collect data maps, and other information provided by the Monroe
County Planning Department.
2. Planning Session: Consultant will conduct a one and a half-day charrette. The following provides
a basis for activities to be accomplished during the one and half days. (It is critical to the success
of this exercise that a level of dynamism is maintained throughout the activities, therefore the
consultant team must be quick to improvise to keep participation levels consistent).
a. The first morning of the session will be spent brainstorming with stakeholders and interested
parties to identify the planning areas visual appearance and determine designs for bicycle and
pedestrian improvements. The brainstorming session should also seek to answer such
questions as: What do people like about the aesthetics ofthe planning area and what don't
they like; identify areas that would benefit from low cost improvements to publicly owned
property; identify areas that will result in recommendations of specific land development
regulations as necessary to facilitate and maintain improvements and community character,
i.e. signage, parking, setbacks, landscaping, lighting.
b. In the afternoon, the consultant will prepare alternative conceptual renderings, "before and
after" photo renderings and recommendations based on the morning session and stakeholder
input. Later in the afternoon the entire group will reconvene for a progress update and
discussion on proposed alternatives.
c. The following morning the design The following morning the design consultants will
update/revise the graphic presentation based on the previous day's afternoon meeting: The
planning consultant will, along with interested stakeholders, develop recommendations to
be included in the [mal report on proposed incentives, possible ordinance/guideline language
and implementation strategy.
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d. The charrette will end late morning with a presentation to all by the consultant on the
final draft product.
3. Follow Up: Within 2 weeks from the completion of the charrette, the consultant will document
the results of the charrette, including summary and compilation of information and ideas
generated, the conceptual drawings and background information in a (draft) charrette Report
(document will be in color in an 11" x 17" format (3 copies and disk to be provided)). The report
shall also include an Implementation Plan, to outline feasibility, estimated costs, design
guidelines, proposed ordinance language and potential funding sources. Staff will review the
draft report and recommend revisions to the consultant. Following the revision, the consultant
shall submit final version of the report (10 color bound copies and electronic format). The
consult8nt shall also make a presentation to the Monroe County Planning Commission and Board
of County Commissioners (BOCC). The BOCC shall have final approval authority over the
plan.
Project Constraints. The funding for this project comes from the Monroe County Planning
Department. The total budget of $ 35-50,000 is not to be exceeded. The project must be completed
no later than August 20,2003, with all expected outputs delivered.
RFP Review Criteria
The Selection Committee evaluated and ranked each firm based on the following criteria:
· The responsiveness to the RFP
· Consultant team members' make-up and qualifications
· The team members' individual experience on similar projects
· The consultant's implementation rate with similar projects
. The consultant team's references
· How well the consultant demonstrates an understanding of the parameters, opportunities and
constraints of the project
· The quality of the work plan presented
· The time frame indicated by the consultant
· The proposed budget
· The public participation experience of the consultant team
· Equal opportunity employer (EOE) standards
At its meeting on April 28, 2003, the Selection Committee discussed their evaluations of the
submitted responses and discussed the individual firms. Based on the evaluations and previous
experience with the firms, who submitted proposals, the committee selected B&A for further
approval.
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Recommendation
The Selection Committee recommends that the BOCC approve the selection of B&A Landscaping
Group as the consulting firm to prepare the Tavernier Creek Bridge to approximately Mile Marker
97/US 1 Corridor-Area Enhancement Plan and direct Growth Management Division staff to enter
into contract negations with B&A.
Enclosures
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HELLMUTH. OBATA + KASSABAUM, INC.
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Planning Group
9 April 2003
Attention: Mr. Timothy J. McGarry, AICP
Director of Growth Management, Growth Management Division
c/o Purchasing Office
Monroe County Purchasing Department
1100 Simonton Street, Room 2-213
Key West, FL 33040
Re:
Request for Proposals for
Professional Services to Prepare a
Corridor Area Enhancement Plan for
The Tavernier Creek Bridge to Approximately Mile Marker 971US 1
For Monroe County [Florida Keys]
Dear Mr. McGarry,
The HOK Planning Group (HOK) is pleased to submit for your review, this proposal for
Planning, Urban Design, Landscape Design, Transport and Traffic Engineering and Public
Involvement Services for the above captioned project. We would be privileged to continue
our dynamic relationship with Monroe County in assisting you with your vision for the
Florida Keys, in this instance, enhancing and cultivating the unique identity and sense of
place for this portion of Tavernier and its immediate environs; resolving traffic, bicycle
and other circulation issues; advancing the pedestrian quality and providing an
integrated and high quality public realm.
The Tavernier Creek BridgelMM 97 IUS 1 Corridor Area Enhancement Plan will be a
unique and challenging opportunity. On a basic level, this sort of community planning
involves integrating the 'urban' systems of transit, public facilities, open space and
utilities/other infrastructure. Identifying the right balance of uses and weaving them into
the regional fabric is a more demanding task, one that is essential to long-term
developmental, economic and environmental sustainability. Beyond that, the challenge
lies in creating the type of meaningful identity around which neighborhoods, and
communities, are formed.
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The HOK Team brings this essential combination of strengths, interests, project Warsaw
understanding ands approach to this Study - the same resources and strategies that
effectively developed, with County officials as well as community members of Big Pine
Key, the vision for the Big Pine Key/US 1 Corridor Area.
Since our collaboration with Monroe County on Big Pine Key, HOK has also completed
other corridor/'Main Street' enhancement plans, including the Cora! Way Thoroughfare
Beautification Master Plan in Miami, Florida, and the H Street NE Strategic
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enhancements, enrichment of the public/pedestrian realm, transportation and land use
interfaces, revitalization and community engagement.
HOK has assembled for this Study a best-in-class team, all members of which were
previously involved in the Big Pine KeylUS 1 Corridor Area Enhancement Plan. As in
that Study, our New Urban Studio, proponent of the most successful concepts and
mechanisms for city and community development, is envisioned to spearhead this effort
from Miami, Florida. The Studio will be augmented by the same key personnel from St.
Louis and Washington, D.C. who are experts in sustainable landscape design,
community/public engagement and project implementation. Weare also excited to once
more have on our team our colleagues from Hall Planning & Engineering, Inc.,
authorities in transportation planning and land use interface throughout Florida.
Where we may add people with skills that are specific to the Study, the team process is one
that we have found to be extremely useful and are well practiced with. We know how and
when to work collectively to integrate each aspect into the whole, and when to work
individually to maximize the efficient use of a project budget.
We believe we have assembled the right mix of local expertise, informed outlook and
creative spirit. Our previous experience in collaborating with Monroe County and the
good relationships we established with the Planning Department potentially bring
efficiency and continuity to this Study. Weare thrilled about the prospect of further
cultivating this partnership with the County and with the stakeholders to develop a unique
and successful future for the Tavernier area.
On behalf of the talented members of our multi-disciplinary design team, we look forward
to meeting with you to further to present additional qualifications and initial impressions
on the project. Please feel free to contact us at (305) 573-5101 or at
senen.antonio@hok.com for any questions or for additional information.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Report on the Firm
Project Approach and Estimated Schedule
Additional Information
Market Offerings
Transportation
Community
Corporate
Urban Revitalization
Commercial
Education
Hospitality
Recreation
Federal
Office Locations
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Responding to the growing need to fully understand the environmental, design,
and economic implications of growth, expansion, redevelopment and
construction, HOK has assembled a staff capable of undertaking the most
demanding planning, urban design, and landscape architectural assignments.
The HOK Planning Group has more than 40 years of diversified experience
with more than 50 design professionals in 9 ofHOK's 26 offices worldwide.
Our clients include developers, institutions, corporations, and government
agencies. Projects have been successfully completed throughout the United
States, Central America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and the Far East. These
projects have been directed toward the improvement of urban areas and the
revitalization of our cities and towns, the development and growth of areas
located on the urban fringes and beyond, and the conservation and rehabilitation
of the world's landscape.
The HOK Planning Group is committed to delivering the highest quality work,
to recruiting and retaining the best and brightest people, to exceeding our
clients' expectations, "raising the bar" in our profession and to furthering the
success ofHOK.
To The HOK Planning Group, the essence of planning is to provide a
connection. Good planning creates an environment that enhances and relates to
the world around it: to a region or community's people, culture, social
consciousness, image, aesthetics, economy and natural environment.
The HOK Planning Group takes our mission seriously. Whether providing the
site design for a single building or corporate campus, planning a park or an
entire city, The HOK Planning Group is committed to creating quality
environments with enduring value.
The HOK Planning Group"s missioJ1 is To de/in'r cxu'/JlioJ1al plaJ1ning and
design solutioJ1s through ,hc creatin' h!eJ1diJ1g oj human need. em'ironmental
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Planning Services
The HOK Planning Group offers a full range of planning services from the
regional scale to site-specific design. As one of the largest planning groups in
the world, providing client services for over 40 years, we are experienced in
solving complex planning problems with a strong emphasis on client needs, the
environment, and budget realities. Services offered include, but are not limited
to, the following:
Master Planning - Master Planning provides for the orderly development of
land in logical phases while remaining sensitive to the environment, program
needs, client goals and objectives, and market and economic realities.
Comprehensive analysis of the physical characteristics of the site and thearegional context is combined with a thorough understanding of the development
goals and objectives of the client to produce a concept plan. This is then
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of all the program elements, their physical requirements, and the circulation and
infrastructure systems. Budget goals and development phasing are also
addressed at this time.
Finally, the master plan must present a strong project image and be flexible to
accommodate future needs and program changes.
Development Planning - Development Planning services include physical and
programlbudget analysis as well as the analysis of federal, state, and local
regulatory requirements and zoning regulations. A thorough understanding of
construction costs, schedule market requirements, and client goals, combined
with an exciting, well-designed plan is our goal.
Urban Planning and Design - HOK planners are in a unique position to offer
urban planning and design services that include in-house expertise such as
landscape architecture, architecture, programming, and engineering. Weare
experienced in working with governmental agencies as well as private
developers and neighborhood action groups.
ffighway Enhancement -As older urban highways are being rebuilt and upgraded
throughout the United States, there is a growing national insistence that the new
generation of urban highways be an aesthetic amenity to their communities as well as
efficient carriers of traffic. HOK has developed a unique capability in the aesthetic
design of urban highways. HOK has worked with state highway departments, toll
road and turnpike authorities, city governments, consulting engineering firms, and
private property owners on major highway projects. Our experience has schooled us
in the safety, constructibility, maintenance and cost issues that dictate highway
engineering practice. We have leamed to work within these strict parameters to
create an award-winning aesthetic quality for urban highways.
Park and Recreational Planning - Park and Recreational Planning includes
planning services for national, state, regional, and local parks as well as zoos and
private recreational development. The process includes environmental and resource
analysis and recreational programming. Climates as well as cultural and historical
influences are important factors.
Landscape Architecture - Landscape Architecture services are, at times, provided
as freestanding services and, at other times, as part of a full service contract. In many
cases, they are the implementation phase of a project that began as a Master Planning
effort.
This service includes the placement of all program elements on the site in the most
harmonious, efficient, aesthetic, and environmentally sensitive way. We design all
the site elements including roads, parking, plazas, and fountains as well as site
planting and grading from the conceptual design phase through contract documents
and the construction phase.
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Hall Planning & Engineering, Inc. is a transportation planning and engineering fIrm specializing in
multiple practice areas within the transportation profession. Richard A. Hall, P.E. is President of HPE
and is a registered professional engineer. Based on his extensive transportation planning and conceptual
design experience, the fIrm focuses on both Planning and Preliminary Engineering, especially the vital
interface between Planning and Design. Transportation aspects of community plans, subarea/sector
plans and corridor studies are key HPE emphasis areas. Expert witness, public participation and
charrette tasks are routinely performed by HPE and traffic engineering, site impact studies and private
and public growth management related studies are also special skills. Other practice areas of the firm
include hurricane evacuation studies and calculation of the all important evacuation clearance times and
specialty data collection including origin/destination and trip generation studies.
Rick Hall served as a Visiting Professor at the Florida State University Department of Urban and
Regional Planning and taught land use/transportation issues at the Master's degree level. Extensive
readings in the ''New Urbanism", neo-traditional neighborhood design and other emerging concepts led
to a strengthened commitment to land use based transportation planning. Beyond just connecting land
uses with pipe-like fittings, streets and other modal facilities should encourage desired development.
This academic background combined with active charrette and workshop design experience makes the
firm uniquely qualified to deal with controversial transportation and land use projects.
Edward R. (Ted) Mack, Jr. is a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP). He has
extensive experience in land use planning, transportation planning, and land development regulations,
both as a consultant and with a local governrnent planning agency. He has also directed the planning
activities of a major housing-related trade association and has taught courses in urban planning as an
adjunct professor in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Florida State University.
As a consultant in Tampa and Tallahassee, Mr. Mack has primarily served city, county and private
clients in Florida and the Southeast. In the public realm, he was Chief of Comprehensive Planning and
Planning Director of the Tallahassee-Leon County Planning Department. Mr. Mack is expert in working
with interested citizens, review committees, elected offIcials, and other governmental agencies to
resolve local planning issues.
HPE staffhas worked throughout the nation. The company is located in Tallahassee, in convenient
proximity to vital state agencies in the capital city.
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Reference
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The Big Pine KeylUS I Corridor Area Enhancement Plan examines opportunities
for establishing a consistent look and feel for the section of US I within Big Pine
Key, enhancing its sense of place, resolving traffic issues (including through traffic,
local vehicular traffic, bicycle movement) and advancing the pedestrian realm.
HOK developed methods for creating a distinctive image for the corridor, including
means for improving the service levels and circulation efficiencies of US 1 and
creating incentives for redevelopment/new development and opportunities for
providing a physical focus for the Big Pine Key community along this corridor.
These opportunities were consolidated into a unified strategy, embodied in the Big
Pine KeylUS 1 Corridor Area Enhancement Vision Plan.
The Vision Plan identifies the boundaries, significant landscape elements,
improvements to rights-of-way, parking, proposed development interventions,
schematic building locations and development envelopes and uses. This Plan
is accompanied by Design Guidelines encompassing Urban, Architecture and
Landscape/Streetscape elements. The Guidelines offer an easy-to-use, concise and
effective set of guidelines that describe the desired future form of the US I corridor,
as managed by a single Regulating Plan. The codification of these elements will
help establish the Big Pine KeylUS I corridor as a unique and identifiable place
and provide direction for future development/redevelopment toward a safe, human
environment of variety, activity and opportunity.
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Completion
2003
Reference
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thoroughfare in Miami, Florida.
The Master Plan establishes Coral Way as an active, well defined and
seamlessly integrated thoroughfare, using uniform urban and architectural
standards as the framework for defining the public realm. A primary task
was the definition of the form and character of streets and places, towards the
creation of a lively, pedestrian-friendly environment.
Using historical precedents in the region, the standards were prepared with the
aim of creating a unique and distinct place via massing regulations, unifed street
elevations, consistent landscaping and streetscaping and the like. The standards
help to ensure the predictability and consistency of future development.
The local community and the City Planning staff as well as the neighborhood
city commissioners contributed significant inputs to this effort via intensive
public participation sessions.
The Plan serves as a good example of community buildinglplacemaking,
through citizen-based participatory planning and design.
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Reference
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The Streetscape Guidelines for Brickell Village are intended to provide a simple
unifying codification system to the public spaces in the neighborhood. This
will be achieved through the careful description of the three elements that give
Brickell Village its distinct identity and character - Streetscape, Architecture, and
Urbanism. These three elements are all organized according to a single Regulating
plan. The Regulating Plan is a map that creates different Zones in the Brickell
Village area, which are based on development intensity. Each Zone is then
defined by the appropriate dispensing of the elements of Streetscape, Urbanism
and Architecture.
These guidelines are intended to enable and qualify the community of the Brickell
Village, Miami, Florida, an area of approximately 145 acres of existing city
blocks to follow the traditional American City neighborhood development and
transit oriented development within a system of tiers. It encourages development
patterns, through incentives rather than prohibition. It integrates instructions for
the appropriate implementation of plans. These guidelines also encourage the
transfer of development rights to secure open space to the public, thereby promoting
a traditional urban fabric intended for the interest of the public.
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Reference
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City of Greenville
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development and the master plan for the Court Street Pedestrian/Streetscape Corridor
contract. This project entailed developing an urban and historic contextual analysis
ofa ten block area in the historic municipal district. HOK was awarded the contract
to develop a final master plan utilizing community workshop methods. The City
followed with a contract for construction documents with an estimated budget of
2 million dollars. This corridor has three buildings which are mid-rise structures
built in the late 19th and early 20th Century and look down on the intersection
which was the site of the settlement of the town. The master plan recognizes the
historic value and nature of the space and develops a pedestrian oriented core that
celebrates the history and proposes spaces that function for special event uses.
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CR 30-A TRANSPORTATION STUDY
LOCATION:
South Walton County, Florida
DESCRIPTION:
Hall Planning & Engineering, Inc. was contracted by Walton County to examine new
roadway improvements on CR 30-A, the 18.3 mile road that runs along the South
Walton County coastline.
One primary project objective was to organize parking in the corridor more
effectively and to establish a bike path conceptual design to satisfy recreational needs
in the South Walton area. Additional concerns within the corridor included the use
of state-of-the-art traffic calming techniques to achieve the speed limits already set in
the area. Parking in residential and commercial areas on CR 30-A, and immediately
offCR 30-A in the corridor was carefully studied. Key elements of this design were
made available prior to the resurfacing.
As a major part of this project, HPE led three Focus Group discussions. The
participants of these meetings include county officials, local developers, and
residents. The purpose of the initial Focus Group meeting was to discuss the
conceptual design for CR 30-A. Concepts were elicited from the participants to
determine what characteristics are wanted or not wanted along CR 30-A. The second
Focus Group meeting was held after the initial concepts had been formulated into
preliminary designs. The fmal Focus Group meeting was held to present the refmed
conceptual designs that were incorporated into the CR 30-A design plans.
CHRONOLOGY:
Work was completed in November 1998.
Fee: $20,000
CONTACT:
Commissioner Van Ness Butler, Jr.
Walton County Commission
Post Office Drawer 689
DeFuniak Springs, Florida 32433
850/231-6266
Job Descriptions
Hall Planning & Engineering
Corridor Area Enhancement Plan for
The Tavernier Creek Bridge to Approximately Mile Marker 97/US 1
For Monroe County [Florida Keys]
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Senen Antonio
Project Manager
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lIall Planlling & Enginccrlllg
Colin Greene
Planner/ Urban Designer
David Carrico
Landscape Des ignerlIllustrator
Steve Schukraft
Community Engagement Expert/
Public Participation Facilitator
Richard Hall
Transportation Engineer
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Education
University of Hong Kong
Master of Urban Design,
With Honors
1994
University of the
Philippines
Bachelor of Science in
Architecture,
magna cum laude
1990
Registration
Registered Architect,
No. 11026,
Philippines
Professional Affiliations
Congress for the New
Urbanism,
Member
United Architects of the
Philippines,
Charter Member,
Hong Kong Chapter
Senen M A Antonio
Project Manager
Senen Antonio is an urban designer/planner with over ten years of experience
in providing master planning, urban design and integration of architectural
concepts. His experience encompasses various master planning assignments
for national and local governments in the United States and in Asia. His
involvement in these projects range from broad community based planning
and design concepts to development of site-specific planning solutions;
integration of architectural conditions; supervision of deliverables; and project
liaison with Client contacts and organizational representatives. His portfolio
also comprises a variety of private sector assignments, such as mixed use,
commercial, industrial, leisure and residential developments. Mr. Antonio's
experience includes:
Big Pine KeyfUS 1 Corridor Area Enhancement Plan, Monroe County,
FL - Development of vision plan, urban design, architectural and landscape
guidelines for the Big Pine KeylUS I corridor.
Brickell Village Streetscape Guidelines, Miami, FL - Development of plan-
ning, urban design and landscape guidelines for streetscape improvements.
H Street NE Strategic Development Plan, Washington D.C. - Vision plan,
market feasibility, urban design, architecture and landscape guidelines for the
H Street NE corridor.
Upper Wisconsin Avenue Corridor Study, Washington D.C. - Vision Plan,
market feasibility and urban design concepts for the Upper Wisconsin Avenue
corridor.
Arapaho Bridge and Road Extension, Town of Addison, TX - Master Plan,
landscape and architectural concepts for the Arapaho Road corridor.
City of Denton Facilities Master Plan, Denton, TX - Preparation ofan overall
master plan for the coordinated development of city facilities in Denton.
Collin Crossing, McKinney, Collin County, TX - Land use concepts for
525-acre mixed use center within they city's regional employment center.
Changying Residential Development, Beijing, China - Master Layout Plan
and Schematic Landscape Design for a 9-ha mixed use site east of Beijing.
Suzhou Industrial Park Administrative Center, Suzhou, China - Master
Layout Plan for a 40-ha administrative core within a regional industrial park
east of Shanghai.
Qingdao Maidao Residential Development, Qingdao, China - Master Lay-
out Plan and preliminary Urban Design Guidelines for 80-ha coastal site.
Other relevant projects include:
Houston Metro, Houston, TX
Chatham Road South Landscape Study, Hong Kong SAR, China
Central Reclamation Phase III, Hong Kong SAR, China
Wan Chai Reclamation Phase II, Hong Kong SAR, China
Villamor Air Base Master Development, Manila, Philippines
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Education
University of Miami
Bachelor of Architecture
1991
Professional Affiliations
Congress for the New
Urbanism
American Planning
Association
Colin D. Greene
PlannerlUrban Designer
Mr. Greene co-founded HOK's New Urban Studio in 2000, and currently directs
staff in both Washington, DC and Miami. Trained as an architect, Mr. Greene
had seven years experience as a project manager for the town planning and
architecture firm ofDuany Plater-Zyberk & Company. As a Senior Associate
with New Urban Studio, his project experience ranges from the design and
implementation oflimited- funds inner-city infill projects to long-range planning
exercises for entire counties. His particular expertise in guiding architects
through design development in traditional neighborhoods is often sought by
developers and municipalities nationwide.
Mr. Greene has co-authored more than a dozen Design Codes - documents that
ensure the built form of a project meets the vision of the original plan.
Mr. Greene is a strong advocate of sustainable development, smart growth and
traditional urbanism, and lectures frequently on their benefits.
H Street Redevelopment Master Plan, Washington, DC - Master Planning
and Urban Design for mile-long redevelopment corridor, including Develop-
ment and Design Guidelines
Brickell Village Streetscape Guidelines, Miami, FL - Development of plan-
ning, urban design and landscape guidelines for public realm improvements.
Upper Wisconsin Avenue Redevelopment Plan, Washington, DC - Master
Planning and Urban Design for mile-long redevelopment corridor, including
Development and Design Guidelines
Triangle Metro Center, Durham, NC - Directed multi-disciplinary team
through the conceptual design of a 25-acre mixed-use transit hub near Re-
search Triangle Park.
Shimao Sheshan - Design and Articulation of Residential Prototypes for a
new resort development in China.
Chesterfield Village Center - Reconfiguration of greenfield site to new mixed-
use village center, including new Street design for Chesterfield Parkway.
Redevelopment Plan for Las Olas Municipal Parking Lot and Future Re-
Siting of the International Swimming Hail of Fame - Master Layout Plan
and Schematic Landscape Design for a 9-ha mixed use site east of Beijing.
Briar Chapel, Chapel Hill, NC - Master Layout Plan for a 2000 acre series
of villages using traditional planning techniques.
Other relevant projects include:
Clarendon Urban Village Sector Plan, Arlington, VA
WMATA Metro Core Capacity Study, Washington, DC
Leisure Resorts Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV
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Education
Purdue University
Bachelor of Science,
Landscape Architecture
1992
Memberships
American Society of
Architectural Illustrators
Awards
Award of Excellence,
AlP 16 - Architecture in
Perspective compendium
2001
American Society of
Architectural Illustrators
David Justin Carrico
Landscape Designer / Illustrator
Mr. Carrico brings 10 years of experience in landscape architectural and
architectural design development and planning in an urban design context.
Skills as a designer include urban design, master planning, concept development,
design rendering and illustration for traditional parks, new towns and urban
infill, entertainment and mixed-use developments. His drawings, sketches
and illustrations are used to express design concepts, details and to convey
sense of place. His background in historic preservation, public markets and
urban development in cities is a resource to focus on new projects in concept
development and illustration. He has worked with and studied urban markets
and their regional systems, downtown communities and various commercial
centers in both metropolitan areas and distinct neighborhoods districts.
Big Pine KeyfUS 1 Corridor Area Enhancement Plan, Monroe County,
FL - Development of vision plan, urban design, architectural and landscape
guidelines for the Big Pine KeylUS 1 corridor.
St. Louis County Memorial Park, Clayton, MO -Planning and urban design
of County Government campus, streetscape, memorial plaza and new public
park within a mature urban district.
Winters Group Development, Marietta, GA - New urban infill concept
development and illustration for a program of residential, mixed commercial-
retail and municipal buildings adjacent to an historic downtown core; master
planning, concept design and enhancing the new town center.
Cekmekoy New Town Development, Istanbul, Turkey - Competition for
mixed-type residential and town center development in state nature reserve
land.
Las Olas Boulevard Development Competition, Ft Lauderdale, FL - Hall
ofF ame Partners Plan for urban infill residential development mixed-use com-
mercial and International Swimming Hall of Fame.
Fenton Olde Town, Fenton, MO - Master planning for redevelopment of a
historic river town center.
Marriott Indianapolis Convention Center Hotel - Indianapolis, IN -
Streetscape, public plaza design development in a downtown context.
Dubai Marina, Dubai, UAE - Concept development, master planning and
design for a multi-phased new residential city complex on the Arabian Gulf-
promenade, municipal park and new deep ocean marina facilities for 50,000.
The Detroit Metropolitan Tourism Plan, Detroit, MI -Idea development,
design and concept illustration for the Detroit Metropolitan Convention and
Visitors Bureau report to Detroit on tourism and community development.
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Education
University of Virginia
School of Architecture
Master of Planning
1992
University of South Florida
School of Architecture
Graduate Study in
Architecture
1988-1990
Harvard University, Gradu-
ate School of Design
Urban Design and Planning
Studio
1987
University of South Florida
Bachelor of Arts in Political
Science and Urban Studies
1985
Registrations
American Institute of
Certified Planners
American Planning
Association
National Trust for Historic
Preservation
Steven W. Schukraft, AICP
Community Engagement ExpertlPublic Participation Facilitator
Mr. Schukraft is an accomplished planner with over 15 years experience
helping communities address complex planning, design and development
challenges. In recent years, Steve has worked on a wide range of revitalization,
urban design, preservation and heritage development plans; managed public
processes for large-scale land use planning and transportation corridor projects;
and designed and facilitated regional visioning processes for communities in
Florida, Missouri and Maine.
Prior to joining HOK Steve was Senior Associate with Mary Means &
Associates, Inc., Program Coordinator for the Mayors Institute on City Design,
an award-winning educational initiative of the National Endowment for the
Arts; Project Manager for the Florida Center for Urban Design and Research, a
state-supported planning and design assistance center; and Associate Planner for
local governments in Maryland and Florida. He coauthored Pulling Together:
A Planning & Development Consensus Building Manual, a popular publication
of the Urban Land Institute and the Program for Community Problem Solving
introducing the theory and practice of consensus-based problem solving and
decision making processes.
Mr. Schukraft's relevant experience includes:
Big Pine KeyfUS 1 Corridor Area Enhancement Plan, Monroe County,
FL - Development of vision plan, urban design, architectural and landscape
guidelines for the Big Pine KeylUS I corridor.
H Street NE Strategic Development Plan, Washington D.C. - Vision plan,
market feasibility, urban design, architecture and landscape guidelines for the
H Street NE corridor.
Upper Wisconsin Avenue Corridor Study, Washington D.C. - Vision Plan,
market feasibility and urban design concepts for the Upper Wisconsin
Chesapeake Country Scenic Byway Corridor Management Plan, Eastern
Shore, MD - Project management, corridor improvement, wayfinding, gateway
design, resource conservation strategies, interpretive planning, and grant
writing.
Gateway Parks & Trails Regional Master Plan, St. Louis, MO - Engagement
process management and conservation strategies.
Fruitville Road Entrance Corridor Overlay District, Sarasota, FL -
Entrance corridor development regulations and design guidelines.
Skyline Parkway Corridor Management Plan, Duluth, MN - Conservation
planning and implementation strategies.
SCOPE - Sarasota County Openly Plans for Excellence - Visioning Process,
Sarasota, FL - Engagement process design and management.
Allegheny West Neighborhood Plan - Pittsburgh, PA - Project management
and revitalization/preservation planning.
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NEW URBANISM
Richard A. Hall, P .E.
President
Professional
Qualifications
Education
M.S. Transportation Engineering
Virginia Polytechnic Institute, I971
B.S. Civil Engineering
Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1970
Employment Record
Hall Planning & Engineering
Transportation Consulting Group
Barr-Dunlop and Associates
Post, Buckley, Schuh & Jernigan
Florida Department of Transportation
Registration: Florida, PE #0021458
Areas of Expertise
Land Use and Transportation
TND Charrettes / Traffic Impact
Parking & Circulation / LOS Analysis
Traffic Operations Analysis
Public Involvement / Conceptual Design
Growth Mgt. / Concurrency Analysis
DRI/ Comprehensive Planning Analysis
MPO Planning / Expert Testimony
Professional Activities
Institute of Transportation Engineers
National Society of Professional Engineers
Florida Engineering Society
Congress for the New Urbanism
Richard Hall is a registered transportation engineer with a practice in planning, design and regulatory issues
in the transportation field. He is President of Hall Planning & Engineering (HPE). He founded HPE to
help bridge the gap between planning and engineering regarding human scale urban transportation design.
Firm services cover land use and transportation issues, TND Charrettes, public involvement projects, traffic
engineering studies, growth management and concurrency analysis, parking and circulation issues and
preliminary design studies.
Mr. Hall worked for the Florida Department of Transportation for nine years, first serving as FDOT's
representative to the Miami Urban Area Transportation Study. He later worked as the Regional Planning
Engineer for urban studies in the Tampa Bay Region, responsible for training and research in urban
transportation modeling. His research work initiated the Florida Standard Urban Travel Model Structure
(FSUTMS) urban travel modeling process in wide use today.
Since becoming a consultant in 1980, Mr. Hall has worked on a variety of projects including Urban
Transportation Plans, Developments of Regional hnpact, hurricane evacuation planning, level of service
analysis, scenic highway planning and charrettes applying the New Urbanism. He was responsible for the
Development of Regional hnpact traffic element and other parking and traffic analysis for Seaside, Florida.
Since then, he has participated in over 25 charrettes for new TND developments and revitalized urban
places. Most recently, he provided transportation, traffic and circulation inputs to the Big Pine KeylUS I
Corridor Area Enhancement Plan.
Mr. Hall earned BS & MS degrees at Virginia Tech and serves as a visiting professor in Florida State
University's Department of Urban and Regional Planning where he teaches land use and transportation
courses. He is a member of the Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU) and is part of a team studying
street design issues. He also served as President of the Florida Section, Institute of Transportation
Engineers.
Corridor Area Enhancement Plan for
The Tavernier Creek Bridge to Approximately Mile Marker 97/US 1
For Monroe County [Florida Keys]
A. PROJECT UNDERSTANDING AND ApPROACH
The Corridor Enhancement Plan for the Tavernier Creek Bridge to Approximately Mile Marker
97IUS I (the Study) offers opportunities for establishing a consistent look and feel for this
section of US I south of Key Largo. The Study will examine and propose means for enhancing
the Study Area's sense of place, resolving traffic issues (including through traffic, local vehicular
traffic, and bicycle movement) and advancing the pedestrian realm within an Upper Keys
development context and aesthetic.
While the area of Tavernier is technically part of Key Largo, it is recognized that the area of
Tavernier from Tavernier Creek to Mile Marker 93, the area of business concentration, possesses
its own community and commercial identity distinct from Key Largo; the Study seeks to develop
rnethods for enhancing and expanding this image for the area. This includes proposals for
improving the service levels and circulation efficiencies of US I, creating incentives for
redevelopment/new development along this section and opportunities for providing a physical
focus for the Tavernier community in the commercial zone. In so doing, these also meet the
community's expressed desire to retain the natural open space/rural environment for the rest of
Tavernier.
As HOK has experienced in similar studies, notably th,e Big Pine Key/US I Corridor Area
Enhancement Plan, the principles and techniques of New Urbanism have proven to be effective
in providing the right tools for transforming and creating towns, villages, corridors and districts.
The proposed Enhancement Plan will employ development disposition, architectural and
landscape elements as the tools for creating a viable framework for growth for this unique
portion of the Upper Keys. This approach will address evolving development conditions and at
the same time seek to embody the prevailing identity of Tavernier.
The Study will be conducted on the following tenets:
The promotion of quality, diverse development;
The provision of a well-defined thoroughfare network that promotes the equitable treatment
of pedestrians and vehicles;
The creation of a neighborhood/neighborhoods that have clear and active centers that provide
opportunities for commerce, culture and governance;
The elevation of the public realm; and
The clear delineation of the street as reinforced by the built environment.
Guided by the above principles, the following development issues will be examined:
Community development that is diverse, compact, walkable and safe;
The neighborhood unit as the basic increment of development, with neighborhood size
determined by the pedestrian shed;
The integration of various uses within the neighborhood and increased flexibility for some
additional development, whilst maintaining the Tavernier Creek Bridge area's unique,
ruraVnatural quality;
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Corridor Area Enhancement Plan for
The Tavernier Creek Bridge to Approximately Mile Marker 97/US 1
For Monroe County [Florida Keys]
Coordination of the Plan with FDOT proposals, including the Scenic Byway Program;
Overseas Heritage Trail; Bike Path and Landscape improvements; gateways, signage and
overall image; and
The protection of landscape areas that are ecologically and culturally significant.
The New Urban process is well-suited to the Charrette methodology that HOK has successfully
used in a variety of projects worldwide. It is important to the design process that inputs are
solicited.from pertinent stakeholders. HOK envisages that this assignment, as with others of
similar scale and complexity, to be a very interactive, collaborative, "hands-on" effort.
Integrating past and on-going efforts by Monroe County and its partners in developing a
Community Vision and broad development framework is of critical importance, as is the
engagement of a broad cross section of community leaders, officials, and stakeholders.
HOK has assembled a best-in-c1ass Team with expertise in Neo Traditional Planning, Landscape
Architecture Design, Public Participation and TransportationlTraffic Engineering. HOK is
teamed with Hall Planning & Engineering, who similarly are active leaders of the Congress of
New Urbanism and with whom we undertook the Big Pine KeylUS 1 Corridor Area
Enhancement Plan.
B. PROPOSED WORK PLAN
The schedule is based on a 7 -week effort to complete the Corridor Enhancement Plan for the
Tavernier Creek Bridge to Approximately Mile Marker 97/US I. The final delivery will be Final
Report submitted to the Monroe County Growth Management Division. The tentative schedule
described below forms the basis of conversation with Monroe County for refining the final Work
Plan. HOK's experience, as with most recent collaboration with Monroe County, suggests that
one week be provided for County review/response to major deliverables, though we realize this
varies with every organization. We anticipate that day-to-day details of the project work will be
resolved within twenty-four hours of identification.
The most critical activity in the design process is conducting a well-organized and focused
Design Charrette. While the County had envisioned this to be over only a day and a half, from
HOK's experience, we suggest that this be expanded to a two (2) day activity. This will be
explained at greater length below.
The Study is envisioned to comprise the following tasks:
Task 1.0 - Project Initiation
Task 2.0 - Charrette
2.a - Pre Charrette Preparation
2.b and 2.c - Public Charrette and Charrette Wrap Up
Task 3.0 - Post Charrette Work and Draft Report
Task 4.0 - Revisions and Final Report
These are described in more detail following.
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Corridor Area Enhancement Plan for
The Tavernier Creek Bridge to Approximately Mile Marker 97/US 1
For Monroe County [Florida Keys)
Task 1.0 - Proiect Initiation (Week 1)
The HOK team will conduct a kickoff meeting with key personnel from Monroe County to
discuss and establish study priorities and parameters, including the following:
the study issues and objectives;
preliminary extent of the Tavernier Corridor Area, as well as primary entry points/gateways;
expectations and priorities of the stakeholders;
the Work Plan; schedule of deliverables; participant roles (including possibly forming the
steering/decision-making/approval groups and the technical resource group; decision,
approval and payment process; and uses for the deliverables/products; and
the recommended overall format and outline for the Study deliverables.
It is anticipated that the County will provide HOK with copies of all pertinent existing
development regulations (listed below) in anticipation of succeeding tasks.
Task 2.a - Pre Charrette Preoaration (Week 2)
The HOK team will review existing development ordinances, policies, reports, data and plans
provided by the County at the Project Initiation in preparation for the actual Charrette. These
include, but are not limited to the following:
Base/Location Maps: At the regional scale and at the local scale, preferably in digital format,
showing the location of the project, the Study AreaIBoundaries and the surrounding context
and other pertinent digital survey information;
Existing Conditions: Documentation of existing conditions within the Study Area and
adjacent areas. Documents required include, but are not limited to, the following:
Aerial Photos;
Land Use/Zoning Map;
US 1 Setback Plan;
Property/Existing Conditions Map;
Schedule/Map of KnownlProposed Development;
Map of Ecologically Sensitive or Protected Areas/Areas of Historic and Cultural
Significance;
Pedestrian or bicycle studies within the past 5 years;
Latest hurricane evacuation study, transportation analysis;
PM peak hour traffic counts for side streets to US I;
Turning movement counts for the US I intersections;
Plans for roadway improvements in the area; and
All other relevant /previous studies/reports/documentslbooks;
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Corridor Area Enhancement Plan for
The Tavernier Creek Bridge to Approximately Mile Marker 97/US 1
For Monroe County [Florida Keys]
Historical Precedents: Documentation of Local and Regional precedents of development (e.g.
old photographs of typical and notable buildings and streets, plans and construction
documents, etc.) that will serve as a historical basis for the Enhancement Plan.
The above will contribute to the appreciation of the overall planning and development context -
the role of this US I Corridor Area through Tavernier and entry corridors/gateways under
relevant planning studies and ordinances, as well as an appreciation of resource availability and
institutional mechanisms, transportation, social, physical and environmental infrastructure
prOVISIon.
The HOK team will also document existing conditions via its own surveys, photo-documentation
and on-site analysis to understand the prevailing opportunities and constraints. On-street
parking, pedestrian access, scale, visual character, buildings and structures, open space
provision, natural features and circulation patterns will be evaluated.
HOK will identify development opportunities and constraints affecting the Corridor Area and its
gateways. These opportunities and constraints will be identified in sufficient detail towards the
formulation of a planning and development framework for the Study Area.
Tasks 2.b and 2.c - Public Charrette and Charrette Wran Un (Week 3)
The Charrette will consist of a two (2) day work session, preferably in a location within or in
proximity of the project Study Area. As stated above, our experience in similar projects suggests
that two full days (instead of one and a half) of Charrette activity is more appropriate in order to
address all issues and have a better understanding and coordination of post- Charrette work.
Our team of planners, community facilitators, traffic engineers and landscape architects will
work intensively over the two day session with key representatives from the Monroe County
Growth Management Division, as well as other key County officials, community activists and
interested stakeholders to develop a vision for the Tavernier corridor area.
The Charrette will be organized and scheduled according to an approach agreed between HOK
and Monroe County. It is important for participants to be given ample time to schedule
attendance at specific meetings and reviews. It is imperative that, given the limited budget, the
success of the Charrette, and the Study on the whole, key Monroe County Growth Management
Division members be available throughout the two day time period to participate in the dialogue
and facilitate decision-making, and that County Staff and/or resources be made available to the
Study Team.
The Charrette will begin with a kick off session with representatives from Monroe County,
stakeholders and interested parties. During this meeting, the project goals and objectives will be
confirmed and the most relevant issues and conditions for the project will be reviewed and
updated.
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Corridor Area Enhancement Plan for
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For Monroe County [Florida Keys]
The remainder of the first day will be spent primarily on sessions with specific focus groups
concurrent with, and providing inputs to, internal design sessions focused on developing a series
of alternatives. These will be reviewed and discussed at day's end with Monroe County Growth
Management Division, stakeholders and interested parties. It is the intent of this meeting to
identify a preferred direction for the vision plan, which will be refined by the next morning and
further developed over the two weeks following the Charrette.
The Charrette team will regroup the morning of the second day, and in closed session, review the
results of the previous day and modify the proposals as required. HOK suggests that any
opposing or unresolved issues be settled over a lunch meeting on the second day.
The early afternoon of the second day will be spent finalizing and revising drawings for the
presentation at the end of the day. This presentation will also establish the content of the Draft
and Final Reports. The Charrette will conclude with a short "closed door" meeting with the
Monroe County Growth Management Division to agree on the next steps in refining the
proposals, as well as to understand the expectations for the Draft and final Reports.
A specific schedule and attendee list will be developed and reviewed with the Monroe County
Growth Management Division at least one week prior to the Charrette.
Task 3.0 -Post-Charrette Work and Draft Report (Weeks 4-5)
Apart from the aforementioned pre-charrette information, the following items will also be
produced and/or documented during the Charrette/Post-Charrette for inclusion in the Draft and
final Reports:
Vision Plan: A single illustrative plan, rendered in color, comprising the study area and
possibly relevant adjacent parcels (in order to express connectivity / continuity of context).
The Vision Plan will be drawn by the Design Team, but will reflect the input of all charrette
attendees and will express the consensus of ideas shared by all charrette participants. The
Vision Plan will identify all boundaries, significant landscape elements, rights-of-way,
parking (lots and structures), schematic building locations and development envelopes and
uses within the Study Area (designated through a clear symbol key and/or text descriptions);
Character Sketches: These views will serve to represent the intentions of the Vision Plan in
three dimensions and will be extremely useful to describe the project to those unfamiliar with
two-dimensional drawings;
Vision Plan Diagrams: These comprise a series of black and white or color diagrams
outlining design analysis, principles of good planning, traffic circulation, proposed growth,
etc. These diagrams will also help illustrate the planning techniques incorporated into the
study and the different aspects relevant to the major concepts of the Vision Plan. The
diagrams may include:
Neighborhood Structure;
Circulation and Parking Plan;
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Regulating Plan: The Regulating Plan will be a corollary document to the Vision Plan, coded
to the Building Disposition, Architectural and Landscape Guidelines. This Plan together
with the Guidelines form the Design Code. This Code will direct the development of all
properties within the Study Area, ensuring the highest quality of development, as well as the
predictability of the built form while permitting a modicum of variety and creativity;
Building Disposition, Architectural and Landscape Guidelines: HOK will provide a brief set
of Building Disposition, Architectural and Landscape Guidelines, outlining general building
heights, build-to-lines and transect-based descriptions, plant types and other preferred
streetscape materials and disposition; and
Implementation Plan: The Implementation Plan will outline strategies for subsequent
physical changes and phasing of development/redevelopment within the Study Area.
Following the Design Charrette, the HOK team will refine and collate the materials and
proposals into a first Draft. This Draft Report forms the basis of the Final Report.
HOK anticipates that Monroe County will forward any and all comments on the first draft within
5 working days of receiving the document (Week 6).
Task 4.0 - Revisions and Final Report (Weeks 6-7)
Upon completion of Post-Charrette work, the HOK team will deliver a Final Report to the
Monroe County Growth Management Division for a final review and comment. It should be
noted that while formatting and presentation revisions are anticipated, design changes to the
fundamental content of the Enhancement Plan, however, will be considered as additional
servIces.
HOK will deliver an unbound II x 17 color document, as well as the required bound copies. In
addition, a CD Rom containing the Final Report and guidelines in PDF format, as well as
individual drawings and images, will be delivered to the Monroe County Growth Management
Division.
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Task 1.0 Project Initiation
Labor Travel Project Total
Cost Ex enses Ex enses
Kick Off Meeting! $ 2,034 $232 $131 $ 2,397
On Site Assessrnent with Count Officials
$2,034 $232 $131 $ 2,397
Task 2.0 Charrette
Labor Travel Project Total
Cost Expenses Expenses
2.a Pre Charrette Preparation $1,961 $29 $1,990
2.b Public Charrette $12,551 $2,473 $224 $15,248
2.c Charrette Wrap Up $1,489 $337 $1,826
$ 16,001 $2,473 $590 $19,064
Task 3.0 Post Charrette Work and Draft Report
Labor Travel Project Total
Cost Expenses Expenses
3.a Production of Charrette Summary plus related $12,633 $300 $12,933
documents
3.b Draft Report Delivery $89 $89
3.c Draft Report Revision by County Officials
$12,633 $389 $13,022
Task 4.0 Revisions and Final Report
Labor Travel Project Total
Cost Expenses Expenses
4.a Revisions to Draft Report $3,051 $96 $3,147
4.b Final Report Collation and Delivery $1,415 $321 $1,736
4.c Presentation to Monroe County Planning $1,179 $20 $17 $1 ,216
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4.d Presentation to Board of County $1 , 180 $20 $18 $ I ,218
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Project Team Members and Hourly Rates:
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Rate Time Costs
I Senen Antonio (Project Manager) $118 124 $14,626
2 Colin Greene (Planner, New Urban Specialist) $136 72 $9,813
3 Steve Schukraft (Community Liaison Expert) $135 20 $2,692
4 David Carrico (Landscape Designer/lllustrator) $91 48 $4,362
5 Rick Hall (Transportation Specialist, Consultant to HOK) $156 38 $6,000
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HOK's Master Planning Philosophy
The philosophy that supports the master planning process begins as an exercise in
problem definition. Planning constraints and opportunities evolve from a variety of
physical and non-physical conditions and needs of the client. The master plan is
woven from the creative combination of these diverse factors.
The methodology establishes mechanisms for developing, testing and evaluating
solutions and subsequently translating these conceptual ideas into working solutions
for growth and change.
A successful master plan process recognizes basic components in order to establish a
context for change. The components include program requirements, organization
and community impact, space and facility needs, fmancial requirements, revenue
sources, transportation, circulation, parking, land use, energy systems, architecture,
and environmental design. The goal is a master plan that will guide the future growth
of the client, specific enough to show location and character of future development,
yet flexible to accommodate programmatic changes or other evolving factors.
Master Plan Process
Our approach to Master Planning is based on the integration of the efforts of a team
of experts. HOK draws upon its own expertise in programming, planning, urban
design, landscape architecture, architecture, graphic design, CADD, facility
management, and all in-house engineering. We coordinate the detailed work of the
team members. By planning, monitoring and evaluating the direction of these efforts
against the project objectives, a flexible master plan can be achieved that can adapt to
market change over time. We can assemble a team that has a proven working
relationship on complex interactive planning projects and is unparalleled for the
complete planning, programming, managing, and executing of each project for a
variety of project types. Some key aspects to HOK's approach follow.
HOK approaches master planning as an interactive process. We work closely with
clients in identifying and defining all relevant project goals, objectives, functions,
responsibilities, and relationships. This collaborative approach encourages client
participation and enriches the project with the best possible sources of infonnation
and decision-making.
HOK emphasizes imaginative solutions and creative designs of dynamic spaces
which adapt readily to functions and expanding needs. We solve complex
organizational and physical problems posed by the space needs of the client and go
beyond pure function to provide spaces which will enhance the project.
Our planners and designers are unique in their understanding of the subtleties of the
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and architectural requirements. This allows us to be flexible in our approach and to
tailor our procedures to suit each unique project and circumstance.
Strategic Orientation HOK's planning activities are developed around client values, mission, business
plans and facility goals. Only when linked to an overall purpose and direction can
such planning be meaningful. When appropriate, alternate sets of assumptions and
future scenarios may be explored These are sufficiently flexible to be responsive to
inevitable changes in the environment, and they provide the client with choices.
Practical We emphasize practical solutions. Our experience with other similar projects
provides us with access to relevant normative references. Our deliverables are clear,
concise, and readily integrated into facility operations. We understand the practical
necessity for clients to acquire not only a master plan, but also an ongoing planning
process, which it can perform, if desired, independent of outside consultants.
Progressive Approvals Each phase of work proceeds only after prior submittals have been reviewed and
approved. This practice helps to ensure that project deliverables contain no surprises
and that both the pace and the cost of the project are kept under control.
Computer Tools HOK computer systems are used on projects whenever applicable. We have
developed our own proprietary software for most applications and with particular
emphasis on site planning, architecture and facility planning and management. This
makes it possible for clients to build computer-generated project deliverables into
"living" facility databases.
Staff Resources HOK is a multidisciplinary facility services firm with a professional staff which
includes facility planners, architects, landscape architects, interior designers,
engineers, and graphic designers. Many of these individuals also hold degrees and
possess expertise in organization and operations analysis, behavioral research, policy
and strategic planning, [mancial analysis, computer science, and facility
management. Any of these resources can be integrated on projects requiring an
interdisciplinary approach to creative, comprehensive facility solutions.
Comprehensive Strategic master planning, by nature, is a comprehensive process. It demands a
thorough understanding of the client's existing facility assets and alternative future
facility needs. The creation of a reliable database, a rational process, and pertinent
evaluation criteria acceptable to the client are achieved only through participation of
all constituents and a mutual commitment to accuracy and excellence.
Confidentiality It may be necessary during the process for the client to disclose certain sensitive
information, particularly organizational plans and activity forecasts. We
understand our professional responsibility to treat such information with
confidentiality and discretion. When appropriate and necessary, we discuss
specific safeguards with clients and formalize non-disclosure agreements.
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The New Urban Studio - architects, planners and landscape architects
devoted to the principles of the New Urbanism - principles that elevate
the status of the public realm, that seek to replace sprawl with responsible
development and serves the need to build better environments for people
everywhere.
All of our work - from urban redevelopment to new neighborhoods, from
long-range master planning to design guidelines - is set about with a clear
focus: uncompromising quality.
We are committed to the beautiful design, on-time delivery and first-rate
implementation of all our projects. Through the talent and resources of The
HOK Planning Group and HOK's OneFirm philosophy, the New Urban
Studio is uniquely positioned to create places that endure.
By its very definition, new urbanism covers a wide range of project scales and
project types. It is a philosophy of urbanity, founded in the town making tradition
and focused on creating places that are memorable.. .places that work.. . and places
that you'd be proud to call home. The New Urban Studio applies these principles
within a variety of project settings, including:
1. Regional Plan: The regional plan is a comprehensive and integrated approach
to community planning on a broad scale. The goal of the regional plan is to
consistently control, delineate and reshape the growth and development of a region.
In addition to the built environment, the plan addresses such important issues as, the
qualification and quantification of open space, the designation of green corridors
and regional parks and the preservation of the natural realm.
2. Urban Redevelopment: Perhaps the most delicate of all interventions, urban
redevelopment brings life back into declining urban areas through a conceptual
plan that balances the physical, social and economic nature of the existing fabric
with the proposed outcomes. This process requires precise interventions in key
locations within the city and a seamless integration with its surrounding urban
context. A regulatory plan, urban and architectural guidelines and a set ofvariances
on existing jurisdictional zoning are typically warranted.
3. Corridor Plans: The corridor plan studies the urban, green or transportation
corridors that link different parts of a city or municipality. It examines the transition
between the different parts of the Transect] , while defining the character of the
buildings or spaces that are located along its length. Typically a corridor plan
extends half block on each side from the center ofthe corridor and, on occasions,
may extend three or four blocks to incorporate a neighborhood or town center. A
new overlay or variance on existing zoning and a set of urban, architectural and
landscape guidelines are usually required.
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4. Greenfield Plan: The planning of a greenfield site represents a unique
opportunity to create a new community that will leave a positive legacy and have
lasting economic and emotional value. Whether a hamlet, a village, a district, a
town or a city2, the components of the greenfield plan are based on the principles
of New Urbanism to provide a wide range of possible uses, housing types and
densities. Urban, architectural and landscape guidelines are also developed to
protect the integrity of the founding design.
5. Brownfield - Grayfield Plan: A brownfield project, similar to urban
redevelopment, is based on recuperating, transforming and integrating old industrial
or environmentally sensitive sites into the immediate urban fabric. The cornerstone
of a brownfields project is the ability to infuse new life into existing structures and
street layouts. Typically, a regulating plan is required to specify terminated vistas,
street frontage and permitted uses.
6. Infill Plan: The infill plan capitalizes on the opportunity to fill-in the void
spaces in a town or city with urbanism. It incorporates transportation corridors,
traffic patterns, land use, density analysis, building type analysis and required open
space qualification and quantification, with a particular emphasis on the project's
impact on the immediate surroundings. An urban infill project may require a new
comprehensive master plan overlay for it's geographical jurisdiction to allow
different zoning, and may require variances for civic and private buildings and/or
whole city blocks.
7. Campus Plans: A campus, whether it is an educational, corporate or government
complex, is itself a "district" by nature. Though not typically urban, the campus
plan does offer the opportunity to add a layer of urbanism to a determined use
or building type. A campus plan may combine different land or building uses
and varying building types to provide flexibility for growth and provide a unique
integrated arrangement, while still maintaining the principle use of the site.
8. Codes & Guidelines: Design codes and urban guidelines are essential
components for any urban intervention. Providing the user with an "easy to use"
graphic code assures desired outcomes, controls character and determines the limits,
allowances and parameters to follow in any type of master plan. The regulatory plan
is the interface between the design codes and the location, placement and specific
parameters permitted in an area. To help enrich the natural idiosyncrasies that
give a place its own unique identity, special conditions, exceptions and particular
provisions are typically allowed within this framework.
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Public engagement is a fundamental part of all successful place-making and com-
munity building efforts. People care about their communities and expect, even
demand, a chance to participate in decisions that affect the places where they
live, work, learn, and play. Naturally, as more stakeholders get involved, and the
breadth of issues, ideas, and perspectives increases, public engagement becomes
an increasingly important part of the planning and design process.
The HOK Planning Group understands what it takes to engage diverse communi-
ties in productive discussions about complex, sometimes controversial, issues.
We appreciate the challenges involved in bringing the client, the design team, and
the community together in an integrated process of discovery, problem solving,
and action planning.
Engagement Principles Following the principles below, we've been able to bring diverse, often opposing
voices, into planning processes in productive, meaningful ways.
Ensure Community Fit. Successful engagement and outreach efforts respect and
respond to a community's unique interests, capacities and civic culture. While
there are a lot of common threads in our approach to public engagement, each
project develops its own unique identity. As we begin the process, we spend time
working with stakeholders and client groups to understand issues, test engagement
and outreach strategies, and refine our approach. The result: a process designed
to respond to the community's diversity of experiences, perspectives, and expecta-
tions.
Establish a Clear, Transparent Process. Effective engagement results when
participants understand the sequence of activities that build toward interim and
final decisions. When basic questions regarding the process - who decides, what
decisions will be made and when - are clearly stated, stakeholders understand
how their participation fits within a larger context. We work with clients and com-
munities to clarify visions, goals and expectations early and use these as points of
reference throughout the planning process. User-friendly process maps and task
charts are used to highlight each step and illustrate how stakeholder participation
is weaved into the plan.
Build Understanding & Ownership. Deepening understanding of issues, ideas,
opportunities and constraints is the first step toward building consensus and
support. Through collaboration, participants gain a shared sense of conditions,
trends, and precedents; develop and test alternatives; work towards a plan with
broad support and commitments for action.
Reach Beyond the Usual Players. A proactive approach is required to bal-
ance the interests of the general public with those voiced by energetic advocates
and individuals most directly affected by planned change. To provide multiple,
meaningful opportunities for engagement, we seek opportunities to 1) coordinate
outreach efforts with community groups, service organizations, and media outlets;
2) balance high tech-web sites, video, and computer-generated simulations-
with high touch strategies-workshops, briefings, interviews, storefront displays,
and coffee klatches; 3) seek out groups and individuals to co-host events; 4) target
outreach to under-represented constituencies; 5) hold meetings in comfortable,
easily accessible places.
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Follow a "No Surprises" Ethic. As the planning process moves towards
conclusion, no one wants to be surprised by new information or unexpected
controversy. It's important to maintain open channels of communications--even
with those least supportive of the effort, keep decision-makers and opinion leaders
in the loop, and stay focused on finding "win-win" solutions.
One of our strengths is our collaborative, interdisciplinary design and planning
process. Where others may follow a multidisciplinary approach-with various
professionals working along parallel but often independent paths-we advocate an
approach that brings the client, the design team, and the community together in
a more integrated, transparent process of mutual discovery, problem solving, and
action planning.
In designing processes, we draw on our experience with the following:
Workshops & Design Charrettes. Our workshop and multi-day charrette
approach is designed to facilitate collaboration among team members, the
client group, key stakeholders and the general public, and provide productive
opportunities for the testing and refinement of design ideas and development
strategies.
Interviews, Briefings & Focus Groups. One-on-one interview, key leader
briefmgs and small group work sessions complement the larger-scale events and
activities and offer opportunities to build bridges between the project and key
stakeholders.
Hearings & Approval Processes. Working with the client, HOK participates in
developing the approval and evaluation process strategy; prepares the required
documentation, applications, and submittals; and participates in reviews,
presentations and public hearings with citizens' groups, local, state, and federal
planning staff and boards.
Newsletters, Brochures & Flyers. The HOK Planning Group is involved in
large-scale projects that require various forms of print and electronic media as
communications and marketing tools. To serve specific client and project needs,
The HOK Planning Group has produced posters, brochures and booklets for
publicity, information and consensus-building.
In metropolitan St. Louis, the Clean Water, Safe Parks and Community Trails
initiative required brochures and mailers to circulate information and solicit
volunteers for the passage of a regional referendum. Several full-color posters
were designed and produced for the Confluence Greenway.
In Detroit, The HOK Planning Group designed and illustrated a 28-page master
tourism plan booklet for the Convention and Visitors Bureau. In Haifa, Israel,
The HOK Planning Group led a public participation effort for the expansion and
redevelopment of the Stella Maris Monastery on Mount Carmel that included a
booklet of master plan renderings, diagrams and technical information.
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Web Sites & FTP. HOK can provide a private FTP site for the mutual exchange
of information and data; as well as participate in virtual meetings via the Internet
with data exchange and edit capabilities through such sites as "WebEx".
HOK is increasingly utilizing project websites to coordinate and communicate
among project team members throughout the life of a project. The website
provides a unique platform for graphic and non-graphic information. The site can
include CAD drawings, specifications, project construction photography, meeting
notes, program documentation, schedules and correspondence. A project web site
creates a comprehensive, interactive project information system.
Simulations and Visualizations. HOK provides full service computer
visualization and computer animation services. Computer visualizations provide
three-dimensional conceptualizations of planning, architectural and interior
projects based on existing data from our CAD systems, using 3D Studio VIZ as
well as other software. This technology allows clients to visually experience
project components before the construction process begins.
HOK also has an in-house Model Shop that produces models which range in
many project types and sizes. The ability to see actual space is a tremendous help
in visualizing the actual project.
Other relevant HOK projects with extensive public participation are described
below.
Highway 141 Corridor Enhancement Plan - Town and Country, Missouri
Critical to the implementation of the 141 Corridor Plan was the public involvement process.
Obtaining a consensus on the vision for the enhancement of 1.2 miles of highway was
essential in the development of the plan. HOK was selected to prepare this enhancement
plan to address the concerns identified by the Advisory Committee. As the majority of
the study area concerns state highway right-of-way, representatives from The Missouri
Department of Transportation (MoDOT) were involved in the process.
Fenton Olde Towne Master Plan and Urban Design - Fenton, Missouri
HOK provided overall design services for the master planning and urban design of
the historic Olde Towne area in Fenton. The project includes extensive community
involvement, and a series of interactive workshops were held. A project website was
prepared to keep the community informed about the results of the project at each stage.
Gateway Parks & Trails 2004 Master Plan - Missouri and Illinois
Gateway Parks & Trails 2004 is an initiative ofSt. Louis 2004's Parks and Open Space
Task Force to promote clean water, safe parks and neighborhood trails throughout the
12 county St. Louis metropolitan area. The HOK Planning Group is assisting GPT2004
with a master plan for 200.4 miles of greenways and recreation trails and establishing a
regional parks and trails district for the 12 counties of Missouri and Illinois. The HOK
Planning Group and its consultant team engaged in a public engagement process which
utilized focus group and community meetings, brochures, flyers, PowerPoint and website
presentations with the objective of passing a public referendum to establish the parks and
trails district and implement the master plan's 200.4 miles of trails by the bicentennial of
the 1804 acquisition of the Louisiana Territory and Lewis & Clark Expedition.
theHOKPlanningGroup
NON-COLLUSION AFFIDAVIT
I,
Sener Antonio
of the city
of Miami according to law on my oath, and under penalty
of perjury, depose and say that;
1) I am Spnpn Anf"nni n , the bidder making the
Proposal for the project described as follows:
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES TO PREPARE A
TAVERNIER CREEK BRIDGE TO APPROXIMA TEL Y MILE MARKER 97fUS 1
CORRIDOR AREA ENHANCEMENT PLAN
FOR MONROE COUNTY [FLORIDA KEYS]
2) The prices in this bid have been arrived at independently without collusion,
consultation, communication or agreement for the purpose of restricting competition, as to any
matter relating to such prices with any other bidder or with any competitor;
3) Unless otherwise required by law, the prices which have been quoted in this bid have
not been knowingly disclosed by the bidder and will not knowingly be disclosed by the bidder
prior to bid opening, directly or indirectly, to any other bidder or to any competitor; and
4) No attempt has been made or will be made by the bidder to induce any other person,
partnership or corporation to submit. or not to submit, a bid for the purpose of restricting
competition;
5) The statements contained in this affidavit are true and correct. and made with full
knowledge that Monroe County relies upon the truth of the statements contained in this affidavit
in awarding contracts for said project.
COUNTY OF Miami Dade
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PERSONALLY APPEARED BEFORE ME. the undersigned authority,
Senen Antonio who. after first being swam by me, (name of
individual signing) affixed his/her signature in the space provided above on this
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DEBBIE DEMPSEY
Notary Public - Notary Seal
51 ATE OF MISSOURI
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'>'Iv Commission Expires: May 22. 2006
DRUG-FREE WORKPLACE FORM
The undersigned vendor in accordance with Florida Statute 287.087 hereby certifies that:
Hellmuth. Obata + Kassabaum. Inc.
(Name of Business)
1. Publish a statement notifying employees that the unlawful manufacture, distribution,
dispensing, possession, or use of a controlled substance is prohibited in the workplace and
specifying the actions that will be taken against employees for violations of such prohibition.
2. Inform employees about the dangers of drug abuse in the workplace, the business's policy of
maintaining a drug-free workplace, any available drug counseling, rehabilitation, and employee
assistance programs, and the penalties that may be imposed upon employees for drug abuse
violations.
3. Give each employee engaged in providing the commodities or contractual services that are
under bid a copy of the statement specified in subsection (1).
4. In the statement specified in subsection (1), notify the employees that, as a condition of
working on the commodities or contractual services that are under bid, the employee will abide
by the terms of the statement and will notify the employer of any conviction of, or plea of guilty
or nolo contendere to, any violation of Chapter 893 (Florida Statutes) or of any controlled
substance law of the United States or any state, for a violation occurring in the workplace no later
than five (5) days after such conviction.
5. Impose a sanction on, or require the satisfactory participation in a drug abuse assistance or
rehabilitation program if such is available in the employee's community, or any employee who is
so convicted.
6. Make a good faith effort to continue to maintain a drug-free workplace through
implementation of this section.
As the person authorized to sign the statement, I certify that this firm complies fully with the
above requirements.
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SWORN STATEMENT UNDER ORDINANCE NO. 10-1990
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
ETHICS CLAUSE
Hellmuth. Obata + Kassabaum. Tnc-. warrants that he/it has not employed, retained
or otherwise had act on his/its behalf any former County officer or employee in violation of
Section 2 of Ordinance No. 10-1990 or any County officer or employee in violation of
Section 3 of Ordinance No.1 0-1990. For breach or violation of this provision the County
may, in its discretion, terminate this contract without liability and may also, in its discretion,
deduct from the contract or purchase price, or otherwise recover, the full amount of any fee,
commission, percentage, gift, or consideration paid to the former County officer or employee.
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ST ATE OF Florida
COUNTY OF Miami Dade
PERSONALLY APPEARED BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority,
Senen Antonio who, after first being sworn by me, affixed hislher
signature (name of individual signing) in the space provided above on this pIlL day of
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NOTARY PUBLIC r
My commission expires:
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DEBBIE DEMPSEY
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SiATE OF MISSOU~I
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