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Fomotor Engineering
225 South Civic Drive, Suite 1-5 • Palm Springs, California 92262 Office: (760) 323-1842 • Facsimile: (760) 323-1742
Email: [email protected]
Civil Engineering Land Surveying Land Planning
April 17, 2023
On-Call Engineering Support Services
For Various City Engineering Department Projects
Engineering Department
Att: Andrew Lee, Assistant Engineer
City of Cathedral City
68700 Avenida Lalo Guerrero
Cathedral City, CA 92234
WORK PROPOSAL for On-Call Engineering Support Services for Various City Engineering Department Projects, Cathedral City CA.
ITEM A. Work Proposal
i. COVER LETTER
Dear City Staff,
Pursuant to your request, we are pleased to present the following proposal for On-Call Engineering Support Services for Various City Engineering Department Projects, Cathedral City CA.
Contact Person- Project Manager
Contact: Phillip Fomotor, CEO
Fomotor Engineering (Fomotor, Inc.)
225 South Civic Drive, Suite 1-5
Palm Springs CA 92262
760-323-1842 office
760-413-0114 cell
[email protected]
Project Delivery timing: We understand the City's time constraints with these projects.
We commit to meet the City time line requirements for each project.
And will give preference to City projects.
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We understand our agreement for this work will be per the 'Agreement for Design Professional Services between the City of Cathedral City and the Consultant' in the RFP. And scope of work and requirements are per the 'City Request for Proposals' document for this contract.
Firm Background Information
Fomotor Engineering is a full-service, multi-discipline civil engineering, planning and surveying firm founded 29 years ago in 1994. Company founder and owner, Phillip Fomotor, has over 37 years of professional engineering experience. Phillip holds licenses in the State of California. Fomotor Engineering has an extensive background in all phases of civil design, field surveying, environmental document preparation and project management. Our clients are from the private sector and public agencies in the Coachella Valley, the High Desert, and throughout Southern California.
Civil Engineering Services include: land planning, site plan preparation, rough and precise grading plans, drainage plans, street improvement plans, utility improvement plans and hydrology studies.
Environmental Services include: Preparation of Water Quality Control Plans (WQMP), State Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plans (SWPPP), and Fugitive Dust Control Plans (PM10).
Land Surveying Services include: property surveying, topographical surveying, ALTA's, construction surveying, construction staking, preparation of lot line adjustments, subdivision maps, easement legal descriptions, corner records and Records of Survey.
Fomotor Engineering currently and has previously performed development review and plan checking Services to public agencies. We currently provide these services to the City of Cathedral City and have previously provided these services to:
the City of Palm Springs, the City of Palm Desert, and the City of Rancho Mirage.
Fomotor Engineering (Fomotor, Inc.) is a Registered Public Works Contractor with the Department of Industrial Relations
PW-LR- Number: 1000578820
Fomotor Engineering is committed to the effective use of technology and utilizes the latest CAD and engineering analysis software, and Drone Aerial Topography, GPS and Robotic land surveying equipment.
Our offices are located at 225 S. Civic Drive, Ste. 1-5, Palm Springs, CA 92262. Phillip Fomotor may be contacted by email at [email protected], by phone at 760-323-1842, cell 760-413-0114, or by fax at 760-323-1742.
Fomotor Engineering believes in affirmative action. We actively encourage all qualified individuals to seek positions with us.
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Fomotor Engineering has general liability insurance, professional liability insurance, commercial auto insurance & worker compensation, providing at least the minimums outlined in the City Standard Professional Services Agreement.
Fomotor Engineering currently has 10 employees.
Fomotor Engineering is a California S Corporation.
Fomotor Engineering workdays are Monday through Friday, hours 8am to 5pm.
I would like to thank you for this opportunity to provide this proposal and am looking forward to hopefully working with you.
Best regards,
FOMOTOR ENGINEERING
romotor, Ine.
PHILLIP K. FOMOTOR, P.E., P.L.S.
CEO
Civil # 47284
QSD / QSP # 23078
Land Survey # 7070
PWCR Number: 1000031088
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ii: STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS, RELATED EXPERIENCE AND
REFERENCES
(1) PROPOSED STAFFING AND PROJECT OGANIZATION
Staff members on project
Engineering Staff to work on City Projects:
PHILLIP FOMOTOR, P.E., P.L.S., Çivil Engineering Manager Om B. GHARTY CHHETRI, P.E. CFM. Civil Engineer
PAUL MC ENTYRE, E.I.T., Senior Engineering Designer
SHARLA CARLSON E.I.T., Engineering Designer
ZACHARY STEIN, Engineering/Survey technician
Land Survey Staff to work on Cathedral City Projects:
PHILLIP FOMOTOR, P.E., P.L.S., Manager
JONATHAN GUZMAN, P.L.S., Survey Department Project Manager MATTHEW HANNAH, L.S.I.T., Survey Party Chief / Senior Survey Technician Eduardo Hernandez, LSIT, Survey Mapping work
DANNY HANNAH., Licensed Drone Remote Pilot, Survey Rod Person / Survey Technician
Key Personal information
PHILLIP FOMOTOR, P.E., P.L.S., Office Manager
President and Principal of Fomotor Engineering, Phillip is licensed in the State of California as a Civil Engineer and Land Surveyor with over 37 years of extensive experience in all aspects of civil engineering, land planning, surveying, environmental document preparation and project management.
Education:
Bachelor of Science in Engineering (with honors), University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, 1982
Licenses/Certifications:
State of California - Licensed Civil Engineer No. 47284; State of California - Licensed Land Surveyor No. 7070,
State of California - Qualified SWPPP Developer & Practitioner Certificate # 23078
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Om B. GHARTY CHHETRI, P.E. CFM. Civil Engineer
Om has twenty one years civil engineering experience with design and project management. He has a Master's of Science in Civil Engineering from Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas. Om is proficient in the design and preparation of street improvement plans, grading plans, wet utility plans, storm drain plans and hydrology studies. He also assists with City Plan Checking.
He previously worked for Dallas County Public Works Department as Senior Civil Engineering Designer, on various County Street Improvement Projects.
Licensed Civil Engineer No. C 72417
Paul Mc Entyre E.I.T., Senior Engineering Designer
Pramil has twenty-three years civil engineering experience with design and project management. Paul is proficient in hydrology! hydraulic studies, SWPPP Plan, WOMP Plan and PM10 Plan preparation. He also assists with City Plan Checking.
Sharla Carlson, EIT, (Engineer in Training Certificate) Senior Engineering Designer
Sharla has 19 years of experience with all aspects of Engineering Design and Land Development, including Civil Improvement Plan preparation. She has Considerable background and comprehensive involvement with numerous city, county, state and utility agencies.
Education: BS in Civil Engineering, Walla Walla University, Washington.
Sharla has AQMD PM-10 Certification
ZACHARY STEIN, Engineering/Survey technician
Zach has over two years of engineering and survey assistance and drafting experience.
JONATHAN GUZMAN, P.L.S., Survey Department Manager
Jonathan has over eleven years' experience as Survey Department Manager and over 22 years' experience in the land survey industry. Jonathan prepares estimates, oversees project management of all field, topographical and construction surveys. He also supervises the preparation of base sheets, tract maps, parcel maps, lot line adjustments and ALTA surveys. Registrations/Certifications: California - Licensed Land Surveyor No. 8652
MATTHEW HANNAH, L.S.I.T., Survey Party Chief / Senior Survey Technician Mathew has over sixteen years' experience in land surveying and has a State Land Surveyor in Training Certificate, (LST 7950). He is proficient in supervising and performing field surveys including boundary, topographical, aerial control, ALTA, precision leveling (up to second order class 1 NGS standards), construction control, and construction staking.
Danny Hannah., Licensed Drone Remote Pilot, Survey Rod Person / Survey Technician
Abraham has five years' experience in land surveying and is a Licensed Drone Remote Pilot. He is proficient in assisting with field surveys including boundary, • City of Cathedral City: on-call Engineering Support Services for various City Engineering Department Projects Fomotor Engineering, April 17, 2023 Page 6 of 11
topographical, aerial control, ALTA, precision leveling (up to second order class 1 NGS standards), construction control, and construction staking.
Danny has AQMD PM-10 Certification
EDDIE HERNANDEZ, L.S.I.T, Certified Survey Technician CST, Mapping, Field Survey, 24 years experience.
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(1) Experience with Similar Work- partial list only
City of Cathedral City
John Corella PE and Dave Faessel PE
We have provided City of Cathedral City Engineering Department On-call Comprehensive Plan Checking Services for about 5 years from 2018, with John Corella.
We provided City of Cathedral City on-call Land Survey Services for about 4 years, from 2018 through 2022.
We have provided City of Cathedral City engineering design services over the years, including:
• Carey Road, civil design, and survey for street improvements. • Parking Lot Expansion on City Lot located at the corner of West Buddy Rogers Avenue and East Palm Canyon Drive in the City of Cathedral City CA. (Apn 687- 473-008)- civil design and survey.
City of Rancho Mirage: Leland Cole (760-770-3224 w, 760-902-2782 c) Public Works Dept
Civil Engineering Design and Land Survey assistance with miscellaneous Street and Drainage Improvement projects including:
• Mirage Cove Drive, Stellar Drive, Nebulae Way, Venus Drive & Saturn Circle monument tie outs
• Monterey Avenue Land Survey and Aerial Topo services
• Magnesia Falls Drive, Cholla Lane and Verbina Road land survey and design • Follansbee Road Street Improvements survey and design. • Monterey and Clancy Lane right turn pocket survey and design • Storm Drain Master Plan, and City Storm Drain Main Line Improvement Design, quite a few years ago.
GHA Companies
Mario Gonzales, President CEO, 760-969-1400 ext 1420 Office, 760-250-8611 cell Various residential subdivision projects, including Sunny Lane Tract 36623, Rancho Mirage, and the District Project Tract 36747, Cathedral City Complete Civil Design, Land Surveying, Mapping and Construction Staking assistance.
RIO DEL SOL
Noel Humphrey 949-374-3525
Ongoing complete Civil Design, Land Surveying, Mapping and Construction Staking assistance.
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Jim Shute Tract 38137, Cathedral City, 949-262-0084
Ongoing complete Civil Design, Land Surveying and Mapping assistance.
Quick Quack Car Wash Southern California Projects in Palm Springs, Coachella and Cathedral City.
Complete Civil Design, Land Surveying,
Dream Hotel, Palm Springs CA.
Lauri Kibby 310-877-3110 cell
7.5 acre Hotel Project in Palm Springs Ca.- NW corner Alejo Ongoing complete Civil Engineering and Land Surveying and Mapping assistance. :
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SCOPE OF WORK, WORK PLAN / TECHNICAL APPROACH
Scope of work is as outlined in the City RFP.
Typical work methodologies include the below:
Plan Review Methodology for City of Cathedral Engineering Civil Plan Checking duties:
1. Log every plan check submittal, noting day received, plan check number as applicable.
2. Review for compliance with the applicable City "conditions of approval" if provided by City, as well as the other City and State codes, design standards and criteria. Use our Internal Check Lists, and as available, City Plan Check Lists for review.
3. Coordinate with City staff to clarify any specific City requirements unique to the particular project, or for any other plan check issues that may arise.
4. Meet or conference with City staff and others as required or as needed.
5. Prepare plan check response letter and red-line the plan check document PDF copy with Bluebeam Revue, Nitro Pro or hand redline and scan.
6. Log date that the completed plan check is returned to the City.
Generally requested supplemental information to accompany plan check submittals:
Soils report
Title Report, along with easement documents.
City 'Conditions of Approval'
City approved Site Plan, and any preliminary civil design plans City Master Plans for the subject area that relate to the project.
Tentative Tract or Parcel Map
Please note, we do not perform Traffic Study Reviews.
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For City Street Improvement projects including geometric design, drainage design, grading, pavement delineation, surveying, signing and striping plans, street improvement plans, and support services during bidding and construction phases as well.
(We do not provide the following Traffic Engineering services: Traffic Impact Studies and analysis, and Traffic Signal and electrical Design.) Below is a suggested typical work plan (list will vary depending on project complexity and if project required incidental surveying is included) for a typical street project to accomplish the City's objectives and requirements:
Use City provided Land Survey Information- or perform the below design base sheet set up work items:
Record Map Research
Research current available record maps on file with Riverside County. Identify control monumentation to be used as onsite horizontal control. Identify monumentation of record that may be impacted due to project construction. Coordinate with City of Rancho Mirage on pending projects impacting current right-of-way boundaries.
Utility Plat & Record Drawing Research
Contact local public utility companies to obtain currently available utility plats and record as built drawings.
Site Survey Control
Using redundant GPS site surveys, establish horizontal alignment control, including street centerlines and intersections.
Using Digital Survey Levels (accurate up to 0.4 mm), tie into City Benchmark Network and set temporary benchmarks for control purposes.
Survey Monumentation Impact Assessment
Per the above Record Map Research, survey any existing onsite survey monuments and existing City benchmarks. Access if replacement or protection of monument will be required during construction.
Topographic Field Survey
Using a Leica Robotic Total Station, GPS equipment and/or Aerial Drone to perform field topographic field survey of project areas, as described in RFP services section.
Obtain spot elevations and critical points necessary to create a 3-dimensional surface of the existing curb, curb and gutter, or asphalt to enable surface drainage analyses of the project construction area. Locate existing utility improvements that may be impacted from curb and asphalt replacement. (e.g. water valves, water meters, sewer and storm drain manholes, fire hydrant reflectors).
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Design Base Sheet Preparation
Per the above Record Map Research and Site Survey Control, plot street center lines and required rights-of-way. Per the above Utility Plat & Record Drawing Research and Topographic Field Survey plot existing utilities in the project area. Using Autodesk's Civil 3D, generate 3-dimensional surface of the existing curb, curb and gutter, or asphalt of the project construction area to enable surface drainage analyses of project area.
Generate 1 foot contours and display critical spot elevations as needed.
Project Review Meeting
Coordinate meeting between key Fomotor Engineering Design team members and City of Cathedral City Staff to review specific project requirements.
Preliminary Removal and Construction Design
Prepare preliminary Removal and Construction design for the Project Areas, identifying areas of concern.
Preliminary Plan Meeting
Coordinate meeting between key Fomotor Engineering Design team members and City of Cathedral City Staff to review preliminary design.
Construction Plan Preparation
Prepare final Removal and Construction Plans for the Project Areas.
Prepare Construction Item Quantity and Cost Estimates.
Assist with preparing project specifications.
City Review
Submit Plans, Specifications and Cost Estimates to City for Review. Revise per review comments.
Provide Construction and Bidding Phase Assistance- as listed in the RFP As Built Field Survey- if requested
Perform field as built field survey of construction areas. Obtain spot elevations and critical points necessary to create a 3-dimensional surface of the existing curb, curb and gutter, or asphalt to enable surface drainage analyses of the construction area. Locate existing utility improvements that were impacted from curb and asphalt replacement. (e.g. water valves, water meters, sewer and storm drain manholes, fire hydrant reflectors).
Construction Plan Revision
Per the above As Built Field Survey, revise Construction Plans to as-built conditions noting significant curb or asphalt elevation or slope discrepancies. Note significant discrepancies of utility improvements that were impacted from curb and asphalt replacement.