National City City Council
April 15, 2025

RESOLUTION NO. 2025 -

RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY , CALIFORNIA, 1) WAIVING THE FORMAL BID PROCESS PURSUANT TO NATIONAL CITY MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 2.60.260 REGARDING COOPERATIVE PURCHASING AND AUTHORIZING

THE CITY TO PIGGYBACK ONTO COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO REQUEST FOR QUOTATIONS # 769 WITH CHULA VISTA FORD FOR THE PURCHASE OF THREE 2025 FORD POLICE INTERCEPTOR UTILITY (K8A) AW D VEHICLES IN A NOT-TO-EXCEED AMOUNT OF $173,000 FOR THE NATIONAL CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT; 2) WAIVING THE FORMAL BID PROCESS PURSUANT TO NATIONAL CITY MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 2.60. 110

REGARDING EXCEPTION S TO FORMAL COMPETITIVE BIDDING AND AUTHORIZING

PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION SERVICES FROM AMERICAN EMERGENCY PRODUCTS IN A NOT-TO-EXCEED AMOUNT OF $105,000 TO COMPLETE THE BUIL DOUTS FOR ALL THREE VEHICLES ; AND 3) AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO APP ROVE ADJUSTMENTS OF UP TO $27,800 TO THE NOT -TO-EXCEED AMOUNT S FOR THE PURCHASES AS A 10% CONTINGENCY FOR UNFORESEEN FLUCTUATIONS IN PRICING.

WHEREAS, two (2) National City Police Department Ford Explorer Police Interceptors have been in service for almost ten (10) years and have exceeded their useful and optimum life cycle of six (6) years and are scheduled to be replaced; and

WHEREAS, the City of National City has an opportunity to piggyback onto County of San Diego Request for Quotations (“RFQ”) # 769 with Chula Vista Ford to allow for the purchase of three (3) 2025 Ford Police Interceptor Utility (K8A) AWD vehicles; and WHEREAS, Section 2.60.260 of the National City Municipal Code provides that the City may buy directly from a vendor at a price established through competitive bidding by another public agency whose procedures have been determined to be in substantial compliance with the City’s procurement procedures, and such a determination has been made in this case, therefore, it is recommended that the purchase be made without complying with the competitive bidding procedure set forth in the Municipal Code; and
WHEREAS, National City’s Purchasing staff has confirmed that the County of San Diego RFQ # 769 with Chula Vista Ford was competitively bid through a Request for Proposals process, and that the County of San Diego procurement procedures are in substantial compliance with those of National City; and
WHEREAS, Section 2.60.110(B) of the National City Municipal Code provides that the City Council may waive formal competitive bidding requirements when, among other reasons, competitive bidding is or would be impractical or impossible or the circumstances are such that no obvious, ascertainable advantage to the City could result, and such a determination has been made in this case, therefore, it is recommended that the purchase be made without complying with the competitive bidding procedure set forth in the Municipal Code; and WHEREAS, National City’s Purchasing staff has confir med that, due to the need to complete the buildouts for the new police vehicles in a timely manner , coupled with American Emergency Products’ development of a proprietary plug -and-play wire harness system customized for and used on other Police Department’s patrol vehicles (as well as Fire Department vehicles), competitive bidding would be impractical or impossible and there is no obvious, ascertainable advantage from such bidding; and

WHEREAS, City staff recommends adoption of the resolution as stated.

NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY, CALIFORNIA, DOES RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE, AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1: That the City Council hereby authorizes waiving the formal bid process pursuant to National City Municipal Code Section 2.60.260 regarding cooperative purchasing and authorizing the City to piggyback onto County of San Diego Request for Quotations (RFQ) # 769 with Chula Vista Ford for the purchase of three (3) 2025 Ford Police Interceptor Utility (K8A) AWD vehicles in a not-to-exceed amount of $173,000 for the National City Police Department.

Section 2: That the City Council hereby authorizes waiving the formal bid process pursuant to National City Municipal Code Section 2.60. 110 regarding exception s to formal competitive bidding requirements and authorizing purchase and installation services from American Emergency Products in a not-to-exceed amount of $105,000 to complete the buildouts for all three vehicles.

Section 3: That the City Council hereby authorizes the City Manager to approve adjustments of up to $27,800 to the not -to-exceed amounts for the purchases as a 10% contingency for unforeseen fluctuations in pricing.
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Section 4: That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this Resolution and enter it into the book of original Resolutions.

PASSED and ADOPTED this 15th day of April, 2025.

Ron Morrison, Mayor

ATTEST:

Shelley Chapel, MMC, City Clerk

APPROVED AS TO FORM:

Barry J. Schultz, City Attorney

AGENDA REPORT

Department: Library
Prepared by: Danielle Ghio, City Librarian
Meeting Date: Tuesday, April 15, 2025
Approved by: Benjamin A. Martinez, City Manager

SUBJECT:

California State Library Lunch at the Library Grant Funds Acceptance

RECOMMENDATION:

Adopt the Resolution Entitled “Resolution of the City Council of the City of National City, California, Authorizing the City Manager or his Designee to Accept the California State Library Grant in the Amount of $6,138 to Fund the National City Public Library’s Lunch at the Library Program for FY 2025 and Authorizing the Establishment of a Library Grants Fund Appropriation of $6,138 and Corresponding Revenue Budget.”

BOARD/COMMISSION/COMMITTEE PRIOR ACTION:

Approved by the Board of Library Trustees at the Regular Meeting of April 2, 2025.

EXPLANATION:

The National City Public Library began a Lunch at the Library pilot program in 2024 to support providing summer meals to children and youth. The focus of the program is to provide summer meal sites with learning and enrichment opportunities and wraparound community services in conjunction with meals.

The National City Public Library will again partner with Heaven’s Windows, a non -profit whose mission is to aid struggling families, seniors, homeless individuals with free groceries and children with free meals when school is not in session. Heaven’s Window will supply, deliver, and serve nutritious meals to children up to 18 years of age over the course of 10 weeks in summer.

The California State Library grant is designed to establish summer meal sites that also provide programming, farm-to-table resources, and enrichment activities, and develop and build local and regional networks to connect families with nutritious summer meals to reduce summer hunger.

This opportunity supports libraries in implementing innovative and often larger -scale efforts to connect more children, teens, and families with nutritious meals during the summer.

The California State Library grant is awarded in three installment payments. The first payment of $2,762 (45% of the Lunch at the Library Award) is being awarded at this time. The second payment of $2,762, representing an additional 45% of the award will be awarded according to the payment schedule. The third payment of $614 representing the remaining 10% of the total award for FY 2025, will be claimed at a later date upon submission of the mid-year narrative and financial reports that demonstrate program activity and confirm that 75% of the award has been expended.

The total award amount for FY 202 5 will be $ 6,138. Funds will pay for enrichment activities, marketing, instructional materials, and supplies.

FINANCIAL STATEMENT:

Approval of the Resolution would authorize the establishment of a Library Grants Fund appropriation of $ 6,138 in account no. 320 -50-41-41411-7399- (Materials and Supplies) and a corresponding revenue budget in account no. 320-50-41-41411-3463- (Other State Grants).

RELATED CITY COUNCIL 2020-2025 STRATEGIC PLAN GOAL:

Parks, Recreation and Library

ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW:

This is not a project under CEQA , and is therefore , not subject to environmental review.

CCR15378; PRC 21065.

PUBLIC NOTIFICATION:

The Agenda Report was posted at least 72 hours before the Regular Meeting date and time, and 24 hours before a Special Meeting in accordance with the Ralph M. Brown Act

ORDINANCE:

Not Applicable

EXHIBITS:

Exhibit A - California State Library Award Letter
Exhibit B - Resolution

Library – Courts Building 916-323-9759
P.O. Box 942837 [email protected]
Sacramento, CA 94237-0001 www.library.ca.gov

January 16, 2025

Danielle Ghio, Acting City Librarian
National City Public Library
1401 National City Blvd
National City, CA 91950

Dear Danielle Ghio,

We are pleased to approve the grant application for your Lunch at the Library Summer 2025 project for a total of $6,138 in state grant funds. National City Public Library will receive $6,138 of the award upon execution and approval of the grant agreement, certification, and claim forms.

Hard copies of this correspondence will not follow. Keep the entirety of the correspondence for your files and consider these award materials your original documents.

This grant is governed by the attached Grant Agreement and Certification of Compliance, which includes the project period, reporting requirements, and payment schedule. The approved budget and application can be found in our grant management system, AmpliFund. Login to AmpliFund here: www.gotomygrants.com

Please sign the claim and certification forms at the back of your award packet using the DocuSign system. Should you have any questions regarding the use of DocuSign please contact your grant monitor. Upon receipt of a completed claim form that is free of errors or inaccurate information, the State Library processes it for routing to the Office of the State Controller which ultimately issues the check. The total time for the claim form to be processed, routed, payment issued, and mailed can be up to eight weeks, but is often a shorter timeframe.

If you still have not received payment after eight weeks, please contact your grant monitor.

The Grant Monitor assigned to your project is Robyn McCreight. She is available to assist you throughout the year and can be reached via email at [email protected]. Please stay in touch with your Grant Monitor throughout the award period. Read the enclosed award packet thoroughly and contact your Grant Monitor if you have any questions.

Best wishes for a successful project.

Respectfully yours,

Greg Lucas
California State Librarian

Docusign Envelope ID: 67F0AB4F-3CEA-4BBC-B0BC-7CE1AEC805B5

Library – Courts Building 916-323-9759
P.O. Box 942837 [email protected]
Sacramento, CA 94237-0001 www.library.ca.gov

THE BASICS – YOUR GRANT AWARD
The following provides all the basic information about your grant and managing your grant.

Award #: LATL24-41A
Library/Organization: National City Public Library
Project Title: Lunch at the Library Summer 2025
Award Amount: $6,138
Start Date: February 1, 2025
End Date: January 31, 2026
Please understand that it can take from six to eight weeks before grant funds are delivered.

If you have not received your payment after eight weeks, please contact your grant monitor.

REPORTING
Lunch at the Library 2025 participants are required to provide financial and narrative reports as outlined in the grant terms and conditions: May 30, 2025, August 30, 2025, September 10, 2025, and November 30, 2025. Final financial and narrative reports by February 28, 2026; and updates upon request. Reports will be submitted to the grant management system here:
www.gotomygrants.com

PAYMENTS
Please note this clarification regarding payments. Grant payments will be made based on the payment schedule laid out in the Grant Term and Award Documentation. See item 41 in the Terms and Conditions to view the payment schedule for your grant.

CONTACT
We want your project to be successful. Please work with your grant monitor and project consultant in implementing your project:

Grant Monitor: Robyn McCreight
Monitor Phone Number: 916-603-6716
Monitor Email Address: [email protected]
Project Consultant Kaela Villalobos
Consultant Email Address [email protected]

Cc:

Danielle Ghio
Kaela Villalobos
Robyn McCreight
California State Library Fiscal Office

Docusign Envelope ID: 67F0AB4F-3CEA-4BBC-B0BC-7CE1AEC805B5

RESOLUTION NO. 2025 -

RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY , CALIFORNIA,

AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR HIS DESIGNEE TO ACCEPT THE CALIFORNIA STATE LIBRARY GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $ 6,138 TO FUND THE NATIONAL CITY PUBLIC LIBRARY’S LUNCH AT THE LIBRARY PROGRAM FOR F Y 2025 AND

AUTHORIZING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A LIBRARY GRANTS FUND APPROPRIATION OF $6,138 AND CORRESPONDING REVENUE BUDGET.

WHEREAS, the California State Library grant is designed to establish summer meal sites that also provide programming, farm to table resources, enrichment activities and develop and build local and regional networks to connect families with nutritious summer meals to reduce summer hunger. This opportunity supports libraries in implementing innovative and often larger- scale efforts to connect more children, teens, and families with nutritious meals during the summer; and

WHEREAS, the National City Public Library began a Lunch at the Library pilot program in 2024 which supports providing summer meals to children and youth. The focus of the program is to provide summer meal sites with learning and enrichment opportunities and wraparound community services in conjunction with meals; and

WHEREAS, the National City Public Library was awarded $6,138 from the California State Library to fund a Lunch at the Library program for our community residents.

NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY, CALIFORNIA, DOES RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE, AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1: That the City Council hereby authorizes the acceptance of grant funds in the amount of $6,138 from the California State Library to fund the National City Public Library’s Lunch at the Library Program for Fiscal Year 202 5 and authorizes the establishment of Library Grant Fund appropriations in the amount of $6,138 and a corresponding revenue budget.

Section 2: That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this Resolution and enter it into the book of original Resolutions.

PASSED AND ADOPTED this 15th day of April, 2025

Ron Morrison, Mayor
ATTEST:

Shelley Chapel, MMC, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:

Barry J. Schultz, City Attorney

AGENDA REPORT

Department: Library
Prepared by: Danielle Ghio, City Librarian
Meeting Date: Tuesday, April 15, 2025
Approved by: Benjamin A. Martinez, City Manager

SUBJECT:

California Library Adult and Family Literacy Services Grant Funds Acceptance Adjustment

RECOMMENDATION:

Adopt a Resolution Entitled, “Resolution of the City Council of the City of National City, California, Ratifying the Acceptance of the California Library Literacy Services (CLLS) Grant of $73,775 from the California State Library to Fund the National City Public Library’s Literacy Services Programs for Fiscal Year 2025 and Authorizing the Establishment of a Library Grants Fund Appropriation of $73,775 and Corresponding Revenue Budget.”

BOARD/COMMISSION/COMMITTEE PRIOR ACTION:

Approved by the Board of Library Trustees at the regular meeting of October 2, 2024 and April 2, 2025.

EXPLANATION:

California Library Literacy Services was developed in 1984 as the first statewide library -based adult literacy service. Since then, library literacy programs have helped more than a quarter of a million learners and their families.

The California Library Literacy Services (CLLS) Grant is designed to support the library’s literacy services program for adults who seek to improve their reading, writing, math, and computer skills.

The award amount the State Library provides to libraries that offer literacy services to their communities is based on a three-part funding formula:

1. A baseline amount ($20,000) for each approved library literacy program;

2. A per capita amount per adult learner served in the previous year’s program; and

3. Additional funding raised by local funds earmarked for adult literacy services. This local funding is fulfilled by Library Fund personnel costs for the operation of the literacy program.

The National City Public Library began a Family Literacy pilot program in FY 2023-24 which Supports the literacy development within the home and family unit. Family Literacy Services contribute to strong communiti es and families. The focus is on building strong foundations in reading, writing, and other language-based programs and activities for adult literacy learners and their families. By incorporating literacy into daily routines and interactions, families can improve their overall communication and educational outcomes.

The (CLLS) also supports the library’s literacy services program for families who seek to improve their reading, writing, math, and computer skills. The family literacy program provides family literacy packets that include lesson plans, children’s books, craft activities, and assignments for families to do together. In addition, the program provides workshops that focus on family learning

goals as well as connect and engage families with program ming, resources, and each other to obtain each learner’s goals and aspirations.

Based on the success of our Adult and Family Literacy programs the California Library Literacy Services (CLLS) has provided a one-time augmentation to our 2024-2025 CLLS Adult Literacy Services and Family Literacy Services Block Grant award with an additional $10,400.

The CLLS Grant is awarded in two installment payments. The first payment of $ 57,038 (90% of the Award) was awarded in October 2024 . The seco nd payment of $ 6,337, representing the remaining 10% of the total award for FY 2025, will be claimed at a later date upon submission of the mid-year narrative and financial reports that demonstrate program activity and confirm that 75% of the award has bee n expended. The additional award of $10,400 will be paid as a lump sum. With this final payment, the amount of the CLLS Grant award to the City of National City for FY 2025 will be $73,775.

FINANCIAL STATEMENT:

Approval of the Resolution authorizes the establishment of a Library Grant Fund appropriation of $73,775 and a corresponding revenue budget as follows:

Expenditures:

Account 320-50-41-41407-6005- Hourly Wages: $11,000
Account 320-50-41-41407-7222- Memberships & Subscriptions: $21,000 Account 320-50-41-41407-7399- Materials & Supplies: $41,775

Revenues:

Account 320-50-41-41407-3463- Other State Grants: $73,775

RELATED CITY COUNCIL 2020-2025 STRATEGIC PLAN GOAL:

Parks, Recreation and Library

ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW:

This is not a project under CEQA , and is therefore , not subject to environmental review.

CCR15378; PRC 21065.

PUBLIC NOTIFICATION:

The Agenda Report was posted at least 72 hours before the Regular Meeting date and time, and 24 hours before a Special Meeting in accordance with the Ralph M. Brown Act

ORDINANCE:

Not Applicable

EXHIBITS:

Exhibit A - State Library Award Letter Agreement and Certificate of Compliance Exhibit B – Resolution
Exhibit C - Block Grant Budget Modification Form

In Process
Library Courts Building 916-323-9759
P.O. Box 942837 [email protected]
Sacramento, CA 94237-0001 www.library.ca.gov
August 22, 2024
Danielle Ghio
National City Public Library
1401 National City Blvd.

National City, CA 91950
Dear Ms. Ghio,
and the important work that you, your staff, and your volunteers do in your community.

The state budget continues to provide $7.32 million in California Library Literacy Services funding for Adult Literacy Services and Family Literacy Services.

Your total award amount for the 2024-2025 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024, is:

Adult Literacy and Family Literacy Services: $63,375
Total Award: $63,375
CLLS programs with Family Literacy Services will receive one award total, referred to as a -2025 program period. Your library is responsible for allocating award funds between Adult Literacy Services and Family Literacy Services to respond to community needs and for adhering to the following requirements:

At least 51 percent of the block grant award must be allocated to Adult Literacy Services.

At least 26 percent of the block grant award must be allocated to Family Literacy Services.

Programs who requested a fixed award for Family Literacy Services may adjust their request by +/- 25 percent. Contact your state team for support.

The block grant model does not apply to English as a Second Language Services funds for the 2024-2025 and 2025-2026 program periods.

Your award will be claimed in two stages. The claim form included in this award packet will allow you to request the first 90% of your total award:

Total Initial Award Amount: $57,038
Information about claiming the rest of your award is included in the payment schedule at the end of your award packet.

You must encumber your funds by June 30, 2025. You must fully expend funds by September 30, 2024, in accordance with your approved budget on file with the State Library.

Docusign Envelope ID: 18CB0FAC-09AB-40E1-8966-9CDC5BB5C27E

In Process
Library Courts Building 916-323-9759P.O. Box 942837 [email protected], CA 94237-0001 www.library.ca.gov and for which a budget has been provided to and approved by the State Library.Review the California Library Literacy Services Allowable and Unallowable Expensesguidelines to ensure program expenditures are consistent with the California Library Literacy Services allowable expenses. If you have questions about expenses or expending award funds, contact Allyson Jeffredo at [email protected] strongly encourage your program staff to develop and maintain community partners to strengthen your program, attend regular regional library literacy network meetings, participate in your local Adult Education Consortium/a, and participate in library literacy training opportunities offered by the regional networks and the State Library to meet the California Library Literacy Services Mission, Values, and Program Essentials. Additional California Library Literacy Services resources can be found on the California Library Literacy Services website. The payment process begins when we receive your completed and signed claim form, certification form, and State Funded Grants Award Agreement and Certificate of Compliance included in this packet. All forms should be completed and signed through DocuSign to be processed for payment. Our library literacy staff are available to assist you throughout the year. Contact your Advisor Beverly Schwartzberg and your Grant Monitor Allyson Jeffredo at [email protected] any questions. Thank you for your willingness to do so much for those in your community. Best wishes for a successful year.Respectfully yours,Greg LucasCalifornia State LibrarianCc: Beverly Schwartzberg, [email protected] Jeffredo, [email protected] Library Fiscal Office, [email protected] Vidamo, [email protected]: Re: CLLS24-51: Claim form, certification form, and State Funded Grants Award Agreement and Certificate of Compliance Docusign Envelope ID: 18CB0FAC-09AB-40E1-8966-9CDC5BB5C27E

RESOLUTION NO. 2025-

RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY , CALIFORNIA,

RATIFYING THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE CALIFORNIA LIBRARY LITERACY SERVICES (CLLS) GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $73,775 FROM THE CALIFORNIA STATE LIBRARY TO FUND THE NATIONAL CITY PUBLIC LIBRARY’S LITERAC Y SERVICES PROGRAMS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025 AND AUTHORIZING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A LIBRARY GRANTS FUND APPROPRIATION OF $73,775 AND CORRESPONDING REVENUE BUDGET.

WHEREAS, the California Library Literacy Services (“CLLS”) Grant is designed to support the National City Public Library’s Literacy Services Program for English-speaking adults who seek to improve their reading, writing, and math skills; and WHEREAS, since 1984, the National City Public Library has assisted adults who seek to improve their reading skills and achieve personal goals such as learning the alphabet, reading a book for the first time, getting a job, sharing a book with a child, reading a medicine label, volunteering in the community, and voting; and
WHEREAS, the National City Public Library began a Family Literacy pilot program in FY 2023-24 which supports literacy development within the home and family unit and where the focus is on building strong foundations in reading, writing, and other language -based programs and activities for adult literacy learners and their families; and

WHEREAS, the CLLS grant is awarded in two installment payments. The first payment of $57,038 (90% of the Award) has been awarded. The second payment of $6,337, representing the remaining 10% of the total award for FY 2025, will be claimed at a later date upon submission of the mid-year narrative and financial reports that demonstrate program activity and confirm tha t 75% of the award has been expended. The additional award of $10,400 will be paid as a lump sum. The total award amount for FY 2025 will be $73,775.

NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY, CALIFORNIA, DOES RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE, AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1: That the City Council hereby ratifies the acceptance by the City Manager or his designee of grant funds in the amount of $73,775 from the California State Library to fund the National City Public Library’s Literacy Services Programs for Fiscal Year 2025, and authorizes the establishment of Library Grant s Fund appropriations in the amount of $73,775 with a corresponding revenue budget.

Section 2: That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this Resolution and enter it into the book of original Resolutions.

Ron Morrison, Mayor
ATTEST:

Shelley Chapel, MMC, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:

Barry J. Schultz, City Attorney

California Library Literacy Services
Block Grant Budget Modification Form
1 Library Jurisdiction: Modification Number:

Fiscal Year: Award #:

Program Budget to Modify: Total Award Amount:
2 Financial Section:

Budget Categories
Current ALS
Budget
Proposed ALS
Modification(s)
Revised ALS
Budget
Current FLS
Budget
Proposed FLS
Modification(s)
Revised FLS
Budget
Yearly
Total
(a) Salary/Wages/Benefits $0 $0 $0
(b) Consultant Fees $0 $0 $0
(c) Travel $0 $0 $0
(d) Supplies & Materials $0 $0 $0
(e) Equipment ($5,000 or more per unit) $0 $0 $0
(f) Services $0 $0 $0
Subtotal $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
(g) Indirect Costs (up to 10% of subtotal) $0 $0 $0
Total $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
3 Justification for modification:
4 Signatures:

Project Coordinator Signature: Date:

Project Coordinator Name: Email: Phone:

Director Signature: Date:

Director Name: Email: Phone:

Approval Information (Office Use Only)
Form requests to modify total budget by: less than 15% 15% - 49% 50% or more % change 0% Approved Not Approved Grant Monitor Signature: Date:

Upon approval, the above requested Grant Award Budget Modification constitutes an official amendment to the Consolidated Application Notification of Grant Award. All amendments must remain a part of all existing copies of the Consolidated Application Notification of Grant Award document. NOTE: The CLLS grant award Budget Modification Form MUST be submitted for approval by May 31 or at least 30 days prior to the project end date.

Select Modification Number
Input Award #
Input Total Award Amount
Explain why you are moving funds from one budget category to another and any impacts to your program for each change. If you are encumbering funds, also include how much funds you are encumbering, how you plan to spend the funds, and a tentative spend-by date.

Select Program
Select Fiscal Year
Select Library Jurisdiction

AGENDA REPORT

Department: Community Development
Prepared by: Samuel Marrinan, Building Official
Meeting Date: Tuesday, April 15, 2025
Approved by: Benjamin A. Martinez, City Manager

SUBJECT:

Community Development On-Call Services Request For Proposal (RFP) for Permit Processing, Plan Review, and Inspection Services.

RECOMMENDATION:

Adopt the Resolution Entitled, “Resolution of the City Council of the City of National City, California, Authorizing the Mayor to Execute a Three-Year Agreement with Interwest Consulting Group, True North Compliance Services Inc., and 4Leaf Inc. to Provide On -Call Permit Processing, Plan Review, and Inspection Services for the Community Development Department for a Not-To-Exceed Amount of $1,350,000 Per Agreement”.

BOARD/COMMISSION/COMMITTEE PRIOR ACTION:

Not Applicable.

EXPLANATION:

On February 05, 2025, the City issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) for On -Call Services to provide supplemental staffing and support for permit processing, plan review, and inspection services. The deadline for professional consulting firms to submit their proposals was March 05, 2025.

The City currently has an established contract with ESGIL Corporation, which is set to expire on April 20, 2025. These new agreements would be a replacement of the existing contract and would provide the City with three firms for permit processing, plan reviews, and inspection services for the Community Development Department. Retaining multiple firms is beneficial to the City for a couple of reasons: first, it mitigates dependency risk in the case that one of the consultants cannot provide the expected services (the City would have two additional options ); second, it provides the City with the opportunity to assign specialized and/or larger scale projects to the chosen firm for a higher level of customer service and quicker turnaround time in review.

City staff conducted a panel review of the five proposals received and has elected to move forward with Interwest Consulting Group, True North Compliance Services, Inc., and 4Leaf, Inc., as their proposals showcased the best re lated experience, understanding of the City’s expectation of services, and best on-call staff to meet the City’s needs.

The proposed professional services annual budget, beginning July 1, 2025, will be $600,000.

These contracts would have a not -to-exceed amount of $1,350,000 for the entirety of 3 years, making the per year not -to-exceed amount $450,000 for each of the agreements. The not -to- exceed amount is not a reflection of money that will be spent, but rather an allowance of total billable costs for each of the firms. The reason for having the not-to-exceed amount at $450,000 per year, per agreement, is to ensure that we would be able to utilize any of the three firms at any given time so to avoid having to readjust agreements. Upon mutual agreement, the contracts may be extended by one year for no more than three occurrences. Staff recommends that Council approve the contracts for on -call services to provide supplemental staff and support for permit processing, plan review, and inspection services on an as -needed basis and authorize the execution of the contracts.

FINANCIAL STATEMENT:

This agreement is on an as -needed basis and will be funded by fees collected, developer deposits, and various Capital Improvement Project funds and other funds as needed. Each of these contracts will have a not-to-exceed amount of $1,350,000 over a period of three years.

RELATED CITY COUNCIL 2020-2025 STRATEGIC PLAN GOAL:

Balanced Budget and Economic Development

ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW:

This is not a project under CEQA , and is therefore , not subject to environmental review.

CCR15378; PRC 21065.

PUBLIC NOTIFICATION:

The Agenda Report was posted at least 72 hours before the Regular Meeting date and time, and 24 hours before a Special Meeting in accordance with the Ralph M. Brown Act

ORDINANCE:

Not Applicable

EXHIBITS:

Exhibit A – Request For Proposal
Exhibit B – Interwest Consulting Group Proposal
Exhibit C – True North Compliance Services Inc. Proposal Exhibit D – 4Leaf Inc. Proposal
Exhibit E – Interwest Consulting Group Agreement
Exhibit F – True North Compliance Services Inc. Agreement Exhibit G – 4Leaf Inc. Agreement
Exhibit H – Resolution

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

ON-CALL PERMIT PROCESSING, PLAN REVIEW, AND

INSPECTION SERVICES

RFP Release Date:

February 05, 2025

Proposal Submittal Due Date: March 05, 2025; Time: 2:00pm

Due Date for Receipt of Questions
Regarding this RFP: February 19, 2025; Time: 2:00 PM

Submit Proposals to: City of National City
City Clerk's Office
Attn: Shelley Chapel
1243 National City Blvd.

National City, CA 91950

Submitting Department: Community Development

Project Manager: Samuel Marrinan, Building Official
[email protected]

RFP FOR ON-CALL PERMIT PROCESSING, PLAN REVIEW, CONSTRUCTION INSPECTION, AND CODE ENFORCEMENT SERVICES

City of National City │ 1243 National City Blvd., National City, CA 91950 │ (619) 336-4241 │nationalcityca.gov 2

Contents
Due Date and Delivery .................................................................................................................................................................... 3 A. INTRODUCTION/OVERVIEW ....................................................................................................................................................... 3 Background ................................................................................................................................................................................. 3 Building Division .......................................................................................................................................................................... 3 Mission Statement ...................................................................................................................................................................... 4 B. SCOPE OF SERVICES .................................................................................................................................................................... 4 Permit Processing ....................................................................................................................................................................... 4 Plan Review ................................................................................................................................................................................. 4 Inspection Services ...................................................................................................................................................................... 5 C. TECHNICAL PROPOSAL FORMAT ................................................................................................................................................ 6 Introduction/Approach ............................................................................................................................................................... 6 Experience ................................................................................................................................................................................... 6 Project Overview ......................................................................................................................................................................... 6 Detailed Work Plan ..................................................................................................................................................................... 7 Project Team ............................................................................................................................................................................... 7 Quality Control ............................................................................................................................................................................ 7 References .................................................................................................................................................................................. 7 Required Statements .................................................................................................................................................................. 7 Agreement for Professional Services .......................................................................................................................................... 7 Administrative Elements ............................................................................................................................................................. 8 Insurance ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 8 Business License .......................................................................................................................................................................... 8 Subcontracting ............................................................................................................................................................................ 8 Public Information ...................................................................................................................................................................... 8 D. COST PROPOSAL ......................................................................................................................................................................... 8 E. EVALUATION AND SELECTION .................................................................................................................................................... 8 F. ATTACHMENTS ......................................................................................................................................................................... 10

RFP FOR ON-CALL PERMIT PROCESSING, PLAN REVIEW, CONSTRUCTION INSPECTION, AND CODE ENFORCEMENT SERVICES

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Due Date and Delivery
Proposals must be for the entire scope of services outlines in this RFP. Incomplete proposals will not be considered. The proposer shall submit a package clearly marked on the outside as "Proposal for On -Call Services" to the City Clerk's Office. The package shall contain the following:
• Three (3) bound copies and one (1) electronic copy (flash drive is preferred method, emails not accepted) of the proposal;
• One (1) original and two (2) copies of the cost proposal in a separate sealed envelope clearly marked "Sealed Cost Proposal"; and
• A signed W-9
Proposals must be received by the City Clerk's Office no later than 2:00pm Monday, March 0 5, 2025 .

Submissions received after this deadline will be rejected. Submissions by facsimile or electronic mail will not be accepted.

A. INTRODUCTION/OVERVIEW
Background
National City is located 5 miles south of downtown San Diego, on San Diego Bay in southern San Diego County, and 10 miles north of Baja California, Mexico. The City is bordered by San Diego to the north and east, Chula Vista to the south, the unincorporated areas of Lincoln Acres and Bonita to the south and southeast, and San Diego Bay to the west.

The City of National City is a General Law City in the State of California and was incorporated on September 17, 1887, and operates under a council -manager form of government. The City is a community consisting of approximately 9.2 square miles with an estimated population of 56,173.

The City of National City puts a large emphasis on customer service and giving our citizens a level of comfortability when visiting or contacting the City so that they are encouraged to obtain permits, adhere to local codes, and be proud to call National City home. With these values at the core, the City has experienced an influx of projects requiring processing, plan check, inspection, and enforcement. To continue to provide quality and timely services to the p ublic, the City is requesting proposals for on -call services to provide additional support.

Building Division
National City’s Building Division is made up of 7 staff members with the positions as follows: Building Official, Deputy Building Official, 1 Senior Building Inspector, 2 Permit Technicians, 1 part-time Permit Technician, and 1 Administrative Assistant. The Building Division received 917 new building permit applications in the calendar year of 2024 with a total valuation of just under $73,000,000.00 which resulted in 2,101 inspections being completed.

RFP FOR ON-CALL PERMIT PROCESSING, PLAN REVIEW, CONSTRUCTION INSPECTION, AND CODE ENFORCEMENT SERVICES

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Mission Statement
At our core, we believe the essence of excellent public service is intricately woven into the fabric of our organization's greatness and personality. We understand that achieving organizational excellence commences with the cultivation of a vibrant and positive organizational culture, a culture that thrives under the guiding hand of exceptional leadership.

Leadership, in our view, transcends the mere ability to command adherence to directives; it is an art. It is the delicate craft of inspiring individuals to embark on extraordinary journeys and attain meaningful objectives. As leaders, we recognize that the cultural bedrock of our organization is fashioned through the daily examples we set and the qualities we embody in the execution of our duties.

B. SCOPE OF SERVICES
Permit Processing
• When needed, provide experienced on-call staff to assist the Building Division with all aspects of the permitting process to include but not limited to:
o Accepting permit applications and building plans
o Checking for proper contractor’s license
o Calculating and collecting permit and other applicable fees o Routing of plans to various City departments and/or third-party agencies o Providing written and verbal communication regarding status updates and/or requirements o Prepare approved plan packages for permit issuance
o Issuance of building permits
• Input and track permit activities using the City’s permitting system • Review and evaluate plans for completeness and conformance with department standards, policies, and/or guidelines
• Research, compile, and prepare various reports
• Build and maintain positive working relationship with co-workers, City employees, and the public using principles of professionalism and good customer service skills. • Perform other related duties as assigned

Plan Review
• Perform plan review of applicant submitted construction drawings/plans to determine compliance with all applicable Federal, State, and City adopted building codes, ordinances, and regulations, including but not limited to: California Building Code; California Plumbing Code; California Mechanical Code; California Electrical Code; California Fire Code; California Existing Buildings Code; California Historical Building Code; California Energy Code; California Green Building Standards Code; California Disabled Access Regulations; • Perform plan review of revisions to plans that were previously approved and review changes to plans prior to such approval.

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• Provide the designated project applicant and the City with a professionally formatted list of all applicable comments needed to be addressed in order for the plans to achieve conformance with the aforementioned codes, regulations, ordinances, and amendments.
• Respond to any inquiries regarding project specific questions either from the designated project applicant and/or the City.
• Attend meetings related to proposed building project at the request of the Building Official or City Engineer.
• Must have the capability to review both hard copies and electronic copies of the plan package. • Must have a designated courier (internal or third-party) to pick-up and drop-off the hard copy plan sets. • Build and maintain positive working relationships with City employees and the public using principles of professionalism and good customer service skills.

Inspection Services
Provide experienced on-call staff to assist the Building Division with all aspects of building inspection to include but not limited to:
• Performing inspections of permitted work for compliance with the approved plan set while also ensuring all City and State codes and regulations are being met, including but not limited to the California Building Code, California Plumbing Code; California Mechanical Code; California Electrical Code; California Fire Code; California Existing Buildings Code; California Energy Code; California Green Building Standards Code; California Disabled Access Regulations; jobsite NPDES BMPs; and applicable locally adopted building ordinances and amendments thereof.
• Provide reports at the request of the Building Official pertaining to Code Enforcement cases, unpermitted work, damaged buildings, and related cases as assigned. • Coordinate daily inspection requests with other inspectors and provide a daily list of the scheduled inspections prior to beginning inspections for the day. • Input inspection results in the City’s inspection tracking system as well as the permitting system making any notations of issued corrections.
• Coordinate with the Building Official on all discretionary decisions or requests for alternate materials or types of construction.
• Coordinate with the Building Official on all Certificates of Occupancy to be sure that all applicable City regulatory agencies have provided approval.
• Collect and maintain all necessary inspection records and documents related to assigned projects. • Build and maintain positive working relationships with co -workers, City employees, and the public using principles of professionalism and good customer service skills.

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C. TECHNICAL PROPOSAL FORMAT
The proposal submitted for this project must follow the outline described below and must address all requested information.
• Title Page
• Table of Contents
• Cover Letter

The Cover Letter shall be addressed to Samuel Marrinan, Building Official, and, at minimum, must contain the following:
• Identification of consultant, including name, address, and telephone number. • Name, title, address, and telephone number of contact person during period of proposal evaluation. • Statement to the effect that the proposal shall remain valid for a period of not less than 120 calendar days from the date of submittal.
• Signature of a person authorized to bind the consultant to the terms of the proposal. • California Secretary of State business entity number. • If a corporation, the resolution illustrating who can sign contracts.

Introduction/Approach
In a brief narrative, describe the proposed solution by setting forth the overall approach and plans to meet the requirements of the RFP. The intent of this narrative is to convey to the City that the consultant understands the objective of the requested service, the nature of the work, and the level of effort necessary to successfully provide the defined services. The narrative must stipulate how the consultant’s approach and plans to provide the services are appropriate to the tasks involved.

Provide general information about the consultant, including size of organization, location of offices, years in business, organizational chart, state of incorporation, names of owners and principal parties, and a state of qualification for performing the requested services. Include a statement indicating what differentiates your firm from other vendors.

Experience
Provide a summary of the vendor’s qualifications and prior experience in providing the requested services. This section must include specific and detailed descriptions of similar services provided, results of provided services, client name, and year completed.

Project Overview
Provide a narrative description of the project based on the scope of services presented in the RFP along with a detailed work plan. Include any issues that you believe will require special consideration for this project. Also identify any unique approaches or strengths you may have related to this project.

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Detailed Work Plan
Provide a brief outline of the firm’s current workload, staffing, and ability to meet the schedule and deadlines described in this RFP. Provide Table summarizing service delivery time frames and cost, including “ Fast Track” (no more than 5-10 calendar days, is desirable) plan review services and turnaround time. Time frames should be stated in terms of the number of calendar days or weeks required to complete the plan review tasks.

Identify the firm’s proximity in miles to the City’s City Hall and the firm’s ability to report to City Hall and the ability for customers to meet at the office of the firm when necessary, in order to provide the City’s customers with the highest standard of customer service. Identify process that City staff will use to transmit plan submittal packages to the firm. The firm must have the ability to accept both hard copies and electronic copies.

Project Team
Identify the project team and provide brief resumes for key staff assigned to the engagement. Identify the geographic locations of the vendor and key personnel.

Quality Control
Provide a detailed description and/or examples of the consultant’s quality control procedures that ensures all services delivered to the City are of high-quality, accurate, and have been thoroughly reviewed prior to delivery to the City.

References
Provide a complete list of other local governmental entities in California utilizing your building plan check services over the past five (5) years. Provide at least three (3) references, past and present, using the same service being proposed and indicate the scope of services, date, name, email address, and telephone number of the client contact.

Required Statements
• A written statement by the consultant that all federal laws and regulations shall be adhered to notwithstanding any state or local laws and regulations. In case of conflict between federal, state, or local laws or regulations, the strictest shall be adhered to. • A written statement by the consultant shall allow all authorized federal, state, county, and City officials access to place of work, books, documents, papers, fiscal records, payroll materials, and other relevant contract records pertinent to this project. All relevant records shall be retained for at least three (3) years. • A written statement that the consultant will not discriminate illegally against any employee or applicant for employment pursuant to applicable law.
• A written statement that the consultant shall comply with the California Labor Code., pursuant to said regulations entitled: Federal Labor Standards provisions; Federal Prevailing Wage Decision; and State of California Prevailing Wage Rates, respectively.

Agreement for Professional Services
The City has provided a copy of the Agreement for Professional Services. Please review this agreement and provide the City with a written statement of the consultant’s willingness to accept the terms of the agreement.

Please specifically identify each and every term of the agreement which the consultant is unwilling to accept and the reason therefore (See Attachment No.1). Page 264 of 679

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Administrative Elements
The consultant must assign a responsible representative and an alternate to perform the assigned tasks. Both staff members mut be identified in the proposal. The consultant’s representative will be responsible for all duties from contract negotiations through project completion. If the primary representative is unable to continue with the project, then the alternate representative will become the primary representative. Any other changes in responsible representative must be approved, in advance, by the City. The City will have the right to reject other proposed changes in personnel and may consider any other changes in responsible personnel a breach of contract. The consultant shall provide all necessary personnel, instruments, equipment, and materials to perform the described services.

The City reserves the right to accept or reject any or all proposals or to waive any defects or irregularities in the proposals or selection process.

Insurance
Within three (3) business days of successful selection, the consultant must provide the City with Certificate of Insurance providing coverage as outlined in the Agreement for Professional Services naming the City, its agents, and officers as additional insureds by written endorsement.

Business License
The successful consultant(s) are required to obtain a City Business License prior to award of contract, and to maintain the license for the entire term of the Agreement. The Business License is not a prerequisite for submission of a proposal.

Subcontracting
The consultant may not utilize the services of subconsultants.

Public Information
All materials received in response to this RFP will become public information and be available for inspection after the award of bid pursuant to the Public Records Act. The City reserves the right to retain all proposals submitted, whether or not the proposal was selected or judged to be responsive.

D. COST PROPOSAL
The cost proposal must be submitted separately in a “sealed envelope” and must include the indicated fee as a percentage of the City’s collected permit fees. The proposed fee structure should be based on the City’s Fee Schedule (See Attachment No. 2). Cost proposals must be submitted to the same address listed on the cover sheet of this document (City Clerk’s Office).

E. EVALUATION AND SELECTION
Proposals will be evaluated on the basis of the response to all provisions of this RFP. Since this solicitation is an RFP as opposed to a bid, pricing alone will not constitute the entire selection criteria. The City may use some or all of the following cr iteria and corresponding percentages in its evaluation and comparison of proposals submitted. The criteria below are not necessarily an all -inclusive list. The order in which they appear is not intended to indicate their relative importance. The City reser ves the right to modify the evaluation criteria and points as deemed appropriate prior to the commencement of evaluation.

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POTENTIAL PROPOSAL EVALUATION CRITERIA

EVALUATION CRITERIA POINTS
Qualifications/Related Experience/References 30
Thoroughness and Understanding of the Requested Services 30 Timeline and Available Resources 30
Proposer’s agreeability to all conditions of the contract 10 Total Points 100

The City reserves the right to reject any or all proposals, to request additional information concerning any proposal for purposes of clarification, to accept or negotiate any modification to any proposal following the deadline for receipt of all proposals, and to waive any irregularities if such would serve the best interests of the City as determined by the City. The City may cancel this solicitation at any time. All proposals shall comply with current-federal, state, and other laws relative thereto. The City is not liable for any costs incurred by the Proposer before entering into a formal contract. Costs for developing the proposal or any other such expenses incurred by the Proposer in responding to the RFP are entirely the responsibility of the Proposer and shall not be reimbursed in any manner by the City. No reimbursable cost may be incurred in anticipation of award.

Submission of a proposal indicates acceptance by the consultant of the conditions contained in this Request for Proposal and attached agreement unless clearly and specifically noted in the proposal submitted and confirmed in the agreement between the City and the consultant selected.

The following is a tentative schedule of this entire RFP process. While the City will attempt to apply the necessary resources to maintain this schedule, the following dates are merely projections and the City reserves the right to modify this schedule as needed to accommodate the completion of this RFP process. The following is a tentative timeline for the evaluation and RFP selection procedure.

TENTATIVE PROJECT SCHEDULE
RFP Published: February 05, 2025
Questions from Proposers Due: February 19, 2025
Questions and Answers Posted: February 26, 2025
Proposals Due: March 05, 2025
Initial Review of Proposals by Panel: TBD
Anticipated Contract Award: March 31, 2025

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F. ATTACHMENTS
• Attachment No. 1 – Professional Services Agreement (sample) • Attachment No. 2 – City of National City Building Department Fees (Effective July 1, 2022)

March 5, 2025
Samuel Marrinan, Building Official
City of National City
1243 National City Blvd.

National City, CA 91950
RE: Proposal for On-Call Permit Processing, Plan Review, and Inspection Services Mr. Marrinan,
Interwest Consulting Group (Interwest) and National City (City) have enjoyed a cooperative and constructive working relationship providing on-call permit processing, plan review, and inspection services since 2016. We value our relationship with the City and continue to strive to provide services that will best serve the City, its visitors, and the community at large.

Our team of well-qualified professionals is readily available to assist the City as needed, addressing any workload demands. The advantages our team brings to the City include the following:
• Past Performance with the City: Our relationship with the City dates back to 2016, showcasing our successful project delivery and exceptional customer service. Having been contracted for building safety and public works services, we possess familiarity with local codes, concerns, and expectations for successful project completion.
• Team Capacity and Capabilities: Interwest boasts the largest building services team in California, offering a depth of qualified and available staff unmatched by most competitors. Our San Diego office will serve the City on this contract, providing a seasoned team of experts with a successful track record in delivering plan check, community development, building inspection, and building official services as needed.
• Proven Experience: Having served the City since 2016 and gained extensive experience in similar California communities in Southern California, Interwest possesses a thorough knowledge of the City’s requirements and expectations. Our previous work highlights our technical expertise, ensuring prompt, well-qualified, and resourceful service delivery.
• Your Local Partner: Interwest positions itself as your local partner with the capacity and flexibility to tailor services to meet your specific needs. We are prepared to accept any requested work and demonstrate the capability to handle urgent assignments with short notice and rapid turnaround. Our commitment is to deliver services that align with the desires of elected officials, City staff, stakeholders, and citizens.

The Interwest Team consists of carefully selected staff members tailored to the project’s scope. David Kniff, AIA, is our proposed Project Manager and the City’s primary point of contact. With over 30 years of experience, David, a licensed Architect, has served municipalities, managed his architectural firm, and worked as a General Contractor. His multifaceted experience provides unique insights into the plan review and inspection process from various perspectives.

David Kniff contact information:
9320 Chesapeake Drive, Suite 208
San Diego, CA 92123
[email protected]
P: 619.385.1307
California Secretary of State Business Entity Number:
24156939
All Services will be directed from our San Diego office, which serves the entire Southern California region, with Interwest staff performing functions in all of our disciplines. In addition, we will not be utilizing any sub-consultants to provide services.
9320 Chesapeake Drive
Suite 208
San Diego, CA 92123
P: 858.560.1468
Cover Letter

1 3939 Atlantic Ave, # 224 Long Beach, CA 90807
On-Call Permit Processing, Plan
Review, and Inspection Services
TNCServices.com
City of National City
Community Development
Department
Your Trusted Partner for
Comprehensive
Municipal Services

ISAM HASENIN, MSCE, PE, CBO
EMAIL: [email protected]
Phone: 858-260-0495

PRIMARY CONTACT:

2 Table of Contents

1. COVER LETTER ........................................................................................................................3

2. INTRODUCTION AND APPROACH .......................................................................................4

3. EXPERIENCE .............................................................................................................................7

4. PROJECT OVERVIEW ............................................................................................................16

5. DETAILED WORK PLAN .......................................................................................................20

6. PROJECT TEAM .....................................................................................................................26

7. QUALITY CONTROL ..............................................................................................................32

8. REFERENCES ..........................................................................................................................36

9. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT .........................................................................................................38

10. CORPORATE RESOLUTION ................................................................................................39

11. APPENDIX ..............................................................................................................................42

3 Section 1. Cover Letter
February 26, 2025
Samuel Marrinan, Building Official
Community Development Department
1243 National City Blvd.,
National City, CA 91950
Dear Mr. Marrinan,
True North Compliance Services Inc. is pleased to present our proposal for the On-Call Permit Processing, Plan Review, and Inspection Services RFP. Our philosophy and guiding principles are centered around the commitment to providing public agencies with the highest quality of professional consulting services in a timely and cost-effective manner. We take pride in our ability to provide exemplary services and deep technical expertise to our clients.

True North Compliance Services, Inc. was founded and incorporated in California in 2020. Our Secretary of State Entity Number is C4554500. True North Compliance is a full -service comprehensive provider of Building, Fire, Planning and Engineering Services including plan review, building inspection, permit technician, building department administration, code enforcement, planning and fire services and other related services. Our proposal is valid for 120 days.

Isam Hasenin is President and CEO of True North and the main contact for the firm. He is authorized to represent, sign and bind True North Compliance Services, Inc. in a contractual agreement with the City of National City. His email address is [email protected]., phone number 858-260-0495. We will serve the City of National City from our office in San Diego.

The founder and president of True North Compliance Services, Inc., Isam Hasenin, has developed an impeccable reputation, over his 30 -year career, as a forward -thinking customer services-centric public agency administrator, licensed Civil Engineer and techn ical manager providing high quality responsive service to public agencies and their citizens.

I am confident True North Compliance Services, Inc. will meet and exceed the City’s expectations and provide unparalleled high-quality and timely services to the City.

We look forward to working with you and your team and building a long and successful relationship with the City of National City.

Sincerely,
Isam Hasenin, MSCE, P.E., CBO, President

4 Section 2. Introduction and Approach
Our team of over 60 highly qualified, licensed/certified plan review engineers, plans examiners, inspectors and permit technicians with many years of experience are ready to serve the needs of the City of National City including 7 SE’s, 15 PE’s in Civil, Mechanical, Electrical and Fire Protection disciplines in addition to experienced and certified plans examiners, inspectors and permit technicians.

We understand the City’s needs for Building and Safety services to augment its staff due to the high level of permit activities and the need to provide high quality, responsive and timely service.

Our depth and breadth of resources will allow us to meet th e demands and requests of the City in a timely and effective manner. We are able to quickly respond to requests to review building plans and perform inspection services on an as -needed basis. We can respond to fluctuations in workload, as well as requests for expedited project reviews. Our project manager will keep an open line of communication with Building & Safety managers and respond to requests within 24 hours of requests.

Our commitment to the City of National City is to provide the highest quality Building and Safety services to you and your clients. More specifically, we commit to the following:

1. Unparalleled Building & Safety expertise of team members, and highest quality of plan review and inspection services.

2. Our Director of Operations will serve as the single point of contact for all communication with the City.

3. We will provide the necessary plan review staffing levels to meet the volume of work and level of permit activities.

4. Open line of communications with City staff and managers and permit applicants.

5. Implementation of a rigorous quality assurance program for all services we provide to the City.

6. Availability to work directly with designer and developers to provide high quality responsive plan review services and address plan check comments.

7. Create a balance of consistency, conformance, and efficiency in all plan reviews.

8. Daily pick up of plans at City offices (for paper plans).

9. Professionally prepared comment lists with clear reference to applicable code sections.

10. Commitment to reviewing plans within the agreed upon turn-around times.

11. Ability to meet with customers at our San Diego office less than 30 minutes from City Hall.

12. Ability to provide expedited plan review services upon request.

5 13. Availability to meet virtually and in -person with applicants during pre -application and discretionary phase to provide high level code review.

14. Ability to provide technical support to the Building Official and staff such as training, code adoption, developing technical policies, procedures and review/recommendations for Alternate Materials and Methods Requests (AMMR).

Customer Service Commitment

Our singular focus on our motto “personal attentive service and excellence in the delivery of our services” allowed us to become the go-to provider for most of our clients. The common denominator for our success serving our clients is the absolute focus on delivering high quality, responsive and timely services. We will partner with city staff, applicants and designers to come up with practical common-sense solutions to difficult code compliance challenges. Our team is available to handle questions and issues raised by City staff and/or the applicants throughout the day. Our managers are available around the clock to handle whatever needs our clients might have. We keep an open line of communications with staff and applicants to streamline and expedite the review and approval of projects being reviewed. Our customer service commitment includes the following elements:

1. Application of the code in a reasonable practical yet safe manner, and understanding and applying the spirit and intent of the code whenever needed.

2. Our plan review philosophy is to perform a thorough and accurate plan review during the first submittal in order to avoid new comments and delays during subsequent review cycles and frustrating the applicants and designers.

3. Open lines of communication with the Building Official and other city managers and staff to ensure an efficient and high level of customer service.

4. When an applicant disputes plan check comments, our plan check staff is trained and instructed to quickly elevate the issues to our QC manager to work toward quick and effective resolution of the issues.

5. Implementation of our “Express Recheck By Appointment” system to enhance customer service and expedite approval of projects.

6. Office hours: our staff is available Monday through Friday from 8:00 am - 5:00 pm to respond to phone calls and email inquiries.

7. We respond to phone calls and emails no later than the next business day and in most cases on the same business day.

6 8. Our plan check staff is available , during regular business hours, to discuss and clarify plan check issues with applicants, designers, owners and consultants. Resolution of code issues may be performed by telephone, or meetings, prior to resubmitting corrected plans and documents.

7 Section 3. Experience

Our team members have performed reviews and/or inspections of thousands of projects over their long careers including hundreds of projects of variety of sizes and occupancies during their tenure with True North Compliance Services. True North has been a trusted partner for our clients to review the most complex high profile or sensitive projects including highly complex custom homes in Malibu and Dana Point to a large, enclosed IC-Hockey Arena for Riverside County, 30-story high rise mixed-use building in San Jose, multiple 5 or 6 story over concrete podiums mixed-use buildings in Pasadena, La Habra, Dana Point and Redwood City. In addition, we just started the review of a large $2-Billion complex of life sciences buildings in Burlingame which will include multiple high-rise buildings, many hazardous occupancy labs and other uses.

We also reviewed multiple hotels, educational buildings for universities and OSHPD-3 clinics.

Below is a listing of a few recent projects our team reviewed. We can provide many more if requested by the City.

1. Coachella Valley Sports Arena - Riverside County, CA: The arena serves as a multi- use facility for sporting events, concerts, and various exhibition-type events. The arena consists of two assembly seating areas, a primary seating bowl and a practice ice arena. True North Compliance Services provided the Building, MEP, and Fire Protection plan review for the arena.

Occupancy: A-4, A-3, A-2, B, M and S-2
Type of Construction: I-B Fully Sprinklered
Floor Area: 560,000 square feet
Number of Stories: 4
Valuation: $250 Million

2. BO Town- San Jose: This project consists of a 30-story mixed-use building with office, retail, conference facilities, restaurants and parking. True North Compliance Services provided the Building, MEP, and Fire Protection plan review for project.

Occupancy: R-2, B, M, A-2, S-2

8 Type of Construction: I-A
Floor Area: 900,000 square feet
Number of Stories:  30 stories
Valuation: $250M

3. Stanford Medical Office Building- Redwood City: The site consisted of a new 9-story outpatient clinic hospital services building, a 5-story parking structure and site development.

True Noth Compliance Services provide the Building, MEP and fire protection plan review for the entire site.

Occupancy: I-2.1 (OSHPD-3), A-3, B, F-1
Type of Construction: I-A Fully Sprinklered
Floor Area: 276,383 square feet
Number of Stories: 9

9 4. The Wave Hotel- Dana Point: This project consists of 3 stories below grade, 3 stories above grade high end hotel with conference facilities, restaurants and retail. True North Compliance Services provided the Building, MEP, and Fire Protection plan review for project.

Occupancy: R-1, A-2, A-3, M, B
Type of Construction: I-A, V-A
Floor Area: 114,872 square feet
Number of Stories:  3 stories below grade, 3 stories above grade Valuation: $25M

5. Top Golf- Burlingame: This project consists of a new three-story golf entertainment venue with restaurants, meeting spaces and associated improvements.

Occupancy: A-2, A-3, M and B
Type of Construction: II-B Fully Sprinklered
Floor Area: 70,663 square feet
Number of Stories: 3
Valuation: $25.5 Million

10 6. 1200-1340 Bayshore Highway – Burlingame: This project consists of the redevelopment of a 12-acre site with three, 11-story office/life science buildings totaling 1.46 million square feet.  The project includes two, 10-story parking structures each with two levels of below grade parking. True North Compliance Services provided the preliminary code review, and will be providing the Building, MEP, Fire, grading and MWELO plan review for this project.

Occupancy: B, A-3, L, S-1 and S-2
Type of Construction: I-A Fully Sprinklered
Floor Area: 1.5 million square feet
Number of Stories: 2-11 stories
Valuation: Over $2 billion.

7.Green Mills Place – Pasadena: This project consists of a new 4-story mixed use building and renovation of an existing historic building on the same site in Old Town Pasadena. True North Compliance Services provided the Building, MEP, Fire, grading and MWELO plan review for this project.

Occupancy: R-2, A-3, M and S-2
Type of Construction: III-A Fully Sprinklered
Floor Area: 26,607 square feet
Number of Stories: 4
Valuation: $17 Million

11 8. Best Western Plus Hotel - Adelanto: True North Compliance Services provided the Building and MEP plan review for the new 4-story hotel and associated site development. The hotel consisted of 54,000 square feet, 90 guest rooms, meeting rooms, a gymnasium, swimming pool, bar and restaurant.

Occupancy: R-1, A-2, A-3 and B
Type of Co: III-B
Valuation: $5.6M

9. Impossible Foods – Redwood City, CA: This project consists of a 4-story tenant improvement for the Impossible Foods Research Facility. Scope of work included demo of existing walls, ceiling and MEP systems, creating new rooms, relocating of walls, ceilings, Electrical lighting and data systems, new AC/heating units, mechanical equipment, flooring, new bathrooms, etc. True North Compliance Services provided Building and MEP plan review for the project.

Occupancy: A-3, B and S-1
Type of Construction: II-A Fully Sprinklered
Floor Area: 150,622 square feet
Number of Stories: 4
Valuation: $12 Million

10. Divine Arts of Yoga Center – La Habra, CA: This project consists of a new religious institution and yoga center. The building contains classrooms, assembly halls, a dining hall and onsite living accommodation. True North Compliance Services provided the Building and MEP plan review for this project.

Occupancy: A-3, A-2 and R-3
Type of Construction: V-A Fully Sprinklered
Floor Area: 18,000 square feet
Number of Stories: 1, Valuation: $3,250,000

12 11. Wilson Avenue Warehouse Project – Perris, CA: This project consists of a new concrete tilt-up warehouse building. True North Compliance Services provided the Building and MEP plan review for this project.

Occupancy: S-1, F-1 and B
Type of Construction: III-B Fully Sprinklered
Floor Area: 153,735 square feet
Number of Stories: 1
Valuation: $4,509,212.

12. 1021 Anacapa Drive – University California, Santa Barbara: This project consisted of a three–story tenant improvement in an existing office/training building. Scope of work included demo of existing walls, ceiling and MEP systems, creating new rooms, relocating of walls, ceilings, Electrical lighting and data systems, new AC/heating units, mechanical equipment, flooring, new bathrooms, etc. True North Compliance Services provided Building and MEP plan review for the project.

Occupancy: A-3, B and S-2
Type of Construction: V-A Fully Sprinklered
Floor Area: 13,158 square feet
Number of Stories: 3
Valuation: $1.2 Million

13 13. Strand Beach, Dana Point: True North Compliance Services provided the Building plan review for the new custom home located at “The Strand” in Dana Point. The dwelling consisted of 6,015 square feet of living space above grade, a 2,455 square foot basement below grade basement and a 2,246 square foot subterranean garage that is accessed through a car lift.

Valuation: 2.5 million

14. Alteryx- 500 Arguello Street, Redwood City. This project consisted of tenant improvements to an existing R& D facility. Scope of work included demo of existing walls, ceiling and MEP systems, relocating of walls, ceilings, Electrical lighting and data systems, new AC/heating units, mechanical equipment, flooring, new bathrooms, etc. True North Compliance Services provided Building and MEP plan review for the project.

Occupancy: A-3, B and S-2
Type of Construction: III-A Fully Sprinklered
Floor Area: 18,443 square feet
Number of Stories: 5
Valuation: $1.2 Million

15. 6th Street, Huntington Beach: True North Compliance Services provided the Building plan review for the new custom home in Huntington Beach. The dwelling consisted of 3-stories, a total of 3,100 square feet and an attached ADU.

Valuation: 1.1 million

14 16. 1819 Aston Ave, Carlsbad, Ca- University California, Santa Barbara project:

This project consisted of tenant improvement in an existing one-story building., The tenant space is used for mitigation monitoring purposes for ocean studies. Scope of work included demo of existing walls, ceiling and MEP systems, creating new rooms, relocating of walls, ceilings, Electrical lighting, new AC/heating units, mechanical equipment, flooring, new bathrooms, etc.

True North Compliance Services provided Building and MEP plan review for the project.

Occupancy: B, S-1, F-1
Type of Construction: V-A Fully Sprinklered
Floor Area: 5,731 square feet
Number of Stories: 1
Valuation: $150,000

17. Moss Adams Pasadena TI, 225 South Lake Ave, # 900, Pasadena: This project consisted of large tenant improvements to an existing office space in a high-rise building. Scope of work included demo of existing walls, ceiling and MEP systems, relocating of walls, ceilings, Electrical lighting and data systems, new AC/heating units, mechanical equipment, flooring, new bathrooms, etc. True North Compliance Services provided Building and MEP plan review for the project.

Occupancy: B
Type of Construction: I-A Fully Sprinklered
Floor Area: 12,000 square feet
Number of Stories:16
Valuation: $620,000

15 18. Broad Center for Biological Sciences/David Van Valen Laboratory Renovation, 360 Wilson Ave, Building # 96, Pasadena: This project consisted of a renovation to an existing biological sciences laboratory in an existing R&D building. Scope of work included demo of existing walls, ceiling and MEP systems, relocating of walls, ceilings, Electrical lighting and data systems, new AC/heating units, mechanical equipment, flooring, new bathrooms, etc.

True North Compliance Services provided Building and MEP plan review for the project.

Occupancy: B offices and research laboratories
Type of Construction: II-B Fully Sprinklered
Floor Area: 1,263 square feet
Number of Stories: 3 + Basement
Valuation: $145,000

19. California Institute of Technology- Professor Hsieh Laboratory Renovation, 1200 E. California Blvd, Building # 47, Pasadena: This project consisted of a renovation to an existing science laboratory in an existing R&D and classroom building. Scope of work included demo of existing walls, and MEP systems, relocating of walls, new AC/heating units, mechanical equipment, lab equipment, hazardous materials quantities determination, chemicals, fire alarms renovation, new bathrooms, etc. True North Compliance Services provided Building and MEP plan review for the project.

Occupancy: B, A-3, I-3, S
Type of Construction: I-A Fully Sprinklered
Floor Area: 2,600 square feet
Number of Stories: 6
Valuation: $195,000

20. California Institute of Technology- Professor Hsieh Laboratory Renovation, 1200 E. California Blvd, Building # 47, Pasadena: This project consisted of a renovation to an existing science laboratory in an existing R&D and classroom building. Scope of work included demo of existing walls, and MEP systems, relocating of walls, new AC/heating units, mechanical equipment, lab equipment, hazardous materials quantities determination, chemicals, fire alarms renovation, new bathrooms, etc. True North Compliance Services provided Building and MEP plan review for the project.

Occupancy: B, A-3, I-3, S
Type of Construction: I-A Fully Sprinklered
Floor Area: 2,600 square feet
Number of Stories: 6
Valuation: $195,000

16 Section 4. Project Overview
We offer the full range of development review & inspection services including Building & Safety services ranging from plan review to inspection and permit technician services and other related services. We have the depth and breadth of resources to perform any and all of the following services:
a. Building Plan Review Services: True North Compliance will provide plan review in compliance with the City of National City’s Municipal Code, all applicable federal and state laws and regulations and the City’s Building Safety Division plan review standards and policies. Our plan review covers the following:
i.California Building Code
ii.California Residential Code
iii. Structural Engineering Plan Review will be performed by licensed or graduate Civil or Structural Engineers
iv.Title 24 Energy
v.California Mechanical Code
vi.California Plumbing Code
vii.California Electrical Code
viii. Disabled Access - CASp plan review and/or site surveys, inspections and reports.
ix.Green Building and Energy Conservation
x.OSHPD-3 reviews and certification
xi.California Fire Code
xii.California Title 25
xiii. Preliminary review of discretionary applications (Conditional-Use Permits and conditions of Approval) for significant code compliance issues that may impact the overall design and planning approval of the project. xiv.Review of Floodplain provisions where required.
xv.Review of soils conditions and other geotechnical hazards such as fault zones, liquefactions, etc.
xvi.Civil Engineering (grading, drainage, National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES), MWELO, and Low Impact Development
(Hydromodification); Sustainable Use Standard Mitigation Program (SUSMP), permit requirements related to the Management Stormwa ter System (MS4 permit).
xvii.Review/recommendations for Alternate Materials and Methods Requests (AMMR).
xviii. Code adoption, Local Amendments and Ordinances.

17 b. Inspection Services: True North Compliance has the capabilities to provide inspection and reinspection for compliance with all applicable codes, standards and regulations including: California Building Code; California Residential Code; California Plumbing Code; California Mechanical Code; California Electrical Code; California Fire Code; C alifornia Energy Code; California Green Building Standards Code; California Disabled Access Regulations; California Title 25, Mobile Home Parks, as locally adopted and amended. Our inspection staff is certified by the International Code Council or other appropriate entities in accordance with AB717 and possess many years of building code inspection experience with a municipality or a private municipal consultant. Our inspectors have extensive construction and trade experience in addition to their Code knowledge, allowing for a practical approach to applying Code provisions during the inspection process.

c. Building Official Services: When requested, True North Compliance will provide a qualified certified and experienced Building Official. The individual will report to the Community Development Director and provide supervision and direction to the Building & Safety Division staff, code administration and interpretations, develop policies and ordinances, interface with customers, City staff and elected officials, and perform related administrative functions as assigned.

d. Permit Processing Services: True North Compliance has the capabilities to provide Permit Processing services as needed by the City. Our staff will provide technical support and application of City policies, methods and practices to support professional engineering, plan review, planning, and building and safety staff. Our Counter Technicians have knowledge of construction terms and operations, development and building codes required to process plans and permits along with government functions and processes.

Review permit application for completeness, perform fee calculations, route plans, verify approvals and conditions and issue permits. Use the City’s permitting system to file permit applications, calculate fees, research zoning and planning requirements, enter approvals and route plans to appropriate divisions and departments. Maintain communications with applicants, interested parties, property owners, homeowner associatio ns, various governmental agencies, and other City departments. Respond to inquiries about projects from residents and applicants.

e. Code Enforcement Services: True North Compliance has the capabilities to provide Code Enforcement and Housing services and assist the City of National City in the enforcement of applicable Zoning codes, Building codes, Housing codes, public nuisance

18 codes and State health & safety codes. Our Code Enforcement Officers have extensive experience and capabilities in the following areas: Code enforcement program review and analysis; Code enforcement inspections; Preparing administrative remedies including administrative citations; Conducting admini strative hearings; Preparing program documentation and staff reports as well as committee or Council presentations; Testifying on behalf of clients in criminal court; License and permit application review and processing; Coordination of activities with multiple departments including Building, Planning, Community Development, Police and City Attorney; Providing information on municipal regulations to property owners, residents, businesses, the general public, as well as to other departments and divisions.

f. Fire Plan Review & Inspection Services: True North Compliance has the capabilities to provide plan review and/or inspection for the State regulated occupancies such as private schools and clinics (OSHPD 3), to determine compliance with City and State codes and regulations including but not limi ted to locally adopted fire related ordinances and amendments of the local Municipal Code; California Fire Code; California Building Code; California Residential Code; California Title 19, California Wild Land Urban Interface regulations, review for fire apparatus access, water supply requirements, fire flow requirements, etc. Typically, fire review will include review of building plans for code compliance, as well as review of fire plans (fire sprinkler systems, fire alarm systems, NFPA standards, etc.)

g. City Engineering Services: True North Compliance has the capabilities to provide plan review and inspection of Civil/public improvements projects from one small lot to large subdivisions. Our experts bring an extensive history of review of a broad range of projects in all engineering/civil disciplines such as review of grading, subdivision and topographic maps; examining existing and proposed contour lines, spot elevations, pad and finish floor elevations; review of hydrology reports and maps; review of low impact development measures to comply with the requirements of NPDES; review of erosion and sediment control plans for proposed BMPs. Our licensed land surveyors have extensive experience in reviewing tentative and final maps, lot line mergers, lot line a djustments, certificate of compliance, dedications, vacations, and easements h. Planning Services: True North Compliance has the capabilities to provide Planning, Zoning and Environmental services. Our staff serve as an extension of City staff and function as the project manager on assigned planning projects while protecting the interests of the City an d its residents throughout the life of each assigned development project. This could include managing projects from the planning entitlement phase through construction; Perform technical review and evaluation of a wide variety of land

19 development, subdivision, building permit and use permit applications; Process development applications in accordance with local policies and ordinances, make recommendations, and enforce mitigation monitoring and compliance with City ordinances; Prepare written project analyses and reports including identifying appropriate land use policy, design, fiscal issues and environmental requirements; Conduct site inspections to determine if projects are in compliance with laws, regulations, conditions of approval, ordinances, and make recommendations regarding changes; Prepare and update various planning documents such as the City’s General Plan, Specific Plans, ordinances, resolutions, codes, and related planning studies and reports; Provide technical advice and make clear, well organized presentations.

i. Special Projects- Our management team and staff can participate in a variety of special projects, as needed. These projects may include, but not limited to, analysis of processes and procedures; Business process re -engineering, fee studies; Review and recommendations of per mitting software; Preparation of engineered plan details; Conducting training on a variety of code -related topics; Interim or permanent Building Official duties; Preparation of documents/handouts; Public presentation to community groups, City Committees or Council.

20 Section 5. Detailed Work Plan

Our established internal procedures and policies will ensure that we provide the City of National City with the highest quality, accurate, timely, and responsive service. Our goal is to provide consistent and uniform service, eliminate errors and confusion and ensure compliance with the City’s standards, policies, interpretations, and procedures. To that end, we have the following established procedures for each of the services we offer:

Plan Review Procedures
The following approach and procedures will apply to Plan Review Services. It may be adjusted to better accommodate the specific needs of the City of National City:

1. All document/plan reviews shall be based on the City of National City Municipal Code, applicable federal and state laws and regulations, Title 24 California Code of Regulations, and the City’s Building & Safety Division plan review standards and policies. Plan review shall cover structural, fire and life safety, architectur al, accessibility, OSHPD -3, energy conservation, green building, grading, plumbing, mechanical and electrical installations.

2. We will pick up plans at the City of National City Permit Center within 24 hours of notification or upload immediately into our cloud -based database for electronic submittals.

3. Review all plan check applications for accuracy and make all necessary revisions to such items as description, square footage, type of construction, occupancy and uses.

4. Format plan review comment lists to compliment the style and requirements of the City of National City.

5. Prepare a standard template specific to the City of National City to identify specific requirements and items of interest and focus to the City Building & Safety Division.

6. Our plan review philosophy is to perform a thorough and complete review during the first submittal of plans in order to avoid new comments on any subsequent submittals.

7. Open lines of communication with the Building Official and other City managers and staff to ensure accuracy in enforcing City policies, procedures and regulations.

8. Conduct plan reviews within the agreed upon turn -around times established by the City of National City.

9. Our team is available to review projects on an expedited basis within the designated turn- around times.

10. Review deferred submittals and revisions within assigned due dates.

21 11. Email plan check comments to designated Building staff and provide pertinent building/project data and information required on permit application. Building/project data such as description of work, type of construction, uses, occupancy classification, floor area, number of stories, etc. will be provided on the transmittal letter.

12. Supply hard copy or electronic plan review comment, approval letters, and project invoices as required by the City of National City.

13. When final review is approved, we will deliver two final sets of approved plans with approval stamps and signatures to the City within 24 (twenty-four) hours of final review and approval.

14. Be available, during regular business hours, to discuss and clarify plan check issues with applicants, designers, owners and consultants. Resolution of code issues may be performed by telephone, or meetings, prior to resubmitting corrected plans and documents.

15. Any plan check issues not resolved between the reviewer and the architect/engineer of record after the second review cycle will be quickly elevated to our QC Manager who will in turn discuss with the Building Official and come up with resolution to the outstanding issues.

16. Communicate and/or meet with the applicant, architect, engineer, other City departments or agencies, as necessary to assist with plan review responses.

17. Participate in pre -submittal meetings during preliminary design or working drawing stages to provide high level code review and discussion to ensure a smooth and timely plan review process.

18. Our President, Isam Hasenin will be available to provide technical support and advice to the Building Official, and city staff and managers related to code application and review of Requests for Alternate materials and Methods, administrative aspects of the department, permit fee analysis, preparing local amendments and ordinances and similar services.

19. We have a fully automated web -based project tracking system to enter and track all projects assigned by the City. City staff and managers can access the system anytime to check the backlog, status and due dates of any project. They can also review copies o f comment lists prepared by our staff. If the City agrees, we can provide access to applicants so they can check status of their projects online without having to call the City or come to the Building & Safety counter.

Electronic Plan Review
True North Compliance Services is able to receive, process, plan review, markup and approval stamp plans electronically and return the electronic plans back to the City. In fact,

22 over 75% of our reviews currently are performed electronically using the Bluebeam platform.

More specifically:

1. We will adhere to the City’s Electronic Plan Review guidelines and policies.

2. We are able to receive and route submittal documents utilizing cloud storage (Box, SharePoint, Drop Box, etc.) links or any other preferred method of the City.

3. Our staff will use Blue Beam to perform the review or other City-required platform.

4. We will provide redline mark ups on the plans with Blue Beam. Then transferring a marked-up image of the plans onto the plan review comments. This process will simplify the comments for the applicant resulting in less plan review iterations.

5. When the plan check and recheck processes are complete and the plans and corresponding documentation are deemed in full code compliance, we will sign and stamp the electronic plan set and corresponding documents.

6. Our entire team is equipped with the latest technology (highspeed computers, multiple large monitors, latest version of Blue Beam, access to cloud storage, etc.) to easily perform plan reviews electronically.

Plan Check Turn-Around Times
We commit to meeting the City’s turn -around times on all projects reviewed by our team. Our web -based project tracking system allows both our reviewers and permit technicians to stay on top of project due dates. Expedited plan reviews will be completed in half the time frames listed below.

Below are our standard review times.

PLAN CHECK TYPE 1ST
REVIEW
(working
days)
RE-
CHECKS*
(working
days)
Residential Solar & ESS 2 2
Single-family Dwellings 7 5
Apartment Projects 10 5
Tenant Improvements 7 5
Commercial/Industrial Projects 12 5

* “Express Rechecks By Appointment”
We are pleased and excited to offer the City of National City our new and innovative solution to expedite and streamline the recheck process. The program, “Express Recheck By Appointment”

23 is a revolutionary approach to expedite the recheck process, minimize the number of review cycles, reduce frustrations and miscommunications between applicants and plan checkers and reduce the workload of City staff in intaking, routing and tracking of the many cycles of plan check and rechecks on submitted projects. The program will be offered at no additional cost to the applicant or City. The service applies to the vast majority of projects reviewed by our staff. Once the applicant is ready for the recheck, he/she will contact True North Office to schedule the “Express Recheck By Appointment”. The appointment will be scheduled within 48 hours of the request. Our plan reviewer will perform the recheck over video-conferencing meeting and sign off items completed.

Building Inspection Services
True North Compliance Services, Inc. is pleased to offer excellent on-call Building Inspection Services to the City of National City. Our inspectors have extensive construction and trade experience in addition to their Code knowledge, allowing for a practical approach to applying Code provisions during the inspection process. Similar to our Plan Review process, our inspectors employ the following procedures to maximize project success. These procedures may be adjusted to better accommodate your jurisdiction.

1. Become familiar with the inspection style and requirements of the City of National City.

2. Provide inspection services and assure that construction complies with plans and is in compliance with the most recently adopted codes, policies, and procedures.

3. Perform inspections on construction projects to verify compliance with City of National City Municipal Code and State codes and regulations: California Building Code, Residential Code, Plumbing Code, Mechanical Code, Electrical Code, Fire Code, Energy Code, Green Building Standards Code, Disabled Access Regulations, and Title 25; Mobile Home Parks regulations; State Water Resource Control Board regulations related to storm water pollution prevention; Sound Transmission Control regulations; and, locally adopted building ordinances and amendments thereof.

4. Inspect for compliance with applicable conditions of approval set forth by the City's Community Development Department, Planning Commission, and/or City Council.

5. Inspectors will possess and maintain necessary certifications required to perform inspections.

6. Be equipped with all necessary tools needed to perform inspections, including a complete set of current code books.

7. Assist in the coordination of job site conferences with technical consultants, engineers, architects, representatives of the owner, equipment manufacturers, and subcontractors to review project requirements, and clarify or resolving any questions or proble ms prior to commencing work.

24 8. Prepare inspection notices of noncompliance on incorrect construction methods or material found during inspection; confer with contractor or representative regarding construction methods and procedures as they relate to compliance with plans and specifications.

9. Maintain a record of non -complying items and follow up to achieve resolution of such items. Record all significant construction -related activities and events such as work completed to provide a chronological and factual history of inspection on assigned construction projects.

10. Engage with Building & Safety Division staff to understand the City’s permitting process, forms, policies, and clients.

11. Adapt to the City’s needs to allow for easy integration into the day -to-day inspection operations.

12. Communicate daily with the City’s Principal Building Inspector for assignments and to identify potential issues.

13. Coordinate with various City and County agencies and departments and other governmental agencies providing services, and/or having jurisdiction over any aspect of a development project.

14. Maintain contact while in the field to answer questions, reschedule inspections, and support City staff.

15. Serve as a resource and provide information on City regulations to property owners, residents, businesses, the general public and other City departments.

16. Build a rapport with frequent contractors and teams on continuing projects.

17. Update the City’s permit tracking software as necessary, including transferring all applicable field notes.

18. Perform and/or attend on-site and in-office preconstruction meetings as required.

19. Communicate and/or meet with applicants, contractors, engineers, architects, etc., as necessary to assist with corrections and general project questions.

Permit Processing Services
True North Compliance Services, Inc. believes that the permit technician position is one of the toughest positions in the Building & Safety Division. Being at the counter all day long handling customer contacts, questions and issues is challenging, especia lly as we experience the high volume of work and high customer traffic at the public counter. That’s why we believe it takes a certain type of personality to be successful at the position. It’s someone who is pleasant, calm, patient, has excellent interpersonal skills and ability to use automation systems. We are pleased to

25 offer staff who meet these criteria and qualifications. More specifically, the permit technician will:

1. Enter permit data into the automated database.

2. Research, compile and prepare various limited reports and presentation graphics.

3. Assist the general public at the front counter or by phone regarding building, planning and engineering permit requirements, plan check fees, plan check filing procedures and processing, and permit status.

4. Research information for the public.

5. Accept permit applications and collect permit fees.

6. Review and evaluate plans for completeness and for conformance with ordinances and department standards, policies and guidelines.

7. Review plans for conditions of prior approval.

8. Route plans to other city departments for review.

9. Approve minor permits.

10. Research and respond to public inquiries.

11. Build and maintain positive working relationships with co-workers, City employees and the public using principles of good customer service.

12. Perform related duties as assigned.

13. Utilize City electronic and paper files to research previous and/or related permits.

14. Review permit application for completeness, perform fee calculations, route plans, verify approvals and conditions and issue permits.

15. Provide excellent service to all customers from homeowners to large developers and designers.

16. Have excellent interpersonal skills, calm demeanor, patient and be a good listener

26 Section 6. Project Team
Principal/Project Leader
For this contract, Isam Hasenin, P.E., C.B.O., will serve as Principal/Team Lead and will serve as the main point of contact of True North Compliance Services, Inc. staff and the City of National City. Isam will ensure that services are delivered in accordance with the Scope of Services established by the City and the Consultant Services Agreement.

Isam will maintain an open line of communications with City of National City Building Official and other managers as well as project applicants and design teams. He will provide oversight and management of all True North’s staff assigned to City projects.

Isam will be available for meetings at the City office. He will be available to discuss complex code compliance/interpretation questions or process/procedural issues with the Building Official and design team members as the needs arise. He will provide technical or administrative training and participate in any special assignments or meetings at City managers’ direction.

Isam has 30 years of experience in code enforcement and building department administration and technical review and inspections. Mr. Hasenin has the perfect mix of public sector experience and private sector experience managing both small and large operations. He has deep understanding and appreciation for the challenges and demands of local municipalities in meeting the needs and expectations of their citizens and applicants for building permits.

Project Manager/Director of Operations
Amar Hasenin, Director of Operations for True North, will serve as the day-to-day operational and technical manager for the City of National City projects. He will assign and monitor the workload of staff, quality of reviews and timeliness of the review process. He will be available to discuss code compliance/interpretation questions or process/procedural issues with the Building Official and his staff as the needs arise. He will provide technical and administrative training and participate in any special assignments or meetings at City managers’ direction. Amar has over 10 years of experience as a design engineer, plan check engineer, and regional manager in Southern California. He served as the Bay Area Regional Manager for a third-party building department services provider prior to joining True North. He is a highly competent plan review engineer and technical expert in the application of the California Codes and a certified Plans Examiner and Inspector by ICC.

Amar is an effective manager of building operations and managing the needs of our public agency partners and delivering high quality, responsive and timely service.

27 Lead Structural Plan Check Engineer
Gary Ho, SE, will serve as the Lead Structural Plan Check Engineer. He is an experienced, licensed structural engineer. He is currently the Senior Structural Plan Review Engineer for True North Compliance. Gary has a master’s degree in structural engineering and many years of experience designing and reviewing the entire range of buildings and unique structures such as high rise, mixed-use, concrete parking structures, complex public buildings, heavy industrial, refineries, nuclear power plants, etc. He will work closely with City staff to ensure high quality and timely reviews and answer questions and handle complex issues.

Lead Building Plan Check Engineer/CASp Plan Reviewer
Bachar Koujah, PE, CASp will serve as the Lead Building Plan Review Engineer. He is an experienced, licensed Civil Engineer. Bachar has over 20 years of experience as a plan check engineer for multiple jurisdictions where he reviewed the entire range of projects from residential remodels to complex new homes, tenant improvements and new commercial, office and multi-family projects. Bachar is a multi-discipline reviewer and can review building, MEP and grading disciplines. He provides high quality reviews and excellent customer service and is always ready to offer solutions and ideas on how to comply with code provisions.

Project Team
Our team is comprised of over 60 highly qualified and experienced Plan Check Engineers, Plans Examiners, Building Inspectors and Permit Technicians able to handle reviews, inspections and permit processing for all aspects of the Building Services. Our team members have many years of experience working for public agencies in California. Our staff is licensed and/or certified in all disciplines including Licensed Structural Engineers, Licensed Civil, MEP Engineers, ICC Certified Building Plan Reviewers, Licensed Fire Protection Engineers, Certified HazMat Specialists, ICC Certified Plans Examiners, ICC Certified Fire Plan Reviewers, ICC Certified Building Officials and ICC Certified Permit Technicians. Our team is capable of reviewing and inspecting the entire spectrum of projects submitted to the City from single-family homes to highly complex high-rise hotels and large office buildings, mixed-use projects, R&D lab facilities, biotech buildings, data centers, distribution centers, large scale solar farms, complex tenant improvements and public buildings. Below is a table of key staff who will be assigned to work on City of National City projects. Resumes of key staff are included in the Appendix.

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29 Staffing Table
Name & Role  Experience & Credentials
Isam Hasenin, PE, CBO, MSCE
President & Building Official
30+ years experience
CA Licensed Professional Engineer Certified: Building Official, Building Plans Examiner
Amar Hasenin
Project Manager/
Director of Operations
10+ years experience
Certified: Commercial Building Plans    Examiner, Building Inspector, Plumbing Plans Examiner, Plumbing Inspector, Accessibility Plans Examiner, Accessibility Inspector
Gary Ho, SE, PE
Structural Review Engr.
30+ years experience
CA Licensed Professional & Structural Engineer
Aaron Beebe, SE, PE
Structural Review Engr.
20+ years experience
CA Licensed Professional & Structural Engineer
Allen Lang, SE, PE
Structural Review Engr.
20+ years experience
CA Licensed Professional & Structural Engineer
Daniel Lee, SE, PE
Structural Review Engr.
20+ years experience
CA Licensed Professional & Structural Engineer
Edward Alexanian, SE, PE
Structural Review Engr.
30+ years experience
CA Licensed Professional & Structural Engineer
Henry Hadidi, SE, PE
Lead Structural Review Engr.
30+ years experience
CA Licensed Professional & structural Engineer
Bachar Koujah, PE, CASp
Lead Building Plan Review
Engineer
20+ years experience
CA Licensed Professional Engineer
Certified Accessibility Specialist; Certified Plans Examiner Scot Weise, PE
Building Plan Review Engr.
15+ years experience
CA Licensed Professional Engineer, ICC Certified Plans Examiner Robert Chun, PE
Building Plan Review Engr.
25+ years experience
CA Licensed Professional Engineer, ICC Certified Plans Examiner Djordje Pavlovic, PE
Structural Review Engr.
20+ years experience
Licensed Professional & Structural Engineer
Mohammed Elassad, PE
Building Plan Review Engr.
20+ years experience
CA Licensed Professional Engineer, ICC Certified Plans Examiner Alaa Atassi
Building Plan Review Engr.
5+ years experience
ICC Certified Plans Examiner
Areli Sanchez
Building Plan Review Engr.
5+ years experience
ICC Certified Plans Examiner
Bryan Montes
Building Plan Review Engr.
5+ years experience
ICC Certified Plans Examiner
Jesse Sanchez
Senior Plans Examiner
10+ years experience
ICC Certified Plans Examiner
Mulham Hweidi
Building Plan Review Engr.
5 years experience
BS in Civil Engineering
Mehmet Amiroglu
Building Plan Review Engr.
3+ years experience
BS in Civil Engineering

30 Ed Dion
Building Plan Review Engr.
10 years experience
BS in Civil Engineering
Emily Wilson
Building Plan Review Engr.
2 years experience
BS in Civil Engineering
Tim Shell, PE
Civil Plan Review Engr.
30 years experience
CA Licensed Professional Engineer
Anne Hamad
Building Plan Review Engr.
2 years experience
BS in Civil Engineering
Jamal Naji, PE
Civil Plan Review Engr.
25 years experience
CA Licensed Professional Engineer
Ahmad Erikat, EIT
Civil Plan Review Engr.
15 years experience
EIT Certificate
Ali Soheili, PE
MP Plan Review Engineer
20+ years experience
CA Licensed Engineer;  ICC Certified Plans Examiner
Hassan Itani, PE
MP Plan Review Engineer
10+ years experience
CA Licensed Engineer;  ICC Certified Plans Examiner
Amir Amiri, PE
Electrical Plan Review Engineer
20+ years experience
CA Licensed Professional Engineer; ICC Certified Plans Examiner Kevin Ybarra
Electrical Plans Examiner
20+ years experience
ICC Certified Plans Examiner
Dan Larsen, CASp
CASp Plan Reviewer/Insp.
20+ years experience Certified Accessibility Specialist Gabriel Reza
Lead Fire Plan Reviewer
10+ years experience
Certified Fire Plans Examiner
Doug Evans, FPE
Fire Protection Engineer
20+ years experience
CA Licensed Fire Protection Engineer
Bob Scott
Fire Plans Examiner
25+ years experience
Fire Plan Review and Former Fire Marshal;  Fire Inspector II, Building Inspector, Building Plans Examiner
William Barranon
Manager, Inspection Services
30+ years experience
George Lockfort
Senior Combination Inspector
30+ years experience Over 15 ICC Certifications including Plans Examiner, combination inspector
Duncan McLane
Combination Inspector
25+ years experience with multiple certifications
Tom Graham
Combination Inspector
25+ years experience
ICC Certified Building Inspector,  ICC Certified Residential Inspector Steve Stingl
Combination Inspector
30+ years experience ICC Certified Building Inspector
Charles Valaer
Combination Inspector
20+ years experience
ICC Certified: Building Inspector, Combination Inspector

Joe Harris
Combination Inspector
20+ years experience
Rene Avela  30+ years experience
ICC Certified: Building Inspector, Combination Inspector

31 Senior Combination
Inspector/Plans Examiner
Randy Kilburn
Senior Combination Inspector
30+ years experience
ICC Certified: Building Inspector, Combination Inspector Marco Stutts
Combination Inspector
5+ years experience
Ramon Hernandez
Senior Combination Inspector
25+ years experience
Multiple ICC certificates
Jeremy Hall
Senior Combination Inspector
15+ years experience
Multiple ICC certificates
Brenda Sylvester
Combination Inspector
25+ years experience
Alexandra Street
Lead Permit Technician
Supervising Permit Technician
Roy Kim
Permit Technician
Permit Technician
Jesica  Miner
Permit Technician
Permit Technician
Cierra Smith
Permit Technician
Permit Technician

32 Section 7. Quality Control
True North Compliance’s core values in delivering municipal services are Ethics, Transparency, Collaboration, Empathy, Customer-Centric service, Communications, and Fiscal Prudence. High quality service, professionalism and excellence in the delivery of municipal services are at the core of what True North Compliance stands for. We share the City’s commitment to delivering responsive and timely service without compromising the quality of the service. To that end, we developed and implemented a rigorous internal quality control and assurance program for all of our services. Here are the major components of our quality control program:

Plan Review and Counter Services
Our established internal intake, plan review, quality control and customer contact procedures ensure that submittals are properly coordinated, tracked and managed. Our plan tracking procedures are designed to track each submittal throughout the review process and maintain accurate and comprehensive records for each submittal. To accomplish this goal, we f ollow this procedure:

1. We monitor our staff’s performance and interaction with customers at the counter by having customer surveys available for the applicants to complete. We will also randomly call applicants who received our service to check on their satisfaction with the ser vices received from our staff. We will monitor phone calls and produce period reports of customer satisfaction. We will train and provide feedback to our staff related to their customer service skills.

2. Once we receive a project for review from the City, our document control staff screens and logs the project into our internal project tracking system with all appropriate information such as description, scope, review disciplines, Building Department staff , design team contact person and due dates.

3. Our QC Manager will perform an initial cursory review of the project to determine if there are any major code compliance issues that may require immediate discussion with the Building & Safety Division staff and/or design team, then depending on the complexity of the project, assigns to appropriate True North plan review engineers/plans examiners.

4. Plans are assigned to engineers or plans examiners for each of the required disciplines with notes from the QC manager

5. Once the plan review is complete, True North QC Manager will perform quality control of the project by reviewing the project and comments prepared by the assigned plan review engineer/plans examiner.

33 6. Following the QC phase, final comments will be generated and sent to the Building & Safety Division staff and designated design team members.

Inspection Services
Similar to our plan check quality control program, we have a rigorous internal quality control and assurance program for our inspection services. Main elements of our program include:

1. Rigorous hiring program to ensure that we only hire highly competent professional and friendly inspectors who believe in True North’s core values and guiding principles.

2. Thorough on-boarding and training program for our team.

3. On-going technical training on the latest codes, interpretations, technology and construction methods and techniques.

4. Regular staff meetings to communicate policies and procedures and provide directions.

5. Regular feedback on staff performance.

6. Announced and un-announced audits of inspectors by our Chief of Inspections.

7. Regular feedback meetings with City’s Building Official and staff to obtain feedback and input on our staff’s performance.

8. Periodic calls to contractors to seek feedback on the performance of our inspection staff.

9. Regular meetings with our inspectors to evaluate performance, offer critique and corrective actions if necessary.

Transition and Implementation Plan
Our managers and staff are highly experienced in transitioning services from other consultants.

We have successfully and effectively transitioned services from other consultants for our current clients such as City of the Del Mar, Carlsbad, Dana Point, Mal ibu, Redwood City, San Bruno and others. We are prepared to immediately engage with the City of National City’s Building Official and other City staff to initiate the transition process. Elements of our implementation plan would include the following steps:

1. Our President and Director of Operations will hold an initial implementation meeting with the Chief Building Official and his staff as soon as the contract is signed to gain an insight on current key issues, challenges and needs of the Building & Safety Division.

2. Tour the City’s Building Services operation and meet and greet with manager/staff of City departments that are involved in the development review and permitting process.

34 3. Meet with Planning Division managers to review current applications for discretionary reviews to gain insight of upcoming construction projects and key project conditions.

4. We would collect all the policies and procedures of the Building & Safety Division’s plan review and inspection process.

5. We would provide internal training to our staff on City of National City process, technical policies and other applicable local ordinances and regulations.

6. We will establish an internal policy manual for City of National City plan review and inspection process to ensure our staff follows established procedures and local ordinances and regulations.

7. Set up the process and procedures for plan pick-up, delivery and return of plans.

8. Train our staff on the City’s permitting software system.

9. We would develop standardized plan review checklists specific for the City of National City.

10. Process and deliver projects during the last week of transition to test the system and tweak as necessary.

11. Our President, Isam Hasenin will set up regular meetings with the Chief Building Official and other City managers to discuss process, procedures, technical issues and receive feedback on the performance of True North staff.

Philosophy
A primary reason for early success and rapid growth is our strong ethics and professional standards. Our Philosophy & Guiding Principles are: To provide the highest quality, timely, cost-effective service and build strong successful long-term partnerships with municipal clients.

Our core values in delivering building services are: Ethics, Transparency, Collaboration, Communications, Excellent Customer Service, Empathy, Fiscal Prudence.

We apply our philosophy & Guiding Principles along with our core values to everything we do in the day-to-day operations and in the delivery of all of our services. To that end, we will:

• Partner and collaborate with City’s Building Official, Fire Marshal and their staff to deliver a streamlined and expeditious process for plan reviews. • We deliver on every promise we make to our clients.
• Deliver timely, high-quality service.
• Thorough and complete plan review with clear concise comments during the first review to minimize delays and frustrations.
• Reasonable, practical yet safe approach to code compliance. • Availability of our staff and managers to City staff and applicants.

35 • Free early global code review during discretionary process. • Our motto is personal attentive service and excellence in the delivery of municipal services.

We avoid any real or perception of conflict of interest and hold ourselves to the highest ethical standards in the delivery of our services. To that end, we have the following policies and procedures in place:

1. We only work for public agencies in the assessment and verification services. We do not provide any design services to private or public agencies.

2. We do not work for any private developers, designers or engineers.

3. Our staff are not permitted to perform any design or consulting work on their own in any client city.

4. Our staff and managers are required to disclose any personal financial interest in any city client.

5. Our staff is not permitted to be involved in any way in project reviews, inspections or approval of their personal projects, or their family members or friends.

6. Our staff and managers are not permitted to accept gifts of any monetary value from clients or project applicants and contractors.

7. Our staff and managers are not permitted to develop personal relationships or friendships with project applicants or builders of projects they are working on.

36 Section 8. References

Client Dates Services Provided
City of Chula Vista
Shayne Wagner, Chief Building Official
276 Fourth Ave, Chula Vista, CA 91910
(619)409-1960, [email protected]
2022-
Current

Building Official, Plan
Review, Inspection and
Permit processing services
City of Del Mar
Karen Brindley, Director of Planning Dept.
1050 Camino Del Mar, Del Mar, CA 92014
(858) 442-2512, [email protected]
2020-
Current

Building Official, Plan
Review, Inspection and
Permit processing services
City of Carlsbad
Mike Strong, Assistant Director Community
Development Department
1635 Faraday Ave, Carlsbad, CA 92008
(442) 339-2721, [email protected]
2022-
Current

Plan Review, Inspection and
Permit processing services
City of San Marcos
David Yorba, Chief Building Official
1 Civic Center Dr., San Marcos, CA 92069
(760) 744-1050 x3243, [email protected]
2022-
Current

Building Official, Plan
Review, Inspection and
Permit processing services
City of Dana Point
Brenda Wisneski, Director of Community
Development Department
33282 Golden Lantern, Dana Point, CA 92629
(949) 248-3560, [email protected]
2021-
Current

Plan review & Inspection
services
City of Huntington Beach
Jasmine Daley, Chief Building Official
2000 Main St, Huntington Beach, CA 92648
(714) 375-5147, [email protected]
2021-
Current

Plan review & Inspection
services
City of Malibu
Yolanda Bundy, PE, Chief Building Official
23825 Stuart Ranch Rd, Malibu, CA 90265
(310) 804-6648, [email protected]
2021-
Current

Plan review & Inspection
services
City of La Habra
Susan Kim, Community and Economic
Development Director 110 E La Habra
Blvd, La Habra, CA 90631
(562) 383-4100, [email protected]
2020-
Current

Plan review & Inspection
services
City of Redwood City
Christina McTaggart, Building Official
1017 Middlefield Rd, Redwood City, CA 94063
(650) 780-7228, [email protected]
2020-
Current

Plan review & Inspection
services

37 City of San Jose
Lisa Joiner, Chief Building Official
200 E. Santa Clara St, San Jose, CA 95113
(408) 535-7757,mailto: [email protected]

2023-
Current

Plan review & Inspection
services
City of Rialto
Colby Cataldi, Director of Community Development
150 S. Palm Ave, Rialto, CA 92376
(909) 820-8008, [email protected]

2022-
Current

Building Official, Plan
Review, Inspection and
Permit processing services
City of Perris
Jorge Caballero, Chief Building Official
101 North D St., Perris, CA 92570
(951) 643-6100 x415, [email protected]

2022-
Current

Building Official, Plan
Review, Inspection and
Permit processing services

38 Section 9. Acknowledgements
True North Compliance Services, Inc. will adhere to all federal laws and regulations notwithstanding any state or local laws and regulations. In case of conflict between federal, state or local laws or regulations, the strictest shall be adhered to.

True North Compliance Services, Inc. shall allow all authorized federal, state, county, and City officials access to place of work, books, documents, papers, fiscal records, payroll materials, and other relevant contract records pertinent to this project. All relevant records shall be retained for at least three (3) years.

True North Compliance Services, Inc. will not discriminate illegally against any employee or applicant for employment pursuant to applicable law.

True North Compliance Services, Inc. shall comply with the California Labor Code., pursuant to said regulations entitled: Federal Labor Standards provisions; Federal Prevailing Wage Decision; and State of California Prevailing Wage Rates, respectively.

True North Compliance Services, Inc proposes no exceptions or deviations from the requirements of this RFP and accepts the City of National City Standard Professional Services Agreement without exceptions.

True North Compliance Services, Inc. certifies that we are able to provide the insurance coverage required by the City of National City.

True North Compliance Services, Inc. acknowledges that our proposal shall remain effective for a minimum of 120 days beyond the submittal date.

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Resolution & Annual Meeting Minutes
2021

RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY UNANIMOUS WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE
SHAREHOLDERS OF TRUE NORTH COMPLIANCE SERVICES, INC. AND ANNUAL

MEETING OF THE SHAREHOLDERS AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS
JANUARY 15, 2021

The Meeting of the Shareholders of True North Compliance Services, Inc. , a California corporation company (“Company”) was held on January 15, 2021, at 3939 Atlantic Ave, # 224 Long Beach, CA 90807 at 9:00 a.m.

CHAIR AND SECRETARY

Isam Hasenin , CEO of the Corporation , acted as Chair and presided over the meeting, Isam Hasenin, CEO of the Corporation , Secretary of the Corporation, acted as the Secretary of the meeting

NOTICE

The Chief Executive Officer stated that notification of the time, place and purpose of the meeting were waived.

ATTENDANCE AND QUORUM

A quorum of the Chief Executive Officer and Shareholders were present, and the Chair called the meeting to order.

The Chief Executive Officer reported that the following Directors and Shareholders were present at the meeting in person:

DIRECTOR:

Isam Hasenin

SHAREHOLDERS:

Isam Hasenin

The undersigned, constituting the Shareholders of True North Compliance Services, Inc. , a California corporation (“Company”), do by this writing consent to take the following actions and adopt the following resolution:

WHEREAS, The principal place of business of True North Compliance Services, Inc. shall now be located at 3939 Atlantic Ave, # 224 Long Beach, CA 90807.

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Resolution & Annual Meeting Minutes
2021

ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

The Chairman stated that the following Director of the Corporation were designated by the management for re-election, and upon motion duly made and seconded, he was nominated to serve as Director of the Corporation until the next Annual Meeting of the Shareholder of the Corporation and until his successors are elected and qualify:

Isam Hasenin – Director

RESOLVED, that the forenamed persons be and are hereby elected and appointed as Directors of the Corporation to serve until the next Annual Meeting of the Shareholders or until his successor is elected and qualified.

ELECTION OF OFFICERS

The Chairman stated that the following persons were designated by management to serve as officers of the Corporation for the ensuing year and until their successors are elected and qualify:

Chief Executive Officer Isam Hasenin
President Isam Hasenin
Chief Financial Officer Isam Hasenin
Secretary Isam Hasenin

CORPORATE OVERVIEW

Isam Hasenin, CEO of the Corporation reported on the business and affairs of the Corporation generally and following agenda was followed:

• Review and approve year-to-date operations summary
• Review and approve year-to-date income and expenses
• Review and approve year-to-date profit and loss statements • Review and approve year -to-date accounts receivable and payable with financial consultants.

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Resolution & Annual Meeting Minutes
2021

NEXT ANNUAL MEETING

It is RESOLVED that the next Annual Meeting of Shareholder and Director will be held at January 15, 2022 at 9:00 a.m.

IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, The undersigned direct that this consent be filed with the minutes of the proceedings of the Chief Executive Officer of the Company.

GENERAL AUTHORIZATION

RESOLVED, that the Shareholders of this Company be, and each of them hereby is, authorized and directed to execute all documents and to take such action as they may deem necessary or advisable in order to carry out the purposes of the foregoing resolutions.

The undersigned directs that this Unanimous Written Consent be filed with the Minutes of the proceeding of the Sole Director of the Co mpany. This Unanimous Written Cons ent is executed pursuant to the applicable provisions of the California Corporations Code of the State of California, as well as the Bylaws of this Company.

This Action may be signed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, and all of which shall constitute one instrument. This Action shall be filed with the minutes of the proceedings of the Shareholders of the Company.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the undersigned have executed this Action by Unanimous Written Consent as of 15th day of January 2021.

Isam Hasenin, CEO and Director

Isam Hasenin, Secretary

APPENDIX: RESUMES

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Gary Ho, SE, PE
Senior Structural Review Engineer

Education
B.S. Degree - Civil
Engineering
University of California-
Davis

M.S. Degree - Civil
Engineering
Utah State University

Licenses and
Certifications

• Licensed Structural
Engineer in the State of
California

• Licensed Civil Engineer in
the State of California

• ICC Certified Plans
Examiner

• ICC Certified Building
Inspector

• ICC Certified Accessibility
Plans Examiner

Background
Highly accomplished Professional Engineer who is effective at reviewing the entire range of residential and commercial plans for compliance with applicable building codes. Detail-oriented and analytical professional with an efficient and thorough approach. Proficient licensed plans check engineer who is knowledgeable about current codes and their effective interpretation.

Select Work Experience

True North Compliance Services, Inc.

Senior Structural Engineer

Perform plan review of the entire range of residential, commercial and industrial projects; examine and check structural engineering designs, calculations and plans for conformance with adopted Building Codes and local ordinance and regulations.

Provide interpretations of building codes, State laws and local ordinances to city staff and the public; evaluate alternate methods of construction/materials and provides recommendations; provide technical assistance to city staff; determine valuation and building fees; check calculations and test reports; provide assistance and information to contractors, architects, engineers and the public in the solution of routine building problems and the interpretation of building codes and ordinances; check plans for compliance with California Title 24, Energy and Disabled Access Requirements; maintain liaison with city staff related to project reviews and code compliance.

City of San Francisco -Department of Building Inspections Plan Review Engineer

Joined the department in December 1994 as an Associate Civil Engineer, promoted to Civil Engineer in July 1997, to Structural Engineer in October 2001 and Senior Engineer in July 2017. Managed permit processing and reviewing for all building permit applications in the City. Structural, Architectural and Accessibilities plan review for compliance of applicable codes. Plan review buildings for all types of construction and occupancy classifications; projects include alternation, addition and retrofitting of existing buildings, and new constructions ranging from single story to multi-stories tall buildings.

AGS
Senior Structural Design Engineer

Provided structural evaluation and reports of existing buildings. Prepared structural calculations, specifications and plans for retrofitting of commercial and residential buildings. Reviewed plans for structural compliance. Prepared proposals and presentations of projects to clients. Set up design criteria, budgets and schedules of projects. Supervised staff engineers and designers in preparing calculations, specification and plans for projects. Provided co-ordinations of projects between clients, architects, engineers and contractors. Provided construction support and field inspection.

Aaron Beebe, PE, SE
Structural Plan Review Engineer

Education
M.S. Degree – Structural
Engineering
Purdue University

B.S. Degree – Structural
Engineering
Purdue University

Licenses and
Certifications
• Licensed Structural
Engineer in the State of
California

• Licensed Engineer in the
State of California

• LEED Accredited
Professional

• Registered California
Emergency Management
Agency Safety Assessment
Program Evaluator (SAP)

• Certified DSA Structural
Plan Reviewer

Background

Over 20 years of experience in structural design and plan review of a wide range of structures and building from single family homes to high-rise, mixed use, schools, courts, and prisons. Management of design team members and supervise the work of engineers and draft persons; directed project staff in preparing contract documents, such as drawings and specifications; communicate with clients to understand project requirements and resolve complex engineering problems .

Work Experience

True North Compliance Services, Inc.

Structural Plan Review Engineer
Provide structural plan review for various projects. Review projects including single family/duplex residential construction, multifamily residential construction, commercial construction, and non-building structures. Review and evaluate architectural and structural construction documents submitted for permit approval from
various municipalities utilizing applicable codes/standards/guidelines/laws, code interpretation, appropriate municipal ordinances and construction and engineering standards; interact and communicate with design professionals and city staff on technical requirements and plan review comments; provide technical assistance to city staff; perform structural inspections in the field as needed; determine valuation and building fees; check calculations and test reports; provide assistance and information to contractors, architects, engineers and the public in the solution of complex building problems and the interpretation of building codes, structural standards and ordinances.

Division of State Architect
Senior Structural Engineer

Structural plan review of more than $500M of California K-12 and Community College projects; review and evaluate structural construction documents submitted for permit approval utilizing applicable state codes/standards/guidelines/laws, code interpretation and construction and engineering standards, determine review fees, and authorize the release of approved documents for construction; check engineering calculations and provide timely oral and/or written communication detailing design and/or construction deficiencies in plans and specifications; interact with the school district project managers, design consultants and contractors, to communicate permit application procedures and regulatory and code requirements and interpretations. - Participate in recommending and establishing technical policies, procedures, standards, guidelines, and specifications for plan review and construction of public schools.

Thornton Tomasetti
Vice President, San Diego Office Manager

Managed the San Diego office for a national structural engineering firm; assigned the work to design engineers; provided technical leadership and direction to design engineers; set up design criteria for new structural design of new projects; Structural design engineer for highly complex structures and buildings including university buildings, courthouses and high-rise buildings, complex non-building structures and unusual structures.

Henry Hadidi, Ph.D., S.E.

Senior Structural Plan Review Engineer

Education
Ph.D. Degree -Structural
Engineering
Stanford University

M.S Degree - Structural
Engineering
Stanford University

Licenses and
Certifications
• Licensed Professional
Engineer in the State of
California

• Licensed Structural
Engineer in the State of
California

• ICC certified Plans
Examiner

Background
Gene

Mr. Hadidi is a
highly respected structural engineer. He has over 30 ye ars in structural plan check and structural design field. With a Ph.D. degree is structural Engineering from Stanford University and many years of experience designing the full range of structures inc luding complex building and structures. He also has years of experience in structural review of variety of buildings and structures.

Select Work Experience

True North Compliance Services, Inc.

Senior Structural Plan Review Engineer

Provide structural plan review for various projects. Review projects including single family/duplex residential construction, multifamily residential construction, commercial construction, and non-building structures. Review and evaluate architectural and
structural construction documents submitted for permit approval from various municipalities utilizing applicable codes/standards/guidelines/laws, code interpretation, appropriate municipal ordinances and construction and engineering standards; interact and communicate with design professionals and city staff on technical requirements and plan review comments; provide technical assistance to city staff; perform structural inspections in the field as needed; determine valuation and building fees; check calcul ations and test reports; provide assistance and information to contractors, architects, engineers and the public in the solution of complex building problems and the interpretation of building codes, structural standards and ordinances.

Henry is the go-to Structural Plan Review Engineer for complex structures and challenging issues.

Various Public Agencies

Structural Plan Review Engineer

Provided structural plan review for many state agencies such as DSA, DGS, LAUSD throughout California. Projects reviewed included
the seismic retrofit of two reinforced
concrete building at Atascadero State Hospital in Atascadero, of numerous hospital buildings as part of plan check review for OSHPD, Westinghouse AP 1000 nuclear power plants, the design of a segment of the Los Angeles Metropolitan Purple Line underground metro tunnel in Los Angeles, California, as part of LA Metro internal review, seismic retrofit of the Caltrans Headquarters buildings located at Sacramento, California.

Owen Group
Structural Engineer

Provided structural analysis and design for variety of
buildings and structures, ranging
from single family residential to multi-story apartment, commercial buildings.

32 Allen Lang, PE, SE
Structural Plan Review Engineer

Education
M.S. Degree – Structural
Engineering
University of Virginia

B.S. Degree - Civil
Engineering
Taiwan Municipal College

Licenses and
Certifications

• Licensed Structural
Engineer in the State of
California

• Licensed Engineer in the
State of California

• ICC Certified Plan
Examiner

Background

Allen is a seasoned engineer and building official with extensive experience in all aspects of building department functions. Highly technical expertise in structural engineering of complex buildings. Building Official for many local cities in the Bay Area. Provides technical support and training to staff and clients.

Select Work Experience

True North Compliance Services, Inc.

Structural Review Engineer

Provide structural plan review for various projects. Review projects including single family/duplex residential construction, multifamily residential construction, commercial construction, and non-building structures. Review and evaluate architectural and structural construction documents submitted for permit approval from various municipalities utilizing applicable codes/standards/guidelines/laws, code interpretation, appropriate municipal ordinances and construction and engineering standards; interact and communicate with design professionals and city staff on technical requirements and plan review comments; provide technical assistance to city staff; perform structural inspections in the field as needed; determine valuation and building fees; check calculations and test reports; provide assistance and information to contractors, architects, engineers and the public in the solution of complex building problems and the interpretation of building codes, structural standards and ordinances.

City of Santa Clara
Interim Building Official

Plan, organize and maintain the daily operation of the Building Department. Managed 36 people in the Permit Center, plan check, inspections, and code enforcement.

Participated in preliminary, plan review and preconstruction for high profile projects.

City of Fremont
Special Program Manager Community Development Department

Managing Plan Check division in Plans and Permit and developing special programs and processes improvements for the City.

County of Alameda
Building Official

Managing the Building Department including permit center, plan check, inspection, and code enforcement with an annual budget of over $3M and a staff of 17. Serve as technical advisor to the County Board of Supervisors. Led many initiatives to improve and streamline service and automate the permitting process.

City of San Jose
Department of Building & Planning Program Manager

Managed a special program to assist applicants for over the counter projects to improve service and expedite review and permitting. Prior to that, managed plan review team, assigned work and evaluated performance of staff. Conducted plan review of complex projects and interacted with designers and applicants.

Daniel H. Lee, S.E.

Senior Structural Plan Review Engineer

Education
B.S. Degree – Civil
Engineering
University of California
Berkeley

Licenses and
Certifications

• Structural Engineer in
California & Hawaii

• Civil Engineer in
California & Hawaii

• ICC Certified Building
Official

• ICC Building Plans
Examiner

Background

30 years of expertise as a technical expert. Planned, assigned, and directed the work of plan check engineers. Consulted with contractors, architects, and building owners regarding application of building codes and other state and local ordinances.

Performed structural damage assessments and feasibili ty studies. Researched and determined acceptability of new materials and methods of construction. Seismic design in structural engineering consulting firms. Structur al plan review in California and Hawaii building departments. Responsible for plan review of complex and challenging building.

Select Work Experience

True North Compliance Services, Inc.

Structural Plan Review Engineer
Provide structural plan review for various projects. Review projects including single family/duplex residential construction, multifamily residential construction, commercial construction, and non-building structures. Review and evaluate architectural and structural construction documents submitted for permit approval from various municipalities utilizing applicable codes/standards/guidelines/laws, code interpretation, appropriate municipal ordinances and construction and engineering standards; interact and communicate with design professionals and city staff on technical requirements and plan review comments; provide technical assistance to city staff; perform structural inspections in the field as needed; determine valuation and building fees; check calculations and test reports; provide assistance and information to contractors, architects, engineers and the public in the solution of complex building problems and the interpretation of building codes, structural standards and ordinances.

County of Hawaii -Department of Public Work
Structural Engineer

Responsible for the structural plan review and approval of all complex residential and commercial buildings on the Island of Hawaii. Provide code interpretations and engineered solutions/technical responses to architects, engineers, drafting personnel, contractors, and owners. Conduct in-house and public (island-wide) training seminars on local building codes and other engineering/field-
inspection related topics as needed.

Perform the structural design of minor County-funded buildings and structures. Work closely with County building inspectors to ensure buildings are constructed in conformance with the plans & create County standard designs for the public.

Bureau Veritas North America Inc.

Consultant

Senior Structural Engineer and plan review specialist. Responsible for the structural plan review of high-rise, commercial, and residential buildings (See Major USA Plan Review Projects on page 1 for some recent projects) - Third party plan reviewer for the
City and County of Honolulu.

City of Dana Point
Senior Structural Engineer

Served as a division head within Building and Safety. Reviewed designs and checked calculations for complex custom-built residential homes, commercial buildings, and earth-retaining structures. Directed and supervised inspection staff in resolving difficult field problems. Coordinated and expedited plan check activities with other departments and outside agencies. Prepared technical guidelines/manuals and provided training to the st aff and public. Created city standard designs as needed. Page 375 of 679 City of Huntington Beach
Senior Plan Check Engineer

Reviewed architectural and structural designs (plans and specifications) from a life safety and engineering standpoint to ensure compliance with all applicable codes and regulations for fire and life safety, structural integrity, disabled access, energy and utilities requirements. Worked effectively and sensitively in teams and with government counterparts. Provided information and solutions to developers, architects, engineers, contractors, and owners regarding matters such as design, engineering, and regulations governing building plans and construction. Supervised the Permit and Plan Check Services Division in the absence of the Division Head/ Manager.

City of Long Beach
Civil Plan Check Engineer

Performed building, structural, and life safety design reviews of commercial, industrial, and residential buildings per uniform codes, state of California regulations, and local ordinances. Presented departmental reports at monthly community development program meetings. Enforced city environmental codes of practice.

Evaluated the performance of consultant engineers. Conducted training seminar to the inspection/engineering staff.

Hamid Irannejad, S.E., P.E.

Senior Structural Plan Review Engineer

Education
M.S. Degree & B.S Degree–
Structural/Civil Engineering
University of Akron

Licenses and
Certifications
• Licensed Structural
Engineer in the State of
California

Background
Gene
Hamid has a Master of Science degree in Civil/Structural Engineering and a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering. Hamid has over 25 years of plan check experience as the Lead Senior Structural Engineer/ managing the day-to-day operations of the Structural Plan Check Discipline, Senior/supe rvising Structural Engineer and Associate/plan check Engineer with the City of San Diego Development Services Department. In San Diego, Hamid over saw review of major projects such as mid-rise and high-rise residential and commercial buildings as well as many other types of complex structures and occupancies. Hamid has over 14 years of structural design experience of residential and comme rcial buildings and other structures including 8 years of structural design of stee l and concrete-framed high- rise buildings with CBM Engineers, Inc. in Houston, Texas . Hamid provides structural plan check on major buildings. He is a licen sed Structural and Civil Engineer in the State of California.

Select Work Experience

True North Compliance Services, Inc.

Structural Plan Review Engineer

Provide structural plan review for various projects. Review projects including single family/duplex residential construction, multifamily residential construction, commercial construction, and non-building structures. Review and evaluate architectural and
structural construction documents submitted for permit approval from various municipalities utilizing applicable codes/standards/guidelines/laws, code interpretation, appropriate municipal ordinances and construction and engineering standards; interact and communicate with design professionals and city staff on technical requirements and plan review comments; provide technical assistance to city staff; perform structural inspections in the field as needed; determine valuation and building fees; check calcul ations and test reports; provide assistance and information to contractors, architects, engineers and the public in the solution of complex building problems and the interpretation of building codes, structural standards and ordinances.

City of San Diego
Senior Structural Engineer

As a Senior Structural Engineer with City of San Diego, Development Services Department, Mr. Zamani is responsible to supervise team of up to six Associates and Assistants Structural Engineers to review architectural, structural plans, structural calculations and construction specifications to verify their conformance and compliance with current California Building Codes (CBC) and local amendments for Life Safety, Structural, and Disabled Access requirements. He is also responsible to provide preliminary reviews and code interpretations for large and complex projects prior to their full submittal for plan check.

City of San Diego
Structural Engineer Associate

As a Structural Engineer Associate with City of San Diego Development Services Department, He was responsible to review architectural, structural, plans, structural calculations and specifications to verify their conformance and compliance with current CBC and local amendments for Life Safety, Structural, and Disabled Access requirements.

CBM Engineers
Structural Design Engineer

Provided structural analysis and design for all type’s buildings and structures, ranging from single family residential to multi-story apartment, commercial buildings. Hamid has over 14 years of structural design experience of residential and commercial buildings and other structures including 8 years of structural design of steel and concrete-framed high-rise buildings with CBM Engineers, Inc. in Houston, Texas.

36 Edward Alexanians, P.E., S.E.

Senior Structural Plan Review Engineer

Education
M.S Degree -Structural
Engineering
UCLA

M.S Degree -Structural
Engineering
Tehran University

Licenses and
Certifications
• Licensed Professional
Engineer in the State of
California

• Licensed Structural
Engineer in the State of
California

Background
Ge ne

Ed is an accomplished and highly respected structural engineer. He has over 30 years in structural plan check and structural design field. He has designed or reviewed thousands of projects over his career including high rise buildings, hotels, mixed-use buildings with subterranean garage, concrete parking structures, uni versity projects and man y others.

He specializes in complex and unique structural projects. S amples of complex projects reviewed by Ed included : The Burbank Studios high-rise concrete office buildings, four high-rise buildings with parking structure in the City of B urbank, Waldorf Astoria, a thirteen-story concrete hotel in Beverly Hills, nine-story office and dorm and a five-story hotel in El Segundo, nine and seven-story office buildings in Burbank, three-story hotel conversion into condominiums in Hancock Park, multi-unit a partment buildings with subterranean garage, Chase Bank building and a multi-s tory mixed used occupancy building, five-story post tension concrete open parking structure in the City of Alhambra, two high-rise buildings in Beverly Hills, several Cal State university facilities

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Senior Structural Plan Review Engineer

Provide structural plan review for various projects. Review projects including single family/duplex residential construction, multifamily residential construction, commercial construction, and non-building structures. Review and evaluate architectural and structural construction documents submitted for permit approval from various municipalities utilizing applicable codes/standards/guidelines/laws, code interpretation, appropriate municipal ordinances and construction and engineering standards; interact and communicate with design professionals and city staff on technical requirements and plan review comments; provide technical assistance to city staff; perform structural inspections in the field as needed; determine valuation and building fees; check calculations and test reports; provide assistance and information to contractors, architects, engineers and the public in the solution of complex building problems and the interpretation of building codes, structural standards and ordinances.

County of Los Angeles
Office Manager
Supervision of plan checking, permitting and inspection services for the South Whittier District Office and two contract cities of La Mirada and Santa Fe Springs. Supervision of the plan check engineers, permit technicians and inspectors. Interpretation of the Building Code requirements and conflict resolution between the public and office staff.

Responding to the Board of Supervisors' inquiries about the area’s issues.

County of Los Angeles
Supervising Civil Engineer
Senior plan check engineer, responsible for review of co mplex structures, high-rise and mid-rise buildings, amusement rides at the Universal and Six-Flags Magic Mountain and earthquake damaged buildings for the Los Angeles County Building Code compliance. A team member for damage assessment of several buildings after the Los Angeles riots and the 1994 Northridge Earthquake.

Frank Lucas & Assoc.

Design Structural Engineer
Design of a variety of structures and buildings throughout the region.

Bachar Koujah, P.E., CASp
Senior Plan Review Engineer

Education
B.S. Degree -Civil
Engineering

M.S. Degree - Structural
Engineering

Licenses and
Certifications
• Licensed Engineer in the
State of California
• CASp
• Building Inspector

Background

Over 25 years experience as a plan check engineer. Highly accomplished Professional Engineer and CASp who is effective at reviewing the entire range of residential and commercial plans for compliance with applicable building codes. Detail-oriented and analytical professional with an efficient and thorough approach. Proficient licensed plans check engineer who is knowledgeable about current codes and their effective interpretation.

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Plan Review Engineer
Perform plan review of the entire range of residential, commercial and industrial projects; examine and check structural engineering designs, calculations and plans for conformance with adopted Building Codes and local ordinance and regulations; perform plan review of electrical, mechanical and plumbing projects for conformance with the Mechanical Code, Plumbing Code and National Electrical Code and local ordinances and regulations; provide interpretations of building codes, State laws and local ordinances to city staff and the public; evaluate alternate methods of construction/materials and provides recommendations; provide technical assistance to city staff; perform CASp plan reviews and inspections and prepare CASp reports as needed; check plans for compliance with California Title 24, Energy and Disabled Access Requirements; maintain liaison with city staff related to project reviews and code compliance.

Bureau Veritas
Plan Review Engineer
Combination plan review engineer for the full range of construction projects for conformance with adopted Building Codes and local ordinance and regulations; performed plan review of electrical, mechanical and plumbing projects for conformance with the Mechanical Code, Plumbing Code and National Electrical Code and local ordinances and regulations; served as in-house plan check engineer at the City of Corona; provided technical assistance to city staff; performed CASp plan reviews and inspections.

City of Irvine
Senior Plan Check Engineer
Plan review of architectural & structural plans for large, medium, & small sized residential & commercial projects. Enforce all applicable building codes including fire, life safety, and accessibility requirements. Coordinate a smooth process between clients and the City to ensure great customer service in meeting code requirements per the Building Code. Advised and interpreted codes to homeowners, business owners, laymen, contractors, architects, and the public; and coordinated inspection activities and the construction progress with other City departments and outside agencies as needed. Mentored and supervise colleagues to improve their skills and education by providing technical knowledge.

City of Riverside
Plan Review Engineer
Plan review of architectural & structural plans for large, medium, & small sized residential & commercial projects. Enforced all applicable building codes including fire, life safety, and accessibility requirements. Coordinated a smooth process between clients and the City to ensure great customer service in meeting code requirements per the Building Code.

Scot Weisse, P.E.

Senior Plan Review Engineer

Education
B.S. Degree- Architectural
Engineering- California
Polytechnical University, San
Luis Obispo

Licenses and
Certifications
• Licensed Engineer in the
State of California

• CA Commercial Building
Plans Examiner

Background

California Licensed Civil Engineer with nineteen years of experience in structural engineering, construction, and plan review of the entire range of construction projects.

Areas of expertise include structural engineering and plan checking complex commercial and residential projects. Detail-oriented and analytical professional with an efficient and thorough approach. Proficient licensed plans check engineer who is knowledgeable about current codes and their effective interpretation.

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Plan Review Engineer

Perform plan review of the entire range of residential, commercial and industrial projects; examine and check structural engineering designs, calculations and plans for conformance with adopted Building Codes and local ordinance and regulations; perform plan review of electrical, mechanical and plumbing projects for conformance with the Mechanical Code, Plumbing Code and National Electrical Code and local ordinances and regulations; provide interpretations of building codes, State laws and local ordinances to city staff and the public; evaluate alternate methods of construction/materials and provides recommendations; provide technical assistance to city staff; check plans for compliance with California Title 24, Energy and Disabled Access Requirements; maintain liaison with city staff related to project reviews and code compliance.

City of Ventura
Supervising Plan Check Engineer

Manage the plan check and permit counter operations for the city. Plan check architectural & structural plans for large, medium, & small sized residential & commercial projects. Enforce all applicable building codes including fire, life safety, and accessibility requirements. Coordinate a smooth process between clients and the City to ensure great customer service in meeting code requirements per the Building Code. Advised and interpreted codes to homeowners, business owners, laymen, contractors, architects, and the public; and coordinated inspection activities and the construction progress with other City departments and outside agencies as needed.

Mentored and supervise colleagues to improve their skills and education by providing technical knowledge; served as acting building official in the absence of the building official

Li & Associates
Senior Design Engineer

Served as lead engineer / project manager for multiple projects; met with clients, architects, contractors and building officials; designed simple to large residential and commercial projects including complex lateral and gravity systems; developed plans and details for construction; construction administration; managed project budgets and time schedules; delegating work to draftsmen and other engineers.

Robert Chun, P.E.

Senior Plan Review Engineer

Education
B.S. Degree - Civil
Engineering
University of California-
Berkeley

M.S. Degree - Civil
Engineering
San Jose State University

Licenses and
Certifications
• Licensed Engineer in the
State of California

Background

Highly accomplished Professional Engineer who is effective at reviewing the entire range of residential and commercial plans for compliance with applicable building codes. Detail-oriented and analytical professional with an efficient and thorough approach. Proficient licensed plans check engineer who is knowledgeable about current codes and their effective interpretation.

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Plan Review Engineer

Perform plan review of the entire range of residential, commercial and industrial projects; examine and check structural engineering designs, calculations and plans for conformance with adopted Building Codes and local ordinance and regulations; perform pl an review of electrical, mechanical and plumbing projects for conformance with the Mechanical Code, Plumbing Code and National Electrical Code and local ordinances and regulations; provide interpretations of building codes, State laws and local ordinances to city staff and the public; evaluate alternate methods of construction/materials and provides recommendations; provide technical assistance to city staff; perform structural inspections in the field as needed; determine valuation and building fees; check calculations and test reports; provide assistance and information to contractors, architects, engineers and the public in the solution of routine building problems and the interpretation of building codes and ordinances; check plans for compliance with California Title 24, Energy and Disabled Access Requirements; maintain liaison with city staff related to project reviews and code compliance.

City and County of San Francisco- Department of Building Inspection Senior Plan Check Engineer

Plan check architectural & structural plans for large, medium, & small sized residential & commercial projects. Enforce all applicable building codes including fire, life safety, and accessibility requirements. Coordinate a smooth process between clients and the City to ensure great customer service in meeting code requirements per the Building Code. Advised and interpreted codes to homeowners, business owners, laymen, contractors, architects, and the public; and coordinated inspection activities and the construction progress with other City departments and outside agencies as needed. Mentored and supervise colleagues to improve their skills and education by providing technical knowledge. Managed the City’s Soft Story Program.

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Kylie Gonsalves, PE
Plan Review Engineer

Education
B.S. Degree - Civil
Engineering
California Polytechnical
University- Pomona

Licenses and
Certifications
• Licensed Engineer in the
State of California

Accomplishments
· Chi Epsilon; Civil
Engineering Honor Society
· Cum Laude

Background

Highly accomplished Professional Engineer with over 8 years of experience as a plan check engineer. Highly competent at reviewing residential and commercial plans for compliance with applicable building codes. Detail -oriented and analytical professional with an efficient and thorough approach. Proficient licensed plans examiner who is k nowledgeable about current codes and their effective interpretation.

Work Experience

True North Compliance Services, Inc.

Plan Review Engineer
Perform plan review of the entire range of residential, commercial and industrial projects; examine and check structural engineering designs, calculations and plans for conformance with adopted Building Codes and local ordinance and regulations; perform plan review of electrical, mechanical and plumbing projects for conformance with the Mechanical Code, Plumbing Code and National Electrical Code and local ordinances and regulations; provide interpretations of building codes, State laws and local ordinances to city staff and the public; provide technical assistance to city staff; check plans for compliance with California Title 24, Energy and Disabled Access Requirements; maintain liaison with city staff related to project reviews and code compliance.

CSG
Plan Review Engineer
Reviewed Architectural, Structural, Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing drawings for code compliance and structural integrity on behalf of various jurisdictions/agencies; provided in-house and over-the-counter review services for the Cities of Redlands and Huntington Beach.

Rene Avila
Interim Building Official

Education

• Public Administration/
Political Science-
California Baptist
University

Background

Rene is a seasoned a nd experienced combination building inspector, supervisor and building official. He is a dedicated professional with strong interpersonal skills and great customer service. He is capable, dependable, detail-oriented, conscientious, courteous, helpful and will look for ways to help customers find solutions during his inspections.

He works very well under pressure and in a fast-paced environment. He builds and maintains positive working relationships with peers, management, and customers. He has excellent organizational skills, computer savvy and a proven ability to adhere to the established procedures of the jurisdiction.

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Interim Building Official/Senior Building Inspector
Rene serves as a True North Compliance Services interim building official when requested by our clients. As an Interim Building Official for client cities, Rene provides leadership and technical support to the Building Division staff. He reviews plans; provides over the counter plan review; conducts field inspections; attends weekly staff meetings; provides recommendations to staff as it relates to code application/interpretations and other Building Department questions; he works with other departments and agencies to facilitate customer requests and needs.

He also conducts field inspections of a variety of construction projects for compliance with the latest edition of the CRC, CBC and other standards and adopted jurisdiction ordinances. He interprets and enforces adopted City codes & ordinance; reviews plans, calculations & specifications; coordinates & schedules daily inspection assignments.

Rene provides technical support to staff/contractors/ clients, trouble-shoots & investigates complaints of code violations.

Consulting Plans Examiner
City of Fontana
Rene’s duties included performing plan reviews for compliance with applicable codes and regulations. He assisted in intake of projects and building permit applications. He provided assistance to permit applicants and the public. Assisted inspectors and city staff with questions on building permits and compliance with the adopted codes and city ordinances and regulations.

Assistant Director
City of Perris
Managed a department of 18 staff. Prepared and managed annual budget. Ensured compliance with codes and regulation s for the city. Hired and trained staff. He successfully resolve d disputes between building division staff and developers, contractors, architects, engineers, and the public. He trained inspectors and other staff and responded to inspectors’ questions and inquires on codes and city regulations and policies. He prepared and presented reports to the City Council and other city boards and commissions.

Plans Examiner & Senior Building Inspector
City of Ontario
Kept up to date on inspection regulations, codes, ordinances and techniques.

Re-inspected commercial and residential constructions which previously failed Page 385 of 679 40 Alaa Atassi
Senior Plans Examiner

Education
M.S. Degree – Structural
Engineering
San Francisco State University

B.S. Degree - Civil
Engineering
San Francisco State University

Certifications

• ICC Certified Commercial
Plan Examiner

• ICC Certified Commercial
Inspector

Background

Experienced Plans Examiner and Engineer who is effective at reviewing residential and commercial plans for compliance with applicable building codes. Detail-oriented and analytical professional with an efficient and thorough approach. Proficient certified plans examiner who is knowledgeable about current codes and their effective interpretation.

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Senior Plans Examiner

Perform plan review of the entire range of residential, commercial and industrial projects; examine and check structural engineering designs, calculations and plans for conformance with adopted Building Codes and local ordinance and regulations; perform plan review of electrical, mechanical and plumbing projects for conformance with the Mechanical Code, Plumbing Code and National Electrical Code and local ordinances and regulations; provide interpretations of building codes, State laws and local ordinances to city staff and the public; provide technical assistance to city staff; perform structural inspections in the field as needed; determine valuation and building fees; check calculations and test reports; provide assistance and information to contractors, architects, engineers and the public in the solution of routine building problems and the interpretation of building codes and ordinances; check plans for compliance with California Title 24, Energy and Disabled Access Requirements; assist contractors, architects, engineers and others in the solution of complex code issues; maintain liaison with city staff related to project reviews and code compliance.

WC3
Plans Examiner

Performed plan review of architectural & structural plans for large, medium, & small sized residential & commercial projects; Enforced all applicable building codes including fire, life safety, and accessibility requirements; Assisted contractors, architects, engineers and others in the solution of complex structural, mechanical, electrical and related problems with interpretation of the building codes and ordinances; Maintained cooperation with other departments concerned with building and related code compliance; Performed structural inspections in the field as required.

Engineering Intern
City of South San Francisco Public Works,
Engineering Division

Supported city engineers on daily tasks, related to transportation, construction, public works and city streets for the City of South San Francisco.

41 Bryan Montes, EIT
Plan Review Engineer

Education
B.S. Degree – Civil
Engineering
UC- Irvine University

Licenses and
Certifications
• Engineer-in-Training (EIT)

• ICC-Certified Residential
Plans Examiner

Skills & Awards
• UCI Dean’s Structural
Engineering Senior Design
Choice Award

• Computer Literate: MS
Word, Excel, PowerPoint,
Pages, Keynote;
MATLAB, AutoCAD,
Bluebeam, Sketch-up,
Stella, EPANet
Background

Over 3 years of experience in the plan review of a wide range of structures and building from residential and commercial projects and tenant improvements. Pleasant and customer service oriented professional with a helpful can-do attitude. Team player with an enthusiastic attitude. Versed in multiple permitting software and computer systems.

Work Experience

True North Compliance Services, Inc.

Plan Review Engineer
Provide plan review for various projects. Review projects including single family/duplex residential construction, multifamily residential construction, commercial construction, and non-building structures. Review and evaluate architectural and structural construction documents submitted for permit approval from various municipalities utilizing applicable codes/standards/guidelines/laws, code interpretation, appropriate municipal ordinances and construction and engineering standards; interact and communicate with design professionals and city staff on technical requirements and plan review comments; provide technical assistance to city staff; perform structural inspections in the field as needed; determine valuation and building fees; check calculations and test reports; provide assistance and information to contractors, architects, engineers and the public in the solution of complex building problems and the interpretation of building codes, structural standards and ordinances.

Currently, Bryan provides in-house plan review services to the Cities of Dana Point and Santa Monica. He performs over-the-counter plan reviews, assists applicants with code compliance questions, and reviews rechecks, field changes and revisions.

Interwest Consulting Group
Engineering Plans Examiner

Perform comprehensive and complete reviews of reside ntial projects, including for Building & Life Safety, M/E/P, CalGREEN, and Energy Conse rvation Requirements; Review calculations, specifications, and technical reports to determine compliance with the applicable building codes and standards for different jurisdictions; Conduct structural plan reviews for residential and commercial p rojects including single family dwellings, tract homes, high-pile storage racks, temporary stages, etc.; Serve the City of El Monte as its only in-house plan check engineer performing the aforementioned duties as well as answering and assisting any inquiries from the public over-the-counter.

City of Eastville, City of Bell
City Engineer Intern

Served as the principal assistant responsible for collecting, transferring, and organizing necessary data on to the newly implemented Survey 123 for ArcGIS, a form-centric data gathering system; Worked with city engineers, public works, and building & safety on various projects that would positively impact the city; Under direction, carried out site inspections and conducted field assessments.

42 Areli Sanchez
Plan Review Engineer

Education
B.S. Degree – Civil
Engineering
San Francisco State University

Certifications

• ICC-Certified Building
Plans Examiner

Skills & Awards
• Computer Literate: MS
Word, Excel, PowerPoint,
Pages, Viewpoint,
Plangrid, MATLAB,
AutoCAD, Bluebeam
Background

Over 3 years of experience in the plan review of a wide range of structures and building from residential and commercial projects and tenant improvements. Pleasant and customer service oriented professional with a helpful can-do attitude. Team player with an enthusiastic attitude. Versed in multiple permitting software and computer systems.

Work Experience

True North Compliance Services, Inc.

Plan Review Engineer
Areli provides plan review for various projects. Review projects including single family/duplex residential construction, multifamily residential construction, commercial construction, and non-building structures. Review and evaluate architectural and structural construction documents submitted for permit approval from various municipalities utilizing applicable codes/standards/guidelines/laws, code interpretation, appropriate municipal ordinances and construction and engineering standards; interact and communicate with design professionals and city staff on technical requirements and plan review comments; provide technical assistance to city staff; perform structural inspections in the field as needed; determine valuation and building fees; check calculations and test reports; provide assistance and information to contractors, architects, engineers and the public in the solution of complex building problems and the interpretation of building codes, structural standards and ordinances.

West Coast Code Consultants
Engineering Plans Examiner

Perform comprehensive and complete reviews of reside ntial projects, including for Building & Life Safety, M/E/P, CalGREEN, and Energy Conse rvation Requirements; Review calculations, specifications, and technical reports to determine compliance with the applicable building codes and standards for different jurisdictions; Conduct structural plan reviews for residential and commercial p rojects including single family dwellings, tract homes, high-pile storage racks, temporary stages, etc.; Serve the City of El Monte as its only in-house plan check engineer performing the aforementioned duties as well as answering and assisting any inquiries from the public over-the-counter.

Cahill Contractors
Project Engineering Intern

Handled RFIs and field changes; meeting coordination, quality control on construction projects; safety inspections; under direction, carried out site inspections and conducted field assessments.

Amer Atassi
Plan Review Engineer

Education
B.S. Degree – Civil
Engineering
Bilgi University

Skills
• Computer Literate: MS
Word, Excel, PowerPoint,
Pages, Keynote;
MATLAB, AutoCAD,
Bluebeam, Sketch-up,
Stella, EPANet
Background

Amer is an experienced Plans Examiner and Engineer who is effective at reviewing residential designs for compliance with applicable building codes He has experience plan reviewing a wide range of residential structures and building. Amer has a pleasant and customer service oriented professional with a helpful can-do attitude. Team player with an enthusiastic attitude.

Work Experience

True North Compliance Services, Inc.

Plan Review Engineer
Provide plan review for various projects. Review projects including single family/duplex residential construction, ADU’s, swimming pools, photvoltaic systems, etc. Review and evaluate architectural and structural construction documents submitted for permit approval from various municipalities utilizing applicable codes/standards/guidelines/laws, code interpretation, appropriate municipal ordinances and construction and engineering standards; interact and communicate with design professionals and city staff on technical requirements and plan review comments; provide technical assistance to city staff; perform structural inspections in the field as needed; determine valuation and building fees; check calculations and test reports; provide assistance and information to contractors, architects, engineers and the public in the solution of complex building problems and the interpretation of building codes, structural standards and ordinances.

Misk Insaat LTD
Site Engineer

Provided construction project management and site operations on various ty pes of structures.

45 Timothy M. Shell, PE
Senior Civil Engineer

Education
B.S. Degree - Civil
Engineering

MBA- Government
Management

Licenses and
Certifications
• Licensed Civil Engineer in
the State of California

Background

Tim has 25+ years of broad experience in funding, planning, designing, permitting, and constructing municipal public works improvements, including coordination with Caltrans, San Diego Association of Governments, County of San Diego, North County Transit District, franchise utility companies, and other local municipal agencies and special districts. 10 years with the City of Vista, 9 years with the San Diego Water Authority and many years as a design civil engineer with design firms in Southern California. Tim also served as staff augmentation in the City of Lake Elsinore in the 90s.

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Senior Civil Engineer

Review engineering cost estimates; storm water projects; Compliance with Current NPDES Permits; Water Quality Management Plans; transportation projects, grading plans and other assignments as necessary. Tim prepares, implements, and manages capital improvement plans and prepares plans, specifications and cost estimates for variety of municipal projects. He also serves as project manager or construction manager for municipal projects.

City of Vista
Principal Engineer

Manages consultant and construction con tracts for the city’s Capital Improvement Program, serving the Streets Section of the Public Works Department, the Parks and Recreation Department, and the Sanitation and Stormwater Sections of the Public Works Department. Prepares plans, specifications, and estimates for variety of municipal public works projects, for transportation, drainage, parks, and facilities.

San Diego County Water Authority
Senior Civil Engineer
Managed consultant and construction contracts for large waterworks facilities providing wholesale water supplies to member agencies in San Diego County.

Provided studies, reports, and designs for System Operation upgrades and modifications.

BSI Consultants, Inc. San Diego, CA
Associate Civil Engineer
Prepared plans, specifications, and estimates for variety of municipal clients, for transportation, waterworks, drainage, and sanitation facilities. Served as design team leader. Prepared Engineer’s Reports and provided cost analysis for Assessment Districts. Provided staff augmentation managing capital projects at cities of Santee and Lake Elsinore, and single-family private developments at cities of Lake Elsinore and Canyon Lake.

47 Jamal Naji, PE
Senior Civil Engineer

Education
B.S. Degree - Civil
Engineering
SDSU

Licenses and
Certifications
• Licensed Civil Engineer in
the State of California

Background

Over 30 years extensive experience in the Civil Engineering discipline that includes Wastewater and Land Development. Considerable experience in designing and inspecting construction of pipelines, wastewater facilities, grading, and flood control channels. Reviewed subdivision, grading and street improvement plans in accordance with the State of California Subdivision Map Act, and the City of Chula Vista and County of San Diego ordinances and policies. Taught workshop on reading grading and topographic maps to various departments in the County of San Diego. Performed field review and prepared conditions for Tentative Parcel Map Resolution

Work Experience

True North Compliance Services, Inc.

Civil Engineer

Jamal leads major reviews for the team; he provides quality control and technical support to our team; he performs complex plan review of improvement plans, documents, and technical studies including: Rough and Precise Grading Plans; Wet Utility Plans (e.g. Sewer, Water, Recycled Water, Storm Drain); Street Improvement Plans; Hydrology Studies and Hydraulic Calculations; Water Quality Management Plans (WQMPs); Water Quality reports; Erosion Control Plans and Engineering Cost Estimates; Reviews studies and inspects wastewater facilities, sewer lines, flood control channels and building projects and performs feasibility studies for wastewater treatment plants and pump stations.

City of Chula Vista – Department of Public Works
Associate Civil Engineer

Wastewater Management
Project Manager for capital improvement projects that included pipe rehabilitation projects using micro-tunneling, pipe bursting, pipe lining and slip-lining technologies; Managed and coordinated Industrial Waste Program with the City of San Diego Wastewater Pretreatment Program; Prepared Requests for Proposal and executed contracts for designing Salt Creek Sewer Trunk project (over $20 million project); coordinated and managed sewer capacity agreements between the City of Chula Vista and the County of San Diego. Coordinated wastewater projects with Field Operations and Engineering Design Divisions; Designed and inspected grading, wastewater facilities, sewer lines, flood control channels and building projects; Prepared project specifications and plans using AutoCAD and WordPerfect software for wastewater facilities; Prepared operation & maintenance manuals, and feasibility studies for wastewater treatment plants and pump stations.

Land Development
Reviewed subdivision, grading and street improvement plans in accordance with the State of California Subdivision Map Act, and the City of Chula Vista and County of San Diego ordinances and policies; Taught workshop on reading grading and topographic maps to various departments in the County of San Diego; Performed field review and prepared conditions for Tentative Parcel Map Resolution; Established an inspection program on borrow pit operations in the County of San Diego.

Geotechnical Engineering
Performed soil tests in accordance with the American Standard for Testing Materials Specifications.

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Hassan Itani, PE
M/P Plan Review Engineer

Education
B.S. Degree – Mechanical
Engineering
California State Polytechnic
University, Pomona

Licenses and
Certifications

• Licensed Engineer,
Mechanical

• ICC -Certified Mechanical
Plans Examiner

Background

Hassan is a highly qualified plan review engineer and design engineer with over 8 years of experience in the review and design of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC), plumbing systems for compliance with local and state codes and energy standards. He has knowledge and experience in large scale alternative energy generation plants. Hassan has a strong background in project management and evaluation of existing HVAC/MEP systems.

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Mechanical/Plumbing Plan Review Engineer

Provide plan review and field investigations for compliances with mechanical and plumbing codes and standards and review of energy compliance documents (Title 24) for wide range of construction projects ranging from residential additions to new high- rise buildings, hotels, malls, large public facilities, hazardous occupancies, R&D, and Biotech Facilities.

City of Los Angeles
Mechanical Engineering Associate II

Review of plumbing, mechanical, heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC), as well as electrical building plans of commercial, multi-family and industrial for compliances with mechanical, plumbing, and electrical codes, and standards. Review of energy compliance documents. Provide information on codes and regulations to engineers, architects, and contractors. Resolve issues between the field inspectors and contractors. Perform calculations for ventilation, mechanical equipment, piping, wiring, and load verifications.

Boeing
Fleet System Engineer

Monitor multiple airplane fleets and provide targeted maintenance recommendations for critical faults, enabling real-time situational awareness of in-flight Boeing airplanes; work directly with airlines to help improve reliability metrics by implementing prognostic alerting systems.

Applied Medical
Mechanical Engineering Intern

Assisted in developing and testing Kii Dissecting Balloon, promoting its reliability in the field to expedite product release; collaborated with senior engineers in product development to revise manufacturing process and equipment maintenance schedules to increase efficiency; sole generator of maintenance manuals, installation, operational, and performance qualification reports to document product progress; meeting FDA requirements in case of audit.

50 Amir Amiri, P.E.

Electrical Plan Review Engineer

Education
B.S. Degree – Electrical
Engineering
CAL State University,
Northridge

Licenses and
Certifications
• Licensed Engineer in the
State of California

Background

Amir has over 20 years of diverse experience in the electrical engineering construction design and plan review for a variety of construction projects ranging from TIs to complex occupancies, high rise buildings, high voltage systems and sub-stations. He reviews complex building plans for conformance to applicable electrical regulations and calculates electrical adequacy; prepares reports and written recommendations and coordinates construction activities with other agencies and citizen groups.

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Electrical Plan Review Engineer

Provide plan review and field investigations for compliances with the National Electrical Code (NEC) and standards and review of energy compliance documents (Title 24) for wide range of construction projects ranging from residential additions to new high-rise buildings, hotels, malls, large public facilities, hazardous occupancies, R&D, and Biotech Facilities. Amir is also our internal expert for high voltage systems and sub-stations and large-scale solar farms.
120 Degreez, Inc.

Senior Electrical Engineer

Performs engineering designs and calculations, prepares plans, estimates, and specifications. Consults with department representatives and other agencies on electrical engineering problems, and checks plans, and specifications developed by consultants. Inspects major electrical or electronic contract work; checks material lists to ensure conformance with specifications; makes field investigations and surveys.

Prepares calculations for photometric, power, and energy studies and load characteristics. Supervise and check the work of subordinate engineers and drafting personnel, drafted and designed power distribution and electrical site plans, panel schedules, and lighting plans per NEC and local codes under engineering supervision.

Performed all aspects of project, including Title 24, load calculation, and single line diagrams.

City of San Diego -Building & Safety
Associate Electrical Engineer

As an electrical plan review engineer, performed plan review of the Electrical Code for multifamily buildings, hotels, and all type of commercial buildings, including San Diego Convention Center, airport projects, office buildings, city facilities, fire stations, retail buildings, laboratories, restaurants, OSHPD 3 facilities, and industrial buildings.

In addition, assist city inspector with technical questions and day to day field issues for compliance with the National Electrical Code.

Jerome Schreiber, P.E.

Senior Electrical Plan Review Engineer

Education
B.S. Degree – Electrical
Engineering
CAL Polytechnical University

Licenses and
Certifications
• Licensed Electrical
Engineer in the State of
California

• ICC Certified Building
Inspector

• ICC Certified Mechanical
Inspector

• ICC Certified Plumbing
Inspector

• IAEI Certified Electrical
Inspector

• IAEI Certified Electrical
Plans Examiner

Background

Jerome has over 30 years of diverse experience in the electrical engineering design and
plan review for a variety of construction projects ranging from TIs to complex occupancies, high rise buildings, high voltage systems and sub-stations. He reviews complex building plans for conformance to applicable electrical regulations and calculates electrical adequacy; prepares reports and written recommendations and coordinates construction activities with other agencies and citizen groups.

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Electrical Plan Review Engineer

Provides plan review and field investigations for compliances with the National Electrical Code (NEC) and standards and review of energy compliance documents (Title 24) for wide range of construction projects ranging from residential additions to new high-rise buildings, hotels, malls, large public facilities, hazardous occupancies, R&D, and Biotech Facilities. Amir is also our internal expert for high voltage systems and sub-stations and small or large-scale solar farms.

Jerome will provide plan reviews of solar projects submitted to the VPP Program.

City of Glendale
Building Inspector

Performed building, electrical, mechanical and plumbing inspections; performed electrical plan reviews.

City of Vernon
Senior Electrical Inspector

Responsible for City of Vernon Electrical Plans Examination and Building, Plumbing, Mechanical, & Electrical inspections and all electrical installations in the City and for the City municipal facilities.

Southern California Edison
Distribution Engineer

Service Planning and Customer Coordination.

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53 Douglas Evans, FPE
Fire Protection Engineer

Education
B.S. Degree – Civil
Engineering
CSULA

Licenses and
Certifications

• Licensed Fire Protection
Engineer -CA, NV

• Member, ICC Fire Code
Interpretation Committee

• Fellow of Society of Fire
Protection Engineers
(SFPE)

• Member of NFPA
Technical Committee on
Smoke Management

Background

Technical expert on all fire protection aspects for the mega-resorts on the Las Vegas Strip. These facilities are essentially “cities under one roof”. His duties included review, comment and approval of fire protection plans on a wide range of issues and occupancy types, for new as well as existing facilities. He has been responsible for malls, atria, theaters, arenas, and mega -resorts, as well as numerous high -rise residential and office towers. He was also responsible for developing fire protection- related policy statements and guidelines for internal and external use.

His experience includes suppression and detection/alarm systems, fire-resistive construction, exiting, elevators, secondary power supplies, fire testing, fire modeling, hazardous materials and the codes/standards requirements that apply to the specific fire protection aspects. Some of his areas of specialization include: alternates/equivalences (performance-based designs) to prescriptive code requirements, smoke management systems, plastics/ foam plastics as building materials, interior finishes, unique interior features, combustible exterior facades, grease duct enclosures and product listings/applications for use on and within structures.

Mr. Evans has published several articles in trade journals and has given a number of professionally related presentations.

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Fire-Life Safety Plan Review Technical Lead

Performs complex fire safety plan review services for a variety of occupancies, including but not limited to high rise buildings, malls, atria, theaters, arenas, and mega- resort. Reviews complex fire modeling and alternates/equivalences (performance- based designs) to prescriptive code requirements, smoke management systems, plastics/ foam plastics as building materials, interior finishes, unique interior features, combustible exterior facades, grease duct enclosures and product listings/applications for use on and within structures.

Clark County
Senior Fire Protection Engineer

Performed complex plan review and conducted field construction inspections for new and existing buildings. Conduct field inspections and testing of new and existing fire protection systems. Reviewed blueprints for construction projects, including but not limited to grading plans, fire lane and fire apparatus access roads, fire alarm and detection systems, fire sprinkler and standpipe systems and general fire safety. Oversee special construction projects and represent the city fire and building department to ensure timely completion of plan review and onsite construction inspections to ensure project completion.

Fire Protection Engineer
Design Engineer

Performed design of complex fire safety systems; examining existing structures to determine if the fire protection aspects were compliant with applicable codes and standards; designing exit systems, specifying fire-resistive aspects of building components; specifying when fire suppression and alarm systems were required; reviewing code requirements and negotiating levels of protection with stakeholders.

Scot Deal, FPE

Fire Protection Engineer

Education
M.S. Degree – Fire
Protection Engineering
Worcester Polytechnic
Institute

B.S. Degree - Chemical
Engineering
Oregon State University

Licenses and
Certifications

• Licensed Fire Protection
Engineer- CA, TX

• Chartered Engineer in
European Schengen

• Contributor to International
Building Code Council
Interpretations Committee

• Bilingual (English and
Spanish)

Background

Technical expert on all fire protection aspects for complex project. His experience includes suppression and detection/alarm systems, fire-resistive construction, exiting, elevators, secondary power supplies, fire testing, fire modeling, hazardous materials and the codes/standards requirements that apply to the specific fire protection aspects.

Some of his areas of specialization include: alternates/equivalences (performance- based designs) to prescriptive code requirements, smoke management systems, plastics/ foam plastics as building materials, interior finishes, unique interior features, combustible exterior facades, grease duct enclosures and product listings/applications for use on and within structures.

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Senior Fire Protection Engineer

Performs complex fire safety plan review services for a variety of occupancies, including but not limited to high rise buildings, malls, atria, theaters, arenas and mega- resort. Reviews complex fire modeling and alternates/equivalences (performance- based designs) to prescriptive code requirements, smoke management systems, plastics/ foam plastics as building materials, interior finishes, unique interior features, combustible exterior facades, grease duct enclosures and product listings/applications for use on and within structures.

$24 Billion Metro Project
Riyadh Metro Project, Saudi Arabi

Suggest FEED strategies, templates for Alternative Methods approach, Risk evaluation of combustible materials, Hazard likelihoods and local tolerance level, Identify deviations from Employer’s Requirements and prescriptive codes, Value engineering.

Gabriel Reza
Fire, Life-Safety Plan Reviewer

Education
B.S. Degree – Urban
Planning

Certifications
• Certified Fire
Inspector, NCSA
#CFC040513
• Certified Fire Safety
Officer, Office of the
State Fire Marshal
• Hazardous Waste
Operations and
Emergency Response
Certified

Affiliations
• International Code
Council Los Angeles
Basin Chapter- Fire
Life Safety Chairman
• International Code
Council –
Appreciation Award
• California Building
Officials – 2020
Educator of the Year
• California Fire Chiefs
Association,
Executive Board
Member, SoCal FPO,
President

Background

Extensive experience of over 15 years conducting Title 19/24 fire and life safety inspections. Concise knowledge and experience with California State Fire Codes, local regulations, federal codes, laws and NFPA guidelines. Ability to properly research, interpret and properly apply these related codes.

Comprehensive knowledge of fire detection, sprinkler fire protection and other life safety systems, including NFPA requirements for inspection, installation, testing and evaluation of systems.

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Fire-Life Safety Plan Reviewer

Performs complex fire safety plan review services for a variety of occupancies, including but not limited to public college campuses, mid and high rise buildings, storage buildings, hazardous and high pile storage, multi-family residential use and solar/PV in both new and existing buildings. Reviews blueprints for construction projects, including but not limited to grading plans, fire apparatus access roads, fire alarm and detection systems, fire sprinkler and standpipe systems, and general fire safety. Conducts inspection and testing of fire detection systems including fire sprinklers, fire alarm, standpipe, and wet chemical systems.

City of Glendale
Senior Fire Safety Specialist

Conduct advanced and complex project and blueprint plan review for new construction projects, tenant improvements, fire apparatus access, hazardous material storage and fire detection and fire protection systems; Interpret, apply, and enforce all applicable codes and standards including: Title’s 8, 19/24, CA. Fire, Building and Mechanical Codes, CA. Health and Safety Code and NFPA codes; Sampled and tested hazardous and industrial waste; Performed new construction inspections abiding by standardized methods; Conducted fire prevention training activities for fire department operations; Prepared and maintained precise reports following record-keeping procedures.

City of Glendale
Planning Assistant

Reviewed commercial and single/multi-family projects for zoning code compliance; Processed planning entitlements and housing projects, CEQA review and analysis; Processed and presented applications to the City's Design Review Board, Planning Commission, and City Council.

Sergio Perreira
Senior Fire-Life Safety Plans Examiner/ Inspector

Education
Fire Prevention Officer –
California State Fire Marshal

Fire Science Degree –
Miramar College

Licenses and
Certifications

• Automatic Fire Alarm -
Association Fire Alarm
Testing & Inspection

• California State Fire
Academy Hydraulics for
Fire Sprinklers

• National Fire Academy -
Management of Fire
Prevention Programs

• National Fire Academy -
Evaluating Performance
Based Designs

• National Fire Sprinkler-
Association Sprinkler
Design Residential to
High-Rise

• National Fire Sprinkler
Association Pumps for Fire
Protection

Background

Sergio has over 30 years of experience in all operations of a fire rescue department, starting in firefighting, then moving to performing plan review and inspections of all types of occupancies and construction projects and Super vising the Plan Check and Inspections for New Construction/Fire Protection Systems.

Extensive knowledge and experience conducting Title 19/24 fire and life safety plan review and inspections of numerous complex projects in the City of San Diego including convention facilities, high rise hotels, biotech research & development companies, research labs and high-tech manufacturing facilities.

Sergio has been a Fire Science Instructor at Miramar an d Southwest Community Colleges in San Diego for over 10 years.

Expert in preparing Emergency Preparedness Plans.

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Fire-Life Safety Plan Reviewer/Inspector

Performing complex fire safety plan review & inspection services for a variety of occupancies, including but not limited to public college campus, mid and high rise buildings, storage buildings, hazardous and high pile storage, multi-family residential use and solar/PV in both new and existing buildings. Review fire apparatus access roads, fire alarm and detection systems, fire sprinkler and standpipe systems. Consult on Fire Department management and Emergency management plans.

City of San Diego
Supervisor Plan Check & Inspection for New Construction/Fire Protection Systems

Supervise and train inspectors in plan check of building plans and fire protections system, including fire alarm systems, smoke control, fire pumps, sprinklers, kitchen suppression system, spray paint booths, clean agent systems, fixed and semi-fixed suppression systems for tank farms, standpipe systems including high-rise standpipes.

Develop and update sprinkler policies and many other Fire Prevention polices.

Provided applicability of fire, building and alternate means and methods of fire protection. Conducted new hire interviews. Investigated and made recommendations for disciplinary action. Responsible for supervising inspection teams and approving occupancy of all high-rise construction in previous 15 years and other major projects including the San Diego Convention Center expansion, Petco Park, San Diego County Jail, and airport expansion. Provided solutions for complex problem such as: City Administration Building, Sun Road high-rise, Petco Park, Grant Hyatt, and Hilton explosion.

City of San Diego
Fire Plans Examiner

Plan review for Fire Access and Water Supply for the City of San Diego. Consultant for Project Managers, Architects, Engineers. And Homeowners for Fire Access, Brush Management Mitigation and Fire Code information. Provided training for Electrical and Plumbing inspectors for fire alarm and sprinkler inspections. Page 400 of 679

Ron Carter
Fire-Life Plans Examiner/Inspector

Licenses and
Certifications

• Fire Academy -City of San
Diego

• Certified as a Paramedic
through Palomar College

• EMT Certified

• State Fire Marshal,
Certificates in
Fire/Sprinkler and Alarm
plan check

Background

Over 25 years of experience in all operations of a fire rescue department, starting in firefighting/paramedic, then moving to performing plan review and inspection of all types of occupancies and construction projects.

Extensive experience conducting Title 19/24 fire and safety plan review and inspections of numerous complex projects in the City of San Diego including convention facilities, high rise hotel s, biotech research & development companies, research labs and high-tech manufacturing facilities.

Knowledge and experience with California Fire Codes, local regulations, and NFPA guidelines.

Comprehensive knowledge of fire detection, sprinkler fire protec tion and other life safety systems, including NFPA requirements for inspection, installation, testing, and evaluation of systems.

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Fire-Life Safety Plan Reviewer

Performing fire safety plan review services for a variety of occupancies, including but not limited to public college campus, mid and high rise buildings, storage buildings, hazardous and high pile storage, multi-family residential use and solar/PV in both new and existing buildings. Review fire apparatus access roads, fire alarm and detection systems, fire sprinkler and standpipe systems.

City of San Diego
Fire Plans Examiner

Plan review for Fire Access and Water Supply for the City of San Diego. Consultant for Project Managers, Architects, Engineers, and Homeowners for Fire Access, Brush Management Mitigation and Fire Code information. Provided training for Electrical and Plumbing inspectors for fire alarm and sprinkler inspections and performed fire inspections as needed.

City of San Diego
Acting Fire Inspection Supervisor

In addition to Fire Plans Officer and Fire Inspector duties; supervised five Fire Inspectors tasked with all fire plan check and inspections in the City of San Diego.

Section provided plan review and inspections and over the counter schedule for the section. Responsible for Fire Inspector training, performance evaluations and attended Fire management meetings.

City of San Diego
Fire Inspector

Inspection and plan review for all phases of sprinkler/suppression and alarm systems for single use family homes, commercial/high-rise buildings; underground/rough & final. Rotated duties from inspections, plan check and counter plan review.

Responsible for hydrant flow testing and training for new inspectors.

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Tom Graham
Senior Building Inspector

Certifications

• Building Inspector

• Residential Combination
Inspector

• Mechanical Inspector
UMC

• Plumbing Inspector UPC

Background

Tom is a seasoned and experienced combination building in spector. He is a dedicated
professional with strong inter-personal skills and great customer service. He is capable, dependable, detail-oriented, conscientious, courteous, helpful and will look for ways to help customers find solutions during his inspections. He works very well under pressure and in a fast-paced environment. He builds and maintains positive working relationship with peers, management, and customers. He has excellent organizational skills, computer savvy and p roven ability to adhere to the established procedures of the jurisdiction.

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Senior Building Inspector
Tom serves as a True North Compliance Services senior building inspector. He conducts field inspections of variety of construction projects for compliance with the latest edition of the CRC, CBC and other standards and adopted jurisdiction ordinances. He interprets and enforces adopted City codes & ordinance; reviews plans, calculations & specifications; coordinates & schedules daily inspection assignments.

Tom provides technical support to staff/contractors/ clients, trouble-shoots & investigates complaints of code violations.

Contract Inspector
Tom’s duties included performing inspections and providing general support to Building Departments in Southern California. In addition, Tom acted as a liaison with the jurisdictions served. He ensures compliance with the adopted building codes and local regulations and installation of plumbing and HVAC systems in new construction and alterations.

City of Huntington Beach
Inspections Supervisor
As the Inspection Supervisor for the City of Huntington Beach, Tom planed, scheduled, and coordinated the field operations of the bu ilding division. He conducted the most complex field inspections of industri al, commercial, and residential buildings during various stages of construct ion and remodeling. He performed field review of plans and specifications; maintained records and prepared appropriate paperwork, correspondence, records, and reports. He successfully resolved disputes between building division staff and dev elopers, contractors, architects, engineers, and the public. He coordinated f inal inspections with other departments and agencies and trained inspectors and res ponded to inspector’s questions and inquires on codes and city regulations and policies.

City of Long Beach
Building Inspector
Tom provided combination inspections on a variety of construction projects ranging from residential remodels to new multi-story office and hot el buildings to verify compliance with adopted codes and standards including Bu ilding, MEP, Energy, Accessibility and local ordinances and regulations

Gerald Vredenburg
Senior Building Inspector

Certifications

• Certified Building
Inspector
• Certified Combination
Dwelling Inspector

Background

Jerry is a seasoned and experienced combination building inspector. He is a dedicated professional with strong inter-personal skills and great customer service. He is capable, dependable, detail-oriented, conscientious, courteous, helpful and wil l look for ways to help customers find solutions during his inspections. He works very well under pressure and in a fast-paced environment. He builds and maintains positive working relationship with peers, management, and customers. He has excellent organizational skills, computer savvy and p roven ability to adhere to the established procedures of the jurisdiction.

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Senior Building Inspector
Jerry serves as a True North Compliance Services senior building inspector. He conducts field inspections of variety of construction projects ranging from minor residential to complex new homes and commercial projects for compliance with the latest edition of the CRC, CBC and other standards and adopted jurisdiction ordinances. He interprets and enforces adopted City codes & ordinance; reviews plans, calculations & specifications; coordinates & schedules daily inspection assignments. Jerry provides technical support to staff/contractors/ clients, trouble- shoots & investigates complaints of code violations.

Contract Building Inspector
City of San Bernardino
Jerry’s duties included performing inspections and providing general support to Building Departments in the City of San Bernardino. In addition, Jerry acted as a liaison with the jurisdictions served. He ensures compliance with the adopted building codes and local regulations and
installation of plumbing and HVAC systems
in new construction and alterations.

Contract Building Inspector
City of Orange
Jerry provided combination inspections on a variety of construction projects ranging from residential remodels to new multi-story offi ce and hotel buildings to verify compliance with adopted codes and standards includin g Building, MEP, Energy, Accessibility and local ordinances and regulations.

City of Redlands
Building Inspector
Jerry provided building inspections on a variety of co nstruction projects ranging from residential remodels to new homes and commercial b uildings to verify compliance with adopted codes and standards including Bui lding, MEP, Energy, Accessibility and local ordinances and regulations.

Alexandra Perkins
Senior Permit Technician/Document Control

Education
• Bachelor’s degree in
Marketing

Background

Alex is an experienced permit technician and document co ntrol with many years of
experience serving in multiple jurisdictions. She provides counter services to property owners, business owners, and developers for permitting and processing of discretionary and administrative permits, subdivisions, approvals, and p roperty development entitlements, as well as neighborhood code compliance and zoning violation matters.

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Supervising Permit Technician

Performs document control and intake of submitted projects. Communicates with clients and project applicants related to status of projects. P rocess projects and calculate fees and other building data. Review permit application for com pleteness, perform preliminary review for completeness and accuracy, perform fee calculations, route plans, verify approvals and conditions and issue permits. Use the City’s permitting system to file permit applications, calculate fees, research zoning and planning requirements, enter approvals and route plans to appropriate divisions and departments.

Use of different types of computer programs to determine building permit requirements, plan check fees, water & sewer fees, and building permit fees. Perform residential and TI plan reviews and communicates effectively with clients and applicants.

Contract Permit Technician
Multiple Jurisdictions in CA

Provided counter services to property owners, business owners, and developers for permitting and processing of building and other permits; Interprets and explains policies and regulations accurately and tactfully to the public with the completion of buildi ng permit applications; Issues multiple permits, including building, plumbing, electrical and mechanical; Calculates and processes permit and fees and provides fee estimates as requested; Records and reconciles the daily permit-related monetary transactions.

Graphics Designer

Defining requirements, visua lizing and creating graphics including illustrations, logos, layouts and photos for websites, books, magazines, product packaging, and exhibitions.

Jesica Miner
Permit Technician/Document Control

Education
• Associate Degree in
Marketing

Background

Jesica is an experienced permit technician and document control with many years of
experience serving in multiple jurisdictions. She provides counter services to property owners, business owners, and developers for permitting and processing of discretionary and administrative permits , subdivisions, approvals, and property development entitlements, as well as neighborhood code compliance and zoning violation matters.

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Permit Technician

Performs document control and intake of submitted projects. Communicates with clients and project applicants related to status of projects. P rocess projects and calculate fees and other building data. Review permit application for com pleteness, perform preliminary review for completeness and accuracy, perform fee calculations, route plans, verify approvals and conditions and issue permits. Use the City’s permitting system to file permit applications, calculate fees, research zoning and planning requirements, enter approvals and route plans to appropriate divisions and departments.

Use of different types of computer programs to determine building permit requirements, plan check fees, water & sewer fees, and building permit fees. Perform residential and TI plan reviews and communicates effectively with clients and applicants.

Office Manager
Sugar Loaf, Long Beach, CA

Provide excellent customer service; Train new employees on services and products ;
Perform services on clients; Booking clients and maintain schedule; Manage supplies and inventory; Maintain daily/monthly sales goals; Assist with monthly reports and overlook hours related to payroll; Conduct weekly team meetings & team bonding activities .

Roy Kim
Permit Technician/Document Control

Education
• College of San Mateo Art-
Enrolled

Background

Roy is an experienced permit technician and document co ntrol . He provides excellent
customer service. He provides counter services to property owners, business owners, and developers for permitting and processing of discretionary a nd administrative permits, su bdivisions, approvals, and property development entitlem ents, as well as neighborhood code compliance and zoning violation matters.

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Permit Technician

Performs document control and intake of submitted projects. Communicates with clients and project applicants related to status of projects. P rocess projects and calculate fees and other building data. Review permit application for com pleteness, perform preliminary review for completeness and accuracy, perform fee calculations, route plans, verify approvals and conditions and issue permits. Use the City’s permitting system to file permit applications, calculate fees, research zoning and planning requirements , enter approvals and route plans to appropriate divisions and departments.

Use of different types of computer programs to determine building permit requirements, plan check fees, water & sewer fees, and building permit fees. Perform residential and TI plan reviews and communicates effectively with clients and applicants.

Personal Arts Project Works
Designer

Progressed through personal art projects and assets fo r Live2D Avatars and streaming setups. Self-trained use of Live2D Cubism, and assortment of illustration programs.

Game Stop

Operate registers to assist customers in locating and exchange desired products; Advise
customers on products and payment plans; Organize incoming and outgoing inventory ; Inspect and verify customer trade-in items are in a re spectable state prior to placing it into inventory.

Construction Management • Inspection • Plan Check • Planning • Code Enforcement

402 West Broadway • San Diego, CA 92101 • Phone (619) 595-4873 City of National City March 5, 2025
Community Development Department
1243 National City Blvd.

National City, CA 91950
Attn: Samuel Marrinan, Building Official

RE: Proposal to Provide On-Call Permit Processing, Plan Review, and Inspection Services to the City of National City

4LEAF, Inc. (4LEAF) is pleased to present our proposal to provide On-Call Permit Processing, Plan Review, and Inspection Services to the City of National City (City). 4LEAF has been providing these services to approximately 500 clients throughout the country for more than 2 4 years and is looking forward to the opportunity of providing services to the City. 4LEAF is the ideal choice for the following reasons:

 Proven Regional Expertise and Local Commitment
At 4LEAF, our commitment to excellence extends throughout the San Diego area. We have successfully completed numerous projects across the region, demonstrating our deep understanding of local requirements and our capacity to deliver exceptional Community Development Services. We have a regional office in the City of San Diego with the local personnel available to service the City’s project and staffing needs. We are supplying services to many public agencies throughout California, including Southern California municipalities including, but not limited to:

 Full-Service Firm
As a full-service firm, 4LEAF can provide Professional Consulting services to aid with high project workloads that require additional staff assistance. We provide jurisdictions with Plan Review, Inspection, Permitting, Planning, Code Enforcement, and more. W e have qualified staff available to serve the County with remote, on-site, part-time, or full-time project needs. Regarding the County’s needs, our services include:
o Plan Review: 4LEAF is an industry leader in Plan Review services and has a team of Structural Engineers, Accessibility Specialists, and Mechanical/Electrical/Plumbing/Fire Plans Examiners available to work on the C ounty’s projects. We provide courier services that guarantee less than 24-hour pickup and delivery of all plan reviews performed off- site. We also offer electronic and expedited plan review services upon request.
o Inspection: We have over 200 inspectors on staff who specialize in Residential, Commercial, Industrial, Energy, Fire, ADA, Solar, and Public Works projects. We have a track record of providing inspectors as-needed for long- or short-term projects, including one day assignments to cover staff training, sick days, vacation days, or spikes in permit activity. • City of San Diego
• City of Del Mar
• City of Escondido
• City of Carlsbad
• City of San Marcos
• City of Santee
• City of Imperial Beach
• City of Coronado
• City of Menifee
• City of San Clemente
• County of San Diego
• County of San Bernardino

Proposal to Provide On-Call Permit Processing, Plan Review, and Inspection Services to the City of National City Page 2 Section 1: Introduction / Approach March 5, 2025
Mission
4LEAF strives to be the best firm by providing our clients with outstanding customer service and first -rate services. We put our philosophy into action by building client relationships and prioritizing the needs of our clients—this has led us to become an industry leader in providing Building & Fire Life Safety Services to both public and private clients. We have worked with municipal departments in the construction, rehabilitation, and repair of public and private buildings and have partnered with design review and preservation boards to determine building improvement criteria and associated project requirements. We have a depth of experience in working with all types of building structures and have performed Inspection and Plan Review services on more than $50 billion dollars in construction throughout the past 24 years.

We have provided plan review and inspection services for thousands of residential projects, tenant improvements, and complex commercial projects including marijuana facilities office campuses, parking garages, hotels/resorts, transportation facilities, city/county -owned buildings, universities, hospitals, sports arenas, infrastructure, essential service facilities, solar projects, and laboratories. In addition, our team has performed inspections and plan reviews for public and private building structures for compliance with life -safety and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) accessibility requirements.

4LEAF has also been an industry leader across numerous other disciplines, such as Code Enforcement and Planning. Our Code Enforcement staff is dedicated to preserving and enhancing the quality of life for the residents in our client jurisdictions and work toward a goal of resolving problems efficiently and safely. Enforcing and upholding municipal codes is of utmost importance to us. Our Code Enforcement Division endeavors to improve communities through education, cooperation, and responsive enforcement.

We have provided Plan Review and Inspection services for thousands of residential projects, tenant improvements, and complex commercial projects including marijuana facilities office campuses, parking garages, hotels/resorts, transportation facilities, city/county -owned buildings, universities, hospitals, sports arenas, infrastructure, essential service facilities, solar projects, and laboratories. In addition, our team has performed inspections and plan reviews for public and private building structures for compliance with life -safety and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) accessibility requirements.

We have a proven track record of reviewing and inspecting projects of all sizes and complexities including:

Type B Commercial Construction Refinery Facilities Laboratories City/County-Owned Facilities Site Work Power & Energy
Large Campuses Waterfront Marijuana Facilities
Fire Recovery Services Multi-Family Projects Military Projects Stadiums/Arenas Healthcare Facilities Essential Service Facilities Commercial Office Parks Transportation Facilities Detention Facilities

Large Project Experience
4LEAF is uniquely qualified to work on projects of any size. Our team completed the Project Inspections for the entire $6 billion Apple Campus 2 Corporate Headquarters in the City of Cupertino, CA where we comprised a team of Building Inspectors, Plans Examiners, and Permitting Specialists .

Proposal to Provide On-Call Permit Processing, Plan Review, and Inspection Services to the City of National City Page 4 Section 1: Introduction / Approach March 5, 2025
Approach
Our staff incorporates the right combination of experience, education, certifications, and registrations, allowing the 4LEAF team to provide a wide range of resources customized to the specific requirements of each client and project. You can be confident that your team will be partnering with staff that understands your department and service protocols. Our approach to providing professional services to the City is straight forward:
• Provide qualified professionals who know how to partner successfully with the City • Supply proven resources and innovative ideas
• Offer resource reliability and flexibility
• Communicate with the City, Developers, Contractors, Architects, and homeowners

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SECTION 2: EXPERIENCE
City of San Marcos
Plan Review, Inspection, and Permit Technician Services 4LEAF provides Plan Review and Building Inspection Services as requested by the City of San Marcos. Services include enforcement of the City’s building laws and codes and all applicable State code, review of construction drawings to assure compliance with conducting City and State adopted laws and code, interfacing with permit applicants and City staff, and conducting inspections.

Plan Review Services
4LEAF reviews all plans and supporting documents submitted for projects for which a building, plumbing, mechanical, or re -roofing permit was requested for compliance with California State Building Codes and local ordinances. Should any corrections be found, 4LEAF prepares a report specifying the needed corrections and transmits them to the applicant with a copy provided to the City. When plans and supporting documents are deemed acceptable for permit issuance, 4LEAF approves plans and returns plans and supporting documents to the City for issuance of permit.

Building Inspection Services
4LEAF provides building inspection services during construction to enforce compliance with the conditions of approval, provisions of the City’s Building Laws and Code requirements set forth on the approved plans for which a permit was issued. In the perfor mance of such duties, 4LEAF observes each project at the completion of the various stages of construction for compliance with the appropriate City and State codes. 4LEAF assists City staff with building code enforcement as needed upon request from the City. 4LEAF assistance is primarily identifying potential building code enforcement issues in progress and helping to generate proper documentation.

North City Park
4LEAF provided Plan Review and is currently providing Inspector of Record services for the 12-story, 1.5 million sq. ft. North City Park development on behalf of the City of San Marcos. This project included over 3400 residential units (including mixed -family residences, student housing, and affordable housing), and 450 hotel rooms in addition to 345,000 sq. ft. of retail. The project aimed to solve the immediate housing needs of the City and the surrounding area, and the project was notable in the region f or its unique density and verticality. The North City Park development functions as the new downtown for San Marcos and CSUSM’s University Village.

Agency Name: City of San Marcos
Client Contact: David Yorba, Building Official
Client Telephone: (760) 744-1050
Contact Email: [email protected]
Project Dates: 2022 – Present
Contract Value: NTE – $ 2.25 Million

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City of Rialto
Fire & Building Plan Review, Inspection, Permit Technician, Code Enforcement and Fire Prevention

4LEAF is currently providing On-Call Building and Fire Plan Check, Inspection, and related services, and has recently added Fire Prevention Services to our scope of work we are providing to the City.

We provide on- and off-site plan review for all building codes, including fire code plan checks, architectural, structural, plumbing, mechanical and electrical plan check. 4LEAF currently staffs six positions including three Permit Technicians, two Inspectors, and o ne part -time Plans Examiner and ensures that all project deadlines are delivered as per the City’s contract.

Services include:
• Checking for compliance with all applicable codes adopted by the City, including, but not limited to California Building, Mechanical, Plumbing, and Electrical Codes, Uniform Solar Energy Code, and any applicable adopted local
amendments, State of California codes or regulations.
• Confirming building use, occupancy, and type of
construction, and reviewing construction of buildings and structures to determine satisfaction of safety requirements.
• Coordinating building permit requirements and interface with City Departments and other agencies, including but not limited to the Public Works Department, Planning Division, the Rialto Fire Department and County of San Bernadino as needed.
• Enforcing conditions of approval associated with discretionary permits regarding building and safety regulations, as adopted by the City.
• Providing special inspections by qualified inspectors and conduct investigations as directed by the City, including field and office research and the preparation of letters and/or documents. • Preparing inspection logs, notice of violations and other documents of building and safety code violation cases for submittal to the City Attorney’s office when prosecution action is necessary to obtain compliance with the above codes and regulations.
• Receiving, processing, and issuing building permits and coordinate the plan check and inspection process, including the tracking, routing and storage of building plans and the filing of building permit applications. Input information into the City’s computer tracking system.

Agency Name: City of Rialto
Client Contact: Cody Clarke, Building Center Manager
Client Telephone: (909) 820-2689
Client Email: [email protected]
Project Dates: 2021 – Present
Contract Value: NTE – $300,000

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County of San Bernardino
On-Call Building & Safety Plan Review, Permit Inspection, Emergency Response, and Special Projects

4LEAF is currently performing On -Call Plan Check and Inspection (including Special Inspection) for the County of San Bernardino for a NTE contract amount of $5.2 Million.

Since 2021, 4LEAF has provided personnel numerous services on project types that include structural, civil, building, electrical, mechanical, plumbing, fire protection, energy (Title 24, accessibility, green building, LEED, Historical, Floodplain, WUI, and Title 25).

Plan Review
Our plan review scope includes reviewing plans for compliance with the current editions of the California codes, development approvals, and other applicable local, State, and Federal regulations. Additional responsibilities include providing a detailed list of deficiencies, making recommendations for approval, and resolving issues regarding reviewed plans. 4LEAF plan review staff assigned to the County shall be ICC -certified and professional engineers shall be licensed by the State of California. Additionally, we have a dedicated CASp plans examiner available for disabled access review. 4LEAF performs partial or emergency reviews over the counter and within 48 -hours, with residential remodels and additions over the counter within 5 working days. Full Document Plan Reviews are completed within 10 working days and rechecks are completed within 5 working days.

Inspection
4LEAF provides certified and qualified inspectors to perform building code inspections in accordance with the current editions of the California Codes, pertinent local, State, and Federal regulations, and other rules and regulations. Additional responsibilities include reviewing the permit package to verify that on-site conditions are consistent with the County’s records for development approvals, performing inspections of existing buildings for violations of building codes and ordinances as adopted by the County, researching properties for prior approvals and information regarding violations, etc.

Special Projects
These projects may include the preparation of engineered plan details, conducting training of a variety of code - related topics, performing Building Official duties, providing front counter services, etc.

Agency Name: County of San Bernardino
Client Contact: Xochitl Alvarez
Client Telephone: (909) 387-4130
Client Email: [email protected]
Project Dates: 2021 – Present
Contract Value: NTE – $5.2 million

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City of Indian Wells
Building Plan Review, Building Inspection Permit Services

4LEAF provides the City of Indian Wells third party plan check services, including electronic plan review, for the City’s Building and Safety Division in the Community Development Department. 4LEAF works with the Building Official and staff to review plans and documents for code compliance.

4LEAF provides highly qualified plan check professionals who work under the supervision of an ICC Certified Plans Examiner or Licensed Professional Engineer (P.E.) to provide efficient, accurate and timely plan checks services with sufficient staffing to m eet the City’s needs. All 4LEAF staff have previous experience working for municipalities and have experience successfully managing multiple tasks, assignments, and responsibilities.

4LEAF performs review of structural, life safety, accessibility, plumbing, electrical, mechanical, energy compliance, and building code standards to ensure compliance with the adopted model codes as amended and municipal codes of the City of Indian Wells. All changes/corrections are identified, documented, and addressed prior to approval. Approved plans are stamped and signed as approved once they meet all requirements.

Services include:
• Provide highly qualified plan check professionals who will work under the supervision of an ICC Certified Plans Examiner or Licensed Professional Engineer.
• Provide efficient, accurate, and timely plan check services with sufficient staff to meet the City’s needs. • Provide staff with previous experience working for cities, be customer- service oriented, and have experience successfully managing multiple tasks, assignments, and responsibilities. • Have the capability to conduct electronic plan review. • Commercial and residential building plan checks will be performed by 4LEAF, as well as all plumbing, electrical, mechanical, and related plans submitted to the City by private developers or other applicable government agencies for construction and reconstruction projects. • Check plans for compliance with California Building Codes and all applicable codes and statues. • All changes/corrections will be identified, documented, and addressed prior to approval. • Stamp and sign approved plans once they meet all requirements.

Agency Name: City of Indian Wells
Client Contact: Wes Remaklus, CBO, MCP, Building Official Client Telephone: (760) 776-0230
Client Email: [email protected]
Project Dates: 2020 – Present
Contract Value: NTE – $12.5 Million

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SECTION 3: PROJECT OVERVIEW
Plan Review Services
4LEAF will provide Plan Review for any and all types of structures to ensure compliance with all adopted codes, local ordinances (including Tier 1 of Cal Green , if required ) and S tate and federal laws that pertain to Building and Safety, and for compl iance with the adopted International Code Council (ICC) Building, Plumbing, Electrical, Mechanical, National Fire Protection codes and standards , and the A ccessibility and Noise and Energy Conservation requirements as mandated by the State of California Title 24, State of California Water Efficient Landscape Ordinance, the State of California Certified Access Specialist ( CASp) compliance, and all other applicable ordinances. We provide these services for project types including Single-Family Dwellings, large Multi- Family Mixed-Use Dwelling Units, Commercial, and Industrial.

Approach
We understand that the specific building plan review responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:
• Examining plans, drawings, specifications, computations documents, soils reports, and additional data; • Ascertaining whether projects are in accordance with applicable building and fire codes, and City ordinances, including but not limited to Title 24 and Title 25; • Performing such reviews as structural, MEP, green building, fire and life safety, grading and drainage; • Reviewing plans to ensure conformity to the required strengths, stresses, strains, loads, and stability as per the applicable laws;
• Reviewing plans to ensure conformity with use and occupancy classification, general building heights and areas, types of construction, fire resistance construction and protection systems, means of egress, accessibility, structural design, soils and foundations; and masonry; • Providing additional plan review services as requested by the City; • Conducting all plan review at the City Department or at a site mutually agreed upon in writing and; • Supplying all plan review staff with all code books and other basic professional references.

4LEAF’s EZPlan Review
EZPlan Review is our in-house tracking software that
acts as a communication tool between 4LEAF and
the jurisdictions we work with. The use of EZPlan
makes communication easy. This web portal allows
users visualize project due dates, notes, and status
updates so that projects can be followed from start
to finish. Additionally, 4LEAF provides electronically
stamped and uploaded copies of approved project
plans, a value which saves clients time and
resources. With the use of EZPlan, 4LEAF hopes to
provide a level of ease and transparency during the
off-site plan review process.

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QA/QC Review Process
Task 1 – Project Tracking Set-up
The first step of our process will be to set up the project in our system to enable 4LEAF and the City each to track the progress of the review. Our plan tracking procedures are designed to track each submittal throughout the review process and maintain accurate and comprehensive records for each submittal.

Task 2 - Complete Submittal Review
Upon receiving the plans from the City , 4LEAF will triage (preliminary plan review performed by 4LEAF plan review project lead) the submittal to verify that the submittal received is complete (i.e., all pertinent plans, calculations, reports, and other related documents) in order that we can begin our review. If the submitted package is incomplete, we will communicate with the City to discuss the deficient documents needed to proceed with our review.

Task 3 - Plan Review Assignment
After the triage process is performed and a complete package is verified, the project will be assigned to the most qualified Plans Examiner and a turnaround time will be established. We will log each application into our database the same day the plans are received to assure that they are routed in a timely manner and to allow for daily project tracking.

Task 4 - Plan Review
4LEAF will provide the project contact (Developer, Contractor, Architect, or Engineer) desired by the City with a list of any items needing correction and clarification to comply with applicable building codes, ordinances, and regulations. A correction list will be created based on the missing codes and ordinances.

Task 5 - Quality Control
Prior to submitting the plan review correction list to the City, the designated plan review project lead will review the correction list for adherence to applicable codes and ordinances as well as for accuracy and completeness.

After completion of our quality control review a correction list will be e -mailed to a designated staff member at the City or as directed by the City. The correction list and a 4LEAF transmittal form will include the following information: a description of the work, type of construction, occupancy group, square footage, number of floors, and sprinkler requirements.

Task 6 - Plan Review Rechecks
Plans received for rechecks will be reviewed for conformance. Our goal is to actively work with the designers to resolve all unresolved issues after our second review. If it appears that there are complicated issues that might cause a project to go beyond our second review, we will communicate directly with the designer to resolve these concerns.

Task 7 - Project Approval
Once the final plan reviews are completed and ready for approval, 4LEAF will organize the plans and supporting documents per the City processing requirements and return them to the City, along with our letter of completion.

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construction standards, and City amendments. 4LEAF’s code review methodology is “The Effective Use of the Codes” reinforced through proprietary and jurisdictional checklists. When complete, the Plan Review Manager overviews the project for quality control purposes and forwards comments or approvals to the client’s pre - designated contacts.

Off-Site Electronic Plan Review
Digital plan review allows 4LEAF the ability to review, markup and transport plans of any size electronically. We strongly encourage this service for our clients. This process delivers a high degree of cost effectiveness, time efficiency and a “green” and environmentally friendly system. Through our strong focus on utilizing this digital capability, we offer full access to all 4LEAF engineers and plans examiners company -wide, from any of our office locations. A protected online portal will be established to allow property owners, contractors, developers, businesses, designers, and stakeholders to submit plans electronically for review. Access to the online portal will be given to City staff for immediate access to information regarding project status during the review process.

4LEAF has successfully implemented and used Bluebeam for electronic review of files to help eliminate the use of paper and take the plan review workflow to a whole new level. 4LEAF’s offices are equipped with large scale monitors for easy review of plans. Bluebeam Revu combines powerful PDF editing, markup, and collaboration technology with reliable file creation. Bluebeam integrates flawlessly with our Green Line approach for electronic and timely turnarounds resulting in permit issuance within 5-7 business days.

Additional Technologies
Having served more than 400 jurisdictions, 4LEAF and our staff are knowledgeable and have experience working with a variety of different technologies for Electronic Plan Review, Permit Tracking, and Building Inspections. 4LEAF’s experience with tracking technologies includes, but is not limited to:

Permit Technician Services
4LEAF has a proven track record of providing Permit Technician/Counter staff to Building Divisions and Community Development Departments. 4LEAF’s provided staff shall review, process, record, coordinate construction projects and serve customers at the public counter, providing information and assistance in written and oral form to the public according to departmental procedures and legal requirements.

Our staff encompasses the right combination of experience, education, and certifications. 4LEAF prides itself on providing experienced and dedicated professionals to work with the City and serve the public at the Building Division counter.

Understanding
4LEAF Permit Technician Staff must be experienced and dedicated to serving the public at the Planning and Building Department counter. 4LEAF has numerous Permit/Counter Technicians on staff, many who are currently assigned to Building Departments throughout the state. All staff will have the materials, resources, tools, and training required to perform the job, including software applications such as Accela, Bluebeam, etc.. Typical Permit Technician duties include:

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Inspection Services
4LEAF has a team of more than 200 ICC Certified Building Inspectors, OSHPD/DSA Inspectors of Record, Fire Personnel, and Construction Inspectors working on various contracts. 4LEAF has a team committed to work throughout California who will remain for the duration of projects to ensure we capture the goals and performance that have made our inspection system successful.

We maintain the largest database of qualified inspectors of varied qualifications. Inspectors vary from current full-time inspection staff, idle staff (temporarily between assignments), and pre -qualified staff which include inspectors who are available subject to client demand. 4LEAF’s inspectors are all ICC Certified and experienced working within a municipal work environment. 4LEAF will provide inspectors with all the necessary tools, equipment, and current code books sufficient to facilitate all required inspections. 4LEAF can provide interim or full-time inspectors same -day or within one business day —simply call, email, or text our assigned Project Manager for an immediate response. Our on-call database is utilized for all our clients for as-needed requests.

Periodic Inspection Services  Available Next Day 4LEAF can fulfill inspection requests immediately upon request including same day. 4LEAF has a wealth of local and available inspectors ready to serve the City . In addition, 4LEAF has a proven track record of providing such services to a number of different building departments.

Part-Time Inspection Services  Available Next Day
4LEAF will provide the City with part-time inspectors upon request. 4LEAF can provide part -time staff within 24 hours of request for any duration of time. 4LEAF’s Project Manager will work closely with the department to identify the right personnel and determine the appropriate work schedule.

Full-Time Inspection Services  Available Two Days or Less 4LEAF can provide full- time inspectors upon request. 4LEAF provides this service regularly to many clients throughout Northern California, Southern California, the Central Valley, Central Coast, Sacramento Valley, Peninsula/South Bay, East Bay, and North Bay.

Project Specific Inspection Services  Available Two Days or Less 4LEAF is often tasked with providing inspection services to large projects on behalf of municipalities. 4LEAF currently handles large -scale projects for such clients as the City of Palo Alto, City of Cupertino, etc. These projects are developer funded into a separate City account which is distributed to 4LEAF using a separate invoice and contract number. This is particularly helpful to fast paced projects looking for continuous inspection services over a short period of time (i.e. 6 - 36 Months).

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4LEAF Code Enforcement Officers have experience in writing criminal citations and in working with legal counsel to assist in the successful prosecution of Code Enforcement cases either in criminal or civil court when necessary. We focus on nearly every area of Code Enforcement including, but not limited to, the following categories detailed below:

• Blight Enforcement: Identifying and enforcing laws related to the maintenance of private property, addressing conditions like overgrown weeds, trash, debris, and graffiti.

• Community Outreach: Reviewing and enhancing current outreach initiatives, including community events, pamphlets, social media engagement, and municipal code enforcement web pages.

• Hearing Officers: Providing seasoned officers to handle violations, make knowledgeable determinations, and issue fines or compliance extensions.

• Inspections: Performing lawful inspections respecting residents' privacy and security, ensuring compliance with applicable codes and standards.

• Lead Abatement: Ensuring proper lead-safe practices in the removal of lead-based paint, protecting citizens from exposure.

• Parking Enforcement: Conducting patrol of the City to ensure compliance with parking regulations.

• Policy Review: Reviewing and defining current policies and procedures to set clear expectations for the Code Enforcement Program.

• Program Analysis: Conducting investigative inspections, reviewing citations, and providing guidance for resolving high caseloads along commercial corridors.

• Program Development: Collaborating with clients to enhance the Code Enforcement Program, including policy creation, training manuals, and public education materials.

• Project-Specific Assignments: Consulting on long-standing cases, providing expert analysis, and developing step-by-step strategies for compliance.

• Review & Develop SOPs: Conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the City’s current Code Enforcement Standard Operating Procedures and evaluate all forms and ordinances to ensure compliance with state and federal regulations.

• Stormwater Enforcement: Inspecting stormwater management infrastructure and addressing violations related to erosion control and illegal dumping.

• Tobacco Enforcement: Ensuring retailers comply with licensing and notification requirements, including workplace smoking and vaping prohibitions.

• Training: Offering field training, including ride-alongs, to enhance communication, technical skills, and enforcement of municipal codes.

• Vendor Enforcement: Enforcing state and local laws regarding unpermitted vending, issuing citations, and providing strategic planning for large-scale vending activities.

• Zoning: Verifying that development and construction align with approved zoning plans, addressing issues such as illegal operations and pollution control.

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SECTION 4: DETAILED WORK PLAN
4LEAF maintains approximately 300 service agreements with municipalities throughout the country at any given time and has several key projects on backlog to begin sometime this year. With over 500 qualified professionals on staff, 4LEAF is fully capable of fulfilling the City’s requests for Plan Review, Inspection, and Permit Processing.

The most common compliment that 4LEAF receives from our clientele is our timely responsiveness. Our management team is diligent about being available to our clients. 4LEAF is a 24/7 operation. Phone calls and emails will be returned each day as soon as possible. We understand the need for timely responses, so we have implemented a company-wide policy that all correspondence must be answered within 24 hours.

* Please refer to Section 3 – Project Overview for complete delivery timeframes and plan submittal processes for the requested services.

4LEAF Southern California Offices
4LEAF’s closest office to the City’s City Hall is located approximately 7 miles away. 4LEAF staff will have no issues reporting to City Hall when necessary.

San Diego
402 W Broadway
Suite 400
San Diego, CA 92101
Newport Beach
4440 Von Karman Avenue
Suite 300
Newport Beach, CA 92600
San Bernardino
424 E Vanderbilt Way
Suite A
San Bernardino, CA 92408

Management / Transition of Work
At 4LEAF, we prioritize building strong, lasting relationships with our clientele. Our approach to working with clients is very different from those you might find when working with a large corporation. Our philosophy is to strive to be the best firm providing our clients with outstanding customer service and first -rate plan review and inspection services. 4LEAF has been the industry leader in providing Building Department Services to public and private clients throughout California.

4LEAF’s Director of Southern California Operations, Marcus Johnson, will serve as the Project Manager to meet with the City to review the City’s policies, workflow, and job duties of current staff. In working with the City, we will determine how to best integrate our staff and achieve a seamless flow within the City’s structure.

The first step is to acclimate our team to the culture of the City by communicating and introducing our staff.

Creating a plan together, establishing goals and learning everyone’s roles will help the team to work together.

After the “ transition period” where we have gone through several reviews and/or inspections of projects, Marcus will check in with the City to ensure the processes in place are efficient and effective, as well as make any adjustments as necessary.

We anticipate a comfortable relationship where we can discuss needs and resolutions openly and honestly .

You will find 4LEAF’s email, office phone, and mobile numbers in Section 5 – Project Team. Most importantly, we hope this is the beginning of a long-lasting relationship. 4LEAF has an impeccable reputation of client retention.

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SECTION 5: PROJECT TEAM
Management Team
As your consultant, 4LEAF understands that our role is to advocate on behalf of the City of National City and represent the City’s best interests. 4LEAF’s team will function as an extension of your staff, seamlessly integrating with the personnel and practices established by the City while adding the perspective and expertise that only 4LEAF can offer. Our goal, which we have successfully accomplished on previous clients’ projects, is to be accepted as an essential part of the City.

Marcus Johnson, CBO – Project Manager / Director of Southern California Operations Marcus is a knowledgeable project manager and inspector w ith 20+ years of experience.

Marcus is responsible for the day-to-day contact with many of 4LEAF’s Building & Safety, Engineering, and Construction Management contracts. He manages many of our clients and is responsible for recruiting and placing staff throughout the organization. His experience encompasses the more complex field inspections of building construction, plumbing, mechanical, and electrical installations in residential, commercial, and industrial construction.

Office - (619) 595-4873 | Cell - (909) 996-0511 | Email – [email protected]

Michael Loomis, SE, CBO, CASp, PMP – Director of Structural Engineering With more than 2 8 years of expertise in the industry, Michael has an excellent working knowledge of all types of construction, including architectural, structural, electrical, mechanical, and plumbing systems. Michael is extremely committed and has shown dedication by obtaining multiple certifications through the International Code Council (ICC), and is a Certified Access Specialist, (CASp). Michael has experience managing and overseeing the continual operations of the Building Department and has served as the Building Official for the cities of Salinas, Gonzales, and the Town of Woodside. Michael is an adaptable leader that quickly identifies departmental issues and solves them by utilizing his ample experience.

Office - (619) 595-4873 | Cell - (831) 620-2305 | Email – [email protected]

Pete Roque – National Director of Code Enforcement
Pete brings over 19 years of experience in Code Enforcement and has served in the capacities of Code Enforcement Administrator, Code Enforcement Manager, and Community Development Inspector II for multiple municipalities. With a demonstrated history of working in the government administration industry, Pete is skilled in Government, Emergency Management, Law Enforcement, Disaster Response, and Plan Review. Pete is proficient in conflict resolution and has a wealth of knowledge in the subjects of permit regulations, City codes, housing investigations, citation issuance, and lien appeals.

Office – (619) 595-4873 | Cell – (949) 230-4968 | Email – [email protected]

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Peter Lim, CBO – Southern California Building Inspection Manager Peter is a highly experienced ICC Certified Building Official and Building Inspector with over 27 years of experience working in the Building and Safety Department. He has an abundance of experience in Building Department day -to-day operations and an in-depth knowledge of Building Code, making him an asset to any Building and Safety Department. Peter utilizes excellent communication skills and has the unique ability to handle any situation that may arise. Peter can foresee and quickly resolve Building Code issues in the field and on plans, which allows him to effectively maintain excellent relations with staff, property owners, and design professionals.

Office - (619) 595-4873 | Cell - (626) 681-6371 | Email – [email protected]

Scott Martin, PE – Quality Control Manager / Senior Plan Review Engineer Scott has over 27 years of engineering experience and has performed a multitude of plan reviews for many different project types including commercial structures, residential structures, schools, hospitals, and various municipal reviews for clients throughout the country. Scott’s duties include the review of plans submitted to local jurisdictions, creation and submission of plan check letters, and constant communication with all project stakeholders.

Office - (619) 595-4873 | Cell - (559) 348-7101 | Email – [email protected]

Davison “David” Chanda, PE – Supervising Plan Review Engineer David is a Professional Engineer with 13+ years of structural design background with a focus on structural system analysis, design, and preparation of construction documents from inception to completion in accordance with overall project requirements. David’s strengths include seismic and wind design analysis, steel design, timber design, reinforced concrete design, prestressed concrete design, foundation design, structural analysis, design of masonry structures, architectural drafting, electrical, mechanical and plumbing systems, and soil dynamics.

Office - (619) 595-4873 | Cell - (949) 274-6966 | Email – [email protected]

Vanessa Mota – Plan Review Coordinator Manager
Vanessa serves as 4LEAF’s Plan Review Coordinator Manager, leveraging her extensive experience as a permit technician and coordinator across various municipalities throughout California. In her role, Vanessa oversees the plan review process, ensuring that all submissions are thoroughly evaluated and comply with relevant codes and regulations. Her expertise in management, recordkeeping, and data auditin g supports her ability to streamline workflows and maintain accurate records. Vanessa’s in-depth knowledge of permit requirements and her exceptional communication skills enable her to guide applicants through the review process efficiently and address any concerns with clarity and precision.

Office - (619) 595-4873 | Email - [email protected]

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On-Call Supporting Staff
Jay Shih, PE, CBO, CASp – Senior Plan Review Engineer
Jay is a Building Inspector, Building Official, Accessibility Specialist, and Construction Manager with over 38 years of experience in the industry. Given his background in various specialties, Jay is an ideal team member who can adapt to any project, team, and municipality he is assigned. He has spent the entirety of his professional career working for public agencies and consulting companies providing highly skilled design, plan check, and construction management for buildings, sewers, storm drains, streets, sidewalk, curb ramps, grading, SWPPP, and WQMPs.

Albert Kong, SE – Senior Plan Review Engineer
Albert is a tremendously talented and experienced Structural Plan Review Engineer with nearly 40 years of municipal and private sector experience. He has a well- rounded knowledge of the industry, and extensive experience – ranging from construction and design, to plan review, structural peer review and inspection. He is also highly skilled in a variety of structural design software, as well as in the different permitting systems that universities utilize

Steven Raney, CBO, MCP, CASp – Senior Combination Building Inspector / Plans Examiner Steven is an ICC Certified Building Official with more than 29 years of hands-on experience in facility construction and development, as well as multidisciplinary industrial research, production, and management. He is equally adept as an individual contributor or in a team environment with senior managerial experience. Steven has acted as a project lead directly responsible for design, construction , and commissioning of numerous capital improvement and build-out bio-tech projects..

Christopher Garramone – Senior Combination Building Inspector With over 43 years of specialized electrical field experience in all aspects of commercial and industrial electrical inspection, Christopher exhibits a valuable skillset and is an asset to each project he is assigned. His proven track record of maintaining expert communication skills with clients, craftsmen, contractors, and government agencies help bring projects in on time, on budget, and to successful completion of project goals. Christopher is skilled in his craft and has a wealth of energy experience that provides the needed time, effort, and quality to client projects.

Brandi Quin – Permit Technician
Brandi is a Permit Technician with over 29 years of professional experience within an office. She excels in plan check procedures, ensuring accuracy in information, and calculating permit fees. Brandi is proficient in communicating procedures to various stakeholders, she is a valuable asset in facilitating smooth operations and maintaining compliance in permit processes. Overall, Brandi works hard and strives to achieve the best results in anything that she does.

Nolan Miya – Permit Technician
Nolan’s diverse experience has thoroughly prepared him for Permit Technician duties with diligence and accuracy.

A meticulous professional, he has extensive administrative skills, managing multiple projects and deadlines across various municipalities, while adapting procedures to meet evolving demands. With over 1 1 years of customer service experience, Nolan excels at fielding calls, directing visitors, word processing, and creating detailed spreadsheets and presentations. Fluent in Mandarin, Cantonese, and Spanish, Nolan’s experience in verifying quality and precision in projects has honed his keen eye for detail and efficacy in every role.

4LEAF has over 350 additional personnel available to serve the City of National City.

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SECTION 6: QUALITY CONTROL
Since our inception, 4LEAF has excelled in providing professional consulting services to approximately 500 clients including private entities, cities, counties, state, and federal agencies. Having worked with many public agencies, we know how to accomplish the roles of permitting, plan review, inspection, and code enforcement s ervices on projects of all sizes, durations, and complexities from conception to completion. We realize this is not an easy task—procedures must be followed, and documentation must be maintained to properly fulfill the City’s requests. 4LEAF is dedicated to improving the effectiveness of our methodology which will assist the City in achieving its goals. Below, we have detailed out general methodology/process managing tasks/projects:

We understand that an effective q uality control/quality assurance program is necessary to deliver a quality project and that the program has a place in each stage of the project’s life. We take pride in making quality assurance our top priority when it comes to providing community development services to our clients . We not only strive to uphold current quality control and assurance standards, but also continuously refine and enhance them to implement more rigorous and effective practices over time.

Our promise to the City:
 We will ensure QA/QC Plan compliance throughout the contract duration.  We will monitor and assist with QA/QC deviations/non-compliance actions until resolved.  We will systematically and continually review permitting, plan review, inspection, and code enforcement procedures, and activities for compliance with QA/QC standards.  We will implement and maintain effective procedures to ensure that all complies with requirements.  Our QA /QC program will emphasize both preventative and verification activities. We will conduct and formally document verification processes, including both daily and weekly review of documents and maintenance of checklists and/or logs for control of documentation.

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SECTION 8: REQUIRED STATEMENTS
• 4LEAF will adhere to all federal laws and regulations notwithstanding any state or local laws and regulations.

We confirm that in the event of a conflict between federal, state, or local laws or regulations, the strictest shall be adhered to.
• 4LEAF will allow all authorized federal, state, county, and City officials access to place or work, books, documents, papers, fiscal records, payroll materials, and other relevant contract records pertinent to this project. We confirm that all relevant records shall be retained for at least three (3) years. • 4LEAF will not discriminate illegally against any employee or applicant for employment pursuant to applicable law.
• 4LEAF will comply with California Labor Code, pursuant to said regulations entitles: Federal Labor Standards provisions; Federal Prevailing Wage Decision; and State of California Prevailing Wage Rates, respectively.

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4LEAF has reviewed the City’s copy of the Agreement for Professional Services. Our firm is willing to accept all the terms of the Agreement. 4LEAF would not like to make any exceptions to the Agreement at this time.

Marcus Johnson, CBO
Project Manager / Director of Southern California Operations

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Experience Summary
Marcus is respon sible for day -to-day contact with many of 4LEAF’s valuable clients in the Building & Safety, Engineering, Construction Management, and Plan Check industries. Marcus manages 4LEAF’s Southern California offices including San Diego, Newport Beach, and San Bernardino.

Marcus carries comprehensive experience as an ICC certified senior level inspector, Inspector of Record, Building Official, and plans examiner. His experience encompasses the more complex plan review and field inspections of building construction, plumbing, mechanical and electrical installations in residential single, multi-family, commercial, and industrial construction. He i s extremely knowledgeable of required compliance with applicable building, plumbing, electrical, energy, green, accessibility and mechanical codes along with applicable jurisdictional ordinances, state, and local statutes. His high- level of experience an d invaluable personal skills allows him to quickly improve and acclimate to jurisdiction procedures. Marcus thoroughly understands the construction process and the need for speedy project completion in conjunction with accurate compliance and positive customer relations.

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Project Manager / Director of Southern California Operations 2019 - Present
Marcus is 4LEAF’s Director of Southern California Operations. Marcus’s responsibilities include the day - to-day contact with many of 4LEAF’s clients in the Building & Safety, Engineering, and Construction Management industries. Additional responsibilities:
• Recruiting and interviewing prospective employees.
• Mentoring and developing plan review, building inspectors, and permit staff. • Managing the placement of inspection staff including the tracking of customer service delivery. • Providing quality answers to code-related or situational questions from inspection staff or clientele.
• Project Inspections/Inspector of Record Services
• Performing plan reviews and Building Official Services on as-needed basis.

Experience
20+ years

Education
AA, Architectural Technology

Certifications
ICC Certified Building Official
ICC Building Plans Examiner
ICC Permit Technician
ICC Accessibility Inspector/Plans Examiner
ICC Commercial Plumbing Inspector
ICC Residential Plumbing Inspector
ICC Plumbing Inspector
ICC Building Inspector
ICC CALGreen Inspector
SAP CA DSW Local Inspector

Professional Affiliations
California Building Officials
County Building Officials Assoc. of CA.

East Bay Chapter, ICC
Napa Solano Chapter, ICC
Sac. Valley Assoc. of Building Officials
Redwood Empire Chapter. ICC

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Marcus Johnson
Town of Paradise, CA, Fire Recovery
Operations Manager
In 2018, the most destructive wildfire in California history began in Butte County, CA and quickly spread to the Town of Paradise , displacing over 10% of the County’s population.

Marcus oversees a staff of more than 15 that provides complete Community Development Services to the Town of Paradise. This four-year contract provides Permitting, Plan Review, Building Inspections, Public Works Inspections, Planning, Code Enforcement, Debris Removal Management, and Public Outreach for this $9.5 Billion rebuild.

County of Sonoma, CA, Resiliency Permit Center (RPC)
Operations Manager
Marcus oversees all the daily operations including plan review and inspections. He ensures the staffing and training is completed for a skilled team to expedite the recovery process.

Marcus ensures a cohesive partnership between the County of Sonoma and 4LEAF.

South Napa Earthquake Recovery – City of Napa, CA
Building Inspector
Marcus assisted the City of Napa during the South Napa Earthquake recovery. The earthquake caused close to $1 billion in damage. Marcus ’s responsibilities included providing rapid assessment (RESA), processing FEMA valuation reports, providing inspections, and completing plan review to expedite the recovery process and ensure the safety of the community.

West Coast Code Consultants, Inc. – San Ramon, CA
Manager of Jurisdictional Services
Marcus provided client services for jurisdictional clients encompassing plan review and inspection services. He was responsible for coordination of all staff augmentation throughout the state of California.

His experience included working in complex municipalities to provide permits processing, inspections, and plan review services.

City of Hesperia, CA
Building Inspector & Plans Examiner
Marcus reviewed plans and issued building permit applications for new construction, alterations, and remodeling of existing structures. He also verified compliance with applicable codes and ordinances and accepted construction practices and issued certificates of occupancy. Marcus p rovided technical information and professional advice to City staff, officials, and the public regarding city codes relating to construction, assisted project stakeholders in interpreting and meeting code requirements , and responded to/resolved inspection complaints.

JAS Pacific – Upland, CA
Permit Technician & Building Inspector
Marcus reviewed plans and building permit applications for new construction, alterations, and remodeling of existing structures , verified compliance with applicable codes and ordinances and accepted construction practices; and issued certificates of occupancy. He also acted as project coordinator for the routing of plans.

Michael Loomis, SE, CBO, CASp, PMP
Director of Structural Engineering

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Experience Summary
With more than 2 8 years of expertise in the industry, Michael has an excellent working knowledge of all types of construction, including architectural, structural, electrical, mechanical, and plumbing. Michael is extremely committed and has shown dedication by obtaining multiple certifications through the International Code Council (ICC), and is a Certified Access Specialist, (CASp).

Michael has experience managing and overseeing the continual operations of the Building Department and has served as the Building Official for the cities of Salinas, Gonzales, and the Town of Woodside.

Michael is an adaptable leader that quickly identifies departmental issues and solves them by utilizing his ample experience. He prides himself on his ability to problem solve and react well under pressure, while maintaining the effectiveness of his team.

Michael is a Registered Professional Structural Engineer in the states of California and Nevada and is a Registered Professional Civil Engineer in California, Texas, and Florida
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4LEAF, Inc.

Director of Structural Engineering
2024 – Present
Michael is 4LEAF’s Director of Structural Engineering for 4LEAF. Michael will manage a large area of 4LEAF including the Silicon Valley and Monterey Areas and will be responsible for the management of 4LEAF’s nationwide technical plan reviews. Michael will also self-perform critical commercial reviews on behalf of 4LEAF. In addition, Michael will lead the firm in Plan Review recruitment and training to help bolster 4LEAF’s team as well as additional contributions to the Building and Safety industry. Michael will also be a key contributor to our page -turn sessions for complex projects for Cities, Counties, University’s and other Large Government agencies such as laboratories as assigned.

Experience
28+ years

Education
MS, Structural Engineering, Santa Clara
University, 2022
BS, Civil Engineering, , Santa Clara
University, 2022
Additional Coursework: Stanford University,
San Jose State University, De Anza
College, Foothill College, Skyline College,
Monterey Peninsula College, CalPoly
San Luis Obispo

Registrations
CA & NV Registered Professional
Structural Engineer
CA, TX & FL Registered Professional
Civil Engineer

Certifications
ICC Certified Building Official
ICC California Building Plans Examiner
ICC CALGreen Plans Examiner
ICC Accessibility Inspector/Plans Examiner
ICC California Residential Building
Inspector
ICC California Commercial Building
Inspector
ICC Building Inspector
ICC Plumbing Inspector
ICC CA Residential Plumbing Inspector
ICC CA Commercial Plumbing Inspector
Certified Access Specialist, CASp
SAP Evaluator (CalOES)

Teaching and Accomplishments
“Accessibility in the Public Right-of-Way”
CASI Central, Volume #8, Summer 2019
Adjunct Lecturer (Earthquake Engineering,
Timber Design, Strength of Materials)
Santa Clara University, Department of Civil
Engineering 2008 - 2017
Instructor (various topics) CALBO & ICC
2010 - 2021