Agenda packet — Pinole City Council, January 17, 2023 (part 1 of 5)

PINOLE CITY COUNCIL

MEETING AGENDA

CITY COUNCIL
Devin T. Murphy, Mayor
Maureen Toms, Mayor Pro Tem
Cameron Sasai, Council Member
Anthony Tave, Council Member
Norma Martínez-Rubin, Council Member

TUESDAY
January 17, 2023
5:00 P.M
Please note: HYBRID MEETING FORMAT
Attend in Person: PINOLE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS - 2131 PEAR STREET OR
Attend VIA ZOOM TELECONFERENCE – Details provided below Please note: Updated COVID-19 safety protocols will be posted outside the City Council Chambers. Please review this information before entering the Council Chambers.

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Written Comments: All comments received before 3:00 pm the day of the meeting will be posted on the City’s website on the agenda page (Agenda Page Link) and provided to the City Council prior to the meeting. Written comments will not be read aloud during the meeting.

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If none of these options are available to you, or you need assistance with public comment, please contact the City Clerk, Heather Bell at (510) 724-8928 or [email protected] .

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Note: Staff reports are available for inspection on the City Website at www.ci.pinole.ca.us. You may also contact the City Clerk via e-mail at [email protected] .

Ralph M. Brown Act. Gov. Code § 54950. In enacting this chapter, the Legislature finds and declares that the public commissions, boards and councils and the other public agencies in this State exist to aid in the conduct of the people's business. It is the intent of the law that their actions be taken openly and that their deliberations be conducted openly. The people of this State do not yield their sovereignty to the agencies, which serve them. The people, in delegating authority, do not give their public servants the right to decide what is good for the people to know and what is not good for them to know. The people insist on remaining informed so that they may retain control over the instruments they have created.
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1. CALL TO ORDER & PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE IN HONOR OF THE US MILITARY TROOPS

2. LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Before we begin, we would like to acknowledge the Ohlone people, who are the traditional custodians of this land. We pay our respects to the Ohlone elders, past, present, and future, who call this place, Ohlone Land, the land that Pinole sits upon, their home. We are proud to continue their tradition of coming together and growing as a community. We thank the Ohlone community for their stewardship and support, and we look forward to strengthening our ties as we continue our relationship of mutual respect and understanding.

3. ROLL CALL, CITY CLERK’S REPORT & STATEMENT OF CONFLICT An official who has a conflict must, prior to consideration of the decision: (1) publicly identify in detail the financial interest that causes the conflict; (2) recuse himself /herself from discussing and voting on the matter; and (3) leave the room until after the decision has been made, Cal. Gov't Code § 87105.

4. CONVENE TO A CLOSED SESSION
Citizens may address the Council regarding a Closed Session item prior to the Council adjourning into the Closed Session, by first providing a speaker card to the City Clerk.

1. CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS
Gov. Code § 54956.8
Property: 612 Tennent

2. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL—EXISTING LITIGATION
Gov. Code § 54956.9 (d)(1)
Name of Case: MVP Construction

5. RECONVENE IN OPEN SESSION TO ANNOUNCE RESULTS OF CLOSED SESSION

6. CITIZENS TO BE HEARD (Public Comments)
Citizens may speak under any item not listed on the Agenda. The time limit is 3 minutes and is subject to modification by the Mayor. Individuals may not share or offer time to another speaker. Pursuant to provisions of the Brown Act, no action may be taken on a matter unless it is listed on the agenda, or unless certain emergency or special circumstances exist. The City Council may direct staff to investigate and/or schedule certain matters for consideration at a future Council meeting. PLEASE SEE THE

COVERSHEET OF THE AGENDA FOR INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO SUBMIT PUBLIC COMMENTS

7. REPORTS & COMMUNICATIONS
A. Mayor Report

1. Announcements
B. Mayoral & Council Appointments
C. City Council Committee Reports & Communications
D. Council Requests for Future Agenda Items
E. City Manager Report / Department Staff

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F. City Attorney Report

8. RECOGNITIONS / PRESENTATIONS / COMMUNITY EVENTS
A. Proclamations

1. Police Officer of the Year

2. Firefighter of the Year

3. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day

4. Lunar New Year
B. Presentations

1. WestCAT Presentation

9. CONSENT CALENDAR
All matters under the Consent Calendar are considered to be routine and noncontroversial. These items will be enacted by one motion and without discussion. If, however, any interested party or Council member(s) wishes to comment on an item, they may do so before action is taken on the Consent Calendar. Following comments, if a Council member wishes to discuss an item, it will be removed from the Consent Calendar and taken up in order after adoption of the Consent Calendar.

A. Approve the Minutes of the December 20, 2022 meeting.

B. Receive the December 17, 2022 – January 17, 2023 – List of Warrants in the Amount of $889,198.62 and the December 23, 2022 Payroll in the Amount of $582,466.02 and the January 6, 2023 Payroll in the Amount of $641,289.79.

C. Resolution Continuing Authorized Remote Teleconference Meetings Pursuant to AB 361 [Action: Adopt Resolution per Staff Recommendation (Casher)] D. Report on the Impact of Governor Newsom’s February 28, 2023 End to the California State of Emergency Related to Covid-19 [Action: Receive Report (Casher)]
E. Adopt a Resolution Approving the Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule for July 1, 2023 – June 30, 2024 (ROPS 23-24) for the Successor Agency in the Amount of $4,743,203 [Action: Adopt Resolution per Staff Recommendation (Guillory)]
F. Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Pinole Adding Chapter 2.64 “Criminal Background Checks” to the Municipal Code Relating to Access to State and Federal Level Summary Criminal History Information [Action: Waive 2nd Reading and Adopt Ordinance per Staff Recommendation (Casher)]
G. Second Reading of an Ordinance Adding Chapter 2.62 “Code of Ethics and Conduct” to the Pinole Municipal Code [Action: Waive 2nd Reading and Adopt Ordinance per Staff Recommendation (Casher)]
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H. Adoption of Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Execute Agreements for Building Permit Plan Check Services and On-Call Building and Code Enforcement Staff Augmentation with 4leaf Inc., Interwest Consulting Group, Inc., SHUMS Coda Associates and TRB And Associates, Inc and Authorizes a Total of $800,000 from Planning and Building Fund to Support Professional Building and Code Enforcement Services over a Four-Year Period [Action: Adopt Resolution per Staff Recommendation (Whalen)]
I. Award a Contract to West Valley Construction Company, Inc. to Provide Engineering Design Services for Pinon-Phase 1 Sanitary Sewer Project (CIP Project #Ss2201) [Action: Adopt Resolution per Staff Recommendation (Mishra)]

10. PUBLIC HEARINGS
Citizens wishing to speak regarding a Public Hearing item should fill out a speaker card prior to the completion of the presentation, by first providing a speaker card to the City Clerk. An official who engaged in an ex parte communication that is the subject of a Public Hearing must disclose the communication on the record prior to the start of the Public Hearing.

A. Adoption Of The 2023-2031 Housing Element and Approval of a Notice of Exemption Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3) [Action: Adopt Resolution per Staff Recommendation (Whalen)]

11. OLD BUSINESS
None

12. NEW BUSINESS
A. Council Meeting Format [Action: Discuss and Provide Direction by Minute Order (Bell)]
B. Receive And Accept the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR) for the Fiscal Year (FY) Ended June 30, 2022 [Action: Receive Report (Guillory)]

13. CITIZENS TO BE HEARD (Continued from Item 6) (Public Comments) Open only to members of the public who did not speak under the first Citizens to Be Heard, Agenda Item 6
Citizens may speak under any item not listed on the Agenda. The time limit is 3 minutes for City Council items and is subject to modification by the Mayor. Individuals may not share or offer time to another speaker. Pursuant to provisions of the Brown Act, no action may be taken on a matter unless it is listed on the agenda, or unless certain emergency or special circumstances exist. The City Council may direct staff to investigate and/or schedule certain matters for consideration at a future meeting.

14. ADJOURNMENT to the Regular City Council Meeting of February 7, 2023 in Remembrance of Amber Swartz.

I hereby certify under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing Agenda was posted on the bulletin board at the main entrance of Pinole City Hall, 2131 Pear Street Pinole, CA, and on the City’s website, not less than 24 hours prior to the meeting date set forth on this agenda.
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________________________
Heather Bell, CMC
City Clerk
POSTED: January 13, 2023 at 11:00A.M.
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CITY COUNCIL MEETING

MINUTES
December 20, 2022

1. CALL TO ORDER & PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE IN HONOR OF THE US MILITARY TROOPS
The City Council Meeting was held in a hybrid format (in-person and via Zoom videoconference and broadcast) from the Pinole Council Chambers, 2131 Pear Street, Pinole, California. Mayor Murphy called the Special Meeting of the City Council to order at 6:00 p.m. and led the Pledge of Allegiance.

2. LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Before we begin, we would like to acknowledge the Ohlone people, who are the traditional custodians of this land. We pay our respects to the Ohlone elders, past, present and future, who call this place, Ohlone Land, the land that Pinole sits upon, their home. We are proud to continue their tradition of coming together and growing as a community. We thank the Ohlone community for their stewardship and support, and we look forward to strengthening our ties as we continue our relationship of mutual respect and understanding.

3. ROLL CALL, CITY CLERK’S REPORT & STATEMENT OF CONFLICT An official who has a conflict must, prior to consideration of the decision; (1) publicly identify in detail the financial interest that causes the conflict; (2) recuse himself/herself from discussing and voting on the matter; and (3) leave the room until after the decision has been made, Cal. Gov. Code § 87105.

A. COUNCILMEMBERS PRESENT
Devin Murphy, Mayor
Maureen Toms, Mayor Pro Tem
Norma Martinez-Rubin, Council Member
Cameron Sasai, Council Member
Anthony Tave, Council Member
B. STAFF PRESENT
Andrew Murray, City Manager
Heather Bell, City Clerk
Eric Casher, City Attorney
Jeremy Rogers, Community Services Director
Stacy Shell, Human Resources Director
Sanjay Mishra, Public Works Director
Roxane Stone, Deputy City Clerk
City Clerk Heather Bell announced the agenda had been posted on Wednesday, December 14, 2022 at 4:00 p.m. with all legally required written notices. A minor correction memorandum had been issued for Item 9F after the agenda had been published and one written comment had been received in advance of the meeting. Both had been posted to the City website, distributed to staff and the City Council, with a printed copy available in the back of the Council Chambers.

Following an inquiry, the Council reported there were no conflicts with any items on the agenda. 9A
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4. CONVENE TO A CLOSED SESSION: None

5. RECONVENE IN OPEN SESSION TO ANNOUNCE RESULTS OF CLOSED SESSION:

None

Pursuant to provisions of the Brown Act, no action may be taken on a matter unless it is listed on the agenda, or unless certain emergency or special circumstances exist. The City Council may direct staff to investigate and/or schedule certain matters for consideration at a future Council meeting.

Rafael Menis, Pinole, updated the City Council on the COVID-19 elevated case rate for the City of Pinole and encouraged everyone to wear masks indoors and outdoors, particularly in crowded spaces. He stated during the December 6, 2022 City Council meeting he wanted to make a comment in praise of Mayor Murphy but comments had not been allowed at that time He thanked Mayor Murphy for the work he had done over the past two years to make the City of Pinole a more engaged community, particularly his work in support of the use of the Balancing Act Tool, the fight for justice, the environment and making the City a better place for everyone as a whole. He encouraged the Mayor to continue those efforts. He otherwise reported a member of the public, who asked to remain anonymous, had asked that City staff provide updates on COVID-19 statistics in Pinole and/or that information be broadcast on Pinole Community Television (PCTV) as it had been reported during the pandemic. He wished everyone Happy Holidays.

7. REPORTS & COMMUNICATIONS
A. Mayor Report

1. Announcements
Mayor Murphy thanked City staff for holding down City Hall in the final days of the year to meet the mandate of public service. As the public met with City staff during the holiday period and into the next year, he urged the public to do so with mutual respect and grace, with City staff expected to continue to deliver high quality services.

Mayor Murphy reported that West Contra Costa Unified School District (WCCUSD) staff were working on planning a parade and rally to celebrate the achievements of the Pinole Valley High School Spartans, particularly the recent accomplishments of the football team winning the State Championship. He also reported he had attended and had spoken on a panel for the inaugural California Climate Emergency and Energy Security Summit hosted by Elected Officials to Protect America and the Clean Energy Commission. He briefed the City Council on the attendees that included West County elected officials and the topics that had been discussed and stated he would provide materials to City staff that included information from the Elected Officials to Protect America website. In addition, he reported that in the spring of 2022, he had joined Marin Clean Energy (MCE) in Washington D.C. to lobby for earmark requests from Pinole’s congressional delegation with a report having been provided to the City Council at a prior meeting. 8 of 1216
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Mayor Murphy reported that all three earmark requests were now part of the federal spending package and legislators were expected to take action later in the week which included $500,000 in funding for energy storage, $2 million for Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Stations and $750,000 for Healthy Home Programs. He encouraged the public to visit the MCE website to obtain more information on qualification for the programs and stated that anyone may reach out to him or City staff with any questions. MCE also looked forward to recognizing the legislators who had worked so hard on the funding requests at its upcoming January 2023 Board meeting.

Mayor Murphy further reported that the first Mayoral Update had been released as part of the City’s Communication and Engagement Plan that would leverage videography to keep the public informed of City events. The video may be accessed on the City’s social media sites and on his personal social media pages. He thanked the City Manager, PCTV and all of those who had made this possible, one of the key objectives of the Communication and Engagement Plan.

The City Council returned to Citizens to be Heard at this time.

Aleta Alston-Toure, Director, Got Reparations Mobilization Campaign, asked the City Council to support the organization in the form of a proclamation. Got Reparations had spoken with many African-American businesses in Pinole to solicit support for the youth-led organization who intended to speak with African-American businesses in all 58 counties in the State of California.

She also provided an overview of Assembly Bill (AB) 3121, the Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans, along with the grassroots efforts of the Got Reparations Campaign.

Ana Olabode, Youth Organizer, Got Reparations Mobilization Campaign, also provided an overview of the grassroots efforts to speak with African-American businesses in the City of Pinole, youth in homeless encampments and plans to speak with Black students in the New Year at Pinole Valley High School. The purpose was to gain feedback from those who were unhoused and in low income communities given that their voices were not heard as much in the community.

She too asked the City Council to consider the requested proclamation.

B. Mayoral & Council Appointments: None
C. City Council Committee Reports & Communications
Mayor Pro Tem Toms reported she had attended the Wildfire Prevention Working Group meeting via Zoom at which time a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with other East Bay jurisdictions had been discussed with the purpose to work on grants, vegetation management and other prevention measures. That effort had been funded by a grant through the Oakland Fire Safe Council and many others. She reported that the funds had been exhausted and it had been estimated that an additional $35,000 was needed to bring the effort to a conclusion, which would occur in September 2023. It had been requested that both Alameda and Contra Costa Counties fund $7,500 each with different amounts for the other East Bay cities based on population. The City of Pinole was asked to fund $1,000. This request had been communicated to the City Manager and the Fire Chief.

Council member Tave reported he had attended a RecycleMore Board meeting and briefed the Council on a presentation from Raven SR, a clean fuels company that transformed waste, municipal solid waste, organic waste and methane into high quality hydrogen. 9 of 1216
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Council member Tave had also attended the Holiday Tree Lighting Ceremony which had been well attended and he wished everyone a Happy Holiday.

Council member Martinez-Rubin hoped to provide an update on the Annual WestCAT Stuff a Bus event after the January WestCAT Board meeting. She wished everyone a happy, safe and healthy holiday and looked forward to seeing everyone in 2023.

D. Council Requests for Future Agenda Items
Council member Tave requested an update on building or extending the height of the dog park fencing as a future agenda item, although he recognized it would likely be part of the Parks and Recreation Master Plan and could be addressed through a memorandum. He also requested the City Council discuss the idea of hosting a February or March job fair as a future agenda item.

City Manager Andrew Murray acknowledged that staff had received some questions from members of the public related to the height of the dog park fence and the possibility of establishing two separate play areas for large and small dogs, which would be a larger question and more appropriate for the Parks and Recreation Master Plan; however, staff could prepare a memorandum on the issue of fencing and identify some immediate options.

Council member Tave suggested a memorandum related to the dog park fencing was acceptable as long as it included a solution to the issue. He reiterated his request for the Council to discuss hosting a February or March job fair as a future agenda item. Consensus given.

Council member Sasai requested a discussion of a Mayoral and City Council member internship program for high school students as a future agenda item. Consensus given.

Council member Martinez-Rubin requested a schedule for striping or freshening up areas in the City where it should be improved and include curb painting as a future agenda item.

Mayor Murphy reported the Capital Improvement Program (CIP) prioritization process would commence in the New Year. He asked staff if that was an item that would be best considered as a future agenda item or a memorandum.

City Manager Murray suggested either would be fine. Staff could prepare a memorandum on the current practice of preparing and identifying preventative work on striping and curb painting, which could feed into conversations related to the CIP in the spring. Consensus given.

Council member Martinez-Rubin requested consideration of a proclamation for Earth Day Week in April 2023, and the involvement of relevant students at Pinole Valley High School who may show through photo documentation the City’s progress for beautification. She wanted staff to research how the City may partner with the photography class at Pinole Valley High School whereby the photographs could be displayed in City Hall to illustrate the City’s progress.

City Clerk Bell confirmed that an Earth Day/Month proclamation would be considered for 2023.

Also, a list of 2023 proclamations would be provided to the City Council at its January 17, 2023 meeting.
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Mayor Pro Tem Toms suggested Council member Martinez-Rubin’s request should be considered or coordinated by the Community Services Commission rather than the City Council but Council member Martinez-Rubin disagreed.

City Manager Murray clarified the request was for a future agenda item to discuss the City’s activities for Earth Day including possibly working with students at Pinole Valley High School on a photo exhibit. He was unaware whether that work had been planned by the students or not, and there could be other ideas from Council members on other activities to celebrate Earth Day.

He suggested the future agenda item would be prior to Earth Day with a discussion about what the City’s activities in recognition of Earth Day would entail. Consensus given.

E. City Manager Report / Department Staff
City Manager Murray briefed the City Council on the Holiday Tree Lighting Ceremony, Shop with a Cop event at Target and identified the tentative agenda items for the January 17, 2023 City Council meeting. In addition, public workshops had been scheduled for the Community Corner Visioning on February 4, 2023, with more information at pinolecommunitycenter.com, and a Climate Action and Adaptation Plan (CAP) workshop had been scheduled for January 26, 2023 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.

F. City Attorney Report
City Attorney Eric Casher wished everyone a happy and prosperous New Year. He advised that the Municipal Code Ad-Hoc Subcommittee would next meet in January to discuss updates to the Code Enforcement and Sign Ordinance, and the consideration of a Single-Use Plastic Ordinance.

PUBLIC COMMENTS OPENED
Deputy City Clerk, Roxane Stone reported there were no comments from the public.

PUBLIC COMMENTS CLOSED

8. RECOGNITIONS / PRESENTATIONS / COMMNUNITY EVENTS
A. Proclamations

1. Pinole Valley High School Football Team
The proclamation was deferred to the January 17, 2023 City Council meeting.

PUBLIC COMMENTS OPENED
Deputy City Clerk Stone reported there were no comments from the public.

PUBLIC COMMENTS CLOSED
B. Presentations

1. Holiday Tree Lighting Video
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Jeremy Rogers, Community Services Director, provided a brief video prepared by PCTV staff of the December 3, 2022 Holiday Tree Lighting Ceremony, which had been moved to the Senior Center due to inclement weather with around 300 participants.

Mayor Pro Tem Toms understood there had been power outages related to the Holiday Tree, although Community Services Director Rogers was unaware of any outages but would look into it. He recognized all of the community organizations involved in that event.

Council member Sasai thanked PCTV and City staff involved in coordinating the event even with the weather challenges. He had attended the event and thanked all of the participants, particularly the Interact Club.

Council member Martinez-Rubin also thanked everyone involved in the event, especially the Bay Front Chamber of Commerce Executive Director for the opportunity to increase literacy with a book give away to children, which had also been part of the Holiday Tree Lighting event.

Mayor Murphy thanked City staff and Community Services Director Rogers for his leadership.

PUBLIC COMMENTS OPENED
Cordell Hindler, Richmond, stated that although he had not attended the Holiday Tree Lighting Ceremony, he commended the Community Services Department for its work. He asked for an opportunity to speak under Citizens to be Heard.

PUBLIC COMMENTS CLOSED
Mayor Murphy reopened Item 6, Citizens to be Heard.

Cordell Hindler, Richmond, requested the following future agenda items: proclamations for notable African-Americans as part of Black History Month in February, recognizing women in history during the month of March, and a presentation on plans for the Port of Oakland.

Mayor Murphy stated the proclamations requested had been planned for 2023 and staff would have to get back to Mr. Hindler on the status of a presentation on plans for the Port of Oakland.

A. Approve the Regular Meeting Minutes of the December 6, 2022 meeting.

B. Receive the December 3, 2022 – December 16, 2022 – List of Warrants in the Amount of $690,805.46 and the December 9, 2022 Payroll in the Amount of $575,023.24 (Regular Payroll) and $124,607.86 (PD/Fire Holiday Pay) for a total of $699,631.10.
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C. Resolution Continuing Authorized Remote Teleconference Meetings Pursuant to AB 361 [Action: Adopt Resolution per Staff Recommendation (Casher)] D. Approve the 2023 Council Committee Assignment List [Adopt Resolution per Staff Recommendation (Bell)]
E. Receive the Development Impact Fee Report for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2022 [Action: Receive Report per Staff Recommendation (Guillory)] F. Approval of the Solid Waste Collection Rates (Fees) Effective January 1, 2023 [Action: Adopt Resolution per Staff Recommendation (Mishra)] G. Adopt a Resolution Approving Side Letter Agreements to the Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) Between the City of Pinole and Represented Groups Pinole Police Employee Association (PPEA) and American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Union Local 1. [Adopt Resolution per Staff Recommendation (Shell)]
H. Parks and Recreation Master Plan Contract [Adopt Resolution per Staff Recommendation (Rogers)]
I. Award a Maintenance Contract to Shipley Pools for Pool Maintenance Services [Action: Authorize the City Manager to Execute a Maintenance Contract per Staff Recommendation (Mishra)]

PUBLIC COMMENTS OPENED
Rafael Menis, Pinole, referenced Item 9H and the details for the contract proposed to be approved with RJM Design Group for the Parks and Recreation Master Plan. He asked for clarification on the contingency amount in the contract. As to Item 9I, he stated the cost for the newly-licensed pool maintenance technician was roughly four times higher than the current licensed technician and had not accounted for City staff time to backfill failure of services not performed by the current licensed technician. He asked the cost of staff time for the backfilling.

Community Services Director Rogers clarified with respect to Item 9H that the entire budget for the Parks and Recreation Master Plan was not to exceed $150,000 including the contingency.

Public Works Director Sanjay Mishra spoke to Item 9I and clarified the current pool technician was not a licensed individual but the City had used the services of this individual for some time, although the City had noticed a failure to provide services and the City had been cited by the County Health Department for the pool, which had led to the new maintenance contract. A Request for Proposal (RFP) had been issued for pool maintenance services, three proposals had been received, and including the current contractor the costs were similar for maintenance services and similar to the costs associated with maintaining pools in other jurisdictions.

Council member Tave requested that Items 9D and 9F be removed from the Consent Calendar, and Council member Martinez-Rubin requested the removal of 9H.

PUBLIC COMMENTS CLOSED
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ACTION: Motion by Mayor Pro Tem Toms/Council member Sasai to approve Consent Calendar Items 9A, 9B, 9C, 9E, 9G and 9I.

Vote: Passed 5-0
Ayes: Murphy, Toms, Martinez-Rubin, Sasai, Tave
Noes: None
Abstain: None

Absent: None
D. Approve the 2023 Council Committee Assignment List [Adopt Resolution per Staff Recommendation (Bell)]
Council member Tave offered a motion, seconded by Council member Sasai to modify the Committee Assignment for the West Contra Costa Transportation Advisory Committee (WCCTAC) to read: Delegate: Tave, Alternate: Sasai.

Council member Martinez-Rubin stated she would like to remain as the Delegate to WCCTAC to ensure continuity. She suggested it takes about a year to get a sense of what was going on a committee and she would like to stay on WCCTAC rather than have the City of Pinole be represented by someone new.

ACTION: Motion by Council members Tave/Sasai to Modify the Committee Assignment for the West Contra Costa Transportation Advisory Committee (WCCTAC) to read:

Delegate: Tave; Alternate: Sasai.

Vote: Passed 3-2
Ayes: Murphy, Sasai, Tave
Noes: Toms. Martinez-Rubin
Abstain: None

Absent: None
Council member Martinez-Rubin offered a motion to modify the Committee Assignment for the Municipal Code Ad-Hoc Subcommittee to read: Attendees: Martinez-Rubin/Toms. There was no second to the motion.

Mayor Pro Tem Toms offered a motion, seconded by Council member Martinez-Rubin to further modify the Committee Assignment for the West Contra Costa Transportation Advisory Committee (WCCTAC) to read: Delegate: Tave; Alternate: Martinez-Rubin.

ACTION: Motion by Mayor Pro Tem Toms/Council member Martinez-Rubin to further modify the Committee Assignment for the West Contra Costa Transportation Advisory Committee (WCCTAC) to read: Delegate: Tave; Alternate: Martinez-Rubin.

Vote: Failed 2-3
Ayes: Toms, Martinez-Rubin
Noes: Murphy, Sasai, Tave
Abstain: None

Absent: None
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Council member Sasai offered a motion, seconded by Council member Tave to modify the Committee Assignment for the West Contra Costa Transit Authority (WestCAT) to reflect Council member Sasai as one of the two delegates to the Board.

Mayor Pro Tem Toms recalled the Mayor had offered to give up the Alternate seat at the December 6 meeting but there had not been any interest. She asked if Council member Sasai was willing to serve as the Alternate to WestCAT.

Council member Sasai clarified his motion was to take one of the delegate seats. He had spoken with his mentors, he was qualified to serve as a delegate, it would ensure equal responsibility for the work load on the different boards, and he did not have a preference on which delegate should be replaced.

Mayor Pro Tem Toms stated she currently served as the Vice Chair of WestCAT and that Council member Martinez-Rubin was a past Chair.

Council member Sasai restated his motion, seconded by Council member Tave to modify the Committee Assignment for the West Contra Costa Transit Authority (WestCAT) to allow Council member Sasai to serve as one of the two delegates to the Committee and replace the assignment of Council member Martinez-Rubin.

On the motion, Council member Martinez-Rubin stated she would like to remain on the WestCAT Board. She too had the qualifications to serve and represent the citizens of Pinole, and suggested experience was important. Council member Sasai had been appointed the Alternate to the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) where he would get the sense of the background necessary to make subsequent comments on WestCAT.

ACTION: Motion by Council members Sasai/Tave to modify the Committee Assignment for the West Contra Costa Transit Authority (WestCAT) to allow Council member Sasai to serve as one of the two delegates to the Committee and to replace the current assignment of Council member Martinez-Rubin.

Vote: Passed 3-2
Ayes: Murphy, Sasai, Tave
Noes: Toms, Martinez-Rubin
Abstain: None

Absent: None
Mayor Pro Tem Toms offered a motion for additional modification to the appointments to WestCAT with Council member Martinez-Rubin to serve as the Alternate.

In response to the Mayor, who was currently shown as the Alternate, Council member MartinezRubin reiterated her desire to continue serving on WestCAT and reiterated the importance of continuity.

Mayor Murphy stated he would like to continue as the Alternate, as shown for WestCAT.

Mayor Pro Tem Toms withdrew her motion.
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ACTION: Motion by Council members Tave/Sasai to approve the 2023 Committee Assignment List, as modified.

Vote: Passed 5-0
Ayes: Murphy, Toms, Martinez-Rubin, Sasai, Tave
Noes: None
Abstain: None

Absent: None
F. Approval of the Solid Waste Collection Rates (Fees) Effective January 1, 2023 [Action: Adopt Resolution per Staff Recommendation (Mishra)] Council member Tave stated he had removed the item from the Consent Calendar to allow staff the opportunity to highlight the new rates as shown in the December 20, 2022 staff report, with Republic Services to increase the fees it charged Pinole residents effective January 1, 2023 for solid waste collection, particularly in response to AB 939.

Public Works Director Mishra clarified the rate increases were not in response to AB 939 but AB 1383 regulations, with the rate structure having been outlined in the tables shown on Page 3 of the staff report, and with the rate increase ranging from 2.7 to 2.71 percent per service size in gallons. He also clarified that a revised attachment had been provided for this agenda item to reflect that the recommended action for this item would generate approximately $10,600 in additional franchise fee revenues to the City for calendar year 2023.

PUBLIC COMMENTS OPENED
Deputy City Clerk, Stone reported there were no comments from the public.

PUBLIC COMMENTS CLOSED
ACTION: Motion by Mayor Pro Tem Toms/Council member Tave to Approve the Solid Waste Collection Rates (Fees) Effective January 1, 2023.

Vote: Passed 5-0
Ayes: Murphy, Toms, Martinez-Rubin, Sasai, Tave
Noes: None
Abstain: None

Absent: None
H. Parks and Recreation Master Plan Contract [Adopt Resolution per Staff Recommendation (Rogers)]
Council member Martinez-Rubin clarified with Community Services Director Rogers the area behind the Faria House identified as Heritage Park as well as the area of the eucalyptus trees near Pinole Grove Senior Housing would be part of the documentation to be provided to the consultant to prepare the Parks and Recreation Master Plan contract, and that those areas had been designated as park areas.
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Council member Tave also confirmed with the Community Services Director that the community garden would be included in the study, and as part of the process the City Council and members of the public would be allowed the opportunity to provide comment on the Parks and Recreation Master Plan when presented.

Mayor Murphy thanked Community Services Director Rogers for prioritizing the project and for the recommended partnership with RJM Design Group, which was something the previous City Council had supported.

Council member Sasai understood pursuant to the staff report that the project exceeded the original budget. He expressed concern whether the City had received the most cost-effective and efficient contract.

Community Services Director Rogers explained that Master Plans were expensive and the original budget of $100,000 had been inadequate. While the project was more than budgeted, RJM Design Group was the best in the industry and staff was excited to work with the firm.

Council member Tave also clarified with Community Services Director Rogers that all public contracting procedures had been met and time allotted for public bids with one qualified vendor having responded to the RFP.

PUBLIC COMMENTS OPENED
Anthony Vossbrink, Pinole, asked whether the funds budgeted for the consultant fees were directly related to RJM Design Group or whether those funds included any incremental staff time; whether existing staff resources had been considered to prepare the Parks and Recreation Master Plan rather than pay for a consultant; and requested the incorporation of the vacant caretaker’s home as part of the Parks and Recreation Master Plan which had been supported by the Pinole Garden Club, and which had also supported the incorporation of a history museum and community garden. He spoke to the need for inoperable lighting in the City to be repaired and not wait until the CIP or the Park and Recreation Master Plan had been approved. Further, in the area of the dog park, he suggested the existing trail should be formally recognized for indigenous persons and be identified as the Ohlone Indian Trail.

Community Services Director Rogers explained that staff hours had not been included in the budget but would be part of the staff day-to-day operations, with the budget funds to go towards RJM Design Group’s assessments and preparation of the Parks and Recreation Master Plan.

With the public engagement process, there would be opportunity for public comment in a public forum with all comments to be documented in the Parks and Recreation Master Plan.

Irma Ruport, Pinole, expressed concern with the fact that only one proposal from a qualified firm had been received, and while RJM Design Group had an excellent reputation the City had allocated $100,000 in the CIP and they were $50,000 over budget and would use Measure S funds. She opposed a project going over budget absent public input. The City had been in trouble in the past with one proposal which she described as a monopoly and she suggested the majority of the scope of work could be done in-house by City staff. If the item was not time sensitive, she recommended it be continued to the next City Council meeting. She had additional questions, suggested more time was needed for input, and questioned the fiscal responsibility of projects going over budget.
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City Manager Murray clarified that figures in the CIP were very often planning level estimates, with the cost of project completion unknown until a project was put out to bid. He emphasized that all construction and land use planning related costs had escalated over the last few years.

The $100,000 initially budgeted had been a penciled in amount, and additional funds were typically needed to complete projects due to escalating costs for a number of reasons. The suggestion that if the City allocated additional funds for a qualified firm could lead to financial challenges was a leap. He also commented that professional and qualified firms were busy and it took time for the firms to invest in the marketing to prepare a proposal, and if a city was to spend less than needed for a capable job, firms would not submit a proposal. This was not the first time the City had a small number of responses to RFPs in a field that was very impacted.

Regardless of the number of responses, staff conducted the same due diligence to verify whether a respondent was a good qualified firm and whether the City was getting good value for its money.

Based on staff’s cross-departmental review, there were different perspectives in evaluating RJM Design Group, with a scope having been negotiated that was of good value for a reasonable price from a well-qualified firm. Interested and capable firms were aware of the RFP and if going back to the drawing board it would mean a delay in the process, which was not sensible.

City Manager Murray acknowledged that City staff may be able to do some components of the scope of work but it may take staff away from other things and consultants were often hired since they had a deeper level of expertise and were more efficient when specializing in some things.

Given the incredible City Council and public enthusiasm to move the project forward and staff’s strong opinion the contract should be approved and moved forward, he urged the City Council to support the staff recommendation.

PUBLIC COMMENTS CLOSED
Mayor Pro Tem Toms recognized that it took staff time to prepare an RFP and if this contract was rejected staff would have to spend much more time and the City would get a reputation in the consultant industry that it may not be worth the time to submit a proposal to the City of Pinole.

She wanted to avoid that and found the contract to be reasonable. Also, the budget was reviewed each quarter when adjustments could be made. She supported the item.

Council member Tave clarified with Community Services Director Rogers that the Community Services Department was comprised of one Recreation Manager and three Recreation Coordinators and that RJM Design Group had more personnel.

Council member Tave recognized City parks were a priority for the community. He wanted to ensure the Parks and Recreation Master Plan was done correctly, and while the City had only received one proposal he found the contract to be good for Pinole, the budget would be monitored by staff, and there would likely be updates and opportunities for public input as they moved forward.

Community Services Director Rogers stated he would work with the City Manager to update the City Council as the contract progressed to ensure the community and City Council was kept abreast of the work.

Council member Martinez-Rubin found the contract timeline to be reasonable along with the City Manager’s explanation of the process to this point.
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Council member Martinez-Rubin valued the strength of the proposal as submitted, recognized costs had increased over time and the fact that the Parks and Recreation Master Plan would serve the City for at least a decade after completion. She thanked staff for their work and for the multiple opportunities for public feedback.

ACTION: Motion by Mayor Pro Tem Toms/Council member Tave to Approve the Parks and Recreation Master Plan Contract.

Vote: Passed 5-0
Ayes: Murphy, Toms, Martinez-Rubin, Sasai, Tave
Noes: None
Abstain: None

Absent: None

10. PUBLIC HEARINGS
Citizens wishing to speak regarding a Public Hearing item should fill out a speaker card prior to the completion of the presentation, by first providing a speaker card to the City Clerk. An official who engaged in an ex parté communication that is the subject of a Public Hearing must disclose the communication on the record prior to the start of the Public Hearing.

A. Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Pinole Adding Chapter 2.64 “Criminal Background Checks” to the Municipal Code relating to Access to State and Federal Level Summary Criminal History Information [Action: Introduce Ordinance, Waive First Reading, and Conduct Public Hearing (Casher)] City Attorney Casher presented the staff report and recommended the City Council introduce and conduct the first reading of an ordinance adding Chapter 2.64 “Criminal Background Checks” to Title 2 of the Pinole Municipal Code (PMC) authorizing the City to access state and federal level fingerprint based criminal history information for new hires, including volunteers and contract employees, and certain licensed applicants.

Council member Martinez-Rubin asked why elected officials had not been included in the group of people whose criminal background would be checked and was informed by City Attorney Casher that elected Council members submitted forms as part of the process of holding office, and although he was uncertain whether background checks were part of that process once a publicly-elected City representative that matter was concluded. While a criminal background check of elected Council members could be considered in the ordinance, it would not allow the City to remove a dully elected Council member from office who had been elected by members of the public.

Council member Tave asked the timeline of a criminal background check. As an example, if someone had something in their background as a minor whether it would preclude them from employment opportunities with the City of Pinole.

City Attorney Casher was uncertain how far back a criminal background was expunged from the record; however, there was an appeal process as part of the ordinance. As an example, if someone applied for a job with the City and had a felony conviction when they were around 15 years of age, he hoped there would be a conversation whether or not that individual had paid their debt to society.
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City Attorney Casher added that there were programs available that offered record expungement, which were the types of resources that could be offered to applicants and as a resource for further opportunities for employment.

Council member Sasai supported the ordinance and suggested it should have been in place long ago. He thanked the City Attorney for considering current hiring practices and was pleased there would be discretion with the City on approaching these types of situations.

In response to Mayor Murphy, City Attorney Casher explained the ordinance would apply to new hires with the City of Pinole where the criminal background checks would be run when vetting an applicant. If approved, the ordinance would provide authority to the City Council to request a background check. As part of the California Penal Code where background checks arose, it would not allow a city to request a background check unless the City Council provided for that authority, which the proposed ordinance would provide. He was unaware of any employment restrictions based on felony convictions but there were some processes around expungement opportunities.

Anytime a background check was done, staff would ensure it was compliant with all state and federal laws.

Mayor Murphy also clarified with City Attorney Casher his understanding the National Defense Authorization Act was for federal agencies only and he asked that prior to the second reading of the ordinance that issue be further clarified.

City Manager Murray explained that state law prohibited an employer from not extending an offer of employment to someone with past criminal history without including an appeal process and absent a relevant nexus between the offense and the job duties. The intent of the ordinance was not to cast a wider net for less serious offenses but to ensure the City was checking state criminal records while also covering other state and federal criminal records for serious offenses.

The City of Pinole did not have a process at this time to check those more serious offenses and City Attorney Casher confirmed there had been past hires or employment opportunities where an individual may have had a criminal conviction where they were not significant, a significant amount of time had passed, or the conviction was not related to the job assigned duties. Candidates had different backgrounds and experiences and diversity perspectives were important and there was recognition it was a competitive job market which required that people be invited with all sorts of different backgrounds. The intent of the ordinance was to allow the City to be completely aware of anyone who had significant offenses even if in other states.

PUBLIC HEARING OPENED
Rafael Menis, Pinole, was relieved the ordinance was primarily intended to focus on serious felonies, misdemeanors and moral turpitude and not minor offenses; however, for employment purposes, the ordinance would apply not only to City employment opportunities but background checks for some volunteers which would include the Planning Commission, as an example, which should be clarified. He also understood that some cities in the state had decided to “ban the box” on an application form and discourage asking about prior felony convictions even if there was a process for exemption or expungement since it may discourage certain members of the population from applying.
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Mr. Menis added that there had also been an issue of equity since historically speaking several felonies historically applied to communities of color which disproportionately impacted certain populations, with equity impacts. In addition, some crimes may be broad, such as the Migratory Bird Control Treaty Act as an example, which included a misdemeanor for the possession of feathers of migratory birds.

City Attorney Casher clarified there were some legal requirements around the categories of volunteers that must have criminal background checks if working with minors as an example. He acknowledged there were efforts underway that would remove the box on an application, where an applicant was not required to self-identify whether the applicant had a felony conviction and which prevented an application from being immediately discarded from consideration. Also, the ordinance had a section that mentioned licensees and he clarified the City did not conduct criminal background checks on business license applications, although as an example, the City would not be able to issue a business license for a commercial cannabis enterprise without conducting a criminal background check. The City currently did not allow commercial cannabis enterprises but if permitted in the future it would have to be addressed in the ordinance.

Council member Tave pointed out other agencies that issued licenses, such as the State Contractor’s Board, required prospective applicants to go through other background check processes. He asked whether the application process could include language where everyone had the chance to apply for City employment opportunities without having to disqualify themselves.

Human Resources Director Stacy Shell clarified the City’s application form did not include a question that asked for criminal history. The only time the City would become aware of any criminal history was when the applicant was the final candidate, had been selected for the position and provided a conditional offer for a job where they were then sent through a criminal background check at that point. If an applicant had any convictions on their record, the City was required to provide the applicant with a five-day appeal notice clearly outlining the reasons for denying the employment, and they were also provided information where that conviction information had come from. If there was incorrect information on a conviction from a specific agency, the applicant also had the opportunity to appeal the error to that agency. As part of the process, there was the opportunity to have conversations with the applicant prior to an offer of employment with the City.

While Council member Tave found the five-day appeal period to be inadequate for a government agency, Human Resources Director Shell clarified the five-day period allowed for the applicant to respond to the City in response to the City denying employment.

Council member Martinez-Rubin asked when the ordinance would take effect and was informed by City Attorney Casher that if the second reading of the ordinance was approved by the City Council on January 17, 2023, it would take effect 30-days thereafter.

Council member Martinez-Rubin commented that there was a current vacancy on the Planning Commission and she understood the City had not conducted a criminal background check on Planning Commissioners in the past. Given the timeline for the adoption of the ordinance and the need to appoint a new Planning Commissioner to the Planning Commission, she asked staff to clarify how that would be addressed.
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Human Resources Director Shell stated the intent was to apply the ordinance to all volunteers across the board. Once the ordinance was adopted, staff could adopt a policy for all City volunteers. Currently, the City did not conduct background checks of its volunteers nor did the City have a written policy in place for conducting the volunteer selection process.

City Clerk Bell clarified there was one vacancy on the seven-member Planning Commission and it would depend on the policy and when the ordinance would go into effect whether or not it would affect that vacancy, expected to be considered at the second City Council meeting in February.

Human Resources Director Shell reiterated the intent to further develop a written policy related to volunteers once the ordinance had been adopted and then work out the process for all City volunteers and how it would apply to existing and new volunteers.

Council member Martinez-Rubin looked forward to better clarity on the nexus of the ordinance to the Planning and Community Services Commissions.

City Manager Murray agreed there should be no delay to appointments to City Commissions as a result of the ordinance and reiterated the purpose of the ordinance. Staff was hopeful the ordinance would be adopted so that it could be applied to potential new hires and then staff could work on a written policy for volunteers.

Council member Martinez-Rubin commented that it was particularly important to consider criminal background checks for volunteers given the number of youth activities and events in the City to ensure that City sponsored events were safe.

Council member Sasai agreed with the concerns raised by Council member Martinez-Rubin and asked whether the ordinance would impact existing City employees.

Human Resources Director Shell stated the ordinance would not impact current City employees but apply to future City employees moving forward as outlined in the ordinance.

Cordell Hindler, Richmond, stated he had conversations with the Human Resources Department for the City of Richmond and had been informed that criminal background checks were optional for consultants. The City of Pinole’s ordinance was reasonable if working with youth.

PUBLIC HEARING CLOSED
Mayor Murphy thanked the City Attorney and Human Resources Director for their work on the ordinance. As part of the second reading, he sought more information on the appeals process that had not been included in the actual ordinance.

City Attorney Casher stated he would provide more detail on the appeals process as part of the second reading but it was a policy decision that could be dealt with as part of policy and procedures and he would work with the Human Resources Director on that component.

ACTION: Motion by Council members Tave/Martinez-Rubin to Introduce and Waive the First Reading of an Ordinance Adding Chapter 2.64 “Criminal Background Checks” to Title 2 of the Pinole Municipal Code Relating to Access to State and Federal Level Summary Criminal History Information.
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Vote: Passed 5-0
Ayes: Murphy, Toms, Martinez-Rubin, Sasai, Tave
Noes: None
Abstain: None

Absent: None
B. First Reading of Ordinance Adding Chapter 2.62 “Code of Ethics and Conduct” to the Pinole Municipal Code [Action: Introduce Ordinance, Waive First Reading, and Conduct a Public Hearing (Casher)]
City Attorney Casher presented the December 20, 2022 staff report and recommended the City Council introduce and waive the first reading of an ordinance adding Chapter 2.62 to the Pinole Municipal Code codifying the City’s Code of Ethics for elected and appointed officials, with minor revisions.

Mayor Murphy thanked the Municipal Code Ad-Hoc Subcommittee for its work on both ordinances.

Council member Martinez-Rubin asked what had driven Mayor Murphy to request the item when he was the Mayor Pro Tem, and Mayor Murphy explained that he wanted to be a steward as a Council member and elected official to update the Code of Ethics given some of the challenges he had faced as a first-time Council member and to ensure the Code of Ethics was modernized.

When asked, City Attorney Casher again outlined the main changes to the ordinance as shown in the staff report and stated that having the ordinance codified as part of the PMC would make it more accessible to the public and promote transparency and accountability whereby a violation of the Code of Ethics would rise to the level of a violation of the PMC and could be considered a code enforcement-related action.

Council member Martinez-Rubin commented that one of the challenges of ordinances was enforcement and due to some degree of subjectivity related to this ordinance made it difficult to enforce. She referenced Attachment A, as included in the staff report, Page 155 of 162 of the agenda packet, Section 2.26.030 Code of Ethics and Conduct, subsection G, which read: Public officials shall recognize the obligation to participate fully and responsibly in matters and organizations concerned with the betterment of the life in the City of Pinole, and subsection H which read: Public officials shall exercise our authority and prestige for the benefits of the City of Pinole and all members of the community and never for personal or private advantage, and commented that the City Council rarely had such a discussion and questioned whether there had been any violation. She also referenced subsection C, which read: Public officials shall serve with efficiency, respect legality and heed the commands of due diligence and morality. She found there were many terms used that were abstract and subjective and questioned whether it would serve the City Council now with a new composition of individuals as it had in the past. She asked whether the Municipal Code Ad-Hoc Subcommittee had discussed whether there should be more than the codification of the ordinance and whether the ordinance was strong enough.

PUBLIC HEARING OPENED
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Cordell Hindler, Richmond, commented that before he had joined a Board or Commission he had to fill out paperwork and had read the associated Code of Ethics. He respected the opinions of those in which he would serve. He liked the ordinance.

Rafael Menis, Pinole, asked about the timeframe of the applicability of the Code of Ethics for the Mayor, City Council and City Treasurer as opposed to Boards/Commissions/Committees and staff, and read into the record the second paragraph of Section 2.62.020 Scope, which read:

Further, the provisions of this chapter shall apply to the Mayor, Members of the City Council and Treasurer at all times during their term of office as elected officials of the City of Pinole. However, the provisions of this chapter shall apply to all members of the boards, commissions, committees and staff only while they are acting in their official capacities or affecting the discharge of their duties. He asked for clarification of the intent of that section. If this requirement applied to elected officials all of the time, he asked to what extent subsection E of Section 2.62.030, Code of Ethics and Conduct applied. That section read: Public officials shall deal with all employees, fellow officers and members of the public without regard to political partisanship. With that section in mind, he asked the impact of the political partisan roles that Council members and the Mayor may hold outside of public office.

Mr. Menis agreed with the concerns raised by Council member Martinez-Rubin with the language in Section 2.26.030, subsection C, which was broad and vague and should be defined more specifically. Also, subsection F, as shown, would prevent consideration of equity such as if one was considering support for people who were pregnant or had a physical or mental disability, who could not be provided support if needed, and this subsection should be clarified.

PUBLIC HEARING CLOSED
City Attorney Casher explained that the timing of the applicability of the ordinance was that City Council members as public face representatives of the City all the time were different as compared to City employees, and it was not intended to conflict with Section 2.26.030, Code of Ethics and Conduct, subsection C with individual Council members not ceding their First Amendment Rights or ability to have political interests and advocate for things. He added that the language in the ordinance was from the 2007 ordinance originally adopted as a Code of Ethics, and while there could be some language improvements, subsection F in that same section would not prohibit the City from having some consideration of pregnancy and the like and was softer than that.

Council member Tave briefed the Council on the deliberations of the Municipal Code Ad-Hoc Subcommittee with the intent to recognize times had changed since 2007, with social media also having changed and which played a role. There was no intent to limit public speech but allow the City Council to have conversations and a discussion with the public. The ordinance was intended to provide rules while also allowing the City Council the ability to facilitate a discussion.

Mayor Pro Tem Toms also briefed the Council on the deliberations of the Municipal Code Ad-Hoc Subcommittee with the intent to allow Council members to address whether or not a violation of the Code of Ethics had occurred, and if the ordinance was codified it was a good start and provided good rules for any public official, staff and anyone to follow.

Council member Martinez-Rubin understood the Municipal Code Ad-Hoc Subcommittee was more interested in the City Council’s interaction on the dais and the creation of an atmosphere to be civil and she had no problem with that.
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Council member Martinez-Rubin found that negative comments or lack of civility did not occur on the dais but externally. The ordinance would address that and would create a benchmark for the City Council to follow, but she questioned whether what the Municipal Code Ad-Hoc Subcommittee had discussed and wanted to address would really be addressed with this ordinance since members of the public would use Free Speech in however and whatever manner desired, which was unfortunate since they had all experienced that negativity with no means to address a direct confrontation and that issue would remain.

Council member Martinez-Rubin found that codifying the ordinance, when it was known that City Council members were held to a higher standard, had not been described well in the ordinance.

She hoped between now and the second reading of the ordinance more appropriate language could be considered and emphasized that members of the public did not generally subscribe to the higher level of civility in the ordinance.

Mayor Murphy reiterated his intent to address the Code of Ethics that was part of a 2007 resolution and which could become City law, with law oftentimes changing culture allowing for standardizing policies and integration into existing programs that would offer many opportunities. This ordinance would provide cohesion with the City Treasurer included in the Code of Ethics which had not been done in the past or as part of the 2007 resolution, and this ordinance would apply to all City officials even if not at the dais.

Council member Tave emphasized that codifying the ordinance would allow for discretion of Free Speech while also providing for order and decorum.

ACTION: Motion by Council member Tave/Mayor Pro Tem Toms to Introduce and Waive the First Reading of an Ordinance Adding Chapter 2.62 “Code of Ethics and Conduct” to the Pinole Municipal Code.

Vote: Passed 5-0
Ayes: Murphy, Toms, Martinez-Rubin, Sasai, Tave
Noes: None
Abstain: None

Absent: None

11. OLD BUSINESS: None

12. NEW BUSINESS
A. City Council Budget for Training and Memberships [Action: Approve Additional Budget Appropriation by Minute Order and Consider Additional Budget Appropriation and Provide Direction (Murray)]
City Manager Murray presented the staff report dated December 20, 2022, and recommended the City Council appropriate additional funding in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2022/23 budget, by minute order, of $2,400 per Council member for Council member training and memberships and consider appropriating funds that Council members may use for miscellaneous discretionary City purposes as part of the FY 2023/24 budget development process.
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Mayor Pro Tem Toms referenced the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) one delegate membership cost as shown in the Travel and Training Table on Page 2 of the staff report and clarified the cost was really for mileage (bus pass). She noted that WestCAT provided transportation to the meeting location and should not be in the category of discretionary funds.

She also spoke to the cost shown for the League of California East Bay Division meetings, with the list of delegates shown as the Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem, and asked whether the $600 cost, as shown, was sufficient. In addition, the cost shown for the League of California Cities Conference (5 @$600) for a total of $3,000 was not enough and may cover only plane fare and not any other expenses.

Mayor Pro Tem Toms otherwise liked the idea of increasing the budget by minute order, as recommended by staff.

Council member Martinez-Rubin clarified with the City Manager the recommendation to increase the budget as proposed by staff for FY 2022/23.

PUBLIC COMMENTS OPENED
Rafael Menis, Pinole, looked forward to the future discussion on appropriating funds that Council members may use for miscellaneous discretionary City purposes as part of the FY 2023/24 budget development process. Speaking to the Travel and Training Table on Page 2 of the staff report, he commented that the cost shown for the Contra Costa County (CCC) Mayors’ Conference monthly dinners (2 @$50/per person) for a total of $1,200 and various dinners/award ceremonies with a cost of $100 for the year did not match up and he asked staff to provide clarification.

Cordell Hindler, Richmond, also questioned the cost shown for the Mayors’ Conference and commented that the City of Richmond charged a fee of $55 per person to attend. He also questioned the travel costs as shown and recommended the budget for this item be increased.

PUBLIC COMMENTS CLOSED
Council member Martinez-Rubin was pleased that staff had taken a look at the budget and the expenses incurred by Council members considering that compensation did not cover the costs associated with the activities outside City Council meetings.

Council member Tave stated that attendance at the conferences had extreme value, but suggested the chance of all five Council members attending the same event was doubtful. He suggested as these costs continued to be monitored the City Council consider the costs as compared to the stipend received.

City Clerk Bell clarified the costs were the best guess of what the City Council may do, there would be variation in who attended what and there had been more interest in training opportunities as communities had come out of pandemic restrictions. It was important to inform the public what the costs were going towards.

Council member Sasai looked forward to having the opportunity to attend a League of California Cities Conference for new Mayors and Council members and other conferences and suggested the increase in the budget was justified and needed.
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Council member Sasai also reported he had spoken with Council members from jurisdictions of a similar size to the City of Pinole who had suggested a budget of $5,000 per Council member was a more appropriate budget amount. He wanted to ensure there was an adequate budget to avoid discouraging Council members from seeking more training.

Mayor Murphy emphasized the importance of membership and training opportunities for the City Council. He saw these costs as investments in the City Council and in the City. He looked forward to future feedback from the City Council at the next budget cycle if more funds were needed and he thanked the City Manager and staff for bringing the item forward.

ACTION: Motion by Mayor Pro Tem Toms/Council member Tave to Approve by Minute Order the Appropriation of Additional Funding in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2022/23 budget, of $3,500 per Council member, for Council member training and memberships.

Vote: Passed 5-0
Ayes: Murphy, Toms, Martinez-Rubin, Sasai, Tave
Noes: None
Abstain: None

Absent: None

13. CITIZENS TO BE HEARD (Continued from Item 6) (Public Comments) Only open to members of the public who did not speak under the first Citizens to be Heard, Agenda Item 6.

Citizens may speak under any item not listed on the Agenda. The time limit is 3 minutes and is subject to modification by the Mayor. Individuals may not share or offer time to another speaker.

Cordell Hindler, Richmond, supported the continuation of the hybrid meeting format; reported the West County Mayors’ meeting would be hosted by the City of Richmond in January 2023; and reported the Athletic Director at Salesian College Preparatory had informed him they were 60 teachers short, although the WCCUSD had held a job fair in the summer to retain teachers. He wished everyone a Happy Holiday.

Mayor Murphy reported that Cathy Bradshaw, a long-time Pinole resident and wife of a former Council member had recently passed. Eric Adame Toms, the nephew of Mayor Pro Tem Toms had also recently passed.

Mayor Pro Tem Toms reported her nephew Eric Adame Toms had worked at the flower cart while in high school, had been in a horrific car accident on San Pablo Avenue in his senior year, had been disabled since that time, and had recently passed away. She appreciated the gesture to adjourn the meeting in his memory. She added that Cathy Bradshaw had been a resident of Pinole for many years, raised a family, was married to former Council member Phil Bradshaw and had been an active member of the community and she was pleased the meeting would also adjourn in her memory.
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14. ADJOURNMENT to the Regular City Council Meeting of January 17, 2023 in Remembrance of Amber Swartz, Kathy Bradshaw and Eric Adame -Toms.

At 9:38 p.m., Mayor Murphy adjourned the meeting to the Regular City Council Meeting of January 17, 2023 in Remembrance of Amber Swartz, Kathy Bradshaw and Eric Adame -Toms.

Submitted by:
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Heather Bell, CMC
City Clerk
Approved by City Council:
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CITY COUNCIL
REPORT
9C
DATE: JANUARY 17, 2022
TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS
FROM: ERIC CASHER, CITY ATTORNEY
SUBJECT: RESOLUTION CONTINUING AUTHORIZED REMOTE
TELECONFERENCE MEETINGS PURSUANT TO AB 361

RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the City Council adopt a resolution authorizing the continued use of remote teleconference meetings pursuant to AB 361.

BACKGROUND
On March 4, 2020, Governor Newsom declared a State of Emergency to make additional resources available and formalize emergency actions across multiple state agencies and departments to help the State prepare for the spread of the novel coronavirus disease (“COVID-19”). The State of Emergency will expire on February 28, 2023.

On March 18, 2020, the City Manager, acting as Director of Emergency Services, proclaimed a local state of emergency due to COVID-19 pursuant to California Government Code Section 8630 and Pinole Municipal Code Chapter 2.32. The local emergency expired on March 31, 2022.

All meetings of the City Council and the City’s other legislative bodies, such as the Planning Commission, are open and public, as required by the Ralph M. Brown Act (Government Code section 54950 et seq., “Brown Act”). Any member of the public may attend, participate, and watch the City’s legislative bodies conduct their business. On March 17, 2020, Governor Newsom issued Executive Order N-29-20 suspending certain provisions of the Brown Act in order to allow local legislative bodies to conduct meetings telephonically or by other means during a declared state of emergency and in order to slow the spread of COVID-19. On September 16, 2021, Governor Newson signed AB 361 into law. AB 361 will sunset on January 1, 2024.

Under AB 361, a public agency may hold a remote meeting if a proclaimed state of emergency is in effect and: (1) state or local officials have imposed or recommended measures to promote social distancing; (2) the public agency holds a meeting for the purpose of determining, by majority vote, whether as a result of the emergency, meeting in person would present imminent risks to the health or safety of attendees; or (3) the public agency holds a meeting and has previously determined by majority vote that as a result of the emergency, meeting in person would present imminent 50 of 1216
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risks to the health or safety of attendees. A local agency must make a finding by majority vote that one or more of these conditions exist every thirty (30) days to continue using the bill’s exemption to the Brown Act rules.

On October 19, 2021, the City Council adopted a Resolution Authorizing Remote Teleconference Meetings Pursuant To AB 361 and established virtual meetings for all City Council and City Council appointed Board and Commission meetings. The City has subsequently reevaluated and reaffirmed its finding every thirty (30) days thereafter and determined that the conditions under AB 361 continue to exist, in that either it continues to directly impact the ability of members to meet safely in person, or state or local officials continue to impose or recommend measures to promote social distancing. City Council most recently reaffirmed its findings and adopted a Resolution authorizing continued remote meetings on December 20, 2022.

This staff report discusses whether the conditions under AB 361 continue to exist in order continue the use of remote teleconference meetings, including an in-person hybrid meeting format.

DISCUSSION
Since near the start of the COVID-19 pandemic the City has been able to conduct meetings of its legislative bodies remotely pursuant to Executive Order N-29-20, which suspended certain provisions of the Brown Act. The City has established virtual meetings for all City Council and City Council appointed Board and Commission meetings. The virtual meetings have allowed the Council and advisory bodies to continue to conduct City business from remote locations while ensuring the public’s continued access to government meetings in a safe manner.

AB 361 provides for the continued use of remote meetings and exemption to the Brown Act upon a finding that state or local health officials continue to impose or recommend measures to promote social distancing. Such a finding is consistent with the goal of AB 361 “to improve and enhance public access to local agency meetings…by allowing broader access through teleconferencing options” consistent with Executive Order N29-20.

The conditions that justified the City Council adopting the Resolution Authorizing Remote Teleconference Meetings Pursuant To AB 361 in its meeting of October 19, 2021 continue to exist. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) continues to recommend measures based upon COVID-19 community levels based on their local context and their unique needs in efforts to slow the spread of COVID-19 and reduce the rate of infection. The CDC looks at three metrics: new COVID-19 admissions per 100,000 population in the past 7 days; the percent of staffed inpatient beds occupied by COVID-19 patients; and total new COVID-19 cases per 100,000 population in the past 7 days, to determine the COVID-19 community level. Social distancing is just one of the recommended practice measures and must be taken into consideration with the risk in a particular setting, including local COVID-19 Community Levels and the important role of ventilation.
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Effective March 1, 2022, the CDC and California Department of Health requirement for unvaccinated persons to mask in indoor public settings and businesses was replaced by a strong recommendation that all persons, regardless of vaccine status, mask in indoor public settings and businesses including meetings and state and local government offices serving the public. On March 11, 2022, the universal masking requirement for K-12 and Childcare settings terminated. Effective April 20, 2022, in alignment with the CDC's announcement that its order requiring masking on public transportation and at transportation hubs is no longer in effect, California's requirement for masking on public transit and in transportation hubs terminated.

Notwithstanding, the California Department of Health continues to recommend that individuals in these settings continue to wear a mask and is maintaining the masking requirements in specified high-risk settings such as healthcare facilities, long-term care facilities, and homeless and emergency shelters. The California Department of Health continues to find that wearing a face mask in indoor public settings, regardless of vaccination status, remains a critical component for protecting those that are most vulnerable in our communities, including the unvaccinated, the immunocompromised, or those at risk for severe disease and illness.

On September 20, 2021, and again on March 1, 2022, the Health Officer for Contra Costa County issued recommendations for safely holding public meetings. The recommendations were most recently revised on January 5, 2023. At present, the Contra Costa County Health Officer strongly recommends the use of online meetings as an alternative to in-person meetings, offering the public the opportunity to attend via a call-in option or an internet-based service option, to give those at higher risk of and/or higher concern about COVID-19 an alternative to participating in person.

Remote options and social distancing for those present continues to be the recommended format for public meetings as it presents the lowest risk of transmission of COVID-19, which is particularly important in light of the current community prevalence rate.

The proposed resolution re-affirms the necessary findings in order for the City Council, and all of the City’s legislative bodies, to continue remote teleconference meetings pursuant to AB 361. Additionally, the resolution is necessary in order to allow Staff to return to an in-person hybrid format to allow those at higher risk and/or concern about COVID-19 an alternative to participating in person.

FISCAL IMPACT
There is no direct fiscal impact from the adoption of the resolution.

ATTACHMENTS
A. Resolution Authorizing Continued Remote Teleconference Meetings Pursuant to AB 361
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1 RESOLUTION NO. 2023-XX

RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PINOLE AUTHORIZING CONTINUED REMOTE TELECONFERENCE MEETINGS PURSUANT TO AB 361 WHEREAS, all City of Pinole (“City”) meetings are open and public, as required by the Ralph M. Brown Act (Cal. Gov. Code 54950 – 54963), so that any member of the public may attend, participate, and watch the City’s legislative bodies conduct their business; and
WHEREAS, on March 4, 2020, Governor Newsom declared a State of Emergency to make additional resources available, formalize emergency actions already underway across multiple state agencies and departments, and help the State prepare for an anticipated broader spread of the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (“COVID-19”); and
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WHEREAS, the State of Emergency declared by Governor Newsom remains in effect until February 28, 2023; and
WHEREAS, on March 18, 2020, the City Manager, acting as Director of Emergency Services, proclaimed a local emergency due to COVID-19 pursuant to California Government Code Section 8630 and Pinole Municipal Code Chapter 2.32.

The local emergency expired on March 31, 2022; and
WHEREAS, On March 17, 2020, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Governor Newsom issued Executive Order N-29-20 suspending certain provisions of the Ralph M. Brown Act in order to allow local legislative bodies to conduct meetings telephonically or by other means; and
WHEREAS, as a result of Executive Order N-29-20, staff set up virtual meetings for all City Council meetings and meetings of all City legislative bodies, such as the Planning Commission; and
WHEREAS, on September 16, 2021, Governor Newsom signed AB 361 (2021) which allows for local legislative bodies and advisory bodies to continue to conduct meetings via teleconferencing under specified conditions and includes a requirement that the City Council make specified findings; and
WHEREAS, on September 20, 2021, Governor Newsom issued Executive Order N-15-21, delaying the full application of AB 361 (2021) until 11:59 p.m. October 1, 2021; and
WHEREAS, on February 25, 2022, Governor Newsom issued Executive Order N04-22 further extending the sunset of the State of Emergency to an unspecified date. The State of Emergency will expire on February 28, 2023; and

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2 WHEREAS, AB 361 provides that it will sunset on January 1, 2024; and WHEREAS, in order for legislative bodies to conduct meetings via teleconferencing pursuant to AB 361 (2021), a proclaimed State of Emergency must exist and either State or local officials have imposed or recommended measures to promote social distancing, or, the legislative body determines that meeting in person would present imminent risks to the health and safety of attendees; and WHEREAS, on October 19, 2021, the City Council adopted Resolution Of The City Council Of The City Of Pinole Authorizing Remote Teleconference Meetings Pursuant To AB 361 upon a finding that the requisite conditions exist for the legislative bodies of the City of Pinole to conduct remote teleconference meetings without compliance with paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of section 54953; and WHEREAS, AB 361 (2021) allows the City Council to continue to conduct meetings via teleconference upon a finding every thirty (30) days thereafter, that either a declared state of emergency continues to directly impact the ability of the members to meet safely in person, or state or local health officials continue to impose or recommend measures to promote social distancing; and
WHEREAS, since issuing Executive Order N-08-21, the highly contagious Delta, Omicron and other variants of COVID-19 have emerged, causing an increase in COVID-19 cases throughout the State and Contra Costa County; and WHEREAS, on August 2, 2021, in response to the Delta variant of COVID-19, the Contra Costa County Health Officer issued Health Order No. COVID19-51, for nearly all individuals to wear masks when inside public spaces and such mandate remains in effect in specified high-risk settings, consistent with California Department of Health recommendations including public transit, healthcare settings and congregate living; and
WHEREAS, on September 20, 2021, and reaffirmed on January 5, 2023, the Contra Costa County Health Officer issued recommendations for safely holding public meetings strongly recommending the availability of remote access as an alternative to participating in person at meetings as it presents the lowest risk of transmission of COVID-19 and such recommendation remains in effect; and WHEREAS, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) recommends safety measures based upon COVID-19 community levels based on their local context and their unique needs in efforts to slow the spread of COVID-19 and reduce the rate of infection; and
WHEREAS, the current Contra Costa County Community Level of spread is categorized as medium such that the Contra Costa County Health Officer recommends social distancing in crowded, indoor places to slow the spread of COVID-19 and reduce the rate of infection; and
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3 WHEREAS, in the interest of public health and safety, and in response to the local recommendation for measures to promote social distancing, the City Council deems it necessary to invoke the provisions of AB 361 related to teleconferencing; and WHEREAS, the City Council desires to provide a way for the Council, staff, and members of the public to participate in meetings remotely as an alternative to having to attend meetings in person; and
WHEREAS, the City Council hereby finds that the presence of COVID-19 and the increase of cases due to the Delta and Omicron variants would present imminent risks to the health or safety of certain attendees, including legislative bodies and staff, during in person meetings; and
WHEREAS, the City shall ensure that it’s meetings comply with the provisions required by AB 361 (2021) for holding teleconferenced meetings; and WHEREAS, the City Council has re-affirmed the necessary findings in order for the City Council, and all of the City’s other legislative bodies, to continue to hold remote teleconference meetings pursuant to AB 361, in whole or in part, and on that basis adopted a Resolution Of The City Council Of The City Of Pinole Authorizing Continued Remote Teleconference Meetings Pursuant To AB 361 on November 16, 2021, and every thirty (30) days thereafter; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has reconsidered the need to conduct meetings remotely within thirty (30) days of the Resolution and finds the need continues to exist.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Council of the City of Pinole hereby declares as follows:

1. The above recitals are true and correct, and incorporated into this Resolution.

2. In compliance with AB 361 (2021), and in order to continue to conduct teleconference meetings, in whole or in part, without complying with the usual teleconference meeting requirements of the Brown Act, the City Council makes the following findings:
a) The City Council has reconsidered the circumstances of the State of Emergency; and
b) Either of the following circumstances exist: The state of emergency continues to directly impact the ability of members to meet safely in person, or State or local officials continue to impose or recommend social distancing measures.
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4 3. The City Council and all of the City’s other legislative bodies may continue to meet remotely in compliance with AB 361 (2021), whether in whole or part, in order to better ensure the health and safety of the public.

4. The City Council will revisit the need to conduct meetings remotely within thirty (30) days of the adoption of this resolution.

PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Pinole City Council held on the 17th day of January, 2023, by the following vote:

AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS:

NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS:

ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS:

ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBERS:

I hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was introduced, passed, and adopted on the 17th day of January, 2023.
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Heather Bell, CMC
City Clerk
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CITY COUNCIL
REPORT
9D
DATE: JANUARY 17, 2023
TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS
FROM: ERIC CASHER, CITY ATTORNEY
BY: SHANDYN H. PIERCE, ASSOCIATE
SUBJECT: REPORT ON THE IMPACT OF GOVERNOR NEWSOM’S
FEBRUARY 28, 2023 END TO THE CALIFORNIA STATE OF
EMERGENCY RELATED TO COVID-19

RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the City Council receive a report regarding the Governor’s directive to end the COVID-19 State of Emergency on February 28, 2023.

BACKGROUND
On March 4, 2020, Governor Newsom declared a State of Emergency to make resources available and formalize emergency actions across multiple state agencies and departments to help the State prepare for the spread of the novel coronavirus disease (“COVID-19”).

On March 17, 2020, Governor Newsom issued Executive Order N-29-20 suspending certain provisions of the Brown Act in order to allow local legislative bodies to conduct meetings telephonically or by other means during a declared state of emergency and in order to slow the spread of COVID-19. On September 16, 2021, Governor Newson signed AB 361 into law. Under AB 361, public agencies were exempt from traditional Brown Act rules and able to hold remote meetings if a proclaimed state of emergency is in effect and several conditions were met. Every thirty days, agencies were required to adopt findings that the conditions detailed in AB 361 continued to exist.

In response to the 2020 State of Emergency, on March 18, 2020, the City Manager, acting as Director of Emergency Services, proclaimed a local state of emergency due to COVID-19 pursuant to California Government Code Section 8630 and Pinole Municipal Code Chapter 2.32. Consistent with the local state of emergency, the City adopted an urgency ordinance which provided for the issuance of temporary use permits, resulting in the construction and use of parklets by business within the City.

On October 19, 2021, the City Council adopted a resolution authorizing remote teleconference meetings pursuant to AB 361 and established virtual meetings for all City Council and City Council appointed Board and Commission meetings. The City has consistent reevaluated its finding every thirty (30) days thereafter and reaffirmed the conditions under AB 361 continue to exist. The City Council most recently 57 of 1216
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reaffirmed its findings and adopted a Resolution authorizing continued remote meetings on December 20, 2022.

After almost three years, the Governor announced that the COVID-19 State of Emergency will expire on February 28, 2023. The effect of the end of Governor Newsom’s State of Emergency and the local state of emergency on City meetings and the temporary use permits are discussed below.

DISCUSSION
Brown Act Updates – Impact of State of Emergency Expiration on AB 361 Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic the City was able to conduct meetings of its legislative bodies remotely pursuant to Executive Order N-29-20, which suspended certain provisions of the Brown Act. The City established virtual meetings for all City Council and City Council appointed Board and Commission meetings. The virtual meetings allowed the Council and advisory bodies to continue to conduct City business from remote locations while ensuring the public’s access to government meetings in a safe manner. AB 361 provided for the continued use of remote meetings and exemption to the Brown Act during a proclaimed state of emergency upon a finding that state or local health officials continue to impose or recommend measures to promote social distancing.

AB 361 requires an active declaration of a state of emergency to trigger its provisions and was set to expire on January 1, 2024. On October 17, 2022, Governor Newsom announced that the state of emergency resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic will end on February 28, 2023. The Governor’s announcement means that the process for remote meetings provided by AB 361 will no longer be available to local agencies as of March 1, 2023.

However, on September 13, 2022 Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 2449 (“AB 2449” or the “Bill”), making important changes to the teleconferencing requirements of the Brown Act. AB 2449 has two parts: the first is effective from January 1, 2023 to January 1, 2024 and; the second is effective from January 1, 2024 to January 1, 2026. The purpose of the Bill is to further modernize the Brown Act’s concept of teleconference meetings while ensuring public access and participation at teleconference meetings.

Brown Act Updates – AB 2449 as an Alternative to Traditional Brown Act Requirements
AB 2449 was implemented in two parts to operate in parallel with AB 361 and the traditional Brown Act restrictions. With the effective early expiration of AB 361 on February 28, 2023 the City Council and the City’s other legislative bodies will only be able to meet in accordance with either the traditional Brown Act rules or in reliance on AB 2449.
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AB 2449 became effective on January 1st and provides a process for local government bodies to engage in remote meetings. Importantly, AB 2449 does not replace traditional Brown Act meeting rules, but operates as an alternative.

Under AB 2449 members of a legislative body can participate remotely where:

1. At least a quorum of the body are participating from a single physical location within the jurisdiction of the agency; and

2. The location of the quorum is identified on the agenda; and

3. The location of the quorum is open to the public.

If the threshold requirement is met, then the Bill allows the remaining members of the legislative body to participate in the meeting remotely without identifying the location on the notice and agenda or posting the agenda at the location. Additionally, the teleconference location does not have to be accessible to the public.

However, AB 2449 places two important limitations on a legislative body member’s ability to engage in meetings remotely: (i) the “just cause” requirement, and; (ii) the emergency circumstances requirement. Legislative body members will not be able to participate remotely, outside of the traditional Brown Act rules, unless findings are made that just cause exists or there are emergency circumstances necessitating remote attendance, as defined by the Bill.

Just cause is defined as one or more of the following:
• A childcare or caregiving need of a child, parent, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, spouse, or domestic partner that requires them to participate remotely;
• A contagious illness that prevents a member from attending in person; • A need related to a physical or mental disability as defined by statute; or
• Travel while on official business of the legislative body or another state or local agency.

Under AB 2449, a legislative body member may only participate remotely for just cause a total of two meetings per calendar year.

Emergency circumstances exist where there is a physical or family medical emergency that prevents a member from attending in person. There is no specific limit on how often a legislative member may participate remotely under the emergency circumstances requirement.
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However, AB 2449 also creates a general limit on teleconference participation under its authority: Members may remotely participate for no more than three consecutive months, or 20% of the regular meetings within a calendar year. If a legislative body meets fewer than ten times per year, then body members may remotely participating at only two meetings.

Staff can assist the City Council in adopting a resolution that will authorize the City to operate under the authority of AB 2449, and allow remote teleconference participation of City Council members, on an as needed basis. But AB 2449 resolutions will not be a regular approval, similar to AB 361, due to the need to make specific findings related to just cause or emergency circumstance.

Other Effects – City Parklets and Temporary Use Permits On June 2, 2020, in response to the COVID 19 pandemic, the City adopted an urgency ordinance authorizing the Zoning Administrator to waive Title 17 of the Pinole Zoning Code to allow the issuance of temporary use permits to facilitate the use of outdoor seating, merchandise displays, or parking spaces by businesses in the City impacted by COVID-19 related health orders. Accordingly, several business in the City applied for and received temporary use permits to operate “parklets” for outdoor dining at their businesses.

Temporary use permits are valid for no longer than ninety days, except where they are extended at the discretion of the Zoning Administrator, who will consider the need to facilitate business operations affected by public-health orders. Importantly, the urgency ordinance authorizing temporary use permits was contingent upon the City’s continued declaration of a local emergency. The City discontinued its declaration of a local state of emergency on March 31, 2022. As such, the ordinance has expired and the City is no longer issuing temporary use permits for parklets.

At this time, staff is adopting a process for establishing permanent use permits and bringing existing parklets into compliance, as needed.

FISCAL IMPACT
There is no direct fiscal impact from the adoption of the resolution.

ATTACHMENTS
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REPORT
9F
DATE: JANUARY 17, 2023
TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS
FROM: ERIC CASHER, CITY ATTORNEY
SUBJECT: ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PINOLE ADDING CHAPTER 2.64 “CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS” TO

THE MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO ACCESS TO STATE AND

FEDERAL LEVEL SUMMARY CRIMINAL HISTORY INFORMATION

RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the City Council waive the second reading and adopt an ordinance adding Chapter 2.64 “Criminal Background Checks” to Title 2 “Administration and Personnel” of the Municipal Code authorizing the City to access state and federal level fingerprint based criminal history information for anyone applying for City employment, including volunteers and contract employees, and certain licenses.

BACKGROUND
Persons with certain criminal convictions may be unsuitable for City employment or volunteer positions. Conducting pre-employment background checks can assist the City make better hiring decisions by uncovering important information about a candidate’s work experience, education, and licenses. Background checks can also help safeguard the City, its employees and the community. The City of Pinole adopted a Resolution in 1997 authorizing the use of criminal background checks which has allowed for the practice of conducting State level background checks. A recent change in State law requires the City Council approval for criminal background checks be in the form of an ordinance. Currently, the Pinole Municipal Code provides no authority to obtain and submit the fingerprints of a person to whom the City has made a conditional job offer or a person who has offered to be a volunteer for City services to the California Department of Justice ("DOJ'') in order to confirm that the individual has no criminal history which would demonstrate incompatibility for City service.

Pursuant to California Penal Code Section 11105, the City is authorized to obtain state summary criminal background information from the DOJ if the City Council has given the City Manager authority to obtain such records. The City is also eligible to access federal level criminal history information by transmitting the fingerprints and related information to the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI"). Penal Code Section 11105.2 further authorizes the City to obtain State subsequent arrest 61 of 1216
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information with respect to employees, volunteers, and licensing and certification duties.

The proposed Ordinance would add Chapter 2.64 “Criminal Background Checks” to Title 2 “Administration and Personnel” of the Municipal Code authorizing the City to access state and federal level fingerprint based criminal history information for all prospective full-time and part-time City employees, including volunteers and contract employees as part of the application process.

At its regularly scheduled meeting on December 20, 2022, the City Council received a presentation and staff report to introduce and conduct a first reading of an ordinance to add Chapter 2.64 “Criminal Background Checks” to Title 2 “Administration and Personnel” of the Municipal Code authorizing the City to access state and federal level fingerprint based criminal history information for anyone applying for City employment, including volunteers and contract employees, and certain licenses. The councilmembers unanimously voted to approve the ordinance’s first reading. If approved on second reading, the ordinance and background check/fingerprinting policy will go in to effect in thirty (30) days.

As part of the discussion of the ordinance on December 20, 2022, the City Council directed staff to include in this report additional information on the City’s approach to reviewing criminal background check results.

The City complies with Department of Justice and constitutional requirements, as well as State law, in reviewing criminal background checks. Pursuant to Department of Justice and constitutional requirements, an individual with a criminal conviction record cannot be automatically excluded from employment or a volunteer assignment and a determination must be made as to whether there are mitigating circumstances and consideration must be given to the relationship between the risks of the position and the crime(s) previously committed.

In some circumstances, conviction of a given crime statutorily precludes hiring. For example, under Section 5164 of the California Public Resources Code, individuals convicted of certain sex crimes cannot be hired under any circumstances in positions involving supervision of minors. Further, in any position involving access to confidential information or City funds, conviction of a crime involving moral turpitude (embezzlement) likely would also be a disqualifying factor.

When taking an adverse action (for example, not hiring an applicant) based on background information obtained through the DOJ, FBI or credit reports, the Federal Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) has additional requirements:
 Before you take an adverse employment action, you must give the applicant or employee:
 a notice that includes a copy of the consumer report you relied on to make your decision; and
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 a copy of "A Summary of Your Rights Under the Fair Credit Reporting Act".

By giving the person the notice in advance, the person has an opportunity to review the report and explain any negative information.
 After you take an adverse employment action, you must tell the applicant or employee (orally, in writing, or electronically):
 that he or she was rejected because of information in the report;  the name, address, and phone number of the company that provided the report;
 that the agency providing the report didn't make the hiring decision, and can't give specific reasons for it; and
 that he or she has a right to dispute the accuracy or completeness of the report, and to get an additional report from the reporting agency within 60 days.

As mentioned during the presentation of the ordinance, criminal background checks are only reviewed when an applicant has been selected as the finalist for a position, not as a means of screening employment applications.

FISCAL IMPACT
Fiscal impact for access to state and federal records is minimal. Each background check will cost the City approximately Ten ($10) to Seventeen Dollars ($17.00), in addition to staff time to review during the applicant process.

ATTACHMENTS
A. December 20, 2022 Staff Report with attached Ordinance Of The City Council Of The City Of Pinole, State Of California, Adding Chapter 2.64 To The Municipal Code Relating To Access To State And Federal Level Summary Criminal History Information
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REPORT
DATE: DECEMBER 20, 2022
TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS
FROM: ERIC CASHER, CITY ATTORNEY
SUBJECT: ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PINOLE ADDING CHAPTER 2.64 “CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS” TO

THE MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO ACCESS TO STATE AND

FEDERAL LEVEL SUMMARY CRIMINAL HISTORY INFORMATION

RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the City Council introduce and conduct the first reading of an ordinance adding Chapter 2.64 “Criminal Background Checks” to Title 2 of the Municipal Code authorizing the City to access state and federal level fingerprint based criminal history information for new hires, including volunteers and contract employees, and certain license applicants.

BACKGROUND
The Pinole Municipal Code currently provides no authority to obtain and submit the fingerprints to the California Department of Justice ("DOJ'') of a person to whom the City has made a conditional job offer or a person who has offered to be a volunteer for City services in order to confirm that the individual has no criminal history which would demonstrate incompatibility or a lack of qualifications for City service.

California Penal Code Section 11105 authorizes cities to access state and federal level summary criminal history information for employment purposes for all prospective city employees, volunteers, and contract employees, if the City Council has given the City Manager authority to obtain such records. Penal Code Section 11105.2 further authorizes the City to obtain State subsequent arrest information with respect to employees, volunteers, and licensing and certification duties. The City may not disseminate the information to any other entity or otherwise disclose such information except as permitted by law.

DISCUSSION
Conducting pre-employment background checks can assist the City in making better hiring decisions by uncovering important information about a candidate’s work experience, education, and licenses. Background checks can also help safeguard the City, its employees and the community. In order to ensure that the interests of the City of Pinole, its employees and members of the public are protected and to help minimize 10A

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potential liability, the City desires to identify those individuals who have a criminal history so that information about criminal history can be used in employment decisions, licensing decisions and other business application decisions.

California Penal Code Section 11105 authorizes the City to obtain state summary criminal background information from the DOJ if the City Council has given the City Manager authority to obtain such records. The City may not disseminate the information to any other entity or otherwise disclose such information except as permitted by law.

The City is also eligible to access federal level criminal history information by transmitting the fingerprints and related information to the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI") for the same purpose as the DOJ submission. The fingerprints of an applicant would be transmitted to DOJ, and DOJ will then forward or submit the fingerprints to the FBI for the purpose of obtaining any pertinent federal criminal history information, as well as, a criminal background check in all 49 other states.

At present, the City fingerprints new hires to conduct a state level DOJ criminal background check, but does not conduct a FBI criminal background check for new hires. The Pinole Police Department does conduct both a state level DOJ and FBI criminal background checks for new hires.

If adopted, the Ordinance would add Chapter 2.64 “Criminal Background Checks” to Title 2 “Administration and Personnel” of the Municipal Code authorizing the City to access state and federal level fingerprint based criminal history information for all prospective full-time and part-time City employees, including volunteers and contract employees as part of the application process. The City shall not hire individuals whose background check reveals a felony conviction or a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude. The Ordinance also authorizes the City to require certain licensees submit to fingerprint based background checks to ensure no state or federal convictions and arrests exist that may disqualify the license applicant.

Further, the Ordinance would provide an opportunity for any applicant who has been disqualified as a result of the fingerprint check an opportunity to challenge the accuracy of the information and correct or complete the record. The City may disregard the prior conviction if the conviction may be disregarded based upon mitigating circumstances, or the conviction is not related to the employment in question, or as otherwise required by law.

The Municipal Code Update Subcommittee reviewed and approved the proposed ordinance without revision, and recommended that Staff present to the City Council the ordinance included as Attachment A.

FISCAL IMPACT
Fiscal impact for access to state and federal records is minimal. Each background check will cost the City approximately ten ($10) to seventeen dollars ($17.00), in addition to staff time to review during the applicant process.
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ATTACHMENTS
A. Ordinance Of The City Council Of The City Of Pinole, State Of California, Adding Chapter 2.64 To The Municipal Code Relating To Access To State And Federal Level Summary Criminal History Information
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ORDINANCE NO. 2022-XX

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PINOLE ADDING CHAPTER 2.64 “CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS” TO THE

MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO ACCESS TO STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL

SUMMARY CRIMINAL HISTORY INFORMATION
WHEREAS, the City of Pinole (“City”) desires to submit the fingerprints of all applicants for employment by the City, including volunteer and contract employment, to the California Department of Justice (“DOJ”) in order to confirm that the individual has no criminal history which would demonstrate incompatibility for City service; and WHEREAS, the City of Pinole Municipal Code does not currently authorize the City to obtain and transmit the fingerprint images and related information to the DOJ to be transmitted to the Federal Bureau of Investigation to ensure no federal convictions exist; and
WHEREAS, California Penal Code Section 11105 authorizes the City to access state and federal level summary criminal history information for employment purposes for all prospective city employees, volunteers, and contract employees, if the City Council has given the City Manager or his or her designee authority to obtain such records by ordinance; and
WHEREAS, Penal Code Section 11105.2 authorizes the City to obtain State subsequent arrest information with respect to fulfilling employment, volunteer, licensing and certification duties upon the arrest of any person whose fingerprints are maintained on file at the DOJ as the result of an application for licensing, employment, certification, or approval; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the employment process will benefit from access to any pertinent federal or multi-state criminal history information.

NOW THEREFORE, the City of Pinole does ordain as follows:

Section 1. Recitals
The above recitals are true and correct and made a part of this Ordinance.

Section 2. Municipal Code Amendment – Chapter 2.64
Chapter 2.64 “Criminal Background Checks” is hereby added to Title 2 “Administration and Personnel” of the Municipal Code to read as follows:

Chapter 2.64 CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS

2.64.010 Personnel. Furnishing of summary criminal history information to authorized persons:

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(a) Employment Application. All applicants for employment by the City, including volunteer and contract employment, shall be required to submit to a state- and federallevel fingerprint-based criminal history records check conducted by the City. (b) Authorization for Access. Pursuant to the Penal Code section 11105 (b)(11) authorization for a city, county, city and county or district to conduct a fingerprint-based federal criminal history record checks, the City is authorized to access state- and federallevel summary criminal history information for employment purposes for all City employee, volunteer, and contract employee applicants, and may not disseminate the information to any other entity or otherwise disclose such information except as permitted by law. The City shall submit to the Department of Justice fingerprint images and related information required by the Department of Justice for all persons applying for employment, pursuant to Penal Code section 11105(u). The Department of Justice shall provide a state or federal level response pursuant to Penal Code section 11105(p). (c) Moral Turpitude Conviction—Exception. The City shall not consider a person who has been convicted of a felony, nor of a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude, eligible for employment, except that such conviction may be disregarded if it is determined that mitigating circumstances exist, or that the conviction is not related to the employment in question, or as otherwise required by law.
(d) Licensees. Licensees, (for example business owners who are legally required and employees, EMT’s, etc.), shall submit electronic fingerprint images, and related information required by the Chief of Police for the purpose of obtaining information as to the existence and content of a record of state or federal convictions and arrests to be considered as set forth in this chapter.

Section 3. Severability
If any provision of this Ordinance or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of this Ordinance, including the application of such part or provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby and shall continue in full force and effect. To this end, provisions of this Ordinance are severable. The City Council of the City of Pinole hereby declares that it would have passed each section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase hereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, subdivisions, paragraphs, sentences, clauses, or phrases be held unconstitutional, invalid or unenforceable.

Section 4. Effective Date
In accordance with California Government Code Section 36937, this Ordinance shall take effect and be in force on the thirty-first day after adoption.

Section 5. Publication
Within fifteen days after the passage of this Ordinance the City Clerk shall cause this Ordinance or a summary thereof to be published or to be posted in at least three public places in the City of Pinole in accordance with the requirements of California Government Code Section 36933.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Pinole City Council held on the 20th day of December, 2022, by the following vote:

AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS:

NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS:

ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS:

ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBERS:

I hereby certify that the foregoing urgency ordinance was introduced, passed, and adopted on the 20th day of December 2022.
____________________________
Heather Bell, CMC
City Clerk
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CITY COUNCIL
REPORT
9G
DATE: JANUARY 17, 2023
TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS
FROM: ERIC CASHER, CITY ATTORNEY
SUBJECT: SECOND READING OF AN ORDINANCE ADDING CHAPTER 2.62 “CODE OF ETHICS AND CONDUCT” TO THE PINOLE MUNICIPAL
CODE

RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the City Council waive the second reading and adopt an ordinance adding Chapter 2.62 “Code of Ethics and Conduct” to the Pinole Municipal Code adopting a code of ethics for elected and appointed officials.

BACKGROUND
On February 6, 2007, the City of Pinole passed and adopted Resolution No. 2007- 10, adopting an amended code of ethics for members of the City Council, Boards, Commissions, and Staff of the City of Pinole setting forth the highest ethical standards in the conduct of their responsibility as a public official of the City of Pinole. The proposed ordinance will codify Resolution No. 2007-10 of the City Council setting forth the City’s core values/principles and prohibited conduct, to promote the City of Pinole’s enforcement, monitoring and oversight.

At its regularly scheduled meeting on December 20, 2022, the City Council received a presentation and staff report to introduce and conduct a first reading of an ordinance to add Chapter 2.62 “Code of Ethics and Conduct” to the Pinole Municipal Code adopting a code of ethics for elected and appointed officials. The councilmembers unanimously voted in the affirmative to approve the ordinance on first reading. If approved on second reading, the ordinance and ethics policy will go in to effect in thirty (30) days.

FISCAL IMPACT
There is no direct fiscal impact from the adoption of the ordinance.

ATTACHMENTS
A. Staff Report of December 20, 2022 with attached Ordinance Adding Chapter

2.62 “Code Of Ethics And Conduct” To The Pinole Municipal Code. 70 of 1216

CITY COUNCIL
REPORT
10B
DATE: DECEMBER 20, 2022
TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS
FROM: ERIC CASHER, CITY ATTORNEY
SUBJECT: FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE ADDING CHAPTER 2.62 “CODE OF ETHICS AND CONDUCT” TO THE PINOLE MUNICIPAL CODE

RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the City Council introduce and waive the first reading of an ordinance adding Chapter 2.62 to the Pinole Municipal Code codifying the City’s Code of Ethics for elected and appointed officials, with minor revisions.

BACKGROUND
The residents of the City of Pinole expect their public officials to comply with both the letter and the spirit of the laws of the United States of America, the State of California, the Pinole Municipal Code, and to establish policies for the City of Pinole affecting the operations of local government. In addition, public officials are expected to comply with the provisions of the City’s Code of Ethics established pursuant to the expressed will of the people. All persons covered by the Code of Ethics shall aspire to meet the highest ethical standards in the conduct of their responsibility as a public official of the City of Pinole.

In furtherance of these ideals, Pinole City Council adopted Resolution No. 2007-10, establishing a Code of Ethics for members of the City Council, Boards, Commissions, and Staff of the City of Pinole. See Attachment B. The Code of Ethics sets forth the ethical standards for the conduct of public officials in the City of Pinole. Resolution No. 2007-10, the City’s Code of Ethics, is incorporated into the City of Pinole’s Public Official Handbook and provided to newly elected and appointed public officials.

DISCUSSION
Resolution No. 2007-10, establishing the City’s Code of Ethics, has not been updated or revised since it’s adoption in 2007. At the direction of the City Council, the Municipal Code Update Subcommittee reviewed the Code of Ethics to make recommendations for updates. The ordinance included below as Attachment A will codify the Code of Ethics as part of the City’s Municipal Code. No longer residing solely in a Resolution, if approved the Code of Ethics would be more accessible to the public which will promote transparency and accountability. In addition, the

ATTACHMENT A
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ordinance will expand application of the Code of Ethics to all members of the City Council, Board, Commissions and Staff of the City of Pinole, including the City Treasurer. The prior version of the Code of Ethics did not include the City Treasurer as a public official subject to the Code of Ethics.

FISCAL IMPACT
There is no direct fiscal impact from the adoption of the ordinance.

ATTACHMENTS
A. Ordinance Adding Chapter 2.62 “Code Of Ethics And Conduct” To The Pinole Municipal Code
B. Resolution No. 2007-10
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ORDINANCE NO. 2022-XX

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PINOLE, COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA, STATE OF CALIFORNIA ADDING CHAPTER 2.62 “CODE OF ETHICS AND CONDUCT” TO THE

PINOLE MUNICIPAL CODE
WHEREAS, the Pinole City Council desires to achieve public faith in the ethical ideals of American democratic government; and
WHEREAS, the Pinole City Council, as a public body, desires to maintain high standards; and WHEREAS, the Pinole City Council desires that the City of Pinole’s Boards, Commissions, Elected and Appointed Officials, and staff maintain the same high standards; and WHEREAS, it is the purpose of this Ordinance to codify the Resolution of the City Council of the City of Pinole Adopting An Amended Code Of Ethics For Members Of The City Council, Board, Commissions And Staff Of The City Of Pinole (Resolution No. 2007-10) to set forth the City’s core values, principles and prohibited conduct; and WHEREAS, it is the purpose of this Ordinance to add Chapter 2.62 entitled “CODE OF ETHICS AND CONDUCT” to Title 2 Administration and Personnel of the Municipal Code to establish a code of ethics and conduct applicable to all members of the City Council, Board, Commissions and Staff of the City of Pinole, including the City Treasurer; and WHEREAS, the Municipal Code of the City of Pinole requires amendment in order to incorporate the Code of Ethics and Conduct.

NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Pinole does ordain as follows:

Section 1. Findings.

The City Council of the City of Pinole finds that all of the above Recitals are true and correct and incorporated herein by reference.

Section 2: Municipal Code Amendment.

Title 2 Administration and Personnel of the Pinole Municipal Code is amended to add new Chapter 2.62, “Code of Ethics and Conduct” as follows:

Chapter 2.62 Code of Ethics and Conduct

2.62.010 Purpose and Intent.

It is the purpose and intent of the City Council of the City of Pinole in enacting this Division to achieve fair, ethical, and accountable local government for the City of Pinole; to assure that individuals and interest groups in our society have a fair and equal opportunity to participate in government; to embrace clear and unequivocal standards of disclosure and transparency in

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government; to help reinforce public trust in governmental institutions; and to assure that this Division is vigorously enforced to achieve fair, ethical, and accountable local government for the City of Pinole. The people of the City of Pinole expect their public officials to comply with both the letter and the spirit of the laws of the United States of America, the State of California, the Pinole Municipal Code, and established policies of the City of Pinole affecting the operations of local government. In addition, public officials are expected to comply with the provisions of this Code of Ethics and Conduct established pursuant to the expressed will of the people. All persons covered by this Code of Ethics and Conduct shall aspire to meet the highest ethical standards in the conduct of their responsibility as a public official of the City of Pinole.

2.62.020 Scope.

The provisions of this chapter shall apply to the Mayor and members of the City Council, and to all members of the boards, commissions, and committees appointed by the City Council, the Mayor, or the Mayor and City Council, including any ad hoc committees, elected and appointed officials, including the City Treasurer, and staff (collectively referred to as "public officials.") The provisions of this chapter shall also apply to all members of committees appointed by individual members of the City Council, Mayor, the City Manager or by department heads.

2.26.030 Code of Ethics and Conduct.

To achieve the objectives of this chapter, the Pinole City Council adopts this Code of Ethics and Conduct for all public officials, as identified in section

2.62.020, as follows:

A. Public officials shall serve equally all members of the community without prejudice or favoritism toward any individual, group, organization or economic interest.

B. Public officials shall promote and protect the health and safety of all members of the community.

C. Public officials shall serve with efficiency, respect legality and heed the commands of due diligence and morality.
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D. Public officials shall recognize that they are agents of public purpose, not owners of authority.

E. Public officials shall deal with all employees, fellow officers and members of the public without regard to political partisanship.

F. Public officials shall promote and affirm equal opportunity for appointments and promotions for all persons without regard to partisan, political or social considerations, or race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, or physical or mental disability.

G. Public officials shall recognize the obligation to participate fully and responsibly in matters and organizations concerned with the betterment of the life in the City of Pinole.

H. Public officials shall exercise our authority and prestige for the benefits of the City of Pinole and all members of the community and never for personal or private advantage.

I. Public officials shall always consider how their official actions and personal behavior might be interpreted by the public.

J. Public officials shall avoid personal invectives in public or closed forums.

K. Public officials shall conduct meetings of legislative bodies according to the rules of procedure established be each body. Roberts Rules of Order may be used for guidance. (Revised Edition).

Section 3: Severability.

If any provision of this Ordinance or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of this Ordinance, including the application of such part or provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby and shall continue in full force and effect. To this end, provisions of this Ordinance are severable. The City Council of the City of Pinole hereby declares that it would have passed each section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause, or phrase hereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, subdivisions, paragraphs, sentences, clauses, or phrases be held unconstitutional, invalid, or unenforceable.

Section 4. Effective Date.

In accordance with California Government Code Section 36937, this Ordinance shall take effect and be in force on the thirty-first day after adoption.

Section 5. Publication.
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The City Clerk is directed to cause this ordinance to be published in a manner required by law.

PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Pinole City Council held on December 20, 2022, the City Council passed this ordinance by the following vote:

AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS:

NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS:

ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBERS:

ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS:

IN WITNESS of this action, I sign this document and affix the corporate seal of the City of Pinole on December 20, 2022.

____________________________
Heather Bell, CMC
City Clerk
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ATTACHMENT B
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CITY COUNCIL
REPORT
9H
DATE: JANUARY 17, 2023
TO: MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS
FROM: LILLY WHALEN, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR
SUBJECT: ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO

EXECUTE AGREEMENTS FOR BUILDING PERMIT PLAN CHECK

SERVICES AND ON-CALL BUILDING AND CODE ENFORCEMENT
STAFF AUGMENTATION WITH 4LEAF INC., INTERWEST
CONSULTING GROUP, INC., SHUMS CODA ASSOCIATES AND TRB
AND ASSOCIATES, INC AND AUTHORIZES A TOTAL OF $800,000

FROM PLANNING AND BUILDING FUND TO SUPPORT

PROFESSIONAL BUILDING AND CODE ENFORCEMENT SERVICES

OVER A FOUR-YEAR PERIOD

RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the City Council adopt the attached resolution (Attachment A) that:
1- Authorizes the City Manager to execute four-year on-call Consultant Services Agreements for Building Permit plan check services in an amount not to exceed $400,000 per firm and on-call Building and Code Enforcement staff augmentation services on a task order basis to 4Leaf Inc., Interwest Consulting Group, Inc. (Interwest), Shums Coda Associates (SCA) and TRB and Associates, Inc.; and 2- Authorizes $800,000 from the Planning and Building fund to support professional Building and Code Enforcement services over a four-year period (January 2023- January 2027)

BACKGROUND
The Community Development Department relies on professional services from the private sector to assist in the delivery of projects and services. The services required in the Building and Code Enforcement Divisions include routine plan check (review of building, plumbing, electrical, and mechanical permits/plans for commercial and residential construction or reconstruction projects consistent with the California Building Codes), and as-needed inspection and administrative support (i.e., building inspectors, permit technicians, code enforcement officers and hearing officers).

The use of third-party plan review and on-call consultant services has been a longstanding practice of the City, given the unpredictable timing and varying nature of the 79 of 1216
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projects/work. Currently the need continues to have on-call consultant services readily available to aid in project delivery, minimize response time, create staff efficiencies and enhance customer service. With the exception of the contract with the City’s current plan check firm, which was extended to provide service during the contracting period, most of the current on-call service contracts for the Building and Code Enforcement Divisions expired in November 2022.

On September 30, 2022 staff issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for plan check and on-call staffing services to complement and support the Building Division1. The RFP was posted to the City’s website, emailed directly to consulting firms and posted to Public Purchase.

DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
The City received nine proposals in response to the RFP. An Evaluation Committee composed of the Community Development Director, Finance Director, Public Works Director and Assistant to the City Manager was convened to review and rate the proposals based on the criteria in the RFP. Following that review, seven firms were invited to interview with the Community Development Director. Following interviews, the Community Development Director has identified the following four consulting firms as the most qualified to provide services as requested in the RFP:
• 4Leaf Inc. (proposal in Attachment A - Exhibit B)
• Interwest Consulting Group, Inc. (proposal in Attachment A - Exhibit C) • Shums Coda Associates (proposal in Attachment A - Exhibit D) • TRB and Associates, Inc. (proposal in Attachment A - Exhibit E) Each firm will serve as a team of consultants from which the City may select from to provide building inspection services. The City has sole discretion and decision-making power in its assignment of building support services, including plan check firm review(s) and inspections. In efforts to maintain an appearance of propriety and in avoidance of any conflict of interest, consultants may not be selected to provide inspections services for any project on which it provided plan firm reviews. The City will select and assign services based upon several factors, including but not limited to, the size of the project, the current volume of work assigned to a consultant, and the nature of the project.

The City’s standard Consulting Agreement (Attachment A – Exhibit A) will be utilized for each contract, with the following additional provision applicable to each firm related to the City’s authority and discretion in the assignment of services:
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Consultant acknowledges and agrees that it is not entitled to deliver any specific amount of materials or services or any materials or services at all under this Agreement and acknowledges and agrees that the Scope of Services will be requested by the City on an as needed basis and at the sole discretion of the City. City does not agree to use Consultant exclusively, nor does the City agree to offer any minimum amount of work to Consultant. Consultant shall provide only Services specifically requested by the City and in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

The City continues to negotiate the terms of the consulting agreement with Interwest Consulting Group, Inc. related to the firm’s indemnity obligations, by and through the City Attorney’s Office in substantially the same form as the City’s standard Consulting Agreement.

Scope of Services
This scope of services will enable the City of Pinole to obtain professional and technical assistance on a regular basis (plan check) and on short notice on an on-call, as-needed basis (staffing services) from the selected consultants.

Plan Check Services. Each firm is able to perform independent plan check services of Building Permit applications on a routine basis. Rates for routine plan check services have been negotiated to be standardized as much as possible, and are all a percentage of the plan check fee paid by the applicant. Plan check services are completely cost-recoverable to the City. Each firm will charge a maximum of 65% of the required plan check fee paid by the applicant; depending on the type of project, this fee may be less. There are some differences in hourly rates for projects that exceed three rounds of review. Included in the fee, all firms will hold a pre-application coordination meeting with large development projects and have committed to meeting with the applicant and staff if a plan check is approaching three or more rounds of review. It will be at the City’s sole discretion to determine how plan check will be assigned to each contracted firm.

Professional Staffing Services. The City of Pinole’s Building Division is staffed by one full time Building Official, one full time Building Inspector and two full time Permit Technicians. The City’s Code Enforcement Division is staff by one full time Code Enforcement Officer. Periodically, the City receives major applications for development projects in which there might not be sufficient Building Division staff to conduct the volume of inspections required, or specialized certifications are required (e.g., Certified Access Specialist, or CASp). To maintain a consistent level of service and ensure the safety of the residents and the community the City recognizes the need for third party assistance in performing services on an as-needed basis, when the level of development in the City increases and/or when major development occurs. Each firm will be able to provide the City of Pinole with professional and technical assistance on short notice on a regular or as-needed basis for the services listed below.
• Building Field Inspection Services. The Building Inspector’s primary role is to perform construction inspections, supported by the Building Official, to enforce provisions of the City’s building regulations and the code requirements set forth on 81 of 1216
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the approved plans for which a permit was issued. However, during periods of high inspection activity, through the construction of a major development project, and/or during in-house staff vacations/absences/recruitments, it is critical to have on-call contract building field inspection services. Building Permit fees are structured to pay for inspection services —in general, when permit volume is high fees have been paid to account for increased need for inspection service. • Permit Counter Services. The Permit Technician’s role is to assist customers at the Permit Counter, including but not limited to plan intake, overseeing the counter permit issuance, and assistance with questions on building and planning code requirements. However, during periods of high permitting activity and/or during inhouse staff vacations/absences/recruitments, it is critical to have on-call contract permit counter services. Building Permit fees are structured to pay for permit intake and issuance services—in general, when permit volume is high fees have been paid to account for increased need for counter/processing service. • Code Enforcement Services. The Code Enforcement Officer’s role is to provide education to the public, issue notices, perform field inspections, issue citations, organize and prepare for appeal and show cause hearings, arrange for abatement warrants, and organize abatement work. However, during in-house staff vacations/absences/recruitments, it is critical to have on-call contract code enforcement services. Furthermore, seasonally, there is need for part time vegetation abatement enforcement. Additionally, on an as-needed basis, there is a need for a Hearing Officer to hear citation appeals and order abatements. Except for work done under an abatement, which is completely cost recoverable, these costs are not typically recoverable in a meaningful way from applicants.

FISCAL IMPACT
Plan Check Services. Trends show that on a fiscal year basis the City spends approximately $77,000 on average on third party plan check services for routine building permit processing. Due to the recently adopted new user and regulator fees effective September 1, 2022, it is anticipated that revenue accounts for both plan check and building permit fees will increase modestly in the current and subsequent fiscal years.

Additionally, the City received one major building permit application for multifamily housing in FY21/22 (accounting for approximately $142,000 in plan check fees), two major building permit applications for multifamily housing projects in FY22/23 (accounting for approximately $180,000 total in plan check fees) and anticipates receiving two additional major building permit applications in FY22/23 and FY23/24 (accounting for an anticipated $340,000 total in plan check fees).

For these reasons, staff anticipates $800,000 in costs for plan check services over the four-year contract term. Through the annual budget review and approval staff will propose a budget amount for plan checking services on a fiscal year basis. Each firm’s agreement will be limited to an amount not to exceed $400,000 over four years to allow flexibility in how staff assigns plan checks to each firm. However, the combination of work performed 82 of 1216
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by any or all the firms will not exceed the total authorized contract amount of $800,000 over the four-year period, unless authorized by the Council. Plan check services are completely cost-recoverable to the City.

Professional Staffing Services. When professional services are required, a task order will be authorized outlining the scope and the amount of the service. Through the annual budget review and approval staff will propose a budget amount for professional staffing services on a fiscal year basis.

As indicated in this report, Building Permit fees are structured to pay for inspection and counter intake/processing services. Except for work done under an abatement, Code Enforcement fees are not typically recoverable in a meaningful way from applicants.

ATTACHMENTS
A. Resolution
Exhibit A - Consultant Services Agreements
Exhibit B - Proposal from 4Leaf Inc., dated October 25, 2022 Exhibit C - Proposal from Interwest Consulting Group, Inc., dated October 25, 2022 Exhibit D - Proposal from Shums Coda Associates, dated October 25, 2022 Exhibit E - Proposal from TRB and Associates, Inc, dated October 25, 2022 83 of 1216
RESOLUTION NO. 2023-XX

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PINOLE AUTHORIZING

THE CITY MANAGER TO AWARD AND EXECUTE A FOUR-YEAR PROFESSIONAL

SERVICE CONTRACTS FOR BUILDING PERMIT PLAN CHECK SERVICES AND ON

CALL BUILDING AND CODE ENFORCEMENT STAFF AUGUMENTATION WITH 4LEAF INC., INTERWEST CONSULTING GROUP, INC., SHUMS CODA ASSOCIATES AND TRB AND ASSOCIATES, INC. EACH IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $400,000 AND IN THE TOTAL AGGREGATED AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $800,000 WHEREAS, the Community Development Department relies on professional services from the private sector to assist in the delivery of projects and services; and WHEREAS, the services required in the Building and Code Enforcement Divisions include routine plan check (review of building, plumbing, electrical, and mechanical permits/plans for commercial and residential construction or reconstruction projects consistent with the California Building Codes), and as-needed inspection and administrative support (i.e., building inspectors, permit technicians, code enforcement officers and hearing officers); and
WHEREAS, code enforcement services and building plan check, inspection and coordination services are essential City functions; and WHEREAS, on September 30, 2022 Staff issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for plan check and on-call staffing services to complement and support the Building Division; and
WHEREAS, nine proposals were received, reviewed and analyzed based on the criteria in the RFP and interviews with the top seven firms; and WHEREAS, 4Leaf Inc., Interwest Consulting Group, Inc., Shums Coda Associates and TRB and Associates, Inc. were the lowest cost bidders, the most responsive and the most qualified to provide services as requested in the RFP in order to enhance customer service, deliver quality products and create staff efficiencies; and WHEREAS, each firm will serve as a team of consultants from which staff may select from on an as-needed basis to provide plan check and on-call staffing services to complement and support the Building Division; and
WHEREAS, the total anticipated cost for third-party plan check services for routine building permit processing is $800,000 over the four-year contract term.

NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the above recitals are true and correct and made part of this resolution.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Pinole approves and authorizes the City Manager to execute a four-year on call professional service

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contracts for routine plan check services and on call staff augmentation services with 4Leaf Inc., Interwest Consulting Group, Inc., Shums Coda Associates and TRB and Associates, Inc. each in an amount not to exceed $400,000 , and a total aggregated amount not to exceed $800,000, in a form approved by the City Attorney, and attached hereto as Exhibit A upon the associated scopes of work and rates as follows:

Exhibit B 4Leaf Inc. scope of work and rates
Exhibit C Interwest Consulting Group, Inc. scope of work and rates Exhibit D Shums Coda Associates scope of work and rates Exhibit E TBR and Associates, Inc. scope of work and rates BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Manager is authorized to execute the Agreement with Interwest Consulting Group, Inc. substantially in the form presented in Exhibit A with minor revisions as shall be approved by the City Attorney.

PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Pinole held on the 17th day of January, 2023 by the following vote:

AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS:

NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS:

ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS:

ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBERS:

I, hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was regularly introduced, passed, and adopted on the 17th day of January, 2023
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Heather Bell, CMC
City Clerk
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CONSULTING SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN

THE CITY OF PINOLE AND
[NAME OF CONSULTANT]
THIS AGREEMENT for consulting services is made by and between the City of Pinole (“City”) and (“Consultant”) (together sometimes referred to as the “Parties”) as of , 20 (the “Effective Date”) in Pinole, California.

Section 1. SERVICES. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, Consultant shall provide to City the services described in the Scope of Work attached as Exhibit A at the time and place and in the manner specified therein. In the event of a conflict in or inconsistency between the terms of this Agreement and Exhibit A, the Agreement shall prevail.

1.1 Term of Services. The term of this Agreement shall begin on the Effective Date and shall end on , and Consultant shall complete the work described in Exhibit A by that date, unless the term of the Agreement is otherwise terminated or extended, as provided for in Section 8. The time provided to Consultant to complete the services required by this Agreement shall not affect the City’s right to terminate the Agreement, as provided for in Section 8.

1.2 Standard of Performance. Consultant shall perform all services required pursuant to this Agreement in the manner and according to the standards observed by a competent practitioner of the profession in which Consultant is engaged in the geographical area in which Consultant practices its profession. Consultant shall prepare all work products required by this Agreement in a professional manner and shall conform to the standards of quality normally observed by a person practicing in Consultant's profession.

1.3 Assignment of Personnel. Consultant shall assign only competent personnel to perform services pursuant to this Agreement. In the event that City, in its sole discretion, at any time during the term of this Agreement, desires the reassignment of any such persons, Consultant shall, immediately upon receiving notice from City of such desire of City, reassign such person or persons.

1.4 Time. Consultant shall devote such time to the performance of services pursuant to this Agreement as may be reasonably necessary to meet the standard of performance provided in Section 1.1 above and to satisfy Consultant’s obligations hereunder.

Section 2. COMPENSATION. City hereby agrees to pay Consultant an amount not to exceed , for all work set forth in Exhibit A and all reimbursable expenses incurred in performing the work. In the event of a conflict between this Agreement and Consultant’s proposal regarding the amount of compensation, the Agreement shall prevail. City shall pay Consultant for services rendered pursuant to this Agreement at the time and in the manner set forth herein. The payments specified below shall be the only payments from City to Consultant for services rendered pursuant to this Agreement.

Consultant shall submit all invoices to City in the manner specified herein. Except as specifically authorized by City, Consultant shall not bill City for duplicate services performed by more than one person.

EXHIBIT A
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Consultant and City acknowledge and agree that compensation paid by City to Consultant under this Agreement is based upon Consultant’s estimated costs of providing the services required hereunder, including salaries and benefits of employees and subcontractors of Consultant. Consequently, the parties further agree that compensation hereunder is intended to include the costs of contributions to any pensions and/or annuities to which Consultant and its employees, agents, and subcontractors may be eligible. City therefore has no responsibility for such contributions beyond compensation required under this Agreement.

2.1 Invoices. Consultant shall submit invoices, not more often than once a month during the term of this Agreement, based on the cost for services performed and reimbursable costs incurred prior to the invoice date. Invoices shall contain the following information:
▪ Serial identifications of progress bills; i.e., Progress Bill No. 1 for the first invoice, etc.;
▪ The beginning and ending dates of the billing period; ▪ A Task Summary containing the original contract amount, the amount of prior billings, the total due this period, the balance available under the Agreement, and the percentage of completion;
▪ At City’s option, for each work item in each task, a copy of the applicable time entries or time sheets shall be submitted showing the name of the person doing the work, the hours spent by each person, a brief description of the work, and each reimbursable expense;
▪ The total number of hours of work performed under the Agreement by Consultant and each employee, agent, and subcontractor of Consultant performing services hereunder, as well as a separate notice when the total number of hours of work by Consultant and any individual employee, agent, or subcontractor of Consultant reaches or exceeds 800 hours, which shall include an estimate of the time necessary to complete the work described in Exhibit A;
▪ The Consultant’s signature.

2.2 Monthly Payment. City shall make monthly payments, based on invoices received, for services satisfactorily performed, and for authorized reimbursable costs incurred. City shall have 30 days from the receipt of an invoice that complies with all of the requirements above to pay Consultant.

2.3 Final Payment. City shall pay the last 10% of the total sum due pursuant to this Agreement within sixty (60) days after completion of the services and submittal to City of a final invoice, if all services required have been satisfactorily performed.

2.4 Total Payment. City shall pay for the services to be rendered by Consultant pursuant to this Agreement. City shall not pay any additional sum for any expense or cost whatsoever incurred by Consultant in rendering services pursuant to this Agreement. City shall make no payment for any extra, further, or additional service pursuant to this Agreement. 87 of 1216
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In no event shall Consultant submit any invoice for an amount in excess of the maximum amount of compensation provided above either for a task or for the entire Agreement, unless the Agreement is modified prior to the submission of such an invoice by a properly executed change order or amendment.

2.5 Hourly Fees. Fees for work performed by Consultant on an hourly basis shall not exceed the amounts shown on the following fee schedule attached hereto as Exhibit B.

2.6 Reimbursable Expenses. Reimbursable expenses are specified in Exhibit B, and shall not exceed ($ ). Expenses not listed in Exhibit B are not chargeable to City. Reimbursable expenses are included in the total amount of compensation provided under this Agreement that shall not be exceeded.

2.7 Payment of Taxes. Consultant is solely responsible for the payment of employment taxes incurred under this Agreement and any similar federal or state taxes.

2.8 Payment upon Termination. In the event that the City or Consultant terminates this Agreement pursuant to Section 8, the City shall compensate the Consultant for all outstanding costs and reimbursable expenses incurred for work satisfactorily completed as of the date of written notice of termination. Consultant shall maintain adequate logs and timesheets in order to verify costs incurred to that date.

2.9 Authorization to Perform Services. The Consultant is not authorized to perform any services or incur any costs whatsoever under the terms of this Agreement until receipt of authorization from the Contract Administrator.

Section 3. FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT. Except as set forth herein, Consultant shall, at its sole cost and expense, provide all facilities and equipment that may be necessary to perform the services required by this Agreement. City shall make available to Consultant only the facilities and equipment listed in Exhibit C, and only under the terms and conditions set forth therein.

Section 4. INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS. Before beginning any services under this Agreement, Consultant, at its own cost and expense, shall procure the types and amounts of insurance specified herein and maintain that insurance throughout the term of this Agreement. The cost of such insurance shall be included in the Consultant’s bid or proposal. Consultant shall be fully responsible for the acts and omissions of its subcontractors or other agents.

4.1 Workers’ Compensation. Consultant shall, at its sole cost and expense, maintain Statutory Workers’ Compensation Insurance and Employer’s Liability Insurance for any and all persons employed directly or indirectly by Consultant in the amount required by applicable law. The requirement to maintain Statutory Workers’ Compensation and Employer’s Liability Insurance may be waived by the City upon written verification that Consultant is a sole proprietor and does not have any employees and will not have any employees during the term of this Agreement.

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4.2.1 General requirements. Consultant, Consultant, at its own cost and expense, shall maintain commercial general and automobile liability insurance for the term of this Agreement in an amount not less than TWO MILLION DOLLARS ($2,000,000) per occurrence and FOUR MILLION DOLLARS ($4,000,000) aggregate, combined single limit coverage for risks associated with the work contemplated by this Agreement.

4.2.2 Minimum scope of coverage. Commercial general coverage shall be at least as broad as Insurance Services Office Commercial General Liability occurrence form CG 0001 (most recent edition) covering comprehensive General Liability on an “occurrence” basis. Automobile coverage shall be at least as broad as Insurance Services Office Automobile Liability form CA 0001 (most recent edition) covering any auto (Code 1), or if Consultant has no owned autos, hired (code 8) and nonowned autos (Code 9). No endorsement shall be attached limiting the coverage.

4.2.3 Additional requirements. Each of the following shall be included in the insurance coverage or added as a certified endorsement to the policy:
a. The Commercial General and Automobile Liability Insurance shall cover on an occurrence basis.
b. City, its officers, officials, employees, agents, and volunteers shall be covered as additional insureds for liability arising out of work or operations on behalf of the Consultant, including materials, parts, or equipment furnished in connection with such work or operations; or automobiles owned, leased, hired, or borrowed by the Consultant. Coverage can be provided in the form of an endorsement to the Consultant’s insurance at least as broad as CG 20 10 11 85, or both CG 20 10 10 01 and CG 20 37 10 01.
c. For any claims related to this Agreement or the work hereunder, the Consultant’s insurance covered shall be primary insurance as respects the City, its officers, officials, employees, agents, and volunteers. Any insurance or self-insurance maintained by the City, its officers, officials, employees, agents or volunteers shall be excess of the Consultant’s insurance and non-contributing. d. The policy shall cover inter-insured suits and include a “separation of Insureds” or “severability” clause which treats each insured separately. e. Consultant agrees to give at least 30 days prior written notice to City before coverage is canceled or modified as to scope or amount.

4.3 Professional Liability Insurance.

4.3.1 General requirements. Consultant, at its own cost and expense, shall maintain for the period covered by this Agreement professional liability insurance for licensed professionals performing work pursuant to this Agreement in an amount not less than ONE MILLION DOLLARS ($1,000,000) per occurrence or claim covering the Consultant’s errors and omissions.

4.3.2 Claims-made limitations. The following provisions shall apply if the professional liability coverage is written on a claims-made form:
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a. The retroactive date of the policy must be shown and must be before the date of the Agreement.
b. Insurance must be maintained and evidence of insurance must be provided for at least five (5) years after completion of the Agreement or the work.
c. If coverage is canceled or not renewed and it is not replaced with another claims-made policy form with a retroactive date that precedes the date of this Agreement, Consultant must provide extended reporting coverage for a minimum of five (5) years after completion of work under this Agreement. d. A copy of the claim reporting requirements must be submitted to the City prior to the commencement of any work under this Agreement.

4.4 All Policies Requirements.

4.4.1 Submittal Requirements. Consultant shall submit the following to City prior to beginning services:
a. Certificate of Liability Insurance in the amounts specified in this Agreement; and
b. Additional Insured Endorsement as required for the General Commercial and Automobile Liability Polices.

4.4.2 Acceptability of insurers. All insurance required by this section is to be placed with insurers with a Bests' rating of no less than A:VII.

4.4.3 Deductibles and Self-Insured Retentions. Insurance obtained by the Consultant shall have a self-insured retention or deductible of no more than ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($100,000).

4.4.4 Wasting Policies. No policy required herein shall include a “wasting” policy limit (i.e. limit that is eroded by the cost of defense).

4.4.5 Waiver of Subrogation. Consultant hereby agrees to waive subrogation which any insurer or contractor may require from Consultant by virtue of the payment of any loss. Consultant agrees to obtain any endorsements that may be necessary to effect this waiver of subrogation, but this provision applies regardless of whether or not the City has received a waiver of subrogation endorsement from the insurer.

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officials, employees, agents, and volunteers are covered as additional insured on all coverages.

4.4.7 Excess Insurance. If Consultant maintains higher insurance limits than the minimums specified herein, City shall be entitled to coverage for the higher limits maintained by the Consultant.

4.5 Remedies. In addition to any other remedies City may have if Consultant fails to provide or maintain any insurance policies or policy endorsements to the extent and within the time herein required, City may, at its sole option: 1) obtain such insurance and deduct and retain the amount of the premiums for such insurance from any sums due under the Agreement; 2) order Consultant to stop work under this Agreement and withhold any payment that becomes due to Consultant hereunder until Consultant demonstrates compliance with the requirements hereof; and/or 3) terminate this Agreement.

Section 5. INDEMNIFICATION AND C ONSULTANT’S R ESPONSIBILITIES.

5.1 General Indemnification. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Contractor shall defend, indemnify and hold City, its officials, officers, employees, volunteers and agents free and harmless from any and all claims, demands, causes of action, costs, expenses, liability, loss, damage or injury, in law or equity, to property or persons, including wrongful death, in any manner arising out of or incident to any alleged negligent acts, omissions or willful misconduct of Contractor, its officials, officers, employees, agents, subcontractors and subcontractors arising out of or in connection with the performance of the Services, the Project or this Agreement, including without limitation the payment of all consequential damages, attorneys’ fees and other related costs and expenses. Contractor shall defend, at Contractor's own cost, expense and risk, any and all such aforesaid suits, actions or other legal proceedings of every kind that may be brought or instituted against City, its directors, officials, officers, employees, agents or volunteers. Contractor shall pay and satisfy any judgment, award or decree that may be rendered against City or its directors, officials, officers, employees, agents or volunteers, in any such suit, action or other legal proceeding. Contractor shall reimburse City and its directors, officials, officers, employees, agents and/or volunteers, for any and all legal expenses and costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, incurred by each of them in connection therewith or in enforcing the indemnity herein provided. Contractor's obligation to indemnify shall not be restricted to insurance proceeds, if any, received by City or its directors, officials, officers, employees, agents or volunteers. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent Contractor's Services are subject to Civil Code Section 2782.8, the above indemnity shall be limited, to the extent required by Civil Code Section 2782.8, to claims that arise out of, pertain to, or relate to the negligence, recklessness, or willful misconduct of the Contractor. This Section 5.1 shall survive any expiration or termination of this Agreement.

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(PERS) to be eligible for enrollment in PERS as an employee of City, Consultant shall indemnify, defend, and hold harmless City for the payment of any employee and/or employer contributions for PERS benefits on behalf of Consultant or its employees, agents, or subcontractors, as well as for the payment of any penalties and interest on such contributions, which would otherwise be the responsibility of City.

Section 6. STATUS OF CONSULTANT.

6.1 Independent Contractor. At all times during the term of this Agreement, Consultant shall be an independent contractor and shall not be an employee of City. City shall have the right to control Consultant only insofar as the results of Consultant's services rendered pursuant to this Agreement and assignment of personnel pursuant to Subparagraph 1.3; however, otherwise City shall not have the right to control the means by which Consultant accomplishes services rendered pursuant to this Agreement. Notwithstanding any other City, state, or federal policy, rule, regulation, law, or ordinance to the contrary, Consultant and any of its employees, agents, and subcontractors providing services under this Agreement shall not qualify for or become entitled to, and hereby agree to waive any and all claims to, any compensation, benefit, or any incident of employment by City, including but not limited to eligibility to enroll in the California Public Employees Retirement System (PERS) as an employee of City and entitlement to any contribution to be paid by City for employer contributions and/or employee contributions for PERS benefits.

6.2 Consultant No Agent. Except as City may specify in writing, Consultant shall have no authority, express or implied, to act on behalf of City in any capacity whatsoever as an agent. Consultant shall have no authority, express or implied, pursuant to this Agreement to bind City to any obligation whatsoever.

Section 7. LEGAL REQUIREMENTS.

7.1 Governing Law. The laws of the State of California shall govern this Agreement.

7.2 Compliance with Applicable Laws. Consultant and any subcontractors shall comply with all laws applicable to the performance of the work hereunder.

7.3 Other Governmental Regulations. To the extent that this Agreement may be funded by fiscal assistance from another governmental entity, Consultant and any subcontractors shall comply with all applicable rules and regulations to which City is bound by the terms of such fiscal assistance program.

7.4 Licenses and Permits. Consultant represents and warrants to City that Consultant and its employees, agents, and any subcontractors have all licenses, permits, qualifications, and approvals of whatsoever nature that are legally required to practice their respective professions. Consultant represents and warrants to City that Consultant and its employees, agents, any subcontractors shall, at their sole cost and expense, keep in effect at all times during the term of this Agreement any licenses, permits, and approvals that are legally required to practice their respective professions. In addition to the foregoing, 92 of 1216
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Consultant and any subcontractors shall obtain and maintain during the term of this Agreement valid Business Licenses from City.

7.5 Pinole Business License. Consultant shall obtain a City of Pinole business license according to the terms of Title 5 of the City of Pinole Municipal Code and deliver to City proof of such business license prior to beginning work under this Agreement. Work under this Agreement cannot begin until the City receives proof that Consultant has obtained a City of Pinole business license.

7.6 Nondiscrimination and Equal Opportunity. Consultant shall not discriminate, on the basis of a person’s race, religion, color, national origin, age, physical or mental handicap or disability, medical condition, marital status, sex, or sexual orientation, against any employee, applicant for employment, subcontractor, bidder for a subcontract, or participant in, recipient of, or applicant for any services or programs provided by Consultant under this Agreement. Consultant shall comply with all applicable federal, state, and local laws, policies, rules, and requirements related to equal opportunity and nondiscrimination in employment, contracting, and the provision of any services that are the subject of this Agreement, including but not limited to the satisfaction of any positive obligations required of Consultant thereby.

Consultant shall include the provisions of this Subsection in any subcontract approved by the Contract Administrator or this Agreement.

Section 8. TERMINATION ANDMODIFICATION.

8.1 Termination. City may cancel this Agreement at any time and without cause upon written notification to Consultant.

In the event of termination, Consultant shall be entitled to compensation for services performed to the effective date of termination; City, however, may condition payment of such compensation upon Consultant delivering to City any or all documents, photographs, computer software, video and audio tapes, and other materials provided to Consultant or prepared by or for Consultant or the City in connection with this Agreement.

8.2 Extension. City may, in its sole and exclusive discretion, extend the end date of this Agreement beyond that provided for in Subsection 1.1. Any such extension shall be specified in writing by the City. Consultant understands and agrees that if City issues such an extension, City shall have no obligation to provide Consultant with compensation beyond the maximum amount provided for in this Agreement. Similarly, unless authorized by the City, City shall have no obligation to reimburse Consultant for any otherwise reimbursable expenses incurred during the extension period.

8.3 Amendments. The parties may amend this Agreement only by a writing signed by all the parties.
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8.4 Assignment and Subcontracting. City and Consultant recognize and agree that this Agreement contemplates personal performance by Consultant and is based upon a determination of Consultant’s unique professional competence, experience, and specialized professional knowledge. Moreover, a substantial inducement to City for entering into this Agreement was and is the personal reputation and competence of Consultant. Consultant may not assign this Agreement or any interest therein without the prior written approval of the City. Consultant shall not subcontract any portion of the performance contemplated and provided for herein, other than to the subcontractors noted in the proposal, without prior written approval of the City.

8.5 Survival. All obligations arising prior to the termination of this Agreement and all provisions of this Agreement allocating liability between City and Consultant shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

8.6 Options upon Breach by Consultant. If Consultant materially breaches any of the terms of this Agreement, City’s remedies shall included, but not be limited to, the following:

8.6.1 Immediately terminate the Agreement;

8.6.2 Retain the plans, specifications, drawings, reports, design documents, and any other work product prepared by Consultant pursuant to this Agreement;

8.6.3 Retain a different consultant to complete the work described in Exhibit A not finished by Consultant; or

8.6.4 Charge Consultant the difference between the cost to complete the work described in Exhibit A that is unfinished at the time of breach and the amount that City would have paid Consultant pursuant to Section 2 if Consultant had completed the work.

Section 9. KEEPING AND STATUS OF RECORDS.

9.1 Records Created as Part of Consultant’s Performance. All reports, data, maps, models, charts, studies, surveys, photographs, memoranda, plans, studies, specifications, records, files, or any other documents or materials, in electronic or any other form, that Consultant prepares or obtains pursuant to this Agreement and that relate to the matters covered hereunder shall be the property of the City. Consultant hereby agrees to deliver those documents to the City upon termination of the Agreement. It is understood and agreed that the documents and other materials, including but not limited to those described above, prepared pursuant to this Agreement are prepared specifically for the City and are not necessarily suitable for any future or other use. City and Consultant agree that, until final approval by City, all data, plans, specifications, reports and other documents are confidential and will not be released to third parties without prior written consent of both parties.
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9.2 Consultant’s Books and Records. Consultant shall maintain any and all ledgers, books of account, invoices, vouchers, canceled checks, and other records or documents evidencing or relating to charges for services or expenditures and disbursements charged to the City under this Agreement for a minimum of three (3) years, or for any longer period required by law, from the date of final payment to the Consultant to this Agreement.

9.3 Inspection and Audit of Records. Any records or documents that Section 9.2 of this Agreement requires Consultant to maintain shall be made available for inspection, audit, and/or copying at any time during regular business hours, upon oral or written request of the City. Under California Government Code Section 8546.7, if the amount of public funds expended under this Agreement exceeds TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS ($10,000.00), the Agreement shall be subject to the examination and audit of the State Auditor, at the request of City or as part of any audit of the City, for a period of three (3) years after final payment under the Agreement.

Section 10 MISCELLANEOUSPROVISIONS.

10.1 Attorneys’ Fees. If a party to this Agreement brings any action, including an action for declaratory relief, to enforce or interpret the provision of this Agreement, the prevailing party shall be entitled to reasonable attorneys’ fees in addition to any other relief to which that party may be entitled. The court may set such fees in the same action or in a separate action brought for that purpose.

10.2 Venue. In the event that either party brings any action against the other under this Agreement, the parties agree that trial of such action shall be vested exclusively in the state courts of California in the County of Contra Costa or in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.

10.3 Severability. If a court of competent jurisdiction finds or rules that any provision of this Agreement is invalid, void, or unenforceable, the provisions of this Agreement not so adjudged shall remain in full force and effect. The invalidity in whole or in part of any provision of this Agreement shall not void or affect the validity of any other provision of this Agreement.

10.4 No Implied Waiver of Breach. The waiver of any breach of a specific provision of this Agreement does not constitute a waiver of any other breach of that term or any other term of this Agreement.

10.5 Successors and Assigns. The provisions of this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and shall apply to and bind the successors and assigns of the parties.

10.6 Use of Recycled Products. Consultant shall endeavor to prepare and submit all reports, written studies and other printed material on recycled paper to the extent it is available at equal or less cost than virgin paper.
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10.7 Conflict of Interest. Consultant may serve other clients, but none whose activities within the corporate limits of City or whose business, regardless of location, would place Consultant in a “conflict of interest,” as that term is defined in the Political Reform Act, codified at California Government Code Section 81000 et seq.

Consultant shall not employ any City official in the work performed pursuant to this Agreement. No officer or employee of City shall have any financial interest in this Agreement that would violate California Government Code Sections 1090 et seq.

Consultant hereby warrants that it is not now, nor has it been in the previous twelve (12) months, an employee, agent, appointee, or official of the City. If Consultant was an employee, agent, appointee, or official of the City in the previous twelve months, Consultant warrants that it did not participate in any manner in the forming of this Agreement. Consultant understands that, if this Agreement is made in violation of Government Code §1090 et.seq., the entire Agreement is void and Consultant will not be entitled to any compensation for services performed pursuant to this Agreement, including reimbursement of expenses, and Consultant will be required to reimburse the City for any sums paid to the Consultant. Consultant understands that, in addition to the foregoing, it may be subject to criminal prosecution for a violation of Government Code § 1090 and, if applicable, will be disqualified from holding public office in the State of California.

Consultant will comply with all conflict of interest laws and regulations including, without limitation, City’s Conflict of Interest Code (on file in the City Clerk’s Office). It is incumbent upon the Consultant or Consultant’s firm to notify the City pursuant to section 10.10 Notices of any staff changes relating to this Agreement. a. In accomplishing the scope of services of this Agreement, all officers, employees and/or agents of Consultant(s), unless as indicated in Subsection b., will be performing a very limited and closely supervised function, and, therefore, are unlikely to have a conflict of interest arise. No disclosures are required for any officers, employees, and/or agents of Consultant, except as indicated in Subsection b.

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b. In accomplishing the scope of services of this Agreement, Consultant(s) will be performing a specialized or general service for the City, and there is substantial likelihood that the Consultant’s work product will be presented, either written or orally, for the purpose of influencing a governmental decision. As a result, the following Consultant(s) shall be subject to the Disclosure Category “1-5” of the City’s Conflict of Interest Code:
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10.8 Solicitation. Consultant agrees not to solicit business at any meeting, focus group, or interview related to this Agreement, either orally or through any written materials.

10.9 Contract Administration. This Agreement shall be administered by who shall act as the City’s representative. All
correspondence shall be directed to or through or his or her designee.

10.10 Notices. Any written notice to Consultant shall be sent to:

Any written notice to City shall be sent to:

10.11 Professional Seal. Where applicable in the determination of the City, the first page of a technical report, first page of design specifications, and each page of construction drawings shall be stamped/sealed and signed by the licensed professional responsible for the report/design preparation.

10.12 Integration; Incorporation. This Agreement, including all the exhibits attached hereto, represents the entire and integrated agreement between City and Consultant and supersedes all prior negotiations, representations, or agreements, either written or oral. All exhibits attached hereto are incorporated by reference herein.

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CITY OF PINOLE CONSULTANT
Andrew Murray, City Manager [NAME, TITLE]
Consultant’s City of Pinole Business
License #:_
Attest:

Heather Bell, City Clerk
Approved as to Form:

Eric S. Casher, City Attorney
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EXHIBIT A

SCOPE OF SERVICES
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EXHIBIT B

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EXHIBIT C

CITY-FURNISHEDFACILITIES
City shall furnish physical facilities such as desks, filing cabinets, and conference space, as may be reasonably necessary for Consultant’s use while consulting with City employees and reviewing records and the information in possession of the City. The location, quantity, and time of furnishing those facilities shall be in the sole discretion of City. In no event shall City be obligated to furnish any facility that may involve incurring any direct expense, including but not limited to computer, long-distance telephone or other communication charges, vehicles, and reproduction facilities. 101 of 1216
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CITY OF PINOLE

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
Submitted By:

EXHIBIT B
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Cover Letter
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SECTION C
Experience, Qualifications and References 7‐11

SECTION D
Services Understanding 12‐19

SECTION E
Cost, Rate and Service Structure 20‐23

SECTION F
Required Statements / Documents 24
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COVER LETTER
 RESUMES
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Engineering  Construction Management  Inspection  Plan Check  Planning 2126 Rheem Drive  Pleasanton, CA 94588  Phone (925) 462-5959  Fax (925) 462-5958 8896 North Winding Way  Fair Oaks, CA 95628  Phone (916) 965-0010  Fax (916) 965-0013 City of Pinole October 25, 2022
Community Development Department
2131 Pear Street
Pinole, CA 94965
Attn: Lilly Whalen, Community Development Director
RE: Proposal to Provide Plan Check and On‐Call Staffing Services.

Dear Ms. Whalen,
4LEAF, Inc. (4LEAF), a California “C” Corporation established in 1999 and incorporated in 2001, is pleased to present our proposal to provide Plan Check and On‐Call Staffing Services to the City of Pinole (City). 4LEAF’s has grown to more than 400 personnel and has been providing these services to clients, including for the City, throughout California for more than 21 years and is looking forward to the opportunity to renew our current contract with the City. 4LEAF is the ideal choice for the following reasons:
 Familiar Consultant
4LEAF has been providing Plan Review, Inspection, and Staff Augmentation Services to the City of Pinole since 2014. Ourstaff and project managers have established a collaborative working relationship with the City’s Community Development Department and understands the City’s processes and procedures. 4LEAF would be humbled to extend our current contract and continue to provide professional, quality services to the City.
 Local Presence
4LEAF works with multiple local municipalities providing the requested services. We have the local personnel ready to service the City and are supplying services to nearby municipalities such as:
 City of Benicia
 City of Vallejo
 City of San Pablo
 City of Richmond
 City of Concord
 City of Pleasant Hill
 City of Walnut Creek
 City of Antioch
 City of Pittsburg
 City of Napa
 City of Fairfield
 County of Solano
 County of Contra Costa
 County of Alameda
 County of San Joaquin
 Approach
Ourstaff incorporatesthe 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
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Proposal to Provide Plan Check and On‐Call Staffing Services to the City of Pinole 2126 Rheem Drive  Pleasanton, CA 94588  Phone (925) 462-5959  Fax (925) 462-5958 8896 North Winding Way  Fair Oaks, CA 95628  Phone (916) 965-0010  Fax (916) 965-0013  Full‐Service Firm
As a full‐service firm, 4LEAF can provide departmentalservicesto aid with high project workloadsthat require additionalstaff assistance. We provide jurisdictions with Building, Planning, Public Works, and Fire Department services and have the qualified staff available to serve the City with remote, on‐site, part‐time, or full‐time project needs. For the scope of this contract, our services include:
o Plan Review: 4LEAF is an industry leader in Plan Review services and has a team of Structural Engineers, Green Building, Geotechnical, Solar, Accessibility Specialists (CASp), and Mechanical/Electrical/Plumbing/Fire Plans Examiners. Our team has experience working on projects including single‐ and multi‐family, commercial and industrial, tenant improvements, and additions and remodels. We provide courier services that guarantee less than 24‐hour pickup and delivery and offer electronic and expedited plan review services upon request. o Permit Technician: 4LEAF’s pool of talented professionals includes qualified and experienced permit technicians capable of providing all permit processing and counter services. 4LEAF can deploy such staff on short notice and offer training programs for department staff, if required. o CASP Plan Review and Inspection: 4LEAF has nine Certified Access Specialists on staff. We have performed CASp inspection and plan review projects and have consulted on numerous construction projects for accessibility questions and advice for a number of our clients. o Building 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 history of providing inspectors as‐needed for long‐ orshort‐term projects, including one day assignments to cover staff training, sick days, vacation days, or spikes in permit activity. o Fire: Our team is comprised of Fire Protection Engineers, Fire Plans Examiners, Fire Marshals, and other experts who specialize in Fire Life Safety Plan Review, Inspection, and Disaster Recovery. o Code Enforcement: 4LEAF staff have the experience working with property owners and other responsible parties to bring properties and conditions into compliance. Our Code Enforcement team is skilled in using processes including issuing administrative citations to establish whether violations of law exist on a property and ensuring compliance.  Electronic Plan Review
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.  4LEAF Management Team
President, Authorized to sign: Kevin J. Duggan
Phone: (925) 462‐5959
Email: [email protected]
Executive Project Manager: Craig Tole
Phone: (925) 580‐4055
Email: [email protected]
Director of Jurisdictional Services: Raylee Glasser, CBO Phone: (925) 708‐4209
Email: [email protected]
Director of Inspections: Mike Leontiades, CBO
Phone: (925) 681‐8842
Email: [email protected]
Director of Code Enforcement: Pete Roque
Phone: (562) 569‐0098
Email: [email protected]
Director of Planning: Daniel Hortert, AICP
Phone: (925) 708‐4209
Email: [email protected]
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Proposal to Provide Plan Check and On‐Call Staffing Services to the City of Pinole 2126 Rheem Drive  Pleasanton, CA 94588  Phone (925) 462-5959  Fax (925) 462-5958 8896 North Winding Way  Fair Oaks, CA 95628  Phone (916) 965-0010  Fax (916) 965-0013  Key Personnel
4LEAF understands that our role is to be an advocate on behalf of the 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 isto have ourstaff integrate with yours and be accepted as an essential part of the City . Our team includes:

Craig Tole – Director of Development Services/Executive Project Manager Craig Tole has been the Director of the 4LEAF Development Services team for the past 16 years. He is responsible for municipal client management including staff recruitment, hiring, and placing for all building department personnel for positions such as Permit/Counter staff, Building Officials, Plans Examiners, Residential and Commercial Inspectors, and Inspection services for complex commercial developer funded projects.

Raylee Glasser, CBO – Director of Jurisdictional Services/Project Manager Raylee is an ICC Certified Residential Building/Fire/Plumbing Inspector, Plans Examiner, and Permit Technician with 17+ years of Municipal Building Department experience. Raylee is responsible for training, mentoring, and placing staff to Building and Fire Departments. She currently manages a team of over twenty.

Mike Leontiades, CBO – Director of Plan Review and Inspection As a former Building Official of the Town of Danville, Mike understands the municipal environment. Mike is responsible for a team that has collectively performed more than $16 billion of Building & Safety work. Mike will manage all Building Department requests and assist the Plan Review team on all requests made by the City.

Pete Roque – Director of Code Enforcement
Pete is a Code Enforcement expert with over 17 years of experience in the field and has served as Code Enforcement Administrator, Code Enforcement Manager, and Community Development Inspector II for multiple public agencies. Pete is skilled in Code Compliance, Emergency Management, Law Enforcement, Disaster Response, and Plan Review.
 Professionals
Title Staff # Title Staff #
ICC Certified Plans Examiners 60+ ICC Certified Inspectors & IORs 200+ ICC Certified Building Officials 30+ Registered Architects 5+ Registered Engineers (PE, SE) 20+ ICC Permit Technicians 70+ Code Enforcement Staff (PC832) 25+ CASp 14
Construction Managers/Inspectors 40+ Fire Plans Examiners & Inspectors 30+ 108 of 1216
Proposal to Provide Plan Check and On‐Call Staffing Services to the City of Pinole 2126 Rheem Drive  Pleasanton, CA 94588  Phone (925) 462-5959  Fax (925) 462-5958 8896 North Winding Way  Fair Oaks, CA 95628  Phone (916) 965-0010  Fax (916) 965-0013 Marcus J
t Manager
 Organization Chart
Additional Staff Available
More than two hundred additional staff Available
Plan Review Engineers/AIA
Melissa Mennucci, S.E.

Anastasios Hionis, M.E., E.E.

Beng Low, M.E., S.E.

Albert Kong, S.E.

Scott Martin, P.E.

Melissa Bridges, P.E.

Stephanie Hionis, P.E.

Kathy Bucciarelli, P.E.

Albert Nissan, P.E
Ali Hekmat, P.E.

Davison Chanda, PE
Joseph Nicolas, P.E.

Sareh Deyhimi, P.E.

Liberty Jensen, P.E.

Jay Shih, P.E. CBO, CASp
Scott Johnson, S.E., CASp
Youseff Abdou, P.E.

Yousef Marmosh, M.E.

Plans Examiners
Peter Lim, CBO
Derek Poe
Eriselda Nanchy
Ingeborg Vriend
Jerome Hoberg
Khuong Le
Jacob Padilla
Karimullah Kamran
Steve Kim
James Johnson
Permit Technicians
Chelsey Serafino
Shantelle Fuentes
Caitlin Glasser
Chelsea Serafino
Lisa Felicano
Alyssa Mendoza
Ana Ortiz
Building Inspectors
Bernie Zipay, CBO
Brent Hipsher, CBO
Chris Fowler, CBO
Bernard Zipay, CBO
Nick Henderson, CBO
Bradley Fliehmann, CBO
Liam Tierney
Jose Ramirez
Bassem Kodeih
Serafino Perrone
Farris Hix
Chuck Venook
John Riddell
Chris Wilson
Brad Fields
Mark Sherwood
Wladyslaw Grobelny
Kiely Ricardo
CASp
Brent Hipsher, CBO, CASp
David Rashe, CBO, CASp
Steven Raney CBO, CASp
Scott Johnson, S.E., CASp
Jay Shih, P.E. CBO, CASp
Doug Martin, CASp
Code Enforcement
Sarrah Patton
Anthony Mullins
Dominique Cordoba
James Casner
John (JB) Juarez
Matthew Couch
Pam Miller
Andrea Nance‐Sevilla
Eric Stephens
Jennifer Keleher
JorDann Crawford
Raylee Glasser, CBO
Project Manager /
Director of Jurisdictional Services
Mike Leontiades, CBO
Director of Operations /
Inspection Services
Craig Tole
Executive Project Manager /
Director of Development Services
Pete Roque
Director of
Code Enforcement
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Proposal to Provide Plan Check and On‐Call Staffing Services to the City of Pinole 2126 Rheem Drive  Pleasanton, CA 94588  Phone (925) 462-5959  Fax (925) 462-5958 8896 North Winding Way  Fair Oaks, CA 95628  Phone (916) 965-0010  Fax (916) 965-0013  Leadership / Primary Contact
The contract with the City of Pinole will be managed by Craig Tole. Craig has a proven record of success working cities and counties throughout California. Craig can be contacted at:

President
4LEAF, Inc.

Executive Project Manager/
Director of Development Services
4LEAF
Local Office
Kevin J. Duggan
Office: (925) 462‐5959
Email: [email protected]
Craig Tole
Office: (925) 462‐5959
Mobile: (925) 580‐4055
Email: [email protected]
2126 Rheem Drive
Pleasanton, CA 94588
Phone: (925) 462‐5959
Website: 4LEAFINC.COM
We appreciate this opportunity to present our proposal. This proposal shall remain firm for a period of ninety (90) daysfollowing the last day for proposalsto be accepted. Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out using the contact information above.

Respectfully submitted,
Kevin J. Duggan
President
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Raylee Glasser, CBO
Director of Jurisdictional Services
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Experience Summary
Raylee is an ICC Certified Building Official, Residential Building/Fire/Plumbing Inspector, Plans Examiner, and Permit Technician with ICC. With 18+ years of Municipal Building Department experience, Raylee has promoted throughout the ranks of the Building Department to include Permit Technician, Permit Center Manager, Building Inspector, and Building Official. Raylee also created 4LEAF’s internal EZPlan Review Portal used by our clients and spearheaded the creation and implementation of our process improvement and staff augmentation scope.

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4LEAF, Inc. – Pleasanton, CA
Director of Jurisdictional Services
9/2017 - Present
Raylee has been 4LEAF’s Director of Jurisdictional Services since 2017 where she handles management of plan review, inspection, and consulting services for numerous 4LEAF clients. She also spearheads 4LEAF’s effort to train, mentor, and place Permit and Engineering Technicians to Building and Public Works Departments throughout Northern California.

Raylee has even consulted with different cities to better organize their department and develop required hand-outs, policies, procedures, and permit software implementation in preparation of a large spike of development activity. In addition, she also oversees our Process Mapping services that ensure each jurisdiction is assessed in order to better help them fill their needs, Permit Tech program, as well as creating new programs to help streamline specific scopes for jurisdictions such as ADU, 5G, and Solar to name a few.
4LEAF, Inc. – Pleasanton, CA (continued)
Process Mapping
9/2017 - Present
In the changing landscape of Development Services Divisions, Raylee has worked with a multitude of jurisdictions to enhance the service levels of Building, Planning, Public Works, and Fire Experience
20+ years
Education
Diablo Valley College
- Construction Management
Certifications
ICC Certified Residential Plumbing
Inspector
ICC Certified Residential Building
ICC Certified Fire Inspector I
ICC Certified Residential Plans
Examiner
ICC Certified Permit Technician
ICC Certified Building Official
ICC Certified Permit Specialist
SAP Disaster Service Worker
Technical Abilities
iWorQ
CRW
EZPlan Review
Acella Permits Plus
Energov
Metroscan
Geomedia
Microsoft Office
Microsoft Windows
Notary Public
Professional Affiliations
International Code Council
ICC East Bay Chapter
Danville LEAD Leadership Committee
Danville Employee Recognition
Committee Chair
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Raylee Glasser, CBO
Departments, providing analysis of the municipalities current systems (including software implementation) and work with staff to find efficiencies in their workflow. To date, Raylee has worked with various jurisdictions including the following:
➢ City of Rohnert Park
➢ City of Sausalito
➢ City of El Cerrito Solar
➢ City of Half Moon Bay

➢ City of San Juan B autista
➢ City of Hollister
➢ City of Sand City
➢ City of Pacific Grove
➢ City of Larkspur
➢ City of Greenfield
➢ City of Sacramento 5G
➢ City of Oakland 5G
Town of Danville, CA
Plans Examiner/Permit Center Manager
5/2014 - 8/2017
Raylee was promoted to this position with additional responsibilities that included conducting plan check reviews, inspections, and increased field work. She incorporated leadership and inspired staff while managing the operations of the building permit center, fees, and structure. Raylee also provided verbal and written communication to design professionals, contractors, and residents to streamline the permit process. She facilitated and mediated all Building Code Enforcement assignments, managed the Building Division website, and implemented goals, objectives, and policies.

Town of Danville (continued)
Lead Development Services Technician
7/2007 - 5/2014
Raylee was promoted into this position with additional duties and responsibilities to include the supervision of all building permit center staff. She performed over-the-counter plan review, coordinated inter-departmental reviews to ensure timely completion of the development review process, and issued Certificates of Occupancy.

Town of Danville (continued)
Development Services Technician
1/2001 - 7/2007
In her first of many roles with the Town, Raylee’s responsibilities included issuing building permits, performing zoning reviews, and interpretating the Town’s municipal ordinances. She was instrumental in developing the Town’s “One-Stop Shop” permit process and facilitated uniform customer service standards for the department.
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Mike Leontiades, CBO
Director of Inspection
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Experience Summary
Mike is a proven successful leader with over 37 years of construction skills and knowledge, plus 16 years of experience in local government.

Mike is self‐motivated and driven to provide excellent customer service delivery and is proficient at coordinating and leading teams to benefit mutual growth and success. As a Chief Building Official, Mike demonstrated the ability to build and maintain strong relationships with all public contacts, design professionals, elected officials, and property owners.

Mike also possesses the knowledge to examine plans and inspect for code compliance for Residential and Commercial projects to ensure conformance with California Building, Mechanical, Plumbing, Electrical, Energy Codes and Green Building Standards, regulations, and ordinances.

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4LEAF, Inc.

Director of Inspections
2016 ‐ Present
Mike’s responsibilities include:
 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.  Tracking each inspectors’ active certifications.
 Providing quality answers to code‐related or situational questions.  Managing the plan review and support teams.
 Handling the workflow and distribution of plan reviews.  Performing plan reviews and inspections on as‐needed basis.

Town of Danville, CA.

Chief Building Official
7/2006 ‐ 9/2016
Mike supervised and led his team of staff members in the Building Division. He was responsible for managing and directing the operations of the Town’s Building Division. He provided quality reports to the Development Services Director. Mike also performed the duties of the Senior Building Inspector Experience
37 + years
Education
Ashworth College
Construction Management
College of San Mateo
Building Inspection Technology
Los Medanos College
Certifications
ICC, Plumbing Inspector
ICC, Mechanical Inspector
ICC, Building Official
ICC, Residential Building Inspector
ICC, Combination Inspector
ICC, Mechanical Inspector
ICC, Residential Plans Examiner
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Mike Leontiades, CBO
from 2007 to 2015. He was responsible for creating numerous staff reports for Council Meetings regarding Building Division related matters, including ordinances, nuisance abatement hearings, and the triennial code adoption process. Mike excels at forming a partnership approach with all of his contacts, including design professionals, contractors, and homeowners. One of his strengths was his ability to resolve disputes and complaints. He strived to achieve a win‐win scenario in every situation.

Some of Mike’s accomplishments included:
 Creating and updating informational handouts
 Reducing the turn‐around timeframe for plan reviews
 Sustaining high morale within the division
 Implemented IVR automated inspection line
 Launched and maintained a Customer Satisfaction Survey Form  Established numerous Town ordinances
 Leadership of the Year Award, 2004
 Town Manager’s Customer Service Award, 2012
 Employee of the Year Award, 2014
 Graduate of Contra Costa County Leadership Academy, 2016 Town of Danville, CA (continued)
Senior Building Inspector
2003 ‐ 2006
Mike was responsible for overseeing the daily operation of the entire inspection process. He handled complaints, inspected emergency situations including structure fires, vehicles or tree collisions with buildings, and other life safety incidents. Mike provided quality training to his inspection team and also created and sent letters regarding code violations.

Town of Danville, CA (continued)
Building Inspector
2000 ‐ 2003
Mike was responsible for providing building inspections on residential construction including large sub‐ divisions. He kept accurate records, worked to resolve problems before they arose and created a helpful approach while achieving code compliance.

Riccomi Construction Services, S.F. CA. 1992 ‐ 2000
Construction Supervisor
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Melissa Mennucci, S.E.

Structural Plan Review Engineer
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Experience Summary
Melissa is a Registered Structural Engineer in the State of California with more than 16 years of industry experience including more than 10 years of design experience. Melissa is currently managing all plan reviews from our UC Davis client as well as performing Structural Plan Reviews from 4LEAF’s Fair Oaks office. She also provides technical guidance to the plan reviews and is experienced with a wide array of project and construction types.

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4LEAF, Inc.

Structural Plan Review Engineer
August 2016 - Present
Melissa is responsible for coordinating and managing all plan reviews from 4LEAF for the client UC Davis, including meeting with key personal when needed. She is also preforming Structural Plan Reviews in 4LEAF’s Fair Oaks office for various clientele including such cities as Sacramento, Rocklin, Folsom, Roseville, Stockton, and numerous private clients as assigned.

Buehler & Buehler Structural Engineers
Project Engineer
March 2005 - July 2016
For more than 10 years, Melissa worked as a Project Engineer with this prestigious Design Firm located in Sacramento, CA. Melissa was responsible for managing and designing structural projects using all building materials (steel, concrete, masonry, & wood) and evaluating and retrofitting existing buildings. Melissa routinely collaborated with AMEP consultants on DBB and DB projects using BIM. She also practiced LEAN construction techniques that include pull planning and ISD. In addition, she performed construction administration tasks that include submittal review, RFI response, site visits, field reports, record drawings, etc. as well as managed the new employee training program.

Melissa’s projects included:
- Commercial, Residential, Schools, Hospitals & Government Facilities
Experience
16 + years
Education
University of California, San Diego
Bachelor of Science – Structural
Engineering
University of California, Davis
Masters of Science – Civil &
Environmental Engineering
Registrations
State of California Licensed
Professional Engineer, Structural,
#5677
State of California Licensed
Professional Engineer, Civil,
#72245
Computer Applications
ETABS
SAP
SAFE
RAM
Revit
Bluebeam
Adobe
Excel
Associations
SEOACC
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Beng H. Low, MS, SE
Senior Structural and Civil Plan Review Engineer
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Experience Summary
Beng is a registered Structural and Civil Engineer with more than 30 years of experience in the analysis and design of multi-story buildings including schools, commercial, industrial, and residential. His experience in the design of various structural systems includes special reinforced concrete shear walls, steel special moment frames, steel special concentrically braced frames, steel buckling-restrained braced frames, and wood-frame shear walls. He has extensive experience in response spectra dynamic analysis, seismic design, and seismic retrofit design.

Beng is also proficient in the latest design requirements of concrete, steel, masonry, concrete tilt-up, cold-formed steel, and wood structures with up-to-date working knowledge of many design codes.

On behalf of 4LEAF, Beng works with the City of Oakland on their 5G project where he performs fiber pull and small cell plan reviews and works on their monument survey. He is familiar with analysis and design software such as ETABS, SAFE, SAP2000, RISA-3D, RAM, STAADPro, and Enercalc and is skilled in AutoCAD, Bluebeam Studio, and REVIT.

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4LEAF, Inc. – Pleasanton, CA
Senior Structural Plan Review Engineer
2021 - Present
Beng joined 4LEAF as a Senior Structural Plan Review Engineer and is responsible for the review of commercial and residential structures, conducting quality control of 4LEAF plan review personnel, and assisting with civil plans reviews. Beng currently works on behalf of 4LEAF with the City of Oakland to perform structural calculations, develop plans, and provide engineering estimates and specifications for the construction of 5G towers.

SOHA Engineers – San Francisco, CA
Senior Structural Plan Review Engineer
2017 - 2021
Some of Beng’s projects with SOHA Engineers included:
• Fourth and Folsom Transit Oriented Development, 266 Fourth Street San Francisco, California o Performed 3-D ETABS analysis, design calculations, and prepared schematic design drawings and specifications for 8-story family housing project. The structural system for the upper story consists of steel special concentric braced frame structure (SCBF) Experience
30+ years
Education
M.S., Structural Engineering
Ohio State University
B.S., Civil Engineering
University of Roorkee (India)
Certifications
ICC Building Plans Examiner
Registrations
State of California Licensed
Professional Engineer, C48412
State of California Licensed Structural
Engineer, S4973
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Beng H. Low, MS, SE
o Provided 3-D ETABS analysis and prepared structural design calculations for the retrofit an existing single-story concrete podium structure. The podium structural system includes post-tensioned slab, concrete wall, and CMU walls. The podium supports several 2 to 3-story wood-framed apartment buildings.

Structus, Inc. – San Francisco, CA
Structural Plan Review Engineer
2010 - 2013
Some of Beng’s projects with Structus included:
• Marine Emergency Response Facility, San Francisco International Airport o Performed 3-D ETABS analysis and prepared structural design calculations for a new 4,500-square-foot single-story marine facility and a 100-foot-long concrete causeway.

The design for this deep-pile foundation structure is based on ASCE-41 performancebased non-linear step by step push-over analysis. • SFMTA Central Subway, San Francisco, California
o Participated in the design of this $1.2 billion SFMTA’s Central Subway Project (Design Packages 3). Performed structural design calculations for the following: design of a new surface station at 4th and Brannan; design of structural concrete inverts and walkways for the 2.5 miles of TBM subway tunnels; design of seismic bracing of jet fans, electronic signs, and equipment; tenant improvement of Operation Control Center. Beng prepared a full set of construction documents and specifications. • AC Transit Transportation Building and Bus Maintenance Facility, Emeryville, California. o Provided seismic evaluation based on ASCE31 procedure for this maintenance facility.

The Transportation Building is a 2-story 16,000 square-foot pentagon-shaped structure which serves as an administrative building and break room. The Bus Maintenance Facility consists of 3 separate structures with a total area of 46,000 square foot. The buildings were constructed of CMU walls, concrete moment frames, and concrete Precast-T roof.

Kinnoe Structural Engineers – Dublin, CA
Structural Plan Review Engineer
2005 - 2010
Some of Beng’s projects with Kinnoe Structural Engineers included:
• UC Santa Cruz Cooling Tower Building
o Provided structural engineering for a 2-story tower with structural steel moment frames and steel braced frames. The tower is to house the cooling tower and associated equipment and utilities. Beng prepared a full set of construction documents and specifications.
• Fresh & Easy Supermarket, Hayward, California
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Scott Martin, P. E.

Civil, Structural & MEP Plan Review Engineer
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Experience Summary
Scott has more than 22 years of structural engineering experience. Scott has performed a multitude of plan reviews for many different disciplines including OSHPD 3, DSA Projects, and various municipal reviews for clients throughout California. Scott’s day-to-day activities include the review of plans submitted to local jurisdictions, creation and submission of plan check letters, and constant communication with all project stakeholders.

In addition, Scott is often tasked with the education of building code to applicants. He is instrumental in establishing the new templates for all new clients to establish the City/Counties preferences for commercial and residential plan check and makes an asset to any team, project, and jurisdiction he is assigned.

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4LEAF, Inc.

MEP Plan Check Engineer
2014 - Present
Since 2014, Scott has been 4LEAF’s Senior Plan Check Engineer with a focus on Structural review. Scott has worked on a plethora of 4LEAF’s largest commercial reviews. Currently, Scott is reviewing the Zuckerberg Chen School for the City of East Palo Alto and several large Commercial Projects for the County of San Mateo’s Project Development Unit including a $120 Million Medical Office Building and two large County facility buildings.
4LEAF, Inc. (City of Palo Alto)
Structural Plan Check Engineer
2012 - 2013
Starting in December of 2013, Scott has recently accepted a position to perform and manage plan reviews in the Central Valley and Central Coast for many of 4LEAF’s clientele. Since 2012, Scott has worked for 4LEAF as a structural plans examiner and has been tasked to the City of Palo Alto. Scott was often assigned to the counter to work with the public and architects to answer building code related questions and to provide excellent customer service. In addition, Scott performed many large-scale plan reviews for the City including:

Experience
22+ years
Education
University of California, Irvine
B.S. Civil Engineering
Certifications
California Registered Civil Engineer
License # 59091
Nevada Registered Civil Engineer
License # 019922
California Building Plans Examiner
(exp. 07/26/2022)
Professional Affiliations
ICC – International Code Council
Structural Engineers of Northern
California (SEAOC)
ASCE
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Scott Martin, P.E.
• Workday Campus (6 Stories) - $50 Million
• Stanford Medical Center (6 Stories) $32 Million
• VM Ware HTE Tenant Improvement $ 25Million
• Hilton Hotel and Underground Parking $18 Million
• VM Ware Parking Structure 2 $14 Million
• Stanford Hospital Site Development $13 Million
• 260 California (3 Story mixed-use & underground parking) $10 M • Thermal Vacuum Chamber $9.7 Million
• VM Ware Parking Structure (4 Levels) $6.8 Million
• 4 Story Tenant Improvement for Survey Monkey $6.1 Million Willdan Engineering – Fresno, CA
Structural Plan Check Engineer
2007 - 2010
Scott performed structural plan reviews on behalf of Willdan Engineering for numerous jurisdictions throughout California. Scott was tasked with the plan review, creation of the plan check letter, communicating with project stakeholders, and educating the applicants on current building codes and standards. Some of Scott’s projects included:
• CSU Humboldt Student Center Expansion; Arcata, CA
• Park Place: Res/Office/Retail over Parking; Paso Robles, CA • CalRENEW-1 Solar Power Farm; Mendota, CA
• City of Winters Police/Fire Complex; Winters, CA
• UC Davis Hyatt Place Hotel; Davis, CA
Advanced Structural Design, Inc. – Fresno, CA
Project Engineer
1998 - 2007
Scott was a Project Engineer for nearly ten years with Advanced Structural Design out of Fresno. Scott was responsible for engineering design, drafting (AutoCAD & hand), shop drawing review, and coordination with clients.
• Mt. Whitney Classroom Buildings; Visalia CA (DSA #02-107633) • Plumber's Union Expansion; Fresno, CA
• Oak Valley New Admin; Tulare Co., CA
• Paul Evert's RV Expansion and New Canopies; Fresno, CA • Grizzlies Stadium; Fresno, CA
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Sareh Deyhimi, P.E., CBO, CASp
Plan Review Engineer/ICC Certified Plans Examiner
Experience Summary
Sareh is a Registered Civil Engineer in the State of California, a Certified Access Specialist and an ICC Certified Plans Examiner. Sareh has nearly 10-years of structural engineering design and as a result is proficient plan reviewing structural systems of all types. She is knowledgeable about all materials of construction including timber, steel, concrete and masonry. She has over 5-years experience as a Plans Examiner reviewing complex commercial, residential and industrial projects for not only structural systems but Fire & Life Safety and Accessibility aspects of a building design as well. Sareh is proficient at reviewing plans for conformance with the International Building Codes and Standards and ASCE-7. As a plans examiner with 4LEAF she is currently working to be a true “unicorn”, eagerly learning the plumbing, mechanical and electrical codes as well.

Sareh has over 15-years of experience and is very passionate about her profession. Because she has spent a number of years as a designer, she has a keen eye for calling code deficiencies that effect occupant safety. Designers appreciate her experience and collaboration as she is a valuable partner in an effort to getting a project to success, yet making tough comments that are necessary to assure the occupants of a building are safe.

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4LEAF, Inc., Fair Oaks, CA
Plan Review Engineer
For more than 5-years Sareh has worked as a Plan Review Engineer on behalf of 4LEAF reviewing plans for Aerojet, the City of Sacramento, the County of Sacramento, the City of Roseville, the City of Rocklin, the City of Rancho Cordova, the City of Lodi, the City of Galt, UC Davis, and the City of Davis just to name a few. Sareh reviews structural, fire & life safety, accessibility for commercial buildings and is proficient at reviewing structural and non-structural aspects of residential construction.

Core Structure – Costa Mesa, CA
Project Engineer
For almost 10-years of Sareh’s career she worked as a Project Engineer for private design firms. Her roles and responsibilities included:
• Provided analysis and design of multi-story structural seismic and gravity systems of commercial and residential structures.
• Ran computer models for lateral and gravity elements of a building. • Performed structural observation required by the building code for her designs.

Exp

erience

15+ years
Certifications / Registration
State of California Licensed
Professional Civil Engineer #83354
CASp Certification #876
ICC Certified Building Official
ICC Certified Plans Examiner
Education
Persian Gulf University
Bachelors of Science, Civil
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David J. Rashé, CBO, CASp
Building Official/Certified Access Specialist/MWELO Plans Examiner 1 of 2
Experience Summary
David is a dedicated and proficient code professional with more than 28 years of experience working within Northern California Building Departments. David has held various positions in the building department industry including the positions of Chief Building Official, Permit Center Manager and Program Coordinator. As a Building Official David successfully managed the annual building division budget to include monthly activity and reconciliation and oversaw the daily operations in the Permit Center and the Building Division to include the permit technician, plan review, inspection, code enforcement, and building division administrative support staff.

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4LEAF, Inc.

Building Official, Combination Building Inspector, Plans Examiner 2016 – Present
David joined 4LEAF to work in a number of different capacities including Building Official, Plans Examiner, Building Inspector, and Certified Access Specialist (CASp). Currently, David is working on behalf of 4LEAF providing Plan Review and CASp services for many clients of 4LEAF’s including San Jose State University. David is also experienced with MWELO Reviews, where he is currently providing these services to the Counties of Santa Clara and San Mateo. Previously he was the interim Building Official at the City of Lathrop and from 2016-2017 he served the Sandia National Laboratories in Livermore managing 4LEAF’s inspection tasks and performing combination inspections on numerous construction projects and quality assurance inspections in conformance with the plans and specifications and the California Building Code (CBC) and the National Fire Protection Agency (NFPA). David has handled the management of larger projects for 4LEAF such as Building 926 and has assisted Sandia in managing the quality of work by preparing:
• Final Punch List of Deficiencies
• Monitor Construction Progress (Schedules)
• Prepare and Maintain Inspection Reports
Experience
28 + years
Education
Saint Mary’s College, Moraga, CA
Bachelor of Arts; Management
Chabot College, Hayward, CA,
Associate of Arts; Construction
Inspection
Chabot College, Hayward, CA,
Associate of Arts; Architectural
Technology
California State University, Hayward,
CA
Certifications
ICC Certified Building Inspector
Expires 2/18/2026
ICC Certified Building Plans Examiner
Expires 2/18/2026
ICC Certified Building Official
Expires 2/18/2026
ICC Certified Combination Inspector
Expires 02/18/2026
ICC Certified Combination Inspector -
Legacy Expires 02/18/2026
ICC Certified Electrical Inspector
Expires 02/18/2026
ICC Certified Mechanical Inspector
Expires 02/18/2026
Certified Mechanical Inspector UMC
Expires 02/18/2026
ICC Certified Plumbing Inspector
Expires 02/18/2026
Certified Plumbing Inspector UPC
02/18/2026
ICC Certified Residential Combination
Inspector Expires 02/18/2026
Certified Access Specialist
# CASp-213 Expires 6/23/2022
Certified (IS-00100.b, ICS-100),
IS-00700.a, IS-00800.b
(2014 FEMA Emergency
Management Institute)
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David J. Rashé, CBO, CASp
City of Livermore, Livermore, California
Community and Economic Development Department
Chief Building Official
2014 – 2016 (Retired)
• Oversaw the daily operations in the Permit Center and the Building Division to include the permit technician, plan review, inspection, code enforcement, and building division administrative support staff.
• Developed and maintained the annual building division budget to include monthly activity and reconciliation.
• Implemented and managed consultant contracts for plan review and inspection services. • Maintained contract services for providing plan review and inspection services to Sandia National Laboratories in Livermore.
• Solved development related code questions as well as explained city standards and policy questions, while interacting with planning, engineering, housing, and inspection. • Consulted with architects, engineers, contractors, and property owners regarding proper design and the methods and materials to be used for building construction in the City. • Coordinated projects with other City departments.
• Maintained accurate up-to-date records of all plan reviews, plans, inspections, and construction. • Made public presentations to City Council, public agencies, business and civic groups and other organizations.
• Maintained the City Building Codes in compliance with latest model codes and State regulations. • Prepared wrote reports and requests for City Council or staff regarding ordinance changes, and establishment of City policy related to building requirements.

City of Livermore, Livermore, California
Community and Economic Development Department
Permit Center Manager
2004 – 2014
• Oversaw the daily operations of the Permit Center to include administrative and support staff, permit technicians, planners, engineers, plan reviewers, and inspectors. • Developed, implemented, and provided sustainability efforts for projects and programs related to customer services and permit streamlining strategies for the Permit Center. • Coordinated major development projects through the regulatory processes to include planning, zoning, plan review, and engineering.
• Coordinated development projects with architects, developers, engineers, owners, and the general public with interagency teams to facilitate comprehensive reviews. • Wrote Council staff reports and Resolutions / Ordinances for public policy. • Prepared Request for Proposals (RFP) for plan review and structural engineering contract services; met with contractors and awarded contracts.
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Ingeborg Vriend
Senior Plans Examiner
Experience
11+ years
Education
PsyD, Clinical Psychology
University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Qld
Certifications
Accessibility Inspector/Plans Examiner
Residential Plans Examiner
Building Plans Examiner
Experience Summary
Ingeborg in an ICC Certified Residential Plans Examiner, Accessibility Inspector/Plans Examiner, and Building Plans Examiner. She brings with her expert-level experience in managing and reviewing a wide range of residential projects and is well versed in reading, reviewing, and interpreting State and local regulations to complete plans examinations for residential and accessibility facilities for the USA and Australia. She provides quality results and the highest level of service to all clients as well as excellent leadership, communication, top-notch plan reviews, and relationship building skills.

Additionally, Ingeborg speaks four different languages including: English, Dutch, German, and Indonesian.

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4LEAF, Inc.

Senior Plans Examiner
9/2018 - Present
Ingeborg is currently performing off-site plan review services for the Town of Corte Madera and provides plan reviews for additional clients on an as-needed basis to help with heavy workloads.

CSG Consultants
Residential Plans Examiner
8/2017 - 4/2018
In her past role, Ingeborg reviewed residential plans to verify minimum compliance to California Code Regulations Title 24, Building codes for Residential, Electrical, Mechanical, Plumbing, Energy, Green Building, and local municipal codes. Additional responsibilities included:
• Reading, interpreting, and applying current California Residential Code, and California Electrical, Plumbing, and Mechanical code requirements including the California Title 24 Building Energy Efficiency standards.
• Reading and interpreting site, architectural, and structural plans. • Explaining technical information and code requirements verbally, in writing, and by graphical means. • Evaluating whether residential plans were in accordance with all applicable City, State, and Federal guidelines, as well as applicable discipline-specific codes. • Establishing and maintaining great working relationships with employees, applicants, builders, designers, engineers, and the public.
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Gib Moush, FPE
Fire Protection Engineer / Plans Examiner
1 of 1
Experience Summary
Gib has more than 18 years of engineering experience, 10 of which have been in Fire and Life‐Safety. He is a certified Professional Engineer in Fire Protection Engineering in the state of California, and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Louisiana State University.

Gib has supervised the engineering of fire alarms for high rise buildings which have included residential, commercial and multi‐occupancy structures. He has designed voice evacuation, smoke control, fire department communications and central command centers. He has also designed special water‐based suppression water mist systems.

Gib’s experience as a designer and fire plan reviewer gives him a unique understanding of code compliance through the eyes of a designer.

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County of Santa Clara, Facilities and Fleet / City of Gilroy Fire Plans Examiner
Gib has been assisting the County of Santa Clara Facilities and Fleet Division and City of Gilroy through 4LEAF with various fire reviews including Sprinklers, Alarms, etc. per the 2010 California Fire Code. Gib works in‐house at the City of Gilroy one day per week. With the County, Gib has performed a collection of large fire reviews including:
• Main Jail North Fire Panel Replacement
• Malech Road Water Supply
• San Jose Downtown Health Center
• The San Antonio Valley Maintenance Facility
• VMC Receiving and Support Center
Livermore Pleasanton Fire Department
Fire Plans Examiner
Gib has been assisting the Livermore Pleasanton Fire Department through 4LEAF with various fire reviews including Sprinklers, Alarms, etc. per the 2010 California Fire Code. Gib has completed more than fifty projects including several fire reviews for the Paragon Outlets in Livermore and the new retirement community in Pleasanton.

St. Joseph’s Parrish, Rio Vista, CA
Senior Plans Examiner
This 15,000 square foot church in Rio Vista is an occupancy classification B, Type V‐B, fully sprinklered structure. Gib completed the fire alarm review using the 2010 California Fire Code, the 2010 California Building Code and all applicable NFPA Codes and Standards.

Experience
18 years
Education
BS, Mechanical Engineering
Louisiana State University
Certifications
Registered California Professional
Engineer, Fire Protection Engineering
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Rebecca Lauricella
Fire Plans Examiner/Fire Inspector
1 of 2
Experience Summary
Rebecca is a Certified State Fire Marshall with more than 32 years of Public Safety experience. Her experience includes being a Fire Prevention Officer, Fire Inspector, Fire Marshal, and Fire Code Consultant for many Bay Area jurisdictions working directly for the public entity and as a third‐party private consultant.

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4LEAF, Inc. Pleasanton, CA
Fire Inspector/Fire Plans Examiner
September 2018 to present
Rebecca joined 4LEAF as Fire Inspector and Fire Plans Examiner. She brings her many years of experience as she serves many of 4LEAF’s clients.

CSG Consultants, Foster City, CA
Fire Prevention/Operations/Fire Code Consultant
July 2017 to September 2018
Serving as Fire Inspector (DFM) for the Cities of Pinole and Albany (Other cities within the Bay Area as contracted)
 All related duties as described below for local Fire Departments.

County of Maui Civil Defense Agency
Emergency Management Officer/Plans & Operations Officer 2009 to 2011
 Developed, reviewed and maintained plans and coordinated activities of a large number of personnel.
 Supervised training and operations of a large number of personnel to cope with emergency and disaster situations.  Developed, maintained and was accountable for the fiscal budget and annual report.
 Accountable to the Local, State and Federal government department heads. Speaking effectively and maintained cooperative working relationships with members of a variety of agencies achieving desired results.
 Adapted to diverse environments and worked effectively with a variety of nationalities, races and cultures.

Experience
32+ years
Education
California State Fire Marshal
Training Academy, BA,
Emergency Management, 2009
College of San Mateo
AS, 2007 Fire Science Technology
CA Emergency Medical Technician:

CA State Fire Office -Certified
#E0072222 National Registry EMT
- Certified #E3031605
Napa Valley College Administration
of Justice / Communications/
Business Management, 1991-1994
Santa Barbara College General
Education / 1981-1983
Certificates & Achievements
(California State Fire Academy)
CFSTES certified State Fire
Marshal #460-0458, 10/12/07
CFSTES certified Plans Examiner
#360-0458, 10/20/05
CFSTES certified Fire Protection
Specialist #072105-3, 07/21/05
CFSTES certified Fire Prevention
Officer #000050, 05/30/03
CFSTES certified Fire Prevention
Public Education Officer I/II
#072105-4, 07/21/05
Fire Management 1, 2A, 2B, 2D,
2E, (120hrs.)
CSFTES/FSTEP Regional
Instructor for teaching SFM
classes (09/16/04)
Fire Instructor 2B (40hrs.)
Fire Prevention 1A, 1B, 1C, 2A, 2B,
3A, 3B, (200hrs.)
CFSTES certified Fire Investigator I
#130-0458, 12/01/05
Fire Investigation 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B,
PC 832 Arrest & Control
CSTI Hazardous Material First
Responder Awareness and
Operations
ICS I-100, I-200, I-300, I-400 series:

Basic, Interim & Advanced Incident
Command
ICS I-120 Introduction to Exercises
& ICS I-235 Emergency Planning
ICS S-203 Incident Information Officer
ICS S-401 Safety Officer 12/02/04
(40hrs)
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Rebecca Lauricella
Redwood City Fire Department, CA
Fire Prevention Officer/Fire Investigator Acted as a Deputy to the Fire Chief 2003 to 2009
 Ability to command with respect, treating people with respect and dignity at all times with the outcome of the desired result. Worked effectively with Command Staff and all City Dept’s.  Responsible for developing, implementing and managing Fire Code Enforcement.  Operated the City’s EOC (Emergency Operation Center) FEMA compliance. (on call for all emergencies and fire investigations.) Adapted to diverse environments working with a variety of nationalities, races and cultures.

Town of Hillsborough Fire Department, CA
Fire Marshal/Fire Inspector
1999 to 2003
 Worked effectively with the Command Staff, City Attorney and operations of the Town’s EOC (Emergency Operation Center) in compliance with FEMA. Similar to Redwood City Fire Department Duties.

Menlo Park Fire Protection District, CA
Fire Prevention Officer Acted as a DFM to the Fire Chief 1997 to 1999
 Worked effectively with the Command Staff and all City Departments and maintained the Fire Prevention and Code Enforcement divisions.
 Assisted with the operations of the City’s EOC (Emergency Operation Center) in compliance with FEMA. Similar to Redwood City Fire Department duties.

Napa County Sheriff’s Department, CA
Sheriff’s Specialist
1989 to 1991
 Responsible for knowledge of CAD, CLETS and the NCIC computer systems.  Communicated, planed and coordinated operations with; Dispatch, Emergency Services and Fire in the EDC / EOC (Emergency Dispatch/Operations Center) and was on call for EDC and EOC emergencies.
 Prepared the court calendar and was responsible for accurate record keeping of confidential information.

Santa Barbara Police Department, CA
Police/Fire Communications
1986 to 1989
 Responsibilities; similar to those listed for Napa County Sheriff’s Department.

Additional Certificates
 Photovoltaic Systems – Fundamentals/Fire Operations, CSFM, 07/29/08  ICC International Code Council‐ CFC Uniform Fire Code certification 97 transition (WFCA‐ICC) / 03/15/06
 CFC Inspector/NCSA National Code Services/#CFC0105.07, 08/08/06, WFCA  CFC Inspector/Uniform Fire Code Association/#500390‐00,02/14/06, WFCA  CFC Inspector/Uniform Fire Code Association/#500390‐00,02/14/03, WFCA  NFPA Code Change/IFC Code Review / Bay Alarm Inc., 01/10/08, NFPA 126 of 1216
Bernard (Bernie) Zipay, MCP
Building Official
1 of 3
Experience Summary
Bernie is an experienced Inspector of Record with more than 23 years in the construction industry as an Inspector for both residential and commercial projects. He has inspected large commercial, industrial, and institutional projects and obtained numerous ICC certifications, as well as a California contractor license and California OES Evaluator license. Bernie has worked on multi-million-dollar projects such as the Napa Valley Estate, which spanned 21 acres. In addition, he is well known for his excellent customer service approach with the building community and fellow inspectors.

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4LEAF, Inc.

Lead Inspector/Inspector of Record
2021 - Present
Bernie is currently working for 4LEAF as a Lead Inspector/Inspector of Record, where he performs all trade inspections for commercial and residential projects. He monitors and performs inspection services in accordance with the approved plans and specifications.

County of Napa – Napa, CA
Building Inspector III
2016 – 2021
• Assigning of inspections, dealing with customer complaints, and communications with the department director as well as other city departments.
• Provided mentoring and technical assistance to the staff regarding commercial, industrial, and residential building projects throughout the county.
• Reviewed construction plans for conformance to the applicable codes.

Experience
23+ years
Education
A.S. in Construction/Building Inspection
Diablo Valley College
Mechanical Engineering Technology
Pennsylvania State University
Certifications
ICC Residential Energy Inspector/Plans
Examiner
ICC Residential Mechanical Inspector
ICC Spray Applied Fire Proofing Special
Inspector
ICC Commercial Combination Inspector
ICC Residential Electrical Inspector
ICC Commercial Energy Inspector
ICC Commercial Electrical Inspector
ICC Residential Combination Inspector
ICC Residential Building Inspector
ICC Residential Plans Examiner
ICC Commercial Energy Plans Examiner
ICC Commercial Mechanical Inspector
ICC Accessibility Inspector/Plans Examiner
ICC Residential Plumbing Inspector
ICC Residential Fire Sprinkler Inspector
ICC Combination Inspector
ICC Commercial Building Inspector
ICC Fuel Gas Inspector
ICC Commercial Plumbing Inspector
ICC Building Plans Examiner
ICC Fire Plans Examiner
ICC Electrical Inspector
ICC Mechanical Inspector
ICC Plumbing Inspector
ICC Master Code Professional
ICC Certified Building Official
ICC Building Code Specialist
ICC Building Codes and Standards Module
ICC Building Inspector
IAPMO Certified Plumbing Inspector 2015 UPC
#N99696
California OES (SAP) Evaluator ID #72924
California Contractor CSLB #817037, BGeneral, C-5, C-6, C-10 127 of 1216
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Bernard (Bernie) Zipay, MCP
Diablo Valley College – Pleasant Hill, CA
Adjunct Faculty/Civil/Construction Management Technology 2017 - 2021
• Taught variety of courses in the program including Introduction to construction methods and practices construction materials, basic estimating, print reading, AutoCAD applications in construction management, BIM, project management, building systems and safety.

City of American Canyon - CA
Planning Commissioner
2015 - 2019
• Regulated the use and appearance of buildings, structures, and land. • Made land use decisions consistent with the policies and plans formally adopted by the city council.
• Regulated location, height, and size of buildings and structures, the size and use of lots, yards, courts, and other open spaces and the percentage of a lot which may be occupied by a building or structure along with the intensity of land use.

Town of Danville - CA
Senior Building Inspector
2014 - 2016
• Conducted field inspections of industrial, commercial, and residential buildings during various phases of construction and remodeling to assure compliance with all local, state, and federal building codes.
• Reviewed plans and conferred with architects, engineers, contractors, developers, and other interested parties, and explain, interpret, and provide guidance regarding all applicable codes within area of responsibility.
• Maintained records of building and inspection activities and completed related reports. • Issued certificate and permits as appropriate.
• Assisted in researching problems and complains regarding commercial and residential buildings, building construction, and code compliance.

Interwest Consulting Group – Roseville, CA
Building Inspector
2013 - 2014
• Inspected, evaluated, and determined the structural soundness and quality of buildings and other projects including remodels, add-ons, and other construction overseeing plumbing, heating, and electrical installations to ensure they are conducted safely and according to laws, regulations, and standards.
• Enforcing all aspects of architectural projects follow zoning regulations, building codes, and contract specifications according to federal, state, and local ordinances.

Ledcor Construction Inc - Napa, CA
Project Carpenter
2011 - 2013
• Installed wooden structures such as roofing frames, rafters, partitions, joists, and stud work. • Designed and installed cabinets, shelving, fitted furniture, drywall, and insulation. 128 of 1216
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• Read blueprints and designs to work to specifications prepared by other construction professionals, architects, and building code recommendations.

Ryan Associates – San Francisco, CA
Project Foreman
2005 - 2008
• Coordinate tasks according to priorities and plans and schedule/monitor attendance of crew. • Supervise and train workers and tradespeople and allocate general and daily responsibilities. • Reviewed all project activities, work equipment and sites every day to ensure everything is performed to company standards as well as to the latest OSHA regulations and standards. • Met with other managers/supervisors and necessary personnel as required to fully resolve conflicts, complications, and other issues according to company and client standards/requirements.

Fisher Development GAP Inc., Builder – San Francisco, CA Superintendent
1997 - 1998
• Ensured all required materials, equipment, and inspections occur to support the project schedule.
• Responsible for site safety and ensure the overall jobsite is safe for workers and visitors as well as manage compliance with established company safety policies. • Reviewed and managed project plans, specifications, and manufacturer’s data and execute project based upon said documentation.
• Generate RFI’s as required to ensure completeness of the project documents and identifying and clarifying any discrepancies.

United States Marine Corps
Active Duty
1984 – 1994
• Warrant Officer/Nuclear-Biological-Chemical Operations Officer/Project Manager Natural Resources & Environmental Affairs.
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Brent Hipsher, CBO, CASp
Combination Building Inspector / Fire Inspector / Inspector of Record 1 of 2
Experience Summary
Brent is a certified Building Official with nearly 25 years of construction related experience; ICC Certified Combination Building Inspector as well as two college certificates in Building Inspection, Construction Management, and has a Certified Access Specialist Certification (CASp #422). Brent has worked with a number of different jurisdictions including the Town of Portola Valley, City of Milpitas, City of Dublin, and the City of Palo Alto where he has served in positions as Building Official, Plans Examiner, and Combination Building Inspector.

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4LEAF, Inc.

Combination Building Inspector / CASp / Building Official / IOR 2016 - Present
Brent is a key member of 4LEAF’s Inspection team as he serves in a number of different capacities including; Combination Building Inspector, Certified Access Specialist, Inspector of Record, and AsNeeded Building Official. Brent has worked with numerous 4LEAF clientele including the cities of Emeryville, Newark, Hollister, Pleasanton, and Fremont to assist with any as-needed building inspections ranging from residential to commercial for all trades. Brent also performed IOR services at San Jose State University on 23 different miscellaneous campus projects. Most recently Brent was assigned to be the Interim Chief Building Official for the County of San Benito. Brent supervised the Building Division staff which included Building Inspectors, Code Enforcement, and Front Counter staff as well as the $1 Billion Panoche Solar Farm Project.

Regional Operations Center (County of San Mateo)
Inspector of Record
2016 - Present
Currently Brent is working on behalf of
4LEAF at the County of San Mateo’s
Regional Operations Center as the
Inspector of Record. This $37 Million
project is set to establish the County
with one of the top 911 Emergency
Dispatch Centers in the Nation.

Experience
25 years
Certifications
DSA CASp # 422
ICC Certified Combination Building
Inspector
ICC Certified Building Official
ICC Certified Combination Inspector
ICC Certified Electrical Inspector
ICC Certified Mechanical Inspector
ICC Certified Plumbing Inspector
Fire Inspector 1A-1D & 2A-2D
Education
California State University, San Jose
Building Inspection Certificate
College of San Mateo
A.S. Degree Inspection Certificate
A.A. Degree Inspection Certificate
Professional Affiliations
International Code Council
ICC Peninsula Chapter – Past President
IAPMO Current Chair
IAPMO Research and Testing
Committee
IAPMO Answers and Analysis
CALBO California Certification
Committee
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Brent Hipsher, CBO, CASp
The project includes a new 9-1-1 dispatch center, which will be housed on the second floor. The call center is currently housed in the county’s jury room, which can hold no more than 100 people. The new call center will be roughly double that size, accommodate up to 350 employees and contain nine additional workstations. Once constructed, this LEED Gold project will allow cities within the County of San Mateo County to share the new call center and it will meet the state and national goals of consolidated systems and operations, which will provide opportunities for all public safety agencies to take advantage of the state-of-the-art facility and the new technology we will use.

City of San Mateo | 2014 - Present
Deputy Building Official/Fire Inspector
For approximately one year, Brent worked at the City of San Mateo in the Building Services division as a Deputy Building Official and Counter Manager where he managed the inspection, plan check, and front counter personnel. Brent also spent several months working with San Mateo Fire as a City Fire Inspector.

Kutzmann and Associates – City of Palo Alto | 2007 -2014 Building Inspector/Plans Examiner
For approximately seven years Brent worked with the City of Palo Alto as a consultant inspector and plans examiner. Initially, Brent worked in the office as a plans examiner and facilitated customer service related to code questions and over-the-counter plan checks at the Building Counter. Previously, Brent has served the City on a number of residential and commercial inspection projects including:
• HP Executive Center
• Arbor Real (250-unit multi-family)
• Tesla
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John Lyons
Building Inspector I
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Experience Summary
John is an ICC Certified Building Inspector and a certified Uniform Mechanical Code Inspector possessing nearly 40 years of experience in the construction industry. While working for 4LEAF, John has performed building inspections on behalf of numerous jurisdictions including Folsom, Fremont, Rio Vista, Modesto, Rocklin, Galt, Livingston, and Brentwood.

John’s experience includes inspecting workmanship and materials in construction projects for conformance with relevant plans and specifications, preparing and maintaining inspection reports, performing basic plan reviews, issuing permits, and performing fee calculations.

Quite notably, John was a journeyman‐level sheet metal worker and was previously responsible for installing HVAC systems for new construction projects. As such, John’s work background provides him a unique technical edge during his inspections of these systems.

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4LEAF, Inc.

Building Inspector I
John is currently providing Building Inspection services for 4LEAF. In this role, John has been responsible for identifying and enforcing a variety of codes, ordinances, and standards violations for conformance with plans and specifications. John’s other dutiesinvolve working with diagrams,specifications, plans, and similar documents; reading and interpreting building ocnstruction and engineering plan specifications and codes; and interfacing with architects, engineers, contractors, builders, homeowners, and tenants to ensure they understand the requirements and restrictions of their project.

Western Allied
Sheet Metal Worker
Prior to joining 4LEAF, John was a sheet metal worker for Western Allied. His job involved working at various jobsites, installing HVAC systems for construction projects.

Aire Sheet Metal Inc.

Sheet Metal Worker
During his apprenticeship and journeyman years, John worked for Aire Sheet Metal Inc. During his with the company, he was responsible for running a series of small projects for the company, primarily those dealing with HVAC installations.

Experience
40 years
Registrations
ICC Certified Building Inspector
#8232365
Uniform Mechanical Code Inspector
N91509
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George Cortez
Building Inspector
1 of 2
Experience Summary
George is a building inspector with nearly 30 years of experience in the industry. In the past, he has overseen the construction of numerous single-family homes. As an owner of a construction company, he was responsible for managing and directing trade partners through these projects from beginning to end. As part of his duties, George frequently consulted and collaborated with, engineers, architects, and city officials to ensure that the final product met their expectations.

George’s time in the business has honed his sense of urgency and the drive that is required to survive in this fast-paced and competitive work environment. His experience and passion for working in the industry, combined with his time management and leadership skills, makes George a great fit for the inspection industry.
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4LEAF, Inc.

Building Inspector l
February 2017 - Present
George has been performing residential inspections on new residential sub-divisions as well as alterations and additions to complex dwellings. He has a great demeanor and uses the “partnership approach” while working with his customers to maintain progress while ensuring a safe structure. George has been successfully assigned to the cities of Fremont, Union City, Cupertino, Gilroy and Hollister.

Cortez Construction
Owner/Contractor
2000 - 2017
As the owner of a construction company, George successfully followed safety regulations while ensuring that the work was completed on time and on budget. He acted as the site supervisor, scheduled the labor and materials, and estimated construction projects.

Acosta Plaza Apartments
Apartment Manager
1995 - 2002
George managed all aspects of the apartment complex. He handled the day to day operations while he maintained a safe environment in each unit ensuring that all of the residents were satisfied with his prompt service.

Experience
29 years
Education
Technical Training Center, Campbell
CA
Certifications
CSLB B & C8
ICC Residential Building Inspector
ICC Commercial Building Inspector
ICC Combination Inspector
Aspirations to be a residential
combination inspector by early
2018
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Mark Hoadley
Senior Combination Building Inspector
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Experience Summary
Mark is a certified combination commercial and residential Building Inspector. Mark has more than 20 years of construction experience including work as an electrician, Superintendent, Quality Control Inspector, and Inspector of Record. Mark has most recently worked for the City of Dublin for approximately five years on behalf of 4LEAF. Prior to that, Mark has spent 12 years as an Inspector of Record where he has inspected project between $3 Million to $90 Million. Projects include Courthouses, Schools, and Commercial Construction. Mark has worked throughout the Bay Area and has been a reputable IOR capable of completing large projects individually or as a member of a team.

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4LEAF, Inc.

Senior Combination Building Inspector
2015 ‐ Present
Mark is currently working for 4LEAF and was
most recently assigned to the City of Dublin
for the past five years. Mark has worked on
multi‐family, residential, commercial, and
OSHPD 3 projects. Most recently, Mark
helped complete the OSHPD 3 Kaiser
Medical Center located adjacent to I580 where he worked hand‐in‐hand with McCarthy Building group.

Douglas Hahn Inspection Services, Inc.

Inspector of Record for Administrative Office of the Courts 2012 ‐ 2015
Mark worked for more than three years as an Inspector of Record for Douglas Hahn on multiple Administrative Office of the Courts projects including:
‐ Hayward Hall of Justice Remodel
‐ South County Justice Center Courthouse ($62 Million), Porterville, CA
‐ Yolo County Superior Courthouse ($90 Million), Woodland, CA Experience
20+ years
Education
ABC Training Program, Electrical
Norte Vista High School, Riverside,
CA, 1991
Certifications
ICC Certified Combination Building
Inspector
ICC Certified Commercial Building
Inspector
ICC Certified Commercial Electrical
Inspector
ICC Certified Commercial Mechanical
Inspector
ICC Certified Commercial Plumbing
Inspector
ICC Combination Residential
Inspector
ICC Certified Residential Building
Inspector
ICC Certified Residential Mechanical
Inspector
ICC Certified Residential Electrical
Inspector
ICC Certified Residential Plumbing
Inspector
DSA 2
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Mark Hoadley
KCI
Inspector of Record for San Francisco Unified School District Projects 2011‐2015
Mark worked on behalf of KCI providing Inspector of Record services for numerous San Francisco Unified District Projects including:
‐ Spring Valley Elementary School Modernization ($5 Million) ‐ Downtown High School ($5 Million)
‐ Cabrillo Elementary School ($3 Million)
‐ Spring Valley Elementary Structural Renovation and Masonry Repair ($3 Million) Eagle Enterprises
Inspector of Record
Mark worked for Eagle Enterprises for more than seven years as an Assistant Inspector of Record, Quality Control Inspector, and Inspector of Record. Mark worked on a number of projects including:

Inspector of Record
‐ San Francisco City College Alemany Civic Center and Downtown Campus ($10.5 Million) – 2008‐2010 QC Inspector
‐ Kaiser Hospital Replacement, Vallejo, CA ($350 Million) – 2006‐2008 Assistant Inspector of Record – 2003‐2006
‐ Santa Clara Valley Medical Center ($3 Million)
‐ Franklin McKinley Ambulatory Center, San Jose
‐ Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital MRI Wing Addition
‐ Dianne Feinstein Elementary School ($15 Million)
‐ San Francisco City College Wellness Center ($45 Million) GC Superintendent/Electrician
1998‐2003
Commercial: Restaurant Remodels, carpentry, electrical, mechanical, plumbing, tile, drywall Electrician
1992‐1998
Commercial and Residential: Schools, Banks, Data Centers, Warehouses, office, Luxury Condominiums, Multi‐Family, etc.
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Shenandoah Culp
Permit Technician
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Experience Summary
Shenandoah is a highly organized Permit Technician with over 6 years of experience in customer service. Her background has instilled her with skills to be highly proficient in data integration, organization, and communications. Her excellent interpersonal skills have heightened her capacity to build rapport with customers. Shenandoah is proficient in the analysis and interpretation of data, which contributes to her ability to explain rules and regulations to permit applicants clearly and concisely. She has a remarkable drive to excel, and routinely offers motivation and support to colleagues who need extra encouragement making her a valuable team member to any jurisdiction.

Select Professional Experience
4LEAF Inc.

Permit Technician
2022 – Present
Shenandoah is responsible for serving the public at the Building Department counter for various jurisdictions, which has included the City of Folsom. Some of her duties include accepting plans for plan check, verifying accuracy and completeness of information, calculating permit fees, filing, and acting as support staff to others in the Department.

Wine and Roses Café – Lodi, CA
Barista
2021 ‐ 2022
Shenandoah worked as the closing barista and was responsible for preparing and handling food, handling money, and providing reliable customer service.

Sherwin‐Williams – Lodi, CA
Paint Handler
2019 – 2020
Responsible for answering phones with proper customer service, lifting and mixing paint buckets with attention to detail and care, matching paint colors, and providing dependable customer service.

Day‐O Espresso and Smoothies – Lodi, CA
Shift Supervisor/Barista
2018 – 2019
Experience
6+ Years
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Cindy Lucas
Senior Permit Technician / Trainer
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Experience Summary
Cindy is an ICC Certified Permit Technician and Trainer with over 10 years of experience managing projects in various industries. Her experience in these areas have supported her role as a Permit Technician for various municipalities. Cindy excels as a Permit Technician and Trainer as she delivers the “partnership approach” mindset and provides excellent customer service delivery to all her contacts.

Select Professional Experience
4LEAF, Inc., Pleasanton CA
Sr. Permit Technician/Trainer
January 2020 – Present
Cindy excels in the role of Sr. Permit Technician and also provides quality training to staff who are developing their skills as a Permit Technician. She is highly skilled at performing the technical and clerical duties to support the development process. She is able to review development applications for completeness and accuracy, properly directs development questions to appropriate personnel, and is able to calculate, collect, and document fees associated with development applications. Cindy understands the importance of building and maintaining positive working relationships with co-workers, other staff, and the public using principles of superior customer service. 4LEAF, Inc., Pleasanton CA
Proposal Coordinator
April 2018 – January 2020
Cindy has produced and ensured the delivery of top quality, on‐time and effective proposals, qualification packages, presentations, etc. She assisted with the overall pursuit process to ensure that the overall theme, technical scope, staff qualifications, and project experience are accurate, up to date, well written, and graphically pleasing. Cindy supported with the development, design, coordination, production, editing, proofing, and delivery of high‐quality submittals and accompanying marketing materials.

Experience
10 + years of project management
Education
CA State University Chico
BA – Graphic Arts
Butte College - AA
Certificates
ICC Certified Permit Technician
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Sarrah Patton
Code Enforcement Officer
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Experience Summary
Sarrah has more than 10 years of staff management experience, 5 of which are centered around Code Enforcement and housing laws. Her academic experience focused on Fair Housing and has aided in the development of her professional career endeavors as she entered the Code Enforcement industry. Her skills include Case Management, Habitability Codes, Municipal Client Relations, Landlord & Tenant Rights, Conflict Resolution, and Enforcing Municipal Codes with an emphasis on Planning Regulations. Sarrah’s background in Real Estate and Fair Housing make her a strong Code Enforcement Officer as she is able to enforce municipal codes and violations that lead to the prevention of public nuisances and provide a safe and compliant environment for jurisdictional residents.

Professional Experience
4LEAF, Inc.

Code Enforcement Officer
2022 - Present
Sarrah performs the following Code Enforcement duties for our clients:
• Inspect land, structures, vehicles, and stored materials for compliance with applicable planning, zoning, and other codes and laws.
• Respond to complaints regarding municipal and other code violations, laws, or statutes where enforcement authority is defined.
• Issue citations to property owners and worked with them to bring property into compliance. • Compile notes and photographs on assigned cases and researched property ownership. • Prepare inspection and abatement warrants for approval. • Investigate codes, licenses, and fee violations and issue appropriate warnings and citations.

Pacific Union (DBA: COMPASS) – City of Napa, CA
Operations Manager
6/2019 - 9/2021
In her prior role, Sarrah’s responsibilities included operations and office management, supply ordering and organization, equipment management and troubleshooting, A/R delegation, and marketing collateral assistance, creation, and distribution. She also managed a team of 21 agents, which helped advance her skills in multi-tasking and leadership—qualities that she has continued to develop Experience
5+ years
Education
Fair Housing
National Fair Housing Alliance
Fundamentals, Testing Coordination
Denver Metro Fair Housing Center
Accounting & Communications
East Central University
Certifications/Licenses
Certified Transaction Coordinator
Certified Typist
Licensed Real Estate Agent
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Sarrah Patton
throughout her career. Her experience in Fair Housing and Case Management allowed Sarrah to accomplish her duties as Operations Manager and led to her interest in a career in Code Enforcement.

Fair Housing Napa Valley – City of Napa, CA
Intake Specialist, Fair Housing Specialist II
7/2015 - 5/2019
As an Intake and Fair Housing Specialist, Sarrah’s duties centered around case management, advocacy for protected classes, code enforcement, database entry, and HUD (Housing and Urban Development) grant reporting. She upheld processes outlined by the National Fair Housing Alliance, Share the Care, and Born to Age organizations to ensure equal rights for protected classes in regard to potential discrimination concerning housing situations. This role progressed Sarah’s interest in the detection and prevention of building code violations.

South Napa Earthquake Recovery Group
Case Manager
3/2015 - 7/2015
Sarrah’s experience as a Case Manager introduced her to working with residents and clients who had been affected by a devastating situation and allowed her to explore housing codes while working to identify the needs of clients impacted by the 2014 earthquake. In her role, Sarrah procured resources and referred clients to necessary FEMA, City, and County programs. She also assisted clients with applying for resources.
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Jennifer Keleher
Code Enforcement Officer
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Experience Summary
Jennifer has over 16 years of staff management experience. She acquired a breadth of municipal knowledge and skills in her time working at the City of Santa Rosa and has exceptional skills in conflict resolution. Jennifer is excellent at communicating and enforcing municipal codes and violations to prevent public nuisances and provide a safe and compliant environment for jurisdictional residents.

In her recent placements providing Code Enforcement services to the City of Larkspur and the City of Pinole, Jennifer ensures that inspections and evaluations for both residential and commercial structures are compliant and follow the appropriate codes and regulations.

Professional Experience
4LEAF, Inc.

Code Enforcement Officer
2022 - Present
Jennifer performs the following Code Enforcement duties for our clients:
• Inspects and evaluates residential and commercial buildings and structures for compliance with the appropriate codes, other applicable regulations, and approved plans and specifications. • Responds to complaints regarding municipal and other code violations, laws, or statutes where enforcement authority is defined and work with property owners issued citations to bring property into compliance.
• Compiles notes and photographs on assigned cases and researches property ownership. • Prepares inspection and abatement warrants for approval. • Investigates codes, licenses, and fee violations and issues appropriate warnings and citations.

Artizen Staffing Agency, City of Santa Rosa Code Enforcement Senior Administrative Assistant
1/2022 - 6/2022
• Produced and edited electronic letters, memoranda, reports, and other materials. • Understood, interpreted, and provided specific information regarding department services or policies to the public or other city employees, in person, over the phone, or by mail. • Prepared documents such as agenda, memoranda, bid specifications, permits, legal notices, personnel action forms, purchasing requisitions, payment requests, evaluations, and other materials.

Experience
16+ years
Education
Certified Dental Assistant
College of San Mateo
Skills
MS Office Suite
Accela
Data Ticket
Google Suite
Canva
Adobe Acrobat Pro
Hansen
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Jennifer Keleher
• Proofread, coded, checked, and recorded information.
• Established and maintained alphabetical, numerical, index, and cross-reference files. • Composed routine correspondence and reports on behalf of managerial and professional staff.

City of Santa Rosa Finance Department (Parking Division) Senior Administrative Assistant
2020 - 2021
• Composed routine correspondence and reports on behalf of managerial and professional staff. • Gathered and recorded financial statements as well as made daily cash deposits, received and recorded fees for permits and citations, and performed arithmetical calculations. • Created, modified, and revised forms, computer applications, and other related material and processes.
• Created and distributed financial reports to various departments.

National Indian Justice Center
Administrative Assistant / Training Coordinator
2017 - 2020
• Provided support for on-site training including participant registration, distributing training materials and evaluations, and preparing and printing training manuals. • Managed hotel contracts from start to finish including negotiation of meeting space, audio/visual coordination, room block reservation, and food and beverage orders. • Coordinated travel for staff and consultants, entered all payments into QuickBooks, and created expense reports for the Finance Manager.
• Tracked and updated grant tasks/budgets and created financial reports for grant reporting. • Assisted with creating job descriptions and performed general office duties.

Sonoma State University, School of Science and Technology Administrative Assistant II
2016 - 2017
• Supported senior advancement staff with calendar appointments per direction from VP of Advancement and/or senior executives.
• Served as receptionist for the main office providing customer service to students, faculty, staff, family, and community members as well as directed visitors, and verified appointments. • Processed and prepared documents, records, and forms, gathered data, completed data entry, and prepared standard reports.

Social Finance (SoFi)
Office Manager
2015 - 2017
• Served as a liaison between teams and worked with departments across the company promoting communication and collaboration as a culture carrier. • Prepared and facilitated department events.
• Scheduled and set up meeting rooms as well as scheduled meetings and travel. 141 of 1216
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PROPOSAL TO PROVIDE

PLAN CHECK AND ON-CALL STAFFING SERVICES

FOR THE

CITY OR PINOLE

SECTION C

EXPERIENCE, QUALIFICATIONS

AND REFERENCES
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City of Pinole, CA
Code Enforcement, Plan Review, Inspection, and Chief Building Official 4LEAF has been working with the City of Pinole in several capacities including Plan Review, Code Enforcement Programs, Inspections, and providing an Interim Chief Building Official. These services assist the community in updating their construction to be in compliance with the current codes, especially for residents who did not go through a formal permitting process.

Housing Program – Code Enforcement
4LEAF is currently providing inspection and project administration support services to residents of the City who have completed work without going through a formal permitting process. Through strong organization and effective communication, the community has been very receptive to getting their properties up to the current codes and standards and avoiding life‐safety construction hazards to the community. Both our Inspectors are working diligently to maintain a database of cases and track permitting progress on properties that need inspections to verify their property meets current residential health and safety code and the adopted California Building Codes.

Interim Chief Building Official
4LEAF provided the City with an Interim Chief Building Official. Lucas Chapman, CBO was with the City of Pinole on behalf of 4LEAF for more than one year. Lucas routinely performed plan reviews and inspections on large commercial and important City projects. Lucas also helped manage up to two Permit Technicians and one Building Inspector.

CRW Permitting System Automation
4LEAF recently provided the City of Pinole with Administration assistance for the upgrades to their CRW Permitting System. Our staff helped organize and administer workarounds to allow staff to successfully navigate the permitting system, integrate with other departments, and interface with the community to process permits in a reasonable time frame.

Building Inspection Services and Emergency Response Team 4LEAF provides all the inspection services for the City to include residential and commercial inspections for all trades including Building, Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing. Our firm provides after hours and weekend response to emergency life‐safety situations due to fire, weather damage, or power loss to determine if the residences were safe to resume occupancy.

Client Name: City of Pinole
Project Location: Pinole, CA
Client Contact: Tamara Miller, Public Works Director
Client Address: 2131 Pear St, Pinole, CA 94564
Client Phone: (510) 724‐9010
Contact Email: [email protected]
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Proposal to Provide Plan Check and On-Call Staffing Services to the City of Pinole Page 8 Section C: Experience, Qualifications and References October 25, 2022 City of San Pablo, CA
Code Enforcement, Plan Review, Inspection Services, and Chief Building Official For the past 4 years, 4LEAF has been working with the City of San Pablo in several different capacities including Code Enforcement, Plan Review, Inspections, and Interim Chief Building Official to assist the community in helping its customers update their construction to maintain compliance with the current codes, especially those who did not go through a formal permitting process.

Housing Program – Code Enforcement
4LEAF is currently providing inspection and project administration support services to City of San Pablo residents who have completed work without going through a formal permitting process. Through strong organization and effective communication, the community has been receptive to getting their properties up to the current codes and standards and avoiding construction hazards. Both of our Inspectors, Steven Mello and Greg Adams, are working diligently to maintain a database of cases and track permitting progress on properties that need inspections to verify their property meets the current residential health and safety code and the current adopted California Building Codes. Our Project Administrator works both on‐site and off‐site coordinating, managing, and assigning inspections regarding this program.

Interim Chief Building Official
4LEAF has provided the City with an Interim Chief Building Official for more than two years in this capacity. 4LEAF’s Building Official routinely performs Plan Reviews and Inspections on large commercial and important City projects and has helped manage up to two Permit Technicians, one Building Inspector, and three Permit Technicians.

Building Inspection Services
4LEAF provides all the inspection services for the City to include residential and commercial inspections for all trades including Building, Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing. 4LEAF personnel is responsible for inserting all the inspection results into the City’s permitting system CRW.

Client Name: City of San Pablo
Project Location: San Pablo, CA
Client Contact: Charles Ching, Assistant CM
Client Address: 13831 San Pablo Ave., San Pablo
Client Phone: (510) 215‐3031
Contact Email: [email protected]
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Proposal to Provide Plan Check and On-Call Staffing Services to the City of Pinole Page 9 Section C: Experience, Qualifications and References October 25, 2022 Project Development Unit (PDU) ‐ County of San Mateo, CA Building and Fire Plan Check, Fire Inspection, and Inspector of Record Services 4LEAF is currently performing Plan Check and Inspector of Record services for multiple projects on behalf of the County of San Mateo’s Project Development Unit. This $1 Billion program consists of up to 18 projects over the course of more than five years. 4LEAF is responsible for the combination inspections and inspection reports related to all projects including:

Regional Operations Center
The new 37,000 square foot, two‐story Regional Operations Center (ROC) will be located on the County Center campus where the motor pool was once located. On a daily basis, the Center will house 9‐1‐1 Public Safety Dispatchers, an Emergency Operations Center, and the Office of Emergency Services. More importantly, the ROC will serve as a hub for public safety responders during major catastrophic events. The building will achieve LEED Silver certification from the U.S. Green Building Council and is the largest project funded to date by Measure K.

Skylonda Fire Station #58
This project consists of a barracks/office building consolidating the functions and operations of two existing structures into a single structure. The barracks/office building will contain administrative offices and related support spaces, conference and training rooms, a kitchen and dining room, dayroom, dorm rooms, fitness rooms, showers, and restrooms. A new primary vehicular access connection shall be provided to Skyline Boulevard to facilitate improved traffic sightlines and vehicle turning radiuses.

Animal Shelter
The County of San Mateo is constructing a new animal shelter that will be located at the Coyote point site of the current animal shelter to replace the existing shelter buildings. This Design‐Build project will contain programmed space for a variety of mandated animal care services, limited community services, clinic services, and administrative services. The project currently underway will replace the existing facility with a new approximately 27,000 square foot animal shelter facility.

Additional Projects:
• County Office Building #3 • Parking Structure #2 • Portola House • Cordilleras • San Mateo Medical Center • Pescadero Fire Station • South San Francisco Health Center • La Honda Fire Station • Pine Street Project • Sanchez Adobe Visitors Center • Maple Street Homeless Shelter Client Name: County of San Mateo, PDU
Project Location: County of San Mateo, CA
Client Contact: Adam Ely, Director
Client Telephone: (650) 599‐9063
Client Email: [email protected]
Completion Date: Varies by Project
Total Program Cost: ~$1 Billion
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Proposal to Provide Plan Check and On-Call Staffing Services to the City of Pinole Page 10 Section C: Experience, Qualifications and References October 25, 2022 City of Cupertino, CA
On‐Call Plan Review, Fire Plan Check, and Inspection Services 4LEAF performs on‐call building inspection, plan review, and fire plan review services for the City of Cupertino. 4LEAF has completed numerous residential and commercial plan reviews.

Apple Campus 2
4LEAF provided the Building, Fire, and Public Works Department Inspection services on the largest private commercial construction project in the Country. 4LEAF was tasked with mobilizing a project team of more than 20 Building, Fire, and Public Works Inspectors, Project Administration Staff, and Engineering team for this more than $6 Billion project. 4LEAF was responsible for coordinating the inspections in relation to the City’s permits and ultimately packaging milestones of the project for occupancy approval from the City’s Chief Building Official. The project included:
 Main Building – The Main Building accommodates up to 12,000 employees and comprises approximately 2.8 million sf.
 Corporate Fitness Center – Comprising approximately 100,000 sf.  Corporate Auditorium – Comprising approximately 120,000 sf and will hold up to 1,000 people.
 North and South Parking Structures – Two above‐grade parking structures of approximately 6,000 spaces.
 Central Utility Plant – Integrated parking structure and serves all buildings on the Main Building site.
 Phase 2 Research and Development Buildings – 600,000 sf of office, research, and development and two separate above ground parking garages.

Vallco
4LEAF was also selected to perform inspections for the $2.2 Billion Vallco project, which will provide approximately 430,939 sf of new retail along with 2,402 residential units and 1,981,447 sf of office with eleven (11) 22‐story mixed‐use high‐rise buildings connected by a 30‐acre green roof spanning the majority of the Vallco property.
4LEAF performed a review on the Main Street Cupertino Project. The 17.4 acre Downtown Cupertino project includes 130,000 square feet of retail space, 100,000 sf of office space, and 160 units of high‐end senior Housing, and a 250‐room hotel.

Agency Name:   City of Cupertino
Project Dates:   2010 ‐ 2018
Client Contact:   Albert Salvador, P.E., C.B.O., Chief Building Official Client Telephone:   Office: (408) 777‐3328
Client Address:   10300 Torre Ave, Cupertino, CA 95014
Contact Email:   [email protected]
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Proposal to Provide Plan Check and On-Call Staffing Services to the City of Pinole Page 11 Section C: Experience, Qualifications and References October 25, 2022 City of Palo Alto, CA
Building Inspection, Permit Technician, Plan Review
Since 2007, 4LEAF has provided several combination inspectors to assist the City staff with routine daily inspections for commercial and residential properties located throughout Palo Alto. Our inspection services vary from full‐time to temporary part‐time staff.

On‐Site Plans Examiners
Since 2010, 4LEAF has provided on‐site plans examiners for the City of Palo Alto. All Plans Examiners are registered Engineers in the State of California and are responsible for reviewing larger projects between $100,000 to $50,000,000 under the direction of the Chief Building Official. In addition, they will also assist the Permit Counter with over‐the‐counter plan reviews and general questions from the public. Some of the most recently reviewed projects include Skype, Stanford Medical Center, Technology Credit Union, and VMware. 4LEAF is currently reviewing and inspecting the following projects Stanford Biomedical Innovation Building – $126 Million
New research laboratory building for Stanford University School of Medicine. Four‐ story above garage and one below grade for a total of 216,647 SF. Wet‐bench research laboratories and associate support spaces, faculty offices and open office spaces workstations, conference rooms and staff amenity spaces. 2600 El Camino Real – $13.5 Million
New four‐story 62,616 SF office building over one level of basement garage parking (36,957 SF) office is structurally connected to a two‐story above grade parking garage (24,059 SF)
City of Palo Alto Public Safety Building – $84 Million
New three‐story, 136,873 SF City of Palo Alto Public Safety Building will have 2 levels of underground parking and will house the Police Department, 911 Emergency Dispatch Center, the Emergency Operations Center, the Office of Emergency Services, and the administration needs of the Fire Department.
744 San Antonio Rd. – $42 Million
Courtyard by Marriott and an AC Hotel by Marriott. Two, five‐story hotels (164,764 SF) hotels offering a combined 294 rooms with surface and underground parking.

ISO 1 Rating
With approximately 13 full‐time personnel working at the City of Palo Alto, 4LEAF was instrumental in the program put in place to achieve an ISO 1 Rating. In March of 2015, Palo Alto became the 8th City in the Country out of 14,000 Building Departments to achieve this status.

Client Name:   City of Palo Alto
Project Dates:   2007 ‐ Present
Client Contact:   George Hoyt, CBO, Chief Building Official Client Telephone:   Office: (650) 329‐2368
Client Address:   285 Hamilton Ave.  Palo Alto, CA 94301 Contact Email: George.Hoyt @CityofPaloAlto.org
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PROPOSAL TO PROVIDE

PLAN CHECK AND ON-CALL STAFFING SERVICES

FOR THE

CITY OR PINOLE

SECTION D

SERVICES UNDERSTANDING
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SECTION D: SERVICES UNDERSTANDING
The City of Pinole is seeking qualified firms to provide a variety of technical building support services on an as‐ needed basis. Given the volume of permit activity and development in the City of Pinole, the Community Development Department may require additional professional expertise to maintain existing levels of service across several of its core functions. 4LEAF can provide the City the following as‐needed services:

Plan Review Services
4LEAF will provide Plan Review for any type of structure to ensure compliance with all adopted codes, local ordinances (including Tier 1 of Cal Green, if required) and State and federal laws that pertain to Building and Safety, and for compliance with the adopted International Code Council (ICC) Building, Plumbing, Electrical, Mechanical, National Fire Protection codes and standards, and the Accessibility 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. The types of projects we provide these services for include 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.

On‐ and Off‐Site Review
4LEAF can supply Registered Professional Engineers to the City to work on‐site performing structural plan review and non‐structural reviews at the jurisdiction’s discretion. Our experience includes checking for compliance with the structural, life‐safety, accessibility, plumbing, mechanical, electrical, fire, and local codes/ordinances.

Process Mapping
4LEAF aims to bring departmental processes together by identifying and eliminating obstacles to streamline processes. Our subject‐matter experts visit each department within a jurisdiction to conduct an analysis of existing processes, identify how best to streamline separate departmental processes to improve workflow, and provide guidance and recommendations on an improved work plan. 149 of 1216

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Plan Review QA/AC 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 of Pinole 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 of Pinole 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 of Pinole 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 of Pinole processing requirements and return them to the City , along with our letter of completion.
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Turn‐Around Times
4LEAF has a tremendous reputation for completing projects on‐time and under budget. 4LEAF’s plan review team is widely recognized for quick turn‐around times and prompt service. Off‐site plan reviews are performed at our office, with plans transmitted by personal delivery or overnight service. The standard turn‐around time is within 10 business days for residential plan reviews and within 10 days for commercial/industrial plan reviews; however, these timeframes are negotiable based on your needs. 4LEAF also provides Fire Plan Review services.

Type of
Plans
Transportation
Pick up & Delivery
Initial
Review
Resubmittal
Review
Resubmittal
Review #2
Expedited
Review
Expedited
Resubmittal
Residential < 24 Hours   < 10 Days < 5 Days < 5 Days < 5 Days < 3 Days Multi‐
Family < 24 Hours   < 10 Days < 5 Days < 5 Days < 5 Days < 3 Days Residential
Remodel   < 24 Hours < 10 Days < 5 Days < 5 Days < 5 Days < 3 Days Residential
Addition < 24 Hours < 10 Days < 5 Days < 5 Days < 5 Days < 3 Days Commercial < 24 Hours   < 10 Days < 5 Days < 5 Days < 5 Days < 3 Days Commercial
Addition < 24 Hours < 10 Days < 5 Days < 5 Days < 5 Days < 3 Days Commercial
Remodel < 24 Hours < 10 Days < 5 Days < 5 Days < 5 Days < 3 Days Commercial
> 15,000 s.f. < 24 Hours   Negotiable Negotiable Negotiable   Negotiable   Negotiable *Larger complex plan reviews can be negotiated to achieve the best possible pricing. 4LEAF has a proven track record of working with municipalities to provide expedited reviews with special discounted pricing.

Pick‐up of all plans will be performed by 4LEAF staff within 24 hours of the City’s phone call or e‐mail. 4LEAF prefers to pick‐up and deliver the plans in person to communicate information that may be pertinent to the project and maintain consistent communication. At no additional cost, 4LEAF staff will transport the plans to and from the City upon a phone call to the 4LEAF office or simply e‐mail for “pick‐up” to [email protected]. 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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Document Control
When plans and documents are received for review, 4LEAF’s Plan Review Manager and Document Control Technician analyze the project, creates a job number, and completes a Job Setup Sheet. This form highlights both the jurisdiction, applicable contact information, and all project specific design criteria and notes. Jobs are then transmitted through 4LEAF’s easily accessed EZPlan Review Portal which tracks initial and subsequent reviews and is open for view by the client. The City and their customers can view 4LEAF’s plan review control log through 4LEAF’s EZPlan Review Portal.

Plans then get distributed for review to a 4LEAF team consisting of Plan Review Engineers, Architect (a licensed state professional) and/or an ICC Certified Plans Examiner, as applicable. Our staff then performs his or her function of analyzing the plans and documentation for effective conformance to the state codes, referenced 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 350 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:

Structural Only Review
Upon request, 4LEAF will perform “structural only” reviews for the City. 4LEAF can communicate directly with the designers via email, in‐person meetings, and through our EZPlan Review system. 4LEAF prefers PDF files for “structural only” reviews as they allow several Structural Engineers to review plans together should there be design‐related questions. The majority of 4LEAF’s plan review engineers have a design background and work well with project designers.
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Certified Access Specialist (CASp) 4LEAF has performed CASp inspections, plan review projects, and have consulted on numerous construction projects for accessibility questions and advice.

Building Department Staffing Services
4LEAF has a proven track record of providing Permit Technician/Counter staff and Building Officials to jurisdictions. 4LEAF can deploy such staff on short notice and offer training programs for department staff, if required. Our staff encompasses the right combination of experience, education, and certifications.

Permit Technician
4LEAF Permit Technician Staff must be experienced and dedicated to serving the public at the Planning and Building Department counter. 4LEAF has numerous of 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. Typical Permit Technician duties include:
 Accepting plans for plan check
 Verification that plans are accurate and complete
 Calculating permit fees
 Explaining ordinances and procedures to owners, contractors, developers, architects, and the public  Assisting with preparation of permit applications
 Receiving plans for Planning and Building permits and route to various agencies (if requested)  Accepting complaints on code violations, process, and record complaints  Answering phone calls for field and office staff
 Processing inspection requests
 Maintaining files for building permits
 Operating the Building Department’s computerized information system  Inputting a variety of information, including building permits and inspections  Completing related duties and responsibilities as assigned by Building Official and Senior staff members Building Official
4LEAF Interim Building Officials can provide in‐house plan reviews to the City, limiting the amount of projects distributed to outside consultants and helping the City achieve significant cost savings. The Building Official will act as an adjunct staff member to the City and work with City personnel and various departments to perform professional building services including but not limited to plan review, permit technician, building inspection, and code enforcement. Staff qualifications for this role include evaluating and documenting projects for compliance with applicable building standards and housing codes, on‐ and off‐site plan review, staff augmentation, and other building department related tasks. Proposed staff for this role will be appropriately trained and certified for all work.

Placement Schedule
Building Department Staff Interim Full‐Time
Permit Technician (ICC Certified) < 2 Days < 5 Days
Assistant Permit Technician/ Counter Staff < 2 Days < 5 Days Building Official < 2 Days < 15 Days
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Fire Plan Review Services
Our Fire team is comprised of experienced Fire Plan Reviewers, Fire Protection Engineers, Fire Marshals, and Fire Chiefs. 4LEAF’s fire inspectors are all ICC and/or OSFM Certified and experienced working within a municipal work environment. Our fire plan review and inspection processes similarly follow the procedures and timelines outlines in our Building plan review and inspection sections. We have worked on several high‐profile contracts for fire prevention services and recovery programs including:
 University of California, Davis – Fire Plan Review
 City of Folsom – Fire Plan Review
 Lathrop/Manteca Fire District – Fire Plan Review
 County of Sacramento – Fire Plan Review
 County of Placer – Fire Plan Review
 Solano County – Fire Recovery Program
 Sonoma County – Fire Recovery Program
 Town of Paradise – Fire Recovery Program
 Livermore Pleasanton Fire Department – Fire Review and Inspection Services  City of Oakland Fire Department – Fire Plan Review Services Fire Plan Review
4LEAF can provide plan review services for all types of occupancies and construction types to ensure compliance with all adopted codes, local ordinances and state and federal laws, ordinances, regulations, and standards that pertain to Fire Life Safety Including, but not limited to:
 CA Title 24, Parts 2, 3, 4, and 9
 NFPA 13, 13R, 13D, 24, and 72
 Local amendments to the California Building and Fire Codes  California Health and Safety Code
 Municipal Fire Standards & Municipal Codes
 National Fire Protection Referenced Standards
4LEAF is one of the Fire Life Safety industry’s leaders in Plan Review Services. Our Fire Plan Review Services include:
 Compliance for Site Access Requirements
 Compliance for Fire Flow Requirements
 Review of Fire Prevention, Suppression, and
Detection Systems
 Sprinkler, Standpipe, Alarm, Notification
Systems, and Fire Pump Code Compliance
 Hazardous Occupancies, High Piled Storage, and
Smoke Control Systems
 Review of Alternate Means
 Review of Methods Requests
 Annual Business Inspections
 Complete Fire Prevention Services
 New Construction Inspections
 Fire Alarm/Sprinkler Inspections
 Special Event Permits
 Hazardous Materials Inspections
 In‐House Plan Review
 Off‐Site Plan Review
 Code and Standards
 Public Education and Safety Trainin
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Building 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 in Southern 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 several 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 Southern California, Northern California, Central Coast, Sacramento Valley, Peninsula/South Bay, East Bay, North Bay, and Central Valley.

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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Code Enforcement Services
4LEAF can provide the City with experienced Code Enforcement services for to address current and upcoming project needs. Services provided to the City shall include but not be limited to:

Inspections
4LEAF can provide certified and qualified staff to perform Code Enforcement inspections in a lawful manner that respects the reasonable expectations of privacy and security of residents and their properties.

Inspections conducted will determine if conditions on the properties being inspected are compliant with applicable sections of the current editions of the International Property Maintenance Code, City Code, CA Building Code, and any Code adopted by reference by the City.
4LEAF staff will be qualified to verify that onsite conditions are consistent with the City’s records for development approvals, square footage, setbacks, heights, and other requirements that may be applicable. 4LEAF staff are qualified to do the following:
 Perform inspections for violations of Building Codes and Ordinances as adopted by the City.  Research properties for prior approvals, permits, and general information relating to violations.  Investigate and take necessary action when a violation of City Code exists, and consulting with City Counsel as required when requested by the Code Enforcement Chief.  Comply with the City’s procedures for reporting inspection results and deficiencies.  Using City inspection correction forms.
 Making appropriate entries in City records.
 Conduct follow‐up inspections as needed.
 Notify the responsible parties of other agency approvals prior to closing a code enforcement action.  Maintain records as needed for the efficient and effective operation of the City.  Meet with members of the public and City staff daily as needed.

Enforcement
4LEAF staff have the experience in working cooperatively with property owners and other responsible parties to bring properties and/or conditions into compliance with applicable bodies of law. Our team will be able to determine when voluntary compliance is not forthcoming from property owners or responsible parties. 4LEAF staff has experience in using administrative processes including the issuance of administrative citations to credibly establish at the administrative level that violations of law exist on a property. 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.
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SECTION E

COST, RATE AND SERVICE

STRUCTURE
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2022-2023 FEE SCHEDULE & BASIS OF CHARGES

FOR THE CITY OF PINOLE
All Rates are Subject to Basis of Charges

PLAN REVIEW COST STRUCTURE NOTES
Complete Plan Review Percentage Cost: 65%
(Inclusive of all disciplines except Fire and Civil, which are billed on an hourly basis.)
Hourly Plan Review: $130 Non-Structural Review
$155 Structural Review
Fee includes:
 Initial review and two (2) rechecks. Hourly
charges apply after three (3) or more
rechecks. Meetings regarding plan checks.
 Shipping and courier service.

PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Principal-in-charge ................................................................................................................. $195/hour Project Manager .................................................................................................................... $170/hour

BUILDING & FIRE
InterimChief Building Official.................................................................................................. $170/hour Senior Combination Building Inspector (Building Inspector III) .................................................. $135/hour Commercial Building Inspector (Building Inspector II) ............................................................... $120/hour Residential Building Inspector (Building Inspector I) ................................................................. $105/hour OSHPD Inspection/Review...................................................................................................... $155/hour Administrative Support........................................................................................................... $70/hour Permit Technician................................................................................................................... $85/hour Senior Permit Technician ........................................................................................................ $95/hour On-Site Structural Plan Review Engineer.................................................................................. $155/hour On-Site Non-Structural Plans Examiner.................................................................................... $130/hour Civil Plan Review (Grading, Improvement Plans) ...................................................................... $165/hour Fire Protection Engineer (FPE)................................................................................................. $189/hour Fire Plan Examiner.................................................................................................................. $140/hour Fire Prevention Officer ........................................................................................................... $142/hour Fire Inspector I ....................................................................................................................... $120/hour Fire Inspector II ...................................................................................................................... $135/hour Public Works Inspector........................................................................................................... $155/hour CASp Inspection/Review......................................................................................................... $175/hour Permit/CounterManager....................................................................................................... $110/hour GoFormz Software .......................................................................................................$50/user monthly Hourly overtime charge per inspector...............................................................................1.5 x hourly rate Mileage (for inspections performed within the City) .............................................................IRS Rate + 20% 158 of 1216
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CODE ENFORCEMENT
Project Manager .................................................................................................................... $185/hour Director of Code Enforcement................................................................................................ $150/hour Senior Code Enforcement Officer............................................................................................ $130/hour Code Enforcement Officer...................................................................................................... $110/hour

PLANNING
Principal-in-Charge................................................................................................................. $280/hour Housing Policy Director........................................................................................................... $225/hour Planning Director.................................................................................................................... $205/hour Principal/Planning Manager.................................................................................................... $175/hour Senior Planner........................................................................................................................ $160/hour Associate Planner................................................................................................................... $140/hour Assistant Planner ................................................................................................................... $115/hour Planning Technician................................................................................................................ $95/hour

BASIS OF CHARGES
Rates are inclusive of “tools of the trade” such as forms, telephones, and consumables. • All invoicing will be submitted monthly.
• Staff Augmentation work (excluding plan review) is subject to 4-hour minimum charges unless stated otherwise. Services billed in 4-hour increments.
• Most plan reviews will be done in 10 business days or less and 5 business days or less for re-checks. This is not inclusive of holidays or the day of the pick-up of plans. • Expedited reviews will be billed at 1.5x the plan review fee listed in the fee schedule. Return time will be within five (5) days or less on regular plan checks and seven (7) days on larger projects upon receipt of the plans from the City. The same term will apply for all plan review cycles. • Plan review of deferred submittals& revisionswill be billed at the hourly rateslisted. • Larger complex plan reviews can be negotiated to achieve the best possible pricing. • All plan review services will be subject to 2-hour minimum fee. • All plan review services are billed on a percentage basis and includes the initial review and 2 rechecks. - Plan reviews will be billed on an hourly basis only after the initial review and 2 rechecks unless otherwise agreed upon on a case-by-case basis.
- Fire and Civil Reviews are billed on an hourly basis and are not included in our plan review percentage.
• 4LEAF assumes that these rates reflect the 2022-2023 contract period. 3% escalation for 2023-2024, 2024-2025, and 2025-2026 is negotiable per market conditions. • Overtime and Premium time will be charged as follows:
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- Overtime (over 8 hours Sat or 1st 8-hour Sun) 2 x hourly rate - Overtime (over 8 hours Sun or Holidays) 3 x hourly rate • Overtime will only be billed with prior authorization of the Director or other designated City personnel. • All work with less than 8 hoursrestbetween shifts will be charged the appropriate overtime rate. • Mileage driven during the course of Inspections will be charged at cost plus 20%. • Payment due on receipt. All payments over30 days will be assessed a 1.5% interest charge. • Client shall pay attorneys’ fees, or other costs incurred in collecting delinquent amounts. • Client agrees that 4LEAF’s liability will be limited to the value of services provided. • In accordance with California’s Meal Break and Rest Break Law requirements, Client will be billed one (1) additional hour per day at the regular rate for each missed meal or rest break due to Client-directed tasks or requirements. Client should allow 4LEAF’s non-exempt, hourly employees the opportunity to take their entitled rest and meal breaks during each work shift. • If 4LEAF is requested or otherwise required to conform to Client’s alternative work week schedule (“AWW”), Client hereby agrees to compensate or reimburse 4LEAF for all overtime paid to its employees who work an AWW.
- If 4LEAF’s affected employment group approves an AWW election and the same is registered, the overtime compensation/reimbursement shall not be required.

BASIS OF CHARGES – PREVAILING WAGE
• Rates shown assume the projects will require compliance with California Prevailing Wage rate requirements and assumes the Client will be filing a PWC-100 Form to the California Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) for the projects.
• Rates for prevailing wage categories are subject to annual escalations in accordance with the bi-annual wage determinations from the California DIR.
• Per the new requirements being enforced under SB 854 and because it is assumed that a PWC-100 Form will be filed by the Client to the CA DIR for each project, 4LEAF is required to notify an authorized Apprenticeship Committee through submittal of a DAS-140 form. We are then required to make an official request to an authorized Apprenticeship Committee for an apprentice by submitting a DAS-142 form. We are not assured the apprenticeship committee will be able to provide a suitable / qualified apprentice for the project. Per the apprenticeship requirements, the hours worked by the apprentice must be in a ratio of 1:5 for apprentice to journeyman hours. 4LEAF will not know the labor classification of the Public Works Apprentice until an Apprentice is dispatched to the site; therefore, the rates for the five Periods listed under the California DIR’s Wage determination for Building Construction Inspector were used to determine the range of hourly rates for Public Works Inspector Apprentice. • Pre-approved Overtime and Premium hours for labor categories subject to Prevailing Wage requirements will be charged per the following:
 Nighttime (work begun after 4PM or before 5AM) 1.125 x hourly rate  Overtime (over 8 hours M-F or Saturdays) 1.35 x hourly rate  Overtime (over 8 hours Sat or 1st 8 hours Sun) 1.85 x hourly rate  Overtime (over 8 hours Sun or Holidays) 2.35 x hourly rate 160 of 1216
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• All invoicing will be submitted monthly.
• All work with less than 8 hours rest between shifts will be charged the appropriate overtime rate. • In accordance with California’s Meal Break and Rest Break Law requirements, Client will be billed one (1) additional hour per day at the regular time rate for each missed meal or rest break due to Clientdirected tasks or requirements. Client should allow 4LEAF’s non-exempt, hourly employees the opportunity to take their entitled rest and meal breaks during each work shift. • Subconsultant Invoices will be assessed a 10% Administrative Processing Fee. • Project-related mileage for inspections will be billed at the allowable IRS Rate. • Payment due on receipt. All payments over 30 days will be assessed a 1.5% interest charge. • Client shall pay attorneys’ fees, or other costs incurred in collecting delinquent amounts. • Client agrees that 4LEAF’s liability will be limited to the value of services provided. 161 of 1216
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CITY OR PINOLE

SECTION F

REQUIRED STATEMENTS /

DOCUMENTS
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Conflict of Interest
4LEAF has no actual, apparent, direct, or indirect, or potential conflicts of interest that may exist with respect to our firm, management, or employees of the firm relative to the services to be provided under the Agreement. 4LEAF has no real or apparent conflict of interest associated with working for the City of Pinole.

Insurance Requirement
4LEAF as the ability and agrees to fulfill the indemnification and insurance requirements contained in the sample contract.

Proprietary
Nothing contained in this submitted proposal is proprietary.

California Public Records Act
4LEAF Acknowledges and understands that all documents submitted to the City in connection with this proposal are subject to the California Public Records Act and may be disclosed without notice.

Exceptions
4LEAF takes no exceptions, alterations or amendments to the Scope of Services or other requirements of the RFP to provide Plan Check and On‐Call Staffing Services, including the Sample Contract (Attachment B).

Actions Filed or Resolved
4LEAF does not have any pending bankruptcies, liens, stop payment notices, judgments, lawsuits, arbitrations, mediations, foreclosures, or have had any similar actions filed or resolved in the past seven (7) years. Never has a client terminated a contract for breach.
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CITY OF PINOLE
Plan Check and On-Call
Staffing Services
PROPOSAL MAIN CONTACT:

MARIA HARO-SULLIVAN, MBA
Account Manager
408.316.1392
[email protected]
October 25, 2022 | 5:00 PM
www.interwestgrp.com

EXHIBIT C
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Section | A
Table of Contents
Section | B
Cover Letter............................................................................1 Section | C
Experience, Qualifications and References....................41 Section | D
Services Understanding......................................................46 Section | E
Cost, Rate and Service Structure......................................57 Section | F
Required Statements/Documents...................................58

CONTENTS
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INTERWEST

PROFILE
YEAR FOUNDED:
2002
Total Employees:
414
Firm Information:

Interwest Consulting
Group, Inc.

Project Office:
39355 California
Street, Suite 200
Fremont, CA 94538
510.796.3003
www.interwestgrp.
com

SERVICES

INTERWEST
SPECIALIZES IN:

Building Department
Municipal
Engineering
City Planning
Construction
Management
Traffic Engineering
Real Property
Services
Interwest
Maintains The
Largest Building
And Safety
Services Staff In
California
B. | Cover Letter
October 25th, 2022
Ms. Lilly Whalen
[email protected]
510.724.9832
Re: Statement of Qualifications for Plan Check and On-Call Staffing Services Dear Ms. Whalen,
Interwest Consulting Group, Inc. (Interwest) understands that the City of Pinole is seeking qualified consultants to provide as-needed Professional Contract Staffing Services, including Building Official, Combination Building Inspector(s), Permit Technician(s), and Code Enforcement Officer(s). In addition to, Professional Contract Plan Check Services on a routine basis.

Since 2019, Interwest has had the privilege of partnering with the City of Pinole for plan review services. We are very familiar with the City’s procedures and plan examination requirements. We look forward to the opportunity to show our commitment in maintaining a consistent level of service and ensure the safety of the residents and the community of Pinole, CA. Interwest recognizes the need for third party assistance in performing inspection services on an as-needed basis, when the level of development in the City increases and/or when major development occurs. Interwest is highly experienced in providing electronic plan review submittal. We are very familiar with Bluebeam software for plan review, along with the new web-based paperless system, Central Square Technologies Community Development Suite. We remain committed and flexible to providing the City with services that meet their individual needs.

All of our staff have significant experience providing related services for a multitude of California cities and counties, as both private consultants and as municipal staff, including many local communities. Maria Haro-Sullivan, MBA will act as the Account Manager for the City. Maria will be responsible for ensuring increasing levels of client satisfaction throughout the life of the contract by performing periodic Client Health Checks, a service uniquely provided by Interwest. Julian Susanto, PE, CBO will serve as the Principle-In-Charge and as the City’s Liaison for this contract. Hossein Sanikhatam, SE will act as Project Manager. Their contact information follows:

Julian Susanto, PE, CBO: PIC | 279.336.2009 | [email protected] Hossein Sanikhatam, SE: Project Manager | 510.796.3003 | [email protected] Maria Haro-Sullivan, MBA: Acct. Mgr. | 408.316.1392 | mharo-sullivan@ interwestgrp.com The primary contacts, organizational chart and resumes can be found following this page.

Interwest is a wholly-owned subsidiary of SAFEbuilt, LLC. As President of Interwest Consulting Group, I am authorized to sign any agreements that may result from this proposal and will provide contract support to the proposed Interwest team. Interwest does not have any conflicts of interest in performing the proposed work for the City of Pinole.

Sincerely,
Paul Meschino - President
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Interwest believes that maintaining frequent and consistent check-ins between the account management and operations teams and our clients is key to the early identification of performance risks and contributes to contract success. Your account management team will reach out to the City to discuss the best method and frequency for these check-in meetings.

These meetings will provide both parties the opportunity to manage the resources tactfully and develop the best Contractor-Client relationship.

Further, we can also estimate and evaluate possible outcomes during this process and make the necessary changes.

Maria Haro-Sullivan will act as the Account Manager for the City of Pinole. Maria has served in client relations for more than 15 years and has learned what it takes to provide an in-tune and in-touch approach with clients. Maria will be responsible for ensuring increasing levels of client and employee satisfaction while improving the workforce’s efficiency, service, and technology throughout the life of the contract. Maria also performs random quality evaluations of our staff throughout the year.

Julian Susanto, PE, CBO, ICC will act as the Principal-in-Charge for this engagement, providing operational oversight for the duration of the contract. Julian is a well-rounded leader with a proven track record of providing excellent customer service. He has a combined 14+ years of experience in Business Development, Operations Management, Project Management, Construction Management, Structural Engineering, Plan Review, Observations/Inspections, Marketing and Recruiting. His experience serving in multiple roles throughout his career gives him unique insight into the plan review and inspection process from all angles.

Hossein Sanikhatam, SE will serve as the Project Manager for this engagement. Hossein is a licensed California Structural Engineer and Civil Engineer He has nearly 25 years of experience in civil and structural engineering. His extensive experience includes providing structural plan check for residential and commercial buildings, multistory office buildings, retail shops, malls, parking structures, apartment complexes, all that include underground parking, single family dwellings and condominiums.

Together, Maria, Julian, and Hossein are dedicated to ensuring that the City receives high quality work products in the format required, in addition to providing staff trained and briefed on the City’s specific requirements so that services are delivered in a timely manner. Key personnel proposed will be available to perform the services for the duration of the contract and on-site when requested by the City.

Your Dedicated
Account Team
Maria Haro-Sullivan
Account Manager, MBA
408.316.1392
[email protected]
Julian Susanto, PE, CBO, ICC
Principal-in-Charge
279.336.2009
[email protected]
Hossein Sanikhatam, SE
Project Manager
510.796.3003
[email protected]
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PROJECT MANAGER
Hossein Sanikhatam, SE

PRINCIPAL-IN-CHARGE
Julian Susanto, PE, CBO, ICC

PLAN REVIEW, INSPECTION, PERMITTING AND CODE ENFORCEMENT TEAM Jim Lau, RA, ICC
Architectural & Life Safety Review
Joshua Anderson, ICC
Architectural & Life Safety Review
Charles Nganga, SE, ICC
Structural Review
John Weninger, SE, SECB
Structural Review
Hossein Sanikhatam, SE
Structural Review
Peter Simonsen, PE
Structural Review
Jenny Jones, PE
Structural Review
Jenny Van Truong, PE
Structural Review
Gorden Lam, PE
Structural Review
Bill Miller, CBO, CASp, ICC
CASp Examiner
Annette Mayfield, CASp, ICC
CASp Examiner
Jingpei Zhang, EE, ICC
Electrical Review, Cal Green Energy
Charles Mwangi, PE
Mechanical & Plumbing Plan
Review
Jim Campo, CBO, ICC
MEP Plan Review
Augie Cerdan, FPE
Fire Review & Fire Inspection
Russ Blair, ICC
Fire Review
Melissa Vink, ICC
Fire Review & Fire Inspection
Steven Conti, ICC
Fire Review & Fire Inspection
Andrew Hyatt, ICC
Fire Review & Fire Inspection
Richard Kazandjian, ICC
Fire Review & Fire Inspection
Susan Guzzetta
Fire Review & Fire Inspection
Bill Carter, ICC
Building Inspection & Code
Enforcement
Johnny Thibodeau, ICC
Building Inspection & Code
Enforcement
David Benedict, ICC
Building Inspection & Code
Enforcement
Gabriel Leyva, ICC
Building Inspection
Randy Ritchey, ICC
Building Inspection
Nathan Saracino, ICC
Building Inspection
Anthony Ebster, ICC
Permit Technician
David Jordan, ICC
Permit Technician
Victoria Kvashin
Permit Technician
Bernard Pita
Code Enforcement
Lenore Graber
Code Enforcement
Silvo Baca
Code Enforcement
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City of Pinole | Plan Check and On-Call Staffing Services Licenses/Certifications Summary
The following table is a summary of our proposed staff’s current licenses and certifications. Resumes of our staff are included on the pages that follow.

NAME & ROLE EXPERIENCE LICENSE/CERTIFICATION
Julian Susanto, PE, CBO, ICC
Principal-in-Charge
14 years CA Registered Civil Engineer
Cal OES - Safety Assessment Program (SAP) Evaluator
ICC Certified Building Official
ICC Building Plans Examiner
ICC Commercial Building Inspector
Hossein Sanikhatam, SE
Project Manager
25 years CA Registered Structural Engineer
CA Registered Civil Engineer
Jim Lau, RA, ICC
Architectural & Life Safety Review
20 years CA Registered Architect
ICC Building Plans Examiner
Joshua Anderson, ICC
Architectural & Life Safety Review
20 years ICC Commercial Building Plans Examiner
ICC Residential Building Inspector
ICC Residential Electrical Inspector
ICC Residential Plumbing Inspector
ICC Residential Mechanical Inspector
ICC Residential Combination Inspector
ICC Commercial Building Inspector
ICC Commercial Plumbing Inspector
ICC Plumbing Inspector
ICC Building Inspector
ICC Building Plans Examiner
ICC Residential Plans Examiner
Charles Nganga, SE, ICC
Structural Review
7 years CA Registered Professional Engineer
CA Registered Structural Engineer
ICC Residential Plans Examiner
John Weninger, SE, SECB
Structural Review
41 years CA Registered Civil Engineer
CA Registered Structural Engineer
Peter Simonsen, PE
Structural Review
3 years CA Registered Civil Engineer
Jenny Jones, PE
Structural Review
9 years CA Registered Civil Engineer
Gorden Lam, PE
Structural Review
10 years CA Registered Civil Engineer
Jenny Van Truong, PE
Structural Review
9 years CA Registered Civil Engineer
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City of Pinole | Plan Check and On-Call Staffing Services Bill Miller, CBO, CASp, ICC
CASp Examiner
40+ years Certified Access Specialist, CASp
Council of American Building Official, CBO
ICBO/IAPMO Plumbing Inspector
ICBO/IAPMO Mechanical Inspector
ACE III-Initial Disaster Housing Inspector
California State Energy Auditor
ICC Certified Building Official
ICC Residential Combination Inspector
ICC Building Inspector
ICC Plumbing Inspector
ICC Accessibility Inspector/Plans Examiner
ICC Building Plans Examiner
ICC Mechanical Inspector UMC
ICC Mechanical Inspector
ICC Combination Dwelling Inspector - Uniform Codes
Annette Mayfield, CASp, ICC
CASp Examiner
14 years Certified Access Specialist, CASp
ICC Building Plans Examiner
ICC CA Building Plans Examiner
Jingpei Zhang, EE, ICC
Electrical Review, Cal Green Energy
25 years CA Registered Electrical Engineer
NCCER HVAC Level IV Certification
NCCER Plumbing Level IV Certification
NCCER Building Maintenance Level III Certification
NCCER Carpentry Level IV Certification
NCCER Solar Photovoltaic Level I Certification
NCCER Wind Power Level I Certification
NCCER Green Technology Level I Certification
NCCER Weatherization Technician Level I Certification
Charles Mwangi, PE
Mechanical & Plumbing Plan Review
25 years CA Registered Mechanical Engineer (M32909)
Jim Campo, CBO, ICC
MEP Plan Review
15 years ICC Residential Building Inspector
ICC Certified Building Official
California Contractor B, C-10
Augie Cerdan, FPE
Fire Review & Fire Inspection
28 years CA Registered Fire Protection Engineer
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City of Pinole | Plan Check and On-Call Staffing Services Russ Blair, ICC
Fire Review & Fire Inspection
40 years CA Certified Firefighter
CA Fire Prevention 1A, 1B, 1C
CA Fire Prevention 2A, 2B
CA Fire Prevention, 3A, 3B
CA Fire Investigation 1A, 1B
CA Fire Instructor, 1A, 1B
Hazardous Materials 1A, 1B
CA Hazardous Materials 1C, 1D
Emergency Medical Technician, Sacramento County
ICC Fire Plans Examiner
Melissa Vink, ICC
Fire Review & Fire Inspection
8 years State Fire Marshal, Designated Campus Fire Marshal (SFM DCFM)
Plans Examiner 1A, 1B, 1C
Fire Inspector 1
Hazardous Materials First Responder Awareness Level
Plan Review Institute Based on 2015 I-Codes
Fire Alarm Plan Review
Fire Prevention 3B
Fire Inspector, 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D
Fire Inspector 2A, 2B, 2C, 2D
NFPA 13, NFPA 20, NFPA 25 Review Course
CPR/First Aid Certified
Steven Conti, ICC
Fire Review & Fire Inspection
25 years ICC Fire Plans Examiner
ICC Fire Inspector I
ICC Fire Inspector II
ICC Residential Fire Sprinkler Inspector
ICC Residential Fire Sprinkler Plans Examiner
ICC Commercial Plans Examiner
ICC Commercial Fire Sprinkler Inspector
ICC Pre-Engineered Kitchen Fire Extinguishing
Systems Technician
CSFM Fire Prevention Officer 1
CSFM Fire Inspector 1A
CSFM Fire Inspector 1B
CSFM Fire Inspector 1C
CSFM Fire Inspector 1D
CSFM Fire Inspector 2A
CSFM Fire Inspector 2B
CSFM Fire Inspector 2C
CSFM Fire Inspector 2D
Fire Prevention 3A & 3B
Penal Code 832
ICS 200
Firefighter 1-2
Fire Officer Training
Confined Space Rescue Awareness
Incident Commander Hazardous Materials
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City of Pinole | Plan Check and On-Call Staffing Services Andrew Hyatt, ICC
Fire Review & Fire Inspection
20 years ICC Fire Plans Examiner
ICC Fire Inspector I
ICC Fire Inspector II
Richard Kazandjian, ICC
Fire Review & Fire Inspection
21 years ICC Fire Inspector I and II
ICC CA UST Inspector
ICC Fire Plans Examiner
Susan Guzzetta
Fire Review & Fire Inspection
40 years CA Fire Prevention 1A, 1B, 1C
CA Fire Prevention 2A, 2B, 2C
Fire Management 2E
Fire Prevention 3A, 3B
Fireworks Enforcement/Special Events
Firework Enforcement
High-Rise Life Safety
Title 19/24
Bill Carter, ICC
Building Inspection & Code Enforcement
14 years International Code Council | 8418049
ICC Building Inspector
ICC Residential Building Inspector
ICC Residential Electrical Inspector
ICC Residential Plumbing Inspector
ICC Commercial Building Inspector
Certificate in Building Inspection Technology
OES Direction & Control of a Search Function and
Management Certificate
Johnny Thibodeau, ICC
Building Inspection & Code Enforcement
15 years PC 832 Code Enforcement
CA Safety Assessment Program, Port Disaster
ICC Residential Combination Inspector
ICC Combination Dwelling Inspector - Uniform Codes
ICC Accessibility Inspector/Plans Examiner
David Benedict, ICC
Building Inspection & Code Enforcement
6 years ICC Building Inspector
ICC CA Residential Building Inspector
ICC CA Commercial Building Inspector
ICC Permit Technician
ICBO, Universal Building Code Inspector
CALBO, Residential & Commercial Inspector
POST, PC-832 Certification, Arrest
Search and Seizure, ID: C31-Y65
Safety Assessment Program, Certified by the State
of CA Governor’s Office of Emergency Services
FEMA P-50 & P-50-1
Seismic Assessment of Detached, Single-Family
Wood Framed Dwellings
OSHA Traffic Controls Operations
AWS Welder
SAI, Suspended Scaffolding Erector/Rigger
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City of Pinole | Plan Check and On-Call Staffing Services Gabriel Leyva, ICC
Building Inspection
3 years ICC Residential Building Inspector
ICC Residential Electrical Inspector
ICC Residential Plumbing Inspector
CA Licensed General Contractor, 553107
Randy Ritchey, ICC
Building Inspection
4 years ICC Residential Building Inspector
ICC Residential Plumbing Inspector
ICC Residential Electrical Inspector
Nathan Saracino, ICC
Building Inspection
15 years Contractors State License Board (CSLB)
ICC Residential Building Inspector
ICC Residential Mechanical Inspector
ICC Residential Plumbing Inspector
ICC Residential Electrical Inspector
ICC Residential Combination Inspector
Anthony Ebster, ICC
Permit Technician
16 years ICC Certified Permit Technician
ICC Residential Plans Examiner
David Jordan, ICC
Permit Technician
7 years ICC Certified Permit Technician
Bernard Pita
Code Enforcement
30 years FL Institute Government - FACE Level IV
FL Institute Government - FACE Level III
FL Institute Government - FACE Level II
FL Institute Government - FACE Level I
Lenore Graber
Code Enforcement
16 years FEMA 100, 200, 400, 700, 800
Parking Enforcement Certification
Silvio A. Baca
Code Enforcement
33 years Home Inspection Certification
Code Enforcement Level 1 Certification
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City of Pinole | Plan Check and On-Call Staffing Services Julian Susanto, PE, CBO, ICC

PRINCIPAL-IN-CHARGE // DIRECTOR OF BUILDING SAFETY

SERVICES
Julian currently serves as the Director of Building Safety Services for Interwest Consulting Group, Inc. in the Northern California region. He is a well-rounded Director with a combined 14+ years of experience in Business Development, Operations Management, Project Management, Construction Management, Recruiting, Marketing, Structural Engineering (Design & Analysis), Plan Review and Observations/Inspections. He supervises Building & Safety's Staff in the Northern California region and had performed plan review for Commercial, Industrial, Agricultural, Educational, Government and Residential projects in the following disciplines:

Architectural, Structural, Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing, Accessibility (ADA), CAL Green, Egress and Fire-Life Safety for compliance with current California Codes and City/County ordinances.

In addition to his CA Professional Civil Engineer (P.E.) License, Julian is also an ICC Certified Building Official (CBO), ICC Certified Building Plans Examiner and ICC Certified Commercial Building Inspector. He graduated from Stanford University with a Master of Science (M.S.) degree in Structural Engineering and is knowledgeable in all major building materials such as timber, steel, concrete, masonry and cold-formed steel.

Julian has successfully designed or reviewed countless of wide varieties of projects ranging from simple structures, alterations/renovations/additions, seismic retrofit/upgrade, residential, commercial/office/mix-use, condominiums/apartments, parking structures, casinos, schools and hotels.

He has supervised staff of building officials, building inspectors, engineers, architects, plans examiners, permit technicians, and draftsmen. He has also managed multiple projects simultaneously from initial design to construction phases completed within budget and timely manner.

PROJECT EXPERIENCE
 City of Richmond
 City of Menlo Park
 City of Pinole
 Town of Portola Valley
 City of San Mateo
 City of Willows
 City of Rancho Cordova
 Glenn County
 Lassen County
 Placer County
 Sierra County
 City of San Bernardino
 City of Big Bear Lake
 City of Grand Terrace
 City of Norco
 City of Highland
 City of Rialto
 City of Desert Hot Springs
 City of Indian Wells
 City of Ridgecrest
 City of Moreno Valley
 City of Fontana
 City of Banning
 City of Goleta
 City of Redlands
 City of Colton
 City of West Covina
 City of Solvang
 City of Loma Linda
 City of Beaumont
 City of Westlake Village
 City of Tustin
 San Bernardino County
 Riverside County
 March Joint Powers Authority
 CSU San Francisco
 CSU Bakersfield
 CSU Chico
 CSU Fresno
 Chicken Ranch Casino
 Red Hawk Casino
 Tule River Casino
 Spotlight 29 Casino
 Wilton Rancheria Casino
 California Lottery
Years of Experience: 14
Years w/ Interwest: 1
Education
 MS, Structural Engineering,
Stanford University
 BS, Civil Engineering,
California State University
Registrations/Certifications
 CA Registered Civil
Engineer | 900065
 Cal OES – Safety
Assessment Program
(SAP) Evaluator | 91410
International Code Council |
9495365
 ICC Certified Building
Official
 ICC Building Plans
Examiner
 ICC Commercial Building
Inspector
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City of Pinole | Plan Check and On-Call Staffing Services Hossein Sanikhatam, SE

SENIOR STRUCTURAL ENGINEER
Hossein is a licensed California Structural Engineer and Civil Engineer with Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees in Civil Engineering from San Jose State University. He has nearly 25 years of experience in civil and structural engineering. His extensive experience includes providing structural plan check for residential and commercial buildings, multistory office buildings, retail shops, malls, parking structures, apartment complexes, all that include underground parking, single family dwellings and condominiums.

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
Vice President/Structural Engineer / Kutzmann & Associates | Interwest Consulting Group / 2006 – 2020 | 2020 - Present Hossein provides structural plan check of steel, wood and concrete residential and commercial buildings including clinics and medical office buildings, multistory office buildings, retail shops, malls, parking structures, apartment complexes over underground parking garage including PT slab podium, parking garage structures, single family dwellings and condominiums. The structural systems of his projects include SMF, STMF, OMF, SCBF, OCBF, BRBF, Special Reinforced Concrete Shear Wall, Tilt-Up Walls, Special Reinforced Masonry Shear Wall, and Structural Wood Panel Shear Wall (Wood and Light Gage Steel).

Civil Engineer | Structural Designer / Consulting Firm / 1997 - 2006 Hossein provided design of steel, wood and concrete commercial, school, facility buildings and other structures such as retaining walls, signs, bleachers, flag poles, etc. He also provided plan check (structural, fire/life safety and accessibility) of steel, wood and concrete commercial buildings including multistory office buildings, retail shops, malls, parking structures, apartment complexes over underground parking garage including PT slab podium and parking structures.

Years of Experience: 25
Years w/ Interwest: 2
Education
 MS, Civil Engineering, San
Jose State University, San
Jose, CA
 BS, Civil Engineering, San
Jose State University, San
Jose, CA
Registrations/Certifications
 CA Registered Structural
Engineer, S5514
 CA Registered Civil
Engineer, C67573
Professional Affiliations
 Member, American
Institute of Steel
Construction (AISC)
 Member, Structural
Engineers Association of
Northern California
(SEAONC)
PROJECT MANAGER | STRUCTURAL REVIEW
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City of Pinole | Plan Check and On-Call Staffing Services Jim Lau, RA, ICC

BUILDING PLANS EXAMINER
Jim is a California Registered Architect and is certified by the International Code Council as a Building Plans Examiner. Jim’s services include architectural, disabled access, green, energy, plumbing, mechanical and electrical review of residential and commercial buildings including clinics and medical office buildings, multistory office buildings, retail shops, malls, parking structures, apartment complexes over underground parking garages, single family dwellings and condominiums.

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
Building Plans Examiner / Kutzmann & Associates | Interwest Consulting Group / 2000 – 2020 | 2020 - Present
For more than 20 years, Jim has provided architectural, disabled access, green, energy, plumbing mechanical and electrical review of residential and commercial buildings for Kutzmann clients throughout California, including the City of Menlo Park.

Estimator / Marketshare, Inc. / 1994 - 2000
Job Captain | Project Designer / Consulting Firm / 1989 - 1994 Architectural Designer / Consulting Firm / 1985 - 1989
Years of Experience: 20
Years w/ Interwest: 1
Education
 BA, University of California,
Berkeley, CA
Registrations/Certifications
 CA Registered Architect,
33402
International Code Council,
873221
 ICC Building Plans
Examiner

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City of Pinole | Plan Check and On-Call Staffing Services Joshua M. Anderson, ICC

ICC PLANS EX AMINER BUILDING INSPECTOR
Joshua is an ICC certified Building Inspector with 20 years’ experience in the construction industry. He has progressively increased his roles and responsibilities throughout his career providing him extensive knowledge in all phases of construction. Joshua’s experience allows him to provide our clients with exceptional service.

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
Building Plans Examiner and Inspector / Interwest Consulting Group, Inc. / 2019 - Present
Joshua performs building inspection services for projects for various Northern California municipalities.

Foreman / McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. / 2017 - 2019 Joshua served as a foreman for a variety of project sites including the Community Regional Medical Center Office Building and Parking Garage, Canada College B23 Building in Redwood City and Del Paso Manor Elementary School in Sacramento. He was responsible for ten employees, lining out a weekly schedule for crew members, reviewing plans and supplying information to the crew and backchecking work that was performed daily.

President / J. Anderson Building Company, Inc. / 2015 - 2017 As the president, Joshua successfully operated a successful construction company. He was responsible for submitting plans and drafting documents pertaining to permits, creating a weekly work plan, creating bids for projects, estimating jobs, scheduling sub-contractors and weekly client meetings.

Owner / Anderson Handyman Service / 2014 - 2015
Joshua successfully owned and operated a handyman company which included installing new windows, doors, hardware, cabinetry, concrete, hardwood and flooring.

Apprentice | Journeyman | Leadman / McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. / 2005 - 2014
While employed with McCarthy Building Companies, Joshua successfully increased his role with the company. He began as a carpenter apprentice, then became a journeyman followed by a lead man. He provided services for many medical building projects where he provided building layouts, concrete form work, layout embeds, bolts and wall racks and ensured job site safety.

HVAC Installer / Bell Brothers Heating and Air / 2003 - 2005 Joshua successfully installed heating units, air conditioning units and duct work and assisted new clients with product information.

Electrical Apprentice / C.M.C.O Electric / 2001 - 2003
Joshua ran wire circuits, installed electrical panels, rough electrical, electrical equipment and appliances and assisted in trouble shooting electrical.

Years of Experience: 20
Years w/ Interwest: 2
Education
 AS, Construction and
Building Inspection, Diablo
Valley College, In Progress
Registrations/Certifications
International Code Council,
9513394
 ICC Residential Building
Inspector
 ICC Residential Electrical
Inspector
 ICC Residential Plumbing
Inspector
 ICC Residential
Mechanical Inspector
 ICC Residential
Combination Inspector
 ICC Commercial Building
Inspector
 ICC Commercial Building
Plans Examiner
 ICC Commercial Plumbing
Inspector
 ICC Plumbing Inspector
 ICC Building Inspector
 ICC Building Plans
Examiner
 ICC Residential Plans
Examiner
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City of Pinole | Plan Check and On-Call Staffing Services Charles Nganga, SE, ICC

PLAN REVIEW ENGINEER
Charles is a registered Civil and Structural Engineer with a Master of Science degree in Civil Engineering from California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo. In addition to his engineering licenses, he is a certified ICC plans examiner with extensive experience providing plan review services.

His plan review experience includes large multi-story steel structures, concrete structures, multifamily housing projects, hotels and medical offices. Charles’ knowledge of California codes allowed him to develop and present code classes on the 2016 CRC Design Code and Code Change Highlights to ICC chapters throughout Northern California. Charles has demonstrated the ability to understand and apply the code to the most complex of projects with an in-depth understanding of the California Building codes and their applicability to any large project. His work experience, as well as his excellent education, provides Charles with a solid foundation to provide our clients with exceptional service.

PROJECT EXPERIENCE
65 East Apartments / City of Sacramento / 2018 – Present Structural Plans Examiner | Charles provides structural plan review of this new five-story, 180,724 SF apartment complex.

Four Seasons Resort / City of Calistoga / 2016 – 2018
Structural Plans Examiner | Charles provided structural plan review services for the Four Seasons Resort & Residences project, which consists of a 57,595-sq. ft. Lodge, 80,761-sq. ft. of hotel accommodations spread out over 16 separate Villas, two pool buildings with a total square footage of 3071 sq. ft. and 20 single-family residences with square footages ranging from 2605 to 5807-sq. ft. with 440-sq. ft. detached garages.

Bayhealth Medical Offices TI / City of Berkeley / 2017
Structural Plans Examiner | Charles provided structural plan review of the voluntary seismic upgrades on four buildings in Berkeley, CA. The design utilized the evaluation and retrofit procedures of ASCE 41-13, and introduced structural steel buckling restrained braced frames into these nonductile reinforced concrete buildings. The projects range in sizes from 3,400 s.f. to 60,000 s.f., and the buildings occupy B, F1 and S1 Occupancies.

Presenter: 2016 CRC – An Overview
Charles presented (code class) on the 2016 CRC Design Code & Code Change Highlights to the following ICC Chapters:
 ICC San Joaquin Chapter, 6/14/2017, Hanford CA
 ICC Sacramento Valley (SVABO) Minstitute, 5/3/2017, Citrus Heights CA  ICC Redwood Empire Chapter, 4/18/17, Santa Rosa CA
 ICC Napa/Solano Chapter, 3/14/2017, Fairfield CA
 ICC Shasta Cascade Chapter, 1/19/2017, Redding, CA
 ICC Yosemite Chapter, 11/15/2016, Merced CA
Years of Experience: 7
Years w/ Interwest: 7
Education
 MS Civil Engineering,
California Polytechnic
State University, San Luis
Obispo
 BS Civil Engineering,
Jomo Kenyatta University
of Agriculture and
Technology
 Courses in Public Works
Inspection, Plan Reading
and Estimating and
Advanced AutoCAD,
Santa Rosa Junior College
Registrations/Certifications
 CA Registered
Professional Engineer |
85710
 CA Registered
Professional Structural
Engineer | 6913
 ICC Residential Plans
Examiner | 8325618
Areas of Expertise
 AutoCAD
 Microsoft Excel
 ENERCALC
 RISA 3D
 SAP 2000
 STAAD
 ABAQUS
 MATLAB

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City of Pinole | Plan Check and On-Call Staffing Services John Weninger Jr., SE, SECB
SR. STRUCTURAL ENGINEER
John has more than 40 years of experience in various aspects of the engineering process and code compliance. He holds a master’s degree in Civil Engineering with a concentration in Structural Engineering as well as a bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering. Recently, John received Honors as a Fellow for the Structural Engineers Association of California. He has a lengthy list of past projects that vary from residential to commercial, from school modernization and the new building design to plan review and project management services. John is also experienced in staff supervision and customer service, which makes him not only accomplished in his skill but also adaptable to various projects and work situations.

PROJECT EXPERIENCE
Sac Republic Soccer Stadium / City of Sacramento / 2019 – Present Structural Plans Examiner | John provides structural plan review for this new 409,664 SF stadium to ensure compliance with California Building and International building standards, state and local building codes, policies, amendments and ordinances.

Sterling 5th Street Apartments / City of Davis / 2018 – Present Structural Plans Examiner| John provides structural plan review of this new apartment complex in Davis consisting of two four story buildings, a club house and parking garage.

North 40 / Town of Los Gatos / 2018 - Present
Structural Plans Examiner | John provides structural reviews for the new 211,773 SF mixed use building in the North 40 development consisting of residential, parking garage, community room and commercial.

Custom Homes / Town of Atherton / 2012 – Present
Structural Plans Examiner | John provides structural plan review services for large custom homes in the Town of Atherton.

Pacific Bell Building / Sacramento, CA
Senior Structural Engineer / Project Manager | John oversaw tasks from conceptual drawings through construction for the seismically retrofitting for this 17-story building.

DMV Building / Sacramento, CA
Senior Structural Engineer / Project Manager | John oversaw tasks from conceptual drawings through construction for the seismically retrofitting for this 12-story building.

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
Senior Structural Engineer | Plans Examiner / Interwest Consulting Group / 2012 – Present
Performs structural plan review for commercial and residential construction projects for a variety of municipalities in the State of California.

Years of Experience: 41
Years w/ Interwest: 9
Education
 MS, Civil Engineering,
Concentration in
Structural Engineering,
California State University,
Sacramento
Registrations/Certifications
 CA Registered Civil
Engineer, C43746
 CA Registered Structural
Engineer, S3740
Professional Affiliations
 American Society of Civil
Engineers
Structural Engineers
Association of Central
California (SEAOCC)
 Current Program Chair
 Past Presidents
 Board of Directors
 Convention Chair 2003
 Technical Chair 2011
 Secretary
 Treasurer
Publications
 “Structural Timber
Shearwalls, the Alternatives
and the ICC Evolution
Service” by Warren, IV,
W.L. and Weninger Jr., J.J.
for the 2008 SEAOCC
Honors
 Member, SEAOCC College
of Fellows, Inducted June
2016
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City of Pinole | Plan Check and On-Call Staffing Services Peter Simonsen, PE

PLAN CHECK ENGINEER
Peter is a registered engineer and recent graduate with a Master of Science in Civil Engineering with an emphasis on Structural Engineering.

Over the past three years, he has provided accurate and timely plan review services to our clients, specializing in structural plan review services. Peter is a quick-learner and is dedicated to ensuring compliance with all applicable state and industry standards to help keep our communities safe.

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
Plan Check Engineer / Interwest Consulting Group / 2019 - Present Peter provides our clients with structural plan review and ensures code compliance for commercial and residential structures with the California Building Codes and City Ordinances. Projects he has reviewed range from small non-habitable structures to complex, custom designed residences and multi-story apartment complexes. Peter also assists jurisdictions with in-person plan reviews and code interpretations.

Design Internship / DES Architects + Engineers / 2018-2019 Peter created structural designs consisting of tenant improvements and site and accessory structures for mid-rise steel commercial buildings, such as Moffet Towers II, NetApp, and MyoKardia in the Bay Area.

Years of Experience: 3
Education
 Master of Science, Civil
Engineering, Emphasis:

Structural Engineering,
San Jose State University
 Bachelor of Science,
Structural Engineering,
Emphasis: Geotechnical
Engineering, UC San
Diego
Registrations/Certifications
 Licensed Civil Engineer,
CA | 92616
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City of Pinole | Plan Check and On-Call Staffing Services Jenny Jones, PE

PLAN REVIEW ENGINEER
Jenny is an established Engineer and professional with a background in project management and design. With almost 10 years of experience providing building and structural plan review and design services, Jenny has a successful and robust track record in performing lateral/gravity load calculations for all types of residential and commercial buildings. In addition to calculations, Jenny has valuable expertise liaising with clients, architects, and contractors on a daily basis to ensure projects are completed smoothly and in a timely manner from start to finish.

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
Plan Review Engineer / Interwest Consulting Group / 2022 – Present Jenny provides our clients with building plan check services, ensuring compliance with all applicable building codes and safety standards.

Structural Engineer / Double-D Engineering / 2013 - 2022 Jenny performed wood, steel, and concrete calculations for new and existing residential homes, apartment buildings, restaurants, theaters, and rock climbing gyms in the Bay Area. • Calculations Include: Seismic, Wind, Lateral/Gravity Loads, Retaining Walls, Tiebacks, Steel/ Wood/Concrete Beams and Columns, Bolts, Diaphragms, Welds, Footings, Grade Beams, Concrete Walls, Moment Frames, Braced Frames, and Connections. • Perform site visits for Special Inspections. • Meet with contractors, owners, and architects to discuss the aspects of the job, look at the existing framing, and discuss the best engineering solution for the job. • Routinely perform revisions during plan check or construction. • Meet with Plan Checkers at the city for plan check comment review. • Draft floor framing, foundation plans, and details for all wood, steel, and concrete buildings.

Junior Engineer / American Buildings / 2013
In this position, Jenny used Building Information Modeling (Tekla) to engineer and detail steel structures with erection & shop drawings.

Years of Experience: 9
Education
 BS, Civil Engineering,
California State University,
Sacramento, 2012
Registrations/Certifications
 Registered Civil Engineer,
CA | 88151
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City of Pinole | Plan Check and On-Call Staffing Services Jenny Van Truong, PE

PLAN CHECK ENGINEER
Jenny is a Plan Check Engineer with an impressive background that spans nine years.

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
Plan Check Engineer / City of Milpitas / 2019 – 2021
Jenny reviews construction drawings, specifications, and calculations submitted for building permits to ensure conformance with building code requirements and local jurisdiction requirements. She provides a full range of customer service; responding to complex and difficult inquiries and requests for information; responding to public and agency technical and non-technical inquiries by phone, email, and at the counter; explaining requirements of various laws, codes, ordinances, and regulations.

Design Engineer / Designer/ Degenkolb Engineers / 2018 – 2018 Jenny provided calculations, detailing, and drawings for a variety of projects including education new design buildings, commercial seismic retrofits, and commercial tenant improvement projects. She assisted contractors in construction means and method tasks by providing calculations, detail sketches, drawings and memorandums.

Engineer II / Part-Time Engineer / 2013-2015 / 2019 – 2019 Jenny developed seismic analysis models for Crenshaw LAX Light Rail Stations in ADINA initially, assisted in converting the model into LS-Dyna, and assisted in implementing new design changes after conversion. She assisted in post-processing results from LS-Dyna using excel, D3Plot, and Perl for Crenshaw LAX.

Project Engineer Intern / Blach Construction Company / 2013 – 2013 Jenny coordinated RFI’s, submittals, changed orders, payment applications, and meeting minutes. She led OAC meetings and additional subcontracting trade meetings.

Years of Experience: 9
Education
 M.S. in Civil Engineering,
Structural Engineering
Focus, Santa Clara
University
 B.S. in Civil Engineering,
Santa Clara University
Registrations/Certifications
 Registered Civil Engineer,
CA | 88402
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City of Pinole | Plan Check and On-Call Staffing Services William (Bill) Miller, CASp, CBO, ICC

SENIOR PLANS EXAMINER // CERTIFIED ACCESS SPECIALIST //

SENIOR INSPECTOR / / CERTIFIED BUILDING OFFICIAL
Bill has more than 40 years of experience in the building and safety field. He has acquired extensive expertise in plan review, and inspection services through his long tenure as former Chief Building Official for the Town of Truckee, and Building Inspector/Plans Examiner for Nevada County.

Bill is skilled in directing, managing, supervising and coordinating all programs and activities of a building department including permit issuance, plan review, building inspection activities and uses a practical approach to solving problems.

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
Senior Plans Examiner / Interwest Consulting Group / 2008 - Present Reviews residential and non-residential plans for compliance with California Building, Plumbing, Mechanical, Electrical Codes, Energy Standards & California Accessibly Standards; State & local building codes, policies, amendments, and ordinances. Provides CASp services to a variety of clients.

Senior Plans Examiner | Manager / Bureau Veritas / 2006 - 2008 Responsible for overseeing all the plan review operations and personally providing plan review services for residential, industrial, and commercials developments for various jurisdictions in Northern California.

Chief Building Official / Town of Truckee / 1993 - 2005 Responsible for overseeing all Building Division operations including plan review, inspections, and counter service operations and providing plan review and inspection services for residential, industrial, and commercials developments within the Town limits. He developed comprehensive guidelines for plan review, inspection procedures, submittal requirements, and explored innovative ideas such as interactive internet permits, computer plan checks, and a voice recognition systems, to name a few.

Supervising Building Inspector / County of Nevada / 1983 - 1993 Building Inspector | Plans Examiner / County of Nevada / 1977 - 1983 Years of Experience: 40+
Years w/ Interwest: 14
Education
 Washington State
University
 California Building Codes
Credential
 PC 832 – Arrest and
Control
 American River College,
Sacramento, CA
 Certificate of Completion,
Construction Supervision
and Inspection
Registrations/Certifications
 Certified Access Specialist
| CASp-087
 Council of American
Building Official, CBO |
2171
 ICBO/IAPMO Plumbing
Inspector | 34090
 ICBO/IAPMO Mechanical
Inspector | 51131
 ACE III-Initial Disaster
Housing Inspector | 2121
 California State Energy
Auditor | 3134
International Code Council |
0819718
 ICC Certified Building
Official
 ICC Residential
Combination Inspector
 ICC Building Inspector
 ICC Plumbing Inspector
 ICC Accessibility
Inspector/Plans Examiner
 ICC Building Plans
Examiner
 ICC Mechanical Inspector
UMC
 ICC Mechanical Inspector
 ICC Combination
Dwelling Inspector –
Uniform Codes

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City of Pinole | Plan Check and On-Call Staffing Services Annette Mayfield, CASp, ICC

SENIOR PLANS EXAMINER // CERTIFIED ACCESS SPECIALIST
Annette has over 13 years of experience performing life-safety, architectural, mechanical, plumbing, electrical, fire codes, accessibility, and structural reviews in residential, multifamily and commercial projects, including specialty reviews of OSHPD 3 licensed clinics, industrial facilities, high-rise buildings, hotel/motels, residential care, and educational facilities. This valuable experience is also evident in that Annette specializes in working directly with applicants, designers, and jurisdictions, having successfully served multiple municipalities throughout California and Nevada, with a focus in the central valley.

She approaches plan review with her unique knowledge while balancing the delivery of timely and accurate reviews and remaining responsive and approachable to the public. Annette is extremely skilled in all disciplines required to successfully bring projects to approval.

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
Sac Republic Soccer Stadium / City of Sacramento / 2019 - Present Life Safety Plans Examiner | Annette reviews plans for this new 409,664 SF stadium to ensure compliance with applicable building codes and standards. 2020 Campus Expansion / University of California, Merced / 2017 - Present
Life Safety Plans Examiner | Annette reviews plans for the campus expansion for compliance California Building, Plumbing, Mechanical, Electrical Codes, Energy Standards, Fire Codes, Green Building Standards Code, and California Accessibility Standards; state and local building codes, policies, amendments, and ordinances.

Omni Family Health Facility / Fresno, CA / 2018
Life Safety Plans Examiner | Annette provided life safety plan review for the improvements to the health facility.

Marine Mammal Center Phase II / Marin, CA / 2015 – 2016 Life Safety Plans Examiner | Annette provided life safety plan review for this marine hospital and rehabilitation facility located on 4-acres and is the largest purpose-built animal facility in the world.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Senior Plans Examiner / Interwest Consulting Group / 2007 – Present Lead project manager performing comprehensive plan review and client relations services for Central California. Reviews residential and nonresidential plans for compliance with California Building, Plumbing, Mechanical, Electrical Codes, Energy Standards, Fire Codes, Green Building Standards Code, and California Accessibility Standards; state and local building codes, policies, amendments, and ordinances.

Years of Experience: 14
Years w/ Interwest: 14
Education
 BS, Civil Engineering,
California State University
Fresno
Registrations/Certifications
 Certified Access Specialist
| CASp-538
International Code Council |
8018477
 ICC Building Plans
Examiner
 ICC CA Building Plans
Examiner

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City of Pinole | Plan Check and On-Call Staffing Services David Kniff, AIA

ARCHITECTURAL PLANS EXAMINER
David has more than 30 years of practical experience as the Principal Architect of his own firm and as a General Contractor. He is an effective problem solver and can easily articulate solutions and complex problems.

David has a deep understanding of current local, state and federal codes, and has prepared plans under IBC and CBC codes for many residential and commercial projects located in California and Texas.

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
Senior CA. Plans Examiner Manager / Interwest Consulting Group / 2021 - Present
Architectural Plans Examiner / EsGil – A SAFEbuilt Company/ 2017 - 2021
David started his SAFEbuilt career as an EsGil employee, working as an Architectural Plans Examiner serving cities throughout Southern California specifically in San Diego County. When EsGil merged with Interwest Consulting Group, David’s expertise made him the perfect candidate to manage our plan check team throughout the state. David continues to provide architectural plan review for municipal clients, but also provides oversight for all plan check staff, manages status tracking to ensure agreed upon turnaround times are met, and provides quality control of plan check work products.

Principal Architect / KEA Architecture - Development / 1987 - 2017 David programmed, planned and completed the creation of design documents and streamlined the marketing and perspective client meetings.

He oversaw the production of A/E, M/E/P construction documents through the permitting phases of work. David worked with governmental agencies that have jurisdiction over all of the company’s projects resulting in great communication abilities.

Project Manager / Architects Coombs - Mesquita / 1980 - 1987 David oversaw a team of draftsman to create construction documents for commercial and industrial facilities. He created design documents from the sketches of the Principal Architects. David worked with various Engineer and Utility Consultants coordination with the Project Manager’s drawings Years of Experience: 30+
Years w/ Interwest: 1
Education
 Mesa Community College,
1983
Registrations/Certifications
 CA Registered Architect,
C-19040
 CA General Building
Contractor, Class B
License, 707752
 TX Registered Architect,
19798
 W12 National Building
Contractor
Years of Experience: 25
Years w/ Interwest: 4
Education
MS, EEE, California State
University, Sacramento
BS, EEE, South China University
of Technology
Registrations/Certifications
CA Registered Electrical
Engineer | E16243
NCCER HVAC Level IV
Certification
NCCER Plumbing Level IV
Certification
NCCER Building Maintenance
Level III Certification
NCCER Carpentry Level IV
Certification
NCCER Solar Photovoltaic
Level I Certification
NCCER Wind Power Level I
Certification
NCCER Green Technology
Level I Certification
NCCER Weatherization
Technician Level I Certification
Jingpei Zhang, EE

ELECTRICAL ENGINEER
Jingpei is a California registered engineer with more than 25 years of experience and a Masters degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

Over his career, he has designed a variety of facilities and systems, including electrical distribution systems for healthcare centers; data center facilities; commercial and industry buildings; and schools. Jingpei also has extensive experience providing electrical plan reviews on a multitude of projects including multi-story housing, large stadium projects. the UC Merced 2020 project, hotels and high-rise buildings.

PROJECT EXPERIENCE
Electrical Plans Examiner / Sac Republic Soccer Stadium / City of Sacramento / 2019 - Present
Jingpei reviews plans for conformance to applicable electrical codes for this new 409,664 SF stadium.

Electrical Plans Examiner / 65 East Apartments / City of Sacramento / 2018 – Present
Jingpei provides electrical plan review of this new five story, 180,724 SF apartment complex.

Electrical Plans Examiner / Great Wolf Lodge / City of Manteca / 2018 – Present
Jingpei provides electrical plan review for this unique 510,000 SF hotel and 100,000 SF indoor water park.

Electrical Plans Examiner / 2020 Campus Expansion / University of California, Merced / 2017 - Present
Jingpei provides electrical plan review for the UC Merced campus expansion project that will nearly double the campus upon completion.

Electrical Plans Examiner / Sacramento, CA / 2009 – 2017 Jingpei reviewed plans for health care facilities, commercial and industry buildings including:
Farm Credit West (bank), Yuba City
Almadon Ranch Commercial Office Building O6/P5
El Dorado Surgery Center, Folsom Surgery Center
Kaiser Folsom HVAC upgrade
San Francisco Honda Service Center in Folsom and Bayshore University Village Shopping Center
Folsom Broderick Restaurant
Folsom Natural Result Surgery Center
Sunnyvale Building T warm shell
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City of Pinole | Plan Check and On-Call Staffing Services Jim Campo, CBO, ICC

BUILDING INSPECTOR
Jim brings over 15 years of industry experience in building construction, building inspections and network engineering. His formal training in ICC codes, as well as job experience, helps him to provide thorough and accurate commercial and residential inspections. Jim is an excellent asset to any building department both in the office and in the field.

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
Building Inspector / City of Placerville / 2014 – Present Jim provides commercial and residential building inspection services for the City of Placerville as a consultant with Interwest Consulting Group.

General & Electrical Contractor / Sole Proprietor / 2008 – Present Provides residential remodeling and commercial tenant improvements as a general contractor. Specializes in residential electrical work, panel changeouts, and subpanel and branch circuit additions.

Site Construction Supervisor / Habitat for Humanity / 2003 – 2008 Jim led family members and other volunteers in the construction of 10 houses for families in need. Responsibilities included planning workday construction activities, working with vendors to acquire materials, directed tools and materials to sites as needed for construction. Jim met budgetary constraints in residential construction and kept the work site safe and secure.

Network Engineer / Intel Corporation / 1988 – 2003
Jim organized and led the wide area network (WAN) design team that reviewed new designs and produced network design guidelines and standards resulting in higher quality and more consistent designs by all network engineers.

Jim designed and implemented a “controlled county” network addition that enabled the company to do manufacturing and sales in China. As a result, Jim won Intel’s highest achievement award. His responsibilities included setting standards and policies for company-wide IP network prefix allocation eliminating duplication and confusion in IP addressing. He improved WAN design in Asia, saving $100,000 in capital and $684,000 per year in telecomm expenses while increasing network performance by 25%.

Jim managed the project team that designed and implemented network upgrades for the greater Europe employing frame relay that increased price and performance by 4 times. He also implemented inverse multiplexing to increase network performance at minimal cost in the domestic US network.

Technical Systems Support Manager / US Sprint Communications / 1984 – 1988
Jim managed a staff of systems programmers, analysts and computer operators to support that engineering computing environment. He established policies and procedures for the efficient use of available computer resources.

Years of Experience: 15
Years w/ Interwest: 8
Education
 BS, Biological Sciences,
Stanford University
Registrations/Certifications
 International Code Council,
8245536
 ICC Residential Building
Inspector
 ICC Certified Building
Official
 ICC Building Codes and
Standards Module
 ICC Legal Module
 ICC Management Module
 California Contractor B, C10, 880961

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City of Pinole | Plan Check and On-Call Staffing Services Augie Cerdan, PE

FIRE PROTECTION ENGINEER
Augie brings over 28 years of experience in construction and fire plan review and inspection with a proven performance in analysis and regulatory compliance as a Fire Protection Engineer. Augie’s extensive experiences as a Fire Protection Engineer, has provided him a skill set to examine and correct construction documents, establish and maintain effective working relationships, determine adherence to code requirements and provide rapid, uniform and accurate customer service.

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
Fire Protection Engineer | Fire Plans Examiner | Fire Inspector / Interwest Consulting Group / 2018 - Present
Augie reviews residential and non-residential plans for compliance with California Building, Plumbing, Mechanical, Energy Standards, Fire Codes and California Green Building Standards; state and local building codes, policies, amendments, and ordinances.

Fire Protection Engineer / City of Folsom / 1999 - 2017 Augie has serviced the City of Folsom for the past 18 years as their Fire Protection Engineer his role included; examining and noting deficiencies of plans, calculations, and specifications associated with the review of site and building plans, fire suppression and alarm systems, tentative parcel maps, industrial processes, hazardous materials, and specifications for new buildings and building modifications to ensure compliance with Federal, State and local fire and life safety ordinances, laws and codes. Additional duties included; conducting functional tests and field inspections of construction sites; suppression, detection and alarm systems; means of egress; fire barriers and smoke management systems.

Augie also interpreted, analyzed and made recommendations and provided technical advice to staff, developers, architects, contractors and the public related to codes, ordinances and standards. He played a key role in providing construction permitting services as the Fire Department’s representative for Community Development that resulted in a one-stop permit counter at City Hall. Additionally, he spearheaded the over-thecounter plan checking and permitting services for building permit and fire protection system applications at the public counter of the Community Development Department.

Fire Protection Engineer / City of Sunnyvale / 1990 - 1999 Augie serviced the City of Sunnyvale for 9 years as their Fire Protection Engineer his role included; examining and noting deficiencies of plans, calculations, and specifications associated with the review of site and building plans, fire suppression and alarm systems, tentative parcel maps, industrial processes, hazardous materials, and specifications for new buildings and building modifications to ensure compliance with Federal, State and local fire and life safety ordinances, laws and codes. Additional duties included; conducting functional tests and field inspections of construction sites; suppression, detection and alarm systems; means of egress; fire barriers and smoke management systems.

Years of Experience: 28
Years w/ Interwest: 4
Education
 BS, Mechanical
Engineering, University of
California, Davis
Registrations/Certifications
 CA Registered Professional
Fire Protection Engineer |
FP1579

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City of Pinole | Plan Check and On-Call Staffing Services Russell B. Blair, ICC

ICC FIRE PLANS EXAMINER
Russ is a Fire and Life Safety plan reviewer and consultant. He provides fire protection consulting services, plan review and field inspections, and staff augmentation to individuals and building and fire departments throughout Northern California.

He brings more than 40 years’ experience within the fire protection and life safety service as a career member of the fire service. He has managed and participated in a wide range of projects including plan review, inspections, hazard analysis, fire investigation, fire suppression, hazardous materials response, emergency medical services, policy development, and curriculum development.

Russ participated in the development and implementation of one of the first accredited Fire Inspector Academies in California. He has instructed at the California Regional Fire Academy on the subject of fire protection systems and fire alarm systems.

Russ is a four-time graduate of the National Fire Academy in Emmitsburg, Maryland, specializing in the Fire Prevention Management Curriculum.

Courses included Management of Fire Prevention Programs; Code Management: A Systems Approach; Fire Service Communications; and Interpersonal Dynamics.

Additionally, Russ previously served as a Fire Service Representative on the California State Fire Marshal’s Automatic Extinguishing Systems Advisory Committee. He has also served on the Planning Commission for the City of Citrus Heights.

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
Fire Plans Examiner / Interwest Consulting Group / 2012 - Present Review plans and specifications for building construction projects to ensure compliance with applicable fire codes and ordinances.

Fire and Life Safety Consultant / Self Employed / 2009 - 2014 Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District / 1994 - 2014
Pomona Fire Department / 1990 - 1994
Northrop Fire Department / 1983 – 1990
USAF Fire Department / 1978 - 1982
Years of Experience: 40
Years w/ Interwest: 10
Registrations/Certifications
 CA Certified Firefighter,
1986, 011770
 CA Fire Prevention 1A,
1990
 CA Fire Prevention 1B,
1993
 CA Fire Prevention 1C,
1992
 CA Fire Prevention 2A,
2003
 CA Fire Prevention 2B,
2006
 CA Fire Prevention 3A,
2001
 CA Fire Prevention 3B,
2000
 CA Fire Investigation 1A,
1997
 CA Fire Investigation 1B,
1995
 CA Fire Instructor 1A,
2007
 CA Fire Instructor 1B,
2007
 Hazardous Materials 1A,
1987
 Hazardous Materials 1B,
1987
 CA Hazardous Materials
1C, 1987
 CA Hazardous Materials
1D, 1987
 Emergency Medical
Technical, County of
Sacramento, D2828
International Code Council,
8092477
 ICC Fire Plans Examiner

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City of Pinole | Plan Check and On-Call Staffing Services Melissa Vink

FIRE INSPECTOR / PLANS EXAMINER
A California State Fire Marshal Certified Fire Inspector, Melissa brings over 8 years of experience in the Fire and Life Safety arena. She has extensive experience reviewing programs to ensure they comply with Federal, State and Municipal laws, regulations and policies. Melissa is accomplished in all duties including plan review and approval, fire inspections, scheduling, regulatory compliance, code interpretation, and project acceptance.

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
Fire Plans Examiner / Interwest Consulting Group / 2022 - Present Review plans and specifications for building construction projects to ensure compliance with applicable fire codes and ordinances.

UC Davis Health Fire Marshal’s Office / Fire Inspector II and Designated Campus Fire Marshal (DCFM) / 2016 - Present
 Perform monthly, quarterly and annual existing building inspections, monthly kitchen hood inspections, fire hydrant and FDC visual inspections, audio visual device testing, wet standpipe/ fire hose inspections and life safety system inspections for new construction projects including sprinkler, fire wall and fire stop inspections
 Manage fire extinguisher inspection and maintenance program  Create and maintain all Fire and Evacuation Plans for UC Davis Health  Assist in scheduling and performing annual kitchen hood testing, annual fire alarm testing and quarterly/semi-annual fire sprinkler testing  Assist with tenant improvement and new construction plan reviews for non-OSHPD buildings
 Knowledge of hazardous materials classifications
 Manage fire drill program for hospital, outpatient clinics, and non-patient office buildings and conduct drills on a quarterly and annual basis  Assist with ParaSlyde training for nursing staff
 Respond to evacuation/relocation emergencies as needed UC Davis Health Fire Marshal’s Office / Fire Inspector / 2014 - 2016  Prepare and organize reports for Joint Commission and CMS audits  Create and maintain all Fire and Evacuation Plans for the UC Davis Health System
 Public Education Coordinator for the Fire Prevention office including fire extinguisher training and emergency evacuation training  Fire Prevention Department Safety Coordinator
 Create and perform inspections for hazardous conditions and special events permits
 Manage the fire drill program and perform fire drills at the Medical Center and outlying buildings
 Assist with fire alarm, smoke control and fire sprinkler testing, weekly hospital rounds inspections, monthly kitchen hood inspections, monthly and annual building inspections, wet/dry standpipe inspections, FDC visual inspections and audio-visual device testing
 Manage fire extinguisher program including performing inspections and supervising the Extinguisher Technician
Years of Experience: 8
Years w/ Interwest: 1
Education
 Associates Degree,
Paralegal Studies, MTI
College
 Associates Degree,
General Studies – 2002
Registrations/Certifications
 State Fire Marshal
Designated Campus Fire
Marshal (SFM DCFM) -
2019
 Plan Examiner 1A, 1B, 1C –
2018/2019
 Fire Inspector 1 - 2017
 Hazardous Materials First
Responder Awareness
Level - 2017
 Plan Review Institute
Based on the 2015 ICodes - 2017
 Fire Alarm Plan Review -
2016
 Fire Prevention 3B - 2015
 Back to Basics, A Review
of NFPA 72 - 2015
 Fire Inspector 1A, 1B, 1C,
1D - 2014
 Fire Inspector 2A, 2B, 2C,
2D - 2014
 NFPA 13, NFPA 20, NFPA
25 Review Course – 2014
 CPR/First Aid Certified –
Annual Renewal

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City of Pinole | Plan Check and On-Call Staffing Services Steven Conti, ICC
ICC PLANS EXAMINER | FIRE INSPECTOR 1 & 2
Steven is a California State Fire Marshal Certified Fire Inspector. He brings over 25 years of firefighting and fire inspection experience. Steven has an extensive record of successfully inspecting all phases of highly complex projects. He is accomplished in all duties including plan review approval, multi-discipline inspections, scheduling, field supervision, regulatory compliance, code interpretation, and project acceptance.

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
Fire Inspection and Plans Examiner / Interwest Consulting Group Steven performs fire inspection services for various jurisdictional clients.

He reviews commercial and residential buildings to ensure compliance with applicable fire codes and ordinances. Steven reviews plans and specifications for building construction projects to ensure compliance with applicable codes and ordinances as well as calculations for fire alarm and extinguishing systems.

Drill Instructor / California Fire & Rescue JPA Academy Steven was a Training Instructor for entry level fire recruits, performing hands-on operation techniques for personnel.

Captain / City of Sacramento Fire Department
Steven was the Engine Company Captain. He led a crew of four personnel, responded to emergency calls for service, and performed fire safety inspections.

Firefighter / City of Sacramento Fire Department
Steven operated as member of an engine company responding to emergency calls for service. He performed fire safety business inspections on the engine company level.

Fire Prevention Officer / City of Sacramento Fire Department Steven performed regular assigned inspections of complex facilities including commercial and industrial locations. He participated in fire safety public events instructing businesses and the general public in fire safety techniques. Steven provided instruction to team members on fire safety inspection and fire investigation techniques.

Seasonal Firefighter / City of Redding Fire Department
Steven performed as a regular firefighter assisting suppression crews with staffing and business inspections.

Education
 Business Management,
University of Phoenix
 Hazardous Materials
Specialist, CA Specialized
Training Institute
 AA in Fire Technology,
Shasta College
 Emergency Medical
Technician Sacramento
County EMS
Registrations/Certifications
International Code Council |
8356876
 ICC Fire Plans Examiner
 ICC Fire Inspector I
 ICC Fire Inspector II
 ICC Residential Fire Sprinkler
Inspector
 ICC Residential Fire Sprinkler
Plans Examiner
 ICC Commercial Plans
Examiner
 ICC Commercial Fire
Sprinkler Inspector
 ICC Pre-Engineered Kitchen
Fire Extinguishing Systems
Technician
 CSFM Fire Prevention Officer
1  CSFM Fire Inspector 1A
 CSFM Fire Inspector 1B
 CSFM Fire Inspector 1C
 CSFM Fire Inspector 1D
 CSFM Fire Inspector 2A
 CSFM Fire Inspector 2B
 CSFM Fire Inspector 2C
 CSFM Fire Inspector 2D
 Fire Prevention 3A & 3B
 Penal Code 832
 ICS 200
 Firefighter 1-2
 Fire Officer Training
 Confined Space Rescue
Awareness
 Incident Commander
Hazardous Materials

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City of Pinole | Plan Check and On-Call Staffing Services Andrew D. Hyatt, ICC

FIRE PLANS EXAMINER
Andrew is a dedicated, highly self-motivated professional and natural leader with experience through paid employment involving fire code, plan review, inspections, and proper handling of hazardous materials. He is qualified with over 10 years pf extensive experience in fire prevention with specialized knowledge of current fire safety laws, codes, and ordinances.

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
Fire Plans Examiner / Interwest Consulting Group / 2019 – Present Andrew is responsible for ensuring that all plan reviews and field inspections are completed as committed to the customer and that documentation is accurately maintained. He is responsible for ensuring that plan reviews and inspections are performed in accordance with the standards, ordinances, codes, and regulations adopted/established by the municipality.

Fire Prevention Specialist II / City of Santa Clara Fire Department / 2009 - Present
Andrew provides plan reviews and inspections in the following areas:
architectural, automatic sprinklers, fire alarms, water supply, access, alternative automatic fire extinguishing systems, hazardous materials, and additional areas.

Volunteer / Fire Prevention Division / 2007 - 2009
Andrew assisted with fire inspections and acceptance testing of fire extinguishing systems, fire alarm systems, and additional areas. This included over 180 hours of plan review volunteer time. Andrew also assisted in all aspects of plan review, as well as construction and operational permit inspections.

Associate Consultant / Hazardous Materials Division / 2008 - 2009 Andrew provided consulting for applicants regarding Hazardous Materials Business Plans. He promoted a helpful and friendly relationship between contractors as well as business owners.

Computer Systems Operator / United States Air Force – OH & CA Air National Guard / 2002 - 2008
Andrew specialized in communications, including prioritizing tasks to provide support for air rescue operations. He maintained Top Secret Security Clearance.

Years of Experience: 20
Years at Interwest: 2
Education
 A.S. Degree in Fire
Technology, Cabrillo
College, Honorable
Mention
 Bachelor’s Degree in
Cardiovascular
Science, The Ohio
State University,
Dean’s List
 A.A. Degree, The Ohio
State University,
Dean’s List
Registrations/Certifications
 International Code
Council, 8415675
 ICC Fire Plans
Examiner
 ICC Fire Inspector I
 ICC Fire Inspection II

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City of Pinole | Plan Check and On-Call Staffing Services Richard Kazandjian, ICC

FIRE AND LIFE SAFETY SPECIALIST
Richard has over 20 years of experience in the Fire and Life Safety arena, building relationships with community organizations, businesses, and residents, and reviewing programs to ensure that they comply with Federal, State and Municipal laws, regulations and policies. Richard is a certified Fire Inspector I, Fire Inspector II, Fire Plans Examiner and California Underground Storage Tank Inspector from the International Code Council. He also possesses numerous California State Fire Marshal, FEMA, JRIC and NFPA certifications, and a peace officer “PC 832” from Rio Hondo College and the Orange County Sheriff’s Department.

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
Fire Plans Examiner / Interwest Consulting Group / 2016 - Present Reviews commercial and residential buildings to ensure compliance with applicable fire codes and ordinances. Review plans and specifications for building construction projects to ensure compliance with applicable codes and ordinances as well as calculations for fire alarm and extinguishing systems.

Fire Prevention Manager / City of Torrance Fire Department / 2005 - 2016
Richard supervised the Fire Prevention and Hazardous Materials Administration Division, which included assigning, coordinating, training and reviewing the work of all Fire Prevention Specialists, as well as conducting performance evaluations and ensuring that key performance indicators were met. He was recognized for successfully developing formal training and mentoring programs for Fire Prevention and Operations Division personnel on subjects including plan check, new construction and hazardous materials. He also evaluated and redesigned the Fire Prevention Inspection Program that accounts for over 1600 annual fire inspections to accomplish key performance indicators. Richard took the lead on implementing Accela “Enterprise Software System” in the Fire Division to innovatively organize programs and provide a higher level of customer service to the public. Perform evaluations of fire safety conditions and recommend changes to building and fire codes. He prepared and presented reports and recommendations at City Council and Commission meetings, and reviewed and inspected highly complex and technical highrise, refinery, commercial, industrial, and hazardous materials plans.

Fire Inspector II | Fire Instructor / City of Anaheim Fire Department / 2000 - 2005
He served as Acting Deputy Fire Marshal in his absence, and reviewed building, fire protection systems, plot and structural plans for compliance with fire safety codes, laws and other regulations. Richard also conducted on site inspection of new and existing construction projects, and performed fire inspections on all types of occupancy classifications. He coordinated with private, public and governmental agencies to evaluate fire hazard issues, and developed and instructed all types of in-service training programs.

Years of Experience: 21
Years w/ Interwest: 4
Education
 BS, Fire Protection and
Administration, Minor
Public Administration,
California State Los
Angeles, 2000
 AS, Fire and Emergency
Technology, El Camino
College, 1997
 Firefighter 1 Certified,
South Bay Fire Academy,
1995
Registrations/Certifications
International Code Council,
5069769
 ICC Fire Inspector I and II
 ICC CA UST Inspector
 ICC Fire Plans Examiner
Professional Affiliations
 Ex-President, South Bay
Fire Prevention Officers
Association
 Ex-Vice President,
Torrance Engineers
Association
 Southern California Fire
Prevention Officers
Association
 City of Torrance Planning
Commission Staff
 Torrance Special Events
Team
 Chair, South Bay Fire Code
Adoption Committee
Awards/Distinctions
 Excellence Award – City of
Torrance, City Manager’s
Office, 2015
 Service Award – South Bay
Fire Prevention Officers
Association, 2013
 Community Hero – Mighty
Ducks of Anaheim Hockey
Club, 2004
 Lifesaving Award –
Anaheim Fire Department

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City of Pinole | Plan Check and On-Call Staffing Services Susan Guzzetta

FIRE PLANS EXAMINER
Susan is a seasoned Fire Plans Examiner with more than 40 years of experience serving municipal Fire Departments, including 9 years with the City of Newport Beach Fire Department. In addition to her impressive experience, Susan also possesses a myriad of technical training, including several California Fire Service Training and Education System (CFSTES) Fire Prevention and Management certifications, has participated in several fire industry training seminars, and has completed several programs provided by the International Fire Code Institute, FEMA, International Conference of Building Officials, the Fire Sprinkler Advisory Board of Southern California, Orange County Fire Prevention Officers, and the International Code Council.

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
Fire Plans Examiner / Interwest Consulting Group / 2021 – Present Susan currently serves the City of Newport Beach as a Fire Plans Examiner to ensure all applicable codes are met.

Life Safety Specialist III / Newport Beach Fire Department / 2011 - 2020 In this position, Susan performed detailed plan review for hazardous materials storage, high-piled stock, battery systems, emergency power systems, cell sites, manufacturing processes, spraying and dipping operations, mechanical repair facilities, and other specialized occupancies. She also performed plan review of new construction and tenant improvements to ensure compliance with the California Fire Code, city ordinances, state and local laws and nationally recognized fire prevention standards. Susan reviewed hydraulic and electrical calculations to determine conformance with the California Fire Code, California Building Code, NFPA Codes, additional national prescriptive performance codes, and related municipal codes. She also reviewed plans on all types of fire protection systems including fire sprinklers (commercial and residential), kitchen hood systems, UL 300 systems, underground fire lines, fire alarm systems, and fire hydrants. She reviewed underground tank installations and removal; performed site plan reviews for hydrants placement, access and egress, slope and angle, and “Best Water Management” practices; prepared amendments to the 2019 California Fire Code for City of Newport Beach fire code adoption; and presented the significant California Fire Code changes to the public (architects engineers, and business owners 2016). Susan attended the Building and Fire Board of Appeals prior to adoption as a fire code expert to address any questions about the changes to the 2016 fire code. She also attended weekly pre-construction “Development Review Committee” meetings as the fire department expert; met with architects, engineers, developers, and homeowners to resolve issues related to plan review; reviewed Alternative Methods of Construction requests for projects with code compliance challenges; and created fire guidelines for public’s use and efficiency of fire code requirements for life safety specialists.

Years of Experience: 40+
Education
 Bachelor of the Arts
Psychology, California
State University Fullerton
 Associates of Arts degree
in Liberal Arts, Orange
Coast College, Costa
Mesa
 Associate of Arts degree
in Psychology, Orange
Coast College, Costa
Mesa
Registrations/Certifications
California Fire Service Training
and Education System
(CFSTES)
 Fire Prevention 1A, 1B, 1C
 Fire Prevention 2A, 2B, 2C
 Fire Management 2E
 Fire Prevention 3A, 3B
 Fireworks
Enforcement/Special
Events
 Firework Enforcement
 High-Rise Life Safety
 Title 19/24
Seminars and Coursework
International Code Council
 2006 IBC Nonstructural
Fire and Life Safety
Principles
 2007 IFC Fire Protection
Systems
 2007 IFC High-Piled
Combustible Storage
 2007 IBC Solving Means
of Egress Issues in
Commercial Buildings
 2007 IBC Hazardous
Materials
 2007 CFC Fundamentals
 2008 IBC Special and
Mixed Occupancies

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City of Pinole | Plan Check and On-Call Staffing Services Anthony Ebster, ICCCC

PERMIT TECHNICIAN

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
Permit Technician / Interwest Consulting Group / 2020 - Present Permit Technician / City of Roseville / 2003-2017
Permit Technician / Woodland, CA / 2016-2017
Building Program Technician / City of Rancho Cordova / 2014 - 2016 Program Assistant / City of Citrus Heights / 2011-2014
Senior Account Manager / Alameda, CA / 2009 - 2009
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Education
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Registrations/Certifications
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City of Pinole | Plan Check and On-Call Staffing Services Johnny Curtis Thibodeau, ICC

ICC BUILDING INSPECTOR
Johnny is an ICC certified combination building inspector with over 15 years of experience as a Building Inspector. He has extensive knowledge in all phases of construction including inspections and plan review.

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
Building Inspector / Interwest Consulting Group / 2018 - Present Johnny provides building inspection services for various California municipalities ensuring that all projects are compliant with City, State and Federal code standards.

Combination Building Inspector / City of Dublin, CA / 2010 - 2018 As a combination building inspector, Johnny inspected all construction phases of new single family and multi-family dwellings and surrounding structures in high and medium density housing developments. He also inspected commercial, industrial structures, private educational and agricultural buildings. Johnny scheduled inspections and managed workloads for inspectors within the department. He reviewed plans and worked with engineers and architects in design changes and repairs detected during field inspection of residential and light commercial buildings. Processed necessary paperwork via Eden permit tracking system and county/city procedures including reports to building official, view scheduled inspections, enter inspection results, and document final paperwork for completed building projects.

Fire Suppression Maintenance / City of Nevada City, CA / 2009 - 2010 Johnny repaired, maintained and serviced fire extinguishers and fire suppression equipment as well as performed fire training for local government and business, recruited new accounts, scheduled appointments, resolved customer problems, provided technical advice and assistance.

Combination Building Inspector / City of Pleasanton, CA / 2005 - 2008 Johnny inspected all construction phases of new single family and multifamily dwellings and surrounding structures in high and medium density housing developments. He also inspected commercial, industrial structures, private educational and agricultural buildings. He reviewed plans and worked with engineers and architects in design changes and repairs detected during field inspection of residential and light commercial buildings. Johnny processed necessary paperwork via Permits Plus and county/ city procedures.

Combination Building Inspector / EL Dorado County, CA / 2004 Johnny inspected residential and commercial buildings for code compliance as well as reviewed blueprints and reported and filed paperwork by county building department.

Years of Experience: 15
Years w/ Interwest: 2
Education
 Building Inspection
Program, Butte
Community College,
Oroville, CA
Registrations/Certifications
 PC 832 Code
Enforcement
 CA Safety Assessment
Program, Post Disaster
International Code Council,
5242525
 ICC Residential
Combination Inspector
 ICC Combination Dwelling
Inspector – Uniform
Codes
 ICC Accessibility
Inspector/Plans Examiner
Areas of Expertise
 Building Inspections
 Code Interpretation
 Inspection Coordination
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City of Pinole | Plan Check and On-Call Staffing Services David L. Benedict, ICC

SENIOR BUILDING INSPECTOR
David has over 6 years of experience as a Building Inspector and over 44 years of experience in the building safety industry as a Union Carpenter.

David has experience in all aspects of residential and commercial inspection including Multi-family, Senior housing, High-rise construction, Tenant improvements, fire suppression systems, alarm and sprinkler inspections as well as code enforcement. His extensive experience in the building industry provides an advanced insight into various projects where David can provide professional and knowledgeable insight to any project ensuring all Local, State and Federal codes and ordinances are being met.

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
Northern California Division Manager | Senior Inspector| Interwest Consulting Group 2018 – Present
As the Northern California Senior Inspector, David enforces the current codes and ordinances and provides on-site Building inspections, Fire inspection, Casino and Water/Wastewater Treatment Facility inspections.

He performs plan check and code compliances, issues permits, performs code enforcement inspection and follow-up on case files, inspects all phases of construction, to ensure compliance with local codes and ordinances and provides counter work to the general public. Some example projects that David successfully provided Inspection services to included the Indian Reservations, Harris Northern California Project, Enterprise Rancheria, Estom Yumeka Madiu Tribes and the Hard Rock Sacramento Project to name a few.

Building Inspector / Upland, CA / 2016 - 2017
David provided Building and Fire Inspection services and served as a Code Enforcement Officer for various municipalities including:
 City of Arroyo Grande – Building Safety Department
 City of Grover Beach – Building Safety Department
 City of Guadalupe – Building Safety Department
 City of Lompoc – Building Safety Department
Building Inspector | Public Works Inspector / Consulting Firm / 2005 - 2009
David served as the Building Inspector for two years and the Public Works Inspector of an additional two and a half years while working under a consulting firm. He served various municipalities such as:
 City of Camarillo California – Building and Safety Department  City of Seal Beach California – Building and Safety Department  City of Fountain Valley California – Building and Safety Department  City of Moorpark California – Building and Safety Dept. / Public Works Dept.
 City of Laguna Niguel California – Public Works Department Years of Experience: 6
Years with Interwest: 3
Education
 Certification
Construction Technology
Ventura Community
College
 Graduate, Journeyman
Carpenters Apprenticeship
School, (J.A.T.C.),
Las Vegas, NV
Registrations/Certifications
 International Code
Council | 5239723
 ICC Building Inspector
 ICC CA Residential
Building Inspector
 ICC CA Commercial
Building Inspector
 ICC Permit Technician
 ICBO, Universal Building
Code Inspector
 CALBO, Residential &
Commercial Inspector
 POST, PC-832
Certification, Arrest
Search and Seizure, ID:

C31-Y65
 Safety Assessment
Program, Certified by the
State of CA Governor’s
Office of Emergency
Services
 FEMA P-50 & P-50-1
Seismic Assessment of
Detached, Single-Family
Wood Framed Dwellings
 OSHA Traffic Controls
Operations
 AWS Welder
 SAI, Suspended
Scaffolding Erector/Rigger
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City of Pinole | Plan Check and On-Call Staffing Services Gabriel Leyva, ICC

ICC BUILDING INSPECTOR
Gabriel is an ICC Residential Building Inspector with experience performing life-safety, architectural, mechanical, plumbing, electrical, and structural inspections in residential, multi-family and commercial projects. This valuable experience is also evident in that Gabriel specializes in working with applicants, designers and jurisdictions, having successfully served the City of Lincoln, Nevada County, City of Woodland and addition jurisdictions throughout the state.

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
Building Inspector / Interwest Consulting Group / 2018 - Present Gabriel performs comprehensive inspection services for client agencies. He reviews residential and non-residential plans for compliance with California Building, Life Safety, Fire, Plumbing, Mechanical, Electrical Codes, Energy Standards, state and local building codes, policies, amendments, and ordinances.

Building Inspector I / City of Roseville, CA / 2017
Gabriel inspected homeowner additions, remodels, plumbing, electrical, mechanical, patio covers and pools for various permit applications in the City of Roseville. He also inspected new track home construction projects for underground plumbing, foundation, slab membrane, electrical, whole frame, sheer, sheet rock and mechanical finishes. He gained experience working with Accela software while with the City.

Owner/President / Galco Construction / 1989 - 2018
Gabriel was a general building contractor specializing in residential remodels, new construction, commercial and residential tenant improvement projects. He was responsible for all phases of construction including design, estimating, scheduling and on-site supervision of employees, material procurement, coordinating of sub-contractors, hands on carpentry, plumbing and electrical, scheduling and meeting with building inspectors.

Carpenter / Construction Company / 2011, 2015 - 2016
Gabriel provided general carpentry services, which included stairs, structural framing and finish carpentry.

Job Foreman, Carpenter and Plumber / Various Companies, Bay Area, CA / 1983 - 1989
Gabriel was apprenticed with various contractors and developers working his way up to journey level carpenter, foreman and supervisor as well as learned the trades of plumbing and others.

Years of Experience: 3
Years w/ Interwest: 2

Education
 Building Inspection
Technology, Cosumnes
River College,
Sacramento, CA
 Certificate, Building
Technologies Program,
College of San Mateo, CA
Registrations/Certifications
International Code Council,
8836405
 ICC Residential Building
Inspector
 ICC Residential Electrical
Inspector
 ICC Residential Plumbing
Inspector
 CA Licensed General
Contractor, 553107

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City of Pinole | Plan Check and On-Call Staffing Services YEARS OF EXPERIENCE: 14
YEARS WITH INTERWEST: 1
EDUCATION:
Sierra College, Rocklin, CA
Cosumnes River College,
Sacramento, CA

LICENSES /
CERTIFICATIONS:
Internatioanl Code Council |
8418049
ICC Residential Building
Inspection
ICC Residential Electrical
Inspection
ICC Residential Plumbing
Inspection
ICC Commercial Building
Inspection
Certificate in Building
Inspection Technology
OES Direction & Control
of a Search Function and
Management Certificate
OES Direction & Control of
a Winter Search and Rescue
Operation Certificate
PC 832 MOD A, B & C, Arrest
and Firearm’s (in process of
recertification)
William Carter

BUILDING INSPECTOR AND CODE ENFORCEMENT
William is a Building Inspector and Code Enforcement with14 years of experience in the field. He has worked for a variety of companies and has a great deal of certificates that speak to his skill-sets. William is accomplished in all duties, including code enforcement, multi-discipline inspections, damage assessment, scheduling, complaint resolution and problem solving, presentations, team building, team leadership, field supervision, regulatory compliance, code interpretation and project acceptance.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Building Inspector and Code Enforcement / Interwest Consulting Group / City of Live Oak / 2022 - Present
Perform field inspections during various stages of construction. Read and examine plans and specifications when required. Schedule and perform systematic property maintenance inspections to achieve minimum property standards.

Inspector of Record / Phase II Rocktane / Hard Rock Live / 2021 - Present Perform all building, health and fire inspections for the Sacramento Hard Rock Rocktane Gas Station and Convenience Store, Office and warehouse space, Hard Rock Live 2500 seat indoor amphitheater.
Attend daily, weekly and monthly construction, safety, planning and progression meetings.
Track Non-Compliant inspections, notified GC, Tribal, B. O. and financial personnel of code violation and progression of completion.

Wilton Rancheria Resort/ 2020 - 2020
Plan check and Review.
Stamp and sign plans for phase I of casino.

BroadSpec / SAFEBuilt/ 2019 - 2020
Building Inspector / Inspector of Record / Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Phase I / 2019 - 2020
Perform all building, health and fire inspections for the Sacramento Hard Rock Hotel & Casino.
Attend daily, weekly and monthly construction, safety, QII, planning and progression meetings.
Track Non-Compliant inspections, notified GC, Tribal, B. O. and financial personnel of code violation and progression of completion.

Contract Building Inspector / Bureau Veritas / 2019 – 2019 Receive, route and perform daily building inspections. Return, discuss with staff and log pertinent information. Plan check SLD’s for solar projects and communicate any information required to customer.

Contract Building Inspector / TRB & ASSOC. / 2018 - 2019 Review and check daily list of inspections on TRAC-IT software for flags prior to scheduling and posting route.
Perform daily scheduled inspections throughout Tehama County. Return and post completed or failed inspections with notes or additional inspection completed on TRAC-IT software.
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City of Pinole | Plan Check and On-Call Staffing Services Randall Ritchey, ICC

ICC BUILDING INSPECTOR
Randall is an ICC certified Building Inspector with experience providing inspection services to various jurisdictions throughout California. Randall has extensive building code knowledge enabling him to provide a high level of service to applicants, designers and jurisdictions. Randall has provided inspection services for the City of Manteca, City of Elk Grove and the City of Folsom.

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
Building Inspector / Interwest Consulting Group / 2019 - Present Performing comprehensive inspection services for client agencies. Randall is an ICC Certified Building, Plumbing and Electrical inspector and brings a wealth of hands on and diverse knowledge in all phases of housing from beginning evaluation through construction. With his inspection background he clearly understands the elements of inspecting all phases of construction projects and can work collaboratively with both residence and developers.

Additionally, Randall displays high levels of customer service in both the field and office atmosphere.

Building Inspector I / Consulting Firm / 2018 - 2019
Randall performed inspection services throughout California for residential tracts and commercial tenant improvements.

Building Inspector I / City of Roseville, CA / 2017 - 2018 Randall performed inspections on single family residences and residential tracts.

Building Inspector I / County of Yolo, CA / 2017
Randall provided field inspections for residential and commercial projects throughout Yolo County. He effectively communicated with application customers and contractors at the public counter and over the phone.

Building Inspector I / County of Mendocino, CA / 2016 - 2017 Randall provided field inspections for residential and commercial projects throughout Yolo County. He effectively communicated with application customers and contractors at the public counter and over the phone.

Additionally, Randall provided over the counter plan review services.

Bathroom and Kitchen Remodeler / Construction Company, CA / 1996 - 2016
Randall managed a crew to ensure all projects were successfully completed on schedule. He was responsible for analyzing and assessing project schedules, communicating with customers to provide schedule updates and ordered supplies and products.

Company Owner / Signal Car Audio, CA / 1989 - 1996
Randall successfully owned and operated a car audio business.

Years of Experience: 4
Years w/ Interwest: 1
Education
 Building Inspection
Technology, Cosumnes
River College, 2016
Registrations/Certifications
International Code Council,
8319559
 ICC Residential Building
Inspector
 ICC Residential Plumbing
Inspector
 ICC Residential Electrical
Inspector

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City of Pinole | Plan Check and On-Call Staffing Services Nathan Carmen Saracino, ICC

BUILDING INSPECTOR
Nathan has over 15 years of experience in the construction industry. He has successfully managed his own company for 14 years and performed various jobs including electrical, plumbing, framing, cabinetry, landscaping, drywall texture and painting. He successfully has managed projects to ensure that the jobs stay on schedule and remain within budget. He professionally communicates between various construction professions and has the ability to meet quality assurance and inspections for local State, Federal and local codes and ordinances.

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
Building Inspector / Interwest Consulting Group / 2020 – Present Nathan provides building inspection services for residential and commercial projects in all phases of construction in Northern California. He is currenting performing inspections in the City of Elk Grove and provide inspection services for production housing. Nathan maintains a productive environment by excellent communication and delivers a high level of customer service in a professional manner at all times.

Nathan was also the Owner and Operator of Saracino Construction from 2006 – 2020.

Framing Foreman | Superintendent / JTS Communities | Framing Division Blue Lake Housing Authority / 2004 – 2006
Under general supervision, Nathan assisted framing superintendents in dayto-day framing activities at particular jobsites. He helped establish daily priorities to assure that all buildings were framed to the plan, on budget, on schedule and delivered to the JTS Construction schedule and was responsible for assuring buildings met quality assurance and framing inspections. He was responsible for labor personnel, forklift operators, framers and quality assurance, pre-sheer and pre-frame inspections and all discrepancies on the job. Nathan conducted weekly safety meetings and managed hardware placement and distribution.

Years of Experience: 15+
Years w/ Interwest: 1
Education
 Diploma, Southern
Regional High School,
Manahawkin, NJ
Registrations/Certifications
 Contractors State License
Board (CSLB), 881390
International Code Council,
9518768
 ICC Residential Building
Inspector
 ICC Residential
Mechanical Inspector
 ICC Residential Plumbing
Inspector
 ICC Residential Electrical
Inspector
 ICC Residential
Combination Inspector
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City of Pinole | Plan Check and On-Call Staffing Services Anthony Ebster, ICCCC

PERMIT TECHNICIAN

Education
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Registrations/Certifications
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City of Pinole | Plan Check and On-Call Staffing Services David Jordan, ICC

PERMIT TECHNICIAN
David is a Permit Technician with a diverse work background. He is experienced in audit inspections, analytics, and process improvement.

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
Permit Technician / Interwest Consulting Group / 2022 – Present David sets up project accounts and monitors project balances and close out projects. He calculates development impact fees and coordinates plan checks. David calculates development impact fees and is the central cashier for receipt mitigation and building permit fees.

Permit Technician (Consultant) / 4Leaf / 2021 – Present David received (in-take) and processes new and active permits. He organized projects/documents for easy access for Plans Examiners.

David was very responsive by phone and email regarding applicant’s needs.

Shipping Lead / Cardinal Health / 2020 - 2021
David interacted with customers and tended to their needs. He received, inspected, organized, and stocked inventory. David inputted data in spreadsheets and recorded it into TPS.

Assistant Supervisor / California Electronic Asset Recovery / 2015 - 2017 David managed phone calls, emails, and processed paperwork towards customer’s needs. He maintained accountability of electrical materials valued over $5,000 dollars. David verified incoming and outgoing shipments for validity and accuracy from various government agencies/small businesses.

Years of Experience: 7
Education
 Associate of Arts in Liberal
Arts Math and Science,
Cosumnes River College
Registrations/Certifications
 International Code
Council | 10166722
 ICC Permit Technician

PERMIT TECHNICIAN
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City of Pinole | Plan Check and On-Call Staffing Services YEARS OF EXPERIENCE: 30

LICENSES /
CERTIFICATIONS:
FL Institute Government - FACE
Level IV
FL Institute Government - FACE
Level III
FL Institute Government - FACE
Level II
FL Institute Government - FACE
Level I
Bernard Pita

CODE ENFORCEMENT
Mr. Pita has more than 35 years of experience in the construction industry. Mr. Pita has conducted residential 1 & 2 family and commercial building inspections assuring that the work complies with all applicable codes.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Code Compliance Supervisor Calvin, Giordano and Associates | Interwest Consulting Group | 07/2015 - Present
Work closely and in partnership with City Elected Officials, City Manager’s Office and all Department Directors
Supervise, guide and coach the Code Inspector team and support the Special Magistrate process and Magistrate Clerks.
Manage and operate daily functions of the Code Compliance Department.

Senior Code Compliance Supervisor Calvin, Giordano and Associates | 10/2012 - 07- 2015
Served as senior field Inspector, worked complex and difficult cases involving zoning approvals and landscape plans.
Trained all new code inspectors and assist all code inspectors with daily tasks or questions.
Conducted quarterly main corridor assessments to include a report of all findings and cases.

Code Enforcement Supervisor City of Coral Springs | 04/2007 - 10/2012 Demonstrated the ability to interact with internal and external customers from diverse cultures and backgrounds.
Transformed “difficult” customers into satisfied customers by finding a win-win resolution.
Commended for multitasking abilities; frequently assigned end of fiscal year budget and initiated process improvements to include technology enhancing recommendations.

Code Enforcement Investigator/Supervisor Polk County Board of Commissioner | 10/2002 - 04/2007
Assisted process consultant where the outcome was higher voluntary compliance. Liaison between Code Enforcement and Keep Polk County organizational improving aesthetics of County entry roadways.
Partner with Polk County Sheriff Office to address dilapidated and Nuisance properties negativity impactiung the community. 203 of 1216
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City of Pinole | Plan Check and On-Call Staffing Services Lenore Graber

CODE ENFORCEMENT
Lenore has 16 years of experience in code compliance in different municipalities with unique community and code enforcement needs.

She has 10 years of leadership experience in code enforcement and other organizations.

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
Code Compliance Manager / Interwest Consulting Group / Calvin Giordano & Associates, Inc.

Lenore manages daily operations for the City and collaborates with all departments to address code violations. She works closely with law enforcement, City managers, and elected officials to better serve the community. Lenore creates outreach, communication, and education encouraging voluntary compliance and better addressing health and safety code violations.

Code Compliance Supervisor / City of Coral Springs
Lenore conducted code inspections, interpreted code ordinances, and properly issued notice to violators meeting all legal criteria. She attended community meetings educating the public about code enforcement.

Clerical Office Assistant / City of Coral Springs
Lenore served as the Special Magistrate clerk for code proceedings and hearings. She prepared legal documentation relevant to code violations issued by the magistrate. Lenore helped customers in person and on the phone to better help them with code cases or ordinance questions.

Years of Experience: 16
Education
 Associate degree,
Business Science, North
Shore Community
College
 FAU – Institute if
Government, Florida
Association of Code
Enforcement
 City of Coral Springs
Leadership Program
Licenses/Certifications
 FEMA 10 0 , 20 0 ,
4 0 0 , 70 0 , 8 0 0
 P a rkin g
En fo rce m e n t
Ce rt ifica t io n
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City of Pinole | Plan Check and On-Call Staffing Services Silvio A. Baca

CODE ENFORCEMENT
Silvio has office managerial and warehouse control experience. He is computer friendly with vast experience in many programs. Silvio is efficient in multi-tasking with versatile abilities in different business areas, including customer service, purchasing department, account receivable/payable, development, production, product inventory, logistics and guest relation. He speaks, reads, and writes fluent English and Spanish.

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
Code Compliance Inspector/ Calvin, Giordano and Associates, Inc. / 2020 – Present
Silvio performs systematic site inspections within the designated City area to ensure compliance with all applicable City, State and Federal code and regulatory requirements. He responds to inquiries and investigates any reports of code violations from the public.

Silvio identifies compliance problems, issues, and delivers deficiency notices.

Insurance Field Inspector / Sabcom Services Inc. / 2007 - 2020 Silvio profiled new customers and assisted Realtors and lenders to provide the proper inspections for their clients. He developed forms for customers to better understand the final product. Silvio set up routes for weekly inspections.

Executive Account Representative / Acosta Farms Nursery, Inc. / 200 3 - 2007
Silvio was involved in product management and presentation.

He promoted new products to maximize exposure of the merchandise.

Silvio participated in stores’ weekend events to develop product awareness.

General Manager/ Merit International, Inc. / 1989 - 2003 Silvio generated business in the Miami area and increased sales by growing the account base. He handed accounts receivable and payable and trained new employees on work procedures and individual tasks.

Years of Experience: 33
Education
 Associate in Arts Degree
in Computer Science,
Miami Dade Community
College
Licenses /Certificates
 Home Inspection
Certification
 Code Enforcement Level
1 Certification
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City of Pinole | Plan Check and On-Call Staffing Services C. | Experience, Qualifications and References
Interwest has provided plan review and inspection services for numerous new and remodeled commercial, OSHPD 3 medical facilities, industrial, retail, tenant improvement, multi-family residential and custom residential projects. We have also provided plan review and inspection services for multiple master plan development projects and publicly owned building projects. Below is a sampling of projects recently completed by personnel proposed to provide building safety plan review and building inspection services to the City of Pinole. All assignments were completed 100% by Interwest, within budget and within specified time-frames.

SAN MATEO WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT |

CITY OF SAN MATEO, CA
Contact: Mike Titsworth
Building Official
650.522.7195 | [email protected]
2050 Detroit Drive San Mateo, CA 94404
In October of 2019, Interwest provided complete plan review services of the wastewater treatment system (by Aquacell) that was installed into the ground floor of a building that was under construction. The system had five below-grade tanks installed at the perimeter of the building that ranged in size from 40,000 gallons to 50,000 gallons. The wastewater treatment system will produce up to 17,413,000 gallons of water per year for beneficial reuse, offsetting potable water demand. Treated water will be used for landscape irrigation and flushing toilets and urinals. The projected design flow for the treatment plant is 100,000 gallons per day (gpd).

GREAT WOLF LODGE | CITY OF MANTECA
Contact: Brad Wungluck
Chief Building Official
209.459.8000 | [email protected]
1215 W. Center St, Manteca, CA 95337
Occupancy Type: R-1, A-2, A-3, B, M, F-1, S-1, S-2 | Type of Construction: IB | Building Area: 510,000 SF
Interwest provided full building safety and inspection services, including plan and fire review for the new Great Wolf Lodge water park and hotel beginning in 2018, with a final review in 2020. The Great Wolf Lodge has unique construction features which require flexibility and solid working relationships with the designers. The Great Wolf Lodge project included a 100,000 SF indoor water park, a family entertainment center, restaurant, food court and meeting and banquet rooms which require flexibility and solid working relationships with the designers. Turnaround times:15 days at PC1; 10 days at subsequent reviews.
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City of Pinole | Plan Check and On-Call Staffing Services ATHERTON TOWN CENTER PROJECT |

TOWN OF ATHERTON, CA
Contact: George Rodericks
City Manager
650.752.0504 | [email protected]
91 Ashfield Road
Atherton, CA 94027
Interwest has served the Town of Atherton since 2011,
providing municipal engineering, building and safety,
GIS, and IT services, as well as technical assistance and support to the Town Manager, Town Council, appointed
Committees, and the community on programs, policies,
activities and projects. The Town of Atherton is known for being the most expensive zip code to call home in America, but, incongruously, the Town’s Civic Center was comprised of an old building and eight (8) portable trailers. Recognizing the need for a functional and welcoming space for civic activities and community engagement, the Town created plans for a new Civic Center Complex, complete with council chambers, a library, and facilities for town administration and police department.

Though planning for the Town Center began in 2012, the project broke ground in 2019. It was crucial to the Town to have complete stakeholder buy-in and community involvement. Plans were drawn and changed several times to ensure that the project properly represented the vision of Town Leadership, reflected and preserved the rich cultural heritage of the Town, and respectful of concerns expressed by adjacent neighbors and Town stakeholders.

Interwest Project Manager, Marty Hanneman, effectively and successfully formed important partnerships and wonderful relationships with Town residents and vocal stakeholders as he responded to their questions and found solutions to their concerns throughout the planning, design, and construction of the project.

Once the plan was agreed upon and construction started, the project faced an unexpected and unanticipated challenge: the COVID pandemic. Like so many construction projects that year, the Town Center was put on hold for several months as the Town adopted and implemented health and safety best practices. Eventually the project was allowed to proceed, as the Town Center will be an essential service building; even so, moving forward remained difficult as several of the required suppliers and tradesmen were not considered to be essential workers. Even though months of productivity were lost, it is a testament to the team’s determination and dedication that the project remained on schedule.

Interwest is proud to be a part of this marquee project for the Town of Atherton. “We’re really pleased with how the project is progressing given the challenges we’re all facing with COVID,” said Project Manager, Marty Hanneman. “This project is going to be a real showcase for the community as well as for all of the contractors and the larger team delivering the project.”
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City of Pinole | Plan Check and On-Call Staffing Services STERLING 5TH STREET APARTMENTS | DAVIS, CA
Contact: Brian Fenty
Chief Building Official
530.757.5655 | [email protected]
23 Russell Blvd, Suite 2
Davis, CA 95616
Interwest has provided full plan review services on behalf of the City of Davis from 2018 to present day. We reviewed the building project plans for code compliance to California Mechanical Code, California Plumbing Code, California Building Code, California Building Energy Efficiency Standards, and California Green Building Standards Code. This particular mixed-use project included a nonresidential clubhouse, parking garage, and high-rise apartment buildings. For each building, the mechanical code compliance review consisted most notably of the ventilation systems, exhaust systems, fire protection systems at duct penetrations at horizontal floor ceiling assemblies, and that combustion air and venting for the fuel-burning appliances met code requirements. To verify compliance with the plumbing code, we reviewed the water heating (solar), the sizing and routing of the building drainage, waste, and vent system stacks, gas line sizing and routing, potable water line sizing, condensate waste systems, and storm water drainage systems. In order to verify energy and CalGreen code compliance, we reviewed that the appropriate forms were acceptably completed to verify compliance for the mechanical systems, building envelope, covered processes, and commissioning.

HOLLYWOOD PARK RETAIL, OFFICES & ASSOCIATED
PARKING | CITY OF INGLEWOOD, CA
Contact: Mandhir Singh
Chief Building Official
310.412.5294 | [email protected]
One W. Manchester Blvd, 4th floor
Inglewood, CA 90301
From 2018 to present day, Interwest staff has been performing complete architectural, structural, mechanical, electrical and plumbing plan review for this proposed mixed-use
development which will include retail and office space with associated parking. The amenities for the outdoor mall with entertainment venues include Plaza’s, Chef’s Garden, Basketball Court, Outdoor Seating, Stage, Children’s Play Area, Loading Docks, and Promenade. The project consists of two phases encompassing a 28.5-acre site, 24 buildings of type 2B and Type 4 Construction with a combined area of approximately 516,094 square feet. The project will include Occupancy Groups A-1, A-2, A-5, B, and M.

We performed plan review services for the MU-10 and MU-2C projects. The MU-10 is a 5-story mixed use podium style project consisting of four levels of Type V-A construction over one level of 1 A construction. The building will include R-2, S-2, A-3, M, B and S-1 Occupancies. The building will include 965 SF of retail space, 8,628 SF of amenity spaces, 213 residential units, and 426 parking spaces. The total building area is approximately 443,753 SF. The MU-10 building is to be constructed over an independent one-level subterranean parking structure. The proposed building will be fully fire-sprinklered. The MU-2C project is a 5-story mixed use podium style project consisting of three levels of Type V-A construction over two levels of 1-A construction. The building will include R-2, S-2, A-3, M, B and S-1 Occupancies. The building will include 966 SF of retail space, 10,204 SF of amenity spaces, 101 residential units, and 203 parking spaces. The total building area is approximately 237,314 SF. The proposed building will be fully fire-sprinklered. The project construction for MU-2C includes the construction of a “private road” (Hardy Street) as well as a fire-access alley surrounding the building. 208 of 1216
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City of Pinole | Plan Check and On-Call Staffing Services The proposed MU-4 office and parking structure project consists of a 7-story high-rise tower with a partial basement, connected to a two-story studio support facility, and an adjacent studio structure. The tower includes 395,000 SF of shell space for a planned Group B Occupancy; the studio support facility is 36,000 SF that is primarily Group B Occupancy; and the studio structure is 22,000 SF of Group F-1 occupancy. All three components will be considered a single building of Type 1B construction for the purpose of allowable height and area, life-safety system, and energy compliance. The tower and studio support facility will be designed for Risk Category 3 per 2016 CBC Table 1604.5; the studio will be structurally separated to allow it to be designed for risk category 2. The office building will be constructed as a shell building with built-out elevator lobbies. The associated parking structure is an approximately 320,000 SF four levels and 953 stalls, which will be Occupancy Group S-2 and will be constructed of Type 2B construction and surface parking areas. The project also includes site development with landscaping, drop off and loading zones, as well as access drives to a seven-story, approximately 550,000 SF parking structure to accommodate approximately 1,650 parking spaces. The parking structure will be type 1A construction with separated Group S-2 and H-2 occupancies. All buildings will be fully fire-sprinklered. Services began at the end of 2018 and are ongoing.

The NFL Media project consists of three tenant improvement projects: an improvement for two floors of an existing high-rise tower Type 1A construction consisting of approximately 100,000 SF; an improvement to a 52,400 SF existing two-story studio support facility of a type 1A construction and landscaping on an existing rooftop amenity deck and roof top equipment; and an improvement to an existing 25,800 SF double-height studio facility with a new mezzanine consisting of a Television Production Studios with and without live audiences of a type 1A construction.

Interwest provided plan review services including Architectural, Structural, Mechanical, Plumbing, Electrical, Energy, Fire & Life Safety, Accessibility, On-site Civil including underground utilities, surface features, shoring designs, and Geotechnical report review and is currently providing inspection services.

The Hollywood Park Olympics TI project consists of tenant improvement for a fitness facility into an existing space in a Type II-B building of three levels with an area of 57,424 SF. We will provide optional pre-plan check review and consultation of design documents. Interwest will plan check the 100% Construction Documents (as applicable) for Architectural, Structural, Mechanical, Plumbing, Electrical, Energy, Fire & Life Safety, Accessibility, and On-site Civil including underground utilities, surface features, shoring designs, and Geotechnical report review. 209 of 1216
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City of Pinole | Plan Check and On-Call Staffing Services Client References

CLIENT REFERENCE SERVICE DESCRIPTION CONTRACT
AMOUNT

TIME TO COMPLETION
City of Menlo Park
Chuck Andrews,
Building Official
650.330.67657 |
[email protected]
701 Laurel St.

Menlo Park, CA 94025
Interwest provides Plan
Review Services.
$1,006,760 2014 - Present (Active).

Town of Atherton, CA
George Rodericks,
City Manager
650.752.0504 | grodericks@
ci.atherton.ca.us
91 Ashfield Road
Atherton, CA 94027
Interwest provides
Building Official,
Plan Review, Building
Inspection and Permit
Technician Services.
$60 Million 2011 - Present (Active).

City of Palo Alto
David Chung,
Assistant Building Official
650.329.2135 |
[email protected]
285 Hamilton Avenue
Palo Alto, CA 94301
Interwest provides
Building Plan Review,
Building Inspection and
Fire Plan Services.
$700,000 2020 - Present (Active).

City of Walnut Creek
Fangbin Mo, SE
925.943.5899 ext. 2202 |
[email protected]
Jessica Cherish Azevedo
925.943.5834 ext. 2265
1666 North Main Street, 2nd Fl.

Walnut Creek, CA 94596
Interwest provides Building
Plan Review and Inspection
Services.
$250,000 2021 - Present (Active).

City of Richmond
Chris Castanchoa,
Building Official
510.620.6868 | chris_
[email protected]
450 Civic Center Plaza
Richmond, CA 94804
Interwest provides oncall Building Inspection
services and overflow Plan
Review services to the City
of Richmond.
$758,567 2020 - Present (Active).
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City of Pinole | Plan Check and On-Call Staffing Services D. | Services Understanding
Scope of Work and Special Services
Building Safety Services Offered
Interwest has extensive experience and a proven track record of seamlessly integrating Building Official, building plan review, building inspection and permit technician services as-needed in a cost-effective manner. Our services consist of providing a single staff member or a complete team. We tailor our staff to fit your specific needs. We currently provide Building Official, inspection and plan check services to the City.

WHAT THE CITY CAN EXPECT FROM THEIR INTERWEST TEAM
We are very familiar with the City’s processes, local concerns, expected turnaround times, and the level of service required to continue providing outstanding support to the Building Safety Department. This in depth understanding and insight into the City’s preferences makes us uniquely qualified to continue providing these services without a “getting to know you” phase that can sometimes lead to service interruptions. Our staff’s quality and training, combined with our proven business practices and a core commitment to customer satisfaction, ensure each client receives the highest levels of contract performance, professionalism, and responsiveness in the industry.

All Interwest Team Members will:
9 Wear/display proper identification.
9 Possess/maintain the licenses/certifications required to perform compliant plan reviews, building inspection and permitting services.
9 Be knowledgeable of design principles, local zoning, and topographical site plans. 9 Remain proficient and knowledgeable of federal, state, and local laws, rules, regulations, directives, codes, and ordinances applicable to their work.
9 Offer exemplary customer service while performing their duties and interacting with City staff, elected and appointed officials, construction firms, and the public. 9 Attend meetings as required by the City.
9 Always exhibit professional and courteous conduct and an appropriate appearance during interactions. 9 Meet all job safety requirements and OSHA safety standards. 211 of 1216
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PROJECT MANAGEMENT APPROACH
Our project management approach begins with applying our Plan, Execute, Control, Optimize (PECO) philosophy. The PECO framework, illustrated in Figure 1, is based on our team’s experience and industry best practices endorsed by the Project Management Institute. We identify, prioritize, allocate, manage, and control the work requirements through this singular, integrated method.

Using the PECO framework illustrated to the right, the Interwest team delivers a project management approach that combines the right people, processes, and tools to perform the Scope of Services requirements. Our support for the City of Pinole requires a methodology to operate and maintain all areas of service efficiently.

The Interwest team’s process is structured to streamline our resources and provide responsive services. Successful execution of building support services starts with a responsive team structure that can anticipate and address resource needs.

Our team works on multiple tasks simultaneously, and our organizational structure supports the staff to oversee this process effectively. Our Project Manager, Hossein Sanikhatam, will ensure overall project performance and completion.

APPROACH TO COMMUNICATION & COORDINATION
One of the keys to the efficient and successful flow of information is clear, effective communication. Everyone involved with a contract of this size and scope must be aware of changes, progress, and challenges. We commit to working with you to determine the best ways to communicate the right information to the right people at the right time. Our priority is to ensure the best possible experience working with our team—with minimum impact on the City and its citizens. Meetings are an integral part of the plan, especially at contract start-up, and involve all applicable staff from the City and Interwest. Everyone involved must be aware of progress and changes they can expect going forward. We will prepare communications that can be shared with all City staff, detailing what to expect during contract transition and moving forward. We work with you to develop a schedule and format to meet your needs for aggregate reporting. Report formats may include monthly, quarterly, and annual reports summarizing activity levels, adherence to performance metrics, and other items of special interest to the City. We ensure our work effort is clearly communicated to the City throughout the contract’s life, adjusting as necessary.

The following is a summary of our communication plan:

PLAN

OPTIMIZE EXECUTE

CONTROL
direction
& coordination
direction & coordination
direction, coordination,
& information
information
daily status report
direct coordination
The PECO framework delivers a
contract management approach
that combines the right people,
processes, and tools to perform
contract work.

QUALITATIVE QUANTITATIVE FREQUENCY METHOD
Information
requested by
key decision
makers and
stakeholders
Identification
and selection
of metrics and
information to
be provided
Determination
of how often
information
and data is to
be provided
Selection
of preferred
mechanism to
share information
(charts, reports,
emails, etc.)
Figure 1
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City of Pinole | Plan Check and On-Call Staffing Services Quality Assurance
Interwest prides itself in meeting clients’ needs while maintaining a high level of quality control. Our approach is proactive—we prevent quality issues to the greatest extent possible and prepare for other situations in advance by mitigating risk. To ensure quality, Interwest has implemented a Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC) program where our Project Manager performs random quality evaluations of our staff throughout the year. Interwest’s QA/ QC activities include:
• Standardized processes for intake, completion of returned work, email correspondence, review comment letters, and other items to ensure consistency and client satisfaction (e.g., logging review data into each municipality’s system). • Our Project Manager conducts periodic reviews to ensure completeness, accuracy, and consistency of work performed. • Periodic peer review of others’ plan reviews.
• Staff feedback as necessary for any discrepancies or improvements needed. • Staff is paid to attend both internal and external training to grow professionally and improve skill sets. • Account Manager conducts periodic check-ins with clients for feedback on satisfaction with work performed and services provided.
• Sending periodic customer satisfaction surveys for feedback on work performed and services provided. • Interwest uses both check-ins and surveys to find possible opportunities to improve client satisfaction, work performed, and services provided, as necessary.
• Given Interwest’s comprehensive approach to management and plan review, the probability of risk is low. As part of our QA/ QC process, we ensure that Interwest standards are met. We involve the City in the entire process to maintain transparency.

Firm Statement
Interwest is independent and properly licensed to practice in California, and has no conflict of interest with regard to any other work performed by the firm for the City.

Transition Plan
Interwest is currently providing building services to the City of Pinole. If we are awarded this opportunity, we will ensure a seamless transition is in place as we continue to provide services tailored to the City’s needs.

After Hours Emergency Response
Interwest will provide emergency response support to help the City recover from any event. We have first-hand experience establishing a post-disaster building department and will be on the ground with a dedicated team for the City to facilitate a sustained recovery. The building department services we offer include reviewing applicable standards, permit review, building inspection services for compliance, plan check and review services, and on-site plan inspection services. We have successfully delivered these services to many post-disaster clients when needed.

In emergency response, Interwest fulfills the role of assessing damage by posting placards on both safe and unsafe structures. Interwest provides immediate response to localized emergencies (such as flood, fire, building collapse, etc.) through our staff. In the case of large-scale emergencies, our Building Official will work directly with your representative and emergency management personnel to determine an appropriate response and mobilize additional resources as needed. Interwest’s emergency response program is unrivaled in our approach. Interwest’s policy for disaster response supports the community first, providing trained staff for disaster mitigation efforts.

Our staff will track all time and materials and will provide all necessary documents for the city to secure federal reimbursement funding. Interwest will not ask for payment on emergency services until after the community receives its federal funding, and we will not ask for more than the federal money provided.

Notification Requirement
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City of Pinole | Plan Check and On-Call Staffing Services Plan Check Services
All plans examination services will be performed by a licensed Civil or Structural Engineer, and/or an ICC Certified or otherwise qualified Plans Examiner. For more complex projects and when needed to meet peak workload demands, additional support will be provided from our other regional offices. Our plans examiners understand and are intimately familiar with applicable building codes and plan review procedures and policies and will readily assist with solutions to complicated plan review issues.

Our staff will work with project applicants in a collaborative and professional manner to quickly identify and resolve violations of codes, standards or local ordinances. They will provide thorough plan reviews in an effort to ensure complete and accurate construction documents to minimize questions and problems during the construction phase of projects.

Chief Building Official Service
Interwest’s designated Building Official, upon request of the City shall:
• Advise and assist on the director and or city administration regarding building code compliance with all Federal, State and local laws, codes, and regulations;
• Advise and assist as requested in reviewing and refining the goals, objectives, policies and priorities for development programs;
• Recommend improvements to and assist with the administration of policies and procedures for building applications and permitting, plan checking, and building inspection; • Assist in the supervision of the examination and approval of plans and specifications for completeness and compliance with applicable codes and regulations, and from time to time, render decisions required of the Chief Building Official on building-related questions and issues.

Our Certified Building Officials are intimately familiar with the procedures and processes that need to be maintained to ensure a building department runs smoothly. They effectively work with all staff and departments. Interwest can provide Building Official Services on a as needed or full-time basis. Building Official areas of responsibility may include:
• Building Department Administration
• Quality control review of plan checks and inspections • Building Code updates for Municipal Code adoption
• Resident inquiries and complaints
• Configuration, implementation, and on-going support of an automated permitting system • Review discretionary applications for preliminary compliance with construction codes • Coordination of a proactive abatement program
• Building & Safety Procedures Manual
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City of Pinole | Plan Check and On-Call Staffing Services Technical Capabilities in Plan Check Areas
Interwest staff possesses significant technical capabilities in all areas of plans examination competence. Plans examiners are licensed engineers and/or ICC Certified or otherwise qualified plans examiners with extensive experience providing plan review services. Plans examination activities will be performed under the direction of a California licensed professional engineer and/or licensed architect. Our staff will conduct accelerated plan review on an as-needed basis as requested by the Building Official.

NON-STRUCTURAL LIFE SAFETY
Interwest’s non-structural plans examiners furnish plan review services for a vast array of projects including large residential, commercial, institutional, industrial, retail, and OSHPD 3 medical office buildings. Many of our plans examiners are CASp certified. Completed plan review projects range from single-story residential projects to complex high rise buildings and numerous building additions and remodels. We are experienced and familiar with the use and application of the most current editions of the following codes:

STRUCTURAL
Our California-licensed Structural Engineers have experience designing and reviewing projects utilizing virtually all building materials:
• Wood
• Masonry
• Heavy Timber / Timber Frame
• Concrete
• Structural Steel
• Cold-Formed Steel Framing
• Straw Bale
• Rammed Earth
• Aluminum
Our engineers have designed or reviewed a wide array of lateral force resisting systems including:
• Steel Moment Frames
• Buckling Restrained Braced Frames
• Eccentric Braced Frames
• Concentric Braced Frames
• Concrete Moment Frames
• Wood Shearwall Systems
• Masonry Shearwall Systems
• Concrete Shearwall Systems
• Cantilevered Column Systems
• Various Proprietary Lateral Force Resisting Systems
Our structural engineers are experienced with the provisions of most model codes including, but not limited to, current versions of:
• CCR Title 24, Part 2, Volume 2
• AISC 341, 358 and 360
• ASCE 7
• ASCE 41
• AISI Standards for Cold Formed Steel
• ANSI / AF&PA NDS for wood framing
• ACI 318
• ACI 530 / TMS 402/602
• CA Historic Building Codes
• CA Existing Building Codes
• NEHRP Requirements for Existing Building
• California Building Standards Code
• Americans with Disabilities Act Standards for
Accessible Design
• ANSI Standards
• NFPA Codes & Standards
• CA Code of Regulations (CCR) Titles 19 and 25
• Jurisdiction-adopted amendments or ordinances
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MECHANICAL, PLUMBING & ELECTRICAL
Interwest’s California-licensed Mechanical and Electrical Engineers are well-versed in the application California Mechanical, Plumbing, Electrical, Energy and Green Building Standards Codes:
• California Building Code
• California Residential Code
• California Plumbing Code
• California Mechanical Code
• California Electrical Code
• Jurisdiction-adopted ordinance

ENERGY COMPLIANCE
Our engineers and plan reviewers are up-to-date on all California Energy requirements as they relate to both new and remodel construction on large residential and commercial projects. The Energy Efficiency Standards for Residential and Nonresidential Buildings were established in 1978 in response to a legislative mandate to reduce California’s energy consumption. These standards are updated periodically to allow consideration and possible incorporation of new energy efficiency technologies and methods.

GREEN BUILDING STANDARDS
Our staff is familiar with the incorporation of CALGreen building criteria into project designs and the resulting potential impact as related to the building codes. In addition, staff members have participated in the development of various “green” standards for super adobe, rammed earth, and straw bale construction, to name a few.

LEED
Developed by the US Green Building Council (USGBC), LEED provides building owners and operators a framework for identifying and implementing measurable green building design, construction, operations and maintenance solutions. LEED certification consists of a number of different rating systems that apply to many building types—commercial as well as residential and measures how well a building performs across many sustainability metrics including: energy savings, water efficiency, CO2 emissions reduction, improved indoor environmental quality, and stewardship of resources and sensitivity to their impacts.

ACCESS COMPLIANCE – CASP REVIEW
All of Interwest’s CASp-Certified professionals are knowledgeable of state and federal accessibility laws and regulations and possess the expertise necessary to promote access to facilities for persons with disabilities. Our goal is to provide experts in the industry who can perform services for building departments by customizing our services to correspond with our client’s expectations and needs. We work collaboratively with our clients to resolve plan review and inspection related issues as efficiently as possible, ultimately resulting in an expedited process and successful project.

Our architects and plans examiners are fully trained and familiar with CA Building Code Accessibility requirements and ADA compliance regulations and are available for plan review and/or evaluations and consultation. We offer support to municipalities for compliance enforcement and/or developing a transition plan towards compliance, and successfully partner with the disabled community to address the needs and requirements for both entities. We can assist our clients in interpreting various issues relating to access compliance, such as access compliance obligations, transition planning, construction costs, construction phasing, code interpretation, hardship and code changes. 216 of 1216
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FLOOD ZONES
Interwest’s staff of engineers and plans examiners have experience in providing plan reviews for projects located in flood zones, as several of our clients have developments that occur in areas prone to flooding. Interwest’s staff has provided numerous plan reviews for projects located in flood zones using FEMA’s Technical Bulletins as well as the local jurisdiction’s ordinances. In addition, members of Interwest’s staff have participated in state-sponsored committees to establish guidelines and regulations for construction in areas designated as flood zones.

OSHPD 3
Our staff of plans examiners have extensive experience in providing plan reviews for OSHPD 3 projects. Our staff is well versed with the OSHPD 3 requirements contained in the California Building Code. We also have OSHPD certified inspectors available on an as-needed basis.

FIRE CODE PLAN REVIEW
We have a complete staff of experienced and licensed professional fire protection plans examiners and inspectors for your fire life safety needs. Our staff can check plans for compliance with all applicable fire code and standard requirements, including but not limited to the following: ICC Fire Code, Uniform Fire Code, California Fire Code, Life Safety Code, NFPA standards and your local/regional amendments.

Our Fire Plans Examiners and Inspectors are well versed in the use and application of the following model codes, standards and regulations:
• California Fire Code (CFC)
• California Building Code (CBC)
• Local amendments and policies related to the CFC
and CBC
• Adopted National Fire Protection Standards
• California Health and Safety Code
• Appropriate listings (CSFM, U.L., etc.) for common
systems and materials
• Fire Department Standards
• National Fire Protection Referenced Standards
pursuant to the above Codes
• Municipal, State or Federal regulations enforced by
Fire Departments and Fire Districts.

CODE INTERPRETATIONS
Code interpretations are subject to final review and approval by the Chief Building Official, or City designated staff.

Interwest’s engineers and plans examiners will provide unbiased recommendations and background information to help the Building Official or Fire Marshal make an informed decision. All plan review comments are subject to review and approval by the City Building Department.

TRANSPORTING PLANS
Interwest Consulting Group will arrange for all pick-up and delivery of plan review documents from the City at no cost.

Interwest uses varied methods of pick-up and delivery with the goal of providing same-day service.

SPECIAL PROJECTS AND ACCELERATED SERVICES
Interwest is able to accommodate special project plan review needs such as fast-track, multi-phased, or accelerated plan reviews. We establish project specific turn-around goals and procedures with City staff for these types of projects based on the complexity of the projects as well as the construction schedule. Our staff of engineers and plans examiners will work with the City to resolve all plan review issues. We will deal directly with applicants and their designers during the plan review process to resolve all issues in a collaborative manner. 217 of 1216
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City of Pinole | Plan Check and On-Call Staffing Services Service Plan

COMMUNICATING PLAN REVIEW RESULTS
Plan reviews, when not immediately approved, will result in lists of comments referring to specific details and drawings, and referencing applicable code sections. Interwest will provide the City a clear, concise and thorough document from which clients, designers, contractors and owners can work. At the completion of each plan review cycle, Interwest will return an electronic and hard copy of the plan review comment list to the designated applicant and City representative. Upon completion of the plan review, after all plan review issues have been resolved, Interwest will provide two complete sets of all final documents annotated as “reviewed” to the City for final approval.

ON-SITE CONSULTANT SERVICES & MEETING ATTENDANCE
Our staff is available for pre-construction or pre-design meetings, field visits, contacts with the design team, and support for field inspection personnel as needed. With some reasonable limitations, pre-construction and pre-design meetings associated with projects that we plan review are considered part of the plan review service. Interwest’s engineers and plans examiners will be available to meet with City staff, the design team, applicants, and/or contractors, at the City’s request, to discuss and resolve plan review and code related issues. We will be available within one (1) business day to respond to questions from the City that may be generated during field inspections for each authorized plan check that is subsequently issued a permit for construction.

Voicemails, e-mails and faxes will be responded to as quickly as possible, always within 24 hours.

ELECTRONIC PLAN CHECK SERVICES
Interwest currently provides electronic plan review services for multiple jurisdictions throughout California, and we are prepared to provide electronic plan check for the City. We are familiar with many electronic plan review platforms, including Bluebeam and Central Square Technologies Community Development Suite. More and more jurisdictions are seeing the benefits of electronic permit and plan check, especially for large, complex projects. Electronic plan check services deliver many benefits to municipalities, including substantially improved turnaround times; instantaneous comments to the developer, applicant or architect; secured accessibility to documents; and reduced paper storage. Our staff is experienced providing electronic plan review and can work closely with the City on any electronic plan check software program that is utilized. Our goal is always to collaborate with and support the building department by providing thorough, accurate and timely plan reviews.

PLAN REVIEW TRACKING METHOD & BILLING PROCESS
Our staff has experience working with most project tracking databases utilized by building departments. Our staff will update electronic records and make project related database entries as directed by the City. We will create and maintain a Jurisdiction File containing our research on any unique amendments or specifications required by your jurisdiction, billing arrangements, contact information and any special requests you would like us to keep in mind.

Interwest Consulting Group uses a custom-designed database to maintain and track all plans throughout the review process from the moment you request a pick-up and/or shipment to delivery of the final, approved documents. Information such as project name, City’s project number, assigned plan reviewer(s), date documents were received, plan review cycle and completion date for current review can be provided. In addition to standard phone communication, custom reports can be emailed.

In addition, we can provide online tracking for the City with a custom-designed web template geared to provide any reporting and information needs required. Our staff is available during standard business hours to answer questions via phone or email regarding the actual plan review in progress. We maintain active email accounts and our staff will be responsive to any City or applicant needs. If we cannot speak directly to a caller, we will return calls no later than 24 hours.

SUBMIT PLAN

ELECTRONICALLY

REVIEW AND

PRESCREENING

PROCESS

REVISE AND

RESUBMIT

APPROVE AND

PRINT PLANS

ELECTRONIC

PLAN REVIEWS
ePlan Reviews
Reduces production time and provides
reviewers faster access with real time
visibility and easy reporting maintenance.
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City of Pinole | Plan Check and On-Call Staffing Services Building Inspection Services
Building inspectors qualified to perform residential and commercial inspections can be made available as-needed during normal business hours (40 hours/week). Inspectors can also be flexible to assist during special off-hours by request with advance notice.

Assigned staff will perform inspection services, as needed, to verify that the work of construction is in conformance with the approved project plans as well as identifying issues of non-compliance with applicable building and fire codes. Our field inspection services will include site inspections and writing legible and understandable correction and violation notices and field reports. In addition, we will be available to answer in-person or telephone inquiries.

We understand that municipal codes are frequently updated, so we will ensure that the projects we are inspecting are compliant with current code requirements. More specifically, we will ensure compliance with Title 24 California Building Codes, parts 1, 2, 2.5, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12, covering structural, fire prevention, life safety, disabled access, energy conservation, green building, plumbing, mechanical and electrical installations in residential, commercial, industrial, existing and historical buildings.

Interwest’s ICC / CASp certified inspectors have performed both building and fire inspection services on a wide variety of construction projects including new residential developments, large custom homes, and commercial, institutional, assembly, essential service buildings and industrial projects. When necessary for large or fast-track projects, multiple inspectors are available.

Interwest’s inspectors will provide field inspections including site inspections of projects to verify conformance with approved drawings and specifications which will include review of the permit documents to verify that on-site conditions are consistent with the approved documents for square footage, setbacks, heights and any other applicable conditions. At the completion of inspections, Interwest’s inspectors will complete all necessary City forms and documents as required to provide seamless service.

We understand that personality and customer service is crucial to on-the-job success, therefore, we have selected inspectors who are well versed in customer service and skilled in dealing with people both at the public counter and in the field. All inspection personnel assigned will be ICC and / or CASp certified as required.

INSPECTOR QUALIFICATIONS & CERTIFICATIONS
Interwest retains inspectors who are motivated to achieve the highest level of experience and certification. We work hard to match your jurisdiction’s level of safety and code compliance. All Interwest inspectors are ICC-certified. Inspection personnel assigned will be able to read, understand and interpret construction plans, truss drawings and calculations, prepare and maintain accurate records and reports, communicate effectively orally and in writing and to work effectively with contractors, the public and general staff. Inspectors will possess knowledge of approved and modern methods, materials, tools and safety used in building inspection and the most current building standards.

VIRTUAL INSPECTIONS
Our staff has begun providing Remote Video Inspections (RVI), which allows for the inspection of a building or building systems using already available video technology. RVI is intended to be a complete and thorough inspection that meets the minimum requirements of the California Codes and local ordinances. • Zoning Codes
• Building Codes
• Public Nuisances
• Municipal Codes
• State Health and Safety Codes
• Housing Codes
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City of Pinole | Plan Check and On-Call Staffing Services Code Enforcement Services
Code enforcement violations add up quickly and become very costly if not corrected promptly. Violations can come in many forms, including substandard housing conditions, unsafe buildings, zoning/illegal land use, etc. We are specialists at identifying and correcting code violations to the exact specifications issued by local, state, and federal authorities with authorization to impose a notice of violation. We have experience working with citizens and businesses to successfully address and resolve code enforcement-related issues.

Typical services include preparing abatement cases, testifying in public hearings and court proceedings on behalf of the City, serving as a resource, and providing information on City regulations to property owners, residents, businesses, the general public, and other City departments and divisions. Our code enforcement officers can perform a variety of technical duties in support of the City’s code enforcement programs—monitoring and enforcing a variety of codes and ordinances, including:

Permit Technician Services
Permit technician services are crucial to the success of the entire building safety process as they are the first impression the public gets of your building department. Contact with the public at this initial point sets the tone for any additional interaction through the life of a project whether engaging the homeowner, architect, developer or contractor or other community member. Delivery of excellent customer service, maintaining a smooth flow of documents and plans throughout departments, and tracking and reporting, are all key elements to furnishing first-rate, efficient and a memorable experience to your clients.

At the request of the City of Pinole, we will provide one or more Building Permit Technicians to the City. Our Building Permit Technicians will welcome and work closely with customers at the public counter answering all questions. They will provide information about permit applications, plan review and inspection requirements, will be excellent at organizing and maintaining the filing systems necessary for tracking in-progress applications, permits issued, plan check in progress, approved plans and any other information required by the City. Resumes for proposed Building Permit Technicians will be presented to the Chief Building Official for approval and acceptance prior to providing services. Services provided by the Building Permit Technician may include:
• Provide customer support and assistance at the permit center counter and over the phone. • Assist the public in completing permit applications and other necessary forms. • Determine permit, plan and process requirements for permit applicants and notifying the applicant when construction documents or permits are ready for pick up or issuance. • Answer questions quickly and correctly directly from the public, from phone calls and emails. • Receive, process and issue building permits and coordinate the plan review and inspection process, including tracking, routing and storage of plans.
• Review permits application and other pertinent information to verify accuracy and completeness of information. • Maintain a variety of public records and filing systems necessary for tracking in-progress applications, permits issued, plan checks in progress, approved plans and other counter related items. • Verify projects have obtained all necessary approvals before issuing permits and that the following have been filed with the City: valid contractor’s license, works’ compensation and valid business license information. • Review and approve less complicated non-structural plan checks over the counter. • Create public informational documents, handouts explaining technical issues or requirements for permit issuance, if needed. • Welcome and receive customers at the public services counter in a professional and courteous manner. 220 of 1216
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City of Pinole | Plan Check and On-Call Staffing Services Turn Around Time
We consistently complete plan reviews within the time-frames (or faster!) for the City of Pinole. We work hard to accommodate any turn-around schedule desired by a jurisdiction. Multi-disciplinary reviews are typically performed in our offices, but we are available for on-site work when required and whenever possible. We understand both the City and the project applicant are looking for quality reviews within a defined time frame. Hossein Sanikhatam, Project Manager, will be responsible for managing the time schedule and assuring schedule compliance. Hossein will also be in charge of resource allocation of our key personnel committed to the City of Pinole. The turnaround time is measured from the time a plan is received and sent back. Please see the table reflected below indicating turnaround time in terms of working days for a first-cycle check and subsequent cycles of review:

First Cycle of
Review
Second Cycle of
Review Third Cycle of Review
Fourth Cycle of Review
(and so on)
New Construction ‐
Single Family 10 Working Days 5 Working Days 5 Working Days 5 Working Days New Construction ‐
Multifamily 10 Working Days 5 Working Days 5 Working Days 5 Working Days Addition 5 Working Days 5 Working Days 5 Working Days 5 Working Days Remodel 5 Working Days 5 Working Days 5 Working Days 5 Working Days New Construction 10 Working Days 5 Working Days 5 Working Days 5 Working Days Addition 8 Working Days 5 Working Days 5 Working Days 5 Working Days Remodel/Tenant
Improvement 8 Working Days 5 Working Days 5 Working Days 5 Working Days Type of Job
Residential Non‐ Residential
Please note: Interwest is also able to accommodate special project plan review needs, such as fast‐track or expedited reviews.

We establish specific turnaround goals and procedures with jurisdiction staff for these types of projects.

Plan Review Turnaround Schedule
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City of Pinole | Plan Check and On-Call Staffing Services Section E. | Cost, Rate and Service Structure
Provided below is a fee schedule for all products and services to be delivered, and a breakdown of costs delineated by tasks. We have included a cost response to all scopes of work within this proposal. These fees include an Expedited Plan Check, all related fees for Fire Plan check, the Fee Structure for ICC Certified Building Inspectors, including Code Enforcement and Permit Counter Services, and overtime policies.

Residential and Commercial 65% of City's Plan Review Fee* Structural Only Plan Review 50% of City's Plan Review Fee* Architectural/MEP Only Plan Review 35% of City's Plan Review Fee* Expedited Plan Review
The Expedited Plan Review Fee will be at 1.5 x standard plan check fee.

The standard plan check fee is either the standard percentage of fee OR the standard hourly rate as listed on this fee table/schedule.

Hourly Plan Review, including plan review of deferred submittals, revisions to the approved plans, and subsequent reviews after 3rd
review
$145/hr ‐ Licensed Plan Check Engineer/Architect
$130/hr ‐ ICC Senior Plans Examiner
$120/hr ‐ ICC Plans Examiner
Civil Plan Review $150/hr
Fire Protection Engineer $145/hr
Fire Plans Examiner $125/hr
Roof Mounted ‐ Residential Solar Plan Review $165 Flat Fee Ground Mounted ‐ Residential Solar Plan Review $330 Flat Fee Building Inspector III (has more than 3 ICC Inspector certificates) $115/hr Building Inspector II (has 2 to 3 ICC Inspector certificates) $105/hr Building Inspector I (has 1 ICC Inspector certificate) $95/hr CASp Inspector $120/hr
Fire Inspector $120/hr
Code Enforcement Officer $125/hr
Permit Technician $75/hr
Plan Review Services
*Percentage of Fee Plan Review only covers 3 review cycles (1 initial review and 2 rechecks) and does not include civil and fire plan review. Civil and Fire Plan Review will be provided as hourly plan review.

Building Inspection, Code Enforcement and Permit Technician Services Please note: Inspection and Code Enforcement services provided in excess of regular hours per day, nights and weekends will be invoiced at 1.5 x normal rate above. There will be a minimum of four (4) hour fee for each day inspection/code enforcement staff are called out to the jobsite for inspection. Mileage will be reimbursed at the current IRS Rate.
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City of Pinole | Plan Check and On-Call Staffing Services Section F. | Required Statements/Documents

1. Disclose any actual, apparent, direct or indirect, or potential conflicts of interest that may exist with respect to the firm, management, or employees of the firm relative to the services to be provided under the Agreement.

Consultant must disclose any real or apparent conflict of interest associated with this project or with working for the City of Pinole. If a Consultant has no conflicts of interest, a statement to that effect shall be included in the Proposal.

Interwest does not have any actual, apparent, direct or indirect, or potential conflicts of interest that may exist with the respect to the firm, management, or employees of the firm relative to the services to be provided under the Agreement.

2. Ability and agreement to fulfill the indemnification and insurance requirements contained in the sample contract.

Interwest agrees to fulfill the indemnification and insurance requirements contained in the sample contract.

3. A statement that nothing contained in the submitted proposal will be proprietary.

Interwest understands that nothing contained in the submitted proposal will be proprietary.

4. Acknowledgment that the Consultant understands that all documents submitted to the City in connection with the proposal are subject to the California Public Records Act and may be disclosed without notice to the Consultant.

Interwest understands that all documents submitted to the City in connection with the proposal are subject to the California Public Records Act and may be disclosed without notice to the Consultant.

5. A description of any and all proposed exceptions, alterations or amendments to the Scope of Services or other requirements of this RFP, including the Sample Contract (Attachment B).

Proposed exceptions, alterations or amendments are included directly following the Required Statement Page and corresponding table.

6. List and explain any pending bankruptcies, liens, stop payment notices, judgments, lawsuits, arbitrations, mediations, foreclosures, and any similar actions filed or resolved in the past seven (7) years. Please indicate whether a client has ever terminated a contract for breach, and if so, please explain.

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City of Pinole | Plan Check and On-Call Staffing Services Details Added Status
Plaintiff alleges that a road project
initiated by Atherton caused severe
injury to his business. Plaintiff alleges
that IW personnel were told about the
potential impact and did nothing to
mitigate it. Mike Kashiwagi and Mary
Grace Houhlihan are personally named,
IW is not.
02/21/21 Open
Spend to date Probability of
Loss
Comments
~$10,000 Unclear Very early
stages. IW is not
in the case and
Mike Kashiwagi
& Mary Grace
Houhlihan has
not been served.

Demurrer
was filed and
hearing is set for
February 8, 2022.

Details Added Status
Wrongful death claim related to an
auto accident. The plaintiff and her
husband were driving on a two-lane
road when a car entered their lane
to pass. A head on collision resulted,
killing the husband. The allegation is
that the husband could not swerve to
avoid the accident due to a ditch near
the edge of the roadway. Allegation
is professional negligence by, among
others, Tri-Lake.
09/16/21 Open
Spend to date Probability of
Loss
Comments
$0 Unclear Answer filed. It
appears we did
some traffic work
on this roadway.

Discovery is
ongoing.
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City of Pinole | Plan Check and On-Call Staffing Services Proposed Exceptions
The Interwest Contract and Legal team have carefully reviewed the contract terms presented in the Sample Professional Services Agreement in the RFP. We respectfully request the following modifications to the agreement terms; blue text represents text to be added and deleted text is represented by red strike-out.

4.2.3 C. Other than worker compensation coverage, for any claims related to this Agreement or the work hereunder, the Consultant’s insurance covered shall be primary insurance as respects the City, its officers, officials, employees, agents, and volunteers. Any insurance or self-insurance maintained by the City, its officers, officials, employees, agents or volunteers shall be excess of the Consultant’s insurance and non-contributing.

5.1 General Indemnification. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Contractor shall defend, indemnify and hold City, its officials, officers, employees, volunteers and agents free and harmless from any and all third party claims, demands, causes of action, costs, expenses, liability, loss, damage or injury, in law or equity, to property or persons, including wrongful death, in any manner to the extent arising out of or incident to any alleged negligent acts, omissions or willful misconduct of Contractor, its officials, officers, employees, agents, subcontractors and subcontractors arising out of or in connection with the performance of the Services, the Project or this Agreement, including without limitation the payment of all consequential direct damages, attorneys’ fees and other related costs and expenses. Contractor shall defend, at Contractor’s own cost, expense and risk, any and all such aforesaid suits, actions or other legal proceedings of every kind that may be brought or instituted against City, its directors, officials, officers, employees, agents or volunteers. Contractor shall pay and satisfy any judgment, award or decree that may be rendered against City or its directors, officials, officers, employees, agents or volunteers, in any such suit, action or other legal proceeding. Contractor shall reimburse City and its directors, officials, officers, employees, agents and/or volunteers, for any and all legal expenses and costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, incurred by each of them in connection therewith or in enforcing the indemnity herein provided. Contractor’s obligation to indemnify shall not be restricted to insurance proceeds, if any, received by City or its directors, officials, officers, employees, agents or volunteers. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent Contractor’s Services are subject to Civil Code Section 2782.8, the above indemnity shall be limited, to the extent required by Civil Code Section 2782.8, to claims that arise out of, pertain to, or relate to the negligence, recklessness, or willful misconduct of the Contractor. This Section 5.1 shall survive any expiration or termination of this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, Contractor shall have the right to defend any action for which indemnification is sought under any part of this Section 5. Any person or entity seeking indemnification under this Section 5 shall promptly report the matter to Contractor such that defense of the matter is not compromised.

5.2 PERS Indemnification. In the event that Consultant or any employee, agent, or subcontractor of Consultant providing services under this Agreement is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction or the California Public Employees Retirement System (PERS) to be eligible for enrollment in PERS as an employee of City, Consultant shall indemnify, defend, and hold harmless City for the payment of any employee and/or employer contributions for PERS benefits on behalf of Consultant or its employees, agents, or subcontractors, as well as for the payment of any penalties and interest on such contributions, which would otherwise be the responsibility of City. Notwithstanding the preceding, Consultant shall have no liability under this section to the extent that the acts or omissions leading to the determination that a Consultant employee was eligible for enrollment in PERS were taken at the direction of City.

8.4 Assignment and Subcontracting. City and Consultant recognize and agree that this Agreement contemplates personal performance by Consultant and is based upon a determination of Consultant’s unique professional competence, experience, and specialized professional knowledge. Moreover, a substantial inducement to City for entering into this Agreement was and is the personal reputation and competence of Consultant. Consultant may not assign this Agreement or any interest therein without the prior written approval of the City, which shall not be unreasonably delayed or withheld. Consultant shall not subcontract any portion of the performance contemplated and provided for herein, other than to the subcontractors noted in the proposal, without prior written approval of the City.

City of Pinole | Plan Check and On-Call Staffing Services electronic or any other form, that Consultant prepares or obtains pursuant to this Agreement and that relate to the matters covered hereunder shall be the property of the City. Consultant hereby agrees to deliver those documents to the City upon termination of the Agreement. It is understood and agreed that the documents and other materials, including but not limited to those described above, prepared pursuant to this Agreement are prepared specifically for the City and are not necessarily suitable for any future or other use. City and Consultant agree that, until final approval by City, all data, plans, specifications, reports and other documents are confidential and will not be released to third parties without prior written consent of both parties. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Agreement shall be understood to grant City rights to pre-existing intellectual property of Consultant, including Consultant software and licensed software, or to any improvements thereto. City represents that it has the sufficient rights and title to any documents and materials to be provided by it or on its behalf to Consultant in connection with the work to allow Consultant to perform the services. 226 of 1216

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A. Table of Contents .................................................................................................................. 0 B. Cover Letter................................................................................................................... 1 – 18 C. Experience, Qualifications and References ................................................................. 19 – 22 D. Services Understanding............................................................................................... 23 – 29 E. Cost, Rate and Service Structure................................................................................. 30 – 31 F. Required Statements/Documents ........................................................................................ 32 228 of 1216
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October 25, 2022
City of Pinole
Community Development Department
2131 Pear Street,
Pinole, CA 94965
RE: Plan Check and On-Call Staffing Services
Thank you for the opportunity to present this proposal to provide Plan Check and On-Call Staffing Services, to the City of Pinole. We are confident that Shums Coda Associates, Inc (SCA) is the firm with the personnel, experience, and attitude that will be needed to successfully provide these as-needed services to the City of Pinole.

SCA is a building and life-safety consulting firm that was founded in 2006 on the principle of assisting our municipal partners with staff augmentation and developmental services related to construction review, permitting, inspections and documentation procedures. SCA was established with the philosophy of providing customizable building and life-safety services through highly qualified and experienced staff. We review and inspect all facets of design construction related to code minimums and local amendments, such as: architectural, accessibility/CASp, structural, fire-safety, energy, green building, mechanical, electrical, and plumbing; and have staff to assist with associated reporting. By selecting SCA, you will have access to our entire experienced and code knowledgeable team, with a proven track record of providing outstanding service. We will utilize our code expertise to create a consistent on-time delivery of services and providing cost-effectiveness through focused staff application (as needed). SCA is committed and ready to provide you with the same care and standard of technical excellence that has been the hallmark of our work since our inception.

We are comprised of licensed architects, engineers, contractors, and ICC-certified personnel that have a wealth of code knowledge and experience in design or construction related fields.

SCA believes that an understanding of how buildings are designed and constructed is an important element to providing effective code comments that are based on the realities of practical construction. SCA preaches this to our staff and encourages continuing education to maintain our understanding of the ever-changing code requirements and amendments.

Depending on the code section, we have seen there can be a great deal of interpretation applied to how requirements are enforced, so SCA staff continues to find value in learning the history and intent of code language to assist with accurately applying it to our reviews and inspections (with final determinations clearly coming from the municipal client staff).

We are committed to a vision of service excellence that we believe the City of Pinole shares. Our firm continually receives exceptional reviews from our jurisdictional clients, as well as design professionals, developers and contractors from all size projects and varying complexities.

Positive interactions related to our work product is centered in our desire to be more than a mere consultant firm with inspection, plan review, building official, and permit processing services, but rather a contributing partner, functioning as an extension of the City’s staff. We look to see that projects are successfully completed and a reflection of the City’s codes, ordinances procedures, policies, and directives. A key in those efforts is the ability of having all construction reviewed in a cooperative partnership between Building and Planning, Public Works, Environmental, Police, Fire, and other departments and divisions within the City – as well as serving the community. 229 of 1216
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SCA has nearly 90 employees across five states and seven regional offices, and we are constantly improving our staffing levels and efficiencies to match the complexity of each project’s scope. Our additions in staffing over the past few years will be a perfect opportunity to display our strengths. Our goal is to provide a positive outcome to City of Pinole’s Building Department needs, and we believe that SCA is the firm that can continue to make development services at the City of Pinole a source of community pride. The following proposal will highlight key features and distinguishing points of the SCA team that will assist in this undertaking.

We intend to provide primary services out of our Corporate Headquarters with additional support staff being provided from our regional offices (when needed):
• Corporate Headquarters – 5776 Stoneridge Mall Road, Suite 150, Pleasanton, CA 94588 • Northern California (Sacramento) – 1024 Iron Point Road, Suite 100, Folsom, CA 95630 • Nevada – 9205 West Russell Road, Building 3, Suite 240, Las Vegas, NV, 89148 • Northern Utah – 10 West Broadway, 7th Floor, Salt Lake City, UT, 84101 • Southern Utah – 2284 East 3400 South Street, Saint George, UT 84790 • Arizona – 1616 North Litchfield Road, Suite A-210, Goodyear, AZ 85395 • Colorado – 4610 South Ulster Street, Suite 150, Denver, CO 80237 Electronic plan reviews have been a strength for our team, having reviewed thousands of electronic projects. SCA is proficient in many versions of electronic plan review applications, and other web-based tools. We typically utilize the Bluebeam product for our reviews but can provide our review comments on any of the other comparable platforms and are able to embed the comments into the electronic plan sheets. We can also redline revisions and mark-up plans for minor items, to ensure approval of the plans instead of an additional review cycle being performed. SCA can review all plans electronically and provide review letters in multiple formats.

SCA would look to the City of Pinole to provide guidance on the preferred method of electronic comments to be received.

Correspondence or communication regarding the proposal should be directed to Christine Godinez, Chief Operating Officer, via email: [email protected] or by phone (925) 463-0651 (main), and (925) 463-0691 (fax). Additionally, technical or proposal specific clarifications that might be needed can be answered by, David Basinger, Chief Executive Officer, via email: [email protected] or by phone (925) 413-5626 (cell).

The following corporate officers are authorized to make these representations on behalf of SCA:
• David Basinger, CEO/ Principal
• Christine Godinez, COO/Corporate Secretary
If SCA is fortunate enough to be awarded this contract, we will perform the services and adhere to the requirements described in this RFP. Our team looks forward to answering any additional questions you may have about our firm after reviewing our proposal.

Sincerely,
David Basinger, Architect Christine Godinez
CEO/ Principal COO/ Corporate Secretary
[email protected] [email protected] (925) 413-5626 (Cell) (925) 463-0651 (Main Line)
www.shumscoda.com
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Qualifications & Personnel
SCA will provide available plans examiner and plan check engineers along with experienced inspectors, permit technicians, and code enforcement professionals through our Corporate Headquarters’ office in Pleasanton, CA. David Basinger our CEO/ Principal will utilize our local staff first to service this contract but may also provide additional staff through our regional office locations, as deemed necessary by the assigned workload. Many of our staff have expertise in a specific discipline, which should be useful for larger projects.

The following personnel will service this contract as outlined in the scope of services included in the RFP. (Certifications and Licenses can be found after our organizational chart below.) We propose the following plan review staff: David Basinger (architect, manager/owner and plans examiner), Kurt McMullin (senior plan check engineer), Su Fong, Mariam Umair, Ryan Loh, Rouhi El-Rabaa (experienced engineers that also review non-structural systems), Myron Williams, Dean Kuenzi, David Logsdon (experienced plans examiners that specialize in electrical reviews), Jason Van Ausdal (mechanical and plumbing specialist), Steve Thomas, Gil Rossmiller, and Barbara Rice (code educators, complete plan reviews and special reviews in sustainability, energy and fire reviews).

SCA will provide resumes and allow for interview(s) by the City prior to our staff providing any of the following services: Building Field Inspections, Permit Counter, and Code Enforcement.

On that note, we will identify the following key personnel that will provide primary points of contact for our services:

David Basinger, Architect and Principal/CEO – will be the point of contact for technical code issues and provide immediate adjustments in SCA staffing levels when requested by the City. Mr.

Basinger has served in multiple jurisdictions as Acting Building Official, Acting Deputy Building Official and/or Plan Check Manager, so he is able to supervise our staff and maintain balance with jurisdictional desires related to levels of service provided, particularly as it revolves around plan review needs.

Christine Godinez, COO – serves as the SCA point of contact for items related to invoicing, certificates of insurance, and managing our plan review tracking software.

Stephanie Stuckemeyer, Operations Manager – oversees our internal plans coordinators team to ensure that each plan received by SCA is logged into our database to allow for tracking of each review cycle and maintains turnarounds and delivery of completed reviews. Stephanie also supervises our on-boarding process with new clients to ensure that we have all processes and procedures documented and understood prior to beginning reviews for the City.

Kurt McMullin, PE, PhD, Senior Plan Check Engineer – is an experienced design engineer and college professor, that oversees our staff of plan review engineers. He has reviewed every type of structural system and building type, as it relates to the four building materials (wood, steel, concrete, and masonry). Mr. McMullin’s wealth of theoretical engineering application and practical design experience, allows for our structural reviews to be focused and on-point for only critical structural issues.

Ryan Loh, SE, Plan Check Engineer – is an experienced structural design engineer, that has also provided municipal services plan reviews. He is experienced in complex structural design systems, having worked on code reviews and peer reviews of advanced structural systems and design modeling.
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Rouhi El-Rabaa, PE, CASp, Plan Check Engineer – is an experience structural plan review engineer, but also reviews non-structural systems. Rouhi will provide all types of plan reviews for our core team but will be the primary contact point for any accessibility issue that may arise with particular plan reviews.

Dean Kuenzi, CBO, Plans Examiner – reviews all systems of building plans, but has an expertise in electrical code plan review issues. Dean provides our primary point of electrical expertise when needed, as he teaches electrical classes and leads much of our large PV solar array reviews.

David Logsdon, Plans Examiner – is a complete plans examiner, but he is extremely knowledgeable in electrical reviews of medium and high voltage systems. Prior to his long career with Clark County, NV, where he served as Building Plan Review Manager; David was the project manager for the expansion of terminal 3 at the Harry Reed Airport/McClaren Field.

Myron Williams, Plans Examiner – has an extensive career in complex plan review projects and coordinating team comments to provide a focus on critical code issues. Myron has reviewed prison expansions, hospital construction, large office campus construction and several largescale multi-family housing projects.

Jason Van Ausdal, CBO, Plans Examiner, Instructor – will serve as our plan review team lead on mechanical and plumbing systems, as Jason teaches multiple courses on the mechanical and plumbing codes, as well as having extensive experience with construction and inspection of these building systems.

Gil Rossmiller, CBO, Plans Examiner – will serve as our expertise in energy and sustainability codes, as he also provides extensive code classes on these subjects, as well as serving on the ICC Energy Code Committee.

Steve Thomas, CBO, Plans Examiner, Education Director – began his career as a municipal inspector and plans examiner, where he was quickly promoted to CBO at the City of Glendale, CO. This small jurisdiction in the middle of Denver, has only four single-family residences, with the rest of the jurisdiction being high-rise multi-family structures and retail/entertainment businesses. Steve left the jurisdiction to form his own code consulting firm and begin a code education business that provides classes across the nation. His firm was acquired by SCA in 2020 and he continues to provide education and plan review services in a similar role.

Organizational Chart
We provide our organizational chart (next page) to show the strength of our team. SCA employees are able to provide code expertise to our clients across multiple regions. As stated previously, we will provide most of our services through our Corporate Headquarters in Pleasanton; however, it is important to note that any of our overall plan review staff are available to assist with larger volumes and/or more complicated review projects. We can provide multiple experts in each building system/field with our internal methods of communication between SCA offices. For example, as the pandemic has shifted plan review services to be almost entirely electronic, we now can distribute plan reviews (in whole or in portions) to any of our staff and provide a final list of code comments that are cohesive and complete, from any combination of our regional office locations. This allows SCA to provide more staff to solve workflow issues than the key staff we will identify as our proposed team. We have great confidence that this approach will be successful in Pinole.
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David Basinger, Architect
CEO/ Principal
Education
Bachelor of Architecture (with
an emphasis on urban
redevelopment), California
Polytechnic State University
at San Luis Obispo
Licenses & Certifications
Registered Architect, State of
California, License # C25605
Registered Architect, State of
Arizona, Registration #
57859
Registered Architect, State of
Nevada, License # 7116
Registered Architect, State of
Utah, License # 10180242-
0301
Registered Architect, State of
Colorado, License # 406323
Registered Architect, State of
Hawaii, License # 17696
Registered Architect, State of
Washington, License #
12600
NCARB Certified, # 77371
ICC # 875874
ICC Building Plans Examiner
Memberships
A.I.A. Member

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
David Basinger is a licensed Architect in multiple States and is the original founder of Shums Coda Associates in 2006. David has over 30 years of professional experience associated with architectural design and as a building code and life-safety plans examiner.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
CEO/ Principal------------------------------------------ 2006 - Present Shums Coda Associates, Pleasanton, CA
Manages plan review, inspections and permitting services for numerous complex commercial, industrial, educational, medical, hazardous and a variety of multi-family residential construction projects. David has served as Acting Building Official or provided inhouse plan review services for numerous jurisdictions in California, such as Mountain View, Fremont, Santa Clara, Sunnyvale, Menlo Park, Dublin, and Danville.

Arizona Regional Office Manager--------------------- 2004 - 2006 Linhart Petersen Powers Associates, Phoenix, AZ
Promoted to establish and serve as Arizona Regional Manager of the three separate company offices in Arizona: Phoenix, Tucson, and Window Rock.

Provided assistance with large-scale plan review and inspection services, jurisdiction counter reviews and assistance, and special projects supervisor.

Influential in taking the Arizona effort from a single client to over two dozen clients in a two-year period, managing eleven employees and three business lines.

Senior Plans Examiner/Senior Associate------------ 1991 - 2004 Linhart Petersen Powers Associates, Phoenix, AZ
Provided plan reviews, and jurisdictional in-house/counter reviews and technical assistance for projects in California, Arizona, Nevada, Washington, and Idaho. Managed several large-scale developments as a project supervisor, and often provide code consultations for complex mixed-use/redevelopment or historical submittals. Served as primary manager for the jurisdictions of Mountain View, Danville and Dublin, California. Projects reviewed include campus designs for Microsoft, Veritas, Google, Alza Pharmaceuticals and other high-tech or bio-tech related businesses, as well as several mid-rise or high-rise multi-family complexes.

Architect----------------------------------------------------- 1989 - 1991 Linhart Engineering, Livermore, CA
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Plan Check Engineer
Education
PhD, Civil Engineering,
University of California,
Berkeley
MS, Civil Engineering,
University of California,
Berkeley
BS, Agricultural Engineering,
Iowa State University
Licenses & Certifications
Professional Civil Engineer,
State of California, License #
C47595
Publications
Books (5)
Patents (1)
Peer-Reviewed Journals (9)
Online Webinar (1)
National/International
Conference Papers (32)
External Funded Grants &
Awards (11)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Plan Check Engineer-------------------November 2015 – Present Shums Coda Associates
• Reviews complex plans for building construction.
• Review plans, calculations, and specifications for compliance with the most current adopted codes and ordinances.
• Preparation of Plans Comments Letter according to industry and SCA standards.
• Meet and confer with the clients as needed to clarify plan check comments
• Travel to jurisdictions on an as-needed basis to support clients.

Professor ------------------------------------------------2008 – Present San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
Teaches the following courses:

Engineering Graphics, AutoCAD and Programming (Lower division required), Statics (Lower division required), Mechanics of Materials (Upper division required), Mechanics of Material Laboratory (Upper division required), Structural Analysis Laboratory(Upper division required), Design of Steel Structures (Upper division elective), Design of Timber Structure (Upper division elective), Earthquake Resistant Design (Upper division elective), Advanced Seismic Resistant Design (Graduate elective), Advanced Steel Design (Graduate elective), Structural Engineering Seminar (Graduate elective), Special Problems (Graduate elective), Master’s Thesis (Graduate elective)
Consultant ----------------------------------------------1991 – Present • Evaluation of building designs for conformance with U.S. and California building codes.
• Evaluation of various engineering structural systems for performance goals.
• Forensic engineering for legal proceedings.
• Analytical evaluation of complex structural systems.

AWARDS (Partial list)
College of Engineering Researcher of the Year
National Science Foundation Research Grant - $1.3M
College of Engineering Teacher of the Year
National Science Foundation Research Grant - $8.4M
College of Engineering Award: Research on College Teaching and Learning Institute for Teaching and Learning
CUREe-Caltech Research Grant - $87K
Graduate Student Instructor Award, U.C. Berkeley
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Ryan Loh, S.E.

Plan Check Engineer
Education
Master of Science Degree in
Civil Engineering, San Jose
State University
Bachelor of Science Degree in
Civil Engineering, Oklahoma
State University
Licenses & Certifications
Professional Structural
Engineer, State of California,
License # 5192
Professional Civil Engineer,
State of California, License #
5491

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Plan Check Engineer---------------------------------- 2017 - Present Shums Coda Associates
• Reviews complex plans for building construction.
• Review plans, calculations, and specifications for compliance with the most current adopted codes and ordinances.
• Preparation of Plans Comments Letter according to industry and SCA standards.
• Meet and confer with the clients as needed to clarify plan check comments
• Travel to jurisdictions on an as-needed basis to support clients. *Additional past work history can be provided if requested.

PROJECT EXPERIENCE (Partial list)
Office Building Projects------------------------------------------------- Mountain View Research Center, Mountain View
San Rafael Business Park, San Rafael, CA
Novellus Tualatin, Tualatin, OR
Police City Service Center, Menlo Park, CA
School Projects ----------------------------------------------------------- Lawson Middle School, Building 900, Cupertino
Ark High School-Santa Cruz School District
Burlingame High School
Eaton School Modernization
Cupertino High School Modernization
Menlo Atherton High School Modernization
Milpitas High School Modernization
Monta Vista High School Modernization
Ohlone Elementary School Modernization
Piedmont High School Modernization
Multi Units Projects ----------------------------------------------------- Opportunity Center of mid-peninsula, Palo Alto
Holiday Express Inn, Watsonville
Sleep Inn, San Jose, CA
Retail Projects------------------------------------------------------------- Mckevitt Volvo, San Leandro, CA
Mckevitt Lincoln and Volvo, Margate, FL
Mitsubishi Dealership, Victorville, CA
Fountains Building M, Roseville, CA
The Plant, Building 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8 9 and 10, San Jose, CA Nut Tree Outlet, Buildings 2, 3 and 4, Vacaville, CA
Creek Bridge Village, Building R1 and R3
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Rouhi El-Rabaa, P.E.

Plan Check Engineer
Education
Bachelors in Civil Engineering,
California State University,
Los Angeles
Licenses & Certifications
Professional Civil Engineer,
State of California, License #
92565
Certified Access Specialist
(CASp), Cert # CASp-973
ICC # 8868081
ICC Building Plans Examiner

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Plan Check Engineer------------------- December 2021 – Present Shums Coda Associates
• Review plans, calculations, and specifications for compliance with the most current adopted codes and ordinances.
• Preparation of Plans Comments Letter according to industry and SCA standards.
• Meet and confer with the clients as needed to clarify plan check comments.
• Travel to jurisdictions on an as-needed basis to support clients.

Supervising Plan Check Engineer-------- Dec. 2018 – Dec. 2021 Willdan Engineering, San Bernardino, CA
• Conduct full scope plan reviews for various disciplines, including architectural, structural, fire-resistive, accessibility, energy, MEP, and green.
• Electronic review (Bluebeam, ePlansoft, Adobe) and paper plan review. • Highly experienced reviewing the following types of buildings; singlefamily and multi-family residential, hotels, mixed-use, medical clinics, industrial, commercial, assembly, factory-built, and miscellaneous structures such as conveyors and platforms.
• Technical structural calculation review for regular and irregular buildings, podium structures, tilt-up construction, steel buildings, modular buildings, components, and freestanding structures.
• Train staff to recognize proper non-structural and structural design methodologies in plan review.
• Prepare correction letters issued to applicants as hardcopy or electronic. • Design coordination meetings with design professionals and permit applicants.

Plans Examiner -------------- December 2017 – December 2018 City of Redlands, Redlands, CA
• Plan checked and reviewed non-structural and structural design of residential and commercial projects. Ensured that minimum code was established in the plan review stage.
• Resolved difficult problems with permit applicants and other members of the public regarding building code compliance and City regulations. • Coordinated Division processes. Undertook or recommended changes to the processes in order to facilitate Division operations. • Supervised, trained, and evaluated permit issuance staff. • Prepared and issued comment letters to building permit applicants.

Worked with applicants to obtain building permit approval. • Prepared and categorized files, reports, and methods to record Division activities and procedures.
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Su Fong, P.E.

Plan Check Engineer
Education
M.S. Civil Engineering, San
Jose State University
B.S. Architectural
Engineering, California
Polytechnic State
University
Licenses & Certifications
Professional Civil Engineer,
State of California, License
# 89055
ICC # 8391877
ICC Building Plans Examiner
Memberships
Union Local 21 South Bay
Chapter —Secretary/
Treasurer of AEA Board

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Plan Check Engineer-----------------------October 2021 – Present Shums Coda Associates
• Review plans, calculations, and specifications for compliance with the most current adopted codes and ordinances.
• Preparation of Plans Comments Letter according to industry and SCA standards.
• Meet and confer with the clients as needed to clarify plan check comments.
• Travel to jurisdictions on an as-needed basis to support clients.

Associate Engineer------------------June 2015 – September 2021 City of San Jose, CA
• Examine construction documents for new mixed-use buildings, commercial tenant improvements, industrial improvements, multi-family dwellings, and single-family dwellings for compliance with local building codes and ordinances.
• Facilitate meetings and correspondence between applicants and associated Development Services departments to advance the permitting process.
• Advise owners, architects, engineers, contractors, and developers of code requirements through the design process and construction phase. • Inform the Public of local zoning, M/P/E, energy conservation, and fire protection regulations relating to building codes in order to mitigate critical design oversights.
• Collaborate with building inspectors, M/P/E inspectors, code enforcement inspectors, planning, public works, and fire engineers to streamline the permit process and resolve field issues.
• Manage project timelines based on target dates, resource assessment, and situational diagnosis by balancing priority, organized multitasking, and anticipating conflicts.
• Ensure life safety through code enforcement while maintaining professional customer service.

Design Engineer---------------------- September 2013 – June 2015 Applied Engineering, Milpitas, CA
• Designed raised floor moment-frame steel substructure and reviewed shop drawings.
• Produced calculations and drawings for residential structures, commercial equipment anchorage, cleanroom ceiling supports, pipe supports, railings, and accessible ramps.
• BIM led for the relocation of a media research and development center to an existing steel building structure undergoing seismic upgrades. • Utilized Revit for interdisciplinary coordination through multiple design phases with owners, architects, and manufacturers.
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Mariam Umair
Plan Check Engineer
Education
M.S., Structural Engineering -
San Jose State University
Graduated: December 2014
B.S., Civil Engineering -
University of Engineering &
Technology, Taxila, Pakistan
Graduated: August 2010
Licenses & Certifications
Licensed EIT
ICC # 10113031
ICC Building Plans Examiner
Memberships
Chi Epsilon
National Civil Engineering
Society ASCE
American Society of Civil
Engineers

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Plan Check Engineer----------------------------May 2017 - Present Shums Coda Associates
• Reviews complex plans for building construction.
• Review plans, calculations, and specifications for compliance with the most current adopted codes and ordinances.
• Preparation of Plans Comments Letter according to industry and SCA standards.
• Meet and confer with the clients as needed to clarify plan check comments
• Travel to jurisdictions on an as-needed basis to support clients.

Jr. Design Engineer -------------- March 2011 – November 2011 Zeeruk International, Islamabad, Pakistan
Design of mid- & low-rise concrete residential projects using ETABS. Design of EOBI (Employees Old age Benefit Institute) concrete commercial building project in the Capital of Pakistan, Islamabad using SAP & SAFE. Preparation of submission drawings along with the design documents of EOBI commercial building project.

Engineer-In-Training -------- September 2010 – February 2011 National Highway Authority, Islamabad, Pakistan
Worked on the analysis of several concrete bridges on STAAD Pro. In collaboration with design consultant. Co-ordinate between the design wing of NHA and the bridge design consultant
Intern ----------------------------------July 2009 – September 2009 MIHA (Muhammad Iqbal Haq Associates)
Worked in the design office and picked up basic concepts on bridge designs.

Hands on with STAAD pro software. Overviewed code for highways and bridges.

Intern ----------------------------------------- April 2008 – June 2008 Adnan Nasir Associates, pvt. ltd
Detail study of architectural and structural drawings of multi-story concrete building. Overseeing the entire construction site.
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David Logsdon
Plans Examiner
Education
Associated Builders and
Contractors- Electrical 4-
year Program
Licenses & Certifications
ICC # 5317382
ICC Residential Electrical
Inspector
ICC Electrical Plans
Examiner
ICC Commercial Electrical
Inspector
ICC Electrical Inspector,
Certification
Safety and Health
Practitioner, State of
Nevade Division of
Industrial Relations
Master Electrician, State of
Maryland, License # 2270
(Inactive)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Plans Examiner----------------------------------- April 2021 – Present Shums Coda Associates
• Review plans, calculations, and specifications for compliance with the most current adopted codes and ordinances.
• Preparation of Plans Comments Letter according to industry and SCA standards.
• Meet and confer with the clients as needed to clarify plan check comments.
• Travel to jurisdictions on an as-needed basis to support clients.

Manager Plans Examination--------- August 2019 – August 2020 Department of Building & Fire Prevention, Clark County Government Manage all aspects of the plan review process: organize, administer, coordinate reviews, and evaluate the work of plan examination and associated staff through subordinate supervision. Coordinate and oversee projects that are reviewed by a contracted consultant, plan check employees, verify service provided and authorize request for payment. Participate in new employee interview process, attend staff meetings, and confer with and represent the department with developers, engineers, architects, contractors, and property owners to give information regarding codes, regulations, and procedures.

Assistant Manager Plans Examination --- Oct. 2017 – Aug. 2019 Department of Building & Fire Prevention, Clark County Government Managed the Plumbing Mechanical, Electrical, and Residential Plan Examiner staff. In addition, managed the hired consultant staff and their work assignments. These duties include:
• Assigns daily work schedules to Plans Examiners and consultant staff. • Provide technical assistance consistent code interpretation to staff and the public.
• Assist customers with the resolution of complex or difficult situations to ensure that the plans will comply with codes and regulatory requirements. • Attend meetings with developers, engineers, architects, contractors, and property owners to give information regarding codes, regulations, and procedures.
• Participate in the new employee recruitment process.
• Prepare and administer Employee Performance Reports.

Plans Exam Specialist-------------------- May 2016 – October 2017 Department of Building & Fire Prevention, Clark County Government *Additional past work history can be provided if requested. 240 of 1216
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Myron Williams
Plans Examiner/ Building Inspector
Education
General Education Courses, Utah
Valley State College
National Electrical Code
Davis Area Technology Center,
Kaysville, Utah
Licenses & Certifications
Combination Inspector, State of
Utah, License # 4958496-5601
ICC # 5044251
ICC Mechanical Inspector
ICC Accessibility Inspector/Plans
Examiner
ICC Plumbing Inspector
ICC Mechanical Plans Examiner
ICC Residential Energy
Inspector/Plans Examiner
ICC Electrical Inspector
ICC Building Plans Examiner
ICC Combination Inspector
ICC Building Inspector
ICC Commercial Combination
Inspector
Memberships
Utah Chapter of ICC, Bonneville
Chapter

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Plans Examiner-------------------------- February 2021 – Present Shums Coda Associates
• Review plans, calculations, and specifications for compliance with the most current adopted codes and ordinances.
• Preparation of Plans Comments Letter according to industry and SCA standards.
• Meet and confer with the clients as needed to clarify plan check comments.
• Travel to jurisdictions on an as-needed basis to support clients.

Building Inspector --------------------- February 2021 – Present Shums Coda Associates
• Enforce codes to the extent of stopping work or occupancy of a building, when necessary, until requirements are satisfied. • Read and interpret building codes, plans, and specifications. • Detect hazards and violations and recommend corrective measures during field inspections.
• Follow through to ensure that final inspections for all departments are completed in a timely manner.
• Operate a computer to access and use permit and inspection records. • Establish and maintain effective working relationships with the jurisdictions building department and the general public.

Building Official, Plans Examiner, Building Inspection--------- Project Manager Examiner --------------------------------20 Years Sunrise Engineering
PROJECT EXPERIENCE (Partial list)
Commercial and Residential Projects
• Salt Lake City Wellman Construction
Ceiling Grid Inspections
• Salt Lake City Woodside Homes
• Famous Footwear University Mall
Ceiling Grid
• Salt Lake City Veterans
Administration Bldg. Gardner
Development
• Midvale City IHC Storage
Warehouse
• Midvale Tuscany Senior
Apartments
• Midvale City Talavera
Townhomes and Apartments
• Taylorsville Legacy Village
Senior Living
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Dean Kuenzi, CBO
Plans Examiner/ Building Inspector
Education
A.S. Degree in Energy Systems –
Photovoltaics, Diablo Valley
College
B.S. Degree, Colorado State
University – Global, Present
Licenses & Certifications
ICC # 8173711
ICC Commercial Electrical
Inspector
ICC Combination Inspector
ICC Commercial Energy Plans
Examiner
ICC Residential Plans Examiner
ICC Commercial Building Inspector
ICC Accessibility Inspector/Plans
Examiner
ICC Fire Plans Examiner
ICC Residential Mechanical
Inspector
ICC Master Code Professional
ICC Certified Building Official
ICC Building Plans Examiner
ICC Fuel Gas Inspector
ICC Residential Electrical Inspector
ICC Commercial Plumbing
Inspector
ICC Residential Plumbing Inspector
ICC Residential Building Inspector
ICC Commercial Mechanical
Inspector
ICC Plumbing Plans Examiner
ICC Residential Energy
Inspector/Plans Examiner
ICC Building Inspector
ICC Mechanical Inspector
ICC Electrical Inspector
ICC Plumbing Inspector
ICC Building Code Specialist
ICC Plumbing Code Specialist
ICC Residential Combination
Inspector
ICC Commercial Combination
Inspector
NABCEP Entry Level Certification
(Photovoltaic)
Post-Disaster Safety Assessment
Program (SAP)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Plans Examiner------------------------October 2020 – Present Shums Coda Associates
• Review plans, calculations, and specifications for compliance with the most current adopted codes and ordinances.
• Preparation of Plans Comments Letter according to industry and SCA standards.
• Meet and confer with the clients as needed to clarify plan check comments.
• Travel to jurisdictions on an as-needed basis to support clients.

Operations Supervisor ------------- January 2019 – Present Building Inspector III-------- February 2016 – January 2019 El Dorado County, Placerville, CA
Supervise approximately fourteen building inspectors based out of Placerville and South Lake Tahoe County offices. Responsible for overseeing complex code interpretation, communicating with the public and providing general customer service, updating standard operating procedures, planning employee training, coordinating with plan check and permit center, and conducting other managerial duties.

As a building inspector and as needed in current supervisory role, conduct field inspections of residential and commercial buildings to determine compliance with approved plans and applicable building code; approve work done or provide correction notices; conduct permit research; investigate and provide assistance for issuance of stop work orders; interpret and explain applicable building codes to members of the public; and provide general customer service.

Building Inspector----------------May 2014 – February 2016 Town of Danville, Danville, CA
Conduct field inspections of residential and commercial buildings to determine compliance with plans and building codes; set up daily schedule; approve work done or provide correction notices; conduct permit research; investigate stop work orders; interpret and explain applicable building codes to members of the public; and provide general customer service.

Building Inspector--------------------- April 2014 – May 2014 City of El Cerrito, El Cerrito, CA
Perform a variety of types of building inspection duties and assists in the review of building plans and specifications. Position was temporary/part-time.
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Jason Van Ausdal, CBO
Plans Examiner/ Building Inspector/
Instructor
Education
Associates in Business
Administration and
Management, Stevens
Henegar Business College
Licenses & Certifications
Combination Inspector, State of
Utah, License # 339648-5601
ICC License # 1058539
ICC Commercial Combination
Inspector
ICC Building Code Specialist
ICC Combination Inspector
ICC Electrical Inspector
ICC Mechanical Inspector
ICC Building Inspector
ICC Certified Building Official
ICC Building Plans Examiner
ICC Plumbing Inspector,
Certification
Memberships
Current President - Utah
Association of Building
Officials
Current Chair - Utah Electrical
Advisory Committee
Past President - Utah Chapter
ICC
Past President - Northwest
Section IAEI
Past President - Utah Chapter
IAEI

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Plans Examiner --------------------------- January 2022 – Present Shums Coda Associates
• Review plans, calculations, and specifications for compliance with the most current adopted codes and ordinances.
• Preparation of Plans Comments Letter according to industry and SCA standards.
• Meet and confer with the clients as needed to clarify comments. • Travel to jurisdictions on an as-needed basis to support clients.

Building Inspector ----------------------- January 2022 – Present Shums Coda Associates
• Enforce codes to the extent of stopping work or occupancy of a building, when necessary, until requirements are satisfied. • Read and interpret building codes, plans, and specifications. • Detect hazards and violations and recommend corrective measures during field inspections.
• Follow through to ensure that final inspections for all departments are completed in a timely manner.
• Operate a computer to access and use permit and inspection records.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with the jurisdictions building department and the general public.

Instructor ---------------------------------- January 2022 – Present Shums Coda Associates
Building Official ----------------------- December 2010 – Present Springville City, UT
Building Official ----------------- March 2000 – November 2010 Syracuse City, UT
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Gil Rossmiller
Plans Examiner/ Building Inspector/
Instructor
Licenses & Certifications
ICC # 871114
ICC Building Inspector
IgCC Plans Examiner
ICC Mechanical Inspector
ICC Plumbing Inspector
IgCC Commercial Inspector,
with ASHRAE 189.1
IgCC Commercial Inspector
IgCC Plans Examiner, with
ASHRAE 189
ICC Green Building - Residential
Examiner
ICC Building Plans Examiner
Memberships
International Code Council -
Green Building Code (ICC700)
Consensus Committee (2005-
2006)
Residential Plumbing and
Mechanical Code
Development Committee
(2008-2010)
Commercial Energy Code
Development Committee
(2012 - present)
Green Building Technologies
Exam Development
Committee (2007-2010)
Colorado Chapter, Inc. of
International Code Council
(2003 – Present)
Code Change Committee,
Standardization Committee,
Program Committee
Educational Institute Instructor,
Chapter President – 2012

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Plans Examiner ------------------------ December 2020 – Present Shums Coda Associates
• Review plans, calculations, and specifications for compliance with the most current adopted codes and ordinances.
• Preparation of Plans Comments Letter according to industry and SCA standards.
• Meet and confer with the clients as needed to clarify comments. • Travel to jurisdictions on an as-needed basis to support clients.

Building Inspector -------------------- December 2020 – Present Shums Coda Associates
• Enforce codes to the extent of stopping work or occupancy of a building, when necessary, until requirements are satisfied. • Read and interpret building codes, plans, and specifications. • Detect hazards and violations and recommend corrective measures during field inspections.
• Follow through to ensure that final inspections for all departments are completed in a timely manner.
• Operate a computer to access and use permit and inspection records.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with the jurisdictions building department and the general public.

Instructor ------------------------------- December 2020 – Present Shums Coda Associates
Instructor -----------------------------------2006 – December 2020 Plans Examiner
Energy Code
Colorado Code Consulting, CO
*Acquired by Shums Coda Associates in December 2020
Building Official ----------------------------------------- 2003 – 2006 Town of Parker, CO
Systems Improvement Manager-------------------- 2001 – 2003 Engle Homes of Colorado
Building Inspector/Plans Examiner----------------- 1994 – 2001 Tyree and Associates
General Contractor------------------------------------- 1984 – 1994 Self Employed
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Stephen “Steve” Thomas
Colorado Regional Manager/
Education Director
Education
B.S. in Business Administration -
University of Phoenix - Thesis:
“The Effects of a Housing Code in
the City of Glendale”
Course Work in Civil Engineering
Technology - CCD
Community College of Denver at
Red Rocks Lakewood, CO 1976 -
1978
Licenses & Certifications
ICC # 829160
ICC Building Plans Examiner
ICC Building Code Specialist
ICC Plumbing Inspector
ICC / AACE Property Maintenance
and Housing Inspector
ICC Building Inspector
ICC Building Code Official
ICC Accessibility Inspector/Plans
Examiner
ICC Housing Code Official
ICC Mechanical Inspector
ICC Residential Plans Examiner
ICC Certified Building Official
Memberships
International Code Council
National Fire Protection Association
Colorado Chapter ICC
Utah Chapter ICC
Arizona Building Officials
Colorado Municipal League
AIA Provider
Publications
Building Code Basics, 2009 IBC
Building Code Basics, 2012 IBC
Building Code Essentials, 2015 IBC
Building Code Essential, 2018 IBC
Applying the Codes to Cannabis
Facilities

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Stephen “Steve” Thomas has over 40 years in the Building and Safety Industry. From Inspector, Plans Examiner, and a Building Official he has done it all.

Steve is also a successful course instructor for many courses including: The Community College of Denver, Lakewood
Colorado – Intro. to Building Codes, International Code Council Contract, Colorado Chapter ICC Educational Institute, Denver, CO, Southern Nevada Chapter ICC EduCode, Las Vegas, NV, Washington Association of Building Officials, Olympia, WA, Arizona Building Officials, Tucson, AZ, Oregon Building Officials Association, Eugene, OR, Utah Chapter ICC, Sandy, UT and St.

George UT, AIA Colorado, Denver, CO, and Johnson County Contractor Licensing Dept. Overland Park, KS.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Colorado Regional Manager ---December 2020 - Present
Shums Coda Associates
Responsible for business services and client relations in Colorado. Serves as local point of contact and project manager for plan review, inspection, staff augmentation and other services provided.

Education Director----------------December 2020 - Present Shums Coda Associates
President and Owner ---------------1999 – December 2020 Colorado Code Consulting, Denver, CO
*Acquired by Shums Coda Associates in December 2020
Building Official------------------------------------- 1981 – 1999 Community Development Director
City of Glendale, Glendale, CO
Building Inspector---------------------------------- 1978 – 1981 Plans Examiner
Building Official
The Building Department, Inc., Denver, CO
Quality Control Testing Technician ----------- 1977 – 1978 Materials Testing, Inc., Denver, CO
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Barbara Rice, CBO, CFM
Arizona Regional Manager
Education
MS in Public Administration/
Emergency Management, Columbia
Southern University
B.S. in Fire Science, Columbia
Southern University
*Additional education can be provided if
requested.

Licenses & Certifications
ICC # 0863852
ICC Certified Fire Marshal
ICC Building Plans Examiner
ICC /AACE Property Maintenance and
Housing Inspector
ICC Fire Inspector II
ICC Permit Technician
ICC Fire Plans Examiner
ICC Certified Building Official
ICC Zoning Inspector
ICC Permit Specialist
ICC Fire Code Specialist, Certification
Arizona State Fire Training Committee
Fire Instructor I
Fire Instructor II
Texas Commission on Fire Protection
Fire Investigator
Inspector
State of Oregon
Fire and Life Safety Plans Examiner
Manufactured Parks and Camp
Inspector
Manufactured Home Installer
Inspector
Residential Plans Examiner
Residential Structural Inspector
Commercial Structural Inspector
State of Pennsylvania
Residential Inspector
Commercial Inspector
Fire Inspector
Plans Examiner
IFSAC
Fire Inspector I
Fire Inspector II
Plans Examiner
Fire Investigator

IAAI-CFI
Certified Fire Investigator
Safety Assessment Program, (Disaster
Mitigation)

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Barbara Rice has 24 years in municipal and local government as a building official, plans examiner, fire marshal, inspector, permit technician, code enforcement and fire investigator.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Arizona Regional Manager ------- January 2022 – Present Shums Coda Associates
Responsible for business services and client relations in Arizona. Serves as local point of contact and project manager for plan review, inspection, staff augmentation and other services provided.

Adjunct Faculty ---------------------February 2008 – Present Yavapai Community College, Clarkdale, AZ
• Teach fire code, investigation, prevention, and public education courses for Fire Science program.
• Develop curriculum for new courses and material.

Building Safety Manager------------Sept. 2020 – Jan. 2022 Building Official/ Fire Marshal
Town of Sahuarita, AZ
Fire Marshal/--------------------------- Feb. 2020 – Sep. 2020 Community Development Director
Town of Florence
Plans Examiner/ Fire Marshal------April 2012 – Feb. 2020 City of Casa Grande, Casa Grande
Fire Marshal ------------------------- May 2007 – March 2012 Camp Verde Fire District
Reserve ---------------------------------- Sep. 2006 – May 2009 Verde Valley Fire District, Cottonwood, AZ
Building Safety Manager--------- Sep. 2006 – March 2007 City of Glendale, AZ
Fire Marshal -------------------------- March 2005 – Sep 2006 City of Cottonwood Fire Department
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SCA personnel has the experience to provide complete, accurate, and on-time plan review, inspection and permitting services that the City of Pinole desires. We have more than enough experienced and licensed civil and structural engineers, architects, ICC certified plan reviewers, ICC certified inspectors, ICC certified permit technicians and California Certified Access Specialists (CASp) within our staff. We have expanded our staffing levels and expertise, with the acquisition of the former Colorado Code Consulting back in December of 2020, that provides similar services to SCA, along with nationwide code training services. We therefore feel we have improved and are excited to demonstrate how we continue to increase our services to a higher standard for Plan Reviews, Field Inspections and Permitting Services on an as-needed basis.

SCA provides these services to communities like the City of Pinole, and throughout seven regional offices in five states. We are constantly adapting and seeking ways to provide excellent service to customers in the face of increased expectations. This is why partnering with SCA is the ideal solution to these issues faced by the City. We will provide expert staff to meet the City of Pinole’s desired service levels, on an as-needed basis, allowing flexibility to manage your Planning and Building Department in the most beneficial manner.

The diversity in the people that work at SCA will provide the City of Pinole with a full understanding why they have partnered with a firm that takes a sincere interest in your community. SCA values every client and is committed to customizing our services to meet the needs that make the City of Pinole unique. With such a large and experienced team, that now is in our sixteenth year of business in providing these code services to our municipal partners, we continue to see the value in adapting our work product to the customized needs at City of Pinole – more than other firms that provide similar services. We will listen to the City’s staff, and take our lead from their direction, and hopefully build a relationship as a valued team member. At the end of each day, it is important for us to stress that the City of Pinole is not just a client, as we must earn your trust to build a strong working relationship – and the best way to earn this is by showing the City what sets us apart from others.

Collectively, SCA staff have well over a century of experience providing building and life-safety services to and for governmental agencies. Most of our staff started their careers with an extensive design or construction background, which over the years has shifted into municipal roles and experiences. With this extensive construction and life-safety history, SCA understands the importance of communication with our clients to ensure that our team can translate the public requirements to the private sector and create exceptional building and life-safety customer service for all of our clients. We therefore provide multiple ways for the City (or the applicants) to contact our managers or staff (office and cell phones, emails, and texts), as we prefer to provide as many opportunities as possible to communication and resolve issues quickly. Likewise, we recognize that sometimes we will need to alert the City staff to issues we have discovered in our reviews or inspections, or to obtain direction on how to proceed with unusual code concerns – so only through communicating with the City, will a clear and consistent message be delivered in a timely manner.

We also take a great deal of pride in our ability to internally train our staff. SCA has expanded our education staffing to now provide technical code classes through the nation, and through many of the local ICC Chapters. Many of our team members such as Terry Knox our Sacramento Regional Manager and Business Development Director, Steve Thomas our Colorado Regional Manager and Education Director, along with many others have provided ICC approved training throughout the nation. We cannot strive to be the best unless we stay up to date on regulations we are required to enforce. Constantly improving SCA team knowledge related to plan review items allows us to expedite project reviews, as we are current and proficient with new or difficult to understand code sections, and their proper applications. SCA can also offer technical training to current City of Pinole staff (if requested).
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To highlight the type of projects we have reviewed, inspected, and provided permitting staff for, we provide the following examples of work completed for our municipal clients under contract services.

Google/Nasa Bayview Project............................................................................2018 - Current Mountain View, CA........................................................... Nena Bizjak, CBO, (650) 903 – 6313 Project Amount ........................................................................................ $785,900.00 (to date) SCA has been under contract for the past five years to
assist NASA with over 2,000,000-sq. ft. of office,
restaurants, assembly spaces, events center, parking,
and residential guest hotel project for a new Google
complex located at NASA-Ames Research Facility. As a
federal agency, NASA has a Building Department that
does not process permits as done at a typical jurisdiction, but rather operates as construction management for
improvements at the base. The Google site is a land-lease/joint-venture with Ames Research that involved a complex design on previously incorporated City of Mountain View property. The design was extremely innovative in its approach and utilized advanced engineering systems (nondynamic linear design), as well as being in a flood plain, having underground vapor mitigation system, deep geothermal heat system, large-scale integrated photo-voltaic roof system and several alternative materials and method requests. SCA was initially brought in to review the primary building of the campus that comprise three separate structures over a common basement level, while other consulting firms were utilized to review site/civil improvements and future housing/garage structure. However, SCA was so much more successful and responsive to both the owner/design schedule and NASA’s code concerns, we were quickly promoted to complete the entire project reviews, as well as continual inspections. In fact, SCA’s involvement was so well received in this capacity, that we are now providing reviews for the historic hanger renovation and re-uses, as well a base infrastructure (such as roadways and bridges). These reviews are exclusively performed electronically, with document control through our administrative staff until approval and release for printing by the design team, and subsequently submitted to the base.

Initially NASA had never undertaken such a large and dynamic process, and they didn’t understand how to streamline and maintain design/construction schedules. However, SCA worked with their management team, as well as Google/Whiting Turner and the designers, to guide the process into a jurisdictional model that is modified to accommodate the aggressive construction schedule. We provided preliminary code review of design development plans for the project, complete plan review and oversight of structural peer reviews, as well as continuing inspection team for on-going construction.

Lucid Electric Vehicle Facility, Phase 1 & 2 ......................................................2019 - Current Casa Grande, AZ.................................................................Brian Tardif, CBO, (520) 421-8630 Phase 1 Amount: $145,965.00 (Hourly)..................... Phase 2 Amount: $106,810.00 (to date) Plan review of phase I of a new electric car
manufacturing facility, and CUP, for Lucid Motors. The
project was comprised of a 192,784-sq. ft. Body in White structure, and an attached 564,906-sq. ft. Paint/General Assembly structure. These two buildings were attached
to one another via a raised conveyor bridge element and had a separate CUP for the site. The entire project was reviewed as “at-risk” phased submittals, and SCA
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3 occupancy uses, and was two stories with additional large mezzanines or platforms of equipment. All turnarounds were met or exceeded with this expedited review process that allowed the vehicle manufacturing to begin months ahead of original proposed day one start-up of activities. Phase 2 is an additional 3 million sq. ft. expansion of the plant that designated the facility as a special industrial occupancy to eliminate allowable area concerns – this is still a project under review but is well ahead of an expedited schedule.

Microsoft Campus...............................................................................................................2019 Mountain View, CA........................................................... Nena Bizjak, CBO, (650) 903 – 6313 Project Amount .......................................................................................................$874,221.33 Microsoft campus demolished four of five original two-story office buildings and cafeteria/events center and constructed a combined two-story building with extensive roof decks and landscape features. The goal of the project was to create a more integrated and green structure that would be selfsupporting. This involved replacing surface parking with a parking structure, exposed CLT structural systems, recycled and black water on-site treatment facility, as well as emphasis to transition from the structure to the natural watershed/creek on the south side of the property. The final structure was type III-B construction under the mall provisions, and included Group B, A-3, A-2, S-1, and S-2 occupancies.

The Dean...................................................................................................................2018 - 2019 Mountain View, CA........................................................... Nena Bizjak, CBO, (650) 903 – 6313 Project Amount .......................................................................................................$359,354.67 SCA and FRA completed the plan review of this 5.75-acre mixed-use apartment community consisting of several five story, The project was over 100,000-sq. ft. in size and utilized two levels of type IA podium design, with five stories of type IIIA over the podium, all over two floors of below grade parking. The development is anticipated to house 600 market rate housing units in a cluster of buildings surrounding a public ‘paseo’. SCA also did the inspections for this project.

California State University – College of Extended Learning Expansion .........................2018 San Bernardino, CA ..........................................Leatha J. Elsden, Architect, (909) 537 – 3182 Project Amount .........................................................................................................$45,729.74 SCA completed the plan review of this project, a new
construction of a Type II-A, fully sprinklered 3-story steelbraced framed building with classrooms, study spaces, a 250- seat lecture hall and administration building, which will feature a global gallery, an outdoor plaza for social gathering and study areas and a retail food facility.

Additional Experience | Information
SCA is also adept at reviewing a great deal of smaller projects. For example, in the past six months (while completing larger plan review projects), we performed nearly 1,000 mostly residential plan reviews for Ventura, CA; over 300 small reviews for Centennial, CO; and over 1,000 plan review and inspections for Hurricane, UT. Our staff is large enough to accommodate whatever plan review or inspection needs that might evolve during the course of this contract. 249 of 1216
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SCA takes great pride in the fact that our services are customizable and able to be adjusted to meet our client’s needs. To prove the reliability of our services, we provide the following list of client references to speak to the quality of our commitment to meeting project expectations. Feel free to call as many as needed for confirmation.

Nena Bizjak
Chief Building Official
City of Mountain View
500 Castro Street
Mountain View, CA 94041
(650) 903 – 6313
[email protected]
Providing inspections, plan review, building
official, and permit technician services since
2006.

Shawn Huff
Chief Building Official
City of Ventura
501 Poli Street
Ventura, CA 93001
(805) 677 - 3963
[email protected]
Provided inspections, plan review, and
permitting services since 2021.

Bill Tott
Chief Building Official
City of Milpitas
455 East Calaveras Boulevard
Milpitas, CA 95035
(408) 586 – 3263
[email protected]
Providing plan review services since 2006.

Gary West
Chief Building Official
City of Fremont
39550 Liberty Street
Fremont, CA 94538
(510) 494 – 4460
[email protected]
Providing inspections, plan review and
building official services since 2015.

Chuck Andrew
Assistant Community Development Director
City of Menlo Park
701 Laurel Street, 1st Floor
Menlo Park, CA 94025
(650) 330 – 6757
[email protected]
Providing inspections, plan review, and permit
technician services since 2009.

Melinda Denis
Planning and Permit Center Manager
City of Pleasanton
123 Main Street
Pleasanton, CA 94566
(925) 931 – 5631
[email protected]
Providing inspections, plan review, and
permit technician services since 2017.

Jeremiah Zillig
Acting Chief Building Official
City of Rancho Cordova
2729 Prospect Park Drive
Rancho Cordova, CA 95670
(916) 371 – 0975
[email protected]
Providing inspections, plan review, and permit
technician services since 2017.

Tim Wegner
Deputy Director of Building Services
County of Placer
249 Nevada Street
Auburn, CA 9560
(503) 745 – 3125
[email protected]
Providing inspections and plan review
services since 2013.
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SCA agrees to the Scope of Work outline in the RFP. SCA is properly licensed to practice in California and has no conflict of interest with any other work performed by the firm for the City.

Plan Review Implementation Plan
Prior to beginning any services SCA will schedule an on-boarding meeting to ensure a smooth transition from Pinole’s previous consultant to SCA and to ensure that we have all processes and procedures documented and understood prior to beginning reviews for the City. In order to begin a successful delivery of our services to the City of Pinole, we must have strong communication between our permit technician/administrative staff, to ensure that electronic plans are properly received and complete to allow us to begin our review. There is a great deal of time spent by our plans coordination staff to review each submittal when received for completeness and assure that we reach back for missing information or issues early on in the review process. SCA staff has a system in place that verifies that all electronic files are received (correcting any corrupted files) and assess that all documents needed for the review have been received. Our team will usually reach out to City of Pinole’s staff within 24-hours, with any discrepancy in submittal documents, or even transmittals related to each review.

Once this first step is completed, our Plan Check Manager meets with the Plans Coordinators to assess and understand each project received, as well as putting it into a larger database schedule that we maintain internally for all jurisdictional projects being received. It is at this point that our Manager and Coordinator will begin the process of assigning each project a unique SCA job number for tracking purposes, which the City of Pinole staff or applicants can access at any time during our review cycles. Then each project will be assigned to a SCA plan review team member, based on experience, expertise, and complexity of the project along with the current availability of each team member. Our plan review staff is well versed and able to review all code requirements. Most smaller projects can be reviewed by a single plan examiner/engineer and for large projects, our plans coordinators will confer with our plan review manager to divide project portions into smaller systems reviews – which ensures that the project stays on schedule with multiple persons assigned to handle larger lifts. The plans coordination team will continue to check-in and update schedules during each cycle of review, and make sure that each plan review member remains on schedule or re-assigning (when needed) some work to ensure turnaround times are met. When review cycles are finally completed, our managers will review final products to ensure that comments are formatted properly, and clear in regards to code concerns. Then they will register the cycle completion, deliver comment lists or approvals back to the City of Pinole’s staff for delivery to the applicants.

Our standard plan review results in lists of comments which refer to specific detail, drawing or location in the building, and reference applicable code sections for each item cited. We prefer (if approved by the City of Pinole) to expedite or clarify plan review items by contacting the designers and communicating directly, using the most advantageous media available, to resolve issues. In today’s development climate a brief phone call, or a thirty-minute online meeting can save weeks of back-and-forth delays to obtain minimum code compliance and approvals. We understand that there can be limitations in the designer’s technology or jurisdictional inter-department review process, which sometimes prohibit these methods from being implemented with every project.

With either approach being implemented, SCA understands and intends to route all communication/comment letters (first or concurrently) through the City of Pinole, as directed by your staff. All reviewed and approved documents shall be returned to the City after the plan review process is completed, and input into the tracking software as directed by the City of Pinole’s staff.

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every item related to a plan review list can be responded to and resolved with the staff person that created the comment initially. We are committed to returning calls and emails, promptly and with a professional approach associated with these services. SCA staff will be available during after-office hours or for emergency response services, if required.

This is the process we follow with each standard review project, but our philosophy is still to meet the City’s needs with regards to our service. As such, we maintain the ability to adjust our process to accommodate the City of Pinole’s staff. Further, we can activate our team early on in the process (usually prior to construction documents being submitted to the City), to provide general code reviews with design development plans, to assist with sensitive projects understanding larger code concerns early on in the process, and hopefully allowing corrections that will reduce plan review cycles in the future. SCA actually prefers to review larger projects in this manner, but only under the clear direction of the City, and with the understanding that we are not designing the project, but merely representing the City of Pinole’s code concerns.

Plan Review and Approvals
SCA will perform plan reviews to cover one or more of the following disciplines: architectural, structural, engineering, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, accessibility/CASp, fire-safety, energy and green building requirements - all as modified or amended by the City, and per the City’s currently adopted building codes. SCA’s plan review reports will reference sheets and code sections that are applicable for each comment. We will send all submittal and resubmittal reports directly to the City of Pinole for distribution to the applicant, but we can also directly/simultaneously provide the architect and/or the engineer with the same electronic list of items needing correction when directed to do so by the City. Our comment lists should be self-explanatory, but our review team will remain available during working hours (and often off-hours) to provide any additional clarification/discussion needed of the applicable building code section, ordinances, or regulation.

We will provide a similar list at each cycle of the review process, but typically most reviews are resolved in two cycles, with perhaps a quick third review of a remaining comment (or two). When a review remains extensive at a third (or longer) review cycle, SCA staff will reach out to the City of Pinole’s staff to discuss the overall items of concern and look for direction on any alternative methods to keep the project review moving in a positive direction. With these difficult reviews, SCA is not opposed to online video conferences to share and discuss the code concerns with the City’s staff and the applicant – hopefully to assist in receiving a more complete resubmittal with the next review.

With each review cycle, SCA will provide a cover letter/transmittal that includes the following information:
• The address, permit number, description, use, and type of construction. • A list of all plan/documents received for review and the associated dates they were received.

SCA is proficient in many versions of electronic plan review applications, and other web-based tools. SCA staff expertise and proficiency in the latest electronic plan review is not an accident, but rather a source of pride. SCA can also review paper plans when submitted and could provide in-house staff review assistance. If the reviews can be completed over the counter, we will make every effort to complete them at that point. If we cannot do a review at the City of Pinole’s offices, our plans examiner will conduct the plan review in the SCA office and provide a report as outlined above. If paper plans are submitted, we will provide couriers to pick-up and deliver the documents.

Once the final plan review is completed and ready for approval, SCA will electronically stamp the plans and the supporting documents and return them to the City, along with our letter of completion. It should be noted that our approval stamp can be modified to suit the desired information needed by the City of Pinole.
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Plan Review Turnaround Schedule
Below is SCA’s standard Plan Review Turnaround timeframes; however, SCA will work with the City of Pinole to come to an agreed upon timeframe.

Type of Project
Turnaround
Time – First
Cycle of
Review
Turnaround
Time – Second
Cycle of
Review
Turnaround
Time – Third
Cycle of
Review
Turnaround
Time – Fourth
Cycle of Review
(and so on)
Residential
New Construction
– Single Family
7-10 working
days
5 working days 5 working
days**
Same as third
review cycle, but
not expected
New Construction
– Multifamily*
10-15 working
days
7-10 working
days
5 working
days**
Same as third
review cycle, but
not expected
Addition 5-7 working days 5 working days 3 working
days**
Same as third
review cycle, but
not expected
Remodel 5-7 working days 5 working days 3 working
days**
Same as third
review cycle, but
not expected
Non-Residential
New
Construction*
10-15 working
days
7-10 working
days
7 working
days**
Same as third
review cycle, but
not expected
Addition 10 working days 7 working days 5 working
days**
Same as third
review cycle, but
not expected
Remodel/ Tenant
Improvement
7-10 working
days
5 working days 5 working
days**
Same as third
review cycle, but
not expected
* Some projects may require additional time because of size or complexity of the project; SCA would reserve the right to review those projects under a longer schedule when mutually agreed upon with the City of Pinole’s Building Official (prior to beginning the review process). ** SCA prefers and expects to approve projects in two review cycles based on the detail of our initial review comments. However, if a review continues to have a significant amount of outstanding comments at the completion of the second review, we will reach out to the applicant/design team or owner to discuss outstanding issues and ensure that there is an understanding of the code concern, as well as an appropriate mean(s) to resolve remaining items. We do not believe in being a hinderance or barrier to projects moving forward, as we believe that our expertise in code matters should be able to assist applicants with achieving code compliant set of construction documents – it is never helpful to the City of Pinole, the community or SCA as a code consultant, to have these reviews extended for review cycles beyond a quick third review.

Expedited plan reviews, or third-party plan reviews will have a separated negotiated turnaround timeframe for each project. When expedited plan reviews are requested, we will perform the plan review as quickly as SCA staff schedules will allow. An expedited review is typically completed in half of the standard turnaround time, but SCA has (at times) been able to review in shorter periods.

It will be possible that an expedited review can be completed with no additional charge in some instances.
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Technology
With the implications of COVID, we have seen our paper plan reviews nearly disappear in favor of electronic plan reviews. Electronic plan reviews have been a strength for our team, having reviewed thousands of electronic projects. SCA can review all plans electronically and provide review letters in multiple formats. This has been a service provided to our clients prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. SCA is proficient in many various electronic plan review and web-based tools. We typically utilize the Bluebeam product for our reviews but can provide our review comments on any of the other comparable platforms and are able to embed the comments into the electronic plan sheets. We can also redline revisions and mark-up plans for minor items, to ensure approval of the plans instead of an additional review cycle being performed. SCA would look to the City of Pinole to provide guidance on the preferred method of electronic comments to be received. SCA maintains equipment for our plan review staff (i.e., dual, and larger monitors, added graphic cards and memory) to allow for plans to be properly reviewed in an efficient manner.

In today’s development climate it is also important to note that a brief phone call, or a thirty-minute online meeting can save weeks of back-and-forth delays to obtain minimum code compliance and approvals. SCA will be available by phone and/ or video conferences to share and discuss the code concerns with the City’s staff and applicants when needed. We prefer (if allowed by the City policies) to expedite or clarify plan review items by contacting the applicant/designers and communicating directly, using the most advantageous media available, to resolve issues. We would look to the City of Pinole’s staff and take your lead on how to effectively streamline communication, because at the end of the day our goal is to build a relationship as a cohesive team.

Building Inspections
Inspections are all conducted by ICC certified inspectors. Our inspectors are qualified, certified, and licensed to conduct many different types of buildings. We also have CASp certified staff that can be available to the City on an as-needed basis. Inspections will be completed within one business day from the time we receive the request, however CASp inspections may need longer lead times when requested. Our staff will work with your staff to ensure that all type of buildings will be inspected as requested by the City. The scope of inspection services to be provided will be defined uniquely for each project or as determined mutually by SCA and the Chief Building Official. Inspector(s) provided to the City will report directly to the Chief Building Official or another person designated by the City for all project-related work.

We will inspect the buildings in accordance with the codes adopted and amended by the City of Pinole. We believe in being service oriented and not the building police. We will work with the contractors and homeowners to bring a building into compliance with the applicable code whenever we can. It is our philosophy that inspections are educational opportunities to explain the purpose of the code and why certain things are required by the code. We will spend additional time explaining the purpose of a code requirement whenever necessary. We see ourselves as code educators as much as code administrators. We have also worked with several different Fire Departments to concurrently administer the codes adopted by our jurisdictions. We believe it is important to work alongside with fire departments on projects to present a cooperative level of code administration.

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and under budget. We pride ourselves on being problem solvers and not problem makers. Our goal is to get to yes and comply with the intent of the code. We will conduct the required inspections for the project and an inspection report will be provided for each inspection outlining what inspection was conducted, the result and any conditions or corrections needed. SCA’s inspection reports will reference code sections that are applicable for each comment. Our correction lists should be self-explanatory, but as referenced with our plan review staff, our inspection team will remain equally available during working hours (and often off-hours) to provide any additional clarification/discussion needed of the applicable building code section, ordinances, or regulations.

We have recently been asked at various jurisdictions to input or email the correction notices electronically to remain remote from COVID concerns. However, prior to the pandemic it has been standard practice for our inspectors to input results into the jurisdiction’s inspection/ permitting software at the end of each inspection day and leaving a distribution copy at the jobsite for the contractor/applicant. SCA can certainly provide either or some hybrid version as needed for the City of Pinole.

We will provide a similar list at each inspection cycle, but when inspections are slow or are consistently not ready for the inspection, SCA staff will reach out to the City’s staff to discuss the overall items of concern and look for direction on any alternative methods to keep construction on track. Again, our inspection staff is able to attend any necessary meetings to assist in having consistent inspection progress with each jobsite. This will require SCA staff to be available to patriciate in and attend inspection staff meetings and training events sponsored by the City (as needed and directed). When the final inspection is completed, we will notify the City that a certificate of occupancy can be issued for new buildings or addition/tenant improvements and will file the electronic report at the City of Pinole, to close out the permit. SCA would look to the City to provide guidance on the preferred method of how this will be completed.

Permitting Services
SCA has a large group of ICC Certified Permit Technicians and Administrative Staff available to assist with City of Pinoles’ Community Development Departments front counter needs to private and public sector clients. When requested we will provide Permit Technicians based on availability to work at the City offices. Our technicians typically are utilized to assist architect, engineers, contractor and the public through the process and procedures associated with accepting, processing, and tracking applications for construction permits. This requires our staff to be adept at various permit tracking software and have the ability to provide calculations for permit fees, which may include collecting payment for such applications.

When requested, SCA will provide an I.C.C. Certified Permit Technician to work at the City of Pinole’s offices, under the supervision of City staff. Our permit technicians will assist with the processing of permit applications, initial screening of submitted documents, occasional review of simple projects, and entering and maintaining data into the permit tracking system. This is a frontline position that will be involved with interaction with the public, answering questions and directing inquiries to appropriate senior staff positions when necessary. Since this position must work well with all front counter staff to be effective, SCA will provide resumes and allow for interview(s) by the City prior to our staff providing any of these services.

As is required of the Permit Technician, our staff members have a strong working knowledge of Planning procedures and requirements per the General Plan and Zoning Code information to be able to answer general questions about each, or direct applicants to appropriate Planning staff members at the City. This being the front counter position for the Community Development 255 of 1216
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Department, our team will be able to answer phones and emails related to general permit information and determine whether or not applications are acceptable for processing or conditions of approval.

Due to the pandemic, the way the front counter (and its staff) operates have changed, recalculating how each jurisdiction is utilizing SCA’s Permit Technicians and Administrative Staff to their benefit. Although the working conditions have changed almost daily during the stages of “re-opening”, our staff retains the ability to adapt to the working requests of our clients. SCA provides our in-house staff with appropriate PPEs to complete the daily work requests, but again will look to the City to determine the methods in which these services will be completed. Our team currently has members continuing to work directly at the jurisdictions, interacting with applicants directly (although socially distant), as well as providing these services electronically – as electronic submittals have all but replaced paper in many construction submittals. We are committed to providing the services requested by the City, and with modifications deemed necessary due to the current unprecedented times.

Staffing Augmentation Services
SCA team members are available to temporarily fill Building Department positions that become vacant (due to sudden illnesses, retirements, or resignations), as well as providing additional staff during peak periods of construction. When requested we will provide staffing augmentation based on availability of our current staff to work at the City offices. As most of our team members are currently engaged in similar assignments or commitments, we sometimes need a short period of time to re-arrange schedules to accommodate these requests.

Code Enforcement Services
SCA will provide code enforcement staffing to assist with code enforcement activities, including but not limited to providing education to the public, issuing notices, performing field inspections, issuing citations, arranging for abatement warrants, organizing abatement work, when requested. Often this type of duties can and will be completed by our building inspection staff, as we prefer to discuss and find means to comply with regulations, as opposed to a more heavyhanded enforcement methodology. We find that through this methodology, we are often able to resolve minor civil concerns without lengthy enforcement engagement.

Other Services
SCA will provide other services as specifically requested by the City. Additional services provided shall have scope and compensation mutually agreed upon by SCA and the City of Pinole prior to commencement of said services.
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Quality Control
One of the keys to SCA’s success as a company is the commitment to quality control of our services. SCA starts with the employment of qualified and knowledgeable personnel, the use of plan check templates to match local interpretations, continuing education, and internal peer reviews. These controls raise the quality level of our plan checks by being focused on significant code issues, but also providing a consistent product to our clients. With our services remaining constantly the highest quality, it provides our clients and their communities with a high level of confidence that their plans will be reviewed with equal consideration and thoroughness required for construction safety.

Technical Support
As with any of our clients, SCA will provide technical support for the City of Pinole’s service needs. Our staff is able to provide any in-house services determined necessary by the City. We often have personnel in attendance at pre-submittal and in-progress plan review meetings, or preconstruction and on-site inspection meetings. We currently provide in-house plan review, inspection, and permit technicians services to local jurisdictions. These are often the services that allow our plan review team to understand the municipality and become immersed in the standard processes and operating procedures of the City. The sooner that we can reach this understanding of local preferences, ultimately allows us to provide superior plan review services based on that intimate knowledge of the local fabric.

Pinole City CouncilJanuary 17, 2023

Pinole City Council
January 17, 2023