R2023-48 Resolution Authorizing Execution of a Professional Services Agreement for the Transit Comprehensive Operations Analysis Between Alfred Benesch & Company and the City of Decatur

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SECTION 2 : PROJECT PROJECT MANAGEMENT TEAM With any project, it is important to have available the skills necessary to complete each task successfully and a sound management structure to ensure that all project assignments are completed efficiently and within schedule and budget. The three key members of the Benesch Project Management Team are introduced briefly below. Additional information about their qualifications and related project experience is provided in their resumes, included later in this section with those of all other proposed key project staff for the COA effort. ,x Randy Farwell will serve as the Project Manager for the City's COA project. He will work closely with Joel u. and City/DPTS staff throughout the effort as a key point of contact and to help ensure that all project tasks are successful) completed in quality fashion. He has 36 ears of experience in transportation and transit Y P q Y Y P P planning, operations and management, and wide-ranging experience with BRT, bus, commuter rail, light rail, flex, human service and mobility-on-demand (MOD)services. His work includes developing and deploying transit services,system analysis and redesign,corridor studies, National Environmental Policy Act(NEPA) and Federal Transit Administration (FTA) documentation and the application of technology to transit. Randy is especially adept at working successfully with his transit agency clients as he previously served as Director of Planning for the Central Florida Regional Transportation Authority(LYNX, Orlando, FL) and as Planning Manager for the Potomac&Rappahannock Transportation Commission (VA),where he was instrumental in the start-up of the Virginia Railway Express commuter rail and the development of OmniLink Flexroute,the first ITS-enhanced flexroute in the US(1994). He has significant experience leading successful transit master planning efforts, operational analyses and system redesign plans. He is also a national expert in the planning, application and implementation of MOD and microtransit services. Joel Rey, PE,AICP,will serve as the Senior Advisor/Quality Assurance and help ensure overall quality of the study effort as well as availability of necessary staff resources. He has been involved in transportation planning and research for more than 33 years,with a particular emphasis on transit operations and planning. His expertise includes transit development planning and visioning, operations analysis, ridechecks and surveys,transit facility/infrastructure planning and accessibility, performance assessment,transit financial planning,transit market assessment and bus rapid transit(BRT), among others. Joel has managed or directed numerous transit projects, including many vision planning efforts and COAs. One of his more recent successes involved a complete system analysis and network redesign for TANK in Northern Kentucky(Fort Wright, KY)that was implemented successfully in 2021 to improve mobility in the three-county service area and ultimately increased ridership by 20%within the first three months after implementation of the new network. STAFFING AVAILABILITY Since the quality and successful accomplishment of any project is wholly dependent on the experience and expertise of the staff completing it, it then is equally important to ensure the availability of that staff so that they are sufficiently dedicated to the effort through its achievement.To this end,we have provided estimated availability of our proposed key staff based on their current workload on their resumes.While the availability percentages are helpful in generally understanding what proportion of time each person may have to dedicate to the DPTS COA at this time, it is important to recognize that these are estimates based on current available capacity. Hence, as existing projects end for many of these individuals,their availability will go up in the next couple months and this is additional time that will be able to be devoted to the COA effort. Also important to understand is that Benesch's Transit Solutions Team collectively has additional staff beyond these eight with requisite COA skills who can be tapped for additional support as the need arises. Obenesch Decatur Public Transit System//Technical Comprehensive Operational Analysis Fixed Route Services 3