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November 29, 2021 <br />City of Sunny Isles Beach <br />Attn.: Mauricio Betancur, CMC, City Clerk <br />18070 Collins Avenue, 4th Floor <br />Sunny Isles Beach, FL 33160 <br />RE: Response to RFQ No. 21-11-01 <br /> Professional Planning and Zoning Consulting Services, including Civil and Traffic Engineering <br />Dear Selection Committee, <br />Calvin, Giordano & Associates, Inc. (CGA) is pleased to submit our response to the Request for <br />Qualifications released by the City for Professional Planning and Zoning Consulting Services, including <br />Civil and Traffic Engineering for the City of Sunny Isles Beach. CGA has carefully reviewed the criteria and <br />fully understands the effort required to provide the services referenced in the Request for Qualifications. <br />CGA has the knowledge, experience, capability, and personnel resources to service this contract. <br />CGA has had the pleasure of serving the City in capacities like those listed in this RFQ since 2017. Prior <br />to that, Alex David, AICP served as Planning and Zoning consultant to the City and performed planning <br />and zoning related tasks. <br />We are a multi-disciplinary firm with a presence in South Florida for more than 84 years. The company <br />provides a broad range of services, including Urban Planning and Zoning, Landscape Architecture and <br />Urbanism, Environmental and Sustainability Services, Community Engagement, Traffic Engineering <br />and Transportation Planning, Civil Engineering and Roadway Design and Review, Data & Technology <br />Services, Construction Engineering and Inspection, Surveying and Mapping, Grant Writing, and a variety <br />of government services, including plan review, building department and inspection services. The firm’s <br />diversification allows us to provide a soup-to-nuts approach to projects working as a one-source partner <br />for planning, design and construction engineering; or efficiently tackling individual projects with customized <br />solutions designed by handpicked teams of highly experienced professionals. <br />We are the consulting firm of choice for numerous municipalities in South Florida. Part of the reason is <br />that, with more than 390 employees, our firm provides the broad range of experience and wide-ranging <br />services typical of a large company, but with the personalized attention of a much smaller firm. In addition, <br />the CGA Team has consistently stood out among competitors for many reasons. There are, however, three <br />key qualities that differentiate our consulting practice which keep our clients coming back to us: <br />1. We have a well-earned reputation for being nimble, adaptable and highly responsive. Not only <br />are we known for being accessible and available to our clients, but we are quick to act on client <br />requests. <br />2. We are problem-solvers and out-of-the-box thinkers. CGA’s commitment to, and track record <br />of offering our clients “exceptional solutions” has allowed us to develop into a premier leader in <br />government services. <br />3. We bring a unique consultant perspective to our work for public sector clients, since many of our <br />employees previously served as building, planning and zoning officials, community development <br />and engineering directors, and even in areas of city administration. <br />(Cont.) <br />6