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Building Code Services <br />Coastal Engineering <br />Code Enforcement <br />Construction Engineering <br />and Inspection <br />Construction Services <br />Contract Government <br />Data Technologies <br />and Development <br />Emergency Management <br />Services <br />Engineering <br />Environmental Services <br />Facilities Management <br />Indoor Air Quality <br />Landscape Architecture <br />Municipal Engineering <br />Planning <br />Public Administration <br />Redevelopment <br />and Urban Design <br />Surveying and Mapping <br />Traffic Engineering <br />Transportation Planning <br />GSA Contract Holder <br />1800 Eller Drive <br />Suite 600 <br />Ft. Lauderdale, FL <br />33316 <br />954.921.7781 phone <br />954.921.8807 fax <br />www.cgasolutions.com <br />FORT LAUDERDALE <br />Calvin, Giordano & Associates, Inc. <br />EXCEPTIONAL SOLUTIONS ™ <br />July 13, 2016 <br />City of Sunny Isles Beach <br />Sunny Isles Beach Government Center <br />18070 Collins Avenue <br />Sunny Isles Beach, FL 33160 <br />RE: RFQ# 16-06-02 Landscape Architect Services <br />Dear Selection Committee Member: <br />Calvin, Giordano & Associates, Inc. (CGA) is pleased to submit our Statement of <br />Qualifications to provide professional Landscape Architect services for the above­ <br />referenced Request for Qualifications. <br />We are a well-established, multi-disciplinary firm with offices headquartered in Fort <br />Lauderdale and serving the South Florida Region with offices located in Miami-Dade, <br />Broward, Palm Beach, and St. Lucie Counties. For over 79 years, our firm has been <br />providing municipal consulting services, and has served the City of Sunny Isles <br />Beach with outstanding services for over 15 years. Our experience, gained through <br />long-standing relationships with local governments and agencies, and our diverse <br />personnel, makes us uniquely qualified to deliver the required quality services <br />stipulated in the RFQ's Scope of Services. <br />If selected, CGA's Ft. Lauderdale office, at 1800 Eller Drive, Suite 600, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, <br />will be the responsible office for this contract. I, Shelley Eichner, AICP, Senior Vice <br />President, will serve as Principal-in-Charge and Tammy Cook-Weedon, RLA, ASLA, <br />LEED-AP, will serve as Associate-in-Charge and Project Manager of the assembled team. <br />EXPERIENCE THAT COUNTS. Mrs. Cook-Weedon leads the Landscape Architecture <br />department, with over 30 years of experience and demonstrated strengths in managing <br />projects to meet the needs of our municipal clients. She has successfully led numerous <br />large scale projects encompassing design studies, planting designs, and the various <br />intersecting professions and tasks necessary to manage projects through to <br />completion and delivery. Additionally, she is a service-oriented and an award-winning <br />Landscape Architect, having won several Awards of Excellence for her past experience. <br />WHY THE CGA TEAM. At CGA we recognize the City's need to contract with a <br />consultant that comprehends the City's standards of quality, international appeal and <br />character and, as such, can provide services that integrate and contribute to the <br />branding, community improvements, quality-of-life enhancements and high-quality <br />environments expected. In fulfillment of those goals, CGA has assembled a team of <br />highly skilled professionals capable of meeting demanding time schedules, budgets and <br />demands for excellence in delivery, as they are the metrics of a job and service well <br />done. Our team is committed to providing Sunny Isles Beach with quality services that <br />both benefit the local community, businesses, visitors and contributes to the City's <br />appeal. <br />WEST PALM BEACH PORT ST. LUCIE HOMESTEAD TAMPA I CLEARWATER JACKSONVILLE ATLANTA