Fort Walton Beach Council agenda — 05-08-2007 regular agenda — reading text

engineering and management. Facsimile of utility, community puts much at stake planning the establishment a stormwater a fInancially. Therefore, the objective must be to get it right the fu'st time. The Ear1h Tech 850. 862-3012 Teatn brings over 20 years of national experience in the planning and implementation of municipal stormwater utilities. At Earth Tech, we track utility activities across the nation in an effort to remain abreast of recent trends in stonnwater utility development. Our goal is to remain at the forefront of stormwater planning and to assist communities in meeting their future needs. Our planning experience provides the City of Fort Walton Beach the technical and professional resources needed to establish a sufficient, fair, equitable, legally defensible, and publicly acceptable stonnwater utility that will meet and exceed the needs of your City. Proven National Stormwater Utility Bxpert: Earth Tech' s Project ger John B. Maru!. Ferris, PE, PH, has 20 years ofexp" rience in developing stormwater utilities for communities and municipalities across. the nation. . M1\ Ferris was asked to present Develop .a Legal and Equitable StormwaterUtility" a-1:.this year' s National APWA Congress in Kansas City, MisSQuri. He haSCQlnpleted Feasibility Studies far 10 counties in Georgia and F1orida, n1() stirecentlyAthens~Clarke County, Georgia. He has developed programs in California, ... Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, and Wisconsin,( oroverSQcQunties, cities, and villages. This experience and awareness will allow the Earth Tech Team to structure the utility to specifIcally meet the stormwater needs of Fort Walton Beach. While many consultants address various aspects of stonnwater utilities, there are few who actually have comprehensive plalming experience who canconfidentIy integrate the technical, financial, and legal skills that will lead to an effective utility. The City would be best served by having Mr. Ferris' hands- on experience to deliver a proper and legally defensible stormwater utility program. EAR T H TEe Ii A qDD INTERNATIONAL tTD. COMPANY 1: Ms. Helen Spencer February 26, 2007 Page 2 f!. plannlngan. rccs management lity df!.# Eartlt. Tec't' s unparalleled experlence. lnlvotefirgs(} totheforma. tioll of a stormwaterutilityaremany. studies: The legal and technical issuesrelating. in this project have likely been The...challel1ges faced by the City. ofEol'tWalpnJ3each will be answered based on 20 years of enco\lntered by Earth Tech in previous projects and and There is no " learning 011 the job." expertise. experience altofthe hkhoJ,lse staff required to acomplisht .1?mject Dgpt1totResources: Earth Tech has 25 inathnely, cost effective, and sea.mlessmanner, With the ability to draw on an additipl1ill offIce to support the efforts in Fort Walton water resources professionals within Mr. Ferris' Beach. in related Local]tnga em nt: Earth Tech' sFprtWaltoniBeachistaff is ah'eady engaged manY registeredProfessional activities. Mr. Alec Macbeth,...an.... enviromnetascients/Florjda~ B3Si~ Allian.ce and Geologist with the local office, is . a. ll1eluberoftheChQctawhatchee .. in Cinco and Basin BaYol\ s. . Ral1h SUp Ol'tS surface water and sto1;' m\Vaterq9aJi~ 1n9J1itoring Eglin Air Force Base, including Tech SUP 01'ts numerous stof1l!water" relate~>'proj@ctsat habitats arld streams. protection ofma11Y of Eglin' s critical a11d endangered facilitators. This public outreach staff excels as OutreacTI Staff: Our Skillful Public outreach sPecialists, cansaye the combination of technical experts, Wb.o/ arealsopublic vit~l. community service. QUl' pl. u'tnering community time and money whi1e.1?e. rfo11'Jlit1g; iJhi~ public outreach program as Minority Business Enterpl'ise, J2Engineering, willsupport Inc" our tasks in this effort, Theywillbeassistedby Eal1h Tech' s Ms. Gina-Bennett, who one oHheir key and charettes for a wide variety of has conducted and facilitated public meetings, workshops, venues. es of this Jnost exciting project. Thauk you for your We are eager to undertake and meet the challeng; with you in the near future. consideration of our proposal. We look forward to working ldwelco1l1< ttbe If you have questions or would like to m~ t todi$ cussourproposal in more detail, I wou. 5191 Ql' via elllail nce.).foucar contacl: 862... me directly at ( 850) opportunity to meet with you at your conve11i() Project Manager John Ferris atjQhnJerris@earthtech. com. at barry.pritchett@eal'thtech. com, or our T H T fa C H EAR qca INfERNArtoNAL l.rD, COMPANY A 1:  Engineering/ Consulting Services, Stormwater Utility Study, RFP 113 07.. Section Page on this of Appendix A - Resumes  Engineering/ Consulting Services, Stormwater Utility Study, RFP 07- 113 General Information The following information addresses 6.4. 1 - 6. 4. 9 ( 6.4. 10 is not applicable) of the RFP as it pertains to Earth Tech. Submitting Firm General Information Earth Tech, Inc. 220 Eglin Parkway SE, Suite 2 Fort Walton Beach, FL 32548 Phone: ( 850) 862- 5191 Fax: ( 850) 862- 3012 Web Site: www. earthtech. com E- mail Addresses: barry. pritchett@earthtech. com ( Earth Tech' s Fort Walton Office manager and the project's principal- in- charge) iohn. ferris@earthtech. com ( project manager) Business Hours: 8: 00 a. m. - 5: 00 p. m., Monday - Friday Earth Tech is an international corporation that provides a full suite of engineering, construction and operations services to the international water/wastewater, environmental, and facilities markets. A business unit of Tyco transportation, International Ltd. and part of the company' s Engineered Products & Services 130 segment, Earth Tech employs some 7, 000 talented people in more than offices in 15 countries. Founded in 1970, Earth Tech is headquartered in Long Beach, California. The work to. be done for this project will be done from our Fort Walton Beach office. The Fort Walton Beach office currently employs t2. Add.itional>project staff John Ferris, Chuck Boehm, and Petra Ahnert) are from Earth Tech' s Milwaukee, WI office, which employs 100. Earth Tech is licensed to do business in the State of Florida. Please see the following page for copies of our Fort Walton Beach office' s city and county business licenses.  Engineering/ Consulting Services, Stormwater Utility Study, RFP 07- 113 licenses  Engineering/ Consulting Services, Stormwater Utility Study, RFP 07- 113 The Earth Tech Team brings a group of experienced professionals that includes seasoned staff with experience in completing over 40 stormwater utility projects see