Caltrans Quarterly Meeting Agenda Final - October, 25, 2018

Caltrans District 4 Office
Joint Professional Liaison-Calmentor Program
Quarterly Meeting

Thursday, October 25, 2018
Business Meeting: 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Park View Room, 15th Floor, 15-700
111 Grand Avenue, Oakland, California
Networking Mixer: 3:15 p.m. – 5:00 p.m., Agave Uptown, 2135 Franklin Street, Oakland

Agenda

Items Topics Presenter(s)
1

Welcome and Introduction of New District Director (4 min.)

Dan McElhinney, Chief Deputy District Director

Caltrans D04

 2

Executive Remarks (15 min.)

  • District 4 Update
  • Presentation of Calmentor Graduation Plaque to Kim Webb of Sun Mountain LLC and Bronze Award to Jordana Smith of Alta Vista Solutions, Inc.

Tony Tavares, District Director

Caltrans District 4

3

Approvals (1 min.)

  • Approval of the 7/26/18, meeting minutes

Ali M. Banani, Office Chief

Consultant Services Unit, Caltrans District 4             

4

Caltrans Looking Ahead Report (5 min.)

  • Engineering Services for Suspension Bridge Cable Investigations, Sampling, and Testing Update

Catalino Nicolas, Contract Manager

Consultant Services Unit, Caltrans District 4             

 5

Public Agency Partner Reports (15 min.)

  • Luz Campos, Compliance & Outreach Specialist
  • Metropolitan Transportation Commission

  • Artemise Davenport, DBE Program Analyst
  • Golden Gate Bridge, Highway, and Transportation District

  • Olga Medina, Management Analyst
  • Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority

Steve Mendenhall, Northern California Regional

Manager, Guida Surveying, Inc.

Chair, Caltrans District 4 Calmentor

Steering Committee

6

Calmentor Steering Committee Report (10 min.)

  • New LinkedIn Calmentor Page
  • Steering Committee Elections - Candidates
  • Introduction of DPAC Panel

Steve Mendenhall, Northern California Regional

Manager, Guida Surveying, Inc

Chair, Caltrans District 4 Calmentor

Steering Committee

 7

Caltrans DPAC Presentation (70 min.)

  • A&E Contract Process: Cost Proposal/Profit Margin/Escalation Process
  • Audience Questions

David Prizmich, Division Chief

 Division of Procurement and Contracts

 Caltrans Headquarters

Linda Laubinger, Negotiation Phase Program Lead

Division of Procurement and Contracts

Caltrans Headquarters

Alice M. Lee, Chief, External Audits – Contracts

 Independent Office of Audits & Investigations

Esther Morris, Assistant Division Chief, A&E

 Division of Procurement and Contracts

 Caltrans Headquarters

Saad Samani, District DPAC Coordinator

Caltrans District 4

 8

Adjourn Meeting (1 min.)

  • Next Meeting: January 24, 2019
  • Mixer Reminder

Francisco Padilla, Branch Chief

Calmentor Program Manager

Consultant Services Unit, Caltrans D04

An informal business networking reception will be hosted immediately following the close of the formal meeting at Agave Uptown Restaurant, 2135 Franklin Street, a 3-minute walk around the corner from the Caltrans District 4 Office.