Calmentor Quarterly Meeting Agenda Jan 2018

Caltrans District 4 Office

Joint Professional Liaison-Calmentor Program Quarterly Meeting

Thursday, January 25, 2018
Business Meeting: 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Networking Mixer: 3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Parkview Room, 15th Floor, 15-700
111 Grand Avenue, Oakland, California

Agenda

Item Topics Presenter(s)
1

Welcome and Introductions (10 min.)

  • Executive Staff Welcome Remarks
  • Introduction of New Calmentor Program Manager
    Francisco Padilla, Acting Branch Chief, CSU
Dan McElhinney, Chief Deputy District Director
Caltrans District 4
2

Approvals (5 min.)

  • Approval of the 10/26/17, meeting minutes
Ali M. Banani, District Office Chief
Consultant Services Unit, Caltrans District 4
3

Caltrans Look Ahead Report (10 min)

  • Environmental On-Call Services
Kee Tsang, Contract Manager
Consultant Services Unit, Caltrans District 4
4

Public Agency Partner Reports (24 min.)

  • Luz Campos, Purchasing Procurement Specialist,
    Metropolitan Transportation Commission, MTC
  • Artemise Davenport, DBE Program Analyst,
    Golden Gate Bridge, Highway, and
    Transportation District
  • Tim Lohrentz, Senior Administrative Analyst,
    BART
Nick Panayotou, Principal
The Hanna Group, an NV5 Company
Member, Caltrans District 4 Calmentor
Steering Committee/Public Partner
Subcommittee Chairperson
 5

Calmentor Steering Committee Report (10 min.)

  • Report
  • May 4, 2018, Sponsorships
  • Introduction of Panelists
Steve Mendenhall, Michael Baker International
NorCal Survey Manager
Chair, Caltrans District 4 Calmentor
Steering Committee
 6

Panel Presentation: Elements of a Successful
Caltrans A&E Procurement
(60 min.)

  • Best Practices
  • Participant Questions

Cathy Avila, Principal-in-Charge
Avila and Associates Consulting Engineers, Inc.
Rick Moreland, Project Controls Manager
AECOM
Saad Samani, District DPAC Coordinator
Caltrans District 4
Bo Yuan, Senior Contract Manager
Consultant Services Unit, Caltrans District 4

 7

Adjourn Meeting(1 min.)

  • May 4, 2018, Calmentor Annual Awards
    Luncheon, 11:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Francisco Padilla, Acting District Branch Chief
Calmentor Program Manager
Consultant Services Unit, Caltrans District 4 

An informal business networking reception will be hosted immediately following the formal meeting in the Parkview Room.