Meeting Agenda 03-24-16

 1

Welcome and Introductions (9 min.)

• Executive Staff Welcome Remarks
  • Governor’s Budget Highlights
• Introduction of 2016 Calmentor Program Steering
  Committee Members & Officers

Doanh Nguyen, Deputy Director

Program and Project Management
Caltrans District 4

Approvals (1 min.)

• Approval of the 10/22/15, meeting minutes

Ali M. Banani, Office Chief

 Consultant Services Unit
 Caltrans District 4

District 4/Statewide Reports and Updates (20 min.)

• Caltrans A&E Procurement Look Ahead
  • Design Engineering and Right of Way
    Engineering Contracts
  • On-Call Multi-Provider Damaged Electrical
    Facility Restoration Contract
• Participant Questions

Bo Yuan, Senior Contract Manager,

 Consultant Services Unit
 Caltrans District 4

Aung Maung, Senior Transportation Engineer,

Caltrans District 4

Calmentor Steering Committee Update (10 min.)

• New Protégé Firm Acknowledgement
• Call for New Pairings
• Caltrans D4 Calmentor Program Annual Report
• May 5, 2016, Annual Awards Luncheon

Steve Mendenhall, Michael Baker International, Chair

Calmentor Steering Committee – Special Events
Subcommittee (5 min)

Robert Wong, Aliquot Associates

 Special Events Subcommittee Chair
Caltrans District 4
Calmentor Steering Committee 

Public Agency Partner Reports (15 min)  

Nick Panayotou, The Hanna Group

Public Partner Subcommittee Chair
Caltrans District 4
Calmentor Steering Committee 

Luz Campos, Purchasing Technician

Metropolitan Transportation Commission

Artemise Davenport, DBE Program Analyst

Golden Gate Bridge, Highway &
Transportation District 

Hayden Lee, Program Manager

BART

Olga Medina, Management Analyst 

 Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority

Protégé Firms: Give Us Your Best Pitch! (45 min.)

• Katy Briggs, BASE Design
• Samantha Schell, Cogstone Resource Management
• Debie Montana, Sequoia Ecological Consulting
• Patrick Vu, Silicon Transportation Consultants
• Mike Elmore, Sun Mountain

Public Agency Partner Review Panel:

Luz Campos, Purchasing Technician

Metropolitan Transportation Commission 

Cristina Ferraz, District Division Chief,

Project Management East
California Caltrans 

Olga Medina, Management Analyst

 Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority 

Alameda County Public Works Agency (25 min)

• Contracting with ACPWA
  Participant Question

Roel Villacarlos, Contract Compliance

Construction and Development Division
Alameda County Public Works Agency

Caltrans Headquarters Presentation (20 min)

• “Shortening the A&E Contract Procurement
  Process from 98 to 50 Days” 
• Participant Questions

 John Neri, DPAC A&E Coordinator

 Caltrans Headquarters

Adjourn Formal Meeting
Upcoming Caltrans District 4 Calmentor Events

• Calmentor Program Annual Awards Luncheon &
  Business Networking Event
  Thursday, May 5, 2016, 11:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m
• Jt. Professional Liaison – Calmentor Program
  Quarterly Meeting
  Thursday, July 28, 2016, 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m

 Romy F. Fuentes, Branch Chief

Consultant Services Unit
Caltrans District 4