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*Statement
Of QualificatiOns
Development And
Implementation Of A
Roadway Impact 'Fee
Submitted To
City of Coppell
Submitted By
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July 30, 1993
Mr. Kenneth M. Griffin, P.E.
City Engineer
City of Coppell
P.O. Box 478
Coppell, Texas 75019
Dear Mr. Griffin:
Barton-Aschman Associates, Inc. in association with J.T. Dunkin & Associates, Inc. is pleased to
submit this Statement of Qualifications to assist the City of Coppell with the implementation of a
Roadway Impact Fee to replace your current escrow policies.
Our experience in developing and implementing roadway impact fees in cities similar to Coppell is
unparalleled and includes the Cities of Arlington, DeSoto, El Paso, Farmers Branch, and Garland, Texas.
We are currently involved in developing impact fees for La Plata County, Colorado and Flower Mound,
Texas and are updating the City of Arlington's and the City of Keller's Roadway Impact Fee programs.
Barton-Aschman has teamed with J.T. Dunkin & Associates, Inc. on many of these projects, and has
chosen to include them on our proposed team for this project as well.
Our team's extensive experience means that we can develop impact fees in a cost-effective and timely
manner without an extensive learning curve to familiarize ourselves with statutory requirements. Our
background in impact fee development combined with the familiarity with your community gained
through providing transportation planning and engineering services for the City of Coppell gives us the
expertise and experience to successfully complete this project.
Barton-Aschman has enjoyed working with the City of Coppell in the past and would welcome the
opportunity to assist you on this project. Please do not hesitate to call us should you have any
questions.
Sincerely,
BARTON-ASCHMAN ASSOCIATES, INC.
Karen M. George
Associate
Robert C. Wunderlich /
Principal Associate
PARSONS
TRANSPORTATION
· SCOPE OF WORK
Barton-Aschman has developed an approach to impact fees which has been successfully implemented
in a number of Texas communities that meets the rigorous requirements of state law. The system has
been adapted to meet specific city needs and has been implemented in small and large communities.
Our experience base also includes extensive work with the City of Coppell.
Based on our previous experience in this type of project, the following are the essential elements to
this project.
Task 1:
Project Initiation/Orientation
1.1
1.2
1.3
1.4
Present and discuss methodology and approach.
Recommend methodology and approach.
Coordinate phasing of tasks with City and other consultants.
Prepare project schedule.
Task 2:
Compile Data
2.1
2.2
2.3
2.4
Review available traffic and roadway data.
Prepare list of additional needs.
Collect additional data.
Reduce data into impact fee database format.
Task 3:
Develop Service Areas
3.1
3.2
3.3
Review existing Traffic Survey Zone (TSZ) Map.
Revise TSZs (if necessary).
Prepare Service Area Boundary Map.
Task 4:
Prepare Existing Land Use Database
4.1
4.2
4.3
4.4
Compile existing land use map of the City.
Calculate the existing land use.
Prepare technical memorandum.
Review data with City Staff for accuracy.
Task 5:
Prepare Inventory of Existing Roadways
5.1
5.2
5.3
Prepare roadway inventory database.
Calculate existing usage.
Calculate existing deficiencies.
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Task 6:
6.1
6.2
6.3
6.4
6.5
Task 7:
7.1
7.2
Task 8:
8.1
8.2
8.3
8.4
Task 9:
9.1
9.2
9.3
Task 10:
10.1
10.2
10.3
Task 1 1:
11.1
11.2
1 1.3
Task 12:
12.1
12.2
12.3
Task 13:
13.1
13.2
Prepare lO-Year Growth Assumptions
Prepare 10-Year growth projections by acres.
Prepare alternate growth scenarios.
Recommend preferred growth assumption.
Prepare ultimate or holding capacity projections.
Present recommendations to staff.
Prepare Land Use Assumption Report
Prepare and submit five (5) copies of the Draft Land Use Assumption Report for review.
Prepare and submit one reproducible and five (5) copies of the Final Land Use
Assumption Report.
Coordinate NCTCOG Modeling Activities
Review base test network.
Review traffic forecasts.
Recommend improvements based on traffic forecasts.
Estimate 10-year trip generation increase for each service area.
Assist Development of 10-Year Roadway Improvement Projects
Review eligibility criteria with City.
Review proposed recoupment projects.
Recommend new projects based on traffic forecasts.
Prepare Roadway Projects Database
Compile project information including length, cost, and capacity into database.
Calculate net service units provided by roadway projects.
Calculate service units generated by new development.
Calculate Maximum Fee Per Service Unit
Calculate actual cost per service unit in each service area.
Compare service units provided by roadway projects to service units generated by new
development.
Calculate maximum allowable fee per service unit.
Develop Service Unit Generation Rates
Develop service unit generation rates for specific land uses.
Adjust for State Highway (non-freeway) travel.
Prepare equivalency table.
Documentation
Prepare and submit five (5) copies of Draft Roadway Improvements Plan documentation
for review.
Prepare and submit one reproducible and five (5) copies of Final Roadway
Improvements Plan documentation.
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13.3
13.4
13.5
Prepare and submit five (5) copies of Draft Report on Development of Transportation
Impact Fees for review.
Prepare and submit one (1) reproducible and five (5) copies of Final Report on
Development of Transportation Impact Fees.
Submit computer disk containing all database (dbase4 format) and report files
(WordPerfect 5.1 format) developed as a part of this project.
Task 14:
Meetings
14.1 Participate in study team meetings.
14.2 Participate in public meetings.
The responsibility of each task will differ based on whether the City approaches the project with the
consultant completing all tasks or a shared effort by the firm and City Staff.
· SCHEDULE
Based on our experience, roadway impact fees can be developed and implemented within nine months
from the start date. This timeframe is largely dependent on the amount of public involvement.
From our past experience in Coppell, we have developed a project schedule which may be seen on the
following page.
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PROPOSED SCHEDULE
COPPELL ROADWAY IMPACT FEE
Task 1 Project Initiation/Orientation
Task 2 Compile Dat~
Task 3 Develop Service Areas
Task 4 Prepare Existing Land Use Data Base
Task 5 Prepare Invento~J of Existing Roadways
Task 6 Prepare lO-Year Growth Assumptions
Task 7 Land Use Assumptions Report
Task 8 Coordinate NCTCOG Modeling Activities
Task 9 Assist Development of lO-Year Roadway Improvement Projects
Task 10 Prepare Roadway Projects Database
Task 11 Calculate Maximum Fee Per Service Unit
Task 12 Develop Service Unit Generation Rates
Task 13 Documentation
Task 14 Meetings
Barton-Aschman practices a proactive management philosophy. A manager who simply reacts to
situations without the ability to anticipate them beforehand can hamper a project's progress and,
ultimately, the project schedule. Barton-Aschman uses project management systems and computer-
aided scheduling as tools to integrate staffing with project requirements. Projects are scheduled in
phases to use specific staff at the appropriate time. A continuous method of checks and balances is
used between the BA Project Manager and the Client Project Manager.
When Barton-Aschman staff is assigned to a work task, it is the Project Manager's responsibility to
have a clear understanding with each staff member of their STP --Schedule to complete; Time in
person-days or hours of effort; and Product expected upon completion. To this end, cost estimate
sheets are prepared and jointly reviewed by both the Client and Consultant Project Managers to be sure
there ~s agreement prior to initiating the work.
Barton-Aschman is in the process of establishing a "common system' computer network for project
administration. This will allow direct input to the computer from each office. The system will provide
a weekly status report of each project. Each Project Manager will be able to review their project's vital
signs {budget, budget spent, personnel working on tasks, hours spent by personnel, direct expenses
charged to a given task, etc.) on each Monday morning with all data updated through the previous
Friday evening.
Barton-Aschman realizes the importance of assigning the most qualified candidate to direct and manage
projects in their particular area of expertise and for this reason has chosen Ms. I(aren M. George as
Project Manager. In this role, she will be responsible for the day to day communication with the City's
project manager. Ms. George recently managed the South Texas Medical Center Suburban Mobility
Study in San Antonio and has played a significant role in the development of the Transportation Plan
for the Town of Addison. Ms. George has performed the technical analysis for transportation impact
fee development studies in Arlington, DeSoto, El Paso, Farmers Branch, and Garland. She is currently
playing a major role in the development of impact fees in Flower Mound and Keller, Texas and La Plata
County, Colorado. Ms. George has also performed the technical analysis for traffic impact analyses
for the USAA Home Office Campus in San Antonio; a transportation plan for Fiesta Texas Theme Park
in San Antonio; traffic impact analyses of mixed-use and single-use developments in several cities
throughout Texas; a transportation plan for Dallas Grand Prix in Addison, Texas; and corridor planning
as part of the Addison Bottleneck Study.
Mr. Robert C. Wunderlich, P.E. will work closely with Ms. George as Project Advisor. He has led
Barton-Aschman's efforts in the development of roadway impact fees meeting the stringent
requirements of Texas law. He served as BA's project manager for completed impact fee projects in
Garland, DeSoto, and El Paso and for ongoing impact fee projects in Flower Mound, Keller, and
Arlington, Texas and La Plata County, Colorado. He has analyzed the traffic impacts of new
development in both the public and private sectors. This experience has provided him with the
perspective necessary to understand review agency needs as well as private sector concerns. As
Assistant Director of Transportation with the City of Arlington, Mr. Wunderlich worked on many
projects which required inter-departmental and inter-agency cooperation and coordination such as
roadway impact fees, capital improvement programs, zoning and subdivision reviews, roadway plan
review, and coordination of development impacts with state roadway projects. He has made numerous
presentations to professional groups regarding the development of impact fees in Texas.
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Dan G. Sefko, A.I.C.P., of J.T. Dunkin & Associates, Inc. will address the land-use planning aspects
associated with the development of the roadway impact fee. Mr. Sefko is an Urban Planner and
Partner with the firm where his responsibilities range from design of subdivision and development plans
to long range municipal planning. His major areas of expertise include demographic analysis, land use
assumptions for impact fees, historic preservation planning, comprehensive/long range planning, park
and open space master planning, fiscal impact analysis, and zoning and subdivision ordinance
preparation. He has prepared comprehensive plans and revised zoning and subdivision ordinances in
over twenty-five cities throughout Texas including Killeen, Belton, DeSoto, El Paso, Farmers Branch,
Keller, Rowle~, Garland, Bryan, Ovilla, Midland, and Fort Stockton. He worked with Barton-Aschman
in developing impact fees in Garland, DeSoto, and El Paso and is involved in the ongoing updates of
the City of Keller and the City of Arlington impact fee programs. Mr. Sefko has a Master of City and
Regional Planning degree as well as a Bachelor of Science in Architecture from the University of Texas
at Arlington.
NealE. Higinbotharn will be available for data collection needs. Mr. Higinbotham has served as a senior
technician in charge of drafting and field services with Barton-Aschman's Dallas office for over ten
years. In this role, he has supervised traffic count programs for both areawide and site studies using
machine and manual counts. He regularly supervises manual counts with crews ranging up to and
beyond a dozen persons. Mr. Higinbotham handles Barton-Aschman's field inventory projects. Traffic
count programs including Keller Impact Fee Development, Keller, Texas; USAA Master Plan Update,
San Antonio Texas; Fiesta Mall in Mesa, Arizona; Schumpert Medical Center, Shreveport, Louisiana;
Sugarland Mall, Sugarland, Texas; McCreless Mall, San Antonio, Texas; and Dallas County
Signalization, Dallas, Texas. Field inventories for Carrollton Bottleneck Study, Carrollton, Texas; Main
Street Feasibility Study in Wichita, Kansas; and TSM Program, Addison, Texas.
Resumes are provided at the end of this package for proposed staff members.
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BARTON-ASCHMAN ASSOCIATES, INC.
FIRM BACKGROUND
Barton-Aschman's multidisciplinary practice encompasses transportation planning and traffic
engineering, urban and regional planning, civil engineering, economic development services,
landscape design and environmental and fiscal impact analyses. Over two hundred sixty
trained and experienced men and women provide the broad range of disciplines and skills
essential for producing thorough and reliable solutions to a wide range of urban and regional
problems.
The company provides nationwide services to public and private clients from offices in Dallas,
Ft. Worth, and Houston, Texas; Evanston, Illinois; Washington, D.C.; Minneapolis-St. Paul,
Minnesota; Southfield, Michigan; San Jose, Berkeley, Irvine, Pasadena, Orange County and
Sacramento, California; Columbus, Ohio; Honolulu, Hawaii; Fort Lauderdale, Orlando and
Tampa, Florida; and Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
The firm was organized in 1958 (and incorporated in 1959). In that year, George W. Barton's
traffic engineering and transportation planning firm (founded in 1945) merged with Frederick
T. Aschman's urban planning practice. This action, an innovative concept for its time,
demonstrated the company's understanding of the fundamental relationships among
transportation and urban planning skills and marked the beginning of a tradition at Barton-
Aschman -- one in which skill and perspectives of many professionals are blended to provide
the best and most comprehensive solution for the special problems of our clients.
Throughout its forty-five year history, Barton-Aschman has conducted work worldwide for
public and private clients, transit agencies, and metropolitan planning organizations.
Barton-Aschman's Dallas office is located at 5485 Belt Line Road, Suite 199, Dallas, Texas,
75240. We may be reached at (214) 991-1900 or by facsimile at (214) 490-9261. The
Dallas office was opened in 1982 and currently has a staff of nine registered engineers, five
engineers-in-training, three technicians, and an administrative support staff of three. Thirty-
three percent of the consulting staff consists of women and minorities. Barton-Aschman
headquarters are in Evanston, Illinois. Barton-Aschman is a subsidiary of The Parsons
Corporation whose headquarters are located in Pasadena, California. The Parsons Corporation
is an international engineering and construction group that serves the transportation, energy,
natural resources, environmental, space, and defense industries.
RELATED PREVIOUS PROJECT EXPERIENCE
IMPACT FEE DEVELOPMENT; ARLINGTON, TEXAS
Barton-Aschman was retained by the City of Arlington to provide technical expertise for the
development of transportation-related impact fees for the City. To fulfill the stringent
requirements of SB 366, the enabling legislation for impact fees in Texas, Barton-Aschman
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developed twenty-seven (27) transportation impact fee service areas covering the entire City,
and compiled a database which contained extensive information on all thoroughfares within the
City. Barton-Aschman then developed a series of database management programs which
calculated and reported ali the transportafion-relatad requirements stipulated in SB 336. The
City of Arlington was the recipient of a current planning award by the Texas Chapter of the
American Planning Association for its impact fee ordinance. This project was completed in
1991. Barton-Aschman was recently retained to update Arlington's Roadway Impact Fees.
Reference:
Ms. Rose Jacobson
City of Arlington
P.O. Box 231
Arlington, Texas 76004-0231
(817) 459-6660
IMPACT FEE DEVELOPMENT; FARMERS BRANCH, TEXAS
The eastern portion of Farmers Branch, currently containing mostly light industrial and
warehouse/distribution facilities, is proposed to undergo major redevelopment activities.
Currently, there is approved zoning for over 18 million square feet of office space to replace
the existing land uses. To aid in the funding of the infrastructure necessary to support this
new development, the City of Farmers Branch retained Barton-Aschman Associates, Inc. to
develop a transportation-related impact fee for the area. Barton-Aschman developed a micro-
computer based travel forecasting model using TRANPLAN to project future travel demand and
test alternative roadway systems to satisfy the demand. Barton-Aschman was further
responsible for identifying existing roadway deficiencies, and calculating the impact fee service
unit costa which will be used to assess impact fees on new development in the area.
Reference:
Mr. Tom Scales
City of Farmers Branch
P.O. Box 819010
Farmers Branch, Texas 75381
(214) 247-3131
IMPACT FEE DEVELOPMENT; GARLAND, TEXAS
The City of Garland, Texas retained Barton-Aschman to perform the technical development of
roadway impact fees for the entire city. Barton-Aschman developed an impact fee service area
structure covering the entire city and assessed existing usage, deficiencies and excess capacity
within each service area using a computerized data base. Barton-Aschman utilized the city's
1 O-year roadway capital improvements plan as a basis for the calculation of the impact fee and
developed an equivalency table that establishes the relationship between various land uses and
the demand for roadway capacity. The system developed by Barton-Aschman allows the city
to collect fees from new development to help pay for roadway projects made necessary by that
development in compliance with state law and constitutional requirements. This project was
completed in 1990.
Reference:
Mr. Tim Polk
City of Garland
P.O. Box 469002
Garland, Texas 75046-9002
(214) 205-1990
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ROADWAY IMPACT FEE DEVELOPMENT; EL PASO, TEXAS
Barton-Aschman was retained, as a member of a consultant team, by the City of El Paso,
Texas to perform the technical development of roadway impact fees in the growth areas within
the city. Forty-two of these areas were identified within the city limits. The work was prepared
in compliance with state law governing impact fees and other constitutional requirements.
Barton-Aschman performed an assessment of existing usage, deficiencies and excess capacity.
The city's capital improvement program was then developed and used to calculate fees in each
service area for various types of land use.
Reference:
Mr. Tom Cardenas
701 North St. Vrain
El Paso, Texas 79902
(915) 532-1076
IMPACT FEE DEVELOPMENT; DESOTO, TEXAS
Barton-Aschman Associates has been retained by the City of DeSoto, Texas to develop a
system of roadway impact fees which can be used to assess new development of the cost of
building needed roadway capacity. The methodology is consistent with state regulations and
constitutional requirements and considers both the demand for and supply of roadway
capacity. Fees are calculated on a unit cost basis, and an equivalency table has been
developed to calculate the number of units created for a given land use. The project includes
an inventory of existing conditions calculation of the demand for roadways over ten years, and
development of a ten year roadway improvement program.
Barton-Aschman is working cooperatively with the North Central Texas Council of
Governments on assessing demand for roadway facilities and analyzing the effectiveness of
different roadway capital improvement programs. This project was completed in 1992.
Reference:
Ms. Pat Mitchell
City of DeSoto
200 South Hampton
DeSoto, Texas 75115
(214) 223-6316
J.T. DUNKIN & ASSOCIATES, INC.
FIRM BACKGROUND
J.T. Dunkin & Associates, Inc. was founded in 1973 with the goal of providing Urban Planning
and Landscape Architectural services to both municipal and private clients. The firm consists
of 7 full time employees. Mr. Dunkin, the firm's founder, is the principal in charge and is
actively involved in the firm. The firm also has three partners who are involved with project
management.
Based in Dallas, J.T. Dunkin & Associates, Inc. has been involved in a wide variety of projects,
both in the metroplex and throughout the State. Services provided are broadly divided into two
areas based upon the clients served, municipal or private. For municipal clients, services
performed include Comprehensive Planning, Parks, Recreation and Open Space Planning, Park
Design and Development, and various specialized studies such as impact fees, ordinance
preparation, historical preservation and urban design. For private clients, services include land
use studies, site design, and landscape development design.
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RELATED PREVIOUS PROJECT EXPERIENCE
IMPACT FEE DEVELOPMENT
J. T. Dunkin & Associates has prepared land use assumptions for a number of cities throughout
Texas since 1987 when the State statute (Chapter 395 Impact Fees) was passed. We have
assisted cities in preparing the required documentation for adoption of impact fees, as well as
providing overall project management. In several cities which we assisted after the law was
passed, we are now assisting with the updates which are required every three years. Each
land use assumption report contains the mandatory documentation and description of existing
conditions, ten-year growth projections, and service zone maps. The following lists the cities
for which J. T. Dunkin & Associates has prepared land use assumptions under Chapter 395,
the year completed and a contact reference.
City of Arlington (Population, 267,833)
Land Use Assumptions (work in progress)
Ms. Rose Jacobson, Planning Director
(817) 459-6650
City of Castroville (Population, 2,610)
Impact Fee Program, 1992
Mr. Steven Gallegos, City Administrator
or
Ms. Joyce Hutzler, City Secretary
(512) 538-2224
City of Corinth (Population, 2,000)
Land Use Assumptions, 1990
Mr. Kenneth Seale, Director of Community Development
(817) 497-4145
City of Crowley (Population, 6,800)
Land Use Assumptions, 1991
Mr. James Douglas, City Manager
(817) 297-2201
City of DeSoto (Population 31,472)
Impact Fee Program, 1992
Ms. Pat Mitchell, Planning Director
(214) 230-9622
City of El Paso (Population, 492,000)
Land Use Assumptions, 1991
MS. Pat Garcia, Chief Planner
(915) 541-4633
City of Farmers Branch (Population, 25,000)
Land use assumptions for Impact Fees, 1989
Mr. Tom Scales, Director of Community Development
Mr. Michael Spicer, Planner Director
(214) 247-3131
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City of Frisco (Population, 6,500)
Land Use Assumptions, 1990
Mr. George Purefoy, City Manager
(214) 377-2161
City of Garland (Population, 184,000)
Impact Fee Program, 1990
Mr. Martin Glenn, Assistant City Manager
Mr. Nell Montgomery, Planning Director
(214) 205-2445
City of Glenn Heights (Population, 5,000)
Convert Comprehensive Plan to conform to land use and growth assumptions as prescribed
under Chapter 395, 1988
Mr. Sam L. Phelps, City Manager
(214) 223-1690
City of Grand Prairie (Population, 107,000)
Land Use Assumptions, 1990
Mr. Craig Farmer, Assistant City Manager
Mr. Steve Reed, City Planner
(214) 660-8000
City of Highland Village (Population 7,050)
Impact Fee Program, 1992
Mr. Bo McDaniel, City Manager
Ms. Paula Lawrence, City Secretary
(214) 317-2558
City of Keller (Population, 14,000)
Land Use Assumptions for Impact Fees, 1988, (update currently in progress)
Mr. Allen Bogard, City Manager
Mr. John Webb, Director of Community Development
(817) 431-1517
City of Midland (Population, 100,000)
Land Use Assumptions, 1990
Mr. Richard Hennessy, Planning Director
Mr. Cameron Walker, Planning Director
(915) 685-7100
City of Rowlett (Population, 25,000)
Land Use Assumptions, 1990
Mr. David Rogers, City Planner
(214) 412-6100
City of Wylie (Population, 8,500)
Land Use Assumptions, 1990
Mr. John Akin, Mayor
(214) 442-2236
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Barton-Aschman has worked in Coppell as well as for the City of Coppell on a variety of projects, For
purposes of this Statement of Qualifications, listed below are projects undertaken within the past five
years and their statuses,
Traffic Light Synchronization
City of Coppell
In progress - nearing completion
Traffic Signal Design and Inspection
City of Coppell
In progress - nearing completion
Westside Thoroughfare' Plan Update
City of Coppell
Completed 1991
Denton Tap Traffic Signal Design
City of Coppell
Completed 1991
Andrew Brown Park Access Study
City of Coppell
Completed 1991
Preparation of TLS Grant Application
City of Coppell
Completed 1991
Warrant Studies
City of Coppell
Completed 1991
J.T. Dunkin & Associates, Inc. have not worked on any projects in Coppell in the past five years.
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Resumes are provided on the following pages for our proposed staff members.
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Karen M. George
EDUCATION
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
EXPERIENCE
REPRESENTATIVE PROJECTS
Associate
Master of Science in Civil Engineering,
Texas A & M University
Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering,
Texas A & M University
Institute of Transportation Engineers
American Planning Association
Since joining Barton-Aschman in 1988, Ms. George has
participated in a variety of traffic engineering and
transportation planning and design projects for both the
public and private sectors. This experience includes the
preparation of site plan and circulation studies, traffic
signal and intersection improvement design plans,
traffic signal timing plans, site traffic impact analyses,
transit ridership surveys, parking demand analyses, and
transportation corridor studies. She served as Project
Manager for the Transportation Plan for the Town of
Addison, Texas, and South Texas Medical Center
Suburban Mobility Study in San Antonio.
Transit Studies
Transit Development Program for the Brownsville
Urban System.
· Analyses of transit survey responses for the
Champaign-Urbana Transit Study.
· Analysis of bus routes for the Des Moines Transit
Study.
Survey design and analysis for the Fort Worth On-
Board Study including fixed route, van pool, D/FW
Airport shuttle, and mobility impaired shuttle
sewices.
· Origin-destination survey management and analysis
for the DART On-Board Study in Dallas, Texas.
Barton-Aschman Associates, Inc.
Karen M. George
F
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REPRESENTATIVE PROJECTS
(cont'd!
8arton-Aschman Associates, Inc.
Transportation Planning
Transportation Impact Fee Development Studies in
Arlington, DeSoto, El Paso, Farmers Branch, Flower
Mound, Garland, and Keller, Texas; and La Plata
County, Colorado.
· Suburban Mobility Study for the South Texas
Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas.
· Comprehensive Plan Development for Town of
Flower Mound.
· Transportation Plan Development for Town of
Addison.
· Expressway Border Station, Brownsville, Texas.
· Traffic Impact Analyses for the USAA Home Office
Campus in San Antonio, Texas.
· Transportation Plan for Fiesta Texas Theme Park in
San Antonio, Texas.
· Traffic Impact Analyses of mixed-use and single use
developments in several cities throughout Texas.
· Transportation Plan for Dallas Grand Prix in
Addison, Texas.
· Local Trip Generation Study for Kentuckiana
Regional Planning and Development Agency.
Corridor Transportation Planning
· U.S. 70 Reliever Route Study in Las Cruces, New
Mexico.
· Citywide Thoroughfare Improvement Study, as part
of the U.S. 70 Reliever Route Study.
· Corr,dor planmng as part of the Addison Bottleneck
Study in Addison, Texas.
· South Town Main Street Program in San Antonio,
Texas.
Parking Projects
· Parking Study in San Antonio, Texas for the
proposed Retama Park Racing Fac. ility.
Karen M. George
REPRESENTATIVE PROJECTS
(cont'd)
· Parking and Access Study for Schumpert Medical
Center in Shreveport, Louisiana.
Village Center, Parking Demand Study in Carrollton,
Texas.
Prudential Warehouse Parking Study in Carrollton,
Texas.
· Sugar Creek One Parking Garage Functional
Design Study in Sugarland, Texas.
Traffic Signal Design and Timing Projects
· Signal warrant analyses for Vista Ridge Mall in
Lewisville, Texas.
Preparation of signal design plans, specifications,
and estimates for signals in Lewisville, San Antonio,
and Coppell, Texas.
Traffic signal system optimization in Dallas, Texas
through the Dallas County Signalization Project
using PASSER and TRANSYT-7F.
Arterial progression optimization in Addison, Texas
through the Addison 1990 Traffic Light
Synchronization Project using PASSER and
TRANSYT-7F, updated in 1993.
· Intersection optimization throughout Texas using
SIGNAL 85.
Cost estimates for intersection and signalization
improvements in San Antonio, Carrollton and
Addison, Texas.
Barton-Aschman Associates, Inc.
Karen M. George
Robert C. Wunderlich
EDUCATION
REGISTRATIONS
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
EXPERIENCE
REPRESENTATIVE PROJECTS
Barton-Aschman Associates, Inc.
Principal Associate
Master of Science in Civil Engineering,
University of Tennessee
Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering,
University of Tennessee
Professional Engineer, State of Texas
Institute of Transportation Engineers
American Planning Association
Mr. Wunderlich has over nine years of experience in the
transportation engineering field. During this time, he
has been responsible for a broad range of transportation
planning and traffic operations projects. His
transportation planning experience includes corridor
studies, travel demand forecasting, thoroughfare
planning, land-use impacts on traffic, access studies,
and impact fee development. In the traff".: operations
field, he has been responsible for corridor operations
improvements, railroad grade-crossing analyses, traffic
safety studies, signal timing improvements, freeway
operations and signing studies, and work-zone traffic
control. Mr. Wunderlich has also supervised an elderly
and handicapped public transportation system.
Prior to joining Barton-Aschman, Mr. Wunderlich served
as Assistant Director of Transportation for the City of
Arlington where he headed the transportation planning,
design review, and public transportation functions of
the City's Department of Transportation. He has also
worked as a Senior Staff Engineer with the Urban
Transportation Department of the City of Austin in the
transportation planning and traffic operations areas and
on freeway operations research projects with the Texas
Transportation Institute.
Transit Planning and Design
DART IJght Rail Starter System Desiim, Dallas,
Texas - Served as Barton-Aschman'a Senior Traffic
Engineer for traffic analysis and systems design on
a consultant team preparing construction plans for
Robert C. Wunderlich
REPRESENTATIVE PROJECTS
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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Dallas' twenty mile light rail starter system. Efforts
included development of traff'.: control criteria,
station traff'~ impact assessment, and mitigation of
traffic impacts due to light rail operations.
CBD Transitway Mall, Dallas, Texas - Currently
assisting in Barton-Aschman's traffic system design
efforts on the consultant team preparing final
construction plans and specifications for an IRT
mall through downtown Dallas.
Traf#c Control for Optknum LRT and Traf#c
OperaEons, Dallas, Texas - Analyzed traft'~: control
issues and needs to optimize efficient flow of
arterial street system traffic as well as IRT trains
operating st-grade in exclusive right-of-way.
Transportation Planning and Design - Travel demand
forecasting, thoroughfare planning, interchange
evaluations, corridor studies, access studies, roadway
design review, roadway capital improvements planning,
and development of impact fees.
Development Plan Review and Analysis - Review of
land-use changes and their impacts on the
transportation system, access and circulation planning,
and subdivision plat review.
Traffic Operations - Intersection and corridor accident
and countermeasure studies, signal timing
improvements, on-strest parking analyses, freeway
operations and signing studies, and traffic control
device studies.
Special Transit - Supervised the City of Arlington's
elderly and handicapped public transportation system,
served on regional public transportation technical
committee.
Special Studies - Access and circulation analyses for
Arlington Stadium, The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
in the Woodlands Texas, and a proposed Civic Center
in Austin, Texas. Analysis of the impact of large trucks
on arterial operations in Austin, Texas.
"The Development of Roadway Impact Fees in Texas,"
1992 Compendium of Technical Papers, Institute of
Transportation Engineers 62nd Annual Meeting,
Washington, D.C., August 1992.
Barton-Aschrnan Associates, Inc.
Robert C. Wunderlich
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
(cont'd)
"Transportation Demand Management - An Alternative
to Increasing Highway Capacity,' Texas Section,
Institute of Transportation Engineers, Winter Meeting,
Beaumont, Texas, January 1992.
'Roadway Impact Fees in Texas,' Texas Section,
Institute of Transportation Engineers, Summer Meeting,
Galveston, Texas, June 1990.
"Application and Use of Impact Fees :'A Case Study of
Arlington, Texas," presentation with Rose Jacobson,
Planning and Zoning for Community Lend-Use
Management Seminar, University of Wisconsin
Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, May 1990.
"Designing Urban Streets from a Traffic Engineering
Perspective," 19th Annual Public Works Short Course,
Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas,
February 1990.
'Practical Applications of Impact Fees and Development
Exactions: The Arlington Texas Model,' with Rose
Jacobson, George C. Campbell, Terry D. Morgan, and
Paul Davidson. Proceedings, Institute on Planning,
Zoning and Eminent Domain, Municipal Legal Studies
Center, The Southwestern Legal Foundation, November
1989.
"Lend-Use Based Transportation Planning," 1989 Texas
Chapter American Planning Association Conference and
Short Course, Lubbock, Texas, October 1989.
'Roadway Impact Fees,' State Department of
Highways and Public Transportation Statewide Planning
Conference, Houston, Texas, July 1989.
· Roadway Impact Fees in Arlington, Texas,' 1989
Texas Public Works Association Conference, El Paso,
Texas, June 1989.
· Implementing and Using a Micro-Computer
Transportation Model at the Local Level,' Texas
Section, Institute of Transportation Engineers, Summer
Meeting, Abilene, Texas, June 1989.
"Traft"~ Impact Analyses - A Municipal Traft"~=
Engineer's Perspective," Texas Section, Institute of
Transportation Engineers Summer Meeting, Fort Worth,
Texas, June 1988.
Barton-Aschman Associates, Inc.
Robert C. Wunderlich
SELECTED PUBUCATIONS
{cont'd)
'Truck Operations on Arterial Streets,' with David G.
Gerard, Compendium of Technical Papers, Institute of
Transportation Engineers 56th Annual Meeting,
September 1986.
'Evaluation of Freeway Crush Cushion Delineation
Treatments,' Transportation Research Record 1027,
Transportation Research Board, National Research
Council, 1985.
"Handling Traffic in Work Zones," with C.L. Dudek and
S.H. Richards, Research Report 292-6F, Texas
Transportation Institute, College Station, Texas,
December 1985.
'Operational Guidelines for Short-Term Total Freeway
Closures,' with C.L. Dudek, Research Report 292-5,
Texas Transportation Institute, College Station, Texas,
August 1984.
Barton-Aschman Associates, Inc.
Robert C. Wunderlich
Dan G. Sefko
EDUCATION
REGISTRATION AND MEMBERSHIP
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
J. T. Dunkin & Associates, Inc.
Urban Planner and Perth;.;
Master of City and Regional Planning, University of
Texas at Arlington
Bachelor of Science in Architecture, University of Texas
at Arlington
American Planning Association (APA)
City Planners Association of Texas (TML affiliate)
American Institute of Certified Planners {AICP)
Treasurer of the Education Foundation of the Texas
Chapter of the APA
J.T. Dunkin & Associates, Inc.
Urban Planner and Partner
Responsibilities range from design of subdivision and
development plans to long range municipal planning.
Major area of expertise include demographic analysis,
land use assumptions for impact fees, historic
preservation planning, comprehensive/long range
planning, park and open space master planning, fiscal
impact analysis, and zoning and subdivision ordinance
preparation. Have prepared comprehensive plans and
revised zoning and subdivision ordinances in over 25
cities throughout Texas including the following:
City of El Paso - Land Use Assumptions - 1991
City of DeSoto - Comprehensive Plan Update -
1991
City of Keller - Zoning Ordinance Update -
1991
Citv of Ovilla- Coml3rehensive Plan Update -
1991
City of Grand Prairie - Impact Fees - 1990
City of Bryan - Zoning Ordinance - 1989
City of Balton - Zoning Ordnance - 1989
City of Garland - Impact Fees - 1991
City of Farmers Branch Land Use
Assumptions - 1989
City of Rowlett - Zoning Ordinance Update -
1987; Subdivision Ordinance Update - 1988;
Dan G. Sefko
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
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J.T. Dunkin & Associates, Inc.
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Lane Use Assumptions - 1990
City of Italy - Comprehensive Plan and Zoning
Ordinance - 1987-1988
City of Coppell - Comprehensive Plan - 1987;
Zoning Ordinance Revision - 1984
City of Terrell - Comprehensive Plan - 1986
City of Princeton - Comprehensive Plan - 1986
City of Midland - Comprehensive Plan - 1986;
Land Use Assumptions - 1990
City of Corinth - Land Use and Thoroughfare
Plan - 1984
City of Athens - Comprehensive Plan - 1986
City of Lancaster - Comprehensive Plan and
Zoning Ordinance - 1985
City of Murphy - Land Use and Thoroughfare
Plan - 1984
City of Fort Stockton - Historic Preservation
District - 1983
City of Plane, Texas
Senior Planner - Planning Department
As Senior Planner his duties included analysis of
current planning activities, review of zoning requests,
land plans, site plans, and commercial and residential
plats. Responsible specifically to the Planning and
Zoning Commission for technical and professional
input. Other duties included managements of the
historic preservation program, all census data,
annexations, development of advanced planning data
and plans, as well as fiscal impact analysis computer
model. During the laster year with the City he was the
Planner-in-Charge of developing and completing the
City's 1981 Comprehensive Plan.
1971 to 197~t
Marvin springer and Associates
Assistant Planner
Duties included participation in development of
comprehensive plans for various cities throughout
Texas. Developed all basic data, environmental and
long range information for the comprehensive planning
process. Considerable experience in medium size
cities. Participated actively in the following projects:
Elm Fork - Trinity River Environmental Analysis
- 1973
City of Sherman - Comprehensive Plan - 1975
City of Galveston - Comprehensive Plan - 1976
Dan G. Sefko
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
(cont'd)
PRESENTATIONS/SPEAKING
ENGAGEMENTS
City of Temple - Comprehensive Plan - 1978
Temple Industrial Foundation - Development
Plan - 1978
City of Grand Prairie - Housing Study - 1978
City of DeSoto Comprehensive Zoning
Ordinance - 1979
City of Odessa - Comprehensive Plan - 1979
Dallas County Open Space Plan - 1979
Planning and Zoning Series, Part V, July, 1991, North
Central Texas Council of Governments, 'Impact Fees
and Other Capital Recovery Fees'
Basic Land Use Controls Course, Texas A&M Extensive
Service, June 19, 1991, Austin, Texas, 'The Nuts and
Bolts of Zoning'
American Planning Association Conference, October
1990, Fort Worth, Texas, 'What are Impact Fees and
Exactions'
American Planning Association Conference, October
1990, Fort Worth, Texas, 'Conducting Public Hearings'
Planning and Zoning Training Series, March 1990,
North Central Texas Council of Governments, 'How to
Prepare a Traditional Comprehensive Plan'
American Planning Association Conference, October,
1989, Lubbock, Texas, 'Why Prepare and Regularly
Update a Comprehensive Plan'
Comprehensive Planning Workshop, North Central
Texas Council of Governments, December, 1988
'Computerized Mapping Applications,' November
1988, Texas Municipal League Conference, Dallas,
Texas
American Planning Association Conference, October
1986, El Paso, Texas, 'Hiring a Planning Consultant'
J.T. Dunldn & Associates, Inc.
Dan G. Sefko
Neal E. Higinbotham
EDUCATION
EXPERIENCE
REPRESENTATIVE PROJECTS
Senior Technicia,,
Kansas City Community College
Mr. Higinbotham has served as a senior technician in
charge of drafting and field services with Barton-
Aschman's Dallas office for over ten years. In this role,
he has supervised traffic count programs for both area-
wide and site studies using machine and manual
counts. He regularly supervises manual counts with
crews ranging up to and beyond a dozen I~ersons. Mr.
Higinbotham handles Barton-Aschman's field inventory
projects.
Mr. Higinbotham supervises the firm's Dallas office
drafting and design layout preparation, including both
manual and CADD drawings. This work includes base
map preparation, geometric design of roadways and
intersections, layouts of parking lots and garages,
preparation of traffic signal design drawings, report
illustrations, and presentation graphics.
Mr. Higinbotham's experience prior to joining Barton-
Aschman included preparation of digitized mapping,
stereoscopic map compilation using Multiplex and other
photogrammetric mapping equipment.
Traffic count programs including USAA Master Plan
Update, San Antonio Texas; Fiesta Mall in Mesa,
Arizona; Schumpert Medical Center, Shreveport,
Louisiana; Sugarland Mall, Sugarland, Texas;
McCreless Mall, San Antonio, Texas; and Dallas
County Signalization, Dallas, Texas.
Field inventories for Carrollton Bottleneck Study,
Carrollt0n, Texas; Main Street Feasibility Study in
Wichita, Kansas; and TSM Program, Addison,
Texas.
Geometric Design for US 70 improvements, Las
Cruces, New Mexico; and Custer Road Widening,
Piano, Texas.
Barton-Aschman Associates, Inc.
Neal E. Higinbotham
REPRESENTATIVE PROJECTS
(cont'd!
Barton-Aschman Associates, Inc.
Parking facility layouts for Schumpert Medical Center
lot redesigns, Shreveport, Louisiana; HKS Parking
Layout, Knoxville, Tennessee.
Traffic signal design drawings for Harris County,
Texas; City of Carrollton, Texas; Farmers Branch,
Texas; and San Antonio, Texas; Garland, Texas.
Major presentation exhibits for Des Moines Transit
Privafization Program, Des Moines, Iowa; Texas
High Speed Rail Feasibility Study, Texas; Parkway
Center Transportation Plan Project, Dallas, Texas.
Traffic Light Synchronization drawings for
Duncanville, Texas and Garland, Texas.
Neal E. Higinbotham