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TO: The Honorable City Council
FROM: Ken Gilbert, Director of Public Works
DATE: October 25, 1993 (Meeting of 11 -3 -93)
ITEM I I aC•
SUBJECT: Consider Appointment of John Whitman as the
City Traffic Engineer
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BACKGROUND
Pursuant to an Agreement dated March of 1991, Charles Abbott &
Associates provides City Engineering services to the City. One
element of the service provided under the terms of that Agreement
is Traffic Engineering.
Section IV of the Agreement designates certain individuals to
perform certain duties, including those of City Traffic Engineer.
Said Section also states that other individuals may be substituted
with those initially designated, with the written agreement of the
parties.
DISCUSSION
Section IV of the Agreement for Engineering Services designated
Kevin Smith to be the City Traffic Engineer. Charles Abbott &
Associates (CAA) has informed the City that Mr. Smith will no
longer be available to provide City Engineering Services to the
City and has requested that the above mentioned Agreement be
amended to appoint Mr. John Whitman as the City Traffic Engineer.
As demonstrated by the attached Resume, Mr. Whitman is well
qualified to provide Traffic Engineering services. Mr. Whitman is
the President of Dwight French & Associates, a company affiliated
with CAA. In that capacity, Mr. Whitman has worked with the City
in the past on major project designs and in providing Assessment
Engineering services to the City.
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the City Council approve the appointment of
John Whitman as the City Traffic Engineer.
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M E M O R A N D U M
TO: The Honorable City Council
FROM: Kenneth C. Gilbert, Director of Public Works
DATE: August 9, 1993
SUBJECT: Traffic Engineer
The following is a summary of the Resume submitted by John
Whitman relating to his qualifications and background in traffic
engineering:
John Whitman has both a Bachelors and Masters Degree in Civil
Engineering. He specialized in traffic and transportation
for his masters program. He has provided traffic engineering
services for several different levels of governmental
agencies including cities, county, and state government, as
well as a private consultant for twenty (20) years. He has
been a Registered Professional Engineer since 1974.
Mr. Whitman has been married for 23 years. His wife,
Elizabeth, is a teacher. Their daughter, Emily, attends
community college and their son, Mike, is a high school
senior.
John enjoys golf, tennis, hunting and fishing.
cc: City Manager
City Clerk
City Engineer
JOHN C. WHITMAN
Traffic Engineer
Principal
EDUCATION: B.S., Civil Engineering, West Virginia University,
Morgantown, West Virginia, 1969
M.S., Civil Engineering (Traffic /Transportation)
West Virginia University,
Morgantown, West Virginia, 1970
REGISTRATION: Registered Professional Engineer, 1974
PROFESSIONAL HISTORY. SUMMARY
Mr. Whitman is a principal of DFA with over 22 years of experience in traffic engineering,
environmental planning and assessment, management of street maintenance,
development of capital improvement projects, and infrastructure management systems.
He has held senior positions with four engineering and management firms where he was
responsible for traffic engineering design. He served as Chief Engineer for the New
Mexico State Highway Department.
He participates in professional organizations to represent his firm and to develop positions
on community and public issues.
He has managed and performed tasks for organizational and management review
projects for several major transportation agencies.
Some of the projects he has served as Project Principal or Project Manager are:
• Environmental Impact Report for the reuse of George Air Force Base in San
Bernardino County California. He is Project Manager for traffic /transportation,
utilities, sewer and water, storm drainage impact assessment and identification.
• Design of three traffic signals on Highway 18 in Apple Valley.
• Design of a new traffic signal on Navajo Road in Apple Valley.
• Traffic signal study for Morgantown, West Virginia.
• Traffic analysis for location of new major arterial in Savannah, Georgia.
• Conducted high accident location studies for Savannah, Georgia.
• Prepared traffic circulation plans for new landfills in Savannah, Georgia and
Schreveport, Louisiana.
Prepared traffic circulation plans for several municipal parks.
• Prepared numerous traffic control plans for new construction.
• Performed traff ic impact studies for development projects in Virginia, Maryland and
California.
• Analyzed traffic and financial potential for a proposed new toll facility in the
Washington D.C. metropolitan area.
JOHN C. WHITMAN
Traffic Engineer
Principal
• Performed origin - destination surveys.
• Completed grant application for intersection improvements for traffic safety funds.
Various traffic signal timing studies.
Preliminary and final design of 6 miles of Route 100 for VDOT.
• Traffic engineering, preliminary and final design of 1 mile of highway and
interchange for Route 522 for VDOT.
• Preliminary plan and environmental assessment for new branch office of the
Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles, including traffic impacts and traffic flow layout.
• Preliminary and final design of 1800 foot concrete bridge for the Virginia
Department of Transportation (VDOT).
• Design of ten parks in Prince William County, Virginia and five parks in Fairfax
County, Virginia.
Design of 2 miles of residential streets in Fairfax County, Virginia.
• Design and implementation of maintenance management systems for Oregon
Department of Transportation and the New Mexico State Highway Department,
including procedures for traffic control in maintenance work zones.
• Management audit for Texas State Highway Department of Transportation,
including traffic engineering functions.
• Public works consolidation study for Sarasota County; Florida and five
municipalities located in the County, including traffic engineering operations.
• Coordinated corridor study for U.S. Route 70. Study involved traffic modeling and
included 200 miles of preliminary location and environmental assessment.
Publications
Clapp, Libby and Whitman, John C., "Microcomputers in Public
Works," American City and County Magazine, July, 1985.
Whitman, John C., "Contracting Highway and Street Maintenance," APWA
Reporter, March 1984.
Jorgensen, John S. and Whitman; John C., paper presented to the
Transportation Research Board, January, "Preconstruction Management in
State Highway Agencies," 1983,
Whitman, John C., Paper presented to the Transportation Rosearch Board,
"Problem Solving- -The Key to Successful Contracting for Maintenance,"
January, 1980.
Whitman, John C., APWA Reporter, "Street and Highway Maintenance,"
November, 1979