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CITY OF PLEASANTON  TTCASANJ011431.2025 5 <br />PROPOSAL FOR <br />CITY OF PLEASANTON <br />QUIET ZONE <br />Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro); and Los Angeles and San Bernardino Counties. Our <br />recent experience reflects design approaches that address the key elements affecting railroad right-of-way and facilities. <br />We are well versed in the design standards of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) (11th Edition <br />and CA Edition), American Railroad Engineering and Maintenance-of-Way Association (AREMA), CPUC general order <br />requirements, as well as UPRR’s design guidelines and preferences. <br />CPUC EXPERIENCE <br />Kimley-Horn has extensive and recent experience working with the CPUC for light rail, heavy rail, and freight operations. <br />Our team includes experienced personnel who are very familiar with CPUC processes and requirements and who have <br />coordinated and designed dozens of crossings across the state. We have extensive experience navigating approvals <br />through CPUC, including the preparation and submittal process for GO 88-B applications and securing CPUC <br />approvals. Our San Jose-based transit team not only has experience working with CPUC on at-grade crossing design <br />approvals over the years, but we have also been hired by CPUC directly to handle their statewide at-grade crossing <br />inventories. Kimley-Horn served as the prime consultant for CPUC on phase three of this inventory program, which <br />included 755 crossings across the entire state of California. <br />Through our grade crossing design experience, the Kimley-Horn team has interfaced with many different staff at CPUC, <br />most notable in the Rail Crossings and Engineering Branch (RCEB), including the Alameda County utilities engineer, the <br />program and project supervisor, the senior utilities engineer specialists in preemption and traffic signal interconnect, and <br />the branch manager facilitating quiet zones. <br />FINANCIAL STABILITY <br />Kimley-Horn is a full-service engineering and consulting firm with approximately 9,700 employees and 147 offices in <br />34 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. The Company had 2024 revenues of $2.8 billion. Kimley-Horn <br />has been in business since 1967. We are financially strong, and we are committed to our continued financial health. <br />As of December 31, 2024, the Company had total assets of $1.8 billion and stockholder’s equity of approximately <br />$363 million. In addition to the financial resources noted, Kimley-Horn also has an untapped $125 million line of <br />credit available for short-term cash flow needs. The Company’s cash flow continues to be very strong. We maintain <br />a disciplined focus on business fundamentals, operate the firm conservatively, and our internal controls and business <br />standards are designed to keep our foundation strong <br />Kimley-Horn uses two institutional lenders, Wells Fargo and PNC. If necessary, reference information can be obtained <br />by the following contacts: <br />CAPACITY AND RESOURCES <br />Our team members are in an excellent position to perform and complete the City of Pleasanton Quiet Zone project, and <br />can meet all requirements set forth in the scope of services in a timely and cost-efficient manner. Kimley-Horn uses a <br />workload forecasting technique (known as our cast-ahead process) to determine workload requirements by division, <br />office, and region, thus promoting a workflow that meets our agreed upon schedule and budget. Our cast-ahead <br />forecast is an internal, propriety software that summarizes every active Kimley-Horn project. Our office/division <br />production coordinators (OPCs) manage our cast-aheads to provide an accurate projection of staffing needs and <br />overloads with detailed information for the upcoming month and a summary of up to the next six months. Kimley-Horn’s <br />production managers use this tool to facilitate the shifting and balancing of work across our entire firm based on <br />Michael Pugsley, Senior Vice President <br />919.881.6469 <br />Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. <br />150 Fayetteville Street, Suite 600 <br />PO Box 3008 <br />Lesley Wilson, SVP, Relationship Manager <br />919.788.7573 <br />The PNC Financial Services Group <br />301 Fayetteville Street, 21st Floor <br />Raleigh, NC 27601 <br />Docusign Envelope ID: 2430EB25-F48A-45D4-91C5-9340C4FBB5C9