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CITY OF PLEASANTON  TTCASANJ011431.2025 A-1 <br />PROPOSAL FOR <br />CITY OF PLEASANTON <br />QUIET ZONE <br />Blake has 17 years of engineering experience in California, <br />primarily focused on transit and municipal roadway projects. Blake has extensive <br />knowledge of quiet zones design, at-grade rail crossing design, active transportation <br />design, right-of-way acquisition, construction specifications and cost estimating, <br />construction phasing, agency/stakeholder coordination, and third-party utility coordination. <br />Blake has administered quality control/quality assurance (QC/QA) programs for multiple <br />transit and railroad projects, which will be valuable for this contract. Blake’s recent design <br />experience includes railroad projects with Caltrain, the City of Palo Alto, and Metrolink. <br />RELEVANT EXPERIENCE <br /> ◢City of Palo Alto, Alma Street At-Grade Rail Crossing Quiet Zone <br />Design, Palo Alto,CA – QC Manager <br /> ◢City of Palo Alto, Caltrain Railroad Gates Quiet Zone Analysis and Study, Palo Alto, CA <br />– Project Manager <br /> ◢City of Menlo Park, Quiet Zone Feasibility Study, Menlo Park, CA – Deputy Project Manager <br /> ◢Contra Costa Transportation Authority (CCTA), San Francisco Bay Trail Gap Closure At-Grade <br />Crossing, Martinez, CA – QC Manager <br /> ◢Alameda CTC, Rail Safety Enhancement Program (RSEP) Environmental and Design Services, <br />Oakland, CA – Project Engineer <br /> ◢City of Mountain View, Castro Street Pedestrian Improvements, Mountain View, CA – Project Manager <br /> ◢VTA, Vasona Corridor Crossings Study, San Jose to Los Gatos, CA – Project Manager <br /> ◢City of San Jose, Race and Parkmoor Safety Improvements, San Jose, CA – Civil Lead <br /> ◢Monterey-Salinas Transit (MST), SURF! Bus Rapid Transit Final Design and Engineering Support <br />Services, Monterey County, CA – QC Manager <br /> ◢Metrolink, Antelope Valley Line Canyon Double Track Extension, Santa Clarita, CA – Station QC Lead <br /> ◢Metrolink, Simi Valley Double Track and Stations, Simi Valley, CA – Station QC Lead <br /> ◢City of Oakland, Fruitvale Alive Gap Closure Project, Oakland, CA – Project Manager, Railroad <br />Coordination Lead, Right-of-Way Lead <br /> ◢Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District (AC Transit), Division 2 and Division 4 Fleet Electrification <br />Project, Oakland, CA – Civil Lead <br /> ◢AC Transit, District 4 Microgrid Study, Oakland, CA – Project Manager <br /> ◢City of Santa Cruz, Front Street Multimodal Improvements, Santa Cruz, CA – Project Manager <br /> ◢City of Hollister, San Felipe Road Multimodal Improvements. Hollister, CA – Project Manager <br /> ◢City of San Leandro, Pedestrian Safety Improvements Program, San Leandro, CA – Project Manager <br /> ◢City of Dublin, Dublin Boulevard Street Resurfacing, Dublin, CA – Civil Task Lead <br /> ◢Caltrain, Corridor Crossings Strategy, San Carlos, CA – Program Manager, At-Grade Crossings <br /> ◢City of Milpitas, Pavement Rehab 2023/2024/2025, Milpitas, CA – Project Manager <br /> ◢VTA, Eastridge to BART Light Rail Project, San Jose, CA – Right-of-Way and Systems Lead <br /> ◢VTA, Santa Clara-Alum Rock Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Project, San Jose, CA – Civil Lead <br />BLAKE SILKWOOD, PE, QSD <br />Project Manager <br />EDUCATION <br />• Master of Science, Civil and <br />Environmental Engineering, <br />California Polytechnic State <br />University, San Luis Obispo <br />• Bachelor of Science, Civil <br />Engineering, California Polytechnic <br />State University, San Luis Obispo <br />CREDENTIALS <br />• Professional Civil Engineer in <br />California #78272 <br />• Qualified Stormwater Pollution <br />Prevention Plan (SWPPP), Developer <br />LOCATION <br />• San Jose, California <br />Docusign Envelope ID: 2430EB25-F48A-45D4-91C5-9340C4FBB5C9