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ATTACH>lENT 1 FREEDMAN TUN6 B BOTTOMLEY U R B A N D E S I G N FIRM PROFILE Freedman Tung & Bottomley (FTB) is an urban design and town planning fn-m established to assist communities in insdmting sU'ategies and tools for beneficial change. We join economic and social goals with a clear vision for building attractive town centers, neighborhoods and public pl~ces. The finn offers specialized services in dis~ict revitalization, redevelopment and infill master planning, ~ransit center and station area design, designs for public streets, squares and greens, development standards and design guidelines, dis~ct identity enhancement planning, and general urban design and town planning. As par~ of all project types ~ provides our own brand of public pamcipation process planning and facilitation. The £~'m was founded by Michael Freedman in 1985 in Mountain View, California, and is now beadqusr~red in San Francisco and headed up by three Principals - Michael Freedman, Gregory Tung and Alison Kendall. Each of the Principals conmibutes a unique urban design specialization to the fh'm's collaborative solutions. Alison Kendall, AICP, combines substantial public agency planning experience with experience as an urban design consultant on large scale mixed-use ~ansit-oriemed planning as well as preparation of development standards and design review guidelines. Mr. Tung is an urban designer specializing in architacmre and streetscape design - particularly the development and implementation of policies that insure that buildings contribute significantly to ~be form and character of cities, and in the preparation of design standards and custom designed landmarks, bridges and street f~rnimre. Mr. Freedman specializes in redevelopment and infill master planning, policy writing and in the design of sp~ial streets and public places, especially where strategies, plans and designs must be coordina~t to achieve tangible beneficial change to existing cities. The senior st~ff also includes four Associates - Mr. Gregory D¢lanne, Mr. Inn Ross. Mr. Hiroyuki Sasald, and Ms. Sarah Dennis. They are experienced, multi-disciplinary urban design professionals with training in planning, architecture, and landscape architecture. Within our seventeen year history, FTB has developed innovative urban design solutions that achieve communities' objectives~ sach as the revitalization of downtown Mountain View, California; the creation ora new city center in Yuba City, California; ~he development of a Revitalization Strategy and Specific Plan for downtown Ventura, Cali£ornia; the redevelopment oi~ downtown Cathedral City, California and the Palm Canyon Drive Cor~dor; and the revitalization of Downtown LodL California. I~TB h~s also provided designs for public improvement projects tha! catalyzed new investment in the downtowns of Phoenix. Arizona; Lodi, California; Ames, Iowa; and Cathedral City, California. Recently completed projects include a citywide redevelopment master plan for the Ci~ of East Palo Alto, California; a Hear~ of the City Specific Plan for the city center and waterfront area of Redondo Beach, California; a Civic Plaza for the City of Fremont, California; a riverwatk for the City of Napa, California; a series of transit corridor designs within Silicon Valley for the Santa Clara Valley Transit Authority (VTA); an infill development master plan for the redevelopment of a l$-acre shopping center site along El Camino Real in San Mateo. California (for Carstens Realty); and the design for the first "Grand Boulev~d" for the central business district of the City of Bangkok. Thailand. Projects currently underway at FTB include two Corridor Revitalization Master Plans - one for the seven miJe commercial strip in Whittier, California and another for the two-mile commercial strip in Montebello, California: a Downtown Specific Plan for Livermore. California: and the development of mixed-use prototypes for the South oI Forest Area in Palo Alto, California.