Specifications include, but are not limited to: In general, services will include preparation of necessary plans, specifications, estimates, and conducting necessary utility coordination for the project. At a minimum, the consultant proposal shall include: Project Management • The selected Consultant shall be responsible for project management activities throughout the life of the contract. The scope of comprehensive project management includes, but is not limited to, efficiently managing the project schedule, setting up and facilitating client meetings, interagency meetings, field reviews, other project related meetings (consultant shall prepare meeting agendas, meeting minutes, identify action items and how they are accounted for, and meeting sign in sheets for all meetings), and managing the consultant team involved in the project (“project team”). Managing the project team includes, but is not limited to, preparing contract paperwork, memos, letters, and e-mail, making phone calls, and maintaining project files. • Prepare on a monthly basis a brief written summary of work (typically 1 page long) that has been accomplished in the previous month, anticipated work for the next month and key decisions that need to be made to keep the project on schedule. • Invoices shall show the original budget, reallocated budget, amount spent to-date, amount spent this period, and percentage spent to date for each task. • Participate in coordination meetings with City staff. • Prepare and maintain project design and projected construction schedule. Preliminary Engineering • Investigate the bridges at the various locations listed above and verify or provide alternate treatment recommendations and funding eligibility in accordance with Caltrans Bridge Preventative Maintenance Program guidelines, Highway Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Program guidelines, and current Caltrans bridge inspection reports for the various locations. • Conduct site investigation(s) in order to prepare construction documents. • Provide necessary topographic survey information. • The Consultant shall be responsible for data collection, mapping and surveying necessary for preliminary engineering design, final design, cost estimates, right-of-way impacts, and the level of environmental clearance. All Surveying and Mapping shall comply with the provisions of the Professional Land Surveyors Act, Sections 8700 to 8805 of the Business and Professions Code, the provisions of the California Coordinate System, Sections 8801 through 8819 of the Public Resources Code and any other applicable code in the State of California. • To the extent necessary for the design and construction work being performed, prepare materials, geotechnical or hydraulic studies...