Public Works Engineering is responsible for projects designed and managed with in-house staff as well as by professional consultants. Work includes major project management, drainage and sewer master planning, pavement management, general surveying, engineering, technical oversight and review, construction drawings and contract document preparation, construction quality assurance, contract administration, and inspection related to capital improvement, utility public encroachment, and development entitlement. Typical projects include arterial highway rehabilitation and reconstruction, drainage, sewer, and water improvement together with various special projects.

Construction Engineering is responsible for construction management of the City’s Capital Improvement Program. This unit also provides contract administration and construction inspection to ensure timely and high quality completion of projects. Field inspectors provide construction inspection services for on-site grading and all work done in the Public right-of-way, including work done under a Public Works Permit.

For more information on Public Works Engineering or Construction, please call 818-224-1600.

Land Development

Forms

• Form B - Project Initial Submittal Checklist
• Form K - Acknowledgement Concerning the Employment of Engineers
• Form L - Grading Permit Cash Bond
• Form M - Performance Security Grading Bond
• Form O - Supervised Rough Grade Inspection Verification
• Form P - Final Grade Inspection Verification
• Form Q - Pad Certification
• Form I - Environmental Mitigation Plans Checklist
• 202 - Guidelines for Grading Preparation
• 203 - Land Development Project Review Submittal
• 217 - As Built Plan Preparation Procedure
• 225 - Hydrologic and Hydraulic Drainage Report Requirements
• Sanitation Maintenance Bond
• Engineering Grading Permit Application
• Geologic - Geotechnical Exploratory Excavation Permit Application

Fee Schedule

• Citywide Fee Schedule

Manuals

• Preparation of Geologic and Geotechnical Reports
• Highlands Master Plan Drainage

AutoCAD Border & Title Sheets

• Conceptual Grading and Drainage Title Sheet 2024
• Restoration Grading Title Sheet 2024
• Rough Grading Title Sheet 2024
• Precise Grading Title Sheet 2024
• Street Improvement Title Sheet 2024
• Traffic Signal & Signing and Striping Title Sheet 2024

Staff

Curtis Castle, Public Works Director/City Engineer

Engineering / Project Management Division

• Tatiana Holden, P.E., Deputy Public Works Director
• Vacant, Senior Civil Engineer
• Tra’a Bezdecny, Assistant Engineer
• Soheil Sheikhlar, Assistant Engineer