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RESOLUTION NO. 9'/ti~""'--
2 A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF SAN BERNARDINO ACCEPTING THE PROPOSAL OF H. M. PLOTKIN AND
3 ASSOCIATES FOR A STUDY OF THE SAN BERNARDINO MUNICIPAL TRANSIT
SYSTEM AIMED AT IMPROVING EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES AMONG RESIDENTS
4 OF DEPRESSED NEIGHBORHOODS.
5 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF SAN BERNARDINO AS FOLLOWS:
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SECTION ONE: That the City of San Bernardino accept the
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Proposal No. 68-3-2 from H. M. Plotkin and Associates to prepare
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a study aimed at improving employment opportunities among residents
of depressed neighborhoods.
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SECTION TWO: That said Proposal No. 68-3-2 and a letter
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from H. r1. Plotkin and Associates to the Mayor and Corrunon Council
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dated March 29, 1968, copies of which are attached hereto, marked
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Exhibit "A" and referred to and made a part hereof as fully as
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though set forth at length herein, are hereby approved and accepted
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution wa.s duly
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adopted by the Mayor and Corrunon Council of the City of San Ber-
nardino at q0ll ?/#,A.u '-// he //!I.6A../ meeting thereof, held on
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thE\o.?1i day oftl~./<[{/ . " . .. ,1968 by the following vote, to
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H. M. PLOTKIN AND ASSOCIATES
Consultants to Government &: Industry
ENGINEERING
MANAGEMENT
MARKETING
3972 No. Waterman Avenue
San Bernardino, Calif. 92404
Telephone TUrner 3-4611
Harch 29, 1968
Mayor and Common ~ouncil
City of San Bernardino
City Hall
San Bernardino, California
Gentlemen:
H. M. Plotkin and Associates is pleased to submit the
enclosed proposal in response to the City of San Bernardino's
request for proposals to conduct a IIStudy of the So.n Bernardino
Municipal Transit System ~im0d at Improving Employment Oppor-
tuni ties il'llOng ResidEmts of Depressed Neify.1.borhoods.llj
We have thorou3hly reviewed your application grant to
the Depart.ment of Rousing and Urban Development and 8,5ree to
perfonn the tasks stated therein for the maount allocated
($16,667) and within the time period (four months) set forth
in the application.
We have spent considerable time in studying the subject
problem to ensure we undorst~~nd its magnitude and complexity,
and are confident our approach to the problem as outlined in
the enclosed proposal ,'Iill prove successful. The problem is .
not a simple systems analysis of a transportation systmu, but
one involving the socio-economics and vocational training
conditions of an area. Therefore, we have supplanted our
in1}errent systems capability .-lith the support of specialists
in the field of economics, sociology, and vocational education.
Each of these individuals is not only prominent in his respec~
tive field, but is an instructor at a local college, a resi-
dent of the San Bernardino area, and intimately familiar '<lith
its problems. The further fact that our firm is locally o,<med
and operated, and that all me2qers of the study team are resi-
dents of the arc9-, ',;ill produce a team hiShly motivated to
help solve the 9ro1:>leDs of their community.
As a snall, youns fi~n, we are e~S8r to prove our com-
pet.ence ?nd cc~n assure the City of San Bern:1rdino our t.ots.l
dedication to this vit'll task to our community. It should
also be noted thc.t our firm has 'lnd viill only pursue contracts
within the San Bernardino~Riverside areas. We feel that our
kno,'lled::;e of local conditions and our tecJ"lnical competence,
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coupled \'lith a desire to im;:>rove the conditions of the com-
munity in \'ihich we reside, HilI enable us to better compete
with the large ostablished companies ~iliosc offices span our
country. Although vie do not have the ima::;o or numbers of
personnel our compoti tors may have, vie v181come and encourage
a comparison of the cs,pabili tj.es and experience of the per-
sonnel each fin] has assigned to this study.
We 0.180 invite your review into the depth and extent of
our preliminary efforts in preparing this proposal. Throu&~
contacting n~11erous local civic groups we have already uncov-
ered some data that can be utilized in performing this study.
We have solicited and received the tontative cooperation of
the followin3 individuals and organizatiolls in either provid-
ing us with their data or helping us in obtaining additional
data:
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(d)
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Mr. Del Barnett, Director of the Inland Empire Training
Prosr~n at San Bernardino Valley Collese
Mr. Ross Elliott, Executive Director of the Inland Area
Urban League
Mr. Morales, member of the Board of Directors of the
Mexican ChwJ'oer of Commerce
Mrs. Roberts, President of the Mt. Vernon Business-
men's Association
Mrs. Satterfield, President of the San Bel~ardino
Improvemont Association
The cooperation of these individuals and groups not only
will assist us in performing this study but indicates the wide
community support of this project.
In conclusion, we sincerely hope the City of San Bern-
ardino \./ill see fit to award us a contract based upon our
proposal.
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Very tl~ly yours,
H. N, PLOTKIN AND i\.:.3S0CIi\.TES
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Harris M. Plotkin, President
Attachment: Proposal No. 63-3-2 -- IIA Study to Determine
Improvement to the .3:~n Bornardino ;,junicipo,l Transit System
for IncY'8ctsinS Em)1~:rElent O~)portuni tics to Hosiclcnts of
Depressed AY'08..S.11
A STUDY TO DETER.l-1INE nlPHOVEl.~BNT
TO THE SAN BERNARDINO ~illNICIP<\L
TRANSIT 5YSTEI'j POH INCREASING
EI,.:PLO::l-li;p'r O~2.PORTUi,TlrrIES TO
RE3IDEl\"TS OF DEPRESSED AREAS
Prepared and Suwnitted by:
H. N. PLOTKIN AND AS30CIATES
NARCH 29, 1968
Approved by
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Harris H. Plotkin, President
PROPOS,\L NO. 68-3-2
1. 0 INTRODUCTION
The purpose of this proposal is to investigate how an improved
San BernaFJino Municipal Transit System can assist persons
residill3 in underpriviliLged areas to obtain and maintain suit-
able employment. The problem is therefore one of deterruining
\-Ihere industry is located, the skills it requires of its
worlters, the s];:ills available in underpriviliged areas, the
10cation of educational institutions where these skills may
be upgraded to meet industry's needs, and the impact of con-
tinued economic trends upon these factors. After these socio-
economic characteristics have been determined and their inter-
relationships established, the existing Municipal Transit
System can be intelligently modified to ensure transportation
is no longer an obstacle to employnlent opportunities for resi-
dents of depressed nei&lborhoods.
The tec~~iques to be utilized in accomplishing this study are
detailed in Section 2. O. Briefly, our approach is to collect
0.11 pertinent data, correlate it and analyze significant rela-
tionships bearing on the transit system. New transit system
requirements will be established leading to the development
of new bus routing confi~lrations. These will be optimized
in tenns of cost per increased employment through a series of
cost-effectiveness studies.
The results of the study will be a priority listing of possible
modifications to the existing Municipal Transit System indica-
ting the cost and expected benefits to be derived from each
possible system modification. The priority listing will enable
San Bernardino City officials to present to the Department of
HousinS and Urban Development cost figures for various I.ITS
configurations coupled with projections of how much increased
employrnent each system can be expected to provide. This will
allow both parties to fUlly understand, in quantative terms,
what each dollar invested in imprOVing the existing MTS will
do to\-lard increasin3 tho emplOY'.nent of rosidents in the depres-
sed areas of San Bernardino.
To systematically analyze the sociological, economic, and edu-
cational factors requires a project study team whose spectrwn
of knO\'lledge and experience embodies the disciplines necessary
to fulfill the goals of the application grant. Plotkin and
Associates have formulated such a team. From 001103es loce,ted
in the San Bernardino Valley, an economist, sociolosist and
educator have been added to the existins systems capabili t"' of
Plotkin and Associates to ensure &.11 major factors of the sub-
ject proolew receive proper attention. Their respoctive cap-
abilities, experience and project responsibilities are detailed
in Section 3.0.
The application grant lists a number of government and non-
goveFilluent agencies who will participate in this project.:~b
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ensure all involved groups are cognizant of their respective
tOlsks and the results expected of them, "Ie have prepared a
matrix of tasks and responsibilities in Section 2. 4. We expect
to have a meeting with these and other interested groups prior
to initiating the study in order to facilitate communication
among all participants and ensure each group agrees with and
can support the tasks outlined in Section 2. 4.
In conducting the necessary research to properly prepare this
proposal, we have uncovered several noteworthy facts. Several
surveys have already been conducted and new ones are being
planned of residents in depressed areas. Besides the census
taken by the City of San Bernardino earlier this year, the
Inland Empire Training Program office at San Bernardino Valley
Colle[5e conducted a survey. The Inland Area .Urban LeaGue has
already completed some surveys and is planning a new one to
determine the problems of chronically unemployed residents of
depressed noiohborhoods. 'o'1e have contacted these and other
civic organizations who have or are plaD~inS surveys. We have
obtained their support and willingness to provide us the data
they have already taken, In addition, we have tentative agree-
ments from most groups to cooperatively gather any additional
data we or they may require. 'Ire hope to standardize question-
naire formats and pool our resources. We have invited all
interested groups to participate in the aforementioned meetins
with us to integrate the efforts of all involved civic and
municipal agencies.
Our preliminary efforts indicate that by utilizing already
existing data, and pooling our resources to obtain the needed
additional data, more time and manpower can be spent on cor-
rela.ting and analyzing the data.
To further ensure ~Ie obtain the support of all interested
organizations in the San Bernardino area, we have contacted
several groups associated with depressed nei&~borhoods in our
community. These include the Inland Area Urban League, The
~exican Chamber of Co~merce, the Nt. Vernon Business Men's
Association and the San Bernardino Improvement League. Their
support of our project should resuly in the cooperation of
the rosidents of depressed neighborhoods in supporting any
surveys Vie may require.
We have held preliminary discussions with San Bernardino Valley
College Pel'soxmel and '.l.re hopofull of obtG.inin.:; access to their
cOID9uter. As the federa.l dollars alloca.ted for t:lis project
are inadeCluate to pay for c6~.J.puter time, tf18 previously mentioned
possibility will be of tremendous help to us in speeding U9 the
processing, correlating and analysis of data.
We are extremely satisfied that our preliminary efforts have
resulted in such a warm response from various community organ-
izations, Their support is reflected by increasing our ability
t:o accomplish more "lOrk during the four month study period.
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2. 0 STATEI'.:iEI\JT OF lilORK
2. 1 BASIC APPROACH
The methods to be employed in accomplishing the objectives of
this study are described in this section. Included are the
task responsibilities of the key study personnel from H. M.
Plotkin and Associates and those of all involved municipal
and civic organizations.
The approach is based on utilizing proven data collection and
statistical analysis methods, and the application of systems
analysis principles previously employed by staff members to
evaluate other urban problems. Hajor efforts a.re as follovlS:
{ap An identification of industry ski 11 requirements,
skill levels of depressed neithborhood residents, and
vocational training available a.t local institutions
will be accomplished through surveys and analysis.
(b) This data will be correlated and evaluated to define
transit network requirements for establishing new
bus routes.
(c)
Cost-effectiveness trade off studies will be conducted
to esto,blish optillltun bus routes,
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Various transportation netvlorlw wiD. be esta.blished
based on cost versus increased employment.
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Priorities will be established to route each Nunicioal
Transit System (MTS) configuration in terms of persons
employed per dollars invested.
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STUDY SCHEDULE
The study vlil1 be accomplished wi thin the four month period
stated in the application grant to HUD, and in accordance
\'/ith the task schedule shovm in Fig. 2.1.
2. 3 PR.OJ"ECT TASKS TO BE PERF'ORI';~ED
The \-Ior~: floH sho\linS the interrelationship of each task
against time is sho,m in Fig. 2.1. The following is a des-
cription of each task,
Ta.sk 1 -- Survey of Industry Sk:tll E~.9.~1.reme;nts
Puroose
To define skil1 requirements of workers in today's San
Bernardino Valley industry ancl to pro j ect future skill
requirements Hhere possible.
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Survey team will interviovi major industl'ial organizations
to determine skill requireill2nts for their personnel at
present and in the future. Projection of future require-
ments will be based on inputs received from existing indus-
try and expected industry as supplied by 10cal Chmnbers
of Commerce a,nd County Economic Development Commissions.
Results
(1) Hatrix of existing industry skilJ. requirements
(2) !>latrix of projected industry skill requirements.
Tasle 2 -- Survey of Depressed Neighborhood Residents
Puroose
To establish existing skill level requirements of residents
and to assess their present educationa.l background to de-
termine their ability to learn ne,i skills.
Nethod
Revie\'i existing data from past surveys and establish ques-
tionnaires for additional surveys.
Results
(1) Jvlatrix of existing resident skill levels
(2) j'latrix of existing resident educational levels
(3) Frequency of transportation service required
(4) Fare structures compa.tible with expected income
(5) Travel times including transfers
(6) Walking distances at orisins and destinations
(7) Safety and adec'uacy of ,.mi tins areas
(8) Attitude to'.'iard municipal transportation 'Is. car pools
Task 3 -- Survey of t~clUc8.tional and Vocational lnsti tutions
Puroo se
To determine existing and planned training and educational
programs available at San Bernardino Valley institutions.
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Nethod
Survey all educational and vocational institutions in the
San Bernardino Valley to identify the type of prosrams
available at eaoh institution. Discussions with institution
administrators wlll be held to assess future planned pro-
grams and capability to add additional courses that may be
required to u9srade skill levols of depressed neighborhood
residents.
Results
(1)
(2)
(3)
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(5) Matrix of possible courses that can be made available
if required by depressed neighborhood residents
l~atrix of existing educational courses
Matrix of existing vocational courses
Hatrix of planned future educational courses
Matrix of planned future vocational courses
Task 4 -- Correlate and Analyze Data
Puroose
To compare skills required by industry, I'll th skills avail-
able in depressed nei&~borhoods, and to compare these results
with training available at local institutions.
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The matrixes prepared in Task 1 will be compared V1ith those
produced in Task 2 to depict the compatibility of industry
skill requriements 1>11 th skills available in depressed neigh-
borhoods. Incompatibility in skill types and levels Ivill
then be compared with the matrixes resulting from Tas], 3.
The subsequent analysis ,:ill indicate immediate employment
possibilities, immediate vocational assistance available,
future employment possibilities, and future vocational
program.requirements.
Results
(1) Industry-nei:3hborhood correlation ills,trix
(2) Nei::;hborhood-Vocational correlation matrix
(3) l,eighborhood-Educational correlation matrix
Matrixes will be prepared for existing ca)abilities
and requireillents and for future capabilities and require-
ments.
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(4) Increased employment expected
(5) Econo8ic gains to the City of San Bernardino due to
increased employment
(6) Indication of additional vocational training programs
required
Task 5 -- Define Ne-,-l ,"'LTS Houtin:'; Requirements
Pur:oose
To establish the number of people who must travel from one
area to another in order to:
(a) receive educational and/or vocational training, and/or
(b) reach their place of employment
Nothod
By systematically analyzing the data produced in Task 4,
requirements will be established for bus routes from all
depressed neighborhoods to educational and vocational insti-
tutions and to places of employment. Requirements will be
established for existing conditions and for projected future
conditions.
Results
(1) Bus routing requirements for present conditions
(2) Bus routing requirements for projected future condi-
tions
Task 6 -- Prepare ExistinG; NTS Houtes
Purpo se
Prepare routing patterns of the existing San Bernardino NTS
to establish a baseline for evaluating ne~l routing require-
ments.
Nethod
Tne City of San Bernardino will provide this information
from existing data in the format spocified by H. Ii. Plotkin
and Associates.
Results
(1) A traffic netHork of the existin:;; I'ITS
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Task 7 -- Overla Industrial, Denressed Nei~~borhood, and
Educational Vocational Institutions Areas on l~S
Traffic Net"lork
Puroose
To pictorially reveal the relationship of existing l'iTS
routes to existing and projected Industrial, Depressed
l'TeJ.shborhood, and Educ3,tional/'locational areas, in order
to permit evaluation of new routins requirements.
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rrhe City of San Bernardino in conjunction l'li th H. 1,1. Plotkin
and Associates will overlay the aforementioned areas on
the existing lrI'rs routins charts prepared in Task 6.
Results
(1) Overlay of existing aforementioned areas on MTS rout-
ing charts
(2) Overlay of )rojected future aforemEmtioned areas on
~TS routing charts
Task 8 C:onduct Route Trade Off1tuclles and Develoo Ne"l
ciTS'Routin(; Confi~~ration~
Purpose
To optimize MTS routing patterns in order to allow depres-
sed neighborhood residents to reach educational/vocational
institutions and places of employment in the shortest
possible time and at the least possible cost to them.
I-lethod
Ut.ilizing systems analysis techniques, such as optimization
theory and network analysis, develop optimum MTS routing
networks taking into consideration at least the follolVin[5
factors: cost of travel to depressed neighborhood residents,
time from nei~1borhood to educational/vocational institu-
tions, and to places of employment, nllinbers of commutarss
involved, -likely time travel periods, cost of modifying
existing MTS system to City of San Bernardino, projeoted
increases in employment due to modified ETS configurations.
Results
(1) Va,rious nevi lilTS routing configurations with their
value to the city expressed in tenns of increased
em;,Jloyment per dollar investment reQuired to modify
existing Iij'rS system.
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(2) The dollar investment to the city lIill be a combination
of:
( a)
(b)
(c)
capital investments in additional equipment and/or
transporta.tion facilities plUS
opera.ting costs, minus
increased revenues from new taxable emplOJ~ent
and sales tax rea.lized from increased expenditures
Tasls 9 -- Preaare and Publish Fin9.;L Re.Qor~
PurDose
To document all data collection, correlation and analysis
efforts in order to justify reconrrncnded modifications to
the existing San Bernardino MTS.
;.Iethod
All data collected, analysis conducted and results pro-
duced in each task will be included in the report to sup-
port final study conclusions and recommendations.
Results
(1) A set of recommended MTS routing configurations, each
of which reflects projected increases in employment
per dollar cost to the Clty of San Bernardino, will
be prepared for existing and future conditions. As
each configuration will indicate holV much additional
employment can be expected to result along uith the
cost to the city of establishing that configuration,
both the people and city officials will understand
the factors lead ins to the selection and the impact
of the chosen MTS confiGuration.
(2) Study results and data will be expressed in the follow-
ing categories insofar as possible to enable HUD
officials to evaluate our results in their fOYillat:
A. Means of improving public transportation service.
1. Possible route changes, consisting of either modifica-
tions of existing routes or addltions to existing
routes.
2. Capital investments in additional equipment and/or
transportation facilities.
B. Levels of Service
1. Frequency of Service
2. SeY.ice adequacy at various times of the day
3. Fare structure
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4. Transfers
a. I'lecessity
b. Privileges
5. Over-all travel times including waiting tines at trans-
fer points
6. Walkins distances and tines at both orisins and destin-
ations
7. Adequacy of waiting areas
C. ProjectiO!l of operating results (for each 8.1ternative
,'Ihere alternative solutions are develo;Jed)
1. Patronage
a. Level
b. ~e06raphical service area
2. Increased employment
3. Operating costs
4. Hevenues
D. Administration
1. Ivlethods of "matching" jobs and people
2. Promotion in depressed area and employment centers
3. Participation of depressed area residents
4. Sources of financing
E. Community benefits
1. Increased employment effects
a. Personal and family incomes of depressed area
residents
b. Social value to the community
2. Improvement in access of all segments of community to
institutional facilities
a. Educational
b. Nedical
c. Recreational
3. Economic gains
a. Offsets to public expenditures for improved trans-
portation service
b. Increased community productivity
2. 4 INTERFACES WITH PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS
Inasmuch as the application grant to the Department of Housing
and Urban Development states that nlliuerous civic and municipal
groups wlll m&,e contributions to the study, we have endeavored
to indicate those project tasks where their support is antici-
pated in Table 2-1. Furthermore, to insure all city personnel
and civic groups involved in this project 1-101'1, in close harmony
with our consulting firm, it is imperative a meeting of all
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participating parties be held immediately after contract award.
Table 2-1 can be used to coordinate activities of all groups
to ensure tasks are completed in accordance with the project
schedule depleted in Fig. 2.1.
It is anticipated that groups representing residents of depres-
sed neig.l-J.borhoods will also attend the meeting to ensure the
maxiiml,'";J. po ssi ble community participation and support.
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TABLE 2-1
?ROJECT T.\.SKPRn:ARY Alm CONTRIBU'rING. REapONSIBILITY
Pro j ect
rrasks
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2
3
4
5
6
7
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Primary
HesDonsibili ty
Plotkin and Associates
(:ci:. Kado',.r)
(ii.. Kilpatrick)
Plotkin and Associates
(R. Greenfield)
Plotkin and Associates
(R. Kilpatrick)
Plotkin and Associates
(H. Plotkin)
Plotkin and Associates
(H. Plotkin)
City Transit Department
Plotkin and Associates
(n. Plotkin)
Plotkin and Associates
(R. Plotkin)
Plotkin and Associates
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Contributing
Res'Jonslbility -
Area Chambers of Conmerce~
Re3ional Economic Develop-
ment Council, San Bernar-
dino County Economic Devel-
opment Commission, Local
Industry
San Bernardino County
Welfare Department, State
Employment Office, City
Census Takers, Local Civic
Groups, Mayor's Advisory
Committee, Dependency
Prevention Commission
San Bernardino City
Unified School District,
San Ben1ardino Valley
College, Skadron College
Plotkin and Associates
Transit System Office,
San Bernardino County
Economic Development
Commission
Transit System Office
3. 0
K~Y STUDY P~RSONNEL
Due to the very complex na.ture of this project, a multi-
disciplinary team was considered essential to the study's
success. Not only should there be team rae,,,bers "Tho are
speclalists in systems analysis, economics, sociology and
vocational training, but they should possess an intimate
knolded:;e of tile existing socio-economic coeditions of the
San Berna,rdino area. To provi6.e thi B unique capability,
H. h. Plotkin and Associates has enlisted the services of
prominent experts in all of these fields from both San
Bernardino Valley College and California State College at
Se"n Bern:J.rdino. Each of these individuals brings v:i th him
a strong aca.demic background in his speciality coupled with
a familiarity of our community's problems in these areas.
As a resident of the San Bernardino area, he is involved
Yllth its r~rov;th and problems and naturally hi,ghly motivated
to help apply his expertise to reduce and/or eliminate them.
Mr. Harris Plotkin, President of H. K. Plotkin and Associates,
has helped pioneer the I),pplication of the II systems <~pproach"
to the solution of urban system problems in medical programs,
lal' enforcement o,)erations, and other urban areas. His
over ten years of experience in utilizing systems engineer-
ins and analysis techniques to desisu; develop and field
some of our nations most vital 1Veapon systems has provided
him with the experience and desire to apply these methods
to non-military problems.
Under Mr. Plotkin's leadership will be Mr. Eugene V. KadoYl,
Head of the Department of Economics and'Business Administra-
tion at San Bernardino Valley College, a noted urban econ-
omist; Mr. Robert J. Greenfield, a sociologist at the Galif-
ornia State College at San Bernardino; Mr. Albert R. Kil-
patrick, Assistant to the Director of the Voca,tional and
Technical Training Division at San Bernardino Valley College,
and one of the areas most knowledgeable educators in voc-
ational training programs.
Mr. Kadow and Mr. Kilpatrick will be responsible for eval-
uating industry's needs in terms of skilled v~rkers. They
will also evaluate the impact of economic trends in the San
Bernardino Valley in terms of future skill requirements.
Mr. Greenfield will be responsible for obtaining the data
on sxills possessed by residents of these areas and whether
their educatJ.on I'Till permit them to upgrade these skills
if necessary to meet industries' needs.
Mr. Kilpatrick will survey existin,~ educational a.nd vocation-
al institutions to determine if their existing programs will
provide the necessary training to u9grade the skills of de-
pressed nei3hborllood residents to meet industry's levels.
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He will outlino additional )rosrams required to fulfill the
sJdll levels required by industry.
1,11'. Plotkin "Iill blend the talents of the;,e personnel and
integrate their findings into quantitative factors to be
used in improving the existing Municipal Tr~nsit System.
The combincd experionce and capabilities of these personnel,
supported by their desire to improve the co~nunity they reside
in produces a study team hi,jhly mati vatedto onsure the com-
plete success of this vital task.
The detailed resumes of the aforementioned key team members
follo\Vs:
fL~l~~IS PLOTKIN -- SYSTEMS ANALYST and DI~~CTOR of the STUDY
Xr. Plotkin has had over ten years of technical and manage-
ment experience in the aerospace industry with a broad range
of oositions and resoonsibilities. He has been involved in
the'design of automatic electronic subsystems, systems engin-
eering, complex military and civilian systems problems. His
experience includes all phases of the development and acquis-
ition of strategic missile syst~ns concepts, managing hard-
ware projects, and directing laboratory personnel in the sol-
ution of urban problems.
Pripr to forming, H. M. Plotkin and Associates, Mr. Plotkin
was Corporate Director for Civil and Military Systems for
Heliod:yne Corporation and lranager of their San Bernardino
Operations. His main responsibility Has to develop a sys-
tems analysis division to work on urban systems problems.
Through his efforts, the City of San Bernardino selected
Heliodyne Corporation to perform a Systems Analysis of the
San Bernardino Police Department. This study is now awaiting
funding from the Department of Justice.
Before joining Heliodyne, Mr. Plotkin was Assistant Director
for Systems Development in the Special Projects Office of
TRW Systems. In that position, he \Vas responsible for dir-
ecting the technical efforts for all nevi business activities.
In addition, he managed the Advanced Projects Department.
The activities of gr. Plotkin's group included preliminary
system design, system requirement analysis, and systems eng-
ineering in such diverse areas as Tactical 'i1arfare, Command
and Control, Transportation, l:ledical Systems, Urban Planning
and Information Systems.
Prior to this asstgnraent, Hr. Plotkin held several man(J.3e-
mcnt positions in the Einutcman Pro5r3.rns Office of TR'.'1. As
Deputy Assist'"nt Director for ',"leapon System Developrnent, his
3rouP was responsible for the syst~ns ensineering and technical
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direction of all contractors involved in the research, dev-
elopment, test:1.n3, and activation of all Zinuteman ground
subsystems. Pr'ior to this assi3f'ment he was Hanaser of the
I.iinutemn.n .2ro,sram Control Office, l,'lhere hiG prosran PI;?,nning,
ACLv;o.nced Plannins, and Opers.tions .\nalysi s Depark1ents de-
fined the 98rforn:,~~.nce, cost c1_.nd. schedule r".:-)q.jireraents for new
~'.~inutemc~r.. .)rot5rams 3.~3 vlell as Iiloni taring t~"lese areas in exist-
in3 :JY'o;sr::.rrls. Durin:; his other aSSiSll.f.1ents, ~.~r. Ploti{in con-
ducted studles :1.nvolvin:S the in:ldvertent and. une.uthorized
l.e.unch ;Jroblem of the clinutO!:mn '.[ea:Jon .System and analysis
of the comm:J.nd and control systems internal and external to
;.:inuteman.
Prior to joinin::; TR'Il in 1960, Hr. Plotkin \las employed by
Goneral Dynamics, Astronautics where he held positions as
the iiead of the Advanced Systems .section, '3ilo Project Eng-
ineer, Head of the Propellant Loadins and Pneumatic Controls
Section ':Iithin the Launching Controls Desisn ,:}roup. He
made siSnificant contributions to the design of the fully
automated Atlas Launch Control Systera and develo;?ed neY( launch
control and checkout concepts for advanced space and weapon
systems.
Mr. Plotkin has narticioated as a member of Air Force Tech-
nical Evaluation-Boards-and has chaired Air Force technical
advisory committees. In addition, he has authored reports
depicting the complete Atlas 'o'[eapon System functions in
Bo~lean e~lation form.
Nr. Plotkin received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from
Lehigh ;Jni versHy in 1957, and successfully completed the
Engineering and Hanagement Course at the University of Calif-
ornia at Los Angeles in 1964. In addition, he has completed
several company sponsored management and sensitivity train-
in3 courses.
:fLU:JE:NE KADOT:l -- ECONO:;Y1IST
Mr. Kadow has been a lecturer in the Department of Economics
and Business Aruninistration at San Bernardino Valley College
since 1964. He is presently Head of that department. He is
coordinator of Regional Economic Studies for San Bernardino
Valley College and also Editor of the San Bernardino Valley
Collese ~uarterly Report on Economic Trends in the Inland
Empire. He 1.8 one of the areas leading urban econoaists and
thorou::;hly fai'liliar IIi th local comnuni ty con,Htions.
Hr. Kado':l received his B.A.. and lLA. from Fresno State College
and currently is a Ph.D. candiclate in Economics and Inter-
national Relations at Claremont Graduate School. Following his
honorable discharge from the United States Army in 1956, and
after completion of his bachelor's ('.nd masters degrees in
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economics, Hr. KadoYT \'I3.S employed as a Teaching Assistant in
St8.tistics in the Division of Business Ad."iinistration at
Fresno :3tate College. He has been a teacher in Hathematics
and En[jlish at ':Tindsor Elemental'Y School nI:d a lecturer in
Economics at both Riverside City College and California State
College at Fullerton. He 'das also an Instructor in Economics
at _Pomona College.
Er. Kadovl is a me3ber of the American Economic Association,
'([estern EconoL1ic Association, American Poli tical Science
AssociatJ.on, American ,;'cademy of Arts and Sciences i?nd the
American Academy of Political and Social Sciences.
FlOBERT GREBl'JFIELD -- SOCIOLOG.U;'r
Mr. Greenfield is a consultant sociologist and an instructor
in Criminology, Cuiture and Racial Hinorities, and Research
Methods at California State College at San Bernardino. He is
one of the leading authorities on the sociological behavior
of minority groups, and is intimately familiar with the minor-
i ty problems in the San Bernardino area.
~;r. Greenfield received his B.A. and M.A. degrees in Sociology
at Californla Btate College at Los Ane;eles. He is presently
a Ph.D. candidate in Sociology at the University of California
at Los ,\ngeles. Mr. Greenfield is presently employed on a
part time basis as a Research Assistant at the Socio-Behavorial
Study Center for Mental Retardation at Pacific State Hospital.
He has completed a study on ";.;ental Health in a Prison Popu-
lation" at Riverside County'.Jfl.iI-nc .'. ::.":.:.
11,1'. Greenfield has recently completed developing a survey
questionaire for the Inland Urban Leasue to "Determine Problems
of Chronically Unemployed l,iinori ty .Grou) rJlembers. II
ALB]~RT KILPATRICK -- VOCATIONAL TR/\INER
Kr. Kilpatrick has been in the field of vocational and tech-
nical training for almost twenty years. He is presentlY Assis-
tant to the Director of the Voco.tional and Tecrmical Training
Division of San Bernardino Valloy College. He also serves as
a Progrrurr Coordinator and is an Instructor in PSi,chol03Y.
He is presently involved in t'dO local projects, 'Job and Train-
ing Requirement Analysisll and IIArea Teacher and Counselor In-
.service Education and 'rechnical/Vocatione.l Tr'1inin3' II He is
thoroue;l"lly familiar ',.ri th vocational training programs in our
community's colleges and hi:3h schools.
Mr. Kilpatrick received his A.A. degree in Science at Graceland
OoJ.lo::;e, hia B.ll. desree in Education/Psychology at \Ulliam
Jewel College, his r:'.A. do;;;ree in Education/Industrial at Ohio
3te.te Uni versi ty. Ho he,s ta'i:en srs.dua te courses in Vocational
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Counseling and Guidanae at Purdue University and has completed
has course <:or\: for a doctorate at Ohio State Universi ty. He
has completed special courses in Group De"'lolopment at the
National Training Laboratory in Bethel, j.;g,ine.
Prior to jolnins the staff of Valley Colloge, Nr. Kilpatrick
served for ten years as Director of Personnel Subsystem Devel-
opment on the Atlas Weapon System for the dir Force's Ballis-
tic Systems Division. He VIas rosponsible for personnel selec-
tion and classification, job analysis, human engineering, train-
ing requirements analysis and persoD..'1el perform':1ncetest and
evaluation. Prior to this assie;ruuent, fIr. Kilpatrick served
four years as an experimental psychologist at the Air Force's
Personnel and TrainJ.n3 Research Center. Ho also served four
years as an Instructor at the Acadomic Instructor Course, Air
University, Maxwell Air Force Base, "mere he "tauy~t teachers
and instructors of Vocationalj'rechnical training.
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4. 0 RELEVA~T EXPERIENCE
Listed belol'T are exam;>les of projects "Thich study team members
have participated in:
(a) F09.sibility Study to Determine the ,\oplication of
~l3tems E~~31n0er~!:!::Llrechni92:!es _~n the De81~;n and
COl~.6truction 01' Fixed :<edic'!:l.-9.G.re FaciE ties,!.
The purpose of the study was to devise a means of
apl)lying medical ImovTledge and systems enc;ineering
teChniques effectively and economically to the care.
of patients. The SGudy encompassed the entire
Department of Defense medical system, wlich includes
182 hospitalS. An extensive survey was completed
to examine the missions, functions, and practices
of fixed medical care facilities relative to their
design, construction, maintenance and operation.
A systems analysis 3.pproach I,ras employed to devise
V1ayS to imp~ove performance, increase efficiency,
and lower costs.
(b) Re~r6nal MedIcal Program
The purpose of this program Vias to bring en3ineering
and medical expertise to{3ether to combat heart dis-
ease, cancer and stroke. Grant applications were
prepared for medical universities throughout the
country using systems analysis and program planning
methods to develop realistic Regional Medical Pro-
5ra...1!ls.
(c) A Systems Analysis of a Police Deoartment
The purpose of this project was to conduct a sys-
tems analysis of an entire pOlice department to
detennine those chan3es to equipment, facilities,
oeaale and procedures that would orovide the max-
imu~ increase in departmont efficiency per dollar
invested. Preliminary studies of department oper-
ation \,;ere eonductea to pre;)are a detailed Federa.l
Grant application identifyinG hOI'/ the study l'iOuld
be accomplished.
(d) ':loaoon System3:!ill9-ies
!Tumerous projects have been conducted in this area.
ranGin,e>; from the systematic analysis of ,Teapon sys-
tem operation utllizins Boolean algebra techniques
to identify system deficiencies, to operatlqn3 anal-
ysis of various \Vea:~)on system confi;urations to de-
tennine the most effective systom -::;er dollar expen-
ded.
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