1. Agreement and Proposal — Anaheim City Council, March 25, 2025

PROPOSAL

WILDFIRE EVACUATION PLAN

CITY OF ANAHEIM
DECEMBER 23, 2024
605 Third Street / Encinitas, CA 92024 / 760.942.5147

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Cover Letter
December 23, 2024
David Kennedy, PE
City of Anaheim
Public Works Department
Traffic Engineering Division
200 S. Anaheim Boulevard, Suite 276
Anaheim, California 92805
Subject: Proposal for Wildfire Evacuation Plan
Dear David Kennedy:

Dudek understands that the City of Anaheim (City) requires a team to prepare a Wildfire Evacuation Plan and implement a prevention, mitigation, and evacuation education and
outreach campaign. The Dudek team will bring the City the following strengths:

A Responsive Team that Builds your Trust. Our team will be responsive while staying on task and schedule. We are
available on short notice and will follow up on communication within 24 hours. We create strong working relationships and build trust with our clients to deliver quality products.

In-House Expertise: Dudek combines a rare, in-house mix of fire protection planning, environmental planning,
transportation, geographic information system services, and graphic design and publications expertise under one roof.

Depending on the needs of the project, we can draw from this expertise. We have Professional Engineers (PEs),
municipal specialists, and fire protection planners on staff who have direct experience working with public agencies in analyzing ordinances, policies, standards, and guidelines against best management practices, as well as coordinating public meetings with regulatory agencies, councils,
commissions, and interested parties. Our process results in planning documents and ordinances that are effective,
implementable, and supported by elected officials and community interested parties.

Subconsultants: Dudek is proud to partner with Chen Ryan Associates (CRA) to deliver expert transportation modeling services as part of our comprehensive approach to project delivery. CRA’s extensive experience in transportation planning and modeling ensures accurate, data-driven analyses to support informed decision-making and effective project outcomes. By integrating their specialized

COMPANY INFORMATION
Legal Name of Company: Dudek
State of Incorporation: California
Corporate Address: 605 Third
Street, Encinitas, California 92024
Telephone: 760.942.5147
Email Address:
[email protected]
Type of Business Entity:

S Corporation

CONTACT PERSON

INFORMATION
Name: Lisa Maier, Project Manager
Address: 605 Third Street,
Encinitas, California 92024
Telephone: 760.479.4151
Email Address:
[email protected]

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expertise with Dudek’s multidisciplinary team, we provide seamless, client-focused solutions tailored to meet project goals and address transportation challenges efficiently.

Dudek acknowledges receipt of the posted Q&A/addendum one. We are excited about this opportunity to work with the City. Should you have any questions, please contact Lisa Maier at 760.479.4151 or [email protected].

Sincerely,
__________________________________ __________________________________ Joseph Monaco, AICP Lisa Maier
President/CEO Project Manager
Joseph Monaco is authorized to sign on behalf of Dudek. All information submitted with this proposal is true and correct. Dudek’s proposed fee is valid for at least one-hundred and twenty (120) calendar days.

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Table of Contents

SECTIONS
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over Letter ......................................................................................................................................................... i Firm and Team Experience ............................................................................................................................... 4 Work Plan ........................................................................................................................................................... 6 Schedule .......................................................................................................................................................... 20 Resource Hour Allocation Table ...................................................................................................................... 21 Previous Projects ............................................................................................................................................. 22 Project Manager Previous Projects ................................................................................................................. 23 Quality Assurance and Quality Control (QA/QC) ............................................................................................ 25 Sub-contract work ............................................................................................................................................ 26 References ...................................................................................................................................................... 28 Conflict of Interest ............................................................................................................................................ 28 Project Fee Schedule ....................................................................................................................................... 30 TABLES
Tab
le 1. Key Personnel Responsibilities and Availability .................................................................................. 5 Table 2. Schedule ............................................................................................................................................ 20 Table 3. Project Manager Relevant Experience .............................................................................................. 23 Table 4. Client References .............................................................................................................................. 28

FIGURES
Fi
gure 1. Dudek Team Organization ................................................................................................................. 5

APPENDIXCES
A R
esumes
B Sample of Outreach Materials

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Firm and Team Experience
Firm Overview
Dudek was founded in 1980 in Encinitas, California, as a small civil engineering consulting practice working for municipal wastewater agencies and private land developers in San Diego County. The firm steadily grew its civil engineering practice through the 1980s, serving clients throughout Southern California. In 1990, Dudek started an environmental practice in response to expanding state and federal environmental regulations. In 2004, Habitat Restoration Sciences Inc. (HRS) was founded as a habitat restoration construction subsidiary branching out from the restoration design practice. Primarily through organic growth and limited acquisitions of small firms, the firm has continued to extend its service offerings outside of California by opening offices in Oregon, Washington, Hawai‘i, Virginia, Colorado, Nevada, and Florida, and is in the process of reintegrating HRS under the Dudek umbrella.

Dudek now serves clients in the municipal, energy, transportation, education, and healthcare sectors; consists of 15 major practices; employs over 900 employees in 20 offices across the nation; and has projects spanning all 50 states.

Project Team
Led by Project Director Michael Huff and Project Manager Lisa Maier, the Dudek team has been carefully selected to provide the specific expertise needed to complete the scope of
services outlined in this Request for Proposal ( RFP), which requires the expertise of both fire protection and transportation planners. We bring a deep bench of both wildfire and
transportation experts with decades of experience. The project team will be composed of the following key individuals with the staffing functions indicated in
Figure 1; responsibilities and the
percentage of time key personnel are available to work on this project are presented in Table 1. Full resumes for our key staff are provided in Appendix A.

PROJECT DIRECTOR
Michael Huff
619 992.9161
[email protected]

PROJECT MANAGER
Lisa Maier
760.479.4151
[email protected]

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Figure 1. Dudek Team Organization

PROJECT

MANAGEMENT

Deputy Project
Manager
Austin Ott

Project Manager
Lisa Maier, MCP

Project Director
Michael Huff, RCA

PROJECT TEAM
Fire Protection and Evacuation Planner
Maia Pearl
Fire Progression Modeler
Matthew Crockett
CEQA
Dana Link-Herrera, AICP
Transportation Modeling
Phuong Nguyen, TE*
Jonathan Sanchez, PE, TE, PTOE*
Amanda Meroux, TE, EIT
GIS
Lesley Terry
Public Outreach
Alison Sells
Graphic Design and Publications
Chelsea Ringenback
Melanie Betlach
Raoul Rañoa
*Chen Ryan Associates
Table 1. Key Personnel Responsibilities and Availability Name % Availability Responsibilities
Dudek
Lisa Maier, MCP 40% Project Manager
Austin Ott 20% Deputy Project Manager
Michael Huff, RCA 10% Project Director
Maia Pearl 40% Fire Protection and Evacuation Planner
Matthew Crockett 20% Fire Progression Modeler
Dana Link-Herrera, AICP 15% Fire Protection Planner and CEQA Amanda Meroux, TE, EIT 50% Transportation Modeling
Lesley Terry 15% GIS

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Table 1. Key Personnel Responsibilities and Availability Name % Availability Responsibilities
Alison Sells 30% Public Outreach
Chelsea Ringenback 20% Graphic Design and Publications
Melanie Betlach 20% Graphic Design and Publications
Raoul Rañoa 20% Graphic Design and Publications
Chen Ryan Associates
Phuong Nguyen, TE 40% Transportation Modeling
Jonathan Sanchez, PE, TE,
PTOE
50% Transportation Modeling

OTHER PROJECT ASSIGNMENTS/STAFF AVAILABILITY
The team specifically assembled for this contract, including our subconsultant, has the availability and capacity to provide services to the City for this contract and is fully committed to you. Team members can commit substantial effort (up to 100%) to specific projects when it is necessary for successful completion.

Work Plan
Project Understanding
The eastern portion of the City of Anaheim, commonly
referred to as Anaheim Hills, is approximately 16 square miles and is largely designated a Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone within a Local Responsibility Area. Anaheim Hills is home to approximately 46,000 residents living in the foothills of the Santa Ana Mountains. The intermix of urban development and wildlands creates a wildland-
urban interface (WUI) that presents a wildfire risk for residents of these communities. Further, wildfire is the leading cause of evacuations in Southern California and across the state. To address wildfire evacuation, the City will prepare a Wildfire Evacuation Plan and implement a prevention, mitigation, and evacuation education and
outreach campaign for Anaheim Hills.

Dudek understands that the communities in Anaheim
Hills have been subject to numerous wildland fires, which have resulted in injuries, damaged and destroyed
property, and triggered emergency evacuations.

Wildfire frequency map showing Anaheim
Hills and the fire corridor along State
Route 241

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Anaheim Hills is situated along a major fire corridor, and fires in this corridor are pushed by strong, dry Santa Ana winds, where embers create new ignitions resulting in rapid wildfire spread. Numerous open- space areas managed by various agencies (e.g., City of Anaheim, Orange County Parks, Irvine Ranch Conservancy, and California State Parks) are located within and immediately adjacent to the City.

These areas contain native vegetation that can facilitate wildfire spread into adjacent communities.

Development of a Wildfire Evacuation Plan for the City of Anaheim is intended to: 1) review and update existing mapping of critical evacuation routes, evacuation centers, and single access routes; 2) define, model, and analyze evacuation scenarios; 3) implement a community engagement and education regarding wildfire evacuation; and 4) develop recommendations for the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) thresholds of significance, possible mitigation measures, and impact fee program. We understand that the Wildfire Evacuation Plan will be developed to fulfill the requirement of Senate Bill 99 to identify residential developments with a singular evacuation route; the requirement of Assembly Bill 747 to identify evacuation routes, capacity, viability, and safety under various scenarios; and the requirement of Assembly Bill 1409 to consider evacuation locations.

The Wildfire Evacuation Plan is intended to be developed in coordination with City staff and other relevant interested parties, such as the Fire Safe Council of East Orange County Canyons and the Red Cross of Orange County. This Wildfire Evacuation Plan is the intersection of the responsibilities of the Anaheim Fire Department (AFD), the Anaheim Police Department (APD), and the Traffic Engineering Division. The AFD provides fire protection services for the City, the APD coordinates evacuations within the City, and the Traffic Engineering Division manages the City’s roadway infrastructure and evacuation routes. We understand the need to coordinate with key members of these departments, and others as identified, as well as interested community parties, who will help establish the existing condition and guide the selection of evaluation scenarios; therefore, a working group will be established and will meet at different stages of the project.

Further, we understand the importance of community engagement and local considerations to the success of the plan. We are committed to developing a Wildfire Evacuation Plan that is tailored to the plan area; addresses the plan area’s unique wildfire and evacuation risks; addresses the needs and priorities of the communities therein; and considers all interested parties, regulations, and existing and planned wildfire risk mitigation efforts in the plan area. Our team has experience developing and implementing wildfire focused educational outreach programs that both engage and educate the community through a survey, door hangers, postcards, and social media posts, as well as community presentations and workshops both in person and virtually.

The Wildfire Evacuation Plan will consolidate the information provided in the Existing Conditions Technical Memorandum, Evacuation Scenarios Technical Memorandum, Evacuation Scenario Evaluation Technical Memorandum, Public Outreach Summary Report, and the summary of recommendations into a single document. We understand that key members of our team will assist with the development of the staff report and PowerPoint, and will attend the City Council meeting to answer any technical questions that may arise. Dudek takes pride in supporting City staff during each phase of a project, and our team’s expertise in fire protection planning, transportation, and CEQA make us uniquely positioned to prepare a comprehensive Wildfire Evacuation Plan for Anaheim Hills.

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Scope of Work
Task 1: Project Management
This task includes necessary activities to manage the project, including correspondence, invoicing, oversight, and quality assurance/quality control tasks to be conducted by Dudek’s project manager and/or designee over the project period. If requested, Dudek will provide necessary documentation to the City to support grant reporting. Project invoices will be submitted monthly and will include supporting documentation required by the City. Dudek Project Manager Lisa Maier will oversee Dudek’s successful completion of all tasks and deliverables for this contract. Lisa will direct Dudek’s efforts in accordance with the project schedule and budget. We believe that frequent and responsive communication is the best management practice to keep the project moving forward, and we will apply this management approach to this project. As the project manager, Lisa will do the following:
 Establish a regular reporting and communication process for project status, budget and schedule updates, and problem/resolution identification  Hold regular project management meetings with key project staff to coordinate work efforts, check on task completion, and review budget conformance  Update the project scope, schedule, progress reports, and inventories of available data, as necessary, so that all team members are aware of information that may affect their work products and schedules
Deliverables:
 Project Plan (digital Word or PDF)
 Monthly Progress Report and Invoice (digital Word or PDF) Assumptions:
 Biweekly meetings will be scheduled for 30 minutes, unless otherwise requested by Anaheim’s project manager.

Task 2: Existing Conditions
The purpose of Task 2 is to gather relevant data that will inform the Existing Conditions Technical Memorandum. As part of this task Dudek’s project manager will work with Anaheim’s project manager to identify the appropriate City staff and relevant interested parties to participate in the Wildfire Evacuation Working Group, which will meet at different stages in the development of the Wildfire Evacuation Plan. As part of Task 2, the Wildfire Working Group would meet to identify existing and new planning documents related to critical evacuation routes, evacuation centers, and developments with a singular point of access. The following provides a breakdown of Task 2, Existing Conditions:

Task 2.1 Kickoff Meeting
We will schedule and host a kickoff meeting (proposed to be held virtually via Zoom) to coincide with our initial data gathering and review effort. The kickoff meeting will enable the City and the Dudek team to establish lines of communication, discuss milestones/critical paths, and begin the Wildfire Evacuation Plan process. The kickoff meeting will also provide a forum to discuss the schedule for outreach meetings. In our experience, gaining input from interested parties in the early stages of the process is critical to develop a document that will be approved and implemented. We anticipate that, at minimum, the City’s project manager will attend the kickoff meeting. It may also make sense to include other

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interested parties, including, but not limited to, the City manager, the City planning manager, and representatives from Anaheim Fire Department and Anaheim Police Department.

Task 2.2 Wildfire Working Group Session #1
We will work with Anaheim’s project manager to identify the appropriate individuals from key City departments and relevant interested parties to form the Wildfire Evacuation Working Group. The purpose of the Wildfire Evacuation Working Group will be to guide the development of the Wildfire Evacuation Plan. Dudek will schedule the first working group meeting (proposed to be held virtually via Zoom) to discuss the existing and future planning documents related to critical evacuation routes, evacuation centers, and developments with a singular access point. Additionally, Dudek will include a discussion regarding public outreach to determine the targeted neighborhoods and appropriate outreach materials to best reach at-risk communities. Dudek’s project manager will prepare all meeting materials (e.g., agenda, materials, minutes, sign-in) a minimum of 5 days in advance of this meeting.

Task 2.3 Existing Conditions Technical Memorandum
We will compile and review existing local policy, planning, and management documents, including the City of Anaheim General Plan, Local Hazard Mitigation Plan, “Know Your Way” preparedness plan, and other applicable plans from other jurisdictions (e.g., Orange County Sheriff Department, Orange County Fire Authority, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, California State Parks, adjacent communities). We will also review existing information related to transportation and mobility during evacuations, including the roadway network and transportation goals and policies identified in City planning documents. Additionally, the information, input, and data that is collected during the first Wildfire Working Group session will be incorporated into the Existing Conditions Technical Memorandum.

This task will also include collecting, processing, and managing all relevant datasets. Review of these materials and data will be critical to understanding the existing fire environment, regulatory framework, and collaborative opportunities, which will inform our analysis, recommendations, and action plan for the Wildfire Evacuation Plan. The Wildfire Evacuation Plan would aim to build upon and complement existing planning efforts where possible. Data review will also include identification of data gaps, which will be discussed with the City. We expect to review and/or process the following background information: 1) relevant wildfire and ignition history datasets; 2) City and regional plans, policies, and regulations (e.g., General Plan, City Code of Ordinances , “Know Your Way” , Wildfire Mitigation Plan); 3) local and regional fire planning documents (e.g., Countywide community wildfire protection plan [CWPP] of Orange County, After Action Reports); 4) local and regional hazard and emergency planning documents (e.g., Anaheim Emergency Operations Plan, Local Hazard Mitigation Plan, Orange County Operational Area Emergency Operations Plan, Orange County Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan); 5) City digital map databases; 6) roadway network data; 7) available fire hazard mapping data and other pertinent geographic information system (GIS) files (e.g., vegetation/land cover, terrain, roads, assets, parcels); 8) fuel treatment datasets; 9) local weather data; 10) current literature regarding evacuation planning and mitigation; and 11) additional relevant documents identified by the City during the kickoff meeting.

Collected data will be used to comprehensively document this information in GIS form where appropriate. An Existing Conditions Technical Memorandum will be prepared to document the collected data and establish the existing condition for analysis of wildfire evacuation in Anaheim Hills.

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Deliverables:
 Kickoff meeting agenda and minutes (digital Word or PDF)  Wildfire Working Session #1 agenda and minutes (digital Word or PDF)  Existing Conditions Technical Memorandum (digital Word and PDF) Assumptions:
 All relevant GIS files for Wildfire Evacuation Plan development (e.g., vegetation, roads, assets, infrastructure locations, etc.) will be provided by the City or will otherwise be publicly available.
 The kickoff meeting will be scheduled for 1 hour.
 The first session of the Wildfire Working Group will be scheduled for 1 hour.

Task 3: Define Evaluation Scenarios
The Dudek team has extensive experience conducting evacuation analyses for both large master- planned communities and smaller-scale projects across California. We have collaborated with law enforcement and fire officials statewide, reviewed after-action reports, monitored fire evacuation patterns, and developed a systematic, data-driven methodology for evaluating evacuation planning. Our approach balances regulatory requirements with the CEQA “worst-case scenario” by incorporating insights from frontline responders, fire science experts, and historical fire evacuation patterns.

Our evacuation scenarios are rooted in real-world conditions and consider nuances that affect evacuation effectiveness, including congestion, yielding behavior, and unforeseen circumstances.

Based on an initial review of the study area, two potential wildfire scenarios could arise. The first involves a fire originating in the WUI southeast and east of the city, directing evacuees toward urbanized areas. This scenario, likely to result in a larger fire due to dense vegetation, is relatively predictable from a fire modeling perspective. The second scenario involves fires occurring in one or more canyons in the Anaheim Hills area. These fires, often resulting in limited initial evacuation orders, are more challenging to predict due to the numerous variables involved.

Task 3.1 Wildfire Working Group Session #2
To determine appropriate evacuation scenarios, the Dudek team will synthesize information from existing conditions reports and facilitate a collaborative in-person working session with City staff, the City Traffic Engineer, emergency response personnel, and other technical experts. This workshop will include a tabletop exercise to explore various potential wildfire scenarios. Drawing on historical fire data (e.g., fire spread patterns, wind behavior, traffic impacts), city-specific guidance, and fire modeling expertise, the exercise will mirror Emergency Operations Center (EOC) training. Participants will evaluate how city personnel might respond to different scenarios, ensuring alignment between fire modeling in Task 4 and real-world conditions.

Task 3.2 Performance Indicator Recommendations and Evacuation Scenarios Technical Memorandum Following scenario development, the Dudek team will use workshop feedback and best practices to finalize key performance indicators. While fire officials typically use a 2-hour threshold to determine the necessity of evacuation, this is a safety factor, not a key performance indicator. Key performance indicators will instead focus on the City’s ability to conduct an orderly evacuation that protects evacuees while enabling emergency personnel to access fire locations. Potential key performance indicators may

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include total evacuation time, gridlock frequency, and other performance measures. All findings and recommendations will be compiled and presented in a comprehensive technical memorandum.

Deliverables:
 Wildfire Working Session #2 agenda and minutes (digital Word or PDF)  Evacuation Scenarios Technical Memorandum (digital Word and PDF)  Initial Draft Performance Indicator Recommendations (digital Word) Assumptions:
 The second session of the Wildfire Working Group will be scheduled for 1 hour.

Task 4: Modeling and Analysis
The Dudek team recommends using the Vissim microsimulation model with dynamic traffic assignment for fire evacuation modeling. This tool was selected for its ability to replicate real-life behaviors, such as stop-and-go traffic, yielding, and cutting behaviors, which are not accurately represented in traditional transportation models like OCTAM or GIS-based analyses.

Task 4.1 Model Development
The modeling process begins using data from sources such as the American Community Survey, Parcel Quest, Replica, DMV vehicle registration, and field verification to determine the number of evacuees.

Simultaneously, a Vissim model of the evacuation area’s roadway network will be developed, accounting for factors like right-turn radii, slopes, travel speeds, and the effects of smoke during evacuation. Once the roadway network and vehicle data are finalized, the Dudek team will simulate each evacuation scenario at least 20 times to capture variations in traffic behavior.

Task 4.2 Scenario Evaluation
The simulation results will be processed using a proprietary tool to calculate key performance indicators, such as evacuation times by zone, roadway capacity under each scenario, bottlenecks, and evacuation route capacities. Because evacuation route capacities can vary significantly depending on downstream congestion, the output will include a matrix summarizing roadway capacities for different scenarios and potential congestion points. This matrix will provide emergency personnel with practical, scenario-specific guidance during actual evacuations.

Task 4.3 Wildfire Working Group Session #3
Dudek will schedule the third working group meeting (proposed to be held virtually via Zoom) to discuss the initial modeling results and discuss any adjustment to the evacuation scenarios. Additionally, Dudek will present meeting locations, dates, and times for public workshops. Dudek’s project manager will prepare all meeting materials (e.g., agenda, materials, minutes, sign-in) a minimum of 5 days in advance of this meeting.

Task 4.4 Wildfire Working Group Session #4
Dudek will schedule the fourth working group meeting (proposed to be held virtually via Zoom) to discuss the revised modeling results and discuss any final adjustment that need to be made prior to finalizing modeling and results. Dudek’s project manager will prepare all meeting materials (e.g., agenda, materials, minutes, sign-in) a minimum of 5 days in advance of this meeting.

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Task 4.5 Evacuation Scenario Evaluation Technical Memorandum All findings, including the evacuation modeling results, roadway capacity matrix, and framework, will be documented in a technical memorandum and presented to the City. Additionally, the Dudek team will develop a framework for applying the evacuation modeling results to future analyses. This framework will guide users on selecting appropriate roadway capacities under varying conditions and include examples for calculating evacuation times by zone.

Deliverables:
 Evacuation Scenarios Technical Memorandum (digital Word and PDF)  Initial Draft Performance Indicator Recommendations (digital Word) Assumptions:
 Each working group meeting will be scheduled for 1 hour each to review modeling results and discuss next steps.

Task 5: Public Outreach
Community involvement and education is an important component of the Wildfire Evacuation Plan. We recognize that each community is unique and requires a tailor-made community engagement plan to meet community member needs. The Dudek team will first consult with City staff to identify interested parties, key residents, and/or organizations to accomplish goals and priorities for fostering the participation of diverse interested parties and public education avenues. The following community outreach activities are based on the core values and public participation goals of the International Association for Public Participation and aim to ensure that those affected by the Wildfire Evacuation Plan have a voice in the process:
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Inform: To provide the public with balanced and objective information to assist them in understanding the problem, alternatives, and/or solutions  Consult: To obtain public feedback on analysis, alternatives, and/or decisions  Involve: To work directly with the public throughout the process to ensure that public concerns and aspirations are consistently understood and considered  Collaborate: To partner with the public in each aspect of the decision, including the development of alternatives and the identification of the preferred solution  Empower: To place final decision-making in the hands of the public Task 5.1 Wildfire Working Group Session #5
Dudek will schedule the fifth working group session (proposed to be held virtually by zoom) to present and obtain feedback on the survey and the community workshop agenda. This will ensure that the public outreach components are tailored to gather key information regarding the plan area communities’ evacuation opinions and needs. This will include going over the draft community survey and the planned activities for the community workshops with the working group. This meeting will detail how working group members can participate to help in the facilitation of some workshop activities. The project manager will prepare all meeting materials (e.g., agenda, materials, minutes, sign-in) a minimum of 5 days in advance of this meeting.

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Task 5.2 Community Survey
Our experience with community engagement indicates that online surveys result in significantly higher public input than surveys conducted during community meetings. As such, we will develop a multilingual online survey using the Survey123 platform. Questions will consist of topics related to evacuation preparedness, evacuation behavior, where community members get emergency information, and ways the City can support the community with evacuation preparedness efforts.

Demographic questions will be included, as well, to determine whether the survey is equitably distributed and representative of the City’s community members. If desired, we can provide a revised scope of work to distribute paper surveys to a random sample of households to solicit input from residents that may not have access to the internet or a Wi-Fi-enabled device. The results of the surveys will be compiled in an electronic file, summarized, and included in the Wildfire Evacuation Plan.

A link to this survey would be provided on the project StoryMap webpage (see Task 5.5) and promoted through outreach materials (see Task 5.4).

Task 5.3 Community Workshops
We will work with the City’s project manager to conduct four community workshops, two in-person and two virtual. We will facilitate these community workshops to better understand the community’s perspectives and priorities related to evacuation.

We anticipate that all four community workshops would occur after the Evacuation Scenarios Technical Memorandum (Task 3) is complete and Modeling and Analysis (Task 4) is underway so preliminary data analysis can be shared. The workshops would be charette style with a variety of engagement activities to ensure inclusive participation and a diverse group of interested community members have a voice in the Wildfire Evacuation Plan process. The workshops would consist of an engaging agenda of activities, including a brief presentation and introduction to the project and analyses completed, followed by group activities and discussions facilitated by Dudek. The group activities would be used to gain public input regarding the community’s top priorities and concerns related to evacuation and identify strategies for achieving community-scale evacuation preparedness. We anticipate that group activities would include interactive and self-guided activities followed by focused small group discussions on a variety of evacuation topics, resulting in community action planning to address the local evacuation issues. A detailed agenda of workshop activities will be presented to the City and Development team for feedback prior to the community workshops. We will work with the City to identify the optimal timing of the community workshops, or if additional community workshops would be beneficial to the project. We anticipate approximately 30 community participants at each community workshop. Additional participants may warrant additional analysis budget beyond this scope of work.

Additionally, Dudek will work with a local certified translation service provider to offer live interpretation and translation services at both in-person workshops and one of the virtual workshops that will be recorded and posted to the project’s website.

Task 5.4 Supporting Materials
Dudek’s Project Delivery Services team will prepare outreach materials that will communicate the purpose, goals, and objectives of the W ildfire Evacuation Plan and promote the public survey, community workshops, and evacuation educational materials through infographics. With input from key community members and the City, we will identify strategic media outlets for these outreach materials, such as social media, radio, local television, newspapers, door hangers, postcards and other venues, to engage the public in the W ildlife Evacuation Plan process.

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Dudek’s Project Delivery Services team offers a full-agency range of graphic design and production services to fit a wide scope of needs. We curate purpose-driven creative products that span the spectrum of visual applications for our clients. Our team’s prior experience spans the environmental consulting industry, major media news outlets, legal firms, educational institutions, and numerous entities in the public sector.

Outreach is our specialty. We offer a large range of products—from mailers, flyers, and doorhangers to social media, presentations, and StoryMaps. From the project kickoff, we create a project style guide that includes a unique look, using typography, colors, and graphic elements that are carried throughout the outreach products. This creates a cohesive look that builds trust in the program with audiences.

Using the style guide, we can create informative graphics applied to any need—printed flyers with a QR code linking to a StoryMap or survey, community outreach presentations and posters, stickers and coloring books, and more. We analyze our clients’ project—including goals, target audience, and accessibility concerns—and distill the information so that it is visually and conceptually clear for all audiences. Samples of our work can be found in Appendix B, Sample of Outreach Materials.

We produce and distribute outreach materials and other physical deliverables in-house and can coordinate the shipping of these products via FedEx, certified mail, and USPS regular mail. All materials are printed to exact specifications and can be promptly adjusted if any changes are needed.

With direct oversight of the shipping process and tracking software, deliverables are handled with care and arrive on time.

Task 5.5 Project StoryMap Webpage
Dudek has extensive experience producing multiple web-based projects and interactive GIS applications using Esri products, such as StoryMaps, ArcGIS Online(AGOL), ArcGIS Enterprise, Experience Builder, and Survey123.

Coupled with extensive experience working with wildfire data, we are well qualified to prepare project StoryMaps/web pages perfect for public outreach efforts. We will work with the City to develop a Wildfire Evacuation Plan StoryMap that functions as a platform for disseminating project information, including meeting schedules, Wildlife Evacuation Plan drafts, interactive maps, and other public information related to the Wildfire Evacuation Plan project. Samples of our work can be found in the URL’s provided below as well as in Appendix B, Sample of Outreach Materials.

Story Map URL
San Bernardino
Mountains Regional
Priority Plan
https://geoportal.dudek.com/arcgis/apps/MapSeries/index.html?appid=faff80 21a04d45a3aab17eb4c92a01ac
Santa Monica Mountains
Conservancy Regional
Priority Plan
https://geoportal.dudek.com/arcgis/apps/storymaps/stories/2d122f1688bd42 58afc4a24fd9205565
Santa Barbara Foothills
Community Wildfire
Protection Plan
https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/70505d4aa8134ca9ab84767efa3d06a7 Task 5.6 Public Outreach Summary Report
After the conclusion of the community workshops and the closing of the public survey, a summary report will be prepared. This report will include information regarding attendance at the workshops and

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participation in the survey. It will also detail key takeaways and results from survey questions and workshop activities. These will be presented in various forms, including tables, maps, and data visualizations, to best represent the different types of information reviewed though the public outreach process. Dudek will work with the City of Anaheim project manager to accommodate any preferences for data visualization type, including bar charts, pie charts, tree maps, etc. Takeaways from this summary report will be presented during the Wildfire Working Group Session 6, and be included in the final Wildfire Evacuation Plan.

Deliverables:
 Wildfire Working Session #1 agenda and minutes (digital Word or PDF)  Wildfire Evacuation working group meeting will be scheduled for 1 hour  Draft Wildfire Evacuation Outreach Survey (digital Word)  Final Public Wildfire Evacuation Outreach Survey (Survey 123 platform)  Draft materials for community workshops (digital Word or PDF)  Final Materials for community workshops (digital Word or PDF)  F acilitation of community workshops
 Public Outreach Summary Report (digital Word and PDF)  Project StoryMap website
 Outreach and educational materials (printed and mailed) - Door hangers to select neighborhoods
- Postcards to select neighborhoods
Assumptions:
 It is assumed that there are approximately 4,000 residential units that will be targeted for doorhangers, and 8,000 residential units will be targeted for postcards.  The City project manager and/or City staff will assist with disseminating information to the public.
 Dudek’s project manager will coordinate with Anaheim’s project manager to reserve a reduced- or no-cost meeting space for community workshops.  Dudek’s project manager will coordinate with City staff to obtain access to the client’s AGOL account in order to create the StoryMap.

Task 6: Develop Recommendations
Dudek will work closely with the Wildfire Working Group to evaluate all of the data and results that were gathered from previous tasks and led the Wildfire Evacuation Working Group in two discussions regarding the development of recommended CEQA thresholds of significance, possible mitigation measures, and the impact fee program. Following the first discussion, Dudek will prepare a Summary of Recommendations that will be reviewed during the final Wildfire Evacuation Working Group Session.

After the final Wildfire Evacuation Working Group Session, Dudek will prepare the Wildfire Evacuation Plan, which will consolidate the technical memorandums, Public Outreach Summary Report, and summary of recommendations for future use in evaluating CEQA impacts.

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Task 6.1 Wildfire Evacuation Working Group Session #6
Dudek will schedule the sixth working group session (proposed to be held virtually by Zoom) to consider the data gathered in Tasks 2–5 and how to approach the development of recommendations to support CEQA analysis. Dudek will guide the Wildfire Working Group through a discussion to support the development of recommendations for CEQA significance thresholds, possible mitigation measures, and the impact fee program. Dudek’s project manager will prepare all meeting materials (e.g., agenda, materials, minutes, sign-in) a minimum of 5 days in advance of this meeting.

Task 6.2 Summary of Recommendations
Following the Wildfire Evacuation Working Group Session #6, the Dudek team prepare a summary of recommendations to include the feedback provided during the working group session. This report will inform the discussion during the final Wildfire Working Group Session and be incorporated into the Wildfire Evacuation Plan.

Task 6.3 Wildfire Evacuation Working Group Session #7
Dudek will schedule the f inal working group session (proposed to be held virtually by Z oom) to present and obtain feedback on the summary of recommendations report. Dudek will guide the Wildfire Evacuation Working Group through a discussion of the proposed recommendations and solicit final feedback to incorporate into the final Wildfire Evacuation Plan. Dudek’s project manager will prepare all meeting materials (e.g., agenda, materials, minutes, sign- in) a minimum of 5 days in advance of this meeting.

Task 6.4 Wildfire Evacuation Plan
We will prepare a Wildfire Evacuation Plan that consolidates the data and results gathered in Tasks 2–5.

The Wildfire Evacuation Plan will be prepared with the dual purpose of documenting the existing conditions for wildfire evacuation and establishing a flexible approach that emphasizes public safter when determining CEQA impacts related to evacuation.

Deliverables:
 Wildfire Working Session #6 and #7 agenda and minutes (digital Word or PDF)  Summary of Recommendations (digital Word and PDF)
 Draft Wildfire Evacuation Plan (digital Word and PDF)  Final Wildfire Evacuation Plan (digital PDF)
Assumptions:
 It is assumed that working group meetings will be scheduled for 1 hour.  The City will provide one round of comments on the Draft Wildfire Evacuation Plan.

Task 7: Public Hearings/Workshops
Dudek recognizes that we serve as the technical experts for the Wildfire Evacuation Plan and will be available prior to and during the City Council meeting to approve the plan. The following tasks will be completed to support City staff in presenting the Wildfire Evacuation Plan to City Council for approval:

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Task 7.1 Supporting Materials for City Council
We will work with the Anaheim’s project manager to prepare the staff report and PowerPoint that presents key information from the Wildfire Evacuation Plan.

Task 7.2 City Council Meeting
Dudek takes pride demonstrating our technical expertise in support of City staff at City Council meetings. Several key members of the project team will be available to attend the City Council meeting to approve the Wildfire Evacuation Plan to ensure all technical questions are answered.

Deliverables:
 Staff report (digital Word or PDF)
 PowerPoint (digital PPT)
Assumptions:
 Dudek will attend the City Council meeting with three key team members.

ADDITIONAL SERVICES
In addition to the tasks required of the RFP , Dudek recommends the following tasks to support the Wildfire Evacuation Plan for Anaheim Hills. Costs associated with these optional tasks are included in our cost proposal for the City’s consideration.

Task 8 Hazard and Risk Modeling (Optional)
GIS-based fire behavior modeling is a cost-effective means for estimating potential fire behavior and appropriate evacuation trigger points. Modeling fire behavior in a GIS interface through the use of FlamMap fire behavior modeling systems requires various GIS and non-GIS input data files, including vegetation (fuels), slope, aspect, elevation, wind speed, wind direction, and fuel moisture. The following summarizes our approach to fire behavior modeling in the City.

The initial task when conducting fire behavior modeling in a GIS-based environment, such as FlamMap, is the development of a landscape (.lcp) file, which serves as the base for the modeling runs. The base files that ultimately are used to create the landscape file will be generated in the ArcGIS software package and include a minimum of five distinct data sets:
 Elevation: The elevation data set will be derived from the highest-resolution data set available for the City, or from one that will work appropriately given the extent of the analysis area. The resulting elevation grid file will represent units of feet above mean sea level.  Slope: Using ArcGIS Spatial Analyst tools, a slope grid file will be generated from the elevation grid file. The resulting slope grid file will represent units of percent of inclination from horizontal.  Aspect: Using ArcGIS Spatial Analyst tools, an aspect grid file will be generated from the elevation grid file. The resulting aspect grid file will represent azimuth degrees.  Fuel Type: Dudek will evaluate the availability of public fuel model data sets. Should a public data set be determined to be unsuitable for inclusion in the modeling runs, Dudek would use vegetation coverage data in the form of a GIS shapefile to create a fuel model file. Vegetation types will be classified into fuel models. Fuel model classifications will be based on field observ ations and comparison with other available data sets. Once fuel model

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values are assigned to vegetation types, the vector -based vegetation data file will be converted to a grid file.
 Canopy Cover: Using ArcGIS Spatial Analyst tools, a canopy cover grid file will be generated from the fuel grid file. Canopy cover will be assigned based on fuel type and may vary depending on field observations. Canopy coverage units will range from 0 to 4 (representing 0%–25% canopy coverage, 25%–50% canopy coverage, and so on).

Following file conversions, the five necessary input grid files will be exported to ASCII format. The FlamMap software package will then be used to create the landscape file (.lcp) from these ASCII files.

All files will be created in the following coordinate system: NAD 83, California State Plane, Zone 5, with units in feet.

The other necessary input files for performing fire behavior analysis in FlamMap are fuel moisture (.fms) and custom fuel (.fmd) files. Historic weather data will be derived from local Remote Automated Weather Stations (RAWS) and processed using the FireFamily Plus software package to determine 97th percentile weather values for fuel moisture, 20-foot wind speed, and wind direction. The resulting data will be used to create the necessary fuel moisture files for inclusion in fire behavior modeling efforts. The custom fuel file will be created based on standard fuel model variables. Finally, wind direction and speed data (derived from RAWS analysis) will be noted as these variables are entered directly at the time of modeling analysis.

Following completion of the landscape file and associated weather and fuel moisture files, Dudek will run up to three different fire behavior scenarios in the City. The proposed modeling scenarios are discussed below; however, the final decision regarding modeling scenarios will be made in cooperation with the City.
 Scenario 1—Anaheim Hills Flame Length and Spread Rate Analysis: Using FlamMap software, an analysis of predicted flame lengths and spread rates for wildfires occurring during extreme weather conditions (e.g., Santa Ana winds) will be completed. The resulting outputs will indicate portions of the City where fire behavio r is expected to be most extreme and where it will move fastest.
 Scenario 2—Anaheim Hills Burn Probability Analysis: Using the Minimum Travel Time tool in FlamMap, an analysis of burn probabilities will be conducted to better understand which portions of the City are more susceptible to burn during a wildfire. Using a series of random ignition locations, this tool runs a series of modeled fires and identifies locations that would be subject to high-fire frequencies.
 Scenario 3—Focused Fire Progression Analysis: Also using the Minimum Travel Time tool in FlamMap, fire spread analysis will be conducted in up to three locations in the City. This tool integrates a temporal component, allowing for an analysis of fire progression over time.

Locations for modeling efforts will be focused in areas with constrained road access so that the effect of fire behavior on evacuation can be better understood.

Modeling results will be used to create project-related recommendations associated with evacuation procedures, trigger points, and firefighter safety zones and escape routes. All modeling results will be graphically presented in maps and exhibits and will be used to develop criteria for determining lead time needed for notification and evacuation of various areas based on historical fires, modeling results, and traffic modeling results.

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Deliverables:
 All GIS data files (shapefiles, grids, images)
 The completed landscape file (.lcp) and associated weather and fuel moisture files (.fms, .fmd)  Digital copies of all prepared graphics/maps (PDF)
Assumptions:
 Asset data will be publicly available or made available by the City.

Task 9 Advanced Story Map (Optional)
The Dudek team can further leverage the full capabilities of Esri’s AGOL platform by adding features such as a community comment portal where interested parties could map points, lines, polygons, and custom interactive infographics that distill complex data, such as evacuation routes, wildfire scenarios, fire spread patterns, traffic impacts, and fire modeling, into easy-to-understand visuals tailored for the general public.

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Schedule
Table 2 provides a draft schedule to complete the Wildfire Evacuation Plan and implement a prevention, mitigation, and evacuation education outreach campaign.

Table 2. Schedule
Tasks Duration Approximate Dates
Task 1: Project Management Commencement of
Services– City Council
Approval
January 21, 2025 –November 18, 2025
Task 2: Existing Conditions 4 weeks Jan 21, 2025–February 17, 2025 Task 3: Define Evaluation
Scenarios
4 weeks February 18, 2025–March 17, 2025
Task 4: Modeling and Analysis 12 weeks March 18, 2025–June 9, 2025 Task 5: Public Outreach 21 weeks April 1, 2025–August 25, 2025 Task 6: Develop
Recommendations
8 weeks August 26, 2025–October 20, 2025
Task 7: Public Hearing and
Workshops
4 weeks October 21, 2025 –November 18, 2025
Notes:
1 Assumes City Council Meeting Scheduled for November 18, 2025 Project Team Role:

Senior Project
Director
Environmental Specialist III
Senior Specialist
V Specialist IV Analyst IV Analyst III Analyst III GIS Analyst IV Specialist II Publications
Specialist lV
Creative Services
IV
Creative Services
II
Creative Services
IV
Team Member: Michael Huff Lisa Maier Austin Ott
Dana Link-
Herrera Matthew Crockett Maia Pearl Alison Sells Lesley Terry Amanda Meroux Chelsea
Ringenback Melanie Betlach
Creative Services
II Raoul Ranoa
Billable Rate: $330.00 $175.00 $260.00 $185.00 $135.00 $125.00 $125.00 $170.00 $165.00 $130.00 $175.00 $140.00 $175.00 Hours Fee Task 1 Project Management

1.1 Bi-weekly Meetings 22 22 $3,850.00 $3,850.00

1.2 Project Plan 3 3 $525.00 $525.00

1.3 Monthly Reporting 16.5 16.5 $2,887.50 $2,887.50

1.4 Project Communication 54 54 $9,450.00 $9,450.00
Subtotal Task 1 95.5 95.5 $16,712.50 $16,712.50
Task 2 Existing Conditions

2.1 Kick-off Call 1 2 1 1 5 $1,065.00 $1,065.00

2.2 Wildfire Working Group Session 1 1 4 1 1 1 8 $1,600.00 $1,600.00

2.4 Existing Conditions Technical Memorandum

2.4.1 Draft 8 2 34 12 56 $8,210.00 $8,210.00

2.4.2 Final 4 1 8 2 15 $2,300.00 $2,300.00
Subtotal Task 2 2 18 5 1 44 14 84 $13,175.00 $13,175.00 Task 3 Define Evaluation Scenarios

3.1 Development of Baseline 4 2 6 $1,220.00 $1,220.00

3.3 Wildfire Working Group Session 2 1 1 1 3 $560.00 26 $5,972.40 $6,532.40

3.4 Evacuation Scenarios Technical Memorandum 4 4 $700.00 41 $8,402.40 $9,102.40 Subtotal Task 3 9 3 1 13 $2,480.00 $16,854.80
Task 4 Modeling and Analysis

4.1 Baseline Development 51 $10,994.40 $10,994.40

4.2 Wildfire Working Group Session 3 1 1 2 $300.00 $300.00

4.3 Model Development 71 $15,206.40 $15,206.40

4.4 Wildfire Working Group Session 4 1 1 2 $300.00 $300.00

4.5 Scenario Evaluation 2 2 $330.00 106 $21,956.40 $22,286.40

4.6 Reporting 1 4 1 6 $1,195.00 71 $14,234.40 $15,429.40 Subtotal Task 4 1 6 2 3 12 $2,125.00 $64,516.60
Task 5 Public Outreach

5.1 Wildfire Working Group Session 5 2 1 1 1 5 $860.00 $860.00

5.2 Survey 1 1 4 20 26 $3,435.00 $3,435.00

5.3 Supporting Materials 40 40 $7,000.00 $5,773.00 $12,773.00

5.4 Workshops

5.4.1 In-Person Workshop 1 4 4 8 8 16 40 $6,220.00 $862.50 $7,082.50

5.4.2 In-Person Workshop 2 4 4 8 8 16 40 $6,220.00 $862.50 $7,082.50

5.4.3 Virtual Workshop 1 4 1 1 4 10 $1,510.00 $862.50 $2,372.50

5.4.4 Virtual Workshop 2 4 1 1 4 10 $1,510.00 $1,510.00

5.5 Story Map 2 1 8 1 12 $1,905.00 $1,905.00

5.6 Public Outreach Summary

5.6.1 Draft 20 20 $2,500.00 $2,500.00

5.6.2 Final 6 6 $750.00 $750.00
Subtotal Task 5 21 11 18 23 87 40 8 1 209 $31,910.00 $8,360.50 $40,270.50 Task 6 Develop Recommendations

6.1 Wildfire Working Group Session 6 1 2 1 1 1 6 $1,250.00 $1,250.00

6.2 Summary of Recommendations 6 8 14 $2,050.00 $2,050.00

6.3 Wildfire Working Group Session 7 1 2 1 1 1 6 $1,250.00 $1,250.00

6.4 Wildfire Evacuation Plan

6.4.1 Draft Wildfire Evacuation Plan 4 24 40 10 10 88 $13,520.00 $13,520.00

6.4.2 Final Wildfire Evacuation Plan 8 8 16 $2,400.00 $2,400.00 Subtotal Task 6 6 42 2 2 58 10 10 130 $20,470.00 $20,470.00 Task 7 Public Hearing and Workshops

7.1 Supporting Materials 4 8 12 $1,700.00 $1,700.00

7.2 Public Hearing 4 4 4 4 16 $3,800.00 $2,452.00 $6,252.00 Subtotal Task 7 4 8 4 4 8 28 $5,500.00 $2,452.00 $7,952.00 Total Hours 13 199.5 25 25 0 136 87 24 3 10 40 8 1 571.5 366 Total $4,290.00 $34,912.50 $6,500.00 $4,625.00 $0.00 $17,000.00 $10,875.00 $4,080.00 $495.00 $1,300.00 $7,000.00 $1,120.00 $175.00 $92,372.50 $76,766.40 $10,812.50 $179,951.40 Percent of Hours (Base) 2% 35% 4% 4% 0% 24% 15% 4% 1% 2% 7% 1% 0% Task 8 Fire Progression Modeling 2 4 50 8 64 $9,140.00 $9,140.00 Task 9 Advanced Story Map 4 2 2 30 10 48 $7,420.00 $7,420.00 Total Optional + Base Hours and Fee 13 205.5 31 25 50 144 89 24 3 10 40 38 11 683.5 $108,932.50 366 $76,766.40 $10,812.50 $196,511.40 Percent of Hours (Optional + Base) 2% 30% 5% 4% 7% 21% 13% 4% 0% 1% 6% 6% 2%

OTHER DIRECT

COSTS TOTAL FEE
CRA
Optional Services
Dudek Labor Hours and Rates Subconsultant Fees
TOTAL
DUDEK
HOURS

DUDEK LABOR
COSTS
General Services
Resource Hour Allocation Table
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Previous Projects

WILDLAND FIRE EVACUATION PROCEDURES ANALYSIS
Client: City of Santa Barbara Fire Department
Year Completed: 2014
Client Contact: Mark vonTillow, 805.564.5720, [email protected] Dudek teamed with Hunt Research, Oaks Consulting, and Fehr & Peers to complete a wildland fire evacuation procedures analysis for the City of Santa Barbara Fire Department. This project involved a detailed analysis of traffic patterns and flows within the City of Santa Barbara’s Wildland Fire Suppression Assessment District using GIS-based network modeling. In addition, the project included detailed wildfire behavior modeling within the Wildland Fire Suppression Assessment District using FlamMap and FARSITE software packages.

Fire behavior modeling involved a significant effort to develop appropriate fuel models, using remotely sensed data products (vegetation data, satellite and aerial imagery, and other derived products [normalized difference vegetation index, impervious surfaces, color infrared]) coupled with field observations and information provided by the Santa Barbara Fire Department. Once developed, the fuel models were used to build a landscape file for the Wildland Fire Suppression Assessment District so that wildfire modeling scenarios could be run, evaluated, and compared with the evacuation traffic analysis. The result was a series of recommendations for the Santa Barbara Fire Department to improve evacuation capabilities during a wildfire event. As a component of the project, Dudek also provided the City of Santa Barbara with all GIS datasets, including the landscape file, so that future wildfire behavior modeling scenarios could be run and analyzed.

MONTECITO WILDFIRE EVACUATION FIRE DEPARTMENT
Client: Montecito Fire Department
Year Completed: 2022
Client Contact: Chelsea Richer, 916.773.1900, [email protected] Dudek teamed with Fehr & Peers to complete a wildfire evacuation study for the Montecito Fire Department, providing public outreach, lessons-learned research, and interviews with key fire agencies.

These outreach efforts informed the project’s conclusions, identifying priorities for Montecito residents and highlighting the strengths and challenges other agencies have experienced during large evacuations. This knowledge was used to develop recommendations tailored to Montecito’s needs. The study included an evaluation of key wildfire scenarios, potential road closures, and their impacts on evacuating residents and visitors to safe areas. Dudek’s role encompassed scenario generation, fire spread evaluation, and incorporating industry evacuation data to inform actionable recommendations.

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VENTURA BOTANICAL GARDENS FIRE PROTECTION PLAN AND EVACUATION PLAN Client: Ventura Botanical Gardens
Year Completed: 2022
Client Contact: Joseph Cahill, PhD, 805.701.2485, [email protected] Dudek prepared a fire protection plan (FPP) and evacuation plan for the Ventura Botanical Gardens.

The FPP detailed the project’s unique location, its defensibility, and its compliance with codes or provisions for providing the same practical effect, and provided recommendations for site-specific fire protection and safety features that exceed code requirements and result in a fire-hardened facility. Our team developed the FPP as a tool to help achieve the Ventura Botanical Gardens’ goals of protecting its collection from wildfire and ensuring visitor safety. The wildfire evacuation plan focused on providing a user-friendly evacuation awareness document for staff and visitors and also provided an analysis of the estimated evacuation time given likely wildfire scenarios. The final evacuation plan offers recommendations for reducing risk and facilitating fast, efficient evacuations.

Project Manager Previous Projects
Lisa Maier managed and authored the following Wildfire Evacuation Study projects, each of which evaluate a project’s consistency with relevant emergency evacuation plans and emergency response plans, disclose the prevention and minimization regulations and measures applicable to the Project, and determine evacuation times for the existing and post-Project conditions, as well as provide emergency preparedness information and resources to increase occupant preparedness and facilitate efficient evacuation in the event of an emergency to support CEQA analysis and findings.

Table 3
presents representative samples of Project Manager Lisa Maier’s similar projects. All projects listed were completed on schedule and within budget.

Table 3. Project Manager Relevant Experience
Project Name, Location, Client Project Description
Aquabella Specific Plan Wildfire Evacuation
Plan
Moreno Valley, California
Client: T/CAL Realty II, LLC
The project would comprehensively update the
1999 Moreno Valley Field Station Specific Plan,
including land use and other changes to
accommodate 15,000 multi-family and workforce
housing options; a 49,900 square feet (sf) mixed-
use commercial and retail town center with a 300-
room hotel; 80 acres of park space comprised of a
40-acre lake, a 15-acre lake promenade encircling
the lake, and an additional 25 acres of parkland; 40
acres of schools with up to three elementary school
sites and one middle school site; public services
and facilities; infrastructure improvements; trails,
walkways and irrigated landscaping; and other
amenities.

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Table 3. Project Manager Relevant Experience
Project Name, Location, Client Project Description
Trails at Lyons Canyon Wildfire Evacuation
Plan
Los Angeles County, California
Client: New Urban West
The project would construct 516 dwelling units with
a mix of attached and detached dwelling units, and
affordable senior housing within 40.33 acres. This
project was completed on time and within budget.

Wiley Canyon Wildfire Evacuation Plan
Santa Clarita, California
Client: City of Santa Clarita
The project would construct a 277,108 square-foot
senior living facility, 8,914 square feet of
commercial space, 379 multifamily residential
apartments, a publicly accessible outdoor
recreational field space, and off-site circulation
improvements. This project was completed on time
and within budget.

Valley’s Edge Specific Plan Wildfire
Evacuation Plan
Chico, California
Client: Chico Land Investment, LLC
The project would construct a mixed-use
community with a range of housing types,
commercial uses, parks, trails and recreation and
open space areas on approximately 1,448-acre.

This project was completed on time and within
budget.

Trails at Carmel Mountain Ranch Wildfire
Evacuation Plan
San Diego, California
Client: New Urban West
The project would redevelop the Carmel Mountain
Ranch Country Club and associated 18-hole golf
course, which includes the development of 1,200
multi-family homes and a mix of open space and
recreational uses. This project was completed on
time and within budget.

Draft Community Wildfire Protection Plan
Santa Barabara, California
Client: Santa Barbara Fire Department
Lisa assisted in the preparation of the Santa
Barbara Fire Department’s Draft Community
Wildfire Protection Plan. The CWPP proposes to
implement a comprehensive, coordinated approach
to protect lives, property, and natural resources
threatened by wildland fire, and also updates the
City’s 2004 Wildland Fire Plan. This project was
completed on time and within budget.

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Quality Assurance and Quality Control (QA/QC)
We will rely on early discussion with the City’s project manager to understand goals, priorities, and the schedule for each task. Our project understanding will be documented in the task order scope of work and schedule. Dudek will facilitate a comprehensive task order kickoff meeting where we will review the plan to execute the scope of work, including methods and timing of coordination, effective lines of communication, and the overall schedule. By effectively using schedule-tracking tools, Dudek will mark important milestones and identify potential challenges early to develop solutions and approaches to risk management (issues likely to cause a delay in schedule or impact on the budget).

Dudek’s quality assurance/quality control process includes sign-off on every deliverable by a technical lead and one of our technical editors after conducting a full content and editorial review. Each task deliverable will have a dedicated technical lead that is separate from those preparing the deliverable. The technical lead will be involved in reviewing methodologies, periodic updates during task execution, and review of draft deliverables, ensuring that experienced technical experts provide value and insight to all stages of the task. Once the technical review is complete, Dudek editors will conduct an editorial review of deliverables following the agreed-upon style guide. Before submittal to the County, Dudek publications staff will format each document to ensure a clean, visually consistent work product.

Ultimately, we create legally defensible environmental documents using thorough data collection, applying in-depth project analysis, and carefully documenting citations to provide evidence-based conclusions. This saves time and produces clear, objective, and accurate documents.

QUALITY CONTROL
Style Guide Development
Technical Review
Editorial Review
Document Production

QUALITY PERFORMANCE
Kickoff meeting to establish
milestones/develop strategy
Effective schedule-tracking
tools
Defined lines of
communication

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Sub-contract work
Chen Ryan Associates (CRA)
The Chen Ryan Associates team brings over a decade of
expertise in wildfire evacuation analysis, transportation engineering, and modeling. They have extensive experience utilizing regional transportation models such as SCAG and OCTAM, GIS-based network analysis, traffic analysis tools like Vistro and Synchro, and microsimulation platforms such as SimTraffic and Vissim. Over the years, they have consistently employed these tools to refine wildfire evacuation strategies.

Recognized as industry leaders, they have presented on wildfire evacuation at the American Environmental Planner conference for three consecutive years and maintain a comprehensive database of wildfire statistics and research. This commitment to ongoing learning and data-driven approaches underpins their work. Among the tools they use, Vissim microsimulation stands out for its ability to replicate human behaviors during evacuations, such as aggressive driving and stop-and-go traffic, ensuring highly realistic modeling.

CRA’s wildfire evacuation modeling incorporates several key factors to reflect real-life conditions:

Evacuating Vehicles: Based on their research, evacuees typically attempt to evacuate with all available vehicles, often packed with valuables. They estimate vehicle counts using U.S. Census vehicle ownership rates, Institute of Transportation Engineers parking demand data, and local field surveys to ensure accurate assumptions.

Evacuation Timelines: They consider varying evacuation scenarios, from nighttime (when most residents are home) to mid-afternoon (when fewer are present, but schools are in session). These nuances significantly impact traffic volumes.

Land Use-Specific Plans: Different land uses have unique evacuation protocols. For instance, schools may follow district-specific procedures, releasing students individually or evacuating them collectively via buses. Their models account for these variations.

Evacuation Routes: Their analyses incorporate real-world behaviors, noting that evacuees often prioritize destinations like hotels, short-term rentals, or relatives’ homes over designated centers. They model these patterns using data on adjacent land uses, freeway access, travel behavior, and emergency destination availability, validated with local jurisdictions and first responders.

By integrating these factors, CRA’s transportation modeling delivers practical, actionable insights tailored to the unique characteristics of each study area. Their goal is to provide cities with tools and information that improve evacuation safety and effectiveness.

CONTACT INFORMATION
Phuong Nguyen, TE
619.756.3868
[email protected]

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Relevant Experience

CENTENNIAL AT TEJON RANCH EVACUATION ANALYSIS, LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CA CRA, in collaboration with Dudek, conducted an evacuation travel time analysis for the 12,323-acre Centennial at Tejon Ranch project in Los Angeles County. Using the Vissim traffic microsimulation model, the study evaluated phased wildfire evacuation scenarios, incorporating fire behavior science, local topography, and roadway capacity. The analysis emphasized surgical, phased evacuations to minimize gridlock, ensure safe egress, and maintain emergency access. Findings included evacuation time estimates, bottleneck identification, and strategic recommendations to support emergency personnel in pre-planning and real-time response.

OTAY RANCH RESORT VILLAGE 13 FIRE EVACUATION STUDY, SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CA CRA, in partnership with Dudek, conducted a fire evacuation analysis for the Otay Ranch Resort Village 13 Alternative I project in San Diego County. This analysis evaluated evacuation travel times under multiple wildfire scenarios to ensure safety for the proposed community and surrounding areas. Using Vissim microsimulation modeling, CRA examined mass and targeted evacuation scenarios, incorporating worst-case conditions, such as wind-driven fires, vehicle volumes, roadway capacities, and local topography. The study emphasized phased, surgical evacuations over mass evacuations to minimize congestion, prioritize at-risk zones, and maintain emergency access. Findings included evacuation time estimates, roadway bottlenecks, and capacity assessments. CRA also developed a framework for using these results in future analyses, focusing on enhancing real-time decision-making during emergencies.

BEAUMONT POINTE FIRE EVACUATION ANALYSIS, RIVERSIDE COUNTY, C A CRA, in partnership with Dudek, conducted a comprehensive fire evacuation analysis for the proposed Beaumont Pointe development in Riverside County. The project evaluated evacuation timeframes for various wildfire scenarios under "Red Flag" conditions, incorporating critical factors like roadway capacity, vehicle volumes, and potential bottlenecks. The analysis utilized Vissim microsimulation modeling to assess 17 different scenarios, including full and partial evacuations, phased strategies, and shelter-in-place options.

EUCLID AVENUE (SR- 83) SYSTEMIC SAFETY ANALYSIS REPORT PROGRAM,

ONTARIO, CA
CRA led the analysis of over 400 records along the nearly 5-mile-long corridor in the City of Ontario.

Multimodal counts were conducted to aid in the calculation of collision rates at intersections and segments and to better understand exposure. Safety improvements or countermeasures will be proposed to address high collision locations or features throughout the corridor found to contribute to collisions. The data collection effort, analysis approach and findings, and resulting recommendations were compiled into a comprehensive California Department of Transportation-compliant report that provided the City of Ontario with planned projects that will contribute to improved safety along the Euclid Avenue corridor.

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References
Table 4 lists three references from past clients.

Table 4. Client References
Contact Information Client
Mark vonTillow, Fire Inspector II
630 Garden Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101
805.564.5720
[email protected]
City of Santa Barbara Fire Department
Chelsea Richer, AICP, Principal
1001 K Street, Floor 3, Sacramento, CA 95814
916.773.1900
[email protected]
Montecito Fire Department
Joseph Cahill, PhD, Executive Director
1188 Buena Vista Street, Ventura, CA 93001
805.701.2485
[email protected]
Ventura Botanical Gardens

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Conflict of Interest Form
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1090 prohibit any Anaheim public official, officer, or employee from involvement in a governmental decision or contract in which he or she has a finan cial interest. It is the responsibility of the consultant, consultant's employees, and subconsultants who perform work under the consultant agreement to evaluate any potential conflict of interests and follow the provisions of the conflict of interest requireme nts as set forth in Section 23 of the consultant agreement. Be advised that a prohibited conflict of interest may void any award where it exists.

I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I have reviewed and understand the above paragraph, and in furtherance of the foregoing, I have evalua ted and caused my company' s employees and subconsultants to evaluate any potential co
nflict of interests. Based on this evaluation, I hereby further certify that no such conflict of interests exists.

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Title: _________________________________
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Attachment 2 - Conflict of
Interest Form
12/23/2024
Joseph Monaco, AICP
President/CEO
Dudek
Project Team Role:

1.1 Bi-weekly Meetings 22 22 $3,850.00 $3,850.00

1.2 Project Plan 3 3 $525.00 $525.00

1.3 Monthly Reporting 16.5 16.5 $2,887.50 $2,887.50

1.4 Project Communication 54 54 $9,450.00 $9,450.00
Subtotal Task 1 95.5 95.5 $16,712.50 $16,712.50
Task 2 Existing Conditions

2.1 Kick-off Call 1 2 1 1 5 $1,065.00 $1,065.00

2.2 Wildfire Working Group Session 1 1 4 1 1 1 8 $1,600.00 $1,600.00

2.4 Existing Conditions Technical Memorandum

2.4.1 Draft 8 2 34 12 56 $8,210.00 $8,210.00

2.4.2 Final 4 1 8 2 15 $2,300.00 $2,300.00
Subtotal Task 2 2 18 5 1 44 14 84 $13,175.00 $13,175.00 Task 3 Define Evaluation Scenarios

3.1 Development of Baseline 4 2 6 $1,220.00 $1,220.00

3.3 Wildfire Working Group Session 2 1 1 1 3 $560.00 26 $5,972.40 $6,532.40

3.4 Evacuation Scenarios Technical Memorandum 4 4 $700.00 41 $8,402.40 $9,102.40 Subtotal Task 3 9 3 1 13 $2,480.00 $16,854.80
Task 4 Modeling and Analysis

4.1 Baseline Development 51 $10,994.40 $10,994.40

4.2 Wildfire Working Group Session 3 1 1 2 $300.00 $300.00

4.3 Model Development 71 $15,206.40 $15,206.40

4.4 Wildfire Working Group Session 4 1 1 2 $300.00 $300.00

4.5 Scenario Evaluation 2 2 $330.00 106 $21,956.40 $22,286.40

4.6 Reporting 1 4 1 6 $1,195.00 71 $14,234.40 $15,429.40 Subtotal Task 4 1 6 2 3 12 $2,125.00 $64,516.60
Task 5 Public Outreach

5.1 Wildfire Working Group Session 5 2 1 1 1 5 $860.00 $860.00

5.2 Survey 1 1 4 20 26 $3,435.00 $3,435.00

5.3 Supporting Materials 40 40 $7,000.00 $5,773.00 $12,773.00

5.4 Workshops

5.4.1 In-Person Workshop 1 4 4 8 8 16 40 $6,220.00 $862.50 $7,082.50

5.4.2 In-Person Workshop 2 4 4 8 8 16 40 $6,220.00 $862.50 $7,082.50

5.4.3 Virtual Workshop 1 4 1 1 4 10 $1,510.00 $862.50 $2,372.50

5.4.4 Virtual Workshop 2 4 1 1 4 10 $1,510.00 $1,510.00

5.5 Story Map 2 1 8 1 12 $1,905.00 $1,905.00

5.6 Public Outreach Summary

5.6.1 Draft 20 20 $2,500.00 $2,500.00

5.6.2 Final 6 6 $750.00 $750.00
Subtotal Task 5 21 11 18 23 87 40 8 1 209 $31,910.00 $8,360.50 $40,270.50 Task 6 Develop Recommendations

6.1 Wildfire Working Group Session 6 1 2 1 1 1 6 $1,250.00 $1,250.00

6.2 Summary of Recommendations 6 8 14 $2,050.00 $2,050.00

6.3 Wildfire Working Group Session 7 1 2 1 1 1 6 $1,250.00 $1,250.00

6.4 Wildfire Evacuation Plan

6.4.1 Draft Wildfire Evacuation Plan 4 24 40 10 10 88 $13,520.00 $13,520.00

6.4.2 Final Wildfire Evacuation Plan 8 8 16 $2,400.00 $2,400.00 Subtotal Task 6 6 42 2 2 58 10 10 130 $20,470.00 $20,470.00 Task 7 Public Hearing and Workshops

7.1 Supporting Materials 4 8 12 $1,700.00 $1,700.00

OTHER DIRECT

COSTS TOTAL FEE
CRA
Optional Services
Dudek Labor Hours and Rates Subconsultant Fees
TOTAL
DUDEK
HOURS

DUDEK LABOR
COSTS
General Services
Project Fee Schedule
Wildfire Evacuation Plan 29

Appendix A
Resumes

56 Michael Huff, RCA

PROJECT DIRECTOR
Michael Huff is founder and manager of Dudek’s Urban Forestry/Fire Protection Planning team with 32 years’ experience as a forester and fire protection planner. Mr.

Huff specializes in management of community-wide and project-specific fire protection plans (FPPs), wildland–urban interface (WUI) fire management plans, wildfire hazard reduction projects, California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) supporting technical documents, Oak Woodland impact and mitigation plans, urban and community forest management plans, forest and tree inventories, impact analysis studies, and tree hazard evaluations. Mr. Huff possesses considerable project issue resolution experience and focuses on working within the regulations to provide creative, cost- saving solutions to his clients. He routinely participates in public hearings, strategy sessions, and provides public presentations.

Project Experience
City of Santa Barbara Wildland Fire Evacuation Procedures Analysis, Santa Barbara Fire Department, Santa Barbara, California. Mr. Huff managed a multi-disciplined team of fire protection planners, retired fire operations professionals, fire behavior modelers, and traffic engineers to analyze three high-probability wildfire scenarios and the existing evacuation conditions. The Project was implemented to identify how evacuations during these wildfire scenarios could be made more efficient through road and traffic management improvements. Additionally, trigger thresholds were examined to determine when evacuations would need to be initiated given the wildfire scenarios and how that process could be improved. Temporary refuge sites were evaluated along with safety zones. Traffic engineers modeled congestion based on evacuation zone populations and helped define the types of pre- and during- emergency improvements and actions that would result in the ability to move more traffic from higher to lower exposure areas.

Montecito Wildfire Evacuation Study, Montecito, CA. Mr. Huff managed Dudek’s involvement in this wildfire evacuation study for the Montecito Fire Department.

Dudek provided public outreach, lessons learned research, and interviews with key fire agencies. The information gleaned from these outreach methods informed the Project’s conclusions regarding what is important to Montecito residents and what strengths and weaknesses other agencies have experienced during large evacuations and how Montecito can lear n from those experiences.

Point Molate Mixed Use Development, Argent Development, Richmond, California.

Managed, wrote, reviewed, and coordinate the preparation of two emergency planning documents to satisfy project conditions of approval for the Point Molate project in Richmond, California. A Wildfire Emergency Response Plan that evaluated the potential wildfire risk for the proposed Point Molate mixed use community was prepared and made recommendations for addressing risk and providing for resident and fire department response. A second document, the Multi-Hazard Emergency Response Plan, was prepared to address the most likely natural- or human-caused disasters and

Education
Northern Arizona
University
BS, Forest Management,
1992
Certifications
Registered Consulting
Arborist (RCA)
Certified Arborist,
No. WE-4276A
San Diego County
Department of Planning
and Land Use-Approved
Fire Protection Planner
Laguna Beach Fire
Department-Approved
Fire Protection Planner
Certified Wildland
Fire Ecologist
Professional Affiliations
American Society of
Consulting Arborists
National Fire
Protection Association –
International
California Fire Chief’s
Association – Fire
Prevention Officers

57 the project’s planned actions in response. This plan includes responses to earthquakes, tsunami, flooding, and other disasters and provides a framework for how the project would respond. Both emergency response plans include analysis and discussions of available response evacuation routes, discuss the potential for sheltering in place, and lay out mitigating measures that would be employed prior to these emergency situations as part of a pre-planning and readiness program. Presented at several public hearings to answer questions regarding the site’s overall safety.

Paraiso Springs Resort Fire Protection and Evacuation Planning, Paraiso Springs Resort, LLC., Soledad, Monterey County, California. Mr. Huff managed this hot springs resort project and provided authorship of a fire safety plan, evacuation plan, and EIR wildfire section. Dudek’s fire protection planning team performed a comprehensive review of the site’s fire environment and developed approaches to address the hazards and reduce risk to acceptable levels. Mr. Huff provided support at several public hearings and answered questions regarding the site’s safety for the planned use.

The Junipers Age-Restricted Residential Development, Lennar Homes, San Diego, California. Mr. Huff managed the preparation of a comprehensive Fire Protection Plan and Evacuation Plan for this 550 unit project. Dudek’s fire specialists performed extensive analysis of the fire environment and documented the project’s compliance with enhanced fire safety requirements. In addition, Dudek provided extensive analysis of the ability to evacuate the area based on existing conditions and post-project, enhanced conditions, noting that the project provides additional options and capacity, resulting in a safer area than current condition.

Laguna College of Art and Design (LCADD) Emergency Response and Evacuation Plan, Laguna College of Art and Design, Laguna Beach, California. Mr. Huff managed and authored the EREP for LCADD’s several campus locations within Laguna Canyon. Chapters address the top several potential natural disasters or human-caused emergencies with appropriate actions that should be taken prior to, during and following each. The EREP helps LCADD manage and mitigate potential risk at each of its campus locations through proactive measures.

Ocean Breeze Residential Development Wildfire Evacuation Plan, Helios Property Solutions, Bonsall, California. Dudek provide a comprehensive evacuation plan for this 396 single family home development in a very high fire hazard severity zone. The evacuation plan calculated the project area’s evacuation timing currently and with the project and laid out steps the project would take to result in a prepared and aware population. The evacuation plan also contemplated the ability to refuge residents and area citizens on-site at various locations if there was not time to evacuate. Mr. Huff managed the project, wrote the evacuation plan and presented it at the local planning group.

Valiano Residential Community Evacuation Plan, Integral Communities, San Marcos, California. Mr. Huff managed and was primary author of an evacuation plan for this 325-unit residential project. The evacuation plan focused on determining the project’s ability to evacuate given available evacuation routes and planned enhancements. The road capacities were evaluated against the project’s population numbers to determine the timing to move all residents out of the area. The evacuation plan was accepted by the local fire agency.

1 Lisa Maier, MCP

PROJECT MANAGER
Lisa Maier is a fire protection analyst with 8 years’ experience as an environmental planner, specializing in fire protection and evacuation planning, California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) document preparation, long-range land-use planning, and emergency management planning. In addition, Ms.

Maier has worked as a Disaster Workforce Specialist with the American Red Cross. She works with clients to identify and mitigate potential environmental impacts related to wildfire and evacuation and produce defensible CEQA/NEPA documents.

Project Experience
Wildfire Evacuation Studies/Plans. Each of the following Wildfire Evacuation Studies/Plans were prepared to evaluate the Project’s consistency with relevant emergency evacuation plans and emergency response plans, disclose the prevention and minimization regulations and measures applicable to the Project, and determine evacuation times for the existing and post-Project conditions, as well as provide emergency preparedness information and resources to increase occupant preparedness and facilitate efficient evacuation in the event of an emergency to support CEQA analysis and findings. Ms. Maier served authored the following reports:
▪ Southwest Village Specific Plan Project Wildfire Evacuation Study, San Diego, California The project would provide a comprehensive policy framework intended to guide future development in Southwest Village. ▪ Aquabella Specific Plan Wildfire Evacuation Plan, Moreno Valley, California The project would comprehensively update the 1999 Moreno Valley Field Station Specific Plan, including land use and other changes to accommodate 15,000 multi-family and workforce housing options; a 49,900 square feet (sf) mixed-use commercial and retail town center with a 300-room hotel; 80 acres of park space comprised of a 40-acre lake, a 15-acre lake promenade encircling the lake, and an additional 25 acres of parkland; 40 acres of schools with up to three elementary school sites and one middle school site; public services and facilities; infrastructure improvements; trails, walkways and irrigated landscaping; and other amenities. ▪ Ventura Botanical Gardens Wildfire Evacuation Plan, Ventura, California The project would build-out the Ventura Botanical Gardens Master Plan (Master Plan).
▪ Hsi Lai Monastery Wildfire Evacuation Plan, County of Los Angeles, California The project would construct 17 buildings with a combined total of 143,671 square feet of programmed space. ▪ Carlton Oaks Wildfire Evacuation Plan, Santee, California The project would redevelop an existing Country Club and 52-room hotel, into a recreational-oriented mixed-use resort community ▪ Renzulli Estates Conceptual Wildfire Evacuation Plan, San Diego County, California The project would construct 100 new single-family homes and 12 multi-family units as affordable income rentals, along with public roads, public and private utility improvements, and open space area

Education
San Diego State
University
MCP, City Planning,
2016
University of California,
Riverside
BA, Psychology and
Political Science, 2006
Professional
Affiliations
AEP

2 ▪ Trails at Lyons Canyon Wildfire Evacuation Plan, Los Angeles County, California The project would construct 516 dwelling units with a mix of attached and detached dwelling units, and affordable senior housing within 40.33 acres.
▪ Wiley Canyon Wildfire Evacuation Plan, Santa Clarita, California The project would construct a 277,108 square-foot senior living facility, 8,914 square feet of commercial space, 379 multifamily residential apartments, a publicly accessible outdoor recreational field space, and off-site circulation improvements. ▪ Valley’s Edge Specific Plan Wildfire Evacuation Plan, Chico, California The project would construct a mixed-use community with a range of housing types, commercial uses, parks, trails and recreation and open space areas on approximately 1,448-acre. ▪ Nakano Project Wildfire Evacuation Plan, Chula Vista, California The project would construct 215 residential dwellings units consisting of 61 detached condominiums, 84 duplexes and 70 multi-family dwelling units.
▪ Banning Commerce Center Wildfire Evacuation Plan, Banning, California The project would construct a 1,320,284 square foot warehouse.
▪ Moon Camp Wildfire Evacuation Plan, County of San Bernardino, California The project would construct 50 single family residential units.
▪ Trails at Carmel Mountain Ranch Wildfire Evacuation Plan, San Diego, California The project would redevelop the Carmel Mountain Ranch Country Club and associated 18-hole golf course, which includes the development of 1,200 multi-family homes and a mix of open space and recreational uses. ▪ Questhaven Wildfire Evacuation Plan, San Diego County, California. The project would construct 64 residential units.
▪ Berggruen Institute Emergency Wildfire Evacuation Plan, Los Angeles, California. The project would construct a campus designed to house the Berggruen Institute’s educational programs, fellowships, scholars, and administration.

Additional Multi-Hazard Evacuation Studies and Emergency Response Plans Avila By the Sea Evacuation Study, San Luis Obispo County, California Authored the Evacuation Plan for the Questhaven Project. The project would construct additional facilities for the Avila Beach Resort, including Hospitality Center, Lodge, Spa Facility, Harford Canyon Cottages, and an Outdoor Pavilion with Support Bar, as well as additional parking facilities. This Evacuation Study is an all hazards assessment and evacuation analysis.

Point Molate Wildfire Emergency Response Plan, Richmond, California. Authored the Wildfire Emergency Response Plan for the Point Molate Mixed-Use Project. The project will involve a mixed-use community that would include 1,452 residential units, 453,774 square feet of non-residential uses, and approximately 193 acres of open space. The WERP established pre- and post-wildfire response measures and long-term recovery standards, as well as protocols for evacuation and community education and outreach.

Point Molate Multi-Hazard Emergency Response Plan, Richmond, California. Authored the Multi-Hazard Emergency Response Plan (MHERP) for the Point Molate Mixed-Use Project.

1 Austin Ott

DEPUTY PROJECT MANAGER
Austin Ott is a fire protection planner with 11 years’ professional experience interpreting, developing, and enforcing fire and building code. Relevant work includes authoring fire prevention standards, authoring Wildfire Evacuation Studies (WESs), authoring Fire Protection Plans (FPPs), reviewing Community Wildfire Protection Plans (CWPPs), preparing Alternate Means and Methods (AM&M) requests to meet the intent of the code, and evaluating master plans for fire code compliance. Mr. Ott has managed teams and projects of various sizes to deliver quality products on time and within budget.

Project Experience
Fire Protection Planning, Dudek, Pasadena, California. Serves as Fire Protection Planner V. Coordinates the team of fire protection planners to provide high-quality fire protection consulting. Notable projects include developing fire prevention standards for Santa Barbara County Fire Department, review and correction of Fire Protection Plans prepared by other consulting firms, wildfire risk assessments of large residential areas, code consulting for various projects, and wildfire evacuation and fire protection planning for various residential and commercial projects. (2023–Ongoing) Confidential Project, Solano County, California. Developed and managed various plans including an Evacuation Study for a proposed development of approximately 400,000 residents including evaluation of various hazards in addition to wildfire. Evaluated potential for shelter-in-place as well as relocation within the Project area. Analyzed CEQA impacts.

Confidential Project, Calimesa, CA. Prepared a Fire Protection Plan and Evacuation study for a large industrial project including approximately 1 million feet of light industrial and commercial uses as well as a potential residential use. Successfully incorporated project team input to provide accurate analysis.

Confidential Project, Temescal Valley, CA. Prepared a Fire Protection Plan and Evacuation study for a large industrial project including over 6 million feet of light industrial and commercial uses. Successfully navigated various changes to the Project and evaluated impacts.

Confidential Project, Banning, CA. Prepared a Fire Protection Plan and Evacuation study for a large industrial project on 131 acres of light industrial uses. Gained project approval without need for modifications.

Relevant Previous Experience
Deputy Fire Marshal Supervising Community Compliance, Chino Valley Fire District, Chino Hills, California. Served as fire investigator. Supervised five fire inspectors and one Public education specialist. Managed state mandate inspections, occupancy inspections, weed abatement, special event inspections, defensible space inspections, Education
Columbia Southern
University at Orange
Beach, Alabama
BS, Fire Administration
and Investigation, 2021
California State
Polytechnic University,
Pomona
BA, Music Industry
Studies; Minor in Small
Business Management,
Cum Laude, 2014
Certifications
Fire Inspector 2 California
Office of the State Fire
Marshal, December 2022
Fire Inspector 2
International Code
Council, May 2024
Fire Investigator California
Office of the State Fire
Marshal, May 2023

2 fireworks enforcement, and all public education or community outreach programs. Assigned as a duty fire investigator on call one week per month, responsible for origin and cause investigations. Worked with utility companies to assess and abate hazardous vegetation. Conferred with and advised architects, engineers, attorneys, developers, and the public regarding fire code or ordinances. Conducted research, analyzed data, and developed/enhanced programs, regulations, and codes pertaining to the prevention of fire. (2018–2024)

1 Maia Pearl

FIRE PROTECTION AND EVACUATION PLANNER
Maia Pearl is a fire protection planner with 2 years’ cumulative experience in the natural resource and fire management field. She has a background in forestry, natural resource management, and geographic information systems.

Ms. Pearl’s relevant work experience includes authoring wildfire evacuation studies (WES’) and fire protection plans (FPPs). Ms. Pearl previously worked for Cal Fire San Luis Unit in the Fire Prevention unit, preparing fuels reduction and wildfire preparedness maps.

Project Experience
Anaheim Hills Festival, Shea Properties, Anaheim, California. Assisted with preparing the Evacuation Travel Time Analysis. The project would construct 447 residential units. The Evacuation Travel Time Analysis presents potential fire scenarios that could affect the project, and evacuation procedures and travel time for the proposed project. (2023–Ongoing)
Indian Creek, Citivest, Inc., Valley Center, California. Lead author of the Valley Center Indian Creek wildfire evacuation study. The project will involve the development of a residential development in Valley Center, California. The evacuation study identifies strategies for fire and evacuation awareness and outreach and establishes evacuation procedures for the project. (2024–Ongoing) The Woodlands, City of Santa Rosa, Santa Rosa, California. Assisted with writing the wildfire evacuation study. The project proposes to develop a residential community on a 71 acre project site. The evacuation study identifies strategies for fire and evacuation awareness and outreach and establishes evacuation procedures for the project. (2024–Ongoing)
Southwest Village, RECON Environmental, Otay Mesa, California. Assisted with writing the wildfire evacuation study for the Southwest Village Specific Plan. The project proposes to develop a residential community specific plan in south San Diego. The evacuation study identifies strategies for fire and evacuation awareness and outreach and establishes evacuation procedures for the project. (2024–Ongoing) SDSU Evolve Student Housing, San Diego State University, San Diego, California. Assisted with writing the wildfire evacuation study. The project proposes to redevelop student housing units on the SDSU campus. The evacuation study identifies strategies for fire and evacuation awareness and outreach and establishes evacuation procedures for the project. (2024–Ongoing)
Centennial Master Planned Community. Tejon Ranch., Los Angeles County, California. Assisted with writing the wildfire evacuation study. The project proposes to develop a 12,323 acre mixed use master planned community including residential, commercial, business and institutional uses. The evacuation study identifies strategies for fire and evacuation awareness and outreach and establishes evacuation procedures for the project. (2024–Ongoing).

Education
California Polytechnic
State University,
San Luis Obispo
BS, Forestry and Natural
Resource Management
Minor: Geographic
Information Systems,
2022

2 Indian Creek, Citivest, Inc., Valley Center, California. Lead author of the Valley Center Indian Creek fire protection plan. The project will involve the development of a residential development in Valley Center, California. The fire protection plan identified wildfire risk and fire protection measures that addressed structural hardening and fuel modification. (2024–Ongoing)
Providence Christian College, Providence Christian College, Pala, California. Assisted with writing the fire protection plan for Providence Christian College. The project proposes to develop a private Christian college in San Diego County. The fire protection plan identifies wildfire risk and fire protection measures that addressed structural hardening and fuel modification. (2024–Ongoing) Gonzaga Ridge Wind Repowering, Scout Clean Energy, Merced County, California. Authored the fire protection plan for the redevelopment of a wind energy generation facility. The project proposed to decommission the existing turbines and associated infrastructure and implement up to 25 wind turbines, and associated infrastructure. The fire protection plan identifies wildfire risk reduction and fire safety and protection measures for construction personnel and fuel modification and fire risk reduction during construction and operation of the facility. (2024–Ongoing)
Confidential Solar Facility Project, Confidential Client, Riverside, California. Assisted with writing and updating the fire prevention and safety plan. The project will involve the development of a 6,875-acre solar facility. The fire prevention and safety plan identified fire risks and corresponding mitigation measures associated within the life span of the project, defined procedures for maintaining a fire-safe work site, and established procedures for emergencies involving interested parties. (2023–Ongoing) California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, San Luis Unit, San Luis Obispo County, California.

Conducted fieldwork such as ground-truthing data to improve the accuracy of databases to assist with fire prevention planning. Determined relative humidity for San Luis Obispo County by collecting and analyzing fuel samples. Constructed area maps to assist in pre-wildfire risk analysis and pre-wildfire attack plans. Created ArcGIS StoryMaps to aid in public awareness of current vegetation management projects occurring in San Luis Obispo County. (2023)
Santa Barbara County Fire Department, Santa Barbara, California. Constructed area maps to assist with planning fuel reduction and prescribed burn operations. Created GPS data for access routes to be used in emergency dispatch services. (2023)
Yosemite Clean Energy, Mariposa (Remote), California. Worked as a GIS technician intern. Constructed transportation and feedstock inventory maps to determine areas of potential yield in board feet per acre to assist with salvage logging in Northern California. (2020–2022)

1 Matthew Crockett

FIRE PROGRESSION MODELER
Matthew Crockett is a wildfire planning analyst with 3 years’ cumulative experience in the natural resources management field, with expertise in forest science and community wildfire planning. Mr. Crockett’s relevant work experiences include authoring community wildfire protection plans (CWPPs) and Fire Protection Plans (FPPs), conducting private forestry work, and advocating for environmental policy at the State Capital. His technical skills include geographic information system (GIS) analysis, fire behavior modelling, post-fire risk assessment, and carbon accounting. Mr. Crockett previously worked for the San Luis Obispo Fire Safe Council as a project manager for community wildfire risk reduction projects.

Project Experience
Los Angeles County Integrated Wildfire Safety Program , County of Los Angeles Department of Regional Planning , Los Angeles, California .

Served as a supporting analyst and identified communities and critical infrastructure at risk from wildfire throughout Los Angeles County based on integrated wildfire hazard modelling.

Whitewood Condo/Apartment FPP, Melissa Krause, Murietta, California. Served as a supporting analyst and prepared the FPP for a residential development project. The FPP identified wildfire risk and identified fire protection measures that addressed structural hardening and fuels modification.

City of Pismo Beach CWPP, City of Pismo Beach Fire Department (CAL FIRE), Pismo Beach, California. Lead author of a CWPP on behalf of the City of Pismo Beach Fire Department. The project involved conducting wildfire behavior modelling to identify assets at risk . Biophysical and sociopolitical mitigation measures were recommended to reduce risks to communities and other assets.

Avila Beach CWPP, City of Pismo Beach Fire Department (CAL FIRE), Pismo Beach, California. Co-author of a CWPP on behalf of the City of Pismo Beach Fire Department. Emphasized identifying ways to improve emergency evacuations from the Avila Beach area.

Project Manager, San Luis Obispo County Fire Safe Council, San Luis Obispo, California. Collaborated directly with community members and fire agencies to identify assets at risk from wildfire and priority mitigation practices to improve wildfire resilience in San Luis Obispo County.

Greenhouse Gas Emissions Analyst, CAL FIRE, San Luis Obispo, California. Quantified how state-sponsored fuels reduction projects impact greenhouse gas emissions and carbon sequestration utilizing tools such as Forest Vegetation Simulator (FVS), FlamMap, and IFTDSS.

Education
California Polytechnic
State University
San Luis Obispo
MS, Environmental
Sciences and
Management, 2022
California Polytechnic
State University
San Luis Obispo
BS, Environmental
Management and
Protection, 2022
Professional Affiliations
Association of
Environmental
Professionals (AEP)
Society of American
Foresters (SAF)

2 Forestry Technician, Sierra Pacific Industries, Camino, California. Conducted field work, including timber harvest layout, wildlife surveys, and forest inventory. Other roles included assisting with Timber Harvest Plan documentation and performing fire suppression activities during the Caldor Fire.

Publications
Crockett, M. 2022. “Post-Fire Erosion Following the CZU Lightning Complex Fire: Quantifying Hillslope Erosion and Providing Guidance Towards Improving Post-Fire Response.” Graduate Project; California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.

Awards
Dave A. Bichsel Memorial Scholarship, California Forestry Association & California Forest Foundation, 2020.

Awarded for demonstrating a zest for forestry and desire and experience relating to active forest management.

Sierra Pacific Industries Intern Scholarship, Sierra Pacific Industries, 2021. Awarded in response to my performance as an intern and academic credentials.

San Luis Obispo County Fire Safe Council Scholarship, San Luis Obispo Fire Safe Council, 2022. Awarded to acknowledge previous work and a future desire to continue working in the wildfire planning sector.

1 Dana Link-Herrera, AICP
CEQA
Dana Link-Herrera (DAY-nuh LINK heh-REH-raa; she/her) is a wildfire resilience planner and CEQA specialist with 8 years’ experience and a strong foundation in urban and environmental planning. She specializes in technical analysis of potential wildfire impacts in accordance with CEQA, environmental review for vegetation management and fuels reduction projects, and community wildfire resilience planning. She is experienced in conducting field work, regulatory setting research, existing conditions documentation, analyzing pre- and post- project conditions, and providing feasible mitigation measures when necessary. She is skilled at reviewing and synthesizing highly technical information into comprehensive environmental analyses. She has managed and contributed to multiple wildfire projects throughout California, including projects funded by state and federal grants. Ms. Link-Herrera has a diverse background working in in natural resource management, public universities, tribal communities, community outreach, permitting support, and environmental analysis.

Project Experience
Hitch Ranch Project, EIR, City of Moorpark, California. Assisted with preparation of a Fire Protection Plan (FPP) and served as lead author for the CEQA wildfire analysis included in the EIR for the project. The project proposes single-family residential development and outdoor recreational space located in a very high fire hazard severity zone (FHSZ) and a wildland-urban interface area. The CEQA wildfire analysis incorporated the findings of the FPP. The analysis included a review of the existing fire environment, fire behavior modeling for pre- and post- project conditions, proposed fuel modification zones and mitigation measures.

Entrada South and Valencia Commerce Center Project, Supplemental EIR, Unincorporated Los Angeles County, California. Served as a contributing author for the CEQA wildfire analysis included in the Supplemental EIR for the proposed project, which proposes single-family residential and commercial development in very high and high FHSZs, as part of the development facilitated by the State- approved Newhall Ranch Resource Management and Development Plan and Spineflower Conservation Plan (RMDP/SCP) within the Entrada and VCC Planning Areas in the County of Los Angeles. The EIR analysis incorporated the FPP and Construction Fire Protection Plan, also prepared by Dudek. The analysis included an analysis of the potential to exacerbate wildfire risks, including fire behavior modeling for pre- and post-project conditions, proposed fuel modification zones and mitigation for the project.

Clara Oaks Specific Plan EIR, Claremont, California. Authored the wildfire impact analysis of the EIR for the proposed Clara Oaks Specific Plan, which proposes the development of 40 residences on approximately 102.75 acres. The Project site is currently vacant and undeveloped and consists of south-facing slopes within the hillsides of the City, a part of the foothill range of the eastern end of the San Gabriel Mountains. The analysis focused on the potential to exacerbate wildfire risks as well as access and evacuation concerns.

Education
California State
Polytechnic University,
Pomona
MURP, Urban and
Regional Planning, 2019
University of California,
San Diego
BA, International Studies
(Environmental Studies
minor), 2011
Professional Affiliations
American Institute of
Certified Planners (AICP)
American Planning
Association (APA)
Association of
Environmental
Professionals (AEP)

2 Mesa Verde Specific Plan, EIR, Calimesa, California. Served as lead author for the CEQA wildfire analysis prepared for the EIR for the Mesa Verde Specific Plan Area 2 Amendment, comprised of 1,463.1 acres of undeveloped land located within a very high FHSZ. The CEQA analysis incorporated the FPP and Wildfire Evacuation Study, also prepared by Dudek, and evaluated the potential to exacerbate wildfire risks, impair emergency response or evacuation, or expose people or structures to post-fire slope instability. Required coordination with the Calimesa Fire Department (CFD), identification of Project-specific mitigation measures based on the Project site, its intended use, and the fire environment.

Ventura Botanical Gardens Fire Protection Plan. Ventura Botanical Gardens, Inc. Ventura, California. Contributed to the fire protection plan and evacuation plan prepared for the Ventura Botanical Gardens (VBG). The fire protection plan analyzed the fire environment and wildfire risks to the VBG under existing conditions and after build out of the VBG Master Plan, and provided recommendations for improving fire resilience and evacuation from the property.

Community Wildfire Protection Plan and Environmental Impact Report, City of Santa Barbara Fire Department, City of Santa Barbara, California. Assisted with preparation of the Santa Barbara Community Wildfire Protection Plan and the accompanying program-level Environmental Impact Report (EIR). Worked collaboratively with the project team to prepare and update the citywide Community Wildfire Protection Plan and conduct an in-depth program- level environmental analysis in accordance with CEQA and local and regional policies, while meeting a firm project schedule. Served as lead author and conducted analysis of potential impacts to aesthetics and visual resources and recreation. The project is funded through a grant from CAL FIRE.

Fleming Zone 8 Reservoir and Pump Station, IS/MND, Irvine Ranch Water District (IRWD), Orange County, California. Served as lead author for the wildfire analysis for the proposed project, which involves replacing and upgrading an existing 150,000-gallon steel drinking water storage reservoir and conveyance and associated equipment in a Very High FHSZ. The project serves as the only source of potable water storage for IRWD’s approximately 2,500 customers within the Santiago Canyon Area. Key issues surrounding the wildfire analysis included conducting analysis in a post-fire environment, due to recent wildfires that affected the project area in the prior year.

Mesa Wind Repower Project, EIR, California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW), Riverside County, California.

Served as lead author of the aesthetics and wildfire impacts analyses for the Mesa Wind Repower Project, which involves decommissioning and removal of over 400 existing wind turbine generators (WTGs) and construction and operation and maintenance (O&M) of up to 9 new WTGs, installation of overhead and underground collector lines and substation upgrades. The project is located on 401 acres of BLM-administered lands withing Moderate to Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones (FHSZs). Project analysis included project consistency with the Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan, BLM plans and policies, and identifying wildfire protection planning and regulations for wind turbines.

Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) California Desert Gas Pipeline Operations and Maintenance (O&M) Program, Program EIR, CDFW, Kern County and San Bernardino County, California. Served as lead author for the aesthetics, public services, utilities and wildfire impact analyses and provided project management support for preparation of a Program EIR. The Program consists of a PG&E application for an Incidental Take Permit (ITP) from CDFW to facilitate ongoing O&M activities along approximately 645 miles of high-pressure transmission pipelines and several distribution feeder mains, customer lines, and associated facilities in the Mojave Desert region. Key issues involved analysis for potential activities outside of the existing ROW, compliance with BLM plans and policies, and assessing wildfire safety for a high-pressure gas pipeline.

1 Amanda Meroux, EIT

TRANSPORTATION MODELING
Amanda Meroux (uh-MAN-duh meh-ROO; she/her) is a transportation engineer with 6 years’ experience, specializing in multimodal traffic modeling and site access analysis, along with the preparation of traffic impact analysis (TIA), technical documents, and traffic control plans. Ms. Meroux has an educational backgroud in civil and environmental engineering, emphasizing air quality and transportation studies. She has experience working with TIA procedures, including vehicle miles traveled (VMT) analysis, data collection, cumulative project development, trip generation calculations, level of service (LOS) analysis for intersections and roadway segments, signal warrant analysis, construction traffic, internal circulation and access evaluation, and vehicle turning analysis. Additionally, she has experience modeling and simulating traffic during evacuation events, specifically related to wildland fires. She has experience with various types of transportation and design software, including PTV Vistro/Vissim, Synchro/SimTraffic, Traffix, AutoTurn, and Highway Capacity Software, as well as other technical programs, such as ArcGIS and AutoCAD.

Project Experience
Mesa Verde Specific Plan, Mesa Verde Owner LLC, Calimesa, California.

Conducted traffic simulation modeling using PTV Vissim software to analyze wildfire evacuation scenarios associated with the development of the Mesa Verde Specific Plan (MVSP), an approximately 1,463-acre plan area in the City of Calimesa. The MVSP area includes up to 3,650 residential units, over 4 million square feet of proposed business park land uses, 300,000 square feet of commercial and mixed- use land uses, elementary schools, open space and public/private parks, utility infrastructure, and roadways.

Traffic simulation modeling included analysis of travel times throughout the Specific Plan area and consideration of future planned projects and roadway infrastructure, both with and without the addition of project traffic, under 19 evacuation scenarios.

Western Hills Residences Project, Lewis Land Developers, LLC, Chino Hills, California. Conducted traffic simulation modeling using PTV Vissim software to analyze wildfire evacuation scenarios associated with the development of the Western Hills Residences, a 187 dwelling unit apartment complex in the City of Chino Hills. Traffic simulation modeling included analysis of travel times from the study area and consideration of future planned projects and roadway infrastructure, both with and without the addition of project traffic, under five (5) evacuation scenarios throughout the Carbon Canyon Road corridor.

Avila by the Sea Fire Protection and Evacuation, Covelop, Avila Beach, San Luis Obispo, California. Conducted traffic simulation modeling using PTV Vissim software to analyze wildfire evacuation scenarios associated with the expansion of the Avila by the Sea Resort. Traffic simulation modeling included analysis of travel times throughout the Avila Beach region, including the Town of Avila Beach and surrounding communities, both with and without the addition of project traffic, under 14 evacuation scenarios.

Education
University of California,
Davis
BS, Civil and
Environmental
Engineering, 2017
Certifications
Engineer-in-Training (EIT),
No. 161772
Professional Affiliations
American Society of Civil
Engineers (ASCE)
Institute of Transportation
Engineers (ITE)

2 Santa Barbara Community Wildfire Protection Plan PEIR, City of Santa Barbara, California. Prepared the transportation section of the EIR for the comprehensive fire management program for the City of Santa Barbara, known as a Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP). The purpose of the project is to update the City’s 2004 Wildland Fire Plan to account for changes in the City’s fire environment and work completed under the 2004 Plan with a comprehensive, coordinated plan to mitigate the impact of wildland fire to the City. The transportation section included analysis of existing transportation conditions within the City, including bicycle, pedestrian, and transit facilities, as well as analysis of associated regulatory requirements, potential impacts, and mitigation measures related to implementation of the proposed CWPP. 1600 W. Lincoln Avenue Apartments, City of Anaheim, California. Prepared the TIA that identified potential traffic impacts associated with the demolition of an existing auto dealership and repair facility to construct a mixed-use development with 315 residential apartment rental units and 3,413 square feet of retail space. The TIA included roadway segment and intersection LOS analysis at 16 intersections and 10 roadway segments under the Existing, Cumulative, and Buildout Year (2035) conditions with and without the project. Additionally, 95th percentile queuing was analyzed at the intersection adjacent to the project site, as well as at Caltrans freeway off-ramps.

Facilities Master Plan Programmatic EIR, Orange County Sanitation District, Orange County, California. Assisted in the preparation of the transportation section of the EIR, providing an analysis of the transportation and traffic impacts associated with implementation of the proposed Facilities Master Plan (FMP) projects. FMP projects addressed in the P rogrammatic EIR (PEIR) would be located at various sites throughout the Sanitation District’s service area, which covers an approximately 479 -square-mile area within the northwestern and central portions of Orange County, and include a series of approximately 83 Capital Improvement Program projects proposed to be implemented by the Sanitation District through 2040 to rehabilitate, replace, and optimize their existing facilities in continued service to residents and businesses within their service area. The transportation section analyzed the potential construction-related (temporary) transportation impacts and operations-and-maintenance- related (permanent) transportation impacts related to four FMP project components.

Aviara Oaks Elementary School Modernization, Carlsbad Unified School District, Carlsbad, California. Utilized PTV Vissim, a multimodal traffic simulation modeling software, to conduct an on- and off-site circulation analysis for proposed school driveway relocations and changes to student drop-off and pick-up configurations. The project site included the Aviara Oaks Elementary School and adjacent Aviara Oaks Middle School campus, along with the school driveways and adjacent roadway network. On- and Off-site improvements were analyzed as part of a modernization project of the elementary school campus, and Vissim modeling software was used to help direct the project team in optimizing designs for vehicle, bicycle, and pedestrian circulation.

Huntington Village Project, City of Arcadia, California. Prepared the TIA that identified potential traffic impacts associated with the redevelopment of an existing H-Mart shopping center and retail area (southern portion) and a vacant office building and parking garage (northern portion), located on the northeast corner of Michillinda Avenue and Huntington Drive. The proposed project is a mixed-use development and includes the removal of the existing strip retail and retainment of the existing H-Mart, along with construction of 98 dwelling units and 5,800-square-feet of retail and/or restaurant uses within the southern portion of the site. An additional 165 dwelling units of two- to three-story stacked townhouses are proposed within the northern portion of the site.

Traffic impacts related to LOS were analyzed at three intersections and five site access driveways using Synchro/SimTraffic (version 11) software for Existing, Opening Year, and Horizon Year conditions with and without the project. Additionally, a focused site access analysis reviewing multimodal and vehicular circulation both on site and at project driveways was prepared prior to the TIA to provide recommendations to the project design team to best achieve safe and operational flow for vehicles, pedestrians, and bicyclists on and off site.

1 Lesley Terry
GIS
Lesley Terry is a geographic information system (GIS) analyst and computer- aided design (CAD) specialist with 35 years’ experience in research, design, data collection, computer applications, and graphic arts in the land development field. Ms. Terry’s primary responsibilities include research, transposition of field data to topographic maps, creation and manipulation of GIS data layers, and document preparation for various public agency submittals, with an emphasis on the use of AutoCAD, Autodesk Map, ArcView, ArcMap, CorelDraw, and Adobe Photoshop. She provides highest level of expertise to accurately and clearly depict the distribution of environmental resources, create and maintain databases, and anaylze impacts, as well as prepare plans for landscape and irrigation projects.

Project Experience
Carlsbad Fire Station No. 6 Project, City of Carlsbad, California. Created and analyzed GIS databases from field data and quantified existing conditions.

Prepared biological resources report graphics.

Ocean Trails Park, City of Rancho Palos Verdes, California. Prepared construction drawings for the Ocean Trails Park in the City of Rancho Palos Verdes. The 5-acre public park overlooks the Pacific Ocean and incorporates native landscaping with passive play and picnic areas. The park incorporates a variety of paved plazas, grass terraces with rock retaining walls, a wedding pavilion, pedestrian and bicycle paths and trails, picnic areas, and scenic overlooks.

Poway Creek Silt Removal and Access Ramp Project, City of Poway, California. Developed and analyzed GIS databases, produced analytical summaries, and produced graphics for JPA and conceptual wetland mitigation plan.

San Marcos Creek Roadway Improvements and Flood Protection Project, City of San Marcos, California. Developed and analyzed GIS databases of existing vegetation, wetlands, and special-status species, quantified existing conditions acreages, proposed impact acreages, and produced graphics for roadway construction and flood control project. Provided support graphics for wetlands delineation and biological resources and conceptual wetlands mitigation reports.

Multiple Habitat Conservation Plan, City of San Marcos, California. Generated and quantified multiple-scenario GIS databases of Conservation Areas for the Focus Planning Area within the City of San Marcos Subarea Plan, a component of the Multiple Habitat Conservation Plan. Prepared map graphics for the Natural Communities Conservation Plan for the City of San Marcos.

Old Mission Dam Project, Parks and Recreation Division, City of San Diego, California. Developed and analyzed GIS databases and produced graphics for wetlands delineation and vegetation map upstream of the historic Old Mission Dam. Prepared biological resources report graphics for CEQA documentation.

Education
Northern Arizona
University
BFA, Fine Arts
Palomar College
Drafting Technologies
Graphic Communications
Professional Affiliations
San Diego ArcInfo Users’
Group
Urban and Regional
Information Systems
Association,
San Diego Section
Women’s Environmental
Council, San Diego
Chapter

2 Buena Vista Creek Channel Maintenance Project, Engineering Division, Cities of Carlsbad and Oceanside, California. Developed and analyzed GIS databases for preparation of technical reports for CEQA documentation, wetlands permitting, and exotics removal plan.

Kern Valley Sanitary Landfill Closure and Embankment and Scour Protection, Waste Management Division, Kern County, California. Developed and analyzed GIS databases for impacts to non-tidal adjacent wetlands. Produced analytical summaries and graphics for JPA and Conceptual Wetlands Mitigation and Monitoring Plan.

State Route 125 South Quino Checkerspot Butterfly Habitat Restoration Project, California Transportation Ventures, City and County of San Diego, California. Prepared the grading design for a 40-acre Quino checkerspot butterfly mitigation site for SR 125 South on Otay Mesa. The project design considers the specific habitat requirements of Quino including host plants, nectar sources, topography that facilitates a prolonged life cycle for the host plant, Plantago erecta, and associated bare-ground areas for butterfly thermoregulation.

Lowe’s Retail Store, Lowe’s, Inc., Santee, California. Developed and analyzed GIS databases of impacts to non- tidal wetlands. Produced analytical summaries and graphics for support documentation.

Creekside Marketplace, Planning Department, City of San Marcos, California. Developed and analyzed GIS databases for commercial shopping center adjacent to San Marcos Creek. Prepared biological resources technical report figures in support of a California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) document.

University Commons Development Project, Brookfield Homes, San Marcos, California. Created and analyzed GIS databases from field data of existing vegetation, wetlands, and special-status species; quantified existing conditions acreages and proposed impact acreages to project. Produced analytical summaries and graphics for the environmental impact report (EIR), Biological Resources Report, Joint Permit Application (JPA), Conceptual Wetlands Mitigation Plan, and focused surveys for thread-leaved brodiaea and Orcutt’s brodiaea.

Specialized Training
▪ ESRI, Coursework: Migrating from ArcView 3.x to ArcView 8 ▪ Creating, Editing and Managing Geodatabases
▪ Creating and Editing Geodatabase Topology (ArcEditor and ArcInfo) ▪ Penn State Edition: Cartographic Design
▪ Autodesk Coursework: AutoCAD 2002 Update

1 Alison Sells

PUBLIC OUTREACH SPECIALIST
Alison Sells is public outreach specialist and wildfire planning analyst with 3 years’ experience includes working with Fire Safe Councils and local community groups for community wildfire protection plan (CWPP) development, focusing on community engagement and input from underserved communities.

She has a background in California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) documentation, defensible space procedures, environmental economic models of wildfire, and grant writing.

Relevant Project Experience
Santa Barbara Foothill Communities CWPP, Santa Barbara County, California.

Serving as community engagement outreach coordinator and data analyst.

Leading the development of a community-wide survey and the planning and hosting of three community public workshops to allow residents to share input on wildfire concerns and priority projects for the CWPP. Additionally, led the data analysis for the data collected during the survey and workshops.

Nevada County CWPP, Nevada County, California. Served as community engagement outreach coordinator and data analyst. Led the planning and hosting of nine community public workshops both in person and virtual to allow residents to share input on wildfire concerns and solutions they would like to see incorporated into priority projects for the CWPP. Spearheaded the creation of virtual activities and discussion activities utilizing Zoom’s whiteboard function allowing for an equivalent alternative for people who choose not to attend workshops in person. Also acted as the lead data analyst, using R and adobe illustrator to analyze and visualize the data, which will be incorporated into the project’s action plan.

Monterey, Pacific Grove, and Carmel-by-the-Sea CWPP, Monterey Peninsula, California. Served as community engagement outreach coordinator and data analyst. Led the development of a communitywide survey and the planning and hosting of three community public workshops to allow residents to share input on wildfire concerns and priority projects for the CWPP. Additionally acted as the lead data analyst for the data collected during the survey and workshops, using R to analyze and visualize the data.

Belmont Fuels Assessment and Treatment Plan, Categorical Exemption and Public Presentation, City of Belmont, California. Aided in the preparation of the presentation given to community members informing them of the project’s purpose, timeline, and addressing any concerns. Additionally, supported the CEQA compliance effort for the proposed fuel management activities, which focuses on roadside fuel treatments to improve access for fire department response. The treatment areas consist of two project locations. Proposed treatment activities would be designed to reduce the overall volume of flammable vegetation near the roads around Waterdog Lake and San Juan Canyon reservoir. The CEQA approach involved preparing a Categorical Exemption and filing of the Notice of Exemption with the County and State Clearinghouse.

Education
University of California,
Santa Barbara
MESM, Master of
Environmental Science
and Management, 2022
California Polytechnic
State University,
San Luis Obispo
BS, Environmental
Management and
Protection, 2020

2 Mesa Verde Evacuation Plan, Riverside County, California. Served as supporting author for the project’s evacuation plan. The project would construct 3,650 residential units. The Evacuation Plan establishes evacuation procedures for the project, and strategies for fire evacuation awareness and outreach.

Carlton Oaks Santee Evacuation Plan, San Diego County, California. Served as supporting author for the project’s evacuation plan. The project would redesign the golf course, construct a golf course, and construct 236 residential units. The Evacuation Plan establishes evacuation procedures for the project, and strategies for fire evacuation awareness and outreach.

Integrated Wildfire Safety Program Countywide CWPP, County of Los Angeles, California. Served as a supporting analyst. Identified communities and critical infrastructure at risk in addition to current wildfire and emergency preparation resources throughout Los Angeles County.

Bonsall Oaks/Polo Club Fire Protection Plan, David Pallinger, Vista, California. Served as project lead for the preparation of a fire protection plan for a residential development project. Conducted analysis to identify the impact of new residents on existing infrastructure, including fire protection. The fire protection plan also involved wildfire–behavior modeling, using Behave Plus and FlamMap, to assess wildfire risk at the project site and surrounding areas. Identified fire-protection measures to mitigate community wildfire risks.

City of Vista General Plan Update, RICK Engineering, Vista, California. Served as supporting analyst in updating the Hazards and Safety and Public Facilities, Services, and Infrastructure sections of the City of Vista General Plan.

Relevant Previous Experience
Master’s Group Project for the Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, University of California, Santa Barbara, California. Identified socially vulnerable communities in Ventura County that face high biophysical risk of wildfire using ArcGIS to inform our survey ’s focus and provide programmatic recommendations for our client. Developed a 30-question survey that received more than 480 responses from Ventura County residents on how they prepare for and evacuate during wildfire, barriers to doing so adequately, and ideas for future wildfire planning. Conducted two focus groups with 20 lower -income and Spanish -speaking residents to provide insights on wildfire’s impact on their daily lives to influence the newest countywide CWPP.

Discovered gaps in Ventura ’s community wildfire planning identified by community members through data analysis to provide Ventura Regional Fire Safe Council -specific programmatic, policy, and community engagement recommendations.

CWPP Development Intern, Ventura Regional Fire Safe Council, Ventura, California. Designed and launched a pilot Home Ignition Zone (HIZ) Assessment program with 60 homes to make residents and homes safer within the Ventura County Wildland–Urban Interface. Identified potential hazards and mitigations to reduce the risk of ember intrusion from wildfire to inform the above pilot program through mapping of a home’s relation to high fuel areas and wind patterns. Conducted community outreach to educate the public about the importance of Home Hardening and defensible space to increase participation via town halls, social media, and phone/email correspondence. Wrote a 20-page HIZ Coordinator Guide with linked templates and sample National Fire Prevention Association assessment forms, which were distributed to more than 100 California Fire Safe Councils to increase adoption and impact of HIZ assessments. Relaunched an ArcGIS mapping program to inform ranch and farm owners of key information specific to their property in a format that can be interpreted by mutual aid fire resources during a wildfire incident.

1 Chelsea Ringenback

GRAPHIC DESIGN AND PUBLICATIONS
Chelsea Ringenback (CHEL-see RING-en-back; she/her) is Dudek’s formatting and production manager, with 7 years’ experience in desktop publishing.

Ms. Ringenback leads Dudek’s Formatting and Production teams within the Publications group and oversees workload coordination and project timeline adherence. Ms. Ringenback has created templates, formatted reports, overseen production components, and provided as-needed publications support services for a variety of projects from all Dudek divisions, including technical reports, marketing proposals, environmental impact reports (EIRs), initial studies, surveys, and monitoring reports. Ms. Ringenback has worked side by side with Dudek project managers to create custom templates and project timelines for clients such as City of San Diego, Costco, Kaiser Permanente, and California Department of Water Resources.

Project Experience
Environmental Impact Report for Elephant Hill Residential Project, City of Pomona, California. Spearheaded the initial format of the EIR and ensured consistency and branding adherence throughout multiple documents.

Collaborated with editorial to track status and stage of completion. This EIR addresses the environmental effects associated with the proposed Elephant Hill Project. The project would include development of 228 residential dwelling units, including 68 single-family units and 160 multifamily units; a recreational center; developed and undeveloped open space, including landscaped slopes and fuel modification zones; utility infrastructure; and circulation and parking. (2024)
Recirculated Program EIR for the Los Angeles County Metro Area Plan, County of Los Angeles, California.

Coordinated publications efforts including formatting, production, and State Clearinghouse submittal. Worked with multiple publications staff to coordinate bringing the EIR, technical appendices, and numerous mailings into template and ensuring quality assurance. Ensured Office of Planning & Research guidelines were met for online posting to the State Clearinghouse database. The Los Angeles County Metro Area Plan is a comprehensive planning effort for seven community planning areas within the urbanized core of the County of Los Angeles. This includes a comprehensive community plan for these areas to serve as the overarching policy document that guides land use and development, paired with an associated Program EIR. (2023) Red Flowering Gum Tree Risk Evaluation, City of Newport Beach, California. Improved report composition through formatting and ensuring document adhered to in-house template standards. Provided lead project manager with a high quality digital deliverable ahead of deadline. Dudek is working with the City of Newport Beach as the city’s on-call arborist and routinely meets with city staff to discuss tree-related issues and provide recommendations for short- and long-term tree management. (2023)

Education
San Diego State
University
BA, Journalism (Public
Relations Emphasis),
2015

2 Municipal Waterways Maintenance Plan and EIR, Transportation and Storm Water Department, City of San Diego, California. Served as the primary publications specialist creating custom templates while following the city’s brand guidelines. Formatted the EIR, related technical reports, and responses to comments. Collaborated with the editor and project manager to ensure deadlines were met and deliverables reflected client’s expectations. Dudek provides as-needed environmental services to the Transportation and Storm Water Department. (2019–2020) EIR for the Estero Trail Easement Project, County of Sonoma, Santa Rosa, California. Formatted the EIR and created combined PDF for client delivery. Ensured brand consistency throughout EIR, technical appendices, and notices. The EIR studied 31.8 acres of project area, with approximately 4.8 acres of actual potential disturbance associated with construction of two 5-foot-wide trails within the designated trail corridors. (2018) Draft EIR for Otay Ranch Village 14 and Planning Area 16/19 Project, Chula Vista, California. Assisted with formatting the Draft EIR and coordinated with editors and project managers to ensure style guideline consistency throughout the document. Liaised with the production team to ensure all EIR deliverables were quality checked and submitted on time. (2021–2022)
Environmental Impact Report for the Golden State Natural Resources Forest Resiliency Demonstration Project, Golden State Finance Authority, Lassen and Tuolumne County, California. Ensured Governor’s Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation guidelines were met for online posting to the State Clearinghouse database. The proposed project would improve the resiliency of California’s forestlands by sustainably procuring and processing excess biomass into a pelletized fuel source for use in renewable energy generation overseas. (2024) Annual Monitoring Report for the Woods Valley Ranch Homeowner’s Association Habitat Management Plan Area, Woods Valley Ranch HOA, Escondido, California. Formatted the annual report and appendices following branding guidelines and coordinated electronic delivery. Dudek was contracted by the Woods Valley Homeowners Association (HOA) in northern San Diego County to provide biological monitoring services in support of the Woods Valley Ranch Habitat Management Plan long-term management and reporting program. The work includes biological monitoring services necessary to implement the habitat management and reporting requirements of the Woods Valley Ranch Habitat Management Plan. (2017)
Focused Quino Checkerspot Butterfly Survey Report for the Thiel Property, Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation, San Diego County, California. Led the effort to get this report formatted on a very tight schedule. Successfully met the schedule as initially requested by the client. The report documented the results of focused protocol-level presence/absence surveys for the federally-listed endangered Quino checkerspot butterfly (Euphydryas editha quino) on the Thiel Property, within tribal lands of the Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation, San Diego County, California. (2018)

1 Melanie Betlach

GRAPHIC DESIGN AND PUBLICATIONS
Melanie Betlach (MEL-uh-nee BET-lock; she/her) is a seasoned graphic designer with 23 years’ experience creating visually captivating work.

Individual capabilities range from logo and branding development, page layout, and brochure design to large banner and signage design, presentation design, and custom illustration. Ms. Betlach leads creative teams by inspiring creativity with efficiency to help elevate successive work products. She has extensive experience working with government and public agencie s, including the City of San Marcos and the Western Municipal Water District, and educational institutions , such as the University of California, San Francisco.

As a communications professional, Ms. Betlach’s ultimate goal is to maximize engagement with community outreach materials.

Project Experience
Community Forest Management Plan, County of Los Angeles, California, Report Layout. Served as part of a creative team that worked on layout and design of the CFMP and Canopy Book, including community maps. (2024)
Urban Forest Management Plan, City of Bell, California; Social Media Designs.

Worked with team to create ADA-compliant social media templates in both English and Spanish. (2023) Nevada County Office of Emergency Services Community Wildfire Protection Plan, County of Nevada, California; Custom Word Template Design. Created design for a custom Word template, including utilizing ADA-compliant colors and font choices. (2023)
Community Wildfire Protection Plan Update, City of Santa Barbara, California; Custom Word Template Design and Presentation Design. Created a custom Microsoft Word template for the plan and custom Microsoft PowerPoint presentations for community outreach meetings. (2020)
Climate Action and Adaptation Plan, Buena Park, California, Report Layout and Style Guide. Served as creative manager on winning proposal layout and interview material preparation (presentation design and leave behind).

Worked with Planning and Urban Design team on Project Style Guide Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliance check and outreach templates. (2024)
Natural Communities Conservation Plan/Habitat Conservation Plan, San Diego County Water Authority, California, Report Cover and Outreach Materials. Designed the NCCP/HCP annual report cover and outreach poster. (2024) Climate Adaptation Plan, City of Rialto, California, Report Layout. Served as part of a team of graphic designers responsible for the layout of the City of Rialto Climate Adaptation Plan. (2021) Climate Action Plan and Environmental Justice Element, City of Fresno, California, Style Guide, Outreach Materials and Report Layout. Served as creative manager of winning proposal preparation. Worked directly with the City on creation of an ADA-compliant style guide and outreach templates. (2024)

Education
Academy of Art University
MFA, New Media/
Computer Arts, 2001
University of California,
Santa Cruz
BA, Biology, 1996
Professional Affiliations
Creative Pro

2 San Diego Water Authority Climate Action Plan, San Diego, California ; Report Template Design. Created an ADA- compliant, beautifully designed InDesign template for the project that included efficiencies such as Word - InDesign WordsFlow and use of advanced InDesign features , allowing easy updates from the client and faster layout time. (2023)
Climate Action and Adaptation Plan, County of Yolo, California; Logo and Branding, Illustrations, Outreach Materials, and Report Layout. Served as creative lead for a team that was responsible for creating a comprehensive creative package, including logo design, style guide, Community Engagement Plan graphics and slipsheets, presentation design, custom Word template design, outreach materials such as stickers, a coloring book and posters, and full report layout of the Yolo County CAAP. (2024).

Metro Area Plan, County of Los Angeles, California; Custom Word Template Design. Designed a County of Los Angeles–branded Microsoft Word template and collaborated with the Dudek Publications team in the execution of this lengthy document. (2023)
Sustainable Groundwater Management Program/Tribal Government and Underrepresented Community Technical Assistance Program, California Department of Water Resources; Logo, Style Guide, Outreach Materials, Illustrations, and Layout. Created an ADA-compliant and accessible logo and visual style guide for the program. As part of the project team, developed multilingual, branded materials, including K–12 educational lesson plans for 10 hydrologic regions, outreach brochures, posters, and presentation templates. Served as creative co-lead on custom illustrated graphic novels for tribal water stories. (2023) San Pasqual Valley Resource Management Guide, City of San Diego, California; Report Layout. Designed and prepared a 155-page public guide, in collaboration with technical designers and hydrogeologists, in an effort to help identify and reduce sources of sediment and nutrients to the surface waters and groundwaters in San Pasqual Valley while simultaneously identifying steps to preserve the cherished natural and cultural resources. (2022)
Creative Services Specialist, City of San Marcos, California. Served as the sole in-house graphic designer. Provided graphic services to all departments. Projects ranged from print material, such as newsletters, environmental design, signage, postcards, and flyers, to branded Microsoft Word, Microsoft Publisher, and Adobe InDesign templates. (2017–2019)
Business Owner and Creative Director, Kelp Creative, Carlsbad, California. With a focus on the life sciences, environmental firms, and educational institutions, worked closely with clients to create scientific illustrations and infographics; lengthy annual reports; marketing campaigns; branding and business collateral; print material, such as brochures, newsletters, and signage; email blast campaigns; and websites. Managed teams of freelance creative designers and programmers. (2004–2019)
Graphic Designer, Zoomedia, San Francisco, California. At this boutique graphic design firm specializing in creating communication tools for the life sciences, became adept at creating medical illustrations for animations, built PowerPoint presentations, and created flyers and supporting graphics for clients. (2002–2004)

1 Raoul Rañoa

GRAPHIC DESIGN AND PUBLICATIONS
Raoul Rañoa is the lead of Dudek’s Visual Storytelling practice. His 30-year career includes roles at the Los Angeles Times where he honed his expertise in breaking down complex data and processes into visual stories suitable for both expert and general audiences. He currently creates scientific visualizations for JPL/NASA contributing visuals to high-profile JPL/NASA projects such as the Mars helicopter and Ceres Mission Study.

Raoul has prepared multiple print, online, animated, and interactive presentations breaking down complex fire data into visual stories tailored for public outreach. He is currently leading/co-leading the development of multiple digital CWPP/RPPs for clients such as the Inland Empre Community Foundation, San Gabriel and Lower Los Angeles Rivers and Mountains Conservancy, Inland Empire Resource Conservation District and the county of Nevada. He also prepared visuals for the award-winning SDSU Mission Valley Campus Master Plan/Design Guidelines and led the development of SANDAG’s Adaption Guidelines and Resilience Toolkit.

Raoul is knowledgeable in print and web graphics production, including prepress, vector and 3D illustration, GIS, social media, video, and motion graphics. He has university-level teaching experience, as well as experience in technical editing, writing, reporting, and cartography. He has given presentations on Visual Communications at the 2021 Western Groundwater Congress, JPL, Loyola Marymount University and the American Planning Association.

Raoul has been a key member of Pulitzer Prize–winning investigative journalism teams and his scientific visualizations for JPL have also been included in a recent Space Studies Board/National Academy of Sciences’ Planetary Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey. His interactive and illustrative work at Dudek has been awarded by organizations such as the American Planning Association and his work at the Los Angeles Times has been awarded multiple times by the Society of News Design, an international design competition which he also judged in 2016. Additionally, Raoul’s data visualizations are nationally recognized, having been featured in the Best American Infographics book series two years in a row.

Project Experience
Technical Services for Spatial Analysis and Visual Storytelling, San Gabriel and Lower Los Angeles Rivers and Mountains Conservancy, City of Asuza, California Project managing a broad suite of technical services pursuant to the Environmental Integrity Analysis and Community Vulnerability Analysis. Duties include client relations, schedule management, design and creation of data visualizations, budget management Interactive Regional Priorities Map development using ESRI Experience Builder/StoryMap platform, and public outreach and engagement products on wildfire resilience.

Inland Empire Community Foundation Digital Regional Priority Plan, County of San Bernardino, California Project managing creation of IECF’s Digital Regional Priority Plan using ESRI Experience Builder/StoryMap platform.

Duties include client relations, schedule management, data acquisition, design and creation of data visualizations, project submission database workflow, coordinating creation of interactive fire data maps, data and budget management. Also creating social media and public outreach materials.

Education
California Polytechnic
State University, Pomona
BA, Communications
(Journalism focus)

2 San Bernardino Regional Priority Plan Digital RPP, Inland Empire Resource Conservation District California Responsible for coordinating and creating visuals with GIS team for use in the IERCD’s Storymap/Experience Builder. Visuals include infographics and multi-layered interactive/static maps showing area projects. Data includes fire/project footprints, CalEnviro data, critical habitats, and other datasets related to open space preservation, wildland rehabilitation, and public outreach.

Nevada County Community Regional Priority Plan Visual Storytelling lead creating interactive/static infographics for Experience Builder Web app outlining Nevada County’s CWPP. Duties include client relations, design and creation of data visualizations and infographics.

Community Wildfire Protection Plan for the Cities of Monterey, Pacific Grove, and Carmel-by-the-Sea. Monterey Fire Department. Monterey, California. Helped create, coordinate and build Storymap/digital presentation containing interactive and static maps outlining wildfire risk. Storymap includes 3D infographics and data visualizations.

Also, created social media, public outreach materials.

Santa Barbara Community Wildfire Protection Plan Update and Program EIR. Responsible for creating public outreach visuals, maps and infographics illustrating plans to mitigate impact of wildland fire to the City.

Awards
▪ 2024 Public Outreach Award of Merit for Outreach and Engagement from the American Planning Association (APA)
▪ 2023 Visual Storytelling Honorable Mention, DWR Tribal Water Stories Graphic Novels from PR Daily Social Media and Digital Awards
▪ 2022 Communication Initiative Excellence Award NPC Conference Interactive Tour from the APA San Diego Section
▪ 2018 Outstanding Environmental Analysis Document (EIR/EIS Category) SDSU Mission Valley Campus Master Plan EIR from AEP San Diego Section Awards
▪ 2015 Finalist Online Journalism Award, Vaccinations in LA County ▪ 2013/2014 Best American Infographics
▪ 2011 Los Angeles Times Editorial Awards, How Mexican Drug Cartels Smuggle Narcotics Across The Border ▪ 2012 Bingham Prize for Investigative Journalism, reported at the Los Angeles Times ▪ 2010 Award of Excellence, Society of News Design, multiple years ▪ 2003 Lead Artist/Pulitzer Prize for the Widow Maker Investigative Series, reported at the Los Angeles Times ▪ 2008 National Press Club Consumer Journalism Award for animated 3D recreation of a trailer crash, reported at Los Angeles Times

Phuong Nguyen, TE |
Senior Transportation Engineer

E X P E R I E N C E
17 years

E D U C A T I O N
BS, Civil Engineering, San Diego
State University

A C C R E D I T A T I O N
Professional Engineer (Traffic),
California #TR2660

A F F I L I A T I O N S
Institute of Transportation Engineers
(ITE) – San Diego Section President

Phuong Nguyen has 17 years of experience providing engineering services to the transportation industry. He has conducted multiple evacuation analysis using microsimulation and transportation demand model. Over the year, Phuong has conducted and
continue to improves evacuation analysis methodology to includes the multiple variables associated with human behavior during an evacuation scenario. Phuong has worked closely with fire protection experts, fire chiefs, law enforcements, and public work departments to ensure that each evacuation analysis remain up to date with the latest OPR technical advisory, emergency operation plan, and published case laws.

R E L E V A N T E X P E R I E N C E
Centennial at Tejon Ranch Evacuation Analysis, Los Angeles County, CA. Senior Transportation Engineer. CR Associates (CRA), in collaboration with Dudek, conducted an evacuation travel time analysis for the 12,323-acre Centennial at Tejon Ranch project in Los Angeles County. Using the Vissim traffic microsimulation model, the study evaluated phased wildfire evacuation scenarios, incorporating fire behavior science, local topography, and roadway capacity. The analysis emphasized surgical, phased evacuations to minimize gridlock, ensure safe egress, and maintain emergency access .

Findings included evacuation time estimates, bottleneck identification, and strategic recommendations to support emergency personnel in pre-planning and real-time response.

Otay Ranch Resort Village 13 Fire Evacuation Study, San Diego County, CA. Senior Transportation Engineer. CR Associates (CRA), in partnership with Dudek, conducted a fire evacuation analysis for the Otay Ranch Resort Village 13 Alternative I project in San Diego County. This analysis evaluated evacuation travel times under multiple wildfire scenarios to ensure safety for the proposed community and surrounding areas. Using Vissim microsimulation modeling, CRA examined mass and targeted evacuation scenarios, incorporating worst-case conditions such as wind-driven fires, vehicle volumes, roadway capacities, and local topography. The study emphasized phased, surgical evacuations over mass evacuations to minimize congestion, prioritize at-risk zones, and maintain emergency access. Findings included evacuation time estimates, roadway bottlenecks, and capacity assessments. CRA also de veloped a framework for using these results in future analyses, focusing on enhancing real-time decision-making during emergencies.

Beaumont Pointe Fire Evacuation Analysis, Riverside County, CA.

Senior Transportation Engineer. CR Associates (CRA), in partnership with Dudek, conducted a comprehensive fire evacuation analysis for the proposed Beaumont Pointe development in Riverside County.

The project evaluated evacuation timeframes for various wildfire scenarios under "Red Flag" conditions, incorporating critical factors like roadway capacity, vehicle volumes, and potential bottlenecks.

The analysis utilized Vissim microsimulation modeling to assess 17 different scenarios, including full and parti al evacuations, phased strategies, and shelter-in-place options.

Los Angeles County Rail Network Integration Plan, Los Angeles, CA. Senior Transportation Engineer. CRA, as the prime consultant, is preparing a regionally significant study to integrate Metro’s existing and planned transit corridors with Metrolink’s programs and the anticipated California High-Speed Rail project investments. The study will determine optimal rail and multimodal connectivity and operations options, infrastructure needs, and community benefits for service within Los Angeles County and the surrounding SCAG region counties. For the three hot spots located at key station areas, CRA is developing safety and hazard analyses, local and regional multimodal operational models, and socioeconomic- and equity-focused ridership forecasts. CRA is conducting extensive regional outreach with state, regional, and local agencies and the public to gain a thorough understanding of experiential and operational concerns.

North Harbor Drive Mobility and Access Study, Port of San Diego, CA. Senior Transportation Engineer. Phuong led the CRA team in developing a microsimulation model for the North Harbor Drive Mobility and Access Study. The North Harbor Drive corridor serves as the primary access point for several high traffic generators, including the San Diego International Airport, the San Diego Convention Center, the San Diego Cruise Ship Terminal, Coast Guard Headquarters, the Midway Museum and Seaport Village, while also providing access to the downtown community. North Harbor Drive is also a waterfront roadway which parallels the San Diego Bay coastline with attractive esplanades, parks and other public spaces which attract a high level of recreational pedestrian and bicycle demand.

Traffic stemming from different land uses was accurately calibrated and incorporated into the microsimulation model, enabling the project team to create an optimal solution for the corridor.

Fanita Ranch Fire Evacuation Analysis, Santee, CA. Project Manager. CRA, in collaboration with Dudek, conducted a fire evacuation analysis for the proposed Fanita Ranch project in Santee, California. The analysis assessed evacuation times for various wildfire scenarios, including worst-case conditions with Santa Ana winds and nighttime mass evacuations. Using Vissim microsimulation modeling, CRA evaluated nine scenarios, focusing on phased evacuations, targeted evacuations, and the inclusion of the Magnolia Avenue Extension.

The study identified evacuation times, potential bottlenecks, and the effectiveness of phased evacuation strategies, prioritizing high-risk zones near wildland interfaces. Recommendations emphasized the importance of roadway improvements, fire-resistant infrastructure, and strategic evacuation planning to ensure the safety of residents. The findings, including evacuation travel times and strategic guidance for emergency personnel, were compiled into a technical memorandum to support the city’s wildfire response and emergency preparedness efforts.

Jonathan Sanchez, PE, TE, PTOE |
Senior Transportation Engineer

E X P E R I E N C E
11 years

E D U C A T I O N
MS, Civil Engineering -
Transportation

BS, Civil Engineering, San Diego
State University

A C C R E D I T A T I O N
Professional Engineer (Civil),
California #91776

Professional Engineer (Traffic),
California #TR2957

Professional Traffic Operations
Engineer (PTOE), #5042

A F F I L I A T I O N S
Institute of Transportation Engineers
(ITE) – Secretary (2025)

Jonathan Sanchez has eleven years of experience as a
transportation engineer at CRA and has worked for public and private clients all throughout Southern California. He has experience as a project manager or task order manager for projects related to traffic engineering design plans, conceptual design, traffic impact studies, traffic operations, data collection, collision analyses, corridor studies, and multi-modal analysis. Jonathan’s comprehensive problem-solving approach and attention to detail make him a valuable asset in addressing complex transportation challenges.

R E L E V A N T E X P E R I E N C E
Otay Ranch Resort Village 13 Fire Evacuation Study, San Diego County, CA. Senior Transportation Engineer. CR Associates (CRA), in partnership with Dudek, conducted a fire evacuation analysis for the Otay Ranch Resort Village 13 Alternative I project in San Diego County. This analysis evaluated evacuation travel times under multiple wildfire scenarios to ensure safety for the proposed community and surrounding areas. Using Vissim microsimulation modeling, CRA examined mass and targeted evacuation scenarios, incorporating worst-case conditions such as wind-driven fires, vehicle volumes, roadway capacities, and lo cal topography. The study emphasized phased, surgical evacuations over mass evacuations to minimize congestion, prioritize at-risk zones, and maintain emergency access. Findings included evacuation time estimates, roadway bottlenecks, and capacity assessments. CRA also de veloped a framework for using these results in future analyses, focusing on enhancing real-time decision-making during emergencies.

Beaumont Pointe Fire Evacuation Analysis, Riverside County, CA.

Senior Transportation Engineer. CR Associates (CRA), in partnership with Dudek, conducted a comprehensive fire evacuation analysis for the proposed Beaumont Pointe development in Riverside County.

The analysis utilized Vissim microsimulation mode ling to assess 17 different scenarios, including full and partial evacuations, phased strategies, and shelter-in-place options.

Euclid Avenue (SR-83) Systemic Safety Analysis Report Program (SSARP), Ontario, CA. Transportation Engineer. CRA led the analysis of over 400 records along the nearly 5-mile-long corridor in the City of Ontario. Multimodal counts were conducted to aid in the calculation of collision rates at intersections and segments and to better understand exposure. Safety improvements or
countermeasures will be proposed to address high collision locations or features throughout the corridor found to contribute to collisions.

The data collection effort, analysis approach and findings, and resulting recommendations were compiled into a comprehensive Caltrans compliant report, that provided the City of Ontario with planned projects that will contribute to improved safety along the Euclid Avenue corridor.

LADOT Vision Zero 2017 Priority Corridors Technical Analysis, Los Angeles, CA. Lead Transportation Engineer.

CRA prepared a technical analysis for 14 priority corridors in support of the City of Los Angeles’ 2017 Vision Zero initiative. The 14 priority corridors were gleaned from the city’s High Injury Network (HIN). The recommended roadway safety improvements employ strategies, such as reduction of travel or peak-hour lanes to accommodate alternative travel modes such as bus-only or bike lanes. Corridor-specific safety improvements were chosen based upon the highest degree of suitability for the individual roadway in question. The Technical Report documents projected impact significance, change in delay for motorists, and implications to overall corridor travel time after project implementation.

Fanita Ranch Fire Evacuation Analysis, Santee, CA. Senior Transportation Engineer. CRA, in collaboration with Dudek, conducted a fire evacuation analysis for the proposed Fanita Ranch project in Santee, California.

The analysis assessed evacuation times for various wildfire scenarios, including worst -case conditions with Santa Ana winds and nighttime mass evacuations. Using Vissim microsimulation modeling, CRA evaluated nine scenarios, focusing on phased evacuations, targeted evacuations, and the inclusion of the Magnolia Avenue Extension.

Appendix B
Sample of Outreach Materials

PLANT A
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1 / FIND A TREE
Scan the QR code above with your Phone
or go to https:/ /selectree.calpoly.edu
and find the desired tree from the list below.
2 / SELECT A TREE
Check the box next to the tree you choose
3 / TREE PICK-UP
Pick-up you tree from this Location.

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URBAN FORESTRY

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URBAN FORESTRY

YOU CAN HELP SHAPE THE FUTURE OF
RANCHO CUCAMONGA’S TREES
The City of Rancho Cucamonga is developing its
ﬁrst Urban Forest Management Plan (UFMP) and
needs your help! The Public Draft of the UFMP is
coming in 2024. Review the UFMP and provide
your insights before the plan is adopted!
Our UFMP will help serve as a road map for
managing our trees. For more information on the
UFMP, visit www.CityofRC.us/RootedRC.

Learn more
about RootedRC
and look for the
UFMP Draft
in 2024!
www.CityofRC.us/RootedRC

TREE INVENTORY
The City Urban Forestry
Crew manages 71,788 trees
on public property!

CANOPY COVER
Between 2012 and 2018, RC’s
tree canopy coverage nearly
doubled, actively creating
shade for our community.
2022 canopy cover study
coming soon!

OXYGEN PRODUCTION
RC’s public trees produce
3,477 tons of oxygen per year.

CARBON STORAGE
City-managed trees store
approximately 23,000 tons of
carbon, which is equivalent
to emissions from 16,700
automobiles over one year.

Fast Facts
Join us in creating a more
wildfire resilient community!
Nevada County Community
Risk Reduction Workshops
are happening this
January and February 2024
Register for a workshop today at:

ReadyNevadaCounty.org/CWPP

What risk reduction
method(s) do you think
should be a top priority in
your community?
Invasive Plant
Removal
Green Waste
Disposal
Evacuation Route
Improvement
Roadside Vegetation
Clearance
Fuels Reduction
on Public Land
Shaded Fuel
Breaks
Home Hardening Public Education Other
?

Community Workshop No.2April 1, 2020

2 Community Workshop No. 2
Agenda§Welcome from the Chief§Introduction to the Team§Project Understanding §Hazard Assessment Modeling§Policies and Actions§Questions and Answers 3 Community Workshop No. 2
Welcome from Fire Chief Eric Nickel

4 CWPP Team Members Presenting Today
AMBER ANDERSON Wildland Fire Specialist
SCOTT ECKARDTDudek
JOE POIRÉFire Marshal
ROSIE DYSTECity Planner
JESSICA KINNAHANDudek
ZOE CARLSONDudek
Join Us in the Conversation: §Submit questions and comments through Chat:§We will answer clarifying questions as they come in§More complex questions and comments will be saved for the Q&A Session

5 Project UnderstandingCity of Santa Barbara Community Wildfire Protection Plan 6 https://cwpp.santabarbaraca.gov/2020/03/the-first-community-wildfire-protection-plan-cwpp-workshop-was-a-success/

7 https://cwpp.santabarbaraca.gov/

8 City of Santa Barbara Community Wildfire Protection Plan §City Council Approval§Additional Community Feedback§Planning Commission Review and Approval §Community Projects§City Projects and Policies§Funding for Projects§Improved Safety §Current Wildland Fire Plan§Science / Modeling§Mapping and Current Risk Assessment§Community InputDraft CWPP Final CWPP
CWPP Implementation
9 City of Santa Barbara Community Wildfire Protection Plan §City Council Approval§Additional Community Feedback§Planning Commission Review and Approval §Community Projects§City Projects and Policies§Funding for Projects§Improved Safety §Current Wildland Fire Plan§Science / Modeling§Mapping and Current Risk Assessment§Community InputDraft CWPP Final CWPP
CWPP Implementation
10 CWPP Development TimelineThe timeline for development of the CWPP and PEIR is guided by the grant schedule with completion in early 20212019ENGAGEMENTOPPORTUNITIES

DELIVERABLES
Kickoff Meeting
2020 2021CWPPWebsiteCommunity Workshop 1Community Workshop 2Planning Commission§Scoping§HearingPlanning Commission§Hearing §Draft PEIR Planning Commission§Hearing §Final PEIR §CWPP
§Final PEIR§Final CWPP
City Council§Hearing §PEIR Certification§CWPP approval
Draft PEIRDraft CWPPDevelopmentEstablish Community Base MapsInitial Study OctoberFebruaryJuneOctoberJanuary
11 §Field Assessments§GIS Analysis§Fire Behavior Modeling§Research/Coordination Wildfire Hazard Assessment Approach
12 §GIS (FlamMap software)§Incorporates terrain, fuels, and weather data§Model flame length and crown fire potential§Allows for identification of specific areas with potential for extreme fire behavior§Results allow for identification of hazard areas and prioritization of treatment areas Fire Behavior Modeling

13 §Model Outputs§Flame Length§Crown Fire Activity (passive, active, independent)§Extreme Fire Behavior Fire Behavior Modeling

14 §textPLACEHOLDER Results Slide
15 Draft High Fire Hazard Areas

16 Draft Vegetation Management Units

17 Questions and Comments

Thank Y oucwpp.SantaBarbaraCA.gov

800.450.1818 | [email protected]
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