Emergency and Holidays – Minimum charge of two hours will be billed at 1.75 times the normal rate.
Material and Outside Services – Subcontractors, rental of special equipment, special reproductions and blueprinting, outside data processing and computer services, etc., are charged at 1.15 times the direct cost.
Travel Expenses – Mileage at current IRS allowable rates. Per diem where overnight stay is involved is charged at cost
Invoices, Late Charges – All fees will be billed to Client monthly and shall be due and payable upon receipt. Invoices are delinquent if not paid within 30 days from the date of the invoice. Client agrees to pay interest at a 10% annual rate for amounts unpaid greater than 30 days after the date of the invoice.
Annual Increases – Unless identified otherwise, these standard rates will increase in line with the CPI-U for the nearest urban area per the Department of Labor Statistics to where the work is being completed) or by 3% annually, whichever is higher.
Prevailing Wage – The rates listed above assume prevailing wage rates do not apply. If this assumption is incorrect Dudek reserves the right to adjust its rates accordingly. 344
Appendix B
Sample Certificate of Insurance
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Appendix C
Resumes
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1 Laura Masterson
CONTRACT MANAGER | PRIMARY CONTACT
Laura Masterson is an environmental planner with 11 years’ professional experience as a planner and environmental supervisor specializing in California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)/National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) document preparation.
Laura has experience managing the preparation of complex joint CEQA/NEPA documents with high public visibility. She has been a planner at Dudek for 3 years. During that time, she has been an author, deputy project manager, and project manager on a variety of environmental documents including environmental impact reports (EIRs), mitigated negative declarations (MNDs), negative declarations (NDs), addendums, and categorical exemptions. She has worked on projects for a variety of clients including cities and city departments, public utilities, state agencies, private developers, and community college districts. Prior to coming to Dudek, Laura was the CEQA supervisor for a large public agency.
Project Experience
State Government
Mission Canyon Stream Habitat Restoration Project MND, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Santa Barbara County, California. Project manager for the preparation of an MND for the restoration of Mission Creek and associated upland areas after an unauthorized discharge of sidecast rocks and debris. The project was approved by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife in May 2024.
Southern Region Emergency Operations Center EIR, California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services, Costa Mesa, California. Project manager for the preparation of an EIR for the development of a Regional Emergency Operations Center on state-owned property in the City of Costa Mesa. The Final EIR was certified, and the project was approved on December 19, 2023.
Development
1450 Artesia Specific Plan Draft EIR, City of Gardena, California. Deputy project manager in the preparation of an EIR for the redevelopment of mixed-use property with a new mixed-use development consisting of a 268,000- gross-square-foot building that includes self-storage, industrial warehouse, and office/retail uses. The Draft EIR was released for public review in July 2024 and the Final EIR is currently under preparation.
Addendum #3, Delta Shores Final EIR, City of Sacramento, California. Lead analyst in the preparation of an addendum to assess changes to the Delta Shores mixed-use development project, which required amendments to the associated Development Agreement and the Delta Shores Planned Unit Development. The project was approved by the Sacramento City Council in September 2024.
Education
California State University,
Fullerton
MS, Environmental
Studies, 2011
University of California,
Los Angeles
BS, Marine Biology, 2007
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2 Addendum to the City of Buena Park 2035 General Plan Update EIR for the Village at Buena Park Project, City of Buena Park, California. Lead analyst in the preparation of an addendum for the development of a 1,302-unit multifamily and townhome development within the Entertainment Corridor of the City of Buena Park. The project was approved by the City of Buena Park in June 2023.
Addendum to the Irvine Business Complex Vision Plan and Mixed-Use Overlay Zoning Code EIR, City of Irvine, California. Lead analyst in the preparation of an addendum for the development of a 172-room Home 2 Suites extended stay hotel within the Irvine Business Complex region of the City of Irvine. The project was approved by the City of Irvine Planning Commission in November 2022.
Water/Wastewater
Addendum to the Initial Study (IS)/MND, Lake Mission Viejo Water Improvement Project, Santa Margarita Water District, California. Lead analyst in the preparation of an addendum to assess project changes including new pipeline infrastructure within Lake Mission Viejo, a new submersible pump and metering station, a new pipeline within Marguerite Parkway, and connections to existing pipelines from the submersible pump and metering station and from the water treatment facility to the lake. The project is a continuation of the efforts to improve water quality in Lake Mission Viejo and reduce reliance on imported water. The addendum was completed in September 2024.
NEPA-Compliant Biological and Cultural Resources Studies, Western Municipal Water District, Riverside County, California. Project manager for the preparation of NEPA-compliant cultural and biological resources studies at three project sites within the Western Municipal Water District’s jurisdiction. The work was completed in April 2024.
Hill Canyon Treatment Plant Stormwater Diversion Project IS/MND, City of Thousand Oaks, California. Lead analyst in the preparation of an IS/MND for improvements to the Hill Canyon Treatment Plant, including storm drain improvements, development of a new debris basin, and development of a new stormwater channel to route the off-site stormwater flow through and around the treatment plant in a dedicated channel/pipe to an existing discharge location. The Final MND was completed in late 2023.
North Hollywood Chlorination Stations and NHOU2IR West Treatment Plant Project IS/MND, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, North Hollywood, California. Lead analyst in the preparation of an IS/MND for the expansion of treatment capacity at the existing Rinaldi-Toluca and North Hollywood West Chlorination Stations and replacement of the North Hollywood Central Chlorination Station. The MND was adopted by the Board of Water and Power Commissioners in March 2023.
Filter Plant Site Use Project Categorical Exemption with Special Studies, El Toro Water District, Mission Viejo, California. Project manager for the preparation of categorical exemption with special studies (air quality and greenhouse gasses, biological resources, noise, and cultural resources including built environment, cultural, and tribal cultural resources) for the demolition of the water filtration plant and clearwell and construction of a new storage warehouse and Water Emergency Response Organization of Orange County Emergency Operations Center at the El Toro Water District’s facility at 26081 Via Pimiento in Mission Viejo. The Notice of Exemption was posted in April 2022.
Education
Solar Plan Project IS/MND, Riverside Community College District, Norco and Moreno Valley, California. Lead analyst in the preparation of an IS/MND for the development of ground-mounted photovoltaic solar arrays at Norco College and Moreno Valley College in support of the Riverside Community College District’s solar planning initiative. The MND was adopted by the Riverside Community College District Board of Trustees in November 2022. 349
1 Megan Enright
TASK ORDER MANAGER
Megan Enright is a senior project manager with 28 years’ experience in environmental planning, specializing in biological resource analyses for environmental documents, regulatory compliance, and botanical surveying.
Megan has served in a variety of project management and lead biologist roles for a diverse client base, including cities, counties, special districts, joint powers authorities, and land development companies. In her project work, Megan solves biological and regulatory challenges and leads interagency coordination efforts to facilitate the entitlement and environmental permitting process. Additionally, she conducts wetland delineations and endangered species surveys and evaluates mitigation sites. Megan is trained and skilled in botanical surveying, including vegetation mapping, rare plant surveys, and wetland delineations. She is also experienced in the identification of Southern California flora.
Megan has served as extension of staff for several agencies, including water and wastewater districts and the Western Riverside County Regional Conservation Authority (RCA), a joint powers authority tasked with implementation oversight of the Western Riverside County Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan (MSHCP).
Project Experience
Assistance to Regional Conservation Authority in MSHCP Implementation, Western Riverside County Regional Conservation Authority, Riverside, California. Megan provides extension-of-staff services to the Western Riverside Regional Conservation Authority (RCA), a joint-powers authority that is responsible for implementation of the Western Riverside County MSHCP, a habitat conservation plan (HCP) pursuant to Section 10 of the federal Endangered Species Act and a natural community conservation plan under California’s Natural Community Conservation Planning Act of 2001. Megan serves as extension-of-staff to the RCA, providing ongoing project reviews and consultation on implementation procedures and policies. Responsibilities include review of all development applications within the MSHCP Criteria Area pursuant to the MSHCP Joint Project Review process; leading meetings and coordination with project applicants, 18 permittees, and resource agencies; research and consultation in concert with RCA to provide guidance on how projects can achieve MSHCP consistency; and developed trainings for biologists and conservation practitioners in the Plan Area.
Mesa Verde Specific Plan Area 2 Amendment 2, Mesa Verde Owners, LLC., City of Calimesa, California. Dudek is providing biological consulting services for the 1,485-acre Mesa Verde Specific Plan Area 2 Amendment 2 Project in the City of Calimesa. This amendment updates the Mesa Verde Estates Specific Plan (SPA 13-01), originally adopted in 2007 and amended in 2017, serving as the policy and regulatory framework—functioning as the zoning code—for future development in the area.
Education
University of California,
San Diego
BS, Biology/Ecology,
1997
Certifications
Federal Permit to Conduct
Fairy Shrimp Surveys,
Permit No. TE022524-0
CDFW Rare, Threatened,
and Endangered Plant
Voucher Collection Permit,
Permit
No. 05006
Professional Affiliations
California Native Plant
Society
Association of
Environmental
Professionals
Southern California
Botanists
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2 As the senior biologist, Megan leads Dudek’s biological assessment efforts, which include:
▪ Vegetation mapping
▪ Aquatic resource delineations, including MSHCP Riparian/Riverine Resources ▪ Special-status plant surveys, including MSHCP narrow endemic and criteria area species ▪ Protocol-level burrowing owl surveys
Dudek prepared a Biological Resources Technical Report for CEQA compliance and developed a Western Riverside County MSHCP consistency analysis along with a Determination of Biological Equivalent or Superior Preservation (DBESP) Report for review and approval by the Western Riverside County Regional Conservation Authority (RCA).
Both the MSHCP consistency analysis and DBESP have been reviewed and deemed consistent with the MSHCP by the RCA. In addition, Dudek is managing the project's waters permitting process, which includes:
▪ Waste Discharge Requirement (WDR) application with the Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB) ▪ Streambed Alteration Agreement (SAA) application with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) ▪ To support these permitting efforts, Dudek is developing an on-site Habitat Mitigation and Monitoring Plan (HMMP) to mitigate stream channel impacts, ensuring regulatory compliance and long-term ecological integrity.
Lake Elsinore Back Basin, City of Lake Elsinore, County of Riverside, California. The City of Lake Elsinore in further refining its land use plan and evaluating development and conservation lands relative to the Western Riverside MSHCP criteria, including evaluating the existing habitat value of conserved lands, conservation requirements for undeveloped lands, and any remaining conservation values to be fulfilled in this area by the City. Megan is the project manager and lead biologist for the biological evaluation of the approximate 1,600-acres back basin area.
Surveys included: (1) vegetation mapping, including mapping of MSHCP riparian/riverine and fairy shrimp habitat; (2) narrow endemic and criteria area plant species habitat assessments and focused surveys; (3) least Bell’s vireo and southwestern willow flycatcher focused surveys; and (4) a burrowing owl habitat assessment. After the baseline biological surveys were conducted, Dudek prepared a conservation analysis identifying the land with the highest biological functions and values to further refine the conservation goals in the Lake Elsinore back basin.
Riverside County Flood Control and Water Conservation District, County of Riverside, California. Dudek has an oncall environmental services contract with the flood control district, which includes multiple services including but not limited to CEQA/NEPA documents, waters and endangered species permitting, and habitat restoration services. Most recently, Megan has provided emergency waters permitting services to the flood control district for fuel modification within one of their facilities abutting a residential area. Megan conducted field studies and prepared the emergency permitting package to be uploaded onto CDFW’s Environmental Permit Information Management System (EPIMS) system.
City of Yucaipa On-Call Environmental Services, City of Yucaipa, California. Megan is the project manager for the Dudek’s an as-needed environmental contract with the City of Yucaipa that includes the following general services: (1) coordination with the resource agencies, including the CDFW, USFWS, RWQCB, and USACE; (2) California Department of Transportation local assistance documentation; (3) environmental construction support; and (4) preparation of project entitlement environmental documents, including CEQA and NEPA documents. Some of the projects evaluated under this contract include the following: (1) Wilson III Basin Project; (2) Yucaipa Valley Wine Country Specific Plan; (3) Freeway Corridor Specific Plan; (4) Wildwood Basin 4 Project; (5) Pendleton Avenue Low Water Crossing Replacement Project; and (6) Dunlap Bridge. 351
1 Alex Hardy
TASK ORDER MANAGER
Alex Hardy is an environmental project manager with 23 years’ experience as an environmental planner, program manager, quality-control reviewer, strategy advisor, and researcher and author, with a particular interest in water and other municipal infrastructure projects. Alex has led preparation of the full spectrum of California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) documents for water agencies and local jurisdictions, assessing impacts and identifying compliance approaches for new infrastructure, replacement of existing infrastructure, and a variety of other projects. He is also an adept researcher and writer, employing his educational background in history.
Relevant Project Experience
Water
As-Needed Environmental Services Contract, San Diego County Water Authority (Water Authority), California. Serving as contract manager/program manager, overseeing a range of work for the client’s Water Resources Department and aiding projects throughout their life cycle. Providing advisory support on environmental-compliance strategy and assisting with a host of CEQA review and documentation tasks related to pipeline relining projects, metering station construction and modification, habitat revegetation, emergency repairs, communications system installation, and programmatic infrastructure improvement plans. Working with wildlife biologists and botanists to plan and implement project compliance under the Water Authority’s Subregional Natural Community Conservation Plan/Habitat Conservation Plan (NCCP/HCP). Reviewing and commenting on work prepared by other consultants. Responsible for drafting the NCCP/HCP annual report documenting the organization’s compliance with plant/wildlife species conditions and habitat mitigation.
Overseeing a team of compliance specialists who perform construction monitoring of the client’s contractors and operations and maintenance staff during a wide array of construction projects. Also responsible for allocating Dudek and subconsultant resources for environmental documentation, permitting support, research, and compliance monitoring work for a range of Water Authority projects. Managing contract budget and task order budgets, as well as providing regular progress updates along with invoices. Assisting with preparation of client’s requests for proposals and consultant-selection process.
First San Diego Aqueduct Southern Structures Rehabilitation Project, Water Authority, Escondido and Poway, California. Managed biological resources impact review for a multi-location infrastructure replacement project that is exempt from CEQA but requires compliance documentation pursuant to the client’s NCCP/HCP and permitting for excavation and construction in jurisdictional waters. Reviewed and provided comments and suggested revisions on construction drawings and contract specifications to ensure incorporation of NCCP/HCP conditions while maintaining an eye toward constructability. Oversaw preparation of a post-construction habitat restoration plan covering multiple locations with varying vegetation communities.
Education
San Francisco State
University
MA, History (emphasis on
environmental and urban
planning history), 2008
University of California,
Berkeley
BA, History, 2000
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2 Mission Trails Flow Regulatory Structure II and Flow-Control Facility, Water Authority, San Diego, California.
Managed environmental impact review and preparation of an addendum to a 2006 environmental impact report (EIR) for a 5-million-gallon water-storage reservoir situated along the Second San Diego Aqueduct corridor in the City of San Diego’s Mission Trails Regional Park. The project was partially constructed in 2008–2010, but construction ceased for several years while the Water Authority conducted subsequent facilities planning and water-demand planning. The detailed EIR addendum considered the impacts of a redesigned project, as well as public impacts in a very prominent open space park, including effects on park users and surrounding residents due to restarting construction activity after a 10-year hiatus. Environmental work entailed obtaining updated waters permits due to expiration of previous approvals. The project also received renewed endangered species take authorization, which was now achieved under the client’s NCCP/HCP, which was not in effect when the project first commenced. Provided input for environmental considerations in production of the construction contract plans and specifications. Currently managing the project’s multi-year environmental compliance monitoring task order, with construction planned to be complete by spring 2023. Project changes realized during the construction process have led to analysis of their effect on the project’s prior CEQA documentation, with multiple additional addenda prepared to acknowledge the changes and their relationship to the 2006 EIR.
Municipal
Simms Park Stormwater Capture and Teen & Senior Center Projects MND, City of Bellflower, California. Served as project manager for environmental impact review and preparation of an MND for the City of Bellflower addressing two public projects at Simms Park. One project is a stormwater capture facility to divert water from a concrete box storm drain into a storage reservoir proposed beneath the park’s existing baseball/softball fields. Proposed park improvements include replacing the ballfield surface, replacing perimeter fence and lighting, and adding a bioswale. The second project is construction of a Teen & Senior Center to replace an old teen center building that was demolished in 2019. The new building footprint requires reconfiguration of the park’s existing parking lot and landscaping. The two projects are planned to be constructed separately and are not related in need, but the City decided to cover them in a single CEQA document due to their proximity and potential for overlapping impacts.
Analysis and CEQA documentation required coordination with the two projects’ architects and engineers. Dudek’s CEQA analysis included modeling of construction-phase and operational air pollutant and greenhouse gas emissions, an air quality health-risk assessment due to construction adjacent to residences, noise estimates, and assessment of biological resources and cultural resources in an urbanized environment. Dudek advised the City during the Assembly Bill 52 tribal cultural resources outreach and consultation process. The MND was adopted by the Bellflower City Council in August 2023.
Spane Park Stormwater Capture Project MND, City of Paramount, California. Served as project manager for environmental impact review and preparation of an MND for a stormwater capture project in the City of Paramount’s Spane Park. The project proposed a stormwater capture facility to divert water from a concrete box storm drain into a storage and infiltration reservoir proposed beneath the park’s existing multi-use field. Proposed park improvements include placement of a soccer field over the reservoir, reconstructing existing basketball courts and a restroom building, reconfiguring the parking lot, revitalizing of the park’s artificial pond and stream features, and making landscape improvements. Dudek’s CEQA analysis included modeling of construction-phase and operational air pollutant and greenhouse gas emissions, an air quality health-risk assessment due to construction adjacent to residences, noise estimates, and assessment of biological resources and cultural resources in an urbanized environment. Dudek advised the City during the Assembly Bill 52 tribal cultural resources outreach and consultation process. The MND was adopted by the Paramount City Council in August 2023.
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1 Nicole Cobleigh
TASK ORDER MANAGER
Nicole Cobleigh (nick-KOHL KOB-lee; she/her) is a senior project manager with 26 years’ experience in environmental planning and land use development in Southern California. Nicole manages all phases of the project planning and environmental review process, including budget allocations and monitoring, project team and subconsultant oversight, scheduling, presentations at hearings, and public outreach. She has produced numerous California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) documents, including environmental impact reports (EIRs); environmental impact statements (EISs); and technical reports for visual resources and aesthetics, cultural resources, and other environmental resources.
Nicole applies her comprehensive understanding of policy, planning, and environmental issues to meet clients’ needs on a variety of projects. She has extensive experience working on complicated projects involving multiple regulatory agencies.
Project Experience
Wiley Canyon Project EIR, City of Santa Clarita, California. This project would involve developing a 277,108-square-foot, four-story senior living facility; approximately 8,914 square feet of commercial space; 379 multifamily residential apartments; and a publicly accessible outdoor recreational field space on a vacant 31.8-acre site. Managed the preparation of the EIR for the project where key project issues addressed in the analysis included impacts to biological resources, transportation, and wildfire evacuation.
Clara Oaks Specific Plan Project EIR, City of Claremont, California. This project involves adopting a Specific Plan with development plans, infrastructure and public services plans, development regulations, design guidelines, and administration and implementation necessary to achieve the orderly and compatible development of the project site. The Specific Plan proposes 40 individual lots for custom residential homes, with lot sizes ranging from
0.22 acres to 2.41 acres (with an average lot size of 0.55 acres). Key project issues include providing access to water to the project site, infrastructure improvements to provide access to the project site, and wildfire concerns given the project’s location in the hills above the City of Claremont.
B-2 Hotel Resort Project EIR, City of Garden Grove, California. An Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration (IS/MND) was prepared for the project in 2022. Thereafter, opponents filed a CEQA lawsuit challenging the City’s MND. (Perez et al. v. City of Garden Grove et al. OCSC Case No. 30-2022-01281816-CU-WM-CC.) On February 13, 2024, a stipulated Writ of Mandate (“Writ”) was entered in that matter directing the City to “prepare a focused review under CEQA of the Projects’ […] potentially significant Vehicle Miles Travelled (VMT) and Greenhouse Gas Impacts.” (Writ, ¶ 1(a).) All other claims were waived and dismissed with prejudice. The Writ further directs the City to assess whether any modifications are needed to the Project approvals, including any mitigation measures and conditions of approval. Finally, the City must approve, approve with modifications, or deny the Project’s Education
California Polytechnic
State University,
San Luis Obispo
MCRP, City and Regional
Planning, 2001
University of California,
Los Angeles
BA, Geography/
Environmental Studies
(Public Policy/Urban
Planning Minor), 1998
Professional Affiliations
Association of
Environmental
Professionals
354
2 Planned Unit Development amendment (PUD-141-01[A]) during a publicly agendized meeting of the City Council.
Currently working with the City in managing the preparation of the Subsequent EIR to address the Greenhouse Gas and Vehicle Miles Traveled impacts of the project in compliance with the Writ and pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15163.
Central Park Buildout Project MND, City of Santa Clarita, California. The City’s Central Park was 90 acres and included baseball diamonds, basketball courts, a children’s playground, a disc golf course, a dog park, a fitness zone, multipurpose fields, and other park amenities. The park is highly utilized by youth, league, and recreational sports groups from throughout the Santa Clarita region. Both the City’s 2008 Parks, Recreation, and Open Space Master Plan (2008 Master Plan) and the City’s 2011 General Plan and accompanying General Plan EIR envisioned and discussed the ultimate buildout of Central Park and identified undeveloped land immediately adjacent to the 90-acre Central Park as “Potential Active Parkland.” Managed the preparation of an IS/MND on an expedited schedule so that the City could secure funding to implement planned park expansion and improvements. Key project issues included noise-generating uses near residential uses and potential tribal cultural resources on the project site.
Santa Clarita Riverwalk Project Negative Declaration, City of Santa Clarita, California. This project involves constructing 136 multifamily units and an approximately 10,000-square-foot commercial building on a 5.4-acre site located at 18300 Soledad Canyon Road within the City of Santa Clarita. The commercial building would be two stories (34 feet) in height, and the residential buildings would be three and four stories in height (up to 50 feet). The project also includes construction of covered carports and a recreational area for the residents.
Managed the preparation of an IS/Negative Declaration (ND) for this project.
Old Town Newhall Specific Plan EIR Addendum, City of Santa Clarita, California. The Santa Clarita City Council adopted the Downtown Newhall Specific Plan in 2005, now known as the Old Town Newhall Specific Plan and certified the Final EIR with the approval of City Council Resolution 05-133. The Originally Approved Plan consists of an approximately 271-acre area and proposed the development of up to 1,092 new residential units and nearly 1 million square feet of new commercial space over a 20- to 25-year horizon. The City updated the Old Town Newhall Specific Plan to continue the implementation of the Originally Approved Plan and its subsequent amendments, refine land use designations, and update development standards for the planning area. Managed the preparation of an Addendum to the previously certified Final EIR for the Old Town Newhall Specific Plan to address the incorporated revisions.
Sand Canyon Resort Project EIR, City of Santa Clarita, California. Located in the City of Santa Clarita, this project would have involved redeveloping a former golf course into a resort hotel project. Key project issues included potential impacts to sensitive biological resources, development within a Very High Fire Hazard Zone formerly subject to wildfire and mud and debris flows, and the rezoning of Open Space to Commercial within in a community sensitive to the loss of Open Space. Served as the project manager for the EIR and supported technical analyses for the proposed project.
Moreno Valley Medical Campus Project, Kaiser Permanente, City of Moreno Valley, California. Kaiser Permanente owns an existing medical facility within the City of Moreno Valley. Due to its growing membership base, Kaiser Permanente is proposing to complete a substantial redevelopment and upgrade to the existing medical campus.
Managed the preparation of a Programmatic EIR that evaluated the redevelopment of the campus over three separate phases. The first phase was evaluated at a project-level, while the second two phases were evaluated at a programmatic-level. Key project issues included suitable habitat for sensitive species and consistency with an adopted Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan, traffic impacts, and air quality impacts, specifically associated with the construction and operation of a new Energy Center. 355
1 Tracy Ortega
TASK ORDER MANAGER
Tracy Ortega is an environmental planner with 2 years of professional experience specializing in California Environmental Quality Act/National Environmental Policy Act (CEQA/NEPA) compliance and environmental impact analysis. Tracy has experience in preparing CEQA documentation including initial studies, mitigated negative declarations, and environmental impact reports (EIRs), and to authoring sections, including Geology and Soils, Hydrology and Water Quality, and Utilities sections of EIRs.
Relevant Project Experience
Oceanside Pier Replacement, Oceanside, California. Serving as an environmental planner for the Programmatic EIR prepared for the specific proposed improvements to the Pier View Way Bridge & Lifeguard Headquarters including the new Lifeguard Service Facility, the Junior Seau Beach Community Center, and the Junior Seau Amphitheatre/Bandshell, along with improvements to the pier plaza and public spaces in between. The purpose of the proposed project is to address needed improvements to the full suite of public facilities and provided for their continued long-term availability as a public resource.
Lithium Valley Specific Plan, Imperial Valley, California. Serving as an environmental planner of the PEIR for the Imperial County Salton Sea Lithium Valley Specific Plan to support the existing and future renewable energy development, lithium extraction, and associated infrastructure and industrial uses in the Planning Area in the northern Imperial Valley along the southeastern Salton Sea.
Phelan 60 Project, Cambria 60 Partners LLC, Hesperia, California. Serving as primary analyst for the development of an industrial/warehouse space on behalf of Covington Development Group. The proposed project would provide 419,840 square feet of industrial/warehouse space and include associated improvements, such as loading docks, tractor-trailer stalls, passenger vehicle parking spaces, stormwater detention basins, and landscape area.
The proposed project would also include 5,000 square feet of office space.
Delta Shores, Sacramento, California. Serving as an environmental planner for the Addendum of the Delta Shores Project EIR for the City of Sacramento consisting of several parcels including the development of an approximately 782- acre master planned community in south Sacramento adjacent to the southern city limits. Delta Shores included a mix of residential uses with two mixed-use commercial centers, schools, parks, and limited office uses.
Solaris Business Park Project EIR, County Club Ventures, City of Escondido, California. Serving as an environmental planner for the EIR for the development of a business park, as well as a Specific Plan amendment, zone change/prezone, commercial subdivision map, and annexation into the City of Escondido.
Education
California State University,
Fullerton
MS, Geological Sciences
BS, Geological Sciences
Professional Affiliations
Association of
Environmental
Professionals (AEP)
American Planning
Association (APA)
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2 Addendum to the Hesperia Commerce Center II Project EIR, Covington Development Partners, Hesperia, California. Served as an environmental planner for the preparation of an Addendum to the HCC II Project EIR. The modified project was part of the larger industrial development known as the HCC II Project, which included 3,745,429 square feet of industrial development. The modified project involved development of a 1,646,642-square-foot concrete tilt-up panel industrial building with 40,000 square feet of office space and an approximately 850,480-square-foot mezzanine in the main warehouse area, for a total of 2,517,122 square feet.
CDFA and WS-California, California. Served as an environmental planner for the EIR/EIS. Under the proposed project/proposed action, the California Department of Food and Agriculture would have a new role in statewide activities, formalizing a program that provides an adaptive and integrated approach, cooperator/requestor participation, technical assistance on lethal and non-lethal techniques, and/or lethal and non-lethal operational wildlife damage management assistance that is similar to Wildlife Services-California’s existing wildlife damage management activities.
Mojave Industrial Park Project EIR, Victorville, California. Served as an environmental planner for the Mojave Industrial Park Project EIR. The project would include construction of three industrial/warehouse buildings and associated improvements on approximately 81.1 acres of vacant land. In total, the project would provide 1,351,400 square feet of industrial/warehouse space. Additionally, associated improvements of the project include loading docks, tractor-trailer stalls, passenger vehicle parking spaces, and landscape area.
Palisade Jefferson Outdoor Storage Yard for Oversized Vehicles and Trailers, NP Jefferson LLC, Anaheim, California.
Served as primary analyst of an Initial Study/Negative Declaration (IS/ND) for a storage yard project in Anaheim, California. The proposed project is a trailer storage yard on a 7.75-acre project site in a largely industrial area of the city.
TTM 20576 Victorville Project MND, Victorville, California. Served as an environmental planner for the Victorville TTM IS/MND. The proposed project involves the construction of a 242-lot single-family residential subdivision, and associated improvements including 110,745 square feet of green space throughout the project site, within four parks.
Mclaughlin and San Jacinto Warehouses Project EIR, Menifee, California. Served as an environmental planner of the Mclaughlin and San Jacinto Warehouses EIR. The proposed project would provide 492,572 square feet of industrial warehouse space across five buildings. Additionally, associated facilities and improvements of the project include loading dock doors, on-site landscaping, and related on-site and off-site improvements (roadway improvements, sewer, storm drain, utilities).
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1 Alexandra Howard
TASK ORDER MANAGER
Alexandra Howard (al-eks-AHN-dra HOW-uhrd; she/her) is an environmental planner with 5 years’ professional experience specializing in California Environmental Quality Act/National Environmental Quality Act (CEQA/NEPA) compliance and environmental impact analysis. Ms. Howard has experience in preparing CEQA documentation including initial studies, mitigated negative declarations, and environmental impact report sections. Her experience includes the preparation of technical studies through analyses of air quality, noise, and transportation impacts to support CEQA documentation. Further, she possesses a high level of expertise in geographic information systems (GIS), with proficiency in managing and analyzing spatial data and creating maps to support and enhance environmental documentation.
Relevant Previous Experience
Huntington Beach Housing Element Update, Draft Subsequent Environmental Impact Report (SEIR), City of Huntington Beach, California. Served as an environmental planner for the City of Huntington Beach’s Housing Element Update (2021–2029) Implementation Program. The Draft SEIR was prepared to discuss the Housing Element Update’s potential physical impacts on the environment, ways in which potential environmental impacts may be minimized (mitigation), and alternatives to the project. Tasks included environmental analysis and EIR preparation, including preparing the vehicle miles traveled assessment.
Starbucks Drive-Through Service Restaurant Project Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration (IS/MND), City of Cerritos, California. Served as an environmental planner to assist with the environmental analysis and preparation of an IS/MND for the Starbucks Drive-Through Service Restaurant Project and related Cerritos Development Code amendments. The project involved subdividing the subject property to create two separate parcels to accommodate a proposed 1,897-square-foot Starbucks drive-through service restaurant with 20 parking spaces, a single-lane drive-through, and site landscaping. In addition, the project included an amendment to the Cerritos Development Code to allow drive-through service restaurant uses to be conditionally permitted with limitations in other commercial zones.
Rancho Los Amigos South Campus Specific Plan Draft Program Environmental Impact Report (PEIR), City of Downey, California. Served as an environmental planner for the Rancho Los Amigos South Campus Specific Plan.
The Draft PEIR was prepared to analyze the 62.5-acre Focus Area within the approximately 172-acre Specific Plan area. The project proposes a planned and programmed mix of transit-oriented residential, retail, and office uses within the Focus Area. Tasks included environmental analysis, EIR preparation, and conducting public noticing procedures for CEQA compliance to ensure accurate public disclosure of environmental documentation.
Gardena Transit-Oriented Development Specific Plan Project Draft EIR and Final EIR, City of Gardena, California.
Served as an environmental planner for the Gardena Transit-Oriented Development Specific Plan Project. The Specific Plan allowed for the development of up to 265 dwelling units (DU) in a single building on a 1.33-acre site Education
California State University,
San Luis Obispo, 2019
BS, Environmental
Management and
Protection
Minor, Geographic
Information Systems
Professional Affiliations
Association of
Environmental
Professionals
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Santa Ana Off-Premises Commercial Advertising Signs Ordinance Update Project, City of Santa Ana, California.
Served as a GIS analyst for the City of Santa Ana’s proposed Off-Premises Commercial Advertising Signs Ordinance (Billboards Ordinance) to support the establishment of permitted locations for billboards The Billboards Ordinance would allow digital billboards to be installed adjacent to freeways in suitable locations; allow the reconstruction or conversion of existing static freeway-oriented billboards to digital displays; and allow the reconstruction or conversion of existing on-premise freeway-oriented advertising signs to digital billboards. Tasks included geospatial analysis and the preparation of hard-copy maps and web maps to display locational data. 359
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CARLSBAD
CLOVIS
IRVINE
LOS ANGELES
PALM SPRINGS
POINT RICHMOND
RIVERSIDE
ROSEVILLE
SAN LUIS OBISPO
1. Cover Letter
April 1, 2025
Barbara Mason
Purchasing Manager
City of Banning
99 E. Ramsey Street
Banning, CA 92220
Subject: Request for Qualifications for On-Call CEQA/NEPA Services (RFP 24-096) Dear Ms. Mason:
LSA is pleased to submit this Statement of Qualification (SOQ) to provide the City of Banning (City) with On-Call California Environmental Quality Act and National
Environmental Policy Act (CEQA/NEPA) Services. LSA’s
extensive local knowledge stems from nearly 15 years of experience assisting the City with environmental
compliance for various land development and public works projects, as well as preparing planning documents and
implementation guidelines. The LSA Team can prepare a
wide variety of environmental documentation required for CEQA/NEPA compliance, including Categorical
Exemptions/Exclusions, Initial Studies/Mitigated Negative Declarations, Environmental Assessments/Findings of No
Significant Impact, Section 4(f) Evaluations, Environmental Impact Reports (EIRs)/Statements (including responses to public comment letters, Findings of Fact, Statements of Overriding Considerations, Mitigation Monitoring and
Reporting Programs), Addenda to previously adopted EIRs, MNDs and myriad technical reports/memoranda.
Along with CEQA/NEPA environmental documentation, LSA maintains an in-house staff of technical experts to prepare supporting technical studies, including biological resources and wetlands studies; historic architecture and archaeological resources studies; transportation analyses; air quality, energy, and greenhouse gas analyses; health risk assessments; acoustical and vibration studies; aesthetics and visual resources analyses; and hydrological and water quality analyses and geospatial analysis.
This depth and breadth of LSA’s experience has contributed to our capability to manage an on-call contract and multiple task orders. LSA recognizes that an on-call assignment requires an “on-call” obligation. The knowledgeable LSA Team will act quickly with a solution-oriented approach, be responsive to myriad requests, and commit to having sufficient staff mobilized to address task orders expeditiously. The core strengths that underpin LSA’s successful delivery of on-call services are timely, clear, and productive communication.
LSA Associates, Inc.:
1500 Iowa Avenue, Suite 200
Riverside, CA 92507
(951) 781-9310
www.lsa.net
[email protected]
Contact Person:
Dionisios Glentis,
Project Manager and
Associate/Senior Environmental
Planner
1500 Iowa Avenue, Suite 200
Riverside, CA 92507
(951) 781-9310
[email protected]
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Our key qualifications for conducting the requested services are:
• Extensive experience preparing environmental documents for projects throughout Riverside County, including the last 15 years with the City of Banning, including the City’s General Plan Circulation Element, Vehicle Miles Traveled Analysis Implementation Guidelines and the First Lincoln Industrial Project.
• Knowledge of the local political, planning, and environmental landscapes, having completed projects for a number of nearby communities throughout the Riverside County region. • A solid understanding of CEQA, NEPA, and the environmental review process supported by our inhouse technical specialists. • Familiarity with the issues that are important to residents in Banning and the ability to customize our approach to environmental review accordingly.
For this on-call contract, Deborah Pracilio, Principal, will serve as the Principal in Charge. Ms. Pracilio has more than 35 years of experience providing CEQA and NEPA services throughout California and will be responsible for overseeing the preparation and management of environmental documents for the City.
Ms. Pracilio was Environmental Principal-in Charge for the I-10 Bypass project and is currently Environmental Task Manager for the Hargrave Avenue Grade Separation project.
Dionisios Glentis, Associate/Senior Environmental Planner, will serve as the Project Manager. Mr. Glentis brings 10 years of consulting experience in the field of environmental planning and 19 years overall consulting with lead agencies on CEQA and NEPA. Mr. Glentis currently serves as project manager for the First Hathaway Logistics Project, Rancho San Gorgonio Specific Plan Amendment, and Banning Travel Center (8th & Lincoln) Project in Banning and will be LSA’s main point of contact for on-call services, responsible for the day-to-day administration of the contract.
LSA has included long-standing teaming partners Group Delta Consultants, Inc. (Group Delta) and Gilbert & Associates (Gilbert) to the consultant team. Group Delta will supplement the LSA Team with hazardous materials and geotechnical services and be available to prepare or peer review these types of studies upon request, while Gilbert will assist with hydrologic and civil engineering services.
We have reviewed the City’s Sample Agreement and are able to enter into a contract with the City. Please note that LSA employees are considered professional employees as defined under the Fair Labor Standards Act at 29 Code of Federal Regulations Part 541 and are not covered by the Davis-Bacon Act.
LSA is committed to providing the City of Banning with prompt, efficient service and unparalleled environmental planning expertise. Should you have any questions, please contact our designated Project Manager/Primary Point of Contact, Dionisios Glentis, at (951) 781-9310 or [email protected].
Sincerely,
LSA Associates, Inc.
Deborah Pracilio Dionisios Glentis
Principal in Charge Project Manager
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2. Proposal
A. Statement of Understanding and Approach
Project Approach and Methods
LSA proposes to provide the City of Banning
(City) with California Environmental Quality
Act (CEQA) and National Environmental
Policy Act (NEPA) document preparation
and review services on an on-call basis. We
understand that expected services include
conducting review of projects for CEQA and
NEPA compliance, preparing CEQA/NEPA
documents for the City (e.g., Initial Studies
in support of [Mitigated] Negative
Declarations, Environmental Impact
Reports (EIRs), Findings of Fact, Statements
of Overriding Considerations, Mitigation
Monitoring and Reporting Programs, Addenda, Environmental Assessments (EAs), Findings of No Significant Impact, Section 4(f) Evaluations, and Environmental Impact Statements [EISs]), peer review of CEQA and NEPA documents prepared by other consultants, review of CEQA and NEPA documents from neighboring agencies, and conducting public workshops and scoping meetings.
As part of our suite of services, we provide technical studies related to traffic, air quality/greenhouse gas emissions and energy, biological resources, cultural and paleontological resources, and noise and vibration. Furthermore, LSA has expertise in reviewing CEQA and NEPA materials associated with projects being considered by other jurisdictions (e.g., Caltrans, other cities, and the County of Riverside [County] ) and preparing comments on behalf of a lead or responsible agency.
As outlined in this proposal, LSA has the technical expertise and familiarity with CEQA processes, procedures, and technical requirements to provide the City with CEQA and NEPA documentation and review services. This expertise includes coordinating with local, State, federal, and other governmental agencies; preparing and processing environmental documents and technical studies; managing public participation programs; issuing necessary legal notices; and incorporating each document into the relevant planning process. We are also familiar with State and County noticing requirements,such as posting to the State Clearinghouse (CEQAnet) and filing documents with the County Clerk-Recorder’s Office. Additionally, the LSA Team has extensive experience with conducting public workshops and scoping meetings and participating in public hearings.
LSA has completed a range of projects throughout Southern California, especially throughout Riverside County and in Banning, specifically. This extensive experience working as an on-call environmental consultant for hundreds of public and private entities has brought a comprehensive understanding of what skills are needed to manage an on-call contract and multiple concurrent task orders.
Our approach and methodology for conducting environmental analyses and preparing environmental documents involves organizing the project team and the tasks needed to achieve the following objectives:
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• Identify key environmental constraints early in the project development process.
• Work with the City and the consulting team to minimize project environmental impacts to the maximum extent
practicable in project development.
• Ensure that all procedural steps required by CEQA, NEPA, and other regulatory processes for environmental
analyses are met.
• Incorporate early involvement of and coordination with State and federal regulatory and resource agencies to
resolve issues and confirm assessment methodologies.
• Maximize use of existing data, reports, and other relevant information to limit the need for new or supplemental
studies.
• Maintain close coordination with the City and consulting team to work toward expediting the project schedule through the environmental document review process(es). • Develop cost-effective and feasible avoidance, minimization, and mitigation measures based on implementation of relevant project field experience.
Once we are tasked with conducting environmental review for a project, we will initiate the effort by gathering information from City staff, the project application, and potentially a site visit. We will then prepare a detailed scope of work, a schedule, and a budget for the appropriate environmental document and supporting techcial studies, which will be determined in consultation with City staff.
Meeting the City’s schedule will be a primary focus. We seek to initiate the planning and review process with a clear understanding of the realistic dates for the receipt of analyses and the completion of technical studies that are key milestones on the critical path for completing the project. Conducting all steps necessary for creation and approval of the necessary environmental review requires not only strict adherence to established timelines and schedules of the project, but also close management of costs associated with the project.
Project Controls
LSA employs several management tools, including topic-specific budgeting tables, subconsultant progress updates, and regularly scheduled budget reporting and updates to the client to accurately track and monitor the overall budget through project completion. LSA’s in-house team of diverse environmental professionals operating within the budget and schedule constraints of projects enables LSA to deliver the highest-quality products within agreed-upon timelines and financial limits. LSA prepares budgets that are appropriate for the scope of services to be performed and verifies that the amounts we bill are consistent with work performed each month. We promptly respond to requests for out-of-scope work or work at a level not anticipated in our approved scope to ensure clear communication and manage expectations.
We are confident we will be able to negotiate specific tasks and provide them in a cost-effective method that will ensure overall cost control. In addition, because LSA uses highly trained project staff, the firm is often able to propose innovative and cost-effective approaches to project issues. While innovative in nature, LSA always ensures compliance with regulations and successful passage through applicable agency 364
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review, while saving money and completing projects more rapidly. Below are select strategies LSA implements to facilitate cost savings and timely deliverables to our clients. • LSA conducts regular comparative analyses of our rates compared to those of other local firms to ensure cost-competitiveness.
• LSA optimizes efficiency by selecting specific staff for each task. For example, select field surveys can be conducted by assistant-level staff with oversight by more experienced staff. On the other hand, strategic planning, project management, and quality control is conducted by senior staff who can efficiently provide the necessary level of expertise and service that is needed for each project. • Budget status is routinely reviewed by the Principal in Charge, the Project Manager, and the Accounting Department. The Project Manager tracks budgets on a weekly or monthly basis, depending on the level of expenditure.
• Budget status, along with project status, can be provided to the City with each monthly invoice. • The Project Manager will communicate with the City if it becomes apparent that out-of-scope work and additional budget may be required. The Project Manager will always obtain prior authorization from the City before commencing any out-of-scope work.
Quality Control/Quality Assurance
LSA maintains high quality throughout the life of each project, not merely at the end of the project. LSA’s overall goal is to improve quality on each subsequent project. This requires implementation of strategies to improve quality at the very beginning of each project and carrying those strategies throughout a project and beyond. LSA’s Quality Control Plan and Procedures include these specific management tasks:
• Include Principal review of all work performed prior to submittal to the client. Principal review ensures that LSA’s study methodology, analysis, and conclusions are sound and that quality standards are met. • Ensure that applicable agency standards, policies, and procedures are understood and adhered to by all project team members.
• Ensure all documents are reviewed by LSA’s Document Management department prior to external release. Document Management staff provide a third-party review consisting of conformity to client requirements, readability/clarity, and overall document presentation. • Review project status with the client at regular project intervals to ensure implementation of the original scope of work and harmonious functioning of all team members. Identify any potential conflicts with schedule or budget due to potential changes in scope or client direction. • Review performance with the client on a regular basis to make any adjustments required for successful project completion and to determine improvements for future projects.
Client Satisfaction
Building upon LSA’s prior and current experience with our on-call contract with the City and other municipalities, the LSA Team for this contract will act quickly; be responsive, knowledgeable, and ready for task orders that may need to be addressed concurrently; and be solution oriented to help City staff accomplish project goals. LSA is equipped with the size and depth of staff and experience to promptly respond to any requests for services from the City, including multiple requests at one time, due to our breadth of experience and in-house staff proximity to Banning.
The LSA Team practices a strong anticipatory project management style that facilitates informed decisionmaking regarding key issues and the level of effort needed to address them. LSA project managers have a 365
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proven ability to discuss multiple approaches and objectives with the City, legal counsel, and project Applicants (as necessary) and come to an agreement on the approach that best meets the City’s needs for complying with CEQA and/or NEPA. Through many combined staff-years of experience providing services for on-call contracts throughout California, LSA has developed an effective process to streamline client requests for services.
LSA offers a well-qualified team that will provide the full range of expertise needed to comprehensively address all required environmental services the City may need under this on-call contract. Many of our planners are certified by the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) and are active members of the American Planning Association and the Association of Environmental Professionals.
Project Schedule
Meeting the client’s schedule is a primary focus of project management for all work that LSA undertakes.
We seek to initiate the environmental review process with a clear understanding of the realistic dates for the completion of technical studies that are key milestones on the critical path for completing the project.
Our staff conducts regular workload meetings and backlog evaluation to determine work assignments and allocate resources to ensure that we meet agreed-upon deadlines. Per the Request for Proposals (RFP) requirements, we have included an example of an expected timeline for an IS/MND (Table A) that includes milestones for deliverables of each aspect of an anticipated project scope.
Table A: Estimated IS/MND Project Schedule
Task Responsible
Party
Weeks to
Complete
Cumulative
Weeks
Task 1: Project Initiation
Authorization to Proceed City -- --
CEQA Kickoff Meeting City/LSA 1 week 1 week
Draft Project Description and Project Initiation Tasks LSA 2 weeks 2 weeks Review Draft Project Description/Provide Requested
Input
City/Applicant 1 week 3 weeks
Final Project Description LSA 1 week 4 weeks
Task 2: Technical Analysis
Provide Draft Technical Studies LSA 8 weeks 12 weeks
Review Draft Technical Studies City 2 weeks 14 weeks
Prepare Final Technical Studies LSA 2 weeks 16 weeks
Task 3: Draft IS/MND
Prepare Administrative Draft IS/MND LSA 4 weeks 20 weeks Review Administrative Draft IS/MND City 3 weeks 23 weeks Prepare Screencheck IS/MND LSA 2 weeks 25 weeks
Review Screencheck IS/MND City 2 weeks 27 weeks
Prepare Public Review Draft IS/MND and Associated
Notices
LSA 1 week 28 weeks
Approve Public Review Draft IS/MND City 1 week 29 weeks Prepare and Publish Public Review Draft IS/MND LSA 1 week 30 weeks 30-Day Public Review Period -- 4 weeks 34 weeks
Task 4: Final IS/MND
Prepare Draft RTC and MMRP LSA 3 weeks 37 weeks
Review Draft RTC and MMRP City 2 weeks 39 weeks
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Table A: Estimated IS/MND Project Schedule
Task Responsible
Party
Weeks to
Complete
Cumulative
Weeks
IS/MND Adoption City 1 day TBD
NOD is filed with County Clerk and State Clearinghouse City 1 day (within 5 days of
project
approval)
TBD
Note: Some tasks in the schedule overlap.
CEQA = California Environmental Quality Act
IS/MND = Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration
MMRP = Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program
NOD = Notice of Determination
RTC = Responses to Comments
TBD = to be determined
Requirement from City Staff
LSA intends to work with City staff as needed and may require some information and support to ensure the environmental document is comprehensive and accurate. Some key tasks that City staff may need to provide include:
• Input on Project Description and Details: LSA will provide an initial project description to City staff for approval. This includes the location, scope, purpose, and design details. City staff may need to supply additional information, especially information related to public infrastructure, proposed or foreseeable land use and/or zoning actions, or planning aspects. • Baseline Environmental Conditions and Environmental Resource Data: In an effort to streamline a project, City staff may be asked to provide existing condition data, such as information on current land use, concerns related to transportation patterns or circulation network performance, infrastructure, demographics, and any existing environmental constraints. This information forms the baseline for assessing impacts.
• Interdepartmental Coordination: LSA may need to collaborate with other departments within the City (such as Public Works, Parks and Recreation, or Public Safety). City staff may be asked to assist in coordinating these interactions and ensuring the consultant has the correct technical input. • Approval and Sign-off: Once the environmental document is completed, LSA will ask City staff to review and approve drafts, ensuring that the document aligns with local plans and policies, proposed or foreseeable land use and/or zoning actions, and also to provide necessary approvals or sign-offs for compliance with CEQA and/or NEPA.
Innovative or Creative Approaches to Projects
LSA’s public agency clients look to us for ways to accelerate the environmental review process for their projects. Through the company’s years of on-call contract experience, LSA has refined methods for streamlining the environmental documentation and permitting processes with Lead Agencies and Responsible Agencies such as Caltrans, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), and resource management agencies. The following strategies have provided streamlining efficiencies:
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• Combine documents if applicable (CEQA/NEPA).
• Overlap tasks as feasible (i.e., jurisdictional delineation, plant survey, vegetation mapping). • Confirm project design and footprint (area of impact) for environmental analysis with no subsequent modifications (other than minor) once the environmental studies begin. • Provide adequate project mapping and design information. • Implement simultaneous conceptual engineering/planning with the preparation of a clear and thorough project description. This also allows for the environmental planners to inform the design of a given project to potentially reduce environmental impacts. • Maintain regular communication with project engineers and the City case planner; submit regular status reports to team with action items and deadlines. • Integrate resource avoidance and impact minimization measures early in the design process that can help streamline the environmental review process and reduce project mitigation costs. LSA will use its prior experience in developing mitigation plans and programs for land development and public works projects to assist the City in developing reasonable, feasible, and cost-effective mitigation measures.
Agency Reviews
• Confer and/or meet with the agency task manager(s) when initiating preparation of environmental documents to obtain a clear understanding of expectations for the document contents, format and logistics, communication protocols, and reviews.
• Notify agency staff ahead of time as to when they will receive the documents so they may schedule their reviews.
• Maintain an open and regular line of communication with all key agency project staff • Discuss review comments with agency staff to ensure an understanding of their comments; conduct workshop sessions with agency staff to address comments and facilitate public disclosure in environmental documents.
Use of City-Owned Facilities
LSA does not intend to lease, purchase, or rent from the City in connection with the services to be performed under this contract.
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B. Company Information
Primary Point of Contact
Dionisios Glentis
Project Manager / Associate/Senior
Environmental Planner
1500 Iowa Avenue, Suite 200
Riverside, CA 92507
(951) 781-9310
[email protected]
Main Office Address
LSA Associates, Inc.
3210 El Camino Real, Suite 100
Irvine, CA 92602
(949) 553-0666 / lsa.net
Branch Offices
Irvine – Orange County
3210 El Camino Real, Suite 100
Irvine, CA 92602
(949) 553-0666
[email protected]
Los Angeles –
Los Angeles County
360 East 2nd Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
(213) 407-1455
[email protected]
Carlsbad – San Diego County
2292 Faraday Avenue, Suite 71
Carlsbad, CA 92008
(760) 931-5471
[email protected]
Riverside – Inland Empire
1500 Iowa Avenue, Suite 200
Riverside, CA 92507
(951) 781-9310
[email protected]
Palm Springs – Coachella
Valley
3111 E. Tahquitz Canyon Way,
Suite 123
Palm Springs, CA 92262
(760) 416-2075
[email protected]
San Luis Obispo –
Central Coast
285 South Street, Suite P
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
(805) 782-0745
[email protected]
Clovis – San Joaquin Valley
2565 Alluvial Ave., Suite 112
Clovis, CA 93611
(559) 490-1210
[email protected]
Point Richmond – Bay Area
157 Park Place
Point Richmond, CA 94801
(510) 236-6810
[email protected]
Roseville – Sacramento Area
1504 Eureka Road, Suite 310
Roseville, CA 95661
(916) 772-7450
[email protected]
Type of Entity
LSA is an S-Corporation, incorporated in the State of California DIR Registration Number
1000010048
We have provided CEQA documentation
and environmental planning services
throughout Riverside County, San
Bernardino County, Orange County, and Los
Angeles County for more than four
decades.
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Firm History
Founded in 1976, LSA Associates, Inc. (LSA), a California S-Corporation, is a 100 percent employee-owned environmental consulting firm with nine offices in California (Irvine, Carlsbad, Clovis, Los Angeles, Palm Springs, Point Richmond, Riverside, Roseville, San Luis Obispo), and approximately 180 employees. The firm was designed to meet the need for environmental evaluation as a result of the passage of the CEQA in 1970. From this foundation, the firm’s expertise, experience, and services have grown to encompass the many issues related to environmental law. LSA has 48 years of experience helping clients navigate the often-complex process of environmental review pursuant to CEQA and NEPA. Although environmental planning and environmental assessment are LSA’s key practice areas, the firm offers technical expertise in the areas of biological resources, wetland permitting, air quality, noise, climate change, cultural, historical and paleontological resources, land use and community planning, natural resources, transportation, water quality, geographic information systems (GIS) and graphics, and document management.
Our environmental team has prepared numerous documents to satisfy the requirements of specific agencies such as the United States Army Corps of Engineers, the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), the FHWA, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the California Coastal Commission, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, and the Regional Water Quality Control Board. This expertise includes coordination with local, State, federal, and other governmental agencies; preparing and processing environmental documents and technical studies; managing public participation programs; issuing necessary legal notices; and incorporating each document into the relevant planning process. LSA has a successful track record of preparing environmental documents that are technically sound and legally robust as well as innovative and solution oriented.
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Overview of LSA’s Services
The LSA Team provides technical services that address all the topic areas outlined in the RFP. The following is a brief introduction to LSA’s areas of specialization as they pertain to this contract.
Environmental Analysis and Planning. Navigating CEQA and NEPA requirements is a critical part of project development in California. LSA’s Environmental Planning Group offers broad expertise in environmental analysis and guides projects through all aspects of CEQA and NEPA compliance documentation. Working across multiple technical disciplines, our staff members combine their knowledge of science and regulations with creative problemsolving skills to provide solutions that are innovative, practical, and efficient. LSA offers highly skilled and responsive support to both public- and private-sector clients. This experience includes the preparation of a wide range of CEQA documents, including Statutory/Categorical Exemptions, IS/MNDs, Draft and Final EIRs, Addenda, and technical reports/memoranda. The firm is also well versed in the preparation of documents to satisfy NEPA requirements such as Categorical Exclusion (CE), EA/Finding of No Significant Impact, Draft and Final EISs, Reevaluations and Technical reports/memoranda.
With respect to ongoing education, our staff members maintain and supplement their knowledge, understanding, and technical expertise in the application of CEQA and NEPA by regularly attending workshops on recent court outcomes and legislative amendments. Our planners use their thorough understanding of CEQA, NEPA, and decades of analogous projects to craft environmental documentation that is efficient, technically sound, and resilient to challenge. This process streamlines documentation and focuses on the analysis, all while ensuring that the resulting documentation is legally robust and defensible.
Biological Resources and Regulatory Permitting. We provide a full range of biological services, including special-status species surveys, biological assessments, and mitigation plans for listed plants and animals; wetland assessments, wetland delineations, regulatory permits, and wetland mitigation; riparian revegetation/restoration; biological resource sections of CEQA documents; tree surveys and arborist reports; botanical surveys for special-status plants and vegetation mapping; wildlife surveys for special-status species, habitat assessments and modeling, and mitigation plans; and GIS mapping. We are familar with the local biological resources and have staff who are expereinced with conducting field surveys and reporting on a number of local special status species such as the Delhi sands flower-loving fly, San Bernardino kangaroo rat, coastal California gnatcatcher, and burrowing owl.
LSA also maintains a number of Section 10 permits for scientific research on various listed species that must be handled during sampling or monitoring. In addition, staff biologists maintain California scientific collector permits to conduct monitoring and sampling work. We regularly conduct construction monitoring and interact with contractors to ensure compliance with regulatory agency permit conditions and CEQA mitigation measures.
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Cultural, Tribal, and Historic Resources. We help navigate the full spectrum of federal, State, and local environmental review requirements governing the management and preservation of cultural resources. LSA’s Cultural Resources Group is made up of a diverse and highly qualified core group of archaeologists, tribal consultants, and historic preservation specialists with extensive experience in the management of cultural resources throughout California. LSA assists its clients with compliance on projects dealing with CEQA, NEPA, the National Historic Preservation Act, California Register of Historical Resources documentation and nominations, and preparation of Historic American Building Survey documentation. We have earned a reputation for employing innovative techniques and developing new technologies to protect resources and manage projects.
All staff archaeologists at LSA either meet or exceed the Secretary of the Interior’s Qualification Standards, and staff archaeologists are Registered Professional Archaeologists or Registered Archaeologists. Our team of specialists addresses regulatory requirements pertaining to archaeology, architectural history, local and regional history, cultural landscapes, Native American consultation, and traditional cultural properties. Additionally, LSA supports public agency staff in meeting their tribal consultation requirements under Assembly Bill (AB) 52 and Senate Bill (SB) 18 and engages in Section 106 Native American consultation with many Native American groups in California. Our cultural resources team is proficient in facilitating tribal engagement. Tribal engagement is a nonlinear process that fosters an open exchange of information with emphasis on trust, respect, and shared responsibility. This is accomplished through ongoing meaningful collaboration, open dialog, and exchange of potentially confidential and sensitive information that can have long-lasting impacts on tribes and their relationship with conservation efforts. LSA assists in the development of Tribal Participation and Engagement Plans through coordination with tribal members, cultural resources specialists, and Tribal Historic Preservation Officers to assure full and candid expression that addresses tribal perspective, key issues, and additional concerns during the planning and decision-making process.
Paleontological Resources. Paleontological resources
(i.e., fossils) include the preserved remains or other
evidence of past life and are protected by various
federal, State, and local regulations and requirements.
LSA has provided professional paleontologists for
projects throughout the western United States since 1979, and the firm supports its knowledge of the regulatory framework with region-specific expertise, professional certifications, and fully appointed laboratory facilities. LSA understands that only projects involving activities or disturbance of native sediments would require paleontological resource management work.
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Air Quality/Greenhouse Gas
Emissions/Health Risk Assessments. Our
Air Quality and Greenhouse Gas (GHG)
Group provides comprehensive air quality
services to ensure compliance with CEQA,
NEPA, and local requirements. Services
range from construction-level analyses of transportation and development projects to the assessment of planning
documents and studies of unique sources of air pollution.
LSA’s air quality services are responsive to evolving State and federal standards, recent case law, and scientific literature. We use quantitative and qualitative methods to evaluate project and program GHG emissions and work within a multidisciplinary team to craft innovative mitigation measures to reduce effects on global climate change. To determine the potential air quality impacts of each project, LSA uses state-of-the-art computer models and assessment protocols developed by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the FHWA, the California Air Resources Board (CARB), Caltrans, the Federal Aviation Administration, local air quality management and air pollution control districts, and city or county governments with jurisdiction over our project sites. From GHG emissions to the carbon footprint of a project, our experts will work with City staff to develop an approach to climate change analysis that meets current challenges, anticipates future issues, and reflects the needs of the community and multiple regulatory agencies. LSA staff also routinely prepare Health Risk Assessments and community risk reduction plans.
Noise and Vibration (Acoustics). LSA noise specialists provide acoustical assessment services in compliance with CEQA, NEPA, and local requirements. Our services range from construction-level analyses of transportation and development projects to the assessment of planning documents and studies of unique sources of noise. We will work with the City to develop reasonable assumptions for construction methods, equipment, and duration. LSA will coordinate with both the design team and the traffic group to analyze operational noise impacts. 373
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Traffic/Transportation. Our transportation staff offers comprehensive transportation planning and engineering services for all aspects of transportation projects. These services include Traffic Impact Assessments, traffic and parking studies, operational analyses, and transportation planning research. In addition, LSA conducts modeling for regional transportation networks, identifies roadway funding and cost sharing opportunities, and assesses traffic impact and parking conditions. LSA’s transportation team is recognized for its creative, solution-oriented approach and its sensitivity to communities, and it has supported local communities with alternative transportation planning and active transportation implementation. LSA has also been part of the discussion regarding numerous State and regional mobility issues, such as Complete Streets, General Plan Circulation requirements, long-range transportation planning, and land use and transportation integration (SB 375). LSA is also a recognized leader on SB 743. Our transportation planning staff has conducted CEQA vehicle miles traveled (VMT) analysis, including mitigation measures, for several types of projects statewide. LSA also has extensive knowledge of and experience with the various travel demand models used throughout the State.
Water Quality. LSA’s water quality staff members are experts in water quality regulations and standards and have extensive experience analyzing projects pursuant to CEQA and NEPA. LSA applies its expertise to help its clients identify and address water quality issues throughout the life cycle of their projects. LSA’s water quality services include water quality analysis for environmental documents (e.g., EIRs, EISs, Enivronmental Assessments), Water Quality Assessment Reports for Caltrans projects, Summary Floodplain Encroachment Reports for Caltrans projects, and peer review of Hydrology Reports and Water Quality Management Plans for development projects for purposes of CEQA compliance.
Litigation, Mediation, or Arbitration
LSA has not been involved in any litigation, mediation, or arbitration regarding the performance of any services similar to those that are being requested in this RFP in the past five 5 years. LSA has not had any claims or disciplinary action taken against the firm or any of our key personnel within the past 5 years. 374
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C. Company Personnel
LSA offers a well-qualified team that will provide the full range of expertise needed to comprehensively address all anticipated services for this contract. The following section presents an introduction to our Project Management Team and Key Personnel who will be assigned to task orders issued by the City. All of the key professional staff listed below are properly licensed to practice in California. Full résumés for our proposed key personnel are provided in Appendix A.
Deborah Pracilio, Principal Environmental Planner
Role: Principal in Charge
Education: B.A., Social Ecology, University of California, Irvine Years of Experience: 39
Contact Information: (949) 697-0352/[email protected] Qualifications: Ms. Pracilio will serve as the Principal in Charge for this contract, responsible for contract oversight and quality control for all deliverables to the City. She is an expert in the management, preparation, and processing of documents pursuant to CEQA and NEPA. With nearly 40 years of experience, she has been responsible for project oversight as Principal in Charge and preparation and project management of CEQA and NEPA mandated environmental documents for land use, institutional, and capital improvement projects, as well as for numerous controversial transportation and land use projects. Ms. Pracilio brings her substantial experience with transportation projects and extensive knowledge of FHWA and Caltrans requirements and procedures to projects. She is also experienced with federal and State resource/regulatory requirements related to protection of environmental resources. She is currently leading the preparation of environmental documents for the City’s Hargrave Avenue Grade Separation and is Environmental Task Manager for the PS&E phase of the I-10 Bypass.
Relevant Project Experience: San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments, Alameda Corridor-East Construction Authority, On-Call Services; City of Los Angeles, Multiple On-Call Environmental Services; OC Community Resources, On-Call Environmental Services; Caltrans District 12, On-Call Environmental Services; County of Orange/OC Public Works, On-Call Environmental Services; I-10 Bypass (Banning to Cabazon) FEIR/FONSI.
Dionisios Glentis, Associate/Senior Environmental Planner Role: Project Manager
Education: B.A., Anthropology (Magna cum Laude), Minor in Business Administration, California State University, San Bernardino
Years of Experience: 19
Contact Information: (951) 781-9310/[email protected] Qualifications: Mr. Glentis will serve as Project Manager and primary contact person to represent LSA for this contract. He is an Associate/Senior Environmental Planner with 19 years of experience managing projects for compliance with CEQA and NEPA. Mr. Glentis specializes in environmental planning, cultural resource management, and construction site compliance. Mr. Glentis has managed, authored, reviewed, and implemented hundreds of environmental compliance documents that include Proponents’ EAs, IS/MNDs, EIRs/EISs, Section 4(f) Evaluations, Water Quality Assessment Reports, Worker Environmental Awareness Programs, Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Programs, Phase I/Class III Cultural Resources Inventories, and Phase II Archaeological Testing and Evaluation Reports. He currently serves as the Project Manager for LSA’s on-call contracts with the cities of Riverside, Moreno Valley, Murrieta, Menifee, and Fontana, as well as the San Bernardino County Land Use Services Department and Riverside County Transportation and Land Management Agency.
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Relevant Project Experience: City of Banning, First Lincoln Industrial Project; City of Fontana Public Storage Fontana Redevelopment Project, Fontana Business Center 2 and Business Center 3 Projects; City of La Verne, Brandywine Homes Residential Development Project; City of La Verne, Brethren Hillcrest Homes Master Plan Update Project; City of La Verne, Damian Highschool Master Plan Update Project; City of Montclair, Peer Review of Environmental Impact Report Sections and Supporting Technical Studies for the Mission Boulevard and Ramona Avenue Business Park Project.
Trevor Wimmer, Senior Environmental Planner
Role: Environmental Planner
Education: B.A., Geography/Natural Resources & Environmental Policy, San Diego State University, San Diego, California; A.A. in Geography, Mira Costa College, Oceanside, California
Years of Experience: 8
Contact Information: (760) 536-8804/[email protected] Qualifications: Mr. Wimmer is a Senior Environmental Planner responsible for conducting research and assisting in analysis for LSA’s environmental and planning projects relating to CEQA and NEPA compliance.
Mr. Wimmer manages and assists other Project Managers in the preparation of Initial Studies and EIR sections, as well as with new project proposals. He also assists the Project Managers on the multiple California High-Speed Rail projects. Additionally, Mr. Wimmer assists the Biological Resources group with nesting bird and other survey fieldwork for species of concern. He leads birding tours at the Sunnylands Annenberg Estate in Rancho Mirage California, conducts quarterly bird surveys at the Salton Sea for Audubon California, and teaches a Conservation of Natural Resources course at College of the Desert. He is currently CEQA/NEPA Task Manager for the Hargrave Avenue Grade Separation Project.
Relevant Project Experience: City of Coachella, Avenue 50 Road Improvement Project; City of Indio, Madison Street Widening Project; County of Riverside, MSHCP Compliance Burrowing Owl Surveys; County of Riverside, Painted Hills Desert Tortoise Clearance; RCTC, Mid-County Parkway Contract 3 Project Carl Winter, Senior Environmental Planner
Role: Senior Environmental Planner
Education: B.A., Geography California State University, San Bernardino; Certificate in Urban Planning, California State University, San Bernardino Years of Experience: 26
Contact Information: (951) 329-3273/[email protected] Qualifications: For more than 26 years, Mr. Winter has been heavily involved in the research, preparation, and management of a variety of environmental and community planning projects for commercial, industrial, residential, mixed-use, and roadway/public facility projects. His duties include the preparation of CEQA and NEPA environmental documents; management of multidisciplinary teams and work efforts, coordination and review of project-specific technical studies; response to public and agency comments; and collaborative and efficient coordination among client, consultants and local, State, and federal agencies.
Relevant Project Experience: City of Fontana, Aragon West District Walnut Village Specific Plan; City of Fontana, Monarch Hills Residential EIR, City of Fontana, Arboretum Specific Plan Amendment No. 1 EIR Addendum, and the Santa Ana Cherry Industrial Project IS/MND; City of Highland, Base Line Bridge 376
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Replacement Initial Study/Categorical Exclusion; City of Moreno Valley, Annual On-Call Professional Consultant Services
Shanna Guiler, AICP, Associate/Senior Environmental Planner Role: Associate/Senior Environmental Planner/NEPA Specialist Education: M.U.E.P., Urban and Environmental Planning, University of Virginia, Charlottesville; B.A., Physics, University of California, Los Angeles Years of Experience: 24
Certifications/Licenses: AICP
Contact Information: (510) 462-1314/ [email protected] Qualifications: Ms. Guiler a versatile urban and environmental planner with expertise in impact analysis, environmental documentation for project compliance under both CEQA and NEPA, and permit processing for federal, State, and local public agencies as well as private developers. She has particular expertise in parks/open space and infrastructure projects. Ms. Guiler is the Project Manager for LSA’s On-Call Environmental contracts with the cities of Richmond and Dublin. In addition to her work with cities, Ms.
Guiler also has considerable experience with parks and open space planning, resource management, environmental analysis, and multi-modal transportation planning.
Relevant Project Experience: City of Anaheim On-Call Environmental Services; East Bay Regional Park District, NEPA for Pinole Shores to Bayfront Park; City of San Ramon, CEQA/NEPA for Iron Horse Trail Overcrossing; City of Fairfield, CEQA/NEPA for Linear Park Ambarish Mukherjee, PE, AICP, Principal Transportation Planner Role: Traffic/Transportation Task Lead
Education: M.A., City and Regional Planning with concentration in Transportation and Land Use Planning, and GIS, University of Texas at Arlington; B.Arc. (Honors), Indian Institute of Technology
Certifications/Licenses: Professional Engineer (California C88084), American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP)
Years of Experience: 22
Contact Information: (951) 465-7395/[email protected] Qualifications: Mr. Mukherjee specializes in travel demand modeling and public infrastructure projects, and he conducts traffic impact analyses for a wide variety of large and small projects including transit projects, residential development, mixed-use development, commercial and office projects, parking structures, roadway and circulation improvements, and General Plans and Specific Plans.
Relevant Project Experience: City of Banning Traffic Fee Program Update; City of Banning VMT Thresholds and Guidelines; City of Moreno Valley, Eucalyptus Industrial Park Project; City of Long Beach, General Plan Land Use and Urban Design Elements Traffic Analysis; County of Riverside, Riverside County Model (RIVCOM) On-Call Modeling and Support
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Debmalya Sinha, Senior Transportation Planner
Role: Traffic/Transportation Planner
Education: Master of Urban Planning (Land Use, Transportation and Infrastructure Planning Specialization), University of Washington, Seattle; Bachelor of Architecture, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
Years of Experience: 9
Contact Information: (951) 781-9310/[email protected] Qualifications: Mr. Sinha Mr. Sinha’s primary responsibilities include the preparation of technical analyses of land development projects, transportation planning, travel demand modeling, and traffic impact analyses. He has worked on various regional and sub-regional models including the Southern California Association of Governments, the Orange County Transportation Analysis Model, Irvine Transportation Analysis Model, and RIVCOM.
Relevant Project Experience: City of Banning Traffic Fee Program Update; City of Banning VMT Thresholds and Guidelines; City of Moreno Valley, Eucalyptus Industrial Park Project; City of Long Beach, General Plan Land Use and Urban Design Elements Traffic Analysis; County of Riverside, RIVCOM On-Call Modeling and Support
Jodi Ross-Borrego, Principal Biologist
Role: Biological Resources Task Lead
Education: B.S., Environmental Biology, Humboldt State University Years of Experience: 20
Contact Information: (951) 465-7395/[email protected] Qualifications: Ms. Ross-Borrego works with various resource and regulatory agencies to analyze impacts and recommend mitigation measures as part of the CEQA/NEPA documentation for both private- and public-sector projects. She has conducted biological studies in a variety of terrestrial and aquatic habitats, including specific special-status species surveys for the Casey’s June beetle, arroyo toad, desert tortoise, Coachella fringe-toed lizard, flat-tailed horned lizard, burrowing owl, coastal California gnatcatcher, least Bell’s vireo, Mohave ground squirrel, and Coachella Valley round-tailed ground squirrel, as well as a variety of plant species.
Relevant Project Experience: I-10 Bypass Cabazon-Banning; Southern California Edison, On-Call Environmental Services; City of South Pasadena, Arroyo Seco Bicycle and Pedestrian Path Project; Southern California Edison, On-Call Environmental Services Ryan Villanueva, Associate/Senior Biologist
Role: Biological Resources
Education: B.S. in Biology / B.A. in Environmental Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz
Years of Experience: 20
Certifications/Licenses: California Department of Fish and Wildlife scientific collecting permit No. GW-193640002-20260-001
Contact Information: (951) 781-9310/[email protected] Qualifications: As an Associate Biologist in LSA’s Riverside office, Mr. Villanueva is primarily responsible for field surveys including plant community mapping, rare plant surveys, wetland delineations, habitat 378
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restoration, habitat assessments, general biological resources surveys, avian-focused surveys, daytime and nighttime bat surveys, and protocol surveys for sensitive species, such as desert tortoise, least Bell’s vireo and burrowing owl. He is also responsible for preparing biological reports and analyzing impacts and recommending mitigation measures as part of CEQA/NEPA documentation for both private- and publicsector projects.
Relevant Project Experience: I-10 Bypass Cabazon-Banning; City of Indio, Avenue 44 Low Water Crossing Replacement; Caltrans/Riverside County, Dillon Road Bridge Reconstruction; Coachella Valley Water District, East Sire Dike Improvement Project
Jessica Coria, Director of Air Quality & Climate Change Services Role: Air Quality Services Lead
Education: M.S., Environmental Science and Policy, Johns Hopkins University; B.A., International Relations: Global Environment, Health, and Natural Resources, University of California, Davis
Years of Experience: 10
Contact Information: (559) 490-1210/[email protected] Qualifications: With more than a decade of experience, Ms. Coria’s expertise includes regulatory compliance, conducting health risk assessments, air dispersion modeling, sustainable project design, air pollution control measures, and GHG emission mitigation. In her former role as the Regional Program Manager for the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District’s (SJVAPCD) Air Quality Science and Planning Department, Ms. Coria acted as lead technical staff and management lead for the development and implementation of regional clean air attainment plans, regulatory development projects, and the development of community emission reduction programs for disadvantaged communities identified under AB 617. Through her work at the SJVACPD, Ms. Coria acted as technical support for the review of permit applications and coordinated the CEQA evaluation of both clean air plans and air district regulations. Ms.
Coria has worked as a technical advisor to assist CARB and EPA staff in developing GHG quantification methodology for State climate mitigation incentive programs.
Relevant Project Experience: Fresno County Priority Climate Action Plan; County of Kern, Kern Area Regional Goods-Movement Operations; City of San Rafael, Northgate Mall Redevelopment Project; Caltrans, I-405 Express Lanes
Cara Cunningham, Associate/Senior Environmental Planner Role: Air Quality/GHG Compliance
Education: B.S., City & Regional Planning, Minor in Real Property Development, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Years of Experience: 11
Contact Information: (559) 490-1214/[email protected] Qualifications: Ms. Cunningham provides project management and technical assistance on a variety of planning and environmental documents including EAs, ISs, and EIRs. At LSA, she has been involved in residential and commercial development projects, road improvement projects, and program-level plans.
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Relevant Project Experience: City of Banning, First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc., First Lincoln Industrial Project; City of Fontana, Public Storage Fontana Redevelopment Project; City of Fontana, South Fontana Sports Park Addendum No. 2; City of Chino, Philadelphia Street Industrial Development Site and East End Annexation Project
John T. (J.T.) Stephens, EIT, Principal Noise Analyst
Role: Noise and Vibration Task Lead
Education: B.S., Acoustical Engineering, minor in Communications Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
Years of Experience: 19
Contact Information: (510) 236-6810/[email protected] Qualifications: Mr. Stephens is primarily responsible for the preparation of noise and vibration studies for a variety of projects. He is proficient in the use of various traffic noise models, the Roadway Construction Noise Model, the Aviation Environmental Design Tool, SoundPLAN Noise Prediction Software, and INSUL, a noise prediction software for building façades and partitions. Mr. Stephens is also responsible for performing noise and vibration monitoring surveys using a variety of Larson-Davis sound level meters and accelerometers. He has supported numerous controversial studies, some of which required non-disclosure agreements, and has attended public meetings as a professional expert.
Relevant Project Experience: City of Banning, First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc., First Lincoln Industrial Project; City of Fontana, Public Storage Fontana Redevelopment Project; City of Fontana, South Fontana Sports Park Addendum No. 2; City of Chino, Philadelphia Street Industrial Development Site and East End Annexation Project
Jason Lui, Associate Noise Analyst
Role: Noise and Vibration (Acoustics)
Education: M.S., Environmental Studies, California State University, Fullerton; B.A., Environmental Analysis and Design, University of California, Irvine Years of Experience: 22
Contact Information: (949) 553-0666/[email protected]
Qualifications: Mr. Lui is an Associate/Senior Noise Specialist at LSA with experience in preparing noise and vibration technical analyses. He is responsible for preparing noise and vibration studies in accordance with procedures specified by State and local guidelines, as well as protocols for a variety of commercial, residential, industrial, and transportation projects. He is proficient in the use of the FHWA Highway Traffic Noise Prediction Model (FHWA RD-77-108), Traffic Noise Model 2.5, MicroStation, and GIS.
Relevant Project Experience: City of Banning, First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc., First Lincoln Industrial Project; City of Fontana, Public Storage Fontana Redevelopment Project; City of Chino, Philadelphia Street Industrial Development Site and East End Annexation Project 380
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Lloyd Sample, Principal Cultural Resources
Role: Cultural Resources Task Lead
Years of Experience: 50
Contact Information: (949) 553-0666/[email protected] Qualifications: Mr. Sample serves as LSA’s Principal in charge of LSA’s Cultural Resources and Paleontological group. Mr. Sample is responsible for coordinating compliance monitoring; Native American monitoring coordination, directing fossil salvage operations, overseeing the analysis, preparation, and curation of cultural and paleontological resources; and Principal Quality Assurance/Quality Control of project memoranda and reports. His duties also include but are not limited to paleontological and cultural monitoring coordinator, LSA’s Chief Safety Officer, and liaison with private developers/construction management.
Relevant Project Experience: Riverside County Transportation Commission, On-Call Environmental Services; Caltrans, SR-74 Safety Improvement Project; Caltrans, I-5 Widening Project Ivan Strudwick, Associate Archaeologist
Role: Archeologist/Tribal Resources
Education: M.A., Anthropology, Specializing in Archaeology, Magna cum Laude, California State University, Long Beach; B.A., Anthropology, California State University, Long Beach
Years of Experience: 44
Certifications/Licenses: Register of Professional Archaeologists (RPA No. 10350); Professionally Listed Archaeologist for the counties of Orange, Riverside, San Diego, and Santa Barbara Contact Information: (949) 553-0666/[email protected] Qualifications: Mr. Strudwick has 44 years of archaeological experience throughout California. He has conducted and managed all phases of archaeological projects, including fieldwork, laboratory analysis, research, and report writing. His duties include project design and proposal preparation for assessments, surveys, testing, and data recovery mitigation; personnel supervision; and report write-up, resource evaluation, and recommendations. Mr. Strudwick also serves as LSA’s primary field and laboratory director and has directed excavations with field crews of more than 80 individuals. Additionally, Mr. Strudwick has worked as the Native American coordinator for extensive multiyear projects.
Relevant Project Experience: Caltrans, 17th Street Grade Separation; RCTC, Mid County Parkway Project; OC Waste & Recycling, Prima Deshecha Zone 4 Expansion Project Casey Tibbet, Associate Architectural Historian
Role: Architectural Historian
Education: M.A., History (Historic Preservation), University of California, Riverside; B.A., Political Science, University of California, Riverside
Years of Experience: 35
Contact Information: (951) 781-9310/[email protected] Qualifications: Ms. Tibbet has been practicing architectural history in Southern California since 1997, first as part of her responsibilities as a city planner and later (2005) as a full-time architectural historian. She meets the Secretary of the Interior’s Professional Qualification Standards as a Historian and Architectural Historian and has extensive experience with field recording/survey work, historic research, oral interviews, 381
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preparation of historic context statements, significance evaluations, California Department of Parks and Recreation 523 forms, and cultural resources reports in compliance with CEQA and NEPA regulations, Caltrans requirements for CEQA and NEPA, and United States Army Corps of Engineers requirements for NEPA. She has also written cultural resources ordinances. Ms. Tibbet has worked as the on-call preservation consultant for various cities and has surveyed and evaluated thousands of built environment resources.
Relevant Project Experience: City of Riverside, On-Call Preservation Consultant; City of Pomona, On-Call Preservation Consultant; Caltrans District 12, On-Call Environmental Services; Caltrans and City of Moreno Valley, SR-60/World Logistics Center Parkway Interchange Project Kelly Vreeland, M.S.C., Senior Paleontologist
Role: Paleontological Resources
Education: M.S., Geology, California State University, Fullerton; B.S., Geology, California State University, Fullerton
Years of Experience: 10
Contact Information: (949) 553-0666/[email protected] Qualifications: Ms. Vreeland is a paleontologist at LSA with field and laboratory experience that includes work and research projects throughout California. She has conducted paleontological resources monitoring for several projects and has assisted in the preparation of Paleontological Resources Monitoring and Mitigation Plans. She has also assisted in preparing Paleontological Resources Monitoring Reports.
Relevant Project Experience: Caltrans District 7, On-Call Environmental Services; Caltrans District 12, On-Call Environmental Services; Alameda Corridor-East Construction Authority, On-Call Environmental Services
Pam Reading, Principal Environmental Planner
Role: Water Quality/Hydrology
Education: M.S., Hydrology & Watershed Management, Yale University, School of Forestry & Environmental Studies; B.A. (Magna cum Laude), Environmental Studies/Political Science, University of Vermont
Years of Experience: 35
Contact Information: (805) 782-0745/[email protected] Qualifications: Ms. Reading is one of LSA’s Environmental Planning Principals, with particular expertise in hydrology and water quality. She specializes in working with public agencies to complete land development and transportation/infrastructure-oriented projects. She also serves as Principal in Charge and Project Manager for the preparation of a variety of documents pursuant to CEQA and NEPA, including ISs, MNDs, Preliminary EA Reports, EAs, and EIRs. In addition to her CEQA and NEPA experience, Ms.
Reading oversees LSA’s in-house water quality work. In this capacity, she prepares and/or oversees the preparation of CEQA and NEPA technical water quality reports and analyses.
Relevant Project Experience: City of Fontana, Public Storage Fontana Redevelopment Project; County of Monterey, On-Call Bridge Design Services; City of San Luis Obispo, Parks and Recreation Plan and General Plan Element Update; Department of General Services, Environmental Services Retainer 382
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Subconsultants
LSA has the in-house technical expertise to address most requirements of CEQA and NEPA, but if hazardous material evaluations or geology/geotechnical engineering investigations are required for a specific task order, we regularly team with Group Delta and Gilbert Engineering & Associates, Inc to address project requirements. Group Delta will provide hazardous materials and geotechnical services and potentially peer review these types of studies, while Gilbert Engineering will provide hydrological and civil engineering services. Their firm profiles and qualifications are discussed below. Both of these firms have been frequent teaming partners of LSA for the better part of the last 10 years.
Group Delta
Established in 1986, Group Delta Consultants, Inc. (Group Delta) has more than 35 years of experience. The firm has five offices in California with locations in Anaheim, Irvine, Ontario, San Diego, and Torrance, as well as accredited laboratories in Anaheim and San Diego. Group Delta currently employs a staff of 100 including environmental, geotechnical, and material testing/inspection professionals.
The Group Delta environmental team is composed of skilled environmental consultants and support personnel specialized in their respective fields. Group Delta staff consists of licensed professionals including Professional Engineers, Professional Geologists, Certified Engineering Geologists, Certified Hydrogeologists, Certified Industrial Hygienists, Safety Trained Supervisor of Construction, Division of Occupational Safety and Health Certified Asbestos Consultants and Certified Site Surveillance Technicians, and California Department of Public Health lead paint inspectors/assessors/project monitors/sampling technicians.
Jack Packwood, CIH
Company: Group Delta
Role: Geology and Hazards
Education: M.S., Industrial Hygiene, University of Montana; B.S., Environmental Science, University of California, Riverside
Certifications/Licenses: Certified Industrial Hygienist No. CP 10976; Lead Inspector/Assessor No. LRC00008536; Lead Project Monitor No. LRC-00008535; Certified Professional in Erosion and Sediment Control No. CPESC-6448; Qualified SWPPP Developer/ Practitioner No. 20636; Qualified Industrial SWPPP Practitioner No. 00838
Years of Experience: 20
Contact Information: (310) 320-5100/[email protected] Qualifications: Mr. Packwood is experienced in managing projects that provide a wide spectrum of environmental services, most notably on large-scale construction projects. Mr. Packwood offers expertise in construction compliance, site assessment, remediation, due diligence, and hazardous waste disposal and management. Mr. Packwood is well versed in the field of industrial hygiene, including the anticipation, recognition, evaluation, and control of environmental and occupational exposures and hazards.
Relevant Project Experience: Confidential United States Navy Airfield Project; Riverside County Development Agency; City of Riverside, Riverside Commons; City of Bakersfield, Centennial Corridor Project
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Michael Givens, PhD, PE, GE, PG
Company: Group Delta
Role: Geology and Hazards
Education: Doctor of Philosophy, Civil Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles; M.S., Civil Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles; B.S., Geology, California State University, Long Beach
Certifications/Licenses: Professional Engineer, California No. 81361; Geotechnical Engineer, California No. 3145; Professional Geologist, California No. 9284
Years of Experience: 22
Contact Information: (310) 320-5100/[email protected] Qualifications: Dr. Givens has 22 years of experience in geotechnical and geological engineering. He has conducted project studies and formulated recommendations for geotechnical engineering projects including slope stability, bridges, retaining walls, roads and parking lots, parks, pipelines, sewer lines, storm drains, rail, residential, and commercial construction as well as litigation support. He has been involved with projects through Design-Bid-Build and Design-Build delivery methods in seismically active Southern California and has developed a reputation for providing proactive and collaborative consulting services to meet client’s needs. Dr. Givens is well versed in reviewing contractors’ technical submittals including quality control programs, start-up plans and schedules, monitoring and evaluating construction activities, as well as directing, coordinating, and reviewing work plans for improvement projects, construction administration and inspection, and resource planning.
Relevant Project Experience: City of Irwindale, Speedway Commerce Center; cities of Orange and Tustin, Peters Canyon Bikeway Extension; Caltrans, I-405 Improvement Project (SR-73 to I-605) 384
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Gilbert Engineering
Gilbert Engineering & Associates, Inc. (Gilbert Engineering) is a full-service civil engineering, surveying, and development services firm located in Southern California with a branch office in Lake Havasu City, Arizona. Gilbert Engineering provides a full scope of services from early-stage development to final design documents through completion of construction.
With extensive experience in public and private development, Gilbert Engineering’s work includes automotive retail and service centers; higher education facilities and K–12 schools; corporate, mixed-use, research/manufacturing, office, recreational, and religious facilities; community centers; residential, medical, and restaurant and retail establishments; and multi-unit apartments and custom homes.
R. William Gilbert, PE
Company: Gilbert Engineering
Role: Hydrology and Low Impact Development Plans, Peer Review Project Plans Education: B.S., Civil Engineering, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Certifications/Licenses: Professional Engineer, California No. 53251; Professional Engineer, Arizona No. 50898
Years of Experience: 37
Contact Information: (949) 218-8075/[email protected] Qualifications: As a Registered Professional Engineer in Civil Engineering, Mr. Gilbert has extensive experience in California on a wide range of public and private development projects including design and construction of higher education facilities and K–12 schools; corporate, mixed-use, research/manufacturing, office, recreational, and religious facilities; community centers; master planning; residential, medical, and restaurant and retail establishments; multi-unit apartments and custom homes; subdivisions; commercial/industrial buildings; and public works projects. He has also worked on several refinery projects in Saudi Arabia. Mr. Gilbert has been retained as an expert for a variety of projects in the Southern California area and has investigated issues involving grading, drainage, and surveying. He has participated and provided forensic engineering and testimony in depositions, mediations, and arbitrations.
Relevant Project Experience: City of Anaheim, Anaheim Recreational Center Project; City of Santa Ana, Ronald Reagan Federal Building and United States Courthouse Project. 385
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D. Disclosure
LSA does not have any past or current business and/or personal relationships with any current Banning elected official, appointed official, City employee, or family member of any current Banning elected official, appointed official, or City employee.
E. Experience and References
This section features LSA’s references and projects that best represent LSA’s experience as it relates to this RFP. The majority of key technical personnel identified in Section C also contributed to the majority of projects/contracts listed below.
Experience with City of Banning
City of Banning, General Plan
Amendment/Environmental Impact Report
LSA, under contract with the City of Banning, prepared
an EIR for a General Plan Amendment that included
change in level of service (LOS) policy and removal of
the Highland Home Road/Interstate (I-) 10 interchange.
LSA analyzed the traffic impacts associated with the
two changes in the current General Plan. For the LOS
policy change traffic analysis, LSA analyzed
intersections and recommended mitigation measures
for both the LOS C (current policy) and the LOS D
(proposed policy). LSA also developed conceptual drawings that showed the right-of-way impacts for the LOS C and LOS D. LSA analyzed impacts associated with three scenarios: with interchange, without interchange, and with the overcrossing. LSA identified improvements required to mitigate intersections for all the scenarios. Based on a comparison of mitigation measures required to satisfy the City’s LOS policy, the scenario with fewest impacts (mitigation measures) was recommended as a preferred option. Project dates: 10/2011 – 01/2024
Senate Bill 743 Climate Planning Implementation
LSA assisted the City of Banning in developing localized guidelines, VMT thresholds, and VMT mitigation options to comply with SB 743. The City faces significant challenges related to implementing SB 743 requirements. The overarching issue is that all Western Riverside County Organization of Governments subregion cities previously used LOS based thresholds in their traffic study guidelines and in their General Plans and thereby lacked VMT based thresholds and other related technical resources needed for use in SB 743 analysis. In addition, few regional projects have performed any kind of rigorous VMT based analysis, and there is limited VMT information available outside of data at the jurisdictional level. The types of projects SB 743 aims to promote cannot be approved based on their current transportation impact methodology. Finally, there have been no specific studies on the effectiveness of potential VMT mitigation strategies in western Riverside County. Project dates: 2020–2021 386
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References
City of Fontana, Business Center 2 and Business
Center 3 Projects
Fontana, California
LSA prepared an Addendum to the Southwest Industrial Park Specific Plan Update and Annexation Environmental Impact Report with supporting technical studies for a 39,628 squarefoot warehouse (Business Park 2) and an IS/MND with supporting technical studies for a 35,505 square-foot warehouse (Business Park 3), the latter of which included a General Plan Amendment and Zone Change to add the project site into the Southwest Industrial Park Specific Plan planning area and accommodate the proposed development. Specific issues
addressed in the Addendum and IS/MND included air quality and health risk, GHG emissions, cultural and biological resources, arboriculture, hazards and hazardous materials, noise and vibration, transportation, and cumulative impacts. The Fontana Design Review Board approved the Addendum in
February 2024, and the City Council approved the IS/MND in April 2024.
City of La Verne, Brandywine Homes Residential
Development Project
La Verne, California
LSA prepared an Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration (IS/MND) for the development of 50 attached townhomes on a
2.26-acre infill site, as well as 8 single-family affordable housing units on 0.70 acre on a separate property in La Verne in conjunction with, and as a condition of, the 50-townhome development. LSA also prepared supporting technical
environmental studies for VMT and LOS, air quality/GHG
emissions, noise and vibration, architectural history and archaeological resources, and biological resources and
arboriculture, as well as peer review of Phase I and II Environmental Site Assessment reports prepared by the
project Applicant. The project is within the Brackett Airport Land Use Compatibility Plan and includes a General Plan Amendment, two Specific Plan Amendments, and a Zone
Change. Specific issues addressed in the IS/MND included air quality and GHG emissions, biological resources, tree removal and preservation, historic architecture, airport land use compatibility, hazardous materials, transportation LOS, noise and vibration, utilities, public services, and cumulative impacts. The La Verne City Council approved the IS/MND in November 2021.
Project Reference: Patty Nevins
Director of Planning
City of Fontana
8353 Sierra Ave
Fontana, CA 92335
(909) 350-7625
[email protected]
Project Dates:
October 2022 – April 2024
Project Reference: Candice Bowcock
Principal Planner
City of La Verne
3660 D Street, La Verne, CA 91750
(909) 596-8706
[email protected]
Project Dates:
January 2021 – November 2021
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City of Redlands
Redlands, California
Texas Street Residential Project: LSA prepared an IS/MND for development of a single-family residential community with 35 dwelling units on a 14.7-acre site. The project site is adjacent to the Santa Ana River, and the project included the completion of a segment of the Santa Ana River Trail. LSA also prepared technical analyses related to biological, cultural, and paleontological resources for the project and peer reviewed air quality/GHG, noise/vibration, and transportation reports provided by the project Applicant on behalf of the city. LSA also assisted City staff with Native American consultation pursuant to AB 52.
Lugonia Village: LSA prepared an IS/MND for the subdivision of the project site into three parcels to facilitate the development of an apartment complex neighborhood, a townhome neighborhood, and a neighborhood of single-family detached homes. LSA prepared technical analyses related to air quality/GHG emissions and cultural resources for the project and peer reviewed noise/vibration, transportation, and biological resources reports provided by the project Applicant on behalf of the city.
LSA also assisted City staff with Native American consultation pursuant to AB 52.
County of Riverside, Bermuda Dunes Mixed-Use Project
Riverside County, California
LSA prepared an IS/MND for the development of a one-story 9,990 square-foot daycare/pre-school building and a 43-unit four-story apartment building, as well as associated parking, open space (including drought tolerant landscaping areas), and recreation uses and infrastructure on 2.44 acres in
unincorporated Riverside County. LSA also prepared
supporting technical environmental studies for VMT and LOS, air quality/GHG emissions, noise and vibration, and cultural and biological resources. The project also included an
amendment to the Riverside County General Plan to change the land use designation of the site from High Density
Residential and Medium Density Residential to Mixed Use Area and an amendment to the site’s zoning from General Residential (R-3-2000) and One-Family Dwelling (R-1-12000) to Mixed-Use (MU). Specific issues addressed in the IS/MND included air quality and GHG emissions, biological resources, hazardous materials, transportation, noise and vibration, utilities, public services, and cumulative impacts. The Riverside County Board of Supervisors approved the IS/MND in January 2025.
Project Reference: Sean Reilly
Principal Planner
City of Redlands
35 Cajon Street, Suite 20
Redlands, CA 92373
(909) 798-7555
[email protected]
Project Dates:
August 2022 – February 2023
Project Reference: Jose L. Merlan
Principal Planner, TLMA
County of Riverside
4080 Lemon Street
Riverside CA 92501
(951) 955-3200
[email protected]
Project Dates:
November 2020 – January 2025
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389
DEBORAH PRACILIO
PRINCIPAL / ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING
CONTRACT ROLE: PRINCIPAL IN CHARGE
1 PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
Ms. Pracilio is an expert in the management, preparation and processing of documents pursuant to NEPA and CEQA. With more than 35 years of experience, she has been responsible for project oversight as Principal in Charge and preparation and project management of CEQA- and NEPAmandated environmental documents for land use, institutional, and capital improvement projects, as well as for numerous controversial transportation and land use projects. Ms. Pracilio brings her substantial experience with transportation projects and extensive knowledge of FHWA and Caltrans requirements and procedures to projects. She is also experienced with federal and State resource/regulatory requirements related to protection of environmental resources.
PROJECT EXPERIENCE
I-10 Bypass Cabazon-Banning, Kimley-Horn And Associates, Inc.
Cabazon Area, Riverside County, California
LSA prepared all sections of the Caltrans and County of Riverside Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Assessment (EIR/EA) for this transportation project that proposes a new bypass roadway for I-10 from Banning to Cabazon. The EIR/EA analyzes two Build Alternatives, one of which goes through Morongo Band of Mission Indians tribal land. Critical issues addressed in the EIR/EA included potential impacts to biological resources and compliance with the Western Riverside County Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan and the Coachella Valley Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan. Technical studies prepared by LSA in support of the EIR/EA included an Air Quality Analysis, Alternatives Analysis, Community Impact Assessment, Growth Study, and Natural Environment Study. LSA also prepared model runs using the Riverside Transportation Analysis Model (RIVTAM) for preparation of the traffic operations analysis. Natural resources tasks included preparation of a Biological Assessment, Determination of Biologically Equivalent or Superior Preservation, and associated technical studies, including a wetlands delineation/jurisdictional determination, vegetation mapping, focused surveys for the federal/State listed as threatened desert tortoise, and focused surveys for rare plants and non-listed special-status species.
Hunts Lane Grade Separation
San Bernardino and Colton, California
Ms. Pracilio served as Principal in Charge for this project, providing oversight and quality assurance/quality control for all technical documents. LSA provided environmental services for constructing a grade separation between Hunts Lane and the Union Pacific Railroad tracks in San Bernardino and Colton. Proposed improvements included constructing an overcrossing bridge that would elevate Hunts Lane over the Union Pacific Railroad, constructing a cul-de-sac at Club Drive and Hunts Lane, constructing an emergency access road, and right-of-way acquisition. A Statutory Exemption was prepared for CEQA compliance in 2005. In 2006, the San Bernardino Associated Governments decided to use federal funds for this project, requiring NEPA documentation. LSA prepared the following technical studies in support of a NEPA Categorical Exclusion: a Noise Analysis, a Natural Environment Study (Minimal Impacts) (NES [MI]), a Hazardous Waste Initial Site Assessment, a Historic Property Survey Report, and an Air Quality Conformity Checklist. Caltrans approved the Categorical Exclusion in July 2007. Design changes in 2008 required revalidation of the project. LSA prepared an addendum
EXPERTISE
• Environmental Impact
Assessment
• Caltrans/FHWA Policy
EDUCATION
B.A., Social Ecology, University
of California, Irvine, June 1986
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE
Principal, LSA, Irvine,
California, 1986–Present
Policy Research Consultant,
Irvine Company, Newport
Beach, California, 1985–1986
PROFESSIONAL
AFFILIATIONS
American Planning
Association
Women’s Transportation
Seminar
390
DEBORAH PRACILIO
PRINCIPAL / ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING
CONTRACT ROLE: PRINCIPAL IN CHARGE
2 to the NES (MI), a Noise Memorandum, a Supplemental Historic Property Survey Report with a revised Area of Potential Effects Map, and a Community Impact Assessment.
Colton Crossing Rail-to-Rail Grade Separation Project (HDR0802.000) Colton, California
Ms. Pracilio was Principal in Charge and Project Manager for the Colton Crossing Rail-to-Rail Grade Separation Project. This project has been in the planning stages for more than 20 years; however, with the availability of federal and State funding, she was responsible for producing the environmental documentation and permitting packages within a 12-month schedule. The Colton Crossing involved the construction of a rail-to-rail grade separation at the junction of the Union Pacific Railroad and the BNSF Railway mainline tracks in Colton.
Ms. Pracilio was responsible for preparing separate CEQA/NEPA documents, processing these documents through Caltrans and FHWA/Federal Transit Administration, and processing federal and State regulatory permits. As Project Manager, she was responsible for the preparation of an IS/MND and EA/FONSI and the oversight of associated technical studies for the project. Ms. Pracilio participated in substantial community outreach within Colton during the development and public review of the environmental documents to ensure that the public was involved in the review process. Key environmental issues included impacts to the South Colton community (including air quality, noise, visual, and construction impacts), impacts to cultural resources associated with historic railroad use of the project area, and drainage and jurisdictional impacts. The IS/MND was approved by Caltrans, and the EA/FONSI was approved by FHWA. LSA was also responsible for simultaneous permitting of the project through USACE, the Regional Water Quality Control Board, and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife to ensure that project construction was initiated within the time frame required by the federal and State grant monies.
5701 Katella Avenue Parking Structure
Cypress, California
Ms. Pracilio served as Principal in Charge for preparation of an Addendum to the McDonnell Center IS/MND to address the environmental effects on construction of a 419-space parking structure. She was responsible for project oversight, coordination with the City of Cypress staff, and conducting quality control review of the Addendum and associated technical studies. Key issues addressed in the Addendum included visual, light/glare, and water quality effects.
Lincoln Avenue Widening Project from West Street to Harbor Boulevard Anaheim, California
Ms. Pracilio is currently serving as Principal in Charge for the preparation of technical studies associated with an IS/MND for the street-widening project in the Anaheim Colony Historic District. Technical studies for the IS/MND include noise, air quality, archaeological resources, historic resources, paleontological resources, and biological resources evaluations. The project would add an additional through lane on Lincoln Avenue in each direction from its intersection with West Street to Harbor Boulevard.
Main Street Improvements Project
Tustin, California
Ms. Pracilio served as Principal in Charge for the project and oversaw the preparation of a Categorical Exemption/Categorical Exclusion under CEQA and NEPA, respectively. The project would convert Main Street, from Prospect Avenue to Newport Avenue, to a “complete street” configuration with a narrowed travel way and parklets. The improvements to the area will create additional public gathering spaces and outdoor dining opportunities through revitalizing the historic core with a pedestrian- and bicycle-friendly environment and mixed-use development. The project will receive partial funding through the federal Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality program and is being processed through Caltrans Local Assistance. 391
DIONISIOS GLENTIS
ASSOCIATE ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNER
CONTRACT ROLE : PROJECT MANAGER
1 PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
Mr. Glentis has 19 years of environmental consulting experience and 16 years of progressive responsibility managing projects for compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).
Mr. Glentis specializes in environmental planning, cultural resources management, and construction site compliance. Mr. Glentis has managed, authored, and reviewed hundreds of environmental compliance documents that include Proponent’s Environmental Assessments, Initial Studies/Mitigated Negative Declarations (IS/MNDs), Environmental Impact Reports/Statements (EIRs/EISs), Section 4(f) Evaluations, Worker Environmental Awareness Programs, Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Programs, Phase I/Class III Cultural Resources Inventories, and Phase II Archaeological Testing and Evaluation Reports.
Mr. Glentis has managed multiple projects ranging in size and scope from multi-year licensing projects to short-term projects designed and constructed under rapid schedules. Mr. Glentis is currently managing CEQA compliance for the First Hathaway Logistics Project (TPM 21-4002, DR 21-7015, ENV 21-1519) and the Rancho San Gorgonio Specific Plan Amendment in the City of Banning.
PROJECT EXPERIENCE
First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc., First Lincoln Industrial Project Banning, Riverside County, California
Mr. Glentis served as project manager and author of an IS/MND for a 118,786- square-foot warehouse on 6.45 gross acres in the City of Banning (DR-22-7003, TPM 22-4001, and ENV 22-1504). The project was consistent with the City of Banning’s land use designation and zoning ordinance but required an Encroachment Permit from Caltrans District 8 for proposed improvements to State Route 243 along the project site frontage. Subsequent to Banning City Council approval of the IS/MND and project, Mr. Glentis prepared an Environmental Summary Memorandum pursuant to the Caltrans Encroachment Permit. Specific issues addressed in the IS/MND and Environmental Summary Memorandum included air quality and health risk, greenhouse gas emissions, hazards and hazardous materials, noise and vibration, transportation, cultural and biological resources, and cumulative impacts. The Banning City Council approved the IS/MND in May 2023.
Public Storage, Public Storage Fontana Redevelopment Project Fontana, San Bernardino County, California
Mr. Glentis served as project manager and author of an IS/MND for the proposed redevelopment ofthe Fontana Public Storage facility at 17173 Valley Boulevard. The project included demolition of 16,454 square feet of selfstorage and office space and construction of 109,566 square feet of new selfstorage space on 5.33 acres. Subsequent to public circulation of the IS/MND, Mr. Glentis prepared a CEQA Consistency Report pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15073.5(c)(4) in consultation with the City’s legal counsel to consider new information added to the IS/MND which merely clarified, amplified, and made insignificant modifications to the IS/MND. Specific issues addressed in the IS/MND and CEQA Consistency Report included air quality and health risk, greenhouse gas emissions, arboriculture, hazards and hazardous materials,
EXPERTISE
• CEQA and NEPA Analyses
• Construction Site Compliance
• Mitigation Monitoring and
Reporting Programs
• Worker Environmental
Awareness Programs
• Cultural Resources
Management
EDUCATION
B.A., Anthropology (Magna
cum Laude); minor in Business
Administration, California
State University, San
Bernardino, 2005
Certificate of
Ethnomusicology, University
of California, Irvine, 2004
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE
Senior Environmental Planner,
LSA, Riverside, California,
November 2015–Present
Professional Environmental
Consulting, emphasis on
Cultural Resources, 2005–
Present
392
DIONISIOS GLENTIS
ASSOCIATE ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNER
CONTRACT ROLE : PROJECT MANAGER
2 noise and vibration, transportation, and cumulative impacts. The Fontana Planning Commission approved the IS/MND in August 2024.
City of Chino, Philadelphia Street Industrial Development Site and East End Annexation Project San Bernardino County, California
Mr. Glentis served as project manager and author of an IS/MND for the proposed Philadelphia Street Industrial Development Site and East End Annexation Project. LSA prepared a biological resources assessment and arborist report as well. The proposed project includes development of three warehouse buildings totaling 63,900 square feet on 3.59 acres and annexation of 56.87 acres from San Bernardino County into the City of Chino. The CEQA documentation prepared by LSA included a site-specific analysis of development of the 3.59-acre project site and a programmatic analysis of the proposed annexation action in accordance with San Bernardino County Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO) requirements. The IS/MND was approved in October 2023, and LAFCO approved the annexation action in July 2024.
Chase Partners, LTD, Fontana Business Center 2 and Business Center 3 Industrial Projects Fontana, San Bernardino County, California
Mr. Glentis served as project manager and author of an Addendum to the Southwest Industrial Park Specific Plan EIR for Fontana Business Center 2 and IS/MND for Fontana Business Center 3. Both projects are warehouses, respectively 39,628 square feet and 35,505 square feet. The Fontana Business Center 2 project was consistent with the Southwest Industrial Park Specific Plan, but the Fontana Business Center 3 project required a General Plan Amendment, Zone Change, and Specific Plan Amendment to annex the site into the Southwest Industrial Park Specific Plan. Specific issues addressed in the CE and IS/MND include air quality & health risk, biological resources, land use & planning, noise, transportation, and cumulative impacts. The Fontana Planning Commission approved the Addendum March 2024, and the Fontana City Council approved the IS/MND April 2024.
City of Hemet, Rancho Diamante Phase II Specific Plan Amendment Hemet, Riverside County, California
Mr. Glentis served as project manager and author of a Subsequent EIR for development of 586 single-family homes and 100,000 square feet of commercial uses within the Page Ranch Planned Community Development Area (Specific Plan) for the City of Hemet. The project is located within the Hemet-Ryan Airport Land Use Compatibility Plan and includes a General Plan Amendment, Specific Plan Amendment, and Zone Change.
Specific issues addressed include air quality, biological resources, greenhouse gases, airport land use compatibility, water quality and hydrology, land use and planning, noise, transportation, and utilities. The Hemet City Council certified the Subsequent EIR in May 2021.
City of Fontana, South Fontana Sports Park Addendum No. 2 to the Southwest Fontana Logistics Center Environmental Impact Report
Fontana, San Bernardino County, California
Mr. Glentis served as primary author of Addendum No. 2 for the Southwest Fontana Logistics Center EIR in support of the 18.2-acre Fontana Sports Park Project at the southeast corner of Cypress Avenue and Santa Ana Avenue in south Fontana. The project includes four lighted soccer/football fields with artificial turf, a tot lot, picnic areas, shade structures, restrooms, two concessions buildings, storage buildings, a surface parking lot, and perimeter fencing. The project site was initially analyzed programmatically under the Southwest Fontana Logistics Center EIR, and Addendum No. 2 was prepared to ensure development and operation of the proposed Sports Park would not generate impacts greater than those identified in the EIR. The Fontana Planning Commission approved the Addendum in November 2019.
393
TREVOR WIMMER
SENIOR ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNER
ROLE: ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNER
1 PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
Mr. Wimmer is a Senior Environmental Planner responsible for conducting research and assisting in analysis for LSA’s environmental and planning projects relating to CEQA and NEPA compliance. Mr. Wimmer manages and assists other Project Managers in the preparation of Initial Studies and EIR sections, as well as with new project proposals. He also assists the Project Managers on the multiple California High Speed Rail projects.
Prior to coming to LSA, Mr. Wimmer received his B.A. in Natural Resources and Environmental Planning and worked as a Veterinary Technician. He was responsible for medicating and performing routine treatments and procedures on hospitalized patients, surgical preparation and assistance, medical record keeping, controlled drug logging and reporting, and appointment scheduling.
Mr. Wimmer is also a lifelong avid bird watcher with both personal and professional experience participating in bird counts and nesting bird surveys.
Mr. Wimmer assists the Biological Resources group with nesting bird and other survey fieldwork for species of concern. Mr. Wimmer also leads birding tours at the Sunnylands Annenberg Estate in Rancho Mirage California, conducts quarterly bird surveys at the Salton Sea for Audubon California, and teaches a Conservation of Natural Resources course at College of the Desert.
PROJECT EXPERIENCE
Northpoint Development, Sunset Crossroads Master Plan EIR Banning, Riverside County, California
The Sunset Crossroads Project (Project) envisions the development of up to 268,400 square feet of medical office, professional office, education, recreation, and commercial uses, a travel center with refueling uses, and a 125-room hotel on 47.9-acres area; and up to 5,545,000 square feet of industrial uses (including up 330,000 square feet of cold storage uses) on 392.0 acres of the site. Mr. Wimmer was on the team that helped write the EIR for the project.
City of Coachella, Avenue 50 Road Improvement Project
Coachella, California
Mr. Wimmer prepared the CEQA IS/MND for the widening and improvement of Avenue 50 from west of Calhoun Street to Harrison Street in Coachella. Environmental work also managed by LSA included technical studies for Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Noise and Vibration Impact Analysis, and a Phase I Hazardous Materials Initial Site Assessment.
City of Indio, Madison Street Widening Project
Indio, California
Mr. Wimmer prepared the CEQA Addendum for the City of Indio General Plan update for the widening and improvement of Madison Street from north of SR-111 to Avenue 48 in Indio. Environmental work also managed by LSA included technical studies for Biological Resources.
EXPERTISE
• Environmental Planning
• Bird surveys and biological
monitoring
EDUCATION
B.A. in Geography/Natural
Resources & Environmental
Policy, San Diego State
University, San Diego,
California, 2013
A.A. in Geography, Mira Costa
College, Oceanside, California,
2007
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE
Environmental Planner, LSA,
Palm Springs, California,
2016–Present
394
TREVOR WIMMER
SENIOR ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNER
ROLE: ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNER
2 Riverside County Transportation Commission, Mid-County Parkway Contract 3 Project Riverside County, California
Mr. Wimmer managed the EIR revalidation, pre-construction surveys, and various additional tasks for the MidCounty Parkway Project in Riverside County, California.
California High Speed Rail Authority, California High Speed Rail Project Bakersfield to Palmdale, California
Mr. Wimmer worked on various parts of the project, including the administrative record, meeting agendas and minutes, and EIR/EIS chapters. He also organized the effort for internal QA/QC and submittal of documents for client review.
California High Speed Rail Authority, California High Speed Rail Project Burbank to Los Angeles, California
Mr. Wimmer assisted in creating graphs and figures for the Community Impact Assessment and the Relocation Impact Report.
County of Riverside, MSHCP Compliance Burrowing Owl Surveys Riverside County, California
Mr. Wimmer participated in burrowing owl field surveys on a large site for Western Riverside County Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan (MSHCP) compliance and permitting. These surveys included both transects and known occurrence location monitoring.
County of Riverside, Painted Hills Desert Tortoise Clearance Riverside County, California
Mr. Wimmer participated in preconstruction desert tortoise field surveys and assisted with construction monitoring efforts.
County of Riverside, Whitewater Canyon Emergency Road Repairs Riverside County, California
Mr. Wimmer participated in multiple nesting bird surveys along the Whitewater River, documenting all observed species and accounting for present and potentially present species of concern.
City of Menifee, Caliber Collision Auto Body Project
Menifee, California
Mr. Wimmer managed the environmental documentation and supporting technical report preparation effort for the development of a Caliber Collision Auto Body shop in Menifee, California.
Raimi + Associates and City of Coachella, General Plan Addendum Project Coachella, California
Mr. Wimmer managed the General Plan Addendum preparation effort for the addition of three areas to the Sphere of Influence in Coachella, California.
Keith Ross and County of Riverside, Bermuda Dunes Storage Facility Project Bermuda Dunes, California
Mr. Wimmer managed the environmental documentation and supporting technical report preparation effort for the development of a storage facility and airplane hangar in Bermuda Dunes, California 395
CARL WINTER
SENIOR ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNER
ROLE: SENIOR ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNER
1 PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
For over 25 years, Mr. Winter has been heavily involved in the research, preparation, and management of a variety of environmental and community planning projects for commercial, industrial, residential, mixed-use, and roadway/public facility projects. His duties include the preparation of CEQA/NEPA environmental documents; management of multidisciplinary teams and work efforts, coordination and review of project-specific technical studies; response to public and agency comments, and collaborative and efficient coordination among client, consultants and local, State, and Federal agencies.
PROJECT EXPERIENCE
Northpoint Development, Sunset Crossroads Master Plan EIR Banning, Riverside County, California
The Sunset Crossroads Project (Project) envisions the development of up to 268,400 square feet of medical office, professional office, education, recreation, and commercial uses, a travel center with refueling uses, and a 125-room hotel on 47.9-acres area; and up to 5,545,000 square feet of industrial uses (including up 330,000 square feet of cold storage uses) on 392.0 acres of the site. Mr. Winter was on the team that helped write the EIR for the project.
City of Fontana, On-Call Environmental Services
Fontana, San Bernardino County, California
LSA has been under contract with the City of Fontana since 2012 for on-call environmental services and has been providing environmental documentation services in compliance with State regulations for various residential, commercial, and institutional development projects. LSA’s services as part of our on-call contract with Fontana includes preparation of technical studies in the fields of transportation, air quality/greenhouse gas emissions/energy, noise and vibration, and cultural and biological resources, as well as the full breadth of environmental documentation pursuant to CEQA.
LSA’s most recent projects in the City of Fontana are: Almeria Apartments Biological Surveys, Landin & Associates: South Fontana Park, 16221 Boyle Ave Fontana Cultural Report, Shady Trails Air Quality and Noise Studies, and various environmental documents for industrial developers (First Industrial Realty Drust, Lake Creek Industrial, and Transwestern Development Company). Mr. Winter served as Project Manager and Lead Environmental Planner.
City of Riverside, Hawthorne Residential Project Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration
Riverside, Riverside County, California
In support of redevelopment of a vacant elementary school site, LSA prepared the Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration (IS/MND) and supporting technical studies for a 69-unit single-family project in the City of Riverside. The project was adjacent to a portion of the historic Gage Canal and an active rail line. Technical studies completed to support the CEQA document included an archaeological/historic structure evaluation, biological resources survey, air quality/greenhouse gas emission analysis, noise assessment, and traffic impact analysis. The CEQA document addressed potential impacts associated with project itself and the changes to the City’s General Plan and Zoning Code that would allow the completion of the project. The project was approved and the IS/MND adopted by the City in November 2018.
EXPERTISE
• CEQA/NEPA Documentation
• Environmental
Analysis/Community Planning
EDUCATION
B.A., Geography California
State University, San
Bernardino, 1997
Certificate in Urban Planning,
California State University,
San Bernardino, 1997
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE
Associate, LSA, Riverside,
California, August 2014–
Present
Environmental Impact
Manager, Louisiana
Department of Transportation
and Development, Baton
Rouge, Louisiana, February
2012–July 2014
Associate, LSA, Riverside,
California, December 2006–
June 2010
SPECIALIZED
TRAINING
NEPA and Transportation
Decision Making, National
Highway Institute Course
142005, September 2012;
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
396
CARL WINTER
SENIOR ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNER
ROLE: SENIOR ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNER
2 Riverside County Transportation Department, Mission Boulevard Bridge Replacement Initial Study/Categorical Exclusion
Riverside County, California
In cooperation with the Riverside County Transportation Department, Mr.
Winter managed the preparation of technical studies required by Caltrans for the replacement of the Mission Boulevard Bridge over the Santa Ana River.
This effort required intense coordination of technical experts preparing a dozen technical reports addressing biological resources, endangered plant and wildlife species, Western Riverside County Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan compliance, archaeological and historic resources, 4(f) resources, visual impacts, noise and noise abatement, hydrology and floodplain analysis, and visual impacts. This effort involved close cooperation with staff from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Caltrans, Riverside County Regional Conservation Authority, Riverside County, the Cities of Riverside and Jurupa Valley, and the engineering project team. Additionally, Mr. Winter prepared the CEQA Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration (IS/MND) and the NEPA Categorical Exclusion/Environmental Commitments Record (CE/ECR) for the project. The CEQA and NEPA environmental documents were approved in December 2018 and July 2019, respectively.
City of Colton, Reche Canyon Retail Center Environmental Impact Report Colton, San Bernardino County, California
Mr. Winter participated in the preparation of technical studies and the drafting of an Environmental Impact Report for the Reche Canyon Plaza Project. The project includes the development of approximately 18,124 square feet of local-serving commercial uses along Reche Canyon Drive in Colton. The project required a Specific Plan Amendment to change the existing land use designation of the project site from “Estate Density” to “Commercial” and a General Plan Amendment to change the existing land use designation of an off-site parcel to allow for residential development to prevent a net loss of residential capacity within the city in compliance with SB 330 requirements.
City of Highland, Base Line Bridge Replacement Initial Study/Categorical Exclusion Highland, San Bernardino County, California
Mr. Winter managed the preparation of environmental documents and technical studies required for the replacement of the Base Line Bridge over City Creek. Due to the proximity to Critical Habitat and residential development, the technical effort focused on the project’s impacts to endangered plant and wildlife species, potential cultural and Native American resource impacts, and project-related noise impacts. The project included the processing of all technical and NEPA documentation through Caltrans’ Office of Local Assistance.
Close cooperation with agency, City, and technical and engineering staff allowed the timely completion of the project, with approval of the CEQA and NEPA documents in March 2019.
City of Fontana, Aragon West District, Walnut Village Specific Plan Fontana, San Bernardino County, California
LSA prepared an IS/MND and supporting technical environmental studies for development of 100 townhomes and associated roadway improvements on 6.5 gross acres. The project includes a General Plan Amendment and Zone Change to revise the Walnut Village Specific Plan and adopt the new Aragon West District Walnut Village Specific Plan. Specific issues addressed included air quality and health risk, GHG emissions, cultural and biological resources, hazards and hazardous materials, land use and planning, population and housing, noise and vibration, transportation, and cumulative impacts. The Fontana City Council approved the IS/MND February 2022.
Beyond Compliance: Historic
Preservation in
Transportation
Project Development,
National Highway Institute
Course 142049, January
2013, Baton Rouge,
Louisiana
Practical Conflict
Management Skills for
Environmental Issues,
National Highway Institute
Course 142060, April 2013;
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
PROFESSIONAL
AFFILIATIONS
Association of
Environmental Professionals
397
SHANNA K. GUILER, AICP
ASSOCIATE / SENIOR ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNER
CONTRACT ROLE: ASSOCIATE/SENIOR ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNER/NEPA SPECIALIST
PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
Ms. Guiler is an urban and environmental planner with over 24 years of experience in environmental analysis, parks and open space planning, and resource management. She is experienced in managing multidisciplinary teams for a range of projects, including parks and open space areas, roads, bridges, trails, and infrastructure projects. Ms. Guiler is skilled at evaluating complex projects and preparing user-friendly planning documents that incorporate reliable technical data and sound environmental analysis. Her experience includes impact analysis, environmental documentation for project compliance under both CEQA and NEPA, and permit processing for federal, State, and local public agencies as well as private developers.
PROJECT EXPERIENCE
City of Anaheim, North Harbor Anaheim Long Term Supportive Housing Project.
Anaheim, California
Ms. Guiler served as Project Manager/Environmental Planner for this project that would include renovation of an existing three-story extended stay motel to provide long term supportive housing for individuals experiencing homelessness or who are at risk of homelessness. The existing 119-room motel would be renovated to provide 89 units including 67 studio apartments, 22 one-bedroom apartments, and 2 two-bedroom manager units. The project would be funded with $5,000,000 in HOME grant funds and up to 50 Project‐ Based Section 8 Vouchers. Ms. Guiler prepared an EA, in compliance with HUD, 24 CFR Part 58, and oversaw preparation of technical studies related to air quality, cultural resources, noise, and traffic to support the findings of the EA.
Eastern Municipal Water District, On-Call Environmental Services Contract
Riverside County, California
Ms. Guiler served as the Project Manager for LSA’s on-call contract with the Eastern Municipal Water District to provide a full range of environmental analysis and documentation services, including preparation of CEQA documents and various technical analyses. Selected project experience includes:
Washington Street Water Transmission Project. Ms. Guiler served as Project Manager for preparation of an IS/MND and supporting technical analyses to evaluate the potential environmental impacts associated with installation of an approximately 1.2-mile pipeline within Washington Street between Fields Drive and Abelia Avenue in the Winchester area of Riverside County. The proposed 18-inch diameter pipeline would provide improved distribution capacity and improved operations at the existing Belle Terre Water Storage Tank located north of Fields Drive and east of San Diego Canal. Key issues addressed in the IS/MND include potential impacts to biological resources, including special-status species, paleontological resources, cultural and tribal cultural resources and noise.
Valley Blvd. Pipeline Project. Ms. Guiler served as Project Manager for preparation of an IS/MND to assess the environmental impacts associated with construction and operation of approximately 4.4 miles of 36-inch diameter, 30-inch diameter, and 18-inch diameter pipelines along Valley
EXPERTISE
• Parks, Recreation, and Open
Space Planning
• Site Assessment and Use
Feasibility
• Environmental Planning and
Analysis
• Community Assessment/Public
Involvement
• Multi-Modal Transportation
Planning
EDUCATION
M.U.E.P., Urban and
Environmental Planning,
University of Virginia,
Charlottesville, 2002
B.A., Physics, University of
California, Los Angeles, 1993
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE
Associate/Senior Planner, LSA,
Point Richmond, California,
2003–Present
Assistant Project Manager,
LSA, Point Richmond,
California, May 2002–2003
Planning Intern, Town of
Scottsville, Scottsville,
Virginia, 2001
PROFESSIONAL
CERTIFICATIONS/
REGISTRATIONS
American Institute of Certified
Planners (AICP)
398
SHANNA K. GUILER, AICP
ASSOCIATE / SENIOR ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNER
CONTRACT ROLE: ASSOCIATE/SENIOR ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNER/NEPA SPECIALIST Boulevard from EMWD’s existing Desalination Complex located at 29285 Valley Boulevard in Menifee to McLaughlin Road/Goetz Road. As part of the project, a turnout facility with a motor-operated valve (MOV), antenna, and remote terminal units (RTUs) would also be constructed on a vacant parcel at the intersection of Valley Boulevard and Thornton Avenue. She is overseeing various technical studies to support the findings of the Initial Study, including a biological resources assessment, cultural resources study, and a paleontological resources memorandum, and noise and vibration analysis.
Mathews/Romoland Booster Pump Station Project. Ms. Guiler served as Project Manager for preparation of an IS/MND for the construction of two booster pump stations, decommissioning/removal of the existing Romoland booster pump station, and construction of approximately 2 miles of transmission pipeline in the City of Menifee. The majority of the transmission pipeline would be located within the public right-of-way; however, a portion of the pipeline would extend beneath the existing railroad tracks and State Route 74 likely via jack and bore. Once the final alignment of the proposed pipeline is determined, she will oversee technical analyses for air quality, greenhouse gas emissions, biological resources, cultural resources, paleontological resources, noise and vibration, and transportation and prepare the IS/MND.
City of Richmond On-Call Environmental Services Contract Richmond, California
Ms. Guiler is currently serving as the Project Manager for LSA’s on-call environmental services contract with the City of Richmond. Under LSA’s on-call environmental services contract with the City of Richmond, Ms. Guiler has been responsible for several CEQA assignments, including:
• International Matex Tank Terminals (IMTT) Renewable Fuels Project. • 205 Cutting Boulevard/Self-Storage Project
• 1 West Barrett Project
• Making Waves Academy Hilltop Sports Facility
• 13th Street Complete Streets Project
• Unity Park Project
• Urban Greening Project
City of Dublin, City of Dublin On-Call Environmental Services Contract Dublin, California
Ms. Guiler is currently serving as the Project Manager for LSA’s on‐call environmental services contract with the City of Dublin. Under this contract, Ms. Guiler recently completed an IS/MND for the Kent General Plan Amendment and Rezoning Project, to evaluate the potential changes in use that could occur under the new land use designation and zoning, including any increase in the intensity of allowable uses on the site. She worked on a Supplemental IS/MND for the Inspiration Drive Memory Care and Assisted Living Facility Project to evaluate the potential environmental impacts associated with development of a 55‐bed Memory Care Facility and a 90‐ bed Assisted Living Facility on two parcels adjacent to the Valley Christian Center (VCC). The Supplemental IS/MND compares the previous project with the currently proposed project to identify whether the proposed project would result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than those analyzed in the VCC EIR or whether any of the other standards requiring further environmental review under CEQA are met. She recently completed the environmental documentation for three industrial and residential development projects in Eastern Dublin, using the prior environmental review documents, including the East Dublin Specific Plan EIR, to streamline the CEQA process.
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AMBARISH MUKHERJEE, PE, AICP
PRINCIPAL TRANSPORTATION PLANNER
CONTRACT ROLE: TRAFFIC/TRANSPORTATION TASK LEAD
1 PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
As a Principal Transportation Planner at LSA’s Riverside office, Mr. Mukherjee specializes in travel demand modeling and public infrastructure projects. He has conducted Traffic Impact Analyses (TIAs) for a wide variety of large and small projects, including transit projects, residential development, mixed-use development, commercial and office projects, parking structures, roadway and circulation improvements, and General Plans and Specific Plans. Mr.
Mukherjee is currently in charge of LSA’s Riverside Office Transportation group. Prior to joining LSA, he worked with the Fort Worth Transportation Authority as a Transit Planner.
PROJECT EXPERIENCE
City of Banning, Butterfield Specific Plan
Banning, Riverside County, California
Mr. Mukherjee prepared the Initial Study and Constraints Analysis for the City of Banning Butterfield Specific Plan, which included the analysis of three design alternatives and three roadway network alternatives. The final Traffic Impact Analysis included the analysis of 50 intersections and project driveways. An analysis of freeway mainline levels of service was included in the Traffic Impact Analysis.
City of Banning, Traffic Fee Program Update
Banning, Riverside County, California
Mr. Mukherjee was the project manager for the City of Banning Fee Program Update. The Development Fee Program did not consider physical improvements required at intersections to maintain acceptable level of service (LOS) standards (consistent with the City’s General Plan policy) in the General Plan Buildout condition, but only addressed proposed traffic control upgrades (signalization) at several locations in the City. LSA recommended inclusion of physical improvements, additional signalization needs, and additional intersection locations in the traffic fee component of the Development Fee Program for the City of Banning. The update to the traffic fee component of the Development Fee Program was conducted subsequent to the General Plan Amendment for changing the LOS policy from LOS C to LOS D and removal of the Highland Home Road/I-10 interchange.
City of Perris, Perris Marketplace
Perris, Riverside County, California
Mr. Mukherjee conducted a traffic study to evaluate the potential traffic impacts associated with the proposed development of an approximately 520,000-square foot retail center, which included a Wal-Mart Supercenter north of Nuevo Road and west of Perris Boulevard (north of the existing Perris Plaza). The traffic study included the analysis of 20 intersections and project driveways.
City of Moreno Valley, Eucalyptus Industrial Park
Moreno Valley, Riverside County, California
Mr. Mukherjee was the project manager for this project. This traffic study was prepared to assess the potential circulation impacts associated with the proposed development of approximately 1.9 million square feet of high-cube
EXPERTISE
• Traffic Impact Studies
• Pedestrian & Bicycle Planning
• Transit Routing
• Statistical & Analytical
Research
• Land Use and Transportation
Modeling
EDUCATION
Master of City and Regional
Planning with concentration in
Transportation and Land Use
Planning, and GIS, University
of Texas at Arlington, Texas,
2005
Bachelor of Architecture
(Honors), Indian Institute of
Technology, Kharagpur, India,
2003
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE
Principal Transportation
Planner, LSA, Riverside,
California, 2006–Present
Service Planner I, Fort Worth
Transportation Authority, Fort
Worth, Texas, 2005
PROFESSIONAL
CERTIFICATIONS /
REGISTRATIONS
Professional Engineer
(California C88084)
American Institute of Certified
Planners (AICP): Membership
Number 023158
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AMBARISH MUKHERJEE, PE, AICP
PRINCIPAL TRANSPORTATION PLANNER
CONTRACT ROLE: TRAFFIC/TRANSPORTATION TASK LEAD
2 warehousing and approximately 0.3 million square feet of warehousing to be located on Eucalyptus Avenue between Moreno Beach Drive and Redlands Boulevard in the City of Moreno Valley. The study included traffic operations analysis of 17 intersections including intersections along Nason Street. As part of this project, LSA prepared a SimTraffic simulation that illustrated traffic operations around the vicinity of the proposed project.
The simulation included the SR-60 interchanges with Moreno Beach Drive and Redlands Boulevard.
Fresno Council of Governments, Vehicle Miles Traveled Threshold Study Fresno, Fresno County, California
Mr. Mukherjee is the Project Manager for the Fresno Council of Governments’ (COG) Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) Threshold Study. LSA was approved to provide Fresno COG with services to establish VMT thresholds for subsequent CEQA documentation for the 16 member jurisdictions within Fresno COG. LSA is working with the COG’s Activity Based Model (ABM) to provide an updated existing land use base (existing conditions reflect the base conditions for new CEQA conformity). LSA will be addressing several policy-related issues that have been raised by the State Office of Planning and Research in its recent Technical Advisory related to Senate Bill 743 legislation. These issues include definition of the region to evaluate VMT, criteria from the baseline condition to consider, a model screening application for streamlining projects, high-quality transit corridors and transitoriented development zones, and more. LSA is preparing a model user interface for ease of use that is a GISbased screening tool with countywide mapping. LSA will also provide the Fresno COG and its member agencies with training, support, and a user guide.
City of Fresno, General Plan
Fresno, Fresno County, California
Mr. Mukherjee was the task manager for preparation of the traffic and circulation study for the City of Fresno General Plan project. LSA was awarded the contract to prepare the updated City of Fresno General Plan Environmental Impact Report (EIR) and traffic analysis. The traffic analysis was conducted to address general traffic flow, arterial hierarchy, and land use and circulation consistency. Through the use of daily and peak-hour roadway segment values, adequate capacity was demonstrated for study area roadways in Fresno and the surrounding area. In addition, the General Plan Land Use Element was analyzed using VMT as a metric. LSA is currently revising modules of the Fresno traffic-forecasting tool to reflect an updated existing condition (VMT is a comparison of post-project to existing conditions). Traffic Analysis Zone (TAZ) VMT forecasts are being compiled and low, moderate, and high VMT zones are being identified. A regional average is being established, and the final General Plan project will be compared to that regional average to determine the net change in VMT as a result of General Plan implementation.
City of Laguna Niguel, Laguna Niguel Town Center Modeling and VMT Analysis Laguna Niguel, Orange County, California
Mr. Mukherjee was the project manager for this project and prepared a VMT analysis using the Orange County Traffic Analysis Model (OCTAM) for a mixed-use development that consists of 275 multifamily dwelling units, 54,410 square feet of office use, and 79,920 square feet of retail uses. Three separate select zone runs were created to separate out the VMT for the three different land uses. As part of this analysis, the project was compared to the regional VMT obtained from OCTAM.
City of Long Beach, General Plan Land Use and Urban Design Elements Traffic Analysis Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California
Mr. Mukherjee updated the 2016 Southern California Association of Governments Regional Transportation Plan model to incorporate the City of Long Beach’s General Plan land uses into the model. Model runs were conducted to develop VMT estimates, which were then compared to regional VMT estimates at the City’s request as part of an update to its Circulation Element. 401
DEBMALYA SINHA
SENIOR TRANSPORTATION PLANNER
CONTRACT ROLE: TRAFFIC/TRANSPORTATION PLANNER
1 PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
Mr. Sinha’s primary responsibilities include the preparation of technical analyses of land development projects, transportation planning, travel demand modeling, and traffic impact analyses. He has worked on various regional and sub-regional models including Southern California Association of Governments model, Orange County Transportation Analysis Model (OCTAM), Irvine Transportation Analysis Model (ITAM), and Riverside Transportation Analysis Model (RIVTAM). Previously, he worked as an architect and design team-lead for several projects, ranging from detached single-family homes to condominiums and mixed-use developments, where his responsibilities included design and potential impact and feasibility studies for the projects.
PROJECT EXPERIENCE
City of Banning, Traffic Fee Program Update
Banning, Riverside County, California
Mr. Sinha was a transportation planner for the City of Banning’s Fee Program Update. The Development Fee Program did not consider physical improvements required at intersections to maintain acceptable level of service (LOS) standards (consistent with the City’s General Plan policy) in the General Plan Buildout condition, but only addressed proposed traffic control upgrades (signalization) at several locations in the City. LSA recommended inclusion of physical improvements, additional signalization needs, and additional intersection locations in the traffic fee component of the Development Fee Program for the City of Banning. The update to the traffic fee component of the Development Fee Program was conducted subsequent to the General Plan Amendment for changing the LOS policy from LOS C to LOS D and removal of the Highland Home Road/I-10 interchange.
City of Jurupa Valley, Interim General Plan
Jurupa Valley, Riverside County, California
Mr. Sinha assisted in the technical analysis for the City of Jurupa Valley Interim General Plan. The analysis utilized RIVTAM to forecast buildout daily and peak hour traffic volumes. Mr. Sinha assisted in development of the Citywide Travel Model using RIVTAM, including preparation of the socioeconomic data for the study area. The Interim General Plan required a circulation study to evaluate existing conditions to help identify improvements for the transportation facilities in future buildout scenarios. The analysis provided recommended physical improvements and optimization of existing signalization.
City of Irvine, Congregation Shir Ha-Ma’alot Private School Traffic Study Irvine, Orange County, California
Mr. Sinha assisted in the traffic impact analysis for the proposed 225-student private school within the existing Congregation facility. The analysis utilized ITAM to forecast daily and peak hour traffic conditions in existing, 2020, 2035, and post-2035 conditions at various intersections within the project vicinity.
The analysis provided LOS, ADT, and Intersection Capacity Utilization at the study area intersections for these forecast scenarios with and without the new school facility.
EXPERTISE
• Travel Demand Modeling
• Spatial and Statistical Analysis
• Transportation & Land Use
Planning
• Traffic Impact Analysis
EDUCATION
Masters in Urban Planning,
Specialization: Land use,
Transportation &
Infrastructure Planning,
University of Washington,
Seattle, June 2015
Bachelor of Architecture,
Indian Institute of Technology,
Kharagpur, August 2011
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE
Senior Transportation
Planner, LSA, Riverside,
California, October 2015–
Present
Manager, Architecture and
Urban Planning, Arth
Designbuild, Hyderabad,
2016–2017
Graduate Research Assistant,
University of Washington,
2014–2015
Architect, Designhaaus
Solutions Private Limited,
Bangalore, June 2011–May
2013
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DEBMALYA SINHA
SENIOR TRANSPORTATION PLANNER
CONTRACT ROLE: TRAFFIC/TRANSPORTATION PLANNER
2 City of Long Beach, General Plan Land Use and Urban Design Elements Traffic Analysis Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California
Mr. Sinha updated the 2016 SCAG RTP/SCS model socioeconomic data to reflect the General Plan land uses into the model as part of a VMT analysis requested by the City. The City of Long Beach updated its Circulation Element recognizing that the mobility of people is not always improved by facilitating automobile travel. As such, the City is transitioning away from performance measures focused on automobile level of service. Model runs were conducted to develop VMT estimates that were then compared to regional VMT estimates.
City of Long Beach, Globemaster Corridor Specific Plan (GCSP) VMT Analysis Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California
Mr. Sinha assisted in developing the socioeconomic data for a Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) analysis for the Globemaster Corridor Specific Plan project in the City of Long Beach. The GCSP provides the planning and regulatory framework for guiding future development and attracting quality jobs to the approximately 432.12- acre GCSP located in an area adjacent to the Long Beach Airport, I-405, and surrounding residential and business community. The regional (City) VMT per capita for both base (2012) and future (2040) model scenarios were obtained from the SCAG RTP model runs. Existing (2019) VMT per capita was developed by interpolating between base and future year VMT data obtained from the Southern California Association of Governments Regional Transportation Plan (SCAG RTP) model. Project select zone model runs were utilized to develop project VMT. Project VMT per capita was calculated for both base (2012) and future (2040) model scenarios. The existing (2019) project VMT per capita was developed by interpolating between the base and future year VMT per capita for the project.
Missoula Metropolitan Planning Organization, 2016 Long Range Transportation Plan and Travel Demand Model Update
Missoula, Missoula County, Montana
Mr. Sinha assisted in the preparation of the Missoula Metropolitan Planning Organization's 2016 Long Range Transportation Plan and Travel Model Update. LSA created the regional transportation demand model and prepared the Long Range Transportation Plan for the Missoula Metropolitan Planning Organization and the State of Montana. The plan was adopted in January 2017 on time and within budget. This travel model covers two counties and includes a mix of urban and rural communities. A unique aspect of this travel model is assignment of both walk and bicycle trips encouraged by the area’s dense and pedestrian‐friendly central business district and university. The LRTP addresses all requirements of MAP‐21 and FAST Act.
City of Irvine, 16542 Millikan Avenue Congregate Care
Irvine, Orange County, California
Mr. Sinha assisted in the traffic impact analysis for the development of 425,000-square foot congregate care facility in the City of Irvine. The analysis utilized ITAM to forecast daily and peak hour traffic conditions in existing, 2020, 2035, and post-2035 conditions at various intersections in the Irvine Business Complex. The analysis provided Levels of Service, Average Daily Traffic, and Intersection Capacity Utilization at the study area intersections for these forecast scenarios with and without the proposed project.
City of Irvine, Congregation Shir Ha-Ma’alot Private School Traffic Study Irvine, Orange County, California
Mr. Sinha assisted in the traffic impact analysis for the proposed 225-student private school within the existing Congregation facility. The analysis utilized ITAM to forecast daily and peak hour traffic conditions in existing, 2020, 2035, and post-2035 conditions at various intersections within the project vicinity. The analysis provided Levels of Service, Average Daily Traffic, and Intersection Capacity Utilization at the study area intersections for these forecast scenarios with and without the new school facility. 403
JODI ROSS-BORREGO
PRINCIPAL / BIOLOGIST
ROLE: BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES TASK LEAD
1 PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
As a Principal in LSA’s Palm Springs office, Ms. Ross-Borrego is primarily responsible for assisting clients in conducting and managing the coordination of biological resource evaluations and assessments; managing and overseeing construction compliance projects; preparing environmental documentation for renewable energy projects; managing on-call service contracts with utility providers; preparing biological reports for transportation projects, including bridge replacement, road widening, and interchange modifications; and environmental permitting. She works with various resource and regulatory agencies to analyze impacts and recommend mitigation measures as part of the CEQA/NEPA documentation for both private- and public-sector projects.
In addition, Ms. Ross-Borrego has extensive experience in Southern California, particularly in the Colorado and Mojave Deserts. She has conducted biological studies in a variety of terrestrial and aquatic habitats, including specific special-status species surveys for the Casey’s June beetle, arroyo toad, desert tortoise, Coachella fringe-toed lizard, flat-tailed horned lizard, burrowing owl, coastal California gnatcatcher, least Bell’s vireo, Mohave ground squirrel, and Coachella Valley round-tailed ground squirrel, as well as a variety of plant species.
PROJECT EXPERIENCE
Caltrans District 8, I-10 Bypass Project
Riverside County, California
Ms. Borrego managed the biological services for the I-10 Bypass Project. Tasks included preparing a Natural Environment Study, a Biological Assessment, and associated technical studies, including a wetlands delineation/jurisdictional determination, vegetation mapping, focused surveys for the desert tortoise, and focused surveys for rare plants and non-listed special-status species.
Riverside County Transportation Department, On-Call Projects Riverside County, California
Ms. Borrego managed this on-call contract with Riverside County for its longterm routine maintenance projects throughout Riverside County. Task orders included focused biological surveys, jurisdictional delineations, and biological monitoring.
Caltrans District 8, I-15/I-215 Interchange Improvements Project San Bernardino County, California
Ms. Ross-Borrego assisted in the fieldwork and preparation of the Jurisdictional Delineation report and preparation of the Natural Environment Study for the I-15/I-215 Interchange Improvements Project in the unincorporated community of Devore in San Bernardino County. Additionally, Ms. Ross-Borrego conducted surveys for threatened and endangered species, including slender-horned spineflower, Santa Ana River woollystar, arroyo toad, and coastal California gnatcatcher.
EXPERTISE
• Biological Assessments
• Multiple Species Habitat
Conservation Plans
• Project Management
• Jurisdictional Delineations
• Rare, Threatened, and
Endangered Species
• State and Federal Permitting
Procedures
EDUCATION
B.S. in Environmental Biology,
Humboldt State University,
Arcata, California, 2003
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE
Principal, LSA, Palm Springs,
California, 2005–Present
Reserve Steward/Resident
Biologist, James San Jacinto
Mountains Reserve, UC
Natural Reserve System (NRS),
University of California,
Riverside (UCR), 2004–2005
Interim Assistant Director/
Herbarium Curator, Sweeney
Granite Mountains Desert
Research Center, NRS, UCR,
2004
Botanist, Andre Botanical
Consulting, Kelso, California,
2004
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JODI ROSS-BORREGO
PRINCIPAL / BIOLOGIST
ROLE: BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES TASK LEAD
2 Southern California Edison, On-Call Projects
Southern California
Ms. Borrego co-managed the natural resources portion of this on-call contract with SCE. She also performed Biological Assessments, sensitive species surveys, pre-construction surveys, and construction monitoring, and prepared reports.
California High-Speed Rail Authority, California High-Speed Rail Project California (Various Locations)
Ms. Borrego is the Biology Task Manager for the California High-Speed Rail (HSR) Bakersfield to Palmdale Project Section. This section of the HSR project will link San Francisco to Los Angeles and points between. Ms. Borrego is managing the preparation of the Biological Resources and Wetlands Technical Report and providing oversight and support for the Biological Resources Assessment and Mitigation Planning. 405
JODI ROSS-BORREGO
PRINCIPAL / BIOLOGIST
ROLE: BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES TASK LEAD
3 Caltrans District 8 and City of Indio, Avenue 44 Bridge Low-Flow Crossing Replacement Project
Indio, Riverside County, California
Ms. Ross-Borrego prepared the Natural Environment Study (Minimal Impact) and the Jurisdictional Delineation and oversaw the permitting component as part of a CEQA IS/MND and a NEPA Categorical Exclusion for the Avenue 44 Bridge Low-Flow Crossing Replacement Project in the City of Indio.
Caltrans District 8 and the City of La Quinta, Adams Street/Whitewater River Bridge Crossing Project
La Quinta, Riverside County, California
Ms. Ross-Borrego was the main author for the Natural Environment Study (Minimal Impacts) for this project. LSA, in cooperation with the Caltrans District 8 Office of Local Assistance, assisted the City of La Quinta in replacing the existing low-water crossing spanning the Whitewater River at Adams Street with an all-weather crossing.
Caltrans District 8, Airport Boulevard (Avenue 56) Railroad GradeSeparation Project Riverside County, California
Ms. Ross-Borrego conducted and prepared the Biological Resources Assessment and prepared the Coachella Valley Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan Consistency Analysis reports for the Airport Boulevard (Avenue 56) Railroad Grade-Separation Project in Riverside County. Ms.
Ross-Borrego is managing the biological services for the I-10 Bypass Project.
This includes preparing a Natural Environment Study, a Biological Assessment, and associated technical studies, including a wetlands delineation/jurisdictional determination, vegetation mapping, focused surveys for the desert tortoise, and focused surveys for rare plants and nonlisted special-status species.
KOA Corporation and the City of Coachella, Avenue 50 Road Improvement Project
Coachella, Riverside County, California
LSA, working with KOA Corporation and the City of Coachella, prepared the CEQA Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration for the widening and improvement of Avenue 50 from west of Calhoun Street to Harrison Street in Coachella. Environmental work also managed by LSA included technical studies for Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Noise and Vibration Impact analysis, and a Phase I Hazardous Materials Initial Site Assessment.
SPECIALIZED
TRAINING
Desert Tortoise Council
Surveying, Monitoring, and
Handling Techniques
Workshop, The Desert
Tortoise Council, Ridgecrest,
California, November 2010
Flat-Tailed Horned Lizard
Monitor Training. Bureau of
Land Management, El Centro,
California, May 2007
Hydric Soils Indicators
Workshop. Wetland Training
Institute, San Diego, California,
February 2007
Basic Wetland Delineation
Workshop, Wetlands Training
Institute, Sacramento,
California, April 2006
Desert Flora Field Course.
University of California
Riverside Extension Program,
Palm Desert, California, March
2006
Working with ArcGIS Spatial
Analyst, Society for
Conservation GIS/Esri, James
San Jacinto Mountains
Reserve, Idyllwild, California,
July 2004
Building Geo Databases,
Society for Conservation GIS/
Esri, James San Jacinto
Mountains Reserve, Idyllwild,
California, July 2004
PROFESSIONAL
AFFILIATIONS
Association of Environmental
Professionals Member No.
3915637
California Native Plant Society
Women’s Transportation
Seminar
Coachella Valley
Archaeological Society
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RYAN VILLANUEVA
ASSOCIATE/SENIOR BIOLOGIST
CONTRACT ROLE: BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES
1 EXPERTISE
• Biological Assessments
• Jurisdictional Delineations
• Rare, Threatened, and
Endangered Species
• State and Federal Permitting
Procedures
• Project Management
EDUCATION
B.S. in Biology / B.A. in
Environmental Studies,
University of California, Santa
Cruz
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE
Senior Biologist, LSA,
Riverside, California, 2020–
Present
Senior Biologist, ESA, 2018–
2020
Senior Biologist, ECORP
Consulting, Inc., 2016–2018
Senior Biologist, Sapphos
Environmental, Inc., 2010-
2016
Biologist, TRC, 2005-2010
PERMITS AND
AUTHORIZATIONS
California Department of Fish
and Wildlife scientific
collecting permit No. GW193640002-20260-001
(renewal pending)
PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
As an Associate Biologist in LSA’s Riverside office, Mr. Villanueva is primarily responsible for field surveys including plant community mapping, rare plant surveys, wetland delineations, habitat restoration, habitat assessments, general biological resources surveys, avian-focused surveys, daytime and nighttime bat surveys and protocol surveys for sensitive species, such as desert tortoise, least Bell’s vireo and burrowing owl. He is also responsible for preparing biological reports and analyzing impacts and recommending mitigation measures as part of the California Environmental Quality Act/National Environmental Policy Act (CEQA/NEPA) documentation for both private- and public-sector projects.
Mr. Villanueva has also prepared permits under Sections 401 and 404 of the Federal Clean Water Act, the Porter-Cologne Act, Sections 1600 and 2081 of the California Fish and Game Code, and the Desert Native Plant Act, and has worked closely with public agencies regarding biological resources including the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), U.S. Forest Service (USFS), California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW), Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB) and regional and local agencies.
PROJECT EXPERIENCE
City of Banning, Rancho San Gorgonio Planned Community Project Banning, Riverside County, California
As Senior Biologist and Project Manager, Mr. Villanueva oversaw biological resources surveys conducted and reports and permits prepared for the project. Mr.
Villanueva prepared a conservation overview for the project that included both onsite reestablishment/enhancement and off-site conservation. He also prepared the Waste Discharge Requirement, off-site sewer alignment biological resources assessment/MSHCP consistency analysis, burrowing owl survey report and revised Determination of Biologically Equivalent or Superior Preservation (DBESP). Multiple meetings with the resource agencies were held in response to the DBESP.
Caltrans District 8, I-10 Bypass Project
Riverside County, California
Mr. Villanueva provided the biological services for the I-10 Bypass Project. Tasks included preparing a Natural Environment Study, a Biological Assessment, and associated technical studies, including a wetlands delineation/jurisdictional determination, vegetation mapping, focused surveys for the desert tortoise, and focused surveys for rare plants and non-listed special-status species.
AGC Design Concept, Inc., New Shopping Center Project
Banning, Riverside County, California
Mr. Villanueva conducted a general reconnaissance survey at the location of a proposed shopping center and prepared a biological resources assessment/MSHCP consistency analysis summarizing the results of the survey. Focused surveys conducted for the project included those for burrowing owl.
Robinson Hill Architecture, Inc., Indio Fiesta Kia Car Dealership Project Indio, Riverside County, California
Mr. Villanueva prepared the biological resources assessment/Coachella Valley Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan consistency analysis summarizing the results of the biological resources surveys conducted.
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RYAN VILLANUEVA
ASSOCIATE/SENIOR BIOLOGIST
CONTRACT ROLE: BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES
2 SPECIALIZED
TRAINING
The Desert Tortoise Council
14th Annual Surveying,
Monitoring and Handling
Techniques Workshop,
October 2005
Richard Chin Environmental
Training, Inc., Wetland
Delineation Workshop based
on the 1987 U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers Wetland
Delineation Manual,
Sacramento, California,
October 2005
Plant Identification for Coastal
Southern California Rivers and
Streams. Wetland Training
Institute, June 2008
OSHA 40-hour Hazardous
Waste Operations
(HAZWOPER) Training and 8-
hour Refresher, Skillsoft OnDemand Training and
Education, 2005-2010
University of California
Extension’s California Rapid
Assessment Method (CRAM)
Riverine Training, March 2012
Southern Sierra Research
Center’s Willow Flycatcher
Workshop and Training
Session, May 2012
University of California
Extension’s CRAM Estuarine
Training, October 2012
Vernal Pool Fairy Shrimp,
Mary Belk, January 18-21,
2012
University of California
Extension’s CRAM Vernal Pool
Training, April 2013
Elkhorn Slough Coastal
Training Program’s California
Red-Legged Frog Workshop,
May 2014
Southwest Partners in
Amphibian and Reptile
Conservation’s Flat-Tailed
Horned Lizard Biological
Monitor Training, May 2014
A.C. Industrial Properties, LLC, Springbrook Wash Project Riverside, Riverside County, California
Mr. Villanueva conducted a jurisdictional delineation at the location of a proposed commercial development expansion and prepared a jurisdictional delineation report summarizing the results of the survey.
HI Bermuda Dunes, LLC, 42500 Washington Street Project
Bermuda Dunes, Riverside County, California
Mr. Villanueva prepared the biological resources assessment/Coachella Valley Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan
Kimley-Horn, Trojan Storage Project
Calabasas, Los Angeles County, California
As Senior Biologist and Project Manager, Mr. Villanueva oversaw the preparation of the jurisdictional delineation and biological resources assessment summarizing the results of the biological resources surveys conducted.
Winchester, Riverside County, California
As Senior Biologist and Project Manager, Mr. Villanueva oversaw biological resources surveys and the preparation of the biological resources assessment/MSHCP consistency analysis summarizing the results of the survey.
Focused surveys conducted for the project included those for burrowing owl and a jurisdictional delineation. Mr. Villanueva also coordinated with the Riverside County Planning Department on the Habitat Acquisition and Negotiation Strategy (HANS).
ANT Holdings Group, Inc., Assessor’s Parcel Number (APN) 430-100-015 Development Project
San Jacinto, Riverside County, California
As Senior Biologist, Mr. Villanueva oversaw biological resources surveys and the preparation of the biological resources assessment/MSHCP consistency analysis summarizing the results of the survey. Mr. Villanueva also prepared the burrowing owl survey report for the project. Focused surveys conducted for the project included those for burrowing owl and rare plants.
City of Menifee, Caliber Collision Paint and Autobody Repair Shop Project Menifee, Riverside County, California
As Senior Biologist, Mr. Villanueva oversaw biological resources surveys and the preparation of the biological resources assessment/MSHCP consistency analysis summarizing the results of the survey. Mr. Villanueva also prepared the burrowing owl survey report for the project. Focused surveys conducted for the project included those for burrowing owl and rare plants.
City of Menifee, Boulders Mixed-Use Project
Menifee, Riverside County, California
Mr. Villanueva oversaw biological resources surveys for the project and prepared a biological resources assessment/MSHCP consistency analysis summarizing the results of the biological resources surveys conducted. Focused surveys conducted for the project included those for burrowing owl, rare plants and fairy shrimp as well as a jurisdictional delineation.
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JESSICA CORIA
ASSOCIATE/DIRECTOR OF AIR QUALITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE SERVICES CONTRACT ROLE: AIR QUALITY SERVICES LEAD
1 PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
With a decade of experience, Ms. Coria served as a Regional Program Manager at the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District (SJVAPCD) and as a consulting Senior Scientist prior to her current position at LSA. Her expertise includes regulatory compliance, air quality impact analysis per CEQA requirements, conducting health risk assessments, air dispersion modeling, sustainable project design, air pollution control measures, and GHG emission mitigation. She has extensive experience in project management, staff mentoring, and client relationships as well as comprehensive knowledge of CEQA requirements for air districts throughout California. Ms. Coria is experienced with the models and methods used to assess both air quality and GHG impacts. Her CEQA experience includes conducting technical evaluations and overseeing the preparation of air quality, GHG, and energy analysis for Specific Plans, General Plans, Climate Action Plans, and Housing Element Updates as well as mixed-use, commercial, residential, and industrial warehouse projects.
PROJECT EXPERIENCE
Ms. Coria conducts and oversees the preparation of air quality, GHG emissions and energy analyses that quantify the impacts of project-related construction and operational emissions and evaluate project impacts related to regional air pollution thresholds and global climate change. The reports describe the existing setting and regulatory context, quantify impacts, and recommend mitigation measures as appropriate.
Peer Review of IMTT Terminal Tank Project
Richmond, California
LSA is currently preparing the environmental impact assessment for the IMTT Terminal Tank Project, which involves the replacement and addition of several storage tanks at a bulk terminal facility in Richmond. Ms. Coria conducted a peer review of the technical studies related to air quality and climate change for the proposed project, including the criteria pollutant and GHG emissions analysis conducted for this project.
Stoneridge Mall Apartments Project Environmental Checklist Pleasanton, California
Ms. Coria helped to prepare the environmental checklist for the PUD-136 – Stoneridge Mall Residential Project in Pleasanton, California. The project consists of 360 multifamily apartment units and related site improvements, including a new parking structure. As the Lead Air Quality Scientist, Ms. Coria led the air quality and GHG emissions modeling, reviewed and conducted the air quality and GHG emissions technical analyses, prepared the HRA used in the air quality analysis, oversaw and assisted in preparation of the energy analysis, and prepared the air quality and GHG emissions sections of the EIR.
General Plan Update, Zoning Code Amendments, and Climate Action Plan Program EIR South San Francisco, California
Ms. Coria was part of the team that provided environmental services for the City of South San Francisco General Plan Update, Zoning Code Amendments, and Climate Action Plan Program EIR. The General Plan Update is a forward-looking document that will serve as the blueprint for the City of South San Francisco’s vision through
EXPERTISE
• CEQA/NEPA
• Air Quality Analysis
• GHG Emission Analysis
• Climate Change Analysis
• Air Pollution Control Measures
• GHG Mitigation Measures
• Health Risk Assessment
EDUCATION
M.S., Environmental Science
and Policy, Johns Hopkins
University, Baltimore, 2019
B.A., International Relations:
Global Environment, Health,
and Natural Resources,
University of California, Davis,
2015
PROFESSIONAL
AFFILIATIONS
Association of Environmental
Professionals (AEP)
Central Chapter AEP Board of
Directors
RECENT
PRESENTATIONS
APA Conference 2023: Climate
Action Planning for Water
Utilities
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JESSICA CORIA
ASSOCIATE/DIRECTOR OF AIR QUALITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE SERVICES CONTRACT ROLE: AIR QUALITY SERVICES LEAD
2 the year 2040. The General Plan Update anticipates approximately 14,324 net new housing units and approximately 13,344 net new employment opportunities by 2040. The proposed General Plan Update will replace the 1999 General Plan and inform updates to the City’s Zoning Ordinance. The Climate Action Plan includes a communitywide inventory of GHG emissions and identifies strategies and measures to reduce GHG emissions generated by existing and future uses in South San Francisco to achieve State-mandated targets. Ms.
Coria performed the air quality and GHG emissions analysis.
Giovannoni Logistics Center EIR
American Canyon, California
Ms. Coria was part of the team that prepared an EIR for the Giovannoni Logistics Center project on 255.1 acres in American Canyon. The applicant (Buzz Oates Construction, Inc.) proposes to develop a 2.4-million-squarefoot logistics center on approximately 208 acres, with the remaining 47.1 acres preserved as open space. Devlin Road and the Napa Valley Vine Trail would be extended through the project site to close the gap in these transportation facilities. The Giovannoni Logistics Center will cater to clients and customers in the e-commerce, wine, and food industries. Environmental issues include biological resources, cultural resources, air quality/GHG emissions, transportation, and noise. Ms. Coria performed the air quality and GHG emissions analysis.
Central Southeast Planning Area Specific Plan and Program EIR Fresno, California
Ms. Coria helped prepare a Program EIR for the Central Southeast Planning Area Specific Plan in Fresno. The City of Fresno adopted a new General Plan that identifies priority infill areas for new investment and redevelopment.
Over the next 4 years, the City will complete seven Specific Plans, including the Central Southeast Area Specific Plan (CSASP). The CSASP area is within the Roosevelt Community Plan Area, which was last updated in 1992 and was developed with primarily industrial and suburban land uses along several high-capacity transportation corridors, including Highway 180 East and Highway 41 South. Ms. Coria performed the air quality and GHG emissions analysis.
Barber Yard Specific Plan Project EIR
Chico, California
Ms. Coria was part of the team that prepared an EIR and supporting technical analyzes for the potential environmental effects of the proposed Barber Yard Specific Plan (BYSP), a comprehensive planning document that would establish specific guiding principles and strategy for development of a 133-acre area in Chico, as well as off-site improvements, including a stormwater detention pond and associated storm drain alignments and outfall in unincorporated Butte County. Formerly occupied by the Diamond Match Factory (1906–1975) and Louisiana-Pacific Corporation (1984–1989), the site is bounded by existing residential neighborhoods, the Union Pacific Railroad, and rural residential and agricultural uses. Ms. Coria performed the Air Quality and GHG Emissions Analysis.
Pleasanton Housing Element Update EIR
Pleasanton, California
As the Lead Air Quality Scientist, Mrs. Coria led the air quality and GHG emissions modeling, reviewed and conducted the air quality and GHG emissions technical analyses, prepared the HRA used in the air quality analysis, oversaw and assisted in the preparation of the energy analysis, and prepared the air quality and GHG emissions sections of the EIR for this Housing Element update project. 410
CARA CUNNINGHAM
ASSOCIATE ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNER
CONTRACT ROLE : AIR QUALITY/GHG COMPLIANCE
1 PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
Ms. Cunningham is an Associate/Senior Environmental Planner and provides project management and technical assistance on a variety of planning and environmental documents, including Environmental Assessments, Initial Studies, and EIRs. Ms. Cunningham has been involved in residential and commercial development projects, road improvement projects, and programlevel plans. She has a strong foundation in land use planning and is well versed in addressing impacts to air quality, energy, and greenhouse gas emissions.
Ms. Cunningham is proficient with the use of air quality models, including the California Emissions Estimator Model.
PROJECT EXPERIENCE
First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc., First Lincoln Industrial Project Banning, Riverside County, California
Ms. Cunningham provided air quality and greenhouse gas analysis for an IS/MND for a 118,786-square-foot warehouse on 6.45 gross acres in the City of Banning (DR-22-7003, TPM 22-4001, and ENV 22-1504). The project was consistent with the City of Banning’s land use designation and zoning ordinance but required an Encroachment Permit from Caltrans District 8 for proposed improvements to State Route 243 along the project site frontage.
Specific issues addressed in the IS/MND and Environmental Summary Memorandum included air quality and health risk, greenhouse gas emissions, hazards and hazardous materials, noise and vibration, transportation, cultural and biological resources, and cumulative impacts. The Banning City Council approved the IS/MND in May 2023.
Public Storage, Public Storage Fontana Redevelopment Project Fontana, San Bernardino County, California
Ms. Cunningham provided air quality and greenhouse gas analysis as part of an IS/MND for the proposed redevelopment of the Fontana Public Storage facility at 17173 Valley Boulevard. The project included demolition of 16,454 square feet of self-storage and office space and construction of 109,566 square feet of new self-storage space on 5.33 acres. Specific issues addressed in the IS/MND and CEQA Consistency Report included air quality and health risk, greenhouse gas emissions, arboriculture, hazards and hazardous materials, noise and vibration, transportation, and cumulative impacts. The Fontana Planning Commission approved the IS/MND in August 2024.
City of Lake Forest, Nakase Nursery, Toll Brothers EIR
Lake Forest, California
Ms. Cunningham prepared the Air Quality, Energy, and Greenhouse Gas EIR sections for this project, which includes up to 675 single-family residential units (contained in five distinct neighborhoods); up to 101 senior affordable housing units; a proposed elementary school site; and over 28 acres of parks, open space, and habitat restoration area. Key issues evaluated in the EIR included traffic, air quality, greenhouse gas emissions, biological resources, hydrology and water quality, and the loss of agricultural land. LSA also assisted the City of Lake Forest with Native American consultation per Assembly Bill
52. The Lake Forest City Council certified the EIR and approved the project in January 2020.
EXPERTISE
• CEQA Documents
• Environmental Analysis
• Air Quality Analysis
• Greenhouse Gas Emission
Analysis
• Land Use Planning
EDUCATION
B.S., City and Regional
Planning, Minor in Real
Property Development,
California Polytechnic State
University, San Luis Obispo,
2015
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE
Associate/Senior
Environmental Planner, LSA,
Clovis, California, June 2014–
Present
Assistant Planner, San Luis
Ranch, Coastal Community
Builders, Pismo Beach,
California, February 2015–
June 2015
Housing Intern, County of San
Luis Obispo, Spring 2014
Planning Intern, City of Clovis,
Summer 2013
SPECIALIZED
TRAINING
CEQA Case Law Update, 2016
Advanced CEQA Workshop,
2016
NEPA Essentials Workshop,
2016
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CARA CUNNINGHAM
ASSOCIATE ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNER
CONTRACT ROLE : AIR QUALITY/GHG COMPLIANCE
2 City of Cypress, Cypress Town Center EIR
Cypress, California
Ms. Cunningham prepared the Air Quality, Energy, and Greenhouse Gas EIR sections for this project in Cypress, which involves the development of a multifamily residential community consisting of 135 dwelling units on a 7- acre parking lot within the City of Cypress’s recently adopted Cypress Town Center and Commons Specific Plan.
The project is a paseo-style community with a large central open space area and pool. Required discretionary approvals included a Vesting Tentative Tract Map and a Design Review Permit. Key environmental issues analyzed in the EIR included hydrology and traffic impacts. LSA completed the following technical analyses in support of the EIR: an air quality and greenhouse gas analysis, a biological resources analysis, a noise and vibration analysis, and cultural and paleontological resources analyses. LSA also completed a peer review of the traffic and circulation analysis prepared by the applicant’s consultant. The Cypress City Council certified the EIR and approved the project in May 2021.
City of Huntington Beach, Bolsa Chica Senior Living Community Project Huntington Beach, California
Ms. Cunningham prepared the Air Quality, Energy, and Greenhouse Gas EIR sections for the Bolsa Chica Senior Living Community facility, which consisted of 159 living units and on-site amenities located at 4952 and 4972 Warner Avenue in Huntington Beach. LSA prepared air quality/greenhouse gas/energy reports, a noise analysis, a cultural resources analysis, a paleontological analysis, and a transportation analysis along with the EIR. The project was approved in September 2023 and then was appealed in October 2023 and went through multiple public review processes where the City of Huntington Beach received many comments from concerned Huntington Beach residents. LSA prepared responses to public comments and revised the EIR based on City of Huntington Beach comments. After a lengthy review process, the project was approved in October 2024 with a 4-3 vote.
City of San Bruno Recreation and Aquatic Center Project EIR San Bruno, California
On the basis of a preliminary Initial Study prepared by LSA, it was determined that a Focused EIR would be required to further evaluate the potentially significant impacts of the project. Ms. Cunningham assisted with the preparation of the Air Quality, Greenhouse Gas, and Noise sections of the EIR.
City of Long Beach, Fire Station No. 9
Long Beach, California
Ms. Cunningham prepared the Air Quality, Energy, and Greenhouse Gas EIR sections and related technical analyses in support of a new Fire Station No. 9 on a 0.4-acre property on Long Beach Boulevard. The project would construct a 12,656-square-foot, two-story fire station, including parking areas, a trash enclosure, a power transformer, landscaping, fencing, gates, and driveways. LSA prepared an Air Quality and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Analysis, a Noise Impact Analysis, a Trip Generation Memorandum, and a Historic Resources Evaluation for the project.
City of Long Beach, Climate Action and Adaptation Plan EIR Project Long Beach, California
Ms. Cunningham prepared the Air Quality, Energy, and Greenhouse Gas EIR sections for the Climate Action and Adaptation Plan (CAAP) EIR Project. LSA assisted the City of Long Beach in the preparation of the EIR for its CAAP and Safety Element Update. The proposed project was the adoption of a CAAP and associated minor amendments to the General Plan Safety Element to recognize climate impacts and incorporate climate adaptation and resiliency strategies.
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JOHN T. (J.T.) STEPHENS
PRINCIPAL / NOISE AND VIBRATION SPECIALIST
CONTRACT ROLE: NOISE AND VIBRATION TASK LEAD
PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
Mr. Stephens is a Principal Noise and Vibration Specialist and part of LSA’s environmental technical staff. He is primarily responsible for the preparation of noise and vibration studies for a variety of projects. Mr. Stephens is proficient in the use of various traffic noise models, the Roadway Construction Noise Model (RCNM), the Aviation Environmental Design Tool (AEDT), SoundPLAN Noise Prediction Software, and INSUL, a noise prediction software for building façades and partitions. Mr. Stephens is also responsible for performing noise and vibration monitoring surveys using a variety of LarsonDavis sound level meters and accelerometers. Mr. Stephens has supported numerous controversial studies, some of which required Non-Disclosure Agreements, and has attended public meetings as a professional expert.
PROJECT EXPERIENCE
First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc., First Lincoln Industrial Project Banning, Riverside County, California
Mr. Stephens served as the Noise and Vibration Technical Lead as part of an IS/MND for a 118,786-square-foot warehouse on 6.45 gross acres in the City of Banning (DR-22-7003, TPM 22-4001, and ENV 22-1504). The project was consistent with the City of Banning’s land use designation and zoning ordinance but required an Encroachment Permit from Caltrans District 8 for proposed improvements to State Route 243 along the project site frontage.
Specific issues addressed in the IS/MND and Environmental Summary Memorandum included air quality and health risk, greenhouse gas emissions, hazards and hazardous materials, noise and vibration, transportation, cultural and biological resources, and cumulative impacts. The Banning City Council approved the IS/MND in May 2023.
Public Storage, Public Storage Fontana Redevelopment Project Fontana, San Bernardino County, California
Mr. Stephens served as the Noise and Vibration Technical Lead for the proposed redevelopment ofthe Fontana Public Storage facility at 17173 Valley Boulevard. The project included demolition of 16,454 square feet of selfstorage and office space and construction of 109,566 square feet of new selfstorage space on 5.33 acres. The Fontana Planning Commission approved the IS/MND in August 2024.
Chase Partners, LTD, Fontana Business Center 2 and Business Center 3 Industrial Projects
Fontana, San Bernardino County, California
Mr. Stephens served as the Noise and Vibration Technical Lead for the Class 32 (Sec. 15332) Categorical Exemption (CE) for Fontana Business Center 2 and Addendum to the Southwest Industrial Park Specific Plan EIR for Fontana Business Center 3. Both projects are warehouses, respectively 39,628 square feet and 35,505 square feet. In particular, the Fontana Business Center 3 warehouse project required a General Plan Amendment, Zone Change, and Specific Plan Amendment to annex the site into the Southwest Industrial Park Specific Plan. The Fontana Planning Commission approved the CE and Addendum in April 2024.
EXPERTISE
• Noise and Vibration Analysis
• Interior Acoustics
EDUCATION
B.S., Acoustical Engineering,
minor in Communications
Purdue University, West
Lafayette, Indiana, 2004
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE
LSA, Point Richmond,
California
• Executive Vice President:
2024–Present
• Principal Noise Specialist:
2022–Present
• Associate Noise Specialist:
2018-2022
• Senior Noise Specialist: 2012–
2017
Other Companies: 2003–2012
PROFESSIONAL
CERTIFICATIONS
E.I.T. License No. ET30504764,
2005
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JOHN T. (J.T.) STEPHENS
PRINCIPAL / NOISE AND VIBRATION SPECIALIST
CONTRACT ROLE: NOISE AND VIBRATION TASK LEAD
City of Fontana, Transwestern Boyle Avenue Warehouse Building 1 and Building 2 Projects Fontana, San Bernardino County, California
Mr. Stephens served as Noise and Vibration Technical Lead for Building 1 and Class 32 (Sec. 15332) CE for Building 2. Both projects are warehouses, respectively 176,219 square feet and 76,562 square feet, proposed in accordance with the City of Fontana’s land use designation and zoning ordinance. The Fontana Planning Commission approved the IS/MND and CE in August 2020.
City of Fontana, South Fontana Sports Park Addendum No. 2 to the Southwest Fontana Logistics Center Environmental Impact Report
Fontana, San Bernardino County, California
Mr. Stephens served as the Noise and Vibration Technical Lead of Addendum No. 2 for the Southwest Fontana Logistics Center EIR in support of the 18.2-acre Fontana Sports Park Project at the southeast corner of Cypress Avenue and Santa Ana Avenue in south Fontana. The project includes four lighted soccer/football fields with artificial turf, a tot lot, picnic areas, shade structures, restrooms, two concessions buildings, storage buildings, a surface parking lot, and perimeter fencing. The project site was initially analyzed programmatically under the Southwest Fontana Logistics Center EIR, and Addendum No. 2 was prepared to ensure development and operation of the proposed Sports Park would not generate impacts greater than those identified in the EIR. The Fontana Planning Commission approved the Addendum in November 2019.
City of Fontana, Monarch Hills Residential EIR Project
Fontana, San Bernardino County, California
Mr. Stephens served as the Noise and Vibration Technical Lead of the EIR for a 489-residential dwelling unit development within the North Fontana Conservation Program Area for the City of Fontana. The project included a General Plan Amendment, Municipal Code Amendment, and Zone Change. The Fontana City Council certified the EIR and approved the project in February 2019.
City of Fontana, Southwest Fontana Logistics Center EIR Project Fontana, San Bernardino County, California
Mr. Stephens served as the Noise and Vibration Technical Lead of the Environmental Impact Report for a 1.6- million-square-foot warehouse facility and 17.45-acre community park. The project included a General Plan Amendment and Zone Change. The Fontana City Council certified the EIR and approved the project in February 2018.
City of Long Beach, General Plan Noise Element Update
Long Beach, California
Mr. Stephens served as the Technical Noise Lead for this project. Mr. Stephens discussed existing policies and plans with City staff to help refine the scope of work. As part of the technical analysis, a variety of noise measurements, both long-term 24-hour and short-term, were gathered to assess the existing noise environment. Mr. Stephens assisted with the development as well as the assessment of existing and future noise contours along the roadway network in the City, including rail, aircraft and stationary source activities. Mr.
Stephens continues to work with City of Long Beach staff on refining policies for future developments.
California High-Speed Rail, Bakersfield to Palmdale (B-P) Corridor and Burbank to Los Angeles (B-LA) Corridor
Various Cities, California
Mr. Stephens is serving as the noise analysis lead for the Technical Noise Study, as well as for the noise section in the Draft and Final EIR/EIS. For both segments of the California High-Speed Rail. Mr. Stephens has attended public meetings to speak on behalf of the Authority and provide technical guidance for officials and stakeholders.
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JASON LUI
ASSOCIATE / SENIOR NOISE SPECIALIST
CONTRACT ROLE: NOISE AND VIBRATION
1 PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
Mr. Lui is an Associate/Senior Noise Specialist at LSA with 22 years of experience in environmental studies, specializing in noise and vibration analysis. He is responsible for preparing noise and vibration studies in accordance with procedures specified by State and local guidelines, as well as protocols for a variety of commercial, residential, industrial, and transportation projects. He is proficient in the use of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Highway Traffic Noise Prediction Model (FHWA RD-77- 108), Traffic Noise Model (TNM) 2.5, MicroStation, and GIS. He is also responsible for conducting noise level measurements using a variety of Larson Davis sound level meters.
PROJECT EXPERIENCE
First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc., First Lincoln Industrial Project Banning, Riverside County, California
Mr. Lui provided Noise and Vibration analysis as part of an IS/MND for a 118,786-square-foot warehouse on 6.45 gross acres in the City of Banning (DR22-7003, TPM 22-4001, and ENV 22-1504). The project was consistent with the City of Banning’s land use designation and zoning ordinance but required an Encroachment Permit from Caltrans District 8 for proposed improvements to State Route 243 along the project site frontage. Specific issues addressed in the IS/MND and Environmental Summary Memorandum included air quality and health risk, greenhouse gas emissions, hazards and hazardous materials, noise and vibration, transportation, cultural and biological resources, and cumulative impacts. The Banning City Council approved the IS/MND in May 2023.
Northpoint Development, Sunset Crossroads Master Plan EIR Banning, Riverside County, California
The Sunset Crossroads Project (Project) envisions the development of up to 268,400 square feet of medical office, professional office, education, recreation, and commercial uses, a travel center with refueling uses, and a 125-room hotel on 47.9-acres area; and up to 5,545,000 square feet of industrial uses (including up 330,000 square feet of cold storage uses) on 392.0 acres of the site. Mr. Lui provided Noise and Vibration analysis as part of the team that developed the EIR.
Sunwest Enterprises, Rancho Avenue Towns Project
Colton, California
Mr. Lui prepared a Noise Impact Analysis report for the development of 9 two-story multi-unit residential buildings on an undeveloped 4-acre site east of Rancho Avenue and south of Georgia Street in Colton, California.
Colton Emerald, LLC, Tentative Tract Map No. 20296 PROJECT Colton, California
Mr. Lui prepared a Noise Impact Analysis report for the proposed development of 27 single-family residential units on a 2.95-acre site north of Fogg Street between 5th Street and La Cadena Drive in Colton, California. The proposed project would also include the construction of an effective 5.9 to 6.9 foot high masonry wall located along the eastern project boundary.
EXPERTISE
• Noise and Vibration Analysis
EDUCATION
M.S., Environmental Studies,
California State University,
Fullerton, 2014
B.A., Environmental Analysis
and Design, University of
California, Irvine, 2002
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE
Associate, LSA, Irvine,
California, September 2002–
Present
PROFESSIONAL
CERTIFICATIONS/
REGISTRATIONS
Environmental Management
Certification, University of
California, Irvine
Federal Highway
Administration Traffic Noise
Model 2.5, Bowlby &
Associates, Inc., Franklin,
Tennessee
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JASON LUI
ASSOCIATE / SENIOR NOISE SPECIALIST
CONTRACT ROLE: NOISE AND VIBRATION
2 Lake Creek Industrial, Boyle East and West Warehouse Buildings Project Fontana, California
Mr. Lui prepared a Noise and Vibration Impact Analysis memorandum for the development of two warehouse buildings in Fontana. The first warehouse building is an 88,944 sf warehouse building on a 4.01-acre lot, which includes approximately 9,000 sf of office space in the southwest corner of the building, employee parking along the southwestern and northern portions of the site, and freight truck dock doors located at the northwestern portion of the building facing west. The second warehouse building is a 94,219 sf warehouse building on a
4.4-acre site, which includes approximately 9,000 sf of office space in the southwest corner of the building, employee parking proposed along the western portion of the site, and freight truck dock doors located along the eastern side of the building.
Lebba, LLC, Slover-Juniper Industrial Building Project
Fontana, California
Mr. Lui prepared a Noise and Vibration Impact Analysis memorandum for the development of an approximately 41,000 sf warehouse building, of which 5,000 sf would be designated office space across two levels. The warehouse would include three freight truck loading docks and employee and trailer parking. The project would include off-site infrastructure improvements including installation of curbs, gutters, a sidewalk, landscaping, streetlights, and trees along the project site frontage of Juniper Avenue and Slover Avenue.
City of Fontana, Transwestern—Boyle Avenue Buildings 1 and 2 Project Fontana, California
Mr. Lui prepared a Noise and Vibration Impact Analysis memorandum for the development of two warehouse buildings in Fontana. The first warehouse building is a 176,219 sf logistics/distribution warehouse building, of which approximately 12,000 sf would be office space. The second warehouse building is a 76,562 sf warehouse building, of which 8,066 sf would be office space. The project would include off-site infrastructure improvements that widen Juniper Avenue to the General Plan standard for a Collector Street and would install curbs, gutters, a sidewalk, landscaping, and streetlights and trees along Juniper Avenue north of Boyle Avenue.
City of Fontana, XTRA Trailer Leasing Project
Fontana, California
Mr. Lui prepared a Noise and Vibration Impact Analysis report for the XTRA Trailer Leasing Project in Fontana.
The project would pave, landscape, and improve parking on an existing 8-acre site that comprises two existing parcels and is currently developed with two buildings, a trailer parking area, and fuel pumps. Sales, operations, and clerical staff functions would be conducted within the two-story office building. The second building is a maintenance building with four bays where preventive maintenance would be conducted. The existing on-site structures would accommodate the proposed motor vehicle sale business (trailer lease/rental).
First Industrial, First Elm Logistics Warehouse Project Fontana, California
Mr. Lui prepared a Noise and Vibration Impact Analysis memorandum for the demolition of 2,090 (+/-) square feet of existing on-site residential structures along with gravel and pavement areas and the construction and operation of an approximately 85,219 sf high-cube warehouse on 5.13 acres located at 10407 Elm Avenue in Fontana. The project includes 5,000 sf of office uses split between the first and second floors.
First Industrial, First Lincoln Industrial Project
Fontana, California
Mr. Lui prepared a Noise and Vibration Impact Analysis memorandum for the First Lincoln Industrial Project.
The project would construct a 118,786 square foot industrial warehouse building, of which 10,000 square feet would be designated office space across two levels. The project would include 25 freight truck loading docks and employee and trailer parking.
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LLOYD SAMPLE
PRINCIPAL / ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND PALEONTOLOGICAL RESOURCES CONTRACT ROLE: CULTURAL RESOURCES TASK LEAD
1 PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
Mr. Sample serves as LSA’s Principal in charge of LSA’s Cultural Resources and Paleontological group. His duties include but are not limited to paleontological and archaeological monitoring coordinator, and liaison with developers/construction management. He directs staff on multiple concurrent projects. Mr. Sample is responsible for coordinating compliance monitoring; directing fossil salvage operations before and during earthdisturbing activities, overseeing the analysis, preparation and curation of cultural and paleontological resources, the collection of contextual geologic data, mapping cultural and paleontological resources; and for Principal QA/QC of project memoranda and reports. Mr. Sample also designs and sets up cultural and paleontological interpretive exhibits for private and public clients.
Mr. Sample has more 31 years of experience, with 29 of those years at LSA.
PROJECT EXPERIENCE
RCTC, On-Call Environmental Services
Riverside County, California
Mr. Sample serves as Monitoring Coordinator for the Riverside County Transportation Commission (RCTC) on-call contract. Mr. Sample provided paleontological construction monitoring and a Paleontological Mitigation Report for Task Order 1 for the SR-74/I-215 Interchange Project. In addition, Mr. Sample provided paleontological training for construction workers and provided monitors for the installation of the environmentally sensitive area fencing for Task Order 5 for the I-215 Widening Project from Scott Road to Nuevo Road and the Liston Brick site. This on call relationship continues into 2025.
County of Orange, La Pata Avenue Gap Closure Project
Orange County, California
During grading activities for the La Pata Avenue Gap Closure Project, Mr.
Sample served as Monitoring Coordinator for Hill International, directing monitors’ duties when ground-disturbing activities occurred in sensitive sediments. This OC Public Works project constructed La Pata Avenue from Ortega Highway through to San Clemente. The most notable fossils recovered during the project are a Miocene walrus and the lower jaw of an extinct member of the baleen whale family from the 10-million-year-old from the Capistrano Formation. The recovery of fossil specimens was completed without delaying the project schedule. The paleontological discoveries were highlighted in the Orange County Register article “Digging for New Road Uncovers History: Fossils, Trash, and Pepsi Cans.”
Caltrans District 12 On-Call Environmental Services (Contract No. 12A1655)
Orange County, California
LSA began work on the Caltrans District 12 On-Call Environmental Services contract (Contract No. 12A1655) in October 2016 and provided environmental services on 61 task orders issued to date. The task order services LSA is providing include preparing environmental technical studies and environmental documents to evaluate potential project impacts on cultural and paleontological resources and biological resources, environmental
EXPERTISE
• Paleontological and
Archaeological Monitoring
Coordinator
• Developer/Construction
Management Liaison
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE
Safety Officer and Principal for
Archaeology and
Paleontology, LSA, California,
February 1995–Present
Other Companies 1974-195
PROFESSIONAL
AFFILIATIONS
Society of Vertebrate
Paleontology
TEACHING/
PRESENTATIONS
Paleontology and Cultural
Resources Training, presented
to various State and local
entities, as well as to
construction team staff
“A New Flora and Fauna, The
El Casco Collection” (Poster
Presentation), Society of
Vertebrate Paleontology
Annual Meeting, Los Angeles,
2013
“’A Better Mouse Trap’ Using
New Materials to Improve
Bulk Matrix Processing,”
Society of Vertebrate
Paleontology Annual Meeting,
Ottawa, Canada, 2006
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LLOYD SAMPLE
PRINCIPAL / ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND PALEONTOLOGICAL RESOURCES CONTRACT ROLE: CULTURAL RESOURCES TASK LEAD
2 compliance for CEQA and NEPA, and Native American consultation to comply with Assembly Bill 52 and Section 106. LSA is also providing construction-monitoring services for biological, cultural, and paleontological resources. Projects under this on-call contract include the SR-74 Safety Improvements Project Initial Study/Environmental Assessment (which would widen 5 miles of SR-74 from before San Juan Hot Springs Road to the Orange County/Riverside County line), Lower SR-74 Improvement Project Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Assessment (which would widen SR-74 for 1 mile from Calle Entradero to east of the San Juan Capistrano city limits/Orange County line). Mr. Sample has overseen paleontological and archaeological fieldwork and reporting for the projects under this on-call contract.
Caltrans—County of Orange, SR-133 Realignment, Laguna Canyon Road Orange County, California
As Paleontological/Archaeological Project Manager and Monitoring Coordinator, Mr. Sample directed the monitors on a full-time basis when ground-disturbing activities occurred in sensitive sediments during the SR133 Realignment. These sediments consisted of the Sespe/Vaqueros Formation and Quaternary Alluvium. Mr.
Sample conducted identification and recovery of various fossilized vertebrate remains. During laboratory analysis, Mr. Sample prepared numerous cetacean skull specimens with zip scribes.
SCE, El Casco Substation Project
Beaumont and Banning, California
Mr. Sample coordinated monitoring, salvage, and laboratory tasks for the project in San Timoteo Canyon, west of Beaumont. LSA managed and directed cultural resources assessments of multiple substations and reconductor line alternatives in Riverside and San Bernardino Counties as part of SCE’s El Casco Substation System Project. LSA was also contracted to provide paleontological monitoring for 8 months of construction excavation, which Mr. Sample oversaw. The paleontological resource monitoring program recovered very comprehensive fauna and flora from the El Casco Substation location, the most complete fossil assemblage from the San Timoteo Badlands. A total of 240,000 cubic yards of fossiliferous sediments were disturbed. Salvage by monitors and screen washing of sediments recovered approximately 2,800 plants, 1,000 invertebrates, and 12,000 vertebrates, for an approximate total of 15,800 specimens.
Irvine Company, Planning Areas 1, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 17, 18, 27, 39, 40, and 50 Irvine, California
As Project Manager and Monitoring Coordinator for archaeology and paleontology, Mr. Sample directs the monitors on a full-time basis when ground-disturbing activities take place in sensitive sediments for Irvine Company properties. Sensitive bedrock consisting of the Puente, Capistrano, Monterey, Vaqueros and Silverado Formations have been encountered during development of future home sites, parks, and school sites. Various marine and terrestrial plant and animal remains, such as cetacean skulls (Odontoceti and Mysticeti) and associated postcranial material, have been recovered, identified in the field, and salvaged for future preparation and analysis. Invertebrates that were also collected included bivalves, gastropods, and sand dollars. (LSA is the sole source archaeological and paleontological consultant for the Irvine Company.) This sole source, on call relationship continues into 2024.
Caltrans District 12, SR-73 Slope-Repair Project
Laguna Niguel, California
Mr. Sample coordinated paleontological monitoring and lab operations during all construction activities at Post Mile 12.5, Stations 559+00 to 561+00, in Laguna Niguel, to identify and recover paleontological materials that may be encountered during the SR-73 Slope-Repair Project. LSA paleontological monitors recovered fossils of marine mammal bone fragments and chemotropic endosymbiont bivalves, and a partial fish skeleton. 418
IVAN STRUDWICK, RPA
ASSOCIATE ARCHAEOLOGIST
CONTRACT ROLE : ARCHEOLOGIST/TRIBAL RESOURCES
1 PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
Mr. Strudwick has 44 years of archaeological experience throughout California.
He has conducted and managed all phases of archaeological projects, including fieldwork, laboratory analysis, research, and report writing. His duties include project design and proposal preparation for assessments, surveys, testing, and data recovery mitigation; personnel supervision; and report write-up, resource evaluation, and recommendations. Mr. Strudwick also serves as LSA’s primary field and laboratory director and has directed excavations with field crews of over 80 individuals. Additionally, Mr. Strudwick has worked as the Native American coordinator for extensive multiyear projects. During a professional career spanning over four decades, Mr. Strudwick has conducted archaeological projects in Alameda, Del Norte, Humboldt, Imperial, Kern, Lake, Los Angeles, Mendocino, Monterey, Napa, Orange, Riverside, San Diego, San Joaquin, San Luis Obispo, San Mateo, Santa Barbara, San Bernardino, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Tehama, and Ventura Counties, as well as on three of the Channel Islands (Santa Catalina, San Clemente, and San Nicolas). Mr. Strudwick was the field director and primary report author for the first cultural resource management project ever awarded for San Clemente Island. Additionally, he has numerous professional publications in peer-reviewed scientific journals.
The extent of Mr. Strudwick’s experience conducting and managing both small and large archaeological projects and coordinating with Native Americans gives him unique perspective and ability in relation to cultural resource management.
PROJECT EXPERIENCE
City of Long Beach, Belmont Plaza Pool Replacement Project, Long Beach, California
Mr. Strudwick conducted record searches and surveys for Archaeological Survey Reports and Historic Property Survey Reports for the preparation of an EIR for the Belmont Plaza Pool Replacement Project. Belmont Pool hosted the 1968 and 1976 United States Olympics swimming trials. After the 1968 trials, the pool was opened to the public for recreation purposes. This facility was closed to the public in January 2013 because of substandard seismic and structural conditions and was demolished in February 2015 because it was determined to be an imminent threat to public safety. The project replaces the previous facility with a new, modern pool complex that includes indoor and outdoor pool components for both recreational and competitive aquatic events. LSA prepared technical studies in support of the project, including air quality/greenhouse gas emission, biological, cultural, noise, and traffic analyses. The EIR was certified in May 2017. In 2020, LSA prepared an Addendum to the Belmont Pool Final EIR that was necessitated due to minor project design changes.
City of Huntington Beach, Bolsa Chica Senior Living Community Project, Huntington Beach, California
LSA assisted the City of Huntington Beach in the preparation of an EIR for the Bolsa Chica Senior Living Community facility which consisted of 159 living units and on-site amenities located at 4952 and 4972 Warner Avenue in Huntington Beach. LSA prepared air quality/greenhouse gas/energy reports, a noise analysis, a transportation analysis, along with third-party review of a
EXPERTISE
• Prehistoric Archaeology
• Prehistoric Artifact and Marine
Shell Identification
• Circular Shell Fishhooks
• Cultural Resource Management
EDUCATION
M.A., Anthropology,
Specializing in Archaeology,
Magna Cum Laude, California
State University, Long Beach,
1986
B.A., Anthropology, California
State University, Long Beach,
1981
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE
Associate/Archaeologist, LSA,
Irvine, California, 1994–Present
Project Archaeologist and Field
Director, Gallegos & Associates,
1991–1994
Field Director for Crowder
Canyon and Assistant Field
Director for Las Flores Ranch,
Chambers Group, 1990–1991
PROFESSIONAL
CERTIFICATIONS/
REGISTRATIONS
Register of Professional
Archaeologists (RPA No. 10350)
Professionally Listed
Archaeologist for the Counties
of Orange, Riverside, San
Diego, and Santa Barbara
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ASSOCIATE ARCHAEOLOGIST
CONTRACT ROLE : ARCHEOLOGIST/TRIBAL RESOURCES
2 previously prepared cultural/paleontological resource document, and the project EIR. Mr. Strudwick conducted the third-party archaeological review.
The project was approved in September 2023 but was appealed in October 2023, after which it underwent multiple public reviews, and the City received many comments from concerned Huntington Beach residents.
LSA prepared responses to public comments and revised the EIR based on City review. The project was approved in October 2024.
Newport Banning Ranch, LLC, Banning Ranch Property Assessment, Newport Beach, California In 2008, Mr. Strudwick was responsible for conducting a record search and survey of the 403-acre Banning Ranch in Newport Beach for Newport Banning Ranch, LLC. The project included a status report of 11 cultural resources, including seven prehistoric sites, three historic sites, and one combination prehistoric/historic site. The historic sites included a circa 1910s to 1920s trash deposit of Japanese cultural affiliation that may have been associated with the use of the area for “truck” or dry farming. A site of national significance was identified during this project: the Costa Mesa Tactical Battery. This facility was the southernmost of eight World War II Los Angeles Harbor Gun emplacements that existed along the coast between Santa Barbara and Newport Beach. It was at this site where Panama gun mounts were constructed for three large, 155-mm M1918A1 Grande Puissance Filloux guns used to guard Los Angeles from the threat of foreign invasion during World War II. The site was confirmed through aerial photographs and identification of the actual mount mechanism with plans obtained from Fort MacArthur. The report recommended additional research, including testing, in order to identify the extent and use, prehistoric and historic, for the various sites within the property.
Pelican Hill Golf Course Overhead Fence Project, Orange County, California In 2021–2022, Mr. Strudwick conducted and prepared the CEQA-level archaeological assessment of the Pelican Hill Golf Course Fence Project, which consisted of the replacement of a 485-linear-foot-long overhead protective fence along a trail in Crystal Cove State Park adjacent to the southern (coastal) side of the 12th hole of the Pelican Hill Golf Club’s South Course. The project, conducted for The Irvine Company, was in the Cameo Shores portion of Newport Coast, just east of Corona del Mar, and included a record search, survey, and descriptive report of the fence area, all conducted by Mr. Strudwick, which identified archaeological sites at both ends of the fence area and an adjacent archaeological district (the 2,791-acre, 31-site Crystal Cove Archaeological District). All work was reviewed by California Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) Associate State Archaeologist Joe Fayer.
The work resulted in a monitoring recommendation to avoid impacts to potential recorded resources during fence replacement. In 2022, Mr. Strudwick directed monitoring and prepared a monitoring report describing the results of the fence replacement project, which avoided impacts to the adjacent recorded archaeological resources. Monitoring work was also reviewed by California DPR Associate State Archaeologist Joe Fayer.
California Department of Parks and Recreation, El Morro Elementary School Expansion Project, San Joaquin Hills, California
As part of a land swap between the State Department of Parks and Recreation and the Irvine Company, Mr. Strudwick directed a cultural resource survey and archaeological site testing at Crystal Cove State Park in the San Joaquin Hills for the proposed expansion of El Morro Elementary School. The California DPR donated 5 acres along the Pacific Coast Highway near El Morro Elementary School in Laguna Beach for the school expansion in exchange for 35 acres along the crest of the San Joaquin Hills, south of the SR-73 Toll Road. The project included a survey of both parcels and a boundary test of previously recorded site CA-ORA-280, near Pacific Coast Highway and the school. However, previously unrecorded archaeological site CA-ORA-1482 was found during the survey of the 5-acre parcel, resulting in a surface collection and excavation of backhoe trenches, shovel test pits, and 1 x 1-meter (3.3 x 3.3-foot) units at CA-ORA-1482. Work was conducted with the guidance of Juaneño Native American Monitor Joyce Perry, who was present during all excavation. 420
CASEY TIBBET
ASSOCIATE / HISTORIAN / ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN
CONTRACT ROLE : ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN
1 PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
Ms. Tibbet has been practicing architectural history in southern California since 1997, first as part of her responsibilities as a city planner and later (2005) as a full-time architectural historian. She meets the Secretary of the Interior’s Professional Qualification Standards as a Historian and Architectural Historian and has extensive experience with field recording/survey work; historic research; oral interviews; preparation of historic context statements, significance evaluations, DPR 523 forms, and cultural resources reports in compliance with CEQA and NEPA regulations, Caltrans requirements for CEQA and NEPA, and USACE requirements for NEPA. She has also written cultural resources ordinances. Ms. Tibbet has worked as the on-call preservation consultant for various cities and has surveyed and evaluated thousands of built environment resources including water conveyance systems, railroad lines, roadways, fairgrounds, and buildings in rural and urban settings and has authored or contributed to hundreds of cultural resources reports. As a Riverside city planner, she was responsible for completion of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) environmental reviews in compliance with HUD, NEPA, and Section 106 requirements, as well as processing of development applications and code amendments per CEQA regulations; EIR and EIS reviews; preparation of specific plans and the Housing Element; and participation in numerous planning-related special projects committees involving a wide variety of stakeholders. She also has considerable public counter experience.
PROJECT EXPERIENCE
City of Riverside, On-Call Preservation Consultant
Riverside, Riverside County, California
Ms. Tibbet acted as the City of Riverside’s on-call preservation consultant for one year. During that time, she routinely fielded questions from City staff regarding preservation issues and prepared cultural resources assessments for various projects.
Caltrans, Colton Crossing Rail to Rail Grade Separation Project Historical Resources Evaluation Report
Colton, Riverside County, California
Ms. Tibbet served as the Principal Architectural Historian for a historic resources evaluation of two railroads and associated features, as well as suburban properties within the City of Colton, including South Colton, which was examined as a potential historic district for its identity as an ethnic neighborhood. This study was completed in accordance with the Section 106 and CEQA processes for Caltrans District 8.
Caltrans and City of Colton, Colton Bridges
Colton, Riverside County, California
This project was a Caltrans Local Assistance project within the City of Colton.
It involved the seismic retrofit of eight bridges that were eligible for replacement under the Federal Highway Bridge Program. Four of the bridges required documentation and evaluation. Historic Property Survey Reports, and Bridge Evaluation Short Forms were completed and submitted to Caltrans District 8. None of the bridges was determined eligible for listing in the
EXPERTISE
• Historic Preservation Planning
• Field Survey/Recording
• Historic Research
• CEQA/NEPA Evaluations and
Compliance
• Caltrans Compliance
• USACE Compliance
• Findings of Effect
• National Register Nominations
• Historic Preservation
Certification Part 1 and 2 Tax
Credit Applications
• City Planning
EDUCATION
M.A., History (Historic
Preservation), University of
California, Riverside, 2005
B.A., Political Science,
University of California,
Riverside, 1987
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE
Associate and Cultural
Resources Group Leader, LSA,
Riverside, California, 2005–
Present
Historian/Architectural
Historian, CRM TECH
Riverside, California, 2003–
2005
Associate Planner, City of
Riverside, Riverside,
California, 1990–2003
PROFESSIONAL
AFFILIATIONS
Society of Architectural
Historians California
Preservation Foundation
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ASSOCIATE / HISTORIAN / ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN
CONTRACT ROLE : ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN
2 National Register of Historic Places or the California Register of Historical Resources.
Caltrans, I-215/Barton Road Interchange Improvement Project Colton and Grand Terrace, San Bernardino County, California Ms. Tibbet served as the Principal Architectural Historian for a historic resources evaluation that included suburban residential and commercial properties, segments of two railroad lines including bridges, and a power plant within the project’s Area of Potential Effects. The project proposed realignment of the freeway on-ramps and off-ramps, storm water treatment devices, potential sound barriers, drainage facility modifications, utility relocations, traffic signal modifications, replacement landscaping, Class II bicycle lanes, and replacement of the Barton Road overcrossing, as well as improvements to local streets and intersections. A Historic Property Survey Report was completed in accordance with the Section 106 and CEQA processes for Caltrans District 8.
City of Fontana, Southwestern Fontana Logistics Center Project Fontana, San Bernardino County, California
Ms. Tibbet provided supervision and peer review for the cultural resources assessment for this project that proposed the development of two industrial warehouse buildings on a 73.29-acre site located immediately east of the Southwest Industrial Park Specific Plan, south of Santa Ana Avenue, north of Jurupa Avenue, east of Oleander Avenue, and west of Cypress Avenue. The report was prepared in compliance with CEQA as part of the City’s environmental review process.
City of Fontana, Transwestern Boyle Avenue Buildings
Fontana, San Bernardino County, California
Ms. Tibbet completed archival research, an intensive-level field survey, and documentation and evaluation of two historic-period buildings in the project area. The project was completed in compliance with CEQA as part of the City’s environmental review process.
City of Pomona, On-Call Preservation Consultant
Pomona, Los Angeles County, California
Ms. Tibbet was retained by the City of Pomona to provide on-call historic preservation services. During that time, she routinely fielded questions from City staff regarding preservation issues and prepared cultural resources assessments for various projects.
City of Redlands, Safety Hall and Courthouse Demolition Redlands, San Bernardino County, California
Under contract to the City of Redlands, LSA prepared an IS/MND and technical studies for the demolition of the on-site Safety Hall and Courthouse buildings located at 212 and 216 Brookside Avenue and General Plan and Zoning amendments to facilitate future development. As part of this process, Ms. Tibbet co-authored the cultural resources assessment and evaluated the property for historical significance using the California Register of Historical Resources and local criteria.
Caltrans, San Timoteo Canyon Schoolhouse Finding of Effect San Bernardino County, California
Ms. Tibbet served as the Principal Architectural Historian for a Finding of Effect (FOE) that addressed the potential adverse effects of the installation of a bike lane and other improvements adjacent to this National Register-listed schoolhouse. The findings were based on the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties and the FOE was prepared in accordance with the provisions of the Caltrans Section 106 Programmatic Agreement and was submitted for review to Caltrans District 8. There were no key challenges.
AWARDS/HONORS
2018 Category Winner for
Comprehensive Plan—Small
Jurisdiction for City of
Redlands Comprehensive
General Plan Update, APA
Inland Empire Chapter
2017 Los Angeles
Conservancy’s Chairman’s
Award for SurveyLA, the Los
Angeles Historic Resources
Survey
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KELLY VREELAND, M.S.C.
SENIOR PALEONTOLOGIST
CONTRACT ROLE: PALEONTOLOGICAL RESOURCES
1 PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
Ms. Vreeland is a paleontologist at LSA. Her field and laboratory experience includes fieldwork and research projects throughout California and Nevada, as well as conducting fieldwork and surficial geologic mapping in Montana. She earned her Master of Science in Geology from California State University, Fullerton, in 2014, where she focused her research in invertebrate paleontology and paleoecology. Her coursework and research at California State University, Fullerton provided her with a strong knowledge of both the geology and the paleontology of the Southern California region.
PROJECT EXPERIENCE
Overland Cherry Valley Project , Riverside County, California Ms. Vreeland assisted with a cultural resources assessment to determine the potential impacts to cultural resources during the construction of two drivethrough restaurants totaling 5,384 square feet, a gas service station with convenience store and car wash, and 7,709 square feet of commercial retail space. Additionally, Ms. Vreeland prepared a Paleontological Resources Impact Mitigation Program (PRIMP) to provide a management plan for paleontological resources for the project. The study was completed in compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) with the County of Riverside acting as the lead agency.
Harley Knox Industrial Development Project
City of Perris, Riverside County, California
Ms. Vreeland assisted with the preparation of a cultural and paleontological resources assessment to determine the potential impacts to cultural and paleontological resources during the ground-disturbing activities associated with the construction of a 143,168 square foot industrial building with associated landscaping, parking, and drive aisles. Cultural and paleontological records searches, background research, a Sacred Lands File search from the Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), an intensive-level pedestrian survey, and preparation of a Cultural and Paleontological Resources Assessment Report were completed. The study was completed in compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) with the City of Perris acting as the lead agency.
Rose Hill Courts Redevelopment Project, City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA.
Ms. Vreeland prepared the Paleontological Resources Impact Mitigation Program for the project. Paleontological resources monitoring was conducted during the proposed demolition of 15 buildings with 100 existing public housing units and the construction of 185 new multi-family units contained within nine buildings, a 6,366 square-foot office/community building, and 174 parking spaces. Ms. Vreeland prepared a Paleontological Resource Monitoring Compliance Report following the completion of ground disturbance for the project. Paleontology Supervisor.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) Building for the Permanent Collection Project, City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California Ms. Vreeland assisted with paleontological resources monitoring and fossil recovery during construction of a 347,500 gross square foot Museum Building,
EXPERTISE
• Paleontological Resource
Monitoring
• Fossil Collection, Salvage,
Identification, and Curation
• Paleontological Mitigation
Reports
• Federal, State, and Local Laws,
Ordinances, Regulations, and
Standards (LORS) Regarding
Paleontological Resources
EDUCATION
California State University,
Fullerton, M.Sc., Geology,
2014.
California State University,
Fullerton, B.Sc., Geology,
2010.
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE
Senior Paleontologist, LSA,
Irvine, California, November
2023–Present.
Principal Investigator for
Paleontology, Cogstone
Resource Management,
Orange, California, September
2020–November 2023.
Paleontological Monitor, LSA,
Irvine, California, September
2015–Present.
Graduate Student Researcher,
Department of Geological
Sciences, California State
University, Fullerton, January
2012–May 2014.
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SENIOR PALEONTOLOGIST
CONTRACT ROLE: PALEONTOLOGICAL RESOURCES
2 which will replace four buildings (Ahmanson Building, Hammer Building, the Art of Americas Building, and the Bing Center) within LACMA East. The new building will be approximately 45,371 square feet smaller and the outdoor experience will be enhanced by including new outdoor landscaped plazas, public programming and educational spaces, sculpture gardens, and native and drought-tolerant plants will be integrated with the Museum Building and within Hancock Park. Paleontology Supervisor.
Eureka Grove Project
Granite Bay, Placer County, California
Provided paleontological resources consulting services in compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). These services included a Paleontological Monitoring and Mitigation Program (PMMP) prior to construction, preparation of a Workers Environmental Awareness Training (WEAP) for paleontological resources, one in-person training for all construction personnel, paleontological monitoring during construction, and the preparation of a Paleontological Resources Monitoring Compliance Report. Placer County acted as lead agency under CEQA. Paleontology Supervisor
Hilltop and Euclid Mixed-Use Project
City of San Diego, San Diego County, California
Ms. Vreeland provided paleontological resources monitoring during excavations for the proposed construction of 20 single-family residences, 27 two-story townhome residences, 113 affordable apartment units, a parking garage, and approximately 8,300 square feet of commercial space. No paleontological resources were identified during excavation and a Paleontological Resources Monitoring Compliance Report was completed at the conclusion of ground disturbance for the project. Paleontology Supervisor.
Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) Ongoing Technical Support for Environmental, Mitigation Reporting, and Sustainability Issues Associated with LAWA Construction Projects, Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), Los Angeles County, California
Ms. Vreeland served as Paleontology Supervisor and helped prepare and present a paleontological Workers Environmental Awareness Program (WEAP) training and conducted and supervised paleontological resources monitoring during construction activities for six task orders. Upon completion of monitoring for each project, Paleontological Resources Monitoring Compliance Reports were prepared. The City of Los Angeles acted as lead agency for the project. Paleontology Supervisor.
Jehovah’s Witnesses, Kingdom Halls Project
Lake Forest, California
LSA conducted environmental technical studies for Kingdom Halls Project in Lake Forest. The project would involve the construction of two single-story buildings for religious purposes along with associated parking. The
2.59-acre property will be divided into two lots, creating one 0.94-acre lot for the Southern California Gas Company (which currently has utilities on the property) and one 1.65-acre lot for the proposed Kingdom Halls.
The project would include an amendment to the City of Lake Forest General Plan Land Use Map, from Transportation Corridor to Public Facility, and would change the Zoning Map from A-1 (agriculture) to Community Commercial, which would allow for place-of-worship uses. Development of this project would include grading, installation of wet and dry utilities, and landscaping. Ms. Vreeland prepared the Paleontological Resources Mitigation Program for the project.
Placer Retirement Residence Project
Placer County, California
Ms. Vreeland supervised paleontological monitoring services for ground-disturbing activities that may include site excavation and grading, footing excavations, utility trenching, and any other tasks as required for the development of a residential care home for seniors. The facility will consisted of a single, three-story building, containing 145 residential suites with a building footprint of approximately 50,855 square feet and a total building area of approximately 129,505 square feet. At the conclusion of ground disturbance, Ms. Vreeland prepared a Paleontological Resources Monitoring Compliance Report for the project. 424
PAM READING
PRINCIPAL ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNER
CONTRACT ROLE: WATER QUALITY/HYDROLOGY
1 EXPERTISE
• CEQA/NEPA Planning and
Analysis
• Land Use Planning
• Natural Resource Management
• Water Quality
• NEPA & CEQA Agricultural Land
Evaluations and Site
Assessments
EDUCATION
M.S., Hydrology & Watershed
Management. Yale University,
School of Forestry &
Environmental Studies, New
Haven, Connecticut
B.A. (Magna Cum Laude),
Environmental Studies/
Political Science, University of
Vermont, Burlington, Vermont
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE
Principal and Environmental
Planner, LSA, San Luis Obispo,
California, 2008–Present
Environmental Planner, LSA
San Luis Obispo, California,
2006–2008
Assistant Environmental
Planner, LSA San Luis Obispo,
California, 2004–2006
Program Director, Jackson
Hole Conservation Alliance,
Jackson, Wyoming, 1994–
2003
Community Planning Director,
Jackson Hole Conservation
Alliance, Jackson, Wyoming,
1993–1994
Research Associate, Northern
Rockies Conservation
Cooperative, Jackson,
Wyoming, 1992–2004
PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
Ms. Reading is one of LSA’s Environmental Planning Principals with a particular expertise in hydrology and water quality. Ms. Reading has been providing environmental planning services throughout California for the past 20 years. Ms.
Reading specializes in working with public agencies to complete land development and transportation/infrastructure-oriented projects. She also serves as Principal and Project Manager for the preparation of a variety of documents pursuant to CEQA/NEPA, including ISs, MNDs, EIRs, PEARs, EAs, and EISs. In addition, Ms. Reading oversees LSA’s in-house water quality work. In this capacity, she prepares and/or oversees the preparation of CEQA/NEPA technical water quality reports and analyses. She has served as a contract planner for cities and utilities on the central coast. In this capacity, Ms. Reading conducts analyses, prepares documents, and makes presentations to advisory and elected bodies about proposed projects.
PROJECT EXPERIENCE
City of Colton Pre-Qualified Short List of Environmental Consultants Colton, San Bernardino County, California
Ms. Reading is the Principal in Charge for LSA’s contract with the City of Colton for Environmental Consulting Services. Most recently, Ms. Reading was the Principal in Charge and oversaw the preparation of an Environmental Impact Report for the Reche Canyon Plaza Project. The project includes the development of approximately 18,124 square feet of local-serving commercial uses along Reche Canyon Drive in Colton. The project requires a Specific Plan Amendment to change the existing land use designation of the project site from “Estate Density” to “Commercial” and a General Plan Amendment to change the existing land use designation of an off-site parcel to allow for residential development to prevent a net loss of residential capacity within the city in compliance with SB 330 requirements.
City of Lake Forest On-Call for Environmental Consultant Services Lake Forest, Orange County, California
Ms. Reading is the Principal in Charge and Water Quality Specialist for LSA’s contract for On-Call Environmental Consultant Services with the City of Lake Forest. Under the City’s On-Call Contract, Ms. Reading is serving as the Principal in Charge and Water Quality Specialist for the preparation of an Environmental Impact Report for the IPT Enterprise Business Center
Warehouse/Manufacturing Project, and Environmental Impact Report for two Western Realco Warehouse/Manufacturing Projects, a Categorical Exemption for a Nature Trail Connection Project, and the Peer Review of the City’s Updated Noise Ordinance.
City of Rancho Cucamonga On Call CEQA Consulting Services Rancho Cucamonga, San Bernardino County, California
Ms. Reading was the Principal in Charge and primary contact for LSA’s contract for On-Call Environmental CEQA Consulting Services with the City of Rancho Cucamonga. Most recently, Ms. Reading worked with the City of Rancho Cucamonga to complete a consistency analysis for a residential project with an approved Master Plan area and provided multiple technical studies in support of a Class 32 In-fill Exemption for a 6-unit housing development. 425
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PRINCIPAL ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNER
CONTRACT ROLE: WATER QUALITY/HYDROLOGY
2 State of California, Department of General Services, Real Estate Services Division, Project Management and Development Branch, Environmental Services Unit Retainer Agreement for Environmental Services, Statewide Ms. Reading is Principal in Charge and Water Quality Specialist for the Department of General Services (DGS) Real Estate Services Division Project Management and Development Branch’s Retainer Agreement for Environmental Services. Under this retainer agreement, Ms. Reading has or is currently overseeing the preparation of environmental studies and documentation for a variety of projects including the redevelopment of two California Conservation Corps facilities, the demolition and replacement of a Border Project Facility; the redevelopment of a fire station, adding buildings to an existing fire station, the construction of a solar facility, the replacement of two water tanks within an existing State Hospital, the replacement of Athletic Fields at an existing university, the construction of an emergency services facility; and environmental reporting and analysis for multiple fuel reduction projects. Ms. Reading is also the Principal in Charge and Water Quality Specialist for the replacement of a Department of Motor Vehicles and the replacement of a second Border Protection Facility which were awarded to LSA as competitive contracts and not under the existing DGS Retainer Agreement.
City of San Luis Obispo, Parks and Recreation Plan and General Plan Element Update,
San Luis Obispo County, California
Ms. Reading was the Principal in Charge/Project Manager for preparation of the environmental documentation for the City of San Luis Obispo's Parks and Recreation Plan and General Plan Element Update. The update revisited the City’s recreational needs with fresh information about facility usage, program participation, and community priorities and preferences and then established goals, policies, and implementing actions to serve as a blueprint from which to guide the City in achieving its Parks and Recreation vision. The Draft Plan and General Plan Element Update does not authorize any physical development or improvements; therefore, LSA prepared a Programmatic Initial Study/Negative Declaration that evaluated program-level actions and focused primarily on the Draft Plan and General Plan Element Update’s consistency with adopted City plans, goals, objectives, and standards.
Monterey County On-Calls for Bridge Design, for Environmental Planning and Consulting Services for Federally Funded Road/Bridge/Building Facilities Projects, and EIR Consultant List Monterey County, California
Ms. Reading is the Principal in Charge and water quality specialist for on-call contracts with the County of Monterey Department of Public Works, Facilities, Parks, and the Planning Department. Under LSA’s on-call contracts, Ms. Reading has or is currently managing a variety of projects, including (1) technical analyses and environmental documentation in of a proposed new sewer line to connect farmworker housing to the regional wastewater system; (2) technical analyses and environmental documentation of improvements to San Lorenzo Park; (3) technical analyses and environmental documentation for constructing an amphitheater on the north shore of Lake San Antonio and replacing the existing marina on the south shore; (4) cultural work to support replacing guardrails in various locations throughout Monterey County; (5) cultural work to support installing signs in almost 800 different locations along 28 roadways throughout Monterey County; (6) the preparation of American Engineering Record Documentation for the Historic Nacimiento Lake Drive Bridge; (7) technical analyses and environmental documentation in support of a new Bradley Branch Library; (8) technical analyses, environmental documentation and regulatory permitting tasks to support assorted County of Monterey bridge projects; and (9) Regulatory permitting support for multiple roadway and bridge emergency repair projects.
Legislative Aide, Zero
Population Growth,
Washington, D.C., 1990
Marine Debris and
Entanglement Project
Assistant, The Ocean
Conservancy, Washington,
D.C., 1989
Consultant, Natural Resources
Defense Council, Washington,
D.C., 1988
PROFESSIONAL
AFFILIATIONS
APA, California Central Coast
Chapter
AEP, Channel Counties
Chapter
TEACHING/
PRESENTATIONS
Lecturer, California
Polytechnic State University,
San Luis Obispo, 2009–2010;
2023–Present
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Jack Packwood, CIH, CDPH
Associate
Mr. Packwood is experienced in managing projects that provide a wide spectrum of environmental services, most notably on large-scale construction projects. Mr. Packwood offers expertise in construction compliance, site assessment, remediation, due diligence, and hazardous waste disposal and management.
Mr. Packwood is well versed in the field of industrial hygiene, including the anticipation, recognition, evaluation, and control of environmental and occupational exposures and hazards.
Mr. Packwood has experience in water quality including NPDES compliance, stormwater compliance related to industrial or construction activities, groundwater and surface water quality monitoring, and wetlands management. Mr. Packwood also has extensive field experience including construction site
environmental management; industrial hygiene sampling; sampling of soil, soil vapor, groundwater, surface water, and stormwater; managing numerous dig and haul remediation projects; and designing numerous hazardous materials abatement projects. In his role as agency liaison, Mr. Packwood maintains positive working relationships and has dealt proactively and effectively with multiple local, state, and federal regulatory agencies. Representative experience includes:
Caltrans and Transportation Agencies, California: As Project Manager, Mr. Packwood has managed the development of
technical reports for dozens of large-scale transportation projects throughout southern and central California related to billions of dollars and hundreds of miles of highway infrastructure improvement public works projects. These technical studies included Initial Site Assessments (ISAs), aerially deposited lead (ADL) surveys, asbestos-containing material and lead-based paint surveys for bridge crossings and buildings, yellow striping investigations, and soil and groundwater site investigations. The results, conclusions, and recommendations of these studies were incorporated into CEQA environmental documentation and project mitigation measures.
Confidential United States Navy Airfield Project: Mr. Packwood served as an expert for a construction contractor in a large case against the United States Navy. Mr. Packwood developed an Expert’s Report that thoroughly evaluated the regulatory requirements surrounding the disposal and/or reuse requirements of excess soil with respect to the unnecessarily stringent requirements placed upon the contractor and the project specifications.
Berths 142-147 Intermodal Container Transfer Facility, Port of Los Angeles, California: As Environmental Project Manager, Mr. Packwood prepared the project’s Environmental Compliance Plan (ECP) and served as the project’s environmental Mitigation Monitor for enforcement of CEQA mitigation measures.
Professional Registrations
Certified Industrial Hygienist
No. CP 10976
Lead Inspector/Assessor
No. LRC-00008536
Lead Project Monitor No. LRC-00008535
Certified Professional in Erosion and
Sediment Control No. CPESC-6448
Qualified SWPPP Developer/
Practitioner No. 20636
Qualified Industrial SWPPP Practitioner
No. 00838
40-Hour & Supervisor HAZWOPER
CPR/First Aid Certified
Education
Master of Science, Industrial Hygiene,
University of Montana, Montana Tech,
Butte
Master of Science, Environmental
Science, California State University,
Fullerton
Bachelor of Science, Environmental
Science, University of California,
Riverside
Years of Experience: 22
Years with Group Delta: 12
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Jack Packwood, CIH, CDPH
Los Cerritos Wetlands, Long Beach, California: As Project Manager, Mr. Packwood supported the Proposed Wetlands Restoration and Oil Production project. Mr. Packwood performed peer reviews of technical reports and supported preparation of California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) documentation. 3 Libraries Development Project, Riverside County Development Agency, Desert Hot Springs, French Valley, and Menifee, California: As Environmental Project Manager, Mr. Packwood managed a Phase I Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) for each of the three library sites. The Riverside County Economic Development Agency plans to develop three libraries located in Desert Hot Springs, French Valley, and Menifee, California. Phase I ESAs are needed to support the CEQA environmental documentation process.
Ontario Great Park, Ontario, California: As Project Lead, Mr. Packwood managed delivery of multiple environmental technical studies during the design phase of this hallmark park project. First, a Phase I Environmental Site Assessment was prepared to identify the presence of hazardous materials or petroleum products on the property. Second an Asbestos-Containing Materials (ACM) and Lead-based Paint (LBP) survey was required for multiple structures on the park site prior to removal. Third, a subsurface methane assessment was performed due to risks associated with the long-term history of dairy use on the property.
Riverside Commons, Downtown Riverside, California: Mr. Packwood oversaw the development of a Phase I Environmental Site Assessment, a site-wide geophysical survey, and a limited Phase II related to previous hydraulic lift operations for this City-owned development project.
Confidential Attorney Projects, Southern California: Mr. Packwood has conducted peer reviews and critical reviews of the hazards and hazardous materials sections and technical reports for numerous environmental documents for projects throughout southern California.
Omnitrans West Valley Connector Corridor Project, San Bernardino County, California: Mr. Packwood performed an Initial Site Assessment for a 25-mile-long bus rapid transit (BRT) that proposes limited stops, providing speed and quality improvements. With 27 stations, the project site is generally located along Holt Boulevard/Avenue and Foothill Boulevard in the cities of Pomona, Montclair, Rancho Cucamonga, and Fontana. Group Delta conducted an Initial Site Assessment (ISA) to determine whether significant environmental liabilities regarding hazardous materials or recognized environmental conditions (RECs) exist. We also conducted an extensive analysis of petroleum releases within the 25-mile alignment required; performing a walking reconnaissance of over 300 structures; and completed time-sensitive and critical path deliverables. The report served as the technical report for the project Environmental Impact Report.
Centennial Corridor Project, Bakersfield, California: Mr. Packwood provided environmental studies conducted on a major highway construction project in Bakersfield. The scope of work included soil and groundwater investigations at seven acquisition properties and an asbestos-containing material and lead-based paint surveys on multiple bridges and overcrossings. Mr. Packwood managed the performance of approximately 150 Phase I Environmental Site Assessments (ESAs) for various types of acquisition properties needed for the project. 428
Michael Givens, PhD, PE, GE, PG
Associate Geotechnical Engineer /Geologist
Dr. Givens has 22 years of experience in geotechnical and geological engineering. Dr. Givens has conducted project studies and formulated recommendations for geotechnical engineering projects including slope stability, bridges, retaining walls, roads and parking lots, parks, pipelines, sewer lines, storm drains, rail, residential and commercial construction as well as litigation support. He has been involved with projects through Design-BidBuild and Design-Build delivery methods in seismically active Southern California and has developed a reputation for providing proactive and collaborative consulting services to meet client’s needs. Dr. Givens is well versed in reviewing contractors’ technical submittals including quality control programs, start-up plans and schedules, monitoring and evaluating construction activities, as well as directing, coordinating, and reviewing work plans for improvement projects, construction administration and inspection, and resource planning. Dr. Givens completed a PhD in Civil Engineering at UCLA and is involved in various research projects related to the effects of soil-structure interaction (SSI) on the seismic response of buildings. Representative experience includes:
Speedway Commerce Center, Irwindale, California: As
Geotechnical Lead, Dr. Givens performed a geotechnical
evaluation for the subject site to support the development of an Environmental Impact Report (EIR). The subject site was developed with the Irwindale Speedway and is approximately 63 acres in size that is planned to be replaced with 1,274,240 square feet of building area as a commerce center. Dr. Givens prepared an EIR level geotechnical study that was conducted to identify and evaluate significant potential impacts at the site as required by CEQA guidelines. A Geotechnical Study Report was prepared that included a project and site description, geologic conditions and hazards, and geotechnical impacts and mitigations.
Peters Canyon Bikeway Extension, Orange and Tustin, California: As Associate Geotechnical Engineer, Dr. Givens directed a geotechnical investigation and development of a preliminary foundation report for retaining walls to facilitate space for a Class I bike path that starts on the west side of Jamboree Rd from Canyon View Ave to Pioneer Road. The bike path continues as a Class II bike path from Jamboree Rd along Pioneer Rd that requires only minor restriping. The geotechnical investigation required limited access tripod drilling to provide access to the wall location and to minimize environmental impact to the existing vegetation since the drilling was advanced in the Peters Canyon Regional Park. Group Delta coordinated to have a biological monitoring performed as the investigation was performed during bird nesting season. The findings allowed the progression of the 35% design to establish limits of the project for environmental clearance.
I-405 Improvement Project (SR-73 to I-605), California: As Geotechnical Discipline Lead for this $1.27 Billion DesignBuild project for Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) to widen 16 miles of the I-405 in Orange County.
Dr. Givens worked closely with the design and construction joint ventures and led the progression from concept to final design for three of the seven segments of the project, including 8 bridges, 30 retaining walls, 10 sound walls, several culverts, and recommendations for the geotechnical design and construction of 8 miles of roadway improvements. Dr. Givens was involved with staff resourcing, scheduling, construction document review, and interfacing with the design joint venture, construction joint venture, and the OCTA representatives.
Professional Registrations
Professional Engineer, California
No. 81361
Geotechnical Engineer, California
No. 3145
Professional Geologist, California
No. 9284
Education
Doctor of Philosophy, Civil Engineering,
University of California, Los Angeles
Master of Science, Civil Engineering,
University of California, Los Angeles
Bachelor of Science, Geology, California
State University, Long Beach
Years of Experience: 22
Years with Group Delta: 6
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PRESIDENT
PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
2004 – Present: GILBERT ENGINEERING & ASSOCIATES, INC.
President and Principal Civil Engineer
2003 – 2004: WD PARTNERS
Regional Director, Civil Engineering
1993 – 2003: FUSCOE ENGINEERING
Senior Project Manager
1991 – 1993: BROWN & ROOT, BRAUN
Project Civil Engineer
1987 – 1991: WILLIAMSON & SCHMID
Project Civil Engineer
EXPERIENCE SUMMARY
As a Registered Professional Engineer in Civil Engineering, Mr. Gilbert has extensive experience in California on a wide range of public and private development projects including: design and construction of higher education, K-12 schools, corporate, mixed-use, research/manufacturing, office, recreational, religious facilities, community centers, master planning, residential, medical, restaurant and retail establishments, multi-unit apartments and custom homes, subdivisions, commercial/industrial buildings, public works. He has also worked on several refinery projects in Saudi Arabia.
Mr. Gilbert has provided civil engineering services for retail projects which include: Costco Wholesale, The Home Depot, Walmart, Lucky’s, Albertsons, Borders, Long’s Drugs, Brinker International, In-n-Out Burger, Del Taco, Fat Burger, Taco Bell, Starbucks and Pollo Compero. Other projects include automotive retail sites for Staubach Company, Blackwood Builders and Metro Auto Group, hotel sites, medical centers, mini storage facilities, public buildings such as the Ronald Regan Federal Court House and Anaheim Recreational Center, and religious facilities including Tarbut V’Torah Community Day School, Rose Hills Sky Rose Chapel, and Alberto Motessi Evangelical Association.
Mr. Gilbert has provided civil engineering services to over 100 school sites all over California including school districts in Los Angeles County, Orange County, Riverside County, San Bernardino County, San Diego County and Santa Barbara. Other sites include Pacific Charter School, Citrus Community College and the University of California, Irvine.
Mr. Gilbert has been retained as an expert for a variety of projects in the Southern California area. The civil engineering issues investigated have involved grading, drainage, and surveying issues. He has participated and provided forensic engineering and testimony in depositions, mediations and arbitrations.
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EDUCATION
B.S. Civil Engineering, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATIONS
Registered Professional Engineer in Civil Engineering No. 53251, State of California Registered Professional Engineer in Civil Engineering No. 50898, State of Arizona 431
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3. Price Proposal
Upon receipt of a task order for a specific project or services, LSA will provide a cost estimate in the form of a spreadsheet that details tasks by assigned personnel (hours/rate). LSA’s standard billing rates by classification and LSA’s in-house direct expenses are shown below in Tables A and B. Table C includes individual staff’s rates for this proposal. As rates are reviewed annually, the rates shown below are subject to escalation.
Table A: LSA Hourly Billing Rates, Effective December 2024 Job Classification
Hourly Rate
Range1,2 Planning Environmental Transportation Air/Noise Cultural/
Paleontological
Resources
Biology GIS
Principal Principal Principal Principal Principal Principal Principal $245-315 Associate Associate Associate Associate Associate Associate Associate $170-260 Senior
Planner
Senior
Environmental
Planner
Senior
Transportation
Planner/Engineer
Senior Air
Quality/Noise
Specialist/Noise
Engineer
Senior
Archaeologist/
Architectural
Historian /
Paleontologist
Senior Biologist/
Botanist/Wildlife
Biologist/Ecologist/
Soil Scientist/
Herpetologist/
Arborist
SeniorGIS
Specialist
$110-240
Planner Environmental
Planner
Transportation
Planner/Engineer
AirQuality/ Noise
Specialist/ Noise
Engineer/ Climate
Change Specialist
Archaeologist/
Architectural
Historian/
Paleontologist
Biologist/Botanist/
WildlifeBiologist/
Ecologist/Soil
Scientist/
Herpetologist/
Arborist
GIS
Specialist
$110-165
Assistant
Planner
Assistant
Environmental
Planner
Assistant
Transportation
Planner/Engineer
AirQuality/ Noise
Analyst
Field
Archaeologist/Paleon
tologist
Assistant Biologist/
Botanist/Wildlife
Biologist/Ecologist/
Soil Scientist/
Herpetologist/
Arborist
Assistant
GIS
Specialist
$95-175
Office Services
Marketing $0-185
Office Assistant $110-145
Project Accountant $110-135
Document Management/Technical Editing/Graphics $115-160 1 The hourly rate for work involving actual expenses in court (e.g., giving depositions or similar expert testimony) will be billed at $400 per hour regardless of job classifications.
2 Hourly rates are subject to review at least annually, on or about December 1 of each year, and may be adjusted to reflect changing labor costs at LSA’s discretion at that time.
Table B: In-House Direct Costs1
Description Unit Cost Descriptio
n
Unit Cost
Reproduction (8.5 x 11) B/W $0.07 per page Total Station Surveying Instrument $50.00 per day Reproduction (8.5 x 11) Color $0.40 per page Level (Laser or Optical) $25.00 per day Reproduction (11 x 17) B/W $0.10 per page Laser Rangefinder $25.00 per day Reproduction (11 x 17) Color $0.75 per page Sound Meter $75.00 per day CD Production $5.00 per CD Sound Meter with Velocity Transducer $85.00 per day USB Flash Drive $5.00 per drive Aerial Photo Cost
Plotting $3.75 persq ft Boat Rental Cost
Aerial Drone $200.00 per day Water Quality Meter $25.00 per day Mileage On-Road Current federal rate Night Vision Goggles $50.00 per unit per night Mileage Off-Road Current federal rate Wildlife Camera $25.00 per day GPS Unit $75.00 per day
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Group Delta Rates
2025 Hourly Rates
Engineering Rates
Principal $350
Associate $300
Senior $275
Project $250
Senior Staff $210
Staff $205
Senior Principal $375
Designer/Illustrator/AutoCAD $135
Technical/Projects Support/Admin $105
Driver/Pickup & Delivery of Samples $105
Testing and Inspection Services
Project Manager $280
Quality Control Manager $250
Laboratory Manager $190
Senior Environmental Technician $170
Environmental Technician $135
Technician/Inspector – Prevailing Wage $148
Technician/Inspector – Non-Prevailing Wage $120
Technician/Laboratory Testing $120
Equipment
Vehicle
Field Vehicle $10/hour
Mileage (current IRS Rate) $0.70/mi
Nuclear Density Gauge $10/hour
Photo Ionization Detector $45/hour
XRF Device $450/day
Other Charges
Outside services and rental equipment will be charged at cost plus 15 percent (15%). Technician and support personnel time for work over eight (8) hours per day will be charged at 1.5 times the regular rates.
Holidays, hours over twelve (12) per day, and all weekends’ hours will be charged at 2.0 times the regular rates (will be charged in accordance with the Department of Industrial Relations rates for Saturday and Sunday). Prevailing wage hourly rates will be increased in accordance with the Department of Industrial Relations annual increases as they take effect.
Fees for participation in deposition, arbitration, trial, etc., will be charged at an hourly rate of $650 per hour, 4-hour minimum, portal to portal.
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2025 Hourly Rates
Engineering Rates
Principal $250
Senior Engineer $195
Engineer $160
CADD Technician $125
Administrative $90
Surveying Rates
Two Man Survey Crew $325/hour
(Prevailing Wage - $350/hour)
Land Surveyor $250
Forensic & Expert Witness
Site Inspections $350
Plan Review $350
Forensic Engineering $350
Meetings/Coordination $350
Expert testimony (depositions, trial) $425
Reimbursables
Meals, lodging, Mileage - Fee based on 2024 California Labor Law Reproduction
Printing, Delivers, etc. - Cost plus 10% handling
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ON-CALL CEQA/NEPA Services
STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS
City of Banning
STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS
RFP 24-096 On-Call CEQA/NEPA Services
PRIME CONSULTANT MNS ENGINEERS, INC.
RIVERSIDE
(LOCAL OFFICE)
3850 Vine Street
Suite 110
Riverside, CA 92507
PROJECT
CONTACT
Debra Leight, Project Manager
951.344.5264 Mobile | [email protected]
April 1, 2025
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City of Banning
Barbara Mason, Purchasing Manager
99 E. Ramsey Street
Banning, CA 92220
SUBJECT: Statement of Qualifications for the City of Banning On-Call CEQA/NEPA Services (RFP 24-096)
Dear Ms. Mason
MNS Engineers, Inc. (MNS) is pleased to submit a statement of qualifications to provide On-Call California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)/National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) services for the City of Banning (City). The MNS team has a longstanding history of providing support services to agencies including the preparation of environmental documents (CEQA/NEPA), technical studies, compliance and regulatory permitting assistance, regulatory agency coordination, and biological resources planning.
MNS understands the City needs ongoing Initial Studies (IS), Negative Declarations (ND), Mitigated Negative Declarations (MND), Draft and Final Environmental Impact Reports (EIR) (including responses to comment letters, Findings of Fact, Statement of Overriding Consideration, Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Programs, Technical Studies), and Addendum of a previously adopted EIR, in accordance with CEQA requirements, as well as peer review services for projects throughout the City. While we have attached a detailed statement of qualifications, key factors that make the MNS team uniquely qualified to provide CEQA/NEPA Environmental Services include:
• Dedicated Project Manager. Leading MNS’ team is proposed Principal-in-Charge Peter Minegar, AICP and Project Manager Debra Leight, who are both based locally in MNS’ Riverside Office and can easily represent the City at Planning Commission and City Council meetings. Peter and Debra both have extensive experience working in Riverside County, including directly with the City of Banning. Debra understands the city’s environmental constraints through her experience on the Coachella Valley–San Gorgonio Pass Rail Corridor Service Project, involving the creation of a rail corridor connecting Coachella Valley to Los Angeles through the Banning Pass. Debra has worked throughout Riverside County for more than 20 years on general plans, specific plans, habitat conservation plans, development plans, permits, EIRs, MNDs, exemptions and exclusions and brings extensive local experience to any project at a moment’s notice.
MNS DETAILS
LEGAL NAME
MNS Engineers, Inc.
FIRM OWNERSHIP TYPE
C-Corporation
YEAR FIRM ESTABLISHED
1962
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT
OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
DIR No. 1000003564
LOCAL OFFICE
3850 Vine Street
Suite 110
Riverside, CA 92507
PROJECT CONTACT
Debra Leight
Environmental Planning
Practice Lead
951.344.5264 Mobile
[email protected]
AUTHORIZED SIGNATURE
Peter Minegar, AICP
Vice President, Planning
951.541.3011 Mobile
[email protected]
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• Proximity to City of Banning. MNS maintains nine California offices, including one in Riverside, where our proposed Project Management team of Peter Minegar and Debra Leight are located. The Riverside office is a short drive from the City of Banning, enabling MNS professionals to be available to meet the City’s needs on any given day. Peter and Debra have provided environmental compliance support to numerous local cities, including cities of Fontana, Colton, Grand Terrace, Calimesa, Rancho Cucamonga, Murrieta, Moreno Valley, and Yucaipa. MNS understands how important responsiveness is when providing support to the City’s Planning Staff; we are committed to responding to all calls and emails within the same day. Our team is keenly aware of local planning trends and issues which allow us to provide a tailored, local approach to our work. • Full-Service Team. The MNS team is a one-stop-shop for municipal planning and environmental support. Our Planning team is comprised of more than 30 professionals covering the spectrum from CEQA and NEPA Specialists to field biologists. We offer specialty, value-added services including CEQA/NEPA advisors, housing planners, regulatory agency permitting specialists, and municipal finance analysts. This full-service team can also strategically guide you through the environmental compliance process with our highly qualified and experienced team to provide right-sized scopes of work.
MNS looks forward to the opportunity to support the City in an on-call capacity. As requested by the RFQ, MNS confirms all elements of the Request for Proposal (RFP) have been reviewed and understood, and MNS is willing to enter into a contract under the terms and conditions prescribed by the RFP and Sample Agreement. Should you have any questions while reviewing our Statement of Qualifications, do not hesitate to contact me via email ([email protected]) or phone (951.541.3011).
Sincerely,
MNS Engineers, Inc.
Peter Minegar, AICP Debra Leight
Vice President, Planning Environmental Planning Practice Lead Principal in Charge Project Manager
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS
Section 1 Statement of Understanding and Approach Page 1.1 Section 2 Company Information Page 2.1
Section 3 Company Personnel Page 3.1
Section 4 Disclosure Page 4.1
Section 5 Experience and References Page 5.1
Section 6 Price Proposal Page 6.1
Section 7 Value Added Services Page 7.1
Section 8 Evidence of Insurance Page 8.1
Section 9 Vendor Forms Page 9.1
Appendix 1 Team Resumes Page 9.1
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SECTION 1. STATEMENT OF UNDERSTANDING AND APPROACH | 1.1 SECTION 1
Statement of Understanding and
Approach
MNS Approach to On-Call Services
The MNS team has a long history of providing On-Call
CEQA/NEPA Compliance Services for local
municipalities in Riverside County and has a deep
understanding of the resources required to provide
responsive and cost-effective support services. Project Manager, Debra Leight, will act as the day-to-day
contact for all new task orders to ensure the City has a single consistent contact to address proposals,
invoicing, team assignments, Quality Assurance
(QA)/Quality Control (QC) and task schedules. She will
recommend specific technical team members with the
skillset for each task, facilitate team communication
and ensure deliverables are on track for delivery on
schedule. Any technical findings or project issues
raised by technical team members will be immediately
communicated to City staff by Debra with
recommendations, and the potential cost/time
implications so the City has the information necessary
to make an informed decision. Similarly, any new
information or project design changes will be quickly
analyzed by our team to provide the City with a cost
and time/benefit approach to decision making.
Project Communication
Effective communication and documentation are
essential for successful and transparent entitlement
services. Our Project Manager will coordinate closely
with City staff throughout the course of the contract. If our planning team uncovers any technical findings or
project issues during their review, they'll promptly
inform the designated contact, including any potential
impacts on cost or timeline. This way, City staff will
have all the information they need to make informed
decisions.
Project Management
The MNS planning team understands the balance
between time, information, cost, and quality when
managing projects. We know how important it is to stay
within time and budget constraints while keeping
accurate project accounting. Our team’s approach is
designed to meet these demands and ensure
successful project outcomes.
Time Management
Time management relies on effective scheduling to
manage and track the constraints of time and
resources during the delivery of services. At MNS, we
make scheduling a central focus of our project
management approach. A well-structured schedule is
crucial for keeping projects on track, which is why we
develop, implement, and maintain detailed schedules
for each assignment.
When we take on a project, we work closely with the
client to create a realistic schedule. This schedule will cover the entire project duration, from the initial notice to proceed with the final submission of project
deliverables. It will also outline key activities, estimated durations, submission deadlines, required review times, and interdependencies.
Regular coordination with the team and the City allows
for early detection of potential delays or risks to the project, allowing us time to consider corrective actions.
In the event of schedule setbacks, we will employ
recovery measures such as allocating additional
resources or adjusting timelines strategically. Often, it is not the analysis itself that causes a delay to a project and rather alterations to the project description after the analysis has begun, or the identification of previously unknown impacts. With respect to both of these issues,
regular coordination with the City can mitigate the
effects of these issues on the schedule.
Schedule Constraints
Individual schedules for the types of environmental
projects including in the RFP can vary depending on
the complexity of the project. For example, a CEQA
exemption could be completed in less than one month
but an EIR could be completed in 10-18 months,
depending on technical studies and surveys needed or
public controversy. MNS will work with City staff to
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SECTION 1. STATEMENT OF UNDERSTANDING AND APPROACH | 1.2 If adjustments are needed to an agreed upon schedule,
scope or budget, MNS will communicate a need for a
change with the City as soon as it is identified and will work directly with the City to identify solutions.
The MNS Team has worked on a range of EIRs and
other environmental documents with constrained
timelines and scheduling challenges. While working on
the Interstate 15 Logistics EIR in the City of Fontana, new housing regulations (SB 330) was passed in the
middle of the project. To comply with SB 330, new
parcels needed to be identified for rezoning to offset
the proposed project. To address this, we immediately
assembled a meeting with the City Planning Staff, City
Attorney and project applicant to identify sites and how to approach SB330 in the EIR document. We then
created a work plan for how the document should be
updated, who was responsible for the changes, and
outlined a schedule for the various reviewers. This
allowed us to make the updates and prepare the
document for hearings with only a couple of weeks of
schedule delay.
Sample Timelines
The following timelines are average timelines based on
our project experience. MNS will work with the City on
a project-by-project basis to develop a detailed project schedule that takes into consideration required hearing timelines and other critical path deadlines. MNS can
expedite project schedules as needed, depending on
City timing requirements.
Initial Study/Mitigated Negative
Declaration Timeline Task
Duration
Project Kick-Off Meeting Week 1
Project Description Preparation Week 2
Technical Study Preparation Weeks 2 to 8
Administrative Draft IS/MND
Preparation
Weeks 2 to 10
City Review of Administrative Draft
IS/MND
Weeks 11 to 14
Prepare Draft IS/MND Weeks 15 to 16
City Review of Draft IS/MND Weeks 17 to 18
Circulation of Draft IS/MND Week 19
IS/MND Public Review Period (30
days)
Weeks 20 to 24
IS/MND Response to Comments
(Optional)
Weeks 25 to 27
City Review of Final IS/MND Weeks 28 to 29
Finalization of Final IS/MND Week 30
Public Hearings Dependent on City
Hearing Schedule
Environmental Impact Report
Timeline Task
Duration
Project Kick-Off Meeting Week 1
Project Description Preparation Week 2
Initial Study (IS) and Notice of Preparation (NOP)
Draft IS Preparation Weeks 2 to 6
City Review of Draft IS Weeks 7 to 9
Prepare Final IS and NOP Weeks 10 to 11
City Review of Final IS and NOP Weeks 12 to 14
Public Scoping Period (30 days) Weeks 15 to 19
Public Scoping Meeting Week 16 or 17
Environmental Impact Report (EIR) Preparation
Technical Study Preparation Weeks 4 to 20
Prepare Administrative Draft EIR Weeks 8 to 22
City Review of Administrative Draft
EIR
Weeks 23 to 26
Draft EIR Preparation Weeks 27 to 29
City Review of Draft EIR Weeks 30 to 32
Circulation of the Draft EIR and
Public Notification
Weeks 33 to 34
Draft EIR Public Review Period (45
days)
Weeks 34 to 40
Final EIR Preparation and Circulation
Responses to Comments, MMRP
and Errata
Weeks 41 to 43
City/Applicant Review of Response
to Comments, MMRP and Errata
Weeks 44 to 46
Finalization of Final EIR Weeks 47 to 48
Public Hearings Dependent on City
Hearing Schedule
Information Management
Effective information flow is vital for the success of any project. Environmental projects generate significant
amounts of information, which must be communicated
promptly and clearly to all relevant parties. At MNS, we ensure project files are accurately maintained,
including correspondence, agendas, meeting minutes,
and data from public outreach and technical analysis.
This comprehensive record serves as the foundation
for the City’s administrative record.
Cost Management
MNS will take charge of setting up and maintaining a
solid cost management system for the project. By
creating a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) in our
timekeeping system, the Project Manager can track
weekly project charges against the budget, drill down
into the details of those charges, and predict budget
variances based on the estimated percentage of
completion for each task in the assignment. We’ll send
out progress bills monthly, and the Project Manager will review and approve all project costs in an invoice
format that meets the City’s requirements.
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SECTION 1. STATEMENT OF UNDERSTANDING AND APPROACH | 1.3 Quality Management
Quality management is key to transparent and
objective planning. Our team is well-versed in all
aspects of quality management. Our QC process
involves regularly reviewing various project
components—like people, systems, documents,
techniques, and workmanship—to ensure they meet
the required standards and project goals.
Quality assurance goes a step further, using systematic methods to verify QC is being applied properly. At
MNS, we take charge of QA by making sure our work is
checked and double-checked by a qualified reviewer
before hitting the City’s inbox.
Subconsultant Management
MNS has handled numerous projects and worked with
a variety of subconsultants to get the job done. Our
Project Manager will oversee any needed
subconsultants on behalf of the client, making sure
everything runs smoothly. We have established
contacts and relationships across various disciplines,
enabling us to bring in the right expertise to meet the specific needs of each project. This approach ensures
clients get the services required to complete their
assignments efficiently and effectively.
Stakeholder Engagement and Outreach
MNS provides stakeholder engagement and outreach
services, either as a standalone offering or in
conjunction with our other value-added services. Our
team has a wealth of experience in facilitating
workshops, information sessions, focus groups,
surveys, and one-on-one interviews to document views
of internal and external stakeholders. Our team is wellpracticed in planning activities such as engaging with internal and external stakeholders to build consensus
and trusted relationships.
Our team has a longstanding history of successfully
supporting public engagement efforts throughout
Riverside County. Our team has engaged local
communities through in-person meetings, pop-up
events at local community gathering places, virtual
events, and online surveys. We are well connected with
many local stakeholders, including local community
organizations, interest groups, and government
agencies. We can leverage our local knowledge and
experience to develop a public engagement approach
on a project-by-project basis, if required.
Environmental and Planning Services
MNS has a range of planners from Planning
Technicians to Principal Planners with diverse technical backgrounds including current planning, advanced
planning, and environmental compliance. Committed to
exceptional customer service, at the start of each new
assignment we work closely with agency staff and
project applicants to understand the fundamentals of
the organization and the complexities of a given
project. We serve multiple jurisdictions across Southern California and the state, providing us with a unique
perspective on how to deliver these services efficiently and cost effectively, and allowing us to positively
impact the communities we serve.
Our list of services is provided in Section 2,
Company Information, Services Overview.
Organizational Structure
The key to a successful project is a highly qualified and well-managed team of local experts. MNS offers the
City a cohesive, talented team of licensed and certified professionals, many of whom live locally. Our team was
assembled to meet all the specific elements and needs
for the range of projects identified by the City for
inclusion in this contract.
We offer the following team of professionals to work
with City staff, keeping these key objectives in mind:
• Quality service and project deliverables
• Time and budget efficiency
• Adherence to quality assurance standards
• Constant communication
• Application of local knowledge and technical and
practical expertise
Client Commitment to Satisfy the Scope of Work
MNS will maintain a core team of resources for each
task order, which limits the number of staff working on the project and allows for efficient execution of project work. Our depth of resources allows MNS to mobilize
additional support staff ahead of key milestones to
allow for rapid completion of key deliverables. This
flexibility provides the City with a focused team of staff on an on-going basis, with the ability to expedite during key project phases.
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SECTION 1. STATEMENT OF UNDERSTANDING AND APPROACH | 1.4 As a California-based multidisciplinary firm, we offer a depth of resources and services specifically focused on serving local agencies throughout California. With local municipalities at the core of our business, our team is laser-focused on providing experienced local resources
with a track record of success, backed by a deep
bench of in-house staff who can provide additional
support during key project milestones and deadlines.
Our local agency focus, coupled with our ability to
tackle large-scale endeavors without driving up costs or sacrificing personalized service, makes us stand out as a client favorite.
Innovative Approach to Providing Services
Our reputation is built on clear and direct
communication and quality services. Our team
understands the technical, environmental, and
regulatory aspects of housing, policy, transportation,
and infrastructure projects in Riverside County. Our
goal is simple: to provide long-term, cost-effective, high quality, and responsive service to support the City.
We apply innovative solutions to comply with an
increasing number of ever more complex regulations,
to extend limited resources, and to implement projects
to meet tomorrow's needs.
Identification of any City Owned Facilities
There are no City owned facilities or property which
MNS would propose to use or lease, purchase, or rent
from the City in connection with the services to be
performed, including information about the terms of any proposed lease, purchase or use of such equipment
and facilities, and how this proposed structure affects the overall cost proposal to the City.
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Company Information
Firm Overview
Firm Legal Name MNS Engineers, Inc.
Firm Type C-Corp (California)
Staff/Offices MNS has a staff size of 250 in 9 offices:
Antioch, Buellton, Oakland, San Jose,
San Luis Obispo, Riverside, Long
Beach, Santa Barbara, and Thousand
Oaks
Local Office 3850 Vine Street, Ste. 110
Riverside, CA 92507
Primary Contact Debra Leight, Project Manager
951.344.5264 Mobile
[email protected]
Established in 1962, MNS is a C-Corporation providing
professional consulting services to municipalities
throughout California. Our specialties include Planning, Engineering, Construction Management, and Land
Surveying, with a reputation built on clear
communication and high-quality service.
MNS supports local public agencies with a full range of on-call planning services, from The MNS Planning
Team has extensive experience providing a range of
CEQA/NEPA services to agencies throughout the
State.
Client Commitment
As a California-based multidisciplinary firm, our team
offers services specifically focused on serving local
agencies throughout California. With local
municipalities at the core of our business, our team is laser-focused on providing experienced local resources
with a track record of success, backed by in-house staff who can provide additional support during key project
milestones and deadlines. Our local agency focus,
coupled with our ability to tackle large-scale endeavors without driving up costs or sacrificing personalized
service, makes us stand out as a client favorite.
MNS provides services to State agencies, counties,
districts, regional bodies, cities, local agencies – all as part of 631 on-call contracts, of which more than 100
are currently active.
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Subconsultant Support
MNS has retained the support of key subconsultants to
provide key technical environmental technical services, including South Environmental for Cultural Resources
and Ganddini Group for Air Quality, Greenhouse Gas,
Noise, and VMT Analysis. MNS has a longstanding
history working with our subconsultants, including
successfully delivering projects in the Inland Empire.
South Environmental (Cultural Resources)
Founded in 2018 in Pasadena, California, South
Environmental LLC (SE) is a certified Disadvantaged
Business Enterprise (DBE), Woman-Owned Business
Enterprise (WBE), and Small Business Enterprise
(SBE) specializing in natural
and cultural resources
consulting in Southern
California. The firm provides
architectural history,
archaeology, biology,
arboricultural, and
paleontological resources
consulting services and support
numerous on-call contracts.
Ganddini Group (Air Quality, Greenhouse Gas,
Noise and Traffic Analysis)
Ganddini Group, Inc.
(GGI) is a technical
consulting services firm
dedicated to helping
their clients succeed
through a contextsensitive and costeffective approach to every project. Their
team consists of
licensed engineers and
highly qualified
environmental specialists offering expertise in traffic engineering/transportation planning, acoustical
engineering and vibration, and air quality/greenhouse
gas and energy sciences, with an emphasis in the
preparation of technical studies for California
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) documentation and
local development review.
GGI has serviced over 600 projects since its founding
in 2018. Their senior personnel have over 100 years of
combined experience supporting a range of projects at
various stages of development, from early planning/due
diligence thorugh entitlements to operational review.
Services Overview
MNS supports local public agencies with a wide range
of planning services including environmental
compliance services, community planning, agency
staffing, and housing compliance services. Our fullservice environmental team can the full suite of environmental services including:
CEQA/NEPA Documentation
MNS prepares environmental documents covering a
wide range of environmental and technical topics, with
our specialists offering thorough technical evaluations, surveys, mapping, and modeling to support CEQA
findings. Our team's technical analyses are aligned
with current best practices and regulatory
methodologies. We structure our reports to meet the
requirements of both CEQA and the NEPA, focusing on
the analysis of direct and indirect impacts, as well as recommended mitigation measures. With our
comprehensive approach, we aim to provide
environmental documentation that is not only
defensible but also clear and actionable.
MNS provides the following environmental compliance
services:
CEQA
• Categorical/Statutory Exemptions
• Section 15183 Compliance Memorandums
• IS/MND
• EIR
• CEQA Notices
NEPA
• Categorical Exclusions
• Environmental Assessments (EA)
• Findings of No Significant Impacts (FONSI)
• Environmental Impact Statements (EIS)
Third-Party Peer Review
In addition to preparing CEQA/NEPA documents, our
technical team provides peer-review services for
CEQA/NEPA compliance documents and technical
reports to confirm that the reports meet regulatory and industry standards. Our approach to peer review is
focused on project outcomes, mitigation cost/necessity
and legal defensibility of the document.
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Regulatory Permitting and MSHCP Compliance
At MNS, we understand the complexity of the
regulatory permitting process and have in-house
resources to assist with state and federal
waters/wetlands impacts assessment, avoidance, and
mitigation planning to support CEQA analysis and
document review and preparation. We can then provide
permitting support from the initial jurisdictional
delineation through permit issuance and mitigation
purchase or implementation and monitoring to resource
agency sign-off. Our regulatory team is based in the
Inland Empire and has excellent relationships with staff from federal and state agencies including:
• US Army Corps of Engineers
• US Fish and Wildlife Service
• California Department of Fish and Wildlife
• State Water Resources Control Board
• Regional Water Quality Control Boards
Our team has successfully navigated state and federal
regulation compliance for a wide range of projects,
from simple flood control channel maintenance to the
construction of hundreds of miles of transmission
lines/poles. Our excellent relationships with operators of mitigation banks and conservation programs allow
us to assist clients in planning the most cost-efficient mitigation proposals possible.
Lastly, our team has conducted Western Riverside
County Multiple Species Habitat Conservation
(MSHCP) project compliance reviews and coordinated
with Riverside County, participating cities and to
complete Property Owner Initiated Habitat Evaluation
and Acquisition Negotiation Strategy (HANS) for a wide
range of public and private projects. We have prepared
dozens of MSHCP biological resources technical
reports, Determination of Biologically Superior
Preservation (DBESPs), and focused species surveys
throughout the County. Our team has a long working
history with the Regional Conservation Authority and
successfully completed several Joint Project Reviews.
We understand the survey and processing
requirements of the MSHCP and can support the
County in confirming that County projects and CEQA
analysis adhere to the plan’s requirements.
Biological Resources
MNS biologists provide a range of biological resources
support services including vegetation mapping, habitat
assessments, jurisdictional delineations, focused
species and plant surveys, and biological monitoring.
Our team has the experience, authorizations, and
permits to survey a wide range of species, including
burrowing owls, riparian birds, small mammal trapping
and rare plants.
In addition, our team has a strong background in
identifying streambed, wetland, and habitat mitigation
for projects. We specialize in reviewing City/County
owned public property to map opportunities that can be
used to both fulfill mitigation requirements and
maintenance needs. Removal of non-native vegetation,
maintenance (trash removal), and replacement with
native species is a cost-effective way to beautify citypreserved lands (i.e. parkland) while meeting resource agency requirements. This approach has saved the
City of Yucaipa significant cost for public works project mitigation, while improving and maintaining City owned
land. Services provided include:
Biological Surveys and Mapping
• Jurisdictional Delineations and Aquatic
Assessments
• Vegetation Mapping
• Habitat Assessments
• Focused Surveys for Special Status Plant and
Wildlife Species
• Nesting Bird Surveys
• Construction Monitoring
Species Permits
• Section 7/10 Federal Endangered Species Act
• California Endangered Species Act Permits
• Species Relocation Plans and Implementation
• Nesting Bird Management Plans
• Sensitive Plant and Wildlife Avoidance and
Relocation Plans
Mitigation and Monitoring
• Mitigation Lands Review/Assessment/Identification
• Habitat Mitigation and Monitoring Plans
• Habitat Mitigation Maintenance and Monitoring
• Mitigation Bank Instruments/Establishment
• Conservation Easements
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Training Services
MNS is dedicated to sharing knowledge and building
capacity within the municipalities we serve. As part of our full-service approach, we offer specialized training sessions designed to meet the specific needs of
agency staff. These sessions cover a variety of topics, from CEQA Basics and Annual CEQA Legislative
Updates to Housing Element legislative updates and
Plan Checking Basics for Planners. Our team
frequently provides training to local industry groups and can customize sessions to fit our clients' unique
requirements.
We offer in-depth workshops, seminars, and one-onone consultations that can include technical expertise or regulatory updates. Our goal is to equip agency staff with the tools and insights needed to navigate the
complex and ever-changing regulatory landscape. This
approach fosters a culture of informed decision-making
and supports sustainable development.
Cultural Resources
SE provides the full suite of cultural resources services for compliance with local, state, and federal regulations and permitting processes, including analysis of project impacts to historical, archaeological, and tribal cultural resources under CEQA, as well as adverse effects to
historic properties under Section 106 of the National
Historic Preservation Act. SE’s qualified staff meet the Secretary of the Interior’s Professional Qualifications Standards for both Architectural History and
Archaeology.
Architectural History and Historic Preservation
When projects propose impacts to buildings, structures, and objects over 45 years old, South Environmental
provides historic significance evaluations in
consideration of National Register of Historic Places
(NRHP), California Register of Historical Resources
(CRHR), and local designation criteria. SE also provide design review services to determine if project design
plans are in conformance with the Secretary of the
Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic
Properties and assist with complex project mitigation
including Historic American Building Survey/Historic
American Engineering Record documentation,
interpretive displays, salvage, treatment plans, and
monitoring.
Archaeology and Tribal Cultural Resources
SE’s prehistoric and historic archaeological resources
services range from baseline constraints analyses to
complex technical reports. This includes completion of
California Historical Resources Information System
records searches, California Native American Heritage
Commission Sacred Lands File searches and tribal
outreach; both small- and large-scale intensive-level
pedestrian surveys; archaeological technical reports,
testing for significance evaluation, data recovery
excavation. and monitoring programs.
South Environmental also assists with the required
government-to-government Assembly Bill 52 of 2014
process in which lead agencies must notify tribes of
their CEQA projects and provide them with the
opportunity to consult. SE also prepares stand-alone
Tribal Cultural Resources reports to document an
agency’s outreach and consultation efforts.
Paleontological Resources
South Environmental provides paleontological
resources services for compliance with local, state, and federal regulations and permitting processes, including analysis of project impacts to paleontological resources under CEQA, as well as adverse effects to
paleontological resources under the Paleontological
Resources Preservation Act of 2009. SE’s senior
paleontologist meets the Society of Vertebrate
Paleontology’s (SVP) standards for a Qualified
Professional Paleontologist (also called a Principal
Investigator or Project Paleontologist). Additional South Environmental staff meet SVP standards for
Paleontological Resource Monitors.
SE’s paleontological resources services include
records searches and literature reviews through local
repositories and online databases, preparation of
paleontological resource assessments, paleontological
resource field survey, identification, collection, and
salvage of fossils including plant, invertebrate,
vertebrate, microfossils materials, tracks and traces,
and the treatment, preparation, documentation, and
curation of fossils. SE provides paleontological
resources monitoring for ground-disturbing construction projects and our skilled technicians have experience
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recovering fossils from a wide variety of sediments,
including sandstone, siltstone and shale, and in a
range of site conditions, including cliff walls, active grading locations and trench cuts. Our expertise in
fossil salvage ranges from isolated element collection
to jacketing and removal of large skeletal remains, and large fossil assemblage exposure, analysis and
recovery.
SE’s paleontologists make it a priority to work with
ground crews to ensure that all paleontological
resources are properly protected while minimizing
disturbances to construction operations. SE seeks to
provide the highest level of paleontological mitigation efforts including detailed analyses of rock stratigraphy exposed during construction activities and generation
of high-quality locality data related to any discovered paleontological resources. SE’S paleontological
monitors use the most up-to-date fossil collection
techniques to recover any scientifically significant
fossils discovered in an efficient manner that manages
to preserve all important aspects of the fossil and its original placement within the geology of the project site.
Upon the completion of construction activities, SE
prepares reports detailing paleontological mitigation
activities, fossils identified and collected during these activities and ensures the delivery of any recovered
fossils and their associated information to long-term
curation facilities.
Traffic Analysis
Traffic Operations Analysis
MNS maintains an in-house traffic engineering
department, which we have teamed with GGI a local
traffic, air quality and noise modeling company offering traffic analysis services needed to support the
environmental review process for the purposes of
demonstrating General Plan compliance. The traffic
operations analysis services typically include an
evaluation of both existing conditions and the effects of future development to identify the infrastructure
requirements needed to maintain acceptable
operations. GGI also provide services ranging from
conceptual planning/feasibility studies to detailed traffic engineering recommendations. This includes site plan
development and access, trip generation studies, traffic study reports, parking utilization/demand studies, and
traffic mitigation phasing strategies.
Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) Analysis
Changes to California Environmental Quality Act
(CEQA) Guidelines were adopted in December 2018,
which require all lead agencies to adopt VMT as a
replacement for automobile delay-based level of
service (LOS) as the measure for identifying
transportation impacts. GGI offers VMT analysis
services needed to support the environmental review
process. VMT analysis services typically include an
evaluation of project-generated VMT for baseline,
baseline plus project, cumulative, and cumulative plus
project conditions and in some cases an additional
assessment of a potential project’s effect on the travel of vehicles within a specific geographic region. GGI’s
team provides a full range of VMT analytical services
including due diligence level screening evaluations,
project-specific VMT modeling using travel demand
models throughout California, and the development of
targeted VMT/trip reduction programs needed to satisfy
CEQA mitigation requirements.
Traffic Engineering
GGI’s team provides a full range of traffic engineering design capabilities including traffic signal design, signal warrant studies, roundabout design, signing and
striping, and traffic control plans for the maintenance and protection of traffic. Work products include concept plans, improvement plans, traffic safety
recommendations, and evaluations of traffic control
devices and other traffic-related intersection and
roadway design features.
Air Quality Technical Studies
Our teaming partner, GGI, also provides a full suite of air quality consulting services including air quality,
greenhouse gas, and health risk assessment technical
services to meet national, state, and various local
compliance standard requirements.
Air Quality
In determining potential air quality impacts, GGI utilizes industry-standard models to study the source-specific
pollutant regional and localized emissions. The GGI
team has extensive experience using air quality Models
accepted for use in California including CalEEMod,
EMFAC, CALINE4, and CAL3QHC.
Greenhouse Gas Emissions
GGI’s team has been at the forefront working both
collaboratively and tirelessly with local agencies and
project proponents on how best to address greenhouse
gases in CEQA documents due to the evolving nature
and lack of technical guidance.
Health Risk Assessment
Whether a project is adjacent to an existing freeway or is a result of toxic air contaminants as a result of
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construction or operations, our team’s staff has
extensive experience with the analysis and mitigation
of air toxics and health risks. GGI has a strong
technical background in the preparation of air toxic
health risk assessments. GGI’s staff utilizes industrystandard modeling methodology including AERMOD and HARP to accurately determine if potential health
impacts may occur as a result of a project.
Energy Analysis
GGI’s team's staff is also at the forefront of addressing potential energy impacts as required by CEQA. Energy
Analysis Reports are commonly required to satisfy
CEQA and ensure that the energy implications of a
proposed project are considered through the
quantification of anticipated energy usage associated
with the construction and operation of a proposed
project, as well as a determination of whether the
project results in an efficient, typical, or wasteful use of energy.
Noise Technical Studies
GGI has more than 25 years of experience in Southern
California providing the full spectrum of environmental noise measurement and analysis services. This
includes baseline, or ambient, noise measurements for
characterizing the existing environment, compliance
noise level measurements and source-specific
reference noise level measurements of activities and
equipment. GGI’s services include noise analyses that
comply with CEQA and NEPA requirements, as well as
preliminary noise studies to establish the barrier height requirements for tentative tract map approval, interior noise level analyses to provide detailed building
assembly requirements as part of a final noise study,
focused operational stationary-source noise level
analyses and focused construction source noise level
analyses with mitigation plans. In addition, our noise
group maintains a strong technical background in the
application and development of noise prediction
models.
Noise Level Measurements
GGI provides both short and long-term noise level
measurements to assess the existing noise
environment and effectively analyze the contributions
of a given project on future ambient noise levels. Noise level measurements are used to provide an
understanding of existing conditions as they relate to
local regulations and to the noise-sensitive land uses in a given study area. The GGI team is experienced with
collecting noise level measurements for a variety of
projects including residential, commercial, industrial, and warehouse developments as well as conducting
noise monitoring for evaluating construction and
operation compliance with local ordinances. All noise
level measurement equipment meets the latest
American National Standards Institute (ANSI) standard
specifications for sound level meters.
Traffic Noise Prediction
GGI provides traffic noise impact analysis services to
support tentative tract map approval and environmental
evaluations based on CEQA and NEPA requirements.
The GGI team is experienced with developing traffic
noise level analyses for a variety of projects including residential, commercial, industrial, and warehouse
developments with complex traffic mixes. GGI’s staff
uses the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
Traffic Noise Prediction Model programs and
procedures to evaluate the existing and future noise
environment related to both the off-site and on-site
traffic noise levels.
Stationary Source Noise
Through the use of reference noise level
measurements, GGI analyzes the impacts of
operational stationary-source noise impacts on future
noise environments as well as preparing noise
monitoring reports evaluating compliance with local
ordinances. GGI’s staff maintains reference noise
levels on a variety of noise sources and can provide
additional measurements to meet the needs of clients.
Reference noise level measurements allow staff to
forecast the future noise levels of commercial,
industrial, and warehouse projects, amongst others,
and identify any potential impacts to noise-sensitive
land uses in the vicinity of a project. The GGI team has extensive experience evaluating day and night
operations, as well as multiple noise sources based on
CEQA and NEPA requirements and local ordinances.
Construction Noise
GGI has prepared detailed studies for construction
activities to meet a variety of local regulations and
demonstrate compliance with CEQA mitigation
monitoring and reporting plans. GGI’s team utilizes
state-of-the-art three-dimensional computer modeling
to predict construction noise levels in a given study
area at nearby sensitive receivers. The GGI team
develops site-specific noise reduction measures by
examining the existing environment and determining
the most reasonable and effective method to reduce
the noise levels from heavy machinery to nearby noisesensitive land uses. GGI’s experience includes the preparation of construction noise mitigation, monitoring plans, and temporary construction barrier evaluations.
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Litigation, Mediation, or Arbitration
MNS does not have any pending or on-going litigation,
mediation, arbitration, or disciplinary action against our team related to any of the services proposed to be
provided under this on-call agreement.
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Company Personnel
Team Overview
The key to a successful project is a highly qualified and well-managed team of local experts. MNS offers a cohesive, talented team of licensed and certified professionals. Our team was assembled to meet the specific elements and needs for the range of services identified by the City for inclusion in this contract.
We offer the following team of professionals, keeping these key objectives in mind:
• Quality service and project deliverables
• Time and budget efficiency
• Adherence to quality assurance standards
• Constant communication
• Application of local knowledge and technical and practical expertise Proposed Contract Manager
The MNS team proposes a centralized point of contact; Project Manager Debra Leight will be the City’s day-to-day contact for services under this on-call. Debra has successfully managed several local on-call contracts responding quickly to any asneeded request with environmental strategic support and resources to sucessfully implement your task orders. She also understands the environmental constraints through her experience on the Coachella Valley–San Gorgonio Pass Rail Corridor Service, a project that will create a rail corridor that connects Coachella Valley to Los Angeles through the Banning Pass. As a former planner for the City of Riverside, Debra also understands the busyness of planner life and the speed of requests that come in and will mobilize quickly and responsively to your needs. Debra may directly manage projects, provide consultation regarding all environmental and planning matters, and will ensure all environmental review is completed in accordance with CEQA, NEPA and other regulatory requirements.
We have also selected supporting Technical Staff to provide the City with additional resources to support multiple task orders simultaneously. This structure will provide the City with responsive resources and the ability to address multiple projects quickly when needed. Our bench of technical staff allows us to address a wide range of projects depending on the City’s needs.
Subconsultant Utilization
MNS’ team has been enhanced with the addition of specialized subconsultants, including South Environmental, LLC and Gandinni Group, Inc. Our team members have a long history of working with South Environmental and we are currently supporting the City of San Bernardino with NEPA support service.s MNS has been working with GGI for the past two years of multiple projects, including: Gaspe Easetment Support Services, Valencia Marketplace Pipeline, Mission Village, South End Recycled Water Main, and On-Call services for the Santa Clarita Valley Water Authority.
Staff Credentials
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Organizational Chart
The key to a successful project is a highly qualified and well-managed team. MNS has assembled a cohesive, experienced team with a track record of successfully executing projects locally in Riverside County.
Environmental Documentation
Renee Gleason, CEP-IT
Emily Elliott, AICP
Biological Resources/Regulatory Permitting
Joshua Reece
Shelah Riggs
Mello Dee Hrdlicka
Archeology/Paleontology
Samantha Murray
Sarah Corder
Air Quality/Greenhouse Gas/Energy
Katie Wilson
Noise
Roma Stromberg
Transportation/VMT
Giancarlo Ganddini, PE, PTP
Technical Editing
Devina Horvath
GIS/Mapping
Andy Minor, GISP
Project Manager/Primary
Contact
Debra Leight
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Principal in Charge
Peter Minegar, AICP
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Team Qualifications Matrix
The table matrix below highlights team member qualifications and experience. Full staff resumes are included in Appendix 1: Team Resumes. It should be noted that the services requested under this RFP do not require specific licenses in the State of California; however, we have included a listing of staff certifications and qualifications where required.
TEAM MEMBER/ TITLE LICENSE/EDUCATION YRS EXP
Peter Minegar, AICP
Principal in Charge
[email protected]
951.541.3011
• MS, Environmental Management and Policy,
University of Denver, CO
• BS, City and Regional Planning, California State
Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo
• American Institute of Certified Planners, No. 32685
12 Debra Leight
Project Manager/Primary Contact
[email protected]
951.344.5264
• BA, Environmental Analysis and Design, Global
Sustainability Minor, University of California, Irvine, CA
24 Emily Elliott, AICP
CEQA Documentation
• MURP, Urban and Regional Planning, California
State Polytechnic University, Pomona
• BA, Geography and Natural Resources
Management, San Diego State University
• American Institute of Certified Planners, No. 28647
14 Renee Gleason
CEQA Documentation
• BA, English, California State University, San
Bernardino
• Certified Environmental Professional-In Training
(CEP-IT), The Academy of Board-Certified
Environmental Professionals
17 Joshua Reece
Biological Resources
• PhD, Washington University in Saint Louis, MO
• MS, University of Central Florida, FL
• BS, University of Central Florida, FL
21 Shelah Riggs
Regulatory Permitting
• MS, Environmental Studies, California State
University, Fullerton
• BA, Geography, California State University,
Fullerton
• Wetland Delineator Certification
24 Mello Dee Hrdlicka
Biological Resources
• BS, Biology, California Polytechnic University,
Pomona
• Wetland Delineator Certification
• CDFW Scientific Collecting Permit, SC-7043
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TEAM MEMBER/ TITLE • LICENSE/EDUCATION YRS EXP
Samantha Murray
Archeology/Paleontology
South Environmental
• MA, Anthropology, California State University, Los
Angeles, 2013
• BA, Anthropology, California State University,
Northridge, 2003
20 Sarah Corder
Archeology/Paleontology
South Environmental
• MFA, Historic Preservation, Savannah College of
Art and Design, Savannah, Georgia, 2004
• BA, History, Bridgewater College, Bridgewater,
Virginia, 2002
20 Katie Wilson
Senior Air Quality Analyst
Ganddini Group
• MS, Environmental Toxicology, University of
California Riverside
• BS, Biology with a minor in Criminal Justice,
California, State University, San Bernardino
19 Roma Stromberg, MS
Senior Noise Analyst
Ganddini Group
• MS, Environmental Management, West Coast
University
• BA, Geography - Urban Planning and
Transportation
28 Giancarlo Ganddini, PE, PTP
Principal Traffic Engineer
Ganddini Group
• BS, Civil Engineering, University of California,
Irvine
• Professional Traffic Engineer, CA No. TR 2663
15 Devina Horvath
Technical Editing
• BS, Geology, Juanita College 25
Andy Minor
GIS/Mapping
• MS, Geographic Information Systems/Science,
University of Redlands; 2005
• BS, Environmental Management/Minor Business
Administration, University of Redlands, CA 2004
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SECTION 4
Disclosure
1. Please disclose any and all past or current business and personal relationships with any current Banning elected official, appointed official, City employee, or family member of any current Banning elected official, appointed official, or City employee. Any past or current business relationship may not disqualify the firm from consideration.
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SECTION 5. EXPERIENCE AND REFERENCES | 5.1
SECTION 5
Experience and References
Our measure of success is the long-standing
relationships we maintain with our clients. We know
keeping you informed every step of the way is vital to
the success of projects for this on-call contract with the Cityand its constituents. The following projects
demonstrate our experience managing various types of
public works projects, including projects of our
subconsultants.
Key team member project experience includes:
• County of Riverside On-Call Planning and
Environmental Services
• County of San Bernardino On-Call Planning and
Environmental Services
• City of Beaumont On-Call Environmental Services
• City of Eastvale On-Call Planning and
Environmental Services
• City of Menifee On-Call Environmental Services
• City of Redlands On-Call Planning and
Environmental Services
• City of Colton On-Call Planning and
Environmental Services
• City of Grand Terrace On-Call Planning and
Environmental Services
• City of Wildomar On-Call Planning Services and
Staff Augmentation
• City of Murrieta On-Call Planning and
Environmental Services
• City of Calimesa On-Call Planning Services
• City of Ventura On-Call Planning and
Environmental Services
• City of Santa Paula On-Call Planning and
Environmental Services
• City of Rancho Cucamonga On-Call
Environmental Services
• City of Sunnyvale On-Call Planning and
Environmental Services
What our clients say
“As a public agency, we have had
the privilege of collaborating with
MNS on several projects. Their
professionalism, attention to
detail, and dedication to
achieving positive outcomes for
our community have been
commendable. Their ability to
balance technical expertise with
a deep understanding of
community needs is
appreciated.”
John Hildebrand, County of
Riverside
“MNS has consistently
demonstrated a high degree of
professionalism in the
performance of their work.”
Sandra Molina, Cathedral City
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Relevant Project Experience and
References
PROJECT On-Call Planning and Environmental
Services
OWNER City of Moreno Valley
REFERENCE Danielle Harper-Scott
14177 Frederick Street
Moreno Valley, CA 92553
951.413.3224
[email protected]
DATES 2024 to present
MNS staff provide planning and
environmental staffing services
to the city, including both
current planning case
management as well as CEQA
Review. MNS serves as the
lead CEQA reviewer on a wide
range of developer-initiated
projects, ranging from large
residential subdivisions to commercial and industrial
development projects. MNS staff provide CEQA
document peer review, as well as the review of all
supporting technical studies. In addition to CEQA peer
review services, MNS provides CEQA advisory and
training services to the City. MNS provides as-needed
CEQA compliance guidance to the City for both City
and developer-initiated projects. MNS has also been
retained to provide CEQA training for the City
Community Development Department staff, including
providing a general introduction to CEQA training, as
well as topic specific CEQA training.
PROJECT On-Call Planning and Environmental
Services
OWNER County of Riverside
REFERENCE John Hildebrand, Planning Director
4080 Lemon Street
Riverside, CA 92501
951.955.1888
[email protected]
DATES 2014 to present
Members of the MNS team are
responsible for overall
management of the contract
supporting the Riverside County
Planning Department. Task orders
range from the preparation of
CEQA documents, on-call staffing
support, peer review services, and
long-range community planning support. Currently,
MNS provides five full-time, in-person planners to the
County covering both current and long-range planning.
The MNS team prepares a range of CEQA documents
including Environmental Impact Reports, Initial Studies, and exemptions. Additionally, MNS provided CEQA
peer review services, as well as CEQA advising
services.
PROJECT On-Call Planning and Environmental
Peer Review
OWNER City of Cathedral City
REFERENCE Sandra Molina, Deputy Director of
Development Services
68700 Avenida Lalo Guerrero
Cathedral City, CA 92234
760.202.2433
[email protected]
DATES 2023 to present
MNS is providing support to the
City of Cathedral City for current
planning and environmental peer
review. MNS has processed/is
processing applications for a
variety of land uses including
drive-through fast food, freewayadjacent travel center, multi-family residential, and a self-storage and retail project involving a Specific Plan Amendment. MNS staff seamlessly work as an
extension of City staff, conducting development
reviews, preparing staff reports, and presenting to the Architectural Review Committee and Planning
Commission.
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PROJECT On-Call Environmental
Services, West Valley Logistics
Center Specific Plan EIR
OWNER City of Fontana
REFERENCE Rina Leung, Senior Planner
8353 Sierra Ave
Fontana, CA 92335
909.350.6566
[email protected]
DATES 2012 to 2020
MNS Project Manager Debra
Leight, with a previous company,
was the project manager on the
contract with the City of Fontana
overseeing and managing
several projects, with the largest
project being preparation of an
EIR for the West Valley Logistics
Center Specific Plan, proposing 3.6 million square feet of industrial development on a mostly undeveloped
site. This initiative replaced the prevoius Valley Trails Specific Plan and its residential land us designation
with a new specific plan. Debra was also responsible
for preparing other projects for the City including
preparing an addenum to another specific plan,
performing peer review of technical studies, and tree
surveys. Debra also worked with the City to provide
them with an AB 52 tribal consultation training.
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SECTION 6. PRICE PROPOSAL | 6.1
SECTION 6
Price Proposal
Principal in Charge
$325.00
Senior Project Manager
$285.00
Project Manager
$260.00
Principal Planner/Scientist
$235.00
Senior Planner/Scientist
$195.00
Associate Planner/Scientist
$165.00
Assistant Planner/Scientist
$135.00
Planning Technician
$120.00
Senior Technical Editor
$150.00
Technical Editor
$125.00
Senior GIS Technician/Graphic Artist
$150.00
GIS Technician/Graphic Artist
$125.00
DIRECT EXPENSES. Use of outside consultants as well as copies, blueprints, survey stakes, monuments, computer plots, telephone, travel (out of area) and all similar charges directly connected with the work will be charged at cost plus ten percent (10%). Mileage will be charged at the current federal mileage reimbursement rate.
ANNUAL ESCALATION. Standard fee rates provided for each classification are subject to 5% annual escalation or the most recent US Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Price Index, whichever is higher.
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3602 Inland Empire Blvd., Suite C310, Ontario, CA 91764 ◆ www.rvacorp.com ◆ (909) 245-1127 Ruth Villalobos & Associates, Inc.
April 1, 2025
City of Banning
99 E. Ramsey Street
Banning, CA 92220
Attention: Barbara Mason
Purchasing Manager
Subject: RFP No. 24-096, On-Call CEQA / NEPA Services
Dear Ms Mason:
Ruth Villalobos & Associates, Inc. (RVA) is excited to present our qualifications and provide our professional services in support of RFP No. 24-096, On-Call CEQA / NEPA Services. RVA has reviewed and understands all the scope of services’ elements outlined in the RFP.
RVA has qualified professionals that specialize in preparing sound, defensible CEQA / NEPA documents, by staying abreast of recent case law and its implications on the environmental analysis of current and future projects under consideration by the City. RVA offers the institutional knowledge and experience required to apply the dynamic CEQA processes necessary to adequately address and resolve the new complexities for Environmental Planning and Environmental Permit Compliance.
Our winning team is poised to assist the City in collaborating to deliver integrated environmental resources solutions. We recognize that to be a true partner with the City requires a Consultant that understands your needs and expectations – both in terms of quality of work and in timely delivery.
By virtue of submission of our proposal, RVA declares that all information provided is true and correct. With the foregoing and information presented in the following submittal, we trust you will recognize the value the RVA team can contribute as a partner to the City. RVA offers the “right team”, with the “right experience” to apply the “right lessons learned” to getting any task assignment completed “right the first time.” RVA is willing to enter into a contract under the terms and conditions prescribed by this RFP and in the Sample Agreement. I will represent Ruth Villalobos & Associates, Inc., a California Corporation, in all matters during the RFP review process and/or pertaining to a contract. RVA will bear the sole and complete responsibility for all work. I am authorized to sign and bind RVA in all contractual matters. We are ready to begin work immediately upon selection. Should you need additional information or have questions regarding this submittal, please contact me at [email protected] or (909) 245-1127, or any time on my cell at (909) 685-5942. Thank you for the opportunity to propose and we look forward to hearing from you! Sincerely,
Ruth Villalobos
President
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RFP No. 24-096
April 1, 2025
Ruth Villalobos & Associates, Inc.
3602 Inland Empire Blvd, Suite C310
Ontario, California 91764
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April 1, 2025
TABLE OF CONTENTS
A. STATEMENT OF UNDERSTANDING AND APPROACH.........................................................................................1 CEQA Services .............................................................................................................................................................................3 Technical Studies........................................................................................................................................................................6 NEPA Services........................................................................................................................................................................... 10 Regulatory Permitting Services.......................................................................................................................................... 14 Additional Environmental Services................................................................................................................................... 16 Work Plan and Schedule ...................................................................................................................................................... 18 Resources and Capability Commitment......................................................................................................................... 21 B. COMPANY INFORMATION .............................................................................................................................................23 C. COMPANY PERSONNEL....................................................................................................................................................24 Organizational Chart.............................................................................................................................................................. 25 RVA Key Professional Team Members Table................................................................................................................ 27 Resumes ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 32 Subcontractors......................................................................................................................................................................... 52 Commitment............................................................................................................................................................................. 54 D. DISCLOSURE...........................................................................................................................................................................54 E. EXPERIENCE AND REFERENCES.....................................................................................................................................54 References ................................................................................................................................................................................. 55 Relevant Experience............................................................................................................................................................... 56 Relevant Projects..................................................................................................................................................................... 57 461
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