Pinole City Council
September 3, 2024

City of Pinole | On-Call & Environmental Planning Services 47 Aubrey K. Cool, PG
PRINCIPAL GEOLOGIST | NINYO & MOORE
As a Principal Geologist for Ninyo & Moore, Aubrey
Cool has experience in the environmental industry,
specializing in Leaking Underground Fuel Tank case
project management, groundwater monitoring program
management, and soil, groundwater, and soil vapor
investigations. As the project manager for a Bay Area
airport site, she recently oversaw a landfill gas and
groundwater monitoring well installation investigation, coordinated the monthly landfill well monitoring and
quarterly landfill gas and groundwater monitoring well
sampling, and prepared the installation and quarterly
monitoring and sampling reports. Ms. Cool possesses
an expert knowledge of California’s Low-Threat
Underground Storage Tank Case Closure Policy and
has provided her clients with the professional expertise to develop technical strategies to achieve timely and
cost-effective case closures.

EDUCATION
» BS, Earth Sciences, University of California,
Santa Cruz

REGISTRATIONS
» PG 7659 (California)

PROJECT REFERENCES
» City of South San Francisco
Soil characterization for the Orange Memorial Park
Aquatic Center
2023–2024
Philip Vitale
400 Grand Avenue, South San Francisco, CA 94080
(650) 829-3800 | [email protected]
» City of Richmond
Environmental services for EPA Brownfields grant
2017–2022
Lina Velasco
450 Civic Center Plaza, Richmond, CA 94904
510.620.6841 | lina_ [email protected]
» Port of Oakland
As needed Environmental Compliance services
2018–Ongoing
Colleen Liang
530 Water Street, Oakland, CA 94607
(510) 627-1100 | cliang@ portoakland.com
Peter C. Connolly, PE, GE
PRINCIPAL ENGINEER | NINYO & MOORE
As Principal Engineer for Ninyo & Moore, Peter Connolly manages and conducts geotechnical evaluations for
commercial and public facilities, including highways,
railroads, pipelines, and bridges. He routinely performs slope stability analyses, designs flexible and rigid
pavement and underground pipelines, prepares and
reviews geotechnical reports, develops geotechnical
design parameters, and provides recommendations
for shallow and deep foundations, retaining structures, in-situ ground remediation, and earthwork. In a Project Management role, he performs project administration
and management, provides supervision of and technical
support to staff-level engineers and geologists,
and reviews laboratory results, project plans, and
specifications.

EDUCATION
» ME, Civil Engineering, University of California,
Berkeley
» BS, Civil Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

REGISTRATIONS
» PE 61547 (California)
» GE 2707 (California)

PROJECT REFERENCES
» City of Fremont
Geotechnical evaluation for pavement settlement
2022–2022
Ed Nakayama
39550 Liberty Street, Alameda, CA 94537
(510) 494-4700 | [email protected]
» City of Menlo Park
City of Menlo Park On-Call Peer Review
2022–Ongoing
Chuck Andrews
701 Laurel Street, Menlo Park, CA 94025
(650) 330-6600 | [email protected]
» City of Alameda
Geotechnical services for a new aquatic center
2023–2024
Jack Dybas
920 Willow Street, Alameda, CA 94501
(510) 747-7900 | [email protected]

48 City of Pinole | On-Call & Environmental Planning Services William P. Larkin, CAC, LRC I/A & PM
PRINCIPAL ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTIST |

NINYO & MOORE
As a Principal Environmental Scientist for Ninyo &
Moore, William Larkin has 30 years of environmental
experience in all aspects of asbestos and lead-based
paint surveys and construction management programs,
as well as environmental planning programs including
transportation and city planning projects. He has
participated in multifamily asbestos and lead-based
paint surveys in both occupied and unoccupied
buildings, aided in asbestos project design and provided project management and construction monitoring in
educational, commercial, industrial, residential, and
laboratory facilities. Mr. Larkin has conducted numerous environmental due diligence assessments and
compliance reviews of retail, industrial, and commercial properties and has conducted numerous biological/mold
assessments for private and public clients.

EDUCATION
» MPA, Golden Gate University, San Francisco, CA
» BA, Political Science and European History,
University of California, Davis

REGISTRATIONS
» Certified Asbestos Consultant, No. 99-2688

PROJECT REFERENCES
» City of Richmond
Booker T. Anderson Community Center
2024–2024
Josef Munoz
450 Civic Center Plaza, Richmond, CA 94804
(510) 307-8091 | josef_ [email protected]
» City of Vallejo Police Department
Air sampling, wipe sampling and oversight during
lead abatement/cleaning
2024–2024
Melissa Tigbao
555 Santa Clara Street, Vallejo, CA 94590
(707) 648-4163 | melissa. [email protected]
» City of Larkspur
Fire Stations 15 and 16
2020–2023
Julian Skinner
400 Magnolia Avenue, Larkspur, CA 94939
(415) 927-5110 | jskinner@ cityoflarkspur.org
Mark E. Spencer, PE

SENIOR PRINCIPAL TRANSPORTATION
ENGINEER | W-TRANS
President and Senior Principal Mark Spencer is the
manager of the W-Trans Oakland office, focuses on
traffic analysis for multidisciplinary projects, and
excels at community engagement. His work includes
managing a wide array of transportation planning
projects from EIRs and Specific Plans to parking studies and neighborhood traffic management plans. He is
often invited to present projects before community
forums and elected officials, and is recognized for
his ability to present technical topics to both general and professional audiences. He also enjoys his role in
mentoring and training staff.

EDUCATION
» MS, Civil Engineering, University of California,
Berkeley
» BEng, Civil Engineering, McGill University,
Montreal, Canada

REGISTRATIONS
» Traffic Engineer #1737 (CA)
» Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE), Fellow,
International Director, 2021–2023

PROJECT REFERENCES
» County of Contra Costa
On-call traffic engineering services
Mar 2012–Ongoing
Warren Lai, Deputy Director of Public Works
1025 Escobar Street, Martinez, CA 94553
(925) 313-2180 | [email protected]
» County of Alameda
On-call traffic engineering services
Feb 2017–Ongoing
Tam Nguyen, Senior Engineer
399 Elmhurst Street, Hayward, CA 94544
(510) 670-5758 | [email protected]
» City of San Carlos
On-call traffic engineering services
Dec 2016–Ongoing
Grace Le, City Engineer
600 Elm St, San Carlos, CA 94070
(650) 802-4201 | [email protected]

City of Pinole | On-Call & Environmental Planning Services 49 Kenneth Jeong, PE
SENIOR TRAFFIC ENGINEER | W-TRANS
Kenny Jeong is a Senior Traffic Engineer who manages
traffic engineering studies and provides technical
support for transportation improvement projects.

Kenny received his B.S. in Civil and Environmental
Engineering from San José State University in 2001.

The Bay Area native began his consulting career
immediately following graduation, contributing on Plans, Specifications, and Estimates for roadway improvement
projects and traffic analyses for development projects
all across the Bay Area. Kenny has a broad range of
experience including multijurisdictional projects with
evaluations of traffic operations using microsimulation, roundabout analysis and planning, conducting traffic
impact studies, and reviewing neighborhood and school
circulation issues.

EDUCATION
» BS, Civil Engineering, San José State University,

REGISTRATIONS
» Traffic Engineer #2787 (CA)
» Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) Member

PROJECT REFERENCES
» County of Contra Costa
On-call traffic engineering services
Mar 2012–Ongoing
Warren Lai, Deputy Director of Public Works
1025 Escobar Street, Martinez, CA 94553
(925) 313-2180 | [email protected]
» County of Alameda
On-call traffic engineering services
Feb 2017–Ongoing
Tam Nguyen, Senior Engineer
399 Elmhurst Street, Hayward, CA 94544
(510) 670-5758 | [email protected]
» City of Novato
On-call traffic engineering services
Mar 2017–Ongoing
David Dammuller, Engineering Services Manager
922 Machin Avenue, Novato, CA 94945
(415) 899-8953 | [email protected]
Mark Brown
ASSOCIATE PLANNER | W-TRANS
Associate Planner Mark Brown manages projects and
provides support for transportation impact studies, GIS, mapping, and transportation planning services.

Mark graduated from the University of Southern
California in 2000 with a Master of Planning and a
strong transportation planning emphasis. Originally
from the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles,
Mark has been involved in a broad range of
transportation projects, having managed numerous
transportation impact studies and active transportation master planning efforts across California. His expertise also extends to geopgraphic information systems, transit alternatives analysis, traffic planning, environmental
impact assessment, and mitigation as well as mapping
and public outreach. Mark firmly believes in a balanced approach to transportation planning that includes all
modes of travel to maximize competitive travel options.

EDUCATION
» Master of Planning, Transportation Emphasis,
University of Southern California
» BA in Urban Studies and Planning,
University of California, San Diego,

PROJECT REFERENCES
» County of Contra Costa
On-call traffic engineering services
Mar 2012–Ongoing
Warren Lai, Deputy Director of Public Works
1025 Escobar Street, Martinez, CA 94553
(925) 313-2180 | [email protected]
» County of Alameda
On-call traffic engineering services
Feb 2017–Ongoing
Tam Nguyen, Senior Engineer
399 Elmhurst Street, Hayward, CA 94544
(510) 670-5758 | [email protected]
» City of San Carlos
On-call traffic engineering services
Dec 2016–Ongoing
Grace Le, City Engineer
600 Elm St, San Carlos, CA 94070
(650) 802-4201 | [email protected]

50 City of Pinole | On-Call & Environmental Planning Services Resumes and References–Planning
Dan Amsden, AICP
PRINCIPAL-IN-CHARGE | MIG
Dan Amsden is an experienced, personable problem-solver whose patience and poise enable him to navigate the most complex and controversial urban planning projects. His father planted the planning seed before Dan left for college where the idea of helping to organize the built world took root, leading him to study geography, city and regional planning, and eventually regulatory law. As timelines to produce results have become more compressed, he uses his land use, public policy, and engagement expertise to devise effective strategies that streamline and focus projects on actionoriented change. Whether cutting through unnecessary regulations and roadblocks, or developing community buy-in, Dan enjoys finding multifaceted solutions through collaboration and engagement. He is committed to diversity and inclusion in his projects, as well as within the field of planning itself, serving as a Board member for diversity and inclusion with APA California. From general and specific plans to zoning and urban design, Dan is always seeking ways to innovate—creating better processes, projects, and outcomes for his clients and communities.

PROJECT REFERENCES
» City of Mountain View
Moffett Boulevard Precise Plan
2024–Ongoing
Aki Honda Snelling, Senior Planner
500 Castro St, Mountain View, CA 94041
(650) 903-6452 | [email protected]
» City of Burlingame
General Plan Update, Climate Action Plan, Broadway Specific Plan, Parks and Recreation Master Plan
2015–2019
Kevin Gardiner AICP, Community Development Director
501 Primrose Road, Burlingame, CA 94010
(650) 558-7253 | [email protected]
» City of Redding
Downtown Redding Riverfront Specific Plan
2023–2024
Jeremy Pagan, Director of Development Service
777 Cypress Ave. Redding, CA 96001
(530) 225-4099 | [email protected]

EDUCATION
» Graduate Certificate in
Planning Law, Rutgers
University, New Brunswick,
New Jersey
» MCRP, California Polytechnic
State University, San Luis
Obispo
» BA, Geography, University of
California, Santa Barbara

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
» American Planning Association
» APA California, Sacramento
Valley Section – Board
Member
» APA California, Diversity
Inclusion Directors – Board
Member
» Society for College and
University Planning

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EDUCATION
» BA, Environmental Studies
and Planning, Sonoma State
University
Shawna Brekke-Read

PROJECT MANAGER / DIRECTOR OF CONTRACT AND
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES | MIG
Shawna Brekke-Read leads MIG’s contract and professional services for Northern California. Shawna enjoys supporting local agency staff, providing tailored, solutions-based services. Shawna’s work includes reviewing complex projects, overseeing current planning efforts, and supporting early career planners in project review.

Shawna has over 30 years of experience in public, non-government, and private sectors. Her MIG work has included permit streamlining and process audits, meeting facilitation, housing implementation, and development code/zoning amendments, including objective design standards. Shawna has worked extensively in areas with sensitive resources that are subject to heightened review standards, including coastal communities and the Lake Tahoe Basin.

Prior to joining MIG, Shawna directed Community Development, Planning, and Development Services Departments in Northern California. As a director and municipal manager, she specialized in permit streamlining as she oversaw planning, building, housing, economic development, and permit counter functions.

PROJECT REFERENCES
» City of Richmond
On-call planning services
2023–Ongoing
Hector Rojas, Planning Manager
450 Civic Center Plaza, Richmond, CA 94804
(510) 620-6706 | [email protected]
» County of San Joaquin
On-call contract staffing
2022–Ongoing
Corinne King, Deputy Director of Community Development, Planning 44 N San Joaquin St, Stockton, CA 95202
(209) 953-7509 | [email protected]
» City of San Rafael
On-call contract staffing
2020–2021
Alicia Giudice, Director of Development Services for the City of Rohnert Park (formerly with the City of San Rafael)
1400 Fifth Ave, San Rafael, CA 94901
(707) 588-5536

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EDUCATION
» MA, Urban Planning, University
of California, Los Angeles
» BA, Social Anthropology,
University of Michigan

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
» American Planning Association
(APA)
AWARDS
» APA California Chapter,
Comprehensive Plan Award:

Small Jurisdiction, Duarte
Town Center Specific Plan,
2017
Genevieve Sharrow
PROJECT MANAGER | MIG
Genevieve Sharrow is a highly versatile planner whose experience encompasses a diverse range of projects, including general plans, specific plans, zoning codes, parks master plans, housing policy documents, and environmental impact analyses. While researching crime and the built environment in college, she came to value history and lessons from the past as an avenue to building better places in the future. Genevieve’s attention to detail and creativity are showcased in her preparation of zoning codes and specific plans, which she crafts to function as both regulatory documents and economic development tools. Her work is focused on viable implementation so that clients can respond to immediate issues while planning for the long-term with the fluidity and flexibility to adapt to change. Her detailed writing style is clear, concise, and technically sound, yet accessible to the lay person. As a project manager, Genevieve excels at conducting a truly collaborative process that involves clients, technical experts, and communities. On every project, she is committed to enhancing quality of life and strives to provide the tools needed for clients to achieve success.

PROJECT REFERENCES
» City of Atascadero
Housing Element update, Objective Design Standards zoning text amendments, Zoning text amendments on process/discretionary thresholds
2019–2024
Phil Dunsmore, Community Development Director
6500 Palma Ave., Atascadero CA 93422
(805) 461-5035 | [email protected]
» City of Paso Robles
Housing Element update, Comprehensive zoning code update 2019–2024
Darcy Delgado, Associate Planner
1000 Spring Street, Paso Robles, CA 93446
(805) 227-7200 x7742 | [email protected]
» City of Duarte
Duarte Town Center Specific Plan, Duarte Station Specific Plan, Duarte Town Center Greening and Traffic Calming Plan, Westminster Gardens Specific Plan
2015–ongoing
Craig Hensley, Community Development Director
1600 Huntington Drive, Duarte, CA 91010
(626) 357-7931 | [email protected]

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EDUCATION
» BS, Urban and Regional
Planning, California State
Polytechnic University,
Pomona
Deborah Drasler
SENIOR PLANNER | MIG
Deborah Drasler has over 26 years of public and private professional planning experience. Debbie has served as project manager on multiple current and advanced planning projects throughout Southern California, including specific plans, general plan amendments, zone changes, and controversial entitlement projects. She is proficient in managing projects, small and large, including single-family and multifamily residential, wireless facilities, commercial, mixed-use, and industrial development plans.

Debbie has extensive knowledge and experience with land use regulations, CEQA requirements, Subdivision Map Act, Coastal Act, and policies and procedures. She works effectively with city staff, developers, residents, and special interest groups. Debbie also shares her skills and planning knowledge by serving in a supervisory capacity, training entry-level, in-house staff for municipalities to ensure an agency has effective and confident personnel.

PROJECT REFERENCES
» City of Westminster
Senior-level planning services for specific complex or controversial projects including entitlements for Bolsa Row Specific Plan and Project Development, Westminster Memorial Park and Mortuary, Milton Housing Development
2013–Ongoing
Steve Ratkay, AICP, Planning Manager
8200 Westminster Blvd., Westminster, CA 92683
(714) 548-3484 | [email protected]
» County of Orange
Senior-level planning services for specific complex or controversial projects including entitlements for Oak Grove Subdivision, County of Orange General Plan Amendment – Transportation Element
2013–2024
Justin Kirk, AICP, Deputy Director – Development Services 601 N. Ross Street, Santa Ana, CA 92701
(714) 667-1627 | [email protected]
» City of Laguna Hills
On-call planning services for general entitlement applications as well as senior-level planning services for specific complex or controversial projects including entitlements for Starbucks/Plantpower/Taco Bell, Moulton Niguel Water District Expansion, Laguna Hills Mall “Five Lagunas” Mixed-Use Project
1991–2009, 2015–2021
David Chantarangsu, Former CDD, City of Laguna Hills
(Current City of Murrieta Development Services Director) 24035 El Toro Rd, Laguna Hills, CA 92653
(951) 461-6002 | [email protected]

54 City of Pinole | On-Call & Environmental Planning Services Emily Sanchez-Resendiz
PLANNING PROJECT ASSOCIATE | MIG
Emily Sanchez-Resendiz supports MIG clients through thorough contract planning services and on-call planning support. Emily primarily reviews development proposals to ensure compliance with local policies and code requirements. She holds a high standard for all forms of communication and is experienced in navigating interdepartmental coordination to ensure efficient project progress (e.g., applicant and agency correspondence). She has a passion for people-centered design and the importance of community health in urban development.

Emily has experience in the public, nonprofit, and private sectors. Her work at MIG has included working on project developments subject to Form-Based Codes and aiding in the facilitation and planning of outreach initiatives such as the Contra Costa County Collaborative. Her work before MIG has allowed her to refine her skills in several areas, including outreach strategies, GIS analyses, field mapping, and fluent abilities to produce aesthetically appealing resources in English and Spanish. Some of her most proud accomplishments are pioneering the implementation of GIS services in her hometown’s Public Works department and serving an important role in producing outreach materials for Carr Lake, an ecological restoration project in Salinas, California.

PROJECT REFERENCES
» City of Richmond
On-call planning services
2023–Ongoing
Hector Rojas, Planning Manager
450 Civic Center Plaza, Richmond, CA 94804
(510) 620-6706 | [email protected]
» Town of Moraga
On-call planning services
2021; 2024 – Ongoing
Afshan Hamid, Planning Director
329 Rheem Blvd, Moraga, CA 94556
(925) 888-7043 | [email protected]
» Town of Moraga
On-call planning services
2021; 2024 – Ongoing
Brian Horn, Associate Planner
329 Rheem Blvd, Moraga, CA 94556
(925) 888-7044 | [email protected]

EDUCATION
» BA, Urban Studies, Minor
in Landscape Architecture,
University of California,
Berkeley

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EDUCATION
» MS, Community Development,
University of California, Davis
» Graduate Certificate,
Landscape Architecture
» Environmental Design,
University of California, Davis
» BA, Environmental Studies,
University of Maryland,
Baltimore County
Virginia Morgan
CONTRACT PLANNING ASSOCIATE | MIG
Virginia Morgan has a range of experience from social and environmental research to supporting current planning projects. As a project associate at MIG, Virginia has served as a contract planner for multiple jurisdictions including Richmond, Belvedere, and Mono County. During her work as a contract planner, she has provided prompt and professional coordination with applicants, as well as the preparation of reports for planning commissions, design review boards, and design review study sessions.

Her current planning work has included projects ranging from small-scale residential updates to new, multifamily, and mixed-use developments.

She has processed development entitlements to ensure their compliance with municipal codes and form-based codes, ordinances, general design standards and design guidelines for heritage homes, CEQA, and streamlined housing projects under California State Law SB35.

Virginia also served as the prime associate on a Short-Term Rental Study (STR) for Mono County, where she prepared a policy analysis on current STR regulations and rationale in Mono County and related jurisdictions.

PROJECT REFERENCES
» City of Richmond
On-call planning services
2023–Ongoing
Hector Rojas, Planning Manager
450 Civic Center Plaza, Richmond, CA 94804
(510) 620-6706 | [email protected]
» Mono County
Short-Term Rental Study
2023–Ongoing
Aaron Washco, Planning Analyst, Community Development
1290 Tavern Rd. PO Box 347. Mammoth Lakes, CA 93546
(760) 924-1810 | [email protected]
» City of Oakland
Project Management Intern
December 2022–June 2023, hourly internship ~30hrs/week
Micaela Pronio
250 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, CA 94612
(510)238-4932 | [email protected]

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EDUCATION
» BA, Urban Studies,
Stanford University

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
» American Planning Association
» American Institute of Certified
Planners
Dana Ayers, AICP
LAND USE AND ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNER | MIG
Dana joins MIG in June 2024 with over 24 years of experience in municipal, county, environmental and land use planning and permitting, with the majority of her career to date in public sector suburban and agricultural communities. Consequently, she has extensive knowledge of local government agency operations, including entitlement and permitting processes, standards and practices. As a governmental and contract planner, she has provided analysis for numerous land use development proposals and prepared or managed preparation of initial studies, negative declarations, mitigated negative declarations, and environmental impact reports for residential, commercial, agricultural and industrial projects, many of which were highly contentious. Dana has additional experience in advanced level planning, including preparation of general plan amendments, zoning code amendments, and related statutory and environmental analysis.

PROJECT REFERENCES
» City of Clayton
Interim Community Development Director
2021–2021
Reina Schwartz, City of Clayton City Manager (former),
City of Albany Interim Finance Director (present)
6000 Heritage Trail, Clayton, CA 94517
(510) 528-5730 | [email protected]
» City of Clayton
Interim Community Development Director
2019–2020
Joe Sbranti, City of Clayton Interim City Manager (former) 6000 Heritage Trail, Clayton, CA 94517
(925) 726-9141
» Contra Costa County
Martinez Renewable Fuels project
2021–2021
Lashun Cross, Principal Planner
30 Muir Road, Martinez, CA 94553
(510) 459-5386 | [email protected]

City of Pinole | On-Call & Environmental Planning Services 57 Mukul Malhotra
PRINCIPAL | MIG
Mukul Malhotra is an award-winning urban designer
and nationally-recognized expert and innovator in
comprehensive plans. Originally an architect, Mukul
gravitated toward planning and urban design because
it yields greater impact beyond just the physical
environment. He is committed to not only advancing
the communities he works in around the country, but
to moving the dial up a notch on the profession itself.

His projects have addressed issues related to urban
development and revitalization, streetscape design
and planning, pedestrian- and transit-oriented design,
and preservation of neighborhood and city character.

From well-established single family neighborhoods and
historic districts to new communities, Mukul’s creativity and interdisciplinary approach have given shape and
form to countless places and spaces from Texas to
Massachusetts and California to North Carolina.

EDUCATION
» Master of Urban Design, University of California,
Berkeley
» BArch, Sushant School of Art and Architecture,
Gurgaon, India

PROJECT REFERENCES
» Centro San Antonio
Zona Cultural Streetscape Master Plan
2020–2023
Edward A. Romero
219 E Travis St, San Antonio, TX 78205
(210) 225-3862 | [email protected]
» San Antonio Public Works Department
Alamo Complete Streets
2011–Ongoing
Luis E. Maltos, PE
100 W. Houston St., 15th Floor, San Antonio, TX 78205
(210) 207-8223 | [email protected]
» Hemisfair
Hemisfair Complete Streets
2018–2022
Andres Andujar, CEO
630 E. Nueva, San Antonio, TX 78205
(210) 867-1305 | [email protected]
Christine Thomson, AICP, LEED AP
SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER | MIG
As a planner and designer, Christine Scott Thomson
offers lessons learned and wisdom earned from 25
years of work on a variety of projects at every scale—
from a single building to neighborhoods to districts to entire cities. Christine was first drawn to the field by a curiosity about how societies formed and the resulting
relationship between the built and natural environments.

Her passion for sustaining those environments keeps
her focused on finding greener solutions that work to
increase the health and prosperity of human and natural ecosystems.

EDUCATION
» MS, Environment & Resources,
University of Wisconsin
» MA, Urban and Environmental Planning,
University of Virginia
» MA, Architecture, University of Virginia
» BA, Urban Studies / Geology, Brown University

REGISTRATIONS
» American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP)
» LEED Accredited Professional (LEED AP)

PROJECT REFERENCES
» City of Concord
Development of an Objective Design Standards (ODS)
booklet with standards and associated graphics
2021–2023
Joan Ryan, Community Reuse Planner
1950 Parkside Drive, Concord, CA 94519
(925) 671-3370 | [email protected]
» City of Redding
Riverfront Specific Plan & EIR
2023–Ongoing
Jeremy Pagan, Director of Development Service
777 Cypress Ave, Redding, CA 96001
(530) 225-4099 | [email protected]
» City of Baldwin Park
Development of an Objective Design Standards (ODS)
code language and associated graphics
2022–2023
Melissa Chipres, Associate Planner
14403 E. Pacific Avenue, Baldwin Park, CA 91706
(626) 960-4011 x452 | [email protected]

58 City of Pinole | On-Call & Environmental Planning Services Conflicts of Interest
» MIG has no conflicts of interest, real or perceived, on this RFP.

Levine Act
» Neither MIG nor any of our team members have made
a contribution of $250 or more to a City Council
Member within the 12-month period preceding
the submittal deadline of this RFP, and within
the 12-month period preceding any subsequent
procurement based on this RFP.

Indemnification
» MIG has the ability and agreement to fulfill the
indemnification and insurance requirements
contained in the standard contract.

Proprietary Information
» Nothing contained in the submitted proposal will be
proprietary.
» MIG acknowledges that the Consultant understands
that all documents submitted to the City in connection
with the proposal are subject to the California Public
Records Act and may be disclosed without notice to
the Consultant.

Standard Agreement
» MIG has no changes to the text of the standard
agreement included in the RFP.

Litigation
MIG has had no litigation within the past 7 years. MIG
has never had a contract terminated for breach of
contract.

Required Statements and Documents

Statement of Qualifications | May 6, 2024
On-Call Environmental
& Planning Services
for the City of Pinole

On-Call Environmental
& Planning Services
for the City of Pinole
Statement of Qualifications | May 6, 2024
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Lilly Whalen
Community Development Director
City of Pinole
Community Development Department
2131 Pear Street
Pinole, CA 94965
Subject: On-Call Environmental and Planning Services
Dear Lilly:

Please accept the attached submittal as PlaceWorks’ Statement of Qualifications to provide on-call environmental and planning services for the City of Pinole.

PlaceWorks is a 100% employee-owned planning, design, and environmental consulting firm with 140 employees in six offices statewide. We provide comprehensive planning, environmental review, urban design, landscape architecture, community outreach, and GIS services.

We care a lot about what’s happening in Pinole, and the potential to assist you and City staff is exciting for us, as we were not able to offer services to the City while one of your colleagues was a family member of one of ours, and I have not had a chance to work with you since your days in Sausalito.

This proposal shall remain valid for 90 days from the date of submittal and as Principal I’m authorized to bind the team to the contents of this submittal and to negotiate contracts on behalf of PlaceWorks.

PlaceWorks acknowledges and accepts all terms of the Consulting Services Agreement (Attachment A).

PlaceWorks has read and acknowledges Addendum No. 1, issued April 29, 2024, and Addendum No. 2, issued April 29, 2024.

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Charlie Knox
Principal

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1. COMPANY PROFILE 1
PlaceWorks .......................................................................................... 1

2. ORGANIZATION AND STAFFING 3

3. DESCRIPTION AND APPROACH 7
Comprehensive Planning ..................................................................... 7 Environmental Review ......................................................................... 9 Project Management .........................................................................12

4. SUBCONSULTANTS 13

5. SCHEDULE OF WORK 15
Scheduling Methodology ...................................................................15 Schedule Example ..............................................................................15

6. COST PROPOSAL 17

7. RELEVANT PROJECTS AND REFERENCES 19
Relevant Projects ...............................................................................19

8. REQUIRED STATEMENTS 21
Conflict of Interest .............................................................................21 Insurance and Indemnification...........................................................21 No Proprietary Information................................................................21 California Public Records Act..............................................................21 Exceptions..........................................................................................21 Litigation ............................................................................................21 APPENDIX A: RESUMES

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1. COMPANY PROFILE
PlaceWorks
PlaceWorks is a 100% employee-owned planning, design, and environmental consulting firm. The firm serves both public- and privatesector clients in the fields of comprehensive planning, urban design, landscape architecture, environmental analysis and sciences, and GIS.

Founded in 1975, PlaceWorks now employees a staff of approximately 140 people in six offices.

PlaceWorks is all about places and how they work geographically, environmentally, functionally, aesthetically, and culturally. We are also passionate about how we work with our clients. PlaceWorks brings together people from diverse practice areas, offering best-of-all-worlds capability and connectivity. Just as each place we work is distinctly different, so is our thinking.

Company Ownership
Company Type: California CCorporation
Office Locations
Santa Ana (headquarters)
Berkeley
Los Angeles
Ontario
Sacramento
San Luis Obispo
Primary Contact
Charlie Knox
Principal
2040 Bancroft Way, Suite 400
Berkeley, CA 94704
510.848.3815 ext. 3310
[email protected]
Website
placeworks.com

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2. ORGANIZATION AND STAFFING
PlaceWorks has assembled a highly qualified team to provide on-call environmental and planning services for the City of Pinole. This chapter describes the key personnel that will be assigned to the project.

Resumes for the key staff identified below are included in the appendix at the end of this proposal.

Additional materials are available upon request.

Key Staff
Charlie Knox, Principal
Charlie has more than 30 years of experience in public and private sector planning and has a thorough understanding of how to manage and coordinate staff and stakeholder efforts to best serve municipal staff, local citizens, city councils, and communities. Charlie‘s expertise includes shepherding high-profile projects through the entitlement process, including mixed-use developments and municipal energy-conservation projects. He also specializes in local and regional transportation and transit initiatives to help shorten commutes, reduce single-occupant vehicle travel, support Transit-Oriented Development, establish local Transportation Demand Management programs, and reduce Vehicle-Miles Traveled to meet City, regional, and State objectives. Prior to joining PlaceWorks, Charlie led the City of Benicia Public Works and Community Development Departments and used innovative leadership skills to provide superior customer service to residents despite significant resource constraints.

Terri McCracken, Associate Principal
Terri is an extremely organized and efficient planner with a detailed understanding of the environmental review process. With over 20 years of environmental planning experience, she is a valuable asset to any project team. Terri is responsible for the day-to-day management of environmental review projects, maintaining regular contact with clients, coordinating subconsultants, and attending meetings. Terri’s work at PlaceWorks has focused on the application of CEQA, NEPA, as well as other State and federal environmental regulations and guidelines. Terri effortlessly manages, coordinates, reviews, and conducts research for various types of environmental review documents for a broad range of projects, including long-range plans, municipal codes, residential, commercial, industrial, recreational, resort, and public works. She is responsible for the preparation of environmental constraints, feasible mitigation measures, and viable project alternatives, as well as for responding to public and agency comments on environmental documents. She is also responsible for facilitating public meetings and managing project schedules in order to provide work products on time and within budget.

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4 CITY OF PINOLE • On-Call Planning and Environmental Services Carey Stone, Senior Associate
A team member of PlaceWorks since 2007, Carey has experience with a range of planning projects including general plans, environmental review documents, public outreach campaigns, and GIS projects. Specializing in comprehensive planning, she has served as project manager on a variety of projects for cities and counties throughout California.

Carey is well-versed in the full arc of general plan updates and understands what decisions need to be made when to complete a project on schedule. Utilizing her thorough research and analytical and writing skills, Carey has managed and worked on all phases of general plan projects including preparing existing conditions reports, working with advisory committees, developing policies, analyzing alternatives, preparing public outreach strategies and materials, assisting with environmental review, and using GIS to generate buildout calculations. She is also an experienced small group facilitator and can effectively guide discussions and elicit input from all members of a group.

Angelica Garcia, Associate
Angelica has experience working on a wide range of planning projects, including general plans, neighborhood plans, community outreach campaigns, housing elements, objective design standards, and zoning code updates. She has over eight years of experience and brings a wide variety of skills through her work experience and education. Her interest in urban planning stems from her desire to help create healthier communities. She enjoys working on plans that reflect the unique needs of each community. Angelica is currently the project manager for Placer County and City of Soledad General Plan Updates. She is also working on the General Plan Update for San Mateo, three Neighborhood focused Housing Action Plans for Stockton, and updating the Environmental Justice Elements for San Mateo County, City of Burlingame, and City of East Palo Alto.

Raul Tovar Gonzalez, Project Planner
Raul is a motivated planner who aims to promote the development of healthy, livable, and sustainable communities. Through his work, he hopes to support the goals and visions of the communities in which he works. At PlaceWorks, Raul enjoys working on a variety of comprehensive planning and transportation planning projects - in both the public and private sectors. He is highly resourceful and brings versatile skill sets to his projects, including strong research, project management, analytic, and graphics skills.

Lauren Willey, Associate
Lauren enjoys a range of projects, from climate action and adaptation planning to comprehensive planning. Her planning approach is driven by her desire to center residents in the planning process, especially those that have historically been excluded, and is informed by her interests in technical analysis and environmental design. Her work includes greenhouse gas inventories and forecasting, climate action planning, and comprehensive planning.

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Rachel Goren, Associate
Rachel is passionate about the environment and works to lessen human impact and increase resiliency within this changing climate. She has over 3 years of experience working in both the private and public sector. She began as a Project Planner at PlaceWorksworking on CEQA and planning documents for a variety of projects. She has proved to be a dedicated and beneficial asset to the team.

Madeline Miller, Project Planner
Madeline has two years of experience in the environmental realm. Working within a public agency has given her valuable insight that she uses to support her team, clients, and projects while also harnessing her skills to foster relationships between private, local, state, and federal agencies. She has worked on a variety of projects pertaining to CEQA and regularly prepares non-technical sections of EIRs while coordinating with staff and ensuring internal consistency.

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3. DESCRIPTION AND APPROACH
Comprehensive Planning
Our planners stay at the forefront of the rapidly evolving legislative and technological environment and our processes, plans, and products reflect this. Our staff have led the way in responding to evolving general plan law as well as applying innovative outreach strategies and new technologies. We take an integrated and holistic approach to planning and design projects. The breadth of our experience includes General Plans, Specific Plans, zoning codes, community profiles, and other long-term planning and policy documents. We also have significant experience helping agencies apply for and use grant funding to help implement their projects.

Working closely with our clients and stakeholders, we help communities realize their goals while supporting environmental stewardship and sustainable, long-term growth.

Specific Plans
PlaceWorks has prepared specific plans that streamline development throughout California and is recognized as a thought leader in state-of-the-art specific plan preparation. Not only have we prepared over 250 specific plans that cover every region of the state, we have published a “Practical Guide to the Specific Plan.” In all cases, PlaceWorks approach is to use specific plans as a tool to both engender responsible development and to streamline the approval process so that development can proceed efficiently and cost effectively. Specific plans are an invaluable California tool for customizing how future development and public improvement address community needs and create thriving places. Our work is for both public- and private-sector clients, which gives us important insight into housing trends, production needs, and other barriers that exist throughout the state.

Zoning and Form-Based Codes
Our effective and user-friendly zoning codes are carefully customized to meet each community’s unique needs. We focus on what already works and then tailor and integrate best practices from a range of approaches, including form-based codes, performance zoning, and conventional zoning. Our codes are innovative but grounded in practical and economic realities with clear and concise text, high-quality graphics, and creative solutions to complicated issues.

General Plans
With several principal-level General Plan practitioners throughout California, PlaceWorks’ portfolio of General Plan projects and expertise is unparalleled. As shown on the following page in Figure 1, PlaceWorks has the distinction of having prepared more than 100 general plans for communities throughout California, 18 of which have won awards at the local and state levels from the APA. The breadth of our experience includes small and large urbanized cities as well as rural, suburban, and unincorporated communities. We also have a broad range of experience in coastal, mountain, valley, and desert communities throughout the state.

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8 CITY OF PINOLE • On-Call Planning and Environmental Services FIGURE 1 GENERAL PLAN EXPERIENCE

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Agency Planning
We are honored to serve as an extension of staff in a number of communities and in diverse agencies. We are very experienced in municipal development review assistance, including staff report preparation and exhibits, developer/City facilitation, site planning, urban design, and presentations to commissions and City councils.

Environmental Review
We have four decades of experience in environmental planning and science, with a long-term perspective and technical expertise in responsive to the dynamic State and federal regulatory environment, as well as to local contexts. We have handled a wide range of project sizes and types, and our reputation is built on our consistent production of effective and defensible environmental documents. As a full-service environmental and planning firm, we understand the needs associated with conducting feasibility and environmental clearance for public infrastructure projects.

PlaceWorks has completed thousands of environmental documents and risk analyses—from CEQA documentation, environmental site investigations and remediation, and health risk assessments to landscape architecture, transportation, and bicycle plans. Our dedicated in-house team consists of project managers, environmental planners and scientists, licensed engineers, designers, economists, and air quality/GHG and noise modeling experts. Our broad experience and technical proficiency have given us a keen understanding of the complexities of both public policies and project designs for sustainable development. In addition to providing the requisite technical support for wide-ranging tasks, we often serve as a sounding board for clients to explore design strategies and their environmental and regulatory implications. The breadth of our environmental services is summarized below.

California Environmental Quality Act Documentation
• Environmental Impact Reports (EIRs)
• Negative Declarations (NDs) and Mitigated Negative
Declarations (MNDs)
• Exemptions
• Addenda
• Mitigation Monitoring Programs
• Findings/Resolutions
• Third-Party CEQA Adequacy Review
• Litigation Support
• Technical Studies
- Air Quality, GHG, Energy
- Noise, Vibration, and Acoustics
- Hydrology/Water Quality Studies
- Health Risk Assessments
- Visual Impacts Analyses: Shade/Shadow Analysis, Light/Glare Studies, Visual Simulations including Drone Photography National Environmental Policy Act
Documentation
• Environmental Impact Statements (EISs)
• Environmental Assessments (EAs)
• Findings of No Significant Impact (FONSIs)
Regulatory Compliance and Safety
• SWPPPs/WQMPs
• SPCCPs
• NPDES Monitoring and Permits
• Air Permits
• CDFW/Corps Permitting
• Regulatory Agency Interface and Strategy

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10 CITY OF PINOLE • On-Call Planning and Environmental Services Technical Studies
Air Quality, GHG, Energy, Health Risk Assessments
Continued public concern about poor air quality and changing climates due to increased GHG emissions requires a more stringent approach to meeting evolving regulations. PlaceWorks helps clients navigate these critical decisions with individually tailored air quality, GHG, and energy analyses and modeling for environmental processing under CEQA. We obtain and make use of key data from the California Air Resources Board (CARB), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD), the California Energy Commission, and the Energy Information Administration. Our staff also has a strong technical grasp of modeling tools and protocols for quantifying air quality parameters and GHG emissions, including the California Emissions Estimator Model (CalEEMod), CARB’s EMission FACtor (EMFAC) model and Atmospheric Dispersion Modeling (AERMOD), CARB’s Off-Road model, and CALINE. We beta tested the CalEEMod emissions inventory model for South Coast AQMD and Sacramento Metropolitan AQMD.

We are on top of the changing regulatory environment for GHGs, criteria air pollutants, and toxic air contaminants (TACs). PlaceWorks applies our knowledge of the BAAQMD CEQA Guidelines and modeling tools (e.g., CalEEMod, EMFAC, Offroad, AERMOD) to all projects we undertake in the Bay Area. We work closely with the lead agency and BAAQMD to ensure that the air quality modeling provides a conservative estimate of emissions, follows BAAQMD modeling protocols, and addresses recent case law, including the Sierra Club v. County of Fresno (Friant Ranch, L.P.) (2018) 6 Cal.5th 502. Our staff are members of the Association of Environmental Professional’s (AEP) Climate Change Committee and have been involved in GHG thresholds development since Assembly Bill (AB) 32 was adopted. We also ensure our projects are compliant with CEQA case law regarding use of an efficiency metric (Golden Door Properties, LLC v. County of San Diego/Sierra Club, LLC v. County of San Diego (2018) 27 Cal.App.5th 892). For projects that exceed the BAAQMD thresholds, we consider use of on-site reductions as well as use of GHG emissions offsets with clearly defined performance standards to achieve GHG reduction goals (Golden Door Properties, LLC/Sierra Club v. County of San Diego (2020) Fourth District D075328, D075478, D075504).

PlaceWorks’ in-house technical services staff is well versed in analyzing both how projects impact the environment and how existing air emission sources in the environment affect sensitive populations.

PlaceWorks stays up to date with the latest recommendations and studies prepared by CARB, California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA), and Office of Environmental Health Hazards Assessment (OEHHA), as well as the BAAQMD. PlaceWorks is proficient in air dispersion modeling software, such as the EPA’s AERMOD and OEHHA’s Guidelines for Health Risk Assessments. PlaceWorks has completed numerous operational and construction Health Risk Assessments for industrial projects, residential developments, and school sites.

PlaceWorks’ technical staff has presented at conferences for the APA, AEP, Urban Land Institute, and other organizations. Our staff members who serve on AEP’s Climate Change Committee have assisted in the

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development of white papers on baseline GHG emissions inventories, forecasting GHG emissions inventories, establishing GHG reduction targets for general plans and GHG reduction planning, and, most recently, a white paper on establishing GHG reduction targets and thresholds for post-2020 GHG emissions analyses.

PlaceWorks is also familiar with the California Air Pollution Control Officers Association’s (CAPCOA) Quantifying Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Measures, which is regularly applied to community GHG emissions forecasts for the transportation sector.

Noise and Vibration Assessments
PlaceWorks’ noise specialists have extensive experience in applied engineering acoustics and tailoring noise assessments to meet the needs of individual projects. Our library of investigative software includes commercial packages, such as SoundPLAN, as well as powerful in-house, proprietary analysis models to evaluate every possible noise condition.

PlaceWorks uses the SoundPlan Model to assess noise levels and display the results in noise contours. This model considers varying terrain types, building attenuation, and other factors. The resulting color-coded contour map is far more informative than tables of results because it shows the geographic extent of the generated noise. When laid over an aerial map, the noise contours developed by this model illustrate noise exposure and magnitude at surrounding residences. PlaceWorks regularly provides the following for noise and vibration assessments:
• Environmental Impact Assessment
• Noise Control
• Roadway/Railway Noise Analysis
• Architectural/Building Acoustics
• Vibration Evaluations
Visual Impact Analyses
PlaceWorks has skilled staff who prepare graphics for visual impact analyses that help identify the opportunities and constraints of existing conditions and proposed projects, both on-site and in the surrounding environment. Physical changes to an area as a result of proposed project alternatives, and the resulting change in appearance, are identified, documented, and assessed in terms of their visual impact.

Field studies are also conducted to determine potentially affected viewer groups in and near the project limits. Visual simulations and graphics are used to assess the potential visual impacts of the project, including any blocking or disruption of scenic views or vistas, damage or removal of any recognized scenic resources, substantially altered visual quality or visual character within the project limits, or creation of a substantial new source of light or glare. PlaceWorks has experience providing the following visual assessment services:
• Shade and Shadow Analysis
• Lighting and Glare Studies

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12 CITY OF PINOLE • On-Call Planning and Environmental Services • Drone Photography for use in Aesthetics CEQA Sections and View Simulations • Photorealistic and Rendered View Simulations
• Digital 3D modeling and animations of topographic grading, buildings, streets, and landscapes Hydrology/Water Quality Studies and Water Supply Assessments PlaceWorks has qualified stormwater pollution prevention plan developers and practitioners (QSD/QSPs) with many years of experience with:
• Stormwater pollution prevention plans (SWPPPs)
• Water quality management plans (WQMPs)
• Water supply assessments
• Post-construction stormwater operation and maintenance plans • Designing low-impact development (LID) and best management practices (BMPs) into site design
• Stormwater runoff modeling: pre-/post-development conditions • Peer reviewing hydrology reports prepared by other consultants • Determining reductions in peak flow rates with implementation of LIDs and BMPs
• Storm sewer system design for projects of 10 acres or less Project Management
All of PlaceWorks’ projects, regardless of the size or scope, have significant principal-level involvement. Every PlaceWorks project has a designated Principal-in-Charge who is responsible for ensuring that all products are produced on-time, within budget, and meet the highest quality. The Principal-in-Charge remains actively engaged throughout every step of the project. Additionally, each project has a designated Project Manager that is responsible for day-to-day project management and for maintaining regular contact with the client; coordinating with subconsultants, when applicable; facilitating workshops; and attending all project meetings.

Depending on the nature of the project, junior staff will work closely with the Project Manager to develop materials such as visual simulations, site plans, construction documents, and other illustrative material as well as assist with drafting design policies, research, and public participation activities.

PlaceWorks maintains an internal workload management database whereby we carefully balance our workload to ensure that adequate staff, time, and resources are available to complete all projects on schedule. At the end of each week, we forecast hours by team members for the following week to ensure every project will be adequately staffed. In advance of our weekly Monday staff meeting, Project Managers fill in their anticipated staff needs for their projects. During the Monday staff meeting, the database is projected for all to review and discuss, and hours are adjusted to ensure full staff coverage for each project. By the end of the meeting, every team member understands exactly what his/her assignments are and how many hours are allotted for the week. This assists project managers not only with scheduling, but also with management of project budgets.

PlaceWorks maintains constant communication with our clients and we document decisions in writing to make certain they are clearly understood by all team members. Our proven track record in efficient project management is especially valuable for projects with critical timelines.

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4. SUBCONSULTANTS
PlaceWorks is not proposing any subconsultants as part of this effort, but would be happy to add team members, or coordinate with other City consultants, at the City’s direction, based on the specific assignment.

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5. SCHEDULE OF WORK
Scheduling Methodology
Communication is the best means of ensuring that projects remain on task and budget. Each project has similar milestones that must be met, such as project completeness letter, technical analysis, CEQA, conditions of approval, staff report, and presentation materials. PlaceWorks schedules regular conference calls and meetings to allow rapid and frequent checks on progress. Although technology can expedite communication, regularly scheduled in-person meetings are valuable to foster solution building and information exchange. Typically, we schedule in-person meetings around other required meetings to reduce costs.

If the schedule starts to slip, we first try and determine the reason. If it is a PlaceWorks staff resources issue, we can bring more staff into the project to meet the deadline. If the issue is outside of our control, finding that out early can help us recommend solutions to getting things back on track. Ultimately, it comes back to communication and making sure the Director is aware of the schedule and our commitment.

PlaceWorks managers regularly meet and apprise each other of project status, milestones, budgets, and schedule. For each project, our Principal-in-Charge and Project Manager will be equally informed.

Schedule Example
An example of our typical schedule for a project-level environmental review with an option for an MND and EIR is provided on the next page.

Schedule of Work
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Figure 1 Schedule Example
July August September October November December January February March April May June 7/7 7/14 7/21 7/28 8/4 8/11 8/18 8/25 9/1 9/8 9/15 9/22 9/29 10/6 10/13 10/20 10/27 11/3 11/10 11/17 11/24 12/1 12/8 12/15 12/22 12/29 1/5 1/12 1/19 1/26 2/2 2/9 2/16 2/23 3/1 3/8 3/15 3/22 3/29 4/5 4/12 4/19 4/26 5/3 5/10 5/17 5/24 5/31 6/7 6/14 6/21 6/28 Task 1. Project Initiation
Notice to Proceed .--
Kickoff-Meeting *
Data Collection & Review of Existing Materials
Task 2. Project Management
Status Meetings (EIR Only) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Project Management (ongoing)
Administrative Record (ongoing)
Task 3. Project Description
Draft Project Description
Task 4. Technical Analysis
Transportation
Air Quality and Greenhouse Gas Emissions/Noise
Noise
Historic Resources
Task 5. Document Approach Determination
Document Approach Determination Meeting *
Task 6. Document Approach 1: MND
Draft MND
Screencheck MND
Public Review MND
Public Review 20- to 30-day Public Review Period
Public Review and Responses to Comments Memorandum
Final Responses to Comments Memorandum
Final IS/MND and MMRP
Revised Final IS/MMD and MMRP
Approval and Notice of Determination (TBD)
Task 6. Document Approach 2: EIR
Initial Study and Notice of Preparation
30-day Public Review and Scoping Meeting * Summary of Scoping Meeting Comments Memorandum Environmental Evaluation
Alternatives Evaluation
Administrative Draft EIR
Screencheck Draft EIR
Public Review Draft EIR
Public Review Draft EIR/45-day Public Review Period
Public Meeting on Draft EIR *
Administrative Draft Final EIR
Screencheck Final EIR
Public Review Final EIR
Mitigation Monitoring or Reporting Program (2 drafts)
Approval and Notice of Determination (TBD)
Legend
PlaceWorks Team
Transporation Consultant
Cultural Resources Consultant
Public Agency Periods
Public Review Period
Public Hearing/Meeting *
Tasks 2023 2024

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6. COST PROPOSAL
PlaceWorks’ hourly rate sheet is shown below. Our rates increase by a small percentage each year, and if selected, PlaceWorks can provide rates for subsequent years. For on-call services, we are flexible in adjusting our rates depending on the duration of the contract. We bill on a monthly time-and-materials compensation schedule. Reimbursables, which include mileage, printing, and graphic reproduction, are billed separately.

PlaceWorks Fee Schedule
Staff / Staff Level Hourly Bill Rate
Principal $210-$335
Associate Principal $195-$275
Senior Associate II $170-$260
Senior Associate I $160-$220
Associate II $135-$190
Associate I $125-$175
Project Planner $105-$165
Planner $90-$145
Graphics Specialist $90-$155
Administrator $145-$235
Clerical/Word Processing/Technical Editor $45-$155
Intern $80-$115
Subconsultants are billed at cost plus 10%.

Mileage reimbursement rate is the standard IRS approved rate.

Possible Yearly Increase of 5% on bill rates.

Cost Control
Over years of managing complex projects, PlaceWorks has developed effective strategies for guaranteeing that our work products are of the utmost quality, are completed within the agreed upon time frame, and are aligned with the established budget. We work with our clients to develop complete critical path schedules in the initial project stages and establish meeting and workshop dates as early as possible to allow everyone involved to monitor the project’s progress. We schedule dates for written deliverables in order to allow adequate time for internal review for consistency, style, and completeness and to ensure that each product we give our clients is

Cost Proposal
18 CITY OF PINOLE • On-Call Planning and Environmental Services polished. All PlaceWorks deliverables are proofed by both technical and grammatical readers, as well as formatted by in-house word processors.

PlaceWorks maintains a rigorous system of project cost control, employee billability, and client invoicing. Our project budget sheets are oriented subtask-by-subtask, and include both hours/budget used, hours/budget available, and percentage of work complete. All Project Managers are required to complete monthly staffing needs for each of his/her projects, which are then used by the PlaceWorks Management Team to develop long term staffing requirements for all PlaceWorks team members. We maintain a redundant invoicing process whereby invoices are distributed to Project Managers for review and signature, then rerouted to project Principals-in-Charge for a second review and execution. Invoices are then returned to accounts receivable with required revisions, to be returned to Project Managers for final review before distributing to clients.

PlaceWorks utilizes Deltek management and accounting software. Deltek allows each project manager to input staffing requirements at the level of detail required. For example, projected work can be input at the weekly level for short-term planning (e.g., 2 to 3 months) and monthly requirements (hours/week for the month) for the duration of a longer project. This allows us to manage workload to ensure that appropriate level staff is available and working on project tasks. The Deltek system also projects the cost for each task based on the staffing plans. Any change to hours is automatically reflected in the budget information. More importantly, Deltek facilitates “real time” budget status information. Based on weekly entry of time, the Project Manager can get the budget status by the level of detail entered for the project (typically for milestone tasks at a minimum). If required, daily time entry and information can be facilitated through Deltek.

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7. RELEVANT PROJECTS AND

REFERENCES
Relevant Projects
This section contains relevant examples of PlaceWorks’ experience providing on-call services to agencies across California.

STOCKTON ON-CALL PLANNING SERVICES (STOCKTON, CA)
PlaceWorks is on a five-year on-call contract with the City of Stockton to provide in-house current and advanced on-call planning services for the City, with one full-time employee devoted entirely to the Planning Division as Supervising Planner for Current Planning. PlaceWorks provides a full range of services, from GIS to CEQA documentation, development reviews, staff reports, and Council and Commission presentations.

BENICIA ON-CALL PLANNING SERVICES (BENICIA, CA)
PlaceWorks assists the City of Benicia as an augment to staff for a wide range of planning and environmental review services. The complex and contentious Rose Estates project currently in process encompasses PlaceWorks involvement in certification of completeness, compliance with zoning and consistency with the general plan, writing of memos and staff reports, presentations to Planning Commission and City Council, and full environmental review from notice of preparation through scoping, Administrative Draft and Public Review Draft EIR, Response to Comments, and Planning Commission and Council Review.

Reference
Stephanie Ocasio, Community
Development Director, City of
Stockton | 425 N. El Dorado Street,
Stockton, CA 95202 | 209.937.8544 |
[email protected]
Dates of Work
2021-Ongoing
Reference
Suzanne Thorsen, Community
Development Director, City of Benicia
| 250 East L Street, Benicia, CA 94510 |
707.746.4280 |
[email protected]
Dates of Work
December 2023-Ongoing

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CANYON CROSSING MIXED-USE PROJECT MND (CUPERTINO, CA)
As one of the 15-plus projects that PlaceWorks has prepared for the City of Cupertino since 2015, including CEQA Guidelines Section 15183 Exemptions, Class 32 Infill Exemptions, MNDs, and General Plan Addenda, PlaceWorks prepared an Initial Study to determine the appropriate CEQA document for the proposed residential mixed-use project at 10625-10637 South Foothill Boulevard/Stevens Canyon Road.

The proposed project would involve the construction of a commercial and residential development on a 1.57-acre site. The site is currently developed with three buildings, a surface parking lot, and associated landscaping. The proposed project would involve demolishing all the existing structures and redeveloping the site with a mixed-use building including 4,536 square feet of neighborhood-serving commercial space and five apartments, as well as a mix of 13 attached and detached single-family units, for a total of 18 residential units. All structures would be two stories (30 feet) in height. All parking would be at the ground level except for a single-level subterranean parking garage located under the mixed-use building. The General Plan EIR included an analysis of the project site as potential Housing Element Site 9 (Foothill at McClellan Center – Foothill Market), which assumed potential redevelopment of the existing commercial development to commercial and residential uses with 25 dwelling units per acre (or 27 net residential units) with a maximum of 30 feet in height. Accordingly, the
environmental analyses approach tiers from
the certified EIR for the preparation of the
Initial Study pursuant to CEQA Guidelines
Section 15152 (Public Resources Code Section
21094). The CEQA document evaluates the
proposed impacts of the project and
anticipated that mitigation measures may be
required to reduce potential impacts
associated with construction-related air
quality, biological resources, cultural
resources, geology and soils, and utilities and
service systems.

Reference
Piu Ghosh, Planning Manager,
Community Development, City of
Cupertino | 10300 Torre Avenue,
Cupertino, CA 95014 | 408.777.32774 |
[email protected]
Dates of Work
August 2018-January 2022

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8. REQUIRED STATEMENTS
Conflict of Interest
PlaceWorks has no financial, business, or other relationship with the City of Pinole, landowners, or developers that may have an impact on the outcome of this project. We have no current clients who may have a financial interest in the outcome of this contract.

Insurance and Indemnification
PlaceWorks agrees to and has the capability to fulfill the indemnification and insurance requirements contained in the City’s sample contract. Our insurance limits are below and will not be increased:

General Liability: $5M Occurrence and Aggregate
Automobile Liability: $1M Occurrence and Aggregate
Workers Compensation: $1M
Professional Liability: $5M
No Proprietary Information
Nothing contained in this Statement of Qualifications is proprietary.

California Public Records Act
PlaceWorks acknowledges that all documents submitted to the City in connection with the proposal are subject to the California Public Records Act and that the documents may be disclosed without notice.

Exceptions
PlaceWorks has no exceptions to the City’s proposed Consulting Services Agreement. However, please note that the Agreement uses the term “Consultant” and “Contractor” interchangeably. PlaceWorks proposes that all “Contractor” labels be changed to “Consultant.” Litigation
PlaceWorks does not have any bankruptcies, liens, stop payment notices, judgments, lawsuits, arbitrations, mediations, foreclosures, or similar actions pending.

In March of 2021, PlaceWorks was named in a cross-complaint, and a settlement was reached and the lawsuit was dismissed with no admission of fault on our part in March of 2024. The original complaint was filed in 2019

Required Statements
22 CITY OF PINOLE • On-Call Planning and Environmental Services against the City of Oakland for breach of contract by Flatiron West Inc., the general contractor for the Embarcadero Bridge Replacement project. The City of Oakland cross-complained against T.Y. Lin International Group and AECOM in July of 2020. T.Y. Lin/AECOM subsequently filed a cross-complaint against DC&E/PlaceWorks. DC&E was acquired by PlaceWorks in 2011, and our preconstruction planning role on the project ended in 2007.

2040 Bancroft Way, Suite 400
Berkeley, California 94704
t 510.848.3815
www.PlaceWorks.com
ORANGE COUNTY • BAY AREA • SACRAMENTO • CENTRAL COAST • LOS ANGELES • INLAND EMPIRE

RESUMES

CHARLIE KNOX
Principal

EDUCATION
• MA, Communications,
University of Washington, Seattle
WA
• BA, English, Whitman College,
Walla Walla WA

AFFILIATIONS
• American Planning Association
• Bay Area Planning Directors
Association
Team member since 2013
Charlie has longstanding zoning ordinance experience, dating back to his work on the first code ever adopted by San Miguel County, Colorado in 1991. He has drafted and shepherded innumerable ordinance changes, including sign code, use-specific, and environmental protection updates.

He also has significant experience with hybrid and form-based codes and is adept at understanding which approach or combination of styles can best serve a community’s needs. He was among the early practitioners of form-based code work, serving as project manager for the Downtown Cotati Specific Plan while working with Crawford Multari & Clark Associates. He also oversaw the Downtown Benicia Mixed-Use Master Plan, which combines visioning with brief, simple coding. Charlie completed the ConnectMenlo General Plan and M-2 Area Zoning Update for the City of Menlo Park. The two-year effort included a component to create new zoning regulations and high-quality design standards for the rapidly developing innovation hub around the Facebook headquarters. The final products are easy to understand and administer, and have been received by local residents and the environmental and development communities as fair and appropriate.

HIGHLIGHTS OF EXPERIENCE
Specific Plans and Zoning
• Menlo Park General Plan and Zoning Update | Menlo Park CA • Stockton Zoning and Land Use Map Updates | Stockton CA • Oroville Sustainable Code Update and Climate Action Plan | Oroville CA • Marinship Specific Plan Assessment and Evaluation | Sausalito CA • Benicia Downtown Mixed Use Master Plan | Benicia CA
• Cotati Downtown Specific Plan | Cotati CA
• Morros Area Specific Plan | San Luis Obispo County CA Entitlements
• Fourth and University Project | Berkeley CA
• Bayside Village Project | Hercules CA
• Mountain Village Subdivision (Now Incorporated) | Telluride CO • Aldasoro Ranch Subdivision | Telluride CO
• Lawson Hill Mixed-Use and Affordable Housing Subdivision | Telluride CO • Telluride Ski Area Expansion | Telluride CO
Comprehensive Planning
• Menlo Park General Plan Update | Menlo Park CA
• Stockton 2035 General Plan Update | Stockton CA
• Santa Rosa General Plan Update | Santa Rosa CA
• Vallejo Integrated Revitalization Program and Comprehensive General Plan

CHARLIE KNOX
Principal
[email protected]
Update | Vallejo CA
• Livermore Housing Element Implementation and Environmental Review | Livermore CA
• Marin Countywide Plan | Marin County CA
• Ventura General Plan | San Buenaventura CA
• Pleasant Hill General Plan | Pleasant Hill CA
• Morgan Hill General Plan | Morgan Hill CA
• Citrus Heights General Plan | Citrus Heights CA
• Cotati General Plan Background Report | Cotati CA
• Sonoma General Plan and EIR | Sonoma CA
Sustainability Initiatives
• Sustainable Communities Strategy Base-Case Scenario and Implementation Project | Monterey Bay Area CA
• Vulnerability Assessment and Adaptation Plan | Benicia CA • Renewable Energy and Conservation Project | Benicia CA • Electric Vehicle Fast Charger and Solar Battery Backup Project | Benicia CA • Valero Benicia Refinery Flue Gas Scrubber | Benicia CA • Valero/Good Neighbor Steering Committee Settlement Agreement | Benicia CA
• Benicia Boatyard Marine Debris Cleanup | Benicia CA

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
• Panelist, “The Future of Smart Cities,” Redefining Mobility Summit, San Ramon,
CA 2017
• “Planning 2.0: The Drivers of Regional and Global Change and Land Use Innovation,” Plenary Lunch, 2015 APA California Annual Conference, Oakland CA • “Company Town 2.0: How Facebook and Google are Rethinking the Corporate Campus,” Mobile Workshop, 2015 APA California Annual Conference, Oakland CA

LEADERSHIP & COMMUNITY
• Bay Area Planning Director’s Association, Steering Committee Member, 2006 to Present
• Association of Bay Area Governments, Regional Planning Commissioner, 2009 to 2011
AWARDS
• 2019 APA CA Statewide and Sacramento Valley Section, Comprehensive Planning Award: Large Jurisdiction, Envision Stockton 2040 General Plan • 2018 APA CA Northern Section, Comprehensive Planning Award: Large Jurisdiction, Propel Vallejo General Plan 2040
• 2013 Green California Leadership, Benicia Renewable Energy Project • 2011 California Preservation Foundation, Benicia Historic Context Statement • 2010 California State Legislature Transportation Safety Project, Rose Drive Bridge
• 2008 APA National Planning Excellence Award for Implementation, Marin Countywide Plan
• 2008 APA CA Comprehensive Planning, Marin Countywide Plan

TERRI MCCRACKEN
Associate Principal

EDUCATION
• BA, Urban Studies and Planning,
California State University,
Sonoma CA
• BS, Environmental Education,
University of Oklahoma, Norman
OK

CERTIFICATIONS
• Certified Green Building
Professional

AFFILIATIONS
• Association of Environmental
Professionals
• American Planning Association
• San Francisco Bay Area Planning
and Urban Research Association
Team member since 2010
Terri is an extremely organized and efficient planner with a detailed understanding of the environmental review process. With 20 years of environmental planning experience, she is a valuable asset to any project team. Terri is responsible for the day-to-day management of environmental review projects, maintaining regular contact with clients, coordinating subconsultants, and attending meetings. Terri’s work at PlaceWorks has focused on the application of CEQA, NEPA, as well as other State and federal environmental regulations and guidelines. Terri effortlessly manages, coordinates, reviews, and conducts research for various types of environmental review documents for a broad range of projects, including long-range plans, municipal codes, residential, commercial, industrial, recreational, resort, and public works. She is responsible for the preparation of environmental constraints, feasible mitigation measures, and viable project alternatives, as well as for responding to public and agency comments on environmental documents. She is also responsible for facilitating public meetings and managing project schedules in order to provide work products on time and within budget.

HIGHLIGHTS OF EXPERIENCE
Environmental Review
• Los Banos General Plan 2042 EIR | Los Banos CA
• University of California, Berkeley, Long Range Development Plan and Housing Project #1 and #2 EIR | Berkeley CA
• The Gateway New Academic Building Project, Addendum #1 to the University of California, Berkeley, Long Range Development Plan and Housing Project #1 and #2 EIR | Berkeley CA
• Academic Replacement Building Project, Addendum #4 to the University of California, Berkeley, Long Range Development Plan and Housing Project #1 and #2 EIR | Berkeley CA
• San Rafael General Plan Update and Downtown Specific Plan EIR | San Rafael CA
• San Vicente Redwoods Land Use and Public Access Plan IS/MND | Santa Cruz CA
• Santa Rosa Southeast Greenway General Plan Amendment and Rezoning EIR | Santa Rosa CA
• Butcher’s Corner Mixed-Use Project EIR | Sunnyvale CA • Cupertino General Plan Update and Rezoning EIR | Cupertino CA • Menlo Park General Plan Update and Zoning Amendment EIR | Menlo Park CA
• 88 Broadway and 735 Davis Street Affordable Housing and Senior Housing IS/

TERRI MCCRACKEN
Associate Principal
[email protected]
MND | San Francisco CA
• Hayward Downtown Specific Plan EIR | Hayward CA
• Millbrae Station Area Specific Plan Update and TOD Projects #1 and #2 EIR | Millbrae CA
• The Forum at Rancho San Antonio Continuing Care Senior Housing Project EIR | Cupertino CA
• Westport Residential, Senior Housing, and Commercial EIR | Cupertino CA • De Anza Hotel Project IS/MND | Cupertino CA
• Village Hotel Project IS/MND | Cupertino CA
• Marina Plaza Mixed-Use Project IS/MND | Cupertino CA
• The Landing at Walnut Creek Residential EIR | Walnut Creek CA • Industrial Road Hotel EIR | San Carlos CA
• Hilton Garden Inn IS/MND | San Carlos CA
• The Hamptons Residential Project IS/MND | Cupertino CA • Canyon Crossing Mixed-Use Project IS/MND | Cupertino CA • 22690 Stevens Creek Boulevard Residential Project IS/MND | Cupertino CA • The Northwest Specific Plan EIR | Rohnert Park CA
• Woodbury Highlands Residential Project IS/MND | Lafayette CA • 640 Morecroft Road Residential Project IS/MND | Lafayette CA • Lafayette Town Center Phase 3 IS/MND | Lafayette CA
• Cupertino General Plan Amendment, Housing Element Update and Associated Rezoning EIR | Cupertino CA
• BottleRock Festival CEQA Exemption | Napa CA
• Devil’s Slide CEQA Documentation Report | San Mateo County CA • Housing Element Update, General Plan Consistency Update, and associated Zoning Ordinances amendments | Menlo Park CA
• Terraces of Lafayette EIR | Lafayette CA
• Village Entrance Parking Garage Revised EIR | Laguna Beach CA • Brighton Landing Specific Plan EIR | Vacaville CA
• Vacaville General Plan Update EIR | Vacaville CA
• San Leandro General Plan Update EIR | San Leandro CA
AWARDS
• 2022 Environmental Analysis Award of Merit, California AEP | San Rafael General Plan 2040 and Downtown San Rafael Precise Plan EIR • 2017 Environmental Analysis Document Award of Merit, California AEP | Millbrae Station Area Plan Specific Plan Update and TOD #1 & #2 EIR

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
• Guest Lecturer, How to Prepare an Environmental Impact Report, 2011 to 2019, Bren School of Environmental Science & Management, UC Santa Barbara CA
• Presenter, Casino Serving Land Uses Panel, 2014, American Planning Association State Conference , 2014, Anaheim CA
• Presenter, Environmental Professional Career Panel, 2014, Association of Environmental Professionals State Conference , 2013, Huntington Beach CA • Presenter, Basics CEQA Workshop, Association of Environmental Professionals Advanced CEQA Workshop, Eureka CA
• Panel Moderator, Advanced CEQA Workshop, 2011 Association of Environmental Professionals Advanced CEQA Workshop, Eureka CA

CAREY STONE
Senior Associate

EDUCATION
• Master of Community and Regional
Planning, University of Oregon,
Eugene, OR
• BA, Sociology, University of
California, Santa Cruz, CA
Team member since 2007
A team member of PlaceWorks since 2007, Carey has experience with a range of planning projects including general plans, environmental review documents, public outreach campaigns, and GIS projects. Specializing in comprehensive planning, she has served as project manager on a variety of projects for cities and counties throughout California. Carey is well-versed in the full arc of general plan updates and understands what decisions need to be made when to complete a project on schedule.

Utilizing her thorough research and analytical and writing skills, Carey has managed and worked on all phases of general plan projects including preparing existing conditions reports, working with advisory committees, developing policies, analyzing alternatives, preparing public outreach strategies and materials, assisting with environmental review, and using GIS to generate buildout calculations. She is also an experienced small group facilitator and can effectively guide discussions and elicit input from all members of a group.

HIGHLIGHTS OF EXPERIENCE
Comprehensive Planning
• Livermore General Plan Update | Livermore CA
• San Mateo General Plan Update | San Mateo CA
• Hollister General Plan Update | Hollister CA
• Avenal General Plan and Sustainability Implementation Programs | Avenal CA • Morgan Hill 2035 | Morgan Hill CA
• Corcoran General Plan Enhancement and IS/MND | Corcoran CA • Tulare General Plan, TOD Plan, and EIR | Tulare CA
• Los Banos General Plan Update | Los Banos CA
• Vacaville General Plan Update and EIR | Vacaville CA
• San Carlos General Plan Update and EIR | San Carlos CA • Palo Alto Comprehensive Plan Amendment | Palo Alto CA • Envision Chino – General Plan 2025 and EIR | Chino CA • Oakley General Plan and Zoning Ordinance Assessment | Oakley CA • Yolo County General Plan Update | Yolo County CA
• Oroville General Plan and Development Code Update | Oroville CA • Butte County General Plan Update and EIR | Butte County CA • Sacramento County General Plan Update | Sacramento County CA Environmental Review
• San Carlos General Plan Update EIR | San Carlos CA
• Brighton Landing EIR | Vacaville CA
• Ravenswood/Four Corners Specific Plan and EIR | East Palo Alto CA • National City General Plan, EIR, and Climate Action Plan | National City CA • Oroville General Plan and Development Code Update | Oroville CA

CAREY STONE
Senior Associate
[email protected]
Public Outreach
• Sunnyvale Council Election System Community Engagement Services | Sunnyvale CA
• Downtown Livermore Public Outreach | Livermore CA
• U.S. 101 Part-Time Transit Lane Feasibility Study Outreach | Marin County CA • WCCTAC Express Bus Implementation Plan Outreach | Contra Costa County CA
• SamTrans Express Bus Study | San Mateo County CA
• Albany Parking Management Study | Albany CA
• San Leandro Parking Management Study | San Leandro CA • Point Molate Alternatives Process Facilitation | Richmond CA • Vehicle Registration Fee Expenditure Plan and Public Outreach | Alameda County CA
GIS
• Sustainable Communities Strategy Technical Support | Contra Costa County CA
• South Bay Salt Pond Habitat Evolution Mapping | South San Francisco Bay Area CA
• San Carlos General Plan Update and EIR | San Carlos CA Regional Planning
• Contra Costa Transportation Authority On-Call Support | Contra Costa County CA
• Smart Valley Places Cities COMPACT Cities Executive Committee Coordination | San Joaquin Valley CA
Housing Element
• San Carlos General Plan Update and EIR | San Carlos CA AWARDS
• 2018 Hard-Won Victory Award of Merit, California APA, Northern Section, Palo Alto Comprehensive Plan Amendment
• 2016 Hard-Won Victory, California Chapter APA and Northern Section, Vacaville General Plan Update
• 2013 Grassroots Initiative Award of Merit, California APA, Northern Section, Ravenswood/Four Corners Specific Plan and EIR
• 2010 Small Jurisdiction Comprehensive Planning Award of Merit, California APA, Northern Section, San Carlos General Plan

ANGELICA GARCIA
Associate

EDUCATION
• Master of Planning, University of
Southern California
• BA, Communication Studies,
University of California, Los Angeles

CERTIFICATIONS
• IAP2 Planning for Effective Public
Participation (May 2022)

AFFILIATIONS
• American Planning Association
Team member since 2020
Angelica has experience working on a wide range of planning projects, including general plans, neighborhood plans, community outreach campaigns, housing elements, objective design standards, and zoning code updates. She has over eight years of experience and brings a wide variety of skills through her work experience and education.

Her interest in urban planning stems from her desire to help create healthier communities. She enjoys working on plans that reflect the unique needs of each community. Angelica is currently the project manager for the General Plan Update in Soledad which began this year.

She is also working on the General Plan Update for San Mateo, three Neighborhood focused Housing Action Plans for Stockton, and updating the Environmental Justice Elements for San Mateo County, City of Burlingame, and City of East Palo Alto.

Prior to joining Placeworks, Angelica worked as a planner in the public sector for the City of Vacaville and City of Buena Park, where she gained valuable experience in policy implementation, zoning, land use entitlements, and community planning. In her previous roles, she collaborated closely with community members and industry professionals regarding land use design and entitlements.

During her graduate program, Angelica assisted with a Complete Streets and Healthy Communities Initiative which was a collaborative effort with the City of Buena Park, residents, and other key stakeholders to prepare a safe routes to school plan.

HIGHLIGHTS OF EXPERIENCE
• Soledad General Plan Update | Soledad CA
• Stockton Neighborhood Action Plans | Stockton CA
• Vacaville Comprehensive Housing Analysis | Vacaville CA • San Mateo General Plan Update | San Mateo CA
• San Mateo County Multi-Jurisdictional Environmental Justice Updates | San Mateo County CA
• Hollister General Plan Update and Environmental Review | Hollister CA • Contra Costa County General Plan Update | Contra Costa CA • Livermore General Plan Update | Livermore CA
• Santa Rosa General Plan Update | Santa Rosa CA
• Butte County General Plan Update and EIR | Butte County CA • Marin County US 101 Bus on Shoulder Feasibility Study | Marin County CA • Yuba City General Plan Update | Yuba City CA
• Big Basin Visioning Project | Statewide CA
• Sunnyvale Housing Development Objective Standards | Sunnyvale CA • Rohnert Park Housing Services | Rohnert Park CA

ANGELICA GARCIA
Associate
[email protected]
• Richmond Mills Act Ordinance Update | Richmond CA
• Valley Transportation Authority Transit Oriented Development Visioning | Gilroy CA
• Tuolumne County Title 17 Zoning Code Comprehensive Update and ADU Ordinance | Tuolumne County CA
• Imperial County Housing Element Update | Imperial County CA • Laguna Hills Housing Element Update | Laguna Hills CA • Marysville Housing Element Update | Marysville CA
• Yountville Housing Element Update | Yountville CA
• Western Riverside Council of Governments Planning Support Services | Riverside CA

ACTIVITIES
APA 2017-Present
• Sacramento Valley APA PLAN Program 2018-2019
• California APA Conference 2017-2020
• California APA Conference 2023

RAUL TOVAR GONZALES
Project Planner

EDUCATION
• BS, Sustainable Environmental
Design, University of California,
Davis, CA
Team member since 2022
Raul is a motivated planner who aims to promote the development of healthy, livable, and sustainable communities. Through his work, he hopes to support the goals and visions of the communities in which he works. At PlaceWorks, Raul enjoys working on a variety of comprehensive planning and transportation planning projects - in both the public and private sectors. He is highly resourceful and brings versatile skill sets to his projects, including strong research, project management, analytic, and graphics skills.

HIGHLIGHTS OF EXPERIENCE
• Contra Costa Transportation Authority Ongoing Planning Services | Contra Costa County CA
• San Mateo County Community Based Transportation Plan Updates | San Mateo County CA
• Solano County Housing, Safety, and Environmental Justice Elements | Solano County CA

PRIOR EXPERIENCE
Mintier Harnish | Assistant Planner | 2019 - 2022
• Responsible for contributing to the production of materials, reports and other deliverables relating to land use, zoning and housing. Participated in public outreach and field analyses to gather data for project development.

Alta Planning + Design | Intern | 2019
• Participated in public outreach and field studies to gather data for project development. Assisted in the development of reports and other materials used in active transportation planning.

RAUL TOVAR GONZALES
Project Planner
[email protected]

LAUREN WILLEY
Associate

EDUCATION
• Master of City Planning, University
of California, Berkeley
• BA, Political Science, University of
California, Los Angeles

AFFILIATIONS
• American Planning Association
• American Society of Adaptation
Professionals
Team member since 2022
Lauren enjoys a range of projects, from climate action and adaptation planning, to comprehensive planning. Her planning approach is driven by her desire to center residents in the planning process, especially those that have historically been excluded, and is informed by her interests in technical analysis and environmental design. Her work includes greenhouse gas inventories and forecasting, climate action planning, and comprehensive planning.

Prior to joining PlaceWorks, Lauren performed research on community wildfire recovery, worked with the Recreation and Parks Department of San Francisco on equitable park planning, and supported the growth of shared micromobility programs in cities around the world.

HIGHLIGHTS OF EXPERIENCE
• Windsor Biennial GHG Inventory and Reduction Report | Windsor CA • Laguna Beach Climate Action and Adaptation Plan | Laguna Beach CA • San Mateo General Plan Update | San Mateo CA
• Contra Costa County General Plan Update | Contra Costa County CA • Modesto General Plan Update and EIR | Modesto CA
• CCTA Ongoing Planning Services for CMP and GMP | Contra Costa County CA • Soledad General Plan Update | Soledad CA
• Livermore General Plan Update and Housing Element | Livermore CA • Salinas General Plan Update, EIR, and Climate Action Plan | Salinas CA • Stockton 2035 General Plan Update | Stockton CA
• Solano Transportation Authority (STA) Multi-Jurisdictional Housing Element | Solano County CA
• BCAG Sustainable Communities Strategy Update | Butte County CA • Hollister General Plan Update and EIR | Hollister CA

PRIOR EXPERIENCE
San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department, Capital and Planning Division | 2021 - 2022
• Provided research and design support for CEQA review, property acquisitions, grant applications, community meetings, and the City’s first Equitable Park Development Plan.

Lime, Government Relations | 2018 - 2020
• Supported a global team of government liaisons in launching and expanding shared micromobility programs in cities.
• Managed the equity program to expand sustainable transportation options to low-income residents.

LAUREN WILLEY
Associate
[email protected]
Recology South Bay, Zero Waste Division | 2018
• Supported all commercial customers and multi-family housing complexes in Mountain View, CA in their effort to comply with local waste regulations through the provision of diversion reports, educational materials, and operational assistance.

RACHEL GOREN
Associate

EDUCATION
• BS, Environmental Management
and Protection, California
Polytechnic State University, San
Luis Obispo

AFFILIATIONS
• Association of Environmental
Professionals
Team member since 2023
Rachel is passionate about the environment and works to lessen human impact and increase resiliency within this changing climate. She has over 3 years of experience working in both the private and public sector. She began as a Project Planner at PlaceWorks working on CEQA and planning documents for a variety of projects. She has proved to be a dedicated and beneficial asset to the team.

Previously she worked for Caltrans, District 5, as an Environmental Scientist Construction Liaison. In this position, she was responsible for ensuring all environmental commitments and mitigation measures were being met and performed correctly. She reviewed planning documents, permits, and specifications and made multiple field visits to the active construction sites. She worked on a variety of projects focusing on bridge rehabilitation, corridor improvement, and mitigation projects.

She worked closely with both the construction team and environmental staff as well as key stake holders to ensure the success of their projects.

HIGHLIGHTS OF EXPERIENCE
• San Jose Silverado Memory Care Community Initial Study | San Jose CA • Canyon Middle School Athletic Field Project | Castro Valley CA • LRCP Update and 201 Golden Gate Avenue Mixed-Use Project EIR | San Francisco CA
• California State Parks Cornerstone Documents | Statewide CA • Bancroft Parking Structure Replacement Project | Berkeley CA • Hetfield Estates Mitigation Monitoring | Moraga CA
• Pioneer Road Complete Streets Visual Impact Assessment | Los Banos CA • Foothill College CEQA Services | Los Altos Hills CA
• San Mateo County Multi-Jurisdictional Safety Element Update | San Mateo County CA
• Cupertino General Plan 2040 and Zoning Code Amendments Environmental Assessment | Cupertino CA
• 2023-2031 Housing Element Update: Addendum No. 2 to the Daly City General Plan Update EIR | Daly City CA
• Lake County General Plan and Local Area Plans Update and Climate Adaptation Plan EIR | Lake County CAA
• Hollister 2040 General Plan, Climate Action Plan, and Agricultural Lands Preservation Program Revised EIR | Hollister CA
• Lafayette Safety Element Update | Lafayette CA
• Amador County USD School Closure/Consolidation Project CEQA Services | Amador County CA
• Daly City Commercial Mixed Use Zone Development | Daly City CA • Leon Townhomes Development Project CEQA Exemption | Cupertino CA • Oxford Preparatory Academy Expansion Project Initial Study | Lake Forest CA

RACHEL GOREN
Associate
[email protected]

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
Caltrans | Environmental Scientist, Construction Liaison • San Benito Route 156 Project
• State Route 25 Curve Realignment Project
• Centennial Creek Mitigation Project
• Morro Road Soldier Pile Wall Project
• Old Creek Bridge Replacement
• State Route 46 Corridor Improvement Project
• Toro Creek Bridge Replacement
• Trout Creek Bridge Replacement

MADELINE MILLER
Project Planner
Madeline has two years of experience in the environmental realm.

Working within a public agency has given her valuable insight that she uses to support her team, clients, and projects while also harnessing her skills to foster relationships between private, local, state, and federal agencies. She has worked on a variety of projects pertaining to CEQA and regularly prepares non-technical sections of EIRs while coordinating with staff and ensuring internal consistency.

HIGHLIGHTS OF EXPERIENCE
• Los Alamitos High School Gymnasium Project IS/MND | Los Alamitos CA • Stanford University Belmont Campus Conceptual Development Plan and Development Agreement EIR| Belmont CA
• San Carlos General Plan 2030 Buildout Reset | San Carlos CA • Amador School Closure/Consolidation Program Project | Amador CA • Mountain View Police and Fire Administrative Building CEQA Services | Mountain View CA
• Salinas Housing Element CEQA Review | Salinas CA
• Santa Rosa General Plan 2050 EIR | Santa Rosa CA
• Cupertino General Plan 2040 and Zoning Code Amendments | Cupertino CA • Salinas General Plan Update EIR and CAP | Salinas CA
• San Mateo General Plan Update | San Mateo CA
• 501 Industrial Road Hotel Project CEQA | San Carlos CA

PRIOR EXPERIENCE
California State Parks, Environmental Services Intern – Planning (2021- 2022)
• Assisted with the implementation of CEQA processes and permit applications.

Prepared drafts of technical memoranda, meeting minutes, transmittals, presentations, and other written materials. Interacted with various members of public agency and private client staff on matters related to land use planning and CEQA compliance.

U.S. Green Chamber of Commerce - Rotary Liaison (2020-2021) • Orchestrated all stages of the Rotary Project, coordinated with a variety of stakeholders, and established a robust workflow. This role allowed her to bring Rotary Clubs from all over the world to collectively discuss and establish climate objectives.

EDUCATION
• BS, Environmental Studies,
University of California Santa
Barbara

AFFILIATIONS
• Association of Environmental
Professionals
Team member since 2022

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MADELINE MILLER
Project Planner
[email protected]

2040 Bancroft Way, Suite 400
Berkeley, California 94704
t 510.848.3815
www.PlaceWorks.com
ORANGE COUNTY • BAY AREA • SACRAMENTO • CENTRAL COAST • LOS ANGELES • INLAND EMPIRE

PROPOSAL

ON-CALL & ENVIRONMENTAL

PLANNING SERVICES

CITY OF PINOLE
MAY 6, 2024
605 Third Street / Encinitas, CA 92024 / 760.942.5147

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Cover Letter
May 6, 2024
Lilly Whalen
Community Development Director
City of Pinole
2131 Pear Street
Pinole, California 94965
Subject: Proposal for On-Call and Environmental Planning Services Dear Lilly Whalen:

The City of Pinole (City) requires a team with a comprehensive approach to provide on-call environmental planning services. The City includes a historic downtown and a variety of residential neighborhoods, as well as commercial and industrial uses. The City has seen a substantial uptick in development over the last five years and expects this trend to continue.

Beyond planning applications and entitlements, the City looks forward to major updates to its General Plan.

Dudek has performed hundreds of environmental review projects throughout California for more than 44 years. We have built a strong reputation for assisting local municipalities in effectively navigating California’s ever-increasing regulatory maze with our team of experienced and enthusiastic California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) practitioners and regulatory professionals. We are committed to providing the highest-quality services to the City and will offer the following strengths in our support of the City’s environmental planning process:

Responsive Leadership and Local Understanding. We will manage this contract from our Sacramento office, with support from our additional Northern California offices in Oakland, Santa Cruz, and Auburn. Corinne (Cori) Resha will lead the Dudek team and serve as the primary point of contact. Ms. Resha has supported contract planning, environmental planning, review, and documentation services for numerous Northern California agencies. From her prior local and regional experience, Ms. Resha understands the key issues for the community and the opportunities and constraints for future development associated with the City’s existing built environment.

On-Call CEQA Experience and Services. Dudek provides on-call CEQA and National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) permitting services to a wide range of municipalities and special districts throughout California. With more than 170 on-call contracts throughout California, Dudek has built a reputation for providing supportive environmental, planning, regulatory, engineering, construction management, operations, and funding expertise for a range of public agencies. Dudek’s environmental planners have processed more than 3,400 documents, including many for complex, controversial projects in environmentally constrained areas. The Dudek team has expertise in the preparation of a wide range of environmental documents, including initial studies, negative declarations, mitigated negative declarations, categorical exemptions, addendums, and environmental impact reports for large

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and small projects. We expertly guide agency staff through the environmental review and permitting processes, focusing on identifying critical project issues early to facilitate an efficient schedule. We are able to balance multiple projects at once while remaining responsive and cost conscious. Our team includes CEQA/NEPA experts; biologists, botanists, and permitting specialists; hazardous materials specialists; geologists and hydrologists; archeologists and architectural historians; noise and air quality specialists; and transportation specialists to provide critical project support.

We involve the appropriate technical experts in each project to complete resource assessments and impact analyses so that the project record includes the substantial evidence necessary to comply with CEQA. We provide regular reporting and meetings, as necessary, regarding key work tasks to get in front of potential problems. We keep you informed and offer alternatives to mitigate unnecessary delays.

Dudek acknowledges the terms and conditions of the Consulting Services Agreement (Attachment A) with one requested addition outlined in further detail in the Required Statement section of the proposal. This proposal is valid for ninety (90) days. Dudek acknowledges receipt of Addendum 1 and 2 on April 29, 2024.

If you have any questions about this proposal, please contact Contract Manager Cori Resha at [email protected] or 916.438.5303. The Dudek team is excited for this opportunity to work with the City and to provide excellent environmental planning services.

Sincerely,
__________________________________ __________________________________ Joe Monaco Cori Resha
President and CEO Senior Project Manager
Joe Monaco is authorized to sign on behalf of Dudek.

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Table of Contents

SECTIONS
Cover Letter...................................................................................................................................................................................... i Company Profile .............................................................................................................................................................................1 Organization and Staffing..............................................................................................................................................................2 Description and Approach.............................................................................................................................................................8 Schedule of Work ........................................................................................................................................................................ 15 Subconsultants............................................................................................................................................................................ 17 Cost Proposal............................................................................................................................................................................... 18 Relevant Projects/Services ........................................................................................................................................................ 20 Required Statement/Documents.............................................................................................................................................. 30 TABLES
1 Project Team Qualifications............................................................................................................................................3 2 Work Plan Tasks ........................................................................................................................................................... 12 3 References for Key Personnel..................................................................................................................................... 20

FIGURES
1 Dudek office locations and staff ....................................................................................................................................2 2 Project Organization Chart..............................................................................................................................................2 3 Typical schedule for CEQA Review Process................................................................................................................ 16

APPENDIX
A Resumes

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Company Profile
Firm Overview
Dudek is a California-based environmental and engineering consulting firm with offices nationwide staffed by more than 800 planners, scientists, civil engineers, contractors, and technical experts. We help our clients address challenges related to infrastructure, planning, and the environment to drive project progress and create lasting results.

With analyses based in science and ethics, Dudek offers solutions that encompass the project lifecycle and anticipate future needs.

Our professionals find practical, cost-effective approaches to help you achieve your project-specific and overall goals. We work to build your trust, which allows us to offer constructive and durable project solutions.

As a medium-sized firm, Dudek provides personalized, boutique-level service combined with the breadth and depth of capabilities characteristic of larger firms. The firm maintains a flat organizational structure that empowers project managers to be decision-makers and entrepreneurs. Internal administrative processes are kept to a minimum to limit bureaucracy and to enable project managers to be flexible and responsive in meeting client needs.

CLIENT VALUE PHILOSOPHY
Our project managers are empowered to solve problems and make decisions in a timely fashion to keep project momentum moving forward. With remarkably low employee turnover, our staff’s long tenure means the team you meet at project start will see your projects through to completion. We offer the most value for clients by doing the following:
▪ Being the best integrated, multifaceted team in the industry, with high-quality work products and clientfocused service ▪ Being engaged listeners to understand problems and think through the highest value-oriented approach ▪ Anticipating and planning for our clients’ stakeholder needs ▪ Focusing on innovation to make smarter progress
▪ Being easy to work with because we are structured to support clients ▪ Understanding the stakes and the price of delays or failure

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERTISE IN ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING
Dudek has extensive experience preparing environmental impact reports (EIRs), environmental impact statements, initial studies (ISs), environmental assessments, mitigated negative declarations (MNDs),

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addendums, and other studies mandated by the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), and documents for private- and public-sector projects throughout California. In addition, our team includes technical experts in the areas of air quality, biological resources and permitting, cultural and historic resources, greenhouse gases, noise, and transportation. These experts are well versed in the identification and assessment of environmental and regulatory constraints to development.

DUDEK LOCATIONS AND SERVICES
Dudek is headquartered in Encinitas, California with
offices throughout California and the nation. Figure 1
illustrates the location of our headquarters and
branch offices with location of our staff. Our depth
and breadth of experience means we can quickly
assemble and mobilize the appropriate level of service
to match your project needs and budget. Our services
include the following:
▪ Agency permitting
▪ Air quality/greenhouse gas/health risk
assessments
▪ Biological surveys and monitoring
▪ CEQA/NEPA compliance
▪ Climate action/adaptation plans
▪ Coastal planning/permitting
▪ Construction management
▪ Cultural resources/built environment
▪ Civil engineering
▪ Construction management
▪ Environmental planning
▪ Grant management and writing
▪ Habitat restoration and management
▪ Hazardous materials permitting and
compliance
▪ Hydrology
▪ Mapping and surveying
▪ Mitigation compliance
▪ Paleontology
▪ Public outreach
▪ Site assessment and remediation
▪ Transportation analyses
▪ Urban design and planning
▪ Urban forestry
▪ Wildfire protection planning
▪ Water conservation planning
▪ Water infrastructure planning and design
▪ Visual simulations
Figure 1. Dudek office locations and staff

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Organization and Staffing
We have assembled a comprehensive team of specialists who can provide the full array of environmental review services sought by the City. Figure 2 presents the organization and roles of the key Dudek personnel, and Table 1 lists their education, certificates, and relevant experience. Note that we have only included key team members and have not included all available staff. Resumes for all staff shown on the organization chart are included in Appendix A.

Figure 2. Project Organization Chart

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Table 1. Project Team Qualifications
Proposed Staff Education/Certifications Relevant Experience Cori Resha
Contract Manager
Education
University of the Pacific,
McGeorge School of Law
Juris Doctor
California State University
BA, Environmental Economics
▪ 20 years’ experience
▪ On Call Planning and Environmental Services,
El Dorado County, California
▪ On-Call CEQA/NEPA Services, City of
Bellflower, California
▪ On-Call Environmental Compliance Services
for Transportation Planning and Programs
Division, County of Los Angeles Public Works
(Federal Projects), California
Daniel Hoffman
Project Manager
Education
Whitman College
BA, Environmental
Studies/Economics
▪ 7 years’ experience
▪ University of California Berkeley Softball Field
EIR, Berkeley, California
▪ University of California Berkeley Clark Kerr
Campus Beach Volleyball EIR, Berkeley,
California
▪ San Francisco Fell Street DMV Field Office
Initial Study, San Francisco, California
Katherine Waugh, AICP
Project Manager
Education
University of California, Davis
BS, Environmental Policy Analysis
and Planning
Certifications
AICP
▪ 24 years’ experience
▪ 123 Independence Drive Residential
Development, City of Menlo Park, California
▪ 1005 O’Brien Drive/1320 Willow Road
Research and Development Project, City of
Menlo Park, California
▪ Augustin Bernal Mountain Bike Trail, City of
Pleasanton, California
Brian Grattidge
Project Manager
Education
University of California, Davis
MA, Political Science
BA, International Relations
▪ 28 years’ experience
▪ Collins Drive Subdivision, City of Auburn,
California
▪ City of Vacaville Circulation Element Update,
Climate Action Plan, and EIR, Vacaville,
California
▪ City of Lincoln SUD-B Northeast Quadrant
Specific Plan EIR, Lincoln, California
Dennis Pascua
Transportation Planner
Education
University of California, Irvine
BA, Social Ecology
(Environmental Analysis and
Design)
▪ 31 years’ experience
▪ Byron Airport Development Program EIR,
Contra Costa County, California
▪ Former Dixon High School Modernization
Project, Dixon, California
▪ City of Carson On-Call Environmental Analysis
Services, Carson, California
Mladen Popovic, AICP
Transportation Planner
Education
University of California, Santa
Barbara
BA (with Honors), Geographic
▪ 8 years’ experience
▪ Byron Airport Development Program Traffic
Impact Analysis and EIR, County of Contra
Costa, California

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Table 1. Project Team Qualifications
Proposed Staff Education/Certifications Relevant Experience Information Systems
BA (with Honors), Environmental
Studies
University of California, Irvine
Masters, Urban and Regional
Planning
Certifications
AICP
▪ University of California Berkeley Softball Field
EIR, Berkeley, California
▪ St. Joseph’s Medical Center Hospital
Expansion Project Traffic Impact Analysis and
EIR, CommonSpirit Health, City of Stockton,
California
William Burns, RPA
Archaeologist
Education
University of York
MS, Coastal and Marine
Archaeology
University of Massachusetts at
Amherst
BA, Anthropology (Mathematics
minor)
Certifications
RPA, No. 989730
Divemaster (National
Association of Underwater
Instructors)
▪ 20 years’ experience
▪ Vista Woods Apartments Project, Contra Costa
County, California
▪ Pacific Gas and Electric Vegetation
Management, multiple projects, San Joaquin,
Amador, Stanislaus, Calaveras, Tuolumne,
Mariposa, Madera, Fresno Counties, California
▪ University of California Berkeley Clark Kerr
Campus Beach Volleyball Courts Project,
Berkeley, California
Audrey Herschberger, PE
Environmental Engineer
Education
Oregon State University
BS, Chemical Engineering
Certifications
Professional Environmental
Engineer, OR No. 80505PE
Hazardous Waste Basics,
Managing Common Wastes
Oregon Department of
Environmental Quality
▪ 16 years’ experience
▪ Phase I Environmental Site Assessment and
Hazardous Material Evaluations, Private
Energy Development Company, Stanislaus
County, California
▪ Multiple Phase I Initial Site Assessments, City
of La Cañada Flintridge, California
▪ Multiple Multi-Family Residential Property
Phase I Environmental Site Assessments, Ahe
Group, Hawaii
Fallin Steffen, MPS
Architectural Historian
Education
Tulane University, New Orleans
Masters of Preservation Studies
University of California, Santa
Cruz
BA History of Art and Visual
Culture
▪ 9 years’ experience
▪ Cal Softball Field Renovation Project,
University of California, Berkeley, CEQA
Compliance, Berkeley, California
▪ Awakening Nourishing Fires Project, City of
Santa Cruz Economic Development
Department, CEQA Compliance and Local
Historic Preservation Permitting Support,
Santa Cruz, California
▪ Northgate Town Square Project, Merlone Geier
Management, LLC, CEQA Compliance, San
Rafael, California

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Table 1. Project Team Qualifications
Proposed Staff Education/Certifications Relevant Experience Monte Kim, PhD
Architectural Historian
Education
University of California, Santa
Barbara
PhD, History
California State University,
Sacramento
MA, Public History
University of California, Santa
Cruz
BA, History
▪ 20 years’ experience
▪ On-Call Services for Department of Water
Resources, Operations and Maintenance
Division, State of California
▪ Cultural Resources Inventory and Evaluation
Report for the Huntington Library Scholar’s
Grove Housing Project, San Marino, California
▪ California Department of Fish and Wildlife
Mission Creek Habitat Restoration Project,
Santa Barbara County, California
Angelica Chiu
CEQA/NEPA Analyst
Education
University of California, Davis
BS, Environmental Policy Analysis
and Planning
▪ 5 years’ experience
▪ Creekside Village Specific Plan EIR, County of
El Dorado, California
▪ City of Sacramento 2040 General Plan Master
EIR, City of Sacramento, California
▪ St. Joseph’s Medical Center Hospital
Expansion Project EIR, CommonSpirit Health,
City of Stockton, California
▪ North County Solid Waste Services Project
EIR, County of Los Angeles, California
Jonathan Leech, AICP,

INCE, PG
Noise Specialist
Education
University of California, Santa
Barbara
BA, Environmental
Studies/Geology
Pennsylvania State University
Coursework in Graduate
Acoustics Program
Certifications
AICP
Institute of Noise Control
Engineering (INCE)
Professional Geologist (PG), CA
No. 6398
▪ 38 years’ experience
▪ City of Rohnert Park On-Call Acoustic Services,
Sonoma County, California
▪ Belden Barns Farmstead and Winery EIR,
Sonoma County, California
▪ California Boulevard Round-About, City of
Napa, California
Connor Burke, INCE
Noise Specialist
Education
University of San Diego
BA, Environmental Studies
Certifications
Institute of Noise Control
Engineering (INCE)
Certified Environmental
Specialist
▪ 9 years’ experience
▪ Pacific Coast Commons Specific Plan EIR, City
of El Segundo, California
▪ Northside Specific Plan EIR, Rick Engineering,
Cities of Riverside and Colton and Riverside
County, California
▪ The Farm in Poway EIR, City of Poway,
California

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Table 1. Project Team Qualifications
Proposed Staff Education/Certifications Relevant Experience Professional Association of
Diving Instructors (PADI)
Divemaster, No. 344699
Emergency First Responder
British Sub-Aqua Club (BSAC)
Boat Handling
Adam Giacinto, RPA
Cultural Resource
Specialist
Education
San Diego State University
MA, Anthropology
Santa Rosa Junior College
AA, Anthropology
Sonoma State University
BA, Anthropology/ Linguistics
▪ 18 years’ experience
▪ Alameda County Water District Project,
California
▪ San Pablo Broadband Project, City of San
Pablo, California
▪ Caltrain Electrification Project, Cities of San
Francisco, San Mateo, Palo Alto and San Jose,
California
Matthew Morales
Air Quality Specialist
Education
University of California, Davis
BS, Environmental Toxicology
▪ 19 years’ experience
▪ San Pablo Broadband Project, City of San
Pablo, California
▪ WETA Alameda Main Street Ferry Terminal
Refurbishment Project IS/MND, City of
Alameda
▪ Station Avenue Project – Central Rohnert Park
Priority Development Area Plan EIR
Consistency Review, City of Rohnert Park
Matt Ricketts
Biologist
Education
Eastern Kentucky University
MS, Biology/Applied Ecology
University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign
BS, Natural Resources and
Environmental Sciences
▪ 23 years’ experience
▪ Augustin Bernal Mountain Bike Project, City of
Pleasanton, Alameda County, California
▪ Sustainability Policy and Regulatory Update of
the County of Santa Cruz General Plan/Local
Coastal Program and Santa Cruz County Code,
County of Santa Cruz, California
▪ Jewel Lake Long-term Maintenance Study,
Balance Hydrologics Inc./East Bay Regional
Park District, Berkeley, California
Emily Scricca
Biologist
Education
San Jose State University
MS, Environmental Studies
University of Vermont
BS, Animal Sciences
Certifications
USFWS, Section 10(a)(1)(A)
Native Endangered and
Threatened Species Recovery
Permit, No. TE45251C-0
▪ California tiger salamander
▪ 13 years’ experience
▪ Delta Field Division Environmental Extensionof Staff, California Department of Water Resources (DWR), Contra Costa/Alameda
Counties, California
▪ Delta Field Division Habitat Conservation Plan
Project, DWR, Contra Costa/Alameda
Counties, California
▪ Advanced Meter Infrastructure, Alameda
County Water District, Alameda County,
California

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Table 1. Project Team Qualifications
Proposed Staff Education/Certifications Relevant Experience CDFW, Memorandum of
Understanding, Scientific
Collecting Permit,
No. SC-013755
▪ California Tiger Salamander
CDFW, Scientific Collecting
Permit, Special Use Permit,
No. S-220390005-22040-002
East Contra Costa County Habitat
Conservancy
▪ CDFW/USFWS approved
Biologist
Eric Schniewend
Geologist
Education
University of California, Santa
Barbara
BA, Geological Sciences
▪ 29 years’ experience
▪ Bayview Development EIR, Contra Costa
County, California
▪ CSLC NuStar Marine Terminal EIR, Contra
Costa County, California
▪ Richmond Chevron Refinery Renewal Project
EIR, Richmond, California
Josh Saunders, AICP
Aesthetics
Education
New School of Architecture +
Design
MS, Architecture (Landscape
Architecture concentration)
University of California, San
Diego
BA, Urban Studies and Planning
Certifications
American Institute of Certified
Planners (AICP)
▪ 19 years’ experience
▪ The Inns at Buena Vista Creek Project EIR, City
of Oceanside, California
▪ The Enclave at Ivanhoe, County of San Diego,
California
▪ Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical
Center Campus Project, City of Los Angeles,
California

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Description and Approach
Project Understanding
Environmental planning is an intrinsic and mandatory part of the planning process and is guided by the overriding goal of CEQA, which is to provide public disclosure of potential environmental effects and to mitigate those impacts to the extent feasible. Environmental planning can be a lengthy and complicated process. Similar to many municipalities throughout the state, the City of Pinole (City) Community Development Department has many disparate responsibilities and obligations. The involvement of qualified consultants in the environmental planning process can help City staff members maximize their productivity and effectiveness. We will function as an extension of City staff in completing the CEQA process, representing the City with the highest integrity and professionalism and providing unparalleled service.

Dudek has extensive experience serving a variety of public agencies under on-call and extension-of-staff contracts. These include the Cities of Rohnert Park, Santa Cruz, Gilroy, Auburn, and Lincoln; the Cloverdale Unified School District; and the San Francisco Unified School District. Dudek’s CEQA specialists and technical experts understand that agency staff have a wide range of responsibilities and busy schedules. Our professionals are trained to understand the agency’s processes and apply our expertise within that structure. The result is maximized efficiency without sacrificing valuable time and energy.

City staff must be able to rely on their consultant team to complete technical analyses and CEQA document preparation and provide support in the public noticing process, confident that every detail is attended to. We coordinate closely with our clients to maintain project schedules and make sure that every logistical detail involved in finalizing documents for public review, providing appropriate public notice of document availability, and posting documents with the county clerk is completed efficiently and in compliance with all statutory requirements.

We have assembled a multidisciplinary team that reflects our ability to do the following:
▪ Provide high-quality technical specialists
▪ Meet any local agency environmental compliance or regulatory permitting need ▪ Balance the need for specialty technical services with cost effectiveness ▪ Provide strong writing and oral communication skills to communicate project technical details and goals to diverse stakeholders

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Dudek Project Management Approach

PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Under this on-call contract, Dudek’s contract manager will oversee all work completed on individual projects to ensure consistency in approach and quality across all task orders. As each request for proposal is received, Ms. Resha will match the project with a project manager who is best suited to the project. Under this contract, Dudek will be staffed with senior-level project managers to help address complex environmental issues and provide detailed review of work products. Our depth of staff allows us to be responsive to a variety of needs on multiple, concurrent task orders and remain flexible to changing requirements and unforeseen issues. Dudek staff takes its commitment to client responsiveness seriously, leveraging technology to maintain productivity and keep our teams connected, both internally and externally. We provide robust virtual support for our clients, maintaining continuity in critical projects across any scenario.

Our project managers are well informed, practiced, and empowered to harness the full resources of our firm to provide responsive client service and innovative solutions that improve project efficiency and delivery. Whether taking a quick phone call or creating an additional scope element, our project managers can mobilize new approaches, resources, and team members quickly to meet your needs.

Dudek has remarkably low employee turnover, and the team we present will see your projects through to completion. Our environmental team effectively communicates with the local community and decision-makers by coordinating technical expertise, policy interpretation, informative graphics and figures, and detailed impact analysis and mitigation measures. We will integrate project teams that have regulatory and technical expertise with the right project leader so that documents are thorough and environmental review processes are streamlined and efficient.

Dudek has extensive experience preparing EIRs and other CEQA-mandated studies and documents for privateand public-sector projects. Through this experience, Dudek has developed a clear understanding of the individual tasks involved in preparing the range of required environmental documents. Essential elements of environmental analysis that contribute to our completion of environmental documents that are certified or adopted by the lead agency include gaining a clear understanding of the project, leading to our preparation of an accurate, detailed, and thorough project description; in-depth knowledge of the legal requirements of CEQA and/or NEPA and awareness of other applicable regulatory considerations; identification of key environmental issues; technical proficiency in the methodology for analysis of existing conditions and evaluation of potential project impacts; and effective communication of the results to the public and decision-makers.

CEQA/NEPA COMPLIANCE
Dudek has one of California’s largest, most experienced teams for CEQA/NEPA document preparation. Our environmental planners have prepared and processed more than 3,400 CEQA/NEPA documents for a variety of large and small development, infrastructure, redevelopment, restoration, and conservation projects statewide.

Dudek’s environmental experts work collaboratively with clients; local, regional, state, and federal agencies; and

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the public to clearly define project objectives, address concerns, and outline appropriate processes. We apply practical CEQA/NEPA knowledge to comply with current laws, regulations, and case law. We help our clients creatively solve regulatory challenges within financial and scheduling constraints.

We produce complete CEQA/NEPA documents done right the first time. Combining comprehensive analysis and research-based findings, we provide legally defensible documents that are supported by substantial evidence, none of which have ever been successfully overturned in court. We conduct technically sound assessments and manage environmental review processes in a streamlined, compliant, and straightforward manner. Our environmental planners work with our in-house technical editors and graphic designers to prepare high-quality documents that are clearly organized and easily interpreted by the public, agencies, and decision-makers responsible for future project development.

We efficiently coordinate and prepare technical reports by using our in-house technical experts. Our team expedites project processing by designing and maintaining realistic document schedules, adhering to consistent communication protocols, leveraging our long-standing agency relationships, and anticipating potential issues as soon as possible.

Dudek has built a strong reputation for helping public officials effectively progress through California’s everincreasing regulatory maze, providing the appropriate team of experienced scientific, engineering, and regulatory professionals. Our comprehensive approach and experience will provide the City with the following:
▪ The Right People. We provide an experienced contract manager who will draw from Dudek’s more than 800 environmental professionals to bring the appropriate expertise to your project, considering project needs and available budget. Contract Manager Cori Resha will work with our skilled CEQA project managers and technical experts to successfully complete any project. ▪ Collaborative Teamwork. Our project managers recognize the importance of being part of the City team.

We work with staff and project applicants in a professional, collaborative, and friendly manner. ▪ In-Depth Experience. Our project teams have worked with dozens of agencies on a wide variety of difficult projects. We will provide you and your staff with varying perspectives on scoping and cost based on our experience with successfully completing hundreds of environmental review documents. ▪ Prompt Communication. We provide frequent and regular reporting on key work tasks, meetings, and processes. We get in front of developing problems by keeping you informed when City staff may need to get involved and offer alternatives to mitigate unnecessary delays. We respond quickly to requests and emergencies as needed.
▪ Comprehensive Service. We are a one-stop shop for your CEQA/NEPA compliance needs. We will provide the City with a highly qualified, locally knowledgeable team of professionals who regularly work together to effectively complete environmental and regulatory projects throughout the state.

ON-TIME PROJECT COMPLETION
Dudek is often retained by clients for projects with schedule requirements that appear impossible to attain. We have a reputation for rising to these challenges and, in doing so, have developed expertise in critical path management, fast-track scheduling, efficient staffing, and workload management. Dudek has achieved this record of on-time performance through the consistent application of several fundamental strategies. These strategies include early identification of methodologies to be used, determination of existing issues, and implementation of an interactive and collaborative process.

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Quality Control

DOCUMENT QUALITY ASSURANCE AND QUALITY CONTROL
Dudek’s Editorial team works closely with project managers to apply the highest standards of quality to all deliverables. For a typical Dudek work product, the following process will be used:

Style Guide Development. During the start-up phase of the project, the Dudek technical editing team will create a projectspecific style guide to maintain consistency of terms and nomenclature used in the project documents. This style guide will be in accordance with the City’s standard formatting requirements and will be shared with the City before preparing project documents.

Technical Review. An appropriate third-party technical reviewer will be assigned to all written work products. This step in the review process is focused on the legal adequacy and technical accuracy of all deliverables, and multiple reviewers may be used depending on the complexity of the document.

Editorial Review. Once the technical review is complete, Dudek editors will conduct an editorial review of deliverables following the agreed-upon style guide. Before submittal, each document will be formatted by Dudek’s publications staff.

Document Production. Dudek’s Publications Production team verifies the quality of each physical deliverable before publication. Dudek’s Editorial team, in collaboration with the publications and information technology staffs, will produce and publish the web versions of project deliverables.

Should the need for virtual collaboration arise, Dudek’s Publications team has a wealth of experience creating and maintaining secure project portals. These sites are project specific and can be set up quickly with levels of permissions necessary to meet the City’s needs. This allows multiple reviewers to revise documents concurrently and provides an efficient alternative to in-person, live editing meetings.

Dudek’s publications staff also routinely uploads documents to the State Clearinghouse’s CEQANet database to initiate the start of the public comment period or to file notices following project approval.

ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD
As a best practice, Dudek builds a thorough administrative record during project development. During the writing process, the editor works closely with the writing team to catalogue references cited in an index and collects and compiles all source material. The writer and/or editor locates the reference cited, tracks its status in the index, and compiles PDFs of each document cited. Additionally, Dudek has a library services team that researches difficult references and reviews the references-cited matrix against the compiled source materials, verifying that each reference cited has been provided, contains the appropriate page range, and is from a reputable source.

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Approach to Scope of Services
Our project management approach and staff assignments allow Dudek to provide high-quality work, subject to a rigorous quality-assurance review, in an efficient and cost-effective manner. Corinne Resha will be responsible for directing individual assignments, allocating the appropriate resources of the company to meet the City’s needs.

Senior-level review and involvement will be provided by Daniel Hoffman, Brian Grattidge, and Katherine Waugh, AICP in the environmental review process. Project managers will be responsible for establishing and maintaining timely and clear communication links with City staff and focusing on the City’s projects and priorities. As issues arise in the environmental planning process, the project managers may advise the City of prudent courses of action and provide problem-solving strategies designed to keep a project moving forward. Finally, the project managers will provide functional and logistical assistance for community outreach, mapping and exhibit preparation, text and report preparation, scoping, noticing, and agency consultation/coordination.

Table 3 identifies the general tasks that Dudek will complete for each task order. The task descriptions are informed by Dudek’s experience in preparing environmental documents. While Dudek will prepare a detailed scope of work for each project for which we are selected, we anticipate that each scope of work would include the following general tasks. Many of these tasks are common to the preparation of EIRs, MNDs, and addendums, while some are specific to EIR preparation, as indicated by the last two columns.

Table 2. Work Plan Tasks
Task Description EIR
MND or
Addendum
Project
Management
and Meetings
Project management activities primarily consist of facilitating frequent and effective communication to promote efficiency in project preparation.

Regular communication with the City provides opportunities for consultation regarding the overall CEQA process, project-specific impact analysis, development of mitigation measures, and compliance with related state planning laws as applicable to a given project (such as Native American consultation in accordance with Senate Bill 18 and Assembly Bill 52 and water supply analysis in accordance with Senate Bill 610). Dudek maintains regular communication with our technical staff and promptly provides them with information relevant to their respective studies to facilitate the greatest efficiency and control of the project budget.

For each project meeting, Dudek will prepare and circulate an agenda and will manage the meeting to ensure that it is efficient and productive; will identify follow-up action items will and assign them to each participant; and will prepare meeting minutes to document the discussion, conclusions, and follow-up actions needed.

X X
Project
Description
One of the initial tasks is to prepare a project description to be used as the basis for the analysis. The project description provides the land uses proposed for the project, specific details of project construction, and the entitlements necessary for project approval. Dudek will submit the project description to both City staff and the project applicant to verify that it accurately portrays the project prior to starting work on the technical analysis.

X X
Scoping Dudek will prepare a Notice of Preparation (NOP), circulate it to agencies and the public for an EIR, work with City staff to draft and finalize the NOP, and prepare it for public circulation. Dudek routinely uploads NOPs to the X

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Table 2. Work Plan Tasks
Task Description EIR
MND or
Addendum
State Clearinghouse on behalf of clients. Dudek will review comments received in response to the NOP to verify that the EIR adequately considers all relevant comments. If required, Dudek will attend a public scoping meeting where verbal comments are received and will provide a summary of all comments.

Technical
Studies
Dudek routinely conducts peer reviews of technical studies provided by the project applicant and prepares new technical studies as necessary.

Dudek will evaluate and identify specific needs for technical study peer reviews and completion of new studies during preparation of the scope of work, based on direction from City staff.

X X
Site Visit Dudek staff will visit the site and project area to observe existing environmental conditions if required.

X X
Request for
Information
Dudek will prepare a list of information needed to prepare the document (i.e., information for modeling, site access, etc.) and provide it to the City and the applicant.

X X
Initial Study (IS) Depending on the project, Dudek can prepare an IS to focus the analysis of an EIR or to support an MND.

X X
Draft EIR Dudek will prepare an EIR to evaluate impacts that may result from development of a proposed project. Dudek works collaboratively with City staff to prepare, edit, and refine the document in preparation for public circulation. The nature of the project and comments received on the NOP inform the specific scope of an EIR. Dudek prepares EIRs that do the following:
▪ Accurately and concisely define the baseline setting for the project site and region
▪ Present quantitative and qualitative impacts analysis at either a project or programmatic level, as appropriate for the particular project ▪ Support all significance findings with substantial evidence ▪ Identify feasible mitigation measures that include explicit and succinct descriptions of the requirements for timing of implementation ▪ Identify and evaluate a reasonable range of project alternatives that may avoid or reduce the significant impacts of the project ▪ Identify cumulative impacts in the project region, including climate change and the effects of climate change in the region, and evaluate the project’s contribution to those impacts
▪ Evaluate the project’s potential to induce growth in the area and the project’s irreversible environmental effects
Dudek will also prepare the required notices for circulation of an EIR, including a Notice of Availability (NOA) to start the public review period, and a Notice of Completion (NOC) required for submittal to the State Clearinghouse’s CEQAnet database. Dudek will complete EIRs in an efficient and cost-effective manner.

X
MND Dudek will prepare an MND for the project to note where impacts can be reduced to less than significant with mitigation or those that are already less than significant. This includes preparation of an IS checklist and any X

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Table 2. Work Plan Tasks
Task Description EIR
MND or
Addendum
technical studies to support the significance findings. Dudek will prepare the Notice of Intent (NOI) to Adopt an MND and NOC and can upload them to the CEQAnet database.

Final EIR After public circulation, Dudek will address responses to all comments received from agencies and members of the public on the Draft EIR, including oral comments recorded at any public hearings. A Final EIR includes a list of commenters, changes made to the Draft EIR, and bracketed comments and corresponding responses.

X
Final MND Dudek will address comments received in response to an MND in a memorandum format or in a stand-alone document, depending on the project and the volume of comments and specific issues raised.

X
Mitigation
Monitoring and
Reporting
Program (MMRP)
Dudek will provide all mitigation measures for either an EIR or MND in an MMRP. To the extent feasible, the implementation and monitoring of each mitigation measure will be tied directly to required entitlements (e.g., grading and building permits). Where additional monitoring is necessary, the MMRP identifies the specific timeline for implementation and monitoring, the mechanism by which monitoring would occur, and the criteria by which the success of the mitigation measure would be determined.

X X
CEQA Findings of
Fact and
Statement of
Overriding
Considerations
Dudek will prepare the Findings of Fact—and, if required, Statement of Overriding Considerations documenting the procedural history, project background, project objectives and description, record of proceedings, and specific findings for each impact of the project—for an EIR. This includes a summary of the impacts determined to be less than significant and a detailed description of each potentially significant or significant impact, the associated mitigation measures, and the effect of the mitigation measures in reducing or avoiding the significant impact. The Findings of Fact will also review the project alternatives evaluated and the feasibility of each, the potential for the project to induce growth, and the project’s contribution to cumulative impacts.

X
Public Hearings
and Staff
Support
Dudek’s project manager attends public hearings to record comments received and can respond to comments from the public and questions from the decision-making body regarding the CEQA document, if required.

If requested, Dudek can also prepare and deliver a presentation reviewing the major findings of the CEQA document.

Dudek staff can also assist City staff in compliance with all applicable state planning laws and state and federal natural-resource regulations.

This could include participation in the Senate Bill 18 and Assembly Bill 52 Native American consultation processes; assistance in the Senate Bill 610 water-supply assessment process; participation in consultation with state and federal agencies, as needed; and support in all required public noticing and distribution requirements. In particular, Dudek can prepare the Notice of Determination (NOD) for filing upon project approval and can assist with the submission to the County Clerk and the State Clearinghouse.

X X

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Schedule of Work
The management team will work together to meet communication goals and keep the project on schedule and within budget using the following:

Project Kickoff Meeting. The management team will attend a project kickoff meeting with key team members. This meeting will be critical to the ultimate success of the project, as it provides an opportunity for all parties to discuss the project, review the scope, and formalize key assumptions. Dudek will provide a detailed agenda that addresses project overview, requests for information, communication protocols, budget, and schedule. This meeting will also offer an opportunity to confirm document format requirements, points of contact, status report details, and any other logistical, technical, or procedural concerns. We approach every project with the understanding that attention on the front end can save substantial time and costs in the long run.

Dedicated Lines of Communication. After the kickoff meeting, Ms. Resha will distribute a key contact list to all team members, confirming communication protocols and contact information. At this time, Ms. Resha will schedule recurring project meetings to establish an ongoing coordination channel between key team members.

These meetings are a key element of Dudek’s management approach, as they foster collaboration and accountability, maintain project momentum, and allow for issues to be identified and resolved early.

Master Deliverables List. Dudek will prepare a master deliverables list with key document development milestones, such as draft deliverables for review, review periods, and possible meeting dates with the City to resolve comments, if needed. Dudek will also provide the City with a customized style guide to maintain consistency of key project terms, references, format, and style. Dudek uses online meeting tools for collaborative document revisions with City staff and efficient resolution of comments, if needed. Dudek will manage and update the master deliverables list, make it available to all team members, and communicate accurate status updates to the team. Using this tool, Dudek will provide the City project manager with up-todate status reports as requested.

Schedule and Budget Tracking. The management team will use a schedule-tracking tool to meet important milestones for task orders issued under this contract. Similarly, we will use Deltek Vision to track all budget line items and deliver an accurate monthly balance for each.

Progress Reports. Ms. Resha will prepare regular progress reports that will include a list of tasks completed during the period, a list of tasks anticipated during the coming period, a project schedule update, a summary of the schedule, and any outstanding scope of work or information request issues.

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Figure 3. Typical schedule for CEQA Review Process

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Subconsultants
Dudek is providing the scope of services with in-house staff. No subconsultants are used at this time. Should a project arise that might require the need for a subconsultant, Dudek will discuss with City staff and determine the best course of action.

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Cost Proposal

COST CONTROL AND BUDGETING
Dudek is committed to maintaining continuous communication and closely monitoring cost and schedule performance. Using the latest available digital project management systems, we maintain accurate, up-to-date budgets and schedules. We have the ability to share cost and schedule details with the City in real time by efficiently and accurately tracking budgets and regularly updating project schedules.

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FEE SCHEDULE

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Relevant Projects/Services
We have included references for all key personnel who are directly responsible for carrying out the life of the contract. In addition, we have included relevant project experiences with references.

Table 3. References for Key Personnel
Proposed Staff References
Cori Resha
Contract Manager
▪ Bret Sampson, Planning Manager, County of El Dorado; 330 Fair Lane, Placerville, California 95667; 530.621.5567;
[email protected]; length of service 2023–Present; environmental planning services
▪ Elizabeth Oba, Director of Planning and Building Services, City of Bellflower; 16600 Civic Center Drive, Bellflower, California 90706; 562.804.1424 ext. 2276; [email protected]; length of service 2024–Present; CEQA/NEPA services
▪ Los Angeles County Public Works, Krystle Jafari, PE, Associate Civil Engineer; 900 S Fremont Ave, Alhambra, CA 91803; 626.458.3916; [email protected]; length of services 2023–Present; on-call environmental planning and permitting
Daniel Hoffman
Project Manager
▪ Shraddha Navalli Patil, PhD, Senior Planner; University of California, Berkeley; 300 A & E Building, Berkeley, California 94720; 650.223.3433; [email protected]; length of service 2020– Present; on-call environmental planning
▪ Jessica Martinez-McKinney, Associate Planner II, City of Santa Cruz, Water Department; 212 Locust Street Suite C, Santa Cruz, California 95060; 831.420.5322; length of service 2019–Present; CEQA services and environmental permitting
▪ Mary Grace Pawson, PE, Planning Manager, City of Rohnert Park; address; 707.588.2234; [email protected]; length of service 2010–Present; on-call environmental services
Katherine Waugh, AICP
Project Manager
▪ Matt Gruber, City Landscape Architect, Public Works Department; 200 Old Bernal Avenue, P.O. Box 520, Pleasanton, California 94566; 925.931.5672; [email protected]; length of service 2021–Present; Augustin Bernal Mountain Bike Trail
▪ Amy French, Chief Planning Official, City of Palo Alto; address; 650.329.2336; [email protected]; length of service 2017–2022; on-call planning and environmental review services ▪ Christopher R. Turner, Senior Planner, City Hall - 1st Floor 701 Laurel Street; 650.330.6724; [email protected]; length of service 2022–Present; 1005 O’Brien/1320 Willow Life Sciences Project EIR Brian Grattidge
Project Manager
▪ Bret Sampson, Planning Manager, County of El Dorado; 2850 Fairlane Court, Placerville, California 9566; 530.621.5301; [email protected]; length of service; project
▪ Rommel Pabalinas, Planning Manager, City of Lincoln; 600 Sixth Street Lincoln, California 95648; 916.434.2483;
[email protected]; length of service; project

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Table 3. References for Key Personnel
Proposed Staff References
▪ Jenna Wright-Parrish, Capital Planner/Financial Manager, California State University, Chico, Planning, Design & Construction; 400 West First Street, Chico, California 95929-0018; 530.898.3548; [email protected]; length of service; project
Firm Project Experience and References

ON CALL PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES
Client: County of El Dorado
Reference: Bret Sampson, Planning Manager; 330 Fair Lane, Placerville, California 95667; 530.621.5567; [email protected]
Period of Performance: 2019–Present
Since 2019, Dudek has been providing on-call planning and environmental services to the County of El Dorado.

Dudek has provided both short-term planning (entitlement support) and environmental compliance services (including CEQA and NEPA). Projects completed under environmental services have included the following:
▪ Dollar General EIR. Dudek prepared an EIR for a proposed Dollar General in the unincorporated community of Cool. The document was originally prepared as an MND; however, the Board of Supervisors required the preparation of an EIR to address concerns with aesthetics, transportation, and urban blight.

The EIR was certified, and the project was approved in 2021. ▪ Carson Creek Specific Plan. Dudek supported both planning and CEQA compliance for an amendment to the Carson Creek Specific Plan. The amendment allowed for additional age-restricted housing for older adults within the Specific Plan area. In addition to supporting the planning department, Dudek prepared an addendum to the Specific Plan EIR. Issues of concern included biological resources, cultural resources, and noise. The amendment was approved in 2021. ▪ Middle Mile Broadband MND. The County of El Dorado is applying for federal funding to improve broadband access in unincorporated communities. Dudek provided support for compliance with the federal Endangered Species Act and Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act. Dudek also prepared an MND for the project and supported the consultation process to identify and mitigate potential tribal cultural resources. The project was approved, and the MND was adopted in February 2023. ▪ Creekside Village Specific Plan EIR. Dudek is currently working with the County of El Dorado and the applicant team to prepare an EIR for a new residential subdivision. The project was initially started in 2020 but went on hold and has recently been reinitiated. Completion of the EIR is anticipated to take 12 to 18 months.

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ON-CALL CEQA AND NEPA CONSULTING SERVICES
Client: City of Bellflower
Reference: Duane Morita, Planning Consultant; 16600 Civic Center Drive Bellflower, California 90706; 714.457.5712; [email protected]
Elizabeth Oba, Director of Planning and Building Services; 16600 Civic Center Drive Bellflower, California 90706;562.804.1424; [email protected]
Period of Performance: 2022–Present
Since 2022, Dudek has been providing on-call CEQA and NEPA consulting services to the City of Bellflower, first through a subconsultant agreement and currently through an independent on-call agreement. Projects completed for this client include the following:
▪ Hollywood Sports Park Project Program EIR. Dudek is preparing a Program EIR to evaluate the potential environmental effects of the Hollywood Sports Park Project. The project site is currently utilized for recreational activities and events that include outdoor paintball, airsoft, soft-pellet tag, and gelburst, set within movie remnants, rock walls, and other settings. The proposed project includes revising the Land Use Plan in the Land Use Element and amending the Certified 2021–2029 Housing Element, and a Zone Change to allow for future mixed-uses (high-density residential and open space uses) on the project site.

At this writing, actual mixed-use development and design plans are not being reviewed or considered by the City. Therefore, the Program EIR will evaluate, on a programmatic-level, potential environmental impacts resulting with the proposed General Plan Amendment (GPA) and zone change. To quantify potential impacts to the greatest extent possible, a development scenario has been created based on a maximum development density and permitted uses as established by the proposed GPA and zone change. The Notice of Preparation (NOP) for this project was released in March 2024. ▪ Simms Park Stormwater Capture and Teen and Senior Center Project MND. Dudek conducted 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 the perimeter fence and lighting, and adding a bioswale. The second project is construction of a Teen and 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.

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ON-CALL ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES (FEDERAL PROJECTS)
Client: County of Los Angeles
Reference: Reyna Soriano, ENV SP, Civil Engineer, Environmental Planning & Assessments Section Los Angeles County Public Works; address; 626.458.5192; [email protected]
Period of Performance: 2018–2023
Dudek is providing as-needed environmental consulting services to Los Angeles County Public Works for various federally funded projects and non-federally funded projects throughout Los Angeles County.

Representative projects include the Colima Road Improvement Project, Old Road Over Castaic Creek Project, Compton Boulevard Bridge Over Compton Creek Project, and the Wilmington Avenue Bridge Over Compton Creek Project. All four projects required preparation of CEQA documentation, California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) environmental studies, biological and/or cultural resources surveys, and coordination with Caltrans District 7 technical staff.

Colima Road Improvement Project. This project proposes to widen a

4.9 mile stretch of Colima Road to accommodate three lanes in each direction, introduce median landscaping, and construct a Class II Bike Lane in each direction. These proposed improvements would all be implemented within the existing Colima Road right of way. The CEQA IS/MND includes challenges with potential impacts to biological and cultural resources, along with geology and soils, hazardous materials, wildfire, and tribal cultural resources. Additional technical studies prepared for the project included visual impacts assessment, air quality/greenhouse gas, initial site assessment, noise, and traffic/transportation.

The Old Road Over Castaic Creek Project. This project includes the seismic retrofit of the Old Road Bridge over Castaic Creek in the unincorporated community of Val Verde in Los Angeles County. The IS/MND includes analysis of cultural resources, air quality, biological resources, and hydrology and water resources. In addition to preparation of IS/MND, work includes the preparation of several Caltrans-specific technical reports, including a Natural Environmental Study–Minimal Impacts, Water Quality Assessment Report, and a Historic Property Survey Report. The project has required ongoing coordination with both Public Works and District 7 technical staff.

Compton Boulevard Bridge Over Compton Creek Project. The Compton Boulevard Bridge over Compton Creek Project involves replacing the existing two-span Compton Boulevard Bridge in southern Los Angeles County with a new two-span, pre-cast concrete bridge. Work tasks include preparation of an IS/MND, Natural Environment Study–Minimal Impact, Water Quality Assessment Report, Archaeological Survey Report, and Historic Property Survey Report.

Wilmington Avenue Bridge Over Compton Creek Project. The Wilmington Avenue Bridge over Compton Creek Project also involves replacing the existing two-span Wilmington Avenue Bridge in southern Los Angeles County with a new two-span, pre-cast concrete bridge. Work tasks include preparation of an IS/MND, Natural Environment Study–Minimal Impact, Water Quality Assessment Report, Archaeological Survey Report, and Historic Property Survey Report.

WORK TASKS INCLUDE:
▪ ·CEQA documentation
(IS/MNDs)
▪ Natural Environmental Study,
Natural Environmental StudyMinimal Impacts
▪ Water Quality Technical
Memorandum
▪ Water Quality Assessment
Report
▪ Archaeological Survey Report
▪ Finding of No Adverse Effect
▪ Historic Property Survey
Report
▪ Coordination with Caltrans
District 7 Staff
▪ Surveys (special-status plant,
special-status wildlife,
focused arroyo toad survey,
cultural resources, and water
quality)

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ON-CALL PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW SERVICES
Client: City of Palo Alto
Reference: Amy French, Chief Planning Official; 250 Hamilton Ave, Palo Alto, California 94301; 650.329.2336; [email protected]
Period of Performance: 2017–Present
Dudek’s on-call environmental and planning services contracts have helped the City of Palo Alto (City) interpret applicable City codes, policies, standards, and guidelines for development projects. We have provided as-needed planning and environmental review services to the City since 2013, including preparation of several EIRs and MNDs, with several projects requiring the interpretation of applicable City codes, policies, standards, and guidelines. Dudek has consistently provided timely responses and completed task orders on time and within budget. Recent and past projects for the City include the following:
▪ Castilleja School Project Focused EIR. Dudek prepared an EIR to evaluate Castilleja School’s proposed program of facility modernization and an amendment to the school’s Conditional Use Permit to increase the maximum enrollment cap. Key issues include traffic, noise, consistency with the Municipal Code Floor Area Ratio regulations and Tree Preservation and Management Regulations, construction of a belowgrade parking structure in a residential area, and other considerations of the compatibility of the project with the neighboring single-family residences. The EIR also addressed the aesthetics of the proposed new buildings, perimeter fencing and walls, and landscaping plan. Although the project was highly controversial, no legal challenge was filed in response to the City’s EIR certification and project approval. ▪ Avenidas Community Center MND. Dudek prepared a detailed IS/MND to evaluate the proposed renovations of the Avenidas Community Center, which is located in a historic building. Dudek completed a peer review of the Historic Resource Evaluation submitted by the project applicant. ▪ 3877 El Camino MND. Dudek prepared an IS/MND for the proposed demolition of a vacant commercial building and construction of a mixed-use development that would include retail, other commercial space, and 17 dwelling units. Key issues for the project included historic resources, traffic, aesthetics, and compatibility with the surrounding neighborhood.
▪ 1050 Page Mill Road EIR. Dudek prepared an EIR for the demolition of over 300,000 square feet of existing office/warehouse/research and development space and construction of the equivalent amount of dedicated office space. Key issues include potential traffic and visual impacts to surrounding residential neighborhoods.
▪ Stanford University 2018 General Use Permit EIR Review. On behalf of the City, Dudek reviewed the Draft and Final EIRs for the Stanford University 2018 General Use Permit prepared by the County of Santa Clara.

The Stanford campus borders a portion of the City and is partially in the City’s sphere of influence. The review focused on adequacy of the EIR’s impact analyses, supporting studies and mitigation measures regarding potential impacts/issues affecting the City as a result of planned campus growth over the next 15 years, including City services, traffic, housing supply, and drainage. Dudek assisted the City with drafting a letter of comment on the Draft EIR and reviewing the Final EIR to determine adequacy of responses. ▪ 385 Sherman Avenue MND. Dudek staff prepared an IS/MND, which proposed to demolish a one-story office building and redevelop the site with a three-story mixed-use building with two levels of underground parking, four residential units, and approximately 52,000 square feet of office space. The presence of hazardous

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materials in the form of a contaminated groundwater plume was a critical issue for the project. Other key issues included tree protection, traffic, and noise exposure for existing residents adjacent to the site. ▪ 2555 Park Boulevard EIR. Dudek prepared a focused EIR for this project, which proposed to demolish a building constructed in 1964 and considered potentially eligible for listing on the California Register of Historic Places as an example of mid-century modern office architecture and to redevelop the site with a 24,466-square-foot office building. On-site parking was provided with a single level of below-grade parking using parking machines that allow three vehicles to be stacked in a single parking stall. Key issues included historic resources, hazards, traffic, and parking.

CITY OF ROHNERT PARK ON-CALL ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES
Client: City of Rohnert Park
References: Jeffrey Beiswenger, Planning Manager; 130 Avram Avenue, Rohnert Park, California 94928; 707.588.2253; [email protected]
Period of Performance: 2010–Present
Since 2010, Dudek has been providing on-call planning and environmental services to the City of Rohnert Park. Since 2018, Dudek’s role has transitioned to only providing environmental support services to the City. Dudek’s environmental services provided include the preparation of biological and cultural resource reports, air quality and greenhouse gas (GHG)
modeling, noise reports, mitigation compliance, and a variety of CEQA documents, including the following:
▪ Copeland Creek Trail to Crane Creek Regional Park
MND. Dudek prepared an MND that evaluated
construction of a 1.5-mile-long all-access trail
connecting Sonoma State University to Crane Creek Regional Park. The trail went through a biologically and culturally sensitive area. Environmental concerns included impacts to Copeland Creek associated with the construction of bridge and evaluating and developing a design to avoid adversely impacting historic and prehistoric resources, including a historic-era rock wall. Dudek’s cultural resource experts prepared the cultural resources report and historic evaluation of the rock wall. The project was approved and the MND adopted in 2020.
▪ Copeland Creek Trail to Crane Creek Regional Park Permitting and Mitigation Compliance. Dudek completed all the required mitigation-measure compliance, including conducting rare-plant surveys, preconstruction nesting bird surveys, and roosting bat surveys; conducting preconstruction surveys for burrowing owls (Athene cunicularia) and California tiger salamanders (Ambystoma californiense); and obtaining the required permits, including a streambed alteration agreement (Section 1602) and a waste discharge requirement. Dudek also coordinated with local mitigation banks to obtain required mitigation credits. Finally, Dudek conducted all the archeological monitoring due to the sensitivity of the site and helped to coordinate with the City, the local tribe, and the county in preparing an interpretive plan for proposed signage to be provided at the trailhead. ▪ Holiday Inn Express and Suites MND. Dudek prepared an MND that evaluated construction and operation of a Holiday Inn Express and Suites. Dudek prepared the biological studies and conducted the air quality and GHG modeling for the project. Environmental concerns included biological resources due to the presence of protected resources, cultural and tribal cultural resources due to proximity to tribal lands, and an increase in vehicle trips. The project was approved and the MND adopted in 2021.

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▪ Dowdell Industrial Park Project MND. Dudek prepared an MND that addressed the development of two warehouse buildings and associated improvements. The project site is located within the Santa Rosa Plain Conservation Strategy study area, so concerns included potential impacts to biological resources, a significant increase in GHG emissions, and cultural resources and tribal cultural resources. The project was approved and the MND adopted in 2020.
▪ Fairfield Inn and Suites MND. Dudek prepared an MND for a Fairfield Inn and Suites on an approximately 2-acre site. Dudek prepared the biological studies and conducted the air quality and GHG modeling for the project. Environmental concerns included potential impacts to special-status or protected species, specifically California tiger salamander, burrowing owl, and western pond turtle, which are protected within the Santa Rosa Plain conservation area.

MUNICIPAL BROADBAND PROJECT & ON CALL ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTING PROJECT Client: City of San Pablo
Reference: Michele Rodriguez, Development Services Director; 13831 San Pablo Ave, San Pablo, California 94806; 510.215.3031; [email protected]
Period of Performance: 2016–2017
Dudek coordinated a records search; Native American Heritage Commission Sacred Lands File search; tribal outreach; and preparation of a constraints study, Archeological Resources Management Report–style technical report and monitoring plan, and IS/MND under CEQA and Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act for the entire City of San Pablo. Work included preparation of a regional sensitivity study for known and buried cultural resources by applying weighted geologic, soils, geotechnical, slope, landscape, and previous technical study information. A mitigation strategy was prepared to meet City of San Pablo needs within this area containing numerous sensitive National Register of Historic Places (NRHP)/California Register of Historical Resources-listed archaeological (Nelson Mound sites) and historical resources.

Dudek was recently awarded an on-call environmental consulting contract with the City. This contract is just getting started, but we look forward to working with the City’s planning division.

ADVANCED METERING INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT
Client: Alameda County Water District and EMA Inc., 4388 S. Grimmer Blvd., Fremont, California 94538 Reference: Mark Gremscheid, Senior Consultant Planner; 2355 Highway 36 West, Suite 200, St. Paul, Minnesota 55113; 651.639.5663; [email protected]
Period of Performance: 2018–2019
As a subconsultant to EMA Inc., Dudek provided environmental services to the Alameda County Water District. Dudek cultural and historic resources staff coordinated a records search; Native American Heritage Commission Sacred Lands File search; tribal outreach; and preparation of a constraints study, report, and monitoring plan for a metering infrastructure project. Additionally, Dudek prepared an IS/MND under CEQA and Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act. Our services and deliverables included a 100-square-mile sensitivity model of known and buried cultural resources by applying weighted geologic, soils, geotechnical, slope, landscape, and previous technical study information.

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AUGUSTIN BERNAL MOUNTAIN BIKE TRAIL
Client: City of Pleasanton
Reference: Matt Gruber, City Landscape Architect; 200 Old Bernal, Pleasanton, California 94566; 925.931.5672; [email protected]
Period of Performance: 2021–Present
Under contract to the City of Pleasanton, Dudek prepared an MND for the City’s plan to construct a mountain bike trail within and adjacent to the Augustin Bernal Community Park. The project includes construction of an approximately 0.7-mile-long (3,700 linear feet) technical mountain bike trail, in part to replace an existing unofficial user-created trail. It also involves decommissioning 4,300 linear feet of other existing unofficial usercreated trails. The new trail will consist of an appropriately designed and engineered trail to minimize erosion and user risks and reduce potential pedestrian/bicyclist conflicts on the multi-use trails in the park by encouraging some of the existing downhill mountain bike traffic currently using the multi-use trails to divert to the new trail.

Other user-created trails would be decommissioned to minimize potential adverse effects to the vegetation and wildlife in the park.

Dudek prepared biological and cultural resource assessments for the project site; conducted informal consultation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service regarding potential impacts to the Alameda whipsnake (Masticophis lateralis euryxanthus), an endangered species; prepared the trail design plans; prepared an IS, MND, mitigation monitoring and reporting program, and public notices; and assisted City staff in circulating the proposed MND for public review. No public or agency comments were received in response to the proposed MND, which was adopted by the city council on February 7, 2023. Dudek is continuing to work with the City to implement biological and cultural resource mitigation measures and manage trail construction.

ALAMO MIXED USE PROJECT MODIFIED IS/15183 CHECKLIST, CITY OF VACAVILLE, CALIFORNIA.

Client: City of Vacaville
Reference: Peyman Behvand, Planning Manager; 650 Merchant Street, Vacaville, California 95688; 707.449.5332; [email protected]
Period of Performance: March 2019–January 2020
Dudek managed preparation of an IS that addressed construction and operation of 73 townhomes in 14 threestory buildings, including a community clubhouse, common recreation area, and more than 40,000 square feet of commercial uses. The project’s land use designation and zoning were consistent with the City of Vacaville’s General Plan; therefore, the project could prepare a modified IS consistent with Section 15183 of the CEQA Guidelines. The project was approved in 2020.

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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY CLARK KERR BEACH VOLLEYBALL COMPLEX EIR Client: University of California (UC), Berkeley
Reference: Shraddha Navalli Patil,; 300 A & E Building, Berkeley, California 94720; 650.223.3433; [email protected]
Period of Performance: 2020–Present
Dudek assisted UC Berkeley with an EIR for the Clark Kerr Campus (CKC) Beach Volleyball Complex Project, which is located within NRHP District No. 82000962, California Schools for the Deaf and Blind historic district. The historic district is also considered a City of Berkeley landmark. UC Berkeley proposed to partially demolish CKC Building 21/NRHP California Schools for the Deaf and Blind Building B-11, which is a contributing building to the NRHP historic district. The partial demolition of CKC Building 21 was pursued due to the seismic safety risk posed by the building pursuant to the UC Seismic Safety Policy, as well as certain obligations under the CKC Covenants, which limit the ability of the campus to construct new buildings on the CKC. The subject building has been vacant since at least the late 1970s. To comply with Public Resources Code Section 5024(b) regarding state-owned historical resources, UC Berkeley must consult with the State Historic Preservation Officer on the project. The overall CEQA finding for this project for built environment historical resources was significant and unavoidable. As such, Dudek worked with the client to identify and draft appropriate mitigation measures that would somewhat reduce but would not avoid the significant impact.

UC BERKELEY LEVINE-FRICKE SOFTBALL FIELD, EIR
Client: UC Berkeley
Reference: Shraddha Navalli Patil, 300 A & E Building, Berkeley, California 94720, 650.223.3433, [email protected]
Period of Performance: 2022–Present
Dudek assisted UC Berkeley with an EIR for the CKC Beach Volleyball Complex Project, which is located within NRHP District No. 82000962, California Schools for the Deaf and Blind historic district. The historic district is also considered a City of Berkeley landmark. UC Berkeley proposed to partially demolish CKC Building 21/NRHP California Schools for the Deaf and Blind Building B-11, which is a contributing building to the NRHP historic district.

The partial demolition of CKC Building 21 was pursued due to the seismic safety risk posed by the building pursuant to the UC Seismic Safety Policy, as well as certain obligations under the CKC Covenants, which limit the ability of the campus to construct new buildings on the CKC. The subject building has been vacant since at least the late 1970s. To comply with Public Resources Code Section 5024(b) regarding state-owned historical resources, UC Berkeley must consult with the State Historic Preservation Officer on the project. The overall CEQA finding for this project for built environment historical resources was significant and unavoidable. As such, Dudek worked with the client to identify and draft appropriate mitigation measures that would somewhat reduce but would not avoid the significant impact.

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123 INDEPENDENCE REDEVELOPMENT EIR
Client: City of Menlo Park
Reference: Payal Bhagat, Contract Principal Planner; 701 Laurel St, Menlo Park, California 94025; 650.330.6702; [email protected]
Period of Performance: November 2020–Present
Dudek prepared an EIR evaluating the redevelopment of
an 8-acre site in the City of Menlo Park’s bayfront area.

The project would demolish five office and light industrial buildings, totaling 103,983 square feet of building space, and construct a 316-unit apartment building and
116 for-sale townhomes. The project would include
48 apartments and 18 townhomes designated as
below-market-rate units. The project is consistent with the General Plan and zoning designations for the site but would result in more multifamily dwelling units within the bayfront area than were evaluated in the City’s General Plan Update EIR. Dudek’s technical experts prepared studies to evaluate potential effects to air quality/energy consumption/GHG emissions, biological resources, noise, and transportation. The final EIR was published on August 4, 2023. 1005 O’BRIEN/1320 WILLOW LIFE SCIENCES PROJECT EIR
Client: City of Menlo Park
Reference: Chris Turner, Associate Planner; 701 Laurel St, Menlo Park, California 94025; 650.330.6724; [email protected]
Period of Performance: June 2022–Present
Dudek is preparing a focused EIR to evaluate the demolition of two existing office/warehouse buildings and the construction of two research and development buildings and a parking structure on a 4-acre site in the City’s bayfront area. Dudek prepared an IS and NOP documenting that the project would have less-than-significant impacts to most environmental resources. We are currently preparing the EIR, which will address air quality, GHGs, noise, transportation, and population and housing.

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Required Statement/Documents

1. To the best of our knowledge, we do not have any actual, apparent, direct or indirect, or potential conflicts of interest that may exist with respect to the consultant, management, or employees relative to the services to be provided under the Agreement.

2. Dudek has the ability and agreement to fulfill the indemnification and insurance requirements contained in the standard contract.

3. Dudek acknowledges that nothing contained in this proposal is proprietary.

4. Dudek acknowledges that all documents submitted to the City in connection with the proposal are subject to the California Public Records Act and may be disclosed without notice.

5. Requested Amendment/Additions to Standard Contract (Attachment A) Dudek requests to add the following as second paragraph under 8.1 in Attachment A: “Consultant may stop work and/or terminate this Agreement upon 10 days’ written notice to City in the event City is in breach of any provision of this Agreement, and City fails to cure such breach during such 10-day period.”

6. To the Best of Our Knowledge: Dudek Summary of Legal Claims and/or Litigation in Last Seven Years Involving Professional Consulting Services:

Terra Lago Community Association v. Indo Land Ventures, LLC, et al. On November 12, 2015, Terra Lago Community Association sued Indio Land Ventures for alleged construction defects arising out of the construction of a residential development complex located in Indio, California. Dudek was named as one of many cross-defendants for its role in preparing the lake-liner design; the other parties were involved in various construction aspects of the lake. Dudek did not participate in any supervision or other construction management activities. Plaintiff initially demanded $25,275 to settle the claims against Dudek, and their claims ultimately resolved in full for $10,000. The parties executed a settlement and release agreement that the Court approved, and the case was dismissed in 2019.

City of Carlsbad vs. Ledcor Construction Inc. On June 13, 2016, the City of Carlsbad filed a civil complaint in California Superior Court, County of San Diego, against Ledcor Construction Inc. Dudek was named as a codefendant. The project architect, RRM Design Group, was also later named as a defendant. The suit was related to construction of the City’s First Responder Training Center. Dudek served as construction manager for the City on the project. Dudek denied any liability in the matter. The matter has been resolved between the City and Dudek and was dismissed in August 2019.

Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District v. Water Works Engineers, LLC, et al. On November 12, 2021, Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District (the “District”) filed a civil complaint against Water Works Engineers, LLC (WWE) in California Superior Court, County of Riverside, for alleged design defects in a water reclamation facility. The District filed a first amended complaint against WWE on September 26, 2022, for breach of contract and professional negligence. WWE subsequently cross-claimed against the construction firm as well as Dudek (and other firms) for its role as construction manager. Dudek was not involved in the design of the project, denies any liability, and intends to defend itself vigorously.

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Contract Terminations Involving Professional Consulting Services:

City of Santa Barbara: In 2019, the City of Santa Barbara terminated a contract with Dudek’s Santa Barbara office for Design and Preliminary Environmental Review for the Santa Barbara Police Station Project.

Subsequent to that termination, and after contracting with a different Dudek team, Dudek was able to complete work for this project to the City’s satisfaction. Further, the City has continued to enter into new contracts with Dudek for projects.

Appendix A
Resumes

1 Corinne Resha

CONTRACT MANAGER
Corinne (Cori) Resha is a senior project manager and planner with 20 years’ experience, specializing in California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)/National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) compliance with extensive experience managing CEQA documents, strategizing CEQA compliance solutions, and working in the crossroads of planning and environmental compliance. Ms. Resha brings a unique mix of consulting experience, public agency experience, and legal education to her position, which is evident in her ability to spot potential issues, provide creative solutions for compliance, and manage documents with an eye towards potential litigation. She has successfully managed and coordinated the CEQA processes for a variety of projects throughout California, many of which have involved intense public controversy. Ms. Resha’s project experience includes area plans and Specific Plans, General Plans and amendments, commercial and residential developments, energy projects, infrastructure projects, transportation projects, recreation projects, and various other land management projects.

Relevant Project Experience
Hollywood Sports Park Project Program EIR, City of Bellflower, California. Cori is managing the preparation of a Program EIR to evaluate the potential environmental effects of the Hollywood Sports Park Project. The Project Site is currently utilized for recreational activities and events that include outdoor paintball, airsoft, soft-pellet tag, and gelburst, set within movie remnants, rock walls, and other settings. The proposed Project includes revising the Land Use Plan in the Land Use Element and amending the Certified 2021-2029 Housing Element, and a Zone Change to allow for future mixed-uses (high-density residential and open space uses) on the Project Site. At this writing, actual mixed-use development and design plans are not being reviewed or considered by the City.

Therefore, the Program EIR will evaluate, on a programmatic-level, potential environmental impacts resulting with the proposed GPA and ZC. To quantify potential impacts to the greatest extent possible, a development scenario has been created based on a maximum development density and permitted uses as established by the proposed GPA and ZC. The Notice of Preparation (NOP) for this project was released in March 2024.

Los Robles Cancer Center and Janss Road Project EIR, City of Thousand Oaks, California. Dudek prepared an environmental impact report (EIR) for the proposed Los Robles Comprehensive Cancer Center and the 355 W Janss Road General Plan Amendment and Zone Change Project on behalf of the City of Thousand Oaks. The project would include the rezoning of a residential property to commercial zoning and the construct and operation of a Comprehensive Cancer Center. A general plan amendment and rezone is proposed to allow for future residential development at 355 W Janss Road in Thousand Oaks. Although a separate action, it is statutorily tied to the approvals for the Comprehensive Cancer Center due to compliance with Senate Bill 330 (as recently amended by Senate Bill 8) (collectively the “Housing Crisis Act”). The corresponding residential re-zoning on the Janss Road Site will enable the City to make the required no net loss findings under California’s “No Net Loss” statute (California Government Code Section 65863). Cori assisted with project management, particularly related to responses to comments on the Draft EIR and preparing the EIR and project for public hearing. The EIR was certified and the project approved in March 2024.

Education
University of the Pacific,
McGeorge School of Law
Juris Doctor
California State University
BA, Environmental
Economics

2 Creekside Village Specific Plan, County of El Dorado, California. Under Dudek’s on-call planning and environmental review contract with El Dorado County, Cori is providing planning staff support for the processing of entitlements related to the specific plan. Also under this contract, Dudek is preparing the environmental impact report (EIR) for the project. The project includes the Creekside Village Specific Plan, which provides for the development of up to 918 dwelling units, neighborhood commercial uses, parks, open space, and roadway infrastructure.

Gonzaga Ridge Wind Repowering Project Addendum #2 to the EIR, Scout Clean Energy LLC, Pacheco State Park, Merced County, California. Currently managing preparation of Addendum #2 to the EIR for the Gonzaga Ridge Wind Repowering Project, which was certified in 2020. The approved Gonzaga Ridge Wind Repowering Project is a renewable wind energy generation development to be constructed and operated in Pacheco State Park in Merced County, California. An addendum is needed to evaluate potential impacts related to the addition of two new laydown yards, installation of a temporary water conveyance pipeline, relocation of one turbine, and the reroute of one segment of the transmission line.

Neal Road Recycling and Waste Facility. Butte County, California. As part of an on-call contract to the County Waste Management Division, Cori provided senior review of an initial study (IS) and negative declaration (ND) for an organic waste transloading facility and an IS and mitigated negative declaration (MND) for an expansion of a soil stockpile for County property adjacent to the Neal Road Recycling and Waste Facility.

Station H Substation Project EIR, Sacramento Municipal Utility District. Sacramento, California. As part of an oncall contract to the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD), Cori managed preparation and certification of an EIR for SMUD’s Station H Substation Project, located on the north side of H Street between 6th Street and 7th Street in downtown Sacramento. The project included decommissioning and removal of outdated equipment on the project site, and replacement of the existing equipment within the outdoor area between the historic Station A building and the Mercy Housing Community to the east with new outdoor substation equipment. The EIR for the project was focused on Tribal Cultural Resources and Cultural Resources. Research of the project site and consultation with local Tribes discovered potential presence of subsurface resources, including artifacts, features, and human remains that would qualify as Tribal cultural resources. Based on extensive consultation with local Tribes, the EIR included mitigation requiring development and implementation of a robust treatment plan, worker awareness and respect training, and memorialization of the Tribal cultural values of the project area through public education and awareness.

Cordova Park Underground Cable Replacement Project EIR, Sacramento Municipal Utility District. Rancho Cordova, California. As part of an on-call contract to the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD), Cori managed preparation and certification of an environmental impact report (EIR) for the installation of approximately 0.6 miles of 12 kilovolt (kV) underground cable, approximately 1.12 miles of 69kV underground cable, and up to 13 new utility vaults in the City of Rancho Cordova, near the location of existing 12kV and 69kV underground cables that are approaching the end of their operational lives. The key issues for this project were biological resources, cultural resources, and tribal cultural resources. During preparation of the EIR, the proposed alignment was surveyed by forensic canines, with changes made to the proposed alignment based on the findings of the canine surveys.

City of Elk Grove Housing Element and Safety Element Update Subsequent EIR, City of Elk Grove, California. As part of an on-call contract to the City of Elk Grove, managed the preparation and adoption of the Subsequent Environmental Impact Report for the City of Elk Grove Housing Element and Safety Element Update. This project involved an update the City’s Housing Element, amendment of the General Plan land use designations and zoning designations for up to 43 sites in the City, and amendment the General Plan to update the Safety Element. The impact discussions in the SEIR included a summary of the relevant impact analysis and conclusion provided in the General

3 Plan EIR and determined whether the project would result in a new significant effect or more severe impact than what was identified in the General Plan EIR pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines 15162. 59th Street Corporation Yard Demolition and Remediation Project IS/MND, Sacramento Municipal Utility District.

Sacramento, California. As part of an on-call contract to the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD), managed preparation and adoption of an IS/MND for installation of a full-scale soil vapor extraction (SVE) system to remediate volatile organic compound (VOC)-impacted soil gas, and excavation and disposal of contaminated soil at SMUD’s corporation yard on 59th Street in east Sacramento. To access the contaminated soil, multiple buildings would require demolition. The project would include building demolition, installation and operation of the SVE system, and excavation and disposal of contaminated soil. All remediation activities would require approval from the California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) prior to implementation, to ensure protection of human health and the environment.

SMUD is proposing to remediate the site to appropriate risk and exposure levels as determined by DTSC.

1 Daniel Hoffman

PROJECT MANAGER
Daniel Hoffman is a California Environmental Quality Act/National Environmental Policy Act (CEQA/NEPA) project manager and planner with over 7 years’ professional experience specializing in CEQA/NEPA compliance, planning and permitting, and construction management.

Mr. Hoffman has worked as an environmental planner and contract city planner for several municipalities throughout Northern California such as the Cities of Martinez, San Pablo, Vallejo, and Watsonville and Counties of Santa Clara and Sonoma. Mr. Hoffman has produced defensible CEQA documents, implemented and navigated regulatory permitting processes, and prepared and presented staff reports in public hearings.

Relevant Project Experience
University of California (UC) Berkeley Softball Field EIR, Berkeley, California.

Served as deputy project manager and environmental planner for an intercollegiate athletic softball field project that includes the renovation of a softball field, fan concourse, team facilities, lighting, and scoreboard.

Primary tasks involved project management and environmental analysis.

UC Berkeley Clark Kerr Campus Beach Volleyball EIR, Berkeley, California. Served as environmental planner for an Intercollegiate Athletic beach volleyball facility project involving the construction of new beach volleyball courts, lighting, scoreboard, spectator area, and supporting team and locker rooms. Primary task involved drafting multiple sections of the project CEQA EIR.

San Francisco Fell Street DMV Field Office Initial Study, San Francisco, California. Served as project manager and environmental planner for the California Department of General Services (DGS) DMV field office reconstruction project that involves the replacement of a current San Francisco DMV field office with a larger building. Primary tasks involved project management and environmental analysis.
655 4th Street Initial Study-Community Plan Evaluation, Tishman Speyer, San Francisco, California. Served as deputy project manager and environmental planner for a project involving the development of a podium building with two towers, approximately 400 feet tall, containing approximately 1,129,650 square feet of residential area and 9,745 square feet of ground-floor retail use. Primary tasks include project management and environmental analysis by drafting the Initial Study (IS).

Santa Clara County Rural Zoning Ordinance Amendments EIR, Santa Clara County, California. Served as environmental planner for zoning ordinance amendments project intended to simplify and streamline permit processes, preserve rural areas, and further the County’s General Plan goals for continued agricultural viability.

Primary task involved drafting multiple sections of the project CEQA EIR.

Education
Whitman College
BA, Environmental
Studies/Economics
Professional Affiliations
Association of
Environmental
Professionals, American
Planning Association

2 Graham Hill Water Treatment Plant Facility Improvement Project EIR, City of Santa Cruz, California. Served as deputy project manager and environmental planner for a project to replace existing water treatment processes at the Graham Hill Water Treatment Plant and associated infrastructure with modern facilities. Primary tasks involved project management and environmental analysis by drafting multiple sections of the EIR.

Santa Cruz Water Rights Project EIR, City of Santa Cruz, California. Served as environmental planner for a water rights modification project that would modify water rights to expand authorized place of uses, better utilize existing diversions, and extend the City’s timeline to put water to full beneficial use and provide for underground storage to address further constraints on the City’s limited surface water supply caused by instream flow requirements. Primary task involved the preparation and maintenance of the project’s administrative record. 123 Independence Drive EIR, City of Menlo Park, California. Served as environmental planner for a residential development project that involved construction of 116 for-sale townhomes and 316 rental apartments, along with associated parking and landscaping, on an 8.15-acre parcel. Primary tasks involved environmental analysis by drafting multiple sections of the CEQA EIR and performing on-site ambient noise measurements.

City of Concord Housing Element Update, Concord, California. Served as lead environmental planner for the City of Concord’s General Plan housing element update project that is intended to address the comprehensive housing needs of the city. Primary tasks included environmental analysis by drafting multiple sections for the project CEQA Initial Study and mapping research to conduct the project’s required Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing analysis.

Environmental Review, City of Rohnert Park, California. Served as lead environmental planner and deputy project manager for various development projects within the City of Rohnert Park. Primary tasks involved project management and environmental analysis by drafting project-level review. Projects included residential and commercial uses.

Environmental Review for City of Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California. Served as environmental planner for various development projects within the City of Santa Cruz. Primary task involved environmental analysis by drafting project-level review checklists for compliance with the city’s General Plan EIR. Projects included residential, commercial, and assisted living facility uses.

City of San Pablo Contract Planning, MIG Inc., San Pablo, California. Served as contract planner for the City of San Pablo’s Planning Department. Provided staff support to the City of San Pablo by providing project management, staff report preparation, general plan and zoning analysis, and customer service. Presented to the City’s Planning Commission and helped author the City’s revised Accessory Dwelling Unit ordinance.

City of Martinez Contract Planning, MIG Inc., Martinez, California. Served as contract planner for the City of Martinez’ Planning Department. Provided staff support to the City of Martinez by providing project management, staff report preparation, general plan and zoning analysis, and customer service.

Sonoma County Cannabis Program CEQA Analysis and Local Permitting, MIG Inc., Sonoma County, California.

Served as environmental planner and contract county planner for Permit Sonoma. The program was established in 2015 to locally permit cannabis cultivation, manufacturing, and dispensing operations throughout Sonoma County.

Tasks included generating a template IS/MND for the client’s internal use as well as working with applicants and operators to zoning compliance and Use Permit issuance.

1 Katherine Waugh

PROJECT MANAGER
Katherine Waugh is a senior planner with 24 years’ experience with California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) statutory requirements, current planning methods, and environmental documentation procedures. She prepares CEQA documents for a wide range of public and private projects, managing projects effectively and maintaining momentum to meet schedule and budget requirements. Ms. Waugh applies planning and environmental laws and regulations practically and with an attention to detail, allowing her to quickly identify and resolve critical planning and environmental issues.

Relevant Project Experience
123 Independence Drive Residential Development, City of Menlo Park, California. Project manager for the preparation of an environmental impact report (EIR) evaluating a project that will demolish five existing office/ industrial buildings and construct a 316-unit apartment building and 116 townhomes on an approximately 8-acre project site in the bayfront area of the City of Menlo Park.
1005 O’Brien Drive/1320 Willow Road Research and Development Project, City of Menlo Park, California. Project manager for a detailed initial study (IS) and focused EIR evaluating the demolition of existing research and development buildings and the construction of two new research and development buildings, structured parking, and publicly accessible open space on an approximately 4-acre site.

Augustin Bernal Mountain Bike Trail, City of Pleasanton, California. Project manager for the preparation of an IS and Mitigated Negative Declaration evaluating construction of a single-track downhill mountain bike trail within an existing community park to replace segments of user-created trails that exhibit erosion and rutting and contain substandard trail features. The City’s goal is to create a properly engineered and constructed trail that can be used by riders with a wide range of abilities and decommission user-created trails to reduce adverse environmental effects caused by those trails.

Northstar California Biomass Energy Plant, Northstar Community Services District, Northstar California Resort, California. Project manager for Dudek’s preparation of an IS/MND development of a biomass energy plant, which would be connected to approximately 13 buildings and facilities within and adjacent to Northstar Village to provide heating and reduce annual natural gas consumption. Critical project issues include air quality and aesthetics.

Willow Tree Permanent Supportive Housing, County of Los Angeles Department of Health Services, California.

Project manager for the preparation of a Notice of Exemption (NOE) for a project to convert an interim housing facility into a permanent supportive housing facility to serve persons experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness.

Education
University of California,
Davis
BS, Environmental Policy
Analysis and Planning,
1997
Professional Affiliations
American Planning
Association
Association of
Environmental
Professionals

2 PG&E Sacramento Street Renovation Project, City of Auburn, California. Project manager for Dudek’s peer review of technical studies, an IS/MND, and a mitigation monitoring and reporting program drafted by the project applicant’s consultants for PG&E’s proposed renovations to their storage and operations yard located in the City of Auburn. The project includes interior renovations to one building, the demolition of several storage buildings, the construction of a single warehouse, and associated hardscape and landscape updates.

Mitchell Farms Subdivision, City of Citrus Heights, California. Project manager for an EIR prepared by Dudek for the Mitchell Farms subdivision in the City of Citrus Heights. The project will construct 261 single-family residential units located on approximately 32 acres and an open space parcel of 23 acres that encompasses the on-site tributary to Arcade Creek. The project will redevelop an existing nine-hole public golf course and disc golf course proximate to the Citrus Town Center. Key project issues addressed in the EIR include compatibility with surrounding residential development, traffic, protection of the on-site creek, loss of oak woodland habitat, noise, and loss of recreational resources. The EIR was certified, and the project was approved, in August 2018. The project is currently in construction as of July 2022.

Carson Creek Specific Plan Amendment, County of El Dorado, California. Project manager for the preparation of an EIR addendum that evaluated replacing previously planned industrial land uses with a medium-density, agerestricted residential community in the southern portion of the El Dorado Hills community. The EIR addendum focused on whether the change in land uses—or any changes in existing conditions and regulatory requirements since certification of the original Carson Creek Specific Plan EIR—would result in any new or more severe environmental effects relative to the impacts identified in the EIR.

Dorsey Marketplace Mixed-Use Lifestyle Center, City of Grass Valley, California. Project manager for Dudek’s preparation of an EIR for the Dorsey Marketplace project in the City of Grass Valley. The EIR evaluated two project alternatives at an equal level of detail. Alternative A includes 178,960 square feet of commercial space and 90 multifamily dwelling units. Alternative B includes 104,350 square feet of commercial space; 8,500 square feet of office space; and 172 multifamily dwelling units. A key issue for the project was the ability of the proposed commercial space to capture a portion of the region’s retail sales leakage without adversely affecting existing businesses in the Downtown Business District. Other key issues included traffic, aesthetics, and remediation of hazardous soil conditions due to the prior mining use of the site.

Expansion at Avenidas, City of Palo Alto, California. Project manager for the preparation of an IS/MND evaluating the expansion of an existing senior community center. A key issue was the historical status of the building and ensuring compliance with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards to verify that the proposed expansion would not impair the historic significance of the building.
3877 El Camino Mixed-Use Project, City of Palo Alto, California. Project manager for an IS/MND evaluating the demolition of an existing one-story commercial building; the construction of a three-story, mixed-use building (including ground-floor retail, second-floor commercial/office space, and two dwelling units); and the construction of 15 additional townhomes in three buildings, with one level of underground parking. Worked with Dudek’s historian to prepare a historic resource evaluation and peer-reviewed other technical reports.

City Hall and Medical Office Building, City of Citrus Heights, California. Project manager for the preparation of a detailed IS and focused EIR to evaluate the proposed demolition of the existing city hall, the construction of a medical office building on the current city hall site, and the construction of a new city hall at a new site. Key issues included traffic, hazards and hazardous materials, noise, aesthetics, and land use compatibility.

Participated in a series of public outreach meetings to solicit community feedback on project design and environmental impact analysis.

1 Brian Grattidge

PROJECT MANAGER
Brian Grattidge is an environmental land use planner with over 28 years of experience. As a consultant, Mr. Grattidge has worked extensively in the areas of California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA) compliance as a senior project manager. His project experience includes a wide range of infrastructure, residential, commercial, and industrial projects. He has assisted clients with infrastructure projects, airport compatibility planning, development review, environmental permitting, specialized planning studies, and project management. Prior to his consulting work, Mr. Grattidge was a member of the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research, where he prepared the 2003 update of the General Plan Guidelines, assisted with the 2003 CEQA Guideline Amendments, contributed to the 2003 draft Environmental Goals and Policy Report, provided CEQA support and technical training, and coordinated state review of environmental documents.

Prior to his appointment to the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research, Mr.

Grattidge was a planner at the City of Woodland.

Relevant Project Experience
Collins Drive Subdivision, City of Auburn, California. As part of an on-call planning contract, managed the entitlement application for a 65-unit subdivision to be annexed by City of Auburn. Prepared and presented staff recommendations to the Planning Commission and City Council, prepared the LAFCO application, and managed the preparation of a Mitigated Negative Declaration. Key issues included access, impacts to oak trees, and operation of two existing cellular towers.

City of Vacaville Circulation Element Update, Climate Action Plan, and EIR. Vacaville, California Managed the update of the City’s General Plan Circulation Element to incorporate the vehicle miles traveled metric (VMT) and an update of the City’s Climate Action Plan to reflect current conditions, revised VMT forecasts, and post-2020 greenhouse gas reduction goals established by the State of California. The EIR was a supplement to the General Plan EIR, focused on transportation and greenhouse gas emission impacts.

City of Lincoln SUD-B Northeast Quadrant Specific Plan EIR, Lincoln, California. As part of Dudek’s On-Call Professional Planning Services contract with the City of Lincoln, we prepared the Environmental Impact Report for the SUD-B Northeast Quadrant Specific Plan. The proposed project is a 430-unit residential development that includes neighborhood parks, open space, and 69.7 acres of commercial uses along with associated infrastructure on an approximately 198.4-acre site within the City of Lincoln’s Sphere of Influence. A portion of the project site is within the Lincoln Airport Influence Area, and consistency with the Placer County Airport Land Use Compatibility Plan was required for the project. Annexation into the City was also requested by the project applicant. Environmental concerns addressed in the EIR included biological resources, hydrology, noise, traffic, public services, and adequate water supply.

Education
University of California,
Davis
MA, Political Science
BA, International
Relations
Professional Affiliations
Instructor, University of
California at San Diego
Extended Learning

2 Dollar General EIR. El Dorado County, California. As part of an on-call planning contract, managed the preparation of an EIR for a proposed Dollar General retail store in the unincorporated community of Cool, California. The project has previously been analyzed in an MND. Over concerns relating to transportation, public services, and urban decay, the Board of Supervisors directed that an EIR be prepared. The EIR addressed these issues, in addition to air quality, biological resources, and cultural resources. The EIR was certified by the Board of Supervisors.

Advanced Meter Infrastructure, Alameda County Water District, California. Prepared a Mitigated Negative Declaration for the District’s proposed Advanced Meter Infrastructure (AMI) project. The project includes upgrading all manual water meters and construction of data collection sites. Addressing biological and cultural resources issues across multiple sites within the district was a key issue. The proposed project funding includes the Clean Water Act State Revolving Fund (SRF), administered by the SWRCB. Mr. Grattidge managed the environmental compliance process for the SRF funding, known as “CEQA Plus,” which requires that the local agency demonstrate compliance with all applicable federal environmental regulations (including the Federal Endangered Species Act, the Clean Water Act, the Clean Air Act, and Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act).

Advanced Meter Infrastructure, San Jose Water Company, California. Prepared a Preliminary Environmental Assessment (PEA) for the upgrading of manual meters and construction of 16 data collection sites (base stations) on SJW property. The PEA considers the potential environmental effects of construction and operation of the system, consistent with California Public Utilities Commission requirements.

California State University, Chico (CSU, Chico), Master Plan Update EIR, Chico, California. Mr. Grattidge managed the preparation of an EIR for the 2030 Update to CSU, Chico’s Master Plan. The Master Plan Update provides for the university’s growth over the next ten years at the main campus and the University Farm. The EIR considers emerging issues such as the use of vehicle miles travelled (VMT) as a standard for transportation impacts, and implementation of the greenhouse gas reduction goals established by the CSU system and the Chico campus. Key issues include historic resources, utilities and infrastructure, and biological resources. The EIR was certified by the CSU Board of Trustees in November 2020.

University of California, Davis, On-Call Environmental Services, Davis, California. Managed technical studies and CEQA compliance for several campus building and infrastructure projects, including the La Rue Bridge Replacement Project (Local Assistance project), the Webster Hall Replacement Project, the Tercero Dining Commons Project, the Orchard Park Demolition Project, the CORE 2 Greenhouses Project, the Emerson Hall Replacement Project, and the Arboretum Waterway Restoration Project.

Sonoma State University, Sonoma County, California. Managed the environmental studies as part of the due diligence process for acquisition of natural preserves in Sonoma County. Currently assisting the University with CEQA compliance and environmental permitting for improvements to the visitor facilities at the Fairfield Osborne Preserve.

Ukiah Costco. City of Ukiah, California. Managed the preparation of an EIR for a proposed Costco Wholesale Warehouse in the City of Ukiah. The proposed project consists of a 148,000 square foot store located on a 15.33 acre site near Highway 101, and includes a 16 pump fuel station. Environmental issues addressed in the EIR include traffic, air quality, greenhouse gas emissions, aesthetics, stormwater runoff, energy usage, “urban heat island” effects, and urban decay. Mr. Grattidge also prepared a Supplemental EIR to address energy usage.

1 Dennis Pascua

TRANSPORTATION PLANNER
Dennis Pascua is a senior transportation planner and Dudek’s transportation services manager with 31 years’ experience in transportation planning/engineering throughout California. Mr. Pascua has successfully managed a variety of projects for local agencies and private developers, including traffic and circulation impact analyses and parking demand studies in both highly urbanized and rural areas. He is highly experienced with California Environmental Quality Act/National Environmental Policy Act and transportation topics and policies surrounding vehicle miles traveled, active transportation, and Complete Streets. Mr. Pascua also offers an international perspective, having managed transportation planning projects in the Philippines, Japan, and the United Arab Emirates.

Relevant Project Experience
Byron Airport Development Program EIR, Contra Costa County, California.

Managed the team that prepared the transportation impact analysis and EIR transportation section for the implementation of the warehousing, industrial, general commercial, and office land uses proposed as part of the Byron Airport Development Project. The TIA included VMT for CEQA and the LOS metric for General Plan consistency requirements. To mitigate project’s significant VMT impact, prepared a detailed discussion of strategies from Contra Costa County’s Transportation Demand Management Ordinance Guide and the California Air Pollution Control Officers Association that would be most effective in areas like the community of Byron and are appropriate for the project to avoid or reduce the significant impact.

VMT reductions for each strategy (using the applicable range of effectiveness) were applied to the project per California Air Pollution Control Officers Association’s calculations and selected measures were included as mitigation measures to reduce project’s VMT impact.

Former Dixon High School Modernization Project, Dixon, California. Managed the team that prepared the traffic assessment for a new middle school, on the former Dixon High School campus, in the Dixon Unified School District. The proposed project will modernize the existing old Dixon High School campus and repurpose the site as a 750-student middle school, serving grades 6 through 8. No significant growth in new students are anticipated to occur under the proposed project. Instead, all 219 6th grade students from existing elementary schools in the District (Anderson, Gretchen Higgins, and Tremont Elementary Schools), and all 535 7th and 8th grade students from the existing C.A. Jacobs Middle School, would be re-distributed to the new Dixon Middle School, for a total of 754 students. The proposed project is located within residential zoning, and is bordered by Anderson Elementary School to the north, single-family homes to the west and south, and farmland to the east. The traffic assessment analyzed the traffic impacts from the diversion of students from the existing schools within Dixon, to the proposed new middle school; as well as, proposed traffic demand management measures proposed by the District (i.e., staggered school start times, and specified student loading areas).

Education
University of California,
Irvine
BA, Social Ecology
(Environmental Analysis
and Design)
Professional Affiliations
Institute of Transportation
Engineers
Association of
Environmental
Professionals
American Planning
Association

2 City of Carson On-Call Environmental Analysis Services, Carson, California. Managed and prepared transportation and parking analyses, and peer reviewed transportation studies for various projects in the City under an on-call contract. Coordinated with the City’s Planning and Public Works Departments, and Caltrans District 7, on analyses and peer reviews. Attended Planning Commission and City Council Hearings to support the transportation studies on behalf of the City.

LADWP On-Call Environmental Services, Los Angeles, California. Managed the in-house team that prepared TIAs for the following projects prepared under an on-call contract with the LADWP, the nation’s largest municipal utility.

The TIAs prepared, or currently being prepared, involve the analysis of construction-related traffic and potential lane closures on major public thoroughfares. Construction mitigation measures include the preparation of a Construction Traffic Management Plan that includes traffic control plans for roadway construction, and transportation demand management for construction worker traffic.

Hunter Residential Subdivision, St. Helena, California. Managed the team that prepared the traffic impact analysis (TIA) for a 101 residential dwelling-unit (DU) development, located on a 16.9-acre vacant site within the City of St. Helena, along the eastern terminus of Adams Street and along the northern terminus of Starr Avenue. The proposed project includes a residential subdivision tentative map consisting of 51 single-family residences, 25 work force income-restricted multifamily units, and 25 accessory (granny) dwelling units (ADUs) for a total of 101 dwelling units. Currently, the project site is located without access to roadways; however, as part of the project Adams Street and Starr Avenue would be extended to serve the site. Primary access to the project site would be provided via the eastern extension of Adams Street, as well as the northern extension of Starr Avenue. The TIA contained both, a vehicles miles traveled (VMT) and level of service (LOS) analysis prepared consistent with CEQA and City requirements.

Bellevue Ranch 7 Residential Development, Santa Rosa, California. Managed the team that prepared the focused traffic analysis for a new residential development in the City of Santa Rosa. The proposed project would include the demolition of an existing single-family residence and development of 30 single-family homes with up to seven accessory dwelling units on the 5.75-acre project site. Access to the project would be via Dutton Meadow. The proposed project would also include construction of new roadways including Vintana Drive, Common Way, Countryside Lane, and Crosswinds Way. The focused traffic analysis assessed vehicular sight distance related to new roadways and intersections proposed by the project, as well as, alternative emergency access designs proposed on project streets (e.g., turnarounds, hammerheads, etc.). 123 Independence Drive Residential Project, Menlo Park, California. Managed the team that prepared the Transportation Impact Analysis (TIA). The project would include demolition of five existing office and industrial buildings, and the construction of 116 townhomes and 316 rental apartments, for a total of 432 dwelling units.

The TIA included the assessment of 15 study intersections within the Cities of Menlo Park and East Palo Alto and included Caltrans ramp intersections. These facilities were analyzed under the Existing, Near-Term (2025), NearTerm (2025) plus Project, Cumulative (2040), and Cumulative (2040) plus Project conditions. On-site and nearby intersections were analyzed for the potential impacts to an adjacent existing charter school, and a comprehensive vehicle miles traveled (VMT) analysis was conducted using the City’s travel demand model which is a sub-regional model of the Bay Area Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) travel demand model.

EID Wastewater Collections Operations Facility Relocation, El Dorado County, California. Managed the team the prepared the transportation impact study (TIS) for a wastewater facility relocation project. The El Dorado Irrigation District (EID) is proposing to relocate their existing Bass Lake wastewater collection operation and maintenance facility to EID’s existing El Dorado Hills Wastewater Treatment Plant. The proposed project includes expansion of the existing facilities including new office buildings, maintenance and materials storage buildings, resurfacing areas for vehicle circulation and parking, operations support materials and equipment staging areas. The TIS focused on the cumulative traffic impacts forecast along Latrobe Road and White Rock Road.

1 Mladen Popovic, AICP

TRANSPORTATION PLANNER
Mladen Popovic (MLAH-den PAH-puh-vitch; he/him) is a transportation planner with 8 years’ experience focusing on transportation impacts for a wide variety of projects. Mr. Popovic has an educational background in planning and experience working within traffic impact analysis procedures, including vehicle miles traveled (VMT) analysis, data collection, cumulative project development, trip generation calculations, level of service (LOS) analysis for intersections and roadway segments, signal warrant analysis, construction traffic, internal circulation and access evaluation, and vehicle turning analysis. He has utilized various types of transportation and design software including Synchro, Traffix, PTV Vistro/Vissim, AutoCAD, AutoTurn, and ArcGIS.

Relevant Project Experience
Byron Airport Development Program Traffic Impact Analysis and EIR, County of Contra Costa, California. Assisted with the traffic impact analysis for a development program that involved rezoning the Byron Airport property and associated General Plan policies intended to provide a streamlined planning framework for future development. The analysis included a detailed weekday analysis, VMT analysis, and horizon year analysis.

University of California Berkeley Softball Field EIR, Berkeley, California. Led the transportation analysis for an intercollegiate athletic softball field project that includes the renovation of a softball field, fan concourse, team facilities, lighting, and scoreboard. Primary tasks involved project coordination, construction analysis, and preparation of the transportation section of the EIR.

St. Joseph’s Medical Center Hospital Expansion Project Traffic Impact Analysis and EIR, CommonSpirit Health, City of Stockton, California. Led the traffic impact analysis and transportation section of the EIR to evaluate a master development plan for the buildout of the medical campus. The project proposes the removal of existing buildings to accommodate a new Acute Care Hospital Tower, a multistory parking garage, a central utility plant, a maintenance building, and a fuel tank yard. The EIR was released and approved in 2023.
1101–1123 Sutter Street Project EIR, Martin Building Company, San Francisco, California. Led the transportation analysis for a focused EIR for the rehabilitation of an existing three-story building and removal of the adjacent building to construct a new 14-story building. Together, the rehabilitated building and the new building would provide 221 residential units (including 44 very-low-income housing units), commercial and childcare uses, and parking. The primary issue of concern was the removal of a historically significant building and the reuse and rehabilitation of the adjacent historically significant building. The project was approved and the EIR certified in early 2022.

Education
University of California,
Santa Barbara
BA (with Honors),
Geographic Information
Systems
BA (with Honors),
Environmental Studies
University of California,
Irvine
Masters, Urban and
Regional Planning
Certifications
American Institute of
Certified Planners (AICP),
No. 31419
Professional Affiliations
American Planning
Association
Institute of Transportation
Engineers

2 123 Independence Drive Traffic Impact Analysis and EIR, City of Menlo Park, California. Led the traffic impact analysis and transportation section of the EIR for a residential development project that involved construction of 116 for-sale townhomes and 316 rental apartments, along with associated parking and landscaping, on an

8.15-acre parcel. The analysis included a detailed LOS analysis, VMT analysis, and horizon year analysis.

San Francisco Fell Street Department of Motor Vehicles Field Office Initial Study, California Department of General Services, San Francisco, California. Worked on the traffic analysis including technical memoranda and associated environmental documents for the California Department of General Services Department of Motor Vehicles field office reconstruction project that involves the replacement of a current San Francisco Department of Motor Vehicles field office with a larger building. Primary tasks included data collection, LOS analysis, queuing analysis, and analysis of transit.

Diamond Springs Community Park Transportation Impact Study and EIR, El Dorado County, California. Led the traffic impact analysis and transportation section of the environmental impact report (EIR) to evaluate a recreational park development. The project includes various outdoor amenities and resources for the local community. Traffic analysis focused on site access, vehicular queuing, LOS analysis, VMT analysis, and pedestrian/bicycle safety. The EIR was released and approved in 2023.

Former Dixon High School Modernization, City of Dixon, California. Led analysis that dictated the re-opening of the former site of Dixon High School into a 750-student middle school. Since the former high school was abandoned, all incoming middle school students in the Dixon Unified School District, as well as the existing middle school, were re-allocated to the project site. This required a detailed analysis of students’ trip origin points, key arterial roadways that facilitate vehicular trips within the City of Dixon, and the railroad tracks that separate the City into two halves. Additionally, vehicular queuing at the 95th percentile, project site access, and pedestrian and bicycle safety were evaluated as part of the traffic impact analysis.

Hunter Subdivision Project EIR, City of St. Helena, California. Led the traffic impact analysis and transportation section for the EIR for a proposed residential project on an approximately 17-acre parcel located near downtown St. Helena. The project includes 51 single-family homes, 25 multifamily units, and up to 25 accessory dwelling units. The analysis included a detailed weekday, Saturday intersection LOS analysis, VMT analysis, and horizon year analysis. The project is very controversial and the City of St. Helena anticipates a legal challenge to the EIR.

The EIR was released for public review in 2021.

Stony Point Flats Project Technical Studies and CEQA Document, Santa Rosa, California. Prepared the transportation technical memorandum and transportation analysis in support of the preparation of an addendum to the 2016 Roseland Area/Sebastopol Road Specific Plan EIR for the Stony Point Flats project. The 50-dwellingunit affordable apartment community consists of three buildings on a mostly vacant lot in the Roseland area of Santa Rosa. Major transportation issues addressed included vehicular circulation, emergency access, site access, and vehicular queuing. An appeal to approval of the addendum was upheld by the City Council in November 2021.

B.F. Sisk Dam Safety Modification Project EIR, California Department of Water Resources, Merced County, California. Led the transportation analysis for the proposed dam crest raise and seismic retrofit project. Primary tasks involved project coordination, construction analysis, and preparation of the transportation section of the EIR. The project would result in nearly 1,900 acres of ground disturbance, and modification to the dam would require up to 5 million cubic yards of earth material sources from on-site quarries. The project is a joint effort of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and Department of Water Resources. A supplemental EIR was required to evaluate substantial changes in the project that had occurred since a previous document was prepared in 2019 and address modifications to mitigation measures. The document was certified in 2021.

1 William Burns, RPA

PROJECT ARCHAEOLOGIST
William Burns (WILL-ee-em BURNS; he/him) is an archaeologist with 20 years’ experience in cultural resource management. Mr. Burns is highly knowledgeable about the California Environmental Quality Act, the National Environmental Policy Act, the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, and the National Historic Preservation Act, particularly the Section 106 process. He evaluates buildings and districts for archaeological sensitivity and possible inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places.

Mr. Burns assesses project and building plans for archaeological sensitivity and reviews archaeological reports on the state government regulatory end of the process.

Mr. Burns possesses expertise about pre-contact archaeological sites, paleocoastline reconstruction, and artifact identification and analysis. He applies this expertise to archaeological report writing and editing for Section 106 projects. He also serves on field crews and as a supervisor on archaeological projects, overseeing surveys, site examinations, data recoveries, and artifact database creation and maintenance. For precise site mapping, Mr. Burns uses GPS devices, primarily Trimble GEO XH, ArcGIS, and Maptitude.

Relevant Project Experience
Vista Woods Apartments Project, Contra Costa County, California Project consisted of the construction of a new housing development at the outskirts of the City of Pinole. Construction required excavation in areas of high archaeological sensitivity. Provided environmental awareness training and fulltime archaeological monitoring for the duration of the project.

Pacifica Gas & Electric Vegetation Management, multiple projects, San Joaquin, Amador, Stanislaus, Calaveras, Tuolumne, Mariposa, Madera, Fresno Counties, California. Conducted background research, performed survey, organized and coordinated cultural monitors with clients and lead agencies, and authored reports for over 300 vegetation management projects for clearing areas around at-risk electrical transmission lines. Projects are within numerous federal and state jurisdictions including but not limited to, US Forest Service, National Park Service, Bureau of Reclamation, Bureau of Land Management, and California State Parks. Specifically for the US Forest Service, National Forests conducting archaeological work include El Dorado National Forest, Los Padres National Forest, Sequoia National Forest, Sierra National Forest, and Stanislaus National Forest.

University of California Berkeley Clark Kerr Campus Beach Volleyball Courts Project, Berkeley, California. Performed pedestrian survey and prepared environmental impact report for university redevelopment project in archaeologically sensitive areas.

Education
University of York
MS, Coastal and Marine
Archaeology, 2010,
University of
Massachusetts at
Amherst
BA, Anthropology
(Mathematics minor),
2004
Certifications
Register of Professional
Archaeologists (RPA)
Divemaster (National
Association of Underwater
Instructors)
Occupational Safety and
Health Administration
(OSHA) HAZWOPER
(40-hour)
Basic First Aid/BBP
(American Heart
Association)
Adult CPR/AED (American
Heart Association)

2 Byron Airport Improvements Project, Contra Costa County, California. Performed cultural survey for airport improvements project in undeveloped land. Survey resulted in the identification of a number of historic era resources related to ranching in the region.

Alameda County Advanced Meter Infrastructure Project, Alameda County, California. The project proposed to upgrade existing traditional water meter reading systems within its service area with an Advanced Metering Infrastructure system across 84,200 existing meters for the Alameda County Water District. As project archaeologist, performed the records search and reviewed and summarized the data of the approximately 41,000-acre project area. Reviewed geomorphological data for the project site and developed a sensitivity model and monitoring plan for the project.

Advanced Meter Infrastructure Project, Santa Clara County, California. Served as project archaeologist on this countywide project to upgrade metering systems for the San Jose Water Company at 16 locations. Tasks included conducting the records search, performing a survey at each of the 16 sites, and preparing the cultural resources report. Two historic structures were identified during the study and evaluated for impacts.

B.F. Sisk Dam Safety of Dams Project, California Department of Water Resources, Merced County, California. The B.F. Sisk Dam Safety of Dams Project consisted of repairs and maintenance of the historic dam. The vicinity around the dam contained many historic features of the dam’s construction, as well as prehistoric sites including reported burials. Performed the cultural survey documenting these resources, conducted records search, and prepared cultural resources report.

CSU Maritime Academy, Vallejo, California. Conducted records search, performed pedestrian survey, and prepared campus-wide cultural resources archaeological sensitivity report. Additional tasks included performing cultural resources assessment under CEQA for road improvements, academy building changes, and hillside stabilizations.

Additionally, the dredging of a large dock basin for academy training ship required an archaeological assessment and biological survey at a sample of transects both in the basin and in the surrounding shoreline vicinity. SCUBA surveys were used attempting to locate both archaeological and biological resources.

Santa Cruz Wharf Expansion Project, City of Santa Cruz, California. Project involved restoration of a historical municipal wharf. As project archaeologist, investigated the potential for submerged resources through magnetometer and sub-bottom profiler surveys and analyzed the results for potential resources. Then conducted reconnaissance underwater SCUBA surveys on these potential resource locations to further investigate. All methods and results were drafted in a technical report.

Delta Dams Burrow Remediation Project, California Department of Water Resources, Alameda and Contra Costa Counties, California. Project consisted of maintenance conducted at three separate reservoirs to repair damage cause by rodent burrowing. As project archaeologist, performed the cultural survey at each location, conducted records searches, and prepared the cultural resources report.

California High-Speed Rail Project, Construction Package 2-3, Fresno to Bakersfield, Dragados/Flatiron Joint Venture, Fresno, Kings, Counties of Tulare and Kern, California. As lead archaeologist for eight years on a 65-mile segment of the project, conducted and oversaw field surveys and archaeological, tribal, and paleontological monitoring efforts. Prepared cultural resources survey reports and monthly monitoring summaries. Managed reporting to client and state agencies and served as a tribal liaison for five separate consulting tribal communities.

1 Audrey Herschberger, PE

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEER
Audrey Herschberger is a professional environmental engineer with 16 years’ experience in environmental consulting, specializing in due diligence and assessment of hazards and hazardous materials for property acquisition and development. Ms. Herschberger’s experience includes Phase I and Phase II Environmental Site Assessments (ESAs) under ASTM E1527-13, ASTM E1527- 21, ASTM E2247-16, and ASTM E1903-19; hazards and hazardous material analysis under CEQA; management of small to mid-size environmental sampling projects, permit compliance projects; and hazardous material management. She has experience with regulatory compliance and permitting in Oregon, Washington, and California.

Relevant Project Experience
Phase I ESA and Hazardous Material Evaluations, Private Energy Development Company, Stanislaus County, California. Served as Project Engineer and Environmental Professional. Completed Phase I ESA and CEQA-related hazardous material evaluation for a 1,700+ acre future energy site. Recognized environmental conditions (RECs) included hazardous material storage related to former farming activities, asbestos, lead-based paint, onsite burn areas, and groundwater impacts from a nearby landfill. A soil management plan was developed for project construction to appropriately manage potentially impacted soils and establish health and safety procedures.

Multiple Phase I Initial Site Assessments (ISA), City of La Cañada Flintridge, California. Served as Project Engineer and Environmental Professional. Completed multiple Phase I ISAs for the installation of soundwalls along Caltrans-owned and operated highways. Project analysis required evaluation of typical Phase I ESA hazards and Caltrans-specific road hazards, including aerially-deposited lead and chromium-yellow road paint.

Multiple Multi-Family Residential Property Phase I ESAs, Ahe Group, Hawaii. Served as Project Engineer and Environmental Professional. Completed Phase I ESAs for multiple multi-family residential sites on multiple islands in Hawai’i. Project analysis required in-depth historical research into sugar cane plantations using atypical resources for Phase I ESA analysis (e.g. historical society documents, island-wide plantation maps).

Multiple Phase I Environmental Site Assessments, Wolff Company, Portland, Oregon. Served as Project Engineer and Environmental Professional. Completed Phase I ESAs for seven separate new mixed use projects in the City of Portland.

Assessments were completed on new construction, and included evaluation of UST removals that occurred during construction. UST removal evaluation was completed to assess completeness of removal and remediation and evaluation of closure documents.

Education
Oregon State University
BS, Chemical Engineering,
2008
Certifications
Professional
Environmental Engineer,
OR No. 80505PE
40-Hour HAZWOPER
Certification
8-Hour HAZWOPER
Refresher
10-Hour OSHA
Construction Standards
First Aid/CPR Certification
Hazardous Waste Basics,
Managing Common
Wastes Oregon
Department of
Environmental Quality
Professional Affiliations
AWMA Pacific Northwest
International Section

2 Phase II ESA, Soil Vapor Sampling, The Holland, Inc., Monmouth, Oregon. Served as Project Engineer. Managed and completed soil vapor sampling and indoor air sampling for a restaurant constructed on a former gas station. Soil vapor and air sampling was completed as requested by and under the oversight of the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (ODEQ) to evaluate indoor air impacts. Site is currently under review for closure approval with ODEQ.

Phase I and Phase II ESA Peer Review, City of Oxnard, California. Served as Project Engineer and Environmental Professional. Completed peer review of a Phase I and Phase II ESA for a Caltrans-owned access road on behalf of the City of Oxnard. The Phase I and II were completed by a private developer, and the City was to purchase the road for future occupant access.

Multiple Hazardous Material Removal Document Review, Private Developer, Jamestown, California. Served as Project Engineer and Environmental Professional. Completed peer review of multiple investigation and remediation documents on a former lumber mill and processing plant prior to acquisition of the property. Review was focused on potential hazards associated with acquisition and the CEQA process.

Hazardous Material Contingency Plan, City of Chula Vista, California. Served as Project Engineer. Prepared contingency plan for construction within an area of contaminated groundwater and soil vapor. Construction would include installation of utility lines for the City. Plan included management of contaminated media, air quality screening in breathing zones, and health and safety of onsite workers and surrounding community.

Hazardous Materials Contingency Plan, Olympic Well Field, Santa Monica, California. Served as Project Engineer.

Prepared a contingency plan for construction of improvements to water supply wells for the City of Santa Monica.

Construction was to occur in an area of regional groundwater contamination, potentially impacting soil, soil vapor, and groundwater in the area of construction. The contingency plan included health and safety measures, air monitoring, and proper handling and disposal techniques for contaminated soil and groundwater.

Waste Management Plans, San Diego, California. Served as Project Engineer. Prepared waste management plans for multiple development projects in San Diego. Projects included school expansions, high density housing, and commercial structures. Plans were prepared to meet the Integrated Waste Management Act and related Senate Bills 1016 and 1383, as well as San Diego legislation related to construction and demolition debris recycling and onsite waste management requirements during occupancy. Plans were submitted to and approved by City of San Diego.

1 Fallin E. Steffen, MPS

ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN
Fallin Steffen (FAL-in STEF-in; she/her) is an Architectural Historian with 9 years’ experience in historic preservation, architectural conservation, and cultural resource management. Ms. Steffen’s professional experience encompasses a variety of projects and resource types for federal and state agencies, county and municipal governments, private developers, and homeowners in both rural and highly urbanized areas. She maintains extensive experience conducting reconnaissance- and intensive-level surveys, preparing both city-wide and resource-specific historic contexts, drafting cultural resource inventory and evaluation reports, and preparing significance evaluations in consideration of the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP), California Register of Historic Resources (CRHR), California Historical Landmark (CHL) and local designation criteria. Ms. Steffen holds experience preparing impacts analysis for the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and findings-ofeffect analysis for Sections 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) and with design review and conformance with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for `proposed residential, commercial, and municipal projects involving historic properties. Ms. Steffen meets the Secretary of the Interior’s Professional Qualification Standards for Architectural History.

Relevant Project Experience
Cal Softball Field Renovation Project, University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley), California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Compliance, Berkeley, California. Lead investigator for built environment resources. The purpose of the project is the renovation of the existing Cal Softball Field to provide for a Title IX compliant, women's softball field, for Intercollegiate Athletics (IA) and recreational uses. Dudek prepared the Cultural Resources section of the Environmental Impact Report for the Cal Softball Field Renovation Project. The Area of Potential Impacts (API) for the proposed project encompassed the adjacent National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) District No. 05000425 Panoramic Hill Historic District (Historic District), which was determined eligible for the National Register NRHP under Criterion 3 for architecture as an important example of an early twentieth century residential neighborhood representing the Arts and Crafts Movement in Berkeley, California. The project impacts assessment recommended that implementation of the proposed project would not result in impacts to the Panoramic Hill neighborhood as a Historic District and the district’s ability to convey significance would remain intact, both as individual contributing resources, and as a cohesive Historic District overall. Therefore, the proposed project would not cause a substantial adverse change in the significance of a (built environment) historical resource and the impact would be less than significant
Awakening Nourishing Fires Project, City of Santa Cruz Economic Development Department, California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Compliance and Local Historic Preservation Permitting Support, Santa Cruz, California. Project manager and lead investigator for built environment resources. The purpose of the project proposes to repair and rehabilitate the Anthony’s Flight staircase in order to install a tile mosaic on the risers. The City of Santa Cruz required a qualified architectural historian assess the proposed project for conformance with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties, specifically, the Standards for Education
Tulane University,
New Orleans, LA
Masters of Preservation
Studies, 2015
University of California,
Santa Cruz, CA
B.A. History of Art & Visual
Culture, 2010

2 Rehabilitation. Dudek provided consultation for a suitable design of for the repair work and authored the memorandum providing an analysis of how the project conforms with the Secretary of the Interior Standards. The results of the assessment found that the project conforms with the Standards for Rehabilitation.

Northgate Town Square Project, Merlone Geier Management, LLC, California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Compliance, San Rafael, California. Lead investigator for built environment resources. The purpose of the project was the phased redevelopment of the existing 44.76-acre Northgate Mall complex with new retail space and residential units in six new buildings and associated residential and retail parking spaces. Dudek prepared the Built Environment Resources Inventory and Evaluation Report for the Northgate Town Square Project. The report concluded that the Northgate Mall property does not appear eligible under any National Register of Historic Places, California Register of Historical Resources, and local designation criteria and is therefore not considered a historical resource for the purposes of CEQA. Although not located within the project site, the report also addressed the Terra Linda Valley neighborhood, a mid-century, Eichler subdevelopment located immediately south and southwest of the project site. As a full formal evaluation of the historic district was outside of the purview of this study, the Terra Linda Valley historic district was presumed eligible for the purpose of this Project and considered a CEQA historical resource. Dudek defined sufficient historical significance parameters for the historic district and prepared a detailed impacts analysis. The finding for built environment historical resources under CEQA is less than significant and no mitigation was required.

Vista Woods Apartment Project, Vista Woods Inc., California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Permitting, Pinole, California. Lead investigator for built environment resources. The purpose of the project was to replace existing buildings on a development site comprising three parcels located in the City of Pinole, California with a new 4-story, 179-unit apartment complex providing affordable housing to seniors. Dudek prepared a Built Environment Resources Inventory and Evaluation Report for the Vista Woods Apartment Project. As the project includes funding from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the City of Pinole requested the document comply with Section 106 of the NHPA of 1966 and CEQA. The significance evaluation recommended that the property does not appear eligible for designation under National Register of Historic Places, California Register of Historical Resources, and local designation criteria.

Mitigation Implementation for 3093 Broadway (Historic American Building Survey [HABS] and Interpretative Signage), The Martin Group, City of Oakland, Alameda County, California. Dudek was retained by The Martin Group to prepare documentation required under CEQA for the 3093 Broadway Project, which resulted a significant impact of a CEQA historical resource. Preparation of local level HABS documentation of the Connell Motor Company Building in Oakland, California and interpretative signage were included as mitigation requirements outlined in the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for this project. In coordination with the City of Oakland, Dudek assisted The Martin Group in implementation of the required mitigation. Dudek prepared the HABS documentation and created the interpretive signage for the building that documented the history of the Connell Motor Company building following its demolition in 2016 and integration of the showroom façade into the new complex located at the site completed in 2019. As architectural historian, Ms. Steffen’s contributions to the project included intensive research related to the Connell Motor Company building, the written HABS report, and the compilation of all known existing physical evidence related to the building. Additionally, the information compiled as part of the HABS documentation was used to produce the text and graphics for the interpretative signage in the form of an informational plaque documenting the historic significance of the Connell Building that is now featured at the new complex.

1 Monte Kim, PhD

ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN
Monte Kim (he/him) is a senior architectural historian and historic built environment resource specialist with over 20 years of professional experience in all phases of regulatory compliance under Section 106 and Section 110 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), Section 4(f) of the Department of Transportation Act, National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), and California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). He has experience in the inventory and evaluation of resources within the historic built environment, as well as the assessment of effects on historic properties and historical resources and has authored or co-authored nominations for the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) and has overseen the documentation of historic properties in accordance with the standards required for the Historic American Building Survey (HABS), the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER), and the Historic American Landscape Survey (HALS). He has also developed and implemented resource-specific mitigation measures, treatment plans, protection plans, and interpretive plans for large, transportation-related projects, including the California High-Speed Rail Project. Additionally, he has experience consulting with State Historic Preservation Officers and developing programmatic agreements and memorandum of agreement documents for government agencies. Mr. Kim meets the Secretary of the Interior’s Professional Qualification Standards for history and architectural history.

Relevant Project Experience
On-Call Services for Department of Water Resources, Operations and Maintenance Division, State of California. Dudek was retained by the State of California’s Department of Water Resources (DWR), Operations and Maintenance Division (O&M), to assist in a wide range of on-going environmental compliance efforts. Under this on-call contract, Mr.

Kim provides senior level guidance and reviews of the built environment evaluations and technical reports prepared under the current task orders.

Cultural Resources Inventory and Evaluation Report for the Huntington Library Scholar’s Grove Housing Project, San Marino, California. Dudek was retained by Greystar to prepare a cultural resources inventory and evaluation report for a project that involved the construction of 33 residential units, a central clubhouse with supportive recreational areas, and surface parking near the north entrance of the Huntington Library property in San Marino.

The report also analyzed the project’s potential impacts under CEQA on five landscape features that contribute to the significance of the Huntington Library Historic District, which was listed in the NRHP in 1977. Mr. Kim was the lead built environment author and drafted the CEQA impacts analysis section of the report.

California Department of Fish and Wildlife Mission Creek Habitat Restoration Project, Santa Barbara County, California. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) retained Dudek to provide a peer review of a mitigated negative declaration (MND) and the supporting cultural resources technical studies for the Mission Education
University of California,
Santa Barbara PhD,
History, 2005
California State University,
Sacramento MA,
Public History, 1999
University of California,
Santa Cruz BA,
History, 1996
Professional Affiliations
California Preservation
Foundation
Vernacular Architecture
Forum
Transportation Research
Board

2 Creek Habitat Restoration Project. The reports were prepared for Southern California Edison for a project that involved restoration treatments on a 2.88-acre site and the evaluation of historic built resources within the area of potential impacts in conformance with the regulatory requirements of CEQA. Mr. Kim reviewed the MND and supporting technical studies and found them to be adequate for compliance under CEQA.

Area of Potential Effects Justification & Preliminary Effects Assessment Memorandum for the San Luis Rey Habitat Management Area Wetland Restoration Project, San Diego County, California. Dudek assisted the San Diego County Water Authority (SDCWA) as part of an on-call contract to address comments from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) regarding potential impacts from the San Luis Rey Habitat Management Area Wetlands Restoration Project on a segment of the Second San Diego Aqueduct within the project’s area of potential effects (APE). The memorandum recommended that SCDWA consider the aqueduct segment within the APE eligible for the NRHP for the purposes of the undertaking only and that a finding of no historic properties affected under 36 CFR § 800.4(d)(1) would be appropriate because the resource would be avoided and protected through measures implemented by the project. Mr. Kim authored the justification for the APE and the Section 106 preliminary effects analysis using the criteria of adverse effect (36 CFR § 800.5).

Section 106 Area of Potential Effects Justification for the Brightline West Vehicle Maintenance Facility at Sloan, NV. Dudek was retained by the project proponent to prepare an APE boundary justification memorandum for the Brightline West High-Speed Rail Project’s vehicle maintenance facility at Sloan, NV. Because of the area’s relatively undeveloped desert landscape and the concern for potential visual impacts on historic properties, the APE was expanded to a one-mile radius around the project site. The APE delineation also considered potential project-related effects from vibratory, auditory, and atmospheric effects on historic properties. The lead federal agency for the undertaking is the Federal Railroad Administration, which approved the APE memorandum and transmitted it to the NV SHPO for concurrence. Mr. Kim was the author of the memorandum.

Historic Property Identification and Evaluation Memorandum for the Alvarado Gardens mixed-Use Project, City of San Pablo. Mr. Kim served as the lead architectural historian for assessing the effects of the proposed project on the former San Pablo City Hall complex, including the Teixeira Home and the Alvarado Adobe. The assessment applied the Section 106 Criteria of Adverse Effect (36 CFR § 800.16[l][1]) and found that there would be no historic properties affected within the delineated area of potential effects (2022).

Historic Property Identification and Evaluation Memorandum for the Inn by the Coliseum Project, City of Oakland.

Mr. Kim served as the lead architectural historian for this project. He oversaw the intensive field survey, the preparation of the historic context station and evaluation, and Native American consultation efforts in accordance with the Department of Housing and Urban Development guidelines. The report concluded that no historic properties would be affected by the proposed project (2022).

California High-Speed Rail Project Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statements. Mr. Kim served as a lead planner for the California High-Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) and was responsible for reviewing the cultural resources, parks and recreation, and Section 4(f) EIR/EIS chapters for six of the eight regional sections of the Project. Additionally, he reviewed the supporting technical reports and treatment plans, as well as contributed to the drafting of four memorandum of agreement documents between the CHSRA, California SHPO, and the Surface Transportation Board, provided technical guidance to the Authority’s regional consultants, and consulted with the SHPO to obtain Section 106 and Section 4(f) concurrences.

1 Angelica Chiu

CEQA/NEPA ANALYST
Angelica Chiu (an-JEL-ick-uh CHOO; she/her) is an environmental planner with 5 years’ experience specializing in California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) document preparation and compliance, as well as project coordination for both public and private sector clients throughout California. Ms. Chiu provides analytical support and project management assistance to senior staff for a variety of projects, including new residential, hotel, commercial, mixed-use, and warehouse developments. She also has experience with education projects, public utilities projects, and statewide programs. Ms. Chiu facilitates timely and efficient completion of project deliverables with quality assurance.

Relevant Project Experience
City of Sacramento 2040 General Plan Master EIR, City of Sacramento, California. Deputy project manager for updating the City’s 2035 General Plan Master EIR to evaluate substantive changes to the City’s land use plan, new and revised goals and policies, the addition of an updated Climate Action and Adaptation Plan, and significant changes to the Circulation Element. The Master EIR is anticipated to be released for public review sometime in late 2023 or early 2024.

St. Joseph’s Medical Center Hospital Expansion Project EIR, CommonSpirit Health, City of Stockton, California.

Deputy project manager of an EIR to evaluate a master development plan for the buildout of the medical campus.

The project proposes the removal of existing buildings to accommodate a new Acute Care Hospital Tower, a multistory parking garage, a central utility plant, a maintenance building, and a fuel tank yard. The EIR is anticipated to be released sometime in 2023.

North County Solid Waste Services Project EIR, County of Los Angeles, California. Deputy project manager for an EIR evaluating potential environmental effects resulting from the formation and operation of new garbage disposal districts for the unincorporated communities in northern Los Angeles County. Under the Garbage Disposal District contracts, selected solid waste hauler(s) would provide source-separated collection of refuse, recyclables, and organic waste for all residential and commercial customers. The selected waste hauler(s) would also provide manure collection and bulky items pickup upon request, as well as illegal dumping pickup.

The proposed project supports the County’s compliance with statewide targets set forth in Senate Bill 1383 pertaining to diversion of organic waste from landfills.

California State University, Sonoma - Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria Learning Center at Fairfield Osborn Preserve Mitigated Negative Declaration, Sonoma County, California. Lead project analyst for preparation of a Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND) evaluating improvements to a 450-acre nature preserve on Sonoma Mountain managed by the university’s Center for Environmental Inquiry. Components of the project include an outdoor circular seating area and tiered seating area, interior and exterior improvements to the visitor center, construction of a pedestrian walkway, resurfacing of a pedestrian bridge, parking lot expansion, and fire safety upgrades.

Education
University of California,
Davis
BS, Environmental Policy
Analysis and Planning
Professional Affiliations
Association of
Environmental
Professionals

2 Cisco Grove Campground Project Technical Studies, Nevada and Placer Counties, California. Project manager overseeing the preparation of various environmental technical studies to support County planning applications for a campground redevelopment project. Studies prepared by Dudek include a biological technical memorandum, cultural resources assessment, paleontological resources search report and field survey, noise technical report, and visual impact study. Tasks still in progress include botanical surveys, a preliminary jurisdictional delineation and permitting support, and preparation of a fire safety plan.

Morse Park Recreation Center Project MND, Cosumnes Community Services District, City of Elk Grove, California.

Project manager for the preparation of an MND for this project, renamed CORE Recreation Center. The project includes a 54,222-square-foot recreation center, an outdoor recreation space and event lawn, new landscaping and lighting, and parking. The project is located within an existing park surrounded by residences. Environmental concerns focused on site disturbance and the increase in vehicle miles traveled.

Elk Grove Great Nature Park Project MND, Cosumnes Community Services District, City of Elk Grove, California.

Project manager for the preparation of an MND that evaluated a new up-to-5,000-square-foot nature center and the creation of a 2.5-acre park that would preserve existing wetlands and add new trees; new Americans with Disabilities Act–compliant accessible pathways, ramps, and bridges; rain gardens; solar panels over parking areas; and new bicycle parking spaces. The project also included a children’s nature play area and new gardens for urban agriculture and planting demonstrations. Dudek prepared all the required technical studies and also conducted mitigation compliance.

Santa Clara County Rural Zoning Update EIR, Santa Clara County, California. Project analyst for an EIR analyzing amendments to the existing Rural Zoning Ordinance to streamline permitting for certain rural-compatible developments, introduce objective development standards, and further implement existing County General Plan policies to prevent sprawl and preserve agricultural land. 24th and Waverly Project, NASH – Holland 24th & Waverly Investors LLC, City of Oakland, California. Lead project analyst for the 24th and Waverly Project CEQA checklist using streamlining provisions under CEQA Guidelines Sections 15182, 15183, and 15183.3 to tier from the program-level analyses completed in the City of Oakland’s Broadway Valdez District Specific Plan. The project includes the demolition of residential and commercial structures to construct a 15- to 16-story building, including 330 residential units and approximately 13,000 square feet of retail uses. Tasks included preparing the checklist document, reviewing the project consistency with the Broadway Valdez District Specific Plan and the CEQA Guidelines streamlining provisions, and regular contact with the client and the City of Oakland.

Valley’s Edge Specific Plan Project EIR, City of Chico, California. Project analyst for the Valley’s Edge Specific Plan Project EIR. The project includes a blueprint for a mixed-use community including a range of housing types, commercial uses, parks, and open space areas. The project site is located within Butte County, but is within the City of Chico’s Sphere of Influence and would be annexed to the City upon approval. Environmental issues include potential loss of special-status biological resources, concerns due to wildfire (a portion of the site was burned in the 2018 Camp Fire), historic resources, and increase in traffic on local roadways. Project tasks include preparation of EIR sections and coordination with senior and technical staff.

1 Jonathan Leech, AICP, INCE, PG

NOISE SPECIALISTS
Jonathan Leech is a senior project manager and environmental specialist with 38 years’ environmental planning experience, including environmental research, hazardous materials and environmental impact assessment, condition compliance and mitigation monitoring, and land use analysis. Mr. Leech has contributed to more than 200 CEQA and NEPA environmental documents including:
environmental assessments (EAs); environmental impact reports (EIRs); mitigated negative declarations (MNDs); specific plans; and policy documents for numerous local agencies within the State of California. He has also authored mitigation monitoring and reporting plans (MMRPs) and environmental quality assurance plans (EQAPs) to ensure adherence to required conditions during project implementation, and has served as project manager and/or on-site environmental coordinator for the implementation of such plans.

Mr. Leech also has more than a decade of focused experience in noise assessments, including exterior and interior noise exposure studies for singlefamily homes, as well as large-scale evaluations of proposed subdivisions and specific plan projects, for inclusion in environmental impact reports (EIRs) or negative declarations (NDs). He has performed noise evaluation of commercial and industrial sources, as well as provided noise monitoring during construction for compliance with project conditions and noise ordinance restrictions.

Relevant Project Experience
City of Rohnert Park On-Call Acoustic Services, Sonoma County, California. As a senior acoustician, Mr. Leech has prepared noise and vibration assessments or provided acoustic consultation on behalf of the City for more than a halfdozen projects throughout the City of Rohnert Park.

Belden Barns Farmstead and Winery EIR, Sonoma County, California. As the noise specialist, assessed noise levels at nearby residences associated with construction and operation of the project, which includes development of a winemaking, hospitality, and farmstead food production facility. Noise sources assessed included additional traffic from the new operations, stationary equipment for the new uses, outdoor crowd activities and amplified sound, as well as construction equipment and activities.

California Boulevard Round-About, City of Napa, California. Prepared the noise assessment for the reconfiguration of California Boulevard at 1st Street to include a round-about (traffic circle). Analysis included traffic noise utilizing the FHWA TNM 2.5 traffic noise prediction model, and construction noise assessment utilizing the FHWA RCNM construction noise model.

Byron Airport Development Program, County of Contra Costa, California. Prepared the noise and vibration assessment for the proposed development of light industrial, warehousing and logistics, commercial, and lowintensity office uses on the airport property. Noise sources included new stationary equipment at the airport property for the expanded land uses, and traffic noise from the Existing and Future Year (2040) conditions.

Education
University of California,
Santa Barbara
BA, Environmental
Studies/Geology, 1984
Pennsylvania State
University
Coursework in Graduate
Acoustics Program, 2012
Certifications
American Institute of
Certified Planners (AICP)
Professional Geologist
(PG), CA
Professional Affiliations
American Planning
Association
Association of
Environmental
Professionals
Institute of Noise Control
Engineers (INCE)

2 San Pablo Municipal Broadband Project IS/MND, San Pablo, California. The proposed San Pablo Municipal Broadband Project includes the installation of a fiber-optic ring, spur lines (or running lines), and aggregators that connect to the fiber-optic ring infrastructure. From these aggregators (either in prefabricated fiber huts or existing equipment rooms in existing commercial buildings), the fiber-optic cables would travel along existing streets (below ground) into vaults or utility cabinets and to and from the handholes/cabinets directly to customers.

Prepared the IS/MND sections to address noise and vibration impacts of the project. 1431 El Camino Real MND – Under contract to the City of Burlingame, Dudek prepared an MND for the demolition of a two-story residential building and reconstruction of a three-story residential complex. The noise analysis for the MND included a construction noise assessment with identified construction noise mitigations, and the evaluation of noise from a proposed “car stacker” parking machine. The project was approved February 2018.

Pedestrian Crossing EIR – Under contract to the City of Palo Alto, Dudek prepared an EIR for the construction and operation of a pedestrian/cyclist overcrossing of US Highway 101. The noise analysis included an ambient noise survey for areas adjacent to each end of the overcrossing location, and a construction noise analysis. The project is currently under construction.

Solano Community College District, Vacaville Center Biotechnology and Science Building, Mitigated Negative Declaration/Initial Study (MND/IS). Dudek prepared an Initial Study and Mitigated Negative Declaration for the proposed Biotechnology and Science Building to be located on the Vacaville Campus of Solano County Community College District. Improvements included the structure, extension of utility systems, and new parking area. Issues included visual and aesthetics, transportation and circulation, air quality, noise, public services, and surface hydrology. Dudek administered the noticing, document circulation, hearing process, and response to comments for the project environmental review process in compliance with CEQA. Mr. Leech managed the acoustic assessment and preparation of the noise section of the MND for the project (November 2014 – May 2015).

VMT/Orcem Bulk Materials Marine Terminal, Vallejo, California. Under contract to the City of Vallejo, Dudek performed a Peer Review of the noise study addressing a proposed redevelopment of the General Mills deepwater terminal and flour milling plant in Vallejo; the General Mills plant closed in 2004, and the project site has since remained vacant. The proposed redevelopment involves two separate operators, VMT and Orcem. The proposed VMT component of the project would reestablish industrial uses on 28 acres of the total 33 acre site and would include the removal of a deteriorated timber wharf and construction of a modern deep-water terminal with laydown area, and trucking and rail connections, primarily servicing the import and export of bulk and breakbulk commodities. The Orcem component of the project would involve construction and operation of an industrial facility for the production of a high performance, less polluting alternative for the traditional portland cement material used in most California construction projects. The Orcem component would involve construction of approximately 73,000 square feet of buildings, equipment, and enclosures, together with outdoor storage areas, on a 5-acre portion of the former General Mills plant site leased from VMT. Dudek Peer Review recommendations for the Project noise study included preparation of a detailed vibration analysis for rail freight activities of the facility, additional documentation addressing modeling of stationary noise sources on-site, and additional mitigation for stationary noise sources (bulk materials handling equipment).

Santa Barbara Community Wildfire Protection Plan PEIR, City of Santa Barbara, California. Prepared the noise and vibration section of the EIR for the comprehensive fire management program for the City of Santa Barbara, known as a Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP). The purpose of the project is to update the City’s 2004 Wildland Fire Plan to account for changes in the City’s fire environment and work completed under the 2004 Plan with a comprehensive, coordinated plan to mitigate the impact of wildland fire to the City. The noise and vibration section evaluated changes in noise exposure for noise-sensitive uses (i.e., residences) from alterations in the proposed fuel management program, potential impacts, and mitigation measures related to implementation of the proposed CWPP.

1 Connor Burke

NOISE SPECIALIST
Connor Burke is an environmental analyst with 9 years’ professional experience specializing in noise studies, stormwater, wildlife surveys, and the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Mr. Burke has hands-on experience in environmental field research, including extensive water sampling, wildlife surveys, and conservational outreach. He has used GIS for field research and SPSS and Excel for statistical analysis. Mr. Burke also has a strong knowledge of regulations relating to water resources and the environment including the California Coastal Act (CCA), the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), the County Water Authority (CWA), and the federal Clean Air Act (CAA).

Relevant Project Experience
Pacific Coast Commons Specific Plan Environmental Impact Report, City of El Segundo, California. Participated in development of the draft environmental impact report (EIR) noise section to evaluate potential construction noise and vibration impacts due to three-phase buildout of new residences and parking structures on Sepulveda Boulevard.

Northside Specific Plan EIR, Rick Engineering, Cities of Riverside and Colton and Riverside County, California.

Prepared of technical noise study and EIR noise section to evaluate potential roadway traffic, stationary source (e.g., heating, ventilation, and air conditioning [HVAC]), and construction noise and vibration impacts associated with an approximately 2,000-acre proposed specific plan area including portions of the City of Riverside, City of Colton, and Riverside County.

The Farm in Poway EIR, City of Poway, California. Prepared noise study and EIR noise section for construction and operation noise and vibration impact assessments associated with the conversion of the decommissioned Stone Ridge Country Club and 18-hole golf course into a mixed-use development including 160 single-family homes, a butterfly farm, amphitheater-style outdoor concert space, and social event–hosting venues. Coordinated follow-up noise level measurement surveys to help on-site contractors comply with EIR mitigation measures.

San Diego State University Mission Valley Master Plan EIR, San Diego State University, San Diego, California.

Prepared noise study and EIR noise section for noise and vibration impact assessments associated with the proposed demolition of Qualcomm Stadium and subsequent multiphase on-site construction of a new stadium and associated development of the proposed San Diego State University Mission Valley “West Campus.” Performed 3D sound propagation models for stadium attendance noise emission and aggregate building rooftop and underground parking garage HVAC noise. During project construction, provided on-site guidance (additional modeling, distance buffers, etc.) to contractors for noise mitigation to meet U.S. Fish and Wildlife criteria for sensitive avian species in off-site habitat adjoining the project site.

Cypress College, Campus Master Plan Environmental Impact Report (EIR), Cypress, California. Responsible for the completion of the noise analysis and reporting for the project. Supervised the noise measurements, modeling, Education
University of San Diego
BA, Environmental
Studies, 2014
Certifications
Certified Environmental
Specialist
PADI Divemaster,
No. 344699
Emergency First
Responder
British Sub-Aqua Club
(BSAC) Boat Handling
Professional Affiliations
Professional Association
of Diving Instructors
(PADI)

2 analysis, and results reporting, which involved analysis of potential effects from traffic, on-campus facilities, and operations and construction noise.

Joshua Tree Solar, NextEra Energy Resources, San Bernardino County, California. Conducted the noise analysis for a proposed 60-megawatt solar energy facility with associated on-site substation, inverters, fencing, roads, and supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system.

Ord Mountain Solar Energy Project, San Bernardino County, California. Conducted the noise analysis for a proposed 60-megawatt solar energy facility with associated on-site substation, inverters, fencing, roads, and supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system.

Fishery Management Stock Assessment, South Caicos, Turks and Caicos Islands. Served as field researcher.

Conducted a stock assessment of the queen conch (Lobatus gigas) around several islands in Turks and Caicos to determine appropriate management strategies for the overfished species. Data was collected through the Turks and Caicos Department of Environment and Maritime Affairs. Responsibilities included utilizing SCUBA to run 100 meter belt transects at over 100 different sampling sites, generating several GIS marine maps showing density and abundance of queen conch, and working with local stakeholders to determine new management strategies.

Invasive Species Study, South Caicos, Turks and Caicos Islands. Serving as field researcher, utilized SCUBA and distance sampling to research the distribution of the invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans) around South Caicos. The project focused on lionfish removal and population size in order to reduce their impact on local reef fish communities. At depths of up to 40 meters, lionfish were observed and captured from the Admiral Cockburn Land and Sea National Park (ACLSNP). This protected area encompasses part of the “wall” where the Caicos Bank drops off hundreds of meters and thus is an ideal habitat for lionfish. Responsible for leading divers safely around the reefs while maintaining accurate data collection.

E Reservoir Project, Vista Irrigation District, County of San Diego, California. Prepared noise and vibration impact assessment to evaluate potential environmental impacts to nearby residences resulting from replacement of an aging underground reservoir and erection of a new pump station. Predictive analyses included air overpressure and groundborne vibration due to anticipated blasting for earthwork construction phasing.

Chollas Operations Yard Equipment Noise Database, City of San Diego, California. Conducted sound level measurements and prepared technical study to present a noise database for a variety of City of San Diego construction equipment and vehicles. Data and findings presented would support future noise assessments of stormwater channel maintenance activities throughout the city.

St. Michael’s Pickleball Courts, Carlsbad, California. Responsible for the completion of the noise analysis and reporting for the project. Supervised the noise measurements during pickleball activity, modeling, analysis, and results reporting, which involved analysis of potential effects from pickleball noise. Designed and recommended mitigation to limit the off-site effects of pickleball noise.

Otay Ranch Village 8 West – Parcel H1, Life Time, Chula Vista, California. Prepared a site-specific exterior traffic noise and exterior-to-interior noise intrusion study for a new health club facility with indoor and outdoor use areas, including pickleball courts. Traffic noise modeling performed with FHWA TNM 2.5 and included 3D depiction of building facades, terrain, and roadway segments.

1 Adam Giacinto, RPA

ARCHAEOLOGIST
Adam Giacinto is an archaeologist and ethnographer with 18 years' experience preparing cultural resource reports, site records, and managing archaeological survey, evaluation, and data recovery-level investigations. His research interests include prehistoric hunter-gatherer cultures and contemporary conceptions of heritage. His current research focuses on the social, historical, archaeological, and political mechanisms surrounding heritage values. He has gained practical experience in archaeological and ethnographic field methods while conducting research in the Southwest, Mexico, and Eastern Europe.

Relevant Project Experience
Alameda County Water District Project, California. As principal cultural investigator, coordinated a records search, NAHC sacred lands file search, tribal outreach, and preparation of a constraints study, report and monitoring plan, and IS/MND under CEQA and Section 106. Included 100 square mile sensitivity model of known and buried cultural resources by applying a weighted geologic, soils, geotechnical, slope, landscape, and previous technical study information.

San Pablo Broadband Project, City of San Pablo, California. As principal cultural investigator, coordinated a records search, NAHC sacred lands file search, tribal outreach, and preparation of a constraints study, report and monitoring plan, and IS/MND under CEQA and Section 106. Included City-wide model known and buried cultural resources by applying a weighted geologic, soils, geotechnical, slope, landscape, and previous technical study information. Area includes NRHP/CRHR-listed archaeological (Nelson Mound sites) and built environment resources.

Caltrain Electrification Project, Cities of San Francisco, San Mateo, Palo Alto and San Jose, California. As Co-Principal Investigator, worked with Dudek team to supervise, implement, and report upon cultural inventory and compliance efforts under Section 106 of the NHPA, Joint Power Board, Project MOA, CEQA, and local Guidelines for the San Francisco to San Jose section.

SFO Rental Car Center/Air Train Project/Runway Improvements/Habitat Restoration Projects, San Francisco, California.

As Principal archaeological investigator, Mr. Giacinto managed and completed archaeological work for the SFO Rental Car Center/Air Train and Runway Improvements Projects included a NWIC records search, NAHC sacred lands file search, tribal outreach, and preparation of a constraints study, ARMR-style technical report for compliance with CEQA and Section 106. Work included an assessment of known resources and potential for unanticipated buried cultural resources by consulting geologic, soils (including marine resources), historical map, geotechnical, slope, landscape, and previous technical study information. Preparation of a report and maps that met State Historic Preservation Office, FAA and Airport staff needs was completed.

City of Palo Alto On-Call Park Boulevard Environmental Impact Report (EIR), City of Palo Alto, California. As principal archaeological investigator, Mr. Giacinto has supported archaeological and consultation needs on multiple Education
San Diego State
University
MA, Anthropology, 2011
Santa Rosa Junior College
AA, Anthropology, 2004
Sonoma State University
BA, Anthropology/
Linguistics, 2006
Professional Affiliations
Register of Professional
Archaeologists
Society for California
Archaeology American
Anthropological
Association Institute of
Archaeomythology
American Anthropological
Association

2 projects for the City of Palo Alto. A partial list of these have included the Park Blvd EIR, Castilleja School, Channing road, and Highway 101 Overcrossing Projects.

Gonzaga Wind and Transmission Line Project, Pacheco State Park, California. As principal archaeological investigator, Mr. Giacinto coordinated more cultural resources inventory of more than 1,500 acres. This included a CHRIS records search, NAHC Sacred Lands file search, archaeological survey with 5 crew for a month, and preparation of two technical report s for CEQA (State Parks) and Section 106 (Bureau of Reclamation). Included evaluation of Pacheco Ranch Historical District components and recordation of multiple prehistoric and historic-era archaeological resources.

Operations and Maintenance On-Call, Department of Water Resources. As primary Dudek archaeological and tribal resources consultatant, Mr Giacinto manages cultural resources projects for DWR. These inlude the Cultural Resources Inventory for the B.F. Sisk Dam Safety of Dams Modification Project, Delta Dams Raise Project (three reservoirs), MP 230 Project, and Upper Feather River Projects (three dam locations) and preperation of a Programattic Agreement for Cultural resources for DWR.

AB 52 Support. Since helping to establish the present process of AB 52 consultation with City of Los Angeles in 2015, Mr. Giacinto has been contracted to prepare dozens of TCR reports. The goal of these investigations is to review the archaeological, historical, academic, and ethnographic record for potential TCR information, then ground contemporary AB 52 consultation information in this context while providing recommendations related to reasonable approaches for Management. In addition, Mr. Giacinto provides on-call support for helping a number of agencies work through challenging AB 52 issues.

City of Rohnert Park On-Call Cultural Resources Services, Sonoma County, California. As Principal archaeological investigator, Mr. Giacinto has provided recommendations, attended AB 52 consultation meetings, and overseen work for more than a half-dozen projects throughout the City of Rohnert Park. Has strong working relationships with the Graton Rancheria Federated Indian Tribe and other tribes in the surrounding region.

McCoy Solar Energy Project and Blythe Solar Power Project, Blythe, California. As principal investigator, Mr. Giacinto supervised, implemented, and reported upon compliance efforts for construction of more than 5000 acres of solar work under Section 106 of the NHPA, BLM Guidelines, CEQA, California Energy Commission, and County of Riverside Guidelines. Mr. Giacinto was the lead multiple formal trainings with monitors and council members from the Colorado River Indian Tribes regarding federal and state regulations relating to human remains, County and BLM guiding documents, identification of cultural material, and the multiple understandings of “cultural resources”.

Wildlife Services Program EIR-EIS, CDFA/USDA. Dudek has developed template letters to be used for tribal notification, follow up, and consultation for this project. Dudek drafted, and mailed letters on behalf of CDFA, letters to all 216 NAHC-listed contacts in the state of California. Responses received are tracked, reviewed with the agency, and responded to. In addition, outreach letters prepared by the USDA were reviewed and modified for the purposes of Section 106 consultation. EIR/EIS sections are in preparation.

Heritage Implementation Plan, Modoc National Forest, California. As principal cultural investigator, supporting USFS in preparing a HIP for fuel management-related work for tree plantation areas throughout 40,000-acre study area.

Work is ongoing, but will include review of heritage resource information, preparation/integration of sensitivity studies, Class III survey, consultation support and integration of CRSOs, and preparation of programmatic strategies for guiding program implementation.