38 North Marengo Avenue . Pasadena, CA 91101 . 626.204.9800 . dudek.com City of Santa Clarita On Call
Environmental Planning Services
PREPARED FOR
City of Santa Clarita
February 25, 2020
PROPOSAL #PL-19-20-14
PROPOSAL # PL-19-20-14 On-Call Environmental Planning Services Page i Table of Contents
SECTIONS
Introduction ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 1 Qualifications .................................................................................................................................................................................. 3 Experience on Similar Projects................................................................................................................................................... 17 References ................................................................................................................................................................................... 25 Program Management and QA/QC ..................................................................................................................................................... 26 Personnel, Equipment, and Facilities .................................................................................................................................................... 28 Sub-Consultants .......................................................................................................................................................................... 42 FIGURE
1 Organization Chart ........................................................................................................................................................ 28
APPENDIX
A Resumes
PROPOSAL # PL-19-20-14 On-Call Environmental Planning Services Page 1 Introduction
February 25, 2020
Andy Olson, Assistant Planner II
Community Development Department, Planning Division
23920 Valencia Boulevard
Santa Clarita, California 91355-2196
Subject: PROPOSAL # PL-19-20-14 On-Call Environmental Planning Services Dear Mr. Olson,
Providing the City of Santa Clarita (City) with comprehensive environmental documentation services requires a consultant who is an expert at managing concurrent project tasks while remaining responsive, reliable, and committed. Dudek has worked for the City as well as multiple agencies and municipalities throughout Los Angeles County, including the City of Pasadena, the City of West Hollywood, and the City of Los Angeles, and will provide the City with the following strengths:
Reliable, Responsive, and Knowledgeable Project Management. To provide one channel for clear communication, Nicole Cobleigh will serve as the program manager and primary point of contact for the City. Ms. Cobleigh is currently managing the preparation of two California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) documents for the City and as such is familiar with City staff, planning documents, and processes.
Building upon these relationships, and supported by Dudek’s depth of technical resources, Ms. Cobleigh will provide dedicated management of this contract and continue to build upon existing relationships while forming new relationships at the City to deliver high-quality environmental documentation services.
We Are CEQA Experts. Dudek has prepared over 2,800 CEQA/National Environmental Policy Act documents, none of which have been successfully legally challenged. Our team of experienced project managers have managed multiple as -needed environmental consulting contracts for agencies throughout Los Angeles County and Southern California. We have proven that we prioritize responsiveness to our clients’ needs and requests, repeatedly delivering high -quality products on time and within budget. Because of our extensive work in the City and Los Angeles County, we are exceedingly familiar with the diverse community makeup, social and cultural issues, infrastructure, and land use environments, which will facilitat e the efficient and successful delivery of environmental impact reports and other environmental documents. We know the local environmental resources and agency policies for resource management, development, impact assessment, and mitigation.
Dudek
38 North Marengo Avenue
Pasadena, California 91101
BTRC Number 444921-92
Nicole Cobleigh
[email protected]
626.204.9829
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Relationships with Regulatory Agencies. Dudek staff, including Ms. Cobleigh, have relationships with key state and federal agencies and many Dudek staff have come to consulting directly from these regulatory agencies.
Dudek staff have experience both working for and working with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, California Regional Water Quality Control Board, California Department of Transportation, South Coast Air Quality Management District, Southern California Association of Governments, Los Angeles County Department of Public Works, the City of Los Angeles, and Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
Key Teaming Partnership. In addition to working hand-in-hand with the City, Dudek is united with Fehr & Peers for this contract effort. Fehr & Peers is in the midst of working with the City on establishing new thresholds and guidance for completing transportation analyses in compliance with Senate Bill 743. With their intimate knowledge of the City’s transportation network, systems, and policies, our team will provide efficiencies for future project-level analyses.
Our submitted rates and proposal are good for 120 days. Please contact Nicole Cobleigh, [email protected] or 626.204.9829, with any questions.
Sincerely,
__________________________________ _____________________________________ Joseph Monaco Nicole Cobleigh
President/CEO Program Manager
Joseph Monaco is authorized to sign on behalf of Dudek.
PROPOSAL # PL-19-20-14 On-Call Environmental Planning Services Page 3 Qualifications
CEQA/NEPA Environmental Document Expertise
Dudek environmental planners have processed more than 2,800 documents pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and/or the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), including many complex, controversial projects in environmentally constrained areas. Dudek planners have expertise conducting technical peer reviews and in the preparation of a wide range of environmental documents, including initial studies (ISs), negative declarations (NDs), mitigated negative declarations (MNDs), categorical exemptions, and complex environmental impact reports (EIRs), environmental assessments (EAs), and environmental impact statements (EISs).
From permitting California’s first large seawater desalination plant to environmental planning for desert wind/solar energy farms, Dudek planners and CEQA/NEPA experts have successfully tackled the most challenging projects associated with public works, land development, transportation, urban campuses, energy, and hospitals. Dudek team members have an extensive knowledge of CEQA and NEPA regulations and guidelines and regularly attend and run workshops and seminars to understand the latest in case law and application of these statutes. The Dudek team is highly skilled at crafting legally defensible CEQA/NEPA documentation by collecting thorough data, applying in-depth project analysis, carefully and proactively addressing challenges, and producing clear, objective, and accurate documents. For this reason, no legal challenge to a Dudek-prepared CEQA/NEPA document has ever been successful.
Dudek is also familiar with and has direct experience with NEPA policies and guidelines for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, California Coastal Commission, California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, California Department of Transportation, South Coast Air Quality Management District, Southern California Association of Governments, Los Angeles County Department of Public Works, and the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
Air Quality and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Assessment
and Modeling
Dudek has more than 30 years’ experience in environmental and regulatory fields in California. We have evaluated air quality and health risk for a variety of projects such as public works; residential, commercial, mixed-use, and industrial land uses; oil and gas; transportation; and renewable energy located throughout California.
Analyses involved air emissions inventories (e.g., criteria, toxic air contaminants and greenhouse gases [GHGs]) using federally and state- recommended models such as the California Emissions Estimator Model, EMFAC, OFFROAD; air dispersion modeling such as ISC and AERMOD; and cancer and non-cancer risk assessments.
Dudek Team Advantage
Experience working on a
variety of projects, including
industrial, mixed -use,
commercial, and residential
Extensive work evaluating
emissions inventory all types of
development projects
Dudek has prepared more
than 2,800 CEQA/NEPA
documents, none of which
have been successfully
legally challenged.
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Dudek has also done extensive work evaluating GHG emissions inventories for public works, commercial, residential, and mixed-use developments. This involved developing GHG inventories for various aspects of development activities (i.e., construction, operation, energy consumption, mobile sources, vegetation change, and municipal sources), summarizing the current state of science and regulatory settings, presenting mitigation options, and evaluating the significance of the impact of development emissions with respect to the guidance provided in the CEQA Air Quality Handbook. Experience also includes determining whether projects would generate GHG emissions, either directly or indirectly, that may have a significant impact on the environment based on consistency with an applicable plan, policy, or regulation adopted for the purpose of reducing GHG emissions.
Cultural Resources
Dudek’s cultural resources team includes numerous archaeological, built environment, and paleontological specialists who understand the need for a consultant to provide a broad range of cultural resources services throughout the Southern California region. Dudek cultural resources managers and fieldwork teams are capable of addressing any size project investigation throughout the state. These specialists are experienced, permitted, and qualified for all planned cultural resources work.
We have demonstrated success working for special districts, including public works departments, water agencies, sanitary districts, and municipalities throughout California. Our archaeological site identification and boundary delineation is accomplished using Trimble GPS receivers, iPads/iPhones, and cloud data management. Cultural resources are recorded during surveys, evaluations, and monitoring on multiple data management platforms, including tablet computers that allow lead agencies to be alerted to relevant discoveries in real time. These state-of- the-art tools reduce field and lab costs by as much as 30% and increase the accuracy and reliability of cultural resource documentation. They are designed to work with any standardized geographic information system (GIS), including the National Parks Service’s Cultural Resources GIS standards and guidelines.
Dudek senior archaeologists, architectural historians, and paleontologists hold the necessary permits to conduct cultural resources investigations on federal and state lands and are listed as qualified consultants on local agency lists throughout California. Our cultural resource project managers are familiar with variations in lead agency cultural resource guidelines and the way they may dictate variations in ground survey transect spacing , test excavation protocols, and report preparation.
Cultural Resources Capabilities
Constraints/feasibility analyses
Literature overviews and
archival research
Predictive modeling
Field inventories
Archaeological investigations
Paleontological investigations
Significance and eligibility
evaluations and data recovery
Monitoring and compliance
oversight mitigation
Historical and built
environment inventories,
evaluations, and treatment
Landscape studies
Native American consultation
and ethnography
Preservation planning
Custom GIS-based data
management applications
NHPA Section 106
documentation
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Our cultural resources team also has experience nominating historical resources to the National Register of Historic Places and California Register of Historical Resources, including cultural resource districts and cultural landscapes. This includes carrying out significance assessment excavations and preparing nomination forms based on the resulting data in compliance with the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) Section 106 Guidelines and local agency guidelines. Dudek staff have successfully completed dozens of historic preservation survey reports, findings of effect, determinations of eligibility, and memoranda of agreement to help our clients comply with federal and state regulatory agency oversight. Dudek is familiar with the required reporting standards for heritage resource inventories, evaluation, mitigation, data recovery, project implementation, and monitoring.
Standard report components will include results of the literature searches, sensitivity assessments, methodology, and results of field efforts. These reports contain vicinity, project location, inventory coverage, previous coverage, site-structure location, and isolate data maps. Resource-specific treatment, documentation, and cultural and historic contexts will be included as appropriate.
Archaeology and Tribal Consultation
Our experienced registered professional archaeologists can cost-effectively respond to the smallest cultural resource survey while also assembling a crew of a dozen or more seasoned field technicians to address a large- scale surface reconnaissance, significance assessment excavation, or a mitigation data recovery program.
The Dudek cultural resources team has prehistoric and historic archaeologists with a variety of specialties, including bio-archaeological and forensic archaeological experts. Our specialists complete in-house analyses of food remains collected from archaeological excavations. They also can immediately determine if bone encountered during archaeological excavations or construction activities is human or animal. This expertise is critical for efficient compliance with state and federal regulations.
Our team also has a strong background in Native American consultation, including expert testimony experience regarding the adequacy of tribal consultation and outreach, as well as the appropriate treatment of resources regarded as sensitive or sacred by Native Californian tribes and individuals. Dudek cultural resource managers focus on early and ongoing outreach strategies to capture meaningful consultation as stipulated by federal law under Section 106 of the NHPA and recently codified in Assembly Bill 52. Our cultural resources team will coordinate with native Californian groups to collect data from the Native American Heritage Commission Sacred Lands File, gather archaeological site information, and identify traditional cultural properties and plant-gathering locations through outreach with tribal representatives and individuals identified by the Native American Heritage Commission. We complete ethnographic research using primary sources such as individual interviews and oral histories, as well as respected secondary sources. Our team is expert at researching and recording prehistoric sites considered sacred to local Native American tribes. Our team also has extensive experience guiding lead agencies through the Assembly Bill 52 and Senate Bill (SB) 18 tribal consultation processes.
Built Environment
Architectural history or built environment background research is a primary component of all cultural resources investigations, overlapping other sub-disciplines, including archaeology, ethnology, and architectural history. Our team’s architectural historians provide quick assessments of significance, integrating our understanding of the NHPA and State Historic Preservation Office requirements. Our specialists have completed numerous Department of Parks and Recreation 523 building forms, historic resources inventory forms, historic American buildings surveys, historic American engineering records, and historic American landscapes surveys. We work regularly with experienced photographers on historic American buildings survey-level documentation and archival photography.
In addition, our architectural history experts develop restoration plans to address impacts to structural historical resources consistent with Secretary of the Interior Standards.
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Paleontology
The Dudek team includes paleontologists who complete paleontological resource assessments, field surveys, construction site monitoring, and in-field significance evaluations of fossil finds. We have experience working under a wide variety of paleontological assessment and mitigation protocols, including local, county, and state guidelines (most commonly, the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology guidelines) as well as federal agency assessment protocols.
Our staff have experience preparing pre-project paleontological resource assessments under a wide variety of agency guidelines and regulations (e.g., paleontological inventory reports, evaluation reports, and resource management plans), and routinely write paleontological analyses for CEQA/NEPA documents.
Noise Analysis
As part of the environmental analysis and reporting process, Dudek assesses the noise and vibration impacts associated with implementation of each proposed project. Typically, existing noise conditions in the project area are quantified based on noise measurements and available existing documentation (e.g., recent general plan updates, general plan amendments, and prior projects in the area). Short-term measurements (generally 15–20 minutes duration) and/or long-term measurements (continuous 24 hours or more) are conducted at representative noise-sensitive locations. Often, the predominant existing and future noise source is traffic along nearby freeways, highways, or major arterial roadways. Traffic noise is modeled using traffic data provided by the traffic consultant or local transportation agency for existing and future with and without project scenarios.
The most recent version of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) approved Traffic Noise Model Version 2.5 is used for traffic noise assessments. Rail noise/vibration or other noise or vibration sources are modeled, if relevant, using the appropriate noise model or technique (e.g., Federal Transit Administration Noise and Vibration Handbook). Construction noise impacts are often calculated using the FHWA Road Construction Noise Model or other documented guidance on construction noise levels.
The significance of noise impacts from the project and any alternative scenarios are compared and assessed based upon local (city and/or county), state, and federal standards. Potential impacts to existing and planned sensitive uses are quantified and mitigation measures (if necessary) are recommended. Mitigation may include limitation of construction hours, sound barriers, etc. The results of the analysis are detailed in a noise and vibration technical report, a noise memorandum, or as the noise section in the project’s environmental report.
Transportation Planning and Impact Assessment
Fehr & Peers and its experts are recognized leaders in sustainable transportation planning. Fehr & Peers was the only transportation consultant on the SB 375 Regional Targets Advisory Committee that created recommendations for travel demand modeling and measuring GHG emissions and reduction strategies. The helped prepare the California Air Pollution Control Officers Association report titled Quantifying Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Measures: A Resource for Local Government to Assess Emission Reductions from Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Measures. Fehr & Peers developed recommended performance measures for vehicle miles traveled (VMT) and GHG reduction, energy reduction, location efficiency, multi-modal service levels, network management and speed suitability, equity, and economic productivity for the Smart Mobility 2010: A Call to Action for the New Decade. They were also responsible for preparing the dynamic validation portion of the California 2010 Regional Transportation Guidelines on travel demand forecast modeling.
Dudek Team Advantage
Knowledge of FHWA noise models
Noise mitigation expertise
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CEQA Standards
Fehr & Peers has prepared thousands of transportation assessments for CEQA documents for infrastructure and development projects throughout California over the past 30 years. Their expertise comes from a thorough understanding of state-of-the-practice and best practices methodology for travel demand forecasting, traffic operations analysis, and impact assessment along with substantial knowledge of current CEQA legislation and case law interpretation. Fehr & Peers team brings a level of expertise on SB 743 unparalleled by others. Fehr & Peers has consulted to the California Governor's Office of Planning and Research, California Department of Transportation, and multiple cities and counties on the development of SB 743 guidance related to VMT analysis throughout California. As a result, they are routinely sought out by public agencies and CEQA practitioners for advice on potential outcomes associated with the use of new transportation metrics.
Fehr & Peers authored the VMT chapter of the FHWA Handbook for Estimating Transportation Greenhouse Gases for Integration into the Planning Process and has worked on a variety of local agency SB 743/VMT-focused projects. These local projects include the City of Palo Alto SB 743 Implementation; the City of Novato SB 743 Implementation; the City of Pasadena General Plan Update; the City of San Francisco Transportation Impact Analysis Guidelines Update; and the City of San José VMT Estimation tool from which the Valley Transportation Authority tool will be derived.
Permitting and Regulatory Process
Dudek consistently secures development permits, agreements, and approvals from state, federal, regional, and local agencies and other relevant agencies, groups, and entities with jurisdiction in a project region. Our success stems directly from the relationships and reputation we have fostered with the regulatory agencies throughout California. Dudek provides reliable, scientifically based information within permit application packages tailored to address the specific requirements and standards of the relevant agency.
Our knowledge of the applicable regulations, combined with our specific experience with the standards and processes of each particular agency and agency staff, enable us to prepare comprehensive and easily accessible submittals. We provide knowledge about needed information, verify that the information is complete and accessible, and foresee potential issues so we can help prepare for any potentialities.
Our first priority in pursuing regulatory permits is to develop a clearly defined project description that considers project environmental ramifications. Utilizing environmental data collected according to the most current regulations and federal and state guidance, we prepare impact analyses using GIS software and quality-control procedures that produce accurate, reliable results. Dudek has extensive experience evaluating options such as a nationwide permit versus an individual permit, a streambed alteration agreement versus a master streambed alteration agreement, Section 7 versus Section 10, and/or 2080.1 versus 2081.
We have Coordinated Hundreds of
Projects with:
ACOE
Caltrans
CDFW
RWQCB
SCAQMD
EPA
USFWS
Completed Dozens of Projects in
Cooperation with:
BLM
Bureau of Reclamation
USFS
USGS
Have Expertise with:
California Fish and Game Code
California Native Plant Act
City/county tree ordinances
Clean Water Act
Endangered Species Acts
Migratory Bird Treaty Act
Porter-Cologne Act
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Pre-Application Consultation
One of the keys to achieving resource agency concurrence on the project and expedited permit issuance is a successful pre-application consultation with relevant agencies. A pre-application consultation allows the City of Santa Clarita (City) to present the proposed project to agency staff so that they understand the nature of the project and its importance, as well as any proposed avoidance, minimization, and/or mitigation measures. The pre-application consultation also allows agencies’ initial concerns to be addressed up front in the CEQA/NEPA document and permit application package. Dudek will support the City in any capacity during the agency consultation process and understands that the City will normally lead the coordination efforts.
Through our many consultations with regulatory agencies, we have found that it is necessary to receive some acknowledgment regarding what is said and by whom. This protects all parties, in particular the City, when negotiations and verbal agreements take place. Therefore, Dudek recommends, and typically prepares, detailed meeting minutes that are distributed to meeting attendees so that they are agreed upon and can be referenced throughout the process to help prevent surprises and expedite the permits.
Natural Resource Assessment/Resource Constraints Expertise Dudek’s strength in the area of natural resource assessment derives from the breadth and depth of our staff. Our federally and state-permitted biologists have completed hundreds of biological surveys and natural resource assessments on projects ranging from half-acre parcels to more than 28,000 acres within all habitat types in the state. Dudek has in-depth and extensive experience with plant and animal sensitive species surveys and inventories, wildlife trapping, habitat characterization and mapping, habitat suitability analysis, and federally and state-listed threatened and endangered species throughout Southern California.
As such, Dudek can be immediately responsive and have the right staff in the field to allow a high level of accuracy and recognize subtle, often important, potential resource constraints that may not be apparent throughout the year.
Dudek continually invests in the up-to-date field equipment needed to conduct species studies, including high- quality digital game cameras, GPS equipment, radio-tracking equipment, and detection equipment and software.
Dudek has also developed application-type data sheet formats to use with iPhones and iPads. When appropriate, we also use fiber-optic cameras to search burrows for burrowing animals; conduct trail-dragging, hair sampling, sooted box traps, and other studies for wildlife tracking surveys; and carry out corridor and wildlife movement studies using remote camera stations and computer modeling (least-cost and circuit-modeling). Dudek has also been at the forefront regarding the implementation of drone technologies for commercial real-world biological and cultural analysis. We have flown more than 200,000 acres across the United States to develop aerial map products and support analysis. Dudek owns professional-quality unmanned aerial vehicles and has a variety of fixed-wing and helicopter-type platforms available, as well as numerous sensors including forward-looking infrared, true-color, multispectral, and LiDAR. Dudek has Federal Aviation Administration–approved pilots, Federal Aviation Administration–licensed unmanned aerial vehicles, and the appropriate insurance.
Dudek Team Advantage
Immediate emergency response
In-house focused survey permits
Cost-effective, state-of-the-art
field equipment and innovative
survey techniques
Pragmatic approach to resource
inventories and evaluations
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During all phases of the natural resource assessment process, Dudek utilizes a tested, streamlined, and cost- effective approach. Prior to fieldwork, our biologists review available information on biological resources that occur near a project site to focus field surveys on the occurrence of special-status species. This information includes U.S. Geological Survey maps; a query and review of the California Natural Diversity Database; other information available through the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Bureau of Land Management, and CDFW; and other sources, as appropriate.
Pre-field work activities also include checking maps for topographic coverage and reviewing National Wetland Inventory maps for potential occurrence of waters of the United States, including wetlands and streams subject to CDFW jurisdiction. Our biologists will conduct a field survey of a project site and its immediate vicinity to evaluate the information generated during the records review.
During all field surveys, we utilize scientifically accepted (and when state and/or federally listed species are potentially present, agency-approved) survey and assessment protocols for species. Habitat assessments include characterizing the potential of a particular area to support special-status plant and animal species and sensitive resource areas. In particular, habitats appropriate for federally and state-listed threatened and endangered plant and wildlife species and other special-status species are identified. The survey is also used to determine the suitability of the site to support avian species protected by provisions of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act, and the California Fish and Game Code. We also conduct reconnaissance-level assessments of jurisdictional waterways, which include detailed habitat mapping of the project area where jurisdictional wetlands potentially occur.
Finally, Dudek has decades of experience compiling all types of natural resource data; evaluating the proposed projects or activity; and determining the applicable resource constraints and the alternatives, avoidance and minimization measures, and potential mitigation requirements. Our staff are adept at synthesizing and distilling this information so that engineers, planners, and management can make informed decisions about how a project should be proposed and what the likely implications are for the approval process. We do this by presenting clear graphics; developing well-written, concise constraints analyses; and leveraging our real-world experience to develop realistic costs and schedules for various alternatives. Effective resource constraints planning is instrumental in avoiding project delays and cost overruns during the life of the project.
Flora
Our team has the ability to identify, describe, classify, and assess vegetation communities and habitat
types, environmental conditions, and the potential for
special-status species to occur in identified habitats.
The experience and technical expertise of our
biologists and botanists covers a wide range of
geographic locations and bioregions. Qualified
biologists are available to conduct focused surveys
between May and August, depending on the target
plants and during the time of year and weather
conditions when the detection of the plants is most
likely. Special-status species occurrences will be
mapped utilizing GPS technology and reflected on an
aerial photo base map.
“Over the past 10 years, Dudek has
provided SCE with biological and
regulatory support services that
reinforced SCE’s environmental
compliance and leadership. Dudek
performs all tasks on schedule and
within budget, scoping projects
efficiently and providing a high level of
service and communication. I would
highly recommend Dudek.”
Hazem Gabr
Corporate Environment
Health and Safety
Southern California Edison
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Fauna
The Dudek team has the expertise necessary to conduct focused surveys, analyze impacts, and develop management plans for the common and special-status terrestrial and aquatic wildlife species potentially occurring within the proposed locations. If required, one or more qualified wildlife biologists can conduct focused surveys, generally between March and August, depending on the species, during the time of year and weather conditions when the detection of target species is most likely. Occurrences will be mapped on an aerial photo base map. Surveys will be conducted using accepted scientific protocols and, when applicable for certain special- status species, agency-published protocols. Dudek staff have the necessary state/federal permits to conduct trapping and relocation activities.
Habitat Mitigation Design, Planning, and Implementation Dudek has expansive habitat restoration expertise and natural resource assessment experience throughout California.
Dudek restoration specialists are fully knowledgeable of ACOE’s 2008 Compensatory Mitigation Rule, Standard Operating Procedures for Determining Mitigation Ratios, and Standard Operating Procedures for Performance Criteria.
Our understanding of the emphasis on wetlands functions from a regulatory and ecological basis, informs our design, and promotes appropriate compensatory mitigation for each project. All of our mitigation plans and graphics conform to ACOE guidance and protocols. Dudek has a strong record of accomplishment for design and implementation of wetlands establishment, restoration, and enhancement projects that are fully functional within the project setting (i.e., system hydrology).
We have significant experience with mitigation planning for individual special-status species including wildlife such as California red-legged frog (Rana draytonii), Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frog (Rana sierrae), Yellow-billed cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus), marbled murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus), and Northern spotted owl (Strix occidentalis caurina), and rare plants, such as Ione manzanita (Arctostaphylos myrtifolia), Colusa grass (Neostapfia colusana), and Menzies’ wallflower (Erysimum menziesii). Our creative approach and the resulting tangible mitigation results are evident in the success of our past projects.
Turnkey Habitat Restoration Services
Dudek provides turnkey habitat restoration services by combining our extensive habitat restoration design and monitoring experience with the construction, maintenance, and land management expertise of our habitat construction subsidiary, Habitat Restoration Sciences Inc. Working with an integrated team, clients benefit from a restoration program implemented in a streamlined, cost-effective manner to meet performance goals within regulatory periods and financial expectations. Our environmental experts find adaptive, practical, cost-effective approaches to evaluate and achieve agency goals and specific project objectives.
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Hydrologic Natural Resource Assessment
Dudek’s surface water specialists help clients achieve project goals, control costs, and comply with regulatory standards on a variety of projects ranging from single streams to large-scale projects involving multiple watersheds.
Applying the right resources to surface water projects is tied integrally to the project setting and objectives. We offer comprehensive surface water services and expertise in highly technical surface water subspecialties for a broad range of environmental, engineering, and permitting projects. We also offer the most advanced numerical modeling services for hydrologic, hydraulic, and sediment transport studies. Additionally, we provide groundwater development, reservoir modeling, and GIS implementation services.
Hydrology and Hydraulic Analysis
Hydrology is the foundation of all water resources studies. Knowing the volumes, flow rates, and timing of runoff is critical for determining the sizing of reservoirs and conveyances and long-term water supplies. Dudek has conducted many hydrologic studies for flood control districts, municipalities, and developers throughout Southern California.
Hydraulic structures (both natural and engineered) play an important role in watershed control. Dudek has conducted numerous hydraulic analysis studies on natural creeks and rivers, ephemeral systems, engineered channels, dams, and pipelines for various agencies.
System Modeling
Surface water systems are often complex, requiring a detailed understanding of the entire system to provide accurate and appropriate assessment of the existing and future conditions. Many systems include natural streams and rivers that must be protected from degradation related to changes in flow rates, timing, and volumes. This type of study often requires hydrologic, hydraulic, and sediment transport analysis to prevent damage to existing or proposed facilities.
Dudek specializes in preparing stormwater assessments and design using proven, lasting, low-maintenance, and low-impact development techniques. Our expertise in engineering, biology, and landscape architecture produces designs that are functional, aesthetic, and compliant with regulations. Specifically, we offer the following:
Floodplain and floodway delineation
Floodwater inundation analysis
Dam break analysis
Hydrologic, watershed, and floodplain modeling
Hydraulic channel and systems modeling
Groundwater recharge and coupled
groundwater–surface water models
Runoff contaminant quality modeling
Sediment transport modeling
Alluvial fan analysis
Computational fluid dynamics
Hydrology
Drainage and stream
network planning
Watershed flood control,
stormwater, and planning
Dams and reservoirs
Risk and post flood damage
assessments
Hydraulic
Storm drainage systems
Hydraulic structures
Bridge piers, abutments,
and culverts
Streambed stabilization
Levees, erosion control, and
bank protection
Flood control facilities
Water Quality
Stream bank and channel
stabilization
Bioengineering
Stream and wetland
restoration plans
Natural channel and open space
surface water conveyance
Fluvial systems and
sediment transport
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We provide a broad range of services related to standards, analysis, and research. These services are applicable to an expansive range of projects, including restoration efforts, impacts determination, monitoring schemes, and numerical studies. The work done in these areas includes historical rainfall assessment, stream geomorphology, fluvial systems, experimental and scientific research projects, watershed assessment, flood stream flow forecasting, alluvial fan analysis, stream assessment and classification, and stream stability analyses.
Geological and Water Resource Assessments
The Dudek team includes professional engineers and certified engineering geologists experienced in the evaluation of geotechnical resources (e.g., soils, seismic, geomorphologic, and slope stability) for the preparation of environmental documents. Specifically, Dudek conducts desktop research and/or reviews site-specific geotechnical reports to determine impacts according to CEQA Guidelines, Appendix G: Environmental Checklist Form VI, Geology and Soils.
Dudek’s in-house water resources team consists of more than 20 professional engineers, professional geologists, certified hydrogeologists, and water quality specialists who specialize in designing, constructing, and monitoring water projects. From flood and fluvial analysis to well drilling and groundwater basin monitoring and modeling, Dudek provides turnkey services to water agencies and other public- and private-sector clients throughout Southern California.
As such, Dudek is well suited to tackle water resource studies. We offer the most advanced numerical modeling services for hydrologic, hydraulic, and sediment transport studies.
Environmental Due Diligence
Practical, Problem-Solving Approach
Our professionals find practical, cost-effective approaches to help clients achieve their specific project goals, providing our clients a business-minded approach to addressing environmental issues. This approach helps achieve the immediate task, identify and manage risk and liabilities, and minimize unexpected challenges during construction.
We understand that adhering to the schedule is the key issue for construction projects. Any holdups, such as the need to remediate hazardous waste while construction crews are mobilized in the field, are extremely costly. Dudek’s priority is to conduct due diligence and remediation activities prior to the start of construction in a thorough, efficient, and timely manner so as not to affect the construction schedule.
Experience and Technical Competence
Dudek has extensive project-specific experience with local Phase I and Phase II Environmental Site Assessments.
Dudek has prepared Phase I and II Environmental Site Assessments for a wide range of project types, including agricultural, industrial, public works, residential, commercial, and open space. Dudek has also prepared Phase I Environmental Site Assessments/hazard assessments for pipeline alignments.
Dudek’s business-minded approach allows for flexibility when assessing hazards for large areas where there is no property transaction. Dudek has provided hazards assessments for individual project sites, miles-long pipeline alignments, and entire neighborhoods.
Dudek has also conducted extensive site investigations that have included soil, soil gas, groundwater, and air monitoring. Dudek has remediated sites by soil excavation and treatment or disposal, soil vapor extraction, bioremediation of groundwater, chemical oxidation of groundwater, and groundwater pump and treat, among other technologies.
Dudek Team Advantage
Cost-effective approaches
tailored to specific project goals
Flexible hazards assessment
that avoids construction delays
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Water Quality
The Dudek team has extensive experience in water quality and stormwater permits and regulations and policies, and expertise in the preparation and implementation of stormwater pollution prevention plans (SWPPPs) and water quality testing and monitoring. We provide a multidisciplinary team of professionals who are familiar with obtaining waste discharge requirements and general National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permits for discharges to land and surface waters. Dudek is also familiar with municipal separate storm sewer systems programs and permits.
Work associated with preparing and implementing the SWPPP will be performed according to requirements outlined in the Construction General Permit State Water Resources Control Board Order No. 2009-009-DWQ and by, or under the guidance of, Dudek’s qualified SWPPP practitioners/developers.
Dudek’s technology team worked extensively with the compliance management group to create a mobile reporting platform that can be utilized by field monitoring teams to provide instant updates to the management team regarding compliance status. The mobile reporting tool generates reports that can be exported into Excel or other data platforms for streamlined compliance. The reporting also clearly identifies action items for field crews to implement in order to comply with the general construction permit. Dudek’s water quality specialists tailor water quality testing and monitoring to specific project goals and objectives to collect data that meets regulatory and permitting requirements.
Urban Forestry and Wildfire Analyses
Services Overview
Dudek has a diverse urban forestry practice with expertise in a variety of urban and wildland forestry specialties.
Our certified and licensed forestry professionals bring valuable insight to urban forestry management issues and creative approaches to difficult and controversial projects, including the following services:
Arboricultural studies
Oak tree mitigation and management
Landscape audits
Carbon sequestration studies
Wildfire protection planning
Integrated pest management
Pest and disease assessments
Post-catastrophe insurance claim support
Tree inventory, GPS mapping, and assessments
Urban forestry assessments and management
Community forest management plans
Street tree master plans
Arborist and forester extensions of staff
Water conservation planning
Approach
Healthy urban forests provide numerous benefits such as measurable values for carbon sequestration and climate change offsets, energy savings, erosion reduction, and water quality improvements. We provide services for a wide range of landscape-level disciplines, including trees, irrigation systems, soils, air, hardscape features, and fire protection planning. Our professionals maximize the benefits of urban forests, particularly underperforming forests in harsh environments with poor soils and air quality, too much or too little moisture, and other stressors. We have developed unique solutions to a wide variety of tree-related issues, and draw upon this insight for project success.
Dudek Water Quality
Team Advantage
Stormwater permits, regulations,
and policies expertise
Experience preparing and
implementing SWPPPs
Water quality testing and
monitoring
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Fire Protection Planning
Our fire protection planners are well versed in fire ecology and in the various fuels occurring in natural landscapes. Additionally, we study fire codes and understand the relationship between wildland fuels and necessary ignition resistance for structures built in the wildland–urban interface. Site constraints can present challenges to obtaining fuel modification, secondary access, and other code requirements. Our fire protection planners are well versed in providing alternative materials and methods that provide equivalent protection through creative solutions. Dudek’s fire protection planning team also has experience completing wildfire analyses in compliance with the new 2019 CEQA Guidelines Appendix G Checklist thresholds.
Arboricultural Studies
Our arborists have successfully completed thousands of arboricultural projects focused on tree preservation, including tree decline studies, pest and disease assessments, internal and subterranean tree probing, sidewalk repair conflict resolution, tree appraisals, insurance case support, development/construction impact analysis, tree relocation studies and support, and tree protection plans.
Public Participation and Community Outreach
Dudek project managers have extensive experience facilitating public outreach as part of the environmental review process. With demonstrated expertise in writing and negotiation, the Dudek team is equally able to communicate with agencies and technical colleagues towards the successful attainment of our client’s goals. Our project managers relay scientific and regulatory information in a way that is easy to understand and have the unique ability to gain the trust of a wide range of constituents. We facilitate community workshops and outreach events in a way that leaves participants feeling that their concerns have been addressed and that they are an integral part of the solution.
Graphics and Visual Simulation
Dudek has 25 years’ experience with visual assessment
methodology. We provide high -quality visuals to assist decision makers and the public in evaluating proposed changes in scenic character or quality resulting from a proposed project. These visual images can include before and after 3 -D photo simulations, high - resolution renderings, and animations.
For photo simulations, a common method for 3-D visualization, a high-resolution digital camera takes background pictures of the existing site. The GPS coordinates of the digital photo are then used to accurately locate the camera within the 3-D scene. The 3-D cameras are also adjusted to match the focal length and field of view of the digital photo.
True-to-scale 3-D models are created for the proposed facilities and are camera-matched to the existing site photographs.
Lights are then added to the 3-D scene to illuminate the models and cast realistic shadows to match the background photographs. Landscaping, vehicles, and people add realism to the 3-D scene. The 3-D scenes are then rendered to a high-resolution image for color printing, large format color plotting, presentation mounting, or PowerPoint presentations.
Dudek Team Advantage
Demonstrated negotiation
expertise
Experience working with schools,
councils, and community
organizations
Dudek Team Advantage
Expertise creating high quality 3-
D visual simulations
Realistic 3-D models that bring
the project to life
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Data Management
Our GIS professionals provide an array of services, from GPS data capture, high-end analysis, and modeling to complex application development with legacy database integration to assist public agency and private clients in achieving their goals.
With an average of 1,200 GIS tasks completed annually for more than 200 California clients, our staff is practiced in providing practical, cost- effective GIS solutions. Our professionals have the requisite local agency experience to help a variety of public agencies accomplish their annual work program goals. We understand municipal business needs and can deliver both departmental and integrated enterprise solutions. For private clients, we provide high-quality data management, analysis and modeling, and cartographic services to assist in navigating complex regulatory processes in a timely and discreet manner.
We also offer an integrated GIS approach to assist our field data collection through our internally developed mobile platform that enables real-time data back-up to our network and a digital dashboard for data management, planning, work tracking, and budgeting.
Environmental Compliance Document Preparation
Dudek’s environmental planners have prepared and processed more than 2, 500 CEQA/NEPA documents for a variety of large and small development, restoration, and conservation projects throughout the state. Combining comprehensive analysis and evidence -based findings, we provide legally defensible documents that are supported by substantial evidence, none of which have ever been successfully challenged in court. We conduct technically sound assessments and manage environmental review processes in a streamlined, compliant, and straightforward manner.
Dudek’s environmental experts work collaboratively with clients; local, regional, state, and federal agencies; and 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. Our planners help clients creatively solve regulatory challenges within financial and scheduling constraints.
Dudek Team Advantage
Data management
and cartography
Desktop and
application development
Data analysis and modeling
Utilities/asset management
Remote sensing
Dudek planners expertly
serve as independent,
neutral staff, often
managing the
environmental review
process for agencies on a
contract basis.
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We produce complete CEQA/NEPA documents done right the first time. Our environmental planners work with our in-house technical publications editors and graphic designers to prepare high quality documents that are clearly organized and easily interpreted by the public, agencies, and individuals responsible for future project development. For projects both large and small, we prepare:
Scoping
Project descriptions
Notices of Preparation
Notices of Intent
Technical studies and data collection
Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Programs
We efficiently coordinate and prepare reports by utilizing our in-house technical experts. Our team expedites complex project processing by designing and maintaining realistic document schedules, adhering to consistent communication protocols, leveraging our longstanding agency relationships, and anticipating potential issues as soon as possible. We specialize in the following projects:
Land development in environmentally constrained and/or habitat conservation planning areas Built-environment in urban settings, considering potential impacts to historic resources, noise, and short- term construction-related effects
High-profile development in the California coastal zone Major transmission lines, renewable energy developments, and natural gas storage facilities Public infrastructure for water, wastewater, and recycled water; road expansions; and rail lines Growth and infrastructure-planning for K–12 districts, colleges, and universities Website Publishing
Dudek staff have extensive experience incorporating documents into an online environment for public review and dissemination. This includes creating web-based PDF documents and interactive forms, as well as developing web portals using Microsoft SharePoint for client and public collaboration. Dudek’s graphics and IT services capabilities incorporate website design and development, including information architecture and site planning; graphic user interface design; responsive site design for display on mobile and tablet devices; programming in HTML, JavaScript, CSS, PHP, and WordPress, among other scripting languages; and image optimization for fast download of maps and images. The Dudek team will also develop customized content, test user navigability, and provide hosting services for client websites and landing pages, as needed.
Dudek Team Advantage
PDF and interactive form creation
Website portal design and build
Multilanguage website
programming
User testing
Website hosting
We prepare legally defensible
documents for:
CEQA
Environmental Impact Reports
(EIR)
Initial Studies (IS)
Negative Declarations (ND)
Mitigated Negative Declarations
(MND)
Categorical Exemptions
NEPA
Environmental Impact
Statements (EIS)
Environmental Assessment (EA)
Findings of No Significant Impact
(FONSI)
Categorical Exclusions
PROPOSAL # PL-19-20-14 On-Call Environmental Planning Services Page 17 Experience on Similar Projects
Dudek currently holds three as-needed master contract agreements with the County of Los Angeles, including the (1) As-Needed Environmental Services for Water Resources Core Service Area with the Los Angeles County Flood Control District, Waterworks Districts, and the Consolidated Sewer Maintenance District; (2) As-Needed California Coastal Commission Consulting Services issued by the County Department of Beaches and Harbors; and (3) As- Needed Environmental Compliance Services Programs with the Department of Public Works.
Additionally, Dudek holds a $6,000,000 as-needed contract with the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power that has resulted in 37 projects, and a $2,000,000 as-needed contract with California State Parks. Dudek also maintains numerous CEQA on-call contracts and is pre-qualified to provide CEQA and technical report services with municipalities throughout Los Angeles County, including the Cities of Arcadia, Covina, Long Beach, Alhambra, West Covina, Pasadena, Pomona, Santa Monica, Rancho Cucamonga, and West Hollywood, as well as the Los Angeles Unified School District. Following is a representative sample of as-needed contracts within the last 5 years.
City of Santa Clarita Experience
Sand Canyon Resort EIR
Client: City of Santa Clarita Community Development – Planning Division Contract Dates: 2017 to Ongoing
Located in the City of Santa Clarita, this project involves the redevelopment of a former golf course into a resort hotel project. Key issues associated with this project include potential impacts to sensitive biological resources, development within a Very High Fire Hazard Zone formerly subject to wildfire and mud and debris flows, and the rezoning of Open Space to Commercial within in a community sensitive to the loss of Open Space.
River Walk IS/MND
Client: City of Santa Clarita Community Development – Planning Division Contract Dates: 2017 to Ongoing
Dudek is currently working with the City by conducting peer review of technical studies and preparing an IS/MND for the proposed River Walk Mixed Use Project, located at 18300 Soledad Canyon Road. The proposed project is a mixed-use development consisting of 136 multifamily residential units and approximately 10,024 square feet of commercial area. (The commercial area would include 7,000 square feet of general office space and 3,024 square feet of general retail space.) Key issues associated with this project include potential impacts to archaeological resources, proximity to the Santa Clara River, and access to the trail that runs along the north side of the river.
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As-Needed Environmental Compliance Services for Programs Development Division
Client: County of Los Angeles Department of Public Works Contract Dates: 2016 to Ongoing
In 2016, Dudek was awarded an as-needed contract with the County of Los Angeles (Contract PW15005) to provide environmental documentation services pursuant to CEQA/NEPA. One of Dudek’s proposed project managers, Kristin Starbird, previously managed the CEQA/NEPA component of this contract while at another firm and brings continuity of staff to Dudek’s new contract. Services may include (1) environmental document preparation pursuant to CEQA/NEPA, including but not limited to field literature and electronic database reviews, initial studies, technical studies, documentation, public meetings, and public outreach; (2) regulatory permit services, including but not limited to permit applications, specialized studies, field activities, and regulatory agency and/or public communication, meetings, and hearings; (3) environmental permit compliance services, including but not limited to surveys and reporting, species protection and relocation plans, and monitoring and reporting of construction activities; and regulatory agency communications; and (4) mitigation services, including but not limited to habitat restoration, vegetation removal and planning, and regulatory agency communications.
As-Needed Environmental Compliance Services
Client: City of Los Angeles Department of Water and Power Contract Dates: 2016 to Ongoing
Dudek provides on-call environmental services to the City of Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP).
Dudek has prepared CEQA and NEPA documents for a range of infrastructure projects, including groundwater treatment facilities, power plants, electrical transmission and distribution facilities, reservoirs, pipelines, roadways, and other related infrastructure. Dudek has also provided regulatory permitting support and conducted archaeological, paleontological, and biological monitoring for a variety of LADWP projects. Some of Dudek’s recent task orders include the following:
Scattergood Generating Station Units 1 and 2 Repowering Project EIR. The project proposes to remove Units 1 and 2 at Scattergood Generating Station from service and replace their generating capacity with a natural gas- fired combustion turbine generator and a steam turbine generator operating in tandem at the site. The project would improve Public Works’ aging infrastructure with more reliable, responsive, and efficient combined cycle generation technology, and would meet the state’s goal of eliminating the use of ocean water for cooling coastal power plants.
Upper Stone Canyon Water Quality Improvement Project CEQA Documentation and Technical Studies. The proposed project includes reservoir covering and other related water quality improvements at Public Works’ Upper Stone Reservoir site in the community of Bel Air.
Mid-Valley Water Facility MND. Public Works is proposing to construct a consolidated campus with modern facilities and consolidated operations for the Water System. Approximately 350,000 square feet of new buildings, 160,000 square feet of structured parking, and 300,000 square feet of exterior laydown space with department vehicle parking would be provided on a 17-acre parcel located in Van Nuys.
PROPOSAL # PL-19-20-14 On-Call Environmental Planning Services Page 19 North Hollywood Central Remediation Project MND. The North Hollywood Central Remediation Project will implement a remedial action to respond to releases of hazardous substances in groundwater that are affecting the North Hollywood West and Rinaldi-Toluca Wellfields. To assist in restoring the contaminated water supply to productive and beneficial use, Dudek worked hand-in-hand with LADWP staff to prepare an MND on an aggressive timeframe, concurrent with the processing of a second remedial action, to assist LADWP in securing state funding for the remediation effort.
Tujunga Remediation Project MND. The Tujunga Remediation Planning Project will implement a remedial action to respond to releases of hazardous substances in groundwater that are affecting the Tujunga Wellfield. To assist in restoring the contaminated water supply to productive and beneficial use, Dudek worked hand-in-hand with LADWP staff to prepare an MND on an aggressive timeframe, concurrent with the processing of second remedial action, to assist LADWP in securing state funding for the remediation effort.
Distributing Station 104 EIR. Public Works has identified the need to construct a new power distributing station in Pacific Palisades. Existing Distributing Station 29, which currently serves the area, is working at or near its designed capacity due to increasing electrical demand in the community.
Path 46 Transmission Line Clearance Project MND/EA. The project is required to restore ground-to-conductor clearances to comply with transmission line safety and reliability standards. The clearance sites are along three existing overhead transmission lines located in San Bernardino County near Victorville, Barstow, and Baker. The project involves grading at 68 work areas, tower raising, and installation of barricades to eliminate vehicle access in affected areas.
On-Call Environmental Consulting Services
Client: City of Pasadena
Contract Dates: 2019 to Ongoing
Dudek was awarded this On-Call Services Contract in 2019 and has also been contracted by the City of Pasadena outside of this on-call services contract for several projects since 2017. Dudek is tasked to provide environmental documentation pursuant to CEQA/NEPA, including but not limited to EIRs, MNDs, NDs, ISs, Technical Reports, and any other environmental documentation necessary to comply with the CEQA Guidelines and NEPA. Dudek is expected to represent the City of Pasadena at public hearings, as needed. Recent projects with the City of Pasadena include the following:
Arroyo Seco Canyon Project Areas 2 and 3 EIR, Pasadena, California. Currently serving as project manager for preparation of an EIR for water infrastructure improvements within the Arroyo Seco, upstream of Devil’s Gate Dam and within the Hahamongna Watershed Park Master Plan boundaries. The project would divert up to 25 cubic feet per second of Arroyo Seco flows into Pasadena Water and Power's spreading basins to augment drinking water supplies via groundwater infiltration into the Raymond Basin. The project includes demolition, reconfiguration, and expansion of the existing spreading basins, and the demolition and reconstruction of a new diversion and intake structure that would convey flows into the spreading basins. Dudek’s technical staff are preparing the Biological Resources Technical Report, Historic Resources Technical Report, and air quality/GHG and noise/vibration analyses to support the EIR. Dudek is facilitating the application and coordination with resource agencies for regulatory permits.
PROPOSAL # PL-19-20-14 On-Call Environmental Planning Services Page 20 740-790 East Green Street Mixed-Use Project Sustainable Community EA, Pasadena, California. Currently serving as project manager for preparation of a Sustainable Community EA for the project, which involves the demolition of five commercial buildings in order to accommodate the development of a new three- to six-story, mixed-use building. The project includes 273 for-rent units (including 23 units designated for Very Low-Income households), 18,392 square feet of commercial use (e.g., retail, restaurant), a two-level subterranean parking garage with 492 parking spaces, and a 6,694-square-foot publicly accessible pocket park. The project would establish a Planned Development zoning district (via a Zone Change) and requires adoption of a Planned Development Plan that prescribes the development standards and allowed or conditionally allowed uses in the Planned Development.
Based on the inclusion of very low-income units, the State Density Bonus allows for additional density and the Affordable Housing Concession Permit would allow for increased building height. Dudek’s technical staff are preparing the Historic Resources Technical Report, visual simulations, and air quality/GHG and noise/vibration analyses to support the Sustainable Community EA.
417 North Madison Avenue IS/MND. This infill development project involved the removal of an existing single-family structure and parking lot and the construction of an approximately 42,000-square-foot, three-story multifamily residential building with 35 dwelling units, as well as 65 parking spaces in a one-level subterranean parking structure.
The 0.72-acre site is located at 417 N. Madison Avenue and is bordered by multifamily residential development on all sides; single-family residential neighborhoods are located approximately 0.3 miles to the north and commercial areas are located 0.4 miles to the east and south. Several transit facilities and recreational facilities are located within the vicinity of the project site, including the Metro Gold Line Lake Station and the Villa Parke. Dudek was retained to prepare the IS/MND for the project, which was certified by the City in April 2018.
Olivewood Technical Studies. This infill development project involves the construction of underground parking, multifamily residences, and ground floor commercial uses. Dudek was retailed to prepare technical studies to evaluate potential impacts related to air quality, GHG emissions, noise, and cultural resources. Through the analysis, it was determined that the project would not result in significant impacts and as such, was eligible for an infill exemption under CEQA.
690-700 Orange Grove Boulevard Technical Studies. This infill development project involves the construction of underground parking, multifamily residences, and ground floor commercial uses. Dudek was retailed to prepare technical studies to evaluate potential impacts related to air quality, GHG emissions, health risks, and noise.
Through the analysis, it was determined that the project would not result in significant impacts and as such, was eligible for an infill exemption under CEQA.
On Call Environmental Consulting Services
Client: City of Pomona
Contract Dates: 2015 to Ongoing
Dudek was awarded an as-needed contract with the City of Pomona to prepare environmental documents pursuant to CEQA/NEPA. Under this contract, Dudek completed the Corporate Yard Facility Project MND for the redevelopment of the City of Pomona’s existing Corporate Yard Facility. The project involved the demolition of the existing corporate yard facility, remediation of environmental contaminants associated with past uses, and construction and operation of a new Corporate Yard Facility to provide new and enhanced square footage for administrative/support and staff training building, a new warehouse facility, and new maintenance workshops.
Ms. Cobleigh is managing the preparation of a joint environmental review document to address the remediation being undertaken under the California Department of Toxic Substances Control oversight as well as construction of the new Corporate Yard Facility by the City of Pomona. Key issues for this project include coordination with the California Department of Toxic Substances and evaluation of hazards and hazardous materials.
PROPOSAL # PL-19-20-14 On-Call Environmental Planning Services Page 21 Pre-Qualified Environmental Review Services
Client: City of West Hollywood
Contract Dates: 2017 to Ongoing
In 2017, Dudek was selected to be on the City of West Hollywood’s list of pre-approved consultants. Services include the preparation of all environmental documents and notices in the manner required by CEQA and CEQA Guidelines, including, but not limited to: ISs; Draft NDs, MNDs, and EIRs; Final NDs, MNDs, and EIRs; and Notices of Preparation, Intent, and Determination. As necessary, Dudek will prepare any needed technical studies to complete the environmental review (e.g., geotechnical reports, traffic impact reports, biological assessments, and other studies), as well as all notices and file (including fees) with the Los Angeles County Clerk and/or the State Clearinghouse. Dudek personnel have overseen multiple EIRs for development projects in the City, including the following:
Robertson Lane Hotel EIR. The project involves construction of a three- to nine-story multi-use building in the West Hollywood Design District that includes a 241-room hotel, restaurants, retail stores, a design showroom, and associated amenities. The proposed project adaptively reuses portions of the historic Factory building that will be incorporated into the building design along Robertson Boulevard. Key issues evaluated in the EIR include historic resources, transportation and traffic, noise, air quality, and GHG emissions. 7811 Santa Monica Boulevard EIR. The project would consist of a 78-room hotel, restaurant, 88 residential units, and an art gallery. The seven-story multi-use building would include three subterranean levels of parking with 264 parking spaces. Construction of the project would involve demolition of the existing 10,000-square-foot commercial building, multiple parking lots, and a multifamily structure. Key issues associated with this project include traffic impacts to residential roadways and congested intersections, air quality, and noise and vibration construction impacts to adjacent sensitive receptors, including residences and a preschool. 8775 Sunset Boulevard Billboard MND. The project consists of installation and operation of a three-sided structure with two digital billboard faces along Sunset Boulevard. The structure would consist of two billboard faces displaying advertisements, public art, and community announcements. A detailed lighting study was prepared to evaluate the lighting impacts at neighboring residential properties from the new billboard structure.
Other key issues evaluated in the MND included driver distraction and land use impacts.
Sunset Strip Off-Site Signage Policy MND. The project involves amendments to the City of West Hollywood’s zoning ordinance and the Sunset Specific Plan to allow a limited number of potential new billboards, regulations for a limited number of digital billboards, and updates to permitted modifications for existing billboards on the Sunset Strip. Dudek is preparing the CEQA documentation for this project and is working closely with the City of West Hollywood to integrate environmental impact avoidance and minimization measures into the policy related to light trespass, glare, and cultural resources.
Sunset Boulevard Creative Billboard and Creative Tall Wall Zoning Text Amendments. The project involved amendments to the City of West Hollywood’s zoning ordinance and the Sunset Specific Plan to allow for creative tall wall signs and to revise existing regulations for creative billboards along the Sunset Strip. Dudek prepared the ND and worked closely with the City of West Hollywood to develop the language of the zoning text amendments to incorporate environmental impact avoidance and minimization measures.
PROPOSAL # PL-19-20-14 On-Call Environmental Planning Services Page 22 First Step: Developing an Urban Forest Management Plan for the City of Los Angeles
Client: City Plants
Contract Dates: January to December 2018
Dudek prepared a comprehensive report on the current conditions of the Los Angeles urban forest and its management as the beginning phase of the City of Los Angeles’s preparation to begin an urban forest management plan. Developing the report was a 10-month-long process that included monthly working group meetings with over 40 urban forest stakeholders, extensive departmental interviews, a public survey with 2,600 responses, and comparison of Los Angeles urban forest activities with three other municipal urban forest programs. The report analyzes current funding levels, City of Los Angeles planning documents, ordinances, policies, governance structure, and management practices against urban forest sustainability standards. The result of the analysis delivered key findings on the status of the urban forest, and made recommendations on the steps the City of Los Angeles needs to take to move toward the completion of an urban forest management plan and implementing sustainable practices.
Fehr & Peers Project Experience
Santa Clarita Senate Bill 743 Implementation
Client: City of Santa Clarita
Contract Dates: January 2020 to Ongoing
Fehr & Peers is assisting the City of Santa Clarita with SB 743 Implementation. They are providing knowledge and insight that will allow the City to be well prepared for a transition to VMT as its primary transportation impact metric for CEQA analysis, marrying the State’s objectives to encourage transportation-efficient development with the City’s own goals and objectives. Because Fehr & Peers have the data and materials prepared related to VMT methodology options, VMT thresholds, and the latest information regarding VMT mitigation, Fehr & Peers is able to wholly support the City. Fehr & Peers have also anticipated the critical questions that the City and its stakeholders will have, and they are knowledgeable on relevant plans and policies already in place. Fehr & Peers have an implementation approach that will allow the City to meet the State’s July 1, 2020 adoption deadline. As part of the process, Fehr & Peers is using the regional SCAG model to estimate 2012 and 2040 household generated automobile VMT per capita estimates for each Transportation Analysis Zone (TAZ) in the City. After establishing a methodology to estimate project VMT, Fehr & Peers will help to update Santa Clarita’s traffic study guidelines to incorporate the process in compliance with latest CEQA guidelines.
PROPOSAL # PL-19-20-14 On-Call Environmental Planning Services Page 23 LA Zoo Vision Plan EIR
Client: City of Los Angeles, Bureau of Engineering
Contract Dates: September 2018 to Ongoing
Fehr & Peers is preparing the transportation analysis for the Los Angeles Zoo Vision Plan, a long-term comprehensive plan, encompassing physical growth, enhancement of the attractions and visitor services, and growth in attendance. The transportation analysis is taking a deep dive into historic zoo attendance, membership, and operations to develop an empiric understanding of on-site trip generation, trip distribution, and visitor trip origins, with unique analyses for both employees and visitors. Fehr & Peers developed and oversaw extensive visitor, employee, and transit-rider surveys to supplement the historic data analyzed. Fehr & Peers is working closely with the project consultant team to refine the visitor growth projections and assumptions for use in the transportation analysis. The EIR for this project is one of the first to be analyzed using the LADOT’s new Transportation Analysis Guidelines and vehicle-miles-traveled-based impact thresholds – and with the Zoo as a unique generator, Fehr & Peers has used their deep understanding of the TAG to develop the right VMT and site- access and circulation analysis approach for the project. Fehr & Peers is coordinating with stakeholders that include transit agencies, LA City Parks & Recreation, LA City Planning, and the LA River team to ensure that future transportation options to the Zoo are robust, multimodal, and coordinated with other nearby City improvements.
Infill and Complete Streets - Capturing VMT Impacts and Benefits to CEQA Client: City of Los Angeles, Department of Urban Planning Contract Dates: October 2019 to Ongoing
The City of Los Angeles is shifting from an auto-oriented metropolis to a city built around transit, compact transit- oriented development, and multi-modal “Complete Streets” which emphasize all travel modes. However, these dynamic policy shifts have been significantly impeded by requirements under CEQA to mitigate automobile delay.
The City wants to seize the historic opportunity, mandated by SB 743, to realign the environmental review processes with policies that support infill development and Complete Streets transportation projects. Fehr & Peers was selected to work closely with the LADCP and LADOT to develop new VMT-based CEQA thresholds and to update the tools necessary to implement the new procedures. In addition to developing the new thresholds, Fehr & Peers is updating and calibrating the City’s travel demand model; this aspect includes incorporating mobile source “Big Data” into the trip distribution validation to improve VMT estimation and rebuilding the transit route system using General Transit Feed Specification (GTFS) data from major transit operators. A key component of the study is developing a sketch model tool to perform project-level VMT analysis; this effort includes quantifying local vehicle trip generation for mixed-use projects, creative office buildings, market rate housing, and affordable housing to assist in calibrating the sketch model tool to Los Angeles conditions, incorporating MXD concepts to reflect the effect of the built environment, transit proximity, and area demographics on urban trip generation, and incorporating quantification of effectiveness of transportation demand management (TDM) strategies to reduce project VMT. The affordable housing sites are broken down based on population (senior, family, special needs, permanent supportive) and location (inside or outside a transit priority area). Finally, Fehr & Peers is developing materials to educate city staff, private developers, transportation practitioners, and the community about the new impact review methodology.
PROPOSAL # PL-19-20-14 On-Call Environmental Planning Services Page 24 West Hollywood Citywide Traffic and Mobility Study
Client: City of West Hollywood
Contract Dates: June 2017 to Ongoing
Fehr & Peers is leading a team to assist the City of West Hollywood. Key tasks include the Transportation Demand Management (TDM) Program, Physical Roadway Improvements, and Traffic Impact Fee Program, which all have unique challenges. The Fehr & Peers team is helping the City navigate through this process to emerge with solutions serve the City’s goals and the changing needs of land use development and people traveling in the City.
For the TDM program, the Fehr & Peers-led team is using extensive team expertise along with the best available data and input from stakeholders to tailor strategies and solutions that are likely to be most effective in West Hollywood. The use of “Big Data” in evaluating the travel markets for each of the five commercial districts is a critical element in understanding the needs of the districts.
Fehr & Peers is developing a model that goes beyond the traditional highway-focused travel demand models to provide enhanced capabilities in such areas as smart growth, GHG emissions, transit operations, and alternative modes such as walking and bicycling. We have developed innovative techniques that allow travel behavior models to capture the interactions between neighborhood-scale land use characteristics and travel patterns. This is based on research and tool development in the areas of state-of-the-art travel demand modeling, travel demand management effectiveness, VMT estimation, and mixed-use trip generation considering the effects of the built environment.
The study also includes a Physical Roadway Improvements section, where the City will be able to test and evaluate a variety of options including physical improvements, policies and programs that are aimed at improving multimodal mobility in the City of West Hollywood. As part of this task, Fehr & Peers is evaluating the current and future roadway infrastructure needs based on the local and regional 2040 land use/SED forecasts. A series of performance metrics is being developed to measure the effects of multi-modal improvements, along with the development of a framework for an annual transportation performance report card that can be updated and used beyond the life of this project. An essential element of this task is coordination with City of West Hollywood staff and the City Council during key points of the process.
We are also updating the City of West Hollywood’s Transportation Impact Fee Program, which will:
Provide funding for circulation element improvements necessary to support the land use element of the General Plan
Ensure that new development is paying a "reasonable" fair share of circulation element network expansion Engage the residential and commercial development community to build support for the impact fees Obtain consensus from elected officials in support of the impact fees Develop a defensible nexus analysis
Minimize potential financial disincentives caused by impact fees on affordable housing Minimize potential financial disincentives caused by impact fees on desired land uses that can help minimize longer distance travel
Leverage impact fees to increase state and federal funding PROPOSAL # PL-19-20-14 On-Call Environmental Planning Services Page 25 References
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PROPOSAL # PL-19-20-14 On-Call Environmental Planning Services Page 26 Program Management and QA/QC
Program Manager
Program Manager Nicole Cobleigh, who is familiar with the City through her work on current projects, will serve as the primary point of contact and responsible for the delivery of services in accordance with the established scope of services for this contract. Ms. Cobleigh is accustomed to managing large on-call contracts and understands the importance of team continuity, organization, and efficiency across multiple locations.
Working as a team with our proposed project managers and technical discipline leaders, Ms. Cobleigh will keep all projects on schedule and within budget and will monitor deliverables to verify they are of the highest quality. Ms.
Cobleigh will communicate project status, issues, and concerns with other members of the consultant team and with the City’s project managers.
Quality Assurance/Quality Control
Dudek’s quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC) program consists of senior staff oversight and administrative management. We are committed to engaging in clear communication and cooperation with the City, holding regular conference calls and preparing agendas to assist teams in clarifying any issues and proceeding with the work in a unified manner. We use check-in meetings with our project teams to allocate resources properly and according to the City’s schedule constraints. When working on several concurrent projects, we identify areas where information sharing can reduce the time, budget, or work needed to produce deliverables.
Continuous Communication
Communication is the key to effective project management. Our project managers will use email; conference calls; collaboration tools such as web portals, remote web-based meetings (including video conferencing); and in- person meetings (when needed) to provide the City with project status progress. In the early part of the project, we expect the need for frequent communication to clarify project components, objectives, key drivers to success, and assumptions.
We will provide schedule status via email, using the City’s preferred schedule format. As the project progresses and documents are prepared, Dudek will provide the City with electronic versions of draf t documents for more expeditious review to save time and money. Additionally, with each monthly invoice, Dudek will provide the City with a budget tracking table summarizing what percent of the budget has been spent vs. the percent complete for each task.
This open communication within the team and the scheduling of project team meetings or conference calls encourages the input and technical expertise of each team member in order to benefit the project and create efficiencies. Easy-to-use, frequently updated schedules and an ongoing list of agenda items, milestones, and project tasks that are reviewed by the team during meetings or conference calls are also helpful in tracking project details which might otherwise be missed. An easily reachable and responsive project manager is also necessary to facilitate a successful project not bogged down by the many decisions and questions that can arise, especially on larger projects.
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Our approach to meet communication goals is based on Dudek’s project management philosophy and the preferences learned through our previous experience working with the City. Our approach to each task order will involve the following key components:
Kickoff Meeting. Our project manager will attend a kickoff meeting for each project with the City project manager and other invitees, as determined by the City.
Project Schedule. Dudek will prepare a master schedule with key document development milestones, such as deliverable dates for draft materials, City review periods, and possible meeting dates with City staff to resolve comments, if needed. Dudek has online meeting tools available to allow collaborative document revisions with the City and efficient resolution of comments, if needed. Dudek will regularly update the schedule as tasks are completed and will make it available to all team members so that accurate status information is communicated to the team. Using this tool, Dudek will provide the City’s project manager with up-to-date status reports monthly or more frequently, as requested. Budget Tracker. Our project manager will use Deltek Vision accounting software to create an Excel file showing all budget line items and a monthly balance and percent complete for each task. Monthly Progress Report. Our project manager will email a monthly progress report and invoice to the City during the coming month, an update on the schedule, a summary of the project schedule, and any outstanding scope of work or information request issues.
Cost and Schedule Control
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.
Document Control
Dudek’s QA/QC program involves senior staff review of technical documents combined with the services of a technical editor and publications department to produce high quality documents done right the first time. Our in- house staff review work products for completeness, accuracy, and coordination in accordance with internal QA/QC guidelines.
At the outset of the project, the Dudek technical editing team will create a project-specific style guide to maintain consistency of the terms and nomenclature used in project documents. Dudek will share this style guide with the City to verify that it meets the City’s expectations for style and terms. Written work products will be subject to a technical editorial review following the agreed-upon style guide, and will be formatted by Dudek’s publications staff.
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Ms. Nicole Cobleigh, as Program Manager, has selected a qualified and available team to assist the City with environmental documentation needs. Figure 1 presents the organization and interaction of team members, including Dudek’s key teaming subconsultant, to complete projects with the City. Following the chart, key and support team qualifications, as well as key subconsultants, are summarized. Dudek acknowledges that all professional staff, including that of subconsultants, provided for a project shall be approved by the City and shall not be removed or replaced without prior consent of the City. Resumes for our project team are included in Appendix A of this proposal.
Figure 1. Organization Chart
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Program Manager/CEQA Project Manager
Nicole Cobleigh
Nicole Cobleigh is a senior project manager with 20 years’ professional experience in environmental planning and land use development in Southern California. Ms. Cobleigh manages all phases of the project planning and environmental review process, including budget allocations and monitoring, project team and subconsultant oversight, scheduling, presentations at hearings, and public outreach. She has produced numerous CEQA and NEPA documents, including EIRs; EISs; and technical reports for visual resources and aesthetics, cultural resources, and other environmental resources. Ms. Cobleigh applies her comprehensive understanding of policy, planning, and environmental issues to meet clients’ needs on a variety of projects. She has extensive experience working on complicated projects involving multiple regulatory agencies.
CEQA Project Managers
Ruta Thomas, REPA
Ruta Thomas has 23 years’ experience managing the preparation and coordination of highly complex, controversial, and visible environmental documents for urban and rural development projects throughout California. Ms. Thomas is well versed in all areas of the CEQA and NEPA, including facilitation of community outreach workshops and events to effectively address participants’ concerns. Her experience includes managing projects that involve large multidisciplinary teams consisting of several teaming partners. Ms. Thomas successfully navigates her projects through complex regulatory requirements and oversight, such as those imposed by Regional Water Quality Control Boards, Sanitation Districts, Public Works Departments, the Department of Toxic Substances Control, and other municipal agencies.
As a Registered Environmental Property Assessor (REPA), Ms. Thomas has been determined by the national program to have the academic training, occupational experience, and professional reputation necessary for registration as an environmental property assessor qualified to objectively conduct one or more aspects of environmental assessment and site cleanup activities. She brings scientific rigor to the projects on which she works, and with demonstrated expertise in writing and negotiation, she effectively communicates and collaborates with agencies and colleagues to successfully achieve clients’ goals. Due to her extensive CEQA experience and knowledge, the Association of Environmental Professionals (AEP) has asked Ms. Thomas to instruct CEQA courses for new and seasoned practitioners regularly since 2007.
Ms. Thomas has managed a number of large-scale, on-call environmental contracts with clients such as the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works (LACDPW), Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation (LACDPR), City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks (LADRP), LABOE, City of Santa Monica, City of Simi Valley, City of Irvine, Orange County Department of Public Works (OCDPW) and the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD).
Education
California Polytechnic State
University, San Luis Obispo
MCRP, City and Regional Planning
University of California,
Los Angeles
BA, Geography/Environmental
Studies (Public Policy/Urban
Planning Minor)
Education
Brown University
MA, Environmental Studies
Lehigh University
BA, Biology/Economics
Certifications
Registered Environmental Property
Assessor, No. 596576
PROPOSAL # PL-19-20-14 On-Call Environmental Planning Services Page 30 Kristin Starbird
Kristin Starbird is a senior project manager with 17 years’ experience in the management and preparation of environmental documents pursuant to the CEQA/NEPA. Ms. Starbird is responsible for managing the environmental documentation and review process, schedules, and budgets for a wide variety of controversial and complex public- and private-sector projects, including general, master, and specific plans; flood control and water infrastructure projects; recreational and park projects; residential tract map developments; mixed-use and infill developments; solar energy projects; and institutional facilities. She confidently represents her clients in public meetings and hearings, and applies her commitment to exceptional client service and strategic consultation on all projects.
Tamseel Mir
Tamseel Mir is a senior project manager with 16 years’ experience specializing in CEQA and NEPA documentation. Ms. Mir has served in a variety of project management and planning roles and has been responsible for both public and private sector clients. She manages all phases of the project planning and environmental review process, including budget allocations and monitoring as well as project team and subconsultant oversight. Ms. Mir’s experience includes managing projects that involve large multidisciplinary teams consisting of several teaming partners and assisting in the management of on-call contracts.
Ms. Mir has managed environmental documentation for development projects including hotel, single- and multifamily residential, retail, and mixed-use projects. She is also experienced in managing environmental documentation for public transit, bicycle paths, and institutional (university and hospital) projects. Ms. Mir has experience working on local California Department of Transportation Local Assistance projects and projects that require CEQA documentation. She has prepared environmental documentation for private developers and local agencies including the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, Los Angeles Bureau of Engineering, County of Los Angeles Department of Public Works, and LA Metro.
Michele Webb
Michele Webb is an environmental analyst with a strong foundation in environmental planning and in professional writing. Ms. Webb has contributed to a range of CEQA documents at Dudek and at the City and County of Santa Barbara. Through her professional background in writing and environmental planning, Ms. Webb has developed an exceptional ability to communicate complex information in a succinct and accessible way and has gained thorough knowledge of the substantive and procedural requirements
Education
University of Texas, Austin
MA, Public Affairs
BA, Social Work
Education
University of California,
Los Angeles
MA, Urban Planning
University of California, Irvine
BA, Environmental Analysis
and Design
Education
University of California,
Santa Barbara
BA, Environmental Studies
(Professional Writing and
Editing Minor)
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Aesthetics
Joshua Saunders, AICP
Josh Saunders is an environmental analyst with 14 years’ experience in the research, coordination, and preparation of environmental documents subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). Mr. Saunders has years of experience performing aesthetic investigations, landscape evaluations, and impact analyses throughout Southern California in urban and rural environments. Mr. Saunders is well-versed with federal and local visual impact assessment guidelines and methodologies. As a visual resources specialist, Mr. Saunders capabilities include field investigations and existing setting documentation, sensitive receptor and key observation point/key view identification, delineation of project viewshed, preparation of focused aesthetic memoranda, and detailed analyses and technical reports in accordance with CEQA Appendix G thresholds and/or established regional or local guidelines, regulatory setting research, characterization of impacts and visual effects in a succinct, understandable style, and development of appropriate and successful mitigation measures. Further, Mr. Saunders works collaboratively with Dudek’s design professionals to prepare photo-realistic visual simulations and shade/shadow exhibits.
Visual Simulations
Paul Caligiuri
Paul Caligiuri is a Senior Civil Designer and 3d Graphic Artist with 34 years’ experience. Using Civil 3d, 3d Studio Max, VRay and Photoshop, Mr. Caligiuri has been responsible for the preparation of several 3-D simulations for Architectural, Engineering and Civil projects, with services including before-and-after photo simulations, renderings, and animations of future facilities, helping decision-makers better judge proposed projects.
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
Professional Affiliations
American Planning Association
Association of
Environmental Professionals
Education
Mira Costa College
Vocational Certificate, 1984
Palomar College
AA, General Studies, 1986
Palomar College
Three Semesters 3D Modeling and
Animation, 1995
PROPOSAL # PL-19-20-14 On-Call Environmental Planning Services Page 32 Air Quality/Greenhouse Gas Emissions/Health Risk Assessment/Energy Jennifer Reed
Jennifer Reed is an air quality specialist/environmental planner with 12 years’ experience. Ms. Reed leads Dudek’s air quality services team, and has been responsible for the management, research, and analysis of projects subject to compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). She has completed numerous environmental documents in support of a diverse range of public and private developments. Ms. Reed specializes in air quality and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions technical analyses, and continues to be on the forefront of evolving science, emissions modeling computer programs, and regulatory framework.
Ms. Reed has prepared air quality and GHG assessments for a wide variety of development projects throughout California, including large residential projects, commercial and retail projects, industrial projects, mixed-use developments, colleges and universities, healthcare facilities, energy projects, water and wastewater infrastructure, and transportation improvements, including California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) air quality analyses. Additionally, she has considerable experience in project planning and regulatory compliance pursuant to the California Coastal Act (CCA) and has experience in project management, land-use permit processing, constraints analysis, development feasibility studies, due diligence investigations, and various other land-use planning projects.
Biological Resources
Michael Cady
Michael Cady is a senior biologist with 15 years’ experience with fieldwork and the application of environmental regulatory requirements for CEQA/NEPA compliance. Mr. Cady has worked extensively in a variety of habitats and jurisdictions throughout California. He has prepared biological technical reports in support for project and programmatic-level EIRs/EISs, initial studies (ISs), and environmental assessments (EAs). In addition, Mr. Cady has prepared permit applications and documentation to support federal ESA Section 7 and 10 consultations, CESA 2081 ITPs, CWA Section 401 and 404, and CFGC Section 1602 LSA.
Mr. Cady’s field experience includes protocol surveys and habitat assessments for a variety of special-status wildlife species, rare plant surveys, general flora and fauna surveys, oak and general tree surveys, vegetation mapping, and nesting bird surveys. He has conducted wetland delineations in accordance with federal and State guidelines for a variety of aquatic resources in California. Mr. Cady’s compliance monitoring experience includes both large-scale infrastructure projects and smaller projects within sensitive habitats. He has also provided environmental inspection for simple to complex projects.
Education
University of California,
Santa Barbara
BA, Environmental Studies, 2007
BA, Geography, 2007
Professional Affiliations
Association of Environmental
Professionals
Air and Waste
Management Association
Education
California State Polytechnic
University, Pomona
BS, Environmental Biology, 2008
Certifications
CDFW Scientific Collecting Permit,
No. SC-12259
CDFW State-Listed Plant Voucher
Collection Permit,
No. 2081(a)-11-15-V
Forestry and Wildlands Resources
Certificate, Citrus College
Professional Affiliations
Desert Tortoise Council
Society for the Study of Amphibians
and Reptiles
Southern California Botanists
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Historic Resources
Samantha Murray, RPA
Samantha Murray is Dudek’s historic built environment lead and a senior architectural historian with 14 years’ experience in all elements of cultural resources management, including project management, intensive-level field investigations, architectural history studies, and historical significance evaluations in consideration of the California Register of Historical Resources (CRHR), the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP), and local-level evaluation criteria. Ms. Murray has conducted hundreds of historical resource evaluations and developed detailed historic context statements for a multitude of property types and architectural styles, including private residential, commercial, industrial, educational, medical, ranching, mining, airport, and cemetery properties, as well as a variety of engineering structures and objects. She has also provided expertise on numerous projects requiring conformance with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties.
Ms. Murray meets the Secretary of the Interior’s Professional Qualification Standards for both Architectural History and Archaeology. She is experienced managing multidisciplinary projects in the lines of transportation, transmission and generation, federal land management, land development, state and local government, and the private sector. She has experience preparing environmental compliance documentation in support of projects that fall under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)/National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), and Sections 106 and 110 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA). She also prepared numerous Historic Resources Evaluation Reports (HRERs) and Historic Property Survey Reports (HPSRs) for the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans).
Cultural Resources/Tribal Cultural Resources
Linda Kry
Linda Kry is an archaeologist with 13 years’ experience in cultural resource management specializing in various aspects of cultural resources investigations within Los Angeles County, Orange County, San Bernardino County, Kern County, Imperial County, Inyo County, Riverside County, and the Mojave Desert. Ms. Kry’s experience includes archival research, reconnaissance surveys, artifact analysis, assisting CEQA lead agencies with AB-52 notification and consultation process, and authoring technical reports pursuant to CEQA and Section 106 of the NHPA. Ms. Kry’s extensive experience includes the management of cultural resources specialists in support of various aspects of cultural resources compliance, construction monitoring, Native American consultation, archaeological testing and treatment, and prehistoric and historical resource significance evaluations.
Education
California State University,
Los Angeles
MA, Anthropology, 2013
California State University,
Northridge
BA, Anthropology, 2003
Professional Affiliations
California Preservation Foundation
National Trust for Historic
Preservation
Registered Professional
Archaeologist
Society of Architectural Historians
Education
University of California, Los Angeles
BA, Anthropology, 2006
Cerritos College
AA, Anthropology, 2004
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Geology & Soils/Hydrology & Water Quality/Utilities & Service Systems Perry Russell, PG, CEG
Perry Russell is a geologist with 33 years’ experience, including more than two decades specializing in completing geology/soils, hydrology/water quality, hazards/hazardous materials, and utilities sections for California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) documents. Mr. Russell has also completed erosion control studies, geologic hazards surveys, and Phase I environmental site assessments (ESAs).
Mr. Russell has completed CEQA sections for a wide range of projects located throughout California, including commercial developments, large-scale residential development, water supply projects, on- and off- shore telecommunication cable projects, wind farm projects, oil field development projects, a nuclear power plant project, and large-scale port redevelopment projects (including joint CEQA/NEPA projects). His NEPA experience has included projects for the U.S. Navy, Marines, Air Force (USAF), Army, Department of Energy (DOE), Bureau of Reclamation, and Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), on sites located throughout the western United States. These projects included water supply, construction, land withdrawal, and landfill projects, as well as a large-scale nuclear waste treatment.
Hazards & Hazardous Materials
Glenna McMahon, PE
Glenna McMahon has 19 years’ environmental consulting and project management experience. Ms. McMahon focuses on environmental engineering and hydrogeology, specifically hazardous waste investigation, monitoring and remediation, as well as litigation support.
Her project experience includes environmental site assessments; soil, soil vapor and groundwater sampling and data evaluation; health risk assessments; evaluation, design and implementation of remedial alternatives; environmental compliance; and third-party evaluation of remediation expenditures. Ms. McMahon manages several projects that involve state or local regulatory oversight and assists clients with negotiations and compliance with regulatory requirements. She strives for a collaborative approach with regulators while advocating for practicable solutions for the project.
Education
California State University, Northridge
MS, Geological Resources, 1988
University of California,
Santa Barbara
BA, Geological Sciences, 1984
Certifications
Professional Geologist (PG),
CA No. 5777
Certified Engineering Geologist
(CEG), CA No. 1837
Education
University of Vermont
BS, Civil and Environmental
Engineering
Certifications
Professional Engineer (PE),
CA No. 79742
Certified Environmental Manager
(CEM), NV No. 1974
OSHA 40-Hour HAZWOPER
OSHA Site Supervisor
RCRA and DOT Hazardous Waste
Manager Certification
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Land Use & Planning/Population & Housing/Public Services/Recreation Shannon Wages, AICP
Shannon Wages is an urban planner with 17 years’ experience specializing in managing long-range planning documents as well as complex land use entitlement projects. Ms. Wages has successfully managed the preparation of multiple general plans, specific plans, zoning ordinances, housing elements, downtown plans, visioning plans, corridor studies, and economic feasibility studies. She has received several awards from the American Planning Association (APA) for her planning projects. Ms. Wages considers community outreach central to any project, and develops outreach strategies that reach broadly and deeply into a community and puncture each phase of the planning process. Ms. Wages also helps cities implement their plans through entitling development projects or assisting with funding and financing mechanisms. She combines her experience in planning, urban design, development, and community outreach to achieve desired projects that realize the community’s goals and objectives. From planning and conceptual design, to certificates of occupancy, she is involved throughout the process, facilitating positive growth and change in the communities she represents.
Noise
Jonathan Leech, AICP, INCE, PG
Jonathan Leech is a senior project manager and environmental specialist with 35 years’ environmental planning experience, including 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. Mr. Leech also has more than a decade of focused experience in noise assessments, including exterior and interior noise exposure studies for single-family 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.
Education
University of Southern California
MA, Urban Planning/Design, 2003
Brigham Young University
BA, Humanities/Spanish, 2000
Certifications
American Institute of Certified
Planners (AICP)
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)
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Mark Storm, INCE
Mark Storm is a senior acoustician with 28 years’ experience as a noise control engineer specializing in environmental noise assessment, mechanical systems noise control, and architectural acoustics. Mr. Storm evaluates noise impacts from industrial (e.g., fossil-fueled and renewable power generation and transmission), transportation, residential, municipal, and commercial facilities upon sensitive human and wildlife receptors. His services include development and direction of noise and vibration measurement and prediction programs, mitigation recommendations, and participation in public meetings.
Mr. Storm has authored or managed many California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)/National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) noise technical reports and sections. He has also handled noise for several client Applications for Certification (AFC) brought before the California Energy Commission (CEC), and authored Resource Report 9 (Noise) content for several natural gas developer clients submitting project applications for review and approval from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).
Transportation
Sarah Brandenberg, PE, Fehr & Peers
Sarah Brandenberg has over 15 years of experience with Fehr & Peers and is a licensed Traffic Engineer. Sarah served as the Operations Manager of the Los Angeles office for seven years, and is currently the Regional Principal-in-Charge of Southern California. Sarah has managed a variety of complex studies, such as transportation impact studies, EIR transportation sections, transportation planning studies, and corridor studies focused on roadway operations, transit and active transportation. Key projects include the City of Los Angeles Mobility Plan 2035 EIR, Beverly Hills On-Call Transportation Services, Westside Mobility Plan, Marina del Rey Mobility Plan, and Hollywood Community Plan Update. Sarah’s ability to work closely with clients, complete a high-quality technical analysis, and clearly communicate study findings have been and will continue to be critical to project success.
John Muggridge, AICP, Fehr & Peers
John Muggridge, AICP has over 19 years of experience in transportation planning and engineering, both in England and in the United States. As a transport planner, John has research and analysis experience in both the private and academic sectors. John is experienced in multi-disciplinary transportation and research projects, including multi-modal transportation planning projects and travel demand forecasting. He has authored numerous reports, managed and participated in a large range of transportation planning, traffic engineering, and parking studies for both private and public clients in Southern California and Hawaii. He also has extensive experience in conducting parking and circulation studies, traffic impact studies, downtown parking studies, long-range transportation plans, corridor studies and specific plans. John has worked with interdisciplinary teams to develop consensus on a wide range of transportation improvements. He has extensive experience in transportation analyses in the City of West Hollywood, including several mixed-use projects on Sunset Boulevard and elsewhere, as well as familiarity with the City’s traffic model.
Education
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
BS, Aeronautics and Astronautics,
1991
Certifications
Institute of Noise Control Engineering
(INCE) Board Certified
San Diego County – Approved CEQA
Consultant (Noise)
Professional Affiliations
INCE-USA:
Board of Directors, Vice President of
Public Relations
Community Noise Technical
Committee Leader
Education
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
Civil and Environmental
Engineering, BS
Registrations
Licensed Traffic Engineer,
State of California (#2213)
Education
University of Leeds, Leeds/UK, MS,
Transportation Planning and
Engineering, 1999
University of Sheffield, Sheffield/UK,
Bachelor of Engineering, Mechanical
and Process Engineering, 1996
Registrations
American Institute of Certified
Planners (AICP)
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Chelsea Richer, AICP, Fehr & Peers
Chelsea Richer has 10 years of experience in transportation planning, focusing on first/last mile planning, active transportation planning, multi-modal safety, and transportation demand management (TDM).
With experience working in diverse communities in Los Angeles, Chelsea excels on projects that center transportation equity, data analysis, project evaluation, and community engagement as the tools to inform better decision-making and better outcomes. She is proficient in ArcGIS, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator and SPSS. Her technical practice areas are underpinned by strong communication skills, attention to detail, and experience managing complex planning projects with interdisciplinary teams.
GIS
Christopher Starbird
Christopher Starbird is a geographic information systems (GIS) Analyst with 15 years’ experience in map ping projects for municipal, regional, and federal public agencies and non -profit organizations.
Mr. Starbird uses the latest in mapping software from the Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI). His skills includes database design, spatial analyse s, three-dimensional (3D) modeling with shade and shadow analysis, Web development, and high quality cartographic design to meet client and project needs. Mr. Starbird has completed course work in the areas of GIS, cartography, and field techniques in geog raphic research, Web - based interactive map presentation, and digital imaging.
Graphics
Raoul Ranoa
Raoul Rañoa is a senior graphic designer with 21 years’ experience breaking down complex data and processes into simple, easy-to- understand visual presentations. Mr. Rañoa has extensive experience preparing visuals on environmental topics such as air quality, greenhouse gas emissions, geology and hydrology. Mr. Rañoa is knowledgeable in print and web graphics production, including prepress, vector and 3-D illustration, social media and environmental asset creation, video, and motion graphics.
As Senior Artist for Data Visualization at the Los Angeles Times, Mr. Rañoa designed and produced videos, motion graphics, charts, graphs, 3D models, interactive maps, and informational graphics. His work has won multiple awards, has been included in Pulitzer Prize-winning projects, and was honored two years in a row in “The Best American Infographics” series. Mr. Rañoa also currently designs infographics for the Jet Propulsion Lab in Pasadena. By collaborating with a large and diverse community that includes scientists, senior faculty, and communications experts, he produces visuals that break down complex scientific research into clear, easy to understand visual stories used in high-level private presentations as well as public outreach.
Education
University of California,
Santa Barbara
BA, Geography, 2003
Education
California Polytechnic State
University, Pomona
BA, Communications
(Journalism Focus)
Education
University of California at Los Angeles
Master of Urban & Regional
Planning, 2014
•Award-winning Capstone Project
for the Los Angeles Regional
Collaborative on Climate Action
& Sustainability: Transportation
and Climate Change Adaptation
– Vulnerability and Resilience in
LA County
University of Chicago, BS
Environmental Studies and Public
Policy, 2008
Registrations
American Institute of Certified
Planners (AICP)
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Compliance Monitoring
David Hochart
David Hochart is an environmental compliance manager with 15 years’ experience specializing in the development and implementation of mitigation, monitoring and reporting programs. Mr. Hochart has both managed the preparation of comprehensive National Environmental Policy Act/California Environmental Quality Act (NEPA/CEQA) documents and regularly manages the implementation of mitigation measures adopted by lead agencies. Mr. Hochart has a diversified background ranging from extension of staff as a third-party compliance manager for lead agencies including the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), San Diego County, and Imperial County to working with project owners and directly contracted with construction contractors. Mr. Hochart’s experience includes successfully managing mitigation monitoring and reporting programs ranging from a handful of mitigation measures (i.e. nesting bird surveys and archeological monitoring) to comprehensive programs with hundreds of mitigation measures with multiple environmental resource leads. Mr. Hochart has exceptional communication skills that translate into getting the job done. He works closely with all team members, including the lead agency implementing the compliance program, project applicant, construction managers, and field monitors.
Eric Hansen
Eric Hanson is an environmental compliance manager with 10 years’ professional experience in environmental planning, regulatory permitting, environmental compliance, and field biology in Southern California. Mr. Hanson has established relationships with resource agency staff across Southern California and local/state transportation agency staff in Los Angeles. He has contributed to and been the Natural Resources section author of multiple California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)/National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) documents, and has successfully applied for, negotiated, and secured permit packages for multiple complex projects, emphasizing bridge design and hydrology in relation to aquatic flora and fauna impacts.
In his role as environmental compliance manager, Mr. Hanson reviews and provides quality control for technical and survey reports for cultural resources, aesthetics, air quality, hazardous waste, and natural resources. He has extensive experience interacting with municipal and resource agencies, as well as the public. Mr. Hanson works with multiple stakeholders to find acceptable design alternatives during the response- to-comment process, collaborating with design and construction engineers, as well as general construction contractors to help clients build a project within scope and cost, while complying with permit conditions and minimization measures.
Education
University of California,
Santa Barbara
BA, Environmental Studies/
Geography, 2005
Professional Affiliations
Association of
Environmental Professionals
American Planning Association
Education
California State University (CSU),
Northridge
MPA, Public Policy Administration,
2011
CSU Channel Islands
BS, Environmental Science Resource
Management, 2007
Certifications
CDFW Scientific Collectors Permit
for MGS
CDFW Certified First Responder and
Incident Commander
Desert Tortoise Surveying,
Monitoring and Handling Workshop
40-Hour OSHA HAZWOPER
FEMA ICS 100,200,700.
RAPID Streambed Assessment
(Riparian Module)
Wetlands Training Institute: Basic
and Advanced Wetlands Delineation
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Regulatory Permitting
David Wickens
David Wickens is a senior regulatory specialist with 26 years’ experience in Northern California, New Mexico, and the Midwest. As a senior project manager with the ACOE’s San Francisco District for 11 years, Mr.
Wickens reviewed numerous complex and controversial permit applications under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act (CWA) and Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act within the Bay Area and the north coastal region of California. He is familiar with and regularly applies knowledge of laws such as the Endangered Species Act, National Environmental Policy Act, Coastal Zone Management Act, and National Historic Preservation Act. Mr.
Wickens has provided permitting assistance on a wide variety of projects, including transportation, residential and commercial development, energy, waste management, wetland mitigation, creek stabilization, and major tidal wetland restoration. He has developed programmatic permitting approaches including regional general permits (RGPs), letters of permission (LOPs), and streamlined permitting associated with habitat conservation plans (HCPs).
Mr. Wickens has extensive experience developing mitigation banks and in-lieu fee programs. Additionally, he was a key member of the South Pacific Division’s project team responsible for developing standard operating procedures for compensatory mitigation decisions, including the updated Mitigation and Monitoring Guidelines, Mitigation Ratios Checklist, and Uniform Performance Standards.
Laurie Monarres
Laurie Monarres has 15 years’ professional experience as a regulatory specialist throughout California. As the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (Corps) Regulatory North Branch Chief of the San Francisco District, Ms. Monarres supervised a team of project managers, and oversaw the review and evaluation of complex and controversial permit applications under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act (CWA) and Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act within the north coastal region of California. Prior to that, she was a Senior Regulatory Project Manager with the Corps Los Angeles District. Ms. Monarres has permitted a wide variety of projects including transportation, water infrastructure, multi-benefit restoration projects, gravel mining, aquaculture, energy and utility lines, creek stabilizations, flood control projects, and major coastal restorations.
She has developed programmatic permitting approaches including regional general permits (RGPs), letters of permission (LOPs), and streamlined permitting associated with habitat conservation plans (HCPs).
Ms. Monarres has extensive experience in developing and implementing mitigation banks and in-lieu fee programs, including current submittals for the Santa Clara Valley Habitat Plan and the Santa Ana Watershed Association. Additionally, she was a key member of the Corps South Pacific Division’s project team responsible for developing standard operating procedures for compensatory mitigation decisions, including the updated Mitigation and Monitoring Guidelines, the Mitigation Ratios Checklist, Uniform Performance Standards, and Mitigation Site Selection using a watershed approach.
Education
Michigan State University
BS, Resource Development, 1992
Certifications
Certified California Rapid
Assessment Method Practitioner for
Riverine and Depressional Modules
Education
University of California (UC),
Los Angeles
MS, Environmental Health Sciences
UC Berkeley
BA, Integrative Biology
Certifications
California Rapid Assessment Method
Practitioner for Riverine and
Depressional Modules
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Paleontology
Michael Williams, PhD
Michael Williams is a paleontologist and crossed-trained archaeological field technician with 16 years’ experience with fieldwork, fossil vertebrate specimen processing, and writing of reports for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE). Dr. Williams has project experience in all aspects of paleontological mitigation, including Phase I preconstruction surveys and report preparation and writing paleontological mitigation plans, initial studies (ISs)/mitigated negative declarations, and environmental impact reports (EIRs). He also has experience attending pre-grade meetings; preparing and presenting on-site Worker Environmental Awareness Programs (WEAPs); monitoring for paleontological resources and supervising paleontological monitoring; coordinating spot checks and monitoring with construction superintendents and foremen; collecting and processing sediments for vertebrate microfossils, writing final monitoring reports; and accessioning fossils to the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, San Bernardino County Museum and the Cooper Center in Orange County. Dr. Williams has California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and private company paleontological mitigation experience in San Diego, Imperial, Orange, Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino, Ventura, Kern, Inyo, Fresno, San Francisco, and Alameda counties. In addition, he has worked as a cross-trained archaeological surveyor and monitor on several field projects.
Wildfires
Michael Huff, RCA
Michael Huff is a senior project manager within Dudek’s Urban Forestry/Fire Protection Planning team with 27 years’ experience as a forester and fire protection planner. Mr. Huff specializes in management of community-wide and project-specific fire protection plans (FPPs), wildland–urban interface (WUI) fire management plans, wildfire hazard reduction projects, California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) supporting technical documents, Oak Woodland impact and mitigation plans, urban and community forest management plans, forest and tree inventories, impact analysis studies, and tree hazard evaluations. Mr. Huff possesses considerable project issue resolution experience and focuses on working within the regulations to provide creative, cost-saving solutions to his clients. He also serves as a speaker/trainer at the annual Fire Prevention Officer’s Institute.
Education
Louisiana State University
PhD, Geology and Geophysics, 2009
BS, Zoology, 2002
Certifications
Qualified Paleontologist; Orange,
Riverside, and San Diego Counties
BLM California Paleontological
Resource Use Permit
Professional Affiliations
Society of Vertebrate Paleontology
Education
Northern Arizona University
BS, Forest Management, 1992
Certifications
Registered Consulting Arborist (RCA)
Certified Arborist, No. WE-4276A
San Diego County Department of
Planning and Land Use (DPLU)-
Approved Fire Protection Planner
Laguna Beach Fire Department-
Approved Fire Protection Planner
Certified Wildland Fire Ecologist
Professional Affiliations
American Society of Consulting
Arborists
National Fire Protection Association
– International
California Fire Chief’s Association –
Fire Prevention Officers
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Urban Forestry
Ryan Allen
Ryan Allen is an urban forester with 11 years’ experience providing strategic environmental planning to organizational programs. Mr.
Allen’s work deepens the positive impact on the communities he serves and increases organizational capacity. He has experience working with elected officials and staff as he builds and maintains strategic partnerships.
Education
Pepperdine University
BA, Communications, (Creative
Writing emphasis), 2002
Certifications
Certified Arborist, No. WE 10316A
Tree Risk Assessment Qualified
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Fehr & Peers
The Fehr & Peers team are passionate about transforming transportation consulting through innovation and creativity. They derive inspiration by partnering with communities to understand and shape local transportation futures objectively tailored to diverse needs. Clients trust them to help overcome barriers and uncertainty by combining advanced expertise with curiosity, humility, and initiative to deliver implementable, data-driven solutions that reinforce community values. From the most straightforward to the most complex, Fehr & Peers actively listen to client and community needs and handle every project with diligence and focus.
Fehr & Peers differentiates themselves by investing in research and development to anticipate needs, explore the unknown, and collaboratively imagine a better future. Their culture of applied innovation generates an appetite for new and better ways of approaching problems, motivates them to explore emerging transportation concepts and mobility trends, and inspires their team to develop new analytical tools and techniques.
As Fehr & Peers grows, their commitment to inclusive, local, and long-term community relationships remains central to their philosophy. Many of their client relationships are decades long, built on years of listening, understanding, collaboration, and successful outcomes. Clients have appreciated their long-term commitments to the communities they serve, trusting the F&P team as their objective partners in transportation since 1985.
Together with clients, they are motivated by shared success, inclusive partnerships, and the positive impact our work has on the communities Fehr & Peers serve.
Fehr & Peers purposefully maintain a focus on transportation consulting, serving client needs including the following:
Active Transportation Land Use & Transportation
Climate Change Safety
Communications & Engagement Transit Planning
Data Science Transportation Engineering
Emerging Technologies Transportation Forecasting & Operations Freight Equity in Transportation
Appendix A
Resumes
Nicole Cobleigh
Senior Project Manager
Nicole Cobleigh is a senior project manager with 20 years’ professional experience in environmental planning and land use development in Southern California. Ms. Cobleigh manages all phases of the project planning and environmental review process, including budget allocations and monitoring, project team and subconsultant oversight, scheduling, presentations at hearings, and public outreach. She has produced numerous California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) documents, including environmental impact reports (EIRs); environmental impact statements (EISs); and technical reports for visual resources and aesthetics, cultural resources, and other environmental resources. Ms. Cobleigh applies her comprehensive understanding of policy, planning, and environmental issues to meet clients’ needs on a variety of projects.
She has extensive experience working on complicated projects involving multiple regulatory agencies.
Select Project Experience
Carol Kimmelman Sports and Academic Campus EIR, County of Los Angeles. The Carol Kimmelman Foundation, in partnership with several other non-profit and business entities, is proposing to develop the Carol Kimmelman Sports and Academic Campus project in the City of Carson. The project site is owned by the County of Los Angeles yet located within the Carson city limits. The project would include 62 tennis courts, 10 soccer and multiuse fields, and a new learning and academic support center run by the Tiger Woods Foundation. Managing the preparation of technical reports and the EIR for this project. Key issues with this project include the dynamics between the City and County on the role of the lead agency, cumulative impacts associated with a neighboring development project, lighting impacts from field lighting, and noise, air quality and traffic impacts during operations.
Sand Canyon Resort Project EIR, City of Santa Clarita. Located in the City of Santa Clarita, this project involves the redevelopment of a former golf course into a resort hotel project. Key issues associated with this project include potential impacts to sensitive biological resources, development within a Very High Fire Hazard Zone formerly subject to wildfire and mud and debris flows, and the rezoning of Open Space to Commercial within in a community sensitive to the loss of Open Space. Serving as the Project Manager for the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) and supporting technical analyses for the proposed project.
Education
California Polytechnic State
University, San Luis Obispo
MCRP, City and Regional Planning,
2001
University of California, Los Angeles
BA, Geography/Environmental
Studies
(Public Policy/Urban Planning Minor),
1998
Professional Affiliations
Association of Environmental
Professionals
Nicole Cobleigh
Kaiser Permanente, Moreno Valley Medical Campus Project. Kaiser Permanente owns an existing medical facility within the City of Moreno Valley. Due to its growing membership base, Kaiser is proposing to complete a substantial redevelopment and upgrade to the existing medical campus. Managing the preparation of a Programmatic EIR that will evaluate the redevelopment of the campus over three separate phases. The first phase is being evaluated at a project-level, while the second two phases will be evaluated at a programmatic- level. Key issues associated with this project include suitable habitat for sensitive species and consistency with an adopted Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan (MSHCP), traffic impacts, and air quality impacts, specifically associated with the construction and operation of a new Energy Center. 7811 Santa Monica Boulevard EIR, City of West Hollywood, California. Managing the preparation of an EIR for a hotel and residential 265,853-square-foot mixed-use development project along Santa Monica Boulevard in the City of West Hollywood. The project would involve the demolition of a fitness center and one multifamily residential structure and the construction of a new six-story building with 74 hotel rooms and 82 residential units.
Ground floor commercial/restaurant use would also be included a part of the project. Key issues associated with this project include construction air quality, noise and traffic impacts to the Fountain Day School, which is located immediately to the north of the site and operates as a year-round preschool.
K4 Warehouse and Cactus Channel Improvements Project, March Joint Powers Authority, California. Located within the March JPA jurisdiction, but immediately adjacent to the City of Moreno Valley, Lewis Companies is proposing to construction a new approximately 720,000 square foot industrial warehouse/e-commerce fulfillment center. One component of the project involves the installation of an underground box culvert within the existing Cactus Avenue Drainage Channel. Managing an EIR for the proposed project, and key issues associated with this project include coordination with multiple agencies and jurisdictions, traffic impacts, impacts to biological resources, and greenhouse gas emission impacts.
Meridian West Campus-Lower Plateau Project, March JPA, California. Managed the preparation of a comprehensive EIR for a large-scale business and warehouse development project in the western portion of the March JPA jurisdiction. The project, approved by the Board Commissioners in 2017, would result in the construction of approximately 2.3 million square feet of industrial warehouse and business park uses. Key issues associated with this project included visual and aesthetic impacts to distant mountain views, air and greenhouse gas emissions within proximity of single-family residential homes, increases in truck traffic in the project vicinity, and overall traffic impacts in the Riverside County area.
North Atwater Village Multimodal Bridge Project MND/Environmental Assessment (EA), City of Los Angeles Bureau of Engineering/Los Angeles River Revitalization Corporation, City of Los Angeles, California. The Los Angeles River Revitalization Corporation plans to construct a new multimodal bridge for pedestrians, bicyclists, and equestrians.
The bridge will cross the Los Angeles River, connecting the Atwater Village neighborhood with the recreational trails along the river and within Griffith Park. Managed the preparation of an MND in compliance with CEQA and an EA in compliance with NEPA. Key issues included aesthetic impacts, impacts to biological resources, and changes in hydrologic conditions as a result the bridge pier location within the river.
Tujunga Remediation Project IS/MND. City of Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, California. The Tujunga Remediation Planning Project will implement a remedial action to respond to releases of hazardous substances in groundwater that are affecting the Tujunga Wellfield. To assist in restoring the contaminated water supply to productive and beneficial use, worked hand-in-hand with LADWP staff to prepare an IS/MND on an aggressive timeframe, concurrent with the processing of second remedial action, to assist LADWP in securing State funding for the remediation effort.
Education
Brown University
MA, Environmental Studies, 1995
Lehigh University
BA, Biology/Economics, 1993
Certifications
Registered Environmental Property
Assessor, No. 596576
Professional Affiliations
Association of Environmental
Professionals
Urban Land Institute (ULI)
ULI Leadership Council
Ruta Thomas, REPA
Senior Project Manager
Ruta Thomas has 23 years’ experience managing the preparation and coordination of highly complex, controversial, and visible environmental documents for urban and rural development projects throughout California. Ms. Thomas is well versed in all areas of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), including facilitation of community outreach workshops and events to effectively address participants’ concerns. Her experience includes managing projects that involve large multidisciplinary teams consisting of several teaming partners. Ms. Thomas successfully navigates her projects through complex regulatory requirements and oversight, such as those imposed by Regional Water Quality Control Boards, Sanitation Districts, Public Works Departments, the Department of Toxic Substances Control, and other municipal agencies.
As a Registered Environmental Property Assessor (REPA), Ms. Thomas has been determined by the national program to have the academic training, occupational experience, and professional reputation necessary for registration as an environmental property assessor qualified to objectively conduct one or more aspects of environmental assessment and site cleanup activities. She brings scientific rigor to the projects on which she works, and with demonstrated expertise in writing and negotiation, she effectively communicates and collaborates with agencies and colleagues to successfully achieve clients’ goals. Due to her extensive CEQA experience and knowledge, the Association of Environmental Professionals (AEP) has asked Ms. Thomas to instruct CEQA courses for new and seasoned practitioners yearly since 2007.
Ms. Thomas has managed a number of large-scale, on-call environmental contracts with clients such as the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works (LACDPW), Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation (LACDPR), City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks (LADRP), City of Los Angeles Bureau of Engineering (LABOE), City of Santa Monica, City of Simi Valley, City of Long Beach, and the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD).
Project Experience
Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital Specific Plan and EIR Addendum, Santa Clarita, CA. Managed preparation of a Specific Plan and addendum to an EIR for a hospital expansion project in Santa Clarita. The Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital (HMNH) Specific Plan codifies the development parameters of the 2008 Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital Master Plan and provides a framework for future modifications to the 2008 Master Plan. The Specific Plan contains development plans, infrastructure development plans, development regulations, design guidelines, and an implementation program for the HMNH campus. The purpose of the Specific Plan is to outline existing Ruta Thomas
uses, including those approved in the 2008 Master Plan, as well as to address modifications to the HMNH campus. Additionally, Ms. Thomas managed preparation of an addendum to the original Master Plan EIR. The potential environmental effects of the Master Plan and Development Agreement were addressed in the certified Master Plan EIR. However, the proposed project included a proposed General Plan and Zone Change, and proposed amendments to the 2008 Master Plan and Development Agreement, which were covered in the addendum. Ms. Thomas participated in all public hearings before the Planning Commission and City Council.
Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center Campus Improvements Project EIR, Los Angeles, CA. Managing the preparation of an EIR for redevelopment of the Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center campus. The primary goal is to replace inefficient and aged medical office buildings and address medical provider deficits in member communities by re-allocating providers and services on this campus, as well as distributing medical services to adjacent communities. The existing Medical Center campus site is located within Sub-Area C of the Vermont/Western Transit Oriented District Specific Plan (Station Neighborhood Area Plan), and is approximately two million building gross square feet (BGSF). The project’s phased development would occur between 2021 and 2030. Ms. Thomas is involved in extensive public outreach as part of the overall environmental review process. 20th Street/Arizona Avenue Wellness Center Project EIR, Santa Monica, CA. Managing the preparation of an EIR for the proposed 20th Street/Arizona Avenue Wellness Center Project which involves the demolition of two existing multi-family residential units and a garage attached to the historic Little Chapel of the Dawn to facilitate the construction of a new 67,500-square-foot mixed-use building that would accommodate 20,440 square feet of research and development space, a 40,000-square-foot medical clinic, and 7,060 square feet of cultural facilities. The building would be attached to the existing Tudor Revival style building associated with the Little Chapel of the Dawn, which would be adaptively reused as community rooms and/or offices. Unique issues for this project are historic resources, aesthetics, community compatibility, and traffic. Ms. Thomas is conducting an extensive community outreach program as part of the environmental review process.
Globemaster Corridor Specific Plan and EIR/EIS, Long Beach, CA. Managing the planning efforts of the C-17 Transition Master Plan as part of the larger C-17 Globemaster Plant Closure Transition Project. This is a highly important project for the City of Long Beach, as it will help the City commence a program to recover from the significant loss in direct and indirect local and regional jobs, reduction in local and regional earnings, and the displacement of hundreds of workers from the closure of the C-17 production plant. Ms. Thomas is taking the lead in initiating the land use and infrastructure planning process, which included an assessment of existing conditions of the C-17 site and surrounding uses, a detailed topographic survey, an assessment of the existing public facilities and infrastructure serving the site, a compatibility analysis with the Long Beach Airport, a land use plan, amending regulatory documents, and conducting preliminary environmental review pursuant to CEQA and NEPA. Ms. Thomas participated in several community planning workshops as an extension of City staff.
Pacific Palisades Village Project EIR, Caruso Affiliated, Los Angeles, CA. Managed the preparation of an EIR for the redevelopment of an underutilized commercial site to accommodate a pedestrian-friendly, human-scaled streetscape of neighborhood-serving commercial/retail uses within one- and two-story structures. The project would include restaurant, office, and cinema uses, in addition to commercial retail uses. The project also proposes to convert an existing surface parking lot into a two-level subterranean parking area. Structures would be developed to be in keeping with the character of the Brentwood–Pacific Palisades Community Plan Area and the Pacific Palisades Commercial Village and Neighborhoods Specific Plan Area. The applicant’s objectives include providing a visionary mode of development of high quality neighborhood-serving commercial uses that are pedestrian-friendly and adjacent to major public transportation lines. Additionally, the applicant desires to develop a project that is a community asset, include retail that provides goods and services needed in the community, and incorporate housing opportunities and services oriented to the pedestrian.
Kristin Starbird
Senior Project Manager
Kristin Starbird is a senior project manager with 17 years’ experience in the management and preparation of environmental documents pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)/National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). Ms. Starbird is responsible for managing the environmental documentation and review process, schedules, and budgets for a wide variety of controversial and complex public- and private-sector projects, including general, master, and specific plans; mixed-use and infill developments; flood control and water infrastructure projects; recreational and park projects; residential tract maps; solar energy projects; and institutional facilities. She confidently represents her clients in public meetings and hearings, and applies her commitment to exceptional client service and strategic consultation on all projects.
Project Experience
Centennial Specific Plan Project EIR, Los Angeles County, California. While at another firm, Ms. Starbird served as project manager for the EIR for a new community with residential, commercial, business park, recreational/entertainment, utilities, park/open space, and institutional/civic uses. The project allows up to 19,333 dwelling units; 7.4 millio n square feet (msf) of Business Park uses (office, research and development, and warehousing or light manufacturing uses); 1 msf of Commercial uses; 1.6 msf of Institutional/Civic land uses; fire stations and a sheriff’s station; and two wastewater reclama tion facilities that will generate recycled water. The undeveloped site includes numerous biological resources and jurisdictional drainages, as well as tribal cultural resources requiring preservation. Entitlement actions included adoption of a Specific Pl an, Zone Change, General Plan Amendment, Development Agreement, Tentative Parcel Map, and Conditional Use Permits. Project buildout would be implemented in phases based on future market conditions over an approximate 20 -year period through a series of future tract developed in coordination with the planned Caltrans Northwest 138 Improvement Project.
Buena Vista Project EIR, Los Angeles, California. Currently serving as project manager for the EIR for a 2- to 26-story mixed-use project on an 8-acre parcel, which includes residential and commercial uses consisting of approximately 1,079,073 gross square feet (gsf) of residential floor area (920 dwelling units [du]); 15,000 gsf of neighborhood - serving retail uses; 23,800 gsf of indoor and outdoor restaurant; and 116,263 gsf of outdoor public trellis/balcony space. The project site is located in the Central City North Community Plan Area near the Metro Gold Line and the Los Angeles State Historic Park. The transit priority project is proximate to a network of re gional transportation facilities, including the Chinatown Metro Station. The site is located in a Methane Zone and contains remnants of previous land uses, including former oil wells and gas station. Additionally, the site is within the boundaries of the Historic Cultural Monument No. 82, River Station Area/Southern Pacific Railroad. The project requires a General Plan Amendment, Zone Change, Site Plan Review, Height District Change, Zoning Administrator Adjustment to reduce setback, Tentative Tract Map, and Development Agreement.
Education
University of Texas, Austin
MA, Public Affairs
BA, Social Work
Professional Affiliations
Association of Environmental
Professionals, Los Angeles Chapter
Board Member
Kristin Starbird
Pacific Coast Commons Specific Plan EIR, El Segundo, California. Currently serving as project manager for preparation of an EIR for the Specific Plan, which includes approximately 3.84 acres of land located in the City of El Segundo adjacent to the PCH. The Project would redevelop the existing surface parking lots of the Fairfield Inn & Suites and Aloft Hotel properties, as well as the commercial properties, through the adoption of a Specific Plan that allows for the development of 263 new housing units and 10,800 square feet of commercial/retail uses. The PCC- South portion proposes a 6 -story residential building with commercial/retail on the ground floor and an 8 -level parking garage. The PCC-Fairfield Parking portion proposes a 4-story parking garage with commercial/retail on the ground floor. The PCC -North portion proposes a 6 --story residential building with commercial on the ground floor that faces PCH, a 6 -story parking garage in the central portion of property, a new fire/acc ess road, and apartment/townhome units. The project requires a General Plan Amendment, Zone Change, Site Plan Review, Vesting Tentative Tract Map, and a Development Agreement. 740-790 East Green Street Mixed-Use Project SCEA, Pasadena, California. Currently serving as project manager for preparation of a Sustainable Community Environmental Assessment (SCEA) for the project, which involves the demolition of five commercial buildings in order to accommodate the development of a new 3 - to 6-story, mixed- use bu ilding. The project includes 273 for -rent units (including 23 units designated for Very Low -Income households), 18,392 square feet (sf) of commercial use (e.g., retail, restaurant), a two -level subterranean parking garage with 492 parking spaces, and a 6,6 94-sf publicly accessible pocket park. The project would establish a Planned Development (PD) zoning district and requires adoption of a PD Plan that prescribes the development standards and allowed uses in the PD. With inclusion of very low-income units, the State Density Bonus allows for additional density and the Affordable Housing Concession Permit would allow for increased building height.
City of Arcadia General Plan Update Program EIR, Arcadia, California. While at another firm, Ms. Starbird served as project manager for the Program EIR for the City's General Plan Update, which consisted of the following Elements:
Land Use and Community Design; Economic Development; Circulation and Infrastructure; Housing; Resource Sustainability; Parks, Recreation, and Community Resources; Safety; Noise; and Implementation Plan. The General Plan accommodates the Gold Line station and anticipated the revitalization of aging commercial areas through the incorporation of mixed -use zones along major transit corridors. A number of changes to the development density/intensity of the land use designations were changed, including residential densities and new FAR for commercial, mixed-use, and public facilities land uses.
Addendum to the 2010 General Plan Update EIR and 2016 Development Code Update MND, City of Arcadia. While at another firm, Ms. Starbird served as principal in charge and project manager for the Addendum, which involved an increase in the maximum height and density of development within the Downtown Mixed Use and Central Business District zones, as well as a zone change to eliminate the Downtown Overlay, and Development Code text amendments. Minor changes to the General Plan Land Use and Community Design Element were required to clearly define the Central Business District and provide consistency with the Development Code, and a Text Amendment to allow an In -lieu Parking Fee as a parking option in the Downtown area and the approval of a new City Center Design Plan, which will provide additional design guidelines for development in the Downtown.
Aviation Station Transit-Oriented Development Project EIR, Los Angeles County and City of Los Angeles, California.
While at another firm, Ms. Starbird s erved as project manager for the EIR for a mixed-use, transit-oriented project on 5.9 acres within unincorporated Los Angeles County and the City of Los Angeles. The project involved the demolition of existing homes and commercial uses and the construction of an urban mixed -use development with 29,500 square feet of ground-floor commercial and 390 multifamily units. The project also required relocation of a Metro bus terminal and use of Caltrans District 7 property, and required the de-annexation of property from the City of Los Angeles. Project entitlements included a General Plan Amendment, Conditional Use Permit and Zone Change, and approvals from the Airport Land Use Commission and the Local Agency Formation Commission for the County of Los Angeles.
Education
University of California, Los Angeles
MA, Urban Planning, 1996
University of California, Irvine
BA, Environmental Analysis &
Design, 1993
Tamseel Mir
Senior Project Manager
Tamseel Mir is a senior project manager with 16 years’ experience preparing and managing California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) documentation for public and private sector projects. Ms. Mir has extensive experience preparing and managing environmental impact reports (EIRs), mitigated negative declarations (MNDs), environmental assessments (EAs), and environmental impact statements (EISs) for residential, commercial, hospital, educational transportation, and infrastructure projects. She manages all phases of the project pl anning and environmental review process, including budget allocations and monitoring as well as project team and subconsultant oversight.
Ms. Mir’s experience includes managing projects that involve large multidisciplinary teams consisting of several teaming partners. She has managed a variety of development projects including hotel, single - and multifamil y residential, retail , and mixed-use projects. Ms. Mir is also experienced in managing environmental documentation for public transit, bicycle paths, and institutional (university and hospital) projects. She has successfully prepared complex environmental documents for a variety of clients throughout Southern California , including the City of Los Angeles Bureau of Engineering, County of Los Angeles Department of Public Works, and LA Metro.
Project Experience
Citywide Sidewalk Repair Program Project EIR, City of Los Angeles Bureau of Engineering, California. Managed preparation of the administrative Daft EIR and associated technical studies. The City of Los Angeles Bureau of Engineering, in response to a lawsuit, is preparing an EIR for implementation of a $30m per year program for 30 years to implement Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)-compliant sidewalk repair and tree removal improvements throughout the City of Los Angeles. (2016–2018) Taylor Yard Bikeway/Pedestrian Bridge Project MND/EA, City of Los Angeles Bureau of Engineering, Los Angeles, California. Managed the preparation of the MND/EA and associated technical analyses. The proposed project would include the construction a multimodal bridge over the Los Angeles River between Elysian Valley on the west and Taylor Yard on the east. The proposed bridge would be designed for bicycle and pedestrian use, and would also support emergency vehicles. On the south, the proposed bridge would connect with the existing bikeway along the river. Two ADA-compliant ramps would also be constructed in this area. On the north, a 275-foot-long bikeway ramp would be constructed. This proposed ramp would lead to a proposed two-way bike path with buffer along Kerr Road that would connect to San Fernando Road. (2015–2018) Tamseel Mir
San Fernando Mental Health Facility Center Project IS/MND, County of Los Angeles Department of Public Works, California. Managed the preparation of the Initial Study/MND for the proposed project. The Los Angeles County Department of Public Works proposes construction and operation of the San Fernando Mental Health Facility Project at 919 1st Street in the City of San Fernando. The proposed facility would provide counseling for minors (ages up to 17) and would address substance abuse and other disorders. The proposed project would include the demolition of an existing one-story 17,200 square foot building and the construction of a 16,600-square-foot structure. (2016–2018)
Crisis Residential Treatment Program and Urgent Care Center Facilities Environmental Documentation, County of Los Angeles Department of Public Works, California. Managed the preparation of Notice of Exemptions or Notice of Determinations and associated technical memoranda for the County of Los Angeles Department of Public Works in support of CEQA for several proposed Crisis Residential Treatment Program and Urgent Care Center facilities at various locations throughout Los Angeles County. (2016–2018) Los Angeles River Bike Path Environmental Feasibility Study, KOA/LA Metro, Los Angeles, California. Managed the preparation of the feasibility study. The proposed project would include the installation of a Class I Bicycle Path along the western bank of the Los Angeles River between Riverside Drive and Atlantic Boulevard within downtown Los Angeles and the City of Vernon. The bicycle path could be located within the river channel, along the upper bank or a combination of both. (2015–2016)
Archstone Hollywood EIR, Los Angeles, California. Served as Deputy Project Manager. Tamseel was involved in the management and preparation of this EIR. The proposed project would involve demolition of existing uses and would include the development of 348 apartment units, approximately 40,654 square feet of creative office uses, and up to approximately 15,101 square feet of ground floor retail/restaurant space, for a total of approximately 55,755 square feet of commercial floor area. Total residential development would be approximately 372,048 square feet, resulting in total site development of approximately 427,803 square feet. 450–474 O’Farrell Street/532 Jones Street Project EIR , 450 O’Farrell LLC, San Francisco, California . Managed the preparation of the EIR. The proposed project would demolish of three contribu ting buildings to the Uptown Tenderloin Historic District including one individually eligible building. The project would construct a total of 237,353 square feet of development including 187,640 square feet of residential, 6,200 square feet of restaurant and or retail (restaurant/retail), 13,595 square feet for religious institution use (i.e., replacement of the existing church), 8,398 square feet of open space (288 square feet of private open space, 8,110 square feet of common open space), and 21,520 square feet of below-grade parking in one building.
Los Angeles County + University of Southern California Medical Center Replacement Project EIR/EA, Los Angeles County Public Works Department, Los Angeles, California. Served as management support and EIR sections author. The project consisted of replacement of the existing five primary health care facilities with a new hospital south of the existing General Hospital building. (2014) Wilmington Avenue Bridge Over Compton Creek Project Mitigated Negative Dec laration. Served as P roject Manager. The Wilmington Avenue Bridge over Compton Creek Project would involve replacing the existing two - span Compton Boulevard Bridge in the city of Compton in southern Los Angeles County with a new two -span, pre- cast concret e bridge. The project is being proposed by the County of Los Angeles Department of Public Works (LADPW) in cooperation with the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans). DPW is the lead agency under CEQA and Caltrans is the lead agency under NEPA . The Federal Project number for the proposed Project is BRLS-5953(615).
Michele Webb
Project Manager
Michele Webb is a project manager with 7 years’ experience in project coordination and environmental impact assessment. Ms. Webb provides attentive and thorough day-to-day client support, facilitates timely and efficient completion of project deliverables, and completes detailed quality assurance of work products. Ms. Webb has extensive experience in writing, organizing, and managing California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) documents for a diverse range of projects throughout Southern California.
Project Experience
Power Plant 1 and Power Plant 2 Transmission Line Conversion Project Environmental Impact Report (EIR), Santa Clarita Valley, California.
Served as deputy project manager for an EIR evaluating the replacement of a 12-mile segment of an existing 115 kilovolt (kV) double circuit transmission line with a new 230 kV double circuit transmission line. The purpose of the project is to increase the transmission capacity between Haskell Canyon Switching Station and Sylmar Switching Station so that additional renewable energy supplies can be transmitted to the Los Angeles basin. The project alignment extends through the City of Santa Clarita, unincorporated Los Angeles County, and the community of Sylmar (within the City of Los Angeles). Key issues addressed in the EIR included construction air quality and noise effects, the potential aesthetic implications of adding and removing transmission towers from the transmission corridor, and effects to biological and cultural resources.
River Walk Mixed-Use Project Initial Study, City of Santa Clarita, California. Served as environmental analyst for an Initial Study evaluating the development of multi-family residential units and a commercial building within the Soledad Canyon Road Corridor Plan area. Authored key sections of the Initial Study, including the project description, aesthetics, land use and planning, and wildfire.
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) Environmental Assessment and Air Quality On-Call Services, California. Serving as a project manager, deputy project manager, and environmental analyst for water and power CEQA documents under this as-needed services contract; provide day-to-day client support on numerous projects and assist the program manager in administrating ongoing services.
Renewable Energy Ordinance Program EIR, County of Los Angeles, California. Served as environmental analyst for an ordinance that regulates construction of small-scale and utility-scale renewable energy facilities throughout the unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County. Authored numerous EIR sections, including aesthetics, noise, hydrology and water quality, geology and soils, and traffic and circulation; authored the Final EIR. Areas of concern included view obstructions and erosion in the high desert areas of Los Angeles County.
Michele Webb
Education
University of California,
Santa Barbara
BA, Environmental Studies
(Professional Writing and
Editing Minor)
Robertson Lane Specific Plan EIR, City of West Hollywood, California. Served as deputy project manager for an EIR evaluating a proposed commercial infill project that involves construction of a hotel and retail/restaurant uses on a 2-acre urban site currently developed with existing commercial buildings and surface parking lots. Authored the Initial Study, the project description, all scoping materials for the project, and several EIR sections; organized and authored the Final EIR. Key issues evaluated in the EIR included historic resources, transportation and traffic, noise, air quality, and GHG emissions. Subsequently authored an addendum for the project demonstrating that minor changes to the project design and programming do not require recirculation of the EIR.
Zoning Ordinance Update, Oakmont Senior Living/Memory Care Facility, and Park View Hotel Project Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration (IS/MND), City of Covina, California. Served as deputy project manager for an IS/MND evaluating a senior living facility, a hotel project, and an associated Citywide zoning ordinance update in the City of Covina. The senior living facility and hotel project were proposed within an existing business park area. Key issues evaluated in the IS/MND included proximity of the senior living facility and hotel to residential receptors and future potential effects that may be caused by the zoning ordinance update.
Sunset Strip Signage Projects, City of West Hollywood, California. Served as deputy project manager for several IS/MNDs and IS/NDs evaluating individual billboard projects along Sunset Boulevard, as well as several environmental documents evaluating changes to West Hollywood’s regulations for off-site signage. Key issues associated with these projects included community opposition to certain types of off-site signage (e.g., digital billboards), legal challenges from competing billboard companies, light spillover onto sensitive receptors, and potential land use implications of additional and/or modified off-site signage along Sunset Boulevard. 417 N. Madison Avenue Project IS/MND, City of Pasadena, California. Served as lead environmental analyst for the preparation of an IS/MND for a residential infill project in the City of Pasadena. The project involves the construction of 39 residential units within a multi-family, high-density residential area of the City.
Peninsula Pointe Project IS/MND, City of Rolling Hills Estates, California. Served as lead environmental analyst for an IS/MND evaluating the conversion of an existing office building to a senior living facility. The project required a general plan amendment and a zone change to accommodate the new use. Key issues included community opposition and land use compatibility. Subsequently authored an addendum to evaluate minor changes to the project programming and to demonstrate that the changes did not require recirculation of the IS/MND.
Chino Annexation Area Project IS/MND, City of Chino, California. Served as lead environmental analyst for the preparation of an IS/MND for a project involving annexation of an approximately 40-acre site into the City of Chino, as well as approval of General Plan Amendments and pre-zoning designations for this site. The annexation, new land use designations, and pre-zoning allowed for increased residential density on a portion of the annexation area. As part of the proposed project, a private developer proposed to construct 44 single-family residences on approximately 12 acres of the project site. Key issues for this project were aesthetics, community compatibility, traffic, and Local Agency Formation Commission involvement.
Kaiser Permanente Specialty Medical Office Building IS/MND, City of Covina, California. Provided quality assurance/quality control for the IS/MND, which analyzed construction of an approximately 60,000–square foot medical office building and a 4-story above-grade parking garage on a vacant site. The project site is located in close proximity to the Interstate 10 freeway. Unique issues for this project included air quality, noise, and transportation.
Garey Avenue Streetscape Project Categorical Exemption, City of Pomona, California. Served as environmental analyst for a Categorical Exemption for streetscape improvements along a 2-mile segment of Garey Avenue in Pomona. The project area is located within the City of Pomona’s adopted Corridor Specific Plan. Provided analysis and justification in support of a Categorical Exemption under CEQA, including an evaluation of the project’s consistency with the adopted Corridor Specific Plan.
Josh Saunders, AICP
Environmental Analyst
Josh Saunders is an environmental analyst with 14 years’ experience in the research, coordination, and preparation of environmental documents subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). Mr. Saunders has years of experience performing aesthetic investigations, landscape evaluations, and impact analyses throughout Southern California in urban and rural environments. Mr.
Saunders is well-versed with federal and local visual impact assessment guidelines and methodologies. As a visual resources specialist, Mr. Saunders capabilities include field investigations and existing setting documentation, sensitive receptor and key observation point/key view identification, delineation of project viewshed, preparation of focused aesthetic memoranda, and detailed analyses and technical reports in accordance with CEQA Appendix G thresholds and/or established regional or local guidelines, regulatory setting research, characterization of impacts and visual effects in a succinct, understandable style, and development of appropriate and successful mitigation measures. Further, Mr. Saunders works collaboratively with Dudek’s design professionals to prepare photo- realistic visual simulations and shade/shadow exhibits.
Project Experience
Various Projects, California Department of General Services Project Management and Development Branch, Central and Southern California. Served as assistant project manager and lead analyst, for the 5-year as-needed contract. Under the as-needed contract, Dudek provided a variety of technical and CEQA documentation support for projects proposed by various state agencies including the Air Resources Board (ARB), Department of Conservation, State Hospitals, Regional Water Quality Control Board, and Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV). For example, Dudek-prepared historical, paleontological, and biological surveys for a kitchen reconstruction project at Patton State Hospital located in San Bernardino County, California. Dudek also provided full environmental services for the construction of new DMV field offices in the cities of Delano and Inglewood. Lastly, Dudek provided CEQA, construction compliance, and habitat restoration services for a new Air Resources Board vehicle testing lab in Riverside.
Robertson Lane Hotel Project, West Hollywood, California. Served as lead aesthetics analyst for the Project EIR that evaluated the construction of a proposed multiuse, 3- to 9- story approximately 262,000 square foot hotel in West Hollywood. As proposed, the project would demolish several of the existing on-site structures, or portions of the structures and construct the new hotel. Key issues in the environmental analysis included obstruction of existing views, demolition of a historic use, and bulk and scale contrasts with adjacent one- to three-story commercial and residential uses. Also, analysis included the preparation of shadow renderings to depict anticipated shadows cast by the new development onto adjacent properties.
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
Professional Affiliations
American Planning Association
Association of
Environmental Professionals
Josh Saunders
Otay Ranch Village 14 and Planning Areas 16 and 19 Project, Jackson Pendo Developnment, Chula Vista, California. Provided technical support for the Project EIR that analyzed effects to the environment associated with the construction and occupancy of up to 1,119 single-family homes, a mixed-use Town Center development, an elementary school, a public safety site, circulation improvements, public parks, trails, and open space. As visual resouces lead, Mr. Saunders oversaw preparation of the visual resources analysis (prepared in accordance with County guidelines) and twelve (12) photosimulations to gauge the visual dominance of project components from public vantage points and determine visibility from scenic roads and compataibility within the context of the existing primarily undeveloped Proctor Valley landscape.
Newland Sierra, Newland Communities, San Marcos, California. Provided technical support for the Project EIR that evaluated environmental impacts associated with the construction and occupancy of the proposed planned Newland Sierra community of residential, commercial, education, park and open space uses on approximately 1,985 acres of undeveloped hilly terrain adjacent to the I-15 corridor. As visual resouces lead, prepared the visual resources technical report (prepared in accordance with County guidelines) that utilized ten (10) key views and associated photosimulations to gauge the visibility of project components from public, off-site vantage points and determine overall compataibility within the context of the existing visual setting as it relates to terrain, vegetation, and development.
Del Mar Resort Specific Plan, Del March Beach Resort Investors, LLC, Del Mar, California. Providing technical support and serving as visual resources lead for the EIR that evaluates environmetal impacts associated with construction and operation of a new resort atop a prominent oceanside bluff in north Del Mar. The project includes a multiple-building hotel resort complex. Primary issues encountered in the preparation of the visual resources report include obstruction of private ocean views, the introduction of multistoried development atop a prominent and well-known landform, and changes to the relatively quiet and low-profile development character of north Del Mar. Analysis included the preparation of visual simulations to demonstrate anticipated visual change from 13 vantage points in the surrounding area.
Kaiser Los Angeles Medical Center Campus Project, Kaiser Permanente, Hollywood, California. Provided technical support and served as visual resources lead in the preparation of the Project EIR for the phased construction, renovation and demolition of buildings on the existing Kaiser Permanente medical Center campus. Key factors considered in the evaluation of impacts to aesthetic resources included proximity of scenic vistas to the medical center campus, and scale and bulk contrasts between existing and proposed structures. Several multistory buildings were produced adjacent to one- or two-story residential uses and therefore, land use and visual compatibility was also a key environmental topic evaluated in the EIR.
Santa Monica Wellness Center, Santa Monica, California. Provided technical support and served as visual resources lead in the preparation of the Project EIR for the construction of a new 67,513 square foot (sf) facility dedicated to Medical Research and Development and an Office and Outpatient “Wellness Center” at 1242 20th Street in the City of Santa Monica. The proposed project would include 59,548 square feet of new construction and adaptive reuse of approximately 7,965 square feet of an existing (former funeral home) building.
Power Plant 1 and Power Plant 2 Transmission Line Conversion Project, Haskell Canyon to Sylmar (Los Angeles County). Served as lead for the preparation of the aesthetics IS/MND analysis for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) 12-mile transmission line replacement and upgrade project. Key issues included increased size and massing of new support towers and visibility of upgrade features from public vantage points in the Santa Clarita Valley and Angeles National Forest. Analysis included the preparation of visual simulations to demonstrate anticipated visual change.
Paul Caligiuri
3d Graphic Artist
Paul Caligiuri is a Senior Civil Designer and 3d Graphic Artist with 34 years’ experience . Using Civil 3d, 3d Studio Max, VRay and Photoshop , Mr. Caligiuri has been responsible for the preparation of several 3-D simulations for A rchitectura l, Engineering and Civil project s, with services including before-and-after photo simulations, renderings, and animations of future facilities , helping decision -makers better judge proposed projects.
3D Photo Simulation Project Experience
Torrey Highlands Office Project, La Jolla, California Sweetwater Vista, Chula Vista, California
Solana Highlands Multi Family Development EIR
LADWP On Call Environmental Services, Los Angeles, California Jacumba Solar Energy Project, Jacumba, California
San Diego State University New Student Housing Expansion, San Diego, California San Diego State University Mission Valley, San Diego, California Environmental Impact Report, Life Time Fitness, Placer, California Carlsbad Desalination Plant Environmental Impact Report, Poseidon Water LLC, Carlsbad, California Alexander Crossings Environmental Impact Report, City of Napa, Napa, California La Jolla Crossroads II SEIR, Garden Communities, San Diego, California San Diego New Medical Center, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Inc., San Diego, California Tierra Del Sol Solar, Tierra Del Sol Farm Solar LLC, San Diego, California Casa Mira View II, Scripps Mesa Developers LLC, San Diego, California Paradiso Del Mare & Dos Pueblos Naples, CPH Dos Pueblos Associates, Santa Barbara, California Hillery DAR Project, Garden Communities, San Diego, California Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla Master Plan Environmental Impact Report, Childs Mascari Warner Architects, San Diego, California
Otay Quarry, Otay Valley Quarry LLC, San Diego, California SANDAG/Caltrans Public Works Plan, SANDAG, San Diego, California Cottonwood Sand Mining Project, San Diego, California Del Mar Resort Project, San Diego, California
Saratoga Revegetation Project, Saratoga, California
Education
Mira Costa College
Vocational Certificate, 1984
Palomar College
AA, General Studies, 1986
Palomar College
Three Semesters 3D Modeling and
Animation, 1995
Jennifer Reed
Air Quality Services Manager
Jennifer Reed is an air quality specialist/environmental planner with 12 years’ experience. Ms. Reed leads Dudek’s air quality services team, and has been responsible for the management, research, and analysis of projects subject to compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). She has completed numerous environmental documents in support of a diverse range of public and private developments. Ms. Reed specializes in air quality and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions technical analyses, and continues to be on the forefront of evolving science, emissions modeling computer programs, and regulatory framework.
Ms. Reed has prepared air quality and GHG assessments for a wide variety of development projects throughout California, including large residential projects, commercial and retail projects, industrial projects, mixed-use developments, colleges and universities, healthcare facilities, energy projects, water and wastewater infrastructure, and transportation improvements, including California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) air quality analyses. Additionally, she has considerable experience in project planning and regulatory compliance pursuant to the California Coastal Act (CCA) and has experience in project management, land-use permit processing, constraints analysis, development feasibility studies, due diligence investigations, and various other land-use planning projects.
Project Experience
Malibu Parks Public Access Enhancement Plan, Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority, Los Angeles County, California. Contributed to the air quality, noise, traffic and parking, and GHG sections of the EIR, which analyzes impacts associated with implementation of a comprehensive plan, consisting of a public works plan and City of Malibu Local Coastal Program (LCP) Amendment, to address park and recreational facility program needs for state-owned parklands.
Solana Torrance Air Quality/GHG Report, Reylenn Properties LLC, Torrance, California. Managed and prepared the technical report that analyzed potential impacts associated with development of a 300-unit multifamily residential development, which includes three-, four-, and five-story residential structures constructed over a parking garage and associated amenities. The analysis included a construction HRA to evaluate cancer and non-cancer risk associated with project-generated diesel particulate matter (DPM).
Education
University of California,
Santa Barbara
BA, Environmental Studies, 2007
BA, Geography, 2007
Professional Affiliations
Association of Environmental
Professionals
Air and Waste
Management Association
Jennifer Reed
Valor Academy Expansion IS/MND, Los Angeles, California. Prepared the air quality and GHG assessment and provided technical support for noise and traffic impact analysis. Valor Academy, a private school located in the Arleta community of Los Angeles, is proposing to incrementally increase its enrollment from 200 to 480 students, establish modular classrooms on the property until construction of new classroom and administration buildings are complete, and construct a new surface parking lot over four phases of development.
California Air Resources Board (CARB) Southern California Consolidation Project, Department of General Services (DGS), Riverside, California. Contributed to the air quality and GHG emissions analysis for the consolidation and relocation of CARB’s motor vehicle emissions standards development and testing to an 18-acre campus style facility. The new campus, which will be a national and international center for air pollution and climate change research, is designed to accommodate approximately 460 employees and will include approximately 800,000 square feet of testing space, chemistry laboratory space, office/administrative space, and facilities and support space (e.g., warehouse, shipping and receiving area, and vehicle wash areas). Key issues for the project were air quality and greenhouse gases, due to vehicle miles traveled for the employees traveling to the new campus and CARB's goal to achieve net zero energy for the project. In addition to employee vehicle emissions, emissions were estimated for vehicle testing, vehicle fueling, fuel storage, boilers, a fuel cell plant, an emergency generator, chemistry laboratory, and miscellaneous operations that generate criteria air pollutant, GHGs, and toxic air contaminant emissions.
Santa Monica City Yards Master Plan EIR, Santa Monica, California. Contributed to the air quality and GHG emissions analysis for implementation of the City of Santa Monica City Yards Master Plan, which would entail demolition of existing buildings/facilities and reconstruction of the City Yards Site with new buildings/facilities, infrastructure upgrades, circulation improvements, and sustainable features to address existing deficiencies.
Emission sources included emergency generators, offroad equipment, welders, and fire department training.
Campus Master Plan (CMP) EIR, California Polytechnic University (Cal Poly), Pomona, California. Prepared the air quality and GHG emissions assessments for the proposed CMP Revision EIR. The CMP Revision would update the previous 2000 Master Plan and govern development of the campus over the next 20 years. The air quality and GHG assessments evaluated an increase from the current population of 15,715 full-time equivalent students to 20,000 full-time equivalent students and a net increase of campus buildings of nearly 2 million square feet plus nearly 1.7 million square feet of additional public-private partnership buildings.
Gless Ranch EIR and Air Quality and GHG Technical Report, City of Riverside, California. Prepared the air quality and GHG technical report and EIR section for the proposed 40-acre commercial development in Riverside. The project included approximately 420,000 square feet of retail and commercial space with three major stores and several small stores. The air quality assessment included an analysis of the project’s GHG emissions and the impact on climate change, along with a review of project features and possible mitigation measures to reduce those emissions.
Grapevine Project, Tejon Ranch Corporation, Kern County, California. Prepared the air quality and GHG emissions technical report for the project, provided management of the HRA and criteria pollutant air quality impact analysis, and provided ongoing technical support. The Grapevine Specific Plan project, which is located in the west-central portion of 270,000-acre Tejon Ranch, would be developed as a residential community and employment center within 4,780 acres of the 8,010-acre property. The project, which includes up to 12,000 residential units and 5.1 million square feet of commercial and light industrial land uses (including a community college and medical campus), is designed as a series of conveniently located village centers, each composed of a mix of housing, neighborhood-serving retail and office uses, schools, parks, and community services. Specific tasks include construction and operational criteria air pollutant and GHG emissions estimates, industrial source emissions calculations, carbon monoxide (CO) hotspot analysis, odor assessment, Valley Fever assessment, and other air quality topics.
Michael Cady
Senior Biologist
Michael Cady is a senior biologist with 15 years’ experience with fieldwork and the application of environmental regulatory requirements for CEQA/NEPA compliance. Mr. Cady has worked extensively in a variety of habitats and jurisdictions throughout California. He has prepared biological technical reports in support for project and programmatic-level EIRs/EISs, initial studies (ISs), and environmental assessments (EAs). In addition, Mr. Cady has prepared permit applications and documentation to support federal ESA Section 7 and 10 consultations, CESA 2081 ITPs, CWA Section 401 and 404, and CFGC Section 1602 LSA.
Mr. Cady’s field experience includes protocol surveys and habitat assessments for a variety of special-status wildlife species, rare plant surveys, general flora and fauna surveys, oak and general tree surveys, vegetation mapping, and nesting bird surveys. He has conducted wetland delineations in accordance with federal and State guidelines for a variety of aquatic resources in California. Mr. Cady’s compliance monitoring experience includes both large-scale infrastructure projects and smaller projects within sensitive habitats. He has also provided environmental inspection for simple to complex projects.
Project Experience
Copper Creek North and South, Santa Clarita and Los Angeles County, California. Served as a biologist for the initial studies of a proposed 484 home residential project that included public parks and an elementary school on 453 acres. Provided surveys and studies for biological technical report, environmental permitting, EIR preparation, and biological monitor Services provided included general and sensitive species surveys, vegetation mapping, rare plant surveys, jurisdictional waters delineation, oak tree surveys, oak tree permit, nesting bird surveys, Initial Study preparation, biological resource analysis, CUP/EIR preparation, agency consultation, and 404, 401, 202(p) permits preparation.
Spring Canyon Residential Subdivision, Santa Clarita, California. Served as the project biologist for a proposed 499 multifamily residential unit subdivision on 550 acres of natural lands proposed by Pardee Homes. Provided vegetation mapping, habitat assessment, rare plant survey, prepared a rare plant translocation plan, oak tree survey, jurisdictional waters delineation and reporting, waters permit application preparation, and biological resources technical report preparation. Also provided a wildlife corridor-habitat linkage analysis along the Interstate 14 in the vicinity of the project, and conducted extensive surveys for an 80-acre mitigation parcel located in Violin Canyon.
Education
California State Polytechnic
University, Pomona
BS, Environmental Biology, 2008
Certifications
CDFW Scientific Collecting Permit,
No. SC-12259
CDFW State-Listed Plant Voucher
Collection Permit,
No. 2081(a)-11-15-V
Forestry and Wildlands Resources
Certificate, Citrus College
Professional Affiliations
Desert Tortoise Council
Society for the Study of
Amphibians and Reptiles
Southern California Botanists
Michael Cady
Soledad Circle Estates, Santa Clarita, California. Served as the project biologist for a proposed 150 multifamily residential unit subdivision in natural lands. Provided vegetation mapping, habitat assessment, rare plant survey, jurisdictional waters delineation and reporting, waters permit application preparation, and biological resources technical report preparation.
Biological Resource Assessment for V.T.T.M. 068203, Santa Clarita, California. Served as the biologist for a proposed mixed-use project consisting of approximately 30,000 sq. ft. of commercial use with 30-live/work units, 70 senior care housing units, and 225 multi-family apartment units. Provided biological resource surveys and reporting that included an impact and mitigation analysis for the CEQA document.
Southern California Edison (SCE) O&M On-Call Biological Services, California. Served as Biological Resources Technical Lead, QA/QC Lead, Project Manager, and Field Director in multiple counties throughout SCE’s service area in California and into Arizona (transmission lines). Work completed included more than 2,000 survey, monitoring, and report production work authorization tasks in support of various utility projects including deteriorated pole replacements, grid reliability and maintenance, GO 131-D, emergency services, vegetation management, and transmission line rating remediation. Projects involved special-status species surveys and habitat assessments, nesting bird surveys, jurisdictional waters delineation and permitting, monitoring, and emergency response work.
Los Angeles County Sanitation District On-Call Biological Services, Los Angeles County, California. Served as project biologist for the construction of various water-supply infrastructure in the Antelope Valley and Los Angeles Basin. Duties included the jurisdictional waters delineation of various wetlands and non-wetlands. Also prepared multiple biological resource assessments for a variety of projects, including the vegetation management plan for the sensitive Piute Ponds. Lead the biological monitoring for the construction of the pipeline and reservoirs.
Metropolitan Water Dis trict of Southern California Western San Bernardino County Distribution System Infrastructure Protection Program PEIR, San Bernardino County, California. Serving as a senior biologist for the technical studies and PEIR analysis of the design, construction, operation, and maintenance of Capital Investment Plan projects and preparation and implementation of an Operations and Maintenance Manual for the conveyance and distribution system within the Western San Bernardino County Operating Region. The program stu dy area covers 9,106 acres .
City of Pasadena Arroyo Seco Canyon Project, Pasadena, California. Serving as senior biologist for the proposed diversion and intake replacement and spreading basin improvements. Conducted jurisdictional waters delineation, vegetation mapping, rare plant surveys, protocol least Bell’s vireo surveys, and reporting. Preparing the biological resources technical reports and the EIR section, including an impacts and mitigation analysis.
City of Morro Bay Water Reclamation Facility, Morro Bay, California. Served as senior biologist for a proposed wastewater collection system modifications, a new pumping station, a new force main to convey the raw wastewater to the site, advanced water treatment, recycled water storage and pumping facilities, and injection wells for groundwater replenishment. Provided review of biological resources technical reports, jurisdictional waters delineation reports, and special-status focal survey reports for water reclamation facility located within a local coastal plan. Prepared Biological Resources sections for EIRs, including providing appropriate mitigation measures, and cumulative impacts analysis.
County of Kern Third-Party CEQA Consultant for Solar Energy Projects, Kern County, California. Served as a senior biologist that assisted Kern County with the review of natural resource reports that had been prepared for solar energy projects. Provided review of biological resources technical reports, jurisdictional waters delineation reports, and special-status focal survey reports for numerous solar energy projects. Prepared Biological Resources sections for EIRs, including providing appropriate mitigation measures.
Education
California State University,
Los Angeles
MA, Anthropology, 2013
California State University,
Northridge
BA, Anthropology, 2003
Professional Affiliations
California Preservation Foundation
National Trust for Historic
Preservation
Registered Professional
Archaeologist
Society of Architectural Historians
Samantha Murray, MA
Historic Built Environment Lead/
Senior Architectural Historian
Samantha Murray is Dudek’s historic built environment lead and a senior architectural historian with 14 years’ experience in all elements of cultural resources management, including project management, intensive-level field investigations, architectural history studies, and historical significance evaluations in consideration of the California Register of Historical Resources (CRHR), the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP), and local-level evaluation criteria. Ms. Murray has conducted hundreds of historical resource evaluations and developed detailed historic context statements for a multitude of property types and architectural styles, including private residential, commercial, industrial, educational, medical, ranching, mining, airport, and cemetery properties, as well as a variety of engineering structures and objects. She has also provided expertise on numerous projects requiring conformance with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties.
Ms. Murray meets the Secretary of the Interior’s Professional Qualification Standards for both Architectural History and Archaeology.
She is experienced managing multidisciplinary projects in the lines of transportation, transmission and generation, federal land management, land development, state and local government, and the private sector.
She has experience preparing environmental compliance documentation in support of projects that fall under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)/National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), and Sections 106 and 110 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA). She also prepared numerous Historic Resources Evaluation Reports (HRERs) and Historic Property Survey Reports (HPSRs) for the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans).
Select Project Experience
Stickleback Movie Ranch Property Evaluation, Los Angeles County, California (2018). Dudek was retained by the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California to complete a historical resource significance evaluation of the Stickleback Movie Ranch property, located in unincorporated Los Angeles County near Santa Clarita, California.
The study included a CHRIS records search of the Stickleback Movie Ranch property and a 0.25-mile radius; a pedestrian survey of the subject property for cultural resources; building development and archival research; recordation and evaluation of cultural resources identified within and around the Stickleback Movie Ranch portion of the study area; and an assessment of potential impacts to historical resources in conformance with CEQA and all applicable local municipal code and planning documents. The former Stickleback Movie Ranch and all associated buildings and structures were found not eligible under all NRHP, CRHR, and Los Angeles County designation criteria.
Samantha Murray
Transportation Vessels Manufacturing Facility Project at Berth 240, Port of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California (2017–present). Dudek was retained by the Los Angeles Harbor Department (LAHD) to provide a cultural resources assessment for a project that proposes to construct a facility to manufacture transportation vessels at Berth 240 off South Seaside Avenue on Terminal Island. The site is adjacent to the NRHP-eligible Bethlehem Shipyard Historic District. Ms. Murray provided an updated conditions assessment of the site and an updated evaluation of the historic district to address integrity issues. She also reviewed project design plans for new construction within the district for conformance with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation.
Berths 238-239 [PBF Energy] Marine Oil Terminal Wharf Improvements Project and Lease Renewal, Port of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California (2017). Dudek was retained by the Los Angeles Harbor Department (LAHD) to provide an updated cultural resources assessment for Berths 238-239 at the Port of Los Angeles (POLA), as part of the proposed Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the Berths 238-239 [PBF Energy] Marine Oil Terminal Wharf Improvements Project and Lease Renewal. Ms. Murray updated a previous evaluation of the project area conducted in 2010. This included a pedestrian survey, archival research, and a cultural resources impact assessment. The wharf was found not eligible under all designation criteria.
Robertson Lane Hotel Commercial Redevelopment Project, City of West Hollywood, Los Angeles County, California (2017). Ms. Murray is currently serving as architectural historian and peer reviewer of the historical evaluation report. The project involved conducting a records search, archival research, consultation with local historical groups, preparation of a detailed historic context statement, evaluation of three buildings proposed for demolition in consideration of local, CRHR, and NRHP designation criteria, and assistance with the EIR alternatives analysis.
LADWP West Los Angeles District Yard Project, City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California (2017). Dudek was retained by Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) to complete a cultural resources study for a project that proposes demolition of five LADWP-owned administrative buildings and warehouses at the West Los Angeles District Headquarters located at 12300 West Nebraska Avenue. Dudek evaluated the yard for historical significance in consideration of NRHP, CRHR, and City of Los Angeles HCM criteria and integrity requirements. Ms.
Murray co-authored the significance evaluation and provided QA/QC of the cultural resources report.
LADWP Haynes Generating Station Units 3 through 6 Demolition Project, City of Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California (2017). Dudek was retained by Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) to complete a cultural resources study for a project that proposes demolition of Units 3-6 at the LADWP Haynes Generating Station. Ms. Murray evaluated the entire steam plant for historical significance in consideration of NRHP, CRHR, and City of Long Beach designation criteria and integrity requirements, and co-authored the cultural resources report.
LADWP Green Verdugo Reservoir Improvement Project, City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California (2017).
Dudek was retained by Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) to complete a cultural resources study for a project that proposes facility updates at the reservoir site in order to ensure safe water quality. Ms.
Murray evaluated the reservoir for historical significance in consideration of NRHP, CRHR, and City of Los Angeles HCM designation criteria and integrity requirements, and co-authored the cultural resources report.
Linda Kry
Archaeologist
Linda Kry is an archaeologist with 13 years’ experience in cultural resource management specializing in various aspects of cultural resources investigations within Los Angeles County, Orange County, San Bernardino County, Kern County, Imperial County, Inyo County, Riverside County, and the Mojave Desert. Ms. Kry’s experience includes archival research, reconnaissance surveys, artifact analysis, assisting CEQA lead agencies with AB-52 notification and consultation process, and authoring technical reports pursuant to CEQA and Section 106 of the NHPA. Ms. Kry’s extensive experience includes the management of cultural resources specialists in support of various aspects of cultural resources compliance, construction monitoring, Native American consultation, archaeological testing and treatment, and prehistoric and historical resource significance evaluations.
Project Experience
De Soto Trunk Line Project, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, Los Angeles, California. Archaeological lead for a cultural resources study pursuant to CEQA and Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA). Los Angeles Department of Water and Power LADWP is proposing to replace the portions of the De Soto Trunk Line located in West San Fernando Valley. The proposed project would increase the safety, capacity and reliability of LADWP’s water system in the western San Fernando Valley.
Haynes Generating Station Demolition Project, Los Angeles County Department of Public Works, Malibu, California. Archaeological lead and monitoring coordinator. The project included the demolition of Units 3, 4, 5, and 6 at the Haynes Generating Station (HnGS), which were originally constructed more than five decades ago, to minimize health and safety risks and reduce future maintenance.
Old Topanga Road Over Old Topanga Creek Bridge Maintenance Repair Project, Los Angeles County Department of Public Works, Val Verde Area of Unincorporated Los Angeles County, California. Archaeological lead for a cultural resources study pursuant to CEQA in support of a Mitigated Negative Declaration. Tasks include Assembly Bill (AB) 52 consultation support to identify known tribal cultural resources within the project’s proposed Area of Potential Effect (APE) to analyze the potential impacts to cultural resources and provide mitigation to a less than significant level.
Compton Boulevard over Compton Creek and Wilmington Avenue over Compton Creek Bridge Replacement Projects, Compton, California. Archaeological lead for a cultural resources study pursuant to CEQA and Section 106 of the NHPA and in conformance with Caltrans requirements. As archaeological lead, tasks include coordination for a cultural resources study, including AB 52 consultation support, and preparation of Archaeological Survey Reports (ASRs) for each proposed project.
City Trunk Line South Project, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, Los Angeles, California. Archaeological lead for a cultural resources study pursuant to CEQA and Section 106 of the NHPA. Los Angeles Department of Water and Power LADWP is proposing to replace an old and deteriorating trunk line that was built in 1914 and has a history of leaks and breaks. The proposed trunk link will improve capacity, reliability, and flexibility in the water system.
Education
University of California, Los Angeles
BA, Anthropology, 2006
Cerritos College
AA, Anthropology, 2004
Linda Kry
February 2019 Storm Repair Project, Los Angeles County Department of Public Works, Malibu, California.
Archaeological lead responsible for managing the cultural resources inventory and assessment of cultural resources within the project area in support of emergency guardrail replacement work in the Woolsey Fire burn area. Responsibilities also include coordinating Native American monitoring needs for the project.
FLOR 401 E 7th Street Construction Monitoring, Skid Row Housing Trust, Los Angeles, California. Project manager for construction monitoring for the development of 99 units of permanent supportive housing for homeless veterans and/or special needs populations, and affordable housing for low-income individuals in Downtown Los Angeles.
Woolsey Fire Guardrails Replacement Project, Los Angeles County Department of Public Works, Malibu, California.
Archaeological lead responsible for managing the cultural resources inventory and assessment of cultural resources within the project area in support of emergency guardrail replacement work in the Woolsey Fire burn area. Responsibilities also include coordinating Native American monitoring needs for the project.
Coronado Trunk Line Project, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, Los Angeles, California.
Archaeological lead for a Phase I cultural resources study pursuant to CEQA and Section 106 of the NHPA. Los Angeles Department of Water and Power is proposing to construct a new 30-inch diameter welded steel pipe, approximately 7,200 feet in length, along with a regulating and relief station vault and flow master vault. The proposed trunk line would add reliability and redundancy to the system.
River Supply Conduit Unit 7 Project, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, Los Angeles and Burbank, California. Archaeological lead and monitoring coordinator for archaeological and paleontological services in support of the River Supply Conduit (RSC) Unit 7 Project. The existing River Supply Conduit (RSC) is a major transmission pipeline in the LADWP water distribution system. The Project is critical to meet safety of water supplies, reliability of water infrastructure, and sustainability of water supply. 8th, Grand and Hope Project, Eyestone Environmental, Los Angeles, California. Archaeological lead providing management oversight and reporting for tribal cultural resources (TCRs) and archaeological studies in support of a proposed 45-story mixed-use project in Downtown Los Angeles.
Bellwood Avenue Project, Eyestone Environmental, Los Angeles, California. Archaeological lead providing management oversight and reporting for a TCR study for a project that proposes to develop a new eldercare facility on a 2.22-acre site in the West Los Angeles Community Plan are of the City of Los Angeles. 313-333 San Vicente Boulevard Project, Eyestone Environmental, Los Angeles, California. Archaeological lead providing management oversight and reporting for a TCR study for a project that proposes to develop a 19-story, multi-family residential building and the deconstruction, reassembly, rehabilitation and limited alteration of the existing cathedral of Our Lady of Mount Lebanon – Saint Maronite Catholic Cathedral.
Relevant Previous Experience
Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) Midfield Satellite Concourse, Los Angeles, California. Served as field director for archaeological and paleontological monitoring project associated with the creation of a new aircraft passenger concourse and associated elements at LAX. Responsibilities included coordinating with company personnel and project contractors, scheduling, and recordation and collection of field data.
Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority Compliance Monitoring, Los Angeles, California. Served as archaeological and paleontological monitoring coordinator for the multiyear and multisite project within the greater Los Angeles area, including the Crenshaw rail transit corridor and the 1.9-mile Regional Connector subway. Responsibilities included coordinating and scheduling various contractors and archaeologists; developing and providing cultural resources training for new contractors and archaeologists; monthly project updates to client; invoice and budget reviews; lab analysis of all resources collected and preparation of those resources for curation.
Perry Russell, PG, CEG
Geologist
Perry Russell is a geologist with 33 years’ experience, including more than two decades specializing in completing geology/soils, hydrology/water quality, hazards/hazardous materials, and utilities sections for California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) documents. Mr. Russell has also completed erosion control studies, geologic hazards surveys, and Phase I environmental site assessments (ESAs).
Mr. Russell has completed CEQA sections for a wide range of projects located throughout California, including commercial developments, large- scale residential development, water supply projects, on- and off-shore telecommunication cable projects, wind farm projects, oil field development projects, a nuclear power plant project, and large-scale port redevelopment projects (including joint CEQA/NEPA projects). His NEPA experience has included projects for the U.S. Navy, Marines, Air Force (USAF), Army, Department of Energy (DOE), Bureau of Reclamation, and Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), on sites located throughout the western United States. These projects included water supply, construction, land withdrawal, and landfill projects, as well as a large-scale nuclear waste treatment.
Mr. Russell began his career as an engineering geologist, working for several years completing geologic/seismic reports, landslide investigations, fault studies, and geologic monitoring at large grading/ construction sites. His experience also includes 6 years working on projects involving soil and groundwater contamination.
Project Experience
Draft River Walk Mixed-Use Project Initial Study, Santa Clarita, California. Prepared the geology/soils and hydrology/water quality sections for a proposed mixed-use development located adjacent to the Santa Clara River. Potential impacts evaluated included seismicity, geologic hazards, construction and operational surface water quality impairments, increased runoff, and groundwater supply.
Draft Proposed Sand Canyon Resort EIR, Santa Clarita, California. Completed the geology/soils and hydrology/water quality sections for a proposed golf course infill project, which would involve substantial amounts of grading. Potential impacts evaluated included seismicity, geologic hazards, construction and operational surface water quality impairments, flooding, increased runoff, and groundwater supply.
Stevenson Ranch Residential Development EIR, Santa Clarita, California. Evaluated potential impacts associated with seismicity, erosion due to hillside grading, flooding, surface water quality, and soil contamination associated with a former oil field.
Education
California State University,
Northridge
MS, Geological Resources, 1988
University of California,
Santa Barbara
BA, Geological Sciences, 1984
Certifications
Professional Geologist (PG),
CA No. 5777
Certified Engineering Geologist
(CEG), CA No. 1837
Perry Russell
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power Transmission Line EIR, Santa Clarita to Sylmar, California.
Completed the geology and soils section for a transmission line replacement project, which extends from Santa Clarita over the western San Gabriel Mountains to the San Fernando Valley. Potential impacts included the active San Gabriel and San Fernando Faults, seismicity, areas of liquefaction, slope instability, and collapsible soils.
Creek at Dominguez Hills EIR, Carson, California. Completed the geology/soils, hydrology/water quality, and utilities/service systems sections for a proposed golf course infill project, located over a closed landfill. Project impacts included seismicity, liquefaction, construction-induced erosion, subsidence, operational surface water quality impairment, flooding, increased runoff, groundwater quality, wastewater infrastructure adequacy, water supply, and solid waste disposal capacity.
Draft Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center Project EIR. Completed draft EIR sections, including geology and soils, hydrology and water quality, and utilities (water supply, wastewater, and solid waste/electric power, natural gas, and telecommunications), in association with expansion of the medical center.
North Montclair Downtown Specific Plan Amendment EIR, City of Montclair, California. Evaluated flooding impacts associated with potential failure of the upstream San Antonio Dam. Also evaluated the adequacy of utilities and service systems to support the proposed project, including water supply, wastewater capacity, and drainage facility capacity.
The Villages – Escondido Country Club EIR, City of Escondido, California. Evaluated hydrology/water quality and utilities/service systems impacts associated with construction of 392 residential homes; approximately 48 acres of permanent open space with active greenbelts and parks; and recreational, social, and community amenities, on approximately 109 acres. Hydrology/water quality impacts evaluated included potential short-term erosion associated with demolition and grading, potential long-term water quality impacts associated with project operations, and potential long-term impacts associated with increased stormwater runoff. Utilities/service systems impacts evaluated included wastewater treatment capacity, potable/irrigation water infrastructure capacity, storm drain capacity, water supply/demand, and solid waste landfill capacity.
Globemaster Corridor Specific Plan EIR, Long Beach, California. Completed the hydrology/water quality and utilities/service systems sections of an EIR associated with development and improvement of a 483-acre plan area, located in the north-central portion of the City of Long Beach, and on the west and south sides of the Long Beach Airport.
Draft Jefferson on Avalon Specific Plan EIR, City of Carson, California. Completed geology/soils, hydrology/water quality, and utilities/service systems sections for an EIR associated with proposed development of 20 acres within the central portion of the City of Carson. The project site consists of three distinct parcels.
San Diego State University Mission Valley Campus Master Plan EIR, San Diego, California. Evaluated hydrology and water quality impacts associated with demolition of the existing Qualcomm Stadium and replacement with a SDSU campus annex, including a new stadium, residence halls, educational buildings, hotels, retail space, and an 86-acre park along the San Diego River. Impacts included demolition/construction related water quality impacts, operational water quality impacts, and flooding.
Simi Valley Landfill Expansion EIR, Ventura County, California. Evaluated impacts associated with water quality, as the landfill is located within a former oil field and was initially sited prior to existing water quality standards.
Geotechnical Monitor, Soledad Canyon, Santa Clarita, California. Fill control soils technician and geologic inspections of cut slopes on approximately one million cubic yard residential grading project in Soledad Canyon.
Glenna McMahon, PE, CEM
Environmental Engineer
Glenna McMahon has 20 years’ environmental consulting and project management experience. Ms. McMahon focuses on environmental engineering and hydrogeology, specifically hazardous waste investigation, monitoring and remediation, as well as litigation support.
Her project experience includes environmental site assessments; soil, soil vapor and groundwater sampling and data evaluation; health risk assessments; evaluation, design and implementation of remedial alternatives; environmental compliance; and third-party evaluation of remediation expenditures. Ms. McMahon manages several projects that involve state or local regulatory oversight and assists clients with negotiations and compliance with regulatory requirements. She strives for a collaborative approach with regulators while advocating for practicable solutions for the project.
Project Experience
Hazards and Hazardous Materials Evaluations for CEQA Documents.
Prepared hazards and hazardous materials sections for CEQA documents, as well as separate technical reports when required.
Projects include Coast Community College District, Fullerton and Cypress College Master Plan, Western San Bernardino County Distribution System Infrastructure Protection Program, San Bernardino County Master Storm Water System Maintenance Program, Mira Costa Community College District, City of San Diego Municipal Waterways Maintenance Plan, Los Angeles Department of Public Works (various) and Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (various).
Environmental Site Assessments, California, Oregon, Nevada, Hawai’i, Texas. Performed numerous Phase I ESAs, Hazardous Materials Technical Reports and Hazards Assessments throughout California, northwestern and southern Nevada, and Hawaii for sites ranging in size from a few acres to hundreds of acres. Sites included commercial and industrial properties, oil fields, residences, schools, universities, agricultural operations, undeveloped land, renewable energy facilities, hotels, and casinos. Reports were typically prepared for acquisition, funding or CEQA purposes.
Phase II Environmental Site Assessments, California, Oregon, Nevada. Evaluated and sampled impacted soil, soil vapor and/or groundwater at sites throughout California. Prepared reports which included evaluations of health risk. Proposed and managed remediation efforts. Coordinated with regulatory agencies. Sites included commercial and industrial properties, oil fields, residences, automotive businesses, schools, universities, agricultural operations, undeveloped land, and renewable energy facilities.
Education
University of Vermont
BS, Civil and Environmental
Engineering
Certifications
Professional Engineer (PE),
CA No. 79742
Certified Environmental Manager
(CEM), NV No. 1974
OSHA 40-Hour HAZWOPER
OSHA Site Supervisor
RCRA and DOT Hazardous Waste
Manager Certification
Glenna McMahon
Phase I ESA, Phase II ESA, Santa Monica City Yard, Santa Monica , California. Conducted Phase I ESA as part of due diligence for CEQA. Conducted Phase II ESA to evaluate potential impacts from former manufacturing, former leaking underground fuel tanks and an adjacent wellfield impacted by volatile organic compounds (VOCs).
Prepared work plan with consideration for existing closed lanfill, obtained permits, performed utility clearance, collected soil and soil vapor samples, managed investigation-derived waste, and prepared final sampling report.
Site Assessment, Remediation and Closure of former Agriculture Site, Carpinteria, California . As part of due diligence for a redevelopment project, Dudek conducted soil sampling in 2007 to investigate impacts from the former use of the site for agricultural purposes. Additional sampling to delineate the extent of impacts was recommended. The redevelopme nt project was resurrected in 2017 and Dudek was asked to conduct the additional site assessment, as well as facilitate a Remedial Action Agreement (RAA) with the site owner and Santa Barbara County Environmental Health Services (EHS), and prepare a Phase I ESA for CEQA purposes.
Conducted the Phase I ESA. Coordinated implementation of the RAA. Prepared a soil sampling work plan, conducted the soil sampling, prepared a remedial action work plan, oversaw removal of lead - and pesticide- impacted soil, performe d confirmation sampling and prepared a final report which included a request for regulatory closure. This work included coordination with the project owner, land owner, EHS and the Air Pollution Control District, as well as coordination of public noticing of the remediation. The site was granted closure by EHS in October 2018.
Former Kearney-KPF Facility, Stockton, California. Managing ongoing groundwater monitoring activities, groundwater remediation, and monthly and semi-annual reporting for chlorinated solvent- and 1,4-dioxane-impacted site.
Prepared cost estimates, work plans, sampling and analysis plans, health risk assessments, health and safety plans, hazardous materials business plans, remedial action plans, conceptual site model, and post closure plans.
Coordination with several interested parties – responsible party, current owner and numerous tenants, Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) (lead agency), Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB) and San Joaquin County Environmental Health Department. Prepared and coordinated renewals of RCRA Hazardous Waste Facility Post-Closure Permit, including negotiating terms of the permit with DTSC. Managed soil and soil vapor site-wide sampling, and subsequent soil vapor extraction pilot test. Managed installation, start-up and 24- hour operation of ultraviolet/oxidation groundwater treatment system. Maintained regulatory compliance with the RWQCB and DTSC requirements concerning prove-out process and full-scale operation. Maintained treatment system operations remotely from Encinitas, California. Coordinated with subconsultants including; drillers, electricians, construction companies, and systems designers regarding estimates, scheduling, and invoicing.
Site Assessment and Investigation, Former Shooting Range, Highland, California. Prepared Phase I ESA. Prepared Phase II Sampling and Analysis Work Plan. Conducting soil sampling to assess the extent of metal- and PAH- impacted soil, with considerations for biological constraints. Coordinating with site owner (Bureau of Land Management), client (Department of Public Works), and regulatory agencies (DTSC and County Fire Department).
Phase I ESA, Phase II ESA, California State University, Chico , California. Conducted Phase I ESA for the Facilities Management and Services Yard. Identified recognized environmental conditions, including a former crude oil tank and supply line associated with historical fruit canning operations, a former aboveground gas storage tank associated with a nearby manufactured gas plant , and three release cases, which involved impacts of fuel to the subsurface. Recommended a Phase II ESA to evaluate soil vapor, soil, and groundwater for volatile organic compounds, petroleum hydrocarbons, metals, methane and polycycli c aromatic hydrocarbons. Conducted the Phase II ESA, including preparation of a work plan detailing the sampling methods and procedures; preparation of a site-specific health and safety plan; obtaining appropriate permits for the work; overseeing a subsurf ace utility survey; collection of samples; coordination of disposal of investigation -derived waste; and evaluation of the data. Prepared a final report summarizing the work, findings and recommendations for management of impacted soil during construction.
Shannon Wages, AICP
Urban Planner
Shannon Wages is an urban planner with 17 years’ experience specializing in managing long-range planning documents as well as complex land use entitlement projects. Ms. Wages has successfully managed the preparation of multiple general plans, specific plans, zoning ordinances, housing elements, downtown plans, visioning plans, corridor studies, and economic feasibility studies. She has received several awards from the American Planning Association (APA) for her planning projects.
Ms. Wages considers community outreach central to any project, and develops outreach strategies that reach broadly and deeply into a community and puncture each phase of the planning process. Ms.
Wages also helps cities implement their plans through entitling development projects or assisting with funding and financing mechanisms. She combines her experience in planning, urban design, development, and community outreach to achieve desired projects that realize the community’s goals and objectives. From planning and conceptual design, to certificates of occupancy, she is involved throughout the process, facilitating positive growth and change in the communities she represents.
Project Experience
Pismo Beach General Plan Update, City of Pismo Beach, California. Shannon Wages is managing the Land Use, Conservation Open Space, Safety, and Noise Elements of the General Plan and Local Coastal Program for the City of Pismo Beach. Dudek reviewed the existing General Plan and worked with the City and community leaders to determine an appropriate vision for the General Plan. Dudek staff then collected applicable background data and consolidated it into user-friendly, graphic fact sheets to guide the elements and quickly communicate the key issues and opportunities to the public. Dudek is preparing goals, policies, and programs to create a General Plan that proactively responds to state law, climate change, and the desires of the community to retain a small-town atmosphere.
Placentia General Plan Update and EIR, City of Placentia, California. Shannon Wages serves as principal in charge of the Placentia General Plan Update (GPU), overseeing a contract project manager and general plan leadership team. Initially, the assignment was simply to update data to reflect the most recent census data and bring the revised General Plan to adoption. However, Ms. Wages and team identified a deficit in recent community engagement, policy review with leadership, and inclusion of important elements like sustainability, economic development, environmental justice, climate change and health, and wellness. The City agreed and expanded the scope of the project, allowing the City to benefit from a complete and valuable General Plan. Ms. Wages worked closely with a contract project manager, a General Plan Advisory Committee (GPAC), and a leadership team to finalize Draft Elements within a strict deadline and budget restrictions of the organization.
Education
University of Southern California
MA, Urban Planning/Design, 2003
Brigham Young University
BA, Humanities/Spanish, 2000
Certifications
American Institute of Certified
Planners (AICP)
Shannon Wages
Grapevine Community/Specific Plan and Special Plan, Tejon Ranch, California. The Grapevine Community/Specific Plan and Special Plan was a multiyear master planning project in Tejon Ranch located in the San Joaquin Valley floor and adjacent foothills of Kern County. Shannon Wages managed the preparation of the Community/Specific Plan and Special Plan, which sets forth the goals, policies, and implementation measures to guide future development within the plan area. The Special Plan creates new zoning districts and specialized development standards to achieve a new community that balances job creation and new home sites, ecological sensitivity, and a continued dedication to agriculture.
Sierra Madre GPU and EIR, City of Sierra Madre, California. Shannon Wages was the project manager for the City of Sierra Madre’s GPU and EIR. The GPU focused on maintaining the City’s small-town mountain feel, preserving and improving the character of existing neighborhoods, and enhancing aging structures to meet current building standards and contemporary market needs. One of the unique qualities of this planning effort was the grouping of volunteers in topical committees to assist with collecting data, taking photos, identifying issues, and recommending policies and mitigation measures, resulting in a truly community-driven GPU. Ms. Wages directed the process and peer reviewed each element to comply with state law, maintain internal consistency, and conform with the community vision. Ms. Wages also designed the outreach program and attracted a high level of community involvement throughout the process. The project included preparing a comprehensive EIR to analyze the environmental impacts associated with adoption and implementation of the GPU. Key environmental issues included air quality, GHG emissions, historic resources, noise, and transportation and traffic.
General Plan Update, Zoning Code Update, Climate Action Plan, Airport Land Use Compatibility Plan and EIR, City of Upland, California. Shannon Wages was the project manager for this multiyear, multi-plan project, which provided a comprehensive and integrated blueprint for growth and preservation of the City of Upland. The General Plan is user friendly and included all required General Plan elements in addition to economic sustainability, community character, and health. The GPU process included an extensive public participation and outreach program that played a key role in the development of focused goals and policies in each element. The Climate Action Plan (CAP) identified strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the City in accordance with state and regional goals. The Zoning Code was also comprehensively updated to facilitate consistency with, and implementation of, the General Plan. The program EIR analyzed the environmental impacts associated with adoption and implementation of the GPU. Key issues included air quality, greenhouse gas emissions (GHG), historic resources, noise, and transportation and traffic. The EIR has successfully helped streamline subsequent development projects in accordance with the General Plan Vision.
Temple City GPU Community Profile, Temple City, California. Shannon Wages was the project manager for the Temple City GPU and Rosemead Boulevard Specific Plan. While there, Ms. Wages worked with an internal team of planners and designers to prepare the Community Profile and launch a citywide visioning campaign to capture the community’s ideas, concerns and desires for the future of Temple City. The Community Profile is a highly illustrative, concise and informative report that provided a framework for identifying and understanding the range of issues and opportunities that Temple City faces, specifically in regards to housing, education, recreation, culture, circulation, health and safety, and the economy. The profile highlighted what makes Temple City unique and provided the findings and analysis for the community to consider when setting goals, policies, and actions that will guide decision making over the next 35 years.
Jonathan Leech, AICP, INCE, PG
Senior Project Manager, Environmental Specialist
Jonathan Leech is a senior project manager and environmental specialist with 35 years’ environmental planning experience, including 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. Mr. Leech also has more than a decade of focused experience in noise assessments, including exterior and interior noise exposure studies for single-family 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.
Project Experience
Development
Montecito Ranch Estates Lots 2 and 3, Fremont Investment and Loan, Summerland, California. Prepared environmental noise evaluations for two separate proposed new residences in a large-lot subdivision with exposure to traffic noise from U.S. Highway 101. Evaluation addresses exterior and interior noise levels from future traffic levels, employing Traffic Noise Model (TNM) 2.5 for the analysis. Exterior noise exposure and interior noise exposure were calculated and compared to adopted CEQA significance thresholds for Santa Barbara County.
Crown Castle Cellular Equipment Installations, HP Communications Inc., Santa Barbara, California. Prepared a noise study for two separate cellular antennae installations in residential land use zones in Santa Barbara. Analysis included measurement of equipment noise at adjacent residential property lines, calculation of the day-night average noise level (Ldn), and comparison of noise level to noise ordinance allowances. 1255 Coast Village Road, KIBO Group, Montecito, California. Prepared an environmental noise study addressing transportation-related noise sources upon proposed mixed-use development (1,411 square feet of restaurant space, 3,712 square feet of retail space, 3,342 square feet of office space, and two condominium residences) and short-term construction noise effects of the project on surrounding residential neighborhood.
Thompson Oak Court Mixed Commercial and Residential Project Environmental Noise Study, Buenaventura Homes Inc., Ventura, California. Prepared an environmental noise study addressing transportation-related noise sources upon proposed mixed-use development (ground-floor retail with three levels of residential condominiums) and short-term construction noise effects of the proposed project on the surrounding residential neighborhood.
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)
Jonathan Leech
Land Use Plans
Los Alamos Community Plan EIR, County of Santa Barbara/Office of Long-Range Planning, Los Alamos, California.
The community of Los Alamos is a small unincorporated town in the north-central portion of Santa Barbara County, at the junction of U.S. Highway 101 and State Route 135. The noise study evaluated environmental noise effects upon proposed residential land use zones and project-related noise generation from proposed mixed-use zoning.
University Villages Specific Plan, SSBT LCRE V. LLC (c/o Meadow Lane LLC), Chula Vista, California. Prepared the noise technical report and noise EIR section for the University Villages Specific Plan, an approximately 460-acre site along the west side of State Route 125. The proposed project consists of a suburban development including residential, commercial, industrial park, public facility, and open space uses. Three elementary schools and one high school are planned. A total of 150 acres of the site will be reserved for open space uses, including neighborhood parks, a greenbelt system, and natural reserve.
Villages of San Jacinto Specific Plan, City of San Jacinto, California. Prepared the noise technical report and noise EIR section for the Villages of San Jacinto Specific Plan, an approximately 600-acre site along the west side of Sanderson Avenue in San Jacinto. The proposed project consists of a suburban development including residential, commercial, business park, public facility, and open space uses. One elementary school and one high school are planned in the northeastern portion of the site. A total of 100.7 acres of the site will be reserved for open space uses, including four neighborhood parks, a greenbelt system, three lakes, and landscape easements.
Energy
Rugged Solar Farm, Boulevard Community, San Diego County, California. Prepared a noise technical study for incorporation into an EIR addressing a proposed 80 MW solar generation facility on 765 acres. Analysis included assessment of facility equipment noise at adjacent residential property lines, calculation of construction noise levels at nearby sensitive receptors, and cumulative construction noise analysis.
Westside and Whitney Point Solar Farm, Westside Community, Fresno County, California. Project manager for permitting of two separate 20 MW solar generating facilities on two adjacent 160 acre project sites.
Environmental issues evaluated included aesthetics, air quality, biology, geology, hazardous materials, and noise.
Municipal
Waste Management Noise Study, Oceanside, California. Prepared noise study for proposal to convert Oceanside- based waste collection fleet to compressed natural gas (CNG). Proposal included replacement of diesel trucks with CNG trucks over a 2-year period, and installation of a compressed natural gas fueling system at the storage yard/maintenance facility. Conducted measurements of diesel and CNG trucks at another waste management facility, and calculated changes in noise levels from the project at adjoining residential property lines. Prepared noise technical report for the MND.
Chicago Grade Landfill Facility, Templeton, California. Prepared air quality and noise studies assessing air quality and noise emissions from expansion into new modules of the approved solid waste facility permit. Authored technical noise memo for the expanded operations, including off-site roadway traffic noise effects and back-up alarm effects at proximate residences.
Education
Santa Barbara Middle School, Santa Barbara, California. Prepared an environmental noise study addressing siting recommendations and noise-control techniques for a proposed new outdoor sports court. The project site has exclusive residential properties on three sides, all of which were concerned about increased noise levels from the sports activity. Sound level measurements were taken and a sound wall was prescribed to attenuate noise levels at neighboring residential properties.
Mark Storm, INCE Bd. Cert.
Acoustic Services Manager
Mark Storm is a senior acoustician with 28 years’ experience as a noise control engineer specializing in environmental noise assessment, mechanical systems noise control, and architectural acoustics. Mr. Storm evaluates noise impacts from industrial (e.g., fossil-fueled and renewable power generation and transmission), transportation, residential, municipal, and commercial facilities upon sensitive human and wildlife receptors. His services include development and direction of noise and vibration measurement and prediction programs, mitigation recommendations, and participation in public meetings.
Mr. Storm has authored or managed many California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)/National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) noise technical reports and sections. He has also handled noise for several client Applications for Certification (AFC) brought before the California Energy Commission (CEC), and authored Resource Report 9 (Noise) content for several natural gas developer clients submitting project applications for review and approval from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Mark currently leads a team of three other senior acousticians (including Mike Greene, INCE Bd. Cert.; Mike Carr, INCE; and Jonathan Leech, INCE) and multiple mid- and junior-level analysts.
Selected project experience samples appearing below focus on university campus development, transportation, and energy clients and markets within California.
Project Experience
Campus Master Plans and Site-Specific Projects
Great Meadow Bike Path IS/MND, University of California – Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, 2019. Managed preparation of technical noise study to evaluate potential noise and vibration impacts associated with renovation of an on-campus bike path. Challenges included predicting construction activity noise and vibration with respect to the proximity of existing residences, historical structures (Cowell Lime Works Powder House) and the UC Santa Cruz Recital Hall containing noise and vibration sensitive activities.
Master Plan Update EIR, California State University – Monterey Bay, Seaside, California, 2019–2020. Managed preparation of the programmatic EIR noise section to evaluate potential noise and vibration impacts due to implementation of the updated Master Plan and its potential capital improvements. Additionally, assessed project site-specific noise and vibration impacts for five “near term developments” associated with anticipated new student center, residence hall, and academic buildings and expansions to the existing campus.
Education
Massachusetts Institute of
Technology
BS, Aeronautics and Astronautics,
1991
Certifications
Institute of Noise Control
Engineering (INCE) Board Certified
San Diego County – Approved
CEQA Consultant (Noise)
Professional Affiliations
INCE-USA:
Board of Directors, Vice President
of Public Relations
Community Noise Technical
Committee Leader
Mark Storm
2018 Long Range Development Plan EIR, University of California - San Diego, La Jolla, California, 2017–2018.
Directed operation (stationary and transportation sources) and construction noise impact analyses for update of UC San Diego long-range development planning of capital improvements and concurrent on-campus infrastructure development (e.g., Mid-Coast Trolley). The work included development of a cost-efficient campus- wide representative baseline sound level measurement survey, authorship of a noise technical report, draft environmental impact report (EIR) noise section, and response to client and public comments.
Transportation
California High-Speed Rail (Palmdale to Burbank Noise Technical Report), California High-Speed Rail Authority, Sacramento, California, 2015. Performed high-speed rail operation noise impact and mitigation (barrier) assessment with in-house Microsoft Excel-based tools based on FRA and FTA techniques and reference data for the above-named proposed railway segment. Directed coordination of baseline outdoor ambient sound level survey location confirmation, field sound pressure level data collection and analysis, and GIS-supported presentation of prediction output for hundreds of identified noise and vibration sensitive receptors along multiple considered route alternatives.
A few years prior to this Palmdale to Burbank segment study, Mark was selected by URS to lead noise and vibration assessment associated with a “Hanford West” route alternative for the Fresno to Bakersfield high-speed rail segment. During this time, Mark and his team at URS developed the above-mentioned Excel-based tools.
Energy
Burney K2 Compressor Replacement, Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E), Burney, California, 2017. Authored noise study including predictive analysis of natural gas compressor station (CS) upgrade and associated facilities on an existing site. Provided acoustical consulting to AECOM design/build team for piping system noise control, building shell sound insulation, and review of subconsultant submittals. Directed post-construction outdoor sound level survey to evaluate successful compliance with Burney community noise regulations and PG&E design standards.
Santa Barbara Emergency Generator Project, Southern California Edison (SCE), Santa Barbara County, California, 2016. Directed and conducted baseline noise field surveys, onsite noise monitoring of emergency generators at three SCE substation sites; provided predictive operation noise analysis (via 3-D modeling) and mitigation guidance at two of the studied sites to reduce noise emission to nearby residential communities.
Puente Power Project, NRG, Oxnard, California, 2015. Conducted and directed baseline noise assessment and predictive noise impact analyses (involving construction and operation noise) to support CEC AFC efforts (including authorship of the Noise & Vibration section, and representing noise during public workshops) for a proposed 262-megawatt gas-fired turbine electricity generation facility that would include demolition of existing generation facilities at the Mandalay Generating Station site.
Christopher Starbird
GIS Analyst
Christopher Starbird is a geographic information systems (GIS) Analyst with 15 years’ experience in mapping projects for municipal, regional, and federal public agencies and non-profit organizations. Mr. Starbird uses the latest in mapping software from the Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI). His skills includes database design, spatial analyses, three-dimensional (3D) modeling with shade and shadow analysis, Web development, and high quality cartographic design to meet client and project needs. Mr. Starbird has completed course work in the areas of GIS, cartography, and field techniques in geographic research, Web-based interactive map presentation, and digital imaging.
Project Experience
Centennial Specific Plan Environmental Impact Report and Biological Technical Report Geographic Information Systems Services, Los Angeles County. Served as the primary GIS Specialist for the Centennial Specific Plan and Phase One Implementation Project, which involves the development of approximately 12,000 acres with approximately 23,000 residential units and up to 14 million square feet of mixed urban service and employment-generating uses in addition to a variety of commercial, industrial, natural open space, and recreational land uses. Has performed GIS analysis and produced exhibits for the Program Environmental Impact Report (EIR) and supporting Biological Technical Report.
He developed and consolidated GIS, AutoCAD, and other data from numerous public and private agencies for use in analysis and cartographic products.
Tesoro del Valle Supplemental Environmental Impact Report, Geographic Information Systems Services, Los Angeles County. Served as GIS Specialist for the Tesoro del Valle Supplemental Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for a proposed construction of 710 single family residential dwelling units; a fire station site; parks and recreational amenities (i.e., clubhouse, pool, trails); and supporting roadway and utility infrastructure within Phases B and C of the Tesoro del Valle project in Los Angeles County. Coordinated and performed the GIS mapping and analysis of the project site, and developed and consolidated GIS, AutoCAD, and other data from numerous public and private agencies for use in analysis and cartographic products.
Tehachapi Renewable Transmission Project Segments 4–11, Los Angeles County. Served as the GIS Analyst for Segments 4 through 11 of Southern California Edison’s Tehachapi Renewable Transmission Project (TRTP). The TRTP assisted in meeting the State of California’s Renewable Portfolio Standards requirements by providing transmission infrastructure for the distribution of generated electricity from new and upgraded wind and solar energy facilities and other forms of renewable and nonrenewable energy in the Tehachapi Mountains and western Antelope Valley of Southern California. The project consisted of the construction of several substations and a total of 175 miles of transmission lines spanning the cities of Lancaster and Palmdale, the Antelope Valley in the western Mojave Desert, the Sierra Pelona and San Gabriel Mountains within the Angeles National Forest (ANF), and extending through the San Gabriel Valley to the City of Ontario. The objective of the project is to bring wind Education
University of California,
Santa Barbara
BA, Geography, 2003
Christopher Starbird
and solar sourced energy from the Tehachapi Mountains and western Antelope Valley to the Los Angeles basin.
Coordinated the data collection and mapping of various field surveys and manages the production of many report graphics and exhibits. Also pioneered the use of low-cost, modern tablet computing technology to reduce the use of paper field maps used during surveys, which also significantly increased the field personnel’s ability to navigate the project site and collect data.
Aviation Station Transit-Oriented Development Environmental Impact Report, Geographic Information Systems Services, Los Angeles County. Served as the GIS Specialist for the Aviation Station project, a mixed-use, transit- oriented project on a 5.9-acre site located near the Interstate (I) 105/Interstate 405 intersection within unincorporated Los Angeles County and the City of Los Angeles. Coordinated the production of maps and graphics for the project’s Environmental Impact Report (EIR) and conducted the three dimensional3D analysis of future shade and shadow conditions on the project site and in surrounding residential areas.
Centennial Corridor Project Draft Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement and Section 4(f) Evaluation, Kern County. Served as the lead GIS Specialist on the Centennial Corridor Project Draft Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), the purpose of which is to provide continuity for traffic using State Route (SR) 58 in Kern County. The large-scale of the project required the mapping and analysis of biological resources, the displacement of residences, the potential archaeological resources, historic resources, parkland resources, aesthetics, community disruption, and noise. Responsibilities included the coordinating of data collection, data management, and spatial analysis of these various resources and project components as well as the production of over a hundred maps and graphics that accompany the report.
Newport Banning Ranch Environmental Impact Report, Newport Beach. Served as primary GIS Specialist for the Newport Banning Ranch Environmental Impact Report (EIR). The Newport Banning Ranch project would allow for the development of 1,375 residential dwelling units; 75,000 square feet (sf) of commercial uses; a 75-room resort inn; and approximately 51 acres of public parks on a 401-acre oilfield site. Coordinated and performed the GIS mapping and analysis of the project site and developed and consolidated GIS, AutoCAD, and other data from numerous public and private agencies for use in analysis and cartographic products.
University of California, Los Angeles Capital Programs On-Call Contracts: Served as the GIS Manager for an on-call contract with the University of California, Los Angeles. Completed shade and shadow analyses where necessary; he also coordinated and oversaw the production of maps and graphics to support the following on- and off- campus projects:
2008 Northwest Housing Infill Project and Long Range Development Plan Amendment Environmental Impact Report (EIR)
Weyburn Terrace Graduate Student Housing Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration (IS/MND) Wasserman Building Project (medical office) IS/MND
Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference and Guest Center Project EIR Glenrock and Landfair Apartments Project IS/MND Tesoro del Valle Supplemental Environmental Impact Report, Geographic Information Systems Services
Raoul Rañoa
Senior Graphic Designer
Raoul Rañoa is a senior graphic designer with 21 years’ experience breaking down complex data and processes into simple, easy-to- understand visual presentations.
Mr. Rañoa has extensive experience preparing visuals on environmental topics such as air quality, greenhouse gas emissions, geology and hydrology. Mr. Rañoa is knowledgeable in print and web graphics production, including prepress, vector and 3-D illustration, social media and environmental asset creation, video, and motion graphics.
As Senior Artist for Data Visualization at the Los Angeles Times, Mr. Rañoa designed and produced videos, motion graphics, charts, graphs, 3D models, interactive maps, and informational graphics. His work has won multiple awards, has been included in Pulitzer Prize-winning projects, and was honored two years in a row in “The Best American Infographics” series.
Mr. Rañoa also currently designs infographics for the Jet Propulsion Lab in Pasadena. By collaborating with a large and diverse community that includes scientists, senior faculty, and communications experts, he produces visuals that break down complex scientific research into clear, easy to understand visual stories used in high-level private presentations as well as public outreach.
In his spare time, Mr. Rañoa taught classes on interactive media at UCLA, was the technical editor of “Designing Wii Games in Flash” written by an Adobe-Certified expert and also a developer of litigation graphics.
Mr. Rañoa was a judge for an international design competition hosted by the Society of News Design and has given presentations on 3D visualization and infographics at Santa Ana College.
Relevant Previous Experience
Los Angeles Times, California. Served as senior artist for data visualization. Researched, reported, wrote, designed, and illustrated infographics, animated videos, 3D diagrams, cutaways, charts and maps. Created visualizations based on trending topics in social media for latimes.com. Managed projects and staff. (1997–2017) Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California. Responsible for infographics and data visualization. Created space and environmental infographics. Interviewed staff scientists and researchers, visualized best way to present complex data and illustrate the concept. (2016–Present) Claremont Colleges, Claremont, California. Served as illustrator and designer. Responsible for layout, page design, and illustrations. (2016)
University of California, Los Angeles. Served as visual journalism instructor. Taught course covering infographics, illustration, graphics reporting, interactive graphics, interactive media, and software training. (2007–2011) Education
California Polytechnic State
University, Pomona
BA, Communications
(Journalism Focus)
The Huck Group, Los Angeles, California. Designed and developed interactive litigation graphics.
McGraw Hill, Santa Monica, California. Served as technical editor on Nintendo Wii Flash Game Creator’s Guide written by an Adobe Certified Expert. Worked with author and publisher to ensure accuracy of text, instructions, and programming code.
San Bernardino County Sun, California. Served as news artist/assistant art director. Researched, reported, designed, and illustrated infographics. Managed projects and staff. (1995–1998) Hub Distributing, Ontario, California. Served as production artist and copywriter. Wrote, edited, and designed internal publications. Designed promotional signage and advertising for Miller Outpost, and pre-press technician.
Assisted in layout and design of stores. (1992–1995)
Chino Valley Chamber of Commerce, California. Wrote, edited, designed, photographed, and produced monthly newsletter. Designed and produced catalogs, brochures, signage, books, and marketing materials related to the cities of Chino and Chino Hills.
David Hochart
Environmental Compliance Manager
David Hochart is an environmental compliance manager with 15 years’ experience specializing in the development and implementation of mitigation, monitoring and reporting programs. Mr. Hochart has both managed the preparation of comprehensive National Environmental Policy Act/California Environmental Quality Act (NEPA/CEQA) documents and regularly manages the implementation of mitigation measures adopted by lead agencies. Mr. Hochart has a diversified background ranging from extension of staff as a third-party compliance manager for lead agencies including the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), San Diego County, and Imperial County to working with project owners and directly contracted with construction contractors. Mr. Hochart’s experience includes successfully managing mitigation monitoring and reporting programs ranging from a handful of mitigation measures (i.e. nesting bird surveys and archeological monitoring) to comprehensive programs with hundreds of mitigation measures with multiple environmental resource leads. Mr. Hochart has exceptional communication skills that translate into getting the job done. He works closely with all team members, including the lead agency implementing the compliance program, project applicant, construction managers, and field monitors.
Project Experience
SDG&E Silvergate Transmission Substation Project EIR, CPUC, City of San Diego, California. Served as extension of staff to the CPUC to verify mitigation measures adopted in the CEQA document were adhered to by SDG&E and its construction contractors during construction. Responsible for overseeing third-party field monitors, preconstruction submittals, issuance of NTPs, variance requests, and tracking environmental compliance associated with implementation of the EIR mitigation measures.
SDG&E Grant Hill Substation Project Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND), CPUC, City of San Diego, California.
Served as deputy project manager and lead environmental monitor during construction of a proposed substation configured as a 120–megavolt ampere (MVA), 138/12 kV, low-profile design consisting of four low-profile, low- sound 30 MVA transformers; four sections of switchgear to accommodate sixteen 12 kV circuits; and four 12 kV metal enclosed capacitors. Responsible for overseeing implementation of the mitigation measures set forth in the final MND.
Central Valley Gas Storage Project, CPUC, County of Colusa, California. Lead environmental compliance manager for overseeing a third-party compliance monitoring program in Colusa County. The project involved injecting natural gas into the Princeton Gas Field located in an agricultural area of Colusa County. The project included a compressor station, nine wellheads, six observation wells, and construction of 15 miles of natural gas pipelines to interconnect with Pacific Gas & Electric’s gas line 400/401. Mr. Hochart oversaw the review and processing of Education
University of California,
Santa Barbara
BA, Environmental Studies/
Geography, 2005
Professional Affiliations
Association of
Environmental Professionals
American Planning Association
David Hochart
over 21 NTPs and 16 variance requests. Mr. Hochart provided training for all third-party monitors and actively oversaw day-to-day monitoring activities. Throughout construction, several components of the project changed since the CEQA document was certified by the CPUC, and Mr. Hochart worked with the CPUC and project applicant to process project changes. The project recently obtained commercial operations ahead of schedule, and no delays in the schedule occurred as a result of environmental requirements.
Ocotillo Wind Energy Express Project Environmental and Construction Compliance Monitoring Program, Tule Wind LLC and U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Imperial County, California. Served as compliance manager for implementation of the BLM’s Environmental and Construction Compliance Monitoring Program. Worked closely with the BLM El Centro Field Office staff and project applicant to oversee environmental compliance as extension of staff to BLM.
Tule Wind Project Environmental and Construction Compliance Monitoring Program, Tule Wind LLC and BLM, San Diego County, California. Served as compliance manager for implementation of the BLM’s Environmental and Construction Compliance Monitoring Program. Worked closely with the BLM El Centro Field Office staff and project applicant in review of preconstruction submittals and issuance of notice to proceed with construction. Also worked closely with team members in preparation of a public website to share construction and monitoring progress once construction begins, as well as an internal team SharePoint site that will be used to post preconstruction submittals and permits, notices to proceed (NTPs), variance requests, and monitoring reports.
San Vicente Dam Raise Project, San Diego County Water Authority, San Diego County, California. Served as environmental lead to oversee environmental compliance, construction monitoring, sensitive species and habitat restoration monitoring, and other on-call services. The San Vicente Dam Raise Project combines two projects, the Emergency Storage Project and the Carryover Storage Project, each with its own set of environmental documents and permits, into one large project. Worked with the construction management team on a daily basis to complete design reviews and compliance tracking efforts to ensure that environmental permit conditions were incorporated into the plans and specifications and implemented in the field.
Mission Trails Environmental Compliance Monitoring, San Diego County Water Authority (SDCWA), San Diego County, California. Served as environmental lead for compliance monitoring of two separate SDCWA improvement projects: the pipeline 3 relining project and the Mission Trails Flow Regulatory Structure (FRS) II, pipeline tunnel, and vent demolition project. Provided preconstruction environmental training of the construction management team and project crews and operators. Following construction, monitored finish grading, soil ripping/preparation work, and hydroseeding activities to ensure this work was performed in accordance with the environmental documents/permits and the conformed plans and specifications.
Construction Package (CP) 2-3 of the California High-Speed Rail Project, Dragados-Flatiron Joint Venture (DFJV), Fresno, Tulare, Fresno, and Kings Counties, California. Mr. Hochart provided day-to-day environmental compliance management services for construction of the CP 2-3 segment of the California High-Speed Rail Project. Mr.
Hochart coordinated on-site biological, cultural, and tribal monitors, and worked closely with the DFJV to ensure project requirements and permit conditions were implemented and adhered to, while also keeping the construction teams moving along the alignment.
Caltrain Peninsula Corridor Electrification Program (PCEP), Balfour Beatty Infrastructure, Inc. (BBI), San Mateo, San Francisco, and Santa Clara Counties, California. Mr. Hochart provided day-to-day environmental compliance management services for construction of the 51-mile Caltrain PCEP project. Mr. Hochart directed the on-site biological, cultural, and tribal monitors, and worked closely with BBI to ensure project requirements and permit conditions are implemented and adhered to during construction. The PCEP will electrify the Caltrain Corridor from San Francisco’s 4th and King Caltrain Station to approximately the Tamien Caltrain Station, convert diesel-hauled to Electric Multiple Unit (EMU) trains, and increase service up to six Caltrain trains per peak hour per direction.
Eric Hanson
Environmental Compliance Manager
Eric Hanson is an environmental compliance manager with 10 years’ professional experience in environmental planning, regulatory permitting, environmental compliance, and field biology in Southern California. Mr.
Hanson has established relationships with resource agency staff across Southern California and local/state transportation agency staff in Los Angeles. He has contributed to and been the Natural Resources section author of multiple California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)/National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) documents, and has successfully applied for, negotiated, and secured permit packages for multiple complex projects, emphasizing bridge design and hydrology in relation to aquatic flora and fauna impacts.
In his role as environmental compliance manager, Mr. Hanson reviews and provides quality control for technical and survey reports for cultural resources, aesthetics, air quality, hazardous waste, and natural resources. He has extensive experience interacting with municipal and resource agencies, as well as the public. Mr. Hanson works with multiple stakeholders to find acceptable design alternatives during the response- to-comment process, collaborating with design and construction engineers, as well as general construction contractors to help clients build a project within scope and cost, while complying with permit conditions and minimization measures.
Mr. Hanson was the construction liaison for the California High-Speed Rail (HSR) Segment 1 environmental compliance project, and is currently managing the environmental construction compliance for the HSR Segment 2/3. He has also worked on numerous local assistance projects with scopes of work spanning from Americans with Disabilities Act- compliant sidewalks to bridge replacements and road widening. Mr.
Hanson’s experience with the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) spans from the implementation of the Surface Transportation Project Delivery Pilot Program to the transition to the current memorandum of understanding with the Federal Highway Administration.
He also has experience with Caltrans/State Historic Preservation Office 2014 Programmatic Agreement and 106 Screening Memo.
Education
California State University (CSU),
Northridge
MPA, Public Policy Administration,
2011
CSU Channel Islands
BS, Environmental Science
Resource Management, 2007
Certifications
CDFW Scientific Collectors Permit
for MGS
CDFW Certified First Responder
and Incident Commander
Desert Tortoise Surveying,
Monitoring and Handling
Workshop
40-Hour OSHA HAZWOPER
FEMA ICS 100,200,700.
RAPID Streambed Assessment
(Riparian Module)
Wetlands Training Institute: Basic
and Advanced Wetlands
Delineation
Eric Hanson
Project Experience
Environmental Compliance Services for California HSR Segment 2/3, Caltrans, Fresno and Bakersfield, California.
Managing the environmental construction compliance for the HSR Segment 2/3. Duties include the following:
Coordinate with client to determine weekly and 3-week ahead construction schedule, as well as identify potential constraints;
Develop monitoring schedule for all technical disciplines based on scheduled construction activities; Verify monitors are trained, certified and aware of environmental permit conditions; Review and approve daily monitoring reports, ensuring appropriate compliance level is documented; Identify potential constraints based on review of daily monitoring reports and coordinate with client construction staff to avoid or minimize construction delays; Relevant Previous Experience
Caltrans, Los Angeles, California. Served as associate environmental planner (Natural Sciences). Completed class duties on a constant basis including NES (R), BA/BE, MIS, Section 7 consultation. Prepared in-lieu fee agreements, coordinating with generalists on NEPA Section 4(f). Conducted and prepared biological and natural resource studies in support of District Transportation projects. Coordinated review and approval of City and County Local Assistance Projects as CEQA Lead Agency. As Federal Highway Administration-delegated NEPA Lead Agency representative, coordinated with federal agencies such as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), and National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) in support of state and federal funded local City and County Transportation Projects. Member of Project Design Team for design and construction planning of D7 first fish ladder.
Secured all resource agency permits, coordinating directly with both state and federal resource agencies. Conducted on-/off-site habitat restoration to mitigate project impacts. Reviewed consultant-prepared natural resource studies.
Caltrans, Los Angeles, California. Served as Environmental Planner (NS). Conducted biological surveys for proposed projects. Surveyed flora and fauna to determine environmental impacts. Common surveys included nesting birds, roosting bats, small mammal, large mammal, freshwater fish presence, and sensitive flora presence. Designed surveys to measure the structure and function of communities present, as well as determine presence of specific species. Coordinated with resource agencies and applied for and monitor Resource agency permits including Ca. Department of Fish and Wildlife 1600, Clean Water Act 401, Clean Water Act 404 404, and Section 7 consultation with NMFS and USFWS. Wrote Natural Environmental Studies which include analysis of sensitive species and communities, migration corridors and linkages and possible impacts on natural systems and biological resources.
Parsons Corporation, Irvine, California. Served as senior scientists (biologist) and project planner on California High Speed Rail Construction Package 1. Coordinated daily compliance monitoring for all technical specialties.
Coordinated with Parsons Planning and Tutor Perini Zachary Parsons (Joint Venture) to gather required construction details and information for planning documents. Coordinated with TPZP staff to ensure environmental footprint is up to date and Design/Construction engineers are aware of footprint limits/constraints during construction.
City of Santa Clarita, California. Served as urban forestry intern. Performed citywide inventory of city trees utilizing Trimble GPS, GIS including ARCMAP, ARCINFO and ArbroPro computer programs. Performed nesting bird and surveys. Coordinated with city trimming contractor and schedule trimming based on survey results, MBTA, and public safety concerns. Performed Oak Tree inspections and write Oak Tree reports for city projects impacting Oaks. Plan and coordinate community tree planting events. Ordered and inspected wholesale nursery shipments for the city. Write and apply for various grants relating to Urban Forestry.
David Wickens
Regulatory Specialist
David Wickens is a senior regulatory specialist with 26 years’ experience in Northern California, New Mexico, and the Midwest. As a senior project manager with the Army Corps of Engineers’ (ACOE’s) San Francisco District for 11 years, Mr. Wickens reviewed numerous complex and controversial permit applications under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act (CWA) and Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act within the Bay Area and the north coastal region of California. He is familiar with and regularly applies knowledge of laws such as the Endangered Species Act, National Environmental Policy Act, Coastal Zone Management Act, and National Historic Preservation Act. Mr. Wickens has provided permitting assistance on a wide variety of projects, including transportation, residential and commercial development, energy, waste management, wetland mitigation, creek stabilization, and major tidal wetland restoration. He has developed programmatic permitting approaches including regional general permits (RGPs), letters of permission (LOPs), and streamlined permitting associated with habitat conservation plans (HCPs).
Mr. Wickens has extensive experience developing mitigation banks and in-lieu fee programs. Additionally, he was a key member of the South Pacific Division’s project team responsible for developing standard operating procedures for compensatory mitigation decisions, including the updated Mitigation and Monitoring Guidelines, Mitigation Ratios Checklist, and Uniform Performance Standards.
Professional Experience
Residences at Five Creek Project, City of Rohnert Park, Rohnert Park, California. Mr. Wickens served as permitting lead for the Project. He worked closely with City engineers and planners to submit permit applications and associated documentation to federal, state, and local regulatory agencies: ACOE, Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB), California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW), and the Sonoma County Water Agency (SWCA). Worked closely with the City of Rohnert Park and the regulatory agencies to identify and negotiate impact avoidance strategies and minimization measures that maintained Project goals and objectives whilst avoiding expensive compensatory mitigation requirements.
Pier Repair Project, California State University Maritime Academy, Vallejo, California. Permitting lead f or the Project. Mr. Wickens successfully obtained federal and state regulatory permi ts/authorizations from ACOE, RWQCB, San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), CDFW, and associated tribal consultation for work to correct structural deficiencies along approximat ely 50-linear feet of California State University Maritime Academy (Maritime Academy) pier. The Maritime Academy Pier is integral to the core curriculum of 1200 students and faculty because it provides a place for the Maritime Academy training ship, the Go lden Education
Michigan State University
BS, Resource Development, 1992
Certifications
Certified California Rapid
Assessment Method Practitioner
for Riverine and Depressional
Modules
David Wickens
Bear, to dock. The Golden Bear is a 500 -foot long ship that is vital to the training/classroom/laboratory experience in seamanship at the Maritime Academy. Mr. Wickens successfully ne gotiated an expedited permit review strategy with the Corps and RWQC B that also allowed the project to be appended to programmatic biological opinions with the USFWS and NMFS .
Water Tank #8 Project, City of Rohnert Park, Rohnert Park, California. Mr. Wickens served as permitting lead for the Project. He worked closely with City engineers and planners to append the Project to an expedited permit review process with RWQCB, a Waiver of Waste Discharge for Specific Categories of Low Threat Discharge in the North Coast Region. Mr. Wickens developed impact avoidance strategies and minimization measures and developed an on-site mitigation strategy that maintained Project goals and objectives whilst avoiding expensive off-site compensatory mitigation requirements.
Roblar Road Quarry, Sonoma, California. Mr. Wickens is serving as the permitting lead for the Roblar Road Quarry project located in Sonoma County. He is preparing federal and state permit applications and developing mitigation strategies to compensate for proposed impacts to waters of the U.S. and non-federal waters of the state by completing the ACOE South Pacific Division Mitigation Ratios Checklist, utilizing the CRAM Riverine Module to determine prudent types and amounts of compensatory mitigation. Mr. Wickens is working closely with federal and state wildlife agencies to negotiate a common sense approach to protection of listed species and their habitat. He is also verseeing tribal consultation and agreement on protection of sensitive cultural deposits.
Coleman Creek Pathway Project, City of Rohnert Park, Rohnert Park , California. Mr. Wickens worked with City engineers to provide as -needed technical assistance regarding Project construction to develop impact avoidance strategies and best management practices (BMPs) to remove the project from ACOE, NMFS, and CDFW regula tory jurisdictions.
San Francisco Bay Coordinated Permitting Process, Resources Legacy Fund, San Francisco Bay, California.
Working with Resources Legacy Fund (RLF) to develop and implement the Bay Restoration Regulatory Integration Team (BRRIT), and Project Management Committee (PMC) to administer a coordinated federal and state permitting process for multi-benefit wetland restoration projects along the bay shoreline of the nine Bay Area counties in San Francisco Bay. The BRRIT will work together in review of multi-benefit restoration projects to improve permitting timelines and predictability for multi-benefit restoration projects. The PMT will work with the BRRIT to resolve complicated project review issues with a charge to review, modify or create policy to resolve issues related to authorization of restoration, flood management and public access infrastructure. To accomplish these goals, we are developing a coordinated pre-application process and facilitating the development of the BRRIT and PMT (federal and state interagency teams consisting of the ACOE, NMFS, USFWS, BCDC, RWQCB, CDFW, and the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)). Additionally, Mr. Wickens conducted a series of interviews to develop a ten-year projection of restoration projects and a rapid assessment matrix that describes the permit requirements and data needs for anticipated projects. The BRRIT and PMT will facilitate robust and expedited compliance with the following: Clean Water Act (CWA) §404, CWA §401 Water Quality Certification, McAteer-Petris Act, Endangered Species Act & Essential Fish Habitat, California Endangered Species Act, California Water Code, CDFW 1600, San Francisco Bay Basin Plan, Suisun Marsh Preservation Act, Rivers and Harbors Act, Coastal Zone Management Act, and California fully protected species.
Canal Replacement Project, Contra Costa Water District, Concord, California. Assisting District with federal and state regulatory permitting updates and extensions. Updated and/or extended permits with the ACOE; RWQCB; USFWS; NMFS; CDFW; and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). Also, serving as Project Manager overseeing five critical Project tasks: updates to CEQA/NEPA documentation; environmental compliance to support clearing and grubbing the right-of-way along Segments 3 and 4 of the Project; environmental compliance and support immediately prior to and during construction; fish rescue prior to the start of construction; and environmental monitoring and compliance documentation.
Laurie Monarres
Regulatory Specialist
Laurie Monarres has 15 years’ professional experience as a regulatory specialist throughout California. As the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (Corps) Regulatory North Branch Chief of the San Francisco District, Ms.
Monarres supervised a team of project managers, and oversaw the review and evaluation of complex and controversial permit applications under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act (CWA) and Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act within the north coastal region of California. Prior to that, she was a Senior Regulatory Project Manager with the Corps Los Angeles District. Ms. Monarres has permitted a wide variety of projects including transportation, water infrastructure, multi-benefit restoration projects, gravel mining, aquaculture, energy and utility lines, creek stabilizations, flood control projects, and major coastal restorations. She has developed programmatic permitting approaches including regional general permits (RGPs), letters of permission (LOPs), and streamlined permitting associated with habitat conservation plans (HCPs).
Ms. Monarres has extensive experience in developing and implementing mitigation banks and in-lieu fee programs, including current submittals for the Santa Clara Valley Habitat Plan and the Santa Ana Watershed Association. Additionally, she was a key member of the Corps South Pacific Division’s project team responsible for developing standard operating procedures for compensatory mitigation decisions, including the updated Mitigation and Monitoring Guidelines, the Mitigation Ratios Checklist, Uniform Performance Standards, and Mitigation Site Selection using a watershed approach.
Project Experience
As-Needed Environmental Services, San Jose Water Company, Santa Clara County, California. Project manager and permitting lead for as-needed environmental permitting and compliance services for San Jose Water. Dudek is assisting San Jose Water with management, permitting, implementation, and compliance monitoring of multiple projects associated with the Los Gatos Creek Watershed Maintenance Program. Work includes agency coordination and submittal of preseason work plans associated with a Regional General Permit (RGP) from the Corps, and associated RWQCB, CDFW, and USFWS authorizations.
Raw Water Intake Bypass Flow Study, San Jose Water Company, Santa Clara County, California. Project manager and permitting lead for the Project. Dudek is assisting San Jose Water with obtaining a required 1600 Lake and Streambed Alteration Agreement (LSAA) from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) for the continued operation of their intake structures between the upper Los Gatos Creek and Saratoga Creek watersheds.
Education
University of California (UC),
Los Angeles
MS, Environmental Health
Sciences
UC Berkeley
BA, Integrative Biology
Certifications
California Rapid Assessment
Method Practitioner for Riverine
and Depressional Modules
Laurie Monarres
Laurel Avenue Emergency Slide Repair, Marin Municipal Water District, Marin County, California. Permitting lead for the Project. Dudek successfully obtained regulatory permits/authorizations for emergency work that was needed to correct landslide damage to Laurel Avenue and an MMWD water main located at the roadway.
San Francisco Bay Coordinated Permitting Process, Resources Legacy Fund, San Francisco Bay, California.
Working with Resources Legacy Fund (RLF) to develop and implement the Bay Restoration Regulatory Integration Team (BRRIT), a coordinated permitting process for multi-benefit wetland restoration projects. The BRRIT will improve permitting timelines and predictability for multi-benefit projects and associated flood management and public access infrastructure along the bay shoreline of the nine Bay Area counties in San Francisco Bay.
Programmatic Permitting Assistance, Santa Clara Valley Habitat Agency (SCVHA), Santa Clara County, California. Project Manager for SCVHA Implementation Services, including aquatic resources permitting. SCVHA is in the process of obtaining programmat ic permits associated with the Santa Clara Valley Habitat Plan, a 50 - year regional plan allowing for future development in Santa Clara Valley while protecting endangered species.
Ms. Monarres provided strategy, meeting support, and regulatory application s upport to complete an RGP with the Corps, including writing and coordinating the Habitat Plan’s interim mitigation strategy, and is currently coordinating with the Water Boards to create a strategy and framework for an aquatic resources plan to enable issuance of a programmatic 401 Water Quality Certification associated with the RGP for covered projects within the Habitat Plan Area.
Newell Creek Dam Inlet Outlet Replacement Project, City of Santa Cruz Water District, Santa Cruz County, California. Permitting lead for the Project. Dudek is providing consulting services for CEQA compliance and environmental permitting for the Project, which involves replacing the existing aging inlet/outlet works in a new location at Loch Lomond Reservoir. Ms. Monarres developed the overall permitting strategy, coordinated an interagency pre-application meeting, and is preparing the application packages, including development of a mitigation plan and an alternatives analysis for compliance with the 404(b)(1) Guidelines.
Ventura Shellfish Enterprise (VSE) Permitting, Ventura Port District, Ventura, California. Dudek project manager for the VSE project. Dudek is the project management lead, coordinating a multi-disciplinary team consisting of VPD staff, federal and state partners, industry representatives, biologists, legal counsel, and academic/scientific researchers.
San Felipe Creek Restoration Project, Santa Clara Valley Habitat Agency (SCVHA), Santa Clara County, California.
Regulatory permitting lead for the San Felipe Creek Restoration Project, which is being implemented as part of the fulfillment of the Santa Clara Valley Habitat Plan’s conservation strategy. The San Felipe Creek Restoration Project will restore an approximately one-mile stretch of San Felipe Creek and its tributary Boyd’s Creek within Joseph D.
Grant County Park.
Gaviota Pier Reconstruction Project, California State Parks, Santa Barbara County, California. Dudek project manager for the project. Dudek is providing permitting assistance for the reconstruction project located in Gaviota State Park, which involves repair of the end of Gaviota Pier, which was damaged in a storm, and associated shoreline stabilization. We prepared and submitted applications for regulatory permits to the Corps, RWQCB, and the California Coastal Commission. Requirements of the application packages included documenting compliance with the Corps’ Nationwide Permit terms and conditions, providing an alternatives analysis, and incorporating measures to account for sea level rise.
Huntington Beach Desalination Plant, Poseidon Water LLC, Huntington Beach, California. Preparing Corps and Water Board permit applications associated with construction components of the desalination plant, including upgrades to the intake and outfall, as well as distribution pipelines. Conducted a wetland delineation and prepared a delineation report for the future site of the desalination plant in Huntington Beach.
Education
Louisiana State University
PhD, Geology and Geophysics, 2009
BS, Zoology, 2002
Certifications
Qualified Paleontologist; Orange,
Riverside, and San Diego Counties
BLM California Paleontological
Resource Use Permit
Professional Affiliations
Society of Vertebrate Paleontology
Michael Williams, PhD
Paleontologist
Michael Williams is a paleontologist and crossed-trained archaeological field technician with 16 years’ experience with fieldwork, fossil vertebrate specimen processing, and writing of reports for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE). Dr. Williams has project experience in all aspects of paleontological mitigation, including Phase I preconstruction surveys and report preparation and writing paleontological mitigation plans, initial studies (ISs)/mitigated negative declarations, and environmental impact reports (EIRs). He also has experience attending pre-grade meetings; preparing and presenting on-site Worker Environmental Awareness Programs (WEAPs); monitoring for paleontological resources and supervising paleontological monitoring; coordinating spot checks and monitoring with construction superintendents and foremen; collecting and processing sediments for vertebrate microfossils, writing final monitoring reports; and accessioning fossils to the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, San Bernardino County Museum and the Cooper Center in Orange County. Dr. Williams has California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and private company paleontological mitigation experience in San Diego, Imperial, Orange, Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino, Ventura, Kern, Inyo, Fresno, San Francisco, and Alameda counties. In addition, he has worked as a cross-trained archaeological surveyor and monitor on several field projects.
Project Experience
Sand Canyon Resort EIR, Santa Clarita, California, Served as senior paleontologist. Co-wrote and reviewed the paleontological resources section of the EIR.
Crossroads at Golden Valley, Santa Clarita, California. Served as paleontologist and archaeological surveyor.
Conducted the archaeological and paleontological survey and wrote the paleontological resources survey report.
Old Bridge Over Castaic Creek MND, Val Verde, California. Served as senior paleontologist. Wrote the paleontological resources section of the Mitigated Negative Declaration.
Haskell Canyon Substation, LADWP, Santa Clarita, California. Served as principal paleontologist. Monitored excavations for paleontological resources and reviewed the final paleontological monitoring report.
Machado Lake Pipeline Project, City of Los Angeles, California. Served as paleontological field lead. Monitored and supervised monitoring for archaeological and paleontological resources and co-wrote the final monitoring report.
Michael Williams
Van Norman Reservoir Well Drilling Project, City of Los Angeles, California. Served as paleontological field lead.
Monitored and supervised monitoring for archaeological and paleontological resources and co-wrote the final monitoring report.
City Truck Line South-Unit 4, City of Los Angeles, California. Served as paleontological field lead. Monitored and supervised monitoring for paleontological resources.
Pacific Palisades Village 1 CAH Acquisitions Co. LLC, Los Angeles, California. Presented the paleontological WEAP, provided senior paleontological support of paleontological monitors, and assisted in writing the final monitoring report.
Chapman University Packinghouse EIR, Orange County, California. Requested paleontological records search from the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County and drafted paleontological resources section for the EIR.
ISEC West Paleontological Services, Tenaska Inc., Imperial County, California. Curated fossil invertebrate fauna, accessioned fossil invertebrates to the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, and co-wrote the final paleontological resources final report.
Sixth and Virgil (Next on Sixth) Streets Multifamily Residential Development Projects, Century West Partners, Los Angeles, California. Served as principal paleontologist. Coordinated and conducted paleontological monitoring and collected, stabilized, and prepared fossil fishes.
Berendo and New Hampshire Streets Multifamily Residential Development Projects, Fifield Companies, Los Angeles, California. Served as principal paleontologist. Supervised paleontological monitoring, collected and processed sediment samples for microvertebrates, and accessioned fossils into the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
Orange County Great Park Paleontological Monitoring, City of Irvine, California. Served as staff paleontologist.
Developed and presented the WEAP. Monitored construction activities for former underground storage tank 240b and pond excavations for paleontological resources, accessioned fossils into the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, and wrote the final monitoring reports.
Browning High School, Long Beach Unified School District, Signal Hill, California. Served as principal paleontologist. Spot-checked paleontological monitoring; collected and processed sediments for microfossils; accessioned fossils to the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Invertebrate Paleontology Division; and contributed to the final monitoring report.
Scattergood Transmission Line Project, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP), Los Angeles County, California. Served as paleontological and archaeological monitor. Monitored excavations for paleontological and archaeological resources.
Calabasas Landfill Project, County of Los Angeles, California. Served as principal paleontologist and wrote the paleontological resources technical report.
Palmdale to Los Angeles Union Station Project, CHSRA, Los Angeles County, California. Served as staff paleontologist. Participated in survey for paleontological resources and writing of EIR/EIS and technical report.
Hauled Water Project, County of Los Angeles, California. Served as principal paleontologist and geologist. Wrote the geology and soils IS, the technical report, and the paleontological section of the EIR.
Enhanced Watershed Management Programmatic EIR, County of Los Angeles, California. Served as principal paleontologist. Wrote the paleontological section of the programmatic EIR.