February 2020
Request for Proposal
RFP #PL-19-20-14
City of Santa Clarita
Purchasing Department
23920 Valencia Blvd., Suite 120, Santa Clarita, California 91355-2196 Attn: Purhasing Department
(661) 286-4183
PREPARED BY:
PREPARED FOR:
4165 E. Thousand Oaks Boulevard, Suite 290, Westlake Village, California 91362 Contacts: Carl Lindner, Senior Project Manager
(818) 879-4700
CORPORATION
On-Call Environmental
Planning Services
Planning Department
ENVICOM CORPORATION PROPOSAL FOR ON-CALL ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING SERVICES RFP # PL-19-20-14 Submitted to: CITY OF SANTA CLARITA PURCHASING DEPARTMENT 23920 Valencia Blvd. Santa Clarita, CA 91355-2196 Attn: Melody Bartlette, Purchasing Contact (661) 255-4918 Submitted by: ENVICOM CORPORATION 4165 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd., Suite 290 Westlake Village, CA 91362-3814 Attn: Laura Kaufman, AICP Vice President, Environmental Services (818) 879-4700 February 25, 2020
TABLE OF CONTENTS
STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS ON-CALL ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING SERVICES i SECTION PAGE SIGNED REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL PAGE ii SIGNED DISCLOSURE STATEMENT PAGE iv ADDENDA PUBLISHED THROUGH PLANET BIDS vi I. RESPONSE TO RFP 1 1.1. RESPONSE FILE 2 1.1.1. Introduction 2 1.1.2 Qualifications 4 1.1.3 Experience on Similar Projects 8 1.1.4 References 25 1.1.5 Program Management and QA/QC 26 1.1.6 Personnel, Equipment, and Facilities 30 1.1.7 Sub-Consultants 43 1.2. COST FILE (UNDER SEPARATE COVER) Standard Hourly Fee Schedules 1.3 CONTRACT AND INSURANCE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 53 TABLES Table 1 Staff’s Typical Percentage of Time to Project by Role 30 Table 2 Staff’s Agency Experience and Level of Involvement 32 FIGURE Figure 1 Organizational Chart 31 APPENDIX Appendix A References Appendix B Resumes
STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS ON-CALL ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING SERVICES ii SIGNED REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL PAGE The following page provides the required signed RFP page entitled “Notice Inviting Proposals, On-Call Environmental Planning Services, RFP #PL-19-20-14.”
STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS ON-CALL ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING SERVICES iv SIGNED DISCLOSURE STATEMENT PROPOSAL PAGE The following page provides the required signed RFP page entitled “Disclosure Statement”, On-Call Environmental Planning Services, RFP #PL-19-20-14.”
STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS ON-CALL ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING SERVICES vi SIGNED ADDENDUM #1 The following page provides the required signed RFP page entitled “Addendum #1”, On-Call Environmental Planning Services, RFP #PL-19-20-14.”
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STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS ON-CALL ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING SERVICES 1 I. RESPONSE TO RFP The following provides responses in the organizational format matching the RFP for the “Response File.” Our response to the cost information requested in the RFP is provided as requested under separate cover, as a separate submittal labeled “Cost File.”
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1.1. RESPONSE FILE 1.1.1 Introduction A. Cover Letter February 25, 2020 City of Santa Clarita Purchasing Department 23920 Valencia Boulevard Santa Clarita, CA 91355-2196 Attn: Melody Bartlette, Purchasing Contact Subj: Statement of Qualifications to Provide On-Call Environmental Planning Services to the City of Santa Clarita, RFP # PL-19-20-14 (Envicom Project # 50-180-001) Dear Purchasing: Envicom Corporation (or Envicom) welcomes the opportunity to provide as-needed environmental planning services to the City of Santa Clarita (City) Planning Department (Planning). Through the Notice Inviting Proposals (also referred to as Request for Proposals or RFP), the City is seeking consultants to perform professional services in several categories on an as-needed basis for projects assigned by the City during the term of the contract. We wish to provide all the requested services as identified in the RFP Scope of Work (Section B) which address the following four City objectives: 1) Review and/or preparation of technical studies and California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) documents for development projects proposed by private entitlement applicants; 2) Preparation of technical studies and CEQA documents for the City, including but not limited to, annexations, code amendments, and other policies and programs; 3) Implementation of CEQA documents through mitigation monitoring and related services; and 4) Performance of field monitoring services. The Envicom team is comprised of in-house and closely affiliated technical experts, to cover the full range of services requested, including all Supplier Responsibilities itemized in the Supplier Responsibilities (Sections B6 through B8). This proposal includes the required sections, as noted in our Table of Contents and as follows: • Introduction – (this section) including a Cover Letter • Qualifications – to provide the services described in the scope of work (Technical Reports and Peer Review, Environmental Documents, Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting, and Expertise) • Experience on Similar Projects – Envicom and Sub-Contractors • References • Program Management and Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC) • Personnel, Equipment, and Facilities • Sub-Consultants • Cost Proposal – Provided Under Separate Cover Envicom Corporation is a California C-Corporation (Tax ID 95-2802086), under the sole ownership of Travis Cullen, President. Our capable team of CEQA practitioners and technical experts has provided high quality services to public and private sector clients for over 45 years. Envicom staff is comprised of 20 technical professionals covering multiple disciplines for the preparation of environmental documents and studies. Envicom Corporation’s portfolio of projects includes projects in the City and surrounding areas and comprises many public works projects.
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STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS ON-CALL ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING SERVICES 3 Envicom Corporation is well qualified to perform the list of tasks outlined in Sections 6 through 8 of the Scope of Work, pages 7-8 of the RFP. Our firm has been selected for CEQA/National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) on-call or qualified consultant lists in many jurisdictions, including the cities of Los Angeles, Thousand Oaks, Simi Valley, Agoura Hills, Calabasas, Pomona, and Chino Hills, as well as the counties of Los Angeles, Riverside, Ventura, and Santa Barbara. We routinely work with several highly qualified professional consultant teaming partners, providing technical studies for use in our work. Our team for the On-Call Environmental Planning Services contract includes the following consultant teaming partners (in alphabetical order) to fulfill the CEQA analysis requirements and additional specifications in Sections 6 through 8 of the RFP Scope of Work: • Associated Transportation Engineers (Transportation/Roadways) • Citadel EHS (Environmental Health/Asbestos and Lead) • Encompass Consultant Group (Stormwater Pollution Prevention Planning (SWPPP) [SWPPP]/Qualified SWPPP Developer [QSD]) • Interacta, Inc. (Visual Simulations) • Leighton Consulting, Inc. (Geology/Hazardous Materials/Water Sampling) • Viking Research (Wildfire Consultation) Our team staff and their individual titles/roles and qualifications are provided in Section 1.1.6. Personnel, Equipment, and Facilities; and Section 1.1.7 Sub-Consultants, along with an organizational chart. We have read and agree to comply with all terms and conditions of the RFP. Our contact information, also on the cover of this Statement of Qualifications (SOQ), is as follows: Envicom Corporation 4165 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd., Suite 290 Westlake Village, CA 91362 Attn: Laura Kaufman, AICP, Vice President, Environmental Services Tel: (818) 879-4700 [email protected] We trust that you will find our qualifications presented herein will adequately meet your needs in terms of our team’s technical experience and qualifications, understanding of need, relevant experience on similar projects, thoroughness of our proposal and approach, references and (under separate cover) costs. The Envicom team has ample workload capacity to address the City’s needs and we welcome the opportunity to provide the requested environmental planning services. The contents of this SOQ remain effective for a period of not less than 120 days from the proposal due date of February 25, 2020. Please do not hesitate to call if you have questions or require additional information. Sincerely, Travis Cullen, LEED AP President “Program Manager and Main Point of Contact for the Contract” per RFP Section C.1.1.5 [email protected] Laura Kaufman, AICP Vice President, Environmental Services “Designated Project Manager for the Contract” per RFP Section C.1.1.6 [email protected]
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1.1.2 Qualifications A. Envicom Corporation Firm Qualifications Envicom Corporation is an independent consulting firm serving clients throughout California with high quality environmental and land planning consultation for over 45 years. The firm is a California Corporation under the sole ownership of Travis Cullen, President, who is responsible for all firm contractual matters and is supported by a staff of 20 employees and a considerable network of qualified consulting associates. The firm holds California Small Business Enterprise (SBE) Certification (No. 1769729). Mr. Cullen is supported by principals Primo Tapia, Vice President; Laura Kaufman, Vice President, Environmental Services, and a team of directors, project managers, analysts, and technical specialists including biologists and archeologists. Our staff and sub-consultants have the required and appropriate certifications, training, and experience to address all topics necessary to support the varied CEQA analyses and environmental planning services identified in the scope of work requested by the City. We routinely work with several highly qualified professional consultant teaming partners, providing technical studies for use in our work, and indicate their role and qualifications in Section 1.1.7 Sub-Consultants. In addition, we are adept at coordinating with lead agencies on the use of agency- or applicant-contracted consultants to peer review and comment on others’ studies and data which we then incorporate into our environmental documents. As experts in the implementation of the CEQA, NEPA, Federal Clean Water Act, and other National, State and local environmental laws, Envicom Corporation has successfully completed numerous regional projects with clients ranging from small developers to large corporations, cities, and counties. Equipped with this team of in-house and closely affiliated technical experts, Envicom Corporation provides a multitude of environmental analysis and clearance services, including permitting, CEQA document preparation, mapping, technical report preparation, surveying, and monitoring services. Our expanded team includes highly qualified environmental planners, cartographers, ecologists and biological resources specialists (including arborists, local plant identification specialists, protocol survey personnel, delineation personnel), geologists, cultural resource specialists (qualified to evaluate archaeology, architectural historic resources, and paleontology including Native American consultation), noise specialists, and air quality specialists. We also provide civil engineering, hazardous materials (Phase I and Phase II) analyses, and traffic engineering via subcontracts with “associate” firms. Throughout its history, Envicom Corporation has consistently shown superior capability in preparing environmental compliance documents consistent with the standards of the most discriminating clients, including major California Cities and Counties, lending institutions, large landholders, and leading west coast land use law firms. Summary points of our qualifications are as follows: Technical Expertise and Track Record – Envicom Corporation has prepared more than four thousand (4,000) environmental documents since our founding in 1972, involving a wide range of projects, issues, and jurisdictions. Much of this work has been performed in accordance with the procedural and substantive requirements of CEQA and NEPA. These reports have addressed the environmental consequences of projects in both the private and public sectors. Our list of clients includes public agencies on the Federal, State, and local levels, private industry, regulated utilities, political and public law organizations, special districts, universities, hospitals, religious institutions, and homeowners’ groups. EIRs prepared by Envicom Corporation have consistently been found to fully satisfy CEQA requirements under court and judicial
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STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS ON-CALL ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING SERVICES 5 review. Envicom Corporation believes that its excellent track record is testimony to the skills and experience of its staff. Commitment to Sound Judgment & Plain Language – Envicom Corporation has consistently produced environmental documents that are technically proficient and are repeatedly recognized for their accessibility to the public-at-large and their usefulness to decision-makers and responsible public agencies. To this end, our documents are written in language and formats that are commonly understood by their intended readers. Graphics are used extensively to illustrate project characteristics and to summarize important analysis conclusions. Interactive Consulting – The firm has received peer recognition for advancing “state-of-the-art” environmental analyses. Rather than providing only “after-the-fact” evaluation of a finalized plan, our staff provides reasoned advice throughout the duration of our involvement including input into the project design, mitigation options, and project alternatives. By providing input during the design phase, concerned planners, developers, and the community clearly understand the options under consideration and potential trade-offs. This facilitates the selection of preferred project components and identification of reasonable and effective mitigation measures. Timely and Cost-Effective Delivery of Products – Envicom Corporation has consistently demonstrated our ability to complete work products in highly constrained time periods. The firm has successfully completed and ensured the certification of a number of environmental assessments that were subject to critical financial or legal deadlines. Reputation Among Approving Agencies – Over the years, Envicom Corporation has maintained a close working relationship with many local city, county, and Federal and State agencies, including the ACOE, CDFW, RWQCB, and most southern California counties and constituent cities. Envicom’s services can be organized into the general categories, many of which are interrelated and thus may overlap. For each we have provided a brief listing of the many environmental services we provide: • CEQA Environmental Documents/Analysis – All forms of CEQA compliance, from initial scoping through CEQA Notices of Determination, including CEQA Categorical Exemptions (CatExs), Initial Studies (ISs), Negative Declarations/Mitigated Negative Declarations (NDs/ MNDs), Environmental Impact Reports (EIRs), Subsequent and Supplemental EIRs, and Addenda. Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Programs (preparation, monitoring/enforcement), and CEQA Findings/Statements of Overriding Considerations. • Peer Review of CEQA Environmental Documents/Analysis – Review for compliance with CEQA statutes and guidelines. These include technical reports prepared by our team and review of technical reports prepared by third parties. Preparation and review of component technical reports, such as those below in this list. • Aesthetics and Visual Impacts – Policy evaluations, photographic analysis, and shade/shadow analysis. Visual Simulations provided using our teaming partner, Interacta, Inc. • Air Quality, Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions and Global Climate Change – Air Quality evaluations including California Emissions Estimator Model (CalEEMod) emissions estimations and GHG/global climate change evaluations. Additionally, we can provide Air Toxics Health Risk Assessments (HRAs) using a subconsultant. • Biological Services – Full range of wildlife and vegetation investigations, including wildlife and rare plant surveys in coastal, riparian, upland and hillside environments; habitat assessments,
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STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS ON-CALL ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING SERVICES 6 restoration plans, and constraints analyses; various field surveys, including nesting bird surveys, protected tree surveys and others; open space management plans, preserve designs, and other mitigation program design; and mitigation monitoring. Additional special status species tasks can be provided, overseeing subconsultants, to be provided upon request. • Cultural Resources and Tribal Cultural Resources (including Archaeology, Historic Architecture, Paleontology, and Native American Consultation) – Archaeological and Historic Phase I Inventories, Phase II Evaluations, and Phase III Mitigations, including Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) and Recordation; California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) Assessments; Ethnographic Studies; Indirect Effects Reporting; Paleontological Assessments; and Assembly Bill (AB) 52 compliance assistance to lead agencies. • Geology, Hydrogeology, Water Quality, Soils, and Seismicity – Incorporation of technical reports (provided by a qualified professional) and data into CEQA analysis. • Hazards and Hazardous Materials – Incorporation of technical reports (provided by a qualified professional) and data into CEQA analysis. Additional services provided using our well-qualified teaming partner, Citadel EHS. • Noise and Vibration Analysis – Noise evaluations including Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and Caltrans-supported methodologies and SoundPLAN software. Additional, more complex analysis can be provided with teaming partners, to be approved as and if needed. • Land Use and Planning – Land use policy analysis, mapping/Geographic Information Systems (GIS) databases and analysis, and environmental constraints/development suitability analysis. • Permitting and Entitlement – Jurisdictional Delineations and impact analyses; permitting applications; and consultation with Federal and State agencies in processing California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) Streambed Alteration Agreements, Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE) Section 404 permits, Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB) Section 401 Water Quality Certifications, Endangered Species Permits, and California Coastal Act/California Coastal Commission (CCC) permitting. • Environmental Mitigation Compliance – Construction compliance monitoring and reporting, including environmental sensitivity training programs, nesting bird surveys, water quality monitoring, and oak tree impact/mitigation monitoring. Archaeological, paleontological, and Native American monitoring, monitoring plans, and monitoring reports. Water quality/SWPPP monitoring. Other monitoring may be provided as needed. • Population and Housing – Analysis of consistency with housing and population projections. • Traffic and Transportation – Summary of reports and incorporation of technical data into CEQA analysis to address Level of Service (LOS), vehicle miles travelled (VMT), pedestrian safety, and multimodal transportation analysis. Technical reports to be provided by a qualified professional teaming partner, Associated Transportation Engineers (ATE), is teaming with us on this SOQ. • Utilities and Service Systems – Research and analysis addressing capacity impacts, summary of reports, and incorporation of technical data into CEQA documents. Data to be provided by a certified, qualified professional. • Geographic Information Systems (GIS) & Graphic Imaging – GIS and full-service graphic design and presentation capabilities. • Wildland Fire – Qualitative analysis; fuel modification plans; incorporation of technical reports (provided by a qualified fire professional) and data review, including fire modelling and fuel modification strategies into CEQA analysis, as necessary. Additional services provided using our well-qualified teaming partner, Viking Research.
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STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS ON-CALL ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING SERVICES 7 Contract Scope of Work Envicom Corporation is capable from the day of contract award to provide all deliverables as identified in the RFP scope of work. Technical reports will include but are not limited to aesthetics and visual impacts, air quality, biological resources, cultural resources, geology and soils, greenhouse gas emissions, hazards and hazardous materials, hydrology and water quality, noise, transportation and traffic, and wildland fire. Envicom Corporation realizes that entitlement applicants are permitted to submit technical reports evaluating their proposed projects. We are prepared to conduct peer review of applicant-provided technical reports and shall be responsible for determining whether they are technically accurate and sufficient for the CEQA document. If the documents are not sufficient, we will work with City staff to identify the outstanding data that is required. As noted previously, Envicom Corporation is experienced with all forms of CEQA documentation, including the following: Initial Study, Negative Declaration, Mitigated Negative Declaration, Environmental Impact Report, Supplement or Subsequent documents, and Addenda. We are available for documentation related to noticing, Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Programs, Findings of Fact, Statements of Overriding Consideration, and Public Hearing materials. We have provided below a brief scope of work for an EIR, the more rigorous of documents under CEQA, to demonstrate our understanding of the CEQA process. Envicom Corporation routinely develops mitigation monitoring programs for our clients and is experienced in their implementation and in submitting all the required reporting. When necessary and when consistent with regulatory guidance, Envicom will also provide periodic updates to Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Programs for projects in implementation and providing field services as required. We are experienced at providing, field monitoring including monitoring for biological resources, cultural resources, air quality, noise, and monitoring to support all CEQA analyses. Envicom Corporation staff are highly skilled professionals that routinely provide their expertise. They provide clearly reasoned technical environmental analyses, meeting all local and applicable state and federal standards, which are the basis of any defensible public disclosure document, and the key to informed decision-making. Researching, interpreting, and synthesizing multiple technical issues into a format that clearly defines a project's constraints or approval hurdles, then provides clear and workable solutions. Since 1972, Envicom Corporation has excelled at the production of thoughtfully prepared and structured, thorough, and internally consistent documents, permit applications, and mapping assignments that are easily understood by our clients and the general public. Envicom has successfully served thousands of clients and projects. Our staff have been called as expert witness. Our documents, permits, and graphics have withstood intense client, public, and legal scrutiny. Envicom Corporation has never had our work overturned in a court of law. In fact, the excellence of Envicom Corporation's work products and professional staff has been repeatedly recognized by peers and clients alike, as evidenced by the many APA, AEP, and private industry awards presented to the firm. We bring this history and skill set to the City of Santa Clarita and stand ready to provide consultation services to provide guidance, options, opinions, and strategies related to all typical CEQA and environmental issues in support of City and private development projects.
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1.1.3 Experience on Similar Projects We provide below examples of our work on projects that demonstrate our experience preparing the environmental documents described in the scope of work as well as experience providing technical reports and peer review, mitigation monitoring and reporting, and providing technical expertise. These projects demonstrate our CEQA skills on a variety of project sizes and types in both urban and more rural locations. Representative Envicom Projects River Walk Mixed-Use Phase I Project Lead Agency City of Santa Clarita; Client: Chandler Partners, Inc. Project Summary and Envicom Role: In 2019, Envicom prepared technical studies to support CEQA impact analysis for the proposed River Walk Mixed-Use Phase I project located at 18300 Soledad Canyon Road in the City of Santa Clarita. The project was located in the Solemint area of the City along the Santa Clara River between Sierra Highway and the Antelope Valley Freeway (California State Route 14). As urban infill, the project proposed to re-develop an approximately 5.4-acre vacant site formerly operated as a mobile home park. The project proposed 136 multi-family residential units, a 2-story 7,996-square foot commercial office building, a 1,852-square foot recreation room, and 272 parking stalls. Envicom prepared technical studies including the Air Quality Study, Biological Resources Survey, Greenhouse Gas Emissions Analysis, Phase I Cultural Resources Assessment, and Noise Study to assess impacts. The Air Quality Study quantified construction and operational emissions of criteria pollutants regulated by the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD), showing that project emissions would be below applicable thresholds of significance, including localized significance thresholds, for sensitive receptors. The Biological Resources survey included an assessment of sensitive wildlife and vegetation communities, riparian habitat, and potential jurisdictional habitat and wetland areas. The Greenhouse Gas Emissions analysis quantified emissions of greenhouse gasses in metric tons of CO2 equivalent emissions and showed that GHG Emissions would be below the SCAQMD threshold and consistent with the City of Santa Clarita Climate Action Plan (CAP). The Phase I Cultural Resources Assessment included South Central Coastal Information Center (SCCIC) and Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC) records searches, an on-site pedestrian surface assessment of the property, and paleontological assessment for fossil resource sensitivity. The Phase I Cultural Resources Assessment specified a discovery protocol in the event archaeological resources or human remains were inadvertently encountered during project ground disturbing activities. The Noise and Vibration Study identified and evaluated construction and operational impacts under applicable thresholds, including the Noise Element of the Santa Clarita General Plan, the City Noise Ordinance (Santa Clarita Municipal Code Section 11.44), and applicable vibration thresholds from federal and State Agencies. The Noise Study specified recommendations for reducing the impact of groundborne vibration from heavy equipment, such as large bulldozers, compactors, or equivalent equipment, to below applicable thresholds for human response. River Walk Mixed-Use Phase II Project Lead Agency: City of Santa Clarita; Client: Chandler Partners, Inc. Project Summary and Envicom Role: In 2020, Envicom prepared four technical studies to support CEQA impact analysis for the proposed River Walk Mixed-Use Phase II project located at 18228-18248 Soledad Canyon Road in the City of Santa Clarita. The project was located in the Solemint area of the City along the Santa Clara River between Sierra Highway and the Antelope Valley Freeway (California State
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STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS ON-CALL ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING SERVICES 9 Route 14). As urban infill, the project proposed to re-develop an approximately 3.87-acre site zoned Mixed Use-Corridor (MX-C) containing an existing shopping center. The project proposed demolition of 30,000 square feet of existing commercial facilities and a 58,000-square foot surface parking lot for the construction, use, and maintenance of 99 residential units, 5,000 square feet of commercial office space, and a surface parking lot with 242 stalls. Envicom prepared the technical studies to assess impacts which included the Air Quality and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Analysis, Biological Resources Assessment, Phase I Cultural Resources Assessment, and Noise Study. The Air Quality and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Analysis forecasted construction and operational emissions of the criteria pollutants Reactive Organic Gasses (ROG), Oxides of Nitrogen (NOX), Carbon Monoxide (CO), Particulate Matter (PM-10 and PM-2.5), and Sulphur Oxides (SOX). After quantifying emissions, the analysis showed that potential jurisdictional habitat, including measures to reduce impacts to two potentially present, special status wildlife species, the coast horned lizard (Phrynosoma blainvillii) and coastal whiptail (Aspidoscelis tigris stejnegeri), both California Species of Special Concern. The Phase I Cultural Resources Assessment included SCCIC and NAHC records searches, an on-site pedestrian surface assessment of the property, and paleontological assessment for fossil resource sensitivity, specifying a discovery protocol in the event archaeological resources or human remains were inadvertently encountered during ground disturbance. The Noise and Vibration Study identified and evaluated construction and operational impacts under applicable thresholds, including the Noise Element of the Santa Clarita General Plan, the City Noise Ordinance (Santa Clarita Municipal Code Section 11.44), and applicable vibration thresholds from federal and State Agencies. The Noise and Vibration Study specified recommendations for reducing the impact of groundborne vibration from heavy equipment on adjacent properties to below applicable thresholds for human response.
Sierra West Technical Studies Project Lead Agency: City of Santa Clarita; Client: Norris Construction Project Summary and Envicom Role: Envicom is currently preparing a suite of technical reports for the Sierra West project, an Assisted Living and Memory Care facility proposed in the City of Santa Clarita, on the west side of Sierra Highway, south of San Fernando Road/Newhall Avenue and west of the I-14 Freeway. The project site is just under 4.0 acres in size and is comprised of Assessor’s Parcel Numbers
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STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS ON-CALL ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING SERVICES 10 (APNs) 2827-005-042 and -043. The site is currently undeveloped and zoned “Mixed Use – Corridor” (MX-C). The proposed project would involve construction/operation of an 83-unit assisted living and memory care facility and associated parking. Of the 83 units, 29 would be studio sized units for memory-care patients and the remaining 54 units would be for assisted living residents (comprised of 51 one-bedroom units and 3 two-bedroom units). Project plans show the project would be constructed as one building, containing a basement (largely for parking), with 5 levels above. The facility would include several amenities, including a salon and gym. Landscaping would include a passive activity area on the west with planters and seat walls and a City-required equestrian path through the property in front of the proposed building, on the east, parallel to Sierra Highway. Truck loading space and fire turn-around access will be provided on the south side of the building. Envicom is preparing the Air Quality and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Report, Energy Memo Report, Biological Resources Report, Noise and Vibration Report, Traffic Memo Report, and Transportation VMT Memo Report. The City’s third-party reviewer has provided comments to which we are responding. Envicom’s studies met the City’s standards with minor comments. This project continues to demonstrate Envicom CEQA and technical staff experience in the City of Santa Clarita, and familiarity with the local environmental setting as well as the plans, procedures and standards for technical analysis for the issue areas studies (i.e., air quality, greenhouse gas emissions, energy, biological resources, noise and vibration, traffic and VMT).
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STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS ON-CALL ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING SERVICES 11 Paradise Valley Specific Plan Project Program EIR Lead Agency: County of Riverside; Client: GLC Enterprises, LLC Project Summary and Envicom Role: This Program EIR, currently in the public hearing process, addresses the development of a Specific Plan for a new town in Shavers Valley, 10 miles east of Coachella. At buildout, the Specific Plan development consists of 8,500 residential units, 1.38 million square feet of non-residential uses including commercial, as well as parks, schools, and other related infrastructure on a roughly 2,000-acre development footprint within a 5,000-acre property ownership. The subject property is highly constrained by the Coachella Valley Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan (CVMSHCP). Envicom Corporation prepared the EIR documents from Notice of Preparation through the CEQA Findings of Fact and Statement of Overriding Considerations. Envicom provided public hearing support to the County, reviewing and providing assistance with the staff report and the Planning Commission Resolution, and providing presentation materials (handouts and power point presentations) to describe the complex project and process in an understandable fashion for the public and the Planning Commission. In order to provide the most comprehensive coverage for the project, every CEQA issue was addressed in the Program EIR, and every technical topic was supported by technical studies. Our work on this project demonstrates Envicom Corporation’s skills in coordinating with a very large multi-disciplinary team (over a dozen technical consultants), providing a full range of EIR documentation services on a very large, complex, and controversial project. Pepperdine University Campus Life Project Development EIR Addendum Lead Agency: County of Los Angeles Department of Regional Planning; Client: Pepperdine University Project Summary and Envicom Role: The addendum to the EIR documented minor revisions to the project from the prior EIR and demonstrated that no substantial changes in circumstances and no new information of importance had occurred since certification of the Final EIR and that no new significant environmental effects and no substantial increase in the severity of previously identified significant effects would occur as a result of the minor revisions. The analysis also demonstrated that no mitigation measures or alternatives previously found not to be feasible would in fact be feasible. The revised project allowed for the construction of new facilities and the renovation of existing structures at the Malibu campus site, to be developed as six distinct project components. The addendum modified previously approved athletic, recreation, and parking facilities to enhance the student experience, support educational and athletic activities, and update aging buildings. The proposed project site, located within the Coastal Zone between the Santa Monica Mountains and the Pacific Ocean, would require amendments to Pepperdine University’s Long Range Development Plan (LRDP) that entailed a comprehensive approval process with the County of Los Angeles and the CCC. Envicom worked closely with both County and applicant staff as permitting and resource agencies (RWQCB, ACOE, CCC, and CDFW) on behalf of the University and County. The Campus Life Project EIR Addendum provides an example of Envicom Corporation’s experience in successfully working through a complex series of CEQA approvals for a long-range development project that involved many interested private and public sector stakeholders. On this and on several of our projects,
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STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS ON-CALL ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING SERVICES 12 Envicom Corporation staff are relied upon by applicants and lead agencies to provide objective liaison services and effectively communicate and respond to the concerns of all involved parties as applicable to the environmental analyses and public review process. 4th and Hewitt Project Lead Agency: City of Los Angeles Department of City Planning; Client: 900, 910 and 926 E. 4TH Street 405-411 S. Hewitt St., LLC Project Summary and Envicom Role: Envicom Corporation is currently preparing an EIR for the 4th and Hewitt project. The proposed project would retain the existing 7,800 sf Architecture and Design (A+D) Museum and replace existing office, garage/storage, and surface parking lots in the Arts District with a multi-story commercial office building. Proposed new uses would consist of approximately 336,000 square feet of office, retail, restaurant, and interior and exterior common area spaces, in addition to a parking garage. The project requires a General Plan Amendment, Vesting Zone Change, Height District Change, Site Plan Review, and Vesting Tentative Tract Map, in addition to other entitlements. Envicom Corporation assisted with preparation of the Environmental Assessment Form and Application Submittal package and prepared the Notice of Preparation and Initial Study. Envicom Corporation is now preparing the project EIR and is coordinating with a multi-disciplinary team of architecture, air quality, noise, traffic, hydrology, geotechnical, and other technical specialists to prepare the required technical studies that will support the environmental analyses. This project’s Notice of Preparation, Initial Study, and EIR reflect recent efforts undertaken by the State Office of Planning and Research (OPR) and City of Los Angeles to update and modify the format and content of environmental documents, including the thresholds of significance, treatment of potential impacts to cultural and tribal cultural resources, and exemptions related to aesthetics analyses related to Senate Bill 743 for projects located in a Transit Priority Area, which apply to all jurisdictions in the state. Oakmont of Agoura Hills Lead Agency: City of Agoura Hills; Client: Oakmont Senior Living, LLC Project Summary and Envicom Role: The project would establish a two-story 71,020 sf assisted living and memory care facility with 75 units and an anticipated resident population of 86 persons, which is to be licensed by the state of California Department of Social Services as a Residential Care Facility for the Elderly, classified as “Assisted Living.” Approximately 36% of the units (26 units) will be set aside specifically for residents needing memory care (i.e., residents with Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia). Resident amenities would include a beauty salon, library, fitness center, private theater, cooking and dining facilities, activity rooms, and outdoor courtyards. Envicom Corporation prepared an MND for the project and provided several technical studies, including a Phase I and Ia Cultural resources evaluation and an air quality and GHG emissions analysis. Our efficient scheduling and completion of work on this project included coordinating on previously unanticipated potential historic archeological concerns, that necessitated further study. Envicom staff closely coordinated with the client to assure a swift and on-time completion of our work
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STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS ON-CALL ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING SERVICES 13 scope. This demonstrates our ability to coordinate closely with clients and address issues quickly and efficiently to resolve unexpected issues. Agoura Solar Generation Project Phase II Lead Agency and Client: Las Virgenes Municipal Water District/Las Virgenes-Triunfo Joint Powers Authority (JPA) Project Summary and Envicom Role: Envicom Corporation prepared the IS/MND that addressed construction and operation of a 4 to 5 megawatt (MW) solar electricity generation facility with ground-mounted photovoltaic solar panels on mechanical sun-tracking rack systems, an interconnection facility, and associated electrical equipment on approximately 20 acres in the northeast portion of the North Canyon portion of the JPA’s Rancho Las Virgenes property. The project included an evaluation of the environmental impacts associated with the construction and operation of the proposed solar generation facility to be located immediately south of an existing 1 MW solar facility, both located within the Las Virgenes Scenic Corridor. Issues of concern evaluated by staff included aesthetics, biological resources, cultural resources, and construction-phase noise. The IS/MND was found to reduce all potentially-significant impacts to less than significant and fully satisfy the legal requirements of CEQA. Envicom Corporation provided the MND, including technical studies/analysis for biological resources, air quality and GHG, and aesthetics/visual resources. Our staff worked closely with the client to provide additional visual simulations to evaluate the effectiveness of proposed vegetative screening along the Las Virgenes Scenic Corridor. Selecting optimal vegetation types and sizes by consulting with our in-house biologists, we were able to demonstrate a feasible and effective mitigation strategy for the client. Agoura Landmark Light Industrial Park Project Lead Agency: City of Agoura Hills; Client: Martin Teitelbaum Construction, Inc. Project Summary and Envicom Role: The project was proposed on 5.17 acres of vacant land located at 29621 Agoura Road, immediately south of the U.S. 101 (Ventura) Freeway. The proposed project included development of six buildings totaling 69,852 square feet of office and warehouse uses, and approximately 100 surface parking spaces. Development of the project was to require 12,412 cubic yards of cut, 7,214 cubic yards of fill, and 5,198 cubic yards of export. An oak tree permit was required for the removal of ten oak trees and encroachment into the root protection zone of ten additional trees and a jurisdictional delineation was prepared. A sign program was also required. Envicom Corporation provided the MND, including technical studies for biological resources, air quality and GHG, and noise. Following project approval, we provided construction monitoring for the project. Envicom made recommendations on reducing oak tree impacts, including preservation of heritage oak trees, as desired by the City. On this project we demonstrated our ability to work with the City and applicant to
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STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS ON-CALL ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING SERVICES 14 avoid or reduce the project’s environmental impacts, and a revised site plan was provided to reduce oak tree impacts. Wingate Hotel Project Lead Agency: City of El Monte Economic Development Department; Client: Zhonghong Zhaofeng USA, Inc. Project Summary and Envicom Role: The proposed project involved infill development of a four-story hotel with 78 guest rooms and basement level parking within the City of El Monte. Existing development on the site included commercial uses, a drive-thru restaurant, and landscaping trees. Envicom Corporation prepared the MND, cultural resources records searches and report, and tree survey and tree report for the project; estimated air quality emissions; and also prepared the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Plan. In addition, staff provided public hearing and AB 52 consultation support. This project involved redevelopment of a commercial property. Issues of concern that were evaluated by staff included aesthetics consistency with City design standards; air quality emissions due to soil export; protected tree removals; nesting bird protocols; construction vehicle staging; and vehicle access turning restrictions and mitigation to prevent unpermitted turning movements during operations. Las Virgenes Municipal Water District JPA Solar Phase I and Phase II MNDs Lead Agency/Jurisdiction: Las Virgenes Municipal Water District/Las Virgenes-Triunfo Joint Powers Authority (JPA) Project Summary: Envicom was retained by the Las Virgenes Municipal Water District (LVMWD) to prepare an MND evaluating the potential environmental impacts of a one-megawatt (1 MW) solar power electricity generation facility on approximately 6 acres adjacent to Las Virgenes Road in the City of Calabasas. The facility was proposed by the Joint Powers Authority (JPA) of the Las Virgenes Municipal Water District and the Triunfo Sanitation District. The project also involved the installation of an underground electrical transmission line of approximately 2,500 feet in length to link the project site to the recycled water pump station. The electricity generated by the facility would be used by the JPA to operate its recycled water pump station. Envicom coordinated with the District to address aesthetics issues related to the project being located within a designated Scenic Corridor through the design phase to ensure potential impacts were adequately mitigated. Envicom was later retained to prepare a second MND addressing the proposed expansion of the 1 MW solar infrastructure capacity by 4-5 MW, through the addition of solar panels and associated infrastructure on 20 acres of land adjacent to the first facility. The project would include ground-mounted photovoltaic solar panels on mechanical sun-tracking rack systems, an interconnection facility, and associated electrical equipment on approximately 20 acres in the northeast portion of the North Canyon portion of the JPA’s Rancho Las Virgenes property. Key issues were the project aesthetics, including views of the site from Las
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STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS ON-CALL ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING SERVICES 15 Virgenes Road, a Los Angeles County designated scenic corridor. Landscaping was recommended as mitigation was simulated showing several options demonstrated by photo simulations using our subconsultant, Interacta. Potential wildlife corridors and the area’s archaeological sensitivity were other prominent issues addressed in the MND. Holiday Inn Express Project Lead Agency: City of El Monte Economic Development Department; Client: Welcome Investment, LLC. Project Summary and Envicom Role: The proposed project involved an infill development of a proposed four-story hotel with 97 guest rooms and basement level parking in the City of El Monte on a site previously used for truck sales and servicing. The project included vacation of a public street for incorporation into the project site, to serve as the entry driveway. Envicom Corporation prepared the MND and performed cultural resources records searches and air quality emissions modeling, in addition to preparing the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Plan. Staff also provided public hearing and AB 52 consultation support. This project involved redevelopment of an underutilized urban commercial property. Issues of concern that were evaluated by staff included noise impacts for residential uses adjacent to the property line; nearby schools; previous remediation of underground fuel tanks; maintaining access to the vacated roadway for adjacent commercial uses; aesthetics including views, character, and shading; mitigation of traffic impacts; and evaluation of sightline distances for exiting vehicles. 1200 Fair Oaks Avenue Hydrogen Fuel Station Project Lead Agency and Client: City of South Pasadena Project Summary and Envicom Role: The proposed project involved the installation of a hydrogen fuel dispenser and associated equipment at an existing gasoline fueling and service station located at the intersection of Fair Oaks Avenue and Monterey Road in the City of South Pasadena. Envicom Corporation prepared the MND for the project. This project demonstrates the varied project types with which our firm has experience. The environmental analysis evaluated impacts associated with constructing and operating a hydrogen fueling station within an existing gasoline fueling station, in an area with adjacent residential and commercial uses. Key issues of analysis included potential hazards associated with the delivery, storage, and use of hydrogen fuel; traffic access issues; land use compatibility; noise; and aesthetics. This assignment demonstrated Envicom’s ability to work on unusual projects and obtain appropriate technical support and present it in an understandable manner in a CEQA document. Citadel EHS joining us in this effort by reviewing the technical hazards associated with the use, required safety features, and potential mitigation requirements.
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STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS ON-CALL ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING SERVICES 16 Malibu Institute Project EIR Lead Agency: County of Los Angeles; Client: Malibu Associates, LLC. Project Summary: The EIR for the Malibu Institute Project analyzed the proposed development a sports-oriented educational retreat that would include a remodeled 18-hole golf course currently operated as the Malibu Golf Club on a 650-acre Project site in the unincorporated Santa Monica Mountains area of Los Angeles County. The proposed an Onsite Wastewater Treatment System (OWTS) would include a water recycling system for treatment of Peak Flows estimated to be 58,338 gallons per day that would be maintained by the Ventura Regional Sanitation District. Some of the key EIR issues were hydrology and water quality, wastewater generation and treatment, and wastewater supply and distribution. Pepperdine University Campus Life Project EIR Lead Agency: County of Los Angeles; Client: Pepperdine University Project Summary: Envicom prepared an EIR analyzing effects of the Campus Life Project that would entail the construction of new facilities and the renovation of existing structures. Among the key issues analyzed were hydrology and water quality issues including the impact of increasing the number of students residing on campus on Malibu Mesa Wastewater Reclamation Plant, the Wastewater Reclamation Facility and the water supply infrastructure. Noise, air quality, and biological resource issues also required close evaluation and mitigation measures. In addition to preparing and processing the EIR, Envicom processed the amendment to the Long-Range Development Plan and prepared Notices of Impending Development. Agoura Landmark Light Industrial Park Project MND Lead Agency: City of Agoura Hills; Client: City of Agoura Hills Project Summary: The proposed project, now under construction, will develop 5.17 acres of vacant land located at 29621 Agoura Road, immediately south of the U.S. 101 (Ventura) Freeway. The proposed project included development of six buildings totaling 69,852 square feet of office and warehouse uses, and approximately 100 surface parking spaces. Development of the project will require approximately 12,412 cubic yards of cut, 7,214 cubic yards of fill, and 5,198 cubic yards of export. An oak tree permit was required for the removal of ten oak trees and encroachment into the root protection zone of ten additional trees and a jurisdictional delineation was prepared. A sign program was also required.
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STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS ON-CALL ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING SERVICES 17 Envicom Corporation provided the MND, including technical studies for biological resources, air quality and GHG, and noise. Following project approval, we provided construction monitoring for the project. Envicom made recommendations on reducing oak tree impacts, including preservation of heritage oak trees, as desired by the City. On this project we demonstrated our ability to work with the City and applicant to avoid or reduce the project’s environmental impacts, and a revised site plan was provided to reduce oak tree impacts. Oakwood School Master Conditional Use Permit Project Lead Agency: City of Los Angeles Department of City Planning; Client: Oakwood School Project Summary and Envicom Role: The proposed project would replace existing school buildings on the campus and construct new school facilities on several adjacent parcels that the school purchased, in addition to a pedestrian bridge over Magnolia Boulevard to improve pedestrian safety. The school campus, currently and as proposed, is located along multiple blocks on the north and south side of Magnolia Boulevard, providing challenges for students crossing the street before, during and after school. Envicom Corporation prepared the MND. Envicom also provided the technical studies for noise, air quality, and greenhouse gas emissions, in addition to assisting with public notices and public hearings and providing the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Plan. The project represented a sensitive land use for which Envicom Corporation assessed unique issues characteristic of schools, including air quality impacts from construction and adjacent freeway emissions, hazards that could potentially affect school-age children, and traffic effects during student drop-off and pick-up hours. Key issues of the analysis also included aesthetics and visual character, cultural resources effects involving an adjacent historic district identified by the City and existing church buildings, and noise. Envicom Corporation produced the analysis on an expedited schedule to accommodate the school’s desire to construct the bridge over Magnolia Boulevard to improve student pedestrian safety before the start of the school year. Our work on this project demonstrated Envicom’s ability to work closely with the project architects, client (the school), and the private sector planning advisor to quickly assess and document project impacts, accommodate the project entitlement schedule to allow the pedestrian bridge to be constructed in time for the next school session, provide a rapid response to comments to avoid public hearing delays, and to attend and support the team at public hearings.
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STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS ON-CALL ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING SERVICES 18 Representative Subconsultant Projects - Interacta Marina del Rey Holiday Harbor Courts and Oceana Retirement Facility Lead Agency: County of Los Angeles; Client: Envicom Interacta developed three photographic simulations of the proposed Holiday Harbor Courts for an EIR developed by Envicom Corporation. The proposed commercial development on a two and a half acre site on Panay Way includes a commercial building, public park plaza and promenade, and on-site parking structure. The photo simulations showed the proposed development along Panay Way along with views from the adjacent beach and marina. Interacta also developed three photographic simulations of the proposed Oceana Retirement Facility on a 2-acre site on Admiralty Way. The simulations of the proposed 114-unit senior citizen retirement facility showed how the completed project would look from various view locations.
Holiday Harbor Courts Oceana Retirement Facility Marriott Residence Inn Lead Agency and Client: City of Goleta Interacta developed four photographic simulations of the proposed three-story Marriott Residence Inn for the City of Goleta. A video drive-by simulation was also developed to show the potential impact that the project may have to views of the Santa Ynez Mountains from Hollister Ave. The drive-by video was key in helping the developers revise the building design to minimize the impact. A second round of simulations were developed to verify that the revised design improved on the visual impact to the mountains. The simulations were used for internal environmental analysis and as a tool to present the project to review boards. The project was approved.
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STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS ON-CALL ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING SERVICES 19 Foothill Centre Lead Agency: City of Santa Barbara; Client: The Towbes Group Interacta developed three photographic simulations of the proposed 66,000 square feet of commercial construction in the City of Santa Barbara. The simulations were developed for the client to show any potential visual impact that the project may have from Highway 154 and Foothill Road. The simulations were used for presentations to the review boards. The project was approved. Representative Subconsultant Projects - ATE Sierra West Assisted Living Lead Agency: City of Santa Clarita; Client: Envicom Corporation ATE completed a traffic and circulation study for the Sierra West Assisted Living Facility. The Project site is located on the west side of Sierra Highway just south of the Sierra Highway/Newhall Avenue intersection. The Project includes an 83-unit assisted living and memory care facility. Access to the site is proposed via an existing driveway on Sierra Highway – which would be improved as part of the Project. ATE calculated average daily, AM and PM peak hour trip generation estimates for the Project using rates contained in the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) Trip Generation Manual (10th Edition). An analysis of potential traffic impacts to adjacent streets and intersections as completed based on applicable City thresholds. Existing traffic volumes and levels of service contained in published EIRs on-file with the City were used for the analysis. ATE reviewed site access, circulation and parking plan and recommended improvements as necessary. An analysis of potential VMT impacts was also provided. Live Oak Residential Lead Agency: County of Los Angeles; Client: Live Oak 888, LLC ATE completed a traffic impact analysis for the Live Oak Residential Project. The Project site is located at 4343 Live Oak Avenue in Los Angeles County just east of the City of Arcadia. The Project is proposing to demolish the existing Live Oak Mobile Home Park, which contains 56 mobile homes, and construct 86 condominium units. The existing mobile home park is served by one driveway on Mayflower Avenue and two driveways on Live Oak Avenue. The Project would retain the existing driveway on Mayflower Avenue and the eastern driveway on Live Oak Avenue, but remove the western driveway on Live Oak Avenue. ATE determined average daily, AM and PM peak hour trip generation estimates for the existing and proposed land uses based on the rates contained in the ITE Trip Generation report and the Los Angeles County Traffic Impact Analysis Report Guidelines. ATE also distributed project traffic to the adjacent street network and provided an analysis of potential traffic impacts on the surrounding roadways and intersections, including queue lengths in the turn pockets.
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STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS ON-CALL ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING SERVICES 20 Mountain View Apartments Lead Agency: City of Fillmore; Client: RRM Design ATE completed a detailed traffic and circulation study for the Mountain View Apartments Project, located in the City of Fillmore. The site is was occupied with one single family residence as well as a boat sales, service and storage company. The Project included removing the existing uses and develop a 77-unit apartment complex. Access to the site is proposed via one driveway on Mountain View Street and two driveways on Santa Clara Street. ATE conducted a field review to determine the current conditions of the study-area street system and collected AM and PM peak hour turning movement counts for the study- area intersections. Trip generation estimates were ATE developed for the Project based on the rates published in the ITE Trip Generation manual. Existing and Existing + Project levels of service for the study-area intersections and impacts were assessed based on the City's thresholds. Cumulative traffic volumes were forecast based on a list of approved traffic volumes were forecast based on a list of approved and pending projects located within the Fillmore and Cumulative + Project levels of service were calculated for the study-area intersections to determine cumulative impacts based on the City's thresholds. The study also reviewed the Project’s site access and circulation plan. ATE recommended mitigation measures including roadway and intersection improvements, for identified impacts. Representative Subconsultant Projects - ECG Multiple LID Projects Lead Agency: City of Los Angeles and City of West Hollywood, 2016-2018; Client: Rocha Nuez Associates ECG provided design engineering services on numerous commercial, single family, and multi-unit dwelling projects, providing Low Impact Development (LID) Plans in accordance to the municipality’s Development Best Management Practices (BMP) Handbook, Low Impact Development Manual, or Hydrology Design Manual. The scope includes the calculation of the required water quality treatment volume, infiltration feasibility screening, and selection and proper sizing of BMPs, and exhibit preparation. Oak Park Green Streets Urban Retrofit Lead Agency and Client: County of Ventura Watershed Protection District ECG provided design for stormwater biofiltration treatment improvements at various locations throughout the Oak Park community. As the design team lead, ECG was responsible for preparing hydrology studies, reports, improvement plans, and specifications for grading, storm drain, and stormwater quality design.
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STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS ON-CALL ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING SERVICES 21 Todd Road Jail Improvements Project- Design Build Lead Agency and Client: County of Ventura Public Works Agency ECG is the civil engineering sub consultant to DLR Group for this design-build project. The project includes a new 62,000 square foot building, parking lot expansion, main entrance improvements, and utility improvements. ECG will be responsible for providing utility design, grading and drainage design, and preparation of hydrology and hydraulic reports. Representative Subconsultant Projects - Leighton Aerially Deposited Lead (ADL) Survey and Site Investigation (SI), City of Palmdale Lead Agency: City of Palmdale; Client: Parsons Transportation Group, Inc. Leighton completed an aerially deposited lead (ADL) survey and hazardous materials site investigation (SI) for the proposed California State Route 138 Improvements Project from 5th Street East to 10th Street East in Palmdale, California. The work was conducted along the project alignment and on properties that would be acquired by Caltrans and/or the City of Palmdale. Leighton completed the ADL survey and SI to identify hazardous waste where present along the project alignment, and to develop waste management procedures to dispose of construction debris generated during improvements. Additionally, the ADL survey and SI provided information to establish health and safety procedures for workers that may encounter hazardous waste soil and/or construction debris. The results of the ADL survey and SI identified several areas that require additional investigative efforts in order to characterize contaminant impact along the project alignment and proposed property acquisitions. Efforts recommended in the Leighton March 2019 ADL and SI report for this project include but are not limited to advancement of soil borings and soil sampling to assess the lateral and vertical extent of lead, arsenic, TPH, and VOCs present in soil for suitability as non-hazardous or California-hazardous waste for disposal. Recommendations for surface/shallow perched groundwater sampling for VOCs, additional soil borings for adherence to the Caltrans-approved workplan, and soil borings for assessment of select properties with historical USTs were also provided. This work included agency coordination between the City of Palmdale and Caltrans. Phase II Soil Investigations and Remediation, Harvest at Limoneira Development Lead Agency: Department of Toxic Substances Control; Client: Lewis Management Corporation Leighton completed multiple site investigations under Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) oversight between October 2015 and October 2016 to assess the presence of OCPs, lead, and TPH in soil adjacent to and beneath residential and agricultural buildings located at the 468-acre Harvest at Limoneira development in Santa Paula, CA. The investigations identified elevated concentrations of OCPs (primarily chlordane), lead, and TPH as diesel that exceeded residential regulatory screening levels in soil surrounding
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STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS ON-CALL ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING SERVICES 22 and/or beneath the buildings. A Human Health Risk Assessment (HHRA) was completed to identify risks to future residential occupants at the site. The HHRA indicated that the site would be safe for residential occupation after the soil affected by the abovementioned contaminants was excavated and properly disposed offsite. Remedial activities conducted at the site resulted in the removal and disposal of approximately 5,734 tons of non-hazardous waste soil at Chiquita Canyon Landfill in Castaic, CA, and approximately 380 tons of California-hazardous waste soil at Clean Harbors Buttonwillow Landfill in Buttonwillow, CA. An April 12, 2017 Preliminary Environmental Assessment (PEA) report was submitted by Leighton to the DTSC, and their review of the PEA resulted in a May 17, 2017 issuance of a No Further Action approval letter. Leighton demonstrates their experience in Phase II ESA, Remediation Oversight, Remedial Action Work Plans, and Risk Assessments. On-Call Environmental Services for Los Angeles County, Chief Executive Office Lead Agency and Client: Los Angeles County Chief Executive Officer Soil and groundwater affected by petroleum hydrocarbons associated with a former diesel underground UST leak were discovered during an investigation in 1992. Leighton directed the installation and sampling of groundwater monitoring wells to assess effects to groundwater and light non-aqueous phase liquid (LNAPL) that was detected in two groundwater monitoring wells. Because of the sensitive nature of the property use as a juvenile hall and budgetary restrictions, the operation of a dual phase extraction (DPE) system was not considered a cost effective remedial approach. In an effort to meet the cleanup goals required by the Los Angeles RWQCB and the expectations of the client, in 2010, Leighton implemented a twice weekly LNAPL removal program in an effort to reduce LNAPL detected in the two wells. In February 2011, the twice weekly LNAPL removal program transitioned into the utilization of hydrophobic filter socks, alongside monthly gauging and manual LNAPL removal due to a decrease in LNAPL levels. In June 2014, Leighton began a monthly LNAPL removal program utilizing vacuum truck extraction at the site in an effort to enhance LNAPL recovery. Hydrophobic filter socks were placed in the wells between monthly removal events. After negotiating with the Los Angeles RWQCB, site closure was granted in 2018. Leighton demonstrates their experience in Phase II ESA, Site Closure, and agency coordination. Representative Subconsultant Projects – Citadel EHS Phase I Environmental Site Assessment Lead Agency: City of Los Angeles; Client: The Georgetown Company Citadel was contacted by The Georgetown Company to perform a Phase I Environmental Site Assessment of the Herald Examiner Building in the City of Los Angeles, California, to evaluate the presence of any hazardous substances or petroleum products that have been discharged into the property’s structure, ground, groundwater, or surface water. The Phase I ESA focused on general site conditions, visible evidence of previously disposed and/or currently present hazardous waste, surface contamination, underground and above ground storage tanks (USTs/ASTs), suspect polychlorinated bisphenols, and other potential environmental hazards. Citadel conducted a visual survey of the adjacent properties and the immediate vicinity to determine if any nearby sites posed a significant environmental threat; reviewed currently and readily available documents of known
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STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS ON-CALL ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING SERVICES 23 hazardous waste sites; consulted with appropriate governmental agencies having jurisdiction relative to past history of the property and permits that may have been issued; and prepared a Phase I report, inclusive of findings and recommendations. Citadel recommended properly abandoning or removing the USTs located near the sidewalk area of the Site. The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) was the lead enforcement agency of USTs within the City of Los Angeles and should be consulted prior to any activities regarding the USTs. Citadel also recommended a Limited Soil Gas Survey to assess whether the subsurface has been impacted by vapor intrusion concerns from neighboring properties. Air Quality Monitoring Lead Agency: City of Inglewood; Client: Turner Construction Citadel was contacted by Turner Construction Company to provide air quality monitoring services at Hollywood Park, in Inglewood, California. The scope of work involves providing air quality monitoring services to conduct Particulate Matter 10 (PM 10) fence line air monitoring at the site to monitor for fugitive dust, in accordance with South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) Rule 403. Citadel obtained the necessary monitoring devices and peripherals as required for the project that include Dust Trak Aerosol monitors for PM 10 monitoring, security enclosures for Dust Trak monitors, a Netronix datalogger, and a solar panel. Citadel also assessed the site conditions for the set-up monitoring devices. Citadel has been performing PM 10 concentrations continuously since April 2017. The monitoring has been continuous and recorded in five-minute intervals at one upwind location and four downwind locations. The Dust Trak monitors are pre-set to alarm at 150 microgram/cubic centimeters based on a one-hour average PM 10 concentration in order to provide sufficient warning for on-site construction managers or supervisors to implement corrective measures. The calculated 24-hour rolling average PM 10 concentration, as determined to be the difference between the upwind and downwind stations, cannot exceed the SCAQMD Rule 403 standard of 50 micrograms/cubic centimeters. The equipment is inspected bi-weekly to ensure proper working conditions. Citadel provides an air quality report every month. Landfill Gas Monitoring Well Installation & Monitoring Lead Agency and Client: Los Angeles County Department of Public Works Citadel was contracted by the County of Los Angeles Department of Public Works to install two landfill gas (LFG) monitoring wells at the County owned portion of the Former Cogen Landfill Facility in Monterey Park, California. The County has conducted soil gas monitoring activities at the former Cogen Landfill since 2013. Since monitoring began, methane concentrations have typically fluctuated from month to month with persistently elevated concentrations recorded specifically in the monitoring locations in the south-western section of the Site along the southern portion of the steep hillside. A site-specific health and safety plan (HASP) was prepared prior to on-site activities. The HASP identified existing and potential hazards for workers at the Site during well installation activities. Citadel contacted a utility locating services contractor to mark subsurface utility lines as well as other subsurface conduits such as fiber optic lines in the near vicinity of the proposed soil borings. The purpose of the contracted subsurface assessment was to identify potential anomalies not associated with known utility lines. Under the direction of Citadel, a drilling company installed two LFG monitoring wells. These monitoring wells were completed with triple nested methane gas wells. Soils were logged by Citadel personnel under the supervision of a California Professional Geologist in accordance with the Unified Soil Classification
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STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS ON-CALL ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING SERVICES 24 System. Soil cuttings generated from each boring was temporarily stored onsite in Department of Transportation (DOT) rated 55-gallon drums for disposal. Citadel collected initial monthly soil gas readings from the monitoring wells. The soil gas readings were collected using a portable landfill gas monitor. In accordance with the IS/MND and approved County Work Plan, Citadel recommended monthly readings of the wells, as well as continued monitoring of surface locations within the northern portion of the County-Owner landfill area. Representative Subconsultant Projects – Viking Research Wildfire Protection Plan update Lead Agency: City of Santa Barbara; Client: Dudek Viking supported the update to the wildfire protection plan for the City of Santa Barbara. Work included fuel management and modification and the review of fire modelling. Fire Protection Plan Development Lead Agency: Los Angeles County; Client: Naim Associates Viking completed the fire protection plan development and review for the residential development. Viking also was the Fire Department liaison and community liaison for fire issues involving a planned development in the West Hills area of the San Fernando Valley. Ranch Grande Project Fire Consultation Lead Agency: Ventura County; Client: Richard Murad Provided expert consultation for a proposed camping and special events development in Ojai area. Viking acted as the Fire Department liaison for the project and advised on Shelter-in-Place building standards development, secondary access, evacuation options, and fire protection planning.
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1.1.4 References Envicom Corporation has been a firm entrusted to work on complex technical projects and is sought out for repeat work with many of our clients. Local jurisdiction staff and regulatory agencies have recommended us, knowing of our technical capabilities, understanding of the technical issues, and high-quality standards for our work. Our qualifications are verified by other agencies that have accepted us on their On-Call or qualified consultants list. We are pre-qualified for work in the counties of Los Angeles, Kern, and Riverside. We currently hold City of Los Angeles On-Call Agreements for City-initiated projects and for applicant-initiated projects and are also on the lists/accepted for work in/with the City of Pomona, City of South Pasadena, City of El Monte, City of Agoura Hills, City of Simi Valley, City of Santa Monica, City of Thousand Oaks, and Conejo Valley Recreation and Parks District, among others. The RFP requests a minimum of three (3) professional references for similar work to be completed under the on-call environmental planning services contract with the City of Santa Clarita. These references can speak to our work on the projects indicated, which range in type and size. Please refer to Appendix A, References where we provide the City of Santa Clarita client Reference Form with requisite information. Additional references can be supplied upon request.
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1.1.5 Program Management and QA/QC Program Management Methodology and Work Plan Envicom Corporation’s success is attributable to our focus on client service. Our goal is to provide technical services and CEQA compliance documentation that is legally defensible yet organized and worded with language that is easily understood by the public and decision makers. For the requested City of Santa Clarita services, Envicom will follow our integrated management processes that facilitate quality work products that are budget- and schedule-efficient, described as follows. At the City’s request, we will gladly prepare a specific Project Management and Quality Control/Quality Assurance (QA/QC) Program to be adopted as a part of our agreement with the City, either for the entire program of work, or for each specific project. For specific project proposals, we anticipate creating project-specific scopes of work, schedules and budgets, for review and approval by the City prior to beginning work, to which could be augmented with a specific Project Management and QA/QC Program. The following are key elements of this “integrated management” approach to program management: Involvement of Principal Personnel The Envicom Corporation team of professionals collectively holds a wealth of experience and knowledge in the multidisciplinary field of environmental consulting and CEQA compliance. Guided by our principal personnel, we serve public and private clients throughout Southern California, and pride ourselves on excellent client relations, diligent attention to detail and adherence to legal requirements. The company has successfully completed thousands of environmental documents, all of which have withstood public and legal scrutiny. Mr. Travis Cullen, President, provides overall oversight of the company’s work, staffing, and client relations. Principal members of the firm include Primo Tapia, Vice President, and Laura Kaufman, Vice President of Environmental Services. Team Expertise/Coordination and Supervision Structure For Envicom’s Santa Clarita On-Call Environmental Planning Services contract, Mr. Travis Cullen will be the “Program Manager and Main Point of Contact for the Contract” as required in RFP Section C.1.1.5, and Ms. Laura Kaufman will serve as “Designated Project Manager for the Contract” as required in RFP Section C.1.1.6. Additionally, Mr. Primo Tapia will be available to provide principal review and project management as needed. They are supported by multiple project managers, including Carl Lindner, Principal Project Manager; Johanna Falzarano, Senior Project Manager; and Charles Cohn and Mitchel Morrison, Project Managers. The full Envicom Corporation team is a talented group of professionals with a wide range of multi-disciplinary and specialist skills needed for the City of Santa Clarita scope of services. Our structure for this contract is shown in our Organizational Chart, in Section 1.1.6, Personnel, Equipment, and Facilities. Weekly staff meetings, day-to-day coordination and periodic project management meetings are methods utilized to keep staff usage optimized and assure deadlines are met. Our professional staff assigned to each project is selected for their ability to perform well within a specialty area, but to also learn to assist other disciplines in the firm, so that they can grow in their technical expertise, and the company becomes more functional with staff able to provide assistance in more than one area of the company. We emphasize teamwork and often utilize peer review, to endow our projects with the best effort the company has to offer. Successful management of our projects is facilitated by skilled support staff members overseeing contract preparation and conducting accounting functions, coordinating the word processing and production of day-to-day deliverables, and providing on-going marketing, proposal and qualifications support to obtain new work for the company.
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STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS ON-CALL ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING SERVICES 27 Under Envicom Corporation management and direction, in-house and trusted sub-consultant experts work together to prepare technical services and reports on all major environmental topics. We insist that our team members have and maintain top-notch credentials in their fields, and encourage employee growth through continuing education, seminars, and internal mentoring. Envicom Corporation staff maintains pride in our work product and strives for excellence on all projects. Careful Selection of Experts and Reputation Among Agencies Our professional team includes experienced staff and sub-consultants who are experts in their technical fields. We have selected each team member to reflect the anticipated needs of the City and its projects, including physical characteristics and regulatory framework. Many of our lead staff and consultants have performed past analysis in the City of Santa Clarita and similar environments. All have had experience with complex CEQA-related issues and have superior project experience in their fields of expertise. Over the years, Envicom Corporation has maintained a close working relationship with many local city, county, and federal and state agencies, including the ACOE, CDFW, RWQCB, and most Southern California Counties and constituent cities. Our subconsultants similarly are chosen for their positive reputations with agency clients and reviewers. Objective Analysis of Impacts Envicom Corporation understands the importance of objective CEQA analysis and CEQA support documents. We understand the key determinants of an objective and reasonable analysis, including accurate determination of the baseline conditions from which project impacts will be evaluated, fair assessment of the potential impacts of a project, and the crafting of practical and feasible mitigation measures. Our team is accustomed to performing third-party reviews of applicant-submitted technical studies to determine their sufficiency in scope, level of detail, and accuracy of assessing the impacts. The Envicom Corporation team proposes to accomplish proposed project goals through a process-driven, collaborative approach between City and Envicom Corporation team members. Our general approach to evaluating the issues is to: • Insist upon accurate baseline conditions information, as well as accurate topographic maps and aerials to start. • Provide careful third-party review (where it is in our scope to do so) and inform the County as to any concerns regarding reliability or accuracy of materials presented to us for our use. • Conduct research (where it is in our scope) using the most up-to-date information available and the appropriate tools and equipment. • Carefully examine all facts and references in our work. • Incorporate existing guidelines and procedures into the analysis of each issue. • Strictly adhere to regulations, including CEQA. Our reports are to serve as informational documents for the public and the City of Santa Clarita governmental decision-makers. As such, they must meet the legal requirements of a complete, adequate, and objective report on the proposed project’s environmental consequences. Ability to Understand and Respond to the Specific Needs of Our Clients Envicom Corporation staff is comfortable and quite adroit in the public arena working with diverse groups and responding to comments from special interests. We work closely with our clients and project teams to impart environmental considerations into the planning process. Our list of current and past projects includes
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STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS ON-CALL ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING SERVICES 28 large and small projects that often have environmental complexities requiring Envicom’s experience. Our multi-disciplinary team has experience in all areas of the CEQA Checklist issue areas, and has applied the CEQA process and significance criteria to a variety of project types in a wide array of geographical locations. Bringing our extensive experience to bear on projects large and small, allows us to serve clients in an efficient manner – we have dealt with many of the same project issues and can recommend successful solutions and alternatives. We understand that no two projects are the same. What works on one project may not work on another, but seasoned experience gained on controversial projects is a critical indicator of future success. Schedule and Budget Responsiveness/Competitive Pricing Envicom Corporation has consistently demonstrated our ability to complete work products in highly constrained time periods. While virtually all our projects have a measure of criticality to the timeline, we have successfully completed and ensured the certification of numerous environmental assessments that were subject to critical financial or legal deadlines. Envicom Corporation is sensitive to the need to establish a reasonable budget for each project, and to responsibly manage the budget. Our ability to manage completion of a CEQA document within budget is predicated on, 1) establishing a budget that is based on clearly stated assumptions, commensurate levels of effort, and a competitive fee schedule, and 2) proactive management of staff and subconsultants. Envicom project managers routinely coordinate with lead agency staff regarding project details and assumptions, consult our staff on the level of effort included within proposals, and provide detailed expectations on the hours allocated when delegating each task. Quality Assurance and Quality Control Quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC) programs are designed to make sure that all elements of a work program and related work products meet client expectations and regulatory requirements. Envicom begins by carefully selecting the staffing for each project. A project manager with relevant experience and the appropriate level of expertise for the project is assigned to manage the work program, project consultant team, budget and schedule. We assign appropriately credentialed and trained professional staff for the project team that have the experience required to execute their assigned portions of the work scope. We also assure a project principal is assigned to review project documents and provide higher-level oversight of the program, budget and schedule. The Envicom management team provides an open and mentorship-oriented environment, such that project managers and staff feel welcome to access the management team for questions, direction and support. Consistent with our company goals, the Envicom Corporation team ensures that clients' needs are met in an expedient and efficient fashion, maintaining clear communications with the appropriate client staff throughout the process and bolstered by QA/QC measures that are integrated into our business practice. Quality assurance of the documents we produce begins with the authors of the reports. Each staff is expected to review their work and present the project manager with a high-quality product. The project manager reviews the entire document, typically prepared by multiple authors and experts, and assures internal consistency, logical and well-supported reasoning, substantial evidence to support conclusions, regulatory and client requirements, and other requirements of the work program. Our most experienced professionals provide additional review and quality assurance/quality control on major deliverables. Another aspect of quality control occurs at the document production stage. Such measures are equally important for hard copy and electronic products. Our production staff carefully assembles documents for the project manager’s review. The project manager will perform a page-turn review (hard-copy or electronic
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STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS ON-CALL ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING SERVICES 29 depending on the deliverable) before the document is finalized and bound, or assembled on a thumb drive, uploaded to a file sharing site or webpage, or burned onto CDs. Where documents are sent out to a vendor, we page-through each copy to assure a satisfactory product.
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1.1.6 Personnel, Equipment, and Facilities This Section presents our environmental services team for the City of Santa Clarita on-call environmental planning services contract for environmental services and permitting work, including CEQA documentation. As President, Mr. Cullen is the principal on contractual issues and is responsible for the overall commitment of company resources and available for technical strategy, review, and other services as needed. As noted earlier he will be the Program Manager and Main Point of Contact for the Contract (per RFP Section C.1.1.5), Ms. Laura Kaufman, Vice President, Environmental Services heads up the CEQA practice at Envicom. As noted above, she will serve as Designated Project Manager for the Contract (per RFP Section C.1.1.6). Mr. Primo Tapia will be available to also provide principal review and direction, or project management, as needed. For individual projects, several of our experienced staff may serve as project manager. Our organizational structure, as depicted in Figure 1, Organizational Chart, along with our subconsultants is representational for a future project. All of our project managers and most of our CEQA/NEPA staff are multi-disciplinary and can lead or prepare all CEQA/NEPA documentation sections. Directors and principals of the firm may serve as project managers at times, particularly for more complex projects. Our non-management staff similarly work on multiple issues and are not limited to the topics to which they are assigned on the chart. Qualification summaries for our key and supporting staff, including those at our subconsultant firms, are provided below. Full resumes for our staff and subconsultants are available in Appendix B, Resumes. Table 1, Staff’s Typical Percentage of Time to Project by Role describes the range of involvement by staff. We understand projects may range in size and type. Specific project needs and staffing roles will be determined based upon specific contract task orders. Further, Table 2, Staff’s Agency Experience (Last Five Years) and Level of Involvement, further outlines our key staff’s qualifications. Table 1 Staff’s Typical Percentage of Time to Project by Role Principal/Director Project Manager Staff Administration 5-10% 40-50% 40-50% 5-10% Our team has ample workload capacity to address the types of projects required under the on-call environmental planning services. We work on similar types of projects, as shown in the numerous examples provided earlier in this proposal and are accustomed to frequently beginning new projects to replace those that are completing. Our program management abilities, described above, allow us to efficiently complete projects, and take on new work, often repeat work with the same satisfied clients. The role of our subconsultants are typically smaller increments of the overall work scope and represent a smaller segment of the overall scope timeline. Our subconsultants are accustomed to working within the timelines of our project and were selected for their qualifications, high quality work, and reliability in working on Envicom projects.
Attn: Purchasing
Envicom Corporation
City of Santa Clarita
Planning Department
Key Qualified Personnel
Organizational Chart
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA PLANNING DEPARTMENT ON-CALL ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING SERVICES FIGURE1
Cultural and
Tribal Resources
Wayne Bischoff, Ph.D.
Samantha Renta
Geology / Hazardous
Materials
Charles Cohn
Carl Lindner
Mitchel Morrison, LEED GA
Jessica Hitchcock
Meredith Church, PG (LCI)
Wallace Sconiers, Jr., PG (LCI)
Michael Roy (CEHS)
Jeff Doherty (CEHS)
Steve Oaks (VR)
Hydrology
Primo Tapia
Charles Cohn
Tristan Santos, P .E., QSD (ECG)
Gregory Musser, P .E., QSD (ECG)
Mark Drollinger, QSP (CEHS)
GIS / Mapping / Graphics
Chris Boyte
Amanda Miner
Land Use / Socio-Economics
Laura Kaufman, AICP
Johanna Falzarano
Mitchel Morrison, LEED GA
Jessica Hitchcock
Public Services / Utilities
Mitchel Morrison, LEED GA
Carl Lindner
Dan Kaufman
Jessica Hitchcock
Transportation / Traffic / VMT
Laura Kaufman, AICP
Charles Cohn
Dan Kaufman
Scott Schell (ATE)
Dan Dawson (ATE)
Aesthetics
Primo Tapia
Laura Kaufman, AICP
Johanna Falzarano
Charles Cohen
Ron Stevens (II)
Air Quality / GHG
Noise / Energy
Johanna Falzarano
Charles Cohn
Mitchel Morrison, LEED GA
Dan Kaufman
Biological Resources
Travis Cullen
Jim Anderson
Erin Roberts
David West
Designated Project Manager
Laura Kaufman, AICP
Vice President, Environmental Services
Program Manager / Main Point of Contact
Travis Cullen, LEED AP
President
Primo Tapia
Vice President
This chart illustrates a sample organizational structure. Multi- disciplinary staff may assist on various topics. Specific project needs and staffing roles will be determined based upon specific contract task orders.
NOTE: Subconsultant Abbreviations:
ATE = Associated Transportation Engineers
CEHS = Citadel EHS
ECG = Encompass Consultant Group
II = Interacta, Inc.
LCI = Leighton Consulting, Inc.
VR = Viking Research
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STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS ON-CALL ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING SERVICES 32 Table 2 Staff’s Agency Experience (Last 5 Years) and Level of Involvement P – Principal, PM – Project Manager, TE – Technical Expert, G – GIS/Graphics Travis Cullen
Primo Tapia
Laura Kaufman
Wayne Bischoff
Carl Lindner
Johanna Falzarano
Charles Cohn
Mitchel Morrison
Dan Kaufman Jessica Hitchcock Samantha Whittington
James Anderson
Erin Roberts
David West Amanda Miner Chris Boyte
County of Los Angeles P/PM P/PM P/PM P/PM PM/TE PM/TE PM/TE PM/TE TE TE TE PM/TE PM/TE TE G G County of Ventura P/PM P/PM P TE - TE TE TE - TE - PM/TE PM/TE TE G G County of Riverside P/PM - P/PM PM/TE - TE TE TE - TE - PM/TE - - G G City of Los Angeles P/PM P/PM P/PM P/PM PM/TE PM/TE PM/TE PM/TE TE TE TE PM/TE TE TE G G City of Santa Clarita P P PM TE - TE TE PM/TE - - TE PM/TE TE - G G City of Simi Valley P - P/PM TE - TE TE TE TE TE TE TE TE - G G City of Thousand Oaks P/PM - P/PM TE - TE TE TE TE - - PM/TE PM/TE TE G G City of Agoura Hills P/PM - P P/TE PM/TE PM/TE TE PM/TE - TE TE PM/TE TE TE G G City of El Monte P - P - - - PM/TE PM - TE - - - - G G City of Malibu P/PM - - PM/TE PM/TE - - - - - - PM/TE TE TE G G City of Inglewood - - P TE - - TE PM/TE - TE - - - - G G City of Lake Elsinore P - - - - - - - - - - PM/TE - - G G City of Calabasas P - - - - - PM/TE - - - - TE TE - - G City of South Pasadena P - P/PM TE - - TE PM/TE - TE - - TE - G G Ventura Co. Watershed Protection District P/PM - - - - - PM/TE PM/TE - - - TE TE TE G G Las Virgenes Municipal Water District P - P TE - TE PM/TE PM/TE TE TE TE TE TE - G G Rancho Simi Recreation and Parks District P/PM - - TE PM/TE - TE - - TE - PM/TE PM/TE - G G Conejo Recreation and Parks District P - P TE - - TE TE - TE TE TE TE - G G
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STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS ON-CALL ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING SERVICES 33 ENVICOM CORPORATION STAFF Travis Cullen, LEED AP President (Program Manager and Main Point of Contact per RFP Section C.1.1.5; Principal) Travis Cullen serves as the President of Envicom Corporation. Mr. Cullen initiated his tenure with Envicom Corporation as an intern and has had a number of positions at all levels of the company providing a variety of environmental consulting services to both public and private clients including due diligence, technical studies, constraints analyses, site planning and entitlement strategy, preparation/management of CEQA documents, mitigation plans, and litigation/expert witness testimony support. He has processed Trustee Agency Permits including Unites States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Section 7 Consultation, CCC Coastal Development Permits, CDFW Streambed Alteration Agreements, Section 2081 Take Permits, ACOE 404 permits, RWQCB 401 Water Quality Certifications, and Water Discharge Requirement Permits. In addition to his permitting experience Mr. Cullen has provided management and oversight of biological and construction monitoring/reporting as well as compliance for conditions of approval and mitigation measures, including preparation and negotiation of mitigation plans, restoration plans, and in-lieu fee agreements. Geographically, he has worked in both rural and urban locales for a range of uses including residential, commercial, industrial, medical, mixed-use, institutional, recreational, public infrastructure, and conservation/restoration. Mr. Cullen’s experience with a variety of project types at various stages of the planning, entitlement, and construction processes provides him a thorough understanding of the individual environmental issues, direct and indirect impacts, opportunities for mitigation by design, and feasibility/effectiveness of mitigation measures. Mr. Cullen’s is currently providing principal level oversight of the Paradise Valley Specific Plan Project Program EIR (Riverside County) and serving as project manager for the biological permitting consultation effort for that project, including the project’s Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan (MSHCP) Joint Project Review process. His experience also includes the Radiological Survey of Santa Susana Field Lab Area IV; Ventura Promenade Repair and Maintenance, and Sanjon Estuary Maintenance for the City of Ventura Public Works Engineer Division; Trustee Agency permitting and preparation of a restoration plan for the El Rancho Alegre Restoration of the Arroyo Simi; and Trustee Agency permitting and oak tree monitoring/compliance for Sherwood Development Company Tract 4192/4409 Residential Development and Golf Course. Additional projects for the County of Ventura Public Works Agency, Watershed Protection District include Silver Strand Pump Station Outfalls Design and Permitting, Zones 1, 2, and 3 Maintenance Project, Camino Dos Rios Secondary #104 Repair project, Mission Drain Junction and Channel Repair projects, and Arroyo Conejo North Fork Repairs. Additional projects for the City of Ventura, Department of Public Works comprise the Sanjon Barranca Berm Breach, Citywide Permitting of Outfall Structures, and Moreland Drainage Maintenance Permitting, Malibu Institute Project EIR (Los Angeles County); Conrad N. Hilton Foundations Headquarters Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Platinum Campus environmental consultation (City of Agoura Hills); Section 7 Consultation with USFWS and compliance monitoring/reporting for the US EPA Radiological Survey of Santa Susana Field Lab Area IV (Ventura County); Trustee Agency permitting and oak tree monitoring/compliance for Sherwood Development Company Tract 4192/4409 Residential Development and Golf Course (Ventura County); CEQA documentation, Trustee Agency Permitting, compliance monitoring, and restoration of the Las Virgenes Municipal Water District Cordillera Pipeline replacement (City of Calabasas); and Hearst Ranch Environmental Database Update (San Luis Obispo County).
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STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS ON-CALL ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING SERVICES 34 Mr. Cullen’s experience with litigation/expert witness testimony support has involved research, analysis and preparation of trial notebooks for cases including LAUSD v. Muruelo Maddox Properties, et al. (Los Angeles), Los Angeles County v. Kernview Oil Company et al (Whittier Narrows), SANBAG v. Richland Pinehurst (Chino Hills), Los Angeles County v. Mission Peak (Los Angeles County), State of California v. San Antonio Lakes Partners (Upland) and Garasi v. Gray (Santa Clarita). He is a graduate from the University of California, Santa Barbara with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in Environmental Studies and an emphasis in Natural Resources and GIS. He is a LEED Accredited Professional (AP) and served for five years on the Board of Directors for the Channel Counties Chapter of the California Association of Environmental Professionals (AEP). Laura Kaufman, AICP Vice President, Environmental Services (Designated Project Manager for Contract per RFP Section 1.1.6; Principal) Laura Kaufman has over 25 years of experience in urban planning and environmental analysis and is charged with overseeing the environmental services practice at Envicom Corporation. Ms. Kaufman has maintained American Institute of Certified Planner (AICP) accreditation since 1993 (Certificate #010085). Her responsibilities are to assure that projects under her direction have the staffing and resources needed to complete the firm’s commitments; to provide experienced regulatory and technical input, quality assurance and strategic guidance; and to provide client support. She also serves directly as project manager on select projects. Ms. Kaufman has a strong environmental planning and CEQA/NEPA background, having prepared, managed or overseen the preparation of a wide array of environmental documents for varying types of projects. She is currently serving as project manager for the Paradise Valley Specific Plan Project Program EIR (a proposed new town of 8,490 units and 1.38 million square feet of non-residential development) proposed in eastern Riverside County. Her Santa Clarita area and north County experience includes CEQA work for the Valencia Marketplace Project EIR, Littlerock Creek, and Tujunga Creek Bridge Project MNDs, several residential project EIRs in Plum Canyon as well as her currently underway projects in Castaic (a light industrial and residential project EIR) and Newhall (CEQA-supporting technical studies an assisted living and memory care facility). A sample list of a variety of projects Ms. Kaufman has managed or directed include, several L.A. Metro projects (including station repair Categorical Exemptions and a rail improvement MND), Master Planned Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Projects at Santa Monica College, the Grimes Canyon Surface Mining Projects (Ventura County), several wind and solar energy projects (Kern County), bridge and water pipeline expansion CEQA documents (Los Angeles County and City), and two hydrogen fuel station projects (Burbank and South Pasadena). She provides content and process guidance on Envicom CEQA projects and serves as internal reviewer of many of the firm’s CEQA documents. Ms. Kaufman has been a panelist and speaker at AEP CEQA workshops, including serving as a session chair at the “Future of CEQA” AEP Institute Conference (summer of 2015), and served as AEP’s Los Angeles Chapter Director for three years (2012 through 2014). She began her career in the public sector, where she gained long range and current planning experience, including preparation of the previous area plan for the Santa Clarita Valley, working closely with the County Supervisor-appointed Planning Advisory Committee. Ms. Kaufman earned a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree from Michigan State University and maintains AICP certificate maintenance educational credits.
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STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS ON-CALL ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING SERVICES 35 Primo Tapia Vice-President (Principal) Primo Tapia has extensive experience in the analysis of environmental constraints, CEQA compliance, development impact assessment, resource entitlement, permitting, and construction monitoring. He has successfully coordinated the acquisition of resource permits from trustee resource agencies, including Streambed Alteration Agreements and Incidental Take permits from the CDFW, Section 404 permits from the ACOE, Section 401 Certification from the RWQCB, and oversight and implementation of restoration planning and implementation efforts for riparian habitat and sensitive upland plant species. Mr. Tapia has successfully managed complex, large-scale CEQA projects requiring the coordination of diverse, multi-discipline teams of in-house personnel and outside subconsultants. His experience in the Santa Clarita area includes managing the environmental review for the Casad Residential Development and the Aidlin Edson Residential Development EIR projects both located in Pico Canyon, west of the City. Recent Projects in the vicinity of Santa Clarita include biological resources reporting for the Sand Canyon Country Clubs conversion of a portion of its property to a hotel resort, and environmental due diligence for a multi-family residential project located in Canyon Country along Soledad Canyon Road. Mr. Tapia has managed and overseen the implementation programs for several large-scale permit compliance or mitigation monitoring compliance programs, including for the 19-linear mile Pacific Pipeline/Qwest Fiber Optic Communications Cable Installation Project in the Angeles National Forest, Heritage Valley Parks Specific Plan development in the City of Fillmore, and Deerlake Ranch development in the Chatsworth area of Los Angeles. His project experience includes management of the Pepperdine University Campus Life Project EIR in the County of Los Angeles; the 2000 Avenue of the Stars office project in Century City; a combined project/program EIR for the West Los Angeles College Master Plan; environmental resource studies for the Hearst Ranch; and a detailed CEQA compliance document for the Sunset Millennium Project, a large, mid-rise commercial, office, and hotel complex covering three blocks of the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood. Mr. Tapia serves an ongoing role in providing environmental guidance, documentation and permitting to Pepperdine University’s Malibu Campus. With his extensive background overseeing environmental compliance projects, he frequently oversees our biological resources staff projects, providing client coordination, staff and budget allocation review, and product QA/QC. Mr. Tapia is currently managing several projects for Pepperdine University at their Malibu Campus as well as the Butler Ranch EIR for the County of Ventura. Mr. Tapia holds a BA degree in Geography from California State University, Northridge and is a member of AEP. Wayne Bischoff, Ph.D. Director of Cultural Resources Wayne Bischoff has over 25 years of experience managing cultural resource projects and ensuring compliance with CEQA, Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act, NEPA, and state, county, city, and local government cultural laws, guidelines, and procedures. He has managed cultural, paleontological, ethnographic, and built environment projects throughout Southern California, including the Counties of Ventura, Los Angeles, Kern, Imperial, San Diego, Orange, Santa Barbara, Riverside, and San Bernardino. Dr. Bischoff has been the principal or project manager for hundreds of cultural projects in California, including literature searches, archaeological and paleontological surveys, historic structure assessments, evaluations, and data recoveries. Dr. Bischoff has also authored hundreds of cultural resource technical reports, including Phase I Surveys, Phase II Evaluations, Phase III Data Recovery documents, and Monitoring and Management Plans. Dr. Bischoff has also written cultural resource components of CEQA and NEPA documents and worked with teams writing Memorandums of Agreement (MOA) and Programmatic Agreements. His project experience includes residential, mixed-use, public works, storm and
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STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS ON-CALL ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING SERVICES 36 sewer projects, environmental restoration, commercial development, water resources, energy, and transmission line projects, highways and bridges, telecommunication, education, and park and trail projects. Dr. Bischoff’s experience includes the Pacoima and Los Angeles (Peck Road) Spreading Basin Improvement Projects, Los Angeles County Department of Public Works (LACDPW); the Mill Creek Crew Room Cultural Monitoring project in the Angeles National Forest (ANF), Los Angeles County; Historic Structure Evaluations for Statewide Weatherization Efforts, subconsulting to ICF for all counties in the State of California; Marina Del Rey Waterline Replacement Project Cultural Monitoring, LACDPW, Los Angeles County; Phase I Survey of the Deer Lake Water Tank Project, Porter Ranch; and Phase I Survey of the JPA Solar Farm, Calabasas. Dr. Bischoff (prior to Envicom) served as project manager for the Digital West Fiber Line Feasibility Study, which addressed the proposed placement of a Digital West fiber optic line down the U.S. 101 (Ventura) Freeway corridor from San Luis Obispo to Los Angeles, traversing the counties of San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura, and Los Angeles. The latter study examined biological, cultural, paleontological, and permitting constraints. He has experience with multiple state and federal agencies, each Tribal Group in Southern California, and has conducted Native American consultation per Senate Bill (SB) 18 and AB 52 requirements for numerous project clients in Southern California. Dr. Bischoff frequently provides support to lead agencies’ AB 52 consultation process, when requested. Dr. Bischoff holds an MA in Anthropology from Purdue University and a Doctorate in Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree in Anthropology from Michigan State University. He holds professional memberships in the Societies of Historic Archaeology, California Archaeology, and American Archaeology. Carl Lindner Principal Project Manager Carl Lindner has over 25 years of varied professional experience in the environmental field ranging from Phase I ESAs, critical issues/constraints analyses, and siting and feasibility studies, to comprehensive regulatory permitting documents for large-scale transit and renewable energy projects that are part of the review process under both CEQA and NEPA seeking licenses/approvals from the California Energy Commission (CEC), California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), and Bureau of Land Management (BLM). He has considerable experience managing and supporting licensing/permitting studies for a wide variety of large utility-scale wind, photovoltaic, and solar thermal projects across multiple jurisdictions throughout the southwest (Imperial, San Bernardino, Riverside, Kern, and Los Angeles Counties in California and locations in Nevada and Arizona) for various established public utilities and independent private energy developers. His recent emphasis has included construction compliance monitoring and permitting support for various new Metro transit lines in Los Angeles County and construction compliance monitoring and permitting support for a large transmission line reconstruction effort and the management of associated post construction restoration work. Mr. Lindner has expertise with CEQA documentation for development projects. He is currently project manager for the Belvedere School MND for the Los Angeles Unified School District, an elementary school project EIR in unincorporated Los Angeles County, and an EIR Addendum for West Hills Crest, a residential project in unincorporated Los Angeles County. He additionally provides permitting for various Envicom projects, including a BMX track in Thousand Oaks proposed by the Rancho Simi Recreation and Parks District and the Valencia Travel Village Recreational Vehicle (RV) Storage facility project. Mr. Lindner is experienced with managing large projects with complex scopes, diverse teams, and multi-million dollar budgets and guiding them to successful completion. He is adept at successfully resourcing projects with technically appropriate staff while fully understanding budget sensitivities and realizing the
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STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS ON-CALL ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING SERVICES 37 balance that must be struck between the two. He is proficient at managing complex multi-dimensional projects that require a high level of personal engagement. He has experience communicating with federal, state, and local agency staff and understands the importance of developing and fostering those relationships throughout the project. Mr. Lindner holds a BA degree in Environmental Science from the State University of New York, College at Purchase and a MS degree in Environmental and Occupational Health from New York Medical College. Johanna Falzarano Senior Project Manager Johanna Falzarano has 16 years of experience in preparing and managing a variety of CEQA analyses, including Initial Studies, MNDs, and EIRs. Her experience includes projects for both private and public sector clients. She provides strategic CEQA approach, research and writing, project management, subconsultant and project team coordination, and client liaison services. Ms. Falzarano’s projects extend throughout several of California’s urban and rural landscapes, and she has collaborated with a variety of lead, responsible, and trustee resource agencies in the State. Ms. Falzarano’s experience includes residential, commercial, sports/entertainment, mixed-use, education facility, restoration, public utility, mining, energy, and oil and gas projects. She has partnered with clients to process projects in the Cities of Los Angeles, Carson, San Diego, and Palmdale, as well as the Counties of Los Angeles, Kern, Ventura, Santa Barbara, Fresno, and Imperial. Ms. Falzarano has overseen preparation of several CEQA documents for projects located in the City and County of Los Angeles and surrounding areas, including the MND for the North Hollywood Senior Artists’ Colony Project, the MND for the historic Boyle Hotel Transit Oriented Development Project, and the EIR for the Marina del Rey Oceana Retirement Facility and Holiday Harbor Courts Project. She is currently managing preparation of the EIR for the 4th and Hewitt Project, a mixed-use commercial and office project located in the Arts District in downtown Los Angeles. Ms. Falzarano also contributed to preparation of the Casad Residential Development and the Aidlin Edson Residential Development EIR projects, both located in Pico Canyon, west of the City; Block 8/G8Way LT Project Amended EIR (a mixed-use project located in Little Tokyo); and the EIR for the Pepperdine University Campus Life Project. In addition to such local jurisdictions, and on behalf of clients, Ms. Falzarano has sought permits and other project approvals from the CEC, CCC, CPUC, State Water Resources Control Board and Los Angeles RWQCB, SCAQMD, DTSC, and USFWS. Ms. Falzarano earned a BS degree in Wildlife Biology from Colorado State University, followed by a Master of Public Policy degree from Pepperdine University. She is a Member of the Los Angeles Chapter of AEP. Charles Cohn Project Manager Charles Cohn is a project manager and environmental analyst charged with the preparation of CEQA documentation and technical studies to support planning and development projects. Mr. Cohn is currently managing preparation of the Tapo Alamo Mixed-Use Project EIR for the City of Simi Valley and The AVE Project (also mixed-use) for the City of Agoura Hills, and has recently completed a Draft Initial Study and Mitigated Negative Declaration for redevelopment of a mobilehome park with new multi-family housing in unincorporated Los Angeles County near the City of Arcadia. He has recently managed the preparation of environmental documentation for several infill residential and mixed-use projects in the City of Los Angeles, including the 11301 & 11321 Camarillo Street Mixed-Use Project ND in the community of North Hollywood, and the 18401 Nordhoff Mixed-Use Project MND in the western San Fernando Valley, which are both currently under construction, and the Woodland Hills 19-unit Subdivision Project Subsequent MND single family home tract. Mr. Cohn served as project manager for a focused EIR in the City of
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STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS ON-CALL ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING SERVICES 38 Calabasas for the 3121 Old Topanga Road Project, and two MNDs for projects in the City of El Monte: the Wingate Hotel and the Holiday Inn Express Hotel projects. He has also prepared MNDs for development of a solar power facility, as well as construction of a water storage tank and pumping station for the Las Virgenes Municipal Water District. Mr. Cohn contributed to preparation of an MND for a proposed addition of a hydrogen fuel storage and pump facility at an existing gasoline station in the City of South Pasadena and is currently preparing an MND for an indoor cannabis cultivation and processing facility in the City of Perris. Additionally, Mr. Cohn prepares Air Quality and Greenhouse Gas modeling and technical studies using CalEEMod software and adhering to local lead agency and Air Quality Management District methodologies and thresholds. He has recently prepared stand-alone air quality and greenhouse gas technical studies for two projects proposed in the City of Santa Clarita (Riverwalk Mixed-Use Project, and an assisted living and memory care project on Sierra Highway in Newhall, as well as a residential tract in an unincorporated portion of the Santa Clarita Valley near Stevenson Ranch (Canyon View Estates Project). He has also prepared a visual impact analysis technical report for the Habitat for Heroes residential project in the City of Santa Clarita, evaluating potential aesthetic impacts and viewshed effects associated with a City-designated significant ridgeline. He has managed the preparation of documentation to support findings for several Categorically Exempt projects under CEQA for urban infill residential and mixed-use projects proposed in the City of Los Angeles and in the City of Inglewood. Mr. Cohn is currently contributing environmental analyses for the 4th and Hewitt Project in the Arts District in downtown Los Angeles and contributed to the Paradise Valley Specific Plan Program EIR in the County of Riverside. Additionally, Mr. Cohn has prepared and processed permit applications for entitlements from the ACOE, RWQCB, and CDFW for development projects. He coordinates with those agencies to determine mitigation requirements and conditions for issuance of permits. Mr. Cohn earned his BS degree in Environmental Science from California State University, Channel Islands, with an emphasis in natural resource management. He is a member of the Los Angeles Chapter of AEP and periodically attends CEQA and SCAQMD update workshops. Mitchel Morrison, LEED GA Project Manager Mitchel Morrison prepares CEQA documentation, completes resource agency permit applications, and performs environmental field work, including permit compliance monitoring and habitat restoration. He recently managed a residential project MND for the City of Inglewood, a solar energy MND for the Las Virgenes Municipal Water District, and an industrial park MND for the City of Agoura Hills. Mr. Morrison has prepared environmental analyses for several EIRs, including the 4th and Hewitt Project in the Arts District of downtown City of Los Angeles, the Paradise Valley Specific Plan Program EIR in Riverside County, the Canyon Park Homes EIR in the City of Los Angeles, the 18401 Nordhoff Mixed-Use Project MND in the western San Fernando Valley, the Woodland Hills 19-unit Subdivision Project Subsequent MND, and the Oakwood Middle and High School Master Conditional Use Permit MND. He assisted in the preparation of the Draft and Final EIR for the Malibu Institute Project, a proposed sports-oriented educational retreat and remodeled golf course in the Santa Monica Mountains Coastal Zone and prepared the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program for the Pepperdine Campus Life Project. As project manager, he was responsible for preparing the 113-133 W. Plymouth Street Residential Project MND and is now preparing the Faith Lutheran Senior Housing and Childcare Center MND, both in the City of Inglewood. He has recently prepared a stand-alone noise studies for the Riverwalk Mixed-Use Project in the City of Santa Clarita and is currently preparing a noise study for the Sierra West Assisted Living and Memory Care Project.
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STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS ON-CALL ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING SERVICES 39 Mr. Morrison’s specializes in the analysis of noise and groundborne vibration impacts, having prepared noise studies for residential, commercial, and mixed-use projects in southern California. Mr. Morrison is currently preparing Noise and Vibration studies for a proposed 8-story 225-unit residential building and for a 6-story mixed-use development, having recently completed a Noise Study for a mixed-use development consisting of 136 multi-family residential units and an 8,000-square foot commercial building. Assisting our biological resources staff, he has also performed restoration field work, monitoring and reporting duties regarding the restoration of the Ojai navarretia (Navarretia ojaiensis) at the Hilton Foundation Headquarters in the City of Agoura Hills. Mr. Morrison earned a BA degree from Carroll University in Waukesha, Wisconsin, and a Master of Public Policy degree specialized in State & Local Policy from Pepperdine University in Malibu, California. He currently serves on the Ventura County Board of AEP and is accredited as a LEED Green Associate (GA). Daniel Kaufman Environmental Planner Dan Kaufman is an environmental planner with over three years of experience in environmental consulting, with specialty training and experience in the areas of noise and air quality. He provides documentation for projects under the CEQA/NEPA environmental review process, including modeling for noise, air quality and greenhouse gas emissions. Mr. Kaufman has planned and performed noise monitoring programs, using the resulting baseline readings in modeling and reporting for various projects. His projects include a variety of highway, rail, and development projects. His project work includes the Noise Study Reports for the Westbound SR-91 Improvement Project as well as the SR-47/Vincent Thomas Bridge and Front Street/Harbor Boulevard Interchange Reconfiguration Project. He performed noise monitoring for General Plan Noise Element updates for the cities of Long Beach and Rolling Hills Estates. His noise impact analyses have addressed residential, commercial, industrial, transportation, and mixed-use developments, and his air quality and greenhouse gas analyses have addressed institutional, recreational and mixed-use developments. Mr. Kaufman is currently providing environmental analysis for an IS/NOP and EIR in Castaic, and prepared noise studies for the River Walk Mixed-Use Phase II Project in Santa Clarita and for improvements at Dodger Stadium in Elysian Park. Mr. Kaufman holds a BA degree in Environmental Studies with a minor in Anthropology from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Jessica Hitchcock Associate Environmental Analyst Jessica Hitchcock is responsible for preparing research and analysis for CEQA/NEPA compliance documents, such as MNDs, ISs, EIRs, and EAs. Ms. Hitchcock analyzes a wide array of potential environmental impacts and effectively corresponds with various public and private sector clients. In addition, she often supports the editing process and overall review of a multitude of projects to ensure Envicom produces high-quality finalized documents. Ms. Hitchcock is currently preparing the Public Services and Recreation Sections for North Canyon Ranch EIR for Simi Valley, GHG Emissions Policy Consistency Analysis for a commercial infill project in the City of Los Angeles Arts District, and the Hazardous Materials and Public Services sections for the Tapo Alamo Mixed-Use Project EIR in Simi Valley. She has also assisted with the preparation of RWQCB and ACOE permitting applications for Pepperdine University, located in Malibu, as well as quality control, production, and response to comments for the Paradise Valley Specific Plan Project EIR for the County of Riverside. Ms. Hitchcock earned a BA degree in Environmental Studies and Political Science from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Prior to working for Envicom Corporation, she was employed by the University of California, Santa Barbara Department of Environmental Health and Safety, conducting airflow velocity tests to ensure that campus laboratories were in compliance with Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standards.
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STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS ON-CALL ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING SERVICES 40 Samantha Whittington Cultural Resource Analyst/Lab Manager Samantha Wittington is an experienced archaeological lab manager, field technician, and lead monitor. Her skills include preparation of California Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) 523 site reports, field logs, monitoring logs, artifact cataloguing, field surveying and monitoring, and leading multiple field monitors at different project locations. Ms. Whittington has worked on numerous cultural resource projects throughout Central and Southern California, including in Los Angeles County, Kern County, and Ventura County. She assists with record search requests and Phase I reports. She has served or is now serving as key staff on several currently confidential Envicom Corporation cultural resources projects, as well as a Phase I Cultural Resources study in Newhall on the site of a proposed Assisted Living and Memory Care facility. Ms. Whittington served as Envicom’s Laboratory Manager for a large evaluation and data recovery project in a city in Ventura County. The site is a prehistoric Chumash ceremonial center that was used by prehistoric Native Americans from 400 A.D. to the late 1700s. Dozens of test units, numerous shovel test pits, surface collection, and surface feature mapping are planned, and to date more than 100,000 artifacts have been collected. She also provides cultural resource monitoring on construction sites. Ms. Wittington earned her BA degree in Anthropology from California State University, Northridge, attended the Wind Wolves Preserve Archaeological Field School in Kern County, and completed an internship at the Fowler Museum at the University of California, Los Angeles. James Anderson Senior Biologist Jim Anderson has over 15 years of experience in a range of resource management disciplines, including biological resource inventory and assessment; biological constraints analysis; CEQA impact analysis and mitigation; comprehensive botanical surveys; rare plant surveys; vegetation and habitat mapping; identification of Environmentally Sensitive Habitat Areas (ESHA); breeding bird surveys; jurisdictional delineation of Federal and State wetlands, waters, and riparian habitat; California Rapid Assessment of Wetland Habitats (CRAM); mitigation plans; environmental permitting under the Clean Water Act and Federal and State Endangered Species Acts; Geographic Information Systems (GIS); U.S. Forest Service Forest Inventory and Health Assessment (FIA), and permit compliance/construction monitoring. Mr. Anderson was the senior biologist on the San Andreas Fault Valve Project Biological Constraints Analysis. He has worked on various projects for the County of Ventura Public Works Agency (see Section III., Relevant Project Experience). He is currently preparing a biological resources assessment for a site of a proposed Assisted Living and Memory Care facility in Newhall and will be peer reviewing biological resources studies for a proposed light industrial and residential project in Castaic. Mr. Anderson received a BA degree in Geography from the University of Colorado, Boulder and an MESM Specializing in Conservation Planning from the University of California, Santa Barbara. He was awarded certificates in Community-Based Development from the Colorado State University, Fort Collins, and in Field Ornithology from the University of California, Riverside. Erin Roberts Biologist/Restoration Ecologist/ISA Certified Arborist Erin Roberts is a biologist, restoration ecologist, and International Society of Arboriculture (ISA)-certified arborist (WE-10365A). Ms. Roberts has extensive experience providing construction monitoring services throughout the construction process and conducting springtime vegetation and bird surveys prior to
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STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS ON-CALL ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING SERVICES 41 initiation of the project development phase. As a restoration ecologist, she plans, designs, and implements vegetation and native tree restoration programs. Ms. Roberts has drafted and overseen the implementation and annual reporting for several Habitat Mitigation and Monitoring Plans (HMMPs), including the Alamos Canyon Creek Habitat Mitigation and Monitoring Plan for the West Los Angeles Avenue Road Widening Project for the City of Simi Valley, the Mitigation Plan for the Arroyo Santa Rosa Channel Stabilization Project for the Ventura County Watershed Protection District (VCWPD), and the Enhanced Recreation Area Biological Resources Mitigation Plan for Pepperdine University. She has provided protected tree assessments, tree impact analyses, tree protection plans, and construction monitoring services, pursuant to county and city ordinances and reporting guidelines. Her projects include the Lyons Canyon Ranch (VTTM 53653) located in the Santa Clarita Valley, near Old Road and the Interstate 5 Freeway in unincorporated Los Angeles County; the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Campus Development in the City of Agoura Hills; and the Lake Sherwood Development Tracts 4192/4409 in unincorporated Ventura County. Before coming to Envicom Corporation, Ms. Roberts was a Restoration Biologist for the Santa Monica Mountains National Park Service (NPS) where she focused on restoration programming, grant procurement for native habitat restoration projects and overseeing the planning, implementation, monitoring, mapping, and success reporting for several projects throughout the Santa Monica Mountains, including Solstice Canyon, Zuma Canyon, and Medea Creek. Ms. Roberts received both a BS degree and MS degree, with an emphasis in Biology, from California State University, Northridge. David West Biologist/Restoration Ecologist Dave West is a biologist and restoration ecologist with a background in applied ecological restoration. Mr. West gained experience in a broad array of ecological disciplines as an environmental scientist for the California State Parks. He has experience performing bird and nest surveys for the Federally-listed Western Snowy Plover (Charadrius alexandrines nivosus) and California Least Tern (Sternula antillarum browni), including the placement of nest exclosures to protect nests from predators. Additionally, he helped direct crews of workers from the California Conservation Corps in the seasonal construction and removal of fencing to protect sensitive nesting habitat for special-status wildlife. Mr. West also has extensive experience identifying native California fauna, particularly in coastal Southern California. He is proficient in the collection and propagation of native seed and has overseen nursery operations in the course of implementing restoration projects. Mr. West earned a BS degree in Biology, with an emphasis in Ecology and Biodiversity, and a minor in Ecological Restoration, from Humboldt State University. Amanda Miner GIS Specialist/Environmental Analyst Amanda Miner manages Envicom Corporation’s GIS services. She has designed and developed geodatabase architecture and schema specific to the firm’s product needs and created automations that make the company's GIS workflow highly efficient. In addition to using GIS for biological, cultural, and geographic analysis and mapping, Ms. Miner uses modeling and programming to develop specialized geospatial solutions, and also resolves computer-aided design (CAD) and GIS interoperability issues. Ms. Miner is currently managing three of Envicom's GIS projects in Sub-Saharan Africa. These involve developing geospatial management applications that help district government and their non-profit partners improve their water and sanitation program management. Prior to joining Envicom, Ms. Miner worked with the NPS conducting spatial analysis for their fire program, including wildfire and risk modeling, statistical analyses and programming, as well as independent wildfire research studies covering large areas of Los Angeles County. She successfully obtained two federal grants to help fund a geospatial study pertaining to defensible space and ecological issues within the Santa Monica Mountains. Her results were used in NPS Fire Management Planning to minimize fuel modification impacts to native vegetation and were used by
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STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS ON-CALL ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING SERVICES 42 the Ventura County Planning Department in their Coastal Land Use Planning process. Ms. Miner has a Master of Science degree in Natural Resources from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, and a Master of Science degree in GIS from Johns Hopkins University. Christopher Boyte GIS Specialist/Graphics Manager Chris Boyte is the firm’s principal graphic designer and also provides GIS mapping services, including urban shading analyses. Mr. Boyte is responsible for the creation of the exhibits, computer graphics and animation, maps, and scale models, as well as multimedia presentations, that accompany our environmental documents and consulting services and increase their usability by visually depicting the contents of planning products. He is also charged with maintaining the firm’s website, posting projects being publicly reviewed to this website where applicable, contributing to the development of GIS-based graphics, and maintaining and archiving electronic files for completed projects. Mr. Boyte is currently preparing graphics to support the Paradise Valley Specific Plan Program EIR in Riverside County and the 4th and Hewitt Project EIR in the City of Los Angeles. He prepares graphic products and GIS support for most of the firm’s CEQA/NEPA documents, which have recently included including The Parks in Los Angeles, Wingate Hotel Project, Holiday Inn Express Project, 11301 & 11321 Camarillo Street Mixed-Use Project ND in North Hollywood, the 18401 Nordhoff Mixed-Use Project MND, the Woodland Hills 19-unit Subdivision Project Subsequent MND, and the Oakwood Middle and High School Master Conditional Use Permit MND. Mr. Boyte prepared GIS/graphics products for our past CEQA projects in the City of Goleta and unincorporated Santa Barbara County, including the Preserve at San Marcos EIR, Orcutt Union School District Key Site 17 Project EIR and Santa Barbara Botanic Garden Vital Mission Plan EIR in unincorporated Santa Barbara County, as well as the firm’s City of Goleta projects, including the Willow Springs II Residential Project, the Westar Mixed-Use Project, and the Village at Los Carneros Project EIR. Mr. Boyte earned a BS degree in Applied Art and Design, with a concentration in graphic design, from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, and a GIS certificate from Pierce College
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1.1.7 Sub-Consultants Descriptions of our subconsultants and select personnel from these firms are provided below. Resumes for these and additional staff are provided in Appendix B. Envicom also works with additional firms in many of the disciplines represented as well as firms in other specialty areas, should the need arise. ASSOCIATED TRAFFIC ENGINEERS (ATE) Responsibilities: Transportation/Traffic/VMT Qualifications: Associated Transportation Engineers, Incorporated (ATE), a California S-Corporation (Tax ID 95-378088), is a full-service engineering consulting firm specializing in traffic engineering, transportation planning, traffic signal design, parking, and Caltrans processing. Established in 1978, ATE has completed a wide variety of projects for clients located throughout California and the western United States. ATE has worked for both public sector and private sector clients, including city, county, state, and federal agencies; and environmental and planning consulting firms, architects, attorneys, engineers, private development interests, and major commercial corporations. ATE is currently working with Envicom preparing a transportation study for a senior living and memory care facility project in the City of Santa Clarita and works with Envicom on our projects with Pepperdine University, among other clients. The firm’s Board of Directors consists of Richard L. Pool, President and Chief Financial Officer and Scott A. Schell, Vice President and Secretary. ATE will commit the resources necessary to complete the work according to the schedule presented in this proposal. Mr. Schell and Mr. Dan Dawson are proposed as key staff, with other ATE technical personnel available to support the project. Mr. Schell and Mr. Dawson will be supported by ATE’s team of transportation planners, traffic engineers, CAD operators, traffic technicians, traffic counters and administrative staff. These trained personnel assist in a wide variety of duties, including the production of intersection signalization plans, compilation of traffic data for incorporation into traffic reports, collection and reduction of intersection and roadway traffic volume data, as well as assembly of transportation and circulation studies. ATE has earned a reputation for creative problem solving through a team-oriented, consensus building approach. ATE staff have developed solid working relationships with city, county, and agency staff throughout the state, and have worked extensively with personnel in 9 of the 12 Caltrans districts statewide. ATE has demonstrated the capability of developing innovative solutions and providing quality services at competitive costs. ATE has also established a solid record of completing projects on-time and within budget. The firm’s staff has completed a wide variety of traffic engineering and transportation planning projects. Traffic engineering projects include traffic and parking studies for a wide variety of commercial, residential, and institutional developments, roadway and intersection improvement designs, freeway interchange designs, traffic capacity and operations assessments, traffic surveys and traffic counts, pedestrian and bikeway facility designs, project study reports, and site access and circulation studies. ATE has also participated in the preparation of numerous CEQA and NEPA environmental documents, including EIRs and EISs. The CEQA and NEPA documents were completed for major development projects, institutional projects, infrastructure improvement projects, Circulation Element updates (including city-wide traffic modeling), roadway corridor studies, specific plans for local and regional areas, and development of traffic fee programs. The efforts included preparing the technical traffic, circulation and parking studies for in the environmental documents, assisting with responding to comments on the draft documents, and attending the hearings for the projects to present the findings to the decision makers.
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STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS ON-CALL ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING SERVICES 44 Scott A. Schell, AICP Principal Transportation Planner Scott Schell will be the Principal Transportation Planner for the project. Mr. Schell is a transportation planning specialist with a broad background in traffic operations, transportation planning theory and environmental regulations (CEQA, NEPA, etc.). Mr. Schell joined ATE as a Transportation Planner in 1983 and became a partner in the firm in 1992. During his tenure with ATE, he has been responsible for and participated in over 1,000 transportation planning studies, traffic impact reports, and parking studies for projects located throughout both northern and southern California. Mr. Schell has also prepared Circulation Element updates, traffic improvement fee programs, Sphere of Influence Annexation proposals, and Environmental Impact Reports/Statements for large-scale residential, commercial, and institutional developments, as well as Redevelopment Agency projects. Mr. Schell serves as a project manager responsible for the preparation, review, and public presentation of the various traffic impact reports and transportation planning studies. Dan Dawson Supervising Transportation Planner Dan Dawson will serve as Supervising Transportation Planner, providing supporting technical services for the project and will overseeing the traffic modeling consultant. Mr. Dawson joined ATE as a Transportation Planner in 1989. Since that time, he has participated in over 600 transportation planning and parking studies throughout California, Nevada, and Arizona. Mr. Dawson participated in the development of the traffic analyses for corridor studies and specific plans. Additional work efforts completed by Mr. Dawson include analyses of urban and rural transportation facilities in conjunction with numerous circulation elements, general plans, redevelopment plans, specific plans, and environmental impact assessments for individual development projects. Prior to his employment at ATE, he worked as a Transportation Planner for the City of Santa Barbara. At that position, Mr. Dawson was responsible for reviewing and preparing written summaries of traffic report, recommendations and informational reports on site plans, EIR's, traffic studies, and development plan proposals. Other Technical ATE Personnel ATE employs a team of transportation planners, Traffic Engineers, CAD operators, traffic technicians, traffic counters, and administrative staff. These trained personnel assist in a wide variety of duties, including the production of intersection signalization plans, compilation of traffic data for incorporation into traffic reports, collection and reduction of intersection and roadway traffic volume data, as well as assembly of transportation and circulation studies. CITADEL EHS Responsibilities: Hazards and Hazardous Materials (Including Lead and Asbestos Testing), SWPPP and QSP Qualifications: Founded in 1993 to help property owners/operators and employers respond to a rising tide of legislation and litigation, Citadel EHS (Citadel) provides comprehensive Environmental, Engineering, Health, Safety, and Sustainability (EHS&S) Consulting solutions to meet the needs of both the public and private sectors. Our team integrates a thorough knowledge of the built environment with the fields of industrial hygiene, safety, construction, environmental sciences, geology, and architecture. For the past 26 years, Citadel has offered an extensive line of services applicable to the various “stages” of property development, ownership, and operations: from due diligence, to finance/acquisition, through design and construction, to facility operation and personnel management, and again through property disposition.
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STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS ON-CALL ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING SERVICES 45 While still being a State of California Small Business Enterprise (SBE), Citadel is one of the largest EHS&S consulting firms in Southern California boasting numerous certified employees each with extensive EHS&S experience and located nearby in the Glendale, Costa Mesa, and Valencia offices. Citadel has the largest number of California Department of Occupational Safety and Health Certified Asbestos Consultants (CACs) and Certified Site Surveillance Technicians (CSSTs) in Southern California, with 13 CAC and 11 CSST full time employees. In addition, Citadel can provide services related to Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plans (SWPPPs), which are managed by Citadel’s California Qualified SWPPP Developer (QSD) and Practitioner (QSP). Our industry leading resources allow us to ensure that we can dedicate the resources to get every project completed on time. Mark Drollinger, MEng., CSP, CHMM, EIT, QSP Principal, Engineering and Environmental Sciences Mr. Drollinger has nearly 35 years of experience in environmental engineering, compliance, permitting, and management projects. Mr. Drollinger has a strong working knowledge of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), DTSC, Air Quality Management District (AQMD)/ Air Pollution Control District (APCD), OSHA, and Department of Transportation (DOT) regulations; and with local agencies, fire departments, and public works. He is available for SWPPP work and is a Qualified SWPPP Practitioner (QSP). Mr. Drollinger has provided environmental engineering, investigations and compliance, safety management, and engineering construction management services on numerous projects for the US Navy, Veterans Administration, US Department of Agriculture, Cal Trans, EPA and numerous private projects throughout the western United States. In addition, Mr. Drollinger has worked with the Federal EPA’s Superfund Technical Assessment and Response Team (START) on numerous Superfund related Sites throughout California. Mr. Drollinger’s experience includes conducting and managing Phase I Environmental Site Assessments, Phase II Site Investigations, and remediation efforts for soil, soil vapor/gas, and groundwater at properties contaminated with petroleum hydrocarbons, volatile organic compounds, metals, dioxins, PCBs, asbestos, methane, and pesticides (e.g., DDT). Mr. Drollinger has closed many of these projects with the appropriate regulatory oversight agencies and has established long-term relationships with staff at the RWQCB Region 4, DTSC, EPA Region 9 and local fire departments, public works and county environmental health departments. Mr. Drollinger served as the Project Manager for the Phase I ESA for a 32-acre residential development located in the City of Goleta, Santa Barbara County, California. Mr. Drollinger has a BS degree in Applied and Natural Sciences from the University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa), and a MEng. in Advanced Safety Engineering and Management from the University of Alabama, Birmingham. He is a certifying board member of the American Council of Accredited Certifications and is a member of the American Society of Safety Professionals, International Facilities Managers Association, California Real Estate Women, Business Development Association of Orange County, and Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers. Michael Roy, CAC, CDPH Associate Principal/Building Sciences Michael Roy has over 30 years of environmental industry-related experience. He began his career serving as the Program Manager for the United States Postal Service, New York Field Real Estate Office, where he administered the USPS Asbestos Management Program. This program included the abatement of asbestos in over 200 postal facilities in the New York/New Jersey metropolitan area. The subject facilities ranged in size from local post offices to regional mail sorting and transport facilities. During the Northridge Earthquake he served as a Hazard Mitigation Specialist for FEMA’s seismic retrofit program, monitoring compliance with Federal regulations and evaluating associated engineering solutions, environmental impact reports, and cost effectiveness. Mr. Roy also worked to administer compliance with the National Historic
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STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS ON-CALL ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING SERVICES 46 Preservation Act and National Environmental Policy for the Hazard Mitigation Division. In his over 14 years at Citadel, Mr. Roy has personally managed in excess of $10 million in project revenue for a diverse group of client sectors in municipal facilities, education, healthcare, aerospace, real estate, and retail. His direct project experience include all aspects of project management for asbestos, lead, microbial sampling, polychlorinated biphenyl (PCBs) surveys, universal wastes, and ozone depleting substances (ODS); preparation of abatement design drawings and specifications; pre-construction services (bid assistance); project surveillance and contaminant air monitoring and analysis during abatement/removal activities; sub-surface site assessments; and preparation of project close-out documentation. Mr. Roy received his Bachelor of Science in Architecture from New York Institute of Technology, Old Westbury, New York. His professional certifications include California State Certification as a Certified Asbestos Consultant (CAC), an EPA/Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act (AHERA) Accredited Building Inspector/Management Planner, Contractor Supervisor/Competent Person, and Project Designer. He also has apprentice training as a Scaffolding User, Initial Level Confined Space Training, Thermography training, and is a CDPH Lead-Related Construction Building Inspector/Assessor/Monitor. Recently Mr. Roy received his Global Sustainability Certification from the University of California, Los Angeles. Jeff Doherty, CSST, CDPH Field Technician Jeff Doherty has 20 years of experience leading and managing significant projects involving the EPA, OSHA, and the Illinois Department of Public Health, and has successfully managed multi-million dollar projects while cultivating client relationships. He is experienced with analyzing project scopes for industrial hygiene and environmental remediation work and proactively maintaining compliance with the EPA, OSHA, and the Department of Public Health regulatory agencies resulting in zero company citations. Mr. Doherty also has conducted training courses for client awareness and safety programs to refresh certification standards, designed and implemented emergency response teams; and established multi-fit testing programs for Advocate Healthcare Systems to strengthen employee awareness and to protect them from biological airborne pathogens. He has substantial experience in project management, environmental testing, and research and works to deliver exceptional results throughout the planning, execution, analysis, and reporting phases. As a Field Technician for Citadel, he conducts Hazardous Material Surveys, and provides Abatement Oversight, as well as some project management duties. His daily responsibilities include: hazardous materials survey; air monitoring of asbestos abatement projects; clearance sampling of abatement projects; and office duties including, cost tracing invoicing, generating SCAQMD Rule 1403 reports and preparing abatement closeout report documentation. Mr. Doherty holds a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science from Indiana University, 1998. His professional certifications include: Asbestos Building Inspector; Indoor Air Quality Control Specialist; Lead Risk Assessor; 40 Hour Certified OSHA Training; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) 582; Hazardous Waste Operations (HAZWOPER); and Certified Amtrak Safety Contractor. ENCOMPASS CONSULTANT GROUP Responsibilities: Engineering/ Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plans/QSD Qualifications: Encompass Consultant Group, Inc. (ECG) is a local firm established in 2016. ECG is an employee-owned company and are committed to providing exceptional services to both public and private clients throughout Northern Los Angeles County, Ventura County, Santa Barbara County, and the surrounding regions. With office locations in Santa Clarita, Lancaster and Camarillo, the firm is well situated to serve the City’s needs.
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STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS ON-CALL ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING SERVICES 47 ECG is comprised of team members who have worked together in the area for well over 10 years, and some for over 20. During these established careers, ECG’s staff have successfully managed and designed numerous municipal and capital improvement projects throughout Los Angeles, Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties. Our team has a long history of providing high quality, responsive, and efficient services to public agencies such as the City of Santa Clarita. Our wide-ranging experience working on projects for Public Agencies includes the following (asterisks indicate multi-year contracts): City of Camarillo* City of Oxnard* City of Santa Barbara* City of Carpinteria City of Lancaster* City of Palmdale City of Ventura * City of Fillmore City of Port Hueneme* City of Moorpark City of Santa Paula County of Santa Barbara * County of Ventura* County of Los Angeles ECG offers a broad range of civil engineering and land surveying services. With a combination of highly skilled in-house resources and established relationships with specialty firms, our staff can effectively and efficiently meet the City’s needs for multiple tasks outlined within the City’s Scope of Work. Our talented 15-member professional staff includes 8 registered civil engineers, 2 licensed professional land surveyors, and three (3) California Certified Qualified Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan Developers (QSD) along with a well-rounded design and survey support team. ECG staff share a common goal of exceptional client service. A commitment to technical expertise, quality, and client service is what ECG strive for both at an individual and firm level. Our staff are dedicated individuals who take great pride in their work and build relationships at all levels within the community. As a small-sized, local firm ECG is poised to serve as an extension of Envicom and City Staff, providing personalized and attentive service to meet the City’s needs. Tristan Santos, P.E., QSD – Hydrology and SWPPP Senior Engineer As Senior Engineer with over 15 years of experience, Mr. Santos is specialized in Stormwater and Drainage along with the design of civil engineering improvements for public and private projects throughout Ventura, Santa Barbara, Riverside, San Bernardino, and Los Angeles Counties. His experience involves new construction and upgrades for projects ranging from educational facilities, recreational parks, residential and industrial developments, water storage tanks, and roadway improvements. The improvement plans for these projects required flood analyses, drainage and hydraulic calculations, and site grading; as well as the design of utility improvements including storm drains, waterlines, and sanitary sewer lines associated with these projects. As a stormwater specialist, Mr. Santos is tasked with ensuring projects comply with the Regional Water Quality Control Board’s Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) Permit. With his extensive experience in the field, projects are designed to implement the most feasible Best Management Practices (BMPs) required and that new development and redevelopment projects reduce urban runoff pollution to the "maximum extent practicable” (MEP) while maintaining creativity and flexibility in each design. Roadway projects have specific requirements separate from other development categories. Measures include integrating USEPA guidance for “Managing Wet Weather with Green Infrastructure: Green Streets” to the MEP (i.e. minimize street width, use porous pavement or pavers, and add tree canopy by planting or preserving trees/shrubs), provide Retention or Biofiltration BMPs sized to capture and treat the Stormwater Quality Design Volume or Flow. Mr. Santos’ public agency experience includes:
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STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS ON-CALL ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING SERVICES 48 • City of Santa Clarita, Newhall Ranch Rd. SUSMP, Project Manager, Designer • City of Santa Clarita, As Needed Plan Review Services, Project Manager, QA/QC • County of Los Angeles, Multiple LID Reports for In-Fill Project, Project Manager, Hydrology and Design • City of Oxnard, Channel Islands Harbor Administration Building Project, Hydrology and Design • City of Oxnard Green Streets Masterplan, Project Manager, Lead Designer • County of Ventura Todd Road Jail Improvements Project-Design Build, Hydrology and Design • Ventura County Airports, Drainage Analysis • Conejo Recreation & Park District, Banyan Park, Project Manager, Lead Designer Gregory Musser, P.E., QSD – Hydrology and SWPPP Senior Engineer As a Senior Engineers, Mr. Musser is responsible for the design of civil engineering improvements for public and private projects throughout Ventura, Santa Barbara, and Los Angeles Counties. His experience includes designs for new construction and upgrades for various types of projects including educational facilities, recreational parks, residential and commercial developments, and roadway improvements. The improvement plans for these projects required drainage analyses, hydrologic and hydraulic calculations, and site grading, as well as the design of utility improvements including storm drains, waterlines, and sanitary sewer lines associated with these projects. He is very well versed in the preparation of technical specifications, cost estimates, and Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plans (SWPPPs). Mr. Musser has the experience to serve multiple roles, adapting to the specific needs of the project, whether it be design, project coordination, or engineering construction support. He has gained valuable field experience with the construction management and engineering construction support and observation services for underground utilities, grading certifications, concrete placement, quantity take-offs, drainage design, along with right of way mapping, and utility plans. His public agency experience includes: • City of Santa Clarita, Soledad Canyon & Reuther Ave. Median Modification, Designer • City of Camarillo, Adolfo Ranch House Parking Lot Paving Project, Designer • County of Ventura Watershed Protection District, Oak Park Green Streets Urban Retrofit, Designer • Port of Hueneme, Naval Base Parking Lot Expansion Project, Designer • County of Ventura, Todd Road Jail Improvements Project-Design Build, Designer • City of Oxnard Civil Engineering and Survey Plan Check Services, Plan Reviewer • County of Ventura Harbor Dept., Channel Islands Harbor Administrative Building Replacement Project, Designer INTERACTA, INC. Responsibilities: Visual Resources: 3-D Computer Modeling / Photo Simulations Qualifications: Interacta, Inc. (Interacta) is a visualization company focused on architectural visual studies and interactive models. Interacta reaches beyond basic photo simulations into dynamic and interactive presentations that allow all parties to view accurate representations of a proposed project in 3D to assist in the design and approval process. Interacta integrates aerial photography, survey plots, architectural
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STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS ON-CALL ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING SERVICES 49 drawings and landscape plans to create 3D models for integration with on-site photography bringing a level of detail that cannot be achieved through traditional means. The firm is currently in its 18th year of business developing photo simulations. Interacta is customer focused and strives for customer satisfaction. Interacta has proven performance and capabilities that meet the technical challenges in developing visual simulations for future project. Ron Stevens Principal Ron Stevens, Principal and Founder of Interacta, Inc., will direct all visual simulations work. He has completed numerous photo simulations including single family residences and large scale developments. Mr. Stevens uses the latest technology to develop accurate 3D site models used in photo simulations. Mr. Stevens is a Santa Barbara native and has a BSME from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. Mr. Stevens has been developing applied animation and computer graphics for more than 25 years. Prior to founding Interacta, he managed a training and multimedia group that developed virtual and augmented reality applications for military customers. Mr. Stevens has developed custom interactive computer based presentations using project site models to allow developers, planners and government agencies to perform drive-by and fly-through visualizations in real time. Mr. Stevens has teamed with Envicom Corporation to provide visual simulations for the multiple projects including the solar facility proposed by the Joint Powers Authority of the Las Virgenes Municipal Water District and the Triunfo Sanitation District, Paradise Valley Specific Plan EIR for a new town in unincorporated Riverside County and the Tapo Alamo Mixed-Use Project EIR in the City of Simi Valley. He has also worked on Envicom’s team for visual simulations to support the Preserve at San Marcos and the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden Vital Mission Plan EIRs. He is currently working with Envicom on simulations for the North Canyon Ranch EIR in the City of Simi Valley. He has provided visual simulations for other publicly funded projects including water tanks and school facilities. Mr. Stevens holds a BS degree in Mechanical Engineering (BSME) from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. Mr. Stevens has been developing applied animation and computer graphics for more than 18 years. Prior to founding Interacta, he managed a training and multimedia group that developed virtual and augmented reality applications for military customers. LEIGHTON CONSULTING, INC. Responsibilities: Engineering/ Geology/Hazardous Materials/Water Sampling Qualifications: Leighton Consulting, Inc. (Leighton) provides over 58 years of experience in producing geologic, geotechnical, and geo-environmental solutions for projects across Southern California. Leighton as an organization is comprised of California-licensed consulting engineers, geologists, scientists, and technicians who can provide turnkey environmental consulting services in support of Envicom for the City of Santa Clarita. Leighton’s project experience ranges from small Phase I ESA projects for residential developers and municipal agencies, to large-scale remediation projects for soil, soil vapor, and groundwater beneath agricultural land and oil refineries. Projects large and small – and everything in between – have been managed, staffed, and completed by utilizing Leighton’s deep bench of experienced personnel and implementation of state-of-the-art resources and tools. Additionally, our experts in occupational health and safety, regulatory compliance, and permitting provide project support to safely complete projects when required to operate under local, state, and/or federal agency purview. Lastly, Leighton has extensive experience working together on projects in and around the City of Santa Clarita and has local staff available to support your requests for on-call environmental consulting services.
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STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS ON-CALL ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING SERVICES 50 Meredith Church, PG Associate Geologist Meredith Church has 16 years of experience conducting hydrogeologic, geologic, geochemical, and hazardous waste investigations. Ms. Church has supervised all aspects of environmental assessment investigations including Initial Site Assessments (ISAs), aerially deposited lead (ADL) surveys, drilling soil borings, installing groundwater monitoring wells, oversight of Underground Storage Tank (UST) removals and associated remedial excavations. Ms. Church has managed numerous Phase I and Phase II site assessments, as well as the design, installation, operation and maintenance of various soil/groundwater remediation systems utilizing vapor extraction and multiple phase extraction. Ms. Church has utilized Risk Based Corrective Action to achieve regulatory closure with in-place soil and groundwater contamination. Ms. Church’s project experience includes: SR-138 Improvements Project, Palmdale. Project Manager and principal investigator of an Initial Site Assessment (ISA) and Aerially Deposited Lead (ADL)/Phase II Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) for the SR-138 (5th Street East to 10th Street East) Improvements Project in the City of Palmdale. Her project experience includes: • SR-138 Improvements Project, Palmdale. Project Manager and principal investigator of an Initial Site Assessment (ISA) and Aerially Deposited Lead (ADL)/Phase II Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) for the SR-138 (5th Street East to 10th Street East) Improvements Project in the City of Palmdale. • EXPO Phase 2, LACMTA, Los Angeles. Project Manager of Phase I ESA and concurrent baseline Phase II ESA and aerially deposited lead (ADL) survey. • Foothill Gold Line Extension, LACMTA, Pasadena to Montclair. Field Geologist for Phase II ESA of properties identified in Phase I with potential impact to proposed construction. • Crenshaw-Prairie Transit Corridor Project, Los Angeles. Project Manager and Principal Investigator for an 8-mile corridor though a heavily commercial and industrial area near Los Angeles International Airport. The Phase I was completed on schedule and within budget and included appropriate recommendations for additional investigation prior to construction activities. In addition, a Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA)-compliant EIR Hazardous Materials section was prepared for the project area. • MTA Gold Line Foothill Extension, Santa Anita Underpass, Arcadia. Principal Investigator for an ISA for the construction of a new Santa Anita Underpass at the SR-210 Freeway, in order to connect to the existing tracks in the median between the east and westbound lanes. Ms. Church completed the site inspection, evaluated a regulatory database report, and reviewed Leighton's previous Phase I and Phase II ESA documents of the 24-mile alignment for the Gold Line Foothill Extension. Wallace Sconiers, Jr., PG Associate Geologist Wallace Sconiers has 10 years of professional environmental consulting experience conducting site assessments, investigations, and remediation projects. He has been involved in numerous projects across Southern California with impacts to soil, soil vapor, and groundwater by total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH), VOCs, organochlorine pesticides OCPs, and metals at oil refineries, residential developments, agricultural sites, commercial properties, and municipal facilities. Mr. Sconiers has managed Phase I and Phase II site assessments, managed field operations on petroleum hydrocarbon and VOC remediation projects, and has experience in groundwater well installation, groundwater monitoring and sampling, LNAPL removal, and environmental soil drilling for soil investigations and soil vapor surveys. His project experience includes:
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STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS ON-CALL ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING SERVICES 51 • Indoor Environmental Sampling Assessment, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (LACDPH), Aliso Canyon Natural Gas Incident, Porter Ranch Community, Los Angeles. Field Geologist to evaluate for contaminants including TPH, VOCs, and metals in residential indoor environments in Porter Ranch residences potentially affected by the Aliso Canyon natural gas leak at Well SS-25. • On-Call Environmental Services for Los Angeles County, Chief Executive Office, Groundwater Monitoring Program, Barry J. Nidorf Juvenile Hall, Sylmar. Field Geologist for groundwater monitoring stemming from a TPH release from a former underground storage tank (UST) at the facility. Between 2010 and 2018, groundwater monitoring and sampling was conducted on weekly, monthly, quarterly, and biannual schedules to assess for TPH and VOCs in groundwater. • NPDES Groundwater Sampling and Analyses, Proposed Phase II Improvements, Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Campus, Agoura Hills. Project Manager for NPDES groundwater sampling and reporting for client to conduct offsite discharge to storm drains of groundwater encountered during and after construction of proposed office building and subterranean parking structures. • Phase II and TPH-Affected Soil Remediation, 468-Acre Harvest at Limoneira Residential Development, Santa Paula. Project Geologist for multiple soil investigations and remediation of approximately 5,734 tons of non-hazardous waste soil and 380 tons of California-hazardous waste soil affected by OCPs, lead, and TPH from agricultural structures and residential buildings at the site prior to demolition. Work was conducted under Cal-EPA Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) oversight, and the DTSC issued a No Further Action approval following their review of Leighton’s 2017 Preliminary Environmental Assessment report for the site. VIKING RESEARCH Responsibilities: Wildland Fire Consulting Qualifications: Viking Consulting (Viking) provides operational strategic planning, fire protection planning, fuel modification plan preparation, project management, policy development, and technical peer reviewer services for existing and new development. Steve Oaks, PG Santa Barbara County Fire Marshal, (Retired) Steve served as the Air & Wildland Special Operations Chief in charge of Air Support, Fire Crews and Dozer sections. Steve serves on National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Technical Committees for Wildland Fire Management (WFM-AAA) and Wildland and Rural Fire Protection (WRP-AAA). Additionally, he served at the State level as a member of the FireScope Operations Team. He is a member of the International Arson Investigators Association, the California Fire Chief’s Association, and California Fire Prevention Officers Association. Additionally, he has numerous National and State qualifications such as Incident Commander, Plans Section Chief, Operations Section Chief, Liaison Officer, Division/Group Supervisor, Strike Team Leader, Task Force Leader, Hazardous Materials Technician/Specialist, and California PC 830.37 Peace Officer/Investigator.
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1.2. COST FILE (UNDER SEPARATE COVER) Standard Hourly Fee Schedules As requested, we provide under separate cover labeled “Cost File,” the 2020 Envicom Corporation Professional Fee Schedule and the fee schedules for each of our subconsultants.
INSURANCE AND CONTRACT ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
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1.3 CONTRACT AND INSURANCE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Contract and Insurance Acknowledgement The Envicom Corporation team understands that the City of Santa Clarita indemnification requirements be consistent with and not extent beyond the liability requirements of California state law. With that understanding, we find acceptable the Contract Sample provided in the RFP, including its insurance requirements. Upon selection, the Envicom Corporation team will provide proof of insurance that meets the specifications of the City of Santa Clarita SOQ for on-call professional services agreements, as specified in the Contract Sample provided in the RFP.
APPENDIX A REFERENCES
APPENDIX B RESUMES
4165 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd., Suite 290, Westlake Village, CA 91362 • (818) 879-4700 • www.envicomcorporation.com
TRAVIS CULLEN, LEED AP
President
[email protected]
Years of Experience
20 Years
Education
BA, Environmental Studies
Emphasis: Natural
Resources and GIS
University of California,
Santa Barbara
Certifications
LEED AP
Professional Affiliations
AEP Member – Channel
Counties Chapter
AEP Channel Counties
Chapter Board of Directors
(five years)
Specialized Training
Annual attendance at AEP
CEQA Advanced
Workshops and
Conferences
Mr. Cullen serves as the President of Envicom Corporation. Mr. Cullen initiated his tenure with Envicom Corporation as an intern and has held a number of positions at all levels of the company providing a variety of environmental consulting services to bot h public and private clients including due diligence, technical studies, constraints analyses, site planning and entitlement strategy, preparation/ management of California Environmental Quality Act ( CEQA) documents, mitigation plans, and litigation/expert witness testimony support.
He has processed Trustee Agency Permits including U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS ) Section 7 Consultation, California Coastal Commission Coastal Development Permits, California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) Streambed Alteration Agreements, Section 2081 Take Permits, U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers ( ACOE) 404 permits, Regional Wate r Quality Control Board ( RWQCB) 401 Water Quality Certifications, and Water Discharge Requirement Permits, In addition to his permitting experience , Mr.
Cullen has provided management and oversight of biological and construction monitoring/reporting, as well as compliance for conditions of approval and mitigation measures, including preparation and negotiation of mitigation plans, restoration plans, and in-lieu fee agreements. Geographically, he has worked in both rural and urban local es for a range of use s including residential, commercial, industrial, medical, mixed- use, institutional, recreational, public infrastructure, and conservation/restoration. His experience with a variety of project types at various stages of the planning, entitlement, and const ruction processes provides a thorough understanding of the individual environmental issues, direct and indirect impacts, opportunities for mitigation by design, and feasibility/effectiveness of mitigation measures.
Select e xamples of Mr. Cullen’s experi ence include preparation and management of CEQA documentation for the Paradise Valley Specific Plan EIR (Riverside County), 2000 Avenue of the Stars Commercial Office Building EIR (City of Los Angeles), the Oceana Retirement Facility/Holiday Harbor Courts EIR (Marina del Rey, Los Angeles County), Village at Los Carneros Project EIR (Goleta), Malibu Institu te Project EIR (Los Angeles County), and the Conrad N. Hilton Foundations Headquarters Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Platinum Campus (City of Agoura Hills), Joint Project Review and Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan ( MSHCP) compliance for the Paradise Valley Specific Plan (Riverside County), Section 7 Consultation with the USFWS and compliance monitoring/reporting for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) Radiological Survey of Santa Susana Field Lab Area IV (Ventura County), Trustee Agency permitting and oak tree monitoring and compliance for Sherwood Development Company Tract 4192/4409 Residential Development and Golf Course (Ventura County), CEQA documentation, Trustee Agency Permitting, compliance monitoring and restoration of the Las Virgenes Municipal Water District Cordillera Pipeline replacement (City of Calabasas), and the Hearst Ranch Environmental Database Update (San Luis Obispo County).
Mr. Cullen’s experience with litigation/expert witness testimony support has involved research, analysis and preparation of trial notebooks for cases including LAUSD v. Muruelo Maddox Properties, et al. (Los Angeles), Los Angeles County v. Kernview Oil Company et al . (Whittier Narrows), San Bernardino Associated Governments (SANBAG) v. Richland Pinehurst (Chino Hills), Los Angeles County v. Mission Peak (Los Angeles County), State of California v. San Antonio Lakes Partners (Upland) and Garasi v. Gray (Santa Clarita).
Mr. Cullen is a graduate of the University of California at Santa Barbara with a Bachelor of Arts degree (BA) in Environmental Studies, with an emphasis in Natural Resources and Geographic Information Systems (GIS). He is a LEED Accredited Professional (AP) and served on the Board of Directors for the Channel Counties Chapter of the California Association of Environmental Professionals as the Ventura County Representative for five years.
REPRESENTATIVE PROJECT EXPERIENCE
Paradise Valley Specific Plan EIR, Riverside County (Coachella Valley) Mr. Cullen is the principal in charge for the Program Environmental Impact Report ( EIR) addressing a self- sustaining new town proposed in the Shavers Valley portion of Eastern Coachella Valley, in unincorporated Riverside County, along the I -10 freeway, just south of Joshua Tree National Park. Mr. Cullen oversaw the biological permitting consultation effort for the project, including the project’s Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan (MSHCP) Joint Project Review process . The Specific Plan would guide development of approximately 8,500 residential units, 1.38 million square feet (sf) of commercial development and associated public facilities and infrastructure, including parks, trails, schools, and fire and sheriff facilities on a 2,000 -acre development footprint within a 5,000- acre property ownership. The subject prope rty will require the dedication of thousands of acres of land in open space conservation in compliance with Coachella Valley MSHCP. Self - sustaining features of the new town would include a mix of land -uses to reduce external commuting, use of solar energy, and provision of electric car chargers in residential garages and at specified commercial locations. Key issues for the project are biological resources, traffic, noise, views from the freeway and nearby parks and other public places, air quality and gre enhouse gas emissions. A Climate Action Plan (CAP) has been prepared for the project, tiering off Riverside County’s CAP.
2000 Avenue of the Stars Environmental Impact Report, City of Los Angeles Mr. Cullen co-managed the preparation of an EIR for the 2000 Avenue of the Stars Project. The project proposed to revitalize the old ABC Entertainment Center by removing two existing structures and constructing a single mid -rise office building and three-acre landscaped plaza. Key responsibilities included maintaining excellent communication with the local residential community and assuring comprehensive analysis of potential environmental effects. Key issues included hazardous materials removals, traffic, aesthetics, and geotechnical concerns.
Marina del Rey Oceana Retirement Facility and Holiday Harbor Courts EIR, County of Los Angeles Mr. Cullen managed preparation of the Marina del Rey Oceana Retirement Facility and Holiday Harbor Courts EIR.
The project included the 114- unit Oceana Retirement Facility for Parcel OT of the Marina del Rey Local Coastal Program (LCP) area, as well as the Holiday Harbor Courts commerc ial development for the 2.55- acre Parcel 21, which would replace existing uses with new commercial uses, a public park plaza and promenade, and parking. Key issues of analysis included land use and planning, water quality, and traffic.
Malibu Institute Environmental Impact Report, County of Los Angeles Mr. Cullen was the principal in charge and contributed to preparation of an EIR for the Malibu Institute Project, which proposed to develop a sports -oriented educational retreat in the unincorporated Los An geles County on the 650-acre site of an existing golf course. The project would replace existing structures used for dining and golf course operations, with a combined 224,287 sf of structures for educational and meeting facilities, overnight accommodations, dining facilities, fitness center/spa, golf course clubhouse, and associated maintenance and support facilities. In addition, the project would remodel the existing 18 -hole golf course. The project design incorporated many “green” features to minimize e nvironmental impacts. The site was located in the Coastal Zone of the Santa Monica Mountains and issues evaluated in the EIR included aesthetics impacts on vistas, scenic highways, visual character, and lighting, biology, air quality, historic and archaeol ogical cultural resources, hydrology, noise, fire protection and wildland fire hazards, traffic, and utilities.
Village at Los Carneros Project EIR, City of Goleta
Mr. Cullen managed preparation of an EIR for the Village at Los Carneros Mixed Used Residential Project. This project included 465 residential units on a 45- acre project site. The project included a mix of residential uses including both alleys loaded and front loaded single -family detached homes, town homes in triplex, four -plex, and six-plex configurations, condominium flats arranged around central courtyards with semi -subterranean parking and two apartment complexes, including workforce housing. A public bicycle trail and a 5-acre passive public park were incorporated into the project and private recreational facilities, including two swimming pools, a clubhouse, and pocket parks were provided for future residents. The project site was located immediately adjacent to the U.S. 101 freeway and the Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR) railroad tracks, which carries both freight and passenger trains. A freeway overpass and south -bound off-ramp are located just beyond the project’s northeast corner. In addition, a perennial creek and associated riparian corridor traverse the west boundary of the project site. The creek is a designated Environmentally Sensitive Habitat Area (ESHA) and the General Plan requires a 25 -100-foot upland steam protection area and its treatm ent was challenged by a coalition of environmental groups. A portion of a Chumash village occupied the southwest corner of the site. Entitlements included the repeal of the original Specific Plan, Zone Change, Development Plan Amendments, a Conditional Use Permit, approval of a Development Agreement, and approval of a Vesting Tentative Tract Map. The project’s EIR addressed the full range of environmental issues including air quality with an emphasis on proximity to transportation uses, noise associated with both railroad and vehicular operations, greenhouse gas ( GHG) emissions, vibration issues associated with railroad operations, hazards and hazardous materials, also associated with railroad operations and truck traffic, general traffic, land use and aesth etics, including impacts to view corridors that address the Santa Ynez Mountains and ridgelines. The project’s EIR was certified in June 2014.
Conrad N. Hilton Foundation LEED Platinum Headquarters Campus Mr. Cullen provided project management for site pl anning, entitlement and CEQA compliance for the Conrad N.
Hilton Foundation headquarters campus in the City of Agoura Hills. The project included the creation of a contemporary-style office campus, which provided the growing Foundation a central headquar ters to opera te, maintain, and coordinate it s long-term charitable projects. The project incorporates design elements to maximize energy efficiency, create an inviting workspace, and achieve a LEED Platinum Certification. Envicom kicked off the project with preparation of technical studies and an Environmental Constraints Analysis (ECA) to inform the project design team of the constraints and opportunities associated with development of the site. The ECA was utilized by the team to create a project layout that showcases the site is natural resources and is “light-on-the-land”. Throughout an extensive design process, Envicom Corporation prepared a proponents Administrative Draft EIR for the project, and continued to work with the design team to provide feedback regarding significant impacts. This process allowed the design team to refine the project prior to submittal of the application and reduce or avoid impacts, which would have required costly mitigation and potentially hindered project approval. This internal feedback loop is an example of Envicom’s interactive approach to environmental consulting illustrating our extensive experience and comprehensive understanding of the CEQA and entitlement processes. Subsequent to receipt of the project approvals, Envicom Corporation worked closely with the Hilton Foundation and the City of Agoura Hills to implement, monitor, and document compliance with the project Conditions of Approval and Mitigation Monitoring Program. Envicom's involvement included compliance on environmental mitigation measures, and other general conditions of approval required prior to issuance of the Grading Permit and Permit.
Santa Susana Field Lab Area 4 and Norther Buffer Zone Radiological Survey Mr. Cullen was the principal in charge for biological resource and resource agency permitting services in support of the U.S. EPA’s radiological characterization of Area IV and the undeveloped Northern Buffer Zone of the Santa Susana Field Laboratory (SSFL) in eastern Ventura County. EPA’s radiolo gical study at SSFL involved vegetation cutting, gamma scanning, soil sampling, ground/surface water sampling, and other activities in occupied habitat for biological resources protected under the Federal Endangered Species Act, California Fish and Game Co de, Migratory Bird Treaty Act, and Ventura County Tree Protection Ordinance. As a component of formal Section 7 Consultation on behalf of the U.S. EPA, Envicom prepared a Biological Assessment for the USFWS, obtained a Biological Opinion, conducted habita t suitability and presence/absence field surveys, conducted monitoring of the activities, and prepared monitoring reports pursuant to the requirements of the Biological Opinion. Envicom also provided coordination with the CDFW (then CDFG) on conservation measures for State -protected species and riparian habitat found onsite.
Pacoima/Panorama City Redevelopment Plan Amendment/Expansion Project Environmental Impact Report, City of Los Angeles
Mr. Cullen contributed to preparation of the Pac oima/Panorama City Redevelopment Plan Amendment/Expansion Program EIR proposed by the CRA/LA, which included amending and expanding the Earthquake Disaster Assistance Project for portions of Council District 7. The Project area was comprised of 4,208 acres in the existing plan area and 2,928 acres in the proposed expansion area (7,136 total acres), including portions of Arleta, Lakeview Terrace, Mission and North Hills, North Hollywood, Pacoima, Panorama City, Sun Valley, Sylmar, and Van Nuys.
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LAURA KAUFMAN, AICP
Director of Environmental Services
[email protected]
Years of Experience
Over 25 years
Education
Bachelor of Science, Urban
Planning / Social Sciences,
Michigan State University
Certifications
American Institute of
Certified Planners (AICP)
Professional Affiliations
Association of
Environmental Professionals
(AEP) – Los Angeles
Chapter (Past Director and
Chapter and Emerging
Issues Committee)
American Planning
Association (APA)
Specialized Training
AICP Annual Continuing
Education Credits
AEP/APA Workshops &
Conferences
Ms. Kaufman has over 25 years of experience in the fields of urban planning and environmental compliance, specializing in the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) . She provides project and staff management, designing and implementing compliance programs that are proficient in achieving project objectives in a thorough, legally compliant manner that is time and budget efficien t. Through her experience and proven track record on hundreds of task orders and assignments, Ms. Kaufman has gained the knowledge to provide strategic and effective solutions to resolve development and planning issues . Her work products have satisfied the standards of city, regional, state, and federal agencies, and been upheld under review by public - and private -sector legal counsel.
Ms. Kaufman has prepared, managed or overseen the preparation of a wide array of environmental documents for varying types of projects. Ms. Kaufman’s project experience includes the Paradise Valley Specific Plan Program EIR (Riverside County), Valencia Mar ketplace Commercial Project EIR (Santa Clarita), Palazzo Westwood Mixed Use Project EIR (Westwood), the Los Angeles Martin Luther King Jr. Hospital Campus Improvement Project combined project/program EIR (Wilmington, Los Angeles County), several Port of Los Angeles projects (including peer review of the Gerald Desmond Bridge EIR), the Grimes Canyon Surface Mining Projects (Ventura County), several wind and solar energy project s (Kern County), as well as bridge and water pipeline expansion CEQA documents (Los Angeles County and City). Her experience also includes projects for educational or other campus-type facilities, park projects, suburban residential tracts , and projects on biologically sensitive rural properties. Ms. Kaufman has also prepared and overse en numerous EIRs, NDs, MNDs, and CEQA exemptions.
Ms. Kaufman began her career at Los Angeles County Department at Regional Planning, where she worked on the planning team for the North County areas, including the Santa Clarita Valley and working closely with the Planning Advisory Committee established by the County Supervisor . Ms. Kaufman has maintained American Institute of Certified Planner (AICP) accreditation since 1993. She has served on various boards and committees with the Association of Environmental Professionals (AEP) and was director of the Los Angeles Chapter for three years from 2012 through 2014. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Urban Planning/Social Sciences from Michigan State University.
REPRESENTATIVE PROJECT EXPERIENCE
Paradise Valley Specific Plan EIR, Riverside County (Coachella Valley) Project manager for the Program EIR addressing a self-sustaining new town proposed in the Shavers Valley portion of Eastern Coachella Valley, in unincorporated Riverside County, along the I -10 freeway, just south of Joshua Tree National Park. The Specific Plan would guide development of approximately 8,500 residential units, 1.38 million sf of commercial development and associated public facilities and infrastructure, including a water treatment plant, wastewater treatment plant, water and recycled water di stribution system, and flood control/drainage infrastructure.
The new town would develop 2,000 acres within a 5,000-acre property ownership. Development would include fire and police services, school sites, and an extensive network of parks , and the project would be required to dedicate thousands of acres of land in open space conservation in compliance with Coachella Valley MSHCP , including approximately 3,000 acres onsite. Self-sustaining features of the new town would include a mix of land- uses to reduce external commuting, use of solar energy, and provision of electric car chargers in residential garages and at specified commercial locations. Key issues for the project are biological resources, traffic, noise, views fr om the freeway and nearby parks and other public places, air quality and greenhouse gas emissions. A Climate Action Plan (CAP) has been prepared for the project, tiering off Riverside County’s CAP.
Valencia Marketplace Project EIR (Unincorporated Los Angeles County, now City of Santa Clarita) Project manager for the prepared and management of an EIR to address approximately 830,000 sf of commercial retail and restaurant uses with landscaping and an open air amphitheater adjacent in Valencia, west of I -5, along The Old Road between Pico Canyon Road and McBean Parkway. The project required a general plan amendment, a parcel map, and an oak tree removal permit with mitigation requiring replacement oaks. Relevant issues included aesthetics, oak trees, traffic, and public services.
Littlerock Creek and Tujunga Creek Bridge Projects (Unincorporated Los Angeles County) Project director overseeing two MNDs to address bridge replacement projects for the County of Los Angeles Department of Public Works. These projects additionally required jurisdictional delineations and Caltrans -required Natural Environment Studies (NESs). The projects upgraded East Avenue J where it spans Littlerock Creek in the Antelope Valley and Little Tujunga road, where it spans Li ttle Tujunga Creek proximate to the Angeles National Forest. While short term impacts were anticipated for bridge support structures, both projects allowed for the same or greater spanning distance to assure no significant constraints long term impacts to the streambeds.
Heritage Valley Parks Specific Plan Project (City of Fillmore) Served as project director for Envicom Corporation’s CEQA/NEPA consulting services for a Specific Plan addressing approximately 301.2 acres of land located within the City of F illmore and its Sphere of Influence, including up to 750 residences, 85 acres of public parks, pedestrian and bicycle trails, an elementary school, a fire sub-station and a site for a future public library, community center, or other identified public faci lity. Served as project director and a preparer of the EA for the Santa Clara and Pole Creek modifications, including a large area of levee and bank stabilization for flood control purposes and associated habitat restoration, in coordination with the Army Corps of Engineers and project developer, Griffin Industries.
Santa Clara Rivershed Area Project EAs (City of Fillmore) NEPA Task Manager overseeing and contributing to the Environmental Assessments for projects in the Santa Clara Rivershed area for review and finalization by the Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE) for Griffin Homes’ Heritage Valley Parks and L2’s projects in the Fillmore area of northern Ventura County. Work also included third party review of CEQA documents previously prepared for the projects.
Grimes Canyon Surface Mining Project EIRs (County of Ventura) Served as project director providing strategic guidance and quality control for three simultaneously processed EIRs for nearby mining projects are located along State Route (SR) -23, which were proposed by Grimes Rock, Inc., Wayne J Sand & Gravel, and Best Rock Products Corporation. Each mining operation requested permit modification to allow for expansion of permit boundaries, increased aggregate (construction grade sand and gravel) product ion levels, increased daily trucking limits, changes to days and hours of operation, and changes to restrictions in truck routes. The documentation included analysis of groundwater and surface water quality under proposed expanded project conditions as well as under future reclamation conditions.
Los Angeles County Ordinances to Ban the Use of Plastic Bags (Los Angeles County/City of West Hollywood) Project director providing oversight and direction in preparation of the EIR for the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works, including an extensive public outreach program with meetings in each of the five County Supervisorial Districts. The EIR addressed t he proposed Los Angeles County Ordinance, as well as the potential adoption of similar ordinances by the 88 incorporated cities in the County. A primary goal of the project was waste reduction, both as litter and in landfills. Five detailed alternatives p rovided variations on the ordinance, giving decision-makers multiple options. Subsequently oversaw the preparation of the City of West Hollywood’s Addendum the EIR to address the adoption of a similar city ordinance.
Las Virgenes Pipeline Project (SFV/Agoura/Calabasas) MNDs (Los Angeles County) Provided senior level direction and review of MNDs for Las Virgenes Municipal Water District (LVMWD), pipeline upgrade programs through portions of Agoura, Calabasas and the western San Fernando Valley. Key issues were construction phase air quality, avoidance of jurisdictional wetlands, and construction phase traffic control.
Master Planned FEMA Project at Santa Monica College (City of Santa Monica) Served as project manager for the Master Planned FEMA Proj ects CEQA/NEPA document, an Initial Study/Environmental Assessment (IS/EA) at Santa Monica College, leading to a Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND) and Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI). The Master Planned FEMA Projects were also part of a College Facilities Master Plan for Santa Monica College in the City of Santa Monica. Participated in strategy, planning and public participation effort associated with the College Facilities Master Plan, along with Gensler Architects.
Littlerock Creek & Tujunga Creek Bridge Replacements, Los Angeles County (Unincorporated Antelope Valley) Served as project director and manager preparing two MNDs to address bridge replacement projects for the County of Los Angeles Department of Public Works. These projects additionally required jurisdictional delineations and Caltrans-required Natural Environment Studies (NESs) (Minimal Impact) under Caltrans methodology. The projects upgraded East Avenue J where it spans Littlerock Creek in the Antelope Valley and Little Tujunga road, where it spans Little Tujunga Creek proximate to the Angeles National Forest. While short-term impacts were anticipated for bridge support structures, both projects allowed for the same or greater spanning distance to assure no significant constraints long term impacts to the streambeds. Key issues were traffic and biological resources.
EDF Renewables (previously enXco) Wind and Solar Energy Developments (Kern County) Directed environmental compliance as a consultant to EDF Renewables (EDF Re) for multiple wind and solar energy developments in unincorporated desert portions of Kern County. This work included directing staff, budget and schedule, and reviewing work products such as technical studies (air quality, noise, visual resources, shadow flicker and other technical issues), mitigation monitoring plans, and maintaining construction compliance binders used to keep track of preconstruction monitoring activities. In addition, Ms. Kaufman also directed peer review of the County EIRs related to t hese projects; prepared materials for public hearing presentations and provided information and CEQA input regarding updates to projects post -certification, for consideration in the Addenda to EIRs prepared by Kern County staff. For EDF’s Tylerhorse Wind E nergy Project located on US BLM land in Kern County (approximately 1,000 acres and 60 MW), Ms. Kaufman directed environmental compliance efforts as consultant to the developer for technical studies (air quality, noise, visual resources, and other technical issues); reviewed biological and cultural resources reports for consistency and adequacy for the draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) under the National Environmental Policy Act; conducted meetings with LA County staff; and directed, prepared and reviewed the applicant’s proposed draft EIS for the project.
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) Projects (Los Angeles) Project manager and/or task order lead for CEQA/NEPA assignments on a Master Services Agreement Contract with Metro while with a prior firm. Projects included station, rail and facility modifications or expansions. Served as on-going support for task orders and research assignments to ensure implementation of Metro projects in compliance with approved environmental documents (EIR/EISs) and state and federal regulations, working directly with Metro staff.
• Provided responses to public and agency inquiries for Metro staff use, including responding to questions that arose during the final design phase of the Crenshaw/LAX Transit Corridor Project. Project issues included potential changes in rail grades approaching stations, variations in land area based on potential land acquisition issues, changes in station locations, modifications in station design, additional portals to planned stations. Environmental issues to be resolved included project modifications to avoid potential land use adjacency conflicts (e.g., noise, traffic, access) that could arise from changes in the project and determination as to w hether subsequent documentation may be required. Advised Metro on appropriate CEQA and NEPA approach (Federal Transit Administration, federal lead), where project s warranted subsequent documentation. Served as senior QA/QC technical reviewer for MNDs, incl uding the Metro Blue Line Rail Crossover project.
• Prepared and reviewed Categorical Exceptions/Exclusions and other documents for station modifications, such as station parking lot resurfacing using eco-friendly materials and the addition of electrical recharging stations to be located at several Metro station locations. • Prepared CEQA training presentation materials for Metro staff, relevant to Transit Oriented Design (TOD) projects, Station Design and other future development-related efforts.
Port of Los Angeles On-call Master Services for CEQA/NEPA (Los Angeles) Project director and/or manager for environmental documentation of various projects including pier/terminal modification/upgrades).
• Port of Los Angeles San Pedro Waterfront Economic Analysis, Los Angeles, CA. Project manager for the Socio-Economic Study for use by the Los Angeles harbor Department (LAHD) in support of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report (EIS/EIR) and for use in evaluating whether to approve the proposed San Pedro Waterfront Specific Plan within LAHD property. The proposed San Pedro Waterfront Project was located in the Port of Los Angeles, adjacent to the San Pedro Community of the City of Los Angeles. The plan would allow for specific development projects and associated infrastructure improvements from the Vincent Thomas Bridge to Inner Cabrillo Beach. A variety of land uses would be permitted, including public waterfront and open space areas, commercial development, transportation and parking facilities, creation of new water areas, and expansi on of cruise ship facilities and operations. The economic study evaluated the potential market demand for the proposed uses, considering potential competition and development of other nearby uses within the market area. • Port of Los Angeles Sustainability Plan, Los Angeles, CA. Project manager in the initial stages of the plan.
Coordinated with the Port staff to begin a work plan for the development of a sustainability plan for Los Angeles City departments, as part of the Mayor’s Executive Directive 10, co ncerning sustainability.
Outreach efforts were planned to incorporate existing and ongoing environmental programs at the port and solicit input and participation from stakeholders, including existing environmentally related working groups within the port and lease holders. The plan provides for sustainable practices to be effectively used for the benefit of projects within the port and to maintain consistency with the mission and goals of the City as a whole. The plan includes a green building policy, a new environmentally preferable purchasing policy, ISO certification for the Construction and Maintenance Division Environmental Management System, Clean Air Action Plan, Climate Action Plan and green leasing policies. • Canner’s Steam Plant Project EIR. Project Manager. The project involved container terminal improvements and demolition of two unused buildings and other small accessory structures at the former Canner’s Steam Plant in the Fish Harbor area of the Port of Los Angeles. Owned by the Canner’s Cooperat ive Steam Company, Inc., the plant was formed to supply steam to canneries throughout the Fish Harbor area of the port. The cooperative was incorporated in December 1950 and consisted of five Terminal Island tuna canneries. Redevelopment of the existing container terminal was to include improvements to wharves, adjacent backland, crane rails, lighting, utilities, new gate complex, grade crossings, and modification of adjacent roadways and railroad tracks, as well as demolition of the vacant Canner’s Steam P lant building.
The key issues in the EIR included historic resources and hazardous materials.
Port of Long Beach On-Call Master Services Contracts for CEQA/NEPA Preparation and Peer Review (Long Beach)
• Gerald Desmond Bridge Replacement Project EIR/EA. Project manager/CEQA/NEPA specialist providing peer review services. Project manager for peer review of the Administrative Draft EIR/Environmental Assessment (EA) for replacement of the seismically deficient and deteriorating steel tied -arch truss Gerald Desmond Bridge with a new cable -stayed bridge with a higher vertical clearance for ships and improved vehicular traffic flow. The project involved updating and expanding an aging bridge. Key issues included vehicular traffic, nesting birds, and historic resources. • Pier G Rail Relocation Project MND. Project director. Provided direction and oversight for a Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND) addressing a port project proposing reconstruction of rail facilities on Pier G for upgrade and greater efficiency.
• Mitsubishi Cement Facility Modification Project. Project director. Provided direction and oversight in the initial stages of determination of the CEQA documentation to evaluate the proposed upgrade of facilities at the Mitsubishi Cement Facility o n Pier F. The proposed project was to allow for upgraded ship cement unloading equipment, dockside emission control facilities, improvements to truck- loading racks, lease of the adjacent lot (former Pacific Banana site) for additional cement storage silos, and related site upgrades. • Connolly-Pacific Company (Knife River Subsidiary) Proposed Harbor Development Permit CEQA evaluation. Project manager. Reviewed existing and proposed permits and CEQA documents with the Port staff to determine potential future C EQA needs for potential expanded aggregate and cement import facilities on Pier D. Connolly -Pacific operated the terminal until 2009, after which a Draft EIS/EIR was prepared by the Port and the Army Corps of Engineers for the Eagle Rock Aggregate Terminal Project to allow for receiving, storage, and distribution. The operation would have a maximum annual throughput of
2.75 million tons of aggregate to serve the needs of the greater Long Beach and Los Angeles market 4165 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd., Suite 290, Westlake Village, CA 91362 • (818) 879-4700 • www.envicomcorporation.com
PRIMO TAPIA III
Vice President
[email protected]
Years of Experience
Over 28 years
Education
Bachelor of Arts,
Geography, California State
University, Northridge
Professional Affiliations
Association of
Environmental Professionals
Specialized Training
AEP CEQA Basics and
Advanced Workshops
Wetland and Waters of the
U.S. Permitting Workshops
Remote Sensing Aerial Data
Interpretation Workshop
Mr. Tapia brings over 28 years of environmental and regulatory compliance experience to our clients. He has overseen numerous environmental studies and compliance reports. As the Vice President of Envicom Corporation, Mr. Tapia has carefully guided company staff and work products over the years, building a reputation for objective analysis and reporting and responsiveness to clients that have earned the firm repeat business.
Mr. Tapia has extensive experience in land use and environmental constraints analyses, California Environmental Quality Act ( CEQA) compliance, development impact assessment, resource entitlement and permitting and construction monitoring. He has successfully managed complex, large -scale CEQA projects requiring the coordination of diverse, m ulti-discipline teams of in-house personnel and outside subconsultants. Among these was his work on the impact analysis for the Sunset Millennium Project, a large, mid -rise commercial, office, and hotel complex covering three blocks of Sunset Strip in West Hollywood. His work allowed the decision -makers to understand complex visual, traffic, and land use issues. Additional project experience includes management of the Pepperdine University Campus Life Project Environmental Impact Report ( EIR) in the Count y of Los Angeles; 2000 Avenue of the Stars office project in Century City; and the West Los Angeles College Master Plan Project/Program EIR. Mr. Tapia has also managed the permit compliance monitoring efforts at Heritage Valley Parks in Fillmore and Deerlake Ranch in the Chatsworth area. In combination, these projects proposed to construct over 1,000 homes and were subject to numerous trustee resource agency permit requirements.
Additionally, Mr. Tapia has successfully coordinated the acquisition of resource permits from trustee agencies; including Streambed Alteration Agreements and Incidental Take permits from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW), and Clean Water Act Section 404 P ermits from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE). He also provides mitigation implementation and conditional use permit ( CUP) compliance support, construction document review, and governmental coordination.
REPRESENTATIVE PROJECT EXPERIENCE
Pepperdine University Campus Life Project Environmental Impact Report, County of Los Angeles Mr. Tapia managed the preparation of an EIR for the Pepperdine University Campus Life Project. The project proposed approximately 450,000 square feet (sf) of new facilities to be developed in six phases. The project would provide athletic, recreation, entertainment, parking, and residential facilities to enhance the student experience, support educational activities, and update aging buildings. Environmental i ssues that were addressed in the EIR included geotechnical hazards, hydrology and water quality, fire hazards, noise, biota, visual qualities, traffic and access, and other key areas. The proposed project, located within the Coastal Zone between the Santa Monica Mountains and the Pacific Ocean, required amendments to Pepperdine’s Long Range Development Plan (LRDP) that entailed a comprehensive approval process with the County of Los Angeles and California Coastal Commission (CCC).
2000 Avenue of the Stars Environmental Impact Report, City of Los Angeles Mr. Tapia managed the preparation of an EIR for the 2000 Avenue of the Stars Project. The project proposed to revitalize the old ABC Entertainment Center by removing two existing structures and constructing a single mid-rise office building and three-acre landscaped plaza. Key responsibilities included maintaining excellent communication with the local residential community and assuring comprehensive analysis of potential environmental effects. Key issues included hazardous materials removals, traffic, aesthetics, and geotechnical concerns.
Malibu Institute Environmental Impact Report, County of Los Angeles Mr. Tapia managed the preparation of an EIR for the Malibu Institute Project, which proposed to develop a sports - oriented educational retreat in the unincorporated Los Angeles County on the 650 -acre site of an existing golf course. The project would replace existing structures used for dining and golf cours e operations, with a combined 224,287 sf of structures for educational and meeting facilities, overnight accommodations, dining facilities, fitness center/spa, golf course clubhouse, and associated maintenance and support facilities. In addition, the proje ct would remodel the existing 18 -hole golf course. The project design incorporated many “green” features to minimize environmental impacts. The site wa s located in the Coastal Zone of the Santa Monica Mountains and issues evaluated in the EIR included aesthetics impacts on vistas, scenic highways, visual character, and lighting, biology, air quality, historic and archaeological cultural resources, hydrology, noise, fire protection and wildland fire hazards, traffic, and utilities.
West Los Angeles College Specific Plan Environmental Impact Report Project, County of Los Angeles Mr. Tapia a managed the preparation of an EIR for the West Los Angeles College Facilities Master Plan. The Master Plan provides broad parameters for organizing the growth and development of the College. It detailed , in physical form, the recommendations of the schools Education Plan for continued and expanded educational opportunities. Master Plan development wa s proposed as a two -phased undertaking. A total of 440,000 sf of new permanent buildings was anticipated to occur as a result of build -out of the Master Plan. The new facilities planned included a Media Arts Complex, Math and Science Center, general classroom buildings, administrative building, athletic facilities and a second access road to the campus. The Plan also proposed to construct two parking structures providing a total of 2,700 new spaces.
Baldwin Hills Oil Field Community Standards District Environmental Impact Report, County of Los Angeles Mr. Tapia prepared select sections of the environmental i mpact report for the Community Standards District (CSD) for the old one Hills oilfield area. Issues analyzed included aesthetics and other visual resource impacts, public services, and land use. The E IR evaluated existing and future oil operations in the Baldwin Hills and will help determine what additional development standards and regulations should be included in the CSD to mitigate the impacts of drilling on the surrounding communities.
Marina del Rey Oceana Retirement Facility and Holiday Harbor Courts EIR, County of Los Angeles Mr. Tapia contributed to various sections of the Marina del Rey Oceana Retirement Facility and Holiday Harbor Courts EIR. The project included the 114 -unit Oceana Retirement Facility for Parcel OT of the Marina del Rey Local Coastal Program (LCP) area, as well as the Holiday Harbor Courts commercial development for the 2.55-acre Parcel 21, which would replace existing uses with new commercial uses, a public park plaza and promenade, and parking. Key issues of analysis included land use and planning, water quality, and traffic.
Pepperdine University Graduate Campus Development Environmental Impact Report, City of Los Angeles Mr. Tapia contributed to the preparation o f the environmental impact report for Pepperdine University’s graduate campus development project. The project proposes to construct a 360,000 -sf graduate campus with an additional 235,000 sf of students and faculty housing.
Palazzo Westwood Village Environmental Impact Report, City of Los Angeles Mr. Tapia contributed two sections of the Palazzo mixed -use project EIR. The project incorporated elements of the Westwood Village specific plan, including the concept of a mixed -use pedestrian oriented community the project including local serving commercial retail occupying ground floors with upper floors occupied by upscale apartments with a health club facility and open space for tenants in the form of courtyards for passive recreation.
Block8 / G8way LT Mixed-Use Project Environmental Impact Report Addendum, City of Los Angeles Mr. Tapia contributed to preparation of the Block8/G8way LT Project EIR Addendum. The project proposed development of a 5.95-acre site with mixed-use residential and commercial uses. The EIR evaluated project impacts in relation to a previous program EIR. Key issues included traffic, air quality, cultural resources, hazards, and noise.
Pacoima/Panorama City Redevelopment Plan Amendment/Expansion Project Environmental Impact Report , City of Los Angeles
Mr. Tapia contributed to preparation of the Pacoima/Panorama City Redevelopment Plan Amendment/Expansion Program EIR proposed by the CRA/LA, which included amending and expanding the Earthquake Disaster Assistance Project for portions of Council District 7. The Project area was comprised of 4,208 acres in the existing plan area and 2,928 acres in the proposed expansion area (7,136 total acres), including portions of Arleta, Lakeview Terrace, Mission and North Hills, North Hollywood, Pacoima, Panorama City, Sun Valley, Sylmar, and Van Nuys.
Sunset Millennium Project Master EIR Consistency Analysis, City of West Hollywood Mr. Tapia managed the CEQA environmental compliance document for the Sunset Millennium Project on Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood. The 680,000 -sf mixed-use development included hotel, office, retail space, and restaurants Using on an expanded initial study format Envicom Corporation prepared a comparison of impacts and mitigation measures against those ant icipated in the City’s Programmatic Master EIR for the Sunset Boulevard Specific Plan. The projects main major environmental issues reviews noise historic resources and traffic.
Pepperdine University Long Range Development Plan Coastal Commission Amendments, County of Los Angeles Mr. Tapia provides ongoing environmental services to Pepperdine University in support of their Long-Range Development Plan. In this capacity, he has prepared amendments to the LRDP and provided necessary environmental reviews. Key issues include public engagement, traffic, noise, and coastal act consistency.
Qwest Communications Fiber Optic Cable Installation Project, Angeles National Forest Mr. Tapia managed the Qwest Communications Fiber Optic Cable Installation Project. He managed the preparation of Operation, Emergency, and Fi re Prevention Plans as well as environmental a ssessment documents for the installation of fiber optic cables and p ull boxes within 19 miles of Federally held lands. Mr. Tapia supervised environmental and archaeological monitoring activities during construction. He directed a team whose primary responsibility was to as sure compliance with numerous Special Use Permit s tipulations intended to minimize impacts to forest resources. The subject of stipulations ranged from speed limits, disturbance limits, weather monitoring, fire prevention, circulation, vehicle and equipment weight limits, and cultural resource protections. 4165 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd., Suite 290, Westlake Village, CA 91362 • (818) 879-4700 • www.envicomcorporation.com
DR. WAYNE BISCHOFF
Director of Cultural Resources - Archaeology,
Paleontology, Historic and Native American Resources
[email protected]
Years of Experience
Over 25 years
Education
Ph.D. Anthropology,
Michigan State University
B.A. Anthropology, Purdue
University
Certifications
Registry of Professional
Archaeologists (RPA)
Professional Affiliations
Society of Historical
Archaeology
Society for California
Archaeology
Society for American
Archaeology
Specialized Training
AB-52/Tribal Consultation
Paleontological
Assessments
Built Environment
Assessments
Ethnographic Reports
Dr. Bischoff has over 2 0 years of experience in managing cultural resource projects and ensuring compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), and state, county, city, and local government cultural laws, guidelines, and procedures. He is experienced with the Santa Clarita area, having managed several large projects in the region, including directing the large Southern California Edison (SCE) TRTP 550kv transmission line construction field archaeology and paleontology projects, as well as a number of smaller transmission line and development projects around the City. He has also managed hundreds of cultural resource projects in the Counties of Los Angeles, Kern, Ventura, and San B ernardino in Southern California.
Dr. Bischoff has written and enforced cultural resource components for CEQA and NEPA documents and worked with MNDs and Memorandum of Agreements. He has been the principal or project manager for hundreds of cultural res ource projects, including literature searches, surveys, evaluations, and data recoveries, including built environment and standing structure (architectural) inventories, and historic structure evaluations. He has extensive experience with state and federal agencies, including the State Historic Preservation Office, CALTRANS, the Bureau of Land Management, the Army, the National Guard, the Marine Corps, the Air Force, the Department of the Navy, the GSA, the USDA, many USCOE districts, numerous Tribal Groups , Fish and Wildlife, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), the National Park Service, the USFS, the NTIA, and the Federal Highway Administration.
Dr. Bischoff currently manages four cultural staff at Envicom, who specialize in construction monitoring, GIS, laboratory management, and paleontology. Envicom also has a full -service lab on site, which can process all artifacts recovered from the field. Envicom can expand staff to meet any project need, with Dr. Bischoff managing a 60 -person crew at the height of the SCE transmission line project.
REPRESENTATIVE PROJECT EXPERIENCE
Example Public Works Project Experience:
Phase I Survey of the Twin Lakes Water Tank Project, Porter Ranch, Los Angeles County, CA.
Principal and Project Manager for the completion of a SCCIC/NAHC record search, NAHC record search request, and a site survey for the Los Virgenes Municipal Water District. (October 2019 – November 2019)
Phase II Evaluation of the Proposed Location of the Printz Colony House within the Strathearn Historic Park, City of Simi Hills, Ventura County, CA (with Samantha Whittington).
Principal and Project Manager for this Phase II evaluation of part of the 1880s Strathearn Farmstead.
Evaluation tasks included the excavation of shovel test pits and a single test unit, construction monitoring, and a combined report for the Rancho Simi Recreation and Parks District (June 2019 – July 2019)
Phase I Survey of the Deer Lake Water Tank Project, Porter Ranch, Los Angeles County, CA.
Principal and Project Manager for the completion of a SCCIC/NAHC record search, NAHC record search request, and a site survey for the Los Virgenes Municipal Water District. (November 2018 – March 2019)
Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) Environmental On- Call for archaeological and paleontological tasks, Los Angeles County, CA.
Principal, Project Manager, and cultural resource task completion as needed. Envicom is one of three selected vendors for one year, with four potential renewable years in the contract. (February 2019 – Current)
Phase I Survey of the JPA Solar Farm, Calabasas, Los Angeles County, CA.
Principal and Project Manager for the comple tion of a SCCIC/NAHC record search, NAHC record search request, and a site survey for the Los Virgenes Municipal Water District. This 20 -acre solar project also addressed a large prehistoric Native American site located next to and partially on the property. Project included Native American consultation with the Lead Agency and the Tatatviam and the recordation of two prehistoric petroglyphs (August 2018 – October 2018)
Los Angeles Community College District Environmental On-Call (including cultural resources), Los Angeles County, CA.
Principal, Project Manager, and cultural resource consultant as needed. (February 2018 – Current)
Los Angeles Unified Schools Department (LAUSD) Environmental On -Call (including cultural resources), City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA.
Principal, Project Manager, and cultural resource consultant as needed. Envicom was one of 15 companies to be awarded this large on-call contract. (February 2017 – Current)
Pacoima Spreading Grounds Improvement Project, LACDPW, Los Angeles County, CA.
Cultural Principal. Dr. Bischoff managed the cultural resources record search and CEQA cultural section mitigation measures of an EIR for the improvement of the Pacoima spreading grounds and related canal resources. (April 2013 – October 2013)
Devil’s Gate Reservoir Sediment Removal and Management Project, LACDPW, Los Angeles County, CA.
Principal of Cultural Resources. This project involved removal of sediment within the Devil’s Gate Reservoir area, which required a preliminary cultural survey and record search under CEQA, as well as an EIR. Dr.
Bischoff served as the cultural principal for the project and provided a recommended plan for dealing with sedimentary soils vs. native soils, monitoring criteria, and potenti al discovery situations. Dr. Bischoff helped write Environmental Impact Report sections, and worked with the Gabrieleno Tribal Group in the protection of archaeological and tribal cultural resources. (2011 – October 2013)
Peck Road Spreading Basin Improvement Project, LACDPW, Los Angeles County, CA.
Cultural Principal. Dr. Bischoff managed the cultural resources record searches, field survey, paleontological survey, and CEQA cultural section mitigation measures of an MND for the improvement of the Peck Ro ad Spreading Basin, including a related new water discharge pipe. (June 2013 – September 2013)
Marina Del Rey Waterline Replacement Project Cultural Monitoring, LACDPW, Los Angeles County, CA.
Cultural Principal. This project with the Los Angeles Departm ent of Public Works involved the cultural monitoring for the Marina Del Rey 18-inch Waterline Replacement. Chambers Group also provided a qualified archaeological monitor at the project site during excavation activities during construction. (March - May 2013)
Dieguto Wetlands Restoration Monitoring, Southern California Edison, Del Mar, San Diego County, CA.
Principal Investigator and Project Manager. This project involved the extensive rehabilitation of Southern California Edison property as part of the Dieguto Wetlands Restoration project. (April 2012 - January 2013)
Live Oaks Spreading Grounds Project, LACDPW, Los Angeles County, CA.
Cultural Principal. Dr. Bischoff managed the cultural resources record search and site visit for this public works project. (April 2013 – October 2013)
Los Penasquitos Wetlands Monitoring, AMEC, Del Mar, San Diego County, CA.
Principal Investigator. Dr. Bischoff managed the monitoring tasks, budgets, and professional standards for this project near the City of Del Mar as part of the Torrey Pines State Nature Reserve restoration. (October - December 2012)
San Gorgonio Creek Water Recharge Basin Construction Monitoring, Beaumont Cherry Valley Water District, Cherry Valley, Riverside County, CA.
Principal and Proje ct Manager. This project involved paleontological and archaeological construction monitoring during construction, including emergency evaluation and monitoring when early 19 Th Century
structures and materials were unexpectedly encountered during earth moving. (February 2012 – April 2012)
Penmar Golf Course Water Quality Improvement Project, Pacific Hydrotech and City of Santa Monica, Santa Monica, CA.
Principal Investigator. Dr. Bischoff managed QA/QC review, budgets, and professional standards for the project in the City of Venice. Penmar was a multi- year waterline and tank improvement project in which evidence of ethnic Japanese barrios and fossil Pleistocene animal bones were discovered. (November 2011 - November 2012)
Oxford Retention Basin Flood Protection Project, LACDPW, Los Angeles County, CA.
Principal and Project Manager. The Oxford Basin in Marina Del Rey was receiving enhancement, and Dr.
Bischoff managed the completion of the cultural survey, literature review, and construction monit oring for the project. (2011 - 2012)
Veterans Administration, VISN 21 On-Call, Western States, Teamed with KAL Architectes.
This project will provide cultural and biological technical services for Veterans Administration projects from October 2013 to October 2018. (October 2013 – October 2013)
CEQA Services for Improvements to Polytechnic and Wilson High Schools, LBUSD, City of Long Beach, CA.
Cultural Principal. Dr. Bischoff provided oversight and incorporation of the historic architecture technical reports into the project CEQA documents. (June 2013 – August 2013)
Mill Creek Crew Room Cultural Monitoring, Angeles National Forest (ANF), Los Angeles County, CA.
The County of Los Angeles Department of Public Works proposed to replace the crew room building within the Angeles Forest Mill Creek Summit Maintenance Yard facility. This CEQA/NHPA project involved the preparation of a treatment and discovery plan document, ARPA permitting, constant consultation with the ANF, construction monitoring, and a final monitoring report. (April – July 2013
Historic Structure Evaluations for Statewide Weatherization Efforts, sub to ICF for the State of California, All Counties, CA.
Project Manager and Principal. This project involves meeting NEPA compliance for low -income subsidized weatherization efforts throughout the State of California. Hundreds of structures will be evaluated as part of this project by a Chambers Architectural Historian using a abbreviated format. (November 2011 to October 2013)
San Jose Salt Barge HAER Documentation Project, USACE and Santa Clara Valley Water District, City of San Jose, CA.
Principal. Dr. Bischoff consulted on the excavation and evaluation of a shallow -water shipwreck discovered during a wetlands rehabilitation project. This project involved USACE, San Francisco District as lead agency and the Water District as client. (January – February 2011)
Additional Recent Projects:
Phase I Survey 6711 Wandermere Road, Malibu, Los Angeles County, CA (with Samantha Whittington).
Principal and Project Manager for this project, which included an SCCIC/NAHC record search and a site visit. (September 2019 – Current)
Phase I Survey of 5820 Fox View Drive, Malibu, Los Angeles County, CA (with Samantha Whittington).
Principal and Project Manager for residential project, which included an SCCIC/NAHC record search, an NHM record search, and a site visit. (September 2019 – Current)
Cultural Resource Monitoring of the 21110 Oxnard Hotel project, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles County, CA.
Principal and Project Manager for this monitoring project. (August 2019 – Current)
Phase I Survey of the Castaic Apartments Project, Town of Castaic, Los Angel es County, CA (with Samantha Whittington).
Principal and Project Manager for this large 105 -acre mixed use development project, which included an SCCIC/NAHC record search, an NHM record search, and a site visit. The cultural survey discovered two complex older historic sites, which required extensive recordation (July 2019 – Current)
Review of Technical Documents and EIR Cultural Section Writing for “The Agoura Village Expansion” project, Agoura Hills, Los Angeles County, CA.
Professional review of project cultural resource documents and authoring of cultural resource section of MND for this large mixed use project. The primary challenge is that the development is located on a significant prehistoric Native American cultural resource. (January 2018 – Current)
CA-LAN-320 Phased Evaluation Project, Agoura Hills, Los Angeles County, CA.
Principal and Project Manager for the phased evaluation (Phase II) of CA -LAN-320 in response to potential impacts from the construction of the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Phase 2 Campus Building. The site is a prehistoric Chumash residential and ceremonial center of over 80-acres in size and that was used by prehistoric Native Americans from 300 B.C. to the late 1700s. Dozens of test units, hundreds of shovel t est pits, surface collection, and surface feature mapping have been completed to date planned. (August 2015 – Current)
Fourth and Hewitt, City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA.
Principal and Project Manager for a cultural resource record search fo r the development of a new office building within a commercial urban environment. Project also included a paleontological assessment of the property due to an extensively deep planned parking garage and Native American concerns. Also completed with an Et hnographic Report to meet AB- 52 criteria. Another key issue was determining whether a historic built environment assessment was needed. (February 2017 – Current)
Phase I Survey of the new Keyes Porsche Auto Dealership, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles County, CA (with Samantha Whittington).
Principal and Project Manager for this project, which included an SCCIC/NAHC/NHM record search, a site visit, and the production of a separate Ethnographic Assessment Report for the project. Envicom also supported the Lead Agency in AB-52 consultation with the Tataviam and Tongva Tribal Groups. (August 2019 – October 2019)
Cultural Resource Monitoring of the 21121 Van Owen development project, Canoga Park, Los Angeles County, CA.
Principal and Project Manager for this monitoring project. (September 2019)
Phase I Survey of the Avenue 34 Mixed-Use Development Project, City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA (with Samantha Whittington).
Principal and Project Manager for this project, which included an SCCIC/NAHC record search and a site visit. (August 2019 – September 2019)
Phase I Survey of the Faith Lutheran Senior Living Project, City of Inglewood, Los Angeles County, CA (with Samantha Whittington).
Principal and Project Manager for this project, which inclu ded an SCCIC/NAHC record search and a site visit. (August 2019 – September 2019)
Phase II Evaluation of Cultural Resource CA -LAN-513 within the Boundary of 6282 Sea Star Estates Residential Development within the City of Malibu, Los Angeles County, CA (with Samantha Whittington).
Principal and Project Manager for this Phase II evaluation, which involved surface examination only due to plowed field conditions. No evidence of a cultural resource was found. (September 2019)
Phase I Survey of an Agricultur al Development Parcel in Balcom Canyon, City of Somis, Ventura County, CA (with Samantha Whittington).
Principal and Project Manager for this project, which included an SCCIC/NAHC record search, a site visit, and the recordation of a prehistoric site at the edge of the project boundary. (July 2019 – August 2019)
Phase I Survey of 31215 Bailard Road, City of Malibu, Los Angeles County, CA (with Samantha Whittington).
Principal and Project Manager for this project, which included an SCCIC/NAHC record search and a site visit. (July 2019 – August 2019)
Phase I Survey of the Parks LA project, City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA (with Samantha Whittington).
Principal and Project Manager for this project, which included an SCCIC/NAHC/NHM record search, a site visit, and a Natural History Museum paleontological assessment. (June 2019 – July 2019)
Phase I Survey of the Rancho Malibu residential development project, City of Malibu, Los Angeles County, CA (with Samantha Whittington).
Principal and Project Manager for this project, which included an SCCIC/NAHC/NHM record search, a site visit, and a Natural History Museum paleontological assessment. (June 2019 – July 2019)
Archaeological and Paleontological Monitoring for the Agoura Landmark Development Pro ject, Agoura Hills, CA.
Principal and Project Manager for this monitoring project. A negative findings report was also completed and submitted to the City (January 2019 – July 2019)
Phase I Survey of 380 South Rosemead, City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA (with Samantha Whittington).
Principal and Project Manager for this development project, which included an SCCIC/NAHC/NHM record search, a site visit, and a Natural History Museum paleontological assessment. (May 2019 – June 2019)
Phase II Evaluation of CA-LAN-129 and CA-LAN-129a, two prehistoric sites, and CA-LAN-4363H, an early historic site located in Calabasas, CA.
Principal and Project Manager for the evaluation of these three sites as part of permitting with the Corps of Engineers. The evaluation was written to NRHP/SHPO standards. (May 2019 – June 2019)
Phase I Survey of 1160 Sulphur Mountain Road, City of Ojai, Ventura County, CA.
Principal and Project Manager for this residential development project, which included a SCCIC/NAHC record search and a site visit (May 2019 – May 2019)
Phase I Survey of the Cal Grow Farms Project, City of Perris, Riverside County, CA.
Principal and Project Manager for this agricultural development project, which included a SCCIC/NAHC/NHM record search and a site visit. (March 2019 – May 2019)
Phase I Survey of the Riverwalk Mixed-Use Project, Santa Clarita, CA.
Principal and Project Manager for this commercial and Residential Project. Project included a SCCIC/NAHC record search and a site visit. (March 2019 – May 2019).
Phase I Survey of the West Village Project, Calabasas, CA.
Principal and Project Manager for this Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE) permitting project. Project included a SCCIC/NAHC/NHM record search and a site visit, as well as SH PO review of the final report. (March 2019 – May 2019)
Phase I Survey of the Belvedere Middle School Improvements Project, City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA.
Principal and Project Manager for the completion of a SCCIC/NAHC record search and NAH C record search request for LAUSD. (November 2018 – April 2019)
Phase I Survey “The Angel” Project, Los Angeles County, CA.
Principal and Project Manager for this low income housing project in the San Fernando Valley. Project included a SCCIC/NAHC record search and a site visit. (January 2019 – March 2019)
Phase II Evaluation of CA-LAN-41 within the Boundary of the Agoura Village project, City of Agoura Hills, Los Angeles County, CA.
Principal and Project Manager for the completion of an Evaluation (Phase II) of a complex prehistoric cultural resource within the boundary of the Agoura Village project. The Phase II involved the excavation of a number of test units, as well as more detailed mapping of the site. (January 2019 – March 2019)
Phase I Survey of the Deer Lake Water Tank Project, Porter Ranch, Los Angeles County, CA.
Principal and Project Manager for the completion of a SCCIC/NAHC record search, NAHC record search request, and a site survey for the Los Virgenes Municipal Water District. (November 2018 – March 2019)
Phase I Survey of the Sherwood Development Corporation, Tract 4409, Ventura County, CA.
Principal and Project Manager for this Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE) permitting project. Project included a SCCIC/NAHC record search and a site visit, as well as SHPO review. (January 2019 – February 2019)
City of Thousand Oaks Environmental On-Call (Including Cultural Resources), Los Angeles County, CA.
Envicom was selected as one of a limited number of on -call environmental fi rms for the City. (June 2015 – December 2018)
Phase II Evaluation of Cultural Resource CA -LAN-513 within the Boundary of 6361 Sea Star Estates Residential Development within the City of Malibu, Los Angeles County, CA.
Principal and Project Manager for this Phase II evaluation, which involved limited shovel test pits and surface examination. No evidence of a cultural resource was found. (November 2018 – December 2018)
Phase I Survey for the Massilia Spa Project, Los Angeles County, CA.
Principal and Project Manager for the completion of a SCCIC/NAHC record search, NAHC record search request, and a site survey. Project also includes an inventory and initial assessment of over a dozen 1930 through 1990 structures on the property (June 2018 – December 2018)
Phase I Survey of the Conejo Creek Park, City of Thousand Oaks, Ventura County, CA.
Principal and Project Manager for the completion of a SCCIC/NAHC record search, NAHC record search request, and a site survey. (August 2018 – November 2018)
Phase I Survey of the Butler Ranch, in Ventura County near west Simi Valley, California.
Principal and Project Manager for the completion of a Phase I record search, NAHC record search request, and a site survey of this 332-acre low density residential development project. (May 2018 – October 2018)
Valencia Travel Village, Valencia, Los Angeles County, CA.
Principal and Project Manager for the completion of a Phase I for trailer park and recreation center. (August 2018 – October 2018)
Phase I Survey of the JPA Solar Farm, Calabasas, Los Angeles County, CA.
Principal and Project Manager for the completion of a SCCIC/NAHC record search, NAHC record search request, and a site survey for the Los Virgenes Municipal Water District. This 20 -acre solar project also addressed a large prehistoric Native American site located next to and partially on the property. Project included Native American consultation with the Lead Agency and the Tatatviam and the recordation of two prehistoric petroglyphs (August 2018 – October 2018)
Simi BMX Course Phase I Survey, Simi Valley, CA.
Principal and Project Manager for the completion of a SCCIC/NAHC record search, NAHC record search request, and a site survey. (July 2018 – August 2018)
Phase I Paleontological Survey of the 3467 Cam ino de la Cumbre Property in Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles County, CA.
Principal and Project Manager for the completion of a Natural History Museum record search and paleo report. (August 2018)
Phase I Survey of the proposed 113 -133 West Plymouth Street mult iple unit residential development, Inglewood, Los Angeles County, CA (with Samantha Whittington, Debbie Balam, and Charlie Fazzone).
Principal and Project Manager for the completion of a SCCIC/NAHC record search, paleontological record search, NAHC record search request, and a site survey. Additional tasks included writing for the cultural section of the MND document (April 2018 – August 2018)
Phase I Survey for the 17 -acre Olivas Park Extension commercial development project in Ventura, Ventura County, CA.
Principal and Project Manager for the completion of a SCCIC/NAHC record search, NAHC record search request, and a site survey, followed by limited monitoring. (January 2018 – June 2018)
Phase I(b) Survey of the proposed Forrest Club 50 -acre private club development, Los Angeles County, CA (with Samantha Whittington and Charlie Fazzone).
Principal and Project Manager for the completion of a SCCIC/NAHC record search, NAHC record search request, and a site survey. In addition, 24 shovel test pits were ex cavated across the locations of two 1920s historic cabins. No further work was required. (April 2018 – June 2018)
Phase I Survey for the Ascension Lutheran Church Master Plan and MND, Thousand Oaks, California, Los Angeles County, CA.
Principal and Project Manager for the completion of a SCCIC/NAHC record search, NAHC record search request, and a site survey. (May 2018 – June 2018)
Cultural, Paleo, and Native American Monitoring for the Agoura Hills Marriott Development Project, Agoura Hills, CA.
Principal and Project Manager for this monitoring project. During monitoring, a prehistoric Chumash cultural resource was discovered (number not yet assigned), which led to artifact collection, analysis, and a final report of findings that was submitted to the City (January 2018 – June 2018)
Phase I Survey for the Mulholland Senior Living Project, Los Angeles County, CA.
Principal and Project Manager for the completion of a SCCIC/NAHC record search, NAHC record search request, and a site survey. (May 2018 – May 2018)
Phase I Survey of the proposed Tapo at Alamo EIR for a mixed -use development project, Simi Valley, Ventura County, CA (with Samantha Whittington and Debbie Balam).
Principal and Project Manager for the completion of a SCCIC/NAHC record searc h, NAHC record search request, and a site survey. (March 2018 – May 2018)
Phase I Survey of the Upper Bailey Road tract, Sylmar, Los Angeles County, CA (with Samantha Whittington and Debbie Balam).
Principal and Project Manager for the completion of a SCCIC/NAHC record search, NAHC record search request, and a site survey. (December 2017 – April 2018)
Phase I Survey of the Lower Bailey Road tract, Sylmar, Los Angeles County, CA (with Samantha Whittington and Debbie Balam).
Principal and Project Manager for the completion of a SCCIC/NAHC record search, NAHC record search request, and a site survey. (December 2017 – April 2018)
Historic Structure Evaluation of Blythe Elementary School for LAUSD.
Project Manager for this project, with Chattel, Inc., being the historic preservation consultant. (February 2018 – April 2018)
Historic Structure Evaluation of Robert Hill Lane Elementary School for LAUSD.
Project Manager for this project, with Chattel, Inc., being the historic preservation consultant. (February 2018 – April 2018)
Historic Structure Evaluation of James Madison Middle School for LAUSD.
Project Manager for this project, with Chattel, Inc., being the historic preservation consultant. School was found eligible for the CRHR. (February 2018 – April 2018)
Historic Structure Evaluation of 54th Street Elementary School for LAUSD.
Project Manager for this project, with Chattel, Inc., being the historic preservation consultant. School was found eligible for the CRHR. (February 2018 – April 2018)
Historic Structure Evaluation of Chapman Elementary School for LAUSD.
Project Manager for this project, with Chattel, Inc., being the historic preservation consultant. (February 2018 – April 2018)
Historic Structure Evaluation of Dena Street Elementary School for LAUSD.
Project Manager for this project, with Chattel, Inc., being the historic preservation consultant. (February 2018 – April 2018)
Historic Structure Evaluation of Patrick Henry Middle School for LAUSD.
Project Manager for this project, with Chattel, Inc., being the historic preservation consultant. School was found eligible for the CRHR. (February 2018 – April 2018)
Historic Structure Evaluation of Richland Avenue Elementary School for LAUSD.
Project Manager for this project, with Chattel, Inc., being the historic preservation consultant. (February 2018 – April 2018)
Marinette Road Residential Development, Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles County, CA.
Principal and project manager for this development project, which included a SCCIC/NAHC record search, site survey, Tribal Group scoping letters, and agency consultation. The major challenge was that the project property was within the Will Rogers State Monument and National Register site boundary. An update for this project was conducted in 2018 to include AB -52 compliance. (February 2015 – May 2015; January 2018 – April 2018)
Phase I Survey for 6956 Dume Drive, Malibu, California, Los Angeles County, CA (with Samantha Whittington).
Principal and Project Manager for the completion of an SCCIC and NAHC record search, and a site survey. (February 2018 – March 2018)
Phase I Survey of roughly 50 -acres for Improvements on the Saddlerock Ranch/Malibu Wines Property in the Santa Monica Mountains, Los Angeles County, CA.
Principal and Project Manager for the completion of a SCCIC/NAHC record search, NAHC scoping, and a site survey. This project involves upgrades to the winery existing structures and public buildings, as well as road and parking improvements. Part of this project is located near a National Register Chumash rock art site as well as other prehistoric resources (November 2016 – March 2018)
Phase I Survey for 28730 Grayfox, Malibu, California, Los Angeles County, CA (with Samantha Whittington).
Principal and Project Manager for the completion of an SCCIC and NAHC record search, and a site survey. (January 2018 – February 2018)
Phase I Survey for 11681 Foothill Boulevard, a multiple -unit residential project in Sylmar, California, Los Angeles County, CA.
Principal and Project Manager for the completion of a SCCIC/NAHC record search, NAHC record search request, and a site survey. This project also included a Native American Tribal Cultural Resource Assessment. (November 2017 – February 2018)
Phase I Survey for a single family property development along Yerba Buena Road, Ventura County, CA.
Principal and Project Manager for the completion of an SCCIC and NAHC record search, and a site survey. (December 2017 – January 2018)
Phase I Survey for 34134 Mulholland Highway, Los Angeles County, CA.
Principal and Project Manager for the completion of a SCCIC/NAHC record search, NAHC record search request, and a site survey. (December 2017 – January 2018)
Faunal, Osteological, Archaeological, and Fossil Consultation for Citadel Environmental and Turner-Hunt for the Hollywood Park Development Project (new Rams NFL Stadium).
Osteological and paleontological consultant for Kiewit, Turner, and Citadel for the construction of the new Rams NFL stadium in Inglewood. Project included discovery and recordation of modern and fossil mammal bones. We were the official on-call cultural/paleo resources team for the Rams Stadium project, being called in to deal with modern faunal and ancient fossil remains found during excav ation. We worked closely with the construction team to get an expert on site within 24 -hours of the discovery or quicker, with the goal of getting the discovery assessed and the construction team back to work as soon as possible. (December 2016 – January 2018)
Phase I Survey for 24600 Thousand Peaks Road, Calabasas, California, Los Angeles County, CA.
Principal and Project Manager for the completion of a SCCIC/NAHC record search, NAHC record search request, and a site survey. (November 2017 – January 2018)
Phase I Survey for 28929 Grayfox, Malibu, California, Los Angeles County, CA.
Principal and Project Manager for the completion of an SCCIC and NAHC record search, and a site survey. (November 2017 – January 2018)
Manzanita School Phase Ia Survey for a 20.27- acre private school development in Topanga Canyon, California, Los Angeles County, CA.
Principal and Project Manager for the completion of an SCCIC and NAHC record search, and a site survey.
This project also assessed built environment resources, which included early 1900s buildings, early 1900s water control features, culverts, and bridges, and 1950s landscaping elements (May 2017 – January 2018)
Phase I Survey for the 181 to 187 Monterrey Road Condominium Project, a small residential developme nt near South Pasadena, California, Los Angeles County, CA.
Principal and Project Manager for the completion of an SCCIC and NAHC record search, and a site survey. (July 2017 – January 2018)
Phase I Survey for the Agoura Village project, a 7.37-acre Commercial Subdivision in the City of Agoura Hills, Los Angeles County, CA.
Principal and Project Manager for the completion of a SCCIC/NAHC record search, NAHC scoping, and a Phase Ia site survey. The Phase Ia survey was followed by a Phase Ib subsurface survey and an updated site form for a previously known prehistoric cultural resource that includes the entire project area. (October 2016 – December 2017)
Phase I survey for 22866 Beckledge Terrace, Malibu, California.
Principal and Project Ma nager for the completion of a SCCIC/NAHC record search, NAHC record search request, and a site survey. (September 2017 – November 2017)
Lynn Road Residential Development Project, Construction Monitoring, Newbury Park, CA Principal and Project Manager for the surface collection and construction monitoring for this 10-acre residential construction project. (October 2017 – November 2017)
Phase II Evaluation of two cultural resources located on the Oakmont project property, City of Agoura Hills, Los Angeles County, CA.
Principal and Project Manager for the evaluation of a prehistoric cultural resource and a 1920s -1980s historic homestead cultural resource. Evaluation tasks included shovel test pits, and a test unit for the prehistoric cultural resource, and detailed mapping and documents research for the historic cultural resource. A combined report for both Oakmont projects was produced for the City. (August 2017 – October 2017)
City of Pomona Environmental On-Call (Including Cultural Resources), Los Angeles County, CA.
Envicom successful won inclusion as one of six on -call environmental firms for the City. (October 2014 – October 2017)
Phase I Survey for the Oakmont commercial project, a 5.75 -acre development in the City of Agoura Hills, Los Angeles County, CA.
Principal and Project Manager for the completion of NAHC record search, and a Phase Ia site survey. The Phase Ia survey identified two cultural resources; a 1920s historic homestead foundation, and a large prehistoric archaeological site. (August 2017 – October 2017)
Phase I Assessment of the West Hills Crest 37 -acre Residential Subdivision in West Hills, City of Los Angeles.
Principal and Project Manager for the completion of a SCCIC/NAHC record search and project area site survey.
A key issu e for this project was the record search being positive for a prehistoric cultural resource within the development area. This resource, CA -LAN-1223, was further investigated with 22 shovel test pits, and evaluated as not being a significant cultural resource. (February 2017 – October 2017)
San Bernardino County Cultural, Historic Architecture, and Paleontology On-Call, San Bernardino, CA.
Envicom successful won inclusion in the limited on-call pool. (October 2014 – October 2017) Phase I Survey for 15498 LaPeyre Court, a residential development in Moorpark, Ventura County, CA.
Principal and Project Manager for the completion of a SCCIC/NAHC record search, NAHC record search request, and a site survey. Project also included coordination with numerous biology tasks. (August 2017 – September 2017)
Canyon View Estates Paleontological Survey, Santa Clarita, Los Angeles County, CA.
Principal and Project Manager for this paleontological record search, site survey, and report. (August – September 2017)
North Canyon Ranch 170-acre Residential Subdivision in Simi Valley, Ventura County, CA.
Principal and Project Manager for the completion of a SCCIC/NAHC record search and project area site survey.
A key issue for this project was a previously distu rbed cultural resource within the project area, the destruction of which needed to be addressed in the final report. (May 2017 – August 2017)
Phase I Survey for the 12300 Valley Boulevard Hotel, a commercial development in El Monte, Los Angeles, CA.
Principal and Project Manager for the completion of a SCCIC/NAHC record search, NAHC record search request, and a site survey for this small residential development. (June 2017 – August 2017)
Phase Ia Survey for the Holiday Inn Express Hotel, a commercial de velopment in El Monte, Los Angeles, CA.
Principal and Project Manager for the completion of a SCCIC/NAHC record search, NAHC record search request, and a site survey for this small residential development. (July 2017 – August 2017)
Arcadia Town Homes MND Phase I Cultural Assessment for a multi -unit residential development in Arcadia, Los Angeles, CA.
Principal and Project Manager for the completion of a SCCIC/NAHC record search, NAHC record search request, and a site survey for this multi-unit residential development. (May 2017 – August 2017)
Phase I Survey for 3800 Figueroa, an apartment complex development in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA.
Principal and Project Manager for the completion of a SCCIC/NAHC record search, NAHC record search request, and a site survey for apartment complex development. (June 2017 – August 2017)
Phase I Survey for the Copper Canyon Project, a 5 -acre residential development near Santa Clarita, California, Los Angeles County, CA.
Principal and Project Manager for the completion of a SCCIC/NAHC record search, NAHC record search request, and a site survey. Also part of the project was the resurvey of two previously recorded cultural resources within the project boundary. (May 2017 – July 2017)
Phase Ia Survey for the Oneonta Hillside Drive, a residential development in South Pasadena, Los Angeles County, CA.
Principal and Project Manager for the completion of an SCCIC and NAHC record search, and a site survey. (May 2017 – July 2017)
Construction Monitoring for Parcel 2058-003-010, Lobo Canyon, Los Angeles County.
Principal and Project Manager for the surface collection and construction monitoring for this single family residential construction project. (July 2017).
Phase I Survey for the 6625 Bradley Road, a residential development in Somis, Ventura County, CA.
Principal and Project Manager for the completion of a SCCIC/NAHC record search, NAHC record search request, and a site survey for this small residential development. (June 2017 – July 2017)
11172 Santa Paula Road Phase Ia Survey for a 5.5 -acre Agricultural property in Ojai, California, Ventura County, CA.
Principal and Project Manager for the completion of a SCCIC/NAHC record search, NAHC record search request, and a site survey. (May 2017 – June 2017)
Pepperdine University Campus Life Project: Updated Cultural Resources Record Search.
Principal and Project Manager for an updated record search and letter report for the Pepperdine Campus Life housing, facilities, and trail development project. This up date was part of an amended campus -wide EIR (December 2017 – June 2017)
Pepperdine University Campus Life Project: Phase I survey of new Baseball Field development.
Principal and Project Manager for the addition of the campus baseball field as part of the larger Pepperdine Campus Life housing, facilities, and trail development project. (February 2017 – June 2017)
6658 Reseda Boulevard, City of Reseda, Los Angeles County, CA.
Principal and Project Manager for a Phase 1 record search for this urban mixed u se project. (March 2017 – May 2017)
Paradise Valley Development Project Environmental Impact Report and Impact Statement, Riverside County, CA.
Author of the cultural section for this EIR for a housing and mixed use development of over 2200 -acres east of Indio, California. Also reviewed original technical documents, and incorporated legal and agency comments.
Mitigation measures included the management and monitoring of dozens of cultural resources, sensitive soils, and paleontological resources. (October 2014 – March 2017)
Phase I Cultural Resources Survey for Parcel 2058-003-010, Lobo Canyon, Los Angeles County, CA.
Principal and Project Manager for completion of a Phase I and Army Corps of Engineers permit for the project (ACOE, Los Angeles District). Extensive communications and consultation with the ACOE and SHPO. (July 2016 – March 2017)
Phase I Survey for a 1.33 -acre Mixed-Use development in the City of Northridge at the corner of Nordoff and Darby Streets, Los Angeles County, CA.
Principal and Project Manager for the completion of a SCCIC/NAHC record search, NAHC scoping, and a site survey. This project included a built -environment assessment of existing historic structures (October 2016 – February 2017)
Phase I Survey for a 0.5 -acre Residential Subdivision in the City of Los Angeles at the end of Crisler Way, Los Angeles County, CA.
Principal and Project Manager for the completion of a SCCIC/NAHC record search, NAHC record search request, and a site survey. (October 2016 – February 2017)
Deer Lake Residential Development Cultural Monitoring, Porter Ranch, Los Angeles, CA.
Principal and Project Manager for the cultural monitoring of eight cultural resources within the project development boundary. This project includes the writing of a final Monitoring Report. (May 2016 – February 2017)
Phase I Survey for a 0.5- acre Mixed Use Development Project on Camarillo Avenue in North Hollywood, Los Angeles County, CA.
Principal and Cultural Project Manager for the completion of a SCCIC/NAHC record search, NAHC scoping, and a site survey. This project also included a historic built environment assessment (November 2016 – January 2017)
Phase I Survey for a 14-acre Residential Subdivision in Woodland Hills, CA.
Principal and Project Manager for the completion of a SCCIC/NAHC record search, NAHC scoping, and a site survey. This project involved consultation with the City of Los Angeles on AB-52 (July 2016 – January 2017)
Lynn Road Residential Development Project, Newbury Park, CA.
Principal and Project Manager for the Phase Ia and Phase Ib survey of this 10 -acre parcel. A large prehistoric Middle-Period seasonal settlement was discovered, which required subsurface testing and extensive mapping of surface hearths, yucca roasters, and dwelling features. Project included public testimony before the Thousand Oaks Planning Commission. (September 2015 – December 2016)
Pepperdine University Campus Life Project: Debris Basin Excavation Cultural and Paleontological Resource Monitoring, Los Angeles, CA.
Principal and Project Manager for cultural resource monitoring of Phase I of the Pepperdine Campus Life housing, facilities, and trail development project. (August – October 2016)
Trail Construction Monitoring, Conrad N. Hilton Foundation.
Principal and Project Manager for the development of a pedestrian foot trail loop between the Foundation and the nearby “Ridge” professional building, including the excavation of dozens of shovel test pits and a major surface collection of prehistoric artifacts, including trail construction monitoring. (August – September 2016)
Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Trail Project Cultural Assessment, Agoura Hills, Los Angeles County, CA.
Project Manager for the Phase 1b survey of a new pedestrian access trail linking off -site office space with the Foundation campus buildings. Project included the excavation of over 30 shovel test pits and the recording of numerous prehistoric features. (May – August 2016)
32640 PCH Phase I Cultural Resource Survey, Santa Monica, CA.
Principal and Project Manager for the Phase I cultural resource assessment of a ravine rehabilitation project between the Pacific Coast Highway and the Pacific Ocean. Included a SCCIC/NAHC record search, site survey, and technical report. (May 2015 – June 2016)
CA-LAN-320 Project Compliance Plans, and Native American and Lead Agency Consultation, Agoura Hills, Los Angeles County, CA.
Tasks included the authoring of a cultural resource Treatment and Data Recovery Plan, a cultural resource Management Plan, and a Curation Plan for all artifacts, as well as the organization of meetings with the Chumash Tribal Groups and the Lead Agency. (April 2015 – June 2016)
Canyon Park Homes, Sylmar, Los Angeles County, CA.
Native American Tribal Group consultation and pre -construction monitoring for this 80 -acre residential property development, as well as EIR section writing. (February 2015 – March 2016)
Oakwood Schools Built Environment and Archaeological Assessment, North Hollywood, Los Angeles County, CA.
Principal and Project Manager for the Phase I cultural resource assessment of the project property prior to the construction of a new middle and high school campus within the North Hollywood area. Challenging tasks included Native American ghost writing for the lead agency (City of Los Angeles) and addressing a modern human cremation garden in the report (November 2015 – February 2016)
Floral Canyon Residential Development Cultural Resource Survey, North Hollywood, CA.
Principal and Project Manag er for this Phase Ia cultural resource survey of an 8 -acrea property. The cultural resource parts of the CEQA checklist were also completed. (September – December 2015).
Hilton Property Phase 3 Construction Site Phase Ib Cultural Resources Survey, Ag oura Hills, Los Angeles County, CA.
Principal and Project manager for this extensive preliminary survey project, including excavation of over 200 shovel test pits and 4 test units to define the boundaries of a prehistoric ceremonial site of over 80-acres in size, used by Chumash Native Americans from 400 A.D. to the late 1700s. Recordation of over 190 -features and 11,500 artifacts. Second phase will include data recovery tasks and an amended Environmental Impact Report. (February 2014 – March 2015)
4165 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd., Suite 290, Westlake Village, CA 91362 • (818) 879-4700 • www.envicomcorporation.com
CARL ERIC LINDNER
Principal Project Manager
[email protected]
Years of Experience
25 years
Education
Bachelor of Arts,
Environmental Science,
State University of New York
(S.U.N.Y.), College at
Purchase
Technical Specialties
CEQA/NEPA Compliance
Power Plant Permitting
Siting Studies
Construction Compliance
Monitoring
Environmental Assessment
Plan of Development
Constraints Analysis
Phase I ESA
Mr. Lindner has considerable experience supporting the licensing/permitting and siting of utility-scale solar energy facilities in the southwestern U.S. He is experienced managing large projects with complex scopes and multi - million dollar budgets and guiding them to successful completion. He is adept at successfully resourcing projects with technically appropriate staff while fully understanding budget sensitivities and realizing the balance that must be struck between the two. He is proficient managing complex multi - dimensional projects that require a high level of personal engagement. His responsibilities include proposal writing, project costing, budget tracking and regular reporting.
Mr. Lindner h as successfully managed and supported constraints analyses, and siting and feasibility studies for solar projects throughout the southwest (Imperial, San Bernardino, Riverside, Kern, and Los Angeles Counties in California and various locations in Nevada an d Arizona), to comprehensive regulatory documents that are part of the project review process under both the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) for large solar or transmission projects seeking licenses/approvals from the California Energy Commission (CEC), California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for various established public utilities and independent private energy developers.
Mr. Lindner is experienced commu nicating with Federal, State and local agency staff and understands the importance of developing and fostering those relationships throughout the project. Clear communication with internal project team staff and external agency staff are a direct contribut or to project success. Client focused, personable and direct.
Mr. Lindner has managed the portfolios for several renewable energy development entities. This included NRG Energy, First Solar, Solar Millennium, Tenaska, SolarReserve, Exelon, Edison Mission Energy and Hanergy. Responsibilities included proposal generation, budget management, deliverable tracking, and QA/QC of submittals as a technically diverse team conducted research, collected and compiled field data, and developed the required documents an d reports to support complex project siting and permitting.
REPRESENTATIVE PROJECT EXPERIENCE
West Hills Crest Infill EIR Addendum
Envicom Corporation is preparing a streamlined Infill EIR Addendum, as per CEQA Guidelines 15183.3, for a residential project within an unincorporated area of the County of Los Angeles, located at the western extent of the San Fernando Valley in the commun ity of West Hills. The proposed project would construct 25 single family residences, public streets, a recreation lot, a public facilities lot, a water tank lot, and an open space lot. The single family residences would range from 0.61 to 2.86 gross acres in size, the public facilities lot would be located on 0.80 acres, the recreation lot would be 3.85 acres in size, the water tank lot would be located on 0.89 acres, and the open space lot would be 26.47 acres in size. The project site is currently vacant with open space and parks adjacent to the north, west, and south. Envicom Corporation’s scope of work includes a Biological Resources Technical Report, a Phase 1(b) Cultural Resource Survey, Air Quality and Greenhouse Gas Study, Noise Impact Analysis, Trip Generation Technical Memorandum, and an Infill EIR Addendum. Key issues of the project analysis include biological resources, fire services, cultural resources, and transportation/traffic. Mr. Lindner completed the Agricultural and Forestry Resources, Ge ology/Soils, Hazards and Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mineral Resources, Population and Housing, Public Services, Recreation, and Utilities/Service Systems sections of the addendum. He performed quality assurance/quality control review of the remaining sections prepared by staff and also liaised frequently with the internal Envicom team, th e applicant, and legal counsel to communicate CEQA strategy and discuss impacts and mitigation measures, in order to maintain the project schedule.
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) Deputy Project Manager for a large On -Call Environmental Compliance Services support contract valued at
10.5MM. Manage a multidisciplinary team of professionals to respond to varied requests for environmental support from Metro Project Managers. The primary focus is for technical staff to provide environmental analysis and clearance of Metro Transportation Projects under CEQA, NEPA, Department of Transportation (DOT), Federal Transportation Administration (FTA) and other applicable Federal and state agencies. The work conducted includes the preparation of analyses, studies, surveys, investigations, modeling, predictions, and reports related to the categories of impacts to resources from Metro activities. The resources analyzed may include cultural, paleontological, traffic, noise, air quality, vibration, biology and botany. Deliverables range from simple “white papers” to a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement/Report.
Southern California Edison – Construction Mitigation Compliance Monitoring - 35 Mile Eldorado Ivanpah Transmission Line (EITP)
Project Manager providing support of development and planning efforts to facilitate a well- organized project team with coherent and appropriate systems and procedures needed to carry out transmission construction mitigation monitoring in a cost -effective manner that ensures project compliance with the various conditions of project approval. Managing all financials for a 35 million cont ract to assist SCE with the preparation of the numerous resource-specific technical plans, assessments, procedures and programs as dictated by the BLM mitigation measures, the applicant proposed measures (APM) and the applicable CPUC permit conditions. Add itional responsibilities include management of the large multi -disciplinary staffing effort of 100 staff at peak to ensure all construction crews are monitored and that work is in compliance with agency prescribed mitigation measures and the compliance rep orting is completed as per the identified schedules and using SCE’s proprietary field reporting system. Pro vided management support of the restoration specialists’ planning and implementation of post construction restoration work as required by the lead ag encies and as guided by the approved Rapid Response Referral Program.
NRG Energy - Capital Permitting, Southern California, Arizona, Nevada Supporting capital permitting for NRG Energy (NRG) as they address the complex regulatory requirements for siting and constructing electric generation facilities. The proposed facilities would be constructed in California, Nevada, and Arizona. NEPA (where applicable), and specific state and local regulatory requirements were researched and reported in addition to facilitate planning and project scheduling. The specific issues include biological, cultural, paleontological, air, water, noise and visual impacts. Specific project descriptions are reviewed to understand the potential effect of the facility on the surroundings and to facilitate the discussion of alternatives within the context of the overall siting and permitting approach. Work has included the preparation of a site fatal flaw/constraints analysis and environmental review, Phase I environmental site assessment, and preparation of permits and plans for photovoltaic (PV) solar projects in Arizona and California. Worked with the developers to assist in the overall siting of the facility and selection of the gen-tie routes.
Capital Permitting, Southern California, Arizona, Nevada Currently supporting capital permitting for large energy companies as they address the complex regulatory requirements for siting and constructing electric generation facilities. The proposed facilities would be constructed in California, Nevada, and Arizona. NEPA (where applicable), and specific state and local regulatory requirements are researched and addr essed to facilitate planning and project scheduling. The specific issues include biological, cultural, paleontological, air, water, noise and visual impacts. Specific project descriptions are reviewed to understand the potential effect of the facility on the surroundings and to facilitate the discussion of alternatives within the context of the overall permitting approach.
Pacific Solar Investments/Iberdrola Renewables- Application for Certification (AFC) Deputy Project Manager for the preparation of an A FC for the permitting of a 450 MW solar thermal power plant, associated transmission lines, access roads and an interconnection substation to be constructed in two phases on BLM land in Imperial County in southern California. Tasking includes collecting an d compiling data from the project proponent, the subcontractors, and in- house staff in order to facilitate the numerous detailed surveys, analyses and modeling required in the AFC. Field data collected provide support to the final site selection decisions as well as support of preliminary and final engineering design.
Solar Millennium LLC - Application for Certification (AFC) Project Manager for the preparation of an AFC for the permitting of four individual 250 MW solar thermal power facilities co-located on one Bureau of Land Management (BLM) right-of-way in eastern Riverside County, CA. The AFC addressed federal and state environmental requirements and evaluated the potential impacts to major resources as it underwent simultaneous NEPA and CEQA review. T asking included collecting and compiling data from the project proponent, the subcontractors, and in- house staff in order to facilitate the numerous surveys, analyses and modeling required. The data from the various studies and surveys supported site selection and solar field configuration discussion as well as gen-tie routing within the project boundaries and out to the point of interconnect.
Worked with SCE to facilitate BLM/CEC approvals of the proposed Colorado River Substation which would be the point of interconnect for the new facility. Interfaced with the Riverside County Airport Use Commission to address concerns regarding interference from project reflecting troughs and cooling towers. EAs and NOIs were developed for the ground water well installations and pump tests conducted on site.
SolarReserve - Critical Issues Analyses (CIA)
Project Manager for the evaluation of a portfolio of potential solar sites. Preliminary reviews of potential site constraints were prepared to evaluate the potential fo r siting solar power facilities on the identified properties located in Yuma, Maricopa and La Paz counties in AZ. These reviews and evaluations involved consideration of those issues generally addressed in a National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Enviro nmental Assessment (EA) and used to evaluate the potential impacts for discretionary permitting. Each issue was preliminarily evaluated not to determine its potential environmental impact, but to see if a particular issue had the potential to affect the feasibility of siting generation facilities on the identified properties. In essence to determine if there were any “fatal flaws” to developing the site. These analyses included reviews and assessments of the potential for significant impacts to Land Use, Bi ological Resources, Air Emissions, Water Resources and Hydrology, Noise, Visual Resources, Cultural Resources, Geology and Geological Hazards, and also included an Environmental Site Screen.
Sempra Global – Regulatory Permitting Analysis
Project Manager that conducted research and developed guidance to identify the permits required in order to site and develop a commercial photovoltaic facility in the Clark County, NV area. The guidance document identified the likely agencies to be involved in the development process, the permits required, the permitting fees, and the general schedule for processing the individual permit applications. Plan of Development (POD) documents were completed for proposed projects in Niland and Blythe in Imperial and Riverside Co unties respectively. There was close coordination between the client and consultant team as the PODs were dependent on project description and design data for completion.
Macquarie Cook Power - Environmental Constraints Review Project Manager that supervised and conducted the review and evaluation of existing environmental and site development documentation for a potential solar thermal facility to be located in Nye County , Nevada. The documentation provided focused on Biological, Paleontological & Archaeological and Water Resources. The report identified the findings of a critical evaluation of the existing documentation prepared for the proposed facility. The technical review was conducted in order to determine whether the existing documentation effectively balances the physical requirement against the impact that this proposed project will have on the landscape, the community, and the surrounding environment.
Inland Energy – Application for Certification
Deputy Project Manager for the preparation of an AFC for the permitting and construction of the Palmdale hybrid gas-solar thermal power plant. The tasking involved collecting and compiling data from the project propone nt, the subcontractors, and in -house staff in order to facilitate the surveys, analyses and modeling required in an AFC.
Tracking outstanding data items and organizing data for the individual section authors and writing the Hazardous Materials section for the document. Tracking review status of individual sections and responding to data adequacy requests from CEC staff in order to expedite the determination of “Data Adequate” for the proposed facility.
Naval Base Ventura County, Environmental Compliance Support, Ventura County, CA Directly responsible for the daily management of several distinct teams supporting the Public Works Department at Naval Base Ventura County (NBVC) including Environmental, Engineering, and GIS. Responsible for the administration of all aspects of ongoing, multi -million-dollar, technical support efforts. The management responsibilities included researching and completing Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE) Section 401 and 404 Permits in support of customer planning and RWQCB requirement s. Generated NEPA/CEQA Negative Determination documentation for proposed actions and conducted Phase I Environmental Site Assessments.
Supervised Natural and Cultural Resource on the NBVC Point Mugu, San Nicolas Island and Port Hueneme site.
4165 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd., Suite 290, Westlake Village, CA 91362 • (818) 879-4700 • www.envicomcorporation.com JOHANNA N.M. FALZARANO
Senior Project Manager
[email protected]
Years of Experience
16 Education
Master of Public Policy,
Pepperdine University
School of Public Policy
Bachelor of Science, Wildlife
Biology, Colorado State
University
Professional Affiliations
Association of
Environmental Professionals
(AEP) – Los Angeles
Chapter
Specialized Training
AEP Workshops and
Conferences
Ms. Falzarano has 16 years of experience in preparing and managing a variety of California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) documents, with a focus on compliance with the requirements of CEQA, including Initial Studies (ISs), Mitiga ted Negative Declarations (MNDs), and Environmental Impact Reports (EIRs), as well as the preparation of Environmental Assessments pursuant to NEPA, and Environmental Constraints and Critical Issues Analyses. Her experience includes projects for both private and public sector clients. She provides strategic CEQA/NEPA approach, research and writing, project management, subconsultant and project team coordination, and client liaison services.
Ms. Falzarano’s proj ects extend throughout several of California’s urban and rural landscapes, and she has collaborated with a variety of lead, responsible, and trustee resource agencies in the State. Her experience includes residential, commercial, mixed- use, education faci lity, restoration, public utility, mining, energy, and oil and gas projects. She has provided CEQA and project management expertise on projects in the Cities of Los Angeles, Carson, San Diego, and Palmdale, as well as the Counties of Los Angeles, Kern, Fr esno, Imperial, Ventura and Santa Barbara. In addition to such local jurisdictions, and on behalf of clients, she has sought permits and other project approvals from the California Energy Commission, California Public Utilities Commission, State Water Res ources Control Board and Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board, South Coast Air Quality Management District, Department of Toxic Substances Control, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Ms. Falzarano e arned a Bachelor of Science degree in Wildlife Biology from Colorado State University, followed by a Master of Public Policy degree from Pepperdine University. Ms. Falzarano is a Member of the Los Angeles Chapter of the Association of Environmental Professionals.
REPRESENTATIVE PROJECT EXPERIENCE
Twin Lakes Pump Station Expansion and Emergency Pipeline Connection Project Mitigated Negative Declaration, Las Virgenes Municipal Water District, Los Angeles (Chatsworth) Ms. Falzarano oversaw preparation of the MND for the project, which included: 1) expansion of the Las Virgenes Municipal Water District (LVMWD) Twin Lakes Pump Station, 2) the installation of a 10-inch pipeline between the pump station and a meter vault, 3) the installation of a 14 -inch intertie pipeline between the meter vault and 30-inch Conduit in Devonshire Street, and 4) the replacement of an eight -inch pipeline with a 12 -inch pipeline near Chatsworth Park South. Key issues analyzed in the MND inclu ded biological resources, cultural resources, and traffic.
Woolsey Canyon Residential Development Biological Constraints Analysis Report, County of Los Angeles On behalf of President Asset, LLC, Ms. Falzarano managed the biological resources team that pe rformed field surveys for flora and fauna and prepared a Biological Constraints Analysis Report pursuant the Los Angeles County Department of Regional Planning’s Significant Ecological Areas Technical Advisory Committee (SEATAC) procedures and guidelines. The proposed project, located along Woolsey Canyon Road near Chatsworth in Significant Ecological Area (SEA) 14 (Simi Hills), included a tentative tract map application for the development of 15 single-family residences, an access street from Woolsey Canyo n Road, an ingress/egress easement, a gate at the entry to the access street, as well as retaining walls and wrought iron fences as necessary. The proposed project would also provide 20 acres of open space. The application also included a request for an Oa k Tree Permit to remove four oak trees and encroach upon 24 oak trees.
Rodeo Grounds Berm Removal and Restoration Project MND, Topanga Canyon Community, Unincorporated Los Angeles County
Ms. Falzarano prepared the MND and assisted the project manager wit h managing a team of subconsultants, who provided technical studies that were used to prepare the MND, with the California Department of Parks and Recreation serving as the lead agency. The project would remove the berm in Topanga Creek and restore the natural floodplain, creek channel, and sediment transport systems at the southern end of Topanga Creek, located approximately 2,500 feet upstream from the Pacific Ocean. The project’s total area of direct impact encompassed an estimated 1.81 acres. The purpose of the project was to provide long-term benefit to the natural function of Topanga Creek; however, temporary impacts analyzed in the MND included air quality, traffic, noise (wildlife), and water quality.
Oceana Retirement Facility and Holiday Harbor C ourts Project Draft EIR, County of Los Angeles (Marina del Rey)
On behalf of MDR Oceana, LLC and Holiday -Panay Way, LP, Marina del Rey, Ms. Falzarano provided project management during preparation of the Draft EIR from 2007 to 2009 for submittal to the Los Angeles County Department of Regional Planning. The project inc luded the 114- unit Oceana Retirement Facility for Parcel OT of the Marina del Rey Local Coastal Program (LCP) area, as well as the Holiday Harbor Courts commercial development for the 2.55 -acre Parcel 21, which would replace existing uses with new commerci al uses, a public park plaza and promenade, and parking. Key issues of analysis included land use and planning, water quality, and traffic.
Pepperdine University Campus Life Project, County of Los Angeles Ms. Falzarano contributed to the preparation of t he Draft EIR on behalf of the client, Pepperdine University, for submittal to the Los Angeles County Department of Regional Planning. The proposed project provides new and upgraded athletic, recreation, entertainment, parking, and residential facilities at the University’s Malibu campus.
Key issues of analysis included noise, visual resources, and traffic.
4th and Hewitt Project EIR, City of Los Angeles
Ms. Falzarano is the project manager for preparation of the EIR for the 4 th and Hewitt Project, a mixed -use development proposed on approximately 1.31 acres at the southwest corner of E. 4 th and S. Hewitt Streets within a Transit Priority Zone in the Arts District area of the City of Los Angeles. The project would retain the approximately 7,800-square-foot (sf) existing Architecture and Design Museum and demolish approximately 7,000 sf of office, garage, and storage space and 40,000 sf of surface parking lots. New construction would consist of approximately 330,000 sf of commercia l, office, and common area spaces. The project would also provide vehicle and bicycle parking space. The project requires preparation of an EIR, a General Plan Amendment, Vesting Zone Change, Height District Change, Site Plan Review, and Vesting Tentative Tract Map, in addition to other entitlements. The scope of work includes preparation of an Environmental Assessment Form and Entitlement Application Package, Initial Study and Notice of Preparation, EIR, Cultural Resources Assessment, Air Quality and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Technical Study, and Noise Impact Analysis. Key issues of analysis in the EIR will include traffic and transportation, air quality, greenhouse gas emissions, land use and planning, and noise.
Boyle Hotel Transit Oriented Development Project MND, City of Los Angeles On behalf of the Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Los Angeles (CRA/LA), Ms. Falzarano served as project manager for the proposed project’s MND between 2007 and 2008, which resulted in redevelopment of the historic Boyle Hotel and adjacent properties to a mixed residential and retail use located in the former CRA/LA Adelante Eastside Redevelopment Plan Area. Key issues of analysis included cultural resources, visual resources, and population/housing. The project was approved, and redevelopment of the site concluded in 2012.
Carson Revitalization Project Specific Plan and Draft EIR Support, City of Carson From 2009 to 2015, Ms. Falzarano provided CEQA and project management support to Shell Oil Company for a proposed industrial and redevelopment project involving a Specific Plan and EIR. The Specific Plan would provide industrial, retail, municipal, and renewable energy land uses. The industrial project site was 448 acres in size and surrounded by a mix of uses, including residential land use s. She was a part of the project team that prepared the Specific Plan, as well as technical analyses that addressed air quality and greenhouse gas emissions, aesthetics, biological resources, cultural resources, noise, public services and utilities, land use and planning, and hazards and hazardous materials. The proposed redevelopment project and expansion of industrial activities was required to be coordinated with an ongoing remediation program for which there was a Cleanup and Abatement Order (groundwater and soil are impacted at the site), and the California Regional Water Quality Control Board (Los Angeles Region) served as lead agency in this regard. The Department of Toxic Substances Control and South Coast Air Quality Management District were also involved with cleanup efforts at the site. Ms. Falzarano reviewed all technical studies for compliance with CEQA and agency requirements. All technical studies were developed as stand-alone documents but were formatted similar to CEQA EIR sections for ease of use by the Lead Agency, the City of Carson, to prepare the combined Project/Program EIR.
Stadium Reconstruction Project Draft EIR, City of San Diego In 2015, the City of San Diego proposed to demolish and replace the existing 48-year-old Qualcomm Stadium with a new multiuse sports, entertainment, and recreational stadium. The project was a Capital Improvement Program project that would require a Conditional Use Permit and a Site Development Permit to construct a new multi - purpose sports stadium with a permanent seating capacity of up to 68,000 seats, expanding to approximately 72,000 seats for special events, and capable of hosting National Football League games, other professional and amateur sports, entertainment, cultural and commercial events. The Project site was comprised of the 166 -acre Qualcomm Stadium site, located at 9449 Friars Road, and construction of a new stadium would occur on approximately 17 acres in the northeast corner of the property. Ms. Falzarano worked with risk assessment and d ue diligence specialists to prepare the Hazards and Hazardous Materials section of the Draft EIR on behalf of the City’s Development Services Department, as well as peer reviewed the Phase I Environmental Site Assessment and filed Notices of Proposed Construction or Alteration (Form 7460-1) with the Federal Aviation Administration.
Wistaria Ranch Solar Energy Project EIR Support, Imperial County On behalf of Wistaria Ranch Solar, LLC, Ms. Falzarano provided project management and CEQA oversight between 2012 and 2014 for a proposed 250 Megawatt (MW) photovoltaic (PV) solar energy project, which would be located on over 2,000 acres in Imperial County, CA. She managed the team of technical specialists that prepared a variety of technical analyses in support o f the project, including due diligence Phase I Environmental Site Assessments, Land Evaluation and Site Assessment Models to address impacts to agricultural resources, an air quality impact analysis, a noise study, and a biological resources technical repo rt. Ms. Falzarano reviewed all technical studies for compliance with CEQA and agency requirements. Biologists also conducted protocol -level surveys for western burrowing owl at the site and assisted the client with mitigation planning for the species. All technical studies were developed as stand- alone documents but were formatted similar to CEQA EIR sections for ease of use by the Lead Agency, the Imperial County Planning and Development Services Department, to prepare the EIR. The County Board of Supervisors approved the project in December 2014.
CEQA-Plus Environmental Impact Report, Golden Hills Wastewater Treatment System Improvement Project.
Kern County Public Works Department, Golden Hills (Tehachapi Area) The project included the rehabilitation of the existing sewage system collection components used by the privately managed Golden Hills Sanitation Company (GHSC) to provide wastewater service in the community of Golden Hills. Ms. Falzarano was part of the project team that prepared the Air Quality T echnical Report, Greenhouse Gas Emissions Impact Analysis, Biological Technical Report, Phase I Cultural Resources Assessment, Noise Technical Report, and Draft EIR on behalf of Public Works, with the Golden Hills Community Services District (GHCSD) serving as the Lead Agency . Ms. Falzarano also assisted with preparation of responses to comments on the Draft EIR. The EIR provided analysis of two main options: Option A, rehabilitation of the Golden Hills wastewater treatment plant (WWTP), or Option B, conveyance of wastewater to the City of Tehachapi WWTP and decommissioning of the Golden Hills WWTP. In addition, the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) would use the EIR to determine whether to issue a grant to fund the system improvements through the ir State Revolving Fund (SRF) Loan Program. The SRF loan process is required to meet the requirements of both CEQA and NEPA, because the SRF Program is partially funded by the United States Environmental Protection Agency.
The CEQA-Plus EIR addressed the required compendium of local, State, and Federal regulations. The key issues of analysis included aesthetics, biological resources, cultural resources, hydrology, and water quality. Ms. Falzarano managed the team of technical specialists, provided QA/QC of the technical reports and EIR analyses, and provided CEQA/NEPA support to project stakeholders. The EIR was certified in 2016.
Environmental Assessment. NRG Oasis LLC, City of Palmdale, California Ms. Falzarano managed the team of technical specialists that provided NEPA, CEQA, and natural resources technical services to a solar power developer in support of a proposed 20 MW photovoltaic solar power generating facility. The facility is located within the City of Palmdale and on U.S. Air Force (USAF) land in California.
Services to the developer began with a Critical Issues Analysis to provide a preliminary evaluation of potential project impacts. In compliance with NEPA, Ms. Falzarano worked with the developer and the USAF to prepare an Environmental Assessment (EA) that analyzed the potential environmental impacts of the Proposed Action as well as of Private Land, Reduced Federal Lands, and No Action Alternatives. The EA also included a Biological Resources Technical Report, Cultural Resources Report, and air and greenhouse gas emissions calculations prepared. The Finding of No Significant Impact and Final EA were issued in January 2015. To satisfy local CEQA requirements and to provide an additional option for development, the City of Palmdale prepared an Initial Study and Mitigated Negative Declaration for both the Proposed Action and Private Land Alternative, as set forth in the NEPA EA. The City approved both projects in January 2015, and the facility began generating electricity in 2016. 4165 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd., Suite 290, Westlake Village, CA 91362 • (818) 879-4700 • www.envicomcorporation.com
CHARLES COHN
Project Manager
[email protected]
Years of Experience
9 years
Education
Bachelor of Science,
Environmental Science and
Resource Management,
California State University
Channel Islands
Professional Affiliations
Association of
Environmental Professionals
– Los Angeles Chapter
Specialized Training
CalEEMod emissions
modeling
Mr. Charles Cohn is a Project Manager with over nine years of professional experience at Envicom Corporation, providing environmental consulting and California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)/National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) analysis, including Initial Studies (ISs), Mitigated Negative Declarations (MNDs), and Environmental Impact Reports (EIRs). He has also provided analysis and documentation supporting the findings for Categorical Exemptions (CEs), particularly related to infill development.
Mr. Cohn has managed or contributed to projects for both private and public sector clients, applying research and writing skills to clearly state potential impacts, and when necessary, determine feasible mitigation to reduce impacts. When managing projects, he provides quality assurance reviews of deliverables, and coordinates with subconsultants and project team members to assure timely completion and delivery of work products. His CEQA project experience includes residential, commercial, mixed-use, hotel, school facilities, recreation, water storage and delivery infrastructure, and solar projects. Additionally, Mr. Cohn prepares Air Quality and Greenhouse Gas modeling and technical studies.
Mr. Cohn is currently managing EIRs for the cities of Simi Valley and Agoura Hills, and recently managed preparation of MNDs, Addendums to MNDs, and ND documents for projects in the City of Los Angeles, the City of El Monte, and the City of Calabasas . Recently he provided analysis for projects within the Cities of South Pasadena, Agoura Hills, Simi Valley, and Goleta, as well as the Counties of Los Angeles, and Riverside. He has also prepared MNDs for development of a solar power facility, as well as construction of a potable wa ter storage tank and pumping station for the Las Virgenes Municipal Water District.
Mr. Cohn has prepared technical studies for Air Quality and Greenhouse Gas emissions for many development projects, including two proposed developments in the City of Santa Clarita (Riverwalk Mixed-Use Project, and Sierra West Assisted Living and Memory Care Project), as well as a residential tract in an unincorporated portion of the Santa Clarita Valley near Stevenson Ranch (Canyon View Estates Project). He has also prepared a visual impact analysis technical report for the Habitat for Heroes residential project in the City of Santa Clarita, evaluating potential aesthetic impacts and viewshed effects associated with a City-designated significant ridgeline.
REPRESENTATIVE PROJECT EXPERIENCE
Tapo - Alamo Project EIR, City of Simi Valley
Mr. Cohn managed preparation of a project EIR under contract with the City of Simi Valley Planning Department, evaluating environmental impacts associated with development of a mixed -use project that would demolish the majority of an existing strip mall commercial center and construct a new four-story 278-unit multi-family residential structure. The project would also retain and remodel 8,100 square feet of the existing strip mall for commercial use.
The project is highly controversial with neighbors of the site, in that it would take advantage of State and local affordable housing density bonus laws to maximize the number of residential units onsite, and because buildings over three stories are uncommon in the City. In addition to management and preparation of the EIR, Mr. Cohn also participated in the City’s public scoping meeting for the project EIR.
Holiday Inn Express Project MND, City of El Monte
Mr. Cohn has recently completed preparation of an Initial Study and MND (IS/MND) for a proposed 97- room hotel in the City of El Monte. The project would construct a four -story structure with basement parking as an infill development on a site formerly occupied by a truck sales and service center. The project also proposed a public street vacation of a dead -end roadway to be incorporated into the project site and serve as the hotel’s entrance driveway.
The scope of work performed by Envicom included preparation of an IS/MND, a Cultural Resources Assessment, Air Quality and Greenhouse Gas Emissions modeling, and a Noise Impact Analysis. Potential impacts addressed in the MND included construction and operations noise impacts at adjacent residences and nearby school facilities, aesthetics and project design impacts, traffic impacts and mitigations including intersection and freeway ramp operations, sightline visibility for the proposed driveway, tribal cultural resources, and continuation of access to the vacated roadway for an adjacent industrial/commercial development. Mr. Cohn represented Envicom in attending the Planning Commission hearing for the project, where the MND was adopted by the City.
Wingate by Wyndham Hotel Project MND, City of El Monte
Mr. Cohn has recently completed preparation of an IS/MND for a proposed 72- room hotel in the City of El Monte.
The project would construct a four-story structure with basement parking as an infill development on a site developed with a commercial use and building materials storage yard, as well as a drive-thru restaurant. The scope of work performed by Envicom included preparation of an IS/MND, a Cultural Resources Assessment, Air Quality and Greenhouse Gas Em issions modeling, and a Protected Tree Report . At the request of the City, Mr. Cohn also participated in consultation discussions pursuant to AB 52 regarding tribal cultural resources. Potential impacts addressed in the MND included aesthetics and project design impacts, traffic impacts, vehicle access and mitigations to restrict driveway ingress and egress movements , tribal cultural resources, and protected tree removal permitting and mitigation. Mr. Cohn represented Envicom in attending the Planning Commission hearing for the project, where the MND was adopted by the City and the project was approved.
4 th and Hewitt Project EIR, City of Los Angeles
Mr. Cohn is currently assisting with preparation of the EIR for the 4 th and Hewitt Project, a mixed-use development proposed on approximately 1.31 acres at the southwest corner of E. 4th and S. Hewitt Streets within a Transit Priority Zone in the Arts District area of the City of Los Angeles. The project would retain the approximately 7,800 -square- foot (sf) existing Architecture and Design Museum and demolish approximately 7,000 sf of office, garage, and storage space and 40,000 sf of surface parking lots. New construction would consist of an 11 -story building comprised of approximately 281,000 sf o f commercial retail, office, and common area spaces. The project would also provide vehicle and bicycle parking space. The project requires preparation of an EIR, a General Plan Amendment, Vesting Zone Change, Height District Change, Site Plan Review, and Vesting Tentative Tract Map, in addition to other entitlements. The scope of work includes preparation of an Environmental Assessment Form and Entitlement Application Package, Initial Study and Notice of Preparation, EIR, Cultural Resources Assessment, Air Quality and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Technical Study, and Noise Impact Analysis. He is preparing the hazards and hazardous materials and hydrology and water quality sections of the EIR.
18401 Nordhoff Mixed-Use Project, City of Los Angeles
Mr. Cohn managed the preparation of the MND for the proposed 18401 Nordhoff Mixed-Use Project. The proposed project would construct a five-story mixed-use building as an infill development in the Northridge Community Plan Area of the San Fernando Valley, with 146 apartment units and 2,000 square feet of ground-floor commercial space on an approximately 1.33-acre project site. The proposed structure would include vehicle and bicycle parking spaces within a subterranean and ground-floor garage. The scope of work performed by Envicom included preparation of an IS/MND, a Cultural Resources Assessment, Air Quality and Greenhouse Gas Emissions modeling, and a Noise Impact Analysis. He represented Envicom in attending hearings for the project with the Zoning Administrator and t he Planning Commission, where the project was approved by the City.
11301 & 11321 Camarillo Street Mixed-Use Project, City of Los Angeles Mr. Cohn managed the preparation of the ND for the proposed 11301 & 11321 Camarillo Street Mixed -Use Project in the N orth Hollywood – Valley Village Community Plan Area of the San Fernando Valley. The proposed infill development consisted of a five -story building providing 60 dwelling units and approximately 2,826 square feet of ground floor commercial space, with one level of subterranean parking. The project also incorporated demolition and removal of approximately 17,408 square feet of existing professional office space. In conducting the environmental analysis, Envicom Corporation performed a cultural resource assessment, modeled air quality impacts, and evaluated construction noise impacts. Envicom Corporation coordinated with the City to ensure that applicable regulatory compliance measures (RCMs) were discussed in the analysis. The City Planning Department issued a Notice of Determination on March 8, 2017 adopting the Negative Declaration.
Woodland Hills 19-Unit Subdivision Project, City of Los Angeles Mr. Cohn managed the preparation of a Subsequent MND for the proposed development of an infill tract of 19 single- family residences in the Woodland Hills community in the San Fernando Valley. The project evaluated potential impacts associated with developm ent of a vacant hillside lot, previously approved for development with up to 30 homes. The scope of the analysis included all environmental issue areas, evaluating potential impacts regarding changes in the site plan or in the existing conditions of the site, compared to the previously adopted MND, as well as the adequacy of previously conditioned mitigation measures to reduce impacts to less than significant. The evaluation also focused on soil export impacts associated with a proposed haul route.
3121 Old Topanga Canyon Road Residential Project, City of Calabasas Mr. Cohn provided project management and prepared a Focused EIR for the 3121 Old Topanga Canyon Road Residential project, which proposed to construct a single-family home on a previously graded ridgeline lot within the City of Calabasas in the Santa Monica Mountains. The evaluation focused on Aesthetics, Biological Resources, and Recreation impacts, in response to public controversy associated with those resources. The EIR included a robust alternatives analysis evaluating placement of a home on a different portion of the subject property as suggested by public comments on the project. He represented Envicom at several hearings by the Planning Commission, which certified the EIR and approved the project, and also a hearing by the City Council on an appeal of the project approval.
The EIR certification was upheld by the City Council, as was the project’s approval by the Planning Commission.
JPA Rancho Recycled Water Pump Station 1MW Solar Generatio n Project, Joint Powers Authority of the Las Virgenes Municipal Water District and the Triunfo Sanitation District Mr. Cohn managed the preparation of an MND for the development of a 1MW solar generation facility proposed within the City of Calabasas by the Joint Powers Authority (JPA) of the Las Virgenes Municipal Water District and the Triunfo Sanitation District. The project proposed development of a solar panel array on approximately six acres of vacant land, to a roadway designated as a scenic corridor by the City of Calabasas. As the Lead Agency, the JPA considered potential view impacts to the City’s scenic corridor, and the MND evaluated site design features and mitigation measures that reduced potential impacts to less than significant.
1200 Fair Oaks Hydrogen Fuel Project, South Pasadena
Mr. Cohn assisted in preparation of an MND that addressed the installation of a hydrogen fuel dispenser and associated equipment in the City of South Pasadena for the purpose of fueling motor vehicles with fuel cell technology. The project included an evaluation of the environmental impacts associated with the construction and operation of the proposed hydrogen fueling facility to be located at an existing gasoline fueling station, which is adjacent to commercial and residential uses. The scope of work included preparation of an IS/MND, an air quality analysis report, and an evaluation of the project’s documentation of potential hazards identification and safety features or contingency plans to address potential hazardous conditions associated with delivery, storage and use of hydrogen fuel. Additional issues of concern included traffic access issues; land use compatibility; noise; and aesthetics.
Calabasas Blue Residential Project, Calabasas
Mr. Cohn prepared the MND for the Calabasas Blue Residential Project for the City of Calabasas. The MND analyzed impacts regarding development of a 78-unit multi-family development on five acres of a 21 -acre site, subject to the requirements of the City’s Scenic Corridor Or dinance and the Las Virgenes Gateway Master Plan visual resource policies. The project included a redesigned option as a modification to a previously approved 86 -unit condominium development. Environmental issues that were addressed in the MND included project aesthetics (including retaining walls), biological resources (sensitive species and oak trees), noise, traffic (straightening and widening an existing curved roadway), and other key areas. Additionally, a consistency analysis was conducted to determi ne the compatibility of the project with the City’s Updated General Plan, Scenic Corridor Ordinance, and the Las Virgenes Gateway Master Plan.
Malibu Institute Project Environmental Impact Report, County of Los Angeles Mr. Cohn assisted in the preparation of the MND for the Malibu Institute Project, which analyzed the development of a sports-oriented educational retreat on the 650-acre site of an existing golf course in the Santa Monica Mountains in unincorporated Los Angeles County. The project would re place existing structures used for dining and golf course operations, and construct a combined 224,287 square feet of structures for educational and meeting facilities, overnight accommodations, dining facilities, fitness center/spa, golf course clubhouse, and associated maintenance and support facilities. In addition, the project would remodel the existing 18 -hole golf course. The project design incorporated many “green” features to minimize environmental impacts. The site is located in the Coastal Zone of the Santa Monica Mountains and issues evaluated in the EIR included aesthetics impacts on vistas, scenic highways, visual character, and lighting, biology, air quality, historic and archaeological cultural resources, hydrology, noise, fire protection and wildland fire hazards, traffic, and utilities.
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MITCHEL MORRISON
Associate Project Manager
[email protected]
Years of Experience
5 years
Education
Master of Public Policy,
Pepperdine School of Public
Policy, Malibu, CA
Bachelor of Arts,
International Relations,
Carroll University,
Waukesha, WI
Certifications
Professional Certificate in
Advanced Public
Engagement for Local
Government – Davenport
Institute for Public
Engagement and Civic
Leadership
Environmental Noise and
SoundPLAN User Training,
NavCon Engineering
Network
Professional Affiliations
Association of
Environmental Professionals
(AEP) – Channel Counties
Chapter – Ventura County
Representative
Specialized Training
AEP CEQA Workshops and
State Conferences
Serving as an Associate Project Manager, Mr. Morrison creates value for public and private sector clients by working with landowners, architects, land use attorneys, resource experts, and civil engineers to prepare scientifically objective and legally defensible California Environmental Quality Act ( CEQA) documents. Mr. Morrison manages the preparation of, and performs impact analysis for, scientifically objective and legally defensible California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) documents including Initial Studies (ISs), Negative Declarations (NDs), Mitigated Negative Declarations (MNDs), Environmental Impact Reports (EIRs), as well as CEQA streamlining documents including Addenda to EIRs, MNDs, and Categorical Exemptions (CatExs) for eligible urban in- fill projects. He has managed and contributed to the preparation of over 25 CEQA documents for projects in incorporated cities throug hout the County of Los Angeles with a urban built environment similar to the City of Arcadia.
Mitchel recently prepared a stand -alone noise stud y for the R iverwalk Mixed-Use Project in the City of Santa Clarita, and is currently preparing a noise study for the Sierra West Assisted Living and Memory Care Project. He is currently managing the preparation of MNDs for a Veterans Supportive Housing development an d a Keyes Porsche dealership in the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles, as well as an MND for the Faith Lutheran Senior Housing and Pre -school Mixed Use Project. He recently managed preparation of an MND for a 4 -5 megawatt solar generation facility for the Las Virgenes-Triunfo Joint Powers Authority in Calabasas, and a Class 32 CatEx Memo for a 12,000 square foot preschool in the City of Thousand Oaks. He recently prepared the Transportation and Traffic Section of an Project EIR for a mixed -use commercial project in the Arts District of Los Angeles.
He contributes to his craft as the elected Ventura County Representative to the Board of the Channel Counties Chapter of the California Association of Environmental Professionals (AEP) where he serves members by planning and executing technical and social programs, coordinating essentials and advanced CEQA workshops, and mentoring emerging professionals in environmental services. He recently founded a student AEP Chapter at the Pepperdine School of Public Policy and is in the process of starting another one.
Prior to joining Envicom, Mr. Morrison started a public policy consulting firm that provided regional planning services to the San Fernando Valley Council of Governments, a Joint Powers Authority (JPA) representing the
2.1 million residents of the San Fernando and Santa Clarita Valleys.
REPRESENTATIVE PROJECT EXPERIENCE
113-133 W. Plymouth Street Residential Project, City of Inglewood, CA Mr. Morrison is currently managing the preparation of a MND for the 113-133 W. Plymouth Street Residential Project, a proposed 20 unit residential subdivision on a 0.68 acre property with existing single and multi -family residential units to be demolished. Key environmental topics include land use and planning through the use of a Planned Assembly Development (PAD) procedure in the Housing Element of the City General Plan that encourages creative approaches to the development of land than woul d be possible through the strict application of zoning regulations. The project also involves greenhouse gas emission reductions through compliance with the City’s Energy/Climate Action Plan (ECAP) and construction noise and groundbourne vibration impact a nalysis as the project is surrounded by existing urban uses.
Summit View Apartments, Lake View Terrace Community, City of Los Angeles, CA Mr. Morrison recently completed a Draft MND for the Summit View Apartments Project, a 49 -unit affordable housing project for homeless veterans proposing 36,000 square feet (sf) of permanent supportive housing on a 3.03 acre site in the Lake View Terrace Community of the City of Los Angeles. The site previously contained a temporary encampment of homeless people and would provide quality housing, support services, and an on -site professional manager, the project is a partnership between nonprofits LA Family Housing and Many Mansions. Key environmental topics include land use and planning consistency with existing public improvement conditions on the property, construction noise impacts, and tribal cultural resources. He oversaw the preparation of a Phase I Cultural Resource Assessment and worked with an archaeologist to craft mitigation measures for construction monitoring for potential paleontological resources.
Ascension Lutheran Church and School Early Childhood Center, City of Thousand Oaks, CA Mr. Morrison recently completed a Class 32 (In-fill Development Projects) Categorical Exemption from CEQA for parcels totaling 4.58 acres with a proposed disturbance footprint of 1.90 acres for a proposed 12,614 square foot Early Childhood Center in the City of Thousand Oaks. Given that the project site is surrounded by existing urban uses, key environmental issues included construction equipment noise impacts, construction traffic, and construction staging.
JPA Solar Generation Project Phase II, Las Virgenes Municipal Water District, City of Calabasas, CA Mr. Morrison is managing the preparation of a MND for a proposed 4 -5 megawatt solar generation facility on the Rancho Las Virgenes property owned by the Las Virgenes Municipal Water District in C alabasas. K ey environmental issues include the construction noise resulting from the use of pile drivers to install the solar panel mounts, visual impacts within a designated scenic corridor , and cultural resources. He crafted mitigation to reduce the visual impact of the solar arrays within a City-designated scenic corridor along Las Virgenes Road and preserve the visual quality of views of the Santa Monica Mountains.
Oakmont of Agoura Hills, City of Agoura Hills, CA
Serving as project manager, Mr. Morrison oversaw the preparation of a MND for a proposed 71,020 sf residential senior care facility with 75 units and 86 beds in 2017. Key issues involved noise and air quality impacts due to site adjacency along the U.S. 101 Freeway. Mr. Morrison revised mitigation measures that were agreed upon by both the Lead Agency and applicant to reduce noise impacts to less than significant with mitigation incorporated and suggested project design features amenable to the applicant to reduce air quality impacts invo lving fine particulate matter in response to a comments from the South Coast Air Quality Management District for the Final IS/MND.
Agoura Landmark Light Industrial Project, City of Agoura Hills, CA Serving as project manager, Mr. Morrison prepared a MND for a proposed 69,000 sf light industrial development unanimously adopted by the Planning Commission. CEQA nuances on this project involved reducing construction noise impacts on an adjacent County of Los Angeles animal shelter to less than significant an d crafting mitigation measures to reduce biological impacts to a sensitive vegetation community to less than significant.
4th and Hewitt Project, City of Los Angeles
Mr. Morrison assisted with preparation of the IS and Draft EIR for the 4 th and Hewitt Project, a mixed -use commercial and office development proposed on approximately 1.31 acres at the southwest corner of E. 4 th and S.
Hewitt Streets within a Transit Priority Zone in the Central City North Community Plan area of the City of Los Angeles. The project would retain the approximately 7,800- square-foot (sf) existing Architecture and Design Museum and demolish approximately 7,000 sf of office, garage, and storage space and 40,000 sf of surface parking lots. New construction would consist of an 11-story building comprised of approximately 281,000 sf of commercial retail, office, common area spaces , and vehicle and bicycle parking. The project requires a General Plan Amendment, Vesting Zone Change, Height District Change, Site Plan Review, and Vesting Tentative Tract Map, in addition to other entitlements. He is preparing the land use and planning, cultural resources, and utilities and service systems sections of the EIR. A nuance of this project has been analyzing the proposed project’s consistency with the policies of the Community Plan in terms of community character, scale, and structural appearance i n the urban setting of the Arts District.
Crisler Way Residential Project, Hollywood Community Plan Area, City of Los Angeles Mr. Morrison managed the preparation of a MND for the 1800, 1806, 1812, and 1818 Crisler Way Residences Project in the Hollywood Community Plan Area of the City of Los Angeles. A nuance of this project was how the project triggered the need for a CEQA document in the first place. The Project consists of the construction and operation of four single- family residences on four vacant residential lots previously permitted by the Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety (LADBS). However, subsequent to the issuance of the building permits, LADBS issued a Notice to Stop Construction and Notice of Intent to Revoke the building permits because the Project site fronts a substandard hillside limited street that is not fully improved and the Applicant had not obtained a zoning administrator determination approval as required by Los Angeles Municipal Code section 12.28x(a)(7)(i) and (ii).
Working with the project traffic engineer, he prepared mitigation measures to reduce construction traffic impacts on narrow neighborhood roads to less than significant and prepared a cumulative impact analysis based on related projects in the site vicinity.
18401 Nordhoff Mixed Use Project, City of Los Angeles
Mr. Morrison contributed to the preparation of an IS/MND for a mixed -use building with 146 apartment units and 2,000 sf of commercial space on an approximately 1.33 -acre project site within the Northr idge community of the City of Los Angeles. The building would consist of five stories above ground and a subterranean parking garage.
The ground floor would consist of residential apartments, two commercial spaces of 1,000 sf each, a leasing office, parking spaces for residents and commercial uses, and amenities for use by residents. He prepared the hazards and hazardous materials and noise analysis for this project. A nuance of this project was compliance with Los Angeles Municipal Code regulatory requirements in Chapter XI to reduce construction noise impacts to less than significant.
Woodland Hills 19-Unit Subdivision Project, City of Los Angeles Mr. Morrison contributed to the preparation of a Subsequent MND for the development of 19 single -family residences on a vacant 7.2 -acre sloped property in the Woodland Hills Community Plan Area of the City of Los Angeles. A nuance to this project was the background because the project analyzed in a prior MND consisted of a 38-lot residential subdivision for sing le-family homes. However, the project approval was conditioned to limit the total number of homes to 30. An Addendum to the previous MND was prepared to evaluate potential environmental impacts resulting from revising the project from 38 residential unit s to a revised proposal of 19 -unit residences; however, the Zoning Administrator rescheduled the public hearing pending the provision of additional information required to determine the adequacy of the proposed Addendum to the previously adopted MND, which consisted of revisions providing analyses of the haul route for the project. He contributed to the preparation of a Subsequent MND that evaluated the currently proposed project of 19 -units and any potentially different environmental impacts in relation to the 38-unit project for which the previous MND was adopted in 2004.
Oakwood Middle and High School Master Conditional Use Project, City of Los Angeles Mr. Morrison prepared sections of a MND for a 192,000 -sf private school expansion in the North Hollywood community of the City of Los Angeles. The project consisted of a phased expansion of the existing Oakwood School’s Middle and High School Campus, to be governed by a Master Conditional Use Permit (MCUP) that replaced the 1997 CUP under which the school operated. On a project site of 5.39 acres, the project increased the school’s entire building floor area at MCUP buildout from 111,025 sf to 245,370 sf. He prepared the aesthetic, cultural resources, land use , and noise impact analysis for this project. A nuance involved the preparation of mitigation measures to reduce demolition and construction noise impacts to nearby residences to less than significant.
8030 Floral Avenue Residential Project, City of Los Angeles Mr. Morrison managed the preparation of a MND for a residential construction project on a 4.31-acre site located at 8030 Floral Avenue in the Hollywood Community Plan area of the City of Los Angeles, California. A nuance to this project was the sca le of the proposed single -family residence at 69,000 sf and estimating water demand for three swimming pools, two spas, and several water-features.
Canyon Park Homes, City of Los Angeles
Mr. Morrison contributed to the preparation of a n EIR for the Canyo n Park Homes project that proposed development 242 single-family residences on a vacant 77.9 -acre site at 12400 North Big Tujunga Canyon Road in the Sunland - Tujunga - Shadow Hills - Lake View Terrace - East La Tuna Canyon Community Plan area of the City of Los Angeles. He prepared the public services, utilities, recreation, and air quality impact analysis for this project.
A nuance was the project location in a Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone and extensive coordination with the Los Angeles City Fire Department on the installation of automatic fire sprinkler systems in each dwelling structure and the response time of the nearest existing fire station to the project site. 4165 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd., Suite 290, Westlake Village, CA 91362 • (818) 879-4700 • www.envicomcorporation.com
DANIEL KAUFMAN
Environmental Planner
[email protected]
Years of Experience
3 years
Education
Bachelor of Arts,
Environmental Studies with
Minor in Anthropology,
University of California,
Santa Barbara
Certificates
• Caltrans: Noise Impact
Analysis for the
Generalist/Planner; and
FHWA Transportation
Conformity
• US Dept. of Housing and
Urban Development
(HUD) Web-based
Instructional System for
Environmental Review: Air
Quality; and Noise
Abatement and Control
Professional Affiliations
Association of
Environmental Professionals
(AEP)
Specialized Training
SoundPLAN User Training,
NavCon Engineering
Network
Federal Highway
Administration (FHWA)
Traffic Noise Model 2.5
CalEEMod
Unmanned Aerial Systems
(“Drone”) Regulation and
Operations, Cal Poly
Pomona Extension
Dan Kaufman is an environmental planner with over three years of experience, with specialty training and experience in noise and air quality analysis. He provides analysis and documentation for projects under the environmental review process under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), as well as modeling for noise, air quality and greenhouse gas emissions.
Mr. Kaufman is responsible for assisting in the preparation of California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) compliance documents such as Mitigated Negative Declarations (MNDs), Initial Studies (IS), and Environmental Impact Reports (EIRs).
He holds a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in Environmental Studies with a minor in Anthropology from the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB).
REPRESENTATIVE PROJECT EXPERIENCE
Westbound SR-91 Improvement Project, Cities of Cerritos and Artesia Mr. Kaufman prepared the Noise Study Report for the Westbound State Route 91 (SR-91) roadway improvement project that proposed to widen and improve approximately four miles of freeway alo ng westbound SR-91 between Shoemaker Avenue and the Interstate 605 (I -605) interchange, and at the I-605 northbound exit to Alondra Boulevard.
SR-47/Vincent Thomas Bridge and Front Street/Harbor Boulevard Interchange Reconfiguration, City of Los Angeles
Mr. Kaufman prepared the Noise Study Report for the State Route 47 (SR-47)/Vincent Thomas Bridge and Front Street/Harbor Boulevard Interchange Reconfiguration project that proposed to reconfigure the existing interchange at SR-47/Vincent Thomas Bridge and Front Street/Harbor Boulevard The proposed project would eliminate a problematic weave at the shared off -ramp terminus by creating a new, separate terminus for the westbound ramps. Proposed improvements also included modification of the eastbound ramps and modification of Harbor Boulevard and Front Street.
Montclair Senior Living, City of Montclair
Mr. Kaufman prepared the Air Quality and Greenhouse Gas sections of the IS/MND for a proposed 62,023 square foot senior living facility containing 15 memory care units and 75 assisted living units with associated landscaping and parking on a 2.01 acre site, including demolition of an existing building and repainting of another.
Kaiser Hesperia Medical Office Building, City of Hesperia Prior to joining Envicom Corporation, Mr. Kaufman prepared the Noise section of the IS/MND for a proposed medical office building on a 5.7-acre undeveloped site.
WestCal Residential, City of Corona
Mr. Kaufman prepared a Noise and Vibration Impact Analysis for the proposed development of 23 single-family residences on an undeveloped 4.84-acre site.
Culver City Senior Living, City of Culver
Mr. Kaufman prepared an Air Quality and Greenhouse Gas Analysis for a proposed 134 -unit, 153-bed assisted living facility on a 0.88-acre project site. The project also included a salon which would be accessible to the public, an underground parking structure, and demolition of existing buildings.
Agua Mansa Industrial Project (Case Number: MA 18008), City of Jurupa Valley Mr. Ka ufman prepared a Noise and Vibration Impact Analysis for the proposed development of two industrial buildings, including loading docks and parking, on vacant land. The project site is located within the Agua Mansa Industrial Corridor Specific Plan.
16542 Millikan Avenue, City of Irvine
Mr. Kaufman prepared a Noise and Vibration Impact Analysis for the proposed development of a congregate care facility with 230 independent living rooms and 140 assisted living rooms. The project also included the construction of an underground parking structure and the demolition of existing office and industrial buildings. The project site is located within the Irvine Business Center Specific Plan.
Shorecliffs Senior Housing, City of San Clemente
Mr. Kaufman prepared a Noise and Vibration Impact Analysis for the proposed development of 150 senior multifamily dwelling units on an existing golf course driving range. The project also included reconfiguration of the golf course club house, access, and parking.
4165 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd., Suite 290, Westlake Village, CA 91362 • (818) 879-4700 • www.envicomcorporation.com
JESSICA HITCHCOCK
Associate Environmental Analyst
[email protected]
Years of Experience
1.5 years
Education
Bachelor of Arts,
Environmental Studies and
Political Science, University
of California, Santa Barbara
Professional Affiliations
Association of
Environmental Professionals
(AEP) – Los Angeles
Chapter
Specialized Training
AEP CEQA Essentials
Workshop
AEP Advanced CEQA
Workshop
Jessica Hitchcock serves as an Associate Environmental Analyst for Envicom Corporation. She is responsible for assisting in the preparation of California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) compliance documents such as Mitigated Negative Declarations (MNDs), Initial Studies (IS), and Environmental Impact Reports (EIRs). In a ddition, Ms. Hitchcock supports the editing process and overall review of a multitude of projects to ensure Envicom produces high quality finalized documents and supports the preparation of California Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB), California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW), and the United States Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE) permit applications.
Ms. Hitchcock earned a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in Environmental Studies and Political Science at University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), graduating with academic honors. Her coursework emphasized interdisciplinary environmental impacts within the domestic and international realms. Prior to working for Envicom Corporation, Ms. Hitchcock worked for UCSB Environmental Health and Safety, conducting airflow velocity tests to ensure that campus laboratories were in compliance with Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standards. In addition, Ms. Hitchcock utilized Geographic Information S ystems ( GIS) to map campus safety sites and pinpoint hazardous material locations to ensure Santa Barbara County records were up -to-date. She also interned for a local Santa -Barbara non- profit, Los Padres ForestWatch, specializing in public outreac h coordination and research to mitigate potential environmental harms in the Los Padres Forest region. Ms. Hitchcock’s prior experience in both compliance and research has further supported her strong ability to assist in env ironmental analysis preparation.
REPRESENTATIVE PROJECT EXPERIENCE
Paradise Valley Specific Plan EIR, Riverside County (Coachella Valley) Program EIR for a self-sustaining new town proposed in the Shavers Valley portion of the Eastern Coachella Valley, in unincorporated Riverside County, along the I -10 freeway, just south of Joshua Tree National Park. The Specific Plan would guide development of approximately 8,500 residential units, 1.38 million sf of commercial development, and associated public facilities and infrastructure, including parks, trails, schools, and fire and sheriff facilities on a 2,000-acre development footprint within a 5,0 00-acre property ownership. The subject property will require the dedication of thousands of acres of land in open space conservation in compliance with Coachella Valley MSHCP.
Self-sustaining features of the new town include a mix of land -uses to reduce external commuting, use of solar energy, and provision of electric car chargers in residential garages and at specified commercial locations. Key issues for the project are biological resources, traffic, noise, views from the freeway and nearby parks and o ther public places, air quality and greenhouse gas emissions. Ms. Hitchcock assisted with preparation of the Draft EIR and is currently contributing to the responses to comments for the Final EIR. Ms. Hitchcock prepared responses to comments received on th e Draft and Final EIRs and assisted with document quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC) for the Draft and Final EIRs.
4th and Hewitt Project EIR, City of Los Angeles
The 4th and Hewitt Project is a mixed -use development proposed on approximately 1.31 acres at the southwest corner of E. 4th and S. Hewitt Streets within a Transit Priority Zone in the Arts District area of the City of Los Angeles. The project would retain the approximately 7,800 -square-foot (sf) existing Architecture and Design Museum and demolish approximately 7,000 sf of office, garage, and storage space and 40,000 sf of surface parking lots. New construction would consist of an 11-story building comprised of approximately 281,000 sf of commercial retail, office, and common area spaces. The project would also provide vehicle and bicycle parking space. The project requires preparation of an EIR, a General Plan Amendment, Vesting Zone Change, Height District Change, Site Plan Review, and Vesting Tentative Tract Map, in addition to other entitlements. The scope of work includes preparation of an Environmental Assessment Form and Entitlement Application Package, Initial Study and Notice of Preparation, EIR, Cultural Resources Assessment, Air Quality and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Technical Stud y, and Noise Impact Analysis. Key issues of analysis in the EIR will include traffic and transportation, air quality, greenhouse gas emissions, hazards and hazardous materials, energy consumption, and noise. Ms. Hitchcock is currently preparing the greenhouse gas emissions policy consistency analysis for the Draft EIR.
West Hills Crest Infill EIR Addendum
Envicom Corporation is preparing an Infill EIR Addendum for a residential project within an unincorporated area of the County of Los Angeles, located lot at the western extent of the San Fernando Valley in West Hills. The proposed project would construct 25 single family residences, public streets, a recreation lot, a public facilities lot, a water tank lot, and an open space lot. The single family residen ces would range from 0.61 to 2.86 gross acres in size, the public facilities lot would be located on 0.80 acres, the recreation lot would be 3.85 acres in size, the water tank lot would be located on 0.89 acres, and the open space lot would be 26.47 acres in size. The project site is currently vacant with open space and parks adjacent to the north, west, and south. Envicom Corporation’s scope of work includes a Biological Resources Technical Report, a Phase 1(b) Cultural Resource Survey, and an Infill EIR Addendum. Key issues of the project analysis include biological resources, fire services, cultural resources, and transportation/traffic. Ms. Hitchcock is assisting with the aesthetics, air quality , and greenhouse gas emissions sections of the EIR Addendum.
Summit View Apartments Veterans Housing Project
Envicom Corporation prepared an Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration (IS/MND) for a veterans housing project in the Lake View Terrace area of the City of Los Angeles. The project would construct four buildings totaling 49 units and 36,036 square feet, a driveway, a parking lot, and landscaped areas on a vacant lot on a hillside.
The project would provide supportive housing to homeless veterans earning 30 percent to 50 percent average median incomes. Key issues of analysis in the IS/MND include aesthetics (due to hillside development); biological resources (tree removal); and construction noise (adjacency to existing residential uses). Ms. Hitchcock assisted with the impact analyses of several sections of the IS/MND, such as the proje ct description, air quality, and greenhouse gas emissions, as well as responses to comments from the City planner on the draft IS/MND.
113-133 W. Plymouth Street Residential Project
Envicom Corporation prepared an IS/MND for 20 residential units in an existing neighborhood in the City of Inglewood. The project would demolish ten existing residences and garages and build 20 residences of varying size totaling 52,418 square feet, each with three stories above a basement. There would also be a shared pool area and play area, with an underground parking garage below all of the residences. Key issues of analysis in the IS/MND included construction noise, due to its proximity to neighboring residential units; land use and planning, as it is would increase density; and geology and soils, due to the liquefaction potential at the site. Ms. Hitchcock assisted with preparation of the agricultural res ources, parks and recreation, traffic and transportation, population and housing, public services, utilities and service systems impact analyses, as well as with responses to comments from the City planner.
4165 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd., Suite 290, Westlake Village, CA 91362 • (818) 879-4700 • www.envicomcorporation.com
SAMANTHA RENTA
Archaeological Laboratory Manager and Lead Monitor
[email protected]
Years of Experience
5 years
Education
Bachelor of Arts –
Anthropology, California
State University Northridge
Ms. Renta has over four years of experience an experienced archaeological lab manager, field technician, and lead monitor. Her skills include preparation of California Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) 523 site reports, field logs, monitoring logs, artifact cataloguing, field surveying and monitoring, and leading multiple field monitors at different project locations. Ms. Renta has field experience in both Southern California and the Great Basin, and is currently serving as archaeological Laboratory Manager and Lead Monitor for Envicom Corporation. Ms. Renta earned her Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in Anthropology from California State University, Northridge (CSUN) and attended the Wind Wolves Preserve Archaeological Field School in Kern County. She also completed an internship at the Fowler Museum at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Ms. Renta has worked on numerous cultural resource projects throughout Central and Southern California, including in Los Angeles County, Kern County, and Ventura County.
On past projects, Ms. Renta has served as a field technician on archaeological Phase I (survey), II (evaluation), and III (data recovery) projects, as well as several large monitoring projects. She also acts as a lead monitor for Envicom Corpor ation, ensuring that multiple monitors are correctly placed in the field with construction teams, organizing and submitting daily monitoring paperwork, and completing project end or yearly monitoring reports. As archaeological laboratory manager, she orga nizes and processes thousands of prehistoric and historic artifacts collected in the field on numerous projects. In this capacity, she is responsible for organizing artifact initial processing, sorting, and cleaning. She also conducts artifact tabulation , database management, and quantitative studies. After quantitative studies are completed, Ms. Renta then stores, seals and packages artifacts according to standard curatorial practice. Ms. Renta is currently working on two large projects that involve the processing and organizing of hundreds of thousands of prehistoric artifacts.
REPRESENTATIVE PROJECT EXPERIENCE
Confidential Residential Development Project, Unincorporated Los Angeles County The project includes the residential development of portions of an approximately 170 -acre property in Los Angeles County. Envicom Corporation is providing construction monitoring services for biological and cultural resources. Ms. Renta serves as Lead Cul tural Resources Monitor for the monitoring of cultural resources within the project development boundary during construction. Artifacts collected number several thousand, and the scope of work includes preparation of a Monitoring Report.
Confidential Univ ersity Project, Los Angeles County
Ms. Renta serves as Lead Cultural Resources Monitor for the monitoring of a cultural resource that is located within the project development boundary of a proposed University expansion project. The project includes the pr eparation of yearly monitoring reports.
Confidential Project, Cultural Resource Phase III Data Recovery, City in Ventura County Ms. Renta serves as Laboratory Manager for a large evaluation and data recovery project located within an incorporated City in Ventura County. The site is a prehistoric Chumash ceremonial center that was used by prehistoric Native Americans from 400 A.D. to the late 1700s. Dozens of test units, numerous shovel test pits, surface collection, and surface feature mapping are planned. Artifacts collected number more than 100,000 items.
Confidential Project, Trail Construction Monitoring, City in Ventura County Ms. Renta served as Lead Monitor and Field Technician for a project that involved the development of a pedestrian foot trail l oop. The project entailed the excavation of dozens of shovel test pits and a major surface collection of prehistoric artifacts, as well as trail construction monitoring.
Phase I Survey for the 17 -acre Olivas Park Extension commercial development project in Ventura, Ventura County, CA.
Oversaw the completion of a record search, NAHC record search request, and site survey, followed by limited monitoring. (January 2018 Current)
Phase I Survey for the Massilia Spa Project, Los Angeles County, CA.
Oversaw the completion of a record search, NAHC record search request, and site survey. (June 2018-Current)
Phase I Survey of the Proposed Tapo at Alamo EIR for a Mixed -use development project, Simi Valley, Ventura County, CA. (with Wayne Bischoff and Debbie Balam).
Co-author and oversaw the completion of a record search, NAHC record search request, and site survey. (March 2018-May 2018)
Phase I Survey for 6956 Dume Drive, Malibu, California, Los Angeles County, CA. (with Wayne Bischoff) Co-author and Field Technician for the completion of a record search, NAHC record search request, and site survey. (February 2018-March 2018)
Phase 1(b) Survey of the proposed Forrest Club 50 -acre Privet Club Development, Los Angeles County, CA (with Wayne Bischoff and Charlie Fazzone).
Co-Author and oversaw the completion of a record search, NAHC record search, and site survey. In addition, 24 shovel test pits were excavated across the location s of two 1920s historic cabins. No further work was required. (April 2018- June 2018)
Phase I Survey for the Ascension Lutheran Church Master plan and MND, Thousand Oaks, CA, Los Angeles County, CA.
Oversaw the completion of a record search, NAHC record search request, and site survey. (May 2018 -June 2018)
Phase I Survey for the Mulholland Senior Living Projects, Los Angeles County, CA.
Oversaw the completion of a record search, NAHC record search request, and site survey. (May 2018 -June 2018)
Cultural, p aleo, and Native American Monitoring for the Agoura Hills Marriott Development Project, Agoura Hills, CA.
Lead Monitor for the monitoring of cultural resources within the project development boundary during construction. (January 2018- May 2018)
Phase I Survey of the proposed 113 -133 West Plymouth Street multiple unit residential development, Inglewood, Los Angeles County, CA. (with Wayne Bischoff and Charlie Fazzone) Co-author and oversaw the completion of a record search, NAHC record search request, site survey, and report. (April 2018-April 2018)
Phase I Survey of the Upper Baily Road tract, Sylmar, Los Angeles County, CA. (with Wayne Bischoff and Debbie Balam)
Co-author and oversaw the completion of a record search, NAHC record search request, and site survey. (December 2017-April 2018)
Phase I Survey of the Lower Baily Road tract, Sylmar, Los Angeles County, CA. (with Wayne Bischoff and Debbie Balam)
Co-author and oversaw the completion of a record search, NAHC record search request, and site survey. (December 2017-April 2018)
Phase I Survey for 28730 Grayfox, Malibu, California, Los Angeles County, CA. (with Wayne Bischoff) Co-author and Field Technician for the completion of a record search, NAHC record search request, and site survey. (January 2018-Feburay 2018)
Phase I Survey for 28929 Grayfox, Malibu, California, Los Angeles County, CA. (with Wayne Bischoff) Co-author and oversaw the completion of a record search, NAHC record search request, site survey, and report. (2018-Feburay 2018)
Phase I Survey for 29043 Grayfox, Malibu, California, Los Angeles County, CA.
Field Technician for the completion of a site survey. (July 2018)
Phase I Survey for 11681 Foothill Boulevard, a multiple -unit residential project in Sylmar, California, Los Angeles County, CA.
Oversaw the completion of a record search, NAHC record search request, and site survey. (December 2017 - January 2018)
Phase I Survey for a single family property development along Yerba Buena Road, Ventra County, Ca.
Oversaw the completion of a record search, NAHC recor d search request, and site survey. (December 2017 - January 2018)
Phase I Survey for 34134 Mulholland Highway, Los Angeles County, CA.
Oversaw the completion of a record search, NAHC record search request, and site survey. (December 2017 - January 2018)
Phase I Survey for 22866 Becklege Terrace, Malibu, California.
Co-author and Field Technician and oversaw for the completion of a record search, NAHC record search request, site survey, and report. (September 2017-November 2017)
Lynn Road Residential Development Project, Construction Monitoring, Newbury Park, CA.
Lead Monitor for the completion of monitoring and scheduled monitors, a record search, NAHC record search request, and site survey. (October 2017-November 2017)
Phase II Evolution of two cultural resources located on the Oakmont project property, City of Agoura Hills, Los Angeles County, CA.
Field Technician and oversaw the Completion for shovel test pits and a test unit for the prehistoric cultural resource. (August 2017-Octorber 2017)
Phase I survey for the Oakmont commercial project, a 5.75- acra development in the City of Agoura Hills, Los Angeles County, CA.
Field Technician and oversaw completion of a record search, NAHC record search request, and site survey. (August 2017-Octorber 2017)
Phase I Survey for the 181 to 187 Monterrey Road Condominium Project, a small residential development near South Pasadena, California, Los Angeles County, CA.
Oversaw the completion of a site survey. (October 2016-December 2017)
Phase I Survey for the Agoura Village Project, a 7.37 -acre Commercial Subdivision in the City of Agoura Hills, Los Angeles County, CA.
Oversaw the completion of a record search, NAHC record search request, and site survey. (October 2016 - December 2017)
Pepperdine University Campus Life Project: Updated Cultural Resources Record Search.
Completion of a record search, NAHC record search request. (December 2016- June 2017)
Construction Monitoring for Parcel 2058-003-010, Lobo Canyon, Los Angeles County.
Lead Monitor for the construction monitoring of this single family residential construction project. (July 2016 - Auguest 2016)
4165 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd., Suite 290, Westlake Village, CA 91362 • (818) 879-4700 • www.envicomcorporation.com
JAMES ANDERSON
Senior Biologist
[email protected]
Years of Experience
Over 15 years
Education
Master of Environmental
Science and Management,
University of California, Santa
Barbara
Specialization: Conservation
Planning
Certifications
Field Ornithology, University of
California, Riverside
Professional Affiliations
California Native Plant Society
Wildlife Society
Specialized Training
Rare Plant Survey Protocols,
California Native Plant Society
Measuring & Monitoring Plant
Populations, California Native
Plant Society
Specialized Study in Field
Ornithology, University of
California, Riverside
Endangered Species and Habitat
Conservation Planning,
University of California, Riverside
Bat Ecology & Field Techniques,
Wildlife Society
Jepson Herbarium Botany
Workshops
Rancho Santa Ana Botanical
Garden Botany Workshops
Burrowing Owl Workshop,
Elkhorn Slough Coastal Training
Program
Advanced Hydric Soils,
Wetland Training Institute
Red-Legged Frog Workshop,
Elkhorn Slough Coastal Training
Program
Southwestern Willow Flycatcher
Survey Protocol Workshop,
Southern Sierra Research Station
Desert Tortoise Surveying,
Handling, and Monitoring
Techniques Workshop
Desert Tortoise Council
Mr. Jim Anderson has over 15 years of professional experience, including employment in the private and public sectors and work experience in biology and Geographic Information Systems (GIS). As a Senior Biologist with Envicom Corporation, Mr. Anderson prepares biological resource inventories, biological assessments, CEQA impact analyses, mitigation plans, and other biological studies in support of permitting and entitlement review processes. He also conducts biological field studies and surveys, including comprehensive botanical surveys, rare plant surveys, vegetation and habitat mapping, including identification of Environmental Sensitive Habitat Area (ESHA) in the Coastal Zone, breeding bird surveys, wetland functional assessments, compliance monitoring, and delineation of Federal, State, and local jurisdictional wetlands, waters, and riparian habitat. He also manages biological studies for development projects and has experience overseeing implementation of restoration plans as well as preparat ion of Section 2081(b) Incident al Take Permit application packages for species listed under the California Endangered Species Act.
Mr. Anderson’s recent experience within the County of Santa Barbara includes biological studies and CEQA impact analyses for the Willow Springs II Residential Project, the Westar Mixed- Use Project, and the Village at Los Carneros Residential Project in the City of Goleta, as well as the Orcutt Union School District Key Site 17 Project EIR in the Community of Orcutt. Mr.
Anderson’s other recent experience includes a Biological Assessment pursuant to the Santa Monica Mountains Local Coastal Program (LCP) for the Sweetwater Mesa Residential Project in the Santa Monica Mountains, a Biological Constraints Analysis and Biota Report for the San Andreas North Fault Valve project in the Tehachapi Foothills Significant Ecological Area near Gorman, a Biological Constraints Analysis and Impacts Analysis for the Four Aces Movie Location project in the Big Rock Wash Significant Ecological Area in the Antelope Valley, and a Biota Report and ESHA delineation for the Malibu Institute Project in the Santa Monica Mountains. He has also recently prepared a Biological Resources Inventory and Impacts Analysis for the West Hills Crest project in the Simi Hills and a Biological Assessment pursuant to the Santa Monica Mountains LCP for an equestrian boarding and training facility in the Santa Monica Mountains.
Mr. Anderson’s other recent field survey experience includes rare plant surveys for the Agoura Hills Town Center Project in the City of Agoura Hills, the Highgate Estates Project in the City of Thousand Oaks, the Seventh Day Adventist property in the City of Thousand Oaks, the Canyon Park Homes Project in Big Tujunga Canyon in the City of Los Angeles, and nesting bird surveys for the Rancho Simi Lagoon Restoration Project in Simi Valley and the Carlisle Canyon Residential Development at Lake Sherwood, Ventura County.
Mr. Anderson has broad experience surveying plant communities in coastal southern California, and is well versed in plant identification including the use of the Jepson Manual and various other floras. He ha s attended workshops on surveying rare plants and measuring and monitoring plant populations by the California Native Plant Society (CNPS), as well as several plant identification workshops, including the rush family (Juncaceae), grass family (Poaceae), sedges ( Carex), the aquatic plants of southern California, oaks of southern California, biological soil crusts, bryophytes, and others. He has located and identified a number endangered, threatened, and rare plant species and sensitive plant communities at project sites. For example, he has identified Federal and State- listed species such as Lyon’s pentachaeta ( Pentachaeta lyonii), Agoura Hills dudleya ( Dudleya cymosa ssp. agourensis), Conejo dudleya (Dudleya parva), Santa Susana tarplant (Deinandra minthornii), Braunton’s milk vetch (Astragalus brauntonii), Conejo buckwheat (Eriogonum crocatum), and endangered, threatened, and rare species listed by CNPS such as Blochman’s dudleya ( Dudleya blochmaniae ssp. blochmaniae ), Davidson’s bush mallow (Malacothamnus davidsonii), Ojai navarretia ( Navarretia ojaiensis), southern tarplant ( Centromadia parryi ssp. australis ), Malibu baccharis (Baccharis malibuensis), and as well as many “watch list” plant species. He is also familiar with many additional special-status plant species, having located and identified several species in the course of non -project related activities including (partial list) the San Fernando Valley spineflower ( Chorizanthe parryi var. fernandina), California Orcutt grass ( Orcuttia californica), marcescent dudleya ( Dudleya cymosa ssp. marcescens), cismontane nolina (Nolina cismontana), round-leaved filaree (California macrophylla), and many others.
Mr. Anderson worked on a vegetation map and classification of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area and environs as an employee of the National Park Service (NPS), and conducted hundreds of vegetation assessments as well as many botanical sur veys and accuracy assessments as part of this vegetation mapping effort.
He also assisted California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) and NPS vegetation ecologists with data analyses to classify the natural communities of the Santa Monica Mountains to the alliance and association level.
Therefore, he has strong field experience with the vegetation ecology, flora, and habitats of this region, and direct experience with the hierarchical system of alliances and associations of the State Vegetation Clas sification. He has used the Manual of California Vegetation 2nd ed. and the CDFW Natural Communities List (as well as classifications that pre-date the current system, such as NDDB/Holland and the Series/Associations of the 1st edition of the Manual of California Vegetation) to map and classify vegetation communities and to identify sensitive natural communities (or lack thereof) at several project sites. He also assisted with vegetation mapping of the Point Mugu Salt Marsh in Ventura County and Griffith Park in the City of Los Angeles.
Mr. Anderson also has experience with bird surveying and monitoring. He has performed breeding bird surveys in southern California involving numerous species to ensure project compliance with the Migratory Bird Treaty A ct and California Fish and Game Code Sections 3503 and 3503.5. He has also designed and implemented bird surveys to estimate the abundance of endangered bird species in high elevation forests in Peru for Conservation International. These studies involved the use of occupancy models, distance sampling, and analyses of relationships between species presence and abundance and habitat characteristics. He also assisted professional researchers with bird surveys and monitoring as a Resident Naturalist at a res earch station in the Peruvian Amazon at the Manu Biosphere Reserve.
Mr. Anderson has conducted potential for occurrence analyses for special -status wildlife (and special-status plants) for biological assessments and CEQA documents. He routinely uses Ra refind/BIOS for all biological surveys he conducts, and has submitted data (field forms, photos, GPS location info) of special-status plant and wildlife species identified in the field to the California Natural Diversity Database (CNDDB). He has attended protocol survey workshops recognized by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) for the threatened California desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) and the endangered southwestern willow flycatcher ( Empidonax traillii extimus), as well as workshops on the biology and management of the threatened California red -legged frog (Rana draytonii ), the western burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia ), a California Species of Special Concern, and bat species of the southwestern deserts. He is familiar with seve ral of the special-status wildlife species and habitats known to occur in Santa Barbara County, and has encountered and identified several of special -status wildlife species in the course of project or non- project related activities, including (partial lis t) monarch butterfly winter roosting habitat, California red-legged frog, Coast Range newt, coastal whiptail, western pond turtle, coast horned lizard, two-striped garter snake, great blue heron rookery, southwestern willow flycatcher, golden eagle (nestin g), southern California rufous-crowned sparrow, Cooper’s hawk, tricolored blackbird, coastal California gnatcatcher, yellow warbler, white-tailed kite, prairie falcon, California brown pelican, Belding’s savanna sparrow, San Diego desert woodrat, and others.
Mr. Anderson has performed several jurisdictional delineations of wetlands, non -wetland waters, streambed and riparian habitat following the protocols of the Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB), and CDFW. He a lso conducts and prepares California Rapid Assessments Method functional analyses for wetland habitats, and has experience delineating “single -parameter” wetlands in the Coastal Zone.
Some of his recent jurisdictional delineation experience includes the M alibu Institute Project in Los Angeles County, the Blessed Teresa of Calcutta Parish in the County of Riverside, and Sinaloa Park in the City of Simi Valley.
Mr. Anderson has experience with forest inventory and forest health assessments, which he condu cted throughout California in a variety of ecosystems while working on a large -scale U.S. Forest Service research and monitoring program. With the U.S Forest Service he has experience assessing site ecology, plant species composition, vegetation diversity and structure, forest health (including disturbance history, crown condition, tree damage and mortality, vigor, and insects and disease), wildlife habitat characteristics, and current and historical land use and disturbance. He has completed forest inventory and forest health assessments and plant species identification in the following California counties: Ventura, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Kern, San Diego, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, San Benito, Tuolumne, Mariposa, Madera, Fresno, Mono, Inyo, Tulare, San Bernardino, Riverside, Siskiyou, Stanislaus, Lassen, Modoc, Plumas, Sierra, Shasta, Mendocino, Sonoma, Lake, El Dorado, and Nevada. This position required extensive travel, work in remote areas, and backcountry navigation to research sites.
Mr. Anderson has experience in permit compliance monitoring, and assisted with monitoring for the Santa Susana Field Laboratory Area IV Radiological Study Project, which encompassed 472 acres of habitats in the Simi Hills in Ventura County. His responsibilities included special- status species and habitat suitability surveys, presentation of environmental education programs, and monitoring project compliance with terms and conditions of the USFWS Biological Opinion for the project, CDFW code, and other regulations pertaining to biological resources. He was an USFWS-approved qualified biologist for this project. He has also performed compliance monitoring for CDFW, ACOE, and RWQCB permits.
Mr. Anderson is proficient in mapping biological resources u sing GPS, topographic maps, and aerial photographs.
In particular, he has used high -resolution aerial imagery extensively in the field for mapping vegetation, and GPS extensively to map biological resources occurring as point, linear, or areal features. He is experienced at collecting GPS data at the level of detail and accuracy necessary to rely upon for biological assessment, permitting, and impact analyses. He has been responsible for the content of maps of biological resources for numerous projects, and has prepared maps of natural communities, wildlife movement, special-status species, protected trees, and jurisdictional waters and habitat, among others.
Mr. Anderson has provided GIS and cartography services including preparation of vegetation and geology maps and maintenance of GIS databases at the Tundra Ecosystem Analysis and Mapping Laboratory at the Institute for Arctic and Alpine Research. He has also provided GIS and other technical support for trail management planning for the National Park Service.
Mr. Anderson has a Master of Environmental Science and Management with a specialization in Conservation Planning from the University of California, Santa Barbara. During his master’s degree program, he worked on projects involving identification of wildlife corridors and the impacts of projected future development on wildlife movement, protected area network design, and estimating the population size of endangered and threatened species. Mr. Anderson has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Geography from the Uni versity of Colorado, Boulder with a concentration in Geographic Information Science, which he utilizes in preparation of various maps related to biological resource studies. He also holds a certificate in Field Ornithology from the University of California, Riverside.
REPRESENTATIVE PROJECT EXPERIENCE
Willow Springs II Residential Project, City of Goleta
Mr. Anderson prepared a biological resources analysis for an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the Willow Springs II Town Homes Project in the City of Goleta. The project consisted of 100 townhome condominiums on an undeveloped six (6) acre site and was part of a three- phased residential development within the City’s central Hollister Residential Overlay Area. Mr. Anderson conduc ted field investigations to identify and map the special -status biological resources at the site and in the surrounding area, which included California Fully Protected birds, raptor foraging and nesting habitat, significant wetland habitats, and a wildlife movement corridor. The scrub habitat at the development site was identified as Environmentally Sensitive Habitat Area (ESHA) coastal sage scrub by the City’s General Plan/Local Coastal Plan. Mr. Anderson prepared an analysis demonstrating this scrub ha bitat was not coastal sage scrub and furthermore did not meet the City’s policy definitions of ESHA. Following completion of the biological inventory, Mr. Anderson prepared an impact analysis and mitigation measures to compensate for potential project impacts to special-status species, downstream wetlands, and wildlife movement.
Village at Los Carneros Residential Project, City of Goleta Mr. Anderson prepared a biological resources analysis for an EIR for the 465 -unit Village at Los Carneros II Residential Project in the City of Goleta. The project consisted of a mix of residential uses including single -family detached homes, townhomes, and condominium flats as well as a public bicycle trail, a public 5 -acre passive park, and private recreational facilities. The 45-acre site contained a perennial creek and riparian corridor, which were designated as ESHA by the City’s General Plan. The project also included a bridge over the creek. Mr. Anderson conducted field investigations including biological surveys of the project site and a jurisdictional delineation of the freshwater marsh and riparian forest habitats along the creek, as well as identification of “one-parameter” wetlands as they are defined in the Coastal Zone. The biological analysis included an assessment of the appropriate width of the Streamside Protection Area buffer surrounding the perennial creek, which was required by the City’s General Plan. Following completion of the biological inventory, Mr. Anderson prepared an impact analysis and miti gation measures to compensate for potential project impacts to special -status wildlife species, raptors, protected trees, wetland and riparian habitats, and wildlife movement.
Four Aces Movie Location Project, County of Los Angeles Mr. Anderson prepared a Biological Constraints Analysis for the Four Acres Movie Location, a permanent film set used for movies, music videos, and commercials located east of Palmdale in the Antelope Valley. A Conditional Use Permit was sought for the continued operation of the film set within a Los Angeles County Significant Ecological Area (SEA).
Mr. Anderson inventoried the biological resources at the site, and then summarized and mapped the biological constraints following County reporting requirements. The existing film set although already developed was surrounded by sensitive habitats of the SEA, including a desert wash and Joshua tree woodland, as well as a significant wildlife movement corridor. Following preparation of the Biological Constraints Analysis, Mr. Anderson prepared a biological resources impact analysis, which included mitigation measures to ensure the project’s compatibility with the sensitive resources of the surrounding area. Mr. Anderson represented the project at SEA Technical Advisory Committee hearings. In coordination with Envicom graphics personnel, Mr. Anderson also prepared an educational brochure for the project, which outlined the County-required protective measures to be followed by personnel managing or using the site.
San Andreas North Fault Valve Project, County of Los Angeles Mr. Anderson prepared a Biological Constraints Analysis for the San Andreas North Fault Valve Project located in northern Los Angeles County near the community of Gorman. The project consisted of installation of a manually operated valve within an oil pipeline where the pipeline crossed the San Andreas Fault. The project was located in the Los Angeles County Tehachapi Foothills Significant Ecological Area (SEA). Following the specific County reporting requirements for Biological Constraints Analyses for projects in SEAs, Mr. Anderson inventoried and mapped the biological resources at the project site, with particular attention to the presence or absence of protected and regulated resources. Biological constraints were identified including sensitive habi tats and special -status wildlife, which were ranked as high, moderate, or low constraints, or as no constraint. The biological inventory and constraints analysis informed project planning and also provided the basis for evaluating project impacts and dete rmining necessary mitigation measures to avoid and minimize project impacts. Mr. Anderson also participated in meetings with the client, County, and the SEA Technical Advisory Committee to review the Biological Constraints Analysis.
Highgate Estates Residential Project, City of Thousand Oaks Mr. Anderson prepared a biological resources inventory and jurisdictional delineation for the Highgate Estates Residential Project site located in eastern Ventura County in the City of Thousand Oaks. The proposed p roject consisted of a subdivision for custom single -family homes on a naturally vegetated 25 -acre parcel. Surveys revealed there were endangered plants, rare habitats, and jurisdictional streams at the site. Mr. Anderson performed comprehensive rare plant surveys to define the geographic extent of rare plant populations as well as a census of rare plants for mitigation and permitting purposes. Mr. Anderson then prepared an application package for an Incidental Take Permit for the Endangered plant Lyon’s pentachaeata under Section 2081(b) of the Fish and Game Code. The Incidental Take Permit application package included a Lyon’s Pentachaeta Mitigation, Monitoring, and Management Plan to ensure the project would be compatible with the rare plant population at the site.
Malibu Institute Project, County of Los Angeles
Mr. Anderson performed a delineation of jurisdictional wetlands, waters and riparian habitat for the Malibu Institute project to establish baseline field conditions necessary to prepare a C EQA impact analysis and to obtain permits from the Army Corps of Engineers, Regional Water Quality Control Board, and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. The project consisted of development of a sports -oriented education retreat and a remodel ed 18-hole golf course at the site of the former Malibu Golf Club, a 650 -acre property in the unincorporated Malibu area of the Santa Monica Mountains. The project was located in a headwaters area of a significant coastal watershed. Mr. Anderson delineated an on -site reach of a perennial stream as well as several golf course ponds, ephemeral drainages, and detention basins located within and along the perimeter of the existing golf course. As the project was within the Coastal Zone, Mr. Anderson also de lineated wetlands as defined by the Coastal Act. Mr. Anderson then prepared an impact analysis including mitigation measures for jurisdictional streams and wetlands, which was incorporated into the project’s CEQA Environmental Impact Report. The Malibu Institute Project included a plan to restore the golf course ponds, which included de -watering, drying, and removing sediment and vegetation at the ponds to restore habitat and water quality by eradicating invasive animals and removing toxins in bottom sedi ment. Mr. Anderson prepared mitigation measures that addressed the restoration of disturbed habitats as well as the potential for impacts to wildlife, including a resident population of “special-status” western pond turtles.
Canyon Oaks Project, City of Calabasas
Mr. Anderson prepared a functional wetland assessment for the Canyon Oaks Project following the California Rapid Assessment Method (CRAM). The proposed project involved the development of residential, commercial, and public open space/trail uses on an undeveloped 77-acre site. The site contained a stream and three spring/seep wetlands under jurisdiction of the United States Army Corps of Engineers, Regional Water Quality Control Board, and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. Mr. And erson evaluated and scored the condition of the stream and wetlands based on attributes of landscape context, hydrology, physical structure, and biotic structure. The functional value of each of the wetlands was then ranked on a continuum ranging from full ecological integrity to highly-degraded. Stressors were also identified that could account for low ecological function. The CRAM analysis was prepared to inform regulatory agency permitting and mitigation planning, and to provide a basis for comparing the functional value of impacted wetlands to the mitigation sites that would compensate for their loss.
Tuna Canyon Equestrian Boarding and Training Facility Project, County of Los Angeles Mr. Anderson prepared a biological assessment per the requirements of the Santa Monica Mountains Local Coastal Program (LCP) for a 7-acre property located in upper Tuna Canyon. The property had been partially developed into an equestrian boarding and training facility for which a Coastal Development Permit was being pursued. The entire property had been subject to vegetation management over many years, but still contained small stands of native oak trees, disturbed areas of chaparral, and a headwaters stream, which supported riparian habitat. Mr. Anderson searched the property for rare, threatened, and endangered plant and wildlife species, special habitats, and sensitive natural communities, and also evaluated the importance of the site for wildlife movement. A detailed site -specific map of the LCP’s resource-based categories was prepared (i.e., H1, H2, H2 High-scrutiny, and H3 Habitats) for comparison to the Los Angeles County’s baseline LCP Biological Resources Map. As the facilities had already been developed, the biological study also included an assessment of the prior biological conditions of the property based on a review of historical aerial imagery for key years relevant to an impact analysis.
Cornerstone Mixed-Use Project, City of Agoura Hills
Mr. Anderson prepared a biological resources technical study for the Cornerstone Mixed -Use Project in the City of Agoura Hills. The project consisted of a mixed -use development including office space, retail, and residential uses on an 8-acre site in the City’s Agoura Village Specific Plan area. Following a literature review, Mr. Anderson performed a field survey to inventory the biological resources at the site, with particular attention to the presence or absence of special-status plants, wildlife and habitats. The site was also evaluated for its importance for wildlife movement. Mr.
Anderson also performed botanical surveys of the property to identify, map, and census the rare plants at the site.
Following the field surveys and after documenting the biological resources found at the site, Mr. Anderson prepared an impact analysis relying on the programmatic -level CEQA impact analysis and mitigation measures of the Agoura Village Specific Plan EIR.
PAR PCH vs. State of California, City of Malibu
Mr. Anderson conducted a biological investigation for the PAR PCH v. State of California court case, a claim that State infrastructure caused an erosional feature that damaged a private property located south of Pacific Coast Highway in the City of Malibu. Mr. Anderson surveyed the site and mapped the geographic extent of on-site vegetation, drainages, and sensitive Environmental Sensitive Habitat Areas (ESHAs), distinguishing between relatively pristine and disturbed habitats. Mr. Anderson also provided an opinion as to whether the subject property contained ESHA, as defined in the City of Malibu Local Coastal Program.
Sweetwater Mesa Residential Development Project, County of Los Angeles Mr. Anderson prepared a Biological Assessment and Impact Analys is pursuant to Santa Monica Mountain Local Coastal Program (LCP) requirements for the Sweetwater Mesa Residential Development Project. The project was located in the Malibu area of the Coastal Zone of the Santa Monica Mountains. The project consisted of the development of five single-family residences and associated improvements, installation of an approximately 7,800-foot domestic waterline, and construction of a long private access road. Mr. Anderson conducted field surveys to establish the existing co ndition of the biological resources at the site, which included rare plant surveys and preparation of detailed habitat maps per the specific habitat designations of the Santa Monica Mountains LCP, as well as the State Vegetation Classification system. Mr. Anderson worked closely with California Coastal Commission (CCC) staff in the interpretation of sensitive habitat designations of what at the time was a newly passed LCP. The project site was highly constrained to development by several factors, includin g biological resources. Mr. Anderson worked with the project team and CCC staff through several iterations of the project, ultimately resulting in a project that was approved by the CCC.
Lake Sherwood Carlisle Inlet Parcel “A” Restoration Project, County of Ventura As a County-approved biologist, Mr. Anderson prepared an Initial Study Biological Assessment (ISBA) for a shoreline restoration project in the unincorporated community of Lake Sherwood in Ventura County. The project involved grading and resh aping a lakeshore parcel and re- vegetating the graded areas with native species to give the parcel a more natural lakeshore appearance. The purpose of the ISBA was to gather sufficient information about the biological resources at the site and surrounding area to determine whether the project could have a significant effect on the environment pursuant to CEQA. Mr. Anderson conducted field surveys and in coordination with Envicom GIS staff prepared a series of maps and an impact analysis. As it was determ ined that the project had potential to substantially affect sensitive wildlife and jurisdictional wetlands, waters, and riparian habitats, such as the lake and marsh vegetation along the lakeshore, Mr. Anderson also drafted recommended mitigation measures ot the Ventura County Planning Division that would avoid and minimize the impacts.
The Park at Ladyface Mountain Senior Apartments Project, City of Agoura Hills Mr. Anderson prepared a biological resources inventory and a delineation of jurisdictional streams and wetlands for the Park at Ladyface Mountain Senior Apartments Project in the City of Agoura Hills. The project consisted of a 46 -unit apartment complex on an undeveloped 7.1 -acre parcel in the City’s Ladyface Mountain Specific Plan area. Mr.
Anderson conducted field investigations to identify and map the biological resources at the site, which included special- status plants, wildlife, and habitats, as well as a seasonal wetland and three natural streams. The wetland and streams were delineated per standard definitions and protocols of the Army Corps of Engineers, Regional Water Quality Control Board, and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. The seasonal wetland, which formed each year at the base of a roadway embankment, was determi ned to be a man- induced wetland, as opposed to a naturally occurring wetland or a sensitive vernal pool. Mr. Anderson also conducted rare plant surveys in spring following Department of Fish and Wildlife rare plant survey protocols. Following completion of the biological inventory, Mr. Anderson prepared an impact analysis and mitigation measures to compensate for impacts to the rare plants, sensitive habitats, and jurisdictional streams and wetlands at the site.
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ERIN ROBERTS
ISA Certified Arborist and Biologist/Restoration Ecologist [email protected]
Years of Experience
Over 11 years
Education
Master of Science, Biology,
California State University
Northridge
Bachelor of Science,
Biology, California State
University Northridge
Certifications
ISA Certified Arborist (WE-
10365A)
Professional Affiliations
International Society of
Arboriculture (ISA)
California Native Plant
Society
Society of Ecological
Restoration
Ms. Erin Roberts is a n ISA certified arborist, biologist, and restoration ecologist with over 11 years of professional experience. She provides a variety of arborist and biological resource consulting services, specializing in performing protected tree and oak woodland surveys, preparing protected tree and oak woodland reports, and performing impact analyses compliant with local and regional permitting agency requirements; pre -construction vegetation and bird surveys, as well as construction compliance monitoring and permit application services; and planning, design, and implementation of vegetation and native tree restoration programs. As a certified arborist, she provides protected tree and oak woodland health assessments, impact analyses, protection plans, construction monitoring, planting plans, and protected tree and oak woodland reports. As a biologist, she has conducted biological resource assessments, vegetation mapping, nesting bird surveys, and construction compliance monitoring throughout the construction process.
As a restoration ecologist, she has extensive experience drafting Habitat Mitigation and Monitoring Plans (HMMP) per the requirements of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW), Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB), and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ( ACOE), as well as providing implementation and annual monitoring and reporting services.
Ms. Roberts earned a Bachelor of Science degree (BS ) in Biology with an emphasis in Environmental Science and a Master of Science ( MS) degree in Biology from California State University, Northridge . While working towards her MS, she worked for the Santa Monica Mountains National Park Service and focused her graduate thesis project on the factors influencing the spread of an invasive weed within the parks.
Arborist Experience
• Protected tree surveys and health assessments
• Arborist reports and construction impact analyses
• Tree permit applications
• Tree protection plans during construction
• Protected tree construction monitoring
• Native tree planting plans
Biological Survey Experience
• Nesting birds and special-status plant and habitat assessments • Construction compliance monitoring
Restoration Ecologist Experience
• Preparation of HMMPs and mitigation implementation/oversight •
Agency required annual monitoring and reporting
REPRESENTATIVE PROJECT EXPERIENCE
Lyons Canyon Ranch VTTM 53653, Los Angeles County
Ms. Roberts provided protected tree surveys, reporting services, and a tree protection plan for the Lyons Canyon Ranch VTTM 53653 located near Old Road and the Interstate 5 Freeway in unincorporated Los Angeles County in Los Angeles County. During the project’s planning phase, she surveyed 360 protected oak trees of ordinance size and has prepared an Arborist Report for the project based on the project grading plans, in accordance with the County’s report guidelines. The Arborist Report identifies project impacts and summarizes mitigation offsets per the County’s guidelines. This report has been submitted to the County to obtain tree removal and impact permits.
Alamos Canyon Creek Restoration Project, City of Simi Valley Ms. Roberts prepared a HMMP to mitigate impacts to CDFW and RWQCB jurisdictional areas associated with widening of Los Angeles Avenue at the Alamos Canyon Creek culvert in the City of Simi Valley. The HMMP was prepared in compliance with the requirements of the Trustee agency permits and included the following elements: the location of the re- vegetation and enhancement activities; discussion of restoration approach and benefits to wildlife movement; native plant palette, planting plan, time of year planting will occur, and irrigation methodology; success criteria; maintenance program; and monitoring and reporting program.
Rancho Simi Park Lagoon Maintenance Project, Rancho Simi Recreation and Parks District Ms. Roberts prepared the HMMP providing mitigation for impacts resulting from the refurbishment of an 85,000-ft
2 man-made lagoon located at the Rancho Simi Community Park in the City of Simi Valley. The HMMP focused on the installation of native trees and shrubs on the two (2 ) islands within the lagoon and the surrounding banks to reestablish heron/egret and waterfowl nesting opportunities post -construction. Also, she provided construction compliance monitoring during project construction activities and has conducted HMMP monitoring and reporting services during implementation of the approved 5-year plan.
Arroyo Santa Rosa Channel Stabilization (ASR-2) Project, Ventura County Watershed Protection District Ms. Roberts provided mitigation planning and monitoring services to the Ventura County Watershed Protection District for the Arroyo Santa Rosa Channel Stabilization project to develop a monitoring and mitigation plan pursuant to permit conditions and to conduct periodic onsite monitoring and reporting services. The project consisted of construction of a reinforced channel to support the existing floodwall during a 100-year flow event.
Ms. Roberts prepared a HMMP update to compensate for riparian functions and values lost as a result of the project. She also conducted HMMP mon itoring and reporting services during implementation of the 5- year plan.
Camino Dos Rios Channel Repair Project, Ventura County Watershed Protection District Ms. Roberts performed pre -construction sensitive species/nesting bird surveys, provided Environme ntal Sensitivity Training Programs, and oversaw construction compliance monitoring during the repair of an existing drainage channel managed by the Ventura County Watershed Protection District (VCWPD) in the City of Thousand Oaks. The presence of an activ e nest required coordination with the client, VCWPD, and CDFW to establish buffers and daily monitoring protocol. Throughout the project, she worked closely with the construction contractor to ensure BMP’s and avoidance measures were understood and implemented.
Sherwood Development Company Tract 4409- 2 Lots 37 -39 and Tract 4409 -4 Lots 75 and 76, County of Ventura
Ms. Roberts provided protected tree surveys, reporting, and permitting services for the Sherwood Development Company Tract 4409-2 Lots 37 -39 and Tract 4409- 4 Lots 75 and 76 in Ventura County. During the project’s planning phase, she surveyed 189 protected oak trees of ordinance size and is in the process of preparing an Arborist Report for the project based on the project grading plans, in accordance with the County’s Arborist Report guidelines (Tree Doc D -AR), which was submitted to the County to obtain tree removal and impact permits. The Arborist Report identifies project impacts and summarizes mitigation offsets per the County’s guidelines.
Sherwood Development Company Tract 4192-5, 4192-6, and Tract 4409, County of Ventura Ms. Roberts provides protected tree surveys, reporting, and permitting services for Sherwood Development Company in unincorporated Ventura County. During the development of residential tracts 4192-5, 4192-6, and 4409, several trees were removed and encroached upon. In accordance with the oak tree permit issued for these projects, she records the condition of each tree that was encroached upon during developmen t, as well as those trees that were provided as mitigation offsets. The results of these surveys are provided in an annual monitoring report to the county and she coordinates with the County to update the existing tree permits. In 201 8, she surveyed 284 oak trees.
4165 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd., Suite 290, Westlake Village, CA 91362 • (818) 879-4700 • www.envicomcorporation.com
DAVID WEST
Staff Biologist/Restoration Ecologist
[email protected]
Years of Experience
Over 5 years
Education
Bachelor of Science,
Biology, emphasis in
Ecology and Biodiversity,
minor in Ecological
Restoration, Humboldt State
University
Certifications
HAZWOPER Certificate
#37341
CDPR Qualified Applicator
Certificate #144580
California Rapid
Assessment Method
(CRAM) Practitioner
Wetland Training Institute
Graduate
Professional Affiliations
California Native Plant
Society
Audubon Society
Mr. David West is a biologist and restoration ecologist with a background in applied ecological restoration. Mr. West has more than 5 years of experience in a broad array of ecological restoration and biological studies throughout Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties. He is skilled in identifying native California flora and fauna, particularly in coastal Southern California, and has perfo rmed numerous plant and wildlife surveys following established protocols. Mr. West has planned and implemented restoration projects which included collection an d propagation of native seed and has experience identifying, mapping, and removing non -native pl ant species by manual, mechanical, and chemical means; particularly in Santa Barbara County. Specific species surveys include the legless lizard, nest surveys for the Federally -listed Western Snowy Plover and California Least Tern, including the placement of nest exclosures to protect nests from predators, species specific surveys for the as well as general nesting bird surveys and rare plant surveys. Additionally, he has experience monitoring construction projects in sensitive habitats for compliance wit h mitigation and minimization measures and has directed crews of workers from the California Conservation Corps (CCC) in the seasonal construction and removal of fencing to protect sensitive nesting habitat for special-status wildlife.
REPRESENTATIVE PROJECT EXPERIENCE
32640 Pacific Coast Highway Slope Stabilization Project, City of Malibu Mr. West performed pre-construction sensitive species surveys, oversaw construction compliance monitoring throughout the project, and delivered Workers Environmental Awareness Program ( WEAP) training to construction workers. Mr. West also drafted a letter to resource agencies regarding the pr esence of native woodrat nests and the BMPs to be used to minimize project impacts to woodrats. He performed pre-storm BMP compliance checks as well as post storm -even inspections, and prepared letters describing implementation and performance of BMPs during construction. The project included stabilization of an erosional feature caused by a damaged culvert by me ans of infill of the erosional feature and repair and extension of the culvert. This project was completed under an emergency coastal development permit to preserve property threatened by the ongoing erosion.
Highgate Estates Residential Development Project, City of Westlake Village Mr. West assisted with preparation of an Habitat Mitigation and Monitoring Plan (HMMP) required by agency permits for project impacts to purple needlegrass grassland, a CDFW sensitive plant community. Furthermore, Mr. West was the primary biological monitor for brush clearance and grading phases of development for this project, filing daily and monthly monitoring reports as required by the lead agency and coordinating with the project Permittee and work crews. Mr. West delivered Environmental Training to all workers and coordinated development activities with focused monitoring requirements to ensure adequate monitoring and documentation while allowing the development to move ahead on schedule.
Residential Development Project, City of Huntington Beach Pursuant to Coastal Commission requirements, Mr. West performed a vegetation and wildlife survey at a beach- front private residence. With the data collecte d during this survey, Mr. West prepared a Biological Resources Study for the client to be submitted to the Coastal Commission. This report included a complete inventory of plant and wildlife species observed near and within the study area as well as a list of potentially occurring wildlife. This project included the demolition and reconstruction of the beachfront residence.
Sadie Road Residential Project –Santa Monica Mountains Local Coastal Program Mr. West, working with an Envicom Corporation Senior Biologist, performed the site survey and was the primary author of the Biological Assessment and Impact Analysis. The report included delineation of vegetation communities, listing of plant and wildlife species observed, SERA mapping, projected impacts, and recommended mitigation measures. This report has been attached as an example.
Cornell School Road Residential Project – Unincorporated Los Angeles County Mr. West, working with an Envicom Corporation Senior Biologist, performed the site survey and was the primary author of the Biological Constraints Analysis. The report included delineation of vegetation communities, listing of plant and wildlife species observed, assessment of the surroun ding land uses, and a summary of biological constraints posed by the potential project .
4165 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd., Suite 290, Westlake Village, CA 91362 • (818) 879-4700 • www.envicomcorporation.com
AMANDA MINER
GIS Services Manager
[email protected]
Years of Experience
8 years
Education
Master of Science, Geographic
Information Systems (GIS),
Johns Hopkins University
Master of Science, Natural
Resources, Virginia Polytechnic
Institute and State University
Bachelor of Arts (Hons)
Exhibition Design, University of
Lincoln, United Kingdom
Certifications and Clearances
GIS Professional (GISP)
Federal Background
Clearances, 2014 & 2017
Professional Memberships
and Affiliations
GISCorps, Standby Task Force,
Humanitarian Open Street Map
Team
Urban & Regional Information
Systems Association (URISA)
United States Geospatial
Intelligence Foundation (USGIF)
Infraguard (FBI), Technical/
Communications Sector
California Geographic
Information Association
(CalGIS)
North American Cartographic
Information Society (NACIS)
Specialized Training
Federal Resource Advisor
training for Wildfire incidents
(READ/GIS), with FEMA ICS
GIS for Emergency
Management training (16 hours)
(NAPSG/LAFD/ESRI)
Ms. Miner has eight years of experience in the Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for the public , private and non -profit sectors. She is responsible for the development of new GIS services and provides web GIS products, data management , and spatial analysis using GIS . Ms.
Miner also oversees spatial decision support provided for the company’s environmental analysis products. Her broad professional experience includes GIS for fire management planning and international development in addition to geodatabase management, modeling, and spatial analysis for natural resources . It also includes technology use in adaptive management for conservation.
As a GIS Manager, Ms. Miner has designed and developed geodatabase architecture, schema, and workflows specific to the firms’ product needs and programs data automations to improve GIS workflow efficiency. In addition to using GIS for biological, cultural, and environmental analysis and mapping, she uses modeling, programming, and raster analysis for specialized spatial solutions . In addit ion, she resolves computer-aided design ( CAD)/GIS interoperability issues and conducts historic aerial imagery research. She has specialized training in public sector GIS needs, particularly for public safety and disaster response, and serves as a GIS Specialist on various humanitarian efforts.
In developing new GIS service l ines, Ms. Miner has secured multiple grants from the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation to develop geospatial solutions for district -level clean water and sanitation management programs in Ghana, Uganda, Kenya, and Central African Republic. These projects involve the creation of web and mobile applications for water utilities management, which is comprised of an integrated data collection, data portal and web map system. In addition, we generate zonal statistics for some of these clients in order to determine opti mal franchise zone areas for their safe water enterprise businesses.
Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Miner produced a spatial modelling study on defensible space and structure survival for the National Park Service (NPS). She was certified in Incident Command Sysems and received her ‘Red Card’, which allowed her to conduct GIS and Resource Advising on wildfire events. In addition, she also produced numerous independent regional wildfire analyses across the Southern California region.
Technical Skills
ESRI ArcGIS Suite 10. 7 • QGIS • R Studio • Python • Modelbuilder • JSON • Trimble Terrasync/ Pathfinder • NextGIS • GIS Cloud • Web APIs /Apps • Remote Sensing • Image Classification • Modeling • CAD • Training •HTML5•CSS
REPRESENTATIVE PROJECT EXPERIENCE
Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, Geospatial Application for Asutifi North District, Ghana Ms. Miner and her team are developing a custom geospatial decision support web application for the local government that facilitates two major areas of need: Management of Water System and Health Facility Infrastructure and Customer Service Management Tracking. The application steamlines the main workflow tasks that have been identified by the government staff for these activities, and is tailored to specific end-user preferences. Ms. Miner has also provided the users with short- and long-term infrastructure planning capabilities through the p rovision of comprehensive district datasets (including historic data), as well as a variety of analysis tools and reporting capabilities that assist with the government’s work.
Malibu Wine Bar Project, Unincorporated Los Angeles County Ms. Miner produced GIS analysis for multiple Envicom service areas on the Malibu Wine Bar Project. She completed alliance-level vegetation mapping for over 300 acres, alongside the production of spatial data for the jurisdictional delineation, sensitive species, and a compr ehensive tree survey for oak trees. In addition, Ms. Miner developed an algorithm for Oak Woodland modeling for the project and conducted historic aerial imagery research to verify the construction date of onsite buildings. Additional GI S tasks on this pro ject include CAD resolving interoperability issues, raster mosaicking, and improved data production workflows.
Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Headquarters Campus Phase II Modification Project, City of Agoura Hills Envicom Corporation is preparing a technical background report (TBR) on behalf of the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation (Foundation) to support the Lead Agency’s (City of Agoura Hills Planning and Community Development Department) CEQA review process of an office project. Ms. Miner is producing GIS analysis for multiple service areas on the project and is geospatially defining the boundaries of sensitive resources. She is also integrating drone imagery and terrain modeling into the analysis, which further define s and examines sensitive resources and provides a comprehensive geospatial assessment.
Sherwood Development Company: Annual Mitigation Survey (13th/4th Annual), Ventura County For annual mitigation tree monitoring surveys, Ms. Miner performed a complete data schema revision from field data collection templates to final report layouts, involving historic data scrubbing, master geodatabase generation, and data report design.
Paradise Valley Specific Plan EIR, Shavers Valley, Riverside County Ms. Miner provided GIS assistance for a new specific plan development in the Shavers Valley area of Riverside County. The project consists of development of 8,500 residential units, 500,000 square feet of commercial, parks, schools, and related infrastructure on a 2,000-acre development footprint within a 5,000-acre property ownership. The subject property is highly constrained by the Coachella Valley Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan (CVMSHCP). She generated all geospatial data and calculations for the project’s alternatives analysis section.
Sherwood Development Company: Annual Mitigation Survey (13th/4th Annual), Ventura County For annual mitigation tree monitoring surveys, Ms. Miner performed a complete data schema revision from field data collection templates to final report layouts, involving historic data scrubbing, master geodatabase generation, and data report design.
Mae Boyar Park Project, City of Agoura Hills
Ms. Miner produced GIS data for this oak tree survey project, involving development of a tree model to automate canopy rendering s from field measurements, as well as georeferencing project plans. The project also entailed historical aerial image research, with which she disproved the existence of site development prior to 1963.
32640 Pacific Coast Highway, City of Malibu
Ms. Miner assisted with the permitting and GIS for a slope repair project to repair the eroding slopes supporting both PCH and the private residence at 32640 PCH. The project would also repair components of the Caltrans storm drain system in a manner that prevents future erosion to slopes and allows for maintenance to prevent disrepair. GIS tasks for the project involved biological impact analyses, jurisdictional delineation, and CAD/GIS interoperability issues.
She also assisted with the Nationwide 404 Permit, RWQCB 401 Permit, and CDP applications.
Deerlake Ranch Residential Development, Unincorprated Los Angeles County Ms. Miner provided GIS analysis for several of Envicom’s service areas on the Deerlake Ranch Residential Development. The project involved nesting bird surveys, for which she redeveloped the data schema, geodatabase architecture, and data workflows. She provided data, mapping, and impact analysis for cultural resources. In addition to processing data for new oak tree surveys and mitigation reporting, she scrubbed the historic tree data and generated a complete master tree geodatabase for the project site. Ms. Miner also resolved some challenging data interoperability challenges for the project.
4165 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd., Suite 290, Westlake Village, CA 91362 • (818) 879-4700 • www.envicomcorporation.com
CHRISTOPHER BOYTE
Graphics Manager/GIS Specialist
[email protected]
Years of Experience
Over 30 years
Education
Bachelor of Science, Applied
Art and Design, California
Polytechnic State University,
San Luis Obispo
Certifications
Certificate, GIS, Pierce
College
Mr. Boyte has over 30 years of experience in graphic design. He serves as Envicom Corporation’s graphics department manager and is responsible for the creation of effective analytical graphics and exhibits, technical illustrations, and presentation materi als applied to the firm’s environmental documents, display presentations, website design and maintenance, and marketing resources. Mr. Boyte is also one of the firms’ Geographic Information Systems (GIS) specialists, providing a wide variety of specialty graphic applications and technical support to GIS technology including; aerial photography analysis and exhibits, detailed biological mapping, visual and shading analyse s, visual site renderings, including photographic simulations/renderings, computer-aided design (CAD) support, 3-dimensional (3D) modeling and renderings, and computer generated mapping.
Mr. Boyte has contributed to Environmental Impact Reports (EIRs) and other California Environmental Quality Act and National Environmental Policy Act documents, General Plans, Master Plans, Specific Plans, Permit Applications, and a multitude of biological resources existing conditions and mitigation and compliance reports. Mr. Boyte is highly experienced in a wide variety of computer applications on Macintosh and Windows PC systems. In addition to his graphics and visual analysis work, he has pioneered unique graphic techniques and has applied highly customized technical graphics for use in meetings and public displays/demonstrations. He also oversees docum ent preparation and provides web/internet design and support, marketing, and hardware/network maintenance services for the firm.
Prior to joining Envicom Corporation, Mr. Boyte owned his own graphic design business, Visuals Design, and was a freelance des igner for several entertainment agencies in Southern California. His projects have included website design and maintenance, corporate identities, direct mailer design, advertising for national publications, video editing, package design and illustration. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo in the Applied Art and Design major. He also completed the certificate program for GIS at Pierce College.
Technical Skills
ESRI ArcGIS Suite 10.4 • Microsoft Office Suite • Adobe Creative Suite (including Photoshop and Illustrator) • Sketch-Up Pro 2017 • In-Design • Flash • Dreamweaver
REPRESENTATIVE PROJECT EXPERIENCE
4th and Hewitt Project, City of Los Angeles
The 4th and Hewitt Project is a mixed-use development proposed on approximately 1.31 acres at the southwest corner of E. 4 th and S. Hewitt Streets within a Transit Priority Zone in the Arts District area of the City. The project would retain the a pproximately 7,800-square-foot (sf) existing Architecture and Design Museum and demolish approximately 7,000 sf of office, garage, and storage space and 40,000 sf of surface parking lots. New construction would consist of an 11-story building comprised of approximately 281,000 sf of commercial retail, office, and common area spaces. The project would also provide vehicle and bicycle parking space. The project requires preparation of an EIR, a General Plan Amendment, Vesting Zone Change, Height District Change, Site Plan Review, and Vesting Tentative Tract Map, in addition to other entitlements. Mr. Boyte provided figures and photograph plates in support of the Environmental Assessment Form and Entitlement Application Package for the Project, and he is currently preparing graphics to support the Initial Study and EIR.
18401 Nordhoff Mixed-Use Project, City of Los Angeles
The proposed project would construct a five -story mixed-use building as infill development in the Northridge Community Plan Area of the San Fernando Valley, with 146 apartment units and 2,000 sf of ground -floor commercial space on an approximately 1.33 -acre project site. The proposed structure would include vehicle and bicycle parking spaces within a subterranean and ground -floor garage. The scope of work performed by Envicom included preparation of an IS/MND, a Cultural Resources Assessment, Air Quality and Greenhouse Gas Emissions modeling, and a Noise Impact Analysis. Mr. Boyte prepared figures in support of the IS/MND.
11301 & 11321 Camarillo Street Mixed-Use Project, City of Los Angeles The proposed 11301 & 11321 Camarillo Street Mixed- Use Project in the North Hollywood – Valley Village Community Plan Area of the San Fernando Valley consisted of a five -story building providing 60 dwel ling units and approximately 2,826 sf of ground floor commercial space, with one level of subterranean parking , in an infill area . The project also incorporated demolition and removal of approximately 17,408 sf of existing professional office space. In conducting the environmental analysis, Envicom Corporation performed a cultural resource assessment, modeled air quality impacts, and evaluated construction noise impacts. Mr. Boyte prepared figures in support of the ND. The City Planning Department issued a Notice of Determination on March 8, 2017 adopting the Negative Declaration.
Nichols Canyon Road Residential Project, City of Los Angeles Envicom Corporation pro vided the biological resources impact analysis and jurisdictional delineation and obtained Trustee Resource Agency permits and authorization for the Nichols Canyon Road Residential Project.
The project included the construction of a free span bridge over Nichols Canyon Creek and the development of a single-family residence. Mr. Boyte provided graphics and GIS support to the project deliverables.
Westbrook Avenue Residential Due Diligence Project, City of Los Angeles Envicom Corporation provided the due diligence level biological assessment and preliminary jurisdictional delineation for a property located on Westbrook Avenue. The report disclosed potential constraints to development and identified the presence or potential for Federal, State, and/or locally protected vegetation communities, plants, and wildlife, as well as waters or riparian habitat subject to the jurisdiction of the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers ( ACOE), California Department of Fish and Wildlife ( CDFW), and Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB). Mr. Boyte provided graphics and GIS support to the project deliverables.
Woodland Hills19-Unit Subdivision Project, City of Los Angeles Mr. Boyte proivded graphics support for the MND that evaluated potential impacts associated with development of a vacant hillside lot, previously approved for development with up to 30 homes. The scope ofthe analysis included all environmental issue areas, evaluating potential impacts regarding changes in the site plan or in the existing conditions of the site, compared to the previously adopted MND, as well as the adequacy of previously conditioned mitigation measures to reduce impacts to less than significant.
Boyle Hotel Transit Oriented Development Project MND, City of Los Angeles (Boyle Heights) On behalf of the Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Los Angeles (CRA/LA), Envicom Corporation prepared a MND on behalf of the Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Los Angeles (CRA/LA). The porject included redevelopment of the historic Boyle Hotel and adjacent properties to a mixed residential and retail use located in the former CRA/LA Adelante Eastside Redevelopment Plan Area. Key issues of analysis included cultural resources, visual resources, and population/housing. Mr. Boyte prov ided graphics support to the MND. The project was approved, and redevelopment of the site concluded in 2012.
North Hollywood Senior Artists Colony Project MND, City of Los Angeles (North Hollywood) On behalf of Meta Housing Corporation, Envicom Corporation prepared a MND for the North Hollywood Senior Artists Colony Project, which involved redevelopment of 1.53 -acre site located in the City of Los Angeles former CRA/LA North Hollywood Redevelopment Plan Area. Meta Housing Corporation sought to develop 126 age-restricted residential units (including 26 affordable units), a performance theatre, gym, library, community room with kitchen and billiards, landscaped courtyards, art studios, video and sound recording studios, subterranean parking, and other ancillary facilities. The proposed uses would total approximately 231,000 sf of development. Key issues of analysi s in the MND included cultural resources, geology and soils, hydrology and water quality, land use and planning, noise, and utilities and service systems. Mr. Boyte provided graphics support to the MND. The project was approved, and construction was completed in 2012.
Oceana Retirement Facility and Holiday Harbor Courts Project Draft EIR, County of Los Angeles (Marina del Rey)
On behalf of MDR Oceana, LLC and Holiday-Panay Way, LP, Marina del Rey, Envicom Corporation prepared the EIR for submittal to the Los Angeles County Department of Regional Planning. The project included the 114-unit Oceana Retirement Facility for Parcel OT of the Marina del Rey Local Coastal Program (LCP) area, as well as the Holiday Harbor Courts commercial development for the 2.55 -acre Parcel 21, which would replace existing uses with new commercial uses, a public park plaza and promenade, and parking. Key issues of analysis included land use and planning, water quality, and traffic. Mr. Boyte provided graphics support to the EIR and supporting documents.
Pepperdine University Campus Life Project, County of Los Angeles Envicom Corporation entered into a third -party agreement between the County of Los Angeles Department of Regional Planning and Pepperdine University in preparation of the project EIR. All Envicom Corporation staff worked closely with both County and applicant staff. The project entailed both the construction of new facilities and the renovation of existing structures at the Malibu campus site, to be devel oped as six (6) distinct project components. The project provides athletic, recreation, entertainment, parking, and residential facilities to enhance the student experience, support educational activities, and update aging buildings. The proposed project, located within the Coastal Zone between the Santa Monica Mountains and the Pacific Ocean, required amendments to Pepperdine University’s Long Range Development Plan (LRDP) that entailed a comprehensive approval process with the County of Los Angeles and th e CCC. Given its location, the environmental review process, subsequent construction phase, and mitigation measure implementation phase have also required ongoing coordination with City of Malibu staff and community outreach with the public. Mr. Boyte continues to provide graphics and GIS support to these efforts.
Malibu Institute Project EIR, County of Los Angeles
The EIR for the Malibu Institute Project analyzed the development of a sports -oriented educational retreat on the 650-acre site of an existing golf course. The project would replace existing structures used for dining and golf course operations, with a combined 224,287 square feet of structures for educational and meeting facilities, overnight accommodations, dining facilities, fitness center/spa , golf course clubhouse, and associated maintenance and support facilities. In addition, the project would remodel the existing 18-hole golf course. The project design incorporated many “green” features to minimize environmental impacts. The site is located in the Coastal Zone of the Santa Monica Mountains and issues evaluated in the EIR included aesthetics impacts on vistas, scenic highways, visual character, and lighting, biology, air quality, historic and archaeological cultural resources, hydrology, noise, fire protection and wildland fire hazards, traffic, and utilities. Mr. Boyte prepared figures for the EIR and provided GIS support to the technical analyses.
Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Headquarters, City of Agoura Hills Envicom Corporation was retained by the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation to assist with site planning, entitlement and CEQA compliance for a new headquarters campus in the City of Agoura Hills. The project included the creation of a contemporary- style office campus, which would provide t he growing Foundation a central headquarters to operate, maintain, and coordinate it's long -term charitable projects. The project incorporated design elements that would maximize energy efficiency, create an inviting work space, and achieve a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Platinum Certification. Envicom kicked off the project with preparation of technical studies and an Environmental Constraints Analysis (ECA) to inform the project design team of the constraints and opportunities associated with development of the site. The ECA was utilized by the team to create a project layout that showcases the site’s natural resources. Throughout an extensive design process, Envicom Corporation prepared a CEQA analysis for the project, and conti nued to work with the design team to provide feedback regarding significant impacts. This process allowed the design team to refine the project prior to submittal of the application and reduce or avoid impacts. Mr. Boyte proivded both graphic and GIS servi ces to the ECA, EIR, and supporting technical analyses. Phase I of the campus is operating and Envicom Corporation continues to provide environmental consulting and mitigation implementation support to the Foundation.
Paradise Valley Specific Plan EIR, Shavers Valley, Riverside County The Specific Plan EIR addresses a a self-sustaining new town proposed in the Shavers Valley portion of Eastern Coachella Valley, in unincorporated Riverside County, along the I- 10 freeway , just south of Joshua Tree National Park. The Specific Plan would guide development of approximately 8,500 residential units, 1.38 million sf of commercial development and associated public facilities and infrastructure, including parks, trails, schools, and fire and sheriff facilities on a 2,000 -acre development footprint within a 5,000 -acre property ownership. The subject property will require the dedication of thousands of acres of land in open space conservation in compliance with Coachella Valley MSHCP. Self-sustaining features of the new town include a mix of land -uses to reduce external commuting, use of solar energy, and provision of electric car chargers in residential garages and at specified commercial locations. Key issues for the project are biological resources, traffic, noise, views from the freeway and nearby parks and other public places, air quality and greenhouse gas emissions. Mr. Boyte has provided graphics and GIS support to the EIR.
ASSOCIATED
TRANSPORTATION
ENGINEERS
SCOTT
A.
SCHELL,
AICP,
PTP
Principal
Transportation
Planner
CERTIFICATION:
American
Institute
of
Certified
Planners
Professional
Transportation
Planner
EXPERIENCE:
Mr.
Schell
is
a
transportation
planning
specialist
with
a
broad
background
in
traffic
operations,
transportation
planning
theory
and
environmental
regulations
(CEQA,
NEPA,
etc.).
Mr.
Schell
joined
ATE
as
a
Transportation
Planner
in
1983
and
became
a
partner
in
the
firm
in
1992.
During
his
tenure
with
ATE,
he
has
been
responsible
for
and
participated
in
over
2,000
transportation
planning
studies,
traffic
impact
reports,
and
parking
studies
for
projects
located
throughout
both
northern
and
southern
California.
These
projects
include
Circulation
Element
updates,
Sphere
of
Influence
Annexation
proposals,
and
Environmental
Impact
Reports/Statements
for
large
scale
residential,
commercial,
and
institutional
developments,
as
well
as
Redevelopment
Agency
projects.
Mr.
Schell
serves
as
a
project
manager
responsible
for
the
preparation,
review,
and
public
presentation
of
the
various
traffic
impact
reports
and
transportation
planning
studies.
Mr.
Schell
also
participated
in
the
California
Energy
Commission
FETSIM
(Fuel
Efficient
Traffic
Signal
Management)
programs
for
the
cities
of
Santa
Barbara,
Santa
Maria,
Ventura,
and
Goleta,
thus
gaining
a
working
knowledge
of
the
traffic
signal
timing
optimization
programs
TRANSYT
and
PASSER
II,
as
well
as
a
solid
background
in
traffic
signal
operations.
Mr.
Schell
also
has
extensive
knowledge
of
the
TMODEL
transportation
modeling
software
program.
EDUCATION:
B.A.
Environmental
Studies
and
Economics,
University
of
California,
Santa
Barbara,
High
Honors,
1982
Continuing
Education:
University
of
California,
Institute
of
Transportation
Studies,
Fundamentals
of
Traffic
Engineering,
Traffic
Engineering
Operations,
Traffic
Engineering
Planning,
and
Traffic
Engineering
Modeling
PROFESSIONAL
Institute
of
Transportation
Engineers,
Member
AFFILIATIONS:
American
Planning
Association,
Member
University
of
California,
Santa
Barbara,
Guest
Lecturer
American
Institute
of
Certified
Planners
Professional
Transportation
Planner
ASSOCIATED TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERS DAN L. DAWSON, PTP Supervising Transportation Planner CERTIFICATION: Professional Transportation Planner, Institute of Transportation Engineers EXPERIENCE: Mr. Dawson joined ATE as Transportation Planner in 1989. Since that time he has participated in over 1,500 Transportation Planning/Traffic Engineering/ and/or Parking Studies throughout California, Nevada and Arizona. This work includes analyses of urban and rural transportation facilities in conjunction with circulation elements, general plans, redevelopment plans, specific plans, project study reports, and traffic impact assessments for individual development projects. Mr. Dawson has also participated in several traffic modeling studies, including the City of Santa Maria Circulation Element and Traffic Fee Program, the City of Santa Maria Sphere of Influence Study, U.S. Highway 101 Widening Study in Montecito and Carpinteria, the Orcutt Community Plan and the Goleta Transportation Improvement Plan. Prior to his employment with ATE, Mr. Dawson worked as a Transportation Planner for the City of Santa Barbara. In that position he was responsible for reviewing and preparing written summaries of traffic reports, recommendations and informational reports on site plans, EIR's, traffic studies and development plan proposals. He also examined development plans for compliance with City design standards. Mr. Dawson was a Transportation Staff member assigned to the SBCAG Transportation Technical Advisory Committee (TTAC) and also the City’s Development Review Committee (DRC). EDUCATION: B.A Economics, California State University at Chico, 1983 Continuing Education: University of California Institute of Transportation Studies, Fundamentals of Traffic Engineering and Traffic Congestion, TMODEL2 Traffic Modeling Workshop. CELSOC Future Leaders Program, on-going 15 hours annually to maintain professional certification. PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS: Member of Institute of Transportation Engineers Bio: Mark Drollinger
www.citadelehs.com
Mark Drollinger, MEng, CSP, CHMM, EiT
Principal, Engineering and Environmental Sciences
EXPERIENCE
With over 30 years of experience in environmental engineering, compliance, permitting and management projects, Mr. Drollinger has a strong working knowledge of EPA, DTSC, AQMD/APCD, OSHA and DOT regulations; and with local agencies, fire departments and public works. Mr. Drollinger has provided environmental engineering, assessment and compliance, safety management, and engineering construction management services on numerous projects for the U S N a v y , V e t e r a n s A d m i n i s t r a t i o n , U S D e p a r t m e n t o f A g r i c u l t u r e , C a l T r a n s , E P A and numerous private projects throughout the western United States. In addition, Mr. Drollinger has developed and implemented programs to train managers and staff in storm water and NPDES comp liance, soil and groundwater sample collection and data interpretation, Hazcomm, IIPP, and safe-work practices such as identifying and handling hazardous mate rials, fall protection, confined space, traffic control, LO/TO and ergonomics; and has conducted environmental and permitting audits of facilities including health and safety assessments.
ROLE
As Principal of Engineering and Environmental Sciences, Mr. Drollinger’s primary responsibility includes developing and implementing health and safety protocols; safety training of management, staff and subcontractor personnel; establishing and managing budgets and personnel; negotiating with local, regional, state, and federal agencies; litigation support; and coordinating tasks with multi-discipline project teams.
Mr. Drollinger works closely with, and often develops protocols for conductin g
assessments related to Environmentally Regulated Materials Mana gement (ERM), Industrial Hygiene (IH), and Occupational Safety and Training (OST) departments.
EDUCATION
Mr. Drollinger has a B.S. in Applied and Natural Sciences from the University of Alabama, and a M.Eng. in Advanced Safety Engineering and Management, University of Alabama, Birmingham.
Mr. Drollinger is also a certifyin
g board member of the American Council of
Accredited Certifications (formerly known as the American Indoor Air Quality Council), and is a member of the American Society of Safety Engineers, Board of Certified Safety Professionals, Instit ute of Hazardous Materials Management, Institute of Industrial Engineers and International Facilities Management Association.
Citadel Employee Since:
2011
Entered the Industry:
1985
Education
University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Bachelor of Science,
Applied and Natural Sciences
1995
University of Alabama
Birmingham, Alabama
Masters Degree,
Advanced Safety Engineering and
Management
2013
Professional Certifications
& Affiliations
Certified Asbestos Consultant (CAC)
No. 08-4459
Certified Environmental Manager,
Nevada EM-1573
Certified Hazardous Material Manager,
No. 14793
Certified Microbial Consultant, No.
0612024
Certified Professional in Erosion and
Sediment Control No. 6349
Certified Safety Professional
No. 21635
California Department of Public Health
(CDPH), Lead Related Construction
No. 19805
Engineer-In-Training, No. XEO93314
OSHA 8-Hour Supervisor Hazardous
Waste Operations (HAZWOPER)
OSHA 30-Hour Safety for Construction
OSHA 40-Hour Hazardous Waste
Operations (HAZWOPER)
Qualified Storm Water Developer, No.
682
Radon Measurement Specialist, No.
11SS027
USACE/NavFac Construction Quality
Management for Contractors
Bio: Michael Roy
www.citadelehs.com
Michael Roy, CAC, CDPH
Associate Principal / Building Sciences
EXPERIENCE
Michael Roy has over thirty (30) years of environmental industry-related experience, which he began in New York and later transferred to Southern California.
He began his career serving as the Program Manager for the United States Postal Service, New York Field Real Estate Office, where he administered the USPS Asbestos Management Program. This program included the abatement of asbestos in over 200 postal facilities in the New York/New Jersey metropolitan area. These facilities ranged in size from local post offices to regional mail sorting and transport facilities. During the Northridge Earthquake he served as a Hazard Mitigation Specialist for FEMA’s seismic retrofit program, monitoring compliance with Federal regulations and evaluating associated engineering solutions, environmental impact reports, and cost effectiveness. Mr. Roy also worked to administer compliance with the National Historic Preservation Act and National Environmental Policy for the Hazard Mitigation Division.
Over his 14+ years at Citadel, Mr. Roy has personally managed in excess of $10M in project revenue for a diverse group of client sectors in municipal facilities, education, healthcare, aerospace, real estate, and retail.
ROLE
As a Senior Associate for Building Sciences, Mr. Roy is responsible for client management, staff management, contract negotiation, program development and implementation, architectural review, field technical services, and business development.
His direct project experience include all aspects of project management for asbestos, lead, microbial sampling, polychlorinated biphenyl (PCBs) surveys, universal wastes, and ozone depleting substances (ODS); preparation of abatement design drawings and specifications; pre-construction services (bid assistance); project surveillance and contaminant air monitoring and analysis during abatement/removal activities; sub-surface site assessments; and preparation of project close-out documentation.
EDUCATION
Mr. Roy received his Bachelor of Science in Architecture from New Yor k Institute of Technology, Old Westbury, New York, in 1982. His professional certifications include Cal ifornia State Certificatio n as a Certified Asbestos Consultant, an EPA/AHERA Accredited Building Inspector/Management Planner, Contractor Supe rvisor/Competent Person, and Project Designer.
He also has apprentice training as a Scaffolding User, Initial Level Confined Space Training, Thermograp hy training, and is a CDPH Lead- Related Construction Building Inspec tor/Assessor/Monitor. Recently Mr.
Roy received his Global Sustainability Certification from the University of California, Los Angeles.
Citadel Employee Since:
1998
Entered the Industry:
1985
Education
New York Institute of Technology
Old Westbury, New York
Bachelor of Science, Architecture
Professional Certifications
& Affiliations
Certified Asbestos Consultant (CAC)
No. 92-0459
EPA / AHERA Accredited Asbestos
Contract Supervisor / Building
Inspector / Management Planner /
Project Designer
California Department of Public Health
(CDPH)
Lead –Related Construction
Inspector/Assessor, Monitor No.7215
California Preservation Society
Scaffolding User Apprentice Training
Confined Space Training-Initial Level
Bio: Jeff Doherty
www.citadehs.com
Jeff Doherty, CSST, CDPH
Field Technician
EXPERIENCE
Mr. Doherty has twenty years of experience leadin g and mana ging si gnificant projects involving the EPA, OSHA, and the Illinois Department of Public Health, and has successfully mana ged multimillion dollar pro jects while cultivatin g client relationships alon g with analyzin g pro ject scopes for industrial hy giene and environmental remediation work; proactively maintained compliance with the EPA, OSHA, and the Department of Public Health re
gulatory agencies resulting in
zero company citations; conducted trainin g courses for client awareness and safety pro grams to refresh certification standards; desi gned and implemented emergency response teams; and established multi-fit testin g pro grams fo r Advocate Healthcare Systems to strengthen employee awareness and to protect them from biological airborne pathogens. He has substantial experience in pro
ject mana gement, environmental testin g and research and is passionate toward improving the environment and deliverin g exceptional results throu ghout the planning, execution, analysis, and reporting phases.
ROLE
As a Field Technician for Citadel, Jeff Doherty conducts Hazardous Material Surveys, and provides Abatement Oversight, as well as some pro ject management duties. His daily responsibilities include: hazardous materials survey; air monitorin
g of asbestos abatement projects; clearance sampling of abatement projects; and office duties including, cost tracing invoicing, generating SCAQMD Rule 1403 reports and preparing abatement closeout report documentation.
EDUCATION
Mr. Doherty holds a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science from Indiana University, 1998. His professional certifications include: Asbestos Buildin g Inspector; Indoor Air Quality Control Specialist; Lead Risk Assessor; 40 Hour Certified OSHA Training; NIOSH 582; Hazardous Waste Operations (HAZWOPER); and Certified Amtrak Safety Contractor.
Citadel Employee Since:
2010
Entered the Industry:
1999
Education
Indiana University,
Indianapolis, Indiana
Bachelor of Science, Environmental
Sciences, 1998
Professional Certifications
& Affiliations
State of California Certified Site
Surveillance Technician (CSST)
No. 11-4714
California Department of Public Health
Lead Related Construction Sampling
Technician
OSHA 40-Hour Hazardous Waste
Operations (HAZWOPER)
NIOSH 582-Certified PCM Analyst
Certified Amtrak Safety Contractor
Indoor Air Quality Control Specialist
OSHA 10 Hour Construction Training /
Supervisor Scaffolding Training
RON STEVENS
485 Terrace Road
Santa Barbara, CA 93109
805.455.1526
[email protected]
MECHANICAL ENGINEER
• Creative design engineer with experience in electromechanical development, exhibit design and training devices • 3D visualization skills in 3D modeling, CAD, rendering, virtual and augmented reality • Experienced in applying 3D visualization to improve communications in product development and marketing • Project engineer with full knowledge of engineering development processes
DETAILED EXPERIENCE
PRODUCT DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT
• Developed manufacturing tooling fixtures for precision alignment and ergonomic tools for clean room environments. • Maintained interactive hands-on exhibits for a brand new science and technology museum. Redesigned and enhanced existing exhibits as well as designing new exhibits.
• Rapid mechanical prototype development using CAD tools, 3D printers and laser cutters. • Performed all aspects of product development from conceptual design, product specifications, and BOMs through detailed CAD drawings, prototyping, and initial production. Incorporated realistic 3D models and renderings into the consumer product design process which greatly reduced the development cycle.
• Worked directly with staff, marketing and product management teams to define requirements for standard and custom furniture items across various sectors keeping production tooling and costs in budget. • Designed, managed, developed and/or approved over 300 unique high-end outdoor furniture products manufactured in Indonesia, China and Canada with an extensive focus on quality and aesthetic design. • Specified and coordinated the development of new fibers, materials, and components to expand product lines. • Improved product development process by creating CAD standards, custom tracking relational databases, and 3D printing. • Developed electronic packaging for PCB and flex circuits for aerospace, military, automotive and footwear industries. • Coordinated internal and out-sourced development of mechanical components, PWBs, CCAs and housing assemblies. 3D VISUALIZATION SPECIALIST
• Researched Virtual and Augmented Reality technologies. Identified and educated potential clients on the new technologies and demonstrated possible solutions. Developed final requirements, interfaces, models, and scripting to create the end product. • Marketed, sold, and produced 3D architectural visualization studies to developers, planners, architects, environmental firms, and facilities groups.
• Developed 3D virtual walk-throughs, documentation, and interactive applications for Citrix’s facilities standards.
VIRTUAL & AUGMENTED REALITY - RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
• Managed a Research and Development (R&D) team of five to develop cost effective training and maintenance tools. • Setup and coordinated a virtual reality lab with 6DOF trackers connected to headsets and input gloves to develop custom applications for engineering analysis and virtual training. • Created conceptual software applications for interactive remove-and-replace instructions and distance maintenance support using augmented reality headsets.
CUSTOMER INTERFACE AND MANUFACTURING SUPPORT
• Technical liaison on international teams coordinating the development of gunnery simulators with multiple suppliers of hardware and software around the world, including US, Canada, UK, France, South Africa, and Australia. • Traveled to factories in Asia to review furniture development, instruct personnel, finalize details and approve for production. • Created multilevel relational database to provide component information and manufacturing instructions to factories as well as scheduling and tracking prototype development.
TRAINING AIDS, DEVICES, SIMULATORS & SIMULATIONS
• Established a multimedia lab to develop multi-lingual Computer Based Training (CBT), training aids, maintenance instructions, technical manuals, and marketing material.
• Generated requirements for and worked with system engineers, subject matter experts, and manufacturers to develop the first fully embedded gunnery simulator for an armored vehicle. • Performed duties of Technical Lead for development of various desktop and full scale gunnery simulators.
SKILLS
DESIGN & ENGINEERING
Conceptual Design / Product Development / Project Management / Problem Solving / CAD / Rapid Prototype / Tooling Design 3D VISUALIZATION
Augmented & Virtual Reality / 3D Modeling / Rendering / Simulations / Simulators / User Interface Design 3D CAD SOFTWARE
CREO / Inventor / AutoCAD / Modo / Maya / Rhino / 3Ds Max / SolidWorks / Pro-E / SketchUp / 3DVIA Composer / Unity 2D GRAPHICS SOFTWARE
Adobe Suite / Photoshop / Illustrator / Final Cut / After Effects / Director/ Powerpoint / Keynote / Prezi
WORK HISTORY
Raytheon Vision Systems, Goleta, CA • 2017 - Present
Mechanical Engineering Consultant
Mechanical engineer supporting Raytheon Vision Systems’ rapid prototyping and tooling design group. Responsible for developing components for in-house augmented reality project. Designed precision tooling to support various manufacturing processes and contracts. Familiar with Raytheon’s rapid development design process and CREO design tools.
Moxi, Santa Barbara, CA • 2016 - Present
Exhibits & Facilities Engineer
Lead mechanical engineer supporting and enhancing over 40 mechanical and electromechanical exhibits. Troubleshoot exhibits, determine root cause, and develop new solutions to ensure safety and enhance functionality. Design and develop new interactive exhibits that are robust, safe and meet the learning objectives.
INTERACTA INC, Santa Barbara, CA • 2014 - Present
3D Visualization Specialist
3D Visualization consulting for developing virtual and augmented reality solutions. Develop 3D models, renderings, photo simulations, and interactive applications for a variety of industries including architecture, engineering, environmental studies, and consumer products.
JANUS ET CIE, Carpinteria, CA • 2011 - 2014 (Product Development Moved to Singapore) Product Engineer
Designed and developed premier luxury outdoor furniture manufactured in Asia. Products included tables, chairs, sofa, chaises, and daybeds.
INTERACTA INC, Santa Barbara, CA • 2006 - 2011
3D Visualization Specialist
3D Visualization consulting for developing virtual and augmented reality solutions. Developed 3D models, renderings, photo simulations, and interactive applications for a variety of industries including architecture, engineering, environmental studies, and consumer products.
GENERAL DYNAMICS LAND SYSTEMS, Goleta, CA • 2004 - 2006 (Plant Closure) Senior Design Engineer / Research & Development Lead
Created Training Aids, Devices, Simulators & Simulations for military products.
Led a small research and development team to create augmented reality and virtual reality tools for engineering analysis, training instructions and maintenance procedures.
GM DEFENSE, Goleta, CA • 1994 - 2004
Senior Design Engineer
Developed mechanical and electronic packaging components for military vehicles and training equipment.
DELCO ELECTRONICS, Goleta, CA • 1987 - 1994
Project Engineer & Product Manager
Managed and developed mechanical assemblies and electronic packaging for automotive, space and avionic industries.
EDUCATION
CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY - San Luis Obispo Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering
1 Ms. Church has 16 years of experience conducting hydrogeologic, geologic, geochemical, and hazardous waste investigations. Ms. Church has supervised all aspects of environmental assessment investigations including Initial Site Assessments (ISAs), aerially deposited lead (ADL) surveys, drilling soil borings, installing groundwater monitoring wells, oversight of Underground Storage Tank (UST) removals and associated remedial excavations. She has managed numerous Phase I and Phase II site assessments, as well as the design, installation, operation and maintenance of various soil/groundwater remediation systems utilizing vapor extraction and multiple phase extraction. Ms. Church has utilized Risk Based Corrective Action to achieve regulatory closure with in-place soil and groundwater contamination. Experience SR-138 Improvements Project, Palmdale, CA. Project Manager and principal investigator of an Initial Site Assessment (ISA) and Aerially Deposited Lead (ADL)/Phase II Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) for the SR-138 (5th Street East to 10th Street East) Improvements Project in the City of Palmdale. EXPO Phase 2, LACMTA, Los Angeles, CA. Project Manager of Phase I ESA and concurrent baseline Phase II ESA and aerially deposited lead (ADL) survey. Foothill Gold Line Extension, LACMTA, Pasadena to Montclair, CA. Field Geologist for Phase II ESA of properties identified in Phase I with potential impact to proposed construction. Crenshaw-Prairie Transit Corridor Project, Los Angeles, CA. Project Manager and Principal Investigator for an 8-mile corridor though a heavily commercial and industrial area near Los Angeles International Airport. The Phase I was completed on schedule and within budget and included appropriate recommendations for additional investigation prior to construction activities. In addition, a CERCLA-compliant Environmental Impact Report (EIR) Hazardous Materials section was prepared for the project area. MTA Gold Line Foothill Extension, Santa Anita Underpass, Arcadia, CA. Principal Investigator for an ISA for the construction of a new Santa Anita Underpass at the SR-210 Freeway, in order to connect to the existing tracks in the median between the east and westbound lanes. Ms. Church completed the site inspection, evaluated a regulatory database report, and reviewed Leighton's previous Phase I and Phase II ESA documents of the 24-mile alignment for the Gold Line Foothill Extension.
Meredith Church, PG Associate Geologist, Leighton Consulting, Inc.
REGISTRATION CA/Geologist /#8326 EDUCATION 2003/MS/Geology/Loma Linda University 1996/ Biology/Southwestern University, Georgetown CERTIFICATIONS CFR 1910.120 OSHA 40-Hour Training CFR 1910.120 OSHA 8-Hour Refresher Training CFR 1910.120 OSHA 8-Hour Supervisor Training CPR AED First Aid Confined Space Entry Respirator Fit Test EXPERIENCE 14 Years with firm, 16 total number of years Presenter, Structure Main
1 Mr. Sconiers has 10 years of professional environmental consulting experience conducting site assessments, investigations, and remediation projects. Mr. Sconiers has been involved in numerous projects across Southern California with impacts to soil, soil vapor, and groundwater by total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH), volatile organic compounds (VOCs), organochlorine pesticides (OCPs), and metals at oil refineries, residential developments, agricultural sites, commercial properties, and municipal facilities. Mr. Sconiers has managed Phase I and Phase II site assessments, managed field operations on petroleum hydrocarbon and VOC remediation projects, and has experience in groundwater well installation, groundwater monitoring and sampling, light aqueous-phase liquid (LNAPL) removal, and environmental soil drilling for soil investigations and soil vapor surveys. Experience Indoor Environmental Sampling Assessment, LACDPH, Aliso Canyon Natural Gas Incident, Porter Ranch Community, Los Angeles, CA. Field Geologist to evaluate for contaminants including TPH, VOCs, and metals in residential indoor environments in Porter Ranch residences potentially affected by the Aliso Canyon natural gas leak at Well SS-25. On-Call Environmental Services for Los Angeles County, Chief Executive Office, Groundwater Monitoring Program, Barry J. Nidorf Juvenile Hall, Sylmar, CA. Field Geologist for groundwater monitoring stemming from a TPH release from a former underground storage tank (UST) at the facility. Between 2010 and 2018, groundwater monitoring and sampling was conducted on weekly, monthly, quarterly, and biannual schedules to assess for TPH and VOCs in groundwater. NPDES Groundwater Sampling and Analyses, Proposed Phase II Improvements, Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Campus, Agoura Hills, CA. Project Manager for NPDES groundwater sampling and reporting for client to conduct offsite discharge to storm drains of groundwater encountered during and after construction of proposed office building and subterranean parking structures. Phase II and TPH-Affected Soil Remediation, 468-Acre Harvest at Limoneira Residential Development, Santa Paula, CA. Project Geologist for multiple soil investigations and remediation of approximately 5,734 tons of non-hazardous waste soil and 380 tons of California-hazardous waste soil affected by OCPs, lead, and TPH from agricultural structures and residential buildings at the site prior to demolition. Work was conducted under Cal-EPA Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) oversight, and the DTSC issued a No Further Action approval following their review of Leighton’s 2017 Preliminary Environmental Assessment report for the site.
Wallace Sconiers, Jr., PG Project Geologist, Leighton Consulting, Inc.
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805.350.1326 [email protected] Santa Barbara County Fire Marshal, (Retired) [email protected] 805.350.1326 Steve Oaks began his career in the fire service on a Hotshot crew in 1982. He joined the Santa Barbara County Fire Department as a firefighter in 1987 and promoted through the ranks from Engineer, Captain, Battalion Chief, and Division Chief. Steve served as the Air & Wildland Special Operations Chief in charge of Air Support, Fire Crews and Dozer sections. He retired as the Santa Barbara County Fire Marshal and a Division Chief with experience in operational strategic planning, fire protection planning, project management, policy development, political problem solving, and team building. Steve has extensive operational experience with numerous incidents over the last 32 years. He has been assigned with federal, state, and local incident management teams to many complex, all-hazard incidents including Hurricane Florence, Montecito Debris Flow, Refugio Oil Spill, Thomas, Whittier, Rey, Sherpa, Rucker, and Holiday wildfires within the last few years. Steve serves on NFPA Technical Committees for Wildland Fire Management (WFM-AAA) and Wildland and Rural Fire Protection (WRP-AAA). Additionally, he served at the State level as a member of the FireScope Operations Team. He is a member of the International Arson Investigators Association, the California Fire Chief’s Association, and California Fire Prevention Officers Association. Additionally, he has numerous National and State qualifications such as Incident Commander, Plans Section Chief, Operations Section Chief, Liaison Officer, Division/Group Supervisor, Strike Team Leader, Task Force Leader, Hazardous Materials Technician/Specialist, and California PC 830.37 Peace Officer/Investigator. Steve holds a bachelor’s degree in Psychology from UCSB and post-graduate work in Organizational Leadership from Cal Baptist University. He has been involved in fire protection planning as author, peer reviewer, and instructor/presenter. Steve is currently a private consultant specializing in finding fire protection solutions that work for regulators and developers alike. Some Current Projects Dudek - Natural Resource Management/Fire Protection Planning (contact: Mike Huff) Working with Mike Huff and others to update the Community Wildfire Protection Plan for Santa Barbara City. West Hills Crest (contact: Michael Naim) Fire Protection Plan Development and Review, Fire Department Liaison, Community liaison for fire issues involving a planned development of 25 homes in the West Hills area. Development in Ojai area for camping and special events (contact: Richard Murad) Fire Department Liaison, Shelter-in-Place building standards development, Evacuation options, fire protection planning. Waste management company in southern California Fire protection assessment of fire risks and recommendations for current operations.
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