Statement of Qualifications
ON-CALL ENVIRONMENTAL
PLANNING SERVICES
February 25, 2020
SUBMITTED BY
SWCA Environmental Consultants
51 W. Dayton Street
Pasadena, CA 91105
Proposal to Provide
ON-CALL ENVIRONMENTAL
PLANNING SERVICES TO
THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA
(RFP #PL-19-20-14)
RESPONSE FILE
SUBMITTED TO
Melody Bartlette
Purchasing Contact
City of Santa Clarita
(661) 255-4918
February 25, 2020
Ms. Melody Bartlette
City of Santa Clarita
23920 Valencia Blvd.
Santa Clarita, CA 91335-2196
Re: City of Santa Clarita On-Call Environmental Planning Services / RFP No. PL-19-20-14 Dear Ms. Bartlette:
SWCA Environmental Consultants (SWCA)—a 100% employee -owned corporation—is pleased to submit our proposal to the City of Santa Clarita (City) Community Development Department to provide On-Call Environmental Planning Services.
SWCA’s project team is highly experienced and well -prepared to assist the City in meeting its environmental and regulatory challenges. We understand that the City’s robust housing construction market and growing population needs cost-effective, efficient, and legally defensible solutions to preserve unique local environmental resources and maintain the quality of life for its residents.
Our team will deliver the comprehensive set of skills required to provide decision makers with unbiased and technically sound environmental documents that allow for the informed implementation of development projects in established cities, such as Santa Clarita, that are growing through both infill development and continued annexation. This development scenario requires the knowledgeable evaluation of a broader range of environmental issues than is needed in built-out cities that grow only through urban in-fill development. Our experience in this realm is derived from our existing projects in the City, as well as through our on-call contracts with cities and counties undergoing similar growth patterns, including the cities of San Luis Obispo, Paso Robles, Adelanto, and Thousand Oaks. We will also apply our relevant expertise from our on-call contracts with Southern California Edison, the City of Los Angeles Bureau of Engineering, the Port of Los Angeles, and the Metropolitan Water District. Under these on-call contracts, our team has successfully managed, prepared, or supported the environmental documents for a range of project types that are likely under this On-Call Environmental Planning Services contract, including specific plans that propose greenfield development and land annexation, the preparation and update of effective general and specific plans, subdivision and tract maps, capital infrastructure projects to accommodate planned and projected growth patterns, and urban infill projects in developed areas.
SWCA will provide the City with the complete suite of environmental planning services requested by RFP No. PL-19-20-14:
• Technical Reports and Peer Review. Our team can prepare, guide, and peer review the full suite of technical studies required to support the environmental clearance process. Our local Pasadena staff of more than 120 environmental professionals will provide the City with the flexibility , capability, and capacity to complete multiple simultaneous task orders for projects of almost any type. We propose to prepare technical studies to support the City, including, but not limited to:
aesthetics analysis, shade/shadow models, and photo-simulations; air quality, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and odor assessments; biological resources evaluations; energy studies;
health risk assessments; historic resource evaluations; archaeological and paleontological investigations; geotechnical investigations; hazardous materials investigation (including environmental site assessments); hydrology and water quality studies; noise and groundborne vibration studies; public services impacts analysis; transportation and traffic studies; utilities and service systems impacts assessments; and wildfire risk assessments. Our staff have led California Environmental Quality Act ( CEQA) sessions at CEQA workshops, conferences, and university college classes, and we are available to provide similar training to City staff.
To provide this comprehensive suite of services, we have supplemented our extensive team of in-house specialists with a tailored group of trusted subconsultants. We have teamed with Ambient Air Quality & Noise (Ambient), who has been providing technical studies in the fields of air quality, GHG emissions, health risk assessment, energy use, and noise and groundborne vibration for over 28 years. We have also called on one of the nation’s most respected engineering firms, Kleinfelder, Inc., to prepare, support, and peer review studies pertaining to geotechnical resources, hazards and hazardous materials, hydrology and water qual ity, and utilities and service systems . We have tapped our frequent and extremely competent teaming partner, Kittelson & Associates, Inc, to support, guide, prepare, and peer review transportation and traffic impact studies. Lastly, we have supplemented our internal team of biological resources specialists (already one of the most robust in California) with Compliance Biology, Inc., led by Owner and Principal Biologist Dave Crawford, a biologist with decades of local experience working throughout the Santa Clarita Valley.
• Environmental Documents. For over 20 years, SWCA’s environmental planning practice has been a statewide leader in the preparation of CEQA and National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) documents, and their supporting technical studies. Continuing our established reputation for quality, our project managers, environmental planners, and technical specialists will provide the City with cost -effective, legally defensible, and innovative CEQA documents, supporting technical studies, Notices, Findings, Statements of Overriding Considerations , and Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Programs (MMRPs) for the range of project types expected under this On-Call Environmental Planning Services contract. As a full-service environmental consulting firm with one of our largest offices in Pasadena, California, SWCA provides the entire suite of CEQA documents that may be requested by the City, including Categorical Exemptions (CEs), Sustainable Communities Environmental Assessments (SCEAs), Initial Studies (IS s), Negative Declarations/Mitigated Negative Declarations (NDs/MNDs), and Environmental Impact Reports (EIRs), as well as Addenda and Supplemental CEQA documents that tier off these documents.
If requested, SWCA’s team will provide the City with qualified project managers, environmental planners, and technical specialists to support City staff at public outreach and community meetings, neighborhood groups, and community stakeholders, or at public hearings before the Planning Commission and/or the City Council, including through the provision of expert testimony. • Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting. When required by a project’s CEQA document, S WCA will prepare an effective MMRP for the project in compliance with Section 21081.6 of the California Public Resources Code. For ease of use, t he MMRP will be prepared in a matrix format , will provide the timing and entity responsible for each mitigation measure, and will include the City department or individual responsible for verification that the mitigation measure has been implemented. SWCA’s Natural Resource Group can provide biologist s to protect and monitor open space and sensitive resources during project design and build-out and implement required sensitive species, habitat restoration, and open space monitoring mitigation measures required in project-specific MMRP s. Similarly, our Cultural Resources Group can provide qualified archaeologists and paleontologists to monitor ground-disturbing activities in sensitive areas and keep project construction on track and in compliance with applicable regulations.
• Expertise Providing Lead Agency Support for On-Call Services. SWCA has a proven ability and reputation for preparing thorough, ac curate, objective, and legally defensible CEQA and NEPA documents. Using knowledge gained from our existing on-call contracts where we serve as an extension of city staff and oversee the preparation of environmental documents, SWCA will provide City staff with guidance and strategic input to determine the appropriate CEQA document, recommend the proper supporting technical studies and methodology of analysis, and develop uniquely strategic, cost-effective, and efficient solutions for the preparation of legally defensible documents. These efforts will help streamline analyses, reduce entitlement costs, and improve legal defensibility. When requested, we will also serve as the point of contact for coordination with other agencies, such as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ( USACE), California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW), State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO), and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS).
Work provided under this contract will be managed out of our Pasadena office at 51 West Dayton Street, Pasadena, California, 91105, allowing us to act as an extension of City staff and quickly respond to project needs. Our local Pasadena staff will be supported by our San Luis Obispo, San Diego, San Francisco, Half Moon Bay, and Sacramento offices, when justified by the circumstances of a task order.
John Dietler , Ph.D., SWCA’s Southern California Vice President and a Registered Professional Archaeologist (RPA), will serve as the Principal -in-Charge of this On -Call Environmental Planning Services contract and will be responsible for ensuring that SWCA’s resources are available to the City for ongoing task orders . Dr. Dietler brings more than 23 years of experience as an environmental consultant and has successfully managed numerous large on-call contracts for public and private clients.
Shawn Gaver, M.A., Senior Project Manager and Environmental Planner, will serve as Program Manager and day-to-day point of contact for ongoing task orders. Mr. Gaver brings 18 years of project experience on over 40 individual CEQA documents for a range of projects throughout California a nd is serving as SWCA’s contract manager for our recently awarded on-call environmental service contracts with the Cities of South Pasadena and Adelanto, as well as for our Environmental On-Call Rotation List with the City, County, and Port of San Diego. Dr. Dietler is authorized to represent SWCA in the development of project scopes and project terms. Dr. Dietler and Mr. Gaver will always be available to City staff.
CONTACT INFORMATION FOR KEY PERSONNEL
NAME ROLE CONTACT INFORMATION
John Dietler, Ph.D., RPA Principal-in-Charge [email protected] / 626.489.4068 Shawn Gaver, M.A. Program Manager [email protected] / 626.274.6051
We look forward to providing excellent consulting services in the years to come as the City plans for its future and processes a backlog of entitlement applications . SWCA’s technical expertise, operational capacity, regional experience, regulatory understanding, and commitment to quality set us apart from other firms and make the SWCA team the best choice to provide responsive, cost -effective on -call environmental consulting services. If you have questions, please feel free to contact us.
Sincerely,
Shawn M. Gaver, M.A. John Dietler, Ph.D.
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CONTENTS
QUALIFICATIONS .......................................................................................................................... 1 Firm Background ..................................................................................................................................................... 1 Areas of Specializations .......................................................................................................................................... 2 PROJECT EXPERIENCE .............................................................................................................. 14 SWCA Relevant Project Experience ..................................................................................................................... 14 Subconsultant Relevant Project Experience ....................................................................................................... 26 REFERENCES .............................................................................................................................. 31 PROGRAM MANAGEMENT & QA/QC ......................................................................................... 32 Program Management ........................................................................................................................................... 32 Quality Assurance/Quality Control ...................................................................................................................... 38 PERSONNEL, EQUIPMENT & FACILITIES ................................................................................. 40 Organization and Personnel ................................................................................................................................. 40 Equipment and Facilities ....................................................................................................................................... 53 SUBCONSULTANTS .................................................................................................................... 56 APPENDIX A: RESUMES ............................................................................................................. 58
FIGURES
Figure 1. Project Team Organization Chart ......................................................................................................... 41 TABLES
Table 1. Proposed Staff Table. .............................................................................................................................. 45 Table 2. Qualifications and Roles of Subconsultants ........................................................................................ 56
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QUALIFICATIONS
FIRM BACKGROUND
SWCA Environmental Consultants (SWCA) provides the full spectrum of environmental services to complete C alifornia Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) documentation, biological and cultural resources management, permitting, regulatory compliance, geographic information systems (GIS), technical peer review, and contract environmental review services for lead agencies. We combine scientific expertise with in -depth knowledge of planning, permitting, and compliance protocols to achieve technically accurate and cost-effective solutions.
Since our founding in 1981, SWCA has grown into a mature firm with more than 1,200 employees in 36 offices nationwide. SWCA maintains fully staffed offices in Pasadena, San Luis Obispo, San Diego, San Francisco, Sacramento, and Half Moon Bay, California. Our Pasadena office is one of the firm’s largest, staffing more than 120 environmental professionals.
SWCA offers a highly qualified team with the size and stability of a larger company combined with the focus and responsiveness of a locally based boutique firm. SWCA specializes in projects of all sizes throughout California. We apply our motto “ Sound Science, Creative Solutions” to each of our projects, producing defensible technical results that ensure project success.
PASADENA OFFICE
S-CORPORATION
TAX ID NO. 86-0483317
51 West Dayton Street
Pasadena, California 91105
Point of Contact: Shawn Gaver
[email protected]
T: 626.274.6051
CALIFORNIA LOCATIONS
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Our team includes all levels of professionals required to provide the City of Santa Clarita (City) with all four services requested by RFP No. PL-19- 20-14 for the Provision of On -Call Environmental Planning Services (Technical Reports and Peer Review, Environmental Documents, Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting, and Expertise) . Our team proposes to provide the City with the full suite of service s requested by this RFP. There are no requested services in the RFP that our team cannot provide, making us a “one-stop shop” for the provision of On-Call Environmental Planning Services.
Our technical capabilities are further supported by highly experienced project management and regulatory experts, an integrated quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC) process, a well -developed GIS and graphics program, and highly skilled technical editors , resulting in polished and professional work products.
AREAS OF SPECIALIZATIONS
SWCA is one of the largest environmental consulting firms in the United States focused solely on environmental science and documentation. SWCA offers local expertise and can rapidly pool resources from our California offices as needed to efficiently provide the City with the full suite of requested services , from project inception to completion.
CEQA COMPLIANCE
SWCA’s primary area of expertise in California is providing CEQA documentation. SWCA is known for preparing objective, technically sound, legally defensible, and clearly written environmental documents to enable approval and timely implementation of both public and private projects. SWCA’s Pasadena office will live up to our reputation and apply high level of competency in producing quality deliverables and preparing all levels of CEQA documents and supporting technical studies , from Categorical Exemptions (CEs), Sustainable Communities Environmental Assessments (SCEAs), Initial Studies (IS), and Negative Declarations/Mitigated Negative Declarations (NDs/MNDs) to full Environmental Impact Reports (EIRs) , as well as Addenda and Supplemental CEQA documents that tier off these documents.
Our experienced planners have completed hundreds of top-shelf, legally defensible CEQA documents for a wide range of projects in a variety of jurisdictions throughout California, including on-call services for the City and Port of Los Angeles; the Ventura Port District; the City, County, and Port of San Diego; the City and County of San Francisco; and the cities of San Luis Obispo, Paso Robles, South San Francisco, South Pasadena, Adelanto,
Vallejo, Thousand Oaks, and Half Moon Bay. We also hold on- call service agreements with utilities including the City of Los Angeles Bureau of Engineering, the Port of Los Angeles, Los Angeles Metropolitan Wastewater District, and Southern
California Edison.
SWCA was named one of the Top 10 Pure
Environmental Firms by Engineering News
Record in 2019 and has won three
Association of Environmental Professionals
(AEP) “Outstanding Environmental
Document” awards.
20 States
36 Offices
6 California
Offices
1,200
Staff
Nationwide
52+
California
Env.
Planners
and PMs
High-level staff
are supported
by a deep bench
of highly-
qualified mid-
and junior-level
staff, providing
cost savings
119+
Biologists
10+ Yrs
Exp.
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Our professionals have completed projects of all types and sizes, including subdivision and tract maps; general, specific, and area plans (including those that support annexation); residential, commercial, retail, office, mixed- use, and industrial land development applications; capital improvement projects for transportation, electricity transmission, water, and infrastructure projects; public works capital improvement projects; wineries; parks and open space; cannabis operations; water resources; telecommunication projects; energy production and distribution; transportation; pipelines, fiber -optic cables , and other linear projects; landfills; community wildfire protection plans; and natural resources management plans.
SWCA strives to identify and focus on key issues to ensure CEQA documentation is not overly complicated or lengthy. Our analysis for non -critical (and non -controversial) issues will identify substantial evidence to ensure legal defensibility but will be presented in a concise and summarized manner. Critical issue areas will be supported by technical reports and documentation, as necessary to adequately address the issue.
SWCA will identify any significant unavoidable adverse impacts at the earliest possible time to allow City staff, as the lead agency, and the applicant, as appropriate, time to re-evaluate the project internally and make a determination to either work on a modified project design or elevate the level of review to an EIR. We often assist lead agencies through this process, to determine the most efficient way to avoid significant impacts, if feasible. We will coordinate closely with the City staff (and applicant, if directed to do so by the City ) to ensure mitigation measures, verification methods, and timing are appropriately aligned with the City’s processes.
NEPA COMPLIANCE
Although not requested by the RFP, SWCA can apply our expertise in NEPA compliance and review to prepare NEPA documentation or training seminars for the City . We have completed joint CEQA/NEPA documents, “CEQA-Plus”, and stand-alone NEPA documents for local jurisdictions receiving funding from federal agencies. Our California offices have completed dozens of NEPA documents for the same project types as addressed by CEQA. In addition, SWCA staff have experience preparing complex NEPA reviews for federal land agencies such as the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Forest Service (USFS), U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the Department of Defense in California. Near the City, SWCA is currently assisting the USFS with NEPA documentation and implementation of habitat restoration projects at five locations along the San Francisquito Canyon Creek in the Angeles National Forest.
SWCA IDENTIFIES AND
COMMUNICATES SIGNIFICANT
UNAVOIDABLE ADVERSE IMPACTS
AT THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE TIME,
TO ALLOW FOR PROJECT DESIGN
RE-EVALUATION.
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CEQA AND NEPA PEER REVIEW
SWCA has a proven ability and reputation for preparing
thorough, accurate, objective, and legally defensible CEQA and NEPA documents. As a result, we are frequently called upon by city attorneys, legal counsel of private developers, and senior planning staff to peer review and offer guidance on the accuracy, readability, and CEQA/NEPA compliance of
documents prepared by other consultants and technical experts.
For ex ample, at the recent request of a Northern California county’s legal counsel, SWCA is conducting peer review of the CEQA and NEPA documentation for the Klamath Dam
decommissioning project, along with technical studies. The project is highly contentious and technically difficult due to the varied interests of local landowners, conservationists, hydroelectric facility operators, and a variety of federal, state, and local agencies. We also recently completed peer review of an MND related to a ferry landing on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay.
SWCA also holds several contracts to comprehensively administer the CEQA process for agencies, including preparing staff reports and presentations , and prepar ing and implement ing mitigation monitoring and reporting programs (MMRPs). For instance, several of our planners currently serve in the contract planner role under our On-Call Planning and Environmental Review Contract with the City of San Luis Obispo and on our On-Call Contract to provide On-Call Planning Support to the City of Paso Robles. We will call on this experience to provide the City with peer review, guidance, options, opinions, and strategies related to environmental issues for task orders under this contract.
TECHNICAL STUDIES AND ANALYSES
In addition to preparing CEQA and NEPA documents, SWCA and our subconsultants will be available to provide stand-alone technical studies required to support the environmental review process. Depending on the needs of each task order request, our team will provide studies for a range of technical specialties, including but not limited to those discussed below. With more than 120 technical specialists in our Pasadena office, we will provide the City with one of the most robust technical teams in the region.
The technical studies completed for this on-call contract will be prepared in accordance with the methodology and Thresholds of S ignificance defined in Appendix G of the State CEQA Guidelines , the City, and any applicable regional agencies, such as the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG), the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD), and the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board (LARWQCB).
SWCA recognizes that utilizing existing information to the max imum extent feasible, including technical reports previously prepared for a proposed project or other similar or adjacent projects, can save time and reduce costs. It is also important that the methodology and results used to prepare prior reports are valid and can be incorporated into a project -specific CEQA document. As early in the process as possible, SWCA technical staff, or subconsultants, review technical reports and, after discussing issues with various resource agencies involved, identify any deficiencies. Performing this step early in the process allows the project team to ensure that technical issues would not unnecessarily delay the preparation of the CEQA document.
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AESTHETICS ANALYSIS, SHADE/SHADOW MODELING, AND VISUAL SIMULATIONS The SWCA visual resources team consists of graphics, GIS, and computer modeling specialists; landscape architecture and environmental planning specialists; and field specialists familiar with preparing and document ing visual character analyses, assessing shade/shadow impacts, and preparing project “mock- ups” and photosimulations for consideration by decision makers and interested parties. Through the strategic selection of key viewpoints and preparation of precise, calibrated visual models, our high- resolution graphics, shade/shadow figures, and photosimulations are frequently praised for their ease of use when informing design revisions or developing mitigation measures.
When requested by the City, SWCA will prepare photo-realistic visualizations that provide realistic views of a proposed project in its environmental setting. These visualizations will illustrate potential visual impacts, guide the mitigation development process, and can be revised to illustrate mitigation application and visual impact reductions. The SWCA visual team has worked on all levels of projects, from small public art installations to large -scale projects affecting the viewshed of broad landscapes. Our visual resource experience has been applied to inventory, feasibility, pre- construction, construction and operation, post - construction, maintenance, and reclamation/rehabilitation projects.
SWCA’s graphics and GIS specialists are also adept at preparing shade and shadow analyses to evaluate the shading impacts of a proposed project on nearby sensitive receptors. Our specialists utilize the latest software, such as AutoCAD
®, to build spatially accurate, 3D models of a project’s proposed structures. This model is then used to estimate the shadows that will be cast at specific times in the future beyond the date of a project’s completion. Our graphics team typically then prepares maps of the project site and nearby receptors, with each map detailing the simulated shadows in the morning, noon, and afternoon of the Summer Solstice, Winter Solstice, and Fall/Spring Equinox.
AIR QUALITY/GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENTS, AND
ENERGY USE AND CONSERVATION IMPACT ASSESSMENTS
We have teamed with Ambient Air Quality & Noise (A mbient)—a firm with over 28 years of specializing only in the provision of air quality, GHG, energy, and noise and groundborne vibration analyses—to prepare Air Quality and Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions Studies, Health Risk Assessments (HRA), and Energy Use and Conservation Impact Assessments.
Ambient was founded in 2004 by Mr. Kurt Legleiter , who has over 25 years of experience related to the assessment of air quality, GHG emissions, energy use, environmental noise, and groundborne vibration impacts. A mbient maintains a working knowledge of federal, state, and local regulatory requirements, including those required by the FTA , FHWA, and Cal ifornia Department of Transportation (Caltrans). Ambient provides a broad range of services, with emphasis on providing analytical support and documentation for projects subject to CEQA and NEPA requirements. Additional services include regulatory and code compliance investigations, emissions modeling, barrier feasibility analyses, ambient noise and vibration monitoring, and land use compatibility determinations.
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By calling upon a subconsultant that specializes only in these resource areas, out team offers the City a technically sound and cost -effective solution for these technical studies, either i n support of a CEQA document or as a stand-alone technical report.
For the preparation of Air Quality and GHG Emissions Studies, existing conditions and applicable air quality regulatory framework, standards, and significance thresholds will be discussed. The analysis of air quality impacts will be conducted in accordance with SCAQMD’s recommended guidance. Accordingly, emissions of criteria air pollutants and GHGs will be quantified using the latest version of the California Emissions Estimator Model (CalEEMod) computer software. Localized air quality impacts, including emissions of toxic air contaminants (TACs) and odors, will be assessed in accordance with SCAQMD’s recommended methodologies. Air quality and GHG impacts will be compared with applicable SCAQMD -recommended significance thresholds for determination of significance. A list of mitigation measures wil l be prepared for any impacts found to be significant or potentially significant. The effectiveness of proposed mitigation measures will be evaluated and discussed. When warranted by an individual task order , particularly for a project that proposes sensit ive uses adjacent to a freeway, our team will prepare a precise and comprehensive HRA based on SCAQMD and City guidelines that models health impacts associated with the emission of TACs and airborne carcinogens to establish a project’s carcinogenic and non- carcinogenic chronic air quality health effects.
For Energy Use and Conservation Impact Assessments, Ambient will describe existing conditions, including the applicable regulatory framework pertaining to energy conservation and energy suppliers for the pr oject area. Energy use associated with short -term construction and long- term operational activities will be quantified, to the extent possible. To the extent applicable, construction-related energy use will be quantified based, in part, on equipment fuel usage rates to be derived from the CalEEMod computer program and on- road mobile-source fuel usage rates derived from the EMFAC computer program. Energy use associated with long-term operational activities, including use of electricity, natural gas, and fuel s, will be quantified based on project-specific information and data derived from the CalEEMod and EMFAC computer programs.
Project consistency with applicable energy conservation plans will be discussed. Mitigation measures will be identified for potentially significant impacts. The effectiveness of proposed mitigation measures will be evaluated and discussed.
If prepared to support a CEQA document, these technical studies will be included as an appendix to the CEQA document.
BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES ANALYSIS
Under this On-Call Environmental Planning Services contract , SWCA will provide the City with access to one of the most prominent biological resources teams in southern California. This team includes wildlife biologists, botanists, restoration ecologists, endangered species specialists, arborists and jurisdictional wetland and regulatory permitting experts respected by natural resource agency personnel. The team’s combined knowledge and ability to draw on shared knowledge results in one of the most informed and efficient teams in the field.
Our large regional team of over 64 natural resource specialists allows SWCA to rapidly assemble a qualified team and complete extensive field surveys on accelerated timelines , to cover surveys of large planning areas, specific plans, and subdivision sites that must be completed within a limited blooming, nesting, or migration season. We routinely leverage this staff-power to accelerate schedules, and
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often are called upon by other firms when their teams are not sufficient to complete large survey efforts in a timely manner.
In response to Section 6.4, Expertise, of the RFP, SWCA’s biologists will provide the expertise to help the City comply with the federal Endangered Species Act (ESA) and California Endangered Species Act (CESA), Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA), Clean Water Act (CWA) Sections 404/401, habitat conservation plans, natural community conservation plans, and state and local native oak tree protection ordinances. When requested, SWCA biologists will also prepare biological evaluations and habitat assessments, including wetland
delineations; prepare biological impact analyses for CEQA; and consult with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) pursuant to ESA and CESA, respectively. Our extensive experience can be utilized by the City to ensure the successful design of right-sized mitigation. Our staff is highly experienced in ensuring mitigation implementation and compliance through on-site monitoring.
SWCA will provide comprehensive consultation services to help the City avoid, minimize, or mitigate impacts to sensitive resources and will work with City staff and engineers to help streamline the environmental review process. For projects that may impact natural resources, SWCA will review databases and literature relevant to the project. If warranted by the existing data review, we will conduct a field survey to document and verify the existing biological conditions.
To bolster our own in-house team, SWCA has called on Compliance Biology, Inc., led by Mr. Dave Crawford, a Principal Biologist with 25 years of local experience, and Mr. Ron Francis, Jr., who has 18 years of local experience.
Both have routinely provided regular services to the City, including preparing environmental documents and conducting biological studies, construction monitoring, habitat restoration, and mitigation monitoring. Compliance Biology has extensive experience in the City conducting surveys for California gnatcatcher, arroyo toad, California red- legged frog, western spadefoot toad, least Bell’s vireo , and unarmored three-spine stickleback. Mr. Crawford and Mr. Francis recently managed and conducted the biological regulatory compliance for the City’s Newhall Ranch Road Bridge Widening Project . Compliance Biology will provide our team with additional strategic guidance on complex biological issues, assist SWCA biologists with wildlife field surveys, and provide peer review of biological technical reports prepared by our team and others.
Regulatory Permitting
Also in response to Section 6.4, Expertise , of the RFP, SWCA planners and biologists will call upon their considerable experience coordinating with federal, state, and local regulatory agency staff to assist the City with compliance and consistency with environmental requirements, including those of the USFWS, US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), CDFW, and LA RWQCB.
SWCA staff have secured hundreds of regulatory approvals pursuant to the CWA Section 404/401 and Section 1600 of the California Fish and Game Code, including jurisdictional waters and wetlands delineation, USACE Nationwide Permit preconstruction
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notifications, RWQCB Section 401 water quality certification applications, habitat mitigation and monitoring plans, and Section 404(b)(1) alternatives analyses. Our staff are also experts in developing restoration and mitigation plans associated with Lake or Streambed Alteration Agreement (LSAA) permitting, as well as implementing stream diversion plans and planning and implementing habitat restoration and monitoring.
SWCA staff have prepared numerous Joint Aquatic Resource Permit Applications to simplify the permit process for projects in or near aquatic environments and wetlands. Our staff are experienced with ESA Section 7 formal and informal consulta tions, ESA Section 10 Habitat Conservation Plans preparation, and Incidental Take Permits application preparation under Section 2081 of the California Fish and Game Code.
Stormwater permitting is another area of SWCA expertise. If surveys or literature in dicate the presence of waters under USACE and/or CDFW jurisdiction, SWCA’s can readily respond to City requests to conduct a jurisdictional delineation and prepare a jurisdictional delineation report for use in permitting under CWA Sections 401 and 404, as well as California Fish and Game Code Section 1602. We will also provide sound advice and assistance to the City to facilitate NEPA, ESA, and National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) compliance, often required as part of the Section 404 permitting proces s, as well as wetlands and waters - related permits required by the CDFW. SWCA staff will also prepare CDFW Section 1600 Notifications of LSAA that include evaluation of and permitting for impacts to stream features and will provide the necessary support and expertise to comply with ESA Sections 7 and 10.
CULTURAL, HISTORIC, ARCHAEOLOGICAL, AND PALEONTOLOGICAL RESOURCES
ANALYSIS
With this On -Call Environmental Planning Services contract , SWCA offers the City access to one of the largest cultural resource management programs in the nation. We draw upon a diverse and experienced staff who can help clients comply with a wide range of federal, state, and local regulations, including NEPA and CEQA. We specialize in compliance with Sections 106 and 110 of the NHPA, the Archaeological Resources Protection Act of 1979, the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 1990 (NAGPRA), the American Indian Religious Freedom Act of 1978 (AIRFA), and the cultural resources requirements of CEQA and various local agencies. We are also expert in assisting with Senate Bill (SB) 18 and Assembly Bill (AB) 52 consultation with local tribes.
With this On-Call Environmental Planning Services contract, we will provide the City with the following cultural resource management services:
• Cultural resource consulting services, including literature searches, reconnaissance studies, intensive surveys, preservation and treatment plans, memoranda of agreement, archaeological site testing/evaluations, data recovery, construction monitoring, and site preservation for cultural resources;
• Architectural history services, including archival
research; historic resource surveys and assessments;
developing historical contexts, preservation plans, and interpretive plans; National and California State Register nominations; and preparing Historic American Buildings
Survey/Historic American Engineering Record
(HABS/HAER) documentation;
• Applied anthropological services, including consultation with the California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC) and NAHC- listed groups; NHPA Section 106
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consultations; AB 52 consultation with California Native American tribes; NAGPRA consultations to establish tribal affiliations; and AIRFA consultations; and • Paleontological services, including literature-based study of paleontological resources in each project area, field surveys when needed, and review of the most recent geologic mapping as well as the scientific literature to satisfy federal, state, and local regulations regarding paleontological resources.
As with cultural resources, SWCA will draw on extensive research already conducted throughout southern California, minimizing the cost of compiling information on existing paleontological conditions, such as basic geological setting, significant fossil finds in the vicinity, and overall sensitivity.
GEOTEHCNIAL, HAZARDOUS MATERIALS AND SITE ASSESSMENTS, HYDROLOGY AND
WATER STUDIES, & UTILITIES AND SERVICE SYSTEMS
SWCA has teamed with one of the nation’s most respected engineering firms, Kleinfelder, Inc. (Kleinfelder), to conduct Geotechnical Studies (geology and soils), Hazardous Materials and Site Assessments (hazards and hazardous materials), and H ydrology and Water Quality Reports (hydrology and water quality), and Utilities and Service Systems.
Kleinfelder has been connecting great people to the best work since 1961. Their southern California operations include approximately 350 professionals located in six offices. Kleinfelder has extensive experience in providing on-call environmental consulting services to municipalities and preparing CEQA and permitting documents to support both municipal and private development projects. Kleinfelder currently holds current on-call environmental contracts with the City of Los Angeles, including the Department of Public Works, Bureau of Engineering, Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro), Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP), Caltrans, Port of Los Angeles, Port of San Diego, and Los Angeles County. Kleinfelder’s ability to execute multiple projects of various sizes simultaneously, without compromising our quality standards, makes them uniquely qualified to assist SWCA with the provision of on‐call services to the City.
Our team has extensive experience in providing on-call environmental consulting services to municipalities and preparing CEQA and permitting documents to support both municipal and private development projects.
Services integrate the skills and expertise of engineers, geologists, hydrogeologists, hydrologists, scientists and environmental planners who are knowledgeable with the southern California regulatory framework. We offer a variety of environmental engineering services designed to provide technically appropriate and cost - effective solutions, and we prepare legally defensible environmental documents in the manner required by CEQA and the CEQA Guidelines. We find that working closely with a community on a variety of projects over the term of an on-call contract allows us to gain a thorough understanding of local priorities and preferences, which in turn enables us to deliver work products and services highly suited to the community’s needs. The relationships we build with our on‐call clients are ultimately very rewarding as a result.
When beneficial to the environmental clearance process , Kleinfelder will provide the City with turnkey services, from Geotechnical Studies, Phase I Environmental Site Assessments, remedial investigations, and feasibility studies through regulatory assistance and permitting, economic analysis, remediation design and implementation, monitoring and reporting, as well as hydrodynamic and hydrologic modeling and water quality models. Kleinfelder will also be available to peer review these technical reports prepared by others to ensure they are technically proficient and meet the needs of the project.
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To manage the CEQA processes effectively, Kleinfelder will work with SWCA and City staff in balancing the collection of detailed environmental data necessary to comply with CEQA while confirming the applicability and need for any additional state and federal regulatory permits and/or more focused site analysis (e.g., Phase I or Phase II Environmental Site Assessments, stormwater modeling). Kleinfelder’s approach facilitates the development of a comprehensive impact analysis while simultaneously identifying the need for any future permit ‐level analysis and specific mitigation require ments, which streamlines the environmental compliance process and saves costs. Kleinfelder’s scientific approach to regulatory compliance facilitates the preparation of legally defensible documents that can withstand public scrutiny and legal challenge.
Kleinfelder projects successfully pass review by such agencies as local cities, FTA, Caltrans, LARWQCB, State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB), SCAQMD, Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), and the FHWA.
Kleinfelder’s experience has shown that by proactively incorporating environmental and permitting considerations into the project conceptualization, design, and planning phases at the earliest feasible time, project proponents can reduce and, in some instances, eliminate the need for additional regulatory permits that can add months or even years to project completion schedules and substantially increase project costs.
NOISE AND GROUNDBORNE VIBRATION STUDIES
SWCA has in -house noise experts who understand noise
concerns in urban environments where sources vary from
roadways to construction and mechanical equipment.
Additionally, SWCA’s planners routinely read, peer review, and synthesize background noise studies for inclusion in CEQA documents.
For more comp lex noise and groundborne vibration technical studies, we have called on Ambient to complete noise and groundborne vibration studies when required by individual task orders. SWCA and Ambient have established an efficient
relationship through the preparation of technical studies on dozens of projects.
For more straightforward Noise and Groundborne Vibration Technical Studies, Ambient will characterize existing conditions through a review of aerial photographs or site visit to identify existing noise sources and noise-sensitive receptors. Noise measurements may also be collected to establish precise baseline noise levels. Technical specialists will then model and analyze a project’s demolition, construction, and long-term noise and groundborne vibration levels. The resulting change in noise levels at nearby sensitive uses will then be compared against the thresholds in the City thresholds established by the City’s General Plan and Municipal Code. Operational noise from project -generated traffic and stationary sources can also be assessed. Vehicular noise levels will be estimated using the FHWA Noise Prediction Model. If noise or vibration exceeds thresholds, Ambient and SWCA will work with City staff to identify measures that can be implemented to reduce noise and/or vibration to less-than-significant levels.
Both SWCA and Ambient are available to peer review noise technical studies prepared by others to ensure they are technically proficient and meet the needs of the project.
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TRANSPORTATION AND TRAFFIC STUDIES
The City of Santa Clarita Transit and Metrolink provide transit service throughout the City and connect commuters to North Hollywood , Century City, and downtown Los Angeles. Nonetheless, personal vehicles remain the primary mode of transportation in Santa Clarita due to the City’s suburban density, easy access to the regional freeway network, and limited transit hours of operation. Careful planning, the progressive use of signal technology, transportation demand management (TDM) programs, and an informed understanding of a proposed project’s direct and cumulative impacts are essential tools that allow decision makers to maintain the City’s transportation network.
To provide the City with accurate, project-specific traffic impact analysis that allows the City to maintain the performance and promote the responsible use of its transportation network, SWCA has teamed with Kittelson and Associates, Inc. (Kittelson) to prepare traffic impact studies when requested . Kittelson provides comprehensive transportation engineering, planning, and research services to government agencies and private organizations. Founded in 1985 in Portland, Oregon, and incorporated in 1988, Kittelson comprises 25 offices and a staff of over 200. Unit ed by collective expertise, Kittelson’s team of skilled professionals and national experts offers decades of progressive research, technological innovation, and a diverse portfolio of industry-leading work.
Kittelson’s staff brings a demonstrated understanding of transportation and circulation requirements, travel demand modeling, and regional knowledge developed through more than 30 years of project experience in California, including experience with recent general plans and specific plans in both northern and southern California. The firm provides support for all stages of planning and environmental analysis, from site analysis through approval and construction. Kittelson’s staff is particularly knowledgeable about CEQA and NEPA compliance, and the recent changes to the CEQA -required transportation analyses. The staff approaches each project by building an understanding of client and project needs and jurisdiction requiremen ts, tailoring work to assist clients in successfully fulfilling environmental requirements in an efficient and cost-effective manner.
SWCA and Kittelson have an established teaming relationship and are currently working together on the Class 32 (Infill) Exemption for the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Center for Nature and Cultural Project.
For each traffic study, Kittelson will assess background conditions and the project’s proposed development program.
Based on this information, Kittelson will discuss the proposed study methodology and study intersections for the traffic study with City staff for concurrence. This methodology will be memorialized in an e- mail or in a Memorandum of Understanding. Traffic counts will then be conducted at identified intersections and roadway segments, at appropriate times of year, such as when schools are in session and during periods when the visitation at area amusement parks is typically high.
Project trip generation will be estimated using trip generation rates presented in the latest edition of the Trip Generation Manual published by the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE). Project trip distribution w ill be prepared based on the anticipated travel patterns of project trips and information in the Santa Clarita Valley Consolidated Traffic Model (SCVCTM), developed jointly by the County of Los Angeles Department of Public Works and the City.
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Impacts will then be quantified for both a project and cumulative growth scenarios at identified roadways and intersections based on methodologies outlined in the latest edition of the Highway Capacity Manual (HCM 6th Edition) using either Synchro or Vistro software programs. The Los Angeles County Guidelines for Congestion Management Program ( CMP) Transportation Impact Analysis will be used to calculate cumulative conditions for mainline freeway conditions. For smaller projects, related projects for the cumulative analysis will likely be requested by the City Planning Department. For larger projects, the cumulative scenario will likely be based on General Plan buildout scenarios programmed into the SCVCTM.
Because project applications addressed under the on-call contract would be processed after the July 1, 2020, deadline by which all CEQA lead agencies must analyze a project’s transportation impacts using vehicle miles traveled (VMT), the traffic study will include a co- equivalent analysis of level of service (LOS)/delay and VMT impacts, for informed decision making.
If the traffic impact analysis identifies potentially significant impacts, SWCA and Kittelson will work closely with City staff to develop mitigation measures consisting of TDM measures, physical improvements, and/or the payment of transportation impact mitigation fees. The resulting impact following the implementation of identified mitigation will be disclosed.
Kittelson and SWCA are also available to peer review transportation studies prepared by others to ensure they are technically proficient and meet the needs of the City staff .
COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND PUBLIC HEARINGS
In today’s climate of environmental awareness, our clients deal with increasingly complex issues that require
integration of science and planning, and often involve a variety of stakeholders with diverse interests. SWCA
routinely provides the City with a group of project managers, environmental planners, and technical specialists who
routinely assist with community relations, facilitation, and public involvement services, either as part of the CEQA or NEPA process or as stand- alone services. If required by a specific project, our experts will go above and beyond to help City staff navigate the complexities of engaging the public. When needed, we will present PowerPoint ®
presentations and summarize environmental technical findings to assist planning staff in creating efficient and informed public hearings to decision makers such as neighborhood councils, architectural review boards, Planning Commissions, and the City Council. Our project managers and technical specialists will make themselves a reliable partne r to City staff for such hearings by providing written and verbal responses to public comments during the hearing process . SWCA staff are available to help assist with providing information to the public and soliciting input from the public for a robust and thoughtful public participation process.
CONTRACT MANAGEMENT AND LEAD AGENCY SUPPORT
SWCA has a proven ability and reputation for preparing thorough, accurate, objective, and legally defensible CEQA and NEPA documents. As a result, SWCA is routinely called upon to provide guidance and strategic input to determine the appropriate CEQA document, the necessary technical reports to support the CEQA document, the methodology of analysis, and strategies to efficiently prepare legally defensible documents.
Using knowledge gained from our existing on-call contracts where we serve as an extension of City staff and oversee the preparation of environmental documents, SWCA will provide City staff with guidance and strategic input to determine the appropriate CEQA doc ument, recommend the proper supporting technical
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studies and methodology of analysis, and develop uniquely strategic, cost -effective, and efficient solutions for the preparation of legally defensible documents.
Our specialists have a comprehensive understanding of how the methodology and findings of one analysis affect another (e.g., vehicle trips influence GHG emissions , construction duration influences criteria air emissions) and will draw on this understanding to advise the City on the use of consistent assumptions and methodolgies, resulting in a more streamlined analysis th at requires less revision cyles to accurately reach impact findings. We will also use this knowledge to advise the City in advance of “red flag” project designs or features that commonly increase a project’s environmental impacts. Our experts have the experience and training to provide strategic guidance on almost all envi ronmental topics. As a testament to our comprehensive understanding of the environmental clearance process, our clients routinely call us for quick advice even when not under contract on a project , a service we are honored and happy to provide. When requested, we will also serve as the point of contact for coordination with other agencies, such as the USACE, CDFW, State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO), and the USFWS.
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PROJECT EXPERIENCE
SWCA RELEVANT PROJECT EXPERIENCE
SWCA’s experience is tailored to provide the City with On-Call Environmental Planning Services. SWCA’s team has worked in southern California for more than 20 years, including projects within the City. Our team has performed hundreds of CEQA document and technical studies in greater Los Angeles and throughout California. We have an unparalleled ability to prepare technically sound studies, minimizing the potential for legal challenges and construction delays . This experience, combined with our record of successfully completing projects, makes SWCA uniquely positioned to provide legally defensible On-Call Environmental Planning Services in a cost-effective way that is mindful of the City’s schedule requirements.
ROBINSON RANCH RESIDENTIAL BIOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT
CLIENT
Robinson Gold Holdings, LP
PROJECT OWNER
Ted Robinson
PROJECT LOCATION
City of Santa Clarita, California
CONTACT
Ted Robinson
949.376.7002 ext. 1
[email protected]
DATES OF SERVICE
2014 – 2019
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SWCA prepared a Biological Assessment for the 90- acre Robinson Ranch Residential project site east of Sand Canyon Road and south of State Route 14, south of the Santa Clara River. Our team of botanists and wildlife biologists completed multi-season flora and fauna surveys, compiling comprehensive lists of flora and fauna and mapping the vegetation communities. A protocol survey for coastal California gnatcatcher was completed, and slender mariposa lilies were mapped and flagged for avoidance.
CROSSROADS AT GOLDEN VALLEY
SWCA conducted a jurisdictional delineation (waters/wetlands), multi -season flora/fauna surveys, and vegetation community mapping over the 189 -acre project site located immediately north of Golden Valley High School. SWCA biologists conducted general flora and fauna surveys as well as focused floristic surveys timed to coincide with optimal blooming periods of special -status plants with potential to occur on the site.
Habitat assessment and acoustic surveys were completed for bats, and protocol surveys were conducted for threatened California gnatcatcher. We produced a Biological Assessment and an A quatic Resources Delineation Report which incorporated both current field results and the findings of numerous prior studies.
CLIENT
National Technical Systems, Inc.
PROJECT LOCATION
City of Santa Clarita
CONTACT
Glenn Adamick
661.755-7113
[email protected]
DURATION
2017 – Present
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ENVIRONMENTAL SUPPORT FOR THE MOORPARK-PARDEE NO. 4 230 KV
TRANSMISSION LINE
SWCA is providing Southern California Edison (SCE) with environmental services for a large capital improvement project located in the City, unincorporated Los Angeles and Ventura Counties, and the City of Moorpark. The project involves the installation of a new 230-kV electrical transmission circuit on transmission towers along an existing right -of-way, and associated equipment repairs and upgrades. SWCA conducted an initial environmental constraints analysis to inform high- level project planning. SWCA conducted field surveys for natural and cultural resources, including habitat assessments and protocol surveys for several threatened and endangered species, such as the San Fernando Valley spineflower, coastal California gnatcatcher, southwestern willow flycatcher, arroyo toad, and least Bell’s vireo. SWCA also conducted a jurisdictional delineation of aquatic features in the project area. Based on survey findings, SWCA developed avoidance and minimization measures for SCE to avoid impacts to listed species. SWCA prepared a GO 131-D evaluation to document the project’s exemption from CEQA requirements and is currently providing monitoring support as the project enters construction.
CLIENT
Southern California Edison
PROJECT LOCATION
Los Angeles and Ventura Counties, California
(including the City of Santa Clarita)
CONTACT
Chris May
Environmental Project Manager
Southern California Edison
Project Execution | Major Environmental Projects
Operational Services | Environmental Services
626.302.3252
DURATION
2017 – Present
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SAND CANYON PLAZA MITIGATION COMPLIANCE
SWCA conducted general flora and fauna surveys, special-status flora and fauna surveys, and bat surveys on a project site located north of Soledad Canyon Road and east of Sand Canyon Road. Prior to site grubbing, SWCA biologists conducted a capture and release program for two reptile species and two mammal species, all special-status species per the CDFW. We worked directly with the construction crew to install temporary protective fencing around biologically sensitive areas, such as jurisdictional wetlands/waters and vegetation to be preserved. Our team prepared a Worker Environmental Training Program and provided training to field and supervisory personnel prior to pre- construction vegetation clearing. SWCA biologists conducted monitoring during these clearing activities, preparing daily field logs , collecting progress photos and compiling final reports.
SAN FRANCISQUITO CANYON AQUATIC BARRIERS RESTORATION PROGRAM
SWCA in partnership with Resource Institute (RI) has been awarded several National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) grants to conduct river restoration at three distinct sites along San Francisquito Canyon Creek in the Angeles National Forest. These project sites are located within San Francisquito Canyon, CLIENT
Sand Canyon Plaza LLC
PROJECT OWNER
Tom Clark
PROJECT LOCATION
City of Santa Clarita, California
CONTACT
Stephanie Clark
310.597.2044
[email protected]
DATES OF SERVICE
2014 – Present
CLIENT
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF)
PROJECT OWNER
Angeles National Forest
PROJECT LOCATION
Los Angeles County, California
CONTACT
Jim Bond
415.243.3107
[email protected]
DURATION
2018 – Present
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directly north of the City of Santa Clarita. The purpose of the program is to restore aquatic organism passage (primarily for the California red -legged frog and unarmored threespine stickleback, both federal and state - listed species) at five high- priority passage barriers along the creek. These passage barriers occurr ed due to sedimentation after fire activity in the area, as well as past damage at Saint Francis Dam. Phase 1 of the program was recently completed and included biological and cultural resource surveys and reporting, developing permitting documents (including NEPA and CEQA ), stakeholder and community outreach, and development of engineered natural channel designs for four of the five passage barriers. Phase 2 of the program began in October 2019 and expands the scope of work to include the fifth passage bar rier. Phase 2 work will include completion of draft engineered designs and permitting documents for all project sites included in the program. A third project phase is anticipated to construct the natural channel designs and implement riparian restoration.
CITY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO ON-CALL PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
The City of San Luis Obispo Community Development Department has retained SWCA under an on- call agreement to supplement City staff by providing full-service planning and environmental review services for Specific Plans and Amendments, Annexations, General Plan and Zoning Amendments, long-range planning projects, and development projects. Under this on- call agreement, SWCA has conducted project management and project review from pre- application meetings through project hearings. SWCA has participated in pre -application review and meetings ; prepared request for information letters ; conducted department and agency consultation; led meetings with applicants and City staff; reviewed and commented on technical reports and CEQA documents ; prepared IS/MNDs and assoc iated notices and exhibits ; prepared RFPs, NOPs, agenda item reports, staff reports, resolutions, findings, and conditions of approval; and presented projects to the City advisory and decision making bodies.
To date, we have completed or are close to compl eting the following On- Call Services under this on- call planning and environmental review agreement:
PROJECT NAME SERVICES PROVIDED
The Sub Planning Support • Plan check review and planning support services for the proposed repair of several legal nonconforming structures crossing two legal parcels.
CLIENT
City of San Luis Obispo
PROJECT LOCATION
Multiple Locations, City of San Luis Obispo and Areas of Proposed Annexation
CONTACT
Shawna Scott
805.781.7176
DURATION
2013 – Present
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PROJECT NAME SERVICES PROVIDED
Natural Healing Center Cannabis Retail • Application review and contract planning support for a cannabis retail storefront project.
Hotel San Luis Obispo Archaeology • Archaeological review and support services for proposed mixed-use development with 30 residential units, a 78-room hotel, and 25,000 square feet (sf) of commercial space located one block away from the Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa.
Freemont Square Development Project • Architectural Review Commission and Cultural Heritage Committee conceptual reviews, IS/MND, and Planning Commission hearings for a mixed-use project that includes a five-story, 60-foot-tall structure with 5,400 sf of retail space; 49,400 sf of office space; 21 residential units; 7,300 sf of common area; and 2,500 sf of restaurant space. 1600 Bishop Street Initial Study • IS/MND for an affordable housing development consisting of 68 total units within one rehabilitated existing building and three new buildings.
Aqueduct Feature Display Peer Review • Architectural history and archaeological support services for the preservation and incorporation of a Mission-era aqueduct feature into a mixed-use project.
Towneplace Suites 1301 Calle Joaquin • Pre-application review, Architectural Review Committee review, and IS/MND for a TownePlace Suites extended stay hotel.
Bob Jones Pathway City Segment • Phase I Cultural Resources Survey Report and IS/MND for an approximately 2,800-foot segment of the Bob Jones Pathway, which extends from the City of San Luis Obispo to the community of Avila Beach.
Digital West Planning and Environmental • Application review, IS/MND, Administrative Use Permit processing, architectural review, and public hearings for the phased construction of a data storage center and associated office and utility space on a 5.28-acre parcel.
1308 Monterey Street Noise Compliance
Assessment
• Noise compliance measurements and documentation for a four-story mixed-use building with commercial offices and loft apartments.
Quiky Car Wash Noise Analysis • Noise Compliance Assessment Report and review of noise complaints against existing Quiky Car Wash operations.
Chevron Tank Farm Restoration and
Development Plan Environmental Services
• Contract planning and project management, facilitation of EIR administration, attendance at hearings, and follow-up environmental compliance for development of 332-acre Chevron Tank Farm Road site with 250+ acres of open space, new recreation areas and trails, a business park, land for sports fields, and site remediation and restoration.
Froom Ranch Specific Plan • Contract planning and project management, pre-application review/coordination; Specific Plan initiation hearings; application review; facilitation of EIR administration; regulatory agency coordination; public hearing support for development of 110-acre Froom Ranch Specific Plan Area with up to 578 residential units; 100,000 sf commercial retail; and public parks and open space. The project includes the realignment of approximately 0.25 mile of Froom Creek, a General Plan Amendment to allow development above the 150-foot elevation, and approval by the San Luis Obispo County Airport Land Use Commission and annexation by LAFCO.
Megan’s Organic Market • Application completeness review, environmental determination (CE), staff report/findings/conditions/resolution preparation, and public hearing presentation for a cannabis retail storefront CUP.
1144 Chorro Street Mixed Use Project • Architectural Evaluation, Historic Preservation Report, IS/MND, and public comment response support for a six-story mixed-use building consisting of commercial/office space and residential dwelling units and a rezone to apply a Planned Development Overlay Zone. If approved, the controversial project would be the first six-story building in the San Luis Obispo Downtown Historic District.
281 Broad Street • IS/MND and public comment response support for the subdivision of an existing parcel zoned Low Density Residential (R-1) into two R-1 zoned parcels.
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FROOM RANCH SPECIFIC PLAN PRE-APPLICATION AND PLANNING SUPPORT
Acting as an extension of City staff, SWCA is currently serving as the project manager for the Froom Ranch Specific Plan Project (identified in the City’s Land Use Element as the Madonna on Los Osos Valley Road Specific Plan [SP-3]). The project includes a Specific Plan, General Plan Amendment, pre-zoning, tract map approval, annexation, and related entitlements for the development of a continuing care retirement community (Life Plan Community/senior housing), mixed residential, commercial retail, parks, and open space on two parcels totaling approximately 110 acres. The heavily constrained project site includes federal wetlands and other waters; substantial CDFW and RWQCB jurisdictional areas; state and federally listed plant species, some of which are only known to occur in San Luis Obispo County, including the federally and state endangered Chorro Creek bog thistle; habitat for south- central California coast steelhead, California red-legged frog, and other state and federally protected wildlife species; recorded prehistoric archaeological sites; historic ranch structures determined eligible for listing as a historic district in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) and California Register of Historic Resources (CRHR); multiple stormwater drainage basins that treat runoff from the adjacent Irish Hills Plaza; a mapped potentially active fault line; and hillside views at the fringe of the city and adjacent to the Irish Hills Natural Reserve. Required project entitlements include regulatory agency approval of the proposed realignment of approximately 0.25 mile of Froom Creek, Airport Land Use Commission (ALUC) approval of the proposed realignment/map correction of the runway safety zone areas of the San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport, City and San Luis Obispo County approval
PROJECT NAME SERVICES PROVIDED
650 Tank Farm Road • Application completeness review, IS/MND Addendum, staff reports, and Architectural Review Commission and Planning Commission hearing support for a mixed-use project consisting of 17,500 sf of commercial space and 249 residential units.
Northwest Corner Broad Street Tank Farm • Staff planning support, application review, IS/MND, staff report, and public hearing support for a General Plan Amendment, Specific Plan Amendment, Vesting Tentative Tract Map, and Rezone to accommodate the development of an assisted living facility and a commercial retail and office center.
1137 Peach Street • IS/MND for the subdivision of a 1.34-acre parcel zoned Medium Density Residential (R-2) into ten parcels of the same zoning. Five existing residences on the City’s Contributing Historic Resources List would remain on-site and the project would construct five additional two- bedroom, two-story single-family residences on the 10 parcels.
CLIENT
City of San Luis Obispo
Community Development Department
PROJECT LOCATION
City of San Luis Obispo and Areas of Proposed Annexation
CONTACT
Shawna Scott
Senior Planner
805.781.7176
DURATION
2015 – 2017 (Pre-Application)
2017 – Present (Ongoing Planning Support)
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of the proposed reconfiguration of an agricultural conservation easement, and San Luis Obispo Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO) approval of annexation into the City. The project will also be subject to review and approval and/or recommendations f rom multiple local advisory and decision- making bodies, including the Architectural Review Committee, Cultural Heritage Committee, Parks and Recreation Commission, and Bicycle Advisory Committee.
Project management responsibilities conducted by SWCA include coordination with the applicant; coordination with city staff; coordination with resource agencies including facilitating multiple multi -agency meetings and coordination with the RWQCB, CDFW, USFWS, USACE, and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA Fisheries); preparation of staff reports and presentations to the City Council, Planning Commission, Architectural Review Commission, Airport Land Use Commission, Cultural Heritage Committee, Active Transportation Committee, and Parks and Recreation Commission; preparation of a Request for Proposals for an environmental consultant to prepare the EIR; interview, selection, and management of the environmental consultant ; review and release of the Administrative Draft EIR; and agency coordination and advisory body hearings on the Draft EIR. The Final EIR is currently being prepared. SWCA will be responsible for taking the project through necessary public hearings, including annexation hearings at LAFCO.
CITY OF PASO ROBLES ON-CALL ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES AND PLANNING
SUPPORT
SWCA was engaged by the City of Paso Robles Community Development Department under an on- call agreement to act as extension of staff and assist with planning and environmental review for three large Specific Plan /General Plan- Zoning Amendment/development projects being proposed within the City on similar timeframes. Subsequent to retaining SWCA for these projects, the City has requested additional environmental services and planning support from SWCA under our on-call agreement.
SWCA has completed the following projects under this on-call agreement:
Olsen-South Chandler Specific Plan and Beechwood Specific Plans Planning Support SWCA is currently serving as the contract planner and project manager of the Olsen-South Chandler Specific Plan and Beechwood Specific Plan projects. The projects each include a Specific Plan, General Plan Amendment, zoning amendment, multiple tract maps, and related entitlements for the development of two CLIENT
City of Paso Robles
PROJECT LOCATION
Multiple Locations, City of Paso Robles and Areas of Proposed Annexation
CONTACT
Warren Frace,
Community Development Director
805.237.3970
DURATION
2019 – Present
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separate residential communities with commercial retail, parks, and open space on two large agricultural ranches located in adjacent locations on the City’s fringe. Project management responsibilities conducted by SWCA include coordination with the applicant; coordination with City staff; coordination with resource agencies, including facilitating multiple multi -agency meetings; preparation of application review letters; review of the draft specific plans; management of the environmental consultant; and review of the EIR and associated technical studies. The Olsen- South Chandler Specific Plan Draft EIR was circulated for public review in December 2019 and is going to City Council with a Planning Commission recommendation for approval in February 2020.
In December 2019, SWCA notified the City of Paso Robles that the Draft EIR prepared by the Applicant’s subconsultant for the Beechwood Specific Plan was woefully deficient, out-of-date, and easily susceptible to litigation. Upon review of our recommendations, the City of Paso Robles agreed with our findings, and in January 2020, requested that SWCA support the contracted EIR consultant with finalization of a Revised Draft EIR on an extremely expedited timeframe of 3 weeks to meet the necessary circulation and entitlement public hearing schedule. This effort required re-writing multiple (7-8) key EIR sections from scratch. We rallied our team of planners from throughout California and are currently on schedule to realize the original schedule and release for public review in February 2020 . SWCA will be responsible for taking both projects through necessary public hearings.
Paso Robles Gateway Annexation Planning Support
SWCA is currently serving as the contract planner and project manager for the Paso Robles Gateway Annexation project. The project includes a General Plan Amendment, pre -zoning, annexation, conceptual master development plan, multiple tract maps, and related entitlements for the development of several resort hotels with commercial retail, a residential resort community, and open space on an approximately 170-acre parcel. Project management responsibilities conducted by SWCA include coordination with the applicant; coordination with City staff; coordination with resource agencies, including facilitating multiple multi -agency meetings; preparation of application review letters; review of the conceptual development plans; management of the environmental consultant; and review of the EIR and associated technical studies. The Draft EIR is scheduled to be released for public review in April 2020. SWCA will be responsible for taking the project through necessary public hearings, including annexation approval with LAFCO.
LAETITIA AGRICULTURAL CLUSTER, TRACT MAP, AND DEVELOPMENT PLAN EIR
CLIENT
County of San Luis Obispo
Department of Planning and Building
PROJECT LOCATION
Arroyo Grande and Nipomo, California
CONTACT
Brian Pedrotti
805.788.2788
DURATION
2005 – 2016
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SWCA was retained by the County of San Luis Obispo to prepare an EIR for the Laetitia Agricultural Cluster Tract Map and Development Plan. The project site is located mid- way between the City of Arroyo Grande and the unincorporated community of Nipomo, in the County of San Luis Obispo, California. The proposed project consists of the subdivision of 21 parcels (1,910 acres) into 106 lots, including 102 residential lots and four open space lots. The project site is located in the Agriculture and Rural Lands l and use categories.
Approximately 104 acres of existing vineyard would be removed to accommodate proposed development and buffer zones. Approximately 128 acres of vineyard and orchards would be replanted on site.
Development proposed within the open space lots includes a homeowner’s association facility, recreation center, community center, and an equestrian facility.
There are numerous significant issues associated with this project, including changes in visual character and visibility from Highway 101, th e presence of significant archaeological and historical resources, generation of traffic trips on area roadways and requirements for extensive offsite road improvements, determination of feasible and adequate sources of water supply, and wastewater treatment and disposal. Significant land use impacts include potential conflicts between residential and agricultural uses and inconsistencies with the County’s General Plan. SWCA’s acoustic technical expert conducted noise measurements of actual equipment used within the vineyard to quantify exposure to operational noise.
Upon initiation of the Administrative Draft EIR and completion of key technical studies, numerous significant and unavoidable impacts were identified. SWCA immediately consulted with County staf f and submitted a written summary of noted effects. At the request of the County, we prepared an exhibit and table showing the environmental constraints (i.e., significant archaeological and historical sites, highly visible locations, areas demonstrating poor percolation characteristics). This information was provided to the applicant to allow for discussion and consideration of project redesign. SWCA worked closely with the County project manager to conduct meetings, facilitate correspondence and informati on-sharing with the project applicant, and minimize cost and delays in the process. SWCA continued to consult with the Agriculture Department during preparation of the Administrative Draft EIR, including responding to the Department’s questions and comments on the administrative draft analysis section.
SWCA prepared the Final EIR in February 2015. After multiple public hearings at the Planning Commission throughout 2015 and 2016, the project was ultimately denied on appeal to the County Board of Supervisors in July 2016 due to concerns related to water supply and emergency access.
MARQUETTE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT CEQA SERVICES
CLIENT
Pizzulli Associates, Inc.
PROJECT LOCATION
Los Angeles County, California
CONTACT
Cosimo Pizzulli, Owner
310.393.9572
DURATION
2017 – Present
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SWCA prepared an MND and supporting technical studies, including an Historic Resources Assessment , Biological Assessment , tribal cultural resources assessment, and air quality analysis , in support of the proposed Marquette Residential Development Project in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles.
The project required lot line adjustments and a Coastal Development Permit (CDP) for the demolition of two residences and the construction of eight new single-family homes within the Coastal Zone. SWCA prepared the MND and supporting technical studies on an accelerated schedule.
The project faced organized opposition from neighbors, who expressed concern that on -site slopes and proposed stability structures were inadequate to prevent landsliding following construction of the proposed homes. Project opponents enlisted a geotechnical engineer to peer -review the project geotechnical report and prepare a supplemental technical memorandum. Neighbors also expressed concern that the proposed homes were inconsistent with the scale, mass, and visual character of the existing hillside neighborhood.
With assistance and guidance from SWCA, and in close coordination with City Planning staff, the project was ultimately processed as a Class 32 Infill Exemption and unanimously approved by the West Los Angeles Area Planning Commission (APC) in November 2019. The neighbor oppos ition group appealed the APC approval to the Los Angeles City Council in January 2020. SWCA is currently supporting efforts associated with this appeal process.
LOS ANGELES COUNTY NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM COMMONS RENOVATION
PROJECT CEQA SERVICES
To facilitate the demolition of the Jean Delacour Auditorium and construction of a 130,800- square-foot addition to the Los Angeles County Natural History Museum, SWCA analyzed environmental review options under CEQA and recommended a Class 32 Infill Exemption as the most cost- and time-efficient document.
SWCA is currently completing the Class 32 Infill Exemption, and previously prepared the archaeological, paleontological, transportation, and historic preservation technical studies. The historic preservati on technical studies were a large component of the analysis given the Museum’s status on the NRHP . SWCA found that the project would not impact the integrity of the historic resources and would actually enhance the architectural value. Working closely with Los Angeles County Museum staff, SWCA crafted customized protocols that balanced the resource sensitivity, regulatory requirements, changing project designs, and various project constraints, which translated into high-quality and cost-effective deliverables.
Since project inception, Kittelson has been assisting SWCA as a subconsultant to prepare the transportation impact analysis to support the Class 32 Infill Exemption . The transportation impact analysis included data CLIENT
Los Angeles County Museum of Natural
History
PROJECT LOCATION
Los Angeles, California
CONTACT
Dawn McDivitt
213.763.3303, [email protected]
DURATION
2018 – present
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collection; assessment of intersection operations for existing and future conditions ; assessment of pedestrian, bicycle, transit access , and the proposed onsite circulation ; and identification of mitigation alternatives.
SCE ON-CALL CONTRACTS FOR LARGE CAPITAL PROJECTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL
COMPLIANCE
SWCA has held on-call contracts for environmental planning, cultural, paleontological, and natural resources consulting services with SCE since 2011. Individual task orders are performed throughout SCE’s coverage area, including the City of Santa Clarita, and they support a variety of projects, including pole replacements, idle facilities, network upgrades, and emergency response. SWCA has completed more than 2,396 projects on both private and public lands across southern California in coordination with agencies such as the Bureau of Land Management (BLM); the Department of Defense; Los Padres, Angeles, Inyo, and Sequoia National Forests; and the National Park Service.
The SWCA team includes planners, biologists, archaeologists, air quality specialists, and other technical support in offices that are located throughout SCE’s service area, and we have provided special -status species surveys, studies, and mitigation programs under this contract. SWCA natural resources staff have successfully completed thousands of projects that include deteriorated pole replacements, Grid Reliability and Maintenance, and GO 131D Rule project types and cover diverse geographies throughout the SCE service area. Services provided within the City of Santa Clarita include nesting bi rd surveys, construction monitoring for sensitive plant and wildlife species, jurisdictional delineations, regulatory permitting, and preparation of resource studies to support environmental compliance.
For the cultural/paleontological resources portion of the contract, SWCA’s team has conducted archival and records searches, surveys, site recordation and evaluation, archaeological test excavation and resource evaluations, archaeological and paleontological monitoring, paleontological resources mitigation and monitoring plans, and emergency response projects.
SWCA has been recognized by SCE as particularly effective in its capacity to respond quickly and effectively for emergency projects, where damaged facilities require immediate repair in the presence of qualified environmental specialists. By managing a team of over 19 subconsultants, including 15 disadvantaged business enterprise (DBE) firms, SWCA serves as an extension of SCE's in- house team, managing the CLIENT
Southern California Edison Company
PROJECT LOCATION
Multiple Counties, California
Arizona, Nevada
CONTACT
Chris Doolittle
213.485.5729
DURATION
2011 – Present
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contracted portion of the cultural and natural resources program and providing technically excellent, responsive, and safe environmental project support through the use of a large and diverse team.
OAK TREE VILLAGE SPECIFIC PLAN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT, KERN COUNTY, CA
SWCA is preparing an EIR for the proposed Oak Tree Village Specific Plan Project. The project consists primarily of a three -story active senior housing development on approximately 210 acres located north of State Route 58 and east of the Capitol Hills area in the City of Tehachapi. The project also included small - scale commercial/retail uses. In addition to the EIR, SWCA is preparing a Biological Resources Report, a Jurisdictional Waters Assessment, a Cultural Resources Phase I Survey Report, and an Air Qu ality and Greenhouse Gas Analysis. Important issues that are being considered in detail include aesthetics, agricultural resources, air quality, biological resources, cultural resources, geology and soils, GHG emissions, hazardous materials, hydrology and water quality, land use and planning, transportation and traffic, and utilities and service systems.
PEER REVIEW OF KLAMATH DAM DECOMMISSIONING EIR/EIS; SISKIYOU COUNTY, CA SWCA is providing peer review and technical advisory services for a Confidential Cl ient in the preparation and oversight of a joint EIR/EIS. The controversial project involves the decommissioning of energy infrastructure and includes multiple federal, state, and tribal agency stakeholders. SWCA is supplying the Confidential Client with e xpertise in technical services such as NEPA/CEQA, cultural resources, natural resources, fisheries, tribal engagement, recreation, socioeconomics, groundwater, and hazards. SWCA has created technical memoranda for various disciplines and prepared comment letters for agency documents.
SUBCONSULTANT RELEVANT PROJECT EXPERIENCE
AMBIENT AIR QUALITY & NOISE CONSULTING
SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN UPDATE The Regional Transportation Plan is a comprehensive plan that guides transportation policy for the region and provides recommendations concerning improvements to the existing transportation systems. Ambient prepared the noise impact assessment for the proposed project.
SEPULVEDA BOULEVARD BRIDGE WIDENING
PROJECT
The proposed project included the widening of the Sepulveda Boulevard Bridge from 33rd Street to Rosecrans Avenue.
Ambient prepared the air quality and noise impact assessments for the proposed project.
CLIENT
San Luis Obispo Council of Governments
PROJECT LOCATION
San Luis Obispo, California
CLIENT
City of Manhattan Beach
PROJECT LOCATION
Manhattan Beach, California
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TOPAZ SOLAR FARM PROJECT
Topaz Solar Farm is a 550- megawatt solar farm located in eastern San Luis Obispo County. Ambient prepared the air quality Construction Activity Management Plan and Construction Noise Management Plan for the project and is currently providing air quality and noise compliance monitoring and support services for construction of the project.
US ROUTE 101 & PALO COMADO CANYON ROAD
INTERCHANGE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT
The proposed project included widening the US 101 Palo
Comado Canyon Road Overcrossing from one lane to two lanes in each direction, adding median and sidewalks, and modification of the northbound on/off-ramps. Ambient prepared the air quality and noise impact assessments for the proposed project.
KLEINFELDER, INC.
LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT OF WATER AND POWER SITE INVESTIGATION AND
REMEDIATION SERVICES ON AN AS-NEEDED BASIS
Kleinfelder has been providing professional environmental consulting services under an on- call, task order basis contract with LADWP since 2005. Kleinfelder provides comprehensive environmental site investigation and remediation ser vices to assist LADWP with fully characterizing the environmental impact of contaminants on media, determining potential human health and environmental risks, and developing the most appropriate and cost-effective remedial action for the facilities. Kleinfelder’s environmental services include: Phase I and II Environmental Site Assessments; hazardous materials investigations, indoor - air assessments, remedial investigations and feasibility studies; human health risk assessments, third -party litigation suppor t, regulatory negotiations, and public participation support.
CLIENT
City of Los Angeles Department of Water and Power
(LADWP)
PROJECT LOCATION
Los Angeles, Kern, Inyo, Mono Counties, CA
CONTACT
Mark Sedlacek,
Director of Environmental Affairs
111 N Hope Street,
Los Angeles, CA 90012
213.367.0403
[email protected]
CLIENT
County of San Luis Obispo
PROJECT LOCATION
San Luis Obispo, California
CLIENT
City of Agoura Hills
PROJECT LOCATION
Agoura Hills, California
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CALIFORNIA HIGH SPEED RAIL, PALMDALE TO BURBANK AND SAN JOSE TO MADERA
SEGMENTS, CA
Kleinfelder provided Preliminary Engineering, Geologic, Hydrogeologic, and Geotechnical Investigations (GI) for two sections of the California High Speed Rail (CHSR) project in support of environmental documentation technical studies, which included: 1) a 35-mile section of CHSR between Palmdale and Burbank, including several tunnel segments ranging in length from 9 to 16 miles beneath the San Gabriel Mountains; and 2) a 113 -mile section of CHSR from San Jose to Gilroy, through the Pacheco Pass into the San Joaquin Val ley to Madera. The GI programs included borings with continuous rock coring to depths of 2,700 feet in remote mountainous terrain, soil borings and cone-penetration tests in the Silicon Valley and San Joaquin Valley, geophysical testing, in-situ stress tes ting, packer tests, instrumentation, laboratory testing of soil samples and rock cores, fault characterization, and groundwater pressure measurements. To minimize impacts to the forest, borings were planned along existing roads or accessed with a helicopter in close proximity to the alternative alignments being considered by the High Speed Rail Authority. Scope of work also included groundwater and surface water resources monitoring, data reports, risk analysis, preliminary cost estimates, and tunnel feasibility evaluation.
PERRIS VALLEY LINE COMMUTER RAIL EIR/ES.
Kleinfelder provided geotechnical, hazardous materials, and environmental planning services to the Riverside County Transportation Commission to support engineering design and construction of the Perris Valley Line ( PVL). Kleinfelder’s environmental planning work consisted of preparing an EIR to satisfy CEQA and a Supplemental Environmental Assessment (SEA), with FTA as federal lead agency, to comply with NEPA.
This work included overall data management, document control and preparation, schedule tracking and scope compliance, incorporating technical studies into the EIR and SEA,
coordinating three public hearings to gather public comments and concerns regarding the EIR, and responding to public and agency comments. In addition to completion of the
environmental documents, Kleinfelder was responsible for the project’s numerous environmental permits and approvals. Kleinfelder successfully obtained CEQA and NEPA compliance, as well as all other regulatory approvals for the much-needed PVL.
KITTELSON & ASSOCIATES
In addition to preparing the transportation impact analysis for the Los Angeles County Natural History Museum Commons Renovation Project as a subconsultant to SWCA (discussed above), Kittelson has completed the following relevant projects.
CLIENT
California High Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA)
PROJECT LOCATION
Los Angeles and Kern Counties, California
CONTACT
Ms. Michelle Boehm, Southern CA Regional Director
700 N Alameda, Room 3-532
Los Angeles, CA 90012
213.308.4507,
[email protected]
CLIENT
Riverside County Transportation Commission (RCTC)
PROJECT LOCATION
Riverside County, CA
CONTACT
Ms. Edda Rosso,
Capital Projects Manager (retired)
4080 Lemon Street, 3rd Floor,
Riverside, CA 92501,
909.214.1919,
[email protected]
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LONG BEACH 2ND & PCH PROJECT PLANNING SUPPORT
CenterCal’s 2nd & PCH project is a 220,000-square-foot shopping center, located in the City of Long Beach.
Kittelson was retained to coordinate with the City and conduct a peer review of the traffic study that was prepared for the site. As the project progressed, Kittelson conducted sensitivity testing on several access and circulation options. The analysis consisted of operational analysis at the proposed project driveways as well as preparing a simulation model to visualize how different access and circulation options would operate.
Kittelson coordinated with the parking consultant and analyzed paid parking control opt ions. Additionally, Kittelson coordinated with Caltrans to prepare a Permit Engineering Evaluation Report (PEER) document for the proposed signal at one of the project driveways on Pacific Coast Highway.
CALIFORNIA HIGH-SPEED RAIL, PALMDALE TO BURBANK SEGMENT
The California High Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) is readying for the implementation of a high- speed rail system between San Francisco/Merced and Los Angeles/Anaheim. Station area plans focus on providing access via all modes of travel, allow for seamless trans fers between modes, and accommodate hourly and daily parking demand. These plans need to be flexible to account for future transportation options and the shifting of demographics.
CLIENT
CenterCal Properties
PROJECT LOCATION
City of Long Beach, CA
CONTACT
Barret Bradley
Development Associate
7445 SW Bridgeport Rd
Tigard, OR 97224
424.218.0469
[email protected]
CLIENT
CA High-Speed Rail Authority
PROJECT LOCATION
Palmdale to Burbank, CA
CONTACT
Rick Simon
Southern California Regional Engineer
1401 North Broadway
Los Angeles, CA
213.895.0224 ext. 3131
[email protected]
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Kittelson led the transportation planning for the Burbank and Palmdale Stati ons. The firm investigated the mode of access for all arriving and departing passengers; identified short-term and long-term improvements to pedestrian/bike networks to encourage use of non-auto modes; calculated hourly parking accumulation to investigate shared parking opportunities; provided concepts for bus transfer areas, determining pick-up and drop-off requirements; and reviewed safety factors. Kittelson also recommended long-term improvements to the transportation network, including the potential bus rapid transit (BRT) route from Pasadena to Burbank, and assessed the potential effects of these new improvements on area -wide mobility provisions. Kittelson led the technical analysis and documentation for the Transportation Technical Report in support of the overall EIR/EIS document.
For this study, the firm determined vehicular assignments to local/regional roadway networks and intersection/freeway mainline/freeway ramp impacts, and conducted assessments of potential impacts to parking, pedestrian /bike, emergency access, and loading conditions. To determine future transportation conditions, Kittelson used the SCAG travel demand model and conducted detailed post -processing to develop peak hour turning movement volumes at study intersections and roadway segments.
COMPLIANCE BIOLOGY, INC.
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA NEWHALL RANCH ROAD BRIDGE WIDENING PROJECT Compliance Biology managed biological regulatory compliance for the City’s Newhall Ranch Road Bridge widening project and provided on-going construction monitoring throughout the lengthy construction phase. Tasks included pre-construction surveys for special -status aquatic and terr estrial species, daily construction monitoring and reporting, and development of the environmental training program for all personnel.
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA CANYON COUNTRY COMMUNITY CENTER
Compliance Biology managed biological regulatory compliance for the City’s Canyon Country Community Center. Mr. Crawford managed and conducted the pre-construction biology surveys and managed the required biological monitoring for the duration of the project.
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA MCBEAN BOULEVARD BRIDGE WIDENING PROJECT Compliance Biology managed biological regulatory compliance for the City’s McBean Boulevard Bridge widening project. Tasks included pre- construction surveys for special -status aquatic and terrestrial species, management of daily construction monitoring on site, development of the environmental training program for all personnel working in the river , and management of the on-site monitoring for the duration of the project.
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA CROSS VALLEY CONNECTOR BRIDGE
Compliance Biology managed biological regulatory compliance for the City’s Cross Valley Connector Bridge. This 16 -month, $26 million project included the construction of two parallel two- lane bridges across the Santa Clara River. Mr. Crawford managed and conducted the aquatic and terrestrial pre-construction biology surveys and the required biological monitoring for the duration of the project.
CLIENT
City of Santa Clarita
PROJECT LOCATION
Santa Clarita, California
CLIENT
City of Santa Clarita
PROJECT LOCATION
Santa Clarita, California
CLIENT
City of Santa Clarita
PROJECT LOCATION
Santa Clarita, California
CLIENT
City of Santa Clarita
PROJECT LOCATION
Santa Clarita, California
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REFERENCES
The References Form has been submitted as a separate attachment on the City’s PlanetBids site and is labeled 02_REFERENCES FORM_ PL-19-20-14. The form includes the three professional references requested.
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PROGRAM MANAGEMENT & QA/QC
PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
SWCA proposes to provide the City with On-Call Environmental Planning Services for developer and City projects , including the preparation of technical studies and peer review of technical studies by others. As a Prime Contractor, SWCA will manage all task orders assigned by the City , providing technically proficient and responsive project support even with the use of a large and diverse team.
Our approach to this On-Call Environmental Planning Services contract is to provide the City with qualified staff members who will be responsive and function successfully as an extension of City staff. Through our on-call contracts with other agencies, we have developed processes and tracking tools that simultaneously manage the budgets and deliverable schedules for multiple task orders. Our Program Manager and Task Order Managers will keep the City apprised of project developments by submitting regular reports or updates that document the tasks completed, and estimated completion dates for near and long-lead deliverables.
Mr. Shawn Gaver, Senior Project Manager and Environmental Planner, will serve as the Program Manager and primary point-of-contact for this On-Call Contract, ensuring that each task order will be assigned with an adequate number of qualified staff. Drawing from our experience managing on-call contracts which may include several concurrent task orders, and drawing from a large team of highly trained project managers in biological, cultural (archaeological, historical, and paleontological), and environmental resources, organized under a hierarchical management structure, SWCA will assign a Task Order Manager and point-of-contact for each task order request.
OUR DELIVERABLES ARE OFTEN
THE “FACE” OF YOUR PROJECTS
The quality of a deliverable is not only a
reflection of our ability, but also of you and
your projects. As your partners in project
success, we take great care to ensure our
deliverables are of the highest quality
because when you look good, we look good,
too.
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TASK ORDER MANAGEMENT
For each project or task order assignment, SWCA will provide a scope of work and fee estimate for City staff to review and approve that identifies the staff members and subconsultants (where beneficial) who are best suited to complete the necessary tasks, based on technical expertise and availability, as well as any technical studies required. Depending on the project need, our technical staff and/or subconsultants will be coordinated to provide an appropriately scoped approach to document preparation. We will provide City staff with a cost- effective teaming solution to the preparation of adequate studies. For more straightforward technical studies within our own capabilities, SWCA will prepare the analysis in -house, in accordance with our approach to analysis and QA/QC procedures discussed below.
Proposed staff hours for each task order will be provided to City staff in tabular format, illustrating the name, title, and hourly rate of employees who will work on the task order. SWCA will also provide a project schedule that identifies key milestones, to ensure that overall progress can be measured against expected deliverables. For cost-tracking purposes, a task order budget will be prepared and uploaded to our budget - management and time-keeping software, Deltek Vision
®, so our Program Manager and Task Order Managers
have access to real-time information related to percent spent/percent remaining of the budget, ensuring staff are working efficiently and assigning hours to the proper tasks. By tracking this schedule with City staff, we can respond quickly to requests, identify issues, and prevent schedule deviations in advance.
STAFFING PROCEDURES
Project staffing for both SWCA and our subconsultants will be assigned when we receive each task order request. Mr. Shawn Gaver, serving as the Program Manager, will be responsible for assembling the staff for each task order based on the project’s needs, complexity, environmental challenges, and allocated budget.
Each task order w ill be assigned staff with adequate availability to see out the environmental clearance process. Technical specialists and/or subconsultants will be assigned to each task order based on the specific environmental issues associated with the project. To provide City staff with the highest level of experience possible and to establish efficient ongoing working relationships, Task Order Managers, technical staff, and subconsultants demonstrating positive results working in the City or on similar task orders will be assigned to a project first. As the Principal-in-Charge of this On-Call Contract and Vice President of Southern California operations, Dr. John Dietler will ensure that staff are available to assist as needed with City projects.
The potential volume and diversity of project types, as well as the need for streamlined project scoping and initiation, expected from this On-Call Contract will occasionally require the support of a sizeable and well - coordinated management group. Drawing from a large team of highly trained project managers and environmental planners, SWCA’s Program Manager, Mr. Shawn Gaver, will either directly serve as the Task Order Manager, or in the event of multiple task orders, assign a dedicated Task Order Manager to each project, providing a single point of contact with City staff, a lead person responsible for the project’s success, and a clear chain of responsibility. The SWCA Task Order Manager will manage the task from the task order request to the delivery of the final invoice. In this manner, overlap of project management duties is eliminated, providing clear lines of communication and responsibility as well as streamlined reporting and financial management. Through the administration of other environmental on-call contracts, we have created a proven program that creates efficiency through simple, streamlined processes that yield high-quality work products.
Where a project’s demands are beyond our internal expertise, our team will be supplemented with one of our subconsultants with genuine expertise in the needed subject matter, as well as complementary skillsets. In this way, the SWCA team will provide City staff with a high degree of flexibility in staffing levels and s kill levels in order to provide the City with the full suite of services requested by this RFP . As part of our City of Santa Clarita On-Call Environmental Planning Services Page | 34
routine workload projection meetings, SWCA’ s Program Manager, Principal- in-Charge, and T ask Order Managers will assess the recent and upcoming needs of this On-Call Environmental Planning Services contract. When required, we will make additional hires and/or draw from our national roster to ensure that adequate staff is available.
PROJECT KICK-OFF AND DOCUMENT STRATEGY
SWCA provides a team who thoroughly understands the regulatory environment in which the City projects operate to ensure project success. Upon receipt of each task order request, our team will evaluate the project needs using our awareness of local issues, as supplemented by project -specific research, to identify key issues that will require more detailed analysis. To provide a cost -effective process and “right -size” environmental document, we also identify environmental topics where a more cursory analysis will clearly demonstrate a less-than-significant effect. We will also assess the level of support for, or opposition to, the project to accurately gauge the required effort to respond to public comments and support the environmental findings at public hearings.
SITE VISITS
Upon initiation of most task orders, the Task Order Manager and key staff will visit the project site in order to fully understand the environmental setting and baseline, existing and surrounding land uses, and any other conditions that may affect the scope of the environmental document and applicability of ordinances and standards. During the field visit, documentation will include field notes and photographs of the project site and surrounding area.
SWCA will coordinate any site visits with City staff and relevant parties (or their agent/representative, as applicable) prior to initiating the site visit to minimize any potential conflicts and to understand any access limitations or requirements. Upon completion of the field surveys and analyses, the data will be documented, analyzed, and interpreted in the technical study. Depending on the technical study being prepared, findings will be evaluated against applicable thresholds and policies to assess potential environmental impacts. During site visits, we understand that we are representing the City and will take great care to demonstrate utmost professionalism and respect, including closing/locking gates, avoiding unauthorized access to adjacent properties, minimizing dust, and limiting use of vehicles to roads and driveways.
At SWCA, safety is everyone’s responsibility and an integral part of our company culture. All SWCA fieldwork adheres not only to our motto—Safety by Choice, Not by Accident —but also to a standardized protocol that includes preparation of Job Hazard Analysis forms and other proactive measures. Our safety mission includes supporting SWCA’s office and field activities by actively supporting a safe and healthy work environment for all employees. This is accomplished through training, increasing awareness, and providing and coordinating specific programs and processes that minimize safety, health, and environmental hazards for our employees and clients in a manner consistent with, and in most cases greater than, industry standards. Prior to any field visit, all relevant staff will undergo appropriate safety and environmental training so that project site and resource risks are fully understood.
SCHEDULE CONTROL PROCEDURES
SWCA understands that demanding schedules and close project scrutiny mean that City staff is expected to provide state-of-the-art results without costly delays. For scheduling purposes, a task order schedule will be
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prepared in our preferred scheduling software, Microsoft Project®, so our Program Manager and Task Order Managers have access to real -time schedule information related to milestones and wor k completed, and critical path deliverables that have the greatest potential to result in schedule delays . By tracking this schedule with City staff, we can respond quickly to requests, identify issues, and prevent schedule deviations in advance.
COMMUNICATION AND COORDINATION
The cornerstone of effective project management is clear and frequent communication between the SWCA team and City staff. Effective communication starts at the kickoff meeting and continues through project approval. Our Task Order Managers, and/or the appropriate technical specialist, will coordinate with City staff on a regular basis to discuss project deadlines, data needs, and the progress of environmental analyses. As a result, our team will respond quickly to requests for services and project brainstorming sessions. This communication will be an important tool for maintaining coordination, especially on projects with condensed schedules.
Inquiries to City staff related to the general contract will be routed through the Program Manager, Mr. Shawn Gaver. After projects are assigned to an appropriate Task Order Manager, however, communication and the exchange of deliverables will proceed directly between the T ask Order Manager most directly engaged in the work and City staff. Rapid and direct communication regarding issues related to safety, public interaction, field logistics, and project schedule will flow directly from the Task Order Manager to the City project manager.
Communications will flow from the City through SWCA to our subconsultants, and vice versa. Each Task Order Manager will continue to provide over sight and will be available when issues require escalation, a change order, or in the unlikely event that management change is required. Interaction at regular intervals is another key element of an effective communication protocol. SWCA achieves this by communicating project concerns immediately, as they arise, providing project updates on a daily or weekly basis, using a monthly teleconference, and meeting with City staff when requested.
Our Task Order Managers will keep City staff apprised of project developments by submitting routine status reports, the frequency of which would vary depending on the task order, documenting the tasks completed, and estimated completion dates for near and long-lead deliverables.
SUBCONSULTANT MANAGEMENT
Subconsultants are a critical part of our approach to this On-Call Environmental Planning Services contract, regardless of project volume. Our partner selection is based on skills, performance history, responsiveness, and location. As discussed above, we have selected subconsultants with a broad variety of specialties and that have routinely worked with SWCA on past projects. SWCA will call upon these subconsultants when needed to supplement our services and to provide studies for a range of technical specialties. We take pride in using the most qualified subconsultant for each project. Each SWCA Task Order Manager will be responsible for facilitating the flow of information from the City and/or applicant team to the subconsultant, and vice versa. Project subconsultants will be provided an opportunity to inform the project budget and schedule upon receipt of the task order request. SWCA’s Task Order Manager will then facilitate efforts that ensure our subconsultants stay within budget and on schedule. SWCA’s Task Order Manager w ill process all invoices provided by our subconsultants.
SWCA UNDERSTANDS THE
NEED TO MAINTAIN A CLOSE
WORKING RELATIONSHIP
AND OPEN COMMUNICATION.
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TECHNICAL STUDIES
Prior to the commencement of any field studies or analysis associated with the preparation of any technical study, SWCA will ensure that the project description is firmly solidified and vetted and that each team member assigned to the task at -hand thoroughly understands the responsibilities, expectations, and protocols to complete the technical study. This will improve operational efficiencies and decrease cost by reducing unnecessary delays and ineffective communication.
Technical studies will be prepared in a format that is readily useable by SWCA and City staff for incorporation into the environmental document. The technical studies will be prepared so that CEQA Appendix G questions are clearly addressed by the analysis. Where potentially significant impacts are identified, the technical study will identify mitigation measures to reduce impacts to the extent feasible. Our team will work closely with City staff to develop effective mitigation measures. The effectiveness of proposed mitigation measures will be evaluated and discussed. If associated with a project EIR or ND/MND, each technical study will be included as an appendix to the CEQA document
.
MEETINGS
During the environmental review processes, meetings with City staff and other relevant parties will likely be required to discuss potential project-related impacts, ordinance and policy consistency and compliance, and design recommendation and alternatives. Regulatory agencies may request meetings during the permitting process for projects that are par ticularly complex or controversial. Based on our team’s experience participating in and facilitating meetings for other on-call contracts, we are prepared to represent City staff in this capacity. SWCA staff will facilitate project meetings by coordinating team schedules, securing a functional meeting space and video/voice conference call -in number, providing an agenda and relevant discussion materials/questions/data needs in advance, taking accurate notes, and providing meeting minutes for review and edit following the meeting. When a meeting will benefit from a presentation, we will provide high-resolution PowerPoint
® slides and/or presentation boards.
NOTICE TRANSMITTALS AND STAFF REPORTS
Drawing on our extensive experience, SWCA will assist City staff in preparing a variety of staff reports, conditions of approval, findings, and notices using approved lead agency templates. We will coordinate with City staff to facilitate review, revisions , submittals, and posting of reports and notices. We are technically expert with software such as Microsoft Excel
® and Microsoft MinuteTraq® to facilitate submittal and review of staff reports by multiple management and administrative staff. In addition to the body of the report, when requested, we will assist City staff in preparing Conditions of Approval and Findings consistent with City requirements.
HEARINGS
When requested, our team will assist City staff with the preparation of presentations for public hearings, including a speaker outline and PowerPoint® slideshow. We will present the project to the public and decision- makers (including the City Council), responding to questions and concerns, preparing condition of approval and findings modifications during the hearing process, and providing guidance regarding policy interpretation.
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COST CONTROL PROCEDURES
SWCA strongly believes that the practice of high-quality, responsive work is the essence of cost control, and that our scopes of work are always developed to provide the tightest costs while still delivering quality products. We w ill integrate our cost control strategies into every task order assigned by the City , such as assigning qualified staff to the task order , using proven project tracking to prioritize and ensure key deliverables are on schedule, and implementing our rigorous QA/QC process.
SWCA is renowned for our thorough and precise initial administrative draft documents, which routinely are able to skip rounds of agency review and remove the need for subsequent drafts due to our rigorous QA/QC process. The shortened review process allows projects to move ahead faster, ahead of schedule and under budget, and is a cornerstone of our CEQA practice.
Our project managers have a successful track record of remaining mindful of client budgets. And while our team is comprised of senior, veteran staff with true subject matter expertise, those staff supervise the work of their junior colleagues to ensure that the appropriate staff level is used on each element of a project.
To provide a cost-effective process and “right-size” environmental document, we also identify environmental topics where a more cursory analysis will clearly demonstrate a less -than-significant effect. We will also assess the level of support for, or opposition to, the project to accurately gauge the required effort to respond to public comments and support the environmental findings at public hearings.
Specific project management strategies to optimize costs include:
• Implementation of detailed project tracking: We will implement project tracking systems based on effective models used for other on-call contracts. These tracking systems are directly tied to key project deliverables and milestones in order to make sure projects and associated budgets are kept on schedule, and that clients are kept abreast of both projec t progress and expenditure. By tracking this schedule with City staff , we can respond quickly to requests, identify issues, and correct schedule deviations which could cause cost overruns.
• Economies of scale: The SWCA team represents a large talent pool, one that can confidently take on projects of any size. Because of our ability to concurrently take on several efforts, we can achieve substantial economies of scale in project management, through cross -project staff utilization, by aggregating field and office work, and through other related synergies that result from fully utilized teams.
• Dedicated team and right-staffing: The SWCA team fully intends to dedicate, maintain, and carefully grow this team to address assigned tasks. We will appropriately match staff to the project requirement, at all levels. This will optimize both contract cost estimating and project product value, two core elements of project delivery.
• Deployment locations and local resource knowledge: We use staff, including our subcons ultants, that are near projects and most familiar with the area and potential resources. Our knowledgeable staff also have the ability early in the project process to identify unanticipated or unexpected resource issues or potential risks that could delay projects or drive up costs. • Look-aheads to identify long lead times: One of our highest priorities is identifying long lead tasks or projects in order to efficiently prioritize task schedule and avoid costly project delays, as well as identifying what task s can be bundled based on geographical location, resource similarities, and schedule.
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QUALITY ASSURANCE/QUALITY CONTROL
SWCA takes a team-based approach to QA/QC that is underlain by four key principles: (1) proactive planning; (2) open communication; (3) use of standardized methods; and (4) rigorous internal checks. We incorporate the overarching quality principle that all data collection, analysis, recording, and reporting of results are checked and confirmed by at least one level of management oversight. Everyone in the hierarchical project management structure is responsible for recognizing potential inconsistencies, data gaps, and quality concerns and working with the appropriate manager(s) to avoid or correct them.
A QA/QC M anager will be identified with each task order. On more straightforward projects, the T ask Order Manager will also serve as the QA/QC Manager and will be responsible for the quality of all deliverables.
For all task orders, Dr. Dietler , serving as the Principal -in-Charge, will be available to City staff to ensure that the firm’s resources are available to the City and to facilitate internal coordination during the execution of multiple task orders. Dr. Dietler will also assist Mr. Gaver with internal processes to ensure the quality of deliverables, schedule and budget adherence, and communication protocols.
From the outset of project planning, we work proactively toward excellence through the assignment of pre -screened, highly trained, and well -qualified staff and subconsultants. By communicating directly and openly with the City points-of-contact and coordinating the efforts of all staff, both internal and external, SWCA creates seamless and real -time feedback between client needs and contractor responsibilities, eliminating the need for costly and time-consuming rework. By using a writing manual customized to this On-Call Environmental Planning Services contract, and requiring that our subconsultants do the same, SWCA will guarantee the consistent application of methodology across offices and by our teaming partners. By exercising QA/QC at every level under the direction of each Task Order Manager and with oversight by the Program Manager, SWCA ensures the delivery of products of superior quality.
SWCA ensures the delivery of superior quality products by requiring each team member to exercise QA/QC at every level. SWCA’s reporting and editorial policies and guidel ines, administered by professional technical editors and supported by an experienced production staff, consistently produce reports of excellent quality. All materials produced by SWCA are subject to at least one level of QA/QC review. Reports are reviewed by technical leads and appropriate QA/QC personnel for content, logic, data use, professional quality, and response to project needs. The technical editor subsequently reviews them for consistency, style, grammar, and format. These changes are made using Microsoft Word’s ® track
changes function, creating a record of the document’s editorial history. The primary author then reviews the document, addresses any issues, and accepts or rejects the changes. For printed deliverables, a production team prints and assembles the document and the Project Manager performs a final QA/QC check. The Task Order Manager then submits the document via secure electronic and/or shipping methods.
We hold our subconsultants to the same standards of quality that we maintain, and their submittals will subject to the same quality control procedures. Subconsultant technical studies will be reviewed by the
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applicable Task Order Manager, environmental planner, or technical specialist assigned to the project before being provided to City staff. This QA/QC procedure is designed to ensure that the project description is accurate; the environmental baseline is properly represented; the methodology follows accepted standards; and the assumptions are reasonable. If our review identifies needed improvements, the technical study will be returned to our subconsultant for revision prior to submittal to the City, ensuring a quality product.
INTERNAL AUDITS
For on-call contracts such this one, our Task Order Managers , the Program Manager, and the Principal-in- Charge typically conduct monthly project audits to ensure that schedule, budget, and quality objectives for concurrent task orders are being met. When multiple task orders are in process, these will consist of an in- person meeting where these staff members review key performance indicators together.
CLIENT FEEDBACK PROGRAM
SWCA strives to meet or exceed expectations set at the beginning of a project, and we strive to continuously improve our service delivery. To this end, SWCA has a system in place to track and respond to client feedback on our performance. At the close of every project, we ask our clients to what degree SWCA and our staff met expectations in the following key areas: helpfulness, communication, quality, schedule, budget, invoicing, and value for fees paid. Our clients rate their experiences with SWCA on a scale of 1.0 (Unacceptable) to 10.0 (Exceptional). This program facilitates customer feedback on every project and allows SWCA to fine-tune our services on an on-going basis to better serve our valued clients over the long term.
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PERSONNEL, EQUIPMENT &
FACILITIES
ORGANIZATION AND PERSONNEL
SWCA will respond to this On-Call Environmental Planning Services contract by providing a deep bench of experienced project managers, diverse technical experts, and access to a large and national talent pool of staff, including those from our six California offices. SWCA will provide the City with a full-service environmental firm that has the flexibility and capability to staff almost any project type, while concurrently tackling several complex task orders. In addition, many of SWCA’s staff are cross trained in other disciplines and can provide multidisciplinary services, which increases our capacity to address multiple task orders and the flexibility to provide the most qualified staff on a wide variety of projects.
Qualifications for the SWCA key personnel are presented below. The organization chart in Figure 1 includes each person’s function within the contract by staff category (e.g., executives/project managers, licensed and other professionals/professional staff, administrative/support staff, subconsultants) and their area of expertise. As shown therein, our robust team woul d provide ample flexibility and capacity to complete environmental documentation, even during periods of multiple task orders and peak project activity. Resumes for each of the key personnel assigned to this listing are included in Appendix A: Resumes at the end of this document.
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Figure 1. Project Team Organization Chart
SWCA KEY PERSONNEL
SHAWN GAVER, M.A. | PROGRAM MANAGER
Mr. Shawn Gaver , Senior Project Manager and Environmental Planner, will lead the SWCA team on this on call contract as the Program Manager. His 16 years of CEQA and NEPA experience are preceded by 2 years of experience in natural resources management. Based in our Pasadena office, he has managed and authored all levels of CEQA and NEPA documents —including complex joint Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Reports (EIS/EIRs) —for both private - and public - sector clients throughout California. Mr. Gaver is a member of the Los Angeles Chapters of the American Planning Association and Association of Environmental Planners (AEP).
Over the last 14 years, Mr. Gaver’s project portfolio has primarily consisted of MNDs and EIRs for development projects throughout Los Angeles County, including those completed under on-call contracts with municipalities such as the C ity of Santa Monica , and with public agencies such as the Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) and the Port of Los Angeles . Mr. Gaver is currently serving as SWCA’s Contract Manager for our recently awarded on-call environmental service contracts with the cities of South Pasadena and Adelanto. Mr. Gaver is also currently serving as the Project Manager on the City of Santa Maria Airport Specific Plan Supplemental EIR, which proposes 28 acres of greenfield commercial development and requires the analysis of key environmental topics similar to those of concern in Santa Clarita. Within the City
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of Los Angeles, he has assisted dozens of private developers and land use entitlement firms, and three film and television studios. He has also managed projects in Griffith Park and the Santa Monica Mountains, having recently published a Draft MND for a controversial trails project by the Mountains Resource and Conservation Agency. Through this experience, Mr. Gaver has expertise in general plan amendments and community plans ; master and specific plans; zoning ordinance; conditional use permits ; large-scale infrastructure; transportation/aviation infrastructure, parks, and recreation; TOD; film and television studio; urban infill; mixed-use; cannabis regulation; and groundwater development projects. He also specializes in projects involving eligible or potentially eligible historic resources, and projects with complex hazardous materials analyses.
As the Program Manager and primary point-of-contact for this On -Call Environmental Planning Services contract, Mr. Gaver will ensure that each task order is assigned with an adequate number of appropriate staff. As the primary point -of-contact, Mr. Gaver will ensure client satisfaction on all task orders and will ensure that all deliverables meet SWCA’s stringent QA/QC protocols. He will also be responsible for program adherence to agreed-upon schedules and budgets, using our tracking software, Deltek ® Vision, to oversee the status of in-process task orders.
For task orders on which he is also serving as the Task Order Manager, Mr. Gaver’s responsibilities will include environmental compliance and documentation; facilitation and support during in- house and public meetings; preparation of conditions and findings; and presentation at public hearings. He will provide CEQA strategies and quality control for complex projects. For task orders which require only the preparation and/or peer review of supporting technical studies for air quality and GHG emissions, geology and soils, hazards and hazardous materials, or traffic and transportation, Mr. Gaver will manage and oversee the subconsultant preparing the technical study, ensuring the efficient flow of information and the timely and cost -effective delivery of these technical studies.
JOHN DIETLER, PH.D., RPA | PRINCIPAL-IN-CHARGE / VICE PRESIDENT, SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA
Dr. John Dietler is the Southern California Vice President and an archaeological principal investigator with more than 23 years of professional consulting experience.
Based in our Pasadena office, he leads SWCA's Southern California operation, providing strategic direction and leadership in the region's staff management and in maintaining its reputation for high- quality scientific and technical consulting. As the principal-in-charge for ongoing on- call contracts for clients such as SCE , the City of South Pasadena, the City of Thousand Oaks, and the City of Los Angeles Department of Public Works , Dr. Dietler has successfully overseen the overall operation, product delivery, client satisfaction, team staffing, program schedule and budget adherence, and document QA/QC for these contracts. A versatile consultant who has supervised research teams of all sizes and descriptions, Dr. Dietler has also served as archaeological subject matter expert for hundreds of projects throughout the West.
Under this on-call contract, Dr. Dietler’s responsibilities will include strategic consultation on project matters, ensuring that the resources of the firm are adequately allocated to serve the City under this on-call contract, that appropriate staff are assigned to the project, that budget and schedule commitments are kept, and that QA/QC of the environmental documentation and associated technical analyses are completed.
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EMILY CREEL, J.D. | ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING TEAM LEAD
Based in our San Luis Obispo office, Ms. Creel will serve as a Project Principal and Task Order Manager , overseeing planning support services, CEQA analysis, and project team management for assigned projects under this contract. She received her Juris Doctor (J.D.) in 2005 and has over 15 years of experience in environmental law and planning in California. She is well versed in state and federal environmental laws and regulations, the regulatory process, and the interpretation of state statutes and local county and muni cipal codes. She has reviewed environmental documents for compliance with relevant federal, state, and local laws and has advised developers and property owners of their legal rights and responsibilities under the environmental legal framework. Her varied experience and critical thinking skills have given her the ability to handle complex environmental and legal issues, and her keen knowledge of CEQA’s legal framework allows her to think creatively within that framework to meet project goals.
Ms. Creel’s responsibilities include environ mental compliance and documentation; schedule and budget management;
coordination with Lead Agency staff; consultation with federal, state, and local agencies; assistance with Lead Agency
correspondence to applicants, agencies, and interested parties; facilitation and support during in- house and public meetings; preparation of conditions and findings; and presentation at public hearings. She is also currently acting as the Legislative Committee representative for the AEP Channel Counties Chapter.
The Legislative Committee works with a lobbyist in Sacramento to track and comment on relevant environmental bills as they move through the California Legislature. Her familiarity with relevant case law and the legislative background to proposed changes in environmental regulations and the State CEQA Guidelines is critical in analyzing the level of impacts on environmental resources associated with a proposed project consistent with developing case law on the topic.
Currently, Ms. Creel is serving as a contract planner and the City of San Luis Obispo’s Project Manager for the Froom Ranch Specific Plan Project, as well as the contract manager for SWCA’s on-call environmental and planning on-call contracts with the City of San Luis Obispo, County of San Luis Obispo, Cit y of Paso Robles, City of Santa Maria, City of Arroyo Grande, and City of Morro Bay . Recently, Ms. Creel has served as project manager for the City of Marina’s Responsible Agency review of the Monterey Peninsula Water Supply Project EIR/EIS, the Signal Hill LLC Residence EIR in Pebble Beach, the City of Marina Local Coastal Plan Amendment, the Nipomo Community Services District Pipeline Modification EIR Addendum for Revised Phase 3 Pipeline Route, and the NCSD-Woodlands Mutual Water Company Interconnect IS/MND.
WHAT CLIENTS SAY ABOUT
EMILY CREEL…
“This is just a quick note to tell you that
[the City Attorney] called me last Friday and
as part of the conversation was highly
complimentary of you for your responses to
[the project applicant’s team] and exceptional
organization of many details.
I concur and wanted to pass that on.
Thank you.”
Theresa Szymanis, AICP
Former Director, Community
Development Department
City of Marina
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HEATHER GIBSON, PH.D., RPA | SENIOR CULTURAL REVIEW
Dr. Gibson is the C ultural and P aleontological Resources Director for SWCA’s Pasadena office. An archaeologist and historian with 18 years of experience, she leads SWCA’s California cultural resources team, with oversight of its architectural history program, and supervises cultural resources investigations for environmental compliance and preservation projects throughout California. She prepares and reviews technical reports in compliance with CEQA, NEPA, and NHPA Sections 106 and 110 for public - and private- sector clients, and coordinates with a range of federal, state, and local agencies. Dr. Gibson meets the SOI’s PQS in both history and archaeology and is a registered professional archaeologist (RPA).
ROBERT MACALLER, B.S. | SENIOR BIOLOGICAL REVIEWER
Robert MacAller is the Southern California Natural Resources Director at SWCA. He began his career as a restoration biologist and has been providing expertise in natural resources–related iss ues for over 26 years. Mr. MacAller has spent the past two decades guiding his clients through the complexities of federal, state, and local environmental regulations to successfully complete their projects. He has managed large teams to complete challengi ng projects for private developers, city and county governments, and federal agencies. As a habitat restoration expert, he has effectively negotiated, planned, implemented, and managed mitigation projects for a variety of habitats throughout California inc luding in the Santa Monica Mountain National Recreation Area. Additionally, Mr. MacAller has led multiple departments and offices, developing staff and promoting community involvement, and successfully leading an organization of multidisciplinary environmental professionals.
BILL JAMIESON, B.S. | AIR QUALITY AND NOISE/VIBRATION LEAD Bill Jamieson is the Director of Air Quality Services who specializes in air quality consulting and noise studies. He has provided regulatory negotiation, technical, permitting, and compliance assistance to a wide variety of clients. Mr. Jamieson has substantial expertise in the assessment of air emissions, GHG emissions, air quality impacts, and related health risks, as well as the preparation and review of CEQA and NEPA documents. He has represented clients in scientific, regulatory, and public forums, including hearings.
Mr. Jamieson plays a key function in SWCA’s air quality services practice providing regulatory consulting services for utility, industrial, and military clients, federal Prevention of Significant Deterioration/New Source Review, Title IV and V permits, state and local air quality permitting (major and minor source) programs, and compliance planning. He serves as a technical and regulatory liaison with regional USEPA offices, and state and local air quality permitting and compliance departments.
Mr. Jamieson will ensure the technical accuracy of all air quality, GHG emissions, noise, and groundborne vibration studies prepared under this On -Call Environmental Planning Services contract, and will oversee our air quality and noise team to provide the City with the peer review of studies prepared by others.
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Table 1. Proposed Staff Table. Mr. Gaver, Dr. Dietler, Ms. Creel, Dr. Gibson, Mr. MacAller, and Mr. Jamieson will be supported by the following key personnel and support staff.
TEAM MEMBER, ROLE, YEARS OF
EXPERIENCE, AND EDUCATION
LICENSES, CERTIFICATIONS, AND
MEMBERSHIPS
AREAS OF
EXPERTISE / WORK
TO BE PERFORMED
CEQA AND NEPA COMPLIANCE
BILL HENRY, M.C.R.P., AICP | SENIOR PROJECT
PRINCIPAL | 29 YRS.
M.C.R.P., City and Regional Planning
B.S., Natural Resources Management
• Certified Planner, District of Columbia No. 014248; American Institute of Certified Planners; 1998
• Member, American Institute of Certified Planners
• Member, American Planning Association
• Member, Association of Environmental Professionals
• CEQA
• Visual Resource
Management (VRM)
• Regulatory Permitting
• NEPA
IAN TODD, M.E.L.P., AICP | SENIOR
ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECT MANAGER | 11
YRS.
M.E.L.P. magna cum laude, Environmental Law and
Policy
B.A., Environmental Studies
• American Institute of Certified Planners
• Association of Environmental Professionals
• American Planning Association
• Environmental Project of Excellence Award for Environmental Assessment for P-771 Proposed Infrastructure Improvements, Camp Billy Machen, Imperial County, California (Lead
Environmental Analyst); Society of American Military Engineers • CEQA/NEPA
compliance
• Project management
• Water agencies
JULIE BARLOW, AICP | SENIOR ENVIRONMENTAL
PROJECT MANAGER | 22 YRS
B.S., City and Regional Planning
• American Institute of Certified Planners
• American Planning Association
• San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association • Association of Environmental Professionals, Monterey Bay Board Member
• Environmental studies
• Project management
• CEQA analysis and
compliance
• City and regional
planning
JAQUELINE MARKLEY, M.S., AICP |
ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNER | 11 YRS
M.S., Environmental Management
B.A., Environmental Studies;
c: Ecology and Conservation, m: Anthropology
• Plant Voucher Collecting Permit; CDFW, 2081(a) 14 031 V • Authorized User; California Historical Resources Information System
• Wetland Delineation Certification; USACE
• Association of Environmental Professionals
• American Planning Association
• Project management
• CEQA/NEPA analysis
and compliance
• Land use and policy
analysis
• Mitigation monitoring
plans
• Agency
consultation/coordination
PATRICK COUSINEAU, MPP | ENVIRONMENTAL
PLANNER | 4 YRS
M.P.P., Master of Public Policy
B.S, Environmental Studies
• NEPA Streamlining, 2019
• Navigating the Environmental Compliance Process for Wetland Projects in the San Francisco Bay and Outer Coast, 2016 • NEPA/CEQA
Compliance
• Permitting and
regulatory strategy
• Environmental
compliance
management
• State and federal permit
acquisition
BRANDI CUMMINGS, B.S. | ENVIRONMENTAL
PLANNER | 5 YRS
M.C.R.P. in progress, City and Regional Planning
B.S., Environmental Management and Protection
• Advanced CEQA Workshop, Association of Environmental
Professionals; 2017
• CEQA Essentials Workshop, Association of Environmental Professionals; 2017
• American Planning Association
• Treasurer, Association of Environmental Professionals • CEQA compliance
• Environmental impact
analysis
• Coastal planning and
permitting
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TEAM MEMBER, ROLE, YEARS OF
EXPERIENCE, AND EDUCATION
LICENSES, CERTIFICATIONS, AND
MEMBERSHIPS
AREAS OF
EXPERTISE / WORK
TO BE PERFORMED
CASSIDY WILLIAMS, B.S. | ENVIRONMENTAL
PLANNER | 3 YRS
B.S., Environmental Management and Protection;
m: City and Regional Planning
• Association of Environmental Professionals, Student
Membership Chair
• Environmental impact
analysis
• CEQA documentation
RYAN RAUSCH, M.E.L.P. | ENVIRONMENTAL
PLANNER | 16 YRS.
M.E.L.P., Environmental Law
B.S., Biology
• Visual Resources Management, U.S. Bureau of Land
Management; 2016
• AZ Water Law, CLE International; 2008
• NEPA, CLE International; 2006
• Wetlands, CLE International; 2007
• Member, Arizona Airports Association
• Member, Arizona Association of Environmental Professionals • Member, Arizona Planning Association
• Project management
• CEQA and NEPA
Analysis
• Land use planning
• BLM, Forest Service,
DOE, BIA, FAA, and
NPS NEPA planning
• Cumulative impacts
• Public participation
• Wilderness, recreation,
and special designation
resources
• Visual Resource
Management (VRM)
• Public / Federal land law
• National Trails System
Act
SIERRA KELSO, B.S. | ENVIRONMENTAL
PLANNER | 13 YRS.
B.S. with honors, Environmental Science and
Resource Management
• CalOSHA 40-Hour
• CalOSHA 8-hr
• BBS/LPS Safety Training
• NAVCON Noise Training – Measurement Modeling &
Evaluation
• BLM Streamlined NEPA Process and Analysis Workshop; 2019 • EAs, EISs, and EIRs
• CEQA/ NEPA
• Restoration planning
• Technical writing
• Spill Prevention Control
and Countermeasures
(SPCC)
• Oil & Gas Permitting
• Construction noise
analysis
• Coastal zone permitting
Santa Barbara and
Ventura Counties
• Environmental planning
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TEAM MEMBER, ROLE, YEARS OF
EXPERIENCE, AND EDUCATION
LICENSES, CERTIFICATIONS, AND
MEMBERSHIPS
AREAS OF
EXPERTISE / WORK
TO BE PERFORMED
AIR QUALITY / GHG, AND ENERGY STUDIES
MICHELLE ROWE, B.S. | AIR QUALITY SPECIALIST
| 6 YRS.
B.S., Environmental Geoscience
• Skilled at completing air
quality permitting and
analysis
• Intelex Asset
Compliance Tracking
System (ACTS
database)
• 40 CFR Part 98 GHG
Reporting, California
Cap and Trade Program
• Experienced in
assessing Clean Air Act
compliance
• Experience writing and
evaluating Air Quality
and GHG Resource
Sections for CEQA and
NEPA
• Skilled at preparing
Energy Studies under
the recently updated
CEQA Guidelines
BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES
PAULINE ROBERTS, PH.D. | SENIOR BIOLOGICAL
RESOURCES PROJECT MANAGER | 24 YRS.
Ph.D., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
B.A., Biology
• California Department of Fish and Wildlife Scientific Collecting Permit (SC11906), Sr. Natural Resources Project Manager; CA • Wetland Delineation Certificate, Richard Chinn
Environmental Training, Inc.; 2013
• Federal Interagency Aviation Training (IAT) for helicopter work including B3 basic training and external loads; 2007 • Avian Power Lines Interactions Guidelines Workshop,
Avian Power Lines Interaction Committee; 2012
• Estimating Fatalities of Birds and Bats at Wind Energy Facilities, The Wildlife Society; 2012
• Southwestern Willow Flycatcher Workshop, Southern
Sierra Research Station; 2012
• Desert Tortoise Handling Techniques, Desert Tortoise
Council; 2012
• Vertebrate Paleontology
– field and lab work
• Environmental
microbiology – pollutant
source tracking
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TEAM MEMBER, ROLE, YEARS OF
EXPERIENCE, AND EDUCATION
LICENSES, CERTIFICATIONS, AND
MEMBERSHIPS
AREAS OF
EXPERTISE / WORK
TO BE PERFORMED
JACKIE WORDEN, B.A. | BIOLOGICAL
RESOURCES PROJECT MANAGER |
38 YRS.
B.A., Biology and Environmental Studies
• California Rapid Assessment Method (CRAM), California; 2015 • 24 hours of formal training on California tiger salamander and red-legged frog, including field techniques, Alameda RCD/US Fish & Wildlife Service & CDFW
• Desert Tortoise Surveying, Monitoring and Handling Techniques Workshop
• 200+ hours Wetland Delineation Training, Wetlands Training Institute
• Board Member, Audubon Society
• Member, California Native Plant Society
• Habitat restoration
• Native plant revegetation
• Biological assessments
• Special-status species
surveys
• Mitigation and
construction monitoring
• Environmental Quality
Assurance Programs
• Invasive Plant
Eradication Programs
TOM THOMPSON, M.S., M.ED. | BIOLOGICAL
RESOURCES PROJECT MANAGER |
9 YRS.
M.ED., Single Subject Credential in Science
(Biology)
M.S., Biology
B.S., Biology; Ecology
• Certified Wetland Hydrologist; 2019
• Wetland Delineation, Wetland Training Institute, Inc.; 2009 • Wetland/Waters Regulatory Policies, Wetland Training Institute, Inc.; 2010
• Wetland assessment,
delineation, mitigation,
and restoration
• Critical Habitat
assessments and
special-status species
surveys
• Threatened and
endangered species
surveys
• Rare plant surveys
• Vegetation mapping
• Nesting bird surveys
• Environmental protocol
training for monitors and
construction contractors
• Construction monitoring
LUIS AGUILAR, M.A. | WETLAND
DELINEATOR/BOTANIST | 10 YRS.
M.A., Geography/GIS
B.A., Geography
• Certified Arborist, California No. WE-12042A; International Society of Arboriculture; 2017
• California Department of Fish and Wildlife Plant Voucher Collecting Permit (2081(a)-16-111-V); CA
• Wetland Delineation, Wetland Training Institute, Inc.; 2018 • Monitoring Plant Populations, California Native Plant Society; 2012
• Member, California Native Plant Society; 2016
• Rare plant surveys
• Vegetation monitoring
• Wetland delineation
• ArcGIS and ArcGIS
online
• Database management
• Weed management and
treatment
• Habitat restoration
• Nesting bird surveys
• CNPS Rapid
Assessment and Releve
Protocol
• Arborist
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TEAM MEMBER, ROLE, YEARS OF
EXPERIENCE, AND EDUCATION
LICENSES, CERTIFICATIONS, AND
MEMBERSHIPS
AREAS OF
EXPERTISE / WORK
TO BE PERFORMED
MARSHALL WEBB, B.S, | BIOLOGIST | 3 yrs.
B.S., Environmental Science; Spatial Studies
• Introduction to Desert Tortoises & Field Techniques; 2018 • Southern California nesting bird surveys
• Biological monitoring
• Vegetation mapping
• Ornithology
• Spatial studies / GIS
• Biological generalist, but
mainly trees/avian
• Avian surveys and
monitoring
CULTURAL RESOURCES (HISTORICAL / ARCHAEOLOGICAL PALEONTOLOGICAL) CHRIS MILLINGTON, M.A., RPA |
ARCHAEOLOGIST | 16 YRS.
M.A., Archaeology
B.A., summa cum laude, Anthropology
• Meets and exceeds the Secretary of the Interior’s Professional Qualifications Standards in Archaeology
• Registered Prof. Archaeologist No. 32790536; 2015
• Society for American Archaeology
• Society for Historical Archaeology
• Society for Archaeological Sciences
• Society for California Archaeology
• Section 106
• NEPA
• CEQA
• AB 52 consultation
• Tribal cultural resources
• Los Angeles history
• Archival research
• Archaeological
sensitivity and predictive
modeling
• Visual display of
information: GIS,
cartography, illustration,
photography
TREVOR GITTELHOUGH, M.A. | ARCHAEOLOGIST
| 8 YRS.
M.A, Maritime Studies
B.A., Cultural Anthropology
• Meets and exceeds the Secretary of the Interior’s Professional Qualifications Standards in Archaeology
• Registered Professional Archaeologist No. 17387; 2018 • AAUS Scientific Diving
• ESRI GIS Certification
• Society for California Archaeology
• Society for American Archaeology
• Society for Historical Archaeology
• Cultural Resources
Management
• Excavation and Surveys
• GPS/Mapping
• Laboratory Analysis
• Underwater Archaeology
• Preservation and
Conservation
JOSEPH TOMBERLIN, M.H.P. | ARCHITECTURAL
HISTORIAN |
23 YRS.
M.H.P., Historic Preservation
B.A., History
• Meets and exceeds requirements in the Secretary of the Interior’s Professional Qualification Standards in Architectural History and Historic Preservation
• Architectural history
• Cultural resources
management
• NEPA compliance
• NHPA Sections 106 and
110
• Design review for
compliance with the
Secretary of the
Interior’s Standards
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TEAM MEMBER, ROLE, YEARS OF
EXPERIENCE, AND EDUCATION
LICENSES, CERTIFICATIONS, AND
MEMBERSHIPS
AREAS OF
EXPERTISE / WORK
TO BE PERFORMED
NELSON WHITE, M.S.H.P | ARCHITECTURAL
HISTORIAN |
13 YRS.
M.S., Historic Preservation
B.A., Architectural History; Urban Design
• Meets and exceeds requirements in the Secretary of the Interior’s Professional Qualification Standards in Architectural History and Historic Preservation
• Honorable Mention, Charles E. Peterson Prize, HABS (2005) • Member, National Trust for Historic Preservation
• Steering Committee 2017, California Preservation Foundation • Member, Los Angeles Conservancy
• Architectural History
• Historic Preservation
• Historical Resource
Assessments
• Property Histories
• Preservation Guidance
BILL KENDIG, B.A. | LABORATORY MANAGER | 11
YRS.
B.A., Anthropology
• Society for American Archaeology
• Pacific Coast Archaeological Society
• Society for California Archaeology
• Archaeological
monitoring
• Archaeological survey,
site testing, and data
recovery excavation
• Archaeological
collections management
ALYSSA BELL, PH.D. | PALEONTOLOGIST | 12
YRS.
Ph.D., Vertebrate Paleontology
M.S., Environmental Microbiology
B.A., Architectural History; Urban Design
• Meets and exceeds the Society for Vertebrate Paleontology professional qualification standards for Principal Investigator • Post-doctoral research assistant, The Dinosaur Institute, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
• U.S. Bureau of Land Management Paleontological
Investigations Permit (CA-19-08P), Principal Investigator; CA • Vertebrate Paleontology
– field and lab work
• Environmental
microbiology – pollutant
source tracking
NOISE AND GROUNDBORNE VIBRATION
CARLOS M. ITUARTE-VILLARREAL | ACOUSTIC
SPECIALIST | 8 YRS.
Ph.D., Environmental Science & Engineering
M.S., Industrial Engineering
B.S., Industrial Engineering
• Lean Manufacturing, TMAC; 2012
• AERMOD Air Dispersion Modeling, Lakes Environmental; 2013 • Member, Institute of Industrial Engineers; 2010
• Member, American Wind Energy Association; 2013
• Member, INFORMS; 2011
• Emissions Inventory
• Environmental
Permitting, Engineering
and Modeling
• Carbon Footprinting
• Noise Impact
Assessment and
Monitoring
• Environmental Impact
Assessment
SUBCONSULTANT KEY PERSONNEL
AMBIENT AIR QUALITY & NOISE CONSULTING
Kurt Legleiter | Principal Air Quality and Noise Specialist Kurt Legleiter is the Principal Air Quality and Noise Specialist and sole proprietor of Ambient. His experience spans over 25 years and encompasses both the public and private sectors. He specializes in the preparation of air quality, GHG emissions, energy use, noise, and groundborne vibration impact assessments in support of community planning and development projects that are subject to review under CEQA and NEPA. Mr.
Legleiter is proficient in the use of various air quality and noise modeling software programs, including CalEEMod, AERMOD, ISCST3, HARP, CALINE4, SoundPlan, and FHWA’s Traffic Noise Model.
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KLEINFELDER, INC.
Wendy Arima | Senior Project Manager & Hazardous Materials Specialist Wendy Arima brings 22 years of experience managing multi-disciplinary environmental assessment teams for on- call contracts for major municipal clients and possesses firsthand knowledge of the complexities involved with on-call project management. Ms. Arima’s project experience includes a broad env ironmental background including managing and performing environmental management system (EMS) and facility compliance audits, Phase I and II environmental site assessments (ESAs), preliminary endangerment assessments, and real estate transactions/due diligence; Brownfield redevelopment, soil, soil -gas, and groundwater investigations; groundwater monitoring; pilot and bench- scale studies, remedial investigations/feasibility studies (RI/FS), human health risk assessments (HHRA), implementation of site remediation technology including in- situ chemical oxidation, vapor extraction, and free product recovery, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) facility investigations and closure, and operation and maintenance (O&M) of remediation systems.
Jim Finegan, Ph.D. | Hydrogeologist
Dr. Finegan is a California Certified Hydrogeologist with 30 years of experience in geologic and hydrogeologic investigations, water-supply evaluations, and dewatering assessments. Sites include Superfund sites, solar projects, landfills (municipal and hazardous waste), chemical plants, natural gas transfer and compressor stations, petroleum product tank farms, gas stations, and many others. He has extensive field experience and is an expert in most field techniques for groundwater inv estigation and sampling. He provides litigation support as an expert in hydrogeology and is an experienced modeler, including basin and water -supply evaluation, transport modeling, multiple modeling codes, and 3D conceptual site modeling and visualization.
Dr. Finegan leads Kleinfelder’s groundwater modeling practice and has been invited to speak about numerical modeling.
Paul Guptil | Senior Principal Engineering Geologist
Mr. Guptil brings extensive experience with the planning and implementation of large complex geotechnical investigations including site characterization, hazard assessment (landslides, active faulting, liquefaction), hydrogeology for design and construction projects, hillside development, wetland restorations, landfills, and other infrastructure projects for the public and private sector. His familiarity with California geology and unique hazards stems from his 48 years of experience at hundreds of sites with widely divergent conditions and accompanying site challenges. Within the broader southern California area, Mr. Guptill has successfully managed large geotechnical projects comprising over $38 million in fees focusing on various exploratory drilling methods, rock coring, packer testing, in situ testing, laboratory testing, instrumentati on, monitoring well installations, slope stability, landslide investigations, fault investigations, hydrogeology studies and report preparation. He has managed projects for Metropolitan Water District, LA Metro, Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts, and numerous cities and counties.
Vanessa Welsh | Environmental Compliance and Environmental Law Ms. Welsh has 15 years of experience in environmental consulting as a project manager and biological resources / watershed science technical specialist. She specializes in environmental compliance for natural resources, infrastructure, and urban infill projects, with an emphasis on the NEPA, CEQA, the CWA, and multiple-species habitat conservation plans throughout California. She has often been involved in preparing the environmental analyses for difficult and controversial projects and has a superior record of legal defensibility in the documents she has managed and prepared. She has been serving public agencies and private clients in California for many years and is familiar with the specialized needs and evolving nature of environmental compliance work.
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KITTELSON & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Timothy Erney, AICP, PTP, CTP | Senior Principal
Tim is a certified transportation planner with more than 20 years of experience with planning and engineering projects throughout California. His primary focus has been on managing analyses and documentation for environmental review projects, access and circulation studies, sustainable transportation practices, TDM measures , parking evaluations, pedestrian and bicycle reviews, and data collection programs. In addition, his experience includes detailed technical analyses of local and regional roadway facilities, including traffic forecasting, modal split analyses, traffic div ersion, and operational analyses. He has experience coordinating with local and regional transportation and environmental agencies in Southern California and has been leading the firm’s efforts on the evaluation of emerging technologies, alternative evaluation metrics, and the impacts of new mobility services on land use and circulation networks.
Hassan Ahmed, TE | Engineer
Hassan is a traffic engineer with experience working on traffic engineering and transportation planning projects. He uses a variety of modeling and analysis tools, such as Synchro, SIMTraffic, Traffix, Vistro, and VISSIM to complete transportation studies that evaluate parking, traffic impacts, corridors, multimodal operations, event management, and public outreach applications. His role on projects has involved data collection, existing and future conditions assessment, roadway segment and intersection operational analyses, report preparation, identification of mitigation alternatives, site access evaluations, site circulation evaluations, and parking analyses.
Hassan’s combined background in civil engineering and transportation system science helps identify solutions to transportation challenges that are practical and implementable.
Fernando Sotelo, PE, PTP | Associate Engineer
Fernando Sotelo is a registered professional traffic engineer in California and a certified transportation planner, with a master’s degree in transportation engineering. He has extensive experience in CEQA and the technical aspects of transportation planning, including travel demand forecasting, traffic impact analyses, and parking demand studies. His professional experience with traffic and parking analyses includes several schools and a variety of land development uses, such as warehousing, mixed use, commercial, a nd recreation projects in southern and northern California. Fernando understands the complexities of transportation planning and plays a large role coordinating with subconsultants, often reviewing transportation studies and preparing transportation sections for EIRs for major projects such as general plan updates and specific plans. He focuses particular attention on issues such as vehicular circulation, site access, queuing, and pedestrian routes to school and safety. In addition to his experience in traffic , Fernando has prepared hundreds of technical studies for noise and air quality analyses on a variety of projects.
COMPLIANCE BIOLOGY
Dave Crawford | Owner / Principal Biologist
Mr. Crawford has approximately 25 years of experience in biology, environment al planning, and project management and is the owner and principal biologist for Compliance Biology. His responsibilities include special-status species focused surveys, biological resource assessments, biological constraints analyses,
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habitat restoration plans, preparation of biological resource sections for environmental documents, project scheduling, budget supervision and control, subconsultant coordination and client communication. He has directed, managed, and prepared biological resource sections for environmental impact reports and mitigation monitoring plans for private and public sector clients throughout Southern California. Mr. Crawford and SWCA’s Jackie Worden have worked together since 2013.
Mr. Crawford has a thorough understanding of CEQA. He has participated in the development of more than 30 EIRs within southern California, including residential, commercial, and industrial developments. In addition, he has substantial experience in processing of coastal development projects with the California coastal zone and has served as the City of Malibu Biologist for over 16 years.
Mr. Crawford has broad knowledge of both the ESA and CESA, and state and federal regulations involving biological resources and holds a Section 10(a)(1)(A) Endangered Species Recovery Permit to survey for unarmored threespine stickleback ( Gasterosteus aculeatus williamsoni ), tidewater goby ( Eucyclogobius newberryi), and California gnatcatcher ( Polioptila californica), and has been authorized by the USFWS to survey for least Bell’s vireo (Vireo bellii pusillus), arroyo toad ( Anaxyrus californicus), California red-legged frog (Rana draytonii) and myriad other speci al-status wildlife species by California Department of Fish and Wildlife. His biological expertise includes knowledge of biological and ecological relationships, with particular emphasis on habitat impact analysis and special-status wildlife species.
Ron Francis, Jr. | Biologist
Ron Francis, Jr. has over 18 years' experience throughout southern California and has worked with Mr.
Crawford and SWCA’s Ms. Worden over many years on projects in the Santa Clarita Valley. Mr. Francis holds a 10(a)(1)(A) Federal Fish and Wildlife Permit for the California gnatcatcher throughout the range of the species and, similar to Mr. Crawford and Ms. Worden, is authorized to conduct least Bell’s vireo, arroyo toad, and California red -legged frog s urveys. Mr. Francis has functioned as lead biologist, conducting construction monitoring for permit compliance and providing crew training in accordance with project- specific Worker Environmental Assurance Programs.
EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES
SWCA relies on the latest software and technology available. We use the Microsoft Office 365 ® cloud- productivity suite as our primary collaboration software. This suite includes cloud workspaces that can be shared with internal and external users, task tracking programs, and document coauthoring and editing solutions to keep project teams connected throughout the process.
Our Program Manager and Task Order Managers will track project activities and costs using a custom Tracking Database, allowing them to monitor and manage project details, including costs, permits, deliverables, and safety metrics in real time. Accounting information is tracked using Deltek Vision® software, a fully integrated system that encompasses our firm’s processes and resources. Project managers are required to update the percentage of work completed on a weekly basis and to compare it to the percent expended, allowing the early detection and prevention of potential overruns. Performance metrics can be provided to the client on a monthly or quarterly basis if requested. Depending on client preference, SWCA’s Task Order Managers are also adept at the preparation, delivery, and tracking of project schedules using Microsoft Project®.
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typically spatial in nature and are logically managed within or in conjunction with a GIS database. SWCA can provide the City with a centralized GIS database for each task order, enabling the City and other stakeholder users to store and share data and produce clear and informative maps via an intranet site, such as a SharePoint® or an FTP site. SWCA’s GIS staff excels in the development of mapping and data products that clearly convey environmental opportunities and constraints.
SWCA’s mobile data collection software significantly streamlines in -field documentation processes using Survey 123 and Collector for ArcGIS. The tablets use databases developed by in- house information technology specialists, allowing for efficient and cons istent data entry in the field. Using tablets eliminates transcription errors and creates efficiencies during post-field information processing and reporting. Field data recorded on the tablets are loaded directly into SWCA’s custom databases, automaticall y populating fields within digital forms and report templates. This process eliminates the need to re-type information, saving time and maintaining data integrity.
UAS, more commonly referred to as “drones,” are the latest addition to the technological tools utilized by our staff. SWCA is now FAA -certified for commercial use of UAS, which can be used for accurate photo documentation and mapping of archaeological sites and historical structures. Aerial imagery collected by UAS can be utilized in GIS platform s, and 3D models can be generated to accurately record features and buildings.
Cultural Resources Laboratory
Our Pasadena office h as one of the few fully equipped laboratories available to process archaeological materials in greater Los Angeles, should such materials be collected during field operations. State-of-the-art laboratory equipment; washing facilities; archival curation materials; and extensive faunal, osteological, ceramic, and lithic comparative collections, as well as an integrated database, allow for efficient and accurate inventory and analysis of data collected from the field. SWCA team project managers work closely with clients to develop sound and cost-effective procedures for the curation of collected materials.
Air Quality, GHG Modeling, & Energy Studies
SWCA’s air quality specialists and its subconsultants employ the latest air quality emissions software to inventory project-related emissions and evaluate impacts. Our specialists primarily rely on the CalEEMod (version 2016.3.2) to estimate air quality and GHG/carbon dioxide (CO 2) emissions and for completing HRA
modeling. We also maintain the latest versions of the California Air Quality Resources Board (CARB) OFFROAD and EMFAC software suites. When an HRA is required to determine air quality and health risk impacts on sensitive receptors, dispersion modeling is completed with the US EPA’s AERMOD software.
Through the efficient use of this software, SWCA and our subconsultants can accurately estimate project - related emissions and readily c ompare estimated emissions on nearby sensitive receptors against the localized and regional standards for criteria air pollutants, GHG emissions, and TACs concentrations. Beyond relying on modeling software, our team members also leverage their experience to identify early in the process those construction activities or operational components that are likely to result in impacts, allowing for informed modifications and design changes and reducing the need for reiterative modeling efforts.
Noise and Groundborne Vibration Modeling
Our acoustical engineers and subconsultants rely on highly accurate and calibrated field noise monitors (e.g., Larson‐Davis 820 Precision Integrated Sound Level Meter) to collect ambient noise levels. We typically collect both short-term (15 minutes) and long-term (24-48 hours) noise data points to capture both long-term average (L
eq) and peak-hour noise levels, or otherwise rely on the General Plan Community Noise Equivalent Level (CNEL) when it is representative of ambient noise conditions. After establishing existing ambient noise levels, our staff references industry-accepted noise generation levels or uses desktop software to estimate City of Santa Clarita On-Call Environmental Planning Services Page | 55
project-related noise levels. Construction- related noise is most often estimated using the FHWA Roadway Construction Noise Model User’s Guide, taking into consideration a project’s construction fleet and natural attenuation rates (e.g., distance loss, geometric spreading). Noise levels from routine operational components, such as heating, ventil ation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems, are usually assumed to comply with applicable code and regulations, while unique noise sources (e.g., loading docks, garbage collection areas) are modeled using case studies of similar sources. Our noise specialists calculate roadway noise using the procedures provided in Caltrans Technical Noise Supplement (TeNS), consistent with FHWA RD‐77‐108 roadway noise prediction methodologies. Groundborne vibration is estimated using data compiled by the FTA, attuned to the project-specific equipment fleet and distance to sensitive receptors.
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SUBCONSULTANTS
Through previous projects, SWCA has developed established working relationships with the highly experienced subconsultants we have called upon for this On-Call Environmental Planning Services contract.
This roster of teaming partners has been assembled so that SWCA can provide the City with the full suite of services requested by City in this RFP and provide a right-sized team for each individual task order .
The Qualifications, Relevant Project Experience, and Key Personnel for our subconsultants are described throughout this proposal, and summarized in Table 2, Qualifications and Roles of Subconsultants, below.
Table 2. Qualifications and Roles of Subconsultants
SUBCONSULTANT KEY STAFF AND LICENSES/
CERTIFICATIONS
RELEVANT PROJECT
EXPERIENCE
ROLE ON ON-CALL
CONTRACT
Ambient Air Quality &
Noise Consulting
(Ambient)
• Kurt Legleiter*, Principal Air
Quality & Noise Specialist
• Higuera Street Bridge Widening
Project, City of Culver City
• Sepulveda Boulevard Bridge
Widening Project, City of Manhattan
Beach
• Riverfront Street Extension Project,
City of West Sacramento
• Atlantic Street/Eureka Road I-80
Westbound On-Ramp Realignment,
City of Roseville
• Air Quality & Air Emissions Modeling
• GHG Emissions Studies
• Energy Studies
• Health Risk Assessments
• Noise & Groundborne Vibration
Studies
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Kleinfelder, Inc.
• Jeff Woon*, Senior Principal (Civil,
CA PE 60246, Geotechnical, CA
GE 2522)
• Jim Finegan, Hydrogeologist
(Hydrogeologist, CA CHg 707,
Geologist, CA PG 6821)
• Paul Guptil, Senior Principal
Engineering Geologist (Geologist,
CA PG 3490, Engineering
Geologist, CA CEG 1081)
• Robert Kovacs, Project Manager
(Hydrogeologist, CA CHg 852,
Geologist, CA PG 7708,
Engineering Geologist, CA CEG
2548)
• Vanessa Welsh, Project
Manager/Biological Resources
Technical Specialist
• Wendy Arima, Senior Project
Manager (Geologist, CA PG 8076,
ENV SP, CA, Envision
Sustainability Professional,
Stormwater Developer, CA G08076,
ISO 14001 Auditor)
• City of Los Angeles Department of
Water and Power, Site Investigation
and Remediation Services on an
As-Needed Basis
• California High Speed Rail
Authority, California High Speed
Rail, Palmdale to Burbank and San
Jose to Madera Segments, CA
• Riverside County Transportation
Commission, Perris Valley Line
Commuter Rail EIR/EIS
• Engineering
• Geology & Geotechnical Studies
• Hazardous Materials Surveys
(including Environmental Site
Assessments)
• Hydrology & Water Quality Studies
Kittelson &
Associates, Inc.
• Hassan Ahmed*, Traffic Engineer
(Traffic, CA PE)
• Timothy Erney, Transportation
Planner/Engineer, CA AICP, CA
CTP, CA PTP)
• Fernando Sotelo, Associate
Engineer, PE, PTP
• Natural History Museum of Los
Angeles County Center for Nature
and Culture Project
• City of La Verne General Plan
Update and EIR
• Long Beach PCH/2nd Planning
Support
• Transportation and Traffic Studies
• Engineering
Compliance Biology,
Inc.
• Dave Crawford, Owner/Principal
Biologist
• Ron Francis, Jr., Biologist
• City of Santa Clarita Newhall Ranch
Road Bridge Widening Project
• City of Santa Clarita Canyon
Country Community Center
• City of Santa Clarita McBean
Boulevard Bridge Widening Project
• City of Santa Clarita Cross Valley
Connector Bridge
• Provide Local Biological Resources
Support
• Field Surveys
• Biological Assessments
APPENDIX A:
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SHAWN GAVER, M.A., PROGRAM MANAGER
Mr. Shawn Gaver is a Senior Project Manager and Environmental Planner with 16 years of CEQA and NEPA experience, which is preceded by 2 years of experience in natural resources management. Based in SWCA’s Pasadena office, he routinely manages and authors all levels of CEQA and NEPA documents—from straightforward categorical exemptions (CEs) to complex joint Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Reports (EIS/EIRs)—for both public- and private-sector clients throughout California. Mr. Gaver has expertise in master/specific plans, large-scale infrastructure, urban infill, mixed-use, transit-oriented development (TOD), film and television studio, transportation/aviation infrastructure, parks and recreation, cannabis regulation, and groundwater development projects. He also specializes in projects involving eligible or potentially eligible historic resources, and projects with complex hazardous materials analyses.
SELECTED PROJECT EXPERIENCE (∗ denotes project experience prior to SWCA) Santa Maria Airport Specific Plan Amendment Project Supplemental EIR, City of Santa Maria, Santa Barbara County, California. SWCA is preparing an EIR Addendum for this Project, which proposes a General Plan Amendment, Specific Plan Amendment, Zoning Modification, and approval of a conceptual development plan for a mixed-use commercial development project on an undeveloped 28-acre portion (the project site) of the Specific Plan area. The EIR Addendum will evaluate Project consistency with the 2007 Certified EIR. Key issues include potential impacts to California tiger salamander (CTS) habitat; traffic impacts from increased background traffic, changed roadway configurations, and an increase in proposed development. SWCA is currently managing the subconsultant-prepared preliminary technical reports (biology, traffic, AQ/GHG) to identify any new potentially significant impacts that guide the Supplemental EIR and project design. We are also efficiently coordinating the preliminary results to the City for strategic consideration and legal defensibility. The EIR Addendum is expected to be approved in fall 2020. Role: Project Manager. Managing preparation of the EIR Addendum, including, client coordination, schedule and budget adherence, subconsultant management, and quality assurance/quality control.
Concord Reuse Project Specific Plan CEQA Analysis; City of Concord; Concord, Contra Costa County, California. SWCA is currently preparing an EIR for the Concord Reuse Project (CRP) Specific Plan for the City of Concord. The CRP Specific Plan addresses a phased mixed-use development on approximately 2,300 undeveloped acres of the former Concord Naval Weapons Station site. The project would include up to 13,000 residential units and 8.4 million square feet of commercial/campus/institutional uses, and greenway and park uses. SWCA successfully published the Notice of Preparation on schedule and under budget, and is currently preparing the Administrative Draft EIR for Applicant and City review. Role: Deputy Project Manager. Managing the transfer of information between project team members; ensuring QA/QC and timely submittal of initial EIR Sections; managing internal staffing and workload.
Marquette Residential Development; Pizzulli Associates, Inc.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California. SWCA prepared an MND and supporting technical studies, including a tribal cultural resources study, historical resources assessment, biological assessment, and air quality analysis in support of this Project in the Pacific Palisades. The project required lot line adjustments and a Coastal Development Permit for the demolition of two residences and the construction of eight new single-family homes within the Coastal Zone. The project faced organized opposition from neighbors, who expressed concern that proposed stability structures were inadequate to prevent landsliding, and that the proposed homes were inconsistent with the scale, mass, and visual character of the hillside neighborhood. With guidance from SWCA, the Project was ultimately processed as a Class 32 Infill Categorical Exemption and unanimously approved by the West Los Angeles Area Planning Commission (APC) in November 2019. Neighbors appealed the APC approval to the City Council; SWCA is currently supporting the appeal process with the City Council. Role: Project manager and client representative for the ongoing appeal process and public hearings.
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
18 EXPERTISE
CEQA & NEPA Document Preparation
Environmental Planning
Urban Planning
EDUCATION
MA, Urban & Environmental Planning,
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ,
2005
BS, Environmental Analysis & Planning,
Frostburg State University, Frostburg,
MD, 2002
Minor, Biology, Frostburg State
University, Frostburg, MD, 2002
MEMBERSHIPS
American Planning Association
Association of Environmental Planners
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∗Santa Monica Downtown Community Plan; Santa Monica, CA. Prepared the EIR for the Project, which evaluated impacts of the Santa Monica Downtown Community Plan (Community Plan). The Community Plan guides development in the City’s 229-acre Downtown through the 2030 horizon. Using the City’ Land Use and Circulation Element (LUCE) framework as the guide, the Community Plan serves the community while integrating the western terminus station (Downtown Station) of the Expo Light Rail Transit line (Expo LRT). Role: Environmental Planner.
Work was performed while with The Wood Group.
∗423-429 Ocean Avenue Project Environmental Impact Report; City of Santa Monica; Santa Monica, CA. Prepared the Environmental Impact Report for the project, which developed a contemporary, 13-unit condominium building on a single, 0.52-acre parcel at 423-429 Ocean Avenue within a portion of the City of Santa Monica located in the Coastal Zone. The project demolished existing on-site apartments that the City's Landmarks Commission designated the existing apartment buildings and associated parcel as a City Landmark in October 2006. Role:
Project Manager. Work was performed while with The Wood Group ∗Airport Park Expansion Project; City of Santa Monica; City of Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California. Prepared the EIR for the Project. The Project proposes the expansion of Airport Park city property adjacent to the Santa Monica Airport. The Project would more than double the size of Airport Park, to over 20 acres, with improvements including renovating a portion of the existing park and constructing approximately 12 acres of new recreational facilities on former airport facilities, including two additional FIFA-regulation-sized synthetic turf sports fields; 60 community garden plots; three pickleball courts; and a continuous loop path throughout the park. Key issues being evaluated in the EIR include aesthetic impacts from park lighting on nearby residences and airport operations, air quality and health risk impacts from airport operations on park visitors, noise impacts from park operations on nearby residences, and traffic and circulation impacts due to relocation of the existing airport driveway. Role: Project Manager. Served as Project Manager for preparation of the EIR, including management of project tasks and deliverables, client coordination, schedule and budget adherence, subconsultant management, and quality assurance/quality control. Work was performed while with The Wood Group.
∗Port of Los Angeles / Phillips 66 Marine Oil Terminal Maintenance and Engineering Standards Project; Port of Los Angeles; City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA. Prepared the Draft EIR for the Project, which proposes to redevelop a Marine Oil Terminal wharf at the Port of Los Angeles to be compliant with the California Marine Oil Terminal Engineering and Maintenance Standards (MOTEMS). The EIR also evaluates the installation of a petroleum-product pipeline that would extend from the new MOT wharf to an existing manifold located north of the Port complex, and through soils with existing subsurface contamination. Key topics evaluated in the EIR are the removal of significant historic resources, air quality/GHG emissions from increased vessel calls and transfer of petroleum products, potential hazards and hazardous materials concerns with subsurface soil contamination, and the potential petroleum spills during operation. Role: Project Manager. Served as Project Manager for preparation of the EIR, including management of project tasks and deliverables, client coordination, schedule and budget adherence, subconsultant management, and quality assurance/quality control. Work was performed while with the Wood Group. ∗Line 204 Studios Project; Line 204 Studios, LLC; City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA. Prepared the MND for the Project, which proposes the first major, ground-up movie and television studio campus proposed in the City of Los Angeles in over 30 years. The studio campus would consist of two studio facilities and surface parking to accommodate up to 220,000 sf of floor area composed of 8 soundstages, post-production facilities, administrative and creative offices, and a support warehouse. Key topics included aesthetics, shade/shadow, and construction-related and operational noise impacts of a film and television studio on single-family residences; unstable soils from the site’s former use as a gravel quarry; hydrology and water quality impacts of discharging storm water runoff directly to the Los Angeles County Flood Control District Hansen Heights Chanel; traffic impacts to neighborhood streets; and neighbor opposition over expectations that the 11-acre site would be designated as open space per the General Plan. Role: Project Manager. Served as Project Manager for preparation of the MND, including day-to-day management of project tasks and deliverables, client coordination, schedule and budget adherence, subconsultant management, and quality assurance/quality control. Work was performed while with Environmental Science Associates. ∗NBC Universal Evolution Master Plan; NBC Universal; City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California. Prepared the EIR for the Project, which evaluated the proposed NBC Universal Evolution Master Plan. The Master Plan would implement two separate, but cohesive specific plans (one for portions of the studio within the City of Los Angeles, the other for the portion of the studio within unincorporated Los Angeles County) to provide a clear set of comprehensive guidelines for future additions to the existing studio, office, theme park, retail, and entertainment uses at Universal City—and to accommodate the introduction of new hotel and residential uses. The Evolution Plan was to be implemented over a 20-year period and would’ve ultimately involved a net increase of approximately 2.01 million sf of new commercial development, which includes 500 hotel guest rooms and related hotel facilities, plus 2,937 residential dwelling units. Role: Deputy Project Manager. Served as Deputy Project Manager for preparation of the EIR, including day-to-day management of project tasks and deliverables, client coordination, schedule and budget adherence, review of technical reports prepared by subconsultants, and quality assurance/quality control. Work was performed while with Environmental Science Associates.
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JOHN DIETLER, PH.D., RPA, PRINCIPAL-IN-CHARGE
Dr. Dietler is a cultural resources Principal Investigator, as well as the Vice President of the California and Pacific Islands subregion. He is responsible for creating innovative research plans, overseeing the firm’s high-quality cultural resources research team, mentoring staff, and providing QA/QC for technical studies. He has conducted extensive cultural resources research in support of development, infrastructure, and multidisciplinary environmental projects in compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), and Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA). A versatile consultant who has supervised research projects of all sizes and descriptions, Dr. Dietler has served as subject matter expert for over 150 projects throughout the west. He has managed large on-call contracts with major municipalities, utilities, and federal departments. His extensive experience enables him to produce legally compliant, industry-leading research within limited budgets and timeframes.
SELECTED PROJECT EXPERIENCE
Robinson Ranch Biological Assessment; Robinson Golf Holdings, LP; Los Angeles County, California. SWCA completed multiple flora and fauna surveys in 2018 on the 90-acre Robinson Ranch project site for a proposed private development project in the city of Santa Clarita. Role: Principal.
Crossroads at Golden Valley BA; National Technical Systems, Inc.; Santa Clarita, Los Angeles County, California. SWCA was retained to conduct multiple flora and fauna surveys and aquatic resources jurisdictional delineation in support of the Crossroads at Golden Valley NTS Biological Resources Assessment. Role: Principal.
Mancara Biological Services; Robinson Ranch Residential, LLC; Santa Clarita, Los Angeles County, California. SWCA completed three flora and fauna surveys in 2018 on the 179-acre Mancara project site in the city of Santa Clarita. The proposed project entails a residential community with single-family graded residential lots, recreational areas, and both public and private streets. Role: Principal.
SCE Large Cap CWA L027 Moorpark-Pardee No. 4; Southern California Edison Company; Ventura County, California. SWCA is providing Southern California Edison (SCE) environmental services for a large capital project located in the City of Santa Clarita, unincorporated Los Angeles and Ventura Counties, and the City of Moorpark.
The project involves the installation of a new electrical transmission circuit on transmission towers along an existing right-of-way, and associated equipment repairs and upgrades. SWCA conducted an initial environmental constraints analysis to inform high-level project planning. SWCA conducted field surveys for natural and cultural resources, including habitat assessments and protocol surveys for several threatened and endangered species, such as the San Fernando Valley spineflower, coastal California gnatcatcher, southwestern willow flycatcher, arroyo toad, and least Bell’s vireo.
SWCA also conducted a jurisdictional delineation of aquatic features in the project area.
Based on survey findings, SWCA developed avoidance and minimization measures for SCE to avoid impacts to listed species. SWCA prepared a GO 131-D evaluation to document the project’s exemption from California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requirements and is currently providing monitoring support as the project enters construction. Role: Principal.
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
24 EXPERTISE
Cultural resources management
Prehistoric and historical archaeology
California history and archaeology
Historic preservation
NHPA Section 106 and 110
CEQA/NEPA
Native American and NAGPRA
Consultation
Lithic analysis
Collections management
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Anthropology, e: Archaeology;
University of California - Los Angeles;
2008
M.A., Anthropology, e: Archaeology;
University of California - Los Angeles;
2003
B.A. magna cum laude, Anthropology, e:
Archaeology, m: Geology; George
Washington University, Washington
D.C.; 1996
REGISTRATIONS / CERTIFICATIONS
Certified Archaeologist, California;
County of Orange
Certified Archaeological Consultant,
California No. 227; County of Riverside
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SCE Operations and Maintenance On-call Contract for Natural, Cultural, and Water Resources Services; Multiple Counties, California; Southern California Edison Company. Under a three-year on-call contract, SWCA has completed more than 1400 survey and monitoring consultant work authorization tasks in support of various utility projects including deteriorated pole replacements, grid reliability and maintenance, GO 131-D, emergency services, vegetation management, and transmission line rating remediation. Projects are located throughout Southern California Edison’s territory in Los Angeles, Kern, San Bernardino, Riverside, Ventura, Orange, Mono, Inyo, and Tulare Counties; projects are located on land administered by numerous agencies including the United States Air Force, the Bureau of Land Management, United States National Forests, The National Park Service, and California State Parks. Role: Program Manager and Principal Investigator. Oversaw general contract performance including budget and schedule tracking, quality assurance, and safety.
City of San Gabriel Historic Preservation Ordinance Update; San Gabriel, California; City of San Gabriel. SWCA is providing cultural resources services in support of proposed updates to the City’s Historic Preservation Ordinance. Tasks include literature review, analysis of preservation policy options, preparation of draft and final ordinance, and participation in stakeholder meetings. Role: Principal Investigator providing senior oversight.
ACE San Gabriel Trench Grade Separation Environmental Compliance Services; Alhambra, San Gabriel, and Rosemead California; Alameda Corridor-East Construction Authority; SWCA conducted technical studies and prepared Environmental Impact Report sections for compliance with state and federal statutes, particularly CEQA and NEPA, for review by Caltrans, the lead agency. Cultural resources work included archaeological and architectural history surveys and evaluation studies, which were prepared in compliance with Section 106 of the NHPA and Caltrans standards. SWCA oversaw mitigation for adverse effects to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) and California Register of Historical Resources (CRHR) listed San Gabriel Mission site.
Role: Principal Investigator and Assistant Project Manager. Oversaw all cultural resources work for the project, including an archaeological survey, extended Phase I (XPI) testing, Phase II testing, and multiple Phase III data recoveries from the San Gabriel Mission site. Lead author or quality control officer for all key planning documents and supporting technical reports.
Port of Los Angeles On-Call Cultural Services; Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California; CDM Smith, Inc. SWCA On-Call Archaeological support during construction of the TraPac Buffer, TraPac Wharf and Backlands, Cabrillo Marina, Evergreen Container Terminal EIR/EIS, Avalon Triangle Park, Terminal Island Historic Survey and Context Statement, Al Larson Boat Shop, and Berths 167- 169 projects at the Port of Los Angeles (POLA). Role: Principal Investigator. Provided QA/QC of report documents.
Los Angeles Department of Public Works On-Call Contract; Los Angeles County, California; City of Los Angeles. SWCA is providing on call specialty environmental services, including historic property surveys, historic structures reports, Historic American Engineering/Building Surveys, and historic monument nominations; archaeological surveys, sampling, excavation, monitoring and analysis.
Role: Principal Investigator. Oversaw cultural resources work conducted for the contract, including staffing and cultural resources technical QA/QC.
LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes Project; City and County of Los Angeles, California; Client: County of Los Angeles. SWCA provided expert consultation for the treatment of the human remains and cultural resources excavated from a historic cemetery in accordance with state and federal laws including Section 106 of the NHPA, the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), NEPA, and CEQA. This work included archaeological laboratory analysis, historical research, Native American and other interested party consultation, providing an expert witness for the National NAGPRA meeting, archaeological excavation, archaeological and Native American monitoring, technical reports, a Historic Properties Management Plan, and an update to the Plaza National Register of Historic Places District nomination form. SWCA provided technical expertise and consultation at the highest level, ensuring compliance and allowing the project to come to a successful conclusion. Role: Lead Consultant and Project Manager.
Exceeds the U.S. Secretary of Interior’s
Professional Qualifications Standards
for prehistoric archaeologist
Registered Prof. Archaeologist No.
15224; 2003
PERMITS
USDA Forest Service Archaeological
Investigations Permit (TRD44201),
Principal Investigator; Black Star
Canyon, Corona South, Santiago Peak,
Alberhill, Canada Gobernadora, Sitton
Peak, Wildomar, Fallbrook in CA
USDA Forest Service Archaeological
Investigations Permit (SBD140014),
Principal Investigator; Los Padres
National Forest
USDA Forest Service Archaeological
Investigations Permit (LAG461), Field
Director; Angeles National Forest
U.S. Bureau of Land Management
Cultural Resource Use Permit (CA-17-
23), Principal Investigator; CA
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EMILY CREEL, J.D., SENIOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECT MANAGER Ms. Creel is a senior environmental planner and project manager in our San Luis Obispo office. She obtained her Juris Doctor in 2005 and has been practicing in the field of environmental law and planning in California for more than 13 years. She has a specialized background in environmental law and policy, property law, and land use controls. She is also currently acting as the Legislative Committee chair and CEQA Portal Committee representative for the Channel Counties Chapter of the Association of Environmental Professionals (AEP). Ms.
Creel has taught CEQA basics to senior engineering students at California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly) San Luis Obispo and has prepared and presented AEP workshops on CEQA case law and court hierarchy.
Ms. Creel is well-versed in state and federal environmental laws and regulations, administrative and regulatory processes, local municipal codes, and California Coastal Commission regulations. She is proficient in analyzing the formulation and implementation of environmental legislation and common law court decisions related to CEQA. Her varied experience and knowledge of CEQA’s legal framework allows her to think creatively within that framework to meet project goals. Her varied experience has given Ms. Creel the ability to handle complex environmental and legal issues.
SELECTED PROJECT EXPERIENCE
City of San Luis Obispo 2016–2019 Planning Review Services; City of San Luis Obispo; San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo County, California. Serving as an extension of City staff, SWCA is providing on-call planning and environmental review services, including conducting pre-application reviews and meetings; preparing request for information letters; conducting department and agency consultation; participating in meetings with applicants and City staff; reviewing and commenting on technical reports; preparing IS/MNDs, and associated notices and exhibits; preparing staff reports, resolutions, findings, and conditions of approval; and presenting projects to the City hearing bodies. Role: Project Manager. Managing various projects; coordinating with City departments, staff, and agencies, including Code Enforcement; and managing technical experts.
Froom Ranch El Villagio Specific Plan Project Management; City of San Luis Obispo; San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo County, California. Serving as an extension of City staff, SWCA is providing project management services for the Froom Ranch Specific Plan Project, which includes a General Plan Amendment, Specific Plan, pre-zoning, annexation, and related entitlements to facilitate development of the 110-acre project area. Role: Contract Project Manager. Managing the contract and project progress and administration, including pre-application review and coordination, application completeness review, management of the environmental process, public hearing presentations, and conceptural review before City advisory bodies.
Grover Beach Lodge and Conference Center EIR and EA; City of Grover Beach; Grover Beach, San Luis Obispo County, California. SWCA prepared an EIR for a beachfront lodge, located in the city of Grover Beach, in a sensitive State Park area under the jurisdiction of various regional and state agencies. The EIR tiered off the recently certified Master EIR for the City's Land Use Element, also prepared by SWCA.
SWCA also prepared the Environmental Assessment for the project for NEPA compliance. Role: Project Manager / Primary Author. Oversaw preparation of the EIR and EA, conducted extensive consistency analysis of applicable regional and state policies, and coordinated closely with the City of Grover Beach, State Parks, County of San Luis Obispo, RWQCB, SLOAPCD, California Coastal Commission, and Caltrans.
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
14 EXPERTISE
NEPA Planning
CEQA Planning
Property and environmental law
Civil pleading requirements and CEQA
litigation
EDUCATION
J.D., Focused studies on property, land
use and environmental law; Indiana
University School of Law; Bloomington,
Indiana; 2005
B.A., Political Science; Arizona State
University; Tempe, Arizona; 2002
TRAINING
CPR/AED and First Aid Certification,
American Heart Association; 2013
CPR/AED Certification, American Red
Cross; 2012
MEMBERSHIPS
Member, The State Bar of California
Channel Counties Representative,
Association of Environmental
Professionals
Member, San Luis Obispo County Bar
Association
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LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes 2014 Paseo Project EIR Addendum; County of Los Angeles, LA Plaza de Cultura Foundation; Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California. SWCA prepared a Second Addendum to the LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes 2014 Paseo Project EIR. The Paseo Project proposed redesign and redevelopment of the paseos, walkways, and other pedestrian elements and outdoor spaces at LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes, located within the 500 Block of Main Street in downtown Los Angeles. Role: Project Manager / Primary Author. Managed CEQA process, preparation of EIR Addendum, coordination with project team, agencies, and stakeholders.
City of Pismo Beach General Plan Circulation Element Update; City of Pismo Beach Public Works Department; Pismo Beach, San Luis Obispo County, California. SWCA prepared an IS/MND to satisfy CEQA requirements for a proposed Circulation Element Update for the City of Pismo Beach, California. SWCA teamed with Omni-Means, the transportation engineering firm that prepared the Circulation Element Update. Role: Project Manager / Environmental Planner. Managed the CEQA process, managed AB 52 and SB 18 notification process, provided QA/QC for deliverables, and assisted the City at public hearings.
City of Grover Beach General Plan Land Use Element and Master EIR; City of Grover Beach Community Development Department; Grover Beach, San Luis Obispo County, California. SWCA prepared the Land Use Element (LUE) and Master EIR, which evaluated the LUE as well as nine subsequent projects in Grover Beach, including the redevelopment of Grand Avenue, the Beachfront Lodge project, a train station expansion, development of the Strawberry Field, three undeveloped open space parcels, and infill areas, and rezoning of an industrial area. Role: Environmental Planner. Prepared the EIR Aesthetics section and assisted with preparation of CEQA Findings and responses to public comments.
Student Housing South EIR; California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; San Luis Obispo County, California. SWCA prepared an Initial Study, which led to the preparation of an EIR for a new 1,475-bed student housing facility and 300-400-space parking garage to be located within a 12-acre site on the Cal Poly campus. The project was highly controversial, and included coordination with the City of San Luis Obispo, the Board of Trustees, and Cal Poly Capital Improvements staff. Role: Environmental Planner. Assisted with preparation of various EIR sections.
Arroyo Grande Creek Waterway Management Program and EIR; County of San Luis Obispo Public Works Department; Arroyo Grande, San Luis Obispo County, California. SWCA assisted in the development of a Waterway Management Program to address flooding issues along Arroyo Grande Creek while enhancing environmental values; provided the design basis and methodology for long- term management along the channel; and prepared the EIR and technical studies. Role: Environmental Planner. Determined project consistency with regional plans, goals, and policies throughout the project corridor, and prepared an EIR Addendum to document project modifications proposed after Final EIR certification.
Signal Hill LLC Residence Project EIR; County of Monterey Resource Management Agency-Planning; Pebble Beach, Monterey County, California. SWCA is preparing an EIR evaluating development of a proposed single-family residence, located off 17-Mile Drive in Pebble Beach, and restoration of the remainder of the property to native dune habitat. The project includes demolition of an existing residence that is listed in the California Register of Historic Places and has been determined eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places. Role: Project Manager. Conducted project coordination and management and served as primary author of the EIR.
Cal Am Slant Test Well Environmental Services; City of Marina, Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary; Marina, Monterey County, California. SWCA prepared an IS/MND, EA, and various technical studies for a slant test well project proposed in coastal dunes to analyze the geologic, hydrogeologic, and water quality characteristics of local aquifers. Role: Project Manager / Primary Author.
Preparation of the MND/EA, coordination with multiple agency and private stakeholders, public noticing, public hearing presentation.
Monterey Peninsula Water Supply Project Public Review Draft EIR Review and Comment; City of Marina; Marina, Monterey County, California. SWCA was retained to provide environmental services to the City of Marina as a responsible agency under CEQA for a propsed subsurface intake system and desalination plant to serve as a primary future water source for the Monterey Peninsula. SWCA advised the City regarding its rights and obligations as a responsible agency, reviewed the Public Review Draft EIR during public circulation, provided comprehensive comments on the Public Review Draft related to portions of the project subject to City jurisdiction, and presented findings at public hearing. Role: Project Manager / Primary Author. Prepared memorandum regarding role of a responsible agency and Draft EIR Comment Report, and attended public hearings.
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HEATHER GIBSON, PH.D., RPA, CULTURAL RESOURCE LEAD
Heather Gibson is the cultural and paleontological resources director and a principal investigator in SWCA’s Pasadena office. She is an archaeologist with over 18 years of research experience, including archival research, surveys, and excavations at sites in the United States and Caribbean. Dr. Gibson has served as project archaeologist and principal investigator on cultural resources and environmental projects in compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) for public and private sector clients including a range of local and federal agencies.
She has worked extensively with local agencies in Southern California, including the City of Los Angeles Harbor Department, Caltrans, City of Los Angeles Bureau of Engineering, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, and Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Dr. Gibson meets the Secretary of the Interior’s professional qualification standards in both history and archaeology.
SELECTED PROJECT EXPERIENCE
San Francisquito Canyon Aquatic Barriers Restoration Program; Resource Institute, Inc.; Los Angeles County, California. SWCA in partnership with The Resource Institute (RI) is working with the United States Forest Service (USFS) on a National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) grant to conduct river restoration at two distinct sites along San Francisquito Creek in the Angeles National Forest (ANF). The work is part of a programmatic, watershed approach to restoring aquatic organism passage (AOP), for the California red-legged frog and unarmored threespine stickleback, both federal and state listed species. Design and implementation of Natural Channel Design (NCD) methodologies is underway at four high priority passage barriers along the creek; three AOP barriers are undersized culverts clogged with sediment and debris after fire activity, and the fourth is located at the site of the failed St. Francis Dam, where dam foundation remnants have blocked natural stream flows. Phase 1 of the Program involves baseline conditions analyses, natural channel design/engineering, road crossing design/engineering, developing all required permitting documents (including NEPA and CEQA), stakeholder and community outreach, and biological and cultural resource support (surveys, documents, and permits). Role: Principal Investigator.
Cultural Resources Support for Newhall Ranch Project; John Minch & Associates, Inc.; Santa Clarita Valley, Los Angeles County, California. SWCA was retained by John Minch & Associates, Inc. to provide archaeological fieldwork services in support of the Newhall Ranch Project, located in the Santa Clarita Valley, Los Angeles County, California Role: Project Manager.
SCE Large Cap CWA L027 Moorpark-Pardee No. 4; Southern California Edison Company; Ventura County, California. SWCA has been tasked with providing an environmental impact evaluation (G.O. 131-D Evaluation) for a new 230 kV transmission line from the Moorpark Substation to the Pardee Substation in Los Angeles and Ventura Counties. SWCA provided biological and cultural environmental surveys required to determine project impacts and avoidance/minimization measures for the project. SWCA also prepared U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and California Department of Fish and Wildlife permit applications for waters of the U.S. and waters of the State. SWCA managed protocol-level surveys for the federally-listed California gnatcatcher. Role: Principal Investigator. Providing technical oversight, quality assurance/quality control and review of deliverables.
City of Lancaster Environmental Study for PWCP Pedestrian Gap Closure Improvements Project; Michael Baker International; Los Angeles County, California. As a subconsultant to Michael Baker International, SWCA prepared cultural resources technical studies in support
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
19 EXPERTISE
Cultural resources management
California history and archaeology
Urban historical archaeology
18th and 19th century artifact analysis
Archival research, surveys and excavations
EDUCATION
Ph.D., with distinction, Anthropology;
Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York;
2007
M.A., Anthropology; Syracuse University,
Syracuse, New York; 2004
B.A., magna cum laude, Anthropology and
French; University of Notre Dame, South
Bend, Indiana; 1998
REGISTRATIONS / CERTIFICATIONS
Meets and exceeds the Secretary of the
Interior’s Professional Qualification
standards in History and Archaeology
Registered Prof. Archaeologist No.
3532600; 2010
TRAINING
National Preservation Institute, Section 106
Review; 2012
HAZWOPER 40-hour certification; 2012
National Preservation Institute, Section 106
Basics; 2010
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of the City of Lancaster PWCP Pedestrian Gap Closure Project in Los Angeles County, California, a California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) Local Assistance project for street improvements. SWCA prepared an area of potential effects map, Historic Property Survey Report, Historical Resources Evaluation Report, and Archaeological Survey Report for the project. Role: Principal Investigator On-Call Specialty Environmental Services Contract; Los Angeles Department of Public Works, Bureau of Engineering; Los Angeles, California. Services provided under on-call cultural resources contract. Tasks include Phase I cultural resources investigations, archaeological and paleontological construction monitoring, monitoring and discovery plans, and resource evaluations. Projects include Alameda Street Widening, San Pedro Plaza Park, Gaffey Pool and Bathhouse, Sheldon Skatepark, and Penmar Water Quality Improvement. Work carried out in compliance with CEQA, NEPA, and Section 106 of NHPA. Role: Contract Manager and Principal Investigator. Duties include client management, quality control/quality assurance, review of deliverables and oversight of technical work.
Alameda Street/Spring Street Arterial Redesign Phase II Archaeological Resource Assessment; LADPW BOE; Los Angeles, California.
Archaeological monitoring was conducted for this project during construction activities related to widening of Alameda Street. During the course of monitoring, archaeologists discovered resources related to the late 19th and early 20th century use of the area, including a segment of the Zanja Madre irrigation system, railroad elements, and the original brick pavement of Alameda Street. Mitigation in compliance with CEQA was developed to address each resource. Role: Project Archaeologist. Duties included analysis of results and preparation final report documenting construction monitoring, describing features and artifacts recovered, and evaluating their significance. Work performed while with AECOM, Inc.
California High-Speed Rail Construction Package 4, Fresno to Bakersfield Section; Kern and Tulare Counties, California; California Rail Builders. Oversaw and coordinated cultural resources compliance program for Construction Package 4 in compliance with project Programmatic Agreement and Memorandum of Agreement. Services include review of proposed design modifications, preparation of modified area of potential affects maps, archaeologic al and built environment survey, archaeological and paleontological construction monitoring, worker training, preparation of monitoring plans and technical reports, and coordinating Native American monitoring. Work carried out in compliance with CEQA, NEPA, and Section 106 of NHPA. Role: Principal Investigator and Project Manager.
ACE San Gabriel Trench Cultural Resources Management Services; The San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments (SGVCOG); San Gabriel, Alhambra, Rosemead, Los Angeles County, California. SWCA conducted technical studies and prepared Environmental Impact Report (EIR) sections for compliance with state and federal statutes, particularly CEQA and NEPA, for review by Caltrans, the lead agency.
Cultural resources work included archaeological and architectural history surveys and evaluation studies, which were prepared in compliance with Section 106 of the NHPA and Caltrans standards. SWCA oversaw mitigation for adverse effects to the National and California Registers listed San Gabriel Mission site. Role: Principal Investigator. Duties include quality control/quality assurance, report preparation, specialized artifact analysis, and oversight of artifact database.
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, On-Call Environmental Services Contract; Los Angeles, California.
Cultural resources services provided under on-call environmental services contract. Projects included Phase I cultural resources investigations, archaeological and paleontological construction monitoring, monitoring and discovery plans, worker training, HABS/HAER documentation, eligibility evaluations, and Native American coordination. Work carried out in compliance with CEQA, NEPA, and Section 106 of NHPA. Task orders included archaeological and paleontological monitoring for several large transit projects including Regional Connector, Crenshaw/LAX Transit Corridor, Division 13 Bus Maintenance Facility, and Orange Line Pedestrian Connector. Role: Cultural Resources Lead. Work performed while with AECOM, Inc.
Camarillo Airport Northeast Hangar Project Environmental Support; Coffman Associates, Inc.; Camarillo, Ventura County, California.
SWCA prepared the biological and cultural resources reports for a utility extension and hangar development project at the Camarillo Airport.
Role: Principal Investigator.
City of Corona General Plan Interim Technical Update and Environmental Analysis; PlaceWorks; Corona, Riverside County, California. The City of Corona is initiating the process to prepare an interim technical update to its General Plan. The City’s General Plan was last comprehensively updated in 2004 along with environmental analysis and is still the City’s guiding land use document to the year 2025. The update will not substantially alter the outcomes of the visioning process that founded the 2004 update, but rather will ensure that all technical data and policies remain current, relevant and effective. SWCA provided multi-discipline support for this General Plan technical update and environmental analysis. Role: Principal Investigator.
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ROBERT MACALLER, B.S., BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES LEAD
Mr. MacAller is the Southern California Natural Resources Director at SWCA. He began his career as a restoration biologist and has been providing expertise in natural resources related issues for over 27 years. Mr. MacAller has spent the past two decades guiding his clients through the complexities of local, state, and federal environmental regulations to successfully complete their projects. Robert has managed large teams to complete challenging projects for private developers, city and county governments, and federal agencies. As a habitat restoration expert, he has effectively negotiated, planned, implemented and managed mitigation projects for a variety of habitats throughout California and the southwest. Additionally, he has led multiple departments and offices, developing staff and promoting community involvement, and successfully leading an organization of multi-disciplinary environmental professionals.
SELECTED PROJECT EXPERIENCE (∗ denotes project experience prior to SWCA) Crossroads at Golden Valley BA; National Technical Systems, Inc.; Santa Clarita, Los Angeles County, California. SWCA was retained to conduct multiple flora and fauna surveys and aquatic resources jurisdictional delineation in support of the Crossroads at Golden Valley NTS Biological Resources Assessment. Role: Program Director.
Mancara Biological Services; Robinson Ranch Residential, LLC; Santa Clarita, Los Angeles County, California. SWCA completed three flora and fauna surveys in 2018 on the 179-acre Mancara project site in the city of Santa Clarita. The proposed project entails a residential community with single-family graded residential lots, recreational areas, and both public and private streets. Role: Program Director.
San Francisquito Canyon Aquatic Barriers Restoration Program; Resource Institute, Inc.; Los Angeles County, California. SWCA in partnership with The Resource Institute (RI) is working with the United States Forest Service (USFS) on a National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) grant to conduct river restoration at two distinct sites along San Francisquito Creek in the Angeles National Forest (ANF). The work is part of a programmatic, watershed approach to restoring aquatic organism passage (AOP), for the California red-legged frog and unarmored threespine stickleback, both federal and state listed species. Design and implementation of Natural Channel Design (NCD) methodologies is underway at four high priority passage barriers along the creek; three AOP barriers are undersized culverts clogged with sediment and debris after fire activity, and the fourth is located at the site of the failed St. Francis Dam, where dam foundation remnants have blocked natural stream flows. Phase 1 of the Program involves baseline conditions analyses, natural channel design/engineering, road crossing design/engineering, developing all required permitting documents (including NEPA and CEQA), stakeholder and community outreach, and biological and cultural resource support (surveys, documents, and permits). Role: Senior Ecologist. Provided habitat restoration expertise and quality control.
SCE Large Cap CWA L027 Moorpark-Pardee No. 4; Southern California Edison Company; Ventura County, California. SWCA is providing Southern California Edison (SCE) environmental services for a large capital project located in the City of Santa Clarita, unincorporated Los Angeles and Ventura Counties, and the City of Moorpark. The project involves the installation of a new electrical transmission circuit on transmission towers along an existing right-of-way, and associated equipment repairs and upgrades. SWCA conducted an initial environmental constraints analysis to inform high-level project planning. SWCA conducted field surveys for natural and cultural resources, including habitat assessments and protocol surveys for several threatened and endangered species, such as the San Fernando Valley spineflower, coastal California gnatcatcher, southwestern willow flycatcher, arroyo toad, and least Bell’s vireo. SWCA also conducted a jurisdictional delineation of aquatic features in the project area. Based on survey findings, SWCA
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
27 EXPERTISE
Restoration ecology
Endangered plants
Upland and Riparian Ecosystems
Mitigation
ArcGIS
EDUCATION
B.S., Biology; San Diego State
University
REGISTRATIONS / CERTIFICATIONS
County of San Diego Approved
California Environmental Quality Act
Consultant, California; San Diego
County
Associate Environmental Professional;
Association of Environmental
Professionals
TRAINING
Advanced CEQA
Erosion Control - How to Select, Install
and Inspect Construction Site BMPs for
NPDES Stormwater Permit Compliance,
International Erosion Control
Association
Desert Tortoise Council - Survey
Techniques Workshop
MEMBERSHIPS
Member, Society for Ecological
Restoration
Member, Association of Environmental
Professionals
Member, California Native Plant Society
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developed avoidance and minimization measures for SCE to avoid impacts to listed species. SWCA prepared a GO 131-D evaluation to document the project’s exemption from California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requirements and is currently providing monitoring support as the project enters construction. Role: Program Director.
SCAG 2020 RTP/SCS Program Environmental Impact Report; Impact Sciences, Inc.; Multiple Counties, California. SWCA was retained by Impact Sciences to provide environmental services in support of the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) Program Environmental Impact Report (PEIR) for the 2020 Regional Transportation Plan (RTP)/Sustainable Communities Strategy (SCS) (RTP/SCS) in accordance with environmental compliance procedures under federal metropolitan planning law and regulations, the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) statutes and guidelines, and other relevant federal and state environmental laws and regulations. SWCA is conducting biological, cultural, and paleontological resources studies in support of the 2020 RTP/SCS PEIR. Mr. MacAller provided analysis of existing natural resource conditions throughout the 6 county SCAG region, provided impact analyses and developed and refined mitigation measures for future transportation projects planned through the region Role: Program Director.
Suncrest Dynamic Reactive Power Support Project; Confidential Client; San Diego County, California. [Client is still confidential] SWCA is currently providing planning and permitting support for a dynamic reactive power support facility and associated 230-kV transmission line in California. Services include routing and siting support; alternatives analysis; cultural, biological, and paleontological surveys; preparation of a Proponent’s Environmental Assessment; certificate of public convenience and necessity application filing and noticing; and post-filing CEQA and permitting support. SWCA also provided WEAP training and environmental compliance services during the construction phase. Role: Program Director.
∗Upland Habitat Restoration, Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area; US National Park Service; Thousand Oaks, Ventura County, California. Restoration of coastal sage and native cactus stands for the benefit of rare and endangered wildlife. Role: Restoration Biologist, Principal-in-Charge.
∗County of San Diego Public Works Environmental Services; County of San Diego, California; San Diego County, California. Environmental consultant services for the County, primarily natural and cultural resources, noise, air quality, habitat restoration, and preparation of environmental documentation support for public works projects in San Diego County jurisdiction. Assisted the County with long term monitoring of conservations banks, identification of appropriate mitigation parcels, restoration for impacts from development of public works projects, development of environmental documents (such as the environmental impact report for the County by-right winery ordinance), focused endangered species surveys, vernal pool monitoring and maintenance at San Diego County airports (such as Ramona and Palomar), environmental compliance related to road maintenance and expansion (such as the environmental document for Valley Center Road and construction constrains for Jamacha Boulevard) and natural resource protection and enhancement planning in County river systems (such as the Otay River). Role: Principal-in-Charge, Biologist, Restoration Ecologist, Project Manager.
∗City of San Diego Capital Improvements Program; City of San Diego, California; San Diego County, California. Natural resource and environmental consultant services for the city, primarily natural and cultural resources, noise, air quality, habitat restoration, and preparation of environmental documentation support of capital improvements programs located throughout the City of San Diego. Assisted the City with biological services related to water, storm water, sewer, and utility projects and potential impacts for infrastructure services within city designated open space (such as the Multi-Habitat Planning Area). Mr. MacAller also oversaw services related to restoration planning and implementation related to impacts from capital projects, development of environmental documents (such as the environmental impact report for the City Water impact ordinance), focused endangered species surveys, and vernal pool monitoring (such as restoration of pools on City lands on Otay Mesa). Role: Principal-in- Charge, Biologist, Restoration Ecologist, Project Manager. ∗Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan; Renewable Energy Action Team; California. Preparation of EIR/EIS sections addressing the affected environment and the anticipated effects on the full range of natural, cultural, visual, recreational, and geological resources; land use; noise; public health and safety; and socioeconomics. Role: Oversite and Quality Control.
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BILL HENRY, AICP, M.C.R.P., SENIOR PROJECT PRINCIPAL
Mr. Henry is an environmental planner with experience in environmental and land use planning involving preparation, coordination and processing of numerous types of environmental documents, construction monitoring plans, revegetation plans, technical reports, resource agency permits, and resource protection studies. He is responsible for project management and coordination, client representation, permitting, and research and technical analysis. Mr. Henry oversees the quality of staff deliverables and documents, marketing and proposal preparation, and directs the day-to-day activities of SWCA's San Luis Obispo office.
Mr. Henry has been project manager and contributor to more than 100 environmental determinations, including but not limited to EIRs, Expanded Initial Studies, and MNDs during his tenure as an environmental planner.
Projects managed by Mr. Henry include environmental documents for fiber optic cable projects, governmental development projects, residential subdivisions, commercial developments, mineral extraction projects, airport expansions, and recreational facilities.
SELECTED PROJECT EXPERIENCE
Phillips 66 Santa Maria Refinery Rail Project EIR Initial Phase; County of San Luis Obispo; San Luis Obispo County, California. SWCA is providing project management services for the proposed Rail Spur Extension project and a provision of vertical Coastal Access through the site near the Oceano Dunes. Role: Assistant Project Manager.
Serves as assistant project manager to the County of San Luis Obispo project manager implementing and overseeing the environmental review process, including preparing staff and agency reports, and presenting projects to the public.
Guadalupe Oil Field Restoration Project Environmental Services; County of San Luis Obispo; San Luis Obispo County, California. SWCA is providing project management services for the restoration of a 2,000-acre former oilfield located near the city of Guadalupe. Role: Project Manager. Serves as project manager representing the County of San Luis Obispo implementing and overseeing the environmental review process, including serving as liaison between project applicant and client, preparing staff and agency reports, and presenting projects to decision-making bodies.
Chevron Tank Farm Remediation and Redevelopment Project Environmental Services; City of San Luis Obispo, County of San Luis Obispo; San Luis Obispo County, California. SWCA is providing project management services for the remediation and redevelopment of a 332-acre former oil storage site located at the base of San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport runway. Role: Project Manager. Serves as project manager representing both the City and the County of San Luis Obispo implementing and overseeing the environmental review process, including managing consultants, serving as liaison between project applicant and clients, preparing staff and agency reports, and presenting projects to decision-making bodies.
San Miguel Ranch General Plan Amendment Environmental Assistance; County of San Luis Obispo; San Luis Obispo County, California. SWCA is providing project management services during preparation of an EIR analyzing the rezoning and subdivision of approximately 550 acres adjacent to Highway 101 in the Agriculture land use category to allow for a variety of residential, commercial, recreation, and open space land uses near the community of San Miguel. Role: Project Manager. Serves as project manager representing the County of San Luis Obispo implementing and overseeing the environmental review process, including managing consultants, serving as liaison between project applicant and clients, preparing staff and agency reports, and presenting projects to decision-making bodies.
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
27 EXPERTISE
CEQA/NEPA Compliance
Project management
Research and technical analysis
Environmental monitoring
Permitting
Visual Resource Management (VRM)
EDUCATION
M.C.R.P., City and Regional Planning;
California Polytechnic State University,
San Luis Obispo, CA; 1991
B.S., Natural Resources Management;
California Polytechnic State University
San Luis Obispo, CA; 1988
REGISTRATIONS / CERTIFICATIONS
Certified Planner, District of Columbia
No. 014248; 1998
TRAINING
CPR/AED and First Aid Certification,
American Heart Association; 2012-2014
AFFILIATIONS / MEMBERSHIPS
California Association of Environmental
Professionals-Central Coast Chapter,
Member
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Solari Sand and Gravel Project EIR; Kern County Planning and Community Development Department; Kern County, California.
SWCA is currently preparing an EIR for a proposed 543-acre aggregate mining project that includes sand and gravel extraction, asphalt concrete and Portland cement concrete production plants, and asphalt and concrete recycling operations. Role: Project Director. Providing project oversight and quality assurance/quality control, and assisting with contract management and project administration during preparation of the EIR.
Student Housing South EIR; California State University; California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, California.
SWCA prepared an Initial Study, which led to the preparation of an EIR for a new 1,475-bed student housing facility and 300-400-space parking garage to be located within a 12-acre site on the Cal Poly campus. The project was highly controversial, and included coordination with the City of San Luis Obispo, the Board of Trustees, and Cal Poly Capital Improvements staff. Role: Project Principal. Provided oversight and review of the EIR, and assisted with finalizing CEQA Findings.
Cold Canyon Landfill Expansion Conditional Use Permit EIR; County of San Luis Obispo; San Luis Obispo County, California.
SWCA prepared an EIR evaluating the environmental impacts of the expansion of an existing 209-acre landfill in Edna Valley, 5 miles south of the city of San Luis Obispo. Role: Project Manager. Provided project oversight and quality assurance/quality control, and assisted with preparation of sections of the Final EIR.
Morro Bay to Cayucos Connector EIR; County of San Luis Obispo Department of Planning and Building; San Luis Obispo County, California. SWCA prepared an EIR evaluating a proposed 1.25-mile-long segment of a bike trail extending along Highway 1, in the vicinity of the city of Morro Bay and the unincorporated community of Cayucos. Role: Project Director. Assisted with contract management and project administration, and provided project oversight and high-level QA/QC of the EIR.
San Miguelito Partners Local Coastal Plan Amendment EIR; County of San Luis Obispo; San Luis Obispo County, California.
SWCA prepared an ExIS and Administrative Draft EIR evaluating the environmental impacts of a Local Coastal Plan amendment for a project site located in the Pirates Cove area of Avila Beach. Role: Project Manager. Provided project oversight and QA/QC, and assisted with preparation of the ExIS and EIR.
San Luis Bay Estates Phases 4, 5, and 6 Tract Map and Development Plan Subsequent EIR; County of San Luis Obispo; San Luis Obispo County, California. SWCA prepared a Subsequent EIR for a proposal to subdivide a parcel into lots varying in size and type to create a multi-phase planned development project near Avila Beach. Role: Project Manager. Provided project oversight and QA/QC, and assisted with preparation of the EIR.
WorldCom Fiber Optic Cable Project EIR; County of San Luis Obispo Department of Planning and Building; San Luis Obispo County, California. SWCA prepared an EIR for a fiber-optic cable route proposed to be installed from offshore Montaña de Oro State Park east to the city San Luis Obispo. The EIR study area encompassed an area extending offshore to the State Waters limit of 3 nautical miles and to a depth of 1,000 fathoms (approximately 55 miles) for the issues of commercial fishing and socioeconomic impacts. The onshore study area encompassed approximately 22 linear miles of cable alignment from mean high tide east to two termini in San Luis Obispo. Role: Project Director / Senior Planner. Mr. Henry provided project oversight and quality assurance/quality control, and assisted with preparation of sections of the EIR.
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Environmental Services 5-Year Master Enabling Agreement; California State University; San Luis Obispo County, California. SWCA is providing environmental services, including biological and cultural resources services and CEQA/NEPA compliance, for various capital improvement and development projects on campus and on surrounding University-owned properties. Role: Project Director. Assisting with contract management and project administration.
AT&T Asia America Gateway Cable Pulling Project; County of San Luis Obispo Department of Planning and Building; San Luis Obispo County, California. SWCA provided environmental services for the project, located between Montaña de Oro State Park and the city of San Luis Obispo, which placed fiber-optic cable into existing conduit along an approximately 11-mile overland route. Role: Project Director. Provided project oversight and quality assurance/quality control throughout the project.
Cerro Romauldo Rock Climbing Negative Declaration; California Army National Guard; San Luis Obispo County, California.
SWCA prepared an ND for the proposed project, a request by recreational rock climbers to the California Army National Guard, to allow re- establishment of limited access to the Camp San Luis Obispo Training Site for the purposes of parking, hiking to and from, and rock climbing on the northeast rock face of Cerro Romauldo. Role: Environmental Planner. Prepared the CEQA document.
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JACKIE WORDEN, B.A., BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES PROJECT MANAGER Ms. Worden is a Project Manager for the Natural Resources group, and a Senior Biologist with over 38 years of experience in southern California. She is an experienced project manager, technical writer, and field biologist.
She has extensive experience in the preparation of environmental documents, opportunity and constraints analysis, and public presentations. Along with her expertise in terrestrial wildlife and restoration ecology, she enjoys working with multi-disciplinary teams. Ms. Worden is adept at tracking project status and budgets, keeping the project team on time and on budget. She works well with clients, agency personnel, and the project team, facilitating smooth project completion. She is adept at preparing and presenting CEQA-compliant documentation, including EIRs, Initial Studies, and Mitigated Negative Declarations. Ms. Worden has written numerous mitigation compliance and monitoring programs, including worker environmental awareness programs (WEAPs) and has provided the requisite crew training. Her passion is the design and implementation of habitat restoration plans in sensitive ecosystems, such as wetlands and riparian corridors. She regularly consults with applicants’ landscape architects to assure use of suitable California native plants local to the project vicinity and sourced from appropriate regions.
SELECTED PROJECT EXPERIENCE (∗ denotes project experience prior to SWCA) Mancara Biological Services; Robinson Ranch Residential, LLC; City of Santa Clarita, Los Angeles County, California. SWCA completed three flora and fauna surveys in 2018 on the 179-acre Mancara project site. The proposed project entails a residential community with single-family graded residential lots, recreational areas, and both public and private streets. Role: Project Manager and Senior Biologist.
Crossroads at Golden Valley/Via Princessa; National Technical Systems, Inc.; City of Santa Clarita, Los Angeles County, California. SWCA completed multi-season flora and fauna surveys and authored the Biological Resources Assessment. We completed a jurisdictional delineation and report. Role: Project Manager and Senior Biologist.
Sand Canyon Plaza Mitigation Compliance; Sand Canyon Plaza LLC; City of Santa Clarita, Los Angeles County, California. SWCA conducted preconstruction botanical and wildlife surveys, including live trapping for woodrats and black-tailed jack rabbits and specials status reptile capture and relocation following the procedures we described in the Capture and Release Plans. We carefully mapped and field flagged populations of slender mariposa lily (Calochortus clavatus var. gracilis) to facilitate future relocation.
SWCA prepared the Mitigation Monitoring Plan and conducted biological monitoring during construction. Role: Project Manager and Senior Biologist.
Robinson Ranch Biological Assessment; Robinson Golf Holdings, LP; City of Santa Clarita, Los Angeles County, California. SWCA completed multiple flora and fauna surveys in 2018 on the 90-acre Robinson Ranch project site for a proposed private development project. We prepared the Biological Assessment technical report, which will support the future EIR. Role: Project Manager and Senior Biologist.
City of Los Angeles Biological Assessments. Ms. Worden functioned as the principal author and lead biologist on numerous biological assessments for private clients in the city of Los Angeles. Each unique project required literature review, a field survey and mapping of biological resources, and preparation of the BA. Role: Project Manager and Senior Biologist.
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
38 EXPERTISE
Habitat restoration
Native plant revegetation
Biological assessments
Special-status species surveys
CEQA compliance
Mitigation and construction monitoring
Invasive Plant Eradication Programs
EDUCATION
B.A., Biology and Environmental
Studies; University of California, Santa
Barbara; 1978
REGISTRATIONS / CERTIFICATIONS
California Rapid Assessment Method
(CRAM), California; wetlands and
riparian ecosystems.
TRAINING
24 hours of formal training on California
tiger salamander, including field
techniques, Alameda RCD/US Fish &
Wildlife Service & California Department
of Fish & Game
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Castaic High School Southern Access SEIR; Meridian Consultants, LLC; Los Angeles County, California. Jurisdictional study, biological surveys, and construction monitoring for an approximately 250,000 sq. ft. of building, including athletic facilities including a 5,000-seat football/soccer stadium on a 71.4-acre site, located in Castaic, Los Angeles County. Role: Senior Biologist.
*Vista Canyon Ranch, City of Santa Clarita, Los Angeles County, California. :
Conducted live-trapping (woodrats), multi-season flora and fauna surveys, and prepared the Biological Assessment; Mitigation Monitoring Plan and the Worker Environmental Training Program. Provided crew training and conducted construction monitoring, along with daily, monthly and final reporting. Role: Senior Biologist. *Master’s College Master Plan Modification Project EIR; City of Santa Clarita, Los Angeles County, California. Completed flora and fauna surveys and vegetation mapping and prepared the biological assessment for the EIR, including impact assessment and mitigation measures. Role: Senior Biologist. *Newhall Ranch Road Bridge Widening; City of Santa Clarita, Los Angeles County, California. Conducted pre-construction surveys for special-status plants and wildlife and prepared the Mitigation Monitoring Plan and Worker Environmental Training Program.
Managed the field team and compiled daily reports into final reports. Role: Senior Biologist.
Desert Tortoise Surveying, Monitoring
and Handling Techniques Workshop
200+ hours Wetland Delineation
Training, Wetlands Training Institute
24 hours of formal training on California
red-legged frog, including field
techniques, Alameda RCD/US Fish &
Wildlife Service & California Department
of Fish & Game
MEMBERSHIPS
Board Member, Ventura Audubon
Society
Scientific Advisory committee, Ventura
Land Trust
Member, California Native Plant Society
Member, Central Coast Chapter, The
Wildlife Society
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PAULINE ROBERTS, PH.D., SENIOR BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES PROJECT
MANAGER
Dr. Roberts is a biologist with 24 years’ tenure in wildlife ecology and a strong background in project management.
She has worked in both the public and private sectors and established good working relationships with state and federal agencies and non-profits. Dr. Roberts’ project management experience includes energy and transportation projects on public and private lands in the western U.S., for which she has designed and coordinated field studies, prepared and reviewed technical reports, overseen staff, budgets and deliverables, and provided strategic support through the permitting process.
Dr. Roberts has specialized knowledge and experience with birds, including eagle take issues relating to energy projects, including field surveys, reporting, and preparation of Bird and Bat Conservation Strategies (BBCSs) and Eagle Conservation Plans (ECPs). She has designed, conducted, and statistically analyzed the results of biological surveys of birds, vegetation communities, and mammals throughout the U.S. and abroad. Dr. Roberts has led the preparation of and reviewed complex technical documents related to NEPA, CEQA, and various state and federal regulatory requirements.
SELECTED PROJECT EXPERIENCE
City of Corona General Plan Interim Technical Update and Environmental Analysis; PlaceWorks; Corona, Riverside County, California. The City of Corona initiated the process to prepare an interim technical update to its General Plan. The City’s General Plan was last comprehensively updated in 2004 along with environmental analysis and is still the City’s guiding land use document to the year 2025. The update did not substantially alter the outcomes of the visioning process that founded the 2004 update, but rather ensured that all technical data and policies remain current, relevant and effective to ensure that the document successfully guides decisions and activities carried out by the City’s decision makers and city staff. SWCA provided multi-discipline support for this General Plan technical update and environmental analysis. Role: Project Manager. Led preparation of the Biological Technical Report and development of recommended mitigation measures. The technical report was prepared consistent with the Western Riverside County MSHCP.
City of Rolling Hills Biological Resource Evaluation and Assessment; Gerald Turpanjian; Rolling Hills, Los Angeles County, California. SWCA has been selected repeatedly to conduct biological resources studies to support CEQA and environmental analysis by the City of Rolling Hills for the development of properties located in critical habitat for federally threatened coastal California gnatcatcher, and potential habitat for the federally endangered Palos Verdes Blue Butterfly. SWCA conducted field surveys for plants and wildlife, mapped plant communities, and conducted protocol-level surveys for coastal California gnatcatcher. Role: Project Manager. Duties included planning and coordination of field surveys, reviewing biological reports, identifying recommended mitigation, and coordinating with homeowners and the City.
Camino Solar Project; Confidential Client; Kern County, California. SWCA was retained to support permitting of a 44-MW solar PV project located on a mix of privately owned and lands administered by the BLM. SWCA prepared a Plan of Development in compliance with the BLM's guidelines for solar energy development, and a Conditional Use Permit application for Kern County. SWCA conducted background technical studies addressing biological, cultural, and paleontological resources, air quality and greenhouse gases, and noise. SWCA’s a jurisdictional delineation was used to define environmental constraints and avoid permitting for impacts to jurisdictional waters. SWCA has worked proactively with BLM and Kern County to interpret the Desert Renewable Energy Plan’s applicability to the Project, support project design, identifying alternatives, and supporting the
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
24 EXPERTISE
Wildlife and renewable energy
Biological resources inventories
Agency coordination and consultation
Raptor surveys
Avian studies
Eagle conservation planning
Statistics/Analysis
Permitting strategy
Post-Construction monitoring
Bird and bat conservation strategies
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Ecology and Evolutionary
Biology; Dartmouth College, Hanover,
New Hampshire; 2006
B.A., Biology; Wesleyan University,
Middletown, Connecticut; 1996
PERMITS
California Department of Fish and
Wildlife Scientific Collecting Permit
(SC11906), Sr. Natural Resources
Project Manager; CA
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permitting projects. Role: Project Manager. Duties include overall project coordination, schedule management, technical report QAQC, coordination with BLM, Kern County, and USFWS, constraints analysis and strategic support.
Confidential Transmission Project Environmental Planning and Compliance Services; Confidential Client; Multiple Counties, California. SWCA is providing planning and permitting support for a dynamic reactive power support facility and associated 230-kV transmission line in California. Services include routing and siting support; alternatives analysis; cultural, biological, and paleontological surveys; preparation of a Proponent’s Environmental Assessment; certificate of public convenience and necessity application filing and noticing; and post-filing CEQA and permitting support. Role: Natural Resources Lead. Duties included field surveys, lead preparer for the Biological Resources Technical Report, response to data requests from the CPUC, construction compliance coordination.
SCE Large Cap CWA L027 Moorpark-Pardee No. 4; Southern California Edison Company; Los Angeles and Ventura County, California. SWCA is providing Southern California Edison (SCE) environmental services for a large capital project located in the City of Santa Clarita, unincorporated Los Angeles and Ventura Counties, and the City of Moorpark. The project involves the installation of a new electrical transmission circuit on transmission towers along an existing right-of-way, and associated equipment repairs and upgrades. SWCA conducted an initial environmental constraints analysis to inform high-level project planning. SWCA conducted field surveys for natural and cultural resources, including habitat assessments and protocol surveys for several threatened and endangered species, such as the San Fernando Valley spineflower, coastal California gnatcatcher, southwestern willow flycatcher, arroyo toad, and least Bell’s vireo. SWCA also conducted a jurisdictional delineation of aquatic features in the project area. Based on survey findings, SWCA developed avoidance and minimization measures for SCE to avoid impacts to listed species. SWCA prepared a GO 131-D evaluation to document the project’s exemption from California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requirements and is currently providing monitoring support as the project enters construction.
Role: Project Manager. Coordinated SWCA's natural and cultural resources technical studies to support the GO 131-D environmental evaluation for this CEQA-exempt project. SWCA conducted biological field surveys including habitat assessments for willow flycatcher and completed a jurisdictional delineation and CDFW LSAA notification for impacts to riparian trees. SWCA is supporting construction with biological and paleontological monitoring.
Flintridge Sacred Heart Specific Plan Environmental Impact Report; CAJA Environmental Services, Inc.; Los Angeles County, California. SWCA provided cultural, paleontological, and biological resources services in support of the Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy Specific Plan EIR, including peer review of technical reports and records searches. Support included review of existing documentation for completeness, accuracy and adequacy pursuant to CEQA, preparation of peer review memoranda. Role: Natural Resources Lead. Responsible for peer reviewing the technical report, compiling comments, and making recommendations for additional analysis.
Green Beanworks B Construction Support; sPower Development Company, LLC; Lancaster, Los Angeles County, California. SWCA was retained by sPower to provide biological resources services in support of the proposed Green Beanworks Solar Projects located in the City of Lancaster, California. SWCA was tasked with providing a biological constraint analysis (BCA) for the projects, which consists of proposed solar generation facility and a 500-foot buffer surrounding the project site. The BCA provided the technical basis for the planning-level assessment of potential impacts to biological resources that had the potential to result from project implementation and support the Conditional Use Permit from the City of Lancaster. After completion of the BCA, SWCA was retained by sPower to prepare two Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declarations (IS/MNDs) satisfying the CEQA review for two solar facilities at the proposed Green Beanworks site. Role: Project Manager.
Coachella Flats Wind Energy Repower Environmental Surveys; Confidential Client; Palm Springs, Riverside County, California. SWCA was retained to conduct technical studies in support of this wind repower project on lands managed by the BLM and the Coachella Valley Water District near Palm Springs, California. The project involves the replacement of approximately 500 existing wind turbines with 327 Ogin OE20 100 kW wind turbines. SWCA's technical studies include a jursidictional delineation, cultural resources , paleontological field survey, air quality and greenhouse gases, aesthetics and visual impacts, and noise and vibration analysis, and the preparation of the corresponding technical reports. SWCA is also providing waters permitting support. The first phase of this project will be permitted through the City of Palm Springs for the private lands portion, and the second phase will be permitted through a joint NEPA/CEQA analysis. Role: Project Manager.
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TOM THOMPSON, M.S., M.ED., BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES PROJECT
MANAGER
Mr. Thompson is an ecologist with experience in conducting critical habitat assessments, special-status species surveys, rare plant surveys, jurisdictional determinations and wetland delineations, aquatic resource reporting, potential resource impact assessments for vegetation management operations, vegetation mapping, nesting bird surveys, monitoring of construction sites and associated pre-activity and post-activity surveys and reporting, technical reporting, and project management. Mr. Thompson has eleven years of experience conducting natural resource surveys and studies in California. Since joining SWCA, Mr. Thompson has been conducting biological surveys for project permitting, conducting jurisdictional determinations and wetland delineations, quality control of subcontractor reporting, and project management on several projects. Mr. Thompson is a member of the Society of Wetland Scientists and Association of State Wetland Managers.
SELECTED PROJECT EXPERIENCE (* DENOTES PROJECT EXPERIENCE PRIOR
TO SWCA)
Crossroads at Golden Valley BA; National Technical Systems, Inc.; Santa Clarita, Los Angeles County, California. SWCA was retained to conduct multiple flora and fauna surveys and aquatic resources jurisdictional delineation in support of the Crossroads at Golden Valley NTS Biological Resources Assessment. Tree surveys and reports were conducted in accordance with the City of Santa Clarita’s Parkway Trees and Oak Ordinances. Role: Wetland Scientist/Biologist.
Mancara Biological Services; Robinson Ranch Residential, LLC; Santa Clarita, Los Angeles County, California. SWCA completed three flora and fauna surveys in 2018 on the 179-acre Mancara project site in the city of Santa Clarita. The proposed project entails a residential community with single-family graded residential lots, recreational areas, and both public and private streets. Tree surveys and reports were conducted in accordance with the City of Santa Clarita’s Parkway Trees and Oak Ordinances. Role:
Wetland Scientist/Biologist.
SCE Large Cap CWA L027 Moorpark-Pardee No. 4; Southern California Edison Company; Los Angeles and Ventura County, California. SWCA has been tasked with providing an environmental impact evaluation (G.O. 131-D Evaluation) for a new 230 kV transmission line from the Moorpark Substation to the Pardee Substation in Los Angeles and Ventura Counties. SWCA provided biological and cultural environmental surveys required to determine project impacts and avoidance/minimization measures for the project. SWCA also prepared U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and California Department of Fish and Wildlife permit applications for waters of the U.S. and waters of the State.
SWCA managed protocol-level surveys for the federally-listed California gnatcatcher.
Tree surveys and reports were conducted in accordance with Ventura County ministerial and discretionary permitting requirements and the City of Santa Clarita’s Parkway Trees and Oak Ordinances. Role: Wetland-Waters Resource Management/Biologist.
KMI Pipelines On-Call Contract for Water Resource Services; Kinder Morgan, Inc.; Multiple Counties, California. Conducted quality control of biological resources, jurisdictional delineation services, and wetland construction support for Kinder Morgan for small and large capital projects. Work efforts have included jurisdictional delineations and biological studies with associated agency permitting. Role:
Wetland-Waters Resource Management/Biologist.
Additional Waters Permitting for Multiple Solar Projects; Confidential Clients; Los Angeles and Kern Counties, California.
Conduct and quality control biological resource and jurisdictional delineation services and agency consultation in support of Waste
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
11 EXPERTISE
Wetland assessment, delineation,
mitigation, and restoration
CWA Jurisdictional waters
determinations (Waters of the U.S.)
Critical Habitat assessments and
special-status species surveys
Threatened and endangered species
surveys
Rare plant surveys
Vegetation mapping
Nesting bird surveys
Environmental protocol training for
monitors and construction contractors
Construction monitoring
California red-legged frog
Arroyo toad
Wetland ecology
Environmental compliance monitoring
(construction monitoring)
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Discharge Requirement and Streambed Alternation Agreement permits for multiple solar photovoltaic energy generation plants. Role: Wetland-Waters Resource Management/Biologist.
County of San Mateo EIR for Canyon Lane Roadway Improvements; County of San Mateo; Redwood City, San Mateo County, California. SWCA is preparing an EIR and technical background studies for the project for the improvement of Canyon Lane.
Project includes development of a single-family residence on one parcel, and future development of residences on eleven parcels. The project also involves the construction of new utilities, including a waterline and an underground distribution line. Role: Wetland- Waters Resource Management/Biologist.
SCE Large Cap CWA L026 Bio and Arch Monitoring; Southern California Edison Company; Various Counties, California. SWCA is providing environmental compliance and management support for thousands of operations and maintenance projects across SCE’s transmission and distribution systems. Role: Wetland-Waters Resource Management/Biologist.
SCE EC 003 Special Use Permit (SUP); Southern California Edison Company; Multiple Counties, California. Under a three-year on-call contract, SWCA is providing environmental compliance and management support for thousands of operations and maintenance projects across SCE’s transmission and distribution systems and generation facilities in in Los Angeles, Kern, San Bernardino, Riverside, Ventura, Orange, Mono, Inyo, and Tulare Counties. Role: Wetland-Waters Resource Management/Biologist.
SCE EC 004 Intake; Southern California Edison Company; Multiple Counties, California. Under a three-year on-call contract, SWCA is providing environmental compliance and management support for thousands of operations and maintenance projects across SCE’s transmission and distribution systems and generation facilities in in Los Angeles, Kern, San Bernardino, Riverside, Ventura, Orange, Mono, Inyo, and Tulare Counties. Role: Wetland-Waters Resource Management/Biologist.
SCE EC 009-010 Biology Environmental Analysis, Rurals Region; Southern California Edison Company; Multiple Counties, California. Under a three-year on-call contract, SWCA is providing environmental compliance and management support for thousands of operations and maintenance projects across SCE’s transmission and distribution systems and generation facilities in in Los Angeles, Kern, San Bernardino, Riverside, Ventura, Orange, Mono, Inyo, and Tulare Counties. Role: Wetland-Waters Resource Management/Biologist.
SCE EC 012 Wetlands Construction Support; Southern California Edison Company; Multiple Counties, California. Under a three- year on-call contract, SWCA is providing environmental compliance and management support for thousands of operations and maintenance projects across SCE’s transmission and distribution systems and generation facilities in in Los Angeles, Kern, San Bernardino, Riverside, Ventura, Orange, Mono, Inyo, and Tulare Counties. Role: Wetland-Waters Resource Management/Biologist.
Permitting Support for the California State University Dominguez Hills Master Plan; California State University, Dominguez Hills; Carson, Los Angeles County, California. SWCA is completing preliminary waters permitting and mitigation support for California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) Master Plan development (project), in Carson, California. Role: Wetland-Waters Resource Management/Biologist.
SCAG 2020 RTP/SCS Program Environmental Impact Report; Impact Sciences, Inc.; Multiple Counties, California. SWCA was retained by Impact Sciences to provide environmental services in support of the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) Program Environmental Impact Report (PEIR) for the 2020 Regional Transportation Plan (RTP)/Sustainable Communities Strategy (SCS) (RTP/SCS) in accordance with environmental compliance procedures under federal metropolitan planning law and regulations, the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) statutes and guidelines, and other relevant federal and state environmental laws and regulations. SWCA is conducting biological, cultural, and paleontological resources studies in support of the 2020 RTP/SCS PEIR. Role:
Wetland-Waters Resource Management/Biologist.
EDUCATION
M.Ed., Single Subject Credential in
Science (Biology); University of
Phoenix, San Diego Campus; 2011
M.S., Biology; California State
University; Long Beach, California; 2008
B.S., Biology; c: Ecology; California
State University; San Marcos, California;
2007
REGISTRATIONS / CERTIFICATIONS
Certified Wetland Hydrologist; 2019
TRAINING
Wetland Delineation, Wetland Training
Institute, Inc.; 2009
Wetland/Waters Regulatory Policies,
Wetland Training Institute, Inc.; 2010
First Responder Professional Cert. in
CPR w/AED, Bloodborne Pathogen,
First Aid, American Heart Association
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LUIS AGUILAR, M.A., WETLAND DELINEATOR/BOTANIST
As a lead wetland delineator/botanist at SWCA, Mr. Aguilar conducts wetland delineations in accordance with the guidelines set forth by all applicable overseeing agencies including the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), California Coastal Commission, Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB), and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW). As a lead botanist, Mr. Aguilar is responsible for vegetation mapping efforts and rare plant surveys. He is responsible for drafting reports and permit applications in compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and General Order 131-D for the California Public Utilities Commission.
Mr. Aguilar is a Swamp School certified hydric soil investigator and has extensive formal jurisdictional delineation experience throughout Southern and Central California. As a botanist, he has surveyed for and documented numerous state and federally listed species. He has contributed voucher specimens to local herbaria, and he has contributed data to the California Natural Diversity Database (CNDDB). Mr. Aguilar has extensive experience doing construction monitoring, habitat assessments, and general biological surveys, and along with his Geographic Information Systems expertise, he is responsible for overseeing projects from inception to completion.
Mr. Aguilar is a certified arborist and is responsible for providing general arboricultural services including permits for local tree ordinances and conducting hazardous tree risk assessments.
SELECTED PROJECT EXPERIENCE (∗ denotes project experience prior to SWCA) Mancara Biological Services; Robinson Ranch Residential, LLC; Santa Clarita, Los Angeles County, California. SWCA completed three flora and fauna surveys in 2018 on the 179-acre Mancara project site in the city of Santa Clarita. The proposed project entails a residential community with single-family graded residential lots, recreational areas, and both public and private streets. Role: Wetland Specialist. Prepared jurisdictional delineation report.
Crossroads at Golden Valley BA; National Technical Systems, Inc.; Santa Clarita, Los Angeles County, California. SWCA was retained to conduct multiple flora and fauna surveys and aquatic resources jurisdictional delineation in support of the Crossroads at Golden Valley NTS Biological Resources Assessment. Role: Wetland Specialist. Prepared jurisdictional delineation report.
SCE Large Cap CWA L027 Moorpark-Pardee No. 4; Southern California Edison Company; Ventura County, California. SWCA has been tasked with providing an environmental impact evaluation (G.O. 131-D Evaluation) for a new 230 kV transmission line from the Moorpark Substation to the Pardee Substation in Los Angeles and Ventura Counties. SWCA provided biological and cultural environmental surveys required to determine project impacts and avoidance/minimization measures for the project. SWCA also prepared U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and California Department of Fish and Wildlife permit applications for waters of the U.S. and waters of the State. SWCA managed protocol-level surveys for the federally-listed California gnatcatcher. Role:
Wetland Specialist.
County of San Mateo EIR for Canyon Lane Roadway Improvements; County of San Mateo; Redwood City, San Mateo County, California. SWCA is preparing an EIR and technical background studies for the project for the improvement of Canyon Lane. Project includes development of a single-family residence on one parcel, and future development of residences on eleven parcels. The project also involves the construction of new
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
10 EXPERTISE
Rare plant surveys
Vegetation monitoring
Wetland delineation
Habitat Assessment
Weed management and treatment
Habitat restoration
Nesting bird surveys
CNPS Rapid Assessment and Releve
Protocol
Arborist
EDUCATION
M.A., Geography/GIS; California State
University, Northridge; 2015
B.A., Geography; University of
California, Los Angeles; 2010
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utilities, including a waterline and an underground distribution line. Role: Wetland Specialist. Provided technical expertise for waters related sections.
SCE Large Cap CWA L005 Lee Vining Substation Modification Project; Southern California Edison Company; Mono County, California. SWCA is under a three-year on-call contract, to provide environmental consulting services (biological, cultural and paleontological, water quality/wetland permitting, licensing), for moderate to large scale utility system upgrades and improvements (~$300,000-$3M) for SCE’s Transmission and Distribution Organizational Unit. Projects include but are not limited to: support for CPUC licensed projects, PEA development, National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) projects, renewable interconnections, execution of environmental mitigation, and environmental oversight during construction.
SCE Large Cap CWA L026 Bio and Arch Monitoring; Southern California Edison Company; Various Counties, California. SWCA is providing environmental compliance and management support for thousands of operations and maintenance projects across SCE’s transmission and distribution systems. Role: Wetland Specialist.
SCE EC 003 Special Use Permit (SUP); Southern California Edison Company; Multiple Counties, California. Under a three-year on-call contract, SWCA is providing environmental compliance and management support for thousands of operations and maintenance projects across SCE’s transmission and distribution systems and generation facilities in in Los Angeles, Kern, San Bernardino, Riverside, Ventura, Orange, Mono, Inyo, and Tulare Counties. Role: Wetland Specialist. Prepared cost estimates, acted as lead wetland delineator, wrote reports and prepared waters permit applications for applicable agencies.
SCE EC 012 Wetlands Construction Support; Southern California Edison Company; Multiple Counties, California. Under a three- year on-call contract, SWCA is providing environmental compliance and management support for thousands of operations and maintenance projects across SCE’s transmission and distribution systems and generation facilities in in Los Angeles, Kern, San Bernardino, Riverside, Ventura, Orange, Mono, Inyo, and Tulare Counties. Role: Wetland Specialist. ∗Turnbull; Plains Exploration; Los Angeles County, CA. Project was a mitigation effort for riparian habitat that was converted to catchment basins in an oil field in Los Angeles County, CA. Role: Project Manager. Lead monitor in riparian restoration project in Turnbull Canyon, Los Angeles County, California. Developed vegetation palette for riparian restoration. Oversaw implementation of drip irrigation system, weeding, planting, and seeding. Harvested native willow cutting and collected native seed stock to be used in restoration. ∗Peter Strauss Riparian Restoration; Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area; Los Angeles County, CA. Project consisted of a 2.5 acres of riparian woodland/upland coastal sage habitat in Federal Lands in Los Angeles County, CA (Peter Strauss Ranch, Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area). The grant was to promote habitat connectivity and provide habitat for a locally uncommon tree species, Fraxinus velutina, along Malibu Creek. The restoration covered Waters of the United States, as well as Waters of the State. Role: Biologist. Wrote project proposal, and secured funding for a four-year riparian restoration project. ∗RSV Wetland Restoration; Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area; Ventura County, California. Project consisted of a
0.5 acre wetland restoration in federal land in Ventura County, CA (Rancho Sierra Vista/Satwiwa, Santa Monica Mountains National Restoration Area). The purpose of the project was to restore a degraded wetland by removing non-native species and reintroducing a native hydrophytic palette including Anemopsis californica and Persicaria amphibia. Role: Biologist. Helped determine scope of work and vegetation palette for wetland restoration based on locally observed wetland species. Hand pulled non-native vegetation and planted native species. Collected geospatial data and produced map of the restoration efforts.
REGISTRATIONS / CERTIFICATIONS
Certified Arborist, California No. WE-
12042A; International Society of
Arboriculture; 2017
Certified Hydric Soil Investigator; The
Swamp School; 2020
PERMITS
California Department of Fish and
Wildlife Plant Voucher Collecting Permit
(2081(a)-19-105-V); CA
TRAINING
Wetland Delineation, Wetland Training
Institute, Inc.; 2018
Monitoring Plant Populations, California
Native Plant Society; 2012
MEMBERSHIPS
Member, California Native Plant Society;
2016
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MARSHALL WEBB, B.S., BIOLOGIST
Mr. Webb is a field biologist in SWCA’s Pasadena, California, office with 2.5 years of experience in nesting bird surveys, biological monitoring and vegetation mapping. His recent experience with a California-based environmental consulting firm included working on projects alongside California-based utilities, such as Southern California Edison, and federal organizations, such as the Bureau of Land Management or the United States Forest Service. Mr. Webb holds a BS degree in Environmental Science with a minor in Spatial Studies from the University of Redlands, Redlands, California.
SELECTED PROJECT EXPERIENCE (∗ denotes project experience prior to SWCA) San Francisquito Canyon Aquatic Barriers Restoration Program; Resource Institute, Inc.; Los Angeles County, California. SWCA in partnership with The Resource Institute (RI) is working with the United States Forest Service (USFS) on a National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) grant to conduct river restoration at two distinct sites along San Francisquito Creek in the Angeles National Forest (ANF). The work is part of a programmatic, watershed approach to restoring aquatic organism passage (AOP), for the California red-legged frog and unarmored threespine stickleback, both federal and state listed species. Design and implementation of Natural Channel Design (NCD) methodologies is underway at four high priority passage barriers along the creek; three AOP barriers are undersized culverts clogged with sediment and debris after fire activity, and the fourth is located at the site of the failed St. Francis Dam, where dam foundation remnants have blocked natural stream flows. Phase 1 of the Program involves baseline conditions analyses, natural channel design/engineering, road crossing design/engineering, developing all required permitting documents (including NEPA and CEQA), stakeholder and community outreach, and biological and cultural resource support (surveys, documents, and permits). Role: Biological Technician.
SCE Large Cap CWA L026 Bio and Arch Monitoring; Southern California Edison Company; Various Counties, California. SWCA is providing environmental compliance and management support for thousands of operations and maintenance projects across SCE’s transmission and distribution systems. Role: Biologist. Biological Monitor. Work included monitoring the completion of pole replacements for SCE’s overhead transmission within San Bernardino County.
SCE EC 003 Special Use Permit (SUP); Southern California Edison Company; Multiple Counties, California. Under a three-year on- call contract, SWCA is providing environmental compliance and management support for thousands of operations and maintenance projects across SCE’s transmission and distribution systems and generation facilities in in Los Angeles, Kern, San Bernardino, Riverside, Ventura, Orange, Mono, Inyo, and Tulare Counties. Role: Biologist. Biological Monitor. Work included monitoring the completion of pole replacements for SCE Transmission and Distribution lines.
SCE EC 007 Biology Environmental Analysis, Metro East, Metro West, Deserts, San Jacinto; Southern California Edison Company; Multiple Counties, California. Under a three-year on-call contract, SWCA is providing environmental compliance and management support for thousands of operations and maintenance projects across SCE’s transmission and distribution systems and generation facilities in in Los Angeles, Kern, San Bernardino, Riverside, Ventura, Orange, Mono, Inyo, and Tulare Counties. Role:
Biological Technician.
SCE EC 008 Biology Construction Support, Metro East, Metro West, Deserts, San Jacinto; Southern California Edison Company; Multiple Counties, California. Under a three-year on-call contract, SWCA is providing environmental compliance and management support for thousands of operations and maintenance projects across SCE’s transmission and distribution systems and generation facilities
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
4 EXPERTISE
Southern California nesting bird surveys
Biological monitoring
Vegetation mapping
Ornithology
Spatial studies / GIS
Biological generalist, but mainly
trees/avian
Avian Surveys and monitoring
EDUCATION
B.S., Environmental Science, m: Spatial
Studies; University of Redlands;
Redlands, California; 2017
TRAINING
Introduction to Desert Tortoises & Field
Techniques; 2018
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in in Los Angeles, Kern, San Bernardino, Riverside, Ventura, Orange, Mono, Inyo, and Tulare Counties. Role: Wildlife Biologist. Work included performing pre-construction surveys for deteriorated pole replacements.
SCE EC 009 Biology Environmental Analysis, Rurals Region; Southern California Edison Company; Multiple Counties, California.
Under a three-year on-call contract, SWCA is providing environmental compliance and management support for thousands of operations and maintenance projects across SCE’s transmission and distribution systems and generation facilities in in Los Angeles, Kern, San Bernardino, Riverside, Ventura, Orange, Mono, Inyo, and Tulare Counties. Role: Biological Technician.
SCE EC 010 Biology Construction Support, Rurals Region; Southern California Edison Company; Multiple Counties, California.
Under a three-year on-call contract, SWCA is providing environmental compliance and management support for thousands of operations and maintenance projects across SCE’s transmission and distribution systems and generation facilities in in Los Angeles, Kern, San Bernardino, Riverside, Ventura, Orange, Mono, Inyo, and Tulare Counties. Role: Biological Technician.
SCE ES 004 Small Emergencies: All Disciplines; Southern California Edison Company; Menifee, Riverside County, California.
SWCA is under a three-year on-call contract, to provide environmental consulting services (biological, cultural and paleontological, water quality/wetland permitting, licensing), for moderate to large scale utility system upgrades and improvements (~$300,000-$3M) for SCE’s Transmission and Distribution Organizational Unit. Projects include but are not limited to: support for CPUC licensed projects, PEA development, National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) projects, renewable interconnections, execution of environmental mitigation, and environmental oversight during construction. Role: Biological Technician.
Green Beanworks B Construction Support; sPower Development Company, LLC; Lancaster, Los Angeles County, California.
SWCA was retained by sPower to provide biological resources services in support of the proposed Green Beanworks Solar Projects located in the City of Lancaster, California. SWCA was tasked with providing a biological constraint analysis (BCA) for the projects, which consists of proposed solar generation facility and a 500-foot buffer surrounding the project site. The BCA provided the technical basis for the planning-level assessment of potential impacts to biological resources that had the potential to result from project implementation and support the Conditional Use Permit from the City of Lancaster. After completion of the BCA, SWCA was retained by sPower to prepare two Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declarations (IS/MNDs) satisfying the CEQA review for two solar facilities at the proposed Green Beanworks site. Role: Wildlife Biologist. Work included conducting pre-construction protocol surveys for burrowing owl, kit fox, and American badger, along with rare plants and other resources.
San Pablo Raceway Biological Support; sPower Development Company, LLC; Lancaster, Los Angeles County, California. Role:
Wildlife Biologist. Work included conducting pre-construction protocol surveys for burrowing owl, kit fox, and American badger, along with rare plants and other resources. Intensive burrowing owl field surveys also occurred along with data entry into Collector GPS layers.
Suncrest Dynamic Reactive Power Support Project; Confidential Client; San Diego County, California. SWCA is currently providing planning and permitting support for a dynamic reactive power support facility and associated 230-kV transmission line in California.
Services include routing and siting support; alternatives analysis; cultural, biological, and paleontological surveys; preparation of a Proponent’s Environmental Assessment; certificate of public convenience and necessity application filing and noticing; and post-filing CEQA and permitting support. SWCA also provided WEAP training and environmental compliance services during the construction phase.
Role: Biological Technician.
∗LSA Associates Environmental Consulting Firm; Palm Springs, California. Role: Assistant Biologist. Responsible for performing biological field surveys, monitoring sites with biological constraints, aid Senior Biologists with field studies and project proposals. ∗Coachella Valley Water District; Coachella, California. Role: Environmental Services Water Resources Intern. Responsible for working alongside the Water Resources department investigating properties with wells for RAC Program, helped create updated online viewer for the entire department.
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CHRIS MILLINGTON, M.A., RPA SENIOR ARCHAEOLOGIST
Mr. Millington is a cultural resource specialist, project manager, and GIS analyst in SWCA’s Pasadena, California, office with 16 years of experience in cultural resource management. His responsibilities include project management, agency coordination, directing fieldwork, authoring cultural resources reports, research, managing and analyzing spatial data, map production, and graphics. Having contributed to over 200 compliance-driven projects with SWCA in eight states across the western U.S., Mr. Millington has developed expertise in high-volume project management supporting on-call service programs and large-scale projects. Most recently he has managed multiple task orders for the City of Los Angeles, Department of Public Works, including several supporting water treatment maintenance projects. Mr. Millington also served as project manager and lead archaeologist for over 100 tasks orders supporting various on-call services for Southern California Edison maintenance and construction operations. He is experienced in responding to mid-stream project design changes, public scrutiny, and unanticipated budget and schedule adjustments. Mr. Millington has extensive experience supporting public agencies for tribal consultation under Assembly Bill 52 (AB 52) and regularly conducts desktop sensitivity assessments for archaeological and tribal cultural resources.
SELECTED PROJECT EXPERIENCE
On-Call Specialty Environmental Services; Los Angeles Department of Public Works (LADPW), Bureau of Engineering (BOE); Los Angeles, California. SWCA has held an on- call specialty environmental services contract with the LADPW BOE since 2006. To date, SWCA has successfully completed 35 projects including a broad range of cultural resour ces services including historic property surveys, historic structures reports, HABS/HAER, and historic monument nominations; archaeological surveys, sampling, excavation, monitoring, and analysis.
These studies have been conducted for a wide range of BOE p roject types, including Caltrans local assistance projects, the secondary sewer renewal program, pool and bathhouse renovations, and streetscape improvement projects. Role: Archaeologist and Project Manager.
Southern California Edison Operations and Maintenance On-call Contract for Natural, Cultural, and Water Resources Services; Southern California Edison Company; Multiple Counties, California. Under a three-year on-call contract, SWCA has completed more than 2,300 survey and monitoring consultant work authorization tasks in support of various utility projects including deteriorated pole replacements, grid reliability and maintenance, GO 131-D, emergency services, vegetation management, and transmission line rating remediation.
Projects are located throughout Southern California Edison’s territory in Los Angeles, Kern, San Bernardino, Riverside, Ventura, Orange, Mono, Inyo, and Tulare Counties; projects are located on land administered by numerous agencies including the United States Department of Defense, the Bureau of Land Management, United States Forest Service, the National Park Service, and California State Parks. Role: Project Manager. Administered all aspects of projects through the MSA on-call contract including budget preparation and oversight, coordinating with SCE project managers, agencies, and subconsultants, overseeing fieldwork, conducting QA/QC on incoming field data, producing maps/graphics and performing GIS analysis, and authoring reports.
Sand Fire Emergency Response; Southern California Edison Company; Los Angeles County, California. SWCA provided GIS and biological and cultural monitoring services for Sand Canyon including a Biological Resource Habitat and Assessment Review for Sand Canyon 16kV and other circuits affected by the sand fire. SWCA also provided avian monitoring services focused on the California Condor and Section 106 archaeological support to determine any impacts to cultural resources. Role: Cultural Resources Specialist.
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
16 EXPERTISE
Southern California history and
archaeology
NEPA and CEQA compliance
Tribal consultation, AB 52 compliance
Archival research
Predictive modeling, data analytics,
graphic design, cartography
EDUCATION
M.A., Archaeology; University of New
Mexico; 2006
B.A., summa cum laude, Anthropology;
University of New Mexico; 2004
REGISTRATION / CERTIFICATIONS
Registered Prof. Archaeologist No.
32790536; 2015
Meets and exceeds requirements in
the Secretary of the Interior’s
Professional Qualification Standards in
Archeology and Historic Archeology
BLM Permit, Field Director; CA, CO,
ND, SD, WY, UT
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Phase I Archaeological and/or Tribal Cultural Resource Assessment Studies; Cities of Alhambra, Los Angeles, Lomita, Lancaster, Pacific Palisades, Palmdale, Santa Monica; Private Clients; Los Angeles County, California. SWCA has prepared technical reports assessing archaeological and/or tribal cultural resources on a variety of land development projects within various jurisdictions in Los Angeles County, including the Cities of Los Angeles, Lomita, Lancaster, Palmdale, Santa Monica. The projects include single-family home remodeling, mixed-use, and multi-family residential projects in suburban neighborhoods, industrial developments, and high-rise tower construction in dense urban settings. The technical studies were conducted by SWCA to inform various types of regulatory compliance documents, primarily pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), but also supporting due diligence efforts where a project was found to meet CEQA exemption criteria. Each of the Phase I technical studies prepared included extensive archival research, ethnographic literature review, a cultural resources records search of the California Historical Resources Information System, and Sacred Lands File search, which were used to establish whether an archaeological or tribal cultural resources is present or the likelihood such a resource may be present within a given project site. SWCA has completed studies for over 50 individual projects since 2017. Role: Project Manager and Author/Co-Author.
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Center for History and Culture Project; Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History; Los Angeles County, California. To facilitate the demolition of the existing Jean Delacour Auditorium and construction of an approximately 130,800-square-foot addition (approximately 91,000 net new square feet) to the Los Angeles County Natural History Museum, SWCA analyzed environmental review options under CEQA and recommended a Class 32 Infill Exemption as the most cost- and time-efficient document. SWCA is currently completing the Class 32 Infill Exemption, and previously prepared the archaeological, paleontological, transportation, and historic preservation supporting technical studies. Role: Senior Archaeologist.
Lost Canyons Archaeological & Paleontological Monitoring; Lost Canyons, LLC; Simi Valley, Ventura County, California. SWCA was retained to conduct a cultural resources study in support of a proposed residential community development project in Simi Valley. The study consisted of a survey and preparation of a technical report. The study was included as an attachment to the Final Environmental Impact Report prepared for the Whiteface Specific Plan. The study conducted in order to identify and evaluate archaeological resources in the project area.
SWCA identified several historic-period archaeological sites and evaluated the resources for eligibility to the National and State registers. Role:
Cultural Resources Specialist.
LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes; Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California. Across seven contracts, three directly with the County of Los Angeles, SWCA provided expert cultural resources consultation for the LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes campus, in compliance with state and federal laws including Section 106 of the NHPA, the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), NEPA, and CEQA.
Services provided to date included archaeological laboratory analysis, treatment and reburial of human remains, historical research, Native American and other interested party consultation, expert witness services, archaeological testing and data recovery, archaeological and Native American monitoring, technical reports, a Historic Properties Management Plan, an update to the Los Angeles Plaza Historic District National Register of Historic Places District nomination, and an Addendum EIR. SWCA provided technical expertise and consultation at the highest level, ensuring compliance and allowing numerous phases of the project to come to successful conclusions. Role: Cultural Resources Specialist.
Culver City Transfer Station Archaeological Assessment; Culver City, Los Angeles County, California; Culver City. SWCA Environmental Consultants was retained by the City of Culver City, Public Works Department, to conduct cultural resources studies, including a records search and literature review and a cultural resources survey, in support of the proposed Municipal Facility Bacteria Reduction, Rainwater Re-Use, Infiltration and Diversion Project. SWCA prepared and archaeological technical report including a cultural context, survey results and mitigation for future disturbance associated with the project. Role: Cultural Resources Specialist.
ACE San Gabriel Trench Project Cultural Resources Services; Los Angeles County, California; Alameda Corridor-East Construction Authority (ACE). SWCA conducted technical studies and prepared Environmental Impact Report (EIR) sections for compliance with state and federal statutes, particularly CEQA and NEPA, for review by Caltrans, the lead agency. Cultural resources work included archaeological and architectural history surveys and evaluation studies, which were prepared in compliance with Section 106 of the NHPA and Caltrans standards.
SWCA oversaw mitigation for adverse effects to the National and California Registers listed San Gabriel Mission site. Role: Archaeologist and GIS specialist.
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TREVOR GITTELHOUGH, M.A., RPA, ARCHAEOLOGIST
Trevor H. Gittelhough is an assistant project manager in SWCA’s Pasadena office. He is responsible for preparing archaeological, and tribal cultural resource reports, as well as directing field crews. He has over 10 years of experience in archaeology, including both cultural resources management and academic projects. This experience includes; site monitoring; surveys and excavations; laboratory sorting, cataloging, and analysis; and conservation. He has worked in both the public and private sectors for clients such as Southern California Edison, the United States Navy and Air Force, Caltrans, and FEMA, and has conducted environmental and cultural resources work throughout California, Nevada, Oregon, and Florida in support of compliance with California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and Sections 106 and 110 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) for public and private sector clients including a range of local, state, and federal agencies.
He has experience in team management in the terrestrial and underwater archaeological management sectors, with expertise in implementation of mitigation and monitoring projects; report production; and coordination with Native American groups.
SELECTED PROJECT EXPERIENCE (∗ denotes project experience prior to SWCA) Cultural Resources Support for Newhall Ranch Project; John Minch & Associates, Inc.; Santa Clarita Valley, Los Angeles County, California. SWCA was retained by John Minch & Associates, Inc. to provide archaeological fieldwork services in support of the Newhall Ranch Project, located in the Santa Clarita Valley, Los Angeles County, California Role: Cultural Resources Specialist.
SCE Large Cap CWA L027 Moorpark-Pardee No. 4; Southern California Edison Company; Ventura County, California. SWCA has been tasked with providing an environmental impact evaluation (G.O. 131-D Evaluation) for a new 230 kV transmission line from the Moorpark Substation to the Pardee Substation in Los Angeles and Ventura Counties. SWCA provided biological and cultural environmental surveys required to determine project impacts and avoidance/minimization measures for the project. SWCA also prepared U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and California Department of Fish and Wildlife permit applications for waters of the U.S. and waters of the State. SWCA managed protocol-level surveys for the federally-listed California gnatcatcher. Role:
Assistant Project Manager / Archaeologist. Performed several days of fieldwork associated with paleontological and cultural resources.
San Francisquito Canyon Aquatic Barriers Restoration Program; Resource Institute, Inc.; Los Angeles County, California. SWCA in partnership with The Resource Institute (RI) is working with the United States Forest Service (USFS) on a National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) grant to conduct river restoration at two distinct sites along San Francisquito Creek in the Angeles National Forest (ANF). The work is part of a programmatic, watershed approach to restoring aquatic organism passage (AOP), for the California red-legged frog and unarmored threespine stickleback, both federal and state listed species. Design and implementation of Natural Channel Design (NCD) methodologies is underway at four high priority passage barriers along the creek; three AOP barriers are undersized culverts clogged with sediment and debris after fire activity, and the fourth is located at the site of the failed St. Francis Dam, where dam foundation remnants have blocked natural stream flows. Phase 1 of the Program involves baseline conditions analyses, natural channel design/engineering, road crossing
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
8 EXPERTISE
Anthropology
Archaeology - Meets Secretary of the
Interior's Professional Qualification
Standards
History - Meets Secretary of the
Interior’s Professional Qualification
Standards
Cultural resources management
Preservation of archaeological materials
and artifacts
NAGPRA Compliance
Archaeological excavation, testing, and
data recovery
Human and animal bone identification
Lithic analysis
Ceramic analysis
CEQA Compliance
EDUCATION
B.A., Anthropology; University of
California, Santa Barbara; 2011
M.A., Maritime Studies; East Carolina
University, Greenville, North Carolina;
2017
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design/engineering, developing all required permitting documents (including NEPA and CEQA), stakeholder and community outreach, and biological and cultural resource support (surveys, documents, and permits). Role: Cultural Resources Specialist. Led and performed several days of fieldwork involving survey and site recordation, performed research, and prepared multiple cultural reports.
1700 Stadium Way Cultural Resources Services; Los Angeles City Fire Department; Los Angeles County, California. SWCA was retained by the City of Los Angeles Fire Department to provide historical and archaeological consulting services in support of a proposed fence replacement project for a National Register-eligible property.
Tasks included review of project plans for compliance with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation, archaeological desktop review, archaeological presence/absence testing, and evaluation of an identified historic archaeological resource. Work completed in compliance with CEQA and Section 106. Role: Cultural Resources Specialist.
5th and Hill Tribal Cultural Resources Assessment; JMF Enterprises V, LLC; Los Angeles County, California. JMF V Enterprises retained SWCA to conduct a tribal cultural resources study in support of the proposed 5th and Hill Project in the downtown area of the City Los Angeles. The proposed Project includes the construction of a 55- to 57-story mixed-use commercial and residential building. SWCA prepared an archaeological and tribal cultural resources assessment in compliance with CEQA, specifically Assembly Bill 52. Scope included a cultural resources records search, review of historic maps and aerials, and preparation of a technical study for submittal to the Department of City Planning. Role: Cultural Resources Specialist. Prepared Tribal and Cultural Resource Report.
LANHM Center for Nature and Culture Class 32 Infill Exemption; Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History; Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California. SWCA provided environmental services related to a California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Class 32 Infill Exemption for the demolition of the existing Jean Delacour Auditorium, interior improvements, and construction of an addition to the Los Angeles County Natural History Museum. The CEQA analysis included Air Quality, Biology, Archaeology, Architectural History, Paleontology, and Traffic. Role: Cultural Resources Specialist.
City of Lancaster Environmental Study for PWCP Pedestrian Gap Closure Improvements Project; Michael Baker International; Los Angeles County, California. As a subconsultant to Michael Baker International, SWCA prepared cultural resources technical studies in support of the City of Lancaster PWCP Pedestrian Gap Closure Project in Los Angeles County, California, a California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) Local Assistance project for street improvements. SWCA prepared an area of potential effects map, Historic Property Survey Report, Historical Resources Evaluation Report, and Archaeological Survey Report for the project. Role: Cultural Resources Specialist.
CR Services for the Silver Lake Bl Underpass Sidewalk and Arches Project; City of Los Angeles, Department of Public Works - Bureau of Engineering; Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California. LADPW - BOE retained SWCA to prepare a project impacts analysis of a proposed security, grading, and drainage improvement project involving the 1934 single span Silver Lake Boulevard underpass, which was designated in 1981 as Historic-Cultural Monument [HCM] No. 236. LADPW – BOE proposed to regrade the road to address drainage issues, to enclose the two arcades with metal security fencing panels, and to construct new alternate sidewalks resulting in a narrow roadway Role: Cultural Resources Specialist.
Glendale Beeline Cultural Monitoring Services; City of Glendale, Community Development Department; Glendale, Los Angeles County, California. SWCA was retained by the City of Glendale to provide Cultural Resources Monitoring services in support of the Glendale Beeline Maintenance Facility Project. Role: Cultural Resources Specialist. Coordinated personnel and performed several weeks of fieldwork (including monitoring and excavation).
REGISTRATIONS / CERTIFICATIONS
HAZWOPER; 2018
Meets and exceeds requirements in the
Secretary of the Interior’s Professional
Qualification Standards in History and
Archaeology; 2018
Registered Prof. Archaeologist,
California No. 17387; Register of
Professional Archaeologists; 2018
PERMITS
U.S. Bureau of Land Management
Paleontological Resource Use Permit
(NM 14-03C), Field Monitor; NM
U.S. Bureau of Land Management
Paleontological Resource Use Permit
(COC 078403), Field Assistant; CO
U.S. Bureau of Land Management
Paleontological Investigations Permit
(CA-19-08P), Field Director; CA
U.S. Bureau of Land Management
Paleontological Resource Use Permit
(UT14-006C), Field Assistant; UT
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BILL KENDIG. B.A, LABORATORY MANAGER
Mr. Kendig has more than 11 years of experience in archaeology, both in cultural resource management (CRM) and for academic projects. He has gained a wide variety of archaeological field experience throughout California and Nevada, and is proficient in multiples stages of archaeological field work including monitoring, survey, and excavation.
Mr. Kendig’s research focuses on site analysis and chronology on the Southern California Channel Islands, and he has an expertise in specialized lithic analysis. Mr. Kendig is the manager of the archaeological and paleontological laboratory for SWCA’s Pasadena office.
SELECTED PROJECT EXPERIENCE
SCE Large Cap CWA L027 Moorpark-Pardee No. 4; Southern California Edison Company; Ventura County, California. SWCA is providing Southern California Edison (SCE) environmental services for a large capital project located in the City of Santa Clarita, unincorporated Los Angeles and Ventura Counties, and the City of Moorpark. The project involves the installation of a new electrical transmission circuit on transmission towers along an existing right-of-way, and associated equipment repairs and upgrades. SWCA conducted an initial environmental constraints analysis to inform high-level project planning. SWCA conducted field surveys for natural and cultural resources, including habitat assessments and protocol surveys for several threatened and endangered species, such as the San Fernando Valley spineflower, coastal California gnatcatcher, southwestern willow flycatcher, arroyo toad, and least Bell’s vireo. SWCA also conducted a jurisdictional delineation of aquatic features in the project area. Based on survey findings, SWCA developed avoidance and minimization measures for SCE to avoid impacts to listed species. SWCA prepared a GO 131-D evaluation to document the project’s exemption from California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requirements and is currently providing monitoring support as the project enters construction. Role: Cultural Resources Specialist.
Shell Beach Road Pedestrian Safety & Streetscape Project – Phase 1 Environmental Services; City of Pismo Beach; Pismo Beach, San Luis Obispo County, California.
SWCA is providing environmental services, including preparation of all CEQA/NEPA documentation, technical studies and permitting, for the reconstruction of an 18-block section of Shell Beach Road between Cliff Avenue and Terrace Avenue in downtown Shell Beach.
Due to sensitive archaeological resources in the area, SWCA also performed an Extended Phase I Archaeological Survey of the project area at the request of Caltrans. Role: Cultural Resources Specialist.
SCE CWA 2030 CR Paradise Cove Mobile Home Park Emergency Response, Private Land, Malibu, CA; Southern California Edison Company; Los Angeles County, California. Under a three-year on-call contract, SWCA has completed more than 2,300 survey and monitoring consultant work authorization tasks in support of various utility projects including deteriorated pole replacements, grid reliability and maintenance, GO 131-D, emergency services, vegetation management, and transmission line rating remediation.
Projects are located throughout Southern California Edison’s territory in Los Angeles, Kern, San Bernardino, Riverside, Ventura, Orange, Mono, Inyo, and Tulare Counties; projects are located on land administered by numerous agencies including the United States Department of Defense, the Bureau of Land Management, United States Forest Service, the National Park Service, and California State Parks. Role:
Cultural Resources Specialist.
Lucas Museum of Narrative Art Project Paleontological Monitoring; Lucas Museum of Narrative Art; Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California. SWCA was retained by the developer to conduct paleontological and cultural resources on-call services. During the course of construction, a historic-era neighborhood was identified. The project was kept on schedule while SWCA conducted emergency data recovery.
Role: Cultural Resources Specialist.
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
11 EXPERTISE
Laboratory management
Survey
Site testing
Data recovery excavation
Archaeological collections management
EDUCATION
M.A., Anthropology e: Archaeology;
California State University Los Angeles;
in progress
Post-Baccalaureate Work in Education,
Environment and Community e:
Archaeology; Humboldt State University,
Arcata, California; 2008
B.A. cum laude, Anthropology e:
Archaeology; Humboldt State University,
Arcata, California; 2005
Certification, Chinese Culture and
Language Program; Humboldt State
University, Arcata, California; 2005
AFFILIATIONS / MEMBERSHIPS
Member, Malki Museum
Member, Society for American
Archaeology
Member, Pacific Coast Archaeological
Society
Member, Society for California
Archaeology
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Price Canyon Water Main Replacement Archaeological Monitoring; City of Pismo Beach; Pismo Beach, San Luis Obispo County, California. SWCA conducted cultural surveys and construction monitoring for the project, which replaced several sections of water line within the sensitive prehistoric archaeological sites along Price Canyon Road, Dell Court and Solar Way. Role: Cultural Resources Specialist. 1700 Stadium Way Cultural Resources Services; Los Angeles City Fire Department; Los Angeles County, California. SWCA was retained by the City of Los Angeles Fire Department to provide historical and archaeological consulting services in support of a proposed fence replacement project for a National Register-eligible property. Tasks included review of project plans for compliance with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation, archaeological desktop review, archaeological presence/absence testing, and evaluation of an identified historic archaeological resource. Work completed in compliance with CEQA and Section 106. Role: Cultural Resources Specialist.
POLA Berths 226-236 Evergreen Container Terminal Project; CDM Smith; Los Angeles, California. Under contract to CDM Smith, SWCA conducted a built environment/historic resources survey and evaluation and an archaeological survey, Extended Phase I Investigation, and evaluation project in support of the proposed Everport Container Terminal Development Project located at Berths 226–236 on Terminal Island, Port of Los Angeles, in Los Angeles County, California. This study includes the results of background research, an intensive-level field survey, extended Phase I testing and preparation of a historic resources survey report. Role: Field Director and Laboratory Manager.
UCI Faculty & Staff Housing Archaeological Evaluation; Irvine, Orange County, California; California Pacific Homes. University Hills 10-1 Planning Area Project, Irvine, Orange County, California Client: University of California, Irvine Campus Housing Authority. The University of California, Irvine Campus Housing Authority retained SWCA Environmental Consultants (SWCA) to undertake an archaeological evaluation of site CA-ORA-1720 in support of the University Hills Faculty and Staff Housing Project. During construction monitoring, the archaeological site CA-ORA-1720 was discovered and documented by SWCA archaeologists. The purpose of the current phase of work was to establish site boundaries in advance of any planned development in the adjacent eastern parcel, and to determine significance or eligibility based on the results of the testing program. This study was undertaken as a part of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) review process. The services provided by SWCA included archaeological testing and evaluation, and laboratory analysis of archaeological materials encountered during testing. Role: Cultural Resources Specialist.
ACE CR Monitoring and Management Services for the Trench Package; San Gabriel, Alhambra,Rosemead, Los Angeles County, California; Alameda Corridor-East (ACE) Construction Authority. SWCA conducted technical studies and prepared Environmental Impact Report (EIR) sections for compliance with state and federal statutes, particularly CEQA and NEPA, for review by Caltrans, the lead agency.
Cultural resources work included archaeological and architectural history surveys and evaluation studies, in compliance with Section 106 of the NHPA and Caltrans standards. SWCA oversaw mitigation for adverse effects to the CRHR/NRHP-listed San Gabriel Mission. Role: Cultural Resources Specialist.
Confidential Museum Project in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California. SWCA was retained by the developer to conduct paleontological and cultural resources on-call services. During the course of construction, a historic-era neighborhood was identified. The project was kept on schedule while SWCA conducted emergency data recovery. Role: Field Director and Laboratory Manager.
Tarzana Reimagined Archaeological and Paleontological Resources Monitoring, Tarzana, Los Angeles County, California. SWCA was retained to conducted archaeological monitoring and be on-call for paleontological resources monitoring. The project is on-going and is on- schedule. Role: Laboratory Manager conducting artifact analysis.
Confidential Project; Confidential Client; Los Angeles County, California. SWCA provided archaeological mitigation for a joint utilities project conducted as part of a California Public Utility Commission (CPUC) special program to upgrade aging infrastructure and install individual meters within the subject project site. SWCA developed a cultural resources treatment plan, conducted preconstruction archaeological testing, and recovery of monitoring finds. All cultural resources mitigation was monitored by a Native American affiliated with the Barbareno/Ventureno Band of Mission Indians. Role: Field Director and Laboratory Manager.
Washington National Archaeological and Paleontological Monitoring (Access Culver City); Culver City, Los Angeles County, California; GDCV Culver City, LLC. SWCA implemented an archaeological and paleontological mitigation monitoring program during project grading, as well as archaeological feature and artifact identification, recordation, and recovery; laboratory preparation, identification, analysis, and curation preparation of archaeological materials; and reporting. Role: Cultural Resources Specialist.
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JOSEPH TOMBERLIN, M.H.P., ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN
Joseph Tomberlin is a Secretary of the Interior (SOI) qualified historian and architectural historian with over 23 years of experience in environmental and historic preservation compliance support. He has extensive experience conducting and managing historic architecture, cultural resources, tribal consultation, the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), and environmental site assessment project and program activities on behalf of federal, state, and local agencies and the private sector.
SELECTED PROJECT EXPERIENCE (* denotes project experience prior to SWCA) 1327 Fuller Historical Resource Assessment; BREAKFORM Real Estate; Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California. SWCA conducted a historical resources assessment of a residence for compliance with CEQA. SWCA evaluated the property under federal, state, and local criteria. Role: Historic Structures Surveyor.
916 N. Crescent Historical Resource Assessment; Edward Machtinger; Beverly Hills, Los Angeles County, California. SWCA conducted a historical resources assessment of a residence for compliance with CEQA. SWCA evaluated the property under federal, state, and local criteria. Role: Historic Structures Surveyor and Assessor.
Concord Reuse Project Specific Plan CEQA Analysis; City of Concord; Contra Costa County, California. SWCA is currently preparing an Environmental Impact Report for the Concord Reuse Project (CRP) Specific Plan for the City of Concord. The CRP Specific Plan addresses a phased mixed-use development on approximately 2,300 acres of the former Concord Naval Weapons Station site. The project would include up to 13,000 residential units and 8.4 million square feet of commercial/campus/institutional uses, and greenway and park uses. SWCA successfully published the Notice of Preparation on schedule and under budget.
Role: Lead Architectural Historian.
I-10/Robertson/National Area Circulation Improvement Project; Michael Baker International; Los Angeles County, California. SWCA is conducting cultural resources services related to the I-10/Robertson/National Area Circulation Improvement Project, which is receiving Caltrans local assistance funds. Services included preparation of cultural resources documents in compliance with Caltrans guidelines, including an Archaeological Survey Report, a Historical Resources Evaluation Report, and a Historic Property Survey Report. Role: Architectural Historian.
POLA Immigration Station Design Review; CDM Smith, Inc.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California. SWCA reviewed the proposed design of an adaptive reuse project within the Port of Los Angeles for compliance with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation.
Role: Architectural Historian.
*Veterans Affairs National Energy Business Center (VA-NEBC) Renewable Energy Environmental Assessments; California, Oklahoma, Texas. Mr. Tomberlin served as the cultural resources subject matter expert (SME) for Environmental Assessments (EAs) and Section 106 consultations for new solar photovoltaic renewable energy systems at multiple VA facilities in California, Oklahoma, and Texas. Role: Cultural Resources Subject Matter Expert.
*NTIA Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP); Los Angeles County, California. Mr. Tomberlin provided NEPA review for projects submitted by applicants under the BTOP Grant Program, making recommendations regarding compliance under the BTOP and Department of Commerce NEPA Categorical Exclusions, reviewing EAs, and drafting FONSIs. He also served as the cultural resources and historic preservation SME for the program, including managing Section 106 consultations for over 200 new communication sites in Los Angeles County. *Veterans Affairs NHPA Section 111 Sausalito Historic Reuse Pilot Project; Sausalito, California. Mr. Tomberlin served as the historic preservation team lead for the VA’s ongoing NHPA Section 111 Historic Reuse Pilot Project in Sausalito, CA. The Department is exploring the adaptive use and long-term lease of a VA-owned NRHP-eligible World War II-era Liberty Shipyard building under the Section 111 of the National
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
23 EXPERTISE
Section 106 of the NHPA
Architectural History
Compliance with the Secretary of the
Interior’s Standards for Treatment of
Historic Properties
EDUCATION
M.H.P., Historic Preservation, Georgia
State University; 1996
B.A., History, Oglethorpe University; 1993
REGISTRATIONS / CERTIFICATIONS
Meets and exceeds the Secretary of the
Interior’s Professional Qualification
standards in History and Architectural
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Historic Preservation Act as a pilot project to demonstrate the utility and applicability of the process to other excess historic properties in their real estate portfolio. Role: Historic Preservation Team Lead. *FEMA GPD EHP Review and Technical Assistance; Orange County, Sacramento and San Francisco, California. Mr. Tomberlin provided EHP review for projects submitted by grantees to FEMA’s Grants Program Directorate (GPD), including serving as a cultural resources and historic preservation subject matter expert (SME) for the program, and conducting EHP training for subgrantees in Orange County, Sacramento, and San Francisco. Role: Subject Matter Expert.
*Veteran Affairs West Los Angeles Medical Center Master Plan Implementation; Los Angeles, California Mr. Tomberlin provided historic preservation and cultural resources support under an IDIQ contract for the VA to facilitate implementation of the new Master Plan at the VA’s National Register-listed West Los Angeles Medical Center campus. Tasks include the development of a Programmatic EIS, Section 106 support for individual constructions projects, and the rehabilitation of several of the campus’ historic buildings. *Cultural Resources Support, Air Mobility Command Headquarters, United States Air Force. Mr. Tomberlin provided cultural resources support for Travis AFB (CA) and other facilities aligned to the Air Mobility Command (HQ AMC/A7AN) under a GEITA Task Order contract. Task included reviewing and providing comments on National Historic Preservation Act Section 106 and Section 110 survey reports, ICRMPs, and National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) nominations, assembling Section 106/110 consultation and NRHP nomination packages, supporting G2G tribal consultation, and providing general cultural resources SME support. *FEMA Public Safety Interoperable Communications (PSIC) Program; Western United States. Mr. Tomberlin provided NEPA review for projects submitted by state grantees under the PSIC Grant Program, making recommendations regarding environmental (NEPA) and historic preservation (EHP) compliance under the PSIC Programmatic EA and FONSI for projects in the western region, including California. He also served as a cultural resources and historic preservation SME for the program at large. Role: Subject Matter Expert. *HAER Documentation for North Finagayan Water Tank; CH Equipment Rental & Construction; Guam. SWCA was retained to prepare Level II Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) documentation of the North Finnegan Water Tank located on the Naval Base Guam Telecommunications Site. The tank was constructed in 1954, was found to be eligible for listing on the NRHP, and a Level II HAER documentation is required prior to demolition as part of the proposed project. Role: Quality Assurance/Quality Control Reviewer.
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NELSON WHITE, M.S.H.P., ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN / PROJECT MANAGER Nelson White is an architectural historian and project manager with 12 years of professional experience. A resident of California for 13 years, his projects include work throughout Northern and Southern California. He is knowledgeable in the history and development of American cities and suburbs, with a focus on residential development and design, and is a federally qualified professional (36 Code of Federal Regulations [CFR] 61) in the fields of architectural history and historic preservation. His statewide experience includes managing and conducting dozens of historical resource surveys and evaluations in compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and local jurisdictions. He has prepared numerous cultural resource studies that have utilized federal, state, and local designation criteria to evaluate properties for eligibility as a historic resource for local consideration, for the purposes of CEQA, and as a historic property under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA).
Mr. White utilizes his understanding of the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards to facilitate effective project compliance and design review for adaptive reuse and new construction projects within urban and suburban settings. He works closely with clients and architects to preserve character-defining features of buildings, and he is a member of the California Preservation Foundation (CPF) and the Society of Architectural Historians. He is a frequent volunteer for CPF and has twice served on its annual conference steering committee; he currently serves on its education committee.
SELECTED PROJECT EXPERIENCE (∗ denotes project experience prior to SWCA) 300 Delfern Drive Historical Resource Assessment and Impacts Analysis; Jondolin Residence, LLC; Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California. The client retained SWCA to prepare an Historical Resource Assessment (HRA) for a 2.15-acre historic residential estate in Los Angeles. The estate featured several Georgian Revival-style buildings designed by a master architect. The client proposed the demolition and replacement of one building and the demolition and replacement of a wing with a larger wing. SWCA evaluated the property under federal, state, and local criteria and prepared a project impacts analysis using the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation. Role: Project Manager. Conducted intensive-level field survey, archival research, evaluation, design consultation, and impacts analysis. Co-authored HRA.
Prepared California Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) 523 series resource forms.
Estrella Substation and Paso Robles Area Reinforcement Project; Confidential Client; Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo County, California. Confidential Transmission Project; Confidential Clients; California. SWCA is providing permitting and licensing support, including a preparation of a PEA, for a new 230/70 kV substation, 7 miles of new aboveground 70 kV power line, 3 miles of reconductored 70 kV line, and a 230 kV interconnection in Paso Robles. Services include cultural, biological, and paleontological surveys; PEA preparation; PTC application filing support and noticing; and post-filing CEQA and permitting support. Role: Architectural Historian.
SCE EC 003 Special Use Permit (SUP); Southern California Edison Company; Multiple Counties, California. Under a three-year on-call contract, SWCA is providing environmental compliance and management support for thousands of operations and maintenance projects across SCE’s transmission and distribution systems and generation facilities in in Los Angeles, Kern, San Bernardino, Riverside, Ventura, Orange, Mono, Inyo, and Tulare Counties. Role:
Historian. Conducted intensive-level field survey, archival research, and evaluation. Co-authored report.
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
13 EXPERTISE
Architectural History
Historic Preservation
Historical Resource Assessments
Property Histories
Preservation Guidance
EDUCATION
M.S., Historic Preservation; School of
the Art Institute Chicago, Illinois; 2006
B.A., Architectural History and Urban
Design; DePaul University, Chicago,
Illinois; 1999
, Postgraduate Certificate Program:
Public Interest Design; Archeworks;
Chicago, Illinois; 2000
, Certificate Program: Landscape
Architecture; Harvard School of Design,
Cambridge, Massachusetts; 1998
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Granada Hills Pool and Bathhouse Replacement (WO E170517B); City of Los Angeles, Department of Public Works - Bureau of Engineering; Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California. LADPW BOE hired SWCA to prepare a Historical Resources and Archeological Assessment, to identify and evaluate any historic resources and to analyze effects of project implementation including demolition and construction of the proposed project. Role: Architectural Historian. Conducted intensive- level field survey, archival research, and evaluation; Co-authored report; and prepared California Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) 523 series resource form.
Historical Structures Evaluation for Van Ness Recreation Center and Bathhouse Improvements; City of Los Angeles, Department of Public Works - Bureau of Engineering; Los Angeles County, California. LADPW BOE hired SWCA to prepare a Historical Resources and Archeological Assessment, to identify and evaluate any historic resources and to analyze effects of project implementation including demolition and construction of the proposed project. Role: Architectural Historian. Conducted intensive- level field survey, archival research, and evaluation; Co-authored report; and prepared California Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) 523 series resource form. 438 Mesa Street Historic Resource Survey and Archaeological Study; City of Los Angeles, Department of Public Works - Bureau of Engineering; Los Angeles County, California. SWCA was retained by the City of Los Angeles to provide historical and archaeological evaluations in accordance with the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) for City-owned property located at 438 N. Mesa Street, San Pedro, CA. The property is in the process of being declared surplus by the City and will be sold at auction. Role: Architectural Historian. Conducted intensive-level field survey, archival research, and evaluation; Co-authored report; and prepared California Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) 523 series resource form.
Algin Sutton Pool Replacement and Bathhouse Renovation Project; Lehrer Architects; Los Angeles County, California. SWCA was retained by Lehrer Architects LA and the City of Los Angeles (City) to prepare historical and archaeological evaluations in support of the Algin Sutton Pool Replacement and Bathhouse Renovation project (historically known as Manchester Park). Role: Architectural Historian. Conducted intensive-level field survey, archival research, and evaluation. Co-authored report. Prepared California Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) 523 series resource forms.
LADPW Main Street Lighting Improvement Unit 1; City of Los Angeles; Los Angeles County, California. SWCA provided cultural resources services to City of Los Angeles Department of Public Works, Bureau of Engineering, for a streetlight improvement project receiving Caltrans local assistance funds. Services include preparation of cultural resource documents in compliance with Caltrans guidelines, including Archaeological Survey Report, Historical Resources Evaluation Report, and Historic Property Survey Report. Role:
Architectural Historian.
Lucas Museum of Narrative Art Project Paleontological Monitoring; Lucas Museum of Narrative Art; Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California. SWCA was retained by the developer to conduct paleontological and cultural resources on-call services. During the course of construction, a historic-era neighborhood was identified. The project was kept on schedule while SWCA conducted emergency data recovery. Role: Historian.
Marquette Residential Development; Pizzulli Associates, Inc.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California. SWCA prepared a Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND) and supporting technical studies, including a tribal cultural resources study, historical resources assessment, biological assessment, and air quality analysis in support of the proposed Marquette Residential Development Project in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of the City Los Angeles. The proposed Project includes the demolition of two residences and the construction of eight new single-family homes. In order to achieve California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) compliance, SWCA prepared the MND and requisite technical studies for submittal to the Los Angeles Department of City Planning. SWCA prepared deliverables on accelerated schedule and worked closely with the project owner to deliver defensible documents. Role: Historian.
Meets and exceeds requirements in the
Secretary of the Interior’s Professional
Qualification Standards in Architectural
History and Historic Preservation
AWARDS / HONORS
Honorable Mention, Charles E. Peterson
Prize, HABS (2005)
MEMBERSHIPS
Board Director, Beverly Hills Heritage;
1/1/2015
Member, National Trust for Historic
Preservation
Steering Committee 2017, California
Preservation Foundation
Member, Los Angeles Conservancy
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ALYSSA K. BELL, PH.D., PALEONTOLOGY PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR As a paleontological principal investigator, Dr. Bell has supervised field work , authored project reports, and provided scientific and compliance direction and quality control for SWCA’s paleontological projects throughout California. Aside from her work with SWCA, Dr. Bell is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Dinosaur Institute of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. There she is involved in pursuing her own research into fossil birds as well as working with the Institute’s field projects and museum-wide education and outreach initiatives. Dr. Bell has accumulated a wealth of field experience, working with crews from a variety of institutions on field si tes in Arizona, California, Montana, New Mexico, South Dakota, and Utah, as well as leading her own expeditions in Montana. She has published thirteen peer- reviewed articles or book chapters and given numerous presentations at scientific conferences on both her paleontological and microbiological research.
SELECTED PROJECT EXPERIENCE
Transmission Line Rating Remediation Program, Moorpark-Pardee No.1 230-kV transmission line; Los Angeles and Ventura Counties, California; Southern California Edison. SWCA is providing environmental services for a large capital project located in the Cities of Santa Clarita and Moorpark. The project involves the installation of a new electrical transmission circuit on transmission towers along an existing right-of-way, and associated equipment repairs and upgrades. SWCA conducted an initial environmental constraints analysis to inform high-level project planning, including a paleontological resources assessment and field survey. SWCA prepared a GO 131-D evaluation to document the project’s exemption from California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requirements and is currently providing monitoring support as the project enters construction. Role: Paleontological Principal Investigator, conducted paleontological resources assessment, supervised paleontological monitoring, and authored all paleontological reports.
Environmental Specialties On-Call; Los Angeles County, California; Department of Public Works. SWCA has held an on-call specialty environmental services contract with the City of Los Angeles Department of Public Works (LADPW), Bureau of Engineering (BOE) since 2006. Under this contract, SWCA has successfully completed more than 30 projects including a broad range of cultural and paleontological resources services such as surveys, resource assessment and impacts analyses, cultural and paleontological resources monitoring, and related reporting. Role: Paleontological Principal Investigator, conducts paleontological resources assessments, supervises paleontological monitoring, and authors all paleontological reports.
Inglewood Market Gateway Project; Los Angeles County, California; Thomas Saffron & Associates. SWCA was retained to provide archeological and paleontological monitoring services during preconstruction ground disturbance at the 2.77-acre project site located at the corner of North Market Street in Inglewood, California. Role: Paleontological Principal Investigator, supervised paleontological monitoring and authored final reporting.
Tarzana Confidential Archaeological and Paleontological Resources Monitoring, Tarzana, Los Angeles County, California. SWCA was retained to conducted archaeological monitoring and be on-call for paleontological resources monitoring. The project is on-going and is on- schedule. Role: Paleontological Principal Investigator, supervised paleontological monitoring, managed curatorial process for all fossils collected during monitoring, author of final reporting.
City of Colton Industrial Project Environmental Impact Report; San Bernardino County, California; PlaceWorks. SWCA provided historic, cultural resources, and paleontological resources study for a six-acre industrial project at the southwest corner of Agua Mansa Road and Rancho Avenue in the City of Colton. Role: Paleontological Principal Investigator, conducted paleontological resources assessment and reporting.
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
11 EXPERTISE
Vertebrate Paleontology – field and lab
work
Environmental microbiology – pollutant
source tracking
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Vertebrate Paleontology;
University of Southern California; 2013
M.S., Environmental Microbiology;
University of Tennessee; 2007
B.A. with honors, Ecology and
Systematics; William Jewell College &
Homerton College, Cambridge
University; 2004
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Granada Hills Pool and Bathhouse Replacement; LADPW BOE; Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California. LADPW BOE hired SWCA to prepare a Historical Resources and Archeological Assessment and a Paleontological Resources Assessment, to identify and evaluate any historic, cultural, or paleontological resources and to analyze effects of project implementation including demolition and construction of the proposed project. Role: Paleontological Principal Investigator, conducted paleontological assessment and authored report.
Washington National Archaeological and Paleontological Monitoring; Los Angeles County, California; GDCV Culver City, LLC. SWCA implemented an archaeological and paleontological mitigation monitoring program during project grading, as well as fossil identification, recordation, and recovery; laboratory preparation, identification, analysis, and curation of significant fossils; and reporting. Role: Paleontological Principal Investigator. Conducted laboratory and curation work for fossils collected and final reporting.
Cultural and Paleontological Resources Assessment and Monitoring for SSRP C05 Lincoln Blvd and Rose Ave; Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California; MNR Construction, Inc. SWCA was retained by MNR Construction on behalf of the LADPW BOE, to conduct a cultural and paleontological resources sensitivity assessment, to identify and evaluate any resources present and to analyze effects of project implementation including demolition and construction of the proposed project to cultural and paleontological resources. SWCA was then retained to prepare a Cultural and Paleontological Resources Monitoring and Mitigation Plan (CPRMMP) in support of the Secondary Sewer Renewal Program (SSRP) CO5 Lincoln Boulevard and Rose Avenue in the City Los Angeles (project). This CPRMMP describes a procedural framework to identify, evaluate, and treat any cultural and paleontological resources that are encountered during construction. Role:
Paleontological Principal Investigator, conducted paleontological sensitivity assessment, authored report, and developed paleontological mitigation plan.
OTO Hotels Santa Monica Archaeological and Paleontological Services; Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California; OTO Development, LLC. SWCA provided paleontological monitoring and mitigation services during construction excavations and grading. Services included implementation of a paleontological mitigation monitoring program and reporting. Role: Paleontological Principal Investigator, monitoring oversight and reporting.
City of Hope Specific Plan and Environmental Impact Report; Los Angeles County, California; PlaceWorks. SWCA provided a cultural resources study and a paleontological impact evaluation. The project area corresponds with the approximately 116-acre City of Hope campus, with approximately 89.5 acres in the city of Duarte and 26.5 acres in the city of Irwindale, Los Angeles County, California. This study was completed in compliance with and in satisfaction of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Role: Paleontological Principal Investigator, conducted paleontological assessment and authored report.
Natural and Cultural Support for the Gordon Mull Subdivision Environmental Impact Report; Los Angeles County, California; Terry A.
Hayes Associates, LLC. SWCA was selected to prepare an EIR for in Support of Environmental Impact Report for the Gordon Mull Subdivision, City of Glendora, Los Angeles County, California. The project is proposing to redevelop a 71-acre, 19-lot located in the San Gabriel Foothills. SWCA biology, cultural resources, and paleontological resources staff are collecting data to prepare respective resources and mitigation sections for an EIR overseen by TAHA staff. Role: Paleontological Principal Investigator, conducted paleontological resources assessment and reporting.
Sixth & Bixel Paleontological Monitoring Services Project; Los Angeles County, California; Holland Partners. SWCA conducted paleontological monitoring of preconstruction activities in support of a development project encompassing two parcels in downtown Los Angeles. Monitors identified and recovered numerous significant vertebrate fossils. Role: Paleontological Principal Investigator, supervised the excavation of significant fossils, managed curatorial process for all fossils collected during monitoring, author of final reporting.
Santa Ana General Plan Update; Orange County, California; PlaceWorks. SWCA provided cultural and paleontological resources support for the City of Santa Ana General Plan Update, including a city-wide paleontological resources assessment and impacts analysis as well as recommended mitigation strategies. Role: Paleontological Principal Investigator, conducted paleontological resources assessment and reporting.
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IAN TODD, AICP, M.E.L.P, SENIOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECT MANAGER Ian Todd, AICP, is a Project Manager/Senior Environmental Planner that brings more than 10 years of experience managing and preparing CEQA and NEPA documents for projects throughout California. He conducts environmental research and evaluates potential environmental impacts and consequences from proposed projects and/or actions on a wide variety of land development, transportation, utility, and public works projects on both infill and greenfield sites in urban, rural, and suburban environments. Mr. Todd works with project proponents and agencies during the project planning process to assist in facilitating solutions for siting limitations and environmental constraints. Drawing on his background in environmental law and policy, along with environmental science, he thoroughly understands the regulatory framework and impact methodology of environmental planning projects. He works effectively with clients, staff, and consultants to ensure products are of the highest quality and accuracy, while meeting project deadlines and budgets.
SELECTED PROJECT EXPERIENCE (∗ denotes project experience prior to SWCA) County of San Mateo EIR for Canyon Lane Roadway Improvements; County of San Mateo; Redwood City, San Mateo County, California. SWCA is preparing an EIR and technical background studies for the project for the improvement of Canyon Lane. Project includes development of a single-family residence on one parcel, and future development of residences on eleven parcels. The project also involves the construction of new utilities, including a waterline and an underground distribution line. Role: Project Manager. Managed the preparation of the EIR, technical background studies, and public scoping meeting.
Peer Review of Klamath River Dam Decommissioning Project; Confidential Client; Multiple Counties, Multiple States. SWCA is providing peer review and technical advisory services for a Confidential Client in the preparation and oversight of an EIR/EIS.
The controversial project involves the decommissioning of energy infrastructure and includes multiple federal, state, and tribal agency stakeholders. SWCA is supplying the Confidential Client with expertise in technical services such as NEPA/CEQA, cultural resources, natural resources, fisheries, tribal engagement, recreation, socioeconomics, groundwater, and hazards. SWCA has created technical memoranda for various disciplines and prepared comment letters for agency documents. Role: NEPA/CEQA Lead. Assisting the client with high-level peer review of environmental documentation for the Klamath River Dam Decommissioning Project. Prepare comment letters in response to NEPA/CEQA, planning, and other documents on behalf of the client. Provide the public, staff, and elected decision-makers with information related to project progress and strategy.
Marquette Residential Development; Pizzulli Associates, Inc.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California. SWCA prepared a Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND) and supporting technical studies, including a tribal cultural resources study, historical resources assessment, biological assessment, and air quality analysis in support of the proposed Marquette Residential Development Project in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of the City Los Angeles. The proposed project includes the demolition of two residences and the construction of eight new single-family homes. In order to achieve CEQA compliance, SWCA prepared the MND and requisite technical studies for submittal to the Los Angeles Department of City Planning. SWCA prepared deliverables on accelerated schedule and worked closely with the project owner to deliver defensible documents. Role: Project Manager / Planner.
Managed and contributed to the preparation of the Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration and Air Quality Study.
Los Angeles County Natural History Museum Center for History and Culture Project; Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History; Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California. SWCA will provide environmental services related to a CEQA Class 32 Infill
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
11 EXPERTISE
National Environmental Policy Act
California Environmental Quality Act
Environmental Feasibility Studies
EDUCATION
M.E.L.P., Master of Environmental Law
and Policy, Magna cum laude; Vermont
Law School, South Royalton, Vermont;
2014
B.A., Environmental Studies m:
International Relations; University of
San Diego, San Diego, California; 2009
REGISTRATIONS / CERTIFICATIONS
Certified Planner; American Planning
Association; 2017
TRAINING
NEPA Streamlining - Matt Peterson,
SWCA Environmental Consultants;
2018
MEMBERSHIPS
Member, SPUR
Member, American Planning
Association
Member, Association of Environmental
Professionals
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Exemption for the demolition of the existing Jean Delacour Auditorium and construction of an approximately 450,000-square-foot addition (approximately 60,000 square feet of net new space) to the Los Angeles County Natural History Museum. Role: Project Manager / Planner.
Managed the preparation of the CEQA Class 32 Infill Exemption, traffic study, air quality study, and biological and cultural resources studies.
San Francisquito Canyon Aquatic Barriers Restoration Program; Resource Institute, Inc.; Los Angeles County, California. SWCA, in partnership with Resource Institute, has been awarded a National Fish and Wildlife (NFWF) grant to conduct river restoration at two distinct sites along San Francisquito Creek in the Angeles National Forest in Los Angeles County. The program is focused on restoring aquatic organism passage (primarily for the California red-legged frog and unarmored threespine stickleback, both federally and state- listed species) and natural channel design at four high-priority passage barriers along the creek. The first phase of the program involves developing a strategy and permitting documents, stakeholder and community outreach, biological and cultural resource support, and engineered natural channel designs. The NEPA and CEQA environmental compliance strategy is still being considered by the project team but is anticipated to be an EA/MND. Role: NEPA/CEQA Lead. Providing strategy for NEPA/CEQA compliance based on project design and alternatives.
SCE Fort Irwin Reliability Project Environmental Assessment; Southern California Edison Company; San Bernardino County, California. SWCA is providing support for this transmission line improvement project located on lands administered by the BLM and Department of Defense as well as private landowners. Services include the development of the BLM Plan of Development (POD), preparation of the Environmental Assessment (EA), and biological, jurisdictional waters, cultural, and paleontological technical studies and reports to support the EA, POD, and environmental permits. Role: Project Manager / Planner. Managed and contributed to the preparation of the Fort Irwin Reliability Project EA/MND. The project included substantial coordination between two lead agencies, the Bureau of Land Management and California Department of Fish and Wildlife, and a cooperating agency, the Department of Defense.
Southern California Edison General Order 131-D Compliance Program; Southern California Edison; Multiple Counties, California.
SWCA is providing on-going environmental services support to Southern California Edison (SCE) with their General Order (G.O.) 131-D internal compliance program. Projects remediate G.O. 95 transmission line remediation rating discrepancies on bulk transmission and subtransmission lines throughout SCE's service territory. Projects include a variety of construction activities, including structure replacements, helicopter use, structure raises, interset structures, and wire work in nearly all types of natural and urban environments in southern California. SWCA has completed dozens of G.O. 131-D Environmental Evaluations and technical background surveys and studies to determine avoidance/minimization measures, and support and document no significant impacts associated with the on-going capital improvement projects. Role: Project Manager. Ensure quality assurance/quality control of environmental documents; schedule, scope, and budget project work and deliverables; work with SCE on permitting and environmental compliance strategy; and coordinate cultural and biological resources survey efforts.
Antelope Valley Expansion Photovoltaic Project; sPower; Los Angeles County, California. SWCA is currently working with sPower to provide environmental support services in support of the proposed Antelope Expansion Solar Project located in unincorporated Los Angeles County, California. SWCA is tasked with providing a Biological Resources Technical Report, Jurisdictional Delineation Report, and a CalEEMod air quality analysis. In addition, SWCA will also prepare the Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration satisfying the County’s CEQA review for the solar facilities at the proposed Antelope Valley Expansion site. Role: CEQA Lead; Manage and lead the preparation of the Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration. ∗Dallas Floodway Project EIS; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Dallas, Texas. Large-scale public works project improving levees, water quality, and public safety. A portion of the Proposed Action included several lakes, parks, and recreational facilities within the City of Dallas. Role: Senior Analyst. Assisted with many aspects of the EIS including the utilities, recreation, socioeconomics, hazardous materials and waste, visual resources, and geology and soils sections. Managed the project's community meeting presentation, materials, and newspaper publication. Prepared a Phase I Environmental Site Assessment for the approximately 50,000-acre Study Area. ∗Baker Pumping Plant Environmental Assessment, Dallas County, Dallas, Texas. Lead Environmental Planner for the Baker Pumping Plant Environmental Assessment, a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ project involving the construction of a new pump station to provide 100-year, 24-hour storm event flood risk management to the property and people in Hampton-Oak Lawn Basin, along the Trinity River in Dallas, Texas. The proposed Baker Pump Station is a 13,000-square foot building consisting of four, 175,000-gallon per minute pumps, and one 6,000 gallon per minute low-flow pump that discharged under the levee system into the Trinity River. Role: Ian wrote and assisted with many environmental resource impact analyses including hazardous materials and waste, land use, socioeconomics and environmental justice, water quality, and noise, as well as managing public and agency review of the document. The Baker Pumping Plant was constructed in 2013 and is fully operational.
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JULIE BARLOW, B.S., AICP, SENIOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECT MANAGER Ms. Barlow has more than 20 years of experience in community planning and environmental analysis in the public and private sectors. She prepares all levels of environmental planning documents and is skilled in managing high- visibility projects and area plans. She is recognized for working efficiently with staff, clients, and consultants, and has a demonstrated ability to meet fast-track deadlines. Ms. Barlow has an in-depth understanding of the importance of clear communication with clients to tailor a project’s work program to meet its particular objectives.
Previously, Ms. Barlow was the Senior Planner for the Town of Woodside. She was responsible for all planning applications and authored and managed Negative Declarations for historic resources and streambed alteration plans. She was the head of the Town’s stormwater pollution prevention program, and staff liaison to the Town’s Historic Preservation Committee. Ms. Barlow received a B.S. in City and Regional Planning from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. She has studied design and arts programs at the University of London and the Czech University of Technology. Ms. Barlow was a Peace Corps Volunteer in the Czech Republic, serving as a municipal and environmental consultant. She is a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners, the American Planning Association, and San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association.
SELECTED PROJECT EXPERIENCE
Concord Reuse Project; City of Concord; Concord, Contra Costa County, California. SWCA is currently preparing an EIR for the Concord Reuse Project (CRP) Specific Plan for the City of Concord. The CRP Specific Plan addresses a phased mixed- use development on approximately 2,300 acres of the former Concord Naval Weapons Station site. The project would include up to 14,000 residential units and 8.4 million square feet of commercial/campus/institutional uses, and greenway and park uses.
SWCA successfully published the Notice of Preparation on schedule and under budget.
Role: Project Manager. Responsible for review, scheduling, and agency coordination.
Pier 70 Mixed Use District Project EIR; FC Pier 70, LLC; San Francisco, San Francisco County, California. EIR for a long-range project located on 35 acres of historic shipyard property along San Francisco’s Central Waterfront. The proposed project envisions a flexible land use program under provisions of a new Special Use District, which would allow up to nearly 4.2 million gross square feet (gsf) of residential, commercial, retail, and arts and light industrial uses, along with parking, 9 acres of new public parks and shoreline trail access. Role: Project Manager. Responsible for review, scheduling, agency coordination, and preparation of EIR and technical background analyses.
Parkmerced Project EIR; Parkmerced Owner, LLC; San Francisco, San Francisco County, California. EIR for a 152-acre, long-term mixed-use development program to comprehensively re-plan and re-design the site, increase residential density, and provide new services and transit facilities. Some existing apartments will be retained, some demolished, and about 5,700 units will be constructed. The project includes approximately 68 acres of public open space and would reroute the existing Muni Metro M-Ocean View light rail into the project site Role: Project Manager. Responsible for review, scheduling, agency coordination, and preparation of EIR and technical background analyses.
Rehabilitation and Detention Facility – Hall of Justice Jail Replacement; San Francisco Department of Public Works; San Francisco, California. Project-level EIR
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
22 EXPERTISE
Project management
CEQA compliance
City and regional planning
EDUCATION
B.S., City and Regional Planning;
California Polytechnic State University,
San Luis Obispo
REGISTRATIONS / CERTIFICATIONS
Certified Planner No. 015654; American
Institute of Certified Planners
TRAINING
Architecture and Urban Planning
Summer Design Program, Czech
University of Technology (CVT)
Study Abroad Program, University of
London
Project Management Bootcamp, PSMJ
Resources, Inc.; 2018
MEMBERSHIPS
Member, SPUR
Member, American Institute of Certified
Planners
Member, American Planning
Association
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to construct a new multi-story, 640-bed jail facility adjacent to the existing Hall of Justice building at 850 Bryant Street. The proposed new jail facility would replace existing deficient facilities located on the sixth and seventh floors of the Hall of Justice building. The project would include an underground, secure, basement-level tunnel connecting the new building with the existing Hall of Justice building. Role: Project Manager. Project Manager for a project-level EIR to construct a new multi-story, 640-bed jail facility adjacent to the existing Hall of Justice building at 850 Bryant Street. The proposed new jail facility would replace existing deficient facilities located on the 6th and 7th floors of the Hall of Justice building. The project would include an underground, secure, basement-level tunnel beneath Harriet Street connecting the new building with the existing Hall of Justice building. 510-520 Townsend Office Development Entitlements; ARE-San Francisco No. 47, LLC; San Francisco County, California. SWCA is conducting special-status bat surveys and nesting bird surveys in support of an industrial building development in urban San Francisco.
Role: Project Manager.
201 Haskins Way Rezone & General Plan Amendment; Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.; South San Francisco, San Mateo County, California. SWCA prepared the EIR for the 201 Haskins Way Project in South San Francisco, an 18.2-acre site located in the East of 101 Area. The project requires amendments of the City of South San Francisco’s Zoning Code as well as entitlements to enable development of the project area. Key environmental issues include project-level and cumulative transportation and circulation impacts, land use impacts, and noise and vibration impacts. Role: Project Manager. Responsible for review, coordination, and preparation of EIR and technical background analyses.
75 Howard Street; Paramount Group, Inc.; San Francisco, San Francisco County, California. Completed an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) on a proposal to construct a new 350-foot-tall mixed-use tower along The Embarcadero, within the Transit Center District Plan Area. The project required legislation to increase the height limit from 200 to 350 feet. Key issues included visual, traffic, and shadow impacts on public open space. Role: Project Manager. Responsible for review, coordination, and preparation of EIR and technical background analyses.
706 Mission Street/The Mexican Museum and Residential Tower Project EIR; 706 Mission St. Co., LLC; San Francisco, California.
EIR on a controversial proposal to construct an institutional mixed-use project, including a 550-foot-tall mixed-use tower with museum uses on the first four levels that would be adjacent to, and physically connected to, the historic Aronson Building. Key issues included wind hazards, pedestrian access and circulation, historic resources, and shadow impacts on public open space. Role: Project Manager.
Responsible for review, coordination, and preparation of EIR and technical background analyses.
Kaiser Modesto Medical Center – Cornerstone Business Park EIR; Modesto, California. EIR for a 1,427,000-sq.-ft. Medical Center Campus and 400,000-sq.-ft. business park development. Key issues included loss of prime agricultural land, water supply, traffic, and air quality impacts, and use of an emergency helicopter landing pad. Role: Project Manager. 19th Avenue Corridor Study; San Francisco, California. Cumulative transportation and public services/utilities study along San Francisco’s 19th Avenue Corridor that analyzed the effects of projected growth in the southwest area of San Francisco. Key issues included traffic, transit, bicycle, and pedestrian conditions, and cumulative analyses for public services addressed police, fire and emergency services, schools, recreation and open space, water supply, and wastewater. Role: Project Manager.
The Infinity / 300 Spear Street Mixed Use Project; San Francisco, California. EIR for a mixed-use residential, retail, and office project in San Francisco’s Rincon Hill area. Key issues included urban design/visual effects of proposed increase in height limit, transportation, and wind effects. Role: Planner.
The Lumina / 201 Folsom Street Mixed Use Project; San Francisco, California. EIR for a mixed-use residential, retail and office project in San Francisco’s Rincon Hill area. Key issues included urban design/visual effects of proposed increase in height limit, transportation, and wind effects. Role: Planner.
San Francisco Conservatory of Music EIR; San Francisco, California. Initial Study and EIR on the relocation and expansion of the educational music institution to Oak Street in San Francisco’s Civic Center area. Key issues included historic preservation and transportation impacts. Role: Deputy Project Manager.
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JACQUELINE MARKLEY, M.S., AICP, ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNER
Ms. Markley is an environmental planner specializing in CEQA/NEPA development strategies, technical assessment and reporting, permitting, compliance, and program management of complex land use, development, and land management projects. As a project manager, she has accumulated a diverse background and technical expertise providing project and team leadership for a wide range of projects in northern, central, and southern California. She leads project teams providing technical and analytical review and is effective in managing and working with public agency staff, public interests, private clients, and subconsultants to effectively achieve project goals.
Ms. Markley has prepared environmental documents for varying levels of CEQA/NEPA review for a variety of federal, state, and local agencies, as well as private clients. She has extensive experience evaluating a variety of environmental resources, land use opportunities and constraints, and policy consistency. Ms. Markley’s projects are kept on track and within budget through close coordination with the project team, the client, and the client’s consultants. She has a broad perspective of the successful processes and methods required to maintain and expand client relationships as well as create and implement innovative solutions for complex projects.
SELECTED PROJECT EXPERIENCE
Froom Ranch El Villagio Specific Plan Project Management; City of San Luis Obispo; San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo County, California. Serving as an extension of City staff, SWCA is providing project management services for the Froom Ranch Specific Plan Project, which includes a General Plan Amendment, Specific Plan, pre-zoning, annexation, and related entitlements to facilitate development of the 110-acre project area. Role:
Environmental Planner. Prepared the Initial Study/Notice of Preparation and Request for Proposals for the EIR.
Higuera Street Widening Project Environmental Services; City of San Luis Obispo; San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo County, California. SWCA provided environmental services, including preparation of an arborist report, Section 106 compliance, Section 4(f) compliance, a noise memo, and a visual assessment, for the widening of Higuera Street between Bridge Street and Elks Lane in San Luis Obispo. Role: Environmental Planner. Prepared the Noise and Visual Impact Assessments.
Prado Road Bridge Widening Project Environmental Services; Wallace Group; San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo County, California. SWCA is providing environmental services, including preparation of all CEQA/NEPA documentation, technical studies, and permitting for the project, which involves the widening of the existing two-lane Prado Road Bridge over San Luis Obispo Creek to upgrade functionally obsolete classification through extension of bridge deck on the southern side of existing structure. Role: Environmental Planner. Assisted with preparation of the Natral Environment Study and prepared the Visual Impact Assessment.
Cal Poly Oppenheimer Pavilion and Agricultural Event Center Project IS/MND; California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; San Luis Obispo County, California. SWCA prepared an IS/MND for the project, which consisted of demolition of existing structures; upgrades to existing structures, and the development of new facilities, including a new equestrian pavilion, foaling barn, stallion barn, animal health center, storage barn, and event center within the equine center, environmental horticultural sciences, and beef unit areas, and a new greenhouse and farm store located within the crops unit area. The project also included associated improvements such as utilities, detention basins for surface water control, landscaping, and access roads for circulation. Role: Project Manager/Primary Author. Conducted project team management and preparation of the IS/MND.
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
13 EXPERTISE
CEQA/NEPA compliance
Project management
Environmental constraints and
opportunities analysis
Permitting
EDUCATION
M.S., Environmental Management;
University of San Francisco; 2014
B.A., Environmental Studies e: Ecology
& Conservation m: Anthropology;
University of California at Santa Cruz;
2010
REGISTRATIONS / CERTIFICATIONS
Certified Planner, California No. 296536;
American Institute of Certified Planners;
2017
MEMBERSHIPS
Scholarship/Student Liaison Chair and
Member, Association of Environmental
Professionals – Superior California
Chapter
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Bob Jones Pathway Technical Studies Addendums; County of San Luis Obispo; San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo County, California. SWCA prepared the technical studies necessary to satisfy NEPA and CEQA requirements for construction of the Phase II of the Bob Jones Pathway, a Class I and Class III pedestrian/bicycle trail connecting the city of San Luis Obispo and the community of Avila Beach.
Studies prepared included a Caltrans NES, BA, California Red-Legged Frog Survey Report, Wetland Assessment, Visual Impacts Study, Farmland Report, and Section 106 studies (historical and archaeological reports). Role: Environmental Planner. Prepared the Agricultural Resources Addendum.
Cal Poly 2035 Master Plan Update EIR; California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; San Luis Obispo County, California.
SWCA is currently preparing an EIR for the Master Plan Update, which consists of campus-wide enhancements and improvements over a 20- year planning horizon to accommodate the needs of the University’s increased student enrollment. Role: Environmental Planner. Prepared various EIR sections.
City of Paso Robles Tertiary Treatment Facilities Project IS/MND; City of Paso Robles; Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo County, California. SWCA prepared an IS/MND and provided Section 7 Consultation for the project, which consisted of upgrades to the existing wastewater treatment plant to produce tertiary 2.2 quality recycled water, as defined by California’s Title 22 recycled water regulations, to provide for recycling of some or all of the water, instead of discharging it to the Salinas River, and support the use of recycled water in the City.
Role: Environmental Planner. Primary author of the IS/MND and Biological Assessment.
North SLO County Recycling Center IS/MND; North SLO County Recycling; Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo County, California. SWCA is preparing an Initial Study for the North SLO County Recycling Center for a new Full Solid Waste Facility Permit as a large volume transfer and processing facility through the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle), which serves as the solid waste Enforcement Agency (EA) for the county of San Luis Obispo, California. Role: Project Manager/Environmental Planner. Primary author of the Initial Study.
Shell Beach Road Streetscape and Pedestrian Safety Project – Phase I Environmental Services; City of Pismo Beach; Shell Beach, San Luis Obispo County, California. SWCA is providing environmental services, including preparation of all CEQA/NEPA documentation, technical studies and permitting, for the reconstruction of an 18-block section of Shell Beach Road between Cliff Avenue and Terrace Avenue in downtown Shell Beach. Due to sensitive archaeological resources in the area, SWCA also performed an Extended Phase I Archaeological Survey of the project area at the request of Caltrans. Role: Environmental Planner. Prepared the IS/MND for CEQA compliance.
El Camino Real Bridge Replacement Project Environmental Services; Quincy Engineering, County of San Luis Obispo; Atascadero, San Luis Obispo County, California. SWCA is providing environmental services, including preparation of all CEQA/NEPA documentation, technical studies, and permitting, for the replacement of the El Camino Real Bridge over Santa Margarita Creek in Atascadero. Role:
Environmental Planner. Prepared the Caltrans NES, BA, noise, visual, and farmland impact studies.
City of Monterey Greenbelt Fire Fuel Reduction Project Environmental Studies; City of Monterey Planning Department; Monterey, California. SWCA provided environmental services, including preparation of a CEQA Initial Study, for the project, which included the managed reduction of fire fuel hazards within the six treatment areas of the City’s greenbelt system (project study areas), with an emphasis on maintenance of plant and animal habitat, preservation of cultural resources, preservation of aesthetic resources, and protection of water quality.
Role: Lead Environmental Planner. Prepared the Initial Study.
Highway 46 Warehouse EIR; Kern County, Planning and Natural Resources Department; Kern County, California. SWCA prepared an EIR for a proposed warehouse distribution center. The project would convert the existing land use designation from Agricultural to Industrial and convert the zoning classification from Exclusive Agriculture to Light Industrial/Precise Development Combining for the future development of approximately 116 acres of currently vacant, undeveloped land in Kern County. Role: Project Manager/Primary Author. Preparation of technical studies and EIR.
Oak Tree Village Specific Plan EIR; PT1 Ventures, LLC, Lisa Wise Consulting; Kern County, California. SWCA is preparing an EIR evaluating a proposed Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC) in the city of Tehachapi. The proposed project includes: an approximately 25- to 30-acre CCRC (up to three stories); “active adult” (i.e., 55 years and older) housing (one to two stories) ranging from context-appropriate multi-family dwellings (e.g., courtyard housing) to large-lot homes; small-scale and/or neighborhood commercial/retail uses; recreational and open space areas; and associated circulation, drainage, and stormwater management and utility improvements. Role: Project Manager/Primary Author. Managing project and preparing various sections of the EIR.
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PATRICK COUSINEAU, MPP, ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNER
Mr. Cousineau is an environmental planner with 5 years of experience providing a wide range of environmental planning services. Mr. Cousineau is proficient in conducting CEQA and NEPA reviews for diverse projects spanning energy infrastructure, land development, and renewable generation. He has prepared numerous EIRs, MNDs, Class 32 Exemptions, Addenda, and EAs. Mr. Cousineau also has experience developing permitting strategies; securing federal, state, and local regulatory approvals; and managing environmental compliance programs for construction and operation activities associated with electrical infrastructure projects.
SELECTED PROJECT EXPERIENCE (∗ denotes project experience prior to SWCA) Concord Reuse Project Specific Plan CEQA Analysis. SWCA is currently preparing an EIR for the Concord Reuse Project Specific Plan for the City of Concord. The CRP Specific Plan addresses a phased mixed-use development on approximately 2,300 acres of the former Concord Naval Weapons Station site. The project would include up to 13,000 residential units and 8.4 million square feet of commercial/campus/institutional uses, and greenway and park uses. SWCA successfully published the Notice of Preparation on schedule and under budget.
Role Prepared the Wildfire and Agricultural sections of the EIR.
Canyon Lane Roadway Improvements Development Project EIR; County of San Mateo; Redwood City, San Mateo County, California. SWCA is preparing an EIR and technical background studies for roadway improvements on Canyon Lane in Redwood City. The future development project includes construction of a single-family residence on one parcel, future development of residences on 11 parcels, and the construction of new utilities, including a waterline and an underground distribution line. Role: Assistant Project Manager. Providing project management support and preparing the Aesthetics, Air Quality, Hazards and Hazardous Materials, Population and Housing, Public Services, Wildfire, Cumulative, and Alternatives sections of the EIR.
Confidential Solar Project; Confidential Client; Fresno, Fresno County, California.
SWCA is preparing an EIR for an 80-MW photovoltaic solar energy facility, 80-MW battery storage system, and 70-kV overhead generation tie line. Role: Assistant Project Manager.
Providing project management support and preparing the Executive Summary, Introduction, Environmental Impact Analysis, Aesthetics, Minerals, Public Services, Alternatives, Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program, and References and Report Preparation sections of the EIR.
Confidential Transmission Project; Confidential Client; Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo County, California. SWCA is providing planning and permitting support for a new 230-kV/70-kV substation, 8 miles of new aboveground 70-kV power line, 6 miles of reconductoring a 70-kV line, and a 230-kV interconnection. Services include cultural, biological, and paleontological resource surveys; PEA preparation; certificate of public convenience and necessity application filing and noticing; and post-filing CEQA and permitting support. Role: Assistant Project Manager. Providing project management and post-filing support.
SCE Large Cap CWA L005 Lee Vining Substation Modification Project; Southern California Edison Company; Mono County, California. SWCA is conducting cultural and paleontological resources studies and a biological constraints analysis; preparing technical studies associated with greenhouse gas emissions, air quality, and traffic; and preparing a jurisdictional delineation report and LSAA application for the relocation of the Lee Vining Substation and circuitry rearrangements, including the removal of existing overland lines and utility poles and installation of new overhead lines, underground lines, and utility poles. Role: Environmental Planner. Prepared a traffic impact analysis.
SCE Large Capital On-Call Environmental Consulting Services; Southern California Edison Company; Multiple Counties, California.
SWCA is under a 3-year on-call contract to provide environmental consulting services (biological, cultural and paleontological resources surveys, water quality/wetland permitting, licensing), for moderate- to large-scale utility system upgrades and improvements (~$300,000–$3M)
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
5 EXPERTISE
Water Quality Permit Applications
NEPA Compliance
Regulatory Compliance
CEQA Compliance
Critical Issues Analysis
EDUCATION
M.P.P., Public Policy; University of
Southern California; 2016
B.S., Environmental Science; Oregon
State University; 2013
TRAINING
Navigating the Environmental
Compliance Process for Wetland Projects
in the San Francisco Bay and Outer
Coast, San Francisco Bay National
Estuarine Research Reserve; 2016
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for SCE’s Transmission and Distribution Organizational Unit. Projects include, but are not limited to, support for CPUC licensed projects, PEA development, NEPA projects, renewable interconnections, execution of environmental mitigation, and environmental oversight during construction. Role: Environmental Planner. Prepared the GO 131-D evaluation for the CWA L017h Lee Vining Pole Project located in Mono County, California.
Peer Review of Klamath River Dam Decommissioning Information; Confidential Client; Multiple Counties, Multiple States. SWCA is providing peer review and technical advisory services in the preparation and oversight of an EIR/EIS for the controversial project, which involves the decommissioning of energy infrastructure and includes multiple federal, state, and tribal agency stakeholders. SWCA is supplying the expertise in technical services such as NEPA/CEQA, cultural resources, natural resources, fisheries, tribal engagement, recreation, socioeconomics, groundwater, and hazards. SWCA has created technical memoranda for various disciplines, facilitated public meetings, conducted stakeholder meetings, and prepared comment letters for agency documents. Role: NEPA/CEQA Lead. Provided peer review of various resource sections of the Draft EIR/EIS.
Suncrest Dynamic Reactive Power Support Project; Confidential Client; San Diego County, California. SWCA is providing planning and permitting support for a dynamic reactive power support facility and associated 230-kV transmission line. Services include routing and siting support; alternatives analysis; cultural, biological, and paleontological resources surveys; preparation of a PEA; certificate of public convenience and necessity application filing and noticing; and post-filing CEQA and permitting support. Role: Environmental Planner. Prepared the Hazardous Materials and Waste Management Plan.
Sutro Street Senior Apartments Project; City of Reno; Reno, Washoe County, Nevada. SWCA completed cultural compliance work pursuant to Section 106 of the NHPA and prepared an architectural assessment and a NEPA EA/Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the demolition of an existing building, the former Faith Deliverance Church, and the construction of a 44-unit affordable senior supportive housing development to be located in northeast Reno along Sutro Street. Role: Environmental Planner. Assisted in the preparation of the NEPA EA/FONSI.
4941 David Road Trust Land Project EA; Tejon Indian Tribe; Bakersfield, Kern County, California. SWCA prepared an architectural evaluation pursuant to Section 106 of the NHPA, a Phase I ESA, a biological resources assessment, and a NEPA EA for the transfer of one
10.3-acre parcel of land, which is presently owned by the tribe as fee simple property, to federal trust. Role: Environmental Planner. Prepared various sections of the EA.
Nine-Lot HUD Housing Development; Civilogic, Inc.; Jonesboro, Craighead County, Arkansas. SWCA conducted a Phase I ESA and prepared an EA for a proposed nine-lot development project on behalf of the Arkansas Development Finance Authority and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The Phase I ESA found no recognized environmental conditions and the EA resulted in a FONSI for the project. Role: Environmental Planner. Prepared the EA. ∗ TL674A Reconfiguration and TL666D Removal Project; San Diego Gas & Electric Company; San Diego County, California. The project involved the reconfiguration and removal of existing power lines and the conversion of existing overhead power lines to an underground configuration. Role: Team member. Authored various resource sections of a PEA. ∗ Eldorado-Lugo-Mohave Upgrade Project; Southern California Edison; San Bernardino County, California, and Clark County, Nevada. The project involved the modification of existing electrical facilities, construction of capacitors, and installation of communications infrastructure. Role: Team member. Authored various resource sections of a PEA. ∗ Annual Maintenance Project; PG&E; San Francisco Bay Area. The project involved the maintenance of electrical infrastructure and associated facilities locations throughout the San Francisco Bay. Role: Project Manager. Managed an environmental compliance program, facilitated client meetings, coordinated with regulatory agencies, and prepared various compliance reports. ∗ Hazard Mitigation Plan Update; City of Los Angeles; Los Angeles, California. The project involved a comprehensive update of the City of Los Angeles’s Hazard Mitigation Plan. Role: Team member. Provided technical expertise to support efforts to climate change–induced hazards into the City of Los Angeles’s Hazard Mitigation Plan.
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BRANDI CUMMINGS, B.S., ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNER
Ms. Cummings is an environmental planner with experience in public policy creation, land use planning, and CEQA/NEPA compliance. Her experience includes developing and implementing regulations for local jurisdictions, coastal planning including processing Local Coastal Program amendments and coastal development permits at Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant, processing general plan and specific plan amendments, and project management of complex land use projects.
Prior to joining SWCA, Ms. Cummings worked for the County of San Luis Obispo as an Environmental Resource Specialist / Planner, and for a private law firm working on environmental cases. In the year before joining SWCA, she served as the primary author of the County’s cannabis ordinance and managed the cannabis regulatory program, including coordination with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife; a number of County departments, including County Counsel, Code Enforcement, and Public Works; various local agencies, such as the Sheriff’s Office and Fire Department; and other local and state stakeholder agencies.
SELECTED PROJECT EXPERIENCE (∗ denotes project experience prior to SWCA) City of Paso Robles Staff Planning Support; City of Paso Robles; Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo County, California. SWCA is currently serving as the City’s contract planner and project manager for several large projects. Project management responsibilities conducted by SWCA include coordination with the applicant; coordination with City staff; coordination with resource agencies including facilitating multiple multi-agency meetings; preparation of application review letters; review of the draft specific plans; management of the environmental consultant; and review of the EIRs and associated technical studies. Three Draft EIRs are scheduled to be released for public review in the fall/winter 2019 and SWCA will be responsible for taking the projects through necessary public hearings. The Olsen-South Chandler Specific Plan and Beechwood Specific Plan EIRs each include a Specific Plan, General Plan Amendment, zoning amendment, multiple tract maps, and related entitlements for the development of a residential community with commercial retail, parks, and open space on two large agricultural ranches. The Paso Robles Gateway Annexation EIR includes a General Plan Amendment, pre-zoning, annexation, conceptual master development plan, multiple tract maps, and related entitlements for the development of several resort hotels with commercial retail, a residential resort community, and open space on a 170+-acre parcel.
Role: Project Manager. Serving as contract planner and project manager for all three EIRs.
Signal Hill LLC Residence EIR; County of Monterey; Pebble Beach, Monterey County, California. SWCA Environmental Consultants (SWCA) was retained by the County of Monterey to prepare an EIR evaluating the proposed Signal Hill LLC Residence Project. The
2.165-acre project site is located south of the intersection of Signal Hill Road and 17-Mile Drive in Pebble Beach, Monterey County on a sensitive coastal site. The project applicant is proposing demolition of an existing single-level single-family residence, construction of a new three-level single-family residence and associated site improvements, and restoration of the remainder of the property to native dune habitat. Role: Environmental Planner. Contributed to Response to Comments for the EIR.
East Niles Community Services District Arsenic Treatment CEQA Services; Michael K.
Nunley & Associates; Bakersfield, Kern County, California. SWCA is assisting with CEQA compliance tasks for the installation of an arsenic treatment system at an existing well site.
Role: Environmental Planner. Prepared Initial Study Checklist and land use permit application.
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
7 EXPERTISE
CEQA/NEPA compliance
Environmental impact analysis
Coastal planning and permitting
Cannabis planning and permitting
Ordinance Development
EDUCATION
M.C.R.P. in progress, City and Regional
Planning; California Polytechnic State
University, San Luis Obispo; 2018
B.S., Environmental Management and
Protection emphasis in Environmental
Impact Mitigation Strategies; California
Polytechnic State University, San Luis
Obispo; 2010
TRAINING
State Conference, American Planning
Association; 2017–2019
California Association of Environmental
Professionals Annual Conferences;
2018, 2019
Advanced CEQA Workshop,
Association of Environmental
Professionals; 2010, 2013–2017, 2018
CEQA Essentials Workshop,
Association of Environmental
Professionals; 2010, 2013–2017
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CEMEX Property Local Coastal Program Amendment Assistance; City of Marina; Marina, Monterey County, California. SWCA was engaged by the City of Marina to amend its Local Coastal Program (LCP) to protect environmentally sensitive habitat areas, sensitive species, and coastal dunes in response to the anticipated discontinuation of mining activities and reclamation activities at the 400-acre CEMEX sand mining plant. The LCP amendment included revisions to the City’s Coastal Land Use Plan, Coastal Implementation Plan, and the Zoning Ordinance in compliance with the California Coastal Act. Role: Environmental Planner.
Preparation of Local Coastal Program amendment packet for California Coastal Commission.
Brisco-Halcyon Road Interchange Modification Project; City of Arroyo Grande; City of Arroyo Grande, San Luis Obispo County, California. SWCA prepared various technical reports analyzing alternatives for the interchange modification project, located in the city of Arroyo Grande, in support of the joint CEQA/NEPA process, including Community Impacts Assessment, Visual Impact Assessment, Water Quality Assessment Report, Environmental Assessment and Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration. Role: Environmental Planner. Conducted analysis of mitigation measures and contributed to Response to Comments for the EA and IS/MND.
Cannabis Cultivation Application Processing and IS/MND Preparation; County of San Luis Obispo; Regionwide, San Luis Obispo County, California. SWCA is contracted with the County of San Luis Obispo to review and process land use permit application in compliance with the County’s Cannabis Regulatory Program, General Plan, CEQA, and other local and state regulations. Role: Project Manager/Environmental Planner. Coordination between County staff and applicants to review and process over 30 land use permit applications to obtain permit coverage.
Nipomo Senior 40 Environmental Assessment; McCarthy Companies; Nipomo, San Luis Obispo County, California. SWCA prepared an EA for an independent senior living facility in Nipomo, which was previously approved by the County of San Luis Obispo under CEQA (MND).
SWCA was retained to assist with the NEPA review and preparation of an EA for the County and HUD in order for the project to be eligible to receive federal Low-Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC), Section 8 vouchers, and HOME grant funds. The project had an extremely constrained timeline due to the application deadline for federal LIHTC, but SWCA was able to closely coordinate and communicate with the client and the County to remain on schedule and ensure all critical deadlines and noticing requirements were met. Role: Environmental Planner.
Primary author of EA.
SerraMonte Townhomes Development Project; City of Santa Maria; Santa Maria, Santa Barbara County, California. SWCA is preparing an IS/MND for a proposed General Plan Amendment, Rezone, Vesting Tentative Tract Map, and Planned Development Permit for the construction of 85 residential townhomes in the City of Santa Maria. Role: Environmental Planner. Primary author of IS/MND. ∗ Piedras Blancas Campground, Motel, and Coastal Trail Coastal Development Permit; County of San Luis Obispo, San Simeon, San Luis Obispo County, California. Ms. Cummings was the County’s project manager for processing a Development Plan and Coastal Development Permit for California State Parks to develop a campground (including cabins), restore the Piedras Blancas Motel & Café, and develop portions of the California Coastal Trail in San Simeon near the Piedras Blancas Light Station. Role: Project Manager/Environmental Resource Specialist. Reviewed the IS/MND prepared by State Parks, processed land use and coastal development permits, and coordinated with California Coastal Commission.
∗ Cannabis Regulatory Program; County of San Luis Obispo; San Luis Obispo County, California. Ms. Cummings authored general plan amendments, Local Coastal Program amendments, and land use ordinances to allow cannabis activities within the unincorporated county. Role:
Program Lead Planner. Conducted project management of the County’s cannabis team and managed implementation of the cannabis program, including coordination of staff, contract consultants, regulatory agencies, and the Bureau of Cannabis Control. Oversaw program budget, contract amendments, and preparation of environmental documents. Work was performed while with the County of San Luis Obispo. ∗ Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant; County of San Luis Obispo; Avila Beach, San Luis Obispo County, California. Ms. Cummings was the project manager for Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant and processed various land use permits and coastal development permits for the facility, prepared environmental documents, conducted Tribal Cultural Resources consultation on various project pursuant to AB 52, California Coastal Commission coordination, public outreach, public hearing coordination, and environmental mitigation monitoring. Role:
Project Manager/Environmental Planner. Author of IS/MNDs and EIR Addendums, processing of land use permits, mitigation compliance. Work was performed while with the County of San Luis Obispo.
MEMBERSHIPS
Treasurer, Association of Environmental
Professionals, Channel Counties
Chapter
Member, American Planning
Association
Member, Young Professionals
Networking Group of San Luis Obispo
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CASSIDY WILLIAMS, B.S., ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNER
Ms. Williams is an Environmental Planner specializing in CEQA documentation and compliance for land use development projects. As an environmental planner, she has accumulated a diverse project background working with a number of lead agencies on a variety of development projects in California. Her CEQA experience includes the preparation of notices of exemption, IS/MNDs, EIRs, notices, responses to comments, and mitigation monitoring reports. Her past experience includes working for the County of San Luis Obispo processing land use permits and preparing environmental documentation in accordance with CEQA. She also worked for Pacific Gas & Electric, where she assisted with biological and cultural field surveys and recreation trail management.
SELECTED PROJECT EXPERIENCE
Northman Residential Subdivision; City of Santa Maria; City of Santa Maria, California. SWCA was retained by the City of Santa Maria to prepare an IS/MND for the construction of a planned development residential community with 62 individual single- family residences on two parcels totaling 13.2 acres located in south Santa Maria. The project included a general plan amendment, parcel rezone, a vesting tentative tract map, and a planned development. Role: Environmental Planner. Prepared IS/MND and mitigation monitoring and reporting program. Key issue areas with potentially significant impacts addressed in the IS/MND included air quality, biological resources, cultural resources, hazards and hazardous materials, hydrology and water quality, noise, tribal cultural resources, and utilities and service systems.
1144 Chorro Street Mixed Use Development Project; City of San Luis Obispo, City of San Luis Obispo, California. SWCA was retained by the City of San Luis Obispo to prepare an IS/MND for the demolition of an existing historic-era building and construction of a six-story mixed-use development building including commercial retail, offices, and residential uses located in a historic district in downtown San Luis Obispo.
Role: Environmental Planner. Primary author of the project IS/MND and coordinated closely with City staff regarding potentially significant impacts, controversy of the project, and concerns of City reviewing bodies including the City Cultural Heritage Committee. Key issue areas with potentially significant impacts addressed in the IS/MND included air quality, cultural resources, geology and soils, hazards and hazardous materials, noise, transportation, tribal cultural resources, and utilities and service systems.
Oak Shores Wastewater Treatment Plant Upgrade Project; County of San Luis Obispo Public Works Department; Lake Nacimiento, San Luis Obispo County, California. SWCA is preparing a Supplemental EIR for the construction of a wastewater treatment facility in the Oak Shores community of Paso Robles, due to an increased survey area (from 10 to 24 acres), and more intensive spring floristic botanical surveys, wildlife surveys, and detailed oak tree mapping are required. The original EIR was certified in 2008. Role: Environmental Planner. Primary author of various SEIR impacts sections, including Aesthetics, Air Quality and Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Agricultural Resources, Cultural Resources, Land Use and Planning, Executive Summary, Environmental Setting, Project Description, as well as the mitigation monitoring report and response to public comments.
MRE Group, LLC Cannabis Non-Storefront Dispensary Project; County of San Luis Obispo, County of San Luis Obispo, California. SWCA was retained by the County of San Luis Obispo to prepare the appropriate CEQA documentation and public hearing materials for a proposed non-storefront cannabis dispensary located within an existing building in the community of Oceano,
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
3.5 EXPERTISE
Environmental Impact Analysis
Land Use Planning
Initial Study / Mitigated Negative
Declarations
Environmental Impact Reports
EDUCATION
B.S. Environmental Management and
Protection; Minor in City and Regional
Planning; Cal Poly State University –
San Luis Obispo; 2017
TRAININGS
California State AEP Conference;
Association of Environmental
Professionals; 2017 and 2018
Sustainable Groundwater Management
Act Workshop; County of San Luis
Obispo; 2017
Advanced CEQA Workshop Series;
Association of Environmental
Professionals; 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
CEQA Legislative Briefing Session;
Association of Environmental
Professionals; 2018 and 2019
MEMBERSHIPS
Association of Environmental
Professionals, Channel Counties
Chapter, Student Membership
Committee Chair
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California. Role: Environmental Planner: Performed application review and environmental determination of the project, prepared a Notice of Exemption, Staff Report, and Planning Department Hearing presentation.
SLO Cultivation, Inc. Conditional Land Use Permit and Staff Report; County of San Luis Obispo Planning and Building Department; Nipomo, San Luis Obispo County, California. SWCA processed a land use permit application to establish 22,000 square feet of mixed-light cannabis cultivation and 35,000 square feet of mixed-light cannabis nursery within an existing greenhouse structure, and cannabis processing and a non-storefront dispensary within a new 3,000-square-foot building approximately 2.3 miles northwest of the community of Nipomo. Role: Project Manager/Environmental Planner. Processed permit application, prepared Notice of Exemption, prepared staff report, and presented the project at Planning Commission Hearing.
Prado Road Bridge Widening Project; Wallace Group, City of San Luis Obispo, California. SWCA was retained by Wallace Group to assist the City of San Luis Obispo with the Prado Road Bridge Widening Project in San Luis Obispo County. The primary purpose of the proposed project is to replace the structurally deficient bridge, with secondary consideration for addressing the functional obsolescence of this facility. Additional goals of the project are to provide bicycle and pedestrian facilities across the bridge, improve multimodal operations at the Prado Road/South Higuera Street intersection, and improve connectivity to the adjacent Bob Jones Bike Trail. SWCA, as part of the Wallace Group team, was retained to assist with the technical environmental studies, environmental clearance document, and permitting associated with the project. Role: Environmental Planner. Primary author of project IS/MND and mitigation and monitoring reporting program.
Spearman Coastal Development Plan; County of San Luis Obispo; San Luis Obispo County, California. SWCA prepared an IS/MND on behalf of the County of San Luis Obispo for the proposed construction of two single-family residences on a 10-acre parcel on Avila Beach Drive. The property presented several unique environmental constraints, including but not limited to Environmentally Sensitive Habitat Areas (ESHA), locally protected native trees, wildland fire hazards, and location within designated visual Sensitive Resource Area (SRA) and Geologic Study Areas (GSA). Role: Environmental Planner. Primary author of the IS/MND and assisted project management correspondence with County staff.
Judkins Middle School Improvement Project; Lucia Mar Unified School District; San Luis Obispo County, California. SWCA prepared an IS/MND for the construction of new modular classroom facilities and upgrades and improvements to existing permanent classrooms and utilities within the Judkins Middle School campus in the city of Pismo Beach. Role: Environmental Planner. Primary author of the IS/MND.
El Camino Real Bridge Replacement; County of San Luis Obispo Public Works Department; San Luis Obispo County, California.
SWCA is preparing an MND for the removal and replacement of the bridge structure along El Camino Real over Santa Margarita Creek.
The MND for this project includes mitigation measures to address impacts related to Agriculture, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Noise and Hydrology & Water Quality. Role: Environmental Planner. Prepared the IS/MND and Farmlands Impact Assessment.
Paso Robles High School Aquatic Complex; Paso Robles Joint Unified School District; San Luis Obispo County, California.
SWCA prepared the CEQA documentation for the construction of an aquatic complex in the city of Paso Robles. The MND for this project included mitigation measures to address impacts regarding night lighting and glare, air quality, traffic, and noise. Role: Environmental Planner. Primary author of the Initial Study and Mitigated Negative Declaration, notices, and response to comments.
Dover Canyon Road at Jack Creek Bridge Replacement Project; Mark Thomas & Company, County of San Luis Obispo Public Works Department; San Luis Obispo County, California. SWCA is providing environmental services, including preparation of all CEQA/NEPA documentation, technical studies, and permitting, for the replacement of the Dover Canyon Road bridge over Jack Creek in Adelaida. Role: Environmental Planner. Assisting with preparation of the Noise and Farmlands Studies.
Via Avenue Bridge at Atascadero Creek Replacement Project; Quincy Engineering, County of San Luis Obispo Public Works Department; San Luis Obispo County, California. SWCA is providing environmental services, including preparation of all CEQA/NEPA documentation, technical studies, and permitting, for the replacement of the Via Avenue bridge over Atascadero Creek in the city of Atascadero. Role: Environmental Planner. Assisting with preparation of the IS/MND, Response to Comments, and Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Plan.
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RYAN RAUSCH, M.E.L.P., ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNER
Mr. Rausch is the Planning and NEPA Lead at SWCA’s Phoenix and Tucson offices. His professional focus areas include managing and preparing National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) documents. His experience centers around environmental law and policy, federal land management, complex natural resources issues, and recreation resource planning. He specializes in development and implementation of strategies to help clients comply with federal, state, and local environmental regulations for high-profile infrastructure development and natural resource planning projects; preparation of NEPA documents; regulatory coordination; and planning and execution of natural resources studies. Mr. Rausch's works with federal agencies and project developers in achieving NEPA compliance as well as other regulations including the Endangered Species Act, Migratory Bird Treaty Act, Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act, Clean Water Act, and individual agencies’ environmental guidance and policies. He has successfully managed, coordinated, or authored technical sections for multiple EIS and EA projects that have resulted in Record of Decisions and/or Finding of No Significant Impacts.
SELECTED PROJECT EXPERIENCE (∗ denotes project experience prior to SWCA) 4941 David Road Trust Land Project Environmental Assessment; Tejon Indian Tribe; Bakersfield, Kern County, California. SWCA prepared an architectural evaluation pursuant to Section 106 of the NHPA, a Phase I ESA, a biological resources assessment, and a NEPA EA for the transfer of one 10.3-acre parcel of land, which is presently owned by the tribe as fee simple property, to federal trust. Role: Planning Specialist.
Camino Solar Environmental Support; Aurora Solar, LLC; Kern County, California.
This proposed 44-MW solar PV project sited on a combination of BLM and private lands is expected to be one of the first approved under the streamlined permitting of the Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan (DRECP). SWCA is providing comprehensive environmental permitting support for the project, including preparation of the Plan of Development for the BLM, Conditional Use Permit Application for Kern County, and the environmental technical studies for the project, including natural, cultural, and paleontological resources; noise, greenhouse gases, air quality, and traffic. SWCA’s resource studies have informed project design and impact minimization: avoidance of jurisdictional waters has been incorporated, and minimization of impacts to Joshua Tree Woodlands will be addressed in the alternatives analysis. SWCA and Aurora are working closely with the BLM at public meetings and in regular phone calls to support the NEPA process and work through the DRECP-specific permitting requirements. Role: Planning Specialist.
National Chavez Center Environmental Support; National Chavez Center; County, California. SWCA was retained by the National Chavez Center and the Cesar Chavez Foundation to provide expert cultural resources consulting support, serving as advisors to the Center in their Section 106 consultation for the California High-Speed Rail Project, Bakersfield to Palmdale section, which was proposed to pass adjacent to their National Historic Landmark and National Monument property. Services have included review of project cultural resource technical reports, drafting comment letters, participation in Section 106 consultation meetings, and coordination with historic preservation advocates and other consulting parties. Role: Planning Specialist.
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
16 EXPERTISE
Phoenix and Tucson Planning Lead
Land use planning
BLM, Forest Service, DOE, BIA, FAA,
and NPS NEPA planning
Cumulative impacts
Public participation
Wilderness, recreation, and special
designation resources
Visual Resource Management (VRM)
Public / Federal land law
National Trails System Act
EDUCATION
M.E.L.P., Environmental Law, e: Policy
& Conservation; Vermont Law School,
South Royalton; 2004
B.S., Biology, e: Natural Ecology; Lees-
McRae College; Banner Elk, North
Carolina; 2002
TRAINING
Cumulative Impacts, U.S. Bureau of
Land Management; 2013
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High Speed Rail CP4 NEPA/CEQA Re-Examination; Confidential Client; Multiple Counties, California. Construction Package 4 (CP 4) is the third design-build construction contract for the high-speed rail program. The California High-Speed Rail Authority proposes to construct, operate, and maintain an electric-powered high-speed rail system in California. When completed, the nearly 800-mile high-speed train system will provide new passenger rail service to California’s major metropolitan areas and through the counties that are home to more than 90% of the state’s population. The CP4 construction area is a 22-mile stretch within the counties of Tulare and Kern and the cities of Wasco and Shafter. CP 4 work will include construction of at-grade, retained fill and aerial sections of the high-speed rail alignment, relocation of four miles of existing Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) tracks, construction of waterway and wildlife crossings and roadway reconstructions, relocations and closures. This phase of construction received state and federal environmental clearances in 2014 and is estimated to cost $400-500 million. Role: Planning Specialist.
SCE Fort Irwin Reliability Project Environmental Assessment; Southern California Edison Company; San Bernardino County, California. SWCA is providing support for this transmission line improvement project located on lands administered by the BLM and Department of Defense as well as private land owners. Services include the development of the BLM Plan of Development (POD), preparation of the Environmental Assessment (EA), and biological, jurisdictional waters, cultural, and paleontological technical studies and reports to support the EA, POD, and environmental permits. Role: Planning Specialist.
South Lake Solar Project; County of Fresno; Fresno, Fresno County, California. SWCA is preparing an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for an up to 80 megawatt (MW) photovoltaic solar energy facility, up to 80 MW battery storage system, and 70 kilovolt (kV) overhead generation tie line on an approximately 585 acres located in western Fresno County, California. Key issues addressed in the EIR include air quality impacts resulting from construction emissions, biological impacts from the loss of Swainson’s hawk foraging habitat, and the potential for cumulative impacts caused by the project.
Suncrest Project Environmental Planning and Compliance Services; Horizon West Transmission, LLC; Multiple Counties, California. SWCA provided planning and permitting support for a dynamic reactive power support facility and associated 230 kV underground electric transmission line near Alpine, San Diego County, CA. Services included routing and siting support; alternatives analysis; resource surveys; preparation of a PEA; post-filing CEQA support; and discretionary environmental permitting. SWCA is currently providing environmental compliance management and inspection during construction. Role: Planning Specialist.
Yosemite Institute Environmental Impact Statement; National Park Service; Tuolumne County, California. SWCA worked with Yosemite National Park and the Yosemite Institute to prepare an EIS for a proposed environmental education center. The project received strong public interest due to the expectation of new park development and expanded human activity in close proximity to sensitive natural and cultural resources and designated wilderness. Role: Environmental Planner. Assisted in the environmental consequences analysis for the Final EIS.
First-Aid/CPR, US Firefighters
Association; 2018
Project Management Bootcamp, PSMJ
Resources, Inc.; 2018
Visual Resources Management, U.S.
Bureau of Land Management; 2016
First-Aid/CPR, American Heart
Association; 2012
AZ Water Law, CLE International; 2008
NEPA, CLE International; 2006
Wetlands, CLE International; 2007
MEMBERSHIPS
Member, Arizona Airports Association
Member, Arizona Association of
Environmental Professionals
Member, Arizona Planning Association
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SIERRA KELSO, B.S., ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNER
Sierra Kelso is an Environmental Planner specializing in CEQA/NEPA projects working out of the SWCA Las Vegas Office. Ms. Kelso has been consulting in the environmental field for since 2005 and has cultivated close professional relationships with federal, state, and local agencies as well as a wide-range of private clients. As an environmental planner, Ms. Kelso has directed and supported a multitude of development projects primarily focused on energy and infrastructure projects within the oil and gas industry, renewable resource industry (including solar, wind, and wave generation), and the public utility industries. Ms. Kelso also has an extensive background in permitting large-scale CEQA and NEPA projects, environmental analysis, and habitat restoration.
Ms. Kelso has received extensive safety and monitoring training including CalOSHA 40-Hour Health and Safety Training and Yearly 8- hour Refresher Course, Water Survival/H.U.E.T Egress Training, BBS/LPS Safety Training, 1st Aid/CPR Training, Marine Mammal Identification and Monitoring Training, Navcon’s Environmental Noise Training – Measurement, Modeling & Evaluation, and the Smith System Defensive Drivers Training.
Ms. Kelso has a B.S. in Environmental Sciences with emphasis in Resource Management. She graduated with Program Honors from California State University Channel Islands in Camarillo and has been published within the Journal “Ecological Restoration” for her work with invasive species eradication. Ms. Kelso has also been a member of both the California and Colorado branches of the Association of Environmental Professionals and the Native Plant Society.
SELECTED PROJECT EXPERIENCE (∗ denotes project experience prior to SWCA) ∗McGrath Peaker Project; Southern California Edison (SCE); Oxnard, Ventura County, California. Installation of a 45-MW "peaker" generator located adjacent to an existing power generating facility, the Santa Clara river riparian habitat and wetlands, and Mandalay Beach. Permitting challenges included opposition from the City of Oxnard and environmental groups. The City's EIR was never certified, but project construction activities occurred under strict scrutiny from federal and state agencies. Role: Permitting Consultant, Mitigation Compliance Specialist. Designed and implemented comprehensive and multi-jurisdictional mitigation compliance program for peaker plant and transmission line.
∗La Goleta Storage Field Enhancement Project; Southern California Gas Company; Goleta, Santa Barbara. Permitting, construction monitoring, and comprehensive mitigation compliance for the installation and operation of up to 4 new natural gas wells within the existing La Goleta Gas Storage Field. Permitting challenges included extensive coordination with state and county officials for wetland delineations, Chumash cultural sacred sites, and visual impacts within Santa Barbara's highly scenic landscape.
Challenges also included initial opposition from adjacent land owners which was mitigated extensively resulting in improved relations between the client and their neighbors. Role: Coastal zone permitting, environmental analysis, construction monitoring, and mitigation compliance. Conducted or helped coordinate all project proponent environmental analysis for permit application submission. Worked closely with federal, state, and local regulators to complete permitting requirements. Assisted County
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
13 EXPERTISE
EAs, EISs, and EIRs
CEQA
Restoration planning
Technical writing
Spill Prevention Control and
Countermeasures (SPCC)
NEPA
Oil & Gas Permitting
Construction noise analysis
Coastal zone permitting Santa Barbara
and Ventura Counties
Environmental planning
EDUCATION
B.S. with honors, Environmental
Science and Resource Management;
California State University, Channel
Islands; 2006
TRAINING
CalOSHA 40-Hour
CalOSHA 8-hr
BBS/LPS Safety Training
1st Aid/CPR Training
NAVCON Noise Training –
Measurement Modeling & Evaluation
BLM Streamlined NEPA Process and
Analysis Workshop, SWCA
Environmental Consultants; 2019
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of Santa Barbara with extensive EIS preparation. Helped coordinate land use plan amendment. Assisted project proponent with public meetings. Drafted a comprehensive mitigation compliance plan. Conducted construction monitoring and coordinated environmental compliance.
∗Refugio Oil Spill; Confidential; Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties. Coastal zone restoration activities following an oil spill of 142,800 U.S. gallons (3,400 barrels) of crude onto one of the most biologically diverse coastlines in the U.S. Role: Coastal zone restoration and environmental analysis. Description unavailable due to confidentiality agreements ∗ExxonMobil Santa Ynez Unit Offshore Power System Reliability - B Phase 2 Project; California State Lands Commission; Goleta, CA. Initial Study/ Mitigated Negative Declaration for the retrieval and replacement of three existing power cables from the Las Flores Canyon onshore oil and gas processing facility to three offshore oil and gas platforms (Platforms Harmony, Heritage, and Hondo). Role:
Multi-jurisdictional environmental analysis for coastal and offshore environment. Environmental analyst and CEQA preparer ∗Nuclear Facility Decommissioning; Confidential; California. Permitting activities in support of various types of decommissioning of nuclear facilities within the coastal zone of California Role: Environmental Analyst. Environmental Analysis ∗CMWD Regional Salinity Management Project (aka Brine Line); Calleguas Municipal Water District; Ventura County. The overall Calleguas Regional Salinity Management Project consisted of the installation and operation of an approximately 32 mi pipeline system to transport wastewater and brine concentrate to the pacific ocean. Individual projects consisted of the following: 1) EIR for the CRSMP Phase 2 (Upper Reach); 2) EIR for the CRSMP Hueneme Outfall Replacement Project, 3) permitting assistance for various other reaches of the CRSMP. Role: Coastal zone permitting, CEQA analysis, construction monitoring, and mitigation compliance. Conducted all environmental analysis and completed an EIR for the CRSMP Phase 2 (Upper Reach). Assisted in permitting, agency coordination, and environmental analysis for the outfall replacement EIR. Coordinated construction noise monitoring for 24-hour operations located in residential neighborhoods. Coordinated offshore and onshore construction monitoring for construction operations within the naval Base Ventura County and coastal waters off of Hueneme Beach. Conducted construction monitoring. Prepared and implemented a comprehensive mitigation compliance plan.
Gold Butte NM Cultural Heritage; U.S. Bureau of Land Management; Clark County, Nevada. Role: NEPA Planner. Completed project description and environmental analysis for an EA on behalf of a cultural resource protection project located in Gold Butte National Monument.
Robinson Mine EIS; Robinson Nevada Mining Company; Ruth, White Pine County, Nevada. KGHM International is proposing to expand its current mining operations to provide adequate infrastructure to continue mining through the projected line of the mine to 2028.
SWCA is providing third-party support to the BLM and serves as the primary author of the EIS and manager of the EIS process. SWCA’s role managing the EIS process includes determination of data adequacy to support the NEPA analysis, public involvement planning and execution, alternatives facilitation and development, impacts analysis, response to public comment, and assistance writing the overall EIS and Record of Decision. SWCA is writing this EIS within the parameters of Secretarial Order 3355 Silicon Baseline; AngloGold Ashanti; County, Nevada. SWCA completed Baseline Studies for the expansion of mineral exploration activities on 3,582 acres of land managed by the BLM Tonopah Field Office.
Yellow Pine Solar Environmental Impact Statement; Nextera Energy Constructors, LLC; Pahrump, Clark County, Nevada. Role:
NEPA Planner. Conducted NEPA analysis, NEPA review, and assistance to the Project Manager.
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BILL JAMIESON, B.S., AIR QUALITY AND NOISE/VIBRATION LEAD Mr. Jamieson is the Director of Air Quality Services who specializes in air quality consulting and noise studies. He has provided regulatory negotiation, technical, permitting, and compliance assistance to a wide variety of clients.
Mr. Jamieson has substantial expertise in the assessment of air emissions, greenhouse gas emissions, air quality impacts, and related health risks, as well as the preparation and review of National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) documents. He has represented clients in scientific, regulatory, and public forums, including hearings.
Mr. Jamieson plays a key function in SWCA’s air quality services practice providing regulatory consulting services for utility, industrial, and military clients, federal Prevention of Significant Deterioration/New Source Review, Title IV and V permits, state and local air quality permitting (major and minor source) programs, and compliance planning. He serves as a technical and regulatory liaison with regional Environmental Protection Agency offices, and state and local air quality permitting and compliance departments.
SELECTED PROJECT EXPERIENCE
201 Haskins Way Rezone & General Plan Amendment; Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.; South San Francisco, San Mateo County, California. SWCA prepared the EIR for the 201 Haskins Way Project in South San Francisco, an 18.2-acre site located in the East of 101 Area. The project requires amendments of the City of South San Francisco’s Zoning Code as well as entitlements to enable development of the project area. Key environmental issues include project-level and cumulative transportation and circulation impacts, land use impacts, and noise and vibration impacts. Role: Senior Consultant.
Suncrest Project Environmental Planning and Compliance Services; Horizon West Transmission, LLC; Multiple Counties, California. SWCA provided planning and permitting support for a dynamic reactive power support facility and associated 230 kV underground electric transmission line near Alpine, San Diego County, CA. Services included routing and siting support; alternatives analysis; resource surveys; preparation of a PEA; post-filing CEQA support; and discretionary environmental permitting. SWCA is currently providing environmental compliance management and inspection during construction. Role: Senior Consultant.
Confidential Transmission Project; Confidential Clients; California. SWCA is providing permitting and licensing support, including a preparation of a PEA, for a new 230/70 kV substation, 7 miles of new aboveground 70 kV power line, 3 miles of reconductored 70 kV line, and a 230-kV interconnection in Paso Robles. Services include cultural, biological, and paleontological surveys; PEA preparation; PTC application filing support and noticing; and post-filing CEQA and permitting support. Role: Senior Consultant.
Cold Canyon Landfill Expansion Conditional Use Permit EIR; County of San Luis Obispo; San Luis Obispo County, California. SWCA prepared an EIR evaluating the environmental impacts of the expansion of an existing 209-acre landfill in Edna Valley, 5 miles south of the city of San Luis Obispo. Role: Program Manager. Technical consultant for the air quality and climate change resource sections of EIR. Served as senior review in the preparation of final documentation for the expansion of an existing landfill to include additional disposal areas and a recycling facility.
Southline Transmission Environmental Impact Statement; Southline Transmission LLC; Las Cruces, New Mexico, to Wilcox, Arizona. SWCA served as the third-party NEPA consultant to the BLM and Western Area Power Administration (Western), for a 440-mile transmission line project crossing southern Arizona and southern New Mexico
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
33 EXPERTISE
Air quality
Federal permitting projects
Large-scale EISs
Noise impact monitoring/analysis
Renewable energy project permitting
Conventional power generation
Titles IV and V
Regulatory agency liaison
Transportation modeling
U.S. Air Force and U.S. Army, EA / EIS
EDUCATION
B.S., Zoology; Weber State, Ogden;
1987
MEMBERSHIPS
Member, Air & Waste Management
Association
Member, Gulf Coast Power Association
Member, American Wind Energy
Association
Member, American Solar Energy
Association
Member, Consortium for Business and
Environment
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that includes both new conduction and segments upgrades. Role: Senior Consultant. Responsibilities included providing senior oversight and technical review.
Sonoran Valley Parkway EIS; City of Goodyear; Maricopa County, Arizona. Under the direction of the Bureau of Land Management Phoenix District Office, SWCA prepared an EIS as a third-party contractor for the City of Goodyear. The project included a proposed parkway stretching between Goodyear and Mobile, Arizona. SWCA was responsible for coordinating the NEPA process, developing alternatives, completing impacts analysis, and conducting field surveys for natural and cultural resources on a minimum of three alternatives, each measuring approximately 20 miles long. Role: Senior Consultant.
Air Emissions Permitting Assistance SMI; Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona; George M. Rogers, Architect. Permitting assistance by developing a Maricopa County Air Quality Department (MCAQD) Non-Title V Operating Permit Application for SMI’s proposed 6,000 tons per month glass recycling facility in Phoenix. Role: Senior Program Manager. Prepared and negotiated permit conditions for the glass recycling facility.
Rosemont Mine Environmental Impact Statement; Rosemont Copper Company; Coronado National Forest near Tucson, southeastern Pima County, Arizona. As a third-party contractor, SWCA worked with the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) and Coronado National Forest to determine and document potential environmental impacts of a proposed open-pit copper, molybdenum, and silver mine on more than 5,000 acres of private and National Forest lands in the Santa Rita Mountains in southeastern Tucson. Role: Senior Consultant. Senior technical review of AERMOD and CALPUFF modeling reports and resource expert for the preparation of the Air Quality and Climate Change section.
Sacagawea Pipeline; Sacagawea Pipeline Company; Multiple Counties in North Dakota. SWCA conducted natural resource surveys for a pipeline project and associated gathering lines on private and USFS lands. Role: Senior Consultant.
Arrow Pipeline Services; Arrow Midstream Holdings, LLC; Dunn and McKenzie Counties, North Dakota. SWCA has been contracted on an "on-call" basis to conduct natural resource and cultural resource surveys, prepare environmental assessments (EAs), EA addendums, cultural resource reports, and any other documentation or surveys as required by NEPA, the BIA, or other pertinent agencies.
Role: Senior Consultant.
Northern Arizona Proposed Withdrawal Environmental Impact Statement; U.S. Bureau of Land Management; Coconino and Mohave Counties, Arizona. SWCA was the primary contractor to the BLM and four federal cooperating agencies to determine the potential impact of a 20-year withdrawal of approximately 1 million acres of federal lands from new mineral exploration and mining near Grand Canyon National Park. Role: Program Manager. Primary author for air quality and soundscapes resources for the EIS. Oversaw the development of technical material and served as resource expert during public comment.
Enerplus Resources NEPA Compliance; Enerplus Resources; Multiple Counties in North Dakota. Since 2010, SWCA has provided ongoing on-call support for a variety of permitting and NEPA tasks relating to for oil and gas development of over 200 wells in North Dakota, including several on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, the Mandan Hidatsa Arikara Nation. Services have included general NEPA support and the preparation 29 Environmental Assessments (EAs) and other NEPA documents for over 140 wells. Cultural resources support has included conducting surveys focused on National Historic Preservation Act Section 106 documentation, archaeological surveys, evaluation of cultural resources, and reporting of the results. Role: Senior Consultant.
Ray Mine Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement; ASARCO LLC; Pinal, Gila, and Mohave Counties, Arizona. SWCA is working to complete the Ray Land Exchange Supplemental EIS under the guidance of the Arizona State Office and Tucson Field Office of the BLM. The copper mining firm ASARCO LLC hopes to acquire up to 10,976 acres of BLM surface and mineral estate adjacent to its long-established Ray open-pit mine in east-central Arizona in exchange to BLM of approximately 7,304 acres of riparian and other sensitive native habitat, primarily in northwestern Arizona. Role: Senior Consultant. Responsible for senior technical review and resource expert for Air Quality and Climate Change section.
Carlsbad Field Office Resource Management Plan/Environmental Impact Statement Update; U.S. Bureau of Land Management; Multiple Counties in New Mexico. SWCA assisted the BLM Carlsbad Field Office with the update of their RMP, producing a Class I Cultural Report, conducting visual resource and travel inventories, and compiling the Socioeconomic Baseline Report. SWCA also facilitated public meetings and alternative development workshops to address issues and prepared the Draft EIS. Role: Air Quality Specialist. Provided senior oversight and technical review.
EOG North Dakota and Montana Permitting Support; EOG Resources, Inc.; McLean County, North Dakota. SWCA has provided ecological and cultural field investigations and Environmental Assessment preparation for energy development on the Fort Berthold Reservation. Role: Senior Consultant.
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MICHELE ROWE, B.S., AIR QUALITY SPECIALIST
As an Air Quality Specialist, Mrs. Rowe is highly experienced in conducting the air quality permitting, compliance, and reporting driven by state, federal, and local air quality rules and regulations. Mrs. Rowe has a demonstrated ability to evaluate project impacts with respect to NEPA and CEQA and to write air quality and GHG resource sections for these programs. She has a proven track record of effectively leveraging environmental data management systems to improve reporting, records management, and overall compliance. She has five years of prior experience in the midstream oil and gas industry.
SELECTED PROJECT EXPERIENCE (∗ denotes project experience prior to SWCA) Midstream Energy - GHG and EI Assistance; Midstream Energy Partners (USA), LLC; Tupman, Kern County, California. SWCA provided air quality compliance assistance to Midstream Energy Partners (USA), LLC (Midstream Energy) for the North Coles Levee Plant and Rogas Terminal in Taft, California and its associated liquified petroleum gas (LPG) marketing operations. SWCA assisted with greenhouse gas reporting, annual emission statements, and other reporting requirements of the San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District (SJVUAPCD) and California Air Resources Board (CARB). This project also included support and advisement for the California Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade program.
Role: Air Quality Specialist. Worked with client to gather necessary data and to complete GHG and San Joaquin Valley Air District Emission Inventory Calculations.
Air - Discovery Broomfield Compressor Station Air Permitting Assistance; Rocky Mountain Midstream LLC; Weld County, Colorado. SWCA provided Discovery DJ Services, LLC (Discovery) with permitting assistance for the Broomfield Compressor Station in Weld County, Colorado. SWCA prepared two CDPHE permit applications for this site: a General Permit GP02 (Natural Gas Fired Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engines) application for the engines and a construction permit application for the remaining permit- applicable sources. This approach took advantage of the streamlined process and predictable requirements under GP02 for the engines. Role: Air Quality Specialist. Completed an air permit application meeting CDPHE permitting requirements for a midstream oil and gas company to authorize a greenfield compressor station.
201 Haskins Way Rezone & General Plan Amendment; Confidential Client; South San Francisco, San Mateo County, California. SWCA is preparing an EIR for redevelopment of an existing light industrial site to a research and development office campus. The project involves comprehensive land use compatibility, recreation, water resources, air quality and noise, and transportation and circulation analysis. Role: Air Quality Specialist. Prepared the Air Quality and Greenhouse Gas analysis and authored EIR sections.
Confidential Rezone & General Plan Amendment; Confidential Client and Location.
Role: Air Quality Specialist. Authored and performed technical analyses for the Air Quality and GHG resource sections for a development project.
Gulf Run Pipeline and Line CP Modifications RR9; Enable Gulf Run Transmission, LLC and Enable Gas Transmission, LLC; Multiple Counties in Louisiana. Role: Air Quality Specialist. Completed the Air Quality and Noise section of FERC Resource Report 9 for a Project involving construction and operation of new compressor stations, meter stations, and pipeline assets as well as modification of existing assets.
Confidential Oil & Gas Project; VNA Corporation; Confidential Location. Role: Air Quality Specialist. Completed Collection of Air Permits Application with a goal to authorize the conversion of an existing cellulosic ethanol production facility into a biomethane production facility.
Williams Draw Coal NEPA Analysis. Completed emission inventory calculations for the air quality and GHG technical analysis and worked to identify point, line, and area source locations and modeling parameters for air dispersion modeling.
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
6 EXPERTISE
Skilled at completing air quality
permitting and analysis
Highly Experienced in all aspects of
upstream and midstream oil and gas air
quality compliance, reporting, and
permitting
Intelex Asset Compliance Tracking
System (ACTS database)
40 CFR Part 98 GHG Reporting,
California Cap and Trade Program
Experienced in assessing Clean Air Act
compliance
Experience writing and evaluating Air
Quality and GHG Resource Sections for
CEQA
Experience writing and evaluating Air
Quality and GHG Resource Sections for
NEPA
EDUCATION
B.S., Environmental Geoscience; Texas
A&M University, College Station, Texas;
2012
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Peer Review of Confidential Decommissioning Project in California. Evaluated the air quality and GHG EIR sections for an update to a decommissioning project in California and provided substantive comments regarding deficiencies in the EIR documents.
Brazos Mitchell CS Air Permitting; Brazos Midstream Operating, LLC; Winkler, Loving County, Texas. SWCA prepared a TCEQ Non-rule Oil and Gas Standard Permit application for a proposed expansion to Brazos Midstream's Mitchell CS. As part of the project, SWCA analyzed and determined the maximum hydrogen sulfide (H2S) content that Brazos Midstream could handle in the inlet gas and still qualify for the Standard Permit. SWCA also advised on maximum engine emission rates and tank emission controls. Role: Air Quality Specialist.
Coral Creek 3rd Party NEPA; Denbury Resources, Inc.; Multiple Counties in Wyoming. Role: Air Quality Specialist. Oversaw completion of air quality technical support document and emission calculations and was the primary author of the Air Quality and GHG section of the EA.
Asset Tracking and Compliance Database (ACTS) Assistance; Crestwood Midstream Partners, LP; Houston, Harris County, Texas.
Role: Air Quality Specialist. Worked with client to manage and provide training for their in-house Environmental Data Management System.
Confidential Compressor Station Air Permitting Assistance; Confidential Client and Location. Role: Air Quality Specialist. Completed an air permit application meeting CDPHE permitting requirements for a midstream oil and gas company to authorize a greenfield compressor station.
CCA Pipeline 3rd Party NEPA; Denbury Resources, Inc.; Multiple Counties in Wyoming. Role: Air Quality Specialist. Oversaw completion of air quality technical support document and emission calculations and was the primary author of the Air Quality and GHG section of the EA.
Digester Gas Refining Project Air Quality Permitting Feasibility Study; Bartlett & West, Inc.; Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas. Role:
Air Quality Specialist. Evaluated and summarized air permitting options for modifying an existing site's operations. ∗ Compliance and Reporting Assistance for NGL fractionator and NGL Loading Terminal in Kern County, California. Role: Worked with operations and facility management to ensure compliance with local (San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District), state, and federal rules and regulations for an NGL fractionator and associated NGL rail loading terminal in Kern County, California. Major responsibilities included general compliance assurance and completing air quality and greenhouse gas emission inventory reports along with applicable leak detection and repair compliance reporting.
∗ Compliance and Reporting Assistance for Crude Oil Terminals in North Dakota. Role: Worked with operations and facility management to ensure compliance with local, state, and federal rules and regulations for Midstream oil and gas assets in the Williston Basin, including compressor stations and Crude Oil terminals. Major responsibilities included assisting with permitting project, conveying compliance requirements for 40 CFR Part 60 NSPS Kb, JJJJ, and ZZZZ to operations, and completing air quality and greenhouse gas emission inventory reports.
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CARLOS ITUARTE VILLARREAL, PH.D., ACOUSTIC SPECIALIST
Mr. Ituarte-Villarreal is an environmental specialist with experience providing noise permitting, modeling, engineering, and compliance services. Mr. Ituarte-Villarreal is an engineer with research interests in the areas of energy systems optimization, reliability and maintainability, and systems optimization. Mr. Ituarte-Villarreal has conducted numerous acoustical surveys to determine baseline and modeled noise levels for projects. He has worked with Ms. Gladding on developing action area sizes for indirect impacts to wildlife species based on modeled noise-levels from construction equipment for NEPA-required analyses. These analyses have been used for Section 7 consultations, including documentation used between the U.S. Forest Service (for a confidential mining project) and the USFWS, and between the BLM and the USFWS (on a confidential natural gas pipeline repair project).
SELECTED PROJECT EXPERIENCE (∗ denotes project experience prior to SWCA) SCE Large Cap CWA L027 Moorpark-Pardee No. 4; Southern California Edison Company; Ventura County, California. SWCA is providing Southern California Edison (SCE) environmental services for a large capital project located in the City of Santa Clarita, unincorporated Los Angeles and Ventura Counties, and the City of Moorpark.
The project involves the installation of a new electrical transmission circuit on transmission towers along an existing right-of-way, and associated equipment repairs and upgrades. SWCA conducted an initial environmental constraints analysis to inform high-level project planning. SWCA conducted field surveys for natural and cultural resources, including habitat assessments and protocol surveys for several threatened and endangered species, such as the San Fernando Valley spineflower, coastal California gnatcatcher, southwestern willow flycatcher, arroyo toad, and least Bell’s vireo.
SWCA also conducted a jurisdictional delineation of aquatic features in the project area.
Based on survey findings, SWCA developed avoidance and minimization measures for SCE to avoid impacts to listed species. SWCA prepared a GO 131-D evaluation to document the project’s exemption from California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requirements and is currently providing monitoring support as the project enters construction. Role: Environmental Specialist.
Marquette Residential Development; Pizzulli Associates, Inc.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California. SWCA prepared a Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND) and supporting technical studies, including a tribal cultural resources study, historical resources assessment, biological assessment, and air quality analysis in support of the proposed Marquette Residential Development Project in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of the City Los Angeles. The proposed Project includes the demolition of two residences and the construction of eight new single-family homes. In order to achieve California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) compliance, SWCA prepared the MND and requisite technical studies for submittal to the Los Angeles Department of City Planning. SWCA prepared deliverables on accelerated schedule and worked closely with the project owner to deliver defensible documents. Role: Environmental Specialist. Led the preparation of an Air Quality Assessment and associated Emissions Inventory.
Antelope Expansion 3 Project Environmental Services; sPower Development Company, LLC; Los Angeles County, California. SWCA prepared an MND for a 150- acre solar project in unincorporated Los Angeles County. Our specialists conducted technical studies to support the findings of the MND, including rare plants, jurisdictional delineation, and general biological resources. SWCA project managers and planners
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
9 EXPERTISE
Emissions Inventory
Environmental Permitting, Engineering
and Modeling
Carbon Footprinting
Noise Impact Assessment and
Monitoring
Environmental Impact Assessment
Conventional and Renewable Energy
Title V Permitting
CAA Compliance and Reporting
Sustainable Energy
Wind Turbines
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Environmental Science &
Engineering, Energy Science; The
University of Texas at El Paso; El Paso,
Texas; 2015
M.S., Industrial Engineering; The
University of Texas at El Paso; El Paso,
Texas; 2010
B.S., Industrial Engineering; Instituto
Tecnologico de Parral; Mexico; 2008
TRAINING
Lean Manufacturing, TMAC; 2012
AERMOD Air Dispersion Modeling,
Lakes Environmental; 2013
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worked closely with the project applicant, sPower, Los Angeles County staff, CDFW, and the Audubon Society to identify appropriate on-site and off-site compensatory mitigation for project impacts. Following the receipt of a high volume of technically complex comments to the Draft MMD, SWCA staff worked closely with Los Angeles County staff to respond to public comments in an efficient and legally defensible manner. Our project manager and key staff also provided support for public meetings and Planning Commission hearing. The Project was approved by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors in September 2019. Role: Environmental Specialist. Participated in the preparation of an air quality impact assessment and estimated emissions from the construction and operation of the Antelope Expansion 3 Solar Project located in Los Angeles County, California.
Cal Poly Gold Tree Solar Initial Study Mitigated Negative Declaration; California Polytechnic State University; San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo County, California. Prepare Initial Study / Mitigated Negative Declaration for solar energy project at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. Role: Environmental Specialist.
Cal Poly Student Housing South Environmental Impact Report; California Polytechnic State University; San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo County, California. SWCA prepared an EIR for the campus development project, certified in May 2014, which includes the construction of approximately 1,475 beds of freshman housing and a 300- to 500-space parking structure on the Cal Poly campus. Role:
Air Quality Specialist. Prepared a number of emission inventories to characterize the air quality impacts associated with the construction and operation of the proposed building.
LANHM Center for Nature and Culture Class 32 Infill Exemption; Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History; Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California. SWCA provided environmental services related to a California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Class 32 Infill Exemption for the demolition of the existing Jean Delacour Auditorium, interior improvements, and construction of an addition to the Los Angeles County Natural History Museum. The CEQA analysis included Air Quality, Biology, Archaeology, Architectural History, Paleontology, and Traffic. Role: Environmental Specialist.
County of San Mateo EIR for Canyon Lane Roadway Improvements; County of San Mateo; Redwood City, San Mateo County, California. SWCA is preparing an EIR and technical background studies for the project for the improvement of Canyon Lane. Project includes development of a single-family residence on one parcel, and future development of residences on eleven parcels. The project also involves the construction of new utilities, including a waterline and an underground distribution line. Role: Environmental Specialist.
Estrella Substation and Paso Robles Area Reinforcement Project; Confidential Client; Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo County, California. Confidential Transmission Project; Confidential Clients; California. SWCA is providing permitting and licensing support, including a preparation of a PEA, for a new 230/70 kV substation, 7 miles of new aboveground 70 kV power line, 3 miles of reconductored 70 kV line, and a 230 kV interconnection in Paso Robles. Services include cultural, biological, and paleontological surveys; PEA preparation; PTC application filing support and noticing; and post-filing CEQA and permitting support. Role: Air Quality Specialist.
Responsible for the preparation of criteria pollutant emission estimates for comparison against the applicable CEQA significance thresholds.
Estrella Substation and Paso Robles Area Reinforcement Project; Confidential Client; Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo County, California. Confidential Transmission Project; Confidential Clients; California. SWCA is providing permitting and licensing support, including a preparation of a PEA, for a new 230/70 kV substation, 7 miles of new above ground 70 kV power line, 3 miles of reconductored 70 kV line, and a 230 kV interconnection in Paso Robles. Services include cultural, biological, and paleontological surveys; PEA preparation; PTC application filing support and noticing; and post-filing CEQA and permitting support. Role: Environmental Specialist.
Middlefield Road Parking Lot CEQA Compliance; Quincy Engineering Inc.; San Mateo, San Mateo County, California. SWCA is assisting the San Mateo County Public Works Department with preparation of an environmental document to support the construction of a parking lot on lands in the North Fair Oaks community previously occupied by commercial uses. The project will support the Middlefield Road Redesign project by off-setting street parking eliminated by the redesign project and will also create a flexible space to support community events such as farmers markets. Role: Environmental Specialist. Estimated air quality impacts related to the construction phase of the project.
MEMBERSHIPS
Member, Institute of Industrial
Engineers; 2010
Member, American Wind Energy
Association; 2013
Member, INFORMS; 2011
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EDUCATION
B.S., Environmental Health Science,
California State University, Fresno, 1994
B.A., Urban and Environmental Planning,
California State University, Fresno, 1994
Community Noise Enforcement
Certification, Rutgers State University of
New Jersey, 2001
TRAINING
CAPCOA Health Risk Assessment
Training, SJVAPCD, 2015
California Emissions Estimator Model
Training, MBUAPCD, 2012
Air Toxics Health Risk Assessment &
HARP, BlueScape Environmental &
Dillingham Software Engineering, 2004
Sound Power Measurement & Analysis,
Bruel & Kjaer, 2003
Vibration Measurement & Analysis,
Bruel & Kjaer, 2003
Acoustics & Measurement Principles,
Bruel & Kjaer, 2003
Air Dispersion Modeling,
Trinity Consultants, 2001
ISC/AERMOD Air Dispersion Modeling,
Lakes Environmental, 2001
FHWA Traffic Noise Modeling,
Harris Miller Miller & Hanson, 1998
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Air and Waste Management Association
Acoustical Society of America
Association of Environmental
Professionals
American Planning Association
KURT LEGLEITER
Principal
Kurt Legleiter is the Principal Air Quality and Noise Specialist and sole proprietor of AMBIENT Air Quality & Noise Consulting. His experience spans over 25 years and encompasses both the public and private sectors. He specializes in the preparation of air quality , greenhouse gas, energy use, noise, and groundborne vibration impact assessments in support of community planning and development projects that are subject to review under the California Environmental Quality Act and the National Environmental Policy Act. Mr. Legleiter is proficient in the use of various air qu ality and noise modeling software programs, including CalEEMod, AERMOD, ISCST3, HARP, CALINE4, SoundPlan, and FHWA’s Traffic Noise Model.
EXPERIENCE
▪ 2004-Present
AMBIENT Air Quality & Noise Consulting, Principal
▪ 1997-2004
EDAW, Inc. Air Quality and Noise Practice Manager
▪ 1995-1997
Michael Paoli and Associates, Environmental Planner
▪ 1993-1995
San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District, Planner I
REPRESENTATIVE PROJECTS
Mr. Legleiter’s air quality - and noise-related experience includes the preparation and oversight of air quality , greenhouse gas, energy use, noise, and groundborne vibration studies. Representative past and current projects include the following:
▪ Ayres Resort Hotel & Spa Project, City of Paso Robles ▪ Belvedere General Plan Update, City of Belvedere
▪ Clovis Medical Center Master Plan, City of Clovis
▪ Clovis 4th Education Center Project, City of Clovis
▪ Interstate 405 Auxiliary Lanes Improvement Project, Los Angeles County ▪ Interstate 605/Valley Boulevard Interchange Improvement Project, County of Los Angeles
▪ Loma Vista Residential Project, City of Yorba Linda
▪ Paso Robles General Plan Circulation Element Update, City of Paso Robles ▪ State Center Community College District Southeast Center Project, City of Fresno
▪ Tahoe Valley Community Plan, City of South Lake Tahoe ▪ Vina Robles Amphitheater & Hotel Project, City of Paso Robles
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EDUCATION
B.A., Physics, California Polytechnic State
University, San Luis Obispo, 2017
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Air and Waste Management Association
Acoustical Society of America
JON PAMBAKIAN
Air Quality & Noise Analyst
Mr. Jon Pambakian is an Air Quality & Noise Analyst at AMBIENT Air Quality & Noise Consulting. He specializes in the preparation of air quality, greenhouse gas, energy use, noise, and groundborne vibration analyses in support of community planning and development projects subject to review under the C alifornia Environmental Quality Act and the National Environmental Policy Act. Mr. Pambakian is proficient in the use of various ai r quality and noise modeling software programs, including CalEEMod, FHWA Traffic Noise Model, FHWA Road Construction Noise M odel, and SoundPlan.
EXPERIENCE
▪ 2019-Present
AMBIENT Air Quality & Noise Consulting, Air Quality & Noise Analyst
REPRESENTATIVE PROJECTS
Mr. Pambakian’s experience includes the preparation of air quality , greenhouse gas, energy use, noise, and groundborne vibration studies. Representative past and current projects include the following:
▪ Costco Gas Station Project, City of Seaside
▪ Diamond Bar Golf Course Renovation Project, City of Diamond Bar ▪ Hilmar Elementary School Project, City of Hilmar
▪ Interstate 405 Auxiliary Lanes Improvement Project, Los Angeles County ▪ Interstate 605/Valley Boulevard Interchange Improvement Project, County of Los Angeles
▪ Malibu Pacific Coast Highway Signal Systems Improvement Project, City of Malibu
▪ Merced High School Stadium Project, City of Merced
▪ State Route 57/State Route 60 Confluence Project, Los Angeles County ▪ State Route 91, Acacia Court to Central Avenue Improvement Project, Los Angeles County
▪ State Route 91, Atlantic Avenue to Cherry Avenue Auxiliary Lane Improvement Project, Los Angeles County
7 RESUMES
EDUCATION
B.S., Environmental Sciences
(Environmental Toxicology), University of
California, Riverside, 2017
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Air and Waste Management Association
Acoustical Society of America
DANNY LUU
Air Quality & Noise Analyst
Mr. Danny Luu is an Air Quality & Noise Analyst at AMBIENT Air Quality & Noise Consulting. He specia lizes in the preparation of air quality, greenhouse gas, energy use, noise, and groundborne vibration analyses in support of community planning and development projects subject to review under the C alifornia Environmental Quality Act and the National Envir onmental Policy Act. Mr . Luu is proficient in the use of various air quality and noise modeling software programs, including CalEEMod, Aerscreen, Aermod, FHWA Traffic Noise Model, FHWA Road Construction Noise Model, and SoundPlan.
EXPERIENCE
▪ 2019-Present
AMBIENT Air Q uality & Noise Consulting, Air Quality & Noise Analyst
REPRESENTATIVE PROJECTS
Mr. Luu’s experience includes the preparation of air quality , greenhouse gas, energy use, noise, and groundborne vibration studies. Representative past and current projects include the following:
▪ Merced High School Stadium Project, City of Merced
▪ Beechwood Specific Plan Project, City of Paso Robles
▪ Olsen-Chandler Specific Plan Project, City of Paso Robles ▪ Buckhorn Early Learning Center Project, City of Salinas ▪ Camino Solar Farm Project, Kern County
▪ Costco Gas Station Project, City of Seaside
▪ Interstate 605/Valley Boulevard Interchange Improvement Project, County of Los Angeles
▪ Malibu Pacific Coast Highway Signal Systems Improvement Project, City of Malibu
▪ Interstate 405 Auxiliary Lanes Improvement Project, Los Angeles County ▪ State Route 91, Acacia Court to Central Avenue Improvement Project, Los Angeles County
▪ State Route 91, Atlantic Avenue to Cherry Avenue Auxiliary Lane Improvement Project, Los Angeles County
▪ State Route 57/State Route 60 Confluence Project, Los Angeles County ▪ State Route 46 East/Union Road Intersection Alignment Project, City of Paso Robles
FERNANDO SOTELO, PE, PTP | ASSOCIATE ENGINEER
EDUCATION
MS Civil Engineering
(Transportation), University
of Southern California
BS Naval Engineering,
University of Sao Paulo,
Brazil
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
20 REGISTRATION
Professional Traffic Engineer:
CA # TR 2770
CERTIFICATIONS
Professional Transportation
Planner # 502
AFFILIATIONS
Institute of Transportation
Engineers
Orange County Traffic
Engineers Council
Institute of Noise Control
Engineers
Fernando Sotelo is a registered professional traffic engineer in California and a certified transportation planner, with a master’s degree in transportation engineering. He has extensive experience in CEQA and the technical aspects of transportation planning, including travel demand forecasting, traffic impact analyses, and parking demand studies. His professional experience with traffic and parking analyses includes several schools and a variety of land development uses, such as warehousing, mixed use, commercial, and recreation projects in southern and northern California. Fernando understands the complexities of transportation planning and plays a large role coordinating with subconsultants, often reviewing transportation studies and preparing transportation sections for EIRs for major projects such as general plan updates and specific plans. He focuses particular attention on issues such as vehicular circulation, site access, queuing, and pedestrian routes to school and safety. In addition to his experience in traffic, Fernando has prepared hundreds of technical studies for noise and air quality analyses on a variety of projects.
PROJECT EXPERIENCE
Pedestrian Safety Study for the Riverside Polytechnic High School; Riverside, CA.
Fernando served as the technical lead for the preparation of a pedestrian safety study to accommodate the development of ball fields off campus for the High School. The study reviewed potential issues with students and staff crossing a major intersection and 6 lanes of traffic to access the project site.
The study accessed potential safety hazards and evaluated several pedestrian treatments to allow adequate pedestrian access to the site. A technical memo and conceptual designs were provided that included advance signage, pavement markings and a mid-block crosswalk.
Traffic Impact Analysis for the Canyon Springs High School Athletic Complex; Moreno Valley, CA. Fernando served as the technical lead for the preparation of the TIA for the proposed improvements to the Canyon Springs High School, which included a campus expansion, an addition of a 3,000-seat athletic complex, and relocation of other athletic fields. The project also included the development of a new on-campus driveway and parking lot to adequately support traffic increases due to the project. The intersection Level of Service for existing and future conditions was calculated using Synchro Traffic Modeling software. Signal warrants were used to evaluate the potential need for the installation of traffic signals at unsignalized or stop-controlled intersections. In addition, the TIA evaluated parking needs, site access, and internal circulation at project access driveways during times where the campus improvements would be in peak use.
Traffic Analysis for the Real Journey Academy; Highland, CA. Fernando served as the technical lead for the preparation of the Traffic Impact Analysis (TIA) for a proposed middle school in the City of Highland with a capacity of 450 students. The overall purpose of this TIA was to inform decision makers and the general public whether the proposed project would result in any significant traffic impacts. The traffic impact analysis evaluated existing and future traffic conditions at several intersections at project opening year and long range 2036 conditions. It evaluated site access and internal circulation at project access driveways during typical morning peak drop-off and afternoon pick-up activity queues and provided a sight distance evaluation for egress from the project to Base Line Street.
Traffic Impact Analysis for the Summit Leadership Academy - High Desert; Hesperia, CA. Fernando served as the technical lead for the preparation of the TIA for the development of a new charter high school campus and relocation of the existing school with a capacity of 575 students in the City of Hesperia. The traffic impact analysis evaluated existing and future traffic conditions at several road segments and intersections around the project study area. The analysis compared existing conditions to the opening year conditions and evaluated project design features such as internal circulation and site access.
HASSAN AHMED, TE | ENGINEER
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science,
University of California,
Irvine, 2012
LICENSES
PE: CA
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
7 AFFILIATIONS
Institute of Transportation
Engineers, Leadership ITE
Class of 2016
Institute of Transportation
Engineers, Student Liaison
Chair for the Southern
California Section
International Council of
Shopping Centers, Member
Hassan is a traffic engineer with experience working on traffic engineering and transportation planning projects. He uses a variety of modeling and analysis tools, such as Synchro, SIMTraffic, Traffix, Vistro, and VISSIM to complete transportation studies that evaluate parking, traffic impacts, corridors, multimodal operations, event management, and public outreach applications.
His role on projects has involved data collection, existing and future conditions assessment, roadway segment and intersection operational analyses, report preparation, identification of mitigation alternatives, site access evaluations, site circulation evaluations, and parking analyses. Hassan’s combined background in civil engineering and transportation system science helps identify solutions to transportation challenges that are practical and implementable.
PROJECT EXPERIENCE
NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM EIR (LOS ANGELES, CA) Hassan served as project manager for the transportation analysis to support the environmental documents associated with the proposed expansion of the Los Angeles County Natural History Museum. He led all aspects of the analysis, including data collection, assessment of intersection operations for existing and future conditions, assessment of pedestrian, bicycle, transit access and the proposed onsite circulation, and identification of mitigation alternatives.
GENERAL PLAN UPDATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT (EIR) - SAN JACINTO, CA. Hassan is serving as the project manager to prepare the transportation components for the City of San Jacinto General Plan Update and Environmental Impact Report. His role includes assessing existing transportation conditions to establish a baseline and understand the City’s transportation needs, developing the Mobility Element, and assessing the General Plan Update’s transportation impacts for the EIR.
PCH/2ND PLANNING SUPPORT (LONG BEACH, CA). Hassan conducted the traffic operations analyses for the PCH/2nd project located at the southwest corner of Pacific Coast Highway and 2nd Street in Long Beach, California. Hassan led the traffic analysis of the design concepts for the different alternatives for the signalized project driveway and prepared simulation models for onsite circulation to assist the developer with site planning. The findings of the analysis were summarized in a Permit Engineering Evaluation Report (PEER) and submitted to the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) for review and approval.
2300 REDONDO AVENUE INDUSTRIAL WAREHOUSE DEVELOPMENT,
TRANSPORTATION IMPACT ASSESSMENT (LONG BEACH, CA). Hassan served as project manager for the proposed industrial warehouse development. He led all aspects of the analysis, including data collection, assessment of existing and future conditions, assessment of roadway segment and intersection operations, assessment of parking, identification of mitigation alternatives, and evaluation of site access and circulation.
AVEP SOLAR PANEL FACILITY, TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS (KERN COUNTY, CA).
Hassan served as project manager for the proposed solar panel facility in Kern County, California. He led all aspects of the analysis, including data collection, assessment of existing and future conditions, assessment of roadway segment and intersection operations, assessment of construction traffic, and identification of mitigation alternatives.
TIMOTHY ERNEY, AICP, PTP, CTP | SENIOR PRINCIPAL
PLANNER
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science,
Mechanical Engineering,
Boston University, 1995
Master of City Planning,
Transportation Planning,
University of California
Berkeley, 1997
Master of Science,
Transportation Engineering,
University of California
Berkeley, 1997
LICENSES
AICP: CA
CTP: CA
PTP: CA
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
23 AFFILIATIONS
American Planning
Association (APA), Member
Institute of Transportation
Engineers (ITE), Member
Tim is a certified transportation planner with more than 20 years of experience with planning and engineering projects throughout California. His primary focus has been on managing analyses and documentation for environmental review projects, access and circulation studies, sustainable transportation practices, TDM measures, parking evaluations, pedestrian and bicycle reviews, and data collection programs. In addition, his experience includes detailed technical analyses of local and regional roadway facilities, including traffic forecasting, modal split analyses, traffic diversion, and operational analyses. He has experience coordinating with local and regional transportation and environmental agencies in Southern California and has been leading the firm’s efforts on the evaluation of emerging technologies, alternative evaluation metrics, and the impacts of new mobility services on land use and circulation networks.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORTS BIOGRAPHY
Tim has led the preparation of stand-alone transportation impact studies and transportation/circulation sections of EIRs and EISs to support CEQA and NEPA processes. These projects have included full range of project types, from individual development projects, to updated citywide plans, to significant infrastructure projects. For these efforts, Tim has managed the technical analysis for all modes of travel, including qualitative and quantitative assessments of traffic, transit, pedestrian, bicyclist, loading, construction, and emergency vehicle conditions. In addition, these projects have also included the development of specialized trip generation rates and use of regional travel demand models to project future traffic volumes.
TRAVEL DEMAND MANAGEMENT BIOGRAPHY
For both individual development sites and large-scale neighborhoods, Tim has been responsible for developing implementable and defensible travel demand management (TDM) programs. Primarily, these include the evaluation of the best TDM elements to achieve the goals of the project, supported by data and research developed on a national basis. In addition to the adoption of standard TDM measures, such as active transportation facilities and parking management, Tim routinely works with developers to adjust land use programs to better internalize trips and to right-size parking to facilitate shared parking opportunities.
ALTERNATIVE PERFORMANCE METRICS BIOGRAPHY
Tim has been working to identify and develop alternative metrics to Level of Service (LOS) in the evaluation of land use and transportation projects; this includes the identification on how cities and counties need to modify their current programs and policies to account for these changes. As part of these efforts, Tim has been in consultation with the state’s Office of Planning and Research (OPR) and participated in several conferences and panel discussions on the effects of vehicle-miles traveled calculations and metrics may affect city programs and transportation analysis guidelines.
CORRIDOR STUDIES BIOGRAPHY
Tim has managed complex alternatives analysis and corridor studies for modes of travel, including transit, roadways, freeways, and bicyclists/pedestrians. Tim works closely with jurisdictions to develop robust screening criteria and defensible methodology for the evaluation of multiple alternatives through qualitative and quantitative evaluations. Studies are typically supported with detailed metrics and infographics to clearly inform decision-makers on the pros
TIMOTHY ERNEY | Senior Principal Planner