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City of San Juan Capistrano
Agenda Report
12/17/2013
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~ Karen P. Brust, City Manage y ' . •A
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Keith Van Der Maaten, P.E., Public Works and u~· :~· ~(ector y (ol-
Prepared by: Joe Mankawich, Associate Engine v , J
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SUBJECT: Consideration of a Personal Services Agreement for Preparation of an
Initial Study Environmental Review for the Citywide Bikeway Gap Closure
Project (CIP 11203) (Environmental Intelligence, LLC)
RECOMMENDATION:
By motion, approve a Personal Services Agreement with Environmental Intelligence,
LLC, in the not to exceed amount of $35,086, for preparation of an Initial Study
Environmental Review for the Citywide Bikeway Gap Closure Project (CIP 11203).
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
The City Council, on September 17, 2013, approved submittal of an application to the
Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) for the Bicycle Corridor Improvement
Program. The City has requested funding of $353,000 to aid in the improvement and
construction of bikeways listed on the OCTA Commuter Bikeway Strategic Plan for the
City in an effort to improve connectivity, safety and ridership at the following seven
locations (See Enclosure 1 for more detail):
1. The Trabuco Creek Bikeway Gap Connection
2. The East Open Space Bikeway Gap Connection
3. The Rancho Viejo Road Gap Closure
4. The La Novia Gap Closure
5. The Camino Capistrano Gap Closure
6. The Del Obispo Street Bikeway Gap Closure
7. The Alipaz Street Gap Closure
The application has been accepted by OCTA and is currently going through a screening
and eligibility review, with final award contingent upon OCTA, Caltrans and Federal
Highway Administration eligibility determination. This award is scheduled for May 2014.
Funding priority will be given to those projects which provide the most matching funds
and meet federal ready-to-list requirements for construction. Staff is recommending
matching funds of $200,000 from the currently budgeted Eastern Open Space Trail
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Project (CIP 11203) as the Bikeway Gap closure includes this project. Ready-to-list
requirements include completion of National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) reviews. Staff is recommending award of a
Personal Services Agreement (Attachment 1) to Environmental Intelligence LLC, in an
amount not to exceed $35,086 to perform the environmental review for the Citywide
Bikeway Gap Closure Project (CIP 11203).
DISCUSSION/ANALYSIS:
The City's extensive recreational trail systems are a point of pride for the City. These
trails provide more than recreation; they provide an alternate means of transportation.
OCTA's Bicycle Corridor Improvement Program utilizes funding from its Congestion
Management and Air Quality (CMAQ) program. The proposed Citywide Bikeway Gap
Closure Project would meet the requirements set out in the grant application. The
applications were submitted on September 30, 2013. Award of the funding will be in
May 2014.
The East Open Space Trail (CIP 11203) will be included in the Bikeway Gap Closure
Project. Per the City's Purchase Agreement for the East Open Space Parcel, the City is
to construct this trail connection within one year of Rancho Mission Viejo completion of
bike trails in its Sendero Tract. As their trails have not been completed as of yet, there
should be adequate time for the City to bid and construct the East Open Space Trail if
the City receives award of a grant by next May.
Successful award of the grant will aid the City by providing a more complete Eastern
Open Space Trail connection by extending it from the currently planned connection at
the Arizona Crossing to the easterly terminus of San Juan Creek Road. This will provide
an all season trail connection for both bicyclists and equestrians that the current plans
for the Eastern Open Space Trail do not. In addition the grant will aid the City in closing
six other gaps in the City's bikeway system, with the intent to increase bike ridership
through better signage, striping and bikeway conditions. Please see Enclosure 1 for
locations.
One of the precursors to final design is the performance of an environmental review to
ensure that the project includes measures to mitigate any environmental issues that
construction of the project may create. On October 21, 2013, staff released requests for
proposal to perform environmental assessment for the Citywide Bikeway Gap Closure
Project to five consultants. On November 8, 2013, three proposals were received:
Environmental Intelligence, LLC
Ed Almanza and Associates
MIG Hogle-lreland
$35,086
$38,870
$50,281
Staff has reviewed the three proposals and recommends award of the project to
Environmental Intelligence LLC. Their scope of work meets the needs set out by the
City in its request for proposal and the requirements of OCTA in the call for projects.
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FISCAL IMPACT:
The estimated total cost of this project is $553,000. This budget includes the $35,086
cost for the environmental review. Funding for the construction of this project is
contingent upon OCTA's approval of grant funds. The grant requires a minimum 13%
match. Applications will be ranked higher based upon the percentage matched, with the
highest match being 42%. Staff is suggesting that funding in the Fiscal Year 2013/2014
Adopted Budget for the Eastern Open Space Trails (CIP 11203) in the amount of
$200,000 be put towards the grant match for the Citywide Bikeway Gap Closure Project,
provided that the East Open Space Trail is included in the Gap Project. The City will not
proceed with the enhanced project unless grant funds are secured from OCTA, as no
additional funding by the City is currently programmed for the project. Should the project
not receive OCTA funding, the City's funding would revert back to the current East
Open Space Trails Project.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT:
The results of the environmental review for the Citywide Bikeway Gap Closure Project
will be made available upon completion of the Initial Study recommended by this report.
PRIOR CITY COUNCIL REVIEW:
• On September 17, 2013, the City Council approved submittal of a grant
application to OCTA for the Bicycle Corridor Improvement Program for the
Citywide Bikeway Gap Closure Project.
COMMISSION/COMMITTEE/BOARD REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATIONS:
The Mayor's Bike-Friendly Sub-Committee recommends approval of this Personal
Services Agreement.
NOTIFICATION:
Environmental Intelligence LLC
Ed Almanza and Associates
MIG Hogle-lreland
Louis Zhoa, Orange County Transportation Authority
Ben Ku, Orange County Transportation Authority
ATTACHMENT(S):
Attachment 1 -Personal Services Agreement
Enclosure 1 -Location Map
PERSONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT is made, entered into, and shall become effective this 17th day
of December 2013, by and between the City of San Juan Capistrano (hereinafter
referred to as the "City") and Environmental Intelligence, LLC (hereinafter referred to as
the "Consultant").
RECITALS:
WHEREAS, City desires to retain the services of Consultant regarding the City's
proposal to prepare an Initial Study Environmental Review of the Citywide Bikeway Gap
Closure Project; and
WHEREAS, Consultant is qualified by virtue of experience, training, education and
expertise to accomplish such services.
NOW, THEREFORE, City and Consultant mutually agree as follows:
Section 1. Scope of Work.
The scope of work to be performed by the Consultant shall consist of those tasks as
set forth in Exhibit "A," attached and incorporated herein by reference. To the extent that
there are any conflicts between the provisions described in Exhibit "A" and those provisions
contained within this Agreement, the provisions in this Agreement shall control.
Section 2. Term.
This Agreement shall commence on the effective date of this Agreement and
services required hereunder shall continue until notified that said services are no longer
required, subject to 15 days notice of termination.
This Agreement shall commence on the effective date and shall terminate, and all
services required hereunder shall be completed, no later than March 31, 2014.
Section 3. Compensation.
3.1 Amount.
Total compensation for the services hereunder shall not exceed $35,086
total contract amount, including expenses, etc. as set forth in Exhibit "B," attached and
incorporated herein by reference.
3.2 Method of Payment.
Subject to Section 3.1, Consultant shall submit monthly invoices based on
total services which have been satisfactorily completed for such monthly period. The City
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will pay monthly progress payments based on approved invoices in accordance with this
Section.
3.3 Records of Expenses.
Consultant shall keep complete and accurate records of all costs and
expenses incidental to services covered by this Agreement These records will be made
available at reasonable times to the City. Invoices shall be addressed as provided for in
Section 16 below.
Section 4. Independent Contractor.
It is agreed that Consultant shall act and be an independent contractor and not an
agent or employee of the City, and shall obtain no rights to any benefits which accrue to
Agency's employees.
Section 5. Limitations Upon Subcontracting and Assignment.
The experience, knowledge, capability and reputation of Consultant, its principals
and employees were a substantial inducement for the City to enter into this Agreement
Consultant shall not contract with any other entity to perform the services required without
written approval of the City. This Agreement may not be assigned, voluntarily or by
operation of law, without the prior written approval of the City. If Consultant is permitted to
subcontract any part of this Agreement by City, Consultant shall be responsible to the City
for the acts and omissions of its subcontractor as it is for persons directly employed.
Nothing contained in this Agreement shall create any contractual relationships between
any subcontractor and City. All persons engaged in the work will be considered employees
of Consultant. City will deal directly with and will make all payments to Consultant
Section 6. Changes to Scope of Work.
For extra work not part of this Agreement, a written authorization from City is
required prior to Consultant undertaking any extra work. In the event of a change in the
Scope of Work provided for in the contract documents as requested by the City, the Parties
hereto shall execute an addendum to this Agreement setting forth with particularity all
terms of the new agreement, including but not limited to any additional Consultant's fees.
Section 7. Familiarity with Work and/or Construction Site.
By executing this Agreement, Consultant warrants that: (1) it has investigated the
work to be performed; (2) if applicable, it has investigated the work site(s), and is aware of
all conditions there; and (3) it understands the facilities, difficulties and restrictions of the
work to be performed under this Agreement Should Consultant discover any latent or
unknown conditions materially differing from those inherent in the work or as represented
by City, it shall immediately inform the City of this and shall not proceed with further work
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under this Agreement until written instructions are received from the City.
Section 8. Time of Essence.
Time is of the essence in the performance of this Agreement.
Section 9. Compliance with Law.
Consultant shall comply with all applicable laws, ordinances, codes and regulations
of federal, state and local government.
Section 10. Conflicts of Interest.
Consultant covenants that it presently has no interest and shall not acquire any
interest, direct or indirect, which would conflict in any manner or degree with the
performance of the services contemplated by this Agreement. No person having such
interest shall be employed by or associated with Consultant.
Section 11. Copies of Work Product.
At the completion of the work, Consultant shall have delivered to City at least one
(1) copy of any final reports and/or notes or drawings containing Consultant's findings,
conclusions, and recommendations with any supporting documentation. All reports
submitted to the City shall be in reproducible format, or in the format otherwise approved
by the City in writing.
Section 12. Ownership of Documents.
All reports, information, data and exhibits prepared or assembled by Consultant in
connection with the performance of its services pursuanttothisAgreement are confidential
to the extent permitted by law, and Consultant agrees that they shall not be made available
to any individual or organization without prior written consent of the City. All such reports,
information, data, and exhibits shall be the property of the City and shall be delivered to the
City upon demand without additional costs or expense to the City. The City acknowledges
such documents are instruments of Consultant's professional services.
Section 13. Indemnity.
To the fullest extent permitted by law, Consultant agrees to protect, defend, and
hold harmless the City and its elective and appointive boards, officers, agents, and
employees from any and all claims, liabilities, expenses, or damages of any nature,
including attorneys' fees, for injury or death of any person, or damages of any nature,
including interference with use of property, arising out of, or in any way connected with the
negligence, recklessness and/or intentional wrongful conduct of Consultant, Consultant's
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agents, officers, employees, subcontractors, or independent contractors hired by
Consultant in the performance of the Agreement The only exception to Consultant's
responsibility to protect, defend, and hold harmless the City, is due to the negligence,
recklessness and/or wrongful conduct of the City, or any of its elective or appointive
boards, officers, agents, or employees.
This hold harmless agreement shall apply to all liability regardless of whether any
insurance policies are applicable. The policy limits do not act as a limitation upon the
amount of indemnification to be provided by Consultant.
Section 14. Insurance.
On or before beginning any of the services or work called for by any term of this
Agreement, Consultant, at its own cost and expense, shall carry, maintain for the duration
of the agreement, and provide proof thereof that is acceptable to the City, the insurance
specified below with insurers and under forms of insurance satisfactory in all respects to
the City. Consultant shall not allow any subcontractor to commence work on any
subcontract until all insurance required of the Consultant has also been obtained for the
subcontractor. Insurance required herein shall be provided by Insurers in good standing
with the State of California and having a minimum Best's Guide Rating of A-Class VII or
better.
14.1 Comprehensive General Liability.
Throughout the term of this Agreement, Consultant shall maintain in full force
and effect Comprehensive General Liability coverage in an amount not less than one
million dollars per occurrence ($1 ,000,000.00), combined single limit coverage for risks
associated with the work contemplated by this agreement If a Commercial General
Liability Insurance form or other form with a general aggregate limit is used, either the
general aggregate limit shall apply separately to the work to be performed under this
agreement or the general aggregate limit shall be at least twice the required occurrence
limit.
14.2 Comprehensive Automobile Liability.
Throughout the term of this Agreement, Consultant shall maintain in full force
and effect Comprehensive Automobile Liability coverage, including owned, hired and non-
owned vehicles in an amount not less than one million dollars per occurrence
($1 ,000,000.00).
14.3 Workers' Compensation.
If Consultant intends to employ employees to perform services under this
Agreement, Consultant shall obtain and maintain, during the term of this Agreement,
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Workers' Compensation Employer's Liability Insurance in the statutory amount as required
by state law.
14.4 Proof of Insurance Requirements/Endorsement.
Prior to beginning any work under this Agreement, Consultant shall submit
the insurance certificates, including the deductible or self-retention amount, and an
additional insured endorsement naming City, its officers, employees, agents, and
volunteers as additional insured as respects each of the following: Liability arising out of
activities performed by or on behalf of Consultant, including the insured's general
supervision of Consultant; products and completed operations of Consultant; premises
owned, occupied or used by Consultant; or automobiles owned, leased, hired, or borrowed
by Consultant. The coverage shall contain no special limitations on the scope of protection
afforded City, its officers, employees, agents, or volunteers.
14.5 Errors and Omissions Coverage [FOR PROFESSIONS/WORK
EXCLUDED FROM GENERAL LIABILITY]
Throughout the term ofthis Agreement, Consultant shall maintain Errors and
Omissions Coverage (professional liability coverage) in an amount of not less than One
Million Dollars ($1 ,000, 000). Prior to beginning any work under this Agreement, Consultant
shall submit an insurance certificate to the City's General Counsel for certification that the
insurance requirements of this Agreement have been satisfied.
14.6 Notice of Cancellation/Termination of Insurance.
The above policy/policies shall not terminate, nor shall they be cancelled, nor
the coverages reduced, until after thirty (30) days' written notice is given to City, except that
ten (1 0) days' notice shall be given if there is a cancellation due to failure to pay a
premium.
14.7 Terms of Compensation.
Consultant shall not receive any compensation until all insurance provisions
have been satisfied.
14.8 Notice to Proceed.
Consultant shall not proceed with any work under this Agreement until the
City has issued a written "Notice to Proceed" verifying that Consultant has complied with all
insurance requirements of this Agreement.
Section 15. Termination.
City shall have the right to terminate this Agreement without cause by giving thirty
(30) days' advance written notice of termination to Consultant.
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In addition, this Agreement may be terminated by any party for cause by providing
ten (1 0) days' notice to the other party of a material breach of contract. If the other party
does not cure the breach of contract, then the agreement may be terminated subsequent
to the ten (10) day cure period.
Section 16. Notice.
All notices shall be personally delivered or mailed to the below listed addresses, or
to such other addresses as may be designated by written notice. These addresses shall
be used for delivery of service of process:
To City:
To Consultant
City of San Juan Capistrano
32400 Paseo Adelanto
San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675
Attn:Public Works Department
Environmental Intelligence, LLC
1590 South Coast Highway Suite #17
Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Attn: Eimon Raoof Smith
Section 17. Attorneys' Fees.
If any action at law or in equity is necessary to enforce or interpret the terms of this
Agreement, the prevailing party shall be entitled to reasonable attorneys' fees, costs and
necessary disbursements in addition to any other relief to which he may be entitled.
Section 18. Dispute Resolution.
In the event of a dispute arising between the parties regarding performance or
interpretation of this Agreement, the dispute shall be resolved by binding arbitration under
the auspices of the Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Service ("JAMS").
Section 19. Entire Agreement.
This Agreement constitutes the entire understanding and agreement between the
parties and supersedes all previous negotiations between them pertaining to the subject
matter thereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement
CITY OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO
By: ______________________ __
Sam Allevato, Mayor
ATTEST:
Maria Morris, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Hans Van Ligten, City Attorney
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Environmental Intelligence, LLC
Proposal to Prepare an Initial Study for the City of San Juan
Capistrano Bikeway Gap Closure Project
Date: November 8, 2013
www.enviro-intel.com
EXHIBIT A
Environmental
Intelligence, LLC
November 8, 2013
City of San Juan Capistrano
Artn: Joe Mankawich, Associate Engineer
Development Services Department
32400 Paseo Adelanto
San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675
Subject: Proposal to Prepare an Initial Study for the City of San Juan Capistrano Bikeway Gap Closure Project
Dear Mr. Mankawich:
Environmental Intelligence, LLC (El) is pleased to provide the City of San Juan Capi•trano with this proposal to
prepare an Initial Study (IS) for the Bikeway Gap Closure Project. EI understands that the City of San Juan
Capistrano (City) Bikeway Gap Closure Project seeks to upgrade existing bikeways and close existing gaps in
bikeway systems in the City to improve connectivity to employment and activity centers. EI will provide Ms.
Eimon Raoof Smith as the dedicated Project Manager for this assigrnnent. Ms. Smith has the capabilities and
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) experience to ensure that the IS is completed as a technically
accurate requirement for the City's Orange County Transportation Authority Bikeway Corridor hnprovement
Program Grant application. Ms. Smith has completed IS efforts for a range of clients including the
Administrative Office of the Courts, County of Los Angeles, and City of Long Beach. Ms. Smith will be the
City's primary point-of-contact for communication, scheduling, quality assurance, and budget control. She will
be immediately available following authorization to proceed and will be fully dedicated to this assigrnnent
throughout its duration.
El's team for this effort includes qualified experts and specialist with relevant trails experience and whose
expertise include: CEQA, air quality, greenhouse gas emissions, biology, cultural resources, and water related
issues with experience with City projects and with public sectcr trails and related projects. For example, El's
team includes Mr. William Meade, an environmental specialist who managed the creation of a Trails Manual for
the County of Los Angeles and Ms. Sherri Gust who provided cultural resources services for the City of San
Juan Capistrano's Historic Town Center Master Plan Update Environmental hnpact Report. El's team is
prepared to support the City through the preparation of this IS. El' s Corporate Office is located in Laguna Beach
less than 10 miles away from the City's office. Our project team is based out of our Laguna Beach office and
will be on-call and immediately accessible to the City at a moment's notice.
El's team will implement schedule control, cost contro~ quality assurance and strategic teaming measures for the
City. These measures include standardized company-wide scheduling; a streamlined management and billing
processes; quality control reviews, oversight and coordination; and highly qualified team selection measures
which ensure that will ensure that this project is completed efficiently. El had an opportunity to demonstrate
these measures for the City earlier this year when El completed a peer review of the City's Department of Parks
and Recreation 523 form for the Garcia Adobe Equipment Shed.
This proposal includes El's scope of work, qualifications, and anticipated budget for the preparation of the
Bikeway Gap Closure Project IS.
Thank you for the opportunity tc provide the City this proposal. Please feel free to contact me by phone at
(949) 497-0931 x 233 or via email at eimonraoof@enviro-intel.com if you have questions or require any
additional information.
ENVIRONMENTAL INTELLIGENCE, LLC
Eimon Raoof Smith
Project Manager
1590 South Coast Highway Suite #17, Laguna Beach, California, 92651 • Phone: 949.497.0931 .. www. enviro-ffitel.com
Environmental
Intelligence, LLC
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. Section 1-Project Understanding .................................................................................................. 4
II. Section 2-Scope ofWork .............................................................................................................. .4
ill. Section 3-Qualifications and Experience .................................................................................... tO
IV. Section 4-Project Schedule .......................................................................................................... lS
V. Section 5-Project Bndget ............................................................................................................. 16
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I. Section 1-Project Understanding
The City of San Juan Capistrano (City) requires the services of a qualified environmental consulting team
to prepare an Initial Study (IS) as a requirement for an Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA)
Bikeway Corridor huprovement Program Grant application for the proposed City of San Juan Capistrano
Bikeway Gap Closure Project (project), The City of San Juan Capistrano Bikeway Gap Closure Project
improves bikeways throughout the City to improve connectivity, safety and ridership. Specifically the
project has seven locations that the City is requesting funding under the OCT A BCIP 1 grant program.
These locations are listed below.
I. The Trabuco Creek Bikeway Gap Connection
2. The East Open Space Bikeway Gap Connection
3. Rancho Viejo Road Bikeway Gap Closure
4. La Novia Gap Closure
5. Camino Capistrano Gap Closure
6. The Del Obispo Street Bikeway Gap Connection
7. Alipaz Street Bikeway Gap
The project consists of upgrades to existing bikeways listed in the OCT A Commuter Bikeway Strategic
Plan for the City of San Juan Capistrano. The proposed project also provides bikeway improvements to
systems listed on the OCTA Commuter Bikeway Strategic Plan for proposed bikeways. This project
brings connections from the City's bikeway system to bikeways in Laguna Niguel, Mission Viejo and
future Orange County systems for Rancho Mission Viejo.
El' steam will efficiently prepare an IS to assess the potential environmental impacts that may result from
development of the proposed project. The IS will comply with the State California Environmental Quality
Act (CEQA) Guidelines (Section 15000 et seq.) and will include a review of the environmental resource
areas identified in Appendix G of the State CEQA Guidelines. The IS will be streamlined in order to
avoid scheduling delays and will include the standard public notice, circulation, and review periods
required for IS projects.
II. Section 2-Scope of Work
EI will prepare an IS that is consistent with Section 15063 of the State CEQA Guidelines for the project.
The IS will review all environmental resource areas provided in Appendix G of the State CEQA
Guidelines. EI understands that issues related to air quality, greenhouse gas emissions, biological
resources, cultural resources, water quality (particularly as it related to water crossings during
construction), and transportation and traffic will be of pruticular concern for the project.
EI will research and review all documents, reports, databases, as well as other resources including:
• OCTA Commuter Bikeway Strategic Plan;
• City of San Juan Capistrano General Plan;
• California Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices;
• Other existing and relevant plans, reports, databases, and studies related to the proposed project
site in order to identify the existing context and to evaluate any potential environmental impacts
.associated with development of the project.
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EP s team will use this research to complete an IS that complies with the State CEQA Guidelines,
Appendix G of the State CEQA Guidelines, and includes any specific directives provided by the OCTA
and/or the City's Environmental Administrator or project manager. EI will assess the environmental
factors that could potentially result in significant impacts. EI will ensure that the IS complies with Section
15063 and Article 6 of the State CEQA Guidelines. The IS will determine if the proposed project has the
potential to result in any significant effects on the environment that would require further environmental
analysis in an enviromnental impact report (EIR). Based on the nature of the project, EI expects that the
IS will show that project does nothave the potential to result in any significant effects on the environment
and that a Negative Declaration may be prepared for the project.
El' s dedicated IS team will be responsible for efficiently completing the tasks identified in the following
tasks for the project.
TASK 1: Project Management
Following authorization from the City to initiate work on tbe project, EI will coordinate with the
City to finalize the scope of work, schedule, and project understanding; attend the kick-off
meeting (see Task 4); obtain any existing documents from the City; and to perform a preliminary
site visit.
EI' s project management duties and assignments will be provided for the duration of the tasks
that are described in this scope of work (anticipated to be 2 months). Ms. Eimon RaoofSmith will
be the City's primary point-of-contact for communication, scheduling, quality assurance, and
budget control. The project management duties will include oversight of each of the tasks
described below in consultation with the City. EI will remain in consistent communication with
the City via email and telephone conversations through the duration ofthe work efforts.
WorkProdncts
• Weekly Status Emails
TASK 2: Prepare an Initial Study
The contents of the IS will be consistent with all applicable provisions of 15063 of the State
CEQA Guidelines.
Executive Summary: EI will prepare an executive summary section that briefly smnmarizes the
project description, overview, project purpose and need, and enviromnental conclusions. A table
displaying the environmental findings, specifically, the potential impacts and mitigation measures
(if applicable) will also be provided in this section.
Project Description: The project description will be prepared in coordination with the City and
will be incorporated into the IS by EI. This section will provide a detailed project overview,
project location, project characteristics, construction scenario, and relevant project elements. EI
will use the project description to evaluate the potential environmental impacts of the project.
Environmental Assessment: EI will complete a focused environmental assessment that will
include an introduction as well as an analysis of the CEQA issue areas. EI will utilize all relevant
existing information (as appropriate) for assessing the environmental impacts associated with the
proposed project.
All resource areas will include an assessment of: 1) environmental setting; 2) applicable laws,
regulations, and standards; 3) significance criteria; 4) impact analysis (hoth construction and
operational); and 5) mitigation measures (if applicable). Maps, graphics, tables, and figures will
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also be provided in the sections, where relevant. The environmental assessment section of the IS
will include a discussion of project's potential to result in impacts related to the following
resources:
• Aesthetics -EI will assess the visual resources within the project area (including scenic
highways, scenic resources, and scenic vistas), and describe sensitive receptors. The project is
expected to be consistent in its design and relevant components with the existing bikeway
trails in the area. EI will use relevant information including the site plans, City's General Plan
and State of California Officially designated State Scenic Highways to determine whether the
project will substantially damage scenic highway resources, substantially degrade the existing
visual character or quality of the site and the surrounding area, or create new sources of light
or glare. EI will complete a site visit to assess and record the current site conditions for this
analysis.
• Air Quality I Greenhouse Gas Emissions -EI will evaluate the air quality conditions and
greenhouse gas emissions relevant to the project. The conditions within the City's area-the
South Coast Air Basin and South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) will be
assessed, sensitive receptors will be identified, and the potential for the proposed project to
violate or exceed existing plans, California Ambient Air Quality Standards, or state
attainment (according to the California Air Resources Board; CARB), will be assessed for the
project. Although there would be the potential for short-tenn construction related impacts the
project consists of improvements to bikeway trails, which would be expected to reduce the
vehicle miles traveled per year. This shift would be expected to result in a long-term positive
air quality and greenhouse gas emissions impacts.
EI has retained the services of Terry A. Hayes Associates (TARA) to prepare an Air Quality
and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Analysis. This analysis will focus on the emission benefits
realized by implementing bikeway improvements projects. The City has indicated that the
proposed project would result in a regional decrease of 793,682 vehicles miles traveled per
year. TARA will quantif'y the associated decrease in criteria pollutants and ozone precursors
using the CARB 's EMF AC20 11 model. EMFAC20 11 is the latest emission inventory model
for motor vehicles operating on roads in California. This model reflects CARB' s current
understanding of how vehicles travel and how much they pollute. The EMFAC20 11 model
can be used to show how California motor vehicle emissions have changed overtime and are
projected to change in the future. Both construction and operational emissions associated with
the project will be evaluated. The assessment will include a comparison of regional (e.g.,
equipment and truck trips) and local (e.g., equipment) construction emissions to the
significance thresholds established by the SCAQMD. Construction assumptions will be
established in coordination with the City.
The findings of the Air Quality and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Analysis will be incorporated
into the Air Quality section and Greenhouse Gas. Emissions section (which will follow
Geology and Soils) of the IS.
• Biological Resources -EI will describe all existing general and sensitive biological resources
that may be impacted by the project. This section· will include a review of the California
Natural Diversity Database, the California Native Plant Society resources, Orange County
Natural Communities Conservation Plan/Habitat Conservation Plan, as well as other
databases and resources that are related to biological resources, including but not limited to
additional documents, surveys, plans, policies, and other resources that are maintained by the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and California Department of Fish and Wildlife. EI will also
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describe any local, regional, or other conservation plans that may be relevant to the analysis
of the project. This proposal assumes that EI will complete one biological resources survey
(to assess the biological resources including the. wildlife, biological habitat and the City's
creeks, riparian habitat, and creekbeds i.e. San Juan Creek and Trabuco Creek which would
be located alongside that by the project).
• Cultural Resources -EI has retained the services of Cogstone's archaeological and
paleontological specialists to provide support for the completion of the cultural resource
section of the IS. This section will include a records search and review of background
research at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, South Central Coastal
Information Center at California State University, Fullerton, and through Native Annerican
consultations, as well as a review of geological maps, prior paleontological studies and
describe any existing archaeological or paleontological resources that occur in the project
vicinity and provide an analysis of potential impacts of the project on these resources: This
section will also identif'y whether the project would be expected to result in a substantial
adverse change to historical or archaeological resources as defined in Section 15064.5 of the
CEQA Guidelines; or would disturb or destroy unique paleontological resources, geological
features; or human remains. A field survey for the presence of cultural or paleontological
resources is not required for preparation of an IS. However, a technical memo will be
prepared and will provide the result and recommendations for th.e project.
• Geology and Soils-EI will assess the potential for the project to expose people or structures
to risks related to fault rupture, seismic ground shaking, seismic-related ground failure
(including liquefaction), and geotechnical factors. EI will utilize information including a
review of the ridgelines located in the City, the State Hazards Map and the Alquist-Priolo
Earthquake Fault Zoning Map issued by the State Geologist to asses these potential impacts.
• Hazards and Hazardous Materials -EI will review an Environmental Data Report as well as
the appropriate lists and databases to determine whether the project: 1) would create a
significant hazard to the public or environment through routine transport, use, or disposal of
hazardous materials, accidental release; 2) would emit or handle hazardous materials within
0.25 mile of an existing or proposed school; 3) would be located on a site that is included on
a list of hazardous materials sites compiled pursuant to the Government Code Section
65962.5; 4) would be located within an airport land use plan, within 2 miles of a public
airport or public use airport or a private airway; 5) would impair or interfere with an adopted
emergency response or evacuation plan; or 6) would expose people or structures to risks
involving wildland fires.
• Hydrology and Water Quality The City's San Juan Creek and Trabuco Creek may be
subject to pollutants and sediments carried in the runoff from project efforts. EI will assess
the potential for the project to: 1) violate water quality standards; 2) create or contribute to
runoff - a review of the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System and County
Drainage Area Master Plan; 3) alter drainage or discharge; or 4) degrade water quality,
specifically as it pertains to a review of the City's Water Master Plan and San Juan Creek
Watershed Management Study. EI \\ill further assess the potential for the project to impact
the floodplains or result in flooding, 1 00-year flood hazards, flood hazards (based upon
Federal Emergency Management Agency Flood Insurance Rate Maps), or inundation by
seiche, tsunami, or mudflow (based upon the site's location).
• Land Use and Planning -EI will evaluate the potential for the project to result in impacts to
land use and planning including: 1) dividing an established community; 2) conflicting with
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applicable land use plans, policies, or regulations including the City's General Plan, County
of Orange General Plan, and City Zoning Ordinances or 3) conflict with the Orange County
Natural Communities Conservation Plan/Habitat Conservation Plan. The project would be
consistent with the existing land uses.
• Mineral Resonrces -EI will assess the potential for the project to result in impacts related to
mineral resources including the loss of availability of a known mineral resonrces or the loss
of availability of a locally important mineral resources.
• Noise -EI will provide an analysis of the potential noise receptors in the project vicinity and
evaluate auy impacts to these receptors that would be associated with implementation for the
project. El will determine the potential for the project to expose people to excessive or
potentially significant noise levels or vibration or result in increases in the temporary or
permanent ambient noise levels during construction -operational noise impacts are
anticipated to be negligible.
• Population and Housing -Using statistical information provided by tbe U.S. Census Bureau
and related data, EI will evaluate whether the project has the potential to result in impacts
related to population and housing including inducing substantial population growth,
displacing numbers of existing housing, or displacing substantial numbers of people.
• Public Services -EI will assess whether the project would result in substantial adverse
impacts associated with fire protection, police protection, schools, parks, or other public
facilities by creating a need for altered or new facilities and staff or by altering the service
ratios, response times, or other public service performance measures or objectives.
• Recreation -The proposed improvements to the existing bikeway trails are expected enhance
the existing recreational facilities. EI will evaluate the potential for the project to increase the
use of existing recreational facilities that would result in or accelerate substantial physical
deterioration or include the construction or expansion of recreational facilities that could have
adverse physical effects on the enviromnent.
• Transportation and Traffic -EI will assess whether the project would result in impacts related
to transportation and traffic. The project will utilize standards as set out in tbe OCTA
Commuter Bikeway Strategic Plan and California Department of Transportation adopted
California Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (California MUTCD) 20!2. The
Department requested and has received a letter to confirm substantial conformance from the
Federal Highway Administration (FHW A) for California MUTCD 2012 edition. While the
project would be anticipated to have construction related traffic, the City anticipates that the
project would reduce traffic in the region by approximately 793,682 vehicles miles per year.
Specifically, EI will evaluate the potential for the project to: I) conflict with applicable plans,
ordinances, or policy; 2) conflict with traffic congestion management programs (including the
City General Plan, Department of Transportation, and relevant traffic related material); 3)
alter air traffic patterns; 4) create hazards due to design features; 5) result in inadequate
emergency access; or 6) conflict with alternative transportation poliCies, plans, or programs.
• Utilities and Service Systems -EI will assess how the project may affect utilities and service
systems. This analysis will focus ori the unlikely potential for the project to exceed
wastewater treatment, water supply, and solid waste requirements, or require additional storm
water facilities. This section will also identifY the project's ability to alter the utilities and
service systems demand in comparison to existing uses, and will assess the project's potential
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impacts to utilities an<! service systems based on previously published and existing
information regarding the utilities and service systems.
Other CEQA Considerations: This analysis will include a review of unavoidable impacts,
irreversible impacts, and growth inducing impacts. The evaluation will review the potential
cumulative impacts based upon existing or reasonably foreseeable projects in the surrounding
area. This section will also include a discussion of whether the project would have growth
inducing impacts, significant envirorunental impacts or effects. Additionally, the amilysis will
analyze the mandatory findings of significance which include: degrading, threatening, reducing,
or eliminating the quality of the biological envirorunent or California history or prehistory;
resulting in cumulatively considerable impacts; or resulting in substantial direct or indirect
adverse effects on human beings.
Appendices: EI, in coordination with the City, will prepare, review, and compile the appendices
for the IS.
GIS/Graphics: Preparation of the IS will be supported by El's in-house geographic information
systems (GIS) and graphics team to depict the relevant information for the project. EI will create
various GIS graphics and maps for the assessment using AutoCad, Google Earth Files, Facility
Inventory Maps, ArcGIS, and PDFs.
References: All pertinent materials, studies, or persons consulted in the preparation of the IS
shall be listed within a separate section of tbe IS. The identity of all Federal, State, and local
agencies, or other organizations and private individuals consulted in the IS preparation and the
identity of all persons, firms, and City staff preparing the IS by contact or other authorization,
shall also be listed in the report. EI will further ensure that references to these sources within the
text of the appropriate sections are made by footnote or other means acceptable to the City.
Following receipt of up to two rounds of comments (one draft and one final) from the City on the
IS, EI will incorporate the City's comments and provide the final IS.
Work Product
• Initial Study
TASK 3: Prepare Technical Studies I Technical Support
EI has retained the services of firms with technical expertise in air quality and cultural resources
to complete the technical studies and provide technical support. El' s team includes the following
teams: TARA (Air Quality and Greenhouse Gas Emissions) and Cogstone (Cultural Resources).
The technical studies and support efforts provided by these teams will be seamlessly integrated by
EI into the IS as appropriate.
Work Products
• Air Quality and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Analysis
• Cultural Resource technical memo
TASK 4: Attend Meetings
EI will prepare for and attend project related meetings:
• One (I) orientation/kick-off meeting with City staff (1 hour) ·
• Up to two (2) project status/update meetings with City staff, if needed (I hour each)
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III. Section 3 -Qnalifications and Experience
El' s team for this effort includes qualified experts and specialist in CEQA, air quality, greenhouse gas
emissions, biology, cultural resources, and water related issues. This team has experience with City
projects including public sector trail and related projects. El's team is prepared to support the City
through its compliance process for the proposed project. El's Corporate Office is located in Laguna Beach
less than 1 0 miles away from the City's office. Our project team is based out of our Laguna Beach office
and will be on-call and immediately accessible to the City at a moment's notice. El's core team is
presented below:
Ms. Eimon Raoof Smith (Project Manager) -Ms. Eimon Raoof Smith has more than 9 years of
program and project experience, including the management of multi-disciplinary teams on a variety of
projects that required ISs and environmental compliance including but not limited to compliance with
CEQA. Ms. Smith has prepared all CEQA documentation including ISs, mitigated negative
declarations/negative declarations, environmental impact reports (EIRs), as well as a range of technical
studies, reports, and all CEQA notices for various public sector clients including the Administrative
Office of the Courts, County of Los Angeles, and City of Long Beach to name a few. She has also
provided a range of environmental document review and quality control services inclnding the review of a
DPR form for the City. She will be dedicated to the successful completion of the City's IS for the
duration of the project. In addition to being the City's key point-of-contact, Ms. Smith will be accessible
to the City and serve as an extension ofthe City's staff until the completion ofthisiS.
Mr. William Meade (Environmental Specialist; Noise, Land Use and Planning) -Mr. William Meade
has prepared CEQA documentation, including ISs, and EIRs, as well as noise and visual analysis in
support of urban infrastructure projects as well as utility and renewable energy projects. Mr. Meade has
served as the project manager for the creation of a County of Los Angeles Trails Manual as well as on a
trail project that required coordination between property owners and trail advocates to link existing trails
in Altadena, California and he is familiar with the sensitive issues related to trails projects. He has
analyzed the impacts related to land nse and planning, noise, recreation, population and housing, and
other environmental issue areas for projects located in the County of Los Angeles and the cities of Los
Angeles, Long Beach, and others. Mr. Meade is currently overseeing the environmental compliance and
field operations at a large scale utility project. Mr. Meade's responsibilities include providing guidance to
clients for regulatory issues pertaining to CEQA, ensuring a project's compliance with all mitigation
measures.
Stephen Reynolds -Senior Scientist (Biological Resources I Wetlands) -Mr. Stepheu H. Reynolds
specializes in wetland .and plant ecology, restoration and mitigation planning, and project management
with proven successes on projects throughout southern California. Mr. Reynolds bas a strong technical
knowledge of southern California wetland ecology and has conducted uumerous jurisdictional
delineations and California Rapid Assessment Method (CRAM) evaluations. Further, he has successfully
negotiated the associated permits with the US Army Corps of Engineers, California Department of Fish
and Wildlife, and Regional Water Quality Control Boards. With a strong background in wetland ecology,
particularly isolated wetlands, Mr. Reynolds has authored and managed numerous Habitat Mitigation and
Monitoring Plans, Restoration Plans, Mitigation Banking Plans, and Section 401, 404 and CDFW 1602
permit compliance programs. He has prepared restoration and mitigation and monitoring plans for a
diverse range of native vegetation types including riparian woodlands, riparian scrub, vernal pools, desert
scrub, coastal scrub, chaparral, and native grasslands. Mr. Reynolds is also an expert botanist and has
conducted numerous rare plant and vegetation surveys throughout Southern California.
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.Tustin Smith-Senior GIS Specialist (GIS I Biological Resources) -Mr. Justin Smith has over 5 years
of experience as a GIS specialist, biologist, and environmental compliance portal administrator on a
variety of projects for public sector, private developers, and public energy utilities entities located
throughout southern California. During his tenure, Mr. Smith has managed complex geospatial datasets
for numerous projects and developed project-specific GIS analyses. Additionally, Mr. Smith has led
numerous biological surveys, contributed to biological constraints analyses, prepared technical reports
and habitat assessments, and has monitored numerous mitigation and monitoring plans, restoration plans,
and Section 401, 404, and CDFW 1600 permit compliance programs across a diverse array of projects.
Mr. Smith effectively collaborates across all disciplines of the project team to provide data management,
quality control, and GIS mapping solutions required by clients.
Sherri Gust (Cultural Resources) -Ms. Sherri Gust is an Orange County Certified Professional
Paleontologist and Archaeologist with more than 30 years of experience in cultural resources
management and consulting. She has a substantial amount of experience providing cultural resources
services for projects located in the City of San Juan Capistrano such as the Historic Town Center Master
Plan Update EIR. She has worked on OCTA projects located in the City, various bike trail projects and
has managed more than 750 projects. She has a reputation for professional work, regulatory compliance
and client satisfaction. Ms. Gust is a Registered Professional Archaeologist, is accepted as a principal
investigator for both prehistoric and historical archaeology by the State Office of Historic Preservation's
Information Centers and exceeds the qualifications required by the Secretary of the Interior's Standards
and Guidelines for Archaeology and Historic Preservation.
Sam Silverman (Air Quality and Greenhouse Gas Emissions)-Mr. Sam Silverman's area of expertise
is air quality and greenhouse gas emissions. His specialties are greenhouse gas analysis and preparing air
quality analysis for corrunercial, residential, and industrial development along with transportation
projects. Mr. Silverman's thorough knowledge of air quality analysis methodology includes
comprehensive familiarity with the regional and localized estimation methodology set forth by the South
Coast Air Quality Management District, application of various computer models (e.g., CalEEMod,
EMFAC, AERMOD, Caline-4, and CAL3QHC), health risk assessments (HRAs), and construction and
operation emission inventories.
Resumes for this teara are provided in Appendix A. A selection of our team's relevant CEQA project
experience is provided in the following table.
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PROJECT EXPERIENCE
Environmental Tntefligence, LLC's (El's)-team has been the tmsted consultant on a variety ofCEQAwrelated projects for a range of clients. EI's project approach for this IS will provide the City with a dedicated and local project team that will be
responsive, on-budget, on-schedt1le and will ensure that the City meets all of its CEQA compliance requirements_ The following successfully completed projects demonstrate our team's ability to prepare comprehensive CEQA documents
Project Title 1 Client and Contact Key Personnel Project Schedule I Finn's Role Services Provided Outeemc and Benefits
Location Infllt·mation Contract Amount
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Garcia Adobe City of San Juan Capi~tr~no David Levine-20]3 Prime Consultant The Garcia Adobe Equipment Shed is an adobe brick, wood, El's services ware completed on schedule and on budget
Equipment Shed 32400 Paseo Adel~"to Principal Total Cost~ $825.00 and asphalt shed that was constructed in the l880s and is
San Jmm Cnpbtrano, CA 1 San Juan Canistrnno CA 92675 Eimo11 Raoof I located in the City of San Juan Capistrano (City). EJ
I Mr_ Nick Ta~lor ' Smith-Project completed a peer review and technical assessment to ensure
1 (949) 443-6327 MHilager that the City's DPR tOrm met the requirements of the State
Historic Preservation Office, State Historical Resources
I NTaylor@sanjua,capistrant> org Commission, and Department of Parks and Recreation to
e. identify, evaluate, and pre.~crve this cultural resource. •. i Bandncd Sub~talion Southern Califl)mh Edison D11vid Levine 20! 1·2013 Prime Consultant EI prepared a Proponent's Environmental Assessment (PEA) The PEA was rompletcd on schedule and on budget. EI has I Proj&t 2244 Walnut Grove Ave Principal Total Cost· $250,000 '(CEQA document in support of the constmction of a new 66/12 continued to support the client through subsequent changes to the I Kern County, CA P 0 Box 800 Eimon Raoof 1 Compliance) kilovolt substation. The CPUC is the lead agency and the project description and layout.
Rosemead, CA 9!'170 Smith-Project I
project is subject to CEQA. EI prepared a PEA ducument
I Mr. Tony Barranda Manager that includes a comprehensive analysis of the potential
environmental impacts associated with t!'le development of
(626}484-947] WH!iam Meade-the project. EI has also completed GIS/ grapbica information Environmental tonybarranda@scc.com Specialist and a visual/aesthetic resources analysis for this project and
managed the preparation of an air quality/greenhouse gas
Justin Smith -. emissiom technical report . Senior GIS
Specialist
New Long Beach Administrative Offire of the Eirn11n Ra11of 2009 NIA TI1e New Long Beach Courthouse Projeot required the The IS!MND was completed on time and within budget.
Cot~rthouse Courts(AOC) Smith-Project Total Cost~ $80,000 preparation of an IS/MND for the de-velopment of a new
Long Beach, CA 2860 Gate>~-'IIY Oaks, Suite 400 Manager courthouse building. Ms. Smith managed the preparation of
Sacramento CA 95883 William Mende-the JS/MND and the all technical sh1dies. The key resonrce
Environmental issues included traffic (parking), cultural resources, and air
Mr. Jerry Ripperda Specialist quality/greenhouse gll!l. The new courthouse facility includes
Jl cow"lmoms and approximately, 545,000 building gross
square feet. The facility also provides space for County staff
persons, Cilmmercial office space, retail spaoe, and parking
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Kroc Cnmmunify City of Long Beach Eimon Raoof 2007·2009 NIA The Kroc Community Center City involved the development 'The ErR was successfully completed and the project was
Center 333 West Ocean l3m1lcvard Smith-Project Total Cost· $450,000 of a recreEI'Iional facility on the site of an appro:dmate!y 19· unanimously appro-ved
' Los Angeles County. CA ·Manager acre storm water detention basin. lhe project required 5th Floor compliance with CEQA The environmental team was William Meade-Long Beach, CA 90802 Environmental man~ged by Ms. Sn-rith. The team a! so included Me William
Ms. Jill Griffiths Specialist Meade Ms. -Smith and her team completed an initi~l study,
(562) 570-5237 I EIR, as well as the rdatcd documents including a Findings
Jill.griffiths@longbcach_gov I of Fact/Statement of Overriding Considerations (FOF/SOC),
.I Mitigation Monitoring Reporting Progrnm (MMRP)-This
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project including reports for: hydrology, traffic, cuhural
resoorces, air quality, and nois~
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Replacement (SDG&E)
San Dies,<QCounty, CA 8315 Century Park Ct. CP21E
San Diego, CA 92123
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Building, Martin ChiefExecutive OfficiO l.uther 500 West Temple Street King, Jr. (MLK)
Mul!i-Amhulatory Room 754
Care Center {MACq Los Angeles, CA 90012
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Key Personnel j Projed Schedule I j_ Contract Amount
Finn's Role Setvi.ces Provided
David Levine-12013-Pt~<<t Prime Consultant EI's is preparing a PEA fbr the Tie Line 6926 Project, The
Prine1pal Total Cost· $208,400 (CEQA proposed project v;ould fire harden TL 6926, an existing 69~
E'1mon Raoof Compliance) kV wood transmission line, by replacing existing wood
Smith-I>roject I stmctures with weathering steel poles. El's PEA will be
Manager consistent with the CEQA, the California Public Utilities
Commission (CPUC), md SDG&E guidelines md William Meade-
"''""'"" fo"PEA. Tho PEA wfll o""'"'' ili< potomfO I Environmental
Specialist environmlinta! impacts related lo the CEQA issue areas that
could result from the construction and operation of the
Justin Sruitb-proposed project. The PEA will be included with SDG&E's Senior GIS application to the CPUC for a Permit to Construct, Specialist -----~-Eimon Raoof 2009 Tnc Interns and Phy3icians Building at the MLK MACC
Smith-Proje<:t Total Cost· $50,000 required the preparation of an IS and Categorical Exemption
Manager (CE) for seismic upgrades and improvement This project
William Mende-required Compliance with the CE:QA. The envinmmental
Environmental team and subcontractor:> \liere managed by Ms Smith. Tite
Spe<:ia!ist team also included Mr Wt!liam Meade. Ms. Smith end her
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V11lley Region Los Angeles Unified Schoo! Eimon Raoof 2007-2008 NIA The Los Angeles Unified School D!Slnct (LAUSD) is ! The Effi. was successfully completed.
Bellingham El~mentary District Smith-Proje<:t proposing to expand the existing Bellingham Primary Center
School Project OfficeofEnvin:mment3J Health Manager to accommodate.arlditional cla~srooms and facilitie~ known
North Hollywood. Los and Safety William Me11de-as the Valley Region Belhngham Elementruy School
Angeles, CA I055 West 7th Street. 91h FIOQr Environmental Addition .. The project W<IS intended to, reiiew school
. . Specialist overcrowdmg and was part of a LAUSD s larger master
Los Angeles, Cal<fomta 90017 planning progrn.-n called the "New School Construction
Mr. John Moreno Program and the Facilities Master Plan." The project was
I subjeet to CEQA \'nmpliance. Ms. Smith managed the
preparation of the initial study and EIR for the project and
technical reports including an air quality. noise, and traffic
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Outcome and Benefits Project Title I I Client and Conta::-t~ Key Personnel
Location I Information ~~lie Wind Ene~~Y -E~,;;;k-Energy Eim·_,--,cRc,-,-,c,--+,c,-,c,_-,-,lcl-----icNclcA------+cTh-,-,,-,cifc,_,-:wcio-d-:E-.,-,gy-cP-m-jc-,-, -,-,-.c,.rc.-,-h,--cd,-"-'c''-.P-m-oo-J-f-Th-,-.-E-IR-w-~--,-"'-'-"-'cfu-li-y-,.-m-pci,-J-ro-ru-,c,-,c,-,-,-,.-,c . .,--wM
Kern County, CA (formerly en X co) Sm1tb-ProJect Total Cost~ $2 Mil! ion of an approxm•ately ! Sl megawa!t wmd energy proJ~:ct on una.mmously approved
Rick Miller Manager an approximately 8,300 acre site. Ms. Smith pmpared (III(! 1 William Meade_ managed the preparation and submittal of the applicant's
Upper Oso Habitat
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Orange Cmmty, CA
!5445 Tnnovatirm Dr.
San Diego, CA 92128
(925) 365*3742
Mr. Richard Miller
rick. millcr@edf-re. com
City of Rancho Santa Margarit'l
22112 E! Pasco
Rancho Santa Margarita CA
92688
Mr. Nate f'arns,..;>rth
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Spedalist the Kern County (Lead Agency). Ms. Smith prepared an
entitlement package for the project which included condition
use permits, zone change applications, as well related
planning documents. In addition to this, she and her team
(v.flich included Mr. Meade) prepared an initial study, EIR,
David Levine-
Prin~ipal
Justin Smilh -
Senior GJS
Specialist and
Biological
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2012-Present
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and all of the technical reports (including but not limited to:
acstheticslvisibi!\ty, air quality, biological resource, cultural
resources, geotechnical, ha:atrds {phase I), hydrology, noise,
11nd traffic) fur the project Ms-Smith and her team ;l]so
facilitated the scoping meeting and prepared testimony
('Nhich included an <~pplicant presentation) for the public
hearing_
El provided native habitat restoration planning services I EI's professional services arc on-going as the project rostomtion
pertain•ng to the approximately SO-acre Habitat Restomtron planning is on-t:,oing
Project located within O'Neill Regional Park \>Jiich is
located in the City of Rancho Santa Margarita, California El
pmvided habitat restoration planning and document
preparation, biological surveys and reporting, GIS and
'I mapping (specifically vegetation mapping) services for the
City of Roocho Santa Margarita El completed research,
surveys, completed coordination with numerous involved
parties (e.g., US Fish and Wildlife Services, County of
Orange, Endangered Habitats League, Rancho Mission
Viejo), and provided regular updates to the City of Rancho
Santa Margarita in support of the restoration planning. El I .
improved cost efficiencies based on plnntmg ratios and I
pflleltes, and other mwmgement requirements, including
water efficiencies, materials expenses, and other
considemtions, thro11gh consultation with potentiallandscapc
contractors. The successful implementation of EI's Habitat
Re~toration P!an would increil$C habitat values for target
species including the coastal California gnatcatcher,
Cooper's hawk, cactus wren, grasshopper sparrow, and
riparian birds.
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IV. Section 4-Project Schedule
The 2-month anticipated schedule for the IS tasks described in the scope of work is summarized in the
table below. This schedule provides an overview of the anticipated submittal ranges for each task. El' s
schedule will be closely monitored by El' s Project Manager. Specific dates within the provided ranges
will be finalized during the project orientation I kick-offwith the City.
Scope of Work
. · .. Schedule
Task 1: Project Management November 20131-January 2014
Task 2: Prepare an Initial Study November 2013 -January 2014
Task 3: Prepare Technical Studies I Technical Support November 2013 -January 2014
Task 4: Attend Meetings TBD
NOTE:
1. This date range may change and is subject to the City of San Juan Capistrano's desired Schedule.
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V. Section 5 -Project Budget
The estimated budget for El' s services is provided in this section. El' s budget includes the consolidation
of tasks and responsibilities into a core team of multi-disciplinary specialists that will be led by the
Project Manager. This approach allows for the preparation of a streamlined IS by a focused team.
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NAME:
T!1LE:
EXPERJENCE:
EDUCATION:
Eimon Raoof Smith
Project Manager
9 Years
M.P.P., 2007, Public Policy
(Environmental Policy and Economic
Development), University of Southern
California, Los Angeles, CA
B.S., 2004, Environmental Engineering,
Yale University, New Haven, CT
OTilER TRAINING: Project Management Extended
Education Course. 2008, University of
California, Los Angeles, CA
CEQA Basics and Advanced Trainings.
Association of Environmental
Professionals.
Los Angeles, CA
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Ms. Eimon Raoof Smith has over 9 years of project experience as an environmental consultant and
project manager. Her project experience includes California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
compliance and she has managed and prepared CEQA documents including but not limited to Initial
Studies (ISs), Mitigated /Negative Declarations, and Environmental Impact Reports (EIRs). She has
prepared assessments for all CEQA resource areas and has completed all CEQA compliance documents.
Ms. Smith will serve as the project manager and point-of-contact for the City's IS.
Ms. Smith has managed a range of diverse CEQA efforts for public and private sector clients and she has
facilitated agency coordination and mediation between various stakeholders on a wide range of diverse
and complex projects. She has managed been a member of the California Association of Environmental
Professionals (AEP) and was a board member for the Los Angeles Chapter where she also served as the
Legislative Liaison for two years. She is an experienced trainer and has prepared and provided workshops
on a range of environmental and professional topics including CEQA.
A selection of her project experience is included in this reSume.
Representative Project Experience:
Garcia Adobe Equipment Shed
City of San Juan Capistrano, CA
2013
Project Manager; Ms. Smith managed and completed a peer review and technical assessment for the
City's Deprutment of Parks and Recreation (DPR) form for the Garcia Adobe Equipment Shed. The peer·
review was designed to ensure that City's DPR form meets the requirements of the State Historic
Preservation Office, State Historical Resources Commission, and Department of Parks and Recreation to
identifY, evaluate, and preserve this cultural resource.
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Long Beach Courthouse
Long Beach, CA
2009
Project Manager; Managed and prepared CEQA documents in support of the development of a 480,000
square foot site identified for the development of a new court facility for the Administrative Office of the
Courts. She completed public outreach, noticing, as well as agency coordination. Relevant environmental
issues included: cultural resources and transportation and traffic.
Kroc Community Center-City of Long Beach
Long Beach, CA
2007-2009
Project Manager; Ms. Smith managed, prepared, and reviewed CEQA compliance documentation
including an FIR, notices, and technical reports in support of the project Relevant environmental issues
included air quality, greenhouse gas emissions, hazards, water quality, traffic, and recreation.
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Medical Center Campus Redevelopment 2009-2011
Willowbrook, Unincorporated County of Los Angeles, CA
Project Manager; Ms. Smith managed and prepared program and project-level CEQA documents
including an initial study, EIR and technical studies in support of the 38-acre hospital site. C01npleted
campus master program and campus plamting efforts, public meetings/outreach, permitting, publications,
as well as agency coordination efforts in support of the project. Relevant environmental issues included:
cultural resources, greenhouse gas emisSions, utilities, and transportation and traffic.
Valley Region Bellingham Elementary School, North Hollywood
2008-2009 Los Angeles, CA
Managed and prepared CEQA documents in support of a school development project. Completed an
initial study, EIR, public outreach efforts, noticing, as well as agency coordination for the project.
Relevant environmental issues included: air quality and transportation and traffic.
TL 6926 San Diego Gas & Electric
San Diego County, CA
2013
Project Manager; Ms. Smith is managing the preparation of a Proponent's Environmental Assessment for
San Diego Gas & Electric's Tie Line 6926 Project. She will draft and review PEA sections for SDG&E's
PEA to evaluate potential environmental impacts associated with SDG&E' s efforts to increase system
reliability and reduce lisks associated with known local conditions and potential fire events by replacing
the existing wood poles along the approximate 5-mile TL 6926 alignment with new weatheling steel
poles.
Banducci Substation Project-Southern California Edison
Kern County, CA
2011-2013
Project Manager; Ms. Smith managed the preparation of a PEA for SCE's Banducci Substation Project.
She oversaw staff efforts, reviewed sections, completed a visual resources report, and drafted portions of
tbe PEA. The environmental documentation for tltis project included an agriculture resources impact
assessment, as well as a review of all of the CEQA issue areas. The project entailed the construction of
new 66 kilovolt subtransmission line segments, construction of three new 12 kilovolt distribution circuits,
and construction of facilities to connect the substation to existing telecommunications system.
On-Call Services County of Los Angeles
Los Angeles County, CA
2009-20.11
Project Manager; Ms. Smith managed various environmental services work efforts and submittals under
an on-call contract with the County of Los Angeles. Work efforts under this contract included preparing
CEQA and other documentation such as categorical exemptions, regulatory permitting, and technical
studies. The on-call tasks varied and included relevant project assignments such as the Plaza de Artes y
Cultura.
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William Meade
Environmental Specialist (Noise, Land
Use and Planning)
6 Years
B.A., 2005, Urban and Environmental
Policy, Occidental College,
Los Angeles, CA
Leadership in Energy and
Enviromnental
Design (LEED) Associated Professional
Associate of Enviromnental
Professionals, Los Angeles County
Chapter, 2007-2011
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Mr. William Meade bas 6 years of experience as the project manager and environmental specialist on a
diverse range of projects with clients in Southern California that required compliance with the California
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and National Enviromnental Policy Act (NEPA).
Mr. Meade has prepared CEQA documentation, including fuitial Studies (ISs), Environmental Impact
Reports (EIRs), as well as noise and visual analysis in support of urban infrastructure projects as well as
utility and renewable energy projects. Mr. Meade bas served as the project manager on a trails project for
the County of Los Angeles and is familiar with the sensitive resources and issues related to trails projects.
Mr. Meade analyzed the impacts related to land use and planning, noise, recreation, population and
housing, and other enviromnental issue areas for projects located in the County of Los Angeles and the
cities of Los Angeles, Long Beach, and others. Mr. Meade is currently overseeing the environmental
compliance and field operations at a latge scale utility project. Mr. Meade's responsibilities include
providing guidance to clients for regulatory issues pertaining to CEQA!NEPA, ensuring a project's
compliance with all mitigation measures including air quality, biological, cultural, stormwater pollution
prevention plan (SWPPP) best management practices (BMPs) as well as all other resource avoidance and
mitigation measures; coordinating with clients and El's office and field staff; conducting trainings;
managing the efforts of staff; and completing and reviewing reports. Mr. Meade's representative
environmental docwnentation experience is provided in this resume.
Representative Project Experience:
County of Los Angeles Trails Manual
Los Angeles County CA
2009-2010
Project Manager; Mr. Meade served as the project manager for the creation of a County of Los Angeles
Trails Manual as well as on a trail project that required coordination between property owners and trail
advocates to link existing trails in Altadena, California and he is familiar with the sensitive issues related
to trails projects.
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New Long Beach Courthouse
Long Beach, CA
2009
Environmental Specialist; Mr. Meade prepared IS documents in support of the project. Mr. Meade
completed a noise technical report as well as several sections of the IS, including the land use and
planning section.
Banducci Substation Project
Kern County, CA
2011-2013
Environmental Specialist; Mr. Meade prepared sections of the PEA for the Banducci Substation Project.
Mr. Meade analyzed the impacts related to agriculture and forestry resources, land use and planning,
utilities and other environmental issue areas and reviewed the air quality and greenhouse gas emissions
assessments.
East Kern Wind Resources Area
San Bernardino County, CA
2013 -Present
Lead Environmental Specialist; Mr. Meade currently manages field operations including environmental
monitoring and coordination for the project. He also performs environmental construction monitoring for
the construction of the entire project and its components. Mr. Meade's responsibilities include
cdordinating with SCE and El' s office and field staff; managing the efforts of the monitoring staff;
completing and reviewing daily monitor reports; CEQAINEPA consulting, and ensuring the project's
compliance with all mitigation measures including air quality, biological, cultural, SWPPP BMPs as well
as all other resource avoidance and mitigation measures.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Medical Center Campus Redevelopment Project
Los Angeles County, CA
2009-2011
Environmental Specialist; Mr. Meade was an integral pat of the team that provided environmental
documentation, including the preparation of an initial study and EIR in support of a program-level
development of the more than 38-acre medical campus under two programmatic tiers. Mr. Meade
completed a noise technical report as well as several sections of the EIR, including the land use and
planning section.
Kroc Community Center, City of Long Beach
Los Angeles County, CA
2007-2009
Enviroumental Specialist; Mr. Meade was an integral part of the team that provided environmental
documentation, including an initial study and EIR in support of development of a recreational facility on
the site of an approximately 19-acre storm water detention basin. Mr. Meade completed several sections
of the EIR, including the land use and plarming section.
Various Projects 2009-2012
Inyo County, Kern County, and Los Angeles County, CA
Project Manager; Projects managed by Mr. Meade include environmental documentation and consulting
services at the Lodi DMV, sound monitoring at the Hollywood Bowl, the County of Los Angeles Trails
Manual, and the Owens Valley Mitigation Monitoring Program. Mr. Meade's project management
responsibilities have included coordination with clients; budget oversight; coordination of in-house
biologists, archeologists, and other staff; coordination with sub-consultants; and organizing and hosting
public meetings.
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Justin E. Smith
Senior GIS Specialist
5 Years
M.S. Biology, 2013, California
State University, Fullerton
RS. Biological Sciences, 2007,
California State University,
Fullerton
CERTIFICATIONS: USFWS Section lO(a)(l)(A) Permit
TE-74590A-O coastal California
gnatcatcher (Polioptila ca/ifomica
ca/ifomica)
OTilER TRAIWNG : C'EQAJNEP A Advanced and Basics
Trainings. Association of
Environmental Professionals.
PROFESSIONAL: Associate of Environmental
Professionals, Orange County
Chapter, 20!2-Present
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Mr. Justin Smith has over 5 years of experience as a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) specialist,
biologist, and environmental compliance portal administrator on a variety of projects for public sector,
private developers, and public energy utilities entities located throughout southern California. During his
tenure, Mr. Smith has managed complex geospatial datasets for numerous projects and developed project-
specific GIS analyses. Additionally, Mr. Smith has led numerous biological surveys, contributed to
biological constraints analyses, prepared tecbni_eal reports and habitat assessments, and has monitored
numerous mitigation and monitoring plans, restoration plans, and Section 401, 404, and CDFW 1600
permit compliance programs across a diverse array of projects. Mr. Smith is currently preparing a
Western Riverside Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan (MSHCP) consistency analysis and
Determination of Biological Equivalent or Superior Preservation (DBESP) for a major southern
California utility. Mr. Smith effectively collaborates across all disciplines of the project team to provide
data management, quality control, and GIS mapping solutions required by clients. Mr. Smith is able to
efficiently gather, analyze, and integrate spatial data into effective cartographic products for reports and
documentation. He has a strong communications skill set and has consistently demonstrated this ability to
effectively and accurately analyze and portray GIS data to project staff to make well informed decisions.
Mr. Smith's strong background in GIS, biological resources, and enviromnental policy provide him with a
well-rounded skill-set and highly effective knowledge that will support his work on the Initial Study.
Recent Experience
East Kern Wind Resource Area (EKWRA); Southern California Edison
Kern County, CA
2013-Present
Senior GIS Specialist and Assistant Project Manager; Mr. Smith manages extensive geospatial field data
collected by construction monitors including: JD features, nesting bird locations, environmentally
sensitive areas (ESAs), and other potentially sensitive resources. On a weekly basis, Mr. Smith provides
SCE with project-wide ESA layer updates to ensure up-to-date accuracy and environmentally compliant
project execution.
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Devers-Mirage System Split Project; Southern California Edison
Riverside County, CA
2011-Present
Project Manager and Senior GIS Specialist; Mr. Smith managed daily environmental construction
monitoring for this large-scale utility project, focusing on SWPPP, air quality, noise, and general
environmental mitigation measures. Mr. Smith provided on-call and emergency environmental
monitoring, often resulting in 24 hours per day, 7 day per week monitoring coverage. Mr. Smith
coordinated directly with SCE's Environmental Coordinator, project management team and construction
toreman to maintain environmental compliance. Mr. Smith's work also included noise and visual impacts
for the project via GIS analyses and preparing maps and figures for SCE personnel.
Banducci Substation Project
Kern County, CA
2011-2013
Senior GIS Specialist; Mr. Smith managed the preparation of graphics and GIS analyses associated with a
PEA for the Banducci Substation Project. The environmental documentation for this project included an
agriculture resources impact assessment and a review of all of the CEQA issue areas.
El Casco Systems Project; Southern California Edison
San Bernardino and Riverside Counties, CA
2009-Present
GIS Specialist, Assistant Project Manager and Biological Monitor; Mr. Smith performed pre-NTP,
construction clearance, and daily biological sweep surveys for all bio-resources. Also, Mr. Smith has
monitored and documented avoidance of sensitive biological resources. Effectively communicated and
col!aboratively worked with construction foremen and SCE site representatives to complete work with
established buffers around sensitive resources. Mr. Smith helped to manage geospatial field data and
created cattographic products for SCE. Mr. Smith also managed geographic data entered in to the
environmental compliance portal.
Montebello Hills Oil Field; Plains Exploration
Montebello, Los Angeles County, CA
2010-Present
Senior GIS Specialist and Biologist; Designed and managed field data collection and analysis. Conducted
vegetative and gnatcatcher habitat analyses using GIS. Monitored and documented avoidance of
resources, particularly California gnatcatcher and coastal sage scrub during ongoing oil operations and
site restoration projects in preparation for private residential development.
Wildflower Green Energy Farm; Element Power
Antelope Valley, Los Angeles County, CA
2010-Present
Senior GIS Specialist; Served as Senior GIS Specialist for this 4,000+ acre grassland monitoring and
management project. Principle GIS duties include quality control measures for field data collection,
statistical and GIS analyses of project impacts, maintaining effective communication among interested
parties, data management, statistical and GIS analyses, production of graphics, and preparation of formal
reports.
Centennial; Centennial Founders, LLC
Antelope Valley, Los Angeles County, CA
2010-2010
Senior GIS Specialist and Lead Biological Field Technician; Served as Senior GIS Specialist and Lead
Biological Field Technician for all aspects of this multiyear, 50,000+ acre grassland monitoring project at
Tejon Ranch. Principle duties included training and supervision of field crews, coordinating with Project
Manager and prioritizing daily field and office logistics for several sites, establishing and maintaining
effective communication within the team, extensive data management and statistical analyses, GIS
analyses and graphics, and preparation of formal reports.
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Stephen H. Reynolds
Senior Scientist (Biological Resources
and Wetland)
10 Years
M.S. Conservation Biology, hiatus,
State University of New York, College
of Environmental Science and Forestry.
Syracuse, NY.
B.S. Geology, 2001, James Madison
University. Harrisonburg, VA.
B.S. Biology, 2001, James Madison
University. Harrisonburg, VA.
0111ER TRAINING: USACE Federal and Arid West Region.
Wetland Delineation. 2007. WTI.
Rare Plants of San Diego County . .2008.
California Native Plant Society.
California Oaks: Planting & Protecting
Our Urban Forests. 2011. Council for Watershed Health.
PERMITS AND California Dept. of Fisb and Game Collecting Permit for State-Designated
CERTIFICATIONS: Endangered, Threatened, or Rare Plants.
Qualified Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan Practitioner (in progress)
PROFESSIONAL
MEMBERSHIPS:
Society of Wetland Scientists
Ecological Society of America
Southern California Botanists
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Society for Conservation Biology
California Native Plant Society
California Native Grasslands Association
Mr. Stephen H. Reynolds specializes in wetland and plant ecology, restoration and mitigation planning,
and project management with proven successes on projects throughout southern California. Mr. Reynolds
has a strong technical knowledge of southern California wetland ecology and has conducted numerous
jmisdictional delineations and California Rapid Assessment Method (CRAM) evaluations. Further, he has
successfully negotiated the associated permits with the US Army Corps of Engineers, California
Department of Fish and Wildlife, and Regional Water Quality Control Boards. With a strong background
in wetland ecology, particularly isolated wetlands, Mr. Reynolds has authored and managed numerous
Habitat Mitigation and Monitoring Plans, Restoration Plans, Mitigation Banking Plans, and Section 401,
404 and CDFW 1602 permit compliance programs. He has prepared restoration and mitigation and
monitoring plans for a diverse range of native vegetation types including riparian woodlands, riparian
scrub, vernal pools, desert scrub, coastal scrub, chaparral, and native grasslands. Mr. Reynolds is also an
expert botanist and has conducted numerous rare plant and vegetation surveys throughout San Diego
County.
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Experience with Similar Projects:
Montebello Hills Oil Field; Plains Exploration
Montebello, Los Angeles County, CA
2008-Present
Senior Scientist; Mr. Reynolds performed emergency and full jurisdictional delineations and
documentation for all jurisdictional non-wetland Waters of the United States, Section 404 wetlands and
State wetlands, non-wetland Waters of the State, and Streams and Lakes subject to California Department
of Fish and Game Code 1600. Assisted in the acquisition of numerous permits, including Section 404,
401, and 1602 permits, and managed ongoing management programs to ensure compliance with
numerous county, state, and federal regulations. Designed and implemented mitigation strategies to offset
impacts to wetlands and waters.
Wildflower Green Energy Farm; Element Power
Antelope Valley, Los Angeles County, CA
2010-Present
Project Manager; Mr. Reynolds serves as Project Manager for this 4,000+ acre grassland and vernal pool
monitoring and management project. Principle management duties include design and implementation of
survey protocol, supervision of field crews including surveys for all jurisdictional non-wetland Waters of
the United States, Section 404 wetlands and State wetlands, non-wetland Waters of the State, and Streams
and Lakes subject to California Department ofFish and Game Code 1600, coordinating and prioritizing
field and office logistics, establishing and maintaining effective communication among interested parties,
data management, statistical and GIS analyses, production of graphics, and preparation of formal reports,
including the primary author of the project Biological Constraints Analysis and Biota Report submitted to
the Los Angeles County Significant Ecological Area Technical Advisory Committee.
Water Valley Project; Southern California Edison
San Bernardino County, CA
2012 -Present
Senior Scientist; Mr. Reynolds prepared the habitat restoration plan for over 38 potential miles of creosote
scrub and saltbush scrub throughout the Mohave Desert. He ranked the prioritization of areas for
management and invasive species removal. He is the primary author for site restoration and management
plan for the area including erosion control plan, planting plan, management and monitoring plan, and
reporting requirements. Mr. Reynolds worked with the Bureau of Land Management to coordinate the
plan's approval.
Turnbull Canyon Riparian Restoration Project; PXP
Whittier, CA
2012-Present
Project Manager; Mr. Reynolds performed delineations and documentation for all jurisdictional wetlands
and waters in support of the acquisition of necessary Section 404, 40 I, and I 602 permits. These permits
were used to implement the Turnbull Canyon Riparian Restoration Project. Mr. Reynolds was the
primary author and project manager for the restoration and management plan for the area including
erosion control plan, planting plan, irrigation plan, management and monitoring plan, public outreach
plan, and reporting requirements under Section 404, 401, and 1600 permits. Mr. Reynolds provided
oversight and QA/QC for project implementation and ongoing monitoring and reporting requirements.
The plan was approved by the CDFW and US ACE.
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SHERR! GUST, RP A
Princioal Investigator for Paleontology/ Archaeology
1994 M.S., Anatomy (Evolutionary Morphology), University of Southern California, Los Angeles
1979 B.S., Anthropology (Physical), University of California, Davis
SUMMARY QUALIFICATIONS
Ms. Gust is a Qualified Principal Paleontologist and Registered Professional Archaeologist with more than 34 years of
experience in paleontological and cultural resources management. She is a certified/qualified principal paleontologist in
all California cities and counties that maintain lists, including the County of Orange. She hOlds California and Nevada
BLM paleontolOgy and cultural permits. She has experience with bike trail projects on behalf of municipalities ·and
public works departments involving paleontological and archaeological resources. She is knowledgeable of the processes
and procedures required to obtain NEP A, NHP A Section 106 and CEQA environmental approvals. Ms. Gust meets
national standards in archaeology set by the Secretary of Interior's Standards and Guidelines for Archaeology and
Historic Preservation. She is accepted as a principal investigator for both prehistoric and historical archaeology by the
State Office of Historic Preservation's Information Centers. Ms. Gust's expertise in the paleontology of the western
United States includes research, survey, assessment of impacts/effects, significance criteria and determinations,
management plans, mitigation implementation, fossil identification and analysis. Her expertise also includes historical
archaeology of California (statewide) and prehistoric archaeology in the central and southern California coastal and
inland areas, Tasks personally performed include research, record searches, survey, assessment of impacts/effects,
significance criteria and determinations, management plans, mitigation implementation, research designs, treatment
plans, human osteological identification and analysis, faunal identification and analysis and archaeological site damage
assessments, Ms, Gust is an Associate of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County in the Vertebrate
Paleontology and Rancho La Brea Sections. She is a Member of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology and the Society
of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists.
SELECfED PROJECTS
Borrego Wash Maintenance and Trail-Repair Project, Whiting Ranch Wilderness Park, Lake Forest, Orange
County, CA. Performed paleontological and archaeological record searches, field survey, sacred lands file search,
and reporting under subcontract to RBF Consulting. Relocated prehistoric bedrock mortar site and made
recommendations for future mitigation. This study was requested by the County of Orange to meet their
responsibility as the lead agency under the CEQA The project involved restoring entrance access and repairing
multiple trail and road washouts within the park, thus making the park safe forrecreational.use again. Principal
Paleontologist and Archaeologist. 2011-2012
Edison Rigbt~of~Way Bikeway, Caltrans District 12, Anaheim, Orange County, CA. Directed record searches,
background research, survey and prepared Historic Properties Survey Report for proposed bike trail for Cal trans
District 12 under subcontract to RBF Consulting. Project Manager and Principal Archaeologist. 2010
Santiago Creek Bike Trail Improvements, City of Santa Ana Department of Public Works, Santa Ana, Orange
County, CA. Performed an archaeological record search, field survey, Native American consultation, and prepared
an Archaeological Survey Report (ASR) and a Historic Property Survey Report (HPSR) for Caltrans District 12
under subcontract to RBF Consulting. This study was to determine the potential effects on cultural resources for
improvements to the bike trail. Project Manager and Principal Archaeologist. 2008
Bommer Canyon Interpretive Nature Trail, City of Irvine, Orange Comity, CA. Performed paleontological and
archaeological record searches, Native American consultation, pedestrian survey and prepared an assessment report
for the City of Irvine under subcontract to Templeton Planning Group. Project Manager and Principal
Paleontologist and Archaeologist. 2007
Pacific Coast Highway (SR 1) Bike Path Project, Caltrans District 12, Seal Beach, Orange County, CA.
Performed a paleontological and archaeological literature review, background research, an paleontological and
archaeological survey, and prepared a final assessment report with'recommendations for mitigation for an interim
Class I bikeway I regional path to be built along the Pacific Coast Highway (State Route l) from Seal Beach
Boulevard to Anderson Street. Project Manager and Principal Paleontologist and Archaeologist. 2003
Lemon Hill Recreational Trail, City of Villa Park, Orange County, CA. Determined the potential effects on cultural
resources for construction of the proposed trail on the west side of Lemon Street between Santiago Blvd. and
Valley Drive. Performed archaeological record search and background research, pedestrian survey, and prepared
final assessment report (negative results) with recommendations for mitigation. This study was requested by the
City of Villa Park to meet their responsibilities as the lead agency. Principal Archaeologist. 2008
Rose Creek Bike Path, San Diego Associate of Governments, San Diego County, CA. Provided an Archaeological
Survey Report (ASR) and Historic Property Survey Report (HPSR) under subcontract to Nasland Engineering.
Principal Archaeologist. 2012-20!3
San Gabriel River Bike Trail, Los Angeles County, CA. Performed archaeological record search and literature
review, pedestrian survey, and preparation of final assessment report with mitigation plan for the County. The
project consisted of rehabilitating approximately 6.5 miles of the existing bicycle path from Whittier Narrows Dam
in Pico Rivera to Florence Avenue in Downey involving resurfacing, reconstruction, construction of the bicycle
path pavement, and provision of the safety enhancements. Principal Archaeologist. 2003~2004
Soledad Canyon Road Maintep.ance and Upgrade, Los Angeles County Department of Public Works, Los
Angeles, CA. Performed an archaeological record search and literature review, conducted a pedestrian survey
(negative results), and wrote an assessment report with recommendations. Principal Archaeologist. 2004-2005
San Juan Capistrano
Historic Town Center Master Plan Update EIR, San Juan Capistrano, Orange County, CA. Conducted a
survey and assessment to determine the potential effects on cultural resources of potential changes to the
Historic Town Center Master Plan area in support of a project~level EIR. Supervised archaeological and
paleontological record searches, research, and survey plus Native American consultation for the 31-acre tovm
center. Evaluated resources, including updated site records and impact assessment. Sub to the Templeton
Planning Group. Principal Archaeologist and Paleontologist. 2011
Sun Ranch Drainage Improvement Project, City of San Juan Capistrano Public Works Department. Provided
archaeological and paleontological monitoring for a 0.5 mile con·crete pipeline inStallation project located in the
southwesterly portion of the City of San Juan Capistrano. Principal Archaeologist and Paleontologist. 2012
San Juan. Capistrano Substation Getaways Project, City of San JUan Capistrano/AIRX Utility Surveyors,
Inc./ San Diego Gas & Electric. Conducted archaeological monitoring of 67 pothole excavations within the
utility corridor for improvements. Prepared an Archaeological Resources Monitoring Compliance Report. This
work was completed to meet the requirements of the City of San Juan Capistrano as the lead agency under the
California Environmental Quality Act. Principal Archaeologist. 2012
Interstate 5 HOV Lane Ext.ension Project, Caltrans District 12. Prepared a Paleontological Mitigation Plan (PMP)
and an updated evaluation for the in the cities of San Juan Capistrano, Dana Point, and San Clemente in Orange
County. Sub to ECORP Consulting. Principal Paleontologist. 2012
Ortega Ranch, San Juan Capistrano, Orange County, CA. Scientifically significant specimens oflate
Pleistocene mammoth were recovered by paleontological salvage at Ortega Ranch. Portions of three molars of
a mammoth were recovered from approximately 80 centimeters below topsoil. Subcontractor to Ecorp
Consulting. Principal Paleontologist. 2006
OCTA, Metrolink Expansion Services Project, Orange County, CA. Paleontological and Archaeological Phase I
Assessments for Double Track Extension between San Juan Capistrano and Laguna Niguel. Tasks included record
searches, dual surveys, Native American consultation, site records, and report. These studies were requested by the
OCT A to meet their responsibilities as the lead agency under CEQ A. Subcontractor to PB Americas. Principal
Paleontologist and Archaeologist. 2007-2009
SAM SILVERMAN
environmental planner-s
SENIOR ASSOCIATE
Education
University of Callfomia, Los Angeles, School of Public Health, Master of Science, Environmental Health, 2001
University of California, Santa Barbara, Bachelor of Science, Environmental Studies, 1999
Mr. Silverman joined TAHA in 2006 as a Senior Environmental Scientist. His specialties are greenhouse
gas analysis and preparing air quality and noise analyses for commercial, residential, and industrial
development along with transportation projects. Mr. Silverman's thorough knowledge of air quality
analysis methodology includes comprehensive familiarity with the regional and localized estimation
methodology set forth by the South Coast Air Quality Management District, application of various
computer models (e.g., CaiEEMod, EMFAC, AERMOD, Caline-4, and CAL30HC), health risk
assessments (HRAs), and construction and operation emission inventories. His. knowledge of noise
analysis methodology includes noise monitoring, noise models (e.g., Sound2000), and mobile (Federal
Highway Administration RD-77-108 noise calculation formulas) and stationary source analyses.
Mr. Silverman's air quality and noise reports follow a general format. Mr. Silverman typically assesses
regional construction emissions using California Air Resources Board's (GARB) URBEMIS2007
emissions inventory model. Localized construction concentrations are estimated using similar
methodology as regional emissions and analyzed using SCAOMD localized significance threshold
guidance. Regional operational emissions are calculated using average daily traffic and GARB's
CaiEEMod or EMFAC models. Localized carbon monoxide concentrations are calculated using EMFAC
and either the CAL3QHC or CALINE4 dispersion models. Mr. Silverman also analyzes toxic air
contaminants, odors, project consistency with air quality management plans, and cumulative emissions.
In addition, Mr. Silverman estimates greenhouse gas emissions from mobile and stationary sources. The
typical noise analysis includes ambient noise monitoring, quantification of construction noise levels at
nearby sensitive receptors, mobile source noise calculations, and quantification of operational noise
sources (e.g., recreational activity, mechanical equipment, and parking lots).
Relevant Experience
Abbot Kinney Hotel Project Air Quality and Noise Impact Report. Mr. Silverman managing the
preparation of an air quality and noise analysis for a hotel project located in the Venice neighborhood of
the City of Los Angeles. The proposed project included a 92-room hotel facility, 3,000 square feet of
retail use, 1,758 square feet of restaurant use, and remodeling of existing restaurant uses. A total of 174
parking spaces were proposed on the site with 166 spaces in a subterranean parking structure and eight
spaces in the surface valet area. The air quality analysis focused on construction pollutant
concentrations at an adjacent school. The noise analysis focused on valet and trash pick-up activity.
Sunset Time Project EIR Air Quality and Noise Analysis. Mr. Silverman managed the preparation of
an air quality and noise analysis for the construction of 149 hotel rooms, 40 residential condominium
units, five low-income affordable housing units, and 35,456 square-feet of commercial and entertainment
space located in the City of West Hollywood. The air quality analysis focused on regional and localized
construction emissions. The noise analysis focused on noise generated by construction activity and
recreational activity (e.g., pools) on the project site. The noise analysis also included a discussion of
project site compatibility with the existing ambient noise environment.
Hollywood Park Redevelopment Project Air Quality and Noise Impact Report. Mr. Silverman
prepared an Air Quality and Noise Impact Report for the proposed Hollywood Park Redevelopment
Project. The Hollywood Park Redevelopment Project consisted of the redevelopment of the approximate
238-acre Racetrack Grandstand and the Pavilion/Casino and the construction of a new mixed-use
development. The proposed project included demolition of all improvements and structures on the project
site, including the Hollywood Park Racetrack and grandstand, and the new construction of approximately
2,995 for-sale dwelling units, 620,000 square feet of retail space, 75,000 square feet of office/commercial
space, a 300-room hotel including 20,000 square feet of related meeting space, and 10,000 square feet
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of community serving uses. Sensitive receptors located near the project site included residential and
institutional land uses. The air quality analysis focused on regional construction and greenhouse gas
emissions. The key noise issue was land use compatibility for mixing residential with commercial land
uses.
The Plaza at the Glen Project. Mr. Silverman managed the preparation of an air quality and noise
analysis for a m·lxed-use development consisting of 150 condominium units, a 230-room hotel, 450,000
square feet of general office space, 100,000 square feet of medical office space, a 45,000-square-foot
health and fitness center, a 2, 700-seat theater, and a 285,000-square-foot shopping center. The air
quality analysis focused on greenhouse gas emissions and project compliance with local and regional
regulations. The noise analysis focused on delivery truck noise and potential impacts to an adjacent
school.
8801 Sunset Boulevard Project Air Quality and Noise Impact Report. Mr. Silverman managing the
preparation of an air quality and noise analysis for the redevelopment of an approximately 1.0-acre parcel
located at 8801 Sunset Boulevard in the City of West Hollywood. The proposed project included 52,031
square feet of commercial and retail space plus parking. Demolition of the existing one-story, former
Tower Records building would be required to allow for development of the proposed project. The air
quality analysis focused on construction emissions and exposure of nearby sensitive land uses to excess
levels of air pollution. The noise analysis focused on construction impacts to adjacent sensitive land
uses.
Lakes District Specific Plan. Mr. Silverman managed the preparation of air quality and noise analyses
for a mixed-use project in West Covina, CA. The Project Applicant, Charles Company, proposed to
construction 450 apartment units and 20,000 square feet of retail use in the City of West Covina. The
. 6.1-acre project site is located at 301 S. Glendora Avenue. Site access would be provided by three
driveways. Driveways on Lakes Drive and Walnut Creek Parikway would be restricted to resident
access. A driveway on S. Glendora Avenue would be available for residents, guests, and retail
customers. Parking would be provided in a surface lot and multi-story parking structures. The air quality
analysis focused on localized construction emissions and the noise analysis focused on construction
noise.
Movietown Specific Plan Project Air Quality and Noise Impact Report. Mr. Silverman managed the
preparation of an air quality and noise analysis for the construction of approximately 371 residential units
and approximately 32,300 square feet of retail/commercial uses located in the City of West Hollywood.
The air quality analysis focused on greenhouse gas emissions and compliance with local and regional
regulations. The noise analysis focused on construction noise and vibration levels at adjacent movie and
photography studios. Mitigation was proposed to reduce noise and vibration levels.
Village Trailer Park IS/EIR. TAHA is currently preparing an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for a
mixed-use development in the City of Santa Monica. The project includes the closure of the existing
Village Trailer Parik and construction of an approximately 350,000 square-foot mixed-use development
that would be split 35/65 between commercial and residential uses respectively. The non-residential
commercial space would include creative/office space and 11,000 square feet of neighborhood serving
retail. The residential uses would be comprised of 144 apartment units, 109 of these units would be
subject to Santa Monica's rent control ordinance, with 52 of those set aside for low-income residents. The
remaining 37 units would be market-rate apartments. Mr. Silverman is managing the air quality, climate
change, noise, and transportation analyses.
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Client: City of San juan Capistrano
Project: GAP Closure Bike Trails
Duration: 2 Months
Description Title
Date: 11 /8/2013
Doc: Initial Study
Billing Rate Project Duration
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