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Stuart Fraser, RLA <br />Duck/Bird Sanctuary Habitat Design <br />Stuart Fraser is a registered landscape architect and restoration <br />ecologist with more than 15 years' experience working on a <br />variety of public and private sector projects. He specializes in <br />design and implementation for ecosystem restoration and <br />native revegetation, including jurisdictional wetland and <br />sensitive upland habitats, water quality improvements, long- <br />term erosion control, as well as recreation and public access <br />planning for park facilities and trails. <br />EDUCATION <br />California University Pomona <br />MLA, Landscape Architecture, 2001 <br />Humboldt State University <br />BS, Wildlife Management, 1991 <br />CERTIFICATIONS <br />RLA, CA No. 5301, issued 2007 <br />40 -Hour Wetland Delineation Training, <br />Wetland Training Institute, 2017 <br />Mr. Fraser has designed and monitored a diversity of CRAM Trained Practitioner In Riverine, <br />restoration projects for establishment and enhancement of Vernal Pool, and Estuarine Wetlands, 2014 <br />wetlands and upland habitats. In addition to design for USFWSApproved Monitorfor Ridgeways <br />restoration, Mr. Fraser also has conducted recreation design Rail, 2016 <br />planning, including evaluation of existing open space for use FAA CFR 14 Part 107 Remote Pilot <br />and developing design guidelines for non -motorized public Certification (sUAS) 2016 <br />access. He has served as project manager for the implementation of public and private sector projects, which <br />require construction administration and monitoring for both permit and contract compliance. <br />Mr. Fraser's habitat restoration expertise includes; feasibility assessment, conceptual design, design <br />development, and construction document generation, as well as installation and post -construction term <br />monitoring of restoration projects, and environmental compliance for construction projects. He has <br />specialized technical skills for the application of portable GPS, unmanned aerial systems equipment and <br />computer-aided drafting and design software in the preparation of biological inventories, site analysis <br />mapping, the generation of conceptual design graphics, and development of irrigation and planting <br />construction drawings. <br />Project Experience <br />Buck Gully Water Quality Wetlands Project, City of Newport Beach, Orange County, California. <br />Prepared final revegetation and construction documents for a wetlands improvement project in Buck Gully <br />located in Corona Del Mar. Work included erosion control stabilization of highly eroded creek banks, <br />modifications to a storm drain outlet facility to daylight storm flows, improvements to creek road crossing, <br />creation of a secondary creek flood flow water quality treatment wetland area and revegetation of all areas <br />with native upland and wetland species. Work was undertaken by the City of Newport Beach to implement <br />a grant received by the State Water Quality Control Board. <br />Upper Chiquita Reservoir Emergency Storage Reservoir Project, Santa Margarita Water District, <br />Orange County, California. Project manager responsible for environmental compliance management <br />services, habitat restoration design, biological surveys, and overseeing the work of archaeological and <br />paleontological monitors for the approximately 40 -acre Upper Chiquita Reservoir Project. Conducted a <br />review of the construction package, including the project plans and specifications, to incorporate <br />environmental permit conditions into the contract documents. Managed the development of a conceptual <br />habitat restoration plan for the reservoir site following construction. Prepared plans and specifications for <br />the transplantation of existing native cactus prior to construction and for the revegetation of the site <br />.I UDEK •,,_ V <br />25E-58 <br />