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•i• QUALIFICATIONS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL AND PLANNING SERVICES •:' <br />CEQA Studies and Compliance Services - Typical Work Approach. UltraSystems bring to the City the <br />immediate availability of technical depth and expertise necessary to fulfill all requirements. We see the key <br />elements required under CEQA/NEPA and technical studies a to include: <br />• Preparation of CEQA/NEPA documents, ranging from Categorical Exemptions/Exclusions, Initial <br />Studies/Mitigated Negative Declarations to EIRs/EISs; <br />• Coordinating with external agencies and the public, as necessary; <br />• Acting as an extension of City staff to complete environmental deliverables, and obtain regulatory <br />approvals; <br />• Familiarity and compliance with FAA and ALUC requirements; <br />• Familiarity and compliance with Caltrans District 12, and local assistance programs for public -agency <br />initiated projects; <br />• Preparing and implementing mitigation monitoring and reporting programs; <br />® Preparing technical studies (e.g., air quality, biological resources, cultural resources, GHG, socioeconomic, <br />noise, hydrology and water quality, land use, etc.) to support the CEQA/NEPA environmental documents; <br />• Providing comprehensive outreach and stakeholder meetings, when necessary; and <br />• Providing technical support during public hearings, to regulatory agencies or to City Council. <br />The UltraSystems project team (lead by Betsy Lindsay, MURP, Sr. Project Manager and Hina Gupta, MURP, LEED- <br />AP, Deputy Project Manager) are fully equipped to undertake the completion of the CEQA/NEPA project -level <br />environmental documents for the City. Presented below are Ivey environmental issues that would typically be <br />included within most CEQA/NEPA environmental documents. <br />3.1 Key Environmental Issues <br />Generally, the following topical areas are included in some capacity within an environmental document. The <br />topical issues are based on the complexity of the project. They, include the following: <br />1 <br />Traffic I Access I Circulation <br />2 <br />Air uali GHG - <br />3 <br />Blolo ical Resources I RegulatorPermitting, <br />4 <br />Nelse I Vibration <br />S <br />Enerav <br />6 <br />Land Use I Open Space I New Growth Issues I Parks anti Recreation. <br />7 <br />Socioeconomics I Communities I Environmantal justice <br />8 <br />1 Geolov I Soils I Seismicitv and Wdroloev and Water Resources <br />9 <br />Aesthetics I Visual Resources I Computer Sims I 3DVisuals <br />10 <br />Public Services I Utilities ._.�___'.��^^....._...._._.__.._ <br />11 <br />Hazardous Wastes and Materials I Health Risk Assessment <br />12 <br />Cultural Resources I Historical Resources <br />Native American Coordination <br />13 Community Outreach <br />Page 8 <br />Ultra Svstems UEI No.170609 <br />