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A. Statement of Qualifications
<br />2. Firm & Personnel Experience
<br />EXPERIENCE WITH TECHNICAL STUDIES
<br />ARG has extensive, long-range experience producing technical
<br />studies for state and federal environmental compliance
<br />documentation. Experts in the California Environmental Quality
<br />Act (CEQA), Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation
<br />Act, and the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), ARG staff
<br />provide guidance to both private and public clients for project
<br />compliance with environmental law. The types of documentation
<br />provided include historical resource assessments to determine
<br />whether there are historical resources present in a project area;
<br />project impacts analyses; guidance on project mitigation, where
<br />possible; and development and review of project alternatives. With
<br />architectural historians and architects on staff, ARG is uniquely
<br />capable of guiding our clients in the design of projects in such a
<br />way as to achieve the most expeditious environmental result. In
<br />addition to small project -specific environmental studies, ARG has
<br />conducted technical studies for Environmental Impact Reports
<br />for specific plans, master plans, and other long-range planning
<br />documents.
<br />ARG also has extensive experience providing on -call consulting
<br />services within the realm of preservation planning. ARG has, for
<br />many years, provided on -call consulting to several municipalities
<br />for historic preservation services, Including historical assessments
<br />and property evaluations under CEQA, design review, historic
<br />resource surveys and updates, and general assistance for property
<br />research and documentation. ARG can provide preservation
<br />planning services in consultation with City Staff including
<br />technical assistance and support via phone, email, and in person
<br />as requested by the City of Santa Ana. These relationships have
<br />allowed our clients to expand the. range of services and level of
<br />expertise that they can provide in the management of their historic
<br />resources.
<br />PROJECTTEAM IDENTIFICATION
<br />ARG has assembled an expert team to assist with environmental
<br />and planning services requested by the City of Santa Ana. We
<br />propose the following personnel to perform the tasks required
<br />under this contract:
<br />As Project Manager, Evanne St. Charles will oversee all aspects
<br />of requested services and provide day-to-day contact with City
<br />Staff as needed. Evanne has over 7 years of experience working
<br />In historic preservation planning, primarily in the evaluation and
<br />interpretation of the historic resources of Southern California. The
<br />Project Manager of ARG's on -call historic preservation contract
<br />with the City of Anaheim, she has valuable, pragmatic expertise in
<br />the development and administering of local preservation programs.
<br />She also provides leadership in such areas as design review,
<br />California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) compliance, Federal
<br />Rehabilitation Tax Credit projects, and Section 106 documentation.
<br />Evanne will manage any request for environmental services and
<br />technical studies from the City of Santa Ana.
<br />Project team member Mary Ringhoff has extensive experience
<br />conducting historic resources surveys, writing historic context
<br />statements, and documenting and evaluating historic and
<br />archaeological resources. She is currently working onthe citywide
<br />historic resources survey for the City of Tustin, and has completed
<br />numerous historical resource assessments (HRA) in the cities of Los
<br />Angeles, Palm Springs, Redlands, and West Hollywood. Mary will
<br />provide archaeological services, documentation, research, writing,
<br />and interpretive skills for HRAs and other reports as needed by the
<br />City of Santa Ana.
<br />Project team member Andrew Goodrich has managed and worked
<br />on numerous historic preservation projects in the region, including
<br />HRAs in Dana Point, Los Angeles, Glendale, Whittier, and Palmdale;
<br />landmark assessment reports in Santa Monica and Beverly Hills;
<br />CEQA technical reports in Los Angeles, San Diego, San Bernardino,
<br />Claremont, and West Hollywood; and local landmark designation
<br />nominations in Los Angeles, Pasadena, and West Hollywood. He will
<br />provide documentation, research, writing, and interpretive skills for
<br />HRAs and other studies as needed by the City of Santa Ana.
<br />Projectteam member Rosa Fry has contributed to multiple historic
<br />preservation projects while working with ARG, including HRAs in
<br />Los Angeles, Burbank, and Beverly Hills as well as historic context
<br />statements and historic resource survey reports for the City of San
<br />Marino, the City of Tustin, and two historic districts for the City of
<br />Glendale. She will assist with documentation, research, and writing
<br />for HRAs and other studies as needed by the City of Santa Ana.
<br />Katie Horak will serve as Principal in Charge, overseeing all work
<br />done under this contract. Katie is an architectural historian and
<br />preservation planner in ARG's Los Angeles office, with more than
<br />17 years of experience managing complex preservation projects
<br />throughout California. Katie has professional experience in both
<br />the private and public sectors, making her particularly sensitive to
<br />the needs and concerns of local municipalities as related to their
<br />historic preservation programs. A recognized expert in the field,
<br />Katie regularly speaks on preservation topics at local, state, and
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