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RFP #21-017: On -Call Environmental Review Services for the CHAMBERS
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<br />City of Santa Ana Community Development Agency
<br />with several agencies, the ramifications of historic building demolition, least tern nesting mitigation, supervising the
<br />transport and disposal of hazardous material, and coastal zone permitting.
<br />City of Beaumont, IS/MND for Commercial Center, Beaumont, CA
<br />Project Manager. The team evaluated the permit application for compliance with the City's General and Specific Plan
<br />and conducting peer review of the applicant prepared IS/MND to evaluate impacts associated with the project and
<br />ensure compliance with CEQA. The proposed commercial shopping center consisting of approximately 37,800 square
<br />feet of shopping center, a 4,300-square foot bread/donut/bagel shop, a 4,370-square foot car wash, and an 8-service
<br />bay tire store. The proposed project site covers a total of 7.07 acres. The remaining area of the project site would consist
<br />of 56,991 square feet of landscaping and 188,947 square feet of roads and walkways.
<br />Superior Avenue Pedestrian and Bicycle Bridge, Newport Beach, Orange County, CA
<br />Principal in Charge. Chambers Group is working with the City of Newport Beach in the construction of a pedestrian and
<br />bicycle bridge overcrossing Superior Avenue, a new larger parking lot with a range of 100 to 128 parking spaces and a
<br />fenced dog park on an approximately 3.4-acre site. The proposed bridge will connect Sunset Ridge Park to the new
<br />asphalt parking lot located at the northeast corner of West Coast Highway and Superior Avenue. Due to the location of
<br />the project and being partially funded by federal funding, Chambers Group is responsible for preparing CEQA
<br />documentation, NEPA documentation and California Coastal Development Permits. Technical Studies (air quality, GHG
<br />emissions, energy and noise analyses, initial site assessments, hazardous materials analysis, Coastal California
<br />Gnatcatcher focused surveys, visual assessment) and a subsequent IS/MND were prepared as an appropriate CEQA
<br />documentation to provide the public and responsible agencies with information about the potential environmental
<br />impacts associated with Project implementation. This IS/MND includes a project -level analysis of the potential effects.
<br />As a part of the NEPA documentation, Chambers Group was responsible for coordination with the Caltrans Local District
<br />and the resulting preparation of a Categorical Exclusion as the appropriate form of NEPA documentation.
<br />9001 E. Whittier Boulevard Development IS/MND, Pico Rivera, Los Angeles County, CA
<br />Project Manager. The proposed project is located at 9001 Whittier Boulevard. The parcel contains a 12,126-square-
<br />foot drive-thru building, currently occupied by Bank of the West. Dynamic Development intends to purchase the
<br />property and demolish the existing building and construct a new drive-thru for Chick-fil-A and a new retail building,
<br />which will house Bank of the West and one other retail tenant, yet to be determined. The proposed project is located
<br />within the City of Pico Rivera, California and represents infill development. Chambers Group managed the preparation
<br />of an IS/MND and associated technical studies including parking analysis and a traffic impact study. In order to meet
<br />purchase requirements, Chambers Group delivered on a project schedule that necessitated certification at a Planning
<br />Commission meeting on November 21, 2016, after receiving notice to proceed on September 12, 2016.
<br />Quikrete Plant, Initial Study Addendum City of Palmdale, CA
<br />Managing Environmental Planner. The proposed project is located in a vacant lot in the City of Palmdale with a land
<br />use designation of Industrial. A previous MND and Conditional Use Permit were prepared for the project site to be
<br />developed as a bagging facility in 2002 and 2009, respectively. Due to project use changes, the Client prepared an
<br />updated entitlement application for the use of 14 of the 20-acres of the project site and construct a paver plant facility
<br />instead of the previously proposed bagging facility. Chambers Group completed the requested entitlement application
<br />for the proposed project, conducted a site visit with the Client, prepared an addendum summary to the previous MND,
<br />and reviewed and incorporated the results from the following technical studies into the addendum: Air Quality, Cultural
<br />Resources Study, Biological Resources Report, Phase I Environmental Assessment, Acoustical Report, and Geotechnical
<br />Engineering Report. The proposed project and entitlement application were approved by the City of Palmdale Planning
<br />Commission Staff.
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