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<br />ELMT Consulting I Biology
<br />ELMT
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<br />ELMT is the leader in the field
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<br />of environmental resources
<br />and planning, offers full service
<br />biological consulting services specializing in endangered species
<br />compliance.
<br />■ Biological Inventories
<br />■ Mitigation/Conservation
<br />■ Jurisdictional
<br />Planning
<br />Delineations
<br />■ Resource Management
<br />■ Vegetation/Sensitive
<br />Plans
<br />Habitat Mappinrl
<br />■ Revegetation/Restoration
<br />■ Focused Endangered
<br />Planning
<br />Species Surveys
<br />■ Endangered Species
<br />■ Sensitive Plant Surveys
<br />Permitting
<br />■ Impact Assessments
<br />■ Regulatory Permitting
<br />ELMT has expert in-house biologists experienced in the Federal
<br />and State Endangered Species Acts, the Migratory Bird Treaty
<br />Act, the California Department of Fish and Game Code, the
<br />Clean Water Act, and biological analysis under CEQA and NEPA.
<br />ELMT's relationships with wildlife agencies, regulatory agencies,
<br />federal land managers and various conservation groups allow
<br />the firm to serve as a liaison between the applicant and these
<br />agencies/organizations.
<br />ELMT's biological team has decades of experience in the
<br />biological consulting process. Valued services provided by ELMT
<br />include: conducting habitat assessments to characterize the
<br />biological features of an area, rapidly identifying any sensitive
<br />biological resources, suggesting a compliance strategy to resolve
<br />identified impacts, and working with the client to make sure their
<br />planning needs are met while meeting permitting and mitigation
<br />requirements.
<br />Ganddini Group I Traffic, Air, and Noise
<br />Ganddini Group, Inc., is a technical consulting
<br />services firm dedicated to helping our clients
<br />succeed through a context -sensitive and cost-
<br />effective approach to every project. Ganddini
<br />Group's team consists of licensed engineers and highly qualified
<br />environmental specialists offering expertise in transportation
<br />planning, traffic engineering, parking, noise and vibration, air
<br />quality, greenhouse gas, and energy, with a strong emphasis in
<br />the preparation of technical studies for CEQA compliance.
<br />Ganddini Group has serviced over 500 projects since its founding
<br />in 2018—a testament to the strong working relationships its staff
<br />have developed over previous years with a range of clients,
<br />including planners, engineers, architects, developers, landowners,
<br />property managers, and public institutions and agencies. Proudly
<br />serving California with headquarters in Orange County, Ganddini
<br />Group personnel strives to continue building on trusted working
<br />relationships by applying our professional expertise with integrity
<br />and with every effort to make a positive contribution to the
<br />projects and communities in which they are involved.
<br />Ganddini Group has the requisite experience, technical
<br />capabilities, and licensing to provide the requested services in
<br />a professional and timely manner. Senior personnel have over
<br />100 cumulative years of supporting a range of projects at various
<br />stages of development, from early planning/due diligence through
<br />environmental clearance and entitlements to operational review.
<br />The firm's transportation team consists of licensed engineers
<br />and experienced transportation planners highly knowledgeable
<br />of industry standards such as the Highway Capacity Manual,
<br />Caltrans Highway Design Manual, AASHTO Policy on Geometric
<br />Design of Highways and Streets, California Manual on Uniform
<br />Traffic Control Devices (CA MUTCD), ITE Trip Generation and
<br />Parking Generation Manuals, and the Urban Land Institute (ULI)
<br />Shared Parking method. Technical knowledge is supplemented
<br />with the latest software applications for traffic and parking
<br />analysis, such as Vistro, Synchro/SimTraffic, Highway Capacity
<br />Software, and the ULI Shared Parking Model.
<br />Ganddini Group's noise and air quality team consists of highly
<br />educated environmental analysts with a successful history of
<br />preparing a comprehensive range of technical analyses, including
<br />acoustical modeling, regulatory review and impact assessment,
<br />emissions inventories, greenhouse gas/climate change analysis,
<br />air dispersion modeling, and energy consumption. Ganddini
<br />Group is proficient in the various software programs necessary
<br />for noise, air quality, and related analyses, including Sound32,
<br />TNM, SoundPLAN, RCNM, FHWA Traffic Noise Prediction Model,
<br />CaIEEMod, AERMOD, EMFAC, and CALINE.
<br />d. UNDERSTANDING OF NEED
<br />We understand the City's goal is to work with an experienced
<br />and reliable multidisciplined team with strong leadership to
<br />supplement the City's engineering staff by providing full -service
<br />turn -key professional civil engineering services for civil works
<br />projects, City facilities, parks, and other projects on an as -needed
<br />basis.
<br />General areas of work may entail the following disciplines:
<br />civil design; transportation/traffic; structural; geotechnical; land
<br />surveying; architectural; landscape architectural and irrigation;
<br />environmental; electrical; mechanical; instrumentation and
<br />control systems; fire protection; land surveying; financial
<br />and economic consulting engineering; hydraulic modeling;
<br />evaluations, studies and recommendations related to water
<br />wells, reservoirs, water treatment systems, disinfection systems,
<br />pressure control systems, and sewage lift stations; electrical
<br />and industrial control systems evaluations, studies, drawings,
<br />City of Santa Ana I March 14, 2023
<br />On -Call Engineering Services, RFP No.23-030
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