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RFP #21-017: On-Call Environmental Review Services for the
<br />Housing Division
<br /> City of Santa Ana Community Development Agency
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<br />A-13
<br /> 63675
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<br />Kelene Strain
<br />Project Manager
<br />Professional Summary
<br />Kelene Strain is a land use and environmental planner with 17 years of diverse
<br />experience in planning, environmental analysis, and mitigation and conservation
<br />banking. Throughout her career she has successfully managed and aided in the
<br />preparation and coordination of environmental documentation in compliance with
<br />CEQA, NEPA, and Tribal Environmental Policy Act. These environmental documents
<br />include Program and Project EIRs, Supplemental EIRs, Focused EIRs, Addendums to EIRs,
<br />Environmental Assessments, Mitigation Monitoring Plans and Reports, ISs, and MNDs.
<br />Kelene’s range of project experience includes large-scale general plans; redevelopment
<br />plans; specific plans; high-density and transit-oriented development; airports, schools,
<br />parks, and recreation facilities and trails; residential developments; hospital facilities,
<br />renewable energy projects, commercial and retail complexes, casinos, and coastal
<br />resort hotels.
<br />Kelene also has experience in obtaining regulatory permit approvals from the US Army
<br />Corps of Engineers (USACE), US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), California
<br />Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW), US Forest Service (USFS), Regional Water
<br />Quality Control Board (RWQCB), and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
<br />(NOAA) Fisheries. She possesses experience in biological surveying, and wetland
<br />delineation and restoration, and mitigation banking compliance efforts that deliver
<br />regulatory permits and approvals, including Prospectuses, Operation and Management
<br />Plans, and Bank Entitlement Instruments.
<br />Kelene has worked closely with CDFW, the California Department of Parks and
<br />Recreation, and Orange County Parks as a volunteer wetland scientist and naturalist at
<br />both Bolsa Chica State Beach and Upper Newport Bay (Back Bay). Her efforts have
<br />included wildlife surveys, habitat restoration, trail maintenance and restoration, water
<br />quality monitoring, and environmental education and public outreach.
<br />Project Experience
<br />Santa Angelina Senior Community Housing Project EA, County of Orange,
<br />Placentia, CA
<br />Project Manager. The Project involves the development of two residential buildings
<br />accommodating 65 units (64 rental units) of affordable housing for senior households,
<br />including a community center and recreational amenities. Building 1 is proposed to
<br />include 41 one-bedroom units, and six two-bedroom units. Building 2 includes 18 one-
<br />bedroom units. The Project will provide a total of 59 one-bedroom units that average
<br />709 gross square feet in size and six two-bedroom units that average 871 gross square
<br />feet in size. The 3.9-acre Project site is currently home to Blessed Sacrament Episcopal
<br />Church, a well-established anchor in the community. The purpose of the project is to
<br />provide low- and moderate-income housing to seniors ages 62 and up earning less than
<br />60 percent of the AMI. Seniors have specialized housing needs and fixed incomes that
<br />are not able to meet the demand of market-rate housing. The project provides the
<br />opportunity for seniors to live in a safe, supportive, and affordable environment.
<br />Developing a housing community with rent-restricted units for senior residents would
<br />also enable the City to meet the unique housing need of senior residents and advance
<br />the City’s effort to meet their Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) of 231 units
<br />for low and very low-income households.
<br />Education
<br />Graduate Studies in
<br />Environmental Policy and
<br />Planning, California State
<br />University, Fullerton, CA
<br />BA, Environmental Studies,
<br />minor in Biology, California
<br />State University, Dominguez
<br />Hills, CA
<br />Affiliations
<br />American Planning
<br />Association
<br />Association of Environmental
<br />Professionals
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<br />EXHIBIT 2
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