EPD SOLUTIONS, INC. (ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING DEVELOPMENT SOLUTIONS, INC.) (2)

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A. Project Overview SITE BACKGROUND & PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT The project site is located in the City of Santa Ana near the intersection of West Lake Center Drive and South Susan Street (APNs 414-261-01, 414-242-09, and 414-272-10). The project site consists of a vacant 5.59-acre parcel and Lake Center Office Park (5.75 acres), which is comprised of three office buildings (approximately 178,000 square feet), an artificial lake, site landscaping, and surface parking. The applicant is proposing to amend SD-58, which was originally approved to allow for the development of Lake Center Office Park, to revise the permissible uses to allow for industrial land uses. The project would demolish the existing office park and would construct three industrial buildings totaling approximately 324,044 square feet. As proposed, the project would also require review and approval by the Planning Commission and City Council for a Zoning Ordinance Amendment (ZOA). CEQA APPROACH Based on our review of the materials provided by the City and our understanding of CEQA and the environmental issues associated with the proposed project, it appears that the project is consistent with the requirements set forth under CEQA Guidelines Section 15183 for preparation of a CEQA 15183 Exemption as it is consistent with the City's General Plan Update for which an EIR was certified in 2022. B. Qualifications and Experience Years of Experience EPD has a long history of over 10 years of providing environmental documentation on behalf of both public agencies and private developers in California. EPD staff collectively have many decades of experience managing and preparing all types of CEQA/NEPA documentation, including categorical and 15183 exemptions, initial studies, negative declarations, mitigated negative declarations (MNDs), environmental impact reports (EIRs), and mitigation monitoring and reporting programs (MMRPs), as well as National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) environmental assessments, Findings of No Significant Impact (FONSIs), and Environmental Impact Statements (EISs). Project Team EPD Team The following key staff members lead the EPD Project Management Team. The City's primary day-to-day contact and CEQA Project Principal would be Konnie Dobreva, supported by Meaghan Truman as the Project Manager. Qualifications and resume summaries for these and other staff are provided below. Resumes for all staff assigned to the project are included in Appendix A to this proposal. • Konnie Dobreva, JD, Vice President of Environmental Planning — Project Principal, Quality Assurance/Quality Control • Jeremy Krout, AICP, President — Client Services • Meghan Macias, TE, Transportation Planning Director — Traffic Impact Analysis Peer Review • Alex Garber, Senior Technical Planner — Air Quality, GHG and Energy Analysis Peer Review • Meaghan Truman, Associate Environmental Planner III — Project Management, Technical Study Peer Review, and CEQA Document Peer Review