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i~'l'f. -~~ ~,.d"""'O(m /--" ~ COMBINED AREAS STRATEGIC PLAN FOR TERRORISM PREPAREDNESS 2.7 STATEMENT URS is the ideal team for this project for the following reasons: Direct Recent Relevant Experience - The URS team members are the same individuals that recently completed an identical UASI project for the San Diego UA. Nearly identical to your approach. the San Diego UA includes all of the incorporated cities in the county and developed the strategy to address numerous homeland security related grants. Consequently, the UA strategy was developed as a collaborative strategy and is designed to provide guidance for UASI, Homeland Security and other grant program funding. Due to this experience, we are very familiar with the issues associated with developing a UA strategic plan. We have developed first-hand working relationships with Donna Anderson, the UASI coordinator for the California Office of Emergency Services and John Carnegis, the UASI Program Manager for the US Department of Homeland Security. Office of Domestic Preparedness. Additionally, we offer proven capabilities as we have developed and successfully implemented a both a Needs Prioritization Model tailored specifically to UASI and a spending plan. Local history and experience - URS has a more than 40-year history of providing consulting services in Santa Ana. We have working relationships with virtually every city in the County and have an extensive working history in the area. We are very familiar with the local jurisdictions, districts and politics. Our projects range from the current designlexpansion of the Garden Grove Freeway, the designlwidening of the 1-5 North, extensive water quality sampling and analysis in the wake of beach contamination issues, on-call contracts with the County, Santa Ana and Anaheim. to construction management for the Santa Ana Unified School District. Our staff lives in Orange County and has a strong commitment to the success of this plan. Disaster Preparedness/Response and Homeland Security - URS has extensive disaster-related planning, preparedness, response. and recovery experience. We have assisted the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) with responses to hundreds of disasters nationwide. URS has been assisting the nation in dealing with the impact of emergencies for more than 20 years-one of the longest continuous records of service to professional first responders and emergency managers in the u.s. Our approach to providing services has been developed through lessons learned and experience on training and exercises, disaster response, recovery, and mitigation projects performed throughout the u.s. and internationally. As a result, our work has been tested in real-world disaster recovery situations, and represents solutions that are 'cutting edge' and results-oriented. In California, response efforts have included the Laguna post firestorm risk assessment, evaluation and design of restoration; flooding during the winters of 1995.1997. and 1998; and the 2003 southern California wildfires. Through these operations, URS has gained extensive practical understanding of Federal, state, and local emergency management operations. Additionally, these operations have given URS the opportunity to work frequently with OES. URS is at the forefront of the changing conditions and requirements faced by the emergency management community. Working for the Office of Domestic Preparedness, URS has worked with states and territories throughout the weslern United States. including California, to develop strategic plans and exercises for URS 36