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LSA ASSOCIATES, INC. MAY 2007 STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS TO PROVIDE ON -CALL ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW SERVICES is implemented on all aspects of this contract. LSA's depth of staffing resources beyond this core project team will enable us to respond to any number of task orders that may be requested over the 3-year period of the contract. GENERAL APPROACH LSA's approach to successful environmental project delivery involves organizing the project team and the tasks to achieve the following objectives: • Work in coordination with the City staff to minimize project environmental impacts to the maximum extent practicable to reduce project mitigation costs and streamline environmental approvals. • Ensure that all procedural steps required by CEQA (and NEPA, if required) are met, and that all applicable guidances are followed. • Incorporate early involvement of and coordination with State and federal regulatory and resource agencies to resolve issues and confirm assessment methodologies. • Maximize use of existing information to limit the need for new or supplemental studies. As identified in the Request for Proposal (RFP), specific task orders are not known at this time, but a range of potential environmental documents is anticipated. These environmental documents range from Initial Studies (IS), to Negative Declarations (ND), to MRS and various technical studies. The timetable for these types of environmental documents are wide-ranging, depending on the public review, outreach, and political climate as they relate to the proposed project. STAFFING LSA's Irvine location maintains an environmental staff of three Principals, two Associates, six Senior Environmental Planners, and six Assistant Environmental Planners. Teams are formed using key staff at various levels with the skill sets necessary to successfully complete any assignment. Availability of staff ranges from Principal (Rob Balen or Mike Amling) 15-20 percent to Senior Environmental Planner (Nicole Dubois) 20-30 percent depending on the project requirements and schedule. The bottom line is that LSA will allocate staff resources to accomplish the City's schedule on any assignment given to us. Considerable time can be saved in preparing environmental documents if the project planners and engineers work closely with the environmental planners. The time savings comes with simultaneous conceptual engineering/planning and preparation of the environmental document. This also allows for the environmental planners to influence the design of a given project to potentially reduce environmental impacts. Integration of resource avoidance and impact minimization measures early in the design process can help streamline the environmental review process as well as reduce project mitigation costs. We will use our prior experience in developing mitigation plans and programs to assist the City in defining reasonable, feasible, and cost, -effective mitigation measures. LAPR0P0SAL\ZZZ1384A1 - Santa Ana On -call Env Srvcs\Proposal.doc <<05/18/07»