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Section includes three professional full -time staff. Additional professional planning staff members regularly provide services to CAA on a contract basis for CEQA/NEPA- related matters. 2. Work /Services Approach CAA's role in the preparation of a project's CEQA compliance documentation is to provide an objective evaluation of a project's potential environmental effects. CAA's role in communicating results of a project's study to the public at large is primarily through preparation of thorough and easy -to -use documents. The ability to distill material that is frequently very technical into an accessible format is ' essential. CAA often provides executive summaries and user - friendly synopses to upload onto agency websites to facilitate additional outreach beyond that legally mandated by CEQA/NEPA and other federal and state laws. In addition, an important role CAA undertakes for each project is to educate the local public regarding the span and limitations of environmental review, and to identify opportunities for public input. An individual project's results are typically categorized as significant, less than significant with mitigation, less than significant, or no impact. Mitigation measures are identified where needed and available to reduce potentially significant impacts. We see ourselves as an extension of City staff to help ensure project success. Our extensive experience in the public sector enables us to establish an instant and effective relationship with staff, decision makers, and the public. We provide a "soup to nuts" support for project environmental compliance, not just drafting of the CEQA/NEPA document. Early in the process, we can help develop project strategies to minimize time and monies spent and also provide mitigation monitoring during project construction to ensure full CEQA/NEPA compliance to protect the City. CAA will provide environmental consulting services to the City to perform the necessary environmental planning and management tasks to prepare and adopt CEQA/NEPA compliance documentation for various projects as identified. These services will assist in complying with applicable environmental regulations and policies. The scope of CEQA/NEPA compliance services that CAA offers includes not only the environmental clearances for the proposed individual development projects, but on -call availability for questions and consultations as needed. CAA's expertise in CEQA/NEPA is unsurpassed. Within the scope of the contract services, CAA will assist in the preparation, processing, and approval of documentation related to CEQA/NEPA for implementation of individually proposed projects of varying scale and complexity. This includes providing advice to approaches on handling complex environmental analyses. CAA will assist with applicable state and federal agencies and other affected parties concerning documentation and project approvals. 3. Project Initiation and Process Communication will play a major role in the execution and conduct of the environmental consulting contract with the City. Poor communication can result in project delays, missed deadlines, and potential losses in funding for grants, etc. In keeping with its reputation of meeting project schedules and assuring the client's accessibility to accountable staff, CAA proposes a well defined and proven methodology of effecting and maintaining a smooth project implementation and providing excellent responses to the environmental consulting needs of the City. 0?9112�ii 2 City of Santa Ana Environmental Consulting Services Statement of Qualfcations