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2 LSA ASSOCIATES. INC. - APRIL 2008 STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS TO PROVIDE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES proj ect team will enable it to respond to an number of task orders that may be requested P y y q over the three-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 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), and from E]RS to various technical studies. The timetables 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. The bottom line is that LSA will allocate staff resources to accomplish the City's schedule on any assignment given to it. 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. PROJECT MANAGEMENT/QUALITY CONTROL APPROACH While we pride ourselves on our technical document preparation skills, we believe that the most important aspect of our overall services is our project management skills. Rob Balen, the Principal in Charge and Project Manager assigned to this project, provides the City with 29 years of experience in preparing and processing environmental documents, including 5 years working in Santa Ana's Planning Division in the early 1980s. Our track record of producing quality products and meeting demanding schedules, coupled with our reputation with past and current clients, provides the best indication of success in meeting the City's need for on -call environmental services. LAPROPOSAL=1516A1 - Santa Ana On-Ca111Proposal.doc «04/11/08>> 5