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1 <br />1 <br />1 <br />1. Introduction <br />his proposal presents the Qualitications of The Planning Center to provide and conduct environmental consultant services <br />to the City of Santa Ana. We have prepared this package in response to a City reQuest for proposals for °enviroinmental <br />consultants. The City of Santa Ana's Planning and Building Agency Department maintains a master list of EIR consultants, <br />and it is our objective to be placed upon that list for future environmental consultant needs. It is our understanding that the City <br />will direct all RFPs to those selected consultants on the list for all of their environmental work. <br />Our designated Project Managers, William Halligan, EsQ, Vice President, Environmental Services, and IoAnn C. Hadfield, <br />Director, Environmental Services, Costa Mesa Office, have an extraordinary amount of experience preparing environmental <br />documents. Bill has been involved in the preparation of over 100 environmental documents during his career and serves as a <br />freQuent guest lecturer on CEQA and associated case law. He is also a member of The State Bar of California, specializing in <br />environmental and land use law. IoAnn's public and private sector experience encompasses policy planning; site - specific, <br />community, and regional land use planning; and entitlement and regulatory permit processing. Her experience also includes <br />coordination and processing of regulatory permits through her working knowledge and ongoing relationships with myriad <br />federal, state, regional, and local agencies. <br />The Planning Center has experience with the City of Santa Ana, having prepared the MacArthur Place mixed -use "urban village" <br />EIR, the Xerox Center EIR, and currently working on the Village Green EIR to name a few. The Planning Center's previous <br />experience preparing environmental documents for the City of Santa Ana has provided us with an exceptional knowledge of City <br />staff, City Council and commissions, citizen groups, the City's General Plan, Zoning Ordinance, CEQA policies and guidelines, <br />and significance thresholds. The Planning Center is also currently preparing the the City's 2008 -2014 Housing Element <br />Update. The Planning Center staff is well experienced with the preparation of environmental documents and looks forward to <br />continuing its relationship with the City of Santa Ana. <br />Legal Entity: The Planning Center is a California Corporation. <br /> <br />NONDISCRIMINATION <br />In compliance with state and federal antidiscrimination laws, The Planning Center does not exclude or discriminate on the basis <br />of race, color, national origin, or sex in consideration of contract award opportunities. In addition, The Planning Center will <br />consider, and utilize subconsultants, bidders, and vendors in a manner consistent with nondiscrimination objectives. <br />SUBCONSULTANTS <br />The Planning Center has ongoing relationships with several consulting firms, including several high profile firms within close <br />proximity to our headQuarters. Once contacted by the City of Santa Ana for a specific project, we will select the technical <br />subconsultants necessary for the successful completion of the reQuested scope of services from the City's list of Qualified <br />consultants. The Planning Center may also bring in other firms not included in this list, when necessary to provide specialized <br />expertise. <br />ss <br />Qualifications to the City of Santa Ana THE PLANNING CENTER I Page I <br />