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W <br />LT, <br />Orange County Office <br />23392 Madero, Suite L <br />Mission Viejo, CA 92691 <br />Tel 949.770.8042 Fax 949.458.9058 <br />YAVW.SWCa.COM <br />4 <br />April 10, 2008 <br />Mr. Pedro Guillen <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza, M-20 <br />PO Box 1988 <br />Santa Ana, CA 92702 <br />Dear Mr. Guillen, <br />Thank you for taking the time to contact us. Enclosed per your request is the Statement of <br />Qualifications for SWCA Environmental Consultants (SWCA). A formal proposal will be <br />provided when a project is specified. <br />SWCA's presence in California dates to 2001, when the firm acquired RMW Paleo Associates in <br />Orange County. During our 26 years of environmental consulting in California, our team has <br />provided expertise on thousands of projects for numerous private and public sector clients in <br />support of many types of projects including landfill, land development, energy and power, fiber <br />optic, water, and transportation. Now as SWCA, we have combined our collective expertise to <br />enable us to provide the utmost in quality and affordability to our valued clients. <br />Our team's technical experience includes the entire range of services called for: archaeological <br />survey, archaeological monitoring and site recording, paleontological monitoring and locality <br />recordation and mapping, salvage, site evaluations, specimen preparation and curation, <br />laboratory analysis of artifact, ecofact, and fossil specimens, special studies and analyses, <br />report preparation, and meeting attendance. SWCA's team is thoroughly familiar with the <br />prehistory, history, and geology of California, having conducted research and remediation <br />throughout the state. Past project experience can be shown to meet or exceed the operational <br />and technical requirements to provide cost-effective archaeological and paleontological <br />resources management services to the City of Santa Ana. SWCA has three Orange County - <br />certified paleontologists on staff: Cara Corsetti, Dr. Paul Murphey, and Mark Roeder, as well as <br />three Orange County -certified archaeologists: Joan Brown, Michael Tuma, and Susan <br />Underbrink. <br />SWCA's staff. will act as an extension of the City of Santa Ana's own staff, forming a <br />comprehensive and responsive team. We are experienced communicators and facilitators with <br />expertise on large project teams including federal, state, and city agencies, construction <br />personnel, contractors, and the general public. Operationally, our experience working with city <br />and county governments, private developers and state and federal agencies will be an asset to <br />the City of Santa Ana. <br />