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The Academy Charter High School MND I City of Santa Ana Planning Divi <br />TABLE OF CONTENTS <br />Statement of Qualifications ..............................................1 <br />Firm and Team Experience .......................................... 1 <br />ICF Projects Within the Last Five Years ...................... 6 <br />Fehr & Peers Projects Within the Last Five Years....... 8 <br />Project Understanding and Approach .......................... 9 <br />Scope of Services ...................................................... 10 <br />MND Schedule ...........................................................18 <br />Cost Estimate ................................................................18 <br />STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS <br />Firm and Team Experience <br />ICF International (through its contracting entity, ICF Jones & Stokes, Inc.) is a full-service environmental <br />consulting firm with a long history in supporting Orange County cities with the preparation of environmental <br />compliance documents for a wide range of development projects. We bring experience working with 12 Orange <br />County cities, including the Cities of Santa Ana, Orange, Irvine, Anaheim, Lake Forest, San Juan Capistrano, <br />Brea, Westminster, Fountain Valley, Huntington Beach, Newport Beach, and San Clemente. In addition, we <br />have experience working with regional agencies such as the Orange County Public Works (OCPW), Orange <br />County Planning Department, and the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA). <br />ICF also brings expertise in school project environmental documentation for projects throughout California, <br />including providing support to the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) for one of the largest new school <br />planning and construction programs in the nation. <br />The staff proposed for this California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) documentation project and described in <br />our proposal have established experience working with the City of Santa Ana (City). We are working with the <br />City to prepare a mitigated negative declaration (MND) for The Met at South Coast Multi-Family Residential <br />Project, which is currently out for public review. In addition, ICF has previously held an as-needed environmental <br />services contract with the City. <br />To support our local clients, ICF utilizes staff from our Irvine office and can provide expertise from additional <br />staff resources located throughout Southern California. Our Irvine office is located less than 15 minutes from the <br />City's Civic Center office and is home to most of our proposed team, including Project Manager Renee Escario <br />and Project Director Chad Beckstrom, AICP. <br />CEQA Documentation and Technical Studies. ICF specializes in providing environmental analysis to support <br />local government planning and development projects, including school, residential, commercial, and industrial <br />projects and mixed-use, redevelopment, and infill developments. A cornerstone service of ICF is the preparation <br />of CEQA environmental compliance documentation, including MNDs, initial studies (ISs), negative declarations <br />(NDs), and environmental impact reports (EIRs). ICF's expertise with CEQA dates back more than 41 years, <br />when the founders of our legacy firm Jones & Stokes helped draft the original CEQA legislation in 1970. <br />Furthermore, our in-house environmental counsel co-wrote several industry-wide desktop reference guides, <br />including The CEQA Deskbook: A Step-by-Step Guide on How to Comply with the California Environmental <br />Quality Act. A majority of our senior staff, including Chad Beckstrom, serves as regular instructors for ICF's <br />Page 1 <br />25A-13