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December 6, 2011 Ms. Lucy Linnaus, AIA, Senior Planner City of Santa Ana, Planning Division, M-20 20 Civic Center Plaza Santa Ana, California 92702 SUBJECT: The Academy Charter High School CEQA Documentation Dear Ms. Linnaus: ICF International (ICF) is pleased to submit our proposal in response to the City of Santa Ana's (City's) request for proposal for the preparation of a mitigated negative declaration and required technical studies for The Academy Charter High School project. ICF is a multidisciplinary environmental consulting firm with a core practice in California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) documentation, environmental analysis, and regulatory compliance. We have prepared thousands of environmental compliance documents, including several documents for projects within the City and many documents for school projects. ICF's project team will provide strong knowledge of and practical experience with CEQA, as well as a full range of technical knowledge and experience with similar types of redevelopment and school projects. Significant factors that contribute to our success that we will bring to the City include: • Exceptional CEQA and Project Management Expertise. To bring the right set of experience and skills to the City, the ICF team is comprised of experienced team members. Renee Escario, our proposed project manager, brings 10 years of environmental/planning and project management experience, while Chad Beckstrom, A1CP, our proposed project director, has served as the project director and/or project manager and lead contributor for more than 75 development projects in his 15-year career. Chad and Renee have extensive redevelopment and school -related project experience and are knowledgeable about the project vicinity. In addition, our proposed CEQA compliance experts are highly qualified and bring a valuable skill set to successfully accomplish the City's environmental documentation needs for the proposed project. Integrating our experience will provide solution -oriented, efficiency in completing the environmental documentation. • Exceptional Technical Expertise. The ICF team Includes in-house technical specialists who provide a full range of scientific and planning expertise. A majority of the technical work for the proposed project will be completed by ICF staff, with the exception of the traffic impact analysis, which will be prepared by Fehr & Peers, and the sewer capacity analysis, which will be prepared by Fuscoe. Both of our subconsultants have extensive experience evaluating school projects and facilities within the project vicinity. Attached is ICF's proposal to provide CEQA documentation services for the proposed Academy Charter High School project. Our proposal is based on our understanding of the proposed project and knowledge of the project area. We have prepared a scope of work, cost, and schedule that reflect our experience and commitment to expediting the CEQA process. We appreciate the opportunity to present our proposal and look forward to working with the City again. If you have any questions regarding our proposal, please contact Chad Beckstrom at (949) 333-6625 (cbeckstrom@icfi.com) or Renee Escario at (949) 333-6624 (rescario@icf.com) Sincerely, Chad Beckstrom, AICP Renee cario Principal, Project Director Senior Project Manager 1 Ada Parkway, Suite 100 r--- Irvine, CA 92618 r--- 949.333.6600 - 949,333.6601 fax - idi.com