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