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The Academy Charter High School MND 1 City of Santa Ana Planning Division conduct environmental reviews under CEQA. Chad also worked at least one day a week at City Hall to provide follow-up hands-on training and CEQA advisory services as an extension of staff for a six-month period. Chad worked with City planners and staff in other City departments during his time on -site at City Hall to review environmental documents prepared by City planning staff, provide advice related to CEQA/ National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), and answer general questions regarding the environmental review process relative to the City entitlement process. He continues to offer general advice over the phone and occasional document review on an as -needed basis. Reference: Karen Haluza, AICP, Planning Manager, City of Santa Ana, 20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, California 92707, (714) 667-2728 Year Completed: Contract completed in 2011 Multiple New School Development Program—LAUSD ICF has been providing a full range of environmental consulting services to the LAUSD since 1998 under the program management of Chad Beckstrom. Over the past 13 years, ICF has been involved In planning and compliance for more than 100 school facilities in the greater Los Angeles area, including new schools, additions, and modernizations to existing campuses. Our range of services also involved preparation of CEQA environmental documentation; development of mitigation monitoring plans; facilitation of community outreach, scoping meetings, and public hearings; preparation of technical studies (i.e., aesthetics, air quality, noise, biological resources); development of standardized templates for consistency of environmental documentation; pipeline and railroad risk assessments; and cultural resources analysis and documentation. ICF continues to work with the LAUSD during the planning and entitlement phases of new schools, which are aimed to provide new classrooms to address overcrowding and increased school enrollment. Below, we provide two recent specific LAUSD project examples: a South Region High School No. 12 EIR—LAUSD iCF prepared an EIR for a new 2,025-seat high school located on a 24-acre redevelopment site in southeast Los Angeles. The redevelopment site consisted of industrial land uses including 34 business, the buildings of which would be acquired and demolished to accommodate the new school site and the businesses would be relocated. The site also included portions of Green Meadows Park, which was proposed to be upgraded with new facilities as part of a joint use agreement with the City of Los Angeles. ICF conducted technical studies related to aesthetics, air quality and health risk, cultural resources, hazardous materials, noise, and traffic/circulation. Each of these issues was determined to have significant impacts that required our staff to work with the LAUSD to develop rigorous mitigation. For example, aesthetic impacts resulted from the proposed installation of sports field lighting that would require directional aiming and shielding. The project also resulted in air quality impacts from demolition of the existing structures and construction of new facilities, which required dust suppression and equipment modifications. Health risk investigations revealed that acute and chronic exposure to surrounding Industrial emission sources could potentially affect students and faculty. ICF conducted cultural resources studies that revealed potentially historic propertles that required documentation to determine level of significance. In addition, due to the existing and former industrial operations, hazardous materials were present and required extensive cleanup efforts prior to development of the site. We also conducted noise studies and worked with the LAUSD to design measures to minimize noise to classrooms. Finally, traffic studies found deficiencies in the surrounding roadway network, parking availability, and drop-off locations, which required intersection and roadway improvements, as well as operating restrictions. ICF was able to bring our technical expertise and CEQA prowess to complete the EIR in a timely manner, while disclosing and mitigating the significant environmental effects. Year Completed: February 2008 A Valley Region High School No. 9 EIR—LAUSD ICF prepared an EIR for a new high school campus on the campus of Robert Fulton College Preparatory School (RFCPS) in the community of Van Nuys in the City of Los Angeles, The project involved locating ICF