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Exhibit E - LWA PROPOSAL RFP NO. 14 -069 L A R R Y WALKER ;'t John Bliss, M.Eng., P.E., LEED A.P. 4 Vice President ''t: SCI Consulting Group, Inc. (Team Member) ASSOCIATES EDUCATION Mr. John Bliss, a Professional Civil Engineer and Vice President of SCI Consulting Group, Inc., specializes in assessment engineering, special and general benefit M.Eng., Civil Engineering, analysis, crafting legally compliant, robust Engineer's Reports, assessment University of California, administration, cost estimating and budgeting, database design and Berkeley, 1990 implementation, regulatory compliance, and revenue measure formations. With Sc.B., Civil Engineering, 15 years of experience in this field of expertise, Mr. Bliss is a recognized expert Brown University, 1986 assessment engineer and Proposition 218 compliance specialist who has served as an expert witness and technical authority. He also has worked with most of the leading Proposition 218 specialized attorneys in the State, further expanding his REGISTRATIONS technical expertise. During his tenure at SCI, Mr. Bliss has served as the responsible Assessment Engineer on over 300 Engineer's Reports for new or Professional Engineer (Civil), increased assessments — comprising more post- Proposition 218 new assessment CA License No. C052091 engineering than any other assessment engineer in the State. LEED Accredited Professional Mr. Bliss also has extensive programming and database expertise. He taught the "Database Design for Project Management" course at UC Berkeley Extension and contributed to the computer and database programs that SCI uses as part of YEARS OF EXPERIENCE its assessment administration procedures. He also led the development of specialized software currently used to administer the state -wide CAL FIRE fee. 15 Prior to joining SCI, he co- founded information technology companies that focused on database and infrastructure management, including US Components and Construction Price, and worked as a field construction engineer for the Shimmick Construction Company and the US Department of Transportation. Contra Costa Clean Water Program. Faced with significant funding shortfalls to comply with permit requirements, the Contra Costa Clean Water Program ( CCCWP) embarked on the state's largest and most comprehensive revenue effort for stormwater management, beginning in 2010. The result is the 2012 Community Clean Water Initiative, a Proposition 218 - compliant property related fee, designed to generate over $8.5 million in annual dedicated funding to the County's member agencies. The CCCWP presented this county -wide fee initiative to property owners in the winter of 2012. County of El Dorado Stormwater Finance Strategy. Assisted the County of El Dorado and other stakeholder agencies with cost of service and financing strategy planning services for stormwater and NPDES improvements in the Tahoe basin. SCI analyzed current and potential funding sources including property - related fees, assessments, regulatory fees, taxes, and charges. Non - traditional funding approaches included user fees and the reorganization of government services to optimize funding for stormwater and pollution abatement services. This included an analysis and recommendations for potentially combining stormwater, wastewaster and refuse collection service fees to generate new revenues without requiring a Proposition 218 ballot proceeding. City of Los Angeles Stormwater /Water Quality Fee. Served as the lead assessment and fee engineer and Proposition 218 compliance manager responsible for evaluating the opportunity for a new city -wide stormwater /water quality fee. SCI's services included Proposition 218 compliance analysis, property - related fee analysis, modeling of weighted ballots and votes, property ownership and ballot participation modeling and opinion research. SCI provides strategic guidance to generate additional revenues for future stormwater, flood control and water quality objectives and has evaluated the relative opportunity for a voter - decided parcel tax. IMMULPersonnel Experience &Qualifications