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Qualifications to Provide Environmental Services- Housing Division NEPA Projects LACDC On -Call Environmental Consulting Services (1998 - Present) County of Los Angeles Community Development Commission, Donald Dean, Environmental Officer- 626.586.1740 For the past 20 years (under seven consecutive 3 -year contracts) Rincon has provided CEQA/NEPA documentation and consulting services to the CDC. Routinely, Rincon is tasked with preparing NEPA-required environmental documentation for projects proposed under the Community Development Block Grant Program within unincorporated Los Angeles County and 48 cooperating cities within the County of Los Angeles. Typical projects include small-scale housing, commercial, and industrial development, senior centers, recreational facility upgrades, and Improvements to public infrastructure, Staff have also directed numerous Phase I environmental site assessments and provided human health risk assessment and expert review of technical reports for a variety of CDCs projects, Including those involving reuse of former oil refinery, gas station, mixed use industrial, and chemical factory sites. Currently, Rincon Is preparing the required NEPA documentation for the CDC's Neighborhood Stabilization Program. This has Involved preparing over 100 categorical exemptions under the program. NEPA Environmental Review Services On -Call Contract (2011- Present City and County of San Francisco Mayor's Office of Housing and Community Development, Eugene Flannery - 415- 701- 5598 Rincon Consultants was retained (in three separate multi-year contracts) by the City and County of San Francisco's Mayor's Office of Housing and Community Development to provide as needed NEPA documentation. As part of these contracts, Rincon prepares Environmental Review Record (ERR) documentation required by HUD and described in 24 CFR Part 58, Documents prepared to date include four CEs, six EAs, a technical portion of one Environmental Impact Statements (EISs), and a number of special technical studies (see table below for additional project information). In addition, Rincon completed over 30 Phase I ESAs and over 10 Phase II ESAs for multi -unit housing developments, including multiple high-rise apartment complexes and multi -acre two-story residential developments owned by the City of San Francisco. NEPA Compliance- City of Oxnard CDBG Program (2004- Present) City of Oxnard, Kathleen Mallory, Planning & Environmental Services Manager- 805-385-8370 Over the past twelve years, Rincon has prepared the NEPA documentation for the City of Oxnard CDBG program. Over that time, this has included preparation of over 150 CEs and 20 Environmental Assessments. These documents have addressed a broad range of project types, including public infrastructure improvements, housing, and child care facilities. CEQA Projects Trumark Homes Mixed Use Development MND (2015) City of Chino Hills, Jerred Walters - 909-364-2753 Rincon was recently retained to prepare the CEQA documentation for a proposed residential and commercial development located on the northwest side of the intersection of Trumark Homes Parkway and Los Serranos County Club Drive in the City of Chino Hills, The project is a mixed-use development consisting of 110 residential units and a two-story multi -tenant building. Rincon prepared an MND and a series of technical studies in support of the document Olson Company Residential Development IS -MND (2012) City of La Veme, Eric Scherer - 909-596-8706 The City of La Verne hired Rincon to prepare a CEQA document for a project involving the assembly of land and construction of a residential development proposed by the Olson Company. The proposed development includes 66 detached, two-story single-family homes, The 7.49 -acre site is comprised of an undeveloped fenced parcel with an extensive stand of Coast Live Oak trees, a public cul-de-sac street (Dover Avenue), and a private parking lot serving a cinema complex. Aesthetics, air quality, biological resources, greenhouse gas analysis, noise, and traffic were identified as potential areas of Impact for the project, Page 10 25A-25