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CITY OF LODI
CSL ODMMWNICATION
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AGONIA71TILE: Adopt repolution authorizing the City Manager to enter into contract with Dyett and
Bhatia in the mount of $920,020 for contract services related to the pireparaka of
the Ger Wal Pian Update.
FAERTW* DATE: May 17, 2406
PREP W: Randy Hutch, Community Development Director
REACT 0N: ltmt the City Council adopt a resolution authorizing the City Ma€t*W to ester
ift contract with Dyett and Bhatla in the amount of $920,020 for contract
services related to the preparation of the 2006 General Plan Update.
BACK64WUND IiIANW: By action of the City Council on January 4, 2006, staff was directed
to solicit a Request For Qualification/Proposal (RFQIP) for a
General Dian Update. To accommodate the twenty one (21) requests to receive notice of the City's
General Ilan Update RFP (Exhibit A), staff decided to first release an RFQ to identify the most qualified
candidates. Staff received five (5) responses to that request (Exhibit B), all of which combined proposals
from mullple firms to form one team. As a result, staff had a pool of very qualified and competent firms
to select from. Planning Staff, along with consultation from other departments, ranked the five (5)
Qualificallions submitted and solicited the top three (3) for proposals. Those teams are: Mintier &
Associates and Design Community & Environment (Exhibit C); URS (Exhibit D); and Dyett & Bhatia
(Exhibit E).
Planning otaff, along with con4ultation from other departments, reviewed the top finalists and looked for
knowledcg t of fowl and regional issues; experience related to issues specific to Lodi; tenure of
manageri nt staff; experiencs with technology such as Geographic Information Systems (GfS);
knowledge of state and local regulations related to General Plans and the California Environmental
Quality Act (CEQA); knowledge and experience in "New Urbanism", "Walkable Communities", and "Neo-
traditional Urban Design'; experience with other Cities that promote tourism, specifically related to
viticulture; experience with open -space buffers, greenbelts, and conservation easement; proposed public
outreach program; and their sensitivity to environmental justice.
The proposed budgets from th* top three (3) teams are as follows:
• NWier & Associate / Dosign Community & Environment $1,132,252
• LIRS $932,382
• Dyett &Bhatia $920,020
Based orf the mvirw by staff, aitong with consultation from other moments, Dyelt and Bhaifia (DB) was
the most 'qua dfirm based an said rating system. Some of the highlights of the firm induced their
recent eerience with the cirfts of Carmel and Santa Monica reflecting their strong understarxg of
how tourism relates to General Plan Updates. They also have recent experience with respect to
APPROVED:
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greenbelt separators, agricultural preservation, conservation easement, and transfer development rights
as seen in their recent work for Livermore, Santa Rosa, Rohnert Park and Petaluma, Napa, and San Luis
Obispo. Dyett & Bhatia's partner, Environmental Science Associates, has a strong understanding of local
regulations particularly with respect to their involvement in the San Joaquin County Multi -Species Habitat
Conservation and Open Space Plan and the Farmland Conservation and Open Space Plan. During
planning staff interviews with DB, their firm understanding and experience relevant to the City's unique
and complex assortment of issues further confirmed that DB was the most qualified firm. Staff
recommends that DB perform the optional Fiscal Model and Evaluation and has included this work in the
proposed budget. This analysis will study how the City can fiscally support the vision of the preferred
General Plan alternative.
DB is a rationally recognized leader in Urban Planning with a specialty in General Plans. Some of the
more recent General Plans DS is or has worked on includes; Castro Valley, Concord, Emeryville,
Humboldt County, Los Banos, Petaluma, Pomona, Porterville, Redlands, and Santa Monica to name a
few. They were also the lead firm involved in the San Diego Downtown Plan and Zoning, one of the most
if not the premier planning study in California. They have received multiple awards from the American
Planning Association as well as the Congress of New Urbanism. The proposed project manager who will
have day to day responsibility for the project is one of the two Principles of the firm based out of San
Francisco.
CEQA: This Project includes the preparation of an EIR.
FISCAL OPACT: None
FUNDINS AVAILABLE: One million dollars has been allocated for this project from the Capital
Improvement Program. This proposal is for the amount of $920,020,
including the Fiscal Model and Evaluation option, well within the budgeted amount.
Ruby P te, Interim Finance Director
Rand atch
Community Development Director
RHIkjc
Attachments
Exhibit A
Consultant Mailina List for General Plan RFP
FIRM
Address
Contact
Title
1
PMC
111 Park Avenue, Modesto, CA 95354
Sara Allinder
2
Mintier & Associates
1415 20th Street, Sacramento, CA
J. Laurence Mintier,
Principal
95814
3
DCE
1600 Shattuck Avenue, Suite 222,
David Early
David is Founding Priciple
Berkele CA 94709
Joanna Jansen
Joanna Marketing Manager
4
Willdan and Associates
2399 Gateway Oaks Drive, Suite 210,
Robert Blaser
Senior Vice President/Regional
Mana er
5
LSA
2215 Fifth Street, Berkeley, CA 94710
Lynette Dias
Principal
6
URS
2020 East First Street, Suite 400,
Brian Smith
Planning Manager
Santa Ana CA 92705
7
EDAW (An AECOM Compai
2022 J Street, Sacramento, CA 95814
Jeff Goldman
Principal
8
Michael Brandman Associat
621 E. Carnegie Drive, Suite 100, San
L. Viricel
Anne L
Regional Business Manager/Mngr
Bernardino CA 92408
of Business Development
9
H.T. Harvey and Associates
1550 Harbor Boulevard, Suite 200,
Patrick Reynolds
Sacramento Regional Manager
West Sacramento, CA 95691
10
IMS
945 Homblend Street, Suite G, San
Heather Smith
Research Manager (Bay Area)
Diego, CA 92109
11
Applied Development Econc
2029 University Avenue, Berkeley, CA
Kathryn Studwell
94704
12
DYETT & BHATIA
755 Sansome Street, Suite 400, San
Millie Moran
Director of Marketing/Operations
Francisco CA 94111
13
The HLA Group
1990 Thirsd Street, Suite 500,
Karman Cates
Marketing Coordinator
Sacramento CA 95814
14
RHAA
225 Miller Avenue, Mill Valley, CA
Tegan Holly
Marketing Coordinator
94941
15
Dowling Associates, Inc.
129 Palm Avenue, Ripon, CA 95366
Joseph R. Holland
Principal
16
P&A Consulting LLC
5714 Mira Monte Way,Stockton, CA 9E
Dean Plassaras
Principal
17
EIP Associates
1200 Second Street, Suite 200,
Maureen Vallance
Proposal Manager
Sacramento CA 95814
18
Interwest Consulting Group
9300 West Stockton Blvd., Suite 105,
Scott Butler
Senior Transportation Program
Elk Grove CA 95758
and Policy Anal si
19
Seifel Consulting Inc.
221 Main Street, Suite 420, San
Stephen Wahlstrom
Managing Consultant
Francisco CA 94105
20
EMC Planning Group Inc.
301 Lighthosue Ave., Suite C,
Monterey, CA 93940
21
P&D Consultants (An AECC
800 East Colorado Blvd,
Jeffrey A.Henderson
Senior Project Manager
Exhibit B
Firms that submitted
Requests For Qualifications
for the General Plan Update
1. Dyett and Bhatia
2. Mintier and Associates
3. PMC
4. EDAW
5. URS
Copies of the RFQs are available from the Community Development
Department upon request.
EXHIBIT C
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PROPOSAL
CITY OF LODI GENERAL PLAN UPDATE
144
APRIL 24, 2006
SUBMITTED TO:
CITY OF LODI
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
SUBMITTED BY:
MINTIER & ASSOCIATES
WITH ASSISTANCE FROM:
FEHR & PEERS
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Cover Letter
M int ier
& Associates
PLANNING CONSULTANTS
April 24, 2006
Randy Hatch
Community Development Director
Community Development Department
City of Lodi
221 West Pine Street
Lodi, CA 95241-1910
RE: City of Lodi General Plan Update — Proposal
Dear Randy,
1415 20th Street
Sacramento, California 95814
(916) 446-0522
FAX (916) 446-7520
mintier@jlmintier.com
www.jlmintier.com
Mintier & Associates and DC&E are pleased to submit this proposal to prepare the City of Lodi's
General Plan Update and Environmental Impact Report. In response to your request for proposals
(RFP), we assembled a multi -disciplinary team of firms with strong technical credentials,
extensive experience, and local knowledge of Lodi and San Joaquin County. Our team also
includes Fehr & Peers, Nolte, and BAE.
Having prepared over 40 general plans, Mintier & Associates is one of the foremost experts on
preparing general plans in California. Mintier & Associates has also been highly successful in
preparing general plan updates for many Central Valley communities, including the cities of
Ceres, Dixon, Galt, Lincoln, Newman, Patterson, Redding, Sacramento, Tulare, West
Sacramento, Wheatland, Winters, and. Woodland and the counties of Butte, Fresno, Madera, and
Tulare. Through these general plan updates, Mintier & Associates has developed a deep
understanding of the agricultural, economic, environmental, and social issues facing Central
Valley communities. In addition, Mintier & Associates is very familiar with the City of Lodi
having worked on the City's Zoning Ordinance, Housing Element, and 1991 General Plan.
We have prepared a proposal that meets the City's needs and objectives as described in the RFP.
We look forward to presenting our proposal and qualifications to you face-to-face, and ultimately,
to working with the City once again on.another successful project. If you have any questions or
require additional inforination regarding the content of our proposal, please do not hesitate to
contact me at (916) 446-0522 or mintierilmintier.con.
Sincerely,
J. Laurence Mintier, FAICP
Managing Principal
Table of
Contents
of Lodi General Plan
ExecutiveSummary...........................................................1-1
Qualifications.................................................................... 2-1
Approach(Scope of Work) ................................................ 3-1
Budget. .......................................................................... 4-1
Schedule........................................................................... 5-1
Exhibits/Attachments
Mintier & Associates
DC&E
Fehr & Peers
Nolte
BAE
Table of Contents Page i
Executive
Summary
Lodi is a unique Central Valley community. It has a compact urban
form with an intact, walkable downtown that is the envy of most
Valley communities. Its edges are defined by a greenbelt of
vineyards. The physical form of Lodi today is largely the result of
community pride and a deliberate managed -growth philosophy.
Our team proposes to build on these assets: first, by
understanding these assets; second, by working with the
community to create a contemporary policy framework that
enhances these assets; and third, by building an implementation
strategy to help ensure the community vision developed through
the General Plan Update is carried over time.
Focus of the General Plan
State planning law sets out a minimum menu of topics to be
addressed in any general plan: land use; transportation; housing;
>" conservation; open space; noise; and safety. Within this
framework, we believe that Lodi's General Plan will focus on
several key policy themes, including:
• Protecting and enhancing the compact, walkable scale of
Lodi, particularly downtown.
• Promoting a healthy local economy that continues to create
jobs in traditional agriculture, value-added agriculture,
knowledge industries, manufacturing, and the service
sector.
• Establishing a greenbelt/community separator that
reinforces the separate and unique identity of Lodi and
preserves the scenic surroundings of the city.
• Ensuring the provision of adequate and cost-effective
infrastructure.
• Ensuring equitable City investment among neighborhoods.
• Monitoring and metering growth to protect community
character and to facilitate infrastructure expansion.
• Ensuring the fiscal health of City government.
Project Approach Page 1-1
City of Lodi General Plan Update
Update Process
We propose a General Plan Update process that includes the
following major components:
• Project Initiation
• Summary of Existing Conditions and Trends
• Community Vision
• Land Use and Policy Alternatives
• General Plan Goals and Policies
• Program EIR
• Public Review
• Comprehensive Action Program
• Plan Adoption
The General Plan Update will be organized around key decision
points during the two-year Update process.
Community Outreach
. We are proposing a robust program of community outreach to
provide every resident of Lodi multiple avenues and opportunities
to help shape the new General Plan. We are proposing a program
that includes the following components:
• Stakeholder Interviews
• Media Outreach
• Project Website
• Newsletters
• Community Workshops
• joint City Council/Planning Commission Study Sessions
• Public Hearings
• Translation Services
• Press Releases and Media Contacts
The activities will focus on key decision points in the update
process, such as the Community Vision and General Plan
Alternatives phases.
Project Approach Page 1-2
City of Lodi General Plan Update
The Approach section on Community Outreach also includes a
number of optional outreach efforts that the City may want to
consider for this Update.
Useful and Readable Documents
Project Management
Why Choose Us?
We are committed to producing documents in the General Plan
Update that are well written and graphical. We understand that the
documents must be attractive and accessible to the general public,
while useful to City staff and decisionmakers in making
consistency findings and guiding day-to-day decisions for
implementing the General Plan.
We believe the key to successful project management is significant
involvement of consulting principals, assignment of capable
consulting team staff to the project at all levels, and frequent
communication between the consulting team and City staff. To
this end, we will commit a significant amount of principal time to
managing the project and assuring quality control. We will also
assign highly qualified staff to every aspect of the project. The
Consultants will serve as an extension of City staff by preparing
public notices, agendas, staff reports, and meeting minutes.
Finally, we propose frequent regular meetings and/or conference
calls with the consulting team and City staff for project status
reports and problem -solving.
We understand that the City of Lodi is reviewing proposals from
several qualified planning consultants for the General Plan Update.
Why should the City select our Team for this important project?
We feel that our Team offers numerous advantages that will
ensure the best value and product for the City.
Project Approach Page 1-3
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GENERAL PLAN EXPERIENCE
Mintier & Associates and DC&E combined have consulted on over
50 general plan updates for cities and counties throughout
Northern California.
LOCAL EXPERIENCE
All of the consultant team members have worked extensively in
Central California. Mintier & Associates has managed and
prepared general plans for the Cities of Stockton, Manteca, Ripon,
Galt, and Sacramento, to name just a few. DC&E has prepared
general plans for the Cities of Tracy, Newman, and Livermore.
Fehr & Peers has performed extensive traffic analysis for the Cities
of Manteca, Tracy, and Stockton. Nolte has prepared master plan
documents for the City of Lathrop, a master facilities plan for the
Bruinville Area (City of Riverbank) and a facilities implementation
plan for the City of Manteca. BAE has performed economic
analysis for the Cities of Newman and Tracey, and consulted on
the Stockton Waterfront Revitalization Action Plan.
TEAM EXPERTISE AND TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES
The team we have assembled brings to this project deep expertise
in general planning, planning and land use law, transportation,
infrastructure, environmental resources, economic analysis and
development, community design, and community outreach. We
also offer extensive graphics, public facilitation, GIS, and mapping
capabilities. A summary of each team member's firm
qualifications, personnel, and relevant experience appears in
Appendix A though E.
PREVIOUS TEAMING EXPERIENCE
Most of the Team members have in the past or are currently
working with other team members in various combinations on a
variety of projects, including general plan updates for Stockton,
Sacramento, Tracy, Livermore, and Newman.
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TEAM ORGANIZATION AND ROLES
The following chart shows the organization of the various Team
members for the general plan update.
• Project Management Project Management
• Meeting Facilitation ' • Community Design
• Public Outreach
• Public Outreach
• Land Use Planning and Policy EIR
• GIS, Mapping, and Website Design ee
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• Economic Analysis
• Fiscal Analysis
• Economic Development
As prime contractor, Mintier & Associates has exceptional
qualifications and capabilities that make us suited to lead this
General Plan Update effort, including the following:
Extensive general plan experience
o More experience in preparing general plans in Northern
California than any other consulting firm
o Prepared over 40 general plan updates statewide
o Prepared 5 general plan update work programs
o Extensive experience preparing general plans in greater
Sacramento area
o Extensive Lodi experience;
o Worked on the Zoning Ordinance, Housing
Element, and 1991 General Plan
0 3 American Planning Association awards in the last four
years
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Extensive project management experience
o Experienced project managers
o Active participation of firm principals
Best policy writers in the business
Local firm
o Local knowledge
o Lower travel costs
Small firm with little turn -over
Strong firm -client relationship
o Attentive to client's needs
o Concern for the schedule/budget
Knowledge of current issues/trends
o Smart Growth/New Urbanism
o SACOG Blueprint (3 current general plan updates)
o Form based codes
o Changing legal requirements
o Visioning process
Proficiency with cutting-edge technology
o Computer mapping/GIS
o PLACE3S modeling
o Desk -top publishing
0 3-13 modeling
o Aerial photo animation
o Video editing
o Computer graphics
Extensive public outreach experience
o Visioning
o Community workshops
o Advisory committees
o Interactive websites
o Attractive and informative newsletters (hard copy and
electronic)
o Mailing list/e-mail database management
Project Approach Page 1-6
Qualifications
Firm Description
Key Personnel
Mintier & Associates is a Sacramento -based planning consulting
firm specializing in development, land use, and environmental
issues. The firm's clients include public agencies, development
companies, and law firms. Mintier & Associates has been involved
in approximately 40 comprehensive general plan updates and
close to 40 housing elements.
Mintier & Associates' responsibilities for this General Plan Update
would include the following:
• Project management
• Meeting facilitation
• Public outreach
• Land use planning and policy
• GIS/mapping
Larry Mintier, FAICP, Managing Principal
Larry Mintier is owner and managing principal of Mintier &
Associates, a planning consulting firm created in 1985. As
principal of Mintier & Associates, he has worked for over 75 public
agencies and over 50 private clients and law firms. Mr. Mintier
has supervised his firm's work in preparing over 40 general plans,
specific plans, and master plans; over 30 housing elements; a half
dozen zoning and subdivision ordinances; and numerous other
special studies and projects. Many of these projects involved
managing multi -disciplinary teams and the preparation of
environmental impact reports.
Mr. Mintier is a frequent lecturer and panelist on State law and
local planning practice and teaches regularly for various University
of California Extension programs. He also has been retained over
25 times as a consultant and expert witness in land use litigation.
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Prior to establishing Mintier & Associates in 1985, Mr. Mintier
worked for the Governor's Office of Planning and Research,
specializing in planning, land use, and environmental issues.
There he directed the preparation of California's 1980 General
Plan Guidelines and 1982 revisions. Mr. Mintier also directed
other major projects including the 1981 Symposium on California
Planning Law, annual surveys of local planning programs, and
guidelines for local implementation of the California Coastal Act.
Prior to joining the Governor's Office, Mr. Mintier worked as a
planner for the City of Napa. His international experience includes
consulting positions with the International Labor Organization and
the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development in
Geneva, Switzerland.
Jim Harnish, JD, Principal
Jim Harnish has thirty-five years of experience in land use and
environmental planning. He is also an attorney with extensive
experience in regulatory and environmental compliance. He has
managed large organizations for both public agencies and private
consulting firms. He is familiar with every aspect of the local
government planning process and regulatory environment.
Mr. Harnish has a wide range of professional skills. He is very
effective interacting with staff, elected officials, and large groups
of people. He has extensive experience in public outreach and
consensus building. He relates well to a broad spectrum of people
and has an understanding of competing community interests,
making him an effective problem solver.
His broad experience, in both the public and private sector, in land
use planning, regulatory codes and ordinances, permit processing,
environmental analysis, toxics and hazardous materials, wetlands
and endangered species, and legal analysis enables Mr. Harnish to
bring a wealth of experience to every project. Mr. Harnish also
has extensive experience in supervising large planning staffs and
managing interdisciplinary consultant teams on complex planning
projects.
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Mr. Harnish has managed or prepared General Plans for the cities
of Alturas, Healdsburg, South San Francisco, Galt, and Wheatland
and the county of Modoc. He has prepared community or specific
plans for Carmichael (Sacramento County), Fair Oaks (Sacramento
County), Airport/Meadowview (Sacramento), Martis Valley (Placer
County) Gold Rush Ranch and Golf Resort (City of Sutter Creek),
and the Southwest Live Oak Specific Plan. He has prepared zoning
ordinance revisions or updates for the cities of Roseville, Galt,
Folsom, Santa Rosa, and South San Francisco, Kern County, and
the Mountain House New Town in San Joaquin County.
He has conducted critical third party review of dozens of
environmental documents and managed the preparation of
numerous EIRs and negative declarations. As Environmental
Coordinator for the city of Sacramento, he led the restructuring of
the city's environmental review procedures. He has worked
extensively with State and Federal regulatory agencies in creating
and negotiating Habitat Conservation Plans (Coalinga), 404
permits, and wetland mitigation plans.
Mr. Harnish's most recent projects include General Plan updates
for the cities of Sacramento, Galt, and Wheatland, the South
Sacramento Community Plan update, the city of Woodland
Permanent Urban Limit Line Study, Sacramento County Zoning
Ordinance revisions to implement Design Guidelines, peer reviews
of CEQA documents for Merced County, and preparation of the
Gold Rush Ranch and Golf Resort and the Southwest Live Oak
Specific Plans.
Derek DiManno, AICP, Senior Project Manager
Derek DiManno is a Senior Project Manager with Mintier &
Associates. He specializes in land use planning and policy,
housing, and computer applications. For the past nine years at
Mintier & Associates, he has worked on a number of projects
including general plans, specific plans, housing elements, zoning
ordinances, and various special land use studies.
Mr. DiManno has considerable experience working in the Central
Valley, the Bay Area, and on the North Coast. He has been a major
-- contributor to several general plan update programs including the
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counties of Del Norte, Fresno, and Lake, and the cities of Crescent
City, Fortuna, Half Moon Bay, Lincoln, Redding, Tulare, and Union
City. He has also worked on nine housing element updates. All
the adopted housing elements have been certified by the
Department of Housing and Community Development. Mr.
DiManno has extensive project management experience, having
been the project manager on over ten general plan updates,
housing element updates, and specific plans.
Rik Keller, Associate
Rik Keller is an Associate with Mintier & Associates. He specializes
in land use planning and policy analysis, housing, transportation,
data analysis, site analysis and design, and computer mapping.
Mr. Keller has extensive practical experience, including positions
with a diverse range of public, private, and non-profit
organizations including The Benkendorf Associates Corporation
(Portland, OR), 1000 Friends of Oregon (Portland, OR), the Capital
Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (Austin, TX), and the
Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (Austin, TX).
At Mintier & Associates, he is presently working on the preparation
of the Sacramento General Plan Update and has been a major
contributor to general plan update programs for the counties of
Butte, Fresno, and Inyo, and housing element updates for the town
of Windsor and the cities of Folsom, Sonoma, and Woodland.
Dan Amsden, AICP, Associate
Dan Amsden is an Associate with Mintier & Associates and
specializes in land use planning and policy, university planning,
urban design, and computer applications in planning. Mr. Amsden
is currently working on general plan updates for the cities of Galt,
Sacramento, and Wheatland, and specific plans for the southwest
area of Live Oak and Gold Rush Ranch in Sutter Creek. He has also
worked on an urban limit line study for the city of Woodland, a
housing element update for the city of Wheatland, technical
studies for the Heritage Oaks and Jones Ranch developments in
Wheatland, and planning for the White Mountain Golf Resort in
China.
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Prior to working for Mintier & Associates, Mr. Amsden was an
Assistant Parks Planner for the County of San Luis Obispo. He has
also interned with the City of Novato's Community Development
Department, worked as a Graduate Assistant for the Planning
Department at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, and worked as a Planning
Technician for the County of Santa Barbara's Zoning
Administration Division during graduate school. He completed a
Master's Thesis on public participation and urban design issues
related to outdoor university spaces, of which a portion was
published in the winter 2005 issue of Planning for Higher
Education.
Ted Holzem, Associate
Ted Holzem is an Associate with Mintier & Associates specializing
in land use planning, policy analysis, housing issues, GIS, and
other technical computer applications. At Mintier & Associates, he
has been a major contributor in the development of land use
elements, GIS mapping, and policy analysis for the City of Stockton
General Plan Update, Tulare County General Plan Update, and
Visalia East Downtown Specific Plan. He has also provided
technical land use and policy analysis of the housing elements for
the cities of Stockton and Ceres.
Other projects Mr. Holzem is working on include general plan
updates for the cities of Sacramento, Fortuna, and Tulare, the
Sacramento South Area Community Plan Update, the Mendocino
County Housing Element Implementation, and the Sacramento
County Design Guidelines.
Mr. Holzem also has extensive experience in current and long-
range planning in the public sector. Prior to working for Mintier &
Associates, Mr. Holzem was a Community Development Intern with
the City of Dixon where he assisted in the implementation of the
Housing Element and worked as a Redevelopment Intern with the
Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency on various
housing and economic development projects.
Dale Kunce, Assistant Planner
Dale Kunce is an Assistant Planner with Mintier & Associates and
specializes in economic development, land use and environmental
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Project Experience
policy, and computer applications. Mr. Kunce has worked on
general plan updates for the cities of Fortuna, Sacramento, and
Tulare, and the county of Tulare.
Prior to working for Mintier & Associates, Mr. Kunce was a
Hardware Specialist for Creative Media in Davis where he
maintained and streamlined web, email, file, and ftp servers and
was responsible for purchasing computing hardware, and
managed computing networks of 200 clients. Prior to that he was
a GIS Intern for the Sacramento Area Council of Governments
where he was a facilitator for city, county, and regional Blueprint
Project community meetings and assisted in creation of quality
control checks for the regional street centerline project.
Mintier & Associates has prepared numerous General Plans in the
Central Valley, including the cities of Ceres, Dixon, Galt, Lincoln,
Newman, Patterson, Redding, Sacramento, Tulare, West
Sacramento, Wheatland, Winters, and Woodland and the counties
of Butte, Fresno, Madera, and Tulare. In addition, Mintier &
Associates is very familiar with the City of Lodi having worked on
the City's Zoning Ordinance, Housing Element, and 1991 General
Plan.
The following are four examples of local general plan updates that
began within the last three years:
Galt General Plan Update
Mintier & Associates managed a multi -disciplinary consulting team
in a comprehensive update of the city of Galt's General Plan. Key
issues in the update included coordinating wastewater treatment
plan improvements, circulation infrastructure improvements, and
a Sphere of Influence update with the general plan update process.
Other issues include jobs/housing balance, environmental
preservation, economic growth, and diversity in housing stock.
City of Sacramento General Plan Update
Mintier & Associates worked with EIP Associates as part of a multi-
disciplinary team to comprehensively update Sacramento's General
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Plan. Key issues in the update included the incorporation of Smart
Growth principles in city development, consolidating and updating
community plans into the city-wide General Plan, and
incorporating the SACOG Blueprint growth projections and
principles.
City of Stockton General Plan Update
Mintier & Associates managed a multi -disciplinary team in the
comprehensive update of Stockton's General Plan. Key issues of
the update included creating a framework for infill development,
establishing a system of villages for accommodating sufficient
growth at the edge of the existing city, and designing
transportation and infrastructure systems to support projected
growth.
Wheatland General Plan Update
Mintier & Associates managed a multi -disciplinary consulting team
in a comprehensive update of the City of Wheatland's General
Plan. Key issues in the update included coordinating five technical
studies with the general plan and housing element, planning a
highway bypass, establishing a jobs -housing balance, increasing
the vitality of the downtown, identifying the next increment of
urban expansion, and ensuring that service levels would meet
expanded needs. The project included updating the public facility
master plans, the housing element, infrastructure financing plans,
and a program EIR.
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Firm Description
DC&E was founded by David Early in 1995 to offer the type of
high-quality, personalized, and comprehensive planning and
design services that the City of Lodi needs for the General Plan
Update and EIR. Over the past ten years, DC&E has completed
dozens of General Plans and Specific Plans for growing
communities. The vast majority of these projects also include
significant public outreach components, concurrent environmental
review, and close attention to urban design quality. DC&E is one
of the few firms in California that offers experience in all of these
disciplines under one roof.
As its name implies, DC&E's work is based on three basic
principles:
• Design. Almost every planning decision has effects on our
physical environment. DC&E is committed to ensuring that
development projects and planning policy have positive
design implications.
• Community. DC&E believes that planning and design
decisions must reflect local communities' needs. For this
reason, DC&E stresses community involvement and public
participation as cornerstones of its work.
• Environment. In order to sustain itself into the future, our
society must find development patterns that respect the
natural environment. Therefore, DC&E stresses
environmental responsibility and stewardship in planning
and design.
The firm believes that the best planning is that which reflects the
community it serves and which works in concert with the
surrounding natural environment. Through its staff, equipment
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Key Personnel
and technical consultants, DC&E pro -vides clients with state-of-
the-art technology and methods in all aspects of planning.
DC&E's responsibilities for this General Plan Update would include
the following:
o Community outreach
o Urban design
o Environmental analysis
David Early, Principal
David Early, DC&E's Founding Principal, will be principal -in -charge
of DC&E's work on the General Plan Update and EIR and will
oversee the creation and implementation of the community
involvement program. Mr. Early has over eighteen years of
experience in planning and design, and has received a Masters
degree in both Architecture and City Planning. He has worked on
scores of projects in diverse communities throughout California,
and is currently one of 32 members of the California Planning
Roundtable, whose mission is to promote creativity and excellence
in planning by providing leadership in addressing important
planning issues in California. In addition, he has taught the UC
Davis Extension class on General Plan preparation for the past four
years.
Mr. Early's work has won awards at the local, state and national
level, including, in 2004, the Northern Section CCAPA Award for
Best Planning for a Small jurisdiction for the Livermore General
Plan Update and EIR. Mr. Early is currently supervising several
combined General Plan Update and EIR efforts, including the
Newman General Plan Update and EIR, the Tracy General Plan
Update and EIR and the Eden Area General Plan and EIR for
Alameda County.
Tom Ford, AICP, Principal
Mr. Ford will serve as Senior Urban Designer, providing urban
design and neighborhood development expertise. Mr. Ford holds
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a graduate degree in architecture and he brings strong
architectural design skills to all the assignments he undertakes.
He has extensive experience working with Specific Plans, Concept
Plans, Downtown or "Main Street" Plans, transit -oriented -
development plans, alternatives generation, site plans, Streetscape
Master Plans and visioning exercises and workshops. His
understanding of the need for balance between clear requirements
and adequate flexibility informed his recent work on the Design
Standards and Guidelines Update for City of Livermore, the
Hillsborough Design Guidelines for Town of Hillsborough, and the
Santa Rosa Station Area Specific Plan for the City of Santa Rosa.
Prior to joining DC&E, Mr. Ford worked for five years at Calthorpe
Associates, where he completed a number of designs for new and
infill residential neighborhoods.
Catherine Reilly, AICP, Associate
Ms. Reilly will serve as Project Manager for the Lodi General Plan
Update EIR. Since beginning her planning career over seven years
ago, Ms. Reilly has managed or worked as primary planner for a
range of planning, environmental, housing and economic
development programs in California, North Carolina, and Arizona.
She served as DC&E's Project Manager on the General Plan
Updates and EIRs for the Town of Hillsborough and the City of
Hughson, as well as assisting with the management of the General
Plan EIR for the City of Tracy. Ms. Reilly's long-range planning
experience prior to joining DC&E includes management of the
General Plan Update Program for the City of EI Centro and the
Castroville Community Plan for the unincorporated community of
Castroville in Monterey County, helping both communities to
balance growth while preserving the existing community
character. In addition, she was the primary author for the Program
EIRs for the General Plan updates for the Cities of San Juan
Capistrano and Salinas and two Program EIRs for large scale
projects in the City of Irvine, including the MCAS EI Toro
Millennium Plan. Ms. Reilly also worked on sections of the General
Plan Update EIR for the City of Moreno Valley, an EIR for a
community plan in the County of Riverside and an EIR for a master
plan in the City of Carlsbad.
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DC&E will be joined by Environmental Collaborative, Illingworth &
Rodkin, Inc., and Tremaine & Associates. A summary of their firm
qualifications are provided below:
ENVIRONMENTAL COLLABORATIVE
Environmental Collaborative is a small business enterprise located
in Emeryville, California. Established by James Martin in 1983,
assessments performed by the firm include general vegetation and
wildlife surveys, detailed surveys for special -status species,
wetland delineations, and restoration plans for sites throughout
northern California. The firm has been involved in conducting
biological assessments for a wide range of planning documents
and development applications, from county and city general plans
and master plans for new communities, to specific plans involving
a mixture of uses, to individual development plans for residential,
commercial, and industrial projects.
James Martin, Principal
` Mr. Martin will be the primary biological consultant for services to
DCE. Mr. Martin holds a BS degree in Biology and a BA degree in
Fine Art, both from the University of California at Berkeley. He has
over 20 years of experience as an environmental consultant,
preparing biotic resource assessments for proposed residential,
industrial, and commercial developments for sites in Alameda,
Amador, Contra Costa, Fresno, Kern, Kings, Lake, Marin,
Mendocino, Merced, Monterey, Napa, Nevada, Placer, Sacramento,
San Benito, Santa Cruz, San Francisco, San Mateo, San Joaquin,
Santa Clara, Siskiyou, Solano, Sonora, Stanislaus, Tuolumne, and
Yolo counties, among others. He has evaluated Specific Plans and
General Plans, and is currently involved with the General Plan
updates for Marin, Napa, and Sonora counties. He has been
involved in developing mitigation plans, restoration plans, and
natural resource management plans for aquatic, transitional, and
terrestrial habitats.
Mr. Martin's has considerable experience conducting assessments
for sites throughout the Central Valley, Coast, and Sierra Nevada,
and for general plan updates for cities and counties. Projects in
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the Central Valley include: the Yosemite Area Regional Transport
System site analysis with DCE; the Hetch Hetchy water intake
modification project and the domestic water supply distribution
project for the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission; the San
Joaquin County General Plan EIR, which included an assessment of
five "New Towns"; the Mountain House New Town Supplemental
EIR northwest of Tracy; the Old River Specific Plan EIR in the City of
Tracy Sphere of Influence along Old River; the EIR on the Kings
County General Plan Dairy Element; the Cache Creek Resource
Management Plan EIR in Yolo County; and the Southport
Framework Plan EIR in West Sacramento. Mr. Martin is currently or
has recently been involved in the general plan updates for Marin,
San .Joaquin, and Sonoma counties, and the cities of Benicia,
Calistoga, Corte Madera, Morgan Hill, Napa, and Walnut Creek.
Mr. Martin is intimately familiar with the US Fish and Wildlife
Service's mitigation guidelines for Valley Elderberry Longhorn
Beetle (VELB), and other regulatory guidelines relevant to projects
in the Lodi vicinity such as the California Department of Fish and
Game's draft mitigation guidelines for Swainson's hawk, and has
worked closely with agency personnel in defining appropriate
mitigation requirements for various projects.
ILLINGWORTH & RODKIN, INC.
DC&E Qualifications
Founded in 1987, Illingworth and Rodkin, Inc. (I&R) provides a
complete range of consulting services in acoustics, vibration and
air quality to governmental agencies, private sector clients and
other environmental and design professionals. The firm has
expertise in acoustics and air quality analysis and is experienced
with both the State and Federal environmental regulatory
processes. I&R has completed in excess of 3,000 projects in
architectural acoustics, community noise and vibration, industrial
noise and vibration control, and air quality studies. The firm has
prepared (or is currently preparing) the Noise Elements of ten
Northern California cities in the past five years and has written or
updated over twenty General Plan Noise Element Sections since
1987.
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Richard B. Rodkin, P.E.
Mr. Rodkin would manage the Noise Section of the General Plan
Update. Mr. Rodkin began his career as an acoustical consultant
in 1973. He has worked continuously in the many aspects of
acoustics related to the design of new buildings, the environment,
and industry. Building designs include commercial, institutional
and residential projects. Transportation noise and vibration
studies include freeways, light rail and heavy rail trains, and local
roadway improvements. He has prepared environmental noise
studies for a wide range of industrial, commercial, residential,
institutional and transportation projects. Mr. Rodkin received his
MS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California at
Berkeley.
James A. Reyff
Mr. Reyff would head the air quality section of the General Plan
Update. Mr. Reyff is a Meteorologist with expertise in the areas of
air quality and acoustics. His expertise includes meteorology, air
quality emissions estimation, transportation/ land use air quality
studies, air quality field studies, and environmental noise studies.
He is familiar with federal, state and local air quality and noise
regulations and has developed effective working relationships with
many regulatory agencies. He received a BS degree in Geosciences
(Meteorology) from San Francisco State University.
Michael S. Thill
Mr. Thill would assist in the data gathering, analysis, and
preparation of the noise contours and background technical study
for the Noise Section. Mr. Thill has seven years of professional
noise consulting experience. His expertise lies in conducting field
research and developing and analyzing data. He has conducted
numerous field surveys in a variety of noise environments and has
performed noise, vibration, and air quality assessments for single
and multi -family residential projects, mixed-use projects,
commercial projects, transportation projects, educational facilities,
redevelopment projects, and office and industrial developments.
He received a BS degree in Environmental Science from the
University of California at Santa Barbara (1998).
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Dana M. Lodico
Ms. Lodico would assist in the data gathering, analysis, and
preparation of the noise contours and background technical study
for the Noise Section of the General Plan Update. Ms. Lodico has
worked with Illingworth & Rodkin since January 2004 and has past
experience in acoustics and civil engineering. She has consulted
on a variety of projects including architectural acoustics designs,
traffic -related noise studies, general plan updates, and the study
of environmental noise and land use compatibility. Ms. Lodico
received a MS in Building Science/Architectural Acoustics from the
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (2003) and BS in Civil Engineering
from the University of Colorado at Boulder (2000).
TREMAINE & ASSOCIATES
Tremaine & Associates (TREMAINE) is a woman -owned business,
established in 1994, and headquartered in Dixon, California.
TREMAINE has successfully completed a wide range of survey
projects from small-scale local land developments (less than 100
acres) to highly complex regional studies exceeding thousands of
acres. TREMAINE has worked in a variety of construction and
development sectors including communications (fiber optics), civil
engineering (infrastructure), design engineering and
preconstruction planning (surveys and audits), land purchases,
transportation (light rail and highways), water resources (levees
and reservoirs), and military facilities. In addition, TREMAINE has
conducted projects in a number of archaeological and geological
settings including those within downtown urban areas, forests,
deserts, bay, valley and foothills, and coastal areas.
TREMAINE has a permanent staff that includes six PhD/MA level
archaeologists and geophysicists, two GIS specialists, an office
manager, a projects coordinator, and several field and laboratory
technicians. Further, TREMAINE retains a pool of experienced
archaeological technicians for seasonal on-call work, as demand
requires. With over 300 completed projects , TREMAINE's senior
cultural resource staff, Kim Tremaine, PhC, john Lopez, MA in
progress, Monica Steckling, MA and, Mark Carper, MA are each
solid veterans of the cultural management profession. Together
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they possess the complementary strengths of managerial
excellence, regulatory knowledge, academic scholarship, and
technical proficiency needed for the Lodi General Plan.
Kim Tremaine, PhC, RPA, Principal Investigator
Ms. Tremaine has advanced to candidacy for her PhD at the
University of California, Davis, and holds a Masters degree in
Cultural Resources Management from Sonoma State University.
Ms. Tremaine, a principal of TREMAINE, has twenty-five years
experience in archaeology and has directed numerous projects
involving compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic
Preservation Act (NHPA), the California Environmental Quality Act
(CEQA), and the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). These projects include cultural
resources management plans, historic property treatment plans,
feasibility studies, inventories, testing for National Register
eligibility, mitigation excavations, and FERC relicensing
consultations. She has worked with a number of State and Federal
agencies including Caltrans, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, U.S. Forest
Service, Bureau of Land Management, Army Corps of Engineers,
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Native American Heritage Commission,
and the Office of Historic Preservation. Kim has devoted
considerable pro bono effort to assist the City of Sacramento in
their long range plans (including general plan and specific plans)
actively working with their Historic Preservation Director, Roberta
Deering, to develop several heritage tourism projects to benefit
the general public and local economy.
John Lopez, MA in progress, Principal Investigator
John Lopez has over 20 years experience in archaeology and
currently completing his Masters thesis at Sonoma State
University. He received his BA in Anthropology from San Jose State
University in 1981. John is part owner of TREMAINE and co -
manages projects. John's regional experiences include the interior
and coastal areas of the Santa Lucia and Diablo Ranges, the North
Coast Ranges, and most counties in the North-Central and
Northern Sierras. He is technically proficient in human osteology
and osteometrics; lithic analysis; historical archaeology, including
household, railroad, and mining features and artifacts. Along with
the archaeology, John maintains good working relationships with
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local Native American communities including the Obispeno and
Purismeno Chumash, Karuk, Eastern Miwok, Ohlone, Patwin,
Pomo, Salinan, Sinkyone, Wappo, and Washo-Paiute peoples. john
Lopez has managed complex projects involving engineers and
scientists for more than 10 years.
Monica Steckling, MA, RPA, Archaeologist/ Project Manager
Ms. Steckling received a BA and MA in Anthropology from the
University of California, Santa Barbara and San Diego State
University in 1996 and 2001, respectively. She has nine years
experience in California archaeology and has directed cultural
resource studies for federal, State, and local compliance
requirements. These projects include constraint level evaluations,
surveys, CEQA testing programs, National Register status
evaluations, monitor programs, and data recovery programs.
Recent projects include the testing and monitoring for the Sutter
Expansion Project, testing and monitoring for the North San Diego
County Transit District Oceanside -Escondido Rail Project, data
recovery for the Otay Generating Plant Project, Bureau of Land
Management Kuchamaa Overview Study, and the Monitoring
program for the Calpine Energy Facility.
Mark A. Carper, MA, RPA, Archaeologist/ Project Manager
Mr. Carper has been a practicing archaeologist for eight years. Mr.
Carper has extensive experience throughout the western and
southwestern United States, including California, Oregon, Texas,
Utah, Montana, and Arizona. Prior to joining the Tremaine &
Associates team he earned his B.A. from James Madison University,
Harrisonburg, Virginia, followed by his M.A. from the University of
Montana, Missoula. Mr. Carper's experience throughout the
western and southwestern United States has allowed him to
become well versed in Section 106 of the National Historic
Preservation Act. He has directed cultural resource studies
including survey, excavation, and monitoring in compliance with
State, federal and local requirements. Mr. Carper's experience
also includes artifact analysis, report writing, and archival
research.
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Melinda Pacheco, Projects Coordinator /Staff Archaeologist
Ms. Pacheco has six years experience in California Archaeology.
Since receiving her B.A. from CSU, Chico in 2000 she has worked
on numerous projects throughout California as a Field
Archaeologist. Prior to her current position she was employed
with the Society for California Archaeology where she managed the
financial records, budget analysis, membership, inventory and
archive preservation, and Annual Meeting planning. Her past
employment with the URS Corporation and the Archaeological
Research Foundation, CSU Chico has allowed her to gain valuable
experience in archaeological survey, excavation, monitoring, site
record preparation, curation, and environmental laws. As Projects
Coordinator, Ms. Pacheco works closely with project managers and
the accountant, allocating company resources such as personnel,
equipment, supplies, and money to projects, ensuring project
needs are met.
Jessica Breese, Staff Archaeologist/Office Manager
Ms. Breese has eight years bookkeeping and office support
experience working for Abbott & Kindermann, LLP and three years
experience in California archaeology. She has conducted field
surveys, large monitoring projects, site documentation, GPS data
collection, testing and data recovery excavation that spans both
the northern and southern California regions. Her experience for
Tremaine & Associates, Inc. includes payroll, accounts payable,
accounts receivable, human resources, contract administration,
and general office support. Ms. Breese's archaeological
experience allows her to fill the role of archaeologist for larger
projects when needed.
Shannon DeArmond, GIS Analyst
Ms. DeArmond graduated from the University of California, Davis
in 2000 with a BS in Natural Resource Science. Her course work
entailed a wide variety of disciplines from atmospheric science, to
soil science, to ecology, with a heavy emphasis on geology and
geographic information systems. Before joining the TREMAINE
team, she worked with the Natural Heritage Commission to
analyze and identify potential sites for below -surface water
storage using GIS.
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Shannon is currently our GIS analyst, cartographer, and manager
of our mapping department. Shannon is a member of the
Sacramento ArcUser Group. She has worked with us on a variety
of projects across the state and beyond, conducting sensitivity
analyses, mapping archaeological finds, and aiding TREMAINE'S
geophysicists in defining the subsurface landscape.
Lara Wood, Staff Archaeologist/GIS Analyst
Ms. Wood completed her degree in Anthropology in 2002 at the
University of California, Davis. She has worked as an archaeologist
since 2000 on various projects throughout. California. Recently
she completed an AS in Geographic Information Systems from
American River Junior College. She started work at TREMAINE in
November of 2004 and in that time she has provided field support
for archaeological and geophysical projects, as well as becoming
an essential member of our GIS staff. In addition to her map -
making and GIS analytical skills, Ms. Wood's knowledge of
archaeology makes her invaluable during archaeological surveys,
site recordation, and compilation and consolidation of collected
field data.
Edwin Hajic, PhD
Dr. Hajic received his doctorate in Geology from the University of
Illinois in 1990. His geological background includes a number of
geomorphological studies in the Mid -West including the Illinois
River Valley, Des Plaines River Valley, the Mississippi River Valley,
the Spoon River Valley, the Rainy River Valley, and here in the
west, the Lower Sacramento River Valley. His work also involves
landscape evolution studies. He directed the data collection effort
for Minnesota's Department of Transportation (MN/DOT)
archaeological site prediction model. As TREMAINE'S
geoarchaeologist, Dr. Hajic provides us with the benefits of his
wide range of experience and his project management skills.
Yi Liao, PhD
Dr. Liao received his PhD in Theoretical Geophysics from the
University of Beijing, and an Electrical Engineering degree from
Hungcow University. Yi has developed a number of mathematical
algorithms and geophysics -based seismic techniques for the
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petroleum industry, and algorithms for near -surface conductivity
instruments. He is currently continuing to develop such
algorithms for use with TREMAINE'S eScan Technology and
providing technical expertise on geophysical projects in
archaeology.
Mara Johnson, PhD
Dr. Johnson received her doctorate in Soil Science from the
University of California Davis in 2001. She directs our geo-
sciences program, ourseeing the geophysical surveys and drilling
work, conducting borelogging, and analysis of data collected. She
has been an invaluable addition to our staff.
Project Experience
Tracy General Plan Update and EIR for the City of Tracy
The Central Valley city of Tracy is a rapidly -growing community on
the outskirts of the San Francisco Bay Area. Over the past two
decades, the city's population has doubled, leading to a number of
growth -related issues such as traffic congestion, increased home
prices and loss of the small-town character. During the General
Plan process, DC&E worked with the City Council, Planning
Commission and the public to explore how innovative
development patterns such as smart growth, new urbanism and
transit -oriented development could maintain and improve the
quality of life in the community. The issues raised at joint City
Council/Planning Commission workshops and public meetings
were directly translated into detailed policies and actions in the
General Plan. One of the cornerstones of the updated General
Plan is a comprehensive Community Character Element that
addresses all aspects of design and quality of life. This element
identifies an urban structure comprised of neighborhoods, urban
centers, village centers, mixed use corridors and employment
areas, and it includes detailed design guidance that allows staff,
the Planning Commission and City Council to review development
applications for conformance with General Plan goals. DC&E is
also preparing the EIR on Tracy's General Plan, a complex
document addressing the potential impacts to traffic, air quality,
noise, aesthetics and agricultural resources that may result from
development under the General Plan.
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Newman General Plan Update and EIR for the City of Newman
Newman is a unique Central Valley town with an historic
downtown core and attractive, walkable residential neighborhoods
surrounded by productive farmland. .Just over one square mile in
size, with a population of about 1 1 ,000, Newman remains a small
and friendly town with a high quality of life. At the same time, the
city is experiencing significant growth pressure, with a population
increase of over 70 percent between 1990 and 2000. DC&E is
preparing an update to the Newman General Plan that will
establish appropriate urban design standards, protect agricultural
uses, provide City backing to create local jobs, and preserve
Newman's small-town character. DC&E is working closely with
City staff and a nine -member General Plan Steering Committee,
who meet on a monthly basis to review documents and discuss the
progress of the Update. In addition, DC&E has organized a series
of public workshops and developed an aggressive outreach
program, including a General Plan Update website, advertisements
in the local paper and fliers mailed to every address in the City.
Concurrently with the General Plan Update, DC&E is proceeding
with the environmental review work, ensuring that the General
Plan will avoid environmental impacts or include policies and
actions to mitigate them to the maximum extent possible.
City of Oroville General Plan and Development Code Update for
the City of Oroville
DC&E is updating the General Plan and Development Code for the
City of Oroville. Like Lodi, Oroville is experiencing development
pressure from the greater Sacramento area, and seeks to better
define the interface between urban and rural areas. In order to
address Oroville's immediate need for development regulations to
ensure that new development makes a positive contribution to
community design and character, DC&E is updating the City's
Development Code prior to updating the General Plan. This
includes the preparation of a grading ordinance in order to
regulate hillside development, protect water quality and ensure
long-term protection of the foothills, a character -defining element
for Oroville.
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Truckee General Plan Update and EIR for the Town of Truckee
DC&E is preparing the Town of Truckee 2025 General Plan Update
and accompanying EIR. Truckee enjoys a scenic setting, historic
downtown, and ample recreational opportunities. These assets
have made Truckee a popular visitor destination, as well as a
significant location for second home owners from the Bay Area
and Sacramento. The Town of Truckee incorporated in 1993, with
a development pattern of dispersed residential areas loosely
centered around the historic Town center, similar to Lodi's.
Recently, the Town has faced rapid residential growth, placing
pressure on valuable natural resources and threatening Truckee's
unique character. The General Plan Update, overseen by David
Early, began with an extensive bilingual (English and Spanish)
public outreach effort, followed by specific policy direction for key
issue areas such as housing, economic diversification, and
community character, as well as a preferred land use alternative.
The results of both phases of the project were incorporated into
the updated General Plan, for which DC&E is currently preparing a
full EIR.
Livermore Vision Project and Livermore General Plan Update
DC&E managed the update of the Livermore General Plan, which
won the 2003 Northern California APA Chapter award for
Comprehensive Planning, Small jurisdiction. The award
acknowledged both the General Plan and the Vision Project, the
extensive community participation process that led up to the Plan,
which was also managed by DC&E.
The Livermore General Plan had not been comprehensively
updated since 1976. Meanwhile, Livermore's population grew
from 42,000 to 74,000 and the City became divided by a
contentious debate over the possible development some of the
last rangeland in the Bay Area. The community input on major
land use and growth issues gathered by DC&E's work on the
Livermore Vision Project in 2001 established a starting point for
the General Plan update process. A 15 -member Steering
Committee held public meetings over 12 months to craft the
updated plan. The final General Plan maintains existing
undeveloped lands by virtue of innovative planning solutions,
including new land use designations to allow higher -density
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mixed-use development; policies to shift housing development
towards the downtown and urban core; a clearly-defined area for
transit -oriented development around a possible future BART
station; far-reaching programs to preserve and increase vineyards
and wine -related tourism; and extensive policies to protect views
of the open hillsides surrounding the city. As in Yolo County, a
comparative analysis of the fiscal and infrastructure impacts of
various land use alternatives, along with the identification of
appropriate land uses and intensity of development for infill sites,
were key components of General Plan Update process.
Northwest Chico Specific Plan and EIR for the City of Chico
DC&E is leading a consultant team to develop a comprehensive
plan and EIR for a 632 -acre area of undeveloped or underutilized
land known as the Northwest Chico Development Area (NCDA) at
the edge of the City's Sphere of Influence. DC&E is leading the
effort to develop a strategic and comprehensive approach to land
use, circulation and open space planning for the area, in response
to ongoing development pressure. Existing development includes
rural residential, agricultural and industrial uses, an elementary
school and scattered commercial enterprises. A number of parcels
are proposed for residential development, although these
proposals are generally being made in a piecemeal fashion rather
than comprehensively. In addition, the City would like the area to
include a community park and a mixed-use commercial core. As a
part of this project, DC&E staff have met with Butte County LAFCO
officials to gain a clear understanding of the LAFCO's parameters
for annexations and potential changes in Chico's SOI.
ENVIRONMENTAL COLLABORATIVE
Sonoma County General Plan Update and EIR, Sonoma County
Mr. Martin is currently providing technical expertise on biological
and wetland related -issues as Sonoma County updates their
General Plan. He prepared a Background Technical Report
summarizing existing resources, regulatory framework, and
adequacy/deficiencies of the current General Plan, and recently
completed the Biological Resources section of the EIR. He
participated in an extensive process of policy refinement attending
numerous subcommittee and committee meetings, and worked
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closely with staff to develop options, recommendations, and policy
language for the Open Space and Natural Resource elements of
the General Plan.
Southtown Environmental Impact Report, City of Vacaville
Mr. Martin recently completed an evaluation of two major
development projects encompassing approximately 340 acres in
the southeastern portion of Vacaville. He conducted detailed field
surveys and provided a peer review of studies conducted for the
applicant. Potentially sensitive resources included the loss of
seasonal wetlands, possible occurrences of special -status
invertebrate species, and elimination of suitable foraging habitat
for a number of raptors. He prepared the Biological Resources
section of the DEIR on the project, and responses to relevant
comments for the FEIR.
Ceres General Plan and Environmental Impact Report, City of Ceres
Mr. Martin recently worked with DC&E in completing the
background review as part of the Ceres General Plan Update, and
prepared the Biological Resources section of the EIR. Available
background information was assembled and reviewed, existing
vegetative cover was mapped based on interpretation of aerial
photographs and a field reconnaissance survey, and sensitive
resources were identified. Input was provided into important
planning considerations and policy options. A review of potential
impacts associated with implementation of the preferred option
for future development was provided as part of the EIR analysis.
ILLINGWORTH & RODKIN, INC.
City of Walnut Creek General Plan, Noise & Air Quality Update
I&R prepared the noise and air quality technical background
reports for the City of Walnut Creek's General Plan Update, which
included a detailed evaluation of existing and future noise
conditions. I&R also updated the Noise and Air Quality Elements
for compliance with the State of California Administrative Code
and consistency with County goals and development.
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Stanislaus
County General Plan, Noise Element Update
&R prepared the noise technical background report for the
Stanislaus County General Plan Update, which included a detailed
evaluation of existing and future noise conditions. I&R also
reviewed, commented on, and updated the previous Noise Element
for compliance with the State of California Administrative Code
and consistency with County goals and development.
City of Tracy General Plan, EIR Noise & Air Quality Update
I&R prepared the noise and air quality technical background
reports for the City of Tracy's General Plan Update. I&R also
updated the Noise and Air Quality Elements of the City of Tracy
General Plan and prepared the noise and air quality sections of the
General Plan and EIR.
TREMAINE & ASSOCIATES
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Buckeye Ranch Project
As part of a planned residential and development plan northwest
of Lodi (Tracy Lakes), Kim Tremaine conducted archaeological
investigations, including record search, pedestrian survey, and soil
chemical analysis in preparation of an adequate Environmental
Impact Report. The work resulted in the identification of nine
prehistoric sites.
Archaeological Monitoring for WS04 Long Haul Fiber Optic
Segment
This project involved the monitoring of the placement of a fiber
optic cable running from Sacramento to Bakersfield. Over 23 -
miles of the project ran through San Joaquin County. During the
project one prehistoric site was identified and recorded in San
Joaquin County, the Dry Creek Site (MP64).
Willow Glen Home Owners Association, Culvert Replacement
Project
The Willow Glen Home Owners Association proposed to replace a
48 -inch diameter metal culvert with a 72 -inch diameter reinforced
concrete culvert. To meet requirements of Section 404 in
compliance with the Federal Clean Water Act, TREMAINE was
contracted to conduct a cultural resources survey for the 2,000
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square foot project area. No cultural resources were identified
during the project.
San Joaquin National Wildlife Refuge Project
TREMAINE performed a cultural resources survey of 335 -acres
within the San Joaquin National Wildlife Refuge as part of the US
Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) planned project to repair existing
wetlands, install a water control station, re -slope and fencing off
several banks to ensure that cattle will not cause further erosion.
During the project, one prehistoric site was identified and
recorded (CA -STA -000419).
Staten Island Cultural Resources Survey Project
The Nature Conservancy (TNC) purchased Staten Island in late
2001 with a grant from CALFED (a state -federal program) and the
Department of Water Resources (DWR). As part of Calfed's
Ecosystem Restoration Grants Program, Ducks Unlimited planned
to construct low interior cross -levees and install a high-volume
discharge pump for increasing the quality, quantity, and duration
of flooded habitat, benefiting cranes, pintails, and other
waterfowl.
TREMAINE supervised and conducted cultural resources technical
studies, as well as prepared recommendations in order to assist
The Nature Conservancy (TNC) in meeting its obligations under
Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as
amended. As part of the cultural resource program, tasks included
a records search and literature review; a strategically selective
survey (i.e., a systematic pedestrian survey of the levee perimeter
and an intensive survey of the area of direct impact for proposed
new levee and road construction); recordation of both newly
documented and previously recorded resources; preliminary
assessments of National Register eligibility (based on survey level
data); and provision of management recommendations. Seven
historic sites and seventeen historic artifacts were identified and
recorded during this project.
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Firm Description
Fehr & Peers specializes in providing transportation planning and
traffic engineering services to public and private sector clients. We
emphasize the development of creative, cost-effective, and
results -oriented solutions to planning and design problems
associated with all modes of transportation.
Rather than trying to offer a multi -disciplined approach, we
choose to focus on being the best traffic engineering and
transportation planning consulting firm. We offer specialized
expertise in the following areas:
Travel Demand Forecasting
Traffic Operations and Simulation
Intelligent Transportation Systems
Traffic Calming
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Bicycle/ Pedestrian Planning and Design
• Transportation Systems Planning
• Transit Operations and Simulation
• Land Use/Transportation Planning
Smart Growth Planning
Transportation Impact Analysis
Traffic Engineering Design
Maintaining this singular focus on transportation enables us to
provide state -of -the -practice expertise to our clients. We are
nationally -recognized experts in these areas as evidenced by the
fact that we routinely publish many professional papers, serve on
national committees, and teach courses to others in the industry.
From our firm's inception in 1985, we have developed strong
client relationships by following three core values:
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Key Personnel
• Professional integrity and honesty
We emphasize quality over quantity.
• Responsive and hard working
• We emphasize service over sales.
• Problem -solving, can -do attitude
• We emphasize solutions over process.
Ronald T. Milam, AICP, Principal
Mr. Milam is a Principal with Fehr & Peers located in our Roseville,
California office. He has managed a variety of transportation
planning and traffic engineering studies and also provides expert
witness testimony. He brings unique and valuable experience to
projects, having an extensive background in travel demand model
development and applications, traffic operations analysis,
microsimulation modeling, and transportation impact studies
involving NEPA and CEQA. Much of his experience has involved
direct working relationships with local agencies to help develop
balanced transportation and land use plans. Ron has worked on
variety of projects, including the EI Dorado County General Plan
and EIR, Calaveras County RTP, Nevada County General Plan, Yuba
City General Plan, Auburn General Plan Circulation Element,
Woodland General Plan Circulation Element and Street Master Plan,
and the Folsom -EI Dorado Transit Strategy Study (Folsom,
California). Ron also teaches a course for the Institute of
Transportation Studies Technology Transfer program at UC
Berkeley entitled, "Managing Transportation and Land Use
Interactions." Mr. Milam will be the Principal in Charge for this
project.
Julie Morgan, AICP, Associate
Ms. Morgan with Fehr & Peers, has more than nine years of
experience in travel demand forecasting, long-range plan
development, and integrated transportation/land use planning.
Ms. Morgan has substantial experience with many of the major
travel models used in the Bay Area and the Central Valley, and she
works with most major travel demand software packages,
including TP+, TransCAD, EMME/2 and MINUTP. Her experience in
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Project Experience
San Joaquin County includes managing the travel model
development and circulation element preparation for the Stockton
General Plan update, development of the regional transportation
impact fee program for the San Joaquin Council of Governments,
and preparation of the transportation sections of numerous EIRs in
cities throughout the County. Ms. Morgan received her Masters
degrees in City & Regional Planning and in Transportation
Engineering from the UC Berkeley. Ms. Morgan will be the Project
Manager for this project.
City of Tracy General Plan Update and EIR
Fehr & Peers prepared the Circulation Element and the
transportation sections of the Environmental Impact Report for the
City of Tracy General Plan. The effort included: An update to the
Tracy Citywide Traffic Model, Public Planning Workshops,
coordination with responsible agencies, Transportation Issues
Summary Document, development of land use alternatives, urban
design elements related to street and network standards and
impact reduction, guidelines for context sensitive design and
traffic calming, preparation of a multi -modal circulation element,
and the preparation of draft and final EIR.
City of Stockton General Plan Update and EIR
As the major urban area in the northern San Joaquin Valley,
Stockton is a hub for many modes of transportation, from
highways and transit services, to freight and passenger rail lines,
to container ships using the deep -water port. The City has
experienced tremendous growth in the past decade, and
significant population increases are expected over the next 20
years and beyond. The General Plan addresses issues of growth
and development through the application of a Village Concept, in
which future residential areas may include retail and job
opportunities, as well as supportive institutions such as schools
and parks.
The transportation analysis conducted in support of the General
Plan included development of a new city-wide traffic model, using
the TP+/Cube software system. This model was calibrated to
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current -year conditions, and then used to forecast traffic
conditions under the land use alternatives studied as part of the
General Plan process. We facilitated meetings with the
Transportation Subcommittee of the General Plan Action Team,
which included representatives from a variety of organizations
(public agency staff, real estate and business interests, social
service organizations, environmental groups, and others). We also
developed a comprehensive set of transportation goals and
policies based on input from the Subcommittee, City staff, and
public workshops and hearings. Fehr & Peers produced the
Circulation Element of the new General Plan, the transportation
chapter of the General Plan EIR, and a new Bicycle Master Plan for
Stockton.
City of Manteca General Plan and EIR
This project involved the preparation of a general plan, two
specific plans, and their associated EIR documents. The major
tasks involved an existing conditions analysis, a review of goals
and plans, development of alternatives, and preparation of EIR
document transportation sections. The scope also included
attendance at public meetings and staff meetings.
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Firm Description
Established in 1949, Nolte has been in business for over 50 years.
We began as a single -person surveying firm and have grown to a
professional service firm of engineers, planners, and surveyors.
We have over 400 employees in offices throughout the Western
United States and in Mexico. We are committed to quality and
believe that commitment is one reason why most of our work
comes from repeat clients.
At Nolte, we have an excellent reputation for delivering quality
products with exceptional client service. We consistently rank in
the top half on the Engineering News Record Top 500 Design
Firms list (we are currently ranked #200).
Over the years, our capabilities have expanded to meet the
increasingly complex needs of our clients. In addition to surveying
and civil engineering, we offer structural engineering. This
expertise combined with our transportation engineering is
exceedingly helpful on a wide variety of projects. We also offer
water resources and sanitary engineering. Our land development
staff includes engineers and planners who successfully take
projects from the initial review and study processes through
design documents and into construction. We also offer complete
program and construction management services. Key services
include:
• Land Development - Residential, Commercial, and
Industrial
• Land Use Planning and Permitting
• Surveying and Mapping - ALTA, Boundary, GPS,
Topographic, Construction Staking, and Monitoring
• Program Management
• Construction Management
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Key Personnel
• Traffic and Transportation - Streets, Roadways, Highways,
Rail, and Transit
• Structural Engineering
• Water Supply, Distribution, and Treatment
• Wastewater Engineering
• Water Recycling
• Flood Control and Drainage
We pride ourselves on our technology. By connecting our offices
with a high speed private network, knowledge, information, and
experience are transferred almost instantaneously. This allows
input from team members (no matter where they are). Projects are
developed in real time. Robotics, GPS equipment, and remote
computing allow field data to be rapidly and efficiently processed.
In summary, we are a full service engineering firm, with the in-
house capabilities and expertise to help you on your projects.
John Mountin, PE
Mr. Mountin is an engineering manager in Nolte's Walnut Creek
office with extensive civil engineering experience specializing in
water resources and transportation projects. Throughout his 25
year career, he has directed and prepared numerous floodplain
and stormwater analyses, hydrology and hydraulics studies, bridge
scour analyses, and drainage system designs. In addition, he has
experience in water treatment and distribution, wastewater
engineering, dam inspection and analysis, and highway
engineering.
His experience has predominantly included the planning and
design of flood control and drainage facilities for regional, local
and transportation related projects. His work has also included
numerous preliminary environmental planning studies, identifying
the floodplain impacts at bridges, the water quality impacts of
roadway projects, schemes for limiting the impact of bridge deck
contaminants on sensitive water environments, water quality
studies, and temporary and permanent water pollutant control
measures. In addition he has appeared in civil trials as an expert
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witness regarding drainage or flood control. Mr. Mountin holds a
MS in Civil Engineering from California State University, Long
Beach and a BS in Water Resources and Environmental Engineering
from the University of Wisconsin -Milwaukee (1979).
Victor Alaniz, PE
Mr. Alaniz has 15 years of experience working on water facilities
planning and design projects. He is currently using the modeling
software WATERCAD to update the City of Vacaville's city wide
water distribution system model. He recently completed the
design for two new water storage tanks in the City of Vacaville. He
has also provided construction services on projects including the
City of Vacaville Diatomaceous Earth Water Treatment Plant
Rehabilitation Program.
Victor has prepared water master plan reports for the Northeast
Area Infrastructure Plan in Winters, Twelve Bridges (Placer
Holdings, Inc.) Water Infrastructure Plan, and the Water
Distribution System Master Plan for the City of Lathrop. He has
also provided design assistance for improvements of various water
reservoirs including the Butcher Road Reservoirs and Wykoff
Reservoir in the City of Vacaville. Victor is currently working with
the City of Vacaville on the identification of potential water
reservoir sites. The task includes evaluation of potential sites for
the construction of additional buried prestressed concrete water
tanks. He holds a MS in Civil Engineering and a BS in Civil
Engineering from UC Davis.
Dave Richard, PE
Mr. Richard is the Managing Director of Nolte's Manteca and
Madera offices and a senior project manager in the water and
wastewater group. In these roles, he is responsible for specific
projects as well as for the allocation of manpower and resources
to projects. He is also responsible for client satisfaction with
Nolte's services. He has been with the firm since 1984 and is fully
knowledgeable of the capabilities of the entire organization.
Mr. Richard has been responsible for the design and construction
of a number of trunk sewers, wastewater pumping stations, and
force mains in Manteca, Sacramento, and West Sacramento. Pump
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. station arrangements have included submersible along with wet
well -dry well. Pumping equipment has been furnished with
variable frequency drive with connected horsepower up to 200
horsepower. Trunk sewers have ranged in size from 15 to 54
inches. Force main sizes have varied from 12 to 18 inches. He
holds a MS in Environmental Engineering from the UC Davis and a
BS in Civil Engineering (Sanitary Option) from Michigan
Technological University.
Project Experience
Lathrop Master Plan Documents
Nolte was selected by the City of Lathrop to prepare utility master
plans for water, wastewater, and recycled water. The City's current
master plan documents were prepared in the early 1990's and
were outdated. The new master plans are needed to incorporate
all current facilities together with new facilities necessary to
provide service to anticipated master plan developments.
Our work includes preparation of an assumptions report for
adoption by the City and formulation of a land use forecast using
Dwelling Unit Equivalent (DUE) factors. Individual DUE schedules
were compiled for water supply, storage, and distribution;
wastewater collection and treatment; and recycled water storage
and distribution based on generation, use, and demand rates
distilled from information approved by the City and adopted in the
assumptions report. The creation of a base map to accurately
represent the study area was a critical component of the master
planning effort. This information served as the foundation for the
master plan documents.
Individual master plans were developed by evaluating existing
information, preparing modeling studies, and obtaining new
information to supplement the existing master plans. Computer
models were used to define the improvements required to handle
increased demands generated by planned growth and to
determine the most cost effective utility solutions. The master
plan documents also served as the basis of a programmatic EIR
that analyzed water quality impacts for both near-term and
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buildout conditions. More specific information regarding each
master plan study is summarized as follows.
Water Supnly
At present, the City of Lathrop relies exclusively on groundwater
as a source of potable water supply. In the future, approximately
75 percent of water supply demands will be served through the
use of treated surface water delivered by the South County Water
Supply Project operated by the South San Joaquin Irrigation District
(SSJID). The master plan developed by Nolte was a blueprint for
integrating groundwater and surface water supplies to meet a
five -fold increase in City water demands. The master plan
identified a series of new wells and turn -outs from SSJID that
would serve extensive development west of Interstate -5. A phased
program of improvements was developed and timed to coincide
with a specific development schedule. Master planning services
included the preparation of a comprehensive water distribution
system model and groundwater model that could be used to
predict Impacts from various development scenarios.
Wastewater Collection
The existing City wastewater collection system serves only
residential areas north of Louise Avenue and east of Interstate -5
along with limited commercial -industrial dischargers within the
Crossroads Business Park. New development west of Interstate -5
prompted the planning and siting of a new backbone system for
wastewater collection including trunk sewers, lift stations, force
mains, and river crossings. In addition, a sewering plan was
prepared for industrial areas east of the urbanized City core that
would eventually be served by the regional wastewater treatment
plant in Manteca. Master planning services included the
development of a collection system hydraulic model that could be
used to determine invert elevations, pipeline sizes, and pump
station requirements.
Bruinville Area Master Facilities Plan
The City of Riverbank needed master facilities plans for the
Bruinville area which consisted of approximately 480 acres of
planned development. Nolte prepared the water, wastewater, and
storm drainage conceptual infrastructure plans. A preliminary
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analysis of existing water, wastewater, and storm drainage
infrastructure along with a capacity needs evaluation based on the
land usage were determined and compared to standard design
criteria and performance requirements. A conceptual system map
was prepared for each utility showing preliminary sizing and
locations of major components. Support infrastructure or trunk
lines needed in adjoining areas were identified. A concept -level
opinion of probable construction cost was also prepared for each
infrastructure system.
UC Merced Conceptual Water Plan
Nolte prepared a conceptual plan for integrated water -related
infrastructure systems for the proposed UC Merced campus and
the surrounding University Community Planning Area (UCPA). The
Conceptual Water Plan was prepared to guide UC and the County
through the master planning process for the Campus and UCPA.
Over the course of three months, the Nolte team of senior
professionals met for brainstorming sessions to prepare the
Conceptual Water Plan. in addition to these meetings, the team
held working sessions with the client, regulators, and key
stakeholders, such as the City of Merced, County of Merced, and
Merced Irrigation District to incorporate their comments
throughout the preparation of the plan.
The Conceptual Water Plan presents five individual water -related
infrastructure scenarios and seven potential institutional
arrangements. UC and key stakeholders ranked each of the
scenarios and institutional arrangements according to specified
technical and implementation criteria. Based on the ranking, a
preferred scenario and implementation plan was recommended.
The preferred scenario includes aspects of all five individual
scenarios for water supply, wastewater treatment, disposal, and
reuse, and storm drainage for the Campus and UCPA.
The plan was completed within 120 days and within budget. Nolte
was subsequently brought on board by the UCPA planning
consultant to apply the concepts detailed in the Conceptual Water
Plan to four land configuration alternatives and to prepare
planning cost estimates for construction of the water -related
infrastructure systems.
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Manteca Public Facilities Implementation Plan
Public Facilities Financing
Nolte was the prime consultant for the City of Manteca in charge
of overall coordination of the four consultant groups working on
the Manteca Public Facilities Implementation Plan. Nolte provided
engineering services in the form of master planning for water,
sewer, storm drainage and transportation infrastructure. Results of
the master planning efforts coupled with forecasted growth in the
community were analyzed and an infrastructure financing plan was
developed. The land use planning, master planning, capital
improvements plans, environmental studies, and financing plan
were completed within a short 14 month schedule.
Water Master Plannincr
Nolte prepared an update and expansion of the Water Master Plan
for the City of Manteca as part of the South Manteca General Plan
Amendment/ Area Plan. The Water Master Plan covers an urban
expansion area of approximately 14,000 acres.
Currently, the city relies upon groundwater as the primary water
supply and storage resource. Included in the master planning
studies will be the future storage and distribution of treated
surface water to supplement and/or replace the groundwater.
Sewer Master Plan
Nolte prepared the Sewer Master Plan for major urban expansions
surrounding the City of Manteca. Because the existing collection
system is operating at capacity, new trunk alignments and
pumping facilities were identified and evaluated. Optimization
studies for two major trunk sewers have been completed that
compared the net present value of each alternative.
In conjunction with the master planning work, the urban
expansion areas were photogrammetically mapped to provide
accurate topographic data. With the higher level information,
precise limits of gravity service have been designated.
The master plan model was developed using GIS/Hydra, an
AutoCAD based data generator. The GIS Software provides a bi-
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directional link of AutoCAD and dBase and allowed the land use
and sewer sheds to be defined within Auto CAD. The data base
input to the Hydra Sewer model is generated directly from
AutoCAD and represents a major time savings.
Storm Drainage Master Plan
Nolte completed an update to the current master plan in
conjunction with a major General Plan Amendment. In total,
approximately 14,000 acres of urban expansion were studied.
In conjunction with the Storm Master Plan, Nolte developed
concepts for the first multiuse drainage channel within the city. In
addition, facilities recommendations for telemetric (remote)
operation of the many retention basins in the city were presented.
In conjunction with the master planning work, the urban
expansion areas were photogrammetically mapped to provide
accurate topographic data. With the higher level information, more
accurate models were developed.
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Firm Description
Since 1986, BAE has focused on The Economics of Place TM,
providing comprehensive real estate and urban development
services to public, private, non-profit, and institutional clients
throughout the U.S. Our projects reflect our commitment to
excellence, stewardship of communities and resources, and
dedication to the future of our places.
BAE's experience spans statewide policy studies to local
development projects. Based in Berkeley, California, with
additional offices in the Sacramento region, Boston, and
Washington D.C., we translate the best national practices into local
solutions to enhance communities and neighborhoods.
Our expertise includes:
Development Feasibility
• Redevelopment & Revitalization
• Affordable Housing
• Economic Development
• Public/Private Transactions
• Community Facilities
• Public Finance
Economic Impacts
• Place and Site Marketing
• Litigation Support
We have also developed unique expertise in non -place aspects of
urban development including sustainability, technology transfer,
targeted industry studies, child care, and social services.
Our key asset is our highly -skilled core team of staff members
who have worked together for many years. Collectively, we bring
our training in real estate development, city planning, geography,
economic development, marketing, and public policy to every
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Key Personnel
engagement. Many BAE staff are expert in community
involvement and strategic planning, while others excel in technical
analysis and the application of GIS to urban problems. We
pioneered the use of survey research to target urban housing
products, and we have provided real estate advisory services to
some of the largest revitalization efforts in the U.S.
The outstanding quality of our work has been recognized by the
American Planning Association (APA) and the National Association
of Installation Developers (NAID) through numerous awards for
excellence. The San Francisco Business Times has recognized BAE
as one of the 100 Largest Women -Owned Bay Area Businesses
each year since 2000.
Matt Kowta, MCP, Principal
Mr. Kowta will serve as BAE's project manager for this assignment.
Mr. Kowta will be actively involved in all aspects of the project,
including attending key meetings and presentations, directing and
overseeing all BAE work on the project. He is the founder and
manager of BAE's Sacramento area office, located in Davis. He
specializes in revitalization and redevelopment, public finance,
fiscal impact, affordable housing, and strategic economic
development. Through his work, Mr. Kowta has pioneered
innovative techniques in economic analysis to meet the challenges
of contemporary urban development. Prior to establishing BAE's
Sacramento Region office in 1995, Mr. Kowta worked for over four
years in BAE's Berkeley office. His involvement in projects extends
throughout the Sacramento Region and the Central Valley, the Bay
Area, and elsewhere in California and the Western U.S.
Mr. Kowta's work includes providing economic analysis in support
of numerous General Plan projects, including Rancho Cordova,
Davis, Pleasanton, Truckee, Citrus Heights, Rancho Cordova,
Newman, and Windsor. He has extensive managing and preparing
all three types of economics studies envisioned for the Lathrop
General Plan Update, including economic background studies,
fiscal impact analyses for General Plan alternatives, and General
Plan Economic Development Elements.
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Mr. Kowta earned a BA in Geography from UCLA and an MCP from
UC Berkeley. He has lectured at UC Berkeley, and has been a
featured speaker for UC Davis, the California Downtown
Association, the California Local Agency Formation Commission,
and the Urban Land Institute Real Estate School. He is a member
of professional organizations including the Urban Land Institute,
the American Planning Association, the International Economic
Development Council (IEDC), and the California Association for
Local Economic Development. Mr. Kowta serves as President of
the Davis Downtown Business Association, the managing entity for
the City of Davis' Main Street program.
Sherry Okun, MA, Associate
Ms. Okun will assist Mr. Kowta with all aspects of the project and
serve as a day to day manager of BAE's own internal work efforts.
She will also lead BAE's work on the fiscal impact analysis portion
of the project. Ms. Okun specializes in economic impacts analysis,
market analysis, and public finance. She has researched potential
funding sources for public improvements along the Sacramento
Riverfront, conducted dual fiscal impact analyses for two master
planned communities proposed in Vacaville, and updated of a
public facilities financing plan for an 823 -acre mixed-use
development. She is currently working on an economic analysis of
build alternatives on top of the planned decking of Interstate
Highway 5 in Downtown Sacramento. In addition, Ms. Okun is
projecting the cumulative fiscal and economic impacts of a
proposed Indian gaming casino in Rohnert Park, California. Ms.
Okun has extensive knowledge of the IMPLAN input-output model,
which uses county specific industry relationship matrices to
estimate the economic multiplier effects of proposed projects.
Prior to joining BAE, Ms. Okun held positions in economic research
with the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, the Georgia State
University Economic Forecasting Center, and a concert promotions
firm. Ms. Okun received her Bachelor's Degree in Economics from
Georgia State University and her Master's in Economics at
California State University, Sacramento.
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downtown and consolidation of employment centers. The
Livermore Vision Project & General Plan received a 2004 Award for
Excellence, Planning Implementation Small jurisdiction from the
Northern California Section of the American Planning Association.
Windsor General Plan Economic Components
BAE served as the economics consultant on the team that prepared
the first General Plan for the Town of Windsor, in Sonoma County.
BAE's responsibilities included preparing the Housing Element, a
public facilities funding strategy, and a fiscal impact analysis to
analyze the Town's budget viability through General Plan buildout.
Tracy General Plan
Tracy has a longstanding image as a rapidly growing suburban
community near the Bay Area. As part of its General Plan update,
the City re -focused future planning on a more pedestrian -oriented
smart growth framework, including emphasis on its historic
downtown and neighborhood villages. BAE analyzed the current
parcel -by -parcel development pattern using assessor's parcel
data, and evaluated the future demand for retail nodes within the
urban village framework.
General Plan Pro -Forma Project
BAE is serving as an economics consultant for the General Plan
Pro -Forma project. This project is part of the process that this
newly incorporated City is undertaking to establish its own
General Plan, to plan to expand the City more than five -fold over
the next 30 years. The goal of the General Plan pro -forma project
is to use economic analysis to help shape the General Plan in a
way that is responsive to market opportunities and also
safeguards the City's fiscal security as it takes on considerable
new service responsibilities, not only from service area
expansions, but also from expanding the range of municipal
services provided. BAE has assisted with the preparation of
project -specific fiscal impact analyses as well as a General Plan -
level fiscal impact model which is designed to evaluate
alternatives. BAE has also conducted market analysis to provide
projections of demand for retail, office, and industrial land uses,
in order to fine-tune the General Plan land use mix.
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Economic
Development Strategy for City of Citrus Heights
BAE prepared a comprehensive economic development strategy for
newly incorporated Citrus Heights in Sacramento County. The
strategy involved an in-depth economic baseline study, including
extensive primary and secondary data analysis to identify current
conditions and the City's competitive niches within the larger
region. Working with a public/private task force, BAE developed a
three -pronged strategy to preserve and enhance the retail base,
diversify the local economic base, and improve the quality of life
to create a more attractive location for workers and businesses.
BAE later served on the City's General Plan consultant team, and
worked to ensure that the General Plan as a whole reflected key
components of the Economic Development Strategy.
Davis General Plan Update
BAE prepared a comprehensive fiscal impact analysis for the
General Plan Update that examined four alternatives and
quantified General Fund fiscal impacts at buildout and for specific
years during the interim period. The analysis identified structural
problems with the City's long-term cost/revenue structure, and
suggested City actions to ensure long-term fiscal health as new
developments are approved. In addition, to assist the City with
policy decisions regarding property annexations for R&D business
park development, BAE's work included screening and evaluation
of the fiscal impacts of three different peripheral business/R&D
park proposals.
Pleasanton General Plan Update
BAE conducted a comprehensive fiscal impact analysis, including
projections of costs for all General Fund programs and services
and revenues to be generated by residential, retail, industrial, and
hotel land uses. The analysis featured an assessment of the
sustainability of long-term public service provision, including an
in-depth accounting of deferred expenditures and additional
expenditures needed to fully fund current services. BAE also
reviewed historic and expected revenue and expense trends to
identify potential changes to the City's current revenue structure.
The City of Pleasanton recently selected BAE to serve a similar role
for their current General Plan Update.
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Solano County Housing Element Update
BAE prepared the Housing Element Update for the Solano County
General Plan, which includes involves primarily agricultural areas,
but also includes a number of semi -rural unincorporated
communities similar to some of the communities found in
unincorporated City of Lathrop. BAE reviewed the performance of
the prior housing element, conducted a detailed housing needs
assessment based on current and projected conditions, collected
input from a wide range of public stakeholders. BAE then drafted
an updated set of housing policies and programs to address the
housing needs and opportunities within the unincorporated area.
This assignment included working closely with County staff and
staff from the State Department of Housing Community
Development in order to craft a Housing Element that would
comply with State laws while also addressing local issues, needs,
and priorities. BAE has recently been selected as part of a
consultant team that will prepare a comprehensive General Plan
update for Solano County.
Stockton Waterfront Revitalization Action Plan
BAE managed this planning process to revitalize Stockton's
historic waterfront. BAE facilitated a 28 -member Task Force to
assess existing opportunities and identify barriers to
redevelopment, leading to a set of alternative visions and
development proposals. BAE then analyzed key proposals for
economic and physical feasibility, organized several public
workshops, and recommended a refined land use plan. To
implement the vision, a wide variety of actions were formulated,
including physical improvements, economic development
strategies, and development strategies for key sites. This project
received the 1996 American Planning Association Award for
Excellence, Implementation in a Large jurisdiction. Many features
of the plan have been implemented, including the Weber Point
Events Center and Plaza, the Hotel Stockton rehabilitation, and
new sports and entertainment venues.
Economic Development Strategy
The City of Tracy has long served as a bedroom community for
commuters to the Bay Area, due to its relatively inexpensive
housing stock. As the community has grown, it has developed a
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smart growth vision involving diversification of its economic base
to minimize out -commuting. To implement this vision, BAE
prepared an Economic Conditions Analysis, profiling Tracy's
strengths, weaknesses, and economic development opportunities.
In addition, BAE assisted with revision of marketing materials for
the City's Economic Development Department. Working with the
Economic Development Committee, BAE then developed a series of
strategies to attract higher wage jobs to planned business parks,
enhance the downtown, reuse obsolete buildings, and retrain the
labor force.
Community Center Feasibility Analysis
Working as part of a consultant team, BAE analyzed the economic
and financial feasibility of converting a church acquired by the City
into a multi -use community center. BAE's work included an
analysis of the sources and uses of funds to complete project
renovation. BAE also prepared a detailed estimate of operating
revenues and costs, including operating and maintenance
expenses; tenant and supplemental income, costs and revenues
associated with city -sponsored programs; and facility rental
income (e.g., banquets and meetings, kitchen rental). The
objective of BAE's work was to realistically estimate the amount of
General Fund support needed to augment other income and
support planned programs and facilities.
Historic Landmark Marketing and Disposition, Stockton
Redevelopment Agency
This project involved the marketing and disposition of a historic
downtown landmark, Hotel Stockton, which was built as a hotel
and converted to office space in the 1960s. Our work included
formulation of a marketing strategy, identification of target
markets, preparation of an extensive mailing list, preparation of
eye-catching marketing materials, interaction with interested
parties, and selection of a development group.
Elderly Housing Feasibility Study
BAE conducted a market analysis and financial feasibility analysis
for an elderly housing project in the City of Hughson. This study
included a market analysis, an assessment of available community
resources to support elderly housing, a detailed segmentation of
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demand for different types of elderly housing, and preparation of
a pro -forma feasibility analysis to determine the subsidy needed
to make the housing affordable to senior households with
different income levels.
Economic Analysis of Port of Stockton Development Plans, Friends
of Riviera Cliffs
BAE assisted this community based group in its land use advocacy
activities by providing an evaluation of the economic basis for the
Port's plans to expand onto the former Rough and Ready Island
naval depot. BAE analyzed job creation, market demand, and the
potential for the development project to create "living wage" jobs
for residents of the Stockton area.
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Approach
Phase 1 - Program Initiation
PHASE SUMMARY
During this phase, City staff and the Consultants will establish the
foundation for the General Plan Update, including developing tools
to be used during the Update, meeting with the City Council and
Planning Commission, and initiating the public outreach program.
TASK 1.1 - SCOPING
At the start of the General Plan Update program, the Consultants
will meet with City staff to review the objectives for each project
component and to discuss key issues of integration and
consistency with existing plans and programs. Work under this
task will include the following:
■ Develop a detailed project schedule for each task and the
community outreach and participation program;
■ Review and discuss overall format and organization of the
General Plan Update products;
■ Identify key stakeholders; and
■ Determine/confirm the Planning Area.
TASK 1.2 -STAKEHOLDER INTERVIEWS
Please refer to the Public Outreach Program at the end of this
section.
TASK 1.3 - LAND USE DATABASE
The Consultants will work with the City to identify and format
information for a land use database covering the Planning Area.
The database will be used for land use planning and preparation
of development estimates. It is assumed that the City can provide
the Consultants with an adequate set of electronic assessor's data.
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TASK 1.4 - BASE MAPS
The Consultants will work with City staff to define an appropriate
set of data, data formats, and metadata standards that will be
used to support the General Plan Update and associated efforts.
The Consultants will then format maps for report and display
presentations, including establishing a uniform legend and title
block for use on all maps prepared as part of the planning
documents. The base map for this project will be prepared using
electronic data provided by the City. All maps will be prepared in
an ArclNFO, Nad 83 compatible format using standards developed
with the City to ensure easy integration into the City's GIS system
during the plan update and upon project completion.
TASK 1.5- PROJECT WEBSITE
Please refer to the Public Outreach Program at the end of this
section.
TASK 1.6 - NEWSLETTER: THE GENERAL PLAN UPDATE PROCESS
Please refer to the Public Outreach Program at the end of this
section.
TASK 1.7 - MEDIA OUTREACH
Please refer to the Public Outreach Program at the end of this
section.
TASK 1.8 - CITY COUNCIL/ PLANNING COMMISSION JOINT STUDY
SESSION: PROJECT INITIATION
Please refer to the Public Outreach Program at the end of this
section.
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TASK 1.9 - COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS: GENERAL PLAN UPDATE PROCESS
Please refer to the Public Outreach Program at the end of this
section.
Phase Products:
■ Detailed Project Schedule
■ Summary of Stakeholder Interviews
■ Workshop Summaries
■ Project Base Maps
■ Land Use Database
' Project Website
■ Newsletter #1 (250 copies + electronic file in PDF format)
Phase 2 - Background Report
PHASE SUMMARY
OBJECTIVES
Scope of Services
During this phase, information will be compiled on existing
conditions in the city for use in the Background Report. The
Background Report will focus on existing conditions and trends
and the regulatory framework affecting the issues addressed.
Compiling this information will involve reviewing pertinent
documents (i.e., existing General Plan elements, special studies,
EIRs, etc.) and contacting appropriate agencies and organizations.
Information from topic elements adopted in recent years will be
reformatted and updated only as necessary for incorporation in
the Background Report.
The objective of this phase is to develop and document a
comprehensive picture of the existing conditions found in the city
today and provide a look at the history of the area to provide
needed insight and perspective.
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TASK 2.1 - ADMINISTRATIVE DRAFT BACKGROUND REPORT
The Consultants will collect data for the Background Report to
address the following topic areas:
Introduction
■ Regional Setting
■ Planning Area
■ Organization and Purpose of the Background Report
Demographics and Economic/Fiscal Conditions
Demographic and Labor Market Conditions
Demographic trends for California since 1990 indicate an aging
population, increasingly diverse ethnic composition (with
Hispanics representing the fastest growing ethnic group), and
rapid inland population growth compared to coastal areas. This
pattern is well -reflected in Lodi. Lodi is evolving from a
retail/services center for the surrounding agricultural economy to
a more diverse economy. This can present challenges as
traditional agricultural sectors wane, and opportunities as new
economic sectors emerge.
The Background Report will begin with an assessment of shifts in
the city's demographic characteristics over the last 10 to 15 years.
Factors to be evaluated include population, ethnic/racial
composition, educational attainment, and occupational and
household income trends. In addition, a likely range of citywide
population, housing, and employment growth through 2025 will
be established based on San Joaquin Council of Governments
projections.
Employment and Rea/ Estate Market Conditions
Trends in the San Joaquin Valley continue to suggest a broadening
employment base showing less reliance on the agricultural sector.
Historical analysis at the regional level will provide an overview of
the larger employment base, evaluate evolving industries over the
last 10 years along with projections of regional employment
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growth, and identify potential opportunities for the city to
diversify its economy by participating in these regional trends.
The report will include an overview of current residential, retail,
office, and industrial real estate market conditions, including
current vacancy rates and trends, lease rates/sales prices and
trends, tenant requirements, factors influencing demand for the
various sectors, and identification of Lodi's market positioning in
relation to other competitive areas. Based on interviews to be
conducted with knowledgeable local real estate professionals, the
Consultants will identify those non-residential sectors that are
driving demand for new commercial space in Lodi. Additional
evaluation of citywide retail conditions will include an estimate of
current citywide retail "leakage" or "injection," whichever may be
the case.
This analysis will include an assessment of the rates of absorption
of the city land supply in the nonresidential and residential
markets, and identification of prominent local employment
clusters. The analysis will conclude with estimates of the amount
of vacant land designated for non-residential uses that the City
should include in the General Plan Update, in order to ensure
adequate supplies of land to accommodate anticipated demand.
Fiscal Conditions
This portion of the Background Report will focus on current fiscal
conditions in the city of Lodi, including estimates of current per -
capita or per -service population revenues and costs. The analysis
will acknowledge and, where appropriate, reference information
contained in the City's recently released white paper, "Financial
Challenges in Providing Local Services." Budget data from the City
will form the basis of revenue and expenditure estimates. The
actual General Fund revenues and expenditures for the most
current Fiscal Year (i.e., Fiscal Year 2006-2007) will serve as the
primary source of data for this analysis. Through an interview
process, City staff will have the opportunity to supply the
additional information needed to complete the fiscal impact
analysis, particularly in the case of public protection expenditures
where it will be important to understand overall service expansion
plans and the growth -related factors that will affect those plans.
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Departmental costs will be estimated on an incremental (marginal)
cost basis or on an average cost basis, depending upon
circumstance, data available, and the degree of direct linkage to
growth and development. A case study (marginal cost) approach
is recommended initially for estimating road maintenance, police
patrol, library, and recreation expenditures. Interviews with City
staff from each of these departments will ensure that the
appropriate cost methodologies are applied.
The City budget will also provide a guide to revenues received by
the City. Revenue estimates will be based on the formulae and
statutory rules associated with each key revenue source as applied
to the factors that are the basis of the revenue (e.g., increases in
population, property value, and retail sales). All revenue estimates
will reflect current State tax laws and policies, such as the
Educational Revenue Augmentation Fund (ERAF) shift, redirection
of motor vehicle in -lieu fees, any other State -mandated
adjustments, and property tax sharing agreements between the
City and the County.
Overall, the Background Report will assess the longer term viability
of cost and revenue levels. An understanding of the City's fiscal
condition is an important measure of the capacity to support
municipal services provided by the City within its jurisdiction.
Because the city will add residents and jobs based in part on land
use designations in the General Plan, a fiscal balancing of new
costs with new revenues will be necessary to ensure that this
growth will not diminish the level of service delivered to all city
residents.
The Consultants will utilize the City cost and revenue information
developed for this task to provide the basis for discussion of the
City's current budget situation and the prospects for future
growth to generate a balance of public service costs and revenues
such that the City budget is sustainable over time. Later, once
General Plan Alternatives are developed, the Consultants will
utilize the fiscal background information to develop a fiscal impact
. model, to evaluate the potential for anticipated new growth to
-' generate revenues sufficient to offset projected service costs.
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Land Use
The Consultants will analyze existing land use patterns and issues
and review local and regional land use plans and policies for
relevance to the city and the General Plan update. This analysis
will include a review and summary of the following information:
■ Existing land use information (e.g., City facilities
descriptions, number of dwelling units, non-residential
square footage, acreages by land use designation, vacant
land acreage, etc.)
■ Population/demographic information including existing
growth projections
■ General Plan holding capacity and build -out potential
■ General Plan policies, land use designations and
descriptions, and land use diagram
■ Zoning Ordinance and map
■ Other plans
Community Design
The Consultants will analyze the existing character of the
community. This section will include a description of the physical
setting, regional context, and growth history of Lodi. This section
will also include discussion of the characteristics that define the
city's identity, including the overall built form and important
topographic features, circulation system, Mokelumne River, open
space areas, parks, and street trees. The following topics will also
be addressed in this section:
■ Downtown and other key districts within the city
■ Gateways
■ Existing connections throughout the community
• Existing city design principles and regulations
Housing (Existing 2004 Housing Element)
The Consultants propose no changes to the 2004 Housing
Element Background Report section.
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"-' Transportation and Circulation
The Consultants will prepare a baseline transportation analysis
describing and quantifying existing systems and services as well
as the policy framework related to highways, streets, air, freight
and commuter rail, public transit, and pedestrian and bicycle
systems. This effort will make use of traffic count information
compiled as part of our traffic model development process, as well
as data available through the City's GIS resources and other
information obtained from responsible planning and
transportation agencies. The baseline transportation assessment
will cover: functional classification of city streets; existing traffic
volumes and levels of service on major roadways (up to 80
locations where traffic data is available through other sources) and
on freeway segments; existing transit services and facilities;
bicycle and trail systems; existing aviation facilities; and existing
goods movement facilities including trucks and rail. The
Consultants will make extensive use of GIS resources to produce
maps of the existing systems and services to accompany the
written descriptions.
The Consultants will review the existing policy framework
affecting the modes of transportation studied above, including
policies in the current Lodi General Plan and in other relevant City
and regional planning documents. Of particular interest in this
effort will be a review of the City's level of service standard, in
comparison with standards in other comparable jurisdictions.
Potential adjustments to the City's transportation policies will be
identified and discussed with staff and decision -makers.
Public Services and Utilities
The Consultants will prepare a Background Report section which
summarizes the following public services and facilities:
Water Supply and Delivery
Groundwater is the sole source of water supply for Lodi. The City
has an agreement with the Woodbridge Irrigation District to
purchase approximately 6,000 ac-ft/yr of surface water for a
period of 40 years. The City also supplies secondary treated
recycled water, primarily for irrigation near the area surrounding
the White Slough Water Pollution Control Facility (WSWPCF). The
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Consultants will summarize all the existing sources of supply and
discuss future water supply constraints with groundwater supply,
availability of surface water supply and recycled water supply. The
Consultants will provide several maps depicting the major
conveyance facilities to illustrate the future water supply networks.
Included in this subsection will be discussions regarding the
estimated buildout water demand, proposed water supply
improvements, storage constraints.
Wastewater Collection/Disposal
The Consultants will summarize all the current wastewater
collection, treatment, and disposal practices within the city of
Lodi. The cornerstone of the City's wastewater collection/disposal
program is the WSWPCF, originally constructed in 1966. The
current City of Lodi Sewer Master Plan will be reviewed and
summarized in this sub -section to identify available treatment
options, disposal alternatives, and infrastructure needs to meet
the needs of the city. The Consultants will provide several maps
depicting the major collection/disposal facilities to illustrate the
future wastewater collection/disposal system. A particular
emphasis will be placed on discussing existing wastewater
collection/disposal deficiencies, regulatory concerns, and other
policies.
Storm Drainage/Flood Control
The City maintains an intricate, gravity -based stormwater system
made up of several detention basins. Disposal of the stormwater
runoff is accomplished by pumping to the existing Woodbridge
Canal, Lodi Lake, or the Mokelumne River. The Consultants will
summarize and augment the existing storm drainage system with
information regarding existing major creeks and streams that may
be affected from the infrastructure necessary to meet Lodi's flood
control needs. This portion of the section will include policies and
criteria for Lodi's storm drainage/flood control needs.
Solid and Hazardous Waste
This section will contain information on the existing level of
regional solid waste facilities, such as the North County Recycling
Center and Sanitary Landfill and Foothill Landfill, and collection
services provided within the city. Existing demand and facility
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capacity will be documented based on input received from
regional and city service providers and by review of the Solid
Waste Management Plan. The hazardous materials handling and
regulation portion of this task will be coordinated with the analysis
completed as part of the safety section of the Background Report,
discussed below.
Utilities
This section will contain information on the existing level of public
facilities, services, and utilities provided within the city.
Specifically, this section will focus on the following services: gas
and electric service (PG&E and Lodi Electric Utility) and
communication systems. Existing demand will be documented
based on input received from service providers within the city.
Law Enforcement
This section will contain information on the existing level of law
enforcement facilities and services provided within the city.
Existing demand and service levels will be documented based on
input received from the Lodi Police Department.
Fire Protection
This section will contain information on the existing level of fire
protection facilities and services provided within the Planning
Area. Existing demand and service levels will be documented
based on input received from the Lodi Fire Department.
Information on existing emergency medical services will also be
reported as part of this task.
Schools and Library
This section will contain information on the existing level of
education and library facilities and services provided within the
city. Existing demand and service levels will be documented based
on input received from the Lodi Unified School District and the
Lodi Public Library.
City Services
This section will contain information on the existing level of
general governmental services provided by Lodi within the
Planning Area. Existing demand and service levels will be
documented based on input received from City departments and
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other public service providers. The Lodi Electric Utility will be
addressed under the Utilities section described above.
Infrastructure Financing Analysis
The Consultants will compile an inventory of the City's existing
infrastructure programs, standards, and financing mechanisms.
The Consultants will conduct a review of the City's major existing
capital improvement funding needs based on available data to be
furnished by the City or generated by the Consultants,
distinguishing where possible between capital improvements
needs associated with existing deficiencies versus capital
improvements associated with support for continued growth of
the community. Where appropriate, the City's service standards for
each major program or infrastructure type will be referenced. The
inventory will be expressed as a matrix of facilities or programs
relying on a variety of funding mechanisms and sorted by
infrastructure type. Using input from City staff, the Background
Report will briefly assess the adequacy of existing City capital
funding programs.
Natural Resources
This chapter covers a wide range of topics related to the
conservation, development/use of natural resources, and the
preservation/conservation of open space resources in the city. The
Consultants will prepare a background report section which
summarizes the following:
Agricu/tura/ Resources
Since much of the Planning Area contains active agricultural lands,
this section will identify Prime Farmlands. Farmland of Statewide
and Local Importance, and Unique Farmland will be identified as
mapped by the Department of Conservation. Active Williamson
Act contracts will also be identified.
Water Quality
Potential pollution and areas susceptible to water quality
degradation will be identified in this section. In preparing this
section, information from previous reports, service providers, the
State Department of Water Resources, State Department of Health
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Services, and the Regional Water Quality Control Board will be
used.
Energy/Mineral Resources
A description and evaluation of the extent and location of mineral
resources, including aggregate resources, based upon published
information available from the State Department of
Conservation/Division of Mining and Geology will be included.
Past and present areas of mineral resource development will be
identified. For energy resources, the evaluation will document
facilities producing energy within the city, including steam
generation and the potential for energy creation from dairy
wastes.
Siolo"t / Resources
Biological resources will be identified and mapped using available
data and a field reconnaissance survey of the Planning Area.
Information to be reviewed includes the occurrence records of the
California Natural Diversity Database, the San Joaquin County
Multi -Species Habitat Conservation Plan, the National Wetlands
Inventory, and environmental documents for specific projects in
the Planning Area. Representatives of State and Federal regulatory
agencies, and other knowledgeable organizations will be
informally consulted as necessary to discuss any sensitive
resources of particular concern, such as Swainson's hawk. Key
sensitive resources within the Planning Area may include
jurisdictional waters of the U.S. (including streams), essential
habitat for special -status species, wildlife movement corridors,
and riparian habitats. Reconnaissance level fieldwork will be
conducted as part of this task, but no detailed surveys are
proposed. This section includes:
■ Description of principal vegetation cover types and wildlife
habitat types;
■ Lists of special -status species that have been recorded or
suspected to occur within the Lodi vicinity;
■ Mapping of potential jurisdictional waters; and
■ Description of any sensitive natural communities and other
important biological resources in the Planning Area.
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A habitat suitability analysis will be conducted during preparation
of this section to determine the potential for occurrence of
special -status species in the Planning Area. Data from the San
,Joaquin Multi -Species Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) will be
reviewed, and applicability of participating in the HCP to mitigate
potential impacts of urban development will be assessed.
Although it appears unlikely, recommendations for protocol -level
surveys will be identified if warranted depending on the level of
analysis desired by the City for all or part of the Planning Area.
Scenic Resources
The primary scenic resources within Lodi are the rural and
agricultural aspects of non -urbanized areas of the city, as well as
the Mokelumne River. Since the primary scenic resource in the city
consists of agricultural and riparian open space, the Consultants
will evaluate the nature and distribution of developed and
undeveloped open space resources within the Planning Area and
region. This evaluation will focus on open space resources as
described in Government Code §65560. The trend of open space
conversion will be documented using information available from
the Department of Conservation.
Recreation and Cu/tura/ Resources
The Background report will also address existing recreational and
cultural resources within Lodi.
Recreation
Existing recreation resources within the city, including public and
private parks and recreation areas, and recreational opportunities
along the Mokelumne River will be identified. Based on
information obtained from service providers and land
management agencies, we will identify trends in the development
and use of recreation facilities within the city.
Archeoloaical and Historical Resources
A full cultural survey of the city is not feasible; however, a
sensitivity analysis is possible and appropriate. The sensitivity
analysis will be based on a review of records maintained at the
regional information center and published research papers. In
addition to research on prehistoric resources, this section will also
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document the city's historic resources. Data on existing resources
and structures will be compiled from existing literature and
discussions with local service organizations that focus on
preservation of the city's history. This section will also document
any historic properties/ resources that are currently listed on the
national Register of Historic Places, the California Register of
Historic Resources, and other recognized lists.
Safety
The primary public health and safety concerns to be addressed
include human -made hazards (e.g., hazardous materials, plane
crashes) and natural events (e.g., earthquakes, fire, and flooding).
Existing information relative to the risks posed by these events
will be reviewed by the Consultants and compiled into a usable
format. Specific research topics include the following.
Geologic and Seismic Hazards
Using information from the previous general plan, recent geologic
maps/studies provided through the California Geological Survey
- and the U.S. Geological Survey, and available information from the
PE
Natural Resource Conservation Service, the Consultants will update
and characterize the general nature of the geological environment
and hazards in the city. The Consultants will also obtain and
summarize relevant data from the California Geological Survey to
address recent determinations associated with any Seismic Hazard
Zones as prescribed under the Seismic Hazards Mapping Act of
1990 and the Alquist-Priolo Earthquake Fault Zoning Act of 1972.
Additional topics addressed will include general soil strength
properties, shrink/swell potential (expansive soils), potential for
differential settlement, and compressibility.
Fire Hazards
Based on information available from the Lodi Fire Department,
local fire hazards and risk, if available, will be described and
mapped. Since the city is mainly surrounded by agricultural fields,
the risk of wildland fire is anticipated to be low and the primary
risk of fire would be urban fire. In conjunction with the Fire
Services analysis described above, we will describe existing fire
protection resources available to protect persons and property
from the risk of fire. Recent State requirements for fire -proofing
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in wildland fire hazard areas will also be described, if high fire
hazard areas are identified.
Human -made Hazards
A general summary of major users/producers of hazardous
materials will be included as part of the section. Information will
be used to identify the potential user of chemicals or fertilizers. A
search of the EPA's website and the California Department of
Toxic Substance Control's CalSites will be completed to identify
potentially hazardous sites and EPA -regulated facilities. The
County Environmental Health Department will also be contacted to
gather additional information on hazardous users in the city. This
information will be used to determine general past and present
use of hazardous materials or chemicals in the city. This
information will also be used to recognize potential sources of
contamination that may require future investigation as future
specific developments are proposed.
Airport Safety
The Lodi Airport, Lodi Airpark, and Kingdom Airpark are the
closest airports to the Planning Area. Based on information
provided by the Airport Land Use Commissions, contained within
the Airport Land Use Plans and based on conversations with the
airport managers, the information on aircraft overflight and safety
zones that could affect the location of urban uses will be
compiled. Regulations for air safety promulgated by the Caltrans
Division of Aeronautics and the Federal Aviation Administration
will be summarized.
Flooding Hazards
The Consultants will review relevant City information, together
with FEMA's Flood Insurance Rate Maps and existing hydrologic
investigations, to identify the flood potential from area streams
and rivers. In addition, State data on dam inundation will be used
to identify any potential risk associated with the failure of dams.
Air Quality
Existing air quality and trends, regulations, information and issues
will be identified. In addition, existing substantial sources of air
.: pollution within the Planning Area, including confined animal
facilities, and sensitive receptors susceptible to air quality
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degradation will be identified. In preparing this section,
information from previous reports, and on data, information, and
reports from the San ,Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District,
the California Air Resources Board, and the U.S. EPA will be
utilized.
Noise
The noise level standards contained in the existing General Plan
Noise Element, as well as any germane City, State, and Federal
standards will be identified in this section.
The existing ambient noise environment within the General Plan
Area through eight to 12 24-hour measurements and 10 to 15
short-term noise level measurements and through application of
accepted noise prediction methodologies will be quantified. Noise
measurements sites will be developed with input from City staff.
The following noise sources will be evaluated:
■ Traffic noise, including State Route 99 and major arterials
■ Railroad operations
■ Major stationary noise sources, such as food and dairy
operations and other commercial and industrial uses
Bibliography
■ References
■ Personal Communications
TASK 2.2 - PUBLIC REVIEW DRAFT BACKGROUND REPORT
Following the meetings with City staff, appropriate changes will be
made based on comments received and a public draft will be
prepared.
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TASK 2.3 - CITY COUNCIL/PLANNING COMMISSION JOINT STUDY
SESSION: BACKGROUND REPORT
Please refer to the Public Outreach Program at the end of this
section.
Phase Products:
■ Administrative Draft Background Report (10 copies)
■ Public Review Draft Background Report (50 copies +
electronic file in PDF format)
■ Baseline Transportation Conditions and Policies Report
Phase 3 - Issues, Opportunities, and Vision
PHASE SUMMARY
During this phase, the Consultants will work with the community,
Planning Commission, and City Council to identify key issues and
opportunities and develop an overall vision for the future of Lodi.
TASK 3.1 - ISSUES AND OPPORTUNITIES SUMMARY
A summary of the input received from all sources on issues and
opportunities will be prepared in draft from for City staff review.
Upon receipt of comments, this summary will be revised and made
available for public review.
TASK 3.2 - NEWSLETTER - OVERVIEW OF ISSUES AND OPPORTUNITIES
Please refer to the Public Outreach Program at the end of this
section.
TASK 3.3 -COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS: ISSUES AND OPPORTUNITIES
Please refer to the Public Outreach Program at the end of this
- , section.
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TASK 3.4 - CITY COUNCIL/PLANNING COMMISSION JOINT STUDY
SESSION
Scope of Services
Please refer to the Public Outreach Program at the end of this
section.
Phase Products:
■ Admin. Draft Issues and Opportunities Report (10 copies)
• Public Review Draft Issues and Opportunities Report (30
copies + electronic file in PDF format)
■ Newsletter #2 (250 copies + electronic file in PDF format)
■ Workshop Summaries
■ Draft Vision Statement
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Phase 4 - Alternatives Report
PHASE SUMMARY
During this phase, the Consultants will work with the community,
Planning Commission, and City Council to develop, evaluate, and
select land use and policy alternatives that will create a framework
for the new General Plan.
TASK 4.1 - DEVELOP POLICY AND LAND USE ALTERNATIVES
The Consultants will develop three alternative growth scenarios for
land use and transportation needs for the city based on data
research and analysis, the public input process, and population
projections for the city. Supporting maps, graphics, and narrative
suitable for public viewing, that depict the range of alternatives
will be prepared.
In addition to land use/circulation alternatives, the Consultants
will also develop alternative approaches to address the key issues
and opportunities and vision identified in Phase 3.
TASK 4.2 - EVALUATE GROWTH ALTERNATIVES
The Consultants will work with City staff to evaluate the three
selected alternatives in terms of impact on existing programmed
public facilities or networks, impact on the natural environment,
and fiscal implications. Population projections based on land use
buildout will be developed. Specific areas that will be addressed
include water and wastewater demands, and fiscal, traffic, and
environmental impacts.
TASK 4.3 -ADMINISTRATIVE DRAFT ALTERNATIVES REPORT
The Consultants will compile the information prepared in Tasks
4.1 and 4.2 into an Administrative Draft Alternatives Report.
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TASK 4.4 - PUBLIC DRAFT ALTERNATIVES REPORT
Following review by City staff, the Consultants will revise the
Alternatives Report to reflect suggested changes.
TASK 4.5 - NEWSLETTER: ALTERNATIVES
Please refer to the Public Outreach Program at the end of this
section.
TASK 4.6 - COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS: ALTERNATIVES
Please refer to the Public Outreach Program at the end of this
section.
TASK 4.7 - CITY COUNCIL/ PLANNING COMMISSION JOINT STUDY
SESSION
Please refer to the Public Outreach Program at the end of this
section.
Phase Products:
■ Administrative Draft Alternatives Report (10 copies)
■ Public Review Draft Alternatives Report (40 copies +
electronic file in PDF format)
■ Newsletter #3 (250 copies + electronic file in PDF format)
■ Draft and Final Technical Memorandum on Traffic
Forecasting Results
■ Workshop Summaries
Phase 5 - Draft Goals and Policies
Based on direction provided by the Planning Commission, City
Council, and City staff, the Consultants will prepare the draft
General Plan Goals and Policies Report. This document will
contain the vision statement(s) and the goals, policies, and
implementation programs that make up the heart of the General
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OBJECTIVES
Plan update. As designed, the setting information contained in
the Background Report will be bound separately from the General
Plan Goals and Policies Report. This allows the setting information
to be shared by the General Plan and the EIR, thereby eliminating
redundancy and making the background information easier to
maintain.
The General Plan Goals and Policies Report will address the full
range of issues specified by State planning law, as well as those of
particular local importance.
The objective of this phase is to develop a set of goals, policies,
and implementation measures that can be successfully used to
guide the City to the future envisioned by the City.
TASK 5.1 - ADMINISTRATIVE DRAFT GOALS AND POLICIES REPORT
f Due to City staff's familiarity with the city and its communities, the
Consultants will work closely with staff in formulating the goals,
policies, and implementation measures, as well as the Land Use
and Circulation Diagrams. The following components will be
included in the Goals and Policies Report:
■ Introduction
■ Summary: Vision for Lodi 2030
■ Economic Development Element
■ Land Use Element
■ Community Design Element
■ Transportation/Circulation Element
■ Housing Element
■ Natural and Cultural Resources Element
■ Health and Safety Element
General Plan Elements
The following components will be included in the General Plan
document:
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Economic Development
The General Plan policy framework must be grounded in a
comprehensive understanding of both the city's existing economic
base and its prospects for future economic development. The
Economic Development element will address the three classic
elements of economic development, including retention,
expansion, and attraction. The unique circumstances of Lodi,
which will be evaluated during the Background Report phase of the
General Plan Update, will help to determine the relative emphasis
to be placed on each component. In addition, given the General
Plan's anticipated residential development, the Economic
Development Element will include policies to encourage
jobs/housing balance and also encourage creation of new jobs
with potential wages that are adequate to allow local workers to
afford housing in the local market.
Land Use
The Land Use Element will cover issues including: land use types,
distribution, and intensity; population and building density;
' existing specific plans; public land ownership; and will provide a
land use diagram. This element will focus on the future growth
and physical development of the city.
Issues pertaining specifically to land use that will be addressed
include:
■ Appropriateness of current land use designations and
policies for meeting the agricultural, residential,
commercial, and industrial needs of the city
■ Land use regulations necessary to achieve urban forms
desired
■ Providing guidance on the timing of development
■ Inclusion of appropriate "smart growth" concepts and
necessary design guidance to achieve these concepts
■ Providing community separators
■ Providing the appropriate mix of land uses to maintain
economic balance in the city
■ Focus on revitalization and infill in appropriate portions of
the city
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The Consultants will work with City staff to develop land use
designations and prepare a draft land use diagram for the General
Plan that implements the preferred alternative selected by the City
Council. The Consultants will review existing designations,
community plans, and specific plans and propose a concise set of
land use designations that fit the needs of the City. The
designations and diagram will indicate the distribution, location,
and standards for the use of land for housing, commerce,
industry, public facilities, waste disposal, recreation, agriculture,
natural resources, and open space. The land use designations will
include standards of population density and building intensity.
Community Desiqn
The Consultants will create an element that provides guidance for
future development to ensure that it enhances the existing visual
character of the community. In addition, goals and policies that
target important features of the community, such as Downtown
and the Mokelumne River will be included to enhance those
�- existing assets. The element will also address other issues such
as gateways into the city and Downtown, connections throughout
the community, and ways to improve the pedestrian friendliness of
the city.
Transportation / Circulation
The Consultants will develop a broad set of transportation policies
based on professional best practices, direction from City staff, and
input from the public and local decision -makers throughout the
General Plan process. The Consultants will consolidate other
information and recommendations developed through previous
tasks into the Circulation Element of the General Plan. As
described above, the new citywide travel model will be used to
assess potential future roadway deficiencies, and to recommend a
future transportation network to accommodate the Plan's land use
element and satisfy the Plan's transportation and land use
policies.
The Circulation Element's system plan will encompass the full
range of transportation modes, including conceptual locations for
major roadways, transit, and pedestrian and bicycle corridors.
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f' Because the Citywide travel model does not contain a detailed
mode choice component, the evaluation of non -roadway
transportation systems will be conducted at a qualitative level of
detail. We will coordinate with Lodi Transit and SJRTD to ensure
that the General Plan fully captures the potential for future transit
services both within the city and connecting the city to other parts
of the region.
Pending discussions with City staff, it is anticipated that the
Circulation Element will address the following:
1. Introduction
a. Lodi's travel characteristics and regional setting
b. Diagrams of existing street network,
bicycle/ pedestrian network, and public transit
system
c. Regulatory framework
d. Relationship to other elements
2. Goals, Policies, and Implementation Actions
a. Streets and highways
b. Public transportation
c. Bicycle and pedestrian transportation
d. Freight transportation (both highway and rail)
e. Transportation demand management
f. Neighborhood traffic management
3. Street and Highway Network, Classification, and Operations
a. Street classification system
b. Circulation diagram showing planned transportation
improvements
c. Standards for traffic level of service
4. Public Transportation System
a. Proposed transit system and services
5. Bicycle and Pedestrian Systems
a. Bicycle and pedestrian facility classification system
b. Proposed bikeway and pedestrian system
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6. Freight Transportation Systems
a. Proposed truck routes
b. Proposed rail transportation and connections to the
street network
Housing (Existing 2004 Housing Element>
The Consultants will review the 2004 Housing Element for
consistency with other General Plan elements.
Public Facilities & Services
This element will address public facilities and services, including:
water service; wastewater collection, treatment, and disposal;
storm drainage and flood protection; schools; general government
services; fire protection; law enforcement; solid and hazardous
waste disposal; utilities (gas, electric and communications); and
public facility and service finance. This element will also provide
detailed information on the infrastructure needs, costs, and
phasing required to facilitate the implementation of this General
Plan. Issues for which goals and policies will be developed include:
■ Funding
■ Water -related infrastructure
■ Water supply reliability
■ Groundwater extraction
■ Conversion of agricultural water use to municipal supplies
■ Water conservation
■ Water reuse
■ Sustainable practices
■ Drainage design practices
■ Flood control strategies
■ Development constraints
■ Wastewater collection, treatment, and disposal
■ Storm drainage/flood control
■ Solid and hazardous waste
■ Utilities
■ Law enforcement
■ Fire protection
■ Schools and libraries
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■ City services
Natural and Cultural Resources
This element will address the conservation, development, and use
of natural and cultural resources and will also deal with plans and
measures for preserving open space, scenic, biological, and
cultural resources. It will explore the conservation and
enhancement, or managed production of resources, water
resources (groundwater, rivers, creeks, wetlands), biological
resources (flora, fauna, habitat, sensitive natural communities, and
special -status), and cultural resources (historic and
archaeological). Issues for which goals and policies will be
developed include:
■ Water resources
■ Energy/mineral resources
■ Biological resources
■ Agricultural resources
■ Scenic resources
■ Archeological and historical resources
This element will also address enhancing outdoor recreational
opportunities (e.g., parkland and resources for outdoor recreation
such as wildlife refuges and hunting clubs).
Health and Safety
This element will address a number of public safety issues,
including air quality, seismic and geologic hazards, flooding
hazards, fire hazards, aircraft crash hazards, and hazardous
materials. Maps will be created for the element that illustrate the
location of known seismic and other geologic hazards, hazardous
materials sites, fire and flood hazard areas, and air safety zones.
Safety overlaps with other mandated elements such as land use,
conservation and, open space. The update will provide that this
element is consistent with the discussion in the other elements.
Issues for which goals and policies will be developed include:
■ Geologic and seismic hazards
■ Flood hazards
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■ Fire hazards
■ Human -made hazards
' Airport safety
■ Flooding
■ Hazardous materials/waste
■ Air quality
For noise, the Consultants will prepare a section of the element
that will include land use compatibility criteria and noise contours
for major roadways and other major transportation -related noise
sources. It is intended that separate criteria will be developed for
transportation -related noise sources such as roadway traffic, and
for stationary noise sources such as loading docks, operations of
heavy equipment, etc. The Consultants will coordinate the
development of policies to update the General Plan's noise
requirements to address:
■ Transportation -related noise
■ Non -transportation -related noise
TASK 5.2 - LAND USE DIAGRAM
It is the Consultants' intention to prepare numerous graphics in
the General Plan documents to illustrate various General Plan topic
areas. The Land Use and Circulation Diagrams are outlined in
these tasks since they are State requirements for general plans.
The Consultants will work with City staff to develop land use
designations and prepare a draft land use diagram for the General
Plan that implements the preferred alternative selected by the City
Council. The Consultants will review existing designations and
specific plans and propose a concise set of land use designations
that fit the needs of the City. The designations and diagram will
indicate the distribution, location, and standards for the use of
land for housing, commerce, industry, public facilities, waste
disposal, recreation, agriculture, natural resources, and open
space. The land use designations will include standards of
population density and building intensity.
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TASK 5.3 - CIRCULATION DIAGRAM
Please refer to the description in Task 5.2.
TASK 5.4 - PUBLIC REVIEW DRAFT GOALS AND POLICIES REPORT
Following input by the City Council and Planning Commission, the
Consultants will make appropriate revisions in consultation with
City staff, and a Public Draft Goals and Policies Report will be
prepared.
TASK 5.5 - CITY COUNCIL/PLANNING COMMISSION JOINT STUDY
SESSION
Please refer to the Public Outreach Program at the end of this
section.
Phase Products:
■ Administrative Draft Goals and Policies Report (25 copies +
electronic files)
• Public Review Draft Goals and Policies Report (50 copies +
electronic files)
Phase 6 - Environmental Impact Report
PHASE SUMMARY
During this phase, the Consultants will prepare a Draft EIR
analyzing the potential impacts of the Draft General Plan. The
objective of this phase is to develop an EIR that will provide an
easy -to -understand overview of the impacts associated with
implementation of the General Plan, so that decision -makers can
make an informed decision on the future of the city. The EIR will
be designed to meet the requirements of the California
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and to streamline future City
consideration of development and public works projects
consistent with the General Plan.
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The Consultants will prepare an EIR that addresses the full range
of issues identified in the updated General Plan and conforms to
the requirements of the CEQA as set forth in Sections 15126,
15175, and 15176 of the CEQA Guidelines. Our proposed EIR
scope of work incorporates the City's typical EIR processing
requirements through preparation of the Final EIR.
Using the Background Reports as a baseline, the Consultants will
prepare a draft EIR assessing the environmental impacts of the
Draft General Plan Goals and Policies Report and land use diagram.
Our scope of work covers preparation of an EIR that will establish
the cumulative, growth inducing, and irreversible significant
effects framework for consideration of the environmental impacts
of subsequent development projects. The Consultants will
integrate policies into the draft Goals and Policies Report that
"pre -mitigate" potential environmental issues. This self -
mitigation approach will minimize ongoing reliance on external
mitigation measures and will allow for ongoing monitoring of
mitigating policies through routine implementation of the General
Plan.
TASK 6.1 - INITIAL STUDY, NOP, AND SCOPING MEETING
The Consultants will prepare a Notice of Preparation (NOP) and
Initial Study for the EIR in accordance with CEQA requirements.
The Consultants will assist with the creation of a NOP notification
list, but assume the City will be responsible for the actual mailing
of the NOP.
During the NOP comment period, the Consultants will facilitate a
Scoping Meeting to accept comments from the public and
agencies regarding issues that should be addressed in the EIR.
TASK 6.2 - ADMINISTRATIVE DRAFT EIR
Based on the material developed in the Background Reports and
responses to the NOP and comments received at the Scoping
Meeting, the Consultants will prepare an Administrative Draft EIR
in accordance with CEQA. Circulation of the NOP may also lead to
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relevant issues that may need to be included in the environmental
analysis. The Consultants are responsible for the preparation of a
legally adequate and appropriate EIR for the General Plan.
In order to provide a "range of reasonable alternatives" to the
General Plan, as required by CEQA Guidelines Section 15126.6,
this scope of work assumes the analysis of one to two additional
alternatives, in addition to the "No Project" alternative. The
alternatives analysis will compare the environmental effects of the
project alternatives.
The Consultants will prepare the administrative draft EIR in
accordance with a project description approved by the City. The
description of the environmental and regulatory setting for the
General Plan will be based on the Background Report and will be
prepared by the Consultants to provide a user-friendly format.
Each environmental section will start with a description of the
regulatory and existing environmental setting for the specific
}" impact topic to be addressed in the section. This will prepare the
groundwork for impact analysis and recommended mitigation
measures.
Thresholds of significance will be presented after the existing
setting section and will either list the particular CEQA Guidelines
threshold, an existing regulatory standard, or a standard to be
adopted by the City. Prior to the preparation of the EIR, the
Consultants will work with the City to finalize the thresholds of
significance that will be used for the EIR.
The number of impacts to be analyzed and the depth of analysis
will be a function of responses to the NOP and the City's direction
based on current needs.
Impacts will be identified and mitigation measures will be
prepared to reduce significant impacts to a less -than -significant
level, when feasible. Cumulative impacts will be addressed in each
environmental section. For each potentially significant impact
r identified in the administrative draft EIR, the Consultants will
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identify mitigation measures or policy statements proposed by the
City as part of the project to reduce identified impacts.
Introduction
The introduction to the EIR will contain an overview of the EIR
process and include opportunities for public review and comment.
Executive Summary
This section will provide a summary of the entire EIR in a form
consistent with current CEQA regulations. This summary will
facilitate a quick understanding of environmental issues and the
actions required to mitigate potential impacts. It will include a
summary table of impacts, mitigation measures and levels of
significance before and after mitigation.
Project Description
The Project Description chapter of the EIR will contain the project's
objectives, a description of the proposed project and general
setting, and an overview of the OR process.
Setting, impacts, and Mitigation Measures
Using the existing setting information provided in the Background
Report, the Consultants will apply the Thresholds of Significance
discussed above to assess potential impacts and their significance.
Adverse impacts that meet or exceed the threshold criteria will be
considered significant. Additionally, all impacts will be
characterized in terms of short- or long-term effects and
presented in a logical discussion that the general public can
understand.
All environmental resource topics identified in the initial study will
be addressed in the EIR. The following paragraphs provide an
overview of the approach to be used for each resource topic.
Land Use
The EIR will identify existing local land use and the jurisdictional
and regulatory settings. It will address the project's consistency
with local land use plans, the conversion of agricultural lands and
open space, and compatibility with adjacent existing land uses.
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Circulation / Transportation
Much of the technical analysis necessary to support the General
Plan EIR will be conducted as part of developing the Circulation
Element. For purposes of the EIR, the Consultants will define
thresholds of significance for transportation impact analysis,
define the study area within which impacts could reasonably be
expected, analyze the traffic, transit, and non -motorized impacts
of the No Project and the Preferred Alternative scenarios, and
recommend mitigation measures to address potentially significant
impacts of the Plan.
This scope assumes that two scenarios will be quantitatively
analyzed in the EIR, with a detailed discussion of impacts and
mitigation measures: the Future No Project case; and the final
Preferred Alternative for General Plan Buildout. Up to three
additional General Plan land use alternatives will be addressed in
lesser detail, drawing upon the analysis conducted in Task 3
above; a detailed list of impacts and mitigation measures will not
be developed for these alternatives.
Aesthetics
The Aesthetics section of the EIR will address the potential visual
impacts of the preferred General Plan, such as the visual impact
related to the conservation of agricultural lands to urban uses and
increases in glare.
Agricultural Resources
Using Important Farmland mapping data from the Department of
Conservation, the EIR will analyze the impact to important
farmlands related to the conservation of agricultural lands to
urban uses. Lands subject to Williamson Act contracts within the
Planning Area will also be identified to analyze which contracts
may be affected by the proposed General Plan.
Public Services and Utilities
The EIR will summarize existing public services and utilities in the
project area, identifying service providers. The EIR will address
potential additional demands on public services and utilities
resulting from the implementation of the project to determine the
physical improvements that will be needed to provide adequate
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public services. The EIR analysis will qualitatively evaluate future
infrastructure needs.
Biological Resources
The EIR will address potential biological resource issues associated
with the project. This section will be prepared using existing
database information to identify biological resources (special
status species, wetlands, and habitats) with the potential to occur
in the project study area. Minimal fieldwork will be conducted as
part of this task. Field verification of habitat and gross vegetation
mapping will be undertaken, but will be limited to a single field
reconnaissance of the Planning Area. More detailed levels of
analysis would typically be recommended in the form of General
Plan policy to be conducted during environmental review of
individual development applications. Should additional studies
(e.g., wetland delineation, special status species surveys, detailed
mapping) be desired or become necessary, they are outside of this
current scope and would be completed for additional cost.
Cultural Resources
The Consultants will review recently prepared environmental
documents and perform database searches to identify possible
cultural resources, both historic and archaeological, in the project
study area. Limited fieldwork will be performed as part of this
task. Possible effects on cultural resources and measures
(mitigation policies) to minimize effects will be addressed.
Hydrology and Water Quality
Based on existing studies, the EIR will provide a summary of
existing groundwater recharge, surface flows, flooding, and
associated water quality of the study area. The EIR will also
characterize potential hydrology and water quality effects resulting
from the future planned growth and identify measures (mitigating
policies) to minimize the effects.
Air Quality
This EIR section will summarize the regional air quality setting,
including climate and topography, ambient air quality, and the
regulatory setting (regional standards and planning efforts). Air
quality emissions associated with the project will be qualitatively
assessed and are expected to primarily consist of long-term
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r vehicle emissions. The EIR will address potential air quality effects
associated with implementation of the project and identify
measures (mitigating policies) to minimize those effects. Air
quality modeling for ozone precursor and dust emissions is
proposed under this scope of work. Emissions from agricultural
activities, including confined animal facilities will be described
qualitatively.
Parks and Recreation
The EIR will qualitatively evaluate impacts to existing recreation
resources and the need for additional recreational opportunities
within the city.
Population/Housing
The General Plan will be analyzed in the EIR to determine its
growth - inducing impacts and potential for displacement of
existing population.
Geology and Seismicity
The EIR will provide a summary of the existing geological setting
and identify potential effects resulting from the project, including
seismic (earthquake) and liquefaction issues.
Hazards and Hazardous Materials
The EIR will address the potential for several hazards and public
safety concerns including the potential release of hazardous
materials, residual agricultural chemicals, airplane hazards, and
wildfires. Hazardous materials concerns in the Planning Area will
be addressed, using existing database information.
Noise
The EIR will analyze the potential noise -related impacts of the
project. The primary focus of this section will be analyzing
impacts related to:
■ The proposed land use changes that would expose new
sensitive receptors to noise levels exceeding those
considered normally acceptable based on the City's
policies.
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■ Changes in the noise environment in the city resulting from
growth through the General Plan.
Mineral Resources
Any known or potential mineral resources within the Planning Area
will be identified to allow for the analysis of whether the proposed
General Plan would affect the accessibility of these resources.
Alternatives Analysis
A range of alternatives will be considered in the EIR. In addition to
the "No --Project" Alternative, the Consultants will consider up to
two other alternatives that were developed during Phase 4.
Assessment Conclusions
The Consultants will prepare assessment conclusions to meet
CEQA Guidelines for the following mandatory findings:
■ Growth inducement
■ Unavoidable significant effects
■ Significant irreversible changes
■ Impacts found not to be significant
Fiscal Policy Mitigation Measures
It is expected that the fiscal analysis will indicate the need for a
range of policies and programs to strengthen the City's fiscal
performance over time. These may include land use policies that
pursue revenue -generating land uses or various fiscal impact
mitigation measures that assure that new development produces a
positive fiscal outcome to the City.
TASK 6.3 - PUBLIC DRAFT EIR
Following receipt of comments from the City, the Consultants will
incorporate appropriate revisions to the Administrative Draft EIR
and prepare the Draft EIR (DEIR) for public circulation. It is
assumed that the City will print and distribute the Draft EIR. The
Consultants will submit a reproducible master and copies in
Microsoft Word 2000/2003 or PDF format for City staff for their
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reproduction and distribution to the State Clearinghouse,
responsible agencies, and interested agencies, organizations, and
persons. As required by State law, the Draft EIR will require a 45 -
day public review period.
Phase Products:
■ Administrative Draft EER
■ Public Review Draft EIR
Phase 7 - Public Review
PHASE SUMMARY
OBJECTIVES
During this phase, the Consultants will assist the community,
Planning Commission, and City Council in the review of the Draft
General Plan and EIR, culminating in City Council direction on
changes to the Draft General Plan.
The objective of this phase is to assist the Planning Commission,
City Council, and the public in the review of the Draft General Plan
and EIR, with the result being direction on completion of an
acceptable General Plan.
TASK 7.1 - NEWSLETTER: DRAFT GENERAL PLAN AND EIR
Please refer to the Public Outreach Approach at the end of this
section.
TASK 7.2 - COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS: GENERAL PLAN AND EIR
Please refer to the Public Outreach Program at the end of this
section.
TASK 7.3 - PLANNING COMMISSION HEARINGS
The Consultants will attend up to two (2) hearings with the
.,.: Planning Commission to review the draft General Plan Goals and
=' Policies Report and Draft EIR. The Planning Commission will
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consider the comments made at the community workshops and
during the public hearings, and at the conclusion of the hearings,
will make recommendations to the City Council regarding the
Draft General Plan Goals and Policies Report, Infrastructure Plans,
and Draft EIR.
TASK 7.4 - CITY COUNCIL HEARING
The Consultants will attend up to two (2) hearings with the City
Council to review the Draft Goals and Policies Report and Draft EIR.
At these meetings, the City Council will consider the Planning
Commission's recommendations and the comments made at the
community workshops. At the conclusion of the hearings, the City
Council will direct City staff and the Consultants to incorporate its
recommendations and prepare the final General Plan Goals and
Policies Report and final EIR.
As with the Planning Commission hearings, the Consultants will
provide support for City Council and public review by being
available to answer questions about proposed provisions, discuss
possible changes, and draft revised language in response to staff
or City Council direction, for consideration at later meetings.
Following public review of the draft General Plan documents and
the draft EIR, the Consultants will work with City staff to prepare
the General Plan documents for adoption and the final EIR for
certification.
Phase Product:
■ Newsletter #4 (250 copies + electronic files)
■ Workshop summaries
Phase 8 - Final Documents and Adoption
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PHASE SUMMARY
OBJECTIVES
Following public review of the draft General Plan Goals and
Policies Report and the Draft EIR, the Consultants will work with
City staff to prepare the final General Plan Goals and Policies
Report for adoption and the final EIR for certification. The
Consultants assume that major changes (i.e., new technical
studies) to the draft documents will not be necessary.
The objective of this phase is adoption of a new General Plan that
will successfully guide the future of Lodi toward its envisioned
future.
TASK 8.1 - RESPONSE TO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON DRAFT EIR
All comments received during the public review of the Draft EIR
will be responded to by the Consultants and included in the Final
EIR document. The cost estimate for this task was developed
based on the expected level of effort and number of comments
received on the draft documents. The level of effort is reflected by
the number of assumed hours for this task in the budget.
TASK 8.2 - FINAL EIR
The Final EIR will be prepared in conformance with CEQA
Guidelines Section 15132. The Consultants will assist City staff in
their preparation of any required statements of overriding
consideration necessary for certification of the Final EIR. For the
Final EIR, the Consultants have assumed that no new technical
studies will be required. It is assumed that the City will print and
distribute the Final EIR.
TASK 8.3 - FINAL GENERAL PLAN DOCUMENTS
Based on direction from the City Council, corrections will be made
to the Goals and Policies Report and the final General Plan
documents will be prepared.
Scope of Services Page 3-38
City of Lodi General Plan
TASK 8.4 - ADOPTION HEARINGS
The Consultants will attend a final hearing with the Planning
Commission and then with the City Council for adoption of the
General Plan Goals and Policies Report and certification of the final
EIR.
Phase Products:
• Final EIR (50 copies + electronic files)
■ Final Background Report and Goals and Policies Report (50
copies each + electronic files)
Public Outreach Program Summary
OBJECTIVES
The Public Outreach Program extends throughout the General Plan
Update effort and provides city residents numerous opportunities
to participate in the Update process and express their opinions
about the future of Lodi. The Consultants understand the City's
desire to reach a broad spectrum of the city, including residents,
businesses, service groups, youth, seniors, various stakeholders
groups, and ethnic minorities (especially those on the East side of
Lodi). The Consultants have outlined below an outreach program
that has been used successfully in reaching out to many
communities in the Central Valley.
STAKEHOLDER INTERVIEWS
The Consultants will interview key stakeholders identified in Task
1.1 to get their input on the key issues for the General Plan
Update. The list of stakeholders will likely include City Council
members, Planning Commissioners, department heads, and key
community leaders. Upon completion of the interviews, the
Consultants will summarize the results of the interviews for City
Staff's review.
Scope of Services Page 3-39
City of Lodi General Plan Update
PROSECT WEBSITE
The Consultants will design, host, and maintain an Internet web
site that can be linked to the City's website, providing current
information on the status of the project, the ability to download
project documents and presentations, and provide an easy means
for the public to provide comments to the City and the
Consultants. The Consultants will provide all draft and final
documents in Adobe PDF format in conjunction with an HTML
page designed to provide access to the referenced PDF
documents. The Consultants will provide training to the City's
information technology staff to enable a smooth transition to
maintain upkeep of the project website once the project has
ended.
MEDIA OUTREACH
A comprehensive and energetic media outreach program will be
designed to provide information about the General Plan Update
and to encourage participation via the various mechanisms
provided. Media outreach will include making contacts at the local
newspaper and local radio stations (especially Spanish stations),
providing news releases on the process and the key elements of
the Update, and extensive distribution of calendar items for the
Community Workshops.
NEWSLETTERS
The Consultants will prepare four newsletters over the course of
the General Plan Update. The Consultants, with City staff input
and review, will prepare all of the newsletters, which are planned
to be an 11 " x 17" foldout (i.e., four text pages). Cost estimates
are based on one -color print and 1 ,000 copies; the City may
determine that a larger number is required. Each newsletter may
be provided with an insert of translated material for readers who
do not use English as a primary language.
Scope of Services Page 3-40
City of Lodi General Plan Update_
f~ COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS
The Consultants will conduct a total of 8 community workshops
throughout the General Plan Update. The Consultants will hold
two workshops during each of the four separate phases (Phases 1,
3, 4, and 7), including one citywide workshop and one workshop
on the East side of Lodi. The East side workshop will include
facilitation in English and Spanish. This first workshop will give
community and citizen groups an overview of what a General Plan
is and how the update process will progress over the next two
years. The second workshop will give community and citizen
groups the opportunity to have meaningful discussion on issues
pertaining to the project and identify opportunities. The third
workshop gives city residents the opportunity to identify an
alternative future for Lodi. The fourth and final workshop involves
a discussion of the goals and policies to be included in the General
Plan. The Consultants will consolidate feedback from the
workshops and incorporated into a report and provide it to the
Planning Commission and the City Council. In addition, the
Consultants will maintain a contact information database of all the
ON workshop participants.
CITY COUNCIL/PLANNING COMMISSION JOINT STUDY SESSIONS
The City Council and Planning Commission will meet five times
during the General Plan Update in joint Study Sessions to review
milestone products and provide feedback to the Consultants and
staff. The Study Sessions will also serve as formal GPU progress
reports from the Consultants.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
The Consultants will assist staff in conducting three public
hearings each at the Planning Commission and City Council
(Phases 7 & 8) and the adoption. The Consultants will prepare
staff reports for all public hearings.
Scope of Services Page 3-41
of Lodi General Plan Update
PRESENTATIONS TO COMMUNITY INTEREST GROUPS (OPTIONAL)
The Consultants will be available to assist City staff as necessary
to make informational presentations to community interest groups
such as social/community organizations, local school districts,
and high school government classes.
PROSECT INFORMATION BOOTH (OPTIONAL)
The Consultants will work with staff to organize and operate a
project information booth at selected City events. The booth will
be designed to provide interested visitors information about the
GPU and opportunities to become involved. The booth would
consist of a 10"x10" tent, tables, handouts, display boards, and a
PowerPoint/video with aerial photos and background information.
The booth could be set up during major City events.
TRANSLATION SERVICES (OPTIONAL)
The Consultants can provide translation services for the project in
Spanish. Two types of translation services can be provided:
simultaneous translation during public meetings; and translation
of written materials, including newsletters, Background Report,
Policy Document, EIR, and other technical documents. If the City
desires, the Consultants can provide such services through a local
professional translation service. The extent of the services needed
will be discussed with staff during Phase 1 of the project and
refined as a part of the final scope of services. Cost estimates will
be provided once the revised scope of services is established.
DISCUSSION FORUM (OPTIONAL)
The Consultants will set up and monitor a General Plan Update
discussion forum. The Consultants will set up an online
discussion forum with a look and feel that is similar to the City's
General Plan Update site. The Consultants will monitor the site
going forward and ensure that appropriate responses to questions
are provided.
Scope of Services Page 3-42
of Lodi General Plan Update
ONLINE SURVEY (OPTIONAL)
Using a cost effective service such as Survey Monkey, the
Consultants will set up and manage an online survey, which can be
regularly updated to monitor feedback as the General Plan Update
process progresses.
PRINTED SURVEYS (OPTIONAL)
Working closely with City staff, the Consultants will develop a
postage -paid printed survey for distribution at community group
meetings and Community Workshops, and to any groups which
express interest.
PHONE SURVEYS (OPTIONAL)
Working closely with City staff, the Consultants will design a
phone survey. The Consultants will conduct phone surveys of
approximately 500 randomly -chosen residents.
COMMUNITY GROUP DATABASE (OPTIONAL)
The Consultants will develop a community group database. This
database could include contact information for the Chambers of
Commerce, neighborhood associations, and other key community
organizations.
Scope of Services Page 3-43
Budget
Note: BMnO rates are wblwt b change anmaky.
Apol 24, 2000
Task# Teak
1'1 S •I
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senior P-*
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8 12
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staff
AdNn.
8
TOTAL
54440
Early
Prkxdpd
10
Ford
Prmdpel
Reilly
Assodale
10
Staff
Pidlmr
12
pCaE
staff
Graphics
City
Buff
A&NndaM
of ••Update/EIR
Emlmnmarml 1111.pworu8 T. -I.&
CallaborMM R.N. Aa W.-
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Mllam
TOTAL
Pd i
$4330 8
M or11en
A -191s
Fahr 8 Paero
staff Staff
c n -/PW- OBI .
staff
Admin
TOTAL
$1320
M.W.Moantln
prged
M -W
8
Alanix
W.W.
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B
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TOTAL
$2832
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Pdnd al
6
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5
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Ana
TOTAL
$1676
TOTAL
HOURS
98
12 takehoMer IMerviewaSol
1.3 Land Use Database
8
50
S5.340
$0
$0
$0
$0
w
1.4 Ma
2
15
40
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$0
$0
67
15 a
0
$0
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s0
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40
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0
f8
27
90
8
$16,400
10
0
10
12
0
0
0
0
0
$4,350 a
0
0
0
0
$1,320
8
0
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0
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$2,832
6
6
0
051,575
211
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30
80
100
120
24
2280
12
4
80
360
32
8
40
82
76
$70 470 8
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60
Q
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$13980
24
12
48
8
$128
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180
100
180
8400
1804
2.2 Pubes Renta M Ba and Re
8
20
20
40
$10.5001
2
10
24
00
8
4
4
4
4
$12.134 2
4
20
4
$4,100
to
8
24
4
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3.1 Issues O Bea 8 Vision Stamm
38
20
100
40
120
40
100
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24
8
$52,840
520 78D
14
18
34
104
19
440
40
12
50
86
80
$8 810 8
$5.5201
20
80
10
4
$17480
40
20
0
72
12
240
00
100
180
180
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2.004
200
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20
12
40
32
40
40
do
40
8
520700
515520
10
8
0
24
18
00
0
50
0
0
0
0
0
$6,520 0
$18.010 8
0
12
0
8
0
0
4
S6 280
0
0
0
0
0
$0
0
0
0
0
$0
So
200
298
4.2 Ewluats Growth Allemadwa
24
24
32
80
19680
a
16
32
70
4
4
2
4
2
$15142 18
40
M
32
Is
595680
8
4
24
4
$5364
24
180
ZO
$17140
748
4.3 AdmkMtradw Draft Altemall.. Re rl
8
20
35
00
a
574720
8
10
24
50
4
2
$10.920 4
19
40
8
4
10000
s0
301
4.4 Pubk Revbw Draft Manned- e d
4
10
4
$2.580
4
B
8
24
2
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8
8
700
8
18
4
34 070
$0
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46
32
80
60
107
20
100
12
8
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$18,800
20
24
60
32
124
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104
150
f0
1
8
8
2
2
4
2
2
2
9 102 32
$32,D52 4
78
18
22H
70
48
8
24
4
BBO
57000
10
0
8
4
0
40
24
8
4
469
$6384
2q
12
100
0
1
20
$17 140
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1.981
534
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4
4
40
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$0
46
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4
4
40
4
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4
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8
20
24
7440
4
4
to
40
8
4
7500 4
4
4
a
4
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8
2
10
4
54.070
$p
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0
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48
78
44
100
12
$38,000
$0
28
4
30
78
24
190
50
18
a
12
4
2
2
2
$39582 12
$8.7501
24
24
40
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$1 080
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19
8
0
40
8
59.454
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12
0
12
0
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10
10
24
8
$0.3801
10
90
380
24
1
20
60
30
$01.000 10
40
BO
12
8
280
4
$8qp
6.3 P.M. Draft EIR
4
4
10
4
$3080
10
40
80
12
8
4
6
4
10704 4
12
20
4
980
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:
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24
92
40
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62
60
10
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0
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0
0
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0
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0
0
0
0
0
35
0
80
a
0
0
4
0
2
0
0
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513 576 4
0
8
0
20
0
8
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$5.700
0
16
0
0
0
0
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$2092
0
0
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0
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8
$1.120
8
24
70
0
8
70770
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SO
120
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B
10
20
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4
4
30
70
12
8
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18
20
0
0
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98
220
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4
2
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20
8
0
$6,700
18
0
0
0
0
52,832
0
0
0
0
$0
480
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40
30
90
10
10
$27200
80
32
160
24
$30005
8
8
4
52880
B
$1.410
447
Newslettere (4)
StakehoMer Intsrvtews
4
24
10
12
52
14
$9.300
$7.940
14
$0
$2.800
$0
$0
0
so
$0
so
72
64
Made Outreach
so
14
18
3&380
$0
$p
$0
32
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2
10
40
$0.4140
0
s0
$0
52
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25
30
25
8
$12,610
48
24
50
$16,830 12
10
8
4
4
57 320
5
$1.050
250
Putdk: Nea' e 0
30
20
12
$10240
50
32
24
$17640 12
24
8
4
58.400
4
4
1410
15
$3150
245
SUBTOTAL
131
118
12a
41
50
$07000
178
0
102
281
0
24
0
0
0
$70.855 24
48
24
12
4
$19000
12
0
4
0
0
$2.632
20
0
0
0
$4200
1,171
Total Noah - 1-0 and Public Outreach Pr m
319
470
520
043
114
2.072
312
130
082
1817
128
02
82
led
130
3.550 100
228
460
140
48
. 078
108
32
12
162
28
332
125
205
102
200
722
7,003
&Wkq Relee2W8
$220
$140
$120
$BO
$70
E200
$7&5
$145
E75
560
500
$100
$728
SBB
$220
$180
E726
$110
$90
$177
$157
$177
$125
585
210
$705
5705
$80
1.0 -Subtotals
70180
$00 .640
$112,400
$57,619)
$7,980 4
255,070
$52 ,400
$21,450
$10.820
$130.275
$10.240
$5.520
$8 200
$22.320
$11.180 $
378 76 $23.320
$41040
$57.000
$1 400
$4.320
141,050
619110
$5024
2124
$111000
$2.360 $
47,e44
$20 ,250
21526
$20100
$10,00 $
33,936
$914,204
Pro act Mena amend
100
384
24
0
120
088
•
12
24
30
724
SUBTOTAL
$35,200
$63,700
$2.880
$0
$8,400
$100,240
$0
Sa
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
0
$0
$0 $0
$0
$0
$0
$2,124
$0
$4.249
$0
$a
$0.372
SO
SO
SO
s0
so
$108.012
LABOR TOTAL
$105,360
$120,400
$66,280
$57,870
$10.380
S02AGO
$21
$98,890
$136,276
$10,240
SS 20
U.200
$22,320
$11,180
$23.320
$41.040
$57.000
SIGAOD
$4,320
$21.240
S5024
S6.372
$19.000
$2 980
$26,250
$21,625
$20160
$10.000
$ 1.020.810
Firm Total
41385JI0
$376478
$141,050
$54018
$89935 $ 1,020,810
10% Adminislradsn Fee Total
$04551
$840.0
$2255.0
$1244.0
$/339
$098110
Direct Expanse Saaoul Id -rd praastlm mall, howl)
$0,136
$12,335
$a,076
1640
TOTAL COST
S453,997
4599 149
SW 185
$64.0161
$33,935
$1,132,252
Note: BMnO rates are wblwt b change anmaky.
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Schedule
Year
li.
2007
ti'
Month
Jun, I Jul I Aug I Sep t Oct I
Nov I- ,:
Dec
1. Program
Initiation
2. Background Report
i
3. issues and 4. Alternatives
Opportunities
5. Draft Goals and
Policies Report
6. EIR
7.
Public Review
8. Final
Documents
and
Adoption
Public Outreach
Reports0
t`
j
ok
t!+Milestone
((/4
`\
`\
04
Staff Coordination
Media Outreach
�Qy
Stakeholder Inverviews
Website
Community Workshops (2 per phase)
SA
'
Newsletters
Joint Study SessionstPublic Hearings
Project Schedule
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City of Stockton
City of Point Arena
City of Tulare
City of South San Francisco
City of Union City
City of Sonoma
City of West Sacramento
City of Union City (3)
City of Wheatland
City of Visalia
City of Winters
City of West Sacramento
City of Woodland
Town of Windsor
City of Wheatland
Butte County
City of Winters
Del Norte County
City of Woodland
Fresno County
Butte County
Madera County
Del Norte County
Modoc County
Lake County
Placer County
Madera County
Tulare County
April 2006
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General Plan Evaluations
Other General Plan Projects
City of Pacific Grove
City of Half Moon Bay (with EMC)
City of Roseville
City of Lodi (with Jones & Stokes)
City of Scotts Valley
City of Menlo Park
City of Stockton
City of Napa
Alameda County
City of Pacific Grove
Butte County
City of Ripon
Del Norte County
City of Sacramento (with EIP)
Merced County
City of Stockton
Monterey County
City of Woodland (Five -Year Review)
Nevada County
Alameda County (East County Area Plan)
San Bernardino County
Inyo County (with URS)
Trinity County
Lake County (with URS)
Los Angeles County
Specific Plans and Master Plans
Placer (Five -Year Review)
Auburn Boulevard (Citrus Heights)
Sacramento County
Broadstone (Folsom)
San Bernardino County
Gold Rush Ranch and Golf Resort (Sutter Creek)
Terrace Point (Santa Cruz)
Southwest Live Oak
Washington Area (West Sacramento)
Woodland Downtown
Comprehensive Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance Revisions
City of Galt Zoning Ordinance
City of Healdsburg Zoning Ordinance
City of Lodi Zoning Ordinance (with Crawford Multari & Clark Associates and Jacobson & Wack)
City of Manteca Zoning and Subdivision Ordinances
City of Santa Rosa (with Crawford Multari & Clark Associates and Jacobson & Wack)
Kern County Zoning and Subdivision Ordinances
Sacramento County Zoning Ordinance - Reformatting
Land Use Litigation Support - Research and Expert Witness Testimony
Agha v. City of Monterey (1989)
Beech v. City of Napa (1984)
Black Property Owners Assoc. v. City of Berkeley (1992)
Citizensfor Balanced Growth v. City of Pleasanton (19 83)
City of Pittsburg v. County of Contra Costa (1989-90)
El Nido Community Association v. County of Merced (1988)
Garat v. City of Riverside (1988-89)
Jacobs & MacKay v. Town of Woodside (1990-1991)
Kinzli v. City of Santa Cruz (1983)
Lesher Communications, Inc. v. City of Walnut Creek (1986)
Pulte Homes Corporation v. City of Walnut Creek (1992-93)
Ridgemark v. San Benito County (2003)
LAFCO, Sphere of Influence, Incorporation, and Annexation Issues
Butte County LAFCO - Comprehensive revision of spheres of influence (with Wade Associates)
Dry Creek Valley Association - Representation before the Sonoma County LAFCO
City of Livermore - Evaluation of proposed policy changes by the Alameda County LAFCO
Building Industry Association of Superior California - Representation before the Sacramento County LAFCO
(proposed Elk Grove incorporation)
Sacramentans to Save Our Services and the Sacramento County Deputy Sheriffs Association - Representation before
Sacramento County LAFCO (proposed Citrus Heights incorporation)
City of Manteca - Representation before the San Joaquin County LAFCO (proposed Lathrop incorporation)
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City of Patterson - Representation before the Stanislaus County LAFCO (Patterson sphere revision)
April 2006 Page 3
Other Projects
California Apartment Association - Evaluation of Sprinkler Retrofit Ordinance (Fremont)
California Office of Emergency Services - Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Guidelines and Background
Work Papers
California Seismic Safety Commission - Analysis of the land use implications of the 1994 Northridge Earthquake
City of Clayton - Code Enforcement Ordinance revision
City of Clayton - Sign Ordinance
City of Clayton - Miscellaneous Town Center Sites Analysis
City of Dixon - Evaluation of ABAG Projections
City of Eureka - Westside Industrial Area Study
City of Folsom - Evaluation of the implications of a proposed growth initiative on the General Plan and future
development
City of Glendale - Growth Management Program and Ordinance
City of Glendale - Urban Neighborhood Residential Overlay Zoning and Guidelines
City of Newman - Affordable Housing Study
City of Novato - Child Care Element and Zoning Ordinance revision
City of Patterson - Downtown Parking Study (with Joseph Holland)
City of Roseville - School Facilities Element to the General Plan
City of Sacramento - South Area Community Plan
City of Stockton - Special Planning Area Study (General Plan Amendment)
City of Stockton - Parks and Recreation Element to the General Plan
City of Visalia - East Main Plan (with RACESTUDIO)
City of Visalia - West Highway 198 Corridor Study (with RACESTUDIO)
City of Watsonville - Auxiliary Housing Study
Weimer Applegate Colfax Community Plan (with Jones & Stokes Associates)
City of West Sacramento - Child Care Element to the General Plan
City of West Sacramento - Central Business District Study
City of West Sacramento - Washington Area Specific Plan (with PBR)
City of Woodland - Planning Area M Needs Assessment (with Stanley R. Hoffman Associates)
City of Woodland - Urban Limit Line Study
Community Development Agency of Menlo Park - Redevelopment Implementation Plan (AB 1290 Plan)
Elliott Homes - Coordination of the Broadstone Master Development Plan (Folsom)
Forest Canyon Falls Project
Granada Sanitary District - Parcel Inventory and Development Potential Assessment
Hearthstone Builders - Evaluation of Hearthstone Ranch General Plan Amendment
Kern County - Permit Procedures Study
Kern County - Energy Element to the General Plan
Kings County - Demographic inputs for Countywide Traffic Model (with Dowling Associates)
Monterey Peninsula Water Management District - EIR on water supply options and distribution alternatives
National Trust for Historic Preservation - Study of economic impacts of historic preservation in California
Ross General Hospital - Analysis of permit procedures and approvals
Sacramento County - Transit -Oriented Development (TOD) Design Guidelines (with Calthorpe Associates)
San Francisco International Airport - Upland Airport Alternatives for the Bay Area
SilverTip Resort Village Project - General Plan Amendments
Southmark Leisure, Inc. - Permit facilitation and environmental assessment for the Stallion Springs proprietary
interest program (Kern County)
Stoorza, Zeigaus, Metzger, and Hunt (Coalition for Consumer Choice) - Plumbing Survey
Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) - Work Program for Updating the Regional Plan Framework
(with Crawford Multari and Clark Associates and Design Community and Environment)
Town of Loomis - Core Area Master Plan (with Calthorpe Associates)
Town of Windsor - Evaluation of ABAG Projections
University of California, Davis - Tahoe Environmental Research Center Land Use Analysis
Vail Engineering - Assistance in the preparation of the Salida Planned Development Guidelines (Stanislaus County)
Wal-Mart Stores - Eureka Railyard Land Use Study
White Mountain Golf Resort, Hinan Island, Peoples Republic of China
Yuba -Sutter Economic Development Corporation - Rice Straw Processing Facility Feasibility Study
April 2006 Page 4
EDUCATION
► Master of City Planning
University of California, Berkeley
► Master of Public Administration
University of California, Berkeley
► Bachelor of Arts (Political Science) University of
California, Los Angeles
EXPERTISE
► Land Use Planning and Policy; Housing; Seismic
Safety; Intergovernmental Relations; Permit
Facilitation; Land Use Litigation Support
CERTIFICATIONS/AFFILIATIONS
► American Institute of Certified Planners, Fellow
► American Planning Association
► California Planning Foundation, Board Member
► California Planning Roundtable, Emeritus Member
► Urban Land Institute
EXPERIENCE
► Mintier & Associates, Sacramento:
Managing Principal
► Governor's Office of Planning and Research,
Sacramento: Senior Associate
► City of Napa: Associate Planner
United Nations Research Institute for Social
Development, Geneva, Switzerland: Consultant
► International Labor Organization, Geneva,
Switzerland: Consultant
PROJECTS
► General plans for over 40 cities and counties
throughout California
► Environmental impact reports for over 15 general
plans and other projects
► Zoning and subdivision ordinance revisions for eight
cities and counties
► Litigation support in over 25 land use lawsuits
J. Laurence Mintier, FAICP
Larry Mintier is owner and managing principal of Mintier & Associates, a
planning consulting firm created in 1985. As principal of Mintier & Associates,
he has worked for over 75 public agencies and over 50 private clients and law
firms. Mr. Mintier has supervised his firm's work in preparing over 40 general
plans, specific plans, and master plans; over 30 housing elements; a half dozen
zoning and subdivision ordinances; and numerous other special studies and
projects. Many of these projects involved managing multi -disciplinary teams and
the preparation of environmental impact reports.
Mr. Mintier is a frequent lecturer and panelist on state law and local planning
practice and teaches regularly for various University of California Extension
programs. He also has been retained over 25 times as a consultant and expert
witness in land use litigation.
Prior to establishing Mintier & Associates in 1985, Mr. Mintier worked for the
Governor's Office of Planning and Research, specializing in planning, land use,
and environmental issues. There he directed the preparation of California's 1980
General Plan Guidelines and 1982 revisions. Mr. Mintier also directed other
major projects including the 1981 Symposium on California Planning Law,
annual surveys of local planning programs, and guidelines for local
implementation of the California Coastal Act.
Prior to joining the Governor's Office, Mr. Mintier worked as a planner for the
City ofNapa.. His international experience includes consulting positions with the
International Labor Organization and the United Nations Research Institute for
Social Development in Geneva, Switzerland.
EDUCATION
Juris Doctor, McGeorge School of Law
University of Pacific
► Bachelor of Arts (History)
University of California, Davis
CERTIFICATIONS/AFFILIATIONS
► California State Bar Association
(Bar No. 99326)
EXPERTISE
► Land use planning and policy; general, community, and
specific plan preparation; CEQA compliance and
environmental document peer review; zoning and
regulatory ordinance preparation; project management;
and public outreach and consensus building
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
► Mintier & Associates, Sacramento: Principal
► City of South San Francisco: Planning Director
► Toxics Assessment Group, Davis: Associate
► Sugnet & Associates, Roseville: Vice-president
> City of Folsom: Community Development Director
► City of Sacramento: Environmental Coordinator
► Balfrey & Abbott, Sacramento: Associate Attorney
► Mintier Harnish & Associates, Sacramento: Partner
► Jim Varnish & Associates, Sacramento: Owner
► Sacramento Area Council of Governments,
Sacramento: Associate Planner
County of Sacramento: Assistant Planner
PROJECTS
► General Plans: Preparation, administrative oversight,
or legal review of over ten general plans, including the
counties of Modoc and Sacramento and the cities of
Alturas, Healdsburg, Sacramento, Folsom, and South
San Francisco
► CEQA: Preparation, administrative oversight, or legal
review of over 100 environmental documents,
including general plans, major land and high-rise
development projects, landfills, and hazardous waste
facilities
► Regulatory ordinance preparation: Preparation or
administrative oversight of local zoning ordinances
and environmental review procedures, including the
complete restructuring of the environmental review
process for the City of Sacramento
Jim Harnish, JD
Jim Harnish has thirty-five years of experience in land use and environmental
planning. He is also an attorney with extensive experience in regulatory and
environmental compliance. He has managed large organizations for both public
agencies and private consulting firms. He is familiar with every aspect of the
local government planning process and regulatory environment.
Mr. Harnish has a wide range of professional skills. He is very effective
interacting with staff, elected officials, and large groups of people. He has
extensive experience in public outreach and consensus building. He relates well
to a broad spectrum of people and has an understanding of competing community
interests, making him an effective problem solver.
His broad experience, in both the public and private sector, in land use planning,
regulatory codes and ordinances, permit processing, environmental analysis,
toxics and hazardous materials, wetlands and endangered species, and legal
analysis enables Mr. Hamish to bring a wealth of experience to everyproj ect. Mr.
Hamish also has extensive experience in supervising large planning staffs and
managing interdisciplinary consultant teams on complex planning projects.
Mr. Harnish has managed or prepared General Plans for the cities of Alturas,
Healdsburg, South San Francisco, Galt, and Wheatland and the county of Modoc.
He has prepared community or specific plans for Carmichael (Sacramento
County), Fair Oaks (Sacramento County), Airport/Meadowview (Sacramento),
Martis Valley (Placer County) Gold Rush Ranch and Golf Resort (City of Sutter
Creek), and the Southwest Live Oak Specific Plan. He has prepared zoning
ordinance revisions or updates for the cities of Roseville, Galt, Folsom, Santa
Rosa, and South San Francisco, Kern County, and the Mountain House New
Town in San Joaquin County.
He has conducted critical third party review of dozens of environmental
documents and managed the preparation of numerous EIRs and negative
declarations. As Environmental Coordinator for the city of Sacramento, he led the
restructuring of the city's environmental review procedures. He has worked
extensively with State and Federal regulatory agencies in creating and negotiating
Habitat Conservation Plans (Coalinga), 404 permits, and wetland mitigationplans.
Mr. Harnish's most recent projects include General Plan updates for the cities of
Sacramento, Galt, and Wheatland, the South Sacramento CommunityPlan update,
the city of Woodland Permanent Urban Limit Line Study, Sacramento County
Zoning Ordinance revisions to implement Design Guidelines, peer reviews of
CEQA documents for Merced County, and preparation of the Gold Rush Ranch
and Golf Resort and the Southwest Live Oak Specific Plans.
EDUCATION
► Master of City and Regional Planning
r `• University of California, Berkeley
.;:. Master of Landscape Architecture
University of California, Berkeley
► Bachelor of Architecture
Montana State University, Bozeman
EXPERTISE
► Land Use Planning and Policy; Urban Design; Site
Planning; Environmental Planning
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
► University of California, Santa Cruz
Professor of Environmental Studies
► Department of Landscape Architecture, University of
California, Berkeley
► Visiting Professor, Environmental Planning
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
► Mintier & Associates, Sacramento: Senior Associate
► Town & Country Planning, Bozeman, Montana:
Principal
• Smith & Williams, Architects, Pasadena: Associate
PROJECTS
► Site and Master Plans: Over thirty large-scale projects,
including a Town Center for Big Sky, Montana; a
Coastal Marine Research Center for Santa Cruz,
California; Montana Guest Ranch Resort, Gallatin
County, Montana; earthquake recovery plan for Santa
Cruz, California; Long Range Development Plans for
the University of California, Santa Cruz; and a wide
range of residential, recreational, cultural, and
commercial projects
• Local and Regional Plans: Over fifteen city and county
General Plans as well as six regional -scale, including
Lake Tahoe Basin and Fairfax County, Virginia
• Urban Design: Over ten urban -scale projects,
including Old Sacramento, San Luis Obispo, Santa
Cruz, Eureka, West Sacramento, Bozeman, and Santa
Fe, New Mexico
► Environmental Assessment: Over twenty major
environmental documents, including general plans, a
University Research and Development Center,
Translocation of the California Sea Otter, a Dark Sky
Astronomy Observatory, and a Scattered -Site
Affordable Housing Project
James E.
In his 45 years as a professional, James Pepper has worked on a wide range of
planning and design projects. This varied and extensive experience provides Mr.
Pepper with broad expertise, particularly since both his academic and
professional work integrates the primary environmental design professions of
architecture, landscape architecture, urban design, and city planning. Mr.
Pepper's professional emphasis shifted from an early career in architecture to
environmental planning in the 1970s, and, since the early 1980s, masterplanning,
site planning, and urban design.
Recent projects include the following: a 60 -acre, mixed-use Coastal Marine
Research Center in Santa Cruz, California; a 200 -acre Town Center for the
community of Big Sky, Montana; a key role in the formulation of an earthquake
recovery plan for downtown Santa Cruz, California; and a Central Business
District Plan for West Sacramento, California. At the present time, Mr. Pepper
is involved in a major initiative for downtown Bozeman, Montana, that consists
of a performing arts center, a new city hall, a convention center and hotel,
structured parking and expandedretail and office space. Also, he is working with
Mintier & Associates on the City of Wheatland General Plan Update. Early in
his career, Mr. Pepper participated in the formulation of downtown plans for San
Luis Obispo and Sacramento (Old Sacramento). Over the past twenty years, Mr.
Pepper has played a key role in developing urban design and revitalization
programs for the general plans for the cities of Redding, Eureka, Newman,
Patterson, and Healdsburg. He has also been involved in formulating strategies
for growth management, particularly focused on agricultural land conservation,
in both California and Montana.
Mr. Pepper brings a strong set of skills to his professional work. As a university
professor, he honed his skills inpublic speaking and interacting effectively within
large groups. He is an accomplished team -participant and is particularly effective
in multi -professional settings, largely due to 25 years in an interdisciplinary
academic department. His background in architecture provides him with strong
conceptual design skills; his strengths in geographic and spatial
conceptualization, and his capacity to recognize and synthesize urban forms and
patterns are particularly valuable at a wide variety of planning and design scales.
Through his long-standing involvement in environmental studies, he also has a
well -honed ability to integrate natural factors into the design of the built
environment. Finally, Mr. Pepper has strong writing and editorial skills, and thus
can synthesize graphic and written material into coherent planning and policy
documents.
EDUCATION
Master of Landscape Architecture
(Environmental Planning)
University of California, Berkeley
► Master of Urban Planning
San Jose State University
► Bachelor of Architecture
University of California, Berkeley
EXPERTISE
► Telematics, urban, regional, and environmental
planning, local government operations,
transportation -land use -air quality nexus, strategic
planning, teaching
CERTIFICATIONS/AFFILIATIONS
► California Association of Recreation and Park District
Board Members
► California Special Districts Association
► American Institute of Architects, Associate Member
► Professional Ski Instructors of America.
► American Association of Snowboard Instructors
EXPERIENCE
► Mintier & Associates, Sacramento: Senior Associate
► State of California, Sacramento: Senior
Transportation Planner, Staff Air Pollution Specialist,
Staff Services Manager, Waste Management Specialist
► Fulton -El Camino Recreation and Park District,
Sacramento: Director
Royal Gorge Cross Country, Soda Springs: Ski
Instructor
► Boreal Mountain Playground: Snowboard Coach
► Clatsop-Tillamook Intergovernmental Council,
Oregon: Assistant Director
► Snohomish County, Washington: Senior Planner
► U.S. Navy: Civil Engineer Corps Officer
PROJECTS
► Smart Communities Guidebook
► Neighborhood Telecenters Research
► WorkSmart Project
► Davis Community Network
► Compton Blue Line Televillage
Michael Seaman
Michael Seaman's professional career spans 30 years. He has worked at all levels
of government and in the private sector. Mr. Seaman has supervised the
preparation of long-range plans, strategic plans, action plans, urban designs, and
environmental regulatory activities. He has expertise in air and water quality
management, solid waste management (hazardous and non -hazardous wastes,
recycling, and waste reduction), coastal zone management, land use, natural
resource management (rangeland and habitat management), transportation
(traffic, highways, rail, ports, freight, ridesharing), construction (horizontal,
vertical, project management), recreation and leisure systems, and environmental
documentation.
Mr. Seaman is best known for creating the Smart Communities concept, an
economic development strategy for the New Economy that has become an
international model for global economic competitiveness. He has lectured
extensively on Smart Communities and related issues, including community
networking, community technology centers, telecommuting and new ways of
working.
Prior to his affiliation with Mintier and Associates, Mr. Seaman was a planner
for the State of California for 23 years at four different agencies: the San
Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission, the Solid Waste
Management Board, the Air Resources Board and the Department of
Transportation. Before joining the State of California, Mr. Seaman worked for
councils of government in Washington and Oregon. He also served in the Civil
Engineer Corps of the U.S. Navy, including a term as a Public Works Officer in
Southern California wherein he established a Naval Wildlife Refuge and
expanded the range of a currently endangered species, dipodomys stephensii, by
reinventing brush control practices.
Mr. Seaman was elected to the Board of Directors of the Fulton -El Camino
Recreation and Park District (Sacramento, California) in 1988 and again in 1998.
A winter recreation expert, Mr. Seaman is a certified Professional Cross Country
Skiing Instructor and a certified Professional Snowboard Instructor. He was also
instrumental in conceiving and forming California's system of Sno-Parks.
EDUCATION
Master of City and Regional Planning, California
Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
► Bachelor of Arts (Geography, emphasis in Regional
Planning), University of California, Davis
EXPERTISE/AFFILIATIONS
► Land Use Planning and Policy; Housing, Data Analysis,
Computer Mapping
s American Institute of Certified Planners
► American Planning Association
EXPERIENCE
► Mintier & Associates, Sacramento: Senior Project Manager
► City of West Sacramento: Planning Intern
► Urban Planning Concepts, Santa Maria: Planning Intern
► American Farmland Trust: Field Representative Intern
► County of Sacramento: Planning Intern
PROJECTS
General Plans
► Crescent City General Plan Update
► Del Norte County General Plan Update
► Fortuna General Plan Update
► Fresno County General Plan Update
• Half Moon Bay General Plan Update
► Lake County General Plan Update
► Lincoln General Plan Update
► Redding General Plan Update
Sacramento General Plan Update
Tulare City General Plan Update
► Union City General Plan Update
Housing Elements
► Ceres Housing Element
► Clayton Housing Element Update (2)
► Madera County Housing Element
► Lake County Housing Element
► Madera Housing Element Update
► South San Francisco Housing Element
► Southern Gateway Land Use Study, City of Ceres
► Sutter Creek Housing Element
► Trinity County General Plan Update Work Program
► Union City Housing Element Update
► Visalia Housing Element
► West Sacramento General Plan Update Work Program
Miscellaneous Plans and Studies
► Auburn Boulevard Specific Plan, City of Citrus Heights
• Due Diligence Study — Briarwood Apartments (Sacramento)
► Eureka Railyard Property Land Use Study
► Lodi Zoning Ordinance
► Redwood Oceanfront Resort - General Plan Consistency
Analysis
► Sacramento South Area Community Plan Update
► San Francisco International Airport (SFO) Upland Airport
Alternatives Analysis
► Station District Strategic Action Plan, City of Union City
► Visalia West Highway 198 Corridor Study
► Weimar Applegate Colfax Community Plan
r' Zoning Ordinance, City of Union City
Derek DiManno. AICP
Derek DiManno is a Senior Project Manager with Mintier & Associates.
He specializes in land use planning and policy, housing, and computer
applications. For the past eight years at Mintier & Associates, he has
worked on a number of projects including general plans, specific plans,
housing elements, zoning ordinances, and various special land use studies.
Mr. DiManno has considerable experience working in the Central Valley,
the Bay Area, and on the North Coast. He has been a major contributor to
several general plan update programs including the counties of Del Norte,
Fresno, and Lake, and the cities of Crescent City, Fortuna, Half Moon
Bay, Lincoln, Redding, Tulare, and Union City. He has also worked on
nine housing element updates. All the housing elements completed to date
have been certified by the Department of Housing and Community
Development. Mr. DiManno has extensive project management
experience, having been the project manager on over ten general plan
updates, housing element updates, and specific plans.
EDUCATION
Master of Science in Community and Regional
Planning, University of Texas at Austin
► Bachelor of Arts (Political Science), University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill
EXPERTISE
► Land Use Planning and Policy; Housing;
Transportation; Data Analysis; Site Analysis and
Design; Computer Mapping
EXPERIENCE
• Mintier & Associates, Sacramento: Associate
► The Benkendorf Associates Corporation, Portland,
Oregon: Associate Planner
► 1000 Friends of Oregon, Portland, Oregon: Planner
► Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization,
Austin, Texas: Planner
► Texas Department of Housing and Community
Affairs, Austin, Texas: Planner
PROJECTS
► Sacramento General Plan Update
► Butte County General Plan Technical Update
► Southeast Turlock Specific Plan
► Fresno County General Plan Update
► Inyo County General Plan Update
► City of Woodland Housing Element Update
► City of Sonoma Housing Element Update
Town of Windsor Housing Element Update
3 City of Folsom Housing Element Update
► Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Guidelines
► Community Impact Study for Jefferson County,
Oregon
► Urban Fringe Buildable Land Study for the City of
Pendleton, Oregon
► Site Analysis and Design for multiple projects
including Port Master Plans and private subdivisions
► Industrial Zoning Code Rewrite for Clark County,
Washington
► Growth Impact and Fiscal Impact Studies for Western
Umatilla County, Oregon
► Citizen's Guide to Transportation Planning and Policy
in Oregon
► Review of Current Land Use, Environmental and
Transportation Modeling, and Forecasting Practices by
MPOs
► State of Texas Low Income Housing Plan
Rik Keller
Rik Keller is an Associate with Mintier & Associates. He specializes in land use
planning and policy analysis, housing, transportation, data analysis, site analysis
and design, and computer mapping. Mr. Keller has extensive practical
experience, including positions with a diverse range of public, private, and non-
profit organizations including The Benkendorf Associates Corporation (Portland,
OR), 1000 Friends of Oregon (Portland, OR), the Capital Area Metropolitan
Planning Organization (Austin, TX), and the Texas Department of Housing and
Community Affairs (Austin, TX).
At Mintier & Associates he is presently working on the preparation of the
Sacramento General Plan Update and has been a major contributor to general
plan update programs for the counties of Butte, Fresno, and Inyo, and housing
element updates for the Town of Windsor, and the cities of Folsom, Sonoma, and
Woodland.
EDUCATION
e Master of City and Regional Planning,
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis
Obispo
► Bachelor of Arts (Geography), University of
California, Santa. Barbara
EXPERTISE
► Land use planning and policy; university
planning; urban design and computer
applications in planning.
AFFILIATIONS
► American Institute of Certified Planners
► American Planning Association
► California Planning Foundation
► Urban Land Institute
EXPERIENCE
► Mintier & Associates, Sacramento: Associate
► County of San Luis Obispo, Parks Division:
Assistant Parks Planner
► City of Novato: GIS and Current Planning Intern
► California Polytechnic State University,
Department of City and Regional Planning:
Graduate Assistant
► County of Santa Barbara: Planning Technician
PROJECTS
City of Galt General Plan Update
City of Sacramento General Plan Update
• City of Wheatland General Plan Update
• City of Wheatland Housing Element Update
• City of Wheatland HOE/JR Technical Studies
► City of Woodland Urban Limit Line Study
• Gold Rush Ranch and Golf Resort Specific Plan,
Sutter Creek, CA
► Southwest Live Oak Specific Plan
► White Mountain Golf Resort, Hainan Island, Peoples
Republic of China
Dan Amsden, AICP
Dan Amsden is an Associate with Mintier & Associates and specializes in land
use planning and policy, university planning, urban design, and computer
applications in planning. Mr. Amsden is currently working on general plan
updates for the cities of Galt, Sacramento and Wheatland, and specific plans for
the southwest area of Live Oak and Gold Rush Ranch in Sutter Creek. He has
also worked on an urban limit line study for the city of Woodland, a housing
element update for the city of Wheatland, technical studies for the Heritage Oaks
and Jones Ranch developments in Wheatland, and planning for the White
Mountain Golf Resort in China.
Prior to working for Mintier & Associates, Mr. Amsden was an Assistant Parks
Planner for the County of San Luis Obispo. He has also interned with the City of
Novato's Community Development Department, worked as a Graduate Assistant
for the Planning Department at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, and worked as a
Planning Technician for the County of Santa Barbara's Zoning Administration
Division during graduate school. He completed a Master's Thesis on public
participation and urban design issues related to outdoor university spaces, of
which a portion was published in the winter 2005 issue of Planning for Higher
Education.
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science (Community and Regional
Development), University of California Davis
EXPERTISE
► Land use planning; policy analysis; housing issues;
GIS; and other technical computer applications
AFFILIATIONS
a Urban Land Institute, Young Leader
EXPERIENCE
► Mintier & Associates, Sacramento: Associate
► City of Dixon: Community Development Intern
► Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency:
Redevelopment Planner Intern
PROJECTS
General Plan Updates
► City of Sacramento General Plan Update
► City of Stockton General Plan Update
a Merced County General Plan Update
► Tulare County General Plan Update
► City of Tulare General Plan Update
► City of Fortuna General Plan Update
Housing Elements
► City of Ceres Housing Element Update
► City of Stockton Housing Element Update
% City of Visalia Housing Element
'7iscellaneous Plans and Studies
City of Visalia East Downtown Specific Plan
► Sacramento South Area Community Plan Update
► Sacramento County Design Guidelines Implementation
► Trinity County General Plan Update Work Program
► Penryn Entitlement Application
► Ceres General Plan Amendment
► Mendocino County Housing Element Implementation
ter'
Ted Holzem
Ted Holzem is an Associate with Mintier & Associates specializing in land use
planning, policy analysis, housing issues, GIS, and other technical computer
applications. At Mintier & Associates, he has been a major contributor in the
development of land use elements, GIS mapping, and policy analysis for the
Stockton General Plan Update, Tulare County General Plan Update, Sacramento
General Plan Update, and Visalia East Downtown Specific Plan. He has also
provided technical land use and policy analysis of the housing elements for the
cities of Stockton and Ceres.
Other projects Mr. Holzem is working on include general plan updates for the
cities of Fortuna and Tulare, the Sacramento South Area Community Plan
Update, Mendocino County Housing Element Implementation, and Sacramento
County Design Guidelines.
Mr. Holzem also has experience in current and long-range planning in the public
sector. Prior to working for Mintier & Associates, Mr. Holzem was a Community
Development Intern with the City of Dixon where he assisted in the
implementation of the Housing Element and worked as a Redevelopment Intern
with the Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency on various housing and
economic development projects.
;DUCATION
Bachelor of Science (Community and Regional
Development), University of California, Davis
EXPERTISE
► Land use planning and policy; economic development;
CEQA; computer applications
EXPERIENCE
► Mintier & Associates, Sacramento: Assistant Planner
► Unitrans: Information Systems Supervisor
► SACOG: GIS Intern
PROJECTS
► City of Sacramento General Plan Update
► Tulare County General Plan Update
► City of Tulare General Plan Update
► City of Fortuna General Plan Update
• Sacramento County Design Guidelines
Dale Kunce
Dale Kunce is an Assistant Planner with Mintier & Associates and specializes in
economic development, CEQA, land use and environmental policy, and computer
applications. Mr. Kunce has worked on general plan updates for the cities of
Fortuna, Sacramento, and Tulare, and the county of Tulare.
Prior to working for Mintier & Associates, Mr. Kunce was a Hardware Specialist
for Creative Media in Davis where he maintained and streamlined web, email,
file, and ftp servers, and was responsible for purchasing computing hardware,
and managed computing networks of 200 clients. Prior to that he was a GIS
Intern for the Sacramento Area Council of Governments where he was a
facilitator for city, county, and regional Blueprint Project community meetings
and assisted in creation of quality control checks for the regional street centerline
project.
Mr. Kunce is also a rock climbing and whitewater rafting guide for Outdoor
Adventures in Davis.
DC&E firm description
DC&E was founded by David Early in 1995 to offer the type of high-quality, personalized, and comprehensive
planning and design services that the City of Lodi needs for the General Plan Update and EIR. Over the past
ten years, DC&E has completed dozens of General Plans and Specific Plans for growing communities. The
vast majority of these projects also include significant public outreach components, concurrent environmental
review, and close attention to urban design quality. DC&E is one of the few firms in California that offers
experience in all of these disciplines under one roof.
As its name implies, DC&E's work is based on three basic principles:
♦ Design. Almost every planning decision has effects on our physical environment. DC&E is committed to
ensuring that development projects and planning policy have positive design implications.
Community. DC&E believes that planning and design decisions must reflect local communities' needs. For
this reason, DC&E stresses community involvement and public participation as cornerstones of its work.
♦ Environment. In order to sustain itself into the future, our society must find development patterns that
respect the natural environment. Therefore, DC&E stresses environmental responsibility and stewardship
in planning and design.
The firm believes that the best planning is that which reflects the community it serves and which works in
concert with the surrounding natural environment. Through its staff, equipment and technical consultants,
DC&E pro -vides clients with state-of-the-art technology and methods in all aspects of planning.
DC&E References
Maureen Morton, City Planner
Town of Hillsborough
1600 Floribunda Avenue
Hillsborough, CA 94010-6418
(650) 375-7416
Hillsborough General Plan Update and EIR
William Dean, Planning Manager
Development and Engineering Services
City Hall Annex
520 Tracy Boulevard
Tracy, CA 95376
(209) 831-4600
Tracy General Plan Update and EIB
Cindy Horvath
Alameda County Community Development Agency
224 West Winton Avenue, Room 151
Hayward, CA 94544-1307
(510) 670-6511
Eden Area General Plan and EIR
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DC&E Project Experience
Tracy General Plan Update and EIR for the City of Tracy. The Central Valley city of Tracy is a rapidly -
growing community on the outskirts of the San Francisco Bay Area. Over the past two decades, the city's
population has doubled, leading to a number of growth -related issues such as traffic congestion, increased
home prices and loss of the small-town character. During the General Plan process, DC&E worked with the
City Council, Planning Commission and the public to explore how innovative development patterns such as
smart growth, new urbanism and transit -oriented development could maintain and improve the quality of life
in the community. The issues raised at joint City Council/Planning Commission workshops and public
meetings were directly translated into detailed policies and actions in the General Plan. One of the
cornerstones of the updated General Plan is a comprehensive Community Character Element that addresses all
aspects of design and quality of life. This element identifies an urban structure comprised of neighborhoods,
urban centers, village centers, mixed use corridors and employment areas, and it includes detailed design
guidance that allows staff, the Planning Commission and City Council to review development applications for
conformance with General Plan goals. DC&E is also preparing the EIR on Tracy's General Plan, a complex
document addressing the potential impacts to traffic, air quality, noise, aesthetics and agricultural resources that
may result from development under the General Plan.
Newman General Plan Update and EIR for the City of Newman. Newman is a unique Central Valley town
with an historic downtown core and attractive, walkable residential neighborhoods surrounded by productive
farmland. Just over one square mile in size, with a population of about 11,000, Newman remains a small and
friendly town with a high quality of life. At the same time, the city is experiencing significant growth pressure,
with a population increase of over 70 percent between 1990 and 2000. DC&E is preparing an update to the
Newman General Plan that will establish appropriate urban design standards, protect agricultural uses, provide
City backing to create local jobs, and preserve Newman's small-town character. DC&E is working closely with
City staff and a nine -member General Plan Steering Committee, who meet on a monthly basis to review
documents and discuss the progress of the Update. In addition, DC&E has organized a series of public
workshops and developed an aggressive outreach program, including a General Plan Update website,
advertisements in the local paper and fliers mailed to every address in the City. Concurrently with the General
Plan Update, DC&E is proceeding with the environmental review work, ensuring that the General Plan will
avoid environmental impacts or include policies and actions to mitigate them to the maximum extent possible.
City of Oroville General Plan and Development Code Update for the City of Oroville. DC&E is updating
the General Plan and Development Code for the City of Oroville. Like Lodi, Oroville is experiencing
development pressure from the greater Sacramento area, and seeks to better define the interface between urban
and rural areas. In order to address Oroville's immediate need for development regulations to ensure that new
development makes a positive contribution to community design and character, DC&E is updating the City's
Development Code prior to updating the General Plan. This includes the preparation of a grading ordinance in
order to regulate hillside development, protect water quality and ensure long-term protection of the foothills, a
character -defining element for Oroville.
Truckee General Plan Update and EIR for the Town of Truckee. DC&E is preparing the Town of
Truckee 2025 General Plan Update and accompanying EIR. Truckee enjoys a scenic setting, historic
downtown, and ample recreational opportunities. These assets have made Truckee a popular visitor
destination, as well as a significant location for second home owners from the Bay Area and Sacramento. The
Town of Truckee incorporated in 1993, with a development pattern of dispersed residential areas loosely
centered around the historic Town center, similar to Lodi's. Recently, the Town has faced rapid residential
-, growth, placing pressure on valuable natural resources and threatening Truckee's unique character. The
General Plan Update, overseen by David Early, began with an extensive bilingual (English and Spanish) public
outreach effort, followed by specific policy direction for key issue areas such as housing, economic
diversification, and community character, as well as a preferred land use alternative. The results of both phases
of the project were incorporated into the updated General Plan, for which DC&E is currently preparing a full
EIR.
Livermore Vision Project and General Plan Update for the City of Livermore. DC&E managed the
update of the Livermore General Plan, which won the 2003 Northern California APA Chapter award for
Comprehensive Planning, Small jurisdiction. The award acknowledged both the General Plan and the Vision
Project, the extensive community participation process that led up to the Plan, which was also managed by
DC&E.
The Livermore General Plan had not been comprehensively updated since 1976. Meanwhile, Livermore's
population grew from 42,000 to 74,000 and the City became divided by a contentious debate over the possible
development some of the last rangeland in the Bay Area. The community input on major land use and growth
issues gathered by DC&E's work on the Livermore Vision Project in 2001 established a starting point for the
General Plan update process. A 15 -member Steering Committee held public meetings over 12 months to craft
the updated plan. The final General Plan maintains existing undeveloped lands by virtue of innovative
planning solutions, including new land use designations to allow higher -density mixed-use development;
policies to shift housing development towards the downtown and urban core; aclearly-defined area for transit -
oriented development around a possible future BART station; far-reaching programs to preserve and increase
vineyards and wine -related tourism; and extensive policies to protect views of the open hillsides surrounding
the city. As in Yolo County, a comparative analysis of the fiscal and infrastructure impacts of various land use
alternatives, along with the identification of appropriate land uses and intensity of development for infill sites,
were key components of General Plan Update process.
Northwest Chico Specific Plan and EIR for the City of Chico. DC&E is leading a consultant team to
develop a comprehensive plan and EIR for a 632 -acre area of undeveloped or underutilized land known as the
Northwest Chico Development Area (NCDA) at the edge of the City's Sphere of Influence. DC&E is leading
the effort to develop a strategic and comprehensive approach to land use, circulation and open space planning
for the area, in response to ongoing development pressure. Existing development includes rural residential,
agricultural and industrial uses, an elementary school and scattered commercial enterprises. A number of
parcels are proposed for residential development, although these proposals are generally being made in a
piecemeal fashion rather than comprehensively. In addition, the City would like the area to include a
community park and a mixed-use commercial core. As a part of this project, DC&E staff have met with Butte
County LAFCO officials to gain a clear understanding of the LAFCO's parameters for annexations and
potential changes in Chico's SOI.
DAVID EARLY, AICP
FOUNDING PRINCIPAL
Professional Experience
........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Design, Community & Environment Inc., Berkeley, California. Founding
Principal. 1995 through present. Wolfe Mason Associates, Inc., Oakland,
California. President. Firm acquired in 2003. Responsible for all aspects of
project and business management on planning, environmental review and
transportation projects. Professional emphasis on community involvement,
urban design, land use planning, environmental and visual impact analysis,
and bicycle planning. Extensive experience with work in Alameda County
and the City of Oakland.
Brady and Associates, Inc., Berkeley, California. Principal. 1988 through
1995 (Principal beginning in 1992). Responsible for project management and
major planning efforts on diverse planning and design projects. Professional
emphasis on urban design; land use planning; policy analysis, bicycle plan-
ning, and environmental and visual impact analysis.
Wagstaff and Brady, Urban and Environmental Planners and Landscape
Architects, Berkeley, California. Assistant Planner. 1987. Responsible for
environmental impact review and urban design.
Education
Master of Architecture, University of California, Berkeley.
Master of City Planning, University of California, Berkeley.
Emphasis on mixed-use urban design, pedestrian environments and transit -
oriented suburban development.
Residential Course, International Laboratory for Architecture and Urban De-
sign., Siena, Italy.
Bachelor of Arts, Community Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz.
Honors on the thesis. Honors in the major.
Teaching and Public Speaking
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Instructor, UC Davis Extension, Specific Plans, March 1995; Updating General
Plans and Preparing Specific Plans, May 2001 and May 2002.
DESIGN, COMMUNITY & ENVIRONMENT
DAVID EARLY, AICP (CONTINUED)
Panelist, American Planning Association California Chapter, Convention,
1993, 1994 and 1995. Association of Environmental Professionals, State Confer-
ence, 1993 and 1997.
Speaker, Sustainable Development Seminar, University of Florida, 1997.
Hearst Lecturer, California Polytechnic University San. Luis Obispo, 1997.
Professional Development Seminar Presenter, American Institute of Archi-
tects Wisconsin, Annual Convention, 1995.
Keynote Speaker, Association of Environmental. Professionals Monterey Bay
Chapter, Sustainability for Urban and Rural Communities, 1994.
Commencement Speaker, College of Environmental Design, University of
California, Berkeley, 1990.
Teaching Assistant, Department of Architecture, University of California,
Berkeley, 1986 through 1988.
Honors and Fellowships
........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Principal -in -Charge of the Ames Research Center EIS for NASA/Ames Re-
search Center, which received the NASA Group Achievement Award in
2003.
Principal -in -Charge of the Livermore Vision Project and General Plan for the
City of Livermore, which received the Northern California APA Chapter
award for Comprehensive Planning, Small Jurisdiction in 2003.
Principal -in -Charge of the Avila Beach Specific Plan, which received the Cali-
fornia Chapter of the American Planning Association's State Award for
Planning Implementation for a Small Jurisdiction in 2001.
Principal -in -Charge of the Lemoore Downtown Revitalization Plan, which
received the American Planning Association's 1995 National Outstanding
Planning Award for Plan Implementation by a Small Jurisdiction.
DESIGN , COMMUNITY & ENVIRONMENT
DAVID EARLY, AICP (CONTINUED)
Member of the St. Vincent's Station Design Team, which won second place in
the national St. Vincent's/Silviera Design Competition in San Rafael, Cali-
fornia. Entry was subsequently published in Places magazine.
Principal -in -Charge of the Larkspur Downtown Specific Plan, which received
the 1993 award for Best Comprehensive Plan - Small Jurisdiction from the
Northern California Section of the American Planning Association Califor-
nia Chapter and the Outstanding Planning Award from the Northern Cali-
fornia Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects.
John K. Branner Fellowship. 1988 through 1989. Major one-year fellow-
ship award for study of architecture and urban design in Western Europe.
Professional Affiliations
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Member. American Institute of Certified Planners.
Volunteer Activities
Member, California Planning Roundtable. Composed of 32 members
from the public and private sectors, the Roundtable provides leadership and
excellence in planning. The Roundtable also organizes the Munsell Scholar-
ship Program, which Mr. Early chairs.
Board Member and Past -President, Urban Ecology, Inc. Urban Ecology
advocates for sustainable urban development. Urban Ecology published the
award-winning Blueprint for a Sustainable Bay Area, for which Mr. Early
served as a project chair.
Member, Building Restoration and Improvement Committee, First Uni-
tarian Church of Oakland.
D E S I G N, COM M U N ITY & ENVI R O N M E NT
TOM FORD, AICP
PRINCIPAL
Professional Experience
........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Design, Community & Environment, Berkeley, California. Principal. 1999
through present. Project Manager for urban design and planning projects,
including the North Burlingame/ Rollins Road Specific Plan and EIR for the
City of Burlingame, the Irvington Concept Plan for the City of Fremont, the
Adams Point Urban Design Plan for the City of Oakland, the Fairmount Ave-
nue Streetscape Master Plan for the City of El Cerrito and the Downtown Revi-
talization Plan for the City of Central Point, Oregon.
Calthorpe Associates, Berkeley, California. Urban Designer. 1994 through
1999. Responsible for development plans for walkable, mixed-use neighbor-
hoods for various projects in the United States and abroad; production of
planning and design guideline graphics for inclusion in reports and Specific
Plans; preparation of the full range of typical drawings, from site analysis
drawings for stakeholder workshops to colored illustrations.
Taisei Corporation, Tokyo, Japan. Intern Architect. 1993. One of eighteen
graduate -level international students selected to work in Taisei's Tokyo office.
Observed and worked in the Japanese system of design -build construction.
Produced schematic design for the renovation of 300 -seat auditorium at Shin-
juku Station.
Industrial Light and Magic, San Rafael, California. Set Designer. 1993
through 1995. Responsible for the drafting of drawings from which scenic
carpenters could build theatrical sets. Liaison between Art Director and Con-
struction Foreman. Also produced the graphics package for a multi -scenario
document to guide future building strategy at the Lucas Arts media produc-
tion facilities. Produced building permit drawings.
Urban Construction Laboratory, Berkeley California. Researcher, Special
Projects Facilitator. 1990 through 1993. Prepared papers, drawings, and
other materials for Emeritus Dean Richard Bender's Urban Construction
Laboratory, which studies both new and continuing forms of infrastructure
and related technology and design issues. Coordinated the logistical compo-
nents of travel to and observation of large, North American and European
urban projects with members of the GC -5, a consortium of Japanese
DESIGN,I G N , COMMUNITY & ENVIRONMENT
TOM FORD, AICP (CONTINUED)
build companies. Assisted a visiting Japanese architect with a study of the
management of the architectural design process in multinational projects.
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, San Francisco, California. Urban Designer.
1990. Produced drawings, models, and planning documents for urban design
and planning products. Representative projects included Mission Bay; Cam-
pus Master Plan, Quad District Precinct Plan and Arts District Precinct Plan
for UC Davis; and landscape and road alignment studies for UC Berkeley's
century -old Central Glade.
Education
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Master of Architecture, University of California, Berkeley. American Insti-
tute of Architects Scholarship.
Bachelor of Arts, Dramatic Art, University of California, Davis. Under-
graduate Achievement Award.
Publications and Speaking
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Panelist, American Planning Association, National Convention, 2003.
The Regional City. Planning for the End of Sprawl, by Peter Calthorpe and Wil-
liam Fulton. Contributed drawings.
Great Streets, by Allan B. Jacobs. Contributed drawings.
Urban Revisions, edited by Russell Ferguson. Contributed drawings.
Honors and Awards
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Honorable Mention, Village Center Design Competition. Channahon, IL.
Charter Signatory, The Congress for the New Urbanism.
Compact Development Committee Member, Greenbelt Alliance.
Taisei International Fellow, Taisei Corporation. Tokyo, Japan.
DESIGN, COMMUNITY & ENVIRONMENT
CATHERINE E. REILLY, AICP
ASSOCIATE
Professional Experience
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Design, Community Ir Environment, Berkeley, California. Associate. 2004
through present. Responsible for project management and analysis for com-
prehensive planning projects and environmental review studies, including
neighborhood plans, community vision projects and General Plans.
Cotton/Bridges Associates, San Diego, California. Planning Associ-
ate/Project Manager. 1998 through 2002. Prepared useable and readable
planning documents, including general plans and amendments, community
plans, zoning ordinances, housing elements, environmental impact reports,
utility service plans, sphere amendment studies, permit applications and con-
solidated plans. Assisted in the preparation of public outreach programs to
educate communities on local government activities and solicit public input
on projects. Organized and presented at community meetings. Prepared and
managed project budgets and schedules.
North Carolina Technological Development Authority, Inc., Research Tri-
angle Park, North Carolina. Business Incubator Associate. 1997 through
1998. Administered and conducted long-range planning for a 26 -facility busi-
ness incubator program. Wrote and received a $286,000 U.S. federal distance
learning grant. Researched and implemented means to improve existing and
developing business incubators. Provided administrative and informational
support for the 25 -member North Carolina Business Incubator Association
(NCBIA).
Peace Corps, Los Castillos, Republic of Panama. Environmental Educa-
tion Trainer. 1994 through 1996. Developed and executed a program to
integrate environmental education in three local Panamanian elementary
schools. Planned and facilitated six environmental education seminars for
Panamanian teachers and local environmental conservation groups.
City of Watsonville, California. Planning Intern. 1992. Implemented a
field survey of non -conforming housing. Researched existing affordable hous-
ing stocks within the city. Assisted in the completion of a final report for the
City Council.
D ESIG N, COM M U NITY & ENVI R O N M ENT
CATHERINE E. REILLY, AICD (CONTINUED)
Education
Master of Regional Planning, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Concentration in Real Estate, Housing and Community Development.
Bachelor of Arts, Environmental Studies and Anthropology, University of
California, Santa Cruz. Included one year studying archaeology at the Uni-
versity of York, United Kingdom.
Professional Affiliations
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Member. American Institute of Certified Planners.
Member. American Planning Association.
Community Service
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Founding Member and Treasurer, 1999 through 2002. Altadena Neighbor-
hood Association, San Diego, California.
Board Member, 2000 through 2002. Greater North Park Planning Commit-
tee, San Diego, California.
Committee Member, Public Facilities Sub -Committee, 2001 through 2002.
Greater North Park Planning Committee, San Diego, California.
San Diego Peace Corps Association.
Board Member (elected) and Chair of the Mark J. Tonner International Sup-
port Fund Sub -Committee, 2002.
DESIGN, COMMUNITY & ENVIRONMENT
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Illingworth & Rodkin, Inc. Firin Description
Founded in 1987, Illingworth and Rodkin, Inc. (I&R) provides a complete range of consulting
services in acoustics, vibration and air quality to governmental agencies, private sector clients and
other environmental and design professionals. The firm has completed in excess of 3,000 projects in
architectural acoustics, community noise and vibration, industrial noise and vibration control, and air
quality studies. The firm emphasizes objective and thorough analyses of issues, timeliness,
teamwork, and. practical solutions. The firm. is experienced. with both the State and Federal
environmental regulatory processes.
Noise
Illingworth & Rodkin, Inc. specializes in the assessment and control of environmental noise. The
firm provides its services directly to governmental agencies and private sector clients and acts as a
sub -consultant to other environmental and design professionals. I&R has completed more than 2,500
projects involving environmental noise, transportation Boise studies, industrial noise control, and
building acoustics. The firm is considered one of the leading consulting firms in the West Coast that
' provide a full range of testing and design services for the abatement of transportation noise and
vibration. A large number of transportation noise studies ranging from environmental impact
assessments to developing comprehensive mitigation measures for residential, commercial and other
types of existing and proposed developments have been conducted. While most of the work is
conducted in. Northern California, the firm has completed projects throughout California and. the
western United States. I&R combines a strong theoretical and a thorough empirical approach to
noise and vibration studies. The firm has extensive experience with the computer models used for
transportation noise assessment and staff has been trained in the use of the latest Traffic Noise
Model. The firm recognizes the computer models' strengths and weaknesses, and its Principals have
consistently emphasized the importance of being "on the ground" in a study area, becoming
thoroughly familiar with the various parameters that would affect the noise environment and one's
ability to predict future conditions, and conducting thorough and comprehensive measurements to
assist in the analysis. Project -level noise measurements are made at least weekly. The firm makes
about 200-300 noise measurements per year. Noise and vibration services include:
Environmental Studies
- Noise assessments for environmental studies (EIR, EIS, EA)
- Noise studies for new residential developments
- Community noise control plans and ordinances
- Noise Ordinance compliance
Transportation Noise
- Traffic noise studies and noise barrier design
- Tire/Pavement noise measurements
- Evaluations of roadways noise (source, passby and wayside measurements)
Illingworth & Rodkin, Inc. Firm Description
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Architectural Acoustics
- Designs for interiors
- Control of noise transmission between spaces
- Isolation from exterior noise
- Code compliance
Noise Control Engineering
- Designs and specifications for mechanical and electrical equipment
- Solutions for existing noise and vibration problems in buildings and industry
Computer Modeling
- Traffic noise using TNM, SOUND32 and LEQV2
- Noise sources using Sound Plan and ENM
Field Monitoriniz
- Environmental noise and vibration
- Sound isolation, impact insulation and reverberation time in buildings
- Mechanical and electrical equipment noise and vibration
- Noise from industrial plants
- Meteorological conditions
Air Quality
In 1995 I&R was expanded to include air quality and meteorological capabilities. The bulk of the
firms' air quality work involves environmental air quality studies that are in support of both private
and public projects. Air quality studies for land use projects to support Environmental. Impact
Reports are most common. Types of projects include specific plans for a variety of land use types,
office centers, wastewater treatment facilities, waste management facilities, quarries, and other
industrial facilities. The firm also assists local communities in developing air quality policies for
incorporation into General Plans. Many projects involve the analysis of air quality impacts from
both direct and indirect sources of air pollutants. Indirect sources include transportation facilities,
which I&R staff has considerable experience evaluating. Through years of conducting
environmental noise and air quality studies for local, state and federal agencies, the firm has
developed considerable experience in dealing with both the technical and policy issues. While
transportation projects can involve considerable air quality technical aspects, the regulatory
challenges can be quite complex. This is especially true in the case with federal projects, where plan
conformity issues arise. I& R staff has dealt successfully with these issues on a wide variety of
projects ranging from reuse of Defense bases, large new freeway projects to simple urban
intersection modifications. Air quality services include:
,- Illingworth & Rodkin, Inc. Firm Description
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Environmental Studies
- Assessments for environmental studies (EIR, IS, EIS, EA)
- Transportation projects
- New Land Use developments
- Control plans and ordinances
- Conformity determinations
- Peer Review
Computer Modeling
- Land use developments using URBEMIS
- Air Pollutant emissions estimation using EMFAC2002, Mobile, AP -42
-Microscale air quality traffic modeling using CALINE4, CAL3QHC
- Stationary air pollution source modeling using EPA -approved models (e.g., SCREEN3 and
ISCST)
- Analysis of meteorological data
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RICHARD R. ILLINGWORTH, PE
Mr. Illingworth has been responsible for the preparation of the Noise Elements of the General Plans for
Counties and Cities in California. He has prepared noise impact reports for many projects including
shopping centers, office buildings, industrial complexes, railroads, highways and helipads. He has done
the acoustic design for multi -family housing projects, office complexes and hotels, and has appeared in
public meetings and in court as an expert witness.
While with the California Department of Transportation, Mr. Illingworth was responsible for preparing
highway noise impact reports and for training the staff in assessing highway noise impact and developing
mitigation measures. With the Office of Noise Control, he participated in the development of the State of
California Model. Noise Ordinance and the "Guidelines for the Development of the Noise Element of the
General Plan."
Mr. Illingworth has participated in numerous seminars and short courses dealing with community noise.
He has authored several articles and reports on issues such as land use compatibility and the noise impact
of the development of geothermal energy.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1987 -Present
Principal Consultant
1977-1987
Acoustical Consultant
1975-1977
Noise Control Engineer
Office of Noise Control
1969-1974
Assistant Transportation Engineer
Environmental Studies
EDUCATION
1975-1976
1969
Illingworth & Rodkin, Inc.
Petaluma, California
Charles M. Salter Associates, Inc.
San Francisco, California
California State Department of Health
Berkeley, California
California State Dept. of Transportation
San Francisco, California
University of California at Berkeley
Audited graduate courses in acoustics
University of California at Davis
B.S. Civil Engineering
PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION AND SOCIETIES
California: Civil Engineer
No. 21763 (1972)
Acoustical Society of America
' American Institute of Planners
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RICHARD B. RODKIN, PE
Fax. 707-766-7790
illro@illingworthrodkln.com
Mr. Rodkin has been responsible for a wide range of studies in environmental noise, architectural
acoustics, and noise control engineering. He worked with staff of the California Energy Commission
assessing noise impacts of power cogeneration projects, a solar project, and a transmission line. A recent
research study for Caltrans investigated long-distance diffraction and reflection of noise from sound
walls. In another study, he treasured underwater sound levels generated by piledriving in San Francisco
Bay. Transportation noise and vibration studies include freeways and light-rail systems in the Bay Area
and San Diego, and numerous road widening and improvement projects for cities and counties. Other
environmental noise studies include port expansions in the Bay Area and Los Angeles; Clean Fuels
projects at Bay Area refineries; aircraft noise; new and expanding mines and quarries; power plants and
cogeneration projects; geotherinaI and on -shore oil fields; noise ordinance violations; commercial,
institutional, housing and other miscellaneous development projects; Specific Plans, and Noise Elements
of the General Plans. He has acted as an expert witness in cases involving traffic noise, construction
noise, and a murder case where audibility was an issue.
During the past 31 years Mr. Rodkin has worked continuously in all aspects of acoustical design relating
to new buildings including architectural acoustics, sound isolation, and the control of noise and vibration
from mechanical equipment. Projects include housing, office buildings, hospitals, university buildings,
TV studios and teleconferencing facilities, churches, an airport. expansion, hotels, small_ power plants, and
cogeneration facilities.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1987 -Present
Principal Consultant
1976-1.987
Acoustical Consultant
1973-1976
Acoustical Consultant
EDUCATION
1978
1973
Illingworth & Rodkin, Inc.
Petaluma, California
Charles M. Salter Associates, Inc.,
San Francisco, California
Buonaccorsi & Associates
San Francisco, California
University of California at Berkeley
M.S. Mechanical Engineering, Major: Acoustics
University of California at Davis
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Major: Power/Propulsion
PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION AND SOCIETIES
California: Mechanical Engineer
No. 23900 (1985)
Institute of Noise Control Engineers
Acoustical Society of America
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JAMES A. REYFF
Mr. Reyff is a Meteorologist with expertise in the areas of air quality and acoustics. His expertise
includes meteorology, air quality emissions estimation, transportation/land use air quality studies, air
quality field studies, and environmental noise studies. He is familiar with federal, state and local air
quality and noise regulations and has developed effective working relationships with many regulatory
agencies.
During the past 1.5 years, Mr. Reyff has prepared. Air Quality Technical Reports for over 10 major
Caltrans highway projects and conducted over 100 air quality analysis for other projects. These projects
included carbon monoxide microscale analyses, the calculation of project emissions (e.g., ozone precursor
pollutants, fine particulate matter, and diesel particulate matter), seasonal field monitoring, and
preparation of air quality conformity determinations. Mr. Reyff advised and influenced decisions of
federal and local air quality agencies regarding impact assessment methodologies and air quality
conformity issues. He has conducted air quality evaluations for specific plans and. General Plan updates.
Recently, he prepared the air quality analysis for the NASA Ames Research Park, which included a
Federal SIP Conformity analysis.
Mr. Reyff has been responsible for a variety of meteorological and air quality field investigations in
support of air permitting and compliance determinations. He has conducted air quality analyses of diesel
generators in support of air quality permitting requirements and environmental compliance issues. Mr.
Reyff has designed and implemented meteorological and air quality monitoring programs throughout the
Western United States including Alaska. Programs include field investigations to characterize baseline
levels of air toxics in rural areas, as well as regulatory air quality and meteorological monitoring. He
currently is involved in a long-term monitoring program at the Port of Oakland that evaluates
meteorological condition and fine particulate matter concentrations in neighborhoods adjacent to the Port.
Over 15 major noise technical studies for transportation systems have been conducted by Mr. Reyff. He
has managed several research studies for Caltrans including a noise study that evaluated long-range
diffraction and reflection of traffic noise from sound walls under different meteorological conditions. Mr.
Reyff has also evaluated noise from power plants, quarries and other industrial facilities. In a small
community in Idaho, he developed noise criteria acceptable to residences, city officials, and project
proponents for a new power plant.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1995 -Present
Project Scientist Petaluma, California
1989-1995
Project Meteorologist
1988-1989
Post Voyage Analyst
EDUCATION
1986
Illingworth & Rodkin, Inc.
Woodward -Clyde Consultants
Oakland, California
Oceanroutes
Sunnyvale, California
San Francisco State University
B.S., Major: Geoscience (Meteorology)
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
American Meteorological Society Institute of Noise Control Engineering
Air & Waste Management Association
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MICHAEL S. THILL
Mr. Thill is a noise specialist with seven years of professional experience. Mr. Thill's expertise lies in
conducting field research, analyzing data, and noise modeling. He has conducted numerous field
surveys in a variety of noise environments and has authored technical noise reports for residential
projects, mixed-use projects, commercial projects, transportation projects, educational facilities,
redevelopment projects, and office and industrial developments.
Mr. Thill has led traffic noise investigations for major transportation projects including the Route 4
Bypass project and the I-680/R.oute 4 Interchange project in Contra Costa County, California. Mr.
Thin is proficient with use of FHWA's traffic noise prediction model (TNM), and is familiar with the
procedures for preparing highway noise impact studies presented in Caltran's Traffic Noise Analysis
Protocol and the Technical Noise Supplement (TENS). He received a BS degree in Environmental
Science from the University of California at Santa Barbara.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2005 - Present
Senior Consultant
1998-2005
Staff Consultant
1996-1998
Planning Intern
EDUCATION
1998
Illingworth & Rodkin, Inc.
Petaluma, California
Illingworth & Rodkin, Inc.
Petaluma, California
City of Carpinteria
Carpuiteria, California
University of California at Santa Barbara
B.S., Major: Environmental Science
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DANA M. LODICO
Ms. Lodico has been working with Illingworth & Rodkin since January 2004 and has past experience in
acoustics and civil engineering. She has consulted on a variety of projects including architectural
acoustics designs, traffic -related noise studies, general plan updates, and the study of environmental noise
and land use compatibility. Ms. Lodico is experienced with the use of architectural acoustics and traffic
noise prediction models including the CATT Acoustics, Stamina, Sound32, SoundPLAN, and the FHWA
Traffic Noise Model (TNM), and the use of in-house software tools for architectural acoustics design and
the development of noise control treatment options. Ms. Lodico received a Master of Science degree in
Building Science/Architectural Acoustics from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (2003) and Bachelor
of Science degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Colorado at Boulder (2000).
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
.Tan. 2004 to Present
Acoustical Consultant
Aug. 2001 to May 2003
Teaching Assistant
Nov. 2000 to June 2001
Civil Engineer I
Feb. 1999 to July 2000
Research Assistant
EDUCATION
Master of Science (2003)
Building Science, Architectural Acoustics
Bachelors of Science (2000)
Civil Engineering
Illingworth & Rodkin, Inc.
Petaluma, California
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, NY
City of Boulder Planning and Public Works
Boulder, CO
University of Colorado
Boulder, CO
Rensselaer Polytechnic hlstitute
Troy, NY
University of Colorado
Boulder, CO
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Engineer -In -Training (EIT) Certificate, State of Colorado
Illingworth & Rodkin, Inc. Project List
Responsibilities: Noise and air analysis
Client Reference #1
Project: Walnut Creek General Plan - Noise & Air Quality Update
Client: Design, Community, and Environment
Contact: Steve Noack
Contact Number: (510) 848-3815
Location of Project: City of Walnut Creek, CA
Project Date: 2003
Project Description:
I&R prepared the noise and air quality technical background reports for the City of
Walnut Creek's General Plan Update, which included a detailed evaluation of
existing and future noise conditions. I&R also updated the Noise and Air Quality
Elements for compliance with the State of California Administrative Code and
consistency with County goals and development.
Client Reference #2
Project: Stanislaus County General Plan - Noise Element Update
Client: Stanislaus County
Contact: Debra Whitmore
Contact Number: (209) 525-5702
Location of Project: Stanislaus County, CA
Project Date: 2004
Project Description:
I&R prepared the noise technical background report for the Stanislaus County
General Plan Update, which included a detailed evaluation of existing and future
noise conditions. I&R also reviewed, commented on, and updated the previous
Noise Element for compliance with the State of California Administrative Code
and consistency with County goals and development.
Client Reference #3
Project: Tracy GP - EIR Noise & Air Quality Update
Client: Design, Community, and Environment
Contact: Steve Noack
Contact Number: (510) 848-3815
Location of Project: City of Tracy, CA
Project Date: 2002
Project Description:
I&R prepared the noise and air quality technical background reports for the City of
Tracy's General Plan Update. I&R also updated the Noise and Air Quality
Elements of the City of Tracy General Plan and prepared the noise and air quality
sections of the General Plan and EIR.
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Illingworth & Rodkin, Inc. References
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Catherine Kutsuris 925-335-1210
Principal Planner
Community Development Department
Contra Costa County
651 Pine St., 4th Floor North Wing
Martinez, CA 94553-0095
Pete Parkinson 707-565-1900
PRMD Director, Department Head
Sonoma County Permit and Resource Management Department
2550 Ventura Avenue
Santa Rosa, CA 95403
Michael Moore
Planning Director
City of Petaluma
11 English Street
Petaluma, CA 94952
707-778-4301
ENVIRONMENTAL COLLABORATIVE
Consultation • Documentation • Restoration
1268 64th Street • Emeryville, CA 94608
Phone 510/654-4444 0 FAX 510/655-4444
ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTING SERVICES
ENVIRONMENTAL COLLABORATIVE is a small business enterprise located in Emeryville, California. Established in 1983, the firm
provides professional environmental consulting, planning, research, and natural resource management services to the public and private
sectors in the Bay Area and throughout northern California. Services provided by the firm include:
■ environmental documentation and report preparation;
■ environmental analyses and field surveys;
■ land use planning and permit assistance;
■ and natural resource management.
The firm is owned and operated by James A. Martin, serving as both lead consultant to public agencies and the private sector, and as
subconsultant to other environmental consulting and resource management firms. The firm has provided consulting services to numerous
governmental agencies in Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Monterey, Napa, Placer, San Benito, San Joaquin, San Mateo, Santa Clara,
Santa Cruz, Sacramento, Solano, Sonoma, and Yolo counties. Private sector clients include a wide range of professional consulting firms,
development companies, individuals, and non-profit corporations.
ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENTATION AND REPORT PREPARATION
ENVIRONMENTAL COLLABORATIVE provides documentation services through all phases of the environmental review process, in
compliance with federal, state, and local government guidelines. The firm serves as both primary consultant to lead agencies and as
subconsultant to other consulting firms. Environmental documents prepared by the firm include:
■ environmental impact reports and statements;
■ environmental assessments;
■ initial studies of environmental significance;
■ mitigated negative declarations;
■ and notices required during the environmental review process.
Documentation prepared by the firm encompasses a wide range of proposed residential, commercial, industrial, and open space uses.
Responsibilities assumed by the firm vary from documentation during specific phases of the review process to full services to the client,
including: project review scheduling and noticing of documentation; report preparation and distribution; and conduct of scoping sessions
and public hearings.
ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSES AND FIELD SURVEYS
ENVIRONMENTAL COLLABORATIVE provides data base collection and analysis as part of the planning process for both local
agencies and private clients. Mr. Martin's personal interests focus on biotic resources, conducting vegetation, wildlife, and special -status
taxa surveys for sites throughout the Bay Area and northern California. Environmental analyses and field studies undertaken by the firm
include:
■ vegetation analyses and mapping;
■ tree species identification and mapping;
■ wetland delineations and mapping;
■ wildlife surveys and habitat suitability analyses;
■ and special -status taxa studies.
The firm works closely with other consulting firms and independent subconsultants to provide clients with necessary expertise in a variety
of fields, including: geology, seismicity, and soils; drainage, water quality, and hydrology; transportation, parking, and circulation; cultural
resources; acoustics; and air quality. By working with specialists in each of these fields, the firm ensures that clients are provided with an
unusually high level of experience and professionalism.
LAND USE PLANNING AND PERMIT ASSISTANCE
ENVIRONMENTAL COLLABORATIVE provides land use planning services and permit assistance, ranging from constraints analyses,
to assistance through the environmental and project review processes. Planning services provided by the firm include:
■ land use inventories;
■ land use suitability and constraints analyses;
■ permit assistance for project applicants;
■ and permit compliance review for lead agencies.
Consulting services of the firm are provided throughout project planning and refinement, as well as the environmental review process.
Information obtained during the initial stages of project planning frequently serves as the database for later consulting services, including
plan finalization and environmental documentation.
NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL COLLABORATIVE provides a variety of natural resource consulting services, ranging from management plans
which mitigate potential adverse impacts on significant biotic resources, to the use of plant material in slope stabilization efforts. Natural
resource -related services provided by the firm include:
■ mitigation plans;
■ habitat restoration plans;
■ vegetation establishment and management plans;
■ and biotechnical slope stabilization plans.
Much of the current work in the area of natural resource management involves close coordination with the California Department of Fish.
and Game, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, particularly with regard to wetlands habitat and
special -status taxa. Mr. Martin's rapport with representatives of these agencies serves to facilitate jurisdictional review and plan
finalization, while recognizing client scheduling and management objectives.
PARTIAL LIST OF PROJECTS
Sonoma County General Plan Update and EIR, Sonoma County
San Francisco jail Replacement Project EIR and Compliance Monitoring, San Bruno
Tiburon General Plan Update EIR, Tiburon
Napa Valley College Facility Master Plan. EIR, Napa
Vallejo Bay Trail Segment Biological Assessment, Vallejo
UC Berkeley Long -Range Development Plan, Berkeley
Sonoma Country Inn, Sonoma County
Alameda County Juvenile Justice Center Environmental Assessment, Alameda County
Davidon D Street Residential Project, Petaluma
Sonoma Business Park, Cotati
Yosemite Area Regional Transport System Environmental Assessment, Mariposa County
Lake Herman Quarry Biological Assessment and Initial Study, Vallejo
Redwood Technology Center, Petaluma
French Ranch EIR and Compliance Monitoring, Marin County
Masonic Homes Biological Assessment, Union City
Delta College Master Plan, San Joaquin County
Marin County General Plan Update and EIR, Marin County
Downtown Petaluma Specific Plan, Petaluma
Burlingame Shoreline Specific Plan Biological Assessment, Burlingame
Marin County Local Coastal Plan Update, Marin County
Calistoga General Plan Update and EIR, Calistoga
Asti Inn and Resort Master Environmental Assessment and EIR, Cloverdale
Tassajara Valley General Plan Amendment EIR, Contra Costa County
Gateway/Olive Drive Project EA and EIR, Davis
Dunnigan General Plan Update EA and EIR, Yolo County
Martinez Intermodal Facility EIR/EIS, Martinez
Domincan College Master Plan, San Rafael
Highway 12 Biological Assessment, Rio Vista, Solano County
Adams-Chitactac Park Master Plan, Biological and Wetland Assessment, Santa Clara County
Big Ranch Specific Plan EA and EIR, Napa
California Skyline II Project EIR, Baypoint
South Wavecrest Redevelopment Project EA and EIR, Half Moon Bay
Los Gatos Country Club EIR, Los Gatos
Southport Framework Plan EA and EIR, West Sacramento
Paicines Ranch EIR, Hollister, San Benito County
Solano Concrete Interim Extraction Permit EIR, Woodland, Yolo County
Syar Industries Gravel Extraction EIR, Healdsburg, Sonoma County
PARTIAL LIST OF PROJECTS (continued)
Bennett Valley Golf Course EIR, Santa Rosa
Bernal Avenue Specific Plan EA and EIR, Pleasanton, Alameda County
San Geronimo Treatment Plan Expansion, San Geronimo Valley, Marin County
Mountain House New Community EIRs, San Joaquin County
Mare Island Way Improvement Project EIR, Vallejo
Bay Vista Project EIR, El Cerrito
Lucasfilm Project EIR, Lucas Valley, Marin County
French Ranch Project EIR, San Geronimo Valley, Marin County
Summit Project EA, Concord
Manor Creek Homes Project EIR, Fairfax
Alhambra Boulevard Project EA, Martinez
Naples Beach Vista EA, Half Moon Bay
North Livermore General Plan Amendment EIR, Livermore
Williams General Plan EIR, Williams
Brentwood Hills Project EIR, Brentwood
San Joaquin County General Plan EIR, San Joaquin County
Point Pinole Mixed Use EIR, Richmond
Stockton Enterprize Zone EIR, Stockton
Montair Summit Project EIR, Danville
Han Li Marine Terminal EIR, Pittsburg
Crystal Ranch EA, Concord
Silk Stone Hill EIR, EI Sobrante, Contra Costa County
Stonebridge Creek Project EIR, Alamo
Estes Hotel EIR, Half Moon Bay
Slide Ranch Master Plan EA and EIR, Muir Beach, Marin County
Richmond Field Station Master Plan EA, Richmond, UC Berkeley
Buchanan Roadway Improvement EIR, Pittsburg
King Mountain EIR, Ross, Marin County
Lake Chabot Terrace EIR, San Leandro
Monte Bello Subdivision EIR, Ross
DIPSA EIR, Union City
Sausalito Hotel EIR, Sausalito
Busse Townhouse EIR, Fairfax
Golden Oaks EIR, Richmond
Cloverdale Treatment Plant EIR, Cloverdale
Regency Court Subdivision EIR, El Cerrito
Chateau Le Roi Winery EIR, Gyserville, Sonoma County
EXPERIENCE
ENVIRONMENTAL COLLABORATIVE is a small business enterprise located in Emeryville,
California. Established by James Martin in 1983, assessments performed by the firm
include general vegetation and wildlife surveys, detailed surveys for special -status species,
wetland delineations, and restoration plans for sites throughout northern California. The
firm has been involved in conducting biological assessments for a wide range of planning
documents and development applications, from county and city general plans and master
plans for new communities, to specific plans involving a mixture of uses, to individual
development plans for residential, commercial, and industrial projects.
James Martin, Principal of ENVIRONMENTAL COLLABORATIVE, will be the primary
biological consultant for services to DCE. Mr. Martin holds a BS degree in Biology and a
B.A. degree in Fine Art, both from the University of California at Berkeley. He has over 20
years of experience as an environmental consultant, preparing biotic resource
assessments for proposed residential, industrial, and commercial developments for sites
in Alameda, Amador, Contra Costa, Fresno, Kern, Kings, Lake, Marin, Mendocino, Merced,
Monterey, Napa, Nevada, Placer, Sacramento, San Benito, Santa Cruz, San Francisco,
San Mateo, San Joaquin, Santa Clara, Siskiyou, Solano, Sonora, Stanislaus, Tuolumne,
and Yolo counties, among others. He has evaluated Specific Plans and General Plans,
and is currently involved with the General Plan updates for Marin, Napa, and Sonora
counties. He has been involved in developing mitigation plans, restoration plans, and
natural resource management plans for aquatic, transitional, and terrestrial habitats.
Mr. Martin's has considerable experience conducting assessments for sites throughoutthe
Central Valley, Coast, and Sierra Nevada, and for general plan updates for cities and
counties. Projects in the Central Valley include: the Yosemite Area Regional Transport
zw System site analysis with DCE; the Hetch Hetchy water intake modification project and the
domestic water supply distribution project for the San Francisco Public Utilities
Commission; the San Joaquin County General Plan EIR, which included an assessment
of five "New Towns"; the Mountain House New Town Supplemental EIR northwest of
Tracy; the Old River Specific Plan EIR in the City of Tracy Sphere of Influence along Old
River; the EIR on the Kings County General Plan Dairy Element; the Cache Creek
Resource Management Plan EIR in Yolo County; and the Southport Framework Plan EIR
in West Sacramento. Mr. Martin is currently or has recently been involved in the general
plan updates for Marin, San Joaquin, and Sonoma counties, and the cities of Benicia,
Calistoga, Corte Madera, Morgan Hill, Napa, and Walnut Creek. Mr. Martin is intimately
familiar with the US Fish and Wildlife Service's mitigation guidelines for Valley Elderberry
Longhorn Beetle (VELB), and other regulatory guidelines relevant to projects in the Lodi
vicinity such as the California Department of Fish and Game's draft mitigation guidelines
for Swainson's hawk, and has worked closely with agency personnel in defining
appropriate mitigation requirements for various projects.
A summary of three relevant projects is provided below:
Sonoma County General Plan Update and EIR, Sonoma County. Mr. Martin is
currently providing technical expertise on biological and wetland related -issues as
Sonoma County updates their General Plan. He prepared a Background Technical
Report summarizing existing resources, regulatory framework, and
adequacy/deficiencies of the current General Plan, and recently completed the
Biological Resources section of the EIR. He participated in an extensive process
of policy refinement attending numerous subcommittee and committee meetings,
and worked closely with staff to develop options, recommendations, and policy
language for the Open Space and Natural Resource elements of the General Plan.
Client: Bob Gaiser, Project Manager, Sonoma County PRMD
707/565-1917
Southtown EIR, Vacaville. Mr. Martin recently completed an evaluation of two
major development projects encompassing approximately 340 acres in the
southeastern portion of Vacaville. He conducted detailed field surveys and provided
a peer review of studies conducted for the applicant. Potentially sensitive resources
included the loss of seasonal wetlands, possible occurrences of special -status
invertebrate species, and elimination of suitable foraging habitat for a number of
raptors. He prepared the Biological Resources section of the DEIR on the project,
and responses to relevant comments for the FEIR.
Contact: Chris Gustin, Planner, City of Vacaville
707/449-5415
Ceres General Plan and EIR, Ceres. Mr. Martin recently worked with DCE in
completing the background review as part of the Ceres General Plan Update, and
prepared the Biological Resources section of the EIR. Available background
information was assembled and reviewed, existing vegetative cover was mapped
based on interpretation of aerial photographs and a field reconnaissance survey,
and sensitive resources were identified. Input was provided into important planning
considerations and policy options. A review of potential impacts associated with
implementation of the preferred option for future development was provided as part
of the EIR analysis.
Client: David Early, Principal, Design, Community & Environment
510/848-3815
ENVIRONMENTAL COLLABORATIVE
Consultation • Documentation • Restoration
1268 64th Street • Emeryville, CA 94608
Phone 510/654-4444 0 FAX 510/655-4444
JAMES A. MARTIN
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
Education
B.A. in Fine Art, 1981, University of California at Berkeley
B.S. in Biology, 1981, University of California at Berkeley
Honors
Frank F. Kraft Prize (1977)
Frank and Mary Kremler Seitz Scholarship (1978-1979)
H.G. Wollenberg Scholarship (1980-1981)
Professional Affiliations
Association of Environmental Professional
California Native Plant Society
Society for Ecological Restoration
Experience
1983 - Date ENVIRONMENTAL COLLABORATIVE, Emeryville, California.
Principal. Principal of environmental consulting and natural resource
management firm with office located in Emeryville, California.
Responsible for business development, research, and report reparation,
project management, and coordination of project -contract personnel.
Providing environmental consulting, planning, research, and
documentation for both public and private sectors, specializing in
biological and wetland resource assessment and management services.
Biological and wetland services include assessments for proposed
development applications, preparation of habitat conservation and
mitigation plans, and consultation with jurisdictional agencies. Involved
in preparation of over 200 environmental assessments, mitigation plans,
and related documentation. Specific experience has varied from
conducting and reviewing special -status taxa surveys for large tracts of
undeveloped land, preparation of biotic resource assessments for new
communities and county general plans, to securing agency approval for
habitat management and conservation plans for special -status taxa.
Mr. Martin has also been involved in habitat restoration and monitoring
programs throughout northern California. He has served as the
vegetation specialist for two geologic hazard abatement districts in
Contra Costa County, collectively overseeing vegetation management
of over 3,000 acres of open space. Primary emphasis of the open
space management effort was revegetation of unstable slopes with
native species as a secondary form of slope stabilization, in addition to
JAMES A. MARTIN
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE (Continued)
re-establishment of grassland cover on barren cut slopes and areas
subject to severe erosion, management of numerous creeks and
treatment of specimen oaks, and review of proposed landscaping plans
to ensure consistency with long-term goals.
1983 ENGINEERING -SCIENCE, Berkeley, California. Environmental
Scientist. Responsible for data gathering and analysis, preparation of
environmental assessments and documents. Authored major proposals
prepared out of Berkeley office. Involved in assessments of proposed
mixed use projects in Monterey, Napa, Placer, and Solano counties,
including Placer Services and Homestake Mining Company large scale
mining projects in Sierra Nevada and northern coastal mountains,
respectively.
1981-1983 LARRY SEEMAN ASSOCIATES, Berkeley, California. Environmental
Analyst. Responsible for preparation of environmental documents and
supervision of environmental and botanical studies for sites located
throughout northern California. Experience included research and data
collection, field surveys and reconnaissance, report preparation and
review, project management and personnel coordination. Involved in a
wide variety of projects which included: vegetation and wildlife
assessments for proposed residential, commercial, and industrial
projects; special -status taxa surveys for sites in Contra Costa, Marin,
Nevada, Placer, Sari IVlate(7, Solaro, SUrUf Sonoma, atai�islau5, and Yoio
counties; timber harvest plans in Sierra Nevada and Cascade forests;
and restoration projects in Monterey Bay Area, Redwood City, and San
Bruno Mountain.
1981 U.S. FOREST SERVICE, Pacific Southwest Forest & Range Experiment
Station, Berkeley, California. Research Technician. Involved in data
collection and analysis, related primarily to use of ornamental vegetation
in urban settings. Compiled and evaluated data from urban locations
throughout United States. Prepared an inventory and information
retrieval system of data collected over a 15 year period.
1979 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Los Angeles, Department of Geology.
Field Assistant. Conducted vegetational analysis of California north
coast sage scrub vegetation type. Line transects were run at locations
from San Francisco to Monterey. Involved in field surveys, material
identification, laboratory and herbarium research.
STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS
LODI GENERAL PLAN UPDATE PROPOSAL
FIRM DESCRIPTION
TREMAINE & ASSOCIATES is a woman -owned business, established in 1994, and
headquartered in Dixon, California. TREMAm has successfully completed a wide range
of survey projects from small-scale local land developments (less than 100 acres) to
highly complex regional studies exceeding thousands of acres. TREMAINE has worked in
a variety of construction and development sectors including communications (fiber
optics), civil engineering (infrastructure), design engineering and preconstruction
planning (surveys and audits), land purchases, transportation (light rail and highways),
water resources (levees and reservoirs), and military facilities. In addition, TREMAINE has
conducted projects in a number of archaeological and geological settings including those
within downtown urban areas, forests, deserts, bay, valley and foothills, and coastal areas.
TREMAINE has a permanent staff that includes six Ph.D. - or M.A. —level archaeologists
and geophysicists, two GIS specialists, an office manager, a projects coordinator, and
several field and laboratory technicians. Further, TREMAINE retains a pool of experienced
archaeological technicians for seasonal on-call work, as demand requires. With over 300
completed projects , TREMAINE's senior cultural resource staff, Kim Tremaine, Ph. C.,
John Lopez, M.A. in progress, Monica Steckling, M.A. and, Mark Carper, M.A. are each
solid veterans of the cultural management profession. Together they possess the
complementary strengths of managerial excellence, regulatory knowledge, academic
scholarship, and technical proficiency needed for the Lodi General Plan.
Lodi Vicinity Projects
Buckeye Ranch Project
As part of a planned residential and development plan northwest of Lodi (Tracy Lakes),
Kim Tremain conducted archaeological investigations, including record search,
pedestrian survey, and soil chemical analysis in preparation of an adequate
Environmental Impact Report. The work resulted in the identification of nine prehistoric
sites.
Archaeological Monitoring for WSO4 Long Haul Fiber Optic Segment
This project involved the monitoring of the placement of a fiber optic cable running from
Sacramento to Bakersfield. Over 23 -miles of the project ran through San Joaquin
County. During the project one prehistoric site was identified and recorded in San
Joaquin County, the Dry Creek Site (MP64).
Willow Glen Home Owners Association — Culvert Replacement Project
The Willow Glen Home Owners Association proposed to replace a 48 -inch diameter
metal culvert with a 72 -inch diameter reinforced concrete culvert. To meet requirements
of Section 404 in compliance with the Federal Clean Water Act, TREMAINE was
contracted to conduct a cultural resources survey for the 2,000 square foot project area.
No cultural resources were identified during the project.
San Joaquin National Wildlife Refuge Project
TREMAINE performed a cultural resources survey of 335 -acres within the San Joaquin
National Wildlife Refuge as part of the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) planned
project to repair existing wetlands, install a water control station, re -slope and fencing off
several banks to ensure that cattle will not cause further erosion. During the project, one
prehistoric site was identified and recorded (CA -STA -000419).
Staten Island Cultural Resources Survey Project
The Nature Conservancy (TNC) purchased Staten Island in late 2001 with a grant from
CALFED (a state -federal program) and the Department of Water Resources (DWR). As
part of Calfed's Ecosystem Restoration Grants Program, Ducks Unlimited planned to
construct low interior cross -levees and install a high-volume discharge pump for
increasing the quality, quantity, and duration of flooded habitat, benefiting cranes,
pintails, and other waterfowl.
TREMAINE supervised and conducted cultural resources technical studies, as well as
prepared recommendations in order to assist The Nature Conservancy (TNC) in meeting
its obligations under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as
amended. As part of the cultural resource program, tasks included a records search and
literature review; a strategically selective survey (i.e., a systematic pedestrian survey of
the levee perimeter and an intensive survey of the area of direct impact for proposed new
levee and road construction); recordation of both newly documented and previously
recorded resources; preliminary assessments of National Register eligibility (based on
survey level data); and provision of management recommendations. Seven historic sites
and seventeen historic artifacts were identified and recorded during this project.
Key Staff Members
Kim Tremaine, Ph.C., R.P.A. - Principal Investigator
Ms. Tremaine has advanced to candidacy for her Ph.D. at the University of California,
Davis, and holds a Masters degree in Cultural Resources Management from Sonoma
State University. Ms. Tremaine, a principal of TREMAINE, has twenty-five years
experience in archaeology and has directed numerous projects involving compliance with
Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), the California
Enviromnental Quality Act (CEQA), and the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). These projects include cultural resources management
plans, historic property treatment plans, feasibility studies, inventories, testing for
National Register eligibility, mitigation excavations, and FERC relicensing consultations.
She has worked with a number of State and Federal agencies including Caltrans, U.S.
Fish & Wildlife Service, U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, Army Corps
WIN of Engineers, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Native American Heritage Commission, and the
Office of Historic Preservation. Kim has devoted considerable pro bono effort to assist
the City of Sacramento in their long range plans (including general plan and specific
-. plans) actively working with their Historic Preservation Director, Roberta Deering, to
develop several heritage tourism projects to benefit the general public and local economy.
John Lopez, M.A. in progress - Principal Investigator
John Lopez has over 20 years experience in archaeology and is just about to complete his
Masters thesis at Sonoma State University. He received his B.A. in Anthropology from.
San Jose State University in 1981. John is part owner of TREMAINE and co -manages
projects. John's regional experiences include the interior and coastal areas of the Santa
Lucia and Diablo Ranges, the North Coast Ranges, and most counties in the North-
Central and Northern Sierras. He is technically proficient in human osteology and
osteometrics; lithic analysis; historical archaeology, including household, railroad, and
mining features and artifacts. Along with the archaeology, John maintains good working
relationships with local Native American communities including the Obispeiio and
Purismeno Chumash, Karuk, Eastern Miwok, Ohlone, Patwin, Pomo, Salinan, Sinkyone,
Wappo, and Washo-Paiute peoples. John Lopez has managed complex projects
involving engineers and scientists for more than 10 years.
Monica Steckling, M.A., R.P.A. — Archaeologist/Project Manager
Ms. Steckling received a Bachelors of Arts degree and Masters of Arts degree in
Anthropology from the University of California, Santa Barbara and San Diego State
University in 1996 and 2001, respectively. She has nine years experience in California
archaeology and has directed cultural resource studies for federal, State, and local
compliance requirements. These projects include constraint level evaluations, surveys,
CEQA testing programs, National Register status evaluations, monitor programs, and
data recovery programs. Recent projects include the testing and monitoring for the Sutter
Expansion Project, testing and monitoring for the North San Diego County Transit
District Oceanside -Escondido Rail Project, data recovery for the Otay Generating Plant
Project, Bureau of Land Management Kuchamaa Overview Study, and the Monitoring
program for the Calpine Energy Facility.
Mark A. Carper, M.A., R.P.A. — Archaeologist/Project Manager
Mr. Carper has been a practicing archaeologist for eight years. Mr. Carper has extensive
experience throughout the western and southwestern United States, including California,
Oregon, Texas, Utah, Montana, and Arizona. Prior to joining the Tremaine & Associates
team he earned his B.A. from James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia,
followed by his M.A. from the University of Montana, Missoula. Mr. Carper's
experience throughout the western and southwestern United States has allowed him to
become well versed in Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act. He has
directed cultural resource studies including survey, excavation, and monitoring in
compliance with State, federal and local requirements. Mr. Carper's experience also
includes artifact analysis, report writing, and archival research.
Melinda Pacheco - Projects Coordinator /Staff Archaeologist
Ms. Pacheco has six years experience in California Archaeology. Since receiving her
B.A. from CSU, Chico in 2000 she has worked on numerous projects throughout
California as a Field Archaeologist. Prior to her current position she was employed with
the Society for California Archaeology where she managed the financial records, budget
analysis, membership, inventory and archive preservation, and Annual Meeting planning.
Her past employment with the URS Corporation and the Archaeological Research
Foundation, CSU Chico has allowed her to gain valuable experience in archaeological
survey, excavation, monitoring, site record preparation, curation, and environmental
laws. As Projects Coordinator, Ms. Pacheco works closely with project managers and the
accountant, allocating company resources such as personnel, equipment, supplies, and
money to projects, ensuring project needs are met.
Jessica Breese - Staff Archaeologist/Office Manager
Ms. Breese has eight years bookkeeping and office support experience working for
Abbott & Kindermann, LLP and three years experience in California archaeology. She
has conducted field surveys, large monitoring projects, site documentation, GPS data
collection, testing and data recovery excavation that spans both the northern and southern
California regions. Her experience for Tremaine & Associates, Inc. includes payroll,
accounts payable, accounts receivable, human resources, contract administration, and
general office support. Ms. Breese's archaeological experience allows her to fill the role
of archaeologist for larger projects when needed.
Shannon DeArmond- GIS Analyst
Ms. DeArmond graduated from the University of California, Davis in 2000 with a
Bachelor of Science in Natural Resource Science. Her course work entailed a wide
varietyof disciplines from atmospheric science to soil science to ecology, p p with a heavy
emphasis on geology and geographic information systems. Before joining the TREMAiNE
team, she worked with the Natural Heritage Commission to analyze and identify potential
sites for below -surface water storage using GIS.
Shannon is currently our GIS analyst, cartographer, and manager of our mapping
department. Shannon is a member of the Sacramento ArcUser Group. She has worked
with us on a variety of projects across the state and beyond, conducting sensitivity
analyses, mapping archaeological finds, and aiding TREMAINE's geophysicists in defining
the subsurface landscape.
Lara Wood - Staff Archaeologist/GIS Analyst
Ms. Wood completed her degree in Anthropology in 2002 at the University of California,
Davis. She has worked as an archaeologist since 2000 on various projects throughout
California. Recently she completed an A.S. in Geographic Information Systems from
American River Junior College. She started work at TREMAINE in November of 2004 and
in that time she has provided field support for archaeological and geophysical projects, as
well as becoming an essential member of our GIS staff. In addition to her map -making
and GIS analytical skills, Ms. Wood's knowledge of archaeology makes her invaluable
during archaeological surveys, site recordation, and compilation and consolidation of
collected field data.
Geoarchaeology is TREMAINE's strong suite. We have a unique approach, retaining a
geoarchaeologist, geophysicist, and soils scientist on staff. Below are brief biographies.
Edwin Hajic, Ph.D.
Dr. Hajic received his doctorate in Geology from the University of Illinois in 1990. His
geological background includes a number of geomorphological studies in the Mid -West
including the Illinois River Valley, Des Plaines River Valley, the Mississippi River
Valley, the Spoon River Valley, the Rainy River Valley, and here in the west, the Lower
Sacramento River Valley. His work also involves landscape evolution studies. He
directed the data collection effort for Minnesota's Department of Transportation
(MN/DOT) archaeological site prediction model. As TREMAINE's geoarchaeologist, Dr.
Hajic provides us with the benefits of his wide range of experience and his project
management skills.
Yi Liao, Ph.D. Dr. Liao received his Ph.D. in Theoretical Geophysics from the
University of Beijing, and an Electrical Engineering degree from Hungcow University.
Yi has developed a number of mathematical algorithms and geophysics -based seismic
techniques for the petroleum industry, and algorithms for near -surface conductivity
instruments. He is currently continuing to develop such algorithms for use with
TREMAINE's eScan Technology and providing technical expertise on geophysical projects
in archaeology.
Mara Johnson, Ph.D. Dr. Johnson received'ner doctorate in Soil Science from the
University of California Davis in 2001. She directs our geo-sciences program, ourseeing
the geophysical surveys and drilling work, conducting borelogging, and analysis of data
collected. She has been an invaluable addition to our staff.
Client References (3)
• Staten Island Cultural Resources Inventory, 9,000 acres in San Joaquin County, Calif.
The Nature Conservancy, Galt, California
Contact: Keith Whitener (916) 683-1767
Contract Period: September 2003 -January 2003.
• Multiple Surveys (5,000+ acres) for the Wetland Reserve Projects throughout California
Natural Resources Conservation Service, Davis, California
Contact: Frank Dietz (530) 792-5658
Contract Period: August 2003 -February 2006.
San Joaquin — 120 acres; Solano — 548 acres; Fresno —1,620 acres.
General Plan & Specific Plans, City of Sacramento, California.
City of Sacramento
Contact: Robert Deering (916) 808-8259
Contract Period: Open-ended
Pro bono work on long-range plans and several heritage tourism projects.
Fehr & Peers specializes in providing transportation planning and
traffic engineering services to public and private sector clients. We
emphasize the development of creative, cost-effective, and results -
oriented solutions to planning and design problems associated with
all modes of transportation.
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F EHR & PEERS
TRANSPORTATION CONSULTANTS
SPECIALIZED SERVICES
Rather than trying to offer a multi -disciplined approach, we choose
to focus on being the best traffic engineering and transportation
planning consulting firm. We offer specialized expertise in the
following areas:
• Travel Demand Forecasting
• Traffic Operations and Simulation
• Intelligent Transportation Systems
• Traffic Calming
• Bicycle/Pedestrian Planning and Design
• Transportation Systems Planning
• Transit Operations and Simulation
• Land Use/Transportation Planning
• Smart Growth Planning
• Transportation Impact Analysis
• Traffic Engineering Design
Maintaining this singular focus on transportation enables us to
provide state -of -the -practice expertise to our clients. We are
nationally -recognized experts in these areas as evidenced by the
fact that we routinely publish many professional papers, serve on
national committees, and teach courses to others in the industry.
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OUR VALUES
From our firm's inception in 1985, we have developed strong client
relationships by following three core values:
• Professional integrity and honesty
We emphasize quality over quantity.
• Responsive and hard working
We emphasize service over sales.
• Problem -solving, can -do attitude
We emphasize solutions over process.
WHY CLIENTS HIRE US
Clients hire Fehr & Peers because we provide the right combination of
leading-edge technical skills, high-quality work, and superior client
service. We thrive on challenging assignments in controversial
environments where complex problems can only be solved by using state -
of -the -practice analytical techniques, developing innovative, yet practical
solutions, and achieving consensus amid the diverging views of
stakeholders. We often find ourselves called into projects where others
have failed. We consider each potential assignment carefully, and we only
accept those projects to which we are fully committed and able to
complete successfully.
CONTACT US
Corporate Office
100 Pringle Avenue
Suite 600
Walnut Creek, CA 94596
925-930-7100
www.fehrandpeers.com
San Francisco, CA
415-369-0425
San Jose, CA
408-278-1700
Roseville, CA
916-773-1900
Reno, NV
775-826-3200
Denver, CO
303-296-4300
Salt Lake City, LIT
801-261-4700
Sacramento, CA
916-329-7332
Orange County, CA
949-859-3200
Walnut Creek, CA
925-930-7100
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PRINCIPAL IN CHARGE
Ronald T. Milam, AICP is a Principal with Fehr & Peers located in our Roseville, California office. He has
managed a variety of transportation planning and traffic engineering studies and also provides expert
witness testimony. He brings unique and valuable experience to projects, having an extensive
background in travel demand model development and applications, traffic operations analysis,
microsimulation modeling, and transportation impact studies involving NEPA and CEQA. Much of his
experience has involved direct working relationships with local agencies to help develop balanced
transportation and land use plans. Ron has worked on variety of projects, including the EI Dorado County
General Plan and EIR, Calaveras County RTP, Nevada County General Plan, Yuba City General Plan,
Auburn General Plan Circulation Element, Woodland General Plan Circulation Element and Street Master
Plan, and the Folsom -EI Dorado Transit Strategy Study (Folsom, California). Ron also teaches a course
for the Institute of Transportation Studies Technology Transfer program at U.C. Berkeley entitled,
"Managing Transportation and Land Use Interactions." Mr. Milam will be the Principal in Charge for this
project.
PROJECT MANAGER
Julie Morgan, AICP, Associate with Fehr & Peers, has more than nine years of experience in travel
demand forecasting, long-range plan development, and integrated transportation/land use planning. Ms.
Morgan has substantial experience with many of the major travel models used in the Bay Area and the
Central Valley, and she works with most major travel demand software packages, including TP+,
T ransCAD, EMIVIE/2 and MINI; T P. Her experience in San Joaquin County includes managing the travel
model development and circulation element preparation for the Stockton General Plan update,
development of the regional transportation impact fee program for the San Joaquin Council of
Governments, and preparation of the transportation sections of numerous EIRs in cities throughout the
County. Ms. Morgan received her Masters degrees in City & Regional Planning and in Transportation
Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. Ms. Morgan will be the Project Manager for this
project.
FEHR PEERS
TRANSPORTATION CONSULTANTS
Preparation of Transportation Sections of Environmental Impact
Reports is one of the core services provided by Fehr & Peers.
We have completed hundreds of transportation studies for
public, private, and institutional clients to evaluate new land
developments (e.g., Specific Plans and General Plans), that
include changes to the street system (e.g., new streets and
major infrastructure improvements), changes in circulation
policies, and other actions that affect the transportation system,
including roadways, pedestrian and bicyclists, transit, light rail
and commuter rail services.
We thrive on challenging assignments in controversial
environments. We focus on providing innovative, yet practical
solutions to complex problems. We frequently draw on our
expertise in travel demand forecasting, traffic operations and
simulation, traffic calming, and traffic engineering design in our
studies.
We provide the following transportation engineering services
including (but not limited to):
• Analysis of Specific Plans
• Transportation Sections for Environmental Documents
• Evaluation of Alternative Travel Modes
• Smart Growth Audits
• Impacts on Residential Streets
• Transportation Infrastructure Phasing
• Evaluation of Project Access and Internal Circulation
• Peer Review / Due Diligence Support
State -of -the -Art Analysis Tools and Practices
• Use of simulation (SimTraffic, CORSIM, Paramics, or
VISSIM) models in oversaturated conditions.
• Use of the "4D Process" (i.e., Density, Diversity, Design,
Destinations) when evaluating Smart Growth projects.
• Use of graphics, illustrated maps, and simulation to
communicate study recommendations.
• Extensive trip generation library of land uses not
included (or with insufficient data) in ITE's Trip
Generation.
• Roundabout versus all -way stop suitability criteria.
• State-of-the-art techniques for estimating vehicle
queues.
CEQA/NEPA Expertise
Fehr & Peers staff is exceptionally knowledgeable on the
transportation study aspects of the California Environmental
Quality Act (CEQA) and National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA). We are frequently asked to serve in a peer review role
in making sure a document is as legally defensible as possible.
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Forecasting future travel demand is an important step in every
major transportation planning project, providing the foundation
for the detailed operational analysis and design that follows.
Fehr & Peers is a leader in the development and application of
models used to predict travel demand. We use the latest
technology to efficiently develop and update models, and we
apply innovative techniques that allow travel demand models to
capture the interactions between neighborhood -scale land use
characteristics and travel patterns. And we bring to modeling a
deep understanding not only of the latest academic research and
statistical analysis techniques, but also the real-world needs of
the practicing planner.
Our staff has developed and applied models in all of the major
modeling software packages, including TransCAD, TP+/CUBE,
EMME/2, MINUTP, and Tranplan. We integrate GIS capabilities
into our models to improve the accuracy and efficiency of the
modeling process. The spatial analysis tools available through
GIS are used to better define the geographic units of analysis, to
spatially rectify the roadway network, and to conduct
reasonableness checks of land use and trip table data.
Models developed by Fehr & Peers routinely exceed published
guidelines for model accuracy. In fact, Fehr & Peers staff
published a professional paper recommending i ora stringent
California model validation criteria for small urbanized and rural
areas after demonstrating usable techniques that substantially
improved the validation performance of many models.
We understand how travel demand models are used in practice
because we have wide-ranging experience in model applications
for city and county transportation master plans, environmental
review of large land development projects, and alternatives
analysis for major highway and transit improvement projects.
We have also applied models to determine the quantitative
relationship (or "nexus") between land development and the
need for future roadway network improvements, often as part of
developing or updating traffic impact fee programs.
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The following are a list of representative projects for Fehr & Peers:
Environmental Impact Reports
4& City of Tracy General Plan Update and EIR
Fehr & Peers prepared the Circulation Element and the transportation sections of the Environmental
Impact Report for the City of Tracy General Plan. The effort included: An update to the Tracy
Citywide Traffic Model, Public Planning Workshops, coordination with responsible agencies,
Transportation Issues Summary Document, development of land use alternatives, urban design
elements related to street and network standards and impact reduction, guidelines for context
sensitive design and traffic calming, preparation of a multi -modal circulation element, and the
preparation of draft and final EIR.
Reference:
Bill Dean
City of Tracy
Development and Engineering Services
520 Tracy Blvd.
Tracy, CA 95376
510-848-3815
4. City of Stockton General Plan Update and EIR
As the major urban area in the northern San Joaquin Valley, Stockton is a hub for many modes of
transportation, from highways and transit services, to freight and passenger rail lines, to container
- "Vp cuing the deep -grater port. The C y has experienced iced tremendous gr oy✓th in the past decade,
and significant population increases are expected over the next 20 years and beyond. The General
Plan addresses issues of growth and development through the application of a Village Concept, in
which future residential areas may include retail and job opportunities, as well as supportive
institutions such as schools and parks.
The transportation analysis conducted in support of the General Plan included development of a new
city-wide traffic model, using the TP+/Cube software system. This model was calibrated to current -
year conditions, and then used to forecast traffic conditions under the land use alternatives studied as
part of the General Plan process. We facilitated meetings with the Transportation Subcommittee of
the General Plan Action Team, which included representatives from a variety of organizations (public
agency staff, real estate and business interests, social service organizations, environmental groups,
and others). We also developed a comprehensive set of transportation goals and policies based on
input from the Subcommittee, City staff, and public workshops and hearings. Fehr & Peers produced
the Circulation Element of the new General Plan, the transportation chapter of the General Plan EIR,
and a new Bicycle Master Plan for Stockton.
Reference:
Steve Escobar
City of Stockton
Planning Department
425 North EI Dorado Street
Stockton, CA 95202
209-937-8544
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d. City of Manteca General Plan and EIR
This project involved the preparation of a general plan, two specific plans, and their associated EIR
documents. The major tasks involved an existing conditions analysis, a review of goals and plans,
development of alternatives, and preparation of EIR document transportation sections. The scope
also included attendance at public meetings and staff meetings.
Reference:
David Vickers
City of Manteca
Public Works Department
1001 West Center Street
Manteca, CA 95337
(209) 239-8400
Additional Environmental Impact Reports
vl� Central Lathrop Specific Plan EIR
4, Tracy Gateway Master Plan EIR
� Northeast Tracy Industrial Park EIR
Jr Tracy 1-205 Corridor Specific Plan EIR
4. Tracy Hills Specific Plan EIR
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1-5 / Downing Avenue PSR / PR ED / PS&E
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SR 99 / Yosemite Avenue Interchange PA/ED and PS&E
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SR 120 / Yosemite Avenue / McKinley Avenue Interchange Feasibility Study
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RONALD T. MILAM, AICP
Principal
EXPERIENCE
Land Use and Transportation Planning Studies
Responsibilities have included policy development, technical
analysis, impact assessments, and the development and execution
of travel demand models.
• EI Dorado County General Plan and EIR, CA
• Calaveras County Regional Transportation Plan, CA
• Mare Island Re -Use Plan, Vallejo, CA
• Amador County Regional Transportation Plan, CA
• Yolo County Transit Study, CA
• Folsom Citywide Transportation Systems Management Study,
CA
• Nevada County Regional Transportation Plan, CA
• Auburn General Plan Circulation Element, Land Use Element,
CA
• Nevada County Corridor Management and Preservation Study,
CA
• Woodland General Plan Circulation Element and Street Master
Plan, Woodland, CA
• Solano County Comprehensive Transportation Plan, CA
• Lassen County Regional Transportation Plan
• Washoe County Regional Transportation Plan, NV
• Lake Tahoe Regional Transportation Plan, CA/NV
• Humboldt County Regional Transportation Plan, CA
• Siskiyou County Regional Transportation Plan, CA
Environmental Impact Analysis
Responsibilities included project manager for the preparation of
transportation impact studies for land use development and
transportation infrastructure projects.
• Village at Squaw Valley EIR, CA
• Jepson Parkway EIR/EIS, Solano County, CA
• Manzanita Avenue Widening Project EIR/EA, Chico, CA
• Promontory Specific Plan EIR, EI Dorado County, CA
• Carson Creek Specific Plan EIR, EI Dorado County, CA
• Wal-Mart EIR, EI Dorado County, CA
• Elk Grove Automall EIR, Sacramento County, CA
• EI Dorado County General Plan EIR, CA
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EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science (with
Highest Honors),
Environmental Policy
Analysis and Planning
(Emphasis on Land Use
and Transportation
Planning), University of
California at Davis, 1990.
AFFILIATIONS
American Planning Association
Institute of Transportation
Engineers
Women's Transportation
Seminar, Sacramento Board
Member (1993-96)
AWARDS
Best Paper, 7th Annual TRB
Conference on Planning
Applications, A Comparison
of Partial and Full Cloverleaf
Interchange Operations
Using the CORSIM Micro -
Simulation Model,
presented at TRB 79th
Annual Meeting, January
12, 2000
First Place, Private Agency
1994 Regional Transit
Challenge. The Regional
Institute of the Bay Area
(TRIBA). Bay Area 2000: Get
on Track! February 25, 1994
Institute of Transportation
Engineers, 1996 Past
Presidents'Award in recognition
of the authorship of the paper
Engineering a Bikeway Master
Plan
Travel Demand Modelina
Responsibilities included project manager or director for the
development and modification of travel demand models as well as
the development of travel demand forecasting guidelines.
• EI Dorado County Travel Demand Model Development, CA
• Calaveras County Travel Demand Model Development, CA
• Shasta County Travel Demand Model Development, CA
• City of Woodland Travel Demand Model Development, CA
• City of Dixon Travel Demand Model Development, CA
• City of Davis and University of California at Davis Travel
Demand Model Development, CA
• Washoe County Regional Transportation Commission Travel
Demand Model Modifications, NV
• Mountain Land Association of Governments Travel Demand
Model Development, UT
• Las Vegas Model Estimation, Calibration, and Validation
Guidelines, NV
• Sacramento Area Regional Council of Governments SACMET
Travel Demand Model Modifications, CA
Bikeway Planning and Design
Respnmihilities have included the develnnment of hikP.waV master
=` plans, bicycle facility designs, and bikeway components for
General Plan circulation elements, environmental documents, and
Caltrans project development reports. Major bikeway projects
include:
• Sacramento County General Plan Circulation Element -
Bikeway Component, CA
• Solano Countywide Bicycle Master Plan, CA
• Yuba -Sutter Bikeway Master Plan, CA
• Nevada County Bicycle Master Plan, CA
• Livermore Bicycle/Pedestrian Plan Update and Equestrian
Trails Study, CA
• Calaveras County Bikeway Master Plan, CA
• San Joaquin County Bikeway Master Plan, CA
• North Natomas Bikeway Implementation Plan, Sacramento CA
• City of Folsom Bikeway Master Plan, Folsom, CA
• Lassen County Bikeway Master Plan, CA
• Magnolia Road Bike Path Preliminary Engineering, Nevada
County, CA
• City of Citrus Heights Bikeway Master Plan, CA
Proiect Development Studies
Responsibilities included project manager or lead transportation
analyst for freeway and interchange traffic analyses and to support
Federal, State, and local project development studies. Most
studies included detailed freeway and arterial operations analysis
using regional travel demand models (MinuTP, TranPlan, TP+,
TransCAD, and EMME/2) and micro -simulation traffic models
(CORSIM, SIMTRAFFIC, PARAMICS, and VISSIM).
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CERTIFICATION
• American Institute of Certified
Planners (011595)
PUBLICATIONS
• Engineering a Bikeway Master
Plan, ITE District 6 Meeting,
August 9, 1995. Ronald T. Milam
and Michael G. Jones.
• The Consequences of Imbalanced
Transportation Spending, August
9, 1995. Matthew J. Henry and
Ronald T. Milam.
• Opening Up the West Again: New
Opportunities for Passenger Rail
Service. ASCE 1995
Transportation Congress. Ronald
T. Milam and Peter M. Zabierek.
• "A Vision for Passenger Rail
Systems", APA California Planner,
May/June, 1994.
• Consensus Building... For Traffic
Engineers, ITE District 6 Meeting,
Salt Lake City, Utah, August 1997.
• A Comparison of Partial and Full
Cloverleaf Interchange Operations
Using the CORSIM Micro -
Simulation Model, ITE District 6
Meeting, San Jose, CA, July 1998.
• A Comparison of Partial and Full
Cloverleaf Interchange Operations
Using the CORSIM Micro -
Simulation Model, Transportation
Research Board Seventh National
Conference on the Application of
Transportation Planning Methods,
March 1999.
• Recommended Guidelines for the
Calibration and Validation of Traffic
Simulation Models, Ronald Milam &
Fred Choa, ITE District 6
Conference, June 2000
• HCM & CORSIM - Resolving the
Differences, Ronald Milam & Fred
Choa, ITE District 6 Conference,
June 2000.
• Dynamic Validation of Travel
Demand Models, Ronald T.
Milam, Donald Hubbard, & Chang
Hwan Park, ITE, 2004.
• Comparative Evaluations on the
Elasticity of Travel Demand:
Wasatch Front Regional Council
(WFRC) Model Sensitivity Testing
and Training Study. TRB Annual
Meeting, Washington D.C.,
January 2005. Ronald T. Milam,
Robert G. Schiffer, & M. Walter
Steinvorth.
Ronald T. Milam, AICP
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• U.S. 50 HOV lanes PSR, EI Dorado and Sacramento
Counties, CA
• U.S. 50/Missouri Flat Road Interchanges PSR and PR, EI
Dorado County, CA
• U.S. 50Mestern Placerville Interchanges Study PSR and PR,
Placerville, CA
• U.S. 50/Sunrise Boulevard Interchange PSR, Sacramento, CA
• U.S. 50 Interchange Planning Study through Folsom and
Western EI Dorado County, CA
• U.S. 50/Oak Avenue Parkway Interchange PSR, Folsom, CA
• 1-5/SR 113 Direct Freeway Connectors PSR and PR,
Woodland, CA
• 1-5/County Road 102 Interchange PSR and PR, Woodland, CA
• 1-5/SR 99 Concept Approval Report, Sacramento, CA
• 1-5/Richards Boulevard PSR, Sacramento, CA
• 1-5/SR 56 Direct Freeway Connectors, San Diego, CA
• SR 99ISheldon Road Interchange PSR, Sacramento, CA
• SR 65/Pleasant Grove Interchange PSR and PR, Roseville,
CA
• SR 65/Whitney Boulevard Interchange PSR, Placer County,
CA
• 1-5/Stadium Boulevard Interchange PSR, Sacramento, CA
• I-80/West A Street Plan line Study, Dixon, CA
1-80/Douglas Boulevard Interchange Loop On -Ramp
Simulation Evaluation, Roseville, CA
Other projects involving direct technical oversight include the
following.
• 1-80/1-680/SR 12 Corridor and Interchange Project Report and
Environmental Document, Solano County, CA
• SR 99/Sheldon Road Interchange PR, Sacramento, CA
• Legacy Parkway Freeway Operations Analysis, Salt Lake City,
UT
Rail Studies
Responsibilities included vehicle technology assessment,
alignment analysis, station conceptual design, service planning,
operations analysis, traffic impact analysis, construction and o&m
cost estimating, and transit patronage forecasting.
• Vasona Light Rail Engineering, San Jose, CA
• Folsom Light Rail Implementation Study, CA
• South Sacramento Corridor AA/DEIR/DEIS, CA
• Woodland -Davis Rail Study, CA
• Roseville LRT Extension EIR, CA
• Northern Sacramento Valley Intercity Passenger Rail
Feasibility Study, CA
Multi -Modal Station Siting and Design Studies
Responsibilities included site selection analysis, multi -modal
access and circulation, and conceptual design.
• Turlock Multi -Modal Transfer Center Feasibility Study, CA
• EI Dorado County Multi -Modal Station Study, CA
• Auburn/Bowman Rail Station Siting Study
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PUBLICATIONS (cont.)
CORSIM, PARAMICS, and
VISSIM —What the Manuals
Never Told You, David Stanek,
Ronald T. Milam, & Fred Choa,
ITE National Conference,
August 2002.
High -Capacity Roundabout
Intersection Analysis: Going
Around In Circles, David Stanek
& Ronald Milam, ITE District 6
Annual Meeting, 2004.
Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)
Conceptual Plan In South
Placer County, Ronald T. Milam
& Tao "Anna" Luo, ITE District 6
Annual Meeting, 2005.
PRESENTATIONS
• Residential Traffic Control:
Mountain State Applications.
ITE Mountainland Section, May
20, 1995. Ronald T. Milam and
Ronald Mortimer.
• Using GIS To Classify Roadway
Conditions for Development of
On -Street Bicycle Facilities.
Transportation Research Board
771h Annual Meeting,
Washington, D.C., January 12,
1998.
• Transportation Planning for the
21St Century -Expanding the
Toolbox, Ron Milam, League of
California Cities Planners
Institute, March 21, 2003.
• Using Traffic Simulation to
Evaluate Automobile, Transit,
Bicycle, and Pedestrian Delays in
Designing an Intersection - A
Case Study from the University of
California at Davis. Ronald T.
Milam & Sarah Brandenberg, Pro
Bike/Walk Conference, Victoria,
Canada, 2004
JULIE K. MORGAN, AICP
Associate
EXPERIENCE
Intearated Land Use/Transportation Studies
Developed comprehensive plans and specific plans for growing
cities, as well as for new towns such as the community
surrounding the planned tenth campus of the University of
California. Projects include:
• University of California, Merced, Community Plan and
Campus Master Plan
• Stockton General Plan, Stockton, CA
• Oakley General Plan, Oakley, CA
• Hercules District Plan, Hercules, CA
Travel Demand Forecasting
Conducted assessments of travel demand for highway and
transit modes using the TP+/VIPER/Cube, TransCAD, EMME/2
and MINUTP modeling systems, in support of Major Investment
Studies, project development studies, local plan preparation and
traffic impact analyses. Projects include:
• State Route 4 East PR/ED, Contra Costa County, CA
Downtown Multi -Modal Access Plan, Denver, CO
• San Ramon General Plan, San Ramon, CA
• Oakley General Plan, Oakley, CA
• 1-680 Auxiliary Lane PR/ED, Contra Costa County, CA
• North Metro Transportation Study, Denver, CO
• Southeast Corridor (Light Rail) Environmental Impact
Study, Denver, CO
Travel Demand Model Development
Developed new travel demand models for cities and counties
using the TP+/VIPER/Cube and TransCAD modeling systems.
The new models are being used to support long-range planning
activities, project development studies, and traffic impact
analyses. Projects include:
Tuolumne County Travel Demand Model (TransCAD)
• City of Stockton Travel Demand Model (TP+/Cube)
• Merced County Travel Demand Model (TP+/Cube)
Traffic Impact Fee Studies
Developed AB 1600 -compliant traffic impact fee programs for
cities and regions to fund the construction of infrastructure
necessary to support new development. Projects include:
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Master of City Planning with
emphasis in Transportation
Planning, University of
California, Berkeley, 1996
Master of Science in
Engineering (Civil), University
of California, Berkeley, 1996
Bachelor of Arts in American
Studies (summa cum laude),
Wellesley College, 1991
AFFILIATIONS
• American Institute of Certified
Planners (AICP)
• American Planning
Association (APA)
• Women's Transportation
Seminar (WTS)
• Institute of Transportation
Engineers (ITE)
PRESENTATIONS
Reconciling New Urbanism
and Traffic Engineering:
Calthorpe's Urban Network
Concept, APA National
Planning Conference,
Denver, 2003
Tools for Creating Compatible
Transportation and Land Use,
APA Statewide Conference,
Sacramento, 2001
Julie K. Morgan, AICP
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• East Contra Costa County Regional Transportation Impact
Fee
• City of Oakley Transportation Impact Fee
• San Joaquin County Regional Transportation Impact Fee
• City of Emeryville Traffic Impact Fee
Environmental Impact Reports
Prepared transportation impact sections of environmental
documents for projects ranging from large-scale residential and
office/industrial developments to highway improvement projects.
Projects include:
• UC Merced Community Plan EIR and Campus Long
Range Development Plan EIR
• Stockton General Plan EIR, Stockton, CA
• March Lane Specific Plan EIR, Stockton, CA
• Alamo YMCA EIR, Contra Costa County, CA
• SR 49 Sutter Creek Bypass EIR/EIS, Amador County, CA
• Benicia Business Park EIR, Benicia, CA
• Vista del Mar (Residential/Commercial) EIR, Pittsburg, CA
Smart Growth Planning Studies
Assisted in developing innovative modeling tools (INDEX; Smart
,# Growth INDEX) for the Environmental Protection Agency and
regional planning organizations to evaluate transportation effects
of proposed growth policies.
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City of Lodi
General Plan Update
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
Lathrop Master Plan Documents
City of Lathrop
Nolte was selected by the City of Lathrop to prepare utility master plans for
water, wastewater, and recycled water. The City's current master plan
documents were prepared. in the early 1990's and were outdated. The new
master plans are needed to incorporate all current facilities together with new
facilities necessary to provide service to anticipated master plan
developments.
Our work includes preparation of an assumptions report for adoption by the
City and formulation of a land use forecast using Dwelling Unit Equivalent
(DUE) factors. Individual DUE schedules were compiled for water supply,
storage, and distribution; wastewater collection and treatment; and recycled
water storage and distribution based on generation, use, and demand rates
distilled from inforivation approved by the City and adopted in the
assumptions report. The creation of a base map to accurately represent the
study area was a critical component of the master planning effort. This
information served as the foundation for the master plan documents.
Individual master plans were developed by evaluating existing information,
preparing modeling studies, and obtaining new information to supplement
the existing master plans. Computer models were used to define the
improvements required to handle increased demands generated by planned
growth and to determine the most cost effective utility solutions. The master
plan documents also served as the basis of a programmatic EIR that analyzed
water quality impacts for both near-term and buildout conditions. More
specific information regarding each master plan study is summarized as
follows.
Water Supply
At present, the City of Lathrop relies exclusively on groundwater as a source
of potable water supply. In the future, approximately 75 percent of water
supply demands will be served through the use of treated surface water
delivered by the South County Water Supply Project operated by the South
San Joaquin Irrigation District (SSJID). The master plan developed by Nolte
was a blueprint for integrating groundwater and surface water supplies to
meet a five -fold increase in City water demands. The master plan identified a
series of new wells and turn -outs from SSJID that would serve extensive
development west of Interstate -5. A phased program of improvements was
developed and timed to coincide with a specific development schedule.
Master planning services included the preparation of a comprehensive water
distribution system model and groundwater model that could be used to
predict impacts from various development scenarios.
Wastewater Collection
The existing City wastewater collection system serves only residential areas
north of Louise Avenue and east of Interstate -5 along with limited
commercial -industrial dischargers within the Crossroads Business Park. New
development west of Interstate -5 prompted the planning and siting of a new
backbone system for wastewater collection including trunk sewers, lift
" stations, force mains, and river crossings. In addition, a sewering plan was
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General Plan Update
prepared for industrial areas east of the urbanized City core that would
eventually be served by the regional wastewater treatment plant in Manteca.
Master planning services included the development of a collection system
hydraulic model that could be used to determine invert elevations, pipeline
sizes, and pump station requirements.
Bruinville Area Master Facilities Plan
City of Riverbank
The City of Riverbank needed master facilities plans for the Bruinville area
which consisted of approximately 480 acres of planned development. Nolte
prepared the water, wastewater, and storm drainage conceptual infrastructure
plans. A preliminary analysis of existing water, wastewater, and storm
drainage infrastructure along with a capacity needs evaluation based on the
land usage were determined and compared to standard design criteria and
performance requirements. A conceptual system map was prepared for each
utility showing preluninary sizing and locations of major components.
Support infrastructure or trunk lines needed in adjoining areas were identified.
A concept -level opinion of probable construction cost was also prepared for
each infrastructure system.
UC Merced Conceptual Water Plan
University of California - Merced
Nolte prepared a conceptual plan for integrated water -related infrastructure
systems for the proposed UC Merced campus and the surrounding University
Community Planning Area (UCPA). The Conceptual Water Plan was
prepared to guide UC and the County through the master planning process
for the Campus and UCPA. Over the course of three months, the Nolte team
of senior professionals met for brainstorming sessions to prepare the
Conceptual Water Plan. In addition to these meetings, the team held working
sessions with the client, regulators, and key stakeholders, such as the City of
Merced, County of Merced, and Merced Irrigation District to incorporate
their comments throughout the preparation of the plan.
The Conceptual Water Plan presents five individual water -related
infrastructure scenarios and seven potential institutional arrangements. UC
and key stakeholders ranked each of the scenarios and institutional
arrangements according to specified technical and implementation criteria.
Based on the rankiig, a preferred scenario and implementation plan was
recommended. The preferred scenario includes aspects of all five individual
scenarios for water supply, wastewater treatment, disposal, and reuse, and
storm drainage for the Campus and UCPA.
The plan was completed within 120 days and within budget. Nolte was
subsequently brought on board by the UCPA planning consultant to apply
the concepts detailed in the Conceptual Water Plan to four land configuration
alternatives and to prepare planning cost estimates for construction of the
water -related infrastructure systems.
B E YON D ENGINEERING
City of Lodi
General Plan Update
Manteca Public Facilities Implementation Plan
City of Manteca
Public Facilities Financing
Nolte was the prime consultant for the City of Manteca in charge of overall
coordination of the four consultant groups working on the Manteca Public
Facilities Implementation Plan. Nolte provided engineering services in the
form of master planning for water, sewer, storm drainage and transportation
infrastructure. Results of the master planning efforts coupled with forecasted
growth in the community were analyzed and an infrastructure financing plan
was developed. The land use planning, master planning, capital improvements
plans, environmental studies, and financing plan were completed within a
short 14 month schedule.
Water Master Planning
Nolte prepared an update and expansion of the Water Master Plan for the
City of Manteca as part of the South Manteca General Plan Amendment/
Area Plan. The Water Master Plan covers an urban expansion area of
approximately 14,000 acres.
Currently, the city relies upon groundwater as the primary water supply and
storage resource. Included in the master planning studies will be the future
storage and distribution of treated. surface water to supplement and/or
replace the groundwater.
Se::'er Master Plan
Nolte prepared the Sewer Master Plan for major urban expansions
surrounding the City of Manteca. Because the existing collection system is
operating at capacity, new trunk alignments and pumping facilities were
identified and evaluated. Optimization studies for two major trunk sewers
have been completed that compared the net present value of each alternative.
In conjunction with the master planning work, the urban expansion areas
were photogrammetically mapped to provide accurate topographic data. With
the higher level information, precise limits of gravity service have been
designated.
The master plan model was developed using GIS/Hydra, an AutoCAD based
data generator. The GIS Software provides a bi-directional link of AutoCAD
and dBase and allowed the land use and sewer sheds to be defined within
Auto CAD. The data base input to the Hydra Sewer model is generated
directly from AutoCAD and represents a major time savings.
Storm Drainage Master Plan
Nolte completed an update to the current master plan in conjunction with a
major General Plan Amendment. In total, approximately 14,000 acres of
urban expansion were studied.
In conjunction with the Storm Master Plan, Nolte developed concepts for the
first multiuse drainage channel within the city. In addition, facilities
recommendations for telemetric (remote) operation of the many retention
40UN basins in the city were presented.
BEYOND ENG INEERING
City of Lodi
General Plan Update
In conjunction with the master planning work, the urban expansion areas
were photogrammetically mapped to provide accurate topographic data. With
the higher level information, more accurate models were developed.
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City of Lodi
General Plan Uv
REFERENCES
Contact: Mike Brinton
Agency: City of Manteca
Phone: 209.239.8460
Project: Manteca Public Facilities Implementation Plan
Contact: Laurie Barton
Agency: City of Riverbank.
Phone: 209.869.7128 ext 1
Project: Bruinsville Area Master Facilities Plan
Contact: Cary Keaten
Agency: City of Lathrop
Phone: 209.941.7200
Project: Lathrop Master Plan Documents
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BE Y ON D E N G IN E E R ING
City of Lodi
General Plan Update
JOHN MOUNTIN, PE
Drainage
Education/ Certifications
John is an engineering manager in Nolte's Walnut Creek office with extensive
MS Civil Engineering -
civil engineering experience specializing in water resources and transportation
California State University,
projects. Throughout his 25 year career, he has directed and prepared
Long Beach (1984)
numerous floodplain and stormwater analyses, hydrology and hydraulics
BS Water Resources and
studies, bridge scour analyses, and drainage system designs. In addition, he
Environmental Engineering
has experience in water treatment and distribution, wastewater engineering,
- University of Wisconsin-
dam inspection and analysis, and highway engineering.
Milwaukee (1979)
His experience has predominantly included the planning and design of flood
Registrations
control and drainage facilities for regional, local and transportation related
Professional Engineer - CA
projects. His work has also included numerous preliminary environmental
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planning studies, identifying the floodplain impacts at bridges, the water
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Professional Engineer - WI
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quality impacts of roadway projects, schemes for limiting the impact of bridge
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deck contaminants on sensitive water environments, water quality studies, and
temporary and permanent water pollutant control measures. In addition he
has appeared in civil trials as an expert witness regarding drainage or flood
control.
Major Project Experience
California Statewide: Responsible for the preparation of numerous water
quality studies, storm water data reports, erosion control and water pollution
control plans, and SWI for transportation and other development plans
throughout California.
Walnut Creek Flood. Studies: Responsible for several flood studies in
problem areas of Walnut Creek that are prone to localized flooding due to
aged/inadequate drains, or unmitigated upstream development. The existing
conditions were studied, alternative improvements developed, and
preliminary designs prepared for the recommended drainage improvements -
Walnut Creek, CA
Highway Bridge Repair and Rehabilitation program (HBRR):
Responsible for the preparation of numerous bridge scour evaluations, bridge
hydraulic studies or floodplain studies associated with the Highway Bridge
Repair and Rehabilitation program. As part of the HBRR, many seismically
deficient bridges were repaired or replaced - CA
San Francisco — Oakland Bay Bridge East Span Seismic Safety Project:
Responsible for preparation of the Location Hydraulic Study for the East
Span Bridge Replacement - Oakland, CA
Metropolitan Water District (MWD) Inland Feeder Water Line: Lead
engineer responsible for evaluation of long-term aggradation or degradation
of the Santa Ana River. NJ WD planned to construct a 15 -foot diameter tunnel
beneath the Santa Ana. River to contain a transmission water line. The U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers HEC -6 scour and deposition model was used to
study the project reach. Simulations included the effects of the expected
completion of the Seven Oaks Dam on the Santa Ana River approximately 3
miles upstream of the water line crossing - San Bernardino County, CA
San Luis Rey River Aqueduct Crossings: Project engineer responsible for
the floodplain analysis and mapping on a 14 -mile reach of the San Luis Rey
River. Overall project service also provided the preparation of design
alternatives for the permanent protection of the pipelines, evaluation of
general riverbed scour and local scour around proposed design alternatives,
BEYON D ENG I N E E R ING
City of Lodi
General Plan Update
�- Vacaville Water Well Systems Manual: Prepared systems manuals for
several wells in the city including Well #7, #13, and #14 - Vacaville, CA
Butcher Reservoirs System Manual: Prepared systems manuals for the
Butcher Reservoirs (2.0 MG and 4.0 MG) - Vacaville, CA
Water Reservoir Rehabilitation: Rehabilitation of steel water reservoirs -
Vacaville, CA
Water Infrastructure Plan: Winters Northeast Area water distribution
system design - Winters, CA
Upper Highlands Water Tank Project: Design of a 1.2 MG reservoir,
pump station, 12 -inch pipeline, preparation of construction documents that
included a detailed sequencing for connection to the existing water system -
Tahoe City Public Utilities District, Tahoe City, CA
Reservoir Modifications Butcher Road: Design inlet and outlet
improvements to the Butcher Road Reservoirs for the City of Vacaville
including valve vault piping modifications - Vacaville, CA
0 E TOM 0 E N G IN E E R ING
Sewer
Education/ Certifications
MS Environmental
Engineering - University of
California - Davis (1992)
BS Civil Engineering
(Sanitary Option) -
Michigan Technological
University (1978)
Registrations
Professional Engineer - CA
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ENGINEERING
City of Lodi
General Pian Un
Dave is the managing director of Nolte's Manteca and Madera offices and a
senior project manager in the water and wastewater group. In these roles, he
is responsible for specific projects as well as for the allocation of manpower
and resources to projects. He is also responsible for client satisfaction with
Nolte's services. He has been with the firm since 1984 and is fully
]ilnowledgeable of the capabilities of the entire organization.
Dave has been responsible for the design and construction of a number of
trunk sewers, wastewater pumping stations, and force mains in Manteca,
Sacramento, and West Sacramento. Pump station arrangements have included
submersible along with wet well -dry well. Pumping equipment has been
furnished with variable frequency drive with connected horsepower up to 200
horsepower. Trunk sewers have ranged in size from 15 to 54 inches. Force
main sizes have varied from 12 to 18 inches.
Major Project Experience
Pump Station Design. Manual: Preparation of comprehensive pump station
design manual involving design criteria for 1-50 mgd pumping stations for
large urban sanitation district - Sacramento, CA
Cordova Sewage Pumping Station Upgrade and Expansion Project: $2
million rehabilitation of 10 mgd wastewater pumping station including
pumping equipment replacement, diesel -driven units, and standby power -
Sacramento, CA
Manteca WQCF Influent Pump Station: 20 mgd raw wastewater pumping
station and screening facility - Manteca, CA
Bridgeway Island Wastewater Pump Station: 4.3 mgd wet well -dry well
pumping station including standby power and odor control - 'Vest
Sacramento, CA.
Manteca Stage I1 Pump Station Force Main: Plans and specifications for
$1.0 million submersible pumping station located in high-end residential
neighborhood and 15,000 feet of 12 to 18 inch force main - Manteca, CA
Otay Valley Road Sewer Study: Evaluation of sewering alternatives, analysis
of existing collection system to support a 300 -acre development, (Walker
Scott Properties) - Chula Vista, CA
Manteca Stage I Pump Station: Preliminary design report for 3.2 mgd
submersible pumping station in residential subdivision - Manteca, CA
Largo Wastewater Pump Station: Plans and specifications for $2.0 million
wet well -dry well pumping station including standby power and odor control -
West Sacramento, CA
Manteca North and South Trunk Sewers: Preliminary design of 95,000
feet of 15 to 60 inch trunk sewer - Manteca, CA
Louise Avenue Sewer Pipeline Replacement Project: Plans and
specifications for emergency replacement of 24 -inch sewer crossing of SR 99
- Manteca, CA
Tara Park Wastewater Pump Station: 4.2 mgd wet well -dry well pump
station including standby power and odor control - Manteca, CA
Crawford Road Pump Station Rehabilitation Study: Assessment of 4.5
mgd submersible pumping station and identification of required
improvements - Riverbank, CA
City of Lodi
General Plan Update
O Street and. McKinley Avenue Pump Stations Mini -Master Plan:
Master plan for two 3.5 mgd sewage pump stations and associated dual 12-16
inch force mains - Lathrop, CA
NPDES Permitting Assistance: Preparation of NPDES permit application
package for Phase III Expansion project. Manteca WQCF - Manteca, CA
Manteca Wastewater Quality Control Facility, Phase III Expansion
Project: Project manager for design of $50 million expansion and upgrade of
combined trickling filter -activated sludge plant - Manteca, CA
City of Riverbank Wastewater Treatment Plant Upgrade and
Expansion Project: Facility plan, project report, permitting assistance, and
plans/ specifications for aeration system improvements, headworks
modifications, electrical upgrade, percolation pond expansion, and pond
lining at this 1.5 mgd wastewater treatment plant - Riverbank, CA
City of Escalon Wastewater Treatment Plant Expansion: Plans and
specifications for percolation pond expansion at 0.75 mgd wastewater
treatment plant - Escalon, CA
Manteca Wastewater Quality Control Facility, Land Application
Program: Feasibility study and site evaluation for alternative 200 -acre land
application area - Manteca, CA
Digester Replacement, California Men's Colony, San Luis Obispo:
Predesign study and evaluation of alternatives to replace 40 -foot diameter
anaerobic digester at 1.25 mgd wastewater treatment plant - San Luis Obispo,
CA
Manteca Wastewater Quality Control Facility Master Plan: Facility plan
and implementation schedule for 6.87 mgd wastewater treatment plant
designed to expand to 9.87 mgd, including solids handling and river outfall
improvements - Manteca, CA
Sewage Treatment Plant Modifications, Marine Corps Base, Camp
Pendleton: Facility plan, permitting assistance, and detailed engineering for
$17 million of treatment plant revisions including pipelines, pump stations,
and rapid infiltration basins - Oceanside, CA
City of Riverbank Treatment Plant Capacity Study and Master Plan:
Evaluation of historical wastewater loads, cannery flows, and available
treatment capacity in the aerated ponds and development of 20 -year master
plan - Riverbank, CA
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ENGINEERING
Firm Description
Since 1986,.BAE has focused on The Economics of PlaceTM, providing comprehensive real estate
and urban development services to public, private, non-profit, and institutional clients throughout
the U.S. Our projects reflect our cominitment to excellence, stewardship of communities and
resources, and dedication to the future of our places.
BAE's experience spans statewide policy studies to local development projects. Based in
Berkeley, California, with additional offices in the Sacramento region, Boston, and Washington
D.C., we translate the best national practices into local solutions to enhance communities and
neighborhoods.
Our expertise includes;
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Development Feasibility
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Redevelopment & Revitalization
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Affordable Housing
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Economic Development
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Public/Private Transactions
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Community Facilities
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Public Finance
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Economic Impacts
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Place and Site Marketing
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Litigation Support
We have also developed unique expertise in non -place aspects of urban development including
sustainability, technology transfer, targeted industry studies, child care, and social services.
Our key asset is our highly -skilled core team of staff members who have worked together for
many years. Collectively, we bring our training in real estate development, city planning,
geography, economic development, marketing, and public policy to every engagement. Many
BAE staff are expert in community involvement and strategic planning, while others excel in
technical analysis and the application of GIS to urban problems. We pioneered the use of survey
research to target urban housing products, and we have provided real estate advisory services to
some of the largest revitalization efforts in the U.S.
The outstanding quality of our work has been recognized by the American Planning Association
(APA) and the National Association of Installation Developers (NAID) through numerous awards
for excellence. The San Francisco Business Tinges has recognized BAE as one of the 100 Largest
Women -Owned Bay Area Businesses each year since 2000.
BAE AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE
Coyote Valley Vision (2004)
Northern California Section, American Planning Association
Livermore General Plan (2004)
Northern California Section, American Planning Association
Presidio Trust Management Plan (2003)
National American Planning Association
NASA Research Park (2003)
Real Property Innovation, U.S. General Services Administration
Bay Area Smart Growth Strategy (2003)
Charter Award, Congress for New Urbanism
Interstate MAX Station Area Plan (2002)
Oregon Chapter, American Planning Association
Avila Beach Specific Plan (2001)
California Chapter, American Planning Association
NASA Research Park Economic Development Workbook (2000)
Northern California Section, American Planning Association
Woodland East Street Corridor Specific Plan (1999)
Sacramento Valley Section, American Planning Association
Stockton Waterfront Revitalization Strategy (1996)
California Chapter, American Planning Association
Sacramento Waterfront Specific Plan (1996)
California Chapter, American Planning Association
Presidio Main Post Marketing Campaign (1995)
National Association. oflnstallation Developers
The California Affordable Housing Cost Study (1994)
California Chapter, American Planning Association
Downtown Lemoore Revitalization Plan (1994)
National American Planning Association
Downtown Larkspur Revitalization Plan (1992)
Northern California Section, American Planning Association
San Jose Housing Initiative (1991)
Northern California Section, American Planning Association
Descriptions of Relevant Projects
BAE has served as the economics consultant for numerous General Plan Update projects
involving background economic analyses in support of General Plan update processes, fiscal
impact analysis for General Plan Alternatives, preparation of Economic Development Elements,
Housing Elements, and public facilities financing strategies and plans. This includes studies for
a number of other small to mid-sized northern California communities. Following are several
examples:
Newman General Plan Update
City of Newman, CA
BAE is the economics subconsultant for this general plan update for a central valley agricultural
town. To date, BAE has conducted an analysis of existing economic, demographic, and fiscal
conditions. Future work will include a fiscal impact analysis for General Plan alternatives as well
as a preferred alternative.
Truckee General Plan Update
Town of Truckee, CA
BAE served as the economics consultant for the Town of Truckee General Plan Update. BAE
provided analysis of economic conditions and trends, housing needs, and fiscal conditions. In
addition to preparing the economic background report, BAE prepared the Housing Element and
the Economic Development Element for the General Plan Update,
Livermore Vision Project & General Plan
City of Livermore, CA
The City of Livermore, facing intensive debate surrounding its plans to annex land and develop
substantial new housing, initiated the Vision Project to bring consensus to the community
regarding future growth. BAE, as economic consultants to the Vision Project, administered and
analyzed a 100 percent citywide survey of resident households; researched case studies of smart
growth practices throughout the U.S.; conducted in-depth market studies of downtown, infill
housing, and business parks; and analyzed citizen -created alternative development visions. This
major effort attracted more than 400 residents to community workshops, resulting in a vision that
led to a major overhaul of the City's General Plan. BAE subsequently assisted with General Plan
formulation, including economic development and New Urbanist principles and land use analysis
to guide revitalization of downtown and consolidation of employment centers. The Livermore
Vision Project & General Plan received a 2004 Award for Excellence, Planning Implementation
Small Jurisdiction from the Northern California Section of the American Planning Association.
Windsor General Plan Economic Components
Town of Windsor, CA
BAE served as the economics consultant on the team that prepared the first General Plan for the
Town of Windsor, in Sonoma County. BAE's responsibilities included preparing the Housing
Element, a public facilities funding strategy, and a fiscal impact analysis to analyze the Town's
budget viability through General Plan buildout.
Tracy General Plan
City of Tracy, CA
Tracy has a longstanding image as a rapidly growing suburban community near the Bay Area. As
part of its General Plan update, the City re -focused future'planning on a more pedestrian -oriented
smart growth framework, including emphasis on its historic downtown and neighborhood
villages. BAE analyzed the current parcel -by -parcel development pattern using assessor's parcel
data, and evaluated the future demand for retail nodes within the urban village framework.
General Plan Pro -Forma Project
City of Rancho Cordova, CA
BAE is serving as an economics consultant for the General Plan Pro -Forma project. This project
is part of the process that this newly incorporated City is undertaking to establish its own General
Plan, to plan to expand the City more than five -fold over the next 30 years. The goal of the
General Plan pro -forma project is to use economic analysis to help shape the General Plan in a
way that is responsive to market opportunities and also safeguards the City's fiscal security as it
takes on considerable new service responsibilities, not only from service area expansions, but also
from expanding the range of municipal services provided. BAE has assisted with the preparation
of project -specific fiscal impact analyses as well as a General Plan -level fiscal impact model
which is designed to evaluate alternatives. BAE has also conducted market analysis to provide
projections
tt oflvdemand for retail, office, and industrial land uses, in order to fine-tune the General
Plan land use r.-dx.
Economic Development Strategy for Newly Incorporated City
City of Citrus Heights, CA
BAE prepared a comprehensive economic development strategy for newly incorporated Citrus
Heights in Sacramento County. The strategy involved an in-depth economic baseline study,
including extensive primary and secondary data analysis to identify current conditions and the
City's competitive niches within the larger region. Working with a public/private task force, BAE
developed a three -pronged strategy to preserve and enhance the retail base, diversify the local
economic base, and improve the quality of life to create a more attractive location for workers
and businesses. BAE later served on the City's General Plan consultant team, and worked to
ensure that the General Plan as a whole reflected key components of the Economic Development
Strategy.
Davis General Plan Update
City of Davis, CA
BAE prepared a comprehensive fiscal impact analysis for the General Plan Update that examined
four alternatives and quantified General Fund fiscal impacts at buildout and for specific years
during the interim period. The analysis identified structural problems with the City's long-term
cost/revenue structure, and suggested City actions to ensure long-term fiscal health as new
developments are approved. In addition, to assist the City with policy decisions regarding
property annexations for R & D business park development, BAE's work included screening and
evaluation of the fiscal impacts of three different peripheral business/R&D park proposals.
Pleasanton General Plan Update
City of Pleasanton, CA
BAE conducted a comprehensive fiscal impact analysis, including projections of costs for all
General Fund programs and services and revenues to be generated by residential, retail, industrial,
and hotel land uses. The analysis featured an assessment of the sustainability of long -terns public
service provision, including an in-depth accounting of deferred expenditures and additional
expenditures needed to fully fund current services. BAE also reviewed historic and expected
revenue and expense trends to identify potential changes to the City's current revenue structure.
The City of Pleasanton recently selected BAE to serve a similar role for their current General
Plan Update.
Solano County Housing Element Update
County of Solano, CA
BAE prepared the Housing Element Update for the Solano County General. Plan, which includes
involves primarily agricultural areas, but also includes a number of semi -rural unincorporated
communities similar to some of the communities found in unincorporated City of Lathrop. BAE
reviewed the performance of the prior housing element, conducted a detailed housing needs
assessment based on current and projected conditions, collected input from a wide range of public
stakeholders. BAB then drafted an updated set of housing policies and programs to address the
housing needs and opportunities within the unincorporated area. This assignment included
working closely ih County staff and staff from the Statc Department of Housing Cornmunity
Development in order to craft a Housing Element that would comply with State laws while also
addressing local issues, heeds, and priorities. BAE has recently been selected as part of a
consultant team that will, prepare a comprehensive General Plan update for Solano County.
In addition to our work on the General Plan Update projects listed above, including the Tracy
General Plan Update, BAE brings additional experience conducting economic analysis for
projects located in the San Joaquin Valley region. The following examples illustrate a range of
our experience:
Stockton Waterfront Revitalization Action Plan
City of Stockton, CA
BAE managed this planning process to revitalize Stockton's historic waterfront. BAE facilitated
a 28 -member Task Force to assess existing opportunities and identify barriers to redevelopment,
leading to a set of alternative visions and development proposals. BAE then analyzed key
proposals for economic and physical feasibility, organized several public workshops, and
recommended a refined land use plan. To implement the vision, a wide variety of actions were
formulated, including physical improvements, economic development strategies, and
development strategies for key sites. This project received the 1996 American Planning
Association Award for Excellence, Implementation in a Large Jurisdiction. Many features of the
plan have been implemented, including the Weber Point Events Center and Plaza, the Hotel
Stockton rehabilitation, and new sports and entertainment venues.
Economic Development Strategy
City of Tracy, CA
The City of Tracy has long served as a bedroom community for commuters to the Bay Area, due
to its relatively inexpensive housing stock. As the community has grown, it has developed a
smart growth vision involving diversification of its economic base to minimize out -commuting.
To implement this vision, BAE prepared an Economic Conditions Analysis, profiling Tracy's
strengths, weaknesses, and economic development opportunities. In addition, BAE assisted with
revision of marketing materials for the City's Economic Development Department. Working
with the Economic Development Committee, BAE then developed a series of strategies to attract
higher wage jobs to planned business parks, enhance the downtown, reuse obsolete buildings, and
retrain the labor force.
Community Center Feasibility Analysis
City of Ceres, CA
Working as part of a consultant team, BAE analyzed the economic and financial feasibility of
converting a church acquired by the City into a multi -use community center. BAE's work
included an analysis of the sources and uses of funds to complete project renovation. BAB also
prepared a detailed estimate of operating revenues and costs, including operating and
maintenance expenses; tenant and supplemental income, costs and revenues associated with city -
sponsored programs; and facility rental income (e.g., banquets and meetings, kitchen rental). The
objective of BAE's work Eras to realistically estimate the amount of ueneral Fund support needed
to augment other income and support planned programs and facilities.
Historic Landmark IN'lark-eting and Disposition
Stockton Redevelopment Agency, CA
This project involved the marketing and disposition of a historic downtown landmark, Hotel
Stockton, which was built as a hotel and converted to office space in the 1960s. Our work
included formulation of a marketing strategy, identification of target markets, preparation of an
extensive mailing list, preparation of eye-catching marketing materials, interaction with interested
parties, and selection of a development group.
Elderly Housing Feasibility Study
City of Hughson, CA
BAE conducted a market analysis and financial feasibility analysis for an elderly housing project
in the City of Hughson. This study included a market analysis, an assessment of available
community resources to support elderly housing, a detailed segmentation of demand for different
types of elderly housing, and preparation of a pro -forma feasibility analysis to determine the
subsidy needed to make the housing affordable to senior households with different income levels.
Economic Analysis of Port of Stockton Development Plans
Friends of Riviera Cliffs
BAE assisted this community based group in its land use advocacy activities by providing an
evaluation of the economic basis for the Port's plans to expand onto the former Rough and Ready
Island naval depot. BAE analyzed job creation, market demand, and the potential for the
development project to create "living wage" jobs for residents of the Stockton area.
Qualifications of Key BAE Personnel
Matt Kowta, M.C.P., Principal
Matt Kowta will serve as BAE's project manager for this assignment. Mr. Kowta will be actively
involved in all aspects of the project, including attending key meetings and presentations,
directing and overseeing all BAE work on the project. He is the founder and manager of BAE's
Sacramento area office, located in Davis. He specializes in revitalization and redevelopment,
public finance, fiscal impact, affordable housing, and strategic economic development. Through
his work, Mr. Kowta has pioneered innovative techniques in economic analysis to meet the
challenges of contemporary urban development. Prior to establishing BAE's Sacramento Region
office in 1995, Mr. Kowta worked for over four years in BAE's Berkeley office. His
involvement in projects extends throughout the Sacramento Region and the Central Valley, the
Bay Area, and elsewhere in California and the Western U.S.
Mr. Kowta's work includes providing economic. analysis in support of numerous General Plan
projects, including Rancho Cordova, Davis, Pleasanton, Truckee, Citrus Heights, Rancho
Cordova, Newman, and Windsor. He has extensive managing and preparing all three types of
economics studies envisioned for the Lathrop General Plan Update, including economic
background studies, fiscal impact analyses for General Plan alternatives, and General Plan
Economic Development Elements.
Mr. Kowta earned a B.A. in Geography from U.C.L.A. and an M.C.P. from U.C. Berkeley. He
has lectured at U.C. Berkeley, and has been a featured speaker for U.C. Davis, the California
Downtown Association, the California Local Agency Formation Commission, and the Urban
Land Institute Real Estate School. He is a member of professional organizations including the
Urban Land Institute, the American Planning Association, the International Economic
Development Council (IEDC), and the California Association for Local Economic Development.
Mr. Kowta serves as President of the Davis Downtown Business Association, the managing entity
for the City of Davis' Main Street program.
Sherry Okun, M.A., Associate
Sherry Okun will assist Mr. Kowta with all aspects of the project and serve as a day to day
manager of BAE's own internal work efforts. She will also lead BAE's work on the fiscal impact
analysis portion of the project. Ms. Okun specializes in economic impacts analysis, market
analysis, and public finance. She has researched potential funding sources for public
improvements along the Sacramento Riverfront, conducted dual fiscal impact analyses for two
master planned communities proposed in Vacaville, and updated of a public facilities financing
plan for an 823 -acre mixed-use development. She is currently working on an economic analysis
of build alternatives on top of the planned decking of Interstate Highway 5 in Downtown
Sacramento. In addition, Ms. Okun is projecting the cumulative fiscal and economic impacts of a
proposed Indian gaming casino in Rohnert Park, California. Ms. Okun has extensive knowledge
of the IMPLAN input-output model, which uses county specific industry relationship matrices to
estimate the economic multiplier effects of proposed projects.
Prior to joining BAE, Ms. Okun held positions in economic research with the Federal Reserve
Bank of Atlanta, the Georgia State University Economic Forecasting Center, and a concert
promotions firm. Ms. Okun received her Bachelor's Degree in Economics from Georgia State
University and her Master's in Economics at California State University, Sacramento.
Keren Costanzo, M.R.P., Associate
Keren Costanzo will serve as project staff for this assignment, focusing on the background
economic analysis as well as the Economic Development Element portions of the project. She
specializes in economic development, economic impact studies, and community development.
Currently, she is working on a pro -forma economic impact analysis of proposed affordable
housing policies for the Town of Truckee, helping Town policy makers strike a balance between
community benefits and financial feasibility for developers. She is also assisting with a market
analysis for a proposed regional shopping center in the rapidly -growing North Natomas area in
Sacramento. Keren utilizes state -of -the art tools and databases, such as input-output models and
geographic information systems, along with various primary research methods to provide clients
with both quantitative and qualitative analysis of challenging issues.
Prior to joining BAE, Keren worked with a university research center focused on economic
development issues. While there, she authored several economic impact reports, as well as
industry cluster studies and workforce assessments. She also worked as an economist for the U.S.
Bureau of Economic Analysis preparing state and local transfer payment data. In this role, she
conducted primary and secondary data research, andinvestigated new data estimation
methodologies. Keren earned a B.A. in Economics and International relations fr0111 Aillerlcarl
j University and a Masters in Regional Planning with specializations in economic development and
f community economic development from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Her
Plaster's Project investigated the role of conn uunity development organizations in providing
Islamic financing options to the Somali immigrant community in the Twin Cities.
Patrick McLaughlin, Analyst
Pat McLaughlin will provide economic research and analysis to support BAE's work on the
General Plan Update project. Recently, he has conducted market research in support of a
downtown revitalization project in Rocklin, analyzed the fiscal viability of a proposed fire district
annexation in the Truckee/Donner area, and researched housing needs in Fresno County.
Currently, he is assisting with the completion of a market analysis for a retail center in Mariposa
County and he recently prepared background economic information for the Newman General
Plan Update and conducted market research for the Rancho Cordova General Plan Pro -Forma.
Mr. McLaughlin received a B.A. in Economics and Political Science from University of
California, Davis.
References
Rancho Cordova General Pian Pro -Forma Project
Pam Johns, General Plan Manager
City of Rancho Cordova
(916)361-8384
Solano County Housing Element
Harry Englebright, Principal Planner
County of Solano
(707) 784-6765
Truckee General Plan Update
Duane Hall, Town Planner
Town of Tnickee
(530) 582-7820
April 24, 2006
Mr. Randy Hatch
Community Development Director
City of Lodi
221 West Pine Street
Lodi, CA 95241-1910
Subject: Proposal for the City of Lodi General Plan Update and EIR
Dear Mr. Hatch:
URS Corporation (URS) is pleased to submit our proposal for the preparation of the City of Lodi (City)
General Plan Update. This supplements the Statement of Qualifications (SOQ) submitted to the City in
February 2006 that provided an overview of the experience of our Team in land use and environmental
planning. Our SOQ and this proposal demonstrate the following significant benefits URS brings to the
City of Lodi.
Demonstrated Performance — We have demonstrated quality performance through our successful
completion of other land use planning documents throughout California, including general plans and
specific plans.
In -House Resources — We will use our own experienced land use/environmental planners, biologists,
archaeologists, and noise, air quality, geographic information system (GIS), and public outreach
specialists. These internal resources will preclude any heavy reliance on subconsultants. Therefore, we
can proceed with the General Plan process in a more timely and efficient manner. We will be
supplementing our Team with Doug Svensson of Applied Development Economics, Mark Brodeur of
Downtown Solutions, Michael Notestine of Mogavero Notestine Associates, Al Warot of Wildan
Associates, and Julie Morgan of Fehr and Peers, assisting in specific roles.
Respond to Local Needs - Our Team will take a very hands-on, personal approach to the General Plan
Update. We will work closely with City staff to implement the work program for the General Plan
Update so that we can respond to local issues and priorities.
Cost Effective — The URS team will work closely with the City to effectively meet project objectives
through regular re-evaluation of the scope and budget. We will review the project scope at project
initiation and quarterly thereafter to evaluate whether the defined project meets City needs.
URS Corporation
Crown Corporate Center
2870 Gateway Oaks Drive, Suite 150
Sacramento, CA 95833
Tel: 916.679.2000
Fax: 916.679.2900
Mr. Hatch Page 2
City of Lodi
' April 24, 2006
As presented in the RFP, a traffic model will be prepared during the General Plan Update process; the
General Plan consultant will be required to use this model. According to Julie Morgan of Fehr and
Peers, a proposal for a Citywide Traffic Model was submitted separately by Fehr and Peers on March 15,
2006. Therefore, that proposal has not been included with this submittal.
As indicated in our enclosed General Plan Update proposal, Fehr and Peers has provided URS with a
separate scope for preparing the circulation tasks necessary for the General Plan and EIR that will
incorporate information from the traffic model. It is unclear whether the City is requiring the circulation
tasks to be performed by Fehr and Peers. Therefore, we decided to include the Fehr and Peers scope and
cost estimate in this proposal. In the event that the City is not satisfied with the scope or cost estimate
that Fehr and Peers submitted to us for their General Plan tasks (see Table 3.1 of the proposal), URS will
renegotiate tasks and costs with the City in using our in-house technical resources or an alternative
subconsultant to prepare these tasks.
We look forward to having the opportunity to work with you on this important planning effort. Together,
we can develop a plan for successful and vibrant city growth. If you have any questions or would like
additional information, please do not hesitate to contact me at (916) 679-2207.
Sincerely,
URS Corporation
Joe A. Trapasso
Vice President, Environmental/Planning Division Manager
Attachment: Proposal
cc: Brian Smith, URS
Jeff Rice, URS
Nick Trifiro, URS
Proposal file
Proposal for the City of Lodi
General Plan Update and EIR
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1.0 CONSULTING TEAM..................................................................................1-1
2.0 SCOPE OF WORK......................................................................................2-1
2.1 INTRODUCTION...............................................................................2-1
2.2 COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION PROGRAM....................................2-1
2.3 GENERAL PLAN UPDATE...............................................................2-5
2.4 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT...........................................2-18
2.5 OPTIONAL TASKS..........................................................................2-24
3.0 COST PROPOSAL.....................................................................................3-1
4.0 CRITICAL ASSUMPTIONS........................................................................4-1
5.0 PROJECT SCHEDULE...............................................................................5-1
LIST OF FIGURES
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1.0 CONSULTING TEAM
The URS Consulting Team's Cream) comprehensive approach will allow City
leaders to identify, address, and respond to the public and stakeholders during the
General Plan update process. Our Team will use extensive analysis of existing
conditions to balance the community's needs for fixture urban development and the
preservation of agricultural land. Working with the City staff, we will be able to
create an interactive process that reflects the community's values, while planning for
sustainability, resource conservation, and fiscal responsibility.
Benefits of Selecting the URS Team
We understand that the City of Lodi is reviewing proposals from other qualified
planning consultants. Why should the City select our Team for this important
project? Our Team offers numerous advantages that will ensure the best value and
product for the City.
■ In -House Resources. Because of the firm's multidisciplinary nature, URS can
assemble a technical project team with extensive knowledge and experience.
URS has over 250 local staff in Sacramento and 1,000 in northern California.
For the City of Lodi General Plan, URS will use our own experienced land
use/environmental planners, biologists, archaeologists, and noise, air quality,
geographic information system (GIS), and public outreach specialists. These
internal resources will preclude any a heavy reliance on subconsultants.
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efficient way and successfully address the range of issues facing the community,
such as the compatibility of land uses, the protection of viticulture, and the
safety and quality of life for residents and businesses.
URS is in the process of concluding several of our General Plan projects, and
- we will have technical staff readily available to serve the City of Lodi's General
Plan needs.
■ Relevant URS Team Experience. We have assembled a multidisciplinary
team of experienced, committed professionals that we are sure will more than
' meet the City's expectations. The Team we have assembled brings to this
project deep expertise in general planning, planning and land use law,
transportation, infrastructure, environmental resources, economic development,
community design, and community outreach. The Team will draw on our
extensive experience in other communities throughout the region and the state
to provide a range of innovative planning solutions based on state-of-the-art
planning practice. We will engage the City, in discussions of innovative
approaches.
$i We will commit our most experienced staff and amplify their capabilities with
A. specialized subconsultants. URS has worked successfully with these
i subconsultants on various general plan projects in the past. Our Team and the
roles each firm will play in supporting the City of Lodi General Plan Update are
summarized hereafter.
URS. URS will be the prime consultant to the City of Lodi. URS will be
1& responsible for overall project management and coordination with Team
subconsultants. We also will be responsible for the land use planning,
environmental planning, public outreach, and GIS tasks for the General
Plan. The firm's close working relationship with the subconsultants on this
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Team on past projects will serve as a valuable asset in maintaining excellent
communication and coordination throughout the General Plan process.
Furthermore, our experience in managing General Plans for other relatively
small communities in the valley, such as the Cities of Merced and Selma, will
serve as a valuable benefit to the City of Lodi.
Fehr & Peers. Fehr & Peers, with its current work in transportation
planning for Lodi, will prepare the traffic model (Fehr & Peers has
submitted this proposal separately to the City) and incorporate the
necessary information into the transportation element of the General Plan.
— Downtown Solutions. Downtown Solutions will bring its extensive
experience in downtown preservation and revitalization to the Team to
prepare the Downtown Vision Element and. Community Design Element
for the {:general Plan. (These are optional [Elements that the City may
choose to proceed with for the General Plan Update). Downtown Solutions
will work with URS and I:�'chr & Peers in the preparation of the land -use
and circulation diagrams for the General Plan Update.
— Mogavero Notestine Associates. Mogavero Notestine Associates will
bring its unique blend of urban design, planning, architecture, and public
outreach experience for small communities, such as Live Oak, Newcastle,
and Yuba City, to assist URS in the public participation tasks for the
General Plan Update.
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Y = — Willdan Associates. Willdan ,:'lssociates will bring its experience and
knowledge in assisting over 600 public agencies in infrastructure planning
and financing to Lodi for the preparation of the stormwater, water, and
wastewater sections of the General Plan.
— Applied Development Economics (ADE). ADE will bring its experience
in economic development to prepare an economic analysis of the wine
industry in Lodi. The main focus of this effort will be to address how the
General Plan can contribute to the future enhancement of the local wine
industry.
■ Respond to Local Needs. Our Team takes a very hands-on, personal
approach to our projects. We work closely with our clients to develop and
implement tailored work programs that respond to local issues and priorities.
We will develop detailed work programs for this 2 -year General Plan based on
innovative approaches. Our Team will work closely with City staff to discuss
the issues and goals identified and the Vision Statement to be crafted. The
General Plan Update that will be drafted will be the Lodi General Plan, not a
plan taken off the shelf or based on another community's planning efforts. The
General Plan will be unique to Lodi, ensuring I:.odi's vision of the future that
will spur the community to wort: toward its implementation.
Project Management Approach
The key to the success of the General Plan update is project management. We will
coordinate input from the City Council, Planning Commission, City staff, the
Citizens Advisory Committee and other community stakeholders and facilitate and
synthesize information from the multidisciplinary team. URS brings to the City of
Lodi strong project management skills coupled with the communication skills
necessary to interface with all stakeholders as we work together to build consensus.
The General Plan Update will require a multidisciplinary approach to balance and
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optimize the project objectives. Managed successfully, the project will not only
address community goals but also serve as a policy document reflecting stakeholder
cooperation on seemingly conflicting issues.
URS will approach project management in two ways. first, the URS Team must
work with diverse stakeholders to set General Plan program project parameters. We
will use that information as the foundation in preparing, and implementing the
resulting plan. This will be done through direct coordination with City staff in
identifying the stakeholders and conducting the appropriate meetings and
workshops that will achieve the following goals:
■ Establish project objectives, identify issues, and explore commonalities between
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■ Develop preferred solutions and/or approaches that maximize success.; and
■ Lead to plan options and a preferred alternative.
Second, the URS "Team must take the project objectives established at the outset
and determine, through expertise, past experience, and technical research how best
to help the City of Lodi integrate design with the natural and built environment.
Key Personnel
The URS team will be coordinated by an experienced, hands-on Project Manager,
Mr. Jeffry Rice, AICP, and a Deputy Project Manager, Mr. Nick Trifiro, AICD.
Mr. Rice and Mr. Trifiro will be supported by a local team of professionals (see
Figure 1-1, Organizational Chart) with experience in all aspects of General Plan
Updates. The qualification of our key personnel are discussed hereafter, and full
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resumes of all our proposed staff are included in Appendix A of the proposal.
Joe Trapasso — Principal -in -Charge
Mr. Trapasso will be the URS Principal in Charge for the Lodi General Plan Update.
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responsibilities will include ensuring that staffing throughout the General Plan
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Update process is more than adequate to meet the City's needs. Mr. Trapasso will
also ensure proper adherence to the URS quality control procedures for all
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deliverables on the project so that the City is fully satisfied with the updated General
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Mr. 'Trapasso is the Environmental/ Planning Division Manager for URS'
Sacramento Office. Most of his 30 years of technical and management experience
has been related to California environmental and regulatory permitting issues. I Ie
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has served as Program Manager or Project Director on studies for industry and
government, many of which have included environmental assessments involving the
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the California Environmental
Quality Act (CE A), regulatory review and preparation of permits for proposed
and modified facilities, regulatory impact assessments, water and air quality planning,
environmental audits, storm water pollution prevention, control strategy
development, health risk assessments, air toxic evaluations, state implementation
plan (SIP) assistance, and design and construction management. Currently,
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Mr. Trapasso is serving as the Principal in Charge of the preparation of the General
Plan Update and EIR for the City of Merced.
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Biological Resources Urban Design Cultural Resources
EJ Koford Mark Brodeur, FIUD (DS) Brian Hatoif, RPA
Anja Kelsey Jason Jones
Air Quality Economic Development Parka/Recreation
Raj Rangaraj, PhD Douglas Svensson, AICP (ADE) George Strnad, ASLA, AIA
Transportation Planning GIS Utilitles
Douglas Smith, PE Carolyn Knight Al Warot (WA)
Noise
Robert Greene
Groundwater
Jeff Herrin
Loren Murray, PE
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ADE = Applied Development Economics F&P = Fehr & Peers WA = Wilidan Associates
DS o Downtown Solutions MNA = Mogavero Notestine Associates
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Jeffrey Rice, AICP - Project Manager/ General Plan Update Task Lead
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Mr. Rice will be the overall Project Manager for the project. Mr. Rice will be
nsible for managing the contract schedule and budget and for providing o
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professional. IIe has worked extensively in the public sector and for local.
government in California. Els a result, he is versed in planning, land use, and.
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environmental compliance in California. l-Iis strengths in land -use planning and
design, Specific Plans, General Plans, zoning codes, design standards, and CEQA
can be applied throughout the course of this General Plan Update.
Nick Trifiro, AICP - Deputy Project Manager
As the Deputy Project Manager, Mr. Trifiro will be in continuous contact with City
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staff to ensure that General Plan needs are met on a day-to-day basis. Mr, "Trifiro
will coordinate closely with Mr. Rice and will assume project management
responsibilities should Mr. Rice be unavailable. He will work with Mr. Rice in
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assigning tasks to key staff members and maintaining contact with subconsultants to
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Specific Plans, Initial Studies, and Environmental Impact Reports/Environmental
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Impact Statements (EIRs/EISs) for planning projects. His involvement in
" numerous General Plan updates, including General Plan updates for the Cities of
Lincoln, Merced, Tulare, and Woodland and the Counties of Lake and Tulare, have
provided him with the depth of experience necessary to oversee the General Plan
process for the City of Lodi, while remaining involved in the preparation of the
necessary reports for the project.
Kevin Spesert - Public Participation Task Lead
Mr. Spesert will be the task leader for the public outreach portion of the General
Plan Update. Mr. Spesert will oversee all public outreach tasks that URS will
perform with Mogavero Notestine Associates, including meeting preparation and
attendance, and newsletter preparation, and media coordination.
Mr. Spesert has extensive experience in the field of governmental affairs and
community relations at the federal, state and local levels. Mr. Spesert is currently
managing the Governmental Affairs operations of the Sacramento URS office in
addition to providing public affairs support to several URS clients. Active in
municipal government, Mr. Spesert is currently a Planning Commissioner for the
City of Woodland where he helps to develop municipal land use and growth
management planning for a city of 50,000 residents. As a Planning Commissioner,
Mr. Spesert has taken a leadership role in the development of regional policies for
wastewater/stormwater treatment, infrastructure development and growth
a��rk a management.
Brian Smith, A1CP - EIR Task Lead
As the task leader for the preparation of the General Plan update EIR, Mr. Smith
will be responsible for providing technical oversight and coordination of staff
assigned to preparing the EIR.
Mr. Smith serves as the Director of Planning for the firm's Santa Ana office. He has
responsibility for a variety of urban, regional, and environmental planning
assignments throughout the Central Valley. Mr. Smith is currently managing the
Merced General Plan and the Dominion Annexation EIR for the City of Merced.
alis CEQA expertise includes large-scale land -development projects, including those
involving Specific Plans and Master EIRs. He also has had extensive experience as a
planner for the public sector, which will prove to be a valuable asset for the City of
. Lodi General Plan Update.
°qpP Julie Morgan - Traffic Model Task Lead
Ms. Morgan will be responsible for coordinating the preparation of the Circulation
w Element and the associated EIR section for the General Plan, which will
incorporate information from the City-wide traffic model.
Ms. Morgan has extensive experience in the preparation of transportation impact
sections of environmental documents for projects ranging from large-scale
residential and office /industrial developments to highway improvement projects.
She has also assisted in developing innovative modeling tools (INDEX, Smart
Growth INDEX) for the Environmental Protection Agency and regional planning
organizations to evaluate transportation effects of proposed growth policies.
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2.0 SCOPE OF WORK
2.1 Introduction
This Section will discuss our Team's
approach for completing the following scope
of work components:
■ Community Participation Program
(Section 2.2)
■ General Plan (Section 2.3)
■ General Plan EIR (Section 2.4)
■ Optional Tasks (Section 2.5)
As a result of each of these components, the
following will be achieved for the City of
Lodi and its residents.
Proposal for the City Of Lodi
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=Plan:Acc�eptance
Informed and Involved Public. The most effective General Plans are those that
keep local officials, staff, and citizens informed and involved throughout the
General. Plan process. The result is plans and designs that reflect community values
and widespread community support (an essential ingredient for successful
implementation). Our '.['earn includes highly experienced professional planners and
community outreach and participation specialists. As a result of our community
outreach effort, the General Plan Update will articulate the community's vision For
its future, creating a cohesive relationship between community values and actual
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General Plan policies.
Plan Acceptance. URS knows from experience that keeping the City staff and
r;r r public engaged throughout the General Plan process will ensure that it becomes a
plan that is well -accepted by the community. The continuous coordination with the
community and City staff through public workshops and staff meetings during each
* phase of the General. Plan will ensure that there are no surprises along the way.
Successful Implementation. URS knows that Lodi looks for explicit limes to
implementation mechanisms. Priority in programs and an "action
t plan" for near-term priorities for the City will strengthen the General Plan. We will
include specific, recommended implementation programs to help guide the City to
achieve the vision expressed in the General Plan. The General Plan will be well
written, presented in a pleasing format, and designed for ease of use by City staff
and officials. It will be used, rather than sitting on a bookshelf.
2.2 Community Participation Program
We understand that this General Plan Update must achieve an inclusive process for
community involvement yet remain cost-effective and time efficient. As part of the
commututy participation program, the following components will be included in the
General Plan Update process:
■ Public Participation and Information
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Citizens Advisory Committee Meetings
` ■ Stakeholder Meetings
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■ Public Workshops
■ Public Hearing Process
These components are described in greater detail hereafter.
Public Participation and Information
The following task will be performed to encourage public participation and provide
information on the project and its status throughout the General Plan Update.
General Plan Documents for City Web Site. The placement of the General Plan
documents on the City Web site is a simple and cost-effective way to make the
General Plan and its components available for public review. This also provides a
method to gain public feedback. As part of this project, the Team will make the
following documents available for the Web site:
■ Background Report
■ .Alternatives Report
■ General Plan
■ General Plan I:IR
■ Newsletters
City PowerPoint Presentation. The 'Team will develop a PowerPoint presentation
combining text, photographs, and illustrations that will provide an overview of the
General Plan Update program and issues to be addressed in the General Plan. This
presentation will be used and updated during the C:lcneral Plan program and will be
vice clubs and neighborhood during workshops with neighborhood groups, 5cr
" associations. The PowerPoint presentations created can be packaged and provided
to City staff, interested neighborhood groups, local media, and others to use in
providing information to other groups.
' Community Image Survey PowerPoint Presentation. The Team will develop
and administer a visual "Community Image Survey" consisting of PowerPoint slides.
y Tgauge the communities' preference for different types of building styles, quality
of design, pedestrian improvements, gateway treatments, street furniture, street
=. a trees, etc., the Team will prepare a visual survey of different design options. The
slides will be assembled into a presentation that will be shown to participants during
the initial workshop. Participants will score each image based on their like or dislike
ness for Lodi. If any schools or service
of the image and its appropriate
organizations express an interest in using the survey to obtain more input on the
planning and design process, the Team will provide the City with instructions and a
\ script for conducting the survey, along with forms to record scores. The City will
provide the returned score sheets to the consultant, who will add these scores to the
t cumulative total.
Newsletters. Tlzc "Team proposes to develop a series of newsletters to be
distributed to key stakeholders and the general public four times during the update
process. Each two- to four-page newsletter will describe the current status of the
nnounce the availability of documents and the dates of upcoming
update program, a
meetings, and provide opportunities for written responses to reports and General
Plan documents. The newsletters will be prepared primarily by the Team with City
staff input and will be produced and distributed by the City.
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Based on our previous General Plan experience, the four newsletters will be most
effective if they discuss the following topics related to major project milestones:
■ Newsletter #1— The General Plan Update Process. The Team will prepare
an initial newsletter describing the General Plan Update process. This newsletter
will provide the public with an understanding of what a general plan program
entails and how they can be involved in the project. This newsletter will be
released during Phase 1, after the project kick-off.
■ Newsletter #2 — Overview of Background Report. The Team will prepare a
newsletter briefly summarizing the existing conditions discussed in the Draft
Background Report. This newsletter will be released at the end of Phase 2, after
the Draft Background Report has been completed.
■ Newsletter #3 — Overview of Issues and Opportunities. The Tearn will
prepare a newsletter briefly summarizing the issues and opportunities discussed
in the Issues and Opportunities Report and will discuss potential approaches to
these items that can be pursued in the General Plan. This newsletter will be
released in Phase 3, after the Issues and Opportunities Report is completed.
■ Newsletter #4 - General Plan. The Team will prepare a newsletter describing
the General. Plan Goals and Policies Report. This newsletter will be released at
the end of Phase 5, after the General Plan Goals and Policies Report is
completed.
_ Media Coordination. As part of the General Plan Update, keeping the public
informed and involved. will be important to the success of the update process and
future implementation. A key item in keeping the public informed is maintaining
.. good relations with local media (newspapers and broadcast). As part of our project,
_.; we will prepare media releases for City staff's review and use. 'These will be targeted
at announcing the progress of the General Plan, upcoming public participation
events, and the release of documents.
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? E -Mail Distribution List. An e-mail distribution list will be created to disseminate
.. information and documents for those who wish to use e-mail communications. We
„4 will encourage this form of communication and distribution to reduce reproduction
and distribution costs to the City. We will provide monthly updates to participants
on the list and notices of the availability of public documents.
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Allowance for Spanish Language Translation. URS will work with local
community groups to assist in outreach to the Hispanic community. We will. provide
Spanish translation services at public meetings and Spanish language versions of
public notices. Because the nature and extent of translation services is uncertain, we
-` have budgeted an allowance for translation services.
Citizens Advisory Committee Meetings
The CAC will provide an effective cross section of the community, with both
elected and appointed officials and community members. Their working knowledge
of the community will provide valuable input into the development and direction of
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The Team will work closely with the Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC)
throughout the General Plan Update process by meeting with the committee during
every phase of the project. During each meeting, the Team will keep the CAC
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informed of where the Team is in the process and what has been accomplished to
date.
The following meetings will be held during various phases of the project.
■ CAC Meeting #1: Project Kick -Off. The purpose of this meeting is to
provide the CAC with a complete overview of what the General Plan is and
how the General Plan process works.
■ CAC Meeting #2: Issues and Opportunities. During this meeting, the Team
will discuss issues such as farmland protection and transportation, and address
opportunities for economic development. This meeting will coincide with the
preparation of the Issues and Opportunities Report.
■ CAC Meeting #3: Background Report. The purpose of this meeting is to
discuss the work completed in the Background. Report and to hear comments
from the CAC on the report prior to public release.
■ CAC Meeting #4: Project Alternatives. At this meeting, the 'Team will
discuss the evaluation of the General Plan alternatives and ask for input from
the CAC.
■ CAC Meeting #5: Revised Goals and Policies. During this meeting, the
Team will present the revised Goals and Polices of the General Plan and take
recommendations from the CAC.
■ CAC Meeting #6: Draft General Plan/EIR. T"his meeting will be used to
present the Draft General Plan and EIR and to hear comments and
x, recommendations from the CAC.
Stakeholder Meetings
Prior to the initial public workshop, the Team will meet with key stal:cholders
identified by the City to establish a preliminary framework for the plat ing process
' and to identify expectations and possible issues.
s" Appropriate members, with the assistance of City staff., will schedule and meet with
i = 6 to 12 stakeholders. Potential stakeholders include: the Chamber of Commerce
"t g: neighborhood groups, special district, school district, public safety providers,
property owners, local commercial real tors, among others.
Public Workshops
�j The workshops will be used as an educational tool for the public and to help focus
the General Plan Update. These workshops will help identify opportunities and
issues and discuss policy alternatives and implementation. During the public
workshops, citizen groups will begiven the opportunity to have meaningful
discussion on issues pertaining to the project.
The workshops will be set up using an "open house" format that will allow for a
general presentation followed by breakout groups that will discuss subjects of
interest. The following workshops are proposed.
■ Public Workshop #1: Overview of General Plan Process. This workshop
will discuss "what a General Plan is?" and provide a forum for discussing and
identifying issues and opportunities.
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■ Public Workshop #2: Background Report. This workshop will give
community and citizen groups the opportunity to have meaningful discussion
on Background Report findings.
■ Public Workshop #3: Issues and Alternatives. This workshop will give
community and citizen groups the opportunity to have meaningful discussion
on issues such as economic development and agricultural land preservation and
to provide potential solutions/ alternatives.
■ Public Workshop #4: Alternatives. This workshop will give community and
citizen groups the opportunity to discuss the alternatives that have been drafted
based on community input from Public Workshop #3, Issues and. Alternatives.
■ Public Workshop #5: General Plan Policies. This workshop will involve a
discussion of the goals and policies to be included in the General Plan.
Feedback from this workshop will be consolidated and incorporated into a
report for inclusion in the materials provided to the CAC, the Planning
Commission, and the City Council..
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To involve as many citizens as possible, each workshop will be held in a different
part of Lodi. An extra effort will be made to engage citizens from the eastern side of
the community.
During the workshops, public comments on issues will be recorded by the Team
and reviewed. Issues that are discussed will be summarized and provided to City
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staff and decision makers for their consideration.
Public Hearing Process
During this phase, formal public hearings of the Planning Commission and City
Council will be held to consider the General Plan and E?IR documents. At the
conclusion of their deliberations the Planning Commission will forward a
recommendation to the Citv Council concerning the draft reports. The City Council
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will then consider this recommendation and direct staff and the Team to make
necessary revisions to the draft reports and prepare final reports for adoption
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Objective
This phase involves the refinement of the scope of work and schedule for the
General Plan.
Task 1.1 Refining the Scope of Work
At the start of the General Plan Update process, the Team will meet with the City's
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staff to review the City's objectives for each component and key issues of
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integration and consistency with existing plans and programs. Work under this task
will include the following.
■ Develop a detailed project schedule, including schedules for public
participation.
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■ Inventory problems and issues associated with the current City General Plan
and development regulations. This part of the discussion will review staff
experience with and knowledge of shortcomings in the substantive and
procedural provisions of the City's current planning tools.
■ Review and discuss overall format and organization of the planning products.
This will also be a good time to discuss the element structure of the new
General Plan.
■ Collect initial documents from the City that will be useful for this project (based
on a data request provided by our Team prior to the meeting).
During this task, the consultants will prepare subcontracts and establish
administrative procedures for coordination among consulting team members and
with the City.
Task 1.2 Stakeholder Meetings
Prior to the initial public workshop, the Team will meet with key stakeholders
identified by the City to establish a preliminary framework for the planning process
and to identify the expectations and possible issues.
Appropriate Team members, with the assistance of City staff, will schedule and
meet with 6 to 12 stakeholders. Potential stakeholders include: the Chamber of
Commerce, neighborhood groups, special district, school district, public safety
providers, property owners, and local commercial realtors, among others.
Task 1.3 Public Workshop #1: Overview of General Plan Process
As part of the General Plan Update, this workshop will give community and citizen
groups an overview of how the General Plan process works.
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Task 1.4 Newsletter #1- The General Plan Update Process
a The "Team will prepare a series of newsletters during the program to keep the
A community up-to-date on the program. Each newsletter will contain information on,
each of the planning components Bach newsletter also will provide an insert of
translated material for readers who do not use English as a primary language. The
x initial newsletter (Newsletter #1), which will describe the General Plan Update
o process, will be prepared during this phase.
-id review, will prepare all of the newsletters, which
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are planned to be an 11" x 17" foldout (i.e., four text pages). Each is expected to be
a one -color print, and be provided to the City for their distribution and use.
Task 1.5 Base Maps
Our Team will work with the City's GIS staff to define an appropriate set of data,
data formats, and metadata standards that will be used to support the planning
program. The Team will then format these maps for report and display presentation,
including establishing a uniform legend and title block for use on all maps prepared
as part of the planning documents. The base map for this project will be prepared
using electronic data provided by the City. We assume that the City's electronic files
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}" are adequate for the preparation of the base maps for the General Plan Update and
do not require updates. All maps will be prepared in an ArcInfo/ArcView
f� t compatible format and will be prepared using standards developed with the City to
ensure easy integration into the Cir 's system upon project completion.
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Task 1.6 Land Use Database
The Team will wort: with the City to identify and format information for a land use
database covering the study area, as shown in the RI P. The database developed will
be used for land use planning and the preparation of development estimates. We
assume that the City can provide the Team with an adequate set of electronic
assessor's data.
Task 1.7 Formation of a Citizens Advisory Committee
The Team will work with the City to create the CAC to provide technical input and
policy input throughout the General. Plan Update. I+or purposes of costing this
effort, we assume up to 10 meetings will be needed with the CAC. We expect these
to be scheduled at regular intervals from the beginning of the project through the
draft General Plan release, at which point the formal public review will commence.
Task 1.8 CAC Meeting #1: Project Kick -Off
The Team will work closely with the CAC throughout the General Plan process by
meeting with the CAC during every phase of the project. During each meeting, the
Team will keep the CAC informed of where the Team is in the process and what
has been accomplished to date.
This first meeting will be designed to familiarize participants with the format and
process, and discuss the overall goals of the CAC.
General Plan Phase 2: Background Report
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During this phase, the 'Team will collaborate with City staff to collect and
summarize background information for the General Plan and the EIR. 'These
sections will focus on existing conditions and trends and the regulatory framework
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affecting the issues addressed. Compiling this information will involve reviewing
pertinent documents, (such as existing Specific Plans, special studies, and EIRs) and
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PP P' g organizations.
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separately from the General Plan Goals and Policies Report. This allows the setting
information to be shared by the General Plan and the HIR, thereby eliminating
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The objective of this phase is to develop and document a comprehensive
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picture of the existing conditions found in Lodi today and to provide a look at
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■ Existing land -use information (e.g., community facilities descriptions, number
of dwelling units, non-residential square footage, acreages by land -use
designation, vacant land acreage, etc.);
■ Population/demographic information, including existing growth projections;
■ General Plan holding capacity and build -out potential;
■ General Plan policies, land -use designations and descriptions, and land -use
diagram;
■ City Zoning Ordinance and map (including data being used to currently update
the Zoning Ordinance);
■ San Joaquin County plans and boundaries;
■ Regional plans; and
■ Other agency plans.
Circulation. The Tcam will prepare a baseline transportation analysis, describing
and quantifying existing systems and services as well as the policy framework related
to highways, streets, air, freight and commuter rail, public transit, pedestrian and
bicycle systems. This effort will make use of traffic count information compiled as
part of Fehr & Peer's traffic model development process, as well as data available
through the City's GIS resources and other information obtained from responsible
planning and transportation agencies. The baseline transportation assessment will
cover: functional classification of City streets; existing traffic volumes and levels of
service on major roadways (up to 80 locations where traffic data is available through
other sources) and on freeway segments; existing transit services and facilities;
bicycle and trail systems; existing aviation facilities; ,and existing goods rnovement
facilities including trucks and rail. We will make extensive use of GIS resources to
produce maps of the existing systems and services to accompany the written
descriptions.
The Team will review the existing policy framework affecting the modes of
transportation studied above, including policies in the current Lodi General Plan
and in other relevant City and .regional planning documents. Of particular interest .in
"o this effort will be a review of the (dry's level of service standard, in comparison wid.
` standards in other comparable jurisdictions. Potential adjustments to the City's
transportation policies will be identified and discussed with staff and decision -
f � makers.
;N Air Quality. Historic and current air quality information will be collected from
V, monitoring stations in the area of Lodi; and from information provided by the San
Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District. Compliance with state and
federal air pollution guidelines will be reviewed, areas ofnon-compliance will be
1 be summarized. This section also will document
documented, and action pians �tiil
the major sources of air pollution in the Lodi area (motor vehicles, railroads,
agricultural operations, open burning, and residential wood burning).
` Housing. Since the housing element was updated and adopted in 2004, no further
evaluation is required. However, relevant information in this element will be
kn incorporated into the General Plan Update.
Conservation and Open Space. This portion of the Background Report covers a
r. wide range of topics related to the conservation, development, and use of natural
resources and the preservation and conservation of open space resources in the
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community. For many of these topics, such as soils and minerals, published reports
from state and federal resource agencies and information in EIRs prepared for
projects in the Lodi area will provide the necessary background information. For
other resources, more in-depth analyses will be needed.
■ Water Resources. We will identify existing water quantity, quality, and usage
information and issues, existing substantial sources of pollution and areas
susceptible to water quality degradation, and source issues and capacity
constraints. In preparing this section, we will use information from previous
reports (e.g., 2005 Urban Water Management Plan, 1990 Potable Water Master
Plan, etc.), service providers, the State Department of Iealth Services, and the
Regional Water Quality Control Board.
Section 15083.5 of the CEQA Guidelines requires the City to request certain
information from the public water system(s) serving the General Plan area. This
requested information includes an indication of whether the projected water
demand associated with the proposed General Plan was included in its last
urban water management plan and an assessment "whether its total projected
water supplies available during normal, single -dry, and multiple -dry water years
as included in the 20 -year projection contained in its urban water management
plan will meet the projected water demand associated with the proposed
project, in addition to the system's existing and planned future uses."
The water supply assessment received in response to this inquiry will be
included in the Background Report and, ultimately, in the General Plan EIR.
1' Wdq ■ Biological Resources. We will use the California Natural Diversity Database
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and literature search and interviews with state and federal regulatory staff and
other organizations to identify biological resources (special status species and
habitats) with the potential to occur in the Lodi area. Key sensitive habitats
m within the Lodi area may include jurisdictional waters of the U.S. (including
f streams) wildlife movement corridors and riparian habitats. Reconnaissance-
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level fieldwork will be conducted as part of this task. Field verification of habitat
and gross vegetation mapping will be undertaken but will be limited to drive-by
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� - surveys in the Lodi area. More detailed levels of analysis would be outside of the
purview of this scope of work and would require modification to the existing
budget and scllcdule.
fi, ■ Cultural Resources. A full cultural survey of the study area is not feasible;
however, a sensitivity analysis is possible and appropriate. The sensitivity
analysis will be based on a review of records maintained at the regional
information center and published research papers. In addition to research on
prehistoric resources, this section will document the Lodi area's known historic
resources, such as those associated with local historic districts. Data on existing
resources and structures will be compiled from existing literature, a
reconnaissance of the Lodi area, and discussions with local service organizations
that focus on preservation of the City's history. This section also will document
any historic properties/ resources that are currently listed on the National
Register of Historic Places, the California Register of Historic Resources, or
other recognized lists. Note: this task does not include consultation with Native
American tribes as may be required by Senate Bill 18, which became effective in
2005. URS understands that such consultation must be initiated by the City, in
accordance with that legislation.
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■ Agricultural Resources. Agricultural land uses in the Lodi area include large
and small-scale farming and agricultural -residential uses. We will inventory
existing agricultural uses by usage type (e.g., vineyards, orchards, etc.). We also
will identify areas designated as, or suitable for designation as, prime agricultural
lands, agricultural lands of statewide significance, and agricultural lands of local
significance using soil maps from the United States Department of Agriculture
and the Soil Conservation Service. Areas designated as Williamson Act lands
will be documented and mapped, based on information available from the State
of California.
■ Mineral Resources. The Team will describe and assess mineral resources,
including aggregate resources, based on published information available from
the State Department of Conservation, Division of Mining and Geology.
Potential shortages in aggregate supply, based on expected development in the
City, will be described.
Task 2.2 Background Report
Appropriate changes will be made based on comments received from City staff, and
a public draft will be prepared.
Task2.3 City Council/Planning Commission Study Session
The Team will provide an overview of the General Plan program during a study
- session with the City Council and the Planning Commission. This study session will
r� be primarily informational, focusing on the overall purpose of each planning
component, the process and schedule for completing the program, and highlighting
opportunities for future public involvement. The study session will also provide the
opportunity for individual Council and Commission members to express their
thoughts on the project and to discuss key issues they feel need to be addressed in
the General Plan.
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Task 2.4 Public Workshop #2: Background Report
As part of the General Plan Update program, this workshop will give community
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and citizen groups the opportunity to have meaningful discussion on Background
Report findings.
Task 2.5 Documents for City Web Site
We will provide all draft and final documents in .Adobe PDF format to the City for
placement on the City's Web site.
Task 2.6 Newsletter #2 -Overview of Background Report
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The Team will prepare a newsletter briefly summarizing the existing conditions
discussed in the draft Background Report.
Task 2.7 CAC Meeting #2: Background Report
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A CAC meeting will be held to discuss the draft Background Report.
Task 2.8 Meetings with Staff
A total of up to two meetings will be held with staff to discuss work completed in
Tasks 2.1 to 2.7.
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viewing, hearings, and a "road show," depicting the range of alternatives, will be
prepared.
Task 4.2 Evaluate Growth Alternatives
The Team will work with City staff to evaluate the three selected alternatives in
terms of impacts on existing or programmed public facilities or networks, impacts
on the natural environment, and fiscal implications. Population projections based on
land -use buildout will be determined.
Task 4.3 Development of Future Traffic Forecasts and Evaluation of
Circulation Needs
Once the traffic model has been calibrated for the base year, the Team will develop
scripts for future traffic forecasting that will incorporate appropriate assumptions
for trip generation and trip distribution. We will work with the City to ensure that
future programmed transportation improvements are correctly added to the model
network. We will rely on the City to develop socioeconomic projections in a format
consistent with the model's geographic zone system for the future year scenarios.
Traffic forecasts will be produced for the Future No Project scenario, which
represents buildout of the existing General Plan, as well as for up to three General
Plan Update buildout alternatives. For each of the alternatives, The Team will
identify the transportation infrastructure necessary to address the deficiencies
identified through modeling. The results will be used to determine the effectiveness
of potential circulation improvements and their possible inclusion in the final
Preferred Alternative. In addition, Citywide transportation measures such as vehicle
r_ miles of travel, hours of delay, and numbers of trips generated will be calculated for
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± each of the three alternatives and will be used to assist in comparing and contrasting
f t.r the effects of the alternatives.
{ _ The preferred alternative will contain the final land use and circulation system
improvements, such that the results meet the level of service criteria and other
relevant policies set by the City. The transportation network identified to support
t the final preferred alternative will be represented in the Circulation Diagram in the
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General Plan (described under Task 5.1).
Fehr & Peers will develop future daily, and PM peak hour traffic forecasts at up
to 80 street segments and 16 freeway segments in the Lodi General Plan study area
for the final preferred alternative. These forecasts will be adjusted to account for
model error before being used in subsequent operations analysis. Roadway level of
service analysis will be conducted for these segments, using LOS volume thresholds
developed in consultation with City staff. This roadway segment LOS analysis will
form a key part of the transportation chapter of the FIR.
(Please note that this scope does not anticipate doing comprehensive roadway LOS
analysis for the other three General Plan alternatives; we recommend consultation
with staff to decide whether the environmental documentation of the General Plan
should include this greater level of detail, and if so, an amended scope and budget
will be prepared.)
Task 4.4 Administrative Draft Alternatives Report
We will compile the information prepared in Tasks 4.1 and 4.2 into an
Administrative Draft Alternatives Report.
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Task 4.5 CAC Meeting #4: Project Alternatives
A CAC meeting will be held to discuss the Draft Alternatives Report.
Task 4.6 Draft Alternatives Report
Following review by City staff, we will revise the Alternatives Report to reflect
suggested changes.
Task 4.7 Planning Commission/City Council Workshops
The 'ream will meet with the Planning Commission and City Council to review and
discuss the information provided in the Alternatives Report. The result of these
workshops evil be concurrence and direction regarding the preferred alternative to
be used in the development of the General Plan.
Task 4.8 Notice of Preparation
The Team will work with City staff to develop a project description and will prepare
a draft Notice of Preparation (NOP) and Initial Study (IS) pursuant to CEQA
Guidelines. The IS will identify potential environmental effects and/or physical
changes in the environment that may result from the implementation of the
proposed project. Since an EIR will be prepared, the primary purpose of this
documentation is to present the analysis approach that will be used in the EIR and
to identify resource issues that do not warrant further analysis in an I"IR.
The Team will submit a draft NOP/IS for circulation to City staff for their review.
We assume that the City will conduct one review of the draft NOP/IS. Comments
r will then be incorporated into the final NOP/IS,
It is assumed that the City will conduct one Scoping Meeting (as required by Section
21083.9(a) of CIQA) during the 30 -day review period of the Notice of Preparation.
{fOne URS staff person will attend this Scoping Meeting to answer general questions
t about the Notice of Preparation contents and the overall CEQA process. URS'
attendance at this meeting is covered by either Task 4.5, 4.9, or 4.10, at the City's
discretion.
Task 4.9 Public Workshop #4: Alternatives
This workshop will give community and citizen groups the opportunity to discuss
the alternatives that have been drafted based on community input from the previous
workshop.
Task 4.10 Meetings with Staff
A total of up to two meetings will be held with staff to discuss the work completed
in 'Fasks 4.1 to 4.9.
General Plan Phase 5: Draft Goals and Policies Report
Based on the direction provided by the Planning Commission, City Council, and
City staff, the Team will prepare the draft General Plan Goals and Policies Report.
\sdesigned, the setting information contained in the Background Report is bound
separately from the General Plan Goals and Policies Report. This allows the setting
information to be shared by the General Plan and the EIR, thereby eliminating
-id malting the background information easier to maintain.
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The General Plan Goals and Policies Report will address the full range of issues
f specified by state planning law, as well as those of particular local importance.
Objective
The objective of this phase is to create a document that will contain the vision
statement(s) and the goals, policies, and implementation programs that make up
the heart of the General Plan Update.
Task 5.1 Land Use and Circulation Diagrams
In accordance with Section 65302 of the Government Code, the Team will work
with City staff to develop land -use designations and to prepare a draft land -use
diagram for the General Plan that implements the preferred alternative selected by
the City Council. The Team will review existing designations and Specific Plans and
propose a concise set of land -use; designations that fits the needs of the City. The
designations and diagram will indicate the distribution, location, and standards for
the use of land for housing, commerce, industry, public facilities, waste disposal,
recreation, agriculture, natural resources, and open space. The land -use designations
will include standards for population density and building intensity.
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The Team will work with City staff to develop a roadway classification system and.
prepare a draft circulation plan diagram depicting a circulation system adequate to
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regional transportation demands.
Task 5.2 Goals, Policies, and Implementation Measures
The following elements will be included in the General Plan, in a manner consistent
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Land Use and Growth Management Element. This Element will cover issues
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including land -use types, distribution, and intensity; population and building density;
existing specific plans; and public land ownership. A land -use diagram (A.rcView)
will be provided. This Element will focus on the future growth and physical
development of Lodi.
The following issues pertaining specifically to land use will be addressed:
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■ Appropriateness of current land -use designations and policies for meeting the
residential, commercial, and i ndustrial needs of the community;
■ Land -use regulations necessary to achieve the compact urban form the City
desires;
■ Guidance on the timing of development;
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■ Appropriate smart growth and r1cw urbanist concepts and necessary design
guidance to achieve these concepts;
■ Appropriate mix of land uses to maintain economic balance in the community;
■ Focus on revitalization and infill in appropriate portions of the community,
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such as the eastern portion of the City; and
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- Circulation Element. This Element will contain a broad set of transportation
policies based on professional best practices, direction from City staff, and input
from the public and local decision -makers throughout the General Plan process. We
will consolidate other information and recommendations developed through
previous tasks into the Circulation Element of the General Plan. The new Citywide
travel model will be used to assess potential future roadway deficiencies, and to
recommend a future transportation network to accommodate the Plan's land use
element and satisfy the Plan's transportation and land use policies.
The Circulation Element's system plan will encompass the full range of
transportation modes, including conceptual locations for major roadways, transit,
and pedestrian and bicycle corridors. Because the Citywide travel model does not
contain a detailed mode choice component, the evaluation of non -roadway
transportation systems will be conducted at a qualitative level of detail. We will
coordinate with Lodi Transit and SJRTD to ensure that the General Plan fully
captures the potential for future transit services both within the City and connecting
the City to other parts of the region. The Team will advise City staff and the Team
on methods for incorporating bicycle- and pedestrian -supportive facilities and
policies in the updated General Plan.
Infrastructure Element. This Element will contain information on the existing
level of public facilities, services, and utilities provided within the County.
Specifically, this section will focus on the following services: water supply,
wastewater system, and storm drainage, solid waste, gas and electric service,
communication systems, law enforcement, fire protection, and schools.
Housing• Since this Element was updated and adopted in 2004 further evaluation
is not required. I Iowcver, relevant information from this I'lement will be
incorporated into the General Plan Update.
Conservation and Open Space Element. This Element willaddress the
conservation, development, and use of natural resources and will deal with plans
and measures for preserving open space, water resources (groundwater, rivers,
i creeks, wetlands), and biological resources (flora, fauna, habitat, and endangered or
threatened species) The agricultural resources section of the Element will evaluate
° � J the City's farmland preservation programs and Williamson Act policies to ensure the
protection of agricultural land in its outlying areas.
Noise Element. The primary noise sources in the Lodi are related to motor vehicle
traffic, railroads (central and eastern portions of Lodi), and industrial activities. The
Element will identify major noise sources and potential sensitive receptors and
address potential noise effects associated with the implementation of the General
Plan.
The Team will perform the following tasks in completing this Element.
■ We will review the City's existing General Plan and any previous environmental
documents in the area to identify sources of existing and projected noise and
existing noise contour information. Noise contours for Lodi will be updated
based on current information related to traffic and industrial activities.
■ The Team will re-evaluate existing noise standards to determine whether they
are still realistic for the current and future environment, and propose
modifications if necessary. In addition, the Team will explore new noise
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reduction techniques that are available and can be applied to new development
in noise -sensitive areas.
Safety Element. The primary public health and safety concerns to be addressed in
this Klement include man-made hazards (accidents, crime, and hazardous materials)
and natural events (earthquakes, fire, and flooding). Existing information relative to
the risks posed by these events will be reviewed by our team and compiled into a
usable format. Safety overlaps with other mandated Elements, such as land use,
open space and conservation, and infrastructure, This Element will be consistent
with the discussions in the other 1slements.
Specific safety research topics include the following.
0 Geology and Seismic Hazards. Information from the previous General Plan,
recent geologic maps and studies provided through the California Geological
Survey and the U.S. Geological Survey, and available information from the
Natural Resource Conservation Service will be used to update and characterize
the general nature of the geological hazards common to the area. We will obtain
and summarize relevant data from the California Geological Sun-ey to address
recent determinations associated with any seismic hazard zones, as prescribed
under the Seismic Hazards Mapping Act of 1990 and the tllquist-Priolo
Earthquake IFault Zoning Act of 1972. Additional topics addressed will include
soil strength properties, shrink/swell potential (expansive soils), potential for
differential settlement, and compressibility.
M Flooding. We will review relevant City information, together with the Federal
Emer enc Mala cment Agency's FEIVIlk's Flood Insurance Rate Maps
.p (FIRMs), to identify the flood potential for areas in Lodi.
■ Human -Made Hazards. Although not meant to be a Phase I study, a good
sense of toxic sites can be gained through reviewing local, state, and federal lists
of hazardous material sites. A summary of major users and producers of
hazardous materials will be included as part of the section.
■ Fire and Police Protection. We will review relevant City information to help
identify existing fire and police protection levels, services, and coverages.
Parks and Recreation Element. We will update the inventory of existing park and
recreation facilities and programs provided by the City, as identified in the existing
Park and Recreation Master Plan, and recreation programs offered by other service
providers. We also will include an analysis of the distribution of these facilities and
programs in the City.
Cultural Resources Element. We will incorporate the City's current citywide
historic resources survey and consultations with cultural resources staff for local
Native American "Tribes.
Task 5.3 Administrative Draft Goals and Policies Report
Our Team will compile the information developed in Tasks 5.1 and 5.2 into a
administrative Draft General Plan Goals and Policies Report.
Task 5,4 Public Draft Goals and Policies Report
Following input by the City, the Team will make appropriate revisions, and a public
Draft Goals and Policies Report will be prepared.
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- Task 5.5 Public Workshop #5: General Plan Policies
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This work -shop will involve a discussion of the goals and policies to be included in
the General Plan. Feedback from the workshop will be consolidated and.
incorporated into a report for inclusion in the materials provided to the CAC, the
Planning Commission, and the City Council.
Task 5.6 Newsletter #4 - General Plan
The Team will prepare a newsletter describing the General Plan Goals and Policies
Report.
Task 5.7 CAC Meeting #5: Goals and Policies
A CAC meeting will he held to discuss the General Plan goals and policies that have
been developed.
Task 5.8 Meetings with Staff
Up to two meetings will be held with staff to discuss work completed in Tasks 5.1
to 5.7.
Note: Since the General Plan and the .1 JIZ ivill be finali. ed concurrently, thepublic re>,iety and
adoption of the General Plan is discussed in .Section 2.4, .J. n>>ironmental Impact Report.
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_ _'F EIR Phase 1: Draft EIR
The Team will prepare a programmatic EIR addressing the full range of issues
,. '. identified in the updated General Plan and conforming to the requirements of
CF QA. Our proposed EIR scope of work incorporates the City's typical EIR
processing schedule requirements.
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Using the Background Report as a baseline, we will prepare a draft 1sIR assessing
the environmental impacts of the draft General Plan Goals and Policies Report.
Our scope of work covers preparation of a program 1:1IR that will establish the
cumulative framework for consideration of the environmental impacts of
subsequent development projects. We will integrate policies into the draft Goals and
Policies Report that "pre -mitigate" potential environmental issues. This
self -mitigation approach will minimize ongoing reliance on eternal mitigation
measures and will allow for ongoing monitoring of mitigating policies through
routine implementation of the General Plan.
A brief task -by -task description of the EIR phase of the project is provided
hereafter.
Objective
The objective of this phase is to develop a program EIR that will provide easy -
to -understand overview of the impacts associated with implementation of the
General Plan, so that decision -makers can make an informed decision on the
` future of the City. The EIR also will be designed to meet the requirements of
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Task 1.1 Administrative Draft EIR
Based on the material provided to Team by the City and responses to the NOP, the
Team will prepare an administrative draft EIR in accordance with CEQA.
Circulation of the NOP may lead to relevant issues that have to be included in the
Project Description. The Team is responsible for preparing a legally adequate and
appropriate EIR. for the General Plan Update.
To provide a "range of reasonable alternatives" to the General Plan, as required by
CEsQA Guidelines Section 15126.6, this scope of work assumes the analysis of one
to two additional alternatives. The alternatives analysis will compare the
environmental effects of the project alternatives.
The Team will prepare the administrative draft EIR in accordance with a project
description approved by the City. The description of the environmental and
regulatory setting for the General Plan will be prepared by the Team to provide a
user-friendly format.
I:..ach environmental section will be introduced with a brief statement of its context
in the administrative draft EIR and the development of the General Plan. This
effort may include interpretive information to help the reader better understand
how the General. Plan affects the environment, as well as the source of the data used
in each environmental section.
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ora standard to be adopted by the City will be included.
The setting of the environmental analysis will be described to prepare the
f - groundwork for impact analysis and recommended mitigation measures.
The number of impacts to be analyzed and the depth of the analysis will be a
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Impacts will be identified, and mitigation measures will be prepared to reduce
s> iificant impacts to a less than significant level when feasible. For each potentially
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_signiificant impact identified in the administrative draft EIR, the Team will identify
_ mitigation measures or policy statements proposed by the City as part of the project
to reduce identified impacts.
A Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program will be prepared by City staff, in
accordance with Section 21081.6 of the Public Resources Code. The requirements
of this section may involve the preparation of a separate document, or they may
involve incorporating the mitigation measures directly into the General Plan as
policy statements.
To prepare a program EIR that meets the needs of the City and the requirements of
state law, the EIR will consist of the following chapters.
■ Executive Summary. This section will summarize the entire EIR and include a
discussion of the project's objectives; a description of the proposed project; a
summary of the environmental setting for Lodi; a summary of impacts by
Element; a summary of mitigation measures (mitigating policies); and a
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discussion of alternatives considered, areas of controversy, and issues remaining
to be resolved.
■ Introduction. The introduction to the EIR will contain the project's objectives,
a description of the proposed project and general setting, and an overview of
the EER process.
■ Impacts and Mitigation Measures. In accordance with Section 15126.2 and
15126.4 of the CEQA Guidelines, the Team will develop a set of impact
criteria/ standards that will be used to assess impact significance. Adverse
impacts that meet or exceed these criteria will be considered significant. In
addition, all impacts will be characterized in terms of short- or long-term effect
and presented in a logical discussion that the general public can understand.
■ Alternatives Analysis. A range of alternatives will be considered in the EIR. In
addition to the "No -Project" Alternative, in accordance with Section 15126.6 of
the CEQA Guidelines.
■ Cumulative Impacts. In accordance with Section 15130 of the CIQA.
Guidelines, the l:IR will evaluate cumulative impacts based on planning
documents for Lodi. The contribution of the proposed project to the overall
cumulative impacts also will be estimated and discussed.
■ Other CEQA Sections. The Team will provide, in addition to the prior
sections, all other required CEQA sections (e.g., areas of controversy,
significant unavoidable impacts).
We will submit 10 copies of the administrative Draft LIR to City staff for their
review. It is assumed that the City will conduct one review of the administrative
` r Draft EIR. Comments will then be incorporated into the Draft EIR.
. 11 environmental resource topics identified in the 1S will be addressed in the EIR.
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Land Use. The EIR will identify existing local land use and the jurisdictional and
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existing land uses.
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Parks and Recreation. The EIR will summarize existing park and recreation
resources and service providers. The FIR will address potential additional demands
on these facilities and services resulting from the implementation of the project.
Circulation. Much of the technical analysis necessary to support the General Plan
EIR will be conducted as part of developing the Circulation Element. For purposes
of the EIR, the Team will define thresholds of significance for transportation
impact analysis, define the study area within which impacts could reasonably be
expected, analyze the traffic, transit, and non -motorized impacts of the No Project
and the Preferred Alternative scenarios, and recommend mitigation measures to
address potentially significant impacts of the Plan.
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■ Hydrology and Water Quality. The EIR will summarizes of existing
ws, Flooding, and associated water quality in
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the Lodi area. The EIR also will characterize potential hydrology and water
quality effects resulting from the implementation of the project and identify
measures (mitigating policies) to minimize the effects. The EIR will address
compliance with recent water supply and CEQA legislation (e.g., SB 610).
■ Biological Resources. The EIR will address potential biological resource
issues associated with the project. This section will be prepared using existing
database information to identify biological resources (special status species and
habitats) with the potential to occur in the Lodi area. Minimal fieldwork will be
conducted as part of this task. Field verification of habitat and gross vegetation
mapping may be undertaken, but it will be limited to drive-by surveys in the
Lodi area. More detailed levels of analysis are outside of the purview of this
scope of work and will require modification to the schedule and budget.
■ Cultural Resources. We will review recently prepared environmental
documents and perform database searches to identify possible cultural resources
in the Lodi area. No fieldwork will be performed as part of this task. Possible
effects on cultural resources and measures (mitigation policies) to muiimize
effects will be addressed.
Public Health and Safety. This section will address impacts related to air quality,
seismicity, and hazards as discussed below.
■ Air Quality. This EIR component will summarize the regional air quality
�v setting, including the climate and topography, ambient air quality, and regulatory
setting (regional standards and planning efforts). Air quality emissions
associated with the project will be qualitatively assessed and are expected to
' consist of long-term vehicle emissions. The EIR will address potential air quality
effects associated with implementation of the project and identify measures
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(mitigating policies) to minimize those effects. No air quality modeling(e.g.,
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carbon monoxide hot -spot analysis of local intersections) is proposed under this
scope of work.
t ■ Geology and Seismicity. The EIR will summarize the existing geological
setting and identify potential effects resulting from the project, including seismic
(earthquake), landslide, and liquefaction issues.
■ Hazards and Hazardous Materials. The EIR will address the potential for
several hazards and public safety concerns, including the potential release of
hazardous materials. Hazardous materials concerns in the Lodi area will be
addressed, using existing database information only. No fieldwork will be
performed as part of this task.
■ Noise. The EIR will identify the regulatory setting, including existing noise
regulations and standards contained in local and/or regional plans and
ordinances. The EIR will identify major noise sources and potential sensitive
receptors, address potential noise effects associated with the implementation of
the project, and identify mitigating measures to minimize those effects.
' Public Services and Utilities. The EIR will summarize existing public services and
utilities in the project area, identifying service providers. The EIR will address
M r potential additional demands on public services and utilities resulting from the
implementation of the project.
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Following receipt of comments from the City, the Team will incorporate
appropriate revisions to the administrative Draft EIR and prepare the Draft EIR
(DEIR) for public circulation. It is assumed that the City will print and distribute the
DEIR. We will submit a reproducible master and a copy in Microsoft Word 2000
format for City staff for their reproduction and distribution to the State
Clearinghouse, responsible agencies, and interested agencies, organizations, and
persons. As required by state law, the DEIR will require a 45 -day public review
period.
Task 1.3 CAC Meeting #6: Draft General Plan/EIR
The purpose of this meeting is to present the Draft General Plan and EIR and to
hear comments and recommendations from the CA.C.
Task 1.4 Meetings with Staff
A total of up to two meetings will be held with staff to discuss wort: completed in
Tasks 1.1 to 1.3.
The Team will attend up to two workshops or hearings with the Planning
Commission to review the draft General Plan Goals and Policies Report and DEIR.
The Planning Commission will consider the comments made at the community
workshops and during the public hearings, and at the conclusion of the hearings,
will make recommendations to the City Council regarding the draft General Plan
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i responsibilities and review conclusions reached at the prior meeting, to the extent
that "debriefing" did not occur immediately after that meeting or later by telephone.
'VVfir ' During the hearings, the Team will provide support for Planning Commission and
Mpublic review, as determined appropriate by the City's Project Manager, by being
available to answer questions about proposed provisions, discuss possible changes,
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EIR Phase 2: Public Review
During this phase, the City will conduct public meetings to review the Draft General
Plan Goals and Policies Report and the DEIR. This review will include both
informal public outreach meetings and formal public hearings of the Planning
Commission and City Council to consider the documents. At the conclusion of their
deliberations, the Planning Commission will forward a recommendation to the City
Council concerning the draft reports. The City Council will then consider this
recommendation and direct staff and the Team to make necessary revisions to the
draft reports and prepare final reports for adoption (General Plan) and certification
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(EIR).
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The objective of this phase is to assist the Planning Commission, City Council,
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and public in the review and revision of the Draft General Plan and DEIR, with
the result being direction on the completion of an acceptable General Plan.
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Task 2.1 Planning Commission Hearings
The Team will attend up to two workshops or hearings with the Planning
Commission to review the draft General Plan Goals and Policies Report and DEIR.
The Planning Commission will consider the comments made at the community
workshops and during the public hearings, and at the conclusion of the hearings,
will make recommendations to the City Council regarding the draft General Plan
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Goals and Policies Report and DEIR.
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i responsibilities and review conclusions reached at the prior meeting, to the extent
that "debriefing" did not occur immediately after that meeting or later by telephone.
'VVfir ' During the hearings, the Team will provide support for Planning Commission and
Mpublic review, as determined appropriate by the City's Project Manager, by being
available to answer questions about proposed provisions, discuss possible changes,
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and draft revised language in response to City staff or Planning Commission
direction, for consideration at later meetings.
Task 2.2 City Council Hearings
The Team will attend up to two hearings with the City Council to review the draft
Goals and Policies Report and DEIR. At these meetings, the City Council will
consider the Planning Commission's recommendations and the comments made at
the community workshops. At the conclusion of the hearings, the City Council will
direct City staff and the Team to incorporate its recommendations and prepare the
final General Plan Goals and Policies Report and final EIR (FEIR).
Task 3.2 Prepare Final EIR
The FEIR will be prepared in conformance with CFsQA Guidelines, Section 15132.
The Team will assist City staff in their preparation of any required statements of
overriding consideration necessary for certification of the FEIR. Substantial
comments are not expected on the DEIR. For the FEIR, we have assumed that no
new technical studies will be required. We also, assume that the City will print and
distribute the FEIR
n Task 3.3 General Plan Documents Finalization
Based on direction from the City Council, corrections will be made to the Goals and
Policies Report and the final General Plan documents will be prepared.
As was the case with the Planning Commission hearings, the Team will provide
support for City Council and public review by being available to answer questions
about proposed provisions, discuss possible changes, and draft revised language in
response to staff or City Council direction, for consideration at later meetings.
EIR Phase 3: Final Documents and Adoption
Following public review of the draft General Plan Goals and Policies Report and
the DEIR, the 'Team will work with City staff to prepare the final General Plan
Goals and Policies Report for adoption and the FEIR for certification. We assume
that mayor changes (i.e., new technical studies) to the draft documents will not be
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The objective of this phase is the adoption of a new General Plan that will
successfully guide the future of Lodi towards its envisioned future.
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Task 3.1 Respond to Public Comments on Draft EIR
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by the Team and included in the DEIR. The cost estimate for this task was
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developed based on the expected level of effort and number of comments received
on the draft documents. The level of effort is reflected by the number of hours for
this task.
Task 3.2 Prepare Final EIR
The FEIR will be prepared in conformance with CFsQA Guidelines, Section 15132.
The Team will assist City staff in their preparation of any required statements of
overriding consideration necessary for certification of the FEIR. Substantial
comments are not expected on the DEIR. For the FEIR, we have assumed that no
new technical studies will be required. We also, assume that the City will print and
distribute the FEIR
n Task 3.3 General Plan Documents Finalization
Based on direction from the City Council, corrections will be made to the Goals and
Policies Report and the final General Plan documents will be prepared.
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- Task 3.4 Adoption Hearings
The Team will attend a final hearing with the Planning Commission and then with
the City Council for adoption of the General Plan Goals and Policies Report and
certification of the F EIR.
Task 3.5 Meetings with Staff
A total of up to two meetings will be held with staff to discuss work completed in
Tasks 3.1 to 3.3.
2.5 Optional Tasks
The following are presented as optional tasks based upon issues discussed in the
RPT. These tasks would be performed by Downtown Solutions and Fehr & Peers,
respectively.
Community Design Element and Downtown Vision Element. Upon the
request of the City, Downtown Solutions, in association with URS and Mogavero
Notestine Associates, could prepare a Community Design Element and Downtown
Vision Element as part of the General Plan Update. The purpose of these Elements
would be to address downtown revitalization and the overall character of the City
based upon its design.
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The total cost to prepare the Community Design Element and Downtown Vision
Element would be $160,000.
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Task 1.1 Formulation of Staff Task Force Membership
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should be made part of a Downtown Vision Task force. This Task Force will
provide leadership and review of the "Team's products.
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Task 1.2 Staff Task Force Kickoff Meeting/Field Reconnaissance
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0 -ice contracts are signed and all paperwork is in order, the Team will spend three
consecutive days on the Downtown Flement, conducting, gathering, and reviewing
background information. One of the tasks during this period will be aparcel-by-
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parcel photographic inventory and videotape of the walking tour.
Task 1.3 Retain New Aerial Photography
To develop a detailed understanding of current conditions and an accurate "vision
plan," it is important to have a clear, low-level aerial photograph of the downtown
area. City staff could secure this, our experience shows that our Team can expedite
this process.
Task 1.4 Create Composite Base Map
The depth of City mapping resources is unknown at this juncture. To create a
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"vision plan" which is as real and credible as possible, parcels mapping, GIS
information and any other base mapping type will be consolidated into a composite
base map for the project. Staff may elect to provide this to our Team.
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ff Task 1.5 Review All Applicable Plans/Studies
,. The Team will do an extensive review of all the literature that has been created for
Downtown Element. These include studies, reports, memorandums and any other
information transmitted to the Team by the City. The Team will develop a concise
report detailing the most applicable elements of each document. Special attention
will be given to conflicting information.
Task 1.6 Refinement of Downtown Boundaries
The Team will review and modify the downtown boundaries as appropriate and in
consultation with City staff. Modifications to these boundaries should be done
before extensive work has been done, to prevent impeding the project schedule and
causing budget augmentation as a result of mapping or text changes.
Task 1.7 Development of Private Property Disposition Map
The Team will develop a color map that probably will become the single most
important exhibit in this planning process. This map will identify, on a parcel -by -
parcel basis, the intended future disposition of each private property in the
downtown area. The Team will meet with City staff for a one day charrette to
develop the exhibit jointly. Video and site photographs will be consulted when
certain properties are reviewed.
Task 1.8 Modify the Disposition Map
The Team will modify the disposition map following a half day bus tour of the
downtown with selected City staff members to "field check" the exhibit against on -
the -ground conditions.
Task 1.9 Development of Public Property Disposition Map Exhibit
The Team will develop a color map that probably will become the second most
important exhibit in this planning process. The map will identify the future
disposition of:
■ Right -of -Way
■ All Publicly Owned Lands
■ Public Buildings
■ Parks
This task includes one modification to the exhibit, based on City input and
direction.
Task 1.10 Development of Multiple Ownerships Exhibit
It is important to any revitalization effort to know whether every parcel is separately
held or owned by one or two major owners. It is also important for consolidation
concepts and redevelopment proposals. The Team will, with City staff assistance,
develop a separate exhibit identifying the name of owners of each property in the
downtown.
Task 1.11 Downtown Task Force Review Meeting
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- Task 1.12 Evaluation of Regulatory Framework
The Team will evaluate current zoning and any other regulations that might be
serving as disincentives to redevelopment and reuse in the downtown area. The
main areas to be reviewed will include permitted and prohibited uses, site
development standards, and application and review procedures. In addition, the
parking and sign standards will be reviewed; older regulations typically are overly
strict with regard to `downtown" type development. The Team will seek input from
City staff regarding any known roadblocks inherent to the system.
Task 1.13 Urban Design Opportunities and Constraints Analysis
The Team will analyze the downtown urban design improvement potential. Of
particular interest, key entry nodes from outlying corridors will be evaluated.
Anyone wanting to access the downtown area must traverse one of these corridors.
Existing streetscapes, sidewalks, and 'intersections will be evaluated, along with the
following:
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Task 1.14 Policy Vision Statement "A Direction for Downtown Element"
A bound report, summarizing all of the analysis tasks and products, will be
prepared. It will include reduced versions of the map graphics produced to date.
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Phase Two: Developing The Downtown Vision Poster
Too many revitalization plans created in the United States jump from the analysis
phase to developing the written plan document. While these documents are needed,
an essential task is shipped. That task is creating a popular vision of what downtown
is to become.
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public with the General Plan Vision for Downtown 1.?.ement, t11e '1'cam proposes to
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twenty years from now. This approach engages more of the public than big thick
reports. The vision poster becomes a great planning tool and has proven very
successful in other downtown environments. In addition, the Vision Plan can be
printed poster size and becomes a wonderful marketing tool to attract quality
developments and developers.
As currently envisioned, the poster would be two-sided. The front would depict in
plan/axonometric view, what downtown might loop like in twenty years. This will
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contained in the vision. Also, around the periphery of the poster, architectural
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would be in black and white. It would contain the Ten Guiding Principles, The
Implementation Matrix and some of the Downtown Goals tic Objectives.
Task 2.1 Three -Day Visioning Charreffe with The Task Force
The best way to develop a vision for the downtown is to bring all of the experts
together for a specific amount of time to accomplish one objective. The 'Team and
the City will arrange a vision plan charrette to be held for three daps in an inspiring
physical environment in the downtown area. We have found that plans develop
quickly, and with greater validity, when done this way.
Over three days, the vision team will develop the following primary components of
the vision plan.
■ Land -Use Plan. The configuration for certain activities and uses that will occur
in the downtown.
■ Circulation Plan. This plan will reveal how the current street grid will or might
be adjusted and modified to effect high quality movement of vehicles and
pedestrians. Public parking opportunities will be depicted.
■ Public Facilities Plan. This plan will describe where the City wants future
civic type uses to occur. Is the Post Office thinking of moving? Is the County
making expansion plans? What is the Big Picture?
Once these plans are drafted onto a base map, the Teana will take the vision plan
though the nest series of tasks.
Task 2.2 Downtown Vision Element Poster
Following the three-day charrette, the 'Team will begin to develop the first draft of
the vision poster for the Downtown. The vision poster will be a 24 -inch x 36 -inch,
full-color plan view of the Downtown, which will create a proactive attitude. It will
establish priorities and delineate a coherent and internally consistent urban design
for the Downtown. The following will be included.
■ Building footprints with shadow to depict height;
■ Streets with automobiles;
■ Streetscape features such as trees, intersections, and crosswalk paving;
■ Parks/plazas/open space;
■ Circulation plan;
■ Parking locations;
■ The land -use plan (depicted through color and building typology);
■ Plan features called out with leader notes;
■ Infrastructure improvements that can be shown; and
■ Several leader notes to specific improvements of uses and relocations.
In addition to the plan itself, several separate features will be placed on the
borders/edges of the poster to provide additional detail clarity. These vignette
drawings or photographs will include, at a minimum:
■ Sketch of a new civic use;
■ Architectural vignette of Downtown housing or )nixed use;
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■ Sketch of a high-energy people place, such as a festival event.
Task 2.3 Downtown Task Force Meeting On Vision Poster
It is likely that a significant amount of time will transpire between this and the last
task because of the effort involved. I-Lowever, once a Draft of the poster is
complete, it will be most appropriate to meet with the Downtown Task Force to
review the poster. Since the City staff were involved in the charrette, significant
modifications are not anticipated; rather, minor updates and modifications will be
suggested.
Task 2.4 Vision Poster Revisions
The Team will revise the Vision Poster based on input from the Downtown Task
Force meeting.
Task 2.5 Revision of Key Sketch Vignettes
The Team will revise the key poster vignettes based can input from the Downtown
Task Force, as appropriate.
Task 2.6 Development of the Public Vision Poster
The 'Team will develop a fully articulated, color Vision Poster for the public to see.
As with the Draft, the poster will. contain all elements to define the vision for the
future of the downtown area. At this juncture:, the Team has not included costs for
mass printing of the Vision Poster. If City staff wishes, the Team will coordinate the
printing of a two-sided poster.
Task 2.7 Project Management & Reimbursables
Mark. Brodeur, Principal of Downtown Solutions will serve this project directly as
the Project Manager. Work includes inter -team communications, billings, record
keeping, scheduling, meeting coordination, mailings, staff work assignments and
quality control reviews. Mr. Brodeur will also act as chief "visioneer" in that he will
be the person most involved with translating the publics desires into a successful
downtown.
This task also includes costs associated with Reimbursables such as travel, lodging,
phone, postage including FedEx and other project related costs such as printing.
Phase Three: Community Design Element
Most communities consider the Community Design [dement of the General Plan as
an optional Element. This Element gives residents of Lodi and outside developers
an equal sense of inspiration and protection of community values.
The Community Design Section and Design Guidelines help knit the all the
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character but also brings higher value to the land due to the protections it provides
neighbors in knowing that adjacent development will respect the same quality of He
and aesthetic issues.
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--- Task 3.1 Community Design Element
The Community Design Element is intended to address the built and natural
environment. This includes the image and character of residential enclaves; the
quality of all buildings, signs, fences, walls, streets, and public spaces; and the
community's historic and natural attributes. The essential task is to maintain the
aesthetic character of the land and City. This Element will represents how the
community of Lodi feels about its assets; it can establish the design character of
Lodi when viewed from places such as the Interstate I Iighway. This Element will
complement several other Elements, including transportation, land use, and parks.
The community's strength is derived, in part, from its dramatic visual characteristics.
Accordingly, policies regarding community design will examine the context and
implementation of other sections of the General Plan.
Task 3.2 Design Guidelines
The design guidelines provide specific direction on all commercial, industrial,
residential, and public/institutional development in the General Plan area. The
intent is to guide development in a way that is both functional and aesthetically
pleasing, promotes social and economic vitality, and fosters an enhanced sense of
safety, comfort, interest, and identification between people and their environment.
The design guidelines address specific community design issues, such as site
planning, architecture, public infrastructure design, pedestrian access, freeway
adjacency, signs, grading, vehicular access and parking, building design, and
.,k landscape and site design. To ensure a consistent pattern of development, the design
_ guidelines and community design element should be used joindy. The design
-= guidelines will be mostly graphic, provf,ding design direction and allowing flexibility^
qdC-.. to each development in meeting the intent of the graphic representations. It is not
the intent of the guidelines to provide a singular theme or inflexible dcsigni
standards that cannot be met.
Task 3.3 Meetings, Workshops and Hearings
This task includes the preparation for and attendance at a total of eight (8) meetings.
I In addition, it is anticipated that 5 additional meetings with the Team will be
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necessary for the successful completion of the project. This task also contains
budget for project coordination and management.
Smart Growth Traffic Forecast. In the RFP, the City mentions an interest in
future development patterns that reflect the principles of New Urbanism and that
promote walkability and quality of life. I.,ehr & Peers has developed extensive
expertise in evaluating the transportation effects of Smart Growth and New
Urbanist land use principles that are intended to reduce the need to travel and to
minimize the transportation impacts of development. At the City's option, and
depending on the specific components included in the General Plan land use
alternatives, Fehr & Peers, in association with URS and 1Vlogavero Notestine
Associates, can develop an evaluation tool that will quantitatively estimate the
transportation effects (such as higher internal capture rates and lower vehicular trip
generation rates) of developments that incorporate such New Urbanist principles as
higher density, greater mixture of uses, and pedestrian -friendly design features.
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3.0 COST PROPOSAL
Our cost proposal, presented in Table 3-1, presents the estimated budget for the
scope of work, which is discussed in Section 2, Scope of Work. The cost estimate is
organized by function, consultant, and work phase. The hourly rates for each
person/labor category used on the project are provided along the bottom edge of
the table.
This cost proposal provides our good faith estimate based on the level of effort
represented in the Scope of Work. Our Team welcomes the opportunity to work
with the city to fine tune our proposal. For instance, if there are too many public
meetings, they can be reduced to provide a reduction in the overall project cost.
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The above is a estimate of the allocation of time by tasks. While the total budget is fixed, allocation between the tasks may fluctuate in keeping with the requirements of the program.
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4.0 CRITICAL ASSUMPTIONS
The following assumptions pertain to our proposal for this project.
■ City staff will provide the Team with hardcopies of all relevant documents for
the project.
■ City staff will provide the Team with the electronic files for the current General
Plan and EIR to prepare the update.
■ The Team will meet with City staff as indicated in the tasks identified. in the
Scope of Work.
■ Since the Housing Element was updated and adopted in 2004, no further
evaluation is required. However, relevant information from this Element will be
incorporated into the General Plan Update.
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Joseph A. 'Trapasso, Jr.
Principal -in -Charge
Project Specific Experience
Project Director, SMUD, Yolo County Annexation Project, Yolo
County, CA: Mr. Trapasso is currently serving as the Project Director for
a project to conduct CEQA compliance studies for the District's
proposed annex, into its service area, of the Cities of West Sacramento,
Davis, and Woodland and certain adjacent portions of Yolo County. The
analysis conducted for this project will be programmatic in nature to
streamline subsequent environmental reviews for site-specific
construction projects.
Principal -in -Charge, City of Selma, Northeast Area Specific Plan,
EIR, and Fiscal Impact Study, Selma, CA: Mr. Trapasso is currently
serving as Principal -in -Charge for the preparation of these documents.
This project is being performed to ensure that the entire Northeast Area
is developed in a unified way that is consistent with the intent of the
General Plan (amending the General Plan, if necessary) and that the
project is environmentally sound, identifies the needed services and
infrastructure to support the development, identifies the necessary impact
fees to address the impacts associated with the project on a cumulative
level, and accommodates both property owners and the City.
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Principal -in -Charge, City of Merced, General Plan Update and EIR,
Merced, CA: Mr. Trapasso is currently serving as Principal -in -Charge for
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Overview
Mr. Trapasso is the Environmental/Planning Division Manager for URS'
Sacramento Office. Most of his 30 years of technical and management
experience has been related to California environmental and regulatory
permitting issues. He has extensive QA/QC experience, proven technical
skills, seasoned judgment, and a solid record of successful project
deliveries. Mr. Trapasso served as the Quality Assurance/ Quality Control
Areas of Expertise
(QA/QC) Officer for URS' Sacramento Office for several years. In
addition he has provided QA/QC functions on numerous URS projects,
a Regulatory Analysis
including on a $14M Army Corps multi -media environmental and
• Program Management
health/safety compliance contract, a Specific Plan and EIR for the City of
• .Air Quality Planning
Selma, and a General Plan update and EIR for the City of Merced.
• Environmental Assessments
Mr. Trapasso has been the Program Manager or Project Director on
Years of Experience
several studies for industry and government involving environmental
With URS: 17 Years
assessments. These projects have frequently involved complying with
With Other Firms: 13 Years
requirements under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
and National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), regulatory review, the
Education
preparation of permits for proposed and modified facilities, regulatory
BS/Environmental Engineering/
impact assessments, water and air quality planning, environmental audits,
1973/ California Polytechnic State
storm water pollution prevention, control strategy development, health
University, San Luis Obispo, CA
risk assessments, air toxic evaluations, state implementation plan (SIP)
assistance, and design and construction management.
Project Specific Experience
Project Director, SMUD, Yolo County Annexation Project, Yolo
County, CA: Mr. Trapasso is currently serving as the Project Director for
a project to conduct CEQA compliance studies for the District's
proposed annex, into its service area, of the Cities of West Sacramento,
Davis, and Woodland and certain adjacent portions of Yolo County. The
analysis conducted for this project will be programmatic in nature to
streamline subsequent environmental reviews for site-specific
construction projects.
Principal -in -Charge, City of Selma, Northeast Area Specific Plan,
EIR, and Fiscal Impact Study, Selma, CA: Mr. Trapasso is currently
serving as Principal -in -Charge for the preparation of these documents.
This project is being performed to ensure that the entire Northeast Area
is developed in a unified way that is consistent with the intent of the
General Plan (amending the General Plan, if necessary) and that the
project is environmentally sound, identifies the needed services and
infrastructure to support the development, identifies the necessary impact
fees to address the impacts associated with the project on a cumulative
level, and accommodates both property owners and the City.
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Principal -in -Charge, City of Merced, General Plan Update and EIR,
Merced, CA: Mr. Trapasso is currently serving as Principal -in -Charge for
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the preparation of these documents. The General Plan Update is being
conducted to address land issues that have arisen since the existing
General Plan was adopted in 1997. This General Plan Update is
addressing the expanded Specific Urban Development Plan boundary
(SUDP) and the modified Sphere of Influence (SOI) boundary. The SOI
is being adjusted to reflect the relocation of the U.C. Merced campus (and
adjacent University Community) from the location designated in the 1997
General Plan to its current location and to remove areas in long-term
conservation easements for wetlands preservation.
Project Manager, Entitlement Process, Proposed Mercy Medical
Center Merced, Merced, CA: Mr. Trapasso is currently the Project
Manager for this proposed project, which includes the construction of an
approximately 130 -bed hospital, 3 -story medical office building, and other
operations. Management tasks include interaction and coordination of the
EIR with the City and other consultants and public outreach with City
officials and the public.
Program Manager, USACE, Multimedia Environmental and
Health/Safety Compliance Services Contract, Nationwide:
Mr. Trapasso is currently serving as Program Manager for this $14 million
project, a role he filled on the previous $20 million U.S. Army Corps,
f t, Sacramento District, contract. These contracts serve multiple federal
clients (e.g., U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, California Army
National Guard, Federal Aviation Administration, National Park Service,
U.S. Air Force) in a wide range of environmental areas, such as
environmental permitting and assessments, EIRs, air quality and Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) permitting, air toxic inventories
and health risk assessments, environmental audits and assessments, site
assessments, planning, stormwater, geographic information system (GTS)
and database management systems, pollution prevention, and hazardous
waste management. Most of this work is being conducted for California
facilities.
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Program Manager, USACE, Environmental Compliance,
Occupational Safety and Health (ECOSH) Services IDIQ Contract,
Sacramento, CA: lair. Trapasso is currently serving as Program Manager
for this $14 million, multimedia environmental health/safety compliance
services contract, a role he served on the previous $20 million Sacramento
USACE contract. These contracts are serving multiple federal clients (e.g.,
Environmental Protection Agency, California Army National Guard,
FAA, National Park Service) in a wide range of environmental areas such
as air quality and RCRA permitting, air toxic inventories and health risk
assessments, environmental audits and assessments, site assessments,
planning, stormwater, GIS and database management systems, pollution
prevention, and hazardous waste management. Most of this work is being
conducted for California facilities.
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Jeffry Rice, A.I.C.P.
Project Manager/ General Plan Update Task Leader
Overview
Mr. Rice has a total of 25 years of experience as a planning and
environmental professional. I Ie has worked extensively in the public
sector and for local government in California. As a result, he is well versed
in planning, land use, and environmental compliance in California. His
strengths are in land use planning and design, General Plans, Specific
Plans, zoning codes, and design standards, as well as CEQA.
Areas of Expertise
Project Specific Experience
o General Planning
San Bernardino County General Plan: Assistant project director on the
* Specific Plans
General Plan update for the largest County in the United States. The
e Environmental Review
project includes a comprehensive update of the plan as well as the
e Entitlement Processing
inclusion of 13 community plans and the re -write of the County's
Years of Experience
Development Code. The land use element includes a Sphere of Influence
analysis of 19 municipal sphere of influence areas governed by the County
With URS: 7 Years
and designated as the anticipated growth boundary for the individual
With Other Firms, 18 Years
cities, looking at conflicts in land planning and development standards.
Education
The
The project also includes extensive use of GIS for the presentation and
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of information.
MS/Business Administration/
1986/Cal State Long Beach
City of Ontario, West Haven Specific Plan EIR: Project Manager for
BS/Urban and Regional Planning/
the preparation of an EIR for the blest Haven Specific Plan Project,
1981/Cal Poly Pomona
which includes the development of a 267 -acre master planned
community. The project includes 753 single-family detached units, 8.0
acres of commercial development, green belt trail, 10 -acre elementary
school and 5 -acre park.
City of Pomona Gateway Industrial Project MND: Project Manager
for the environmental documentation of the adaptive re -use of the 40.4
acre former General Dynamics defense industry plant in Pomona into a
multi -tenant business park, retaining the original building, demising it into
6 warehouse/industrial spaces with 25 developable parcels at a 0.65 floor
area ratio.
City of Azusa Block 36 Redevelopment Project MND: Project
manager for the design of the likely maximum build out of the downtown
redevelopment site and preparation of the Cl -:,,QA initial study.
Cajon Subdivision Triple Track: BNSF is proposing to add a third
track through the Cajon Pass. BNSF has hired URS to manage the initial
design process more effectively so that cost estimates, a project schedule,
and a preliminary design (alignment and structure types specified) are
understood before further engineering plans are prepared. This
preliminary engineering is being designed with environmental sensitivities
11incorporated into it, as much as possible, so that there is a more clear
IME understanding of the financial burden and a reduction in potential delays
in environmental document certification and resource agencies permitting
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reducing the amount of project scope modifications that typically occur
later in the entitlement processing, by the up front look at the project
design.
Hampton Heights Specific Plan EIR: Coordinated the EIR for this
594 -home golf course community in the Crafton I -Ells area of San
Bernardino County. The project included Mitigation Monitoring and
Reporting Program and a third party review of technical reports. A
comprehensive assessment and evaluation of impacts was conducted that
addressed the following key areas of concern: compatibility with adjacent
land uses, annexation and sphere of influence issues, provision of public
services and utilities, noise, traffic/circulation, biological resources,
aesthetics, school related impacts, grading and open space.
Fieldstone Communities EIR: Coordinated the EIR for this 180 -home
project in Santiago Creek requiring coordination of County Flood
Control, Army Corps of Engineers, California Department of Fish and
Game, County Parks, and transportation improvements.
Bristol Corridor EIR/EIS: Managed this three -agency corridor project
that established a redevelopment area, adopted a specific plan of use and
design standards, and included a street project over a 3.9 -mile corridor,
including the widening of Santiago Creels bridge.
Centerline EIR/EIS Review: Performed third party review and
provided comments for the City of Santa Ana on the light rail Centerline
project proposed by OCTA.
Main Street Concourse EIR: The Main Street Concourse project was a
1.8 million square foot mixed-use development project requiring inter -
jurisdictional coordination of traffic mitigation and improvements in the
entitlement package and EIR.
Land Use and Circulation Elements EIR: Prepared and coordinated
the program EIR for the updated Land Use and Circulation element for
the City of Santa Ana.
Midtown Specific Plan EIR: Prepared a Programmatic EIR for the
Midtown Specific Plan and area circulation improvements.
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Nick J. Trifiro, A.i.C.P.
Deputy Project Manager/ General Plan Update
Project Planner, Lake County General Plan Update, Lake County,
CA: For Lake County, Mr. Trifiro is working on updating the existing
conditions and developing long-term goals and policies for the County's
General Plan. The General Plan Update will include the integration of
existing and proposed community plans, and addressing the utilization
and protection of the County's natural resources, economic development,
and development of agricultural resources.
Project Planner, City of Lincoln General Plan, Lincoln, CA: For the
City of Lincoln, Mr. Trifiro is working on updating the existing conditions
and developing long-term goals and policies for the City's General Plan.
For the City of Lincoln, the general plan update program involves
recognizing the value of the City's existing plans and focusing on
providing updates where they are needed.
Project Planner, City of Stockton General Plan, Stockton, CA: For
the City of Stockton, Mr. Trifiro is working on updating the existing
conditions and developing long-term goals and policies for the City's
General Plan. This update will take a comprehensive look at the social,
economic, infrastructure and natural resources issues facing the
community, and will work with the public to create a vision for the City's
future.
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Overview
Nick Trifiro is an Urban/Environmental Planner in the URS Sacramento
office. Mr. Trifiro has over ten years of experience in the preparation of
general plans, specific plans, and environmental assessment of planning
projects. Mr. Trifiro has been involved in the preparation of
Environmental Impact Reports and Initial Studies for cities and counties
throughout California. I Ie is currently working on a major annexation
Areas of Expertise
EIR for the City of Merced. For general plan programs, Mr. Trifiro has
been involved in the recent round of general plan updates for the cities of
• General and Specific Plans
Lincoln and Stockton, and the counties of Lake and Tulare.
• Environmental Compliance
• GIS in Planning
Mr. Trifiro's expertise also extends to the application of geographic
information system (GIS) techniques to planning projects. The following
Years of Experience
paragraphs provide an overview of this work.
With URS: 5 Years
With Other Firms: G Years
Project Specific Experience
Education
Project Planner, City of Woodland, Specific Plan and General Plan,
Woodland, CA: For the City of Woodland, Mr. Trifiro has assisted in
BS/Urban and Regional Planning/
three major planning studies. I Ie worked on the update of the Downtown
y19 5/California Polytechnic, SanSpecific
Caw
Plan and a more focused area master plan. He was also involved
Luis Obispo
in the development of a new Housing Element and the update of the
Registration/Certification
City's General Plan. For these projects, Mr. Trifiro developed and
maintained the GIS dataset for use in assessing land use alternatives and
2005/American Institute of
modeling to determine housing growth.
Certified Planners/ #020282
Project Planner, Lake County General Plan Update, Lake County,
CA: For Lake County, Mr. Trifiro is working on updating the existing
conditions and developing long-term goals and policies for the County's
General Plan. The General Plan Update will include the integration of
existing and proposed community plans, and addressing the utilization
and protection of the County's natural resources, economic development,
and development of agricultural resources.
Project Planner, City of Lincoln General Plan, Lincoln, CA: For the
City of Lincoln, Mr. Trifiro is working on updating the existing conditions
and developing long-term goals and policies for the City's General Plan.
For the City of Lincoln, the general plan update program involves
recognizing the value of the City's existing plans and focusing on
providing updates where they are needed.
Project Planner, City of Stockton General Plan, Stockton, CA: For
the City of Stockton, Mr. Trifiro is working on updating the existing
conditions and developing long-term goals and policies for the City's
General Plan. This update will take a comprehensive look at the social,
economic, infrastructure and natural resources issues facing the
community, and will work with the public to create a vision for the City's
future.
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EY
uRS
Project Planner, Tulare County General Plan Update, Tulare
County, CA: For Tulare County, Mr. Trifiro is working on updating the
existing conditions, developing long-term goals and policies for the
County's General Plan, and development of the Notice of Preparation.
The General Plan Update will include the integration of existing and
proposed community plans, addressing the utilization and protection of
the County's scenic resources, and continued development of agricultural
resources.
Project Planner/GIS Analyst, City of Folsom Housing Element,
Folsom, CA: For the City of Folsom, Mr. Trifiro worked on the
assessment of existing housing conditions, compilation and evaluation of
available sites, and development of demographic conditions and
projections for the planning area.
Project Manager/Lead Planner, Siskiyou County Housing Element,
Siskiyou County, CA: For Siskiyou County, Mr. Trifiro worked on the
assessment of existing housing conditions, evaluation of available sites,
preparation of long-term goals and policies, and preparation of the Initial
S tudy.
GIS Analyst, Foresthill Divide Community Plan for Placer County,
Placer County, CA: For this rural Placer County community, Mr. Trifiro
prepared the GIS land use and alternatives mapping for the Community
Plan.
Project Planner, Placer Vineyards Specific Plan EIR, Placer County,
CA: For this Placer County project, Mr. Trifiro conducted the land use
survey, compiled landowner information, and mapped the existing land
uses and parcel ownership into GIS to assess environmental impacts
associated with the project.
Project Planner, City of Merced EIR for The Dominion Annexation,
Merced, CA: Mr. Trifiro is preparing the land use analysis section of this
EIR. The project includes 170 acres of mixed-use development.
Significant issues include wetlands, drainage, traffic and public services. In
addition, the City directed URS to evaluate the potentially cumulative land
use effects of this private application, since it proposed to depart from the
City's long-established "village development" land use patterns promoted
by the General Plan.
Project Planner, El Dorado County Green Valley Road Ultimate
Improvements Project EIR, El Dorado, CA: Prepared the land use
analysis section for El Dorado County Green Valley Road Ultimate
Improvements Project EIR. The project involved the proposed widening
of a roadway is a major commuter route for Sacramento County and El
Dorado County.
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URS
Christine R. Stora
General Plan Update Assistant
Areas of Expertise
Overview
Ms. Stora is an Assistant Planner/ Environmental Scientist who has
• Environmental Monitoring and
provided various services including project management support,
Compliance
extensive fieldwork/ subcontractor coordination, health and safety
• Field Investigation
coordination, CEQA compliance including EIR monitoring and
e TAC Participation
compliance fieldwork. She has coordinated the development of several
e Planning
documents, including writing portions, integrating the work of several
authors, and managing the peer review process. Ms. Stora also works with
Years of Experience
the URS Planning Group in updating city and county General Plans. Her
With URS: 3 Years
educational background includes a field study of desert geology in Death
With Other Firms: 0 Years
Valley and Owens Valley, during which she identified various geological
formations and researched natural history.
Education
BS/ Environmental Science/2003/
Project Specific Experience
Humboldt State University
Assistant Planner, Solano Wind Project, Supplemental EIR and
Final EIR, Rio Vista, CA: Ms. Stora assisted URS planners in regard to
Registration/Certification
CEQA requirements and in preparing and distributing the Final EIR. She
2005/Field Construction Safety/
prepared a legal filing of EIR-related documents and assisted with CEQA-
OSHA 29 CFR 1926
related services.
31
2005/CPR and Basic First Aid
Assistant Planner, City of Lincoln General Plan Update, Lincoln,
CA: Ms. Stora is worked with city staff, public agencies, and City
subcontractors to update existing conditions for the General Plan. As one
of the fastest grooving cities in California, the City of Lincoln is
developing a General Plan that provides for the appropriate mix of
residential and commercial land uses and adequate infrastructure and
public services and maintains the community's small town ambiance.
Assistant Planner, Lake County General Plan Update, Lake County
CA: Ms. Stora has worked on the Issues and Alternatives Report for the
County's General Plan. The General Plan Update will include the
integration of existing and proposed community plans and address the use
and protection of the County's natural resources and the development of
the economy and agricultural resources.
Co -Author, Solano Wind Project Asset Management Plan, Rio
Vista, CA: IVIS. Stora is assisting with the development of a living
management plan for the SMUD-Solano Wind Project (Phases 1, 2, and
3), which will included program accomplishments to date, program asset
assessment including property, equipment, land management, avian
management, and environmentally sensitive habitats. The Asset
Management Plan will also cover CEQA planning and construction
actives though the final build out of the project projected for 2012. This
document will provide recommendations for managing and developing
the wind resource, the property, transmission, and other associated
infrastructure at the site. Recommendations for community relations and
regulatory coordination will also be in the plan.
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Management Support, Solano Wind Agricultural Lease and RFP,
Rio Vista, CA: IVIS. Stora is providing project management support for
the agricultural lease of approximately 3,500 acres of District owned
property in Solano County and the preparation of the request for proposal
for bidders. Ms. Stora has conducted a site inventory (buildings, fences,
roads, wells, utilities etc.) for this effort and coordinates document review,
production, schedule, and progress update meetings to the URS program
manager.
Co -Author, Solano Wind Project Phase 3 Notice of Preparation
(NOP), Rio Vista, CA: Ms. Stora has co-authored the NOP and
coordinated the development and the distribution of the NOP to the
State Clearing Iouse, stakeholders, State, Responsible, Trustee, Local,
and Public Agencies. This work included the legal mailing and distribution
as required by law under CEQA. Ms. Stora is currently tracking comments
from public agencies and other stake holders.
Assistant Planner, SMUD Annexation, Sacramento, CA: The
annexation program consists of a proposal by SMUD (Sacramento
Municipal Utility District) to amend its Sphere of Influence and to annex
the cities of West Sacramento, Davis, Woodland and portions of
unincorporated areas of Yolo County. Ms. Stora has assisted with the legal
distribution of the NOP, Draft EIR and is assisting with the Final EIR for
01 this controversial project..IVIs. Stora has assisted with research for the
Draft EIR and is presently assisting with the 1 inal EIR.
Document Coordinator, Solano Wind Project, Phase 2 EPC
Contract Support, Rio Vista, CA: Nis. Stora has provided EIR
compliance support for the District's Engineer Procure and Construct
(EPC) contract document for the SMUD-Solano Wind Project Phase 2.
Ms. Stora has also coordinated the contract document changes into the
contract and provided document controls during negotiations. IVIS. Stora
is currently providing on going economic evaluation of the euro/U.S.
dollar exchange rate for this contract to assess the contract's current value
in the U.S. dollar since the contract amount is fixed to the euro.
Lead Field Technician, Solano Wind Project, Phase 2 EIR
Monitoring and EIR Compliance, Rio Vista, CA: Ms. Stora has
provided project management support, including budgeting, developing
Project Management Plans, reviewing invoices, and coordinating
subcontractors. Ms. Stora was the lead field investigator for a team
assessing burrowing owl/ground nesting bird habitat and performing
focused surveys at the Phase 2 site (approximately 3,000 acres). She is
currently coordinating ongoing site investigations for environmental
compliance including avian and wetland construction compliance
monitoring at the Phase 2 site. IVIS. Stora has assisted in other EIR
compliance services for the Phase 2 site, including supporting legal
comments to the Shiloh II EIR regarding turbine placement.
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Kevin M. Spesert
Public Participation Task Leader
Overview
Mr. Spesert has extensive experience in the field of governmental affairs
and community relations at the federal, state and local levels. Mr. Spesert
is currently managing the Governmental Affairs operations of the
Sacramento URS office in addition to providing public affairs support to
several URS clients.
Areas of Expertise
As a senior Congressional staff member, Mr. Spesert played a vital role in
the development of several national policy initiatives including natural
e Governmental Affairs
resource policy, Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC), national law
e Regulatory Affairs
enforcement drug control strategies, education and economic
e Community Relations
development.
e Media Relations
Active in municipal government, Mr. Spesert is currently a Planning
e BRAC (Base Realignment &
Commissioner for the City of Woodland where he helps to develop
Closure)
municipal land use and growth management planning for a city of 50,000
e Municipal Land Use & Planning
residents. As a Planning Commissioner, Mr. Spesert has taken a leadership
e Natural Resource
role in the development of regional policies for wastewater/ s tormwater
r-oft'Years of Experience
treatment, infrastructure development and growth management.
With URS: 2 Years
Project Specific Experience
With Other Firms: 6 Years
Government Relations/Regulatory Affairs
Education Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC): Managed the Congressional
Regulatory Lata Studies/ office activities at several BRAC bases including McClellan Air Force
Northwestern California University Base, Mather Air Force Base, Sacramento Army Depot and the Rio Vista
School of Law Army Training Center. Developed and implemented strategies for site
Bit./Government/2002/California reuse, environmental remediation and infrastructure rehabilitation. Served
State University, Sacramento as a member of the McClellan AFB Restoration Advisory Board (UAB).
Water Resources: Coordination of several regional policy initiatives
involving the raising of Folsom and Shasta Dams, the development of
new storage at Sites Reservoir and CALFED Bay -Delta program.
Managed the Congressional office activities with the Sacramento River
Conservation Area (SCRA) program, Yolo County FEMA Flood Plain
Mapping, Colusa Basin Drainage program and Red Bluff Diversion Dam.
Natural Resources: Coordination of several regional policy initiatives
including US Forest Service Off I-Eghway Vehicle (OFIV) policies for the
Stanislaus and Mendocino National Forest, US Forest Service Roadless
Rule and the Serria Nevada Framework Plan. Managed the Congressional
office activities with the Mountain County [lir Quality Management Plan
and Implementation.
4 Planning and Land -Use: Experienced in California Planning Law and
the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Experience in
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developing General Plans and General Plan updates, Specific Plans,
Zoning and Environmental Impact Reports (EIR).
Transportation: Coordination of several regional transportation
initiatives including the Highway 99/70 improvements and expansion,
Interstate 5 improvements in Glenn and Tehama Counties, Folsom Dam
Road and the new Folsom Bridge, Sacramento Regional Transit funding
and expansion projects and Sacramento International Airport
improvements and expansion
Community Relations
Governor's Office of Planning and Research (OPR): Served as
Project Manager for the development of a statewide planning advisory
handbook that provided local communities and military installations
collaborative land use strategies that seeks to ensure the sustainability of
California communities and military installations.
Beale Air Force Base: Manage the community relations activities at
Beale AFB. Support included community outreach, fact sheet and
newsletter development, coordination of public meetings and media
relations.
W
: Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD): Managed the
community relations program for the Supplemental Environmental
Impact Report (EIR) for the Solano 'Wind Project. Support included
public notification, fact sheet and newsletter development and community
outreach activities.
Defense Distribution San Joaquin (DDJC): Manage the community
relations program for the Environmental Restoration program at DDJC
Sharpe and Tracy depots. Support includes public outreach, fact sheet and
newsletter development, public meetings, media relations and professional
support to the community based Technical Review Committee (TRC).
Additionally, manage the development publication of the DDJC
Community Relations Plan (CRP), DDJC Environmental Program Status
Briefing Report and the DDJC-Sharpe Response Completion Plan (RCP).
McClellan Aviation Museum Foundation (MAMF): Provide project
management support to the McClellan Museum Foundation fundraising
program to develop a state-of-the-art interactive aviation museum and
learning center at the former McClellan Air Force Base.
Mercy Medical Center Merced: Provide community relations support
for the development and construction of a multi -service medical center.
Support includes community outreach strategies, media relations, fact
sheet and newsletter development and client support.
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EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science
Environmental Planning and
Management, Concentration in
Urban Planning; University of
California, Daws, 1978
Michael Notestine
MNA Principal
Mr. Notestine has over 25 years of extensive experience in all
aspects of planning including general plans, specific plans, and
regional and community plans. His expertise includes developing
revitalization strategies and design guidelines for strategies for
downtown communities in California's North Coast, South Coast,
Central Valley, Foothill, and Sierra regions. A substantial amount
of Mr. Notestine's work involves preserving and enhancing
communities whose historic downtown areas and commercial
corridors are facing economic pressure from commercial
development away from the city center. He has worked on creating
plans that encourage appropriate commercial and residential
development for these areas.
Mr. Notestine is also an expert in economic development, historic
preservation, urban design and encouraging community participation
through workshops and charrettes. He has been an advocate for
infill development and has been instrumental in the development of
policies, plans, and strategies that encourage pedestrian -friendly
and transit supportive communities.
In addition, Mr. Notestine is well informed on the myriad of funding
sources, both government and private, available for revitalization
efforts, and has frequently helped clients identify additional funding
sources applicable to their projects.
PROJECT EXPERIENCE
Mr. Notestine has been involved in over 35 planning projects with
MNA, including Sacramento's Central City Neighborhood Design
Plan, Citywide Design Guidelines in Yuba City, the Broadway &
Stockton Master Plan, the City of Santa Paula's Downtown
Improvement Plan, and the City of Redding's Parkview
Neighborhood Revitalization Plan. He has assisted the
communities of Corte Madera, Folsom, Foresthill, Grass Valley,
Newcastle, Placer County, Paradise, Redding, Red Bluff,
Roseville, Sacramento, Santa Paula, Walnut Grove, Willits,
Willows, Woodland, and Yuba City in the preparation of
Revitalization Plans and Design Guidelines. Led by Mr. Notestine,
MNA's planning efforts have been rewarded with over 20 awards
at the local, state and national levels, such as the Outstanding
Planning Project, Planning Project of Excellence, and Outstanding
Focused Issue Planning Project.
Mr. Notestine has participated in facilitating collaborative efforts by
the cities of Sacramento, San Rafael, Bakersfield, Grass Valley,
Santa Paula, Roseville, Walnut Grove, Benicia, North Highlands,
Red Bluff, Willits, Citrus Heights, and Orangevale.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Planning Association
Urban Land Institute
National Trust for Historic
Preservation
APPOINTMENTS
Planning Commission,
City of Sacramento, 2004 -Present
.`:.
General Plan Advisory Committee
City of Sacramento, 2004-2007
Planning Commission,
City of Sacramento, 1987-96,
Vice Chairman, 1990,
Chairman, 1991& 1992
City of Sacramento, East
Sacramento Traffic Advisory
Committee, 1996
Sacramento Transit Authority,
Strategic Plan, Community Advisory
Committee, 1993-94
Sacramento Transit Authority,
Congestion Management Plan,
Community Advisory Committee,
1992-96
Regional Transit, South Sacramento
LRT Alignment, Citizens Advisory
Committee, 1992-93
Sacramento Army Depot Reuse
Commission, 1992-94
Sacramento Toxics Commission,
Southern Pacific Clean-up
Sub -Committee, 1991-95
Sacramento Heritage, Inc.,
Board Member, 1991-92
Regional Transit Systems Advisory
Committee, 1989-91
Neighborhood Development
Corporation, 1986-89, Board
Member and Officer
Michael Notestine
MNA Principal
Mr. Notestine has over 25 years of extensive experience in all
aspects of planning including general plans, specific plans, and
regional and community plans. His expertise includes developing
revitalization strategies and design guidelines for strategies for
downtown communities in California's North Coast, South Coast,
Central Valley, Foothill, and Sierra regions. A substantial amount
of Mr. Notestine's work involves preserving and enhancing
communities whose historic downtown areas and commercial
corridors are facing economic pressure from commercial
development away from the city center. He has worked on creating
plans that encourage appropriate commercial and residential
development for these areas.
Mr. Notestine is also an expert in economic development, historic
preservation, urban design and encouraging community participation
through workshops and charrettes. He has been an advocate for
infill development and has been instrumental in the development of
policies, plans, and strategies that encourage pedestrian -friendly
and transit supportive communities.
In addition, Mr. Notestine is well informed on the myriad of funding
sources, both government and private, available for revitalization
efforts, and has frequently helped clients identify additional funding
sources applicable to their projects.
PROJECT EXPERIENCE
Mr. Notestine has been involved in over 35 planning projects with
MNA, including Sacramento's Central City Neighborhood Design
Plan, Citywide Design Guidelines in Yuba City, the Broadway &
Stockton Master Plan, the City of Santa Paula's Downtown
Improvement Plan, and the City of Redding's Parkview
Neighborhood Revitalization Plan. He has assisted the
communities of Corte Madera, Folsom, Foresthill, Grass Valley,
Newcastle, Placer County, Paradise, Redding, Red Bluff,
Roseville, Sacramento, Santa Paula, Walnut Grove, Willits,
Willows, Woodland, and Yuba City in the preparation of
Revitalization Plans and Design Guidelines. Led by Mr. Notestine,
MNA's planning efforts have been rewarded with over 20 awards
at the local, state and national levels, such as the Outstanding
Planning Project, Planning Project of Excellence, and Outstanding
Focused Issue Planning Project.
Mr. Notestine has participated in facilitating collaborative efforts by
the cities of Sacramento, San Rafael, Bakersfield, Grass Valley,
Santa Paula, Roseville, Walnut Grove, Benicia, North Highlands,
Red Bluff, Willits, Citrus Heights, and Orangevale.
URs
Brian R. Smith, A.I.C.P.
Education Project Manager, Comprehensive (Master) EIR for the City of
BA/Economics/ 1976/'University Fresno's General Plan Update, Fresno, CA: Primary author of the
Draft EIR; worked with City Staff to respond to public comments and
of Califon-lia, Berkeley prepare Final EIR and Mitigation Monitoring Plan. Worked with City
MA/City and Regional Planning/ Attorney to prepare findings to certify Final EIR.
1978/California State University,
San Diego Project Manager, City of Escondido, General Plan Update,
Registration/Certification Escondido, CA: Responsible for comprehensive General Plan Update
for the City with an ultimate 250,000 population. Managed consultants
American Institute of Certified preparing EIR and GP Documents.
Planners/ #013443
Project Manager, City of Merced, EIR for The Dominion.
Annexation, City of Merced, CA: Project included 170=/- acres of
mixed use development. Significant issues include wetlands, drainage,
traffic and public services. In addition, the City directed URS to evaluate
the potentially cumulative land use effects of this private application, since
it proposed to depart from the City's long-established "village
development" land use patterns promoted by the Merced General Plan.
Project Manager, Land Use Entitlement Assistance for Mercy
Medical Center, Merced, CA: URS has been retained by Catholic
Iealthcare West (CI -AV) to facilitate the construction of a major medical
facility on G Street ant Cormorant Drive, in a rapidly growing area of the
City of Merced. URS provides CHAS/ with program management
assistance to coordinate the various members of the design team, and acts
as the liaison between the City of Merced Planning Department and
C1 -IW as the private development applicant. URS has also provided
.' extensive technical information to the City's consultant, QUAD/Knopf
Associates, as they prepare the EIR for this medical center project.
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Environmental Impact Reports Task Leader
Overview
Brian Smith has 28 years experience as a land use and Environmental
Planner in California, including 13 years in the San Joaquin Valley, and 15
years in Southern California. His past assignments as public agency
planning manager (City of Vista Planning Director, Escondido Assistant
Areas of Expertise
Director) have provided him with a unique perspective to communicate
• Urban and Environmental
effectively with agency decision makers, legal counsel and senior
Planning and Analysis
managers. Mr. Smith's strengths focus on project implementation and
• Experience with controversial
legal defensibility of controversial planning documents.
land development projects
project Specific Experience
• Large Scale Project Planning and
Project Manager, City of Modesto, General Plan Update, Modesto,
Implementation
CA: Responsible for comprehensive update to the City's General Plan,
Years of Experience
including Master Environmental Impact Report. This 3 -year effort, with
With URS: 4 Years
extensive public input, culminated in a plan for an ultimate population of
With Other Firms: 24 Years
400,000, and significant economic development opportunities.
Education Project Manager, Comprehensive (Master) EIR for the City of
BA/Economics/ 1976/'University Fresno's General Plan Update, Fresno, CA: Primary author of the
Draft EIR; worked with City Staff to respond to public comments and
of Califon-lia, Berkeley prepare Final EIR and Mitigation Monitoring Plan. Worked with City
MA/City and Regional Planning/ Attorney to prepare findings to certify Final EIR.
1978/California State University,
San Diego Project Manager, City of Escondido, General Plan Update,
Registration/Certification Escondido, CA: Responsible for comprehensive General Plan Update
for the City with an ultimate 250,000 population. Managed consultants
American Institute of Certified preparing EIR and GP Documents.
Planners/ #013443
Project Manager, City of Merced, EIR for The Dominion.
Annexation, City of Merced, CA: Project included 170=/- acres of
mixed use development. Significant issues include wetlands, drainage,
traffic and public services. In addition, the City directed URS to evaluate
the potentially cumulative land use effects of this private application, since
it proposed to depart from the City's long-established "village
development" land use patterns promoted by the Merced General Plan.
Project Manager, Land Use Entitlement Assistance for Mercy
Medical Center, Merced, CA: URS has been retained by Catholic
Iealthcare West (CI -AV) to facilitate the construction of a major medical
facility on G Street ant Cormorant Drive, in a rapidly growing area of the
City of Merced. URS provides CHAS/ with program management
assistance to coordinate the various members of the design team, and acts
as the liaison between the City of Merced Planning Department and
C1 -IW as the private development applicant. URS has also provided
.' extensive technical information to the City's consultant, QUAD/Knopf
Associates, as they prepare the EIR for this medical center project.
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Project Manager, Program EIR for San Bernardino County,
California General Plan Update: Currently directing the preparation of
the Program Environmental Impact Report for this comprehensive
General Plan Update, and providing significant policy direction on the
General Plan document. San Bernardino County, at 13 million acres, is
the largest County n the United States, and is extremely diverse from
cultural, topographic, and geographic perspectives.
Project Manager, General Plan Update and Program EIR, City of
Merced, CA: The City is comprehensively updating its General Plan to
accommodate, among other things, the future land use and growth
implications of the full buildout of UC Merced, the tenth University of
California campus (25,000 students in the next 30 years). Expected
population buildout of the Merced community is approximately 300,000.
The City will be exploring its future geographic and infrastructure capacity
limits to the target year of 2035.
Project Manager, Northeast Specific Plan and Program EIR, City of
Selma, CA: The City, current population 22,000, is considering requests
for development that could double its population and City boundaries
within 10 years. Mr. Smith is managing a Specific Plan, EIR, and Fiscal
Impact Analysis process to ensure that such growth does not overwhelm
the City's physical and fiscal ability to supply public services to that
expanding population.
Project Manager, EIR for Wa1Mart SuperCe nter/ Regional
Commercial Center, City of Selma, CA: The project consists of
construction of a retail commercial center, with a maximum of
approximately 400,000 gross square feet of floor area, on approximately
40 acres. CEQA review documents for such projects are routinely
scrutinized by the local community and challenged by such disparate
groups as labor unions and economic competitors. URS Project Manager
Brian Smith worked extensively with the Selma City Attorney and City
staff to prepare the resolution certifying the Final EIR and adopting a
Statement of Overriding Considerations.
Project Manager, City of Woodland, Environmental Review for
Expansion of the Wastewater Treatment Plant, Woodland, CA:
Directed preparation of Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration for
expansion of WWTP from 7.4 to 10 mgd. Primary issues faced included
growth inducement, flooding, biology.
Project Manager, Village One Specific Plan Amendments, Modesto,
CA: Responsible for amendments to this 8000 unit, 1800 -acre master
planned community. The challenge was to revise public facility and design
requirements to keep the project financially feasible, yet maintain the
"neo -traditional" integrity of the original design.
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L i J "p,
Rod Jones
Environmental Impact Reports
• Liaison between city, applicant (California Advanced Environmental
Technology Corporation) and community
• Collaborated with Bay Area Air Quality Management District &
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regarding review of proposed
facility expansion
• Created and facilitated Communication and Information Panel to
oversee project expansion and disbursement of annual $25,000
community grant
•
Facilitated Panel in developing mitigation measures for project
• Ield monthly project status meetings with City Council regarding
facility expansion
Assistant Environmental Planner — Advanced Planning, Richmond
3
Planning Department Environmental Consultant List, Richmond,
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Overview
Mr. Jones is a Senior Planner for the URS' Sacramento office. Most of his
12 years of planning experience has been related to environmental land
use planning, long-range planning, redevelopment, community and
economic development, and military planning. Mr. Jones has served as an
Environmental & Urban Planner and managed California Environmental
Quality Act (CEQA)/National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
Areas of Expertise
projects.
. Strategic Planning
Project Specific Experience
e Staffing, Resource Planning
Military Planning Consultant, General Plan, Goldsboro, NC,
• Management, Change
Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, T&M Contract through US Army
Management
Corps of Engineers/U.S. Air Force Air Combat Command, 2006,
r Dean Manufacturing
$300K: Developed long-range land use options for military base.
• Contract Management
Project Manager, Richmond Redevelopment Agency Project Areas
Years of Experience
Amendments and Mergers Environmental Impact Report (EIR),
With URS: >I Years
Richmond, CA, City of Richmond, 1995: Developed and implemented
With ®they Firms: 11 Years
i
community and economic development projects for the City of
Richmond.
r Education
BA/Master of Planning and
• Managed Redevelopment Agency EIR contract
Development Studies/1998/
• Assured project stayed within budget and on time
University of Southern California
• Presented project to Redevelopment Agency Board (Mayor & City
Environmental Policy/ 1989/
Council) and community
California State University of
Hayward
Assistant Environmental Planner —Advanced Planning, CAETC
Hazardous Waste Storage and Transfer Facility Expansion,
Richmond, CA, City of Richmond, 1996: Managed advanced planning
and & environmental development projects for the City of Richmond.
• Liaison between city, applicant (California Advanced Environmental
Technology Corporation) and community
• Collaborated with Bay Area Air Quality Management District &
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regarding review of proposed
facility expansion
• Created and facilitated Communication and Information Panel to
oversee project expansion and disbursement of annual $25,000
community grant
•
Facilitated Panel in developing mitigation measures for project
• Ield monthly project status meetings with City Council regarding
facility expansion
Assistant Environmental Planner — Advanced Planning, Richmond
3
Planning Department Environmental Consultant List, Richmond,
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CA, City of Richmond, 1994-1996: Managed advanced planning and &
environmental development projects for the City of Richmond.
• Facilitated environmental consultant selection process for three years
• Reviewed proposals from perspective environmental consultants
• Facilitated interview process
• Assembled interview team of representatives from Fire, Public Works
and Building Regulations
• Prepared staff report with recommendations for City Council approval
• Presented staff report at City Council meeting
• Executed contract with environmental consultants
Assistant Environmental Planner — Advanced Planning, Richmond
South Shoreline EPA Brownfields Grant, Richmond, CA, City of
Richmond, 1994: Managed advanced planning and & environmental
development projects for the City of Richmond.
• Awarded $100K grant by EPA for south shoreline Brownfields Pilot
Program
• Prepared EPA grant application
• Facilitated round -table meetings with south shoreline property owners
Assistant Environmental Planner — Advanced Planning, Richmond
General Plan Revision, Richmond, CA, City of Richmond, 1992-
1994: Managed advanced planning and & environmental development
projects for the City of Richmond.
• Developed goals and policies for Safety, Noise and Household
IIazardous Waste Elements
• Met with internal departments and city officials for feedback and
support
• Facilitated six community workshops with public to receive additional
feedback
Assistant Environmental Planner — Advanced Planning, Richmond
Community Noise Ordinance, Richmond, CA, City of Richmond,
1994: Managed advanced planning and & environmental development
projects for the City of Richmond.
• Developed and implemented Richmond's first community noise
ordinance
• Presented project to neighborhood councils and community
organizations
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JULIE K. MORGAN, AICP
Associate
EXPERIENCE
Travel Demand Forecasting
Conducted assessments of travel demand for highway and
transit modes using the TP+/VIPER/Cube, TransCAD, EMME/2
and MINUTP modeling systems, in support of Major Investment
Studies, project development studies, local plan preparation and
traffic impact analyses. Projects include:
• State Route 4 East PR/ED, Contra Costa County, CA
• Downtown Multi -Modal Access Plan, Denver, CO
• San Ramon General Plan, San Ramon, CA
• Oakley General Plan, Oakley, CA
• 1-680 Auxiliary Lane PR/ED, Contra Costa County, CA
• North Metro Transportation Study, Denver, CO
• Southeast Corridor (Light Rail) Environmental Impact
Study, Denver, CO
Travel Demand Model Development
Developed new travel demand models for cities and counties
using the TP+/VIPER/Cube and TransCAD modeling systems.
i The new models are being used to support long-range planning
activities, project development studies, and traffic impact
analyses. Projects include:
• Tuolumne County Travel Demand Model (TransCAD)
• City of Stockton Travel Demand Model (TP+/Cube)
• Merced County Travel Demand Model (TP+/Cube)
Integrated Land Use/Transportation Studies
Developed comprehensive plans and specific plans for growing
cities, as well as for new towns such as the community
surrounding the planned tenth campus of the University of
California. Projects include:
• University of California, Merced, Community Plan and
Campus Master Plan
• Stockton General Plan, Stockton, CA
• Oakley General Plan, Oakley, CA
• Hercules District Plan, Hercules, CA
Traffic Impact Fee Studies
Developed AB 1600 -compliant traffic impact fee programs for
cities and regions to fund the construction of infrastructure
necessary to support new development. Projects include:
f�
FEI-IR & PEERS
TRANSPORTATION CONSULTANTS
EDUCATION
Master of City Planning with
emphasis in Transportation
Planning, University of
California, Berkeley, 1996
Master of Science in
Engineering (Civil), University
of California, Berkeley, 1996
Bachelor of Arts in American
Studies (summa cum laude),
Wellesley College, 1991
AFFILIATIONS
• American Institute of Certified
Planners (AICP)
• American Planning
Association (APA)
• Women's Transportation
Seminar (WTS)
• Institute of Transportation
Engineers (ITE)
PRESENTATIONS
Multi -Jurisdictional Impact
Fees as a Funding Solution,
WTS National Conference,
2006
Reconciling New Urbanism
and Traffic Engineering:
Calthorpe's Urban Network
Concept, APA National
Planning Conference,
Denver, 2003
Tools for Creating Compatible
Transportation and Land Use,
APA Statewide Conference,
Sacramento, 2001
Julie K. Morgan, AICP
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• East Contra Costa County Regional Transportation Impact
Fee
• City of Oakley Transportation Impact Fee
• City of Pittsburg Transportation Impact Fee
• San Joaquin County Regional Transportation Impact Fee
• City of Emeryville Traffic Impact Fee
• City of Redwood City Traffic Impact Fee
Environmental Impact Reports
Prepared transportation impact sections of environmental
documents for projects ranging from large-scale residential and
office/industrial developments to highway improvement projects.
Projects include:
• UC Merced Community Plan EIR and Campus Long
Range Development Plan EIR
• Stockton General Plan EIR, Stockton, CA
• March Lane Specific Plan EIR, Stockton, CA
• Alamo YMCA EIR, Contra Costa County, CA
• SR 49 Sutter Creek Bypass EIR/EIS, Amador County, CA
• Benicia Business Park EIR, Benicia, CA
• Vista del Mar (Residential/Commercial) EIR, Pittsburg, CA
Smart Growth Planning Studies
Assisted in developing innovative modeling tools (INDEX, Smart
Growth INDEX) for the Environmental Protection Agency and
regional planning organizations to evaluate transportation effects
of proposed growth policies.
II
FEt-i P, & PEERS
TRANSPORTATTON CONSULTANTS
Areas of Expertise
• Biological. Analyses for
Terrestrial and Aquatic Species
• Water Quality Analysis
• EIR/EIS/.AFC Preparation
• Section 404,401 Permitting
• Section 7/10 Consultations
• Wetland Delineation
• Habitat Conservation Planning
• FERC Permitting
• PIEP Analysis
_ • CEQA Documentation
*Y ^+31 ars of Experience
With URS: 1 Years
With Other Firms. 18 Years
Education
NIS/Ecology/1987/University of
California, Davis
BA/Zoology/1977/University of
California, Berkeley
Registration/Certification
1990/Certified Wildlife Biologist/
The Wildlife Society
1989-1999/ Certification for
Hazardous Waste Operations
1989/Certification for Hazardous
Waste Site Managers
E.J. Koford
Biological Resources
Overview
Mr. Koford has more than 18 years of experience in preparing
environmental permitting documents, wildlife and fisheries investigations,
threatened and endangered species surveys, EIS/EIRs, water quality
evaluations, and environmental regulatory compliance with requirements
of CEC, FERC, SNIARA, CERCLA, RCRA, NEPA and CEQA. He has
performed field surveys in 18 states and countries. I Ie has consistently
assisted clients in developing creative solutions to potential environmental
problems affecting wildlife and water quality.
Project Specific Experience
Project Manager, Land Application of Class A EQ Biosolids Master
EIR, City of Modesto, CA: Deputy Project manager and technical lead
for water quality and biology to prepare complex programmatic EIR
dealing with the potential statewide application of biosolids generated by
Modesto's wastewater treatment plant. EIR subject was controversial and
City of Modesto anticipated that the Farm Bureau and others would likely
litigate. Therefore the NOP, the EIR, the responses to comments, final
EIR and hearings were all crafted to prepare for potential litigation and to
ensure that all aspects of CEQA had been fully addressed. The Farm
Bureau did file to litigate the project, but dropped the pursuit soon after.
Subsequently the State Water Resources Control Board prepared a parallel
document to address the land application of biosolids. Project required an
understandable and defendable technical discussion of impacts to water
quality, human health, soils, air quality, land use.
Program Manager, San Joaquin River Parkway Master Plan
Program EIR, San Joaquin River Conservancy, CA: Responsible for
biological and water quality analysis. Issues included several endangered
species, and extensive in -channel gravel mining.
Program Manager, Deer Creek Hills General Amendment EIR,
Sacramento County Department of Environmental Review and
Assessment, CA: Responsible for biological and water quality analysis
for 4,500 -acre proposed rezone for residential development. Project was
controversial in that it would affect a large area designated as a significant
natural area in the general plan, was outside the designated Urban Services
Boundary, and would use an innovative conjunctive use water system
diverting water from the Cosumnes River. The Cosumnes is already over -
allocated, and is the site of significant biological resources.
Program Manager and Technical, Biological Constraints Analysis
and Strategic Permitting Support for Three Potential Central Valley
r Power Plant Sites, Tracy, Lathrop, Lodi, CA: Prepared biological
constraints analysis, field surveys and permitting advice for potential
cogeneration facilities in Central Valley. Included wetlands, endangered
species, water quality, water supply and compliance issues.
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Technical Lead, Devil's Nose/Cross County Water -Power Project,
FERC License Application, Amador County, CA: As technical lead
for biology, Mr. Koford prepared spotted owl and bald eagle surveys for
impact analysis of proposed hydroelectric development. Location,
mapping, and habitat quality verification for spotted owl habitat to replace
that inundated by reservoir. Habitat verification consisted of review of
aerial photographs, vegetation, and use maps and ground truthing.
Task Leader, Cogeneration/Desalination Project, Glenwood
Springs, CO: Responsible for assessing biological impacts, including
T&cE species, wildlife, non -game species, critical habitat avoidance and
mitigation for cogeneration/desalination project that included
transmission line routing and environmental assessment. Included
extensive agency consultations/ coordination and field surveys.
Technical Lead, San Joaquin River Parkway Master Plan Program
EIR, San Joaquin River Conservancy: Mr, Koford was the technical
lead for biology and/or water quality planning project.
Technical Lead, Hewlett-Packard Master Plan: Mr. Koford was the
technical lead for biology and/or water quality planning project.
r, Technical Lead, North Roseville Specific Plan EIR, Roseville, CA:
_
Mr. Koford was the technical lead for biology and/or water quality
fro= planning project.
Technical Lead, Deer Creek Hills General Amendment EIR:
Mr. Koford was the technical lead for biology and/or water quality
planning project.
Technical Lead, Sierra Ski Ranch Expansion EIR/EIS: Mr. Koford
was the technical lead for biology and/or water quality planning project.
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Areas of Expertise
•
Federal and State Regulatory
Affairs
•
Federal and State Government
Relations
•
Marketing and Media Relations
.
BRAC (Base Realignment &
Closure)
•
Federal Energy Policy
Development/ Implementation/
Oversight
•
FERC Regulatory Reform
•
Agricultural and Natural
Resource Policy Development/
Implementation/ Oversight
•
Water Quality and Ground
Water Remediation, NPDES
Permitting Requirements
•
Air Quality Management
•
Transportation Improvement
Plans (1vMP, STIP)
•
Speech and Grant Writing
•
Press Releases/Media Advisories
Years of Experience
With URS:1 Years
With Other Firms: 4 Years
Education
BS/Biological Sciences, Minor in
Chemistry/2002/University of the
Pacific
Anja A. Kelsey
Biological Resources
Overview
Ms. Kelsey has extensive experience in the fields of both Federal and
State regulatory and governmental affairs. She has a strong background in
biology, chemistry, and biochemistry, giving emphasis to technical policy
development primarily at the Federal and State levels. Her experience in
Federal and State regulatory affairs has included the development of Rules
and Regulations for numerous Federal Agencies including; U.S. EPA,
USDA, Dol, DoE, and DoT. As a Senior Congressional policy advisor,
Ms. Kelsey played a central role in the development of several national
policy initiatives including U.S. ACOS regulatory reform, Tribal Gaming
reform, FERC regulatory reform, National Farm Bill implementation,
Groundwater and Wastewater regulations, U.S. EPA/DoD Perchlorate
remediation strategy, and U.S. EPA Air Quality Management Plan
implementation. Ms. Kelsey was also responsible for oversight of all
Federal authorizations and Federal appropriations in the above issue areas
for California's Third District. Ms. Kelsey's experience also includes
Marketing and Media relations, coordination and development of
community outreach programs, organization of Public forums and
planning mee tings.
Legislative and Government Affairs/Regulatory Reforms
Introduction of Original/ Original Co-sponsorship Legislation: I H. R. 901 —
The Folsom Dam Bridge Bill; authorizing the Bureau of Reclamation in
conjunction with the Department of the Interior, to construct a new
bridge `vest and adjacent to the Folsom Dam, Folsom, California.
H.R. G —Energy Policy Act of 2003; to enhance energy conservation and
research and development, to provide for security and diversity in the
energy supply for the American people.
H.R. 2828 —The Water Supply, Reliability, and Environmental
Improvement flet; CAL -FED Bay Delta Authorization.
H.R. 3242 —The Specialty Crop Competitiveness Act; to enhance
domestic production of U.S. specialty crop producers in the areas of
international trade, pest and disease exclusion, and marketing. DInitiated
hearings in the Livestock and Iorticulture Subcommittee of the House
Agricultural Committee entitled, "Review of Domestic Agricultural Policy
for the Specialty Crop Industry." And a subsequent hearing in the
Subcommittee on Energy Policy, Natural Resources, and Regulatory
Affairs of the House Government Reform Committee entitled,
"Problems Facing the Specialty Crop Industry.
Introduced in the United States Senate as S.2902 and became Public Law
108-465.
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Natural Resources Policy Development; Off -Highway Vehicle
Management, EIR/EI-National Park Service, and DoI.
EPA -Perchlorate Remediation Strategy —development and
implementation of federal action plan for public education and industry
regulatory standards.
Project Specific Experience
Senior Technical Advisor, Long-term Water Supply Contract
Renewals: U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Central Valley Project, Indefinite
Delivery, Indefinite Quantity Contract.
Senior Technical Advisor, Agricultural Biological Monitoring
Program: Regulatory assistance to agricultural producers.
Regulatory Compliance Specialist, North of the Delta Offstream
Storage Investigation, Initial Alternatives Report, San Joaquin, CA:
As a regulatory compliance specialist, Ms. Kelsey was responsible for the
initial Alternatives Report, the CALFED Project Implementation and the
Federal and State facilitation
Technical Advisor, Delta -Mendota Canal Recirculation Inter -tie
Feasibility Investigation: CALF ED Project Implementation, Federal
( and State facilitation.
Deputy Project Manager, Sacramento Municipal Utility District
(SMUD) Yolo County Annexation and Sphere of Influence
Amendment, Sacramento, CA: As Deputy Project Manager, Ms. Kelsey
responsibilities included preparation of the Environmental Impact Report
(EIR) and assisting in the development of the Draft Master Plan.
Regulatory Compliance Specialist, Sacramento International Airport
Master EIS/EIR Planning Assistance, Sacramento, CA: Responsible
for all NEPA/CEQA Regulatory Compliance standards
Technical Advisor, SMUD Solano Wind Project, EIR Monitoring
and CEQA/NEPA Regulatory Compliance, Solano, CA: As the
technical advisor, Ms. Kelsey advised on EIR Monitoring and
CEQA/NEPA Regulatory Compliance for the SMUD Solano Wind
Project.
Technical Advisor, Sacramento Regional Sanitation District Upper
Northwest Inceptor Project, Environmental Assessment,
CEQA/NEPA Regulatory Compliance Standards, Sacramento, CA:
Ms. Kelsey served as the technical advisor responsible for the
Environmental Assessment and CEQA/NEPA Regulatory Compliance
Standards.
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28 years of experience
Throughout Mark's twenty-eight years of urban design and planning experience,
he has focused on the "revitalization" of downtowns, outdated commercial
education
corridors and neighborhoods. Rather than concentrate on various areas of urban
8.5., Landscape Architecture,
planning, Mark prefers to work on urban revitalization in neglected areas of our
S.U.N.Y.
communities. He also prefers to work with public agencies, as both share a desire
College of Environmental Science
to improve and recycle existing urban and town environments.
& Forestry
Mark has assisted over 150 communities, from Marco Island, Florida to Roseburg,
Graduate Studies, Urban Design
and Architecture, University of
Oregon to Chula Vista, California. He was influenced in his formative years in the
Massachusetts, Amherst
urban historic downtown areas of New England. His first professional positions
were as a revitalization -focused city planner in two such towns.
professional affiliations
*Felloww. Institute for Urban Design
`Vice President, California
Down town Association
Member, Congress for the New
Urbanism
Member, American Planning
Association
Member, National Trust Main
Street Center
Member, California
Redevelopment Association
Member, California Preservation
Foundation
Member, California Historic Route
66 Association
Mark cites a distinct preference to reduce consumption of less constrained
greenfield areas by redesigning and intensifying the urban area to function more
efficiently.
relevant project experience
specific plans
■ Village Specific Plan, Big Bear Lake, CA
■ Downtown Specific Plan Design Guidelines/Streetscape, Encinitas, CA
■ Downtown Specific Plan, Escondido, CA
■ Orange Avenue (downtown) Specific Plan, Coronado, CA
■ Historic Downtown Specific Plan, Murrieta, CA
■ Downtown Specific Plan, Pismo Beach, CA
■ Downtown Specific Plan, Redding, CA
■ Old Town Specific Plan, Temecula, CA
■ Downtown Specific Plan, Temple City, CA
■ Downtown Revitalization Specific Plan, Corona, CA
■ Downtown Specific Plan, Lompoc, CA
■ Downtown Specific Plan, Galt, CA
■ First Street Specific Plan, Tustin, CA
■ North Montclair Specific Plan, Montclair, CA
■ Foothill Boulevard Specific Plan, Rancho Cucamonga, CA
design guidelines
■ Yucaipa Freeway Corridor Specific Plan Design Guidelines, Yucaipa, CA
a Historic Downtown Design Guidelines, Eureka, CA
■ Citywide Urban Design Guidelines, Huntington Beach, CA
■ Downtown Zoning & Design Guidelines, Arcadia, CA
■ Citywide Design Guidelines and Update, Temecula, CA
■ Old Escondido Historic District Design Guidelines, Escondido, CA
■ Citywide Design Guidelines, Westminster, CA
■ Citywide Design Guidelines, Simi Valley
• Citywide Design Guidelines, Murrieta, CA
■ East Washington Blvd Design Guidelines, Culver City, CA
■ Downtown Design Guidelines, Blythe, CA
■ Citywide Design Manual, Corona, CA
■ Community Design Plan, San Martin, CA
■ Main Street Historic District Design Guidelines, Yuma, AZ
■ Community Design Plan, Templeton, CA
■ Citywide/Downtown Design Guidelines, Henderson, NV
■ Town Center Design Guidelines and Facades, Bellflower, CA
■ Uptown Design Guidelines, Sedona, AZ
■ C-R Area Design Guidelines Manual, Anaheim, CA
■ Menifee Design Guidelines, Menifee, CA
■ Goodyear Citywide Design Guidelines, Goodyear, AZ
corridor revitalization
■ El Toro Road Revisioning Project, Lake Forest, CA
■ Prescott Valley Parkway Redevelopment Plan, Prescott Valley, AZ
■ Hawthorne Boulevard Specific Plan, Torrance, CA
■ North 101 Corridor Specific Pian, Encinitas, CA
■ Barton Road Corridor Specific Plan, Grand Terrace, CA
vision plans
■ Palomar Transit Oriented Development Plan, Chula Vista, CA
■ Vision Plan for the Imperial -Commercial Corridor, San Diego, CA
■ Granite Creek (Downtown) Vision Plan, Prescott, AZ
■ Downtown Vision Plan, Santa Ana, CA
■ Shiloh Road Urban Code, Windsor, CA
■ Downtown Master Plan & Vision, Roseburg, OR
■ Downtown Vision Pian and Revitalization Strategy, Kennewick, WA
■ 20/20 Downtown Vision Plan, Yuma, AZ
Downtown Hemet Vision Plan, Hemet, CA
downtown code
■ Town Center Smart Code Regulations, Yorba Linda, CA
■ Chula Vista Urban Core Specific Plan, Chula Vista, CA
streetscape I urban design
■ Downtown Urban Design Program, Lomita, CA
■ Route 66 (Foothill Blvd) Streetscape Design Project, Rancho Cucamonga,
CA
■ Downtown Streetscape Plan, Azusa, CA
• Downtown Central Plaza / Convertible Street Design, Fullerton, CA
■ Downtown Core Public Spaces Project, Huntington Beach, CA
■ City of Solana Beach Eden Gardens Streetscape Master Plan, Solana Beach,
CA
■ City of Paso Robles City Entry Signs, Paso Robles, CA
■ Territorial Pedestrian Mall Redesign, Yuma, AZ.
■ Downtown Streetscape Plan, Tustin, CA
■ Chester Avenue (downtown) Streetscape Plan, Bakersfield, CA
■ Main Street Revitalization Program, San Bernardino, CA
■ Fourth Street Urban Design Plan, Reno, NV
■ Town Center Urban Design Program, Mesa, AZ
■ Mission Street Urban Design Plan, Buena Park, CA
■ Media District Master Plan of Public Improvements, Burbank, CA
■ NOHO Arts District Streetscape Design Program, North Hollywood, CA
McClintock Blvd. Streetscape Plan, Lake Havasu, AZ
other projects
■ Single -Family Code Ammendments, Downey, CA
■ Evergreen -Front Urban Design Concept, Medford, OR
■ Downtown Streetscape Master Plan, Pacific Beach, CA
■ Balboa Sign Overlay, Newport Beach, CA
■ Downtown Revitalization Strategy, Inglewood, CA
■ "Connections" Downtown Strategic Plan, Mesa, AZ
■ Residential Zoning & Design Standards, Redondo Beach, CA
■ Residential Design Guidelines Manual, Gulfstream, FL
Areas of Expertise
Cultural Resource Management
Section 106, NHPA Compliance
Prehistoric Archaeology
Years of Experience
With URS: 14 Years
With Other Firms: 16 Years
Education
N-LA/Anthropology/1974/
' University of California, Davis
BA/An tl�ropology/ 1971 /
University of California, Davis
Brian W. Hatoff, R.P.A.
Cultural Resources
Overview
Mr. Hatoff has over 30 years of experience in the management of cultural
resources with specialized expertise in the prehistoric archaeology and
ecology of California and the Great Basin. IIe held primary responsibility
for the management of cultural resources on 5.5 million acres of public
lands in western Nevada and eastern California. In this role, he handled a
wide array of undertakings including preparation of EIS/EA
documentation, Section 106 compliance/evaluation/ review, Native
American consultations pursuant to provisions of the American Indian
Religious Freedom Act, cultural resource permitting, contract
development and administration, preparation of cultural resource
management plans for cultural and paleontological resources, and
technical document preparation.
As a Senior Project Archaeologist in URS' cultural resources group
Mr, Iatofhas recently managed several major cultural resource studies in
support of NEPA and CEQA-driven projects. Most recently he
completed preparation of the cultural resources technical report and
cultural resources and paleontology environmental report sections for
California Energy Commission Applications for Certification at numerous
locales in California. Representative project experience includes the
following:
Registration/Certification Project Specific Experience
1999/Registered Professional Cultural Resources Specialist, Sunrise II Power Project, Chevron-
Archaeologist/CA/Exp, 12/2005 Texaco, Kern County CA, 2001 -Present, $1M+: Directed cultural and
paleontological resources components of California Energy Commission
Application for Certification (AFC). Served as designated Cultural
Resources Specialist for the compliance phase of the project. Conducted
field surveys, testing program and provided oversight for preparation of
the cultural resources technical reports and cultural resources and
paleontology.Al:{C sections.
Cultural Resources Specialist, Henrietta Peaker Project — GWF
Power Systems, Kings County, CA, 2002-2003, $650k: Directed
cultural and paleontological resources components of California Energy
Commission Application for Certification (AFC). Conducted field surveys
and prepared cultural resources technical report and cultural resources
and paleontology AFC sections. Directed construction compliance phase
for cultural resources.
Cultural Resources Program Manager, Lower Guadalupe Flood
Control Project - Santa Clara Valley Water District, Santa Clara
County, CA, 2001 -Present, $250k: Cultural resources program manager
for levee enhancement project; directed archaeological survey program
and identified testing requirements for project.
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Project Manager, Littlerock Dam and Reservoir Restoration Project,
Los Angeles County, CA, Littlerock Irrigation District, 1991-1992,
$1.8M: EIS/EIR interim project manager, cultural resources task manager
- responsible for all environmental permitting aspects of project including
coordination of Section 404 requirements.
Cultural Resources Specialist, Los Vaqueros Reservoir Project,
Contra Costa County, CA, Contra Costa County Water District,
1992, $40k: Special assistant to prime contractor, J.M. Montgomery
Engineers. Assisted in successful preparation of multi-component
document submitted to SHPO containing research design, site evaluations
and findings of effect, and provide client technical guidance with Section
106 compliance issues.
Cultural Resources Task Manager, Route 4/I-680 Interchange
Project, Contra Costa Transportation Agency, 2003 — 2004, $1.3M:
Directed cultural resources studies (ASR, I IRER, HPSR) in support of a
highway improvement project in Contra Costa County.
Cultural Resources Task Manager, Campus Parkway Project -
Merced County Department of Public Works, 2001— 2003, $1.4M:
Directed cultural resources studies (ASR, I IASR, HPSR) in support of a
proposed road construction project in Merced County, CA under the
G aegis of Caltrans' Local Assistance Program.
Cultural Resources Specialist, Tasman Light Rail Corridor Project -
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, Santa Clara County,
CA, 2000, $100k+: Directed archaeological excavations at archaeological
site SCL -12; wrote 66 page interpretive book on archaeology and
ethnohistory in Santa Clara County; direct archaeological monitoring
program during Tasman Corridor construction.
Cultural Resources Specialist, West Kern Water District Pipeline
Projects — West Kern Water District, Kern County CA, 2002, $50k:
Co -directed cultural resources surveys of proposed pipeline routes near
Taft, CA. Provided oversight for preparation of the cultural resources
technical reports.
Cultural Resources Asst. Task Manager, Mojave Pipeline
Northward Expansion - Mojave Pipeline Company, CA, 1992-1994,
$950k: Comprehensive Class I Cultural Resources Overview for proposed
560 -mile natural gas pipeline (documents prepared for FERC, BLM, and
responsible for preparation and implementation of Class III technical
report, California State Lands Commission, and California OHP).
Cultural Resources Asst. Task Manager, McClellan AFB National
Register District Revision, USACE, Sacramento District, CA, 1996,
r $75k: Provided technical oversight and coordination for review of
McClellan AFB to incorporate WW II -era structures into a revised
FEstoric District. Effort culminated in Final Report with
recommendations to USACE.
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Areas of Expertise
• Urban and Regional Planning
• Disaster Mitigation Planning
• .Architectural History
• I Iistoric Preservation
• Archival Research
• Linguistics
Years of Experience
With URS: <1 Fears
*With Other Firms: 8 Years
Education
IIIA/Asian Studies -Urban Planning
Focus/2002/University of Hawaii
at Manoa
Graduate Certificate/Historic
Preservation/2002/ University of
Hawaii at Manoa
BA/Asian Studies/ 1995/
University of Hawaii at Manoa
URS
Jason ®.Jones
Cultural Resources
Overview
In addition to 12 years experience as an Asia scholar, Mr. Jones has 6
years of experience in the study and practice of architectural history and
historic preservation in North America, the Pacific and Southeast Asia.
His experience ranges widely and includes: writing nominations to the
National Register of Historic Places for outstanding examples of
Honolulu vernacular architecture; teaching students and professionals
from 5 ASEAN countries about preservation law at a Bangkok field
school; conducting archival research in France and Cambodia on social
movements affecting colonial urban planning in the former colonies of
French Indochina. Since beginning work at URS, Mr. Jones has been
involved in proposal writing, preparing initial studies to meet CEQA
requirements, architectural evaluation of municipal buildings as part of the
Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FE.MA) Pre Disaster
Mitigation (PDM Program, evaluating hazard mitigation plans for
FEMA's Hazard Mitigation Grant program and processing appeals of
FEMA Public Assistance program determinations.
Project Specific Experience
Marin Municipal Water District Tank Replacement Program, Marin
County, CA: Prepared CEQA initial study/negative declarations for tank
replacement projects at Goodhill Road, Mesa Vista, Kent Fire Trail, and
Beacon Hill in Marin County.
FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grant Program — Saint Mary's Medical
Center, Apple Valley, CA: Prepared and submitted architectural analysis
of potentially historic building as part of FEMA's PDM program. Gained
State IEstoric Preservation Officer (SIIPO) concurrence on architectural
analysis.
FEMA Pre Disaster Mitigation Program, Cal Poly Pomona, CA:
Prepared and submitted architectural analysis of potentially historic
building as part of FEMA's PDM program. Gained State Historic
Preservation Officer (SHPO) concurrence on architectural analysis.
FEMA Pre Disaster Mitigation Program, BART Train Operations
Center, Oakland, CA: Prepared and submitted architectural analysis of
potentially historic building as part of FEM1I 's PDM program. Gained
State I-Estoric Preservation Officer (SHPO) concurrence on architectural
analysis.
FEMA Pre Disaster Mitigation Program, Cultural Resources
Technical Report for Cambria Flood Control Project, Cambria, CA:
Coordinated, edited and assembled team materials for production of a
fi Cultural Resources Technical Report for Cambria Flood Control Project.
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C.N. "Raj" Rangaraj, Ph.D.
Air Quality
Overview
Dr. Rangaraj's responsibilities include technical support of air quality
projects, business development, and QA/QC process development and
execution. During his career, his responsibilities have included:
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• General business management and air quality project management
responsibilities at URS Corporation,
Areas of Expertise
• Market analysis, process improvement, and acquisition of performance
o Emission Estimation
feedback from partners at Sun Microsystems,
• Dispersion ModelingManagement
• Air quality permitting responsibilities at South Coast Air Quality
District, and
• Health Risk Assessment
• Air quality research responsibilities at Air Pollution Technology, Inc.
• Regulatory Compliance
and the University of Florida
• Air Quality Analysis
• Quality Assurance
Dr. Rangaraj has provided air quality analysis and compliance support
• Six Sigma
(viz., heath risk assessments, air quality analyses, and emission
inventories), litigation support and compliance advisory services to
Years of Experience
numerous customers in the government sector (DOD, Public Universities,
i With URS: 14 Years
Research Institutes) and in the commercial sector (railroads,
With Other Firms: 12 Years
manufacturing, petrochemical, aerospace) in states such as California,
Kansas and Texas.
Education
1b1BA/2000/UCLA
Project Specific Experience
PhD/1988/Environmental
Project Manager, LRDP HRA, Riverside, University of California,
Engineer/University of Florida
2005, 60K: Dr. Rangaraj recently completed a health risk assessment
(HRA) of emissions from current stationary and mobile sources and
NIE/ 1988/ Environmental
sources associated with growth projected in their long range development
Engineer/University of Florida
plan (LRDP). The project evaluated the health risks in the context of
BE/
background toxic air contaminant levels as reported in MATES II and
Engineer/Birla Institute of
used the current HRA guidelines established by the Office of
Technology & Science/India
Environmental Health Hazard Assessment. The HRA was used to
support an EIR. The UCR HRA was accepted by the local agencies with
Registration/Certification
minimal comments and the EIR was certified by the UC Regents.
1991/Registered Mechanical
Engineer/CA
Task Leader, Track Expansion EIS, Confidential Client, 2005-
2004/SCAQIVID Rule 403
Present, Confidential: Dr, Rangaraj is currently leading two tasks for a
Certification/ CA
confidential client to prepare air quality analysis (AQA) and HRA
technical documents to support this EIS. IIe is evaluating regional
transportation strategies and planning approaches to ensure that the
analyses are consistent with those approaches. The analyses will document
the impacts of multiple project alternatives and emission scenarios that
address traffic handled by trucks on local freeways versus traffic handled
by trains on a specific segment of track with expanded capacity.
Project Manager, OB/OD HRA & Burn Plan, Ridgecrest, NAWS
China Lake, 1995 -Present, >$500K: Dr. Rangaraj prepared a Burn Plan
in support of an Open Burn / Open Detonation (OB/OD) facility. The
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Plan was prepared in response to requirements of the Great Basin Unified
Air Pollution Control District (GBUAPCD). The Plan included a health
risk assessment of tonic air contaminants and an air quality impact analysis
for criteria pollutants. Other agencies involved included the California Air
Resources Board (CARE) and the Department of Toxic Substances
Control (DTSC). The agencies approved the Plan and permitted
continued operation of the facility. This work is now being updated to
address new DTSC requirements and also includes new emission factors
that were developed specifically for this operation.
Technical Lead, USS Stennis Homeporting Air Quality Support,
San Diego, Department of the Navy, 1998, $50K: Dr. Rangaraj
provided litigation support to the U.S. Navy for the USS Stennis
Homeporting Project. This high-profile project required evaluation of
emissions and dispersion modeling analyses conducted by the San Diego
County Air Pollution Control District (SDCAPCD) and preparation of
responses to legal briefs prepared by a local environmental group.
Extensive work with legal counsel was required. The litigation support
resulted in the case being thrown out of court and the subsequent
successful homeporting of the aircraft carrier in San Diego Bay.
Technical Advisor, Marine Corps Realignment Conformity
Analysis, San Diego, HQ Marine Corps, 1996-2000: Dr. Rangaraj
( ��`- helped to initiate and then served as technical advisor for a multi-year
General Conformity Analysis and Determination project for MCAS
Miramar and MCAS Camp Pendleton. This mission critical project was
performed in response to a settlement agreement with an advocacy group
following litigation. The project required a detailed understanding of the
requirements of the settlement agreement, the applicable regulatory
requirements and a thorough review of the quality of the raw data used to
conduct the analysis. The project resulted in a detailed inventory of, and
emission estimates for, a wide range of combustion sources including
aircraft engines and ground support equipment. His efforts set the stage
for the recent successful completion of this project.
Project Manager, NESHAP Impact and Cost of Compliance,
Edwards Air Force Base, 2005, $70K: Dr. Rangaraj completed a project
for Edwards AFB to estimate the applicability of many federal, state and
local (Kern County APCD and Mojave Desert AQMD) regulations, the
associated requirements and the cost of compliance with these
regulations. This information was used to program future year funding.
Project Manager, Air Quality Computer-based Training, Edwards
Air Force Base, 1999, $80K: Dr. Rangaraj managed a project where a
computer-based training solution was developed in response to a need for
a cost-effective approach to train base staff on air quality compliance
requirements and to track the completion of required training and testing.
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D E V E L G P M E N T
E C 0 N 0 M I C 5
DOUGLAS H. SVENSSON, AICP
President
SUMMARY OF PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
Douglas H. Svensson is a planner and economist with twenty years of field and academic experience
in the areas of economic development, community redevelopment, housing and regional growth
analysis. Mr. Svensson has worked in both state and local government and in the non-profit sector, in
addition to his extensive consulting experience. IIe has conducted numerous fiscal impact studies
and market research analyses for private development projects. Mr. Svensson has also prepared
major regional growth projections and planning studies for public agencies. While employed with the
State of California, Mr. Svensson researched small business development, downtown revitalization,
and assisted in developing programs to mitigate the impact of major plant closures.
REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE
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Market Research and Financial Analysis
Tulare Retail Analysis
Rancho San Juan Market Analysis
Soledad Los Coches Shopping Center Analysis
Gonzales Downtown Improvement Plan
Gonzales Industrial Park
Gonzales IIotel and Winery Visitor Center Feasibility Center
Los Banos Downtown Improvement Plan
Plymouth Downtown Revitalization Strategy
Amador County Business Attraction and Expansion Study
Oakley Light Industrial Feasibility Study
Economic Opportunities Study, Arroyo Grande
Business Retention and Expansion Study, Morro Bay
Industrial Corridor Feasibility Study, Fowler
Industrial Park Feasibility Study, San Joaquin
I-5 Business Development Corridor Target Industry Study
Business Attraction and Expansion Strategy, Calaveras County
Conference Center Feasibility, Clovis
Marin Town and Country Club, Fairfax
Commercial Market Report, Corcoran
Retail Market Analysis, Hanford
Georgetown Airport Industrial Site Feasibility, El Dorado County
Ravenswood Industrial Market Analysis, East Palo Alto
Delta Landing Market Demand Study, Antioch
Mace Ranch Market Demand Study, Davis
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BRIDGE Corporation Commercial Market Study, Richmond
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Technology Center Financial Feasibility Analysis, Loma Linda
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Natoma Station .Mixed Use Financial Feasibility Analysis, Folsom
Wine Industry Input -Output Analysis, Napa County
Fiscal Impact Analysis and Public Financing
Rancho San Juan Public Financing Plan
Menlo Park Fiscal Impact Model
Laguna Vista Project — Sebastopol
Union City General Plan Fiscal Analysis
Brentwood Northwest and Northeast Annexations
Half Moon Bay General Plan Update Fiscal Analysis
Sand Creek Specific Plan, Brentwood
General Plan Fiscal Analysis and Economic Development Strategy, Imperial Beach
Shadow Ridge Unit 4, Vallejo
Columbus Parkway Condominiums, Vallejo
Castlegate Project, Orinda
University of California Long Range Development Plans, Fiscal Analyses, Berkeley and Santa Cruz
North Bayshore Economic Analysis, Mountain View
Brentwood Redevelopment Economic Analysis, Brentwood
Vacaville Redevelopment Economic Analysis, Vacaville
Tourism Sector Fiscal Analysis, Morro Bay
Muni J -Line Cost Benefit Analysis, San Francisco
I-280 Transfer Concept Program Economic Analysis, San Francisco
Northwest Community Fiscal Analysis and Benefit Assessment, Oxnard
Public Facilities Program Fiscal Analysis, Brentwood
Annexation Fiscal Studies, Brentwood
Gumpert Ranch Fiscal Analysis, Contra Costa County
Shenandoah Mixed Use Project, City of Plymouth
Policy Planning
General Plan Update Monterey
General Plan Update Salinas
General Plan Update Fresno County
General Plan Update Inyo County
General Plan Update Dinuba
General Plan Update Delano
General Plan Update Livingston
General Plan Update Union City
General Plan Update Implementation Studies, City of Santa Barbara
Growth Management System Evaluation, Santa Cruz County
Master Water Plan, City of Santa Barbara
Master Water Plan, Santa Cruz County
Circulation Element, City of Santa Barbara
EDUCATION
1977 Bachelor of Arts with High Honors, Political Science, Environmental Studies
University of California, Santa Barbara
1981 Master of City Planning, Emphasis in Housing and Community
Development, University of California, Berkeley, Thesis Topic: Business
Development in Downtown Richmond
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George J. Strnad, A.S.L.A., A.I.A.
Parks/Recreation
Overview
Mr. Strnad is a registered Landscape Architect, Ecological Restoration and
Design Specialist, Planner, and Architect with over 20 years of experience
Areas of Expertise
in environmental design and project management. His projects have
• Ecosystem Restoration and
included master plans, landscape plans, ecosystem restoration plans,
Planning
mitigation plans, construction document preparation and environmental
compliance documentation for many West Coast clients. He has extensive
• Plant Surveys, Wetland
knowledge of native flora and ecology of the West Coast states. He is
Delineation, Biological Studies
thoroughly familiar with the California Environmental Quality Act
• Ecological Landscape Design
(CEQA), the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the Clean
• Environmental Analysis
Water Act (CWA), the Endangered Species Act (ESA) state and local
• project Management,
building and planning codes and other regulatory legislation. HIis expertise
Construction Administration
includes site analysis and evaluation.
and Monitoring
Years of Experience
Project Specific Experience
Project Manager, Willits Bypass Feasibility Study and Conceptual
With URS: 5 Years
Mitigation Plan, Caltrans: Mr. Strnad prepared a detailed mitigation
With Other Firms: 18 Years
feasibility analysis of approximately 100 properties in Little Lake Valley,
Education
which were slated for mitigation of the project impacts on natural
determined, based
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resources in the area. After it was on this study that
Post -Graduate Studies in
mitigation is feasible, a detailed mitigation plan was prepared. The plan
Ecological Landscape Design/
included the description of, project impacts to, minimization of impacts
1998/UCL, Berkeley
to, and mitigation for impacts to each natural resource in the project area.
MS/Regional Planning and
As well as a detailed description of the mitigation implementation,
Landscape Architecture, Summa
establishment, monitoring and maintenance of the restored and recreated
Cum Laude/ 1955/Czech Technical
habitats.
University, Praha
Project Landscape Architect, Ball Ranch Master Development Plan,
BA/Architecture/1953/Czech
San Joaquin River Conservancy: Mr. Strnad was the lead natural
Technical University, Praha
resource planner responsible for the preparation of the conceptual master
Registration/Certification
plan based on meetings with the Project Development Committee and the
1997/Landscape Architect/ CA/
agencies (CDFG, USFWS, CDPR, CDGS) as well as several public
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meetings. The key issues for the client involved: determining a balance
between habitat preservation areas and public recreational facilities for the
1989/Architect/CA/#C21724/
site; satisfying its numerous stakeholders; and aligning the land uses at Ball
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Ranch with the preservation goals of the San Joaquin River Parkway.
2002/HAZWOPER/Certified
Project Landscape Architect, Damon Slough Habitat
2001/Wetland Delineation
Restoration/San Francisco Bay Trail Extension Project, Port of
Certified
Oakland, CA: Landscape Architect for this habitat restoration/passive
recreation project near the Damon Slough in Oakland. Project included
the construction of a new section of the San Francisco Bay Trail, wetland,
riparian and upland habitat restoration to enhance the site for shore bird
use as well as a nature study area with interpretive signage, shore bird and
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wildlife observation points. Responsible for preparation of landscape
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work construction documentation and selection and placement of
ecotypically appropriate native species. Balanced successfully native plant
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restoration, aquatic bird habitat re-creation and passive recreation goals of
this project.
Project Landscape Architect, Ellwood -Devereux Coast Open Space
and Habitat Management Plan, Goleta, CA: Provided environmental
planning expertise for this Open Space and Iabitat .Management Plan,
,vhich was a collaborative effort of three different clients: the City of
Goleta, University of California, and the County of Santa Barbara. The
project was a part of comprehensive land use planning approach for the
Ellwood -Devereux coastal area that clusters proposed residential
development inland, away from sensitive coastal natural resources.
Specifically, the Open Space Plan will guide management practices for
habitat preservation, passive recreation, public access, education, and
research on approximately 650 acres of open space.
Project Landscape Architect, Natural Landscape Restoration &
Recreation Master Plan, Highway 24 - West Corridor, Alameda
County Transportation Authority, Oakland, CA: Prepared a schematic
master plan (which later advanced into design development and
construction plans) for habitat restoration and recreational enhancements
of a 200 -acre area along Highway 24, spanning from Rockridge to
Caldecott tunnel. Master plan included the incorporation of an existing
sports field, parking lot, restroom facilities, jogging trails and an
interpretive educational trail. Responsible for entire project from its initial
study concepts to construction document production.
Project Landscape Architect, SF Bay Trail Extension, Hercules, CA:
Developed several studies for the SF Bay Trail along the shoreline of the
City of Hercules. Developed schematic site layout plans and perspective
views.
Project Landscape Architect, Lost Lake Regional Park Schematic
Study, San Joaquin River Parkway, Friant Road, Friant, CA:
Developed an overall schematic master plan, planting plan, site sections
and detailed planting guidelines for the park's visitor areas, riparian and
wetland areas and areas around a newly created lake. The 220 -acre park is
located along the San Joaquin River below Friant Dam and offers a 40 -
acre lake and a 70 -acre nature -study area with hiking trails that include
river, wildlife and bird watching vantage points. Recreational facilities
include several sports fields and a playground.
Project Landscape Architect, Frank Ogawa Sports Field and Park
Educational Trail, Oakland, CA: Designed native plant educational trail
and prepared plans for a sculpture walk in this popular Oakland park.
Project Landscape Architect, Dunsmuir Historic Estate Landscape
Renovation Master Plan, Oakland, CA: Developed a schematic master
plan for the re -incorporation of the 50 -acre historical landmark estate into
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t: the surrounding native landscape while enhancing its existing recreation,
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educational, historical, cultural, and horticultural qualities.
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Jeff Herrin
Hydrology
Overview
Mr. Herrin is a Senior Engineer and manages the Water Resources
Division for the Sacramento Office. His primary areas of expertise are
wastewater treatment technology, storm water management, and soil and
groundwater remediation. He also has completed the 40 -hour Hazardous
Materials Incident Response Training course and 8 -hour Supervisory
course.
Areas of Expertise
project Specific Experience
• Wastewater Engineering
Lead Consultant, Caltrans Storm Water Management Plan (SWMP):
• Storm Water Engineering and
Lead Consultant responsible for the development of the California
Compliance
Department of Transportation (Caltrans) SWMP. Worked closely with
• Remediation
personal from Caltrans Districts and Programs to identify appropriate
• Regulatory Support
best management practices (BMPs) for design pollution prevention,
treatment, construction, and maintenance practices. The Storm Water
Years of Experience
Management Plan also defines training requirements, outlines a public
With URS: 16 Years
outreach program, describes the statewide research and monitoring
With Other Firms: 3 Years
program, establishes internal audit procedures, and defines reporting
requirements. Mr. Herrin coordinated the April 2002 and May 2003
Education
updates to the SW1VIP.
-� MS/Chemical Engineering/ 1987/
University of Cincinnati, Ohio
Manager, Design Evaluation for Apalachee Way Erosion Control,
Applied Science/ 983/l�Iiami
El Dorado County, CA: Mr. Herrin managed the evaluation of the
University, Orford, Ohio
University, O
hydraulic performance of the County's storm water treatment system
design, evaluated the effectiveness of treatment, and performed
calculations to size the sand filtration system. URS provided comments on
the County's plans for the detention basun and sediment vault to improve
the function and effectiveness and reduce the maintenance of the
treatment systems. lair. Herrin provided a hydraulic analysis for each
treatment system component and he developed the design and sizing
criteria for the sand filtration system. A design generally similar to the
Austin sand filter was proposed.
Project Manager, Tracy Defense Depot Storm Pond Ecological
Evaluation, Tracy, CA: Project Manager responsible for evaluating the
ecological impacts from pesticides accumulating in a 4 -acre storm water
detention pond at the Tracy Defense Depot. A monitoring plan was
developed for the evaluation and fish, invertebrate, surface water, and
sediment samples collected from the pond for chemical analysis. Site-
specific bioaccumulation factors were developed to support a risk
management decision rather than site remediation. Managed the Baseline
Ecological Risk Assessment that supported the decision.
Task Order Manager, Public Outreach for San Luis Drainage
Feature Re-evaluation, Bureau of Reclamation, Mid -Pacific Region,
TMSacramento, CA: Mr. Herrin managed the task order and coordinated
with CirclePoint to assist Reclamation in the outreach program associated
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with providing agricultural drainage. Alternatives were developed for the
management of agricultural drainage from the Central Valley. The
outreach program supported both the Plan Formulation Report (December
2002), and an EIS (NEPA compliance).
California Department of Water Resources Awareness Floodplain
Mapping, California Department of Water Resources: Presented
awareness mapping program to ten counties in northern California. A
GIS -based tool to rank watersheds in terms of impact from future
development was presented to the communities. The presentations
encouraged local government to provide their input and identify local
planning efforts to help prioritize DWR's mapping efforts.
Wastewater Treatment Plant Evaluation, NAS Lemoore, CA:
Directed the evaluation of a 0.1 MGD wastewater treatment system, an
administrative pump station, and evaporation ponds receiving a mixture
of treated industrial and domestic wastewater. This evaluation included an
evaluation of wastewater discharge requirements and the wastewater
treatment process. A video survey of an underdrain system around the
evaporation ponds was performed to evaluate potential impacts to nearby
crops. Mr. Herrin also provided a two-day training course in jar testing
procedures to WWTP operators.
Rhone-Poulenc Wastewater Evaluation: Evaluated a 1.5 MGD
wastewater treatment plant treating wastewater from the production of
organic chemicals and food grade vanillin. The evaluation focused on past
effluent discharge violations, wastewater treatment operations, and
mechanical problems. Modified operating procedures and additional
control instrumentation were recommended to address the problems
identified.
Project Manager, Sacramento County Franklin Field Burn Pit,
Sacramento, CA: Mr. Herrin was the Project Manager responsible for
coordinating the remedial design and environmental compliance support
to construct a cover for the former burn pit. Environmental and
permitting support included wetlands delineation, development of
mitigation measures to protect wetlands and vernal pools, a cultural
resources survey, preparation of a 404 permit application for the
Sacramento District of the Corps of Engineers, and preparation of a 401
water quality certification application from the Central Valley Regional
Water Quality Control Board. Key project design aspects included
identification of haul routes, temporary bridges to protect seasonal
wetlands, and the identification of adjacent uplands areas to be used for
fill material.
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Loren Murray, P.E.
Hydrology
Fairfield -Suisun Urban Runoff Management Program, Fairfield,
CA: Mr. Murray implemented a "Stormwater Management Program"
providing technical and management assistance to Fairfield -Suisun Sewer
District with their urban runoff program including NPDES program
IN
execution, education and training, inspection and enforcement. He co-
_.,,. ' authored the District's design manual, "Guidance for Design of
Detention Basins for Water Quality Improvement," distributed to local
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Overview
Mr. Murray has 24 years of civil design, planning, and coordination
experience on major water resources projects with extensive background
in flood control, riverine habitat restoration, design, and implementation.
Mr. Murray's experience includes exceptional expertise in hydrology and
hydraulics, agency coordination, computer modeling, and environmental
mitigation strategy development. He will serve as a hydrology and
Areas of Expertise
hydraulics Task Order Manager. Mr. Murray possesses excellent public
presentation and group communication skills with the ability to relate
• Hydrology and Hydraulics
successfully with a multidisciplinary audience. Employment history
(H&1-1) for Both Riverine and
includes project management and advanced water resources design
Tidally Influenced
engineering in the private sector. Public sector experience includes
Environments
professional engineering in the federal government with the Sacramento
• Planning and Design -Level
District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and the Hydrologic Engineering
H&H Expertise
Center in Davis, California.
• Storm Drainage, Pumping
Stations, and Major Flood
Project Specific Experience
Control Systems
City of Sacramento Drainage Master Plans for Basins 37, 43, and
• Storrnwater Quality Analyses
158, Sacramento, CA: Mr. Murray developed solutions to eliminate
{ • Facilities/ Infrastructure Civil
significant flooding to major urban drainage basins within the City of
Design
Sacramento. Tasks included data collection, preparing and running the
Sacramento Storm Water Management (SSWlVIM94) program (model
Years of Experience
debugging and analysis). He developed optimized water duality
With URS: 4 Years
enhancement alternatives. He prioritized the improvements, and
With Other Firms: 20 Years
formulated a multi-year capital improvement program showing long-term
fiscal requirements to implement solutions. He also provided project
Education
oversight and duality control for two other city drainage basins being
BS/Geological Civil Engineering/
analyzed by City of Sacramento Utilities Department staff.
1981/University of California,
Davis CA
Master Drainage Plan for the Community of Middletown, Lake
County, CA: Mr. Murray managed the analysis of existing drainage
Registration/Certlflcation
conditions and developed a community improvement plan to provide
1987/Professional Civil Engineer/
storm drainage management to Lake County Flood Control and Water
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Conservation District. The project included the determination of
community -wide stormwater runoff and accumulation, the development
of infrastructure necessary to alleviate flooding, prioritization of
development of infrastructure to maximize protection -versus -capital cost,
and a capital improvement program to direct the County to fund the
project improvements over a 5-, 7- and 10 -year schedule.
Fairfield -Suisun Urban Runoff Management Program, Fairfield,
CA: Mr. Murray implemented a "Stormwater Management Program"
providing technical and management assistance to Fairfield -Suisun Sewer
District with their urban runoff program including NPDES program
IN
execution, education and training, inspection and enforcement. He co-
_.,,. ' authored the District's design manual, "Guidance for Design of
Detention Basins for Water Quality Improvement," distributed to local
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URs
commercial, industrial and residential developers for use in all local
development projects.
Guadalupe Bypass Hydraulic Analyses and Design, San Jose, CA:
Mr. Murray managed the development of flood control alternatives,
including two bypass alternatives to reduce flood risk during a design
flood through San Jose. He performed steady- and unsteady -flow
modeling to develop and evaluate several dynamic flow regime conditions
under the suite of alternatives. He designed alternatives to meet capacity,
freeboard, environmental and other flood control criteria and constraints.
McKay's Point Offstrearn Storage Project, Lemon Cove, CA:
Mr. Murray designed prelim nary -level (30%) project levees, channels,
automated inflatable rubber dams, radial gates, fish passage mechanisms,
and water distribution piping to reclaim quarry site (seven basins) into a
multi-purpose water supply/flood control/ recreation project. Included
the design of a replacement diversion facility across the Kaweah River,
and option to operate entire facility from the remote irrigation district
office several miles away.
Carmichael Water District, Carmichael, CA: Mr. Murray performed
preliminary scour analyses for the intake facilities to the Bajamont Water
Treatment facility. He evaluated aggradation and degradation potential of
the American River to the three Ranney-type collectors and associated
main intake transmission pipeline between the collectors and the
treatment plant, and determined appropriate placement of future
infrastructure relative to scour/ sedimentation potential. He also designed,
assisted in contracting and provided construction support on re-
establishing functionality of three existing Ranney collectors on the
American River which were damaged by high flood flows in the American
River.
Elisa Way Pump Station, Roseville, CA: Project Manager and civil
designer responsible for analyzing the drainage watershed, sizing of pump
station, and development of plans, specifications, cost estimate, and
contract bid package. His responsibilities included site design, electrical
and instrumentation, pump specs, and pre-screening of the "jack & bore"
pipeline installation contractor.
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Areas of Expertise
• Traffic Engineering and Design
• HOV/HOT Design
• Corridor Studies
• Traffic Studies and
Transportation Planning
• Intelligent Transportation
Systems Planning„ Design and
Deployment
• Traffic Signal Programs and
Improvements
• Construction Staging; and Traffic
Control Plans
• Design-Build/Turn Key Projects
Years of Experience
With URS: 10 Years
With Other Firms: 15 Years
Education
BS/1981/Civil & Environmental
Engineering/University of Rhode
Island
Traffic Engineering Short Course/
Georgia Institute of Technology
URS
Douglas Smith, P.E.
Transportation Planning
Overview
Mr. Smith has over 24 years of broad experience in the management of
transportation and traffic engineering projects. He has managed an office
of between 12 and 24 staff and currently supervises 15 employees within a
traffic group of the transportation division. His project experience
includes numerous highway designs and 3R improvement projects, ITS
applications and traffic operations improvements, traffic impact analysis,
parking analysis and design of over 200 traffic signals and systems, and
the preparation of site plans and parking layouts for residential and
commercial developments. He has also participated in the preparation of
several conceptual design reports for highway projects.
1\/Ir. Smith has a broad range of management and business development
experience and has been successful as a senior practice builder for over 15
years. As a Vice President of URS he has been responsible for the
development of business, planning and managing a business plan and
management and development of technical and administrative staff
Mr. Smith ahs been successful under three different administrations while
working at BRW/Dames & Moore/URS.
Project Specific Experience
Project Manager, San Joaquin Valley ITS Strategic Plan, Counties
of San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Merced, Madera, Fresno, Tulare, Kings
and Kern, CA: Mr. Smith was the project manager for a comprehensive
ITS Strategic Plan for the San Joaquin Valley. He has also been actively
involved in preparing strategic plans and incident management plans for
the Oklahoma City Area, Fresno County and LA/Ventura Strategic Plan.
Registration/Certification
Project Manager, Focused Urban Area ITS Strategic Plans,
Metropolitan Areas of San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Merced, and Tulare
1988/Professional Engineer/CA/
Counties, CA: Mr. Smith was the project manager for a comprehensive
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focused urban area ITS Strategic Plan for four urbanized areas of the San
1989/Registered Traffic
Joaquin Valley. Project Manager, Santa Clarita ITMS/TSI PS&E Project,
Engineer/ CA/#TR001526/
Santa Clarita, CA. Project Manager for the Communications Master Plan,
Exp. 6/30/2006
TOS and electrical design elements of the ITNIS for the City through a
1999/Professional Traffic
grant funded through MITA. Included the preparation of Communications
Operations Engineer (PTOE), ITE
layout and schematic plans, CCTV/Traffic Signal modification plans and
Certified
TOC upgrades for several arterial corridors with a construction cost of
$3.2 million.
Project Manager, I -15/I-215 Corridor Traffic Study, City of
Temecula and Murrieta, Temecula/Murrieta, CA: This project
involved the development of traffic analysis for future build out
conditions in the freeway corridor. The project developed the future
is
analysis and identified mitigation scenarios for deficient roadways and
intersections including new facilities that were ultimately included in the
general plan.
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URS
Task Manager, I-405 Corridor MIS, Orange, CA: Oversight of URS'
planning and engineering tasks for the I-405 corridor study. Tasks include
the preparation of concept drawings and traffic analysis for fourteen
improvement alternatives based on 2030 traffic forecast results. On
Going.
Project Manager, Central County Corridor Study, Orange County,
CA: Managing the completion of Phase I of an MIS for the central
Orange County corridor study area that includes consideration of a major
freeway extension along the Santa Ana River. The project includes
preparation of a Purpose and Need Statement and feasibility of a wide
range of alternatives for future consideration. Completion in 1/05.
Lead Traffic Engineer, SR 134/I-5 Congestion Management Study,
Burbank, Glendale, and Los Angeles, CA: Prepared the traffic analysis
and TSIVI Implementation Plan for arterial and interchange improvements
at the confluence of this regionally significant interchange to improve
congestion and reduce neighborhood intrusion on City streets Completed
2002.
Lead Traffic Engineer, Mid County Project Study Report (PSR),
Stanislaus County, CA: Currently preparing the traffic analysis for a
proposed county expressway along the Faith Home Corridor from Beard
Indurtrial park to the SR -99 including recommendations on interchange
improvements and intersections under build conditions. Completed 4/04.
Lead Traffic Engineer, Metropolitan Bakersfield Systems Study,
Bakersfield, CA: Directed all traffic analysis for 20 transportation
alternatives in the metro area. Developed the traffic analysis criteria to
assist in the selection of the best set of projects to address area
transportation needs. Completed 12/03.
Lead Traffic Engineer, Westside Parkway EIS, Bakersfield, CA:
Directing all traffic analysis for the 2030 No Build and Build alternatives
for a proposed City owned expressway on the Westside of the City of
Bakersfield. This facility follows the alignment of the formally proposed
Kern River Freeway with design modifications for a local facility. On
Going.
Lead Traffic Engineer, I-5 from Sorrento Valley Road to Genessee
Avenue PSR, San Diego, CA: Directing all traffic analysis for the 2030
No Build and Build alternatives for proposed City owned and freeway
improvements along this heavily congested corridor. This project will
develop improvements that include freeway upgrades, braided ramps,
interchange and intersection improvements and roundabouts in key
locations. A PDS and Full PSR will be developed for this project.
Completed 6/04.
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URS
EIS/EIR, Battle Creek, Shasta/Tehama County Border, CA:
Ms. Knight completed multiple graphics for an EIS/EIR that was a
collaborative effort between multiple agencies. She managed GIS services
and data files and analyzed impacts for the project, which included nine
unique construction areas. The analyses covered habitat areas and waters
of the U.S. She calculated acreages and provided graphical representations
of sensitive areas.
Pipeline Project, Forbestown, CA: Ms. Knight extracted census data to
assist with a grant application submittal. She analyzed population
01 demographics and assisted in developing service -area weighted averages
to compare with grant application qualifying criteria. She generated
graphics to aid in demonstrating appropriate study areas and
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Carolyn Knight
GIS
Overview
Ms. Knight has 12 years of experience in computer mapping and graphics
production, including the use of GIS for environmental analysis and
characterization. She specializes in using various computer programs to
incorporate GIS with database applications and provide useful
Areas of Expertise
management information for the analysis of environmental resources,
sensitive areas, and scientific information. She uses environmental
• GIS
modeling to develop detailed information on impacts for planning
• Environmental Modeling
purposes; she has produced graphics and maps from surveying and digital
• .'Digital Mapping
data to illustrate project areas and proposed areas of impact and to
Years of Experiencedevelop
environmental models.
With URS: 3 Years
Project Specific Experience
With Other Firms: 9 Years
Newmark Groundwater Contamination Superfund Site (RI -RA),
Education
Newmark, CA: Ms. Knight has provided electronic well location and
BA/Anthropology and
historical sampling event data for this EPA -funded project. She has
Italian/1993/University of Oregon,
mapped potential contaminant source areas relative to well locations and
Eugene
F ip,
provided spatial reference for groundwater flow direction.
Solan Wind Project, Rio Vista, CA: leis. Knight has used a variety of
data to supply valuable spatial information relative to environmental
features and sensitive areas. She has created digital data for the analysis of
rights of way, property ownership, and easement requirements. She main-
tains consistent mapping projections and provides maps for field surveys,
analyses, and reports. She has worked with project field surveyors
regarding wind turbine generator placement and processed field GPS data
to map sensitive avian habitat and occurrences.
California PUC Hydrodivestiture Project, Shasta, DeSable, Kings,
Crane, and Helm Watersheds, CA: Ms. Knight provided GIS analysis
for the project. She gathered data sets to create a probability model
depicting possible future land use and development.
EIS/EIR, Battle Creek, Shasta/Tehama County Border, CA:
Ms. Knight completed multiple graphics for an EIS/EIR that was a
collaborative effort between multiple agencies. She managed GIS services
and data files and analyzed impacts for the project, which included nine
unique construction areas. The analyses covered habitat areas and waters
of the U.S. She calculated acreages and provided graphical representations
of sensitive areas.
Pipeline Project, Forbestown, CA: Ms. Knight extracted census data to
assist with a grant application submittal. She analyzed population
01 demographics and assisted in developing service -area weighted averages
to compare with grant application qualifying criteria. She generated
graphics to aid in demonstrating appropriate study areas and
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accompanying information. She also managed GIS services and data files
for future project needs.
Salmon Restoration Initiative Cultural Resource Probability
Modeling, Oregon Department of Transportation: Ms. Knight
gathered digital environmental data and cultural resource data to model
the probability of encountering cultural resources along State of Oregon
highways. She identified potentially high impact areas to prevent
maintenance crews from destroying cultural resources. She also presented
modeling techniques and results to the client and the public. She
conducted training sessions for the continued use of GIS as a modeling
tool.
California State Historic Preservation Office Pilot Cultural Resource
Database and Web Site: Ms. Knight modified data from various state
agencies, including the U.S. Forest Service and State Historic Preservation
Office, for integration into one database for use statewide through GIS
and the Web. This database and Web site will provide an updated,
electronic, accessible method for cultural resource specialists to research
existing data and enter new information.
Biological Assessment for Non -Long -Term Contractors, Fresno,
CA: Ms. Knight developed multiple graphics using ArcView 8.2 for a
fa
3 Biological Assessment report. She created complex graphic legends for
very detailed and extensive information. She provided information to
authors regarding acreages of specific land -use areas and sensitive species
and habitats that were separated by each Non -Long -Term Contractor
within the Central Valley Project area.
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Albert V. Warot
Wce Prealdent
Education
I As Vice President for Willdan, Mr. Albert V. Warot is responsible for
1970, B.S, Geography,
managing the firm's planning operations. Mr. Warot possesses more than
Northern Arizona University
34 years of professional planning experience in the public and private
sectors. His experience spans all aspects of planning including advance
Affiliations
and current planning, environmental review, and housing and community
American Planning
development. Since joining Willdan he has served several cities in
Association
management capacities that include the following:
City Advisory Committee,
Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program
Los Angeles Urban County
Coordinator/Manager for the Cities of Cudahy, Bell Gardens, La
CDBG Program, Chairman
Puente, Rosemead, and San Gabriel;
National Association of
• Acting Community Development Director for the City of South EI
Housing and Redevelopment
Monte;
Officials
• Planning Director for the City of Calimesa;
• Special Planning Advisor for the City of Westlake Village; and
34 Years Experience
' Planning Advisor for the Cities of Hawaiian Gardens, La Habra
Heights, Lynwood, and West Hollywood.
Mr. Warot has prepared applications for and subsequently administered
numerous state and federal grants related to planning and community
development (e.g., CDBG, Section 108, Historic Preservation, etc.). He
possesses an in-depth working knowledge of the redevelopment process,
and has designed and administered programs dealing with residential and
commercial property rehabilitation, and the development of low- and
moderate -income housing. He has also managed the updating of
numerous General Plan Housing Elements certified by the State
Department of Housing and Community Development.
In the area of development review, Mr. Warot has prepared environmental
documents for large-scale projects and has processed major development
proposals including the following:
• a 428 -unit residential development on the hillsides adjoining the Las
Virgines Reservoir in Westlake Village;
• development of 131 acres lying near the Lindero Canyon Road
interchange on the Ventura (101) Freeway in Southern California with
a mixture of business park, general commercial, hotel, and high-
density residential uses;
• the Torrance Municipal Airport Master Plan;
• the Gateway Plaza mixed use project in Garden Grove, California;
• major redevelopment projects in the Cities of Lynwood, Oxnard,
Torrance, and Pasadena, California;
• a proposed 22,000 acre annexation to the City of Tehachapi,
California; and
• the Marlex Oil Refinery expansion in Long Beach, California.
Prior to joining the Willdan team, Mr. Warot was the Manager of
Environmental Planning for a Long Beach consulting firm. He has also
worked as an Assistant and Associate Planner for the City of Torrance and
as a Planning Aide for the City of Merced.
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April 21, 2005
Randy Hatch, Community Development Director
City of Lodi
221 West Pine Street
Lodi, CA 95241-1910
Dee- Mr. Hatch:
Lodi is a compact city along Mokelumne River, surrounded by vineyards and orchards, with
livable neighborhoods and a revitalized downtown. It is a community with civic pride that
values city building, drawing residents who endure commutes to other destinations. Its
desirability is resulting in growth pressures, evidenced by multiple large development
proposals, especiallyalongtheCity'swestern and southern edges.
Lodi stands at the cusp of major economic changes as a burgeoning center of premium wine
production and tourism, and expanding retail, office, and educational sectors. The General
Plan can guide growth strategically to provide economic and quality of life benefits to the
community. Strategiang for tourism uses, and protecting viticulture that provides economic
sustenance and endows the city with distinction, will be major General Plan challenges. The
General Plan will also need to foster neighborhood livability; ensure continued downtown
vibrancy; maintain the City's fiscal health; promote synergistic land use and transportation
planningto minimizecongestion; and provide equitable benefitsfor the Eastside.
Dyett & Bhatiaisparticularlysuited toworkingwith theoommunity and thedecision-makesto
outlines new vision for city building during Lodi'scentennial. Our strengthsinclude:
• Unsurpassed California General Plan Experience. Dyett & Bhati a has prepared general
plans for more than 45 cities throughout California Rajeev Bhatia—our proposed
Project Manager—has prepared general plansfor 20 cities.
• Strong Central Valley Experience. R4eev Bhatia managed general plansfor Chico and
Turlock, and the Capitol Area Plan in Sacramento for theaeteof California—all three
American Planning Association award-winning assignments. D&B is currently
preparing general plansfor Los Banos and Portervi I le, the M anteca Zoni ng Ordinance,
and recently completed the Yuba City General Plan and the Zoning Ordinance. Team -
member ESA ispreparing EIRson general plansfor Stockton and Galt.
• Experience in Planning for Distinctive Communities. D&B has worked for numerous
communities throughout the West Coast that pride character and livability, including
general plans for over 15 Bay Area cities, and planning and/or zoning for such
distinctivecitiesasSanta Monica, Santa Fe, Monterey, and Carmel.
• Experience with Greenbelt Conservation. D&B prepared general plans for three
Sonoma County cities Santa Rosa, Rohnert Park, and Petaluma—dealing with issues
related to tourism and greenbelt conservation. Team -member Mundie& Associates has
worked on transfer of development rightsfor wine -growing areas in Livermore, and on
agricultural land preservation in Sacramento, San LuisObispo, and Napa
• Exceptional Urban Design Skills. We believe urban design is an integral part of
planning. Last month we finished a new plan for downtown San Diego, perhaps the
most ambitiousrecent urban planning effort on the West Coast. Current work incudes
planning for anew downtown for Santa Clara; transit area plans for Milpitas, Fairfield,
and Santa Clara; and master planning for Genentech's South San Francisco campus (7
million squa-efeal of high-tech spacehousing 15,000employeeson 200 acres).
• Expertise in Leading General Plan Visioning Programs. D & B has greet deal of expert se
in conducting General Plan outreach and our public participation efforts have received
awards from the American Planning Association. We have used practically every
method of outreach for General Plan work, including workshops, surveys (phone, in-
person, Internet, and mail -in), stakeholder meetings, youth and children programs,
and computer-based scenario building.
• Experience in preparing Environmental Impact Reports along with general plans. We
prepare EI Rs on all our general plans, so policies and other features can be
incorporated in the plan to mitigate impacts, resulting in "self -mitigating" plans.
• Expertise in Plan Implementation. D&B is a national leader in the preparation of
development codes and other implementation documents. This experience gives us a
uniqueinsight into how to ensurea community vision istranslated into specific results.
• State-of-the-art Computer Modeling and Visualization Capabilities. We have
advanced in-house GIS expertise, including ability to create "on -the -fly' scenarios in
interactivesettings, aswell asthree-di mend ond computer-based modeling capabilities.
• Interpretation Capabilities. D&B staff includes planners who are fluent in Spanish to
help with translation and assistance during workshops. Rayeev Bhatia has working
spoken facilitywith Urdu.
Our team bringsexxeptional familiaritywith Lodi, combined with afresh perspective. D&B has
long-standing working relationships with all team -members, including over ten general plans
with ESAand sixwith Mundie& Associates. Theteam incudes
• Environmental Science Associates, who recently completed work for the City of
Stockton's Delta Water Supply Project, the SJCOG's Multi Species Habitat
Conservation and Open SpaoePlan, and aFarmland Conversion Feestudyfor thecities
of Manteca, Tracy, and Lathrop. ESA is currently preparing EI Rs on general plans for
Stockton and Galt, and was recently selected to prepare an EI R for the Eastern San
Joaquin Basin Integrated Conjunctive Groundwater Use Program.
• Mundie & Associates, who led the economics work for the Downtown Lodi project,
and have enormous experience with general plans, and fiscal modeling.
• Prof. Michael Southworth of U.C. Berkeley, who will lead livability assessment; he
performed similar work for D&B for the Santa Rosa General Plan.
• Godbe Research & Analysis, who have concluded phone surveys on several of our
plans.
• Mountain West Research, who are analya ng a mail -in survey for the Redlands General
Plan for us.
• Fehr & Peers, who are currently working with uson seven projects.
• Nolte Associates, who have exceptional familiarity with infrastructure issues in the
City.
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We have outlined a comprehensive scope of work that incorporates extensive outreach,
including community, stakeholder, and decision -maker workshops; a mail -in survey and a
livability survey; preparing and maintaining a project website; as well as strategic working
papers on greenbelt conservation; growth and economic development; and livability. The
General Plan scope includes preparation of aCommunity Design and Livability Element. The
EI R wi I I serve as the EI R on both the General Plan and Sphere of I nfl uence changes, providing
economies and implementation efficiencies. Wewill use state -of -the art GlStools, including
customized Scenario 360 model to enable interactive plan -making. The proposal represents a
suggested work program, and we would be happy to modify thisscope to better meet the City's
needs.
If selected, we will commit senior personnel to the assi gn ment. Rajeev Bhatia, Al CPASLA will
serve as the hands on Project M anagen, and wi I I be personal ly respond ble for crafti ng land use
and urban design strategies. Mr. Bhatiaisoneof themost experienced General Plan preparers,
and his projects have won five awards in the last six years from the American Planning
Association. Hewill beassisted byother senior membersof thefirm, induding Michael Dyett,
FAICP, Leslie Gould, D&B's Director of Planning Services, and Vicki Hill, D&B's Director of
Environmental Services. Other D&B staff memberstrained in land use planning, urban design,
and facilitation will assist. Senior staff from other firmswill participate.
We are committed to creative, quality work. Our work has received seen awards in the last
seen yearsfrom the American PlanningAssociation. We urge reviewersto ask our references
about the quality of our work, our responsiveness and ability to meet time schedules, and our
thoroughness.
We look forward to hearing from you.
Cordially,
PAee Bhatia, AICPASLA
Pri ncipal
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Urban and Regional Planners
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Project Understanding, Issues, and Approach
In this d7apter, we outline our prgect understanding and issues that need to be address! Chapter 2.
PublicPartidpation offersin ddtail our approad7 to community partidpation, and Chapter 3. Sapeof
Work providesa sten-by--sten work program.
1.1 PROJECT UNDERSTANDING
Lodi is a distinctive Central Valley community along Mokelumne River abutting the Sacramento
Delta. It is a compact city surrounded by vineyards, with a revitalized downtown, livable
traditional neighborhoods, and a community with civic pride and active involvement in city
building. Lodi is also a burgeoning center of premium wine production and tourism; while the
Lodi appellation is currently less prestigious than Napa or Sonoma, in recent years Lodi wines
have won many competitions and the area offers a much more relaxed and rural ambiance than
the North Bay Area competitors. Because of its charm and shall -town atmosphere, Lodi remains
the preferred residential choice for many in the greater San ,baquin County region. While the
three other major cities in county—Stockton, Manteca, and Tracy—have embraoed (or arguably,
even been subsumed by) growth, Lodi has instead chosen to emphasize quality, and city and
neighborhood building.
Lodi is a distinctive community surrounded by agriculture and natural amenities, gracious neighborhood streets, and a revitalized downtown.
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The City has chosen an exciting time in its history—its centennial yea --to initiate a
comprehensive update of the General Plan. The current General Plan was adopted in 1991 and is
nearing its 2007 horizon. Much has been accomplished in the last 15 yea's—new residential
neighborhoods and parks have been built, and downtown streetscape and other improvements
haveprovided vitality and astronger senseof placeto thecommunity. In recent yea'stheCity has
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completed several infrastructure plans to provide for cohesive development, bikeways have been
designated, and an update of theZoningOrdinanceisunderway.
The City remains an exceedingly desirable residential and employment location, as evidenced by
the flurry of development proposals and approvals, indudingVintner'sSquare(with Lowe's) and
Lodi chopping Center (9iper Wal-Mart) at Kettleman/Lower Sacramento that will add nearly
400,000 square feet of retail; FCB, with nearly 400 acres of development in two separate areas
(Gateway and Westside), as wel I as major proposals south of W. Harney Lane, including for a cal I
center that may employ 1,200 to 2,000 people, Blue Shield offices, and new homes A proposed
north campus of the Delta Community College campus could become a source of employees for
thewinetourism industry, although significant oonce-nsabout neighborhood impactsremain.
Growth pressure at the City's edges- Vintner's Square nearing completion, across from site for the proposed Super Wal-Mart, land
south of Harney Lane where a large new residential development is proposed, and new homes on the Southside.
The General Plan Update provides an opportunity to step back and take a fresh look at what the
community wants to be, and seamlessly interweave the past, the present, and the future. A quick
reading of the current General Plan does not provide a dear direction of the community's
future—the Plan seems to be more descriptive than policy driven. Nonetheless, the City has
accomplished much in the previous 15 years, and perhaps more critically, new ideas have
emerged—the City increasingly sees its future tied to the wine industry, with the surrounding
vineyards key to providing economic sustenance and a distinctive character. The new General Plan
provides an opportunity to shape the City's future, define the role of tourism and the city's
relation to agricultural/viticultural lands and to adjacent communities, identify what the City can
do to createwaikable neighborhoods, foster a strong downtown, and ensure continued economic
vitality and a strong sense of pl ace for the communi ty.
GENERAL PLAN OBJECTIVES
This General Plan update process will need to address several planning challenges Based on our
preliminary understanding of the assignment, these i nd ude:
• Working with the City Council, the Planning Commission, and the community to articu-
late a vision for the City for the next two decades, and translating thisvision into aviable
implementation program;
• Maintaining the City's positive development attributes and lifestyle, and ensuring
neighborhood I ivabi l i ty and wal kabi I ity;
• Outlining strategies to capitalize on the emergence of Lodi as a center of wine industry,
with policies to develop amenities and facilities to promote tourism and extended stay,
protect surrounding viticulture/agricultural uses, and foster development of cohesive and
distinguished community character and identity;
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• Enhancing downtown vitality, including incorporating results of previousefforts, Explor-
ing mechanism to attract office uses, and evaluating the potential for adding residential
Used
• Ensuring equitable development, and ensuring that the eastside shares in the City's con-
tinued development and evolution;
• Exploring mechanismsto easetraffic congestion along arterials, and building upon recent
efforts to promoting a bicyde network;
• Maintaining theCity'sfiscal health and ensuring that the City and current residentsshare
in the benefits of growth;
• Linking land use, transportation and infrastructure, and ensuring that Plan policies are
mutuallysupportive, internallyconsstent and in accordancewith Statelaw; and
• Preparing aGeneral Plan that iseasily used and attractively designed, and can beeffidently
revised to incorporate future amendments and update.
Fostering neighborhood livability, protecting surrounding viticulture, and capitalizing on Lodi's emergence as a center of premium wine -
making will be some of the key general Plan challenges.
1.2 KEY ISSUES
In thissection wediscussin detail key issueslikelyto beaddressed the General Plan. Our technical
approach:
GROWTH AND PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT
The City Counci1's reoent directive to amend the General Plan to expand the Sphere of Influence
(901) south of the current I i mits makes sense, given development pressure on the edge of the city,
proposals by Stockton to Extend its sphere to within about half mile south of Armstrong Road,
and the need for vineyard conservation. Thechallengewill beto find mechanismsto ensurethat a
portion of theexpanded spherecan beviably retained in agricultural /viticultureuseand that new
urban development contributesto thecity and can besuccessfully integrated into thefabricof the
community without adverseimpacts.
The City needs a physical framework for development in the Planning Area with policies and
design criteria to make decisions on development proposals. Issues related to growth patterns,
public facility investments, parks and open spaces, quality of life, and potential disconnections
among city neighborhoods and districts will need to be addressed. To be successful, the General
Plan update must engage community members in discussions about the future form of the city
and howthe Ran can help thecommunityget there
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Open space at the City's eastern edge, portion of which is part of Frontier Community Builders Southwest Gateway Project.;
to,aether with the Westside Project by FCB. 2,200 homes will be added.
At the heart of any public planning project I i ke the Lodi General Plan Update is an understanding
of the local physical, social, and economic geography. Protecting and enhancing quality of life
must remain priorities as the City sorts through these issues and crafts a new General Plan. In
Lodi, the effects of annexation and growth on transportation, infrastructure, parks, schools, and
other community facilities and services are significant issues, as evidenced by the recent
controversy over the,%per Wal-Mart. Thesegrowth prospects require adequate planning for new
facilities and future servieesto enable Lodi to grow without adversely affecting the quality of life
for existing residents. Whiletheinflux of new housing, population, and tax revenuescould help to
invigorate the City, it is important to ensure that annexation proposals make good fiscal sense
over thelong-term and areeonsistent with community goalsand values.
Haphazard annexation has the potential for creating a fragmented city structure. New
neighborhoods will need new local parks and schools. Poor circulation system planning has the
potential for disconnections among new and old neighborhoods, shopping districts, and
employment areas. Consequences could include inefficient circulation, eroded city identity and
sense of community, neighborhood deterioration, accessibility issues, and even economic
development challenges in the long term. Emphasizing neighborhood connectivity and the role of
parks, greenways, community separators, and other open space systems in enhancing a sense of
plaoein Lodi isan option to beexplored in thisGeneral Plan Update.
A growing community like Lodi has needs for schools, advanced education, job training, and
youth activitiesthat help to equip peoplewith thelifeand employment skillsto meet thedemands
of modern economies. Thedemandsfor such servieeswill increase along with population growth,
requiring active collaboration with stakeholders such astheschool district on facility construction
and operating components.
LIVABLE CITY AND NEIGHBORHOODS
Clearly, a prime objective of this project is to create a visionary plan for Lodi that leads to the
creation of a greet place but also maintaining and enhancing livability and quality of life that
residentsi cherish. The General Plan should establish a model for residential neighborhoods, with
parks, community facilities and neighborhood -supporting uses and a community design
framework for annexation areas Too often development projects are brought forward piecemeal,
and there is no overall framework to ensure the creation of a place that becomes beloved in the
community and holds itsvolueover time.
What is a livable neighborhood? Definitions will vary somewhat from neighborhood to
neighborhood, and from city to city. Within itseompact seven square mile urban area, Lodi offers
several Excellent Examples historical and contemporary—of neighborhood development that can
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serve as the bass for adialogue; I ivabi I ity as conceived by Lodi residents should be the foundation
for neighborhood planning.
The physical form of a neighborhood contributes significantly to its livability and long term
success as a neighborhood – the character and pattern of streets, the land use pattern, the quality
of its public spaces, the landscape and natural features, the quality and character of its built form.
It respects the natural setting and builds on its landscape qualities as well as on its history,
providing visibleconnectionswith itspast.
Among theelementsthatwill contributetoaIivablecity are
Great Parks and Public Space Network
Thenetwork of parksand public spaoeestablishesthecharacter and special placesin Lodi. Thecity
is dotted with neighborhood parks in established and emerging neighborhoods, and recreation
amenitiesalong the Mokelumne River.
We will explore a wide range of possibilities to build on the City'sparking system based on great
examples of neighborhood planning and figure out which models fit with the climate,
environmental constraintsand character of thecity. Modelsto explorecould include:
• Interwoven greenbelt of parksand paths–Davis
• Great linea- parkson arterialsor collectors–Yuba City
• Pattern of small geometric interspersed parks–Savannah, GA
• One or two large community park with sports fields, linked by pedestrian/bike paths to
neighborhoods–Yuba City and Chico
• Network of linea- parksthrough block interiors, organized along creekwaysand irrigation
canals
Streets
Street design, trafficcelming, and street landscapedesign can make enormous contri butionsto the
creation of successful corridors and neighborhoods in both the existing city and in new
development. The City has done much in recent years to plant new street trees, as evidenced in
downtown, and newly planted mediansalong major arterialssuch as Lower S?aamento Road and
Cherokee Lane. The General Plan can provide a framework for key corridors where street design
and adjacent development work harmoniously to provide character, comfort, and engagement—
both for motoristsand pedestrians.
While parking is a necessity, design and development standards can ensure that garages do not overwhelm streets.
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A well designed open space and recreational system is fundamental to a livable city. Opportunities for new parks and connections,
including along canals, can be examined as part of the General Plan.
Handsome street (Pine Street) in the city's downtown residential neighborhood (left). While the City has done much to improve the
appearance of arterial streets with median plantings, many of the post-war neighborhoods surrounding downtown and the Eastside
could benefit from redesign and more trees.
Lodi's flat topography and Mediterranean climate is conducive to biking and walking through much of the year. While many new
bikeways have been designated, many of the City's arterial streets—in their width, design, shade, and the relationship between
streets and buildings–are not pedestrian friendly. Most commercial activities outside downtown are located along streets that are
wide and carry large traffic columns.
Shorter blocks and more frequent connections between streets and development can promote walking and decrease distances for all
transportation modes. Relationship between buildings and streets and open space is also vital –Emerson Park with buildings facing
open space, and new neighborhood in Southside, with park fronted by backyards.
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Connections
Good neighborhoods are not islands, but are well connected to local shops and services, schools,
and recreation. Opportunities for strengthening connections between neighborhoods, local
centers, public spaces, and downtown should be studied. Polices and standards to provide for
connectivity in new neighborhoods and criteria for sound walls that cut off many neighborhoods
in Lodi may also need to be established. Another successful technique we have deployed in other
cities is establishing maximum block sizes and connectivity requirements to facilitate circulation
but allow flexibility in the layout of individual development projects and ensure that major
development efforts build upon thecity'sestablidied grid system.
Activity Centers and Accessibility
Good neighborhoods are anchored by centers of activity such as shops, services, schools, health
centers, cultural institutions, or recreational facilities. Land use patterns and development
guidelines should support local centers and assure their contribution to the local neighborhood
environment. I n Lodi, while there is a good provision of parks in new neighborhoods, shopping
activity remains clustered along key arterial streets, such as Kettleman Lane or Lodi Avenue; new
residential neighborhoods, especially to the south, are growing at increasing distanoesfrom these
centers, with someof thenewest developments more than amileaway.
The General Plan can carefully orchestrate projected land use demand for a variety of uses to
create nodes of activity that maximize accessibility—for pedestrians, bicyclists, or motorists.
Development densities can also be designed to enable the greatest number of people to live closer
to parks, stores, or other amenities.
Compact Urban Form
Lodi's overall urban form is extremely compact, with an urban area of only seven square miles
(exclusive of White Sough). This compactness results in efficient provision of services, greater
sense of belonging to the community, easier accessibility to major activity centers such as
downtown, and minimal impacts on surrounding agricultural activities. Policies that retain the
city'soompactnessasit growswill help foster livability.
Housing
Good housing is the essence of a good neighborhood. It will provide a mix of types to attract a
diverse population in age and family types. The built form will be varied, yet harmonious. While
dearly many new neighborhoods will be built over the life of the new plan, there are also many
opportunities for providing infill housing within the built city on sites that are vacant or
underutilized. Infill housing that relates to the scale and character of existing neighborhoods can
strengthen neighborhoodsand reduce pressurefor outward expansion into green space.
The Eastside will require special focus to ensure that benefits of growth are equally distributed.
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Lodi's downtown neighborhoods offer exemplary patterns of neighborhood development, with
handsome streets with trees, short and walkable blocks, homes with broad front porches, and
parks and open spaces that relate directly to adjacent development. These neighborhoods remain
vital and exceedingly popular. How these desirable qualities can be integrated with contemporary
home size needs and parkingdesireswill bethechallenga
WINE INDUSTRY AND VITICULTURE; GREENBELT
Lodi has transitioned from producing "jug' wines to some outstanding varietals and today is
Cal iforni ds largest wine appellation, producing morevarietal winegrapesthan Napaand Sonoma
combined. The area's wine industry also has a reputation for embracing progressive growing
practices that minimize the use of pesticides and other chemicals—practices that have been
emulated elsewhere in the state. Lodi is home to nearly two -dozen wineries (or almost 60 in the
greater area), hundreds of labeled wines, and thousands of acres of premium wine grapes. While
Lodi has been growing grapes for 150 years, the area's transition to premium wines arrived two
decadesago in 1986when Lodi'swineregion received designation asan American ViticultureArea
producing the Lodi appellation. Today, Lodi's wines, especially the anfandds; are commanding
i ncread ng respect.
From a General Plan perspective, there are two key issues/challenges that will need to be
addressed:
Tourism infrastructure, and its location and design. Lodi has experienced substantial in -
c - in visitor activity, but thetourism infrastructurehasnot kept pacewith thisgrowth.
Room rates at Wine and Roses can be upward of $200 per night. Working with other
stakeholders—such the Lodi Conference and Visitors Bureau—the General Plan can pro-
vide synergy and the physical development direction to enhance visitor potential and ex-
perienoa. A key question that will need to be answered iswhether downtown should serve
as a tourist destination—with boutique hotels, new restaurants, and wine bars—as it has
in other communities, such asHealdsburgand Sonoma, both clustered around plazasthat
provide concentration of activity to sustain visitor interest beyond winery visiting hours.
The City's current visitor infrastructure islocated at theCity'sedge, rather than in thecen-
ter.
Tourism isaddressed in greater detail later under Economic Strategy.
Greenbelt. A principal General Plan challenge will be to define a Planning Arealupdated
Sphereof Influence, and outline policiesand programsthat can ensure permanent agricul-
tural/open space use outside the urban areaover thehorizon of the General Plan. Thiswill
be a challenge, because a sphere of influence in California, as defined under State law,
represents the probable future service boundary of a city or special district, representing
the area within which the city or district is expected to grow. In both Napa and Sonoma
counties, the role of open space protection has fallen on the shoulders of regional agen-
des—counties or LAFCOs. In Sonoma County, voters also approved a unique sales tax
that led to the creation of the Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation and Open Space
District (SCAPOSD) to protect open spaceand agricultural operationsand purchaselands
for public recreation, and the County General Plan establishes "community separatorsi'
tied to theestablishment of urban growth boundaries around each city.
Clearly, compact urban form and downtown vitality, as is currently in evidence in Lodi,
can help relieve development pressure on agricultural areas. At the same time, it is
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important to recognizethat other communities—someof them nearby— maybe happy to
competefor thedevelopment that Lodi desires, without placing restrictionson it that place
greenbelt -I i ke sites off -I i m i is
While no financial compensation to agricultural property owners is necessary just because
of an expanded sphere, the key to actually maintaining permanent greenbelt over the
lifespan of the General Plan is to formulate trade-offs that the current owners of
agricultural areas can accept as a viable alternative to development, given the potentially
largedisparity between thevaiueof land retained in agricultural useand thevaiueof land
that may be converted to urban use. Typically, owners of agricultural land have perceived
the future ability to sell their land for development as their strategy for financing
retirement or leaving an estate to their heirs. Indeed, the difference in the value of land
restricted to agricultural use and the value of land that may be developed with urban uses
isgreat. To reduce the pressure that resultsfrom this difference in value; the General Plan
will need to address questions such as should some form of transfer of development
rights (TDRs) or conservation easements to ensure permanent agricultural land
preservation be pursued?9iould small-scale bed and breakfasts, wineries or other uses be
permitted in agricultural zones?
Dyett & Bhatia has extensive experience in working in these settings, having prepared all
three regent general plans for cities for larger cities in Sonoma County (Santa Rosa,
Rohnert Park, and Petaluma). Mundie& Associates has extensive experience in thisfield,
beginning with a comprehensive survey of agricultural preservation strategies in the
Modesto arm i n the 1970s and continuing through an Examination of land use confl i cts at
the urban/rural fringe and analysis of the likely effectiveness of transferable development
rights and agri-tourism to preserve agriculture in the South Livermore Valley in eastern
Alameda County (providing the economic foundation for the South Livermore Valley
Area Plan). Our team will interview key sourcesin the Lodi areato identify issuesthat may
bespecificto that area, and then will preparea candidate list of strategiesto beconsidered
duringthegeneral plan updateprocess.
Working Paper: Greenbelt Conservation Strategies
The issueof the greenbelt—viabi lity, how large, where, and what techniquesand incentiveswould
work—would likely be a critical component of the General Plan process In effect, the very
definition of the Planning Area(viable Sphere of Influence would rest to some degree on the
viability of techniquesfor agricultural conservation.
Thus, we propose to prepare a worki ng paper fairly early in the process that would present issues
specific to Lodi, techniques (such as conservation easements, and transfer of development rights)
that have that have worked successfully elsewhere (such as in Sonoma, Napa, and South
Livermore) and the kindsof uses permitted in agricultural areas in these places (such aswineries,
produce storage and crushes, bed and breakfasts).
ECONOMIC AND DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY, AND FISCAL
CONSIDERATIONS
Lodi's economy is rapidly transitioning from food (General Mills), industry and manufacturing,
and distribution to services. With immense potential in thewine industry and tourism, today the
City stands at the cusp of a perhaps a major transformation in its economic base, which could
provide resultant benefits to the community. Several issues in the General Plan Update will be
strategicor economic in nature; and include:
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Lodi's economy is transitioning from food and industrial uses to services, and stands at the cusp of pivotal changes from the wine
industry.
Downtown Vitality
Lodi has devoted substantial effort to revitalizing and maintaining its attractive downtown area
The City intends to continue supporting downtown in the future through attraction of office -
based businesses and tourist -oriented development (including perhaps a boutique hotel), and
strengtheningof Lodi's image asthewine country destination in the Central Valley.
Key to maintaining avital downtown will be the recognition that some uses that the City hopes to
attract to the city center will find it easier to locate in outlying areas, where development projects
are simpler (e.g., because larger development sites are available, avoiding the need for parcel
assembly; because they require no demolition or other forms of site remediation, etc.). Just as
Lodi considered how to keep downtown from faltering when Wal-Mart located at the edge of the
City in the early 1990s, it will have to continue to devise policies and strategies to preserve and
fortify downtown as the heart of the community while capturing additional economic
development that makesimportant citywide economic and fiscal contributions
Such policies and strategies may benefit from analysis based in economics, which considers the
factors that are useful in attracting specific types of businesses to specific communities and sites
within those oommunities, the location thresholds (such as population size and density, parking
availability, and complementary businesses) required by some businessesto locate in a place, and
the development economics of alternative development regulations (e.g., floor area ratios, height
limits, density limits, parking ratios, and sdbacks) and feestructures.
Tourism
Onetypeof economic activity that may benefit downtown—and that may beencouraged byavitai
downtown—is tourism. When a place has achieved an identity as a destination, it can attract
visitors from the region and beyond, for stays ranging from an afternoon to severai days The
achievable length of stay depends on the number of "things to do," the ambience of the place
beyond the number of discrete attractions, and the availability and character of visitor
accommodations
Lodi is well known within its region as one of the most attractive places in S3n Joaquin County
and, indeed, in the Central Valley. The city and surrounding area offer the visitor numerous
winery -related visiting opportunities aswell asother industrial tours, seasonal festivals, and other
events The downtown area is attractive and well-maintained, offering stores, restaurants, and
movies. Historically, the city's inventory of visitor accommodations has been located along
Cherokee Lane (Business 99), east of downtown and in a distinctly different neighborhood (not
walkablefrom downtown); today, several additional motels are available near Interstate5, west of
theclty(at agreeter distancefrom downtown). Oneadditional facility, a"boutique" hotel, isalso
availablewest of theclty, but isalso not within walking distanceof downtown.
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To providefull complementarity between downtown attractionsand visitor accommodations, the
city would benefit from the development of additional accommodations in or adjacent to the
downtown area This goal is a challenging one: from the economist's perspective, the challenges
include accessibility and (lack of) visibility from regional transportation routes (making it a
necessity that this facility be oriented to destination, rather than convenience, visitors) and the
ability to achieve sustainable occupancy rates in an area where tourist attractions are likely to be
seasonal. Both challenges may be overcome, but overcoming them requires sustained,
coordinated effort inspired by creativity.
One possibiIitymaybe toencourage(ag., through changes in zoning regulations) the use of large,
historic homes for bed & breakfast accommodations This strategy has been used successfully in
Sonoma and Ashland, OR (among other communities) to provide attractive visitor
aceommodations without changing thecharacter of theeommunity.
A key strategy is to diversify the city's array of visitor attractions, including the creation of a
walkable downtown district (similar to the area around Healdsburg's town square, for example)
that will entice visitorsto spend time in Lodi. Such a walkable district may benefit from modified
development regulations that encourage upper -floor residential and office uses (to enhance
everyday support for retai I bud nesses) and other strategies to attract the types of bud nesses that
would serveboth residentsand tourists
The City has done much to improve the downtown streetscape and appearance and many new buildings have been built, including
Stadium 12, that are drawing people. In cities such as Heoldsburg (below center) and Sonoma (below right), downtowns play a
central role in tourism as well — with hotels, restaurants, wine tastings, and other enticements arranged in a walkable setting.
9milarly, theexpansion of programmingat HutchinsStreet Squareto indudeacommunity-based
theater group or additional one-night events could bolster Lodi's visitor appeal. The Cinnabar
Theater in Petaluma, the Napa Opera House, and the recently -revived Fox Theater in Redwood
City all attract vidtorsfrom beyond thelocal area, who arealso likelyto dineout locally beforethe
show and who become candidates for an overnight stay after theshow.
The City's flat topography could also be an asset in drawing bicydists; if principal destinations,
wineries, and recreational areas could be knit together with safe and convenient bi cycle routes.
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Fiscal Viability
The different land uses in a city, and the arrangements of those land uses, affect not only the
economic viability of the privatesector activities, but also thefiscal viability of thecity itself. Fiscal
analysis considers the revenues contributed to the city by, and the costs incurred by the city to
provide public servicesto, existing and new development.
For general plans, fiscal analysis isoften auseful tool for considering the different implicationsof
varying amounts of land uses, the geographic arrangement of those uses, and regulations on the
character of development (e.g., density or floor area ratio, parking requirements, etc.). When
applied to plan alternatives, fiscal analysis can inform decisionmakers about the relative benefits
and costsasscciated with different amountsand patternsof new development, and can identify the
critical development characteristics that affect fiscal outcomes and over which the city can exert
some amount of control. When applied to a preferred plan, fiscal analysis can provide an early
warning system for impending revenue shortfalls, so that thecity can consider and adopt strategies
and mechanismsfor baland ngfuture budgets
A qualitative assessment of fiscal impacts of various development strategies is included in our
scope of work; we have also outlined as an optional item preparation of a fiscal model that can
help test the general fund impacts of various land use alternatives—Mundie & Associates has
worked with Dyett & Bhatia to prepare fiscal models for several general plans, including San
Ramon, Santa Rosa, Rohnert Park, and Petaluma
Working Paper: Economic Strategy
Because Lodi is in a pivotal economic stage, conscious decisions on economic and land use
strategy can have lasti ng repercussions. Thus, we propose to prepare a focused working paper that
would present growth trends, likely demand for various land uses (including retail demand by
segment), and opportunities, challenges, and possibilitiesfor their arrangement in the Lodi of the
future. Thus, for example, the strategy would Examine demand for neighborhood -oriented retail,
and possibilitiesfor dispersing them to enable neighborhood walkability. It may quantify demand
for hotelsand visitor uses, and examinetheprosand consof concentrating hospitality uses(hotel,
restaurants, wine tasting) in downtown, and the challenges that may need to be overcome or the
i ncentivesthat may be necessary to attract the deli red uses.
This Working Paper would be prepared before the Alternatives are prepared, so that discussion
and didogueon the strategy options can bereflected in the Alternatives.
Downtown is Lodi's heart and soul. Downtown underwent arecent renovation with an innovative
public-private partnership that invested in new streets, sidewalks, plantersand streetlights. A new
arch on School Street at Lodi Avenuewith touchesof local art vine motifs, new trees, and benches
and sidewalks are helping to foster greater identity and provide pedestrian comfort. The Lodi
Stadium 12 cinema at School/Om has been exceptionally successful in drawing people and
spurred establishment of cafes, restaurants, and shopsaround it.
From aphysical perspective; whiledowntown i s easi I y wal kabl e across i n its east -west extent, it is
more than half mile long in the north -south direction, and may need agreater diversity of uses to
ensure fu I vitality. Because Lodi does not have a Redevelopment Agency that can facilitate public
improvenentsthrough tax increment finandng, assist with parcel assembly, or provide incentives
to attract desired uses, the city will have to be especially artful in drawing hotels, offices, and
perhapseven residential uses, that may add to downtown's diversity and vitality.
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Downtown is large, especially along the north -south axis; a greater complement of uses, including offices, hotels, and perhaps even
residential, will foster increased vitality. Design policies can help ensure continuity of active uses at the ground level (alleyway,
middle ;and alleyway with retail uses wrapped around the corner, right).
To achieve greater diversity in the downtown area may require a change in both the permitted
array of land uses and the regulations on their development: greater intensities, densities, or
height limits, for example, can alter red estateeeonomicsto enhance the likelihood that land use
change can occur. At the same time, increased population density—through the attraction of
office -based businesses, but particularly through the introduction of housing—adds support for
downtown businesses,
Additional design and development policies will be essential to ensure adherence to good design
principles that result in street level engagement for pedestrians– such as with stores that wrap
around and present a publicfaeealongalleyways, and awningsfor shade.
REVITALIZATION OF KEY CORRIDORS
While much new development will happen at City edges, opportunities for infill, reuse and
enhancement of appearance of key corridors remain. In Lodi, virtually all commercial
development is clustered along key arterial streets—larger department stores and new big box
establishments are dustered at the western edge of Kettleman Lane, and the rest of the corridor
has an eclectic array of other commercial establishments, as well as two-story large size office
buildings. Cherokee Lane is home to big box stores and auto dealers, as well as motels and fast-
food establishments capitalizing on the corridor's proximity to Highway 99. Along both of these
corridors, opportunities for reuse, infill, and intensification Exist. New street treesare in evidence
along both these corridors, and when these mature, their overall image and appearance will
improve as well. Additionally, there are more neighborhood oriented retail establishments along
West Lockeford Street, aswdI asageingstores in scattered locations.
As the City grows, there may be a need to re -Examine the location of some commercial uses –
particularly neighborhood -serving retail that could be easily accessed from neighborhoods, and
other retail usesthat could belocated in downtown. Becauseof thevery natureof arterial streets—
large widths, heavy traffic volumes—they do not lend themselves to a pedestrian orientation. In
some areas, existing paroel boundaries (sizes and/or configurations) may inhibit the
redevelopment of Existing usesto conform to today's design, aoeess, and parking standards, some
revisualization of possibilitiesand permitted development intensitiesmight berequired. A greater
array of uses (including perhaps housing?) along some corridors may provide richness in use and
activity aswell.
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Major commercial activity is concentrated in corridors such as Kettleman (above left and middle) and Cherokee (above right); new
residential developments are at increasing distances from these corridors, and infill and reuse opportunities are present(below).
AFFORDABLE HOUSING
Lodi's Housing Element was certified in December 2004 by HCD, and update of the Housing
Bement isnot part of this RFP. Regardless, asthe City increasingly trandtionsto a more service -
based economy (with an increasing number of jobs in the hospitality and retail sectors), land use
mechanisms to increase the supply of affordable housing may need to be considered; otherwise
workers in these jobs may need to commute in from elsewhere, adding to traffic and congestion,
and businesses may haves hard ti mefi Ili ng somejobs.
Additionally, a substantial portion of future population growth in Lodi, like in other Central
Valley communities, is likely to result from organic growth (births minus deaths) rather than in -
migration. Affordable housing choiceswill enableyounger community membersto remain in the
community asthey get older, want to purchase a house, or start a family. Ageing population has
differing needs as well, and a desire to locate closer to amenities and services. Additionally, to
preserve the greenbelt and accommodating growth, instead of just displacing it to adjacent
communities, Lodi may want to think about how to make higher -density housing affordable to
produce and desirable in the marketplace. Higher density need not necessarily mean multifamily
housing—D&B prepared guidelines for high-density townhomes (at 30 units per acre) that has
been built in the Capitol Area in Sacramento, and is extremely popular. The key isto have land use
designationsand design and development regulationsthat enablesuch projectsto beviable.
Compact urban form and
affordable housing need not
necessarily mean more
multifamily housing or
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the existing fabric. Single family
homes in the Capitol Area in
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ENVIRONMENTAL AND AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES
Ranked sixth in total production value, San Joaquin County continues to be one of the most
productive agricultural counties in the State. Locally, the Lodi -Woodbridge area is a recognized
leader in agricultural production with over 70,000 ac-esof land in current wine grape production,
with an approximate annual yield of 600,000 tons of grapes valued at $300 million (Lodi -
Woodbridge Wi negrape Commi ssion, 2006). Theselocal agricultural activitiesnot only contribute
to the City's economic base but they are also intrinsic to the local quality of life, and provide
environmental benefits.
The combination of soil type, location, weather, and water availability makes agriculture an
important environmental resource. In addition to several local economic benefits and the
preservation of important soil resources, farmland has other environmental benefits, including
aesthetic, biological, and hydrological. Agricultural land isaform of open spacethat hasinherent
aesthetic value as part of the rural landscape. Open space separation between communities is a
recognized benefit in distinguishing communities and in reinforcing their identities From a
biological perspective, agriculture may provide foraging habitat for several species of wildlife,
including special status birds such as SNainson's Hawk. Agricultural land also can act as a
transitional buffer between natural areas and more intense urban land uses. The conversion of
agricultural land has hydrological implications, as loss of open space changes the existing
watershed and may reduce groundwater recharge areas (as opposed to urban development which
creates large areas of impermeable surfaces), critical given that Lodi relies on groundwater for a
m1orityof itsmunicipal needs
ZONING AND PLAN IMPLEMENTATION
A comprehensive revision of the City's Zoning Ordinance is currently underway. A draft of the
document has been prepared, although staff has not yet reviewed it. It is likely that the updated
General Plan will require some modifications to the zoning regulations as a result of new policy
initiatives—such as new usedistrictsor changes in design and development standardsfor selected
uses!areas, or changes in Subdivision Regulations related to street connectivity standards This is
likely to be a modest effort, as the Zoning Ordinance Update project would likely have resolved
most of the existing underlying issuers.
Whilethecurrent project doesnot inciudearevision to the City's Zoning Ordinance, theteam's
extensive experience in formulating land useand development regulationswill help to ensurethat
thenewGeneral Plan's principles and policiescan betransiated into meaningful implementation
programs including development standards and procedures that can be used to implement the
Plan on adaily basis Dyett & Bhatia iscurrently leading several concurrent General Plan/Zoning
Ordinance updates, including Santa Monica, Pomona, Concord, and Emeryville—these
communities have found it beneficial to havenew regulationsin placeat thetimetheGeneral Plan
is adopted, so implementation can be carried out smoothly. We have included an allowance for
zoning regulations update as an optional item in our scope of work, should the City so desire to
pursuethis
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1.3 OUR GENERAL PLAN WORK METHOD
In this sec ti on we outline our approach to general plan assignments, and how we propose to work
with staff and deasionmakers. Our approach to public participation isoutlined in Chapter 2.
PLAN -MAKING AS A COLLABORATIVE PROCESS
At Dyett & Bhatia, we believe that plan -making is a collaborative process that involves decision -
makers, thepublicand staff. Weusethebest tools avai lablefor research and analysisand areadept
at synthesizing a wide range of information into choices that are logical and understandable.
Through our efforts, weseek to articulateaframework for development that has lasting value, and
policies, programsand standardsthat providea path for communitiesto attain their vision of the
future. Our work is"place based", and we alwaystailor our work programsto each community's
needs, wedon't have "cookie cutter" solutions, nor arewemissonaries, advocating a particularly
communitydedgn philosophy.
INFORMING DECISION -MAKERS
Our work hasvalueonly if it results in good decisions by those we serve. We provide information
and ideas that enable confident choices. We help communities work through controversy by
making even-handed presentati ons that build trust in the planning process. Wefirmly bdievethat
planning decisions must ®(press a community's personality and its perception of the public
interest.
Growth can affect acommunity'squalityof life and a government's abi I ity to serve its citi zens. To
lessen these impacts, local officials—and the residents and businesses they serve—must be
i nformed of the consequences of land use alternatives by a systematic assessment of the i mpacts of
future development on capital facilities, publicservices, and thenatural environment. Theright of
a community to choose its pace of growth is, ultimately, a policy issue that must be decided by
elected offidalswith informed public participation. Planners can help by offering creative choices
that respond to local issuesand conoernsand by outlining theeoonomic, fiscal, and environmental
trade-offs. The Lodi General Plan should serve as the City's constitution. To be effective, this
constitution should:
• Bedear, concise, easyto use, and internailyconsistent;
• Address a comprehensive range of subject matter, such as land use, transportation, natural
resou roe management, economicdevelopment and oommunitydesign; and
• Providedear direction for evaluating development proposalsand for planning capital im-
provements.
VISIONING: FROM BROAD GOALS TO ALTERNATIVES AND POLICIES
Dyett & Bhartia will offer choices for Lodi's long-term future that are meaningful and provide a
bassfor evaluation. In identifying alternatives, we will walk the line between "big idea" planning
concepts (i.e., strong, vital downtown or "urban villages' in new growth areas west of town) and
incremental changeswithin theestablished pattern of land uses. Too great an emphasson thefirst
type of option can result in intellectually attractive but unrealistic proposals. Too great an
emphasis on the latter approach can lead to alternatives that solve short-term problems but
providetoo littledirection for thefuture.
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We have had sueoessdevdoping"planningalternatives' in response to critical issues and concerns
as a means of focusing discussion at community workshops. Issues and alternatives go together;
for each issue, theplanner'sjob is to offer choices and comparetheir effects. Such choioesrequire
trade-offs because no single option is likely to satisfyalI concerns. The economic, fiscal, sod al, and
environmental effects of several alternatives must be evaluated. Our job will be to help frame the
questions and provide decision -makers with enough information to allow them to feel confident
about their choices. We believe that this approach is essential to provide the detaiI Expected from
the General Plan and move beyond generalities to a specific action program.
Once the alternatives are reviewed, we hope the City CoundI will have agood idea of which ideas
and approaches to the new General Plan have broad support among Lodi residents Our job will
be to pull together the consensus that hopefully emerges into a coherent statement of what Lodi
wants to see for the future. The General Plan wi I I represent a complex balancing of the needs and
desires of various groups, including homeowners, landowners, developers, employers, children,
and the elderly. Striking the right balanoewiII bethe key to asuccessful prooess
EMPHASIS ON IMPLEMENTATION
At Dyett & Bhatia we truly believethat implementation is an integral part of the planning process,
not an afterthought. This will be critical to ensure that Lodi's new General Plan has the desired
result, and does not just represent "shelf -art" but is an effective tool for city -building —
programming public improvements and guiding private development. Our considerable
Experience writing zoning and development regulations informs practical policy formulation to
effect ivel y achi eve corn muni ty goal s
Successful implementation requiresthat thenew Plan:
• Forge consensus among City officials and stakeholders on implementation methods for
growth and community design strategies,
• Contain the right mix of regulatory options, incentives, guidelines and potential public
and private initiatives;
• Articulate choices that are realistic and balance flexibility and certainty, flexibility and re-
view time, flexibility and administrative oosts, and development cost and design quality;
and
• Providestrategiesthat will lend themselvesto the unique characteristics and needsof op-
portunitysiteswithin the City's Planning Area and provide aflexible and enduringframe-
work for development.
WORKING WITH CITY STAFF
We envision working in dose partnership with City staff. The complementary skills and
knowledgeof City staff and consultant team can result in a processthat isefficient and planning
documents that are effective. Staff's familiarity with the City's issues and resources, coupled with
oonsultants' technical Expertise and broad experience, will ensure that Plan policies are realistic
and have broad community support, and allow Lodi to gain from the Experience of other
communities.
We expect City staff to help in coordinating with the City CoundI, the Planning Commission and
the General Plan Steering Committee and maintaining a liaison with residents and business and
property owners and their representatives. Staff also wi I I provide baseline information, such as on
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development projects, public faci I ities, and other resources. Another essential City staff role is to
review all draft products, provide unified direction to the consultant, and resolve conflicts that
may result from review by individual department heads.
The RFP states the City's des re that the consultant provide staff support services, such as agendas
and meeting notes. Dyett & Bhatia performed a similar role in the recently completed Downtown
San Diego planning project—maintaining the project website, preparing agendasand minutesfor
steering committee meetings, and conducting project mailings, and will be happy to providesuch
servicesfor thisprcject.
1.4 APPROACH TO SPECIFIC GENERAL PLAN COMPONENTS
GENERAL PLAN STRUCTURE
Lodi's updated General Plan needs to provide overall strategies and policies that provide dear
direction but could also indudereoommendationsfor development standardsthat foster livability,
protect agricultural uses and open spco-,project review procedures, and other such provisions
that will make it easier to implement the Plan's policies and achieve its objectives. Ideally, the
General Plan should provide the vision and policy direction, zoningshould implement thisvision,
and if necessary, design and other guidelines (such as those relating to green building, for
example) should provide direction on qualitative issues and serve as a bass for discretionary
review. Awell-crafted General Plan will simplify the ail -important task of converting policiesinto
effective rules and regulationsto guideland useand development.
Wealso believethat aGeneral Plan should bepolicy, rather than background information driven.
Issues and other background information belong elsewhere, and not in a plan. Policy language
should well -crafted, so there is no ambiguity about what it means. Policies should provide
adequate direction for implementation; Lodi'scurrent General Plan isrepletewith "feel good" or
"encourage" polides—thesearewdl-meaningstatements, but providevery little implementation
guidance—for example, a policy that simply states "the City shall encourage preservation of
agricultural land surrounding the City' is not very meaningful in the absence of actual
implementing mechanisms.
The General Plan should also rely on maps, diagrams, and other visual information to make
intention dear. Where an item has been conveyed on a map, it need not be repeated in text. The
General Plan should also strive to provide standards—which are items that can be mapped or
measured—whereappropriate—such asfor traffic, bikeways, park sizeand location, etc.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT
The EI R for the new General Plan wi I I be a Program EIP, A Program EI R allows for the
consideration of a broad range of environmental issues, and is designed to streamline the
environmental review process. It may serve as a baseline for analysis, and covers the general
environmental impactsof the General Plan Update. However, if aproject arisesthat isbeyond the
soopeof theoriginal analysis, it can berevisited and amended.
The D&B team, along with ESA to provide technical expertise, has extensive knowledge of and
experience with the preparation of EIRS for policy projects such as this, as well as extensive
experience in preparing environmental documents for general plans for surrounding
communities, such as Galt and Stockton.
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Integrating the General Plan and the Environmental Review
Theapproach to environmental assessment hasfive key objectives
• To ensurethat environmental opportunities and constraints identified in theinvestigetion
of existing conditions are reflected in thedeveiopment of the General Plan; thus, in effect,
i ntegrati ng the planni ng and envi ronmentai process
• To identify General Plan policies that will mitigate any adverse environmental effects of
Specific Plan implementation, resulting in a "self -mitigating' plan. Virtually all of our
General Plan EI Rs (more than ten in the last six years) do not have even a single added -on
mitigation;
• To fully satisfy CEQA requirementsfor environmental documentation of the General Plan
and providea compendium of environmental information; and
• To make maximum use of the environmental information available through plans and
various environmental documents and specific studies in the City, aswell as information
from regional and stateagencies and
• Creation of a processto minimizetheenvironmental review required for theevaluation of
future development projects eons stent with theupdated General Plan.
Wehavebeen ableto achieve these obj ecti ves through useof thefollowing techniques
• Establishment of a comprehensive data set for existing conditions for all environmental
issue areas through thepreparation of the Technical Background Report;
• Development of critical environmental review methodology to objectively analyze the
updated General Ran'spolicy implicationsand implementation components,
• Determination of relevant environmental impacts based upon sound technical analyses,
and use of appropriate and applicable thresholds of significance for the policy evaluation
and documentation of thresholdsof sgnificancefor theevaivation of future development
projectswithin thecity;
• Communication of the information on environmental impacts to the consulting project
team, City staff, the public, and decision -makers resulting in a cohesive integrated Plan
anarysisand implementation strategy;
• Compliance with all aspects of the environmental review process (including the sooping
process, EIR preparation, Draft EIR public review, response to comments, and the
Mitigation Monitoring Program) with CEQA and the CEQA Guidelines (as amended
through September 2004); and
• Minimizing adverse impact through identification of Land Use and Circulation Element
policiesto result in a"self-mitigating' plansto theadent feasible; and
Combined General Plan/Sphere of Influence Expansion EIR
This General Plan is likely to result in an expanded Sphere of Influence, within which an Urban
Growth Boundary may be outlined. In order to approve the expanded sphere, the San .baquin
LAFCOwould requirRamong other things,environmental reviewofthe sphere expand on.
We propose to prepare a combined General Plan/901 expansion EI R, that will address not only
the direct, indirect, and cumulative impacts of urban development, but also examine how
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proposed update will comply with LAFCO's policies specific to the discouragement of urban
sprawl and thepreservation of open spaeeand primeagricultural lands. Thiseombined effort will
result in time and cost savings for the City. We have used similar approaches in some of our
general plan EIRs, including most recently the Rohnert Park General Plan/80I Expansion EI R.
To help incorporate these key environmental concerns into the City's General Plan Update, our
team's approach is based on a familiarity with key open space issues and on established
relationships with many of the responsible agencies that will provide input on thedevelopment of
policies designed to address key environmental issues. Several of these agencies and programs
indudethe&n Joaquin Council of Government's Multi Species Habitat Conservation and Open
,q)aceRan, the San . oaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District, and the Central Valley Regional
Water Quality Control Board.
MAPPING AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS
It is critical that mapping efforts undertaken as part of the General Plan Update serve a useful
analytical function during the Plan preparation process and be easy to update in the future. The
creation of environmental resources and land use layers would be one of the products of the
General Plan Update process, which we will integrate with the City's existing parcel base system
and provide to the City at the culmination of the planning process. Dyett & Bhatia offers
exceptional in-house capabilities for GIS and computer modeling and animation, which will be
extremely helpful for thisproject.
Scenario 360
We propose to use a customized version of Scenario 360 to enable efficient and accurate
tabulation of development capacity and impacts. Scenario 360 isa powerful suiteof softwaretools
that can be utilized in meetings and workshop settings to update alternative land use patterns,
development assumptions, and projected impacts in "red time'. Rather than waiting on the
project team to return with illustrations of concepts and ideas, people can instantaneously see
their input illustrated and discussions can productively move forward. We anticipate using
Scenario 360 with staff/decision-makers for examining revisions to the Preferred Plan and
reaching consensus.
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TRANSPORTATION AND TRAFFIC ANALYSIS
Dyett & Bhatia has Extensive Experience with devising performance criteria that measuremobility
and accessibility, not simply traffic levelsof service. These measures would beespeciailly critical as
Lodi looks to the future to foster livability, especially as opportunities to simply widen streets to
handle moretraffic are limited. Thesecriteria, to becustomized in concert with staff and decision -
makers, can beused to eval uate various I and usealternatives, aswell asused assigiificanoe criteria
for the EI R
The City's traffic model (by Fehr and Pees) will be built using either TPP+ or TransCAD
software, which is GIS based. This will enable GIS based land use information to be seamlessly
integrated with transportation analysis—D&B has worked with Fehr and Pees on numerous
general plans(over 10), and hasestablished working relationshipswith their staff.
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Thischapter outlinesour approad7 to publicpartiopation, and identifiesvanousprogram components
indudal in our proposal. Actual m6tingA newdetter� etc areintegratai with the tasks in Chapter 3
Scopeof Work
It should be notal that design of the final Public Partidpation Program would require staff and
decision -maker input, thisprocessisinduded in Task 1 of our Scaveof Work
An effective publ i c partici pati on program should create confidencein the planning process, ensure
that Plan pol id es have broad-based understandi ng and support, and reflect the i nterests and needs
of the community. Successful Plan -making requires a collaborative relationship between the
general public, community representatives, the planning team, and decision -makers
Creating an appropriate and responsive public participation program for any General Plan
program isasignificant challenge, asindividualstend tofocuson and becomeengaged in localized
development issues rather than considering thecity holistically and on projectsthat areplanned to
be implemented in the immediate future rather than the long-term. All too often, comprehensive
planning processes attract theinvolvement of ahandful of citizen activists, who monitor City Hall
and frequently participate in City Council and Planning Commission meetings, but fail to engage
the average resident and business -owner. Typically, it is difficult for the general public to
understand theimplicationsor relevanoeof comprehensive planning prooessfor themselves.
Our chat lenge wi I I be to reach out and engage the attention, interest, and active involvement of a
broad representation of Lodi'sinterests. To ensure inclusion within thepractical limitsof timeand
budget, we propose a mix of techniques that will provide opportunities for the entire city to be
educated about and provide input for the planning prooess This program will engage local
organizations and groups that are valued by the community in soliciting participation
communicate using imagery and graphic tools to facilitate understanding of planning concepts
and policies, employ methodologies that effectively foster input and assure participantsthat their
voices have been heard, and build a constituency for the Plan's policies and programs In
particular, thepublic involvement program will addresstheneed to develop an outreach program
that speaks to and engages partici pants of diverse backgrounds, educational levels, languages, and
interests
2.1 APPROACH AND OBJECTIVES
Becauseof thewide-ranging impactsof the General Plan, it isparticularly important to facilitatea
broad range of public participation. As we envision it, Lodi's General Plan Update public
participation program should fulfill fivebroad purposes
1. Educate the public about the purposes of the General Plan, its physical, economic, and
social implications, itsprocess, and howtheycan beinvolved.
2. Inform the public about the current state of the City, its issues, and critical trendsthat may
affect itsfuture.
3. Expand the public's awareness of planning strategies and policies that have been used in
other cities throughout the State and proven to effectively address critical issues and
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achieve community visions oomparable to those facing Lodi with broad support by local
residentsand decision -makers
4. Provide opportunities for thevigorous discussion of and effective input regarding issues,
visions, planning principles, growth and development scenarios, Plan policies and
programs, and comments on the Environmental Impact Report.
5. Achieve public ownership of the recommended updated General Plan.
While much of the outreach will occur through the decision -maker workshops, the public
participation processshould provides meansof expression to community members and business
groups — both those who are comfortable with the political process and individuals and groups
who do not normally participate in traditional decision-making processes It should also serve as
an educational forum, providing an understanding of the inter -relationship between Plan issues,
and their implications for City residents and businesses. The success of this planning effort will
depend in large measure on how well it takes into account the public's views about growth and
conservation issues, and how well it addressesthose issues identified as most critical to thefuture
of the community.
2.2 PROGRAM COMPONENTS
Our Scopeof Work (Chapter 3) incorporatesseveral oomponentsthat arelisted below. In addition
weoutlineafenr optional oomponentsthat may beoonsidered for inclusion in addition to or asa
substitute to the components included in the base Work Program. It should be noted that we
proposethat the Public Participation Program befine ized in consultation with staff and decision -
makers, aspart of theinitial tasks Componentsof the Participation Program follow.
STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS
One-on-one interviews with stakeholders are an important and effective way to gather
information and perspective. A seriesof questionscan beasked to learn theabout major issuesof
concern, deal breakers, desirables, and thepolitical factorsthat may comeinto play. Often people
will be much more candid in a one-on-one or small group interview. Key stakeholders could
include community leaders, property owners, environmental groups, some key public agency
representatives, and/or City Council and Planning Commission liaisons
A schedule of public workshops and stakeholder interviews will ensure a variety of community interests are considered during the
General Plan Update process.
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CITY COUNCIL/PLANNING COMMISSION WORKSHOPS AND STUDY
SESSIONS
The RFP statesthat the Planning Commission and/or the City Council might directly serveasthe
stewardsof the General Plan – arole, which in somecities, isperformed byaSteeringCommittee
or aTask Force. It isalsc possiblethat decision -makers may appoint asubgroup to work with the
community, staff, and consultants on the project. We welcome the opportunity to work directly
with decision -makers, who ultimatelywill adopt the Plan.
The decision -maker group will be responsible for shepherding the planning process, provide
leadership, review City staff and consultant research and technical analyses, and provide input for
and confirm key issues, visions, and land use planning policies. It is recommended that the
decision -makers focus on input, review, and "buy -in" to fundamental visions and policy
directions. Detailed deliberationson precise policy and program wording should be discouraged.
At the outset of the planning program, the decision makers will be interviewed as a source of
information about existing conditionsof the City, itsstrengthsand weaknesses, issues, and visions
for the future. This will help frame the scope of discussion of subsequent public surveys and
workshops
Decision -maker meetingswill bescheduled at regular intervailsthroughout the planning program.
It is assumed that the two bodies or an appointed sub -committee would meet approximately 15
times during the planning process As suggested in the RFP, the consultant, in consultation with
City staff, will prepare meeting agendas and distribute materialsto be addressed at each meeting,
and keep meeting noteslsummaries. Meetingagendasand summariesshould also be posted on the
Web Ste.
CITYWIDE MAIL -IN SURVEY
The RFP suggests surveysto gain community input. Within thelast fewyears, Dyett & 13hatiahas
conducted numerous phone surveys (Petaluma, Santa Clara, and Santa Monica), and Internet
(Santa Monica). Within thelast oneyear, wehavegreet successwith two mail -in surveysaspart of
general plans—recently, wehaveconducted mail -in surveysaspart of the Emeryville General Plan
or about 7,000). The typical response rate is between eight and ten percent; if one in three of the
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Lodi's 22,000 households (latest figures for households in the City as per the State Department of
Finance), or about 7,350 households, were targeted, we would expect about 600 to 700 completed
responses. The cost of this survey is built into our budget; a citywide mailer (covering all
households) would be slightly more expensive — a cost estimate for this is also provided in our
budget as a separate I i ne item.
The questi onnai re woul d bedesigned in consultation with City staff. We would meet with staff to
identify basic categories and themes for public feedback in consideration of input from dedsion-
makers Generally, the questionnaire would focuson theidentification, confirmation about values
and visionsfor how Lodi should evolvein thefuture, and theprinciplesthat should form thebasis
for the preparation of the updated General Plan. The survey would be postage prepaid, with
questions running on one -and -half pages of an 8.5"x11" sheet of paper, and will include a few
open ended questions.
Mountain West Research Center (a firm that is currently coding the Redlands General Plan
surveys for D&B) will code the survey. Resulting input would be tabulated, summarized, and
presented tothepublicin subsequent community events.
Phone Survey (Optional)
As an alternative to mail -in survey, a phone survey (approximately 400 completed responses)
could be conducted — thiswould be more expensive and less inclusive, but statistically somewhat
more accurate (because it eliminates self-selection bias) and allow for branched probing. Dyett &
Bhatiahasworked with GodbeRe ewch on phonesurveysfor Petaluma and %ntaClara.
CITYWIDE WORKSHOPS
Citywide workshops will be conducted at three stages during the planning process to synthesize
issues, visions, and policies at the citywide scale. Each workshop would be structured as an event
for the entire family and use innovative participation techniques that engage the interest,
maximize opportunities for input, and send a message that the input has been heard and
considered in the planning process.
These Time Magazine covers are an example of a
workshop exercise where participants envision their
hometowns making headlines as model cities.
Facilitated small group discussion in a large workshop setting.
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Specific methods will be selected in collaboration with City staff in response to the specific
objectives of the planning process and consideration of available budget and supporting City
resources. Workshop methods may i nd ude:
• Large-scale base maps or aerialsfor recording of community issues, visions, and preferred
options.
• Visual preference surveys presenting images of community places, characteristics, and
issues and possible land use development, conservation, and other pertinent strategies,
which arerated according to their importance and/or acceptability.
• Written essays, note cards, and other comments that articulate visions, planning issues,
and reactionsto planning options.
• "Break-out" sessions addressing issues, visions, land use options, and candidate policies
and implementation programs.
• Pandsof consultantsand other experts addressing key issuesand potential policies.
• Large scale "wall graphic' and flip charts on which public comments are graphically
recorded.
• "Delegate" soorecardson which thevotesof individual participants, appointed delegates,
and/or small groupsfor planning options aretabulated.
Because many of our planners are bilingual, we would be able to easily conduct tabletop
facilitation in Spanish. We would also be willing to look into Urdu facilitation, should that be
deemed necessary.
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NEIGHBORHOOD FORUMS
Multilingual workshop outreach.
While Lodi is a compact city, and conducting a citywide survey and citywide workshops should
enable participation by all, a special effort may be needed to reach out to some of Lodi's
neighborhoods—particularly the Eastside—that may not be well represented in citywide
workshops, or may have special language or cultural needs. We propose to conduct four
neighborhood "forumsi' or informal free flowing town -hall style workshops to reach out to the
Eastside community and understand issuesmost pressing to them.
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Weproposeto conduct a livability assessment, drawing upon residentsi perception of thecity and
their neighborhood. Weconducted asimilar assessment for the Santa Rosa General Plan, through
asmail but strategicdoor-to-door survey. Thiscould also betied in with ayouth workshop, aswe
have recently done in Santa Monica and Emeryville. Using cognitive mapping, residents will be
invited to identify placesthey value, draw maps, and suggest improvements that would enhance
their quality of life. Thisassessnent will becomplemented with physical observationsto provide
recommendations for livability enhancement policies that could be folded into the updated
General Plan.
WEB SITE
We will design a project website on the City's homepage, and prepare information about the
purposes of the planning process and project progress workshops; access to meeting materials,
reports, and graphics on-line; and responses to surveys and other information gatheri ng forums
The site will also act as a record of the process, providing meeting dates, agendas and meeting
notes in a central, accessible location. Project memorandum and milestone documents will be
uploaded to theproject websiteto beacoessed by interested citizens
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public with upcoming events, publications,
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websites by Dyett & Bhotia for planning
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Newsietterswill be developed at key points in the process and distributed to both residents and
busi nesses throughout thecity. A nedvdetter isan excellent vehiclefor informing the public about
the Update process, describing how they as citizens can participate and presenting schedules,
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information about community workshops, key issues, plan alternatives, and policy
recommendations. Response (feedback) forms that can be mailed back to the City may also be
incorporated. Thenewsletterswill emphasize graphics, photos, and illustrationsin order to beeye-
catching and make the planning concepts easily understood. This project could develop a stand-
alone neNsletter or incorporate project information into the newsletter published jointly by the
City/Chamber of Commerce, dependingon lead times.
PRESS AND MEDIA RELEASES
Pressand media releaseswill be prepared and distributed to local mediaat key benchmarksin the
planning process and in advance of the neighborhood and citywide workshops and other public
forums. Editors and writers for local newspapers would be encouraged to publish articles about
the planning process, key issues, options, and recommended policies and programs. Local cable
television outlets would be encouraged to broadest live or by taping the public workshops and
other publicforums.
OTHER OPTIONS
Following are some other techniques we have used in other communities that we are willing to
discuss
"Discover Lodi" Guidebook
A guide book would be prepared to enable
participants to observe and record their comments
about key assets and issues that will help frame the
discussion of the City's vision and land use
implementation strategies. In other communities,
this has proven to be a valuable technique to help
residentslearn about the City's diverse districts and
neighborhoods and corresponding issues, and to
provide opportunities for input about how these
should be resolved. The guidebook could be
structured by district or theme (urban design,
housing, business districts, etc.) so that a series
would be produced. These guidebooks would
further the community's understanding of issues
and land use concepts while providing a
mechanism for input.
The guidebook would contain a map and photographs that identify the locations to be observed;
questions regarding the site's positive and negative attributes, issues, and opportunities for the
future; ideasfor implementation strategies, and blank space for the recording of comments. The
guidebooks could be made available at City Hall, local parks, schools, and other public venues,
and/or local businesses, as well as distributed to neighborhood groups and organizations.
Partiapantswould berequested to mail them to City Hall or drop them off at key locations.
We would work with City staff in identifying the locations to be observed and drafting the
questions to be addressed. Results would be documented for use in subsequent public
involvement events and consultant work products. D&B has used this approach as part of our
ongoing work on general plansfor Santa Monica and Pomona
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Our experience has shown that one of the most effective public outreach techniques is the
involvement of local schools. This may involve activities in which children either participate
directly or serve as the conduit of information to their parents. The former can include input
regarding the students' perception of community issues and visions for the future—drawing
pictures/making collagesof their favoriteand least favorite places, howtheCity should look in the
future, and plans for neighborhoods and districts; writing essays about community issues and
their visions for the future of the City; and/or responding to questionnaires. Specific activities
would be designed to reflect the grade level of the participants The consultant team can
coordinatewith CityStaff and the l-odi School District to develop a program for classroom use.
Internet -Based Participation/ Surveys
Feedback on issuestland use alternatives can be gained through Internet -based approaches. A
presentation will be provided, following which a variety of questions will be posed to gain
feedback. D&B used this approach for the City of Santa Monica, but we have found mail -in
surveysto bea more effective form of outreach.
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Our approach to the General Plan Update and the Environmental Impact Report work program
envisions the project to be broken down into major phases, reflecting integrated public
participation and analytical processes. These four phases—Background Studies and Issues,
Choices, Draft Products, and Final Products—areoutlined below.
Throughout these phases, the General Plan update will need to address the major issues being
faced by the City. Understanding what these are and how they are perceived will evolve as the
program proceeds we believe that it is essential to retain flexibility to address and respond to
specific concerns within the State mandated context of what a General Plan is and how it is
intended to be used.
Phase I: Visioning and Outreach, and Background Studies
Visioning and Issues for the General Plan Update. Key issues would be identified through field
reconnaissance and review of planning documents, stakeholder interviews, a citywide survey,
decision -maker meetings, aswell asa community workshop and a community forum.
Land Use and Vacant Parcel Survey. A complete land use data layer would be created from
existing data sources where available, and third party sources. Field surveys would be used to
confirm theland usedata, which would begiven to the City assn AreGISdatalayer, and displayed
on printed maps. Significant vacant parcels and parols with redevelopment potential would be
surveyed in moredetail and identified in the Opportunities and Challengestask.
Working Paper: Greenbelt Conservation wi I I be prepared, focused on i slues specifi c to the greater
Lodi -Woodbridge area ajccessful strategiesthat haveworked dsewherein thestatein theeontext
of wineproduction will bepresented. A PlanningAreawill bedefined.
Existing Conditions, Opportunities and Challenges Assessment. Three working papers wi I I be
prepared to present a comprehensive assessment of opportunities and challenges related to the
Lodi General Plan:
• Working Paper: Land Use, Transportation, and Natural Resources. The report would be
designed to initiate a meaningful dialogue with the community with policy options that
would respond to issues identified through the public visioning workshops and in subse
quest community forums
• Working Paper: Growth and Economic Strategy. Growth prospectswill bequantified, and
choioesrdated to development strategiesincludinghousing, commercial uses, and tour-
ism—presented.
• Working Paper: Urban Design and Livability Assessment. An assessment of citywide and
neighborhood -scaled livabilitywill beperformed, reliant both on interactiveworking with
the community and fieldwork.
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Phase II: Choices
Alternative Plans Workbook. Thisworkbook would drawfrom ideasthat haveemerged from the
community forums and discussions with the City on land use concepts and classifications, and
others, such as economic development initiatives and livability/sustainability concepts. Land use
mapswill besupplemented with visualization of selected areas. Impactsof the alternatives will be
discussed to enable informed decision-making, including through the useof Scenario 360.
Preferred Vision. In dose cooperation with the community (inducting a citywide workshop) and
decision -makers, a Preferred Vision/Plan will be prepared. The Preferred Vision will encompass
the land useand urban design framework, including issues related to development intenstiesand
building massing, to provide the basisfor preparation of detailed proposals in the General Plan.
Vision statement/General Plan themeswill beendorsed bydecision-makers.
Framework Concepts and Key Goals. These will complement the physical development
framework embodied in the Preferred Vision. Key goals for each element will be identified,
providing the bridge between the Preferred Plan and detailed policy development.
Phase III: Draft Documents, and
Phase IV, Final Documents
Draft General Plan. The Draft General Plan would include all of the State -mandated elements as
well as Community Design and Livability Dement. The emphasis would be on "objectivesi' and
"policies' that all tieback to thevision, preferred plan. Policieswould bewritten with theintent of
establishing the basis for implementing ordinances. Following public review and hearings, the
Rnal General Plan would be prepared.
Environmental Impact Review. Impact assessment would be conducted parallel to General Plan
preparation, so that mitigation can be built into the General Plan, resulting in a self -mitigating
Plan. The impact assessment, documented in the Draft EIR, would becirculated for public review
and then finalized with the responsesto comments meeting all CEQA requirements. This ElRwill
also serve asthe environmental assessment for theSphereof Influenoechanges.
Adopted General Plan. Thiswill laid out in an easy -to -read format, with rich useof photographs,
drawings, and three-dimensional visualization. It will be provided to the City in aformat so asto
be easi I y accessi bl e on the web.
3.2 SCOPE OF WORK
This section outlines our proposed work program for all phases of the Lodi General Plan Update:
The program isorgan ized into ninetasks; from project initiation to publishingthefind General Plan
and ElRdocuments; i n corporat i n g t he wor k outlined in the Request for Proposals The sequence of
work products, community meetings and City Council/Planning Commission workshops are
graphically illustrated in Section 4.2: Schedule.
The task -by -task descriptions that follow present our approach to data collection, alternatives
analysis, policy formulation and preparation of the documents. Each task description incudes a
purpose statement at the beginning. We have tried to cover ail of the various topics covered in the
RFPand our discussion with staff within thistask structure.
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Initialsin parenthesesfollowingthe sub -section heading identify the lead firm for each sub -task:
• D&B:
Dyett & Bhetia, Urban and Regional Planners
• ESN:
Environmental ScienceAssociates
• M&A:
Mundie& Associates, Economic and Fiscal Consultants
• South:
Michael Southworth
• F&P:
Fehr and Peers Associ ates, Transportation Planners
• NA:
NolteAssociates, Civil Engineers
• GRA:
Godbe Research Associates, Pu bl i c Opi n i on Surveyors
• MWR.
Mountain West Research, Public Opinion Surveyors
TASK I: RECONNAISSANCE, ORGANIZATION, AND PUBLIC
PARTICIPATION PROGRAM
The objective of this first task will be to finalize the Public Partidpation Program, as well conduct` a
series of introductory and organizational tasks An introductory meeting between the consultants and
City staff will occur. Background information needs will be determined, plan product formats
including compute --mapping formats will be established, and the available land use information will
be analyzed! Based on these introductory meetings and the evaluation of Existing information, the
proposal work program will be refined into a Final Work Program. The Work Program will be used to
guide and track the General Plan and the EIR In addition, the Work Program will dearly define
overall project management and organization, staffing technical studies schedule and deliverables
and quali ty contrd me ares to ensure aches venessand aonsrstency of the final products
Alsip included in this task is fine-tuning the Pubic Partidpation Program, although this component
hasto be flExibe to repond to changing nesdlsas the pr4ect prcgressss
A. Conduct a kick-off meeting with City Staff (D&B; Team). The consultants will meet with
membersof the City Planning Department staff to discusstheir ideasand aspirationsfor the
project. At these meetings data sources will be identified, roles and responsibilities will be
clarified, communication protocolswill beestablished, and work program modifications will
be di scussed.
City staff will also provide team with an overview of existing plans and program, pipeline
development, major opportunities, and issues. Existing information needed for the General
Plan will be gathered. Additional information will be assembled, including water, sewer,
transportation and other facility plans, existing land use, and details on the statusof proposed
and approved development projects.
B. Develop detailed Public Participation Program (D&B). A detailed public participation
program will be developed in coordination with City staff, using the components identified in
Chapter 2 of thisproposal. Milestoneswill be included.
C. Obtain and Compile GIS Database (D&B). Using data available from the City, the City's
regent digital orthophoto and other sources, and fieldwork, we will prepare a computerized
base map for the display and analysis of Planning Area land data All GIS information and
database development will beeoordinated to beeompatiblewith ArcGIS
D. Conduct a kick-off workshop with City Council and the Planning Commission (D&B; Team).
Staff and consultants will meet with members of the City Council and the Planning
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Commission (preferably in a joint workshop) to discuss their ideas and aspirations for the
General Plan. The objectiveof these meetingswill beto give decision -makers the opportunity
to describetheir own prioritiesfor theplanning processaswell aswhat they believewill beany
controversies. The approach to public participation will bedescribed at the meeting, and then
refined based on Council/ Commission commentsfollowing the meeting.
E. Finalize Public Participation and Work Program (D&B). Based on comments at the kick-off
meeting with City Staff and the City Council/Planning Commission, modifications to the
detailed work program wi I I be prepared for City staff revienr as neoessary.
F. Establish Project Website (D&B). D&B will provide to City staff complete design of the
project websitefor placing it on theCity'swebsite. Interim designswill bereviEwed with staff
beforethesteisfinalized. Thissitewill be hosted on theCity'swebsite. The Work Program,
Public Participation Program, upcoming participation opportunities, and other material will
beplaced on the project website.
Meetings: Kick-off meeting with City R'anning 3aff
Kick-off & Issuesmastingwith City Coundl/PlanningCommisdon
Products: Final R q6d Work R cgram & 11 hedule
Finalized Public Partidpation Program
Pr4ed Website
Materialsfor Pr4ed Webdte
TASK 2: ISSUES, VISIONING, AND COMMUNITY SURVEY
The coective of this task is to identify and understand community concerns and to establish a
coordinated and realistic direction for the future founded on a community-based strategic virion. This
task would also ensure that the data collection and analysis in Task 4 is reqDondve to community
needs The task oondstsof both informing the public of the General Plan process via the first of a set of
R-ofed Newsetters and subsequently obtaining feedback from the public on what they deem are the
primary issues in their community that should shape the General Plan Update process Feedback will
be obtained though an initial Community Workshop and a dtyWde mail -in survey. 9nce the
development of a virion that isrepondveto publicoancernsand can be supported by the general public
isoritical, the vidoningprocessmust bea verypubliceffort. Although wehavepresanted thiseffort asa
&-parate task, it is closely related to the public participation program discussed in Task 1 with some of
the elements of that program providing input into the visioning process Thistask is intended not only
to provide a more complete picture of the issues and opportunities fadng the City of Lodi, but also to
build publicsupport and `buy -in' into the General Plan Updateprocess
A. Prepare Initial Newsletter (D&B). The first newsletter will explain the objectives of the
General Plan program, key issuesto beaddressed, and opportunities for public participation.
The newsletter will help ensurethat citizensare informed about how and when to be involved
in the General Plan Update Process. We assume that the City will be responsible for printing
and mailing of the newsletter. Distribution could be achieved through utility mailings. The
newsletter, which will also be posted on the City's Website; may be part of a larger City -
initiated publicity campaign that incudes public service announcements, press releases, news
articles, etc. Nenrsletter mailing could also betied in with themAl-in survey.
B. Interview Individual Stakeholders (D&B). Representatives of public agencies, community
members, business leaders, environmental advocates, City Council, etc. will be interviewed to
identifytheir issuesof concern and gel feedback about thespecific issues identified.
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This step is critical, because often people wi II be much more candid in a one-on-one or small
group interview. We will ask a series of questions so that we learn the about major issues of
oonoern, deal breakers, desirables, and the political factors that may come into play. Our
budget providesfor 20 such meetings(with oneor two participantsat each meeting -or atotal
of about 30-35 individuals) over a two -three day period. A report summarizing stakeholder
findingswill beprovided and published.
C. Prepare and Hold One Community Visioning Workshop and Two Neighborhood Forums
(D&B). One dtywide workshop, supplemented with one neighborhood forums (for the
Eastside neighborhoods) will be held to further assist the team in "scoping' issues for the
General Plan. The intent is to ensure that issues felt to be pertinent by the public and are
appropriatefor consideration in the program are not ignored. In addition to gathering input
on dtywide issueslvisions, the neighborhood forumswill be designed as informal open-ended
sessions to solicit input on issues specific to the neighborhoods. The consultant team will
prepare materialsand oonduct theworkshop/forums (we Expect that city staff will be available
for tabletop facilitation at a few tables). The meetings will be designed as community events,
designed to facilitate the participation of a wide diversity of residents, business people, and
other key stakeholders. D&B will prepare all materials for the workshop, and summarize
findings.
D. Prepare and Compile Mail -in Survey (D&B; WMR). A postage prepaid mail -in survey will be
prepared to understand viewpoints related to the city's vision, growth and development,
salient planning issues, and potentially transportation use and habits, to help with later
transportation analysis. The goal would be approximately 600 completed responses (with an
approximate eight-peroent response rate, thiswould suggest mailing the survey to about one-
third of the city's approximately 22,000 households). We are willing to expand survey
distribution to encom pass a greater proportion of the City's population; however, thiswill cost
more and the results will likely not be any different once a sample of approximately 400
responses i s reached.
The survey will be bilingual (English on one sice, and Spanish on the other). We are wiIIingto
work with the City on whether it may be appropriate to have the survey in a third language
(Urdu), as suggested for outreach purposes by staff. However, a review of the Census data
showsthat only 972 of Lodi's52,586 residents in 2000 spoke English "not well" or "not at all";
out of these 601 were people who spoke Indo-European languages at home (which induce
many languages besides Urdu).
D&B will work with the City to develop and refine the survey instrument. The City would
print and mail out a survey packet, which will contain a letter from the City that introduces
the survey, as well asthe actual survey instrument, pre -stamped and addressed return. At this
point, we envision asurvey to beinduded as part of Newsletter #1. Wewould also look to the
City to mail out the survey and provide postage costs (D&B is willing to work with a mail
houseto do this).
E. Phone Survey (Optional; GRA). I nstead of the mai I -i n survey (we do not recommend that the
City do both a mail -in and a phone survey), should the City so desire, we can conduct a
random phonesurvey. A samplesizeof 400will allowfor analysisof important subgroupsand
reduce the statistical margin of error to an acceptable level for most population groups, the
optional budget shown induces a range of 400 to 600 completed responses, with a survey of
12- to 18-miutesduration.
Weproposedrawingarandom digit dial (RDD) sampleof City residentsto accurately identify
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potential partid pants for the telephone survey by their residency status A draft questionnaire
will be reviewed with staff, pre -tested, and then administered from a phone bank. The survey
will be translated into Spanish for monolingual Spanish speaking residents or bilingual
residentsthat would prefer to respond in Spanish.
Each responsewill beeoded, keypunched and detailed cross-tabulationswill beprodueed. The
crossrtabulations generally include age, gender, ethnic group, inoome, homeownership, and
geographic breakdowns Results of the analysis will be presented in a report written in dear
and simple English, and an electronic copy of the cross -tabulations will be provided to the
City.
F. Present Outreach Results to Decision -Makers (D&B; Team support). Results of Outreach
(stakeholder meeting, workshop, neighborhood forum, and surveys) will be presented to
Decision -Makers
Meetings. Sakehol der meetings (20)
Citywide Workshop (1)
Neighborhood Forum (1)
Derision -maker Meeting
Products. Newsletter#1:P Pg Ed Introduction
Sakehdder MeetingsRgcwt
Mail -in Survey (or Phone Survey) and Results
Rgoort en Public Workshop and Neighborhood Forum
TASK 3: STRATEGY PAPER ON GREENBELT CONSERVATION; PLANNING
AREA DEFINITION
It is critical that there be agreement on the Planning Area boundary before Efforts toward detailed
existing conditions asse`,sr►ent and mapping are undertaken. We believe that this definition should
benefit from evaluation of candidate preservation strategies so this work will be conducted at
thisstage
The PI'anningArea will be defined in consultation with deadon-makers and reflect community input
collected in Task 2.
A. Prepare Working Paper: Greenbelt Strategies (D&B; M&A; ESA). The issue of the greenbelt—
vi ability, how large, where, and what techniques and inoentiveswould work—would likely be
critical component of the General Plan process. The viability of an expanded Sphere of
Influence that encompasses non -urban land would rest to some degree on the viability of
techniquesfor agricultural conservation.
Thisworking paper will present issues specific to Lodi area, techniques(such aseonservation
easements, and transfer of development rightsspecificto agriculture/viticulture) that havethat
have worked successfully elsewhere (such as in Sonoma, Napa, South Livermore, elsewhere in
San Joaquin County), aswell aszoning techniques.
B. Define Preliminary Planning Area (D&B). Existing and proposed growth boundaries of
surrounding communities (chiefly Stockton) will be mapped. Based on community input
(Task 2) and results on greenbelt strategies assessment, a preliminary Planning Area will be
defined. Thiscould belarger than thefinal/likely Ephereof Influence, but not overly large, as
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we would like all mapping for resources and constraints to encompass the entire Planning
Area
C. Present Greenbelt Strategies and Planning Area to Decision -Makers (Team). These wi I I be
presented and reviewed with decision -makers. Following their oomments; the Planning Area
will befinalized.
Meetings. Deacon -make- Meeting
Products. WorkingPape' 1: Greenbelt Strategies
Preliminary PranningArea
Final PlanningArea
TASK 4: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES ASSESSMENT
The objective of this task will be to obtain and compile background information, analyze long-term
trendy and summarize the opportunities and constraints in Lodi, and identify key factors that will
affect planningdedsons For many topics thebaakgound assessment will serve asthe "settings' for the
Environmental Impact Rtort.
To enable easy access to different parts of the assessment and focus on issues most salient to Lodi, at
this stage we propose that this assesvnent be organized in three rgoorts (we would be happy to merge
these into asngleronortshould the City sodesire). The,L-W11be-
• Working Pape- #2: Land Usk Transpartaticn, and Environmental Resources
• WorkingPaper #3 Growth Prospedsand EmnomicStrategy
• Working Paper #4: Urban Design and Livability
Together, these rquorts will summarize existing conditions in the dty with regard to the entire range of
subject matter affecting physical development, including land use and population distribution,
employment centers; community character, urban design, neighborhood livability, transportation,
parks and open Tacq historic resources conservation of natural resources and safety. Emnornic and
fiscal information will also beconside'sa, as will regional trends that have an impact on the dty.
These rgports will visually rich and written to be msl y understood by the public and dedsen-makes
A series of computer- based maps for various topics will also bepropared and included in thergwt.
For each topir, thea; working papeswill present:
• Background data and information,
• Analyssofthe information for itspatinencetothe General Pan Updaterand
• Fblicyimplicationsofthe analysisandresulting issues
A. Conduct Land Use Survey/Vacant Parcel Survey (D&B). Building on information obtained
from the City and Metroscan, focused windshield surveyswill beconducted to verify land use
data accuracy and to identify underutilized parcels. A complete land use data layer will be
prepared, which will serve as the basis for calibration of the transportation model, land use
analysis, and alternatives. Sgnificant vacant and underutilized parcels will be also be
identified, based on existing development ratios; field observation, and consultation with City
Etc-ff.
B. Working Paper #2: Land Use, Transportation, Environmental Resources, and Infrastructure
Assessment. A descriptive profile of the City's existing conditions will beprepared. Thiswill
involve the compilation of basdinedatafor each General Plan element/section and evaluation
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of thisdatato identify their planning implications. The latter will contributeto theframework
of critical issues and challenges impacting the city to be addressed by the updated General
Plan. This data will be compiled, textually described, mapped, and analyzed. Maps,
photographs, illustrations, tables, and charts will be extensively used to facilitate
understandingofthedataThefollowingtopic areaswill beaddressed:
Land Use (D&B)
The consultant teem will:
— Identify existing land uses within the city and depict these on the base map based on
information availablefrom the City.
— Map land uses outside the city, within the larger Planning Area these would be
largely agricultural (evaluated under Agricultural Resources), but would encompass
Woodbridge. Areas outside the City may be mapped in less detail than for the
urbanized area, but will be shown in order to present a comprehensivepicturefor the
entire Planning Area.
— Tabulate the acreage of each category of use and, where information is available, the
associated quantity of development such as the number of housing units and
commercial and industrial square footage. Land use densities(intensities (units per
acre for housing and floor area ratios for commercial and industrial uses) will be
specified.
— Identify specific plans and master development plans and depict these on the base
map, and desc-i be thei r i ntended use and character.
— Identify the capacities of lands that are zoned or planned for new development or
redevelopment (numbersof housing units, commercial and industrial building square
footage, open space acres, and so on).
— Identify lands previously specified by City staff as select study areas, if any, and the
issues warranting a possi ble revision of their land use designation. With staff, we will
also review the City's overall use and development pattern and identify any other
existing usesthat may be replaced or intensified dueto their economic obsolescence,
physical deterioration, or incompatibility with adjacent uses.
Transportation Systems & Circulation (F&P)
Fehr & Peers will prepare a baseline transportation analysis, describing and quantifying
existing systemsand servicesaswell asthe policy framework related to highways, streets, air,
freight and commuter rail, publictransit, pedestrian and bicyclesystems. Thiseffort will make
useof trafficoount information compiled aspart of our traffic model development process, as
well as data available through the City's GIS resources and other information obtained from
responsible planning and transportation agencies. The basel i ne transportation assessment will
cover: functional classification of City streets, existing traffic volumes and levels of service on
major roadways (up to 80 locations where traffic data is available through other sources) and
on freeway segments; existing transit services and facilities; bicycle and trail systems Existing
aviation facilities and existing goods movement facilities including trucks and rail. We will
make extensive use of GIS resources to produce maps of the existing systems and services to
acocmpanythewritten descriptions.
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Fehr & Peers will review the existing policy framework affecting the modes of transportation
studied above, including policies in the current Lodi General Plan and in other relevant City
and regional planning documents. Of particular interest in this Effort will be a review of the
City's level of service standard, in comparison with standards in other comparable
jurisdictions. Potential adjustmentstothe City'stransportation policieswill be identified and
discussed with staff and decision -makers.
Parks and Open space (D&B)
Using information from City (and County) staff asabasis, the Ranni ng Areds parks and rec-
reational open spacewill bemapped and quantified, including planned open spaceacquisi-
tions. Existing park standardswill bedescribed. Using servioeradii from existing parks, cur-
rent deficienciesin recreational open spacewill also bevisually represented, and neighbor-
hoodsor other areaslacking in such facilitieswill beidentified. Areasof non -recreational open
spacewill also beidentified, and their potential for preservation will bediscussed, based on ex-
isting plans and use regulations. Information on potential plansfor annexation areasto the
west and thesouth will besummarized.
Agricultural and Soil Resources (ESA)
Nearly all the undeveloped portions of the Planning Area are comprised of soils that are
considered highly suitable (Important Farmlands) for a range of agricultural activities. Our
team will provide an inventory of these Important Farmlands (including prime farmlands,
farmlands of statewide i mportance, etc.) using Department of Conservation FM M P data We
will also inventory existing agricultural useswithin the Planning Area by specific land usetype
(e.g., vineyards, orchards, etc.) using current Department of Water ResouroEd land use data
Identify existing soil typesand characteristics using statewide geologic and soil mapsfrom the
United States Department of Agriculture, and the Soil Conservation Service. If the Planning
Area hasWilliamson Act lands, thisinformation will also bedocumented and mapped.
Biological Resources (ESA)
Riverine, wetland, and riparian areas assodated with the Mokelumne River and Lodi Lake
serve as key habitatswithin the proposed Planning Area Our team will utilizethe California
Natural Diversity Database along with literature searches, interviews with State and federal
regulatory staff, and other organizationsto identify potentially occurring special statusspecies
and habitats in the Planning Area Key wildlife species of concern include giant garter snake
and Swainson'shawk. The MokelumneRiver is also hometo various special statusfish species
including Chinook salmon and stedhead. Reconnaissance level fieldwork will beconducted as
part of thistask. Feld verification of habitat and grossvegetation mappingwill beundertaken
but would be limited to drive-by surveysof the Planning Area More detailed IEvelsof analysis
are outside the purview of this scope of work and would require modification to the existing
budget and schedule. Habitat mappingfrom theSbn Joaquin Council of Government's Multi
SpedesHabitat Conservation and Open Space Plan will also bereviewed.
Cultural Resources (ESA)
A full cultural survey of the Planning Area is not considered feasible; however a sensitivity
analysis would be possible and appropriate. The sensitivity analysis would be based on a
review of records maintained at the regional information center, and published research
papers. In addition to research on prehistoric resources, this section would also document the
Planning Area's historic resources, such as those associated with the City's downtown area
(including the Hotel Lodi and the Carnegie Library). Data on existing resources and
structures will be compiled from existing literature, a reconnaissance of the Planning Area,
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and discussions with local service organizations (Lodi Historical Society) aimed at
preservation of the City's history. This section will also document any historic resource that
are currently listed on the National Register of Historic Places (i.a, Lodi Arch) or recorded as
a historic site by the State. As part of this task, an archaeologist will also consult with
appropriate California Native American tribes or groups consistent with State Tribal
Consultation Guidelines(SmateBill 18).
Energy and Mineral Resources (ESA)
Our team will confer with Lodi Electric Utility to characterize energy consumption trends in
the Planning Area We will also work with the City to describe local energy conservation
programs. Applicable alternative energy sources will also be examined as appropriate. Our
team will also identify any substantial documented mineral resources as designated by the
State Department of M i nes and Geology.
Hydrology and Water Quality (ESA)
The Mokelumne River is the principal hydrologic element in the Planning Area. We will
identify existing surfaceand groundwater quantity, quality, and usage information and issues.
Identify Existing substantial sources of pollution and areas susceptible to water quality
degradation. Wewill also identify source issues and capacity constraints. In preparing this
section, information from previous reports, servioeproviders, the State Department of Health
Services, and the Regional Water Quality Control Board will be used. Declining groundwater
levels in the Planning Area isalso considered a key issuethat will beaddressed.
Air Quality (ESA)
Historicand current air quality information will becollected from monitoring stationslocated
in the Planning Area and from information provided by the San Joaquin Valley Unified Air
Pollution Control District and the Sacramento Metro Air Pollution Control District.
Compliance with State and federal air pollution guidelines will be reviewed, arms of non-
compliance documented, and action plans summarized. The section will also document the
major sources of air pollution in the Planning Area (motor vehicles, agricultural activities,
open burning, and residential wood burning).
Natural Hazards (ESA)
Based on published information, provide a summary of existing, known hazard arms,
including areas known to be subject to flooding, earthquake hazard, slope instability, unstable
soils, and wildland fires. Flood mapswill be prepared using Federal Emergency Management
Agency flood zone data and wildland fire mapswill be prepared using California Department
of Forestry and Fre Protection fire threat data
Hazardous Materials (ESA)
A summary of known hazardous materials sites will also be included in the Background
Report. Although not meant to be a Phase 1 study, a good sense of toxic sites can be gained
through discussionswith local fire districts and reviewing local, State, and federal listsof sites
and dosed underground storage tanks A summary of major users(produoers of hazardous
materials will be included as part of the section. The section will also address hazards
associated with aircraft operations at the Lodi Airport.
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Noise (ESA)
The primary noise sources in the Planning Area are anticipated to be related to motor vehicle
traffic, railroad, potentially Lodi Airport, and Lodi Memorial Hospital Heliport. We will
review the City'sexistingGeneral Plan and any previousenvironmental documentsin thearea
to identify sourcesof existing and projected noiseand existing noisecontour information. A
noise specialist will conduct short-term noise measurements at several locations (up to ten
locations) throughout the Planning Area A noise specialist will also prepare updated roadway
noise contours for the City's transportation facilities based on the existing conditions traffic
model prepared for the General Plan Update. Updated noise contours will also be prepared
for railroad operations along the Union Pacific Railroad line. For airport noise, noise
oonditionswill bedocumented using the latest published data available for the Lodi Airport.
No neNairport noiseoontourswill beprepared under this scopeof work.
Water Supply and Delivery (NA)
The City'senti recurrent drinking water supply ismet through groundwater. Currently, 17,300
acre-feet per year is used, while the safe long-term groundwater yield isestimated to be 15,000
acre-feet per year. However, the City has an agreement with the Woodbridge Irrigation
District to purchaseapproximetdy 6,000 ac ft/yr of surfacewater for a period of 40 years The
City also supplies secondary treated recycled water, primarily for irrigation near the area
surrounding the White Sough Water Pollution Control Facility (WSIIVPCF). We will
summarize al l the existing sources of supply and discuss future water supply constraints with
groundwater supply, availability of surface water supply and recycled water supply. We will
provide several maps depicting the major conveyance facilities to illustrate the future water
supply networks Included in this subsection will be discussions regarding the estimated
buildout water demand, proposed water supply improvements, storage constrai nts.
Wastewater CoUection/DisposakRecycling (NA)
We will summarize all the current wastewater collection, treatment and disposal practices
within the City of Lodi. The cornerstone of the City's wastewater collection/disposal program
is the WS/VPCF, originally constructed in 1966. The current City of Lodi Sewer Master Plan
will be reviewed and summarized in this sub -section to identify available treatment options,
disposal alternatives and infrastructure needs to meet the needs of the City. We will provide
several maps depicting the major collection/disposal facilities to illustrate the future
wasteNater collection/disposal/recyding system. A particular emphasis will be placed on
discussing Existing wastewater oollection/disposal/recyding deficiencies, regulatory concerns,
and other policies.
Storm Drainage/Flood Control (NA)
Currently, the City maintainsan intricate, gravity -based stormwater system made up of several
detention basins Disposal of the stormwater runoff is accomplished by pumping to the
Existing Woodbridge Canal, Lodi Lake, or the Mokelumne River. We will summarize and
augment theexisting storm drainagesysten with information regarding existing major creeks
and streams that may be affected from the infrastructure necessary to meet the City's flood
control needs Thisportion of thesection will indudepoliciesand cxiteriafor theCity'sstorm
drainage(flood control needs
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C. Working Paper #3: Growth and Economic Development Strategy (M&A; D&B support)
This working paper would present growth trends, likely demand for various land uses
(includingretail demand bysegment), and opportunities, challenges, and possibilitiesfor their
arrangement in the Lodi of the future. This task would focus on the market conditions,
including absorption rates for non-residential uses, and taxable sales performance of retail
shopping establishments. The strategy would examine demand for neighborhood -oriented
retail uses, and possibilitiesfor dispersing them (while recognizing theneed for acritical mass
of uses in a given location) to enable neighborhood walkability. It will examine issues related
to jobstemployment skills and housing match, and the potential role tourism can play, and
how land usepoliaescan support that vision.
Population and Demographics
TheD&Bteam will examineand validateor refinetheMOG projectionsof population growth,
and Extend those projections further into thefuture. These projections would inoorporateeon-
siderationsof Lodi'stwo percent population growth ratepolicy.
Existing Business/Employment Characteristics and Trends
Based on information from the California Employment Development Department and the
most recent SJCOG economic database, the D&B team will examine employment
characteristics over thepast decadefor thecity and theregional area Thisprofilewill examine
employment by major industry sector to provide insights into Lodi's attractiveness to various
types of economic activities. Local information about businesses(e.g., from business licenses
or from the US Economic Census) will be used to examinethesizecharacteristicsof business
enterprises in Lodi. The information about employment and businesses will used to draw
conclusions and formulate recommendations for a diversified economy and to inform the
City's consideration of planning issuessuch asjobs(housing balanoe.
Employment Characteristics
Based on the employment profile developed above, key characteristics about the existing and
emerging employment will be compared against the existing labor force in the Lodi -
Woodbridge area Issues to be addressed include the wage and skill levels of Existing labor
force versusthe types of jobs locating or Expanding in the City. The major implicationsfor
such issuesashousingaffordability and jobs(housingbalaneewill bediscussed.
Retail and Visitor Services
This taste will address the retail sales base of the City to determine growth potential over the
long-term. The focus will be on taxable retail sales trends in the City's primary retail
development, including 1) Downtown; 2) Corridors(Kettleman, Cherokee, and Lodi), and (3)
scattered strip commercial centers (assuming that the City can provide salestax data for these
discrete arms). Taxable retail sales performance trends will be analyzed. This analysis would
be based on existing data sources such as taxable sales data from the California State Board of
Equalization and the City (or its sales tax consultant). The potential retail growth supported
by future households and budnesseswill also beprojected.
ExistingEconomic Development Programs
Working closely with the Community Development staff, information about existing
economic development programs will be assembled. This task will focus on programs and
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tools intended to address changing market conditions, with a particular focus on improving
jobs(housingbalanceand programsthat diversify the local economy. Whilethe City currently
does not have a Redevelopment Project Area, possibilitiesfor adopting such an area as an aid
for public improvementscan beexamined.
Potential Growth and Development Strategies
9gnificant economic trends are underway that may significantly affect Lodi. The dramatic
growth the region is experiencing may enable the City to make choioesto craft its own vision
for the future, rather than simply accepting all growth. Wine growing and tourism present
enormous economic and character -giving opportunities, but will also require workforce with
skill sets to fill jobs that will be generated. As evidenced by a proposal to locate a large call
center at the city's southern edge, e-commerce makes attractive communities like Lodi viable
locations for back office space. Some of these businesses could be located downtown if
adequate size building space could be provided, but also in some existing industrial buildings
on the east side that may become obsolete over the next 20 years
M&A will also review the relevant literature and then interview local sources familiar with
both the wine and visitor industries as well as sources in Napa, Sonoma, Alameda, and San
Luis Obispo Counties to identify factors that contribute to successful visitor -oriented
development and the potential dimensions of the visitor market. Case studies from other
areas may be included in the working paper to illustrate strategies that have worked or not
worked.
This section of the Working Paper will pose a series of key policy choices, and based on
technical analysis, present their policy i mpl i cations, so the Planning Commission/City Council
can make informed decisions These choices wi I I also provide the bass for Land Use
Alternatives.
D. Working Paper #4: Community Design and Livability (Southworth; D&B)
Community -Based LivabilityAssessment/Survey
A community-based assessment of livability will be performed. A Resident Survey with the
specific purpose of drawing out resident's opinions on issues related to livability will be
developed and administered (approximately 60 to 70 completed responses method of
administration to bedeveloped in consultation with City staff). Thesurvey will bedesigned to
be interactive, and may include photographs of places and buildings in Lodi that people may
know or can relate to. The survey wi I I include several open-ended questions that asked about
what residentsliked or disliked about their neighborhood and city, aswell asaseriesof closed-
end questi ons Respondents then wi I I be asked to prepare maps of thei r neighborhood and the
places that were most important to them (without the aid of a roadmap). The analysis will
present finding of how satisfied residents are overall with their neighborhood, and thingsthat
they value in the community. Similarities and differences between neighborhoods will also be
presented.
Fieldwork/ GIS -Based Analysis
We will analyze Lodi's urban form at three levels the citywide scale, neighborhood, and
individual block. The citywide analysis will emphasize entrances, edges, views, and
streetscapes. Analysis at the neighborhood scale will include street network, intersection
frequency, and development intensity. The block -level analysis will examine block sizes and
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the prototypical relationship between buildings and streets, in residential and non-residential
area both traditional and emerging. In concert with the land use analysis, we will identify
Existing and planned land use districts that contribute to a special quality of community
"livability' as a result of the development pattern, visual character, and amenity. These
Elements will be depicted on the base map, described according to their contributing
characteristics, and illustrated by photographs.
Using GIS we wi I I analyze city and neighborhood wal kabi I ity—aocesd bi I ity to shops, services,
downtown, and open spaces.
Recent Projects/Design and Development Standards/CommunityMatch
We will review recently -built projects; design and development regulations in the Draft
Zoning Ordinance, and see how these match with community values and livability desires, and
what changesin City policiesand standardswill foster greater livability.
E. Prepare Draft and Final Working Papers (D&B). Drafts of each working paper will be
prepared for staff review, and then finalized for publication.
F. Present Working Papers to Decision -Makers (Team). We envision three workshops with the
Planning Commission/City Council (one each focused on each working paper). The
consultant team will present findingsof each working paper, with substantial time reserved at
each meeting for decision -maker feedback on issues, choices, and strategies presented.
Decision -maker feedback will be used to draw up Alternatives (Task 5), as well as
incorporation in General Flan policy.
Meetings. City Coundl/P►anningWorkshops(3), asfdlows
Land Usk Trancoortation, and Environmental Resources
Growth and Development SrateW
Livability
Community Workshop on Livability
Meelingsand interviswsasneoasary with saviceproviders
Products. LivabilitybLrvey
Working Paper #2.Land Usk Trangnartation, Eni ironmental Resciurce� and Infrastruc
tureAs�ssnent.
WorkingPeper #3. Growth Progxds;and Eccnonic 3rategy
Working Paper #4.- Urban Design and Livability
TASKS: SKETCH PLANS
The intent of this task is to identify three planning alternatives and conduct a thorough analysis of
then to allow informed dorson-making
Thistask will be conducted in two parts
1. Building on the identified isvetj and opportunities and constraint,5 we will formulate and
analyze three plansillustrating alternative land use and circulation patterns for the Planning
Area.
2. An evaluation of the alternative"sketch plansi' will be conducted, so informed deasionscan be
made This effort will include ana/yis of population and employment, and traffic impacts of
each alternative
Alternativeswould encompassbdh greenfield and infill development.
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A. Define Preliminary Alternative Plans (D&B). Thee land use/transportation alternativeswi I I be
defined. The alternatives will be sensitive to the issues, opportunities, and constraints
identified in the Opportunities and Challenges task and the community workshops, and offer
real choices. For instance, no plan alternative will show development at locations that have
been conclusively identified as inappropriate due to environmental hazards, sensitivehabitats,
or other constraints.
The alternatives will be sufficiently developed to show the community and decision -makers
dear choioesamong major land useoptions. &etch Plan alternativeswill incorporateconoepts
of I ivable communities and will exploreland usearrangements, mixes, locationsof oentersand
activitiesto reducetraffic impar tsand promotequdity of life.
— Options related to an urban growth boundary (for protection of surrounding agricultural
uses) will be explored.
— Existing community, specific, and other planning efforts will be integrated into the
preparation of thesketch plans alternatives.
— Visual simulation (up to three) of key areaswill be provided, and photographs, drawings,
and other tools used to convey character, scale; and intensities proposed in the
alternatives.
B. Prepare D&B/Scenario 360 Model (D&B). Customized indicatorswill bedeveloped, reflecting
findingsfrom Task 4. Theseindicatorswill beused to evaluateAlternatives(Task C below).
C. Evaluate Alternative Plans. Impacts of the plans will be quantified. Relative merits and
disadvantagesof thealternativeswill beassessed. Topicsfor evaluation will include;
— Land Use, Population, and Employment (D&B). Comparative impacts in terms of
population, jobs/housing balance, and other factors of concern will be prepared for
presentation in narrativeand tabular form.
— Livability/Smart Growth (D&B; F&P support). Impacts of the alternatives will be
evaluated at a quantitative level (for traffic, walkability, jobs/housing balance, etc.), and
qualitativelywhere approprieta Thesecriteriawill bedeveloped in conjunction with staff.
— Economics (M&A). M &A wi I I provide a qualitative assessment on the feasi bi l i ty and likely
impacts of the alternatives. Analysis of the impacts of the alternatives on the City's General
Plan fund will bean optional task (see below) we arewi I I i ng to undertake if so des red.
— Transportation (F&P). Traffic forecasts for each alternative will be developed. Citywide
transportation measures such as vehicle miles of travel, hours of delay, and numbers of
tripsgenerated will becalculated for each of the three alternatives and will beused to assist
in comparing and contrasting the effects of the alternatives. Traffic volumes and
operations at key locations will be characterized, and Fehr & Peers will identify the
transportation infrastructure necessary to address the deficiencies identified through
modeling. The results will be used to determine the effectiveness of potential circulation
improvements and their possible inclusion in the final Preferred Alternative. Please note
that this scope does not anticipate doing comprehensive roadway LOS analysis for the
General Plan alternatives, we recommend consultation with staff and other members of
the consultant team to decide whether the environmental documentation of the General
Plan should indudethisgreater level of detail; cost for thisdetalled option isshown in the
budget.
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— Infrastructure Evaluation (NA). Our scope of work includes an assessment of the
infrastructure impacts of the proposed General Plan (see Task TD); at this stage we
propose that NA do a qualitative review of the alternatives from an infrastructure
perspective. However, we are wiIli ngto undertake a more thorough quantitative analysis if
the City should so desire, for which NA will identify the impact of each growth alternative
to the existing and proposed water, wastewater and storm drainage facilities. For the base
work, NA will provide a short (one or two page) assessment for inclusion in the
Alternatives Report, pointing out red flags For a more comprehensive (optional)
assessment, a technical memorandum will be prepared for incorporation into the
Alternatives Report.
— Fiscal Model and Evaluation (optional; M&A). Should the City wish to analyze public
revenues and service costs, M&A will prepare a long-range General Fund fiscal impact
projection model. The model will project general fund revenues (by source) and public
service expenditures (by department) over the time period of the General Plan under a
base rase (i.e., continuation of current trends) and a reasonable number of alternative
scenarios. The model will be based on actual City revenues and costs budgeted for the
current fiscal year, with appropriate adjustments for foreseeable changes in revenue and
cost determinants. The work will involve dose consultation with the City Manager's and
Economic Development Department's staff, and the budget staff in the major operating
departments The model will yield planning -level information about net revenue -cost
relationshi ps over time, and will beflexible enough to produce sensitivity andysesof these
results under alternative assumptions about the rate of development, changes in housing
price, inflation rates, and other keyvariables.
D. Prepare Final Alternative Plans Report (D&B). The alternatives, their organizing principles, as
well as the evaluation, will be summarized in a working paper. Following staff review of an
admi ni strative draft, aWorkbook for Public Review will beprepared.
Meetings. Citystaffmeeting toreviewprdiminaryalternatives
Products. Scanario360Modd/Indicators
AI ternati ve PI ans Resort
Fiscal Modd (optional)
TASK 6: PREFERRED PLAN SELECTION AND REFINEMENT
In this task, a PI-eered Plan will be sdected and refined in collaboration with the community and
deddon-makes The selection of a Preferred plan will create a framework within which new policy
language can be devdepel and the General Plan updated. Much of the focus of choosing a Preferred
Plan will revdve around the major issues identified such as economic and agriculture sustainability,
growth boundarieJ and adnievinga self-sustaining mix of land uses Additionally, framawk concepts
or keygoalsfo- theindh4dual elenentswill providea bridge to detailed policy-making
A. Prepare Newsletter on Planning Alternatives (D&B). This newsletter will summarize the key
alternatives being considered for the General Plan. Opportunities for public input will also be
included. It isassumed the City will beresponsiblefor printing and mailing.
B. Conduct Citywide Workshop on Alternatives (D&B; Team). The consultant teem will lead a
community workshop to discuss and compare the alternative plans Theformat for the public
workshop will be reviewed with City staff — we have tested various formats for general plan
alternative comparisons, and the most successful have been workshops open to the public
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where sural I groups focus on specific issues and then present their findings and preferences to
others in an open forum. This format will also allow the Planning Commission/City Coundl
to gauge public reaction before decisions are made. Neighborhood -specific issues can be
addressed in targeted discussionswith area residents
C. Conduct Decision Maker Workshop on Alternatives (D&B; Teem). Decision -makers will be
briefed on the alternatives, their impacts, and community reaction to them, so decision-
makerscan weigh in or provide specific direction to thestaff/consultants.
D. Prepare Preferred Alternative (D&B). Following the public input and direction by decidon-
makersand City staff, apreliminary preferred plan will beprepared. Thiswill berevienred with
staff and refined in an interactivesetting using So°nario 360.
E. Present Preliminary Preferred Plan to Decision -makers and Refine in Real Time Interactive
Workshop (D&B). The Preliminary Preferred Plan will be presented to the Planning
Commission/City Council and refined in an interactive workshop setting using Scenario 360,
sothat buildout calculationsand indicator assessment happensin red time.
F. Prepare Policy and Framework Concepts (D&B). These concepts, in a memo format, will
synthesize information gathered to date and assist the Planning Commission/City Council in
bridging the gap between Preferred Plan and detailed policy development. Key goals or
guiding policiesfor each of theplan elementswill beidentified.
G. Review Framework Concepts, Key Goals, and results of Traffic Evaluation with the Decision -
Makers (D&B; Team). The concepts and key goals (from Task F above) wi I I be reviewed with
the Planning Commission/CityCouncil in joint workshop.
Meetings. Citywideworkshcp on Alternatives
Davison -make maEtingon Alternatives
Davison -make meeting on R-efered R'an
Davison -make on Framework ConcEptsand Key Goals
Products. Newdetter #2.General Plan Alternatives
Workshop Materials
Preliminary Preferred Rfan (display and rqoort size in calor)
Referred Plan
Marro on Framework ConoEptsand Key Goals
TASK 7: DRAFT GENERAL PLAN
Davison -make approval of a Preferred Plan and key goals will establish a strong foundation to build
defailai General Plan pdides Balancing attention between text policies; the land use plan, and the
land use dassifications is critical toasiovessful General Plan. Dyett & Bhatia will strive for brevity and
darity that enables all interested persons to easily tel what commitments the City is making what it
hopes to aocorn#ish, and whether a proposed project is consistent with the General Plan. We will
include both "guidingpofidesr (or goals) and "implementingpo►idesr', the latter forming the bassfor
implementing ordinances or amendments to existing ordinances This task will be concluded in
parallel with the Draft BRexrdsay so that any necessary mitigation can be Wed into R'an policies to
ensrrethat thePlan is"sra►f-mitigating'.
The dements to beprgpared indude the State -required dements— Land Usk Transportation, Safety,
Conservation, Noisier; and Open Baca. Additionally a Community Design and Livability Bement will
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beprEpared Growth management and Ijbhe-e of Influences polides will be included in the Land Use
Bement, or beo lmpiled in a sgnarateGrowth Management Bement.
A. Prepare Outline (D&B). We wi I I prepare an outline and format for the General Plan and
review it with City staff. Topics that will be covered in each section will be identified, and a
"mock-up" section will be prepared for staff approval.
B. Establish Plan Forecasts (D&B). Forecasts of land use and population changes that will occur
at General Plan buildout will beprepared.
C. Conduct Traffic Assessment of Preferred Plan (F&P). The transportation network identified
to support the final Preferred Alternativewi I I be represented in the Circulation Diagram in the
General Plan. Fehr & Peerswill develop futuredaily, AM and PM peak hour traffic forecasts at
up to 80 street segments and 16 freeway segments in the Planning Area for the fi nal Preferred
Alternative. These forecasts will be adjusted to account for model error before being used in
subsequent operations analysis. Roadway level of service analysis will be conducted for these
segments, using LOS volume thresholds developed in consultation with City staff. This
roadway segment LOSanalysswill form a key part of the Transportation Element of the EIR
(described in Task 8 below).
D. Conduct Infrastructure and Financing Assessment of Preferred Plan (NA; MA). I n this task,
the infrastructure impacts of the Preferred Plan will be evaluated (and also later included in
Task 8: El R), and an infrastructurefinancing options explored. Resultsof thisanalysswill be
folded in theform of General Plan policies. Thiswill include
Infrastructure Assessment (NA)
NA will identify the impact of the Preferred Plan to the existing and proposed water,
wastewater and storm drainage facilities. 91ortfells and capacity constraints, and
strategilesinext steps to amel i orate these wi I I be identified at aplanning level of detail.
Infrastructure Financing Strategy (MA)
Payingfor infrastructure isa challengethat dtiesfaoein avarietyof ways
Where the infrastructure improvements are needed to serve new development, the
developer istypically required to pay for them. Where the improvements are designed to
serve not only the immediate development project but also future projects— and therefore
are "overdesgned" for current demand — the City may have some type of cost-sharing
arrangement, whereby the developer pays for the entire improvement (extended as far as
needed to serve his(her project), but is reimbursed by future developers as their projects
are built.
Where the infrastructure improvements are required to serve existing development, then
the City must typically borrow money (by issuing bonds) and then repay the borrowed
funds with money collected from res dents and businesses. State law has created avariety
of mechanisms for public agencies to use to collect these funds selection of the
appropriate mechanism for each situation isbased on thenatureof theimprovements, the
burden on the property owners (or residents or businesses) affected, the characteristics of
theareaor population that will benefit, and other factors.
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Where the improvements are likely to benefit both a new development and the existing
city — e.g., an arterial roadway or a community park — then the City may use a
combination of mechanisms that include developer contributions and more general
financingtools.
• Where a city has a Redevelopment Project Area in place, property tae increments maybe
used to pay for infrastructure improvements: theeost is, effectively, invisibleto redde ts,
busi nesses, and property owners
An andysisof infrastructure finand ngopportunities and strategieswi I I be provided; two levels
of effort arepossible, with theba9ework included in our budget.
Base Scope (included in the project budget). We wi I I provide a descri ptive "tool box"
of mechanisms that are availabletothe City of Lodi, i dentifyi ng the si gnifi cant charac-
teristicsof each (e.g., allowed uses, advantageous conditions for useof each financing
approach), indudingcurrent Staterulesand restrictionsfor each mechanism. Appro-
priateness of each mechanism for different kinds of improvements would be shown.
Reeommendationswould enoompassnot just public utilities, but other kindsof public
amenitiessuch asfor example, an aquatic park or a polieestation.
Optional Additional Scope. If the general plan effort indudes estimates of costs for
various i nfrastructure i mprovements that are needed to serve the City as development
occurs, the finand ng analysis could be Expanded to indude estimates of the burden
that would beimposed on vari oustypes of existingand new development, based on es-
timated
stimated growth, property values, development characteristics, and other relevant con-
ditions Thi swould requi re approxi mately $18,000 of additional effort, provided infra-
structure costs are avai I abl e.
The infrastructure assessment and financing strategy will beoompiled intoatechnical memo-
randum.
E. Prepare General Plan (Team). Each element of the General Plan will include background
information, goals and implementing policies, and monitoring and evaluation requirements
Asdiscussed in the Project Approach, implementing policieswill beoonsolidated into astand-
alone document — the General Plan Implementation Program. For each element, meetings
with key figures from each department will be arranged as needed. A preliminary list of
elementsfor the General Plan follows
Land Use Element
This element will identify the location and intensity of uses, and provide policies that would
result in developmentsthat are appropriate tothecharacter and setting of Lodi. Topics in the
Element would include
— Land use classifications; density/intensity standards
— Population and job holding capacity; jobs(housing balance
— Detailed policiesfor key reuseareasioorridors
— Policiesfor coordination with adjacent communities, and uninoorporated area
— Land use incentives
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Growth Management
Thisoould beastand-alone element or integrated with Land Use. It will address issues related
to urban expansion and orderly growth, and criteria for expansion of growth boundaries,
balancing new urban development with the provision of public services and infrastructure.
Interim and 20 -year urban growth boundaries may be defined. I deal ly, the some kind of
"trigger" mechanisms will be built into this element that are tied in with LAFCO's 5 -year
service area reviews, required asper thenew LAFCO reform legislation.
CommunityDesign and LivabilityElement
Utilizing the findings of Working Paper #4: Urban Design and Livability, community design
policieswill bedrafted. Thestrategywill belivability and smart growth concepts, with thegoal
of integration of land use, transportation, and public amenities. Drawings and three_
dimensional illustrations will be prepared to vividly portray stated intent. Where
appropriate—such for neighborhood connectivity—standards may beinciuded.
TheCommunity Design and Livability Dement will takeinto consideration:
– Overall city image and identity
– City entrancesand edges buffering
– Design policiesfor keyoorridors; inciudingstreetsand buildings
– Relationships between development patterns, building forms, density, walkability,
transportation options, and streetswithin different usedistricts
–
Aocessibility and connectivity
Enhancement of quality of lifeof eastsideneighborhoods
Cultural Resources
Circulation Element
The Circulation Dement'ssystem plan will enoompassthefull rangeof transportation modes,
including conceptual locations for major roadways, transit, and pedestrian and bicycle
corridors. Because the citywide travel model does not contain a detailed mode choice
component, the evaluation of non -roadway transportation systems will be conducted at a
qualitativelevel of detail. Wewill coordinatewith Lodi Transit and S.RTD to ensurethat the
General Plan fully captures the potential for future transit services both within the City and
connecting the City to other parts of the region. Drawing upon F&Fs extensive experience
with bicycle and pedestrian planning, we will advise the staff and the consultant team on
methods for incorporating bicycle- and pedestrian -supportive facilities and policies in the
updated General Plan.
The Circulation Bement will indudethefollowingtopics
– Lodi'stravel characteristicsand regional setting
– Stredsand traffic.
o Classification system
o Projected traffic conditions
o Circulation diagram showing existing and planned transportation improvements
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o Standards for traffic level of servioe
o Neighborhood traffic management
— Freight transportation (both highway and rail)
o Proposed truck routes
o Proposed rail transportation and connectionsto the street network
— Transportation demand management
— Public transportation, including proposed transit system and services
— Bicydeand Pedestrian Systems
— Bicydeand pedestrian facility classification system
o Proposed bikewayand pedestrian system Bicycle and pedestrian transportation
o Freight transportation (both highway and rail)
— Transportation demand management
Parks and Recreation
This may be a stand-alone element or consolidated with the Conservation Dement into an
Open Space, Conservation, and Recreation Dement. It will be closely coordinated with the
Land Use, Community Design and Livability, aswell asthe Circulation elements. Included will
be:
— Park standards (size and distribution)
— Location of new parks and open spaces
— Existing trails, future plans, and recommended actions to initiate additional trail
installation
— Key polides and prograrnsfornew parkland development
Conservation Element
This element will be closely coordinated with the EIR impact analysis, and any identified
mitigations will be folded in as Plan policies. The element will include specific provisions
regulating the development and preservation of open space and agricultural lands. Topics to
be addressed include.
— Habitat and biological resouroes eonservation;
— Drainageand erosion;
— Water quality;
— Agriculture;
— Air quality; aid
— Archeological resources.
SafetyElement
Topicsto beaddressed include:
— Seismic, geologic and soilshazards;
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– Hazardous materials,
– Flooding and drainage; and
– Emergency management.
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Noise Element
Standards for noise exposure for the different land uses will be included. Future noise
contours will be mapped based on General Plan traffic forecasts, AMTRAK/other rail
projections, and any adopted plans or projects that would be Expected to result in noise -
generating land uses.
F. Implementation and Monitoring (D&B). The General Plan implementing policies will
constitute the Implementation Program for the General Plan; if so desired, these can be
assembled into an independent document/matrix, so implementation can be tracked or
included programs easily prioritized. In addition, statutory requirements for annual General
Plan reportswill be included. Major capital improvements resulting from the General Plan—
parks, streets, water/wastewater system improvements—can also be compiled into list, so that
theCitycan prioritizetimingand improvements.
G. Zoning Amendments (Optional; D&B). WhiletheCity is in the prooessof updating itszoning
regulations and a draft has been prepared, it is highly likely that some amendments to the
Existing regulations will be needed to implement new General Plan policy initiatives.
Amendmentswill include:
• Use Regulations: Evaluate current use regulations and identify changes needed in
districts established (such as potentially mixed-use districts), permitted uses, and
conditional usesto implement theproposed General Plan.
• Development/Design Standards. Analyze current development standards and identify
new or revised standards and performance requ i rements such as
– Connectivity standards
– Densitiesand FARs
– Height, bulk and setback/stepbadk requirements, if warranted; build -to lines and
envelopes, where appropriate(such asdowntown)
– Pedestrian circulation and transit access
– Setback, streetscapeand design standards
H. Decision -Maker Meetings (D&B). Some policy issues must necessarily be considered and
resolved during the preparation of the General Plan. Decision-makerswill convene as needed
(likely 2 or 3 meetings) to providethe project team with planning policy direction.
I. Prepare Hearing Draft General Plan (D&B). An Administrative Draft will be presented for
staff review and will be revised after aconsolidated set of commentsare provided by City staff.
Meetings. Denson-make-mestings(3)
Products. General Plan Outline
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Infrastructure and finandng technical memorandum
Administrative Draft General Plan
Draft General Plan
General R'an Impleneitation Program
ZoningAmendments (Optional)
TASK 8: DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT
The objective of this task will be to prgnare a programmatic environmental impact amswnent of the
General Plan, pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). This task will be
conducted in parallel with the Draft General Plan. We will identify which Plan pdides carve as
mitigation, so the need for additional mitigation should be limited! Also, we will identify potentially
ssgnificant impact issues early in the process so that appropriate mitigation pdides can be developed
and incorporated into the General Plan, resultingin a "self -mitigating' document.
A. Prepare Notice of Preparation (D&B). The Notice of Preparation will indicate what subjects
will be investigated in the General Plan EI R Because the City has already determined an EI R
will beprepared, thereisno need to conduct an Initial Study.
B. Conduct a Scoping Meeting (D&B/ESA). Since an update of any portion of a General Plan is
considered to be a project of statewide, regional, or local significance, a cooping meeting is
required. In thesooping meeting, the Lead Agency meetswith membersof thepublicand/or
agency representatives after a NOP has been distributed in order to learn about potential
concerns, further define key environmental issues, identify feasible project alternatives, and
discuss potential mitigation measures that may warrant analysis in the environmental
document.
D&B/ESA will conduct one cooping meeting and prepare handouts that describe the general
envi ron mental process. The focus of the soopi ng meeti ng wi I I be to sol i cit the i nvolvement of
responsible agend es, the community at -large, and local business organizations; It is assumed
that the scoping meeting will be conducted during the middle of the review period of the
NOP.
Develop Thresholds/ Significance Criteria (D&B, ESA, Team). Development of criteria
against which impactswill beevaluated (and ultimately designed) liesasthec-uxof acltywide
Program EI R such as this. The EI R team will work closely with City staff to develop the
thresholdsfor evaluation of environmental impacts These thresholds will bedeveloped and
refined using those previously used in City of Lodi documents, thosethat have been adopted
by the City, and applicable federal, State, and local standards. The City's involvement in the
determination and approval of thresholds is important when considering the level of
significance for impacts associated with the proposed General Plan. The Program 8R will
utilizethe approved thresholds of significance to identify both the direct and indirect impacts
of the proposed updated General Plan. It is intended that these thresholds of significance will
be used to ensure that ail future development projects do not generate adverse environmental
impacts as defined by CEQA or the City of Lodi. The standardized levels of significance will
also beinduded asa portion of the Ell R
C. Screencheck Draft EIR (D&B; ESA; F&P; NA). Existing conditions information will be
compiled during the preparation of the background studies for the General Plan Update.
Additional information will beoompiled by contacting public service providers such asutility
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companies, school districts, emergency service providers, etc. The Program EIR will be
prepared using the evaluation of Existing conditions, the environmental setting of the City,
and existing conditionsfor each environmental issueto bediscussed.
To reduce or eliminate any significant adverse impacts identified during the analysis, the
Program EIR would recommend appropriate mitigation measures. It is our intention to
specify mitigation measures early in the planning process as alternatives are identified and
evaluated, and aspoliciesareformulated in responseto keyissuesthat have been identified. In
thismanner, theupdated General Plan Elementscan function as"self-mitigating" documents.
However, we recognizethat residual impactsmay remain for whir further mitigation and/or
overriding considerations must beestablished.
The Draft EIRwill includethefollowingsections
— Table of contents
— Summary of impactsand mitigation measures
— Project description (project objectives, project location, project characteristics, scope
of project, and di screti onary approval s)
— Effectsfound not to besignificant
— Environmental setting, thresholds of significance, regulatory framework,
environmental impacts (short-term, long-term, direct, indirect, and cumulative), and
mitigation measuresfor thefollowing issueareas
o Land use
o Aestheticsand Visual Resources
o Recreation
o Bi of ogi cal Resources
o Cultural and H i stori c Resources
o Trafficand Circulation
o Air Quality
o Noise
o Population, Housing, and Employment
o Geology, Soils, and Seismic
o Water Resources
o PublicServicesand Utilities
o Hydrology and Water Quality
o Energy
o Hazardsand HazardousMateriais
— Alternatives (i ncludi ng the No Project Scenario)
— Unavoidable adverse impacts
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— Long-term implications (including cumulative, growth -inducing, and significant
irreversibleenvironmental impacts)
— Organ i zati ons and persons consulted/ ElRpreparers
— References
— Technical appendices not induded in theTBR
The main purpose of the,Screencheck Draft Program ElRwill beto thoroughly and accurately
analyze the envi ronmental impacts of the proposed updated General Plan for the City of Lodi.
The document will be free of jargon so that the information it contains is accessible to
decision -makers and the public. The methodology and criteria used for determining the
impacts of the project will be dearly and explicitly described in each section of the Program
EI R, including any assumptions, models, or modeling techniques used in the analysis The
,Summary section of the Program EIR will be in table format, and will briefly describe the
impacts, level of significance of impacts, recommended mitigation measures, and level of
significance aftertherecommeided mitigation measures are i noorporated.
Specifi c topi c areas to be addressed in the ElRwiII indudec
Project Description/Population, Housing, and Employment
Population and housing changes are the direct or indirect bass for many of the physical
environmental impacts analyzed in an EIR, aswell asthebasisfor some socioeconomic areas
of analysis, such as housing demand and jobs(housing balance. This section will establish the
soopeof geographic impact for both direct and indirect impacts
The EIR will establish a comprehensive database of growth conditions that will serve as an
umbrella for future project EIRs. Information on population and employment will be
included. Baseline housing information may include the number of households in the region,
the average number of persons per household, housing vacancy rates, and the number of
dwelling units by type from the City's Housing Dement. Potential changes in several
socioeconomic conditions will also be evaluated, such as a change in the City's population
directly attributable to the implementation of the proposed General Plan, ability of future
developments to mei projections of MOG, changes in community demographics and
charmer, and changesin employment opportunities.
Trak and Circulation
Much of thetechnical analysisneoessaryto support the General Plan EIRwill beconducted as
part of developing the Circulation Dement. For purposesof the El R, Fehr & Peer swill define
thresholds of significance for transportation impact analysis, define the study area within
which impacts could reasonably be expected, analyze the traffic, transit, and non -motorized
impactsof the No Project and the Preferred Alternative soenarios, and recommend mitigation
meas u res to address potentially sign i fi cant i mpms of the R an.
This scope assumes that two scenarios will be quantitatively analyzed in the EIR, with a
detailed discussion of impacts and mitigation measures the Future No Project case, and the
final Preferred Alternative for General Plan Buildout. Up to three additional General Plan
land use alternatives will be addressed in lesser detail, drawing upon the analysis conducted
previously; adetailed list of impacts and mitigation measureswill not be developed for these
alternatives.
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Analyze implementation of the General Plan on the viability of continued agricultural
activities within and near the City's Planning Area To address potential erosion impactsto
local soil resources, the impact analysis will include an Evaluation of the overall erosion
susceptibility (K -factor) of Planning Area soils and the potential erosion hard (erodibility)
as related to dope and drainageconditions. Discuss generic construction grading and general
best management practicesand ongoing planned stormwater pollution prevention planning.
Biological Resources
Assessthe potential for impactsto special statusspeciesat General Plan Buildout. Desc-ibethe
potential impactsto biological resourcesrelated to changesin existing open space land usesto
a developed use. Identify alternativeor supplementary policy mitigation mesa resthat could
minimize these i m pacts to sensitive species and habitats
Cultural Resources
Qualitatively describe any proposed changes to the General Plan that would affect or disrupt
thepreservation of historic, cultural, and/or archaeological resources.
Energy and Mineral Resources
Describe the types of energy that would be consumed by development under the new General
Plan. Assess the consistency of the General Plan with State and national energy goals and
programs. Based on information provided by local service providers eval uate the capability of
the existing utility infrastructureto meet future demand for electricity and natural gas.
Hydrology and Water Quality
The hydrology andysisisdivided into thefollowing three key sections
• Erosi on;
• Pollution and Stormwater; and
• Groundwater.
Erosion. Thissection will discussthe potential limitationsthat erosion and siltation hazards
could place on development and the general impact on drainage facilities and open water
bodiesand watercourses.
Pollution and Stormwater. This section will describe urban area pollutant types and their
sources. Discussgenerai management practicesand mitigation measuresto reduce the effects
of stormwater runoff.
Groundwater. Using published information, this section will provide a summary of general
groundwater conditions in the Planning Area The section will also discuss the use of
groundwater, trendsand general aquifer conditions. Wewill also asse%themanner in which
land uses and development proposed under the General Plan may affect groundwater
conditions and continued uses of this resource. The section will also describe ongoing and
expanded water conservation programsthat may beintegrated into the General Plan aspolicy.
Air Quality
Generally describe the types of emission sources that would be associated with development
under the proposed General Plan update. Theoperational air quality assessment will focuson
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cumulative impacts and will provide an estimate of mobile and residential emissionsusing the
URBEMIM002 model. Assess the consistency of the General Plan with the regional Clean Air
Plan with referenceto population and employment forecastsaswell astrendsin vehicle miles
traveled. Qualitatively assess the capability of General Plan policies to prevent exposure of
people to substantial source of construction dust, toxic air contaminants, or odorous
emissions.
Fire Hazards
Identify and characterize areas at theurban fringethat are particularly vulnerable to thethreet
of wildland fire. Identify fuel reduction methods and techniques consistent with the
protection of special status species and habitats. Identify any restrictions on land uses and
intensitiesappropriatefor areasidentified assusceptibletofirehazard.
Flood Hazards
Using the most current flood map data, identify flood prone areas (100 to 500 yea- flood zone)
within the Planning Area Identify any restrictions on the development of residential land uses
within these arms and provide recommendations on any applicable development standards
that may be required for other types of development.
Seismic and Geologic Hazards
This section will provide a summary of the existing geologic conditions and potential effects
resulting from implementation of the proposed General Plan update, including seismic
(earthquake) and liquefaction issues. Factors considered in this analysis will include
expansive/compressible soils, proximity to active or potentially active faults, and potential
areasproneto excessiveerosion conditions.
Noise
This section will provide noise contours for the City using traffic volumes generated by the
General Plan traffic model. Descri be the types of noi se sources that would be associated with
development under the proposed General Plan. Assess the adequacy of the policies of the
Noise Dement of the General Plan to avoid future noise incompatibility for existing and future
land uses.
Hazardous Materials and Toxics
Discuss and evaluate impacts on general public health and safety, potential exposure to
workers and waste disposal handlers. Evaluate the potential for new development or
redevelopment to result in areaswherethereare public safety issuesor hazardous materials at
General Plan buildout. In the event that the Plan or the regulatory requirements might result
in a potential adverse environmental risk, identify mitigation measures to reduce potential
health and safety impactsto lessthan significant levels. Assessthe hazardous materials impacts
of the alternatives, highlighting the differences in impacts between the alternatives and the
Proj ect.
Infrastructure
The infrastructure assessment of the Preferred Plan (Task 7-D) will be incorporated here as
EI R impact assessment for water supply, wastewater, and storm drainage/flooding.
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Cumulative impactswi I I be specified in the individual sections of the EIR and summarized in
the Long -Term Implications section of the document. The cumulative analysis will be
qualitative in nature and will be based upon known projects, either approved or proposed
(applications on file), within a geographic area that is appropriate to the issue area being
evaluated. The cumulative impact assessment will bebased on reasonably anticipated potential
development projects that may, in combination with the development allowed under the
proposed elements, createcumulAively considerable envi ronmental impacts.
The EIR will discuss all significant unavoidable adverse impacts (in conformance with the
State CEQA Guidelines) that can only be partially mitigated, but not to a level that is lessthan
significant. TheElRwill also discuss any potential growth-inducingand irreversibleimpactsof
the proposed project. Potential sources of growth inducement and their corresponding
impacts, such asremoval of obstadesto growth, major new employment generation, or major
economic influences, will bequalitatively analyzed, to theadent that they are applicable.
Alternatives
TheElRwill indudean alternetivessection to qual itatively address the envi ronmental impacts
that would result from implementation alternative land use and circulation plan scenarios.
Alternatives will include (1) no project alternative(induding theno project/no development
alternative and the no project/reasonably foreseeable use alternative); and (2) The three land
use alternatives ("Sketch Rand') previously prepared and analyzed. The alternatives will be
provided in sufficient detail for comparison with the proposed project. Each alternativewill be
evaluated with respect to each key impact category.
The advantages and disadvantages of each alternative and the reasons for rejecting or
recommending the alternative will also be discussed, and the environmentally superior
alternative will be identified. During the course of the environmental analysis, minor
variations to the proposed project that could have the effect of reducing or eliminating
environmental concerns may become apparent; these variations will be implemented, where
feasible
D. Draft EIR. City staff will provide the D&B team with one consol idated set of comments on the
Draft EI R, following which, the Draft EI Rfor public distribution and review will be prepared.
D&B/ES4wiII also prepare the Notice of Completion. It isanticipated that the City will handle
distribution of the document to the appropriate members of the public and public agencies.
Meetings: S opingMeding
Consialtaticn with agendesasapprgoriate
Products: NoticeofPreparatian
Memorandum an Threshdds+' S'gnificance Criteria Administrative
Administrative Draft EIR
Draft BR
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TASK 9: PUBLIC REVIEW / FINAL EIR
The objective of this task will be to take the Draft General Plan and EJR through public meetings and
hearings and assist in the adoption process
A. Prepare Newsletter on Draft General Plan Update. This newsletter will summarizethe salient
features of the new plan/programs It will identify the time and place of public workshops, and
hearings on the Draft EIR, as required byCEQA, and the availabi I ity of the documents
B. Conduct Community Open House. We will present salient features of the General Plan to the
community in an "open house" format —after a presentation, members will be invite to ask
questionsand offer commentsat stations
C. Prepare Administrative Final EIR. Thistask will result in the preparation of a Final EI R, which
will contain a list of commenters, comment letters, and responses to comments on the Draft
EI R. Any changesto the Draft ElRtedwill be marked with strikeout/underline formatting to
show revisions in response to comments until the Final EIR is adopted with the certified
language.
Responses that are within this proposal's scope of work and budget consist of explanations,
elaborations, or clarifications of the data contained in the Draft EIR If new analysis, issues,
alternatives, or substantial project changes need to be addressed, or if the effort woeeds the
budgeted amount because of the number or complexity of responses, a contract amendment
may be requi red.
D. Prepare Final EIR. The objective of this task is to prepare a Final EI R that incorporates City
commentson theAdministrativeDraft Final
E. Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program. The objective of this task is to ensure
complianoewith Public Resouroes Code Section 21081.6, as mandated by Assembly Bill 3180
(Cortese 1988), which requires a Lead Agency to adopt a mitigation monitoring program
(MMP) at the ti me an EIR is certified. The D&B team wi I I prepare a drafft MMP concurrently
with thepreparation of theRnal EIR Totheadent possible, theupdated General Plan will be
self -mitigating. The MMP will include measures required beyond policies proposed in the
updated General Plan.
The MMPwill be in table format, and will specify mitigation measures, standards of success,
parties responsible for implementation and monitoring, funding sources, timing, and
provisionsfor remedial measures(if the success standards are not achieved). TheMMPwill be
designed to fit into the City'sexisting entitlement and project review process. A Draft MMP
wi I I be provided to the City with the F nal EIR After review and comment on the Draft MMP,
the D&B team wi I I revise the M M P, according to the comments provided, and wi I I submit the
Final MMP, which will comprise a portion of the Final Program EIR Additionally, the M M P
will beintegrated into the General Plan implementation program, asappropriate.
F. Adoption Hearings. Planning Commission and City Council must consider adoption of the
new General Plan, and certification of the Final EIR in public hearings, following the public
review period. We will closely coordinate with City staff prior to the hearings to ensure that
our presentations respond to specific questions and issueslikelyto beencountered duringthe
hearings. It is suggested that the first of these hearings be a joint meeting with the GPSC
(which would also condudetheGPSC involvement in the process). Our budget providesfor
attendance at two such hearings.
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Hearings (2)
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Products. Newsletter: Draft Genual Flan
Administrative Draft Final ER
Final ER
Draft Mitigation Monitoring and RgnartingRnogram
Final Mitigation Monitoring and RgortingR-og am
TASK 10: ADOPTED GENERAL PLAN
In thistask, theadopted General Flan will bepreparea!
A. Prepare Adopted General Plan (D&B). Following adoption, we wi I I prepare a final version of
the General Plan in a high-quality, easy -to -read format. It also will be put in a form suitable
for posting on the City's Website. The final product will also include large scale, colored
display maps
B. Provide GIS and all Files to the City (D&B). GIS files compiled A various stages of the
process (such as®cisting land use, General Plan Land Use, environmental resourcesfiles) will
becompiled and provided to theCity.
Products. Final General Flan (in We>-readyand publication formats
GISfi/es
STAFF SUPPORT
Asper the RFP, the City des res the consultant to providestaff servioesfor the General Plan—such
as prepari ng agendas and meth ng notes. We have provided an al Iowance of approxi mately 24
hours of D&B staff time per decision -maker meetingsfor this, aswdI asfor the Community
Workshops. D&B will also prepare the Noticeof Preparation and Notice of Completion for the
EI R
3.3 PRODUCTS AND MEETINGS
PRODUCTS
Our work program envisions preparation of thefollowing products
Coordination/Outreach Materials
Final Project Work Program & Schedule
Finalized Public Participation Program
Project webstededgn
Workshop materialsasappropriate
Meeting summariesfrom workshopsand neighborhood forums
Stakeholders Meetings Report
CitywideMail-in Survey Report
Li vabi I ity Survey
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Newsletter #2: Alternatives
Newsletter #3: Draft General Ran
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Preliminary/Final Planning Area (map)
Working Paper #1: Greenbelt Strategies
Working Paper #2: Land Use, Transportation, and Environmental Resouroes Assessment
Working Paper #3: Growth Prospectsand Economic Strategy
Working Paper #4: Urban Design and Livability Assessment
Scenario 360 Model/Indicators
Alternative Plans Report
Preferred Plan
Framework Concepts and Key Goals
General Plan Outline
Infrastructure and finand ngtechnical memorandum
Administrative Draft General Plan
Draft General Plan (including Community Design and Livability Dement)
Adopted General Plan
GIS database
CEQA Documents
List of References
Project Description
Noticeof Preparation
Administrative Draft EIR
Draft EI R
Fi nal EI R: Addendum — Responseto Comments
Draft Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program
Final Mitigation M onitori ng and ReportingProgram
Optional Items
Fiscel Model
Phone Su rvey
Zoning Ord inanceAmendments
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MEETINGS
Our work program envisions the following public meetings (these are shown on a timeline in
section 4.1: Schedule):
Public Meetings in the Scope of Work
City Council/
Planning Com-
mission
Community
Workshop/
Neighborhood
Forum Stakeholders
Task I:
Reconnaissance, Organization, and Public
Participation Program
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Task 2:
Issues, Visioning, and Community Survey
1
2 20
Task 3:
Strategy Paper on Greenbelt Conservation;
Planning Area Definition
I
Task 4:
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Opportunities and Challenges Assessment
3
1
Task 5:
Sketch Plans
Task 6:
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Preferred Plan Selection and Refinement
3
1
Task 7:
Draft General Plan
3
Task 8:
Draft Environmental Impact Report
I
Task 9:
Public Review/ Final EIR
2
1
TASK 10:
Adopted General Plan
Total
14
6 20
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4.1 SCHEDULE
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The schedule proposed for both the General Plan and the EI R is presented in a flowchart on the
following page. Milestones and key products and meetings are shown. We propose a 21 -month
schedule leading to the hearing draft of the General Plan and EI R With potentially another three
months of hearings and adoption, the overall proposed project schedule is 24 months. The
challenge will be for City staff and decision -makers to review/affirm/modify proposals, make
choices among alternatives, and decideon apreferred plan in atimelyfashion.
Aggressive schedules do not always provide adequate time for informed discussion. With that
stated, our proposed schedule balancestime requirementsfor thorough analysisand public input
opportunities with City needsfor timely project completion. In our experience, theproposed 24 -
month schedule accomplishes these goals and is a reasonable time for people to stay involved,
interested, and supportive of the project. We can, however, modify the schedule to meet any
schedule goals established by the City and can provide examples of similar projects successfully
completed in shorter timeframes.
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4.2 BUDGET
The tables on the following pages explain the proposed budget in detail: Hours by Person by Task;
and Budget by person by Task.
We propose a budget of $824,392. This includes a mail -in survey (sent to one in three
households), a livability survey and assessment, preparation of custom SOenario 360 model and
indicators for use in evaluating alternatives and developing a Preferred Plan, photosimulations
and visualization, and aCommunity Design and Livability Dement. It also includespreparation of
working paperson Growth and Economic Development Strategy, and Greenbelt Conservation.
These amounts include all personnel, meeting, direct costs (including an allowance for in-house
color plots), and delivery of products identified in thework program. However, thisassumesthat
theCitywill beresponsiblefor printing multiple copies of reportsand documents.
Wdvealso shown costsfor preparing a fiscal model if the City should so desire, additional coststo
extend the mail -in survey to all households, a phone survey, zoning ordinance amendments. Also
included is cost for more expansiveanalysisof tradficLOSfor alternatives by Fehr and Peers.
This budget assumes high quality productsand delivery of all appropriate final maps in a system
compatiblewith the City'sGISsystem.
Wewould recommend that the City includean allowanoefor printing of reportsand neNsletters
for distribution, and acontingency.
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12
62
60
1
226
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4
8
221
100
456
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12
24
140
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4
4
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BUDGET BY TASK
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Raleev Bh3da, Principal
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1,360
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2,040
4,080
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Leslie Gould Dlne r/Pssodate Principal
140
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Z240
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2.300
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2.240
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V"n Kahn, Assoc. Principal
140
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2,240.
1,680
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1,120.
2,240
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4,480
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11,760
Vkki Hill. Dir. of Envwonnental Senvkes
140
4,480
1,680
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13,440 _
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OWia Rodriguerl Sarah Nurmela. PlannerAJ.
90
1,160
7,210
5,400
16.7.00
17,100
1 1,880
19,800
9,900
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Chris Hodges, Planner
85
3.400
8,160
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15,300 _
1040 _
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1,70D
77,180
Ketene Strait, Environmental Planner
85
-
-
3,400
2550
-
-
2,040
6,800
1,700
-
16,490
GISIComputer Mapping
85
6,800
1,700
2,145
13,600
11,900
10,200
13,00
10,200
1,700
2,720
74,545
GnphiclWebDesign
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7,150
1,560
1,560.
7,150
7,800
3,900
9,100
2600
1,300
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3.300
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1,870
3.190 _
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300
1.201
121
1,2.00
1,2.00
1.200
1.210
806
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200
8,220
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27,490
41,680
22,665
98.600
69.680
54,130
101,910
68,190
27,280
13,780
525,405
ESA
Laurie Warner
165
-
-
660
1,155
-
-
-
825
825
-
3,465
Ray Weiss
ISO
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900
3,400.
45 00
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1,200
-
6,000
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Paul Miler
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_
600
-
-
1,200
_
5,400
Mian McCaroen
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-
-
1,320
-
-
-
660
1,320
-
3,300
Dean Martorana
95
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31040
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3,040
760
6,840
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1,800
600
1,200
3,600
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75
600
733
600
4,200
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15,600
Staff ErMronmerual Planner 2
85
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5,160
-
680
-
7,140
-
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16,669
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95
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3040
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3.040
6.08D
Staff Geologist
120
-
-
2400
-
-
-
3.0411
960
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7,7.00
GIS Technician
135
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2.160
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3,780
Dh eco Cows
6.767
6,767
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4aW
4402
3ASO
33,505
12,865
98492
Muncife & Associates
Roberta Mundle
157.50
78B
-
1,890
10,238
-
1,575
4,725 _
-
-
-
19,215
Suzanne Lampert
155.00
-
-
1,860.
3,875
-
1,550.
5,580
-
-
-
12,865
Analyst
95.00
-
5.700
-
1.330
7.030
Dlren Cases
620
629
Sub7oml
788
3,750
2.0.433
31125
11,635
39,730
Fehr & Peers
F"mipal
220
B80
880
-
3,520
1,760
5,280 _
2,640 _
5,280 _
1,760
-
22,000
Associate
ISO
1,440
1,440
-
6,480
2,160
11.520
4,320
IO,SW
2,880
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Enoneer/ Planner
125
SW
SW
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I1,000
IAW
27,500
3.000
12.500
1,000
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57,000
G15f Graphics
110
440
2200
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5,280
_
4,400
_
2640
440
15,400
Support
90
360
360
360
1,800
720
720
4,320
CMect Com
250
4000
210
2350
675
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1,350
250
6.075
SY&-Total
2,87.0
3,870
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2060
SAW
53,730
15,755
33,290
6,330
-
145,835
Mope Associates
Victor Wanly
177
1,415
-
-
7,788
2.124
-
3,894
708
3540
-
19,470
John Moundn
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3,140
314
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_
942
_
4,396
LindaSaroggs
177
1,416
1,416
708
1,416-
708
706
6,372
Staff Engineering
125
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9.000
1,500
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680
1.700
Cares Com
100
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210
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1,480
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23,164
4,846
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12,132
1,996
4,848
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49,918
Livability
Michael Soutimorth
170
1,360
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15.300
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240
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15,540
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Mountain West Research
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4,500
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59,950
30,755
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80,006
114,065
143,472
134,981
51,323
13,78D
952,620
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5.1 TEAM OVERVIEW
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Our core team brings the vision and the knowledge needed to accomplish the City's goals, respond
to community concerns, and create a General Plan that will be useful and valuable over time.
• Dyett & Bhatia — Planning and Environmental Review, Public Participation, and Project
Management. D&B will lead all aspects of the preparation of the General Plan, including
community outreach, visioning and issue identification, sketch planning and preparation
of plan policies and urban and environmental design concepts and implementation and
financing proposals, and will coordinate preparation of the Environmental Impact Report
(EIR) with ESA.
• Environmental Science Associates — Environmental Planning. ESA will take the lead on
air quality, agricultural resources, cultural resources, noise, safety and hazards, and
geology and soils and design of policies and programs to mitigate potential impacts.
• Mundie & Associates — Economic Planning. Mundie & Associates will lead preparation of
the working paper on Economic Strategy, fiscal analysis (optional), and participate with
D&B in developing Greenbelt Conservation strategies, and capital improvement policies.
This will ensure that plan's ideas will translate successfully in the marketplace.
• Michael Southworth — Professor Southworth will conduct livability assessment.
• Godbe Research and Analysis (GRA) — Public Opinion Surveyors. GRA will conduct the
(optional) phone survey.
• Mountain West Research Center — will tabulate the mail -in survey.
• Fehr & Peers Associates — Transportation Planning. Fehr & Peers will work with D&B to
develop a new citywide traffic model and a circulation system that is integrated with land
use, balances needs of autos, bikes, pedestrians, and is consistent with desired neighbor-
hood character and City policies and design criteria. They also will develop a capital im-
provements strategy.
5.2 TEAM ORGANIZATION
The organization chart on the following page shows team and individual responsibilities. Rajeev
Bhatia, AICP ASLA will be the Principal in Charge and the hands on Project Manager. He will also
. lead land use and urban design efforts, and will be present at all meetings. Ofelia Rodriguez,
Planner/Urban Designer, and Chris Hodges, Planner, will be the two staff planners on the project;
they will also be responsible for keeping notes at project meetings and serving as staff extensions.
Michael Dyett will serve as a Participating Principal, and Leslie Gould, Director of Planning
Services, will assist with community participation and plan implementation. Doug Kot and Sarah
Nurmela, both Planners/Urban Designers will contribute to land use planning and urban design.
Vicki Hill, Director of Environmental Services of D&B will serve as the final reviewer for the EIR;
she will be assisted by Kelene Strain, Environmental Planner, and Ofelia Rodriguez. Laurie
Warner and Ray Weiss of ESA will serve as the lead individuals for natural resources management.
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Roberta Mundie and Suzanne Lampert of Mundie & Associates will lead the economic/fiscal
work, and work with D&B and ESA on greenbelt conservation strategies.
Ofelia Rodriguez and Ray Weiss are fluent in Spanish. Rajeev Bhatia has a working knowledge of
spoken Urdu, in case this ability is needed at a public workshop. Erin Camarena, Planner D&B, is
also available for translation and interpretation.
Proposed Team Organization for Lodi General Plan and EIR
;Project Management
Rajeev Bhatia, AICP ASIA
Principal-in-Chargc
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Graphic & Web Design
Novi Osborne (D&B)
IAFCO & Economic
Outreach & Public
Greenbelt Development Participation
Vivian Kahn, FAICP (D&B) Roberta Mundie (M&A) ,1 Rajeev Bhatia (D&B)
Rajeev Bhatia (D&B) Suzanne Lampert (M&A) Leslie Gould (D&B)
Roberta Moodie (M&A) Ofelia Rodriguez (D&B)
Laurie Warner (ESA) Chris Hodges (D&B)
Survey
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Livability Zoning & Plan
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Professor Michael SouthworthMichael Dyett, FAICP (D&B)
Leslie Gould (D&B)
5.3 KEY PERSONNEL
DYETT & BHATIA
GIs & Mapping
Mark Chambers (D&B)
Rose Abhors (D&B)
Christina Cole (D&B)
:Land Use &
Urban Design
Ra'eev Bhatia (D&B)
Olelia Rodriguez (D&B)
Doug Kot (D&B)
Chris Hodges (D&B)
Transportation
Ron Milam, P.E. (F&P)
Ellen Poling, P.E. (F&P)
Julie Morgan, AICP (F&P)
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Vicki Hill (D&B)
Kelene Strain (D&B)
Chris Hodges (D&B)
Laurie Warner (ESA)
Ray Weiss (ESA)
Niall E McCarten (ESA)
Paul Miller (ESA)
Dean Martorana (ESA)
RAJEEV BHATIA, AICP ASLA, Principal in Charge and Overall Project Manager
Rajeev Bhatia is a planner and urban designer, and one of the most experienced preparers of
General Plans for California cities (more than 20 comprehensive general plans for cities in the last
10 years alone). He recently successfully completed the Downtown San Diego Planning and
Zoning project—the largest urban planning assignment underway on the West Coast over the last
three years, to which he contributed a substantial portion of his time.
He is currently leading general plans for Santa Monica and Emeryville, and Petaluma (draft
completed), and visioning study for the Redlands General Plan (project to be completed early
June). Other general plans prepared by him include Pomona, Rohnert Park, South San Francisco,
Pittsburg, Chico, Santa Rosa, Milpitas, Santa Fe (NM), San Bruno, Turlock, Redlands, and
Alameda. He has also led EIRs on all of these general plans, as well as on the Bay Area Regional
Transportation Plan, and the Contra Costa Countywide Comprehensive Transportation Plan.
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Mr. Bhatia has extensive experience in working for Central Valley cities, including general plans
(Chico and Turlock), and the Capitol Area Plan (Sacramento) for the State of California—all three
American Planning Association award-winning projects.
Mr. Bhatia's projects have won five awards in the last six years from the American Planning
Association, including two statewide APA awards for the best general plan. He holds a Master of
City Planning and a Master of Landscape Architecture from U.C. Berkeley, where he was a Regents
Fellow and continues to serve as a guest critic for graduate planning studios. He holds a Bachelor
of Architecture from SPA, New Delhi, India. As a D&B partner, Mr. Bhatia is committed to this
® project for the full length of its course.
Michael V. Dyett, FAICP, Participating Principal
Michael Dyett specializes in comprehensive planning, and in conventional and New Urbanist
approaches to zoning. He has participated in comprehensive general plans for over 20 cities and
counties, and has unsurpassed national expertise in the preparation of comprehensive city- and
countywide zoning and subdivision ordinances.
He also is skilled in environmental assessment and transportation policy research, focusing on
development patterns and land use -transportation linkages. Currently, he is teaching professional
education short -courses on land use and transportation for the Institute for Transportation
Studies (ITS) at the University of California, Berkeley, as a part of their Technology Transfer
Program. Michael Dyett also has led panels on comprehensive planning and zoning for the
American Planning Association.
Mr. Dyett holds a Master of Regional Planning (1972) and BA (1968), both from Harvard
University. He has directed projects that have won over 15 major awards, including National
Honor Awards from the American Planning Association and the U.S. Department of Housing and
Community Development.
Vicki Hill, Director of Environmental Planning
Vicki Hill offers 25 years of experience in environmental planning and analysis. Her General Plan
FIR experience includes Rohnert Park, San Bruno, Petaluma, Concord, Santa Rosa, Petaluma,
Yuba City, and San Ramon. She has also directed EIRs for the Bay Area Regional Transportation
Plan. Ms. Hill holds a Master of Public Administration from Harvard University, and BA in
Environmental Studies from U.C. Santa Barbara.
Leslie Gould, Director of Planning Services
Leslie Gould has over 25 years of community development experience, and joined D&B in January
2004 after five years as Oakland's Planning and Zoning Director. She is currently leading the
Castro Valley General Plan, Milpitas Transit Area Specific Plan, and Fairfield Transit Area Specific
Plan, and zoning regulations for El Cerrito and Santa Monica. Ms. Gould holds a Master of City
Planning and a Master of Architecture from U.C. Berkeley.
Vivian Kahn, FAICP, Associate Principal, Dyett & Bhatia
Ms. Kahn has over 30 years of professional planning experience in the design and administration
of land use regulations. She was Acting Deputy Director for the City of Berkeley's Department of
Planning and Development for two years and served from 1987 to 1995, as Berkeley's Current
Planning Manager and Zoning Officer, and joined D&B in 2001. She is currently working on the
Castro Valley General Plan, and zoning regulations for several cities.
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Ofelia Rodriguez specializes in physical planning and economic development. She has also a great
deal of expertise in three-dimensional computer modeling of large areas, and in architectural
design, design guidelines, and preparing EIRs. Her experience includes working as a lead designer
for Downtown San Diego planning and zoning; and the Santa Monica, Pomona, and San Bruno
General Plan updates. Ms. Rodriguez holds an M.S. in Urban Planning from Columbia University,
and a B.S. in Architecture from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Doug Kot, LEEDTM, Planner/Urban Designer
Douglas Kot is an urban designer and architect with graduate degrees in City and Regional
Planning and Landscape Architecture. He holds a National Council of Architectural Registration
Board Certificate and is a United States Green Building Council LEED"" Accredited Professional.
Mr. Kot focuses on building sustainable communities through creative, responsible resource -
efficient design and planning. His experience at D&B included Porterville and Los Banos General
Plans, and specific plans for the Milpitas and the Fairfield -Vacaville station areas. Mr. Kot holds a
Master of City Planning and a Master of Landscape Architecture from the University of California,
Berkeley. He received a Bachelor of Architecture from the Pennsylvania State University. He is a
licensed Architect in the State of New York.
Chris Hodges, Planner
Chris Hodges specializes in land use planning with an emphasis on community development,
urban reinvestment, and sustainable policy. He has worked on general plans, master plans,
downtown revitalization projects, brownfield redevelopment, and affordable housing projects. He
is currently the Project Planner for the Emeryville General Plan Update, FIR, and Zoning project;
and is providing lead support to the Santa Monica and Castro Valley general plans. Mr. Hodges
received a Master in City Planning degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
and a B.A., with High Honors, from the University of Michigan.
Sarah Nurmela, Planner/Urban Designer
Ms. Nurmela has worked on general plans, large-scale area plans, transit -oriented developments,
campuses, as well as architecture and housing design. Ms. Nurmela brings experience in both
planning and urban design. She recently completed a Sustainable Development Plan for Belize, the
Genentech Master Plan, the Pomona Master Plan, and the Downtown San Diego Project. She is
currently working on the Santa Clara Transit Area Plan and EIR. Ms. Nurmela holds a Master of
Urban Planning from Harvard University, and a B.A. in Architecture (summa cum laude) from
Washington University in St. Louis.
Heather Coleman, Senior Planner
Heather Coleman is a skilled senior planner with significant experience in land use and
transportation planning, and with zoning ordinance updates. She has over six years of planning
experience in private firms and public agencies. Her recent experience includes the Manteca
Zoning Ordinance, EI Cerrito Zoning Update, Portland Regulatory Rethink Project, and
Memphis/Shelby County Unified Development Code. Ms. Coleman holds a Master in Urban and
Regional Planning from Portland State University, and a B.A. in Politics from Oberlin College.
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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATES
Laurie Warner Herson, Project Director
Ms. Herson is ESA's Director of Community Development, Central Valley/Sierra Region. She has
over 20 years of experience in environmental project management for planning, transportation,
utility, telecommunications, and cultural resources projects. Ms. Herson is currently serving as
project director for a variety of planning projects in San Joaquin County including a General Plan
Update for the City of Stockton, a Farmland Conversion Fee Study for the City of Stockton, and
an environmental impact report (EIR) for the RMC Pacific Vernalis Quarry Project in southern
® San Joaquin County.
Ray Weiss, Senior Project Manager
Mr. Weiss works with a variety of local government clients in support of various types of planning
and public outreach projects. Mr. Weiss is currently working with the cities of Stockton, Galt, and
Los Banos to help identify future development areas (e.g., villages) and the infrastructure (e.g.,
roadways, bicycle paths, etc.) that will ensure connectivity with existing areas of the city. As part
of the City of Stockton's current General Plan Update, he is also managing the preparation of a
Farmland Conversion Study. Previously, he conducted a land use/recreation/economic analysis
for the Lower Mokelumne River Restoration Program EIR/EIS.
Niall F. McCarten, Ph.D., Biological Resources Team Leader
Dr. McCarten is ESA's Director of Biological Resources for the Central Valley. He brings over 20
years of environmental consulting experience in conducting scientific approaches to addressing a
. variety of environmental issues including the conservation of plants, wildlife, habitats, watersheds,
and ecosystems. Recently, Dr. McCarten contributed to the development of the San Joaquin
County Multiple -Species Habitat Conservation Plan, which included the documentation of several
dozen sensitive plant and wildlife species, mapping of various habitat types, and the development
of a planning system that is used to help predict additional occupied and potential habitat areas.
Paul Miller, Earth Sciences Team Leader
Mr. Miller is a Registered Environmental Assessor with over 25 years of experience providing
services and products to government agencies and private sector corporations. As ESA's West
Coast coordinator for air quality and noise programs, Paul is currently providing technical
expertise to several general plan update projects including those for the cities of Stockton, Galt,
® and Los Banos. Mr. Miller has also contributed air quality/noise technical expertise to several
other local projects including the City of Stockton's Delta Water Supply Project EIR/EIS and the
Port of Stockton's West Complex Development Plan EIR.
Dean Martorana, RPA, Cultural Resources Analyst
Mr. Martorana is a Registered Professional Archaeologist with over 6 years of experience
providing cultural resources technical expertise. Mr. Martorana's experience includes providing
cultural resources expertise for the City of Stockton's Delta Water Supply Project EIR/EIS, the City
of Stockton's South Stockton Aqueduct Project IS/MND, the San Joaquin Irrigation District's
South County Surface Water Supply Program EIR, the City of Stockton's General Plan Update,
and the City of Galt's General Plan Update.
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MUNDIE & ASSOCIATES
Roberta Mundie, Principal
Ms. Mundie is a planner with over 30 years of experience the fields of environmental planning and
urban economics. Her project experience includes economic studies for General Plans for
Porterville, Petaluma, San Ramon, Santa Rosa, Rohnert Park, Novato, Susanville, Menlo Park, Los
Altos, Hollister, and Clearlake, including economic elements for some of these plans; and
agricultural preservation strategy studies for the South Livermore Valley Area Plan, Sacramento's
North Natomas, San Jose's Coyote Valley, and Modesto.
Suzanne Lampert, Senior Planner
Ms. Lampert is a planner with 30 years of experience in economic and fiscal analysis. She has
prepared or contributed to the preparation of economic background for General Plans for
Porterville, Petaluma, Novato, Susanville, San Luis Obispo, and Hollister; economic elements of
General Plans for Marin County and San Luis Obispo County; fiscal impact analyses for General
Plans and Specific Plans in Petaluma, Santa Rosa, Rohnert Park, San Ramon, Antioch, Mountain
View, Sebastopol, San Antonio (TX), and Spokane (WA); and downtown or district revitalization
studies in Lodi, Sacramento, West Sacramento, Newhall (Santa Clarita), Yuba City, Arcadia, East
Palo Alto, San Mateo, and Union City.
MICHAEL SOUTHWORTH
Michael Southworth is a Professor of City Planning at U.C. Berkeley, whose research is focused on
livability and walkability, including suburban design, new forms of urban public space, and the
evolving form of the American metropolis. He is the author of numerous articles and books, and
has taught inany planning and urban design studios at U.C. Berkeley, including those on general
plans (most recently, Emeryville General Plan), Central Valley communities, and Napa County,
involving balancing urban growth with open space preservation.
Professor Southworth worked on assessing livability for the Santa Rosa General Plan (with Dyett &
Bhatia).
GODBE RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS
Bryan Godbe, M.A.
Cofounder of Godbe Research, Mr. Godbe has over 19 years of experience in public opinion
research, public relations and government affairs. In this capacity, he has most recently conducted
public opinion and market research projects at the national, state, and local levels including
projects for the Cities of Portland (Oregon), Tacoma (Washington), Henderson (Nevada), San
Francisco, San Diego, Los Angeles, Sacramento, and San Jose (California). He has a Master's
Degree from the University of Michigan where he studied survey research methodology at the
Institute for Social Research; and a B.A. degree from the University of California, Berkeley.
Bryan W. Murray, M.A.
Mr. Murray is responsible for managing projects and client service. Bryan is also responsible for
developing questionnaires and sampling plans, analyzing data, as well as providing detailed insight
and recommendations for the projects he works on His comprehensive experience in research
methodology, data analysis, advanced statistical techniques, and his excellent client management
skills make him a valuable asset. Mr. Murray received his B.A. in Economics from Colorado State
University and earned an M.A. in Economics from the University of California, Davis.
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Contact
Title
Agency
Phone/Email
Relevant Projects
Mike Lappen
Senior
City of South San
(650) 877-8535
South San Francisco
AICP
Planner
Francisco
michaellappen@mac.com
General Plan and EIR
Avan
Senior
City of Manteca,
(209) 825-2346
Pittsburg General Plan
Gangapurum
Planner
formerly with City
avan 123@yahoo.com
and EIR
Stephen Kostka
Attorney
of Pittsburg
925-975-5388
Farmland Conversion Fee
Alexandra
Senior
Centre City De-
(619) 533-7117
San Diego Downtown
Elias
Planner
velopment Cor-
elias@ccdc.com
Plan and Zoning
poration (Down-
ment and Program EIR
town Develop-
ment Agency)
Deborah
Project
City of Emeryville
(5 10) 596-4303
General Plan, Zoning
Diamond
Manager
ddimond@ci.emeryville.ca.us
Ordinance, and EIR;
Oakland Zoning Ordi-
nance
Anne Garbeff
Senior
State of California
(9 16) 324-8432
Capitol Area Plan, Sac -
Planner
anne.garbeff@dgs.ca.gov
ramento
SUBCONSULTANTS
Environmental Science Associates
Contact
Title
Agency
Phone
Relevant Projects
Dave Stagnaro,
Senior Planner
City of Stockton
(209) 937-8598
City of Stockton General
AICP
formerly with City
Plan Update and EIR
Sandra Kiriu
Principal Planner
City of Galt
(209) 366-7230
City of Galt General Plan
John Busselle
Associate Planner
County of San
(805) 781-5154
Update and EIR
Stephen Kostka
Attorney
Bingham
925-975-5388
Farmland Conversion Fee
McCutchen LLP
Study
Rayburn Beach
Planning Director
County of Madera
(559) 675-7821
Madera County Dairy Ele-
ment and Program EIR
Mundie & Associates
Contact
Title
Agency
Phone
Relevant Projects
Janet Keeter
City Manager
City of Orinda,
(925) 253-4220
Downtown Lodi
formerly with City
Revitalization Strategy
of Lodi
John Busselle
Associate Planner
County of San
(805) 781-5154
Economic Element of the San
Luis Obispo
Luis Obispo County General
Plan
Ron Munekawa
Chief of Planning
City of San Mateo
(650) 522-7203
Urban Design Study for the
south EI Camino Corridor
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Godbe Research and Analysis
Contact
Title
Agency
Phone
Relevant Projects
Ken Nordhoff
City Manager
City of San Rafael
415-485-3075
Resident Satisfaction Survey,
Revenue Measure Feasibility
Survey
Larry Dito
Director of Parks
City of Novato
415-899-8964
General Planning Resident
and Recreation
and Student Surveys, Voter
Needs Assessment Survey,
Voter Surveys
Sharon Wood
Assistant City
City of Newport
949-644-3222
General Planning Resident
manager
Beach
Survey, General Planning
Business Survey
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6.1 FIRM OVERVIEW
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Dyett & Bhatia (D&B) was organized as a California corporation in January 1976. D&B offers
award-winning services in the following areas:
• Long range Planning, including General Plans;
® • Smart growth and sustainable development;
• Urban design and infill development;
0 Environmental planning and assessment;
• Zoning regulations, and design and development standards;
• Land use/transportation integration;
• Downtown district and area plans;
• Public participation and facilitation; and
0 Geographic information systems, computer modeling, and visual simulation.
D&B has a multidisciplinary -trained planning staff with professional experience and academic
backgrounds to provide outstanding work in all of these areas.
® We see policy-making, land use planning, physical design, and zoning as related activities. The
diversity of our practice helps us clearly define issues and identify practical courses of action. We
believe that plan making is a collaborative effort involving a diversity of stakeholders, and are
committed to active community participation in the planning process. The caliber of our work is
evidenced by our record of adopted plans, and six awards in the last six years from the American
Planning Association. D&B is a Minority-owned Business Enterprise (MBE) certified by Caltrans
under the State of California Unified Certification Program (#32450).
The project contact will be Rajeev Bhatia, AICP ASLA, Principal. All work will be directed from
our San Francisco office:
DYETT & BHATIA
755 Sansome Street, Suite 400
San Francisco, CA 94111
® phone: 415.956.4300 x 15 fax: 415.956.7315
6.2 QUALIFICATIONS
GENERAL PLANS
General plans are a specialty, and Dyett & Bhatia has prepared general plans for more California
cities—more than 45—than any other firm. The firm has unsurpassed has unsurpassed
experienced in all aspects of general plan work – from conducting meetings and surveys, to
analysis and plan writing, and preparing associated environmental documentation. Long-range
planning work is supplemented by D&B's distinguished in-house GIS and computer mapping
capabilities. Dyett & Bhatia has also analyzed several general plans for legal adequacy, and served
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as an expert witness in conjunction with general plan litigation. Five of D&B's general plans in the
last six years have won awards from the American Planning Association.
Recent General Plans (D&B has been lead consultant for all assignments)
City (or Year
County) Adopted
Work Performed by Dyett & Bhotia
Castro Underway
General Plan Update and EIR. Being done in collaboration with Kahn Mortimer Assoc. (a
Valley
local Alameda County firm)
Concord Underway
General Plan, Zoning Ordinance, and Environmental Impact Report. Review drafts com-
plete
Emeryville Underway
General Plan, Zoning Ordinance, Design Guidelines, and Environmental Impact Report.
A 3-D model of the city has also been prepared to help with these efforts
Humboldt Co. Underway
Project being led by County staff, with Dyett & Bhatia helping staff with evaluating plan-
ning issues and sketch plans
Los Banos Underway
General Plan and EIR focused on New Urbanism principles
Petaluma Underway
General Plan and EIR, driven by the overarching theme of sustainability. Review drafts of
Plan and EIR completed
Pomona Underway
General Plan, Housing Element, Zoning Ordinance Update, and EIR with extensive public
participation program. Draft General Plan preparation is underway
Porterville Underway
General Plan and EIR with emphasis on community design, infill and new residential vil-
lages to promote compact development
Redlands Underway
Visioning and Strategic Plan for the development of General Plan, with extensive com-
munity input. Project to be completed June 2006
Santa Underway
Comprehensive Update to Land Use and Circulation elements of General Plan; Com -
Monica
prehensive Zoning Ordinance Update; and EIR. Incorporates livability principles
San Bruno Underway
Comprehensive update of the General Plan, which was last updated 20 years ago. Hear-
ing drafts of the Plan and EIR are complete
Yuba City 2004
General Plan and EIR. D&B subsequently retained by the City to prepared Zoning Ordi-
nance
Santa Rosa 2002
General Plan and EIR. Outlines policies for infill and mixed-use development along key
corridors
San Ramon 2002
General Plan and EIR. Plan responds to voter initiative to prepare a new Plan guided by
smart growth principles — approved by 80 percent of the voters in March 2002 elections
Pittsburg 2001
Winner Northern California Section American Planning Association (APA) Award. General Plan
and EIR. Hillside conservation, waterfront development, downtown revitalization, and
SOI changes were major challenges, Dyett & Bhatia also prepared the City's last General
Plan in 1988
Rohnert 2000
Winner Northern California Section APA Award. General Plan and EIR. The adopted Plan
Park
broke a five-year planning deadlock in the community, and was endorsed by 78% of the
voters
South San 1999
Winner APA Northern California Section and California Chapter Honor Awards. General Plan
Francisco
and EIR. Reuse of industrial areas and economic development were major priorities
Sunnyvale 1997
Transportation Element; assistance to staff on Land Use Element
Larimer Co. 1997
General Plan for the Colorado county
Santa Fe, 1996
New General Plan for one of the country's oldest and most distinctive cities and New
NM
Mexico's capital
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Recent General Plans (D&B has been lead consultant for all assignments)
City (or Year
County) Adopted Work Performed by Dyett & Bhatia
Martinez 1996 Technical update and preparation of Growth Management Element
Milpitas 1995 Comprehensive technical update
Chico 1994 Winner Ahwohnee Award, and Sacramento Valley Section and California Chapter APA awards
for Best Comprehensive Plan. General Plan and EIR for the university town
Redlands 1994 General Plan, and Master EIR for the southern California city
Benicia 1993 Comprehensive technical amendments
San Diego 1993 North City Future Urbanizing Area Plan and EIR; plan for the last remaining 19 square
miles of land in the City
Turlock 1993 Winner Central Valley Section APA Award. General Plan, MEA, and EIR
URBAN DESIGN; SPECIFIC AND AREA PLANS
Urban design is a central area of practice at Dyett & Bhatia. We have prepared specific and area
plans for sites ranging in scale from a few blocks in infill settings to over 20 square miles in urban
expansion areas. Our expertise includes physical planning and urban design, detailed design
guidelines and standards, building massing, view and shadow studies, and parking and fiscal
assessment. We also supplement urban design assignments with our in-house state of the art
three-dimensional computer modeling, visual simulation, and sophisticated GIS capabilities.
. Recent Specific and Area Plans (D&B has served as the lead consultant for all assignments)
Project/City Work PerformedlUnderway
San Diego Downtown Plan and Plan adopted in February 2006, at first City Council hearing. Plan envisions downtown
Zoning; 2006 San Diego as one of the most intense -and -livable of all American downtowns, with a
population of 90,000 and 170,000 employees. D&B led all aspects of the assignment,
and also prepared new zoning regulations to implement the plan.
www.ccdc.com/planuRdate
Santa Clara Transit Area Plan Plan for a 450 -acre area around the terminus of the Silicon Valley BART extension; the
and EIR; Underway; future center will include BART, Amtrak, the current CalTrain Station, and a people
Concept Plan, 2003 mover system to the San Jose airport
Genentech Campus Master New campus master plan to guide Genentech's corporate campus expansion from
Plan, South San Francisco; 2006 6,500 to nearly 12,000 employees. Master Plan addresses full spectrum of topics, in-
cluding urban design, transportation, and parking, and includes design guidelines
Milpitas Transit Area Specific Planning and urban design of 365 -acres surrounding two new light rail stations and a
Plan and EIR; Underway; Con- proposed BART station
cept Plan; 2005
Fairfield -Vacaville Station Area Sketch Plan concepts recently completed
Specific Plan and EIR; Underway
Santa Clara Downtown Plan; Plan to foster creation of a new downtown. The preferred plan has been prepared and
Underway preparation of RFP for developer solicitation is underway
Claremont Inn and Old School Specific Plan for 20 -acre infill area in Claremont for mixed-use development.
House Specific Plan; Underway
Folsom Growth Area Visioning Visioning for 3,000 acres of greenfield within the City's sphere of influence being con -
Project; 2005 templated for growth.
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Recent Specific and Area Plans (D&B has served as the lead consultant for all assignments)
ProjectlCity Work PerformedlUnderway
Capitol Area Plan; Sacramento,
Plan for the 350 -acre, 42 -block Capitol Area, prepared for the State of California that
CA; 1997
has led to the largest infill development in Sacramento's history. APA Section Award
winner
South San Francisco BART
Zoning regulations for the area around the BART station, that is currently under con -
Transit Village Zoning; 2001
struction
West Div. Specific Plan and
Specific plan and EIR for redevelopment of the former Western Division offices of the
EIR; San Bruno, CA; 2002
U.S. Navy
Burlingame 101 Corridor/
Plan for high-intensity residential and mixed-use development along the waterfront.
Shoreline Plan; 2000
CalTrain Station Area Plan;
Feasibility of relocating a CalTrain station to a downtown location and methods to
South San Francisco, CA; 1997
integrate the new station with the surrounding land uses.
Oyster Point Marina Master
Provision of new ferry terminal, public marketplace, new offices and hotels, and im-
Plan, South San Francisco; 1999
proved shoreline access
Tacoma, Washington; 1996
Design and engineering guidelines to promote transit in Downtown, and for the crea-
tion of 14 active mixed-use districts
Fossil Creek Neighborhood
Specific Plan for a 1,000 -acre area around the Fossil Creek Reservoir for the City of
Plan; Fort Collins, CO; 1997
Fort Collins and Larimer County
(fixed -Use Center Design
Citywide design guidelines and standards. Prepared as part of the General Plan (also by
Guidelines; Santa Fe, New
Dyett & Bhatia). Project involved outlining an urban design vocabulary in keeping with
Mexico; 1996
Santa Fe's strong traditional form
West Corvallis Community
Plan for the community, which has emerged as a major high-tech center
Plan; Oregon; 1995
San Diego North City Future
Plan for the last remaining several thousand acres of land within City limits
Urbanizing Area Plan and EIR;
1993
EXAMPLES OF LIVABILITY PROJECTS
Livability is an integral component of the services we provide for clients and ranges from broad- .
based planning and policy initiatives for General Plans (such as Santa Rosa and Petaluma) down
to planning design and detailed implementation standards. .
Recent Examples of Livability Projects
Project Description of Scope
Chico General Plan; 1995 Working with a 41 -member Task Force, Dyett & Bhatia prepared a new General Plan
that allowed agreement to be reached between strong environmental and pro -growth
Ahwohnee Award winner, groups, and was adopted unanimously by the City Council. As part of the Plan, poli- .
American Planning Award cies that encourage development of pedestrian -oriented neighborhoods, and natural
winner resource conservation areas were identified. Neighborhood centers were carefully
sited throughout the city to promote walkability, and extensive neighborhood design .
policies were included
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Recent Examples of Livability Projects
Project
Description of Scope
Model Regulations for Tran-
A handbook (Planning and Design for Transit) that offers specific guidance on foster -
sit; Tri -MET; Portland, Ore-
ing livability and transit -friendly development was prepared for Portland's regional
gon; 1993
transportation agency, Tri -Met. Dyett & Bhatia was responsible for preparing the
model regulations and the implementation chapters of the handbook. Dyett & Bhatia
Ahwohnee Award winner
received the Ahwahnee Award and Oregon Chapter American Planning Association
Award for this project
ABAG Smart Growth and
Livability Footprint Study;
Regional Livability Study that outlined a strategy to address the region's traffic conges-
tion, housing affordability crisis, and diminishing open space. As the lead consultant for
2001
Phase I, D&B helped conceptualize the study, compiled and created a large GIS data -
Congress for New Urbanism
base of regional land use and transportation information, and conducted background
Award winner
research and analysis. D&B also prepared a Briefing Book, maps, and materials for
workshops in each of the Bay Area counties
Santa Rosa General Plan;
2001
D&B prepared a new General Plan for the Bay Area's fourth largest city, located in
Sonoma County. The major challenges addressed included preparing a Plan to foster a
"livable city" and the amount of character infill development. Mapping livability charac-
teristics of individual neighborhoods and understanding residents' perceptions were
some of the initial steps taken. The plan was adopted in 2001
Petaluma General Plan and
General Plan focusing on growth within current Urban Growth Boundary and optimal
EIR; Underway
preservation of greenbelt around city. D&B also prepared an optional Sustainability
Element
Santa Monica Land Use and
Land use and urban design, including land use and transportation planning to create a
Circulation elements, and
sustainable community. Incorporating livability principles and cutting edge outreach
Zoning Ordinance; Under-
and planning methods
way
Santa Fe General Plan; 1996
Santa Fe, New Mexico's capital, is one of the most distinctive cities in the country and
the oldest capitol city in North America. In 1996, Dyett & Bhatia prepared the update
to the General Plan and also prepared guidelines and standards for new development.
The challenge was to outline an urban vocabulary in keeping with Santa Fe's strong
traditional form, provide flexibility in implementation, and meet the needs of a con-
temporary city.
Folsom Growth Area Vi-
Visioning for 3,000 acres of greenfield within the City's sphere of influence being con-
sioning Project; 2005
templated for growth, with light rail connection to Sacramento Regional Transit
San Diego Downtown
D&B recently finished the Downtown Community Plan, which includes the creation of
Community Plan and Zon-
neighborhood centers with walkability, green streets, and bikeways; D&B also updated
ing; 2006
the area's Planned District Ordinance (PDO). This new zoning ordinance contains
regulations and controls pertaining to land use, density and intensity, building mass,
sun access, architectural design, landscaping, lighting, and other development and liv-
ability characteristics, with the intent of implementing the policies of the Community
Plan
Zoning for Traditional
Dyett & Bhatia led a national team on a comprehensive revision of the Palm Beach
Neighborhoods and Tradi-
County land development code. D&B led new zoning for traditional neighborhoods
tional Marketplaces; Palm
(TNDs) and traditional marketplaces (TMDs)
Beach County, FL; 2004
Capitol Area Plan; Sacra-
Plan for the 350 -acre, 42 -block Capitol Area, which includes seven light-rail stations,
mento, CA; 1997
prepared for the State of California. The plan, which included office and residential
development with a variety of housing types, has led to the largest infill development
APA Section Award winner
in Sacramento's history
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OTHER AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Environmental Planning and Impact Review
D&B has prepared EIRs on over 30 citywide/countywide planning efforts, mainly on general and .
specific plans, but also on several Bay Area regional transportation plans and programs, including
the two former and the current Bay Area Regional Transportation Plan (for MTC); and the 1995,
2000, and 2004 Contra Costa Countywide Transportation Plan (for the Contra Costa .
Transportation Authority). D&B also prepared EIRs on countywide congestion management
programs including the 1991, 1993, 1995, and 1997, and 2003 Update of the Contra Costa County
Congestion Management Program, and the 1993 and 1995 Alameda County Congestion
Management Program.
Zoning Ordinances and Subdivision Regulations
Dyett & Bhatia has unsurpassed experience in preparing comprehensive zoning regulations for
cities and counties in California, Arizona and nationwide. The firm's zoning work has won .
national awards from the American Planning Association and the Department of Housing and
Urban Development. Current zoning assignments being led by D&B include:
Comprehensive Citywide Zoning Projects Underway (* indicates part of a national team)
• Santa Monica, CA • Manteca, CA • Yuba City, CA • Kansas City, MO*
• EI Cerrito, CA • Concord, CA • Portland, OR • Washoe County, NV* .
Smart Growth and Sustainable Development
Dyett & Bhatia has worked on some of the region's most prominent smart growth assignments,
including: Bay Area Smart Growth Strategy/Livability Footprint Project (for a coalition of regional
agencies, and business and environmental groups); a new general plan focused on sustainable
development for the City of Petaluma; and a voter -mandated smart growth general plan for the
City of San Ramon. The Congress of New Urbanism gave the Smart Growth/Regional Livability
Footprint Project an Award of Excellence under its 2003 Charter Awards program.
Growth and Congestion Management and Land Use/ Transportation Integration
D&B has pioneered many of the techniques used for land use and transportation integration. The
California Congestion Management Program was modeled on the basis of the firm's work in
Contra Costa, CA, and the firm received a National Award from the American Planning in 1996.
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COMPUTING CAPABILITIES
Dyett & Bhatia is committed to using the latest software innovations to complement and inform
planning decisions. To that end, the firm offers a highly -skilled technical staff trained in three-
dimensional computer modeling, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), cartography, and photo
simulation (computer-generated and hand -drawn). We also offer the use of Scenario 360,
customized for General Plan works.
Custom D&B Development Capacity and Indicators
D&B has developed custom indicators that enable real time evaluation of alternative land use
patterns, development assumptions, and projected impacts. The interface is underlain by ArcGIS
database and Scenario 360, which enables us to test alternatives without waiting for hand colored
maps, computerized sketches, or lengthy spreadsheet calculations. These techniques provide
unparalleled flexibility, efficiency, and collaboration in the planning process.
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Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
D&B maintains a strong in-house GIS staff whose
capabilities include database and applications
development, and has completed several GIS -specific
assignments. D&B has also developed customized
routines adapting ArcGIS for long-range planning.
Three -Dimensional Modeling and Visual Simulation
D&B has expertise in preparing three-dimensional
computer models of large areas, which can be viewed
from any angle, or viewed in a walk-through or fly-
by mode. Most recently, D&B modeled the entire
1,500 -acre downtown area of San Diego, and the
entire City of Emeryville along with the East Bay
Hills. These models are used for massing and visual
studies for design of new buildings and to study
visual and shadow impacts. Using Sketch -Up, 3-D
models can also be linked to GIS databases.
Additionally, we have the in-house capability and
talent to create hand -drawn scenarios as an
alternative to computerized photo simulation.
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3D Model- Downtown San Diego.
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RECENT AWARDS
D&B has won more than 30 major awards, including over 20 awards from the APA, for its work.
Recent
awards include:
2005
American Planning Association (APA) California Chapter Award, Oakland General Plan Safety Element
2005
APA Northern California Section Award, Oakland General Plan Safety Element
2003
Congress for New Urbanism Charter Award, Bay Area Smart Growth/ Livability Footprint Project
2002
APA Northern California Chapter Award, Pittsburg General Plan
2001
APA Northern California Chapter Award, Rohnert Pork General Plan
2000
APA California Chapter Honor Award, South San Francisco General Plan
2000
APA Northern California Section Award, South San Francisco General Plan
1998
APA Sacramento Section Honor Award, Capitol Area Plan Background Studies
1996
APA National Award of Merit, Land Use, Transportation, and Air Quality Connection Project
1995
APA California Chapter Honor Award, Chico General Plan
1995
APA Sacramento Valley Section Award and California Chapter Award, Chico General Plan
1995
Ahwahnee Award, Chico General Plan
1994
Ahwahnee Award, Planning & Design for Transit Handbook (Portland Tri -Met)
1994
APA Oregon Chapter Award, Planning & Design for Transit Handbook (Portland Tri -Met)
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Project listed below are profiled on the pages that follow. Dyett & Bhatia has been the lead
consultant for all assignments and all drawings and images included in the profiles have been
prepared by D&B, unless specifically noted otherwise.
• Chico General Plan and Master Environmental Assessment
• Porterville General Plan and EIR
• Turlock General Plan and EIR
• Los Banos General Plan Update and EIR
• Emeryville General Plan and Zoning Ordinance Update, Design Guidelines, and EIR
• Yuba City General Plan, FIR, and Zoning Ordinance
• Sacramento Capitol Area Plan
• Rohnert Park General Plan and FIR
• South San Francisco General Plan and EIR
• San Bruno General Plan and EIR
• Concord General Plan, Zoning Ordinance, and EIR
• Humboldt County General Plan
• Santa Rosa General Plan and EIR
• Petaluma General Plan and EIR
• Pittsburg General Plan and EIR
• San Ramon "Smart Growth" General Plan 2020 and EIR
• Santa Monica Land Use/Circulation Elements, Zoning Ordinance, and EIR
• Redding General Plan Review; Zoning Regulations
• Castro Valley General Plan and FIR
• Pomona General Plan Update, Housing Element, EIR, and Zoning Ordinance Revision
• Santa Fe General Plan
• Folsom Sphere of Influence Visioning Process
• Redlands Visioning and Strategic Plan for general Plan Comprehensive Update
• Bay Area Smart Growth Strategy/Regional Livability Footprint Project
• Santa Clara Downtown Area Plan
• Santa Clara Transit Area Plan and EIR
• Santa Clara transit Area Concept Plan
• Fairfield -Vacaville Multi -Modal Rail Station Specific Plan and EIR
• Milpitas Transit Area Specific Plan, EIR, and Concept Plan
• Palm Beach County Zoning for Traditional Neighborhoods and Marketplaces
• San Diego Downtown Planning and Zoning
• Manteca Zoning and Land Development Regulations, and Development Design Standards
• Genentech Master Plan
• Bay Area Regional Transportation Plan EIR
• Countywide Comprehensive Transportation Plan (CCTP) and EIR
Additional profiles can be viewed from the D&B website at.http://wxv�v.dyettaiidbliatia.coni
Exhibit E
CHICO GENERAL PLAN AND MASTER ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT
Chico, California; 1995
Winner of Ahwahnee Award and the 1995 American Planning Association Central Valley
Section and California State Chapter awards for Best Comprehenzive Plan
Downtown Framework
Bidwell Chico, located at the northern end of Sacramento Valley, is a city with a
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strong traditional character and graceful streets. The City is home to a
C -l'.1 campus of the California State University and a major medical center.
n,,t,,R Bidwell Park, the third largest urban park in the country, stretches from
Pl—Pa•A the Sierra foothills to downtown, and is a dominant community
PovOff" organizational element.
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General Plan that allowed agreement to be reached between strong
environmental and pro -growth groups, and was adopted unanimously by
the City Council. As part of the Plan, policies that encourage development
of pedestrian -oriented neighborhoods, and natural resource conservation
areas were identified. Neighborhood centers were carefully sited throughout
the City to promote walkability, and extensive design policies were included
for new neighborhood development.
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Working with a 41 -member Task Force, Dyett & Bhatia prepare a new
General Plan that allowed agreement to be reached between strong
environmental and pro -growth groups, and was adopted unanimously by
the City Council. As part of the Plan, policies that encourage development
of pedestrian -oriented neighborhoods, and natural resource conservation
areas were identified. Neighborhood centers were carefully sited throughout
the City to promote walkability, and extensive design policies were included
for new neighborhood development.
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Dyett & Bhatia is leading a comprehensive revision
of the General Plan for this growing Central Valley
community, located in Tulare County along Tule
�. River. Porterville prides itself on having "The Good
Life" and the new Plan will build on this civic pride.
The City also has its own utilities systems, transit
service, park and recreation facilities and a municipal
airport, and the new Plan will include an economic
and fiscal element to help guide decision-making
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PORTERVILLE GENERAL PLAN AND EIR
City of Porterville, underway
for infrastructure improvements. Dyett & Bhatia,
working with community members, is exploring
opportunities to revitalize the historic sectors of the
city and knit them together with emerging growth
areas. An extensive public outreach program,
including bilingual newsletters, is being conductued
to involve all segments of the community in the
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TURLOCK G9*[t1kAN
Turlock, California, 1992
Winner, American Planning Association Central California
Section Award for Comprehensive Planning, 1993
New growth area proposed
by the General Plan
Turlock is located in the heart of Central Valley, and is home to a
campus of the California State University. The City, with a
population of 42,000 in 1990, expected to double in population in
20 years, the General Plan horizon.
The General Plan directed much of the new growth to the east and
southeast, relatively close to downtown, and along streets with
underutilized capacity. A detailed City Design Element was included
as part of the Plan. In one of the earlier, if not the earliest example
of what later became a trend, the Turlock General Plan codified
maximum development block size, and maximum spacing between
local streets.
The City is extremely proud of its General Plan — it revamped the
Zoning Ordinance and Subdivision Regulations to conform to the
plan, and continues to use it as an everyday guide for development.
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EIR for the City of Los Banos, a community located in
the heart of the Central Valley. Dyett & Bhatia has been
placed in charge of preparing a General Plan that will
create a physical framework for development in the
expanded Sphere of Influence, craft a economic
development strategy and design concepts to integrate
new commercial and residential development into the
® fabric of the community, support public facility
investments, improve overall connectivity within the
City, as well as deal with growth issues to ensure the
continued quality of life of current and future residents.
During the six months the project has been underway,
background reports and alternative sketch plans have
been completed, and a Preferred Plan is in progress.
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EMERYVILLE GENERAL PLAN AND ZONING ORDINANCE UPDATEXhibit E
DESIGN GUIDELINES, AND EIR
2005 -Present
3-D Model of the city prepared by Dyett & Bhatia.
Emeryville is one of the most rapidly transforming Bay
Area communities, with an expanding population of
8,000, and nearly 21,000 jobs in a small -1.2 square
mile—geographic area. Incorporated in 1896 as a center
of industry at transportation crossroads, Emeryville,
after several decades of decline, has remade itself into a
dynamic place. In the last 15 years, the City has
transformed decaying buildings and polluted sites to
provide housing; fostered global leaders in film -making
(such as Pixar), biotechnology (such as Chiron), and
software; and developed shopping and entertainment
destinations.
Shaping an overall vision that defines Emeryville's
identity, and crafting a tapestry of distinctive yet
synergistic and connected districts, and fostering
neighborhood livability are principal General Plan
challenges. Dyett & Bhatia will also prepare a
comprehensive update of the Zoning Ordinance and
design guidelines to implement the General Plan.
Planning efforts are accompanied by an extensive
outreach program, including a mail -in survey sent to all
addresses within the City.
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YUBA CITY GENERAL PLAN AND EIR, 2004
YUBA CITY ZONING ORDINANCE, underway
Dyett & Bhatia recently completed the General Plan for the
rapidly growing Central Valley community of Yuba City. A
Preferred Plan was prepared and detailed policy development
was undertaken. The General Plan creates cohesive
neighborhoods, provides opportunities to accommodate
development within the SOI, maintains a clear division
between urban areas within the SOI and rural areas in the
surrounding Sutter County, and augments and provides
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additional recreational resources to the population through
the creation of large urban parks and accessibility to the Yuba
River. The General Plan also establishes policies and priorities,
and outlines how City resources and energies should be used
to achieve planning objectives. The plan was adopted in January
2004. Dyett & Bhatia has been retained to update the City's
Zoning Ordinance.
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CAExWbi#tF1A PLAN
Sacramento, California; 1997
American Planning Association Sacramento Section Award, 1998
CONTEXT
' As the center of the state's legislative and administrative activities, the Capitol
Area is both a major regional employment center and a symbolic seat of
government for California. The 42 -block area is anchored by the State Capitol
Building and Capitol Park, and is closely integrated with some of Sacramento's
most attractive residential neighborhoods.
In addition to its central location between the Midtown neighborhoods and
the Central Business District, the Capitol Area has excellent regional freeway
and transit access, including seven light rail stations.
State offices, with 4.8 million gross square feet of space on about 30 acres of
land, represent the primary land use and support approximately 15,000
employees. In addition, the Capitol Area includes about 1,000 housing units
and 100,000 square feet of commercial space. Numerous surface parking lots
and other underutilized sites provide multiple development opportunities.
THE PLAN
The Plan envisions the Capitol Area as a vital mixed-use center, pedestrian -
oriented, and integrated with the surrounding neighborhoods. All of the
area's streets and alleys (unlike in the previous-1977—plan that provided
for superblock developments) are maintained.
The Plan provides for the addition of 3.2 million square feet of office space,
725 housing units, and 90,000 square feet of support commercial space on
underutilized sites. Building heights range from two story residential uses
to a 30 -story office building. The housing program includes townhomes,
zero -lot line homes, lofts/ live -work spaces, and mid -rise flats. Building
massing and use patterns are modulated to foster neighborhood -oriented
development, take advantage of access to transit, promote walking, and
provide transition to surrounding neighborhoods.
IMPLEMENTATION
The Plan is leading to the largest infill in Sacramento's history. Several
hundred new homes and more than 3.0 million square feet of non-residential
development has been completed or is under construction.
Physical model
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EAST END COMPLEX
The East End Complex, which includes Blocks 171-
174 and Block 225 with more than 1.5 million square
feet of space—the largest civic building construction
project ever in California—is nearing completion.
It will house 6,500 employees. Buildings in blocks
171-174 are arranged around a court at the terminus
of Capitol Avenue, framing views of the dome of the
State Capitol building. Parking structures are tucked
away from major streets, and along L Street are lined
with active uses.
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ROHNERT PARK GENERAff,AWMAE&D EIR
Rohnert Park, California; 1999-2002
APA Northern California Chapter Award, 2001
Because of a lot of hard work by people who refused to allow their
disagreements to keep them from focusing on their mutual concern
for their community, Rohnert Park is moving toward a consensus on
what the city's future should be.... The Rohnert Park General Plan
is a breakthrough.
Press Democrat, June 15, 1999
The General Plan took two years of hard work ... Measure Nis unique
for its wide array of endorsers, including the Greenbelt Alliance, the
Rohnert Park Chamber of Commerce, and the Sierra Club.
Press Democrat November 4, 2000
Founded as a master -planned community in 1954 in central Sonoma
County, Rohnert Park is structured on the concept of clustered,
single-family homes around a school and park, with shopping
centers at the intersections of arterial streets. In 1966, Sonoma State
University (SSU) located to its present 220 -acre campus east of the
City.
Few other communities in the Bay Area can match the suburban
development style personified by Rohnert Park. The City is extremely
automobile oriented and bland. Sound walls dominate the
streetscapes and neighborhoods are introverted. There is no
downtown or center. SSU, with an enrollment of over 7,000 students,
is not integrated with the City's fabric.
Much of the 1990s was a dark period for the City's planning. A
construction moratorium due to an outdated General Plan was
followed by a Housing Element lawsuit that the City lost, followed
by aborted attempts at General Plan revision, failed ballot measures,
and no consensus. By the time the City embarked on the current
General Plan Update process in 1998, not a single housing site in
the City was vacant, and the threat of expiration of a self -established
growth boundary loomed.
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part of preparing the General Plan, Dyett & hhatia proposed a new University District —linking Sonoma
state University with the community.
— is district is designed to have a mix of public, commercial, and residential uses focused around a central
Iza. A new linear park will connect the university with the neighborhoods.
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The updated General Plan was adopted in fall 2000 and
won endorsement from the development and the envi-
ronmental communities; the proposed Urban Growth
Boundary was affirmed by 73 -percent of the voters in
the November 2000 elections.
The Plan marks a dramatic departure in growth patterns
for the City as well. Themes include:
• City/University Integration, and Mixed -Use Centers.
The Plan designates a new high-intensity pedestrian -
oriented University District with a mix of uses linking
the campus with the community. In addition, a City
Center is designated for a mix of public, commercial,
and residential uses.
• Balanced Neighborhoods. A guiding premise of the
Plan is that activities and facilities used on a frequent
basis, such as stores and parks, should be easily acces-
sible to residents. Land uses ensure balanced devel-
opment with a mix of uses, housing types, provision
of parks and schools, and easy access to mixed-use
and commercial centers.
• Increased Connectivity and Accessibility. The General
Plan provides connections between neighborhoods,
as well as across Highway 101.
• A Network of Open Spaces. An interconnected network
of open space, parks, and trails is provided along an
armature of creeks. A mile -long linear park—with
bike -ways and double row of parking on either side—
extends northward from SSU into the neighborhoods.
Increased on -street parking (4 parallel parking rows)
will reduce on-site parking for adjacent high-density
residential uses by more than 60%.
• An Urban Growth Boundary and Growth Management
Program. The General Plan establishes a 20 -year
growth boundary, "trigger" caps on development,
and adequate public facility requirements.
• Pedestrian- and Bicycle -Friendly Environments. Policies
for land uses, mixes, intensities, and urban design
encourage walking and cycling. In activity centers
like the University District, policies also promote
small block sizes and frequent local streets.
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1997-1999
Winner, California Chapter and Northern California Section, American
Planning Association awards for Comprehensive Planning, 1999
growth in high technology sectors provided
further impetus to redevelopment
Evolution of South San Francisco's Form
The completed General Plan provides a framework to guide South
San Francisco through a period of change. It outlines a cohesive
strategy to guide transformation of several thousand acres of industrial
land. Land uses, mixes, and development intensities are designed to
capitalize on major regional transit improvements underway, and to
promote alternative forms of transit. High-intensity, mixed-use
districts are proposed near BART stations, and incentives are offered
specific transit -oriented amenities.
Policies to transform land being used for manufacturing and storage
into vital business centers—with smaller blocks, more through street
connections, ancillary facilities such as restaurants, easier connections
to transit, sidewalks and bikeways, and higher landscape standards—
are outlined. Freeways and major arterials sever the City into four
major fragments; considerable efforts was expended to outline
roadway improvements and new streets—such as along abandoned
railroad rights-of-way—to link different parts of the city.
The General Plan also includes sliding -scale land use intensities, with
incentives to encourage mixed-use development and transit.
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capitalize on major regional transit improvements underway, and to
promote alternative forms of transit. High-intensity, mixed-use
districts are proposed near BART stations, and incentives are offered
specific transit -oriented amenities.
Policies to transform land being used for manufacturing and storage
into vital business centers—with smaller blocks, more through street
connections, ancillary facilities such as restaurants, easier connections
to transit, sidewalks and bikeways, and higher landscape standards—
are outlined. Freeways and major arterials sever the City into four
major fragments; considerable efforts was expended to outline
roadway improvements and new streets—such as along abandoned
railroad rights-of-way—to link different parts of the city.
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incentives to encourage mixed-use development and transit.
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capitalize on major regional transit improvements underway, and to
promote alternative forms of transit. High-intensity, mixed-use
districts are proposed near BART stations, and incentives are offered
specific transit -oriented amenities.
Policies to transform land being used for manufacturing and storage
into vital business centers—with smaller blocks, more through street
connections, ancillary facilities such as restaurants, easier connections
to transit, sidewalks and bikeways, and higher landscape standards—
are outlined. Freeways and major arterials sever the City into four
major fragments; considerable efforts was expended to outline
roadway improvements and new streets—such as along abandoned
railroad rights-of-way—to link different parts of the city.
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incentives to encourage mixed-use development and transit.
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strategy to guide transformation of several thousand acres of industrial
land. Land uses, mixes, and development intensities are designed to
capitalize on major regional transit improvements underway, and to
promote alternative forms of transit. High-intensity, mixed-use
districts are proposed near BART stations, and incentives are offered
specific transit -oriented amenities.
Policies to transform land being used for manufacturing and storage
into vital business centers—with smaller blocks, more through street
connections, ancillary facilities such as restaurants, easier connections
to transit, sidewalks and bikeways, and higher landscape standards—
are outlined. Freeways and major arterials sever the City into four
major fragments; considerable efforts was expended to outline
roadway improvements and new streets—such as along abandoned
railroad rights-of-way—to link different parts of the city.
The General Plan also includes sliding -scale land use intensities, with
incentives to encourage mixed-use development and transit.
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San Bruno, located in northern San Mateo County
just west of the San Francisco International Airport
(SFO), has been built out since the 1970s. Dyett &
Bhatia has been working with City officials, staff, and
residents on the first overhaul of the General Plan in
nearly 20 years. Construction of a new BART station,
improvements to the San Bruno Caltrain Station, and
reuse of some aging industrial uses present
opportunities to reshape key sites and corridors.
D&B also recently completed a Housing Element
certified by the Housing Committee for the City that
seeks to facilitate production of new affordable and
market -rate infill housing, and improve infrastructure
and accessibility for residents of its oldest
neighborhoods. The Draft Plan and the EIR are
expected to be released for public review in May 2006.
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Dyett & Bhatia is currently revising the City of
Concord's General Plan and Zoning Ordinance, and
preparing a Program EIR. The General Plan is
examining infill opportunities, greater linkages between
BART and the City, and possibilities for reuse of the
Concord Naval Weapons Station, one of the largest
single development sites in the Bay Area.
The Zoning Ordinance update will include
comprehensive revisions to use regulations,
development standards and administrative procedures.
Dyett & Bhatia is starting from the ground up with
the City to update the Zoning Ordinance in tandem
with the General Plan to ensure General Plan adequacy,
consistency, and ease of implementation.
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HUMBOLDT COUNTY GENERAL PLAN
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Dyett & Bhatia recently helped define critical
choices for the Humboldt County 2020 Vision
General Plan and prepared sketch plan concepts
and a communitye design toolkit. D&B also
completed analysis of environemtnal resources
and development prospects, and prepared
papers on policy options for Building
' Communities, Moving Goods and People,
Resource Management, and Hazards
Management. D&B will also be preparing an
EIR on the Draft General Plan and a "smart
growth" transportation model for use in Plan
evaluation.
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Dyett & Bhatia recently helped define critical
choices for the Humboldt County 2020 Vision
General Plan and prepared sketch plan concepts
and a communitye design toolkit. D&B also
completed analysis of environemtnal resources
and development prospects, and prepared
papers on policy options for Building
' Communities, Moving Goods and People,
Resource Management, and Hazards
Management. D&B will also be preparing an
EIR on the Draft General Plan and a "smart
growth" transportation model for use in Plan
evaluation.
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Area's fourth-largest city, located in Sonoma County. The
major challenges addressed included preparing a Plan to
foster a "livable city" and the amount and character of
infill development. The plan was adopted in 2001.
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Overall Neighborhood Statistics
Housing units 3444
Population 8291
Overall housing density 2.0 un/net acre
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PETALUMA GENERALEAMO'KAD EIR
2002 -present
Provide pedestrian/trail access to
the river from adjacent develop•
ment and public streets.
Maintain and provide habitat
corridor connections.
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adjacent development and public
streets.
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providing outdoor spaces that
relate to the river environment.
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streets, wherever feasible.
Improve connectivity to river and
within large development sites with
smaller street grid.
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Dyett & Bhatia is working on a new General
Plan and EIR for this Sonoma County city,
which has long been a leader in planning -
thinking. Dyett & Bhatia has been charged with
preparing a General Plan that will break new
ground in linking planning and sustainability,
address challenges relating to downtown
flooding and environmental resource
management, and explore creative methods of
fostering alternative transportation modes.
The Draft General Plan and EIR are being
reviewed by staff and are expected to be released
shortly.
PITTSBURG GENERktK4N AND EIR
1998-2002
Winner, American Planning Association Award for
Comprehensive Planning, Northern California Section, 2002
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SANTA MONICA LAND USE/CIRCULATION ELEMENTS, ZONING ORPMOLEAND EIR�
2005- Present
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Santa Monica is a community with
a strong sense of place, distinction,
and character. Since completion of
the City's last comprehensive Land
Use/Circulation Element update in
1984, Santa Monica has been a leader
in the development of new planning
approaches that combine a concern
for providing housing, trans-
portation and other opportunities
for a diverse population, while
fostering pedestrian -scaled environ-
ments, sustainability, and preserv-
ation of the City's character and
heritage.
Dyett & Bhatia has been working
since January 2005 to prepare a
comprehen-sive update of the Land
Use Element and Zoning Ordinance
and will also docurnent the City -
prepared Circulation Element, as well
as prepare an Environmental Impact
Report.
This is a major assignment that will
frame the city's land use and urban
design vision for the next 25 years,
and articulate objectives and policies
to guide the city's future. An integral
part of the assignment is an extensive
public participation program, the
first phase of which was recently
completed. To date, approximately
2,500 community members have
directly contributed their ideas by
attending workshops and forums,
participating in the youth program,
and providing comments through
surveys, and mailing in "Discover
Santa Monica Guidebooks" sent to
every household in the city.
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Santa Monica is a community with
a strong sense of place, distinction,
and character. Since completion of
the City's last comprehensive Land
Use/Circulation Element update in
1984, Santa Monica has been a leader
in the development of new planning
approaches that combine a concern
for providing housing, trans-
portation and other opportunities
for a diverse population, while
fostering pedestrian -scaled environ-
ments, sustainability, and preserv-
ation of the City's character and
heritage.
Dyett & Bhatia has been working
since January 2005 to prepare a
comprehen-sive update of the Land
Use Element and Zoning Ordinance
and will also docurnent the City -
prepared Circulation Element, as well
as prepare an Environmental Impact
Report.
This is a major assignment that will
frame the city's land use and urban
design vision for the next 25 years,
and articulate objectives and policies
to guide the city's future. An integral
part of the assignment is an extensive
public participation program, the
first phase of which was recently
completed. To date, approximately
2,500 community members have
directly contributed their ideas by
attending workshops and forums,
participating in the youth program,
and providing comments through
surveys, and mailing in "Discover
Santa Monica Guidebooks" sent to
every household in the city.
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Urban and Regional Planners
General Plan Diagram
Exhibit E
REDDING GENERAL PLAN REVIEW; ZONING REGULATIONS
Redding California
Dyett & Bhatia was contracted by the City to conduct a review of Administrative
Draft General Plan document (prepared by another consultant) and prepare edits
(of text and drawings) to enable staff to take the General Plan through to adoption,
because of problems with the previous effort. Subsequently, the City hired Dyett &
Bhatia to comprehensively update the zoning regulations to implement the new
General Plan.
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Urban and Regional Planners
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REDDING GENERAL PLAN REVIEW; ZONING REGULATIONS
Redding California
Dyett & Bhatia was contracted by the City to conduct a review of Administrative
Draft General Plan document (prepared by another consultant) and prepare edits
(of text and drawings) to enable staff to take the General Plan through to adoption,
because of problems with the previous effort. Subsequently, the City hired Dyett &
Bhatia to comprehensively update the zoning regulations to implement the new
General Plan.
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Urban and Regional Planners
CASTRO VALLEY GENERAL PLAN AND EIR
2005 -Present
CBD Mixed Use
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Starter Homes Palomares Hills,
1950's Late 1980's
Neighborhood Form Analysis
Alameda County's Community Development Agency
selected Kahn Mortimer Associates and Dyett & Bhatia
to lead the first comprehensive General Plan update
since 1985 for the unincorporated Castro Valley
Planning Area. The team also was recently selected to
lead the EIR. Changing demographics, a new BART
station, and the passage of Measure D (which established
an Urban Growth Boundary limiting urban
development in most of the rural areas of the county,
including the canyon lands surrounding Castro Valley),
combined with concurrent downtown redevelopment
efforts, make this an ideal time to envision the area's
future development opportunities while maintaining
its prized rural character.
On November 22, 2004, Dyett & Bhatia will conduct
the second community workshop in the interactive
planning process entitled, "Getting into the Issues."
After presenting key findings and preliminary policy
topics, the meeting will engage the community in a
discussion of how Castro Valley should deal with
concerns and opportunities like traffic, new homes and
jobs, community character, and the natural
environment. The residents' input in this workshop
will aid Dyett& Bhatia in completing the Existing
Conditions Workbook, both a repository of key factual
data and maps, as well as a guide to the issues and
implications that will be incorporated into the new
General Plan.
Once complete, this milestone document will set forth
objectives, goals, and policies that serve as a blueprint
for physical and economic development in Castro Valley
through 2025. The General Plan will be a culmination
of a two year process in which multiple stakeholders—
community residents, business owners, public service
providers, and county government officials—build
consensus to achieve a vision for land use, circulation,
residential and commercial development, urban design,
and historic and environmental resources.
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POMONA GENERAL PLAN UPDATE, HOUSING ELEMENT, EIR,
AND ZONING ORDINANCE REVISION
2004- Present
Pomona, a city of 160,000, is located in eastern
Los Angeles County. Dyett & Bhatia is leading the
first comprehensive General Plan Update for the
City since 1976. Changing demographics, under-
utilized employment lands and commercial
corridors, and a new commuter rail, combined
with successful downtown redevelopment efforts,
make this largely built -out city prime for
reassessment of long-term goals and implement-
ation strategies.
Public participation is at the crux of this project.
The consultant team is working closely with staff
to obtain input from the wide cross-section of
stakeholders and community members. Efforts
include a series of district and citywide workshops,
meetings with three advisory committees,
interviews, the self -guided "Pomona Tourbook",
periodic newsletters, and media outreach. Bilingual
formats have helped to optimize participation.
The new General Plan will incorporate state -
mandated elements and optional additional
elements of particular importance to Pomona 's
'92 citizenry: Economic Development, Urban
Design, and Historic Resources. Careful consider-
ation is being given to infill opportunities along
aging commercial corridors, continued downtown
redevelopment efforts, and public service and
infrastructure improvements.
D&B also is revising the draft zoning ordinance.
This involves revisions to implement smart growth,
livability, mixed use, infill focus, and urban design
concepts, and integrate thein into the new
GeneralPlan.
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Urban and Regional Planners
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Concept 1: City Center Focus
City Center Focus Concept - photo simulation of downtown development
and street improvements (before and after).
Concept 1: City Center Focus
City Center Focus Concept - photo simulation of downtown development
and street improvements (before and after).
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AND ZONING ORDINANCE REVISION .
2004- Present
Corridors Focus Concept - photo simulation of open space, street landscaping,
and residential develop-ment improvements (before and after).
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SANTA FE GENERAL PLAN
Santa Fe, New Mexico; 1996
Santa Fe, New Mexico's capital, is one of the most distinctive cities in
the country and the oldest capitol city in North America. The City is a
meeting ground of Native American, Hispanic and Anglo cultures, and
a major tourist destination. Rapid recent growth has led to congestion,
loss of city character, and escalated land values. Major issues addressed
in the General Plan, prepared in 1996 by Dyett & Bhatia, included
regional growth management, economic development, preserving Santa
Fe's character with growth, balancing the needs of tourists and residents,
and coordinating land use planning with metropolitan transportation
planning.
All mapping and analysis was conducted using GIS, and the City for the
first time has a computerized database of information on land use and
environmental resources. Plan preparation was accompanied by extensive
public outreach, including newsletters, workshops and open -houses,
cable -TV and radio -talk shows, and mail -in surveys sent to each
household in the City.
As late as the mid 1940's, when the city's population was about 25,000,
urban development was confined to an area of 2,500 acres. About eighty
percent of the population lived in an oval area measuring 10,000 ft and
6,000 feet along the axii — within a ten-minute walk of the Plaza. Growth
over the last 25 years has been less intense. Development of residential
uses in far-flung locations to the south and southwest has placed
tremendous pressure on the few streets radiating from downtown that
connect to these areas.
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(which has been to the south and southwest), the
General Plan places most growth in the rolling hills
to the northwest — virtually all of it within 2.5 miles
of downtown.
Neighborhoods are along Spanish precepts, with a
plaza or public space surrounded by a mix of uses
at the heart of each neighborhood. Streets are
planned to allow for a rapid bus loop to downtown.
SANTA FE: DESIGN GUIDELINES A "J)AMARDS
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Dyett & Bhatia also prepared guidelines and standards for
new development. The challenge was to outline an urban
vocabulary in keeping with Santa Fe's strong traditional
form, provide flexibility in implementation, and meet the
needs of a contemporary city. Work included preparation
of street, block, and building massing standards and guide-
lines. As part of the work, new growth areas were located
to support a compact citywide form, and mixed-use neigh-
borhoods were designed around centers with access to high
frequency transit.
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NEIGHBORHOOD MIXED-USE CENTERS: DESIGN STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES
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to perform a community -oriented visioning process
for a 3,585 -acre area located at the City's edge. The
process considered land -use, housing, transportation,
urban design, feasibility, smart growth, air quality, and
scenic preservation.
Dyett & Bhatia worked with the community and
property owners to develop a conceptual land area plan.
The Plan includes a walkable community with mixed
use around a potential transit stop; preservation of the
biologically sensitive oak wildlands area, and a variety
of housing types to meet regional smart growth goals.
The Plan was adopted by City Council as the starting
point for the full annexation process. Both community
members and property owners applauded the visioning
process and endorsed the Concept Plan.
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process considered land -use, housing, transportation,
urban design, feasibility, smart growth, air quality, and
scenic preservation.
Dyett & Bhatia worked with the community and
property owners to develop a conceptual land area plan.
The Plan includes a walkable community with mixed
use around a potential transit stop; preservation of the
biologically sensitive oak wildlands area, and a variety
of housing types to meet regional smart growth goals.
The Plan was adopted by City Council as the starting
point for the full annexation process. Both community
members and property owners applauded the visioning
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to perform a community -oriented visioning process
for a 3,585 -acre area located at the City's edge. The
process considered land -use, housing, transportation,
urban design, feasibility, smart growth, air quality, and
scenic preservation.
Dyett & Bhatia worked with the community and
property owners to develop a conceptual land area plan.
The Plan includes a walkable community with mixed
use around a potential transit stop; preservation of the
biologically sensitive oak wildlands area, and a variety
of housing types to meet regional smart growth goals.
The Plan was adopted by City Council as the starting
point for the full annexation process. Both community
members and property owners applauded the visioning
process and endorsed the Concept Plan.
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COMPREHENSIVE UPDATE
City of Redlands, Underway
Rural Living
Redlands is a distinctive city in an increasingly homogenizing Inland
Very Low Density Residential
Empire region. It has livable neighborhoods, exquisitely crafted
Low Density Residential
historical buildings, defined edges, and distinctive landforms.
Low Medium Density Residential
Redlanders are also passionate about planning, as evidenced by a
Medium Density Residential
variety of planning -related measures passed in recent years.
— High Density Residential
Dyett & Bhatia was selected by the City in November 2005 to conduct
Commercial
community visioning and prepare a Strategic Plan for a comprehensive
Com mer cial/ Industrial
update of the City's General Plan. D&B will facilitate stakeholder
Light Industrial
and community meetings, and City Council/Planning Commission
office
workshops, and prepare a citywide mail -in survey. Outreach will be
Public/institutional
complemented with technical review of the General Plan and
Flood Control/Construction Agg-egates
evaluation of broader regional trends. The project will culminate in
Conservation/HabitatPreservation
recommendations on key themes and a workscope for the
Parks/Golf Courses
comprehensive General Plan Update.
Agriculture
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SMART GROWTH STRATEGY/REGIONAL LIVABILITY FOOTPRIVPR&CT
Bay Area; 2001
Winner of a Congress for New Urbanism Award
Dyett & Bhatia was retained by a consortium of five regional
agencies—Association of Bay Area Governments, Metropolitan
Transportation Commission, Bay Area Air Quality
Management District, Bay Conservation and Development
Commission, and San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality
Control Board—to outline a strategy to address the region's
mounting traffic congestion, housing affordability crisis, and
diminishing open space. The goals of the project were to:
1. Create a "smart growth" land use vision for the Bay Area
to provide adequate and affordable housing, improve mobility
and accessibility, protect environmental quality, and preserve
open space;
2. Identify and obtain the regulatory changes and incentives
needed to implement this vision; and
3. Develop 20 -year land use and transportation projections
based on the vision and the likely impact of the new incentives
– projections that will in turn guide the infrastructure
investments of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission
and other regional partners.
As the lead consultant for Phase 1, Dyett & Bhatia helped
conceptualize the study; compiled and created a large GTS
database of regional land use and transportation information
and resources, which could also be used by a "PLACES"
software model developed for the project; and conducted
background research and analysis. A Briefing Book and maps
and other material for workshops in each of the Bay Area
counties were also prepared.
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SAN JOSE PMSA: Santa Clara County
SANTA ROSA PMSA: Sonoma County
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POPULATION: 658,000 1,734,000
PERSONS PER ACRE: 16.9 15.8
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SANTA CLARA DOWNTOWN AREA PLAN Exhibit E
2004 -present
Dyett & Bhatia is working for the City of Santa Clara Bhatia completed a Preferred Option that was
to create a downtown, which was lost during the unanimously endorsed by City Council in April 2005.
1950-60s era of urban renewal. Working closely with Work is underway on detailed feasibility analysis and
a Downtown Revitalization Committee, Dyett & preparing developer solicitations.
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SANTA CLARA TRANSIT AREA PLAN AND EIR
Clients: Santa Clara VTA, City of San Jose, and City of Santa Clara, 2006 -Present
The Station Area
Exhibit E 0
The Santa Clara Transit Center will form the terminus of
BART's Silicon Valley extension. The Center is already a
transit hub, with its location along Amtrak, ACE, and
CalTrain corridors, and proximity to El Camino Real and
Santa Clara University. With completion of BART and
construction of a people mover from the Center to the
adjacent San Jose International Airport, it is projected to
become one of the largest transit centers in the Bay Area.
Santa Clara Valley Transit Authority and the cities of Santa
Clara and San Jose retained Dyett & Bhatia in 2006 to
develop a plan for 460 acres of land surrounding the
Center. D&B will also prepare an Environmental Impact
Report on the plan. Extensive public participation and
close working relationships with decision -makers in the
two cities are envisioned.
With emphasis upon market -responsiveness, the plan will
seek development of the area as a vibrant and intense
destination, with a broad mix of transit -supportive uses.
It will also provide direction for reuse of the substantial
acreage of vacant and underutilized land surrounding the
station, such as the 125 -acre former Food Machine
Corporation (FMC) site—the largest single infill site in
San Jose. Pedestrian, bicycle, and street connections from
the adjacent Santa Clara University and residential
neighborhoods will also be improved.
Existing CalTrain Station, Historic Depot, and Surrounding Opportunity Sites
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SANTA CLARA TRANSIT ARDWA10T PLAN
2001-2002
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A major effort is underway of detailed planning
for a Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART extension
to the South Bay; the terminal station of this
line will be located in Santa Clara, adjacent to
the historic train depot - the oldest operating
railroad depot in California - which is served
by CalTrain, ACE, and Capitol rail service. In
addition, people -mover system will link the
station to the San Jose International Airport.
These changes will provide the area with one
of the greatest levels of transit accessibility of
any place in the Bay Area.
D&B was retained by the City of Santa Clara
to create a community vision for a 500 -acre
area around the station. The Concept Plan,
accepted by the City Council in October 2002,
recommends the creation of a new downtown
for Santa Clara - a special place where people
come together to share in leisure,
entertainment, and cultural pursuits, as well
as preparation of a detailed Transit Area Plan.
It shows how the area can support new housing
and employment -oriented uses, while
celebrating the community's historical assets.
Following successful completion of the Transit
Area Plan, D&B has been retained by the City
to prepare a plan for a new downtown, and by
VTA and the cities of Santa Clara and San Jose
to prepare a detailed Transit Area Plan.
FAIRFIELD-VACAVILLE MULTI -MODAL RAIL STATION SPECIPND EIR
2005 -Present
Fairfield Station Area Specific Plan
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Dyett & Bhatia is preparing a Specific Plan an
EIR for the area surrounding a future trail
station in Fairfield. The City is interested in
creating a multi -modal transit station an
innovative transit -oriented development tha
fits into the suburban context of Fairfield. There
are many complex issues to resolve. The are
is divided by the rail line and major roadway
so pedestrian connections are challenging. The
City wants to ensure a range of uses that provid
employment, retail shopping, and services, a
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residential development. There are endangered
species and wetlands in the station area. .
Dyett & Bhatia will be working with property
owners, community leaders, and public agencie
to develop a plan that is visionary, and at th�
same time responds to the interests and
requirements of multiple stakeholders. Th
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Specific Plan will include provisions for lan
use, density, streets, block layout, and open
space network. It will also include illustration
for recommended building types, building to
street relationships, street sections an
streetscape design. A full implementatioi
program will be developed covering phasing,
financing, and infrastructure. Dyett & Bhati
will also prepare the new zoning for the area.
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MILPITAS TRANSIT AREA SPECIFROO'tT RND EIR
Underway
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Dyett & Bhatia completed a Concept Plan for the 440 acre
area around two new light rail stations and the future
BART station in Milpitas. Currently the area includes
industrial uses and the Great Mall, a large regional shopping
center. The City wants to transform the area with higher
intensity transit -oriented development, as well as
strengthen the City's retail sector, and facilitate projects
that give Milpitas greater regional identity.
Dyett & Bhatia worked extensively with property owners,
public agencies, and other stakeholders in the area during
an intensive five month process to develop a long term
plan that is visionary and yet grounded in market reality.
The plan includes new residential neighborhoods, areas
for new retail development, and mixed use sites that can
accommodate both employment and residential uses over
time. The concept plan establishes land uses and densities,
as well as the layout of blocks, streets, and open space. It
sets forth guidelines and illustrations of the type of
development desired for each individual subarea.
Development issues such as sewer treatment capacity,
impacts of rail lines, and transportation improvements
were also identified. Illustrations were developed to show
the future potential of existing sites, as shown below. The
Milpitas Transit Area Concept Plan was adopted in May
2005, and the City recently retained Dyett & Bhatia to
prepare a full Specific Plan, EIR under a separately bid
contract.
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The 3-1) model was used to design building massing and ensure
adequate sunlight to parks and neighborhood centers.
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DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY PLAN UPDATE_
Shadow Studies
Dyett & Bhatia led a comprehensive public participatioi
program, including facilitation for meetings that drew over
150 people.
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Urban and Regional Planners
MANTECA ZONING AND LAND DEVELOPMEN'IEWiOtT[ eiONS,
AND DEVELOPMENT DESIGN STANDARDS
City of Manteca, underway
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Urban and Regional Planners
Dyett & Bhatia was recently retained to update the City of Manteca's Zoning and
Land Development Regulations and bring them into conformance with a recently
adopted General Plan, and also to create a new Development Design Standards
Handbook.
Unlike many of California's rapidly growing communities, Manteca has a historic
downtown around which development previously occurred in relatively compact
neighborhoods defined by a traditional street grid. This project presents an
opportunity for Dyett & Bhatia to craft regulations and create processes for
implementing design policies that will allow Manteca to maintain and enhance the
character of existing built-up areas and create new identifiable places as development
increasingly occurs outside of the traditional core.
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GENENTECH MASTER PLAN Exhibit E
South San Francisco, CA, 2005- Present
Genentech, the world s first biotechnology company
and the largest in terms of market capitalization,
was founded in 1976 in South San Francisco. Over
6,000 employees are housed in office and research
and development buildings on 90 acres of parcels
scattered along the San Francisco Bay. Growth of
the campus has been incremental, resulting from
reuse/ redevelopment of existing warehousing/
industrial buildings.
Due to rapid growth, Genentech is seeking to
expand the campus to more than 200 acres, with
an employee population of 15,000. D&B completed
a master plan (currently in hearings) to provide a
framework to guide this change. A principal
objective of the assignment was to create a cohesive
and unified campus with a distinctive sense of
place, reflecting the campus' hillside setting and Regional Location and view Corridor
capitalizing on vistas to the San Francisco Bay and
the San Bruno Mountain. The new Master Plan
addresses a comprehensive range of topics,
including land use, urban design, transportation
(including demand management, transit, parking,
and pedestrian circulation), and infrastructure.
Campus design guidelines are also incorporated in
the Master Plan.
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capitalizing on vistas to the San Francisco Bay and
the San Bruno Mountain. The new Master Plan
addresses a comprehensive range of topics,
including land use, urban design, transportation
(including demand management, transit, parking,
and pedestrian circulation), and infrastructure.
Campus design guidelines are also incorporated in
the Master Plan.
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BAY AREA REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION73LA�% 2030
2004
BAY AREA REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN EIR, 2025
2001
I-680 Corridor
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Dyett & Bhatia completed the
Environmental Impact Report on the
Bay Area's first Regional Transportation
Plan for the 21st century in 2001. Due
to our reputation and success in 2001,
Dyett & Bhatia was chosen again to
prepare the EIR for the latest
Transportation 2030 Plan. These regional
transportation plans represent the
transportation policy and action
statement of the Metropolitan
Transportation Commission on how to
approach the region's transportation
needs over the next 25 years. In 2001, the
plan outlined $81.6 billion in
transportation investments. The current
Transportation 2030 Plan will assess the
dispersement of an additional $9 billion
in investments.
As a programmatic document, the EIR
presents a region -wide and corridor -by -
corridor assessment of potential impacts
of the 2001 RTP and alternatives. The
intent of the analysis is to inform
decision -makers as they consider
adoption of the RTP. Areas of evaluation
include: transportation; air quality;
population and housing; land use; energy;
geology and seismicity; noise; and
biological, water, visual, and cultural
resources.
RTP 2001
Track I Funds Expenditures
($7.7 billion)
Transit Maintenar
andOperations
$1.4 billion
(18%)
Roadway
Expansion
$2.0 billion
(26%)
Roadway 1
Maintenance
and Operations
$1.2 billion
(16%)
*Other includes bike and pedestrian
improvements,TLOHIP, system
management, etc.
Transit Expansion
$2.2 billion
(28%)
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CITYWIDE TDM 0I9A9AND
EAST OF 101 TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS
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Employment in the East of 101 Area in the City of
South San Francisco, which includes the largest
concentration of biotechnology firms in the world,
is increasing rapidly, creating traffic congestion
and increasing commute times. Current projections
indicate that this area could add as many as 25,000
employees over the next 20 years. Because virtually
all of this land is under the San Francisco
International Airport flight paths, residential uses
are not permitted under the Airport Land Use Plan
regulations. Congestion along Highway 101 and I-
280 threatens growth of this industry that is vital
to the Bay Area's and the City's economic future.
The City retained Dyett & Bhatia to prepare a
citywide Transportation Demand Management
(TDM) Ordinance that includes tools such as
performance-based floor area ratio incentives linked
to alternative mode use requirements. The
Ordinance also seeks development of an extensive
shuttle system connecting employment areas to
the two new BART stations that will be operational
in 2002, and the adjacent CalTrain station, which
is undergoing improvements. In addition, a
Transportation Plan for the area identifies several
street improvements to relieve bottlenecks, and
foster linkages between different parts of the East
of 101 Area and the new transit stations. D&B also
prepared an EIR on the Ordinance and the
Transportation Plan.
The TDM Ordinance and the Transportation Plan
were adopted by the City in October 2001.
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COUNTYWIDE COMPREHENSIVE TRANSPORTATfiWOOT{CCTP)
Contra Costa County, CA, 1995, 2004
CCTP EIR
Contra Costa County, CA; 1995, 2000, 2004
Countywide Comprehensive Transportation Plan
In November 2004, 71% of Contra Costa voters
approved the continuation of the county's half- S 0 L A N 0 _
cent transportation sales tax for 25 more years, ✓ L F °.e .r.
providing $2 billion in new funding for key / / N<.r.«.•,
projects such as the Caldecott Tunnel, Route 4 Pb� S A ciR A M E T
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East, and E -BART extension. Dyett & Bhatia "_"
worked as the lead consultant to the Contra
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Costa Transportation Authority (CCTA),
the Countywide Transportation Plan
preparing Y�^' P �- � `
(incorporating the Expenditure Plan and the u•'' =' 1 ° oI=°,
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Growth Management Plan, also prepared by �'`—` =I•n/ �_ 7 a� d {,
D&B) that the voters approved (http://www. -k
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ccta.net/2004_update.htm). The projects and
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programs in the Transportation Plan are -_7 ' co mute
intended to alleviate congestion, manage the ar
impacts of growth in a sustainable manner,
expand travel choices beyo nd the single- C O N T R A C'0,S TA
occupant vehicle, and maintain the overall �� D
transportation system. D&B also helped CCTA
® staff on public outreach, designing display ,` A
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boards, PowerPoint presentations, and preparing 4"k' °°
Proposed Projects East-Central Commute
summary information on the 2004 updates.
D&B also helped prepare the very first
transportation plan for CCTA in 1995.
Transportation Plan and Expenditure Plan Extension EIR
In order to prepare an effective Expenditure
Plan with over $6 billion in spending
(including sales taxes and other sources), the
Contra Costa Transportation Authority asked
®D&B to analyze three alternatives—
project/capital focus, local focus, and program
focus—and prepare a comprehensive EIR
analyzing all scenarios on an equal footing;
this analysis then informed preparation of a
Preferred Expenditure Plan that was approved
by the voters (http://www. ccta.net/GM/
2004_update/DEIR.htm).
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The Authority also commissioned D&B to
study how a GIS could effectively enhance its
operations. D&B helped CCTA deploy a GIS
database containing key spatial layers, such as
streets and traffic analysis zones, and link them
to key tabular information, such as population
counts and traffic model outputs. In this way,
the GIS will serve to integrate and make more
accessible information that is currently stored
in different locations.
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Exhibit E
TRANSIT -ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT: NORTH AMERICAN CASE STUDIES
1998
The BART systern, built in the San Francisco Bay Area in
the 1960s, was the first regional rail system to be built in the
U.S. in more than 50 years. Since then, urban rail systems
have been completed in ten cities on the West Coast and in
Vancouver, Canada. These cities have had varying levels of
success in attracting transit -oriented development (TOD).
As part of Dyett & Bhatia's work on Seattle Station Area
Planning, D&B prepared case studies of transit -oriented
development for twelve North American cities.
This analysis of TOD case studies looks at a variety of transit
operators, cities, and station types throughout North
America:
• Atlanta MARTA
• Denver RTD
• Los Angeles Metro
• Portland MAX
• Sacramento Light Rail
• San Diego Trolley
• San Francisco BART
• San Francisco MUNI
• San Jose Light Rail
Vancouver BC Sky Train
• Washington D.C. Metro
Findings relating to comprehensive planning; provision of
pedestrian amenities and linkages; parking "lids" and
management; zoning; incentives; development processing
and review; joint development and demonstration projects;
local transit service; and public assistance were provided.
Finally, specific recommendations that should be considered
in Seattle's station area planning were provided.
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Sacramento, CA
Vancouver, BC
Bethesda, MD
Portland, OR
Subconsultant Exhibit E
Qualifications
D Y E T T& B H AT I A Proposal for City of Lodi Ge9b1 '} "C9
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We have expanded our sub -consultant team from the time we submitted the qualifications
material; to ensure that the City has a complete integrated packet, we are including qualifications
for our entire team. Fehr and Peers qualifications are not being resubmitted, as they have already
been selected by the City.
Qualifications on the following pages are presented in the following sequence:
• Environmental Science Associates
• Mundie & Associates
• Michael Southworth
• Godbe Research and Analysis
• Mountain West Research Center
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Since its inception in 1969, ESA has prepared more than 5,000 environmental
documents in compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act
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(CEQA), National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), Clean Air Act, Clean
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Oakland, Petaluma, and
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Los Angeles, California;
requirements. Our thorough knowledge of federal and state environmental
as well as Seattle,
statutes, regulations, and case law and our ongoing efforts to remain aware of
Washington; and Tampa and
changes in local environmental policy provide us with a comprehensive
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Orlando, Florida.
understanding of compliance and reporting processes. This understanding
yields legally defensible analyses and documentation that, in turn, benefit
project planning and guide the development of effective environmental
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selection studies. We also provide land use planning, impact assessment,
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management services. ESA has extensive experience working with public
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other planning and engineering consultants.
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With a staff of more than 160 professionals, ESA offers expertise in all
disciplines relevant to environmental planning, analysis, assessment, and
regulation. Over the years, we have developed relationships with a wide
network of accomplished specialty subconsultants to ensure we can assemble
just the right project team for virtually any assignment in the environmental
consulting field.
Our Clients
The Community Development group has both public and private clients. Our
public clients include many cities and counties, often represented by their
planning or community development departments, as well as many other
public agencies, institutions, and special districts. Among these other clients
are several educational districts, ports, and municipal redevelopment agencies,
public works departments, local agency formation commissions (LAFCOs),
parks and recreation departments, and transportation agencies. Our private
clients include developers, lawyers, architects, other engineering and planning
consultants, nonprofit environmental and educational entities, and a wide
variety of businesses that develop facilities for their own use.
What We Do for Our Clients
The Community Development group's services are primarily related to
helping our clients comply with CEQA, although we also conduct and manage
a wide variety of other planning and technical activities and studies. In
addition, Community Development staff has extensive experience preparing
joint CEQA/NEPA documents in compliance with various federal, state, and
local regulatory agencies.
Qualifications I Environmental Services for Comnnmity Development
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With a staff of more than 160 professionals, ESA offers expertise in all
disciplines relevant to environmental planning, analysis, assessment, and
regulation. Over the years, we have developed relationships with a wide
network of accomplished specialty subconsultants to ensure we can assemble
just the right project team for virtually any assignment in the environmental
consulting field.
Our Clients
The Community Development group has both public and private clients. Our
public clients include many cities and counties, often represented by their
planning or community development departments, as well as many other
public agencies, institutions, and special districts. Among these other clients
are several educational districts, ports, and municipal redevelopment agencies,
public works departments, local agency formation commissions (LAFCOs),
parks and recreation departments, and transportation agencies. Our private
clients include developers, lawyers, architects, other engineering and planning
consultants, nonprofit environmental and educational entities, and a wide
variety of businesses that develop facilities for their own use.
What We Do for Our Clients
The Community Development group's services are primarily related to
helping our clients comply with CEQA, although we also conduct and manage
a wide variety of other planning and technical activities and studies. In
addition, Community Development staff has extensive experience preparing
joint CEQA/NEPA documents in compliance with various federal, state, and
local regulatory agencies.
Qualifications I Environmental Services for Comnnmity Development
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We pride ourselves in preparing clear, accurate, objective, user-friendly, and
legally adequate environmental documentation for plans and projects of all
types, sizes, and degrees of complexity and controversy. We routinely develop
information products that require capability in GIS, CADD, and other
electronic data management platfonms. Our information technology
professionals are experts at data reduction and the effective presentation of
complex information in graphically attractive, easy to understand formats. In
addition, ESA develops websites, maps, photosimulations, and other graphical
representations for corporate and public presentations.
The project experience presented in the following section provides a
representative cross-section of projects recently or currently managed by the
Community Development group and its closely affiliated colleagues at ESA.
Qualifications I Environmental Services for Communih, Development
Location: Stockton, California
Client: City of Stockton, Community
Development Department
Location: Tracy, California
Client: Cities of Manteca, Tracy, and
Lathrop
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Exhibit E
General Plans, Specific Plans, and
Redevelopment Plans
City of Stockton General Plan Update and EIR
The City of Stockton is updating its General Plan, which is over 15 years old;
ESA is providing environmental compliance and planning support. In a
background report and policy document prepared for the City, ESA
specifically addressed farmland conversion, open space, geology and
seismicity, cultural and historic resources, biological resources, noise, and air
quality issues. ESA facilitated several public scoping meetings as part of
CEQA compliance for the General Plan update.
Reference: Dave Stagnaro, A1CP, Senior Planner
City of Stockton
(209) 937-8598
Farmland Conversion Fee Study
ESA prepared a nexus study (also known as an AB 1600 study) for the
implementation of a Farmland Conversion Fee by the Cities of Manteca,
Tracy and Lathrop. Each city will adopt the fee individually by ordinance.
This study provides the necessary basis for each city to establish and impose
the fee, as required by the Mitigation Fee Act. The study describes the purpose
of the fee, the uses to which the collected fees shall be put, the nexus between
the fee and the type of development subject to the fee, and how the amount of
the fee is reasonably related to its purpose. As part of the study, ESA has
analyzed the policy justifications behind farmland conservation, including
local General Plan policies, and the estimated value of agricultural
conservation easements in southern San Joaquin County. ESA is currently
preparing a similar nexus study for the implementation of a farmland
conversion fee for the City of Stockton.
Reference: Stephen Kostka, Attorney
Bingham McCutchen LLP
(925)975-5388
Qualifications I Enviroronental Consulting Scri,icev
Location: Galt, California
Client: City of Galt, Planning
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City of Galt General Plan Update and EIR
Located approximately 20 miles south of the greater Sacramento Metropolitan
Area, the City of Galt is anticipating continued rapid growth similar to many
Sacramento County communities. In support of the City's General Plan
update, ESA completed a background report and is taking the lead in
preparing a program EIR for the update. Specific topics addressed by ESA
include agriculture/soils, open space resources, cultural resources, biological
resources, noise, and air quality.
Reference: Sandra Kiriu, AICP, Principal Planner
City of Galt
(209)366-7230
Madera County Dairy Element and Program EIR
As part of this project, ESA is working with Madera County to develop a
unique land use planning approach to evaluate new or expanding dairies
within Madera County. ESA is evaluating and designing the technical dairy
standards, permit application process, and creation of a specific dairy
ordinance. In developing the appropriate technical standards and permit
application process, ESA is working with an advisory committee composed of
various private agricultural interests, industry representatives, and agency
personnel. Meetings have been conducted to help keep the committee apprised
of the technical work and to provide a forum for public input on the proposed
dairy application process. The County's final approach will be evaluated in a
Program or Master EIR.
Reference: Rayburn Beach, Planning Director
County of Madera
(559)675-7821
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City of Galt General Plan Update and EIR
Located approximately 20 miles south of the greater Sacramento Metropolitan
Area, the City of Galt is anticipating continued rapid growth similar to many
Sacramento County communities. In support of the City's General Plan
update, ESA completed a background report and is taking the lead in
preparing a program EIR for the update. Specific topics addressed by ESA
include agriculture/soils, open space resources, cultural resources, biological
resources, noise, and air quality.
Reference: Sandra Kiriu, AICP, Principal Planner
City of Galt
(209)366-7230
Madera County Dairy Element and Program EIR
As part of this project, ESA is working with Madera County to develop a
unique land use planning approach to evaluate new or expanding dairies
within Madera County. ESA is evaluating and designing the technical dairy
standards, permit application process, and creation of a specific dairy
ordinance. In developing the appropriate technical standards and permit
application process, ESA is working with an advisory committee composed of
various private agricultural interests, industry representatives, and agency
personnel. Meetings have been conducted to help keep the committee apprised
of the technical work and to provide a forum for public input on the proposed
dairy application process. The County's final approach will be evaluated in a
Program or Master EIR.
Reference: Rayburn Beach, Planning Director
County of Madera
(559)675-7821
Qualifications I Environnreiiial Cwtstdtittg Services
Exhibit E
ABOUT MUNBIE A ASSOCIATES
OUR PRACTICE
Mundie & Associates was established in 1981, with a practice emphasizing economic and social
® aspects of planning and land use. In its 23 years, the firm's professional work has focused on:
Economic and Fiscal Analysis for general, specific, and redevelopment plans; for annexations,
® major development proposals, and large-scale resource development projects; and for public -
sector transportation and infrastructure projects.
® Fiscal and Financial Analysis of private -sector projects to assure that they "pencil out" for both
their private sector sponsors and the jurisdictions in which they are located.
Land Use -related Analysis for public -sector clients facing important planning decisions, such
as transportation facility scale and design, land use mix at key sites, and regulatory
strategies to guide private development/redevelopment in areas of public importance.
® Market Research and Reporting for private sector clients with land or other assets, and for
public agencies acting as developers (such as in redevelopment, joint development and
® development credits transfer); assistance to public and private clients in market feasibility
and strategic planning.
Environmental Review, including lead CEQA role in analysis of projects and plans with sig-
nificant'land use and economic impacts.
Litigation -related Research relating to land use, development entitlements, and CEQA.
® OUR FIRM
Mundie & Associates' staff is anchored by practitioners in urban planning, land use, and economic
analysis. Principal staff are Roberta Mundie, President, and Suzanne Lampert, Vice President, who
have worked together- nearly continuously since their joint tenure (beginning 1976) with another of
® San Francisco's leading urban economics consulting firms. They have in common their current
association with M&A (since 1987), a professional education in planning (with graduate degrees
respectively from Harvard and Princeton) and a 30 years' experience in urban development analysis
on a wide range of issues.
M&A's commitment to a high professional standard in research and land use policy formulation is
complemented by an emphasis on well -organized, well-written reports, useful to decisionmakers and
the general public. M&A staff strive for public presentations that are interesting, concise, and
accessible to listeners. Complex and politically contentious projects are a specialty. Illuminating
issues involving public controversy is a professional objective of M&A's work.
Mundie & Associates is a small business with a reputation for professional quality and on-time per-
formance. The firm is certified as a DBE by the City and County of San Francisco.
® For fin-ther- information about Mundie & Associates, log onto the M&A website: www.mundie.com.
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SELECTED RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
Mundie & Associates has contributed economic and fiscal background studies for general plans and
specific plans throughout much of northern California. These studies have ranged in scope from the
provision of general information for planning (e.g., rates of growth and demand for various land uses)
to focused studies of specific issues, several of which are of concern to the City of Lodi.
Financing for Downtown Revitalization ➢ formulation of a strategy to pay for the revitalization of
downtown Lodi. Mundie & Associates examined the advantages and disadvantages of alternative
methods of financing capital projects, and worked with City staff to identify options that appeared to
be feasible for the downtown area and for Cherokee Lane (Business Route 99).
Land Use Forecasts for Utility Planning ➢ five- to ten-year forecasts of residential and non-residential
land use change for use in Pacific Gas & Electric Company's planning for electric distribution and
other facilities in northern California. M&A has completed assignments in (among other places)
south Placer County, western El Dorado County, Sacramento County, and southern Sacramento
County.
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• Transferable Development Rights for Agricultural Preservation and Enhancement ➢ the County of Alameda,
in consultation with the Cities of Livermore and Pleasanton, engaged a team of consultants to prepare
a Specific Plan to preserve and encourage vineyards and other agricultural uses in the South Liver-
more Valley. As economics firm on the team, M&A contributed to the identification of measures to
strengthen the local wine grape industry and to formulation of a strategy to support agriculture
through a combination of preservation incentives and land use regulation. A critical element of the
strategy was a system of transferable development credits, in which landowners would be
compensated for ceding to other properties the residential development that could otherwise be
located on their properties. The recommended TDC system, formulated based on an economic
analysis of land values and production returns, was adapted by the County, Livermore, and
Pleasanton as a linchpin of the South Livermore Valley Area Plan.
Preserving Agricultural Use: Background Study for a General Plan Update ➢ a review of the planning,
economic and resource conditions and issues affecting an agricultural area of Sacramento, a portion of
which had been proposed for rezoning for industrial development. The study addressed the character
of the area's agricultural resources, yields and other indicators of productivity, and viability in terms
of returns on the agricultural investment. Other issues discussed in the analysis included the limited
availability of substitutable land, consumer price effects of conversion, and the premature withdrawal
of agricultural lands from Williamson Act contracts in anticipation of development.
Appropriate locations for Development: Downtown vs. Greenfields ➢ revitalization strategy for downtown
® and planning for the development of a large "greenfield" site on the outskirts of the City of Lacey,
Washington. Mundie & Associates led a series of workshops to identify goals for downtown and the
greenfield site and elicit visions for future change and concerns about existing conditions. After
® projecting the magnitude of market support for various land uses, M&A conducted a Planning
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Commission workshop to present findings, identify types of uses that would support the City's goals
in each area, and outline a strategy for future development decisiomnaking to achieve those goals.
Land Use Conflicts at the Urban Limit Line ➢ analysis of the potential conflicts between a residential sub-
division and agriculture at the edge of the City of Napa urban area. Issues included traffic, drainage,
® pesticide drift from farmland to populated areas, noise and other nuisances of farm activities from the
perspective of nearby residents, and intrusion by residents onto adjacent farmlands.
Housing Requirements for General Plan ➢ to achieve production of affordable housing, City of San Luis
Obispo considered including "inclusionary" requirements for both residential and nonresidential as
part of its General Plan update. The proposed requirements mandated greater proportions of low -
and moderate -income units in areas that were annexed to the City than in areas already within City
limits, effectively recognizing that annexation would add substantial value to each property. M&A
evaluated the degree to which proposed inclusionary housing production requirements would affect
® the feasibility of market -priced residential construction. Based on that analysis, M&A formulated
alternative requirements judged to be more consistent with the city's overall goals. Since the original
study was undertaken in 1991, San Luis Obispo has invited M&A to update the firm's work several
times, most recently to consider whether increased land and housing values current in 2003 have
created an opportunity for increasing affordability requirements.
MEconomic Effects of Highway Project ➢ State Route 46 east of Paso Robles carries agricultural products
from the San Joaquin Valley to processing centers in the Salinas Valley and markets in the Bay Area
and Los Angeles region; it carries travelers from the interior to the coast and from the coastal
counties to the Sierra: it is a major California interregional route. It is also the eastern gateway to
the City of Paso Robles. Some of the most scenic portions of San Luis Obispo County's expanding
vineyard areas lie on the rolling hills flanking SR 46, dotted by wineries, tasting rooms, and tourism
uses. A Caltrans upgrade for SR 46 to a four -lane configuration with limited (or zero) direct access
would reduce cross -state travel times and ameliorate safety hazards of at -grade intersections, but it
might also encumber vineyard vistas and impede ready access to wineries, inns, and other uses. The
City of Paso Robles engaged Mundie & Associates to analyze the effects of alternative configurations
of SR 46 — alignment, cross-section, number and location of access points — on future land use
patterns and, as a consequence of land use changes, on Paso Robles' image as a "Wine Country"
gateway (a consideration in the value of land). The economic analysis addressed potential changes in
city revenues from property, sales, and transient occupancy taxes associated with the major
® alternatives.
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Economic Element of a General Plan ➢ an update of Petaluma's award-winning 1987 General Plan.
Mundie & Associates is contributing the economic element of that plan, which began with the
preparation of the economics chapter of the General Plan report Existing Conditions, Opportu-
nities, and Challenges. M&A's analysis was based in part on a statistical review of Petaluma's
employment, retail sales, visitor data, and fiscal trends over the preceding two decades; in part on in-
depth interviews with employers in key local economic sectors; and in part on the findings of both a
community survey and a series of public workshops.
® Economic Element of a City General Plan 1 for a city in the emerging Tri -Valley area of central Contra
Costa/eastern Alameda Counties, preparation of the Economic Element of its General Plan. San
Ramon, with office park development anchored by the Bishop Ranch project, has experienced sub-
stantial economic growth since its 1983 incorporation. M&A analyzed prospects for continued high-
tech growth as well as local -market-oriented development, and recommended measures to support
San Ramon's long-term viability through economic diversification, targeted redevelopment, expanded
® education and housing offerings, and consolidation of community identity/activities through
designation and evolution of a town center district.
® Other Studies ➢ economic elements of general plans for the counties of Marin and San Luis Obispo and
the cities of Porterville and Susanville; background economic analysis (recent and projected
employment growth trends, industrial growth potential, commercial development potential and land
use demands) for general plans in the cities of Novato, Hollister and Los Altos.
%;.
Fiscal Impact Analysis for General Plans ➢ projections of the changes in city revenues and costs
associated with buildout of development permitted by General Plan alternatives and/or preferred
plans under consideration in the cities of Petaluma, Santa Rosa, Rohnert Park, Sebastopol, San
Ramon, Novato, San Luis Obispo, and Menlo Park.
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MICHAEL SOUTHWORTH
Professor, Department of City and Regional Planning (Chair 1995-1998) and Department of
Landscape Architecture, University of California, Berkeley
® Ph. D. and M.C.P, MIT
B. Arch. and B.A., University of Minnesota
Fellow, American Institute of Architects
American Institute of Certified Planners
® Research and Publications
Professor Southworth's research is focused on livability and walkability, including suburban
design, new forms of urban public space, the evolving form of the American metropolis,
urban design theory and analysis, environmental interpretation and the design of educative
environments, and environmental mapping.
He is the author of numerous articles and books, including: Streets and the Shaping of Towns
and Cities (with Eran Ben -Joseph), Washington, DC: Island Press, 2003; The Walkable City,
(Journal of Urban Planning and Development, Summer 2005); Reconsidering the Cul-de-sac
(Access, Spring 2004); Measuring the Livable City (Built Environment, 2003); and Walkable
. Suburbs? An Evaluation of Neotraditional Communities at the Urban Edge (Journal of the
American Planning Association, Winter 1996)
® Teaching
Michael Southworth has taught numerous planning and urban design studios at U.C.
Berkeley, including those on general plans (most recently, Emeryville General Plan), Central
Valley communities, and Napa County, involving balancing urban growth with open space
preservation.
Professional Work
Prof. Southworth worked on assessing livability for the Santa Rosa General Plan (with Dyett
& Bhatia). Other projects have included planning and design for the Lowell Urban National
Cultural Park, the Boston Discovery Network, the Detours children's guide to the Boston
Subways, the Oakland Explorers program, and the Smart Maps project for Caltrans.
A more detailed resume is included in Chapter 8: Resumes
Exhibit E
City of Lodi General Plan Update
Legal Name & Address of Company
Godbe Corporation -- DBA: Godbe Research
60 Stone Pine Road 785 Grand Avenue, Suite 200
Half Moon Bay, CA 94019 Carlsbad, CA 92008
p. 650-712-3137 p. 760-730-2941
f. 650-712-3131 f. 760-720-4706
Year Founded
Godbe Research was founded in January of 1990. The firm has been in business for
over 16 years.
Legal Form of Company
Godbe Research is a corporation and is in good standing with the California Secretary
of State. The firm has never filed for bankruptcy or been named as a defendant in any
legal matters. Godbe Research is not a subsidiary of a 'parent company'. Godbe
Research has also never defaulted on a performance contract, including in the past
five years.
Proposal Contact Information Project Manager Contact Information
Charles Hester Bryaii Murray
Business Development Manager Senior Statistical Analyst
60 Stone Pine Road p. 650-479-1134
Half Moon Bay, CA 94019 e. bwmurray(d_)godberesearch. com
p. 650-479-1121 Bryan Godbe
f. 650-479-1122 President
e. cwhester(o)godberesearch.com p. 650-479-1127
e. wbgodbe(d_)godberesearch.com
Additional Information
Godbe Research is a California Office of Small Business and DVBE Certification
certified Small Business under number 28560, and a certified Woman -Owned
Business (WBE) and we are also an equal opportunity employer.
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GODBE RESEARCH QUALIFICATIONS
Godbe Research, a California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) certified WBE
and state registered small business, was founded in January of 1990. The firm is a
full-service public opinion research agency that offers its clients extensive experience
in public opinion research for community satisfaction and needs assessments, public
education and outreach strategies, strategic and general planning efforts, ballot
measure feasibility, and public sector marketing efforts. Our fully -staffed offices in Half
Moon Bay (San Francisco) and Carlsbad (San Diego) house a staff of highly trained
and experienced researchers (all with advanced social science backgrounds), and a
commitment to providing superior quality research and client services.
The firm has been employed by public and private sector clients, throughout the
United States and internationally. The combined expertise of the Godbe Research
team spans over 50 years in the field of public opinion research. The Godbe Research
Team consists of the President (Bryan Godbe), two Research Directors (one in each
of our primary office locations), an Associate Research Director, and a staff of Senior
Research Managers, Senior Statistical Analysts, Research Analysts, and Research
Associates. Each team member has the education and experience commensurate
with their position at Godbe Research and the team regularly teaches and speaks in
the field of survey research. In short, you will not find a more experienced and
educated team in public opinion research.
Since 1990, Godbe Research has conducted over 1,000 resident, voter, employee,
and user opinion studies for public agencies throughout the western United States.
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aimed at assessing satisfaction with the quality of life in general as well as with
® specific city/town services for the cities/towns of San Rafael, Norwalk, Emeryville,
Novato, Petaluma, EI Cerrito, Albany, Brentwood, Clayton, Davis, West Sacramento,
South Lake Tahoe, Atascadero, Tiburon, Lake Arrowhead, Long Beach, EI Dorado
Hills, Fontana, Modesto, Cupertino, Costa Mesa, Redwood City, Malibu, Campbell,
Santa Monica, West Sacramento, Vista, Cerritos, San Francisco, Alhambra, Lake
Forest, Temecula, Los Gatos, Dublin, Encinitas, Mountain View, Big Bear Lake,
Hesperia, Gardena, Glendale, Malibu, Yucaipa, Moreno Valley, Henderson (Nevada),
and Portland (Oregon). Godbe Research has conducted recent resident surveys to
support strategic and general or strategic planning processes for the Cities of Newport
Beach, Emeryville, EI Dorado Hills, Dublin, Petaluma, Novato, Moreno Valley,
Hesperia, as well as for the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, Santa Clara
Valley Transportation Authority, Los Angeles County Department of Parks and
Recreation, Portland Parks and Recreation, and the County of Marin.
As an organization, Godbe Research is a small business (less than 20 employees)
and we manage our commitments wisely. This means managing our project load so
that the President, Directors of Research, or Associate Research Director can be
directly involved in each project we conduct. Similarly, we do not take on so many
projects that we need to move project managers or remove project managers from
current projects. Thus, Godbe Research is committed to allocating the project
manager outlined in this proposal for the duration of the project.
Godbe Research has well defined quality assurance and control measures in place,
especially for a small business. We use a defined task based approach for our
projects, as well as a dedicated project manager to ensure that all tasks are
performed without error, on time, and by the appropriate team member. For example,
our Associate Research Director does not perform data processing or vendor
management duties, just as our Research Analysts are not involved in managing
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projects or making recommendations to clients, as this is not their area of expertise.
However, our Associate Research Director was once a Research Analyst for Godbe
Research, as we promote internally. Thus, she can manage and oversee all tasks
completed by other team members given that she is intimately familiar with the Godbe
Research processes for each task we perform for a given project.
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We have been conducting interviews since 1995 and have learned the trails to successful data collection.
We conduct interviews on a wide range of subjects including public affairs, technical, computer, health
care, financial, medical, product development, political polling and consumer issues. Extensive training
ensures that our business -to -business interviewers are well versed in the challenges of interviewing
business professionals in today's busy workplace.
We have extensive experience conducting complex and highly time -sensitive studies. This includes
numerous large-scale customer satisfaction measurement -tracking studies. Working in this environment
demands careful planning and thoughtful resource allocation — skills we have refined to allow maximum
efficiency in handling varying workloads.
We are currently working with Dyett & Bhatia on coding mail -in surveys for the Redlands General Plan
Visioning project
Products and Services
• CATI (Computer Aided Telephone Interviewing) Surveys
• Web Surveys
• Real -Time Reporting
• IVR (Interactive Voice Response) Surveys
• Mixed Mode Surveys
• Data Tabulation, Processing and Analysis including Real-time reporting
Specialties
• Political Studies (including benchmarks, brushfires, snapshots and tracking surveys)
• Opinion & Attitude Studies
• Business -to -Business Studies
• Consumer Tracking Studies
• Business -to -Consumer Studies
• CSM/CRM Program Support
Mountain West Research Center
4/19/2006
www.mwrcenter.com
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Urban and Regional Planners
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8 Resumes
Detailed resumes for key personnel and technical support staff appear in the following order:
DYETT & BHATIA
Rajeev Bhatia, AICP ASLA, Principal in Charge and Overall Project Manager
Michael V. Dyett, FAICP, Principal, Participating Principal
Leslie Gould, Director of Planning Services, Deputy Project Manager
Vicki Hill, Director of Environmental Planning
Vivian Kahn, FAICP, Associate Principal
Heather Coleman, Senior Planner/ Zoning
Ofelia Rodriguez, Planner/Urban Designer
Doug Kot, LEED'I'm, Planner/Urban Designer
Sarah Nurmela, Planner/Urban Designer
Erin Camarena, Planner
Mark Chambers, Graphics Manager
Rose Abbors, GIS Specialist
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® Laurie Warner Herson, Project Director
Ray Weiss, Senior Project Manager
Niall F. McCarten, Ph.D., Biological Resources Team Leader
® Paul Miller, Earth Sciences Team Leader
Dean Martorana, RPA, Cultural Resources Analyst
MUNDIE & ASSOCIATES
Roberta Mundie, Principal
Suzanne Lampert, Project Manager
MICHAEL SOUTHWORTH
Michael Southworth, Ph. D, City Planning Professor, University of California, Berkeley
GODBE RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS
Bryan Godbe
Bryan W. Murray
DYETT & EHATIA Exhibit E
Urban and Regional Plannei-s
® RAJEEV BHATIA, AICP ASLA
Principal in Charge and Project Manager
Mr. Bhatia is a planner and urban designer who has led some of the most challenging and
successful urban planning assignments throughout the West Coast. The scale of this work has
ranged from regions and cities to detailed design and development proposals and regulations.
Mr. Bhatia's work is place -based, centered on rebuilding cities and districts, and fostering
communities that are vital and livable. He brings an interdisciplinary approach, drawing
upon his professional education in planning, architecture, and landscape architecture.
Mr. Bhatia has extensive experience in working for Central Valley communities, including
through three American Planning Association award-winning projects—Chico General Plan,
Turlock General Plan, and the Capitol Area Plan in Sacramento (client: State of California).
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Mr. Bhatia has served as visiting lecturer and critic for graduate planning and urban design
studios at U.C. Berkeley; most recently (Fall 2005), he facilitated a graduate studio on the
Emeryville General Plan (a project that he is leading), and served as a critic.
®
General Plans and General Plan EIRs
Rajeev Bhatia has prepared general plans for perhaps more California cities (20 cities in the
last 12 years in a leadership role, and additional involvement as Participating Principal in
another five) than perhaps any other currently practicing planner. He is experienced in all
facets of general plan preparation, including coordinating public participation and outreach,
performing analysis and land use planning, writing policies and programs, and assessing
environmental impacts. Recent work includes general plans for:
• Redlands General Plan Update (2006). Phase 1 visioning and preparation of a strategic
plan for the future general plan update, including community workshops and citywide
survey. Project to be completed June 2006.
• Emeryville (2005 -present). Comprehensive General Plan and Zoning Ordinance Update
and FIR, focused on livability. New Design Standards/Guidelines.
www.ci.ei-neryyille.ca.us/news/genera] plan.html
• Santa Monica (2004 -present). Land Use/Urban Design and Circulation Elements and
Zoning Ordinance Update, and FIR. Wide, comprehensive public outreach program.
www.sliapethefuture2025.net
• Castro Valley (2004 -present). General Plan Update with broad public participation effort.
(Project being led by Leslie Gould of D&B) www.castrovallevgenerall2lan.org.
• Pomona (2003 -present). General Plan and FIR. All required elements; optional Economic
Development, Historic Preservation, and Urban Design elements. (Project being led by
Joan Isaacson of D&B) www.ci.pomona.ca.us/general plan update
• Petaluma (2001-2006). General Plan and EIR. All required elements, including optional
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Sustainability Element. www.cityofpetaluma.net/_genplan
• Santa Rosa (2000-2002). General Plan and EIR. All required elements; optional Livability
Element.
• San Bruno (2003-2006). General Plan and EIR. All required elements. Hearing drafts of
both the Plan and the EIR completed.
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DYETT & BHATIA Exhibit E
Urban and Regional Planners
• Rohnert Park (1999-2000). APA Northern California Chapter Award. General Plan and
EIR. All required elements; optional Urban Design Element.
• South San Francisco (1997-1999). APA California Chapter and Northern California Section
awards; General Plan and EIR. All required elements (except Housing). Optional
Economic Development and Planning Sub-Areas elements
• Yuba City (2001-2002). General Plan and EIR (Mr. Bhatia was a participating principal for
this assignment, which was led by Michael Dyett)
• Pittsburg (1998-2002) American Planning Association Northern California Section Award.
General Plan and EIR. All required elements; optional Economic Development and
Urban Design elements
• Sunnyvale (1995). Land Use and Transportation elements only
• Santa Fe (New Mexico; 1995-1996). General Plan; all elements
• Chico (1993-1995). Ahwahnee, and APA Central Valley Section and State awards. General
Plan and MEA. All elements; optional Urban Design Element
• Milpitas (1994-1995). General Plan; all elements
• Turlock (1991-1993). Central California Section APA award. General Plan, MEA, and EIR.
All required elements; optional Urban Design Element (Mr. Bhatia served as Project
Planner/Urban Designer)
• Redlands (1990-1992). General Plan, MEA, and EIR; all required elements
• Oroville (1991-1993). General Plan and EIR; all required elements (except Housing)
■ • Alameda (1990). General Plan and EIR (Mr. Bhatia was Project Planner/Urban Designer)
Mr. Bhatia has also evaluated general plans for legal adequacy and consistency. Examples
include assessment of implications of a growth control initiative on the General Plan for the
City of Fairfield, and evaluation of legal adequacy of Richmond and Benicia general plans.
Urban Design
Mr. Bhatia's project has led numerous downtown, transit-oriented development, and community
design projects. Recent assignments include:
• Downtown San Diego Planning (2003-2006). Mr. Bhatia led all aspects of this major
assignment, which was adopted as the very first City Council hearing. The new Plan
envisions San Diego as one of the most intense, dynamic, and livable of American places,
with a population of 90,000 and 170,000 jobs, in a walkable, transit-oriented setting. Mr.
Bhatia also led preparation of zoning regulations, and coordinated EIR, GIS, and
computer modeling efforts. www.ccdc.com/planupdate
• Santa Clara Transit Area Plan and EIR (2006-present) and Concept Plan (2002). Plan for
450 acres around CalTrain Station/future terminus of BART Silicon Valley extension—
one of the largest transit centers in the Bay Area.
• Santa Clara Downtown Revitalization (2003-present). Plan to foster creation of a new
downtown. Plan has been completed, and developer solicitation is underway.
• Genentech Campus Master Plan (2005-2006). Master Plan for the 175-acre corporate
headquarters of the rapidly growing South San Francisco-based biotechnology pioneer
that will transition the campus from 6,500 employees to 12,000.
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DYETT & BHATIA Exhibit E
Urban and Regional Planners
Education and Awards
Rajeev Bhatia holds a Master of City Planning and a Master of Landscape Architecture from
University of California, Berkeley (1989), where he was a Regents Fellow and winner of
Thomas Church Award (first prize), and a Bachelor of Architecture (1984), from the School
of Planning and Architecture in New Delhi, India. Mr. Bhatia has been Fellow of the German
Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and the Asian Cultural Council (Rockefeller
Foundation, New York). His projects have won six awards in the last six years from the
American Planning Association.
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• Claremont Hotel and Old School Site Specific Plan (2005-2006). Urban design for mixed-
use development of this strategically located site in Claremont. (Mr. Bhatia served as the
Design Principal; project was led by Ms. Joan Isaacson of D&B)
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• Fairfield -Vacaville Multi -Modal Rail Station Area Specific Plan (2006 -present). Specific
Plan for the creation of a transit -oriented district in northeast Fairfield. (Mr. Bhatia is the
Design Principal; project is being led by Ms. Leslie Gould of D&B)
• Milpitas Transit Area Concept Plan (2004-2005). Concept planning and urban design of
365 -acres surrounding two new light rail stations and a proposed BART station. (Mr.
Bhatia was the Design Principal; project led by Ms. Leslie Gould of D&B)
• South San Francisco BART Station Area Plan and Transit Village Zoning (2001; sub -
consultant to VMWP). Plan and zoning regulations for the area around the BART station.
• Capitol Area Plan, Sacramento (1996-1997). APA -award winning project prepared for the
State of California. Plan for a 42 -block area in downtown Sacramento, involving creation
of a vital mixed-use community, which has led to the largest infill development in
Sacramento's history and the largest State office project in California's history (more than
600 homes and 3 million s.f. of office space)
• Oyster Point Marina Master Plan, South San Francisco (1999). Provision of new ferry
terminal, public marketplace, new offices and hotels, and improved shoreline access.
• West Div Specific Plan, San Bruno (1999). Assistance to City staff on programming and
clacian fnr tha rancor of tha city
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• CalTrain Station Relocation Study and Station .Area Plan, South San Francisco (1997-98).
Study for relocating the CalTrain Station to provide better pedestrian accessibility and
linkage to downtown from the station. Project slated to be implemented by Samtrans.
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Smart Growth & Land Use/Transportation Integration
Rajeev Bhatia led research for the Santa Clara VTA on impacts of light rail on urban form, led
the EIR on the last Bay Area Regional Transportation Plan for MTC, and recently led the EIR
on the Contra Costa County Transportation Plan, where he evaluated three alternative
investment strategies to increase mobility. Mr. Bhatia also prepared Design Guidelines for the
Transit -Supportive Development Regulations project for the City of Tacoma and Pierce
Transit, and has also worked on land use planning along virtually all operating urban rail
systems on the West Coast. He also led the initial phases of the Bay Area Smart
Growth/Livability Footprint project.
Education and Awards
Rajeev Bhatia holds a Master of City Planning and a Master of Landscape Architecture from
University of California, Berkeley (1989), where he was a Regents Fellow and winner of
Thomas Church Award (first prize), and a Bachelor of Architecture (1984), from the School
of Planning and Architecture in New Delhi, India. Mr. Bhatia has been Fellow of the German
Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and the Asian Cultural Council (Rockefeller
Foundation, New York). His projects have won six awards in the last six years from the
American Planning Association.
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Exhibit E
MICHAEL V. DYETT, FAICP
Principal
Michael Dyett specializes in comprehensive planning, zoning, urban design, growth management and
implementation systems design. He is also skilled in environmental assessment and transportation
policy research, focusing on development patterns and land use -transportation linkages. He has
served as a Visiting Professor at the University of California at Berkeley directing a land
use/transportation studio, and as an adjunct faculty member for national workshops conducted by
the Lincoln Institute and the American Planning Association. Currently, he is teaching professional
education short -courses on land use and transportation for the Institute for Transportation Studies
(ITS) at the University of California, Berkeley, as a part of their Technology Transfer Program.
Michael Dyett has also led panels on comprehensive planning and zoning for the American Planning
Association and he was an invited lecturer speaking on neo -traditional zoning at the Institute of
Traffic Engineering's mid -career training workshops.
General Plans
Michael Dyett has been the Principal -in -charge or Participating Principal for comprehensive general
plans and environmental impact reports for over 20 cities and counties, including:
Concord (underway)
Yuba City
Pleasant Hill
Pleasanton
Benicia
Orinda
Martinez
San Ramon
Vacaville
Fossil Creek Area Plan (Colorado)
• Humboldt County (underway)
• Salinas
• Chico
• Santa Fe (New Mexico)
• Milpitas
• Santa Barbara County
• Pittsburg
• Santa Rosa
• Larimer County (Colorado)
• Placencia Town Plan (Belize)
Mr. Dyett has been directly responsible for managing EIRs on several of the above projects. He has
also served as an expert witness on the legal adequacy of general plans and the environmental
documents for the plan.
Zoning Ordinances and Plan Implementation
Michael Dyett has unsurpassed national expertise in the preparation of comprehensive city- and
countywide zoning and subdivision ordinances. He also prepared zoning regulations for downtowns
of major cities, for pedestrian- and transit -oriented development, and for Traditional Towns,
Traditional Neighborhoods, and Traditional Marketplaces for Palm Beach County. Current and past
experience includes:
City- and Countywide Regulations
• Carmel
• Concord
• Cincinnati (Ohio)
• Huntington Beach
• Manhattan Beach
• Pasadena
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Mixed-use, Pedestrian, and Transit -oriented Regulations
• Tri -Met (Portland, OR): Model Regulation for Transit
• Tacoma: Citywide Mixed-use and Transit -oriented Development Standards
Linking Land Use and Transportation
Michael Dyett prepared regulations to promote transit for the City of Tacoma and Pierce Transit and
for the Riverview Light Rail Corridor in St. Paul, MN. He has also prepared model regulations for
transit -oriented development for Portland's metropolitan transit agency (Tri -Met), and the
implementation program for the LUTRAQ (Land Use Transportation and Air Quality) Project in
Oregon. He led the firm's research on land use and urban development impacts of beltways for the
U.S. Department of Transportation, and directed analysis of land use impacts of BART. The National
Research Council, the Institute for Transportation Engineers, Western City, and the University of
Wisconsin have published his research on transportation/land use linkages.
Education, Awards, and Civic Leadership
Mr. Dyett holds a Master of Regional Planning (1972) and BA (1968), both from Harvard University.
He has directed projects that have won over 15 major awards, including National Honor Awards
from the .American Planning Association and the U.S. Department of Housing and Community
Development. He is a member of the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Certified
Planners and former member of the California Planning Roundtable. He is past president of the San
Francisco Economic Round Table and former member of the Advisory Council of the San Francisco
Bay Area Air Quality Management District (Community Planning Representative).
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Palm Beach County (Florida)
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Santa Cruz
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Marina
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Gilbert (Arizona)
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Monterey
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Portland (Oregon)
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San Jose
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Houston (Texas)
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Half Moon Bay
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Oceanside
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Milwaukee (Wisconsin)
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Memphis (Tennessee)
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Albany
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Washoe County (Nevada)
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Orinda
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Chicago (Illinois)
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Kansas City (Missouri)
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Portland (Oregon)
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San Diego (downtown and East City)
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Scottsdale (Arizona)
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Mixed-use, Pedestrian, and Transit -oriented Regulations
• Tri -Met (Portland, OR): Model Regulation for Transit
• Tacoma: Citywide Mixed-use and Transit -oriented Development Standards
Linking Land Use and Transportation
Michael Dyett prepared regulations to promote transit for the City of Tacoma and Pierce Transit and
for the Riverview Light Rail Corridor in St. Paul, MN. He has also prepared model regulations for
transit -oriented development for Portland's metropolitan transit agency (Tri -Met), and the
implementation program for the LUTRAQ (Land Use Transportation and Air Quality) Project in
Oregon. He led the firm's research on land use and urban development impacts of beltways for the
U.S. Department of Transportation, and directed analysis of land use impacts of BART. The National
Research Council, the Institute for Transportation Engineers, Western City, and the University of
Wisconsin have published his research on transportation/land use linkages.
Education, Awards, and Civic Leadership
Mr. Dyett holds a Master of Regional Planning (1972) and BA (1968), both from Harvard University.
He has directed projects that have won over 15 major awards, including National Honor Awards
from the .American Planning Association and the U.S. Department of Housing and Community
Development. He is a member of the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Certified
Planners and former member of the California Planning Roundtable. He is past president of the San
Francisco Economic Round Table and former member of the Advisory Council of the San Francisco
Bay Area Air Quality Management District (Community Planning Representative).
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LESLIE GOULD
Director of Planning Services
Director of Planning Services, Dyett & Bhatia 2004 -present
Leslie Gould has 25 years experience in community development, including comprehensive
planning, redevelopment and economic development, affordable housing, open space plan-
ning, urban design, zoning and development administration. She is very well-regarded for her
interpersonal and verbal communication skills and consensus building expertise. She joined
D&B in January 2004, after five years as Planning Director for the City of Oakland. Her experi-
ence since joining Dyett & Bhatia includes:
• Milpitas Transit Area Plan. Ms. Gould is Project Manager for this planning effort to trans-
form an industrial area into a transit -oriented development area around two new light rail
stations and the future BART station.
• Fairfield Multi -Modal Rail Station Specific Plan. As Project Manager, Ms. Gould will be
managing an 18 -month effort to prepare a Specific Plan, EIR, and Zoning for this undevel-
oped area around a new train station.
• Folsom Sphere of Influence Visioning Project. Ms. Gould conducted a community visioning
and land planning for 3,500 -acres of undeveloped land in Folsom. The preliminary con-
cept plan establishing land uses, density, street layout, open space, and building types has
been adopted.
• Castro Valley General Plan. Ms. Gould is leading a community planning effort o establish a
new General Plan for this unincorporated area with 60,000 people. Castro Valley is experi-
encing extensive infill, residential development, and is working to revitalize downtown and
establish a vision for development around the BART station.
• El Cerrito Zoning Ordinance. Ms. Gould completed a completely new Zoning Code for the
City of El Cerrito that includes extensive standards for transit -oriented development
around BART, residential and commercial development, and creekside properties.
• Manteca Zoning Ordinance. Ms Gould is Project Manager for a new zoning code and
Community Design Handbook for this rapidly growing community.
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Relevant prior work experience includes:
City of Oakland 1998-2003
Planning Director
0 Managed current and advanced planning staff of 40 people, handling over 1400 cases per
year at Planning Commission and City Council.
• Supervised citywide Sustainable Development Program to implement specific projects and
programs in all City departments.
• Oversaw development review of more than 50 large scale development projects, including
high density downtown housing and office buildings, 500 unit hillside residential subdivi-
sion, low-rise commercial and apartment projects, etc.
• Led major initiatives for customer service improvements and staff development
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• Supervised long-range planning projects: Industrial land protection, residential/industrial
land use conflicts, residential design review, and new zoning districts.
• Planning and design for waterfront trail and park plan that culminated in the passage of a
$200 million bond measure.
City of San Leandro 1994-1998
Manager of Redevelopment Projects
• Prepared implementation plan and affordable housing strategy for new Redevelopment
area and negotiated development plans, DDA, and OPA for Redevelopment Projects
• Project Manager for historic preservation/affordable housing construction project
• Oversaw design and construction of streetscape improvements in commercial areas
University of California at Berkeley 1998
Graduate Instructor on Land Use and Urban Design
City of Berkeley 1992-1994
Fire Area Rebuildini Coordinator
City of Mountain View 1985-1992
Zoning Administrator/Chief of Current Planning
Heller & Leal<e Architects 1984-1985
Architectural Designer
Education
Leslie Gould holds a Master of City Planning (1980) and a Master of Architecture (1984), both
from University of California at Berkeley.
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VICKI A. HILL
Director of Environmental Planning
Vicki Hill has over 25 years of experience in land use planning, environmental impact analysis, and
project management. She has managed preparation of several General Plans and over 20 EIRs,
many of which were programmatic documents related to long-range planning projects. Ms. Hill
specializes in management and preparation of complex planning/environmental studies for public
agencies; CEQA, NEPA and State Planning and Zoning Law compliance; policy analysis and
development; land use and natural resource assessment; and public participation program planning
and implementation. In addition, Ms. Hill was a Senior Planner for Santa Barbara County for six
years, and a consultant to the County for eight years, working on long-term policy docurnents, the
County Zoning Ordinances, and miscellaneous planning projects. Representative projects include:
• Rohnert Park General Plan and EIR. As Project Coordinator, Ms. Hill managed a successful
general plan revision process for a built -out city that had previously failed in several
attempts to develop a new general plan. Ms. Hill directed city/county transportation work
group to address regional traffic impacts and mitigation and establish a credible future
baseline; coordinated local and regional agency input; directed advisory committee
comprised of local officials and staff, coordinated stakeholder groups; led successful
completion of new general plan and growth strategies; managed General Plan and EIR
preparation; edited reports for technical accuracy and public presentation; and acted as
liaison `v"r'iiii ,.iiy „vui,c.i.
• Yuba City General Plan and EIR. Ms. Hill assisted in developing the work plan and public
participation program for the general plan update and prepared the program EIR
associated with the new general plan. Primary issues included maintaining the city's
character and neighborhood qualities while accommodating substantial residential and
commercial growth.
• Santa Rosa General Plan Update and EIR. To support the City of Santa Rosa General Plan
update effort, Ms. Hill prepared several background reports regarding environmental
resources and economics. Also, Ms. Hill helped prepare the General Plan EIR and edited
the document for CEQA compliance.
• Santa Barbara County Policy/EIR Consultant. Ms. Hill developed countywide policies and
directed and prepared Program EIRs on long-range plans and rezoning programs. As part
of this work, she developed and analyzed long-term development scenarios, established
future baseline conditions, designed policy alternatives, wrote, reviewed, and edited
Program EIRs and planning reports, prepared staff reports and CEQA findings, and
consulted with agencies.
• Santa Barbara County Zoning Ordinances. Ms. Hill directed preparation and adoption of
® County zoning ordinances for implementation of new General Plan, the first successful
revision of ordinances in 30 years. Also, she authored major sections of Santa Barbara
County's first Coastal Zoning Ordinance.
• Southern Sonoma County Resource Conservation District Consultant. Ms. Hill planned and
organized a well -attended groundwater recharge and water conservation workshop for
Sonoma Valley, which focused on "hands-on" techniques for residents and developers.
Also, she provided other planning services to the RCD, including assisting with the
management of several flood reduction/restoration studies and projects.
• Master Environmental Assessment, Santa Barbara County. As Manager, Ms. Hill developed
the work plan for area wide programmatic assessment of the county's oil and gas fields;
evaluated cumulative effects; interacted with technical advisory committee, managed staff;
and edited final documents.
• Hunters Point Redevelopment EIR. Ms. Hill provided CEQA/NEPA compliance expertise for
the EIS/EIR related to redevelopment of the Hunter's Point Naval Shipyard in San
Francisco.
Education and Affiliations
Ms. Hill holds a Master of Public Administration from the John F. Kennedy School of Government
at Harvard University, with an emphasis in environmental policy and public agency management.
Her Bachelor of Arts was in Environmental Studies from the University of California, Santa Barbara
with additional course work in geology, environmental studies, and biology at the University of
California, Santa Cruz. Ms. Hill is also a former Board Member of the Community Environmental
Council in Santa Barbara, where she participated in studies on mitigation effectiveness and
mitigation monitoring techniques.
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• EIR Manager, Marin Municipal Water- District Water Supply Master Plan. Ms. Hill managed
a Program EIR on the District's Water Supply Master Plan: assessed the need for new water
supplies; analyzed water quality effects and relevant water quality standards; evaluated
growth -inducement issues, growth -related transportation issues, watershed management
effects, and land use impacts.
• Metropolitan Transportation Commission, Transportation 2030 Plan EIR. As the Project
Manager for this assignment, Ms. Hill ensured CEQA compliance, analyzed potential
impacts of the Transportation 2030 Plan, coordinated large datasets, and held oversight of
the production team and planning staff.
• Expenditure Plan and Sales Tax Reauthorization EIR. Ms. Hill served as the Project Manager
for this assignment for the San Francisco County Transportation Authority, developing a
program -level EIR, ensuring CEQA compliance, and analyzing $11.9 billion of potential
transportation improvements. Ms. Hill directed successful completion of the EIR in an
extremely tight schedule.
• Santa Barbara County Hazardous Waste Management Plan Program EIR. Ms. Hill served as
Technical Manager for this Program EIR and directed all environmental issue area analyses,
as well as document production and distribution.
• Humboldt County General Plan Update. Ms. Hill assisted in the management and
preparation of background and opportunities/constraints reports regarding land use,
population, and employment, natural resources, and environmental hazards. She also
reviewed and edited the transportation background report.
• Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. As contract staff to the Sanctuary, Ms. Hill
supervised the environmental review of several proposed fiber optic cable projects.
Responsibilities included: work plan development and review, public notice preparation
and public meetings organization, consultant management, agency coordination,
alternatives development, EIR/EIS review, NEPA compliance, and client contact. Ms. Hill
is currently assisting the Sanctuary in the update of their Management Plan and
accompanying EIS.
• Master Environmental Assessment, Santa Barbara County. As Manager, Ms. Hill developed
the work plan for area wide programmatic assessment of the county's oil and gas fields;
evaluated cumulative effects; interacted with technical advisory committee, managed staff;
and edited final documents.
• Hunters Point Redevelopment EIR. Ms. Hill provided CEQA/NEPA compliance expertise for
the EIS/EIR related to redevelopment of the Hunter's Point Naval Shipyard in San
Francisco.
Education and Affiliations
Ms. Hill holds a Master of Public Administration from the John F. Kennedy School of Government
at Harvard University, with an emphasis in environmental policy and public agency management.
Her Bachelor of Arts was in Environmental Studies from the University of California, Santa Barbara
with additional course work in geology, environmental studies, and biology at the University of
California, Santa Cruz. Ms. Hill is also a former Board Member of the Community Environmental
Council in Santa Barbara, where she participated in studies on mitigation effectiveness and
mitigation monitoring techniques.
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VIVIAN KAHN, FAICP
Associate Principal
Vivian Kahn has more than 35 years of professional planning experience in the public and private
sectors. Before joining Dyett & Bhatia in 2001, she was Acting Deputy Director for the City of
Berkeley's Department of Planning and Development and served from 1987 to 1995, as Berkeley's
Current Planning Manager and Zoning Officer. She has particular expertise in the preparation and
administration of land use and development regulations.
• Zoning and Subdivision Administration. As Berkeley's Current Planning Manager and Zoning
Officer, Ms. Kahn supervised administration and enforcement of zoning, design review,
environmental review, condominium conversion, and landmarks preservation, acted on a wide
range of permits not requiring action by the Zoning Adjustments Board, and advised the Board
and the City Council on all matters regarding implementation and interpretation of the City's
Zoning Code. After the 1991 Berkeley -Oakland Hills Fire, she supervised the operations of the
One -Stop Center for Fire Area Reconstruction. She also assisted the Berkeley City Attorney in
drafting the City's nuisance abatement procedures, worked with the City Attorney and Berkeley
Police Department on the prosecution of non -conforming alcohol sales establishments, and
managed the development review and approval process for numerous complex development
projects.
• Preparation of Zoning and Subdivision Ordinances. Since joining Dyett & Bhatia, Ms. Kahn has
had a major role in projects that include preparation and analysis of zoning and subdivision
regulations for cities including Oakland, Concord, Manteca, Marina, El Cerrito, and Yuba City in
California; Gilbert, AZ, and Chicago. She evaluated the City of Portland's administrative
procedures as part of D&B's work on the City's Regulatory Rethink Project and prepared an
assessment of Washoe County's administrative requirements and policy implementation. Ms.
Kahn is currently working on the firm's update of zoning ordinances for Santa Monica and
Pomona. Before joining D&B, she drafted a work/live ordinance for the City of Alameda and,
with Thomas Cooke Associates, prepared revisions to Oakland's Residential Design Review
Procedures. In addition to initiating a major revision to Berkeley's complex Zoning Ordinance,
she drafted an emergency ordinance to allow expedited processing of applications for rebuilding
following the 1991 Fire and was responsible for preparation of Berkeley's zoning regulations for
wireless telecommunications facilities adopted in 2001. With D&B she also drafted
telecommunications policies and regulations for Humboldt County, El Cerrito, Concord, and
Moro Bay.
• Legal Requirements. Ms. Kahn serves as an expert witness and litigation consultant on planning
and zoning issues. She is an instructor for UC Extension teaching courses on land use planning,
environmental, and design review and is a frequent speaker at state and national planning
conferences on the practical application of legal requirements for land use regulation. Ms. Kahn
is a co-author of two chapters on zoning in the upcoming comprehensive revision of California
Continuing Education of the Bar's California Land Use Practice. She serves on the American
Planning Association's Amicus Curiae Committee and the California APA Chapter's Amicus
Committee.
• Housing Issues. Ms. Kahn has experience in housing policy and development issues from both her
professional work and voluntary associations. With Dyett & Bhatia, she drafted affordable
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housing and density bonus regulations for localities including El Cerrito and Yuba City. Her
previous consulting work included analysis of local implementation of State -mandated housing
requirements for the California State Department of Housing and Community Development,
housing studies for the Tiburon General Plan revision, entitlement work on a variety of housing
development projects, and advocacy and legislative analysis for the Bay Area Council. She also
co-authored the award-winning original edition of the Seattle Artist's Housing Handbook, a guide
to live -work development prepared for the Seattle Department of Community Development and
Seattle Arts Commission. Ms. Kahn served as Executive Director of the Non -Profit Housing
Association of Northern California, was a founding Board member and Treasurer of the
nonprofit Seattle Housing Resources Group, and has been a board member for Jubilee West,
Eden Council for Hope and Opportunity, and other East Bay nonprofit housing groups.
Ms. Kahn holds a B.A. (cum laude) from the City College of New York and was Phi Beta Kappa 1969-
71. She also studied at the Pratt Institute's Department of City and Regional Planning and the
Graduate School of journalism at Columbia University. A Charter Member of the American Institute
of Certified Planners, she served on the APA National Board of Directors from 1994 to 2002 and
chaired the Board's Legislative and Policy Committee, on which she continues to serve. Ms. Kahn was
inducted into the AICP College of Fellows in 2000.
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On February 28, 2006, the San Diego City Council voted to adopt—at its very first hearing—a new plan for downtown.
The Plan envisions downtown as a tapestry of distinctive and livable neighborhoods, with 90,000 residents and nearly
170,000 employees—one of most intense places in the United States. All residents will live within a five-minute walk
of a neighborhood center, with easy access to stores, transit, and a transformed waterfront. The Plan emphasizes the
public realm and outdoor living, capitalizing on San Diego's balmy Mediterranean climate. Several new parks, with
acquisition costs alone running into several hundred million dollars, are located. Sophisticated three-dimensional
computer modeling of the entire 1,500 -acre downtown, done in-house by Dyett & Bhatia, ensures that sunlight reaches
parks and streets.
The Plan addresses a full spectrum of topics, including land use, urban design, streetscapes, historical resource
preservation, design and development standards, and traffic, transit, and parking. Incentives and a transfer of
development rights program to assist with parkland creation are included. With new zoning regulations adopted
concurrently, implementation is underway.The Plan builds on San Diego's "City of Villages" strategy, which calls for
curtailing regional sprawl and increased infill development. More than 1,500 people directly participated in the process,
which one councilmember called at the hearing "... one of the most inclusive in San Diego in quite some time."
Dyett & Bhatia led all aspects of the Plan, from conducting background reports and case studies to preparing the Plan
and zoning regulations, developing databases and a computer model, managing the project and the Steering Committee,
and conducting outreach. To learn more about the Plan, go to www.ccdc.com/planupdate.
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DOUGLAS KOT, NCARB, LEEDTm AP
Urban Designer/Planner
Douglas Kot has a strong interest in fostering sustainable communities through design and planning.
His professional experience in architecture and planning combined with graduate degrees in City
Planning and Landscape Architecture, and extensive studies in Environmental Planning, provide a
unique base in the design disciplines. At D&B, Mr. Kot's recent assignments include:
• Milpitas Transit Area Plan. Mr. Kot is providing design assistance on this assignment, helping to
put in motion D&B's Transit Area Concept Plan, completed in 2005.
• Fairfield Multi -Modal Rail Station Specific Plan. As Project Urban Designer, Mr. Kot will be
preparing design guidelines for the undeveloped area around a new train station.
• Long Beach Urban Design Element. Mr. Kot will be Project Urban Designer for this assignment.
• Porterville General Plan. Mr. Kot is preparing community design concepts and performing
growth management analysis for this central valley city.
Selected relevant prior work experience includes:
University of California at Berkeley 2002-2005
Graduate Student Instructor for LA 201 "Ecological Factors is Urban Landscape Design"
This course focused on teaching design and planning processes to graduate students. The project
proposed a new master plan for the enhancement of an urban creek system, as it drains through
various municipalities from the hills to the salt water marsh in the San Francisco Bay.
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Graduate Instructor forArchitecture 140 "Energy and Environment"
Architecture course focused on energy use in buildings. Mr. Kot added to curriculum the study of
broad ecological designs issues including water use and sustainable site design. He received an
Outstanding Graduate Instructor Award. Fewer than 10 percent of graduate instructors across the
campus receive this award.
Croxton Collaborative Architects, New York, NY 2000-2002
Environmentally Sustainable Project Architect and Planner
Doug authored the Environmental/Sustainable guidelines for the development of the New
Willingboro Town Center on a 45 -acre Brownfield site in Willingboro, NJ (formerly, Levittown,
NJ). Assisted in design development of the overall master plan for the New Town Center and
worked with the Township Engineers to administer the construction of the project.
Arnie Gross Architects, New York, NY 1999-2000
Intern Architect—HELP Genesis Neighborhood Plaza Project
Mr. Kot worked with the East New York Urban Design Guidelines during the development of a
first -phase catalytic development project aimed at making the Genesis neighborhood in East New
York more livable. He was responsible for programming, zoning analysis, and schematic design of a
temporary shelter for survivors of domestic violence. The mixed-use building included seventy
living units with supportive program space and 8,000 square feet of ground -level retail.
Education and Affiliations
Douglas Kot holds a Master of City Planning and a Master of Landscape Architecture from the
University of California at Berkeley (2005) and a Bachelor of Architecture from the Pennsylvania
State University. Mr. Kot is a licensed Architect in the State of New York (License Number 028429,
established May 2001), a National Council of Architectural Registration Board Certificate Holder
and a LEEDT" Accredited Professional.
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Urban and Regional Planners
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CHRIS HODGES
Planner
Chris Hodges specializes in land use planning with an emphasis on community development,
urban reinvestment, and sustainable policy. He has worked on city master plans, downtown
revitalization projects, brownfield redevelopment, and affordable housing proposals.
Recent assignments include:
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• Emeryville General Plan Update, Zoning Ordinance, and EIR. Mr. Hodges is a project
planner for this comprehensive update. His responsibilities include gathering
community and stakeholder input, comparative land use, demographic and economic
research, evaluation of existing area conditions, preparation of alternative city-wide
sketch plans with corresponding build -out analyses, and smaller -scale urban design
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scenarios. In the next phase, he will be responsible for the design of a preferred plan
for the City of Emeryville, specification of general plan policies, and preparation of
the concurrent Environmental Impact Report (EIR).
Santa Monica Land Use Element, Zoning Ordinance, and EIR. Mr. Hodges is a project
planner for this assignment. He is analyzing land use patterns, community issues, and
existing policies in order to highlight sites with renewal potential. After identifying
urban design and development trends, he will help the City consider focus areas for
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policy adjustment and reinvestment. Mr. Hodges will also be helping to define and
evaluate alternative plans for the City, including their presentation to community
workshops, and co-authoring the new elements, corresponding zoning regulations,
and the EIR.
• Castro Valley General Plan Update. Mr. Hodges is a Project Planner on this
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engagement. To date he has facilitated a public workshop on residential
neighborhood development and policies, and is aiding in preliminary visioning and
issue identification.
Prior to joining Dyett & Bhatia, Mr. Hodges worked as an information technology consultant
in New York and as an associate at the Community Preservation Initiative of the State of
Massachusetts.
Education
Mr. Hodges received a Master in City Planning degree from the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology (MIT) and a B.A., with High Honors, from the University of Michigan. He was
also a recipient of the US government's Presidential Management Fellowship. An excerpt of
his master's thesis, which investigated the effectiveness of state attempts to promote
sustainable development and regional planning policies at the local level, will soon be
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Urban and Regional Planners
SARAH NURMELA
Planner/Urban Designer
Sarah Nurmela specializes in physical planning and urban design with an emphasis on community
and neighborhood development. She has worked on large scale area plans, transit -oriented
developments, campuses, as well as architecture and housing design.
Recent assignments include:
• Santa Clara Transit Area Specific Plan. As Project Planner, Ms. Nurmela is responsible for creating
® an overall land use and urban design plan for the Transit Area, as well as the policies and goals to
carry out the Specific Plan. The Plan will also incorporate circulation and parking plans in order
to create a cohesive, accessible station area. During the planning and design process, Ms. Nurmela
will be creating multiple alternatives and buildout scenarios for the station area, maximizing
TOD opportunities and connectivity to transit and existing neighborhoods in the cities of Santa
Clara and San Jose.
• Genentech Master Plan. Ms. Nurmela is the Project Planner for this assignment, leading and
planning to grow the corporate campus form 90 to more than 200-acres—with 15,000 employees
at build out—to create a cohesive and unified campus with a distinctive sense of place.
• Pomona General Plan Update, EIR, and Zoning Ordinance Revision. Ms. Nurmela is Project
. Planner for the comprehensive general plan update – the first in 25 years for the City. Her
responsibilities include comparative land use, demographic and economic research, evaluation of
existing area conditions, preparation of alternative city-wide sketch plans with corresponding
build -out analyses, smaller -scale urban design scenarios, design of a preferred plan and writing of
general plan policies.
• Santa Monica Land Use Element and Zoning Ordinance Update. Ms. Nurmela is responsible for
■ developing policies and goals through the Existing Land Use and Opportunities study and report,
facilitating/participating in community visioning workshops, and preparing urban design
analyses, scenarios and build -outs for major areas and corridors within the City of Santa Monica.
• Folsom Sphere -of -Influence Visioning. Ms. Nurmela was the Project Planner for this process that
outlined a vision for a 3,500 -acre expansion area for the City of Folsom.
• Placentia Town Plan, Belize. Ms. Nurmela recently finished work as Project Urban Designer on
the Town Plan for Placentia, a town with a growing tourist economy in the southern peninsula of
Belize. She created multiple urban design plans and guidelines to establish village and civic
centers, and school and park facilities. She also drew perspective renderings to both illustrate
urban design goals and to encourage use of traditional vernacular in new development.
• Santa Clara Downtown Plan. Ms. Nurmela worked as Urban Designer for an alternative land use
study for Downtown Santa Clara, creating an urban design plan and build -out scenario, as well as
two- and three-dimensional renderings of the area.
• San Diego Downtown Community Plan. Ms. Nurmela conducted detailed design and prepared
perspective illustrations for the Downtown Community plan, showcasing urban park space as
® well as design guidelines for building massing and streetscape.
Education
Ms. Nurmela holds a Master of Urban Planning from Harvard University, and a B.A. in Architecture
(summa cum laude) from Washington University in St. Louis. She has won several design
competitions independently, and student co -edited Supernatural Urbanism: Los Angeles River Book,
published by the Harvard Design School. She is a portrait and architectural rendering artist and is
also proficient in Spanish.
DYETT & BHATIA Exhibit E
Urban and Regional Planners
ERIN CAMARENA
Planner
Erin Camarena has diverse domestic and international community development skills and is
dedicated to smart growth. She specializes in community development, outreach, and
planning around transit areas. She also has a great deal of expertise in GIS, and quantitative
research and statistics.
® Recent assignments include:
• Concord General Plan, EIR, and Zoning Ordinance. As project planner, Ms. Camarena
is responsible for the day-to-day progress of the comprehensive project. She is
currently in the process of drafting of the Environmental Impact Report (EIR).
• Porterville General Plan and EIR. Ms. Camarena is a project planner for this update.
To date she has coordinating with planning and other technical City staff to obtain
existing data sets, documents, and other information needed for the General Plan
Update as well as assembled and reviewed current information, such as water, sewer,
transportation, and other facility plans, school and park plans.
• Long Gulch Ranch Economic Study. Ms. Camarena is a project planner for this project.
Her responsibilities include researching the potential economic and fiscal benefits of
second -homes proposed for developed in Tuolumne County.
Prior to joining Dyett & Bhatia in 2005, Ms. Camarena was a policy intern and Sustainable
Community Leadership Program (SCLP) Fellow at Livable Places, performing planning,
zoning, and smart growth research for transit area development in and around Los Angeles
County as well as researching environmental justice issues in the Southern California Region.
She also spent two and a half years as a Peace Corp volunteer as a community tourism
planner collaborating with 25 indigenous communities in Bolivia to craft a County -wide
Community Tourism Plan. She also worked as a Community Planning intern at the City of
Chula Vista; and Community and Environmental Planning intern at Mooney & Associates
(San Diego).
Education
Ms. Camarena holds a Master in City Planning degree from the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology (MIT) as well as a B.A. in Urban Planning and Studies from the University of
California at San Diego (UCSD). Her graduate thesis used Geographic Information Systems
to visualize and analyze existing land use and zoning patterns near current and proposed rail
stations in the City of Los Angeles to investigate the potential for transit -oriented housing.
She is proficient in Spanish.
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Exhibit E
DYETT & BHATIA
Urban and Regional Planners
MARK CHAMBERS
Graphics Manager
Mr. Chambers is one of the most experienced computer-based cartographers in the Bay Area
and has prepared computer-based mapping and analysis for all of D&B's recent general plans,
community and design plans, zoning ordinances, and EIRs, as well as brochures and
newsletters. Currently, Mark is leading the graphics and map design work for the Santa
Monica, Emeryville, Concord and Petaluma General Plans; and the Milpitas, Fairfield, and
Santa Clara station area plans. He also prepared graphics for the Palm Beach County, Carmel,
Cincinnati, and Milwaukee codes. He has 23 years of cartographic experience and is skilled in
using computer graphics and desktop publishing software, including Macromedia Freehand,
Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Freehand, Canvas, PC ArcView and PC ArcInfo, and
PageMaker. He is also experienced in text and graphics hyperlinking, printer coordination
and press checks. Mr. Chambers received his MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute in
1978.
ROSE ABBORS
GIS Specialist
Rose Abbors has over two years of professional GIS experience and has great working
knowledge of ArcInfo and ArcView. Her areas of experiences with GIS range from biology to
planning. She has recently completed the Map Atlas draft for Los Banos, CA general plan
update and is responsible for all GIS related items for Emeryville, Los Banos, Santa Clara, and
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Redlands. Ms. Abbors graduated in May 2005 with a B.S. in Geography, a GIS certificate and
a minor in Urban Planning from Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona and is a member
of the Geospatial Information & Technology Association (GITA). Prior to joining D&B, Ms.
Abbors was an intern at the East Bay Municipal Utility District, Oakland, Ca, updating
Emergency Maps for the district; and at the City of Orinda, CA, organizing GIS data and
recreating General Plan maps for update.
Exhibit E
LAURIE WARNER HERSON
ESA Director, Community Development Group, Regulatory Compliance Specialist
Ms. Herson is ESA's Director of Community Development, Central Valley/Sierra Region. She has over 20
years of experience in environmental project management for planning, transportation, utility,
® telecommunications, and cultural resources projects. She is a CEQA and NEPA specialist who has managed
large, multidisciplinary projects in several states. Her recent experience with ESA includes directing a staff
that conducts CEQA analyses for general plans, mining applications, infrastructure improvements, large
retail/mixed-use developments and schools, as well as preparing Indian Gaming Compact studies and NEPA
peer reviews. Prior to joining ESA, she was a regulatory specialist managing complex regulatory projects,
integrating CEQA and/or NEPA with other permit processes in California. Her past experience also includes
® over eight years working for a California local government lead agency as a CEQA specialist, where she
managed the environmental review process for a variety of planning, public infrastructure, and policy -based
projects. She is a cultural resources specialist with experience in impact analyses and the consultation
process.
Relevant Experience
Education
B.A., Anthropology (minor in
Geosciences), University of
Arizona, Tucson
Graduate Studies in Near
Eastern History and
Archaeology, University of
Arizona, Tucson
Member, East County
(Sacramento) Open Space
Study Steering Committee
(2000-2001)
Commissioner, Sacramento
History and Science
Commission (1999-2001)
Chair, Society for California
Archaeology Committee on
Local Planning(1997-1998)
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City of Stockton General Plan Update and EIR. Project Director. Ms.
Warner Herson is currently directing the preparation of an update to the City's
existing General Plan. As part of a larger consulting team, ESA has completed
preparation of a background report and policy document for the City. Specific
topics addressed by ESA include farmland conversion, open space, geology and
seismicity, cultural and historic resources, biological resources, noise, and air
duality issues. ESA also is taking the lead on preparing the program EIR for the
General Plan. ESA has been assisting in the facilitation of monthly community
meetings and workshops in support of the general plan update process.
City of Lincoln General Plan Update and EIR. Project Director. ESA, as part
of a larger consulting team, is currently updating the City's general plan. ESA
has completed preparation of the Recreation, Biological Resources, Visual
Resources, and Public Health and Safety sections of the General Plan
Background Report, and is currently managing preparation of the EIR.
Ms. Warner Herson has or is serving as Project Director for several ESA
projects including:
- City of Galt General Plan Update and EIR
- City of Porterville General Plan Update and EIR
- City of Oxnard General Plan Update and EIR
- City of Los Banos General Plan Update and EIR
- City of Folsom Sphere of Influence Visioning
- Tahoe City Transit Center EIR Recirculation
- City of Fairfield Multi -Modal Rail Station Specific Plan and EIR
- Port of Stockton West Complex Development Plan EIR
- Clarksburg Sugar Mill Specific Plan EIR
Professional Affiliations
Member, American Planning
Association
Member, Association of
Environmental Professionals
Member, Society for
American Archaeology
Member, East County
(Sacramento) Open Space
Study Steering Committee
(2000-2001)
Commissioner, Sacramento
History and Science
Commission (1999-2001)
Chair, Society for California
Archaeology Committee on
Local Planning(1997-1998)
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City of Stockton General Plan Update and EIR. Project Director. Ms.
Warner Herson is currently directing the preparation of an update to the City's
existing General Plan. As part of a larger consulting team, ESA has completed
preparation of a background report and policy document for the City. Specific
topics addressed by ESA include farmland conversion, open space, geology and
seismicity, cultural and historic resources, biological resources, noise, and air
duality issues. ESA also is taking the lead on preparing the program EIR for the
General Plan. ESA has been assisting in the facilitation of monthly community
meetings and workshops in support of the general plan update process.
City of Lincoln General Plan Update and EIR. Project Director. ESA, as part
of a larger consulting team, is currently updating the City's general plan. ESA
has completed preparation of the Recreation, Biological Resources, Visual
Resources, and Public Health and Safety sections of the General Plan
Background Report, and is currently managing preparation of the EIR.
Ms. Warner Herson has or is serving as Project Director for several ESA
projects including:
- City of Galt General Plan Update and EIR
- City of Porterville General Plan Update and EIR
- City of Oxnard General Plan Update and EIR
- City of Los Banos General Plan Update and EIR
- City of Folsom Sphere of Influence Visioning
- Tahoe City Transit Center EIR Recirculation
- City of Fairfield Multi -Modal Rail Station Specific Plan and EIR
- Port of Stockton West Complex Development Plan EIR
- Clarksburg Sugar Mill Specific Plan EIR
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ESA Exhibit E
RAY WEISS
Senior Project Manager/Environmental Planner
Mr. Weiss is a community planner with 12 years of experience managing the preparation of environmental
studies under local, state, and federal agency jurisdiction, including environmental impact reports (EIRs),
initial studies, environmental impact statements (EISs), environmental assessments, and joint documents. He
specializes in management of the preparation of environmental documents for public and private
development proposals, including specific plans, master pians, general plan amendments, and water and
wastewater facilities; and transportation and utility corridor projects. He has special technical expertise in
environmental and resources economics, land use and community planning, and policy consistency analysis.
Fluent in Spanish, he has extensive experience in active public participation, including workshops, charettes,
and surveys; and in presenting technical information in an understandable manner at public hearings and in
written documents. He currently is working with a large consulting team in preparing general plan updates
for the cities of Lincoln and Stockton. Prior to joining ESA, he served as Project Manager for a local
environmental consulting firm; and as Data Analyst for the Sacramento Area Council of Governments, where
he managed data collection and analysis for a regional transportation survey.
Relevant Experience
Education
B.A., Economics (special City of Stockton General Plan Update and EIR. Project Manager. Mr.
emphasis in environmental
and resource economics), Weiss is currently managing the preparation of an update to the City's existing
California state university, General Plan. Specific topics addressed by ESA include farmland conversion,
® Sacramento open space, geology and seismicity, cultural and historic resources, biological
Professional Affiliations resources, noise, and air quality issues. ESA has recently completed preparation
Association of Environmental of the Background Report and the General Plan Policy Document and is
Professionals currently taking the lead on preparation of the EIR.
American Planning Association
City of Galt General Plan Update and EIR. Project Manager. Mr. Weiss is
currently serving as ESA's project manager for preparation of an update to
the City's existing General Plan. Key areas of participation include
preparation of the Biological Resources, Visual Resources, and Public Health
and Safety sections of the General Plan Background Report. ESA is also
managing preparation of the EIR and conducting a bilingual public outreach
. program for the City's general plan update.
Mr. Weiss has been or is currently the Project Manager for numerous
projects including:
- Madera County Dairy Element and Program EIR
- City of Lincoln General Plan Update and EIR
- City of Porterville General Plan Update and EIR
- City of Oxnard General Plan Update and EIR
- City of Los Banos General Plan Update and EIR
- Del Norte County General Plan Update and EIR
- Crescent City General Plan Update and EIR
- City of Folsom Sphere of Influence Visioning
ESA Exhibit E
NIALL F. MCCARTEN
Director Biological Resources Central Valley, Biological Resources Team Leader
Dr. McCarten brings over 20 years of environmental consulting experience and conducting scientific
approaches to solving environmental issues and the conservation of plants and wildlife, habitats, watersheds,
® and ecosystems. He is a recognized expert in Central Valley biological resources and conservation science.
He has successfully managed teams of scientists, planners, and economists on a broad range of projects. Dr.
McCarten has served on numerous technical advisory committees, examining environmental issues such as
conservation, ecosystem, and watershed planning and he has extensive experience developing and
implementing complex biological studies and conservation projects covering large geographic areas
throughout California. He is trained and proficient in federal and state environmental regulations including
Endangered Species Act, National Environmental Policy Act, Clean Water Act, California Endangered
Species Act, California Environmental Quality Act, Migratory Bird Treaty, California Department of Fish &
Game codes, Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, River and Harbors Act, other special
laws including familiarity with local agency ordinances.
. Relevant Experience
Education
Ph.D., Botany, University of San Joaquin County Multiple -Species Habitat Conservation Plan. Project
California, Berkeley,
California Director. Dr. McCarten led ESA in assisting in the development of a Habitat
M.A., Ecology and Conservation Plan documenting occurrences of several dozen sensitive species
Systematics, San Francisco of plants and animals, mapped habitat types (GIS mapping), and combined the
State University, California two to produce an interactive planning system for predicting occupied and
B.A., Botany, University of potential habitat acreages. The system was designed to support preserve design
California, Santa Barbara and assist County planners in balancing development needs and compliance with
state and federal endangered species acts.
Professional Affiliations
California Botanical Society Yolo County-CALFED Davis Tower Site Species at Risk Resource
(Vice President 1988-1989) Management, Restoration and Conservation Plan. Project Manager and
Rare Plant Conservation Senior Biologist. Yolo County's development of a conservation and
Award from the California management plan for the 320 acre site adjacent to Grasslands Park. Includes
Native Plant Society (1992) g p .1
Certificate of Appreciation for
some of Yolo County's most endangered species.
contributions to the
Conservation of Forest Mr. McCarten has Led the Biological Task Group for over 50 ESA Projects
Botanical Values, U.S. Forest including:
Service, Pacific Southwest
Region (1991) - Sacramento County Habitat Conservation Plan
- Woolstenhulme Ranch Gravel Mine and Reclamation Plan
- Grizzly Slough Tidal Restoration Project
® - Yolo County Resource Conservation and Management Plan
- McGrath State Beach Resource Management Plan
- Fairfield -Suisun Sewer District Equalization Lagoon Biological Study
- Medford Vernal Pool Fairy Shrimp Surveys
- Los Osos Habitat Conservation Plan
- Yolo County Grasslands Park Master Plan
- Phoenix Field Vernal Pool Management Plan
ESA Exhibit E
PAUL MILLER
Senior Project Manager
Paul Miller has a broad range of environmental skills developed over twenty years in the areas of air quality,
noise assessments, solid waste management, hazardous waste, and biological sciences. He has over eight
years experience in measuring air quality using mobile laboratories, and was technical leader of continuous
noise monitoring of construction for the Clean Water Program in San Francisco between 1988 and 1995.
Since 1986, he has applied his background to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) related
environmental assessments. Mr. Miller has been involved in the preparation and response to comments
phases of over 100 Environmental Impact Reports (EIRs). He has managed more than 15 EIR projects
including several for Integrated Waste Management projects (new landfills, landfill expansions, Materials
® Recovery Facilities (MRFs), landfill closures and compost facilities) and has authored sections for air
quality, noise, public health and safety, hazardous materials, and energy.
Relevant Experience
Education
M.S., zoology and California EIR Solid Waste Projects. Project Manager. Mr. Miller has had a
Entomology, Colorado State
University major role in the preparation of the EIRs for several important solid waste
B.A., 1974, zoology, Miami projects in California: the Marsh Canyon Landfill in Contra Costa County; the
University West County Integrated Resource Recovery Facility in Contra Costa County; the
40 -hour health and safety extension of the import agreement between Altamont Sanitary Landfill and
training course, complying Contra Costa County; the Recycling and Solid Waste Systems Plan for the
with OSHA regulations for Sanitary Fill Company facility in San Francisco; the New Jamestown Landfill in
hazardous waste site County; Tuolumne Cand the ex ansion of the Austin Road Landfill in Stockton.
activities, and annual 8 -hour t5 P
updates Mr. Miller was Project Manager for a review of the Landfill Siting Study
Certificate of Integrated completed by Sonoma County.
Waste Management 1992,
San Francisco state Mountain View Shoreline Landfill Air Analysis. Air QualityTeam Leader.
University The loads from selected packer trucks were dumped into makeshift chambers
Certified Asbestos Building and odor samples were collected. The odor samples were then analyzed b
Inspector and Management p P y y a
Planner under the EPA's panel of individuals using the forced -choice triangle olfactometer. The final
AHERA programs report provided odor intensities that were measured and also suggestions on
Registered Environmental methods to reduce off-site odor impacts by operational methods to limit odors
. Assessor (REA) in California and the use of masking agents.
(REA#-00926)
Professional Affiliations Mr. Miller has or is serving as Noise/Air Quality Team Leader for several
Air and Waste Management ESA projects including:
Association - City of Stockton General Plan Update and EIR
Association of Environmental
Professionals - City of Galt General Plan Update and EIR
- County of Yuba Baldwin Hallwood Mine Expansion EIR
- Placer County Water Agency Foothill WTP/Pipeline EIR
- Sutter County Ash Disposal Site EIR
- City of Ukiah Landfill Permit Revision EIR
- County of Yolo Esparto Orciuoli Residential EIR
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DEAN MARTORANA, RPA
Cultural Resources Analyst
Mr. Martorana has brought his academic and field experience in historical ecology, geophysical archaeology,
archaeological field methods, and GIS in archaeology to bear on cultural resource management for ESA.
® Understanding environmental compliance issues from both biological and archaeological perspectives, he is
responsible for maintaining general environmental compliance during construction activities, assisting in the
management of the archaeological record by monitoring established cultural inventories, analyzing the
potential sociocultural impacts of proposed landscape change, and assessing site significance under
CEQA/NEPA by determining the research potential and cultural value associated with potentially impacted
cultural resources.
® Relevant Experience
Education
M.A., Anthropology, California Asilomar State Beach and Conference Grounds General Plan Update and
State University, Long Beach
EIR. Archaeologist. Participated in the development of a General Plan Update
B.A., Psychology, California for Asilomar State Beach and Conference Grounds for the California
State University, Long Beach
Department of parks and Recreation (DPR). Guided plan alternatives with
Certifications Registrations respect to cultural resources including historic properties. Analyzed impacts to
Register of Professional cultural resource in the environmental impact report (EIR).
Archaeologists (RPA)
Specialized Training
Fort Ord Dunes State Park General Plan and EIR. Archaeologist. Historic
Historic Resources resources were one of the primary issues to be addressed in the Fort Ord Dunes
Preservation, University of State Park General Plan and EIR. Identified and addressed cultural resource
California, Davis Extension issues in the general plan and analyzed impacts to cultural resources in the EIR
Mitigating Environmental for the DPR.
Impacts, University of
California, Davis Extension Mr. Martorana was the Archaeological and/or Cultural Resources Analyst
Professional Affiliations for the following projects:
Society for American - City of Galt General Plan Update and EIR
Archaeology
- City of Lincoln General Plan Update and EIR
- City of Oxnard General Plan Update and EIR
- Emeryville General Plan and EIR
- CALFED Los Vaqueros Reservoir Expansion Studies EIR/EIS
- City of Lathrop San Joaquin Bicycle Bridge Project
- Baldwin Hallwood Mine Expansion Project EIR
- McGrath State Beach Adaptive Management Plan
- Port of Stockton Navy Drive Bridge Replacement Project
- Stockton Town Center Educational Complex MND
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ROBERTA MUNDIE, PRINCIPAL
Head of Mundie & Associates from its establish-
ment, Ms. Mundie brings to her work a clarity in
organization, and in written and spoken presenta-
tion, that contributes significantly to the quality of
® M&A's work products. Among her professional
planning interests are the interrelationship of land
use and transportation, natural resources, and use
® of the CEQA process in public decisionmaking.
Mundie & Associates
3452 Sacramento Street, San Francisco, CA 94178
Exhibit E
PROJECTS
Economic Element of General Plan ➢ for an update of the
Petaluma General Plan, evaluation of that city's economic
base and employment development potential to 2025, with a
concentration on retailing, tech -related industry, and the
visitor sector. The 1987 Petaluma General Plan, an APA -
award winner with M&A as the economic consultant,
was the departure point for this effort.
Economic Element of General Plan ➢ research, support
to economics subcommittee, and preparation of the
economic element of San Ramon's General Plan. Effort
included in-depth interviews of key local employers,
focusing on high-tech and telecom industries, to assess
their long term prospects in San Ramon. Other issues
included City policies on jobs/housing balance,
affordable housing, and acquisition of open space
Evaluation of Urban Limit Line Modifications in
County General Plan ➢ analysis of major redesignation
of land from urban to non -urban use via amendment of
Contra Costa County's General Plan. The focus was
displacement: whether proposed modifications would shift
housing development (and associated impacts) away from
Contra Costa County to other areas.
Specific Plan Framework Study ➢ analysis of the
potential for a vineyard -oriented area plan in the South
Livermore Valley, preserving and extending the area
planted to wine grapes while allowing vineyard -related
tourism, residential and compatible commercial devel-
opment. This study identified measures to strengthen the
local wine grape industry through preservation incentives
and land use regulations, laying the groundwork for what
became the South Livermore Valley Area Plan.
Central City Housing Study ➢ analysis for the City of
Sacramento of factors supporting, or inhibiting, central
city housing demand and development, and establish-
ment of policy direction for retention and appropriate
expansion of the downtown housing supply.
General Plan Economic Study ➢ review of economic
development opportunities in Antioch focusing on job
attraction and mechanisms for linking future residential
development to employment expansion.
General Plan EIR ➢ comprehensive analysis of four
general plan alternatives for the City of Pleasanton, sup-
plemented by focused analysis of multiple area -specific
land use and transportation sub -alternatives.
Economic Elements of General Plans ➢ Ms. Mundie has
also directed led economics work General Plans in Santa
Rosa, Rohnert Park, Novato, Susanville, Menlo Park, Los
Altos, Hollister, and Clearlake.
Voice: 415.441.9640 www.mundie.com
Fax: 415.441.9683
EDUCATION
Radcliffe College/Harvard University,
AB cunt laude, 1966
Harvard University, MCP (Master of
City Planning), 1970
University of San Francisco, Master of
Arts in Writing, 1998
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP)
American Planning Association (APA)
Association of Environmental Professionals (AEP)
California Planning Roundtable
The Urban Land Institute
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AWARDS
Sacramento Valley Section, APA
1992 Award for Planning Implementation
(Jor Sacramento Central City Housing Strategy)
California Chapter APA, 1987 Award for
Comprehensive Planning
(for City of Petaluma General Plan)
EXPERIENCE
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Ms. Mundie founded Mundie & Associates in 1981
following nine years as senior staff of a San Fran-
cisco socio-economic research firm. Her work at
M&A has included a broad mix of land develop-
ment related studies, from general plans to
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environmental impact reports to focused market,
fiscal
economic and analyses.
Head of Mundie & Associates from its establish-
ment, Ms. Mundie brings to her work a clarity in
organization, and in written and spoken presenta-
tion, that contributes significantly to the quality of
® M&A's work products. Among her professional
planning interests are the interrelationship of land
use and transportation, natural resources, and use
® of the CEQA process in public decisionmaking.
Mundie & Associates
3452 Sacramento Street, San Francisco, CA 94178
Exhibit E
PROJECTS
Economic Element of General Plan ➢ for an update of the
Petaluma General Plan, evaluation of that city's economic
base and employment development potential to 2025, with a
concentration on retailing, tech -related industry, and the
visitor sector. The 1987 Petaluma General Plan, an APA -
award winner with M&A as the economic consultant,
was the departure point for this effort.
Economic Element of General Plan ➢ research, support
to economics subcommittee, and preparation of the
economic element of San Ramon's General Plan. Effort
included in-depth interviews of key local employers,
focusing on high-tech and telecom industries, to assess
their long term prospects in San Ramon. Other issues
included City policies on jobs/housing balance,
affordable housing, and acquisition of open space
Evaluation of Urban Limit Line Modifications in
County General Plan ➢ analysis of major redesignation
of land from urban to non -urban use via amendment of
Contra Costa County's General Plan. The focus was
displacement: whether proposed modifications would shift
housing development (and associated impacts) away from
Contra Costa County to other areas.
Specific Plan Framework Study ➢ analysis of the
potential for a vineyard -oriented area plan in the South
Livermore Valley, preserving and extending the area
planted to wine grapes while allowing vineyard -related
tourism, residential and compatible commercial devel-
opment. This study identified measures to strengthen the
local wine grape industry through preservation incentives
and land use regulations, laying the groundwork for what
became the South Livermore Valley Area Plan.
Central City Housing Study ➢ analysis for the City of
Sacramento of factors supporting, or inhibiting, central
city housing demand and development, and establish-
ment of policy direction for retention and appropriate
expansion of the downtown housing supply.
General Plan Economic Study ➢ review of economic
development opportunities in Antioch focusing on job
attraction and mechanisms for linking future residential
development to employment expansion.
General Plan EIR ➢ comprehensive analysis of four
general plan alternatives for the City of Pleasanton, sup-
plemented by focused analysis of multiple area -specific
land use and transportation sub -alternatives.
Economic Elements of General Plans ➢ Ms. Mundie has
also directed led economics work General Plans in Santa
Rosa, Rohnert Park, Novato, Susanville, Menlo Park, Los
Altos, Hollister, and Clearlake.
Voice: 415.441.9640 www.mundie.com
Fax: 415.441.9683
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Exhibit E
SUZANNE LAMPERT, VICE PRESIDENT
Mundie & Associates
3452 Sacramento Street, San Francisco, CA 94118
PROJECTS
Financing Strategies for Downtown Revitalization ➢iden-
tification of revenue sources that could be tapped to pay for
public improvements to revitalize downtown Lodi and the
nearby Cherokee Lane commercial strip, and downtown
Newhall (a district of Santa Clarita).
Economic Elements of a General Plans ➢ formulation of
the Economic Element of the Marin County General
Plan, in consultation with a subcommittee of the Marin
Economic Committee; preparation of the Economic
Element of the San Luis Obispo County General Plan,
based on a series of Economic Advisory Committee
workshops to identify issues, establish goals and priorities,
and agree on actions to support County economic activity.
Economic Background for General Plans ➢ analyses of
recent trends and future demands for land use change in
the cities of' Hollister, Susanville, and Porterville;
strategies for economic development in Porterville.
Economic and Fiscal Analyses for a General Plan ➢
identification and analysis of the economic and fiscal
issues the City of Novato General Plan update; economic
evaluation of and strategy for Plan alternatives; fiscal
impact analysis of the preferred plan.
Central City Housing Study ➢ strategy for promoting
housing conservation and development in downtown
Sacramento. The analysis addressed factors supporting/
inhibiting central city housing demand and development,
real estate economics of new development, policy direc-
tion for retention and appropriate expansion of the
downtown housing supply, and financing mechanisms.
Other Municipal Fiscal Studies ➢ fiscal cost/revenue
analysis of General Plan alternatives for Plan updates in
Petaluma, Santa Rosa, San Ramon, Rohnert Park, and
Menlo Park; and fiscal studies for planning purposes in
Antioch, Mountain View, Novato, and San Luis Obispo,
addressing such issues as whether a city overall growth
offset its fiscal costs, whether commercial and residential
development in particular areas would "pay its way," and
whether non-residential growth controls would adversely
affect a city's cost/revenue balance.
Real Estate Impacts of Affordable Housing Require-
ments ➢ evaluation of the impacts of inclusionary
requirements on housing production in San Luis Obispo,
based on development pro formas. Sensitivity analyses
were used to estimate the effects on land values, devel-
oper profits, and prices of market -rate units.
Voice: 475.44 1 . 9640 www.mundie.com
Fax: 415.441.9683
AWARDS
EDUCATION
University of California, Berkeley,
AB, urban studies, 1971
Woodrow Wilson School of Public and
International Affairs, Princeton University,
MPAUP (Public Affairs and Urban
Planning), 1975
PUBLICATIONS
"Scoping Meetings: Get the Public Involved with
Your Projects", California Planner, July 1990
Mundie & Associates
3452 Sacramento Street, San Francisco, CA 94118
PROJECTS
Financing Strategies for Downtown Revitalization ➢iden-
tification of revenue sources that could be tapped to pay for
public improvements to revitalize downtown Lodi and the
nearby Cherokee Lane commercial strip, and downtown
Newhall (a district of Santa Clarita).
Economic Elements of a General Plans ➢ formulation of
the Economic Element of the Marin County General
Plan, in consultation with a subcommittee of the Marin
Economic Committee; preparation of the Economic
Element of the San Luis Obispo County General Plan,
based on a series of Economic Advisory Committee
workshops to identify issues, establish goals and priorities,
and agree on actions to support County economic activity.
Economic Background for General Plans ➢ analyses of
recent trends and future demands for land use change in
the cities of' Hollister, Susanville, and Porterville;
strategies for economic development in Porterville.
Economic and Fiscal Analyses for a General Plan ➢
identification and analysis of the economic and fiscal
issues the City of Novato General Plan update; economic
evaluation of and strategy for Plan alternatives; fiscal
impact analysis of the preferred plan.
Central City Housing Study ➢ strategy for promoting
housing conservation and development in downtown
Sacramento. The analysis addressed factors supporting/
inhibiting central city housing demand and development,
real estate economics of new development, policy direc-
tion for retention and appropriate expansion of the
downtown housing supply, and financing mechanisms.
Other Municipal Fiscal Studies ➢ fiscal cost/revenue
analysis of General Plan alternatives for Plan updates in
Petaluma, Santa Rosa, San Ramon, Rohnert Park, and
Menlo Park; and fiscal studies for planning purposes in
Antioch, Mountain View, Novato, and San Luis Obispo,
addressing such issues as whether a city overall growth
offset its fiscal costs, whether commercial and residential
development in particular areas would "pay its way," and
whether non-residential growth controls would adversely
affect a city's cost/revenue balance.
Real Estate Impacts of Affordable Housing Require-
ments ➢ evaluation of the impacts of inclusionary
requirements on housing production in San Luis Obispo,
based on development pro formas. Sensitivity analyses
were used to estimate the effects on land values, devel-
oper profits, and prices of market -rate units.
Voice: 475.44 1 . 9640 www.mundie.com
Fax: 415.441.9683
AWARDS
Northern Section, California Chapter APA,
2001 Comprehensive Planning Award of Merit
(for- Rohnert Park General Plan;
Dyett & Bhatia, lead consultants)
Sacramento Valley Chapter APA,
1992 Award for Planning Implementation
(for Sacramento Central City Housing Strategy;
Mundie & Associates, lead consultants)
EXPERIENCE
Ms. Lampert has been a key staff member at Mundie
& Associates since 1987. She has prepared eco-
nomic background reports, market studies, real
®
estate feasibility analyses and fiscal impact studies
for a variety of projects and plans, ranging in scale
from single buildings to general plans. With both
the broad perspective of the planner and the specific
focus of the real estate analyst, she is able to
incorporate a diverse range of concerns into her
work, from policy goals to development trends and
current market constraints.
Ms. Lampert's work has contributed to general and
specific plans, redevelopment/revitalization plans
and strategies, housing and housing finance plans,
land use and development forecasts and the evalua-
tion of private development projects.
Mundie & Associates
3452 Sacramento Street, San Francisco, CA 94118
PROJECTS
Financing Strategies for Downtown Revitalization ➢iden-
tification of revenue sources that could be tapped to pay for
public improvements to revitalize downtown Lodi and the
nearby Cherokee Lane commercial strip, and downtown
Newhall (a district of Santa Clarita).
Economic Elements of a General Plans ➢ formulation of
the Economic Element of the Marin County General
Plan, in consultation with a subcommittee of the Marin
Economic Committee; preparation of the Economic
Element of the San Luis Obispo County General Plan,
based on a series of Economic Advisory Committee
workshops to identify issues, establish goals and priorities,
and agree on actions to support County economic activity.
Economic Background for General Plans ➢ analyses of
recent trends and future demands for land use change in
the cities of' Hollister, Susanville, and Porterville;
strategies for economic development in Porterville.
Economic and Fiscal Analyses for a General Plan ➢
identification and analysis of the economic and fiscal
issues the City of Novato General Plan update; economic
evaluation of and strategy for Plan alternatives; fiscal
impact analysis of the preferred plan.
Central City Housing Study ➢ strategy for promoting
housing conservation and development in downtown
Sacramento. The analysis addressed factors supporting/
inhibiting central city housing demand and development,
real estate economics of new development, policy direc-
tion for retention and appropriate expansion of the
downtown housing supply, and financing mechanisms.
Other Municipal Fiscal Studies ➢ fiscal cost/revenue
analysis of General Plan alternatives for Plan updates in
Petaluma, Santa Rosa, San Ramon, Rohnert Park, and
Menlo Park; and fiscal studies for planning purposes in
Antioch, Mountain View, Novato, and San Luis Obispo,
addressing such issues as whether a city overall growth
offset its fiscal costs, whether commercial and residential
development in particular areas would "pay its way," and
whether non-residential growth controls would adversely
affect a city's cost/revenue balance.
Real Estate Impacts of Affordable Housing Require-
ments ➢ evaluation of the impacts of inclusionary
requirements on housing production in San Luis Obispo,
based on development pro formas. Sensitivity analyses
were used to estimate the effects on land values, devel-
oper profits, and prices of market -rate units.
Voice: 475.44 1 . 9640 www.mundie.com
Fax: 415.441.9683
E
Exhibit E
CURRICULUM VITAE: MICHAEL SOUTHWORTH
Professor, Department of City and Regional Planning and Department of Landscape
Architecture, University of California, Berkeley, 1985 to present.
Chair, Department of City and Regional Planning, University of California, Berkeley, 1995 to
1998.
Partner, Michael & Susan Southworth/City Design & Architecture, 1970 to present.
EDUCATION
Doctor of Philosophy in Urban Design and Planning, MIT, 1970.
Master of City Planning in Urban Design, MIT, 1967.
Bachelor of Architecture, with High Distinction, University of Minnesota, 1964.
Bachelor of Arts in Architecture, Magna cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa, University of
Minnesota, 1962.
PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION AND MEMBERSHIP
American Institute of Certified Planners
American Planning Association
Fellow, American Institute of Architects
San Francisco Society of Architects
® Registered Architect, Massachusetts
BOOKS
Streets and the Shaping of Towns and Cities (with Eran Ben -Joseph). Washington, DC:
Island Press, 2003; Chinese Edition 2005,
AIA Guide to Boston (with Susan Southworth). Boston: The Globe Pequot Press, Second
Edition, 1992; updated edition 1999.
Contributor and Editor, Deperire. Rifiuti a spreco nella vita di uomini a citta (by Kevin
Lynch). Naples: Edizioni CUEN-IDIS, 1992.
Ornamental Ironwork: An Illustrated Guide to its Design, History, and Use in American
Architecture (with Susan Southworth). Second Edition. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1991.
Contributor and Editor, Wasting Away (posthumous work by Kevin Lynch). San Francisco:
Sierra Club Books, 1991; Japanese and Chinese editions 1994.
Contributor and Editor, City Sense and City Design: Writings and Projects of Kevin Lynch
(with Tridib Banerjee). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1990; paperback edition 1995.
Maps: An Illustrated Survey and Design Guide (with Susan Southworth). Boston: New York
Graphic Society/Little Brown, 1982; Japanese Edition, 1983.
Ornamental Ironwork: An Illustrated Guide to its Design, History, and Use in American
Architecture (with Susan Southworth). Boston: David R. Godine, 1978 (hardcover), 1979
(paperback).
F_�
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Exhibit E
JOURNAL ARTICLES, CHAPTERS IN BOOKS, AND MAPS
The Walkable City, Journal of Urban Planning and Development, Summer 2005.
Reinventing Main Street: from Mall to Townscape Mall, Journal of Urban Design,
Summer 2005.
Reconsidering the Cul-de-sac (with Eran Ben -Joseph), Access, Spring 2004; Wharton
Real Estate Review, Spring 2005.
The New Urbanism and the American Metropolis, Built Environment, 2003.
Measuring the Livable City, Built Environment, 2003.
Above and Beyond (Book Review) Journal of the American Planning Association, Autumn
2002, 68:4.
Urban Wastelands in the Evolving Metropolis, Plurimondi 3: January -June 2000.
Mapping Boston (Book Review), Journal of the American Planning Association, Summer
2000.
1998 Urban Design Honor Awards, Honor Awards Review: AIA Regional Urban Design
Committee (with Stephen Quick), Winter 1999.
The Suburban Public Realm II: Eurourbanism, New Urbanism, and Urban Design, (with
Balaji Parthasarathy), Journal of Urban Design, Spring 1997.
Walkable Suburbs? An Evaluation of Neotraditional Communities at the Urban Edge,
Journal of the American Planning Association, Winter 1996.
® The Suburban Public Realm I: Its Emergence, Growth, and Transformation in the
American Metropolis (with Balaji Parthasarathy), Journal of Urban Design, Fall 1996.
Theory and Practice of Contemporary Urban Design: A Review of Urban Design Plans in
the U.S., translated into Chinese by Hongwei Zhang, in Architect 58:1994/6, pp. 74-88 (a
Chinese journal).
Street Standards and the Shaping of Suburbia (with Eran Ben -Joseph), Journal of the
American Planning Association, Winter 1995.
Suburban Design (Book Review), Journal of the American Planning Association,
Spring 1995.
Kevin Lynch: His Life and Work (with Tridib Banerjee), chapter in The American Planners,
Donald A. Krueckeberg, ed. New Brunswick, NJ: Center for Urban Policy Research, 1994.
The Evolving Metropolis: Studies of Community, Neighborhood, and Street Form at the
Urban Edge (with Peter Owens), Journal of the American Planning Association, Summer 1993.
Derelict Space (Book Review), Journal of Cultural Geography, Spring 1993.
City Learning: Children, Maps, and Transit, Children's Environments Quarterly, VII:2, 1990
and Streetwise, 1993.
Designing and Managing the Strip, (with Kevin Lynch) City Sense and City Design: Writings
and Projects of Kevin Lynch. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1990.
Theory and Practice of Contemporary Urban Design: A Review of Urban Design Plans in
the United States, Town Planning Review 60:4, 1989.
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Exhibit E
La Citta Educativa, (with Lloyd Rodwin) Citta E Pianificazione Urbana. Bari, Italy: Edizioni
Dedalo, 1989.
Oakland Explorers Kids' Guide (with Susan Southworth). Oakland: Junior Center of Art and
Science and AC Transit, Spring 1989.
Trains and Trolleys --A Kid's Guide (with Susan Southworth). Boston: Children's Museum
and Massachusetts Bay Transportation, 1987.
Women in Suburbia (Book Review), Town Planning Review, 58:1, 1987.
Shaping the City Image, Journal of Planning Education and Research, 5:1, Autumn 1985.
The Educative City (with Lloyd Rodwin), in Cities and City Planning, Lloyd Rodwin, editor.
New York: Plenum Press, 1981.
The Boston Discovery Network. Map (with Susan Southworth). Boston: Boston 200
Corporation, 1974.
City Design for City Learning, (with Susan Southworth) Mensch and Stadtgestalt, Antero
Markelin and Michael Trieb, Editors. Stuttgart: Deutsche Verlags--Anstalt Stuttgart, 1974.
The Educative City, (with Susan Southworth) Alternative Learning Environments, Gary
Coates, Editor. Stroudsburg, PA: Dowden, Hutchinson, & Ross, 1974,
Environmental Quality in Cities and Regions: A Review of Analysis and Management of
Environmental Quality in the United States, (with Susan Southworth) Town Planning Review,
44:3, July 1973.
Needed: A National Urban Service, (with Lloyd Rodwin) Town Planning Review, 42:3, July
1971 and Educational Technology, October, 1979.
The Sonic Environment of Cities, Environment and Behavior, 1:1, June 1969 and Ekistics,
30:178, September 1970.
Recent Professional Activities
Associate Editor for North America: Journal of Urban Design
Editorial Board: Journal of Planning Literature
Contributing Editor, Places Magazine
Panel of Experts, SOLUTIONS, Cambridge University, 2003 -present
Outside Reviewer for Ph.D. Program, University of Oregon, Department of Landscape
Architecture, 2005
Outside Reviewer for projects, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada,
2004
Panel of experts, National Center for Smart Growth Research and Education, Active Living
Research Program, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, University of Maryland, 2003-2005
Peer Evaluator for Major Collaborative Research, Social and Humanities Research Council of
Canada
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Exhibit E
HONORS AND AWARDS
Humanities Research Fellowship, University of California, 2000.
Fellow, American Institute of Architects, 1995.
Award for Best Article 1994, American Planning Association and Journal of the American
Planning Association.
Humanities Research Fellowship, University of California, 1995.
Wesley Dougill Prize for Best Article, Volume 60, awarded by the editors of Town Planning
Review, 1991.
Rockefeller Foundation, Residency Fellowship, Bellagio Study and Conference Center,
Bellagio, Italy, 1990.
Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts Grant, 1989-90.
National Endowment for the Arts USA Fellowship, 1989-90.
Marston Grant for work on City Sense and City -Design (with Tridib Banerjee), 1988.
National Endowment for the Arts Project Grant (with Junior Center for Art and Science,
Oakland), 1988-89.
Provost's Grant for New Directions in Environmental Design, College of Environmental Design,
University of California, Berkeley, 1986.
Design for Transportation Award, U.S. Department of Transportation and National Endowment
® for the Arts, 1981.
Design Award, City Information Systems for Children, National Endowment for the Arts, 1980.
Design Award, Boston Discovery Network, National Endowment for the Arts, 1980.
Design Award, Boott Mill Cultural Center Community, National Endowment for the Arts, 1980.
New England Book Award for Ornamental Ironwork: An Illustrated Guide to Its Design,
History, and Use in American Architecture, 1979.
Merit Award, Fitchburg Housing for the Elderly Competition, Massachusetts State Department of
Community Affairs, 1975.
Design Award, Boott Mill Cultural Center Community, Progressive Architecture, 1974.
National Endowment for the Arts Project Grant (with Human Services Corporation), 1973.
Urban Design Award, Lowell Discovery Network Urban National Park, Progressive
Architecture, 1973.
City Design Award, Lowell Discovery Network, Associazione per II Disegno Industriale, Milan,
1972.
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Design Award for Park Square
Information Center, Signs/Lights/Boston Project (member of project team with
Ashley/Myer/Smith and Boston Redevelopment Authority), 1970.
National Science Foundation Grant for Research on Children's Conception and Use of the City,
1969-1970.
4 Michael Southworth
Exhibit E
National Endowment for the Arts Grant in Environmental Design for research on City
Information Systems for Children, 1969-1970.
National Defense Education Act Title IV Fellowship; MIT 1967-1970.
Mellon Fellowship; MIT, 1965-1967.
Bachelor of Architecture wih High Distinction, 1965.
Best Thesis of 1964-65 Award, University of Minnesota School of Architecture, 1965.
American Institute of Architects Citation for Excellence in Community Arcitecture, member of
Detroit City Plan project team, 1965.
American Institute of Architects Student Medal and Henry Adams Award, 1964.
American Institute of Architects Waid Scholarship, 1964.
Gargoyle Prize in Architecture, 1963.
Phi Beta Kappa, University of Minnesota, 1962.
Bachelor of Arts, Magna cum Laude, 1962.
5 Michael Southworth
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Exhibit E
PROJECT MANAGERS
Reliable survey results depend on having a team that understands the complexities
and nuances of survey research design, including sampling theory, questionnaire
design, and data analysis. Indeed, although it is easy to conduct a survey, it is very
difficult to design and conduct a survey where the resulting data are reliable measures
of the opinions and behaviors one intends to measure, and the data can be accurately
projected to the larger population of interest. It is also important to select a research
firm that has experience in the community to be surveyed, or experience in conducting
research with applicable communities.
City of Lodi General Plan Update
The team at Godbe Research is comprised of recognized experts in survey research
design and implementation, and for this project we will assign two of our most
experienced team members as co -Project Managers. For example, the Co -Project
Managers for this project, Bryan Godbe (President) and Bryan Murray (Senior
Research Manager) have designed and conducted over 250 survey research projects
in the past three years alone including many general planning and resident
satisfaction surveys. This includes recent projects for the Cities of Mountain View,
Palo Alto, Fairfield, Cupertino, EI Dorado Hills, San Jose, Dublin, EI Cerrito, Albany,
Los Gatos, Santa Monica, Winters, Folsom, Davis, Marina, the County of Marin, and
Livermore Area Recreation and Park District.
Bryan Murray will execute all stages of the project, including sampling design and
questionnaire development, project management, analysis, reporting, and
presentations, and will be the day to day contact for City of Lodi staff. Bryan Godbe
will, provide strategic direction for tahe project und W—vi k %veviituh i Q-- hAt irrn- in n1l Mk-
-Y— --uy n i mvu ici
facets of the project.
Bryan Godbe, M.A.
President
Cofounder of Godbe Research, Mr. Godbe has over 20 years of experience in public
opinion research, public relations and government affairs. In this capacity, he has
conducted public opinion and market research projects at the national, state, and local
levels including projects for the Cities of Portland (Oregon), Tacoma (Washington),
Henderson (Nevada), San Francisco, San Diego, Los Angeles, Sacramento, and San
Jose (California).
Mr. Godbe received a Silver Anvil Award from the Public Relations Society of America
for the development and implementation of an outstanding government affairs
program on behalf of the Contra Costa Water District. This program was based on Mr.
Godbe's extensive research including baseline research, focus groups and three
tracking polls.
Prior to founding the firm, Mr. Godbe was Vice President of Research at a California
based public relations firm. Mr. Godbe also serves as the Senior Research Consultant
at the Center for the Study of Los Angeles, at Loyola-Marymount University. He has a
Master's Degree from the University of Michigan where he studied survey research
methodology at the Institute for Social Research; and a B.A. degree from the
University of California, Berkeley. Mr. Godbe founded the company as has been
working for Godbe Research for 16 years.
City of Lodi General Plan Update
City of Lodi General Flan Update:
Exhibit E
Bryan W. Murray, M.A.
Senior Research Manager
As a Senior Research Manger for Godbe Research, Mr. Murray is responsible for
managing projects and client service. Bryan is also responsible for developing
questionnaires and sampling plans, analyzing data, as well as providing detailed
insight and recommendations for the projects he works on His comprehensive
experience in research methodology, data analysis, advanced statistical techniques,
and his excellent client management skills make him a valuable asset to the Godbe
Research team.
Prior to joining Godbe Research, Mr. Murray was pursuing his doctorate in economics
from the University of California, Davis. His fields of specialization were in
Econometrics, Monetary and International Economics. His dissertation work included
developing new models that were used to investigate any effect that monetary policy
has on the risk premium associated with exchange rates. Mr. Murray received his
B.A. in Economics from Colorado State University and earned an M.A. in Economics
from the University of California, Davis.
City of Lodi General Flan Update:
RESOLUTION NO. 2006-94
A RESOLUTION OF THE LODI CITY COUNCIL
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE
CONTRACT WITH DYETT & BHATIA FOR SERVICES
RELATED TO THE PREPARATION OF THE
GENERAL PLAN UPDATE
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Lodi City Council does hereby
authorize the City Manager to execute contract with Dyett & Bhatia for services related
to the preparation of the General Plan Update in an amount not to exceed $920,020.
Dated: May 17, 2006
I hereby certify that Resolution No. 2006-94 was passed and adopted by
the City Council of the City of Lodi in a regular meeting held May 17, 2006, by the
following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS — Beckman, Hansen, Johnson, Mounce,
and Mayor Hitchcock
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS — None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS —None
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS — None
USAN J. B :STOPN'e
City Clerk
2006-94
General Plan Initial Steps / Timeline
12/15/05 "Shirtsleeve" Special Meeting
• Staff provided narative of GP Process
• Staff provided survey of recent GP
Updates from Neighboring Jurisdictions
• Staff requested general direction
regarding level of public involvement
5105
01/04/06 city Council Meeting
Staff requested authorization to solicit
bids for Request for
Proposals/Qualifications
• Copy of the Proposed RFP1Q with
proposed General Plan Study area was
provided as an attachment
01/31/06
City released RPQ to the 21
firms that had requested to be
placed on the distribution list for
the GP Update
• Deadline to submit
Qualifications 02/14/06
o2n4W
Staff received Qualifications
from:
• Dyett and Bhatia
• Mintier and Associates
• URS
• PMC
• EDAW
04/28/06
City received proposals from
-URS
-Mh tier and Associates
•Dyett and Bhatia
After reviewing and rating the proposals
staff prepared a recommendation to City
Council for the May 17, 2006 meeting
03/28/06
After having reviewed the five
proposals that.came in, staff
released RFP to the top three
firms
Deadline to submit Proposals
was April, 24, 2006
05/17/06
Proposed Budget for Lodi General Plan and EIR
Task I Reconnaissance, Organization, and Public Participation
Task 2 Issues, Visioning, and Community Survey
Task 3 Strategy Paper on Greenbe4t/ Planning Area
Task 4 Opportunities and Challenges Assessment
Task 5 Sketch Plans
Task 6 Preferred General Plan and Refinement
Task 7 Draft General Plan
Task 8 Draft EIR
Task 9 Public Review/ Final EIR
36,590
50,950
30,755
226,899
80,006
1 14,065
143,472
134,981
51,323
Task 10 Adopted General Plan 13,780
TOTAL 882,820
Optional Fiscal Analysis
Recommended
Total
37,200
$920,020
DYETT & BHAT[A
Urban and Regional Planners
Proposed Schedule for the City of Lodi General Plan Update and EIR
Bnckbmulyd Studies Issues }Choices Draft- Products FrncilProd ucts l
TASKS IUN JUL SEP OCT NOV DEC IAN FEB MAR APR NVa NN IUL AUG SEF OCT NOV DEC IAN PFR NIAR APA MAY" r[.iN
1. Reconnaissance,
Organization, & Public
Participation Program
2. Issues and Visioning
3. Strategy Paper on
Greenbelt Conservation;
Planning Area Definition
4. Opportunities
& Challenges
S. Sketch Plans
6. Preferred Pian Selection &
Refinement
7. Draft. General Plan
8; Draft EIR
9. Public Review/Final EIR
IO. Adopted General Plan
Consultant Effort *\ Hearing 0 Interim Product "r" Final Product �* Newsletter I& Stakeholder Interviews
® Workshop Planning Commission/City Council Meeting O Other (as noted)
DYETT & HHATIA
Urban and Regiona[ Planners
Proposed beam Organization for Lodi General Plan and PIP
LAFCO &
Greenbelt
Vivian Kahn, FAICP (D&B)
Rajeev Bhatia (D&B)
Roberta Mundie (M&A)
Laurie Warner (ESA)
Graphic & Web Design
Novi Osborne (D&B)
Economic
Development
Roberta Mundie (M&A)
Suzanne Lampert (M&A)
Livability
Professor Michael Southworth
Project Management
RajeevBhatia,AICP ASLA
Principal -in -Charge
and Project Manager
Outreach & Public
Participation
Rajeev Bhatia (D&B)
Leslie Gould (D&B)
Ofelia Rodriguez (D&B)
Chris Hodges (D&B)
Survey
Godbe Research
Mountain West Research
Zoning & Plan
Implementation
Michael D ett, FAICP (D&B)
Leslie Gould (D&B)
GIS & Mapping
Mark Chambers (D&B)
Rose Abbors (D&B)
Christina Cole (D&B)
Land Use &
Urban Design
Ra)eev Bhatia (D&B)
Ofel`ia Rodriguez (D&B)
Doug Kot (D&B)
Chris Hodges (D&B)
Transportation
Ron Milam, P.E. (F&P)
Ellen Poling, P.E. (F&P)
Julie Morgan, AiCP (F&P)
Infrastructure
Nolte Associates
John Mountin, NA
Victor Alaniz, NA
EIR & Natural
Resources/Safety
Vicki Hill (D&B)
Kelene Strain (D&B)
Chris Hodges (D&B)
Laurie Warner (ESA)
Ray Weiss (ESA)
Niall F. McCarten (ESA)
Paul Miller (ESA)
Dean Martorana (ESA)
DYETT & BHATIA
Urban and Regional Planners