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NICOLE DUBOIS LSA PRINCIPAL / ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING Irvine Ranch Water District, San Joaquin Reservoir Filtration Facility Newport Beach, California Ms. Dubois Principal in Charge and Project Manager responsible for preparation of an IS/MND and related technical studies for this project. The Irvine Ranch Water District proposes to construct a filtration facility at the existing San Joaquin Reservoir located south of Bonita Canyon Drive in Newport Beach. The IS/MND was circulated for public review in June 2020. Subsequent to circulation of the IS/MND, IRWD made some modifications to the proposed Project. IRWD intends to recirculate the IS/MND for public review in fall 2020. Irvine Ranch Water District, Eastwood Recycled Water Pump Station Irvine, California Ms. Dubois was the Principal in Charge and Project Manager responsible for preparation of an IS/MND and related technical reports for the Eastwood Recycled Water Pump Station Project. The Project will ultimately house 14 pumps within one building and include the installation of three surge tanks, installed slightly below grade, with a roof structure. The project's purpose is to meet increasing demand in the Irvine Ranch Water District's Zone B and Zone C recycled water service areas, provide a high degree of operational flexibility, and maximize the use of recycled water. Construction will include a concrete foundation, concrete masonry unit block building, lighting, connections to existing recycled water lines within the adjacent roadway, new recycled water lines within the adjacent roadway, storm water drainage infrastructure (e.g., curb and gutter), and installation of asphalt concrete for parking. The IS/MND was adopted in January 2018, and the project was approved. South Coast Water District, Upper and Lower Niguel Shores Meter Improvement Projects Dana Point, California Ms. Dubois is the Project Manager for the South Coast Water District (SCWD) on -call environmental services contract with LSA. As part of the contract, LSA prepared Categorical Exemption (CE) memoranda for both the Upper and Lower Niguel Shores Meter Improvement Projects on two sites in Dana Point. The CE memoranda describe why the two projects are exempt from the requirements of CEQA pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines Sections 15301 and 15302, respectively. The Upper Niguel Shores Meter Improvement Project involved the replacement of valves, piping, and a recycled water meter in an existing underground meter vault, and qualified for a Class 2 exemption under CEQA. The Class 2 exemption coversthe replacement or reconstruction of existing structures and facilities on the same site and with substantially the same purpose and capacity as the structure replaced. The Lower Niguel Shores Meter Improvement Project involved the construction of a new underground meter vault including valves, piping, and a recycled water meter, and qualified for a Class 1 exemption under CEQA. The Class 1 exemption covers the operation, repair, maintenance, permitting, leasing, licensing, or minor alteration of existing public or private structures, facilities, mechanical equipment, or topographical features, involving negligible or no expansion of use beyond that existing atthe time of the lead agency's determination. The SCWD Board of Directors approved the projects in June 2018, and LSA filed Notices of Exemption on behalf of SCWD in July 2018. South Coast Water District, Rehabilitation of Reservoir 1A and Reservoir RW-1 Laguna Beach and Unincorporated Orange County, California Ms. Dubois is the Project Manager for the South Coast Water District (SCWD) on -call environmental services contract with LSA. As part of the contract, LSA prepared a Categorical Exemption (CE) support memorandum for the rehabilitation of Reservoirs 1A and RW-1. Reservoir 1A is an aboveground storage tank reservoir at 21613 Ocean Vista Drive in Laguna Beach. Reservoir RW-1 is an aboveground storage tank reservoir located at the South Orange County Wastewater Authority Coastal Treatment Plant. LSA provided memorandums documenting that proposed rehabilitation work for the reservoirs would be consistent with the existing use of the project sites and would not include the expansion of the use beyond the existing condition, and that the projects would not result in any specific or general exceptions to the use of a CE as detailed under State CEQA Guidelines Section 15301. The SCWD Board of Directors approved both projects in September 2017, and LSA filed the Notice of Exemptions on behalf of SCWD.