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Environmental Consulting Services (200 East First American Way) I City of Santa Ana
<br />recreation area. The new facility is intended to be constructed on a 2.5-acre parcel, currently developed with a 44,572-
<br />square foot light industrial building. All existing onsite improvements will be demolished to accommodate the proposed
<br />Improvements. Major environmental Issues include traffic, air quality, noise, aesthetics, hazards, land use and planning,
<br />recreation, and public infrastructure.
<br />Reference: Bill Rodrigues, AiCP, Senior Planner; City of Irvine, One Civic Center Plaza, Irvine, California, 92606; (949) 724-
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<br />Year Completed; This project is currently on hold; our services were provided In 2007
<br />Brea Mail Expansion EIR-City of Brea
<br />With Chad Beckstrom as the Project Manager, ICF prepared a draft EIR to support the expansion of the Brea Mall, as
<br />proposed by private developer and applicant, Simon Property Group. The existing mail structure was to be expanded
<br />with approximately 200,000 square feet for retail and restaurant uses In nine new 1- and 2-story buildings. A 6-level
<br />above grade parking structure would also be constructed adjacent to the existing southerly entry. The parking structure
<br />and reconfigured surface parking lot would provide a net Increase of 1,622 new spaces to serve the new expanded mail.
<br />Key environmental issues included aesthetics and visual resources, air quality, land use and planning, noise, and
<br />transportation/traffic. Chad worked closely with the City of Brea, who was the CEQA lead agency. David Crabtree from the
<br />City of Brea commented that "Chad has an excellent grasp of CEQA, but Is able to build meaningful relationships with
<br />City staff that ultimately streamline team communications."
<br />Reference: David Crabtree, AICP, Deputy Director/City Planner; City of Brea;1 Civic Circle, Brea, California 92821; (714) 990-
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<br />Year Completed; This project was cancelled after the preparation of the draft EIR.; our services were provided In 2009.
<br />Additional Development Project Experience
<br />East Orange Projects (Santiago Hills II Planned Community) EIR and Supporting Studies-City of Orange
<br />iCF prepared a controversial EIR for the East Orange General Plan (EOGP) and the Santiago Hills II development. The
<br />document addressed several major components, Including; (1) amendments to the City or Orange's General Plan to the
<br />goals and policies of the EOGP, (2) modifications to the Santiago Hills II Planned Community, (3) tentative subdivision
<br />maps for the Santiago Hills 11 Planned Community, (4) amendments to the County Master Plan of Arterial Highways
<br />(MPAH), as well as others. While the EIR addressed the environmental impacts of these goals, the project's main challenge
<br />involved major areas of controversy voiced by the public, including: aesthetics, air quality, biological resources, geology,
<br />hydrology (with respect to the impact and development of stormwater on Handy Creek and Peters Canyon Reservoir),
<br />and noise.
<br />The City of Orange's Deputy Planning Director, Edward Knight observed, "The project was a highly visible and
<br />controversial proposal, which, as anticipated throughout the environmental process, was challenged in court after the
<br />EIR was certified. However, the thorough and professional work done by ICF allowed the City to prevail in court and
<br />survive litigation."
<br />Rosedale Ranch Program EIR Mixed-Use Development-City of Bakersfield
<br />ICF prepared a Program EIR for a new master planned community consisting of residential, commercial, Village Center,
<br />and park components over a 1,655-acre site. The residential components would be organized into three villages. The
<br />Village Center provides for retail, office, entertainment, employment, institutional, and service uses, and would also
<br />comprise approximately 900 units of higher density multi-family residential and live-work opportunities. Additional
<br />pieces of the master planned community includes a 245-acre regional business complex for commercial retail,
<br />commercial office; and light industrial, assembly, warehouse, office, and manufacturing uses. The master-planned
<br />community would also include recreational elements such as a 17-acre lake with a lake and beach club, a community
<br />sports park, a great park, village greens, and various neighborhood parks and trails.
<br />Use or disclosure of data contained on this sheet is subject
<br />to the restriction on the tide page of this proposal.
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