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4_ ESA Team Qualifications TABLE 4 - 2: SUMMARY OF RELEVANT ESA TEAM EXPERIENCE (Continued) "Relevant Highlights Project ESA (cont.) _. .. City of Mountlake Terrace Conservation/Sustainability Strategy (cont.) those tools having the greatest "fit" for the City in terms of cost, effectiveness, and applicability to the City's unique issues and conditions. ESA researched and produced draft versions of the Conservation/ Sustainability Strategy report for City staff, Planning Commission, and City Council review in June 2006. ESA also helped the City with publicizing the pilled and public outreach efforts. ✓ Regional sustainability Greater Vancouver Regional Area (GVRO) Sustainability Review plan for public utility ESA assisted the Greater Vancouver Regional Disldct to develop sustainability criteria to consider during projects the development of the utilitys water and wastewater projects. ESA reviewed the districts current programs, construction procedures, and facilities plans and recommended changes to maximize sustainability during the planning, construction. and operation of future projects. The recommendations focused on three primary areas: 1) sufficient documentation of environmental requirements and commitments during the development phase of facility planning; 2) the establishment of best management plans and policy during construction, and 3) a program for on -going monitoring during facilities operations. v Water reclamation and The Presidio Trust Water Reclamation System Project conservation ;yWpk' • ESA participated in project alternatives development and screening, and �541,y prepared an environmental assessment (EA) for a wastewater recycling project for the Presidio Trust. ESA worked closely with project engineers to design and implement a reclamation project that met the client's sustainability goals and demonstrates environmentally sound resource management strategies. The project involved the recycling of wastewater for landscape irrigation and other nonpotable uses. ESA also explored the feasibility of wetland habitat creation. Key environmental issues included the protection of unique natural and cultural resources, with a special focus on land use, visual quality, water quality and supply, biological resources. cultural resources, and traffic. - v Citywide waste Hayward Commercial Recycling Technical Assistance reduction and recycling ESA is assisting City staff with measures to increase recycling from businesses throughout the City. program j Services include: recruiting and training businesses; conducting waste assessments; surveying roll -off ✓ Green business program loads to identify businesses with high recycling potential; evaluating outreach materials; identifying and support referring green business candidates: and related tasks. Since the project began in January 2009, the ESA team has increased recycling participation for over 450 businesses, and is on target to reach the • ✓ Reducing upstream required goal of 750 businesses by mid 2010. This has included restaurants, small retailers, and a variety GHG emissions through of manufacturers in the commercial/ industrial part of the City that is west of 1 -880. In volume, the new recycling recycling totals over 500 cubic yards per week. Team staff have also participated in business- association meetings and other events to inform the business community and elicit participation. The project has been so successful that at times, the company collecting recycled materials has needed extra time to provide carts and bins to new participants. The project is also coordinating with other ongoing efforts by StopWaste.Org, and by the City of Hayward, to avoid duplication of effort. • Alternative energy Statewide Program EIR for Anaerobic Digestion Facilities generation using biogas ESA is under contract with the CIWMB to prepare a programmatic EIR for the development of Anaerobic Digestion Facilities that would be co- located with solid waste facilities, including transfer stations and landfills. The intent is to conduct a programmatic analysis to facilitate future environmental review of the most likely anaerobic digestion technologies that would be used for conversion of organic solid waste to energy. ESA is currently preparing the project description, with the schedule calling for publication of the Draft EIR in the spring of 2010. v Largest shoreline San Leandro Shoreline Restoration ~ improvement and �- _ - Since 1987 ESA has provided a variety of planning impact assessment restoration program in -- . ;, ' - . services to the City of San Leandro concerning the last remaining the Bay Area _ 1.: _.q <._, undeveloped San Francisco Bayfront parcel within the city's boundaries. The 500 -acre parcel includes a 2,500 -foot segment of the north bay shoreline and diked, historic, formerly tidal wetlands that have been altered over the past several decades. Among the facilities that have been developed on and near the site are a pedestrian shoreline trail, a golf course on a former landfill, a marina, a dredge disposal site, and park facilities. Also under construction on the site is a 100 -acre residential community. One of the largest wetland restoration projects in the San Francisco Bay Area, this project realized an important environmental goal of both the State of California and the federal government, to expand and restore wetlands. The project also expanded environmental education and recreational opportunities by constructing public-access trails and interpretive signage and creating habitat islands within the enhancement area. 4 -16 City of Pleasanton Climate Action Plan •