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4. ESA Team Qualifications TABLE 4 -2: SUMMARY OF RELEVANT ESA TEAM EXPERIENCE (Continued) Relevant Highlights Project ESA (cont.) + Coastal watershed and Pescadero - Butano Watershed Assessment and Stewardship stewardship plan Plan • Multiple stakeholders ESA prepared a Watershed Assessment for the Pescadero- Bulano Watershed, in coastal San Mateo and Santa Cruz Counties. The Assessment focused on identifying factors limiting water quality and aquatic habitat, particularly freshwater habitat for coho salmon and steelhead (rout. Other goals of the project were to gain a sufficient understanding of the state of the salmon and steelhead fishery, and of the dynamic geomorphic processes that affect them, to serve as a basis for a future planning effort to restore the overall health of the Watershed. ESA involved stakeholders and other interested parties during the Assessment's development. The Assessment included a land use history of the Watershed, a survey of fish habitat, and a sediment budget that quantified erosion rates, sediment transport. and sediment deposition in the stream system. Using GIS analysis, this information was synthesized. and areas of the Watershed were prioritized for future conservation and restoration efforts. • Local experience Zone 7 Water Supply Master Plan • Water supply issues j ESA prepared a Program EIR examining both near -term and long -term water supply within eastern Alameda County. The El R provides project -level + CEQA analysis (EIR) 493... ' analysis for transfer of 15,000 afa in SWP entitlements from member districts of the Kern County Water Agency, as provided for under the Monterey Agreement. Analysis included impacts within the transfer agency service areas, impacts associated with participation in the Semi -tropic Groundwater Banking Program and impacts within the Zone 7 service area, primarily related to the cumulative capacity use of the South Bay Aqueduct and Lake Del Valle. At a program level, the EIR assesses Zone 7's long -term water supply program and identifies potential impacts and mitigation strategies associated with future supply types. The EIR also examined Zone 7's long -tens reality plan and salt I management plan, providing a framework for Zone 7 to implement individual projects as they are developed. + Local experience Zone 7 Flood Control Master Plan + Flood control plan -""Y ESA assisted in the preparation of a flood control master plan for Zone 7. After the project team determined the extent of flooding problems in the • Regulatory and Livermore Voile ESA identified enhancement o Wiley ppS ec and constraints permitting for biological and , recreational resources. Specifically, ty, E ESA conducted detailed biological assessments of individual capital projects and developed a mitigation program for capital and maintenance projects to provide for permit streamlining. The project team presented its findings in a series of technical memoranda. In addition, ESA reviewed the potential regulatory and permitting requirements with respect to the comingling of recycled water storage and floodwater retention associated with Zone 7's multiuse opportunities in Cope Lake, a former gravel- mining pit. The primary water quality issue involves the discharge of comingied recycled water and stormwater during storm events. + Local experience Zone 7 Groundwater Master Plan • General Plan buildout ESA prepared an EIR for the Zone 7 Well Master Plan, which identified well facilities and groundwater analysis management operations necessary to meet reliability goals associated with buildout of the adopted general plans within the Zone 7 service area. Zone 7 manages groundwater within the Livermore Valley CEQA (EIR) ) ' through conjunctive -use practices, including groundwater pumpage and subsequent recharge of + supply & imported Slate Water Project entitlements. The Main Basin provides approximately 240,000 acre -feet of Water Water s y ip & storage and is managed by Zone 7 to meet peak -day summer demands, drought -year reliability, and emergency supplies. As water demands within its service area increase over the next 15 years, an additional 39 million gallons per day of well production capacity would be necessary to meet these water supply and reliability uses, thus requidng 10 to 15 new production wells within the cities of Pleasanton and Livermore, and unincorporated Alameda County. The EIR evaluated the impacts associated with construction and operation of these well facilities over the next 20 years. + Local experience DWR South Bay Aqueduct Enlargement + CEQA analysis of .r -,. - ESA was an integral part of project development CEQA analysis, growth inducement and , ' Permitting, and pre -design phases for major facility improvements to the secondary effects of _ South Bay Aqueduct (SBA) system necessary to meet Zone 7 capacity growth - requirements. The SBA Improvement and Enlargement Project will bring the existing capacity of the water conveyance system up to its design capacity (300 cubic feet per second [cis]. CEQA analysis provided project specific analysis regarding I geohazards, drainage, biological resources, land use conflicts, and aesthetics. In addition. CEQA analysis addressed comprehensive issues such as growth inducement, secondary effects of growth, and cumulative impacts of the SBA project with other Zone 7 infrastructure projects. ESA developed a mitigation package dedicating over 250 acres of land at Bethany Reservoir to meet anticipated mitigation City of Pleasanton Climate Action Plan 4 -17