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CirclePoint 

135 Main Street, Suite 1600 

San Francisco, CA 94105 

Scott Steinwert, Principal-In-Charge 

Mary Bean, Principal 

John Cook, Project Manager 

Heidi Rothrock, Environmental Associate Planner 

Megan Wessel, Environmental Associate Planner 

Allison Kelly, Environmental Associate Planner 

Elise Lieberman, Environmental Assistant Planner 

Geografika Consulting 

1108 Palm Avenue 

San Mateo, CA 94401 

Megan Gosch, GIS Specialist and Graphic Designer 

ICF/Jones and Stokes 

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David Freytag, AICP, Principal 

Rick Starzak, Senior Architectural Historian, Principal 

Bobby Tuttle, Senior Environmental Scientist 

Christopher Shaver, Project Archaeologist 

Dana McGowan, Principal Archaeologist 

Keith Cooper, Meteorologist 

Harris Miller Miller and Hanson 

77 South Bedford Street 

Burlington, MA 01803 

Lance Meister, Vice President 

Linda Fitch, Vice President 
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Ninyo and Moore 

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Irvine, CA 92618 

R. Scott Kurtz, Director, Environmental Sciences 

David Shaler, Senior Project Environmental Geologist 

Wilbur Smith Associates 

201 Mission Street, Suite 1450 

San Francisco, CA 94105 

Justin Fox, Project Manager 

Richard Mader, GIS Manager 

Cambridge Systematics, Inc. 

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Kevin Tierney, Principal 

DMJM Harris (formerly Korve Engineering) 

725 South Figueroa Street, Suite 2350 

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Greg Gleichman, PE, Project Coordinator 

Peter Zimmerman, PE, Designer 
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