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TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE Project Descriptions Include one project description per Specialty tied to a green infrastructure strategy (selected under resource information) you have experience with. Projects must have been completed within the last five years, or may be ongoing projects that are more than 50% complete. Fill out this form for each project to demonstrate your experience on specific green infrastructure installations and specialties. Project Information (1): Project Name: Cedars of Kimberly Address/City/State/Zip: 433 N Main Street, Kimberly, WI 54136 Type of green infrastructure installed (check all that apply):

☐ Green Roofs ☐ Constructed Wetlands

☐ Native Landscaping

X Porous Pavement

☐ Rain Barrels

☐ Cisterns

X Stormwater Trees

☐ Bioswales

☐ Rain Gardens

X Soil Amendments

X Other Low Impact Development planning, stormwater management planning

Area of specialty for this project (check all that apply):

X Design Only

☐Engineering

☐Construction

☐Landscaping

☐Maintenance

☐Plumbing

☐Downspouts and Gutters

☐Inspection

Project (Property) Owner Information: Owner’s Name: Stadtmueller & Associates Address/City/State/Zip: 333 N Commercial St Suite 325, Neenah WI 54956 Phone: 920‐731‐3989 Email: [email protected]

Project Construction Information: Construction Management Vendor: NA Project Manager Name:

Project Manager’s Vendor history: ☐currently employed ☐no longer employed ☐other Email: Contract information (if applicable): Final Contract Amount (contracted and amended if applicable):

Construction Start date (contracted): Construction Start date (actual): Construction End date (contracted): Construction End date (actual):

Was the project completed on time? X Yes ☐No; Explanation:

Was the project completed on budget? X Yes ☐No; Explanation:

Was the project completed to the owner’s satisfaction? X Yes ☐No; Explanation:

Project Description (Be sure to include cost information, photos, and a detailed description of the work performed by the Vendor applicant): This was a design‐only project. GEI Consultants was retained to re‐imagine the master plan for the proposed 100‐acre Cedars of Kimberly mixed use re‐development site. This includes a new street layout, grading plan, and Low Impact Development (LID) stormwater management plan. This planning effort was completed in conjunction with the environmental assessment and management of this Brownfield property, formerly a pulp and paper mill. The draft site plan included medium and high density residential development along with a commercial and business strip. A greenway, along with a naturalized channel for stormwater conveyance, plaza spaces and a new pedestrian walkway, were all planned to run through the middle of the development to be the new focal for downtown Kimberly. The stormwater plan was completely integrated into the land use/street and greenway plan. Parking areas and street edges were designed with permeable paving systems. The commercial/business district plan included linked tree pits and structural soils to take building runoff. Residential roof runoff will discharge onto individual lawns. As much impervious area runoff as possible was designed to filter into topsoil and open graded aggregate temporary storage. Excess water was designed to be collected by underdrain and directed down‐slope, and to emerge in the greenway, either via bioretention basins or the stormwater conveyance channel. The goal of this project is to link a new urbanism land use, with an ecologically sensitive development and stormwater management plan. Modeling showed the plan met stringent Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources water quality and infiltration requirements, despite the tight soils.

Cedars of Kimberly Land Use Master Plan (L) and Plaza view (R), with central stormwater conveyance going under the road

Project Information (2):

Project Name: Campus‐wide Green Retrofit Project, funded by Cincinnati Metropolitan Sewer District Address/City/State/Zip: Cincinnati State Community and Technical College (CSTCC), 3520 Central Pkwy, Cincinnati, OH 45223 Type of green infrastructure installed (check all that apply):

☐ Green Roofs X Constructed Wetlands

X Native Landscaping

X Porous Pavement

☐ Rain Barrels

X Cisterns

☐ Stormwater Trees X Bioswales

X Rain Gardens X Soil Amendments

X Other: Underground detention and exfiltration system; green wall and level spreaders


X Design X Engineering

X Construction

☐Landscaping

☐Maintenance

☐Plumbing

☐Downspouts and Gutters X Inspection

Project (Property) Owner Information: Owner’s Name: Cincinnati State Community and Technical College (CSTCC) Address/City/State/Zip: 3520 Central Pkwy, Cincinnati, OH 45223 Phone: Raymond Mirizzi (rep for project) 859‐572‐6421 Email: [email protected] Project Construction Information: Construction Management Vendor: Bray Construction Project Manager Name: Scott Fryman

Project Manager’s Vendor history: ☐currently employed X no longer employed ☐other Email: Contract information (if applicable): 859‐635‐5681 Final Contract Amount (contracted and amended if applicable):

Construction Start date (contracted): Phase 1: Spring, 2010; Phase 2: Spring, 2011 Construction Start date (actual): Same Construction End date (contracted): Phase 1: Winter, 2010; Phase 2: Winter, 2011, Follow‐up monitoring: 2013 Construction End date (actual): Same


Was the project completed on budget? ☐Yes X No; Explanation: Poor soils in the main parking lot necessitated a change order to stabilize them for approximately $220,000


Project Description (Be sure to include cost information, photos, and a detailed description of the work performed by the Vendor applicant):

GEI staff and Emersion Design helped write the grant applications that secured $2.2M in grant funding from the Cincinnati Metropolitan Sewer Authority (MSD) to design and implement the project. GEI staff also led design of all the green infrastructure and worked with Woolpert, Inc. to complete the construction documents. This was the largest private project of its kind funded by the MSD. The project included design and installation of 2,000 square feet of porous asphalt, 1,645 square feet of porous concrete and 40,038 square feet of permeable pavers, at multiple locations. Ten bioretention basins totaling 56,222 square feet were installed. Two 10,000 gallon underground cisterns, connected to irrigation systems and one 4,000 gallon above ground tank for use at the greenhouse were installed. A terraced 420 square foot level spreader system to detain and infiltrate runoff was created on the slope up to the campus. A living wall planted with sedum was also installed as a retaining wall for one of the rain gardens. A StormTech® sub‐surface infiltration chamber system was installed to detain and infiltrate runoff below ground. The design budget was $188,280 and the construction budget was $2.8M. In addition, in 2012 GEI staff also helped lead design of campus‐wide signage for the project at a total cost of $48,000 and in 2013 GEI performed post‐construction monitoring and modeling. The estimated total annual volume of runoff removed in a typical year was estimated to be approximately 10 MG, at a cost of $0.16 per gallon. This project has since motivated the college to initiate new classes in Sustainable Horticulture Technologies and Stormwater Management.

Overall site plan – BMPs in red and yellow,

impervious area treated in blue.

One of the CSTCC’s ten rain gardens in (2015)

Porous pavers in staff parking lot (2015)


Project Name: Southwood Sewer Separation Address/City/State/Zip: Belmont, Southwood and Hoover Boulevards between Twyckenham Blvd. and Greenlawn Blvd., South Bend, IN 46615 Type of green infrastructure installed (check all that apply):

☐Green Roofs

☐ Constructed Wetlands


X Porous Pavement

☐ Rain Barrels

☐ Cisterns

☐ Stormwater Trees

☐ Bioswales

☐ Rain Gardens

☐ Soil Amendments

☐ Other


X Design

X Engineering

☐Construction

☐Landscaping

☐Maintenance

☐Plumbing


☐Inspection

Project (Property) Owner Information: Owner’s Name: Eric Horvath, Director of Public Works, City of South Bend Address/City/State/Zip: Department of Public Works; 227 West Jefferson Blvd. • Suite 1300 N South Bend, Indiana 46601 Phone: 574‐235‐9251 Email: [email protected] Project Construction Information: Construction Management Vendor: Ken Herceg & Associates (now Donahue & Associates) Project Manager Name: Nitin Trimble (was with Herceg now with A&Z Engineering)

Project Manager’s Vendor history: ☐currently employed X no longer employed ☐other Email: ntimble@az‐engineering.net Contract information (if applicable): (260) 485‐7077 Final Contract Amount (contracted and amended if applicable): $1.95M

Construction Start date (contracted): June 2014 Construction Start date (actual): Same Construction End date (contracted): November 2014 Construction End date (actual): Same



Was the project completed to the owner’s satisfaction? X ☐Yes ☐No; Explanation: Project Description (Be sure to include cost information, photos, and a detailed description of the work performed by the Vendor applicant): Ken Herceg & Associates (now part of Donahue & Associates, Inc.) approached GEI staff during initial design of a sewer separation project in the Southwood neighborhood of South Bend, Indiana. This project was part of the City’s CSO Long‐Term Control Plan. The project was going to require a new

storm sewer connection that would have to run in an alley behind homes in the neighborhood. The new outlet pipe would have a shallow slope and would necessitate a 36‐inch storm sewer. Using site data and soil borings, GEI staff simulated several different green infrastructure alternatives to supplement the original grey infrastructure plan using the USEPA SWMM model. In consultation with Herceg & Associates and City staff, the preferred alternative included porous paver strips along both sides of the streets. The modeling demonstrated that by adding narrow porous paver strips along the three main streets in the neighborhood – Belmont, Southwood and Hoover Avenues, total annual runoff volume could be reduced by approximately 90%. GEI staff assisted Herceg with final design of the porous pavers, including drawings, details and specifications. The project was completed in the Fall of 2014 and has met or exceeded performance expectations.

Porous pavers on Southwood Avenue in 2017 (two‐years post installation).


Project Name: Michael J. Zone Recreation Center Improvements Address/City/State/Zip: 6301 Lorain Ave., Cleveland, OH 44102 Type of green infrastructure installed (check all that apply):

☐Green Roofs

☐ Constructed Wetlands

X Native Landscaping X Porous Pavement

☐ Rain Barrels

☐ Cisterns


X Bioswales

X Rain Gardens X Soil Amendments

☐ Other


X Design

X Engineering

☐Construction

☐Landscaping

☐Maintenance

☐Plumbing


X Inspection

Project (Property) Owner Information: Owner’s Name: Division of Recreation, City of Cleveland Address/City/State/Zip: Administrative Offices; 601 Lakeside Ave., Room 8; Cleveland, Ohio 44114 Phone 216.664.2561 Email: Project Construction Information: Construction Management Vendor: McKnight Associates, Ltd. Project Manager Name: Jim McKnight, ASLA (now with the Mayor’s Office of Capital Projects, City of Cleveland)

Project Manager’s Vendor history: ☐currently employed X no longer employed ☐other Email: [email protected] Contract information (if applicable): (216) 664‐3656 Final Contract Amount (contracted and amended if applicable): $3.5M

Construction Start date (contracted): Spring, 2011 Construction Start date (actual): same Construction End date (contracted): Fall, 2012 Construction End date (actual): same




Project Description (Be sure to include cost information, photos, and a detailed description of the work performed by the Vendor applicant): McKnight Associates came to GEI staff and asked for assistance with green infrastructure design and permitting and native prairie restoration for an extensive renovation to the Michael J. Zone Recreation Center, a park located in the EcoVillage area of the Detroit Shoreway area of Cleveland, Ohio.

Mcknight and the LAND Studio had worked with the City for years to realize a new vision for the park. In addition to GEI and McKnight’s work on the revegetation and stormwater plan, McKnight and LAND Studio designed new play fields, baseball diamonds, a splash park, tennis courts, and a dog park. GEI staff assisted with design of 22‐acres of native revegetation of turf grass, porous paver parking lot stalls, four rain gardens and two bioretention basins. The soils in the swale on the south side of the lot were improved with compost additions, re‐graded, and planted in native herbaceous vegetation. GEI staff also prepared the stormwater management plan submitted to Cuyahoga County. The plan was the first of its kind to be submitted to the County with linked, green infrastructure treatment trains simulated with a continuous, linked hydrologic/hydraulic model. The project earned an American Landscape Architect Association Ohio Chapter Award in 2012.

Porous pavers in parking lot stalls draining to bioretention basin (top) and rain garden adjacent to water park (bottom)


Project Name: New York City DEP Beneficial Reuse/ Cloudburst Stormwater Control Address/City/State/Zip: Citywide, New York City, NY, Type of green infrastructure installed (check all that apply):

X Green Roofs ☐ Constructed Wetlands


☐ Porous Pavement

☐ Rain Barrels

☐ Cisterns


☐ Bioswales

☐ Rain Gardens

☐ Soil Amendments

x Other, Beneficial Soil and Fill Material from All Capital Construction Projects for Green Infrastructure Reuse


X Design

X Engineering

X Construction

☐Landscaping

☐Maintenance

☐Plumbing


X Inspection

Project (Property) Owner Information: Owner’s Name: New York City DEP EHS Design and Auditing Address/City/State/Zip: 57‐17 Junction Blvd, Lefrak City 5th Floor, Queens, NY Phone: 718‐595‐3082 Email: [email protected]

Project Construction Information: Construction Management Vendor: GEI Consultants Project Manager Name: Kevin McCarty

Project Manager’s Vendor history: X currently employed ☐no longer employed ☐ Email: [email protected] Contract information (if applicable): Final Contract Amount (contracted and amended if applicable): $330,000

Construction Start date (contracted): 2015 Construction Start date (actual): N/A Construction End date (contracted): Still in progress. Construction End date (actual): Still in progress.

Was the project completed on time? ☐ Yes ☐No; Explanation: Still in progress.

Was the project completed on budget? X Yes ☐No; Explanation: Click here to enter text.

Was the project completed to the owner’s satisfaction? ☐ Yes ☐No; Explanation: Yes, still in progress.

Project Description (Be sure to include cost information, photos, and a detailed description of the work performed by the Vendor applicant): GEI has implemented numerous Beneficial Use Determinations (BUDs), managed project approvals, and

performed capital construction oversite for the beneficial reuse of soil and other materials in green

infrastructure projects. Projects include: wetland mitigation, stormwater and resiliency projects, road

construction, engineering surcharge and waterfront shoreline stabilization efforts.

We have also helped to develop written materials for the New York City Department of Environmental

Protection (NYDEP) Bureau of Engineering’s beneficial use program. GEI has managed material through

planning, design and construction for sustainable reuse of fill material. The Beneficial Reuse Program

includes meeting and negotiating with the New York Department of Environmental Conservation

(NYDEC) for regulatory authorization. We also assist with pre‐determined beneficial use approval grants,

draft program review and revision of current NYDEC solid waste regulations during program

development. NYSDEC incorporated multiple aspects of the BUD program into State revised solid waste

regulations for statewide beneficial use. The entire multi‐year contract is $330,000.

Customer Service Approach Please provide a description of your firm’s customer service approach. This section should give the reviewer a good idea of how conflicts with clients are resolved or how issues that arise during work are resolved. Please provide your customer service approach and at least one example of how your firm has implemented this approach. Our work and our client relationships are based on four collaborative principles: 1) transparent and honest communication; 2) flexibility; 3) simplicity to the extent possible; and 4) technical competence. We have found that, adhering to these principles, our relationship with our clients stays strong, which has direct, positive project results. An example of conflict resolution by GEI staff occurred several years ago on a shoreline softening project for the City of Marysville, Michigan on the St. Clair River. GEI staff had to manage client (the City) expectations, USEPA Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) funding priorities, Michigan Department of Environmental Quality and Army Corps of Engineers requirements during design. The first priority was to align the City’s expectations for taking out a failing seawall and preserving bank stability with habitat restoration goals listed in the grant. This was done through a series of meetings and concept drawings for City support of the project, then taking the concept to City Council for approval. Once City staff supported the project, the City Council supported it as well. Balancing the concept design with regulatory needs took some time, but was eventually achieved by finding a compromise between design layout, habitat goals, hydraulic modeling, and analyses of potential impacts and budget. GEI staff had to prepare several interim concept designs along with associated construction cost estimates to find the right combination of limited impacts, habitat goals and budget. While the expectations and regulatory hurdles were significant, we navigated them through to construction. But during construction, the site conditions encountered were significantly different than the pre‐construction geotechnical assessments had projected. For example, the material behind the failing seawall was worse than expected and more work than anticipated would be required to install a new boardwalk that was part of the project. The City of Marysville did not initially agree that the change in installation method warranted a change in contract price. The dispute became contentious enough that the contractor threatened to stop work. The City and the contractor also threatened to engage their attorneys. GEI staff and its engineering partner Fleis and Vandenbrink performed additional soil characterization work and developed a strategy to find a middle ground in the dispute. GEI staff convened a meeting with the City and the contractor, laid out the issues as clearly as possible and then proposed a compromise. The contractor had proposed a new work method, quantities, unit costs and total costs. Th GEI staff/Fleis & Vandenbrink

St. Clair River Shoreline ‐ Marysville, Michigan

compromise included a slight change in construction methods and material quantities, ultimately lowering the value of the change order request. Because the change to methods lowered the value of the change order, the change, plus the original contract value, was still below the total project budget. Because the contractor made some concessions in effort and price, and the project was still below budget, the City was willing to agree to the change order and increase in overall contract price.

Proposed Project Organization

MMSD Green Infrastructure

Contract No. P‐2734

Laura Schwanoff

Project Principal

Paul Killian, P.E.Outreach/Strategic

Planning

Cameron Davis, JD

Jordan Junion

Kevin McCarty

Engineering Design

Scott Dierks, P.E.

George Meister, P.E.

Ecological Construction

Paul GarveyBrian Majka

Kelly Rice, PWS

Jordan Junion

GEI Project Managers

Milwaukee Metropolitan

Sewerage District

Project Stakeholders

(Municipalities, Developers, Property Owners, Contractors, Public)

GEI Point of Contact

Jordan R. Junion Project Professional

Jordan Junion is a geologist who has a diverse environmental consulting background with emphasis on remedial investigation, brownfield redevelopment, construction oversight, environmental monitoring, environmental due diligence, waste disposal, and sample collection throughout Wisconsin, Illinois, New York, and New Jersey. Mr. Junion’s field experience includes direct oversight of contractors during various phases of investigation and remediation, including well installation, trenching, remedial excavation, underground storage tank removal, in situ remedial injections, and drilling using Geoprobe, roto-sonic, air rotary, and mud rotary. He has a strong background performing numerous field tasks needed to assess, monitor, and test site conditions (e.g., soil and groundwater sampling, Phase I Environmental Site Assessments (ESAs), river sediment sampling, river flow measurements, private well water sampling, surface water sampling, well gauging, well development, slug testing, well abandonment, landfill gas monitoring, sub-slab vapor pin installation and sampling, indoor air sampling, lead paint testing, wetland delineation, and plant identification). Additionally, he has served in several field leadership roles such as site safety officer and field team leader for larger field efforts. Mr. Junion also provides project management support through contractor coordination, data analysis, and technical report writing.

REPRESENTATIVE PROJECT EXPERIENCE

Ecological Site Investigations, American Transmission Company, Northeastern Wisconsin—Project team member and field team supervisor for several projects completed for American Transmission Company. Project work included coordination with private landowners to schedule times for property access; field/site reconnaissance; conducted environmental surveys of wetlands, waterways, other land use, invasive species, and endangered species; coordinated with land owners, project manager, and field teams on schedule of environmental surveys; reported daily progress to project manager; and assisted project manager on wetland permits.

Long Term Landfill Monitoring, Multiple Locations, Eastern Wisconsin—As the field technician, performed weekly, monthly, and quarterly monitoring of three closed landfills. Activities included gas readings from the gas-extraction well network, blower, flare, and gas probes using a Landtec GEM™. Inspected the integrity of the cap, groundwater well extraction wells, gas extraction wells, and fences onsite. Sampled groundwater from monitoring wells and extraction wells through low flow sampling techniques using submersible pumps and peristaltic pumps. Remotely downloaded blower data daily. Performed minor maintenance to the blower and flare system.

Ecological Site Investigation for Roadway Expansions and Replacements, Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Southwestern Wisconsin. Completed an environmental survey of a 30-mile-long highway expansion including that included wetlands, waterways, other land uses, and invasive species.

River Sediment Cleanup, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Vertically and horizontally delineated the extent of the PCB, PAH, and nonaqueous phase liquid contamination by directing the drilling contractor on sample locations based on river geomorphology and deposition environments. Drilling methods included hand auguring, 2-inch macrocore sampling with Geoprobe and hand tools, and dual-tube sampling. Logged river sediments and submitted samples to onsite laboratory for next day reporting.

EDUCATION B.S., Hydrogeology, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire B.S., Ecology and Environmental Biology, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire

EXPERIENCE IN THE INDUSTRY 7 years

EXPERIENCE WITH GEI 1 years

CERTIFICATIONS OSHA 40-Hour Hazardous Materials and

Waste Operation (HAZWOPER) OSHA 8-Hour Supervisor Training OSHA 10-Hour Construction Safety and

Health TSA Transportation Worker Identification

Credential (TWIC) Wetland Delineation Training Workshop,

UW-LaCrosse Red Cross CPR and First Aid

Paul J. Killian, P.E. Vice President/Senior Project Manager

Paul Killian has experience implementing innovative solutions related to property redevelopment, solid and hazardous waste management, soil and groundwater resource management and process engineering. He has served as the Project Principal for numerous site redevelopment, environmental assessment and cleanup projects for both public and private clients, integrating environmental, engineering and construction services to quantify and manage environmental risk. Mr. Killian has assisted both private developers and local government units in securing and managing Federal and State funds for inventory, prioritization, remediation and redevelopment of Brownfield properties.

REPRESENTATIVE PROJECT EXPERIENCE Redevelopment Planning – Former Pulp and Paper Mill. Lead investigator for environmental assessment and redevelopment planning of approximately 100 acres of property along the Fox River, which had historically been used for pulp and paper manufacturing since 1889. A comprehensive environmental assessment identified environmental issues related to historic fill, former wastewater treatment lagoons and material storage. As part of the redevelopment planning, GEI prepared conceptual land use plans to include medium and high density residential, commercial and a public greenway. A stormwater management plan was integrated into the land use/street and greenway plan. The stormwater management plan emphasized low-impact and green infrastructure features such as permeable pavement and bioretention basins. GEI also evaluated the potential use of the subgrade water intake structures, formerly used for the pulp and paper mill, for re-use as stormwater retention features for future development.

Glatz Creek/Former Town of Algoma Landfill, Oshkosh Corporation, Oshkosh, WI. Glatz Creek, a regional waterway providing storm water drainage for the southeast portion of Oshkosh, Wisconsin transects a former town dump site. Throughout the years the creek has eroded the side slopes of the drainage channel exposing the historical fill. Bank erosion has resulted in the transport of historic fill material downstream to private property owners. The landfill property was purchased by Oshkosh Corporation for use as a test track area. GEI was retained by Oshkosh Corporation to delineate the extent of the former landfill limits, characterize the cover conditions and provide recommendations for slope treatment to limit further erosion mitigate the risks related to the historic fill material.

Great Lakes Feasibility Study, Green Bay, WI. Responsible for a feasibility study for reconfiguring a Great Lakes port to facilitate relocating industrial operations and advance property development. Identified regulatory and permit requirements and coordinated agency participation in the planning effort. Evaluated technical and economic impact of alternative land-use strategies.

EDUCATION M.S., Agriculture Engineering, University

of Arkansas B.S., Agriculture Engineering, University

Wisconsin EXPERIENCE IN THE INDUSTRY 30 years


REGISTRATIONS AND LICENSES Professional Engineer, WI No. 25114 CERTIFICATIONS AFSE Fundamentals for Professional

Practice OSHA 40-hour Health and Safety

AFFILIATIONS Public Policy Council –

Green Bay Area Chamber of Commerce

Previous - Board of Directors –

STS Consultants, 2003-2005. PUBLICATIONS ) “Return on Brownfield Investment” Government Engineering, June 2011 “Performance-based Contracting and Liability Transfer Marketplace” presentation and panel member at the National Brownfield Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, November. Killian, Paul J. (2004). “A Walk in the Park: A Practical Guide for Redeveloping Brownfields to Greenspace” presented at the National Brownsfields Conference, St. Louis, Missouri, September. Killian, Paul J. (2002). “How Are Environmental Risks Assessed?” presented at the National Brownfields Conference, Charlotte, North Carolina, September.

Cameron Davis Vice President

Cameron Davis has spent more than three decades in the government, corporate, academic, and non-profit sectors, providing strategy counsel to agencies, clients and organizations for advancing key initiatives. He is an expert in government and regulatory affairs, stakeholder engagement, communications, and other capacities that complement GEI’s engineering acumen.

REPRESENTATIVE PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

U.S Environmental Protection Agency, Washington D.C. and Chicago. Before joining GEI, Davis coordinated the work of 11 federal departments, including the White House Council on Environmental Quality, Department of Interior, Corps of Engineers, and others. He also served as the Obama Administration’s liaison to Congress on Great Lakes matters. As Senior Advisor to two U.S. EPA Administrators in Washington, D.C., his responsibilities included coordinating Great Lakes policy and more than $2 billion in funding to state, municipal, tribal, business and civic stakeholders for contaminated sediment cleanups, fish contaminant abatement, dam removals, wetland and habitat restoration, runoff reduction, invasive species prevention, and other related water resource matters. He also served as a lead negotiator with the U.S. State Department in its development of the 2012 U.S.-Canada Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement.

For more than three decades, Mr. Davis has worked to develop and implement water quality and quantity policy. He helped draft legislation that authorized the bipartisan Great Lakes Restoration Initiative and Great Lakes Legacy Act, which leverage federal-state-private funding partnerships for cleanups to strengthen coastal resiliency and local economies.

University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Prior to starting in federal service, Davis was an adjunct clinical assistant professor of law at the University of Michigan Law School, teaching environmental litigation.

Alliance for the Great Lakes, Chicago, Illinois. Davis served as President & CEO, responsible for staff leadership, board management, and development/fundraising. He also was also the organization’s lead spokesperson, including media outreach with international and national coverage (e.g., New York Times, Washington Post, CNN, National Public Radio, and other state and local outlets). Under his leadership, the organization established the Adopt-a-Beach® program with nearly 10,000 volunteers and won the American Bar Association’s Distinguished Award in Environmental Law & Policy, the first time for a public interest organization in the honor’s history.

EDUCATION J.D., IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law,

Certification in Environmental & Energy Law

B.A., Boston University, International

Relations


EXPERIENCE WITH GEI 1 Year AFFILIATIONS DePaul University Sustainability

Advisory Board Blue Accounting Advisory Board (Great

Lakes Commission & The Nature Conservancy)

HONORS & AWARDS

Environment & Climate Change Canada (2017)

Great Lakes Advisory Board (2017)

Michigan Areas of Concern (2017) Great Lakes Commission & Healing Our Waters (2016)

Great Lakes Fishery Commission (2015)

CONTACT [email protected] (T) 312.985.0368 (M) 312-375-2004

Scott Dierks, P.E. Senior Water Resources Engineer

Scott Dierks, PE is a civil engineer, hydrologist and ecological engineer. He has spent the last 20 plus years trying to apply the lessons of natural systems to urban and landscape design. This work includes hydrologic, water quality and sediment transport monitoring and modeling. The monitoring and modeling has been used to inform, test and refine stormwater, wastewater and stream planning and restoration projects. His design work has included treatment wetlands for sanitary and leachate wastewaters; urban and rural BMPs, and stream, wetland and shoreline restoration. Many of these projects have been funded by grants, and many of the grant applications were partly or in whole, written by Scott and his team. Scott has facilitated and written watershed management plans and is known as an avid collaborator with public agencies, non-profits and other design firms. Scott regularly presents his work at regional and national venues.

PROJECT EXPERIENCE

City of Sterling Green Infrastructure Riverfront Revitalization, Cardno JFNew, City of Sterling, IL. Engineering Lead. Led preparation of the conceptual plan to help secure $2.5M in grant funding for this project. Also led the design team in preparation of construction documents for a riverside park that will transform a brownfield and former steel mill site from an eyesore into a gateway for the City. Design includes roof drain interceptors that carry roof runoff to plaza planters, bioretention basins and a runnel designed to carry water and flood onto intentional floodplain areas. The new greenspace includes extensive native prairie and tree plantings. The park celebrates water by making the cycling of water visible along every step of its journey from rain to river.

Purdue University Stream Relocation and Flood Mitigation Project, West Lafayette, IN. Project Manager responsible for leading flood mitigation and stream relocation feasibility project. Currently scoping design and permitting for the next phase of this project. Work entails fluvial geomorphology, hydrology, hydraulics, sediment transport and habitat restoration evaluations and designs as a major component of a regional flood plain storage strategy for Todds Creek, a tributary to the Wabash River running along the west side of the Purdue Campus. The project has become the key to moving the floodplain to make room for a unique university-private development partnership along one of the main thoroughfares into campus. Design and permitting is planned for 2015, with construction of the stream relocation and floodplain storage slated for 2016.

S.S. Lapointe Drain Watershed Management Plan, River Raisin Institute, Luna Pier, MI. Project Manager. Leading technical development of watershed management plan to address E. coli and phosphorus impairments in direct drainage and tributaries to western Lake Erie. Managing the water quality assessment and pollutant load modeling for both E. coli and phosphorus. The water quality characterization will include both dry and wet weather monitoring of tributaries and drains, Lake Erie and some DNA source tracking to try and isolate sources.

EDUCATION MSE, Environmental Engineering, University

of Florida, 1997 B.S., Civil Engineering, University of Rhode

Island, 1992 B.A., Psychology, Colgate University, 1985

EXPERIENCE IN THE INDUSTRY 23 Years

REGISTRATIONS AND LICENSES Professional Engineer, Michigan

CERTIFICATIONS Certified Technical Service Provider (TSP)

Wetlands (Interdisciplinary) Engineering Components, number TSP-06-5399

MEMBERSHIPS Lake Norcentra Planning Committee – Assisting Rochester College with planning work to develop conceptual master plan around Lake Norcentra Technical Oversight and Advisory Committee on Stormwater, Ann Arbor, Michigan Member US Green Building Council Member River Raisin Institute, Monroe, Michigan Board Member Huron River Impoundment Management Plan Committee, Ann Arbor, Michigan Member Stormwater, Michigan State University, Center for Water Sciences, East Lansing, Michigan Water Fellow Washtenaw County Drain Commission, Ann Arbor, Michigan Allens Creek Advisory Committee Huron River Watershed Council, Ann Arbor Volunteer

Brian R. Majka Senior Professional

Brian Majka is a professional restoration ecologist with extensive experience in business management and development, project oversight, design and implementation of wetland construction, soft shoreline engineering, prairie planting, natural areas management and best management practice (BMP) design projects with more than 17 years of experience in Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, Wisconsin, Arizona, New York, and New Jersey. Brian has a B.S. in Natural Resources and Environmental Science from Purdue University and is responsible for project management of ecological restoration design and implementation projects for GEI. Brian also actively gives presentations on various ecological restoration-oriented topics throughout the country.

PROJECT EXPERIENCE

Michigan’s Statewide Low Impact Development Guidance Manual, Southeast Michigan Council of Governments (SEMCOG), Statewide, MI. Native plant specialist for co-writing Michigan’s first Low Impact Development (LID) guidance and design manual. Worked with the client, Southeast Michigan Council of Governments (SEMCOG), co-consultant Cahill Associates (now CH2MHill), and a 50-person statewide steering committee over an 18-month period to develop a LID manual. The manual includes planning guidance and detailed design specifications for 22 LID structural and non- structural BMPs, a model stormwater ordinance, a model maintenance agreement, recommended peak and volume control standards, and infiltration testing protocol. www.semcog.org/LowImpactDevelopment.aspx.

State of Vermont Bioengineering. Multiple Locations, VT. Was contracted to assist the State of Vermont with design and construction oversight of three bioengineering projects on Lake Iroquois, Lake Bomoseen, and Island Pond. The projects collectively used native plants, coir logs, and bioengineered lifts to stabilize approximately 500’ of shoreline across the three sites. Following design, Brian led construction efforts in the field using local contractors and volunteers.

Kalamazoo River Restoration, MI. Contracted to implement the upland and stream habitat restoration plans for this remediation project. Installed erosion control measures and native plant seed, trees, and shrubs in order to restore the banks of the Kalamazoo River to a natural state after contaminated sediments were removed. The project encompasses two separate half mile stretches of the river. Project Manager for implementing the upland and stream habitat restoration plans for this remediation project. Tasks included finish grading, stabilized and seeded the disturbed areas and river bank stabilization.

Beadle Lake Shoreline Restoration, MI. Designed, permitted, and constructed approximately 500 linear feet of bioengineered shoreline stabilization along Beadle Lake. The design specified natural and synthetic materials and variety of native plants.

EDUCATION B.S., Natural Resources and Environmental

Science (NRES), Purdue University


EXPERIENCE WITH GEI 3 year(s)

CERTIFICATIONS OSHA 40-Hour HAZWOPER OSHA 10-Hour Construction Safety

Michigan Commercial Pesticide Applicator’s License (Category 5/6)

National Wildfire Coordinating Council (NWCG) S-130/S-190/I-100

Commercial Pilot’s License, Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (SUAS)

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS Michigan Invasive Plant Council, Vice Chair Michigan Natural Shoreline Partnership,

Member Stewardship Network, Member Purdue University NRES Alumni Advisory

Committee, Member Grand Valley State University Natural

Resources Management Program Advisory Council

SELECT PRESENTATIONS “Muskegon Lake—Restoration of a Great

Lakes Lacustrine Estuary.” National Coastal Restoration Summit. New Orleans, LA. December, 2016.

“Great Lakes Sustainable Shoreline Design.” Hudson River National Estuarine Research Reserve Webinar. October, 2016.

“Bioengineering Field Workshop.” Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation. Burlington, VT. September, 2015.

“Wetland and Stream Restoration Techniques Following Emergency Response Actions to the Line 6B Oil Leak in Marshall, Michigan.” Society for Ecological Restoration World Conference. Madison, Wisconsin. October 2013.

“Bioengineering Theory and Techniques.” American Ecological Engineering Society Annual Meeting. East Lansing, MI. July, 2013.

George M. Meister, PE Project Manager

Mr. George Meister is a Professional Engineer and provides civil engineering support on projects involving roadway design, site planning, storm water management, construction management, land surveying and infrastructure design/upgrade. As a consulting engineer, he has supported design of municipal streets, water mains, and sanitary and storm sewers. He has a wealth of professional experience in the planning and design of commercial properties, residential communities, and industrial sites. Additionally, Mr. Meister has supported design and construction projects involving access roads, parking lots, storm water detention and retention systems, and utility routings and sizing. He is proficient with related software programs including AutoCAD™ drafting programs, Microsoft Project™, HEC-RAS, and HydroCAD, among others. In addition to his civil engineering expertise, he has thirteen years’ experience in performing construction administration and materials testing services, including soils, concrete, and asphalt testing and their usage and application, and is experienced with all aspects of survey and construction staking.

RELEVANT PROJECT EXPERIENCE

Drainage Improvement Project, Charter, Negaunee, Michigan. Project Manager. Developed a storm water management plan to eliminate excessive drainage discharge onto neighboring properties. Designed a retention basin system to accommodate a 50-year storm event.

855 W. Washington Redevelopment, Veridea Group, LLC, Marquette, Michigan. Project Manager. Worked closely with the developer and architect to perform full site design including site grading, retaining walls, water main, sanitary sewer main, pedestrian pathways, and storm water management for the facility demolition and brownfield redevelopment.

Marquette Township Fire Hall, Tom Hall Contracting, Marquette Township, Michigan. Project Manager. Performed site design for the new Township fire hall as part of a design/build team. Design services included site grading, storm water management, utility design, and support in gaining governmental approvals.

Commercial Development, Marquette Township, Michigan. Project Manager. Provided conceptual and final design for the project including development of a storm water management plan, underground storm water detention, sanitary sewer and water service, site grading, soil erosion and sedimentation control plan, US Highway 41 deceleration lane, and attendance of Township meetings to support and gain approval of the project in Marquette Township, Michigan.

Detention Basin Slope Repair, Kanter Marquette Center, LLC, Marquette Township, Michigan. Project Manager. Coordinated with the Road Commission and Developer to ensure proper reconstruction of a slope and detention basin damaged by adjacent roadway reconstruction. Provided construction observation of repairs and documented progress.

EDUCATION B.S., Civil Engineering, Michigan

Technological University, 2003



REGISTRATIONS AND LICENSES Professional Engineer, Minnesota Professional Engineer, Michigan Professional Engineer, Wisconsin Professional Engineer, Arizona American Society of Civil Engineers Mine Safety and Health Administration

(MSHA) 40 Hour Underground Miner Michigan Department of Environmental

Quality Construction Stormwater Operator

Michigan Mine Safety and Health First Aid

American Heart Association First Aid CPR AED

Laura A. Schwanof, RLA Senior Ecologist

Ms. Laura Schwanof has 34 years of work experience related to environmental planning & permitting, natural resources inventory and assessment, wetland delineation, and ecological restoration design. Her areas of expertise include watershed planning, soil and water conservation, terrestrial and wetland ecology, coastal zone and site planning. She is licensed and registered as a Landscape Architect in New York State.

PROJECT EXPERIENCE

Ms. Schwanof professional design skills have been acutely focused on wetland restoration and coastal stabilization projects that protect rare species, promote indigenous plants and incorporate innovative bioengineering techniques wherever practical and feasible. She has conducted several training programs for universities, professional organizations and the Cooperative Extension Program focused on habitat analysis, wetland restoration, and living shorelines. Ms. Schwanof has contributed to numerous environmental studies conducted in the Peconic and South Shore Estuary Reserves, as well as the Long Island Sound, as follows.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Task Orders: Historic Vegetation Zonation Changes Associated with

Breach and Overwash Events; Submerged Aquatic Vegetation of L.I. South Shore

Embayments; DEIS for the Interim Erosion Protection Project, Fire Island

Inlet to Moriches Inlet; West of Shinnecock EAF; Storm Damage Reduction Reformulation Study: Mitigation

Screening; Storm Damage Reduction Reformulation Study: Data Gap

Analysis/Interim Progress Memorandum; Storm Damage Reduction Reformulation Study: Barrier Island

Breach and Overwash Impacts, A Position Paper; and Reformulation Study for Fire Island to Montauk Point.

EDUCATION B.S., Forest Biology, SUNY Environmental Science and Forestry EXPERIENCE IN THE INDUSTRY 34 years


PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATIONS Landscape Architect, NY No. 001479-1 PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS Society of Wetland Scientists Long Island Native Plant Initiative (Board Member) American Society of Landscape Architects Long Island Botanical Society Society of Ecological Restoration The Nature Conservancy PRESENTATIONS Creating Living Shorelines to Enhance Brownfields Sites”. 2014 New Jersey Institute of Technology, NJ. “Green Shoreline Projects on Long Island”. 2013 New York Sea Grant Extension, Hauppauge, NY. “An Ecosystem Approach to Landscape Design”. 2011 Long Island Native Plant Symposium, Riverhead, NY. “Green Solutions for Shoreline Stabilization”. NYWEA. 2010, 82nd Annual Meeting, New York City, NY. “Green Alternatives for Shoreline Protection and Restoration”. 2006 In-house training, NYSDEC, Setauket, NY. Hempstead Harbor Tidal Wetland Restoration Project, NY”. 2003 Sixth Wetlands Workshop, Atlantic City, NJ AWARDS 1993 ASLA Design Competition - Hofstra University Bird Sanctuary, Uniondale, NY

Kelly N. Rice, PWS Senior Project Manager

Kelly Rice, PWS, specializes in large-scale project management as well as wetland assessments and delineations, wetland mitigation design, wildlife and protected species surveys and habitat assessments, technical report writing and review, and regulatory compliance and permitting. She manages and performs ecological studies on multiple types of projects and properties including energy and transportation linear corridors, large private tracts proposed for development or restoration, and municipal, state, and federal lands. Kelly has worked on natural resource projects across the country, assisting clients in over 20 states with regulatory compliance issues. Kelly has more than 24 years of environmental assessment and consulting experience. Her expertise in project management and technical reporting provide a valuable asset to clients and colleagues alike. She has made numerous presentations on the use of native vegetation in the landscape, habitat restoration, and sustainable development. Kelly has a BS degree with honors in Zoology with an emphasis in Wildlife Ecology from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

REPRESENTATIVE PROJECT EXPERIENCE

Kalamazoo River and Talmadge Creek Restoration, Confidential Client, Marshall, MI. Project Manager responsible for the oversight of contracting, ecological and restoration activities, and final document preparation for the project. Comprehensive ecological support was provided along Talmadge Creek and the Kalamazoo River following an oil release incident. Services provided included assessment, design, and implementation of ecological restoration along the waterways, as well as regulatory compliance support. Tasks completed during the course of the project included development of interim and final restoration plans, integration of bioengineering measures along the creek and stream corridor, delineation and assessment of wetland communities and potentially impacted natural areas, completion of construction zone tree surveys, quantitative assessment and qualitative survey of vegetation communities, design and installation of fish and wildlife habitat structures, assessment of aquatic habitats, completion of river and stream geomorphological studies, development and implementation of invasive species control plans and measures, completion of riverbank soil stability and soil erosion assessments, development of technical write ups for various work and operation plans, completion of various environmental permitting tasks, design and implementation of natural stream channel and stream bed reconstruction and stabilization, coordination on various regulatory and environmental compliance issues, and development and implementation of Natural Resources Damage Assessment (NRDA) study plans and technical support.

Upper Sand Creek Restoration Assessment, Ottawa County Water Resources Commissioner, Ottawa County, MI. Project Manager responsible for the completion of a restoration assessment of the upper nine miles of Sand Creek. As a designated cold water trout stream in a highly agricultural area, Sand Creek has a TMDL for biota, and the impairment is attributed to excessive sedimentation from non-point sources (NPS) and flashy flow conditions that degrade stream habitat quality and associated biological integrity.

EDUCATION B.S., Zoology, University of Wisconsin-

Madison


EXPERIENCE WITH GEI 1 year

CERTIFICATIONS Professional Wetland Scientist, No. 1187 MDNR Threatened/Endangered Species

Permit No. 2116 OSHA 40-Hour HAZWOPER 8 Hour HAZWOPER Refresher 3/12/2015 Indiana Department of Transportation National

Environmental Policy Act Training American Heart Association CPR/First Aid

TRAININGS Lambert Consulting Group Project

Management Training U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Habitat

Conservation Planning for Endangered Species

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Environmental Compliance Seminar and Overview

Wetland Training Institute Planning Hydrology for Constructed Wetlands

Biotic Consultants, Inc. Wetland Plant Identification

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS Association of State Wetland Managers,

Member Grand Rapids Community Sustainability

Partnership, Member Michigan Wetlands Association, Member Ottawa County Parks and Recreation

Commissioner Society of Wetland Scientists, Member West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum,

Member Wild Ones, Member

Paul M. Garvey Senior Project Scientist

Paul Garvey is a Senior Project Scientist with GEI. He is responsible for environmental project planning and managing; collecting, reviewing and interpreting analytical data; and preparing and implementing remedial work plans for a wide range of environmental projects. He has served as project manager for numerous Brownfield assessment and cleanup projects funded through State and Federal Grants. Other project experience includes remediation system design, construction, and monitoring; property transfer assessments; landfill construction documentation; and underground storage tank decommissioning and assessment.

PROJECT EXPERIENCE

Wetland Mitigation Enhancement, Wisconsin Department of Transportation, - The Resort Road Wetland Mitigation Site was created to mitigate for wetland impacts related to the Wisconsin Department of Transportation USH 41 construction project. The mitigation goals of the Resort Road Site include restoring the site to wetland, to replace wetland functions and values lost by the USH 41 project, and to increase fish spawning and wildlife habitat on site. The permit for this site authorized the creation of a minimum of 121.6 acres of wetland and the preservation of 26.8 acres of existing wetland. The WisDOT started restoration efforts at Resort Road in 2011, installing a berm and water control features to create an environment suitable for wetland habitat, as well as tree planting and seeding.

In 2017, GEI was retained by the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) to evaluate the condition of the constructed wetland and identify areas which would benefit from supplemental plantings based on soil type, mortality, water table and species. GEI brought in approximately 1,600 trees and shrubs onto the site to supplement the wooded swamp habitat. Red maple (Acer rubrum), tamarack (Larix laricina), swamp white oak (Quercus bicolor), black spruce (Picea mariana), balsam fir (Abies balsamea), and willow (Salix spp.) were all planted on site.

Environmental Consultant Master Contract, City of Green Bay Department of Public Works, Green Bay, WI. Project Manager for numerous hazmat related projects including: Development of remedial action plans for solvent and petroleum releases; Management of impacted materials encountered during utility upgrade projects; Site Assessments and coordination of the removal of underground storage tanks; Oversight, inspection and reporting services for asbestos containing materials on structures.

Multiple Projects, Wisconsin Department of Transportation, All Regions of WI. Lead contact for WisDOT Hazmat construction emergencies for several Hazmat Statewide Master Contracts. Project manager for multiple Phase I and II site investigations and corridor studies. Conducted multiple Phase 3 site investigations for historic RP sites and new right-of-way property acquisitions. Provided WisDOT with Phase 2.5 special provision contract language for management of contaminated soil, groundwater, hazardous materials, and solid waste.

Velp Avenue Reconstruction, City of Green Bay - Green Bay, WI. Management of impacted materials encountered during utility upgrade projects; Site Assessments and coordination of the removal of underground storage tanks.

EDUCATION B.S., Natural Resources, University of

Wisconsin – Stevens Point


EXPERIENCE WITH GEI 3 year(s)

CERTIFICATIONS 40-Hour OSHA HAZWOPER State of Wisconsin, Certified Asbestos

Inspector State of Wisconsin, Certified Site

Assessor MSHA Surface Metal/Non-Metal

24-hour trained e-RAILSAFE Training Troxler Nuclear Safety Red Cross First Aid/CPR

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