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7.0 APPENDICES

7.0 APPENDICES

7.1 REPORT PREPARERS

This EIR was prepared by an environmental study team under the direction of the Sonoma County Permit and Resource Management Department (PRMD). Sonoma County staff that participated in the preparation of the EIR includes the following individuals:

Sonoma County Permit and Resource Management Department

Greg Carr Scott Briggs Richard Rogers Denise Peter Lisa Posternak David Schiltgen Bob Gaiser Angus Latta Steve Mason

Darcy Henry Kathi Jacobs Angus Latta Steve Mason Julie Milankowski Traci Tesconi

Sonoma County Department of Transportation and Public Works

John Maitland John KottageDavid Wallace

Sonoma County was assisted by:

Sonoma County Water Agency

Jay Jasperse Bill Keene Erica Phelps

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7.0 APPENDICES Sonoma County GP 2020 Draft EIR

The Sonoma County PRMD was assisted in the preparation of this EIR by a consultant team led by Nichols • Berman as follows:

Nichols • Berman, Environmental Planning

Bob Berman – Principal Brent Schroeder – Environmental Planner Gail Odom – Environmental Planner Sofia Zander – Environmental Planner

Brown-Buntin Associates, Inc. – Noise

Jim Buntin – Principal Gary Stowell – Senior Consultant

Donald Ballanti – Air Quality

Donald Ballanti – Principal

Dowling Associates, Inc. – Transportation

Steve Colman, AICP – Principal Christopher Ferrell, Ph.D. candidate – Senior PlannerPhil Trom – Associate Planner

Environmental Collaborative – Biological Resources

Jim Martin – Principal

Environmental Geology Services– Geology and Soils

Marc Seeley – PG

Questa Engineering Corporation – Hydrology, Water Quality, and Water Supply

Jeff Peters – Principal Kelly White – Staff environmental Scientist / GIS Specialist Syd Temple, P.E. – Project Engineer / Hydrologist Norm Hantzsche, P.E. – Managing Engineer

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7.2 PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATIONS CONSULTED

Calpine Corporation

Charlene Wardlow

Coastal Valleys Regional EMS Agency

Mike Duvall, Sonoma EMS Coordinator

County of Sonoma

Agricultural Commission

Lisa Correia – Chief Deputy Agricultural Commissioner Gail Davis

Agricultural Preservation and Open Space District

Dino Bonos

Assessors Office

Ed Rogers

County Counsel’s Office

Sue Gallagher

Department of Emergency Services

Vern Losh, Director Jack Rosevear, Fire Marshall Teresa Russo

Family, Youth and Children’s Services

Carol Bauer, Director

General Services Architecture Division

Robert Kambak, County Architect

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County of Sonoma (cont.)

Department of Health Services

Bob Swift, Senior Environmental Health Specialist Bob Brownwood, District Engineer Jeff Lewin

Department of Transportation and Public Works

Airport Division

John Stout – Airport Director

Integrated Waste Division

Ken Wells – Integrated Waste Manager Lesli Daniel – Household Hazardous Waste Program Manager Donna Caldwell

Sonoma County Grape Growers Association

Nicholas Frey

Sonoma County Office of Education

Patty Bernstein

Sonoma County Sheriff’s Department

Administration Division

Richard Sweeting – Captain

Personnel Service Bureau

Ed Hoener – Sargeant

State of California

California Geological Survey

Geologic Hazards Mapping Program

Chuck Real

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State of California (cont.)

Office of State Landscape Architecture

Dennis Cadd, State Scenic Highways Coordinator

North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board (Region 1)

Mark Bartson

University of California Berkeley

Adina Merenlender

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