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ASSOCIATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROFESSIONALS
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San Diego AEP Chapter Events
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For the first time in several years, prices for the San Diego AEP luncheons will increase for members, nonmembers and students. Luncheon prices will be $30 for members, $40 for nonmembers, and $15 for student/unemployed members. The restructured pricing reflects the increase in luncheon costs and our goal of providing improved luncheon programs. We want to continue to provide our members with informative and enjoyable luncheons, a fun and exciting annual member appreciate event, and work more monthly events such as educational field visits and member mixers into our annual event planning for 2012. If you have any ideas for luncheon or special event programs, please contact either of our Co-Vice Presidents of Programs, Corinne Lytle Bonine (corinne.bonine@ch2m.com, 619-687-0110, ext: 37265) or Vanessa Brice (vanessab@helixepi.com, 619-465-1515). We always welcome new ideas!
We are also implementing an electronic RSVP form for 2012 to make event registration easier and more efficient. In addition, surveys will be sent out electronically to attendees after each luncheon and special event instead of the half-page paper surveys we’ve previously used to promote sustainability and reduce paper use.
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Please join the AEP San Diego Chapter for our February luncheon event at the Hilton San Diego/Del Mar on 02/23/2012, featuring a presentation by Mike Grim from the City of Carlsbad and Michael Sweesy from Dudek on the benefits and challenges of Natural Communities Conservation Planning (NCCP) preserve management, permitting, and mitigation.
Over the past 15 years, local jurisdictions in the San Diego region have prepared landscape level conservation plans under the California Department of Fish and Game’s NCCP program, such as the Multiple Species Conservation Plan (MSCP) and Multiple Habitat Conservation Program (MHCP). These plans were intended to facilitate permit processing for projects with native habitat impacts by streamlining preservation design considerations, CEQA analysis and mitigation, and consultation with federal permitting agencies.
Mike Grim is a Senior Planner at the City of Carlsbad with over 20 years of experience in land use planning and permitting and CEQA review. For the last six years, he has overseen the implementation of the city’s Habitat Management Plan. He also serviced as Vice Chair on SANDAG’s Environmental Mitigation Program (EMP) Working Group. Michael Sweesy is a Principal and registered landscape architect at Dudek where he leads the Habitat Restoration Group. Over his 18-year career at Dudek, he has designed and implemented numerous habitat restoration projects for wetlands creation and enhancement of habitat.
Date: Thursday, February 23, 2012
Time: 11:45 A.M. to 1:00 P.M.
Location: Hilton San Diego/Del Mar, 15575 Jimmy Durante Boulevard, Del Mar, CA 92104
Cost: $30 Members, $40 Non-members, $15 Student/Unemployed Members -- cash or check payment only
Please submit your RSVP by February 17th on-line by clicking the RSVP link above.
Please contact Vanessa Brice with any questions at: vanessab@helixepi.com.
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The Advanced CEQA Basics Workshop is scheduled for March 15, 2012 at Marina Village. AICP credits will also be available for this workshop.
This will be a full day workshop focusing on:
- legal decisions affecting the way environmental documents are written
- streamlining for infill development
- changes to Appendix G Guidelines
- water supply plans and programs
- a roundtable discussion on legislative changes and proposed improvements to CEQA
Additional details are included in the workshop flyer (click on the title above). Registration will be available starting February 3rd at www.califaep.org and is limited on a first-come first-serve basis, on-site registration is dependent upon available space.
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This introductory birding course is open to both members and non-members of the Audubon Society. It is designed for “beginners”, that is, for persons with no formal training in classroom or field ornithology, who would like to gain the basic skills and information needed to enjoy the increasingly popular hobby of bird identification.
The course will have six sessions on Saturday morning starting on February 11, 2012. It will include at least two guided field trips.
Topics to be covered will include: selection of field guides and binoculars, the basics of field identification of birds, common San Diego area species, attracting backyard birds, associating birds with their habitats and habits, seasonal changes, separating out similar species, common birding terms, an introduction to bird songs, at least two all-morning field trips, lots of color slides, and much more. The four lecture sessions will be held at the Tecolote Nature Center, off of I-5 just east of Mission Bay.
COURSE SCHEDULE:
Saturday mornings 9:00am - 12:00pm on February 11 and 18 and March 17 and 31 at the Tecolote Nature Center.
Field trips on Saturday mornings 9:00am - 12:00pm on February 25 and March 24, both 9 a.m. to noon.
NO class March 3 or 10.
Cost of the course for all six sessions will be just $85 for Friends of San Diego Audubon Society (SDAS) and $105 for all others (no increase from last year). If you’re not currently a Friend of San Diego Audubon, as a special offer you can sign up for the course and become a Friend of SDAS too, all for just $95. If you would like more information about becoming a Friend, call the SDAS office at 858-273-7800.
The instructor is Phil Pryde, past SDAS president, who has taught environmental courses for over thirty years at San Diego State University, and who has birding experience in all fifty states and over 35 foreign countries. If you would like more information, please call Phil at 619-465-9492.
Please click on the above title for the course registration form. More detailed information will be mailed to all who enroll in the course.
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Congratulations to the 2011 Award Recipients!
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This year a total of 23 awards nominations were received for documents prepared in either 2010 or 2011 – definitely one of the largest pool of submissions in this event’s history. On behalf of the awards committee, the San Diego Chapter Board would like to thank everyone who submitted a nomination. Undoubtedly our chapter has been very active in producing high-quality work all around.
The award recipients for 2011 are as follows:
OUTSTANDING TECHNICAL REPORT
• Air Quality and Health Risk Technical Analysis for the Grossmont Hospital Improvements Project (RECON Environmental, Inc.)
• Ryan Aeronautical Company Historic American Buildings Survey Report and Interpretive Display (San Diego Unified Port District, San Diego County Regional Airport Authority, and CH2M HILL)
A meritorious award was given to Shipyard Sediment Site Project Convair Lagoon Alternative Air Quality Technical Report prepared by the San Diego Unified Port District and Atkins.
OUTSTANDING PLANNING DOCUMENT
• City of Chula Vista - Historic Preservation Program and Ordinance (City of Chula Vista)
A meritorious award was given to the County of San Diego for its General Plan Update.
OUTSTANDING ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS - EIR OR EIS
• Tiered Winery Ordinance Amendment EIR (RECON Environmental, Inc. and the County of San Diego)
Meritorious awards were given to Atkins and the County of San Diego for the San Diego County General Plan Update Final Programmatic EIR and HELIX Environmental and the County of San Diego for the Campus Park Supplemental EIR.
OUTSTANDING ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS - MND/ND/EA
• State Route 15 Mid-City Bus Rapid Transit MND/EA (CH2M HILL, Caltrans District 11, SANDAG, and MTS)
A meritorious award was given to to BRG Consulting for the Imperial Solar Energy Center South EIR/EA.
OUTSTANDING ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCE DOCUMENT
• Visual Resources Report for the Energia Sierra Juarez U.S. Transmission, LLC Generation-Tie Line Project (ICF Jones and Stokes)
OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROFESSION
• Paul Amberg, DUDEK
• Professor Diana Richardson, SDSU
AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST
• Jamie Le Dent, Caltrans District 11
Congratulations to everyone!
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Thank You 2011 Awards Committee and Awards Jury!
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A tremendous thank you goes out to the 2011 Awards Committee Co-chaired by Corinne Lytle Bonine and Becky Malone. Members of the Awards Committee have generously volunteered their time over that last few months to make this year's awards event a success! Members of the 2011 Awards Committee are:
• Seth Torma (KOA)
• Sarah Champion (URS)
• Chris Terzich (SDG&E)
• Kim Jones (Biotech Vendor Services)
• Chris Mendiara (Linscott Law & Greenspan)
• Alex Higgins (AMEC)
• Vanessa Arent (ESA)
• Bunni Hollis (GE Permit)
• Dana Martinez (GE Permit)
• Emily Gardner (University of San Diego)
• Becky Malone (ESA)
• Corinne Lytle Bonine (CH2M HILL)
Thank you again to the 2011 Awards Committee!
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A big round of thanks to the 2011 Awards Jury for dedicating many hours of their time to review and evaluate a number of outstanding entries. The 2011 Awards Jury members are:
• Bruce Goff (GeomorphIS)
• Ryan Birdseye (Kimley – Horn Associates)
• Charly Bull (RECON)
• Michael D’Alessandro (David Evans Associates)
• Nancy Lytle (SEDC)
• Angela Leiba (URS)
• Kristen Walker Potente (URS)
• Lisa Coburn-Boyd (Otay Water District)
• Lisa Capper (Helix Environmental Planning)
• Karen Ruggles (KLR Planning)
• Joe O’Bannon (The Chambers Group)
• Bobbi Herdes (RECON)
• Kelly Ross (ESA)
Thank you again to the 2011 Awards Jury!
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Last Update: February 1, 2012
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