Balance Hydrologics

224 Walnut Avenue,

Suite E Santa Cruz,
CA 95060
x x

1988

Denis Ruttenberg Office Mgr (831) 457-9900 druttenberg@balancehydro.com

800 Bancroft Way, 510-704-1000 24

Suite 101 Berkeley,
CA 94710-2227

2 30

5,000,000 claim

Admiral Insurance Company

1000 Howard Boulevard
P.O. Box 5430
Suite 300
Mount Laurel, New Jersey
08054
 FORM B -TENTATIVE PROJECT TEAM
SERVICE AREA (Select one Service Area from list in SOQ package):

A. Consultant's Key Personnel

Please identify your tentative, key Project Team members, their titles/roles and primary duties:

Name Title/Role Primary Duties

Barry Hecht, CHG Sr Prin
Technical Advisor
Tech Analyst - Surface /
Mark Woyshner
Groundwater
Principal Engineer
Edward Ballman, PE
Floodplain Rest.
Engineer - Project
Denis Ruttenberg, PE
Manager / Habitat Rest.
Hydrology & Geomorph
Jason Parke and Chelsea Neill
Field Support
Engineer - Hydrologic &
Anna Nazarov, PE
Hydraulic Modeler
Provide technical direction
Surface and Groundwater
Studies
Lead engineer, QA/QC, H&H
Studies, PS&E
Habitat, Restoration
Design and Fish Passage
Field studies,
Geomorphic Assessment
Floodplain, Flood Studies,
H&H, Restoration Design

B. Subconsultant and Support Services

Please identify up to four (4) key subconsultants or vendors, contact persons, and services they
would provide in order to support your Project Team.

Firm Name & Location Contact Person Support Services

C. Organizational Chart

Please insert an Organizational Chart of your tentative Project Team on the next page.

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 Balance Hydrologics Organization Chart for Geologic, Geomorphic, and Hydrologic Services

Robert M. Harary, PE
Director of Public Works

Principal-in-Charge

Barry Hecht, CEG, CHg

Geomorphic
Stream Restoration Fish Hydrogeologic
Post-Fire Services Floodplain Restoration On-Call Services Investigations Stream Geologic Investigations
Passage Investigations
Gaging

Ed Ballman
Barry Hecht Denis Ruttenberg Denis Ruttenberg Mark Woyshner Mark Woyshner Barry Hecht
Sr. Engineer
Sr. Geomophologist, Engineer Engineer Sr. Hydrologist, Sr. Hydrologist, Sr. Geologist,
Hydrologist
Hydrogeologist Hydrologist Hydrologist Hydrogeologist Hydrogeologist Hydrogeologist
Anna Nazarov
Jason Parke Geologist Jason Parke Geologist Jason Parke Geologist Jason Parke Geologist Jason Parke Geologist Denis Ruttenberg
Engineer
Hydrologist Hydrologist Hydrologist Hydrologist Hydrologist Engineer
Hydrologist
Hydrologist
Chelsea Neill Chelsea Neill
Geomophologist, Geomophologist, Jason Parke Geologist
Hydrologist Hydrologist Hydrologist
 FORM C- RESUMES OF KEY PERSONNEL

1. Name: _ Barry
___Hecht
_____________________________
Principal-in-Charge,
2. Role in this Service Area: _________ Technical Advisor _______
__________

3. Years of experience-Total: __49_ ----------

With current firm: 29
M.A. Geography, UC Berkeley, 1972
4. Education (Degree and Specialization) B.S. Geology, UC Santa Cruz, 1970
A.B. Geography and Regional Planning, UC Santa Cruz, 1970
5. Current Registration/Certification (State & Discipline) _______________ _
Registered Geologist
(#3664), California
6. Other Professional Qualifications (Publications, Organizations, Training, Awards, etc.) Certified Engineering
Geologist (#1245), California
Certified Hydrogeologist
(#50), California
7. Relevant Project - Title & Location (City & State): _________________
CPOA Post-Wildfire Preparedness _ and
- Year Completed - Professional Services: ______________________
2008-2010 Response,Carmel
- Year Completed - Construction (if applicable): __________________
NA _
- Brief Description (Scope, size, cost, etc.) and Specific Role: ______________
Provided post-fire services to _CPOA
following the Basin-Indians fire (2008), which burned most areas uphill of Highway
1. He assisted with immediate response concerning post-fire slope-stability and
road-protection. Water-system evaluation and repair. $65,000
- Performed Relevant Project with Current Firm: YesDX NoD

8. Relevant Project-Title & Location (City & State): _________________ _

Carmel River Integrated Floodplain Management
- Year Completed - Professional Services: ___________________
Multiple studies since 1978 to present ___
- Year Completed-Construction (if applicable): ___________________
Hydrology, geomorphology & hydrogeol.
- Brief Description (Scope, size, cost, etc.) and Specific Role: ______________ _
Mr. Hecht has participated in a large number of investigations and studies since 1978
that have been integral in defining and assessing flood hazard and risk throughout the
247-squaremile watershed of the Carmel River. Cost: includes countless projects.
- Performed Relevant Project with Current Firm: YesDX NoD
Feasibility of Passive Managed Aquifer Recharge
(MAR) of MF/RO Concentrate at the Lower Carmel
9. Relevant Project -Title & Location (City & State): _________________
River Lagoon for Steelhead Habitat _
- Year Completed-Professional Services: _____________________
2010-2012 _
- Year Completed-Construction (if applicable): ___________________
- Brief Description (Scope, size, cost, etc.) and Specific Role: _______________
Principal-in-Charge for this project supporting Applied Marine Sciences in developing
a design for a recharge wetland to infiltrate 300 acre-feet (AF) of water every year
to the lagoon. $586,704.00
- Performed Relevant Project with Current Firm: YesDX NoD

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 FORM C- RESUMES OF KEY PERSONNEL
Mark Woyshner
1. Name: _________________________________

_________________
Hydrogeologic Investigations
2. Role in this Service Area: _________
19 _
3. Years of experience-Total: __ ----------
With current firm: 37
M.S., Engineering, McGill University, 1992
B.S. Forestry, University of California, Berkeley,
4. Education (Degree and Specialization) _____________________ _
1979
5. Current Registration/Certification (State & Discipline) ________________
6. Other Professional Qualifications (Publications, Organizations, Training, Awards, etc.)
National Ground Water Association
Groundwater Resources Association of California
Groundwater monitoring at the lower Carmel River
and Lagoon, Big Sur Land Trust, Carmel,
7. Relevant Project - Title & Location (City & State): _________________ _ CA
- Year Completed - Professional Services: ______________________
2014-2016
- Year Completed - Construction (if applicable): ___________________
- Brief Description (Scope, size, cost, etc.) and Specific Role: _______________
Project manager and principal investigator of surface-groundwater interactions to
evaluate a) the future performance of the proposed Lower Carmel River and Lagoon
Floodplain Restoration and Enhancement Project (CRFREE). Cost: $10,000
- Performed Relevant Project with Current Firm: YesDx NoD
Carmel Area Wastewater District Carmel River
Water Augmentation Project, Monterey Co, Ca
8. Relevant Project-Title & Location (City & State): __________________
2011-
- Year Completed - Professional Services: ___________________ ___
- Year Completed-Construction (if applicable): ___________________
- Brief Description (Scope, size, cost, etc.) and Specific Role: _______________
Project Manager, leading the effort to develop a geologic framework model for the
mouth of the Carmel River including the lagoon, which provides basis for a
comprehensive groundwater flow simulation study, including conventional geologic
analysis of substantial prior work. $586,704.00
- Performed Relevant Project with Current Firm: YesDx NoD
Springfield water system, Pajaro Sunny Mesa
Community Services District, Monterey_
9. Relevant Project -Title & Location (City & State): _________________ County
- Year Completed-Professional Services: ______________________
- Year Completed-Construction (if applicable): ___________________
- Brief Description (Scope, size, cost, etc.) and Specific Role: _______________
Supplied by one shallow well without storage and contaminated with nitrate and
seawater, the Springfield water system serves a disadvantaged community of about 200
residents, with a maximum day demand of 35,000 gallons. Cost: $44,800.00
- Performed Relevant Project with Current Firm: YesD
x NoD

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 FORM C- RESUMES OF KEY PERSONNEL

Edward Ballman
1. Name: _________________________________
Principal Engineer,
2. Role in this Service Area: _________ _______
Floodplain Restoration
__________
35 _
3. Years of experience-Total: __ With current firm: ----------
19
M.E. Civil and Environmental Engineering, UC Berkeley,
4. Education (Degree and Specialization) _____________________
1998, B.Ch.E. University of Minnesota, 1982 _

5. Current Registration/Certification (State & Discipline) _______________ _#64095

Professional Engineer: California

6. Other Professional Qualifications (Publications, Organizations, Training, Awards, etc.)

Updated Flood Control Project Report for County

Services Area 50, Carmel, CA
7. Relevant Project - Title & Location (City & State): _________________ _
2010-2012
- Year Completed - Professional Services: ______________________
- Year Completed - Construction (if applicable): ___________________
- Brief Description (Scope, size, cost, etc.) and Specific Role: _______________
Principal-in-charge overseeing the technical approach for this Flood Control
project. Balance staff conducted 1D hydraulic modeling for a range of existing and
proposed physical floodplain changes near the project area. Cost: $328,232
- Performed Relevant Project with Current Firm: YesDx NoD
Carmel River Floodplain Restoration and
Environmental Enhancement, Carmel, CA
8. Relevant Project-Title & Location (City & State): _________________ _
2014-2017
- Year Completed - Professional Services: ___________________ ___
- Year Completed-Construction (if applicable): ___________________
- Brief Description (Scope, size, cost, etc.) and Specific Role: _______________
Principal Engineer for the floodplain restoration and flood control engineering
component for this multi-year project carried out by the County of Monterey and the
Big Sur Land Trust. Cost: $216,449.00
- Performed Relevant Project with Current Firm: YesDx NoD
Carmel River Lagoon Ecosystem Protective Barrier
Carmel, Ca
9. Relevant Project -Title & Location (City & State): _________________ _
- Year Completed-Professional Services: _____________________
2012-16 _
- Year Completed-Construction (if applicable): ___________________
- Brief Description (Scope, size, cost, etc.) and Specific Role: _______________
Hydrologic and hydraulic support for the planning and feasibility analysis for the
proposed Carmel River Lagoon Ecosystem Protective Barrier. Cost $47,400.00

- Performed Relevant Project with Current Firm: YesDx NoD

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 FORM C- RESUMES OF KEY PERSONNEL
Denis Ruttenberg
1. Name: _________________________________
Stream Restoration __________
2. Role in this Service Area: _________ Fish Passage,Hydrology, Geologic _
______
Investigations
3. Years of experience-Total: __ 27 _ ----------
With current firm: 5
M.S., Civil Engineering, University of Idaho, 2007
4. Education (Degree and Specialization) _____________________
B.S. Civil Engineering, UC Davis, 1990 _

5. Current Registration/Certification (State & Discipline) _______________ _#54561

Professional Engineer: California

6. Other Professional Qualifications (Publications, Organizations, Training, Awards, etc.)

American Society of Civil Engineers EWRI Fisheries Engineering Committee, Chair
American Fisheries Society, Salmonid Restoration Federation
Design of Step-Pool Reach for Bridge
Replacement and Instream Barrier Removal,
7. Relevant Project - Title & Location (City & State): _________________ _ Big
Sur,
- Year Completed - Professional Services: ______________________ CA 2012-2013,
- Year Completed - Construction (if applicable): ___________________
- Brief Description (Scope, size, cost, etc.) and Specific Role: _______________
worked closely with California State Parks, the RCD of Monterey County, NOAA NMFS,
and CFDW to design and model a sequence of step pools to restore passage for
steelhead at a culvert barrier on Post Creek. Cost: $29,000
- Performed Relevant Project with Current Firm: YesDx NoD
Watershed Assessment of San Jose Creek for
Sediment Source, Fish Passage, and Restoration
8. Relevant Project-Title & Location (City & State): _________________
Recommendation _
- Year Completed - Professional Services: ___________________
2012-2014 ___
- Year Completed-Construction (if applicable): ___________________
- Brief Description (Scope, size, cost, etc.) and Specific Role: _______________
Planned and performed multi-year study that including stream gaging, sediment source
location, fish barrier evaluations, lagoon monitoring, and general assessment and
recommendations for salmonid habitat improvement. Costs: $7,929
- Performed Relevant Project with Current Firm: YesDx NoD
Carmel River Lagoon Enhancement Project for
Restoration of 4000-feet of South Arm_
9. Relevant Project -Title & Location (City & State): _________________ Backwater
- Year Completed-Professional Services: _____________________
2002-2004 _
- Year Completed-Construction (if applicable): ___________________
- Brief Description (Scope, size, cost, etc.) and Specific Role: _______________
Prepared conceptual and preliminary design for marsh enhancement adjacent to Carmel
River and State Route 1. Combined historical maps to locate historic river alignment
and recreate about 4000-feet of the South Arm of the Carmel River in the design.
- Performed Relevant Project with Current Firm: YesD NoDX

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 FORM C- RESUMES OF KEY PERSONNEL
Anna Nazrov, PE
1. Name: _________________________________

_________________
Floodplain Restoration,
2. Role in this Service Area: _________
10 _
3. Years of experience-Total: __ With current firm: 4 ----------
B.S., Civil and Environmental Engineering, University
of California at Los Angeles, 2007
4. Education (Degree and Specialization) _____________________ _
Registered Professional Engineer: California
5. Current Registration/Certification (State & Discipline) _______________ _
#79591, Certified Floodplain Manager:
# US-10-05079
6. Other Professional Qualifications (Publications, Organizations, Training, Awards, etc.)

Updated Flood Control Project Report for County

Services Area 50, Carmel, CA
7. Relevant Project - Title & Location (City & State): _________________ _
2010-2012
- Year Completed - Professional Services: ______________________
- Year Completed - Construction (if applicable): ___________________
- Brief Description (Scope, size, cost, etc.) and Specific Role: _______________

- Performed Relevant Project with Current Firm: YesDx NoD

Carmel River Floodplain Restoration and

8. Relevant Project-Title & Location (City & State): _________________
Environmental Enhancement, Carmel,_CA
- Year Completed - Professional Services: ___________________
2014-2017 ___
- Year Completed-Construction (if applicable): ___________________
- Brief Description (Scope, size, cost, etc.) and Specific Role: _______________
Project Engineer for the floodplain restoration and flood control engineering
component for this multi-year project carried out by the County of Monterey and the
Big Sur Land Trust. Cost: $216,449.00
- Performed Relevant Project with Current Firm: YesD NoD
x
Carmel River Lagoon Ecosystem Protective Barrier
9. Relevant Project -Title & Location (City & State): _________________
Carmel, Ca _
2012-2016
- Year Completed-Professional Services: _____________________ _
- Year Completed-Construction (if applicable): ___________________
- Brief Description (Scope, size, cost, etc.) and Specific Role: _______________
Hydrologic and hydraulic support for the planning and feasibility analysis for
the proposed Carmel River Lagoon Ecosystem Protective Barrier. Cost $47,400.00

- Performed Relevant Project with Current Firm: x

YesD NoD

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 FORM C- RESUMES OF KEY PERSONNEL
Chelsea Neill
1. Name: _________________________________
Stream Restoration __________
2. Role in this Service Area: _________ ______
Fish Passage, Geomorphic _
Investigations
Stream Gaging
3 _
3. Years of experience-Total: __ With current firm: 2 ----------
M.S., Watershed Science, Applied Marine and Watershed
Science Program, CSU - Monterey Bay, 2015, B.S.
4. Education (Degree and Specialization) _____________________ _
Geosciences, Denison University, 2009
5. Current Registration/Certification (State & Discipline) ________________
6. Other Professional Qualifications (Publications, Organizations, Training, Awards, etc.)

Carmel River Instream Flow Incremental

7. Relevant Project - Title & Location (City & State): _________________ _
2016 Methodology (IFIM) Gaging Assistance, Carmel
- Year Completed - Professional Services: ______________________
- Year Completed - Construction (if applicable): ___________________
- Brief Description (Scope, size, cost, etc.) and Specific Role: _______________
Assisted in this study to understand seasonal variation in pond hydroperiod, combined
with potential climate change effects, threatens to further reduce and fragment
habitat for pond-dependent species. Cost $37,460.
- Performed Relevant Project with Current Firm: YesDx NoD

San Jose Creek Barrier Removal, CA _

8. Relevant Project-Title & Location (City & State): _________________
- Year Completed - Professional Services: ___________________
2012-2014 ___
- Year Completed-Construction (if applicable): ___________________
- Brief Description (Scope, size, cost, etc.) and Specific Role: _______________
Assisted in a geomorphic assessment and ground survey, using the total station, for
preliminary hydraulic calculations and concept design graphics. From this effort, the
team estimated hydraulics to indicate the extent of the fish barrier at the site and
provide preliminary data for concept design. Cost $29,000
- Performed Relevant Project with Current Firm: YesDx NoD

Carmel River Channel Migration, CA _

9. Relevant Project -Title & Location (City & State): _________________
part of graduate degree thesis
- Year Completed-Professional Services: _____________________ _
- Year Completed-Construction (if applicable): ___________________
- Brief Description (Scope, size, cost, etc.) and Specific Role: _______________
Analyzed historic aerial photographs to determine the rate of channel migration along
the Carmel River

- Performed Relevant Project with Current Firm: YesD NoDx

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 FORM C- RESUMES OF KEY PERSONNEL

1. Name: ________________________________
Jason Parke _
Geologist / Hydrologist
2. Role in this Service Area: __________________________
3. Years of experience-Total: __
19 _ With current firm: ----------
14

4. Education (Degree and Specialization) _____________________ _Santa

B.S. Earth Science, University of California,
Cruz, 1995
5. Current Registration/Certification (State & Discipline) ________________
6. Other Professional Qualifications (Publications, Organizations, Training, Awards, etc.)

Watershed Assessment of San Jose Creek for

Sediment Source, Fish Passage, and Restoration
Recommendations
7. Relevant Project - Title & Location (City & State): _________________ _
2012-2014
- Year Completed - Professional Services: ______________________
- Year Completed - Construction (if applicable): ___________________
- Brief Description (Scope, size, cost, etc.) and Specific Role: _______________
Multi-year study that including stream gaging, sediment source location, fish
barrier evaluations, lagoon monitoring, and general assessment and recommendations
for salmonid habitat improvement. Cost $29,000
- Performed Relevant Project with Current Firm: YesD NoD
Carmel River Floodplain Restoration and
Environmental Enhancement, Carmel, CA
8. Relevant Project-Title & Location (City & State): __________________
- Year Completed - Professional Services: ______________________
- Year Completed-Construction (if applicable): ___________________
- Brief Description (Scope, size, cost, etc.) and Specific Role: _______________
Team member that aided in several hydrologic analyses to identify potential effects of
incremental groundwater extraction on the lower Carmel River. Cost: $216,449.00

- Performed Relevant Project with Current Firm: YesD NoD

Esalen Institute Hydrology, Big Sur,
CA
9. Relevant Project -Title & Location (City & State): _________________ _
- Year Completed-Professional Services: _____________________
2010-2016 _
- Year Completed-Construction (if applicable): ___________________
- Brief Description (Scope, size, cost, etc.) and Specific Role: _______________
lead the field and reporting efforts of stream gaging and spring hydrology that
helped the Esalsen Institute prepare for water rights and environmental-flow
evaluation. Cost: $22,304

- Performed Relevant Project with Current Firm: YesDx NoD

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 FORM D- EXAMPLE PROJECTS THAT BEST ILLUSTRATE
PROPOSED FIRM'S QUALIFICATIONS
Project Key Number (1 to 4): 1Dx 2 D 3 D 4 D (Match the bottom of Form E)
CPOA Post-Wildfire Preparedness and Response
CPOA Post-Wildfire Preparedness
1. Title of Example Project: ________ _________and Response ________

Carmel, Monterey Co, California ___________

2. Project Location (City and State): __________
_
3. Year Completed - Professional Services: --------------------
2008

4. Year Completed - Construction (if applicable): ___

NA _______________

5. Project Owner's Information:

Coast Propery Owners Association
- Project Owner: ____________
__ _____
Donna Meyers
______
- Point of Contact Name: _________
_
831-535-3979
- Point of Contact Telephone Number: _____________________
- Point of Contact E-Mail Address: ----------------------
conservecollab@gmail.com

6. Description of Project and Relevance to this Service Area (include scope, size, cost, etc.):

Cost: $65,000

Please see the following page for scope and additional project details.

7. Subconsultants from FORM B Involved with this Example Project, if any:

Firm Name Firm Location Support Service

NA

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CPOA Post-Wildfire Preparedness and Response, Monterey County, California
The Coast Properties Owners Association (CPOA)
serves a number of quasi-governmental functions
along the Big Sur Coast. CPOA, in conjunction with
the Big Sur Fire Brigade and Monterey Countys
Office of Emergency Services, conducted most of the
storm preparedness activities following the Basin
Complex-Indians fire (2008), which burned most
areas uphill of Highway 1. Balance Hydrologics led
a small team of consultants which assisted CPOA with:

Immediate post-fire, slope-stability and road-

protection response, particularly during the 4 to 6
weeks required for agency staff to mobilize
following a fire;
Water system evaluation and repair, with emphasis on water-source protection (wells and springs) and
on planning and designing temporary repair of the above-ground distribution systems;
Review of successive U.S. Forest Service BAER team and CalFire SEAT draft reports and follow-up reports
for their completeness, as well as the implications of their recommendations for community water supply
downgradient from burnt federal lands;
Presenting 3 public workshops on water system protection, erosion control measures and winter
preparedness;
Projecting the effects of the fire on peak flows, bed sedimentation and woodjams, and assessing their
cumulative effects on inundation hazards during the post-wildfire recovery period;
GIS modeling of drainages and basins to identify candidate channel segments with possible sites for
debris flow mitigation structures; Consultation with and field-data support for the USGS debris flow
hazard modeling team as they developed projections regarding probabilities, likely volumes, and
hazard rankings of areas potentially
affected by debris flows; and
Coordination with NRCS in identifying areas
where erosion control and reseeding
measures are appropriate, and identifying
opportunities for federal funding.
Developing specifications for biotechnical
plantings along streams and drainageways
to minimize post-fire sedimentation.
Balance and its team continue to support
CPOA during post-fire storms and related
preparation, repair and planning, including
monitoring effects on bed conditions.
 FORM D- EXAMPLE PROJECTS THAT BEST ILLUSTRATE
PROPOSED FIRM'S QUALIFICATIONS
Project Key Number (1 to 4): 1D 2D
x 3D 4D (Match the bottom of Form E)
Carmel River Floodplain Restoration and Environmental
1. Title of Example project: Enhancement Project
Carmel, California
2. Project Location (City and State): ____________

3. Year Completed - Professional Services: --------------------

2014-17

4. Year Completed - Construction (if applicable): ___

NA _______________

5. Project Owner's Information:

Big Sur Land Trust
- Project Owner: _________________ _____
Sarah Hardgrave
- Point of Contact Name: _____________ _______
831-625-5523
- Point of Contact Telephone Number: _____________________
- Point of Contact E-Mail Address: ----------------------
shardgrave@bigsurlandtrust.org

6. Description of Project and Relevance to this Service Area (include scope, size, cost, etc.):
Cost: $267,939 (rolled up cost includes groundwater monitoring and additional task.
Original contract
amount was $216,449.

Please see the following page for scope and additional project details.

7. Subconsultants from FORM B Involved with this Example Project, if any:

Firm Name Firm Location Support Service

NA

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Carmel River Floodplain Restoration and Environmental Enhancement Project
Balance Hydrologics assisted Whitson
Engineers in submitting a 35% design to
the Big Sur Land Trust for the floodplain
restoration and Causeway alternative
along the Lower Carmel River Valley.
The restoration effort is intended to
reconnect a leveed agricultural parcel on
the floodplain to the adjacent main
channel of the Carmel River.
Reconnection addresses significant
flooding issues along the developed
portions of the floodplain. Detailed 2-D
geomorphic modeling and HEC-RAS
hydraulic modeling were developed for
the reach.

Our effort has included fluvial

geomorphic assessment of downstream sediment loading from the proposed design alternatives; the
development of a HEC-RAS model extending 2 miles inland from the mouth of the river at the Pacific
Ocean, and including numerous lateral weirs, bridges, split flows, culverts, and an iterative solution to
determine flood flows through the floodplain.

The project has resulted in a proposed restoration concept that would naturalize a large portion of the
Lower Carmel River Valley, providing valuable riparian habitat in addition to a beneficial hydrologic
connection to the downstream lagoon. Flood control aspects of the proposed design would also reduce the
millions of dollars of recurring flood damages within the lower end of the valley. The design presents a
geomorphically-stable restoration grading option that enhances the riparian habitat, restores and
augments the historical function of the floodplain, provides flood control benefits for the adjacent urban
area, maintains Big Sur Land Trusts agricultural preserve, reduces flooding threats to several California
Red Legged Frog ponds and provides opportunities for future local and regional trail connections.

Additional related tasks included baseline groundwater monitoring at the mouth of Carmel River during
water years 2012 through 2017 to evaluate a) the future performance of the proposed CRFREE Project,
as well as assist with revisions to the project revegetation plan, b) the cumulative effect of a number of
concurring projects within the vicinity of the lower Carmel River and lagoon, namely the Rancho Canada
forbearance, the environmental protection barrier (EPB), and lagoon water-quality augmentation efforts,
and c) current understanding of steelhead habitat in the lagoon and the role of shallow groundwater in
salinity stratification (halocline) and maintaining a freshwater lens during the dry season. Monitoirng
involved collaboration with Monterey Peninsula Water Management District (MPWMD) and land owners
California State Parks, the Eastwood Group, and Carmel Area Wastewater District (CAWD). In addition,
limit of grading for the proposed CRFREE Project impacts a State Parks irrigation well located near
Highway 1. Coordinating with the Big Sur Land Trust, State Parks and the Carmel River Steelhead
Association (CRSA), we evaluated alternative well sites based their need for a similar yielding well and
water quality, proximity to their irrigation lines, and accessibility for other potential uses. The effects of
additional pumping for the CRSA proposal to discharge groundwater to the lagoon to benefit steelhead
rearing habitat was evaluated with groundwater modeling.
 FORM D- EXAMPLE PROJECTS THAT BEST ILLUSTRATE
PROPOSED FIRM'S QUALIFICATIONS
Project Key Number (1 to 4): 1D 2D 3D
x 4D (Match the bottom of Form E)
Assistance with IFIM characterization of the Carmel River
1. Title of Example Project: _
Carmel, California ___________
2. Project Location (City and State): ___________

3. Year Completed - Professional Services: --------------------

2016

4. Year Completed - Construction (if applicable): ___

NA _______________

5. Project Owner's Information:

Monterey Peninsula Water Management District
- - Project Owner: _______________________ _____

- Larry Hampson
Point of Contact Name: _________________________
- 831-659-2543
Point of Contact Telephone Number: _____ ________________
larry@mpwmd.dst.ca.us
- Point of Contact E-Mail Address: ----------------------

6. Description of Project and Relevance to this Service Area (include scope, size, cost, etc.):
Cost $37,460

Please see the following page for scope and project details.

7. Subconsultants from FORM B Involved with this Example Project, if any:

Firm Name Firm Location Support Service

NA

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Assistance with IFIM characterization of the Carmel River, MPWMD, Carmel,
Monterey County, California

The Monterey Peninsula Water Management District (MPWMD) conducted an Instream Flow Incremental
Methodology (IFIM) study of the Carmel River from Highway 1 to Los Padres Reservoir for the purpose of
developing instream flow criteria so as to understand and optimize dry-season recession flows for
steelhead habitat. Balance Hydrologics (Balance) hydrologists, trained in CDFW Instream Flow Program
(IFP) field methods, assisted the project team with the collection of hydrologic data, including streamflow
measurements, cross-sectional bed and water level transects, and stream-bed ranking for fish habitat.
Targeted flows ranged from 100 cfs downwards to 10 cfs, or just prior to intermittent flow and the
formation of isolated pools. Having extensive experience with conducting and interpreting Acoustic
Doppler Current Profile (ADCP) flow measurements on other rivers, Balance staff was given the lead for
this project to collect high flow data utilizing ADCP methods where needed. A Hach (or March McBirney)
flow meter and top-setting wading rod was used at lower flows per IFP protocols. To complete the work
Balance lead a field team that included MPWMD biologists and Balance hydrologists.
 FORM D- EXAMPLE PROJECTS THAT BEST ILLUSTRATE
PROPOSED FIRM'S QUALIFICATIONS
Project Key Number (1 to 4): 1D 2D 3D x
4D (Match the bottom of Form E)
CSA 50 Flood Control Plan
1. Title of Example Project: _________________________
Carmel, CA
2. Project Location (City and State): _______________
3. Year Completed - Professional Services: --------------------
2012-14

4. Year Completed - Construction (if applicable): _ NA

5. Project Owner's Information:

Monterey County Resource Management Agency___
- Project Owner: ____________
Tom Moss
- Point of Contact Name: _________________________
831-755-4860
- Point of Contact Telephone Number: _______________
- Point of Contact E-Mail Address:
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mosst@co.monterey.ca.us

6. Description of Project and Relevance to this Service Area (include scope, size, cost, etc.):
Cost: $328,232

Please see the following page for additional project details.

7. Subconsultants from FORM B Involved with this Example Project, if any:

Firm Name Firm Location Support Service

NA

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CSA 50 Flood Control Plan, Carmel, Monterey County, California
Balance Hydrologics was the lead for
an inter-disciplinary team that was
selected to prepare an updated
flood control plan for the Carmel
River in County Services Area 50,
which encompasses the north
overbank areas of the river from
Mission Fields upstream to Val Verde
Drive in the County of Monterey,
California. The study included a
comprehensive floodplain mapping
update and re-evaluation of the
flood protection measures needed to
protect CSA-50 from a range of
flood events, with particular emphasis
on the 1-percent chance (100-year)
flood used by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under the National Flood Insurance
Program.

The location encompasses an area that includes nearly all the repetitive loss properties in the County.
Balance coordinated work by sub-contractors to compile revised topographic base mapping tied to
established FEMA benchmarks, complete utility surveys (including the first comprehensive storm drain
infrastructure mapping), and geotechnical work to characterize the condition of the extensive, non-
documented levee system. The data was used by Balance Hydrologics modelers to create hydraulic
models to assess anticipated flood elevations at all points along the CSA-50 boundary. Riverine modeling
was carried out in two distinct modes: 1) steady-state one-dimensional HEC-RAS to show continuity with
past NFIP mapping products and 2) non-steady state two-dimensional HEC-RAS (5.0 Beta) and SRH-2D to
give insight regarding the complexity of main channel to floodplain break-out points, overbank flow
patterns, and tailwater implications associated with sea level rise and the large lagoon environment at the
river mouth. Break-out points and flowpaths were also assessed using land-based and aerial photography
from the large historical flood events in March 1995 and February 1998. As the project planning matrix
included extensively revised perimeter protection elements, the work included interior drainage modeling
for the lateral canyons and storm drain systems that drain to and across the north overbank floodplain
areas. High riverine tailwater and pipe system conveyance constraints led to the selection of XP-Storm
with two-dimensional overland flow routing as the interior drainage modeling package. The combined
riverine and interior drainage modeling output was utilized to identify and rank range of potential
infrastructural enhancements addressing both flooding sources and three distinct zones of flood hazard.
Screening criteria included environmental review for potential biological and cultural resources impacts,
ease of access/property rights, and multi-functional aspects with increased potential for funding.
Preferred alternatives were selected for two levels of risk tolerance, and preliminary project plans and
cost estimates were then developed for each element by hazard zone and flooding source. The entirety
of the work was compiled in a comprehensive plan of flood control, and Balance project managers worked
closely with County staff to coordinate and conduct public workshops and County Board briefings
throughout.
 Barry Hecht Sr Principal x x x x

Mark Woyshner Sr Specialist x x x

x x x
Ed Ballman, PE Principal

Denis Ruttenberg, PE Project Professional x x x

Anna Nazarov, PE Sr Staff Professional x x

Chelsea Neill Staff Professional x

Jason Parke Staff Professional x x x

CPOA Post-Wildfire Preparedness Assistance with IFIM characterization of the Carmel River,
and Response MPWMD
Carmel River Floodplain Restoration CSA 50 Flood Control Plan
and Environmental Enhancement
 FORM F- APPLICABLE SPECIALIZED EQUIPMENT AND RESOURCES
list specialized and/or unique equipment, vehicles, software, or other resources your firm possesses
that is advantageous or necessary to perform this service and which your firm is willing to commit
locally. Equipment may include, but is not limited to: heavy equipment, special purpose or specially-
equipped vehicles, equipment, specialized computer programs, reference manuals/codes, laboratory
testing equipment, audio visual equipment, tools, supplies, or other relevant resources.

1. Applicable Specialized Equipment

2. Applicable Specialized Software Programs

3. Applicable Reference Manuals, Codes, Data, etc.

4. Other Applicable Resources

Maintenance and Monitoring Programs
Internet-based real-time monitoring

O&M manuals, Best Management Practices Guides,

Physical monitoring for salmonid habitat and passage

Drainage system modeling for Pebble Beach Golf Course

Post-fire services; sediment transport and management

Hydrologic models: HEC-HMS, SWMM, Mike Urban, XP Storm
Drone aerial surveys and FAA Remote Pilot Certification

Hydraulic and sediment transport: HEC-RAS, FESWMS, CCHE2-D

ArcGIS 9.3;AutoCAD/Land Desktop/Civil3D; Groundwater models
Federally approved stream gaging and water-quality sampling

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Stream restoration and enhancement design and build oversite

Hydrogeologic studies and groundwater supply and well siting

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 FORM G- HOURLY RATE SHEET

Fully Burdened Hourly Rates

No. Key Personnel from FORM C Role
2017 2018 2019
1. Barry Hecht, CHG Sr Principal $ 205 $ 211 $ 217
2. Ed Ballman, PE Principal $ 180 $ 185 $ 190
3. Mark Woyshner Sr Specialist 170
$ 165 $ $ 175
4. Denis Ruttenberg, PI Proj Prof 149
$ 145 $ $ 154
5. Anna Nazar ov , PE, CFM Sr Staff Prof 139
$ 135 $ $ 143
6. Jason Parke Staff Prof
$ 1 10 $ 113 $ 117
1. Chelsea Neill Staff Prof $ 113
$ 110 $ 117
8.
$ $ $
9.
$ $ $
10.
$ $ $

Fully Burdened Hourly Rates

No. Other Staff Role
(or Classifications) 2017 2018 2019
11. Assistant Prof essie nal $ 95 $ 98 $ 101
12. 90 93 96
GIS/CADD Analyst $ $ $
13. Sr. Proj Admin 80 83 86
$ $ $
14. Report Specialist 70 73 76
$ $ $

Does your firm's fully burdened hourly rates include the following?
Software Yesm NoD Vehicles Yes ro NoD
Phone/Cell Yes~ NoD Printing Yes 121:1 NoD
Mileage Yes 0 No Kl Postage/Courier YesD No !2'i

v-
Please initial h~ge that markups for subconsultants and other direct costs shall not
exceed 10.0%

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 FORM H- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Provide any additional information that would further clarify your interest, expertise, similar
expe rience, and/or capabilities relevant to this Service Area.

Balance has some hydro logic and restoration services that may be of use to the City.

For hydro logy, both surface and groundwater, we can:

a) mode l both networks and flows (20 ), as we have done fo r Monterey County (both MCWRA and Planning), Big
Sur Land Trust, and for CSA 50.
b) provide accurate water levels in areas of high water tab les or measure flow in storm water pipe networks ..
Balance staff run a network of about I 00 stream and lake gages, including about 15 gages which are telemetered to
our real-time network which can be read fro m any PC or pho ne system which can provide the requi site credentials
and passwords. This can be useful for locations where rise and fa ll of water levels (or water temperatures) may
trigger a management action (example, Carmel Lagoon). We have installed a system of th is type at Pebble Beach.
c) identify trace element exceedances can occur in runoff to Carmel Bay simply due to anomalously high naturally-
occurring concentrations, we have unique capabilities to sample and interpret trace-metal anomalies. Sampling is
done with a Federal Interagency-approved sampler, with samples suitably fil tered and preserved, with laboratory
analyses conducted by specialty labs which provide reliable results.
d) use federa lly-approved methods to measure elevations and estimate flow fro m high-water marks, often an
important capability after storms and/or after culvert blockages.

For restoration of canyons, waterways, and wetlands, Balance has been ass isting Santa Cruz and Monterey
Counties, the various Resource Conservation Distri cts, water purveyors, and special districts with restoration plans.
Together with bio logists which they retained, we have been able to plan and construct creek and river restoration
plans for reaches as long as three miles. We have had key roles in assess ing and controll ing the form and elevation
of the Carmel River downstream of the recently-removed San Clemente Dam, and are currently making sim ilar
investigations under MPWMD' s guidance for the potentia l reconfiguration of Los Padres Dam. We estimate
whether groundwater flows toward streams and wetlands are sufficient to support wetland and riparian vegetation
under a w ide range of climati c and watershed conditions. One of these areas is Carmel lagoon, where we have
been projecting and measuring groundwater levels and flow paths for both Big Sur Land T rust and State Parks.
The same capabilities which we have appli ed to these proj ects can also be brought to bear on the smaller concerns
wh ich may face the City. We hope that thi s may include the M iss ion Trai l Nature Preserve, which poses some of
the same opportun ities and constraints w ith whi ch we have been dealing elsewhere in the Monterey Bay area, but
we are also able to assist you in identi fy ing the sources of water whi ch may be causing pavement distress, or why
water levels have increased beneath some homes - the types of questions which we often address for our other
municipal clients.

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