10-29-07 Item 7C, Env Characterization Contractor for TCAAP Property

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Ms. Kl'isline Gig<l October 8, 2007 Page 4 Project Team Barr's team has extensive experience with complex property assessments, site investigations, and remedial designs in support of brown fields redevelopment. Project manager Sara Gaffin has significant experience with many environmental cleanup sites in Minnesota. Principal Allan Gehhard has over 40 years of experience and has led many of Barr's complex RIs, feasibility studies, and remedial action plans. He consults with several clients on Superfund projects nationwide. This core team will be backed by the rest of Barr's assessment and remediation group, including more than 70 scientists and engineers with Supcrfund and brownfield redevelopment experience. It's hard to imagine a contaminated-site situation that one of Barr's staff has not experienced firsthand. Short summaries of the Barr team's qualifications and experience are summarized in the following paragraphs. As stated above, Sara will be your primary contact and AI will be available to provide his experience to Sara and to attend meetings with City staff, the developer, the developer's consultant, regulatory authorities, the Army, or the City Council as appropriate. We have also listed staff thllt will be aVllilable for field inspections of on-site remedial activities (once the project proceeds to that point) or to complete background work on RAPlredevelopmcnt conccpts that may be suggested by the developer. The primary members of the Barr team are shown below. Sara Gaffin, P.E., Environmental Engineer Project Manager Sarli has more than eight years of experience in the areas of environmental assessment and investigation, remedial design, hazardous waste management, cost estimating, and remedial action coordination for redevelopment projects. She has a degree in geological engineering and geology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Since 2002, Sara has assisted the city of New Brighton with the Northwest Quadrant (NWQ) project (see project examplc). Her rcsponsibilities for the NWQ project ineludc conducting Phase I asscssmcnts; managing Phase [[ investigations; preparing response action plllns; completing construction plans and specification for asbestos and hazardous materials abatement, building demolition, contaminated soil excavation, and site clearing activities; assisting City staff with the contracting and bidding process; construction management; and acting as a liaison for City staff, MPCA staff, contractors, and developers throughout the project. Sara will be Barr's project manager on this project and will have day to day responsibility for document review, project deliverables and communications with the City and other project stakeholders. Sara's billing rate is $IIO/hr.