2019 Award Winners

Congratulations to the 2019 Award Winners!

A big congratulations to this year?s AEP Award Winners! Each year we receive numerous several submissions for consideration and the awards jury has the daunting task of reviewing and scoring each document against a set of criteria to select the best of the best projects.

We would like to THANK, first and foremost, the nominators. We understand the time, effort, and resources it takes to submit for an award, and because of that dedication AEP continually has numerous submissions ? which keeps the AEP Awards Program running. Secondly, a big THANK YOU to this year?s awards jury. Serving as an award juror is a big commitment and takes time and dedication from the personal and professional lives of each juror. The success of the Awards Ceremony is attributed largely to the awards jurors. Last and certainly not least, a big THANK YOU to Brian Mooney, FAICP, who has graciously served as the Master of Ceremonies yet again. Without Brian, the awards event wouldn?t be nearly as entertaining. If you were at the awards ceremony the last few years, then you know how great Brian is on the microphone! Thanks Brian ? we look forward to having you as next year?s Awards MC at the 2020 AEP State Conference in Yosemite. Also, thank you to this year?s awards photographer, Ben Kaatz of Ben Kaatz Photography, for taking great photos.

In keeping with AEPs goal as an environmental professional organization focused on sustainability and the environment, we?ve continued using awards that are made from 100% sustainable post-consumer materials. Thank you to Rivanna Natural Designs for producing high quality and great looking awards!

This year, we also had a special treat. Thank you Mitchel Morrison for sharing your fantastic CEQA poem with all of us.

Photo Caption: Mitchel Morrison sharing a fantastic and hilarious CEQA poem. The clinching of the CEQA statutes and guidelines is for dramatic effect. Well played, Mitchel, well played.
Photo Caption: Mitchel Morrison sharing a fantastic and hilarious CEQA poem. The clinching of the CEQA statutes and guidelines is for dramatic effect. Well played, Mitchel, well played.

Photo Caption: Brian Mooney, FAICP gracing us with his presence and second to none emcee skills all while bestowing environmental planning tidbits of knowledge upon all of us in between awards.
Photo Caption: Brian Mooney, FAICP gracing us with his presence and second to none emcee skills all while bestowing environmental planning tidbits of knowledge upon all of us in between awards.

Bill Halligan Marissa Mathias
Photo Caption: Bill Halligan, Esq., AEP President striking a pose with first time AEP Awards Chair, Marissa Mathias. Way to go Marissa you rocked it!

2019 Awards Chair

Marissa Mathias, Environmental Planner, ICF

2019 Awards Jurors

Anne Surdzial, Director of CEQA/NEPA Services, ECORP Consulting, Inc.

Betty Dehoney, Vice President, HDR

Cindy van Empel, Senior Planner, City of Modesto

Claudia Garcia, Environmental Planner, Ascent Environmental

Doug Feremenga, Environmental Planning Manager, Transportation Corridor Agencies

Elizabeth Meyerhoff, Environmental Specialist, Coachella Valley Water District

Jessie Barkley, Senior Project Manager, ICF

Kristin Blackson, Senior CEQA Project Manager, Harris & Associates

Leann Taagepera, Principal, Leann Taagepera Environmental Planning

Ricky Caperton, AICP, Senior Planner, City of Clovis

Sarah Owsowitz, Of Counsel, Best Best & Krieger LLP

Seth Myers, Air Quality/Noise Analyst; Consulting Arborist, ECORP Consulting, Inc.

Stephanie Oslick, West Coast Director of Environmental Services, Moffatt & Nichol

Stephanie Roberts, Senior Environmental Planner, LSA

Susan Lee, Vice President, Aspen Environmental Group

Tina Andersen, Principal, T&B Planning

ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS DOCUMENT

Outstanding Awards

Monterey Peninsula Water Supply Project EIR EIS

Monterey Peninsula Water Supply Project EIR/EIS

Prepared by ESA for the CPUC and Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary with support from Applied Marine Sciences, Sutro Science, Burke Williams & Sorensen, HydroFocus, and Dr. Phil Roberts

Lake Tahoe Shoreline Plan

Lake Tahoe Shoreline Plan

Prepared for the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency

Prepared by Ascent Environmental, Inc.

Pure Water Monterey Environmental Impact Report

Pure Water Monterey Environmental Impact Report

Prepared for: Monterey One Water and Monterey Peninsula Water Management District

Prepared by: DD&A DENISE DUFFY & ASSOCIATES, INC. with Technical Assistance from Perkins Coie LLP, Schaaf & Wheeler Civil Engineers Trussell Technologies

Biosolids Digester Facilities Project EIR

Biosolids Digester Facilities Project EIR

Prepared by the City and County of San Francisco with support from ESA and Orion Environmental Associates

Merit Awards

Environmental Justice Analysis for Bayview Hunters Point

Environmental Justice Analysis for Bayview-Hunters Point

Prepared for the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission

Prepared by ESA

City of San Diego Vernal Pool Habitat Conservation Plan EIR EIS

City of San Diego Vernal Pool Habitat Conservation Plan EIR/EIS

Prepared by the City of San Diego with Support from AECOM

North Coast Trail Draft Environmental Impact Report

North Coast Trail Draft Environmental Impact Report

Prepared by the Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission with support from Rincon Consultants, Inc. and Harris & Associates

Palen Solar Project

Palen Solar Project

Prepared for Bureau of Land Management and Riverside County

Prepared by Aspen Environmental Group

ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCE DOCUMENT

Outstanding Awards

County of San Mateo Routine Maintenance Program Manual

County of San Mateo Routine Maintenance Program Manual

Prepared by the County of San Mateo with Consulting Support from Horizon Water and Environment

The Nature Conservancy Natural Shoreline Infrastructure Technical Guidance for the California Coast

The Nature Conservancy- Natural Shoreline Infrastructure: Technical Guidance for the California Coast

Prepared by ESA for The Nature Conservancy in Collaboration with Point Blue Conservation Science and the National Atmospheric Administration Site Sentinel Cooperative

Merit Awards

City of San Diego Vernal Pool Habitat Conservation Plan

City of San Diego Vernal Pool Habitat Conservation Plan

Prepared by the City of San Diego with Support from AECOM

Carlsbad Review of Herbicide Use and Potential Alternatives

Carlsbad Review of Herbicide Use and Potential Alternatives

Prepared by ESA for the City of Carlsbad

ESA Document Authors: Julie Fontaine, Jim Prine, Alanna Sullivan

Regional Climate Action Planning Framework

Regional Climate Action Planning Framework

Prepared by the San Diego Association of Governments with support from the Energy Policy Initiatives Center and Ascent Environmental

PLANNING DOCUMENT

Outstanding Awards

Midway Pacific Highway Community Plan

Midway Pacific Highway Community Plan

Prepared by the City of San Diego Planning Department

Merit Award

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Santa Clara Valley Agricultural Plan

Prepared by the County of Santa Clara and Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority; with support from Cultivate, SAGE, New Agency, UCCE, BAE, Steve Shaffer, Ag Innovations, and Acre Policy

CLIMATE CHANGE DOCUMENT

Outstanding Award

City of Encinitas Climate Action Plan

City of Encinitas Climate Action Plan

Prepared by the City of Encinitas with support from SANDAG, Ascent Environmental, and the Energy Policy Initiatives Center

PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT/EDUCATION PROGRAM

Outstanding Award

City of Vista Climate Action Plan Update Community Outreach

City of Vista Climate Action Plan Update Community Outreach

Prepared by the City of Vista with support from Rincon Consultants, Inc

MEDIA COVERAGE OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL TOPIC

Outstanding Award

Restore the Community A Disaster Recovery Resource for Planning Departments

Restore the Community: A Disaster Recovery Resource for Planning Departments

Prepared by Rincon Consultants, Inc.

April Durham, PhD, Lilly Rudolph, Jennifer Haddow, PhD

AWARDS OF APPRECIATION

Please join us in congratulating the following for their dedication and participation on the State Board of AEP.

Kent Norton

1 year as Director at Large

Kent Norton

David Wolff

18 years as Channel Counties Chapter Director

Julia Norris

3 years as San Diego Chapter Director

AL REYNOLDS MEMORIAL LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

John Hesler of David J. Powers & Associates

John Hesler

John Hesler and clan partying like rockstars
John Hesler and clan partying like rockstars celebrating the well-deserved Al Reynolds Lifetime Achievement Award. It takes a special group of folks to roll up to the awards in a party bus! Mr. Hesler and his group really know how to have a good time!