Senior Project Manager /Senior Analyst

Ms. Werner is an environmental planner with over 20 years of experience in preparing documentation pursuant to NEPA and CEQA, and has extensive experience with planning and land use issues. She has been a Project Manager for an array of land use projects including quarries, schools, residential and commercial developments, and recreational uses. The projects have been located throughout the greater Bay Area including Alameda, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, Santa Clara and San Benito Counties, and the projects have varied in size and complexity. Many projects involve the review and incorporation of technical documents from outside contractors (e.g. geotechnical feasibility studies, transportation studies, special status species reports).

As a Senior Project Manager, Ms. Werner maintains day-to-day communications with clients, directs the work of project team members, and prepares key sections of project documents. She also assists clients with all aspects of the CEQA process including project scoping, notification requirements, public meetings, and project findings.

Highlights

Project Manager of the Over Snow Vehicle Program EIR for California State Parks. Conducted public scoping meetings, assisted with development and implementation of winter trailhead visitor survey, prepared two Initial Studies and prepared an EIR for a 10-year program period. Project involved issuance of state contracts for grooming 26 winter trail systems covering 1761 miles in 11 national forests, plowing 97 miles of access road, and plowing and/or maintaining 34 parking area trailheads. The primary impacts of concern related to snowmobiler use of project area including wilderness area intrusion, damage to sensitive biological resources, air quality emissions, greenhouse gas emissions, and conflicts between motorized and non-motorized uses.

Prepared Technical Studies for Caltrans for San Pedro Trail in City of Pacifica involving construction of a combination Class I, II, and III multipurpose trail along San Pedro Creek using Federal Highway Administration funds. Prepared a detailed project description, Preliminary Environment Study (PES) Form, a Biological Resources Evaluation Memorandum, Cultural Resources, and an Air Quality Technical Memorandum.

Project Manager of IS/MND for Coyote Point Recreation Area Shoreline and Promenade Improvement Project for San Mateo County Parks Department. Project involved stabilization of 1900 feet of bay front shoreline half with rock revetment and have by reconfiguring the shoreline to create a scallop-shaped bay. Impact assessment addressed biological and water quality effects of excavating in tidal lands, shoreline and beach stability.

Project Manager of EIRs for quarry projects including: Hollister Sand Plant, Lapis Sand Plant, Brigantino Overburden (Wilson Quarry), Guadalupe Valley Quarry, Bonny Doon Quarries, Quail Hollow Quarry, and RMC Cement Plant. Impact assessments include noise, dust, aesthetics, sensitive biological resources, and water quality.

Project Manager of EIRs for residential projects including: Sunset Vista, Rancho Mai, Rajkovich Property, Scenic Southside Estates, and San Juan Vista Estates, Connemara Project Supplemental EIRs. Impact assessments addressed loss of agricultural land, growth inducement of urban services expansion, adequacy of community services and utilities, viewshed impacts caused by projects in hillside locations, and conformance with local planning policies.

Project Manager of IS/MND for a Class II bike lane project along San Juan Highway in San Benito County. Project constraints included an adjacent drainage channel with wetland vegetation providing potential refuge habitat to California red-legged frog, a 100-year flood zone, and the San Andreas Fault. Directed technical studies for Caltrans.

Contributing Author of IS/MND for Prairie City SVRA for the improvement of the 90-acre four-wheel drive area. Primary issues addressed included storm drainage and sedimentation impacts into remnant channels of Coyote Creek and dust impacts.

Contributing Author to IS/MND for the Stream Flow Augmentation Project for the experimental release of recycled water into the Upper Silver Creek/Coyote Creek watershed in San Jose. The primary issues of concern were impacts to water quality and biotic species within the riparian corridor.

Prepared Access Feasibility Study for Pajaro Valley Unified School District in Watsonville. Study assessed the feasibility of an alternate access road required by the California Coastal Commission as a condition of approving a new high school campus in the coastal zone. Several feasibility factors were assessed including acquisition of easements, regulatory approval process, environmental constraints, costs, and timing constraints.

Primary Author of Sphere of Influence Study for Alameda County LAFCO involving a disputed area between Cities of Livermore and Dublin. The study assessed whether existing sphere boundaries should be modified and the likely environmental impact associated with the sphere change.

Mitigation Monitor for the Guadalupe Valley Quarry in San Mateo County from 1996 through 2009. Conducted both scheduled and unannounced site visits to inspect conditions at the quarry and assess compliance with county permit conditions. The primary issues include adequate controls of dust emissions, surface water runoff, water quality, import of recycled material, and noise from night haul truck traffic.

Educational Background

University of California, Davis
Bachelor of Science, Environmental Policy Analysis and Planning