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STAFFING
<br />RESUMES E SCIENCES
<br />Patricia L. Gertenbach, P.G.
<br />Pace 2
<br />participated in a presentation to local high school science students demonstrating how their volunteer efforts collecting water quality
<br />samples were used by the municipality to help with public works projects.
<br />Key West City Electric System (CES), Transmission System Construction Oversight, Lower Keys, Florida — Ms.
<br />Gertenbach provided permit compliance monitoring, project management and technical support to CES during construction of an
<br />electrical transmission system that traversed wetlands, mangrove fringe and seagress beds in the Lower Keys. Tasks included
<br />collaboration with USACE and FDEP; construction oversight and documentation that included monitoring of wetland impact areas
<br />prior to, during, and following construction: working with construction crews to reduce wetland impacts at construction and staging
<br />areas; ensuring all permit conditions were met; identifying exotic vegetation for maintenance cmws; and producing monitoring
<br />reports for FDEP. No violations occurred though the project entailed extensive construction in sensitive communities. Post-
<br />construction recovery was accepted by FDEP in the three -year negotiated time frame.
<br />• Monroe County Residential Canal Inventory and Assessment, Monroe County, Florida — Developed comprehensive GIS
<br />® database of residential canals in Monroe County and used database to categorize canals by parameters such as size, depth,
<br />configuration, distance from open water, orientation, and lard use. Collected data from, and collaborated with, numerous agencies,
<br />B municipalities, homeowners and other stakeholders in the Keys. Used the categodzafim to recommend various treatment
<br />® technologies. Performed a case study on he effectiveness of various treatment technologies employed in one community to address
<br />0 water quality issues over a period of approximately 20 years. The GIS database is used by numerous agencies.
<br />Big Coppitt StormwatarlXeriscape Engineering Services, Monroe County, Florida – As Project Manager, Ms. Gertenbach
<br />provided Monroe Canty supplemental design for an FDOT road- widening project on Big Coppilt Key that was going to impact an
<br />existing bike path. Monroe Canty wanted to use the opportunity to cored design flaws in the path that had become apparent
<br />over the years. However, due to budget constraints, FDOT was not able to design the path with the upgrades that the Canty
<br />identified, such as reducing the width of the path and incorporating meanders. The E Sciences Team coordinated with the FOOT
<br />design engineers throughout the design process, revising the bike path and landscaping as changes were made to the
<br />slormwater swales. Monroe Countys desired upgrades were successfully incorporated into the plans, and were included in the
<br />final construction.
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<br />Altemative Lighting Design Standards for Roadways in Coastal Areas, South Florida — As project manager, Ms. Gertenbach
<br />waked closely with FOOT District Four personnel, lighting engineers and regulatory agencies to develop alterative fighting design
<br />standards for roadways in coastal areas adjacent to sea turtle nesting beaches. Development of standards will provide fighting
<br />engineers aftemative designs that can be used to reduce or eliminate fight that would otherwise trespass onto beadles, and possibly
<br />disrupt sea turtles' nesting activities. The standards will also li kety help architects and engineers waking on a variety of projects in
<br />other ecologically sensitive areas become aware of the altemative fighting designs available. Work on this project has lead to a
<br />number of related projects including: retrofitting fights along SR A1A in Broward County with sea turtle friendly tights andfor shields;
<br />design and'ahsWWtion of signs along and leading to SR AtA in Broward Canty informing public of reduced fighting during sea turtle
<br />nesting season; and participation in a number of community activities educe* the pudic abort sea turtles, the effect fighting can
<br />have on their nesting activities, and successful alternative lighting projects implemented by FDOT (ex: SR A1A in Box Raton).
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<br />Vizcaya Gardens, City of Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida — Ms. Gertenbach provided quality assurance on this restoration
<br />project at the prestigious Vizcaya Gardens. E Sciences' team of landscape architects, engineers and scientists worked together to
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<br />develop restoration plans for two areas in the gardens: the hardwood hammock and the south canal restoration. The hammock had
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<br />been damaged through the years by storms, including hurricanes, which weakened trees and allowed infestation by exotic invasive
<br />plants. E Sciences developed a comprehensive plan for removing invasive species and replanting natives that blended seamlessly
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<br />with the wellestadishe i gardens. For the south canal restoration, E Sciences prepared design plans and applied for a Class I
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<br />Permit from Miami-Dade County Permitting, Environment and Regulatory Affairs, a permit exemption from FDEP and a Letter of
<br />Permission (LOP) from USACE to conduct maintenance dredging activities involving the removal of approximately 1,410 cubic
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<br />yards of silt and sediments from the bottom of the canal. The objective of this project is to enhance and restore lost hydrologic
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<br />and biological functions to the canal. E Sciences worked closely with the regulatory community to restore the canal while protecting
<br />hie mangroves that had encroached into the waterway. E Sciences also developed long -term stream - mangrove maintenance
<br />solutions.
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<br />Altemative Lighting Design Standards for Roadways in Coastal Areas, South Florida — As project manager, Ms. Gertenbach
<br />waked closely with FOOT District Four personnel, lighting engineers and regulatory agencies to develop alterative fighting design
<br />standards for roadways in coastal areas adjacent to sea turtle nesting beaches. Development of standards will provide fighting
<br />engineers aftemative designs that can be used to reduce or eliminate fight that would otherwise trespass onto beadles, and possibly
<br />disrupt sea turtles' nesting activities. The standards will also li kety help architects and engineers waking on a variety of projects in
<br />other ecologically sensitive areas become aware of the altemative fighting designs available. Work on this project has lead to a
<br />number of related projects including: retrofitting fights along SR A1A in Broward County with sea turtle friendly tights andfor shields;
<br />design and'ahsWWtion of signs along and leading to SR AtA in Broward Canty informing public of reduced fighting during sea turtle
<br />nesting season; and participation in a number of community activities educe* the pudic abort sea turtles, the effect fighting can
<br />have on their nesting activities, and successful alternative lighting projects implemented by FDOT (ex: SR A1A in Box Raton).
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