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i E Sciences �s- United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Environmental Documentation and Area -wide Floodplain Management Eight -Step Decision - Making Process: To enhance the quality of fife in our neighborhoods, the Fort Lauderdale City Commission has established four Community Investment Programs: the Neighborhood Community Investment Program (NCIP), the Neighborhood Community Investment Grant Program (NCIGP), the Business Community Investment Program (BCIP), and the Business Community Investment Grant Program (BCIGP). The goal of these programs is to provide matching grant funds for the construction of community improvements in the City's right -0f -ways that beautify neighborhoods and enhance the quality of life for those who live, work, and visit the City of Fort Lauderdale. The majority of individual actions considered for these projects include the following: street name decorative posts, entryway monuments, entryway signs, concrete curbing, swales, sidewalks, median islands, decorative lighting, solar decorative lighting, landscape lighting, trees, landscaping, and irrigation. E Sciences has prepared numerous environmental documentation packages to support HUD funding for the City of Fort Lauderdale's neighborhood improvement projects. The majority of these involved the preparation of Environmental Checklists in compliance with HUD regulations. E Sciences also prepared an Area wide Floodplain Management Eight -Step Decision- Making Process for them to utilize when projects are located within a 100 -year floodplain as defined by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Opinion of Post Closure Costs, Wingate Landfill: In response to a City audit, E Sciences was tasked to develop an opinion of post - remediation costs for this Superfund site. Historic and future operations with respect to maintenance and monitoring costs were compiled in several spreadsheets to provide future annual allocations until fiscal year 2032. E Sciences created the spreadsheets such that the costs forecasts may be updated annually. Wingate Landfill Burrowing Owl Relocation: This red, ' �f ��'R jyr' tSS`�'r ✓> hazardous waste superfund site that has undergone ;P.-, regulatory closure. A protective cap system was installed at this historical municipal landfill to eliminate potential exposure to contaminants and to prevent migration of contaminants in the landfill into the groundwater. A condition of the closure is conducting monitoring of the groundwater, surface water and fish tissues on a periodic basis for a period of 30 years. During a five year inspection, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) identified the presence of two burrowing owl burrows on top of the capped area of the landfill. The EPA directed the City to remove the burrows and evaluate the integrity of the landfill cap. E Sciences was engaged to evaluate the possible damage, and coordinate burrow removal with state and federal regulatory agencies. The burrows were scoped and video recorded in an effort to assess whether or not the owls had affected/damaged the geomembrane with inconclusive results. However, it was determined that there were no eggs or flightless young in the burrows. Following coordination with the EPA, and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), starter burrows were created outside of the cep area to encourage relocation of the owls to this area. The burrows were excavated and it was found that the cap had not been affected by the owls. The burrows were removed and the owls relocated themselves in the area outside the cap. Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport Endangered Species Surveys, Permitting and Relocation: E Sciences has conducted multiple endangered species surveys and relocation for proposed construction projects at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport. Endangered species encountered, permitted or relocated include burrowing owls and gopher tortoises. Rev 8/72/2014 Project City of Fort Lauderdale General Environmental Engineering (2 -0433) OVERVIEW - NGL RFQ No. 14 -07 -02 1 Page 12.53