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40 Qualifications of the Firm COMMITMENT -Neel-Schaffer has the capability, experience and commitment to complete a{I debris monitoring requirements and needs outlined in the Orange County Request for Proposal. We have extensive debris monitoring experience and.meet all of the minimum qualifications in the RFP. We have served dozens of communities following major disasters including Hurricanes Frances, Jeanne, Ike, Rita and Katrina. While we hope Orange County doesn't face a major disaster, we are prepared to respond if needed. Neel-Schaffer maintains more than 25 permanent offices. We are fully committed to meeting the needs of Orange County in the event of disaster. EXPER[ENCE -Neel-Schaffer's emergency management experience is very diverse, including debris management, monitoring, planning, project development, project management, and financial recovery. We have provided monitoring services on multiple projects with more than a million cubic yards of debris removal. We monitored the removal of approximately 800,000 cubic yards of debris in Indian River County following Hurricanes Frances and Jeanne. We have assisted communities in monitoring the removal of all types of debris, such as right-of-way (ROW) debris, private property (right of entry) debris, commercial property, abandoned cars, marine debris, beach cleaning, vessel removal, hazardous trees/limbs, white goods, hazardous materials, and e-waste. Neel-Schaffer provided debris monitoring services to numerous clients in the Houston-Galveston area following Hurricane Ike in 2008. This included debris monitoring for several municipalities and involved vegetative debris, C&D debris, surge zone debris, white goods, management sites, recycling and disposal. We also monitored marine debris removal from 350,000 acres of open water for the Texas General Land Office, as well as debris removal and/or sand screening on 50 miles of beaches along the Upper Texas Coast. Neel-Schaffer will utilize issuance of paper or electronic load tickets as one tool in managing the project and the contractor to ensure needs of Orange County and its citizens are met on all projects. KEY PERSONNEL - Mr. Nelson Lucius, PE, Officer-In-Charge and Mr. Derrick Tucker, PE, Project Manager have played key roles on essentially every Neel-Schaffer debris project over the past five years, typically in the role of Project Manager or Officer-In-Charge. Mr. Lucius will serve as the Officer-in-Charge on this project and has served as Neel-Schaffer's team leader for many. natural disaster events, including numerous Hurricane Ike and Hurricane Katrina debris monitoring projects. Mr. Tucker will be on-site Project Manager on this project and has served in this role on several debris monitoring projects Mr. Tucker has extensive emergency management experience including Hurricanes Ike, Rita and Katrina and as a FEMA representative in following Hurricane Katrina. Mr. Robert Latham, retired Executive Director for MEMA, will provide Orange County with over 30 years of emergency management, training and debris management experience. Mr. Latham was Executive Director of MEMA for six years including the landfall and first eight months of recovery following Hurricane Katrina. CAPACITY/DEPTH OF STAFF -While Neel-Schaffer has a great deal of debris monitoring experience, we are not overcommitted with pre-event contracts in North Carolina. Our team mobilized hundreds of temporary employees to meet the needs created by Hurricane Katrina across the Gulf Coast and again following Hurricane Ike and recent winter sforms. We had adequate local management and staff to supervise the debris removal operations. Our ability to hire, train and successfully manage hundreds of monitors in an organized and timely manner is key to our success at debris removal monitoring and the corresponding recovery of the community. ~~~ NEEI-SCRAPPER - t sowne.n r~ men a..ne oro,.