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<br /> .1.`;'_�: - :: Qualifications of the Firm
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<br /> .• COMMITMENT-Neel-Schaffer has the capability,experience and commitment to complete all
<br /> `'f :.y:.., ;?‘ti,- debris monitoring requirements and needs outlined In the Orange County Request for Proposal.
<br /> ':':•., ::':ti;_.">, :.:0 We have extensive debris monitoring experience and.meet all of the minimum qualifications
<br /> ' '•;':, `11:`:r;;Y `:.;`„4 In the RFP. We have served dozens of communities following major disasters Including
<br /> ""-'` Hurricanes Frances,Jeanne,Ike,Rita and Katrina. While we hope Orange County doesn't face
<br /> •.',1'::,: , •.;;::r,g" a major disaster,we are prepared to respond if needed. Neel-Schaffer maintains more than 25
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<br /> c: -.::::::::,:•.•:,:,;::,...1:::,:.1...!:\' ' , permanent offices. We are fully committed to meeting the needs of Orange my in the event
<br /> ,,.. ,,1... ;•;•r gi of disaster.
<br /> ' . '•',';,. �!'s EXPERIENCE-Neel-Schaffer's emergency management experience Is very diverse, Including
<br /> ': .' ' ;''rI :a. ::.a,',�''t: _('• +•?� : ;;l.••�<1!" `.ft: debris management, monitorin g, planning project develo p ment project management,
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<br /> financial recovery. We have provided monitoring services on multiple projects with more than
<br /> •::,i;: . � •:;' a million cubic yards of debris removal. We monitored the removal of a roximatel 800,000
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<br /> :•:,�t,i�; cubic yards of debris in Indian River County following Hurricanes Frances and Jeanne, We
<br /> :: i; :;!•. have assisted communities in monitoring the removal of all types of debris,such as right-of-way
<br /> -'' : (ROW)debris, private property(right of entry)debris, commercial property,abandoned cars
<br /> ' •`' " ~`:,•4 -.,:.••:::•,...;-:.:;.::::•.•• marine debris,beach cleaning,vessel removal,hazardous trees/limbs,white goods, hazardous •
<br /> ',: •::.:. materials, and e-waste. Neel-Schaffer provided debris monitoring services to numerous clients
<br /> ••`'':'''' °' `t in the Houston-Galveston area following Hurricane Ike In 2008. This included debris monitoring
<br /> `�', ;L;; ti; for several municipalities and involved vegetative debris,C&D debris,surge zone debris,white
<br /> . . ' :',c 'g`�;-�, goods, management sites,recycling and disposal. We also monitored marine debris removal
<br /> -..`;:•::';`; '::,. ; from 350,000 acres of open water for the Texas General Land Office,as well as debris removal
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<br /> ",=•`:.'.:-, ';'`;1 and/or sand screening on 50 miles of beaches along the Upper Texas Coast Neel-Schaffer will
<br /> ;;•,+. utilize Issuance of paper or electronic load tickets as one tool In managing the project and the
<br /> : .,;::;•.:::,;:; contractor to ensure needs of Orange County and its citizens are met on all protects.
<br /> ' ' KEY PERSONNEL- Mr.Nelson Lucius, PE, Officer-in-Charge and Mr.Derrick Tucker, PE
<br /> "`''` •' "`i`. Project Manager have played:;a.{.';',, :., j g p y d key roles on essentially every Nee!Schaffer debris project over•• .'':`:'•'`:: q.%• the past five years,typically In the role of Project Manager or Officer-In-Charge. Mr.Lucius
<br /> ..,.. 1...,...„::,,-;;.:-::::,.q.11::, will serve as the Officer-In-Charge on this project and has served as Neel-Schaffer's team
<br /> :.;',::::3N,:,'",„:,',.. leader for many.natural disaster events,Including numerous Hurricane Ike and Hurricane
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<br /> `-`''' , Katrina debris monitoring projects. Mr,Tucker will be on-site Project Manager on this project
<br /> `•::4'<.:'' and has served in this role on several debris monitoring projects Mr.Tucker has extensive
<br /> . :.:• .:':r-, emergency management experience including Hurricanes Ike, Rita and Katrina and as a FEMA
<br /> ` .' `''`` representative In following Hurricane Katrina. Mr. Robert Latham,retired Executive Director •
<br /> -,..::.1,::::„..!.,.:•...:; :,.::::. for MEMA,will provide Orange County with over 30 years of emergency management, training
<br /> • :: '.-,:::, and debris management experience. Mr.Latham was Executive Director of MEMA for six years
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<br /> Including the landfall and first eight months of recovery following Hurricane Katrina.
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<br /> ? CAPACITY/DEPTH OF STAFF-While Neel-Schaffer has a great deal of debris monitoring
<br /> • experience,we are not overcommitted with pre-event contracts In North Carolina. Our team
<br /> mobilized hundreds of temporary employees to meet the needs created by Hurricane Katrina
<br /> across the Guff Coast and again following Hurricane Ike and recent winter storms. We'had
<br /> ' '• ,'.°.:adequate local management and staff to supervise the debris removal operations. Our ability
<br /> to hire,train and successfully manage hundreds of monitors in an organized and timely manner
<br /> is key to our success at debris removal monitoring and the corresponding recovery of the .
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