Lan Weber, Ph.D., P.E.
Principal

Education
Ph.D., Civil Engineering, Hydraulics, Colorado State University, 1986
M.S., Civil Engineering, Hydraulics, Colorado State University, 1977
B.S., Nuclear Engineering, Tsing-Hua University, 1973

Registration
Professional Engineer, California (#25894)
Professional Engineer, Arizona (#27665)
Professional Engineer, Nevada (#9707)

Experience Summary
Dr. Weber has a well diversified background in civil and water resources engineering allowing her to integrate infrastructure design functions with soft-approach, environmentally friendly solutions.

Since 1980, Dr. Weber has been involved in watershed management, flood/debris control, and ecosystem restoration projects. Her technical background in watershed and river systems is highly comprehensive, involving research, data collection, concept plan development, feasibility studies, preliminary design plans, specifications and estimates, final construction documents, bid assistance, and construction support. She also has significant experience in community outreach and in regulatory and encroachment permitting.

From her experience working on restoration projects, she provides unique flood control solutions balanced with habitat restoration and enhancement needs. Dr. Weber has been involved in over 300 river, coastal, and watershed management projects relating to flood control, floodplain evaluation, channel stability, erosion control of stream crossings, reservoir operation, and water diversion. She has provided valuable input to project feasibility analyses with her hands-on experience in design, construction, implementation and permitting.

Dr. Weber has contributed to several restoration projects by the promotion of funding collaboration and participation in the planning and design process. She has successfully promoted Federal interests in Salt River, Arizona (the Va Shly'Ay Akeimel Salt River Restoration Project near Phoenix, Arizona with the City of Mesa, Arizona, and the Salt-River Maricopa Indian Community), as well as along the Santa Ana River Trail near Mission Zanja Creek and the Cooley Ranch Landfill (EPA brownfield designation).

Dr. Weber has extensive experience in multidisciplinary projects that have frequently occurred within drainage-corridor and open-space development areas. She has successfully obtained plan approvals and environmental and encroachment permits for a multitude of significant and challenging projects involving trails, parks, storm drains, flood-control channels, streets, highways, pipelines, bridges, culverts, debris basins, detention basins, water quality basins, bank-protection, grade control, dams/reservoirs, and water-diversion structures. She has participated in EIR/EIS preparation, public outreach/public meetings, floodplain impact mitigation, flood insurance studies, floodplain management plan development, sand/gravel mining plan development and reclamation, sand/gravel mining impact analysis, channel stability evaluation, and water diversion. Representative projects include the Santa Clara River Sand/Gravel Mining Redline Development,, Lower Colorado River and Arroyo Seco Environmental Documentation, Westminster Channel Design Analysis, Big Canyon Restoration, and the Los Angeles County Floodplain Management Plan.

In addition, Dr. Weber has served as Project Manager and Principal Civil Engineer in over 200 civil engineering projects involving site grading, drainage, access, parking, trails/paths, water, sewer, storm drain, and street/highway improvement. Dr. Weber has provided expert services for projects involving complicated storm water drainage control, pollution control, and erosion/sedimentation management. Her recent projects have included drainage studies and civil engineering design and construction documentation for the Chino Basin Groundwater Improvement Project, La Bonita Park, and Santa Ana River Trails.

Marty Carlassare, P.E., C.E.G.
Principal

Education
MS, Civil Engineering, 1965
BS, Civil Engineering, 1963

Registration
Professional Engineer, State of California (Certificate 021951)
Professional Engineer, State of Arizona (Certificate 12722)
Professional Geologist, State of California (Certificate 000186)

Experience Summary
Mr. Carlassare has 33 years of experience in civil engineering project management, design and construction. His technical expertise also includes geotechnical engineering. Mr. Carlassare was chief of the Civil Design Section of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District, managing numerous flood control channel improvement design and construction projects. He identified action items, prepared budgets and schedules, coordinated design with in-house and consulting engineers, monitored project progress, and ensured timely and cost-effective project completion. He is knowledgeable of the design standards, cost-estimating procedures, project-management methods, and specific requirements of the Los Angeles District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. His hands-on experience managing design projects for the District also allows him to anticipate potential operational problems and recommend effective methods for correction.

Mr. Carlassare has been involved with numerous water resources planning and design projects that have included flood-control structures, including dams and channels. The construction cost of these projects has totaled more than $1.5 million. Channel improvement projects consisted of rip rap channels, vertical and trapezoidal reinforced concrete channels, soil cement bank protection and grade-control structures, reinforced concrete box culverts, sediment basins, reinforced concrete pipe culverts, drop structures, and other associated hydraulic facilities.

Mr. Carlassare has extensive working experience in military construction projects throughout California, Nevada, Arizona, and elsewhere in the southwestern United States. He has extensive experience in the preparation of specifications and estimates for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and NAVY projects.

Mr. Carlassare served as Project Manager for the Seven Oaks Dam project, which involved significant grading, drainage, utility, hydrogeology, geology, geotechnical engineering, and environmental permitting issues during both design and construction phases. Mr. Carlassare was also involved in large debris and sediment-management projects, regional trail projects, and wetlands-restoration projects. Representative projects include San Timoteo Channel and Sediment Basin Improvement, Santa Ana River Marsh, Los Angeles River/San Gabriel River, Talbert Channel Ocean Outlet, Santa Ana River Trails, La Bonita Park, and Big Canyon Restoration.

Ronald Molendyk,
Public Works Project Advisor

Education
M.S., in Administration, CSU, Long Beach
B.A., Recreation, CSU, Long Beach

Experience Summary
Mr. Molendyk has 42 years experience in managing and administering in public agencies, local government and private business. He has served as City Manager/Executive Director for the City of Perris and the City of Lake Elsinore. He has served as City Manager/City Clerk for the City of Rolling Hills, Director, Community Services Department, for the City of Brea and Director/Parks and Recreation Department for the City of Bell.

As the City Manager and Executive Director for the Redevelopment Agency, Public Finance Authority, for the City of Perris his responsibilities included efficient administration for all the services for the City and its Agencies. He provided City financing strategy, short and long term total debt for City and Redevelopment for $10.5 million, and reduced operating costs by $1 million along with developing an investment program, banking services, contract services for personnel, finance, building and landscape maintenance.

John Chang, P.E., Ph.D.
Senior Civil Engineer

Education
Ph.D., Civil Engineering, 1981, University of California
M.S., Water Resources Engineering, 1970, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand
B.S., Civil Engineering, 1964, National Taiwan University, Taiwan, ROC

Registration
Registered Civil Engineer, California No. C34434

Experience Summary
Dr. Chang has over 25 years of experience in civil engineering design and construction. He spent more than ten years working overseas in billion-dollar civil engineering design and construction projects for international consultants headquartered in the United States. He has been involved in more than 200 civil engineering projects for the improvement of streets, highways, water, reclaimed water, sanitary sewers, storm drains, open channels, parking, access, and recreational amenities such as trails, parks and sports fields.

Dr. Chang was honored to be invited to coach the design and construction supervision of the first modern highway facility for China, opening the door of China to economic prosperity. He was the Lead Design Engineer for more than 100 major transportation, park, trail, and school facility improvement projects. Recognized as an expert in site grading, his creative and practical design solutions have resulted in significant savings of construction costs. He has designed more than 20 K-12 school facilities throughout Southern California.

Dr. Chang possesses a wealth of technical abilities in civil and hydraulic calculations, CAD design, and the preparation of plans, specifications, and estimates. In addition to experience in pre-construction engineering, he has extensive experience in construction support including review of shop drawings, on-site design modification, and preparation of as-built plans. His recent projects have included the Santa Ana River Trails, Westminster Channel Improvement, Big Canyon Restoration, and La Bonita Park Sports Field and Detention Basin Design and PS&E Preparation.

Dr. Chang has published 22 research papers and received U.S. Patent No. 4,823,299 in 1989. NASA has also awarded Dr. Chang three Certificates of Recognition for technical excellence in engineering. Since 1990, Dr. Chang has acted as a United Nations engineering specialist.

Gordan Ballentine, CFA
Funding Coordinator and Environmental Specialist

Education
B.S., Geophysics, University of the Pacific, 1988

Registration
Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), Charter No. 34291

Experience Summary
Mr. Ballentine specializes in financial analysis, risk assessment, risk management, strategic planning, and public education/outreach for reclamation, reuse, rezoning and redevelopment of environmentally distressed or sensitive areas. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst; and has 15 years environmental, finance, and economics experience.

Mr. Ballentine has in depth knowledge in environmental assessment, documentation, and mitigation including Phase I, Phase II, Initial Study, EA, EIR, and EIS. He served as the Project Manager for the development, routine maintenance, and biannual revision of comprehensive environmental response management plans for 17 Navy facilities. The plans include over 600 individual sites at the activities and are used by the client both as a "blue print" for site cleanup and as a scorecard for measuring the progress of the restoration and compliance programs. Mr. Ballentine served as the Project Manager for development and implementation of strategies for facilitating transactions of environmentally impaired public real estate affected by military base closure legislation (under contract with the U.S. Navy, Naval Facilities Engineering Command).

Mr. Ballentine provides brownfields redevelopment advisory and strategic environmental remediation services for a wide range of real and fixed asset management projects. Assisted by WRC Principals, he has successfully prepared five brownfield grant proposals resulting in $1,200,000 of grant funding awards. Winning proposals have been prepared based on the focused environmental economic analyses and long-term sustainable development approaches. He provided financial and decision analysis services to EPA Region 8 in support of the Midvale Slag Superfund Site cleanup and redevelopment in Midvale, Utah.

Mr. Ballentine is experienced in valuation and liability analysis for asset privatization. He assisted the U.S. Navy, Pacific Northwest Division, in utility distribution system prioritization and various asset transfer for several municipalities in California.

David Kim-Hak,
Water Quality Engineer

Education
B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley

Experience Summary
Mr. Kim-Hak has a broad background in chemistry and chemical engineering related to water quality improvement. He is experienced in field monitoring, sampling and reporting. He has performed design and testing of water quality filtration systems and has participated in the preparation of Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plans (SWPPP).

For water quality monitoring and sampling, Mr. Kim-Hak has designed comprehensive plans and QA/QC procedures for NPDES compliance including projects for Caltrans and several cities and counties located within Southern California. He has performed analyses of laboratory test results and has prepared field monitoring reports.

Mr. Kim-Hak's abilities in water quality baseline studies, alternative assessment, and design of Best Management Practices were built on a solid background of filtration design and performance. He has extensive research and industry experience in water and wastewater filtration system design. At UC Berkeley, he conducted special studies on removal efficiency comparison for many commercial filtration systems for small-quantity pollutant-concentrated effluents as well as for non-point sources such as urban storm runoff. He has designed and built small BMP units for major American manufacturers. He has comprehensive experience in the formulation, casting and testing of polymeric and ceramic membranes for ultrafiltration and separation applications. He has also prepared evaluation and recommendation reports.

Ramsay M. McDermid, P.E.
Senior Water Resource Engineer

Education
Master of Science, Civil Engineering, California State University at Long Beach, 1971
Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering, California State University at Long Beach, 1969
Continuing Seminars and Short Courses

Registration
Registered Professional Engineer - California, Colorado, Nevada, and Wyoming.

Experience Summary
Mr. McDermid has been involved in the planning, design and management of projects involving hydrology, hydraulics and erosion/sedimentation in the private and public sectors throughout his career. His experience includes hydrologic studies of small urban or undisturbed areas to major watersheds; hydraulic analyses and open channel flow studies in alluvial streams and rivers, rigid boundary flood-control facilities, and lined and unlined diversion channels; and sediment transport studies dealing with sediment ranging in size from silt to boulders for both subcritical and supercritical flow conditions. Analyses have included the computation of channel aggradation and degradation, local and general scour depths, and watershed sediment production capacity. Many projects have included the preparation of hydraulic structure design documents. Many projects have involved extensive multidisciplinary coordination, streambed restoration, and environmental document preparation. He is familiar with various hydrologic methods including U.S. Soil Conservation Service TR-20 and TR-55 models, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (COE) HEC-1 model, and local rational method and hydrograph models. His hydraulic and sediment transport model experience includes COE's HEC-2, HEC?6, and HEC-RAS models and SEDCAD.

Ricardo Perez,
Senior Designer

Education
A.S. in Computer Aided Drafting, ITT Technical Institute, Anaheim, California, 1998 - 2000
B.S. in Civil Engineering, Santa Ana College/CSU Fullerton, California (forthcoming)

Computer Capabilities
AutoCAD, Softdesk, Autodesk Land Desktop 3, MicroStation, ArcView, InRoads (Intergraph SelectCAD), Microsoft Office, Word and Excel, Adobe Photoshop, Corel Draw

Experience Summary
Mr. Perez has in-depth capabilities in the application of CADD and GIS to civil engineering and water resources projects. He also has extensive experience performing hydrology and hydraulic analyses and civil and drainage design under the supervision of professional engineers. He has significant experience in design and construction plans for flood control, storm drain, and detention basin design projects. His capabilities are not limited to drafting using MicroStation Intergraph or AutoCAD; he is also fluent in the application of design software programs such as InRoads, Softdesk and Land Desktop. He has extensive knowledge in the preparation of base maps for design using topographic data and ground survey information obtained from surveyors. He has superb communication skills working with professional engineers in the preparation of design plans, profiles, and section details.

In addition to CADD applications, Mr. Perez has successfully assisted professional engineers in the design of grading projects, street improvements, storm drain facilities, parking, water, sewer, and trails/paths following ADA standards and Public Works requirements. He is particularly experienced in regional trails, parks, water resources infrastructure and environmental restoration projects.

Mr. Perez has been fully involved in the design process including the development of conceptual layouts, preliminary plans, and construction plans. He has the ability to estimate earth quantities using the Digital Terrain Model (DTM) and has significant experience in the preparation of cost estimates using published construction cost data and bid data from similar projects in local areas. He combines his CADD ability with graphic design software such as Adobe Photoshop and Corel Draw and has generated impressive design renderings for alternative evaluation and public presentation.