Services
Project Entitlement
CSLS has worked with builders, developers, landowners, and school districts to successfully entitle their development projects. CSLS’ entitlement success is based on public sector planning experience; exceptional knowledge of environmental issues that tend to either drive or challenge entitlement projects; ability to translate complex technical development concepts for the layperson as part of community outreach efforts; and the ability to create an entitlement strategy, troubleshoot issues, develop solutions, and lead the team to the finish line.
Representative Projects:
- Murrieta Valley Unified School District
- Vista Murrieta High School, 250,000 s.f.
- Mails and McElhinny Campus, 250,000 s.f.
- Murrieta Mesa High School, 275,000 s.f.
- Marywood, City of Orange, 40 homes on 16 ac
- Skyridge, City of Mission Viejo, 84 homes on 40 ac
- Rosedale, City of Azusa, 1250 homes on 325 ac
- Mountain Cove, City of Azusa, 325 homes on 268 ac
- Monrovia Nursery, City of Glendora, 124 homes on 95 ac
- Walnut Hills, City of Walnut, 268 homes on 500 ac
- Pine Valley Estates, City of Chino Hills, 98 homes on 192 ac
- Murrieta Corporate Center, City of Murrieta, 709,592 s.f.
- Forest Boundary, County of Riverside, 50 homes on 15 ac
- Dhammakaya International Meditation Center, 81,000 s.f. meditation hall and 8 dormitory buildings
Representative Projects:
- Summerly SPA-6, EIR Addendum, City of Lake Elsinore
- Marywood EIR, City of Orange
- Skyridge EIR, City of Mission Viejo
- Civic Center, EIR Addendum, City of Lake Forest
- I-10/Pepper Avenue Overcrossing
- I-215/Barton Avenue Interchange
- I-215 Widening
- Colton Crossing (grade separation of Union Pacific mainline tracks and BNSF mainline tracks)
- SR-210 Mixed Flow Lane
- Mill Creek Wetlands IS/MND, City of Ontario
- Mill Creek Wetlands EA/FONSI, US Army Corps of Engineers
- Three Oaks Lot 269, EIR Addendum, City of Walnut
Ceqa/Nepa
CSLS has extensive experience managing and preparing numerous CEQA (California Environmental Quality Act) and NEPA (National Environmental Policy Act) documents. While on the team for the on-call environmental consultant to the San Bernardino Associated Governments (SANBAG), now known as San Bernardino County Transportation Authority (SBCTA), Carlson led the delivery of numerous large environmental documents. Carlson has also prepared and managed numerous CEQA and NEPA documents for development and civic projects.
Regulatory Permitting
CSLS prepares applications and processes regulatory permits through the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Section 404), California Department of Fish and Wildlife (Section 1602), Regional Water Quality Control Board (Section 401), and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service(Section 7). In addition to obtaining regulatory permits, CSLS prepares mitigation/restoration plans including Long-Term Management Plans, Habitat Mitigation and Monitoring Plans, and performs biological monitoring of mitigation/restoration sites.
Representative Projects:
- Mill Creek Wetlands, City of Ontario
- Arantine Hills / Bedford Canyon Wash, Corona
- Three Oaks, City of Walnut
- City of Lake Forest Civic Center
Representative Projects:
- Mill Creek Wetlands, City of Ontario
- Arantine Hills / Bedford Canyon Wash, Corona
- Hickory Creek, City of Chino Hills
- Three Oaks, City of Walnut
- City of Lake Forest Civic Center
Biological Assessments
CSLS has a trained biologist on staff and provides a wide range of biological services including vegetation mapping, nesting bird surveys, Protocol Burrowing Owl surveys, focus protocol surveys for special status species, construction monitoring, MSHCP/DBESP consistency analysis, and Biological Technical reports for inclusion within environmental documents.