environmental review
bay marshlands with electical power towers at dusk
M-Group creates and manages environmental documents that are able to withstand scrutiny, address the unique conditions of each project, and make sense within the context of each jurisdiction. Our team has extensive experience working on environmental review projects of varying size, scope, and complexity throughout the San Francisco Bay Area, including routine development, maintenance and city infrastructure projects, large scale residential and commercial development, and comprehensive long range planning documents. We conduct environmental review and provide a range of CEQA services encompassing:
Technical Studies
Exemption Justifications
Initial Studies
Negative Declarations
Mitigated Declarations
Environmental Impact Reports
Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Plans
Our focused approach and level of attentiveness achieves the highest degree of internal consistency. We anticipate concern areas early on in the project and collaborate with the project team in identifying solutions through either thoughtful design or mitigation to avoid, mitigate, minimize or offset impacts. Our expertise in environmental, policy, design and preservation disciplines allows us to provide a well informed and robust document that meets CEQA provisions.
M-Group’s environmental planners are well versed in all aspects of the environmental review process. Our in house technical capabilities complement our long standing relationships with professional specialists. Through close collaboration with our partners we produce CEQA-compliant environmental documents supported by substantial evidence and rooted in sound technical analysis. We work diligently through the CEQA process to ensure that development occurs in a responsible and sustainable manner. We believe in a future where urban development and natural systems coexist.
Representative Projects
City of Calistoga - Veranda at Indian Springs
City of Foster City - EIR Management and Climate Action Plan
City of Palo Alto - 777 Welch Medical Office Building Initial Study
City of Petaluma - EIR Management
City of Redwood City - EIR Management and MND
City of Santa Rosa - Environmental Review Management and MND
City of Santa Rosa - 38 Degrees North Environmental Review
City of St. Helena - Main Street Improvements
Environmental Review CLIENTS
City of Belmont
City of Calistoga
City of Campbell
City of Cotati
City of Fort Bragg
City of Foster City
City of Morgan Hill
City of Newark
City of Pacifica
City of Palo Alto
City of Petaluma
City of Pinole
City of Redwood City
City of San Bruno
City of San Carlos
City of San Ramon
City of Santa Rosa
City of Saratoga
City of Sebastopol
City of St. Helena
City of Sunnyvale
Town of Los Altos Hills
Town of Los Gatos
Town of Windsor
Town of Woodside