Michael Jacinto

E & E is a nationwide, full-service environmental consultancy that offers environmental assessments, siting/feasibility studies, biological assessments and public engagement services as a core practice area. Responsibilities entailed preparing technical analyses for EIRs and IS/MNDs; providing guidance and senior level technical assistance to the environmental team; and document quality control and quality assurance.

• Contributing analyst to the Rainbow Pipeline Replacement Project alternatives screening report (ASR), that analyzed alternatives to a proposed and ultimately rejected 47-mile, 36-inch natural gas pipeline in Riverside and San Diego Counties. The ASR, prepared for the California Public Utilities Commission evaluated the feasibility of natural gas transmission alternatives, while considering variable energy supply and demand estimates, population forecasts, state policies regulating the use of renewable and non-renewable natural resources and greenhouse gas reduction targets.
• Managed IS/MND for SDG&E's TL674A Reconfiguration and TL666D Removal Project that would reconfigure and remove 69 kilovolt (kV) and 12 kV electrical distribution and transmission lines within the cities of Del Mar and San Diego to improve system reliability and enhance environmental quality. One of the lines extends through jurisdictional wetlands and the other is within environmentally sensitive areas.

Responsibilities included implementing all phases of the environmental review process, including: defining the project, analyzing and mitigating environmental impacts and developing feasible mitigation measures; managing complex project caseload comprising multiple EIRs, Mitigated Negative Declarations, and exemptions; providing information to the public on environmental review procedure and process; and mentoring junior staff.

• Managed the environmental review for the Eastern Neighborhoods Rezoning and Area Plans Project -- the largest environmental case ever undertaken by the city for the purpose of analyzing environmental impacts associated with rezoning 2,300 acres in the Eastern Neighborhoods (the Mission, East South of Market, Showplace Square and Central Waterfront) to rationalize the conversion of industrial areas and plan for coherent, mixed-use communities.
• Established an approach to studying cumulative wind impacts in "the Hub"an area of dynamic change around the intersection of Market Street and Van Ness Avenue where the City may increase allowable building heights to direct future high-density residential development near transit. The area is susceptible to high winds currently and avoiding wind hazards is a prerogative in the development of livable neighborhoods in the future.
• Co-author of a Process Improvement Study that examines the Planning Department's application process and how submittal requirements and fees may impact the delivery and cost of affordable housing developed by non-profit applicants.

Instructed the Geography 652 course “Environmental Impact Assessment,” an introduction to California and federal environmental law providing an overview of the methods to assess and mitigate environmental impacts.

Implemented state & federal environmental regulations; conducted environmental analyses; drafted environmental review documents; designed and implemented surveys (land use, historic resource, park user); chaired community meetings & study sessions; made presentations to officials.

• Analyst for the University of California San Francisco Long Range Development Plan Amendment 2 which analyzed future campus growth and provided the Regents of the CSU critical information pertaining to the environmental effects associated with the rebuilding, relocation or new construction of (a) hospital(s) in conformance with the state's Seismic Retrofit Act.
• Analyst for the University of California Santa Cruz Long Range Development Plan that guides growth of student body and campus facilities demands through 2025.
• Managed the environmental review for the preservation of historic resources and public access improvements to Shin Park Arboretum in Fremont, CA.
• Managed the environmental review for Abbott Laboratories West Coast Research Center in Redwood City, CA.

Graduated Magna cum Laude

Zwei-jaehriger Studiengang mit Schwerpunkt auf die Sozial- und Sprachwissenschaften, ggf. Stadtplannung und Germanistik.

Chaperoned a dozen public high school students to the Dominican Republic for a three-week summer immersion program focusing on cultural exchange, global civil society issues and leadership development.

Participated in member events and lead a guided tour through the Tenderloin neighborhood as part of Walk SF’s the many outreach & education that make it the City's premier pedestrian advocacy organization.

Coordinated stakeholders and assisted with preparation of a housing study to identify areas within Cincinnati, OH to concentrate market-rate housing and related public improvements.