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OeoSyntecConsultants(OeoSyntec)has been retainedon behalf of the Air_rt CommunitiesCoalitionto providea technicalreviewof investigation,analysisanddesign relatingto constructionof the embankmentfill and WestMechanicallyStabilizedEarth (MSE) Wallelementsof the proposedThirdRunwayExpansionProjectat the Seatde.... TacomaInternationalAirport. This letter summarizesGeoSyntec'scommentsor_the_e items. Additionalcommentsareincludedin thisletterregardingtheproposedexpansion of the IadusCialWastewaterSystem Lagoon #3. Our technicalreview includedthe documentslistedin AttachmentA to this letter. GeoSyntecis highly qualifiedto performthis review, OeoSyntec'spersonnelin charge of the review include Patrick C, Lucia, Ph.D., P.E, G.E., and Edward Kavazanjian,Jr,,Ph.D,,P.E.,G.E. C:WEMP_GEOSY216.DOC i L_-'. ..... r'- ,____ ., - -- AR 021798 ; Freedman_enny _ GeoSynt¢c February2001 _ Consultants Page 2 Dr. Patrick C, Lucia is a Principal with GeoSyntec Consultant# Walnut Creek office, with over 25 years experience in geotechnica[ engineering. Dr. Lucia has been involved in numerous reinforced walls and slope projects and has designed reinforced walls and slopes up to 90 feet high. Dr. Lucia has served on the faculty at the University of California at Berkeley and Davis as a Visiting and Senior Lecturer respectively. He has been an invited speaker at a NATO Conference in Turkey on technology transferwith former Soviet Union countriesand has lectured at Universities around the United States. He has also served as a consultant to the Panama Canal Commission on slope stability problems associated with widening of the canal. Dr. Edward Kavazanjian, Jr., is a principal with the GeoSyntec Consultants' Huntington Beach office. Dr. Kavazanjianhas extensive experience in research,practice, and education in geotechnical and environmental engineering, including f_¢en years in consulting practice and seven years on the "facultyat Stanford University. He is widely recognized for his work on the…

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Call to order – Roll Call – Quorum Established – Land Acknowledgement We would like to acknowledge that our Agency operates in four present-day counties, which are the traditional lands of the Coast Salish people, past and present. This acknowledgement does not take the place of authentic relationships with indigenous communities in our jurisdiction and [...]