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PCR Integral to Main Street Landmark Designation
As the City of Santa Monica’s contracted Historic Preservation Consultant, PCR provides the City with the assessments, review, and documentation necessary to ensure protection of the City’s notable historic structures. Earlier this week, the City’s Landmarks Commission approved the nomination of 2701-2705 Main Street.
For more information see Santa Monica Patch Article.
PCR is Expanding
80 South Lake Avenue | Suite 570 | Pasadena, California 91101
To accommodate our growing team, PCR is pleased to announce its new, larger Pasadena office to better serve our Los Angeles, San Gabriel Valley, and Inland Empire clients.
 Murray G. Miller
M.Arch, MEDS (Cons.), Assoc. AIA, MCIP
Principal Historic Preservation Planner
Murray G. Miller joins PCR’s Historic Resources Division in our Irvine office as a Principal Historic Preservation Planner after 24 years of experience in the United States, Canada, the U.K., and New Zealand. Mr. Miller’s experience includes the provision of specialist advice to architects, developers, property owners, and governments on proposed planning and development projects that affect historic buildings, districts, and their settings. He has extensive experience in the evaluation, management, and treatment of historic properties for compliance with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards. Mr. Miller’s robust approach to problem-solving draws strength from his background in architecture, historic preservation, and planning. This background and experience combined with his role in the public sector in regulatory review and project implementation provides a strategic benefit to PCR’s core historic resources services and its clients.
 Brian J. Allee
Senior Planner
Brian Allee joins PCR’s Environmental Planning & Documentation Division in our Irvine Office as a Senior Planner. Mr. Allee has over nine years of experience with the preparation of all levels of California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) compliance documents for public and private clients. He is a skilled project manager and environmental analyst with experience in mixed-use, redevelopment, commercial, infrastructure, institutional, and residential projects. In addition to CEQA and NEPA work, Mr. Allee has prepared and processed project entitlements including general and specific plans, site plans, and conditional use and coastal development permits.
 Jessie Barkley
Senior Planner
Jessie Barkley joins PCR’s Environmental Planning & Documentation Division in our Santa Monica Office as a Senior Planner. With 11 years of experience, Ms. Barkley is a skilled CEQA and NEPA practitioner that has led and contributed to numerous projects including mixed-use, redevelopment, infrastructure, commercial, energy, and long range community plans. In addition to her expertise with environmental review, Ms. Barkley also has substantial experience coordinating preparation of general plans, community plans and specific plans, and has received a number of accolades for this work." Among these are four Comprehensive Planning Awards from the American Planning Association for the General Plans prepared for the cities of Riverside, Newport Beach, Claremont, and Brea.
 Robert Hilman
Senior Planner
Robert Hilman joins PCR’s Environmental Planning & Documentation Division in our Santa Monica Office as a Senior Planner. Mr. Hilman has over 17 years of experience, during which time he has worked on a number of large, recognizable developments throughout California including the STAPLES Center EIR, LAX Master Plan EIS/EIR, and the City of Los Angeles CEQA Thresholds Manual , Sacramento’s 65th Street Transit Village Program/Project EIR, and the Fortuna General Plan Update Program EIR. In addition, Mr. Hillman has an impressive track record preparing documentation for large-scale projects including Specific Plans, Master Plans and General Plans.
PCR Services Corporation Welcomes Anne Doehne
 PCR Services Corporation is pleased to announce the addition of Anne Doehne, who is joining us as an Associate Principal with our Environmental Planning & Documentation Division. Ms. Doehne joins PCR's Pasadena office after founding and directing the Los Angeles planning practice for a statewide environmental consulting firm and, prior to that, developing the Los Angeles environmental consulting practice for a Fortune 500® firm specializing in engineering, energy, and infrastructure.
Ms. Doehne is an experienced project director, project manager, and public speaker with 20 years of experience in environmental review and land development entitlement processing. She is skilled in project management, strategic guidance, and permitting support for compliance with CEQA, NEPA, and other federal, State, and local regulations. Ms. Doehne has extensive experience managing interdisciplinary teams and has helped ensure the successful approval of numerous high-profile and controversial projects. She works closely with private and public sector clients, legal counsel, entitlement and permitting experts, community outreach/public relations professionals, and other technical experts in crafting strategies for legally defensible environmental review in California's complex regulatory and political environment.
Her broad range of experience includes environmental review for institutional master plans and facility expansions, major commercial and mixed-use developments, redevelopment, and master-planned and urban infill residential development projects. She also has considerable experience with port development projects, including cargo and marine oil terminal expansion for the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.
Dr. Margarita Wuellner at the 2011 California Preservation Conference
 PCR Services Corporation is proud to be a sponsor of the California Preservation Foundation’s 36th Annual California Preservation Conference, Preservation on the Edge, hosted in Santa Monica May 15-18 just a block away from PCR’s Santa Monica office. In addition to being a conference sponsor, PCR’s Director of Historic Resources, Margarita Wuellner, Ph.D., will conduct a mobile workshop, Palisades Park: Rediscovering a Cultural Landscape, in Santa Monica’s iconic Palisades Park, known for its stunning views of the coastline. Additional speakers will include Roxanne Tanemori, City of Santa Monica, and Ruthann Lehrer, Santa Monica Conservancy. Learning objectives will include increasing awareness of local cultural landscapes, how to identify and classify a landscape, survey and evaluation methods, understanding the local designation process, and strategies for managing local cultural landscapes. The workshop will incorporate a variety of discussions on these topics as we walk in the park, experiencing first-hand the diverse qualities of this wonderful landscape. This mobile workshop will begin at Inspiration Point in the north end of the park.
PCR´s Environmental Planning & Documentation Division is Growing
PCR welcomes two new employees to our Environmental Planning & Documentation Division: Christine Abraham and Shawn Gaver.
Christine Abraham
Principal Planner
Christine joins PCR with over 10 years of experience in environmental review having prepared or reviewed all levels of CEQA and NEPA documentation. Admitted to the State Bar of California, Ms. Abraham's clients benefit from both her legal and environmental planning background in the preparation and review of environmental documentation.
Shawn Gaver
Senior Planner II
Shawn joins PCR with over eight years of experience as an environmental planner. He is skilled in the preparation and management of all levels of CEQA and NEPA documentation. Mr. Gaver has a broad array of experience and is regularly involved in high-profile projects throughout the greater Los Angeles area.
If Walls Could Talk: How to research your house
Santa Monica Conservancy
Who designed and built your house? When? Who lived there earlier? Anyone famous? Is your back room original or added later?
If these questions intrigue you, we hope you'll join us for "If Walls Could Talk", a free lecture on Sunday February 27, 3 – 5 PM. You'll learn how to become a detective and discover the stories your house could tell….with experts to guide you on your quest.
Three professional architectural historians will share their special sources and methods to help you find out your home’s biography and possible significance. Of course, their methods also apply to commercial buildings.
Speakers Richard Starzak and Pete Moruzzi, ICF International, worked on the City of Santa Monica’s updated Historic Resources Inventory (a database used as a planning tool to identify properties that might have historic significance). And Margarita Wuellner Ph.D, Director of Historic Resources, PCR Services Corporation, researches properties for Santa Monica’s Landmarks Commission.
The lecture will take place at the Senior Recreation Center in Palisades Park, 1450 Ocean Avenue, Santa Monica (near Broadway). Park is available in the nearby city structures.
Advance reservations advised by February 25. You can register online, send email to rsvp@smconservancy.org or call 310-496-3146. The lecture is free, but donations will be gratefully accepted.
Scott Holbrook
Senior Biologist II
Scott joins PCR with 20 years of experience focused on natural resources management and habitat restoration. He has directed all facets of habitat restoration and is known for developing many innovative, cost-effective mitigation programs. In addition to restoration planning, his ability to assist clients with broad biological needs associated with regional habitat conservation plans, regulatory permitting, and CEQA/NEPA compliance has led to work on large-scale renewable energy, infrastructure, and residential projects.
 Beth Jolie Martinez
Principal Regulatory Scientist
Beth joins PCR with 13 years of experience assisting clients navigate the regulatory permitting process. Serving as a liaison between clients and the various regulatory agencies – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, California Department of Fish and Game, and Regional Water Quality Control Board – she specializes in developing cost-effective and practical project solutions. Her approach and thoughtful due diligence have proven instrumental in ushering projects forward with no or minimal delays.
 Amir Morales
Principal Regulatory/Environmental Scientist
Amir joins PCR with 10 years of experience consulting on issues pertaining to hydrology, environmental science, and regulatory permitting. He is formally trained in arid/wetland delineations and jurisdictional resources assessments, having performed over 150 delineations for projects throughout Southern California. In addition to his technical expertise, his unyielding commitment to clients ensures project success with maximum cost efficiency.
PCR Recognized as Leader in Climate Change Initiatives
PCR has been designated a Climate Action Leader by the California Climate Action Registry, a program that maintains a voluntary greenhouse gas (GHG) registry. The status of Climate Action Leader is bestowed upon California Registry members who submit their annual GHG emissions report in compliance with the Registry’s General Reporting Protocol. The Protocol requires that reporters self-quantify company emissions and adhere to specific, rigorous calculation and submittal requirements. After the emissions inventory is submitted in order to be selected, the inventory must be successfully verified by an established group of regulators and peers in the environmental industry. Both the gathering and verification process are lengthy, meticulous tasks and it can take years to complete the entire process.
PCR’s recognition solidifies our status as leaders in the field of climate change and affirms our commitment to GHG quantification and reduction.
Greenhouse Gases: Issues, Regulation, and Mitigation
Heidi Rous, CPP, presented an informational seminar regarding Greenhouse Gases at the April Meeting of the Orange County AEP Chapter.
Please click here for a copy of the presentation. For more information on PCR’s sustainable planning practice click here.
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