About Us
Santa Lucia Group, LLC provides personal and professional
service for landowners, agencies, and nonprofit
organizations. The Company, located in San Luis Obispo County,
offers a wide range of assessment, planning, design and
construction management services. The Managing Partners,
Doreen Liberto-Blanck and Donald J. Funk, lead a team of
professionals in the pursuit of the conservation of our resources,
including people, land, water, and habitat.
Our experienced team specializes in: sustainable land use planning;
community planning; economic development plans; historical
downtown plans, environmental site assessment, Mitigated
Negative Declarations and Environmental Impact Reports; river and
stream stabilization and restoration;agency permit coordination
through local, state and federal agencies; erosion control and
Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP) preparation; and
meeting facilitation and conflict mediation. We assist in grant
preparation. We promote local involvement of volunteers in the
environment and encourage the education of society in the
conservation of our natural resources.
Santa Lucia Group, LLC provides personal and professional
service for landowners, agencies, and nonprofit
organizations. The Company, located in San Luis Obispo County,
offers a wide range of assessment, planning, design and
construction management services. The Managing Partners,
Doreen Liberto-Blanck and Donald J. Funk, lead a team of
professionals in the pursuit of the conservation of our resources,
including people, land, water, and habitat.
Our experienced team specializes in: sustainable land use planning;
community planning; economic development plans; historical
downtown plans, environmental site assessment, Mitigated
Negative Declarations and Environmental Impact Reports; river and
stream stabilization and restoration;agency permit coordination
through local, state and federal agencies; erosion control and
Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP) preparation; and
meeting facilitation and conflict mediation. We assist in grant
preparation. We promote local involvement of volunteers in the
environment and encourage the education of society in the
conservation of our natural resources.
News Update! The Conservation
Consulting Network is now the
Santa Lucia Group, LLC
Consultants Specializing in
Community and Regional Planning
Environmental Studies
Meeting Facilitation and Dispute Mediation
Economic Development
SWPPP Preparation and Erosion Control
Stream and River Restoration and Stabilization
Energy Conservation
Permit Coordination
Education
Volunteer Coordination
Grant Application Assistance
Combined over sixty years of experience in conservation
planning and environmental studies.
Se habla español.
Consulting Network is now the
Santa Lucia Group, LLC
Consultants Specializing in
Community and Regional Planning
Environmental Studies
Meeting Facilitation and Dispute Mediation
Economic Development
SWPPP Preparation and Erosion Control
Stream and River Restoration and Stabilization
Energy Conservation
Permit Coordination
Education
Volunteer Coordination
Grant Application Assistance
Combined over sixty years of experience in conservation
planning and environmental studies.
Se habla español.
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| Photo of Mural from artist Deryl Day Other photos & Designs by DJ Funk & Doreen Liberto Blanck Santa Lucia Group |
| Planning & Environment Soil Water Habitat Agriculture Communities |
Spyglass-South Palisades Specific Plan
About the Managing Partners of the Santa Lucia Group, LLC:
Doreen Liberto-Blanck AICP, MDR, ACR: Managing Partner with Santa Lucia Group.
Ms. Liberto-Blanck is a very experienced community planner, environmental planner,
economic development advisor, educator, permit coordination, professional facilitator
and mediator. Ms. Liberto-Blanck has been a department director and agency director
for small to medium sized jurisdictions. She has mediated and facilitated a number of
multi-stakeholder projects at all levels of government and worked on countless
legislative and quasi-administrative projects. She is on the Udall Foundation US
Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution National Roster of Environmental
Dispute Resolution and Consensus Building Professionals.
Ms. Liberto-Blanck currently serves as the consulting Community Development Director
for the City of King. Ms. Liberto-Blanck served on the San Luis Obispo County Planning
Commission from 1999 to July 2005, and was Chairperson twice. She is on the Cal
Poly University San Luis Obispo City and Regional Planning Department Adjunct
Faculty lecturing undergraduate and graduate students. She has made a number of
presentations at the League of California Cities’ Annual Conference, Planners’
Institute and American Planning Association conferences.
Donald J. Funk CPESC, QSD, QSP: Managing Partner with the Santa Lucia Group, is
also the Technical Advisor for the Upper Salinas-Las Tablas Resource Conservation
District (US-LT RCD) located in Templeton, California. He serves as the RCD's River
Morphologist, Erosion Control Specialist, Project Review Planner, River Restoration
project designer and Project Construction Site Manager. He also provides technical
assistance in drainage and erosion control for the San Luis Obispo County Public
Works Department as well as the City of Paso Robles.
He was the former Executive Director of the US-LT RCD. He has worked for public
agencies as a community and environmental planner. Mr. Funk was the former Vice-
President and founding partner with the Morro Group, an environmental consulting firm
located in San Luis Obispo, California. He is a skilled designer, environmental planner,
and is a Certified Professional in Erosion and Sediment Control (CPESC). In addition,
he is an approved Qualified Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan Developer (QSD)
and Practitioner (QSP). He is a founding member of Manos Hermanas Foundation.
Doreen Liberto-Blanck AICP, MDR, ACR: Managing Partner with Santa Lucia Group.
Ms. Liberto-Blanck is a very experienced community planner, environmental planner,
economic development advisor, educator, permit coordination, professional facilitator
and mediator. Ms. Liberto-Blanck has been a department director and agency director
for small to medium sized jurisdictions. She has mediated and facilitated a number of
multi-stakeholder projects at all levels of government and worked on countless
legislative and quasi-administrative projects. She is on the Udall Foundation US
Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution National Roster of Environmental
Dispute Resolution and Consensus Building Professionals.
Ms. Liberto-Blanck currently serves as the consulting Community Development Director
for the City of King. Ms. Liberto-Blanck served on the San Luis Obispo County Planning
Commission from 1999 to July 2005, and was Chairperson twice. She is on the Cal
Poly University San Luis Obispo City and Regional Planning Department Adjunct
Faculty lecturing undergraduate and graduate students. She has made a number of
presentations at the League of California Cities’ Annual Conference, Planners’
Institute and American Planning Association conferences.
Donald J. Funk CPESC, QSD, QSP: Managing Partner with the Santa Lucia Group, is
also the Technical Advisor for the Upper Salinas-Las Tablas Resource Conservation
District (US-LT RCD) located in Templeton, California. He serves as the RCD's River
Morphologist, Erosion Control Specialist, Project Review Planner, River Restoration
project designer and Project Construction Site Manager. He also provides technical
assistance in drainage and erosion control for the San Luis Obispo County Public
Works Department as well as the City of Paso Robles.
He was the former Executive Director of the US-LT RCD. He has worked for public
agencies as a community and environmental planner. Mr. Funk was the former Vice-
President and founding partner with the Morro Group, an environmental consulting firm
located in San Luis Obispo, California. He is a skilled designer, environmental planner,
and is a Certified Professional in Erosion and Sediment Control (CPESC). In addition,
he is an approved Qualified Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan Developer (QSD)
and Practitioner (QSP). He is a founding member of Manos Hermanas Foundation.
San Luis Obispo Creek
Restoration Project
Restoration Project
Spyglass-South Palisades
Specific Plan
Specific Plan
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| Open Space and Terrace Walk Spyglass-South Palisades Specific Plan |
An Interpretation of Original Art by Diego Rivera
Mural painted by local artist, Deryl Day
Location: King City Medical Clinic
Mural painted by local artist, Deryl Day
Location: King City Medical Clinic
Planning - Environmental - Community
Involvement - Design - Conservation
Involvement - Design - Conservation
Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park
Santa Lucia Mountains, Big Sur
Santa Lucia Mountains, Big Sur
