25F - AGMT - GENERAL PLAN EIR SRVS

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1.7 Fire and Police The City's RFP requested a service level study for Fire and Police to support the General Plan update and the EIR. The description included a comprehensive review of existing levels of service, response times, and goals, in addition to identifying changes required to accommodate future growth. The RFP also requested that the study identify what changes, if any, are needed to meet current standards (as a baseline) as well as examine changes in standards that could be considered if those changes cannot be implemented. PlaceWorks originally teamed with Matrix Consulting to conduct a comprehensive study to respond to the RFP. Pursuant to subsequent discussions with the City, our scope of work and cost estimate has been revised and is now limited to conducting the analysis of fire and police services as necessary to prepare a defensible, programmatic General Plan Update EIR for services. PlaceWorks environmental team will conduct this analysis, and the fees for the analysis ($5,200) have been incorporated into PlaceWorks' Task 2.4, Administrative Draft EIR. PlaceWorks' will coordinate with the City's police department and Orange County Fire Authority (OCFA) to document existing facilities, resources, service standards, and basic funding mechanisms for services. Together with the police department and OCFA, and based on the standards and growth anticipated for the buildout of the proposed General Plan, the analysis will evaluate additional personnel and facilities needed to achieve desired service levels. Note that this information will be largely reliant upon survey requests and cooperation from the respective departments. 1.6 Geology, Soils, and Natural Hazards PlaceWorks will define the existing geologic, soils, and groundwater characteristics in the city, identify regional seismic influences, and note and explain the characteristics of any areas with constraints to site development. Based on the proposed General Plan Update, an analysis of project impacts will be conducted. Mitigation measures known to be successful in addressing the various geotechnical constraints affecting proposed development areas will be defined, including reference to existing geological and soils tests and plan checking requirements administered by the City of Santa Ana. PlaceWorks will: • Research and review readily available geotechnical reports and maps of the study area. • Review in detail the available geotechnical report(s) and land use plan. • Review readily available fault hazard studies and earthquake records to evaluate site seismicity. • Review readily available groundwater data. Deliveroble(s): — 5 hard -copy administrative drafts of the Geology, Soils, and Natural Hazards Analysis Technical Report — Ihard-copy final draft (and electronic version) — 1 set of electronic files of final public technical report, including GIS shapefiles of future noise contour mapping work products. 1.9 Biological Resources Carlson Strategic Land Solutions (SLS) will: Identify Parcels Considered Open Space. The city's current inventory shows approximately 68 parcels totaling 688 acres of park and open space. The first task is to confirm this inventory and ensure consistency between the land use designations and the open space inventory. Inventory of Open Space. A field biologist will survey all open space parcels using aerial imagery and visit only the parcels where further investigation is necessary. The inventory will include a general mapping of vegetation types and any noted biological resources, such as drainages. October 17. 2018 25F-22 Page 11