25F - AGMT - GENERAL PLAN EIR SRVS

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• land Use and Planning. This section of the EIR will evaluate the potential impacts to land use in Santa Ana from implementation of the General Plan Update. Land use impacts can be either direct or indirect. Direct impacts result from land use plan or policy incompatibilities, divisions of communities, or conflict with other land use plans, including habitat conservation plans. This EIR section will focus on direct land use impacts. • Mineral Resources. This section will identify mineral resources in the General Plan Upgrade area and the potential for loss of availability of a known mineral resource that would be of value to the region and the residents of the state. If it is determined from initial research that there are no mineral resources in the City that could potentially be impacted, an entire section on Mineral Resources will not be prepared, and this section will be addressed in the same manner as Agricultural resources. • Noise. A noise study will be prepared by our in-house technical specialist (see task 1.4), consistent with the noise compatibility standards of the City. Findings from the study will be integrated into this section, and mitigation measures, if necessary, will be incorporated to reduce potentially significant noise impacts. • Population and Housing. This section will analyze the potential for socioeconomic impacts associated with the General Plan Update's buildout including changes in population, employment, and housing. • Public Services. This section addresses the proposed General Plan Update's impacts to public services providing fire protection and emergency services, police protection, school services, and library services. The City's fire and police service providers, as well as local schools and libraries, will be contacted at the onset for input on existing staffing and capacities and long-term plans to demonstrate their ability to serve buildout of the proposed General Plan Update. If applicable, the police and fire analysis will rely on adopted lead agency standards of service including response times and/or staffing requirements (officer/firefighters per no. of residents). Potential increased service demands related to the General Plan Update will be researched with the respective departments (City Police Department and Orange County Fire Authority (OCFA)) including facility, equipment and staffing needs. The existing funding mechanisms to support the needs will be assessed and documented in the EIR, and any shortfalls identified. This section will also incorporate the mitigating effect of any applicable, proposed General Plan policies. • Recreation. This section of the EIR will evaluate the potential for implementation of the proposed General Plan Update to impact public parks and recreational facilities. • Transportation and Traffic. Using the traffic study by IBI (see task 1.1), this section will summarize the study findings and include analysis of existing roadways and traffic conditions compared to future conditions. Traffic impacts related to General Plan Update trips and intersection levels of service will be identified, and appropriate mitigation measures will be incorporated into the EIR section. The section will also address the potential for hazardous conditions and impacts to pedestrian and bicycle travel, and include a discussion of vehicle miles traveled (VMT) to address anticipated requirements with SB 743. • Tribal Cultural Resources. Per Assembly Bill (AB) 52 and Senate Bill (SB) 18, the City is required to notify and invite Native American tribes to consult on the General Plan Update's potential impacts to tribal cultural resources. We understand the City will work with the applicable tribes to ensure proper compliance with AB 52 and SB 18. This section will summarize the City's efforts to notify and consult concerned tribes and address the updated CECA Guidelines Appendix G checklist questions. Any mitigation measures identified in the cultural resources report and/or through consultation that reduce the project's impacts on tribal cultural resource will be integrated into the EIR. October 17, 2018 Page 16 25F-27