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A-2020-241-33-01 <br />Exhibit 1 to Side Letter <br />A-2020-241-33-01 <br />December 1, 2020 (Updated January 28, 2021) <br />Melanie McCann, Acting Principal Planner <br />City of Santa Ana, Planning Department <br />20 Civic Center Plaza, M-20 <br />Santa Ana, CA 92702 <br />Subject: Proposed Scope of Work and Cost Estimate for Preparation and Processing a <br />Recirculated Program EIR for the Santa Ana General Plan <br />Dear Ms. McCann:: <br />Per our discussions regarding the City's extended public outreach for the General Plan Update and the overall <br />schedule for completing the GPU and Recirculated Program EIR, this submittal updates our previous proposal dated <br />December 1; 2020 and addressed to Vince. Fergoso (now retired). Task 8, Project Management and Coordination is <br />the only task modified for this submittal. This task now reflects an extended project schedule and an additional four <br />conference calls (please see scope of,work for this task, and discussion under Schedule). The additional cost for this <br />task is reflected in the updated cost table, There are no other changes to this proposal which describes our proposed <br />approach, scope; cost estimate and preliminary timellne for preparation of a Recirculated PEIR for the Santa Ana <br />General Plan Update (GPU). <br />Forclarity, we have prepared this as a separate contractfrom ourservice agreement for the preparation of technical <br />studies for the GPU and preparation/processing of the original GPU PEIR. Our last submittal to you dated November <br />12, 2020 details our request to transfer the contingency budget on that agreement which would allow us to close-out <br />that effort. <br />BACKGROUND <br />PlaceWorks Iona full consultant tears to prepare technical studies to support the City's preparation of the GPU Update <br />and to prepare and process the Programmatic EIR for the update. Following are the CEQA milestones reflecting the <br />process to date: <br />» Notice of Preparation —Circulated for 30 days, February 26, 2020 to September 16, 2020 <br />» ScopingMeeting—March 5,2020 <br />» Draft PEIR Circulation-45 days August 3, 2020 to September 16, 2020 <br />» Extended public review Draft PEIR-20 days, to October 6, 2020 <br />» Final EIR Preparation —August 3, 2020 to November6, 2020 <br />» Public Hearings <br />--------- • Planning Commission Study Sessions —August 24, 2020 and September 14, 2020 <br />• Planning Commission Public Hearing— November 9, 20W <br />Comments received in writing and during the public workshop and Planning Commission hearing focused on some <br />key Issues. Opposition included comments on specific components of the GPU, primarily the scale and density of <br />future development that would be accommodated and the lack of adequate park/recreatlon space. Numerous <br />3 MacArthur Place, Suite 1100 1 Santa Ana, California 92707 1 714.966.9220 1 PlaceWorks.com <br />