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Proposal for CEQA Analysis July 26, 2021 Garry Avenue Business Park Page EPD will work with the City, and the applicant, and their design team, as authorized by the City, to mitigate all impacts to below a level of significance; however, if an impact cannot be mitigated adequately, it could be deemed significant and unavoidable by the City, which would trigger the need for an EIR. We will advise the project team immediately if we find any impacts could reach this severity. 4.1. Administrative Draft IS/MND EPD will review the prepare an IS consistent with the State CEQA Guidelines and the City's local CEQA guidelines. We anticipate the Initial Study will be used to support the use of a or an MND. An administrative draft of the IS/MND will be provided to the project team for review. One round of review is assumed. 4.2. Public Draft IS/MND EPD will incorporate City comments and prepare a Public Draft IS/MND for public release and distribution. As part of this task, EPD will also prepare a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program (MMRP) for the project. The MMRP will use the City's typical format for such documents. EPD will review the MMRP with the project team to ensure the steps to compliance with each mitigation measure are appropriate and feasible. At the conclusion of this task, EPD will coordinate public release of the IS/MND, NO] for a 20- or 30-day review period. 4.3. Responses to Comments During the public review period and immediately thereafter, EPD will prepare responses to public comments and communicate with the City and project team to discuss any comments that raise significant issues or require additional analysis beyond what has been completed under Task 3 and assumed in this proposal. EPD will Inform the project team immediately if an addendum to this proposal is needed as a result of the public comments. If a submittal to the State Clearinghouse occurs, a Notice of Completion (NOC) will be prepared and submitted alongside the IS/MND. 20 hours have been assumed in the budget for this task. 4.4. Final IS/MND and NOD EPD will compile the Final IS/MND document addressing any changes associated with the responses to comments for the Planning Commission hearing and then subsequently for the City Council hearing. Upon City approval of the environmental document, EPD will coordinate filing of the Notice of Determination (NOD). Because the scope of changes is not known at this time and until the hearing occurs, the fee associated with this task is a budget amount. 6. Meetings & Hearings EPD will attend team meetings (either in person or via conference call) and hearings before the Planning Commission and City Council. For budgeting purposes, four one -hour conference calls, one Planning Commission and one City Council hearing are assumed. 6. CEOA Project Management EPD's CEQA project manager will coordinate closely with the project team and City staff to assure that the CEQA document delivered to the City is legally defensible, accurate, and useful to decision makers considering the approval of the project. The project manager will also coordinate with City staff throughout the process not only to streamline the CEQA process, but to avoid or anticipate any changes that could result in delays. The project manager will be the key contact for the project team and City and will be responsible for managing (1) IS/MND task scheduling and assignment, management of resources, monitoring of costs, and schedule adherence; (2) consultation and coordination with local and state agencies relative to the environmental document and the environmental review process; (3) coordination and communications with the project team and City to ensure that City policies, procedures, and any applicable codes are complied with and, where applicable, are incorporated into the environmental document; and (4) ensuring that the