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Proposal for CEQA Analysis July 26, 2021 Garry Avenue Business Park Paae 5 SCOPE OF WORK 1. Project Initiation and Project Description EPD will participate in the kick-off meeting with City staff and if authorized, the applicant, to confirm: 1. the CEQA approach. to the project; 2. the scope of work; 3. the project schedule; and, 4, communication protocol and the administrative record. The meeting discussion would include any known project issues, and agency and community issues that need to be considered through the process. As part of this task, EPD will review the project's entitlement submittal package, the City's General Plan Update and associated EIR and mitigation measures, Municipal Code, and other relevant documents. EPD will then prepare a detailed project description for the project. EPD will also identify the relevant mitigation measures in the General Plan EIR that will be applicable to the project and any that may need to be refined to accommodate the project. As you know, one of the keys to successful CEQA compliance is a clear definition of the project and its components. Prior to initiating technical studies, the project description must be complete, comprehensive, and stable and finite in order to ensure the studies analyze potential impacts accurately and fully. EPD will identify any additional information needed to develop a thorough and complete project description. Based on the project plans supplied during the project kickoff meeting, the project description will provide the project's location, environmental setting, background and history, project characteristics, construction schedule/phasing, and discretionary actions. The project description will include figures to depict the regional and site vicinity and key project components to support the environmental analyses. EPD will also confer with the City and project team during this early process to discuss the potential environmental impacts of the proposed project. As part of this initial review, EPD will confer with the team to determine if any issues might come up related to the thresholds of significance. Upon initial review the greatest potential issue is traffic but with the proposed use being the lower trip generating use, it is likely no longer an issue to be concerned with. This and other issues will be analyzed further. Subsequent to this initial analysis, EPD will discuss with the team the results and identify any potential issues relative to the impact analysis and mitigation measures. 2. Technical Studies 2.1. Review of Applicant -Prepared Technical Studies We understand the following technical studies have been prepared by the applicant. The companies that prepared the reports are also listed where provided. These studies may need to be modified to address the General Plan EIR tiering approach if they were prepared with the assumption of a standalone CEQA document. 1. Hydrology and hydraulics — Kimley Horn 2. Hydrology WQMP — Kimley Horn 3. Biological survey — Rocks Biological Consulting 4. Air Quality — Kimley Horn