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RFP #21-017: On-Call Environmental Review Services for the Housing Division City of Santa Ana Community Development Agency A-14 63675 Mountain View Affordable Housing Community Project, City of Lake Forest, Lake Forest, CA Project Manager. The Project involves the demolition of an existing office building located at 24551 Raymond Way and construct a 71-unit affordable housing apartment complex on the proposed 1.965-acre site. The development will provide several recreational amenities, including an approximately 2,050-square-foot community center, a small playground for young children, outdoor fireplace with seating areas, and large activity lawn. The Project requires approval of a General Plan Amendment, Zone Change, Tentative Parcel Map, Site Development Permit, Affordable Housing Agreement, and Planned Sign Program. The Project proposes to provide affordable units to households earning less than 60% of the Area Median Income, of which 12 of the units will be set aside for Permanent Supporting Housing. 38580 9th Street East Property Demolition Project, City of Palmdale, CA Project Manager. The Project is to eliminate blight for the Project site, on a spot basis through property acquisition and clearance and demolition of the vacant, unsightly 1,715 square foot building, associated parking lot and paved walkways. The Project site is situated in a central part of the City of Palmdale. The Project is funded by the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program through HUD. Environmental review was conducted to comply with CEQA and NEPA and all HUD rules and regulations that govern the environmental review process, as described in 24 CFR Part 58. Chambers Group conducted the Environmental Assessment Determinations and Compliance Findings for HUD- assisted Projects 24 CFR Part 58 and associated technical studies to assist the City in completing the Environmental Assessment analyzing the potential effects on the human environment. Liberty Lane Apartment Project IS/MND and Environmental Assessment, Redlands, CA Project Manager. The Liberty Lane Apartment Project involves the development of an 80-unit apartment project intended to provide affordable housing for veterans, individuals with special needs, and low-income households. The 4.7 acre vacant and unimproved Project site is located on the southwest corner of West Lugonia Avenue and Texas Street in the City of Redlands. The Project comprises six 2-story residential buildings, allowing for 60 one-bedroom units, 19 two-bedroom units, and 1 three-bedroom unit; and a 1-story community building. Major issues identified for this project included cultural resources, traffic, and noise. Environmental Assessment Determinations and Compliance Findings (in compliance with 24 CFR Part 58 for HUD-assisted projects) were also prepared for this project. Etiwanda Heights Neighborhood and Conservation Plan (EHNCP) EIR, Rancho Cucamonga, San Bernardino County, CA The EHNCP Plan Area (Plan Area) is located along the northeastern edge of Rancho Cucamonga (City). The 4,393 acre Plan Area includes the 3,176 acre Upper Band and 1,217 acre Lower Band areas. Approximately 305 acres located in the western edge and southeast corner of the Plan Area are currently within the City, and the remaining 4,088 acres consists of unincorporated area in the County of San Bernardino within the City's Sphere of Influence. The EHNCP Project would include the annexation of the portions of the Plan Areas not currently within the City and the adoption of the EHNCP as a Specific Plan to create a framework to provide for the conservation of additional open space in the Rural Conservation Area (RCA) and development in the Neighborhood Area (NA). Roughly 3,565 acres of the Plan Area would provide for conservation within the RCA and the northern NA, and roughly 828 acres of the NA would allow for development as further detailed. The Plan would concentrate development in a pattern of compact, walkable new neighborhoods in the NA and implement the City’s existing General Plan land use designations in the RCA. The Plan would permit the development of up to 2,900 residential units and 180,000 square feet of neighborhood shops and restaurants in the NA, along with a new K-8 School and other public facilities and limit development in the RCA to a maximum of 100 units on privately owned property in the RCA. The Plan also includes a includes a Conservation Strategy & Transfer of Development Rights Program to encourage and facilitate the conservation of privately-owned land in the RCA by allowing the voluntary transfer of development rights from privately-owned property in the RCA to the NA. Through this program, the maximum 3,000 residential units allowed by the Plan could be developed in the NA. EXHIBIT 2