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E-8 Statement of Qualifications – On-Call Environmental Review Services for Housing Division Salvation Army Hope Center NEPA Environmental Assessment and CEQA Categorical Exemption PASADENA, CA Michael Baker prepared a NEPA Environmental Assessment (EA) and CEQA Affordable Housing Exemption report for the Salvation Army’s Hope Center Project in Pasadena, California. The project proposes to demolish an existing, two-story office building constructed in 1964, and in its place, construct a four-story mixed-use building on the southwest corner of the intersection of East Walnut Street and North Catalina Avenue. The first floor of the structure will be operated by the Salvation Army, providing social services for the residents of the Project and for low/moderate-income people in the community. The second, third, and fourth floors of the structure will include 65 units of permanent supportive housing for single adults with incomes at or below 30 percent and 40 percent of area median income, and who meet the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s definition of homeless. A subset of units will be restricted to Veteran’s Affairs service-eligible homeless veterans. As part of the CEQA and NEPA environmental document preparation, Michael Baker prepared an Air Quality technical study to quantify construction and operational emissions, a Noise analysis to determine compliance with HUD’s noise guidelines, and a cultural resources identification and evaluation study to address requirements of Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act. Key issues: Affordable housing development, NEPA Environmental Assessment, CEQA Statutory Exemption (affordable housing, per CEQA Guidelines Section 15194) Year Completed: Approved September 2020 Client: City of Pasadena Contact: James Wong, Senior Project Manager jwong@cityofpasadena.net 626.744.8316 EXHIBIT 3