Item 15 - On-Call Environmental Review Services for Federally Funded Programs

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City of Santa Ana On-Call Environmental Review Services for Housing Division 8 □ Notice of Determination - Within five days of EIR certification and project approval (if any), Rincon will submit the draft Notice of Determination (NOD) to the City for delivery to the County Clerk and/or State Clearinghouse. C.1.3 Alternatives For EAs and EIRs, a reasonable range of alternatives will be identified during the course of the study in concert with City staff. For EIRs, evaluation of alternatives will normally be in less detail than that for the proposed project, though the analysis will provide decision-makers and the public adequate information to decide between alternatives. This section will also identify the "environmentally superior alternative." If the “no project - no building” alternative is determined to be environmentally superior, the EIR will identify the environmentally superior alternative among the remaining scenarios. In addition, NEPA requires analysis of each project alternative in an equal level of detail so all project alternatives will be analyzed in a single “Environmental Consequences” chapter. C.1.4 Public Hearings/Meetings From Rincon’s experience working on many similar projects, we understand the need to effectively engage the public in the planning and environmental analysis process. Communication with the stakeholders will be important in ensuring the success of most large-scale EIRs. Rincon will prepare materials for, attend and participate, as needed, in all major public meetings, including public workshops, open houses, and public hearings leading up to certification of the EIRs. Depending on the City’s preference, noticing, public circulation, and filing of notices with the County Clerk, and the State Clearinghouse if necessary, will also be part of Rincon’s scope of work. C.2 Historic Compliance Review Under this task, Rincon’s Architectural History team will provide historic compliance review. Work efforts will include providing thorough, defensible documentation in support of Section 106 and CEQA compliance, through field surveys, eligibility evaluations, impacts assessments, and the preparation of technical reports. Rincon will also assist the Housing Division in ongoing compliance review and provide input as needed. Our architectural history staff has extensive experience supporting the City of Santa Ana in these efforts and has a long track record of completing successful projects towards this end. As a result, we are deeply knowledgeable in the resources, regulations, and other considerations that guide historic compliance review in the City. C.2.1 Section 106 Review For each identified project, Rincon will coordinate with the City to determine whether Section 106 review is required. For projects requiring Section 106 review, the following subtasks would typically be performed by Rincon: 1. Coordinate with the City and SHPO as needed to establish the Area of Potential Effects (APE) 2. Following APE map approval by SHPO, initiate Section 106 outreach to interested parties and stakeholders; in accordance with 36 CFR 800.4(a)(3), outreach will include the Native American Group contact program and the local historic group/local government contact program EXHIBIT 1