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City staff. We will advise the City on whether the documents contain any flaws, omissions, errors, and/or generally substandard CEQA practices related to methodologies, analyses, and substantiation of conclusions. Ascent will also conduct a cursory review of modeling appendices for consistency with the technical study conclusions and EIR sections (if provided). However, this scope does not include detailed review or investigations into the modeling software or outputs (should this level of effort be desired, we would welcome a discussion on the fee and schedule implications and any augments that may be necessary). Where discrepancies in the analysis are found, we will raise those deficiencies early in the process and offer solutions for the applicant and its team to resolve the issues. We have also retained Keyser Marston Associates to assist with peer reviewing the applicant's fiscal and economic analysis, which would include: Review of existing and proposed programs and uses; i Review the reasonableness of the market study findings, including demand analysis, projected rents, projected sales volumes and occupancy levels; Identify key questions and issues for the developer and its consultant team to evaluate reasonableness of assumptions; i Review population and employment projections for proposed land use plan and compare to market area trends; Comment on reasonableness of City revenue assumptions and projections: o Assessed value of the various uses and total land use plan; o City's subvention revenues (e.g., motor vehicle in -lieu fees); o City's share of sales tax revenues; o Other projected revenues ongoing revenues i Review and comment on reasonableness of projected City costs, including methodology and underlying assumptions; Provide high level comparison of City net revenues generated by the proposed land use plan to net revenues generated by existing uses (to be provided by City); i Provide brief comments on economic impact of the proposed entitlements; Based on the foregoing research, KMA will comment on the reasonableness and methodology of the Study's findings, including: o Market assumptions o Net City revenues o Comparison to net City revenues generated by existing plan o Economic benefits on proposed plan We will document comments and critiques through comment features in MS Word or Adobe Acrobat. Any required revisions will be completed by the applicant and resubmitted. Ascent will participate in up to two meetings with the City (and if desired, the applicant's team) to discuss review comments. Following any revisions that may be necessary, we will conduct a second review to determine if comments have CITY OF SANTA ANA II CEOA SERVICES FOR THE VILLAGE SANTA ANA SPECIFIC PLAN