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RFQ #20-100: Environmental and Planning Services CHAMBERS City of Santa Ana GROUP ECONorthwest: Municipal Financial Review Services (Fiscal Impact Analysis). ECONorthwest specializes in economics, finance, and planning. They understand that businesses and governments face difficult decisions about how to make the best use of limited resources. They help their clients make thoughtful, data -driven decisions using tools and methods that meet the highest standards of best practice. At the core of everything they do is applied microeconomics. This perspective allows them to fully understand —and effectively communicate —the benefits, costs, and tradeoffs associated with any decision. Their consultants have advanced degrees in a variety of fields, including economics, planning, and public policy; and work on projects ranging from strategy to implementation. On these projects, they provide a range of services, including business economics and modeling, natural resource economics, fiscal and economic impact analysis, land -use planning, policy analysis, urban and regional planning. Scope of Services A. Environmental Services (including CEQA and NEPA Document Preparation) The following scope highlights the NEPA and CEQA environmental document process. Detailed scope and deliverables will be provided on a project -by -project basis. We understand that the projects would support project applicant, property owners, developers, and City staff. Peer Review Applicant and City -prepared CEQA documents and technical studies will be reviewed by Chambers Group to ensure that each resource area have been adequately analyzed and questions in the checklist have been answered thoroughly. Chambers Group will review any regulatory information pertinent to the project and call out any changes required based on guidelines published by the Office of Planning and Research if applicable. Either CEQA-level or detailed technical reviews will be completed on technical studies provided depending on the level of effort needed by the City or Applicant. Chambers Group will also review City and Applicant prepared documents to ensure compliance with the City's General Plan, City Code, specific City plans, Development Code. CEQA Our experienced group of environmental planning staff has an in-depth understanding of CEQA that ensures that we are able to determine the correct CEQA document for the project. Our approach to CEQA is always tailored to each individual project; so, based on the project, level of controversy/complexity, and environmental impacts, we pick the right document to be good stewards of public funds. Public Scoping, Meetings, Hearings, and Participation For typical projects, Chambers Group plans to attend the following: • Project Kick-off meeting with City staff, and other required project attendees • Scoping Meeting (if required) • Public Comment Meeting (if elected) • Public/CommunityOutreach • Internal meeting prior to Planning Commission meeting • Planning Commission meeting • City Council hearing for a decision on the project (if necessary) Scoping Meeting(s) and/or consultations with agencies are not required by CEQA but can be a useful tool to supplement required scoping periods. Chambers Group will coordinate with the City, and other agencies deemed appropriate to identify the environmental areas to be evaluated, and the methodological approaches to be used, if requested. A Public Scoping Meeting may be held to present the proposed project to the public and provide them with an opportunity to relay their concerns and suggestions for the environmental studies. A record of these meetings and consultations will be included in the CEQA document. Prior to each meeting, a flyer will be distributed notifying interested persons of the workshop. The focus of these meetings will be to gather concerns of the: • Project stakeholders; • property owners/occupants adjacent to the project site, and • public interest groups, and other concerned individuals. f 3 Est `PAN` 1979 www.chambersgroupinc-com