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Proposal for CEQA Peer Review April 2024 Page 12 C. Scope of Services EPD Solutions' peer review of the CEQA 15183 Exemption and associated technical studies will analyze compliance with State CEQA Guidelines, applicable case law, and generally accepted professional standards.We will also review the documents to confirm they are understandable to the average audience, the mitigation measures are sufficient, clear and implementable. In addition, as part of this scope, DTA will prepare a Fiscal Impact and Economic Benefit Analysis pursuant to City requirements. Scope of Work Tasks The following tasks are required to complete the peer review environmental documentation for the project. In the sections that follow, more details are provided regarding how each task will be accomplished, which team members will be responsible for each task, and the work products that will be produced. Task 1: Peer Review of Technical Studies Task 2: Peer Review of CEQA 15183 Exemption and CEQA Project Management Task 3: Fiscal Impact Analysis Task 4: Economic Impact Analysis Task 5: Full Report of Fiscal Impact Analysis and Economic Impact Analysis (IF NEEDED) Task 1 Peer Review of Technical Studies Upon receipt of the Notice to Proceed, the EPD team will peer review each the technical reports prepared by the Applicant's consultants for CEQA adequacy, sufficiency in covering its respective topic and City Policies related to CEQA, is consistent with the project description and contains substantial evidence as required by CEQA to support impact conclusions. EPD will also confirm each of the reports is ready for incorporation into the CEQA 15183 Exemption.The peer review will include a thorough review of each study focusing on background and existing conditions as compared with existing conditions viewed onsite during a site visit, scope assumed, methodologies and General Plan EIR mitigation applied and impact conclusions. Comments on each technical study will be made accordingly. Although not identified in the RFP,the following technical studies are assumed to be provided to EPD via the City in Microsoft Word and Adobe Acrobat PDF formats. 1. Air Quality & Greenhouse Gas Emissions 2. Geotechnical Report 3. Phase I Environmental Assessment Report (ESA) 4. Hydrology 5. Preliminary Water Quality Management Plan (WQMP) 6. Noise Study 7. Traffic Impact Analysis 8. VMT Screening Memo EPD will coordinate the technical study comments with the City and if authorized, with the Applicant's consultant team. EPD will provide one set of comments for the first review and all comments are assumed to be addressed in the second review of the reports.Additional rounds of review would require an amendment to this scope of work and proposed budget.