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Saigon Reform Presbyterian Church EXHIBIT A CHAMBERS City of Santa Ana GROUP June 12,2024 64389_REV 1 Heidi Jacinto,Assistant Planner II 20 Civic Center Plaza Santa Ana, CA 92701 Subject: CEQA Exemption Peer Review for the Saigon Reform Presbyterian Church Dear Heidi Jacinto, We would like to thank you for reaching out to Chambers Group to provide this proposal to peer review the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) exemption and technical studies for the construction of a worship building, the Saigon Reform Presbyterian Church (Project/Proposed Project), to be located at 5321 West McFadden Avenue in the City of Santa Ana (City) (Project site).The Project site was previously developed with a church and was destroyed by a fire in 2005.There are two office buildings,surface parking, landscaping, and a previous church foundation remaining on site. The proposed development of Saigon Reform Presbyterian Church consists of a 6,000-square-foot worship building, a 2,665-square-foot multipurpose building, exterior modifications, the creation of a new driveway, reconfiguration of the parking lot, and rehabilitation of the onsite landscaping. We understand that a CEQA infill exemption, Air Quality and Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Evaluation, and Focused Traffic Impact Study were prepared for the Proposed Project.The purpose of conducting this peer review is to provide a legally adequate, unbiased, qualified, and objective "Third Party" review of the Notice of Exemption (NOE) and associated air quality,greenhouse gas, and traffic studies.The results of the peer review will serve as an informational document for the Proposed Project proponent,the public,the City staff,the Planning Commission, and the City Council. Technical review of the air quality,energy, GHG, and traffic reports will be reviewed by the following subconsultants: • Vista Environmental-Air Quality and GHG Evaluation • General Technologies and Solutions(GTS)—Focused Traffic Impact Study Should further detailed technical reviews be necessary, a revised scope will be provided. Chambers Group can commence work on this project as soon as we receive written notice to proceed (NTP). We will accomplish the scope of work as described below. Scope of Work The Third-Party peer review, which will include a review of the CEQA Categorical Exemption (CE) and associated technical studies for the Proposed Project, will be conducted to meet the statutory requirements of CEQA. Chambers Group's team is divided into two primary components:overall CEQA adequacy review and Subject Matter Expert(SME) review. The Chambers Group team consisting of environmental planners, biologists, and cultural resources specialists will provide a CEQA adequacy review of the documents' respective sections, supervision of the SMEs' review, and examine the document from the aspect of overall policy considerations, analysis, and CEQA compliance. SMEs will perform an adequacy review of their corresponding sections of the document and associated technical reports to confirm the legal adequacy of the analysis and provide recommendations and suggested edits to the documents. The peer review will consist of an analysis of all pertinent resources related to the technical document needed. Chambers Group will prepare a comment matrix that will indicate deficiencies or questions to clarify or bring a particular document into conformance with CEQA. Our scope assumes one single round of review, a review of responses to the comment matrix,and two rounds of comments.Should additional rounds be required,a separate scope and cost will be prepared. We assume we will receive the following documents from the City and/or Project Applicant: • CEQA Exemption Memorandum and NOE Est 1979 www.chambersgroupinc.com