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w Mr. Dan Bert October 1, 2003 Page 2 received at the 9/2 and 9/3 public workshops and written and verbal comments received at the 9/8 Planning Commission public hearing. 2. P&D's Project Manager will discuss with the Environmental Coordinator the written comments received on the Draft EIR and the comments received at the Planning Commission public hearing and the two public workshops in order to develop a general framework and strategies for preparing responses to the comments. It is anticipated that the City may need to assist in either writing responses (particularly related to policy issues) or providing direction to P&D on how to best respond to certain comments. 3. P&D will prepare responses to the comments received on the Draft EIR in a format acceptable to the City. To the greatest extent feasible and as appropriate for each response, the responses will refer to appropriate sections and analyses in the Draft EIR. P&D will submit 10 copies of the RTC Report to the Environmental Coordinator for City and applicant review. It is anticipated that these responses will consist of explanations, elaborations or clarification of the data contained in the Draft EIR. At this time, this scope and fee assume that no new analysis, issues, alternatives or substantial project changes need to be addressed. 4. The Environmental Coordinator will provide copies of all the City's requested changes to the RTC Report to P&D. P&D's Project Manager shall attend one meeting with the Environmental Coordinator if necessary to go over all requested changes. All changes will then be made and 75 copies of the RTC Report will be printed for distribution to the persons and agencies who provided written comments on the Draft EIR (not the persons who provided comments at the Planning Commission public hearing) and for City staff and the applicant. As required by the CEQA Guidelines, P&D will send a copy of the RTC Report to all those who provided written comments on the Draft EIR (48 letters in the package provided by the City) by regular mail at least 10 days before decision makers consider approval of the Final EIR. Task 2: Written Findings of Fact and Statement of Overriding Considerations The purpose of this task is to prepare the F&F for each significant effect identified in the EIR, pursuant to Section 15091 of the State CEQA Guidelines (Section 21081 of CEQA), and the SOC, pursuant to Section 15093 of the State CEQA Guidelines, as follows: 1. P&D will prepare draft F&F for each significant adverse impact identified in the EIR and prepare an SOC if unavoidable significant impacts after mitigation occur. P&D will solicit input from the City of Santa Ana and the project applicant on the benefits of the project to be included in the SOC. As required by the State CEQA Guidelines, one of three findings will be made for each significant adverse impact (as identified in the Draft EIR based on the identified thresholds of significance), which will be supported by substantial evidence in the project record. The F&F and SOC will be provided in the City of Santa Ana's format, as established in the City's EIR Handbook. It is assumed that the City Environmental Coordinator will provide P&D a sample of the City's desired format for the F&F and the SOC.