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A division of PW January 22, 2007 Karen Haluza City of Santa Ana . Planning and Building Agency 20 Civic Center Plaza Santa Ana, California 92702 Subject: Metro East Mixed Use Overlay Zone EIR (EIP Project #10950-01) Budget Augment Request Dear Karen: This letter presents a request for a budget augment to cover the additional costs that will be/have been incurred by EIP Associates, a division of PBS&J, to perform the necessary environmental analysis and documentation, as they pertain to the Metro East Mixed Use Overlay Zone Environmental Impact Report (EIR). Currently, the Draft EIR is out for public review. Since the initial scope of work and budget were drafted, several items have occurred/will occur that have affected/will affect the cost of the EIR. It is important to note that the original EIR workplan proposed by EIP assumed a project that would be completed on a fixed schedule with minimal revisions to the technical analysis presented in the Administrative Draft EIR submitted for internal review. As such, the original proposed workplan and approved budget for the EIR reflected a straightforward and timely EIR process. Based upon several unforeseen developments, both to the project -level and program -level analyses, EIP staff have had/will have to conduct additional technical analyses and extensive coordination with City/applicant staff in order to produce the Draft EIR per the accelerated schedule requested by the City. There are three primary reasons for the additional analyses and extensive coordination required that were unforeseen at the time of productionof the onguial scope of work, including: • City comments/edits to both the NDC and Shea Homes development applications that resulted in additional revisions to both applications; • Withdrawal of Shea Homes from the project and FIR process; and, • Modifications of the districts and overall development pataimetets of the overlay zone. In addition, the original EIR workplan proposed by EIP did not assume the preparation of a water supply assessment (WSA) or health risk assessment. Both studies were determined to be necessary after the project began, and were subsequently included as part of the Draft EIR. It should be noted that the budget for the WSA assumed completion of the WSA that was originally funded by Shea Homes. Further, additional traffic analysis, conducted by Katz, Okitsu & Associates, was necessity due to changes to certain features of the overlay zone, including potential roadways, and the inability of the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) to conduct the regional modeling. EIPis requesting that the City approve the additional proposed budget amounts detailed on the attached spreadsheet. The spreadsheet presents a breakdown of the budget and EIP labor hours associated with each requested budget augment item (budget augment items are presented in red text in the spreadsheet). Details of additional work (in excess of original budgeted labor hours) and out of scope work performed by EIP are also provided below for each requested budget augment line item. Page 1 EXHIBIT Al