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Santa Ana East Memory Lane/Town and Country Manor EIR SCOPE OF WORK Task 2.3: Screencheck Draft EIR • Screencheck Draft EIR. Seven hard copies and one CD-ROM of the Screencheck Draft EIR in Word format will be submitted to City staff for review and comment. ■ Project Description. One of the first key actions to be performed will be the formulation of a working description for the project and project alternatives. MBA will work closely with the City and the project applicant to prepare a description that articulates the objectives of the project. MBA will prepare the project description section of the EIR, based on information provided during project initiation and on comments received on the NOR The project description will include the following: - Regional and local setting - Project history - Project objectives of the City and applicant - Project characteristics and important project features - Project phasing - Intended uses of the EIR (as required by Section 15124[d] of the CEQA Guidelines), including a list of: a. Responsible and other agencies expected to use the EIR in decision -making b. Approvals for which the EIR will be used Cumulative Impacts. MBA will describe the reasonably foreseeable projects within a defined study area approved by the City that may result in cumulative impacts associated with the proposed project. MBA will work closely with City staff to ensure that the EIR is prepared at the appropriate level of detail and that pertinent projects are evaluated. We assume the City will provide to MBA information on all reasonably anticipated projects so that cumulative projects can be adequately addressed. Findings of recent court cases regarding the scope of cumulative impact discussions in EIRs will be relied upon to assure all pertinent issues are addressed. Cumulative impacts will be discussed within each environmental topic section of the EIR. ■ Growth -Inducing Impacts. Pursuant to Section 15126(g) of the CEQA Guidelines, MBA will discuss in the EIR any potential growth -inducing impacts of the proposed project. ■ Effects Found To Be Not Significant. MBA will describe effects found to be not significant, in accordance with Section 15128 of the CEQA Guidelines, by listing them with brief explanations of why they are not significant. Based upon our knowledge and familiarity with the project site and understanding of the proposed project, the following environmental issues at a minimum may have the potential to result in no significant impacts: - Agricultural Resources - Mineral Resources - Biological Resources ■ Establishment of Thresholds of Significance. MBA will work with the City to establish thresholds of significance for each environmental issue to be addressed in the EIR. In addition to the general standards of significance identified in the CEQA Guidelines for environmental issues, other established thresholds applicable to this project include those for: - Air Quality (South Coast Air Quality Management District) - Traffic (City of Santa Ana) 8