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February 24, 2025 <br />Heidi Jacinto <br />Assistant Planner II <br />City of Santa Ana, Planning and Building Agency <br />Planning Division <br />20 Civic Center Plaza <br />Santa Ana, California 92702 <br />Balancing the Natural and Built Environment <br />VIA EMAIL <br />HJacinto@santa-ana.org <br />Subject: Proposal for Preparation of an Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration (IS/MND) <br />and Technical Analyses for Bella Terra Residential Community and Temple in the City of <br />Santa Ana, County of Orange -- Master Agreement A-2023-194-15 <br />Dear Heidi Jacinto; <br />Psomas appreciates the opportunityto submit a Scope of Work (SOW), Cost Estimate, and <br />Schedule for preparation of an Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration (IS/MEND) for the <br />proposed Bella Terra Residential Community and Temple (Project or proposed Project), located in <br />Santa Ana (City). The services for all tasks related to the IS/MND, as scoped herein, assume an end <br />date of December 31, 2025. The City of Santa Ana is the Lead Agency on the environmental <br />document. <br />Psomas is a full -service environmental, engineering, construction management, and land survey <br />firm. Psomas' Environmental and Resource Management Group provides California Environmental <br />Quality Act (CEQA) and National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) documentation; biological <br />resources surveys and assessments; regulatory services and permitting; habitat restoration <br />planning; cultural resources assessments and monitoring; air quality, greenhouse gas emissions, <br />and noise analyses;. and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) mapping and spatial analyses. <br />Psomas proposes a Project team with CEQA expertise in in -fill re -development residential projects <br />to assist the City and the Project team with preparation of an IS/MND for the proposed Project. I, <br />Alia Hokuki, AICP, am a Senior Project Manager and Vice President with over 29 years of experience <br />in preparing environmental documentation pursuant to CEQA for a variety of project types, <br />including residential and nonresidential in -fill projects. In addition, I will operate as the main point <br />of contact and Principal -in -Charge to the City and Project team with the responsibility of ensuring <br />work is completed on schedule and within budget. Jessica Hitchcock will be the Project Manager, <br />and we will work closelythrough completion of the Project. <br />5 Hutton Centre Drive <br />We will be supported by a team of highly qualified and experienced in-house staff, and <br />Suite 300 <br />all technical analyses included in this SOW will be conducted by Psomas' technical <br />Santa Ana, CAg27o7 <br />staff. We assume a Hydrology and Water Quality Management Plan, a Geotechnical <br />Tel 714.751.7373 <br />Fax 714.545.8883 <br />www.Psomas.com <br />