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Task 4 -Circulate Drcift EA l Public Hearing URS will coordinate with the City to update the project agency and general public list and identify those agencies and members of the public who will receive the Draft EA and/or public notices regarding the availability of the Draft EA and the public meeting. Responsible, participating, and interested public agencies groups and organizations, utility and service providers, businesses, and members of the general public will be included in the distribution list. URS will prepare a Notice of Opportunity for Public Hearing in accordance with Caltrans requirements for publication in a newspaper of local circulation, for posting at the Orange County Clerk's office, and for distribution to affected parties and property owners. A draft notice will be provided to the City and Caltrans for concurrent review. Upon receipt of comments from the City and Caltrans, a final notice will be prepared and provided to the City and Caltrans. It is assumed that all transmittals of the notice will be done electronically. URS will assist the City and Caltrans with publishing the notice, but it is assumed that the cost of publication will be the responsibility of the City. It is assumed that the Draft EA will require a 30-day public review period. It is also assumed that the City will hold one public hearing during the 30-day public review period to solicit input on the Draft EA. This task will include the planning and support of the public hearing for the project. It is assumed that the City will make all necessary requirements to reserve the public hearing venue. URS responsibilities related to this task are assumed to include the following deliverables. Assu m ptions/Deliverables: - Record of public hearing - Meeting materials - Documentation of attendance - Recording of comments - Handouts, displays, etc. (in both English and Spanish) - Court reporter - Translator Task 5- Response to Comments l Prepare Final EA Public and agency comments received on the Draft EA are part of the record of the environmental documentation for the project and are considered in the identification of the preferred alternative, and the FONSI for the Final EA. URS will review and respond to all comments received and will work with the City and Caltrans to resolve all responses to comments as necessary. The responses to comments will be provided to the City and Caltrans for review and approval prior to making any changes to the EA. It is assumed that no comments requiring new analyses or requests requiring extensive revisions to the Draft EA will be received. New analyses are assumed to be analyses beyond those included in the Draft EA or extensive reanalysis of evaluations contained therein. Upon approval of the responses to comments, the EA will be updated to reflect input and any new information received during the public review period. The draft Final EA and FONSI will be submitted for review, along with a completed Environmental Document Review Checklist. The environmental commitments record (ECR) will be prepared in a table format for inclusion in the Final EA. The matrix table will include a description of each avoidance, minimization, and mitigation measure from the EA and technical studies, organized by topic and numbered to correspond with the impacts. For each measure, the Reporting Process, Timing of Measure, Responsible Party, and Verification of Compliance will be identified. The ECR will be included in each Final EA and reviewed as part of those documents. 13 25H-15