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r-= ICF lotnoekses an ICF Intemational Comparry Project objectives must be developed in a way that allows the selection of a reasonable range of alternatives to evaluate within the environmental document, and that will assist decision -makers in making appropriate findings. 12 City of Santa Ana Consultant Services Task 1. Project Initiation/Develop Project Description and Obj6ptives Our project management team will meet with the City's project team within 5 days of the notice to proceed to discuss the critical project issues, refine our scope if necessary, and gather all relevant data and materials to conduct the environmental analyses. ICF Jones & Stokes will review existing data related to the proposed project and the project site, interview relevant parties to gain a firm understanding of the project and the issues, and our project management and necessary technical staff will conduct field visits to review the site and the overall context of the surrounding area. We will work with the City to develop the project objectives and a detailed project description. As part of the project description, it is important to develop an accurate baseline setting that will serve as the basis for the environmental analysis in providing a suitable evaluation of the potential impacts that may result from the proposed project. Task 2. Prepare Initial Studies/Negative Declarations/Mitigated Negative Declarations ICF Jones & Stokes will prepare detailed Initial Studies to identify the potentially significant environmental impacts associated with a project in accordance with the City's CEQA Environmental Checklist. The Initial Studies will include a description of the environmental setting for each environmental discipline and will substantiate impact conclusions with factual data and scientific results. Technical studies may be included to support the Initial Studies' impact conclusions. Mitigation measures will be developed for all significant impacts in an attempt to reduce impacts to the extent feasible. ICF Jones & Stokes will submit administrative draft Initial Studies and Proposed Negative Declarations (NDs)/Mitigated Negative Declarations (MNDs) to the City for review and concurrence prior to distribution to agencies and the public for the formal public review period. Following the public review of the Initial Studies, ICF Jones & Stokes will prepare the NDs/MNDs in accordance with the City's approved format for adoption by the decision makers.