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Proposal to Provide Environmental (CEQA/NEPA) Consulting Services Kickoff Meeting - This task involves meeting with City staff, members of the applicant group (if appropriate), and key members of the consultant team to review and confirm study objectives and establish an operational protocol. 4 Initial Study/NOP - This task involves completion of an Initial Study checklist along with supporting discussion and a Notice of Preparation (NOP) for circulation to concerned agencies. EIR Scoping Meeting - An EIR scoping meeting is typically held during the 30-day NOP period to introduce the community to the proposed project, provide an overview of the EIR process, and obtain input on the EIR scope of work. This meeting would be attended by Rincori s Principal in Charge and/or Project Manager and would include a brief presentation, followed by receipt of input from meeting attendees (note: scoping meetings are required only for "regionally significant" projects). EIR Project Description - This section includes a detailed description of the proposal being analyzed in the EIR, including descriptions of the site and its location, project characteristics relevant to the EIR analysis, project objectives, and required discretionary approvals. The project description typically, includes textual, tabular, and graphic presentation. Administrative Draft EIR - Internal review draft of the EIR, which typically includes the following: • Executive Summary - Summary of the proposed project and associated environmental consequences presented in tabular format to simplify review by decision -makers and the general public • Introduction and Environmental Setting - Introductory sections (required by CEQA) that lay the groundwork for and summarize the substantive analysis to follow; the introduction describes the purpose and legal authority of the study, and provide a discussion of lead, responsible and trustee agencies; the environmental setting provides a general description of the existing urban geographic character of the City and the site vicinity • Environmental Impact Analysis - Analysis of impacts determined in the Initial Study to be potentially significant; includes four main components: • Setting (description of current conditions with respect to the issue are in question, including the existing regulatory environment) • Impact analysis (discussion of potentially significant effects of the proposed project; impacts are typically compared to established "thresholds of significance") • Mitigation measures (methods by which significant effects can be reduced or eliminated) • Level of significance after mitigation (discussion of whether or not proposed mitigation measures reduce impacts to below the adopted significance threshold) • Alternatives - CEQA requires that an EIR examine of a "reasonable range" of alternatives. This typically involves examination of about four alternatives that are identified during the course of the study. Alternatives are developed in close communication with City staff and focus on alternatives that are capable of avoiding or reducing significant impacts of the proposed project. Evaluation of alternatives would be in less detail than that for the proposed project, though the analysis will provide decision -makers and the public adequate information to decide between alternatives. This section will also identify the "environmentally superior alternative." If the "no project - no building" alternative is determined to be environmentally superior, the EIR will identify the environmentally superior alternative among the remaining scenarios. • Other CEQA-Required Discussions - EIRs also include other discussions required by the State CEQA Guidelines, including an analysis of potential growth -inducing impacts and a listing of significant irreversible changes, where applicable. City of Santa Ana