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City of Santa Ana �d�'►� Proposal for the Bender Ready -Mix Concrete Manufacturing Project CInitial Study and Mitigated Negative Declaration . INTRODUCTION AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROJECT 1.1 INTRODUCTION RBF Consulting (RBF) has submitted this revised proposal to prepare an Initial Study and Mitigated Negative Declaration to assess potential impacts and identify mitigation measures for the Bender Ready -Mix Concrete Manufacturing Project in Santa Ana. The evaluation and associated work products will be prepared in accordance with the criteria, standards, and provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) of 1970, Section 21000 et. sec. of the State CEQA Guidelines (California Administrative Code Section 15000), the City of Santa Ana Environmental Guidelines, and the regulations requirements and procedures of any other responsible public agency with jurisdiction by law. RBF will throughout the document, and where appropriate, relate the proposed project to the general trends in the City of Santa Ana and the surrounding area. 1.2 UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROJECT It is our understanding that the City of Santa Ana is seeking consulting services in order to prepare and process CEQA compliance documentation for the Bender Ready -Mix Concrete Manufacturing Project. It is our understanding that there is currently an on -site concrete manufacturing operation at the 516 South Santa Fe Street site. In 2006, the Applicant was approved for a warehousing ' operation and since that time, the concrete manufacturing has been active. The City is requiring a Conditional Use Permit in order to legalize the facility and operation in order to fully comply with CEQA. The proposed work program, as detailed in Section II, Scope of Work, considers the preparation of an Initial Study as the supporting analysis for a Mitigated Negative Declaration. The project kick-off will confirm the project description, references, scheduling and site visit. The Initial Study will be ® prepared in accordance with the CEQA Guidelines Sections 15061, 15162, 16167 and 15168. Each topical area will be analyzed and significance of impacts will be concluded. Mitigation measures will be incorporated, as necessary. The work program includes the preparation of detailed technical studies for Air Quality, Noise and Water Quality. RBF will serve as an extension to staff to assure that the entire CEQA process is conducted in a comprehensive manner, which will include consideration of recent CEQA legislation and requirements of review agencies. The RBF project management team, led by Mr. Glenn Lajoie, _ AICP, and Ms. Rita Garcia, will provide regular and consistent communications and updates to the City's project team on the progression of the work program and status of the analysis. The environmental review process will result in the presentation of the environmental/CEQA findings to the City decision makers for the determination of compliance with CEQA. JN 00-000300.10P 1 August 27, 2009