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Environmental Consulting Services (ioo East First American Way) I City of Santa Ana accordance with the City's General Plan, Santa Ana is developing new residential neighborhoods in District Centers close to employment centers to protect and stabilize existing residential neighborhoods, support the City's economic base, and provide housing for the local workforce. The project site is located in a developed and built-up portion of the City, and as a result, natural resource issues are limited. However, the key environmental impacts associated with the proposed project are likely to be focused on urban development issues such as noise, traffic, air quality and greenhouse gasses, land use, and public service and utility capacities. Based on a review of the City's General Plan, the site lies just outside of the John Wayne Airport 6o dBA impact zone, but is subject to height restrictions due to being within the AELUP Notification Area, and within the Obstruction Imaginary Surfaces zone (Horizontal Surface 2o6'). We also recognize that the existing transportation and roadway network in this area is constrained, and future intensification of development will require corresponding improvements to the circulation system if current levels of service are to be maintained. The City's General Plan acknowledges that the addition or expansion of transportation facilities will have a corresponding impact on adjacent development over time, and the historical approach to solving congestion problems (increasing roadway capacity by widening streets, or building new roads) is the least likely option to be considered by the City. In terms of land use compatibility, the project would generally be consistent with the District Center concepts, goals, and policies, including land use and energy goals related to reducing land use -related energy consumption. These goals and policies encourage higher density mixed -use housing and office development to relate to areas of higher transportation access and capacity. In recent decades, Santa Ana has experienced slower growth in housing, due in part to the lack of vacant land and built out fabric. At the same time, the City's population increased by about 6o,000, due in part to increased immigration and demographic trends reflective of southern California. The General Plan anticipates additional infill housing through 201.5 particularly in the City's District Centers. ICF will bring our past experience working with the City of Santa Ana as well as other local government agencies in preparing environmental documents for similar types of infill projects to bear on the proposed project. Scope of Work for the Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND) ICF will prepare a Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND) in accordance with State CEOA Guidelines, as well as all up-to- date CEOA-related legislation and case law. The environmental analysis will focus on the project, as delineated in the project description, preliminary engineering designs, and other information provided by the City and/or Project Applicant ICF understands that our scope of work for environmental review and technical services needed for the zoo East First American Way project will involve the tasks outlined below. Task 1. Project Initiation/Develop Project Description and Objectives Chad Beckstrom and Renee Escario, as the project management team, will meet with the City's project team within five days of the Notice to Proceed (NTP) to discuss the project issues, refine our scope if necessary, and gather project specific data and materials (including design details, construction assumptions, and construction schedule) to begin the environmental analyses. Following this meeting, ICF will review this information to gain a firm understanding of the project and the issues. Our project management and necessary technical staff will conduct field visits to review the site and the overall context of the surrounding area. Renee will prepare an information needs request to identify any additional project specific information that will be needed for preparation of the MND. Renee and Chad will also work with the City to develop the project objectives and a detailed project description. At the completion of this task, Renee will provide the City with a Draft Project Description and project objectives for review. ■ Attendance atone project initiation meeting (two team members attending), including travel time and preparation. Use or disclosure of data contained on this sheet is subject to the restriction on the title page of this proposal. Page 9