25B - AGMT - ENVIRONMENTAL SRVS THE PLANNING CENTER

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Understanding of the Project The City of Santa Ana leased approximately 2.6 acres within Centennial Park to the Rancho Santiago Community College District (RSCCD) for the purpose of building and operating a Career Education Center consistent with the park deed restrictions. The original 30-year agreement expired, and because RSCCD did not fully satisfy its duties under the agreement, the National Park Service agreed to extend the agreement for only five years. NPS has indicated that RSCCD must either move from Centennial Park or provide replacement parkland of equal recreational value. The City is seeking the assistance of a consulting firm to prepare a recreational value report, a soils analysis for the replacement park site, and an environmental assessment. The City Is separately contracting with others to perform an appraisal of the replacement property and a legal description/title search. Scope of Services RECREATION VALUE REPORT In this task, The Planning Center DC&E will prepare a Recreation Value Report that will assess the McFadden and Orange Site (park site), research program needs, options and opportunities for the site compared the Centennial Park site, and prepare alternative concept plans and cost estimates to determine recreational opportunities. Site Visit The Planning Center I DC&E will initiate the recreation analysis with a joint meeting at the proposed park site and Centennial Park site including City and Community College District staff (City/District staff). The goal of the site visit will be to ensure design issues and constraints are understood prior to preparing alternative concepts. The Planning Center I DC& team will be able to discuss possible program elements and approaches with City/District staff while on-site. City staff will provide information on the development of the proposed park site, referred to as Pacific Electric Park on the City's website, including any public participation and design discussions. Preliminary Consultation with National Park Service The Planning Center DC&E will have a preliminary conversation with the National Park Service (NPS) to discuss the project and confirm assessment needs for their review. Should additional analysis or documentation be needed beyond what has been scoped, The Planning Center DC&E will discuss these changes with City/District Staff. Base Map The Planning Center ( DC&E will prepare a site base map for the proposed site and Centennial Park using aerial photos and available record drawings for the sites and surrounding existing infrastructure and perform a site investigation to determine the existing conditions including drainage patterns, the location of existing utilities, and other site elements. The AutoCAD compatible base maps of the sites will be used for preliminary site analysis and development of alternative concepts. Site Analysis Memorandum The Planning Center DC&E will prepare a site analysis memorandum to document opportunities and constraints at both the proposed park site and at Centennial Park. Using existing documents provided by staff, including Infrastructure and utility data, and data gathered from the site visit as a starting point, The Planning THE PLANNING CENTER[DC&E I PROPOSAL: RECREATIONAL ANALrSIS,,POTENTIAL NEGATIVE DECLARATION FOR MCFADDEN/ORANGE PARK SITE 7 25B-11