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INFRASTRUCTURE & ENVIRONMENT REQUEST FOR APPROVAL 1/16/13 RFA SNA001 Santa Ana Delhi Urban Discharge Diversion Proiact review, URS will prepare a final, camera-ready IS/MND suitable for reproduction and public distribution, as well as 25 CDs of the IS/MND. Task 2.02 - Assist with Required Notifications and Responses to Comments on MND: In accordance with CEQA Guidelines Section 15072, URS will prepare a draft Notice of Intent (NOI) to adopt a MIND. The NOI must be sent to the Orange County Clerk-Recorder's office, interested public citizens, responsible agencies, and the State Clearinghouse, as well as to the local newspaper for publication. The NOI will also be posted at the project site. URS will conduct these tasks for City of Santa Ana, and will utilize a mailing list provided by the City of Santa Ana. URS will submit the draft NOI to City of Santa Ana for review and comment prior to distribution. After the 30-day MIND review period, and within five days of the TCWD Board's adoption of the MIND, URS will prepare a Notice of Determination (NOD) as required by CEQA and file it with the Orange County Clerk-Recorder's Office and the State Clearinghouse. URS will submit a draft NOD for the City of Santa Ana's review and comment prior to any filings. During the 30-day MIND review period, the City of Santa Ana may receive written comments from federal, state, and local agencies, as well as interested public citizens and local community and/or environmental groups. URS will assist the City in preparing written responses to comments. The responses will be provided to the City Council for review and consideration prior to the City Council meeting to adopt the MIND. Assumptions for CEQA Documentation: • All required engineering, conceptual grading plans, utility, hydrology/hydraulics, water quality, and geotechnical studies, project site plans and maps are available and suitable for use in preparing the IS/MND. • No separate technical studies will be prepared for traffic, noise, visual, water quality, and air quality. • No more than 10 public/agency comments are received on the MIND and no additional studies or environmental analysis will be required. • All CEQA filing fees required by the County of Orange and CDFG, as well as newspaper publication fees will be provided by the City. Task 2.03 - Cultural Resources Record Search and Letter Report - To evaluate cultural resources for the IS/MND, a cultural resources record search must be conducted. URS will request a cultural resources records search through the designated California Historical Resources Information System (CHRIS) information center for Orange County, California. The records search will review relevant previously recorded cultural resources and previous investigations completed for the Project Area within a %. mile search radius. Information to be reviewed will include location maps for all previously recorded trinomial and primary prehistoric and historic archaeological sites and isolates, site record forms and updates for all cultural resources previously identified, previous investigation boundaries and National Archaeological Database citations for associated reports, technical reports, historic maps, and historic addresses. The search will also review properties listed on/as the California Points of Historical Interest, California Historical Landmarks, Caltrans Historic Highway Bridge Inventory, California Historical Resources Inventory, local city and county registries of historic properties, the California Register of Historic Resources, and the National Register of Historic Places. Upon completion of the cultural resources record search, results will be provided to URS by the CHRIS information center. URS will review and compile the record search results and will prepare a summary letter report discussing those results. This summary letter report will be created for use in the CEQA IS and will be used for compliance purposes for the USACE permit application process. Assumptions for Cultural Resources: Assumes the project study area covers '% mile radius of the diversion area of the channel, CDS unit, storage tanks and associated pipelines. If the study area boundary changes, additional costs will be required to revise the records search to cover the new areas. Pagel 4 T.\071\CITY OF SANTA ANA\URBAN DISCHARGE WATER DIVERSION (29880113)\2 - CONTRACTS\A CONTRACT\2 - CHANGE ORDERS\REQUEST FOR APPROVAL 001 - 20120803.DOCX 25H-46