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IBI Group City of Santa Ana — April 27, 2017 Task 8.2: Initial Study/NOP The Initial Study was previously completed and the NOP released on April 4, 2014. The scope of work and cost estimate for this amendment assumes PlaceWorks will not update the Initial Study, which helps to expedite the schedule and reduce costs for the project. Although an Initial Study assists in determining the requirement for an EIR and the contents for the analysis, it is not, a CEQA requirement. We recommend that we prepare an updated NOP that includes a reasonably comprehensive, updated project description, including support graphics, to enable agencies and the public to make recommendations regarding the scope of the EIR. The NOP will also describe updates to the environmental checklist, and outline the topics anticipated to be included in the EIR. This will include Tribal Cultural Resources per AB 52 adopted in September 2016. The Draft EIR will defensibly substantiate the exclusion of topics not addressed in the EIR. When the new scoping meeting date is determined, we will reissue the NOP for the 30 -day public review. Task 8.3: Public Scoping Meeting Due to the lapse of time and substantial updates to the Circulation Element, a new scoping meeting is recommended. PlaceWorks will coordinate the meeting and prepare notices and appropriate supporting materials. We will prepare a powerpoint presentation and conduct the meeting (if desired by the City). This task also includes preparing a summary of comments received at the meeting to be included in the EIR. Task 8.4a: Air Quality/Greenhouse Gas Emissions Since our original proposal in 2011, Santa Ana has adopted a Climate Action Plan (2015); the legislature passed Senate Bill 743 for alternative transportation metrics (e.g., VMT) and Senate Bill 32 for new GHG reduction targets for year 2030; newer air quality and GHG modeling tools were released (EMFAC2014 and CaIEEMod 2016); and new air quality and GHG reduction plans were prepared (SCAG's 2016 RTP/SCS, CARB's 2017 Scoping Plan Update, SCAQMD's 2016 AQMP). Because the original scope of work for air quality and GHG emissions impacts was primarily qualitative and was prepared prior to release of these additional plans and regulations, a contract amendment is necessary to cover the additional requisite discussion needed in the EIR. In addition, technical staff has been involved in several conference calls with IBI and the City since 2011 to discuss coordinating the environmental processing of the City's Climate Action Plan (adopted in 2015) and Circulation Element Update, which expended the remaining budget). Additional work not included in our original scope includes a consistency analysis of the proposed project with the plans identified above. Finally, PlaceWorks will need to quantify air quality and GHG emissions benefits of the project based on an estimate of future VMT provided by IBI Group and compared to existing condition, along with revisions to the existing work already completed. Task 8.4b: Noise The scope of work has not been modified for this task. The cost estimate increase is related to changes in staff and billing rates. Optional Task: Biological Resources Our original scope of work assumed a programmatic approach to the Circulation Element and did not include a technical assessment of potential biological resource impacts. Subsequent, proposed improvements along the Santiago Creek Trail become controversial, and the potential to impact sensitive biological resources was identified. If such improvements are included in the updated Circulation Element, the EIR will need to include an environmental assessment of impacts