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other public meetings that will be held on the draft Area Plan and Housing Element. It is assumed that the scoping meeting for the Downtown Plan and the Housing Element will be held as a joint session. A7. Scope of Work Assessment After the scoping meeting and receipt of comments in response to the NOP(s), EDAW will review our scope of work and determine whether additional tasks are warranted. If the community raises issues we have not considered, we will discuss these issues with the City, and determine whether additional studies or evaluations are appropriate. TASK B. ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW The EDAW team will undertake studies of the downtown, peer reviews of existing reports, and projections of impacts to document the following: - Existing environmental conditions in and around the study area, - Impacts that would result from implementation of the Area Plan and the Housing Element, and - Measures necessary to mitigate or limit identified impacts. The standards of significance will be based on the most recent CEQA checklist (Appendix G) and any adopted standards of agencies with jurisdiction over the project area (e.g., Redwood City, Bay Area Air Quality Management District). It is assumed that the same technical analyses will be used for each EIR, since the only policy modifications proposed by the Housing Element are within the downtown. However, it is likely that the detail of analysis provided in the Housing Element EIR will be less, to correspond to the less detailed and more programmatic measures provided by the Element. For example, the Housing Element EIR is not expected to require a detailed visual quality assessment, because the Element does not propose any changes to City design policies. However, such an analysis will be provided in the Downtown Plan EIR due to a greater focus on design issues and specific development proposals on Catalyst sites. Other technical reviews focused on the downtown may also be simplified for incorporation into the Housing Element EIR (e.g., hazardous materials, and cultural resources). The following sections detail our scope of work for the EIR analyses. Bt. Land Use and Policy Assessment Although the CEQA regulations or guidelines do not require a full land use and public policy assessment, this analysis is often an integral part of an environmental review document and the public information process. For this reason, the EIRs will include land use and policy assessments comparing the proposed programs to existing regulations. This assessment will provide the basis for determining regulation modifications that will be necessary for adoption of the Area Plan and Housing Element, as well as illustrating how the Area Plan and Housing Element implement existing policies of the City (e.g., those encouraging transit oriented development). Plans and policies to be addressed in this chapter include: the General Plan, Redevelopment Plan, Zoning Ordinance, Historic Preservation Ordinance, Urban Design Guidelines, and Urban Design Study. Redwood City Downtown Plan EIR & 4 Housing Element EIR Scope of Work, EDAW Inc.