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EDAW archeologists will conduct a field visit to visually verify the locations of resources identified by the Information Center and the Historic Resources Inventory, and to confirm the presence or absence of cultural resources that may be impacted by construction activities within the downtown. Particular attention will be paid to the three Catalyst sites. For each of the EIRs, the cultural resource section will include an environmental setting section and a concise description of potential impacts. Significance criteria and measures needed to avoid or reduce significant impacts to historic or prehistoric resources in compliance with CEQA will be developed and presented for inclusion in the EIR. If there are any specific resource concerns on the three Catalyst sites, these will be clearly described, and mitigation measures for resource documentation or protection will be presented. BS. Water Supply For each of the EIRs, the water supply section will provide an evaluation of the ability of the City to supply water within its allotted entitlements to development envisioned through the Downtown Area Plan, Housing Element, and other development in the City. This analysis will be based upon the evaluations currently being conducted by the City Public Works Department, and the updated UWMP. Early consultation with the City will be essential in completing a defensible water supply analysis, as previously described under Task A5. It is assumed that the technical analyses required for the Downtown Area Plan and Housing Element EIRs will be the same. B9. Cumulative Effects EDAW will summarize the potential cumulative effects of the proposed Downtown Area Plan and Housing Element. The topical analyses described above will be designed to address cumulative effects. EDAW will explain the methodology of each of the cumulative analyses, and will provide conclusions regarding the cumulative effects of the proposed Downtown Plan and Housing Element. It is assumed that the projects considered for the cumulative analysis for the Downtown Area Plan and Housing Element will be the same. Differences in the cumulative analysis sections for the two EIRs will be minor. Bt0. Growth Inducement Using information from Task A3, EDAW will describe the Downtown Plan and Housing Element in light of anticipated effects on population conditions within Redwood City and the region. This section will examine the issue of growth inducement and whether the programmatic changes could lead to additional growth in the city and the region as a whole. The examination of growth inducement will consider how the Plan and Housing Element could foster economic or population growth, or the construction of additional housing, either directly or indirectly, in the surrounding environment (CEQA Guidelines Section 15126.2(d)). Included in this analysis will be consideration of whether regulatory changes would remove obstacles to population growth or projects that may increase the population such that existing community service facilities are taxed, requiring construction of new facilities that could cause significant environmental effects. Although growth could be induced by approval of the Downtown Plan and Housing Element, growth alone does not constitute an environmental impact. It is assumed that the growth inducement conclusions for the Downtown Plan and Housing Element will be similar. Differences in the growth inducement sections for the two EIRs will be minor. Redwood City Downtown Plan EIR & 11 Housing Element EIR Scope of Work, EDAW Inc.