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IREPORT From the Executive Director June 10, 2002 Subject Downtown Retail-Cinema Project - Selection of Environmental Consultant for Preparation of Addendum to Certified Final Environmental Impact Report Recommendation ~ Approve the agreement with Mundie & Associates to provide environmental consulting services for the Downtown Retail-Cinema Project with a budget not-to-exceed $45,000 and authorize the Agency Executive Director to execute the agreement. The services will include preparation of an Addendum to the Certified Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR) for the project. Background At the joint meeting of the City Council and the Redevelopment Agency Board on January 29, 2001, the Council and Agency Board approved a Disposition and Development Agreement (DDA) with Western Innisfree Ventures, now known as BHV Innisfree Ventures I, LLC, developers of the proposed Downtown Retail-Cinema project. The project consisted of a proposal to redevelop two blocks in the Downtown area. Block One, bounded by Broadway, Jefferson Ave., and Middlefield Road, included approximately 80,000 square feet of retail on the ground floor and a multiplex cinema on the second floor with 4200 seats in 20 auditoriums. ~- Block Two, bounded by Winslow, Middlefield, Jefferson, and the Railroad tracks, was proposed to have a 110,000 square foot office building with a multi-level parking structure containing approximately 1000 parking spaces. In the present economy, the approved project (Alternative 4 of the Certified Final Environmental Impact Report) is no longer feasible. The developer proposes to amend the DDA with a proposal to develop Block One with the retail and cinema as planned, but with the possible addition of an underground parking garage and to leave Block Two undeveloped but with surface parking spaces. (Project I as described in the attached proposal.) Staff needs to obtain an Addendum to the EIR before we propose to bring any changes back to City Council. Approval of this action will develop the necessary data before Council considers any changes to the existing DDA. The consultant's proposal also includes an alternative described as Project 2, as found on page 2 of the attached proposal, for Block Two that includes an analysis for a hotel and parking structure. Staff is not recommending that we perform that analysis at this time.