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that may eventually review the completed health risk assessment. Therefore, the consultant shall assist the City by resubmiting the revised work program to the review agencies to obtain their concurrence. The City will request a written statement of concurrence from each review agency, but will not hold the consultant responsible for lack of agency response to such requests. Following review by regulatory agencies, the work program will be submitted for review and acceptance by the City Planning Commission and/or City Council. The consultant shall be responsible for presenting and discussing the work program at hearings and meetings with the above-mentioned agencies, and the City Planning Commission and Council. The presentation to the City Planning Commission and Council is to include discussion of what the health risk assessment will address and how the results will be documented and presented to decision makers. This project is the first introduction of a risk assessment to these local officials, and they will eventually be basing approval or denial of the project partly on their understanding of the results of these studies. They will seek an .understanding of what the quantitative conclusions of a health risk assessment mean, and what level of risk might be acceptable. The consultant is to discuss these topics, and discuss whether achievement of "zero risk" is possible, given the specific design of the project and the nature of health risk assessment calculations and conclusions. It should be noted that the City Council, in upholding the certification of the FEIR and requiring a supplementary CEQA document, purposefully included language that allows the document to also include evaluation of non-health related issues. These meetings, as well as input from City staff, should be used to determine any other environmental issues to be addressed by the consultant in the CEQA document that were not addressed in the certified FEIR. These issues might arise due to new information brought forth by the project applicant in their submittal of the specific site plan. If these meetings should significantly change the scope of work of the required studies, the consultant should describe such changes and formally request any necessary adjustment of the schedule and/or budget. Page 3 of 6