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vv -~ vv 'T}.1.A 1-' ""';..J': r/\Â CH2M HILL SJC <4J 002 -._- EXHIBIT A SCOPE OF WORK AND FEE ESTIMATE ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENTATION FOR REDWOOD SHORES BA YFRONT SPECIFIC PLAN PROTECT BACKGROUND The City of Redwood City is the Lead Agency for preparation of the Redwood Shores Bayfront Specific PIan. Preparation of this plan is a requirement of the Redwood Shores Bayfront (RSB) zoning district, which is comprised of three adjoining parcels of land totaling 67.4 acres near the easterly tip of Redwood Shores. The owners of the three properties include: 1) South Bayside System Authority (SBSA); 2) Fully Alive Christian Church (FACe), previously owned by KGEI radio station; and 3) Susqueha1'l1'\a San Francisco, owners of the KNBR radio station property. FACC received a Conditional Use Permit from the City of Redwood City in mid-1999 to allow church-re1ated uses on their parceL This approval prompted the requirement for preparation of the Specific Plan. The initial draft of the Specific Plan is antiápated to be completed by the end of October, 2000, with completion of the final draft expected by the end of November, 2000. Stonybrook Associates, Inc. has been retained to prepare the draft Sped.£ic Plan. The Specific Plan constitutes a "project" under the Califorroa Envirorunental Quality Act (CEQA); therefore, environmental review of the Specific Plan must occur prior to its adoption by the City. CH2M HILL will be retained to prepare the CEQA document(s) for the project and conduct the environmental review process. TheRSt3 Specific Plan will establish the location, intensity, and character of the land uses to be perIIÚtted within the boundary of the Specific Plan; development standards; the circulation pa~m; and the necessary infrasln1cLu.re improvements to support development within the Specific Plan area. The Spedfic Plan will also consist of the objectives, policies, design guide1ines, and implementation measures to direct development witlUn the Specific Plan area. The Specific Plan will be adopted as an amendment to the Redwood City General Plan, and will establish policies specific to the area covered by the P1an. ENVIRONMENT At REVIEW The City of Redwood City (City) anticipates that an Environmental Impact Report (Em.) may be required as the appropriate environmental document for. the project. However, in accordance with CEQA, an Initial Study will first be prepared to detemúne the potential significance of environmental impacts associated with development under the Spec:i£ic Plan. If the Initial Study indicates that environmental impacts can be reduced to a less-than- significant level through mitigation measures that can be incorporated into the project, the City may decide to prepare a Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND) instend of an ErR. To the extent possible, the environmental document will assess specific development proposals within the Specific Plan. However, these specific proposals may not be developed to the level of detail that would pennit a project-level of environmental review. Therefore, the environn"t.cntal document would assess th.e Specific Plan at a programmatic level.