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EXHIBIT "A" SCOPE OF SERVICES Task 1: EIR Initiation, Kick-off/Scope Meeting and TASK 1 DELIVERgBLES Site Visit. Consultant will meet with the City and as ,Data Request Matrix/Memo ,;.. (PDF appropriate the project sponsor and relevant file) consultants to review and refine the scope of work, and ,Kick -Off Meeting receive any available data inputs in response to a data , Transportation Scoping Meeting request memo that the Consultant will prepare and submit to the City and project sponsor in advance of the meeting. The kick-off meeting will also provide an opportunity to confirm roles and responsibilities within the Project Team, communication protocols, overall CEQA approach, overall work goals/ objectives, critical path tasks and milestones for schedule development, baseline assumptions and cumulative assumptions and approach. This task includes initial scoping discussion on fundamental assumptions and approaches for the transportation analysis, particularly the cumulative approach (as detailed in the Technical Tasks by Topic section, Task 4.14) which will then allow the Project Team to develop a viable Project EIR schedule. This task also includes a brief site visit to the Project site and its surroundings to document any changes since the Consultant's documentation in the 2015 Draft EIR. The Project kick-off meeting will include Consultant's Project Director and Project Manager, and up to two (2) technical analysts, as needed. Task 2: Prepare Preliminary Project Description. Consultant will develop a Preliminary Project ; TASK 2 DELIVERAK Description in advance of the Administrative Draft EIR > Preliminary Project Description (Task 4). The Preliminary Project Description will build (PDF and Word files) upon and update the Harbor View Project description presented in the 2015 Draft EIR, using all available information provided by the project sponsor. The Project will be described in text, tabular, and graphic formats. City and Consultant will discuss and identify key project components that are required for this Task in advance of the Consultant starting the environmental analysis that may include, but are not limited to, the following: Confirmed description of the proposed land development and uses; Project objectives; existing and proposed infrastructure and utility improvements; construction activity detail, landscape plans and tree survey; scaled project plans, elevations and sections; sustainability elements above and beyond CalGreen requirements. The Consultant will incorporate the City's consolidated and non -contradictory review comments on the Preliminary Project Description into the Project Description chapter of the Administrative Draft EIR 1 (Task 4). Task 3: Notice of Preparation (NOP) and Scoping Meeting. The Consultant will prepare, pursuant to CEQA Guidelines, an Administrative Draft NOP for one (1) round of review and revision. No Initial Study Checklist (which would typically accompany the NOP) will be prepared. All topics will be addressed in the EIR at an appropriate level of detail, including confirmation of topics for which the Project is anticipated to have no impact (e.g., Agriculture and Forestry Resources). Page 9 of 26 REV: 11-08-17 PR ATTY/AGR.2017.262/ESA / Harbor View Project