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REV: 07-15-2021 VR Project Description Consultant will prepare a draft project description for the City’s review. Consultant will prepare the Project description section of the EIR based on information provided during Project initiation, comments received on the NOP, and conclusions reached in the Initial Study. The Project description will include regional and local setting; the City’s Project goals and objectives; and Project characteristics and important features. The intended uses of the EIR (as required by CEQA Guidelines Section 15124(d)) will be provided, including a list of responsible and other agencies expected to use the EIR for decision making and a list of approvals for which the EIR will be used. Initial Study and NOP Initial Study. Using existing data, Consultant will prepare an Administrative Draft Initial Study in accordance with Appendix G of the CEQA Guidelines, including the 2021 updates. The purpose of the Initial Study will be to focus the scope of the topics to be analyzed in the EIR, to eliminate resource topics for which no significant impacts are anticipated (e.g., agricultural resources, mineral resources), and to establish a baseline for identifying and developing alternatives to the Project that would avoid or minimize potentially significant impacts. Based on comments from City staff on the Administrative Draft Initial Study, Consultant will prepare the Initial Study for distribution with the NOP. The City will provide one round of consolidated comments on the Initial Study and NOP. Specific environmental topics to be addressed in the Initial Study are listed and discussed further below. The topics in this list are subject to modification following completion of the public scoping process. The EIR would be limited only to those resource considerations that need to be evaluated in detail (likely to be aesthetics, air quality, cultural resources, hazardous materials, noise, and transportation). Biological Resources. The Project site is substantially developed; however, sensitive habitats or special-status species may still be present. Based on desktop review, and existing General Plan information, Consultant will characterize habitat types present in the Project area and the potential for special-status plant or wildlife species to occur. Based on the results of the desktop review, Consultant will identify standard measures from the General Plan EIR as they apply to the Project. It is anticipated that the Initial Study will support dismissing this topic from the EIR. Geology and Soils. Consultant will evaluate the potential effects related to erosion, deposition, displacement, compaction or coverage of soils, alteration of topography, geologic hazards, and seismic conditions within the Project area and the potential impacts that may occur from the Project. The analysis will be based on existing studies and published materials. It is anticipated that the Initial Study will support dismissing this topic from the EIR. Hydrology/Hydrologic and Water Quality. The Project would include construction and operational activities that may have potential water quality and drainage impacts. Consultant will evaluate the hydrologic and water quality conditions of the Project area based on the hydraulic calculations and utility assessments provided by the City and applicants. In addition, any known or existing site drainage and proposed modifications, if any, will be reviewed as part of the water quality evaluation under CEQA. Short-term construction impacts potentially posed by construction activity are expected to be less than significant or to be fully mitigated by adherence to applicable stormwater pollution prevention guidelines promulgated by the state and the RWQCB. It is anticipated that the Initial Study will support dismissing this topic from the EIR. ATTY/AGR.2021/Amend No. 1/Stantec Consulting Services, Inc. (Page 4 of 21)