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REV: 07-15-2021 VR The noise impact analysis will be included within the noise section of CEQA Document, with any supporting documentation and modeling provided as an appendix to the CEQA Document. Traffic and Transportation. Consultant will prepare the Transportation section of the CEQA document as referenced in Task 2A.2, Transportation. Cumulative Analysis. Consultant will describe the reasonably foreseeable projects within a study area determined, in close communication with the City, to be appropriate to the CEQA requirement to consider cumulative impacts. As identified above, The City will provide information on all reasonably anticipated projects so cumulative projects can be adequately addressed. Cumulative projects will be discussed for each technical issue and growth-inducing impacts will be evaluated separately in the EIR. Effects Found Not to Be Significant. Consultant will describe effects found not to be significant in accordance with CEQA Guidelines Section 15128 by listing them with brief explanations of why they are not significant. Based on site and Project characteristics and the guidance in the RFP, Consultant anticipates that agricultural resources and mineral resources will be relegated to the Effects Found Not to Be Significant section. Significant Unavoidable Adverse Impacts. Consultant will discuss all significant unavoidable adverse impacts in conformance with CEQA Guidelines Section 15126(b). The discussion will include any impacts that can be partially mitigated, but not to a less-than-significant level. Growth-Inducing Impacts. Pursuant to Section 15126(g) of the CEQA Guidelines, Consultant will discuss any potential growth- inducing impacts of the Project. Potential sources of growth inducement and their corresponding impacts, such as removal of obstacles to growth (i.e., extension of infrastructure), new employment generation, or major economic influences, will be qualitatively analyzed to the extent that they are applicable. Alternatives to the Project. Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15126.6, Consultant will evaluate three alternatives to the Project. One alternative will be the CEQA-required “No Project” alternative. The other two alternatives will be formulated in consultation with the City, and at least one will consider reducing the Project intensity/Reduced Footprint, and one alternative would be increasing residential density. Each alternative will be described in sufficient detail and evaluated against the Project to determine if it will have fewer, equivalent, or greater impacts. A matrix will be provided comparing each alternative’s impacts on the various topical areas. The Alternatives section will also include a description of alternatives that were initially considered but ultimately rejected from further consideration. Alternatives compared in the EIR will be selected based on their ability to reduce one or more potential impacts that would otherwise be significant and unavoidable below what can be achieved through mitigation alone. Consultant will develop reasonably detailed analyses of impacts associated with these alternatives, by topic, in comparison with the Project. As required by Section 15126(f), the Draft EIR will identify the environmentally superior alternative and, if that is the “No-Project” alternative, the environmentally superior alternative among the remaining action alternatives. Other CEQA Sections. Consultant will prepare the remaining CEQA-mandated sections, including energy and the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program (MMRP). ATTY/AGR.2021/Amend No. 1/Stantec Consulting Services, Inc. (Page 15 of 21)