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Scope of Work Rincon Consultants, Inc. (Rincon or Consultant) will analyze, update as necessary, and edit existing information to provide an environmental document that adheres to current CEQA requirements and focuses on those mitigation measures that are required based on the impacts identified in the analysis. Unless a different environmental document is appropriate asset forth below, Rincon will prepare the EIR as a Supplemental EIR to the City of Redwood City General Plan EIR (October 2010), in accordance with CEQA Guidelines Sections 15163 and 15168. Rincon will review information from the certified General Plan EIR, and will reference verified information from this document in the Supplemental EIR (SEIR). The SEIR will supplement the General Plan EIR analysis with new or updated analysis as necessary and appropriate, especially for issue areas which are the subject of new regulations or standards since certification of the General Plan EIR, in areas such as tribal cultural resources, greenhouse gas emissions, and intersection level of service (LOS) impacts. The SEIR will, to the extent possible, rely on existing environmental documentation and technical studies prepared for the project area, including the General Plan Final EIR, and the technical studies completed for that project. This work program outlines the steps that would be needed to adhere to state environmental documentation requirements. Preparation of the Supplemental EIR will include the following tasks: Task 1. Project Initiation and Data Collection. As part of this task, Rincon will gather any additional materials available for the proposed Zoning Code and General Plan Amendment, including relevant planning documents, any technical analyses prepared by the City, and recent environmental documentation prepared for projects in or near the project area. Rincon will also prepare the Notice of Preparation (NOP) for the city's use and publication, and the Project Manager will attend one scoping meeting. Rincon will evaluate the approach after transportation study produces preliminary results for the possibility of an EIR addendum. If that approach is adequate for CEQA compliance, Rincon will revise the scope and budget to a lower amount. if not, Rincon will proceed with SEIR. Task 2. Administrative Draft Supplemental EIR. This task includes all of the steps necessary to complete an Administrative Draft SEIR for the proposed Zoning Code and General Plan Amendment. The SEIR would contain all sections required pursuant to CEQA. In accordance with CEQA Guidelines Section 15163, the SEIR will include only the information necessary to make the previous EIR adequately apply to the project in the changed situation. As explained in CEQA Guidelines Section 15151: An EIR should be prepared with a sufficient degree of analysis to provide decision -makers with Information which enables them to make a decision which intelligently takes account of environmental consequences. An evaluation of the environmental effects of a proposed project need not be exhaustive, but the sufficiency of on EIR is to be reviewed in light of what is reasonablyfeasible. To the extent possible, Rincon will incorporate information from existing environmental and planning documents that are applicable to the project area and project. REV: I1-13-18 PR Page 9 of 15 ATTYIAGR.2018.263/Rincon Consultants, Inc.