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7A Page 43 transit and pedestrian-oriented districts where residents will have a smaller environmental footprint than a comparable level of development in less dense areas. Nevertheless, CirclePoint anticipates that the projected population and employment growth in the General Plan, unless very modest, will have significant environmental impacts related to traffic and transportation and potentially noise, air quality, and public services/utilities. While the document will be primarily focused on regulatory compliance, the EIR will also tell the environmental story of Redwood City through detailed discussions of baseline conditions. The document will be written in a widely accessible manner, with illustrations and a glossary to foster understanding of critical issues. The Introduction section will include a reader's guide to facilitate understanding of the many potential future uses of the EIR. Although neither the State of California nor the Bay Area Air Quality Management District have developed thresholds for emissions of gases known to contribute to global warming, numerous planning documents are currently being challenged for lack of discussion of this topic. Most notably, the EIR for the San Bernardino County General Plan has been challenged in court by the State Attorney General for the document's failure to address potential greenhouse gas emissions and global warming impacts. CirclePoint will estimate setting year greenhouse gas emissions in the City, from both mobile sources (primarily vehicles) as well as stationary sources, including homes, businesses, and institutional uses. Circle Point will estimate emissions of the three major greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide) at buildout of the General Plan, comparing these levels to baseline year estimates. CirclePoint will include discussion of greenhouse gases and global warming impacts within the Air Quality chapter, as well as the Cumulative Impacts chapter. Although at the date of this scope, there are no significance thresholds for these issues at the federal or state level; CirclePoint believes that inclusion of a discussion of this matter is essential to the defensibility of the document. Environmenta/ Work Tasks 8.1 Notice of Preparation/Scoping When drafts of the land use and transportation elements have been reviewed, the CEQA scoping process can begin. CirclePoint will facilitate a public scoping meeting to explain and launch the environmental process. The meeting will be designed to allow for interaction from the participants, as well as presentation of the alternatives and findings. CirclePoint will prepare public scoping materials and a scoping package; CirclePoint assumes City planning staff will take the lead in distributing materials to the public and interested agencies. CirclePoint will prepare the Notice of Preparation in accordance with CEQA Section 15082. The NOP project description will be at a lesser level of detail than the EIR project description, but will include a location map as well as identify the date/location of the scoping meetings. CirclePoint will work with the City to develop the mailing list and distribute the NOP to interested parties and agencies. CirclePoint will facilitate the scoping meeting and provide sign-in sheets, comment cards, and a summary of the scoping meeting. It is assumed that the City staff will distribute the NOP and make all logistical arrangements for the scoping meetings (room reservation, catering, directional signage,etc). 8.2 Setting, Impacts and Mitigation Measures SCOPE OF SERVICES Redwood City General Plan January 11, 2008 Page 28