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7A Page 44 The General Plan EIR will contain discussions for all CEQA-required topics. CirclePoint will utilize existing information and conduct necessary research to describe existing conditions, determine impacts and develop mitigation measures. CirclePoint understands that several recent EIRs have been completed in the City focus areas; these EIRs will be used to help identify existing conditions and known environmental concerns. The significance criteria will reflect current CEQA requirements, and may also consider specific City policies or ordinances that set parameters for development. CirclePoint will submit a proposed methodology to the City that includes significance criteria to be used in the EIR. Mitigation measures will distinguish between those that are proposed as part of the New General Plan and other measures that could be reasonably expected to reduce adverse impacts if required as conditions of approval. CirclePoint will organize each discussion in a manner that improves accessibility of the overall document. Some sections will be best organized by geographical area, such as biological resources, where impacts are related to speCific places on the ground. Other sections, such as geology, might be better organized around types of impacts. CirclePoint will .outline each section in advance to ensure the discussionis logically organized and does not pose confusion or unwarranted inconsistency for the reader. To the extent the alternative analysis employed by Hogle-Ireland provides corridor or neighborhood specific information on General Plan buildout, these units may serve, if appropriate, as the basis for analysis within selected technical sections. The discussions for each CEQA technical section will be prepared as described below. AestheticsNisual Resources - CirclePoint will consult with City staff in identifying scenic vistas in Redwood City, drawing on the Conservation and Parks and Open Space Elements. Vistas that could be affected by General Plan implementation will be preliminarily identified. CirclePoint anticipates that areas designated for more intensive urban development could see taller building heights than existing or currently permitted conditions; taller buildings may have the potential for impacts on identified scenic vistas. In addition, as acknowledged in the draft Conservation Element, increased urban development may lead to increased use of nighttime lighting, contributing to a diminution of the quality of the night sky. CirclePoint will develop appropriate significance criteria for these and related visual and aesthetic issues that are relevant to the programmatic nature of the Project. The .What If?" scenarios (including examples of higher density projects, visual simulations, etc.) to be created earlier can be utilized to some extent in the evaluation of aesthetics impacts at the programmatic level. The draft Conservation Element already includes a number of policies that can be pointed to as potential mitigations for night sky impacts. Mitigations for potential scenic view impacts may be drawn from existing City policies and documents, inCluding design guidelines and urban tree planting measures. The programmatic nature of the project suggests that visual impacts can be determined without the development of photo simulations. Air Quality ~ The draft Conservation Element includes some background discussion of air quality issues, as well as policies to minimize air quality impacts in the future. Team member Illingworth & Rodkin (I & R) will lead the air quality analysis effort. For the purposes of the EIR, primary air quality issues associated with this project would be impacts to regional air quality from indirect sources (I.e., project traffic generation) and temporary emissions of dust and diesel exhaust fromconstruction._ An air quality analysis would be prepared in accordance with the Say Area Air Quality Management District CEQA Guidelines as described below. SCOPE OF SERVICES Redwood City General Plan January 11, 2008 Page 29