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7A Page 46 exposure of sensitive receptors to diesel exhaust would be identified; where prolonged construction activities near habitable places are proposed to occur. Illingworth and Rodkin will describe existing air quality conditions in Redwood City and the .Bay Area will be described. This section would include the following, some of which can be drawn from the draft Conservation element. Description of the climate in Redwood City and the Bay Area Discussion of air pollutants and their associated health effects Air quality standards Description of toxic air contaminants Description of the regulatory environment (EPA, CARB,andBAAQMD) Air quality and toxic air contaminant levels in Redwood City and the Bay Area Air quality attainment status Future air quality planning efforts 9 Federal SIP requirements 9 State requirements 9 Clean air plans 9 Current General Plan Biological Resources: Nomad Ecological Services will prepare the biological studies that will form the basis for the updated General Plan Element and the EIR. This process will entail preparing a biological assessment, preparing the EIR biological resources discussion, and contributing to the mitigation monitoring and reporting program as described below. Nomad Ecological Services also has extensive GIS capabilities that can be provided to the project as an optional item . Nomad will review all existing data pertaining to biological resources within the City, including the draft Conservation Element, reports, maps, exhibits, photographs, and datasets listed in the RFP or as otherwise provided by the City. Nomad's analysis will rely predominately on these available technical reports prepared for and by the City to provide a thorough assessment of existing conditions, potential impacts, and recommended mitigations to sensitive biological resources resulting from the implementation of the General Plan. In addition to this City-provided data, Nomad will review available literature from local, state, and federal databases, herbaria records, and technical documents to compile background information on potentially occurring endangered, threatened and rare plant species, and sensitive natural resources. Site visits will be conducted as needed to address specific impacts to biological resources resulting from the proposed New General Plan. Upon completion of its review, Nomad will prepare a CEQA-ready biological resource assessment technical report describing the biological resources occurring within the general plan area, an evaluation of potential impacts, permitting implications, impact avoidance and mitigation strategies appropriate for a programmatic EIR, and GIS eXhibits. This technical report will be used to prepare the Biological Resources section of the EIR, but may need to be supplemented by additional focused surveys depending on findings. Nomad will provide the City with eight color hardcopies of the Biological Resource Assessment. I Nomad's scope does not include the preparation of development project level mitigation and monitoring plans, conducting focused special-status species surveys, trapping studies, initiation or completion of permitting activities, development of detailed or conceptual mitigation plans, agency coordination or obtaining agency approvals, or other studies not specifically described in the above scope of services, as none of these are anticipated to be necessary at a programmatic level of analysis. It is important to note that protocols for focused studies for State or federally- SCOPE OF SERVICES Redwood City General Plan January 11, 2008 Page 31