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EXHIBIT "A" SCOPE OF SERVICES 1. Purpose The purpose of this scope of services is to provide the City of Redwood City (City) Planning Division with professional consulting services related to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). There are three tasks under this scope: 1) CEQA training for Redwood City Planning Commission, 2) on-call CEQA support for the City's new General Plan, and 3) general on-call CEQA support for City staff as issues arise. The City has requested that Valerie J. Young, AICP (Consultant) provide these CEQA support services. Ms. Young is a sole proprietor will report to the City's Planning Manager or designee and will not have any subconsultants. Following is a description of the anticipated scope of services to be performed and the proposed budget. 2. Scope of Services TASK 1. CEQA Training for Redwood City Planning Commission This task consists of preparing for and conducting a 2-hour CEQA training session for the Redwood City Planning Commission. It is anticipated that the training session will be conducted during a regularly scheduled or special meeting of the Planning Commission and that Planning Division staff will prepare the agenda and meeting notice. This task makes the following assumptions: . Consultant will prepare a PowerPoint presentation for the training session. The presentation will be provided to Planning staff in admin draft, final draft, and final format. Planning staff will be responsible for loading the final file on the City's computer system for presentation at the Planning Commission meeting. . The CEQA training will provide a basic overview of CEQA, focusing on Redwood City's history and approach to CEQA compliance, and the CEQA approach for the upcoming General Plan. The examples used in the training will be from Redwood City projects. The presentation will also cover the City's approach to mitigation monitoring requirements. . Consultant will develop handouts for the Planning Commission in consultation with Planning staff. The handouts will be copied and produced by Planning staff either for distribution at the training session or in advance in the Commission's packet. . Communication between Consultant and Planning staff for this task will be conducted via e-mail and telephone. No meetings beyond the Planning Commission meeting are anticipated. TASK 2. On-Call General Plan CEQA Support This task consists of providing on-call support to the Planning Division related to the CEQA documentation for the City's new General Plan, which is currently in preparation. The City has a separate consulting contract for the General Plan and its CEQA documentation; thus, this task does not include preparation of CEQA documents for the General Plan nor other tasks that are included in the separate consulting contract. This task may include, but not be limited to, the following activities: