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building elevations, and landscape plan. The draft project description will be circulated for review and approval by the City and ABA. Following approval of the project description, we will prepare the administrative draft Initial Study. We will rely on existing studies, data, and technical reports that are available from the City and other entities, as well as conduct new technical studies for impact categories requiring them. We will use the most current version of the Initial Study Checklist from the Governor's Office of Planning and Research. Responses will be prepared for each item on the checklist. The approach and methodology we will use for the CEQA checklist categories is as follows: · Aesthetics - The existing visual setting will be described, and visual effects resulting from the proposed project will be evaluated. Our scope assumes that ABA will provide visual renderings or perspective drawings of the proposed building on the site, from at least two vantage points. · Air Quality - The potential air quality impacts associated with the project include increased intermittent vehicle emissions due to increased traffic from the library project, and fugitive dust from construction-related activities. For vehicle emissions impacts, the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) requires that localized carbon monoxide (CO) concentrations be estimated for projects where project-related traffic is anticipated to impact intersections or roadway links operating at Level of Service (LOS) D, E, or F or would cause LOS to decline to D, E, or F. For this air quality scope of work, we assume that project-related traffic will not cause any of the traffic study intersections to decline to LOS D, E, or F and, therefore, that CO modeling will not be required. If the traffic impact study shows that LOS impacts would occur as a result of the project, we will request an amendment to this scope to perform the necessary modeling. For construction-related air quality impacts, BAAQMD does not require the quantification of construction emissions, but does require compliance with best available dust control measures. These measures will be described, and sensitive receptors in the project vicinity will be identitied. · Biolog&al Resources - The proposed library site has been filled or graded on most of its surface, but its proximity to the adjacent Belmont Slough significantly increases the potential presence of sensitive biological resources. A depressed area at the southeast comer of the site contains known wetland indicator species. The close proximity of the wetland resources to the project footprint warrants the conduct of a formal wetland delineation. This delineation will be used in both the CEQA documentation as well as for BCDC and other potential resource agency permits (e.g., U.S. Corps of Engineers Section 404 Permit). Therefore, our scope of work for biological resources includes the following tasks: Conduct a reconnaissance-level biological survey for birds and special status species that may occur on site and in the project vicinity. Review existing biological documentation for the site and surrounding projects, including the City's Exterior Levee Project.