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Proposed Work Program June 2021 City of Redwood City / Gatekeeper Projects Subsequent EIR 4 environmental science associates Cumulative Impacts. Consistent with the format for the DTPP Final EIR, a separate cumulative impacts section will be provided in the SEIR. The cumulative analysis will assess where cumulative impacts are significant compared to baseline conditions, and when the project’s incremental effect is cumulatively considerable. The cumulative impact analysis in the SEIR will use the same approach as the DTPP Final EIR cumulative impact analysis, which relied on a combined projections/list-based approach. Alternatives. The DTPP Final EIR formally addressed five alternatives to the DTPP, including the required no- project alternative, and alternatives with reduced development capacity, reduced building heights, revised maximum allowable development caps, and revised historic resource preservation regulations. The alternatives assessment in the SEIR will tier from the alternatives analysis in the DTPP Final EIR, and in consultation with the City, the SEIRs will consider alternatives to the plan amendments proposed to accommodate the Gatekeeper Projects, including the CEQA-required no-project and environmentally superior alternatives. The SEIR will also identify any alternatives considered but excluded from analysis in the SEIRs, and will explain the reasons for their exclusion. Statutory Sections. The SEIR will contain the following additional statutory sections, as required by CEQA:  Significant Environmental Effects (including significant, unavoidable effects)  Effects Found Not to be Significant, including Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Mineral Resources, and Wildfire  Growth-Inducing Impacts  Distribution List, and Persons and Organizations Consulted ESA will prepare the discussion of each of these topics based on the analyses presented in the SEIR. Appendices. Supporting technical studies, including those for transportation, air quality, noise, or other technical topics may be included as appendices to the Draft SEIR, as appropriate. However, the Draft SEIR will be a self-contained document, fully comprehensible without references to appendices. See Technical Issues and Approaches, below, for discussions of the scopes of work to be conducted under each technical topic in the Administrative Draft SEIR. Task 3: Prepare Screencheck Draft SEIR After City planning staff have reviewed and commented on the Administrative Draft SEIR, ESA will incorporate the necessary revisions into the documents, and will submit one electronic copy of the screencheck Draft SEIR (Word and PDF) for City review. City staff will review the screencheck Draft SEIRs and provide ESA with one consolidated set of non-contradictory comments on the SEIR. Task 4: Prepare Published Draft SEIR Upon City staff approval, ESA will submit a limited number of hardcopies of the Draft SEIR (if requested; 20 assumed), and an electronic copy, including a web-ready electronic copy for posting on the City’s website and on the State Clearinghouse’s CEQAnet database. ESA will support City staff at the public hearing on the Draft SEIR, if scheduled, and if needed, ESA can arrange for a court reporter at the Draft SEIR Public Hearings to prepare a transcript and officially document the oral testimony (as an optional task). REV: 06-23-21 MI ATTY/AGR.2021.150/Environmental Sciences Associates (Gatekeeper Projects) (Page 14 of 58)