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Proposed Work Program June 2021 City of Redwood City / Gatekeeper Projects Subsequent EIR 5 environmental science associates Task 5: Prepare Administrative Final SEIR At the conclusion of the 45-day public review period for the Draft SEIR, ESA will discuss the comments received, and the appropriate responses and response strategies to those comments, with City planning staff. It is anticipated that ESA and the City planning staff will agree on the overall approach to responding to comments and will assign specific tasks associated with the preparation of these responses. The Administrative Final SEIR will contain a list of agencies, organizations and persons that commented on the Draft SEIR; copies of comments received on the Draft SEIR; and written responses to those comments. The written responses would also reflect revisions to the Draft SEIR to clarify or correct information in the Draft SEIR. Should the public comments raise issues not previously within the scope of work, ESA would consult with City staff to achieve cooperative resolution of the out-of-scope issues. ESA will submit one electronic copy of the Administrative Draft Final SEIR (WORD and PDF) to the City for review. City staff will review the documents and provide ESA with one consolidated set of non-contradictory comments on the Administrative Final SEIR. Task 6: Prepare Published Final SEIR ESA will incorporate the necessary revisions into the Administrative Final SEIR, and prepare and submit a limited number of hardcopies of the Final SEIR (if requested; 20 assumed), and electronic copies, including a web-ready electronic copy for posting on the City’s website and on the State Clearinghouse’s CEQAnet database. Task 7: Prepare Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Programs and Notices of Determination, CEQA Findings of Fact, and AB 52 Tribal Consultation Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program. ESA will prepare a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program (MMRP) based on the SEIR in compliance with Public Resources Code Section 21081.6, CEQA Guidelines Section 15097, and City requirements. For any significant impact identified in the SEIR, the MMRPs will describe the required mitigation and the responsible parties, tasks, and schedule for monitoring mitigation compliance. Notice of Determination. ESA will prepare a Notice of Determination (NOD) for the project, consistent with CEQA Guidelines Section 15094. ESA will file the NOD on the State Clearinghouse’s CEQAnet database within five days after the City decision-makers approve the plan amendments for which the Final SEIR was prepared. The City will post the NOD locally. CEQA Findings of Fact. ESA will assist the City in preparing the CEQA Findings of Fact needed for Final EIR certification and project approvals. ESA will prepare draft findings subject to one round of review and comment by the City prior to finalizing the findings. Native American Correspondence. In accordance with the provisions of Assembly Bill (AB) 52, ESA will contact the Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC) to request information on known sacred sites within the project area and a list of contacts for Native American tribes who may have an interest in the proposed project. ESA will initiate preliminary consultation through distribution of correspondence via certified mail to the tribes identified by the NAHC; however, government to government consultation will be conducted between the tribes and the City. This task includes one round of letters to tribes. Additional correspondence, coordination, and/or on-site meetings would be scoped for separately. REV: 06-23-21 MI ATTY/AGR.2021.150/Environmental Sciences Associates (Gatekeeper Projects) (Page 15 of 58)