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REV: 12-20-23 VR Task 5 Refined CEQA Project Alternative Task 5.1: Development Principals and Outcomes Based on the preliminary community input, stakeholder and focus group interviews, and conversations with City staff and the project applicant, Consultant will prepare a series of development principles (or desired outcomes) that guide the Precise Plan. The development principles will guide CEQA project alternatives, design and development standards in the Precise Plan, and program and implementation options. Task 5.2: Urban Design Analysis and Project Alternatives To complement the sensitivity analysis and Phase 1 community engagement, Consultant will work with the City and the project applicant to develop CEQA project alternatives. These may include a reduced development project alternative, as well as urban design alternatives for the Project Area (which could also be for the reduced development alternative). This will set Consultant up for Phase 2 of the community engagement process and for the development of the Precise Plan and its associated standards. This will be broken up into the following sub-tasks: Review of proposed site plan: Consultant will assess the applicant’s proposed site plan with respect to walkability, placemaking, and community character. Consultant will consider the horizontal elements of the project, including the location of streets, open spaces, and buildings, as well as vertical design elements (where applicable), such as massing and stepbacks. This analysis will set the baseline for other CEQA project alternatives and the Precise Plan. Generation of alternatives: Concurrent with the Task 4 sensitivity analysis and based on preliminary feedback, Consultant will define CEQA project alternatives, with up to two design alternative concepts for the Precise Plan Area that work to achieve the development principles for the Plan Area. Primarily, these will focus on the horizontal development plan, including but not limited to circulation network, open space, building location, amenity space/uses, development scale and intensity, and design character/massing. Consultant will coordinate with the City and project applicant design team during the development of the options. These will also reflect the sensitivity analysis and / or reduced project alternative. Team charette: Consultant will organize a 1-day planning workshop with the consultant team, applicant team, and City staff to review the community feedback received to date, discuss the preliminary sensitivity analysis, the initial design and circulation alternatives, and key policies or goals that should influence the Precise Plan and EIR process. The intent will be to confirm the alternative(s) for Phase 2 engagement, and to define next steps for analysis and graphics production. Project alternatives for the engagement process: Consultant will work together with City staff and the applicant to refine and finalize the alternative(s) for Phase 2 of the engagement process (especially Workshop #2 and Council Meeting #2). 5.3: Alternatives Analysis For Phase 2 of the engagement process, Consultant will prepare a brief analysis of the project and project alternatives in a qualitative / quantitative fashion. The results will be ATTY/AGR.2023.318/Raimi + Associates (Redwood Life Precise Plan) (Page 21 of 45)