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following conditions exist: (a) The proposed project has the potential to degrade the quality of the environment, curtail the range of the environment, or tends to achieve short term, to the disadvantage of long term, environmental goals; (b) the possible effects of the project are individually limited but cumulatively considerable; or (c) the environmental effects of the project will cause substantial adverse effects on human beings, either directly or indirectly. (c) Preparation of Environmental Impact Report. (1) Report Required. The Planning Director shall prepare, or cause to be prepared, an Environmental Impact Report for every project for which a determination has been made that such project may have a significant effect on the environment. Such report shall be prepared in accordance with the provisions of this subparagraph (c) (2) Information Required. In connection with the preparation of an Environmental Impact Report, the Planning Director may require an applicant, or the officer or agency of the City having the responsibility.for proposing the project (in the case of projects defined and described in paragraph 2 (m) (1) and (2) , above) , to furnish such information and data, in addition to that required under paragraph B(a), above, as the Planning Director may deem necessary for the preparation of a complete Environmental Impact Report. Failure of an applicant to comply with any reasonable requirement. of the Planning Director to furnish such information and data shall be grounds for the Planning Director not to prepare such report, and upon such failure to furnish information or data, the Planning Director may advise the applicant in writing that no Environmental Impact Report will be prepared until such time as said information and data have been furnished. (3) Agreement.for Preparation. The Planning Director may request that an Environmental Impact Report be prepared by a consultant upon a determination by the Planning Director that, [a] the proposed project involves unusual or unique circumstances requiring special expert analysis insofar as it relates to its effect on the environment, [b] an applicant has requested such preparation by a consultant, or [c] the preparation of the Environmental Impact Report would impose an unnecessary and undue burden upon the administration of the Planning Department or other departments of the City; provided, however, that in the latter case, such determination shall be based upon the recommendation to that effect by the department head of the department so affected. All recommendations for such agreements shall be forwarded to the City Manager, and agreements for such services shall be made in accordance with the City's requirements -10-