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6.10 Page 1 August 28, 2006 Subject Agreement for Environmental Professional Services - Wagstaff and Associates Recommendation By motion, approve the professional services agreement with Wagstaff and Associates for Peninsula Park and authorize the City Manager to execute contract documents. Background The City is in receipt of an application from Glenborough - Pauls, LlC for development of the Peninsula Marina portion of the project area formerly known as Marina Shores Village. The project, as currently proposed, consists of 796 residential units; 10,000 square feet of neighborhood serving retail; a 200 room hotel; a marina; and a community park on a 33 acre waterfront site. Building heights are proposed to range between 24 and 120 feet and would include a variety of typologies including 1 O-story feature buildings, five-story lower-rise structures, and two-story townhouse style building forms. At this time, the project plans are considered to be at a concept level only. Previously, Wagstaff and Associates prepared an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the Marina Shores Village project. That project was significantly larger in scope in terms of both land area and build-out. Marina Shores Village included both the Peninsula Marina and the Pete's Harbor site. This proposal does not include Pete's Harbor. The EIR for Marina Shores Village was certified by the Planning Commission on July 8, 2003. The City will need to prepare additional environmental review for the new project as required by the California Environmental Act (CEQA). It is anticipated that an Addendum to the Marina Shores Village EIR will be the appropriate method for evaluating the potential environmental impacts ofthe Peninsula Park proposal. In this case, an Addendum will consider the effects of the new proposal in comparison to the original project as well as one of the original alternatives. The work product will be a comprehensive, stand-alone document. In the event that new information determines that another approach is more appropriate, such as the preparation of a Supplemental EIR, the scope of environmental review will be amended to do so and Council will be informed. The Planning Commission will subsequently review the resulting environmental document in a public forum. Staff has selected Wagstaff and Associates to prepare the Addendum in that they are the most qualified firm based on their long work history with the Marina Shores Village EIR. The firm was originally selected because they have extensive experience in preparing similar EIRs for comparable waterfront projects, and they are very knowledgeable with the associated environmental issues. Wagstaff and Associates attended the recent public information meeting held on July 11th before a joint session of the Planning Commission and Architectural Review Committee. They understand that there will be early public comment on this project and that their scope of work as well as the concept level plans may be impacted by these initial comments. They have also designed their schedule to relate to the public participation program which is currently being scheduled. Wagstaff and Associates have also submitted a sample EIR Addendum that they prepared for another city as an example of a comprehensive EIR Addendum. As described in the attached proposal, the cost of -.--