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EXHIBIT A Theatre Way and Courthouse Plaza Wind Consultation and Wind-Tunnel Solutions Workshop WORK SCOPE - Wind-Tunnel Consulting and Testing for Pedestrian-level Winds The primary intent of this work is to provide Freedman, Tung & Bottomley, as the landscape architect, and Redwood City, as the owner, with critical information and guidance to the streetscape and plaza design and placement process so that critical open space locations can have wind environments that are as acceptable as possible for their intended uses. This work would focus on two different but adjacent settings - one being the single block of Middlefield Road (soon to be renamed Theatre Way) between Broadway and Winslow; the second being the new Courthouse Plaza, to be created by the demolition of the Courthouse Annex building on Broadway between Hamilton and MiddDfield Careful analysis and wind-tunnel testing undertaken early in the project design can provide valuable information concerning the acceptability of certain locations for outdoor use as, for example, pedes~an walkways, open spaces, seating areas, or other specific outdoor uses. Testing can also identify potential problems that could make building access/egress uncomfortable, and can help develop effective measures to mitigate adverse wind conditions. TASKS 1 ) Data Gathering. Acceptance Criteria Setting, Meetings and Consultation In addition, ~'e understand the importance of adopting evaiaation criteria that are appropriate to the proposed uses and to typical site configurations in general, as well as to the various intended uses for critical areas. We will prepare simple written criteria based input from Freedman. Tung & Bottomley staff; these criteria will be submitted for your review and approval. ESA would obtain and review available nearby wind speed and direction data records from the best available representatix~e meteorological data source (such as the San Carlos Airport) and determine the applicability of these wind data to the subject sites in downtown Redwood City. ESA wouid review proposed pedestrian, plaza user. and outdoor dining uses and recommend the appropriate design parameters for "acceptable" winds, given those proposed uses, as well as x~ hat appropriate thresholds of mitigation might be for each of the two different but adjacent areas - Theatre Way, between Broadway and Winslow, and the new Courthouse Plaza. on Broadway between Hamilton and Middlefield. Meetings and consultations will be provided in up to two meetings with Freedman, Tung & Bottomley, as scheduled at their request, and the work effort shall include data review and meeting preparation time, as well as time to make any oral presentation of Task 1 findings. 2) Wind Tunnel Workshop for Mitigation Development In the event that unacceptable wind conditions are suspected to result, ESA would construct a 1" = 50 ft scale model of Theatre Way, Courthouse Plaza and their surroundings to be studied and compared in a single wind-tunnel workshop session. Freedman, Tung & Bottomley would provide to ESA all information necessary to construction of the model; this includes information about the project and the existing structures and vegetation in the project vicinit.x. This session will further explore other wind improvement measures - likely landscape trees and some small structures, such as walls or screens - that could reduce P203394 - Scope. Schedule and Fee Page 3