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3.2 Introduction The ADEIR will include an introduction explaining why the EIR is being prepared and summarizing the uses of the EIR and the environmental review process. 3.3 Project Description As a first task, Consultant will prepare a project description outlining the key components of the proposed Cambridge Academy Project. The project description will be submitted to the City for review. Once the content of the project description is approved, preparation of the ADEIR will commence. 3.4 Environmental Setting, Impacts, and Mitigation Measures The ADEIR will clearly identify all potential environmental impacts resulting from the project. The ADEIR will identify proposed and recommended mitigation measures for all significant impacts, and evaluate briefly the expected effectiveness/feasibility of these measures. Mitigation measures included in the ADEIR will be monitorable, in accordance with the AB 3180 legislation pertaining to the monitoring and reporting of project mitigation. The ADEIR will contain maps, photographs, tables, and other graphics to illustrate and summarize information presented in the ADEIR. The primary issues to be addressed in the ADEIR are anticipated to be traffic and noise, as described in further detail below. 3.4.1 Traffic The Cambridge Academy Project would increase vehicle and pedestrian traffic to and from the site. The ADEIR will include a discussion of the potential transportation impacts that may result from the proposed project, based on the traffic impact analysis (TIA) prepared for the project by RKH Civil and Transportation Engineering (RKH). The TIA identified the need for a student drop off and pickup plan to preclude the queue of vehicles spilling over onto Connecticut Drive or Euclid Avenue. This plan will be prepared by RKH under separate agreement and provided to Consultant by the City. The student drop off and pickup plan will be described in the EIR as a mitigation measure proposed by the project. 3.4.2 Noise The Cambridge Academy Project would intensify the existing use of the site, locate outdoor play areas adjacent to residences, and increase traffic to and from the church, all of which would increase noise levels on and adjacent to the site. The ADEIR will include a discussion of the potential noise impacts that may result from the proposed project, ATTY/AGR/2013/AMENDMENTS/AMEND NO. 1 DAVID POWERS CAMBRIDGE ACADEMY EUCLID REV: 05-06-13 VR Page 4 of 9