Agmt13 Moore, Iacofano, Goltsman, Iinc.

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Exhibit A 4.2-Address Comments from Outside Groups During the last Housing Element cycle, the Non-Profit Housing Association of Northern California submitted detailed comment letters to the City and HCD, which required responses. This effort prolonged HCD review, as HCD considered these comments. Consultant is available to assist in a similar capacity for this Housing Element as consultant did during the last Housing Element update, providing written responses to such comment letters. As consultant cannot fully anticipate the depth and scope of comments from private parties,—or if such comments will be submitted this time and require similar treatment—consultant has provided an allowance for this task in the program budget. If additional effort is required beyond this allowance, consultant will bill for additional work on a reimbursable basis with prior written authorization from the City. Task 5 -CEQA Compliance 5.1-Initial Study and(Mitigated)Negative Declaration The consultant anticipates that the Housing Element will be consistent with land use policy in the adopted General Plan, and consultant will therefore tier from the General Plan EIR for Housing Element CEQA documentation. Consultant will utilize the generic initial study and list of resources provided by the 21 Elements team as a starting point for our analysis. Consultant will prepare a preliminary draft Initial Study for City staff review. Upon receiving staff's comments, consultant will prepare a Draft Initial Study/ (Mitigated) Negative Declaration for public circulation and review. At the conclusion of the 30-day public review, consultant will revise the Draft Initial Study/ (M) ND as necessary to respond to public comments on the document. If necessary, a Mitigation Monitoring Program with appropriate mitigation measures will accompany the Final (Mitigated) Negative Declaration. All documents will be submitted to the City electronically. The City will be responsible for circulating the Initial Study, processing and filing required notices, as well as placing and paying for newspaper ads and paying all required filing fees. Task 6 - Hearings, Adoption, and Final Housing Element 6.1-Public Hearing Draft Housing Element Following HCD review and determination that the Draft Housing Element complies with State Housing Element law, consultant will prepare a version for review by the public and decision makers. The Public Hearing Draft Housing Element will be provided to the City in electronic version. Following City Council adoption and HCD's final review, consultant will provide the final Housing Element to the City in PDF and Word versions, along with the GIS data linked to the Sites Inventory map. 6.2-Hearings As needed, consultant will prepare a PowerPoint presentation to be used during the public hearings. Consultant staff will attend public hearings for adoption of the Draft Housing Element and certification of the Final (Mitigated) Negative Declaration. Consultant's budget includes an allowance consultant considers sufficient to prepare the PowerPoint