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Scope of Services C. Scope of Services C.1 Environmental Services At Rincon, we understand the need to become an extension of City staff in conducting the environmental review process. Rincon project managers and analysts are skilled at assisting agencies in not only meeting the legal requirements of the NEPA and CEQA processes, but also in ensuring a project is consistent with the City's ordinances and codes and the relevant standards of other local or State agencies (e.g., California Department of Transportation, John Wayne Airport, County of Orange, Regional Water Quality Control Board, U.S. Army Corp of Engineers, and California Department of Fish and Wildlife). Our teamwork approach will ensure that the City has direct access to strong technical expertise, and our local experience helps to ensure understanding of community issues and local political concerns. In addition to assisting our clients with the NEPA/CEQA process, our environmental planning group also regularly prepares a broad range of technical studies (such as air quality, noise, biology, and cultural resources) to help design teams develop projects that avoid or minimize significant environmental effects. As described below, our team members have prepared many of these studies for the City of Santa Ana. Since 2015, we have prepared over 20 environmental documents for the Housing Division, including NEPA Categorical Exclusions (CEs) and Environmental Assessments (EAs), and surveys for asbestos and lead, as well as CEQA documents for the Planning Division. As such, we are highly familiar with both local requirements as well as broader agency requirements. The scope of work for any environmental document or specialized technical study will depend upon the nature of the project being analyzed and will vary from project to project. We have assumed that most documentation will involve NEPA review, a lesser number will involve CEQA review, and that a range of specialized studies will also be requested. The following briefly describes our approach to preparing the types of documents likely to be required under this contract. C.1.1 Approach to NEPA Document Preparation Upon receiving an inquiry from the City on a particular project with federal agency involvement, an early step will be determining what level of NEPA review will be required. Rincon's project manager will obtain a detailed description of the project, and will consider the location, scale, and timeframe of implementation. Preliminary Rincon Consultants, Inc.