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Scope of Services the purpose and legal authority of the study, and provide a discussion of lead, responsible and trustee agencies; the environmental setting provides a general description of the existing urban geographic character of the City and the site vicinity Environmental Impact Analysis - Analysis of impacts determined in the Initial Study to be potentially significant; includes four main components: — Setting (description of current conditions with respect to the issue in question, including the existing regulatory environment) — Impact analysis (discussion of potentially significant effects of the proposed project; impacts are typically compared to established "thresholds of significance") — Mitigation measures (methods by which significant effects can be reduced or eliminated) — Level of significance after mitigation (discussion of whether or not proposed mitigation measures reduce impacts to below the adopted significance threshold) ❑ Other CEQA-Required Discussions - EIRs also include other discussions required by the State CEQA Guidelines, including an analysis of potential growth -inducing impacts, a listing of significant irreversible changes, and a discussion of areas of public controversy. ❑ Alternatives- See discussion below. • Task 6 - Draft EIR. Rincon will incorporate City comments on the Administrative Draft EIR and complete the Draft EIR, typically within two to three weeks. The Draft EIR will circulate for a period of 30 to 45 days. • Task 7 - Final EIR. Rincon will complete the Final EIR after the receipt of all written comments received during the review period. The Final EIR will consist of the comments, responses, and corrections to the Draft EIR (if any are warranted), and the MMRP. If desired and required, we will also prepare CECtA Findings and a Statement of Overriding Consideration for the project. ❑ Response to Comments - Within two to three weeks of receipt of all comment letters on the Draft EIR, Rincon will submit draft Response to Comments. Within one week of receipt of City comments on the draft report, Rincon will prepare the final Responses to Comments. ❑ Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program- Concurrent with the Responses to Comments report, Rincon will prepare a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Plan, which will be included in the Final EIR. Rincon Consultants, Inc.