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AGREEMENT 2-0149 Exhibit A The Dec. 2000 SDEIS/RDEIR was circulated for public review to disclose , potential environmental impacts associated with alternatives that were revised from those previously considered in the DEIS/EIR (September 1999). "The comments received during the public review period for the Dec. 2000 SDEIS/RDEIR for The Centerline Project focused on the revised alternatives described and evaluated in this document. The public comment period closed on February 14, 2001, and The AUTHORITY received additional comments from the public, affected cities, and public agencies. These Dec. 2000 SDEIS/RDEIR comments, along with the public comments received on the DEIS/DEIR (September 1999), are considered part of the administrative record. The AUTHORITY Board prior to the adoption of the final route alignment and the certification of the Final EIR will consider all the comments (as well as the responses to both sets of public comments developed as part of this scope of work). In addition, the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) will consider all comments and responses in the preparation of the Final' EIS and adoption of a Record of Decision (ROD). On October 22,2001 The AUTHORITY Board selected a 17.9 mile LPA for The Centerline Project with the support of the Mayors from Santa Ana, Costa Mesa, and Irvine. In contrast to the 28 mile proposed Centerline project studied in the Dec. 2000 SDEIS/RDEIR, this Project will be running from the Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center (SARTC) to the Irvine Transportation Center (ITC), and will be running on Bristol St. in lieu of Main St. in Santa Ana. Therefore, many of the previous public comments are from areas that are no longer served by the current LPA. At the October 2001 meeting The AUTHORITY Board also approved the initiation of Preliminary Engineering and the FEIS/EIR work for The Centerline Project. Overall Requirements It is anticipated that the Preliminary Engineering work will result in site-specific and engineering-specific environmental information that may be different from that revealed in either the DEIS/DEIR or the December 2000 SDEIS/RDEIR. As a result additional, or refined, environmental analysis will be required to focus on these more specific project characteristics related to the LPA that will be defined during the Preliminary Engineering (PE) work. Examples of such site-specific changes include potential impacts associated with the location of power substations, the evaluation of a Central Maintenance Facility at the SARTC in lieu of the previously studied facility in Anaheim, local land use decision, and placement of park-and-ride lots. As part of the additional, or refined, environmental analysis, the AUTHORiTY will also be able to include more recent available data and will define more specific mitigation measures that will be adopted as part of the FEIS/EIR. Therefore, the CONSULTANT will need to prepare additional environmental analysis for The Centerline Project 3