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URS will complete the following steps in support of the Administrative Draft Initial Study: Background Materials - URS will obtain and review available background materials (e.g., current planning documents and previous enviroiumental documents) on the site and adjacent areas available from the City. URS will obtain, from the client or City, and review project -specific technical studies for tecluiical adequacy for the preparation of the Administrative Draft IS. Project Description — Using information provided by the City. URS will create a detailed project description to which the CEQA thresholds will be applied for significance determination. Location Maps - URS will provide a regional location map that shows the general location of the project area within the region, and a site plan that shows the proposed location of the project. Site Reconnaissance - URS will conduct a brief site visit of the proposed development site and adjacent land uses. Technical Studies — It is our understanding that the following technical studies will need to be prepared for the proposed project and will be used to prepare the Administrative Draft IS: a. Air Quality The project site is located within the South Coast Air Basin and the jurisdiction of the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD). Therefore, the air quality analysis for the proposed commercial project will be conducted according to SCAQMD's Guidelines, SCAQMD CEQA Air Quality Handbook,✓ November 1993, and the guidelines available on SCAQMD's website to minimize comments from SCAQMD. URS will review all pertinent project data provided by the City to assess air quality impacts associated with the construction and operation of the proposed project. The air quality analysis would consist of quantifying criteria pollutant emissions generated from the construction and operational activities associated with the proposed project. Construction and operational emissions will be quantified using project -specific data, the URBEMIS2007 model, and pertinent data froth the SCAQMD's website. Construction emissions will be quantified based on available project data such as construction equipment, timeline, and soil movement. Assumptions will be made for any missing pertinent project data such as construction equipment the number of workers used to construct the commercial project. Operational emissions are anticipated to be primarily from vehicles entering and exiting the commercial project site. As such, URS will utilize traffic data from the technical traffic report prepared for this project as input parameters into the URBEMIS 2007 model to estimate mobile emissions. It is assumed that the City will provide the project -related traffic study to URS for inclusion in the analysis. Stationary source emissions (i.e. landscaping) will be quantified J