RENEE ESCARIO DBA RE CONSULTING - 2017

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Chapter 2 — Project Description: A clear, precise, and comprehensive project description is of paramount importance to ensure impacts will be accurately and fully analyzed pursuant to CEQA. This includes providing detail on the project's implementation schedule and phasing, infrastructure, circulation, and any off -site improvements that are required for implementation of the project. Our familiarity in these areas will bring efficiency, expert information, and critical thinking that will ultimately result in a smoother CEQA process, starting with a thorough and complete project description. The project description will detail the construction and operational components of the project. It will document any design features that would minimize potentially significant impacts. Additionally, it will identify project objectives, establish the environmental setting, and provide information on cumulative proj ects. Chapter 3 — Environmental Setting and Impact Analysis: This chapter will comprise the bulk of the EIR and contain the direct, indirect, and cumulative impact assessments for all issue areas determined to be potentially effected in the NOP/IS. This chapter will incorporate information provided in the technical studies as described in Task 4, and will list all relevant regulations that could reduce impacts of the proposed project. The impact analysis within this chapter will contain clear, concise, and substantiated impact conclusions for all areas, and identify mitigation measures where appropriate. A separate subsection will be developed to include all project design features and standard City conditions that will help to reduce project impacts prior to the application of mitigation measures. It will contain quantitative data where appropriate and available, and qualitative discussion where necessary. A cumulative impacts analysis will be conducted for each environmental topic area evaluated in the EIR. The cumulative impacts analysis will focus on the potential additive or cumulative impacts posed by implementation of the proposed project with other projects anticipated to be active, recently completed or planned in the near future in the region or local area. The cumulative analysis will be specific to each topical area, and the geographical area evaluated in the cumulative analyses would vary for each topic (e.g„ air quality, greenhouse gas, traffic, and noise). In addition, each environmental topic subsection will contain a listing of all resources, websites, documents, and personal communications used to prepare the EIR. Chapter 4 — Alternatives: RE Consulting will work with City staff to define 2 project alternatives, in addition to the required No Project Alternative to be evaluated comparatively against the proposed project to identify an alternative that would reduce impacts compared to the proposed project (the Environmentally Superior Alternative). A discussion of how alternatives were established, and which, if any, were rejected from further consideration will be provided. The alternatives analysis will go through each issue area included in the EIR and will provide a summary conclusion for each topic in a user- friendly table format. The focus of the Alternatives Chapter will be to reduce any significant impacts that could result from implementation of the project. Chapter 5 — Consequences of Project Implementation and Other Environmental Considerations: This chapter will identify in a text and table format those areas of the EIR where significant environmental effects that cannot be avoided would occur, if any. It will also include a list of impacts found not to be significant, an analysis of growth -inducement impacts based on the residential units that would be provided by the project, and an analysis of significant irreversible changes due to the proposed project (as required by CEQA). In addition, the chapter will include an analysis of energy resources as required by CEQA Guidelines Appendix F. VOL R6 Consulting renee@renvwn�ulting.com