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Environmental Consulting Services MIXED-USE PROJECTS AWARD-WINNING PROJECT-Environmental Impact Report for the City Center Mixed Use Project, City of San Ramon. MBA was contracted to prepare an Environmental Impact Report(EIR)for a 2.1-million-square-foot, mixed-use infill project located in the City of San Ramon. The project is located on 44 acres at the intersection of Bollinger Canyon Road and Camino Ramon and proposes 487 residential units,a 165-room hotel, 635,000 square feet of commercial retail, 670,000 square feet of office space, 110,000 square feet of civic uses associated with a new City Hall,and nine parking structures with more than 6,600 spaces. The EIR tiers off the previously certified City of San Ramon General Plan EIR and the City Civic Center EIR. Issues of concern included aesthetics, air quality, land use, noise,traffic congestion, parking supply, and water supply.The SEIR included an innovative mitigation measure,which to the best of our knowledge has not been used anywhere else. The measure, MM AIR-7, allowed that at least 50 percent of the total project landscaping would consist of trees with low ozone-forming potential and drought-tolerance. Drought-tolerant trees were chosen from the East Bay Municipal Utility District's Plants and Landscapes for Summer-Dry Climates. Mitigation was actualized through collaboration between MBA and the East Bay Municipal Utilities District(EBMUD). EBMUD's book is award-winning and gives development projects a list of trees and shrubs that are drought-tolerant and climate-zone specific. Given that some trees emit more biogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOC)that are considered precursors to ozone formation,staff ranked EBMUD's list of drought-tolerant trees in Climate Zone 14 by their ozone-forming potential and produced a list of trees that would be good for water conservation and air quality. This project won the 2007 State AEP Award for Outstanding Environmental Analysis Document and the Environmental Business Journal's Project Merit Award for Outstanding Energy&Infrastructure Project. EIR for Mixed-Use Specific Plan, City of Grand Terrace. MBA was retained to prepare a comprehensive EIR in concert with a Specific Plan for the proposed 100-acre "mixed use" project on the former"Outdoor Adventures Center" property within the city limits of Grand Terrace. The project site is located east of the 1-215 and south of Barton Road. The preliminary design concepts focuses on the development of approximately 92 acres of mixed- use development including 44 acres of retail commercial development and additional retail development consisting of smaller retail tenants and restaurants. The remaining properties would then be developed as an approximately 10-acre research and development/business park and up to 17 acres of medium-density residential.The project would also include such open space uses as a series of small lakes and water features. MBA proposed several options for the land use plan relative to the onsite drainages and jurisdictional areas(U.S. Army Corps of Engineers only)located onsite,which influenced a decision on the need for or appropriate Clean Water Act-related permits(e.g., Regional Water Quality, Fish and Game). Work has not yet begun on this project. Elnoka Village Mixed Use Development EIR, City of Santa Rosa. MBA is currently preparing an EIR, air quality, and noise studies for the City of Santa Rosa for the Elnoka Village mixed use development. The project site is located on approximately 12.7 acres of vacant land and is bounded by a state park,vacant land,State Route 12,and the Oakmont Senior Living development. The project includes development of 209 residential units and about 5,000 square feet of commercial uses. Forty-two(42)of the residential units will be sold as affordable housing,and the project will have numerous sustainability features such as "Build it Green" certification for the residential buildings, underground parking to increase setbacks and open space, a rideshare program,and rain gardens to capture winter rainfall. Project issues include effects on aesthetics, air quality, noise, and traffic. The project will also need to be consistent with a General Plan update that is currently in process.The Draft EIR is intended to address all public infrastructure improvements and all future developments that are within the parameters of the proposed project. FirstCarban' SOLUTIONS r .m . 4