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Proposal for Pleasanton Downtown Specific Plan Update Revised Scope and Budget—October 14, 2016 3 Consolidated Comments and Direction City staff will provide a single set of consolidated comments on the review drafts of all documents Unless otherwise specified in the Scope of Work, each product will be finalized following one round of staff review, additional iterations and reviews will be considered additional service 4 Deliverables We will provide digital files of documents in Word and Adobe PDF formats Any product requiring a high level of layout/graphic design will be done in Adobe InDesign All graphs, illustrations, and tables shall be prepared so that black and white copies will be readable,all maps will be prepared in color Printed copies of deliverables will be provided per the RFP 10 color copies of the Administrative Draft Specific Plan and 30 color copies of the Public Review Draft Specific Plan Interim products (with the exception of workshop materials) and the final adopted Specific Plan will be provided electronically only 5 Reallocation by Task. Dyett & Bhatia reserves the right to reallocate budget by task provided the overall project budget is not affected 6 Increased Costs Due to Delay Should the project extend for more than 24 months due to no fault of Consultant, the budget for remaining work would be adjusted to account for change in costs/billing rates (based on change in San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose CPI) CEQA POTENTIAL SCOPE OF WORK This proposal, per instructions in the RFP, does not assume that the consultant team will prepare environmental review on the revised Specific Plan pursuant to CEQA However, depending on the nature and extent of changes proposed to the Plan, environmental review may be required For instance, if allowable building densities or intensities are increased beyond what the General Plan and zoning ordinance permit, or if the type of development proposed would conflict with applicable plans or cause additional noise or other impacts,an EIR may be necessary Dyett&Bhatia prepares EIRs on the vast majority of the plans that we write, and we would take the lead on environmental review for the Downtown Pleasanton Specific Plan, if needed For some issue areas, we would need to augment our team to add specialists The following outlines the steps that would be taken to determine the appropriate level of environmental review that would be needed Per the RFP, estimated cost is not provided but can be furnished upon request A Review relevant CEQA documents If available, review the Draft and Final EIRs prepared for the General Plan, the Specific Plan, and any relevant recent projects (this may include Mitigated Negative Declarations) to understand the level of CEQA clearance provided to the Downtown area already B Conduct Initial Study and determine level of environmental review required Prepare an environmental checklist using Appendix G of the CEQA Guidelines (and/or any other significance thresholds adopted by the City) to determine topical areas on which changes to the Specific Plan may have a significant impact Based on the outcome of the Initial Study,determine the level of environmental review necessary I