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1 Proposal PROJECT UNDERSTANDING FCS understands that the applicant is proposing to a project at 4400 Black Avenue; the site was identified as Site #19 in the City’s approved 2023-2031 (6th) Cycle Housing Element Update EIR. Accordingly, the Site appears to be eligible for streamlined review under CEQA section 15183, as described herein. The project site is approximately 2.59 acres and is associated with Assessor’s Parcel Numbers (APN) 946- 3380-006 and is located at 4400 Black Avenue. The project site is bounded by Black Avenue (north), a medical office complex (east), Amador Valley High School (south), and Quarry Lane School (west). The project site is developed with an existing, single-story office building surrounded by an at-grade parking lot. The proposed project would include the demolition of the existing office building and to construct 59 three-story, multi -family residential units (townhomes) and 7 accessory dwelling units (ADUs), totaling 96,977 square feet. The townhomes would be divided between ten individual buildings, with an ADU provided in seven of the buildings. Each townhome will include a ground-floor, two-car garage and private deck; there would be an additional nine parking spaces included in the development. New landscaping would include trees and shrubs planted along the perimeter of the proposed buildings. The property zoning for the project site is Public and Institutional District (P) and is identified as Public and Institutional in the City Housing Element Update (HEU). SCOPE OF WORK Approach The project as currently designed is consistent with the development density established by General Plan policies for the site (which include the recent Housing Element Update). FCS has reviewed the 2023-2031 (6th Cycle) Housing Element Update Program Environmental Impact Report (State Clearinghouse No. 2022040091), herein referred to as the Housing Element Update FEIR, as well as the site plan, and it appears that a Consistency Checklist pursuant to Section 15183 would provide the appropriate level of CEQA documentation for an exemption. Drawing on the Housing Element Update FEIR to streamline environmental review, FCS will prepare an Initial Study that references the previous analysis and uniformly applied mitigation measures to evaluate if there are project specific significant impacts that are peculiar to the project or the site. The Consistency Checklist would determine whether the proposed project falls within the buildout parameters evaluated within the Housing Element Update FEIR and would also determine whether there would be any new or substantially greater impacts that what was previously disclosed. FCS will also provide documentation that the proposed project would not require supplemental environmental review pursuant to Section 15162. This supplemental analysis will be provided in the IS/Consistency Checklist. Based on preliminary review of available project information, FCS anticipates that a Consistency Checklist will be the appropriate level of CEQA review. If, in our analysis, FCS DocuSign Envelope ID: 8A0CA7AE-0205-438E-B096-2D2D28D11092DocuSign Envelope ID: 19AA1EA2-E6E2-4979-84F3-4D0C7027628D