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Exhibit A - Scope of lVork ject Description will also contain a description of pliance with the requirements of CEQA (including the intended uses of the EIR. Information for Article 9 of the Guidelines). The EIR ~ provide this section will be developed in close coordina- the City with an analytical framework to accurately tion with City staff and will be further refined as and completely assess the environmental effects of the General Plan process advances, the proposed project at a programmatic level, pur- suant to Section 15168(a) of the CEQA The project description dill include the following Guidelines. topics: Maps, drawings, and photographs dill be provided · Project location, including maps in a consistent format throughout the report. · An overview to the General Plan Update They dill clearly and accurately depict the Pre- describing the overall intent and back- ferred Plan, display environmental data where ground such may be better understood through graphics, and support the discussion of impacts and mitiga- · Components of the Preferred Plan, in- fion measures. cluding but not limited to: · Development areas and proposed Existing, relevant documents, including the tech- densities nical studies that are available to the EIP project team, will be reviewed and relevant information · Proposed changes to land use desig- will be incorporated into the EIR, as appropriate. nations and circulation improvements In every case, the existing documents dill be re- viewed by the EIP team for accuracy, · Proposed population/housing/ em- ployment growth forecasts for the thoroughness and appropriateness. planning horizon The components of the ADEIR are described in · Key infrastructure improvements and detail below. locations, if any · Alterations to the Urban Growth Subtask 4.1 Summary. The Summary will provide a concise review of the EIR. It dill high- Boundary, if any light the project description, the significant · Changes to the Housing Cap, if any environmental effects and recommended mitiga- tion measures, and the project alternatives. · Substantive changes from the 1996 Furthermore, areas of controversy (including is- General Plan sues raised by the agencies and the public in · Key policy directives and implementation response to the Notice of Preparation/Initial programs Study and at the scoping meeting) and issues to be resolved (including the choice among alternatives De~verabk: Draft and revised Project Description and whether or how to mitigate the potentially for review by the City. significant effects) dill be identified, as required by the State CEQA Guidelines, Section 15123(b). To City Involvement: Reviexv and comment on draft facilitate subsequent preparation of the mitigation project description, monitoring program, the summary of impacts and mitigation measures dill be presented in a table. TASK 4: PREPARE ADMINISTRATIVE DRAFT EIR Subtask 4.2 Environmental Analysis. This section of the EIR w~l contain the description of Pu~ose: To describe the environmental setting the existing conditions, the methodology and and to assess how that setting changes with im- standards of significance, and the impact analysis. The methods and standards of significance used plementation of the General Plan Update. for determining impacts xvill be clearly and explic- Discussion: The EIP project team will prepare an iffy described in each technical section of the EIR, Administrative Draft EIR (ADEIR) in full corn- including any assumptions, models, or modeling techniques that are important to understand the City of Pleasanton General Plan Update EIR - EIP Assodates A 2 5t782