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HomeMy WebLinkAboutContracts & Agreements_80-2015FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT FOR THE PROVISION OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES This first amendment ("First Amendment") to the agreement dated October 16th, 2007 (the "Agreement"), by and between the City of Redlands, a municipal corporation ("City"), and Dyett & Bhatia ("Consultant"), for the General Plan Update and Environmental Impact Report services is made and entered into this Sth day of May, 2015. RECITALS WHEREAS, it is the desire of City and Consultant to amend their existing Agreement, specifically Exhibit "A" (Scope of Work), Exhibit "B" (Schedule), Exhibit `C' (Budget by Task) and Article 5 — Payment to Consultant. City and consultant hereby agree to amend the agreement as follows; NOW, THEREFORE, City and Consultant agree as follows: Section 1. Article 5 of the Agreement, entitled "Payments to Consultants" is hereby amended read as follows: Article 5.1 As total compensation for the Services, City shall pay Consultant a sum not to exceed Eight Hundred Twenty -Six Thousand Nine Hundred Seventy Dollars ($826,970.00) on a time and materials and based upon the hourly rates set forth in Exhibit "C," entitled "Compensation and Schedule of Hourly Rates," which is attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference. Section 2. Exhibit "A," entitled "Redlands General Plan Update: Scope of Work", is hereby deleted in its entirety and amended to read as attached herein. Section 3. Exhibit "B", entitled "Schedule.", is hereby amended as attached herein. Section 4. Exhibit "C", entitled "Budget by Task", is hereby amended as attached herein. Section 5. All other provisions of the original Agreement, dated October 16, 2007 shall remain unchanged by the First Amendment, and in effect. C:\Users\Katina\AppData\Local\ivficrosoft\Windows\Temporary Intemet Files\Content.Outlook\KYPUS3$0\Attachment A -1st Amendment Dyett Bhatia FINAL.doc IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this First Amendment, to be effective as of May 5, 2015. CITY OF REDLANDS Paul W. Foster, Mayor ATTEST: Sam Irwi , it Clerk Dyett & Bhatia By: Rajeev BhgEa, Principal C:\Users\Karina\AppData\L.ocal\Microsoft\windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.Outlook\KYPUS380\Attachment A - 1st Amendment Dyett Bhatia F1NALdoc DYETT & BHATIA Urban and Regional Planners Redlands General Plan Update: Scope of Work z PHASES Exhibit A. The approach to the General Plan Update and the Environmental Impact Report work program envisions the project to be broken down into major phases, reflecting integrated public participation and analytical processes. These four phases-1) Visioning/Background Studies/Opportunities and Challenges Assessment, 2) Development of Vision, Guiding Principles, Goals, and Objectives, 3) Draft General Plan and EIR, and 4) Final EIR and adopted General Plan —are outlined below, and build upon community visioning conducted for the Strategic Plan. This scope of work does not include preparation of the Zoning Code - or a fiscal model; these will be additional services, should the City so desire to secure these services from the consulting team. Throughout these phases, the General Plan update will need to address the major issues being faced by the City. Understanding what these are and how they are perceived will evolve as the program proceeds; it is essential to retain flexibility to address and respond to specific concerns within the State mandated context of what a General Plan is and how it is intended to be used. The General Plan will be laid out in an easy to read format (potentially 11" x 17"), have a visual orientation, and be richly illustrated with drawings, sketches, graphs/charts, and photographs. The General Plan will be organized around "themes" (such as "Small Town Character and Identity", "Active Living", etc.), which integrate the Guiding Principles. Phase 1: Visioning/Background Studies/Opportunities and Challenges Assessment Visioning. Given significant changes since 2006 when the General Plan vision was last developed, additional outreach will be undertaken to refine and confirm the Vision/Guiding Principles. This will include workshops, two community surveys, and stakeholder meetings (staff led effort). Land Use and Vacant/Opportunity Site Survey. A complete land use data layer will be created from existing data sources where available, and third party sources. Windshield surveys will be used to confirm the land use data, which will be given to the City as an ArcGIS data layer, and displayed on printed reaps. Significant vacant parcels and parcels with redevelopment potential will be surveyed in more detail and identified in the Opportunities and Challenges task. Existing Conditions, Opportunities and Challenges Assessment. A comprehensive assessment of all of the existing conditions, trends, and opportunities and challenges —physical, economic, and environmental —will be undertaken. This assessment will provide the springboard for the alternatives, basis for policies in the General Plan, and the setting for the General Plan EIR. Phase 11: Strategies and Preferred Plan Framework/Strategies. Strategies for key opportunity areas will be brainstormed and developed, drawing upon ideas that have emerged from the community forums and discussions with the City on land use concepts and classifications. Key goals for emerging themes —such as active living, sustainability, and economic vibrancy —will be developed. Land use maps will be supplemented with visualization of selected areas. Preferred Plan. In close cooperation with the community (including citywide workshops and decision -maker meetings), Staff, and decision -makers, a Preferred Plan will be prepared. The D Y B T T& B HAT I A Redlands General Plan Update: Scope of Work Urban and Regional Planners 7 Preferred Plan will encompass the land use and urban design framework, including issues related to development intensities and building massing, to provide the basis for preparation of detailed proposals in the General Plan. Goals for key topics will be identified, providing the bridge between the Preferred Plan and detailed policy development. Phase III: Draft General Plan and EIR Draft General Plan. The Draft General Plan will be organized around themes that tie back to the vision and preferred plan, and will cover all of the State -mandated elements as well as topics such as urban design and growth management, The Plan will be forward -looking and policy -driven, rather than including lengthy background material. Policies will be written with the intent of establishing the basis for implementing ordinances and other actions. This will be laid out in an easy -to -read format, with rich use of photographs, drawings, and three-dimensional visualization. It will be provided to the City in a format so as to be easily accessible on the web. Environmental Impact Review. Impact assessment will be conducted parallel to General Plan preparation, so that mitigation can be built into the General Plan, resulting in a self -mitigating Plan. The impact assessment, documented in the Draft EIR, will be circulated for public review and then finalized with the responses to comments meeting all CEQA requirements. The Final EIR will consist of responses to comments on the Draft EIR. Phase IV: Presentation and Hearings and Adopted General Plan Presentation. Availability of the General Plan will be announced to the community, and an open house held. Hearings with the Planning Commission and the City Council will be undertaken. Adopted General Plan. The adopted General Plan will be prepared. 2 PROJECT DIRECTION The Consultant will work closely with a General Plan Project Administrator and Planning Staff. The Planning Commission and City Council will be involved in study sessions at key decision - making stages during the project. A General Plan Steering Committee (GPSC), consisting of approximately 10 members, will serve as a sounding board and provide direction. In order to ensure timely completion of the General Plan, the GPSC's role will be focused — to provide guidance for development of a Preferred Plan and key strategies. In addition to the six GPSC meetings, GPSC members will also be expected to participate in the community workshops (minimum of one workshop in each of the two rounds of workshops, for a total of eight meetings). 3 SCOPE OF WORJK. This section outlines the proposed work program for all phases of the Redlands General Plan Update. The program is organized into six tasks, from project initiation to publishing the final General Plan and the EIR. The task -by -task descriptions that follow present the approach to data collection, community engagement, policy formulation and preparation of the documents. Each task description includes a purpose statement at the beginning. Proposers should clearly state any changes they recommend to this work program, and additionally identify the firms responsible for each task. D Y E T T & B H AT I A Redlands General Plan Update: Scope of Work Urban and Regional Planner, 3 The Scope of Work below incorporates the City Council/Planning Commission meetings, and the community/neighborhood workshops. TASK 1: KICKOFF & VISIONING The objective will be to conduct a series of introductory and organizational meetings, and begin the outreach process for the General Plan Update. An introductory meeting between the consultant team and City staff will occur. Based on these introductory meetings and evaluation of existing information, any needed refinements will be made to overall project management anti organization, staffing, schedule and deliverables, and quality control measures to ensure cohesiveness and consistency of the final products. Also included in this task is fine-tuning the Public Engagement Program. The task's primary work will be to reach out to the community with a wide variety of tools for engagement and participation. Using the 2006 outreach effort as a starting point, we will reassess the community's key issues, priorities, and goals, and develop a vision statement that will guide development of the General Plan. A. Conduct a Kickoff Meeting with the General Plan Administrator and City Staff. The consultants will meet with members of the City staff to review community issues and the work program. At these meetings data sources will be identified, roles and responsibilities will be clarified, communication protocols will be established, and work program modifications will be discussed. The General Plan Planning Area will also be confirmed. At this meeting: Roles and responsibilities for the General Plan Update, and the overall schedule will be reviewed. • City staff will provide the team with an overview of existing plans and programs, facility plans, pipeline development, major opportunities, and issues. • Results of the community outreach during the previous phase of the General Plan Update process and the Guiding Principles, and the preliminary outreach program drafted for the renewed General Plan update will be reviewed B. Gather Existing Information. City staff and D&B will work to gather existing information needed for the General Plan, such as existing planning documents, facility plans, existing land use, and details on the status of proposed and approved development projects. C. Prepare Draft Public Engagement Program and Schedule. A detailed outreach and participation plan will be developed, incorporating feedback gained from the kickoff meeting. The final work program and schedule will include meetings with decision -makers; public workshops; community surveys; a project website and social media component; and stakeholder interviews (expected to be conducted by staff). A meeting schedule with topics will also be finalized. D. Establish Project Website. Consultant will develop a standalone project website. Interim designs will be reviewed with staff before the site is finalized. Information on the project Work Program, Public Engagement Program, upcoming participation opportunities, and reports and documents produced and other material will be placed on the project website. Links to any ongoing community surveys will also be provided. E. GPSC Meeting #1. At this first meeting, GPSC members will be introduced to the General Plan update. GPSC's role for the General Plan Update, and overall meeting schedule with topics for each meeting will be reviewed. Key results of the community outreach conducted during the previous phase of the General Plan Update process will be reviewed. City staff and DYETT & BFIATIA Urban and Regional Planners Redlands General Plan Update: Scope of Work 4 Consultant will describe the effort, time line and milestones, and get feedback from decision - makers on (1) What they see as priorities, and (2) Any questions they want to see included as part of the community survey. F. Citywide Invitation and Announcements. General Plan Administrator. The City will take the lead in announcing the project at various forums, inviting the community to take an online survey, attend a workshop, and sign up to be on the email list for the project. In addition participation opportunities will be advertised through utility bills, Nextdoor, and the City's Facebook page and website. G. Community Survey. To help ensure broad -based community input, we will conduct an online survey with carefully prepared questions to reveal residents' vision for Redlands and priorities for the Plan update. The survey will be conducted using a web -based tool such as MetroQuest, and will be made available to all residents in both English and Spanish. Survey results will be tabulated and presented in a concise report. Our scope assumes that the City will be responsible for the software cost (such as MetroQuest) of the survey. D&B will work with the General Plan Administrator on the survey questions, and compile the results. H. Public Workshops (2). A set of engaging, interactive workshops will be held to further assist the team in "scoping" issues and understanding perspectives specific to topics such as land use planning, community design, economic development, and mobility. The meetings will be designed to facilitate the participation of a wide diversity of residents, business people, and other stakeholders. The same workshop may be held twice (once on a Saturday, once on a weekday evening) to generate more involvement. Alternatively, the two workshops could focus on different thematic issues. (Design of the workshops will be established in the final Public Engagement Program.) A short report will summarize the workshop results. I. Draft Vision Statement and Emerging Themes. Consultant will develop an updated Draft Vision Statement and Emerging Themes for the new General Plan, based on what was heard from the community, stakeholders, and decision makers during this first phase of outreach. J. GPSC Meeting #2. At this second meeting of GPSC, Consultant will present the results of the survey and community workshops, present a working draft of Vision Statement and Guiding Principles, and get feedback for finalizing these. K. Joint Meeting of City Council and Planning Commission #2. At this joint meeting of decision -making bodies, Consultant will present the results of the survey and community workshops, present the draft Vision Statement and Guiding Principles, and get feedback for finalizing this. Additionally key issues/ideas/controversies will be explored. Meetings: Kickoff meeting with City Staff GPSC Meetings (2) Joint Meeting with City Council and Planning Commission (1) Public Workshops (2) Stakeholder Interviews (City staff) Products: Final Public Engagement Program Project Website Community Survey Summary of Results Summary of Community Workshops Vision and Emerging Themes DYETT & BHATIA Urban in4 Regionit Planners Redlands General Plan Update: Scope of Work 5 TASK 2: DATA COLLECTION & ANALYSIS (EXISTING CONDITIONS, OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES ASSESSMENT) This task will run concurrently with Task .1. The objective will be to obtain and compile background information, analyze long-term trends, summarize the opportunities and constraints in Redlands, and identify key factors that will affect planning decisions. For marry topics, the background assessment will serve as the "setting" for the Environmental Impact Report. This report will summarize existing conditions in the Redlands Planning Area with regard to the entire range of subject matter affecting physical development, including land use and population distribution, employment centers, community character, urban design, neighborhood livability, transportation, parks and opera space, historic resources, conservation of natural resources, and safety. Economic and fiscal information will also be considered, as will regional trends that have an impact on the city. The report will be visually rich and written to be easily understood by the public and decision - makers. A series of computer -based maps for various topics will also be prepared and included in the report. For each topic, this report will present: • Background data and information; • Analysis of the information for its pertinence to the General Plan Update; and • Policy implications of the analysis and resulting issues. A. Obtain and Compile GIS Database. Using the City's existing GIS data and other sources, and fieldwork, the Consultant will prepare a computerized base map for the display and analysis of Planning Area land data. All GIS information and database development will be coordinated to be compatible with ArcGIS. B. Conduct Land Use Survey/Vacant Parcel Survey. Building on information obtained from the City, community partners, and Metroscan, focused windshield surveys will be conducted to verify land use data accuracy and to identify underutilized parcels. The fieldwork efforts will focus on key opportunity areas, such as downtown and transit villages. A complete land use data layer will be prepared, which will serve as the basis for calibration of the transportation model, land use analysis, and strategies. Significant vacant and underutilized parcels will also be identified, based on a variety of considerations. C. Stakeholder Interviews. City staff will conduct interviews with stakeholders for a deeper dive on issues, concerns, and ideas from specific stakeholder perspectives. The list of 66 stakeholders interviewed during the previous Update process will be updated and revised to reflect current groups and leaders. City staff will be responsible for synthesizing the input and preparing any resulting meeting summaries. D. Prepare Opportunities and Challenges Report. A descriptive profile of the Redlands existing conditions will be prepared. This will involve the compilation of baseline data for each General Plan topic/section, and evaluation of this data to identify their planning implications. The latter will contribute to the framework of critical issues and challenges impacting the city to be addressed by the updated General Plan. This data will be compiled, textually described, mapped, and analyzed. Maps, photographs, illustrations, tables, and charts DYETT & BHATIA Urban and Regional Planner. Redlands General Plan Update: Scope of Work 6 will be extensively used to facilitate understanding of the data. The following topic areas will be addressed (these topic areas are expected to be adjusted to a more vision -based chapter organization for the General Plan itself): Land Use The consultant team will: — Depict the city of Redlands within is regional context with maps showing locations, adjoining cities/towns (incorporated and unincorporated) as well as public lands. — Identify existing land uses within the City and depict these on the base map based on information available from the City. — Map land uses outside the city, within the larger Planning Area —that is, communities of Crafton and Mentone. Areas outside the City may be mapped in less detail than for the urbanized area, but will be shown in order to present a comprehensive picture for the entire Planning Area. — Tabulate the acreage of each category of use and, where information is available, the associated quantity of development such as the number of housing units and commercial and industrial square footage. Land use densities/intensities (units per acre for housing and floor area ratios for commercial and industrial uses) will be specified. — Identify specific plans and master development plans and depict these on the base map, and describe their intended use and character. — Identify the capacities of lands that are zoned or planned for new development or redevelopment (numbers of housing units, commercial and industrial building square footage, open space acres, and so on). — Identify infill opportunity sites (such as in central Redlands) and the issues warranting a possible revision of their land use designation. With staff, Consultant will also review the City's overall use and development pattern and identify any other existing uses that may be replaced or intensified due to their economic obsolescence, physical deterioration, or incompatibility with adjacent uses. — Identify opportunities for transit oriented development (TOD), especially around the planned Metrolink stations. Outline key proposals and outstanding issues relating to the Downtown Specific Plan. Population, Household and Labor Force Characteristics, and Trends Existing Conditions Assessment Consultant will assemble, organize, and concisely summarize a wide range of information about the City's population, demographic, household, income and labor force characteristics. Understanding the scale and composition of Redlands' current population is an essential step in projecting future conditions under both baseline trends and alternative General Plan Update policies designed to alter those trends. Consultant will assemble relevant data on the Redlands population's social and economic characteristics (e.g., age, race, ethnicity, households, income, poverty, educational attainment, mobility, nativity and employment status), currently and over the past several decades. The D'YFTT & BHATIA Urban and Regional Planners Redlands General Plan Update: Scope of Work 7 profile will draw primarily on data available from the US Census Bureau, but will also include post-2010 census estimates prepared by the California Department of Finance and the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG). The City's socio-economic characteristics will be compared with San Bernardino County and the Inland Empire as a whole. To the degree possible, differences in characteristics between City subareas (e.g., the Northside) will also be reported. Every effort will be made to build on, rather than duplicate, analysis that may have already been prepared by City staff. Project Baseline City -Specific Population and Households Consultant will prepare a general baseline projection of population and households, based on a combination of the General Plan and recent population and demographic trends. Understanding the probable evolution of the City's population is a central consideration in fashioning appropriate goals, objectives and policies for the General Plan. The age profile of the population, in particular, influences the scale of demand for housing of various types, suitable modes of transportation, purchased goods and services, cultural and arts activities, and many kinds of public services, including schools, parks and open space. It also has a direct affect on the size of the City's labor force, and hence its capacity to balance jobs and housing opportunities. Inasmuch as Redlands is part of a very dynamic urban region, the scale and composition of its population will be influenced by many external forces, as well as the characteristics internal to the City that attract people to reside there. Consultant will project the probable scale and general composition of the City's population and its households over the planning horizon, but assuming no changes to current development standards or basic population trends. This work will draw on and be compared with forecasts prepared by SCAG. Employment and Economic Characteristics and Trends Existing Conditions Assessment Consultant will assemble, organize, and concisely summarize a wide range of information about the City's economic and employment characteristics. A thorough understanding the City's current competitive position in the sub -regional and regional economies is critical to beginning a thoughtful discussion about strategic choices that may be available to help guide the City toward an appropriate economic development strategy. Consultant will assemble relevant data on the structure of Redlands' economy and the characteristics of employment by place of work within the City (e.g., numbers of jobs, unemployment rate, distribution of jobs by industry sector, number of firms, size of firms, and average payroll characteristics), including changes over past decades. Data sources will include City -specific employment and payroll by industry sector available from the California Employment Development Department, ZIP code -level data from the US Census Bureau's County Business Patterns, the Census Transportation Planning Package, employment estimates prepared by SCAG, as well as other data that may be available from the City's Economic Development Department and the local Chamber of Commerce. The City's economic and employment characteristics will be compared with San Bernardino County and the Inland Empire as a whole, including a "location quotient" analysis that can be used to characterize the City's competitive strengths by industry sector. To the degree possible, differences in characteristics between City subareas (e.g., the Northside) will also be DYETT & BHATIA Urban and Regional Planners Redlands General Plan Update: Scope of Work 8 reported. Here again, every effort will be made to build on, rather than duplicate, analysis that may have already been prepared by City staff. Industry Sector and Employment Projections Consultant will also project land use -specific employment and economic growth, based on SCAG and other projections for new non-residential development, which will be developed in consultation with City staff. The projections will assist the Project Team to frame a reasonable set of alternative growth scenarios for public review and comprehensive analysis. They will also result in analysis tools that will be useful in analyzing the growth scenarios and the preferred General Plan alternative. Consultant will develop alternative projections of employment associated with meeting demand for various types of commercial development, including commercial office, retail, industrial and hotel uses. The projections will cover a range of assumptions for each land use. For example, the commercial office and industrial employment projections may consider constant shares of office and industrial employment, as projected by SCAG, as well as the City's weighted average shares of future County employment by specific industry sectors in which work is typically performed in an office or industrial environment. The retail employment projections will consider both the City's weighted average future share of County retail employment and retail employment derived from projections of future retail spending in the City by households, visitors and non-resident workers. The hotel projections will be based on justified room nights of demand, by demand subsectors (e.g., transient and business guests) and alternative assumptions about future rooms supply. Here again, initial projections will be based on recent trends, but not on any future policies designed to alter those trends. Initial results will be compared with SCAG employment growth forecasts for the City to 2040. These projection techniques will also be used to analyze alternative growth scenarios and the recommended General Plan alternative. This task will also include a general assessment (but not a market demand analysis) of prospects and considerations for future development focused on educational, medical and high technology uses, and tourism. Growth Management Pace of development in the City, and the implications of the various voter -enacted measures on residential growth and buildout population will be presented. Community Design Community design analysis will focus on key districts that provide Redlands with its identity, and areas with greatest opportunity for land use change. These will include downtown and the transit villages. For downtown, much recent effort has been undertaken as part of the (draft) Downtown Specific Plan planning effort. This effort will be reviewed for its implication on the General Plan. For the transit villages, the planning efforts to date will be analyzed and issues related to community design and identity identified. Using GIS, Consultant will analyze city and neighborhood walkability—accessibility to shops, services, downtown, and open spaces. DYETT & BHATIA Urban and Regional Planner; Redlands General Plan Update: Scope of Work 9 Consultant will review recently -built projects, design and development regulations in the Zoning Ordinance, and see how these match with community values and livability desires, and what changes in City policies and standards will foster better urban design. Transportation Systems & Circulation Consultant will prepare a baseline transportation analysis, describing and quantifying existing systems and services as well as the policy framework related to highways, streets, air, freight and commuter rail, public transit, pedestrian and bicycle systems. This effort will make use of traffic count information compiled as part of our traffic model development process, as well as data available through the City's GIS resources and other information obtained from responsible planning and transportation agencies. The baseline transportation assessment will cover: functional classification of City streets; existing traffic volumes and levels of service on major roadways (57 roadway segments were listed in the last General Plan, 1994 version) or major intersections (up to 25 intersections) where traffic data is available through other sources, and on freeway segments; existing transit (rail and bus) services and facilities; bicycle and trail systems; Redlands Municipal Airport; and existing goods movement facilities including trucks and rail. Consultant will make extensive use of GIS resources to produce maps of the existing systems and services to accompany the written descriptions. Consultant will also review the existing policy framework affecting the modes of transportation studied above, including policies in the current Redlands General Plan and in other relevant City and regional planning documents. Of particular interest in this effort will be a review of the City's level of service standard, in comparison with standards in other comparable jurisdictions. Potential adjustments to the City's transportation policies will be identified and discussed with staff and decision -makers. SB 743 will allow cities to use a measure other than Level of Service to assess transportation impacts as defined by CEQA; however, LOS may still be the best measure for planning improvements to the roadway system. Consultant will utilize the SBTAM travel demand forecasting model that is currently being completed by SANBAG to assist in preparing traffic forecasts for this project. Consultant will evaluate all modeling parameters that are dependent upon land use to insure that the City and immediate surrounding area are properly modeled based upon existing developments and general plans. Special emphasis upon development of "high -cube" industrial land uses in and near the northwestern portion of the City will be important. These uses result in lower generation of traffic than other uses that traditionally locate in industrially zoned property. Given Redlands' proximity to the population center of San Bernardino County, we expect the model to be sufficiently calibrated for use in this General Plan assessment. As such, we expect the model will only need to be updated in a manner to permit forecasting of future traffic volumes on General Plan roadways and evaluate changes in these forecasts based upon assumptions for development and the circulation system through modification of future land use and transportation network assumptions. Parks and Open Space The parks and open space analysis will cover three components: • Parks and Recreational Open Space. Using information from City staff as a basis, the Planning Area's parks and recreational open space will be mapped and quantified, DYETT & BHATIA Urban and Regionat Planner, Redlands General Plan Update: Scope of Work 10 including planned open space acquisitions. Existing park standards will be described, and the Emerald Necklace concept mapped and opportunities and challenges related to its completion assessed. Using service radii from existing parks, current deficiencies in recreational open space will also be visually represented, and neighborhoods or other areas lacking in such facilities will be identified. The pace of park development over the past 15 years will be. matched against population growth, and issues related to parkland deficiency, and acquisition and development will be examined. Linkages of the Orange Blossom Trail to other regional trail systems will be a particular focus. • Non -recreational Open Space. Areas of non -recreational open space will be identified, and their potential for preservation will be discussed, based on existing plans and land use regulations. Issues related to open space preservation in the Southeast Area —such signature ridgeline preservation, landform and grading, habitat conservation, infrastructure, and safety —will also be examined. • Citrus Areas. Issues related to citrus preservation will be examined. This section will provide the basis for establishing what needs to be preserved, purpose (aesthetic or as a working enterprise), mechanism for preservation, and long-term viability, corresponding possibly to factors such as residential densities, association with historical events, long- term sustainability, and trends in surrounding cities and communities. Biological Resources The biological resources section will focus on sensitive animal and plant species, and special habitats. The report will identify potential impacts, if any, to sensitive resources and suggest mitigation measures for those impacts. This will encompass: Literature Search, Records Check, Review of Existing Reports and Maps. Prior to the field survey, Consultant will review the information from previous studies in the project vicinity. A literature review will be conducted to identify sensitive species known or reported to occur within the project area. The literature review will include the California Natural Diversity Data Base (CNDDB) and the California Native Plant Society (CNPS) Electronic Inventory. The existing General Plan Maps, aerial photographs, soil maps and other readily available collateral material will be reviewed. Survey/General Overview. A general citywide survey will be conducted by Consultant biologists familiar with sensitive biological resources of the area. The survey will consist of spot checking areas of special interest due to high resource values, high level of potential land use conflict or discrepancies in the collateral information. The survey will identify: — Habitat types; — Potential locations of sensitive plant species within the City (this may be dependent upon seasonal bloom periods); — A general plant and wildlife description; -- Identification of habitat for sensitive species identified during the literature search (i.e., Santa Ana River woolly -star, slender -horned spine flower, burrowing owl, Cali- fornia gnatcateher, San Bernardino kangaroo rat); and DYETT & BHATIA Urban and Regional Planners Redlands General Plan Update: Scope of Work 1.1 — A preliminary identification of areas that may be considered wetlands, waters of the U.S., as defined by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, or streambeds as defined by the California Department of Fish and Game (CDFG). The survey methodology and results will be summarized. Focused surveys are not expected to be conducted. The Biological Resources section will include findings regarding sensitive species, and evaluation of potential sensitive habitat, plant and animal species observed to be present, and a general habitat description. Graphics will be included in the reports, showing the site location, sensitive species sightings, and sensitive habitat locations, as needed. The section will analyze potential impacts of the development on the biological resources and all identified sensitive species, if any. The analysis will include a discussion of the types and amount of habitats present on -site and the importance of these habitats in a regional context. The report will also assess cumulative impacts to these resources based on development in surrounding areas. The assessment will address any areas that may qualify as jurisdictional wetlands or streambeds. An overview of these issues will be included in the report; however, a formal jurisdictional delineation, or processing of related permits is not expected as part of the report. Historical and Archaeological Resources The consultant team will meet with representatives from the City's Historic and Scenic Preservation Commission and review existing documentation pertaining to City historic resources, and will perform an analysis of the National Register of Historic Places and other appropriate databases to determine what historic or cultural resources exist within the City. A workshop with the City's Historic Preservation Commission will be conducted in order to discuss Preservation Options and Incentives, Designation Criteria and Process, as well as Certified Local Government (CLG) opportunity. For archaeological resources, the San Bernardino Archaeological Information Center and other information sources will be consulted on presence of resources, which are known to exist in several parts of the City, including Santa Ana River Wash, San Timoteo and Live Oak canyons, and Crafton Hills. Geologic/Seismic Hazards Consultant will review background information, including available geotechnical reports, geologic and geologic hazard maps, and stereoscopic aerial photographs. Major sources of information will include the California Division of Mines and Geology (CDMG), United States Geologic Survey (USGS), Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC), published technical journals, Internet resources, in-house information, and information that can be obtained from the City of Redlands, including geotechnical reports that are on -file. The area geology will be mapped at a reconnaissance level. Flood Hazards A review will be made of local studies as well as the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRM) maps in order to delineate areas of flooding hazard. DYETT tic BHATIA Urban and Regional Planners Fire Hazards Redlands General Plan Update: Scope of Work za Data regarding fire hazards in the City will be reviewed and updated. Potential fire risks will be described including those in and downwind of the brush -covered foothills and in built urban areas. Maps of hazardous areas will be updated. Existing fire service facilities will be described including their location, number of personnel, and equipment. Standards for service response will be compared with actual experience during the past five years, based on Fire Department input. Noise Consultant will review applicable State and City noise and land use compatibility criteria. Noise standards recommended by the State and identified in the City's current Noise Element and Municipal Code noise ordinance will be reviewed. The areas with potential future noise impacts will be identified using land use information included in the General Plan Update, aerial photographs, and field reconnaissance. Existing roadway traffic noise along major roadway segments within the City will be calculated, using traffic data included in the traffic study for the General Plan Update project. Long-term ambient noise measurements will be conducted at up to four representative locations for a 24-hour period. Short-term ambient noise measurements will be conducted at up to 10 representative locations for a 20-minute period. These monitoring locations will be determined with the City's input to represent areas adjacent to freeways or railroad tracks, or any other areas with noise concern. Ambient noise measurement results will be presented in a table format to document the existing noise environment within the City. Noise contours along major roadways will be provided in tables and on maps based on the calculated traffic noise levels. Noise contours along railroad tracks within the City will be provided based on existing railroad noise contours or available railroad operational information. Existing airport noise contours for San Bernardino International Airport and Redlands Municipal Airport will be obtained and included in the noise contour maps. E. Prepare Final Opportunities and Challenges Report. Following staff review of the draft, the Working Paper will be revised and then finalized for publication. F. Historic Preservation Commission Meeting (Decision Maker Meeting #2). A meeting with the Historic Preservation Commission will be held to get feedback on historic preservation issues. Meetings: Historic Preservation Commission (1) Products: Opportunities and Challenges Report TASK 3: PLAN FRAMEWORK/STRATEGIES In this task, the framework of an updated General Plan will be formed in collaboration with community members and decision -makers.. The Plan framework will include a preferred land use plan, transportation concepts, urban design ideas, as well as policy language addressing major issues such as economic sustainability, open space preservation, and achieving a self-sustaining mix of land uses. Framework concepts or key goals for the individual elements will provide a bridge to detailed policy -making. While there will not be wholesale land use alternatives given the DYETT & BHATIA Urban and Regional Planners Redlands General Plan Update: Scope of Work 13 degree of existing development, land use strategies will be developed for specific areas within the city. A. Present Opportunities and Challenges Assessment to GPSC/Brainstorm Land Use/Transportation ideas (GPSC Meeting #3). This is expected to be a three to four hour workshop, where results of the assessment and key emerging issues will be presented. The bulk of the time will be reserved for hands-on brainstorming for land use/transportation ideas that encapsulate the community's long-range vision. The discussion will also be used to start fleshing out concepts and policies for key topics, as well as incorporation in General Plan policy. B. Focus Area Strategies. Much of the Redlands Planning Area is developed and stable, and is not expected to be the subject of changed land use or transportation policy under the updated General Plan. However, certain areas of the city will require thoughtful consideration of how different patterns could work at the local and district scale, and how they would interact at the citywide scale. Possible land use/transportation strategies may be developed at a "sketch plan" level for some or all of the following subareas: 1. Downtown 2. Transit Villages 3. North of ESRI Campus (transitioning area) 4. Redlands Boulevard (transitioning area) 5. Citrus Valley High School Area (character change) 6. Canyonlands C. Preliminary Land Use/Transportation Plan. A preliminary land use/transportation plan will be defined responding to the issues, opportunities, and constraints identified in the Opportunities and Challenges task and GPSC brainstorm. Existing community, specific, and other planning efforts will be integrated into the preliminary land use/transportation plan. The preliminary land use/transportation plan will be sufficiently developed to give the community and decision -makers a clear picture of a viable future urban pattern. It will incorporate urban design concepts that integrate land use and street patterns in a way that will reduce traffic impacts and promote quality of life. Key land use and transportation planning issues may include: — Urban design and livability concepts in the Redlands context. — Issues of amenities and walkability in Northside. — Opportunities for development in Central Redlands and Transit Oriented Development around passenger rail stations. D. Key Policy Ideas. Policy ideas for key plan themes —such as sustainability, active living, and economic vitality will be developed, based on the Vision Guiding Principles, for community discussion. E. Analysis of Growth Control Measure. Analysis of growth and transportation constraints associated with the City's Growth Control Measure will be conducted. The preliminary plan will be calibrated so that it does not conflict with growth control mandates. DYETT & BHATIA Urban and Regional Planner; Redlands General Plan Update: Scope of Work 14 F. GPSC Meeting #4. At this meeting the Preliminary Land Use/Transportation Plan will be reviewed with GPSC, and their feedback used to make changes. G. Evaluate Preliminary Plan. Impacts of the preliminary plan will be quantified. Topics for evaluation will include: Land. Use, Population, and Employment. Implications in terms of population, jobs/housing balance, and other factors of concern will be prepared for presentation in narrative and tabular form. These will be compared to growth allowed under the City's Growth Control Measure. — Transportation. Traffic forecasts will be developed for the preliminary plan (either at this stage or following the community input in sub -tasks E and F below). Citywide transportation measures such as vehicle miles of travel, hours of delay, and numbers of trips generated will be calculated and used to assist in comparing and contrasting the effects of the alternatives. Traffic volumes and operations at key locations will be documented and analyzed, and Consultant will identify the transportation infrastructure necessary to address the deficiencies identified through modeling. The results will be used to determine the effectiveness of potential circulation improvements. H. Community Survey. A second web -based community survey will be conducted to gauge community response to specific land use and transportation choices, and key policy considerations. The survey results will be tabulated and presented in a concise report. The City will be responsible for software/vendor cost. I. Citywide Workshops on Framework/Strategies (2). D&B will lead two citywide community workshops to explain and discuss the Plan Framework/Strategies. These workshops may focus on different thematic strands of the Plan (for example, one workshop could focus on community character, one on active living). Alternatively, the workshops could be designed to reach differ- ent segments of the community. A summary memo featuring comments from the workshops will be produced. J. Refined Framework/Strategies (Preferred Plan). Following the community survey and the workshops, the framework/strategies will be refined for presentation to decision -makers. The refined framework/strategies will form the Preferred Plan that will provide the basis for development of detailed plan policies. K. GPSC Meeting #5. The Draft Preferred Plan and key strategies will be reviewed with the GPCS prior to presentation to decision -makers. L. Present Preferred Plan to Joint Planning Commission/City Council Meeting. The Preferred Plan —consisting of key land use and transportation maps, and goals and proposals for key topics —will be presented to decision -makers at one meeting for preliminary approval. This decision -maker approved Preferred Plan will provide the basis for development of detailed General Plan policies. Meetings: GPSC (3) Community Workshops on Framework/Strategies (2) Joint Planning Commission/City Council Meetings on Preferred Plan (1) Products: Community Survey Summary Workshops Summary Memo DYETT & BHATIA Urban and Regional Planners Preferred Plan TASK 4: DRAI+'T GENERAL PLAN Redlands General Plan Update: Scope of Work 15 Decision -maker approval of a Preferred Plan and key goals will establish a strong foundation to build detailed General Plan policies. Balancing attention between text policies, the land use plan, and the land use classifications is critical to a successful General Plan. The Consultant will strive for brevity and clarity that enables all interested persons to easily tell what commitments the City is making, what it hopes to accomplish, and whether a proposed project is consistent with the General Plan. The General Plan will include both "guiding policies" (or goals) and "implementing policies ", the latter forming the basis for implementing ordinances or amendments to existing ordinances. This task will be conducted in parallel with the Draft EIR exercise, so that any necessary mitigation can be folded into Plan policies to ensure that the Plan is "self - mitigating ". The General Plan structure may follow the current one of elements, or alternatively, the General Planlelements may be organized around "themes" such as active living, community character and design, etc. Regardless, the General Plan will meet State -mandated requirements for all elements (with the exception of Housing, which was updated in 2013), arranged in discussion with staff. The General Plan will incorporate the Downtown Specific Plan and Transit Village Plans. It will be a graphics -rich presentation with narrative that includes charts, maps, illustrations, and 3 D renderings in addition to policies. No further changes to the Housing Element (adopted as part of Task 2) will be made. A. Prepare Outline. Consultant will prepare an outline and format for the General Plan and review it with City staff. Topics that will be covered in each section will be identified, and a "mock-up" section will be prepared for staff approval. B. Establish Plan Forecasts. Forecasts of land use, population, employment changes that will occur at General Plan buildout will be prepared. C. Conduct Traffic Assessment of Preferred Plan. The transportation network identified to support the Preferred Plan will be represented in the Circulation Diagram in the General Plan. GIS mapping will be used for final presentation of traffic conditions. Mapping will include daily and peak hour traffic volumes on roadways and Level of Service forecasts for important intersections. D. GPSC Meeting on Key Policy Issues (GPSC Meetings #6). The GPSC will serve as a sounding board for any vexing or key policy proposals. It is anticipated that these will be reviewed with GPSC at one meeting. E. Prepare General Plan. The General Plan will be organized around "themes", based on the Emerging Themes developed as part of the Community Vision, and additional ideas that emerge through this process. The General Plan Introduction chapter will make evident the relationship between State law requirements and the General Plan elements. Each element of the General Plan will include background information, goals and implementing policies, and monitoring and evaluation requirements. The implementing policies can be consolidated into a separate stand-alone document to enable the City to more conveniently track implementation DYETT & BHATIA Urban and Regional Planners Redlands General Plan Update: Scope of Work 16 and prepare the State -mandated annual General Plan Implementation report. For each element, meetings with key figures from each department will be. arranged as needed. A list of topics for the General Plan follows; as previously stated, these topics (which capture State law requirements for General Plans, as well as additional topics) will be reorganized around "themes": Land Use This element will identify the location and intensity of uses, and provide policies that would result in developments that are appropriate to the character and setting of Redlands. Topics in the element would include: — Land use classifications; density/intensity standards — Population and job holding capacity; jobs/housing balance — Detailed policies for key areas/corridors, including: ■ Downtown Transit Villages • North of ESRI Campus (transitioning area) ■ Redlands Boulevard (transitioning area) ■ Citrus Valley High School Area (character change) ■ Canyonlands — Policies for coordination with adjacent communities, and unincorporated areas — Land use incentives Growth Management The Growth Management Element will incorporate policies relating to "principles of managed development", amount and rate of growth —including policies stemming from Citizen -passed initiatives —and the timing of public improvements. It will address issues related to Sphere of Influence, annexation, development in the "donut hole", and the City's relationship with the unincorporated communities in its Planning Area. City Design (or Urban Design) and Preservation Utilizing the research and planning implications drawn from the community design and land use analyses in the Opportunities and Challenges Report, an urban design strategy will be drafted for the preferred land use plan. The strategy will be premised on a "livable communities" goal of integration of land use, transportation, and public amenities, which has been refined in concert with the public. This will take into consideration: — Overall city image and identity — Design policies for key areas/corridors, including relationship between streets and buildings — Relationships between development patterns, building forms, density, walkability, transportation options, and streets within different use districts DYIITT & BHATIA Urban and Regional Planners Redlands General Plan Update: Scope of Work 17 — Accessibility and connectivity — Enhancement of quality of life — Historic preservation, including incentives for conservation — Green building Circulation The Circulation Element's system plan will encompass the full range of transportation modes, including conceptual locations for major roadways, transit, and pedestrian and bicycle corridors. The Circulation Element will include the following topics: • Redland's Travel Characteristics and Regional Setting • Streets and Traffic: — Classification System including Functional Classification and Size of Key Routes in- cluding Consistency with Complete Street Policies — Projected Traffic Conditions — Circulation Diagram Showing Existing and Planned Transportation Improvements — Standards for Traffic Level of Service — Neighborhood Traffic Management — Street Extensions • Freight Transportation (Both Highway and Rail) — Proposed Truck Routes — Proposed Rail Transportation And Connections to the Street Network • Transportation Demand Management • Public Transportation, including Proposed Transit System and Services • Bicycle and Pedestrian Systems — Bicycle and Pedestrian Facility Classification System Proposed Bikeway and Pedestrian System Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation A special analysis of bicycle and pedestrian systems will be included. A review of potential corridors for Class I Bikeways will be made along appropriate limited access corridors. Strategies for implementation of Class II or Class III (On -street) bicycle facilities will also be included in the plan. Open Space and Conservation The State mandated Open Space and Conservation elements will be consolidated into one single element (as is the case with the current General Plan), given the functional and content overlap between the two. The element will be closely coordinated with the Land Use, Community Design and Livability, as well as the Circulation elements. Park and recreational open space topics addressed will include: — Park standards (size and distribution) DYETT & BHATIA Urban and Regional Planners — Location of new parks and open spaces Redlands General Plan Update: Scope of Work 18 — Existing trails, future plans, and recommended actions to initiate additional trail installation — Key policies and programs for new parkland development The element will also include specific provisions regulating the development and preservation of open space and natural resources. Topics to be addressed include: Habitat and biological resources conservation; Water quality; — Agriculture/citrus preservation; — Air quality; and — Energy resources and conservation; Waste management and recycling; — Mineral resources and aggregate production; and Archaeological resources preservation. Health and Safety Topics to be addressed include: — Seismic, geologic and soils hazards; — Air quality; — Water quality — Fire hazards; — Hazardous materials; — Flooding and drainage; — Airport safety; and — Emergency management. Noise Noise impacts from vehicular traffic will be assessed to address potential noise impacts. Projected future noise along freeways and arterials that would be potentially affected by the General Plan Update will be tabulated using data from the traffic study prepared for the General Plan Update. Projected noise from rail, airport, and any adopted plans or projects will also be mapped. Standards for noise exposure for the different land uses will be included. Feasible noise mitigation measures designed to reduce short- and long-term impacts to acceptable noise levels will be identified where applicable, and incorporated as policy. Potential noise impacts from stationary noise sources associated with commercial/industrial uses, including loading/unloading activities or air-conditioning/generator units, to noise -sensitive uses adjacent to such noise -generating land uses will be analyzed. DYETT & BHATIA Urban and Regional Planner, Human Services Redlands General Plan Update: Scope of Work 19 Policies in the current Human Services Element —encompassing human services coordination, family needs, day care, and community health and education —will be reviewed and updated for consistency with other elements and for compliance with current State law (such for day care). Economic Development Land use policies will encompass economic criteria. Economic Development policies will build off on the existing Economic Development Element, and outline key strategies for promoting economic growth, and attracting and retaining desirable uses. F. Implementation and Monitoring. The General Plan implementing policies will constitute the Implementation Program for the General Plan; if so desired, these can be assembled into an independent document/matrix, so implementation can be tracked or included programs easily prioritized. In addition, statutory requirements for annual General Plan reports will be included. Major capital improvements resulting from the General Plan —parks, streets, water/wastewater system improvements —can also be compiled into list, so that the City can prioritize timing and improvements. G. Prepare Hearing Draft General Plan. An Administrative Draft will be presented for staff review and will be revised after a consolidated set of comments are provided by City staff. Meetings: GPSC (1) Products: General Plan Outline Administrative Draft General Plan Draft General Plan TASK 5: ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT The objective of this task will be to prepare a Program Environmental Impact Report of the General Plan, pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). This task will be conducted in parallel with the Draft General Plan. Consultant will identify which Plata policies serve as mitigation, to avoid the need for added -on mitigation. Also, consultant will identify potentially significant impact issues early in the process so that appropriate mitigation policies can be developed and incorporated into the General Plait, resulting in a "self -mitigating" General Plan. A. Prepare Notice of Preparation. The Notice of Preparation (NOP) will indicate what subjects will be investigated in the General Plan EIR. Because the City has already determined an EIR will be prepared, there is no need to conduct an Initial Study. B. Conduct a Scoping Meeting. Since an update of any portion of a General Plan is considered to be a project of statewide, regional, or local significance, a scoping meeting is required. In the scoping meeting, the Lead Agency meets with members of the public and/or agency representatives after a NOP has been distributed in order to learn about potential concerns, farther define key environmental issues, identify feasible project alternatives, and discuss potential mitigation measures that may warrant analysis in the environmental document. DYITT & BHATIA Urban and Regional Planners Redlands General Plan Update: Scope of Work 20 Consultant will conduct one scoping meeting and prepare handouts that describe the general environmental process. The focus of the scoping meeting will be to solicit the involvement of responsible agencies, the community at -large, and local business organizations. It is assumed that the scoping meeting will be conducted during the middle of the review period of the NOP. This Scoping Meeting will be held immediately preceding or following another meeting to save travel time; in our experience, while this meeting is State -mandated, scoping meetings on General Plan EIRs typically draw a thin audience. C. Develop Thresholds/Significance Criteria. Development of criteria against which impacts will be evaluated (and ultimately designed) lies as the crux of a citywide Program EIR such as this. These thresholds will be developed and refined using those previously used in previous General Plan Master Environmental Assessment (MEA), those that have been adopted by the City, and applicable federal, State, and local standards. In some instances, new (compared to the last MEA) thresholds will be included for example, the transportation thresholds may be more multimodal in nature, reflecting the community's interest in bicycling and other alternative modes. Consultant will work closely with City staff to develop the thresholds for evaluation of environmental impacts. The City's involvement in the determination and approval of thresholds is important when considering the level of significance for impacts associated with the proposed General Plan. The Program EIR will utilize the approved thresholds of significance to identify both the direct and indirect impacts of the proposed updated General Plan. It is intended that these thresholds of significance will be used to ensure that all future development projects do not generate adverse environmental impacts as defined by CEQA or the City of Redlands. The standardized levels of significance will also be included as a portion of the EIR. D. Screencheek Draft EIR. Existing conditions information compiled for the Opportunities and Challenges Assessment will serve as the setting for several EIR topics. Additional information will be compiled by contacting public service providers such as utility companies, school districts, emergency service providers, etc. The Program EIR will be prepared using the evaluation of existing conditions, the environmental setting of the City, and existing conditions for each environmental issue to be discussed. To reduce or eliminate any significant adverse impacts identified during the analysis, the Program EIR would recommend appropriate mitigation measures. It is our intention to specify mitigation measures early in the planning process as alternatives are identified and evaluated, and as policies are formulated in response to key issues that have been identified. In this manner, the updated General Plan Elements can function as "self -mitigating" documents. However, we recognize that residual impacts may remain for which further mitigation and/or overriding considerations must be established. The Draft EIR will include the following sections: — Table of contents — Summary of impacts and mitigation measures — Project description (project objectives, project location, project characteristics, scope of project, and discretionary approvals) DYETT & BHATIA Urban and Regional Planners Redlands General Plan Update: Scope of Work 21 — Effects found not to be significant — Environmental setting, thresholds of significance, regulatory framework, environmental impacts (short-term, long-term, direct, indirect, and cumulative), and mitigation measures for the following issue areas: o Land Use o Visual Quality o Traffic and Circulation o Geology, Soils, and Seismic o Biological Resources o Air Quality and Greenhouse Gas Emissions o Noise o Cultural (Historical, Archaeological, and Paleontologic) Resources o Community Services: Schools Water — Wastewater Police Fire — Emergency Management Waste Management and Recycling o Energy o Mineral Resources/Aggregate Production o Hydrology and Water Quality o Agricultural Resources o Hazards and Hazardous Materials — Alternatives (including the No Project Scenario) — Unavoidable adverse impacts — Long-term implications (including cumulative, growth -inducing, and significant irreversible environmental impacts) Organizations and persons consulted/EIR preparers References Technical appendices The main purpose of the Screencheck Draft Program EIR will be to thoroughly and accurately analyze the environmental impacts of the proposed updated General Plan for the City of DYETT & BHATIA Urban and Rgionaf Planner; Redlands General Plan Update: Scope of Work 22 Redlands. The document will be free of jargon so that the information it contains is accessible to decision -makers and the public. The methodology and criteria used for determining the impacts of the project will be clearly and explicitly described in each section of the Program EIR, including any assumptions, models, or modeling techniques used in the analysis. The Summary section of the Program EIR will be in table format, and will briefly describe the impacts, level of significance of impacts, recommended mitigation measures, and level of significance after the recommended mitigation measures are incorporated. Specific topic areas/sections to be addressed/included in the EIR will include: Project Description/Population, Housing, and Employment Population and housing changes are the direct or indirect basis for many of the physical environmental impacts analyzed in an EIR. This section will provide a description of themes of the General Plan, key initiatives, areas expected to undergo land use change, and population and employment buildout, and housing units and commercial space anticipated to be added. This will establish the scope of geographic impact for both direct and indirect impacts. Land Use The intent of the land use analysis will not be to duplicate or describe the extensive land use policy included in the General Plan, but rather present focused analysis on any issues related to land use compatibility between proposed and existing development, and displacement. Visual Quality Any significant changes to the City's visual character resulting from General Plan policies will be described. Because of the citywide programmatic nature of the General Plan Update, such impacts are likely to be of minor in nature. Traffic and Circulation Much of the technical analysis necessary to support the General Plan EIR will be conducted as part of developing the Circulation Element. For purposes of the EIR, Consultant will define thresholds of significance for transportation impact analysis, define the study area within which impacts could reasonably be expected, analyze the traffic, transit, and non -motorized impacts of the No Project and the Preferred Alternative scenarios, and recommend mitigation measures to address potentially significant impacts of the Plan. This scope assumes that two scenarios will be quantitatively analyzed in the EIR, with a detailed discussion of impacts and mitigation measures: the Future No Project case, and the final Preferred Alternative for General Plan Buildout. Up to three additional General Plan land use alternatives will be addressed in lesser detail, drawing upon the analysis conducted previously; a detailed list of impacts and mitigation measures will not be developed for these alternatives Seismic and Geologic Hazards This section will provide a summary of the existing geologic conditions and potential effects resulting from implementation of the proposed General Plan update, including seismic (earthquake) and liquefaction issues. Factors considered in this analysis will include DYETT & BHATiA Urban and Regional Planners Redlands General Plan Update: Scope of Work 23 expansive/compressible soils, landslides, proximity to active or potentially active faults, and potential areas prone to excessive erosion conditions. Biological Resources Assess the potential for impacts to biological resources special status species at General Plan Buildout. Identify alternative or supplementary policy mitigation measures that could minimize these impacts to sensitive species and habitats. Air Quality and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Air Quality Redlands is part of the South Coast Air Basin (Basin). Air quality in this area is administered by the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD). The air quality analysis will place particular emphasis on delineating the issues specific to the City and SCAQMD air quality requirements. Baseline meteorological and air quality data developed through the California Air Resources Board (ARB) and climatological and air quality profile data gathered by the SCAQMD will be utilized for the description of existing ambient air quality. Air quality data from the Redlands Air Quality Monitoring Station published for the past three years will be included to help highlight existing air quality in the City. Other sources such as regulatory documents, professional publications, and Consultant experience in the San Bernardino County area will supplement background information. A summary of current air quality management efforts that may be related to the proposed General Plan Update project will be provided. For impact assessment, short terra/construction impacts would be distinguished from long- term ones. Construction would occur during implementation of the proposed project; however, implementation of individual components within the General Plan study area would occur over various time periods and throughout the city. It is not feasible to make accurate calculation of emissions over the applicable time period of the General Plan. An effort would be made to estimate the congregate emissions from a citywide construction scenario. Air quality impacts from grading and construction sources include the equipment used, length of time for a specific construction task, equipment power type (gasoline or diesel engine), equipment emission factors approved by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) (AP-42 Handbooks), horsepower, load factor, and percentage of time in use. Exhaust and dust emissions from worker commutes and equipment travel will also contribute to the construction emissions. Fugitive dust emissions would result from wind erosion of exposed soil and soil storage piles, grading operations, and vehicles traveling on paved and unpaved roads. Consultant will calculate the construction emissions commensurate with available project -specific information. Standard measures for construction activities recommended by the SCAQMD will be identified and incorporated as part of the project's standard conditions. Construction related Localized Significance impacts will also be discussed based on available project information. The proposed General Plan Update is expected to result in new vehicular traffic trips from projected future land uses. It is anticipated that project -related traffic trips projected in the traffic study will be used in this air quality analysis. It is also expected that there will be stationary source emissions, such as energy consumption, as a result of the proposed land uses included in the General Plan Update. Emissions from long-term mobile and stationary sources DYIITT & BHATIA Urban and Regional Ptanner; Redlands General Plan Update: Scope of Work 24 associated with the development scenario included in the General Plan Update will be calculated with the CalEEMod (2013.2.2) air quality model and the SCAQMD CEQA Air Quality Handbook. Operational LST discussion will be included based on available project information. Potential cumulative air quality impacts associated with the proposed General Plan Update will be evaluated. Vehicular traffic on major arterials and local streets within the City would be affected by trips associated with land uses included in the proposed General Plan Update. A detailed carbon monoxide (CO) hot spot analysis will be conducted based on the turn volumes projected at up to 20 key intersections within the City that would be most affected by the General Plan Update. The CALINE4 and EMFAC2014 models will be used for the CO hot spot analysis. Consultant will work with the City and if necessary, the SCAQMD, to identify feasible mitigation measures. Mitigation measures will be developed as indicated in the impact analysis. Greenhouse Gas Emissions The Consultant will prepare an analysis of potential Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions related to implementation of the proposed General Plan. The Consultant will use the citywide GHG inventory included in the Redlands Community Sustainability Plan (March 2011) as a starting point for establishing 1990 levels, and calculate future GHG emissions based on the anticipated build -out of the General Plan. Analysis will be conducted to assess if the General Plan will result in GHG reductions required by AB 32, which requires GHG emissions to be reduced to year 1990 state-wide levels by 2020, and Governor's 2005 Executive Order No. 5- 3-05 to reduce GHG emissions to 80% below 1990 levels by 2050. Noise The proposed General Plan Update is anticipated to generate new vehicular traffic trips from projected future growth. Noise impacts from vehicular traffic will be assessed using the U.S. Federal Highway Traffic Noise Prediction Model (FHWA-RD-77-108, December 1978) to address potential noise impact concerns of the City. Model input data needed include average daily traffic volumes; day/night percentages of autos and medium and heavy trucks; vehicle speeds; ground attenuation factors; and roadway widths. The 24-hour weighted Community Noise Equivalent Level (CNEL) along major roadways that would be potentially affected by the proposed General Plan Update will be tabulated. Traffic parameters necessary for the model input will be obtained from the traffic study prepared for the General Plan Update. Potential noise impacts from the stationary noise sources associated with commercial/ industrial uses, including loadinglunloading activities or air-conditioning/generator units, to noise -sensitive uses adjacent to such noise -generating land uses will be analyzed. Future traffic noise contours along major roadways will be provided in tables and on maps based on the calculated traffic noise levels. Noise contours along railroad tracks within the City will be provided based on existing railroad noise contours or available future railroad operational information. Projected future airport noise contours for San Bernardino International .Airport and Redlands Municipal Airport will be obtained and included in the noise contour maps. DYETT & BHATIA Urban and Regional Planner, Redlands General Plan Update: Scope of Work 25 Feasible noise mitigation measures designed to reduce short- and long-term impacts to acceptable noise levels will be identified where applicable. Both an evaluation of the potential mitigation measures and a discussion of their effectiveness will be provided. Agricultural and Soils Resources Analyze implementation of the General Plan on the viability of continued agricultural activities within and near the City's Planning Area. To address potential erosion impacts to local soil resources, the impact analysis will include an evaluation of the overall erosion susceptibility (K-factor) of Planning Area soils and the potential erosion hazard (erodibility) as related to slope and drainage conditions. Discuss generic construction grading and general best management practices and ongoing planned stormwater pollution prevention planning. Because citrus preservation as a topic is likely to be addressed in the General Plan, describe General Plan policies that serve as mitigation for any significant loss of agricultural resources. Cultural Resources Qualitatively describe any proposed changes to the General Plan that would affect or disrupt the preservation of historic, cultural, and/or archaeological resources. This will include assisting the City with SB 18 consultation by providing draft letters and background information and attending one meeting if so requested by tribal members. Community Services The need for any new schools and/or any excess capacity resulting from ageing population will be analyzed. Impacts of the General Plan on city services (water, wastewater, police, fire, emergency management) will be analyzed. Energy Describe the types of energy that would be consumed by development under the new General Plan. Assess the consistency of the General Plan with State and national energy goals and programs. Based on information provided by local service providers evaluate the capability of the existing utility infrastructure to meet future demand for electricity and natural gas. Mineral Resources Describe the impacts of the General Plan on aggregate production. Hydrology and Water Quality The hydrology analysis will describe urban area pollutant types and their sources. General management practices and mitigation measures to reduce the effects of stormwater runoff will be discussed. Hazardous Materials and Toxics Discuss and evaluate impacts on general public health and safety, potential exposure to workers and waste disposal handlers. Evaluate the potential for new development or redevelopment to result in areas where there are public safety issues or hazardous materials at General Plan buildout. In the event that the Plan or the regulatory requirements might result in a potential adverse environmental risk, identify mitigation measures to reduce potential health and safety impacts to less than significant levels. Assess the hazardous materials impacts of DYETT & BHATIA Urban and Regional Planner, Redlands General Plan Update: Scope of Work 26 the alternatives, highlighting the differences in impacts between the alternatives and the Project. Long -Term .Implications Cumulative impacts will be specified in the individual sections of the EIR, and summarized in the Long -Term Implications section of the document. The cumulative analysis will be qualitative in nature and will be based upon known projects, either approved or proposed (applications on file), within a geographic area that is appropriate to the issue area being evaluated. The cumulative impact assessment will be based on reasonably anticipated potential development projects that may, in combination with the development allowed under the proposed elements, create cumulatively considerable environmental impacts. The EIR will discuss all significant unavoidable adverse impacts (in conformance with the State CEQA Guidelines) that can only be partially mitigated, but not to a level that is less than significant. The EIR will also discuss any potential growth -inducing and irreversible impacts of the proposed project. Potential sources of growth inducement and their corresponding impacts, such as removal of obstacles to growth, major new employment generation, or major economic influences, will be qualitatively analyzed, to the extent that they are applicable. Alternatives The EIR will include an alternatives section to qualitatively address the environmental impacts that would result from implementation alternative land use and circulation plan scenarios. Alternatives will include: (1) no project alternative (current General Plan); and up to two additional alternatives. The alternatives will be provided in sufficient detail for comparison with the proposed project. Each alternative will be evaluated with respect to key impact categories. The advantages and disadvantages of each alternative and the reasons for rejecting or recommending the alternative will also be discussed, and the environmentally superior alternative will be identified. During the course of the environmental analysis, minor variations to the proposed project that could have the effect of reducing or eliminating environmental concerns may become apparent; these variations will be implemented, where feasible. E. Draft EIR. City staff will provide the Consultant team with one consolidated set of comments on the Administrative Draft EIR, following which the Draft EIR for public distribution and review will be prepared. Consultant will also prepare the Notice of Completion. It is anticipated that the City will handle distribution of the document to the appropriate members of the public and public agencies. F. Final EIR. This task will result in the preparation of a Final EIR, which will contain a list of commenters, comment letters, and responses to comments on the Draft EIR. Any changes to the Draft EIR text will be marked with strikeout/underline formatting to show revisions in response to comments until the Final EIR is adopted with the certified language. An Administrative Draft will be provided for staff review prior to finalization of the Final EIR. G. Materials for Findings of Fact and Overriding Considerations. Consultant will provide information to the City to enable City staff to draft the findings and the Statement of DYETT & BHATIA Urban and Regional Planner, Redlands General Plan Update: Scope of Work 27 Overriding considerations to enable adoption of the Plan. Preparation of actual findings and statements will be additional service. Meetings: EIR Scoping Meeting Consultation with agencies as appropriate Products: ,Notice of Preparation Memorandum on Thresholds/ Significance Criteria Administrative Draft EIR Final EIR TASK 6: PRESENTATION, HEARINGS, AND ADOPTED PLAN The objective of this task will be to take the Draft General Plan and Final EIR through public meetings and hearings and assist in the adoption process. A. Prepare E-Mail Announcement on Draft General PIan Update. This announcement will summarize the salient features of the new plan/programs. The City will distribute the announcement. B. Conduct Community Open House. Consultant will present salient features of the General Plan to the community in an "open house" drop -in format, where key plan proposals will be presented on boards (approximately one board per element). This open house will immediately precede (same day) the first hearing. C. Decision -Maker Hearings. Planning Commission and City Council must consider adoption of the new General Plan, and certification of the Final EIR in public hearings, following the public review period. Consultant will closely coordinate with City staff prior to the hearings to ensure that our presentations respond to specific questions and issues likely to be encountered during the hearings. Consultant attendance at up to four meetings is budgeted. . D. Adopted General Plan. Following adoption, we will prepare a final version of the General Plan incorporating any final adoption changes by the City Council. It also will be put in a form suitable for posting on the City's Website. E. GIS and Other Files Transmittal. GIS files compiled at various stages of the process (such as existing land use, General Plan Land Use, environmental resources files), and electronic files of the General Plan and the EIR, will be compiled and provided to the City. Meetings: Community Workshop/Open House (1) Planning Commission/City Council Hearings (4) Products: E-Mail Announcement: Draft General Plan Adopted General Plan (in Web -ready and publication formats) GIS and Other Electronic Files 4 PRODUCTS The work program envisions preparation of the following products: Coordination/Outreach Materials Finalized Public Engagement Program DYETT & BHATIA Urban and Regional Planners Project website design Community survey content as appropriate (2 surveys) Summary reports on community surveys Workshop materials as appropriate Meeting summaries from workshops Vision Statement and Emerging Themes General Plan Opportunities and Challenges Assessment Report Preferred Plan General Plan Outline Administrative Draft General Plan Draft General Plan (including all elements) General Plan Implementation Program Adopted General Plan CEQA Documents Notice of Preparation Memorandum on Thresholds/ Significance Criteria Draft EIR Final EIR: Response to Comments Electronic Files Redlands General Plan Update: Scope of Work 28 Electronic files of all documents, products, and GIS/maps 5 MEETINGS The following meetings have been identified as part of the Scope of Work, and are incorporated in the project budget. The estimated cost of any additional meetings, by type, is included on the budget worksheets. In addition to the meetings identified here, it is assumed that there will be periodic meetings with City staff and technical personnel of other agencies as appropriate to coordinate the work; these meetings will be coordinated by staff to take place on the same day as City Council/Planning Commission or other public meetings, to ensure that time is spent efficiently. Public Meetings in the Scope of Work City Councill GPSC Community/Neighborhood 1i Commissions Workshops i Task 1: Kickoff & Visioning 1 2 2 Task 2: Data Collection & Analysis 1 (Existing Conditions, Oppor- tunities and Challenges As- sessment) DYETT & BHATIA Urban and Regional Planner, Redlands General Plan Update: Scope of Work 29 Task 3: Plan Framework/Strategies 1 3 2 I Task 4: Draft General flan 1 Task 5: Environmental Impact Report 1 Task 6: Presentation, Hearings, and 4 1 I Adopted flan � Total General Plan /EIR 7 - - G ------------------------ G i 1 It is assumed that there will be periodic meetings with City staff and technical personnel of other agencies as appropriate to coordinate the work. These will be coordinated with other public meetings. 6 ADDITIONAL SERVICES Additional services will be undertaken by Consultant as directed by the City Project Manager. These additional services may include, but are not limited to, the following: • Printing multiple copies of reports and documents. Consultant shall provide one hard copy and electronic files of all products. • Public meeting attendance in addition to that specified in the Scope of Work. • Unusual or unanticipated data collection, search, or analysis, or revision of the database after sources and reference points have been agreed upon. • Increases in rates for time and direct costs if project extends three years from contract inception for no fault of Consultant, and for extra time required to perform services as a result of suspension or delay of work exceeding 120 days through no fault of Consultant. • Redesign and reformatting for publication after approval of draft layouts. • Subsequent revisions of documents that are requested by the City after comments on each of the preliminary drafts are submitted to the Consultant. The Scope of Work envisions a single iteration of review of each draft with one consolidated set of comments; subsequent iterations are considered additional work. Correction of Consultant's errors shall not be considered additional work. • Response to comments on the Draft EIR (Final EIR) that exceeds 244 hours of effort. The actual effort would depend on the number and nature of comments received; while in our experience this amount should be adequate, in case an unusual number of responses are received or new investigations are necessary, additional budget may be needed. Schedule Retll�inds Genwr�il Fl�in Upd,'lti Tasks Project Initiation & Staffing 1 Kickoff & Visioning 2 Data Collection & Analysis 3 Plan Framework/Strategies 4 Draft General Plan 5 Environmental Impact Report 6 Presentation, Hearings, and Adopted Plan EXHIBIT B IJ I _ Jan Feb Mar April May June July Aug Sept Oct. Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar April May Julie July Auq Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar April May June July � Ickol f VisiQn 51 einot�t P!laet! & Eowrfli fl ThMnes Op rtun ties and' Chagenfl-Roport toj IT Prgferr plan ;® Draf Gen al Ge Plan NOR Drab EIR - MAN Final � EIR Work Period wr, Products Community Meeting/Workshops iik Stakeholder interviews Online Surveys General Plan Steering Commission/City Public Committee Meetings Council Meetings Hearings Adopted General Plan Exhibit C Redlands General Plan Update BUDGET BY TASK Task I I Task 2 Task 3 I Task 4 Task 5 I Task 6 I PUBLIC MEETINGS TOTAL Hourly Rate Kickoff & Visioning Data Collection and Analysts Plot) Framework/ Strategics Draft General Plan FIR Presentatio n, Hearings, Adopted Sub -total Community Workshops/ Meetings (6) GPSC (6) Planning Commission1ci ty Council/Other Sub -total Dyett & Bhatia Rajeev Bhatia, Principal $ 200 $ 16,000 $ 22,000 $ 20,000 $ 24,000 $ 18,400 $ 1,600 $ 102,000 $ 12,000 $ 10.000 $ 14.000 $ 36,000 $ 138.000 Sophie Martin, Participating Princip 170 2.040 11,900 4,080 13,600 - - 31,620 1,870 2,040 3,910 35.530 Senior Associate 135 18,900 16,200 21,600 27,000 18.900 1,080 103,680 9,720 7,830 7,560 25,110 128.790 Associate 110 1,320 12,100 8.800 15,400 29,700 - 67,320 880 1,320 1,320 3,520 70,84D Planner/Urban Designer too 12,000 20,000 24.000 24,000 24.000 - 104,000 4,000 2.000 800 6,800 110.800 GIS/Com user Mappingtoo 4.000 18,000 24,000 18,000 13,00D 3,200 80,200 5,000 1.000 800 6,800 87.000 Graphic Designer 80 1.600 6,400 6.400 9,600 2,400 2,560 28,960 5,760 640 1,600 8,000 36,960 Project Associate 65 5,200 1 5,200 2,210 7.150 7.150 1,040 27,950 1,950 780 1,560 4,290 32,240 Website Design 12,000 1 12,000 12.000 Other Direct Costs travel, prindn , etc. 600 1 1,000 Boo 600 800 400 4,200 5.500 3.420 4.000 12,920 17.120 Sub Total 73,660 112,900 1 [1,890 139,350 114,350 9,880 561,930 46,680 26,990 33,680 107,350 669,280 Fehr & Peers Jason Pack, Principal 225 - 1,800 2,250 1.800 2,700 8,550 - - 8.550 Anna Luo, Associate 175 700 3,500 4,200 5.250 7,000 20,650 3,500 3.150 6,650 27.300 Sr. Transportation Engineer 155 1,240 6.200 3,720 6.200 3,720 21,060 2.325 775 3,100 24,180 Transportation Engineer 135 - 2,700 2,700 4,050 9.450 18,900 18.900 Intern 90 3,600 7,200 - 5,400 16,200 - - - 16,200 Graphics/Support 120 - 1,920 1960 1,440 1,440 5,760 480 - 480 6.240 Direct Costs 600 1.400 1 400 900 700 4,000 1.000 500 Soo 2,000 6,000 Sub -total 2,540 21,120 21,430 19,640 30,410 95,140 7,305 Soo 4,425 12,230 107,370 LSA Associates Tony Chung, Principal 205 1.230 820 2,460 4,510 4.510 Denise Woodard, Associate Biolog 135 540 540 540 1,080 2,700 - 2.700 Ron Brug er 130 5,200 2,600 11360 19,760 - 19,760 Noise/AQ Specialist 125 - 6,250 6,250 - 6,250 Biologist 105 2.100 4,200 2.100 5,460 13,860 13.860 Graphics/GIS 100 - - - 1,400 1,400 - 1,400 Word Processin /Editing 105 - 420 420 840 - 840 Direct Costs 600 100 300 000 1,000 Sub -total 2,640 12,19D - 1 6,160 29,330 - 50,320 50,32D TOTAL 78,840 146,110 133,320 165,150 174,090 9,880 707,390 53,985 27,490 38,105 I 119,580 826,970 Note: Hours/Bud eE by Task and Firm are provided for informational purposes only: D ett & Bhatia reserves the right to thane this allocation provided overall budget and scope of work are not affected. Redlands General Plan Update Exhibit C - Continued HOURS BY TASK Task I Task 2 Task 3 Task 4 Task S Task 6 PUBLIC MEETINGS TOTAL Kicko Visioning Data Collection and Analysis Plan Framework ! Strategies Draft Genera! Plan EIR Presentatio n, Hearings, Ado ted Sub -total Community Workshops! Meetings (6) GPSC (6) Planning Commission/City Councill0ther Commissions (7 Sub -total Dyett & Bhatia Rajeev Bhatia, Principal 80 110 100 120 92 8 510 60 50 70 180 690 Sophie Martin, Participating Principal 121 70 24 BO 186 11 12 23 209 Senior Associate 1401 120 160 200 140 8 766 72 58 56 186 954 Associate 12 110 80 140 270 612 8 12 12 32 644 Planner/Urban Designer 120 200 240 240 240 1,040 40 20 8 68 1,108 GIS/Computer Mapping 40 [801 240 180 130 32 802 50 101 8 68 870 Graphic Designer 20 801 80 120 30 321 362 72 81 20 100 462 Project Associate 80 801 34 110 110 16 430 30 121 24 66 496 Sub -total 504 950 958 1,190 1,012 96 4,710 343 1701 210 723 5,433 Fehr & Peers Jason Pack, Principal 8 10 8 12 38 - 38 Anna Luo, Associate 4 20 24 30 40 118 20 18 38 156 Sr. Transportation Engineer 8 40 24 40 24 136 15 5 20 156 Transportation Engineer 20 20 30 70 140 140 Intern 401 80 60 180 180 Graphirs/Support 161 8 12 12 48 41 4 52 Sub -total 12 144 166 120 218 660 39 23 62 722 LSA Associates Tony Chung. Principal b 4 12 22 - 22 Denise Woodard, Associate Biologist 4 4 4 8 20 - 20 Ron Brugger 40 20 92 152 - 152 NoiselAQ Specialist 50 50 - 50 Biologist 20 40 20 52 132 - 132 GraphicslGIS 141 14 - 14 Word Processing/Editing 4 41 8 8 Sub -total 24 94 481 398 01 0 - 398 TOTAL 540 1,188 1,124 1,358 1,462 96 5,768 382 170 233 785 6,553 Note: Hours/Budget by Task and Firm are provided for informational pureoses only; D ett & Bhatia reserves the right to thane this allocation provided overall budget and scope of work are not affected.