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ICI EIR CSA 2 July 30, 2007 The applicant is in the pre-application phase at this time and has not finalized their project description. The project description will be complete as part of the commencement of the Environmental Impact Report. The City's review will consist of a combination of project-level analysis of the retail shopping center and mixed-use residential project on the northern portion of the site, and a program-level analysis of both the medical uses and retail/residential uses proposed for the southern portion of the site. This Retail Development Project would replace the current uses at the site, including the Albertsons distribution and maintenance center. With closure of the distribution center, the projects will be new from-the-ground-up uses, with good local and regional access. The surrounding uses are primarily industrial and commercial, and the site is served by the Marina Boulevard and Davis Street interchanges with 1-880. The proposed Retail Development Project is planned to be devoted to retail development uses that would be compatible with a potential, future medical facility. The retail and mixed-use portion of the project would require a Planned Development (with development standards and design guidelines) and the potential, future medical uses would require a variety of entitlements, including a General Plan Amendment to General Commercial and a Zoning Change from Industrial General to Commercial Community. Staff distributed a Request for Proposals (RFP) in March of 2006 to five qualified environmental consultant firms in the Bay Area with expertise in complex projects including retail shopping centers and hospitals, when the plan was for a Kaiser replacement hospital facility and other associated medical uses. The City received three proposals by the April deadline and three firms were interviewed in April of 2006. Kaiser Permanente representatives were allowed to observe the interview process and ask questions. After an extensive review of the candidate teams, including detailed reference checks, EIP, a Division of Post, Buckley, Schuh & Jernigan, Inc. (PBS&J), was selected for recommendation to the City Council. For this modified ICI Development Company application, EIP will prepare the Environmental Impact Report for the ICI proposal. The consultant team includes EIP (lead environmental consultant), Dowling Associates (traffic modeling analysis), and Square One Productions (Photo Simulations). Current City Council Policy Not applicable. Previous City Council Action(s) There has been no previolls City Council action. Citv Council Committee Review and Action Not applicable. Applicable General Plan Policy Not applicable. Permits and/or Variances Granted Not applicable.