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Consulting Services Agreement between City of San Leandro and Last revised 07/02/2021 Rincon Consultants for Housing Element Update and EIR Exhibit A – Page 15 of 21 identify feasible mitigation measures to avoid or reduce identified impacts. To prepare an EIR that meets the needs of the City and complies with CEQA, the EIR will include the following sections: ▪ Executive Summary. This section will provide a summary of the entire EIR, including a summary of impacts and mitigation measures in matrix format. ▪ Introduction and Environmental Setting. The introduction will describe the purpose of the EIR, the scope of issues to be addressed, and present the organization of the report. This section will include a discussion of areas where the project was found to have no impacts. ▪ Project Description. The project description will contain the City’s objectives for th e project, a summary of goals, policies, programs, development regulations, and a graphical depiction of the proposed opportunity sites. ▪ Analysis, Impacts, and Mitigation Measures. Analysis of impacts will include four main components: − Setting: description of current conditions with respect to the issue in question, including the existing regulatory environment − Impact analysis: discussion of potentially significant effects of the proposed project; impacts are typically compared to established “thresholds of significance.” − Programmatic mitigation measures: methods by which significant effects can be reduced or eliminated − Level of significance after mitigation: discussion of whether proposed mitigation measures would reduce impacts to less than significant ▪ Alternatives. The EIR will consider up to two alternatives to the proposed project, including the “no project” alternative. The alternatives analysis will be less detailed than the project analysis but will identify the magnitude of each impact and associate d mitigation requirements. The Rincon team will work with City staff to develop a reasonable alternative that will meet most of the project’s objectives and reduce or avoid impacts to the environment. ▪ Other Required CEQA Issues. The EIR will provide, in addition to the sections discussed above, all other required CEQA issues, including areas of known controversy, growth inducement effects, and significant unavoidable impacts. The EIR will address all issue topics listed in CEQA Guidelines Appendix G. These issues, which will be analyzed in a programmatic framework, will include: Aesthetics. The aesthetic analysis will consider such issues as alteration of public views, changes in visual character, and increased light and glare. The analysis will focus on mai ntaining the existing visual character within the city. The analysis will also consider consistency with relevant City thresholds and documents addressing design and development standards. We will refer to the Objective Design Standards to be adopted fall 2021. Air Quality. This section will be prepared in accordance with Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) Guidelines. Both temporary construction effects and long -term regional effects will be considered. It will compare growth potential under the Housing Element to DocuSign Envelope ID: 52DE9C19-FF3F-4BE0-99DB-BF80F1BD0FBC