vi. Work Plan and Project Schedule
APPROACH
Through this planning process and the policies created for the General Plan Elements, we will carry forward central values that are important to Glendale. These will inform our approach and timeline, and anchor the deliverables created through each task:
Climate and Environmental Sustainability:
Knowing that climate action and environmental
sustainability are major priorities for the city, we further recognize that this project plays a pivotal role in moving those goals forward. In their physical footprint, open
space and parks provide the city’s greatest opportunities for carbon sequestration, increasing biodiversity, nature- based stormwater management, mitigating the heat
island effect, and improving air quality. Providing safe spaces, routes, and points of access throughout the city will encourage alternative, active transportation use that can abate greenhouse gas emissions, and encourage
residents to recreate locally.
Community Health:
While parks and open space intrinsically provide
environmental benefits and improve air quality,
increasing access to parks and helping to ensure that
they are safely used and connected is vital to the health of the community at large. This plan will infuse the parks with programming appropriate to and desired by the
community; it will create connections that are safe, with pleasant trails and sidewalks, and will furnish amenities that make Glendale residents enthusiastic about enjoying the outdoors—in places that are welcoming and reflective of their vision, needs, and preferences.
Community:
The RFP calls for a community-driven and inclusive process to have residents meaningfully involved in deciding the future of their parks. From our years of experience in
park systems, long-range planning, and park design and
programming,
we know that getting this right
takes time and investment in the process.
For that reason, we hav
e created a robust and sustained
community engagement structure to guide the process
and policies, from end to end, involving community
leaders at each step—to help spread the word, shape
messaging, encourage participation, and ultimately shape the strategy itself. Our team includes professionals that have been working in Glendale and surrounding areas
for years and know its community leaders and unique
characteristics. This built-in trust of these relationships will allow us to work from a strong foundation.
Equitable Park Access:
Although Glendale has a great parks, open space, and
recreation system, it is not equitably distributed. Access to high quality parks varies greatly between the Verdugo Hills and downtown. These Plan Elements will carry
forward the holistic vision of equitable access—weaving it with the values and preferences of residents, so that future parks programming and assets will be reflective of Glendale’s diverse cultures and communities—to be used, celebrated, and stewarded with pride.
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WORK PLAN
To achieve the goals of the Open Space and Conservation and Recreation Elements in under two years, we have assembled a schedule that we believe will support the city and provide time for community engagement. The process is divided into seven tasks broken into five milestones across a 19-month planning process in order to provide room within the two-year timeframe to be adaptable to changing project conditions.
Task 1: Project Initiation and Project Management and
Task 2: Community Engagement will span the duration
of the project. These tasks include several recurring
meetings and key engagement events such as the
project kickoff meetings, project status meetings, city department and agency coordination, updates to city
council, and various applicable commissions.
Task 3: Existing Conditions Analysis , will last for the first 16 weeks of the project timeline, including a 4-week review period.
Task 4: Research and Analysis will continue through the subsequent 22 weeks and culminate in a 4-week review
period before starting on the Preparation and Adoption of Amendments to the Elements (Task 5) which, including
internal review and the environmental review period, will last 20 weeks.
Task 6: Environmental Review Preparation will last
nearly the duration of the project at 18 months. This
will include various subtasks as described in the below Scope of Work section and will include public review
and comment periods as well as public meetings—as is
required for a successful CEQA process.
INFORMATION
GATHERING
EARLY
IDEAS
DRAFT
ELEMENTS
REVISED
ELEMENTS
ENVIRONMENTAL
REVIEW
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vi. Work Plan and Project Schedule
Task 1: Project Initiation and Project
Management
1.1. PROJECT TIMELINE
a. The Consultant Team will develop a project timeline, to be shared with and agreed upon by the City’s Project lead, that outlines tasks and deliverables and includes regular meetings with the Project lead and supporting City staff and incorporates community outreach. The timeline will
be framed in efficient and budget-conscious manner and
include:
• The process, timing, and schedules for the entire
Project including environmental review and
concluding with City Council consideration of the
proposed GPAs.
• Allowances for progress reports to Parks, Recreation
and Community Services (PRCS) Commission, and
other Commissions if necessary.
• Time frames for staff review of administrative drafts, and return of edits.
1.2. KICK-OFF MEETING WITH PRIMARY TEAM
a. The Project will begin with a kick-off meeting with City staff and key Consultant Team members (“Primary Team”)
to review the Project timeline, develop communication
protocols, and clarify roles and responsibilities. Project leads will be the CSP Director (Onnig Bulanikian) and
Park Planner (Joseph Gonzalez) with support from City
departments as part of the Primary Team, including:
• Community Services and Parks
• Deputy Director
• Park Services Administrator
• Senior Park Services Managers
• Community Services Managers
• Senior Administrative Analyst
• City Manager’s Office
• Office of Sustainability
• City Attorney’s Office
• Community Development Department
• Planning
• Building & Safety
• Public Works Department
• Engineering
• Facilities
• Urban Forestry
• Glendale Police and Fire Departments
1.3. GOAL AND CONTENT FRAMING
a. The Consultant Team will meet with the City’s primary team to refine the goals and framework for future tasks.
This work will include careful target-setting, establishing a broad understanding of the City’s opportunities,
constraints, and policymaker priorities and realities. The Consultant Team will provide expertise, creativity, and strategic counsel in identifying and addressing important policy decisions early in the process, including:
• Developing a specific city-wide park access and
development standard, potentially moving away
from an acreage-per-capita standard and toward
a proximity-to-park-space standard based, for
example, on having a park within a 10-minute walk.
• Providing a better understanding of alternative
park and recreation standards and showing what
standards are achievable and currently used by other
medium and large cities.
• Developing culturally sensitive and inclusive
messaging, outreach, and project-design strategies.
The Consultant Team assumes a Negative Declaration or
Mitigated Negative Declaration in Task 6 even if changing the existing park need assessment standard triggers a full programmatic EIR.
b. The Consultant Team will facilitate discussions with leadership from across the City organization, including:
• Community Services and Parks
• Public Works
• Community Development Department
• City Manager’s Office
• City Attorney’s Office
• Glendale Police and Fire Departments as applicable
1.4. KICK-OFF MEETING WITH STEERING COMMITTEE
The Consultant Team, in partnership with the Primary
Team Members, will assemble and lead a steering
committee that consists of representatives from City
staff, community groups, homeowner/neighborhood
associations, and other stakeholders (the “Steering
Committee”). This Steering Committee will serve as a
touch point for input on plan development, processes,
and adoption. Additional meetings will be scheduled as
needed or on a regular basis upon determination from the City’s Primary Team Members and Steering Committee.
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1.5. PROJECT MANAGEMENT, MEETINGS,
COMMUNICATIONS
The Consultant Team shall provide:
a. Ongoing communication and participation in
recurring meetings with City staff scheduled through
the Project lead to discuss project management, project progress, task-specific issues and accomplishments,
and to review data, analysis, findings, and conclusions. b. Additional meetings with City departments and
divisions as needed with Primary Team Members,
Steering Committee, and other working groups to further discuss, refine and identify issues, programs, data, and plan development. It is anticipated there will be at least 3 updates to each the City Council, 4 updates to the
Parks, Recreation and Community Services Commission,
and one update to the Planning Commission.
c. Coordinated, ongoing communication with the
issue-based working groups is critical to ensure
representatives from City staff, community groups,
homeowners associations, and other stakeholders
are being included in the development of the GPAs.
d. Planning for and presentations at community
workshops, events, and meetings organized in
coordination with the Project lead and other City staff to ensure robust and engaging community outreach.
e. A Project Manager as point of contact for City staff who is available to respond to staff inquiries, requests for information and ensure adherence to Project schedule
and scope.
f. Quality assurance on technical memorandums, work
product deliverables and assurance of professional
courtesy in all matters relating to the Project.
g. Timely billing upon completion of tasks and
including detailed expenditure reports on labor
hours and reimbursables. To avoid delays of
payment, invoices shall be sent to the City’s Project
Manager for preliminary review/approval before
submitting them to the City’s payment portal.
h. Meetings and/or interviews with City representatives and key stakeholders as needed. This includes facilitation of 2-3 internal worksessions with the City Team.
i. The Consultant Team will coordinate closely with the City during the development of the Open Space and
Conservation Element and Recreation Element, and
Michael Baker will provide a compliance review at key
milestones for compatibility of the Elements with State requirements. Compliance reviews may occur at the
following milestones:
• Early Compliance List developed by OLIN
• Table of Contents for the Elements
• Administrative Drafts of the Elements
• Public Drafts of the Elements
• Final Drafts of the Elements
j. Progress Reporting: The Consultant Team will supply
the City with at least one (1) copy of all draft, partial and or completed reports, studies, forecasts, maps or
plans as deemed necessary by the Project Manager
before each progress meeting. The Project Manager
shall schedule the meetings, as necessary, at key times during the development of the Elements update.
k. An online resource site that will allow for easy file sharing, access, and document review for all team
members, ensuring access to latest reports and files.
l. Except where otherwise specifically noted in this scope of work, all submissions are assumed to be digital PDF’s. m. Draft deliverables will be provided to the City for a review period and will be finalized following receipt of a single set of consolidated comments. Note that specific review periods are described in the proposed schedule
for major deliverables.
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Task 2: Community Outreach and
Engagement
2.1. COMMUNITY OUTREACH PLAN
The Consultant Team will meet with City staff to develop a robust community outreach and engagement plan
(“Community Outreach Plan”) to obtain input from
residents, community stakeholders and the public
generally (broadly “Stakeholders”). The Community
Outreach Plan will include Stakeholders in the
decision making process so that Stakeholder input
and recommendations are included in the draft GPAs
presented to advisory bodies and to the City Council
for review and approval. The Consultant Team will work
with City staff to develop parameters for the Community Outreach Plan and will provide guidance for successfully conducting community and focus group meetings.
The Community Outreach Plan will include notifications
and engagement activities throughout the Project and
should use effective communication tools geared to the
Glendale community, including traditional tools (e.g., fliers, announcements, etc.) and modern approaches (e.g., web,
social media, etc.), and should build in iterative feedback from the public. The Community Outreach Plan will take
advantage of existing community engagement channels
that are proven successful and which include but are
not limited to known Stakeholder groups such as the
Glendale Chamber of Commerce, Glendale’s
Homeowner’s Coordinating Counsel, Greater Downtown
Glendale Association, Montrose Shopping Park
Association, and various Homeowner’s/Neighborhood
Associations, The Glendale Historical Society, Tribal
communities, and other community groups and
associations. The Community Outreach Plan strategy will, at a minimum, include the following components:
• Formation of issue-based working/focus groups.
• Community workshops, events, and meetings to
gather Stakeholder vision, ideas and comments on
the proposed GPAs.
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2.2. COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT
The Consultant Team will prepare targeted community
assessments in order to determine the community’s
interests, needs, and concerns about existing and
potential open space, conservation and recreation
programs and facilities that considers all types of parks, athletic fields/courts, bike lanes, trails, open space areas, historical/cultural resources, and other recreation facilities and services (“Community Assessment”). As part of the
Community Assessment process, the Consultant Team
will:
• Conduct survey(s) and use any other proven
information gathering methods/activities to
engage the community and to gather Stakeholder
feedback. Such engagement activities will include,
for example, a “walk audit” with a return rate that
accurately represents a sampling of the total
population and community areas to best identify
community needs and issues across the City.
• Capture demographic data and projections, assess
the community’s short and long-term needs and
vision for open space, conservation and recreation.
The Community Assessment Process will yield results
that are statistically validated. A survey analysis
report will be prepared to summarize the survey
results and findings.
• Conduct and facilitate a minimum of six (6)
community meetings, five (5) community pop-up
events, and up to five (5) focus groups, and conduct
Stakeholder interviews with individuals and groups
to solicit input on the proposed GPAs, gather data,
and prepare summaries of the results.
• Be prepared to attend and present up to eight
(8) updates on the status of the GPAs to the PRCS
Commission, other boards and commissions as
applicable, and the City Council at regular meetings,
special meetings, and/or study sessions if requested
by the City.
• Produce all digital and printed Project materials,
including but not limited to social media text and
posts, event announcements, newsletter updates,
website updates, flyers, meeting presentation,
etc., which will be reviewed and approved by CSP
and City Manager’s office, and be translated into
the City’s identified languages, including English,
Armenian, and Spanish.
• Focus on reaching participants that are
underrepresented in governmental decision-making
such as youth, underserved or disadvantaged
communities, people with disabilities, and
individuals with limited or no-English proficiency.
This includes up to two (2) youth/equity focused
engagement events.
• Focus on the formulation of policy goals and
objects for the GPAs that support the conservation,
preservation, and celebration of cultural,
historical, archaeological, and paleontological
resources through collaborative planning with key
stakeholders, such as historical societies and tribal
communities, as linkages to community identity.
2.3. PUBLIC INFORMATION
The Consultant Team will develop strategies to
communicate the process for and status of the GPAs to
Stakeholders using media outlets and creating social
media engagement packages that employ informative
graphics and/or short videos that can be posted on
the City website and on other dedicated website(s) or
platform(s). The Consultant Team will:
a. Engage the City’s media relations and public
information officer to set up meetings with the Chamber of Commerce, Business Improvement Districts including
the Greater Downtown Glendale Association (DGA) and
the Montrose Shopping Park Association (MSPA) as well
as homeowner/neighborhood association groups to
learn the best outreach practices for their constituents, to provide information about the Project, and to
increase engagement from the business and residential
community.
b. Contact local or cultural news channels, such as
Glendale TV6, Telemundo, Armenian and other cultural
channels to spread information.
Exhibit 1
vi. Work Plan and Project Schedule
Task 3: Existing Conditions Analysis
3.1. REVIEW AND ANALYSIS OF RELEVANT EXISTING
DOCUMENTS AND REGULATIONS
The Consultant Team will thoroughly review relevant
existing plans, policies, projects, both internal and
external to the organization, and collect data from existing resources that can be utilized in the GPA process. Data and research will be based on publicly available or City of Glendale datasets and GIS shapefiles. Editing existing Glendale or other Government and non-governmental
entity datasets and shapefiles is not included in the base scope of work. The review, evaluation, and consideration will specifically include:
a. Reviewing the City’s existing Open Space and
Conservation Element and Recreation Element
and any amendments to them as well as all other
GP Elements, and drafts of any Elements currently
undergoing amendment (e.g., Land Use, Mobility, and
Safety), or new elements (e.g., Environmental Justice). b. Identif
ying and evaluating any incomplete projects
implementing the Open Space and Conservation
Element and Recreation Element, the extent to
which prior goals were accomplished or not, and
identify which prior goals continue to be relevant.
c. Identifying e
xisting partnerships, such as with the
Glendale Unified School District, and determine
whether the existing 1999 Joint Use Master Agreement
between the City and GUSD remains relevant as a tool
to provide for joint use of parks and open space facilities. d. Re
viewing the City’s GIS data.
e. Exporting and revie
wing static data on the City’s park
visitation from Placer.ai at specific moments in time (to be determined with the City) for use in the project.
f. Ensuring the GPAs conform with the State Office of
Planning and Research General Plan Guidelines, and
reviewing all applicable regulations, including but not limited to:
• Government Code §§ 65560, 65562, 65564, 65566-7,
65910, et seq.
• SB 1425 – Gov’t Code section 65565.5 et seq.
• SB 1000 – Gov’t Code section 65302(h).
g. Revie
wing and assessing other relevant reference
documents that pertain or relate to the City’s parks, open space, and recreation assets, with an eye to whether the current and future needs, improvements, design, and
implemented site work remain valid within the context
of the GPAs. These reference documents, include, but are not limited to:
• Glendale’s Public Works Department’s (PW) 2023
City-wide Facilities Conditions Assessment. The
PW’s assessment should be included in the selected
consultant’s park facilities assessment.
• Glendale Community Services & Parks’ Capital
Improvement Program Updates webpage
• Glendale’s Parks Facilities Inventory with acreage
• Glendale’s Trails Master Plan, Draft Map 2009
• Glendale’s Map of City Parks
• Glendale Water and Power Wildfire Mitigation Plan
• Glendale Fire Department Vegetation Management
Program (VMP)
• Glendale’s Community Forest Management Plan
(Draft)
• Joint Use Agreement for the Edison School/Pacific
Park Project
• Verdugo Wash Visioning Plan
• Glendale’s Citywide Pedestrian Plan
• Glendale’s Safe and Healthy Streets
• Glendale’s Bicycle Transportation Plan
• Glendale’s ADA Survey Findings (2007)
• Glendale’s Safe Routes to Schools Program
• South Glendale Community Plan, particularly
Chapter 4
• North Glendale Community Plan
• Greener Glendale Plan
• Glendale Climate Action & Adaptation Plan (draft
expected Spring 2024)
• Glendale Community Facilities Element (1975)
• Los Angeles Countywide Comprehensive Parks and
Recreation Needs Assessment, 2016
• Los Angeles Countywide Comprehensive Parks and
Recreation Needs Assessment Plus, 2022
• Upper Los Angeles River and Tributaries
Revitalization Plan, 2020
• City of Los Angeles’ 2020 Biodiversity Report
• Vascular Flora Of The Verdugo Mountains And San
Rafael Hills, 2013
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• California’s Native Tree Ranges map by the Urban
Forest Ecosystems Institute at Cal Poly
• Other open space related case studies, policies, and
best practices from other municipalities (including
Los Angeles, Pasadena, and Burbank) to inform
recommendations for this Project.
3.2. COMMUNITY PROFILE
The Consultant Team will provide a technical synopsis of the most current City demographics, growth trends, and
relevant characteristics to provide context for the GPA policies and implementation. This will include a discussion of the natural resources, political boundaries, and the population/demographic profile, including discussion
of special populations which may require specialized
or disproportionate services and programming, such
as seniors, teens, preschoolers, second language
learners, individuals with disabilities, military family, and veterans. The Consultant Team will use the most up-
to-date resources including but not limited to, the U.S.
Census Bureau data, American Community Survey, US
EPA’s Environmental Justice Screening and Mapping
Tool, California EPA’s CalEnviroScreen tool, State Park’s Community Fact Finder, ESRI Databases, Tribal Cultural
Resources databases, historic resources databases,
health assessment surveys, the City’s web-based location intelligence application or platform that generates foot traffic insights into any location for deeper understanding of use trends and use factors for the past 5 years+. Key features such as data on visitors and passerby metrics to any location based on daily visits, hourly visits, and length of stay for all parks facilities, as well as visitor demographic information and information on visitor journey, will be used if available for informing use and trends.
3.3. PARKS NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND INVENTORY
The Consultant Team will:
a. Current Conditions of Parks
Inventory and analyze the current conditions of all of
Glendale’s developed parks and recreation facilities
including community gardens, gymnasiums, exercise
rooms, basketball courts, pools, etc. (the “Needs
Assessment”). The Needs Assessment will inventory the
various school fields and courts as part of the City’s parks facilities inventory and will identify existing or potential joint-use opportunities. The analysis will include a
review of overall facility conditions, current maintenance and operation programs, facility utilization, identify
any deficiencies (such as lighting and signage needs),
and assess the remaining useful life of amenities. This assessment will build off the existing Recreation and
Open Space/Conservation Elements, and consider the
existing CSP maintained park inventory logs, the LA
County Park Needs Assessment, the LA County Park Needs
Assessment Plus, City Public Works’ City-wide Facilities Conditions Assessment, the Safe and Healthy Streets
Plan, City-wide Pedestrian Plan, and Bicycle Master Plan. b. Facilities as Community Resilience Centers
Evaluate opportunities to upgrade local recreation
facilities to also serve as Community Resilience Centers (CRCs), providing shelter and resources during climate
and other types of emergencies, including extreme
heat events and poor air quality days, as defined by the California Strategic Growth Council’s CRC Grant Program.
Exhibit 1
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c. Urban Tree Inventory
Engage Public Works Urban Forestry staff to obtain the
City’s existing urban tree inventory, including types,
health, and condition of trees, and develop priorities
and recommendations for urban forestry in parks and
along active mobility routes and networks, as applicable.
Additionally, evaluate opportunities and policies to support maintenance and expansion of urban forestry such as
establishing a protected tree database (potentially that also incorporates private trees that have an Indigenous Tree Permit), tree benefits dashboard and web maps (e.g. see Tempe, AZ’s tree benefits dashboard), CA native park and street tree list (e.g. see City of Los Angeles Community Forest Advisory Committee’s Native Trees List), native
plant policies in parks and open spaces, and Parkway
Landscaping ordinance, to name a few examples.
e. Inclusive Playground Assessment
Evaluate the level of inclusivity of the City’s playgrounds.
This would include evaluating play equipment
throughout the City to determine the level of inclusivity, to be summarized in a final report. As an example, see
Municipality of Anchorage’s State of Play. This task would be subject to written task authorization before starting. f. Inventory of Memorials/Cultural Resources
Prepare an inventory of all public and private memorials, historic and cultural resources and other installations on public land and facilities (the “Resources List”) .
The Resources List shall include any potential historic resources on public land and facilities. The Consultant Team will work with City staff to prepare the Resource
List and develop estimates for the maintenance, repair, rehabilitation, restoration or relocation of improvements on the Resource List. The Resource List should be included as an appendix to the Open Space and Conservation
Element and Recreation Element.
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3.4. RECREATION PROGRAM AND SERVICES
ASSESSMENT
The Consultant Team will:
a. Assess Recreation Programs
Analyze and assess the recreation programs and
services currently provided by the City and identify any deficiencies in and opportunities for future recreation programs and services. This task involves determining the levels of services for parks and recreation facilities required considering projected growth and assessing park access
issues. The Consultant Team will use the City Public Works Department’s Facility Conditions Assessment, which is
currently under development, to inform the assessment.
b. Evaluate How Facilities Meet Current/Future Needs
Evaluate how the City parks and recreation facilities
meet current and future needs; summarize the regional,
new, emerging, and declining trends in recreation
activities locally; and assess whether modifications and/ or additions will be required for existing programming. c. Consider Gaps in Facilities/Recreational Needs
Consider current gaps in facilities or recreational needs (geography, activity, age/ability, accessibility, etc.) and identify potential future uses or desired amenities or
remedies.
3.5. OPEN SPACE AND CONSERVATION ASSESSMENT
The Consultant Team will:
a. Inventory/Analyze Open Space System
Inventory and analyze City’s entire open space system.
California Government Code § 65560 requires an open
space element to contain detailed information about
several categories of undeveloped land. Specifically, the Open Space and Conservation Element will inventory
the following broad categories of open space for:
• natural resources;
• managed production of resources;
• outdoor recreation;
• public health and safety;
• military support; and
• tribal resources
b. Prepare Habitat Conservation Plan (baseline, desktop analysis)
Prepare a habitat conservation plan (“Habitat Conservation Plan”) for the City’s open spaces. The Consultant Team will use data provided by City, biological survey summarized in a technical report prepared for the 1993 Open Space
and Conservation Element, and other publicly available
ecological resources, including protection of cultural
resources, to provide a comprehensive analysis of all
resources that will inform the OSCR Elements.
In addition to the above, the Consultant Team will use
new data related to vegetation and wildlife communities, including wildlife passages as required by AB 1889 and
open space requirements per SB 1425, and rapid field
assessment to verify habitat areas in Glendale’s open
spaces specifically related to areas with potential for significant or sensitive species.
Specifically, the Consultant Team will perform:
i. Vegetation and Wildlife Surveys/Rapid Field
Assessments to broadly identify the biological
resources in Glendale’s wilderness and foothill
areas, especially areas with significant or sensitive
species. The Habitat Conservation Plan will identify
land management practices and climatesmart
management programs that support habitat
conservation, and shall consider Cheryl Swift, Ph.D.’s, biological survey summarized in a technical report
prepared for the 1993 Open Space and Conservation
Element.
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Continued
3.5. OPEN SPACE AND CONSERVATION ASSESSMENT
CONTINUED
ii. Identification of Opportunities for Restoration
through targeted assessments for habitat protection,
restoration, and enhancement in Glendale’s open
spaces as well as in wildland-urban interface areas.
iii. Identification of Opportunities for Climate-
Smart OS Management such as invasive species
management, fuel load maintenance, and prescribed
grazing or burns, of natural lands to improve forest
health and build resiliency to the impacts of climate
change from wildfire, flooding, and water quality/
supply. The identified climatesmart management
strategies will comply with the city’s ordinances
and other applicable laws for fire fuel reduction and
should consider best ecologically sensitive vegetative
management practices (ESVM).
iv. Identification of Opportunities for Habitat Linkages and wildlife corridors that would enhance wildlife
movement and biodiversity. Suggest policies and
programs that support establishment, protection,
and expansion of wildlife corridors.
v. Identification of Ways for Improving Wildfire
Resilience and to improve fire safety and promote
investment in wildlands management and workforce
development.
vi. Protect Cultural Resources vulnerable to wildfire,
if applicable (requires sacred lands search and
coordination with and notification to local tribes).
c. Trails Inventory
Coordinate with City staff to complete a GIS-based trails inventory that reflects the status of the current trail system (including availability of parking, informational kiosks and signage; length of trail; altitude change; approved users; status of trail conditions, if known) and create a Trail Summary Report.
d. Incorporate Recommendations from 2009 Trails MP
Evaluate recommendations from the 2009 Trails Master
Plan, create a list of potential trail projects, and address issues regarding trail design conformance, and trail
maintenance requirements.
e. Trails Management Program Recommendations
Identify ways to support establishment of a sustainable trails maintenance program that incorporates
stewardship, youth workforce development, and
educational opportunities, and standardized signage
towards development of a trails master plan
f. Identification of Opportunities to Increase Access
Identify opportunities to increase access points, trails, and other recreational opportunities within natural areas that balances wildlife and recreation needs/funding.
g. Identification of Opportunities to Expand Urban Forest In consultation with relevant City staff (e.g., Urban
Forester, Public Works), provide a high-level summary of opportunities and strategies for expanding urban greening to enhance the ecological function within the City and
adapt to changing climates, in alignment with proposed
Measures and Actions in the City’s Climate Action and
Adaptation Plan. The task will highlight recommended
actions to urban forestry and green infrastructure, such as promotion of green infrastructure in and around
parks and along streets, expansion of urban tree canopy, incentives for private property owners to plant natives, and park-related stormwater capture multi-benefit projects. h. Evaluate Opportunities for Naturalizing/Daylighting
Streams
Evaluate opportunities for naturalizing and/or daylighting streams, washes, and storm channels, and protecting
natural waterways in open spaces. This will include a
review of habitat management practices to recommend
climate-informed management strategies for various
habitat types. The Consultant Team understands that a
Verdugo Wash Master Plan process is underway.
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i. Identification of Partners
Identify and maintain a list of potential community, local and regional partners interested in helping bring the
goals of the Conservation and Open Space Element and
Recreation Element to fruition.
Task 4: Research and Analysis
4.1. PARK AND OPEN SPACE EXPANSION AND
ACQUISITION STUDY
The Consultant Team will develop an inventory of vacant and underutilized parcels assessed for recreational
opportunities and ranked/prioritized based on feasibility and other factors, including:
a. Studying the feasibility of and make policy
recommendations for the use, maintenance, and
acquisition of open space or underutilized urban
land for park development and/or conservation (e.g.,
prioritizing land that has high ecological value and
provides opportunities for enhancing native habitat, for maintaining and creating wildlife corridors and wildlife access, and/or suitable for land mitigation banking).
b. Identifying ways to expand existing parks by acquiring adjacent properties by identifying opportunity sites that could be considered for possible acquisition, joint use, and/or long-term lease (such as Southern California
Edison rights-of-way), and identify possible acquisition methods and funding sources that may be available
to acquire property for future park and open spaces.
c. Recommending funding strategies for long-term
open space and park management, maintenance, and
operation.
4.2. OSC&R ELEMENTS - GOALS, POLICIES, AND
PRIORITY RECOMMENDATIONS
a. The Consultant Team will develop and update the
goals, issues, policies, strategies, and priority criteria and methodology in each of the Elements based on the vision for City parks captured from the Community Outreach
and Assessment tasks, including indoor and outdoor
recreational facilities, open space, and desired level of service to meet current and future needs. This deliverable should include recommendations for:
• Access and park use practices that are accessible
and inclusive;
• Maintenance, operation, repair, and rehabilitation of existing parks and recreational facilities;
• Opportunities for potential enhancement, access
improvements, and expansion. All recommendations
will reflect short and long-term maintenance needs
and risk management considerations.
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4.3. FINANCIAL EVALUATION AND PRIORITIZATION
a. Develop financial cost estimates, alternative
funding strategies, and optimal financial plans
for implementation of the Project that consider
the City’s existing Development Impact Fee (DIF)
ordinance and the use and application of DIF funds.
b. Identify additional park financing mechanisms
and tools, e.g., Community Improvement
Districts (CID), Tax Allocation Districts (TAD) Tax
Increment Financing (TIF), Special Service Districts
(SSD), and Public-Private Partnerships (PPP).
c. Create a framework for communicating and prioritizing the financial resources required to sustain current
and desired assets at the appropriate level of service. d. Evaluate the viability, cost-effectiveness, and return on investment of suggested strategies and recommendations. e. Include an analysis of staffing levels and financial resources needed to properly program, maintain, and
operate existing park resources. The analysis should identify existing gaps, any changes in staffing levels, and financial resources to support the policy recommendations for the GPAs.
This task will recognize the City’s limited ability to levy additional fees or otherwise increase revenue; therefore, the use of grants, concessions, sponsorship, and other alternative funding mechanisms are of critical importance to the
development and maintenance of the park system.
4.4. IMPLEMENTATION PLAN
a. Develop a Project Implementation Plan that
identifies programming, staffing, responsible agencies, funding sources, implementation time frame,
and other strategies for effective implementation.
b. Identify priority projects based on condition, community need, or funding/partnership opportunities.
4.5. POLICY TRACKING MATRIX APPENDIX
a. Provide a summary table of all existing Open Space
and Conservation Element and Recreation Element and
all recommended changes to the existing policies, goals, actions, and strategies (as applicable) for easy reference. b. An additional table summarizing policies, goals,
actions, and strategies from all General Plan Elements
will be provided in an Excel spreadsheet. This spreadsheet shall help demonstrate consistency of the recommended
changes to the Elements with all other General Plan
Elements. This analysis should be structured to support the land use consistency analysis conducted as part of
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) reports/
studies. (The Consultant Team understands, the City is in the process of updating its Land Use, Safety, and Mobility Elements and is drafting a new Environmental Justice
Element).
4.6. MAPPING UPDATE
a. Utilizing the inventories and needs assessments from Tasks 3, the Consultant Team will develop final, user-
friendly inventory lists and maps that update and improve the existing Open Space and Conservation Element
maps and inventories for City parks and recreation
facilities, Glendale Unified School District recreation facilities, open space coverage, memorials, and any
additional mapping and inventory deemed necessary
by City staff and integrated into the City’s GIS database. b. The Consultant Team will work with City’s IT/GIS
department to identify additional resource layers and
information, such as natural resources, assets, and
regional considerations that should be considered in map and inventory updates.
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PROPOSED SCOPE OF WORK
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Task 5: Preparation and Adoption
of Amendments to the Open Space
and Conservation Element and to the
Recreation Element
5.1. ADMINISTRATIVE DRAFT OF OSC&R ELEMENTS
The Consultant Team will develop Administrative Drafts
of each of the GPAs which summarize, integrate, and
analyze the relevant data and deliverables from Tasks 1-4.
This task will include two (2) rounds of review comments.
5.2. STAFF REPORTS
The Consultant Team will assist City staff with preparing staff reports for the PRCS City Commission, Planning
Commission, and other commissions as applicable,
and for City Council study sessions and hearings. The
Consultant Team will provide necessary information to
facilitate adoption and implementation of the GPAs.
5.3. SECOND ADMINISTRATIVE DRAFT
The Consultant Team will prepare administrative drafts
of the GPAs that incorporate City Council input (from
study sessions, etc.), Stakeholder input, and City staff direction. The administrative draft GPAs will be presented to City Council, City commissions, and the general public for additional comments and feedback prior to final
adoption. The draft GPAs shall be color blind friendly, Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) accessible, include user-friendly graphics, and provide for inclusive language with a broad and diverse audience in mind.
5.4. FINAL GPA
a. Following completion of the environmental review
process outlined below in Task 6, the Consultant Team
will develop the Final GPAs for City Council adoption.
This deliverable will capture the short and long-range
vision for open space, conservation, and recreation for the City, including prioritization of park equity. The Final GPAs will demonstrate how they draw from existing
plans, are consistent with other GP Elements, grow the
overall General Plan vision, and meet State regulatory
requirements.
b. The Consultant Team will deliver twenty (20) printed and bound color copies and one (1) printed and unbound
copy to the CSP office, as well as an electronic copy
delivered via email. The Consultant Team will prepare
written and graphic materials and support City staff
in presenting the Project by making the technical
presentation and answering questions at a minimum of
four (4) City Council/Commission Meetings.
c. The final GPAs are assumed to reach a maximum length of no more than 250 pages.
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Task 6: Environmental Review
Preparation
6.1. CEQA COMPLIANCE - NEG DEC OR MND
The Consultant Team will prepare an Initial Study/
Mitigated Negative Declaration (IS/MND), leveraging data from the OSCR development process. If it is determined that technical reports are needed, for example due to
outdated or inadequate information, the Consultant
Team will advise the City immediately to discuss options.
The Consultant Team will perform the following subtasks to develop the IS/MND:
a. CEQA Kickoff and Project Description
The Consultant Team will work with the City to formally initiate the environmental review process. An IS/MND
is anticipated for the OSCR Elements (project). The
Consultant Team will work with the City to clarify the
project objectives, refine the purpose and need for the project, and to provide the opportunity to discuss points of contact, communication protocols, status reports, project schedule, environmental issues, and any other logistical, technical, or procedural concerns. The Consultant Team
will use all relevant and updated information on the Draft OSCR Elements and will prepare a Data Needs List that
will inform the Project Description.
Task 6.a. Deliverables:
• Data Needs List (electronic)
• 1st Draft Project Description (electronic)
• 2nd Draft Project Description (electronic)
• Final Project Description (electronic)
b. Technical Analyses
The Consultant Team will coordinate with City staff
regarding the required technical analyses and get
approval before proceeding. The technical analyses will be prepared by the Consultant Team and incorporated
into the IS/MND. The Consultant Team assumes that the
following technical analyses would be required:
• Air Quality
• Biological Resources
• Cultural Resources (Archaeological, Historical, Tribal) • Energy
• Greenhouse Gas Emissions
• Noise
Technical analyses for Air Quality, Energy, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, and Noise will be incorporated into the IS/MND (no standalone reports) with accompanying modeling
appendices. Technical analyses for Biological Resources and Cultural Resources will be provided in standalone
reports.
i. Air Quality
The Consultant Team will prepare an air quality analysis and incorporate it into the IS/MND (no standalone
report). The project is located within the South Coast
Air Basin (SCAB), which is under the jurisdiction of
the South Coast Air Quality Management District
(SCAQMD). Federal, State, Regional, and Local air
quality regulations will be discussed. The analysis
will describe and address the requirements set
forth by the SCAQMD CEQA Air Quality Handbook.
Short-term construction impacts will be qualitatively
discussed as the General Plan Amendments will not
directly result in construction activities. Operational (i.e., area, mobile, and energy source) emissions
will be quantified based on the Existing and
General Plan Amendments Buildout scenarios with
CalEEMod and compared to the SCAQMD regional
thresholds of significance. Emission reductions due
to project design features will be incorporated into
the operational emissions inventory. Primary sources
of emissions will be related to area sources and local/ regional vehicle miles traveled. Project consistency
with the 2022 Air Quality Management Plan (AQMP)
will also be addressed.
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The City of Glendale is located within the SCAQMD’s
Source Receptor Area (SRA) 7 (East San Fernando
Valley) and SRA 8 (West San Gabriel Valley). Based
on localized meteorological data for SRAs 7 and 8,
the Consultant Team will analyze localized impacts
based upon the SCAQMD’s Localized Significance
Thresholds (LST) methodology. In addition, as a result
of the California Supreme Court decision for Sierra
Club vs. County of Fresno (Friant Ranch L.P.), the
resultant human health impacts from the project’s
short-term construction and long-term operational
air emissions will be discussed.
ii. Biological Resources
The Consultant Team will prepare a Biological
Resources Assessment as a standalone report and
will incorporate the findings into the IS/MND. The
Consultant Team will conduct a high-level, primarily
desktop-based biological resources analysis of the
City to determine its baseline conditions and verify
existing data from the current General Plan Open
Space and Conservation Element and Recreation
Element. The Consultant Team will conduct a
database search of the California Department of Fish
and Wildlife’s (CDFW) California Natural Diversity
Database, the on-line California Native Plant Society’s (CNPS) Inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants
of California listings, and the on-line U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service’s (USFWS) Information for Planning
and Consultation environmental review tool to
identify special-status biological resources known
to occur within the City. In addition, The Consultant
Team will review U.S. Department of Agriculture
soil data, historic/current aerial photographs, and
U.S. Geological Survey topographic maps to further
assess the ecological conditions within the project
site. The USFWS National Wetlands Inventory
(NWI) Mapper, U.S. Geological Survey National
Hydrography Dataset, and other sources will also be
reviewed to identify aquatic resources within the City
that may fall under federal and/or state regulatory
jurisdiction. The Consultant Team will also review the
description of the Los Angeles County-designated
Verdugo Mountains Significant Ecological Area (SEA)
to confirm the location of any existing biological
constraints and identify any requirements that would
be needed for the proposed project to be consistent
with the conservation goals and objectives of the
SEA.
Following the literature review, the Consultant
Team will visit strategic and accessible open space/
conservation/recreation areas within the City,
particularly portions of the Verdugo Mountains
accessible via public parks and trails at the Verdugo
Mountains Open Space Preserve, Verdugo Park, Brand
Park, Crescenta Valley Community Regional Park, and
undeveloped areas located within the far northern
boundaries of the City, at Deukmejian Wilderness
Park. Field reconnaissance will be conducted to
verify vegetation communities and land cover types
in areas that could not be verified to a certainty
through Google Earth aerial and Street View imagery
or other means. The location of any special-status
biological resources, if detected (i.e., plants, wildlife, vegetation communities, jurisdictional features),
will be recorded. The field reconnaissance will not
include any comprehensive documentation of plant
and wildlife species except as may be needed to
help characterize existing vegetation communities.
This field reconnaissance will provide a general
understanding of the biological resources occurring
within City boundaries and is expected to include up
to two (2) field days following the literature review.
The field reconnaissance survey does not include a
formal jurisdictional delineation or focused surveys
for plant or wildlife species.
A Biological Resources Assessment technical report
will be prepared to present results of the literature
review and field reconnaissance. This report will
update the applicable regulatory setting for the
City, will document vegetation communities/
habitat types occurring within City boundaries,
will note, on a general level, the special-status and
non-special-status plant and wildlife species that
have the potential to occur within the City, and will
identify the presence of major aquatic/hydrological
features (e.g., streams, lakes) that occur within City
boundaries, with a focus on those that are potentially
subject to the jurisdiction of the U.S. Army Corps of
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Engineers, the Regional Water Quality Control Board,
and/or CDFW. The report will include photographs
and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) figures
to enhance written text and visually depict specific
biological information as it relates to the City. GIS
figures are anticipated to consist of aerial photographs that depict the General Plan and City boundaries;
USDA soils; vegetation communities and land uses;
aquatic features, and the boundaries of the SEA and
any other habitat conservation plan area, if present in the City. In addition, the report will analyze potential impacts of the proposed amendments to the Open
Space and Conservation Element and Recreation
Element to biological resources, and identify any
biological surveys, mitigation measures, regulatory
approvals, and/or SEA requirements that may be
needed in order to ensure the analysis of biological
resources is compliant with current standards under
the California Environmental Quality Act.
iii. Cultural Resources (Archaeological, Historical,
Tribal)
Cultural Resources Technical Report
The Consultant Team will prepare a Cultural
Resources Technical Report that will be incorporated
into the IS/MND. The City of Glendale possesses
47 parks, and at least three of these (Brand Park,
Casa Adobe de San Rafael & Park, and Catalina
Verdugo Adobe) are centered around one or more
historical buildings. Other parks, such as Deukmejian
Wilderness Park, are known or reasonably expected
to include additional historical or archaeological
resources. Additionally, the City owns and manages
over 5,000 acres of natural open space and over 30
miles of fire roads and 7.5 miles of single track trails.
Collectively, we anticipate this to be the project site.
As part of the cultural resources identification
study, the Consultant Team will complete a cultural
resources records search of each of the City parks and
mapped open spaces with a 1/10 mile search radius
at the South Central Coastal Information Center
(SCCIC); request a Sacred Lands File search from the
California Native American Heritage Commission;
review additional inventories including the Built
Environment Resources Directory and the City of
Glendale Register of Historic Resources; conduct
a literature, historic map and aerial photo review;
and conduct local historical society consultation.
Available descriptions of the parks and open spaces
will be reviewed to identify potential monuments
and other features of significance located therein.
The intent of this cultural resources identification
efforts is to identify historical resources, as defined in Section 15064.5(a) of the California Environmental
Quality Act, or potential tribal cultural resources,
either within the project site or that otherwise might
be impacted by the proposed project. It is assumed
no field visits will be conducted as part of the
inventory, but field studies may be recommended as
a result of this study.
The findings of the cultural resources identification
efforts will be summarized in a technical report
describing the project site, methods, and results of
the cultural resources identification efforts described above. The report will make recommendations or
mitigation measures, as applicable. Further studies
may be identified as part of these recommendations.
Appropriate documentation, such as DPR 523 series
forms, will be included as an appendix.
Resources List and Historic Resources Management
and Maintenance Plan
The data collected during the cultural resources
study will be used to create a Resources List. The
Resources List will identify all resources previously
evaluated and considered eligible for listing in
the National, State, or Local register. If necessary,
a secondary list will identify resources that are
potentially eligible but require additional study.
The Consultant Team will use the Resources List to
develop a programmatic-level Historic Resources
Management and Maintenance Plan. This plan will
provide a recommended management framework to
guide cultural resource protection efforts including
routine and cyclic basic preservation maintenance
treatments, and rehabilitation, restoration or
relocation of improvements on the Resource List.
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AB 52/SB 18 Consultation Support
The Consultant Team will support the City with tribal
consultation efforts in support of Assembly Bill 52
(AB 52) and Senate Bill 18 (SB 18), if requested. The
Consultant Team will prepare letters to appropriate
Native American Tribes inviting them to participate
in AB 52 and SB 18 consultation with the City. The
consultation invitations for AB 52 and SB 18 will be
made in a single letter. The Consultant Team will
prepare suggested letter text, which will then be
sent under City letterhead. The Consultant Team will
email and mail the letters on behalf of the City and
maintain a log of mailings. However, the City must
lead any consultation that emerges as a result of
these invitations. The Consultant Team will attend
up to two (2) meetings with interested Tribes and
the City and support coordination efforts for these
meetings, including the drafting and review of
potential mitigation measures.
iv. Energy
The Consultant Team will prepare an Energy
analysis and incorporate it into the IS/MND (no
standalone report). The Consultant Team will
analyze the energy implications of the project
pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21100(b)
(3) and Appendix G and Appendix F of the CEQA
Guidelines. These statutes and guidelines require
a project to describe, where relevant, the wasteful,
inefficient, and unnecessary consumption of
energy caused by a project. In addition, Appendix
G of the CEQA Guidelines requires a consistency
analysis with state or local plans for renewable
energy or energy efficiency. The analysis will analyze
energy consumption associated with short term
construction activities and long-term operations
using CalEEMod based on the project’s land use
data. The analysis will also discuss the effects of the project on regional and local energy supply, demand,
and resources, and the project’s consistency with
energy standards and requirements. Additionally,
the assessment of environmental impacts on energy
resources will include mitigation measures to reduce
inefficient and unnecessary consumption of energy,
if necessary.
v. Greenhouse Gas Emissions
The Consultant Team will prepare a Greenhouse Gas
(GHG) Emissions analysis and incorporate it into the
EIR (no standalone report). The Consultant Team
will review the land use data and will prepare an
inventory of the GHG emissions (i.e., nitrous oxide,
methane, and carbon dioxide) from both direct
(i.e., area and mobile sources) and indirect sources
(i.e., energy/water consumption and wastewater/
solid waste generation). CalEEMod will be used to
quantify GHG emissions. Short-term construction
impacts will be qualitatively discussed as the
General Plan Amendments will not directly result
in construction activities. Reductions from recently
adopted programs and regulations will be included,
such as improvements in fuel efficiency, state
building code energy efficiency, and water efficiency.
The analysis will also review project consistency with
the Southern California Association of Governments
2024–2050 Regional Transportation Plan/Sustainable
Communities Strategy (2020–2045 RTP/SCS; Connect
SoCal 2024) and the California Air Resources Board
2022 Climate Change Scoping Plan for the purpose
of reducing GHG emissions.
vi. Noise
The Consultant Team will prepare a Noise analysis and
incorporate it into the IS/MND (no standalone report).
The applicable noise and land use compatibility
criteria will be reviewed and noise standards
regulating noise impacts will be discussed for land
uses under Existing and General Plan Amendments
Buildout scenarios. A site visit will be conducted, and short-term noise level measurements will be taken.
The noise monitoring survey will be conducted to
establish baseline noise levels in the project area. This scope excludes long-term (24 hour) measurement.
Short term construction noise and vibration impacts
will be qualitatively discussed as the General Plan
Amendments will not directly result in construction
activities. For operations, the noise environment in the study area will be presented in terms of noise related
to transportation and stationary sources associated
with changes to the associated Element updates.
The stationary noise impacts will be discussed
qualitatively. Compliance with applicable noise
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Task 6.b. Deliverables:
• Draft Air Quality analysis (incorporated into the IS/ MND)
• Final Air Quality analysis (incorporated into the IS/ MND)
• Draft Biological Resources Assessment Technical
Report
• Final Biological Resources Assessment Technical
Report
• Draft Cultural Resources Technical Report
• Final Cultural Resources Assessment Technical
Report
• Draft AB 52/SB 18 Consultation Letters
• Final AB 52/SB 18 Consultation Letters
• Draft Energy analysis (incorporated into the IS/MND)
• Final Energy analysis (incorporated into the IS/MND)
• Draft GHG Emissions analysis (incorporated into the
IS/MND)
• Final GHG Emissions analysis (incorporated into the
IS/MND)
• Draft Noise analysis (incorporated into the IS/MND)
• Final Noise analysis (incorporated into the IS/MND)
Assumptions:
• This scope of work assumes that no new or
expanded recreational facilities that would induce
regional vehicle trips are identified during the
Park Needs Assessment; therefore, a Vehicles Miles
Travelled (VMT) study is not included for the CEQA
document.
• All Draft and Final analyses/reports will be submitted electronically; no hardcopies provided.
c. Administrative Draft Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration
The Consultant Team will prepare an IS/MND in compliance with CEQA and the CEQA Guidelines (California Code of
Regulations Section 15000 et seq.), as amended. The IS/ MND will clearly describe existing conditions (i.e., baseline), regulatory guidelines (where applicable) and thresholds of significance and will incorporate the technical analyses described under Task 6.2, as well as address the other
issue areas contained in the CEQA Environmental
Checklist (CEQA Guidelines Appendix G). The IS/MND text will be supplemented with graphics and summary tables,
as necessary, to present this information in a manner that will clearly inform the public, responsible agencies, and the decision makers. The IS/MND will include, but not be limited to the following sections:
Introduction. The IS/MND will include an
introduction that provides and overview and
discusses the regulatory guidance, identifies the lead
agency, identifies the Project applicant (in this case, the City), describes the purpose for and organization
of the IS/MND, provides a summary of the findings,
and lists contact information for public comment.
Project Description. As noted above, the project
description prepared under a separate task will be
incorporated into the IS/MND.
Environmental Impact Evaluation. The Consultant
Team will complete the CEQA Environmental
Checklist (per Appendix G of the CEQA Guidelines)
with explanations and analyses for each response,
including “No Impact” responses. The level of analysis
and degree of impact will vary depending upon the
environmental topic. For each environmental issue,
the Consultant Team will describe existing conditions;
identify the significance criteria, methodology, and
approach; assess potential environmental impacts
and their significance; and recommend feasible
mitigation measures, if required. Other federal,
state, or local agencies with permit requirements
or other approval authority will be identified in the
Regulatory Framework section of each topic area in
the CEQA Checklist.
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Mitigation Measures. The Consultant Team will
present feasible mitigation measures, including any
necessary monitoring activities, to reduce potentially
significant impacts to less than significant levels.
Determination – Recommended Environmental
Documentation. Based on the environmental
analysis, the Consultant Team will determine which
level of CEQA documentation is appropriate for the
proposed project. It is anticipated that an IS/MND will be the appropriate level of documentation. However,
in the event that a different level of documentation
is determined to be required, the Consultant
Team’s scope of work and budget will require an
amendment.
Preparation and Coordination/Consultation. The
Consultant Team will include a listing of persons who
prepared the IS/MND and those who were consulted
during the preparation of the document.
References. The Consultant Team will include
footnote references throughout the IS/MND, as
well as a references section that lists all sources of
information used in the preparation of the IS/MND.
Upon completion, the Consultant Team will conduct an
internal quality assurance review to ensure the document meets CEQA requirements and is well written. The
Consultant Team will submit the 1st Administrative Draft IS/MND for review to City staff. Upon receipt of comments, the Consultant Team will incorporate edits and produce
the 2nd Administrative Draft IS/MND, which will be
submitted to City staff for review. The Consultant Team will incorporate comments from the review of the 2nd
Administrative Draft IS/MND.
Task 6.c. Deliverables:
• 1st Administrative Draft IS/MND (electronic)
• 2nd Administrative Draft IS/MND (electronic)
d. Distribute Notice of Intent and Public Review Draft IS/MND
Upon receipt of comments from the City on the 2nd
Administrative Draft IS/MND, the Consultant Team will
prepare an electronic Screencheck Draft IS/MND for
review and approval by City staff prior to finalizing for public review. A Notice of Intent (NOI) will be prepared and provided for review and will be finalized upon receipt of City comments. The Consultant Team will work with
City staff to develop the agency/stakeholder distribution mailing list for the NOI, which will be circulated for a 30-day public review period. Given the nature of the
project, it is assumed that a radius mailing to owners and occupants will not be required. The Consultant Team will submit the NOI and IS/MND to the State Clearinghouse
and appropriate review agencies per a list compiled
by the City and the Consultant Team, will file the NOI
with the County Clerk, and place the notice in a local
newspaper and pay the associated fees. In addition, the NOI and IS/MND will be submitted in PDF format so that
they may be placed on the City’s website. It is assumed the City will distribute the NOI to a radius mailing list of owners/occupants. The Consultant Team will print and
distribute the NOI up to 3 hardcopies of the Draft IS/MND for local repositories for public viewing (no appendices).
The Consultant Team will submit the IS/MND and NOI
electronically (through the CEQA Portal) to the State
Clearinghouse along with the Notice of Completion (NOC) form. Due to State Clearinghouse posting requirements,
the PDF documents of the IS/MND, NOI, and NOC will
be formatted for WCAG and accessibility compliance,
including flattening documents and making them text
recognizable.
Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines 15202, a public meeting is
not required during the IS/MND process. Nonetheless,
the Consultant Team assumes that the City will hold a
public meeting to solicit agency and public comments.
During the 30-day public review period, the Consultant
Team assumes attendance at a public meeting to receive
comments from the public on the Draft IS/MND. This
scope assumes that a virtual public meeting will be
conducted.
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The Consultant Team will coordinate with the City to plan and moderate the meeting. All meeting planning will be
documented in a simple logistics plan that will serve as a roadmap to executing the meeting, and will outline
the agenda/timing, speakers, meeting materials, roles
and responsibilities, etc. Our work plan assumes meeting attendance by two (2) Consultant Team members. The
Consultant Team will assist the City with developing the presentation slides and preparing a written summary
of the environmental issues raised by the public at the public meeting. No language interpreter or court reporter is included in this scope of work.
Task 6.d. Deliverables:
• Screencheck Draft IS/MND (electronic)
• Public Review Draft IS/MND (electronic)
• Agency/Stakeholder mailing list (electronic)
• NOI (electronic)
• Publish NOI in local newspaper
• Distribute NOI to agency/stakeholder mailing list (50 hardcopies)
• Distribute NOI, NOC, and Draft IS/MND to State
Clearinghouse (electronic)
• Distribute NOI and Draft IS/MND to local repositories (3 hardcopies)
• NOI filing at County Clerk
• Public meeting PowerPoint presentation (electronic)
• Public Meeting Logistics Plan (electronic)
e. Final Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration
Following the close of the 30-day public review period, the Consultant Team will consolidate all the comments
received during the Draft IS/MND public review period
and prepare a written response to each substantive
comment received (i.e., those raising significant
environmental issues). The level of detail contained in the response will reflect the level of detail provided in the comments, so that general responses will be prepared
when a comment does not contain or specifically refer
to readily available information or does not explain the relevance of evidence submitted with the comment.
Up to ten (10) substantive comments are assumed, and
no new analysis will be required as the result of public comments. Comments received are assumed to be non-
repeating discrete comments, and the level of effort
assumes that the responses will address comments to
correct information, clarify or elaborate upon analyses and the rationale for the significance conclusions and/or mitigation measures. A change to the scope, budget, and schedule may be necessary if there are more comments
than specified or require additional research beyond
clarification, such as lengthy attorney/union comment
letters; new analyses that involves additional field work, modeling or consultations; or the discussion and/or
analysis of new alternatives.
The Administrative Final IS/MND will be prepared
consistent with the City’s process and format requirements.
It is assumed that the Administrative Final IS/MND will include: an introductory chapter, enumerated list of all persons, organizations, and public agencies commenting
on the Draft IS/MND, copies of all written comments
received on the Draft IS/MND; responses to significant
environmental issues raised in the review process; and
revisions in errata format (underline/strikethrough) to the full Draft IS/MND based on the responses. As part of the Final IS/MND, the Consultant Team will also prepare the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Plan (MMRP) in
accordance with Section 15097 of the CEQA Guidelines
based on the mitigation measures put forth in the IS/
MND.
The Consultant Team will submit the 1st Administrative
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Draft Final IS/MND for review to the City. Upon receipt of comments, the Consultant Team will incorporate edits
and produce the 2nd Administrative Final IS/MND, which
will be submitted to City staff for review. The Consultant Team will meet with City staff as necessary, to review the comments on the 1st and 2nd Drafts of the Administrative Final IS/MND. The Consultant Team will incorporate
comments from the review of the Administrative Final
IS/MND and prepare the Screencheck Final IS/MND for
review and approval by the City prior to finalizing the Final IS/MND. It is assumed that the Consultant Team
will distribute the Final IS/MND to public agencies
commenting on the Draft IS/MND. The Consultant Team
will work with the City to draft a letter to those individuals commenting on the Draft IS/MND to inform them that
the Final IS/MND is available for review and where copies can be viewed.
Upon approval of the project and adoption of the IS/
MND by the City, the Consultant Team will prepare a
Notice of Determination (NOD) to be signed by the City.
The Consultant Team will file the signed NOD and NOC
electronically with the State Clearinghouse (through the online CEQA portal) within five days of approval of the project. The Consultant Team will also file the NOD with the County Clerk (County Clerk NOD filing fee for an MND is $2,991.75 for the year 2024 and increases annually so $3,300 is assumed for year 2026). The Consultant Team
will provide the City with a clean copy of the Final IS/ MND, including the responses to comments and errata
that documents changes to the Draft IS/MND, and the
Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program.
Task 6.e. Deliverables:
• 1st Administrative Final IS/MND (electronic)
• 2nd Administrative Final IS/MND (electronic)
• Screencheck Final IS/MND (electronic)
• Distribute Final IS/MND (electronic)
• Draft Notice to Commenters (electronic)
• NOD (electronic)
• File NOD and NOC with State Clearinghouse
(electronic)
• NOD filing at County Clerk
• Clean version of the Final IS/MND and MMRP
(electronic)
EVALUATION TOOL CREATED FOR OLIN’S FORT COLLINS PARKS
AND RECREATION PLAN. PARKS AND RECREATION FACILITIES NEED
TO BE EVALUATED PERIODICALLY TO DETERMINE IF THEY ARE
MEETING COMMUNITY NEEDS.
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Exhibit 1
vi. Work Plan and Project Schedule
Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar April May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan TASK 1: Project Initiation +
Project Management PROJECT DURATION
Project Kick-off Meeting
Goal and Content Framing
Project Kick-off Meeting
with Steering Committee
Project Status Meetings
(16)
City Council Updates (3)
PRCS Commission Updates
(4)
City Dept./Rep Meetings +
Interviews (6)
Agency Coordination
(SCE, LA County, Planning
Commission, etc.) (5)
Task 2: Community
Outreach + Engagement PROJECT DURATION
In Person Community
Meetings (6)
Stakeholder/Focus Group
Meetings, Virtual (5)
Community Pop-ups, In-
Person (5)
Task 3: Existing Conditions
Analysis
12 WEEKS +
4 WEEKS REVIEW
REVIEW
Conceptual Design Meetings
(Project Working Group) (2)
Task 4: Research + Analysis 22 WEEKS + 4 WEEKS REVIEW REVIEW Task 5: Prep + Adoption
of Amendments to the
Elements
20 WEEKS +
REVIEW AND
CEQA PERIOD
REVIEW ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW PERIOD
Task 6: Environmental
Review Preparation 18 MONTHS
30-Day Public Comment
Period & Scoping Meeting
45-Day Public Comment
Period & Public Meeting
Environmental Coordination
and Meetings REVIEW PUBLIC REVIEW PERIOD
20262025
96 CITY OF GLENDALE – AMENDMENT OF GLENDALE’S GENERAL PLAN - OPEN SPACE AND CONSERVATION ELEMENT AND RECREATION ELEMENT – REVISED PROPOSAL Exhibit 1
vi. Work Plan and Project Schedule
Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar April May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan TASK 1: Project Initiation +
Project Management PROJECT DURATION
Project Kick-off Meeting
Goal and Content Framing
Project Kick-off Meeting
with Steering Committee
Project Status Meetings
(16)
City Council Updates (3)
PRCS Commission Updates
(4)
City Dept./Rep Meetings +
Interviews (6)
Agency Coordination
(SCE, LA County, Planning
Commission, etc.) (5)
Task 2: Community
Outreach + Engagement PROJECT DURATION
In Person Community
Meetings (6)
Stakeholder/Focus Group
Meetings, Virtual (5)
Community Pop-ups, In-
Person (5)
Task 3: Existing Conditions
Analysis
12 WEEKS +
4 WEEKS REVIEW
REVIEW
Conceptual Design Meetings
(Project Working Group) (2)
Task 4: Research + Analysis 22 WEEKS + 4 WEEKS REVIEW REVIEW Task 5: Prep + Adoption
of Amendments to the
Elements
20 WEEKS +
REVIEW AND
CEQA PERIOD
REVIEW ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW PERIOD
Task 6: Environmental
Review Preparation 18 MONTHS
30-Day Public Comment
Period & Scoping Meeting
45-Day Public Comment
Period & Public Meeting
Environmental Coordination
and Meetings
REVIEW PUBLIC REVIEW PERIOD
2027
Meetings or
Engagement Events
KEY
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Exhibit 1