Ordinance 3774-20 - Laserfiche WebLink

examination to be undertaken,as well as the organization of the resulting document in accordance with this subsection. iii. The draft environmental impact statement shall be prepared,or reviewed and approved,by the responsible official prior to distribution. If,in the opinion of the responsible official,the information provided by the consultant and/or subconsultant(s)for the draft environmental impact statement is inadequate,erroneous, misleading, unclear, has excessive jargon,or otherwise deficient,the responsible official will cause its distribution to be delayed for such time as may be required to correct said deficiencies. iv. Upon acceptance of the information required under this section for the draft environmental impact statement,such information shall become the property of the city and the responsible official shall possess the right to edit,reproduce, modify and distribute said information. b. Preparation of Final Environmental Impact Statement. Upon acceptance of the draft EIS,the responsible official shall cause its circulation and shall finalize said EIS in accordance with the procedures required by this title and the SEPA rules. c. Consultant Selection for Draft EIS. i. When a DS is issued,a consultant will be selected per the city's adopted procedures. ii. When a DS is issued,the applicant shall solicit and provide to the responsible official statements of qualifications for preparation of the EIS from at least three consultants. iii. Based upon the responsible official's review of the responses to the statement of qualifications, the responsible official shall select a consultant and appropriate subconsultant or reject the proposed consultant and/or subconsultant and require that the applicant solicit new statements of qualifications.The review may include interviews with the responsible official. iv. Upon issuance of a scoping determination by the responsible official,it shall be the responsibility of the applicant to negotiate a contract with the consultant and any subconsultant selected by the responsible official.The contract shall address all items in the scoping document. If there is a conflict between the contract and the scoping document,the scoping document shall prevail. The contract shall provide for modification to the scope based upon the results of the environmental studies and analysis developed in the course of preparing the draft EIS.The contract shall reserve sufficient funds for preparation of a well-written cover memo and summary for both the draft and final EIS that meet the requirements in WAC 197-11-435 and 197-11-440(4)to synthesize the environmental analysis and evaluate and effectively communicate the environmental choices to be made among alternative courses of action and the effectiveness of mitigation measures,focusing on the main options that would be preserved or foreclosed for the future.After the responsible official is notified by the consultant and/or subconsultant that the contract with the applicant has been negotiated and executed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and the city's adopted procedures,the consultant/subconsultant work on the EIS shall commence. v. The responsible official will meet with the consultant and any subconsultants to direct preparation of the draft EIS.The consultant shall meet with the applicant and/or discuss the EIS process with the applicant only when authorized by the responsible official. vi. When the rough and preliminary draft EIS is provided to the responsible official,the consultant shall also provide a copy to the applicant,and the applicant shall be provided an opportunity to comment. vii. All fees charged by the consultant and any subconsultant shall be the responsibility of the applicant. In no event shall the city be responsible for any such fees charged by the consultant or subconsultant except when the city is the applicant.All consultant and subconsultant contracts shall include language which recognizes that payment of the consultant/subconsultant fees shall be the sole responsibility of the applicant and not the responsibility of the city. Ch.15.02 Local Project Review 18 City Council Action(11/04/2020)