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EMC Title 15, Local Project Review Procedures Page 46 of 94 <br />The Everett Municipal Code is current through Ordinance 4031-24, passed May 22, 2024. <br />b. Preparation of Final Environmental Impact Statement. Upon acceptance of the draft <br />EIS, the responsible official shall cause its circulation and shall finalize said EIS in <br />accordance with the procedures required by this title and the SEPA rules. <br />c. Consultant Selection for Draft EIS. <br />(1) When a DS is issued, a consultant will be selected per the city’s adopted <br />procedures. <br />(2) When a DS is issued, the applicant shall solicit and provide to the responsible <br />official statements of qualifications for preparation of the EIS from at least three <br />consultants. <br />(3) Based upon the responsible official’s review of the responses to the statement <br />of qualifications, the responsible official shall select a consultant and appropriate <br />subconsultant or reject the proposed consultant and/or subconsultant and require <br />that the applicant solicit new statements of qualifications. The review may include <br />interviews with the responsible official. <br />(4) Upon issuance of a scoping determination by the responsible official, it shall <br />be the responsibility of the applicant to negotiate a contract with the consultant <br />and any subconsultant selected by the responsible official. The contract shall <br />address all items in the scoping document. If there is a conflict between the <br />contract and the scoping document, the scoping document shall prevail. The <br />contract shall provide for modification to the scope based upon the results of the <br />environmental studies and analysis developed in the course of preparing the draft <br />EIS. The contract shall reserve sufficient funds for preparation of a well-written <br />cover memo and summary for both the draft and final EIS that meet the <br />requirements in WAC 197-11-435 and 197-11-440(4) to synthesize the <br />environmental analysis and evaluate and effectively communicate the <br />environmental choices to be made among alternative courses of action and the <br />effectiveness of mitigation measures, focusing on the main options that would be <br />preserved or foreclosed for the future. After the responsible official is notified by <br />the consultant and/or subconsultant that the contract with the applicant has been <br />negotiated and executed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and the <br />city’s adopted procedures, the consultant/subconsultant work on the EIS shall <br />commence.