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Deliverables • Preliminary and Final ECS per the Project Submittal List. 12.13 — Environmental Justice If requested, Landau Associates shall prepare the WSDOT Environmental Justice — Decision Matrix to assist the project team in determining whether minority or low-income groups or individuals should be targeted during the project's public involvement process. Based on available existing demographic information, we will inventory the population potentially impacted by the project to determine the extent of populations that conform to U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) definitions for "minority" and "low-income." We will examine US Census block information for the project area and local school district attendance records, and we will compare demographic information of the people within the study area to the larger City/County populations to evaluate whether any minority or low-income populations reside within the project limits that exceed the characteristics of the City or the County as a whole. Landau Associates shall also prepare a WSDOT Environmental Justice "letter to file" for the proposed project. The "letter to file" will be prepared consistent with Section 458 of the WSDOT Environmental Procedures Manual. This work will include the following: • A summary of the public involvement that has occurred for the project and documentation of any issues related to minority and low-income populations that have arisen through the project's public involvement process. • A summary of the demographic information. • Evaluation of any disproportionately high and adverse effects on minority or low-income populations as defined by the USDOT, which will include but not be limited to impacts associated with transportation, housing, community cohesion, and health and social services. • A description of any measures that shall be taken to address disproportionately high and adverse effects on minority of low-income populations. Assumptions • The City will provide sufficient information on the project's public involvement history for Landau Associates to summarize in the report. • Landau Associates shall not conduct door-to-door surveys of impacted dwellings or businesses. • A single matrix and letter to file will be prepared and will incorporate the utilities north of the bridge project segment (Task 24.13). • The pedestrian bridge phase of the project will be included in the letter to file but does not require any additional analysis. Deliverables • Decision matrix, and draft and final Environmental Justice letter per Project Submittal List. KPFF Consulting Engineer November 10, 2014 Grand Avenue Park Utility Bridge, Phase 1A Page 35 of 55