The work to be undertaken by MBA is two fold in nature.  First, MBA will coordinate with SWA, the land planning consultant, and a multi-disciplined project team in the preparation of a specific plan, which will be based on the results of the visioning process and the various environmental and infrastructure studies that are prepared to guide the plan. Specifically, MBA’s role is to identify potential environmental constraints as the specific plan is being prepared and to ultimately prepare an EIR for the specific plan.

MBA will identify and communicate potential environmental issues to SWA so that the specific plan can be developed in a manner that avoids environmental impacts to the maximum extent practicable and achieves a high degree of self-mitigation.  That is, the Specific Plan may incorporate, as design features, what would otherwise become mitigation measures in the EIR.

Second, which is a key role, MBA will prepare and EIR to mirror two levels of specificity in the specific plan, and will thus be a combined Project/Program EIR. Certain areas of the project - including the Fair of the Future area, entertainment/retail area, mixed-use area, creek restoration, transit facilities, streets and parking, and all required infrastructure - will be planned and analyzed with a high degree of specificity, that is, at a Project level, while the remainder of the plan will be analyzed at a more generalized, Program level.