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all known development plans (Scenario 1B). As the draft AUAR update was prepared between the submission and withdrawal of the Twin Lakes West concept plan, Scenario 1� incorporated this concept plan. (See attached maps for Scenario lA and 1B.) 29 The U.S. General Service Administration is in the process of identifying a new location for the field office Federal Bureau of Investigation. Forrest Hudson, the Contracting Of�cez-/��alty Specialist, has and continues to be in contact with staff regarding the possibility of locating this facility in the Twin Lakes project area. This would be a taxed, privately owned facility with a long-tenn federal lease and bring approximately 2501iving-- wage jobs to the community. In conversations with staff, Mr. Hudson has indicated that the completion of an environmental review (such as an AUAR) would be a factor in their site selection process and that completion of such a review by their property selection deadline (understood to be in February 2007) could be a competitive advantage for this site. 3.0 POTENTIAL AUAR UPDATE ALTERNATIVES 3.1 The withdrawal of the Twin Lakes West concept plan offers the City an opportunity to consider how or if it wants to proceed with the update of the Twin Lakes AUAR. The following identifies four alternatives approaches to conclude the AUAR Update process and describes potential impacts of each alternative. A. Do not com�lete the u�date: The City Council could decide that it does not want to finish the AUAR Updating process. The completion of an update of an AUAR is detennined by the RGU and is not required by the EQB. However, an AUAR is a more comprehensive look at environmental impacts witl�in the entire redevelopment area. If development occurs in a parcel-by-parcel basis and not by a master developer, individual projects may not meet the thresholds that trigger a required environmental assessment or if they do, will examine project specific impacts rather than cumulative impacts. The City has already invested in updating this document. If an AUAR Update is not adopted as the environmental review document for the area, the City cannot recover its costs from developers who use it as a substitute form of environmental review. (The EQB allows for RCTUs to recoup its costs for the preparation of an AUAR from those undertaking projects within the AUAR area.) �3. Eliminate Scenario IB from the AUAR Upc�at�: If there are no known development scenarios, an RGU is only required to submit one development scenario—the scenario in accordance with the RGU's comprehensive plan. As there are currently no known development plans for the Twin Lakes AUAR area, the City could eliminate Scenario ��3 from the current draft Final AUAR Update and still meet the EQB requirements. Under the "warst-case'° scenario analysis for traffic Scenario lA consistently generated more PM trips than Scenario lB, which informed the traffic study and modeling for the area. Scenario l� did have greater impacts on water consumption and wastewater generation as there was a greater number of housing units, which use more water than office or service-mix uses. Water and wastewater impacts were generated using Scenario 1I3 and if that scenario is eliminated the Page 2 of 4