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Consultants expect EIR addendum and are scheduling SB 18 tribal consultations
Summary
The team said the housing‑element EIR will inform the specific‑plan environmental analysis and they expect to use an EIR addendum unless novel, substantial impacts are identified; consultants reported six tribes requested consultation under SB 18 and meetings are being scheduled.
Consultants told the commission they are reviewing topics from the housing‑element EIR and will pull applicable mitigation measures into the Moraga Canyon analysis. If the work does not trigger new significant impacts beyond the housing‑element EIR, the team said it expects to prepare an EIR addendum rather than a wholly new EIR.
Andrew Watkins also summarized tribal outreach under SB 18: the city distributed the state list of tribes, six tribes requested consultation, and the city is scheduling meetings to learn tribe interests and to explore potential measures to avoid or mitigate impacts. The consultants said the SB 18 consultations will inform the environmental analysis and possible mitigation language in the plan.
