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GENERAL APPROACH San Joaquin County is responsible for preparing the EIR and Jones & Stokes Associates will work as staff to the county. Our goals in working with the county are to: ■ prepare the analysis on time and within budget; ■ present information so that it is understandable to both the technical expert and general public; ■ identify the impacts, level of significance both before and after mitigation, and mitigation measures in language understandable to reviewing agencies, the general public, and the project applicant; ■ clearly identify mitigation measures including a detailed description of the measure,agency or individual responsible for implementation,timing,monitoring program, funding, standards for success, and reporting; ■ clearly identify and separate out project-spec impact from cumulative impacts, if any; and ■ to identify and evaluate alternatives to the project in a manner that will provide decision makers with a qualitative summary assessment of the comparative effects of each alternative. Jones & Stokes Associates will apply the following principles in preparing the EIR: ■ continuous agency coordination, ■ strong and effective project management, ■ careful integration of information, ■ commitment to effective mitigation, and ■ use of existing data. Continuous Agency Coordination Jones & Stokes Associates is aware that an EIR is prepared by a lead agency and that our job is to work as staff to the lead agency. We believe it is essential that the EIR identify the lead agency's beliefs and positions on an issue, not the environmental consultant's opinion. This awareness of who is the author of the document is essential because California case law has established that once an environmental document is released for public review, that document is the responsibility of the lead agency. I-3