Revised BLUMA EIS Schedule

As presented to City Council on May 18th, the revised Balanced Land Use and Mobility Analysis (BLUMA) EIS schdule is now available by clicking here.

The BLUMA EIS project team discovered a scrivener’s error in the City’s 2015 Comprehensive Plan. This resulted in inconsistencies in data points in analysis for the Draft EIS. The most recent project timeline did not include time to resolve this previously undiscovered situation and has been revised as described below.

Revised Schedule

The revised BLUMA EIS schedule is as follows:

Task	Start	Complete
Determine accurate growth figure, conduct further traffic modeling, and chart a course for reconciliation in the EIS analysis	Mar 29	May 7
Consultant Team develops Preliminary Draft EIS (PDEIS)	May 10	June 18
City staff review of PDEIS	June 21	July 16
PDEIS revisions by Consultant Team	July 19	Aug 6
Final print check of PDEIS before issuance for public comment	Aug 9	Aug 13
Transmittal and final City review of PDEIS	Aug 16	Aug 20
Issue Draft EIS	Aug 26	Aug 26
30-day public comment period1	Aug 26	Sept 27
Consultant Team reviews public comments with City and develops comment matrix	Sept 28	Oct 5
Consultant Team prepares Preliminary Final EIS2 (PFEIS)	Oct 6	Dec 3
City staff review3 of PFEIS	Dec 6	Jan 7, 2022
Revisions to PFEIS by Consultant Team	Jan 10	Jan 28
Second City staff review of PFEIS	Jan 31	Feb 4
Final revisions to PFEIS by Consultant Team	Feb 14	Feb 18
Final Print check review of PFEIS before issuance	Feb 21	Feb 25
Issue Final EIS	Mar 3	Mar 3

1. 30 days falls on Saturday, September 25, extended to the following Monday

2. Includes holiday

3. Includes holidays

The difference between the most recent BLUMA EIS schedule and the schedule described in this memo is approximately five months. This additional time accounts for the necessary time to correct discrepancies, verify information, review time, still ensure time for robust public comment, and allow for various legal holidays.