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Plan Environmental Review as Part of the Development Strategy
Coordinate project decisions, technical work, agency review, and entitlement timing through one integrated CEQA and environmental-planning workplan.
CEQA Does Not Operate in Isolation
Project description, design, entitlement, technical-study, and environmental-review decisions affect one another. CDA helps the team keep those dependencies visible in a shared workplan.
Lead and responsible agencies make their own determinations. Environmental specialists prepare technical analysis and documents, and counsel provides legal advice; CDA coordinates strategy, information flow, and follow-through within the agreed scope.
Where We Help
Early Scoping Support
Organize the project questions, known environmental considerations, and likely information needs.
Project-Description Alignment
Keep the project description connected to current plans, phasing, and entitlement direction.
Consultant Coordination
Coordinate scope, schedule, inputs, review cycles, and dependencies with environmental specialists.
Study Dependencies
Sequence technical work and identify decisions or information required before later analysis.
Agency-Comment Tracking
Maintain a clear record of comments, responsible responders, open questions, and revisions.
Mitigation & Condition Follow-Through
Track adopted measures and conditions as scoped, without substituting for agency oversight or specialist work.
When to Engage
Due Diligence
Identify known environmental questions and the specialist input needed to inform early decisions.
Project Definition
Align project description, design evolution, study scope, and entitlement milestones.
Active Environmental Review
Coordinate information, comments, revisions, hearings, and decision records.
Professional-Role Dependency Map
The map keeps professional boundaries explicit while showing where one role depends on another role’s timely input.
Project Sponsor
Sets objectives, project direction, business assumptions, and sponsor decisions.
CDA Coordination
Organizes strategy, scope, dependencies, communication, and decision tracking.
Specialists & Counsel
Prepare technical work and legal advice within their respective professional responsibilities.
Lead & Responsible Agencies
Direct the public review, evaluate the record, and make determinations within their authority.
Our Environmental-Planning Process
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Scope
Define project questions, agency roles, available information, and specialist needs.
- 2
Project Description
Coordinate a current and consistent project definition.
- 3
Technical Work
Track specialist scopes, inputs, dependencies, and review cycles.
- 4
Agency Review
Organize comments, responses, revisions, and public-process milestones.
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Decision Support
Maintain the record of adopted direction, measures, conditions, and responsibilities.
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Discuss Your Environmental-Planning Needs
Describe the project definition, anticipated review path, and coordination challenge so CDA can assess potential fit.
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