TRPA acting as the Tahoe Metropolitan Planning Organization (TMPO), is requesting formal bids to complete environmental analysis and other technical services associated with the update of the Linking Tahoe: Regional Transportation Plan/Sustainable Communities Strategy (2025 RTP/SCS). The 2025 RTP/SCS will consist of limited changes to the 2020 Linking Tahoe: Regional Transportation Plan and Sustainable Communities Strategy that includes projects and programs spanning a 20+ year planning horizon.

TRPA is requesting that the contractor prepare a joint environmental analysis that meets the environmental documentation requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the requirements of Article VI of the TRPA Rules of Procedures and Chapter 3 of TRPA's Code of Ordinances. Focus areas of the analysis include but may not be limited to, land use, housing, development rights, coverage, transportation, air quality, greenhouse gas, aesthetics, recreation, and noise impacts. The document could be an addendum, supplement, or subsequent analysis to the 2020 CEQA Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration and TRPA Initial Environmental Checklist. While TRPA does not anticipate that the 2025 RTP would create any new or substantially more severe environmental effects; new land use, housing, visitation assumptions, and model data applied to strategies & projects could result in revised findings of significance. TRPA is requesting that the contractor propose an approach based on information provided by TRPA and the contracting staff's professional expertise.

In addition to environmental documentation, TRPA is requesting the following technical analyses to support the 2025 RTP/SCS:

• Air Quality Analysis
• Roadway Segment Level of Service (LOS) analysis
• Green House Gas Reduction Analysis
• Review and update to Trip Reduction Impact Analysis (TRIA) post processing tool