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A. Whenever the responsible official has issued a determination of significance for a nonexempt action, it shall be the responsibility of the individual, corporation, agency or city department initiating or proposing the action to prepare a draft EIS and a final EIS under the supervision of the responsible official. The proposing individual, corporation, agency or department may contract with one or more consultants to prepare or assist in the preparation of an EIS, subject to the approval of the responsible official. Consultants shall be selected based on their expertise and knowledge related to the scoped environmental elements to be analyzed in the EIS documents. Regardless of who is involved in the preparation of an EIS, it is the EIS of the city and the responsible official shall be satisfied that it complies with this chapter, with SEPA and with the SEPA rules before it is issued.

B. The responsible official may determine that the city will complete all or a part of an EIS for a private proposal with its own staff, or may contract with one or more consultants to prepare or assist in preparation of an EIS, and may charge and collect fees from the applicant to cover costs incurred by the city in preparation of the EIS, if one or more of the following circumstances exist:

1. The city has technical information on a question or questions that is unavailable to the applicant;

2. The applicant has provided inaccurate or incomplete information on previous proposals or on proposals currently under consideration;

3. The responsible official and the applicant agree that the city will be responsible for completing the EIS.

C. If fees are to be collected, the applicant shall be advised of estimated costs, and shall be required to secure payment of such costs prior to the actual preparation of the EIS.

D. Prior to the preparation of an EIS the applicant and the city shall enter into a written agreement that shall at a minimum contain who is to prepare the EIS, its estimated cost, and estimated time frame to complete the EIS process. (Ord. 4840 § 1, 1996.)