Importing an iMovie 09' project in AIC codec and reconform in FCP 7?

So here's the issue I would like advice on...
I have a shortform project that is partially built in iMovie 09'. The camera footage was AVCHD (from the Panasonic AG-HMC40) and was 1080p at 24 fps. It was imported into iMovie which of course converted it to the Apple Intermediate Codec (AIC)...a good codec but not as good as Apple's Pro Res HQ.
Let's say I want to continue with this project in FCP 7 but be using the Pro Res HQ codec instead of AIC.
Here are the steps I think I would take (please correct me if I'm wrong about this)
1. In iMovie 09' export an XML file to Final Cut.
2. Open that XML file in Final Cut Pro 7. I assume that edits will carry over and that the timeline will be configured for Apple Intermediate Codec in its sequence settings.
3. I select everything in the timeline and copy all.
4. I cut and paste into a new sequence. The sequence is still AIC but I go into the sequence settings and change it to Pro Res HQ. I do not want to render this yet.
5. I go into the bins window of FCP and I delink the footage which then takes what was my copy of the AIC footage in the timeline offline.
6. Using FCP's log and transfer, I reimport all my raw camera footage as Pro Res HQ. I import that into my project.
7. Using FCP's relink footage command (???) I relink my edited footage to the new Pro Res version. No rendering should be necessary and it should play in the timeline preserving my initial edits done in iMovie. I can continue editing and building the project...with everything now in Pro Res.
Is this the proper way to do it? Or is there a shorter method? I want to preserve the edits from iMovie but I don't want to render AIC footage into Pro Res because of the potential loss. I want to relink to all new Pro Res footage.
Any comments you can share would be very helpful.
Thanks,
John

What is the eventual output? DVD? If so, I wouldn't bother.
fwiw - ProResHQ is a waste for AVCHD footage. ProRes HQ is intended as an intermediate for film, 4k and 2k material. ProRes LT was designed for AVCHD and HDV material.
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