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Addendum to EIR No. 1988-01, AA No. 2015-01 GPA No. 2015-01 & ZOA No. 2015-01 April 9, 2018 Page 2 Project Backaround Beginning in 1989, the City approved several documents related to improvements to Bristol Street, a project known as the Bristol Street Widening project. First, the City adopted a redevelopment plan for the Bristol Street Corridor since the corridor was not physically or economically meeting its designated potential as a major transportation roadway and major commercial corridor. The redevelopment plan was proposed to improve the project area through the elimination of blight and blighting conditions that were preventing the full and effective use of the land. The Plan referenced a need to provide upgraded or new public facilities and services along the corridor, a need to make significant road improvements, the installation of new landscaping, the assemblage of remnant parcels to consider for new development, and the encouragement of new commercial, office and residential development. A primary goal of the Redevelopment Plan included the widening and improvements to Bristol Street. To facilitate this vision, the City approved the Bristol Street Widening Plan in 1991. This Plan included the widening of Bristol Street from four to six lanes, the installation of landscaped medians, enhanced public sidewalks and parkways. As the acquisition of the parcels needed for the street widening commenced, it was apparent that the parcels contained more land than was needed for the widening project, which resulted in long and linear remnant parcels of land remaining along Bristol Street. In conjunction with the Bristol Redevelopment Plan, the City Council approved the Bristol Street Corridor Specific Plan in 1991. This Plan analyzed the existing land uses in the area, identified uses that were only minimally impacted and could remain and those that needed to be acquired. The Plan also identified ways to reuse the remnant parcels created by the right-of-way acquisitions. To date, the completed phases of the corridor have been developed utilizing the existing Specific Plan. However, due to changes in the right-of-way width needed for the street widening project and limitations on funding for the remaining phases of the corridor, the Specific Plan needs to be amended to allow the recapture of additional revenue to assist in funding the final phases of the corridor and complete the project. Project Description The Bristol Street Corridor is a major arterial street that is approximately 3.9 miles in length that extends from Memory Lane to the north to Warner Avenue to the south. The proposed Bristol Street Corridor Specific Plan (Exhibit 1) is intending to change the zoning designation of select parcels along the Bristol Street Corridor. Parcels previously identified for use as Parks/Open Space purposes are proposed to be changed to Commercial (if adjacent to existing commercial uses), or to Residential uses if the parcels are adjacent to residential development or are located on a secondary street with no access to Bristol Street. Other proposed land use changes include adding parcels to the Plan that were erroneously omitted from the original Specific Plan document and amending the designation of properties previously identified as Redevelopment District and Conditional Use to either Commercial or Residential to be consistent with the original intent of the Plan. Table 1 75D-4