CORRESPONDENCE - 75E (GENERAL COMMENTS)

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is not included in Table 4.7-2 (Consistency with Relevant General Plan Goals, Policies, and Objectives) and should be included as an applicable policy. Policy 2:10 "Support new development which is harmonious in scale and character with existing development in the area" is included in Table 4,7.2 of the DEIR. The statements of consistency in response to Policy 210 rely on the project's design measures and architectural treatments. However, as stated on DEIR p. 4.1-17, "The difference in scale and height, due to the project's location adjacent to the park, and limited visual setback buffer with the proposed landscaping, would result in a substantial difference in scale, height, and property setbacks that is considered significant pursuant to the City's criteria related to the visual character of the site in comparison to the park. Thus, the visual change in height, scale, and setbacks from Santiago Park would be significant and unavoidable." It is inaccurate and inconsistent to state that the project's scale results in a significant and unavoidable impact and then conversely find that the project is consistent with the City's General Plan policy that requires new developments be consistent with the scale of existing development. The DEIR must include analysis of all applicable policies including, but not limited to, Policies 2.2 and 2.11. As clearly documented In Section 4.1 of the DEIR, the analysis must conclude that the project also has a significant and unavoidable impact on Land Use Planning as it pertains to the City's General Plan policies related to scale, Transportation and Traffic: Edgewood Road, that creates the southern boundary of the project site, is a unique road In that it is classified in the City's General Plan as a local residential street, but in reality functions more like an arterial due to its direct connection to 1-5/CA-57 on-ramp. "Site Access Option C", which would provide access directly to Edgewood Drive "would generate the greatest effect because it would result in unsatisfactory queues in the westbound lane during the a.m. peak hour" (DEIR p. 4.11-30). Option C should be eliminated from consideration as it places the biggest and unnecessary burden on the local street network while Options A and B focus on placing traffic on the larger arterial streets designed and assumed to carry additional traffic. Section 4. 11.3 incorrectly excludes Edgewood Road as a local access roadway to the project site and therefore also incorrectly excludes the street from additional tables/analysis (i.e. Table 4.11-2, "fable 4.11-18, Table 4.11-22, Table 4.11-24, etc,). The DEiR should be amended to include Edgewood Road. Construction Traffic: The proposed project would be developed over an 18 -month period which includes the hauling of a large quantity of materials on and off the site during that time. 'The DEIR fails to analyze the imparts of the construction 'traffic the proposed project would have and, more specifically, the impact to the adjacent residential neighborhood, Park Santiago: The imparts of construction traffic shall be mitigated and construction traffic on Edgewood east of proposed project shall be prohibited. Although the project's impacts related to noise were found to be less than significant based on the permitted hours of construction, logic would conclude that prohibiting truck traffic in the residential neighborhoods and requiring a construction management plan that limits construction traffic to only the designated arterial roads (Le, non-residential streets such as N. Main Street) would mitigate any potential impact: