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EXHIBIT A Resolution No. _____ Page 51 of 71 Certification of the Magnolia at the Park EIR included in the geographic scope. As detailed in Section 4.0, Environmental Setting and Impact Analysis, of the DEIR, the cumulative evaluation in the DEIR determined that the cumulatively considerable impacts from implementation of the Project would be less than significant with implementation of the PDFs and mitigation measures that would reduce the potential of project level impacts to become cumulatively significant. Overall, cumulative impacts from implementation of the Project would be less than significant. (DEIR, p. 4.14-7 through 4.14-8.) Specifically, the City hereby finds as follows: 9.17.1 Aesthetics The closest cumulative project is the 2700 North Main Street residential development that is located 0.2 miles north of the Project site and is visible from the site because it is currently developed with an 11- story office building. This related project involves development of multi-family residences on the site, which would be similar to the character to the proposed Project. The two projects would provide similar multi-family development and would not combine to result in cumulatively considerable impacts. The other cumulative projects are similar to the proposed Project, providing multi-family residential uses that would be consistent with the existing urban, developed character of the viewshed area. As a result, cumulative impacts related to scenic views and visual character and site quality would be less than significant. Cumulative impacts related to shade and shadow would occur when development projects are sufficiently close that shadows from individual buildings combine to create areas of consecutive shading of shadow- sensitive areas. The DEIR details that shadows of the Project do not combine with shadows of other projects to create consecutive shading of any shadow-sensitive areas. Thus, the shading from the Project would not cumulatively combine with other projects, and cumulative impacts related to shade and shadow would be less than cumulatively significant. For these reasons detailed in the DEIR, the Project’s cumulative aesthetic effects would not be cumulatively considerable when considered with past, current, and future probable projects. (DEIR, pp. 4.1-26 through 4.1-27.) 9.17.2 Air Quality SCAQMD’s cumulative air quality methodology provides that if an individual project results in air emissions of criteria pollutants that exceed the SCAQMD’s daily thresholds for project-specific impacts, then the project would also result in a cumulatively considerable net increase of criteria pollutant(s). As shown in the DEIR, implementation of the Project would not exceed SCAQMD’s applicable thresholds. Therefore, impacts related to a cumulatively considerable net increase of a criteria pollutant for which the Project region is in non-attainment would not be cumulatively considerable and would be less than significant. For these reasons, also discussed previously in Section 9.3.3 of these Findings, and in Section 4.2, Air Quality, of the DEIR, the Project’s cumulative effects on air quality would not be cumulatively considerable. (DEIR, pp. 4.2-7.) 2-87