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Ciryof Sa wMa-The Bowery May 11, 2020 Page 24) of 28 projects, and the effects of probable future projects." (CEQA Guidelines �15065(a)(3); Banning Ranch Conservacg a City afNeavpotaBeach (2012) 211 Cal. App. 4th 1209, 1228; see also CEQA Guidelines 515355(b).) A cumulative impacts analysis must include all "past, present, and probably fimirc projects producing related or cumulative impacts" or "[al summary of projections contained in an adopted local, regional or statewide plan, or related planning document." (CEQA Guidelines 15130(b)(1-2)). A probable future project should be considered once the environmental review for the project is underway. (San Franciscans far Reasonable Growth v. City & County of San fr andsco (1984) 151 Cal. App. 3d 61.) The City identified elevenprojects in Santa Ana, eight in Irvine, five m Tustin, and two in Newport Beach when calculating the cumulative impacts for its transportation analysis. While a list approach is acceptable under CEQA, the list must include all past, present, and probably future projects that could contribute to the Project's impacts. This cumulative impact analysis is flawed and should be updated to include, at least, the potential impacts of the Congregate Care Facility and Staybridge hotel in Irvine? T'he Congregate Care Facility is a 424,113 square foot facility located just two miles south of the Project site; and the 200+ room Staybridge Hotel will be located just one mile west of the Project site The Congregate Care Facility project has already been approved by the City of Irvine, and the Staybridge Motel is currently under construction. Both projects should be considered in the City's CEQA analysis. I. "Ibe QFIR Pails to Describe or AdopL Feasible Mitigation Measures A fundamental purpose of an EIR is to identify ways in which a proposed project's significant environmental impacts can be mitigated or avoided. (Pub. Resources Code %21002.1(9), 21061.) To implement this statutory purpose, an EIR must describe feasible mitigation measures that can minimize the project's significant environmental effects. (CEQA Guidelines 4415121(a), 15126.4(a).) "A gloomy forecast of environmental degradation is of little or no value without pragmatic, concrete means to minimize the impacts and restore ecological ' The location and development stage of these projects may be found at hops) 4ityofimuie maps a rcpis_min /ahps YGpTo� vl indeshtmllapped-04�665850 ec4dcab5ba58%a497f42s, 22 23 75C-140