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S.0 Executive Summary Avion Project SEIR Page S-1 Executive Summary This Supplemental Environmental Impact Report (SEIR) has been prepared for the Avion Project (project). This document analyzes the potential environmental effects associated with implementation of the project. The SEIR was prepared under the direction of the City of San Diego’s (City’s) Environmental Analysis Section and reflects the independent judgment of the City as lead agency pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) (California Public Resources Code (PRC), Section 21000 et seq.) and the CEQA Guidelines (14 California Code of Regulations [CCR] 15000 et seq.). This SEIR was prepared to evaluate the environmental effects of the project. S.1 Project Synopsis This summary provides a brief synopsis of: (1) the project, (2) the results of the environmental analysis contained within this SEIR, (3) the alternative to the project that was considered, and (4) the major areas of controversy and issues to be resolved by decision makers. This summary does not contain the extensive background and analysis found in the document. Therefore, the reader should review the entire document to fully understand the project and its environmental consequences. S.1.1 Project Location and Setting The project site consists of a 41.48-acre parcel of undeveloped land located approximately 0.6 mile south of Carmel Valley Road/Bernardo Center Drive, 1.2 miles west of Interstate 15, and 1.4 miles east of Black Mountain Road. Topographically, the project site is located at the upper end of a broad north-south trending valley. A ridgeline occurs in the central portion of the site that rises in elevation from north to south from 740 feet mean sea level to 915 feet mean sea level. The project site is located in a developing area that consists primarily of residential development and open space. Land uses surrounding the project site include a portion of the Black Mountain Open Space Park to the west, east, and south, the Heritage Bluffs residential development to the north, and additional Black Mountain Open Space Park open space lands to the northwest. S.1.2 Project Description In July of 1998, the City adopted the Black Mountain Ranch (Subarea I) Subarea Plan in the former North City Future Urbanizing Area (NCFUA) and certified the Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR; Land Development Review No. 96-7902, SCH No. 97111070). The Subarea Plan identifies several perimeter properties, which were originally held by 11 different ownerships. The Avion project site is within the area of the Subarea Plan referred to as the “Southeast Perimeter” properties, which are composed of four parcels (A, B, C, and D). The project site consists of Parcel C, totaling 41.48 acres. The 1998 Subarea Plan Environmental Impact Report (EIR) provides analysis for the project site, based on these general development parameters, but because no specific project design was known or proposed at the time the 1998 EIR was certified, the analysis of certain impacts for the site was only done at a “program level.” The 1998 EIR acknowledges that future site-specific