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ER No. 2019-85/DBA No. 2020-01/SPR No. 2020-01/SPR No. 2020-02/DDA <br />November 17, 2020 <br />Page 14 <br />California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) <br />An addendum to a previously certified EIR is prepared when a lead agency is asked to approve <br />modifications to an existing project for which an EIR has already been certified. An addendum <br />evaluates the requested modifications and determines whether subsequent EIR review is required. <br />Since none of the conditions specified in state CEQA Guidelines, section 15162 are present, an <br />addendum to the previously -certified 2010 EIR was prepared for the 3rd and Broadway project. <br />Pursuant to state CEQA Guidelines section 15164(b), an addendum to a previously -certified EIR <br />is not circulated for public review. Pursuant to state CEQA Guidelines section 15164(d), the City <br />Council must consider the addendum together with the TZC's original 2010 EIR before making a <br />decision on the project. <br />Previous CEQA Documentation <br />The 2010 TZC EIR (SCH No. 2006071100) anticipated potential development of approximately <br />4,075 residential units, 387,000 square feet of retail development, and an additional 15.5 acres of <br />open space within the City. The 2010 EIR considered the environmental impacts related to <br />aesthetics; air quality; biological resources; cultural resources; hazards and hazardous materials; <br />hydrology and water quality; land use; noise; population, housing, and employment; public <br />services; transportation and traffic; utilities and service systems; and climate change. A mitigation <br />monitoring and reporting program, findings of fact, and a statement of overriding consideration <br />were adopted with the 2010 EIR. <br />2020 3rd and Broadway Addendum <br />The addendum focuses on the potential environmental impacts associated with the project, <br />including the density bonus application and associated concessions and waivers, site plan review <br />applications, variance, tentative parcel map, and disposition and development agreement that might <br />cause a change in the conclusions of the certified 2010 EIR, including changes in circumstances <br />or new information of substantial importance that would substantially change those conclusions. <br />The proposed development required preparation of studies relating to shade and shadow, air quality <br />and greenhouse gas emissions, traffic, parking, noise and vibration, Phase I environmental site <br />assessment, hydrology, a preliminary water quality management plan, and sewer capacity <br />(Attachments to the 2020 Addendum). All studies evaluate the proposed project as compared to the <br />existing entitlements and were reviewed for content and accuracy by the City. In addition, the project <br />is within a Transit Priority Area. Under Senate Bill 743, aesthetic and parking impacts cannot be <br />considered a significant impact within a Transit Priority Area. <br />The addendum concludes no new or substantially greater impacts would occur with implementation <br />of the proposed development when compared to those identified in the 2010 EIR and finds that no <br />supplemental or subsequent EIR is required for the proposed development. Therefore, the 2010 <br />ElR's MMRP will continue to mitigate or lessen any impacts already identified by the TZC's original <br />2010 EIR. <br />75A-14 <br />