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Proposal for CEQA Analysis Garry Avenue Business Park 2. Project is consistent with GP and Zoning a) Initial Study/Negative Declaration or Mitigated Negative Declaration b) EIR July 26, 2021 Page 3 La) Categorical Exemption Due to the project site's size and proposed increase in square footage, the project would not qualify for a categorical exemption, including a Class 32 exemption which is limited to 5-acres or a Section 15302 Replacement or Reconstruction exemption which requires the replacement structure to be of substantially similar purpose and capacity as the structure replaced. Although the existing buildings total more square footage than the proposed building, the anticipated tenancy of the proposed building would be different than the existing buildings. Lle) CEQA Guidelines Section 15168 Streamlining Again, since the proposed project is assumed to be consistent with the site's General Plan and zoning designation in this scenario, the proposed project may be consistent with CEQA Guidelines Section 15168, Program EIR. A later activity in a program, such as a project that implements a General Plan, does not need additional CEQA analysis if its impacts would be within the scope of the impacts disclosed in a program EIR. Similar to the 15183 Streamlining process, EPD would prepare a modified initial study checklist to document the fact that the project's impacts are within the scope of the impacts identified in the General Plan EIR. If only minor clarifications are needed to make the General Plan EIR sufficient for the project, then the checklist needed to satisfy the requirements of the 15168 Streamlining process also can be an addendum to the General Plan EIR. l.c) CEQA Guidelines Section 15183 Streamlining Since the proposed project is assumed to be consistent with the site's General Plan and zoning designation in this scenario, the proposed project may be consistent with CEQA Guidelines Section 15183, projects consistent with a community plan. A project is eligible for 15183 Streamlining if it would create no peculiar environmental effects that are not addressed as significant effects in the General Plan EIR or cannot be substantially mitigated by the imposition of uniformly applied development policies or standards. EPD will prepare an Initial Study and will thoroughly review the project, the Revised General Plan EIR, the project's impacts to determine if the project can be streamlined under Section 15183. The Initial Study will guide the appropriate CEQA path. Based on the proposed uses and the City's overview of the studies completed to - dale, significant and unavoidable uses are not anticipated; therefore, the Initial Study could lead to either 15183 streamlining or a Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND). l.d) Addendum to Revised General Plan EIR (2021) CEQA Guidelines Section 15164, Addendum to an EIR or Negative Declaration, states that the lead agency "shall prepare an addendum to a previously certified EIR [or adopted Negative Declaration] if some changes or additions are necessary but none of the conditions described in Section 15162 calling for preparation of a subsequent EIR (SEIR) occurred." In turn, Section 15162 requires a SEIR if: (1) there are substantial changes proposed to the project which will require major revisions of the previous EIR; (2) there are substantial changes in circumstances under which the project is undertaken which will require major revisions of the previous EIR due to the involvement of new significant environmental effects or a substantial increase in the severity of previously identified significant effects; or