Item 26 - Public Hearing Vista Heritage Charter School (601 North Fairview Street)

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Vista Charter Public Schools District Office and Outdoor Space Project CEQA Exemption 15183 Overall, the project meets two of the VMT screening requirements and thus, no VMT analysis would be required. The project is presumed to have a less than significant VMT impact. Additionally, the project does not propose any changes to the City's existing circulation system and would not introduce incompatible uses to area roadways. The site is accessible from North Fairview Street via two driveways to the west, and two alleys connecting to West 5th Street to the south and southeast. Site access would not change as part of the proposed project. Additionally, the proposed project is not anticipated to require road closures during project construction as all proposed improvements would occur within the project boundary. 4.17.3 Conclusion Overall, the project is consistent with the General Plan Update. The proposed project would not have any specific effects which are peculiar to the project or the site. There are no project -specific impacts or potentially significant off -site or cumulative impacts the GPU EIR failed to analyze, and there are no new significant or substantially more severe transportation impacts than anticipated by the GPU EIR. Applicable GPU EIR Regulatory Requirements/Mitigation Measures: No GPU EIR regulatory requirements or mitigation measures apply. 4.18 Tribal Cultural Resources 4.18.1 GPU EIR Findings The City consulted with applicable Native American tribes in accordance with Senate Bill (SB) 18 and Assembly Bill (AB) 52. Given that tribal cultural resources are site -specific in nature. Future development allowed under the General Plan Update could potentially impact and cause significant adverse impacts to tribal cultural resources. Thus, Mitigation Measures CUL-4 through CUL-7 would reduce such impacts to less than significant levels. Specifically, to reduce impacts to archaeological resources and prior to ground -disturbing activities, Mitigation Measure CUL-4 requires an Archaeological Resources Assessment be conducted under the supervision of an archaeologist that meets the Secretary of the Interior's Professionally Qualified Standards in either prehistoric or historic archaeology. If potentially significant archaeological resources are identified and impacts cannot be avoided, Mitigation Measure CUL-5 requires a Phase II Testing and Evaluation investigation be performed by an archaeologist meeting the Secretary of the Interior's Standards to determine the significance of the resource(s). Per Mitigation Measure CUL- 6, if the Archaeological Resources Assessment does not identify archaeological resources but indicates the project area to be highly sensitive for archeological resources, a qualified archaeologist and a Native American monitor culturally affiliated with the project area must monitor all ground -disturbing activities in the areas of high archaeological sensitivity. In the event that archaeological resources (artifacts or features) are exposed during ground -disturbing activities, construction activities in the immediate vicinity of the discovery must halt while the resources are evaluated for significance by a qualified archaeologist. Pursuant to Mitigation Measure CUL-7, if the Archaeological Resources Assessment does not identify potentially significant archaeological resources but the site has moderate sensitivity for archaeological resources, an archaeologist meeting the Secretary's Standards must be retained on -call. The archaeologist must inform all construction personnel prior to construction activities about the proper procedures in the event of an archaeological discovery. Overall, the GPU EIR determined that implementation of Mitigation Measures CUL-4 through CUL-7 would reduce tribal cultural resources impacts to less than significant levels. Dec i y ouncil 26 —114 1/16/20'2 e 54