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Vista Charter Public Schools District Office and Outdoor Space Project
<br />CEQA Exemption 15183
<br />Any runoff leaving the project site would continue to drain to the existing drain inlets in the project
<br />area, and the proposed project would not require or result in the construction of new or expanded
<br />storm water drainage facilities. Based on water demand rates for commercial uses, contained
<br />within Volume III, Appendix H-b, of the GPU EIR, the proposed project would require
<br />approximately 2,250 gallons of water per day, which would be met by the City's supplies.31
<br />However, compliance with RR U-5 would ensure that the project is designed pursuant to the water
<br />conservation and efficiency requirements of the Municipal Code, and RR U-6 would ensure water
<br />connection fees are paid. Therefore, consistent with the General Plan Update, impacts related to
<br />water supplies, wastewater treatment, and storm water drainage from the proposed project would
<br />be less than significant.
<br />The proposed project would generate a nominal amount of solid waste during construction
<br />activities. However, the proposed project would comply with the CALGreen Building Code
<br />Standards, which requires that at least 65 percent of nonhazardous construction and demolition
<br />waste generated during most new construction be recycled and/or salvaged for reuse. During
<br />operations, the proposed project would generate approximately 34.8 pounds of solid waste per
<br />day, typical of office uses.32,33 According to the GPU EIR, solid waste generated in the City is
<br />transferred to Orange County solid waste landfill system which has ample capacity to
<br />accommodate increased volumes of waste from the City through 2053. Furthermore, the
<br />proposed project would be required to comply with the requirements of AB 341, which mandates
<br />recycling for commercial land uses, and AB 1826, which requires that any organic waste
<br />generated in amounts over a certain threshold would be recycled. Therefore, the proposed project
<br />would not generate solid waste in excess of State or local standards or of the future capacity of
<br />local infrastructure, and would comply with all applicable federal, State, and local solid waste
<br />regulations. Consistent with the General Plan Update, impacts would be less than significant.
<br />The site is currently served by SCE and Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas). Project
<br />impacts with regards to electricity and natural gas services would be nominal given that operations
<br />of the proposed office would utilize minimal electricity and natural gas. As summarized under
<br />Section 4.6, Energy, the project would not result in substantial energy consumption, upon
<br />compliance with existing regulatory requirements, including the 2022 Title 24 Building Energy
<br />Efficiency Standards and 2012 Appliance Efficiency Regulations pursuant to RR E-3 and E-4.
<br />Additionally, the project would be required to pay connection and ongoing user fees to SCE and
<br />SoCalGas to offset project impacts on existing dry utility services and resources. Thus, impacts
<br />with regards to dry utilities would be less than significant.
<br />4.19.3 Conclusion
<br />As such, the project is consistent with the General Plan Update. With implementation of RR U-2,
<br />U-5, U-6, HYD-4, and HYD-5 identified in the GPU EIR, the proposed project would not have any
<br />specific effects which are peculiar to the project or the site. There are no project specific impacts
<br />or potentially significant off -site or cumulative impacts the GPU EIR failed to analyze, and there
<br />are no new significant or substantially more severe impacts to utilities and service systems than
<br />anticipated by the GPU EIR.
<br />31 Based on a rate of 2,500 gallons of water per day per acre for a 0.9-acre site. The GPU EIR separated land uses
<br />into either residential or commercial in order to determine average water demand. While it is acknowledged that the
<br />proposed project would involve office use, commercial rates were deemed most appropriate in order to compare the
<br />proposed project to the analysis contained within the GPU EIR.
<br />32 Based on a rate of 0.006 pounds of solid waste per day per square foot for a 5,800square foot office building.
<br />33 CalRecycle, Estimated Solid Waste Generation Rates,
<br />https://www2.calrecycle.ca.gov/wastecharacterization/general/rates, accessed August 10, 2023.
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