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

Home Browse Search

Vista Charter Public Schools District Office and Outdoor Space Project CEQA Exemption 15183 established urbanized areas and not include land uses or activities that would remove or impact any biological resources. No new or substantially more severe impacts would occur compared to the determination in the GPU EIR, and no new mitigation measures are required. As stated, the City is not within an NCCP/HCP area. Therefore, the proposed project would not conflict with an NCCP/HCP or other approved local, regional, or State habitat conservation plan. 4.4.3 Conclusion Overall, the project is consistent with the General Plan Update. With implementation of RR B-2 identified in the GPU EIR, 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 biological resource impacts than anticipated by the GPU EIR. Applicable GPU EIR Regulatory Requirements/Mitigation Measures: RR B-2 Regulatory requirement for potential direct/indirect impacts to common and sensitive bird and raptor species will require compliance with the California Fish and Game Code Section 3503. 4.5 Cultural Resources 4.5.1 GPU EIR Findings The GPU EIR concluded that future development under the General Plan Update could adversely impact the City's numerous historical properties listed in national, State, and local registers. However, impacts would be reduced to less than significant levels upon implementation of RR CUL-1 through CUL-6 and Mitigation Measures CUL-1 through CUL-7. Specifically, Mitigation Measure CUL-1 would require a historical resources assessment (HRA) for structures 45 years or older. Mitigation Measure CUL-2 would require the maximum use of the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties with Guidelines for Preserving, Rehabilitating, Restoring and Reconstructing Historic Buildings to ensure that projects involving relocation, conversion, rehabilitation, or alteration of a historic resources would not impair any historical significance. In the event that impacts to historical resources cannot be avoided, Mitigation Measure CUL-3 would require the affected historical resources to be thoroughly documented before issuance of any permits and may also require additional public education efforts and/or memorialization of the historical resource. 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 a qualitied archaeologist. 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 a qualified archaeologist. 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. 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, a qualified archaeologist must be retained on -call. Overall, implementation of regulatory requirements and Mitigation Measures CUL-1 through CUL-7 would reduce impacts to less than significant levels. Dec i y ouncil 26 — 81 1/16/20'2 e 21