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 4.5.2 Project Analysis The project site is located within the western portion of the West Santa Ana Boulevard Focus Area and does not contain any historical resources as defined by CEQA Guidelines Section 15064.5(a). Thus, no impacts would occur with regards to historical resources. Although the project would redevelop the shared surface parking lot in the southern portion of the site into an outdoor community garden, play field, and play yard, the proposed project would not require extensive excavation that could uncover previously undiscovered archaeological resources or disturb human remains. Typical excavation depth would be a maximum of four feet for the majority of the site with the deepest excavation of approximately eight feet for an underground infiltration chamber related to stormwater improvements. RR CUL-1 requires that if human remains are discovered within the project site, disturbance of the site must halt until the County coroner has investigated and recommended treatment and disposition of the remains. If the human remains are determined to be Native American in origin, the Native American Heritage Commission must be contacted. Upon implementation of RR CUL-1, impacts would be less than significant in these regards. No new or substantially more severe impacts would occur compared to the determinations of the GPU EIR, and no new mitigation measures are required. 4.5.3 Conclusion As such, the project is consistent with the General Plan Update. With implementation of RR CUL- 1, 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 cultural resource impacts than anticipated by the GPU EIR. Applicable GPU EIR Regulatory Requirements/Mitigation Measures: RR CUL-1 California Health and Safety Code Section 7050.5 requires that if human remains are discovered within the proposed project site, disturbance of the site shall halt and remain halted until the coroner has investigated the circumstances, manner, and cause of any death, and the recommendations concerning the treatment and disposition of the human remains have been made to the person responsible for the excavation, or to his or her authorized representative. If the coroner determines that the remains are not subject to his or her authority and if the coroner recognizes or has reason to believe the human remains to be those of a Native American, he or she shall contact, by telephone within 24 hours, the Native American Heritage Commission. 4.6 Energy 4.6.1 GPU EIR Findings The GPU EIR determined that implementation of the General Plan Update policies, in conjunction with regulatory requirements, would ensure that energy demand associated with growth under the General Plan Update would not be inefficient, wasteful, or unnecessary. Additionally, the General Plan Update would not conflict with or obstruct a State or local plan for renewable energy or energy efficiency. Dec i y ouncil 26 — 82 1/16/20'2 e 22