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 approximately 56.00 MTCO2e per year of mobile source generated GHG emissions; refer to Table 3. Refrigerants. Refrigerants are substances used in equipment for air conditioning and refrigeration. Most of the refrigerants used today are HFCs or blends thereof, which can have high GWP values. All equipment that uses refrigerants has a charge size (i.e., quantity of refrigerant the equipment contains), and an operational refrigerant leak rate, and each refrigerant has a GWP that is specific to that refrigerant. CalEEMod quantifies refrigerant emissions from leaks during regular operation and routine servicing over the equipment lifetime, and then derives average annual emissions from the lifetime estimate. The proposed project would result in less than 0.01 MTCO2e per year of GHG emissions from refrigerants; refer to Table 3. Indirect Project -Related Sources of Greenhouse Gases Energy Consumption. Energy consumption emissions were calculated using CalEEMod and project -specific land use data. Southern California Edison (SCE) would provide electricity to the project site. Compliance with RR GHG-1 would ensure project's consistency with 2022 Title 24 standards. The project would also exceed 2022 Title 24 standards, which has been not incorporated in CalEEMod as a conservative analysis. The project would indirectly result in 39.70 MTCO2e per year due to energy consumption; refer to Table 3. Solid Waste. Solid waste associated with operations of the proposed project would result in 2.03 MTCO2e per year; refer to Table 3. Water Demand. The project would comply with RR GHG-3 which ensures adherence to current CALGreen standards that requires increased water efficiency and reduce urban per capita water demand. The project operations would result in a demand of approximately 6.57 million gallons of water per year. Emissions from indirect energy impacts due to water supply would result in 3.78 MTCO2e per year; refer to Table 3. Total Project -Related Sources of Greenhouse Gases As shown in Table 3, the total amount of project -related GHG emissions from direct and indirect sources combined would total 104.23 MTCO2e per year. As such, the project would not exceed the 3,000 MTCO2e bright -line screening threshold and no new impacts would occur. CONSISTENCY WITH APPLICABLE GHG PLANS, POLICIES, OR REGULATIONS The GHG plan consistency analysis for the project is based on the project's consistency with the CARB 2022 Scoping Plan for Achieving Carbon Neutrality (2022 Scoping Plan), and the City's General Plan Update. The 2022 Scoping Plan describes the approach the State will take to achieve carbon neutrality by 2045. The General Plan Update contains goals, policies, and measures that would reduce GHG emissions within the City. Consistency with the 2022 CARB Scoping Plan The 2022 Scoping Plan identifies reduction measures necessary to achieve the goal of carbon neutrality by 2045 or earlier. Actions that reduce GHG emissions are identified for each Assembly Bill (AB) 32 inventory sector. Provided in Table 4, Consistency with the 2022 Scoping Plan: AB 32 GHG Inventory Sectors, is an evaluation of applicable reduction actions/strategies by emissions source category to determine how the project would be consistent with or exceed reduction actions/strategies outlined in the 2022 Scoping Plan. Dec i y ouncil 26 — 91 1/16/20'2 e 31