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 General Plan Update. Consistency with these plans would reduce the impact of the project's incremental contribution of GHG emissions. Accordingly, the project would not conflict with any applicable plan, policy, regulation, or recommendation adopted for the purpose of reducing GHG emissions. Impacts in this regard would be less than significant. 4.8.3 Conclusion Overall, the project is consistent with the General Plan Update. With implementation of RR GHG- 1, GHG-2, GHG-3, and GHG -7, 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 GHG impacts than anticipated by the GPU EIR. Applicable GPU EIR Regulatory Requirements/Mitigation Measures: RR GHG-1 New buildings are required to achieve the current California Building Energy and Efficiency Standards (Title 24, Part 6) and California Green Building Standards Code (CALGreen) (Title 24, Part 11). The 2019 Building and Energy Efficiency Standards were effective on January 1, 2020. The Building Energy and Efficiency Standards and CALGreen are updated tri-annually. RR GHG-2 Construction activities are required to adhere to California Code of Regulations, Title 13, Section 2499, which restricts nonessential idling of construction equipment to five minutes or less. RR GHG-3 New buildings are required to adhere to the California Green Building Standards Code and Water Efficient Landscape Ordinance requirements to increase water efficiency and reduce urban per capita water demand. RR GHG-7 California's Green Building Standards Code (CALGreen) requires the recycling and/or salvaging for reuse at minimum of 65 percent of the nonhazardous construction and demolition waste generated during most "new construction" projects (CALGreen §§ 4.408 and 5.408). Construction contractors are required to submit a construction waste management plan that identifies the construction and demolition waste materials to be diverted from disposal by recycling, reuse on the project, or salvaged for future use or sale and the amount (by weight or volume). 4.9 Hazards and Hazardous Materials 4.9.1 GPU EIR Findings The GPU EIR concluded that buildout of the proposed General Plan Update would include construction activities and operations that would transport, use, or dispose of hazardous materials in proximity to environmental justice (EJ) communities (i.e., disadvantaged communities). Such activity could create a significant hazard to the public or the environment given the proximity of hazardous materials sites which are considered open cases, existing lead -contaminated soils, existing buildings containing asbestos -containing materials (ACM) and/or lead -based paint (LBP), and existing and planned industrial uses throughout the City. Further, there are parts of the City that are within the vicinity of the John Wayne Airport Compatibility Land Use Plan. However, the existing federal, State, and regional regulatory framework regarding hazardous materials is substantial and would apply to all future construction and operation of uses within the City. Further, the GPU EIR included regulatory requirements that are specific to existing hazards and Dec i y ouncil 26 — 93 1/16/202 e 33