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and operation, and gasoline used for patron vistts. Re increased dexelopment area allowed on DSC Phase II would not result in new comraitments of energy beyond the impacts previously analyzed in FEIR 96-01 and would not substantiallyincrease the cmmaitment of ener~ identified in FEIR 96-01, in that the proposed project does not invob'e any new activities that smuld require significant new commitments &energy. No new information has been made available since preparatim of FEIR 96- 01 that would result in greater commitments of irreversible or irretriexable le,,els of ener~'. Growth Inducing Impacts Potential growth inducing impacts associated ~vith the'development of DSC were adequatelyanalyzed in FEIR 96-01. FEIR 96-01 determined that the development of DSC would not result in significant growth-inducing impacts. The project is considered to be a focused use for weekday patrons; visitors are expected to generally come to the oenter solely to experience science e.'chibits and are ~enerally not expected to take side trips toother area uses. This is espeeiallytrue given that the classes ~ill arrive by school bus. During weekends, families may visit the Main Place shopping oenter and/or other area facilities. The project vdll help to foster development of a museum district and prcperty redevelopment because the site itself is beingredeveloped. Also, while the project exists in an ' urbanized area that is lately built out, the proposed project may indirectlyspur future complimentary commercial development in the Cityof Santa Aha Redevelopment Project area. The increased development area allowed on DSC Phase lq would not result in new ~owth inducing impacts be)xmd the impacts previously analyzed in FEIR 96-01 and would not substantiallyincrease anygrow~h inducing impact identified in FEIR 96-01. Additionally, no new information has been made available since preparation of the FEIK 96-01 that would affect the gro~vth inducing impact anal~,sis, effectiveness of mitigation measures, or environmental determinations made in FEIP,. 96-0 I. DETERMINATION Based upon the evidence in light of the whole record documented in the above evaluation and cited references, the Cityof Santa Aha finds and deterr~nes as follows: (1) No substantial changes to the project analyzed in FEI[P,. 96-01 are proposed by the proposed project. that require major revisions to FEIR 96-01 due to the involvement of new significant environmental effects er a substantial increase in the se,erity of previously identified significant effects; (2) No substantial chants shall occur as a result cf the proposed project v~th respect tothe circumstances under ~hich the project analyzed in FEIR 96-01 is undertaken that MIt require major revisions to FEIR 96-01 due to the involvement of new significant environmental effects cr a substantial increase in the severity of previously identified sigxdficant effects; and (3) The proposed project presents nonew information of substantial importance that x~s not known, and could not have been known with the exercise.of reasonable dili~nce, at the time FE[R 96-01 was certified, shewing that (a) the proposed project will have one or more significant effects net discussed in FEIR 96-01, or (b) that significant affects preqously examined will not be substantiallymore severe than as shown in FEIR 96-01, or (c) that mitigation measures or altemati',es that are Considerably different from those anal3,zed in FEIR 96-01 would substantially reduce one or more significant effects m the enviroranent but Project proponents decline to adopt the mitigation measure or altematixe or (d) that mitigation measures or alternatives that are considerably different fran those analyzed in FEIR 96-01 would substantiallyreduce one or more Ordinance No. NS-2497 Page 42 of 49 ] 0 5'lelLES~Amend I dsc revl.d~ ~{0~/07/02. P~ge-'lO of 17-