Item 22 - Public Hearing Regarding Bristol Project

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Related Bristol Specific Plan Entitlements & Development Agreement (3600 S. Bristol St.) and Staff Resolution Modifying Parking Districts in the Surrounding Area September 17, 2024 Page 29 April 17, 2023. Pursuant to PRC section 21083.9 and CEQA Guidelines Sections 15082(c)(1) and 15083, the City hosted a public scoping meeting on March 30, 2023, to solicit comments on the scope of the environmental review of the proposed Project. Approximately 60 residents attended the meeting and raised concerns about traffic, pedestrian safety, population growth, aesthetics, and if cumulative impacts would be adequately considered. These issues were addressed in the Draft SEIR. SEIR Scoping Meeting The City hosted a public scoping meeting for the draft SEIR on March 30, 2023, to solicit comments on the scope of the environmental review of the proposed Project. Approximately 60 residents attended the meeting and raised concerns about traffic, pedestrian safety, population growth, aesthetics, and if cumulative impacts would be adequately considered. Participants were encouraged to submit comments on paper or via email to ensure inclusion in the draft SEIR and environmental analyses. Draft and Final SEIR Public Review and Availability The City determined at the onset of review and preparation based on analyses, the General Plan Final PEIR, existing site conditions, setting, and responses to the NOP, that the Project would have no impact or a less than significant impact on the following environmental topic areas and that no further, detailed analysis of these topics was required in the SEIR: Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Biological Resources, Mineral Resources, and Wildfire. In particular with respect to aesthetics, Public Resources Code Section 21099 provides that "aesthetic and parking impacts of a residential, mixed -use residential, or employment center project on an infill site within a transit priority area shall not be considered significant impacts on the environment." Here, the proposed Project is located in a Transit Priority Area and therefore the SEIR did not include a detailed analysis of aesthetics. However, a discussion on the topic is included in the Land Use and Planning section of the SEIR. For each topical area of potential significance, the SEIR evaluates impacts of the project, what was evaluated by the GPU Final PEIR, mitigation measures already in place and adopted by the GPU Final PEIR's MMRP, and project -specific mitigation measures. Section 15126.2(b) of the CEQA Guidelines requires an EIR to describe "any significant impacts, including those which can be mitigated but not reduced to a level of insignificance." Potential environmental effects of the proposed project and mitigation measures are discussed in detail throughout Chapter 5 of the SEIR. The Draft SEIR determined that mitigation measures were required to mitigate impacts to a less than significant level for the following resource areas: air quality, cultural resources, geology and soils, greenhouse gas emissions, hazards and hazardous materials, noise, and tribal cultural resources.