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Response to Letter CCI Neal Lauzon dated September 16, 2024 <br />This comment letter was received after the public review and comment period ended (July 6, 2023, through <br />August 23, 2023). As stated in Section 15088 of the CEQA Guidelines, Lead Agencies are not required to <br />respond to letters received outside of the noticed comment period. However, the following responses have <br />been prepared to provide clarity regarding the environmental concerns that have been raised. <br />Comment CC3.1: This comment states that IBEW Local 441 stands conditionally opposed to the adoption of <br />a development agreement absent a project labor agreement with the Los Angeles/Orange County Building <br />Trades. The comment states a project labor agreement offers benefits and should be included in projects of <br />the magnitude of Related Bristol. <br />Response to Comment CC3.1: The comment does not raise any specific environmental concern with the <br />analysis within the Draft Supplemental EIR or requirements of the proposed Specific Plan. CEQA is an <br />environmental protection statute that is concerned with physical changes to the environment (CEQA Guidelines <br />Section 15358(b)). The environment includes land, air, water, minerals, flora, fauna, ambient noise, and <br />objects of historic or aesthetic significance (CEQA Guidelines Section 15360). The Project's potential <br />economic and social effects are not considered effects on the environment (CEQA Guidelines Sections <br />15064(e) and 15131(a)). Thus, consistent with CEQA, the Draft Supplemental EIR includes an analysis of the <br />Project's potentially significant physical impacts on the environment and does not include substantial discussion <br />of the Project's economic or social effects. This comment will be forwarded to City decisionmakers as part of <br />the Staff Report for the Project. <br />25 <br />