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Related Bristol Specific Plan Entitlements & Development Agreement (3600 S. Bristol St.) <br />and Staff Resolution Modifying Parking Districts in the Surrounding Area <br />October 1, 2024 <br />Page 30 <br />For each topical area of potential significance, the SEIR evaluates impacts of the <br />project, what was evaluated by the GPU Final PEIR, mitigation measures already in <br />place and adopted by the GPU Final PEIR's MMRP, and project -specific mitigation <br />measures. Section 15126.2(b) of the CEQA Guidelines requires an EIR to describe "any <br />significant impacts, including those which can be mitigated but not reduced to a level of <br />insignificance." Potential environmental effects of the proposed project and mitigation <br />measures are discussed in detail throughout Chapter 5 of the SEIR. The Draft SEIR <br />determined that mitigation measures were required to mitigate impacts to a less than <br />significant level for the following resource areas: air quality, cultural resources, geology <br />and soils, greenhouse gas emissions, hazards and hazardous materials, noise, and <br />tribal cultural resources. <br />However, the Draft SEIR concluded that despite the incorporation of all feasible <br />mitigation measures, the proposed Project would nonetheless result in significant and <br />unavoidable impacts to air quality and parks and recreation. <br />Air Quality. Implementation of the proposed Project would result in short-term <br />emissions of criteria air pollutants during Project construction and long-term <br />emissions of criteria air pollutants from vehicular emissions, natural gas <br />consumption, landscaping, applications of architectural coatings, and use of <br />consumer products. The emissions from the proposed project are primarily from <br />vehicle trips and use of consumer products that emit nitrous oxide or reactive <br />organic gasses. The majority of the Project's emission exceedances are from <br />consumer product and mobile sources and cannot feasibly be reduced by either <br />the City or Project Applicant below the SCAQMD thresholds. Emissions from <br />both consumer products and motor vehicles are controlled by State and federal <br />standards and the City and applicant have no control over these standards. Due <br />to the Project exceedance of the thresholds, impacts would be cumulatively <br />considerable and significant and unavoidable. <br />Parks and Recreation. As detailed in Section 5.12 of the SEIR (Parks and <br />Recreation), the City currently has approximately 1.2 acres of public park and/or <br />recreational space per every 1,000 residents, which is below the City's parkland <br />aspirational standard of 3 acres of parkland per 1,000 residents. Based on the <br />City's parkland aspirational standard of 3 acres of public park and/or recreational <br />space per 1,000 residents, buildout of the project in the SP results in a need for <br />approximately 27.7 additional acres of parkland to serve the estimated 9,238 new <br />residents of the project site. The 13.1 acres of publicly accessible open space <br />within a required 17.21 acres of common or private open space for residents <br />provided by the project would be approximately 10.49 acres less than the City's <br />parkland aspirational standard, which would exacerbate the existing citywide <br />parkland deficiency. Although the proposed Project and cumulative projects <br />would be required to provide park and recreational facilities, private open space, <br />