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gasoline fuel per year. Project operations for Phase 2 are estimated to consume approximately
<br />181,517 gallons of diesel fuel and 570,283 gallons of gasoline fuel per year. Project operations
<br />for Phase 3 are estimated to consume approximately 261,236 gallons of diesel fuel and 868,,590
<br />gallons of gasoline fuel per year. Project operations at buildout are estimated to consume
<br />approximately 874,590 gallons of diesel fuel and 2,874,701 gallons of gasoline fuel per year. In
<br />addition, the Proposed Project in Phase I would require approximately 17,182,736 kWh of
<br />electricity per year and approximately 279,772 therms of natural gas per year. Operation of the
<br />proposed Project in Phase 2 would require approximately 6,100,357 kWh of electricity per year
<br />and approximately 88,107 therms of natural gas per year. Operation of the proposed Project in
<br />Phase 3 would require approximately 9,271,206 kWh of electricity per year and approximately
<br />151,580 therms of natural gas per year. Operation of the entire proposed Project at buildout
<br />would require approximately 32,554,299 kWh of electricity per year and approximately
<br />519,459 therms of natural gas per year.
<br />g The proposed mixed --use development would be required to meet the current Title 24 energy
<br />efficiency standards. The City's administration of the Title 24 requirements and the City's Climate
<br />Action Plan includes review of design components and energy conservation measures that occurs
<br />during the permitting process, which ensures that all requirements are met. The Project does not
<br />propose any operational characteristics or features that would result in excessive or wasteful use
<br />of energy.
<br />The Project would consist of an urban infill redevelopment in a Transit Priority Area (TPA) and High
<br />Quality Transit Area that would provide mixed residential, open space., and commercial
<br />(retail restaurant) uses. Since it would be undertaken on a currently developed and underutilized
<br />site, and would be located near existing offsite employment, commercial, residential, and retail
<br />destinations and in proximity to existing public bus stops and freeways, which would result in
<br />reduced vehicle trips and Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMTj in comparison to a Project of similar size
<br />and land without close access to employment, service and retail destinations, public transit, and
<br />freeways.
<br />In addition, the Project site is within an area where existing infrastructure would provide for efficient
<br />delivery of electricity and natural gas to the Project and the Project would not inhibit the
<br />development of other alternative energy sources. Furthermore, existing and future regulations are
<br />likely to result in more efficient use of all types of energy, and reduction in reliance on non-
<br />renewable sources of energy. These include the federal Energy Independence and Security Act, the
<br />state Long Term Energy Efficiency Strategic Plan, SB 350 and AB 1007, which are designed to
<br />reduce reliance on non-renewable energy resources and reduce demand by providing federal tax
<br />credits for purchasing fuel -efficient items and improving the renewable fuel, appliance, and lighting
<br />standards. Thus, operation of the proposed Project would not use large amounts of energy or fuel
<br />in a wasteful, inefficient, or unnecessary manner, and impacts would be less than significant. This is
<br />consistent with the findings of the GPU FEIR, which determined that implementation of existing
<br />regulatory requirements would ensure that energy demand associated with growth under the GPU
<br />would not be inefficient, wasteful, or unnecessary; and that energy impacts would be less than
<br />significant.
<br />Moreover, although the Project's impacts related to energy would be less than significant, mitigation
<br />measures included in the Draft Supplemental EIR for other resource areas would serve to further
<br />reduce the Project's energy use. For instance, Draft Supplemental EIR Section 5.1, Air Quality,
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