2004-020 - Statement Overriding Considerations for the Property Located at One Broadway Plaza

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One Broadway Plaza Environmental Impact Report Findings and Facts in Support of Findings 4.3 IMP ACTS FOUND NOT TO BE SIGNIFICANT OR LESS THAN SIGNIFICANT The City finds that, based on substantial evidence in the record, discussed below, the following impacts associated with the One Broadway Plaza project are less than significant and no mitigation is required. Additionally, the City finds, as set forth in Sections 4.1 and 4.2, above, no other potentially significant adverse project specific impacts of the proposed project are anticipated to occur. An Initial Study (IS) was completed at the beginning of the environmental review process for the proposed project, to identify those impacts that could be potentially significant and required further study in an EIR. The IS also provided analysis on the environmental effects of the project that were determined to be less than significant due to the identification and incorporation of mitigation early in the process or based on compliance with existing regulations. The IS determined, based on substantial evidence in the record, that the following effects of the project would have no significant adverse or no adverse impact on the environment. 4.3.1 Agricultural Resources The proposed project will not convert Prime Farmland, Unique Farmland or Farmland of Statewide Importance, as shown on the maps prepared pursuant to the Farmland Mapping and Monitoring Program of the California Resources Agency, to non-agricultural use because there is no farmland on the project site. The proposed project will not conflict with existing zoning for agricultural use or a Williamson Act contract because the project site does not contain land designated for these uses. The proposed proj ect will not require changes in the existing environment which, due to their location or nature, could result in conversion of Farmland to non-agricultural use because there is no farmland on the proj ect site. 4.3.2 Air Quality The proposed project will not create objectionable odors affecting a substantial number of people because it will not create any odors objectionable to land uses adjacent to the project site. 4.3.3 Biological Resources The proposed proj ect will not have a substantial adverse effect, either directly or through habitat modifications, on any species identified as a candidate, sensitive or special status species in local or regional plans, policies or regulations, or by the California Department of Fish and Game (CDFG) or the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) because there are none of these species on the project site. The proposed project will not have a substantial adverse effect on any riparian habitat or other sensitive natural community identified in local or regional plans, policies, regulations or by the CDFG or USFWS because there are none of these resources on the project site. Resolution No. 2004-020 Page 62 of 73