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Proposal to Prepare an EIR and Provide Planning Consulting Services for the First and Fourth Street Corridors Mixed -Use Overlay Zone The potential of the project to violate water quality standards or waste discharge requirements for receiving waters will be analyzed. The EIR will consider whether the project would result in an increase in any pollutant for which a water body is impaired as identified on the CWA Section 303(d) list; cause a rate of flow that exceeds any downstream facility's capacity; or result in runoff that exceeds the pre -developed condition. Land Use/Planning. The Land Use section of the EIR will describe the compatibility of the proposed land uses with the surrounding area and will address potential inconsistencies with adopted plans and policies, including the City's General Plan. The mixed-use overlay zone would expand the permitted uses of a large area of the City from office and commercial (and public uses) to mixed-use development (including residential). The EIR will describe the general plan amendment and zone change associated with the project. The EIR will describe the existing land uses, intensities, and patterns in the vicinity of the project site. Current General Plan designations and zoning forthe project site and surrounding area will be identified. The EIR will identify and summarize applicable City land use plans and policies. The EIR will evaluate any potential conflicts between project development and surrounding uses. These conflicts could include a use that would create a nuisance for adjacent properties or result in incompatibility with surrounding land uses such as difference in the physical scale of development, noise levels, traffic levels, or hours of operation. The EIR will evaluate the extent to which adopted City development standards would eliminate or minimize potential conflicts between internal and adjacent uses. The EIR will analyze the proposed project's consistency with the direction and policies of the City's General Plan as they relate to land use patterns and new development. Noise Program Analvsis The noise analysis will address the impacts of the project on background noise levels and the population's exposure to physically or psychologically damaging noise levels. The noise analysis will be based upon approximations of noise levels and associated changes in the ambient noise level that are likely to occur based on implementation of the proposed project. The environmental setting discussion will briefly summarize the nature of sound and vibration and will introduce acoustical terms that relate to the subsequent analysis. It will also describe the existing noise (and vibration) environment in the vicinity of the project. This description will include noise (and vibration) sources, such as motor vehicle traffic, as well as the identification of potentially vulnerable existing noise- and vibration -sensitive land uses, such as residential uses. To facilitate this description, existing ambient daytime noise levels will be measured at five selected locations within and around the proposed project site to establish current baseline noise levels. These locations will be identified on a map. The daytime noise levels would be measured using a Larson -Davis Model 814 precision sound level meter, which satisfies the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) for general environmental noise measurement instrumentation. Noise would be characterized in the following terms: ■ Leq, the equivalent energy noise level, is the average acoustic energy content of noise for a stated period of time; for evaluating community impacts, this rating scale does not vary, regardless of whether the noise occurs during the day or the night ■ Lm;n, the minimum instantaneous noise Iewl experienced during a given period of time • Lmax, the maximum instantaneous noise level experienced during a given period of time