2009-025 - Final Environmental Impact Report No. 2004-02

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Implementation of Mitigation Measure AQ-1 will result in fewer operational emissions, resulting in no • substantial change from the previous analysis in the area of greenhouse gases. c) Would the project result in a cumulatively considerable net increase of any criteria pollutant for which the project region is non-attainment under an applicable federal or state ambient air quality standard Including releasing emissions which exceed quantitative thresholds for ozone precursors? (No Substantial Change from Previous Analysis) The EIR identified cumulatively significant air quality impacts that would result from project implementation. The retail/restaurant component of project will be replaced by the 185-room hotel and the Cinema Lofts will no longer be built. In addition, revised total daily traffic estimates result in 758 fewer trips than the originally approved project, reducing air quality impacts due to traffic. Although changes to the project are proposed, no new or significant impacts will occur. Therefore, the EIR remains adequate and complete for this topic. d) Would the project expose sensitive receptors to substantial pollutant concentrations? (No Substantial Change from Previous Analysis) The EIR identified air quality impacts related to sensitive receptors with project implementation. No changes have occurred in this area from the analysis provided. Therefore, the EIR remains adequate and complete for this topic. e) Would the project create objectionable odors affecting a substantial number of people? (No Substantial Change from Previous Analysis) The EIR identified air quality impacts that would result from project implementation. The project involves the addition of a four-story hotel and removal of the Cinema Lofts and the retail/restaurant uses. If the hotel includes a restaurant, impacts would be substantially the same as the restaurant • previously analyzed and now removed. No changes have occurred in this area from the analysis provided in the EIR. Therefore, the EIR remains adequate and complete for this topic. III. Geology and Soils The EIR noted that the proposed project could be subject to potentially significant adverse geologic impacts. Mitigation measures were included to reduce impacts to a less than significant level. Would the project: a) Expose people or structures to potential substantial adverse effects, including the risk of loss, injury or death involving: i) Rupture of a known earthquake fault, as delineated on the most recent Alquist-Priolo Earthquake Fault Zoning Map issued by the State Geologist for the area or based on other substantial evidence of known fault? Refer to Division of Mines and Geology Special Publication 42 (1Vo Substantial Change from Previous Analysis) The EIR included mitigation measures designed to minimize impacts due to the settlement potential and high moisture content of the soils. The proposed hotel will replace the retail/restaurant component of the project. The Cinema Lofts will be eliminated and the Cinema Tower will eventually be relocated south of the hotel. The hotel will have no different geological impacts from what was analyzed in the EIR. No changes have occurred in this area from the analysis provided in the EIR. The development of the project will have no new or more severe impacts beyond those addressed and mitigated in the EIR. • Resolution No. 2009-025 Page 33 of 95 MacArthur Place South EIR Addendum 35