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City of Santa Ana Environmental Checklist proposed buildings adjacent to Blueberry Lane would be less than significant with implementation of Mitigation Measure AES -1, which will provide landscaping along the eastern boundary of the project site, including a mixture of tall vertical trees (such as tall fan and feather palms) that are a minimum of 36- inches in box size and complement the proposed exterior facade of the buildings. With inclusion of the proposed project, the past, present, and reasonably foreseeable future projects would not degrade or detract from the urban built -out nature of the City of Santa Ana and project vicinity. Therefore, any less- than - significant impact the proposed project has on aesthetics would not represent a considerable degree when combined with the past, present, and reasonably foreseeable cumulative project list and would not contribute to a cumulative impact. Impacts would be less - than - cumulatively considerable. Agriculture and Forest Resources The proposed project is located in a fully developed urban environment and would develop a residential charter school project on an infill redevelopment parcel. The City of Santa Ana, including the proposed project site, is classified as "urban and built -up land" and does not contain any agricultural uses or forest resources. Therefore, the past, present, and reasonably foreseeable future projects in the City of Santa Ana would not have the potential to cumulatively contribute to impacts related to agriculture or forest resources. Air Quality The cumulative study area for air quality is the entire South Coast Air Basin. As the Basin is currently in nonattainment for ozone, 03, PM10, and PM2.5, cumulative development could violate an air quality standard or contribute to an existing or projected air quality violation. The SCAQMD recommends that individual projects that exceed the SCAQMD recommended daily thresholds for project - specific impacts be considered to cause a cumulatively considerable increase in emissions for those pollutants for which the Basin is in nonattainment. As discussed previously in Section IiI, "Air Quality," Mitigation Measures have been included to ensure that cumulative construction would not exceed the ROG, NOx, and PM2.5 thresholds of significance recommended by the SCAQMD. With implementation of Mitigation Measures AQ -1 through AQ -3, construction impacts would be less than significant. Therefore, cumulative impacts would also be considered less than significant by the SCAQMD. Biological Resources The cumulative study area for biological resources includes the areas shown on Figure 3 -3. The proposed project setting is highly urbanized and few biological resources remain in the surrounding areas. The related projects listed in Table 3 -32, are infill or expansion of existing uses within the urban area. Substantial existing biological resources do not exist within these related project areas. Present and future projects would comply with requirements of the META to avoid and /or mitigation potential impacts to protected nests and pursuant to existing federal and state regulations would be required to implement restoration and replacement efforts for any impacts to special status plants and wildlife. Changes from the proposed project in combination with other past, present, and reasonably foreseeable future projects will not contribute to a cumulatively considerable impact to biological resources. After the incorporation of mitigation measures provided herein that will reduce impacts to biological resources to a level below significant, the project's incremental contribution would not result in a cumulatively considerable impact. The Academy Charter High School 3 -112 June 2012 Initial Study /Mitigated Negative Declaration ICr 00914.11 LOVA