2013-050 - Addendum to the Final Environment Imapct Report No. 2006-01

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The City finds that none of the conditions described in CEQA Guidelines §15162 requires the preparation of a Subsequent Environmental Impact Report. Specifically, the City has determined the following: No Substantial Changes in Gkmns/mrres. There are no substantial changes with respect to the existing conditions or circumstances under which the site was evaluated in The Metro East Mixed Use Overlay Zone and Cabrillo Towers EIR. The site has remained in its existing condition approximately seven years after the preparation of The Metro East Mixed Use Overlay Zone and First and Cabrillo Towers EIR. There have not been any substantial changes in the existing environmental setting on the site since the project was approved in 2007. No Nero Iifoizva ion of Sohganfial Importance. There is no new information of substantial importance, which was not known and could not have been known with the exercise of reasonable diligence at the time the Environmental Impact Report was adopted that shows the project will have one or more significant effects or substantially more severe effects not discussed iu the Environmental Impact Report. Except for the new site specific environmental information regarding the proposed development of 254 residential units and 2,424 square feet of retail space on 5.1 acres, the project and its associated impacts all remain the same as contemplated and evaluated in the Environmental Impact Report. There are no mitigation measures that were considerably different from those analyzed in The Metro East Mixed Use Overlay Zone and First and Cabrillo Towers project FIR. Consequently, there is no new information indicating that new significant or substantially more severe environmental effects would result from the development of the project than identified in The Metro East Mixed Use Overlay Zone and First an(] Cabrillo Towers EIR. CEQA Guidelines §15164 Addendum to an EIR or Negative Declaration In accordance with CEQA Guidelines §15164, the City, as the lead agency, has prepared this Addendum to the previously adopted Final Environmental impact Report. The Addendum Checklist is included in Appendix A. As described above, the City has determined the information provided herein will result in none of the conditions described in CEQA Guidelines §15162 requiring the preparation of a Subsequent Environmental Impact Report. Given that none of the conditions requiring preparation of a Subsequent EIR (CEQA Guidelines §15162) are present and only special study upgrades to the previous EIR are necessary to reflect the development proposed for the site, an Addendum to the previously adopted Final Environmental Impact Report is proper and complies with CEQA Guidelines §15164. CEQA Guidelines §15164(a) states, "The lead agency or responsible agency shall prepare au addendum to a previously certified EIR if some changes or additions are necessary, but none of the conditions described in Section 15162 calling for preparation of a subsequent EIR have occurred." ht the case of the proposed project, none of the conditions in Section 15162 calling for the preparation of a subsequent FIR have occurred. Therefore, the City exercises the right to prepare an Addendum in this case and not a subsequent EIR. CEQA requires that the decision making body consider the Addendum along and it) conjunction with The Metro East Mixed Use Overlay Zone and First and Cabrillo Towers Final F.IR prior to making a decision on whether or not to approve true Proposed Project. A brief explanation of the decision not to prepare a Subsequent Environmental Impact Report pursuant to Section 15162 1901 East First Street — Addendum Page 4 August 14, 2013