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AMC= » The Building Frontage Types (page 3 -9) are revised to eliminate Stoop Frontage Type and Frontyard/ Porch Frontage Type as allowed in the "North" Transit Node zone. » The Building Placement criteria (Table 3 -5) is revised to require a 30 -foot setback above the second floor for buildings with 7+ stores that are next to single family residential uses. » A definition is provided for "Joint Living - Working Quarters ", and reference to the "Extended Care" use is deleted, as it is the same as "Care Home" use. CECA GUIDELINES SECTION 15088.5 CEQA Guidelines §15088.5 requires that an EIR which has been made available for public review, but not yet certified, be recirculated whenever significant new information has been added to the EIR. Significant new information would be a showing that: (1) A new significant environmental impact would result from the project or from a new mitigation measure proposed to be implemented. (2) A substantial increase in the severity of an environmental impact would result unless mitigation measures are adopted that reduce the impact to a level of insignificance, (3) A feasible project alternative or mitigation measure considerably different from others previously analyzed would clearly lessen the significant environmental impacts of the project, but the project's proponents decline to adopt it. (4) The draft EIR was so fundamentally and basically inadequate and conclusory in nature that meaningful public review and comment were precluded. ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS Of the changes identified above, the change that has the potential to affect the environment is the increase of the minimum building height to 4- stories and the maximum building height from 6- stories to 10- stories in the North Transit Node. The change in building height would not allow for additional intensity or a change in the development area. Since the development area and buildout projections for the HCP would not change, the related EIR analysis and findings would not change with regard to air quality, cultural resources, geology and soils, greenhouse gas emissions, hazards and hazardous materials, hydrology and water quality, land use and planning, noise, population and housing, public services, recreation, transportation and traffic, and utilities. However, the increase in building height could result in some changes to the visual character or views in the area. Aesthetics The HCP EIR evaluated project impacts with respect to the visual quality and character of the site. The change in minimum and maximum stories in the North Transit Node would not deteriorate the existing visual character or conflict with any existing architectural characteristics specific to the area. Figure 5.1 -2, Conceptual Renderings, has been revised in the HCP and EIR to reflect the potential for a 10 -story building in the North Transit Node (see view of Harbor Boulevard at Westminster Avenue looking south). As shown, the changes would add increased scale and height to the area. However, buildings would still be required to meet the development standards and design guidelines in the HCP. For example, the HCP requires a 5 -foot setback to property line adjacent to all uses except single family residential, and a 15 foot setback to the property line for the first two stories with a 20 -foot setback above the second story. October 20141 Paget 75A -18