2016-012 - California Environmental Quality Act

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Mineral Resources • Result in the loss of availability of a known mineral resource that would be of value to the region and the residents of the state. • Result in the loss of availability of a locally important mineral resource recovery site delineated on a local general plan, specific plan or other land use plan. Noise • Expose people residing or working in the project area to excessive noise levels related to a private airstrip. Population and Housing • Displace substantial numbers of existing housing, necessitating the construction of replacement housing elsewhere. • Displace substantial numbers of people, necessitating the construction of replacement housing elsewhere. Transportation and Traffic • Result in a change in air traffic patterns, including either an increase in traffic levels or a change in location that results in substantial safety risks. • Substantially increase hazards due to incompatible uses (e.g., farm equipment). • Result in inadequate emergency access. • Conflict with adopted policies, plans, or programs regarding public transit, bicycle, or pedestrian facilities, or otherwise decrease the performance or safety of such facilities. 5.0 Effects Determined to be Less than Significant in the EIR The Heritage Mixed Use Project Draft EIR found that the project would result in less than significant impacts and no mitigation is required for a number of enviromnental topic areas. Therefore, a less than significant environmental impact determination was made for each of the topical impact areas listed below: • Aesthetics (character, light and glare, cumulative) • Air Quality (consistency with regional plans and localized air quality) • Geology and Soils (erosion and cumulative) • Greenhouse Gases (constriction and policy consistency) The hledlage Mixed Use Project 7 ESA/ 140730 Statement of Facts and Fllndings Septernter 2015