2016-012 - California Environmental Quality Act

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Statement of Facts and Findings Operation of the project would result in runoff conditions (flow rates and durations) that would be less than pre - development nmoff conditions due to the increase in pervious surfaces. In addition, runoff would be filtered through structural BMPs, which would slow drainage, prior to discharge from the project site. Thus, the prof cot would not result in rLmoff that would exceed the capacity of the stormwater drainage systems. Impacts would be less than significant. 5. The project would have sufficient water supplies available to serve the project from existing entitlements and resources. The Water Supply Assessment (WSA) prepared for the project concluded that the proj cot would result in a less than significant impact on water supplies. As such, the project would have sufficient water supplies, and impacts would be less than significant. 6. The wastewater treatment provider that would serve the project has adequate capacity to serve the proj ect's projected demand in addition to the provider's existing commitments. OCSD has stated that the existing 39 -inch trunk sewer in Red Hill Avenue that serves the proj cot site has sufficient capacity for the project effluent, and no upgrades downstream of the project site would be required. In addition, the project would be accommodated within the existing capacity of the treatment plant. Therefore, the project would not result in capacity impacts to OCSD, and impacts related to the provision of wastewater treatment in addition to OCSD's existing commitments would be less than significant, 7. The project would be served by a landfill with sufficient permitted capacity to accommodate the project's solid waste disposal needs. The solid waste needs of the project would be met with permitted disposal facilities that are provided by Orange County Waste and Recycling (OCWR). Thus, impacts related to solid waste facility capacity would be less than significant. 8. In regards to the cumulative utility and service impacts that would occur from the proj cat in combination with other existing, proposed, and foreseeable projects, the WSA determined that the City would have sufficient water supply to serve the project and the anticipated growth in the City's service area through the year 2035. As a result, the prof ect would not result in a cumulatively considerable impact related to water supplies or services. Shnilarly, the cumulative increase in the need for wastewater service would be less than cumulatively considerable in relation to the existing remaining capacity of 50 million gallons per day at treatment plant that would serve the project site. In regards to drainage, the project would result in increased pervious surfaces and would filter drainage prior to discharge that would reduce offsite flows to drainage facilities; thus, the project world not cumulatively contribute to stormwater drainage needs. In addition, OCWR prepares long -range strategic planning to ensure that solid waste is safely disposed of and that future disposal needs are met. Thus, impacts related to landfills would not be cumulative considerable, and cumulative impacts related to landfills would be less than significant. B. Findings The City finds that: The Heritage Mixed Use project would not result in a significant impaol: to the environment involving conflict with wastewater treatment requirements of the RWQCB, water supplies, stormwater drainage The Heritage Mixed Use Project 23 ESA/ 140730 Statement of Faots and Findings September 2016