2019-107 - Proposed Addington Multi-Family Residential Project

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Facts in Support of Finding: Implementation of the Project would not expose people or structures to a significant risk of loss, injury, or death involving flooding as a result of the failure of a dam. As shown in the General Plan Public Safety Element, Exhibit 4, the Project site is not located within the dam inundation area. Moreover, the site is located 130-feet up -gradient from Santiago Creek, which is generally dry, unless conveying storm flows. For the reasons discussed above and the reasons discussed in the DEIR and the Initial Study, impacts associated with this issue would be less than significant, and no mitigation is required. (Initial Study, p. 43.) This conclusion also applies, for the same reasons, to the Modified Project. 9.9.10 Inundation by Seiche, Tsunami, or Mudflow Threshold: Would the Project have significant effects relating to inundation by seiche, tsunami, or mudflow? Finding: No impact. (DEIR, p. 2-7; Initial Study, p. 43.) Facts in Support of Finding: A seiche—a surface wave created when a body of water is shaken by earthquake activity is not likely to impact the Project area. The Geotechnical Engineering Investigation prepared for the Project site provides that no bodies of water are close enough to the Project site to result in a sieche impact. Therefore, no seiche impacts would occur. (Initial Study, p. 43.) A tsunami is not likely to impact the Project area since the Project area is approximately 11.5 miles from the Pacific Ocean, outside of the Tsunami Hazard Zone identified by the California Emergency Management Agency. Therefore, impacts related to tsunamis would not occur. (Initial Study, p. 43.) A mudflow is a landslide composed of saturated rock debris and soil with a consistency of wet cement. The Project area is flat and not near any hillsides that could be susceptible to mudflow. Thus, no mudflow impacts would occur. (Initial Study, p. 43.) For the reasons discussed above and the reasons discussed in the DEIR and the Initial Study, impacts associated with this issue would be less than significant, and no mitigation is required. (Initial Study, p. 43.) This conclusion also applies, for the same reasons, to the Modified Project. 9.10 Land Use and Planning 9.10.1 Divide a Community Threshold: Would the Project physically divide an established community? Finding: Less than significant impact. (DEIR, p. 2-6; Initial Study, p. 44.) Facts in Support of Finding: The Project site is developed with a vacant two-story office building that was used by the Wells Fargo bank. The site is adjacent to the south and the east by a single-family residential community, the north by a park, and by a museum and motel to the west across N. Main Street. Implementation of the proposed Project would change the site from an office building to multi -family residential uses, which would extend the residential uses in the community. The existing residential community would not be physically divided by the Project. Rather, the Project would be located at the Resolution No. Page 42 of 76 Certification of the Magnolia at the Park EIR