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INITIAL STUDY/MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION FAIRVIEw BRIDGE REPLACEMENT AND STREET IMPROVEMENTS <br />(9TH STREET TO 16TH STREET) PROJECT <br />w <br />`J" <br />MAY 2020 <br />SANTA ANAL CALIFORNIA <br />3.20 WILDFIRE <br />Less Than <br />Potentially <br />Significant with <br />Less Than <br />Significant <br />Mitigation <br />Significant <br />No <br />Impact <br />Incorporated <br />Impact <br />Impact <br />If located in or near state responsibility areas or lands classified <br />as very high fire hazard severity zones, would the project: <br />a. Substantially impair an adopted emergency response plan or <br />❑ <br />❑ <br />❑ <br />emergency evacuation plan? <br />b. Due to slope, prevailing winds, and other factors, exacerbate <br />wildfire risks, and thereby expose project occupants to <br />El <br />El <br />Elpollutant <br />concentrations from a wildfire or the uncontrolled <br />spread of a wildfire? <br />c. Require the installation or maintenance of associated <br />infrastructure (such as roads, fuel breaks, emergency water <br />sources, power lines or other utilities) that may exacerbate <br />❑ <br />❑ <br />❑ <br />fire risk or that may result in temporary or ongoing impacts <br />to the environment? <br />d. Expose people or structures to significant risks, including <br />downslope or downstream flooding or landslides, as a result <br />❑ <br />❑ <br />❑ <br />of runoff, post -fire slope instability, or drainage changes? <br />3.20.1 Existing Setting <br />Wildland fires occur in geographic areas that contain the types and conditions of vegetation, <br />topography, weather, and structure density susceptible to risks associated with uncontrolled fires <br />that can be started by lightning, improperly managed camp fires, cigarettes, sparks from <br />automobiles, and other ignition sources. According to the California Department of Forestry and Fire <br />Protection, the Project site is within a designated Non-VHFHSZ.62 The project is not located in or <br />near state responsibility areas. <br />3.20.2 Impact Analysis <br />a. Would the project substantially impair an adopted emergency response plan or emergency <br />evacuation plan? <br />No Impact. The proposed Project is anticipated to improve traffic along Fairview Street once the <br />improvements are operational. Therefore, the completed Project should have a beneficial impact on <br />emergency response and evacuation in the Project area and vicinity. Moreover, since the Project <br />area is not located in or near a VHFHSZ nor is it located in or near a State Responsibility Area, <br />potential impacts associated with emergency response or evacuation would not pertain to wildfire <br />and would more likely be associated with an urban fire or other emergency situations. Therefore, <br />operation of the proposed Project would not substantially impair an adopted emergency response <br />plan or emergency evacuation plan. There would be no impact, and no mitigation is required. <br />62 California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. 2011. op. cit. <br />R:\WKE1702\ISMND\Final ISMND\Fairview Street Bridge Final ISMND.docx (05/26/20) 3-111 <br />