Item 18 - Appeal Application Nos. 2023-02 and 2023-03 for Cabrillo Town Center project

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would be required to comply with all regulatory measures set forth by the SCAQMD. Implementation of the Project would not interfere with air pollution control measures listed in the 2022 AQMP. In addition, as demonstrated in the following analyses, the Project would not result in significant emissions that would jeopardize regional or localized air quality standards. The Project Site is classified as "District Center" (Medium High DC-3) in the General Plan, a classification that allows mixed -use residential, retail, and commercial development at a 3:1 Floor Area Ratio such as that proposed by the Project.3 As such, the 2020-2045 RTP/SCS' assumptions about growth in the City accommodate population, housing, and job growth on the Project Site. As a result, the Project would be consistent with the growth assumptions in the City's General Plan. Because the AQMP accommodates growth forecasts from local General Plans, the emissions associated with this Project are accounted for and mitigated in the region's air quality attainment plans. The air quality impacts of development on the Project Site are accommodated in the region's emissions inventory for the 2020-2045 RTP/SCS and 2022 AQMP. Therefore, the Project would be consistent with the 2022 AQMP, and no new or increased significant impacts would occur beyond the AQMP consistency impacts already identified in the Certified EIR. Cumulatively Considerable Net Increase in Criteria Pollutant The Project would contribute to local and regional air pollutant emissions during its construction (short-term) and operations (long-term). However, as discussed in the following analysis, construction and operations of the Project would not result in exceedances of SCAQMD daily thresholds for project -specific impacts that could subsequently cause cumulatively considerable increases in emissions of pollutants for which the Basin is designated as non -attainment. Construction Emissions Construction of the Project is anticipated to take approximately 36 months. During this time, a variety of heavy-duty diesel -powered vehicles and equipment would be operated on -site. Demolition of the existing site improvements would likely require an excavator, as well as a loader, bulldozer, or another similar grading vehicle. Grading for the Project would require similar vehicles. During the demolition and excavation phases, haul trucks would be utilized to transport demolished materials and cut soils to a nearby landfill. The building construction phase could require vehicles such as a forklift and a crane or truck -mounted crane. Table 9 summarizes the potential construction schedule that was used to model the Project's air quality impacts. As shown in Table 10, the Project's regional and localized construction -related pollutant emissions would not exceed SCAQMD's applicable significance thresholds. Additionally, the Project would be required to implement applicable mitigation measures from the Certified EIR that would further reduce the Project's emission, which would not exceed SCAQMD's thresholds. 4 South Coast Air Quality Management District, Health Risk Assessment Guidance for Analyzing Cancer Risks from Mobile Source Diesel Idling Emissions for CEQA Air Quality Analysis, 2002. Cabrillo Town Center City of Santa Ana Technical Memorandum August 2023 City Council 18 — 511 10/3/2023