Item 26 - Public Hearing Vista Heritage Charter School (601 North Fairview Street)

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Vista Charter Public Schools District Office and Outdoor Space Project CEQA Exemption 15183 4.2.2 Project Analysis The project site is fully developed and consists of a building formerly utilized by automobile repair businesses and a surface parking area within the Fairview Business Park. The project does not involve any land use changes related to agriculture, forest land, or timberland production. The project site and surrounding area are not designated as Prime Farmland, Unique Farmland, or Farmland of Statewide Importance, and do not include lands that qualify as forest land or timberland.3 Additionally, there are no lands in the City under a Williamson Act contract.4 Therefore, no impact to agricultural and forestry resources would occur. 4.2.3 Conclusion Overall, the project is consistent with the General Plan Update, and would not have any specific effects which are peculiar to the project or the site. There are no project -specific impacts or potentially significant off -site or cumulative impacts the GPU EIR failed to analyze, and there are no new significant or substantially more severe impacts to agriculture and forestry resources than anticipated by the GPU EIR. Applicable GPU EIR Regulatory Requirements/Mitigation Measures: No GPU EIR regulatory requirements or mitigation measures apply. 4.3 Air Quality 4.3.1 GPU EIR Findings The GPU EIR determined that the General Plan Update is inconsistent with the Air Quality Management Plan (AQMP) because buildout under the General Plan Update would exceed the population estimates assumed for the AQMP and would cumulatively contribute to the nonattainment designations of the South Coast Air Basin (Basin). The GPU EIR included Mitigation Measure AQ-2, which would reduce criteria air pollutant emissions from operational - related activities to the extent feasible; however, due to the magnitude and scale of the land uses that would be developed, no mitigation measures are available that would reduce operation and construction impacts below South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) thresholds. Therefore, the GPU EIR determined that impacts related to AQMP consistency and air quality emissions would remain significant and unavoidable. The GPU EIR also determined that construction activities associated with buildout of the GPU could generate short-term emissions that exceed the SCAQMD significance thresholds and cumulatively contribute to the nonattainment designations of the Basin. Implementation of Mitigation Measure AQ-1 would reduce criteria air pollutant emissions from construction -related activities to the extent feasible. However, the GPU EIR determined that construction time frames and equipment for site -specific development projects have a potential for multiple development projects to be constructed at one time, resulting in significant construction -related emissions. Thus, impacts were determined to be significant and unavoidable. California Department of Conservation, California Important Farmland Finder, https://maps.conservation.ca.gov/DLRP/CIFF/, accessed June 29, 2023. a California Department of Conservation, California Williamson Act Enrollment Finder, https://gis.conservation.ca.gov/portal/home/webmap/viewer. htmI?webmap=18f7488cOa9d4d299f5e9c33b3l 2f3l 2, accessed July 26, 2023. Dec I y ouncil 26 — 70 1/16/202 e 10