Item 28 - Public Hearing - ZOA No. 20204-01 South Coast Technology Center

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South Coast Technology Center Project CEQA Exemption 15183 4.16.3 Conclusion The Project is consistent with the General Plan Update and would not have any specific effects which are peculiar to the Project or the Project Site. There are no Project specific impacts or potentially significant off -site or cumulative impacts that the GPU PEIR did not analyze, and there are no new significant or substantially more severe impacts to recreation than anticipated by the GPU PEIR. 4.16.4 Applicable GPU PEIR Regulatory Requirements/Mitigation Measures: No GPU PEIR regulatory requirements or mitigation measures apply. 4.17 Transportation 4.17.1 GPU PEIR Findings The GPU PEIR determined that buildout of the General Plan Update would not conflict with a program, plan, ordinance, or policy addressing the circulation system with implementation of RR T-1. RR T-1 requires the City to design and operate a balanced multimodal circulation system network with all users in mind including bicyclists, public transportation vehicles and riders, and pedestrians of all ages and abilities. The General Plan Update incorporates future networks and policies related to supporting transit, bicycles, and pedestrians in the City, which are consistent with regional and local planning efforts supporting these modes of travel. The GPU PEIR also determined that implementation of the General Plan Update would result in a reduction of VMT per service population in comparison to existing conditions at the time the GPU PEIR was prepared and would achieve a VMT per service population of at least 15 percent lower than the County VMT per service population. In addition, the GPU PEIR also determined that buildout of the General Plan Update would not substantially increase hazards due to a geometric design feature or result in inadequate emergency access with compliance with the City's circulation plan and roadway design guidelines, the California Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices design guidelines, the policies in the City's Mobility Element, and with implementation of RR T-2. RR T- 2 requires projects pursuant to the General Plan Update to implement fire protection requirements as detailed in the Orange County Fire Authority's (OCFA) Fire Prevention Guidelines and the California Fire Code. Overall, impacts related to transportation were determined to be less than significant. 4.17.2 Project Analysis CONSISTENCY WITH APPLICABLE PROGRAM, PLAN, ORDINANCE, OR POLICY The Project does not propose changes to the existing circulation system in the Project area. Pedestrian circulation for the proposed Project would continue to be provided via existing public sidewalks along Lake Center Drive and Susan Street within the vicinity of the Project Site. There are no bike paths, bike lanes, or bus routes along Lake Center Drive and South Susan Street adjacent to the Project Site. Additionally, based on the existing traffic and pedestrian volumes, current intersection geometrics, and review of the accident data, the installation of a traffic signal at the intersection of Alpine Street/Lake Center Drive at MacArthur Boulevard would not be warranted.ao,a, Moreover, according to SAMC Chapter 36, Article XIII, Transportation 40 Linscott, Law & Greenspan, Engineers, Traffic Signal Warrant Analysis for Alpine Streeftake Center Drive at MacArthur Boulevard, January 19, 2024. 41 The Traffic Signal Warrant Analysis was conducted for a project with three industrial buildings totaling 325,044 square feet. However, since the completion of the analysis, the total building square footage has been reduced to 313,244 square feet. Therefore, the Project's analysis is conservative. July 2024 Page 91