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

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South Coast Technology Center Project CEQA Exemption 15183 Further, the Project is consistent with the land uses in the 2020-2024 RTP/SCS, which assumed the Project Site would be built out with an industrial use. Thus, the Project also meets the screening criteria related to projects located within TPAs. Overall, the Project meets two of the VMT screening requirements and thus, no VMT analysis would be required. Accordingly, the Project's VMT impact is presumed to be less than significant. HAZARDS AND EMERGENCY ACCESS The Project would not introduce incompatible uses to area roadways. Site access would not change as part of the proposed Project. Similar to existing conditions, the Project Site would be accessible from driveways along Lake Center Drive and South Susan Street. Project driveways and internal roadways would be designed to meet City standards. Additionally, the proposed Project would not require any full road closures during Project construction. Emergency access to the Project Site and within the surrounding area would be maintained during construction and operation of the Project. Furthermore, pursuant to RR T-2, the Project would be required to implement OCFA's fire protection requirements to ensure that the Project would not adversely affect emergency vehicle access. Therefore, impacts related to hazards and emergency access would be less than significant. Based on the above, the Project would not result in new or substantially more severe impacts compared to the determinations of the GPU PEIR, which concluded that impacts related to consistency with a circulation plan, program, ordinance, or policy; VMT; hazards; and emergency access would be less than significant. Therefore, no new project -specific mitigation measures are required. 4.17.3 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 transportation impacts than anticipated by the GPU PEIR. 4.17.4 Applicable GPU PEIR Regulatory Requirements/Mitigation Measures: RR T-2 Projects pursuant to the General Plan Update will implement fire protection requirements as detailed in the Orange County Fire Authority's Fire Prevention Guidelines and in the California Fire Code. 4.18 Tribal Cultural Resources 4.18.1 GPU PEIR Findings As discussed in the GPU PEIR, the City consulted with applicable Native American tribes in accordance with SB 18 and AB 52 and determined that future development allowed under the General Plan Update could potentially impact and cause significant adverse impacts to portions of the City with sensitivity to tribal cultural resources. The GPU PEIR MM CUL-4 through MM CUL-7 were included to reduce such impacts. Specifically, GPU PEIR MM CUL-4 requires an Archaeological Resources Assessment for projects with ground disturbance to be conducted under the supervision of an archaeologist that meets the Secretary of the Interior's Professionally Qualified Standards in either prehistoric or historic archaeology. Further, if unpaved surfaces are present within the project area, and the entire project area has not been previously surveyed within the past 10 years, a Phase I pedestrian survey is required. If potentially significant July 2024 Page 93