2024-053 - Final Supplemental for The Related Bristol Specific Plan Project

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The City shall ensure onsite personnel are made available for and attend the training and retain documentation demonstrating attendance. MM PALEO-3: Paleontological Monitoring. Project plans, grading specifications, and construction permitting shall detail that paleontological resources monitoring shall be required for excavations below 20 feet below ground surface (bgs). Paleontological monitoring shall be conducted by a monitor who meets the professional criteria established by the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology working under the direct supervision of the Qualified Paleontologist. Monitoring can be reduced, or ceased entirely, if determined adequate by the Qualified Paleontologist. Recommendations for reduction or cessation of monitoring will be based on a more accurate understanding of the lithologic character and age of the sediments exposed during excavation. If deeper excavations continue to encounter younger, Holocene alluvium, monitoring shall be reduced from full-time to part-time monitoring or weekly inspections. If the Qualified Paleontologist determines, based on the lithologic character of the sediments, that there is very little likelihood of impacting Pleistocene marine sediments, paleontological monitoring shall cease entirely. The paleontological monitor shall collect any identifiable fossils encountered during the excavations. If onsite personnel discover potential fossils during excavations when a paleontological monitor is not present, they shall cease excavation within 50 feet of the discovery and contact the Qualified Paleontologist. Construction activities may resume after the discovery is assessed by the Qualified Paleontologist and appropriate treatment measures have been implemented. MM PALEO-4: Paleontological Resources Treatment and Disposition. Project plans, grading specifications, and construction permitting shall require that significant fossils be prepared to the point of identification and cataloged. Significant fossils shall be curated at a public, non-profit institution with a research interest in the material and with retrievable storage, such as the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, if such an institution agrees to accept the fossils. If no institution accepts the fossil collection, then the fossils may be donated to a local museum, historical society, school, or other institution for educational purposes. Accompanying notes, reports, maps, and photographs shall also be filed with the final repository. MM PALEO-5: Paleontological Resources Monitoring Report. Project plans, grading specifications, and construction permitting shall ensure that upon completion of the excavation phase of the Project, the Qualified Paleontologist shall prepare a report summarizing the results of the monitoring efforts. The report shall be submitted to the City to signify the satisfactory completion of required paleontological mitigation measures. If significant fossils are discovered, the report shall also be submitted to the appropriate repositories. D. Greenhouse Gas Emissions Impact Finding: The Project would not generate GHQ emission, either directly or indirectly, that may have a significant impact on the environment (Draft Supplemental EIR at p. 5.5-13). Changes or alterations have been required in, or incorporated into, the Project that avoid or substantially lessen the significant environmental effect identified in the Draft Supplemental EIR.