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Facts in Support of Findings:
<br />Construction
<br />The construction -related activities involve the following: demolition, site preparation, excavation,
<br />grading, paving, construction of structures and infrastructure, and architectural coatings. These
<br />construction activities would result in the emission of GHGs from equipment exhaust, construction -
<br />related vehicular activity and construction worker automobile trips. As shown on Draft Supplemental
<br />EIR Table 5.5-3, construction of Phase 1 of the proposed Project would result in the generation of
<br />approximately 36,506 MTCO2e. Construction of Phase 2 would generate approximately 10,091
<br />MTCO2e, and construction of Phase 3 would generate approximately 34,142 MTCO2e. The
<br />amortized Project Phase 1 construction emissions would be 11217 MTCO2e per year while the
<br />amortized Project Phase 2 and Phase 3 construction emissions would be 336 MTCO2e and 1,138
<br />MTCO2e per year, respectively. Total construction emissions and total amortized emissions for
<br />Project Buildout would be 80,740 MTCO2e and 2,691 MTCO2e per year, respectively. However,
<br />as detailed in Section 5.1, Air Quality, and listed below, the proposed Project would implement
<br />GPU FEIR Mitigation Measure AQ-1, which requires the use of advanced engine tiers (i.e.,
<br />equipment engines meeting CARE Tier 4 Final emissions standards), which would reduce total
<br />construction emissions to 67,425 MTCO2e (2,248 MTCO2e per year) (Draft Supplemental EIR at pp.
<br />5.5-13 through 5.5-14).
<br />Operation
<br />As shown in Draft Supplemental EIR Table 5.5-4, the proposed Project's total unmitigated increase
<br />in GHG emissions for Phase 1 would be approximately 20,597 MTCO2e, for Phase 2 would be
<br />7,325 MTCO2e, for Phase 3 would be 14,147 MTCO2e, and 42,069 MTCO2e for Project buildout.
<br />The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Assessment (included as Appendix I to the Draft Supplemental EIR)
<br />describes that a majority of the GHG emissions (56 percent unmitigated and 52 percent mitigated)
<br />generated from the proposed Project at buildout are associated with non -construction related
<br />mobile sources. As detailed in Section 5.1, Air Quality, and listed below, proposed Project Mitigation
<br />Measure AQ-3: Vehicle Trip Reduction, Mitigation Measure AQ-4: Prohibition of Fireplaces,
<br />Mitigation Measure AQ-5: Electric Landscape Equipment, Mitigation Measure AQ-6: Low VOC Paint
<br />(Operations), Mitigation Measure ACC-7: Loading Dock Connections would reduce operational air
<br />quality emissions and would also reduce GHG emissions. Additionally, Project Mitigation Measure
<br />GHG-1, through Mitigation Measure GHG-5 is included to reduce GHG emissions from non -mobile
<br />sources such as the use of the energy efficient appliances, recycling solid waste, and photovoltaic
<br />solar panels, and the TDM program required by Mitigation Measure AQ-3 would reduce GHG
<br />emissions from commuting. No Greenhouse Gas emissions reductions were taken for the
<br />implementation of Project MM GHG-1. The GPU FEIR determined that implementation of the GPU
<br />and its policies would result in a net decrease in emissions of approximately 255,878 MTCO2e over
<br />existing conditions within the City. The proposed Project would implement the mitigation identified
<br />above to reduce GHG emissions; and the Project proposes a specific plan that would be consistent
<br />with the buildout assumptions and applicable development standards of the GPU. Impacts related
<br />to generation of GHG emissions would be less than significant with mitigation incorporated. As such,
<br />Project impacts would be consistent with the impact conclusions set forth in the GPU FEIR, which
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