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

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c:r,TinN V11 RESOLUTION REGARDING CUMULATIVE IMPACTS The City hereby finds that cumulative impacts have been identified in the Supplemental EIR, and are summarized below. A. Aesthetics The Project proposes a mixed -use infill development located in a TPA on an urban and developed site in the City of Santa Ana, as defined under Public Resources Code section 21099. Thus, the proposed Project's aesthetic impacts are not considered significant on the environment pursuant to Public Resources Code section 21099. (Draft Supplemental EIR at p. 5.16-7.) As a result, the proposed Project has a less than significant cumulative impact on the visual character and scenic resources within the City. B. Agriculture and Forestry Resources The Project site is developed for urban uses and located in an area that is completely developed for urban uses. The California Department of Conservation Important Farmland mapping identifies the Project site as Urban and Built -Up land (CDC 2023). No areas of Prime Farmland, Unique Farmland, or Farmland of Statewide Importance would be affected by the proposed Project or converted to a non-agricultural use. The Project site is zoned General Commercial (C-2) north of Callen's Common and Commercial Residential (CR) and General Commercial (C-2) south of Callen's Common, is not in a Williamson Act contract, and the vicinity is void of agricultural use, forest land, or timberland. (Draft Supplemental EIR at p. 5.16-8.) The Project would have no impact on agriculture and forestry resources. As a result, no cumulative impact would occur. C. Air Quality Per SCAQMD's methodology, if an individual project would result in air emissions of criteria pollutants that exceeds the SCAQMD's thresholds for project -specific impacts, then it would also result in a cumulatively considerable net increase of these criteria pollutants. Mitigated emissions from construction would exceed regional thresholds for NOx, and mitigated overlapping construction and operational activities would result in exceedance of regional thresholds for ROG and NOx. Also, mitigated regional operational emissions of ROG would exceed thresholds at buildout of the proposed Project. The large majority of operational -source NOx emissions (by weight) would be generated by vehicle emissions that neither Project applicants nor the City have the ability to reduce. The majority of the proposed Project's ROG emission exceedances are from use of consumer products that the City cannot control emissions of; and therefore, cannot feasibly be reduced below the SCAQMD thresholds. As a result, NOx and ROG emissions from implementation of the proposed Project would be cumulatively considerable, and cumulative air quality impacts would be significant and unavoidable. (Draft Supplemental EIR at p. 5.1-43.)