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

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Groundwater Basin: The geographic scope for cumulative impacts related to the groundwater basin is the Orange County Basin. The cumulative impacts are evaluated in light of development projections in the recent City General Plan update and GPU FEIR that evaluates conditions contributing to the cumulative effects to the groundwater basin. The volume of water that would be needed by the proposed Project is within the anticipated groundwater pumping volumes. Therefore, the proposed Project would not result in changes to the projected groundwater pumping that would decrease groundwater supplies. As a result, the proposed Project would not generate impacts related to the groundwater basin that have the potential to combine with effects from other projects to become cumulatively considerable. Therefore, cumulative impacts related to the groundwater basin would be less than significant. (Draft Supplemental EIR at pp. 5.7-1 8 through 5.7-19.) K. Land Use and Planning The cumulative study area for land use and planning includes the City of Santa Ana and nearby areas in the City of Costa Mesa. The vicinity of the Project site includes numerous projects within the City of Santa Ana and City of Costa Mesa. A large portion of these projects consist of multi -family residential, commercial, and office developments; which are similar, consistent, and complementary to the proposed Specific Plan mixed -use development. The proposed Project would not physically divide an established community. Therefore, the proposed Project would not have the potential to have a cumulatively considerable impact related to physically dividing communities. Also, the proposed Project would implement the GPU land use designation of the Project site and South Bristol Street Focus Area objectives. The site is located within a TPA and a High -Quality Transit Corridor, and the proposed Project is consistent with the SCAG's 2020 Connect RTP%SCS. The proposed Project is consistent with the SNA AELUP policies. Also, the proposed Project is consistent with all of the relevant GPU goals and policies. Furthermore, the proposed zone change would provide consistency with the existing GPU land use designation and focus area development objectives. Because the proposed Project would implement the GPU and would not result in conflicts with an applicable land use plan, policy, or regulation of an agency with jurisdiction over the proposed Project, which has the purpose of avoiding or mitigating an environmental effect, the proposed Project would not cumulatively contribute to such an impact that could occur from related projects. As a result, cumulative impacts related to land use and planning from the proposed Project would not be cumulatively considerable. (Draft Supplemental EIR at p. 5.8-48.) L. Mineral Resources The Project would have an impact on mineral resources because there are no known mineral resources present on the Project site nor is the Project site located within an area known to contain locally important mineral resources. (Draft Supplemental EIR at p. 5.6-10.) No cumulative impacts would occur. M. Noise Cumulative noise assessment considers development of the proposed Project in combination with ambient growth and other development projects within the vicinity of the proposed Project. As noise is a localized phenomenon, and drastically reduces in magnitude as distance from the source