31A - CUP 2009-11 - 2000 N FAIRVIEW STREET

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Responses to Environmental Checklist For CEQA Compliance MM NOI-1 The Applicant shall require by contract specifications that the following construction best management practices (BMPs) be implemented by contractors to reduce construction noise levels: - Notification shall be mailed to owners and occupants of all developed land uses immediately bordering or directly across the street from the project site area providing a schedule for major construction activities that will occur through the duration of the construction period. In addition, the notification will include the identification and contact number for a community liaison and designated construction manager that would be available on site to monitor construction activities. The construction manager will be located at the on-site construction office during construction hours for the duration of all construction activities. Contract information for the community liaison and construction manager will be located at the construction office, City Hall, and the police department. - Ensure that construction equipment is properly muffled according to industry standards. - Place noise-generating construction equipment and locate construction staging areas away from the adjacent residential uses. - Implement noise attenuation measures to the extent feasible, which may include, but are not limited to, noise barriers or noise blankets. MM NOI-2 The Applicant shall require by contract specifications that construction staging areas, along with the operation of earthmoving equipment within the project site, are located as far away from vibration- and noise-sensitive sites as possible. Contract specifications shall be included in the proposed project construction documents, which shall be reviewed and approved by the City. MM NOI-3 The Applicant shall require by contract specification that construction activities generating the loudest noise levels (e.g. site grading) shall not occur prior to 9:00 a.M. or after 5:00 P.nn. Monday through Friday. Further, such activities shall be prohibited on Saturdays, Sundays and federal holidays. MM NOI-4 The Applicant shall require by contract specifications that no delivery of materials or maintenance of equipment shall occur at the project site after 6:00 P.nn. on weekdays and Saturdays, before 7:00 a.M. on weekdays and Saturdays, and at no time on Sundays. Pursuant to mitigation measure MM NOI-1, the implementation of noise attenuation measures may include the use of noise barriers (e.g., sound walls) or noise blankets. As a general rule, a sound wall is able to reduce noise by 5 dBA. In addition, mitigation measure MM NOI-2 requires location of construction staging areas and earthmoving equipment as far away from noise and vibration-sensitive land uses as possible to reduce construction-related noise levels. Additionally, implementation of MM NOI-3 would require that the construction contractor limit the loudest construction activities to occur between the hours of 9:00 A.nn. and 5:00 P.nn. to reduce construction noise during times when sensitive receptors would be most sensitive to elevated noise levels. Implementation of MM NOI-1, MM NOI-2, MM NOI-3, and MM NOI-4 would ensure compliance with the City's Noise Ordinance for construction activity and reduce, to the extent feasible, impacts associated with construction activities resulting from implementation of the proposed project to aless-than-significant level. 31 A-48