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d) The decision making body shall consider the addendum with the final EIR or adopted <br /> negative declaration prior to making a decision on the project. <br /> e) A brief explanation of the decision not to prepare a subsequent EIR pursuant to Section <br /> 15162 should be included in an addendum to an EIR, the lead agency's findings on the <br /> project, or elsewhere in the record. The explanation must be supported by substantial <br /> evidence. <br /> CEQA Guidelines Section 15162, Subsequent EIRs and Negative Declarations, states the <br /> following with respect to a Subsequent EIRs: <br /> (a) When an EIR has been certified or a negative declaration adopted for a project, no <br /> subsequent EIR shall be prepared for that project unless the lead agency determines, <br /> on the basis of substantial evidence in the light of the whole record, one or more of the <br /> following: <br /> (1) Substantial changes are proposed in the project which will require major revisions of <br /> the previous EIR or negative declaration due to the involvement of new significant <br /> environmental effects or a substantial increase in the severity of previously <br /> identified significant effects; <br /> (2) Substantial changes occur with respect to the circumstances under which the <br /> project is undertaken which will require major revisions of the previous EiR or <br /> Negative Declaration due to the involvement of new significant environmental <br /> effects or a substantial increase in the severity of previously identified significant <br /> effects; or <br /> (3) New information of substantial importance, which was not known and could not <br /> have been known with the exercise of reasonable diligence at the time the previous <br /> EIR was certified as complete or the Negative Declaration was adopted, shows any <br /> of the following: <br /> (A) The project will have one or more significant effects not discussed in the <br /> previous EIR or negative declaration; <br /> (B) Significant effects previously examined will be substantially more severe than <br /> shown in the previous EIR; <br /> (C) Mitigation measures or alternatives previously found not to be feasible would in <br /> fact be feasible, and would substantially reduce one or more significant effects <br /> of the project, but the project proponents decline to adopt the mitigation <br /> measure or alternative; or <br /> (D) Mitigation measures or alternatives which are considerably different from those <br /> analyzed in the previous EIR would substantially reduce one or more significant <br /> effects on the environment, but the project proponents decline to adopt the <br /> mitigation measure or alternative. <br /> (b) If changes to a project or its circumstances occur or new information becomes available <br /> after adoption of a negative declaration, the lead agency shall prepare a subsequent <br /> EIR if required under subdivision (a). Otherwise the lead agency shall determine <br /> whether to prepare a subsequent negative declaration, an addendum, or no further <br /> documentation. <br /> 1.3 Incorporation by Reference <br /> January 2025 2 Environmental Analysis <br /> Resolution No. 2025-023 <br /> Page 10 of 65 <br />