2025-041 - Certifing Final Supplemental Enviromental Impact for The Village

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geometric design feature or incompatible uses would be less than significant. (Draft Supplemental EIR, pp. 4.13-18—4.13-19.) Threshold T-4: The Project would not result in inadequate emergency access. Findings: The City finds that the Project would result in less-than-significant impacts to transportation related to inadequate emergency access. Additionally, the City finds that the Project will implement regulatory requirements RR T-1 through RR T-2 (listed above). (Draft Supplemental EIR, p. 4.13-20.) Explanation of the Rationale: The proposed public and private roadways throughout the Project site would be designed to accommodate emergency vehicles for fire, ambulance, and police services. The roadways would not have restricted access such as gates that would prevent emergency vehicles from reaching the intended destinations. Roadway improvements and new roadway construction would be constructed in accordance with the Orange County Fire Authority standards and requirements. During construction, a traffic control plan would be implemented to ensure that adequate and safe access is available within and near the Project site. Appropriate construction traffic control measures would be utilized to ensure that emergency access to the Project site and the safe circulation of all modes of transportation is maintained on adjacent rights- of-way. Therefore, impacts related to inadequate emergency access would be less than significant. (Draft Supplemental EIR, p. 4.13-20.) Cumulative Impacts: The Project would not result in cumulative impacts concerning transportation. Findings: The City finds that the Project would result in less-than-significant cumulative impacts concerning transportation. Additionally, the City finds that the Project will implement regulatory requirements RR T-1 through RR T-2 (listed above). (Draft Supplemental EIR, pp. 4.13-21 —4.13-3.) Explanation of the Rationale: Cumulative development under the GPU buildout and related projects, including surrounding jurisdictions for the Cities of Costa Mesa and Irvine, would be separately reviewed and approved by the respective jurisdiction to ensure their consistency with applicable programs, plans, ordinances, and policies; VMT impacts; and compliance with existing building and fire code standards associated with emergency access hazards. The Project would connect to the existing circulation system while providing new facilities to enhance the use of public transit, pedestrian, and bicycle mobility and would not conflict with a plan, ordinance, or policy addressing circulation; would be consistent with SCAG's Connect SoCal RTPISCS and provide for public transit options to future project users to further reduce VMT; and would be designed in conformance with the City and Orange County Fire Authority's design standards to ensure that no potentially hazardous design features or inadequate emergency access would be introduced. Therefore, the Project's contribution to cumulative impacts associated with transportation would not be cumulatively considerable. Impacts would be less than significant. (Draft Supplemental EIR, pp. 4.13-21 —4.13-23.) Resolution No. 2025-041 Page 56 of 140