Item 14 - Award of a Construction Contract for Bristol St and Memory Lane Intersection

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ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT ADDENDUM Bristol Street and Memory Lane Intersection Improvements — Project No. 17-E883 3.7 GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS The previously approved 1990 FEISIEIR did not include evaluation for Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions, as such an analysis was not required in the CEQA guidelines at the time the 1990 FEISIEIR was prepared. On September 6, 1990, the City of Santa Ana Public Works Agency certified the 1990 FEISIEIR that analyzed the potential impacts associated with the Bristol Street Widening Project, which focused on improvements that would result in proposed widening of Bristol Street, from Warner Avenue to Memory Lane, in the City of Santa Ana. Although this previous environmental document did not include a GHG analysis, a supplemental environmental analysis of GHG impacts cannot be required absent new information on that front. (Citizens,for Responsible Equitable Environrnental Development [CREED] v. City of ,Saga Diego, [2011] 196 CaI.App.4th 515, 531.) Information on the effect of greenhouse gas emissions on climate was known long before the City approved the 1990 FEISIEIR. (Id) Thus, the effect of greenhouse gas emissions on climate could have been raised in 1990 when the City considered the FEISIECR. A challenge to a FEISIEIR must be brought within 30 days of the lead agency's notice of approval. (Pub. Resources Code, § 21167[b].) Under Public Resources Code section 21166(c), an agency may not require a supplemental environmental review unless new information, which was not known and could not have been known atthe time the FEISIEIR was approved, becomes available After a project has been subjected to environmental review, the statutory presumption flips in favor of the project proponent and against further review. (Moss v. County of Humbolch [2008] 162 Cal.App.4th 1041, 1049-1050.) "`[S]ectim 21166 comes into play precisely because in-depth review has already occurred [and] the time for challenging the sufficiency of the original EIR has long since expired."' (Icl , 1050.) There is no competent evidence of new information of severe impact, and thus the City may rely on an addendum. Accordingly, the City finds that GHG impacts and climate change are not "new information" under Public Resources Code Section 21166. Would Me project: a) Generate greenhouse gar emissions, either directly or indirectly, ffix may have a *n#k- ant import on the environment? GHG were not evaluated in the 1990 FEISIEIR.. Construction activities would consume fuel and result in the generation of GHG emissions. Construction of the Project is anticipated to occur over a one-year period. Construction -related GHG emissions would cease upon completion of the Project. Due to the length of construction activities, GHG emissions associated with construction activities are anticipated to be minimal. Because construction emissions are not substantial and would cease after completion of construction, GHG emissions would not be significant. Furthermore; the Project proposes acquiring additional ROW from what was originally analyzed in the 1990 FEIS/E[R. The additional ROW would not change the roadway capacity or over all Iane configuration from what was analyzed in the 1990 FEISIEIR. As the Project involves roadway improvements and not a trip generating [and. use, only carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from mobile -sources are applicable. Similar to the other criteria pollutants, the highest emissions would occur between 0 to 10 Wailes per hour (mph) and 50 mph and above. The proposed Project would improve traffic flow and reduce idling. Because the Project would improve traffic flow within the Project area, the Project would result in reduced CO2 emissions. Modifications involving additional ROW would not result in a change to the road capacity, lane configuration, and impacts that were identified in the 1990 FEISIEIR. GHG emissions would be nominal in relation to the global scale of GHG emissions, and there is no evidence that mitigation is necessary for the Project modifications to further demonstrate compliance with the GHG reduction targets of Assembly Bill 32 and Senate Bill 32. Consequently, GHG emissions associated with the Project would be less than significant. Certified 1990 FEISIEIR Mitigation Measures: No 1990 FEISIEIR mitigation measures are applicably Mitigation Measures: No mitigation measures are required. Final I December 2017 3-12 Environmental Consequences