55B - RESO - EIR SAN LORENZO SEWER LIFT

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¦ ¦ SAN LORENZO SEWER LIFT STATION ¦F] ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT F.O FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT F.4 NO RECIRCULATION OF THE DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT REQUIRED CEQA Guidelines Section 15088.5 describes the conditions under which a Draft EIR that was circulated for public review is required to be re-circulated for additional public review and comment. CEQA Guidelines Section 15088.5 states that new information added to a Draft EIR is not significant unless the Draft EIR is changed in a way that deprives the public of a meaningful opportunity to comment upon a substantial adverse effect of the project or a feasible way to mitigate or avoid such an effect (including a feasible project alternative) that the project's proponents have declined to implement. "Significant new information" requiring recirculation includes, for example, a disclosure showing that: a. A new significant environmental impact would result from the project or from a new mitigation measure proposed to be implemented. b. A substantial increase in the severity of an environmental impact would result unless mitigation measures are adopted that reduce the impact to a level of insignificance. A feasible project alternative or mitigation measure considerably different from the others previously analyzed would clearly lessen the significant environmental impacts of the project, but the project's proponents decline to adopt it. d. The Revised DEIR was so fundamentally and basically inadequate and conclusory in nature that meaningful public review and comment were precluded. As described in Section F.2 of the Final EIR, Revisions to the Proposed Project, minor revisions have been incorporated into the design of the proposed San Lorenzo Lift Station facility. The proposed changes do not warrant recirculation of the Draft EIR pursuant to the criteria listed above and set forth in CEQA Guidelines Section 15088.5. In addition, with the exception of the minor revisions to the Project's description that are described in Section F.2 of the Final EIR, no revisions to the text or figures of the Draft EIR were warranted as a result of proposed changes to the Project's design. As indicated in the responses to public comment letters provided in Section 0 of the Final EIR, Responses to Comments, no comments were received on the Draft EIR that warrant revision to the analysis of the Project's impacts to the environment. In addition, and in consideration of all comment letters received by the City, no new significant environmental impacts were identified that were not already identified by the Draft EIR. The Final EIR also does not identify any increases in the severity of any environmental impacts that were disclosed in the Draft EIR. The Final EIR does not identify any new environmental impacts or increases in the severity of environmental impacts; therefore, no new mitigation measures are required beyond those that were disclosed in the Draft EIR. In addition, public comment letters on the Draft EIR did not identify any alternatives to the proposed Project that would substantially lessen the significant environmental impacts of the proposed Project, as all feasible alternatives would result in significant and unavoidable short-term Transportation/Traffic impacts at the intersection of West Segerstrom Avenue/South Bristol Street due to the need for construction activities within or that would affect the intersection. As described previously in Section F.2, although a modified project design will be considered by the City for approval, this revised design was not developed for the purpose of reducing or avoiding any of the significant physical environmental impacts identified in the Draft EIR. It was developed for the sole purpose of avoiding the need for condemnation of 292 s.f. of privately owned property, which was objected to in Comment Letter E. PAGE FEIR-91 55B-139