55A - SAN LORENZO SEWER LIFT STATION

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Chapter 3 Findings Regarding ProjectAitematIves Attachment "A" and therefore would not meet the Project's objective to "Provide a lift station facility that provides sufficient access space for maintenance of the lift station facility." Moreover, such an alternative would fail to meet the Project's objective to construct a replacement lift station facility located outside of the public rights -of -way so as to minimize potential safety conflicts between motorists and maintenance personnel. Finally, such an alternative would not achieve the Project's objective to construct a new lift station facility, as this alternative would not involve the construction of a new lift station but rather would involve upgrades to the existing facility. 3.4.23 Additional Findings 3.4.23.1 Findings Related to Recirculation of the RDEIR 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 new significant environmental impact would result from the project or from a new mitigation measure proposed to be implemented. • 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. • The RDEIR 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, No Revisions to the Proposed Project, following receipt of comments from the public in response to the 47 -day public review period for the RDEIR, the City evaluated the comments received and responded to all substantive comments (refer to Section F.3 of the Final EIR). As indicated in the responses to public comment letters provided in Section F.3 of the Final EIR, Responses to Comments, no comments were received on the RDEIR that warrant revision to the analysis of the Project's impacts to the environment. Additionally, the Final EIR does not identify any new significant environmental impacts that were not already identified by the RDEIR, and no new mitigation measures were imposed on the proposed Project that could result in a new significant environmental impact. The Final EIR also does not identify any increases in the severity of any environmental impacts that were disclosed in the RDEIR, and new mitigation measures are not required in order to reduce the severity of such environmental impacts to a level below significant. In addition, public comment letters on the RDEIR did not identify any new mitigation measures or alternatives to the proposed Project that are considerably different from those already evaluated by San Lorenzo Lift Station EIR (Project No. 06 -3510) 3 -45 CEQA Findings of Fact/Statement of Overriding Considerations A; LYeey