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City of Santa Ana Environmental Checklist areas. Present and future projects would comply with requirements of the MBTA to avoid and /or mitigation potential impacts on protected nests and pursuant to existing federal and state regulations would be required to implement restoration and replacement efforts for any impacts on special status plants and wildlife. Changes from the proposed project in combination with other past, present, and reasonably foreseeable future projects will not contribute to a cumulatively considerable impact on biological resources. After the incorporation of mitigation measure provided herein that will reduce impacts on biological resources to a level below significant, the project's incremental contribution would not result in a cumulatively considerable impact. Cultural Resources The cumulative study area for cultural resources includes the two -mile radius, as shown on Figure 3 -3. The proposed project is located in a fully developed urban environment and would develop a meditation center on an infiil redevelopment parcel. Present and future projects in the City of Santa Ana would be required to retain a qualified professional archaeologist and paleontologist for grading activities if no previous studies have been performed on the site. Due to the site - specific nature of cultural resources impacts, changes from the proposed project in combination with other past, present, and reasonably foreseeable future projects will not contribute to a cumulatively considerable impact. After the incorporation of the mitigation measures provided herein the project is not expected to impact cultural resources, and also is not anticipated to have any cumulative impacts on historic, archaeological, or paleontological resources. Geology and Soils The cumulative setting for geology and soils includes all the development and infrastructure that have occurred in the City of Santa Ana in the past and would be expected to occur in the future, including the projects listed in Table 3 -26. Past, present, and future development could be affected by existing widespread southern California geologic conditions and result in ground shaking, landsliding, and soils movement, which ultimately could result in significant impacts on the environment. However, similar to the proposed project, past, present, and future projects have been and would continue to comply with the CBC and to implement specific building techniques to minimize seismic damage. As described in Section VI, Geology and Soils, impacts of the proposed project would be reduced by implementing mitigation to ensure appropriate geotechnical engineering reduces effects of potential seismic events and the potential impacts related to the existing geologic and soils environment on site. Thus, geologic and soils impacts related to the project would be less than significant after mitigation and would not be cumulatively considerable. Greenhouse Gasses As described in Section VII, the proposed project's annual GHG emissions under BAU conditions are estimated to be 1,336 metric tons CO2e. To put this number into perspective, statewide CO2e emissions for year 2009 were estimated to be 456.8 million metric tons. Project- specific Mitigation Measures GHG -1 through GHG -3 have been included to reduce greenhouse gasses generated by the project and reduce impacts to a less than significant level. GHG emissions would be further reduced with implementation of AB 32 seeping measures such as Pavley emissions standards, the low- carbon fuel standard, and renewables portfolio standard, among other standards. Implementation of Mitigation Measures GHG -1 through GHG -3, along with state implementation of AB 32 Seeping Measures, would reduce the incremental GHG emissions associated with the proposed project by approximately 30%. The Bat Nha Buddhist Meditation Center June 2013 Initial Study /Mitigated Negative Declaration 3 -100 [CF 00215.12 31 C -155