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2014 -2021 SANTA ANA HOUSING ELEMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY ELEMENT UPDATES CITY OF SANTA ANA 3. Environmental Analysis recommendations of the AQMP with regards to integrating land use and transportation and increasing density proximate to major transportation corridors and job centers. Therefore, no impacts would occur. b) Violate any air quality standard or contribute substantially to an existing or projected air quality violation? Less Than Significant Impact. The Housing Element designates adequate sites for potential future development that could accommodate any unmet portion of the RHNA through 2021. New development could potentially generate pollutant emissions due to new vehicle trips, use of equipment, and off -site power and natural gas generation. During the construction phases of individual development projects, emissions would also be generated by construction vehicles and activities. Air pollutant emissions associated with the project could occur over the short term for demolition, site preparation, and construction activities. In addition, emissions could result from the long -term operation of the potential additional units. Construction Impacts Construction projects can produce nuisance dust emissions. Air quality impacts may occur during the site preparation and construction activities of individual projects as anticipated under the Housing Element. Major sources of emissions during this phase include exhaust emissions generated during demolition of an existing structure, site preparation, and subsequent structure erection, and fugitive dust generated as a result of soil disturbances. To minimize construction - related air quality impacts, future development projects would be required to comply with SCAQMD Rules and Regulations, including Rule 403 for Fugitive Dust Control. Additionally, any future development projects would be subject to CEQA review and evaluated for potential construction related air quality impacts. Furthermore, at the time of specific project -level environmental review, the lead agency would ensure compliance with mitigation measures, through placement of conditions of approval on applicable projects, to reduce impacts. Operational Impacts Long -term air quality impacts are those associated with the emissions produced from project- generated vehicle trips as well as from stationary sources related to the use of natural gas for heating and electricity for lighting and ventilation. Future developments would be subject to CEQA review on a project -by- project basis, and impacts would be disclosed and mitigated as feasible. However, impacts to any air quality standard due to the adoption of the Housing Element would result in a less then significant impact. The Housing Element is a policy -level document that is consistent with existing general plan land use designation and zoning and therefore does not include specific development proposals. Adoption of the Housing Element would, therefore, not directly result in any pollutant emissions. The Housing Element establishes City direction for facilitating housing development pursuant to adopted land use plans. Residential development facilitated by implementation of Housing Element programs has the potential to result in pollutant emissions. These impacts have been evaluated at a program or policy -level in the CEQA documents. Any future development of vacant sites identified in the Housing Element would comply with all SCAQMD requirements as well as any mitigation measures required as a result of project -level CEQA analysis, including those applicable to short -term construction activities. Therefore, impacts would be less than significant. December 2093 The Planning Center I DC&E • Page 43 75A -65