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Grand Avenue Widening Project Environmental Impact Report Section 2 0 It is possible that privately owned structures to be acquired under Alternatives 1 and 2 could contain asbestos containing building materials (ACBMs) and/or lead based paint (LBP), or could currently have some hazardous materials contamination. Prior to the acquisition of privately owned property, a Phase I hazardous materials investigation would be performed on the properties to be acquired. Any hazardous materials on those sites would be identified. The responsibility to remove and clean up any hazardous materials or contamination on privately owned property would be with the individual property owners, prior to the purchase of the property, consistent with existing federal, state and local regulations. The exceptions to this would be ACBMs and LBP which the City would remove prior to the demolition of any acquired structures, consistent with applicable federal, state and local regulations. No further mitigation is required. The proposed widening project will not result in increased fire risk because there is no flammable brush, grass or trees in the project area. No mitigation is required. 2.11 PUBLIC SERVICES IMPACTS FOUND NOT TO BE SIGNIFICANT The proposed widening of Grand Avenue may result in a minor increase in the demand for police and fire protection services in the area, due to. increased traffic volumes on Grand Avenue. However, this increase in demand for these services is the result of existing, approved and planned land uses in the area, and not as a direct result of the widening of Grand Avenue. Because the existing fire and police stations in the area would be adequate to meet the demand for fire, emergency and police services arising in this area, with or without the Grand Avenue widening, the proposed project will not result in the need for additional fire and police service personnel, equipment or facilities. No mitigation is required. The proposed widening project will not generate the demand for additional school facilities or impact school attendance because the project will not generate demand for housing or result in increased population. The widening project will not result in acquisition of any property from schools. Therefore, the proposed project will not impact existing schools or result in the need for new school or modified facilities or services. No mitigation is needed. The proposed widening of Grand Avenue will result in a minor increase in road maintenance costs for the City due to increased traffic and the increased road surface area. However, these increases would be relatively minor and the maintenance responsibility for the City would also be minor. Therefore, the proposed widening project will not result in adverse impacts related to road maintenance. No mitigation is required. The construction of the proposed widening of the project segment of Grand Avenue could result in temporary delays and/or detours of existing Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) transit services in the area. The short term impacts on these transit services will be substantially mitigated prior to construction, because the City will coordinate with the OCTA regarding the possible need for temporary detours and temporary bus stops. Therefore, the proposed widening would result in a less than significant impact on transit services. No mitigation is required. F: IPROJ-ENMGrand eirWew Text - GrandlSection 2.0-new.doc Page 2_7