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Home My WebLink AboutResolutions - No. RDA2002-05AGENCY RESOLUTION NO. RDA2002-05 A RESOLUTION OF THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF LODI CERTIFYING THE COMPLETION OF THE FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT FOR THE PROPOSED REDEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE LODI REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT NO. 1; ADOPTING A STATEMENT OF FINDINGS, FACTS, AND OVERRIDING CONSIDERATIONS; AND ADOPTING A MITIGATION MONITORING PLAN ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ WHEREAS, as the Lead Agency, the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Lodi (the "Agency") has prepared an Environmental Impact Report (the "EIR") on the proposed Redevelopment Plan (the "Redevelopment Plan") for the Lodi Redevelopment Project No. 1 (the "Project") pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (Public Resources Code Section 21000 et seq., hereinafter referred to as "CEQA"), the Guidelines for Implementation of the California Environmental Quality Act (14 California Code of Regulations, Section 15000 et seq., hereinafter referred to as the "State CEQA Guidelines") and procedures adopted by the Agency relating to environmental evaluation; and WHEREAS, the Agency transmitted for filing a Notice of Completion of the Draft EIR and thereafter in accordance with CEQA and the State CEQA Guidelines forwarded the Draft EIR to the State Clearinghouse for distribution to those state agencies which have discretionary approval or jurisdiction by law over natural resources affected by the Redevelopment Plan, to the affected taxing agencies, and to other interested persons and agencies, and sought the comments of such persons and agencies; and WHEREAS, notice to all interested persons and agencies inviting comments on the Draft EIR was published in accordance with the provisions of CEQA and the State CEQA Guidelines; and WHEREAS, the Draft EIR was thereafter revised and supplemented to adopt changes suggested, to incorporate comments received during the public review period pursuant to CEQA and the State CEQA Guidelines, and to incorporate the Agency's responses to said comments, and as so revised and supplemented, a Final EIR was prepared by the Agency; and WHEREAS, the Final EIR consists of the Draft EIR as revised and supplemented to incorporate all comments received and the responses of the Agency thereto and is part of the Agency's Report to the City Council on the Redevelopment Plan. NOW, THEREFORE, THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF LODI, CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The Agency hereby certifies that the Final EIR for the Project is adequate and has been completed in compliance with CEQA, the State CEQA Guidelines, and local procedures adopted by the Agency pursuant thereto and that the Agency has reviewed and considered the information contained in the Final EIR prior to adopting this resolution. The Agency hereby finds that the Final EIR reflects the independent judgment of the Agency. Section 2. The Agency hereby adopts the Statement of Findings, Facts, and Overriding Considerations relating to the environmental impact of the Redevelopment Plan for the Lodi Redevelopment Project No. 1 as set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference (including, without limitation, the mitigation measures therein set forth). Based upon such Statement of Findings, Facts, and Overriding Considerations, the Agency hereby finds that all significant environmental effects have been eliminated or substantially lessened except the following unavoidable adverse impact: (1) Long -Term Regional Emissions Increases. Based upon the foregoing, the Agency finds and determines that the Redevelopment Plan will have a significant effect upon the environment but that the benefits of the Redevelopment Plan outweigh the unavoidable adverse impacts for the reasons set forth in the Statement of Findings, Facts, and Overriding Considerations, in particular, Part V thereof. Section 3. The Agency hereby adopts the Mitigation Monitoring Plan set forth in Exhibit B attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference. Section 4. Upon approval and adoption of the Redevelopment Plan by the City Council,. the Agency Secretary is hereby directed to file a Notice of Determination with the County Clerk of the County of San Joaquin pursuant to the provisions of Section 21152 of CEQA and Section 15094 of the State CEQA Guidelines, along with two copies of the Certificate of Fee Exemption as required pursuant to Title 14, California Code of Regulations, Section 753.5(c). Dated: June 19, 2002 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- I hereby certify that Resolution No. RDA2002-05 was passed and adopted by the Members of the Redevelopment Agency in a special joint meeting of the Lodi City Council and the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Lodi held June 19, 2002 by the following vote: AYES: MEMBERS — Howard, Land, and Mayor Pennino NOES: MEMBERS — Nakanishi ABSENT: MEMBERS — None ABSTAIN: MEMBERS — Hitchcock Attest: SUSAN J. BLACKSTON Secretary -•1 fmwti�V �tla� PHILLIP A. • Chairperson RDA2002-05 STATEMENT OF FINDINGS, FACTS, AND OVERRIDING CONSIDERATIONS RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF THE REDEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE LODI REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT NO. 1 INTRODUCTION The California Environmental Quality Act (Public Resources Code Section 21000 et seq., "CEQA") provides, in Section 21081, that: "[N]o public agency shall approve or carry out a project for which an environmental impact report has been certified which identifies one or more significant effects on the environment that would occur if the project is approved or carried out unless both of the following occur: "(a) The public agency makes one or more of the following findings with respect to each significant effect: "(1) Changes or alterations have been required in, or incorporated into, the project which mitigate or avoid the significant effects on the environment. "(2) Those changes or alterations are within the responsibility and jurisdiction of another public agency and have been, or can and should be, adopted by that other agency. "(3) Specific economic, legal, social, technological, or other considerations, including considerations for the provision of employment opportunities for highly trained workers, make infeasible the mitigation measures or alternatives identified in the environmental impact report. "(b) With respect to significant effects which were subject to a finding under paragraph (3) of subdivision (a), the public agency finds that specific overriding economic, legal, social, technological, or other benefits of the project outweigh the significant effects on the environment." As defined in CEQA, "'significant effect on the environment' means a substantial, or potentially substantial, adverse change in the environment." (Public Resources Code Section 21068.) II. DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT PROPOSED FOR APPROVAL For purposes of CEQA, the "project" addressed in the Final Environmental Impact Report (the "Final EIR") is the adoption and phased implementation of the Redevelopment Plan (the "Redevelopment Plan") for the Lodi Redevelopment Project No. 1 (the "Project"). As more particularly identified in the Final EIR, the Project Area covers approximately 1,184 acres of land within the City of Lodi, including commercial, industrial, parks, residential and public right of way land uses. Under the Redevelopment Plan, the Project would be developed in accordance with the land uses designated and permitted by the General Plan for the City of Lodi. The Final EIR describes the environmental impacts that may occur as a result of the adoption and phased 1 Exhibit A implementation of the Redevelopment Plan and identifies, where applicable, measures which would mitigate significant effects on the environment to a level of insignificance. Findings regarding the significant effects of the Project are set forth below. III. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF THE PROJECT; FINDINGS REGARDING SIGNIFICANT EFFECTS OF THE PROJECT This Part III identifies the potentially significant and unavoidably significant effects of the Project as determined by the Agency, including the findings and facts supporting the findings in connection therewith. The Final EIR discussed Hazardous Materials but no impacts were anticipated. The following areas were discussed in the Final EIR and include mitigation measures that are incorporated into the Redevelopment Plan or are unavoidably significant effects on the Project: A. Land Use and Visual Factors 1. Environmentallmpact Adverse Land Use Compatibility Impacts. Some project - facilitated land use changes within the Project Area could result in adverse land use compatibility impacts. Given the proximity of some existing, planned and anticipated residential uses in the Project Area to existing and planned commercial and industrial areas, project -assisted development could introduce significant new land use conflicts among specific residential, commercial and industrial developments. Finding: The mitigation feasible and shall be required The mitigation measures will significant' level. measures identified below are in or incorporated into the Project. reduce the impact to a 'less than Facts in Support of the Finding: The following mitigation measures are incorporated into the Redevelopment Plan: (a) During City review and prior to approval of individual projects within the Project Area, emphasize the need to avoid significant new land use conflicts between non-residential and residential development, between sensitive new commercial uses and existing nuisance -prone commercial and industrial uses, and between new nuisance prone commercial and industrial uses and sensitive existing commercial uses. (b) During review procedures and the formulation of conditions of approval, require assurances to City satisfaction of: (1) adequate land use separation, scale transition, and noise buffering; (2) creative siting of buildings to avoid conflicts; (3) adequate protections against light, glare, and shadow impacts; (4) adequate odor control; (5) adequate offstreet parking provisions; (6) adequate and safe truck access and offstreet loading 2 Exhibit A provisions; and (7) other common measures warranted to avoid such land use conflicts. 2. Environmentallmpact Visual Impacts on Specific Streetscapes Within the Project Area. The visual quality of future development in specific opportunity areas within the Project Area would directly affect the quality of important city streetscapes. Without adequate design control, the Project could facilitate new industrial or mixed- use/commercial development that could adversely affect the visual quality of these highly visible industrial and mixed-use streetscapes, as well as the visual character of surrounding neighborhoods, and of the central area as a whole. Finding: The mitigation measures identified below are feasible and shall be required in or incorporated into the Project. The mitigation measures will reduce the impact to a "less than significant' level. Facts in Support of the Finding: The following mitigation measures are incorporated into the Redevelopment Plan: (a) Through the City's currently adopted development permit and design review process, future development in the Industrial Rail Corridor, East Industrial Area, Cherokee Lane Corridor and Lodi West subareas, as designated in the EIR, shall be subject to particularly focused and detailed design review. Implement specific visual impact mitigation guidelines set forth in the City's General Plan, Zoning Ordinance, Downtown Development Standards and Guidelines and Central City Revitalization Program in a manner that, to the satisfaction of City staff and the City's Architectural Approval Committee and Planning Commission, are sufficient to adequately protect and enhance the visual quality of these areas. (b) Applications for future development and property improvements that are subject to discretionary approval in the Industrial Rail Corridor, East Industrial Area, Cherokee Lane Corridor and Lodi West subareas, as designated in the EIR, shall incorporate the appropriate combination of specific design guidelines listed in section 4.3 of the EIR in a manner that, to the satisfaction of City staff and the City's Architectural Approval Committee and Planning Commission, are sufficient to adequately reduce project related visual impacts on streets, residential neighborhoods, and the central area as a whole. 3. Environmentallmpact Potential Impacts on Visual Character and Imaae of Eastside Residential Neighborhood. Project facilitated new multi -family development built in the Eastside neighborhood would have the 3 Exhibit A potential to clash visually with the neighborhood's older, predominantly single-family residential character. • Findin : The mitigation measure identified below is feasible and shall be required in or incorporated into the Project. The mitigation measure will reduce the impact to a "less than significant' level. • Facts in Support of the Finding: The following mitigation measure is incorporated into the Redevelopment Plan: In review and processing of residential development projects within the Eastside residential neighborhood, place special emphasis on implementation of locational strategy contained in the Central City Revitalization Program to protect and improve the visual character and integrity of the neighborhood. Encourage locations at the edge of the neighborhood and require appropriate visual buffering and scale transition between new multi -family structures and existing single-family development, to the satisfaction of City staff and the City's Architectural Approval Committee and Planning Commission. B. Population, Housina and Employment 1. Environmentallmpact • Potential Jobs/Housing Balance Impacts. Project -facilitated development and the projected addition of a substantially greater number of jobs than housing units in the Project Area may exacerbate the existing jobs/housing imbalance (weighted towards jobs in comparison to the County as a whole). • Finding: The mitigation measures identified below are feasible and shall be required in or incorporated into the Project. The mitigation measures will reduce the impact to a "less than significant' level. • Facts in Support of the Finding: The following mitigation measure is incorporated into the Redevelopment Plan: Implementation of mitigation measures identified below in Section III.C.1 of this Statement of Findings, Facts and Overriding Considerations pertaining to project -related commute period vehicular traffic increases and associated project and cumulative transportation system impacts. C. Transportation and Parkina 1. Environmentallmpact 4 Exhibit A A Impact on Intersection Signalization Requirements. Additional redevelopment related traffic would increase PM peak hour traffic volumes at the Pine Street/Central Avenue intersection above criteria levels set by Caltrans to determine whether installation of a traffic signal is warranted. Finding: The mitigation measures identified below are feasible and shall be required in or incorporated into the Project. The mitigation measures will reduce the impact to a "less than significant" level. Facts in Support of the Finding: The following mitigation measures are incorporated into the Redevelopment Plan: Caltrans has established eleven possible tests, or "warrants", for determining whether installation of a traffic signal should be considered. Usually, two or more of these must be met before a signal is warranted. The EIR analysis indicates that only the warrant related to peak hour traffic volume would be met for the Pine Street/Central Avenue intersection. The City shall monitor traffic volumes and conditions at the Pine Street -Central Avenue intersection, and when two or more Caltrans signal warrant criteria are met, shall place the intersection on the City's priority list for signalization. Infrastructure and Public Facilities 1. Environmental Impact Anticipated Water Supply Impacts. Anticipated increases in commercial activity, employment and residential population associated with the Project would result in corresponding increases in the demand for water service. The City is prepared to provide the additional domestic water necessary for anticipated additional development in the Project Area, but water table fluctuations due to basin overdraft give rise to some uncertainty regarding available water supply for the City's future needs. Finding: The mitigation measures identified below are feasible and shall be required in or incorporated into the Project. The mitigation measures will reduce the impact to a less than significant level. Facts in Support of Finding: The following mitigation measure is incorporated into the Redevelopment Plan: Implement the City of Lodi General Plan Land Use and Growth Management Element policies which require the City to (1) develop new facilities, as necessary, to serve new develop in accordance with the City's Water, Wastewater and Drainage Master Plans, and (2) assess water, wastewater and drainage 5 Exhibit A development fees on all new residential, commercial, office and industrial development sufficient to fund required systemwide improvements. 2. Environmental Impact Water Distribution System Inadequacies. The existing water distribution system may not be adequate to serve anticipated new redevelopment facilitated development and intensification in the Project Area. Finding: The mitigation measures identified below are feasible and shall be required in or incorporated into the Project. The mitigation measures will reduce the impact to a less than significant level. Facts in Support of Finding: The following mitigation measures are incorporated into the Redevelopment Plan: As project facilitated development takes place over the next 20 years, implement remaining needed central area water distribution system improvements identified in Chapter 8 of the City's Water Master Plan. Water conservation should also be promoted as the Project Area redevelops. 3. Environmental Impact Sewage Collection System Inadequacies. The existing wastewater collection system may not be adequate to serve anticipated new redevelopment facilitated development and intensification in the Project Area. Finding: The mitigation measures identified below are feasible and shall be required in or incorporated into the Project. The mitigation measures will reduce the impact to a less than significant level. Facts in Support of the Finding: The following mitigation measures are incorporated into the Redevelopment Plan: Continue to implement the central area sewage collection system improvements identified as needed in the City of Lodi General Plan, and the City's Sanitary Sewer System Technical Report, including planned improvements to the Eastside neighborhood collection system. 4. Environmentallmpact Police Service Demand in Project Area. Project -facilitated development and intensification within the Project Area would increase demands for police services in the Project Area. 6 Exhibit A 5. 6. Findin : The mitigation measures identified below are feasible and shall be required in or incorporated into the Project. The mitigation measures will reduce the impact to a less than significant level. Facts in Support of the Finding: The following mitigation measures are incorporated into the Redevelopment Plan: Police Department shall monitor the rate of additional police calls per year associated with the Project Area and the adequacy of associated response times. If warranted by the monitoring data, the City shall provide additional officers and facilities (funded through the City's general fund). Following established City procedures, the Police Department shall also review discretionary approvals for project -facilitated commercial and residential development within the Project Area. Environmental Impact Fire Protection and Emergency Medical Service Demand in Project Area. Project -facilitated development and intensification within the Project Area would increase demands for fire protection and emergency medical services in the Project Area. Finding: The mitigation measures identified below are feasible and shall be required in or incorporated into the Project. The mitigation measures will reduce the impact to a less than significant level. Facts in Support of the Finding: The following mitigation measures are incorporated into the Redevelopment Plan: Fire Department shall monitor the rate of additional fire protection service calls per year associated with the Project Area and the adequacy of associated response times. If warranted by the monitoring data, the City shall provide additional firefighters and equipment (funded through the City's general fund). Following established City procedures, the Fire Department shall also review discretionary approvals for project -facilitated commercial and residential development within the Project Area. Environmental Impact School Service Demand. Existing Lodi Unified School District (LUSD) schools serving the Project Area may not have sufficient capacity to accommodate the additional school population generated by project -facilitated residential development. Finding: The mitigation measures identified below are feasible and shall be required in or incorporated into the Project. The 7 Exhibit A mitigation measures will reduce the impact to a less than significant level. Facts in Support of the Finding: The following mitigation measures are incorporated into the Redevelopment Plan: (a) Redevelopment Agency shall make the statutory pass- through payment of tax increment revenue to the LUSD and the San Joaquin County Office of Education pursuant to Health and Safety Code section 33607.5. (b) City shall require developers in the Project Area to pay state authorized school impact fees to the extent approved by the LUSD. Individual project applicants may also choose to enter into agreements with the LUSD to provide additional impact fees negotiated with LUSD. 7. Environmental Impact Proiect Park Demand. Park and recreation facilities in the Project Area are already operating at capacity. Project -facilitated development and intensification in the Project Area would incrementally increase the demand for park and recreation services. Based on estimated population increase in the Project Area, the City will need approximately 1.83 acres of additional park land to meet the increased demand. Finding: The mitigation measures identified below are feasible and shall be required in or incorporated into the Project. The mitigation measures will reduce the impact to a less than significant level. Facts in Support of the Finding: The following mitigation measures are incorporated into the Redevelopment Plan: City shall ensure that at least 1.83 acres of parkland is developed within or convenient to the Project Area. As project -facilitated build -out takes place in the Project Area, adequate corresponding park and recreation provisions shall be provided through required dedication of land and/or in -lieu payment of City adopted park and recreation fees. E. Drainage and Water Quality 1. Environmentallmpact Erosion, Sedimentation and Urban Runoff Pollutants. Building construction and infrastructure improvements in the Project Area could further degrade downstream water quality. Factors contributing to downstream water quality problems include soil disturbance during construction, new impervious surfaces created with project -facilitated developments, increased vehicle traffic, and s Exhibit A herbicides, pesticides and fertilizers from new landscaping associated with project -facilitated development. Finding: The mitigation measures identified below are feasible and shall be required in or incorporated into the Project. The mitigation measures will reduce the impact to a less than significant level. Facts in Support of the Finding: The following mitigation measures are incorporated into the Redevelopment Plan: (a) City shall require applicants for each future project - facilitated development requiring a discretionary approval to comply with all applicable state, regional and City water quality provisions. (b) For projects involving the grading of more than five acres, applicant shall be required to (1) file with the Regional Water Quality Control Board a Notice of Intent to comply with the Statewide General Permit for Construction Activities, (2) prepare and implement a project -specific Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan (including erosion control plan) if grading is involved, (3) implement a monitoring, inspection and documentation program to assure the effectiveness of control measures, (4) obtain or comply with existing General Stormwater Discharge Permits for Industrial Activities, where applicable, and (5) comply with the NPDES Phase II Non -Point Discharge program. F. Noise 1. Environmental Impact Exposure of Sensitive Land Uses to Excessive Environmental Noise Project facilitated intensification of and changes in land uses in the Project Area could expose additional people to noise levels exceeding acceptable levels. Finding: The mitigation measures identified below are feasible and shall be required in or incorporated into the Project. The mitigation measures will reduce the impact to a "less than significant" level. Facts in Support of the Finding: The following mitigation measures are incorporated into the Redevelopment Plan: (a) Noise impacts can be reduced through appropriate site planning, construction of noise barriers, and/or incorporation of noise insulation features into a project's design as specified in the City of Lodi General Plan. Evaluate the impact of each 9 Exhibit A redevelopment -facilitated discretionary development application in the Project Area on the noise environment, particularly when proposed near major transportation noise sources. (b) Require noise assessments for all redevelopment - facilitated discretionary applications in areas adjoining commercial or industrial noise sources, and for noise -generating development facilitated by the redevelopment plan when proposed adjacent to noise sensitive land uses. 2. Environmentallmpact Redevelopment Facilitated Construction Noise. Residential and other noise -sensitive uses located adjacent to project -facilitated construction activities could be exposed to noise levels that would interfere with normal activities. Finding: The mitigation measures identified below are feasible and shall be required in or incorporated into the Project. The mitigation measures will reduce the impact to a "less than significant" level. Facts in Support of the Findina: The following mitigation measures are incorporated into the Redevelopment Plan: City shall require the use of a combination of the following reasonable construction practices for projects when noise - sensitive receptors are located in the project vicinity, including restricting construction to avoid noise generating activity in the early morning, evening, and on Sundays and holidays, muffling and properly maintaining all internal combustion engine driven equipment, locating stationary noise -generating equipment as far as possible from sensitive receptors, routing construction traffic to and from the project site via designated truck routes, utilizing "quiet" air compressors and other stationary noise sources where such technology exists, and designation of a "noise disturbance coordinator' who would be responsible for responding to any local complaints about construction noise. G. Air Quality 1. Environmentallmpact Construction Activity Air Quality Construction activities facilitated by the proposed redevelopment plan could generate construction period exhaust emissions and fugitive dust that could affect local air quality. In addition, buildings constructed prior to 1979 could have Asbestos Containing Materials (ACMs) which could be released into the air during building demolition. io Exhibit A 2. Finding: The mitigation measures identified below are feasible and shall be required in or incorporated into the Project. The mitigation measures will reduce the impact to a 'less than significant' level. Facts in Support of the Finding: The following mitigation measures are incorporated into the Redevelopment Plan: City shall require that individual redevelopment -facilitated projects involving new construction shall comply, where applicable, with the current San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District ("SJVUAPCD") Regulation VIII requirements. In addition, the City may also require a limitation on traffic speeds on unpaved roads to 15 miles per hour, installation of wheel washers for all exiting trucks, or wash off all trucks and equipment leaving the site, suspension of excavation and grading activities when winds exceed 20 miles per hour, and/or a limitation on the size of the area subject to excavation, grading or other construction activity at any one time to avoid excessive dust. To mitigate any potential demolition -related air quality impacts from ACMs, the demolition contractor would be required to comply with all local, state and federal regulations regarding determination of existence of ACMs and proper removal and disposal to reduce air quality risks associated with airborne ACMs. Prior to the start of construction, the applicant shall submit a dust control plan demonstrating compliance with all SJVUAPCD and City required control measures. Environmental Impact Long -Term Regional Emissions Increases Emissions resulting from new vehicle trips generated by redevelopment facilitated intensification in the Project Area would, by the year 2020, generate Reactive Organic Gases and Nitrogen Oxides in amounts that would exceed the applicable thresholds of significance for each pollutant. These emissions would constitute a significant project impact and would be expected to contribute to a significant cumulative impact. Finding: The mitigation measures identified below are feasible and shall be required in or incorporated into the Project. Notwithstanding incorporation of these mitigation measures, the Long -Term Regional Emissions Increases are an unavoidable significant effect. Specific economic, legal, social, technological or other benefits of the Project make the alternatives infeasible and outweigh this significant effect. Facts in Support of the Finding: The following mitigation measures are incorporated into the Redevelopment Plan: (a) Where practical, future development proposals shall ii Exhibit A include physical improvements that would act as incentives for pedestrian, bicycle and transit modes of travel. (b) Employment -generating development projects of 10,000 square feet or more shall be required to provide secure and weather -protected bicycle and shower/locker facilities for employees. (c) Employment -generating development projects shall provide carpool/vanpool incentives, develop an employee rideshare incentives program, or use other feasible transportation demand measures to reduce vehicle trip generation. The specific economic, legal, social, technological or other benefits of the Project are more particularly described in the Statement of Overriding Considerations contained in Part V of this Statement of Findings, Facts and Overriding Considerations. H. Vegetation and Wildlife 1. Environmentallmpact Potential Loss of Special -Status Species Redevelopment - facilitated development consistent with the City of Lodi General Plan may result in impacts on special status species. Finding The mitigation measures identified below are feasible and shall be required in or incorporated into the Project. The mitigation measures will reduce the impact to a 'less than significant' level. Facts in Support of the Finding: The following mitigation measures are incorporated into the Redevelopment Plan: If disturbance to suitable giant garter snake habitat is proposed as part of a redevelopment assisted development or improvement project, systematic surveys shall be conducted before such a development is approved in order to determine definitively whether any giant garter snakes occur. If any populations are encountered, an appropriate mitigation plan shall be developed in consultation with, and meeting the mitigation criteria of, the California Department of Fish and Game and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and in compliance with specifications of section 5.2.4.8 of the San Joaquin County Multi -Species Habitat Conservation and Open Space Plan. 2. Environmentallmpact Jurisdictional Wetland Impacts Redevelopment -facilitated development could affect potential jurisdictional wetland habitat. 12 Exhibit A Finding: The mitigation measures identified below are feasible and shall be required in or incorporated into the Project. The mitigation measures will reduce the impact to a "less than significant" level. Facts in Support of the Finding: The following mitigation measures are incorporated into the Redevelopment Plan: All redevelopment -facilitated development that would involve modifications to potential wetlands and other waters, such as seasonal wetlands that could be present in vacant or under used parcels, shall be coordinated with representatives of the California Department of Fish and Game and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, as required by federal and state law, to ensure that any required mitigation protocols and associated project design modifications are incorporated into proposed improvement plans during the initial stages of project review. Cultural and Historic Resources 1. 2. Environmental Impact Project -Related Potentials for Disturbance of Archaeological Resources Development encouraged and improvements funded by the proposed redevelopment program could disturb sensitive archaeological resources in the Project Area. Finding: The mitigation measures identified below are feasible and shall be required in or incorporated into the Project. The mitigation measures will reduce the impact to a "less than significant" level. Facts in Support of the Finding: The following mitigation measures are incorporated into the Redevelopment Plan: In the event that subsurface cultural resources are encountered during approved ground -disturbing activities for a redevelopment program -related construction activity, work in the immediate vicinity shall be stopped and a qualified archaeologist retained to evaluate the find. The discovery or disturbance of any cultural resources should also be reported to the Central California Information Center, and if prehistoric, to the Native American Heritage Commission. Identified cultural resources should be recorded on a State Department of Parks and Recreation Form 422. Mitigation measures prescribed by these groups and required by the City should be undertaken prior to resumption of construction activities. Environmental Impact 13 Exhibit A Destruction/Degradation of Historic Resources Project - facilitated development in the Project Area has the potential to destroy or substantially degrade historic resources, if these resources are not identified or recognized and their maintenance, rehabilitation or appropriate reuse are not promoted. Finding: The mitigation measures identified below are feasible and shall be required in or incorporated into the Project. The mitigation measures will reduce the impact to a "less than significant" level. Facts in Support of the Finding: The following mitigation measures , are incorporated into the Redevelopment Plan: All future redevelopment -assisted public improvement projects and private development projects shall be evaluated for the presence of and potential impacts on historic resources. If disturbance of a historic resource cannot be avoided, a mitigation program shall be implemented. The City and private sponsors of future individual projects on sites that contain unlisted structures 45 years or older shall have a qualified professional architectural historian prepare a report to evaluate the suitability of the structure for historic status. If the structure is determined to be eligible for historic status, the Lodi Planning Commission should determine whether the structure should be preserved in place, offered for relocation to another site, or documented with photographs and a report for submittal to a museum or library prior to demolition. Alternatively, a single survey of the Project Area shall be completed and any buildings 45 years of age or older be evaluated and their potential architectural and/or historic significance be determined, prior to any project -facilitated development. IV. FINDINGS REGARDING ALTERNATIVES TO THE PROJECT CEQA requires that an EIR describe a range of reasonable alternatives to the Project or to the location of the Project which could feasibly attain the basic objectives of the Project and to evaluate the comparative merits of the alternatives. Section 15126(d)(1) of the State CEQA Guidelines states that the "discussion of alternatives shall focus on alternatives to the project or to its location which are capable of avoiding or substantially lessening any significant effects of the project, even if these alternatives would impede to some degree the attainment of the project objectives, or would be more costly." As more particularly set forth in the Final EIR, the Project was compared to the following alternatives: (1) a "no project" alternative; (2) a modified Project Area boundary; (3) a modified list of Project Area redevelopment actions and/or modified allocation of redevelopment funds to the various actions; (4) an alternative Project Area location; and (5) the Project incorporating the mitigation measures listed in the Final EIR. The following discussion briefly summarizes the listed alternatives. 14 Exhibit A No Project Alternative: Under the No Project alternative, the Redevelopment Plan would not be adopted. No actions would be taken by the Lodi Redevelopment Agency to remove blighting conditions and stimulate additional private investment in the proposed Project Area. No Redevelopment Agency funding would be provided towards housing assistance in the Project Area, and no Redevelopment Agency actions would be taken to fund infrastructure and facility improvements, or to redevelop property. Although it is not possible to quantify the exact level of public and private development that would occur in the proposed Project Area under the No Project alternative, it is reasonable to assume that, with no Redevelopment Agency activity in the Project Area to fund public improvements and to attract an increased level of private investment, existing blighting conditions would remain or worsen. The No Project Alternative is not a viable alternative because it will not meet the basic goal of eliminating and removing blight in the Project Area. Modified Project Boundary Alternative: This alternative would be similar to the proposed project in terms of allocation of funding, but would involve either a reduced area boundary or an enlarged area boundary. Under the reduced area boundary, the overall effectiveness of the redevelopment program would be lessened, since selected activities would have to be reduced or eliminated to compensate for the reduced tax increment revenues accruable to the Redevelopment Agency. If the reduced boundary alternative were selected, the extent of potential growth in the Project Area subject to redevelopment assistance and incentives would be reduced and a corresponding decrease in the land use, traffic, public services, visual, vegetation and wildlife, noise, air quality, and other impacts identified in the EIR could be anticipated. The reduced project area alternative will not effectively reduce and eliminate the blight existing throughout the Project Area and therefore is not a viable alternative. The enlarged area boundary alternative would not be a viable alternative under state redevelopment law. The proposed boundaries of the Project Area were carefully selected based on identification of areas that contain blighted conditions, could benefit from redevelopment activities, and could meet certain other redevelopment law parameters. A combination of blight and general urbanization conditions has not been identified outside the Project Area at the present time. Modified Redevelopment Activities: This alternative would include the same boundaries proposed by the project, but with a modified allocation of project -generated revenues to redevelopment activities within the Project Area. The modified allocation would increase the percentage of total project -related revenue for affordable housing from approximately 20 percent (as proposed in the Project) to approximately 35 percent, with the 15 percent difference taken from the public infrastructure improvement, site assembly and other components of the redevelopment program. Although this alternative would have some positive environmental effects, it would also reduce the beneficial land use compatibility effects of the project, reduce the rate of market rate housing and job growth, and decrease the funding available for storm drainage and flood control improvements, assistance for preservation and maintenance of historic resources, and development driven hazardous waste clean-up. This alternative could further result in a reduced overall level of physical rehabilitation in the proposed Project Area and an associated reduction in facilitation of blight elimination. Because this alternative will not meet the basic goal of eliminating and removing blight in the Project Area, it is not a viable alternative. Alternative Project Area Location: This alternative examined the potential for the Project Area to be located on other sites. However, the boundaries of the proposed Project Area were precisely established based on the maximum area within which identified blighted 15 Exhibit A conditions currently occur, in combination with other urbanization parameters set forth in state redevelopment law. No additional areas are currently identified in the project vicinity that appear to meet redevelopment law criteria for blight. The fundamental purpose of the redevelopment project is to authorize activities and financing to enable the Redevelopment Agency to eliminate blighted conditions. Redevelopment Agency establishment of an alternative site for the Project Area would fail to attain the basic objectives of the proposed project. Therefore, this is not a viable alternative. Project Incorporatinq Mitigation Measures: This alternative consists of the Project as proposed with the incorporation of all mitigation measures recommended in the EIR. As stated above, the mitigation measures recommended in the EIR shall be incorporated into the Project. This is therefore the Project to be considered by the City Council and the Agency. This alternative effectively achieve the goals of the Redevelopment Project and would mitigate all environmental effects to a less than significant levels, except for long-term regional emissions of air pollutants, which is a significant and unavoidable effect. Finding: After consideration of all the alternatives, the Agency and City Council find that the Project Incorporating Mitigation Measures is the "environmentally superior" alternative since the proposed Project Incorporating Mitigation Measures most effectively achieves the basic goal of eliminating and removing blight in the Project Area, and provides a funding source for the proposed public improvements which are necessary to alleviate existing blighting conditions in the Project Area. In addition, all potentially significant impacts identified in the Final EIR except for the long-term regional emissions have been eliminated or reduced to a less than significant level by incorporation of appropriate mitigation measures as part of the proposed Project. V. STATEMENT OF OVERRIDING CONSIDERATIONS CEQA requires a public agency to balance the benefits of a proposed project against its unavoidable environmental risks in determining whether to approve the project. As set forth in Part III hereof, the Agency and the City Council have determined that the only unavoidable environmental consequence of the Project is the following: 1. Long -Term Regional Emissions Increases. The Agency and the City Council find that the above -referenced unavoidable environmental consequence of the Project is acceptable when balanced against its benefits. This finding is based on the following facts: The Project will serve a critical need, that being the elimination and prevention of the spread of blight and deterioration in the Project Area and the conservation, rehabilitation and redevelopment of the proposed Project Area in accordance with the Redevelopment Plan, the General Plan for the City of Lodi and local codes and ordinances. 2. The promotion of new and continuing private sector investment within the Project Area will prevent the loss of and facilitate the capture of commercial sales activity. 16 Exhibit A 3. The Project will allow for the elimination of blight through abatement or code enforcement, rehabilitation and reconstruction, new development, and the assembly of parcels into more developable sites for more desirable uses. 4. The Project will result in the elimination or amelioration of certain environmental deficiencies, including substandard vehicular circulation systems, inadequate storm drainage systems, inadequate off-street parking, and other similar public improvement deficiencies adversely affecting the Project Area. 5. New construction within the Project Area will result in an environment reflecting a high level of concern for architectural, landscape, and urban design and land use principles appropriate for attainment of the objectives of the Redevelopment Plan. 6. Project implementation would result in the retention and expansion of businesses by means of redevelopment and rehabilitation activities and by encouraging and assisting in the cooperation and participation of owners, businesses, and public agencies in the revitalization of the Project Area. 7. Revitalized commercial and industrial development will result in the creation and development of local job opportunities and the preservation of the area's existing employment base. 8. Project implementation will strengthen the economic base of the Project Area and the City by installing needed site improvements and stimulating commercial, industrial, and residential development. 9. 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Type of Monitoring Timing Monitoring and (CONDITION OF APPROVAL) Entity' Action Requirements Verification Entity Signature Date specific opportunity areas would directly affect property improvements subject to discretionary the quality of these important city streetwApes. approval in the industrial rail corridor, east Without adequate design control, the project Industrial area, Cherokee Lane corridor and Lodi could facilitate new industrial or mixed- Avenue West subareas, shag incorporate the use%onrmercial development that could appropriate combination of specific design adversely affect the visual quality of these highly guidelines listed under this mitigation in section visible industrial and mixed-use streetscapes, as 4.3 of this EIR in a manner that, to the satisfaction well as the visual character surrounding of City staff and the City's Architectural Approval neighborhoods, and of the central area as a Committee and Planning Commission, are whole. Such possible effects constitute a sufficient to adequately reduce project-related potentially signiflcent.adverse visual Impact visual Impacts on streets, residential neighborhoods, and the central area as a whole. Implementation of these two measures would reduce the potential adverse visual impacts of development In these subareas to a less-than- signlRcant level. Impact 4.3: Potential Impacts on the Visual Mitigation 4.3: In the review and processing of City, Verify during plan Prior to any Lodi Character and Image of the Eastside residential development projects within the indi- check and design bldg. or Redevelop- Residential Neighborhood. Although the eastside residential neighborhood, place special vidual review grading ment Agency Eastside neighborhood has been downzoned to emphasis on implementation of locational appli- permit or City preclude infiltration of additional multi-family strategies contained in the Central City cants development within predominantly single -family Revitalization Proaram to protect and Improve the areas, some mufti-family development would be visual character and integrity of the neighborhood. expected to occur along the edge of downtown. Encourage locations at the edge of the Such project-facilitated muga-family development neighborhood and require appropriate visual has the potential to add to Eastside buffering and scale transition between new muld- neighborhood visual deficiencies created by family structures and existing single -family existing, poorly designed, multi-family residential development, to the satisfaction of City staff and units. Project-facilitated new multi-family units the City's Architectural Approval Committee and would have the potential to clash visually with Planning Commission. This measure would the neighborhood's older, predominantly single- reduce the impact to a less-than-significant family residential character. Such an effect level. would represent a potentially significant adverse visual Impact POPULATION AND HOUSING Impact SA: Potential JobsMousing Balance Mttigatlon 5.1: Implement MlBgatlons 6-1 and City stafl Monitor traffic Annually Lodi Impacts. Project-facilitated development may 1" pertaining to project-related commute period volumes at Pine Redevelop- contribute to the existing jobsMousing imbalance vehicular trafllo increases and associated project Street/Central Ave. ment Agency in Lodi (weighted towards jobs in comparison to and cumulative transportation system and air intersection; instal or Gly the County as a whole). The projected addition quality impacts. Implementation of these signal when of a substantially greater number of jobs than measures would reduce the one Identified warranted housing units in the Project Area would significant environmental effect associated with MIEW 1 - Impl. EMay - ImpbmeMation EMay Paye 2 WP5116 161 FEIRIMMCHT. 616 0 1 - hML Entity- InVlan Metlon Entity Page 3 WP5116161 FE/R I MMCHT. 616 MONITORING VERIFICATION IDENTIFIED IMPACT RELATED MITIGATION MEASURE Impl. Type of Monitoring Timing Monitoring and (CONDITION OF APPROVAL) Entity' I Action Requirements Verification Entity Signature Date exacerbate this imbalance. Such an effect project -related Inoommuting increases to a less - would constitute a potentially significant than-slgn!llcant level. adverse Impact TRANSPORTATION AND PARKING Impact 6-1: impact on Intersection Mitigation 6-1. Caltrans has established 11 City stall Monitor traffic Annually Lodi Signalization Requirements. The added PM possible tests or "warrants" for determining volumes at Pine Redevelop - peak hour traffic due to the redevelopment- whether Installation of a trafflc signal should be Streel/Central Ave. ment Agency related additional traffic would increase PM peak considered. These warrants each consider Intersection; install or City hour volumes above Caltrans Signal Warrant different criteria such as peak hour traffic volume, signal when #11 criteria levels at the Pine StreeVCentral pedestrian volume, presence of school children, warranted Avenue all -way -stop intersection. Although and accident history. Usually, two or more projected PM peak hour operation at this "warrants" must be met before a signal is Intersection with the project would not exceed warranted. The fact that this EIR analysis LOS D, this signal warrant effect would indicates that Warrant #11 (related to peak hour represent a potentlally significant Impact traffic volumes) would be met Indicates that a detailed signal warrant analysis covering all possible Caltrans warrants is appropriate. The City shall therefore monitor traffic volumes and conditions at the Pine Street/Central Avenue Intersection, and when two or more Caltrans signal warrant criteria are met, shall place the intersection on the City's priority list for signalization. This measure would reduce this Impact to a leas-than-signlf ent level. INFRASTRUCTURE AND PUBLIC FACILITIES Impact 7.1.1: Anticipated Water Supply Mitigation 7.1-1. Implement the following two City Develop new Condition of Lodi Impacts. Additional development facilitated by City of Lodi General Plan Land Use and Growth and/or facilities as approval for Redevelop - or otherwise associated with implementation of Management Element policies: redevel. necessary; assess major new ment Agency the proposed redevelopment plan and agency established fees on development or City associated increases In commercial activity, The City shall develop new facilities, as staff new development projects employment, and residential population (see necessary, to serve new development in housing, population and employment Increase accordance with the Citys Water, estimates in section 5.3 of this EIR) would result Wastewater, and Drainage Master Plans. in corresponding Increases in the demand for (Policy 1) water service. The City, as water purveyor, is prepared to provide the additional domestic a The City shaff assess water, wastewater, and water necessary for anticipated additional drainage development fees on all new development in this area, Including anticipated residential, commercial, office and ftintrial project-fadlitated commercial growth and development sullkient to fund required population increases, within the City's existing systemwide improvements. (Policy 2) water entitlements and distribution systems. 1 - hML Entity- InVlan Metlon Entity Page 3 WP5116161 FE/R I MMCHT. 616 I.- I npt. Entity . Implementation Entay Pace a WP511616IFEIRIMMCHT.616 MONITORING VERIFICATION IDENTIFIED IMPACT RELATED MITIGATION MEASURE Impl. Type of Monitoring Timing Monitoring and (CONDITION OF APPROVAL) Entity' Action Requirements Verification Entity Signature Date However, while aquifers yield water readily to City and Redevelopment Agency implementation the City's wells, water table fluctuations due to of these two policies as project -facilitated basin overdraft give rise to some uncertainty development takes place over the next 20 years regarding available water supply for the City's would ensure that project -related Impacts on the future needs. Anticipated project -facilitated adequacy of City water sources would be reduced growth within the redevelopment area would to a less-thansigniRcant level. therefore be considered to have a potentially significant impact on water service. Impact 7.1-2: Water Distribution System Mitigation 7.1-2: As project -facilitated City Implement water Condition of Lodi Inadequacies. The existing water distribution development takes place over the next 20 years, and/or distribution system approval for Redevelop - system may not be adequate to serve implement remaining needed central area water Redevel Improvements as major new meat Agency anticipated new redevelopment -facilitated distribution system Improvements identified in Agency needed development or City development and intensification in the Project Chapter S of the City's Water Master Plan. Water staff projects Area. This potential deficiency represents a conservation should also be promoted as the potentially signlltcent Impact Project Area redevelops. Implementation of these measures would reduce project -related water distribution impacts to a less -than -significant level. Impact 7.2-1: Sewage Collection System Mitigation 7.2-1: Continue to implement the City Implement sewage Condition of Lodi Inadequacies. The existing wastewater central area sewage collection system and/or collection system approval for Redevelop - collection system serving the Project Area may improvements Identified as needed in the City of Redevel improvements as major new ment Agency not be adequate to serve anticipated new Lodi General Plan, and the City's Sanitary Sewer Agency needed development or City development and Intensification in the Project System Technical Report, Including the planned staff projects Area. This potential deficiency represents a improvements to eastslde neighborhood collection potentially significant Impact system. Implementation of these measures over the next 20 years would reduce project wastewater collection system impacts to a less - than -significant level. Impact 7.3-1: Police Service Demand Mitigatlon 7.3-1: The Police Department shall Lodi Annual response Annual Lodi Impacts in Project Area. Plan -facilitated monitor the rate of additional police calls per year Police time monitoring monitoring; Redevelop - development and Intensification within the associated with the Project Area and the Dept. reports; normal condition of meet Agency Project Area would Increase demands for police adequacy of associated response times. As and City review of Individual approval for or City service. The City of Lodi Police Department warranted by the monitoring data, the City shall staff discretionary project major new may require additional staffing or equipment to provide additional officers and facilities (funded applications projects serve these added demands. The proposed through the City's general fund). Following redevelopment plan would therefore have a established City procedures, the Police potentially signMcant impact on police Department shall also review discretionary services. approvals for project -facilitated commercial and residential development within the Project Area. Implementation of these measures would reduce the Impact to a less -than signMeant levet. I.- I npt. Entity . Implementation Entay Pace a WP511616IFEIRIMMCHT.616 I - Imp/. Entity . Implemamation Bay Page 5 WP5116161FE1RI MMCHT. 616 MONITORING VERIFICATION IDENTIFIED IMPACT RELATED MITIGATION MEASURE Impl. Type of Monitoring Timing Monitoring and (CONDITION OF APPROVAL) Entity' Action Requirements Verification Entity Signature Date Impact 7.41: Fire Protection and Emergency Medical Service Demand Impacts in the Mitigation 7.4-1: The Rre Department shall monitor the rate of additional fire protection Lodi Rre Dept. Annual fire call monitoring reports; Annually Lodi Redevelop - Project Area. Project-facllNafed development service calls per year associated with the Project normal review of ment Agency and Intensification within the Project Area would Area and the adequacy of associated response Individual or City Increase demands for fire protection and fines. If warranted by the monitoring data, the discretionary project emergency medical services. Depending on the City shall provide additional firefighters and applications type of use, density, and occupancy of individual equipment (funded through the City's general project -facilitated developments, the City of Lodi fund). Following established City procedures, the Fre Department may require additional staffing Fire Department shall also review discretionary or equipment to meet Its fire protection goals. approvals for project -facilitated commercial and The proposed redevelopment plan may therefore residential development within the Project Area. have a potentially sWiffcant hnpact on fire These measures would reduce the impact to a protection and emergency medical services. lass -than -significant level. Impact 7.5-1: School Service Demand Mitigation 7.5-1: The Lodi Redevelopment City Ensure all pass- Prior to final Lodi Impacts. Existing Lodl Unified School District Agency shall make the statutory pass-through and/or throughs and school project Redevelop- (LUSD) schools serving the Project Area may payment of tax increment revenue to the LUSD Redevel fee payments have approval for ment Agency not have sufficient capacity to accommodate the and the San Joaquin County Office of Education Agency been made new projects or City additional school population generated by pursuant to Health and Safety Code section staff project -facilitated residential development. The 33607.5. In addition, the City of Lodi shall require project -related increase In demand for school developers In the redevelopment area to pay service would therefore represent a potentially state -authorized school Impact fees to the extent significant impact approved by the LUSO. Individual project applicants may also choose to enter Into agreements with the LUSD to provide additional Impact fees negotiated with the LUSD. These measures would be expected to enable the LUSD to fund school Improvements necessary to accommodate students from project -facilitated development, reducing this impact to a less -than - significant level. Impact 7.6-1: Project Park Demand Impacts. Mitigation 7.6-1: Mitigation for Park Demand City Verity parkland Prior to Lodi Park and recreation facilities in the Project Area Impacts. The City shall ensure that at least 1.83 and/or dedication or fee grading or Redevelop - are already operating at capacity. Project- acres of parkland Is developed within or Redevel payment during plan building ment Agency facilitated development and intensification in the convenient to the Project Area. As project- Agency check permit or City Project Area would incrementally increase the facilitated buildout takes place in the Project Area, staff demand for park and recreation services. As adequate corresponding park and recreation discussed in chapter 5 (Population, Housing, provislons shall be provided through required and Employment) of this EIR, it is estimated that dedication of land and/or in -lieu payment of City project -facilitated development would generate adopted park and recreation fees. Implementation approximately 210 additional households in the of this measure would reduce this Impact to less - Project Area. Saeed on the anticipated cftywide than algnitleant levels. year 2020 household size of 2.58 persons (see Table 52 in section 5.3), the 210 new households would generate a population Increase of approximately 538 people. Based on the most recent City park acreage standard I - Imp/. Entity . Implemamation Bay Page 5 WP5116161FE1RI MMCHT. 616 1 - ". Entity ■ impiemenumon Entity Paas a WP5116f61FEIFAMMCHT.616 MONITORING VERIFICATION IDENTIFIED IMPACT RELATED MITIGATION MEASURE Impl. Type of Monitoring Timing Monitoring and (CONDITION OF APPROVAL) EntIW Action Requirements Verification Entity Signature Date (3.4 acres per 1,000 persons), this new population increment would generate a demand for approximately 1.83 acres of additional parkland. Additional protect -facilitated employment growth, estimated at 2,014 jobs by the year 2020, may also generate some additional demand for park and recreation services in the Project Area. Existing Project Area facilities do not have sufficient capacity to accommodate this additional demand. This project effect would therefore represent a significant Impact DRAINAGE AND WATER QUALITY Impact 8-1: Project -Related Erosion, Mitigation 8-1: The City shall require the City Verity during plan Prior to Lodi Sedimentatlon and Urban Runoff Pollutants. applicant for each future project-facilltated and/or check and during grading Redevelop - Redevelopment program -facilitated building development requiring a discretionary approval to Redevel construction -period permit, and ment Agency construction and infrastructure improvements in comply with all applicable state, regional and City Agency inspections during or City the Project Area could further degrade water quality provisions and, for projects imrolving staff grading downstream water quality. Associated factors the grading of more than five (5) acres: (a) file that may contribute to downstream water quality with the RWQCB a Notice of Intent to comply with problems include soil disturbance during the Statewide General Permit for Construction construction, new impervious surfaces created Activities, (b) prepare and Implement a project - with project -facilitated developments; and specific Stormwater Pollutlon Prevention Plan increased vehicle traffic, and herbicides, (including an erosion control plan) if grading is pesticides, and fertilizers from new landscaping involved, (c) implement a monitoring, inspection, associated with project -facilitated development. and documentation program to assure the This combination of factors represents a effectiveness of control measures, (d) obtain or potentially sign/1Jcant /-pactt comply with existing General Stormwater Discharge Permit(s) for Industrial Activities, where applicable, and (e) comply with the NPDES Phase 11 Non -Point Discharge program. Implementation of these requirements would reduce this impact to a less-t/ran-slgnlfIcant level. NOISE impact 9-1: Project -Related Exposure of. Mitigation 9.1: Noise Impacts can be reduced City Condition of During Lodi Sensitive Land Uses to Excessive through appropriate site planning (e.g., setbacks, andior individual project Individual Redevelop - Environmental Nolse. Project -facilitated noise -protected areas), construction of noise Redevel approval; verity project ment Agency Intensification of and changes In land uses in banters, and/or incorporation of noise Insulation Agency during plan chat* environ. or City the Project Area could expose additional people features Into a projects design as specified in the staff•, that any required review to raise levels exceeding acceptable levels--i.e., CRY of Lodi General Plan. As part of the future Indi- noise studies have to noise levels identified in the Lodi General environmental review process for Individual vidual been completed Plan as "conditionally acceptable; "normally urtacceptable" or "unacceptable' for the projects, new developments facilitated by the redevelopment pian shall be evaluated. Evaluate appfi- cants associated land use. Such new exposure each redevelopment-facfiltated disciWonary 1 - ". Entity ■ impiemenumon Entity Paas a WP5116f61FEIFAMMCHT.616 I - InWN. Enlay .1mpkwd fttlan Way P7gO 7 IMP5116161FEIRIMMCHT.616 MONITORING VERIFICATION DENTIFIED IMPACT RELATED MITIGATION MEASURE Impl. Type of Monitoring Timing Monitoring and (CONDITION OF APPROVAL) Entity' Action Requirements Verification Entity Signature Date 3ossibilities constitute a potentially slgnlAcant development application In the Project Area with impact respect to the noise environment, particularly when proposed near major transportation noise sources such as SR 99, Cherokee Lane, Stockton Street, Lodi Avenue, Tokay Street, other arterial roadways, and/or the UPRR. Also, require noise assessments for all redevelopment-facitftated discretionary applications where noise -sensitive receptors are proposed in areas adjoining commercial or Industrial noise sources, such as subareas 1, 3 and 4, and for noise -generating development facilitated by the redevelopment plan when proposed adjacent to noise -sensible land uses. The results of the noise assessments and the measures identified to reduce noise levels shalt be incorporated in the project plans sufficient to meet stipulated exterior and Interior noise level standards. All such evaluations shall be completed to City satisfaction by a qualified acoustical consultant. With implementation of measures identified throughout such evaluations to meet these standards, this potentially significant Impact would be reduced to a fess -then - significant level, Impact 9-2: Redevelopment -Facilitated Mitigation 9-2: To reduce the potential for noise City Condition of Condition of Lodi Construction Noise. Construction activities impacts resulting from project ladlitated and/or individual project constr. Redevelop - can generate considerable noise levels. construction activities, implement a combination of Redevel approval; verified (grading or ment Agency Construction activities facilitated by the the following measures at all construction sites Agency during construction building) or City redevelopment program could include site when noise -sensitive receptors are located in the staff; permit; verify, grading and preparation, building demolition, project vicinity. The combination of measures Indi- during construction of foundations and buildings, shall be evaluated on an individual, project -by- vidual construction installation of utilities, paving of roadways, and project basis and shall be sufficient to achieve project construction of parking lots. The noise effects of compliance with applicable City General Plan appii- these future construction activities would depend and/or Noise Ordinance standards at affected cants upon the amount of activity, the type of receptors. equipment used, and the noise control measures used. Residential and other noise -sensitive Noise -generating construction activity shall uses located. adjacent to project-fadiitated be restricted to the hours of 7:00 AM to 7:00 construction activities could therefore be PM, Monday through Friday, and 8:00 AM to exposed to noise levels that would interfere with 5:00 PM on Saturdays. No construction normal aeftfies. This possibility constitutes a activities should occur on Sundays or potent/ally slgnlflcant Impact holidays. Ali internal combustion engine driven equipment shah be equipped with intake and exhaust mufflers that are in good condition and appropriate for the equipment. I - InWN. Enlay .1mpkwd fttlan Way P7gO 7 IMP5116161FEIRIMMCHT.616 0 0 0 IDENTIFIED IMPACT RELATED MITIGATION MEASURE MONITORING i VERIFICATION Imps. Type of Monitoring Timing Monitoring and (CONDITION OF APPROVAL) Entity' Action Requirements Verification Entity Signature Date • Stationary noise -generating equipment shall be located as far as possible from sensitive receptors when sensitive receptors adjoin or are near a construction Project Area. ■ All construction traffic to and from the project site shall be routed via designated truck routes where possible. Construction -related heavy truck traffic In residential areas shall be prohibited where feasible. • "Quiet" air compressors and other stationary noise sources shall be used where technology exists. • A "noise disturbance coordinator" shall be designated who would be responsible for responding to any local complaints about construction noise. The disturbance coordinator would determine the cause of the noise complaint (e.g., starting too early, bad muffler, etc.) and would require that reasonable measures warranted to correct the problem be implemented. A telephone number for the disturbance coordinator shall be conspicuously posted at the construction site and included in the notice sent to neighbors regarding the oonstruction schedule. (The City should be responsible for designating a noise disturbance coordinator and the individual project sponsor should be responsible for posting the phone number and providing construction schedule notices). Implementation of this measure would reduce the potential for project -related Impacts due to construction noise to a less•theri-s/gn/dcant i leve% min 1 - ImpL Entity a Irmlarwritatlon Entay Paye s WP5116161FEIRIMMCHT.616 0 0 0 I - Mnpi. Entity. rn4owmntaaan Entity page 9 WP5116161FEIRIMMCHT.616 MONITORING VERIFICATION Impl. Type of Monitoring Timing Monitoring and IDENTIFIED IMPACT RELATED MITIGATION MEASURE (CONDITION OF APPROVAL) Entity' Action Requirements Verification Entity Signature Date AIR QUALITY impact 10-1: Construction Activity Air Mitigation 10-1: The City shall require that City Condition of Condition of Lodi Quality Impacts. Construction activities Individual redevelopment -facilitated projects within and/or individual project grading Redevelop - facilitated by the proposed redevelopment plan the Project Area involving new construction shall Redevel approvals; verified permit; verify ment Agency could generate construction period exhaust comply, where applicable, with current Agency during grading during or City emissions and fugitive dust that could affect SJVUAPCD Regulation VIII requirements, which staff; construction local air quality. In addition, buildings currently include the following: indi- constructed prior to 1979 could have Asbestos viduai Containing Materials (ACMs), which could be Appropriate dust suppression for land project released into the air during building demolition. clearing, grubbing, scraping, excavation, land appil- Such construction-pedod air emissions leveling, grading, cut and fill and demolition cants possibilities represent a potentially significant activities, such as the effective application of Impact water or pre-soaking; • Effective stabilization of all disturbed areas of a construction site, including storage piles, which are not being actively used for seven or more days; • Control of fugitive dust from on-site unpaved roads and off-site unpaved accessroads; and • Removal of accumulations of mud or dirt at the end of the work day or once every 24 hours from public paved roads, shoulders and access ways adjacent to the site, for the duration of the activity. Regulation Vill also requires a Dust Control plan for construction activity that will Include 40 acres or more of disturbed surface area, or will Include moving more than 2,500 cubic yards per day of bulk materials on at least three days. In addition, where appropriate, the City may also wish to require the following: ■ A limitation on traffic speeds on unpaved roads to 15 miles per hour (mph); • Installation of wheel washers for all exiting trucks, or wash off all trucks and equipment leaving the site; I - Mnpi. Entity. rn4owmntaaan Entity page 9 WP5116161FEIRIMMCHT.616 • IDENTIFIED IMPACT RELATED MITIGATION MEASURE MONITORING VERIFICATION Impl. Type of Monitoring Timing Monitoring and (CONDITION OF APPROVAL) Entity' Action Requirements Verification Entity Signature Date " Suspension of excavation and grading activities when winds exceed 20 mph; and/or " A limitation on the size of the area subject to excavation, grading or other construction activity at any one time to avoid excessive dust. Prior to each the start of construction, the applicant shall submit a dust control plan demonstrating compliance with all SJVUAPCD- and City -required control measures. To mitigate any potential demolMon-related air quality impacts from ACMs, the demolition contractor would be required to comply with all local, state and federal regulations regarding determination of existence of ACMs, and proper removal and disposal to reduce air quality risks associated with airborne ACMs. NRth implementation of these Regulation %ill controls and the above additional measures, project -related construction period air emissions Impacts would be reduced to a less -then - significant level. Impact 10-2: Long -Term Regional Emissions Mitigation 10-2: The following emissions control City Condition of Condition of Lodi Increases. Emissions resulting from new strategies shall be applied to redevelopment arKVor Individual project project Redevelop - vehicle trips generated by redevelopment- program -facilitated development activities within Redevel approvals, Ind. approvals; ment Agency facilitated Intensification in the Project Area the Project Area: Agency annual reporting verify through or City would, by the year 2020, be expected to exceed staff; requirements annual the applicable thresholds of significance for Where practical, future development Indi- reporting Reactive Organic Gases (ROG) and Nitrogen proposals shall Include physical vidual reqmnts Oxides (NO"), resulting in a significant protect improvements, such as sidewalk project Impact When this Increase in "mobile improvements, landscaping, lighting and the appli- emissions" is considered cumulatively with installation of bus shelters and bicycle rants possible new industrial "stationary sources" of parking, that would act as incentives for emissions that could locate within the pedestrian, bicycle and transit modes of redevelopment area, the total of project -related travel. Indirect and direct emissions would also exceed applicable significance thresholds. As a result, Employment -generating development the project would also be expected to contribute projects of 10,000 square feet (approximately to a signMcant cwnWative impact 25 employees) or more shall be required to provide secure and weather -protected bicycle and showedlocker facilities for employees. 1 - lr*. Entity ■ Imptamentatren Entity Pegs 10 WP511616I FEIRI MMCHT. 616 0 1 -Impl. Entity .InVis. WKS Ion Entity Page 11 WP51161 B I MR I MMCHT. 616 MONITORING VERIFICATION Impl. Type of Monitoring Timing Monitoring and IDENTIFIED IMPACT RELATED MITIGATION MEASURE (CONDITION OF APPROVAL) Entity' Action Requirements Verification Entity Signature Date • Employment -generating development projects shall provide carpool/vanpool incentives, develop an employee rideshare incentives program, or use other feasible transportation demand measures to reduce vehicle trip generation. Implementation of these measures would assist In reducing identified project and cumulative Impacts on long-term regional emissions levels. The URBEMIS7G program estimates that the above measures would reduce regional indirect emissions by five to seven percent. This reduction would not reduce this impact to a less - than -significant level even in the absence of potential Industrial emissions. Since no other feasible measures are available, these Identified project and cumulative effects on regional air emissions would represent a significant unavoidable Impact VEGETATION AND WILDLIFE Impact 11-1: Potential loss of Special -Status Mitigation 11-1: If disturbance to suitable giant City Require completion During Lodi Species. Although chances of encountering garter snake habitat (i.e., drainage ditches) is and/or of giant garter snake Individ. Redevelop - special -status species in the Project Area are proposed as part of a redevelopment -assisted Redevel survey if existing project ment Agency low, redevelopment -facilitated development individual development or Improvement project. Agency drainage ditch will environ. or City consistent with the adopted City of Lodi General systematic surveys shall be conducted before staff•, be affected by review; prior Plan may result in Impacts on special status such a development is approved in order to indi- project; ensure to grading species. This possibility represents a determine definitively whether any giant garter vidual implementation of permit potentially significant impact snakes occur. Such surveys shall be conducted project mitigation plan and issuance by a qualified wildlife biologist or a herpetologist appli- coordination with following applicable guidelines of the California cants jurts. agencies Department of Rah and Game (CDFG) and/or (USACOE, USFWS U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) to and/or CDFG) it provide a conclusive determination on presence or habitat affected absence of this animal specie. If any populations are encountered, an appropriate mitigation plan shall be developed in consultation with, and meeting the mitigation criteria of, the CDFG and USFWS, and in compliance with specifications of the SJMSCP, section 5.2.4.8. Implementation of this measure would ensure protection of possible populations of special -status animal species p.e., giant garter snake) In the Project Area, mitigating potential impacts to a less-than-signif7cant level. 1 -Impl. Entity .InVis. WKS Ion Entity Page 11 WP51161 B I MR I MMCHT. 616 • 1- Impl. Entity ■ Impleamurtlon Entity Page 12 W P5116161 FE1 R I MMCH T. 616 MONITORING VERIFICATION IDENTIFIED IMPACT RELATED MITIGATION MEASURE Impl. Type of Monitoring Timing Monitoring and (CONDITION OF APPROVAL) Entity' Action Requirements Verification Entity Signature Date Impact 11-2: Jurisdictional Wetfand Impacts. Mitigation 11.2: All redevelopment -facilitated City During project Prior to Lodi Redevelopment-fadlitated development development that would involve modifications to and/or environ. review, if approval of Redevelop - consistent with the adopted City of Lodi General potential wetlands and other waters, such as Redevel wetlands appear to grading ment Agency Plan could affect potential Jurisdictional wetland seasonal wetlands that could be present In vacant Agency be present, req. permit or City habitat. This possibility represents a potentially or underused parcels, shall be coordinated with staff; biologist to significant Impact representatives of the California Department of indi- determine If Fish and Game and the U.S. Army Corps of viduai wetlands are present Engineers, as required by federal and state law, project and as cond. of to ensure that any required mitigation protocols appli- devel. permit, req. and associated individual project design cants implementation of modifications are incorporated into proposed any juds. agency improvement plans during the initial stages of mitigation regmnts. project review. Implementation of this measure would ensure that potential Impacts on wetland resources are minimized and adequate replacement Is provided, mitigating this potential Impact to a less -than -significant level. CULTURAL RESOURCES Impact 12-1: Project -Related Potentials for Mitigation 12-1: In the event that subsurface City Grading inspection Cond. of Lodi Disturbance of Archaeological Resources. cultural resources are encountered during and/or and reporting grading Redevelop - Development encouraged and improvements approved ground -disturbing activities for a Redevel permit; ment Agency funded by the proposed redevelopment program redevelopment program -related construction Agency inspection or City could disturb sensitive archaeological resources activity, work in the immediate vicinity shall be staff; during In the Project Area. This possibility represents a stopped and a qualified archaeologist retained to Inds- grading potentially significant impact evaluate the find. The discovery or disturbance of vidual any cultural resources should also be reported to project the Central California Information Center (CCIC), appli- and If.prehistoric, to the Native American Heritage cants Commission. Identified cultural resources should be recorded on a State Department of Parks and recreation (DPR) Form 422 (archaeological sites). Mitigation measures prescribed by these groups and required by the City should be undertaken prior to resumption of construction activities. Implementation of this measure would reduce this NEW potential impact to a less-than-signHicent level. 1- Impl. Entity ■ Impleamurtlon Entity Page 12 W P5116161 FE1 R I MMCH T. 616 IDENTIFIED IMPACT RELATED MITIGATION MEASURE MONITORING VERIFICATION Impl. Type of Monitoring Timing Monitoring and (CONDITION OF APPROVAL) Entity' Action Requirements Verification Entity Signature Date Impact 12-2: Destruction/Degradation of Mitigation 12-2: Evaluate all future project- City During environ. Prior to Lodi Historic Resources. Project-fadlitated assisted public improvement projects and private andlor review for Individ, approval of Redevelop - development in the Project Area has the development projects for the presence of, and Redevel projects, ensure that grading or mem Agency potential to destroy or substantially degrade potential Impacts on, historic resources. If Agency any affected building or City historic resources, if these resources are not disturbance of a Project Area historic resource staff; historical resources permit Identified or recognized and their maintenance, cannot be avoided, a mitigation program shall be indi. have been identified rehabilitation or appropriate reuse are not implemented. The City and private sponsors of vidual and mitigation promoted. Such destruction or degradation future individual projects on sites that contain project program would be considered a potendaf/y sign lcanf unlisted structures 45 years or older shall have a spot- Implemented as impact qualified professional architectural historian cants appropriate prepare a report to evaluate the suitability of the structure for historic status. If the structure is determined to be eligible for historic status, the Lodi Planning Commission should determine whether the structure should be preserved in place, offered for relocation to another site, or documented with photographs and a report for submittal to a museum or library prior to demolition. Alternatively, a single survey of the Project Area shall be completed and any buildings 45 years of age or older be evaluated and their potential architectural and/or historic significance be determined. prior to any project-factlitated development. Implementation of these measures would reduce this potential Impact to a less-than- signUlcant level. 1 - Impl. Entity a implarnentstlon Entity Page 13 1NP5116161FEIRIMMCHT.616