Reso PC15-01 PC Reso (3051 ) to Adopt Initial Study-Mitigated Negative Declaration - La Palma

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3.0 Environmental Impact Checklist b) Have impacts that are individually limited,but cumulatively considerable? Less-than-Significant Impact.This cumulative discussion determines whether the proposed project in combination with other approved or foreseeable projects would result in a significant cumulative impact, and if so, whether the project's contribution to the significant cumulative impact would be cumulatively considerable. The analysis of cumulative impacts for each environmental factor can employ one of two methods to establish the effects of other past, current, and probable future projects.A lead agency may select a list of projects, including those outside the control of the agency, or alternately, a summary of projections.Projections maybe in the form of an adopted general plan or related planning document, or from a prior environmental document that has been adopted or certified. These documents may describe or evaluate the regional area-wide conditions contributing to the cumulative impact. This IS evaluates the cumulative effects using the New General Plan for Redwood City Environmental Impact Report(2010) (the projections method).The General Plan EIR evaluated the programmatic build out of the City of Redwood City's 2010 General Plan. The project is consistent with the 2010 General Plan land use designation and, therefore,was evaluated within the scope of the General Plan EIR. The General Plan EIR evaluated future development, as identified in the current General Plan, and concluded that significant environmental effects would occur in the following environmental resource areas: • Aesthetics • Noise ▪ Air quality • Population and housing • Biological resources • Traffic and transportation • Cultural resources • Utilities • Geology and soils • Global climate change These significant environmental impacts were mitigated by implementation of General Plan policies and actions, compliance with other agency regulations and procedures, project-specific development proposal review requirements,payment of impact fees, and project-specific technical studies. The project complies with these mitigation measures through the payment of impact fees, preparation of project-specific technical studies, and application of project specific mitigation that reduces potentially project-specific significant impacts to less-than-significant levels.Mitigation measures identified in this IS have been added to reduce potential project- specific significant impacts related to aesthetics, air quality,biological resources,cultural resources, geology and soils,hazard and hazardous materials,hydrology and water quality, and noise.By reducing project impacts to a less-than-significant level, the project's contribution to significant cumulative impacts would not be considerable. The City's General Plan EIR evaluated future development and concluded that the following significant and unavoidable environmental effects would occur: • Increase in projected population would be at a greater rate than regional projections utilized within the CAP; La Palma Subdivision Project Final Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration 66