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Section 4.0 – Environmental Setting and Discussion of Impacts <br /> <br /> <br />City of Redwood City 104 Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration <br />Sandpiper Elementary School Facilities Expansion November 2016 <br />4.18 MANDATORY FINDINGS OF SIGNIFICANCE <br /> Potentially <br />Significant <br />Impact <br />Less Than <br />Significant <br />With <br />Mitigation <br />Incorporated <br />Less Than <br />Significant <br />Impact <br />No Impact Beneficial <br />Impact <br />Information <br />Source(s) <br />1) Does the project have the potential to degrade <br />the quality of the environment, substantially <br />reduce the habitat of a fish or wildlife species, <br />cause a fish or wildlife population to drop <br />below self-sustaining levels, threaten to <br />eliminate a plant or animal community, reduce <br />the number or restrict the range of a rare or <br />endangered plant or animal or eliminate <br />important examples of the major periods of <br />California history or prehistory? <br /> 1-19 <br />2) Does the project have impacts that are <br />individually limited, but cumulatively <br />considerable? (“Cumulatively considerable” <br />means that the incremental effects of a project <br />are considerable when viewed in connection <br />with the effects of past projects, the effects of <br />other current projects, and the effects of <br />probable future projects)? <br /> 1-19 <br />3) Does the project have environmental effects <br />which will cause substantial adverse effects on <br />human beings, either directly or indirectly? <br /> 1-19 <br /> <br /> <br />4.18.1 Project Impacts (Checklist Question 1) <br /> <br />As discussed in the respective sections of the IS, the proposed project has the potential to result in <br />temporary construction-related air quality, biological resource, cultural resource, hydrology and <br />water quality, and noise impacts. Operation of the proposed project could also result in a geology <br />and soils impact. <br /> <br />As discussed in Section 4.2, Air Quality, construction activities proposed by the project could result <br />in short-term air quality impacts associated with dust generation. The project would include the <br />basic construction mitigation measures recommended by BAAQMD and identified in MM AIR-1, <br />which would reduce this impact to a less than significant level. As discussed in Section 4.4, <br />Biological Resources, project construction could disturb nesting raptors and/or migratory birds <br />causing nest abandonment and/or loss of reproductive efforts. The project would include MM BIO- <br />1, which would reduce this impact to a less than significant level. Also discussed in Section 4.4, <br />trees located immediately adjacent to the proposed additions and improvements could be harmed <br />during project construction. The project would include tree protection measures identified in MM <br />BIO-2, which would reduce this impact to a less than significant level. As discussed in Section 4.5, <br />Cultural Resources, project construction could result in impacts to buried cultural resources or <br />human remains. The project would include MM CUL-1, which would reduce this impact to a less <br />7.A. - Page 135