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before the Redevelopment Agency Board that the Project, as revised, may have a significant environmental effect. Facts in Support of Finding The City has adopted Mitigation Measures 4H-1 through 4H-7 of the Redevelopment EIR, included on pages 3-5 and 3-6 of the Initial Study, to ensure the incremental air quality impacts of the proposed Project do not increase the severity of previously identified significant air quality impacts: Implementation of Mitigation Measures 4H-1 through 4H-6 will be required during the construction activities on the Project Site and Mitigation Measure 4H-7 has been implemented through incorporation of specific circulation improvements in the Project Site plan. Because these measures will minimize the short-term and long-term air quality impacts anticipated with site redevelopment, the Project is not expected to violate any air quality standard or contribute substantially to an existing or projected air quality violation. For this reason, the incremental air quality impacts of the proposed Project are not considered significant nor cumulatively considerable and no new significant cumulative air quality impacts will occur. The effect of implementing the identified mitigation measures will be a reduction in construction and vehicle emissions over the life of the Project. CULTURAL RESOURCES (Section V) SIGNIFICANT EFFECT Irapact The Redevelopment EIR concluded that the potential exists for the disturbance of previously undetected cultural remains during excavation in the Second Amendment area. The Redevelopment EIR concluded that this would be considered a significant impact. The City considered the merits of the Redevelopment Plan in light of the significant cultural resource impacts during the approval process for the Plan. The proposed Project will not include any changes in the previously evaluated redevelopment activities that will cause any new significant cultural resource effects or substantial increases in the severity of previously identified cultural resource effects. The construction activities identified in the Redevelopment EIR will not substantially differ with the proposed Project, and thus, no incremental increase in the potential disturbance of subsurface cultural resources will occur. Finding The Redevelopment Agency Board finds that changes or alterations have been incorporated into the Project which mitigate or avoid the significant cultural resource impacts to a point where clearly no significant environmental effect would occur, and there is no substantial evidence in light of the whole record before the Redevelopment Agency Board that the Project, as revised, may have a significant environmental effect. Facts in Support of Finding FRANKLIN STREET PROJECT -9- Findings RD99-21