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8. B. - Page 21 <br /> Maureen Rio�dan <br /> Qctabe� 26, 2011 <br /> Page 6 <br /> "To facilitate CE�A's informa�ional role, th� ETR mus� contaizi �acts and <br /> analysis, not just the agency's k�are conclusians o� apinions."�g �ubstan�ial evidence <br /> is c��fined undex CEQA as facL reasonabl� assump�ions p�edicated upon facts and <br /> e�pert c�pin�on Supparted l�y facts.l� Substan�ial evidenc� i.s not argum�nt, <br /> sp�cuJ.ation, u.nsubs�antia�ed opinion ar narrative.LO CEQA "contemplates ser�ous <br /> and not sup�ificial or pro �o� zna consideration af th� potent�.al environn�ental <br /> coi�s�que�ces of a pz�aject." <br /> He��, the City's -Fi.nding that �v�ro ksy inteisecti.on,s a�e op��ating at LOS C is <br /> a�are cancl�xsion not based on any £acts or aszalysis. Speci.fieally, the City relied o� <br /> two m�moranda by F�hr & Peezs, wl�ich cnntain uneubstantiated cc3nclus:ioz�s ta <br /> desc�ibe �raffic co�ditions at the key in�ers�ctzans. The April 22 i1�Ier�n.orandum cit�d <br /> "field obs��va�iQns" tc� cc�nclude that the �wo key intersectiQ�s were operatiizg a� <br /> LO� C. !�ccc�rding �€� Mr. Pxahard, hQwev�r, reliance on field observa�ions for <br /> determaning LOS zs cantrary to acc�pted �ra�'�'ic engineei•in� and t�anspa�ta�ian <br /> planning prac�zces.z� In additian, �he �'ield observatic�ns focus�d an co�d�tians at t�e <br /> crosswa�.� a�nd bus Stops, instead of traf#ic caunts a� the key int�xsec�ic�ns. <br /> Simila�Iy, �he �1une 28 Me�noranc�um prov�ded th� lz�support�d conel�zsion that the <br /> two in�e�s�ctzc�ns are opera�ing at LOS C. N�zi;hex the �p�il 22 nor the �7une 28 <br /> Memorandum relied �n tra£fic counts and camputer calcul�tions �o establash current <br /> LOS for �xistir�g condi.tions at the key zntersections. <br /> The DFZR's desc�i��tion of traffic at �he key ini,ersections is based on <br /> unsubstan�iated coz�clusions. Th�refore, the 7.�EIR lacks substan�ial e�idence to <br /> suppor� its canclusions r�gardang �raffic irnpacts at the key in�ersections. The Ci�S� <br /> must revise the deacriptian o�' �iaffic con�itio�s at k�y intersectians and inc�ude th� <br /> revised de�cri�tion ir� a. recircula�ed I�EIH,. <br /> is Ibid. <br /> �� CEQA Guideli�es § 153$�, su�id. (b}. <br /> za CEQA Guidelines, § 15384, suUd. (a). <br /> `� Leonoff ��. �L�wuer�ey Coumy 13d. nf'Sarpervisw�s (199D} 222 Cal.App.3d 1337, 1347-�E. <br /> Z ' Brohard cnm�nei}ts, ��. 3. <br /> z3 Ibic�. <br /> ' Id at �. 4. <br /> ` Ibid. <br /> 256�i.0a8j <br />