Beaumont City Council
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❑ Findings
Potential impacts of the Project related to Threshold a are discussed in detail in Section 4.7.6 of the DEIR. The City finds that the development of the proposed Project will not result in significant impacts related to Threshold a; therefore, no mitigation is required.

D Substantial Evidence
Rupture of a Known Earthquake Fault
There are no known active or potentially active faults on or trending toward the Project site, the Project site is not located within a mapped Alquist-Priolo Earthquake Fault Zone, and County Fault Hazard Zones are located within the subject site or adjacent properties (KCG, 2021). Because there are no known faults located on or trending towards the Project site, there is no potential for the Project to directly or indirectly expose people or structures to substantial adverse effects related to ground rupture. No impact would occur.

Strong Seismic Ground Shaking
Similar to all properties throughout southern California, the Project site is located in a seismically active area and is expected to experience moderate to severe ground shaking during the lifetime of the Project. The Project's buildings will be required by Title 15 of the City's Municipal Code to be constructed in accordance with the CBSC and the City's Building Code. The CBSC and City's Building Code provide building standards that must be met to safeguard life or limb, health, property, and public welfare by regulating and controlling the design, construction, quality of materials, use and occupancy, location, and maintenance of all buildings and structures. The CBSC and City's Building Code building standards have been specifically tailored for California earthquake conditions. In addition, the CBSC (Chapter 18) (adopted by the City's as Municipal Code Sections 15.04.010 and

17.11.040) requires development projects to evaluate and identify site -specific geologic and seismic conditions. The report must provide site -specific recommendations to preclude adverse effects involving unstable soils and strong seismic ground -shaking, including, but not limited to, recommendations related to ground stabilization, selection of appropriate foundation type and depths, and selection of appropriate structural systems.

A Geotechnical Report was prepared for the Project site complies with the requirements of Chapter 18 of the CBSC and Titles 15 and 17 of the City's Municipal Code. In conformance with the CBSC, the City will condition the Project to comply with the site -specific ground preparation and construction recommendations contained in the Geotechnical Report, including any updates thereto, as required in Regulatory Requirement RR 7-1. Recommendations are based on the site seismic parameters to ensure that structures are designed for earthquake induced strong ground motions in accordance with CBSC.

The Geotechnical Report includes requirements for: supplemental subsurface exploration, general earthwork and grading, fill placement and compaction, remedial grading, manufactured slopes, surface drainage, subdrainage, oversized rock materials, deep fill areas/settlement monitoring, preliminary foundation recommendations, retaining walls, sulfate potential, corrosion potential, preliminary pavement design, and temporary excavations. Mandatory compliance with the recommendations contained within the Project's Geotechnical Report (as required by the CBSC and Beaumont Municipal Beaumont Pointe Specific Plan Project
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Code and Building Code) would ensure that the impact remains less than significant. Additionally, grading plan review is required to verify that the geotechnical requirements are updated specific to the detailed rough grading plans. Furthermore, geotechnical observation and testing shall be conducted during the following stages of grading:
o Upon the completion of clearing and grubbing;
o During all phases of grading, including benching, backcut and key excavation, cut slope excavation, remedial removals of surficial soils, backdrain/subdrain/filter material installation and engineered fill placement;
o During Settlement Monument placement;
o During roadway subgrade preparation and compaction of roadway aggregate base; o When any unusual conditions are encountered during grading Future development accommodated by the Specific Plan would be required to have site -specific geotechnical investigation reports prepared by the Project applicant's/developer's geotechnical consultant, in accordance with the CBC and Beaumont Municipal Code Section 17.1.040. The geotechnical investigations would determine seismic design parameters for the site and the proposed building type per CBC requirements. With mandatory compliance with these standard and site -specific design and construction measures, implementation of the Project would not directly or indirectly expose people or structures to substantial adverse effects, including loss, injury or death, involving seismic ground shaking. Impacts would be less than significant.

Seismic -Related Ground Failure, Including Liquefaction According to available mapping data, the Project site is not located within a State of California Seismic Hazard Zone (California Geologic Survey (CGS)/California Department of Conservation) indicating a susceptibility for liquefaction potential (CGS, 2019a). However, the City's General Plan Safety Element and the RCIT identify the Project site as located within an area of "moderate" susceptibility to liquefaction (RCIT, 2021; City of Beaumont, 2020a). Therefore, the Project site appears to be susceptible to relatively minor amounts of liquefaction settlement. The magnitudes of seismic —induced liquefaction settlement are relatively minor and somewhat localized, occurring generally below depths of 40 feet where groundwater was encountered in the northern and northeastern portion of the Project site (KCG, 2021).

The Geotechnical Report prepared for the Project calculated the total earthquake -induced liquefaction settlement potential using the LiquefyPro software. The evaluation was based on the site class and adjusted peak ground acceleration of 0.705g, as shown in Section 2.5 of the Geotechnical Report, DEIR Technical Appendix F1, of the DEIR (KCG, 2021). The analysis indicates that the estimated settlement due to earthquake -induced liquefaction is approximately 0.00 inches to approximately one (1) inch.

Differential settlements are estimated to be negligible to approximately a little over 0.5 inches over a distance of 50 feet. Due to the lack of a shallow static groundwater level and the materials encountered, Beaumont Pointe Specific Plan Project
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the materials are not susceptible to significant seismic induced ground failure. With the proposed fill depths and loads imposed from the fill, liquefaction is considered to be negligible (KCG, 2021).

Lateral spreading is primarily associated with liquefaction hazards. Implementation of the Project would result in a less than significant impact associated with liquefaction; thus, the potential for lateral spreading is low (KCG, 2021). Accordingly, impacts associated with lateral spreading would be less than significant.

Furthermore, the Project would be required to be designed and constructed in accordance with applicable seismic safety guidelines, including the requirements of the CBSC and City's Municipal Code and Building Code. As stated previously, the City will condition the Project to comply with the site -specific ground preparation and construction recommendations contained in Section 5 of Technical Appendix F1 of the DEIR, which will further reduce the risk of seismic -related ground failure due (see Regulatory Requirement RR 7-1). Mandatory compliance with the recommendations contained within the Project's Geotechnical Report (as required by the CBSC and Beaumont Municipal Code and Building Code) would ensure that the impacts remain less than significant. As such, implementation of the Project would not directly or indirectly expose people or structures to substantial hazards associated with seismic -related ground failure and/or liquefaction hazards. Impacts would be less than significant.

Landslides
The Project site is not identified within a State of California designated Hazard Zone for Slope Instability (CGS, 2019a). Information available in the Riverside County Safety Element indicates that portions of the site may have "low" to "moderate" susceptibility for seismic induced slope instability (Riverside County, 2019b).

Approximate 2:1 (horizontal to vertical) cut and fill slopes of variable height are proposed throughout the site. The Geotechnical Report provided an analysis of deep-seated slope stability on selected geologic cross -sections (including both cut and fill slopes) considered representative of the various proposed conceptual slope configurations. The full results of the analysis are presented in the Geotechnical Report, Section 3.2 and Appendix E. Based on the analysis, proposed 2:1 cut and fill slopes are considered grossly stable in the absence of adverse geologic conditions and considered surficially stable.

Furthermore, mandatory compliance with the recommendations contained within the Project site's Geotechnical Report (as required by the CBSC, Beaumont Building Code, and conditions of approval) would ensure that the Project is engineered and constructed to maximize stability and preclude safety hazards to on -site and abutting off -site areas. Accordingly, the Project would not be exposed to substantial landslide risks, and implementation of the Project would not pose a substantial direct or indirect landslide risk to surrounding properties. Impacts would be less than significant. (DEIR, pp. 4.7-16 to 4.7-19)
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3.7.3 THRESHOLD B
Impact Statement: The Project would not result in substantial soil erosion or loss of topsoil. ❑ Findings
Potential impacts of the Project related to Threshold b are discussed in detail in Section 4.7.6 of the DEIR. The City finds that the development of the proposed Project will not result in significant impacts related to Threshold b; therefore, no mitigation is required. ❑ Substantial Evidence
Construction -Related Erosion Impacts
Under existing conditions, the Project site is largely undeveloped and contains only a few remnants of past development within the Project site. As identified in Section 4.9.1 of the DEIR, items related to historic use of the Project site include a water storage tank and associated valves and a concrete pad.

Development of the Project site would result in the demolition of these items and grading and construction activities would occur that would further disturb soils on the property. Disturbed soils would be subject to potential erosion during rainfall events or high winds due to the removal of stabilizing vegetation and building materials (e.g., existing concrete foundations) and exposure of these erodible materials to wind and water.

Fill slopes constructed with granular materials derived from on -site sandstone bedrock may be susceptible to erosion. The San Timoteo Formation bedrock on the Project site was moderately hard and considered to be slightly to moderately erodible. The surficial soils, including undocumented artificial fill, colluvium, and alluvium, encountered are typically granular and appear to be readily erodible as evidenced by their soft to loose state and localized erosion gullies. Therefore, the erosion potential of cut slopes exposing on -site bedrock materials may range from low to medium depending on the bedrock materials exposed on the cut slope, as well as the orientation of bedding and joint planes within the slope. In general, cut slopes exposing well -indurated and/or cemented sandstones should have a low to moderate susceptibly to erosion. Friable, poorly cemented, sandstones should have a moderate to high erosion susceptibility.

Pursuant to the requirements of the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB), the Project Applicant would be required to obtain coverage under the State's General Construction Stormwater Permit for construction activities (NPDES permit). The NPDES permit is required for all development projects that include construction activities, such as clearing, grading, and/or excavation, that disturb at least one (1) acre of total land area (see Regulatory Requirement RR 7-2). In addition, the Project would be required to comply with the Santa Ana RWQCB's Santa Ana River Basin Water Quality Control Program. Compliance with the NPDES permit and the Santa Ana River Basin Water Quality Control Program involves the preparation and implementation of a SWPPP for construction -related activities (see Regulatory Requirement RR 7-3). The SWPPP will specify the Best Management Practices (BMPs) that the Project Applicant will be required to implement during construction activities to ensure that waterborne pollution — including erosion/sedimentation — is prevented, minimized, and/or otherwise appropriately treated prior to surface runoff being discharged from the Beaumont Pointe Specific Plan Project
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subject property. Examples of BMPs that may be utilized during construction include, but are not limited to, sandbag barriers, geotextiles, storm drain inlet protection, sediment traps, rip rap soil stabilizers, and hydro -seeding. Lastly, the Project would be required to implement erosion and dust control measures pursuant SCAQMD Rule 403 to minimize water- and windborne erosion. Mandatory compliance with the SWPPP and SCAQMD Rule 403 would ensure that the Project's implementation does not result in significant soil erosion or loss of topsoil. Further, the City will condition the Project to comply with the site -specific ground preparation and construction recommendations contained in the Project's Geotechnical Report. Mandatory compliance with the recommendations (as amended by the final Geotechnical Report) relating to cut slopes will ensure that potential impacts related to erosion would be less than significant. Therefore, erosion and loss of topsoil loss impacts associated with construction activities would be less than significant.

Post -Development Erosion Impacts
Upon Project buildout, the Project site would be covered by buildings, landscaping, and impervious surfaces. Stormwater runoff from the Project site would be captured, treated to reduce waterborne pollutants (including sediment), and conveyed off site via an on -site storm drain system. Accordingly, the amount of erosion that occurs on the Project site would be minimized upon build out of the Project and would be reduced relative to existing conditions.

Additionally, to meet the requirements of the City's Municipal Stormwater Permit, the Project Applicant is required to prepare and implement a Water Quality Management Plan (WQMP), which is a site -specific post -construction water quality management program designed to minimize the release of potential waterborne pollutants, including pollutants of concern for downstream receiving waters, under long-term conditions via BMPs. The WQMP is required to identify an effective combination of erosion control and sediment control measures (i.e., Best Management Practices) to reduce or eliminate sediment discharge to surface water from stormwater and non-stormwater discharges. The WQMP also is required to establish a post -construction implementation and maintenance plan to ensure on -going, long-term erosion protection. Compliance with the WQMP will be required as a condition of approval for the Project, as will the long-term maintenance of erosion and sediment control features.

A Project -specific Preliminary WQMP was prepared for the Project to identify appropriate BMPs for the Project. A Final Project -specific WQMP that is in substantial conformance with the approved Preliminary Project -Specific WQMP shall be approved by the City prior to the issuance of grading permits (see Regulatory Requirement RR 7-4). As identified in the Project's Preliminary WQMP, low - impact development (LID) BMPs (e.g., bioretention and biotreatment) are required to detain stormwater on site for runoff mitigation. Additionally, the Project's Preliminary WQMP identifies site - design BMPs, structural and non-structural source -control BMPs, and treatment -control BMPs that would be implemented for the Project.

The Project's drainage system would route runoff from the proposed impervious surfaces to the four detention basins. Each basin would provide stormwater treatment and peak flow mitigation for each of their respective tributaries. The detention basins would remove pollutants from runoff, including sediment, thereby providing first -flush capture, detention, and filtration of stormwater runoff before it Beaumont Pointe Specific Plan Project
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is discharged from the Project site. Additionally, basin vegetation provides erosion protection, which is required to be maintained regularly (PECW, 2023b).

By complying with the NPDES permit and WQMP requirements, the Project would be required to utilize erosion and sediment control measures to preclude substantial, long-term soil erosion and loss of topsoil. Therefore, the Project would result in less than significant impacts related to soil erosion and/or loss of topsoil. (DEIR, pp. 4.7-19 to 4.7-21)

3.7.4 THRESHOLD C
Impact Statement: The Project would not be located on a geologic unit or soil that is unstable, or that would become unstable as a result of the project, and potentially result in on -site or off -site landslide, lateral spreading, subsidence, liquefaction or collapse. ❑ Findings
Potential impacts of the Project related to Threshold c are discussed in detail in Section 4.7.6 of the DEIR. The City finds that the development of the proposed Project will not result in significant impacts related to Threshold c; therefore, no mitigation is required. ❑ Substantial Evidence
As discussed under Threshold b, above, the Project's proposed 2:1 cut and fill slopes are considered grossly stable and surficially stable; and, as discussed under Threshold a, above, impacts relating to landslide, lateral spreading, subsidence, and liquefaction would be less than significant.

The undocumented artificial fill soils, colluvium, and loose younger alluvial soils present on the Project site have settlement potential and portions of the younger alluvium are prone to hydro -collapse. The volume of change of excavated on -site materials upon excavation and placement as engineered fill will vary with bedrock and/or soil type, location, and compaction effort. Alluvial soils would have the greatest shrinkage potential and could shrink up to 15%. Further, laboratory testing indicates that the young alluvium on site exhibits a collapse potential of zero to as much as 4.5%, which is respectively considered slight to moderate (KCG, 2021). The majority of the settlement is expected to occur during grading and within a few months thereafter. However, the majority of the alluvium that is potentially susceptible to seismic induced dry settlement would be removed during remedial earthwork and would also be subject to additional settlement during construction due to fill loads, which would reduce the settlement significantly.

Further, the City will condition the Project to comply with the site -specific ground preparation and construction recommendations contained in the Project's Geotechnical Report (DEIR Technical Appendix F1). Recommendations in the preliminary Geotechnical Report and any updates thereto relating to settlement monitoring (i.e., installation of surface monuments), fill placement, and compaction will ensure that potential impacts related to settlement, soil shrinkage, and collapse would be less than significant. (DEIR pp. 4.7-21)
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3.7.5 THRESHOLD D
Impact Statement: The Project would not be located on expansive soil, as defined in Table 18-1-B of the Uniform Building Code (1994), and would not create substantial direct or indirect risks to life or property.
❑ Findings
Potential impacts of the Project related to Threshold d are discussed in detail in Section 4.7.6 of the DEIR. The City finds that the development of the proposed Project will not result in significant impacts related to Threshold d; therefore, no mitigation is required. ❑ Substantial Evidence
Due to the limited presence of siltstone and clay layers, and the known presence of mostly sandstone generated soils within the Project site, the expansion potential of on -site soils is considered low.

However, siltstone/clay layers subject to excavation would produce clayey soils, which would be expansive. Minor amounts of siltstone exist on site; however, if siltstone is placed at pad grade, it would produce moderately expansive soils. The Project's Geotechnical Report (DEIR Technical Appendix F1) requires evaluation of potential expansive soil at completion of grading pursuant to ASTM D-4829, to ensure that expansive soils would not create a substantial risk to life or property.

Mandatory compliance with the recommendations contained within the Project's Geotechnical Report (as required by the CBSC and Beaumont Municipal Code and Building Code) would ensure that the impact remains less than significant. (DEIR, p. 4.7-22)

3.7.6 THRESHOLD E
Impact Statement: The Project would not have soils incapable of adequately supporting the use of septic tanks or alternative waste water disposal systems where sewers are not available for the disposal of waste water.
❑ Findings
Potential impacts of the Project related to Threshold e are discussed in detail in Section 4.7.6 of the DEIR. The City finds that the development of the proposed Project would not result in significant impacts related to Threshold e; therefore, no mitigation is required. ❑ Substantial Evidence
The Project is designed to connect to the City -owned municipal wastewater conveyance system, with wastewater treatment services supplied by the City's Wastewater Treatment Plant. The Project does not include septic tanks or alternative wastewater disposal systems. Accordingly, no impact related to the use of or performance of septic tanks and/or alternative wastewater systems would occur. (DEIR, p. 4.7-22)
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3.7.7 CUMULATIVE IMPACTS
Impact Statement: The Project would not result in a cumulatively considerable impact related to geology and soils (risk of loss due to earthquakes, substantial loss of topsoil, unstable soil, expansive soil or septic tanks).
❑ Findings
Potential cumulative geology and soils impacts of the Project related to risk of loss due to earthquakes, substantial loss of topsoil, unstable soil, expansive soil or septic tanks are discussed in detail in Section

4.7.7 of the DEIR. The City finds that the development of the proposed Project would not result in significant cumulative impacts related to these topics; therefore, no mitigation is required. ❑ Substantial Evidence
As noted in the foregoing analysis, all potential Project -related direct and indirect impacts related to geology and soils would be addressed through mandatory conformance with the CBSC, City's Municipal Code, other standard regulatory requirements, and the site -specific recommendations identified in the Geotechnical Report in Technical Appendix F of this EIR, including any updates thereto, as required in Regulatory Requirement RR 7-1.

With the exception of erosion hazards, potential hazardous effects related to geologic and soil conditions addressed under Thresholds "a," "c," "d," and "e" are unique to the Project site, and inherently restricted to the specific property proposed for development. That is, issues including fault rupture, seismic ground shaking, liquefaction, landslides, and expansive soils would involve effects to (and not from) a proposed development project, are specific to conditions on the subject property, and are not influenced or exacerbated by the geologic and/or soils hazards that may occur on other, off -site properties. Because of the site -specific nature of these potential hazards and the measures to address them, there would be no direct or indirect connection to similar potential issues or cumulative effects to or from other properties.

As discussed under Threshold b, regulatory requirements mandate that the Project incorporate design measures during construction and long-term operation to ensure that significant erosion impacts do not occur. Other development projects in the vicinity of the Project site would be required to comply with the same regulatory requirements as the Project to preclude substantial adverse water and wind erosion impacts. Because the Project and other projects within the cumulative study area would be subject to similar mandatory regulatory requirements to control erosion hazards during construction and long- term operation, cumulative impacts associated with wind and water erosion hazards would be less than significant. (DEIR, pp. 4.7-23 to 4.7-24)

3.8 HAZARDS AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
Project impacts for CEQA Hazards and Hazardous Materials Thresholds a through g do not result in significant impacts and findings are discussed below.

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3.8.1 THRESHOLD A AND THRESHOLD B
Impact Statement (Threshold A): The Project would not create a significant hazard to the public or the environment through the routine transport, use, or disposal of hazardous materials.

Impact Statement (Threshold B): The Project would not create a significant hazard to the public or the environment through reasonably foreseeable upset and accident conditions involving the release of hazardous materials into the environment.
❑ Findings
Potential impacts of the Project related to Threshold a and Threshold b are discussed in detail in Section

4.9.5 of the DEIR. During Project construction and operation, mandatory compliance to federal, State, and local regulations would ensure that the proposed Project would not create a significant hazard to the environment due to routine transport, use, disposal, or upset of hazardous materials and to the public or the environment through reasonably foreseeable upset and accident conditions involving the release of hazardous materials into the environment. The City finds that the development of the proposed Project will not result in significant impacts related to Threshold a or Threshold b; therefore, no mitigation is required.
❑ Substantial Evidence
Implementation of the Project would result in the construction and long-term operation of industrial and commercial uses within the Project site. The Project would have the potential to expose workers on site, the public, and/or the environment to a substantial hazard if there are any hazards or hazardous materials on the Project site or if hazardous materials are used/stored or manufactured/shipped on the Project site during construction or long-term operation.

There are no Recognized Environmental Conditions (RECs), Controlled Recognized Environmental Conditions (CRECs) and Historical Recognized Environmental Conditions (HRECs) associated with the Project site. Therefore, the existing site condition is considered to be free from any environmental concern associated with hazards or hazardous materials. Grading and hauling of on -site soils would have no hazardous risk to the public or the environment through the routine transport, use, or disposal of hazardous materials; and there would be no risk of upset or accident conditions involving the release of hazardous materials into the environment.

During construction, heavy equipment (e.g., dozers, excavators, tractors) would be operated on the Project site. This heavy equipment likely would be fueled and maintained by petroleum -based substances such as diesel fuel, gasoline, oil, and hydraulic fluid, which are considered hazardous if improperly stored or handled. In addition, materials such as paints, adhesives, solvents, and other substances typically used in building construction would be located on the Project site during construction. These materials would not be in such quantities or stored in such a manner as to pose a significant safety hazard to on -site construction workers or the general public. Construction contractors would be required to comply with all applicable federal, State, and local laws and regulations regarding the transport, use, and storage of hazardous construction -related materials, including but not limited Beaumont Pointe Specific Plan Project
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requirements imposed by the EPA and DTSC. With mandatory compliance of applicable hazardous materials regulations, the Project would not create significant hazard to the public or the environment through routine transport, use, or disposal of hazardous materials during the construction phase.

Improper use, storage, or transportation of hazardous materials can result in accidental releases or spills, potentially posing health risks to workers, the public, and the environment. This is a standard risk on all construction sites, and there would be no greater risk for improper handling, transportation, or spills associated with the Project than would occur on any other similar construction site. Thus, impacts due to construction activities would not cause a significant hazard to the public or the environment through reasonably foreseeable upset and accident conditions, and impacts would be less than significant. Therefore, temporary construction -related impacts would be less than significant.

Long-term operation of the Project site would include industrial and commercial land uses. The future occupants of the proposed buildings are not yet known. However, the building occupants within the industrial land use will include warehousing, manufacturing, fulfillment, parcel hub and/or similar uses. Manufacturing uses may include manufacturing on site and shipment of goods and/or shipment/transport of goods to the Project site for manufacturing on site. Building occupants within the commercial land uses will include restaurants, recreation, and entertainment (e.g., athletic fields, batting cages, miniature golf courses, health clubs, etc.). The full list of permitted, conditionally permitted, and ancillary uses allowed within the Project site are listed on Table 3-1 of the Beaumont Pointe Specific Plan. Based on the facilities and uses that would be allowed at the Project site, hazardous materials (e.g., diesel fuel, lubricants, solvents, corrosives, hazardous materials, etc.) could be used during the course of daily operations at the Project site. It is possible that other hazardous materials also could be used during the course of daily operations at the Project site. In the event that hazardous materials, other than those common materials described above, are associated with future operations, the hazardous materials would only be stored and transported to and from the Project site.

General cleaning activities on site that contain toxic substances are usually low in concentration and small in amount; therefore, there is no significant risk to humans or the environment from the use of such cleaning products.

Exposure of people or the environment to hazardous materials during operation of the Project may result from (1) the improper handling or use of hazardous substances; (2) transportation accidents; or (3) an unforeseen event (e.g., fire, flood, or earthquake). The severity of any such exposure is dependent upon the type and amount of the hazardous material involved, the timing, location, and nature of the event, and the sensitivity of the individuals or environment affected. As previously discussed, the U.S. Department of Transportation prescribes strict regulations for hazardous materials transport, as described in Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations (i.e., the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act); these are implemented by Title 13 of the California Code of Regulations. It is possible that vendors may transport hazardous materials to and from the Project, and the drivers of the transport vehicles must comply with the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act. Hazardous materials or wastes stored on site are subject to requirements associated with accumulation time limits, amounts, and proper storage locations and containers, and proper labeling. Additionally, for removal of hazardous waste from the site, hazardous waste generators are required to use a certified hazardous Beaumont Pointe Specific Plan Project
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waste transportation company which must ship hazardous waste to a permitted facility for treatment, storage, recycling, or disposal.

State and federal Community -Right -to -Know laws allow the public access to information about the amounts and types of chemicals that may be used by businesses on the Project site. Laws also are in place that require businesses to plan and prepare for possible chemical emergencies through preparation of a Hazardous Materials Inventory and a Hazardous Materials Business Plan. Any businesses that occupy the buildings on the Project site and that handles/stores substantial quantities of hazardous materials (as defined in Section 25500 of California Health and Safety Code, Division 20, Chapter 6.95) will require a permit from the RCDEH in order to register the business as a hazardous materials handler. Such businesses also are required to prepare and comply with Hazardous Materials Inventory and a Hazardous Materials Business Plan, which requires immediate reporting to the RCDEH and the State Office of Emergency Services regarding any release or threatened release of a hazardous material, regardless of the amount handled by the business, and to prepare a Hazardous Materials Business Emergency Plan (HMBEP). An HMBEP is a written set of procedures and information created to help minimize the effects and extent of a release or threatened release of a hazardous material. The intent of the HMBEP is to satisfy federal and State Community Right -To - Know laws and to provide detailed information for use by emergency responders.

The RCDEH implements the Hazardous Materials Business Plan for the County. The Hazardous Materials Business Plan is required to contain basic information on the location, type, quantity, and health risks of hazardous materials stored, used, or disposed of on development sites. The plan also contains an emergency response plan, which describes the procedures for mitigating a hazardous release, procedures, and equipment for minimizing the potential damage of a hazardous materials release, and provisions for immediate notification of emergency -response personnel, such as the local fire agency having jurisdiction. Implementation of the emergency response plan facilitates rapid response in the event of an accidental spill or release, thereby reducing potential adverse impacts.

If businesses that use or store hazardous materials occupy the future buildings on the Project site, the business owners and operators would be required to comply with all applicable federal, State, and local regulations to ensure proper transport, use, storage, use, emission, and disposal of hazardous substances (as described above). With mandatory regulatory compliance, the Project would not pose a significant hazard to the public or the environment through the routine transport, use, storage, emission, or disposal of hazardous materials, nor would the Project increase the potential for accident conditions which could result in the release of hazardous materials into the environment. Based on the foregoing information, potential hazardous materials impacts associated with long-term operation of the Project are regarded as less than significant and no mitigation is required.

With mandatory regulatory compliance with federal, State, and local laws, potential hazardous materials impacts associated with long-term operation of the Project are regarded as less than significant and mitigation is not required. (DEIR, pp. 4.9-12 to 4.9-15) Beaumont Pointe Specific Plan Project
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3.8.2 THRESHOLD C
Impact Statement: The Project would not emit hazardous emissions or handle hazardous or acutely hazardous materials, substances, or waste within one -quarter mile of an existing or proposed school. ❑ Findings
Potential impacts of the Project related to Threshold c are discussed in detail in Section 4.9.5 of the DEIR. The Project site is not located within one -quarter mile of an existing or planned school; therefore, implementation of the Project would not result in an impact associated with hazardous emissions or the handling of hazardous materials, substances, or waste within one -quarter mile of an existing or proposed school. The City finds that the development of the proposed Project would not result in significant impacts related to Threshold c; therefore, no mitigation is required. ❑ Substantial Evidence
The Project's eastern boundary is located approximately three (3) miles west of Three Rings Ranch Elementary School at 1040 Calumet Avenue in Beaumont, California (Google Earth Pro, 2021). There are no proposed schools in closer proximity to the Project site. Accordingly, the Project does not have the potential to emit hazardous emissions or handle hazardous or acutely hazardous materials, substances, and/or wastes within one -quarter mile of an existing or proposed school. Impacts related to on -site construction and operational uses are considered less than significant.

The vast majority of passenger car and truck travel to and from the Project site will be from 4th Street to Potrero Avenue to access SR -60. There are no existing or proposed schools within one -quarter mile of these roadways or the Potrero Avenue/SR-60 interchange. Additionally, and as described above under the analysis for Thresholds a and b, the use of and transport of hazardous substances or materials to and from the Project site during construction and long-term operational activities would be required to comply with applicable federal, State, and local regulations that are designed to preclude substantial public safety hazards. Accordingly, there would be no significant potential for existing or proposed schools to be exposed to substantial safety hazards associated with emission, handling of, or the routine transport of hazardous substances or materials to and from the Project site. Impacts related to off -site construction and operational uses are considered less than significant. (DEIR, p. 4.9-15) As discussed in DEIR Section 4.3, Air Quality, there are no schools located within 1/4 mile of the Project site. As such, there would be no significant impacts that would occur to any schools in the vicinity of the Project. Proximity to sources of toxics is critical to determining the impact. In traffic -related studies, the additional non -cancer health risk attributable to proximity was seen within 1,000 feet and was strongest within 300 feet. California freeway studies show about a 70% drop-off in particulate pollution levels at 500 feet. Based on California Air Resources Board (CARB) and South Coast AQMD emissions and modeling analyses, an 80% drop-off in pollutant concentrations is expected at approximately 1,000 feet from a distribution center. The 1,000 -foot evaluation distance is supported by research -based findings concerning TAC emission dispersion rates from roadways and large sources showing that emissions diminish substantially between 500 and 1,000 feet from emission sources. For purposes of this assessment, a one -quarter mile radius or 1,320 feet geographic scope is utilized for Beaumont Pointe Specific Plan Project
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determining potential impacts to nearby schools. This radius is more robust than, and therefore provides a more health protective scenario for evaluation than the 1,000 -foot impact radius identified above for analysis pertaining to human health risks associated with air pollutant emissions associated with the Project, including risks to sensitive receptors such as school children. (DEIR, p. 4.3-46)

3.8.3 THRESHOLD D
Impact Statement: The Project site is not located on a site which is included on a list of hazardous materials sites compiled pursuant to Government Code Section 65962.5 and, as a result, would not create a significant hazard to the public or the environment. ❑ Findings
Potential impacts of the Project related to Threshold d are discussed in detail in Section 4.9.5 of the DEIR. The City finds that the development of the proposed Project would not result in significant impacts related to Threshold d; therefore, no mitigation is required. ❑ Substantial Evidence
Based on a site search on November 6, 2019, the Project site is not listed on any federal, State, or local regulatory agency databases or any list of hazardous materials sites complied pursuant to Government Code Section 65962.5. There are no Federal National Priorities List (NPL), Federal Delisted NPL, Federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Information System (CERCLIS), Federal Superfund Enterprise Management System Archive (SEMS-ARCHIVE), Federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Corrective Action (CORRACTS), Federal RCRA non-CORRACTS Treatment, Storage, and Disposal (TSD), Federal RCRA Large Quantity Generator (LQG), Federal RCRA Small Quantity Generator (SQG), Federal RCRA Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generator (CESQG), and Federal Institutional Controls/ Engineering Controls (IC/EC) sites listed on the Project site. There are also no State and Tribal Equivalent to NPL or CERCLIS sites; State and Tribal Landfill; State and Tribal Solid Waste Disposal; State and Tribal Leaking Underground Storage Tank (LUST); State or Tribal Spills, Leak Investigation and Cleanups (SLIC); State and Tribal Voluntary Cleanup Program (VCO); and State and Tribal Brownfield sites within Project site. The Project site is not located within the South Coast Air Quality Management District's Facility Information Detail (FIND) database (McAlister GeoScience, 2019). Accordingly, no impact would occur. (DEIR, pp. 4.9-15 to 4.9-16)

3.8.4 THRESHOLD E
Impact Statement: The Project site is not within two miles of an airport and the Project site is not identified as within an airport influence area.
❑ Findings
Potential impacts of the Project related to Threshold e are discussed in detail in Section 4.9.5 of the DEIR. The City finds that the development of the proposed Project would not result in significant impacts related to Threshold e; therefore, no mitigation is required.

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❑ Substantial Evidence
The Project site is not located within the Airport Influence Area for the nearest airport to the Project site, Banning Municipal Airport, located approximately 10 miles to the east of the Project site (RCALUC, 2004). Therefore, implementation of the Project would not result in a safety hazard or excessive noise for people residing or working in the Project area. No impact would occur. (DEIR, p.

4.9-16)

3.8.5 THRESHOLD F
Impact Statement: The Project would not impair implementation of or physically interfere with an adopted emergency response plan or emergency evacuation plan. ❑ Findings
Potential impacts of the Project related to Threshold f are discussed in detail in Section 4.9.5 of the DEIR. The City finds that the development of the proposed Project would not result in significant impacts related to Threshold f; therefore, no mitigation is required. ❑ Substantial Evidence
The Project site does not contain any emergency facilities, nor does it serve as an emergency evacuation route. During an emergency in the City, operations are coordinated from the City's Emergency Operations Center (EOC) in accordance with the City's Emergency Operations Plan (EOP). The primary EOC location is at the Chatigny Recreation Center (CRC) located on the northeast corner of Oak Valley Parkway and Cherry Avenue. The alternate EOC location is the Beaumont City Hall Facility located at 550 E 6th Street. Additionally, according to the City's General Plan Safety Element, The City has major evacuation routes which include I-10 and SR -60 as well as several major roadways.

The following existing major roadways are emergency evacuation routes: Brookside Avenue, Oak Valley Parkway, Highland Spring Avenue, and Beaumont Avenue. An interchange at Potrero Boulevard and SR -60 is under construction and an extension of Potrero eastward to connect to Highland Springs Avenue is planned. Following the completion of the extension, Potrero Boulevard will be designated by the City as an evacuation route. Additionally, SR -60, immediately north of the Project site, serves as an evacuation route for the City (City of Beaumont, 2020a).

During Project construction, travel lanes along Frontage Road would be maintained, and construction materials and equipment would be staged on site. The Project is not anticipated to result in a substantial alteration to the design or capacity of an existing road that would impair or interfere with an adopted emergency response or evacuation plan. No impacts would occur.

Under operational conditions, the Project would be required, by Riverside County Ordinance No. 348, Section 21.32a, Emergency Access, to maintain adequate emergency access for emergency vehicles on site. The Project provides for two avenues of egress in the event of an emergency, with primary access provided at 4th Street and emergency access provided via the Jack Rabbit Trail interchange with SR -60. The Project does not include any features that would physically impair or otherwise conflict Beaumont Pointe Specific Plan Project
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with an emergency response plan or evacuation plan. Additionally, as part of the City's discretionary review process, the City reviewed the Project's application materials to ensure that the design of the Project would meet City requirements, appropriate emergency ingress and egress would be available to and from the Project site and that the Project would not substantially impede emergency response times in the local area. According to the Project's Fire Protection Plan, Station 66 would respond within approximately 7 minutes to the Project's entrance, Station 20 would respond within approximately 9 minutes, and Station 106 would respond within approximately 3.54 minutes (Dudek, 2023, p. 37).

The Project's proposed industrial/commercial development is anticipated to increase the call volume at a rate of up to 191 calls per year (4 calls per week or 16 calls per month). Fire Stations 66 and 20 combined emergency responses in 2017 totaled 4,943 calls per year or 5.43 and 8.11 calls per day per station, respectively. The level of service demand for the Project would increase overall call volume; however, the increase is not anticipated to impact the existing fire stations to a point that they cannot meet the demand (Dudek, 2023, p. 40). Furthermore, the Project would be required by City Chapter

3.36, Emergency Preparedness Facilities Fees, to contribute costs to improve Emergency Preparedness Centers.

The Project will maintain a conservative approach to fire safety, including maintaining the landscape and structural components according to the standards described above and embracing a "Ready, Set, Go!" stance on evacuation.

The time to evacuate under multiple scenarios was calculated via traffic simulations. DEIR Table 4.9- 1, Evacuation Time Summary, displays the calculated evacuation roadway capacity and the time it would take to evacuate for the Project and surrounding land uses for 17 different scenarios. During a Project evacuation, law enforcement would shut down traffic along SR -60 to prevent people from entering an active wildfire area, diverting traffic away from the evacuation area, as well as to keep it open to evacuees who may be in harm's way during mass evacuation scenarios. Evacuees from the Project would need to travel along both or one of the adjacent evacuation routes, SR -60 or West 4th Street, to reach more urban landscapes and the travel way is hardened (low fuel loading, converted landscapes, developed ignition resistant buildings and hardscape on both sides) and exposure during an evacuation would be limited. Currently, there is no population relying on the emergency egress points at Jack Rabbit Trail and the SR -60 Freeway or 4th Street. However, future development (Hidden Canyon Industrial Park) would use these routes for evacuation during some wildfire scenarios. In the scenario where Hidden Canyon evacuates simultaneously with the Project, evacuation of the Project site and Hidden Canyon is possible in all modeled scenarios; therefore, the Project would not substantially impair an emergency evacuation plan (CRA Mobility, 2022). Details of each scenario are found in the Project's evacuation analysis. (DEIR Technical Appendix M2) According to the Project's evacuation analysis, the Project site can be safely evacuated under the worst - case scenarios:
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and 32 minutes using 4th Street only, or 2 hours and 1 minute when all evacuation routes are available (Scenarios 13-15).
2) When the Project site, Hidden Canyon Industrial Park, and Olive Wood are fully occupied (all parking spaces occupied) and need to be evacuated concurrently, within 2 hours 4 minutes when all evacuation routes are available (Scenario 17).

These scenarios will require additional emergency management pre -planning and "in the field" determinations of when evacuations are needed and how they are phased to maximize efficiency.

However, as shown above, the current evacuation time for the surrounding communities ranges from 27 minutes to 35 minutes (Scenarios 10 and 16), adding the maximum number of vehicles from the Project's site increases the evacuation time between 16 minutes and 26 minutes.1 In the event that the time to evacuate is considered too long to evacuate safely by police and fire personnel in the field at the time of the evacuation event, then Project site employees and visitors can be ordered not to evacuate and to shelter -in -place in the specific locations that were constructed to allow for safe sheltering in place. In accordance with the Fire Protection Plan (DEIR Technical Appendix M1), a shelter -in -place plan will be prepared and provided to all on -site personnel outlining the actions to take if a shelter -in -place notification is provided by emergency management sources.

The project buildings will be constructed of concrete which is non- combustible and highly resistant to heat. Because of the concrete/ignition resistant construction, fuel modification zone setbacks and the type of lower fire intensity vegetative fuels in the vicinity of the site, sheltering in place is considered to be a safe option if a fast-moving wildfire precludes complete evacuation of the Project site. The City has adopted the Emergency Operations Plan and Standardized Emergency Management System (SEMS)/National Incident Management System (NIMS). This plan establishes the emergency organization, assigns tasks, specifies policies and general procedures, and provides for coordination of planning efforts of the various emergency staff and service elements. Emergency responders will utilize this plan to determine whether the Project's visitors and employees should shelter -in -place or evacuate under an emergency scenario.

Evacuations are fluid events and evacuation timeframes may vary widely, depending on a variety of factors including the number of vehicles evacuating, the road capacity to move those vehicles, employees' or patrons' awareness and preparedness, evacuation messaging and direction, and on -site law enforcement control. Deferring to actual evacuation results and similar project analysis is a typical approach. In the case of historical wildfire evacuations in Riverside County, there are several notable examples that indicate the extremely high success rate for evacuating large numbers of people and doing so in a managed and strategic way through the available technological innovations available to emergency managers. While large-scale evacuations may take several hours or more and require moving people long distances to designated areas, the success rate in Riverside County is nearly 100% safe evacuations. Comparing similar project analysis indicates that it is common to increase evacuation ' Increase in evacuation time determined by comparing no project scenarios (Scenarios 10-12 and 16) to with project and surrounding land use scenarios (Scenarios 13-15 and 17). For example, Scenario 13 (43 minutes) — Scenario 10 (27 minutes) = 16 minutes; and Scenario 14 (59 minutes) — Scenario 11 (33 minutes) = 26 minutes.

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times when new communities are built and the increase in time can be 45 minutes or more based on lack of road capacity to absorb and facilitate movement of the additional vehicles. However, as indicated above, the Project can be safely evacuated under the worst -case scenarios and would not interfere or impede with an emergency evacuation route.

When an evacuation is ordered, it will occur according to pre -established evacuation decision points or as soon as notice to evacuate is received, which may vary depending on many environmental and other factors. Additionally, although the Project is not to be considered a shelter -in -place development, because the Project site would be highly ignition resistant in terms of its buildings and landscape/hardscape, it is anticipated that an additional option available to emergency managers in some wildfire and other emergency scenarios will be directing people to temporarily remain on site and seek refuge within the ignition resistant buildings or other safe areas on the site.

Based on the foregoing analysis, the Project is not anticipated to interfere or impede an adopted emergency response plan or emergency evacuation route during construction or operation. As such, impacts would be less than significant. (DEIR, pp. 4.9-16 to 4.9-20)

3.8.6 THRESHOLD G
Impact Statement: The Project would not expose people or structures, either directly or indirectly, to a significant risk of loss, injury, or death involving wildland fires. ❑ Findings
Potential impacts of the Project related to Threshold g are discussed in detail in Section 4.9.5 of the DEIR. The City finds that the development of the proposed Project would not result in significant impacts related to Threshold g; therefore, no mitigation is required. ❑ Substantial Evidence
The Project site is designated within a "High" and "Very High" Fire Hazard Severity Zone within a state responsibility area (SRA) by the Riverside County General Plan and CalFire. CalFire has released an updated version of their fire hazard severity zone maps that, if adopted, would revise the fire hazard designation of the Project and its surroundings to all Very High rather than the current combination of Very High and High. (CalFire, 2023). Because of these designations, a Fire Protection Plan (FPP) was prepared. Adoption of CalFire's new fire hazard zone maps would not change the findings in the FPP, which was planned and prepared for the Project as if it was entirely within the Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone. After being annexed into the City of Beaumont, it is possible that Project could be re- designated as Local Responsibility Area (LRA) in a future update of CalFire's hazard severity zone maps, which would mean the City of Beaumont would have the primary responsibility for the prevention and suppression of wildland fires at the Project site.

The Beaumont Pointe Specific Plan includes project design features to protect people and structures from wildfires. Currently, the Project site is undeveloped, disturbed, vacant and has hills in the south.

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vegetation that would be susceptible to wildfire. Defensible space is defined as managed and maintained areas adjacent to structures that enable fire suppression activities through the removal of flammable fuels and maintenance of landscapes that would not readily transmit wildfire. The Project would incorporate defensible space in the form of modified fuel areas in two managed zones, a fuel maintenance zone and a fuel modification area (FMA). The Project would provide a fuel maintenance zone with 20 feet of irrigated vegetation around the perimeter of the Project site and a 100 -foot FMA of paved surface and/or irrigated landscape. The implementation of the on -site defensible space (FMA and fuel maintenance zone) would reduce the risk of wildfire at the Project site and would improve the ability of firefighters to fight fires and protect the Project site and neighboring resources, irrespective of the cause or location of ignition. Additionally, all Project related plans will be reviewed and approved by the City and Riverside County Fire Department to ensure the safety of future Project occupants and structures. Accordingly, impacts due to wildland fires would be less than significant. (DEIR, p. 4.9-21)

3.8.7 CUMULATIVE IMPACTS
Impact Statement: The Project would not result in a cumulatively considerable impact related to hazards and hazardous materials.
❑ Findings
Potential cumulative impacts of the Project related to hazards and hazardous materials are discussed in detail in Section 4.9.6 of the DEIR. The City finds that the development of the proposed Project would not result in significant cumulative impacts related to hazards and hazardous materials; therefore, no mitigation is required.
❑ Substantial Evidence
As discussed above under the responses to Thresholds "a" and "b," the Project's construction and operation would be required to comply with all applicable federal, State, and local regulations to ensure proper use, storage, and disposal of hazardous substances. Such uses also would be subject to additional review and permitting requirements by the RCDEH. Similarly, any other developments in the area proposing the construction of uses with the potential for use, storage, or transport of hazardous materials also would be required to comply with applicable federal, State, and local regulations, and such uses would be subject to additional review and permits from their local oversight agency.

Therefore, the potential for release of hazardous materials into the environment, either through accidents or due to routine transport, use, or disposal of such materials would be mitigated for each development and would not result in a cumulatively considerable impact.

The Project site is not located within one -quarter mile of an existing or planned school. The nearest school, Three Rings Ranch Elementary School, is located approximately three (3) miles east of the Project site. Accordingly, the Project was determined to not have the potential to emit hazardous emissions or handle hazardous or acutely hazardous materials, substances, and/or wastes due to routine transport, use, or disposal of such materials within one -quarter mile of an existing or proposed school.

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Therefore, implementation of the Project would not contribute to a cumulatively considerable impact associated with emissions within one -quarter mile of an existing or planned school.

The Project site is not located on the list of hazardous materials sites compiled pursuant to Government Code Section 65962.5; therefore, the Project has no potential to contribute to substantial, cumulative effects related to the development or re -development of contaminated property.

As discussed above under the response to Threshold e, the Project would not be adversely affected by operations at the Banning Municipal Airport, as the Project site is located outside of the Airport Influence Area (RCALUC, 2004). Therefore, the Project would not result in a safety hazard or excessive noise for people residing or working in the Project area and would not contribute to a cumulatively considerable impact associated with airport hazards.

The Project site does not contain any emergency facilities, nor does it serve as an emergency evacuation route and the Project provides adequate ingress and egress as determined by the City and the Riverside County Fire Department.

As described above, adding the maximum number of vehicles from the Project's site would increase evacuation times for surrounding development between 16 minutes and 26 minutes. However, these scenarios are highly conservative as they assume that all parking spaces are fully occupied at both the proposed Project site and the Hidden Canyon Industrial Park site. Additionally, under all scenarios, the increase in evacuation time is associated with the proposed Project, and not the surrounding land uses, as the proposed Project is located on the furthest end of the study area, and vehicles from the surrounding land uses would reach the transportation network before vehicles from the proposed Project. The Project and surrounding development can be safely evacuated under the worst -case scenario (Scenario 14: Project with Hidden Canyon Industrial Park with SR -60 Only) and would not interfere or impede with an emergency evacuation route. Additionally, although the Project is not to be considered a shelter -in -place development, because the Project site would be highly ignition resistant in terms of its buildings and landscape/hardscape, it is anticipated that an additional option available to emergency managers in some wildfire and other emergency scenarios will be directing people to temporarily remain on site and seek refuge within the ignition resistant buildings or other safe areas on the site. When an evacuation is ordered, it will occur according to pre -established evacuation decision points or as soon as notice to evacuate is received, which may vary depending on many environmental and other factor.

The Project and cumulative development can be safely evacuated under the worst -case scenario and would not interfere or impede with an emergency evacuation route. Thus, there is no potential for the Project to contribute to any cumulative impacts associated with an adopted emergency response plan or emergency evacuation plan.

As discussed above under Threshold g, the Project site is located within an area identified by Cal Fire and Riverside County as a "High" and "Very High" fire hazard severity zone (Riverside County, 2015; Cal Fire, 2007). However, all development within high fire hazard severity zones is required to comply with the City's Weed Abatement Program and the Riverside County Fire Depaitiiient requirements, in Beaumont Pointe Specific Plan Project
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order to minimize any potential fire risk. Additionally, all development in the area would require review and approval by the City's and Riverside County Fire Department to ensure the safety of future Project occupants and structures. Therefore, cumulative impacts associated with wildfire would be less than significant. (DEIR, pp. 4.9-21 to 4.9-22)

3.9 HYDROLOGY AND WATER QUALITY
Project impacts for CEQA Hydrology and Water Quality Thresholds a through e do not result in significant impacts and findings are discussed below.

3.9.1 REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS
The following Regulatory Requirements (RRs) are applicable regardless of CEQA and would apply to any project under similar circumstances and, therefore, do not constitute mitigation measures.

However, they will nonetheless be included in the Project's Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program to ensure the implementation of the mandated RRs.

RR 10-1
RR 10-2
Prior to grading plan approval and the issuance of a grading permit for the Beaumont Pointe Specific Plan developments, the Project proponent shall provide evidence to the City that a Notice of Intent (NOI) has been filed with the Regional Water Quality Control Board for coverage under the State National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Construction General Permit for discharge of stormwater associated with construction activities.

Prior to grading plan approval and the first issuance of a grading permit by the City for the Beaumont Pointe Specific Plan development, the Project proponent shall submit to the City of Beaumont a Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP). The SWPPP shall include a surface water control plan and erosion -control plan citing specific measures to control erosion during the entire grading and construction period.

Additionally, the SWPPP shall identify structural and non-structural Best Management Practices (BMPs) to control sediment and nonvisible discharges from the site. BMPs to be implemented in the SWPPP may include (but shall not be limited to) the following:
• Sediment discharges from the site may be controlled by the following:
• Perimeter protection to prevent sediment discharges through silt fences, fiber rolls, gravel bag berms, sand bag barriers, and compost socks; • Sediment capture and drainage control through sediment traps, storm drain inlet protection, and sediment basins;
• Velocity reduction through check dams, sediment basins, and outlet protection/velocity dissipation devices;
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• Slope interruption at permit -prescribed intervals (fiber rolls, gravel bag berms, sand bag berms, compost socks, biofilter bags).
• The construction and condition of the BMPs will be periodically inspected during construction, and repairs will be made when necessary as required by the SWPPP. • No materials of any kind shall be placed in drainage ways. • Materials that could contribute nonvisible pollutants to stormwater must be contained, elevated, and placed in temporary storage containment areas. • All loose piles of soil, silt, clay, sand, debris, and other earthen material shall be protected per RWQCB standards to eliminate any discharge from the site.

Stockpiles will be surrounding by silt fences.
• The SWPPP will include inspection forms for routine monitoring of the site during the construction phase to ensure NPDES compliance.
• Additional BMPs and erosion -control measures will be documented in the SWPPP and utilized if necessary.
• The SWPPP will be kept on site for the entire duration of project construction and will also be available to the local RWQCB for inspection at any time.

In the event that it is not feasible to implement the above BMPs, the City of Beaumont can make a determination that other BMPs will provide equivalent or superior treatment either on or off site.

RR 10-3
RR 10-4
Prior to the issuance of each grading permit by the City of Beaumont for each phase of the Project, the Project proponent shall provide evidence to the City that the following provisions have been added to the construction contracts for the proposed work:
• The Construction Contractor shall be responsible for performing and documenting the application of BMPs identified in the SWPPP. Weekly inspections shall be performed on sediment -control measures called for in the SWPPP. Monthly reports shall be maintained by the Contractor and submitted to the City for inspection. In addition, the Contractor will also be required to maintain an inspection log and have the log on site to be reviewed by the City of Beaumont and the representatives of the Regional Water Quality Control Board.

Prior to issuance of each grading permit by the City of Beaumont for each phase of the Project, the Project proponent shall receive approval from the City of Beaumont of a Final Water Quality Management Plan (Final WQMP). The Final WQMP shall specifically identify pollution -prevention, site -design, source -control, and treatment - control BMPs that shall be used on site to control predictable pollutant runoff to reduce Beaumont Pointe Specific Plan Project
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impacts to water quality to the maximum extent practicable after construction is completed and after the facilities or structures are occupied and/or operational. Source control BMPs to be implemented in the Final WQMP may include (but shall not be limited to) those listed in DEIR Table 4.10-3. Treatment -control BMPs shall include on -site detention/sand filtration basins to treat the site's runoff; these facilities shall be maintained and inspected at least twice per year and prior to October 1. Additional BMPs will be documented in the WQMP and utilized if necessary. In the event that it is not feasible to implement the BMPs identified in the Final WQMP, the City of Beaumont can make a determination that other BMPs shall provide equivalent or superior treatment either on or off site.

RR 10-5
Prior to the issuance of each building permit for the Project, the Project proponent shall provide evidence to the City that the Project complies with the requirements of the RWQCB Municipal Permit General MS4 Permit. The MS4 Permit requirements for new development calls for compliance with water quality regulatory requirements applicable to stormwater runoff and waste discharge. Specifically, the MS4 permit would require the Project proponent to develop and implement a comprehensive Stormwater Management Program (SWMP) that must include pollution prevention measures, treatment or removal techniques, monitoring, use of legal authority, and other appropriate measures to control the quality of stormwater discharged to the storm drains.

3.9.2 THRESHOLD A
Impact Statement: The Project would not violate any water quality standards or waste discharge requirements or otherwise substantially degrade surface or groundwater quality. ❑ Findings
Potential impacts of the Project related to Threshold a are discussed in detail in Section 4.10.6 of the DEIR. The City finds that the development of the proposed Project will not result in significant impacts related to Threshold a; therefore, no mitigation is required. ❑ Substantial Evidence
Construction -Related Water Quality Impacts
Construction -related activities have the potential to result in impacts to water quality. The grading and construction phases would require the disturbance of surface soils and removal of the existing vegetation cover. During the construction period, grading activities would result in exposure of soil to storm runoff, potentially causing erosion and sedimentation in runoff. Sediments also transport substances such as nutrients, hydrocarbons, and trace metals, which would be conveyed to the storm drain facilities and receiving waters. Substances such as fuels, oil and grease, solvents, paints and other building construction materials, wash water, and dust control water could also enter storm runoff and be transported to nearby waterways. This could potentially degrade the quality of the receiving waters and potentially result in the impairment of downstream water sources.

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Construction activities for the Project would occur over an area more than one acre. Therefore, the Project is required to obtain coverage under an NPDES permit. Construction impacts due to Project development would be minimized through compliance with the NPDES Construction General Permit.

As part of compliance with the NPDES requirements, a Notice of Intent (NOI) would be prepared and submitted to the SWRCB, and a Water Discharge Identification Number would be obtained prior to grading. This will provide notification and intent to comply with the State Construction General Permit.

This permit requires the discharger to perform a risk assessment for the proposed development (with differing requirements based upon the determined risk level). As stated in Regulatory Requirement RR -2, the discharger must prepare and implement a SWPPP, which must include erosion -control and sediment -control BMPs that would meet or exceed measures required by the determined risk level of the construction site, in addition to tracking control, waste management, and site design BMPs that control construction -related pollutants. These measures may include the use of gravel bags, silt fences, straw wattles, hay bales, check dams, hydroseed, or soil binders (see Regulatory Requirement RR 10- 2). The construction contractor would be required to operate and maintain these BMPs throughout the duration of on -site construction activities. A Construction Site Monitoring Program that identifies monitoring and sampling requirements during construction is a required component of the SWPPP. In addition, the construction contractor would be required to maintain an inspection log and have the log on site to be reviewed by the City and representatives of the RWQCB.

The NPDES permit program was established under Section 402 of the Clean Water Act (CWA), which prohibits the unauthorized discharge of pollutants, including municipal, commercial, and industrial wastewater discharges. An NPDES permit would generally specify an acceptable level of pollutants or pollutant parameters in a discharge. The permittee may choose which technologies to use to achieve that level. DEIR Table 4.10-3, Construction Activity Best Management Practices, lists BMPs for runoff control, sediment control, erosion control, and good housekeeping that may be used during the construction phase of the Project.

The construction -phase BMPs would ensure effective control of not only sediment discharge, but also of pollutants associated with sediments (e.g., nutrients, hydrocarbons, and trace metals). Mandatory compliance with regulatory requirements for the protection of water quality during construction (see Regulatory Requirements RR 10-1 through RR 10-3), including implementation of a SWPPP, would ensure that the Project does not violate any water quality standards or waste discharge requirements during construction activities. Therefore, impacts related to water quality and waste discharge associated with construction activities would be less than significant.

Post -Development Water Quality Impacts
Under existing conditions, the Project site is currently vacant and undeveloped, except for the portion of the site that contains the paved portion of Jack Rabbit Trail. The development of the Project and associated improvements would result in the conversion of existing on -site permeable surfaces to impermeable surfaces within PAs 1 through 8. The water runoff from impervious surfaces, including the proposed buildings, roadways, landscaped areas, and parking lots, have the potential to carry a variety of pollutants. A "pollutant of concern" is water pollutant that is also an impairment to the Beaumont Pointe Specific Plan Project
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receiving water body. Based on the Project -specific WQMP, potential water pollutants that could be generated from the Project site in its post -development condition include the following:
• Bacterial Indicators
• Metals (parking lots and loading docks)
• Nutrients (landscaping)
• Pesticides (landscaping)
• Toxic Organic Compounds (TOCs)
• Sediments (landscaping)
• Trash & Debris (waste container and parking lots)
• Oil & Grease (parking lots and loading docks)
These pollutants may lead to the degradation of stormwater quality in downstream water bodies. It should be noted that there would be a reduction in sediments with implementation of the Project as landscaped areas, impervious surfaces, and BMPs would reduce suspended sediment in runoff compared to the undeveloped existing condition.

Pollutant concentrations in urban runoff are extremely variable and are dependent on storm intensity, land use, elapsed time since previous storms, and the volume of runoff generated in a specific area that reaches a receiving water. As such, potential water quality impacts are related to the increase in the peak runoff, new urban uses, and the sensitivity of the receiving water. Santa Ana River — Reach 4 is impaired by pathogens; Santa Ana River — Reach 3 is impaired by copper, lead, pathogens, and nitrates; Prado Basin is impaired by nutrients; and Santa Ana River — Reach 2 is impaired by metals and indicator bacteria.

The MS4 Permit for new development requires compliance with water quality regulatory requirements applicable to stormwater runoff. The effectiveness of stormwater quality controls is primarily based on two factors: (1) the amount of runoff that is captured by the controls; and (2) the selection of BMPs to address identified pollutants of concern. Selection and numerical sizing criteria for new development treatment controls are included in the MS4 Permit. As part of the MS4 Permit, a SWMP will be prepared to include pollution prevention measures, treatment or removal techniques, monitoring, use of legal authority, and other appropriate measures to control the quality of stormwater discharged to the storm drains (see Regulatory Requirement RR 10-5).

A WQMP is required to reduce or eliminate water pollution caused by runoff that flows from stormwater drainage systems into receiving waters. A Project -specific Preliminary WQMP was prepared for the Project to identify appropriate BMPs for the Project. A Final Project -specific WQMP that is in substantial conformance with the approved Preliminary Project -specific WQMP shall be approved by the City prior to the issuance of grading permits (see Regulatory Requirement RR 10-4).

As identified in the Project's Preliminary WQMP, low -impact development (LID) BMPs (e.g., bioretention and biotreatment) are proposed to detain stormwater on site. Additionally, the Project's Preliminary WQMP identifies site -design and structural and non-structural source -control BMPs that would be implemented for the Project. Furthermore, the Project includes mass grading of PAs 1 and 2, Beaumont Pointe Specific Plan Project
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which will remain graded and undeveloped until construction of the commercial uses in Phase 3. Under this interim condition, the mass graded pads are considered self -treating areas (no impervious area and gentle slopes) and storm drain lateral stub outs will be provided to connect the future onsite storm drain to the infrastructure storm drain system proposed by this project.

The Project would maintain the 16 existing culverts as the ultimate discharge locations for the property; however, runoff from the impervious surfaces (i.e., proposed buildings, parking lots, and road improvements) would be collected by the Project's proposed drainage system. The Project site would be divided into 17 drainage management areas (DMAs). The proposed drainage system would consist of catch basins, parking inlets, storm drain pipes with sizes varying from 18 inches to 48 inches, outlet structures, and four detention basins (Basins 1 — 4), one for each tributary area. The drainage system would route the runoff from the proposed impervious surfaces to the four detention basins. Where possible, runoff from impervious areas drain towards landscaped areas and bioretention basins through curb cutouts. All runoff from PAs 1 through 8 will enter the basins (Basins 1, 2, 3 & 4) for treatment and mitigation before discharging into their respective culverts. Runoff from streets and sidewalks from PAs 1 and 2 will enter Basin 5 located at the northeast corner of the property, adjacent to Jackrabbit Trail. Each culvert has natural depressed areas upstream which also acts as a natural detention area. Each basin would provide stormwater treatment for each of their respective tributaries.

The proposed stormwater treatment basins will provide peak runoff mitigation before discharging to the culverts. The detention basins would remove pollutants from runoff and filter the water to meet the water quality standards of the SARWQCB pursuant to the design requirements of the LID BMP Design Manual. The LID BMP Design Manual requires that basins are designed to capture runoff from the

0.75 inch, 24 -hour rainfall event or the 85th percentile, 24 -hour rainfall event, whichever is greater; thereby providing first -flush capture, detention, and filtration of stormwater runoff before it is discharged from the Project site.

DEIR Table 4.10-4, Permanent and Operational Source Control BMPs, lists source -control BMPs that are incorporated into the Project to reduce the pollutants released into the environment. Source -control BMPs are permanent, structural features that would be included in Project plans and operational BMPs that would be implemented by the site's occupant or user.

In addition, with implementation of Regulatory Requirements RR 10-1 through RR 10-5, surface water that may percolate in to the soil would not adversely affect groundwater on or off site.

By complying with the NPDES permit and WQMP requirements, the Project would ensure effective control of and would not provide substantial additional sources of polluted runoff to receiving waters.

Mandatory compliance with regulatory requirements for the protection of water quality (see Regulatory Requirements RR 10-4 and RR 10-5), would ensure that the Project does not violate any water quality standards or waste discharge requirements during operation. Therefore, water quality and waste discharge impacts associated with operation of the project would be less than significant. (DEIR, pp.

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3.9.3 THRESHOLD B
Impact Statement: The Project would not substantially decrease groundwater supplies or interfere substantially with groundwater recharge such that the Project would impede sustainable groundwater management of the basin.
❑ Findings
Potential impacts of the Project related to Threshold b are discussed in detail in Section 4.10.6 of the DEIR. The City finds that the development of the proposed Project will not result in significant impacts related to Threshold b; therefore, no mitigation is required. ❑ Substantial Evidence
The Project's potable water would be provided by the Beaumont -Cherry Valley Water District (BCVWD). The BCVWD is the potable water supplier for the City, the City's SOI, and the unincorporated community of Cherry Valley, which is outside the City's SOI. According to the BCVWD 2020 Urban Water Management Plan (UWMP), BCVWD provides potable water from two local groundwater sources: Beaumont Basin and Edgar Canyon. The Beaumont Basin provides between 80 and 85% of the potable water available to the City annually and Edgar Canyon provides between 15 and 20% of the potable water available to the City annually (BCVWD, 2021).

According to the Water Supply Assessment (WSA) and Amendment #1 WSA (DEIR Technical Appendix LI and L2 of the DEIR), the Project's projected water demand is 196.7 acre-feet per year (AFY), of which 85.2 AFY is outdoor, non -potable water use. It should be noted that the Project site was included in the list of planned development projects within BCVWD's 2020 UWMP, which demonstrated that BCVWD has adequate water supplies under normal year, single -dry year, and multiple -dry year conditions through the year 2045. The 2020 UWMP estimates water demand for the Project site to be 360.26 equivalent dwelling units (EDUs), which is the same as the Project's total projected water demand. Additionally, the 2020 UMWP further defines BCVWD's and City's commitment to using non -potable water, available from the City's upgraded Title 22 recycled water treatment plant and shallow aquifer wells, which are not suitable for direct potable water supply. This is consistent with the approved WSA, which indicated 43.31% of the total demand could be supplied by BCVWD's non -potable water system. This further reduces Project's imported and local groundwater (potable) demand, from 360.26 EDUs to 204.21 EDUs. Therefore, groundwater supplies needed for Project development have been planned for and the Project would not substantially decrease groundwater supplies and impacts would be less than significant.

The BCVWD augments its groundwater supplies at the Beaumont Basin with imported water from the State Water Project provided by the San Gorgonio Pass Water Agency, which is recharged at BCVWD's approximately 80 -acre recharge facility located on the east side Beaumont Avenue between Brookside Avenue and Cherry Valley Boulevard. This site has long-term percolation rates around 7 to 10 acre-feet per acre per day, with proper maintenance. Additionally, BCVWD has two active stream diversion locations with Edgar Canyon (Little San Gorgonio Creek). Currently, the BCVWD diverts streamflow in Edgar Canyon to a series of percolation ponds which recharge the shallow wells in Edgar Beaumont Pointe Specific Plan Project
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Canyon (BCVWD, 2021).The Project site is located approximately 3.9 miles southwest of the groundwater recharge facility for the Beaumont Basin and is located approximately 0.60 mile southwest of Little San Gorgonia Creek. Therefore, the Project site is not within the recharge areas for the Beaumont Basin or Edgar Canyon and would not substantially affect groundwater recharge. As such, based on the foregoing analysis, the Project is not anticipated to substantially interfere with groundwater recharge and impacts would be less than significant. (DEIR, pp. 4.10-20 to 4.10-21)

3.9.4 THRESHOLD C
Impact Statement: The Project would not substantially alter the existing drainage pattern of the site or area, including through the alteration of the course of a stream or river or through the addition of impervious surfaces, in a manner which would result in substantial erosion or siltation on- or off -site; substantially increase the rate or amount of surface runoff in a manner which would result in flooding on- or offsite; create or contribute runoff water which would exceed the capacity of existing or planned stormwater drainage systems or provide substantial additional sources of polluted runoff; or impede or redirect flood flows.
❑ Findings
Potential impacts of the Project related to Threshold c are discussed in detail in Section 4.10.6 of the DEIR. The City finds that the development of the proposed Project will not result in significant impacts related to Threshold c; therefore, no mitigation is required. ❑ Substantial Evidence
Erosion and Siltation
The Project would include the installation of an integrated, on -site storm drain system consisting of catch basins, grated inlets, storm drain pipes with varying sizes, and four detention basins. The on -site storm drain system is designed to capture the on -site stormwater runoff flows, convey the runoff to the proposed detention basins, and treat the runoff to minimize water -borne pollutants transported from the Project site.

Although soils in the Project site could experience erosion during construction, implementation of the Project would not cause substantial soil erosion. A SWPPP specifying BMPs for minimizing pollution of stormwater with soil and sediment during Project construction would be prepared and implemented.

Adherence to the BMPs in the SWPPP would reduce, prevent, or minimize soil erosion from Project - related grading and construction activities.

The Project would introduce impervious surfaces to the Project site, thereby reducing the amount of exposed soils on site as compared to existing conditions. As such, the implementation of the Project would reduce the erosion potential on site as compared to existing conditions and impacts would be less than significant. Additionally, as further discussed under Threshold c.B, below, the Project would result in a 100 cubic feet per second (cfs) reduction in peak stormwater runoff rates. Furthermore, the Project Applicant would be required to implement the requirements of the Project -specific WQMP, which includes the installation and maintenance of BMPs that would ensure no substantial erosion Beaumont Pointe Specific Plan Project
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impacts would occur off -site during operational activities. As such, impacts would be less than significant.

As summarized in the Project's Preliminary WQMP, the water quality treatment controls proposed (i.e., detention basin and catch basin filters) for the Project are effective at removing sediment from stormwater runoff during long-term operation. The City would require compliance with the WQMP and long-term maintenance of on -site stormwater conveyance and retention infrastructure by the property owner or operator to ensure their long-term effectiveness (Municipal Code Chapter 13.24).

Therefore, stormwater runoff flows leaving the Project site would not create substantial erosion or result in a substantial amount of sediment, and impacts would be less than significant.

Stormwater Runoff
The Project's proposed grading, earthwork activities, and the addition of impervious surfaces on the Project site would alter the site's existing interior drainage characteristics. Although the Project would introduce impervious surfaces to the Project site, the Project would maintain a similar drainage pattern as compared to existing conditions. Under post -development conditions, the Project site would be divided into 17 DMAs, similar to pre -development conditions. The pre -development (existing) and post -development (proposed) DMAs represent different tributary areas but were created to maintain similar or less peak flows for each area which ultimately flow to its corresponding culvert, as shown on Figure 4.10-2 of the DEIR.

The 16 existing culverts would remain as the ultimate discharge locations for the Project site except for culverts 1 and 2, which will be replaced with a 20 foot by 20 foot reinforced concrete box (RCB) to be installed west of culvert 1 as part of the Caltrans SR -60 improvements. Additionally, runoff from the Project site would be captured by the proposed storm drainage system prior discharging to the existing culverts.

Prior to flows reaching the existing culverts and draining to San Timeteo Creek Reach 3, the Project would utilize on -site storm drainage systems consisting of parking inlets, catch basins, storm drain pipes (varying from 18 to 48 inches in diameter), outlet structures, a flow diversion structure, and four water quality basins. The Project's drainage system would route runoff from each DMA to the proposed stormwater treatment basins, which would reduce peak flows for each of their respective tributaries. The basins are designed in accordance with Riverside County LID BMP Design Handbook for the Santa Ana River Watershed and would provide the capacity to mitigate the peak runoff for the developed 100 -year, 1 -hour storm event. Specifically, the LID BMP Design Manual requires that basins are designed to capture runoff from the 0.75 inch, 24 -hour rainfall event or the 85th percentile, 24 -hour rainfall event, whichever is greater.

As shown in DEIR Table 4.10-1, under existing conditions, the Project site has a peak runoff volume of 1,482.4 cfs. DEIR Table 4.10-5, Developed 100 -Year Peak Flow Rates, identifies the peak flow rates discharges from each DMA under Project conditions, which results in a total peak runoff volume of 1,384.4 cfs. Therefore, the implementation of the Project would result in an overall 100.9 cfs reduction in peak runoff.

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By designing for the peak flow event, the capacity of the culverts would not be exceeded, and the natural detention areas would not flood. The proposed storm drainage system would ensure that the Project would result in a reduction in and therefore would not result in a substantial increase in rate or amount of runoff. Runoff from the Project, therefore, would not result in on- or off -site flooding or exceed existing or planned stormwater systems.

Each culvert has an existing natural drainage detention area located before the upstream inlets which will provide detention storage for the increased flow rates that exceed the calculated culvert capacity.

Additionally, the diversion structure would restrict flows to culvert 13 to be no more than 138.8 cfs and divert overflows to culvert 11. DEIR Table 4.10-6, Detention Basin 100 -Year Peak Flow Capacity, shows the Project's peak runoff and basin design capacity. The basins are designed with adequate capacity to accept 100 -year, 1 -hour storm events consistent with the Riverside County LID BMP Design Handbook for the Santa Ana River Watershed.

Compliance with the NPDES permit and WQMP requirements would ensure the Project would provide effective control and would not provide substantial additional sources of polluted runoff to receiving waters. Accordingly, the Project would not create or contribute runoff that would result in flooding on or off site or exceed the capacity of the existing or planned stormwater drainage system. Impacts would be less than significant. Furthermore, with implementation of the Project's LID and during construction activities, SWPPPs, the Project would not contribute substantial amounts of polluted runoff that could adversely affect the downstream bodies of water.

Flood Flows
The Project site is not within a 100 -year floodplain, as mapped on the FEMA FIRM (FEMA, 2014).

As such, the implementation of the Project has no potential to impede or redirect flood flows following the construction of the Project. No impacts would occur. (DEIR, pp. 4.10-21 to 4.10-24)

3.9.5 THRESHOLD D
Impact Statement: The Project would not result in flood hazard, tsunami, or seiche zones, risk release of pollutants due to project inundation.
❑ Findings
Potential impacts of the Project related to Threshold d are discussed in detail in Section 4.10.6 of the DEIR. The City finds that the development of the proposed Project would not result in significant impacts related to Threshold d; therefore, no mitigation is required. ❑ Substantial Evidence
The Project site is within Flood Zone X, which is an area of minimal flooding (FEMA, 2014). As such, the Project site is not anticipated to result in the release of pollutants due to 100 -year flooding. No impacts would occur. The Project site is approximately 50 miles east of the Pacific Ocean (Google Earth, 2021). Due to this distance the Project site would not be exposed to the threat of inundation due to a tsunami. As such, no impacts would occur. A seiche is the formation of large waves in landlocked Beaumont Pointe Specific Plan Project
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bodies of water due to seismic activity. The Project site is not within proximity to an enclosed or partially enclosed body of water. As such, the Project site would not be exposed to the threat of inundation due to a seiche. As such, no impacts would occur. The Project is not anticipated to release pollutants due to Project inundation within a flood hazard, tsunami, or seiche and no impacts would occur. (DEIR, pp. 4.10-24 to 4.10-25)

3.9.6 THRESHOLD E
Impact Statement: The Project would not conflict with or obstruct implementation of a water quality control plan or sustainable groundwater management plan. ❑ Findings
Potential impacts of the Project related to Threshold e are discussed in detail in Section 4.10.6 of the DEIR. The City finds that the development of the proposed Project will not result in significant impacts related to Threshold e; therefore, no mitigation is required. ❑ Substantial Evidence
The Project site is within the purview of the Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board (SARWQCB); therefore, Project -related construction and operational activities would be required to comply with the Santa Ana River Basin Water Quality Control Plan by preparing and adhering to a Project -specific SWPPP and WQMP and by installing and maintaining BMPs. Therefore, implementation of the Project would not conflict with or obstruct the Santa Ana River Basin Water Quality Control Plan and no impacts would occur.

Under the SGMA passed in 2014 (California Water Code Section 10729[d]), each high and medium priority basin, as identified by the California Depailment of Water Resources (DWR), is required to have a Groundwater Sustainability Agency (GSA) that will be responsible for groundwater management and development of a Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP) (DWR, 2020a). As previously discussed, the Project site is within the Upper Santa Ana Valley — San Timoteo Groundwater Basin, which is categorized as a "very -low priority" basin; therefore, the Upper Santa Ana Valley — San Timoteo Groundwater Basin is not subject to the requirements of SGMA (DWR, 2021). Accordingly, the Project is not anticipated to conflict with or obstruct implementation of a sustainable groundwater management plan. No impacts would occur.

Furthermore, with implementation of the Project's LID and, during construction activities, SWPPPs, the Project would not contribute amounts of polluted runoff that could adversely affect the underlying groundwater basin. Additionally, as previously discussed in the response to Threshold b, the Project would not interfere substantially with groundwater recharge. As such, the Project would not conflict with any water quality control plans or sustainable groundwater management plans, and no impacts would occur. (DEIR, p. 4.10-25)
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3.9.7 CUMULATIVE IMPACTS
Impact Statement: The Project would not result in cumulatively considerable impacts related to hydrology and water quality.
❑ Findings
Potential cumulative impacts of the Project related to hydrology and water quality are discussed in detail in Section 4.10.7 of the DEIR. The City finds that the development of the proposed Project would not result in significant cumulative impacts related to hydrology and water quality; therefore, no mitigation is required.
❑ Substantial Evidence
The cumulative impact analysis considers potential hydrology and water quality effects of the Project in conjunction with other development projects in the vicinity of the Project site as well as other projects located within the Santa Ana River Basin and the Upper Santa Ana Valley — San Timoteo Groundwater Basin.

Project construction and the construction of other development projects in the cumulative study area would have the potential to contribute waterborne pollution, including erosion and sedimentation, to the Santa Ana River Watershed. As discussed under Thresholds a and e, pursuant to the requirements of the State Water Resources Control Board and the SARWQCB, all construction projects that disturb one (1) or more acre of land are required to obtain a NPDES permit and obtain coverage for construction activities. To obtain coverage, an effective site -specific SWPPP is required to be developed and implemented for each project. The SWPPP must identify potential on -site pollutants and identify an effective combination of erosion control and sediment control measures to reduce or eliminate discharge of pollutants to surface waters. In addition, the Project Applicant and all cumulative developments in the Santa Ana River Basin would be required to comply with the SARWQCB's Santa Ana River Basin Water Quality Control Program, which establishes water quality standards for ground and surface waters of the region. Compliance with these mandatory regulatory requirements would ensure that development projects within the Santa Ana River Watershed, including the Project, would not contribute substantially to water quality impairments during construction; therefore, the Project would not contribute to a cumulatively considerable impact.

Operational activities on the Project site would be required to comply with the Project's WQMP to minimize the amount of waterborne pollution discharged from the site. Other development projects within the watershed would similarly be required by law to prepare and implement site -specific WQMPs to ensure that runoff does not substantially contribute to water quality violations for surface water or groundwater. Compliance with the Santa Ana Region MS4 Permit, the Riverside County Drainage Area Management Plan — Santa Ana Region (DAMP) would ensure that the cumulative contribution of pollutants in the Santa Ana River Basin and the Upper Santa Ana Valley — San Timoteo Groundwater Basin would not be cumulatively considerable. Accordingly, operation of the Project would not contribute to cumulatively considerable water quality effects.

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As discussed under Threshold b, the Project site is under the purview of the BCVWD, which provides potable water services to the City, the City's SOI, and the community of Cherry Valley. BCVWD's water supply comes from two groundwater basins, Edgar Canyon and Beaumont Basin. The Project is consistent with BCVWD's UWMP and there are no components of the Project that would conflict, on a direct or cumulative basis, with BCVWD's Groundwater Management Plan policies. Additionally, although the development of the Project would add impervious surfaces to the Project site, the Project would not directly interfere with groundwater recharge for the BCVWD because the Project site is not within the recharge area for Edgar Canyon and Beaumont Basin. The Project would not result in a cumulatively considerable impact to groundwater supplies or interfere with groundwater recharge.

Construction of development projects within the Santa Ana River Watershed would alter existing ground contours throughout the basin, which would result in changes to the basin's existing drainage patterns. As discussed above in Threshold (c), development projects, including the proposed Project, would be required to comply with federal, State, and local regulations to minimize stormwater pollution during construction (including erosion and siltation). Accordingly, grading plans would be required to be designed to preclude undue soil erosion and development projects would be required to prepare and implement SWPPPs and WQMPs to ensure that substantial soil erosion and/or sedimentation would not occur during temporary construction conditions or long-term operating conditions. Because the Project and all other developments throughout the Santa Ana River Watershed would need to comply with applicable federal, State, and local regulations, substantial cumulative erosion and/or siltation would not occur.

There are no conditions associated with the Project that would affect on- or off -site flooding and mandatory compliance with BCVWD or Riverside County Flood Control and Water Conservation District for site drainage by other projects within the cumulative study area would preclude the potential for other projects to increase the flood potential in the cumulative study area. Therefore, the proposed Project would not result in a cumulatively considerable impact associated with flood hazards.

The implementation of the Project would result in a decrease in peak flows discharging from the site under a 100 -year storm event. The Project would not contribute runoff water that would exceed the capacity of an existing or planned stormwater system. Therefore, the Project would not result in a cumulatively considerable impact.

The Project site is not within a 100 -year flood plain and there are no large bodies of enclosed water in proximity to the Project site or cumulative study area. Additionally, there are no dams within the vicinity of the Project that could expose the Project to flooding due to inundation. Moreover, the City and its SOI are not located in proximity to a coastal body of water; therefore, the City would not be subject to tsunami hazards. Other project in the area would be required to comply with BCVWD or RCFC&WCD requirements to reduce flooding hazards. Therefore, the Project would not result in a cumulative considerable impact related to inundation and the release of pollutants.

Furthermore, as discussed in the response to Threshold e, the Project has no potential to conflict with any water quality control plans or sustainable groundwater management plans on a direct basis. As such, the Project would also have no potential to conflict with such plans on a cumulative basis. (DEIR, pp. 4.10-25 to 4.10-27)
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3.10 LAND USE AND PLANNING
Project impacts for CEQA Land Use and Planning Thresholds a and b do not result in significant impacts and findings are discussed below.

3.10.1 THRESHOLD A
Impact Statement: The Project would not physically divide an established community. ❑ Findings
Potential impacts of the Project related to Threshold a are discussed in detail in Section 4.11.5 of the DEIR. The City finds that the development of the proposed Project will not result in significant impacts related to Threshold a; therefore, no mitigation is required. ❑ Substantial Evidence
Currently the 539.9 -acre Project site is vacant and undeveloped, except for the eastern portion of the site that contains the paved portion of Jack Rabbit Trail. The Project Applicant proposes to develop the Project site with an Industrial/Commercial Park. There are no existing established communities surrounding the Project site. The area east of the Project site is designated for and developed with similar industrial/commercial uses. The nearest established residential community to the Project site is located approximately 0.84 -mile northeast on the opposite side of SR -60. It should be noted that there is one existing single-family residence located approximately 483 feet south of the Project site's southernmost boundary. However, the Project would not restrict access to or from the existing residence, and the Project would provide private residential access to the existing residence via the relocated Jack Rabbit Trail. Access to this residence will be maintained throughout construction and operation of the Project. Therefore, the implementation of the Project on the Project site is not anticipated to physically divide an established community and impacts would be less than significant. (DEIR, p. 4.9-8)

3.1 0.2 THRESHOLD B
Impact Statement: The Project would not cause a significant environmental impact due to a conflict with any land use plan, policy, or regulation adopted for the purpose of avoiding or mitigating an environmental effect.
❑ Findings
Potential impacts of the Project related to Threshold b are discussed in detail in Section 4.11.5 of the DEIR. The City finds that the development of the proposed Project will not result in significant impacts related to Threshold b; therefore, no mitigation is required.

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❑ Substantial Evidence
The DEIR analyzes the physical environmental effects associated with all components of the Project, including Project construction and operation. Governmental approvals requested from the City include a General Plan Amendment (GPA; PLAN2019-0284), Pre -zone (PLAN2019-0284), Beaumont Pointe Specific Plan (SP2019-0003), Vesting Tentative Parcel Map (VTPM) No. 38161, and a Development Agreement (DA; PLAN2023-0906). The Beaumont Pointe Specific Plan is referred to herein as Specific Plan. The Project's consistency with land use plans, policies, and regulations adopted for the purpose of avoiding or mitigating an environmental effect is discussed below. The Project is also consistent with the Beaumont General Plan and Zoning Ordinance, SCAG's Connect SoCal, and the Western Riverside County MSHCP as discussed below.

City of Beaumont General Plan
The Beaumont General Plan Land Use and Community Design Element designates the Project site as Rural Residential 1. The Project Applicant's proposed GPA PLAN2019-0284 would amend the City's General Plan Land Use Map to modify the land use designations for the Project site from "Rural Residential" to "Industrial (I)," "General Commercial (GC)," "Open Space (OS)," and "Open Space - Conservation (OS -C)." With the approval of the proposed Project, any future development plans and entitlement applications (tract maps, site plans, and other similar entitlements) would be required to comply with the Specific Plan and substantially conform to the standards and guidelines set forth in the other sections of the Specific Plan, as well as any other applicable City's regulations. Although the Project would result in a change to the General Plan land use designations for the Project site to allow for implementation of the Specific Plan, these changes would not result in a conflict with applicable plans, polices, or regulations adopted for the purpose of avoiding or reducing an environmental effect, as demonstrated below. Accordingly, a less -than -significant environmental impact would result from the Project's proposed governmental approvals.

DEIR Table 4.11-1, General Plan Applicability Analysis, provides an analysis of the Project's consistency with all applicable General Plan goals and policies that were adopted for the purpose of avoiding or mitigating an environmental effect. As shown in DEIR Table 4.11-1, the Project would not result in any inconsistency with any of the applicable General Plan goals and policies. Accordingly, the Project would have a less -than -significant impact with respect to a conflict with the Beaumont General Plan.

City of Beaumont Zoning Ordinance
The City's Zoning Ordinance is contained within Title 17 of the City's Municipal Code and establishes specific standards for the use and development of all properties within the City by regulating land uses, development intensity, including limits on building setbacks, landscaping standards, and building heights. Under existing conditions, the Project site is zoned as W-2-20 under Riverside County Ordinance No. 348. Since the Project site is within the City's SOI within unincorporated Riverside County, the City has not adopted any zoning designations for the site. The City may pre -zone property within its SOI, which would become effect at the time that an annexation becomes effective.

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The Project Applicant proposes to annex and incorporate the Project site into the City. As such, the Project Applicant is proposing Pre -Zone PLAN2019-0283 to amend the City's Zoning Map to include the Project site and classify the Project site as "Specific Plan (Beaumont Pointe Specific Plan)". The application of the Beaumont Pointe Specific Plan Zone would allow the Project to be developed in accordance with Section 3, Development Standards, of the Specific Plan, which would constitute the zoning regulations applicable to any future development within the Project site. The City's approval and implementation of PLAN2019-0283 would ensure that the Project would be consistent with the proposed zoning regulations identified in the Specific Plan. Based on the foregoing, the Project would have a less -than -significant impact with respect to a conflict with the City's Zoning Ordinance.

Connect SoCal
SCAG's Connect SoCal is the applicable SCAG planning document that applies to the Project. Connect SoCal identifies voluntary best practices to approach growth and infrastructure challenges in an integrated and comprehensive way. The Connect SoCal goals are meant to provide guidance for considering proposed project for municipalities throughout the SCAG jurisdictional area within the context of regional goals and policies. As shown in DEIR Table 4.11-2, SCAG Connect SoCal Consistency Analysis, implementation of the Project would not result in an inconsistency with the adopted Connect SoCal. Accordingly, the Project would have a less -than -significant impact with respect to a conflict with the SCAG's Connect SoCal.

Western Riverside County MSHCP
The Project site is in the MSHCP Criteria Area, including the Pass Area Plan (Cells 933, 936, 1030, 1032, and 1125) and the Reche Canyon/Badlands Area Plan (Cell Group A'). The Biological Resources Assessment (DEIR Technical Appendix CJ) evaluated the Project's consistency with MSHCP Reserve assembly requirements, Section 6.1.2 (Protection of Species Associated with Riparian/Riverine Areas and Vernal Pools), Section 6.1.3 (Protection of Narrow Endemic Plant Species), Section 6.1.4 (Guidelines Pertaining to the Urban/Wildlands Interface), and Section 6.3.2 (Additional Survey Needs and Procedures). As discussed in DEIR Section 4.4, Biological Resources, the Project would be consistent with the West Riverside County MSHCP. Refer to Threshold f under DEIR Section 4.4, Biological Resources, and Section 7.0 of the Project's Biological Resources Assessment (DEIR Technical Appendix C1) for a detailed discussion on the Project's consistency with the Western Riverside County MSHCP.

Implementation of the Project would not conflict with any land use plan, policy, or regulation adopted for the purpose of avoiding or mitigating an environmental effect, including the City's General Plan or Zoning Ordinance, Connect SoCal, or Western Riverside County MSHCP. (DEIR, pp. 4.11-8 to 4.11- 43)

3.10.3 CUMULATIVE IMPACTS
Impact Statement: The Project would not result in a cumulatively considerable impacts related to land use and planning.

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❑ Findings
Potential cumulative impacts of the Project related to land use and planning are discussed in detail in Section 4.11.7 of the DEIR. The City finds that the development of the proposed Project would not result in significant cumulative impacts related to land use and planning; therefore, no mitigation is required.
❑ Substantial Evidence
This cumulative impact analysis considers development of the Project in conjunction with other development projects and planned development in the vicinity of the Project site that are located in unincorporated Riverside County, and cities of Beaumont and Banning. As discussed under Threshold a, the Project would not physically divide an established community because the Project site is vacant and undeveloped and is within a developing portion of the City. Although there is one existing single- family residence located immediately south of the Project site, implementation of the Project would not obstruct access to and from the existing single-family residence. Therefore, the Project would have a less than cumulatively considerable impact with respect to the physical division of an established community.

As discussed under Threshold b, the Project would not conflict with any other aspects of the City's General Plan or any other applicable land use plan, policy, or regulation adopted for the purpose of avoiding or mitigating adverse environmental effects. Cumulative development would also be subject to site -specific environmental and planning reviews that would address consistency with adopted land use plans, policies, or regulations. Thus, it is expected that the land uses of cumulative projects would be consistent with policies that avoid an environmental effect; therefore, cumulatively considerable impacts from cumulative projects related to policy consistency would be less than significant. (DEIR, pp. 4.11-44)

3.1 1 MINERAL RESOURCES
Project impacts for CEQA Mineral Resources Thresholds a and b do not result in significant impacts and findings are discussed below.

3.11.1 THRESHOLD A
Impact Statement: The Project would not result in the loss of availability of a known mineral resource that would be of value to the region and the residents of the state. ❑ Findings
Potential impacts of the Project related to Threshold a are discussed in detail in Section 4.12.6 of the DEIR. The City finds that the development of the proposed Project would not result in significant impacts related to Threshold a; therefore, no mitigation is required.

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❑ Substantial Evidence
According to the City's General Plan, the City has no known identified mineral resources of regional or statewide importance. The Project site is located MRZ-3, which is defined as an area where the significance of the deposit is undetermined (City of Beaumont, 2020b, Figure 5.11-1). Therefore, the Project site does not contain any known mineral resources that would be of value to the region or the residents of the State. Consistent with the findings of the General Plan EIR, no impacts to "known mineral resources" would occur with Project implementation (City of Beaumont, 2020b, pp. 5.11-7).

In addition, there are no delineated sites or locations of mineral resources within the City (City of Beaumont, 2020a, p. 211). Therefore, the potential for the implementation of the Project to result in the loss of availability of a known mineral resource that would be of value to the region and residents of the State is considered less than significant. (DEIR, p. 4.12-4)

3.11.2 THRESHOLD B
Impact Statement: The Project would not result in the loss of availability of a locally -important mineral resource recovery site delineated on a local general plan, specific plan, or other land use plan. ❑ Findings
Potential impacts of the Project related to Threshold b are discussed in detail in Section 4.12.6 of the DEIR. The City finds that the development of the proposed Project would not result in significant impacts related to Threshold b; therefore, no mitigation is required. ❑ Substantial Evidence
According to the County's General Plan, the Project site is within the MRZ-3 zone and not located within close proximity to the State designated Aggregate Mineral Resource areas (Riverside County, 2015). Additionally, according to the City's General Plan, the Project site is not located within an area known to be underlain by locally -important mineral resources (City of Beaumont, 2020b, Figure 5.11- 1). The Project site is not located within the City's Mineral Resource Overlay and the City's General Plan does not identify any locally -important mineral resource recovery sites on site or within proximity to the Project site (City of Beaumont, 2020b, p. 5.11-7). Additionally, as a future implementing action following adoption of the General Plan 2040, the City will delete the Mineral Resource Overlay from the City's Zoning Ordinance. Therefore, the Project would not result in the loss of availability of a locally -important mineral resource recovery site delineated on a local general plan, specific plan, or other land use plan and impacts would be less than significant. (DEIR, p. 4.12-4)

3.1 1 .3 CUMULATIVE IMPACTS
Impact Statement: The Project would not result in a cumulatively considerable impact related to mineral resources.
❑ Findings
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result in significant cumulative impacts related to mineral resources; therefore, no mitigation is required.
❑ Substantial Evidence
As discussed under Threshold a, the Project site is classified as MRZ-3 in the County's and City's General Plan and contains no known mineral resource deposits. Furthermore, there are no delineated sites or locations of known mineral resources within the City. Therefore, the Project has no potential to result in a cumulatively considerable contribution to impacts related to mineral resources that would be of value to the region and residents of the state.

As discussed under Threshold b, the County and City's General Plan does not identify any locally - important mineral resource recovery sites on the Project site or within proximity to the Project site.

Therefore, the Project has no potential to result in a cumulatively considerable contribution to impacts to a locally -important mineral resource recovery site. (DEIR, pp. 4.12-4 to 4.12-5)

3.12 NOISE
Except as indicated, Project impacts for CEQA Noise Thresholds a, b and c do not result in significant impacts and findings are discussed below.

3.12.1 THRESHOLD A
Impact Statement: The Project would not generate a substantial temporary or permanent increase in ambient noise levels during construction or on -site operation, in excess of standards established in the local general plan or noise ordinance, or applicable standards of other agencies2. ❑ Findings
Potential impacts of the Project related to Threshold a are discussed in detail in Section 4.13.7 of the DEIR. The City finds that the development of the proposed Project would not result in significant impacts related to Threshold a for construction or on -site operation; therefore, no mitigation is required for these.
❑ Substantial Evidence
The findings below summarize the Project's potential construction noise levels and on -site operational noise levels.

Construction Noise Impact Analysis
Construction activities on the Project site would proceed in four stages: 1) grading; 2) building construction; 3) paving; and 4) architectural coating. These activities would create temporary periods of noise when heavy construction equipment (i.e., tractors, trucks, excavators, generators, pavers) is in operation and would cause a short-term increase in ambient noise levels. The Project construction noise 2 Off -site traffic noise from Project operation would be significant and addressed under Section 5.3, below.

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levels at nearby receiver locations are summarized in DEIR Table 4.13-7, Project Construction Noise Levels.

Project -related construction activities are expected to occur on weekdays (and, potentially, on Saturdays) during the hours when the City's Municipal Code does not restrict construction noise. The City's Municipal Code Section 9.02.110.F.2 exempts construction activities from noise restrictions so long as construction activities occur between the hours of 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. (June through September) and 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. (October through May). In accordance with the City's Municipal Code Section 9.02.110.F.4, if the building official should determine that the public health and safety will not be impaired by the construction related noise, the building inspector may issue a permit for construction within the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., upon application being made at the time the permit for the work is awarded or during the progress of the work. The building official may place such conditions on the issuance of the permit that are appropriate to maintain the public health and safety, as determined by the building official.

Using the reference construction equipment noise levels and the CadnaA noise prediction model, calculations of the Project construction noise level impacts at the nearest sensitive receiver locations were completed. To assess the construction equipment noise levels, the Project construction noise analysis relies on the highest noise level impacts when the equipment with the highest reference noise level is operating at the closest point from the edge of primary construction activity (Project site boundary) to each receiver location. As shown on DEIR Table 4.13-7, the highest construction noise levels are expected to range from 61.2 to 73.4 dBA Leq at the nearest receiver locations.

Acceptable exterior construction noise level threshold is based on the City's 55 dBA Leq interior noise level limit and the 20 dBA noise reduction associated with typical building construction. As shown in DEIR Table 4.13-7, Project construction would not cause noise levels at receiver locations to exceed 75 dBA Leq. Accordingly, Project construction would not result in substantial noise -related health safety hazards and impacts would be less than significant.

In addition, rock blasting may be required to support Project construction, therefore, this analysis considers the potential blasting noise levels at the nearest noise sensitive receiver locations. The airblast levels from Project blasts are based on the ISEE's Blasters' Handbook equation for partially and substantially confined construction blasts, determined based on the anticipated depth of hard rock in each location. This analysis describes partially confined airblast levels since they are calculated using the Blasters' Handbook equation for general construction blasting activities. The blasting impacts described below represent the worst -case (closest) blast locations describing the potential impacts when measured from the edge of the nearest blast area to the nearest receiver location. When measured at greater distances, the blasts will result in lower airblast noise levels. DEIR Table 4.13-8, Project Blasting and Compliance Summary, shows the calculated airblast levels, which are expected to range from 88 to 111 dB. The Project airblast noise levels are shown to satisfy the 133 dB airblast threshold at the nearest noise sensitive residential receiver locations. Therefore, the Project -related airblast noise level impacts would be less than significant. (DEIR pp. 4.13-20 to 4.13-22) Beaumont Pointe Specific Plan Project
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Nighttime Concrete Pour
Nighttime concrete pouring activities will occur as a part of Project building construction activities.

The noise levels associated with the nighttime concrete pour activities are estimated to range from 26.8 to 45.4 dBA Leq. Nighttime concrete pour activities would not exceed the construction noise level threshold at all the nearest noise sensitive receiver locations. Therefore, the noise impacts due to Project construction nighttime concrete pour noise activity are considered less than significant at all receiver locations with prior authorization for nighttime work from the City. (DEIR pp. 4.13-22 to 4.13-23) Operational Noise Impact Analysis — Stationary Noise
Stationary (on -site) noise sources associated with long-term Project operation are expected to include loading dock activity, delivery van activity, truck movements, roof -top air conditioning units, parking lot vehicle movements, drive -through speakerphone activity, and trash enclosure activity. The operational stationary noise analysis is based on reference noise level measurements collected from similar types of activities to represent the noise levels expected with the development of the Project. (DEIR pp. 4.13-23 to 4.13-25)
DEIR Table 4.13-10, Project Daytime Operational Noise — Stationary Noise, shows the Project operational noise levels during the daytime hours of 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. The daytime hourly noise levels at the off -site receiver locations are expected to range from 32.1 to 43.6 dBA Leq. DEIR Table

4.13-11, Project Nighttime Operational Noise -Stationary Noise, shows the Project operational noise levels during the nighttime hours of 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. Project operational noise levels during the nighttime hours of 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. at the off -site receiver locations are expected to range from

32.0 to 42.7 dBA Leq.

Project stationary noise would not expose nearby receivers to unacceptable daytime or nighttime noise levels during Project operations following Project buildout (see Table 4.13-12, Project Operational Noise — Stationary Noise). Accordingly, Project operation would not result in the exposure of receivers near the Project site to stationary noise levels that exceed the exterior noise level standards established in the City's Municipal Code. Impacts would be less than significant.

Noise levels that would be experienced at receiver locations when unmitigated Project -source noise is added to the ambient daytime, evening, and nighttime conditions are presented on DEIR Table 4.13- 13, Project Operational Noise Level Contributions —Daytime, and Table 4.13-14, Project Operational Noise Level Contributions — Nighttime, respectively. As shown, the Project would not contribute an operational noise level increase during the daytime or nighttime hours. To describe the amount to which a given noise level increase is considered substantial, the City's General Plan EIR outlines criteria to evaluate the incremental noise level increase and establishes a method for comparing future project noise with existing ambient conditions. In effect, the amount to which a given noise level increase is considered acceptable is reduced based on existing ambient noise conditions. The Project - related operational noise level increases will satisfy the operational noise level increase criteria at the nearest sensitive receiver locations. On this basis, although the Project would increase noise levels in the Project vicinity, Project operational stationary -source noise would not result in a substantial temporary/periodic, or permanent increase in ambient noise levels in the Project vicinity above levels Beaumont Pointe Specific Plan Project
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existing without the Project. Noise impacts associated with long-term on -site operations would be less than significant. (DEIR pp. 4.13-25 to 4.13-28)

3.12.2 THRESHOLD B
Impact Statement: The Project would not generate excessive groundborne vibration or groundborne noise levels.
❑ Findings
Potential impacts of the Project related to Threshold b are discussed in detail in Section 4.13.7 of the DEIR. The City finds that the development of the proposed Project would not result in significant impacts related to Threshold b; therefore, no mitigation is required. ❑ Substantial Evidence
The metric used to evaluate whether the Project's vibration levels are considered "excessive" during either construction or operation is adapted from Federal Transit Administration (FTA), Transit Noise and Vibration Impact Assessment Manual. Accordingly, the FTA criterion of 78 VdB is used to assess impacts due to groundborne vibration.

Construction activities on the Project site would utilize construction equipment that has the potential to generate vibration. Vibration resulting from construction activities on the Project site was calculated at the same five receiver locations that were evaluated in the construction noise analysis. DEIR Table

4.13-23, Project Construction Vibration Levels, summarizes Project construction vibration levels at the modeled receiver locations and the significance of the vibration levels using the FTA vibration level significance threshold of 78 VdB. All receiver locations in the vicinity of the Project site would be exposed to vibration levels that fall far below the applicable significance threshold (i.e., 78 VdB).

Impacts would be less than significant.

In addition, rock blasting may be required to support Project construction; therefore, this analysis considers the potential blasting vibration levels at the nearest noise sensitive receiver locations. DEIR Table 4.13-24, Project Blasting Vibration and Compliance Summary, shows the calculated vibration levels from the worst -case (closest) Project blasting activities. As shown, the vibration levels of Project blasts are expected to range from 0.00 to 0.05 in/sec PPV based on the distances to nearby residential noise sensitive receiver locations. The Project blasting vibration levels will remain below the maximum acceptable transient peak -particle -velocity (PPV) vibration threshold 0.5 PPV (in/sec) at the nearby noise sensitive residential receiver locations. Therefore, the Project -related airblast vibration level impacts would be less than significant. Accordingly, Project construction would not generate temporary, excessive groundborne vibration or noise levels and a less than significant impact would occur. (DEIR, pp. 4.13-35 to 4.13-36)

3.12.3 THRESHOLD C
Impact Statement: The Project would not expose people residing or working in the project area to excessive noise levels due to airport noise.

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❑ Findings
Potential impacts of the Project related to Threshold c are discussed in detail in Section 4.13.7 of the DEIR. The City finds that the development of the proposed Project would not result in significant impacts related to Threshold c; therefore, no mitigation is required. ❑ Substantial Evidence
The Project site is not located within two miles of a public airport or within an airport land use plan.

The closest major airport is the March Air Reserve Base located roughly 12 miles west of the Project site. Therefore, the Project site would not be exposed to excessive noise levels from airport operations and no impact would occur. (DEIR, p. 4.13-36)

3.12.4 CUMULATIVE IMPACTS
Impact Statement: The Project would not result in cumulatively considerable impacts related to noise (construction -related or on -site operational noise).
❑ Findings
Potential cumulative noise impacts of the Project related to construction and on -site operation are discussed in detail in Section 4.13.8 of the DEIR. The City finds that the development of the proposed Project would not result in significant cumulative impacts related to noise for these two effects; therefore, no mitigation is required.
❑ Substantial Evidence
Substantial Noise Increase or Violations
Short -Term Cumulative Construction -Noise Impacts
This cumulative impact analysis considers development of the Project in conjunction with other development projects in the vicinity of the Project site. Cumulative impacts would potentially occur if other projects are being constructed in the vicinity of the proposed Project at the same time. There are three projects identified in the Traffic Analysis (DEIR Technical Report J1) within approximately a quarter -mile radius of the proposed Project, listed below.

1. B2, Fairway Canyon SCPGA (3,300 residential units)

2. B4, Heartland (Olivewood; 981 residential units)

3. B5, Hidden Canyon Industrial (2,890,000 sf industrial) All three projects are already under construction, and construction would be complete for the nearest related project (B5) prior to grading activities for proposed Project. Therefore, overlapping construction phases between that project and the Project would be minimal. Additionally, the two related projects (B2 and B4) are located across the SR -60 Freeway and would not combine with Project -related construction to result in cumulatively considerable construction -related noise impacts.

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Construction activities associated with the Project, especially activities involving heavy equipment and blasting, would create intermittent periods of noise when construction equipment is in operation and cause a short-term increase in ambient noise levels. As shown in Table 4.13-7, the peak noise level anticipated during construction activities are estimated to reach a maximum noise level of 73.4 dBA Leq at receiver R5 (represents the existing noise sensitive residence at 13270 Jack Rabbit Trail (Hoy Ranch), approximately 92 feet south of the Project site) which does not exceed the construction noise threshold of 75 dBA Leq. Additionally, as shown in Table 4.13-8, Project airblast noise levels are shown to satisfy the 133 dB airblast threshold at the nearest noise sensitive residential receiver locations. As shown in Table 4.13-9, noise impacts due to Project construction nighttime concrete pour noise activity would not exceed the construction noise threshold of 75 dBA Leq. Therefore, Project construction -related activities would result in less than significant noise impacts.

Because the Project's construction noise levels would be less than significant, construction noise would be temporary in nature, and the Project and other cumulative projects would not combine with Project - related construction, cumulative construction impacts would be less than significant. (DEIR, pp. 4.13- 36 to 4.13-37)
Long -Term Cumulative Stationary Noise Impacts
This cumulative impact analysis considers development of the proposed Project in conjunction with other development projects in the vicinity of the Project site. As shown in DEIR Table 4.13-12, the Project would not result in an increase in the cumulative noise levels at sensitive receiver locations.

The nearest sensitive receptor (R5) is located approximately 92 feet from the Project and 850 feet from the nearest related project (B5, Hidden Canyon Industrial). As shown on DEIR Table 4.13-9, Project's operational activities are below the established day and nighttime noise thresholds. Operational noise levels would not combine with operational noise levels from the nearest related project (B5, Hidden Canyon Industrial) to cause or contribute to the exposure of sensitive receptors to noise levels in excess of applicable standards. Consistent with the cumulative impact significance thresholds outlined in the Air Quality Impact Analysis (DEIR Technical Appendix B1), this noise analysis uses the same operational significance thresholds for project specific and cumulative impacts as discussed in Section

4.13.6A.2. Therefore, since the Project operational -noise levels satisfy the thresholds, the proposed Project operational activities are considered less than significant on a project -specific and cumulative basis. In addition, the City's General Plan Noise Element and Municipal Code Section 9.02.050 identify stationary -source policies and noise level limits to control and abate potential environmental noise level impacts. The two other related projects (B2 and B4) are located across the SR -60 Freeway from the Project site and operational noise would not be additive. Accordingly, the Project would have less than significant direct and cumulative stationary operational noise impacts. (DEIR, pp. 4.13-37 to

4.13-38)
Groundborne Vibration and Noise
The types of construction equipment that would be used to implement the Project would not create vibration amplitudes that could cause structural damage to nearby structures. The nearest existing off - site structures would not be exposed to substantial ground -borne vibration due to the temporary operation of heavy construction equipment on the Project site. Additionally, as shown in DEIR Table Beaumont Pointe Specific Plan Project
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4.13-24, Project blasting vibration levels will remain below the maximum acceptable transient peak - particle -velocity (PPV) vibration threshold 0.5 PPV (in/sec) at the nearby noise sensitive residential receiver locations. Since construction would be complete for the nearest related project (B5) prior to grading activities for the proposed Project, overlapping construction phasing between that project and the Project is not expected to occur and construction vibration would not be additive. Additionally, the two related projects (B2 and B4) are located across the SR -60 Freeway and would not combine with Project -related construction to result in cumulatively considerable construction -related noise impacts.

Under long-term operating conditions, the Project would not involve the use of equipment, facilities, or activities that would result in perceptible groundborne vibration. In addition, there are no sources of substantial groundbourne-vibration associated with the Project or related projects. Accordingly, groundborne vibration and noise impacts would not be cumulatively considerable. (DEIR, p. 4.13-38) Noise from Airport Operations
As stated, the Project site is not located within two miles of a public airport or within an airport land use plan. The closest major airport is the March Air Reserve Base located roughly 12 miles west of the Project site. Therefore, the Project site would not contribute to the exposure of excessive noise levels from airport operations. Accordingly, noise impacts related to public airport or public use airport would not be cumulatively considerable. (DEIR, p. 4.13-38)

3.13 POPULATION AND HOUSING
Project impacts for CEQA Populations and Housing Thresholds a and b do not result in significant impacts and findings are discussed below.

3.13.1 THRESHOLD A
Impact Statement: The Project would not induce substantial unplanned population growth in an area, either directly (for example, by proposing new homes and businesses) or indirectly (for example, through extension of roads or other infrastructure).
❑ Findings
Potential impacts of the Project related to Threshold a are discussed in detail in Section 4.14.5 of the DEIR. The City finds that the development of the proposed Project would not result in significant impacts related to Threshold a; therefore, no mitigation is required. ❑ Substantial Evidence
Construction
The Project would be developed over a 56 -month construction period with final buildout anticipated in 2027. Project construction activities would require contractors and laborers. It is anticipated that general construction labor would be available from the local and regional labor pool and would not result in substantial population growth because the construction workers would commute from their homes. Additionally, each construction phase (e.g. grading, paving, electrical etc.) requires different skills and specialties, which would be needed for the length of time of that phase. Because of that, the Beaumont Pointe Specific Plan Project
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Project's construction phases would not result in a long-term increase in employment and would not induce substantial unplanned population growth from short-term construction activities. Therefore, the Project would not directly or indirectly induce substantial unplanned population growth in the City during construction.

Operation
The 539.9 -acre Project site has an existing Rural Mountainous (RM) land use designation under the County General Plan and Pass Plan, which permits one single family residence with a minimum lot size of 10 acres. Although the Project site is located in the City's SOI and outside of the City's jurisdiction, the City has established a designation for the Project site in its General Plan. The City's existing SOI Rural Residential 1 land use designation would allow up to 383 dwelling units, which would generate a maximum population of approximately 1,203 residents (383 dwelling units x 3.14 persons per household = —1,203 persons) (City of Beaumont, 2020a). As such, the City's General Plan anticipated that the development of the Project site based on current planning documents would result in modest population growth.

The Project Applicant would not develop the Project site with the existing General Plan land use designation. The proposed Industrial and General Commercial land uses are evaluated below to determine whether the Project's proposed employment growth or planned infrastructure has the potential to directly or indirectly induce substantial unplanned population growth. The Project's direct and indirect impacts are discussed below.

Direct Impacts
Implementation of the Project could result in a substantial unplanned level of population growth if estimated increase in businesses would exceed local or regional population growth projections and result in a substantial job -housing imbalance.

In 2020, the City had a population of approximately 51,475 residents and according to SCAG, growth in the City is projected to continue in the future. By 2045, the City is anticipated to have a population of 80,200 residents according to SCAG's Connect SoCal and 131,949 by 2040 based on City's estimates. Because the Project's ultimate tenant mix is currently unknown, it is speculative at this time to estimate what percentage of employees generated by the Project would originate from the City or relocate to the City, and, thus, it is not possible to quantify any specific changes to the City's population or number of households that would result from development of the Project. It is nevertheless anticipated that the employees would come from within the City or the surrounding region because there is an imbalance of jobs and housing in Western Riverside County and the jobs that an industrial and commercial project in the region is likely to provide would be consistent with the job skills of residents in the area. For example, according to SCAG's Pre -Certified Local Housing Data, Beaumont has 19,385 workers living within its borders who work across 13 major industrial sectors. The most prevalent industry is Education & Social Services with 5,714 employees (29.5% of total) and the second most prevalent industry is Retail trade with 2,593 employees (13.4% of total). Additionally, the Construction industry has 1,071 employees (0.06% of total) and the Manufacturing industry has 1,483 employees (0.08% of total) (SCAG, 2021b). The Project's employment generation would not Beaumont Pointe Specific Plan Project
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induce substantial growth in the area because the Project would result in service -oriented and industrial -oriented jobs, which are jobs that are anticipated to be filled by existing and planned for future residents of the City and surrounding area.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), in August 2021, the Riverside -San Bernardino - Ontario region's civilian labor force exceeded 2,090,800 persons with more than 1,931,500 people employed and an unemployment rate of 7.6% (or 159,300 persons) (BLS, 2021). Accordingly, the Riverside -San Bernardino -Ontario region contains an ample supply of potential employees under existing conditions and the Project's labor demand is not expected to draw a substantial number of new, unplanned residents to the area. Furthermore, approximately 91.1% of Beaumont residents commute outside of the City for work and more housing units are expected to be built within the City over the next 20 years. The Project would provide job opportunities close to home for existing and planned for future Beaumont residents, which would subsequently help achieve a better job -to -housing balance within the City, as analyzed below.

At full -Project build out, the Project is estimated to generate approximately 5,456 permanent jobs.3 SCAG forecasted 15,900 jobs in the City by the year 2045; the Project's proposed jobs would represent approximately 34% of SCAG's forecast.

However, the City's December 2020 Updated General Plan contains newer projections than SCAG used. The Updated General Plan forecasted that the City would provide 21,497 jobs within the City limits (exceeding SCAG forecasts) and 16,727 jobs within the SOI, totaling 38,224 jobs within the City and its SOI by 2040 (City of Beaumont, 2020b). The City General Plan forecasted 22,774 more jobs as compared to SCAG's job forecast for the City. As such, the Project's proposed 5,456 total jobs were anticipated by the City's General Plan and represent approximately 33% of the anticipated jobs within the City's SOI and approximately 14% of the City's total job pool. Therefore, the Project's employment is within both SCAG and City growth forecasts.

As shown in DEIR Table 4.14-4, Estimated Population and Housing Growth in Beaumont with Project, the City has jobs -housing ratio of 0.61 (existing) and 0.93 (buildout year), which is still below the recommended jobs -housing ratio range of 1.0. The Project would contribute new employment to a housing -rich area contributing to an improved jobs -housing ratio of 0.92 for the City under existing plus Project conditions and 0.93 at Project buildout. Therefore, the Project would have a beneficial impact on the City's jobs -housing ratio and contribute to the City goal of reaching the recommended jobs -housing ratio of approximately 1.0.

In summary, the Project would be within the anticipated business growth projections of the City and would contribute to a more balanced job -housing ratio. Therefore, the Project would not result in substantial unplanned population growth. Impacts would be less than significant. 3 Based on standard employment factors in the City's General Plan. Specifically, 1,000 s.f./employee for 4,500,000 s.f. Industrial Warehouse, 750 s.f./employee for 500,000 s.f. General Light Industrial, and 1,163 s.f./employee for 336,000 s.f. of Commercial.

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Indirect Impacts
Implementation of the Project could result in a substantial and unplanned level of growth if it would result in the extension of new roads or other infrastructure that could induce population growth. The Project would require construction of roadways and utility infrastructure to serve the development.

The Project would construct four main roadways for on -site circulation -4th Street, Jack Rabbit Trail, Entertainment Avenue, and Industrial Way. The main roadway that would provide access to the Project site is 4th Street, which would be constructed from Jack Rabbit Trail at the easterly edge of the Project site to provide a looped road system around the entire site. Since all proposed roadways would be constructed on site and for the exclusive purpose of serving the proposed development, the Project would not create major new infrastructure that could result in substantial, unplanned growth.

Water, reclaimed water, and sewer infrastructure is currently under construction to the center line of 4th Street 350 feet east of the eastern boundary of the Project site. As shown in DEIR Figures 3-9, 3- 10, and 3-11, the proposed potable water, reclaimed water, and sewer system would connect to infrastructure lines from the Hidden Canyon Industrial Park project located immediately to the east to the Project to provide service to the Project site. The Project site is located at the end of a cul-de-sac and is surrounded by existing development to the east, the SR -60 to the north, and MSHCP conservation land to the west and to the south/southwest of the site, with rural mountainous lands directly to the south/southeast. Therefore, infrastructure would not extend beyond the Project site and induce population growth. Since all proposed utility infrastructure would connect to lines at the eastern edge of the Project site and would exclusively serve the proposed development, this Project infrastructure would not indirectly induce substantial unplanned population growth.

Summary
The Project is not expected to be a catalyst for any substantial, unplanned population increases. Based on the foregoing analysis, neither the Project nor any Project -related component would directly or indirectly result in substantial unplanned population growth that would cause a significant impact to the environment. Impacts would be less than significant.

The jobs generated by the Project are expected to be filled by the existing labor force in the City and the larger Inland Empire area from the east via SR -60 and I-10. Project generated jobs are within the SCAG's and City's growth projections and the Project would improve the job -housing balance in the City. Accordingly, the Project would not induce substantial unplanned population growth and impacts would be less than significant. (DEIR, p. 4.14-7 to 4.14-10)

3.13.2 THRESHOLD B
Impact Statement: The Project would not displace substantial numbers of existing people or housing, necessitating the construction of replacement housing elsewhere.

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❑ Findings
Potential impacts of the Project related to Threshold b are discussed in detail in Section 4.14.5 of the DEIR. The City finds that the development of the proposed Project would not result in significant impacts related to Threshold b; therefore, no mitigation is required. ❑ Substantial Evidence
Under existing conditions, the Project site is uninhabited, disturbed, and vacant. The Project site does not contain any existing structures, including residential structures. Therefore, implementation of the Project would not displace a substantial number of existing people or housing. As such, the implementation of the Project would not necessitate construction of replacement housing elsewhere.

No impacts would occur. (DEIR, p. 4.14-10)

3.13.3 CUMULATIVE IMPACTS
Impact Statement: The Project would not result in a cumulatively considerable impact related to population and housing.
❑ Findings
Potential cumulative impacts of the Project related to population and housing are discussed in detail in Section 4.14.6 of the DEIR. The City finds that the development of the proposed Project would not result in significant cumulative impacts related to population and housing; therefore, no mitigation is required.
❑ Substantial Evidence
The Project's employment generation would not induce substantial growth in the area because the Project would result in service -oriented industrial -oriented jobs, which are jobs that are anticipated to be filled by residents of the City and the surrounding area who live in the area due to the presence and planned construction of more affordable housing units. The Project is not anticipated to attract new residents to move to the City or the immediate surrounding area to become employees. The Project most likely would supply employment opportunities to people already residing in the area.

With the related projects (see DEIR Section 4.0, for the related projects list), there would be an increase of 13,317 residential units, 6,318,000 square feet of industrial uses, and 60,899 square feet of commercial uses. The related projects' industrial and commercial uses would generate approximately 6,370 jobs, which when combined with the Project, result in 11,826 jobs. As shown in DEIR Table

4.14-5, Cumulative Projects Population, Housing, and Employment Growth Trends in Beaumont, the projected population, housing units, and employment growth generated by the Project and related projects would be within the anticipated growth for the City. Additionally, by adding housing and non- residential uses in the City, the Project, along with related projects, would increase the City's jobs - housing ratio from 0.66 (Buildout Year Without Project) to 0.75 (Buildout Year With Project Plus Related Projects), which is within the City's projected job -housing ratio of 0.93 in 2040. The increase in housing and jobs from the related projects and jobs generated by the Project would contribute to the Beaumont Pointe Specific Plan Project
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City's projected growth and improved jobs -housing ratio. Therefore, the Project with related projects would improve the City's jobs -housing balance and impacts would be less than significant.

The Project plus related projects totals are based on the more recent projections from the City's General Plan. These figures exceed SCAG's growth projections for the City in 2045, but as determined by the City's updated numbers, the cumulative growth would improve the City's projected jobs -housing ratio from 0.63 to 0.75 at Project buildout with related projects and the goal of 1.0 jobs -housing ratio in 2040. Because the jobs generated by the Project are anticipated in the City's projections and would improve the City's and SCAG's projected jobs -housing ratio, Project cumulative impacts would be less than significant.

Population growth in the City and surrounding areas resulting from the employment opportunities offered at the Project site are not expected. The City and surrounding area have an ample supply of housing (with additional housing development expected in the City into the future) to accommodate population growth that is anticipated to occur whether or not the Project proceeds. Therefore, the Project would not induce substantial population growth. The creation of employment opportunities would benefit the City and the larger Inland Empire region by helping to achieve a better jobs -to - housing balance. The Project does not propose construction of new homes or dwelling units that would directly introduce new residents to the area. As such, the Project's contribution to unplanned housing and population growth would not be cumulatively considerable.

Under existing conditions, the Project site is undeveloped and vacant. There are no existing people or housing located on site. As such, the Project has no potential to contribute to a cumulatively significant impact associated with the need to construct unplanned housing units. (DEIR, pp. 4.14-11 to 4.14-12)

3.14 PUBLIC SERVICES
Project impacts for CEQA Public Services Threshold a does not result in significant impacts and findings are discussed below.

3.14.1 THRESHOLD A
Impact Statement: The Project would not result in substantial adverse physical impacts associated with the provision of new or physically altered government facilities or the need for new or physically altered governmental facilities, the construction of which could cause significant environmental impacts, in order to maintain acceptable service ratios, response times or other performance objectives for any of the public services: Fire Protection; Police Protection; Schools; Parks; or Other Public Facilities.
❑ Findings
Potential impacts of the Project related to Threshold a are discussed in detail in Section 4.15.5 of the DEIR, Technical Appendix D, Fire Protection Plan, of the FEIR, and Supplemental CEQA Memorandum. The City finds that the development of the proposed Project will not result in significant impacts related to Threshold a; therefore, no mitigation is required.

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❑ Substantial Evidence
The Project would allow for the development on the Project site of a maximum of 246,000 square feet (sf) of general commercial uses in addition to a 125 -room hotel (90,000 sf) and a maximum of 4,995,000 sf of industrial uses. The Project would provide 124.7 acres of open space to accommodate landscaped manufactured slopes, fuel modification areas, and natural open space as a buffer to adjacent conservation area and 152.4 acres of open space — conservation. The Project does not include construction of new fire station, police, school, public park or recreation or other public facilities, which are not required to serve the Project.

The Project does not propose the construction of new homes or dwelling units that would directly introduce new residents to the area which could increase demand on public services. Additionally, the Project's employment generation would not induce substantial residential population growth in the area because: 1) it is anticipated in the business growth projections of the City, 2) it would contribute to a more balanced job -housing ratio, and 3) the Project would result in service -oriented and industrial - oriented jobs, which are anticipated to attract employees from City and surrounding area. The Project would supply employment opportunities to people already residing in the area.

Fire Protection Services
The Project site is currently located in the jurisdiction of the County of Riverside, and as it is in the unincorporated portion of the County, is in a State Responsibility Area and serviced by the RCFD. The Project site is designated within a "High" and "Very High" Fire Hazard Severity Zone within a state responsibility area (SRA) by the Riverside County General Plan and CalFire. CalFire has released an updated version of their fire hazard severity zone maps that, if adopted, would revise the fire hazard designation of the Project and its surroundings to all Very High rather than the current combination of Very High and High. (CalFire, 2023). With implementation of the Project, the Project site would be annexed into the City which contracts with RCFD for fire protection services. Development of the Project is expected to create the typical range of fire and emergency service calls, and would increase call volumes, which impacts response times for emergency and non -emergency services. The RCFD would continue to provide fire protection services to the Project. After being annexed into the City of Beaumont, it is possible that Project could be re -designated as Local Responsibility Area (LRA) in a future update of CalFire's hazard severity zone maps, which would mean the City of Beaumont would have the primary responsibility for the prevention and suppression of wildland fires at the Project site.

Following annexation, the Project site would continue to be primarily served by the Riverside County Fire Station (Station No. 66), an existing station located approximately 3.6 roadway miles east of the Project site and secondarily served by Station 20, located approximately 5 roadway miles east of the Project site (Google Earth, 2021). Station 66 is considered to have a low sensitivity workload, and Station 20 is considered to have moderate sensitivity with the capacity for more workload.

Additionally, in September 2022, the City kicked off the construction of new Fire Station No. 106 (the "West Side Fire Station") along Potrero Boulevard across from Olivewood Avenue. Construction is expected to take approximately twelve months. The new fire station will be approximately 10,000 sq. ft. and will include living quarters, offices, a fitness center and large bays to house multiple fire Beaumont Pointe Specific Plan Project
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apparatus. Staffing will include three-four personnel, including a paramedic to provide advanced life support care. Services from the facility will be provided 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and 365 days of the year. Personnel at this station will be equipped with cardiac monitors, advanced life support medications, intubation equipment, trauma life support equipment, auto extrication tools, and more.

The apparatus which will be housed in the facility will be capable of suppressing structure, wildland, vehicle, and other types of fires. The new station will decrease response times for the City's west side communities, including Olivewood, Tournament Hills, Tukwet and the new logistics centers located off of SR -60; and will provide a response time of 3.54 minutes to the Project.

Development of the Project would impact fire services by placing an additional demand on existing RCFD resources and personnel but would not increase the level of personnel or resources beyond that currently provided by these stations.

The Project is estimated to generate approximately 5,456 permanent jobs at Project buildout. The number on site at any given time may likely be half the estimated employee population, due to employee shift work, estimated transient population and operating hours of individual businesses.

Based on this information, the total maximum estimated total population (which includes employees and transient use) of the Project site at any given time, is projected to be 2,728 persons.

The Project development is estimated to increase call volume up to 191 calls per year (4 calls per week or 16 calls per month). In 2017, Fire Stations 66 and 20 had a combined emergency responses of 4,943 calls per year (1,982 and 2,961 respectively), or 5.43 and 8.11 calls per day per station, respectively.

The level of service demand for the Project raises overall call volume but is not anticipated to impact the existing fire stations to a point that they cannot meet the demand. For perspective, five calls per day are typical in an urban or suburban area. A busy fire station company would be one with 10 to 15 or more calls per day. Upon buildout of the Project site, Fire Station 66 could respond to an additional 4 calls per week, although the number will likely be lower than that based on the conservative nature of the population and calls per capita data used in this estimate. Additionally, with the operational status of new Fire Station 106, call volumes are anticipated to be reduced for the two existing stations and Station 106 should be approximately 5 to 7 calls per day (Dudek, 2023).

Therefore, considering the existing firefighting resources available in the City, implementation of the Project is not expected to result in the need for new or physically altered governmental facilities, the construction of which could cause significant environmental impact. Additionally, Project development would occur in an area of the City already served by RCFD; therefore, the Project would not result in an expansion of RCFD's service area. In the event of an emergency within the Project site that requires more resources than the primary fire stations that serve the area could provide, RCFD would direct resources to the site from other RCFD stations nearby.

A number of California regulations, including Public Resources Code Sections 4290-4299 and California Government Code (CGC) Section 51178, also would apply to the Project and would address fire safety. In particular, these regulations require minimum state-wide fire safety standards pertaining to: roads for fire equipment access; signage for identifying streets, roads, and buildings; minimum private water supply reserves for emergency fire use; and, fire fuel breaks. In addition, they set fire Beaumont Pointe Specific Plan Project
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safety standards for all buildings and structures in, or adjoining, mountainous areas, or forest-, brush - or grass -covered lands or any land covered with flammable material to protect property from wildland fires. Furthermore, in order to offset the increased demand for fire protection services, the Project would be conditioned by the City to provide fire safety and support fire suppression activities, including compliance with State and local fire codes, fire sprinklers, a fire hydrant system, and paved access.

Implementation of the Project would result in an increase in calls for service; however, RCFD has indicated that this increase would not adversely impact RCFD's existing resources or impose a requirement for additional facilities over and above current facilities. Moreover, as is required of all projects in the City, the Project would be required to pay a development impact fee (DIF) to the City to assist in providing for future fire protection facilities, including fire stations. Payment of the DIF fee would ensure that funds are available for capital improvements, such as land/equipment purchases and fire station construction when they are needed.

The Project is also required to comply with Beaumont Municipal Code Chapter 3.36, which requires payment of a development mitigation fee prior to issuance of building permits to assist in providing revenue that the City can use to improve the Emergency Preparedness Center to offset the incremental increase in the demand for public services that would be created by the Project. Because the Project does not include construction of new fire station facilities and does not generate a need for additional facilities and the Project Applicant will pay fees that will provide its fair share of future fire and EMS needs established by the City. Project -related impacts to fire protection services are evaluated to be less than significant.

Police Protection Services
The Project is currently located in the jurisdiction of the County of Riverside and is served by the Riverside County Sheriff's Department. With implementation of the Project, the Project site would be annexed into the City and would be served by the Beaumont Police Depaitiiient (BPD). Buildout of the Project would increase demands for police protection services in the Project area. During the construction and operation of the Project, the need for police services is expected to grow due to the increase in employment and associated potential for additional crime and accidents. Crime and safety issues during Project construction may include theft of building materials and construction equipment, malicious mischief, graffiti, and vandalism. After construction, the Project is anticipated to generate a typical range of police service calls as similar developments, such as vehicle burglaries, disturbances, and driving under the influence.

The increase in demands on police services resulting from the implementation of the Project would not adversely impact BPD's existing resources. There are currently no staffing or equipment deficiencies in the service area. The increase in potential services needed would not require the construction of a new police station or improvements to the existing station that serves the Project site. Implementation of the Project would result in an increase in calls for service; however, BPD has indicated that this increase would not adversely impact BPD's existing resources. BPS is currently expanding into an additional off -site facility to accommodate growth and develop a downtown bike patrol program.

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Additionally, BPD has indicated that as the City population continues to grow, BPD is anticipating an 8% increase in sworn personnel and 12% increase in support staffing.

Moreover, as is required of all projects in the City, the Project would be required to pay DIF fees to the City to assist in providing for future police protection facilities, including police stations. Because the Project does not include construction of new police facilities and does not generate a need for additional facilities, and the Project Applicant will pay Police Facilities Development fees that will provide its fair share of future police needs established by the City, increases in demands for police protection resulting from implementation of the Project would not have significant impacts on BPD services.

School Services
There is adequate capacity under current conditions for all school levels for the 2021/2022 school year.

Moreover, as is required of all projects in the City, the Project would be required to pay development impact fees to BUSD. These fees are collected by school districts at the time of issuance of building permits for commercial, industrial, and residential projects. BUSD would be able to collect these school impact fees pursuant to SB 50. The State Legislature has declared that the payment of those fees constitutes full mitigation for the impacts generated by new development, per Government Code Section 65995. Because the Project does not include construction of new school facilities and does not generate a need for additional facilities and the Project applicant will pay fees that are deemed by State legislation to provide the equivalent of mitigation, the Project would not have an impact on school services.

Parks
The Project would not directly or indirectly induce population growth. Employees and visitors who visit the Project site would have access to several recreational amenities on site. Due to the availability of active and passive recreational amenities and entertainment proposed on site, the potential for employees and visitors to travel to existing City parks during breaks or before and after business operations is low. Employees and visitors who may occasionally use the City's neighborhood parks, regional parks, or other recreational facilities, would not cause a substantial deterioration of park facilities. The Project would not result in substantial adverse physical impacts associated with the provision of new or physically altered parks or recreational facilities or the need for new or physically altered parks or recreational facilities.

Other Public Facilities
As previously stated, development of the Project would not result in an increase in the population of the Project area. Therefore, the Project would not increase the demand for other public facilities, including library services which would require the construction of new or expanded public facilities.

The Beaumont Library is owned and operated by the Beaumont Library District (BLD), not the City, and is funded by property taxes, contributions from individuals, and foundations. Development under the Project would result in the conversion of vacant land to commercial and industrial development, which in turn will increase property tax revenue to the BLD. As such, implementation of the Project Beaumont Pointe Specific Plan Project
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would not adversely affect other public facilities or require the construction of new or modified public facilities and no impact would occur. (DEIR, pp. 4.15-11 to 4.15-15)

3.14.2 CUMULATIVE IMPACTS
Impact Statement: The Project would not result in a cumulatively considerable impact related to public services.
❑ Findings
Potential cumulative impacts of the Project related to public services are discussed in detail in Section

4.15.6 of the DEIR. The City finds that the development of the proposed Project would not result in significant cumulative impacts related to public services; therefore, no mitigation is required. ❑ Substantial Evidence
This cumulative impact analysis considers development of the Project in conjunction with other development projects and planned development within the City and its Sphere of Influence, listed in DEIR Table 4.0-1, Cumulative Development Land Use Summary.

Fire Protection Services
Residential and employment population increases and associated increases in the demand for public services have been taken into account in long-range planning efforts on behalf of the City and the agencies providing public services to the area.

As with the Project, related projects within the City and the surrounding area would also be required pay DIF fees to their respective cities to assist in providing for fire protection facilities, including fire stations. Increased property and sales tax from future new developments would provide additional funding for any capital improvements necessary to maintain adequate fire protection facilities, equipment, and/or personnel. By maintaining a consistent level of service through expansion of facility improvements, RCFD would be able to ensure that its performance objectives are consistently met. In addition, compliance with the existing regulations would maintain adequate access within the Project site, which further ensures an adequate level of service for fire protection and emergency services to visitors and workers in the Project site. Furthermore, individual development projects pursuant to the City' General Plan would be reviewed by the City and RCFD and would be required to comply with all applicable building code and other code requirements in effect at the time building permits are issued. Therefore, the Project's increased demand for fire protection services, in conjunction with the increased demand for cumulative development pursuant to the City's General Plan, would not result in significant cumulative impacts.

Police Protection Services
Local population growth would result in an increased demand for public services and facilities, including law enforcement. Service providers would continue to evaluate levels of service and potential funding sources to meet demand. The City performs long-range planning for the provisions of public services and facilities based on its growth projections, which are revised over time and includes areas Beaumont Pointe Specific Plan Project
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within the City's sphere of influence. Through assessments of the City's capital improvement needs and annual budget review process, police department needs are assessed, and budget allocations are revised accordingly to ensure that adequate levels of police services, including police protection facilities, equipment, and/or personnel, are maintained throughout the City.

As with the Project, related projects within the City would also be required to pay DIF fees to the City to assist in providing for police protection facilities, including police stations. Increased property and sales tax from future new developments would provide funding for any capital improvements necessary to maintain adequate police protection facilities, equipment, and/or personnel to accommodate future growth. By maintaining a consistent level of service through expansion or facility improvements on parcels assumed for development in the City's General Plan, BPD would be able to ensure that its performance objectives are consistently met. Furthermore, individual development projects pursuant to the City's General Plan would be reviewed by the City and would be required to comply with the requirements in effect at the time building permits are issued.

Therefore, the demand for police services would not be adversely affected by the Project in conjunction with cumulative development pursuant to the City's General Plan. No significant cumulative impacts related to police services are anticipated.

School Services
Cumulative development in the BUSD service area, including the related projects, may generate a substantial increase in student population in BUSD schools. Assuming BUSD's enrollment increases, administrators will need to seek short-term and long-term remedies to accommodate those added students. In recognition of these conditions, the State Legislature provided authority for school districts to assess impact fees for both residential and nonresidential development projects. Those fees, as authorized under Education Code Section 17620(a) and Government Code Section 65995(b), are collected by municipalities at the time building permits are issued and conveyed to the affected school district in accordance with a defined fee structure, and the payment of these fees constitutes full mitigation for the impacts generated by new development, per Government Code Section 65995.

Since the Project would have no impact on school services and cumulative development must pay appropriate impact fees, no cumulative impact would occur as a result of the implementation of the Project in conjunction with other area -wide development activities. Cumulative project impacts would be less than significant.

Other Public Facilities
Cumulative population growth within the service area as a result of the related projects will likely increase the demand for library services. Funding for library services is from property taxes, contributions from individuals, and foundations. Therefore, as new developments within the service area of BLD occur, property tax revenues would increase in rough proportion, consequently increasing revenue to the BLD for library services.

The Project does not include any residential land uses and, therefore, is not expected to result in any additional significant demand for libraries. As concluded in the City's General Plan DEIR, Beaumont Pointe Specific Plan Project
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development and redevelopment in the City will result in increased tax revenue to BLD and impacts to library facilities are considered less than significant. Therefore, cumulative project impacts would be less than significant. (DEIR, pp. 4.15-15 to 4.15-17)

3.15 RECREATION
Project impacts for CEQA Recreation Thresholds a and b do not result in significant impacts and findings are discussed below.

3.15.1 THRESHOLD A
Impact Statement: The Project would not increase the use of existing neighborhood and regional parks or other recreational facilities such that substantial physical deterioration of the facility would occur or be accelerated.
❑ Findings
Potential impacts of the Project related to Threshold a are discussed in detail in Section 4.16.5 of the DEIR. The City finds that the development of the proposed Project will not result in significant impacts related to Threshold a; therefore, no mitigation is required. ❑ Substantial Evidence
The Project proposes a mixture of General Commercial, Industrial, and Open Space and Open Space - Conservation uses. The Project would not directly or indirectly induce population growth. As indicated in the City's General Plan, the City identifies residential development as land uses that will contribute to population growth and not industrial and commercial uses. Additionally, the dedication of parkland or the in -lieu payment of fees only applies to residential development and industrial and commercial developments are not viewed as generators of park activity. Therefore, it is not anticipated that the Project would result in an increased demand for recreational facilities. As such, the Project would not result in an increased use of existing neighborhood and regional parks or other recreational facilities such that substantial physical deterioration of the facility would occur or be accelerated. However, the Project would introduce development on vacant and undeveloped land, which would generate 5,456 permanent employees and visitors to the Project area.

Employees and visitors who visit the Project site would have access to several recreational amenities on site. The 30.2 acres of General Commercial land uses include a combination of hospitality, restaurant, and recreation commercial uses. The "Activities Park" within the General Commercial land uses would consist of landscaping, seating, video screen walls, and programming for wellness activities such as yoga, movies on the lawn, "biergarten" games, and a large climbing wall. In addition, to encourage social interaction, the Industrial and General Commercial building sites within Project site may include outdoor employee break areas with tables affixed to the ground to provide employees with a location to eat, gather, and enjoy being outside. Shading of these areas would be achieved through a combination of shade trees, umbrellas, or man-made shade structures. Other recreational amenities within the Industrial areas may include, but are not limited to, pedestrian walkways, pocket parks, seating areas, overhead structures, and open space areas.

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Due to the availability of active and passive recreational amenities and entertainment proposed on site, the potential for employees and visitors to travel to existing City parks during breaks or before and after business operations is low. Employees and visitors who may occasionally use the City's neighborhood parks, regional parks, or other recreational facilities, would not cause a substantial deterioration of park facilities. Impacts would be less than significant. (DEIR, p. 4.16-6)

3.15.2 THRESHOLD B
Impact Statement: The Project would not include recreational facilities or require the construction or expansion of recreational facilities which might have an adverse physical effect on the environment. ❑ Findings
Potential impacts of the Project related to Threshold b are discussed in detail in Section 4.16.5 of the DEIR. The City finds that the development of the proposed Project will not result in significant impacts related to Threshold b; therefore, no mitigation is required. ❑ Substantial Evidence
On -Site
The Project would result in the development of General Commercial, Industrial, and Open Space and Open Space -Conservation uses. Approximately 152.4 acres (PA 10) is designated as Open Space - Conservation in order to preserve habitats to be dedicated to the Western Riverside County Regional Conservation Authority (RCA) for inclusion in the Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan (MSHCP) Reserve. Approximately 124.7 acres in PA 9 are designated as Open Space to accommodate landscaped manufactured slopes, fuel modification areas, project signage, sewer lift station, optional water tank, and natural open space as a buffer for the Open Space - Conservation area in PA 10.

The Project would provide active and passive recreational opportunities for its future employees and visitors through climbing walls, pedestrian walkways, pocket parks, seating areas, overhead structures, and open space areas. The construction of these recreational facilities would occur within the boundaries of the Project site and would be part of the Project's construction phase. The Project's construction impacts are analyzed throughout the DEIR and mitigation is incorporated where necessary. As concluded in the DEIR, the Project's construction activities would be less than significant. Additionally, future open space and recreational facility development in the Project site would be required to adhere to the development standards and design guidelines of the Project.

Therefore, impacts associated with the Project's on -site recreational facilities would be less than significant.

Off -Site
As stated above, the City currently has a park ratio of 6.52 acres of parkland per 1,000 residents (343.4 acres of parkland in total), exceeding the goal of 5 acres of parkland per 1,000 residents.

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park ratio would remain unchanged with the Project. Implementation of the Project would include adequate recreation and open space facilities and would not cause the deterioration of existing facilities.

Because the City is currently meeting its park ratio requirement and the Project would not increase the residential population in the City, there is no need for the construction or expansion of recreational facilities within the City. Therefore, Project impacts would be less than significant. (DEIR, p. 4.16-7)

3.15.3 CUMULATIVE IMPACTS
Impact Statement: The Project would not result in a cumulatively considerable impact related to recreation.
❑ Findings
Potential cumulative impacts of the Project related to recreation are discussed in detail in Section 4.16.6 of the DEIR. The City finds that the development of the proposed Project would not result in significant cumulative impacts related to recreation; therefore, no mitigation is required. ❑ Substantial Evidence
Cumulative impacts consider development of the Project in conjunction with other development projects and planned development within the City and its Sphere of Influence.

The Project does not propose any residential uses or other land use that would result in an increase in population, thereby increasing the use of existing neighborhood and regional parks or other recreational facilities. Although there may be a nominal increase in the use of local recreation facilities, Project employees and visitors who do not already reside in the area are not anticipated to utilize local recreational facilities to the extent that physical deterioration would occur or be accelerated, even when considered in the context of cumulative developments in the area. New residential development is required to dedicate parkland or pay in -lieu fees in accordance with Beaumont Municipal Code Section

16.66.020 pursuant to the Quimby Act. In -lieu Parkland fees that are utilized by the City are required to be used for the development and acquisition of park facilities. Moreover, in compliance with the City's Municipal Code Chapter 3.34, residential projects would pay the City's Regional Park, Multipurpose Trail and Open Space and Open Space Facility Fee, which would ensure that improvements to the City's regional parks, multipurpose trail and open space facilities would occur.

Further, the Project would provide active and passive recreational facilities on site, further reducing the frequency of future employees and visitors using the City's existing off -site parks. Other cumulative developments in the local area that involve residential uses would be required to comply with the City's Municipal Code, Chapter 3.34 and Section 16.66 to accommodate the City's anticipated population growth. As such, the Project's contribution to such effects would be de minimis and would be less than significant on both a direct and cumulative basis.

The City currently meets its target park ratio of 5 acres of parkland per 1,000 residents. As shown in DEIR Table 4.14-5, Cumulative Projects Population, Housing, and Employment Growth Trends in Beaumont, the City's General Plan projects a population of 131,949 by 2040. As concluded in the Beaumont Pointe Specific Plan Project
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City's General Plan Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR), based on the projected population of 131,949, which results in an increase of approximately 82,699 persons, a total of 415 new acres of parkland would be required. With the existing 343.4 acres of parkland and approximately 10,252 acres of open space projected in the City's General Plan, the adoption of the Revised Zoning Ordinance making parks a permitted use in all of City's residential zoning districts. and compliance with Chapter

3.34 of the Beaumont Municipal Code and applicable Beaumont 2040 Plan goals, policies, and implementation measures, impacts regarding maintaining acceptable service ratios and performance standards for park and recreation facilities would be less than significant (City of Beaumont, 2020b, pp. 5.15-18). Therefore, the construction or expansion of recreational facilities would not be required and cumulative impacts would be less than significant. (DEIR, pp. 4.16-7 to 4.16-8)

3.16 TRANSPORTATION
Project impacts for CEQA Transportation Thresholds a, c, and d do not result in significant impacts and findings are discussed below.

3.16.1 REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS
The following Regulatory Requirements (RRs) are applicable regardless of CEQA and would apply to any project under similar circumstances and, therefore, do not constitute mitigation measures.

However, they will nonetheless be included in the Project's Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program to ensure the implementation of the mandated RRs.

RR 17-1
RR 17-2
Prior to issuance of any building permits, the Project Applicant shall make required per -unit fee payments associated with the Western Riverside County Transportation Uniform Mitigation Fees (TUMF) and the City of Beaumont Development Impact Fee (DIF).

Prior to the issuance of grading or building permits, the Project Applicant shall prepare and the City of Beaumont shall approve, a temporary traffic control plan for construction. The temporary traffic control plan shall comply with the applicable requirements of the California Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices. A requirement to comply with the temporary traffic control plan shall be noted on all grading and building plans and also shall be specified in bid documents issued to prospective construction contractors.

3.1 6.2 THRESHOLD A
Impact Statement: The Project would not conflict with a program, plan, ordinance or policy addressing the circulation system, including transit, roadway, bicycle and pedestrian facilities. ❑ Findings
Potential impacts of the Project related to Threshold a are discussed in detail in Section 4.17.7 of the DEIR. The City finds that the development of the proposed Project will not result in significant impacts related to Threshold a; therefore, no mitigation is required.

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❑ Substantial Evidence
SCAG's 2020-2045 RTPISCS
The fundamental goals of SCAG's 2020-2045 RTP/SCS are to make the SCAG region a better place to live, work, and play for all residents regardless of race, ethnicity, or income class. DEIR Section

4.11, Land Use and Planning, Table 4.11-2, shows Project consistency with the following goals related to transportation.
• Goal 2: Improve mobility, accessibility, reliability, and travel safety for people and goods. • Goal 3 • Enhance the preservation, security, and resilience of the regional transportation system. • Goal 4: Increase person and goods movement and travel choices within the transportation system.
• Goal 7: Adapt to changing climate and support an integrated regional development pattern and transportation network.
• Goal 8: Leverage new transportation technologies and data driven solutions that result in more efficient travel.

The City of Beaumont is identified as one of the priority growth areas for job centers in the region under the Connect SoCal Plan. Job Centers have been identified in all six counties in the SCAG region and represent areas that have a significantly higher employment density than surrounding areas.

Employment growth and residential growth are prioritized in existing Job Centers in order to leverage existing density and infrastructure. When growth is concentrated in Job Centers, the length of vehicle trips for residents can be reduced. The Project is located within the City of Beaumont and proposes a variety of land uses (commercial and industrial) for the region. Implementation of the Project would be consistent with the goals and policies of SCAG's regional transportation planning program and would not conflict with SCAG's ability to implement the regional strategies outlined in the 2020-2045 RTP/SCS. Therefore, impacts would be less than significant.

City of Beaumont General Plan Mobility Element
DEIR Table 4.17-1, General Plan Applicability Analysis, provides an analysis of the Project's consistency with applicable General Plan policies addressing the circulation system, including transit, roadway, bicycle, and pedestrian facilities. In addition, payment of TUMF and DIF fees and fair share improvements would ensure that traffic congestion and acceptable peak hours operations at intersections affected by the Project would remain acceptable and consistent with applicable General Plan policies. As shown, The Project would not conflict with a program, plan, ordinance or policy addressing the circulation system, including transit, roadway, bicycle and pedestrian facilities and impacts would be less than significant. (DEIR, pp. 4.17-10 to 4.17-14) Beaumont Pointe Specific Plan Project
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Although impacts would be less than significant, Mitigation Measure MM 4.17-2 was added to the Project at the request of Planning Commission to ensure trucks would travel on designated routes (see Supplemental CEQA Memorandum).

MM 4.17-2
Prior to the issuance of occupancy permits for the first buildings in Planning Areas 4- 8 (i.e., industrial/warehouse buildings), the Project Applicant shall prepare and submit a Truck Traffic Demand Management Plan to the Planning Department for approval in order to prohibit Project trucks from driving on Oak Valley Parkway or on Potrero Boulevard north of the Potrero/SR-60 Interchange. The Truck Traffic Demand Management Plan shall include, but is not limited to the following:
• Lease provisions clearly identifying the required truck routes; • CC&R restrictions with financial penalties for violations and City ability to enforce as third -party beneficiary;
• Truck route maps provided to all drivers and posted in breakrooms and throughout the Project;
• Designation of a Traffic Coordinator contact for the City to notify in the event of traffic issues;
• Annual reports to the City's Planning Department.

3.16.3 THRESHOLD C
Impact Statement: The Project would not substantially increase hazards due to a geometric design feature (e.g., sharp curves or dangerous intersections) or incompatible uses (e.g., farm equipment). ❑ Findings
Potential impacts of the Project related to Threshold c are discussed in detail in Section 4.17.7 of the DEIR. The City finds that the development of the proposed Project will not result in significant impacts related to Threshold c; therefore, no mitigation is required. ❑ Substantial Evidence
Project Access
Driveways and access point locations, as shown in the Specific Plan, are conceptual until approved by the City Engineer and shall conform to the City's standard intersection and access spacing, based upon the street's classification. Additionally, specific design criteria have been established to address the needs of pick-up, delivery, and service vehicles related to Industrial uses, as follows:
• Design interior driveways and drive aisles to provide adequate stacking and prevent queuing of vehicles on public streets.
• Locate and design service entrances so they do not interfere with owner/tenant/customer access.

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• Design loading areas to provide for tractor trailer backing and maneuvering on -site and not from a public street.
• Provide appropriate on -site service vehicle parking/turnouts in an efficient, non -obtrusive location appropriate to the scale and needs of the development. • Vehicle loading/unloading when parked, shall not impede normal traffic flow.

Proposed roadway improvements along the Project site frontage would occur within the public rights - of -way and would be installed in conformance with the City's design standards. Access to the Project's proposed industrial and commercial uses would be separated to allow for safe access for visitors to the Project's commercial uses. Jack Rabbit Trail provides access to PAs 1 and 2; however, Jack Rabbit Trail will not provide non -emergency access to the SR -60 Freeway but will provide gated emergency access only to SR -60. Primary access to the Industrial PAs 3 through 8 is provided via 4th Street along the south, with Industrial Way providing secondary access along the north. The City reviewed the Project's application materials and determined that no hazardous transportation design features would be introduced by the Project. Accordingly, the proposed Project would not create or substantially increase safety hazards due to a design feature or incompatible use. Impacts would be less than significant.

Freeway Off -Ramp Queuing
A project would result in a significant impact, if it would substantially increase hazards due to a geometric design feature or incompatible use, and CEQA does not include freeway off -ramp queuing within these categories. However, for informational purposes only, a queuing analysis was performed for the off -ramps at the I-10 Freeway at Oak Valley Parkway and Beaumont Avenue interchanges to assess whether vehicle queues for the off ramps may potentially result in deficient peak hour operations at the ramp -to -arterial intersections and may potentially "spill back" onto the I-10 Freeway mainline.

There are no movements that are anticipated to experience queuing issues during the weekday AM or weekday PM peak 95th percentile traffic flows with the addition of Project (Phase 1), Project (Phase 2), and Project Buildout traffic.

There are no movements that are anticipated to experience queuing issues during the weekday AM or weekday PM peak 95th percentile traffic flows under Opening Year Cumulative (2023), Opening Year (2025), and Opening Year (2027), Without Project and With Project traffic conditions.

The following movements are anticipated to experience queuing issues during the weekday AM or weekday PM peak 95th percentile traffic flows under Horizon Year (2045) Without Project and With Project traffic conditions:
• I-10 Eastbound Ramps & Oak Valley Parkway (#7), Southbound shared left -through -right turn lane — AM and PM peak hours; and
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• I-10 Westbound Ramps & Oak Valley Parkway (#8), Northbound shared left -through -right turn lane — PM peak hour only
Although queue lengths could increase in the Horizon Year, such queuing is consistent with general freeway conditions throughout the region and would not substantially increase hazards due to geometric design features or incompatible uses. Additionally, queuing issues at these locations would occur in 2045 without the Project. Therefore, the Project would not create or substantially increase safety hazards due to a design feature or incompatible use and impacts would be less than significant.

3.16.4 THRESHOLD D
Impact Statement: The Project would not result in inadequate emergency access. ❑ Findings
Potential impacts of the Project related to Threshold d are discussed in detail in Section 4.17.7 of the DEIR. The City finds that the development of the proposed Project will not result in significant impacts related to Threshold d; therefore, no mitigation is required. ❑ Substantial Evidence
The Specific Plan includes a detailed Circulation Plan to ensure efficient access to and within the Project site. Jack Rabbit Trail forms the Project site's eastern boundary and connects to Industrial Way at the northeast corner and with 4th Street at the southeast corner of the Project site. Local access to the Project site would be provided from the future extension of 4th Street from Jack Rabbit Trail to Potrero Boulevard currently under construction as part of the Hidden Canyon Industrial Park project located immediately to the east to the Project. 4th Street between Jack Rabbit Trail and Potrero Boulevard is being constructed across the Hidden Canyon Industrial Park site as an industrial collector with a 78 -foot right-of-way and 56 -feet curb -to -curb. Upon construction of the Project, access from the Project site to the SR -60 via Jack Rabbit Trail would be restricted, with the northerly portion of Jack Rabbit Trail to the SR-60/Jack Rabbit Trail interchange utilized as secondary emergency egress (and fire and emergency vehicle ingress) only. Jack Rabbit Trail provides access to PAs 1 and 2, however, Jack Rabbit Trail will provide gated emergency access only to SR -60. Specifically, the Project will install emergency access gates on Jack Rabbit Trail just south of the CalTrans right-of- way upon construction of alternative temporary access to Hoy Ranch from 4th Street and installation of a temporary connection from 4th Street to Jack Rabbit Trail south of the development area of the Property. The emergency access gates shall be installed prior to the issuance of the first Certificate of Occupancy in Phase 1. Primary access to the Industrial PAs 3 through 8 is provided by 4th Street along the south, with Industrial Way providing secondary access along the north. Industrial Way connects with 4th Street at the south side of PA 8, assuring a loop road for both firefighting and evacuation.

Entertainment Way also provides access to PAs 3 and 4 along their western edges. Entertainment Way demarcates the change in land use between the Industrial uses in PAs 3 through 8, and "The Experience at Beaumont Pointe" commercial areas in PAs 1 and 2, while connecting Jack Rabbit Trail and 4th Street.

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To provide emergency secondary access to each phase of development, 40 -foot wide Interim Fire Access Loop Connections will be constructed between PAs 4 and 5 for Phase 1 (PA 1, 2, 3 and 4), between PAs 6 and 7 for Phase 2 (PAs 5 and 6), and a permanent Fire Lane Loop (Industrial Way) will be constructed around the perimeter of PA 8 as part of Phase 3. Interim Fire Access Loop Connections will be eliminated by being incorporated into the parking areas for the PA in which each is located upon installation of either: additional Interim Fire Access Loop Connections or completion of the Industrial Way connection to 4th Street.

The City evaluated the Project's design, including but not limited to proposed driveway locations and parking lot/drive aisle configuration, to ensure that adequate access would be provided for emergency vehicles at all phases of Project development. The Project would provide adequate emergency access along abutting roadways during temporary construction activities within the public right-of-way.

In addition, the Project would comply with fire safety requirements and standards of the Riverside County Fire Department, including fire prevention and suppression measures relating to water improvement plans, fire hydrants, automatic fire extinguishing systems, fire access, access gates, combustible construction, water availability, and fire sprinkler systems. This would ensure that the Project is designed and constructed to provide adequate emergency access for emergency vehicles.

Therefore, the Project would not result in inadequate emergency access and impacts would be less than significant. (DEIR, pp. 4.17-19 to 4.17-20)

3.1 6.5 CUMULATIVE IMPACTS
Impact Statement: The Project would not result in a cumulatively considerable impact related to transportation (conflict with a program, plan, ordinance or policy addressing the circulation system; increase hazards; inadequate emergency access).
❑ Findings
Potential cumulative transportation impacts of the Project related to conflicts with a program, plan, ordinance or policy addressing the circulation system; increase in hazards; and inadequate emergency access are discussed in detail in Section 4.17.8 of the DEIR. The City finds that the development of the proposed Project would not result in significant cumulative impacts related to these topics; therefore, no mitigation is required.
❑ Substantial Evidence
This cumulative impact analysis considers development of the proposed Project in conjunction with other development projects and planned development.

The analysis under Threshold a indicates that the Project would not conflict with relevant SCAG RTP/SCS or City General Plan programs, plans, and policies addressing the circulation system.

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to comply with all applicable relevant programs, plans, and policies. Therefore, no cumulative impact would occur.

Based on the review of the Project Site driveways and the informational queuing analysis outlined above, under Threshold c, no safety concerns relating to geometric design of the Project Site access points would occur. Therefore, impacts are not considered to be cumulatively considerable and no significant cumulative impact would occur.

As discussed under Threshold d above, the Project would not result in inadequate emergency access.

Therefore, the Project would not cumulatively contribute to inadequate emergency access, and no cumulative impact would occur. (DEIR, pp. 4.17-20 to 4.17-21)

3.1 7 UTILITIES AND SERVICE SYSTEMS
Project impacts for CEQA Utilities and Service Systems Thresholds a through e do not result in significant impacts and findings are discussed below.

3.17.1 THRESHOLD A
Impact Statement: The Project would not require or result in the relocation or construction of new or expanded water, wastewater treatment or storm water drainage, electric power, natural gas, or telecommunications facilities, the construction or relocation of which could cause significant environmental effects.
❑ Findings
Potential impacts of the Project related to Threshold a are discussed in detail in Section 4.19.5 of the DEIR. The City finds that the development of the proposed Project will not result in significant impacts related to Threshold a; therefore, no mitigation is required.

D Substantial Evidence
Water Facilities
Water service to the Project site would be provided by BCVWD. Water demand associated with the Project would consist of interior plumbing devices (i.e., sinks, toilets, faucets), outdoor landscape irrigation, and various industrial and commercial process systems.

The Project is anticipated to increase water demand in the Project site by 196.7 acre-feet per year (AFY; 175,584 gpd) of which 85.2 AFY is outdoor, non -potable use (BCVWD, 2021). Based on the Project -specific WSA prepared for the Project, BCVWD forecasts that it will have sufficient water supplies to meet estimated water demands from Project buildout. Water supply is discussed in detail under Threshold b, below.

The Project site is within BCVWD's 2650 Pressure Zone (PZ). The development of the Project would require construction of new water distribution lines within the Project site's development footprint.

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The final design and sizing of on -site facilities would accommodate the anticipated water demand (landscaping, potable, and fire flow) based on the proposed land use. These new water distribution lines would connect to existing facilities that are located within the Project area and within adjacent roadways.

The proposed system includes the following facilities: on -site dual potable water lines to create a connection between the 2650 Pressure Zone and 2750 Pressure Zone within the Specific Plan, along with an optional 1.2 MG tank which allows for 960,000 gallons (usable storage). The Project proposes to extend the dual 16 -inch potable water lines from the Hidden Canyon development located 350 feet east of the Project site in 4th Street in the existing right of way to create a hydraulic loop around the development area. The northern potable water line in the northern side of 4th Street, Entertainment Way, and Industrial Way is the primary potable water supply to the Project site from the 5 -MG Hannon Tank (2650 PZ). The southern potable water line in the southern side of 4th Street is an emergency potable water supply from the future 2750-2650 Pressure -Reducing Valve Station (PRV Station) located along 4th Street. The dual potable water lines in 4th Street connect to the existing dual lines and off -site check valve located within 4th Street at Project's eastern boundary. The two potable water lines along with an off -site check valve allow for back -feeding (flushing) of the 2650 PZ from the 2750-2650 PRV Station, provide redundant daily and emergency service from the 2750 PZ, reduce the potential for stagnant water quality issues, and allow for a future 2650 PZ tank south of CA -60 Freeway to back -feed the 2650 PZ.

Additionally, the Project would construct an on -site recycled water system supplied by BCVWD.

Recycled water will be used for construction dewatering, irrigation of manufactured and replanted slopes within PA 9, as well as for irrigation of parkway landscaping and irrigation of landscaping within the General Commercial and Industrial land uses (PAs 1-8). The Project would connect a proposed 14 -inch recycled water line that would connect to the existing 14 -inch recycled water line within the adjacent Hidden Canyon development at 4th Street, 350 feet east of the Project site in the existing right of way. Additionally, a proposed 8 -inch water line would branch off from the 14 -inch main line within 4th Street and extend between PAs 7 and 8 to provide irrigation water to the portion of PA 9 on the north side of the Project site.

Wastewater and Wastewater Treatment Facilities
The Project is anticipated to have a wastewater generation rate of 0.26 million gallons of wastewater per day. The Project would construct a wastewater conveyance system to service the Project site and connect to the City's sanitary system. The Project proposes to utilize 8" gravity sewer main lines, located within Industrial Way, to move wastewater flows from the Project's high points (at PA 8 and PA 1), to the lift station constructed at the low point between PA 5 and PA 6. Flows from the lift station would then be conveyed in dual 6" force main lines located within Industrial Way, Entertainment Way, Jack Rabbit Trail, and 4th Street, to the point of connection at the existing 12" gravity main line at the manhole located at the eastern boundary of the Project site. The on -site lift station will be designed to the Project's ultimate capacity with no interim condition except potential pump quantity.

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Beyond the point of connection, the existing 12 -inch gravity line continues to the east within 4th Street, downstream approximately 2,500 feet, where it would connect to the existing Hidden Canyon lift station (also known as the Beaumont Crossroads Lift Station). From there, the existing 6" and 16" force mains within 4th Street continue conveyance.

Although there is some capacity remaining that can be utilized for the Project, buildout of the Project will require improvements at the Hidden Canyon Lift Station. Such improvements will consist of installing a new larger below ground precast wet well sized for the full buildout flows of the service area, upsizing the pumps to handle the increased flows and associated electrical and mechanical improvements. The construction of the new onsite sewer lift station and the improvements to the existing Beaumont Crossroads Lift Station shall be completed prior to the issuance of any Certificate of Occupancy for any of the project buildings.

The precise alignments and sizing of sewer facilities will be determined at the Plot Plan, Conditional Use Permit, and/or final map stages of Specific Plan implementation. As shown on Figure 3-11, Conceptual Sewer Plan, the Project provides the following sewer improvements:
• Proposed 8 -inch Dual Sewer Force Main within Industrial Way through Entertainment Way to Jack Rabbit Trail to the point of connection at 4th Street. • Connection to the proposed 12 -inch gravity sewer main within 4th Street, 350 feet east of the Project site.
• Proposed 8 -inch gravity sewer lines within Industrial Way. • Lift Station in PA 5.
• Point of connection at 4th Street east of Jack Rabbit Trail.

The Project's proposed wastewater facilities, including the on -site sewer lift station, would be sized only to accommodate the wastewater generated by the Project. No new or expanded off -site sewer lines are anticipated to serve the Project.

The 0.26 mgd of wastewater generated by the Project would be treated at the Beaumont Wastewater Treatment Plant No. 1, which currently has the upgraded capacity to treat 6.0 mgd of effluent. The Project's anticipated wastewater generation represents approximately 4% of the treatment capacity for the Beaumont Wastewater Treatment Plant No. 1. The Beaumont Wastewater Treatment Plant No. 1 has sufficient capacity to treat wastewater generated by the Project in addition to existing commitments. The Beaumont Wastewater Treatment Plant No. 1 is anticipated to adequately treat flows generated over the next 20 years. No new or expanded wastewater treatment facilities not already planned would be required. Impacts would be less than significant.

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Stormwater Drainage Facilities
The Project would increase the amount of impervious surface within the Project site, and the Project would construct an on -site storm drain system. The Project's proposed storm drain system would consist of catch basins, grated inlets, storm drainpipes with sizing varying from 18 -inches to 48 -inches, and four detention basins, each of which provides stormwater treatment and peak flow mitigation for each of the respective tributaries. On -site and some off -site flows would be conveyed within the proposed streets to a series of catch basin and stormwater lines which direct flows to the four on -site detention basins. Detention basins are planned within PAs 4, 5, 6, and 8. The Project's flood protection facilities would be designed in accordance with the requirements of the Riverside County Flood Control and Water Conservation District (RCFCWCD) with adequate access easements and facilities provided.

The Project's proposed stormwater drainage system is designed to accommodate anticipated stormwater flows to accept 100 -year, 1 -hour storm events from the Project site underdeveloped conditions. The Project's stormwater will flow to the existing culverts, drain to San Timeteo Creek Reach 3, then into the Santa Ana River, and ultimately discharge into the Pacific Ocean. No new or expanded off -site storm drain facilities are required to accommodate runoff from the Project site beyond that proposed as part of the Project.

Dry Utilities (Electrical Power, Natural Gas, and Telecommunications) Construction of the Project would require connections to existing electricity, natural gas, and telecommunication facilities 350 feet east of the Project site in 4th Street in the existing right-of-way.

The Project would be served in accordance with the State of California's Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission tariffs. As discussed in DEIR Section 4.6, Energy, Project operations will result in the total annual demand of 53,857,582 kBTU of natural gas and 25,747,206 kWh of electricity. Twenty percent of the Project's electricity demand will be met by rooftop solar as indicated in DEIR Table 4.8-6. By comparison, approximately 23 billion BTU of natural gas is consumed in California annually based on the California daily petroleum consumption estimate of approximately 64.1 billion BTU per day. Similarly, approximately 3,717,674 GWh of electricity is consumed in California annually based on the California daily electricity consumption estimate of approximately 10,185 GWh per day. Therefore, the Project's natural gas and electricity consumption would be 0.0002% and conservatively would be 0.0007% of the State's consumption in 2020, respectively. According to the County of Riverside Climate Action Plan, in 2017 the County consumed 89,469,089 therms of natural gas and 2.9 billion kWh of electricity. Therefore, the Project's natural gas and electricity consumption would be 28.78% and 0.89% of the County's consumption in 2017, respectively, and no new or expanded off -site dry utilities are required to serve the Project.

Environmental Impacts from Utility and Infrastructure Systems Domestic and recycled water infrastructure, sewer lines, lift station, storm drain infrastructure, and dry utilities would be installed in compliance with the requirements of the respective utility providers, and consistent with final plans approved by the utility providers. Construction activities associated with the proposed utility infrastructure would be within the Project's construction impact area and within Beaumont Pointe Specific Plan Project
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the 4th Street right of way 350 feet east of the Project site as shown in Figure 3-7, in Section 3.0, Project Description, of the DEIR. The installation of the proposed infrastructure improvements would result in physical environmental impacts; however, these impacts have been included in the analyses of construction -related effects presented throughout the DEIR, (e.g., air quality impacts, impacts to biological and cultural resources, water quality impacts, and noise and vibration impacts, etc.). Any applicable Project -specific mitigation measures for construction identified for each topical issue would address potential significant impacts associated with construction and installation of utilities.

Therefore, through consistent implementation of a variety of measures related to construction impacts, no additional impacts related to construction and operation of utility systems would occur. Impacts would be less than significant. (DEIR, pp. 4.19-19 to 4.19-22)

3.17.2 THRESHOLD B
Impact Statement: The Project would have sufficient water supplies available to serve the project and reasonably foreseeable future development during normal, dry and multiple dry years. ❑ Findings
Potential impacts of the Project related to Threshold b are discussed in detail in Section 4.19.5 of the DEIR. The City finds that the development of the proposed Project will not result in significant impacts related to Threshold b; therefore, no mitigation is required. ❑ Substantial Evidence
The Project site will be annexed into the service area for the BCVWD and the BCVWD is the operator of the public water system that would provide potable water service to the Project site. Due to the total building area (over 500,000 s.f. of floor space) permitted by the Beaumont Point Specific Plan, the Project's water demand is required to be evaluated in a WSA, in accordance with Section 10912 of the California Water Code. A WSA and Amendment #1 WSA was prepared by Charles Marr Consulting and Pacific Advanced Civil Engineering, Inc. (CMC & PACE) for BCVWD to determine whether the Project's water demand was adequately accounted for in the 2015 and 2020 BCVWD UWMPs and if the Project's water demand could have a significant impact on projected water supplies and resources.

The results of the WSA are summarized below.

According to the Project -specific WSA, the City's General Plan anticipated that the Project site would be developed with land use with a density of 2,000 equivalent dwelling units (EDUs) and have a water demand of 1,092 AFY, which was included in BCVWD's 2015 UWMP. The 2015 BCVWD UWMP concluded that BCVWD had adequate existing and planned water supplies to serve the Project site, existing commitments, and future commitments. The Project's new proposed land uses for the Project site estimates a new density equivalent to 360 EDUs, representing a site density reduction of 82%, and an estimated water demand of 197 AFY of which, 85.2 AFY (approximately 43%) would be used for outdoor, non -potable irrigation purposes.

In September 2021, four months after approval of the WSA, the BCVWD Board of Directors approved the 2020 UWMP, updating BCVWD's 2015 UWMP to be in compliance with State law. Specific to Beaumont Pointe Specific Plan Project
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the Project, the 2020 UWMP incorporates the specific change in land use from residential to commercial, reducing the total water demand for the Project from 2,000 EDUs to 360.26 EDUs, a reduction of 82%. Additionally, the 2020 UMWP further defines BCVWD's and City's commitment to using non -potable water, available from the City's upgraded Title 22 recycled water treatment plant and shallow aquifer wells, which are not suitable for direct potable water supply. This is consistent with the approved WSA, which indicated 43.31% of the total demand could be supplied by BCVWD's non -potable water system. This further reduces Project's imported and local groundwater (potable) demand, from 360.26 EDUs to 204.21 EDUs. Therefore, the Project's water demand is accounted for in the 2020 UWMP (BCVWD, 2021).

Water Code Section 10910 (c)(3) states that if the projected water demand associated with the proposed project was accounted for in the most recently adopted UWMP, the public water system may incorporate information from that plan in preparing the WSA. The BCVWD 2020 UWMP includes the Project water demands and indicates that the District can meet its service area's water supply requirements under normal, single, and multiple consecutive dry years. Therefore, the WSA concludes that BCVWD has sufficient water supplies available to serve the Project and reasonably foreseeable future development during normal, dry, and multiple dry years through 2045 and impacts would be less than significant.

Additionally, the Riverside County Fire Department (RCFD) has a fire flow requirement of 4,000 gallons per minute (gpm) for 4 hours for the Project. As identified in the WSA, the backbone transmission system in the main pressure zones consists primarily of 24 -inch pipes with some 30 -inch pipeline leading to some reservoirs. The bulk of the backbone transmission and distribution pipe is ductile iron with cement mortar lining, installed in the last 10 to 15 years. Small, older distribution lines in the system are gradually being replaced over time with minimum 8 -inch ductile iron pipe. The WSA concluded that the system can provide over 4,000 gpm fire flow; therefore, impacts would be less than significant. (DEIR, pp. 4.19-22 to 4.19-23)

3.1 7.3 THRESHOLD C
Impact Statement: The Project would result in a determination by the wastewater treatment provider which serves or may serve the project that it has adequate capacity to serve the project's projected demand in addition to the provider's existing commitments. ❑ Findings
Potential impacts of the Project related to Threshold c are discussed in detail in Section 4.19.5 of the DEIR. The City finds that the development of the proposed Project will not result in significant impacts related to Threshold c; therefore, no mitigation is required. ❑ Substantial Evidence
As previously discussed, the City controls and manages its sewer collection, conveyance, and treatment system. Wastewater generated in the City is treated at the Beaumont Wastewater Treatment Plant No. 1, which currently has a treatment capacity of 4.0 mgd with an average daily flow of 3.1 mgd. As such, Beaumont Pointe Specific Plan Project
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the Beaumont Wastewater Treatment Plant No. 1 has an excess capacity of 0.9 mgd. As discussed under Threshold a of this section, the Project is estimated to generate 0.26 mgd of wastewater requiring treatment. Therefore, the Beaumont Wastewater Treatment Plant No. 1 has sufficient excess capacity to treat Project -generated wastewater. In November 2020, the City completed its upgrading and expanding of the Beaumont Wastewater Treatment Plant No. 1 capacity, which increases the treatment capacity from 4.0 mgd to 6.0 mgd. The upgrades and expansion to the Beaumont Wastewater Treatment Plant No. 1 is anticipated to adequately handle anticipated flows over the next 20 years.

Therefore, the City has adequate capacity to serve the Project's projected demand in addition to the existing commitments and impacts would be less than significant. (DEIR, p. 4.19-23 to 4.19-24)

3.1 7.4 THRESHOLD D
Impact Statement: The Project would not generate solid waste in excess of State or local standards, or in excess of the capacity of local infrastructure, or otherwise impair the attainment of solid waste reduction goals.
❑ Findings
Potential impacts of the Project related to Threshold d are discussed in detail in Section 4.19.5 of the DEIR. The City finds that the development of the proposed Project will not result in significant impacts related to Threshold d; therefore, no mitigation is required. ❑ Substantial Evidence
Construction Impacts
During the Project's construction phases, various types of construction -related waste, primarily consisting of discarded materials and packaging. Based on the anticipated building square footage of 5,331,000 s.f.4 and the US EPA's construction waste generation factor of 4.34 pounds (lbs.) per s.f. of non-residential uses, approximately 11,5685 tons of waste would be generated during the building construction phase (EPA, 2009, p. 10). The Project's building construction is reasonably expected to occur over a period of approximately 53 months, or 1,586 days (see Table 3-4), which corresponds to approximately 7.3 tons6 of construction waste generated per day during the building construction phase. Additional waste would be expected from infrastructure installation and other Project -related construction activities.

The California Green Building Standards (CalGreen) Code, which has been adopted by the City's Municipal Code (Chapter 15.22, Green Building Standards Code), requires that at least 65% of construction debris be diverted from landfills through recycling, reuse, and/or salvage. Non -recyclable demolition debris and construction waste generated by the Project would be disposed at the Lamb Canyon Landfill, which has a permitted tonnage of 5,000 tpd, plus 500 tpd for beneficial reuse, and has 19,242,950 cy of capacity remaining as of January 2015. Therefore, it is anticipated that the Project 4 246,000 s.f. (General Commercial) + 4,995,000 s.f. (Industrial) + 90,000 s.f. (125 -room hotel) = 5,331,000 s.f. 5 (5,331,000 s.f. x 4.34. lbs/s.f.) x (1 ton/2,0001bs) = —11,568 tons 6 11,568 tons/1,586 days = —7.3 tons/day
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would require 2.6 tons' of solid waste to be disposed of at a landfill per day, which represents approximately 0.05%8 of the permitted capacity at the Lamb Canyon Landfill. The remaining 4.7 tons of solid waste would be recycled, reused, and/or salvaged pursuant to CalGreen and the City's Municipal Code Chapter 15.22. As such, the disposal of construction -related solid waste associated with the Project is not anticipated to exceed the permitted capacity of the Lamb Canyon Landfill and impacts would be less than significant.

Operational Impacts
Based on a daily waste generation factor of 10.8 tons of solid waste annually per 1,000 square feet of industrial building area, identified in the City's General Plan EIR, long-term operation of the Project's industrial buildings would generate approximately 53,946 tons of solid waste per year. Additionally, based on a daily waste generation factor of 2.4 tons of solid waste annually per 1,000 square feet of commercial building area, identified in the City's General Plan, long-term operation of the Project's commercial buildings would generate approximately 806 tons9 of solid waste per year. The Project is estimated to generate a total of 54,752 tons of solid waste per year or approximately 150 tons of solid waste per day, which represents approximately 3% of the Lamb Canyon Landfill maximum daily capacity and 3.1% of the Badlands Landfill maximum daily capacity. Additionally, the Project would be required to comply Assembly Bill 341, which requires all commercial businesses that generate 4 cubic yards or more of waste per week to have a recycling program in place. The goal is to divert 75% of California's waste stream towards recycling and away from the landfill. Waste Management, Inc. has programs in place to support commercial customer's compliance with AB 241.

As previously discussed, the City is within the service area of the Lamb Canyon Landfill and a majority of the waste generated by the City is taken to the Lamb Canyon Landfill. However, waste generated within the City is also taken to other Riverside County landfills, as well as various landfills throughout the State. Disposal of the municipal waste generated within the City is ultimately the responsibility of Riverside County, and as such, the County directs municipal wastes to any available disposal sites.

This could be accomplished through direct transport to an alternative landfill, or through the construction and operation of a transfer facility. Waste generated under buildout conditions will be directed to landfills with available capacity, as determined by the County. As part of its long-range planning and management activities, the RCDWR ensures that Riverside County has a minimum of 15 years of capacity, at any time, for future landfill disposal. The 15 -year projection of disposal capacity is prepared each year by as part of the annual reporting requirements for the Countywide Integrated Waste Management Plan (City of Beaumont, 2020b, pp. 5.18-36). As previously discussed, Riverside County's active landfills currently have adequate capacity to serve the Project. Therefore, the implementation of the Project is not anticipated to exceed the capacities of existing landfill facilities and impacts would be less than significant. (DEIR, pp. 4.19-24 to 4.19-25)

7.3 tons x 0.35 = — 2.6 tons
8 (2.6 tons/5,000 tons) x 100 = 0.05%
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3.1 7.5 THRESHOLD E
Impact Statement: The Project would comply with federal, State, and local management and reduction statutes and regulations related to solid waste. ❑ Findings
Potential impacts of the Project related to Threshold e are discussed in detail in Section 4.19.5 of the DEIR. The City finds that the development of the proposed Project will not result in significant impacts related to Threshold e; therefore, no mitigation is required. ❑ Substantial Evidence
Federal, State, and local statutes and regulations regarding solid waste generation, transport, and disposal are intended to decrease solid waste generation through mandatory reductions in solid waste quantities (e.g., through recycling and composting of green waste) and the safe and efficient transport of solid waste. The Project would be required to coordinate with Waste Management, Inc. to develop a collection program for recyclables, such as paper, plastics, glass, and aluminum, in accordance with local and State programs, including AB 341, Mandatory Commercial Recycling, and the California Solid Waste Reuse and Recycling Act of 1991.

Additionally, the Project would be required to comply with applicable practices enacted by the City under the California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989 and Solid Waste Disposal Measurement Act of 2008. State law requires that local jurisdictions divert at least 50% of all solid waste generated by January 1, 2000. The diversion goal has been increased to 75% by 2020 by SB 341.

Further, the Solid Waste Disposal Measurement Act of 2008 was established to make the process of goal measurement (as established by California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989) simpler, timelier, and more accurate. The Solid Waste Disposal Measurement Act of 2008 builds on California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989 compliance requirements by implementing a simplified measure of jurisdictions' performance. The Solid Waste Disposal Measurement Act of 2008 accomplishes this by changing to a disposal -based indicator —the per capita disposal rate —which uses only two factors: (1) a jurisdiction's population (or in some cases employment); and (2) its disposal, as reported by disposal facilities. In 2019 (the last year data was approved), the City implemented 41 programs to reduce solid waste generation and achieve the increased solid waste diversion required.

These programs involve composting, facility recovery, household hazardous waste, policy incentives, public education, recycling, source reduction, special waste materials, and transformation (biomass) (CalRecycle, 2019a). Building operators would be required to participate in the City's recycling programs and comply with hazardous waste disposal regulations. The City had an average disposal rate of 4.8 pounds per resident per day and 33.2 pounds per employee per day in 2019. These disposal rates are less than the established disposal rate targets for the City (9.7 pounds per resident per day and

42.1 pounds per employee per day) (CalRecycle, 2019b). Therefore, resident- and employee -generated solid waste being diverted to landfills is less than anticipated for the City, and the City is in compliance with solid waste management regulations. The Project would be required to coordinate with Waste Management, Inc., the waste hauler, to develop collection of recyclable material for the Project on a common schedule as set forth in applicable local, regional, and state programs. Recyclable materials Beaumont Pointe Specific Plan Project
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that could be recycled by the Project include paper products, glass, aluminum, and plastic. Future tenants of the Project would comply with the solid waste management regulations by mandatory participation in the City's recycling programs and with hazardous waste disposal regulations.

Hazardous waste generated during construction would be disposed of per existing legal requirements.

Similarly, hazardous materials used during the construction and operation of the warehouse uses, including maintenance activities, would be disposed of in compliance with applicable regulations.

Further, as discussed above, solid waste generated during construction activities would adhere to the diversion requirements outlined in the CalGreen Code and would exceed the required 65% diversion rate. The Project would participate in established programs for commercial development projects to reduce solid waste generation, in accordance with the provisions of the Riverside Countywide Integrated Waste Management Plan.

As such, the Project would not conflict with any federal, State, or local regulations related to solid waste management. Therefore, no impacts related to compliance with solid waste statutes would occur, and no mitigation is required. (DEIR, pp. 4.19-25 to 4.19-27)

3.1 7.6 CUMULATIVE IMPACTS
Impact Statement: The Project would not result in a cumulatively considerable impact related to utilities and service systems.
❑ Findings
Potential cumulative impacts of the Project related to utilities and service systems are discussed in detail in Section 4.19.6 of the DEIR. The City finds that the development of the proposed Project would not result in significant cumulative impacts related to utilities and service systems; therefore, no mitigation is required.
❑ Substantial Evidence
This cumulative impact analysis considers development of the Project site in conjunction with other development projects and planned development within the service area for the respective utility that provides utilities for, or the service area for specific facilities (e.g., wastewater treatment facilities) that serve the Project.

As with the Project, each individual related development project would require the construction of necessary infrastructure (water and wastewater lines, storm drain facilities, dry utilities, and others) to serve the project. Each individual development project is subject to review for utility capacity to avoid unanticipated interruption of service or inadequate supplies. Coordination with the utility providers would allow for the provision of utility services to the Project and other developments. The Project and other planned projects are subject to connection and service fees to offset increased demand and assist in facility expansion and service (at the time of need). Therefore, the Project impacts would not contribute to a significant cumulative impact associated with construction of utility infrastructure or provision of utility services.

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The Project involves a General Plan Amendment, Specific Plan, Pre -Zone, Vesting Tentative Parcel Map, and Development Agreement to develop the Project site with industrial, commercial, open space, and open space — conservation uses. The Project site was previously planned with a different proposed land use -- density of 2,000 EDUs with an estimated water demand of 1,092 AFY, which was included in BCVWD's UWMP. With the approval of the Project's proposed discretionary approvals, the Project would reduce the density of EDUs from 2,000 EDUs to 360 EDUs and reduce the estimated water demand from 1,092 AFY to 197 AFY, a substantial reduction. According to the Project -specific WSA, the BCVWD has sufficient potable water supplies to meet existing and future demands through the year 2040 under normal, single -dry, and multiple dry years. As such, the Project would not contribute to a cumulatively considerable impact on water supply.

The Beaumont Wastewater Treatment Plant No. 1 has an existing capacity of 6.0 mgd and is poised to meet current and future demands of the City. As such, there is adequate existing and proposed capacity to provide wastewater treatment for the Project and cumulative development. Therefore, the Project would not result in a significant cumulative impact on wastewater treatment facilities.

The City, including the Project site and cumulative development, is within the service area of the Lamb Canyon Landfill and a majority of the City's solid waste is disposed of at the Lamb Canyon Landfill.

The remaining portions of the City's solid waste are disposed of at landfills with adequate capacity throughout Riverside County and surrounding counties within the State. The solid waste generated by construction and operation of the Project would represent nominal portions of daily disposal capacities at existing landfill facilities. The existing landfill facilities have sufficient daily capacity to handle solid waste during the Project's construction and operation and would not directly result in the need for expanded solid waste disposal facilities.

As part of its long-range planning and management activities, the RCDWR ensures that Riverside County has a minimum of 15 years of capacity, at any time, for future landfill disposal. The 15 -year projection of disposal capacity is prepared each year as part of the annual reporting requirements for the Countywide Integrated Waste Management Plan. (City of Beaumont, 2020b, pp. 5.18-36) Further, the Project would adhere to applicable local and State regulations during both construction and long- term operation to reduce solid waste generation. Other cumulative development would be required to comply with such regulations. Therefore, the Project would not have a significant cumulative impact related to solid waste disposal and compliance with regulations addressing the reduction of solid waste generation and disposal. (DEIR, pp. 4.19-27 to 4.19-28)

3.18 WILDFIRE
Project impacts for CEQA Wildfire Thresholds a through d do not result in significant impacts and findings are discussed below.

3.1 8.1 THRESHOLD A
Impact Statement: The Project would not substantially impair an adopted emergency response plan or emergency evacuation plan.

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❑ Findings
Potential impacts of the Project related to Threshold a are discussed in detail in Section 4.20.5 of the DEIR. The City finds that the development of the proposed Project will not result in significant impacts related to Threshold a; therefore, no mitigation is required. ❑ Substantial Evidence
As stated above, the Project site is located within a High and Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone (VHFHSZ) and within a State responsibility area (SRA) as designated by the Riverside County General Plan and CalFire (see DEIR Figure 4.20-1a, Fire Hazard Severity Zone). Adjacent to the Project site, within the City's jurisdictional boundary, the land is primarily designated as a Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone (VHFHSZ) and High Fire Hazard Severity Zone (HFHSZ) local responsibility area (LRA). Adoption of CALFire's new fire hazard zone maps would not change the findings in the Fire Protection Plan (Technical Appendix M1), which was planned and prepared for the Project as if it was entirely within the VHFHSZ. After being annexed to the City, it is possible that the Project site could be re -designated as LRA in a future update of CALFIRE's Hazard Severity Zone (RCIT, 2021; CalFire, 2021; Dudek, 2023).

The Project site does not currently contain any emergency facilities nor does it serve as an emergency evacuation route. During an emergency in the City, operations are coordinated from the City's Emergency Operations Center (EOC) in accordance with the City's Emergency Operations Plan (EOP). The primary EOC location is at the Chatigny Recreation Center (CRC) located on the northeast corner of Oak Valley Parkway and Cherry Avenue. The alternate EOC location is the Beaumont City Hall Facility located at 550 E 6th Street. Additionally, according to the City's General Plan Safety Element, the City has major evacuation routes which include I-10 and SR -60 as well as several major roadways. The following existing major roadways are emergency evacuation routes: Brookside Avenue, Oak Valley Parkway, Highland Spring Avenue, and Beaumont Avenue. It should be noted that an interchange at Potrero Boulevard and SR -60 is under construction and an extension of Potrero eastward to connect to Highland Springs Avenue is planned. Additionally, SR -60, immediately north of the Project site, serves as an evacuation route for the City. Following the completion of the extension, Potrero Boulevard will be designated as an evacuation route (City of Beaumont, 2020a).

Primary access to the Project site is currently provided by Jack Rabbit Trail with immediate access from/to SR -60, and this route will be restricted to providing emergency access only after the Project is constructed. The Project will build an internal "Jack Rabbit Trail" road which will connect to the existing Jack Rabbit Trail at the southern edge of the Caltrans right-of-way in its current location. The emergency -access -only gate will be located immediately south of the Caltrans right-of-way where the new Jack Rabbit Trail connects with the existing Jack Rabbit Trail. The gate is proposed to limit access to Jack Rabbit Trail for fire and emergency access only but will not represent an obstructed roadway as there will be various RCFD-approved remote and on -site methods for opening the gate in an emergency (e.g., for egress during an evacuation), including fitment with sensors, remote opening via cell technology, 3rd party monitoring and gate control (24/7 security company, or others as preferred by RCFD). 4th Street will be extended into the Project site and will serve as the primary access (78 feet wide) and designed to meet fire department access requirements including approved provisions Beaumont Pointe Specific Plan Project
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for fire apparatus turnaround. In addition, according to the Fire Protection Plan (DEIR, Attachment C) prepared for the Project, on -site construction will comply with the following requirements from the Road Circulation and Design Guidelines:
• All roads will comply with access road standards of not less than 24 feet, unobstructed width and capable of supporting an imposed load of at least 75,000 pounds. • Interior circulation streets and parking lot roadways that are considered roadways for traffic flow through the Project site will meet fire department access requirements when serving the proposed structures.
• Typical, interior Project roads, including collector and local roads, will be constructed to minimum 24 -foot, unobstructed widths and shall be improved with aggregate cement or asphalt paving materials.
• Private or public streets that provide fire apparatus access to buildings three stories or more in height shall be improved to 30 feet unobstructed width. • Private and public streets for each phase shall meet all Project approved fire code requirements, paving, and fuel management prior to combustible materials being brought to the Project site.
• Vertical clearance of vegetation (lowest -hanging tree limbs), along roadways will be maintained at clearances of 13 feet, 6 inches to allow fire apparatus passage. • Cul-de-sacs and fire apparatus turnarounds will meet requirements and RCFD Fire Prevention Standards.
• Any roads that have traffic lights shall have approved traffic pre-emption devices (Opticom) compatible with devices on the Fire Apparatus. • Roadways and/or driveways will provide fire department access to within 150 feet of all portions of the exterior walls of the first floor of each structure. • Roadway design features (e.g., speed bumps, humps, speed control dips, planters, and fountains) that could interfere with emergency apparatus response speeds and required unobstructed access road widths will not be installed or allowed to remain on roadways. • Access roads shall be usable by fire apparatus to the approval of RCFD prior to lumber drop on site. Developer will provide information illustrating the new roads, in a format acceptable to the RCFD for updating of Fire Department response maps.

During Project construction, travel lanes to Jack Rabbit Trail and SR -60 would be maintained until alterative roadway access is constructed, and construction materials and equipment would be staged on site. The Project is not anticipated to result in a substantial alteration to the design or capacity of an Beaumont Pointe Specific Plan Project
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existing road that would impair or interfere with an adopted emergency response or evacuation plan.

No impacts would occur.

Under operational conditions, the Project would be required, by Riverside County Ordinance No. 348, Section 21.32a, Emergency Access, to maintain adequate emergency access for emergency vehicles on site. The Project provides for two avenues of egress in the event of an emergency, with primary access provided at 4th Street and emergency access provided via the Jack Rabbit Trail interchange with SR -

60. The Project does not include any features that would physically impair or otherwise conflict with an emergency response plan or evacuation plan. Additionally, as part of the City's discretionary review process, the City reviewed the Project's application materials to ensure that the design of the Project would meet City requirements, appropriate emergency ingress and egress would be available to -and - from the Project site and that the Project would not substantially impede emergency response times in the local area. Station 66 would respond within approximately 7 minutes to the Project's entrance, Station 20 would respond within approximately 9 minutes, and Station 106 would respond within approximately 3.54 minutes (Dudek, 2023, p. 37).

The Project's proposed industrial/commercial development is anticipated to increase the call volume at a rate of up to 191 calls per year (4 calls per week or 16 calls per month). Fire Stations 66 and 20 combined emergency responses in 2017 totaled 4,943 calls per year or 5.43 and 8.11 calls per day per station, respectively. The level of service demand for the Project would increase overall call volume; however, the increase is not anticipated to impact the existing fire stations to a point that they cannot meet the demand (Dudek, 2023). Furthermore, it should be noted that the Project would be required by City Chapter 3.36, Emergency Preparedness Facilities Fees, to contribute costs to improve Emergency Preparedness Centers.

The Project will maintain a conservative approach to fire safety, including maintaining the landscape and structural components according to the standards described above and embracing a "Ready, Set, Go!" stance on evacuation.

The time to evacuate under multiple scenarios was calculated via traffic simulations. DEIR Table 4.20- 1, Evacuation Time Summary, displays the calculated evacuation roadway capacity and the time it would take to evacuate for the Project and surrounding land uses for 17 different scenarios. DEIR Figure 4.20-2, Evacuation Routes, displays the evacuation route as well as the location of the emergency exit gate.

During a Project evacuation, law enforcement would shut down traffic along SR -60 to prevent people from entering an active wildfire area, diverting traffic away from the evacuation area, as well as to keep it open to evacuees who may be in harm's way during mass evacuation scenarios. Evacuees from the Project would need to travel along both or one of the adjacent evacuation routes, SR -60 or West 4th Street, to reach more urban landscapes and the travel way is hardened (low fuel loading, converted landscapes, developed ignition resistant buildings and hardscape on both sides) and exposure during an evacuation would be limited. Currently, there is no population relying on the emergency egress points at Jack Rabbit Trail and SR -60 or 4th Street. However, future development (Hidden Canyon Industrial Park) would use these routes for evacuation during some wildfire scenarios. In the scenario Beaumont Pointe Specific Plan Project
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where Hidden Canyon evacuates simultaneously with the Project, evacuation of the Project site and Hidden Canyon is possible in all modeled scenarios; therefore, the Project would not substantially impair an emergency evacuation plan (CRA Mobility, 2022). Details of each scenario are found in the Project's evacuation analysis (DEIR Technical Appendix M2). According to the Project's evacuation analysis, the Project site can be safely evacuated under the worst -case scenarios:
1) When the Project site and Hidden Canyon are fully occupied (all parking spaces occupied) and need to be evacuated concurrently, within 3 hours and 36 minutes using SR -60 only, 3 hours and 32 minutes using 4th Street only, or 2 hours and 1 minute when using all evacuation routes are available (Scenarios 13-15).
2) When the Project site, Hidden Canyon Industrial Park, and Olive Wood are fully occupied (all parking spaces occupied) and need to be evacuated concurrently, within 2 hours 4 minutes when all evacuation routes are available (Scenario 17).

These scenarios will require additional emergency management pre -planning and "in the field" determinations of when evacuations are needed and how they are phased to maximize efficiency.

However, the current evacuation time for the surrounding communities ranges from 27 minutes to 35 minutes (Scenarios 10 and 16), adding the maximum number of vehicles from the Project site increases the evacuation time between 16 minutes and 26 minutes.

In the event that the time to evacuate is considered too long to evacuate safely by police and fire personnel in the field at the time of the evacuation event, then Project site employees and visitors can be ordered not to evacuate and to shelter -in -place in the specific locations that were constructed to allow for safe sheltering in place. In accordance with the Fire Protection Plan, a shelter -in -place plan will be prepared and provided to all on -site personnel outlining the actions to take if a shelter -in -place notification is provided by emergency management sources. The project buildings will be constructed of concrete which is non- combustible and highly resistant to heat. Because of the concrete/ignition resistant construction, fuel modification zone setbacks and the type of lower fire intensity vegetative fuels in the vicinity of the site, sheltering in place is considered to be a safe option if a fast-moving wildfire precludes complete evacuation of the Project site. The City has adopted the Emergency Operations Plan and Standardized Emergency Management System (SEMS) / National Incident Management System (NIMS). This plan establishes the emergency organization, assigns tasks, specifies policies and general procedures, and provides for coordination of planning efforts of the various emergency staff and service elements. Emergency responders will utilize this plan to determine whether the Project's visitors and employees should shelter -in -place or evacuate under an emergency scenario.

Evacuations are fluid events and evacuation timeframes may vary widely, depending on a variety of factors including the number of vehicles evacuating, the road capacity to move those vehicles, employee or patrons' awareness and preparedness, evacuation messaging and direction, and on -site law enforcement control. Because there are no standards for determining whether an evacuation timeframe is appropriate, deferring to actual evacuation results and similar project analysis is a typical Beaumont Pointe Specific Plan Project
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approach. In the case of historical wildfire evacuations in Riverside County, there are several notable examples that indicate the extremely high success rate for evacuating large numbers of people and doing so in a managed and strategic way through the available technological innovations available to emergency managers. While large-scale evacuations may take several hours or more and require moving people long distances to designated areas, the success rate in Riverside County is nearly 100% safe evacuations. Comparing similar project analysis indicates that it is common to increase evacuation times when new communities are built and the increase in time can be 45 minutes or more based on lack of road capacity to absorb and facilitate movement of the additional vehicles. However, as indicated above, the Project can be safely evacuated under the worst -case scenarios and would not interfere or impede an emergency evacuation route.

Additionally, although the Project is not to be considered a shelter -in -place development, because the Project site would be highly ignition resistant in terms of its buildings and landscape/hardscape, it is anticipated that an additional option available to emergency managers in some wildfire and other emergency scenarios will be directing people to temporarily remain on site and seek refuge within the ignition resistant buildings or other safe areas on the site. When an evacuation is ordered, it will occur according to pre -established evacuation decision points or as soon as notice to evacuate is received, which may vary depending on many environmental and other factors.

Based on the foregoing analysis, the Project is not anticipated to interfere with or impede an adopted emergency response plan or emergency evacuation route during operation or construction. As such, impacts would be less than significant. (DEIR, pp. 4.20-7 to 4.20-14)

3.18.2 THRESHOLD B
Impact Statement: The Project would not, due to slope, prevailing winds, and other factors, exacerbate wildlife risks, and thereby expose Project occupants to pollutant concentrations from a wildfire or the uncontrolled spread of a wildfire.
❑ Findings
Potential impacts of the Project related to Threshold b are discussed in detail in Section 4.20.5 of the DEIR. The City finds that the development of the proposed Project will not result in significant impacts related to Threshold b; therefore, no mitigation is required. ❑ Substantial Evidence
Currently, the Project site is undeveloped, disturbed, vacant and has hills in the south. The Project site's hills would remain undeveloped and would contain existing native and non-native vegetation that would be susceptible to wildfire.

Defensible space is defined as managed and maintained areas adjacent to structures that enable fire suppression activities through the removal of flammable fuels and maintenance of landscapes that would not readily transmit wildfire. Defensible space enables firefighters to safely position themselves at the development edge and begin tactical protection efforts. The Project would incorporate defensible Beaumont Pointe Specific Plan Project
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space in the form of modified fuel areas in two managed zones, a fuel maintenance zone and a fuel modification area (FMA).

A typical fuel modification zone (FMZ) is a strip of land where combustible vegetation is removed and/or modified and partially or totally replaced with more appropriately spaces, drought -tolerant, fire- resistant plants to provide a reasonable level of protection to structures from wildland fire. Although a FMZ is the typical method used to ensure that a Project would not exacerbate wildfire risks and would reduce wildfire -related impacts, other fuel management methods can be used to provide the functional equivalent to a traditional FMZ, such as a FMA or fuel maintenance zone. The fuel maintenance zone reduces the fuel load of a wildland area adjacent to the FMA.

In addition to a 100 -foot FMA, the Project will provide a 20 -foot -wide fuel maintenance zone. An FMA occurs around the perimeter of the Project's wildland exposures and a fuel maintenance zone is measured outward from the edge of the developed pad. The fuel maintenance zone will be irrigated and landscaped area to the pad edge, extending the protections provided by the FMA. For the Project, the FMA will be 100 feet wide starting from the edge of the developed pad and moving inward.

As a wildfire burns into the irrigated zone, fire behavior is affected, substantially reducing flame lengths, spread rates and intensity, thus causing wildfires to become spotty. FMZs or "brush management" was initially made part of the Public Resources Code 4290 and 4291 to protect natural resources from fires originating in neighboring developed areas and have since become focused on protecting communities and structures. However, FMZs, fuel maintenance zones and FMAs in the case of the Project, continue to have the same benefit of buffering preserved open space areas from accidental ignitions within communities. Positioning low plant density, creating an irrigated zone directly adjacent to the development pad, and implementing defensible space provides a significant buffer between structures and other landscape fire and native vegetation. These techniques aid in preventing ignitions in the built environment but also across the larger landscape. The same way that fuel modification will setback a wildland fire from structures, the fuel modification will setback a structure fire from the more burnable native plants. Embers can be generated by a structure fire and can be blown over the fuel modification into native fuels, but the inclusion of automatic sprinklers in every building combined with the presence of staffed fire stations with fast response times significantly reduces the potential for a structure fire to reach a size that would produce significant impacts. The highest likelihood of vegetation ignitions would be related to roadways. Further, as depicted in the fire behavior modeling for existing and post -Project conditions, the Project at buildout would reduce the overall risk of wildfire spreading off site with implementation of the fire safety requirements, defensible space, and vegetation management.

Should future iterations of the site plan result in buildings that do not achieve a minimum of 100 feet of defensible space, then alternative materials and methods may be proposed to provide the functional equivalency of a full 100 feet of defensible space. Alternative materials and methods will be to the satisfaction of the RCFD and may include structural hardening enhancements or landscape features, like non-combustible walls (Dudek, 2023).

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Based on the conceptual site plan, the buildings have more than adequate on -site defensible space (FMAs and FMZs), which consists of asphalt roadway, parking stalls, loading zones, irrigated landscaping, and irrigated slope protection landscaping. A description of the Project's FMZs is provided below.
• FMZ 1— Planning Area 1 (Hospitality): The single proposed hospitality building would be surrounded by paved parking lots, streets, driveways, irrigated landscaping a minimum of 200 feet wide, and adjacent buildings, the closest of which is about 80 feet away. • FMZ 2 — Planning Area 2 (Commercial): There are seven proposed buildings in the commercial Planning Area with eleven different occupancies proposed in the conceptual plan.

The east side of the buildings is bordered by a 75 -foot -wide street and an approved development (grading underway) across the street. The west side of the buildings is adjacent to a large parking lot at least 500 feet wide. The north side of the buildings is adjacent to the hospitality building approximately 80 feet north.
• FMZ 3 — Planning Area 3 through Planning Area 8 (Industrial): In the conceptual plan, there are five industrial buildings each of which is set back from the edge of the developed pad between 195 feet and 405 feet; in between are asphalt roadways, parking stalls, loading zones, and irrigated landscaping. Along the entire southern perimeter of the developed pad and PAs 3 through 8 is the 78 -foot -wide 4th Street fire apparatus access road. Provided below is a description of the five proposed buildings' setbacks.
o Building 1 has a 205 -foot setback on the north side with adjacent irrigated slopes that have an average width of 25 feet and a 265 -foot setback on the south with adjacent irrigated slopes that have an average width of 100 feet. The east and west exposures have adjacent buildings. Additionally, the Planning Area 4 Park is proposed south of proposed Building 1.
o Building 2 has a 205 -foot setback on the north side with adjacent irrigated slopes that have an average width of 80 feet and a 265 -foot setback on the south with adjacent irrigated slopes that have an average width of 125 feet. The east and west exposures have adjacent buildings.
o Building 3 has a 70 -foot setback on the north side with adjacent irrigated slopes that have an average width of 125 feet and a 192 -foot setback on the south with adjacent irrigated slopes that have an average width of 75 -feet. The east and west exposures have adjacent buildings.
o Building 4 has a 205 -foot setback on the northside with adjacent irrigated slopes with an average width of 25 feet and a 283 -foot setback on the south with adjacent irrigated slopes that have an average width of 25 feet. The east and west exposures have adjacent buildings.
o Building 5 has a 205 -foot setback on the north side with adjacent irrigated slopes that have an average width of 200 feet, a 283 -foot setback on the south with adjacent irrigated slopes that have an average width of 100 feet, and a 235 -foot setback on the Beaumont Pointe Specific Plan Project
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west with adjacent irrigated slopes that have an average width of 100 feet. The east and west exposure has an adjacent building. The 20 -foot fuel maintenance zone is achieved on all exposed sides of the building; however, there is a small portion of the building's northwest corner that is not able to achieve the full 100 -foot FMA. Based on the structure's ignition resistance and the modeled flame lengths, the achievable FMA and fuel maintenance zone is sufficient (Dudek, 2023).

Vegetation management would be implemented as interim fuel management throughout the Project's construction phases for each structure as there may be a period of one or more years where developing phases are exposed on multiple sides to wildland fuels. The Project's proposed design features, which include asphalt roads and parking stalls, and a fully irrigated landscape, would provide a level of safety against wildfires equal to a 100 -foot wide FMZ. The Project is considered to represent a low wildfire risk to its occupants based on its ability to provide for evacuations and contingency on -site shelter -in - place. The implementation of the on -site defensible space (FMAs and FMZs) would reduce the risk of wildfire at the Project site and would improve the ability of firefighters to fight fires on the properties and protect the site and neighboring resources, irrespective of the cause or location of ignition (Dudek, 2023).

Moreover, all structures would be protected by an automatic, internal fire sprinkler system. Fire sprinkler systems shall be in accordance with RCFD and National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Standard 13. Fire sprinkler plans for each structure would be submitted and reviewed by RCFD for compliance with the applicable fire and life safety regulations, codes, and ordinances as well as the RCFD Fire Prevention Standards for fire protection systems. The internal waterlines are anticipated to supply sufficient fire flows and pressure to meet the demands required for the Project's interior fire sprinkler systems for all the Project's proposed structures (Dudek, 2023).

The ignition resistance and fire safety awareness of the Project and its population influences the likelihood of fire ignitions and the potential for fire to spread off site into adjacent wildland fuels and negatively impact existing communities. It is a relatively rare event when a wildfire occurs, and an even rarer event when a wildfire escapes initial containment efforts. Approximately 90 to 95% of wildfires are controlled below 10 acres. Studies (Keeley & Syphard 2018; Syphard et al. 2007; Syphard & Keeley 2015) show the ignition resistance and fire safety awareness of the Project and its population influences the 123epreshood of fire ignitions and the potential for fire to spread off site into adjacent wildland fuels and negatively impact existing communities. As the research indicates, humans can drive wildfire ignition risk, but they can also reduce it. When fire protection is implemented at the parcel level and leverages ignition resistant building materials, infrastructure improvements, and landscape design the wildfire risk can be significantly reduced in the surrounding environment. When wildfire is planned for and safety measures are incorporated into the building design, such as with the Project, it can not only withstand wildfire, but prevent it. This prevention benefits the Project and the surrounding areas by reducing the landscape level fire risk. Further, given the Project's multi -scaled approach to fire protection, it is unlikely that the Project would be a significant source of ignitions and result in increased off -site impacts related to wildfire (Dudek, 2023).

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The Project is not expected to significantly increase the already known fire risk associated with roads, and the Project- and road -adjacent fuel modification would aid in reducing the preexisting risk. Interior roadways are also not expected to result in significant vehicle ignitions. Jack Rabbit Trail will be restricted to serve as an emergency access road only, all but eliminating the fire risk associated with vehicle use on that road. The on -site roadways would comply with all fire department access requirements and be adjacent to fuel modification. Therefore, even if ignition were to occur on the Project interior roadways, it is highly unlikely it would spread beyond the Project site, and due to the level of hardscape and the adjacent fuel modification areas, would result in patchy and slow fire spread and reduced fire intensity.

On-going/as-needed fuel modification maintenance during the interim period while the Project is built out and adjacent parcels are developed, which may be one or more years, will include necessary measures for consistency with the FPP, including:
• Regular Maintenance of dedicated Open Space.
• Removal or thinning of undesirable combustible vegetation and replacement of dead or dying landscaping.
• Maintaining ground cover at a height not to exceed 18 inches. Annual grasses and weeds shall be maintained at a height not to exceed three inches. • Removing accumulated plant litter and dead wood. Debris and trimmings produced by thinning and pruning should be removed from the Project site or chipped and evenly dispersed in the same area to a maximum depth of four -inches. • Maintaining manual and automatic irrigation systems for operational integrity and programming. Effectiveness should be regularly evaluated to avoid over or under -watering. • Complying with these FPP requirements on a year-round basis. Annual inspections are conducted following the natural drying of grasses and fine fuels, between the months of May and June, depending on precipitation during the winter and spring months.

Long-term protection of the development and the surrounding area is dependent on the maintenance of fuel modification as even fire -safe designs can degrade over time. To alleviate this, the Project will conduct regular assessments of the FMZs and FMAs. During this maintenance, dead and dying material and undesirable plants will be removed. Thinning will also be conducted as necessary to maintain plant spacing and fuel densities. This will keep the FMZs, FMAs and landscaped areas in a highly fire resistive condition free of accumulated flammable debris and plants.

The development of the Project site with the Project 124epred not facilitate the spread of wildfire and would reduce projected flame lengths to levels that would be manageable by firefighting resources for protecting the site's structures, especially given the ignition resistance of the structures and the planned ongoing maintenance of the entire site landscape (Dudek, 2023). In addition, the Project will comply with the measures established in the FPP with respect to construction and maintenance at the Project Beaumont Pointe Specific Plan Project
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site, including in FMZs and FMAs. As such, the Project is not anticipated to exacerbate wildlife risks, thereby exposing Project occupants to pollutant concentrations from a wildfire or the uncontrolled spread of a wildfire. Impacts would be less than significant. (DEIR, pp. 4.20-15 to 4.20-19)

3.18.3 THRESHOLD C
Impact Statement: The Project would not require the installation or maintenance of associated infrastructure (such as roads, fuel breaks, emergency water sources, power lines, or other utilities) that may exacerbate fire risk or that may result in temporary or ongoing impacts to the environment. ❑ Findings
Potential impacts of the Project related to Threshold c are discussed in detail in Section 4.20.5 of the DEIR. The City finds that the development of the proposed Project will not result in significant impacts related to Threshold c; therefore, no mitigation is required. ❑ Substantial Evidence
The Project would implement on -site defensible space (FMAs and FMZs) to preclude wildfire impacts.

These are designed to reduce rather than exacerbate fire risk. Analysis of the Project's construction impacts on other aspects of the environment is provided throughout the DEIR. As indicated in Threshold b, vegetation management during construction and operation within FMZs and FMAs will be performed by the Project owners, tenants and managers in accordance with the FPP to reduce risk of wildfire. Therefore, impacts associated with construction and maintenance of FMZs and FMAs would be less than significant.

The Project would result in the construction of on -site, internal roadways, and a portion of 4th Street and would improve Jack Rabbit Trail. The Project Applicant would construct 4th Street from its current terminus at the easterly edge of the Project site and would replace the existing Jack Rabbit Trail on the Project Site with alternative roadways providing access to the existing unmaintained Jack Rabbit Trail roadway to the south of the Project site and providing emergency egress to the Jack Rabbit Trail interchange at SR -60. As discussed under Threshold a above, the Project's paved roads would be constructed to meet City Building and Fire Code requirements and would be incorporated into the FMA to reduce the Project's potential to spread wildfires. As described above, regular maintenance during construction and operation would be performed in accordance with the FPP to avoid exacerbating fire risk. Therefore, impacts associated with roadway construction and maintenance would be less than significant.

As further discussed in DEIR Section 4.19, Utilities and Service Systems, the Project would result in the installation of utility infrastructure on site and to the terminus of 4th Street to the east of the Project site that would connect to the existing utility infrastructure within the surrounding roadways. Common ignition sources in southern California are related to power lines and vehicles. Power line -based ignitions are a major concern with respect to off -site wildfire impacts. However, this risk would be prevented by burying power lines. Burying power lines significantly eliminates a potential ignition source within the Project site and benefits the larger vicinity. The Project would underground power Beaumont Pointe Specific Plan Project
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lines within the Project site. In addition, a new water tank is anticipated to be installed as part of the nearby Legacy Highland Project and would be used to serve the Project's water demand, including fire protection requirements. The impacts associated with the installation of the new water tank are analyzed in the DEIR for the Legacy Highland Project. The Project would install an 18 -inch waterline that would be extended westerly along 4th Street on the Project site and connect to the new water tank that is part of the nearby Legacy Highland Project. The installation of the 18 -inch waterline would be inherent to the Project's construction phase. Installation and maintenance of water infrastructure would not exacerbate fire risk and would support the Project's ability to withstand fire by providing required fire flows to the Project site. As discussed under Threshold a above, the Project's paved roads would be incorporated into the FMA to reduce the Project's potential to spread wildfires and impacts and regular maintenance during construction and operation would be performed in accordance with the FPP to avoid exacerbating fire risk. Therefore, impacts associated with utilities construction and maintenance would be less than significant.

The remaining highest likelihood of vegetation 126epress 126ns in the Project area would be related to existing SR -60 and other roads used by Project employees. However, the Project provides roadside fuel modification along all roads it creates and neighboring development is converting fuels along the primary access road such that it will be free of flammable roadside fuelbeds. Ongoing maintenance along SR -60 is provided and is expected to continue, if not increase in frequency as part of overall fire reduction efforts not within the control of the Project. These efforts reduce or minimize the ability for a vehicle related spark, catalytic converter failure, or other ignition source to ignite and spread fire from the roadsides into unmaintained fuels. The Project is not expected to significantly increase the already known fire risk associated with roads and in fact the Project- and road -adjacent fuel modification would aid in reducing the preexisting risk. Interior roadways are also not expected to result in significant vehicle ignitions. Jack Rabbit Trail on the Project Site to SR -60 will be restricted to serve as an emergency use road only; reducing fire risk associated with vehicle use on that road. The on -site roadways would comply with all fire department access requirements and be adjacent to fuel modification. Therefore, even if ignition were to occur on the Project interior roadways, it is highly unlikely it would spread beyond the Project site, and due to the level of hardscape and the adjacent fuel modifications areas, would result in patchy and slow fire spread and reduced fire intensity (Dudek, 2023).

In addition to the Project's utility infrastructure, the Project would result in the installation of on -site fire hydrants that are designed in accordance with the RCFD standards. The internal waterlines are anticipated to supply sufficient fire flows and pressure to meet the demands required for on -site fire hydrants. Furthermore, the Project would provide a proactive educational component to business owners with informational brochures at time of occupancy, disclosing the potential wildfire risk and the requirements identified in the Project's FPP. This educational information must include maintaining the landscape and structural components according to the appropriate standards and embracing a "Ready, Set, Go!" stance on evacuation. The "Ready, Set, Go!" concept is widely known and encouraged by the state of California and most fire agencies, including RCFD and includes: Pre- planning for emergencies, including wildfire emergencies, focuses on being prepared, having a well- defined plan, minimizing potential for errors, maintaining the Project site's fire protection systems, and implementing a conservative (evacuate as early as possible) approach to evacuation and Project Beaumont Pointe Specific Plan Project
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