Resolution No. 22-0014 (Exhibit A: Negative Declaration for the 6th Cycle Housing Element) — Manhattan Beach City Council, February 4, 2022 (part 2 of 2)

b) A resou
rce determined by the lead agency,
in its discretion and supported by
substantial evidence, to be significant
pursuant to criteria set forth in subdivision
(c) of Public Resources Code Section
5024.1? In applying the criteria set forth in
subdivision (c) of Public Resources Code
Section 5024.1, the lead agency shall
consider the significance of the resource to
a California Native American tribe.

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Would
the project cause a substantial adverse change in the significance of a tribal cultural resource, defined in Public Resources Code section 21074 as either a site, feature, place, cultural landscape that is geographically defined in terms of the size and scope of the landscape, sacred place, or object with cultural value to a California Native American tribe, and that is:
a) Listed or eligible for listing in the California Register of Historical Resources, or in a local register of historical resources as defined in Public Resources Code section 5020.1(k); and/or b) A resource determined by the lead agency, in its discretion and supported by substantial evidence, to be significant pursuant to criteria set forth in subdivision (c) of Public Resources Code Section 5024.1? In applying the criteria set forth in subdivision (c) of Public Resource Code Section 5024.1, the lead agency shall consider the significance of the resource to a California Native American tribe? Less Than Significant Impact . It is not expected that TCRs would be disturbed as a result of implementation of the HEU, which in and of itself, does not require any construction activities and is merely the adoption of a policy document. Furthermore, Manhattan Beach is virtually built out, and the potential for uncovering TCRs during any construction activity is considered remote (City of Manhattan Beach 2003).

Since the HEU is a policy document, consisting of a housing program; no actual development is proposed as part of the HEU. Therefore, its adoption would not, in and of itself, produce environmental impacts.

Implementation of the programs contained in the HEU would accommodate future development required to meet the City’s 6th Cycle
RHNA allocation. The HEU would not change or alter state or federal policies to protect tribal cultural resources. Potential environmental impacts to TCRs are location-specific and cannot be assessed in a meaningful way until the location of a project site is known. At such time as a development proposal is considered, that project would be subject to adopted development guidelines/standards, tribal consultation if required by tribes, and any impacts identified with the development project would be addressed through mitigation measures specific to the impact. As such, the HEU would result in less than significant impacts to tribal cultural resources, and no mitigation is required.

Pursuant to California Assembly Bill (AB) 52 and Senate Bill (SB) 18, the City contacted three Native American individuals and/or tribal organizations on August 4, 2021:
 Andrew
Salas, Chairperson, Gabrieleno Band of Mission Indians, Kizh Nation  Kennet
h Kahn, Tribal Chairman, Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians  Josep
h Ontiveros, Cultural Resources Director, Sobaba Band of Luiseño Indians The Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians, responded on August 9, 20201, and again on August 23, 2021, stating that the Elders’ Council requested no further consultation on the HEU but requested to be notified of any changes in scope, or if supplementary literature reveals additional information. No further communication was received by the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians, or any other Native American individuals and/or tribal organizations contacted on August 4, 2021.

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3.18.4 Refere
nces
Bean, L
owell J., and Florence C. Shipek. 1978. "Luiseño." In Handbook of North American Indians: Volume 8, California, edited by Robert F. Hiezer, 550-563. Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution Press.

Boscana, Gerónimo. 1846. Chinigchinich: a historical account of the origin, customs, and traditions of the Indians and the missionary establishment of St. Juan Capistrano, Alta California. London: Dodo Press.

City of Manhattan Beach. 2003. Final Environmental Impact Report, Manhattan Beach General Plan. Accessed October 29,2021.

Geiger, Maynard, and Clement W. Meighan. 1976. As the padres saw them: California Indian life and customs as reported by the Franciscan Missionaries 1813-1815. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Mission Archive Library.

Harrington, John P. 1935. Fieldwork among the Indians of California. In: Explorations and Fieldwork of the Smithsonian Institution in 1934, pp. 81-84. Washington, DC. 1985 John P. Harrington Papers.

Heizer, Robert F., and Karen M. Nissen 1973. The human sources of California ethnography. Berkeley: University of California Archaeological Research Facility.

Heizer, Robert F. 1978. "Introduction." In Handbook of North American Indians, edited by Robert F. Heizer, 1-6.

Washington: Smithsonian Institution.

Kroeber, Alfred J. 1925. Handbook of the Indians of California. Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 78. Dover Publications, Inc., New York.

3.19 Uti
lities and Service Systems

3.19.1 Environmen
tal Setting
Th
e City’s current service area, as determined by the City’s Urban Water Management Plan (UWMP) (2017), covers approximately 3.9 square miles, and encompasses the majority of the City of Manhattan Beach. The City maintains the local water distribution, sewage collection, and storm drain systems. Water is purchased from wholesale providers, and the City is responsible for storage and distribution. Sewage collected in laterals and City trunk lines flows into regional lines maintained by the Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County (City of Manhattan Beach 2003). With regard to flood control, City storm drains direct runoff into major County-owned channels and other facilities maintained by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works (LACDPW) (City of Manhattan Beach 2003).

Manhattan Beach obtains water from three sources: (1) Metropolitan Water District (MWD) treated surface water from Northern California and the Colorado River Basin, which is provided to the City by the West Basin Municipal Water District (WBMWD) and represents over 80% of the local water supply; (2) groundwater extracted by City- owned and operated wells; and (3) reclaimed water supplied for landscape irrigation from the West Basin Municipal Water District. Manhattan Beach owns the right to pump 3.8 million gallons per year of groundwater from the West Coast Basin. Imported water flows to Manhattan Beach via 45-inch MWD line in Manhattan Beach Boulevard. (City of Manhattan Beach 2003). Over the past ten years, the City’s total water demands (including potable and recycled water) have ranged from 4,887 acre feet per year (AFY) to 5,896 AFY, with an average of 5,312 AFY.

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The Cit
y’s water system consists of pump stations, storage reservoirs, an elevated storage tank, water supply wells, a settling basin, and approximately 112 miles of distribution pipelines (City of Manhattan Beach 2003). Given that the built-out nature of the City accommodates a very modest level of growth, these facilities will likely not require any substantial expansion to meet long term needs (City of Manhattan Beach 2003). The City’s efforts focus on maintenance and replacement as needed. Pursuant to the Water Master Plan, the City replaced the deteriorating roof of the Peck Reservoir in 2000, extending the reservoir’s life by approximately 25 years (City of Manhattan Beach 2003). Wastewater treatment in the City is managed by the Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts and treated at the Joint Water Pollution Control Plant. In 2015, the total volume of wastewater collected form the City’s service area was 3,340-acre feet (City of Manhattan Beach 2017).

Like most counties throughout the state, Los Angeles County is currently experiencing extreme drought conditions (NOAA/NIDIS 2021). In response to continued drought conditions, MWD’s Board of Directors declared a Water Supply Alert in August 2021, calling for consumers and businesses to voluntarily reduce their water use and help preserve the region’s storage reserves (City of Manhattan Beach 2021a). This declaration came less than a day after the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation declared a first-ever shortage in the Colorado River Basin (City of Manhattan Beach 2021a, BOR 2021). As a result, the City’s treated imported water supplies from MWD, through WBMWD, could be impacted during a multi-year drought or other conditions which limit MWD from delivering sufficient water supplies to all of its member agencies, and consequently to the City (City of Manhattan Beach 2021a). The MWD has indicated that its supplies from the Colorado River will not be impacted in 2022 but may be impacted in 2023 and more likely in 2024, if the drought continues (City of Manhattan Beach 2021a).

The City is in the process of preparing and updating their 2020 Urban Water Management Plan (UWMP) to be in compliance with the UWMP Act (California Water Code Section 10610) and the Water Conservation Bill of 2009 (SBX7-7) (City of Manhattan Beach 2021a). The 2020 UWMP also incorporates the City’s Water Shortage Contingency Plan (WSCP), which details how the City responds in the event of a declared water emergency or water shortage conditions. According to the draft 2020 UWMP, the City has reviewed its historical water demands to determine the projected water demands and water supply reliability and determined that the City is able to provide sufficient water supplies to meet the projected water demands of its customers, including during a five consecutive year drought period (City of Manhattan Beach 2021a).).).

3.19.2 Regulato
ry Setting
Fe
deral
Clean Water Act
The fed
eral Clean Water Act, United States Code, Title 33, Sections 1251 et seq. requires that wastewater be treated prior to being discharged to waters of the United States. The Clean Water Act is described in further detail in Section 3.10, Hydrology and Water Quality, of this ND.

St
ate
Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act
In C
alifornia, the State Water Resources Control Board and nine Regional Water Quality Control Boards (RWQCBs) are responsible for implementing the Clean Water Act and the California Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act

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(Porter
-Cologne Act). The Porter-Cologne Act authorizes the State Water Resources Control Board to implement programs to control polluted discharges into State waters. In compliance with the Porter-Cologne Act, the nine RWQCBs establish the wastewater concentrations of a number of specific hazardous substances in treated wastewater discharge.

Sa
nitary Sewer General Waste Discharge Requirements
On
May 2, 2006, the State Water Resources Control Board adopted a General Waste Discharge Requirement (Order No. 2006-0003) for all publicly owned sanitary sewer collection systems in California with more than one mile of sewer pipe. The order provides a consistent statewide approach to reducing sanitary sewer overflows by requiring public sewer system operators to take all feasible steps to control the volume of waste discharged into the system in order to prevent sanitary sewer waste from entering the storm sewer system, and to develop a Sewer System Management Plan. The General Waste Discharge Requirements also requires that storm sewer overflows be reported to the State Water Resources Control Board using an online reporting system.

Ch
apter 727, Statutes of 2005 – Water and Sewer Service Priority Chapt
er 727, Statutes of 2005 (SB 1087) establishes processes to ensure the effective implementation of Government Code Section 65589.7, the statue requiring preparation of the housing element component off a General Plan. This statute requires local governments to provide a copy of the adopted housing element to water and sewer providers. In addition, water and sewer providers must grant priority for service allocations to proposed developments that include residential dwelling units affordable to lower-income households.

Re
gional/Local
Water Quality Control Plans (Basin Plans)
The Port
er-Cologne Act, Section 13000, directs each RWQCB to develop a water quality control plan (Basin Plan) for all areas within its region. The Basin Plan is the basis for each RWQCB’s regulatory program. The City is within the purview of the Los Angeles RWQCB (Region 4), and future development facilitated by the HEU must comply with applicable elements of the Basin Plan for Region 4. The Basin Plan gives direction on the beneficial uses of State waters, describes the water quality that must be maintained, and provides programs necessary to achieve the standards established in the Basin Plans.

Ci
ty of Manhattan Beach Master Plans
Wa
stewater System Master Plan (2010)
The objec
tive of the Wastewater Master Plan is to evaluate the City’s sewer collection system to provide a framework for u
ndertaking the construction of new and replacement facilities for the service area in an efficient and cost effectiv
e manner. It is designed to aid the City in meeting some of the requirements of the Statewide General Waste Discharg
e Requirements issued by the California Regional Water Quality Control Board in 2006.

Wa
ter Master Plan (2010)
The p
urpose of the Water Master Plan (WMP) is to periodically evaluate the City’s water system and provide a framework for undertaking the construction of new and replacement facilities for serving the water supply and

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distri
bution needs in an efficient manner. The WMP report presents the methodology, analyses, findings, and recommendations of a comprehensive study of the City’s potable water system and describes the water system supplied by the West Basin Municipal Water District.

Dr
aft 2020 Urban Water Management Plan (2021)
The City
is a water supplier and is required to prepare an Urban Water Management Plan (UWMP) in accordance with
the California Urban Water Management Planning Act (UWMP Act) (California Water Code Section 10610) and the Wat
er Conservation Bill of 2009 (SBX7-7) The Act requires every “urban water supplier” to prepare and adopt a Plan, pe
riodically review its Plan at least once every five years and make any amendments or changes which are indicat
ed by the review. Pursuant to California Water Code Section 10617, an “Urban Water Supplier” is defined as a suppli
er, either publicly or privately owned, providing water for municipal purposes either directly or indirectly to more
than 3,000 customers or supplying more than 3,000 acre-feet of water annually. The primary objective of the UWMP
Act is to direct urban water suppliers to evaluate their existing water conservation efforts and, to the extent practicabl
e, review and implement alternative and supplemental water conservation measures. The UWMP Act is direct
ed primarily at retail water purveyors where programs can be immediately affected upon the consumer.

The Cit
y is in the process of preparing and updating the 2020 UWMP (City of Manhattan Beach 2021). Projected populati
on in the City’s service area is based on projections obtained from SCAG’s 2020-2045 RTP/SCS (City of Manh
attan Beach 2021). The SCAG data incorporates demographic trends, existing land use, general plan land use poli
cies, and input and projections from the Department of Finance and the U.S. Census Bureau.

Ci
ty of Manhattan Beach General Plan
Goal
I-7: Maintain and protect a reliable and cost-effective water supply system capable of adequately meeting normal demand and emergency demand in the City.

Policy I-7.1: Period
ically evaluate the entire water supply and distribution system to ensure its continued adequacy, reliability, and safety.

Policy I-7.2: Ensure that all new development or expansion of existing facilities bears the cost of providing adequate water service to meet the increased demand which it generates.

Policy I-7.3: Educate the public in the importance of water conservation and require new development to comply with local and state codes for water conservation.

Policy I-7.4: Support expanded use of reclaimed water.

Policy I-7.5: Support the exploration of the feasibility of desalinated seawater as a reliable potable water source.

Goal I-8: Maintain a sewage system adequate to protect the health and safety of all Manhattan Beach residents and businesses.

Policy I-8.1: Eva
luate the sewage disposal system periodically to ensure its adequacy to meet changes in demand and changes in types of waste.

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I-8.2: Ensure that all new development or expansion of existing facilities bears the cost of expanding the sewage disposal system to handle the increased load, which they are expected to handle.

Goal I-12: Protect the quality of the environment by managing the solid waste generated in the community.

Policy I-12.1: Enco
urage maximum recycling in all sectors of the community, including residential, commercial, industrial, institutional, and the construction industry.

Policy I-12.3: Encourage the maximum diversion of construction and demolition materials.

3.19.3 Environmen
tal Impacts

Potentially
Signif
icant
Impact

Less T
han
Signif
icant
Impact Wit
h
Mitig
ation
Incorpor
ated
Less T
han
Signif
icant
Impact
No Imp
act
XIX. UTILITIES
AND SERVICE SYSTEMS – Would the project:
a) 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?

b) Have s
ufficient water supplies available to
serve the project and reasonably
foreseeable future development during
norm
al, dry, and multiple dry years?

c) Result i
n 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?

d)
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
was
te reduction goals?

e) Comply
with federal, state, and local
management and reduction statutes and
regulations related to solid waste?

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a) Would
the project 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? Less Than Significant Impact . Pursuant to Chapter 727, Statutes of 2005 (SB 1087) the City is required to deliver its adopted Housing Element and any amendments thereto to local water and sewer service providers. This legislation allows for coordination between the City and water and sewer providers when considering approval of new residential projects. The City is the direct provider of water, sewer, and storm drain maintenance. As such, the City will internally coordinate with the Public Works Department for review and consideration when reviewing new residential projects. Program 24, Priority Services, of the proposed HEU would require coordination with the City of Manhattan Beach Public Works Department to ensure that adopted policies prioritize water and sewer allocation for affordable housing development facilitated by the HEU.

All existing capacity parcels selected in the HEU sites analysis were reviewed for any known environmental constraints, sewer and water capacity, and dry utilities. The sites included in the existing sites inventory all have access to existing sewer and water capacity, dry utilities, and are not constrained by known site- specific or environmental constraints that would limit development. Potential sites in the CG and PD Districts that require an overlay or rezoning to permit residential uses were also included in the site analysis based on the Adequate Sites Program included in the HEU required to address a RHNA shortfall.

While some potential sites for rezoning do not meet the underutilized criteria (particularly related to inappropriate zoning), any future rezoning or residential development facilitated by the HEU would require further review under CEQA, which would include a requirement to determine if the project would 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. Goals and policies provided for in the General Plan also explicitly require the City to plan for and have the capacity to respond to fluctuating levels of utilities demand. For example, Goals I-8 and Policies I-8-1 and I-8-2 of the General Plan require that the City maintain a sewage system adequate to protect the health and safety of all Manhattan Beach residents. This includes conducting periodic evaluation of the sewage disposal system to ensure its adequacy to meet changes in demand, as well as ensuring that all new development or expansion of existing facilities bears the cost of expanding the sewage disposal system to handle the increased load.

Further, Goal I-7 mandates the provision of a reliable and cost effective water supply system capable of adequately meeting normal demand and emergency demand while Policy I-7.2 requires periodic evaluation of the entire water distribution system, and would ensure that all new development or expansion of existing facilities bears the cost of providing adequate water service to meet the increased demand which it generates (City of Manhattan Beach 2003). These goals and policies are supported and facilitated by the MBMC requirements, as per the General Plan.

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l impacts to the existing utilities facilities are less than significant. The HEU would not change or alter policies related to utilities and system services. Therefore, impacts from the HEU would be less than significant, and no mitigation is required.
b) Would the project have sufficient water supplies available to serve the project and reasonably foreseeable future development during normal, dry and multiple dry years? Less Than Significant Impact. The City’s water supply sources include treated groundwater through the West Coast Basin (WCB), treated imported water purchased from MWD through WBMWD, and recycled water supplies from WBMWD (City of Manhattan Beach 2021a). The City’s main source of water supply is purchased imported water from MWD through WBMWD (City of Manhattan Beach 2021a). As discussed above in Section 3.19.1, Environmental Setting, the Bureau of Reclamation declared a first-ever water shortage in the Colorado River Basin (BOR 2021). The MWD has indicated that its supplies from the Colorado River will not be impacted in 2022 but may be impacted in 2023 and more likely in 2024, if the drought continues (City of Manhattan Beach 2021a). As such, imported water supplies to the City, through WBMWD, may be impacted in the event MWD implements its Water Supply Allocation Plan (WSAP) due to a water supply shortage. The WSAP provides a means of equitably providing reduced water supplies to each of MWD’s member agencies for up to 10 levels of reduction representing up to a 50% reduction (City of Manhattan Beach 2021a). Among other things, the WSAP would implement higher rates for increased use among its member agencies, including the WBWMD and by extension, the City (City of Manhattan Beach 2021a). In the event the WSAP is implemented by the MWD, the City has prepared a Water Shortage Contingency Plan (WSCP) in tandem with the 2020 UWMP update (City of Manhattan Beach 2021a). The City’s plan for water usage during periods of shortage is designed to incorporate six standard water shortage levels corresponding to progressive ranges from up to 10, 20, 30, 40, and 50% shortages and greater than a 50% shortage (City of Manhattan Beach 2021a). A full listing of all the restrictions and prohibitions associated with each shortage level is provided in Section 8.4.1 of the City’s draft 2020 UWMP (City of Manhattan Beach 2021a). The WSCP also includes permanent water conservation measures related to landscaping irrigation, cleaning and car washing, decorative water features, eating and drinking establishments, hotels, and commercial establishments (City of Manhattan Beach 2021a).

As discussed above, imported water from the MWD is not the City’s sole water supply source. The City also extracts water from the Silverado aquifer of the WCB, where it has an adjudicated right of approximated 1,130 AFY. In addition, the WCB Judgment, amended in September 2014, allows up to an additional 10,000 acre-feet of emergency pumping over a four (4) month period in the WCB under specified conditions, which must be shared across all parties of the WCB Judgment, including the City. In addition to groundwater, the City has purchased from the WBMWD and supplied recycled water to customers for non- potable irrigation uses since 1995 (City of Manhattan Beach 2021a). The City has coordinated the preparation of its 2020 UWMP with WBMWD, and will continue to coordinate with WBMWD and take advantage of opportunities to expand recycled water facilities throughout its borders to allow for optimization of recycled water use within the City (City of Manhattan Beach 2021a).

The City has also adopted a revised Water Conservation Ordinance, which is actively enforced during drought situations and specifies water conservation requirements. Enforcement includes patrolling to educate customers and if necessary, issuing warnings and citations for violations. All citations and violations are reported annually (City of Manhattan Beach 2021a). According to the draft 2020 UWMP, the

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has determined that it is able to provide sufficient water supplies to meet the projected water demands of its customers, including during a five consecutive year drought period (City of Manhattan Beach 2021a).

Ultimately, the HEU is a policy document, consisting of a housing program; no actual development is proposed as part of the update. Therefore, its adoption would not, in and of itself, produce environmental impacts. Implementation of the programs contained in the HEU would accommodate future development required to meet the City’s 6th Cycle
RHNA allocation. The development anticipated by the HEU would occur primarily on infill sites already served by well-established utilities service systems and is unlikely to require expansion of existing systems or the construction of new systems. However, project level review as required under CEQA would ensure that all impacts to the existing utilities facilities are less than significant. The HEU would not change or alter policies related to utilities and system services and the City would therefore have sufficient water supplies for the project and reasonably foreseeable future development pursuant to the project. Therefore, impacts from the HEU would be less than significant, and no mitigation is required. c) Would the project 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?
Less Than Significant Impact. The City owns, operates, and maintains its local wastewater collection and pumping system. Collected effluent is treated at the Joint Water Pollution Control Plant (JWPCP) in the City of Carson, operated by the Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts (LACSD). According to the General Plan, the collection system adequately serves the City. The City has undertaken a complete inspection of the entire system via videotaping, and priorities for line replacement have been established to ensure long- term reliability (City of Manhattan Beach 2003). In 2015, LACSD’s JWPCP had a treatment capacity of approximately 400 million gallons per day and the total volume of wastewater collected form the City’s service area was 3,340-acre feet, or approximately 2,981,759 gallons per day (City of Manhattan Beach 2017), which represented less than 1% (or approximately 0.75%) of the total JMPCP capacity.13 As such, it is unlikely that the increased demand on the wastewater system associated with 774 required RHNA units would have a substantial impact, given that the City’s historic total annual generation represents only a small fraction of the treatment provider’s total capacity (0.75%).

13 The total
collected wastewater from the City was converted from 3,340 acre feet per year to gallons per day by multiplying the volume over time value by 893, resulting in 2,981,759 acre feet per year. The acre feet value was then divided by the total capacity of the JWPCP to arrive at .75%.

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The HEU
is a policy document, consisting of a housing program; no actual development is proposed as part of the update. Therefore, its adoption would not, in and of itself, produce environmental impacts.

Implementation of the programs contained in the HEU would accommodate future development required to meet the City’s 6th Cycle
RHNA allocation. The development anticipated by the HEU would occur primarily on infill sites already served by well-established utilities service systems and are unlikely to require expansion of existing systems or the construction of new systems. However, project level review as required under CEQA would ensure that all impacts to the existing utilities facilities, including facilities maintained by the wastewater treatment provider, are less than significant. The HEU would not change or alter policies related to wastewater treatment systems or services. Therefore, impacts from the HEU would be less than significant, and no mitigation is required.
d) Would the project 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? Less Than Significant Impact. Goal I-12 of the City’s General Plan mandates the City protect the quality of the environment by managing the solid waste generated in the community (City of Manhattan Beach 2003). This mandate is supported by Policies I-12.1 and I-12.3, which encourage maximum recycling in all sectors of the community, including residential developments, and encouraging maximum diversion of construction and demolition materials.

The HEU is a policy document, consisting of a housing program; no actual development is proposed as part of the update. Therefore, its adoption would not, in and of itself, produce environmental impacts. Implementation of the programs contained in the HEU would accommodate future development required to meet the City’s 6 th
Cy
cle RHNA allocation. The development anticipated by the HEU would occur primarily on infill sites already served by well-established utilities service systems and are unlikely to require expansion of existing systems or the construction of new systems. However, project level review as required under CEQA would ensure that all impacts to the existing utilities facilities, including waste management facilities, are less than significant. The HEU would not change or alter policies related to waste management system services. Therefore, impacts from the HEU would be less than significant, and no mitigation is required. e) Would the project comply with federal, state, and local management and reduction statutes and regulations related to solid waste?
Less Than Significant Impact. The HEU is a policy document, consisting of a housing program; no actual development is proposed as part of the update. Therefore, its adoption would not, in and of itself, produce environmental impacts. Implementation of the programs contained in the HEU would accommodate future development required to meet the City’s 6tth Cycle RHNA allocation. The development anticipated by the HEU would occur primarily on infill sites already served by well-established utilities service systems which are unlikely to require expansion of existing systems or the construction of new systems (City of Manhattan Beach 2003). Any future development projects facilitated by the HEU would be required to comply with all applicable federal, State, and local regulations to avoid potential impacts related to the solid waste facilities, and project level review as required under CEQA would ensure that all impacts to the existing utilities facilities, including solid waste facilities, are less than significant. Approval of the HEU itself, as a policy document, would not change these regulations, and would not provide any goals, policies, or programs that would result in incompliance with the applicable regulatory environment. Therefore, impacts from the HEU related solid waste would be less than significant, and no mitigation is required.

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3.19.4 Refere
nces
BOR (U.S
. Bureau of Reclamation). 2021. Reclamation announces 2022 operating conditions for Lake Powell and Lake Mead. August 16, 2021. Accessed October 7, 2021. https://www.usbr.gov/newsroom/# /news-release/3950.

City of Manhattan Beach. 2003. City of Manhattan Beach General Plan. Accessed October 3, 2021. https://www.manhattanbeach.gov/departments/community-development/planning-zoning /general-plan/final-general-plan.

City of Manhattan Beach. 2017. 2015 Urban Water Management Plan. Accessed October 3, 2021. https://www.manhattanbeach.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/34878/636547389049430000.

City of Manhattan Beach. 2021a. 2020 Urban Water Management Plan (Draft). Accessed October 7, 2021. https://www.manhattanbeach.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/48186/637698204957230000.

City of Manhattan Beach 2021b. Notice of Public Hearing: 2020 Urban Water Management Plan (UWMP) and Water Shortage Contingency Plan. Accessed October 7, 2021. https://www.manhattanbeach.gov /Home/Components/News/News/4957/43.

NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)/ NIDIS (National Integrated Drought Information System). 2021. Current U.S. Drought Monitor Conditions for California. Accessed October 7, 2021. https://www.drought.gov/states/california.

3.20 Wildfire

3.20.1 Environmen
tal Setting
Per Calif
ornia Government Code Section 51177A, a wildfire is an unplanned, unwanted wildland fire (i.e. a fire that originates in a non-built environment), including unauthorized human-caused fires, escaped wildland fire use events, escaped prescribed fire events, and all other wildland fires where the objective is to extinguish the fire. A wildland-urban interface (WUI) is an area where urban development is adjacent or in close proximity to open space or “wildland” areas (FEMA 2021). CAL FIRE has mapped areas of significant fire hazards in the State, which recognizes areas prone to wildfire hazards. According to the City’s General Plan, due to the City’s built out nature and urbanized adjacent communities, urban fires represent the sole fire threat in the City.

3.20.2 Regulato
ry Setting
Fe
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ntation of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Act, as well as individual agency statutory authorities; and supplements other federal emergency operations plans developed to address specific hazards.

The Federal Response Plan is implemented in anticipation of a significant event likely to result in a need for federal assistance or in response to an actual event requiring federal assistance under a presidential declaration of a major disaster or emergency (County of Los Angeles 2014).

St
ate
California Health and Safety Code Section 13000 et seq.

State
fire regulations are set forth in Section 13000 et seq. of the California Health and Safety Code, which include regulations concerning building standards (as also set forth in the California Building Code [CBC] noted below), fire protection and notification systems, fire protection devices such as extinguishers and smoke alarms, high-rise building and childcare facility standards, and fire suppression training. The State Fire Marshal enforces these regulations and building standards in all State-owned buildings, State-occupied buildings, and State institutions throughout California.

Ca
lifornia Code of Regulations Title 24, Part 2
The St
ate of California provided a minimum standard for building design through the 2019 CBC, which is located in Part 2 of Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations. This part incorporates by adoption the 2018 International Building Code of the International Code Council with necessary California amendments. It is generally adopted on a jurisdiction-by-jurisdiction basis, subject to further modification based on local conditions. Commercial and residential buildings are plan-checked by local city and county building officials for compliance with the CBC. Typical fire safety requirements of the CBC include the installation of sprinklers in all high-rise buildings; the establishment of fire resistance standards for fire doors, building materials, and particular types of construction; and the clearance of debris and vegetation within a prescribed distance from occupied structures in wildlife hazard areas.

Ca
lifornia Code of Regulations Title 24, Part 9
Part 9 of Titl
e 24 of the California Code of Regulations refers to the 2019 California Fire Code, which contains fire- safety-related building standards referenced in other parts of Title 24. This code is preassembled with the 2000 Uniform Fire Code of the Western Fire Chiefs Association. This part incorporates by adoption the 2018 California Fire Code of the International Code Council with necessary California amendments.

Ca
lifornia Public Resources Code Sections 4201–4204
Thi
s section of the California Public Resources Code was amended in 1982 to require the California Department of Forestry to classify all State Responsibility Areas (SRAs) into fire hazard severity zones (FHSZs). The purpose of this code is to provide classification of lands within SRAs in accordance with the severity of fire hazard present for the purpose of identifying measures to be used to retard the rate of spreading and to reduce the potential intensity of uncontrolled fires that threaten to destroy resources, life, or property.

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ate Responsibility Area Fire Safe Regulations (Title 14 Natural Resources, Department of Forestry and Fire Protection)
These
regulations constitute the basic wildland fire protection standards of the California Board of Forestry. They have been prepared and adopted for the purpose of establishing minimum wildfire protection standards in conjunction with building, construction, and development in SRAs. Title 14 mandates that the future design and construction of structures, subdivisions, and developments in an SRA provide for basic emergency access and perimeter wildfire protection measures.

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cal/Regional
Fire Hazard Severity Zones
Accord
ing to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) (2021) while most of California is subject to some degree of fire hazard, there are specific features that make some areas more hazardous. CAL FIRE is required by law to map areas of significant fire hazards based on fuels, terrain, weather, and other relevant factors. These designations, referred to as Fire Hazard Severity Zones (FHSZ), mandate how people construct buildings and protect property to reduce risk associated with wildland fires. The maps were last updated in 2007- 2010. They are currently being updated to incorporate improved fire science, data and mapping techniques. The proposed Fire Hazard Severity Zone maps denote lands of similar hazards where the state has financial responsibility for wildland fire protection, known as state responsibility area or SRA, and will be available for review and public comment. It is anticipated that in late 2020 or 2021 CAL FIRE will produce Fire Hazard Severity Zone maps for the areas of California where local governments have financial responsibility for wildland fire protection, known as Local Responsibility Area or LRA. Per law, only lands zoned as Very High Fire Hazard Severity are identified within local responsibility areas (CAL FIRE 2021a).

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Ci
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The following General Plan goals and policies are applicable to the HEU related to wildland fires.

Goal CS-1: Minimize the risks to public health, safety, and welfare resulting from natural and human caused hazards.

Policy CS-1.1: Prepare and disseminate information to residents and businesses on preparing for and responding to natural disasters and threats to public safety.

Policy CS-1.2: Encourage and assist the school district in teaching children annually to respond appropriately in an emergency and to threats to personal safety.

Policy CS-1.3: Ensure that public and private water distribution and supply facilities have adequate capacity and reliability to supply both everyday and emergency fire-fighting needs Goal CS-3: Maintain a high level of City emergency response services.

Policy CS-3.1: Support the continued active enforcement of the building and fire code.

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CS-3.3: Inform all residents of the requirements for visible and clearly legible street numbers to minimize the response time of emergency personnel.

Policy CS-3.4 Ensure that street signs are legible and easy to find by both emergency response personnel and the general public.

Policy CS-3.5: Review the City’s emergency equipment and shelters periodically to ensure that they are adequate to meet the needs of changing land uses and development and types of disasters.

Policy CS-3.6: Review the location, size, and equipment at each designated emergency shelter periodically to ensure that the City will be able to accommodate all people likely to need shelter in the event of a disaster.

Policy CS-3.7: Support the use of the best available equipment and facilities to ensure safety that meets the changing needs of the community.

Policy CS-3.9 Continue to upgrade the quality of emergency response through continued education and training of emergency response personnel.

Policy CS-3.10: Strive to reduce emergency response time

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– If located in or near state responsibility areas or lands classified as very high fire hazard severity zones, would the project:
a) Su
bstantially impair an adopted emergency
response plan or emergency evacuation
pl
an?

b) Due to
slope, prevailing winds, and other
factors, exacerbate wildfire risks, and
thereby expose project occupants to,
pollutant concentrations from a wildfire or
the u
ncontrolled spread of a wildfire?

c) Require t
he 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
enviro
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d)
Expose people or structures to significant
risks, including downslope or downstream
flooding or landslides, as a result of runoff,
post-fire slope instability, or drainage
chang
es?

a) Wo
uld the project substantially impair an adopted emergency response plan or emergency evacuation plan;
b) Due to slope, prevailing winds, and other factors, would the project exacerbate wildfire risks, and thereby expose project occupants to, pollutant concentrations from a wildfire or the uncontrolled spread of a wildfire;
c) Would the project 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; and/or d) Would the project expose people or structures to significant risks, including downslope or downstream flooding or landslides, as a result of runoff, post-fire slope instability, or drainage changes? No Impact. Based on the CAL FIRE’s Fire Hazard Severity Zones maps (CAL FIRE 2021), the City, is not located in or near state responsibility areas or lands classified as Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones (VHFHSZ). As such, risk of wildlife fires is essentially non-existent. Additionally, the HEU is a policy document and adoption would not, in and of itself, result in negative environmental impacts. implementation of the programs contained in the HEU would accommodate future development required to meet the City’s RHNA allocation. However, given that no portions of the City lie within VHFHSZ, no impacts would occur.

3.20.4 Refere
nces
CAL FI
RE (California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection). 2021a. Fire Hazard Severity Zone. https://osfm.fire.ca.gov/divisions/wildfire-planning-engineering/wildfire-prevention-engineering /fire-hazard-severity-zones.

CAL FIRE 2021b. Fire Hazard Severity Zone Viewer. Accessed October 2, 2021. https://egis.fire.ca.gov/FHSZ/.

City of Manhattan Beach. 2003. General Plan. Adopted 1988. Updated 2003. Accessed October 2, 2021. https://www.manhattanbeach.gov/departments/community-development/planning-zoning /general-plan/final-general-plan.

FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency). 2021. Wildland Urban Interface (WUI). Accessed October 5, 2021. https://www.usfa.fema.gov/wui/.

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TORY FINDINGS OF SIGNIFICANCE
a) Does t
he project have the potential to
substantially degrade the quality of the
environment, substantially reduce the
habitat of a fish or wildlife species, cause a
fish or wildlife population to drop below self-
sustaining levels, threaten to eliminate a
plant or animal community, substantially
reduce the number or restrict the range of a
rare or endangered plant or animal or
eliminate important examples of the major
periods of C
alifornia history or prehistory?

b) Does t
he project have impacts that are
individually limited, but cumulatively
considerable? (“Cumulatively considerable”
means that the incremental effects of a
project are considerable when viewed in
connection with the effects of past projects,
the effects of other current projects, and the
effects of probable future projects.)

c) Does t
he project have environmental effects
which will cause substantial adverse effects
on human beings, either directly or
indirectly?

a) Does
the project have the potential to substantially degrade the quality of the environment, substantially reduce the habitat of a fish or wildlife species, cause a fish or wildlife population to drop below self- sustaining levels, threaten to eliminate a plant or animal community, substantially reduce the number or restrict the range of a rare or endangered plant or animal or eliminate important examples of the major periods of California history or prehistory?
Less than Significant Impact. As discussed in Section 3.4, Biological Resources, of this IS/ND, the City is completely developed and does not support sensitive vegetation, sensitive wildlife species, or sensitive habitat. Additionally, the no area of the City functions as a corridor for the movement of native or migratory wildlife. All future activities associated with the HEU would be conducted in the highly urbanized environment of the City. Construction noise related to projects accommodated by the HEU have the potential to disturb nesting birds potentially nesting in the trees and vegetation. However, these impacts would be temporary in nature and would address via compliance with the MBTA, which protects all migratory birds, including their eggs, nests, and feathers. Further, as described in Section 3.5 of this IS/ND, the City does not support any examples of major periods in California prehistory. However, the City does

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n a number of notable historic features, such as the Manhattan Beach State Pier, and historic residences such as Scott House and 2820 Highland Avenue. These features would be protected via compliance with existing State, and local regulations, including relevant CEQA statues and guidelines.

As discussed throughout this IS/ND, the HEU is a policy document and adoption of the HEU alone would not produce environmental impacts. Although implementation of the programs contained in the HEU would accommodate future development required to meet the City’s 6th Cycl e, the HEU does not identify, describe,
promote, entitle, or permit any particular residential development project. While a rezoning program is identified within the HEU, the actual rezoning of property within the City to accommodate RHNA allocations would occur at a future date and is not one of the discretionary actions being undertaken at this time. As such, after compliance with the existing regulatory environment applicable to cultural and biological resources, the HEU would not substantially degrade the quality of the environment, substantially reduce the habitat of a fish or wildlife species, cause a fish or wildlife population to drop below self-sustaining levels, threaten to eliminate a plant or animal community, substantially reduce the number or restrict the range of a rare or endangered plant or animal, or eliminate important examples of the major periods of California history or prehistory. Impacts would be less than significant, and no mitigation is required.

The HEU does not change the allowed densities or type of development that may occur within the City at this time. The act of adopting the HEU does not, therefore, have the potential to result in environmental impacts, either limited or cumulative, affecting habitat; plant or animal communities; rare, endangered or threatened species; or historic resources. As discussed in Sections 3.1 through 3.19 of this IS/ND, impacts associated with the adoption of the HEU would either result in no impacts or less than significant impacts.

As such, the HEU would not substantially degrade the quality of the environment, reduce habitat, cause habitat population decline, threaten plant and animal communities or substantially reduced the range of a species, or eliminate important examples of the major periods of California’s history or prehistory.

Therefore, impacts from the HEU would be less than significant, and no mitigation is required. b) Does the project have impacts that are individually limited, but cumulatively considerable? (“Cumulatively considerable” means that the incremental effects of a project are considerable when viewed in connection with the effects of past projects, the effects of other current projects, and the effects of probable future projects.)
Less than Significant Impact. The HEU would not result in potentially significant project-level impacts.

All reasonably foreseeable future cumulative development in the City would be subject to the same land use and environmental regulations that have been described throughout this document. Furthermore, all development projects are guided by the policies identified in the City’s General Plan and by the regulations established in the MBMC. Therefore, compliance with applicable land use and environmental regulations would ensure that environmental effects associated with the accommodation of future housing

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opment would not combine with effects from reasonably foreseeable future development in the City to cause cumulatively considerable significant impacts. Cumulative impacts would therefore be less than significant. No mitigation is required.
c) Does the project have environmental effects which will cause substantial adverse effects on human beings, either directly or indirectly?
Less than Significant Impact . As detailed throughout this IS/ND, the HEU in and of itself would not exceed any significance thresholds or result in significant impacts in the environmental categories typically associated with indirect or direct effects to human beings, such as aesthetics, air quality, hazards and hazardous materials, noise, public services, or transportation. The HEU does not change the allowed densities or type of development that may occur within the City at this time. The act of adopting the HEU does not, therefore, have the potential to result in environmental impacts, either limited or cumulative, affecting human beings. As discussed in Sections 3.1 through 3.20 of this IS/ND, impacts associated with the adoption of the HEU would either result in no impacts or less than significant impacts. As such, the HEU would not have environmental effects causing substantial adverse effects on humans, impacts from the HEU would be less than significant, and no mitigation is required.

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Map Adopted by Ordinance Number 2057 on August 3, 2004.

Adoption Incoporates the Following Preceding Ordinances:
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It Also Incorporates the Following Amendments: 2062, 2105.

Information shown on these maps are derived from
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“Provide a safe and reliable transportation network that serves all people and respects the environment.”
STATE OF CALIFORNIA------- CALIFORNIA STATE TRANSPORTATION AGENCY Gavin Newsom, Governor

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
DISTRICT 7 – Office of Regional Planning
100 S. MAIN STREET, MS 16
LOS ANGELES, CA 90012
PHONE (213) 266-3562
FAX (213) 897-1337
TTY 711
www.dot.ca.gov
Making Conservation
a California Way of Life.

December 17, 2021
Talyn Mirzakhanian
City of Manhattan Beach
Community Development
1400 Highland Avenue
Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
RE: City of Manhattan Beach
Housing Element Update 2021-2029
SCH # 2021110408
GTS # 07-LA-2021-03779
Dear Talyn Mirzakhanian:

Thank you for including the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) in the environmental review process for the above referenced Draft Initial Study (IS). The project would amend the City of Manhattan Beach General Plan by replacing the current Housing Element with the proposed 2021-2029 Housing Element. The Housing Element Update will further the goal of meeting the existing and projected housing needs of all family income levels and provide evidence of the City’s ability to accommodate the Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA) Allocation of 774 housing units through the year 2029 . The Housing Element Update site inventory does not require zoning changes; however, a future rezoning program may be needed for additional housing needs required by HCD. The City of Manhattan Beach is the Lead Agency under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).

The project covers the City of Manhattan Beach, which includes the State facility SR-1. From reviewing the Draft IS, Caltrans has the following comments:

Senate Bill 743 (2013) has codified into CEQA law and mandated that CEQA review of transportation impacts
of proposed development be modified by using Vehicle
Miles Traveled (VMT) as the primary metric in identifying transportation impacts for all future development projects. You may reference the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research (OPR) for more information:
http://opr.ca.gov/ceqa/updates/guidelines/
We encourage the Lead Agency to evaluate the potential of Transportation Demand Management (TDM) strategies and Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) applications in order to better manage the transportation network, as well as transit service and bicycle or pedestrian connectivity improvements.

Caltrans supports the use of TDM measures to decrease VMT. Implementing TDM strategies aligns with Caltrans’s mission is to provide a safe, sustainable, integrated and efficient transportation system to enhance California’s economy and livability.

“Provide a safe and reliable transportation network that serves all people and respects the environment.”
Talyn Mirzakhanian
December 17, 2021

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For additional TDM options, please refer to the Federal Highway Administration’s Integrating Demand Management into the Transportation Planning Process: A Desk Reference (Chapter 8). This reference is available online at:
http://www.ops.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/fhwahop12035/fhwahop12035.pdf Caltrans looks forward to reviewing the CEQA documents of future housing developments that emerge from these plan and program updates, and collaborating with the City of Manhattan Beach on identifying TDM strategies to limit VMT from these future projects.

If you have any questions about these comments, please contact Diana DeGroot, the project coordinator, at [email protected], and refer to GTS # 07-LA-2021-03779.

Sincerely,

MIYA EDMONSON
IGR/CEQA Branch Chief
cc: Scott Morgan, State Clearinghouse

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