COMMUNITY PLAN EXEMPTION CHECKLIST
CEQA GUIDELINES SECTION 15183
PUBLIC SAFETY CAMPUS
Lead Agency:
City of Moreno Valley
Community Development Department
Planning Division
14177 Frederick Street
P.O. Box 8805
Moreno Valley, CA 92552-0805
Prepared by:
Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc.
660 South Figueroa Street, Suite 2100
Los Angeles, CA 90017
P 213.261.4040
SEPTEMBER 2026
CEQA Guidelines Section 15183 Analysis i Public Safety Campus Project City of Moreno Valley September 2026
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Section Page
TABLE OF CONTENTS................................................................................................................................i
1.0 Introduction ............................................................................................................................... 1
1.1 Project Site Location And Existing Conditions ................................................................. 1
1.2 Project Description......................................................................................................... 6
2.0 Evaluation Format.................................................................................................................... 11
2.1 CEQA Guidelines Section 15183.................................................................................... 12
2.2 City of Moreno Valley General Plan .............................................................................. 12
2.3 California Environmental Quality Act Compliance......................................................... 13
3.0 Environmental Factors Potentially Affected............................................................................. 16
4.0 Environmental Checklist and Evaluation .................................................................................. 17
4.1 Aesthetics..................................................................................................................... 17
4.2 Agriculture and Forestry Resources.............................................................................. 25
4.3 Air Quality .................................................................................................................... 31
4.4 Biological Resources..................................................................................................... 49
4.5 Cultural Resources........................................................................................................ 61
4.6 Energy.......................................................................................................................... 71
4.7 Geology and Soils......................................................................................................... 80
4.8 Greenhouse Gas Emissions........................................................................................... 92
4.9 Hazards and Hazardous Materials................................................................................. 99
4.10 Hydrology and Water Quality ..................................................................................... 112
4.11 Land Use and Planning ............................................................................................... 125
4.12 Mineral Resources...................................................................................................... 129
4.13 Noise.......................................................................................................................... 132
4.14 Population and Housing.............................................................................................. 145
4.15 Public Services............................................................................................................ 149
4.16 Transportation and Traffic.......................................................................................... 156
4.17 Tribal Cultural Resources............................................................................................ 165
4.18 Utilities and Service Systems...................................................................................... 170
4.19 Wildfire...................................................................................................................... 178
5.0 Preparers................................................................................................................................ 187
5.1 Lead Agency............................................................................................................... 187
5.2 Exemption Checklist Preparation................................................................................ 187
6.0 References ............................................................................................................................. 188 CEQA Guidelines Section 15183 Analysis ii Public Safety Campus Project City of Moreno Valley September 2026
List of Figures
Figure Page
Figure 1: Regional Location Map.............................................................................................................. 3 Figure 2: Public Safety Campus Site......................................................................................................... 4 Figure 3: Corporate Yard Fueling Station Site.......................................................................................... 5 List of Tables
Table Page
Table 1: Project Construction Emissions (Maximum Daily Pounds per Day) ........................................... 40 Table 2: Project Operational Emissions (Maximum Daily Pounds per Day)............................................. 41 Table 3: Equipment-Specific Grading Rates............................................................................................ 43 Table 4: Localized Significance of Construction Emissions...................................................................... 43 Table 5: Localized Significance of Operational Emissions........................................................................ 45 Table 6: CNDDB Threatened and Endangered Species............................................................................ 52 Table 7: Construction Greenhouse Gas Emissions.................................................................................. 95 Table 8: Total Project Greenhouse Gas Emissions.................................................................................. 95 Table 9: Existing Noise Measurements................................................................................................. 136 Table 10: Project Construction Noise Levels......................................................................................... 137 Table 11: Composite On-Site Operational Noise Levels – Daytime ....................................................... 138 Table 12: Composite On-Site Operational Noise Levels – Nighttime..................................................... 138 Table 13: Typical Construction Equipment Vibraration Levels.............................................................. 140 Table 14: Project Trip Generation Summary ........................................................................................ 158 Appendices
Appendix A Air Quality and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Analysis Appendix B Biologically Equivalent or Superior Preservation Report Appendix C Cultural Resources Assessment
Appendix D Geotechnical Evaluation
Appendix E Preliminary Soil Investigation
Appendix F Paleontological Resources Assessment
Appendix G Noise and Vibration Analysis
Appendix H Vehicle Miles Traveled Analysis Memorandum
1.0 | Introduction
CEQA Guidelines Section 15183 Analysis 1 Public Safety Campus Project City of Moreno Valley September 2026
1.0 INTRODUCTION
The City of Moreno Valley (City) proposes to implement the Public Safety Campus Project (Project), which consists of three primary components: (1) development of a Public Safety Campus(PSC); (2) construction of a Corporate Yard Fueling Station (CYFS); and (3) tenant improvements at existing civic center facilities throughout the City. These improvements would accommodate a range of civic uses identified in the City’s Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) and are intended to enhance emergency response capabilities, improve operational efficiency, and support the City’s growing public safety and municipal service needs as the City continues to grow. The Project also includes improvements to a drainage culvert and roadway improvements on nearby streets. The Project would encompass approximately 60.37 acres at various locations throughout the City as further discussed below (together, the “Project Site”). 1 1.1 PROJECT SITE LOCATION AND EXISTING CONDITIONS
The City is located in the western part of Riverside County. Interstate 215 (I-215) lies west of the City and State Route 60 (SR 60) runs through the northern portion of the City; see Figure 1: Regional Location Map.
1.1.1 Public Safety Campus
The PSC would be located on City-owned vacant land located at the southwest corner of Redlands Boulevard and Brodiaea Avenue (PSC Site); see Figure 2: Public Safety Campus Project Site. The PSC Site is traversed by Redlands Boulevard and is bordered by Brodiaea Avenue and residential development to the north, Cactus Avenue and residential uses to the south, Wilmot Street, residential uses, and vacant land to the west. The PSC would be developed on 17 City-owned parcels (Assessor Parcel Numbers [APNs] 478-110-001, -002, -003, 004, 005, 006, -007; 478-120-001, -002, -005, -006, -007, -008, -017, -018, -025, and -027), encompassing approximately 56.8 acres. Of those parcels, 43.2 acres are located west of Redlands Boulevard and 13.6 are located east of Redlands Boulevard.
The PSC Site generally slopes from north/northeast to southwest, with the highest ground level elevation of approximately 1,586 feet above mean sea level (amsl) and the lowest ground level elevation of approximately 1,574 feet amsl. There is an existing unimproved drainage channel that transects the northeast to southwest portion of the PSC Site. There is an existing flood control/diversion berm/dike in the western portion of the PSC Site, oriented north/south and elevated approximately maximum of five to six feet higher than adjacent grade. The onsite berm/dike and the unimproved channel directly flows to the Cactus Avenue drainage crossing near the corner of Cactus and Wilmot. Regional access to the Public Safety Campus is provided by SR 60 and I-215, located 1.8-miles to the north and 6.9-miles to the west, respectively.
1 The Project would encompass approximately 60.37 acres; however, 3.35 acres would consist of tenant improvements to existing facilities.
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CEQA Guidelines Section 15183 Analysis 2 Public Safety Campus Project City of Moreno Valley September 2026
1.1.2 Corporate Yard Fueling Station
The CYFS would be constructed on the northern portion of the City’s existing Corporate Yard (APNs 478- 170-018, -019, -020, -026, -028, -029, -030, -031, and -032) at 25180 Santiago Drive (CYFS Station Site); see Figure 3: Corporate Yard Fueling Station. The CYFS Site would comprise approximately 0.22 acres of the City’s existing Corporate Yard. Access to the CYFS is provided via two driveways off Santiago Drive.
1.1.3 Existing Civic Center Tenant Improvements
The Project would include upgrades to the following existing civic center uses at the following locations:
• Fire Station Improvements: Fire Station Nos. 2, 6, 48, 58, 65, 91, and 99, located throughout the City (APNs: 481-322-044, 291-650-017, 260-460-009, 488-330-001, 485-042-029, 308-030-018, and 487-370-018).
• Animal Shelter Improvements: The existing animal shelter is located at 14041 Elsworth Street (APNs: 297-210-009 and 297-210-010). The existing Moreno Valley Animal Shelter is bounded by commercial development and Alessandro Boulevard to the North, Elsworth Street to the east, Business Center Drive the South, and commercial development to the west. • Existing Public Safety Building Improvements: The existing Public Safety Building is located at 22850 Calle San Juan De Los Lagos (APN: 297-14-020).
• Existing Emergency Operation Center Improvements: The Existing Emergency Operations Center is located at 22870 Calle San Juan De Los Lagos (APN: 297-14-020).
Together, the Civic Center Tenant Improvements total approximately 3.35 acres. The tenant improvements would be retrofits to existing infrastructure and the buildings and would not require a General Plan Amendment (GPA) or Zone Change.
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FIGURE 1: Regional Location Map
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1.0 | Introduction
CEQA Guidelines Section 15183 Analysis 6 Public Safety Campus Project City of Moreno Valley September 2026
1.2 PROJECT DESCRIPTION
1.2.1 Project Overview
Public Safety Campus
The Project would include the development and operation of a PSC, which would establish a centralized public safety hub, consisting of a new joint-use fire and police station, Emergency Operations Center (EOC), and a regional animal shelter. The PSC would improve interdepartmental coordination, increase operational efficiency, strengthen emergency preparedness, and provide enhanced public safety services for the City and surrounding region. The primary components of the PSC site are further described below.
Fire Station
The Project proposes a two-story, 50,000 square foot (sf) fire station, designed to serve as a regional facility for the Riverside County Fire Department (RCFD). The fire station would accommodate approximately 58 employees by 2040. The fire station would include six drive-through apparatus bays supporting Type 1 fire engines, squads, and tiller trucks. Apparatus bay support functions would include equipment and maintenance infrastructure, gear storage, decontamination, medical storage, regional hazardous materials support, and general personnel support. The fire station would also accommodate reserve apparatus, equipment and trailers, secure staff and command parking, and regional staging and Incident Command Post (ICP) functions.
The fire station would include fire administration, operational support, and firefighter living quarters.
Living areas would include bunk rooms/sleeping quarters, bathrooms and showers, kitchen, dining and day room functions, clean-side laundry, and associated support spaces. These areas would be located to provide rapid access to the apparatus bays while minimizing sound transfer between operational and sleeping areas.
Police Station
The Project would include a two-story, 90,0000 sf police station that would serve as a secure law enforcement facility with operational capacity comparable to that of the City's existing police station. The police station would accommodate approximately 210 employees by 2040. The police station would incorporate controlled public and secure access, a secure perimeter and parking area, and multiple ingress and egress routes while supporting command staff, administration, patrol, specialized units like traffic and community service, special enforcement teams, investigations, property and evidence, and training. A dedicated processing and holding area would be included with physically separated accommodations for juvenile detainees in accordance with applicable standards.
The police station would provide specialized operational, training, and technology spaces, including a RealTime Crime Center (RTCC), Incident Command Center, dedicated Drone Program operations, armory and weapons maintenance areas, briefing and report-writing spaces, and a defensive tactics training room designed for both mat-based training and simulation exercises.
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Additional spaces would support hard and soft interview functions, property and evidence processing and storage, staff locker and wellness areas, functional fitness, and community and multi-purpose training functions. Secure site areas would accommodate fleet and personal staff vehicles, motorcycles, traffic enforcement vehicles, specialized equipment and response vehicles, and provide dedicated holdingrelated parking stalls. The facility would enhance operational efficiency, maintain appropriate separation between public and secure pedestrian and vehicular circulation, enhance officer safety and emergency response capabilities, and promote community engagement while supporting the City's long-term public safety needs.
Emergency Operations Center
The Project would also include a two-story 30,000 sf EOC that would serve as the City's primary emergency management and incident coordination facility. The EOC would accommodate five full-time staff members, enhancing the capabilities of the City's existing emergency operations facilities. The EOC would be designed to support coordinated response and recovery efforts during emergencies, disasters, and other major incidents.
Animal Shelter
The Project would develop a two-story, 65,000 sf regional animal shelter that would occupy a range of six to eight-acres of the PSC. The animal shelter would accommodate approximately 58 full-time staff members by 2040. The animal shelter would be designed to provide comprehensive animal care, adoption services, veterinary support, and community outreach functions. Key public and operational spaces would include a welcoming public lobby, dedicated adoption areas, a low-cost veterinary clinic, volunteer space, an administrative office hub, and a conference room with capacity for approximately 75 people.
Infrastructure Improvements
The PSC would incorporate supporting infrastructure, including an approximately 100-foot communications tower to provide reliable Citywide radio and data communications, that would ensure continuity of operations during emergency events. The PSC would also include a shared utility yard, approximately 3,000 sf to support all facilities on the PSC Site.
The PSC Site would also include site lighting, secure fencing and controlled-access gates, electric vehicle (EV) charging stations, ADA-compliant parking spaces and pedestrian pathways, emergency generators, fuel storage, general storage facilities, and other operational support amenities required for fire, police, and animal shelter functions. Additionally, covered parking areas may incorporate solar photovoltaic panels to support energy efficiency and sustainability goals.
Additional PSC Site improvements would include landscaping, hardscape, irrigation systems, site lighting, secure fencing and controlled-access gates, EV charging stations, ADA-compliant parking spaces and pedestrian pathways, emergency generators, fuel storage, general storage facilities, and other operational support amenities required for fire, police, and animal shelter functions.
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Improvements to the existing on-site drainage channel would be constructed east of Redlands Boulevard and would extend beneath Redlands Boulevard, allowing stormwater flows to be conveyed across the roadway in a controlled manner. The PSC would leave a 30-foot buffer between the existing on-site drainage culvert and the Project Site development. The Project would also incorporate improvements to the existing on-site drainage channel to enhance flood protection and accommodate the proposed campus facilities in accordance with the Riverside County Flood Control and Water Conservation District's master plan. These drainage improvements would improve Project Site resiliency and reduce potential floodrelated impacts to critical public safety infrastructure.
Off-site roadway improvements would include full-width improvements along Brodiaea Avenue from Wilmot Street to Redlands Boulevard and along Wilmot Street from Brodiaea Avenue to Cactus Avenue.
Half-street improvements would be constructed along Redlands Boulevard from Campbell Avenue to Cactus Avenue and along Cactus Avenue from Redlands Boulevard to Goldenrod Street. Street improvements include new curbs, gutters, sidewalks, landscape, lighting, signage, pavement, and associated drainage facilities to accommodate new, improved roads. To improve traffic operations and enhance emergency response access, three new traffic signals would be installed at the intersections of Brodiaea Avenue and Redlands Boulevard, Redlands Boulevard and Cactus Avenue, and Cactus Avenue and Wilmot Street.
Corporate Yard Fueling Station
In addition to the improvements proposed at the PSC Site, the City would also construct the CYFS, a new aboveground fueling facility that would support the City’s growing municipal fleet demands and ensure reliable emergency fueling capabilities for critical operations. The CYFS would include the excavation and disposal of existing surface materials, followed by construction of two monolithic structural concrete pads extending two feet beyond each tank footprint. The unleaded gasoline tank pad would measure approximately 17 feet by 12 feet and would be protected by sixteen eight-inch-diameter concrete-filled steel bollards spaced four feet on center. The diesel tank pad would measure approximately 12 feet by 10 feet and would be protected by twelve similarly configured bollards.
The CYFS would include 4,000-gallon UL 2085 aboveground unleaded gasoline storage tank equipped with four tank-mounted dispensing pumps and a 1,000-gallon UL 2085 aboveground diesel storage tank equipped with two tank-mounted dispensing pumps. Both systems would include all associated components required for safe and compliant operation, including venting systems, fill assemblies, spill containment, overfill prevention devices, monitoring equipment, and fuel management controls.
The CYFS would be integrated with two Gasboy EKOS fuel management systems to provide secure fuel tracking, inventory management, and operational oversight. The contractor would be responsible for complete system installation, startup, programming, calibration, testing, commissioning, and coordination of all required regulatory inspections to ensure the fueling facility is fully operational and compliant with applicable standards.
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Civic Center Tenant Improvements
The Project would provide upgrades and improvements to the existing fire stations, animal shelter, Public Safety Building, and EOC. Fire Stations Nos. 2, 6, 48, 58, 65, 91, and 99, would be retrofitted to fit the increased staffing needs, enhance operational efficiency, and address deferred maintenance. The fire station improvements would include the construction of structural additions to provide improved living, operational, and support spaces for fire personnel.
Facility expansions would include new dedicated living quarters and additional space to support expanded staffing levels and emergency response operations. Improvements would include the addition of one to two sleeping quarters equipped with beds, personal storage lockers, and six-bay turnout gear lockers to improve organization, readiness, and firefighter support functions. Additional modifications would provide improved accommodation for personnel and expanded capacity for assigned emergency response resources.
Interior renovations would modernize crew quarters and operational areas by upgrading finishes, equipment, and building systems to improve hygiene, comfort, and functionality. Improvements would also include complete kitchen remodels to increase food storage capacity and better support larger crews during extended operations. Deferred maintenance improvements would include replacement of high-use furnishings, such as station recliners and mattresses, as well as installation of extensions to the Plymovent vehicle exhaust extraction system within apparatus bays to improve air quality and reduce exposure to vehicle emissions.
The contractor would provide all structural, mechanical, electrical, and interior improvements necessary to deliver fully functional, modernized fire facilities that enhance firefighter health and safety, operational readiness, and the City's emergency response capabilities.
Improvements to the existing animal shelter would ensure disaster readiness and would ensures that the City is to meeting modern animal care standards and emergency preparedness needs. As part of the animal shelter tenant improvements, the Project would be upgraded to include a secure block wall and controlled security gate. The existing animal shelter site would be developed to house both large and small livestock during disasters, with the addition of barns, corrals, dedicated water sources, and adequate access for vehicles and trailers. Additionally, the front entrances to the Animal Shelter and the Animal Clinic would be redesigned as a single, unified main entrance. This improvement would streamline customer flow, enhance safety, and allow the existing shelter lobby to be combined with the Clinic to support a larger, more functional veterinary service area for the public.
The Project would also provide various improvements to the existing Public Safety Building and existing EOC, designed to enhance working space efficiency and public services.
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1.2.2 Access and Circulation
Public Safety Campus
Circulation at the PSC Site would be designed to accommodate fire apparatus, police vehicles, emergency response units, and large animal transport vehicles required during regional emergency evacuations. The Project would include dedicated parking facilities and surface parking areas for fire personnel, police staff, animal shelter employees, visitors, and other authorized users.
The PSC would be designed to support emergency response operations, public access, and long-term facility functionality. Circulation at the PSC would be designed to accommodate fire apparatus, police vehicles, emergency response units, and large animal transport vehicles required during regional emergency evacuations. The Project would include dedicated parking facilities and surface parking areas for fire personnel, police staff, animal shelter employees, visitors, and other authorized users. Covered parking areas may incorporate solar photovoltaic panels to support energy efficiency and sustainability goals.
Corporate Yard Fueling Station and Civic Center Tenant Improvements Circulation at the CYFS would be designed to accommodate the City’s growing municipal fleet. The incorporation of the CYFS would not result in changes to existing access and circulation at the Corporate Yard. Ingress and egress to the CYFS Site would be provided via two existing driveways located on Santiago Drive as provided by existing conditions. There would be no changes to existing access and circulation to the various tenant improvements proposed by the Project.
1.2.3 Construction Characteristics
Construction of the Project would commence as early as October 2027 and is expected to be completed by the end of 2029, with a total duration of approximately 27 months. Construction of the PSC includes site preparation, grading, building construction, paving, and architectural coating. Construction of the CYFS includes demolition, site preparation, grading, and building construction. The Project also includes improvements along Brodiaea Avenue, Wilmot Street, Cactus Avenue, and Redlands Boulevard. The analysis in this Exemption Checklist conservatively assumed that all construction equipment operated during construction of each individual component would be operated simultaneously and that all components of the Project would begin construction in October 2027.
2.0 | Evaluation Format
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2.0 EVALUATION FORMAT
This Community Plan Exemption Checklist (Exemption Checklist) provides an analysis of potential environmental impacts resulting from the Project. Following the format of California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Appendix G Checklist, environmental effects are evaluated to determine if the Project would result in a potentially significant impact triggering additional review under CEQAGuidelines Section 15183. Each section includes a table at the beginning of the section that identifiesthe effect ofthe Project as categorized into one of the following categories of possible determinations:
Project Peculiar
Impact that is not
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Policies
Significant Impact
not Analyzed as
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No New Impact
Each of the table categories are further defined below:
• Items checked “Peculiar Impact that is not Substantially Mitigated by Uniformly Applied Policies” indicates that the Project could result in a peculiar impact, including a physical change that belongs exclusively or especially to the Project or that is a distinctive characteristic of the Project or the Project Site and that peculiar impact is not substantially mitigated by the imposition of the City’s uniformly applied development policies or standards (UADPS), which includes General Plan policies, the Moreno Valley Municipal Code (Municipal Code) standards, and other related Citywide or local plan requirements. (CEQA Guidelines Section 15183(b)(1)(f))
• Items checked “Significant Impact not Analyzed as Significant in the General Plan EIR” indicates that the Project could result in a significant effect that was not analyzed as significant in the 2024 Revised Final Program Environmental Impact Report (2024 RFEIR) of the MoVal 2040 Project (MoVal 2040 Project)(State Clearinghouse [SCH] No. 2020039022). Such a Project impact is not significant if it can be substantially mitigated by the imposition of UADPS. (CEQA Guidelines Section 15183(b)(2),(c),(f)) • Items checked “Potentially Significant Offsite or Cumulative Impact not Discussed in the General Plan EIR” indicates the Project could result in a significant offsite or cumulative impact that was not discussed in the 2024 RFEIR. Such an offsite or cumulative Project impact is not significant if it can be substantially mitigated by the imposition of UADPS. (CEQA Guidelines Section 15183(b)(3),(c),(f)) • Items checked “Adverse Impact More Severe Based on Substantial New Information” indicates that there is new information that leads to a determination that the Project impact is more severe than discussed in the 2024 RFEIR. Such an impact is not more severe if it can be substantially mitigated by the imposition of UADPS. (CEQA Guidelines Section 15183(b)(4)(c)(f)).
• Items checked “No New Impact” indicates that potential impacts from the Project have been adequately analyzed and/or mitigated in the 2024 RFEIR.
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A project does not qualify for a Community Plan Exemption if it is determined that it would result in one or more of the following: 1) a peculiar impact that was not identified as a significant impact in the 2024 RFEIR; 2) a significant impact was not analyzed as significant in the 2024 RFEIR; 3) a potentially significant offsite impact or cumulative impact not discussed in the 2024 RFEIR; or 4) a more severe impact due to substantial new information that was not known at the time the 2024 RFEIR was certified. However, if a project having any of the foregoing impacts can be substantially mitigated through the imposition of UADPS. The applicable UADPS that are applicable to the proposed Project are included within this analysis.
2.1 CEQA GUIDELINES SECTION 15183
This analysis in this Exemption Checklist evaluates whether the potential environmental impacts of the Project are addressed in the 2024 RFEIR of the MoVal 2040 Project pursuant to the CEQA Guidelines Section 15183. Asset forth in California Public Resources Code (PRC) Section 21083.3 and CEQAGuidelines Section 15183, projects that are “consistent with the development density established by the existing zoning, community plan or general plan policies for which an EIR was certified shall not require additional environmental review, except as might be necessary to examine whether there are project-specific significant effects which are peculiar to the project or its site” (CEQA Guidelines Section 15183(a) and PRC Section 21083.3(b)). The CEQA Guidelines further state that “[i]f an impact is not peculiar to the parcel or to the project, has been addressed as a significant effect in the prior EIR, or can be substantiallymitigated by the imposition of uniformly applied development policies or standards[…] then an additional EIR need not be prepared for the project solely on the basis of that impact” (CEQA Guidelines Section 15183(c)).
2.2 CITY OF MORENO VALLEY GENERAL PLAN
The MoVal 2040 General Plan Update (MoVal 2040 GPU) was adopted, and the corresponding environmental document (the 2024 RFEIR) was certified by the Moreno Valley City Council (City Council) in 2026. The MoVal 2040 GPU serves as the guide for the future growth and development of the City over the next 20 years, which induces implementation of five new General Plan land use designations consisting of Business-Flex, Corridor Mixed Use, Center Mixed Use, Downtown Center, and Highway Office/Commercial.
The 2024 RFEIR reported that buildout of the MoVal 2040 Project would generate approximately 43,882 new residents within the Planning Area by 2040, which would necessitate construction of additional fire stations and police facilities. The 2024 RFEIR notes that the Moreno Valley Fire Department (MVFD) has identified potential locations for new or expanded fire stations in the MVFD Strategic Plan. Similarly, for police services, the 2024 RFEIR also notes that the City is planning an expansion of the Civic Center complex that would include a remodeled Public Safety Building capable of accommodating roughly 600 total personnel, as well as a satellite police substation in the southeastern part of the City to serve the anticipated demand from new development. As such, development of a Public Safety Building, similar to the proposed PSC, was anticipated to be developed as part of the buildout of the MoVal 2040 GPU.
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2.3 CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT COMPLIANCE
CEQA Guidelines Section 15183 mandates that projects which are consistent with the development density established by existing zoning, community plan, or general plan policies for which an EIR was certified shall not require additional environmental review, except as might be necessary to examine whether there are project-specific significant effects which are peculiar to the project or its site. This exemption streamlines the review of such projects and reduces the need to prepare repetitive environmental studies. This exemption applies to projects which meet the following conditions:
1. The project is consistent with:
a. A community plan adopted as part of a general plan,
b. A zoning action which zoned or designated the parcel on which the project would be located to accommodate a particular density of development, or
c. A general plan of a local agency
2. An EIR was certified by the lead agency forthe zoning action, the community plan, or the general plan.
Additionally, the exemption applies only to the extent that all feasible mitigation measures identified in the applicable general plan are implemented by the public agency with jurisdiction to require such mitigation measures (CEQA Guidelines Section 15183(e)).
The 2024 RFEIR analyzed the potential impacts of implementation of the City’s MoVal 2040 GPU and concluded that implementation of the policies in the MoVal 2040 GPU would mitigate most potential environmental impacts to less than significant. Impacts to Agriculture and Forestry, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural and Tribal Cultural Resources, Noise, and Transportation were identified as Significant and Unavoidable for the growth allowed by the GPU.
As discussed in this analysis, the Project is consistent with the land uses identified for the PSC Site, CYFS Site, and the Existing Civic Center Tenant Improvements in the MoVal 2040 GPU. The PSC Site has an existing Land Use designation of R5 Residential, R10 Residential, R15 Residential, R20 Residential, and Parks/Open Space and a Zoning designation of R5 Residential, RS 10 Residential Single Family, R15 Residential, R20 Residential, and Open Space.
2, 3 The PSC would be permitted under the existing uses and zoning designation and would not require a GPA or Zone Change. 4 The CYFS Site has a land use and zoning designation of Public (P). The CYFS would be permitted under the existing uses and zoning designation and would not require a General Plan Amendment or Zone Change. Additionally, as the tenant improvements would be retrofits to existing infrastructure, they would not require a GPA or Zone Change.
The PSC Site would develop a new public safety facility with associated circulation improvements, fencing, landscaping, and stormwater features, which is within the assumptions of the land use and growth 2 City of Moreno Valley, General Plan Land Use, https://moval.gov/cdd/documents/general-plan2040/GP-LandUseMap.pdf. Accessed August 18, 2026 3 City of Moreno Valley, Zoning, https://moval.geocortex.com/Html5Viewer/index.html?viewer=comv_hv. Accessed August 18, 2026. 4 City of Moreno Valley, Permitted Uses, https://moval.gov/cdd/pdfs/projects/mv2040/PermittedUses.pdf. Accessed August 18, 2026.
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projections of the General Plan. The CYFS Site would construct a new aboveground fueling facility to support the City’s growing municipal fleet demands and ensure reliable emergency fueling capabilities for critical operations. The tenant improvements would retrofit existing infrastructure and support the longterm growth of the City. Therefore, the MoVal 2040 GPU adequately anticipated and analyzed the impacts of this Project, identified applicable mitigation measures necessary to reduce impacts of the Project, and the Project implements the applicable mitigation measures. The Project, therefore, qualifies for an exemption from additional environmental review as set forth in CEQA Guidelines Section 15183.
Specifically, the proposed Project qualifiesfor the exemption for the following reasons:
1. The Project is consistent with the development density established by existing zoning, community plan or general plan policies for which an EIR was certified. The Project is consistent with the development density and intensity evaluated in the 2024 RFEIR. The PSC and CYFS would be permitted under the existing uses and zoning designation and would not require a GPA or Zone Change.
Additionally, as the tenant improvements would be retrofits to existing infrastructure, they would not require a GPA or Zone Change.
2. There are no Project specific effects which are peculiar to the Project or its site, and which the 2024 RFEIR failed to analyze as significant effects. The Project does not introduce Project specific environmental effects that were not considered in the 2024 RFEIR. The Project Site does not contain unique physical or environmental conditions that would result in new or unusual impacts. The environmental effects of this type of Project are already addressed through General Plan goals and policies.
3. There are no potentially significant off-site and/or cumulative impacts which the 2024 RFEIR failed to evaluate. The Project would not result in new or more severe off-site or cumulative effects than those evaluated in the 2024 RFEIR. Cumulative impacts associated with the Project’s buildout, including transportation activity, air emissions, visual change, and infrastructure demand, are consistent with the effects associated with planned development assumed in the GPU, and thus, are already analyzed and mitigated in the 2024 RFEIR. The Project’s low operational intensity further reduces the potential for cumulative impacts, and compliance with General Plan policies related to stormwater and hillside protection ensures no downstream or visual effects beyond what was previously evaluated.
4. There is no substantial new information which results in more severe impacts than anticipated by the 2024 RFEIR. There is no substantial new information indicating that the Project would result in more severe impacts than those identified in the 2024 RFEIR. The Project remains fully within the scope of the development assumed in the GPU and continues to implement City standards. These requirements ensure that environmental effects are consistent with the evaluation previously disclosed in the 2024 RFEIR.
5. The Project will undertake feasible mitigation measures specified in the 2024 RFEIR. As described above, the 2024 RFEIR identifies the policies in the GPU that would reduce environmental effects.
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Each section of the Exemption Checklist identifies the UADPS applicable to the Project, and how the Project effects are minimized or avoided by the policy.
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3.0 ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS POTENTIALLY AFFECTED
Aesthetics Greenhouse Gas Emissions Public Services
Agriculture & Forestry
Resources
Hazards & Hazardous
Materials Recreation
Air Quality Hydrology / Water Quality Transportation
Biological Resources Land Use / Planning Tribal Cultural Resources Cultural Resources Mineral Resources Utilities / Service Systems Energy Noise Wildfire
Geology / Soils Population / Housing Mandatory Findings of Significance
DETERMINATION (TO BE COMPLETED BY THE LEAD AGENCY)
On the basis of this initial evaluation:
The proposed Project WOULD NOT result in: 1) a peculiar impact that was not identified as a significant impact under the prior EIR; 2) a significant impact that was not analyzed as significant in the prior EIR; 3) a potentially significant offsite impact or cumulative impact not discussed in the prior EIR; or 4) a more severe impact due to substantial new information that was not known at the time the prior EIR. NO FURTHER ACTION is required and a Notice of Determination (Section 15094) will be filed indicating that the project IS ELIGIBLE for an EXEMPTION under CEQA Guidelines Section 15183.
The proposed Project would result in: 1) a peculiar impact that was not identified as a significant impact under the prior EIR; 2) a significant impact that was not analyzed as significant in the prior EIR; 3) a potentially significant offsite impact or cumulative impact not discussed in the prior EIR; or 4) a more severe impact due to substantial new information that was not known at the time the prior EIR. I find that FURTHER ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW is necessary to analyze those effects that are subject to CEQA, and therefore, this Project is NOT Eligible for an EXEMPTION under CEQA Guidelines Section 15183.
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4.0 ENVIRONMENTAL CHECKLIST AND EVALUATION
This section provides evidence to substantiate the conclusions in the environmental checklist. The section briefly summarizes the conclusions of the 2024 RFEIR for each topic, followed by discussion of whether the proposed Project is consistent with the conclusions in the 2024 RFEIR, or if further analysis is required pursuant to CEQA. Each section also identifies the 2024 RFEIR mitigation measures and the City’s UADPS applicable to the Project. As such, mitigation measures referenced herein are from the 2024 RFEIR.
4.1 AESTHETICS
Project
Peculiar
Impact that
is not
Substantially
Mitigated by
Uniformly
Applied
Policies
Significant
Impact not
Analyzed as
Significant
in the Prior
EIR
Potentially
Significant
Offsite or
Cumulative
Impact not
Discussed in
the prior
EIR
Adverse
Impact
More
Severe
based on
Substantial
New
Information
No New
Impact
AESTHETICS – Would the project:
a. Have a substantial adverse effect on a
scenic vista?
b. Substantially damage scenic resources,
including, but not limited to, trees, rock
outcroppings, and historic buildings
within a State scenic highway?
c. In non-urbanized areas, substantially
degrade the site’s existing visual
character or quality of public views and
its surroundings? (Public views are
those that are experienced from
publicly accessible vantage point). If the
project is in an urbanized area, would
the project conflict with applicable
zoning and other regulations governing
scenic quality?
d. Create a new source of substantial light
or glare, which would adversely affect
day or nighttime views in the area?
4.1.1 Summary of Impacts Identified in the 2024 RFEIR
The 2024 RFEIR concluded that impacts regarding scenic vistas, visual character, and glare impacts would be less than significant and no mitigation was required. There would be no impact regarding scenic resources within a State scenic highway because there are no State-designated or eligible scenic highways within the Planning Area for the 2024 RFEIR. Compliance with local plans; the Municipal Code, requiring Vv .
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standard design measures as well as lighting and landscaping requirements; Title 24 of the California Building Standards Code (CBC), which serves as the basis for the design and construction of buildings in California; and the MoVal 2040 GPU policies would be required for future development under the MoVal 2040 GPU. Therefore, with consistency with all relevant regulations, impacts related to aesthetics would be less than significant.
Mitigation Measures: No 2024 RFEIR mitigation measures are applicable to the proposed Project.
4.1.2 Discussion
a. Have a substantial adverse effect on a scenic vista? No New Impact. According to the 2024 RFEIR, impacts related to scenic vistas were determined to be less than significant with the implementation of the MoVal 2040 GPU policies, as well as relevant local, State, and federal regulations. A significant impact could occur if the Project were to introduce incompatible visual elements within a field of view containing a scenic vista or substantially blocked views of a scenic vista. Under CEQA, a scenic vista is defined as a viewpoint that provides expansive views of a highly valued landscape for the public’s benefit. The MoVal 2040 GPU Open Space and Resource Conservation Element does not identify any scenic vistas within the City. 5
Public Safety Campus
As stated above, the City does not have any scenic vistas. The PSC Site is currently vacant and undeveloped.
The PSC Site is traversed by Redlands Boulevard and is bordered by Brodiaea Avenue and residential development to the north, Cactus Avenue and residential uses to the south, and Wilmot Street, residential uses, and vacant land to the west. The existing PSC Site is not considered scenic, nor does it contain any valued views. Therefore, development of the proposed two-story PSC would not directly obstruct any public views and implementation of the PSC would not have a substantial adverse effect on a scenic vista.
Therefore, the PSC would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Corporate Yard Fueling Station
The CYFS would be located on the northern portion of the City’s existing Corporate Yard. The Corporate Yard is surrounded by residential to the north and east, Santiago Drive to the south, and Perris Boulevard and vacant land to the west. The existing CYFS Site is not considered scenic, nor does it contain any valued views. The CYFS would consist of a new aboveground fueling facility would not directly obstruct any public views. Therefore, implementation of the CYFS would not have a substantial adverse effect on a scenic vista.
Therefore, the CYFS would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
5 City of Moreno Valley, MoVal 2040 General Plan Update, Open Space and Resource Conservation Element, https://moval.gov/cdd/documents/general-plan2040/10-OpenSpace-ResourceConservation.pdf. Accessed August 29, 2026.
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Civic Center Tenant Improvements
The Civic Center Tenant Improvements would occur entirely within the existing civic center buildings and would be limited to interior improvements. The Civic Center Tenant Improvements would not involve ground-disturbing activities. As such, implementation of the Civic Center Tenant Improvements would not have a substantial adverse effect on a scenic vista. Therefore, the Civic Center Tenant Improvements would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Mitigation Measures: No new mitigation measures are required. b. Substantially damage scenic resources, including, but not limited to, trees, rock outcroppings, and historic buildings within a State scenic highway?
No New Impact. According to the 2024 RFEIR, there are no State-designated or eligible highways within the City; therefore, there would be no impact to scenic resources, including but not limited to trees, rock outcroppings, and historical buildings within a State scenic highway. A significant impact would occur if scenic resources would be damaged or removed by a project, such as trees, rock outcroppings, or historic buildings within a designated scenic highway.
As determined in the 2024 RFEIR, there are no State-designated or eligible scenic highways within the City; therefore, the Project would have no impacts related to scenic resources, including but not limited to trees, rock outcroppings, and historical buildings within a State scenic highway. Therefore, the Project would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR and no new impacts would occur.
Mitigation Measures: No new mitigation measures are required. c. In non-urbanized areas, substantially degrade the site’s existing visual character or quality of public views and its surroundings? (Public views are those that are experienced from publicly accessible vantage point). If the project is in an urbanized area, would the project conflict with applicable zoning and other regulations governing scenic quality?
No New Impact. According to the 2024 RFEIR, impacts were determined to be less than significant with the implementation of the MoVal 2040 GPU policies, as well as relevant local, State, and federal regulations. A significant impact would occur if a project would substantially degrades the existing visual character or quality of the site and its surroundings. Significant impacts to the visual character of the site and its surroundings are generally based on the removal of features with aesthetic value, the introduction of contrasting urban features into a local area, and the degree to which the elements of a project detract from the visual character of an area. The Project is in an urbanized area of the City; therefore, the applicable threshold with respect to the Project is whether the Project is consistent with applicable zoning and other regulations governing scenic quality.
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Public Safety Campus
The PSC Site has an existing Land Use designation of R5 Residential, R10 Residential, R15 Residential, R20 Residential, and Parks/Open Space and a Zoning designation of R5 Residential, RS 10 Residential Single Family, R15 Residential, R20 Residential, and Open Space. The PSC would include development of a new joint-use fire and police station, EOC, and a regional animal shelter, which would be permitted under the existing uses and zoning designation and would not require a GPA or Zone Change. 6 Furthermore, all exterior lighting associated with the PSC would be directed downward and shielded, in compliance with City lighting standards. Therefore, the PSC would not conflict with applicable zoning or other regulations governing scenic quality, and impacts would be less than significant. The PSC would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Corporate Yard Fueling Station
The CYFS Site has a land use and zoning designation of Public (P). The CYFS would be permitted under the existing uses and zoning designation and would not require a General GPA or Zone Change. Furthermore, all exterior lighting associated with the CYFS would be directed downward and shielded, in compliance with City lighting standards. Therefore, the CYFS would not conflict with applicable zoning or other regulations governing scenic quality, and impacts would be less than significant. The CYFS would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Civic Center Tenant Improvements
The Civic Center Tenant Improvements would occur entirely within the existing civic center buildings and would be limited to interior improvements. Furthermore, as the tenant improvements would be retrofits to existing infrastructure, they would not require a GPA or Zone Change and would not conflict with applicable zoning or other regulations governing scenic quality. Impacts to the existing character and quality of public views of the Civic Center Tenant Improvement Sites would be less than significant. The Civic Center Tenant Improvements would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Mitigation Measures: No new mitigation measures are required. d. Create a new source of substantial light or glare, which would adversely affect day or nighttime views in the area?
No New Impact. According to the 2024 RFEIR, impacts were determined to be less than significant with the implementation of the MoVal 2040 GPU policies, as well as relevant local, State, and federal regulations. A significant impact would occur if light and glare substantially altered the character of offsite areas surrounding the site or interfered with the performance of an off-site activity. Light impacts are 6 City of Moreno Valley, Permitted Uses, https://moval.gov/cdd/pdfs/projects/mv2040/PermittedUses.pdf. Accessed August 18, 2026.
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typically associated with the use of artificial light during the evening and night-time hours. Daytime glare is common in urban areas and is typically associated with mid- to high-rise buildings with exterior facades largely or entirely comprised of highly reflective glass or mirror-like materials. Nighttime glare is primarily associated with bright point-source lighting that contrasts with existing low ambient light conditions.
Nighttime lighting sources include streetlights, vehicle headlights, and interior and exterior building illumination.
Construction
The Project would require various construction activities including site preparation to clear structures, vegetation and other materials on-site, construction and paving of off-site road improvements, and grading and paving to prepare the PSC site for new development, and the construction of the new structures. The City’s Municipal Code limits construction activities in two parts of the Code: Section
8.14.040(E), which only permits construction activitiesfrom 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. from Monday through Friday excluding holidays and from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Saturdays, and Section 11.80.030(D)(7), which prohibits any construction activities that create a noise disturbance between the hours of 8:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. As such, use of artificial light sources during construction limited to only the permitted construction hours and would be temporary and cease upon completion of Project construction.
Construction-related illumination would be used for safety and security purposes only. Additionally, as part of the Project, construction lighting would be shielded to minimize light spillover. Construction lighting, while potentially bright, would be focused on the particular area undergoing work.
Daytime glare could potentially occur during construction activities if reflective construction materials were positioned in highly visible locations where the reflection of sunlight could occur. However, any glare would be highly transitory and short-term, given the movement of construction equipment and materials within the construction area, and the temporary nature of construction activities. In addition, large, flat surfaces that generate substantial glare are typically not an element of construction activities.
Furthermore, temporary construction fencing comprised of a solid material or including screening would be placed along the periphery of the Project to screen construction activity from view at the street view at off-site locations. Therefore, there would be negligible potential for daytime or nighttime glare associated with construction activities to occur. Based on the above, light and glare associated with Project construction activities would not create a new source of substantial light or glare which would adversely affect day or nighttime views in the area. Therefore, impacts related to light and glare during construction would be less than significant.
Operation
Public Safety Campus
The PSC Site currently consists of vacant, undeveloped land. Existing sources of nighttime lighting on the PSC Site include lighting from residential development to the north, south, and west, and headlights from vehicles along Brodiaea Avenue, Redlands Boulevard, Cactus Avenue, and Wilmot Street.
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The PSC Site would introduce new sources of light and glare that are typically associated with police, fire, and emergency operations, including architecture, interior, security, entryway, signage, vehicle, and wayfinding lighting sources. In addition, there would be an incremental increase in the amount of light on Wilmot Street, Brodiaea Avenue, Redlands Boulevard, and Cacus Avenue from headlights of the motor vehicles generated by the PSC. The Project would also introduce off-site roadway improvements, including new lighting sources along Brodiaea Avenue from Wilmot Street to Redlands Boulevard and along Wilmot Street from Brodiaea Avenue to Cactus Avenue. Half-street improvements would be constructed along Redlands Boulevard from Campbell Avenue to Cactus Avenue and along Cactus Avenue from Redlands Boulevard to Goldenrod Street. Additionally, three new traffic signals would be installed at the intersections of Brodiaea Avenue and Redlands Boulevard, Redlands Boulevard and Cactus Avenue, and Cactus Avenue and Wilmot Street. However, all streets are regularly utilized, so the lighting from the Project’s motor vehicles accessing the PSC Site would not be a new source or light or glare and would be similar to the existing lighting conditions that are currently present.
Furthermore, all Project lighting would comply with current energy standards and codes, while providing efficient and effective on-site lighting. Nighttime security lighting for the PSC Site would be provided to illuminate building entrances, parking areas, and walkways. The Project’s exterior lights would be wall- or ground-mounted and shielded away from adjacent land uses and security lighting would be designed to prevent light trespass onto adjacent properties. Additionally, interior and exterior lighting would conform to the California Green Building Code (CALGreen) and Municipal Code Title 9, Section 9.10.110, Light and Glare.
Daytime glare can result from sunlight reflecting from a shiny surface that would interfere with the performance of an off-site activity, such as the operation of a motor vehicle. Reflective surfaces can be associated with window glass and polished surfaces, such as metallic trim. In general, sun reflection that has the greatest potential to interfere with driving occurs from the lower stories of a structure. No sources of substantial glare are anticipated with implementation of the PSC. Exterior building materials for the Project would use various non-reflective material designed to minimize the transmission of glare from the PSC from using highly reflective building materials such as mirrored glass on exterior facades. Based on the above, the PSC would not create a new source of substantial light or glare that would adversely affect day or nighttime views in the area. Therefore, impacts would be less than significant. The PSC would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Corporate Yard Fueling Station
The CYFS would be located on the northern portion of the City’s existing Corporate Yard. Existing sources of nighttime lighting on the CYFS Site include lighting from residential development to the north, east, and south, and from headlights from vehicles along Perris Boulevard, Santiago Drive, and Patricia Street. The CYFS would introduce a concentrated source of lighting and glare, lighting would be consistent with that commonly found at existing service stations and other commercial uses. Lighting fixtures would be shielded and directed downward to reduce glare and light trespass, and would comply with Municipal
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Code Title 9, Section 9.10.110, Light and Glare. Therefore, impacts would be less than significant. The CYFS would not result in new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Civic Center Tenant Improvements
The Civic Center Tenant Improvements would occur entirely within the existing civic center buildings and would be limited to interior improvements. Therefore, the Civic Center Tenant Improvements would not introduce a concentrated source of light or glare, and impacts would be less than significant. The Civic Center Tenant Improvements would not result in new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Mitigation Measures: No new mitigation measures are required.
4.1.3 Uniformly Applied Development Policies or Standards General Plan Goals and Policies
The 2024 RFEIR concludes that compliance with the following goals and policies applicable to the Project would avoid significant aesthetic impacts:
Goal OSRC-2 Preserve and respect Moreno Valley’s unique cultural and scenic resources, recognizing their contribution to local character and a sense of place.
Policy OSRC 2-1 Limit development on hillsides and ridgelines where structures interrupt the skyline.
Policy OSRC 2-3 Minimize alterations of the topography drainage patterns and vegetation of land with slopes of ten percent or more and maintain development standards to protect the environment and aesthetic integrity of hillside areas.
Policy OSRC 2-4 Reduce or avoid intrusion from energy and telecommunications infrastructure.
Encourage the undergrounding of utility lines wherever feasible and promote the use of “stealth” design and locate wireless infrastructure on existing poles, buildings, and other structures.
Policy OSRC 2-5 Recognize the scenic value of views of hills surround Moreno Valley from Gillman Springs Road, Moreno Beach Drive, and SR 60 and encourage measures to preserve viewsheds, as possible. The view of Mystic Lake from Gilman Springs Road should also be considered.
Policy ORSC 2-7 Ensure any signage along local scenic roads does not detract from the area’s scenic character.
Other Applicable Development Policies and Standards
Compliance with the additional development policies and standards identified below applicable to the Project would also reduce potential aesthetic impacts:
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Moreno Valley Municipal Code, Chapter 9.08, Section 9.08.100, Lighting, establishes regulations and standards for outdoor lighting which will reduce light pollution and trespass generated by residential and nonresidential lighting fixtures and devices, while maintaining dark skies.
Moreno Valley Municipal Code, Chapter 9.10, Section 9.10.110, Light and Glare, regulates light and glare by providing that no sign or lighting fixture shall create illumination which exceeds 0.5 foot candles minimum maintained on any adjacent property, whether the illumination is direct or indirect light from the source. Additionally, it is required that all lighting be designed to project down-ward and not create glare on adjacent properties.
Moreno Valley Municipal Code, Chapter 9.16, Design Guidelines, contains design guidelines intended to promote quality site planning to ensure compatibility of surrounding development, while encouraging variety and distinctiveness in design and architectural styles. Municipal Code Section 9.16.020 specifies design principles relating to urban design, site planning, architecture, landscaping, lighting and sign design.
Moreno Valley Municipal Code, Chapter 9.17, Landscape and Water Efficiency Requirements, identify landscape design issues and provide standards to create aesthetic and water conserving landscape areas.
These requirements apply to landscape development in public rights-of-way, areas adjacent to the public right-of-way, easements, setbacks, slopes, parking areas, public, quasi-public, commercial, industrial and specified residential on-site landscape areas.
4.1.4 Conclusion
With regards to the topic of Aesthetics, the following findings can be made:
1. No peculiar impacts to the Project or the site have been identified.
2. There are no potentially significant off-site and/or cumulative impacts which were not discussed by the 2024 RFEIR.
3. No substantial new information has been identified which results in an impact which is more severe than anticipated by the 2024 RFEIR.
4. No mitigation measures contained within the 2024 RFEIR would be required because Project-specific impacts would be less than significant.
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4.2 AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY RESOURCES
Project
Peculiar
Impact that
is not
Substantially
Mitigated by
Uniformly
Applied
Policies
Significant
Impact not
Analyzed as
Significant
in the Prior
EIR
Potentially
Significant
Offsite or
Cumulative
Impact not
Discussed in
the prior EIR
Adverse
Impact
More
Severe
based on
Substantial
New
Information
No New
Impact
AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY RESOURCES – Would the project:
a. Convert Prime Farmland, Unique
Farmland, or Farmland of Statewide
Importance (Farmland), as shown on
the maps prepared pursuant to the
Farmland Mapping and Monitoring
Program of the California Resources
Agency, to nonagricultural use?
b. Conflict with existing zoning for
agricultural use, or a Williamson Act
contract?
c. Conflict with existing zoning for, or
cause rezoning of, forest land (as
defined in Public Resources Code
section 12220(g)), timberland (as
defined by Public Resources Code
section 4526), or timberland zoned
Timberland Production (as defined by
Government Code section 51104(g))?
d. Result in the loss of forestland or
conversion of forestland to non-forest
use?
e. Involve other changes in the existing
environment which, due to their
location or nature could result in
conversion of Farmland, to
nonagricultural use or conversion of
forestland to non-forest use?
4.2.1 Summary of Impacts Identified in the 2024 RFEIR
The 2024 RFEIR concluded that implementation of the MoVal 2040 Project would impact Prime Farmland and Farmland of Local Importance within the proposed Concept Areas, which are geographically defined planning subareas where the General Plan provides more focused land use and urban design direction than the Citywide policies alone. The 2024 RFEIR determined that the continued development of properties under the land use designations that would remain unchanged would also have the potential to convert additional land designated as Prime Farmland, Farmland of Statewide Importance or Unique
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Farmland to non-farming uses. Although the conversion of farmland was anticipated and evaluated under the prior general plan EIR (the Moreno Vally 2006 General Plan EIR), the MoVal 2040 Project would convert some of the remaining vacant, farmland to non-agricultural uses, which would constitute a significant impact.
Additionally, the 2024 RFEIR determined that there would be no conflicts with agricultural zoning as the City does not have any exclusive agricultural zones and the MoVal 2040 Project does not include any rezoning. Additionally, the MoVal 2040 Project did not propose any land use changes within or adjacent to any land subject to a Williamson Act Contract. Therefore, impacts related to agricultural zoning and Williamson Act Contracts would be less than significant. Additionally, no impacts would occur regarding forest zoning and forest land.
Lastly, the 2024 RFEIR concluded that the implementation of the MoVal 2040 Project would intensify uses within the Planning Area in a manner that would reduce the feasibility of agricultural production.
Furthermore, the continued development of land under the land use designations that would remain unchanged could also indirectly affect the feasibility of agricultural production through continued urbanization. Therefore, the MoVal 2040 Project would potentially result in indirect conversion of potential farmland resources to non-agricultural uses, which would be considered a significant impact.
Mitigation Measures: No 2024 RFEIR mitigation measures are applicable to the proposed Project.
4.2.2 Discussion
a. Convert Prime Farmland, Unique Farmland, or Farmland of Statewide Importance (Farmland), as shown on the maps prepared pursuant to the Farmland Mapping and Monitoring Program of the California Resources Agency, to nonagricultural use?
No New Impact. According to the 2024 RFEIR, implementation of the MoVal 2040 Project would have a significant impact on Prime Farmland and Farmland of Local Importance within the Planning Area. A significant impact would occur under the Project if the Project proposes to convert additional protected Farmland to non-agricultural uses.
Public Safety Campus
As previously discussed, the PSC Site has a land use designation of R5 Residential, R10 Residential, R15 Residential, R20 Residential, and Parks/Open Space and a Zoning designation of R5 Residential, RS 10 Residential Single Family, R15 Residential, R20 Residential, and Open Space. Additionally, the PSC Site is located within an area designated as Farmland of Local Importance. 7 As stated in the 2024 RFEIR, implementation of the MoVal 2040 Project would impact Prime Farmland and Farmland of Local Importance, and impacts to farmland would be significant and unavoidable. Therefore, while the Project would convert Farmland of Local Importance to non-farming uses, these significant and unavoidable 7 California Department of Conservation, California Important Farmland Finder, https://maps.conservation.ca.gov/DLRP/CIFF/. Accessed August 14, 2026.
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impacts have already been evaluated in the 2024 RFEIR and mitigated to the extent feasible. The PSC would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Corporate Yard Fueling Station
The Corporate Yard Site is located in an area designated as Urban and Built Up Land, an area occupied by structures with a building density of at least 1 unit to 1.5 acres. Therefore, the CYFS would not convert Prime Farmland, Unique Farmland, or Farmland of Statewide Importance to nonagricultural use. The CYFS would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Civic Center Tenant Improvements
The Civic Center Tenant Improvements would occur entirely within the existing civic center buildings and would be limited to interior improvements. The Civic Center Tenant Improvements would not involve ground-disturbing activities. Therefore, the Civic Center Tenant Improvements would not convert Prime Farmland, Unique Farmland, or Farmland of Statewide Importance to non-agricultural use. The Civic Center Tenant Improvements would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Mitigation Measures: No new mitigation measures are required. b. Conflict with existing zoning for agricultural use, or a Williamson Act contract? No New Impact. According to the 2024 RFEIR, implementation of the MoVal 2040 Project does not propose any land use changes within or adjacent to a Williamson Act Contract. Therefore, impacts related to agricultural zoning and Williamson Act Contracts would be less than significant. A significant impact would occur if the Project conflicted with existing agricultural zoning or agricultural parcels enrolled under the Williamson Act. According to the2024 RFEIR, there are no Williamson Act lands within the City.
Therefore, the Project would not conflict with any existing agricultural zoning designations, nor affect any existing Williamson Act Contracts. Therefore, the Project would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Mitigation Measures: No new mitigation measures are required. c. Conflict with existing zoning for, or cause rezoning of, forest land (as defined in Public Resources Code section 12220(g)), timberland (as defined by Public Resources Code section 4526), or timberland zoned Timberland Production (as defined by Government Code section 51104(g))? No New Impact. As stated in the 2024 RFEIR, the City also does not possess any zoning classifications for forestland, timberland, or timberland production zones, nor does the Planning Area possess any forestland. A significant impact would occur if the Project conflicted with existing zoning or caused rezoning of forest land or timberland, or resulted in the loss of forest land, or in the conversion of forest land to non-forest use.
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Public Safety Campus
As previously discussed, the PSC Site has a General Plan land use designation of R5 Residential, R10 Residential, R15 Residential, R20 Residential, and Parks/Open Space and a Zoning designation of R5 Residential, RS 10 Residential Single Family, R15 Residential, R20 Residential, and Open Space. Therefore, the PSC Site would not conflict with existing zoning for, or cause rezoning of, forest land, timberland, or timberland zoned Timberland Production. The PSC would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Corporate Yard Fueling Station
The CYFS Site has a land use and zoning designation of P. The CYFS Site does not include any forestland or timberland. Therefore, the CYFS would not conflict with existing zoning for, or cause rezoning of, forest land, timberland, or timberland zoned Timberland Production. The CYFS would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Existing Civic Center Tenant Improvements
The Civic Center Tenant Improvements Sites have a land use and zoning designation of P. The Civic Center Tenant Improvements would occur entirely within the existing civic center buildings and would be limited to interior improvements. Therefore, the Civic Center would not conflict with the existing zoning for forestland, nor would it cause the rezoning of forest land, timberland, or timberland zoned Timberland Production. The Civic Center Tenant Improvements would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Mitigation Measures: No new mitigation measures are required. d. Result in the loss of forestland or conversion of forestland to non-forest use? No New Impact. As stated in the 2024 RFEIR, the City also does not possess any zoning classifications for forestland. A significant impact would occur if the Project resulted in the loss of forest land or in the conversion of forest land to non-forest use. As there is no forestland within the City, the Project would not result in the loss of forestland or conversion of forestland to non-forest uses. Therefore, the Project would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Mitigation Measures: No new mitigation measures are required. e. Involve other changes in the existing environment which, due to their location or nature could result in conversion of Farmland, to nonagricultural use or conversion of forestland to non-forest use? No New Impact. According to the 2024 RFEIR, implementation of the MoVal 2040 Project would intensify uses within the Planning Area that would reduce the feasibility of agricultural production. Therefore, the 2024 RFEIR concluded that the MoVal 2040 Project would result in indirect conversion of potential
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farmland resources to non-agricultural uses, which would be considered a significant and unavoidable impact. A significant impact would occur if the Project caused the conversion of farmland to nonagricultural use. As previously discussed, the PSC Site is designated as Farmland of Local Importance by the California Department of Conservation; therefore, the Project would result in the conversion of farmland to non-agricultural uses. However, this significant and unavoidable impact has already been evaluated and mitigated to the extent feasible in the 2024 RFEIR. Additionally, the CYFS Site is located in Urban and Built-Up Land and the tenant improvements would occur in an existing development, therefore no conversion to nonagricultural use would occur. Therefore, the proposed Project would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts, and no new impacts would occur.
Mitigation Measures: No new mitigation measures are required.
4.2.3 Uniformly Applied Development Policies and Standards General Plan Goals and Policies
The 2024 RFEIR concludes that compliance with the following goals and policies applicable to the Project would avoid significant agricultural and forestry resources impacts:
Policy OSRC 1-1 Retain the maximum feasible amount of open space and agricultural land in areas outside the City surrounding Moreno Valley, recognizing its habitat value as well as its contribution to the local economy, quality of life, healthy air quality, and community character.
Policy OSRC 1-6 Where agriculture exists within the City limits, allow uses to continue until urban development occurs on these properties and support appropriate commercial activities (i.e. horse stables, agri-tourism) in rural areas in and around Moreno Valley.
Policy OSRC 1-7 Require that grading plans include appropriate and feasible measures to minimize erosion, sedimentation, wind erosion and fugitive dust. Particularly in hillside areas, new roadways and trails should follow natural contours to minimize grading.
Policy OSRC 1-19 Preserve natural drainage course in their natural state to the extent feasible.
Other Applicable Development Policies and Standards
There are no additional development policies and standards applicable to the Project.
4.2.4 Conclusion
With regard to the topic of Agriculture and Forestry Resources, the following findings can be made:
1. No peculiar impacts to the Project or the site have been identified.
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2. There are no potentially significant off-site and/or cumulative impacts which were not discussed by the 2024 RFEIR.
3. No substantial new information has been identified which results in an impact which is more severe than anticipated by the 2024 RFEIR.
4. No mitigation measures contained within the 2024 RFEIR would be required because Project-specific impacts would be less than significant.
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4.3 AIR QUALITY
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AIR QUALITY – Where available, the significance criteria established by the applicable air quality management or air pollution control district may be relied upon to make the following determinations. Would the project:
a. Conflict with or obstruct implementation
of the applicable air quality plan?
b. Result in a cumulatively considerable net
increase of any criteria pollutant for which
the project region is nonattainment under
an applicable federal or State ambient air
quality standard?
c. Expose sensitive receptors to substantial
pollutant concentrations?
d. Result in other emissions (such as those
leading to odors) adversely affecting a
substantial number of people?
The following section summarizes and incorporates by reference information from the Air Quality and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Analysis (“Project Air Quality and GHG Analysis”) prepared by Kimley-Horn and Associates (Kimley-Horn), dated September 2026. The report is included as Appendix A to this document.
4.3.1 Summary of Impacts Identified in the 2024 RFEIR
The 2024 RFEIR concluded that the buildout under the MoVal 2040 Project would not be consistent with the Air Quality Management Plan (AQMP) because it would increase vehicle miles traveled (VMT) per service population when compared to existing conditions, resulting in significant and unavoidable transportation impacts related to VMT. However, at a programmatic level of analysis, the 2024 RFEIR concluded that there are no feasible mitigation measures that would reduce air quality impacts associated with development facilitated by the MoVal 2040 Project. As such, implementation of the MoVal 2040 Project would not be consistent with the AQMP, and impacts would be significant and unavoidable.
The 2024 RFEIR also determined that construction and operations associated with future development that would be accommodated under the MoVal 2040 Project could generate both short-term (construction) and long-term (operations) emissions in excess of the South Coast Air Quality Management District’s (SCAQMD) threshold criteria. For short-term emissions, implementing General Plan Update Mitigation Measure (GPU MM) AQ-1 through MM AQ-5 and complying with the MoVal 2040 GPU goals and policies would reduce construction-related air pollutant emissions. However, individual projects could implement these mitigation measures and still exceed the SCAQMD regional significance thresholds. Vv
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Therefore, the 2024 RFEIR construction-related regional air quality impacts of developments that would be accommodated by the implementation of the MoVal 2040 Project would remain significant and unavoidable. For long-term operations, GPU MM AQ-5, in addition to the MoVal 2040 GPU goals and policies, would reduce air pollutant emissions. The conditions and policies covering topics such as expansion of the pedestrian and bicycle networks, promotion of public and active transit, and support to increase building energy efficiency and energy conservation would also reduce criteria air pollutants within the City. However, impacts would remain significant and unavoidable due to the magnitude of the overall land use development associated with the implementation of the MoVal 2040 Project.
Similarly, localized construction and operational emissions associated with future development could exceed the SCAQMD’s localized significance thresholds (LST) and health risk thresholds. Cumulative development within the City would exceed the regional significance thresholds; therefore, implementation of the MoVal 2040 Project could contribute to an increase in health effects in the South Coast Air Basin (Basin) until the attainment standards are met in the Basin. As such, the 2024 RFEIR concluded that the regional air quality would remain significant and unavoidable even with mitigation implemented. GPU MM AQ-5 would also result in a reduction of localized construction- and operationrelated criteria air pollutant emissions to the extent logistically and technologically feasible. However, because existing sensitive receptors may be near construction activities and large emitters of on-site operation-related criteria air pollutant emissions generated by individual development projects accommodated by the MoVal 2040 Project, construction and operation emissions generated by such projects have the potential to exceed SCAQMD’s LSTs.
Overall, impacts would remain significant and unavoidable. Regarding health risk, implementation of GPU MM AQ-5 also has the potential to reduce construction and operational health risk; however, construction and operation health risk generated by projects under the MoVal 2040 Project would still have the potential to exceed SCAQMD’s health risk. Overall, impacts would remain significant and unavoidable for construction risk and less than significant with mitigation for operational health risk.
Regarding odor, the 2024 RFEIR found that impacts related to construction and operational odor impacts would be less than significant with compliance with MoVal 2040 GPU policies and SCAQMD Rules 402 and 1113.
Mitigation Measures from the 2024 RFEIR
The following GPU MM are applicable to the proposed Project. At a programmatic level of analysis, the 2024 RFEIR concluded that there are no feasible mitigation measures that would reduce air quality impacts associated with development facilitated by the MoVal 2040 GPU. Future construction and operational emissions would conflict with implementation of the AQMP. Impacts remain significant and unavoidable.
GPU MM AQ-1 Proposed development projects that are not exempt from CEQA shall have construction and operational air quality impacts analyzed using the latest available air emissions model, or other analytical method determined in conjunction with the SCAQMD. The results of the air quality impact analysis shall be included in the development project’s CEQA documentation. To address potential localized impacts, the air quality analysis shall incorporate SCAQMD’s Localized Significance Threshold (LST) analysis or other
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appropriate analyses as determined in conjunction with the SCAQMD. If such analyses identify potentially significant regional or local air quality impacts, the City shall require the incorporation of appropriate mitigation to reduce such impacts to the greatest extent feasible.
GPU MM AQ-2 Applicants for future discretionary development projects which will generate construction-related fugitive dust emissions that exceed applicable thresholds shall include, but are not limited to, the mitigation measures recommended by SCAQMD’s CEQA Air Quality Handbook, to the extent technically and logistically feasible and applicable. The measures shall be included as notes on the grading and/or demolition plans:
• The area disturbed by clearing, grading, earth moving, or excavation operations shall be minimized to prevent excess amounts of dust. • Pre-grading/excavation activities shall include watering the area to be graded or excavated before commencement of grading or excavation operations.
Application of watering (preferably reclaimed water, if available) should penetrate sufficiently to minimize fugitive dust during grading activities. This measure can achieve PM10 reductions of 61 percent through application of water every three hours to disturbed areas.
• Fugitive dust produced during grading, excavation, and construction activities shall be controlled by the following activities: To reduce energy demand associated with potable water conveyance, future projects shall implement the following, as applicable:
o All trucks shall be required to cover their loads as required by California Vehicle Section 23114. Covering loads and maintaining a freeboard height of 12 inches can reduce PM10 emissions by 91 percent.
o All graded and excavated material, exposed soil areas, and active portions of the construction site, including unpaved on-site roadways, shall be treated to prevent fugitive dust. Treatment shall include, but not necessarily be limited to, periodic watering at not less than three hourintervals, application of environmentally safe soil stabilization materials, and/or roll-compaction as appropriate.
Watering shall be done as often as necessary and reclaimed water shall be used whenever possible. Application of water every three hours to disturbed areas can reduce PM10 emissions by 61 percent. • Graded and/or excavated inactive areas of the construction site shall be monitored at least weekly for dust stabilization. Soil stabilization methods, such as water and roll-compaction, and environmentally safe dust control materials, shall be periodically applied to portions of the construction site that are inactive for over four days. If no further grading or excavation operations are planned for the area, the area shall be seeded and watered
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until grass growth is evident, or periodically treated with environmentally safe dust suppressants, to prevent excessive fugitive dust. Replacement of ground cover in disturbed areas can reduce PM10 emissions by 5 percent. • Signs shall be posted on-site limiting traffic to 15 miles per hour or less. This measure can reduce associated PM10 emissions by 57 percent. • During periods of high winds (i.e., wind speed sufficient to cause fugitive dust to impact adjacent properties; instantaneous wind speeds exceeding 25 miles per hour), all clearing, grading, earth moving, and excavation operations shall be curtailed to the degree necessary to prevent fugitive dust created by onsite activities and operations from being a nuisance or hazard off-site or onsite. The site superintendent/supervisor shall use his/her discretion in conjunction with SCAQMD when winds are excessive (above 25 miles per hour).
• Adjacent streets and roads shall be swept at least once per day, preferably at the end of the day, if visible soil material is carried over to adjacent streets and roads.
• Personnel involved in grading operations, including contractors and subcontractors, shall be required to wear respiratory protection in accordance with California Division of Occupational Safety and Health regulations.
GPU MM AQ-3 Applicants for future discretionary development projects that would generate construction-related emissions that exceed applicable thresholds, shall include, but are not limited to, the mitigation measures recommended by the SCAQMD (in its CEQA Air Quality Handbook or otherwise), to the extent technically and logistically feasible and applicable to the project. The types of measures shall include but are not limited to:
• Construction haul truck operators for demolition debris and import/export of soil shall use trucks that meet CARB’s 2020 engine emissions standards of
0.01 grams per brake horsepower hour of particulate matter (PM) and 0.20 grams per brake horsepower-hour of NOx emissions. Operators shall maintain records of all trucks associated with project construction to document that each truck used meets these emission standards and shall provide these records prior to grading permit issuance to the City. • Construction vehicle idling shall be limited to five minutes as set forth in California Code of Regulations Title 13, Article 4.8, Section 2449. Signs shall be posted in areas where they will be seen by vehicle operators stating idling time limits. This requirement shall be included on the plans. • Construction contractors shall utilize construction equipment that uses low polluting fuels (i.e., compressed natural gas, liquid petroleum gas, and unleaded gasoline) to the extent that they are available and feasible to use.
This requirement shall be included on the plans.
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• Heavy duty diesel-fueled equipment shall use low NOx diesel fuel to the extent that it is available and feasible to use. This requirement shall be included on the plans.
• Construction contractors shall use electricity from power poles rather than temporary gasoline or diesel-powered generators, as technically and logistically feasible, or solar where available. This requirement shall be included on the plans.
• Construction contractors shall maintain construction equipment in good, properly tuned operating condition, as specified by the manufacturer, to minimize exhaust emissions. Documentation demonstrating that the equipment has been maintained in accordance with the manufacturer’s specifications shall be shared with the City prior to grading permit issuance. • Construction contractors shall reroute construction trucks away from congested streets or sensitive receptor areas, as technically and logistically feasible. This requirement shall be included on the plans.
GPU MM AQ-4 Prior to issuance of a grading permit, a Localized Significance Threshold analysis shall be prepared for construction and operations. If the LST analysis determines that the established Localized Significance Thresholds for NOx, PM2.5, or PM10 would be exceeded, then modifications to construction equipment profiles, modifications to construction schedules, or additional pollution reduction measures shall be implemented to ensure that none of the Thresholds will be exceeded.
GPU MM AQ-5a A project-specific Health Risk Assessment (HRA) shall be conducted for future development projects that would generate toxic air contaminants (TACs) within 1,000 feet of sensitive receptors, pursuant to the recommendations set forth in the California Air Resources Board (CARB) Air Quality and Land Use Handbook. Consistent with Assembly Bill (AB) 98 and Senate Bill (SB) 415, logistics use facility projects within 900 feet of sensitive receptors to shall conduct an operational HRA. The HRA shall evaluate a project when unmitigated emissions are expected to meet or exceed per the following South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) thresholds:
• Carcinogens: Maximally Exposed Individual risk equals or exceeds 10 in one million. For cumulative cancer risk, the maximum exposed individual risk equals or exceeds significance thresholds established by SCAQMD. • Non‐Carcinogens: Emit toxic contaminants that equal or exceed 1 for the Maximally Exposed Individual.
If projects are found to exceed the SCAQMD’s thresholds, mitigation, including but not limited to requiring heavy-duty trucks, forklifts and/or yard trucks to be zero-emission, forbidding trucks from idling for more than three minutes, installing photo-voltaic systems, running conduit for future electric truck charging, requiring all stand-by generators to be non-diesel, designing to LEED green building certifications, and improving vegetation and tree canopy for shade, shall be incorporated to reduce impacts
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to below SCAQMD thresholds. The HRA shall be submitted to the City Planning Department to demonstrate that none of the Thresholds will be exceeded prior to issuance of building permits for any future discretionary residential or residential mixeduse project.
GPU MM AQ-5b The City of Moreno Valley shall create an abatement fund to subsidize air filtration and/or Heating, Ventilation, Air Condition (HVAC) systems for residents within 1,000 feet of the property line of any logistics use facility projects or within 1,000 feet of a dedicated truck routes, thereby abating air quality impacts for the most impacted sensitive receptors. The City of Moreno Valley may choose to administer the abatement fund or designate its administration to a third party which will require an additional 10 percent administrative fee. Prior to the issuance of the first certificate of occupancy, all logistics use facility project applicants shall pay a one-time fee of $1,500 for each daily truck trip the logistics use facility project is estimated to induce.
GPU MM AQ-5c All logistics use facility projects shall provide documentation to the City of Moreno Valley demonstrating that the following design and construction requirements shall be implemented, as applicable to the project:
• All logistics use facility projects shall be located at least 1,000 feet from sensitive receptors.
• All logistics use facility projects shall include a solid wall and/or a landscaped berm of at least 15 feet in height, separating the project and nearby sensitive receptors.
• All logistic facility projects shall ensure that the project parking lots have at least 35 percent of the tree shade cover within 15 years of commencement of operations.
• All logistics use facility projects shall make at least 25 percent of passenger car vehicle parking electric vehicle (EV)-ready, with at least 15 percent of passenger parking spots equipped with Level 2 chargers. • All logistics use facility projects shall be equipped with EV ready conduits at each truck door or parking spot to support an EV charger and at least 50 percent of these shall be installed with fast chargers. • All logistics use facility projects that include refrigerated storage shall provide fully functional transportation refrigeration unit (TRU) plug-ins or similar electrical hookups at all truck loading bays or dock doors. • All logistics use facility projects totaling over 400,000 square feet in total footprint shall maintain a lounge for truck operators with amenities including restrooms, vending machines, and air conditioning.
• All construction equipment, including smaller equipment (such as hand tools and power washers), shall be zero emission if feasible and commercially
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available within the State of California. If it is not feasible to utilize zeroemission construction equipment, or such equipment is not commercially available within the State of California, all such construction equipment shall meet the California Air Resources Board (CARB) Tier 4 certification and lowpolluting fuels (e.g., low NOx diesel). • All logistics use facility projects shall be prohibited from using diesel generators during construction except for emergencies.
• The idling of all construction equipment and construction related vehicles shall be limited to three (3) minutes. • Grading and earthmoving activities shall be prohibited on days with an Air Quality Index (AQI) greater than 100.
GPU MM AQ-5d All logistics use facility projects shall provide documentation to the City of Moreno Valley demonstrating that the following operational measures shall be implemented, as applicable to the project:
• All logistics use facility projects shall utilize trucks with a minimum 2014 model year by 2027.
• All logistics use facility projects shall use 100 percent zero emission vehicles (ZEV) for forklifts, yard trucks, and other on site equipment. • All logistics use facility projects shall have signage noting a three (3)-minute idling limit and shall provide the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD)-complaint call-in line to submit idling complaints. • All logistics use facility projects shall be prohibited from using diesel generators during operation except for emergencies.
• All logistics use facility projects shall provide workers with secure bicycle storage facilities with outlets for electric bicycles and on-site meals or lunch shuttle programs.
• All logistics use facility projects shall also provide workers with transit route information and incentives to carpool, such as dedicated carpool parking spaces.
• All logistics use facility projects shall implement training programs for managers and employees on efficient scheduling and load management to minimize truck queuing and idling.
4.3.2 Discussion
a. Conflict with or obstruct implementation of the applicable air quality plan? No New Impact. According to the 2024 RFEIR, implementation of the MoVal 2040 Project would not be consistent with the AQMP because it would increase VMT per service population when compared to existing conditions, resulting in significant and unavoidable transportation impact. At a programmatic
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level, there were no feasible mitigation measures that would reduce impacts to a less than significant level.
As with the MoVal 2040 Project, the proposed Project would be subject to the SCAQMD AQMP. Therefore, a significant impact would occur if the proposed Project is deemed inconsistent with the SCAQMD AQMP, specifically if it would exceed the AQMP’s growth assumptions or if would contribute to a violation or delay the attainment of State/federal air quality standards.
Consistency with Growth Assumptions
The Project would not conflict with or obstruct implementation of the AQMP because it would be consistent with the land use and growth assumptions evaluated in the GPPU and 2024 RFEIR, would not require a GPA or zone change, and would not generate growth or emissions beyond those anticipated for the Project area. As discussed in Section 2.2, City of Moreno Valley General Plan, the Gener Plan buildout is anticipated to generate approximately 43,882 new residents within the Planning Area by 2040, which would necessitate construction of additional fire stations and police facilities. Specifically, the 2024 RFEIR notes that the City is planning an expansion of the Civic Center complex that would include a remodeled Public Safety Building capable of accommodating roughly 600 total personnel, as well as a satellite police substation in the southeastern part of the City to serve the anticipated demand from new development.
As such, the development proposed by the Project is consistent with the growth anticipated by the MoVal 2040 Project. Therefore, the Project represents implementation of public facilities specifically contemplated by the General Plan and does not alter the land use assumptions, population forecasts, employment forecasts, or development intensity.
Furthermore, as further discussed in Section 4.16, Transportation and Traffic, the Project would not modify the land use assumptions used in the program-level VMT analysis. Therefore, the Project would not create a new significant VMT impact or substantially increase the severity of the significant and unavoidable VMT impact previously identified in the 2024 RFEIR. In addition, the Project would comply with applicable SCAQMD rules and regulations during construction and operation.
Impact to Air Quality Standards
As stated in the 2024 RFEIR, the Project Site is located within the South Coast Air Basin, which is designated nonattainment for the State and federal ozone (O3)standards and State and federal particulate matter 2.5 microns or smaller in diameter (PM2.5) standards, and nonattainment for the State particulate matter 10 micros or smaller in diameter (PM10) standards. If a project exceeds the regional air pollutant thresholds, then it would significantly contribute to air quality violations in the Basin. As discussed in threshold (b), below temporary emissions associated with construction of the Project would not exceed regional construction thresholds, and long-term emissions associated with operation would not exceed regional operational thresholds and would not contribute to the existing air quality violations outlined in the AQMP.
Therefore, the Project would not specifically conflict with implementation of the AQMP and would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR. As such, no new impacts would occur.
Mitigation Measures: No new mitigation measures are required.
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b. Result in a cumulatively considerable net increase of any criteria pollutant for which the project region is nonattainment under an applicable federal or State ambient air quality standard? No New Impact. The 2024 RFEIR concluded that buildout of the MoVal 2040 Project would generate shortterm construction emissions and operational emissionsthat would exceed SCAQMD’s regional significance thresholds and cumulatively contribute to the nonattainment designations of the Basin. With the implementation of GPU MM AQ-1 through GPU MM AQ-5 and compliance with the MoVal 2040 GPU policies, impacts would be reduced but individual projects could still exceed the SCAQMD regional significance thresholds and contribute to the existing air quality violation.
A significant impact could occur if a Project would add a considerable cumulative contribution to federal or State nonattainment pollutants. As discussed previously, the Basin is currently designated as being in nonattainment for the State and federal O3 standards and State and federal PM2.5 standards, and nonattainment for the State PM10 standards. Therefore, these criteria pollutants as well as O3-precursor pollutants (i.e., ROG and NOX) would also be considered the criteria pollutants of primary concern in this analysis. The SCAQMD provides significance thresholds for emissions associated with construction and operations. The construction and operational emissions are compared to the daily criteria pollutant emissions significance thresholds in order to determine the significance of the Project’s impact, which are specified in the table below. Therefore, if a Project generates less than significant construction or operational emissions, then the Project would not generate a cumulatively considerable increase in emissions for those pollutants for which the Basin is in nonattainment.
Construction
Construction associated with the Project would generate short-term emissions of criteria air pollutants.
Construction-generated emissions of the criteria pollutants identified above would be short-term and of temporary duration, lasting only as long as construction activities occur, but would be considered a significant air quality impact if the volume of pollutants generated were to exceed the SCAQMD’s thresholds of significance. Construction results in the temporary generation of emissions from site grading, road paving, motor vehicle exhaust associated with construction equipment and worker trips, and the movement of construction equipment, especially on unpaved surfaces. Emissions of airborne particulate matter are largely dependent on the amount of ground disturbance associated with site preparation activities, as well as weather conditions and the appropriate application of water.
As discussed in Section 1.2, Project Description, Project construction is anticipated to begin as early as October 2027. Construction of the Public Safety Campus includes site preparation, grading, building construction, paving, and architectural coating. Construction of the Corporate Yard Fueling Station includes demolition, site preparation, grading, and building construction. The Project also includes improvements along Brodiaea Avenue, Wilmot Street, Cactus Avenue, and Redlands Boulevard.
The Project Air Quality and GHG Analysis calculated construction-generated emissions using the California Emissions Estimator Model (CalEEMod), which is designed to model emissions for land use development projects based on typical construction requirements. It was conservatively assumed that all construction
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equipment operated during each individual phase would be operated simultaneously and that all components of the Project would begin construction in October 2027. The emission calculations assume the use of standard construction practices, such as compliance with SCAQMD rules and regulations, including SCAQMD Rule 402 (Nuisance), Rule 403 (Fugitive Dust), and Rule 1113 (Architectural Coatings).
South Coast AQMD Rule 402 prohibits the discharge of air contaminants or other material that cause a nuisance. South Coast AQMD Rule 403 requires fugitive dust control measures. South Coast AQMD Rule 1113 provides specifications on painting practices and regulates the ROG content of paint. Project construction would additionally comply with CARB’s anti-idling regulations, which prohibits heavy-duty diesel vehicle idling for more than five minutes.
The emissions associated with Project construction are reported in Table 1: Project Construction Emissions, below. Table 1 identifies maximum daily emissions that are estimated for peak construction days for each construction year. As shown, construction emissions associated with the Project would not exceed SCAQMD regional thresholds. As such, the Project would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts that were identified in the 2024 RFEIR related to regional construction air quality emissions and no new impacts would occur.
Table 1: Project Construction Emissions (Maximum Daily Pounds per Day) 1, 2 Construction Year
ROG NOX CO SO2 PM10 PM2.5
pounds/day
Public Safety Campus 2027 3.12 28.04 29.16 0.06 6.51 3.76 Fueling Station 2027 1.02 8.73 9.94 0.02 2.08 1.07
Off-Site Improvements 20273 3.49 28.12 38.35 0.07 1.78 1.22 Public Safety Campus 2028 2.96 24.41 28.41 0.06 5.29 2.10 Fueling Station 2028 0.46 4.30 6.91 0.01 0.15 0.14
Off-Site Improvements 20283 1.77 14.41 20.79 0.04 0.93 0.57 Public Safety Campus 2029 49.31 10.47 19.60 0.03 2.14 0.73 Maximum 20274 7.63 64.89 77.45 0.15 10.37 6.05
Maximum 20284 5.19 43.12 56.11 0.11 6.37 2.81
Maximum 20294 49.31 10.47 19.60 0.03 2.14 0.73
Maximum Emissions 49.31 64.89 77.45 0.15 10.37 6.05
SCAQMD AQMP/ Regional
Threshold 75 100 550 150 150 55
Threshold Exceeded? No No No No No No
Notes:
OG = Reactive Organic Gases; NOX = Nitrogen Oxides; CO = Carbon Monoxide; SO2 = Sulfur Dioxide; PM10 = Particulate Matter 10 microns in diameter or less; PM2.5 = Particulate Matter 2.5 microns in diameter or less
1. Worst-case seasonal maximum daily emissions are reported.
2. Mandatory compliance with South Coast AQMD Rule 403 Fugitive Dust assumed. Rule 403 reduction/credits include the following: properly maintain mobile and other construction equipment: water exposed surfaces three times daily; and limit speeds on unpaved roads to 25 miles per hour. Reductions percentages from the South Coast AQMD CEQA Handbook (Tables XI-A through XI-E) were applied.
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Table 1: Project Construction Emissions (Maximum Daily Pounds per Day) 1, 2 Construction Year
ROG NOX CO SO2 PM10 PM2.5
pounds/day
3. Project includes the improvement of four roadways. CalEEMod accounts for the construction of one of those four roadways to represent the maximum daily emissions, as construction of all four roadways would not occur concurrently.
4. It is assumed that maximum daily emissions from each project component during each year would overlap.
Source: CalEEMod version 2022.1. Refer to Appendix A for the model outputs.
Operation
The Project’s operational emissions would be associated with mobile sources (motor vehicle use), area sources (landscape maintenance equipment, architectural coatings, and consumer products) and energy sources (electricity and natural gas usage). Project-generated vehicle emissions are based on the trip generation estimates and have been incorporated into CalEEMod, as recommended by the SCAQMD. The PSC would generate 4,349 total daily vehicle trips and the CYFS would generate 688 total daily vehicle trips.
The PSC would include the installation of four emergency generators, which would supply emergency backup power to the building in the event of an emergency. As such, the emergency generator would not be part of the Project’s normal daily operations, and as such, were conservatively assumed to operate one generator per day for eight hours in a single day for testing and maintenance purposes. The City isrequired to obtain a permit from the SCAQMD prior to installation of any emergency backup generators. Emergency backup generators must meet SCAQMD's Best Available Control Technology (BACT) requirements and comply with SCAQMD Rule 1470 (Requirements for Stationary Diesel-Fueled Internal Combustion and Other Compression Ignition Engines), which would minimize emissions when a backup generator is in use.
Gas dispensing activities at the existing CYFS would generate volatile organic compounds (VOC) emissions.
As discussed in the Project Air Quality and GHG Analysis, fuel station emissions were calculated using the U.S. EPA Potential to Emit Calculator for Gasoline Dispensing Facilities and was based on the number of fuel positions and annual fuel throughput. The CYFS would receive an average of 52,000 gallons of gasoline and 10,400 gallons of diesel fuel annually.
Long-term operational emissions attributable to the Project are summarized in Table 2: Project Operational Emissions (Maximum Daily Pounds per Day).
Table 2: Project Operational Emissions (Maximum Daily Pounds per Day) 1 Source
ROG NOX CO SO2 PM10 PM2.5
pounds/day
Public Safety Campus Mobile2 14.79 14.67 137.47 0.38 36.63 9.46 Public Safety Campus Area 8.15 0.11 13.59 <0.01 0.02 0.02 Public Safety Campus Energy 0.10 1.74 1.46 0.01 0.13 0.13
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Table 2: Project Operational Emissions (Maximum Daily Pounds per Day) 1 Source
ROG NOX CO SO2 PM10 PM2.5
pounds/day
Public Safety Campus Emergency
Generators 2.66 7.44 6.79 0.01 0.39 0.39
Fueling Station Mobile 5.21 5.25 47.22 0.13 11.60 3.00
Fueling Station Fueling 0.12 -- -- -- -- --
Total Emissions 31.03 29.21 206.53 0.53 48.77 13.00
SCAQMD AQMP/ Regional
Threshold 55 55 550 150 150 55
Threshold Exceeded? No No No No No No
Notes:
OG = Reactive Organic Gases; NOX = Nitrogen Oxides; CO = Carbon Monoxide; SO2 = Sulfur Dioxide; PM10 = Particulate Matter 10 microns in diameter or less; PM2.5 = Particulate Matter 2.5 microns in diameter or less
1. Worst-case seasonal maximum daily emissions are reported.
2. Mobile emissions account for EMFAC adjustment factors.
Source: CalEEMod version 2022.1. Refer to Appendix A for the model outputs.
As shown in Table 2: Project Operational Emissions (Maximum Daily Pounds per Day), and discussed above, operational emissions would not exceed the applicable South Coast AQMD thresholds. Impacts would be less than significant, and no new mitigation measures are required.
Mitigation Measures: No new mitigation measures are required. c. Expose sensitive receptors to substantial pollutant concentrations? No New Impact. The 2024 RFEIR concluded that buildout of the MoVal 2040 Project could contribute to health effects associated with the Basin’s nonattainment status because O3, diesel particulate matter, and other criteria pollutants are linked to respiratory and cardiovascular health risks. The 2024 RFEIR analysis relied on SCAQMD’s established regional and localized significance thresholds, which are designed to determine whether emissions would contribute to exceedances of health-based air quality standards. GPU MM AQ-5 would reduce both regional and localized construction and operational emissions and health risk impacts to the extent feasible; however, impacts would remain significant and unavoidable.
Construction
Localized Emissions
The nearest sensitive receptors to the PSC Site are single family residential uses located approximately 60 feet to the west, 70 feet to the south, and 75 feet to the north of the site. As further discussed in the Project Air Quality and GHG Analysis, to assess the potential for Project construction to create impacts to sensitive receptors, SCAQMD recommends utilizing its Localized Significance Thresholds (LSTs) for construction. Since CalEEMod calculates construction emissions based on the number of equipment hours and the maximum daily soil disturbance activity possible for each piece of equipment, Table 3: EquipmentSpecific Grading Rates was used to determine the maximum daily disturbed acreage for the LST analysis.
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Table 3: Equipment-Specific Grading Rates
Construction Phase1 Equipment
Type
Equipment
Quantity
Acres Graded
per 8-hr Day
Operational
Hours per
Day
Acres
Graded
per Day
PSC Grading + Off-Site
Improvements Grading
Crawler
Tractor 1 0.5 8 0.5
Graders 3 0.5 8 1.5
Dozers 4 0.5 8 2
Scraper 2 1 8 2
Total Acres Grader Per Day Per Phase 6
CYFS Grading
Grading 1 0.5 8 0.5
Dozers 1 0.5 8 0.5
Total Acres Grader Per Day Per Phase 1
Notes:
OG = Reactive Organic Gases; NOX = Nitrogen Oxides; CO = Carbon Monoxide; SO2 = Sulfur Dioxide; PM10 = Particulate Matter 10 microns in diameter or less; PM2.5 = Particulate Matter 2.5 microns in diameter or less
1. SCAQMD’s methodology states that “off-site mobile emissions from the Project should not be included in the emissions compared to LSTs.” Therefore, for purposes of the construction LST analysis, only the emissions included in the CalEEMod “on-site” emissions outputs were considered.
Source: CalEEMod version 2022.1.
Table 4: Localized Significance of Construction Emissions presents the emissions modeling results for the Project’s localized emissions during construction. The Project would comply with SCAQMD Rule 403 (Fugitive Dust) include properly maintaining mobile and other construction equipment, replacing ground cover in disturbed areas quickly, watering exposed surfaces three times daily, and watering all haul roads twice daily. Reductions percentages from the However, conservatively, compliance with SAQMD Rules 402 and 1113 and CARB anti-idling regulations were not assumed when estimating the Project’s localized construction emissions.
Table 4: Localized Significance of Construction Emissions Source/Activity
NOX CO PM10 PM2.5
pounds/day1
Localized Public Safety Campus + Off-Site Improvements
PSC Site Preparation 2027 28.0 28.3 6.3 3.7
PSC Grading 2027 25.6 27.3 5.1 2.1
PSC Grading 2028 24.3 27.2 5.0 2.0
PSC Building Construction 2028 8.9 12.9 0.3 0.3
PSC Building Construction 2029 8.6 12.9 0.3 0.3
PSC Paving 2029 6.5 9.9 0.2 0.2
PSC Architectural Coating 2029 0.8 1.1 0.0 0.0
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Table 4: Localized Significance of Construction Emissions Source/Activity
NOX CO PM10 PM2.5
pounds/day1
Maximum Public Safety Campus
Emissions 28.0 28.3 6.3 3.7
Off-Site Grubbing & Land Clearing 2027 3.8 4.5 0.3 0.2
Off-Site Grading & Excavation 2027 27.9 36.5 1.3 1.1
Off-Site Drainage, Utilities, and Sub Grade
2027 15.0 19.7 0.6 0.5
Off-Site Drainage, Utilities, and Sub Grade
2028 14.2 19.6 0.6 0.5
Off-Site Paving 2028 7.0 11.7 0.2 0.2
Maximum Off-Site Improvements 27.9 36.5 1.3 1.1
Maximum Public Safety Campus + Off-Site
Improvements Daily Emissions2 55.9 64.7 7.6 4.8
SCAQMD LST (for 5 acres at 25 meters) 270 1,577 13 8
SCAQMD Threshold Exceeded? No No No No
Localized Corporate Yard Fueling Station
CYFS Demolition 2027 3.9 5.6 0.1 0.1
CYFS Site Preparation 2027 3.4 5.6 0.3 0.2
CYFS Grading 2027 8.7 9.6 2.0 1.1
CYFS Building Construction 2027 4.6 6.9 0.2 0.2
CYFS Building Construction 2028 4.3 6.9 0.1 0.1
Maximum Daily Emissions 8.7 9.6 2.0 1.1
SCAQMD LST (for 1.0 acres at 25 meters) 118 602 4 3
SCAQMD Threshold Exceeded? No No No No
Notes:
1. Mandatory compliance with South Coast AQMD Rule 403 Fugitive Dust applied for construction emissions.
2. Maximum localized emissions at receptors adjacent to the Public Safety Campus assumes maximum emissions from the Public Safety Campus construction plus maximum emissions from off-site improvements.
Source: CalEEMod version 2022.1. Refer to Appendix A for the model outputs.
As shown in Table 4: Localized Significance of Construction Emissions, the emissions of these pollutants on the peak day of construction would not exceed the LSTs and therefore would not expose the nearest sensitive receptors to substantial pollutant concentrations or cause or contribute to an exceedance of federal or state ambient air quality standards. Therefore, approval of the Project would not result in any significant effects relating to localized construction air pollutant concentrations.
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Operation
According to SCAQMD’s LST methodology, operational LSTs apply only to on-site sources. The on-site operational emissions were calculated using CalEEMod and are compared to the LST thresholds in Table 5: Localized Significance of Operational Emissions, below.
Table 5: Localized Significance of Operational Emissions Source/Activity
NOX CO PM10 PM2.5
pounds/day1,2
Localized Public Safety Campus
On-Site Emissions (Area, Energy, Generator
Sources) 9.29 21.84 0.54 0.54
South Coast AQMD Localized Screening
Threshold (1.0 acre at 25 meters) 118 602 1 1
SCAQMD Threshold Exceeded? No No No No
Localized Corporate Yard Fueling Station
On-Site Emissions (Area and Energy
Sources) 0 0 0 0
South Coast AQMD Localized Screening
Threshold (1.0 acre at 25 meters) 118 602 1 1
SCAQMD Threshold Exceeded? No No No No
Notes:
1. Mandatory compliance with South Coast AQMD Rule 403 Fugitive Dust applied for construction emissions.
2. Maximum localized emissions at receptors adjacent to the Public Safety Campus assumes maximum emissions from the Public Safety Campus construction plus maximum emissions from off-site improvements.
Source: CalEEMod version 2022.1. Refer to Appendix A for the model outputs.
As shown in Table 5: Localized Significance of Operational Emissions, the Project would not cause or contribute to an exceedance of federal or state ambient air quality standards. Therefore, approval of the Project would not expose the nearest sensitive receptors to substantial pollutant concentrations and would not result in any significant effects relating to operational air pollutant concentrations. Therefore, the Project would not result in construction or operational emissions that would impact sensitive receptors and would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR. As such, no new impacts would occur.
Mitigation Measures: No new mitigation measures are required. d. Result in other emissions (such as those leading to odors) adversely affecting a substantial number of people? No New Impact. The 2024 RFEIR concluded that, with compliance with MoVal 2040 GPU policies and SCAQMD Rules 402 and 1113, impacts related to construction and operational odor impacts would be less than significant. A significant impact would occur if the proposed Project would create objectionable odors adversely affecting a substantial number of people.
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Construction
Development of the Project could result in odors from construction equipment, such as diesel exhaust, and VOCs from architectural coatings and paving activities. Diesel exhaust and VOCs would be emitted during construction of the project, which are objectionable to some; however, emissions would disperse rapidly from the Project Site and therefore should not reach an objectionable level at the nearest sensitive receptors. However, any odors related to Project construction would be temporary and typical of construction projects. Projects that could result in odors that could be generated by construction activities are required to follow SCAQMD Rule 402 to prevent odor nuisances on sensitive land uses. Additionally, SCAQMD Rule 1113 limits the allowable amount of VOCs from architectural coatings and solvents.
Therefore, with compliance with SCAQMD Rules, the Project would not include construction activities or materials that would create objectionable odors adversely affecting a substantial number of people.
Operation
The Project does not propose any components that are associated with operational odor (i.e., agriculture, wastewater treatment plants, food processing and composting facilities, refineries, landfill, etc.).
Therefore, the Project would not result in significant impacts related to operational odors. Therefore, the Project would not result in construction or operational emissions that would cause objectionable odors and would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR. As such, no new impacts would occur.
Mitigation Measures: No new mitigation measures are required.
4.3.3 Uniformly Applied Development Policies or Standards General Plan Goals and Policies
The 2024 RFEIR concluded that compliance with the following goals and policies applicable to the Project would reduce but would not avoid significant air quality impacts:
Policy LCC.1-8 Promote a land and resource efficient development pattern in order to support efficient delivery of public services and infrastructure, conserve open space lands surrounding the City, reduce vehicle trip lengths and improve air quality.
Policy LCC.1-12 Balance levels of employment and housing within the community to provide more opportunities for Moreno Valley residents to work locally, cut commute times, and improve air quality.
Goal C-3 Manage the City’s transportation system to minimize congestion, improve flow and improve air quality
Policy C.3-4 Require development projects to complete traffic impact studies that conduct vehicle miles traveled analysis and level of service assessment as appropriate per traffic impact study guidelines.
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Policy C.3-6 Require new developments to participate in Transportation Uniform Mitigation Fee Program (TUMF), the Development Impact Fee Program (DIF) and any other applicable transportation fee programs and benefit assessment districts.
Policy C.3-8 Ensure that new development pays a fair share of costs to provide local and regional transportation improvements and to mitigate cumulative traffic deficiencies and impacts.
Policy EJ.1-3 Require new development that would locate sensitive uses adjacent to sources of toxic air contaminants (TAC) to be designed to minimize any potential health risks, consistent with State law.
Policy EJ.1-6 Ensure that construction and grading activities minimize short-term impacts to air quality by employing appropriate mitigation measures and best practices.
Policy EJ.1-8 Support the incorporation of new technologies and design and construction techniques in new development that minimize pollution and its impacts.
Other Applicable Development Policies and Standards
Compliance with the additional development policies and standards identified below applicable to the Project would also reduce potential air quality impacts:
South Coast Air Quality Management District Rules
SCAQMD Rule 402, Nuisance, prohibits the discharge of air contaminants or other materials that would cause injury, detriment, nuisance, or annoyance to any considerable number of persons or to the public, or that would endanger the comfort, health, safety, or welfare of the public, or cause damage to property or business. Compliance with Rule 402 would help reduce potential nuisance-related air quality effects, including odors, visible emissions, dust, or other localized emissions that could affect nearby receptors during construction or operation.
SCAQMD Rule 403, Fugitive Dust, requires implementation of fugitive dust control measures during construction and other dust-generating activities to minimize particulate matter emissions and prevent visible dust from crossing property lines.
SCAQMD Rule 1113, Architectural Coatings, regulates paints, stains, primers, sealers, lacquers, waterproofing coatings, traffic coatings, and similar coating products used on buildings, structures, pavement, and related surfaces. The rule sets VOC content limits for different coating categories and requires manufacturers, sellers, and users to comply with applicable VOC limits, labeling, and recordkeeping requirements. The rule would apply during construction activities.
SCAQMD Rule 1470, Requirements for Diesel-Fueled Internal Combustion and Other Compression Ignition Engines, establishes requirements for stationary diesel-fueled internal combustion engines, including emergency standby generators, to reduce diesel particulate matter emissions and associated
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toxic air contaminant exposure through engine standards, operating limits, fuel requirements, and recordkeeping.
Moreno Valley Municipal Code
Title 9, Chapter 9.17, Landscape and Water Efficiency. While primarily focused on aesthetics and implementing water-efficiency requirements, the landscaping requirement in this chapter indirectly reduce localized heat, dust, and pollutant exposure by requiring planted areas, trees, and landscape buffers in parking areas, setbacks, public rights-of-way, and other development areas.
4.3.4 Conclusion
With regard to the issue of Air Quality, the following finding can be made:
1. No peculiar impacts to the Project or the site have been identified.
2. There are no potentially significant off-site and/or cumulative impacts which were not discussed by the General Plan EIR.
3. No substantial new information has been identified which results in an impact which is more severe than anticipated by the 2024 RFEIR.
4. Mitigation measures from the 2024 RFEIR are applicable to the Project. No new mitigation measures would be required because Project-specific impacts would be less than significant.
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4.4 BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES
Project
Peculiar
Impact that is
not
Substantially
Mitigated by
Uniformly
Applied
Policies
Significant
Impact not
Analyzed as
Significant
in the Prior
EIR
Potentially
Significant
Offsite or
Cumulative
Impact not
Discussed in
the prior
EIR
Adverse
Impact
More
Severe
based on
Substantial
New
Information
No New
Impact
BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES – Would the project:
a. Have a substantial adverse effect, either
directly or through habitat modifications,
on any species identified as a candidate,
sensitive, or special status species in local
or regional plans, policies, or regulations,
or by the California Department of Fish
and Game or U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service?
b. Have a substantial adverse effect on any
riparian habitat or other sensitive natural
community identified in local or regional
plans, policies, regulations or by the
California Department of Fish and Game
or US Fish and Wildlife Service?
c. Have a substantial adverse effect on
State or federally protected wetlands
(including, but not limited to, marsh,
vernal pool, coastal, etc.) through direct
removal, filling, hydrological
interruption, or other means?
d. Interfere substantially with the
movement of any native resident or
migratory fish or wildlife species or with
established native resident or migratory
wildlife corridors, or impede the use of
native wildlife nursery sites?
e. Conflict with any local policies or
ordinances protecting biological
resources, such as a tree preservation
policy or ordinance?
f. Conflict with the provisions of an
adopted Habitat Conservation Plan,
Natural Community Conservation Plan,
or other approved local, regional, or
State habitat conservation plan?
The following section summarizes and incorporates by reference information from the Determination of Biologically Equivalent or Superior Preservation Report included as Appendix B. The Habitat Assessment
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and Western Riverside County Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan Consistency Analysisis included in Appendix B of the Determination of Biologically Equivalent or Superior Preservation Report. The Delineation of State and Federal Jurisdictions is included as Appendix C of the Determination of Biologically Equivalent or Superior Preservation Report.
4.4.1 Summary of Impacts Identified in the 2024 RFEIR
The 2024 RFEIR concluded that the buildout of the MoVal 2040 Project would have the potential to directly or indirectly impact candidate, sensitive, or special status species, sensitive riparian habitats, and jurisdictional wetlands and waters. However, implementation of GPU MM BIO-1 and GPU MM BIO-2 would reduce impacts on sensitive and special status species and sensitive riparian habitats. Mitigation would be provided on a project-by-project basis. Therefore, impacts to candidate, sensitive, or special status species, sensitive riparian habitats, jurisdictional wetlands and waters would remain significant and unavoidable. The 2024 RFEIR determined that buildout of the MoVal 2040 Project would have less than significant impacts on wildlife corridors, local policies and ordinances, and the adopted Habitat Conservation Plan.
Mitigation Measures from the 2024 RFEIR
GPU MM BIO-1 Applications for future development of vacant properties (and portions thereof), wherein the Director of Community Development or his or her designee has determined a potential for impacts to sensitive biological resources, shall be required to prepare a site-specific general biological resources survey to identify the presence of any sensitive biological resources, including any sensitive plant or wildlife species.
The report shall identify the need for focused presence/absence surveys and identify the presence of state or federal regulated wetlands or waters. If potentially significant impacts to sensitive biological resources, including sensitive species and/or wetlands are identified, the report shall also recommend appropriate mitigation to reduce the impacts to below a level of significance.
GPU MM BIO-2 Applications for future development, wherein the Director of Community Development or his or her designee has determined a potential for impacts to mature trees and/or native vegetation suitable for nesting birds, shall be required to restrict removal of sensitive habitat and vegetation to outside the breeding seasons of any sensitive species identified within adjacent properties (typical bird breeding season is February 1–September 1. as early as January 1 for some raptors). If vegetation clearing must begin during the breeding season, a qualified biologist shall provide recommendations to avoid impacts to nesting birds which typically includes a preconstruction survey within 3 days of the start of construction to determine the presence of active nests.
If active nests are found, avoidance measures shall be implemented to ensure protection of the nesting birds. Avoidance measures may include a no-activity buffer zone, typically 300 feet from the area of disturbance or 500 feet for raptors, established at the discretion of the qualified biologist in consultation with the City, If
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activity buffer zones are not feasible, temporary noise barriers may be installed to attenuate construction noise. Noise wall height and adequacy shall be supported by a noise analysis to determine the anticipated construction noise levels with attenuation measures as recommended by the biologist and approved by the City. Periodic noise monitoring shall be conducted during construction to ensure noise attenuation standards are met. Accepted noise levels are species dependent and existing ambient noise levels can play a factor in establishing baseline acceptable noise.
4.4.2 Discussion
a. Have a substantial adverse effect, either directly or through habitat modifications, on any species identified as a candidate, sensitive, or special status species in local or regional plans, policies, or regulations, or by the California Department of Fish and Game or U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service? No New Impact. According to the 2024 RFEIR, buildout of the MoVal 2040 GPU would have the potential to directly or indirectly impact candidate, sensitive, or special status species and impacts would be considered potentially significant. As stated in the 2024 RFEIR, future projects would be required to adhere to applicable federal, State, and local regulations that provide protection to sensitive species. Additionally, future projects would be required to adhere to applicable general plan goals, polices, and actions. The MoVal 2040 GPU determined that although numerous regulations, including implementation of the Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan (MSHCP) and MoVal 2040 GPU policies would minimize impacts to sensitive species; at a program level of review, impacts would be considered potentially significant.
Public Safety Campus
According to the Habitat Assessment and MSHCP Consistency Analysis (see Appendix B of Appendix B) prepared for the PSC Site, a California Natural Diversity Database (CNDDB) and California Native Plant Society (CNPS) record search found 13 special plant species, 70 special-status wildlife, and one specialstatus plant community recorded in the Sunnymead USGS 7.5-minute quadrangle, in which the PSC Site is located.
However, no special-status species were observed during field investigations. It was determined that the PSC Site has a low potential to support the special-status plant species. Based on habitat requirements specific species and the availability and quality of on-site habitats, it was determined further that the PSC Site has a high potential to support Cooper’s hawk, sharp-shinned hawk, Costa’s hummingbird, and California horned lark; and a low potential to support great egret, great blue heron, burrowing owl, reddiamond rattlesnake, snowy egret, western mastiff bat, and loggerhead shrike.
It was further determined that the PSC Site does not have the potential to support any of the other specialstatus wildlife species known to occur in the vicinity of the PSC Site and all are presumed to be absent. To ensure impacts to aforementioned avian species do not occur from implementation of the PSC Site, a preconstruction nesting bird clearance survey shall be conducted prior to ground disturbance if construction occurs during nesting season. With implementation of the GPU MM BIO-1 and GPU MM BIO-2, impacts on special status species and nesting would be less than significant. Therefore, the PSC would not result
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in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Corporate Yard Fueling Station
The CYFS Site is located within a disturbed and developed area that is currently occupied by existing buildings, storage structures, and paved surfaces. A review of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) California Natural Biodiversity Database Quickview Tool found six threatened, two proposed threatened, two candidate endangered, and three endangered wildlife species in the Sunnymead quadrangle, which is the CYFS Site. The species are listed in Table 6: CNDDB Threatened and Endangered Species, below.
Table 6:CNDDB Threatened and Endangered Species
Common Name Scientific Name
Amphibians
western spadefoot Spea hammondii
Birds
Swainsons hawk Buteo swainsoni
Bald eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Western yellow-billed cuckoo Coccyzus americanus occidentalis tricolored blackbird Agelaius tricolor
coastal California gnatcatcher Polioptila californica californica burrowing owl Athene cunicularia
willow flycatcher Empidonax traillii
southwestern willow flycatcher Empidonax traillii extimus least Bells vireo Vireo bellii pusillus
Crustaceans
vernal pool fairy shrimp Branchinecta lynchi
Insects
Crotchs bumble bee Bombus crotchii
Mammals
San Bernardino kangaroo rat Dipodomys merriami parvus
Stephens kangaroo rat Dipodomys stephensi
Reptiles
southwestern pond turtle Actinemys pallida
Source: CDFW BIOS Viewer, https://apps.wildlife.ca.gov/bios6/?tool=cnddbqv.
As previously stated, the CYFS Site was previously disturbed and the likelihood of candidate, sensitive, or special-status to occur on the Project Site was determined to be relatively low for this reason.
Furthermore, with implementation of GPU MM BIO-1 and GPU MM BIO-2, impacts to species identified as candidate, sensitive, or special-status species would be less than significant. Therefore, the CYFS would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Civic Center Tenant Improvements
The Civic Center Tenant Improvement Sites would occur entirely within the existing civic center buildings and would be limited to interior improvements. The Civic Center Tenant Improvements would not involve
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ground-disturbing activities. Therefore, because the Existing Civic Center Tenant Improvement Sites are would be limited to interior retrofits and are already highly disturbed, improvements at these sites would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than those identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Mitigation Measures
GPU MM BIO-1 Applications for future development of vacant properties (and portions thereof), wherein the Director of Community Development or his or her designee has determined a potential for impacts to sensitive biological resources, shall be required to prepare a site-specific general biological resources survey to identify the presence of any sensitive biological resources, including any sensitive plant or wildlife species.
The report shall identify the need for focused presence/absence surveys and identify the presence of state or federal regulated wetlands or waters. If potentially significant impacts to sensitive biological resources, including sensitive species and/or wetlands are identified, the report shall also recommend appropriate mitigation to reduce the impacts to below a level of significance.
GPU MM BIO-2 Applications for future development, wherein the Director of Community Development or his or her designee has determined a potential for impacts to mature trees and/or native vegetation suitable for nesting birds, shall be required to restrict removal of sensitive habitat and vegetation to outside the breeding seasons of any sensitive species identified within adjacent properties (typical bird breeding season is February 1–September 1. as early as January 1 for some raptors). If vegetation clearing must begin during the breeding season, a qualified biologist shall provide recommendations to avoid impacts to nesting birds which typically includes a preconstruction survey within 3 days of the start of construction to determine the presence of active nests.
If active nests are found, avoidance measures shall be implemented to ensure protection of the nesting birds. Avoidance measures may include a no-activity buffer zone, typically 300 feet from the area of disturbance or 500 feet for raptors, established at the discretion of the qualified biologist in consultation with the City, If activity buffer zones are not feasible, temporary noise barriers may be installed to attenuate construction noise. Noise wall height and adequacy shall be supported by a noise analysis to determine the anticipated construction noise levels with attenuation measures as recommended by the biologist and approved by the City. Periodic noise monitoring shall be conducted during construction to ensure noise attenuation standards are met. Accepted noise levels are species dependent and existing ambient noise levels can play a factor in establishing baseline acceptable noise.
Mitigation Measures: No new mitigation measures are required. b. Have a substantial adverse effect on any riparian habitat or other sensitive natural community identified in local or regional plans, policies, regulations or by the California Department of Fish and Game or US Fish and
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Wildlife Service?
No New Impact. According to the 2024 RFEIR, proposed development within the MoVal 2040 GPU would have the potential to impact riparian scrub, woodland, and forest habitat, resulting in a significant impact.
Therefore, impacts to sensitive riparian habitats would be significant.
Public Safety Campus
As described in the Habitat Assessment and Western Riverside County MSHCP Consistency Analysis(see Appendix C of Appendix B), one unnamed ephemeral drainage feature/flood control channel that would qualify as a riparian/riverine habitat under the MSHCP is located at the PSC Site. A review of recent and historic aerial photographs of the PSC Site did not provide any visual evidence of an astatic or vernal pool conditions within the PSC Site. A flood control channel was observed transecting the PSC Site from the northeast limits to the middle of the southern boundary. The onsite ephemeral drainage feature is not relatively permanent, standing, or a continuously flowing body of water and, therefore, will not qualify as waters of the United States under the regulatory authority of the Corps (Sackett v. EPA (2022) 143 S. Ct. 1322, 1336). However, the onsite drainage feature would qualify as waters of the State and fall under the regulatory authority of the Regional Board and CDFW. Therefore, the PSC would be required to obtain the following regulatory approvals prior to impacts occurring within the identified jurisdictional areas: Corps Approved Jurisdictional Determination/Waiver; Regional Board Report of Waste Discharge; and CDFW Section 1602 SAA. Further, no sensitive habitats were identified within the PSC Site and no sensitive natural communities would be impacted from PSC implementation. The PSC would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Corporate Yard Fueling Station
According to the U.S. Fish and Wild service National Wetlands Inventory, no riparian habitats or wetlands are present on or adjacent to the CYFS Site. 8 The closest wetland to the CYFS Site is a Riverine, located approximately 0.25-miles to the east. Furthermore, the CYFS would not result in construction or operational activities that would have the potential to impact nearby wetlands. Therefore, the CYFS would not have an adverse effect on any riparian habitat or other sensitive community identified in local or regional plans, policies, regulations or by the California Department of Fish and Game or US Fish and Wildlife Service. Therefore, the CYFS would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Civic Center Tenant Improvements
The Civic Center Tenant Improvement Sites would occur entirely within the existing civic center buildings and would be limited to interior improvements. The Civic Center Tenant Improvements would not involve ground-disturbing activities. Therefore, the Civic Center TenantImprovements would not result in any new 8 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services, National Wetlands Inventory, https://fwsprimary.wim.usgs.gov/wetlands/apps/wetlands-mapper/.
Accessed August 24, 2026.
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or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Mitigation Measures: No new mitigation measures are required. c. Have a substantial adverse effect on State or federally protected wetlands (including, but not limited to, marsh, vernal pool, coastal, etc.) through direct removal, filling, hydrological interruption, or other means? No New Impact. As described above, the 2024 RFEIR determined that proposed development of the MoVal 2040 GPU would have the potential to impact riparian scrub, woodland, and forest habitat, which may qualify as wetlands or other jurisdictional resources. Therefore, impacts related to wetlands would be considered significant. A significant impact would occur if federally protected wetlands were modified or removed by a project. Three primary agencies regulate activities within inland streams, wetlands, and riparian areas in California. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers regulates the discharge of dredged or fill material into “waters of the United States” under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act and Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act. At the State level, the CDFW regulates activities that alter streambeds or banks under Fish and Wildlife Code Sections 1600 et seq., and the Regional Water Quality Control Board regulates discharges to surface waters pursuant to Section 401 of the Clean Water Act and the PorterCologne Water Quality Control Act.
Public Safety Campus
As described in the Habitat Assessment and Western Riverside County MSHCP Consistency Analysis, no inundated areas, wetland features, or wetland plant species that would be considered wetlands as defined by Section 404 of the Clean Water Act occur within the PSC Site. As a result, implementation of the PSC would not result in any impacts related to federally protected wetlands. The PSC would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Corporate Yard Fueling Station
As described above, there are no wetlands within or adjacent to the CYFS Site; therefore, there would be no substantial adverse effects on State or federally protected wetlands, and no new impacts would occur.
Civic Center Tenant Improvements
As described above, the Civic Center Tenant Improvement Sites are currently developed; therefore, due to the highly disturbed nature of the Sites, there would be no significant impact to existing riparian habitats or wetlands, and no new impacts would occur.
Mitigation Measures: No new mitigation measures are required.
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d. Interfere substantially with the movement of any native resident or migratory fish or wildlife species or with established native resident or migratory wildlife corridors, or impede the use of native wildlife nursery sites? No New Impact. According to the 2024 RFEIR, the MoVal 2040 General Plan Planning Area is located within the MSHCP, which identifies cores for habitat conservation and linkages for wildlife movement. The MoVal 2040 GPU does not propose any land use changes within the key wildlife linkages identified in the MSHCP.
Therefore, the 2024 RFEIR concluded that the MoVal 2040 GPU would not interfere substantially with wildlife movement within MSHCP linkages and impacts would be less than significant.
Public Safety Campus
As described in the Habitat Assessment and Western Riverside County MSHCP Consistency Analysis, the PSC Site has not been identified as occurring in a wildlife corridor or linkage. The PSC Site would be confined to existing areas that have been heavily disturbed and are isolated from regional wildlife corridors. Therefore, the PSC Site does not function as a major wildlife movement corridor or linkage. As such, implementation of the PSC is not expected to have a significant impact on wildlife movement opportunities or prevent local wildlife movement through the area. Due to the lack of any identified impacts to wildlife movement, migratory corridors or linkages or native wildlife nurseries, impacts would be less than significant. Therefore, the PSC would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Corporate Yard Fueling Station
According to the MoVal 2040 GPU Open Space Element, habitat areas that support biodiversity and habitat connectivity are located outside of the urban core and are intact habitat areas located on the northern and southeastern edges of the City, including the Box Springs Mountains, Bernasconi Hills, and Lake Perris (see Map OSR-3 the MoVal 2040 Open Space Element). Furthermore, Map OSRC-4 of the Open Space Element shows that there is “Limited Connectivity Opportunity” at the CYFS Site, indicating low ecological connectivity due to urbanization and fragmented open space. Therefore, impacts to the movement of migratory species would be less than significant. The CYFS would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Civic Center Tenant Improvements
The Civic Center Tenant Improvements would occur entirely within the existing civic center buildings and would be limited to interior improvements and would not interfere with the movement of any native resident or migratory fish or wildlife species. Therefore, the Civic Center Tenant Improvements would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Mitigation Measures: No new mitigation measures are required.
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e. Conflict with any local policies or ordinances protecting biological resources, such as tree preservation policy or ordinance?
No New Impact. According to the 2024 RFEIR, future projects would be required to comply with policies in the MoVal 2040 GPU that support protection of biologically significant habitats. Therefore, the MoVal 2040 GPU would not conflict with any local policies or ordinances protecting biological resources, and impacts would be less than significant.
As determined in the 2024 RFEIR, there are no local policies or ordinances protecting biological resources.
The Project would be required to comply with applicable policies in the MoVal 2040 GPU. Therefore, impacts to local policies or ordinances are not expected to occur from development of the Project and mitigation would not be required. The Project would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Mitigation Measures: No new mitigation measures are required. f. Conflict with the provisions of an adopted Habitat Conservation Plan, Natural Community Conservation Plan, or other approved local, regional, or State habitat conservation plan? No New Impact. According to the 2024 RFEIR, future buildout under the MoVal 2040 GPU would avoid MSHCP Conserved Lands, Criterial Cells, and Public/ Quasi Public Lands. Therefore, the MoVal 2040 GPU would not conflict with an adopted Habitat Conservation Plan, and impacts would be less than significant.
Public Safety Campus
As described in the Habitat Assessment and Western Riverside County MSHCP Consistency Analysis, the PSC Site is located within the Sun City/Moreno Valley Area Plan of the MSHCP but is not located within any designated Criteria Cells or conservation areas. Therefore, with the incorporation of PSC MM BIO-1 provided below and payment of the MSHCP Local Development Mitigation Fee, development of the PSC Site would be fully consistent with the MSHCP. Additionally, the PSC Site is located within the fee area for the Stephens’ Kangaroo Rat Habitat Conservation Plan (SKR HCP). With payment of the SKR HCP fee, development of the PSC Site would be consistent with the MSHCP.
Corporate Yard Fueling Station
The CYFS Site is located within the MSHCP and is not located within any designated Criteria Cells or conservation areas. 9 Therefore, with incorporation of PSC MM BIO-1 and payment of the MSHCP Local Development Mitigation fee, impacts would be less than significant. The PSC would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
9 Western Riverside County Regional Conservation Authority, https://www.wrc-rca.org/ Accessed August 24, 2026.
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Civic Center Tenant Improvement Sites
The Civic Center Tenant Improvement Sites would occur entirely within the existing civic center buildings and would be limited to interior improvements. The Civic Center Tenant Improvements would not involve ground-disturbing activities. Therefore, the Civic Center Tenant Improvements would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
With implementation of PSC MM BIO-1, impacts to the provisions of an adopted Habitat Conservation Plan, Natural Community Conservation Plan, or other approved local, regional, or State habitat conservation plan would be less than significant. Therefore, the Project would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR.
Mitigation Measures:
PSC MM BIO-1 In order to comply with the conservation goals of the MSCHP, a 30-day burrowing owl pre-construction clearance survey be conducted in accordance with the Burrowing Owl Survey Instructions for the Western Riverside Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan Area prior to any ground disturbing activities. If burrowing owls and/or birds displaying nesting behaviors are observed within the project site and offsite improvement areas during future construction, further review may be needed to ensure compliance with the MSHCP, MBTA, and Fish and Game Code.
4.4.3 Uniformly Applied Development Policies or Standards General Plan Goals and Policies
The 2024 RFEIR concludes that compliance with the following goals and policies applicable to the Project would avoid significant impacts to biological resources:
Goal OSRC-1 Preserve, protect, and enhance natural resources, habitats, watersheds, and wildlife movement corridors in Moreno Valley and the surrounding area to support biodiversity, ecosystem health, and climate resilience through responsible planning and management practices.
Policy OSRC 1-1 Retain the maximum feasible amount of open space and agricultural land in areas outside of the City surrounding Moreno Valley, recognizing its habitat value as well as its contribution to the local economy, quality of life, healthy air quality, and community character.
Policy OSRC 1-2 Support regional efforts to preserve, protect, and enhance environmentally sensitive areas, including hillsides, canyon areas, wildlife corridors, natural watercourses, and riparian areas in and adjacent to the planning area Policy OSRC 1.-8 Cooperate with federal, State, and local regulatory agencies as well as non-profit organizations and neighboring jurisdictions to promote the responsible
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stewardship of natural resources, habitats, and wildlife connectivity within the planning area.
Policy OSRC 1-10 Ensure that adverse impacts on sensitive biological resources, sensitive natural communities, sensitive habitat, and wetlands are avoided or mitigated to the greatest extent feasible as development takes place.
Policy OSRC 1-11 Require all development, including roads, proposed adjacent to riparian and other biologically sensitive habitats to mitigate impacts to such areas.
Policy OSRC 1.12 Avoid or minimize development and infrastructure that would fragment identified wildlife corridors or reduce permeability within Essential Connectivity Areas and Natural Landscape blocks.
Action OSRC 1-D Continue to participate in the implementation of regional habitat conservation and restoration programs, including the Western Riverside County Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan and the Stephens’ Kangaroo Rat Habitat Conservation Plan.
Other Additional Development Policies and Standards
Compliance with the additional development policies and standards identified below applicable to the Project would also reduce potential biological resources impacts:
Moreno Valley Municipal Code, Title 3, Revenue and Finance, Chapter 3.48 (Western Riverside County Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan Fee Program) establishes a local development mitigation fee to further implement the MSHCP. These fees are intended to assist in the maintenance of biological diversity and the natural ecosystem and protect vegetation communities and natural areas within the City and western Riverside County, which are known to support threatened, endangered, or key sensitive populations of plants and wildlife species. These fees also serve to provide a streamlined regulatory process from which development can proceed in an orderly process, and protect the existing character of the City and the region through the implementation of a system of reserves which will provide for permanent open space, community edges, and habitat conservation for species covered by the MSHCP.
Moreno Valley Municipal Code, Title 8, Buildings and Construction, Chapter 8.60 (Threatened and Endangered Species) establishes a local development mitigation fee to further implementation of the MSHCP. These fees are intended to assist in the maintenance of biological diversity and the natural ecosystem and protect vegetation communities and natural areas within the city and western Riverside County which are known to support threatened, endangered, or key sensitive populations of plant and wildlife species. These fees also serve to provide a streamlined regulatory process from which development can proceed in an orderly process and protect the existing character of the city and the region through the implementation of a system of reserves which will provide for permanent open space, community edges, and habitat conservation for species covered by the MSHCP.
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Moreno Valley Municipal Code, Title 9, Planning and Zoning, Chapter 9.17 (Landscape and Water Efficiency Requirements Section G: Heritage Trees) provides a definition of Heritage Trees and identifies and includes policies for preservation, as well as the measures by which trees can be removed.
4.4.4 Conclusion
With regard to the topic of Biological Resources, the following findings can be made:
1. No peculiar impacts to the Project or the site have been identified.
2. There are no potentially significant off-site and/or cumulative impacts which were not discussed by the 2024 RFEIR
3. No substantial new information has been identified which results in an impact which is more severe than anticipated by the 2024 RFEIR.
4. Mitigation measures contained within the 2024 RFEIR are applicable to the Project. Project-specific impacts would be less than significant with Project-specific mitigation incorporated.
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4.5 CULTURAL RESOURCES
Project
Peculiar
Impact that
is not
Substantially
Mitigated by
Uniformly
Applied
Policies
Significant
Impact not
Analyzed as
Significant
in the Prior
EIR
Potentially
Significant
Offsite or
Cumulative
Impact not
Discussed in
the prior EIR
Adverse
Impact
More
Severe
based on
Substantial
New
Information
No New
Impact
CULTURAL RESOURCES – Would the project:
a. Cause a substantial adverse change in
the significance of a historical resource
as defined in §15064.5?
b. Cause a substantial adverse change in
the significance of an archaeological
resource pursuant to §15064.5?
c. Disturb any human remains, including
those interred outside of formal
cemeteries?
The following section summarizes and incorporates by reference information from the Cultural Resources Assessment that was prepared for the PSC Site by Material Culture Consulting, in March 2024, available as Appendix C: Cultural Resources Assessment.
4.5.1 Summary of Impacts Identified in the 2024 RFEIR
The 2024 RFEIR determined that impacts from future development would have the potential to result in a substantial adverse effect on historical resources, archaeological resources, human remains, and Tribal cultural resources, and impacts would be significant and unavoidable. Implementation of MM CUL-1, MM CUL-2, MM CUL-3, MM CUL-4, MM CUL-5, MM CUL-6, MM CUL-7, MM CUL-8, MM CUL-9, MM CUL-10, and MM CUL-11 would reduce impacts to historical resources, archaeological resources, human remains, and Tribal cultural resources, but impacts would remain significant and unavoidable.
Mitigation Measures from the 2024 RFEIR
GPU MM CUL-1 Prior to the issuance of any permit for a future development site-specific project that would directly or indirectly affect a building/structure in excess of 50 years of age, the City or a qualified architectural historian shall determine whether the affected building/structure is historically significant. The evaluation shall be based on criteria such as age, location, context, association with an important person or event, uniqueness, or structural integrity, as indicated in the CEQA Guidelines. If the evaluation determines that building/structure is not historic, no further evaluation or mitigation would be required. If the building/structure is determined to be historically significant, the preferred mitigation would be to avoid the resource through project redesign. If the resource cannot be avoided, all prudent and feasible measures to A
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minimize or mitigate harm to the resource shall be taken per recommendations of the qualified architectural historian..
GPU MM CUL-2 Prior to issuance of any permit for a future site-specific project that would potentially have a direct or indirect affect an archaeological resource, the City shall require the following steps be taken to determine: (1) the presence of archaeological resources, and (2) the appropriate mitigation for any significant resources which may be impacted by project development. The following steps would help determine the presence or absence of archaeological resources.
Step 1: An archaeologist shall conduct records and background research at the South Coastal Information Center (SCIC) for a list of recorded resources and request a sacred lands file search from the Native American Heritage Commission.
Step 2: After review of this data, a pedestrian survey shall be conducted by a qualified archaeologist.
Step 3: If through the research and the field survey, archaeological resources are identified, then an evaluation of significance shall be completed by a qualified archaeologist. The evaluation program generally will include excavation to determine depth, extent, integrity, and content of the subsurface cultural material.
Step 4: The results of the excavation will be evaluated using the Thresholds above in Section 4.5.4.
Step 5: If an archaeological resource is determined significant and avoidance through project redesign is not feasible, a data recovery and construction monitoring program must be implemented to reduce the impacts the archaeological resource to below a significant level. The data recovery program must be approved by the City.
Step 6: A final data recovery and/monitoring report shall be completed in accordance with the California Office of Historic Preservation’s Archaeological Resource Management Reports: Recommended Content and Format. Confidential attachments must be submitted under separate covers. Artifacts collected during the evaluation and data recovery phases must be curated at an appropriate facility consistent with state (California State Historic Resources Commission’s Guidelines for Curation of Archaeological Collection 1993) and federal curation standards (36 CFR 79 of the Federal Register) and that allows access to artifact collections.
GPU MM CUL-3 Prior to the issuance of any permit for a future site-specific project, the project developer shall retain a professional archaeologist (Project Archaeologist), at no cost to the City, to conduct monitoring of all ground disturbing activities associated with the respective project. The Project Archaeologist shall be authorized to temporarily redirect earthmoving activities in the event that suspected archaeological resources are unearthed during Project construction. The Project Archaeologist, in consultation with the Consulting Tribe(s), which have requested monitoring, the contractor, and the City, shall develop a Cultural Resources Management Plan (CRMP) as defined in CUL-5. The Project Archeologist shall attend all pre-grading meetings with the City, the project’s construction manager, the project’s general contractor and the pertinent
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contractors. In addition, the Project’s Archaeologist shall provide and conduct Cultural Resources Worker Sensitivity Training, which the project’s construction manager, general contractor, and all pertinent subcontracts shall be required to attend. In addition, to the Project Archaeologist, the designated archaeological monitor for the respective project shall have the authority to temporarily halt and redirect earthmoving activities in the affected area in the event that suspected archaeological resources are unearthed.
GPU MM CUL-4 Prior to the issuance of any permit for a future site-specific project, the project Developer shall secure agreements with the Consulting Tribe(s). The project developer shall provide a minimum of 30 days’ advance notice to the tribes of all grounddisturbing activities. The Native American Tribal Representatives shall have the authority to temporarily halt and redirect earth-moving activities in the affected area in the event that suspected archaeological resources are unearthed. The Native American Monitor(s) shall be invited to attend all pre-grading meetings with the Project Archaeologist, the City, the construction manager, and general contractor, and any pertinent subcontractors and conduct the Tribal Perspective of the mandatory Cultural Resources Worker Sensitivity Training to those in attendance.
GPU MM CUL-5 The Project Archaeologist, in consultation with the Consulting Tribe(s), the project’s construction manager and general contractor, and the City shall develop a CRMP in consultation pursuant to the definition in AB 52 to address the details, timing and responsibility of all archaeological and cultural activities that will occur on the project site. A Consulting Tribe is defined as a Tribe that initiated the AB 52 and/or SB 18 tribal consultation process for the project, and has not opted out of the AB 52 and/or SB 18 consultation process, and has completed AB 52 and/or SB 18 consultation with the City as provided for in PRC Section 21080.3.2(b)(1) of AB 52. Details in the Plan shall include:
a. Project description and location
b. Project grading and development scheduling;
c. Roles and responsibilities of individuals on the project; d. The pre-grading meeting and Cultural Resources Worker Sensitivity Training details;
e. The protocols and stipulations that the project’s construction manager and general contractor, City, Consulting Tribe(s), and Project Archaeologist will follow in the event of inadvertent cultural resources discoveries, including any newly discovered cultural resource deposits that shall be subject to a cultural resources evaluation.
f. The type of recordation needed for inadvertent finds and the stipulations of recordation of sacred items.
g. Contact information of relevant individuals for the project.
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GPU MM CUL-6 In the event that Native American cultural resources are discovered during the course of ground disturbing activities (inadvertent discoveries), the following procedures shall be carried out for final disposition of the discoveries:
a. One or more of the following treatments, in order of preference, shall be employed with the tribes. Evidence of such shall be provided to the City of Moreno Valley Planning Division:
i. Preservation-In-Place of the cultural resources, if feasible. Preservation-In-place means avoiding the resources, leaving them in the place they were found with no grading or construction activities commencing that may potentially affect or otherwise impact the integrity of the resources.
ii. Onsite reburial of the discovered items as detailed in the treatment plan required pursuant to Mitigation Measure CUL-3. This shall include measures and provisions to protect the future reburial area from any future impacts in perpetuity. Reburial shall not occur until all legally required cataloging and basic recordation have been completed. No recordation of sacred items is permitted without the written consent of all Consulting Native American Tribal Governments as defined in CUL-5 The location for the future reburial area shall be identified on a confidential exhibit on file with the City, and concurred to by the Consulting Native American Tribal Governments prior to certification of the environmental document.
GPU MM CUL-7 The City shall verify that the following note is included on the Grading Plan of any future site-specific project: “If any suspected archaeological resources are discovered during ground–disturbing activities and the Project Archaeologist or Native American Tribal Representatives are not present, the construction supervisor is obligated to halt work in a 100-foot radius around the find and call the Project Archaeologist and the Tribal Representatives to the site to assess the significance of the find.
GPU MM CUL-8 If potential historic or cultural resources are uncovered during excavation or construction activities at any future site-specific project that were not assessed by the archaeological report(s) and/or environmental assessment conducted prior to project approval, all ground-disturbing activities in the affected area within 100 feet of the uncovered resource must cease immediately and a qualified person meeting the Secretary of the Interior's standards (36 CFR 61), Tribal Representatives, and all site monitors per the Mitigation Measures, shall be consulted by the City to evaluate the find, and as appropriate recommend alternative measures to avoid, minimize or mitigate negative effects on the historic, or prehistoric resource. Further ground disturbance shall not resume within the area of the discovery until an agreement has been reached by all parties as to the appropriate mitigation. Work shall be allowed to continue outside of the buffer area and will be monitored by additional archeologists and Tribal Monitors if needed. Determinations and recommendations by the consultant shall be immediately submitted to the Planning Division for consideration and implemented as deemed appropriate by the Community Development Director, in consultation with the State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO) and any and all
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Consulting Native American Tribes as defined in CUL-4 before any further work commences in the affected area. If the find is determined to be significant and avoidance of the site has not been achieved, a Phase III data recovery plan shall be prepared by the Project Archeologist, in consultation with the Tribe, and shall be submitted to the City for their review and approval prior to implementation of the said plan.
GPU MM CUL-9 Prior to final inspection, the developer/permit holder shall prompt the Project Archeologist to submit two (2) copies of the Phase III Data Recovery report (if required for the project) and the Phase IV Cultural Resources Monitoring Report that complies with the Community Development Department's requirements for such reports. The Phase IV report shall include evidence of the required cultural/historical sensitivity training for the construction staff held during the pre-grade meeting. The Community Development Department shall review the reports to determine adequate mitigation compliance. Provided the reports are adequate, the Community Development Department shall clear this condition. Once the report(s) are determined to be adequate, two (2) copies shall be submitted to the South Coastal Information Center (SCIC) at the San Diego State University (SDSU) and one (1) copy shall be submitted to each of the Consulting Tribe(s) Cultural Resources Department(s).
GPU MM CUL-10 If human remains are discovered, no further disturbance shall occur in the affected area until the County Coroner has made necessary findings as to if the County Coroner determines that the remains are potentially Native American, the California Native American Heritage Commission shall be notified within 24 hours of the published finding to be given a reasonable opportunity to identify the “most likely descendant”.
The “most likely descendant” shall then make recommendations and engage in consultations concerning the treatment of the remains. (PRC Section 5097.98). (GP Objective 23.3, CEQA). No photographs are to be taken except by the coroner, with written approval by the consulting Tribe[s].
GPU MM CUL-11 It is understood by all parties that unless otherwise required by law, the site of any reburial of Native American human remains or associated grave goods shall not be disclosed and shall not be governed by public disclosure requirements of the California Public Records Act. The Coroner, pursuant to the specific exemption set forth in California Government Code 6254 (r)., parties, and Lead Agencies, will be asked to withhold public disclosure information related to such reburial, pursuant to the specific exemption set forth in California Government Code 6254 (r).
4.5.2 Discussion
a. Cause a substantial adverse change in the significance of a historical resource as defined in section 15064.5? No New Impact. A “historical resource” under CEQA, as defined by PRC Part 5020.1(j) is any object, building, site, area, place, record, or manuscript that is historically or archaeologically significant, or significant in the architectural, engineering, scientific, economic, agricultural, educational, social, political,
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military, or cultural annals of California. Guidelines for CEQA further define a “historical resource” as any resource listed in or determined eligible for listing in the California Register of Historical Resources (CRHR), included in a local register of historical resources, or determined to be historically significant by the Lead Agency. Additionally, a resource would be automatically listed in the California Register if it is listed in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) or formally determined eligible by an agency for listing in the National Register.
As described in the 2024 RFEIR, a historic resources search identified a total of 48 existing resources within the MoVal 2040 GPU Planning Area. Of these resources, one is listed as a California Point of Historical Interest. Therefore, the 2024 RFEIR concluded that the MoVal 2040 General Plan would have the potential to cause a substantial adverse change in the significance of historic era resources, which would be considered a significant impact.
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A Cultural Resources Assessment (Appendix C) was prepared for the PSC Site, which consisted of a review of the California Historic Resources Inventory System (CHRIS) and Cultural Background Research at the Eastern Information Center (EIC). A one-mile radius search of the PSC Site was prepared. The CHRIS also included a review of the NRHP, the CRHR, the California Points of Historical Interest List, the California Historical Landmarks List, the Archaeological Determinations of Eligibility List, and the California State Inventory of Historic Resources. Additionally, the Cultural Resources Assessment also included a review of the California State Resources Inventory (HRI) and Built Environment Resources Directory (BERD) for Riverside County to determine any local resources that have been previously evaluated for historic significance.
The CHRIS records search identified a total of 29 cultural resource investigations within a one-mile radius buffer around the PSC Site. The CHRIS records search identified a total of 42 previously recorded cultural resources within a one-mile radius of the PSC Site; however, none are located within the PSC Site. If potential historic or cultural resources are discovered, the PSC would comply with applicable State laws and local policies regarding the inadvertent discovery of cultural resources and would be required to implement GPU MM CUL-8. Compliance with these regulatory requirements would ensure that any historic resources are appropriately identified and evaluated and impacts would be less than significant.
Therefore, the PSC Site would not result in significant impacts or in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Corporate Yard Fueling Station
The CYFS would occur on previously disturbed land. For this reason, the CYFS would not result in a substantial adverse change to a historical resource. If potential historic or cultural resources are discovered, the PSC would comply with applicable State laws and local policies regarding the inadvertent discovery of cultural resources and would be required to implement GPU MM CUL-8. Compliance with these regulatory requirements would ensure that any historic resources are appropriately identified and evaluated and impacts would be less than significant. Therefore, the CYFS would not result in any new or
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substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Civic Center Tenant Improvements
The Civic Center Tenant Improvements would occur entirely within the existing civic center buildings and would be limited to interior improvements. Furthermore, the Civic Center Tenant Improvements would not involve ground-disturbing activities; therefore, the Civic Center Tenant Improvements would not result in significant impacts or in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR.
Mitigation Measures: No new mitigation measures are required. b. Cause a substantial adverse change in the significance of an archaeological resource pursuant to section 15064.5?
No New Impact. According to the 2024 RFEIR, the EIC search identified a total of 255 archaeological resources within the MoVal 2040 GPU Planning Area. Therefore, implementation of future projects within the Planning Area could result in ground-disturbing activities within vacant land that could unearth unknown buried archaeological resources. The 2024 RFEIR concluded that implementation of future projects would result in the ground-disturbing activities within vacant land that could unearth unknown buried archaeological resources. The 2024 RFEIR concluded that any grading, excavation, and other ground disturbing activities associated with future development that could expose buried archaeological resources and features, including sacred sites or TCPs, would be considered a significant impact.
Public Safety Campus
The PSC Site currently consists of vacant, undeveloped land with sparse brush, vegetation, and a drainage channel. According to the Cultural Resources Assessment (Appendix C), the PSC Site is considered to have a low to moderate sensitivity for presence of precontact or historical archaeological deposits or features.
The PSC Site would incorporate GPU MM CUL-1 through GPU MM CUL-11 identified in the 2024 RFEIR to ensure potential impacts to archaeological resources would be less than significant. Therefore, the PSC would not result in significant impacts or in any new or substantially more severe impacts to historical resources than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impact would occur.
Corporate Yard Fueling Station
The CYFS would occur on previously disturbed land. For this reason, the CYFS would not result in a substantial adverse change to an archaeological resource. However, in the event that an archaeological resources is discovered, the CYFS would incorporate GPU MM CUL-1 through GPU MM CUL-11 identified in the2024 RFEIR to ensure potential impacts to archaeological resources would be less than significant.
Therefore, the CYFS would not result in significant impacts or in any new or substantially more severe impacts to historical resources than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
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Civic Center Tenant Improvements
The Civic Center Tenant Improvements would occur entirely within the existing civic center buildings and would be limited to interior improvements. Furthermore, the Civic Center Tenant Improvements would not involve ground-disturbing activities; therefore, the Civic Center Tenant Improvements would not result in significant impacts or in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Mitigation Measures: No new mitigation measures are required. c. Disturb any human remains, including those interred outside of formal cemeteries? No New Impact. According to the 2024 RFEIR the EIC record search did not identify any formal cemeteries or other resources that are known or currently possess human remains. However, due to the history of various Native American Tribes and their presence throughout the MoVal 2040 GPU Planning Area, there is the potential for human remains, including those outside of formal cemeteries. Therefore, the 2024 RFEIR concluded that implementation of future projects could result in the ground-disturbing activities of vacant land that could unearth unknown buried human remains, which could be considered a significant impact.
Public Safety Campus
According to the Cultural Resources Assessment (Appendix C), although no archaeological resources were identified within the PSC Site, the Cultural Resources Assessment concluded that the PSC Site retains a low to moderate sensitivity for presence of precontact or historical archaeological deposits or features.
Therefore, the PSC Site would incorporate GPU MM CUL-10 through GPU MM CUL-11 identified in the 2024 RFEIR to ensure potential impacts to human remains would be less than significant. Therefore, the PSC would not result in significant impacts or in any new or substantially more severe impacts to historical resources than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Corporate Yard Fueling Station
The CYFS would occur on previously disturbed land. For this reason, the CYFS would not result in a substantial adverse change that would disturb human remains. However, in the event that human remains are discovered, the CYFS would incorporate GPU MM CUL-10 and GPU MM CUL-11 identified in the 2024 RFEIR to ensure potential impacts to human remains would be less than significant. Therefore, the CYFS would not result in significant impacts or in any new or substantially more severe impacts to historical resources than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Civic Center Tenant Improvements
The Civic Center Tenant Improvements would occur entirely within the existing civic center buildings and would be limited to interior improvements. Furthermore, the Civic Center Tenant Improvements would not involve ground-disturbing activities; therefore, the Civic Center Tenant Improvements would not result
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in significant impacts or in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Mitigation Measures: No new mitigation measures are required.
4.5.3 Uniformly Applied Development Policies or Standards General Plan Goals and Policies
The 2024 RFEIR concludes that compliance with the following policies and actions applicable to the Project would avoid significant cultural resources impacts:
Policy OSRC 2-8 Require cultural resource assessments prior to the approval of development proposals on properties located in archeologically sensitive areas.
Policy OSRC-2-A Maintain a map of sensitive archaeological sites in Moreno Valley and use it to inform project applicants of the need for cultural resources assessments.
Other Applicable Development Policies and Standards
Compliance with the additional development policies and standards identified below applicable to the Project would also reduce potential cultural resources impacts:
Moreno Valley Municipal Code, Title 9, Chapter 9.17.030 (Section G) identifies Heritage Trees as any tree that defines the historical and cultural character of the City including older Palm and Olive trees, and/or any tree designated as such by official action. The regulation prohibits any person from removing, destroying, or disfiguring a heritage tree within the City limits. Removal of a heritage tree designated historic and/or culturally significant by official action shall require the review of the ecological historical preservation board. The ordinance provides certain exceptions and exemptions from the Heritage Tree requirements.
Moreno Valley Municipal Code, Title 7, Cultural Preservation, promotes public health, safety, and general welfare by providing for the preservation, identification, protection, enhancement and perpetuation of existing improvements, buildings, structures, signs, objects, features, sites, places, areas, districts, neighborhoods, streets and natural features having special cultural, historical, archaeological, architectural or community value in the City. Per Chapters 7.05 and 7.07, landmarks, structures of merit, and preservation districts and neighborhood conservation areas can be designated by a committee or by the City council on appeal. Title 7, Chapter 7.09.010 requires a permit to restore, rehabilitate, alter, develop, construct, demolish, remove or change the appearance of any landmark, landmark structure, landmark site, or any structure or site within a preservation district.
California Public Resources Code (PRC) 5097.5 provides protection for cultural and paleontological resources, where PRC 5097.5(a) states, in part, that:
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No person shall knowingly and willfully excavate upon, or remove, destroy, injure, or deface, any historic or prehistoric ruins, burial grounds, archaeological or vertebrate paleontological site, including fossilized footprints, inscriptions made by human agency, rock art, or any other archaeological, paleontological or historical feature, situated on public lands, except with the express permission of the public agency having jurisdiction over the lands.
California Health and Safety Code Sections 7050.5, 7051, and 7054) specify protocol when human remains are discovered. The code states:
In the event of discovery or recognition of any human remains in any location other than a dedicated cemetery, there shall be no further excavation or disturbance of the site or any nearby area reasonably suspected to overlie adjacent remains until the coroner of the county in which the human remains are discovered has determined, in accordance with Chapter 10 (commencing with section 27460) of Part 3 of Division 2 of Title 3 of the Government Code, that the remains are not subject to the provisions of section 27492 of the Government Code or any other related provisions of law concerning investigation of the circumstances, manner and cause of death, and the recommendations concerning treatment and disposition of the human remains have been made to the person responsible for the excavation, or to his or her authorized representative, in the manner provided in section 5097.98 of the Public Resources Code.
California PRC Section 15064.5(e), CEQA Guidelines, requires that excavation activities be stopped whenever human remains are uncovered and that the county coroner be called in to assess the remains.
If the county coroner determines that the remains are those of Native Americans, the Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC) must be contacted within 24 hours. At that time, the lead agency must consult with the appropriate Native Americans, if any, as timely identified by the NAHC. Section 15064.5 directs the lead agency (or project proponent), under certain circumstances, to develop an agreement with the Native Americans for the treatment and disposition of the remains.
4.5.4 Conclusion
With regard to the topic of Cultural Resources, the following findings can be made:
1. No peculiar impacts to the Project or its site have been identified.
2. There are no potentially significant off-site and/or cumulative impacts which were not discussed by the 2024 RFEIR.
3. No substantial new information has been identified which results in an impact which is more severe than anticipated by the 2024 RFEIR.
4. Mitigation Measures from the 2024 RFEIR are applicable to the Project and would reduce Projectspecific impacts to a less than significant level.
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4.6 ENERGY
Project
Peculiar
Impact that is
not
Substantially
Mitigated by
Uniformly
Applied
Policies
Significant
Impact not
Analyzed as
Significant in
the Prior EIR
Potentially
Significant
Offsite or
Cumulative
Impact not
Discussed in
the prior EIR
Adverse
Impact More
Severe based
on Substantial
New
Information
No New
Impact
ENERGY - Would the project:
a. Result in potentially significant
environmental impact due to wasteful,
inefficient, or unnecessary consumption
of energy resources, during project
construction or operation?
b. Conflict with or obstruct a State or local
plan for renewable energy or energy
efficiency?
4.6.1 Summary of Impacts Identified in the 2024 RFEIR
The 2024 RFEIR determined that impacts to energy would be less than significant. Specifically, the 2024 RFEIR confirmed that impacts to energy consumption would be less than significant as there are no unusual characteristics that would necessitate the use of construction equipment that would be less energy efficient than at comparable construction sites in the region or State. Therefore, it is expected that construction fuel consumption associated with implementation of the Project would not be any more inefficient, wasteful, or unnecessary than other similar projects of this nature. Therefore, impacts to energy resources associated with the future developments’ construction activities would be less than significant, and no mitigation is required. Future development projects under implementation of the MoVal 2040 Project would permanently increase the operational energy demand when compared to existing conditions; however, impacts to energy consumption during Project operations would be less than significant.
Buildout of the MoVal 2040 Project would result in increased consumption of energy; however future development would be required to at minimum to meet the mandatory energy requirements of CALGreen and the California Energy Code (Title 24, Part 6 of the California Code of Regulations [CCR]) in effect at the time of development, and would benefit from the efficiencies associated with these regulations as they relate to building HVAC mechanical systems, water heating systems, and lighting. Additionally, the 2024 CAP includes a number of GHG reduction goals related to energy use and energy conservation. Therefore, implementation of the MoVal 2040 Project would not create a land use pattern that would result in a wasteful, inefficient, or unnecessary use of building-related energy, and impacts would be less than significant.
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Future development would be required at a minimum to meet the mandatory energy requirements of CALGreen and the California Energy Code in effect at the time of development. Therefore, implementation of the MoVal 2040 Project would not conflict with or obstruct implementation of CALGreen and California Energy Code, or with Southern California Edison’s (SCE) and Moreno Valley Electric Utility’s (MVU) implementation of California’s Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS), and impacts would be less than significant.
Mitigation Measures from the 2024 RFEIR
No GPU MM related to energy were included in the 2024 RFEIR as impacts related to energy were found to be less than significant. However, the following GPU MM related to air quality are applicable to the proposed Project and would further reduce energy use during construction and are listed below:
GPU MM AQ-2 Applicants for future discretionary development projects which will generate construction-related fugitive dust emissions that exceed applicable thresholds shall include, but are not limited to, the mitigation measures recommended by SCAQMD’s CEQA Air Quality Handbook, to the extent technically and logistically feasible and applicable. The measures shall be included as notes on the grading and/or demolition plans:
• The area disturbed by clearing, grading, earth moving, or excavation operations shall be minimized to prevent excess amounts of dust. • Pre-grading/excavation activities shall include watering the area to be graded or excavated before commencement of grading or excavation operations.
Application of watering (preferably reclaimed water, if available) should penetrate sufficiently to minimize fugitive dust during grading activities. This measure can achieve PM10 reductions of 61 percent through application of water every three hours to disturbed areas.
• Fugitive dust produced during grading, excavation, and construction activities shall be controlled by the following activities: To reduce energy demand associated with potable water conveyance, future projects shall implement the following, as applicable:
o All trucks shall be required to cover their loads as required by California Vehicle Section 23114. Covering loads and maintaining a freeboard height of 12 inches can reduce PM10 emissions by 91 percent.
o All graded and excavated material, exposed soil areas, and active portions of the construction site, including unpaved on-site roadways, shall be treated to prevent fugitive dust. Treatment shall include, but not necessarily be limited to, periodic watering at not less than three hour intervals, application of environmentally safe soil stabilization materials, and/or roll-compaction as appropriate.
Watering shall be done as often as necessary and reclaimed water
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shall be used whenever possible. Application of water every three hours to disturbed areas can reduce PM10 emissions by 61 percent. • Graded and/or excavated inactive areas of the construction site shall be monitored at least weekly for dust stabilization. Soil stabilization methods, such as water and roll-compaction, and environmentally safe dust control materials, shall be periodically applied to portions of the construction site that are inactive for over four days. If no further grading or excavation operations are planned for the area, the area shall be seeded and watered until grass growth is evident, or periodically treated with environmentally safe dust suppressants, to prevent excessive fugitive dust. Replacement of ground cover in disturbed areas can reduce PM10 emissions by 5 percent. • Signs shall be posted on-site limiting traffic to 15 miles per hour or less. This measure can reduce associated PM10 emissions by 57 percent. • During periods of high winds (i.e., wind speed sufficient to cause fugitive dust to impact adjacent properties; instantaneous wind speeds exceeding 25 miles per hour), all clearing, grading, earth moving, and excavation operations shall be curtailed to the degree necessary to prevent fugitive dust created by onsite activities and operations from being a nuisance or hazard off-site or onsite. The site superintendent/supervisor shall use his/her discretion in conjunction with SCAQMD when winds are excessive (above 25 miles per hour).
• Adjacent streets and roads shall be swept at least once per day, preferably at the end of the day, if visible soil material is carried over to adjacent streets and roads.
• Personnel involved in grading operations, including contractors and subcontractors, shall be required to wear respiratory protection in accordance with California Division of Occupational Safety and Health regulations.
GPU MM AQ-3 Applicants for future discretionary development projects that would generate construction-related emissions that exceed applicable thresholds, shall include, but are not limited to, the mitigation measures recommended by the SCAQMD (in its CEQA Air Quality Handbook or otherwise), to the extent technically and logistically feasible and applicable to the project. The types of measures shall include but are not limited to:
• Construction haul truck operators for demolition debris and import/export of soil shall use trucks that meet CARB’s 2020 engine emissions standards of
0.01 grams per brake horsepower hour of particulate matter (PM) and 0.20 grams per brake horsepower-hour of NOx emissions. Operators shall maintain records of all trucks associated with project construction to document that each truck used meets these emission standards and shall provide these records prior to grading permit issuance to the City.
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• Construction vehicle idling shall be limited to five minutes as set forth in California Code of Regulations Title 13, Article 4.8, Section 2449. Signs shall be posted in areas where they will be seen by vehicle operators stating idling time limits. This requirement shall be included on the plans. • Construction contractors shall utilize construction equipment that uses low polluting fuels (i.e., compressed natural gas, liquid petroleum gas, and unleaded gasoline) to the extent that they are available and feasible to use.
This requirement shall be included on the plans.
• Heavy duty diesel-fueled equipment shall use low NOx diesel fuel to the extent that it is available and feasible to use. This requirement shall be included on the plans.
• Construction contractors shall use electricity from power poles rather than temporary gasoline or diesel-powered generators, as technically and logistically feasible, or solar where available. This requirement shall be included on the plans.
• Construction contractors shall maintain construction equipment in good, properly tuned operating condition, as specified by the manufacturer, to minimize exhaust emissions. Documentation demonstrating that the equipment has been maintained in accordance with the manufacturer’s specifications shall be shared with the City prior to grading permit issuance. • Construction contractors shall reroute construction trucks away from congested streets or sensitive receptor areas, as technically and logistically feasible. This requirement shall be included on the plans.
4.6.2 Discussion
a. Result in potentially significant environmental impact due to wasteful, inefficient, or unnecessary consumption of energy resources, during project construction or operation? No New Impact. The 2024 RFEIR concluded that energy conservation measures required by applicable energy conservation regulations (e.g., CALGreen, Title 24) and energy conservation policies included in the proposed MoVal 2040 Project, and the Climate Action Plan (CAP) would support the minimization of energy consumption from operations associated with future development. Therefore, implementation of the General Plan would not result in a wasteful, inefficient, or unnecessary consumption of energy resources, and impacts would be less than significant with no mitigation required.
A significant impact would occur if a project was to substantially increase demand for energy resources, which exceeds the available supply. The proposed Project would be constructed in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations, including applicable State and federal laws, and building regulations that are intended to promote efficient utilization of resources and minimize environmental impacts.
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Construction
During construction, energy would be consumed in the form of electricity associated with the conveyance of water used for dust control, and on a limited basis, powering lights, electronic equipment, or other construction activities necessitating electrical power. Construction would also consume energy in the form of petroleum-based fuels associated with the use of off-road construction vehicles and equipment within the Project Site, construction worker travel trips.
The proposed Project would utilize construction contractors who demonstrate compliance with applicable California Air Resources Board (CARB) regulations governing the accelerated retrofitting, repowering, or replacement of heavy-duty diesel on- and off-road equipment. CARB has adopted the Airborne Toxic Control Measures to limit heavy-duty diesel motor vehicle idling to reduce public exposure to diesel particulate matter and other toxic air contaminants (TACs). Compliance with these measures would result in a more efficient use of construction-related energy and would minimize or eliminate wasteful or unnecessary consumption of energy. Idling restrictions and the use of newer engines and equipment would result in less fuel combustion and energy consumption. Idling restrictions and the use of newer engines and equipment would result in less fuel combustion and energy consumption, as would use of haul trucks with larger capacities. Additionally, as required by CCR Title 13 (Motor Vehicles), Section 2449(d)(3) (Idling), idling times of construction vehicles are limited to no more than five minutes, thereby minimizing or eliminating unnecessary and wasteful consumption of fuel due to unproductive idling of construction equipment.
Construction equipment used over the approximately 27-month construction timeline would conform to CARB regulations and California emissions standards and is evidence of related fuel efficiencies. There are no unusual Project characteristics or construction processes that would require the use of equipment that would be more energy-intensive than is used for comparable activities; or equipment that would not conform to current emissions standards (and related fuel efficiencies). Equipment employed in construction of the Project would therefore not result in inefficient, wasteful, or unnecessary consumption of fuel.
Further, GPU MM AQ-2 and GPU MM AQ-3 would reduce construction energy consumption by requiring practices that improve construction efficiency, minimize unnecessary equipment and vehicle activity, and reduce reliance on diesel- and gasoline-powered equipment. GPU MM AQ-2 would reduce fuel use associated with fugitive dust control and hauling by minimizing disturbed areas, stabilizing exposed soils, limiting site speeds, covering haul truck loads, sweeping track-out, and using reclaimed water where feasible, thereby reducing unnecessary hauling, rework, and potable water conveyance energy demand.
GPU MM AQ-3 would further reduce construction energy use by requiring cleaner haul trucks and equipment, limiting idling, maintaining equipment in proper working condition, rerouting trucks away from congested areas, using low-polluting fuels where feasible, and using grid electricity from power poles rather than temporary fossil-fueled generators when technically and logistically feasible.
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Operation
Energy consumption in support of, or related to, Project operations would include transportation energy demands (energy consumed by employee and patron vehicles accessing the Project Site) and facilities energy demands (energy consumed by building operations and site maintenance activities).
Trip generation and VMT generated by the proposed Project are consistent with other similar public facility uses of similar scale and configuration as reflected respectively in the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) Trip Generation Manual (12th Edition, 2025). That is, the proposed Project does not propose uses or operations that would inherently result in excessive and wasteful vehicle trips and VMT, nor associated excess and wasteful vehicle energy consumption. The PSC component of the Project would include four emergency generators, which would supply emergency backup power to the building in the event of an emergency. As such, the emergency generator would not be part of the Project’s normal daily operations but would operate during testing and maintenance purposes in additional to emergency uses. However, as previously discussed, the emergency generators are subject to SCAQMD permitting and operational requirements, including rules that limit emissions from stationary internal combustion engines and restrict routine testing and maintenance hours. These requirements limit non-emergency generator operation, require compliance with applicable emission standards and fuel requirements, and help ensure that diesel or other fuel use associated with backup power is limited primarily to emergency, testing, and maintenance purposes.
Therefore, the proposed Project would not result in the wasteful, inefficient, or unnecessary consumption of energy and thus would not generate significant impacts with regard to energy use and consumption.
Therefore, the proposed Project would not result in significant impacts or in any new or substantially more severe impacts that were identified in the 2024 RFEIR.
Mitigation Measures: No new mitigation measures are required. b. Conflict with or obstruct a State or local plan for renewable energy or energy efficiency? No New Impact. The applicable State plans that address renewable energy and energy efficiency are CALGreen, the California Energy Code, and California RPS. The 2024 RFEIR concluded that future development allowed under the Project would implement applicable regulation that would ensure development would be energy efficient. Therefore, implementation of the MoVal 2040 Project would not conflict with or obstruct implementation of CALGreen and the California Energy Code, or with SCE and MVU implementation of the RPS, and impacts would be less than significant with no mitigation required.
The Project would be required to comply with at a minimum to meet the mandatory energy requirements of CALGreen and the California Energy Code in effect at the time of development. SCE and MVU, the electricity providers for the City, are currently meeting RPS goals and are on track to achieve future RPS goals. The Project must also comply with the California Title 24 Building Energy Efficiency Standards. The California Title 24 Building Energy Efficiency Standards are designed to ensure new and existing buildings
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achieve energy efficiency and preserve outdoor and indoor environmental quality. As such, there would be no new impacts relating to consistency with a State or local plan for renewable energy or energy efficiency. Therefore, the proposed Project would not result in significant impacts or in any new or substantially more severe impacts that were identified in the 2024 RFEIR.
Mitigation Measures: No new mitigation measures are required.
4.6.3 Uniformly Applied Development Policies or Standards General Plan Goals and Policies
The 2024 RFEIR concluded that compliance with the following goals and policies applicable to the Project would reduce energy impacts:
Policy PPS.4-5 Facilitate installation of advanced technology infrastructure, including, but not limited to, infrastructure for high speed internet access and solar energy.
Policy S.3-6 Encourage the use of landscaping, building materials, and site design techniques that provide passive cooling and reduce energy demand. In particular, promote the use of voluntary measures identified in the California Green Building Code (Title 24, Part 11 of the California Code of Regulations) to minimize heat island effects, including hardscape and roof materials with beneficial solar reflectance and thermal emittance values and measures for exterior wall shading.
Goal OSRC-3 Use energy water wisely and promote reduced consumption.
Policy OSRC 3-1 Promote energy conservation throughout the community and encourage the use of renewable energy systems and technologies to supplement or replace traditional building energy systems.
Policy OSRC 3-4 Continue to implement energy and water conservation measures in City facilities and operations.
Other Applicable Development Policies and Standards
Compliance with the additional development policies and standards identified below applicable to the Project would also reduce potential energy impacts:
R1-E3 AB 1109 Energy Efficiency Standards for Lighting would require the Project to comply with the California Energy Commission (CEC) energy efficiency standards for general purpose lighting.
California Code of Regulations, Title 13, Section 2449 (In-Use Off-Road Diesel-Fueled Fleets Regulations) establishes requirements for in-use off-road diesel-fueled fleets to reduce diesel particulate matter, NOX, and other emissions from construction and industrial equipment through fleet reporting, equipment labeling, idling restrictions, and phased compliance with fleet emission standards.
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California Code of Regulations, Title 24, and CALGreen Requirements consists of a compilation of several distinct standards and codes related to building construction, including, but not limited to, plumbing, electrical, interior acoustics, energy efficiency, and handicap accessibility. The Project would be required to comply with California Building Energy Efficiency Standards and CALGreen requirements, which establish mandatory energy efficiency, lighting, building envelope, mechanical system, and electric vehicle infrastructure standards for new construction and certain improvements. Compliance with these standards would reduce building energy demand and help ensure the Project would not result in wasteful, inefficient, or unnecessary energy consumption.
Title 24, Part 6, Energy Efficiency Standards, requires buildings to incorporate energy-efficient design features, such as efficient building envelopes, lighting, HVAC systems, water heating systems, and related controls, to reduce electricity and natural gas consumption and avoid wasteful or inefficient energy use.
Title 24, Part 11, California Green Building Standards Code, commonly referred to as CALGreen, requires sustainable design measures related to energy efficiency, water conservation, material conservation, waste reduction, indoor environmental quality, and, where applicable, electric vehicle charging infrastructure, thereby supporting reduced resource consumption and more efficient building operation.
California Renewable Portfolio Standards requires electricity retail sellers and publicly owned utilities to procure an increasing percentage of their electricity from eligible renewable energy resources, such as solar, wind, geothermal, biomass, and small hydroelectric facilities. Under current State law, California utilities must supply 60 percent renewable electricity by 2030, with the broader statewide goal of achieving 100 percent zero-carbon electricity by 2045. The RPS supports reduced reliance on fossil fuels and increasingly lower-carbon electricity used by new development.
California Vehicle Code Section 23114 requires vehicles carrying loose material—such as dirt, sand, gravel, aggregate, green waste, or other materials—to be loaded, covered, or secured so that the material does not spill, leak, drop, sift, or otherwise escape from the vehicle while traveling on public roads.
City Development and Design Standards, specifically the City’s development review, building, lighting, landscaping, parking, and site design standards, would apply to the Project as applicable and would help regulate energy-related design features such as exterior lighting efficiency, heat island reduction, landscaping, site circulation, and parking design. These standards provide local implementation mechanisms to ensure that development is designed and operated in a manner consistent with City requirements.
Moreno Valley Climate Action Plan / GHG-Related Policies support energy conservation through measures such as improved building efficiency, reduced transportation energy demand, increased use of renewable energy, and expanded electric vehicle infrastructure. These measures help demonstrate consistency with local strategies to reduce fossil fuel use and improve overall energy efficiency.
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4.6.4 Conclusion
With regards to the issue area of Energy, the following findings can be made:
1. No peculiar impacts to the Project or the site have been identified.
2. There are no potentially significant off-site and/or cumulative impacts which were not discussed by the 2024 RFEIR.
3. No substantial new information has been identified which result in an impact which is more serve than anticipated by the 2024 RFEIR.
4. No mitigation measures contained within the 2024 RFEIR would be required because Project-specific impacts would be less than significant; however, some air quality-related mitigation measures would also reduce energy consumption. No Project-specific mitigation measures are required.
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4.7 GEOLOGY AND SOILS
Project
Peculiar
Impact that
is not
Substantially
Mitigated by
Uniformly
Applied
Policies
Significant
Impact not
Analyzed as
Significant
in the Prior
EIR
Potentially
Significant
Offsite or
Cumulative
Impact not
Discussed in
the prior EIR
Adverse
Impact
More
Severe
based on
Substantial
New
Information
No New
Impact
GEOLOGY AND SOILS – Would the project:
a. Expose people or structures to
potential substantial adverse effects,
including the risk of loss, injury, or
death involving:
i. Rupture of a known earthquake
fault, as delineated on the most
recent Alquist-Priolo
Earthquake Fault Zoning map,
issued by the State Geologist for
the area or based on other
substantial evidence of a known
fault? Refer to Division of Mines
and Geology Special Publication
42. ii. Strong seismic ground shaking?
iii. Seismic-related ground failure,
including liquefaction?
iv. Landslides?
b. Result in substantial soil erosion or the
loss of topsoil?
c. 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- or off-site
landslide, lateral spreading,
subsidence, liquefaction or collapse?
d. Be located on expansive soil, as
defined in Table 18-1-B of the Uniform
Building Code (1994), creating
substantial risks to life or property?
e. Have soils incapable of adequately
supporting the use of septic tanks or
alternative wastewater disposal
systems where sewers are not
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Project
Peculiar
Impact that
is not
Substantially
Mitigated by
Uniformly
Applied
Policies
Significant
Impact not
Analyzed as
Significant
in the Prior
EIR
Potentially
Significant
Offsite or
Cumulative
Impact not
Discussed in
the prior EIR
Adverse
Impact
More
Severe
based on
Substantial
New
Information
No New
Impact
GEOLOGY AND SOILS – Would the project:
available for the disposal of
wastewater?
f. Directly or indirectly destroy a unique
paleontological resource or site unique
geologic feature?
The following section summarizes and incorporates by reference information from the Geotechnical Evaluation prepared by GeoTek Inc., dated July 16, 2024 (Appendix D: Geotechnical Evaluation), Cultural Resources Assessment prepared by Material Culture Consulting, prepared March 2024 (Appendix C:
Cultural Resources Assessment ), and Paleontological Resources Assessment prepared by Material Culture Consulting (Appendix F: Paleontological Resources Assessment).
4.7.1 Summary of Impacts Identified in the 2024 RFEIR
The 2024 RFEIR concluded that implementation of the MoVal 2040 Project would result in less than significant impacts to seismic ground shaking and seismic-related ground failure, including liquefaction, substantial soil erosion, or the loss of topsoil, on-site or off-site landslide, lateral spreading, subsidence, liquefaction or collapse, and expansive soils. The 2024 RFEIR concluded that impacts to paleontological resources would be less than significant with implementation of GPU MM PAL-1.
Mitigation Measures from the 2024 RFEIR
GPU MM PAL-1 Applications for future development, wherein the Community Development Director or his or her designee has determined a potential for impacts to paleontological resources, shall review the underlying geology and paleontological sensitivity of the site. If it is determined that the potential exists that sensitive paleontological resources are present, the applicant shall be required to comply with the following mitigation framework.
A qualified paleontological monitor shall be present during grading in project areas where a project specific geological technical study has determined that such monitoring is necessary due to the potential for paleontological resources to reside within the underlying geologic formations. The geologic technical study shall also
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provide specific duties of the monitor, and detailed measures to address fossil remains, if found.
4.7.2 Discussion
a. Would the project directly or indirectly cause potential substantial adverse effects, including the risk of loss, injury, or death involving:
i) Rupture of a known earthquake fault, as delineated on the most recent Alquist-Priolo Earthquake Fault Zoning Map issued by the State Geologist for the area or based on other substantial evidence of a known fault? Refer to Division of Mines and Geology Special Publication 42.
No New Impact. This topic was evaluated in the 2024 RFEIR and impacts were determined to be less than significant. A significant impact could occur if the Project would cause personal injury or death or result in property damage as a result of a fault rupture occurring on the Project Site, or if the Project Site is located within a State-designated Alquist-Priolo Zone or other designated fault zone. Development projects located within an Alquist-Priolo Earthquake Fault Zone are required to prepare special geotechnical studies to characterize hazards from any potential surface ruptures.
Earthquakes are a common occurrence within the State and the 2024 RFEIR identified that the San Jacinto fault zone, which has been categorized as an Alquist Priolo earthquake fault zone, traverses the northeastern and eastern boundary of the City.
10 However, the City’s MoVal 2040 GPU Safety Element
identifies various goals, policies and actions that would address potential geologic and seismic hazards.
Public Safety Campus
According to the Geotechnical Evaluation (Appendix D), the PSC Site is not located within an Alquist-Priolo Earthquake Fault Zone. The nearest active fault is the San Jacinto Fault Zone (San Bernardino Valley Section) located approximately 2.25-miles to the northeast of the PSC Site. As such, implementation of the PSC would not directly or indirectly cause potential substantial adverse effects, including the risk of loss, injury, or death involving the rapture of a known earthquake fault or Alquist-Priolo Earthquake Fault Zone. Therefore, the PSC would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Corporate Yard Fueling Station
As described above, the City’s MoVal 2040 General Plan Safety Element identifies an Alquist Priolo Fault Zone along the northeastern and eastern boundary of the City; therefore, there would be no Alquist Priolo Fault Zones within or near the CYFS Site.
11 The nearest active fault is the San Jacinto Fault Zone, located 10 City of Moreno Valley, Revised Draft Program Environmental Impact Report for the MoVal 2040: Moreno Valley General Plan Update, Associated Zoning Text Amendments to Title 9 (Planning & Zoning) and Zoning Atlas Amendments, and Climate Action Plan, https://www.moval.org/cdd/documents/general-plan2040/MoVal-2040-Revised-Draft-Program-EIR.pdf. Accessed August 19, 2026. 11 City of Moreno Valley, MoVal 2040 General Plan Safety Element , https://www.moval.org/cdd/documents/general-plan2040/06-Safety.pdf.
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approximately 6.1-miles northeast of the CYFS Site. 12 As such, implementation of the CYFS would not directly or indirectly cause potential substantial adverse effects, including the risk of loss, injury, or death involving the rapture of a known earthquake fault or Alquist-Priolo Earthquake Fault Zone. Therefore, the CYFS would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Civic Center Tenant Improvements
The Civic Center Tenant Improvement Sites would occur entirely within the existing civic center buildings and would be limited to interior improvements. The Civic Center Tenant Improvements would not involve ground-disturbing activities. As such, implementation of the Civic Center Tenant Improvements would not directly or indirectly cause potential substantial adverse effects, including the risk of loss, injury, or death involving the rapture of a known earthquake fault or Alquist-Priolo Earthquake Fault Zone. Therefore, the Civic Center Tenant Improvements would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Mitigation Measures: No new mitigation measures are required. ii) Strong seismic ground shaking?
No New Impact. This topic was evaluated in the 2024 RFEIR and impacts were determined to be less than significant. A significant impact would occur if the Project would cause personal injury or death or resulted in property damage as a result of seismic ground shaking. According to the 2024 RFEIR all projects developed under the MoVal 2040 GPU could be affected by ground shaking during a seismic event associated with the San Jacinto fault zone, which traverses the northeastern and eastern boundary of the City, as well as the San Andres Fault located approximately 15 miles northeast and the Elsinore Fault located approximately 17 miles southwest. As such, the 2040 RFEIR found that seismic hazard impacts in the City would be less than significant after compliance with MoVal 2040 GPU Safety Element goals and policies and Municipal Code requirements.
As described in the 2040 RFEIR, projects developed under the MoVal 2040 GPU would be located in an area of high regional seismic activity and may experience ground shaking due to the presence of the San Jacinto Fault. The Project would not involve mining operations, deep excavation into the earth, or boring of large area, which could create unstable seismic conditions like strong seismic ground shaking.
Development of the Project would comply with Chapter 8.20, California Building Code, of the City’s Municipal Code, which adopts the building requirements of the CBC as the City’s Building Code, as well as applicable policies of the MoVal 2040 GPU. Compliance with the CBC would ensure earthquake safety based on factors including occupancy type, the types of soils on site, and the probable strength of the 12 Department of Conservation California Geologic Survey, https://maps.conservation.ca.gov/cgs/informationwarehouse/apreports/#data_s=id%3AdataSource_3-190b882b5e3-layer-12%3A21901.
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ground motion, Therefore, the Project would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Mitigation Measures: No new mitigation measures are required. iii) Seismic-related ground failure, including liquefaction? No New Impact. This topic was evaluated in the 2024 RFEIR and impacts were determined to be less than significant. A significant impact may occur if a Project Site is located within a liquefaction zone.
Liquefaction refers to loose, saturated sand or gravel deposits that lose their load supporting capability when subjected to intense shaking. Liquefaction usually occurs during or shortly after a large earthquake.
The movement of saturated soils during seismic events from ground shaking can result in soil instability and possible structural damage.
Public Safety Campus
According to Appendix D, the PSC Site is not located within a mapped liquefaction area. Based on the estimated depth to historic high groundwater, and due to the relatively dense/stiff state of the subsurface materials of the PSC Site, the liquefaction potential is considered minimal at the PSC Site. As such, implementation of the PSC would not directly or indirectly cause potential substantial adverse effects, including the risk of loss, injury, or death involving seismic-related ground failure, including liquefaction.
Therefore, the PSC would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Corporate Yard Fueling Station
According to the MoVal 2040 GPU Safety Element, a majority of the City is classified as having low or moderate potential for liquefaction. As depicted in Map S-2 Liquefaction Hazard of the City’s Safety Element, the Corporate Fueling Station Site is located within an area of Moderate Liquefaction Susceptibility. 13 As previously discussed, development of the Project would comply with Chapter 8.20 of the City’s Municipal Code, which adopts the building requirements of the CBC as the City’s Building Code, as well as applicable policies of the MoVal 2040 General Plan. Therefore, potential impacts related to seismic ground failure, including liquefaction, would be reduced to a less than significant level. As such, the CYFS would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Civic Center Tenant Improvements
The Civic Center Tenant Improvement Sites would occur entirely within the existing civic center buildings and would be limited to interior improvements. The Civic Center Tenant Improvements would not involve ground-disturbing activities. As such, implementation of the Civic Center Tenant Improvements would not directly or indirectly cause potential substantial adverse effectsrelated to seismic ground failure, including 13 City of Moreno Valley, MoVal 2040 General Plan Update Safety Element, https://www.moval.org/cdd/documents/general-plan2040/06- Safety.pdf. Accessed August 19, 2026.
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liquefaction. Furthermore, as previously discussed, development of the Project would comply with Chapter 8.20 of the City’s Municipal Code, which adopts the building requirements of the CBC as the City’s Building Code, as well as applicable policies of the MoVal 2040 GPU. Therefore, the Civic Center Tenant Improvements would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Mitigation Measures: No new mitigation measures are required. iv) Landslides?
No New Impact. This topic was evaluated in the 2024 RFEIR and impacts were determined to be less than significant. Landslides are the downslope movement of geologic materials that occur when the underlying geological support on a hillside can no longer maintain the load of material above it, causing a slope failure.
General slope stability is determined by a number of factors including slope, vegetative cover, wildfire, bedrock, soil, precipitation, and human alteration. According to the 2024 RFEIR, while most of the City is flat, there are some portions of the City that have been assigned moderate to high risk of landslide, largely in slope areas. Future development under the MoVal 2040 General Plan would be required to adhere to relevant regulations contained in the Municipal Code and adhere to the MoVal 2040 General Plan Safety Element goals and policies. Therefore, impacts related to landslides were determined to be less than significant.
Public Safety Campus
According to the Geotechnical Evaluation (Appendix D), the PSC Site is located within a generally flat terrain, with minimal potential for seismic induced landslides. Therefore, the PSC Site would not be adversely affected by landslides. For these reasons, the PSC would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR and no new impacts would occur.
Corporate Yard Fueling Station
As described in the MoVal 2040 GPU Safety Element, the majority of the City is relatively flat and has been assigned a landslide susceptibility of zero (No Risk) by the California Geological Survey. As depicted in Map S-3: Landslide Hazards in the MoVal 2040 GPU Safety Element, the CYFS Site is classified with a zerolandslide susceptibility. Development of the CYFS would comply with Chapter 8.20 of the City’s Municipal Code, as well as applicable policies of the MoVal 2040 GPU. For these reasons, the Project would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts involving landslides than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Civic Center Tenant Improvements
The Civic Center Tenant Improvement Sites would occur entirely within the existing civic center buildings and would be limited to interior improvements. The Civic Center Tenant Improvements would not involve ground-disturbing activities. As such, implementation of the Civic Center Tenant Improvements would not directly or indirectly cause potential substantial adverse effects related to landslides. Furthermore, as
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previously discussed, development of the Project would comply with Chapter 8.20 of the City’s Municipal Code, as well as applicable policies of the MoVal 2040 General Plan. Therefore, the Civic Center Tenant Improvements would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Mitigation Measures: No new mitigation measures are required. b. Would the project result in substantial soil erosion or the loss of topsoil? No New Impact. This topic was evaluated in the 2024 RFEIR and impacts were determined to be less than significant. A significant impact would occur if construction activities or future uses result in substantial soil erosion or loss of topsoil. According to the 2024 RFEIR, grading, evacuation, demolition and construction activities associated with future development construction activities related to the buildout of the MoVal 2040 General Plan would increase the potential to expose topsoil to erosion. However, adherence to Municipal Code requirements would result in less than significant impacts.
Public Safety Campus
Development of the PSC Site would involve improvements to hardscape, irrigation systems, and the onsite drainage culvert. Additionally, the PSC Site would implement erosion protection and drainage control measures as discussed in the Geotechnical Evaluation to ensure proper drainage is maintained on the PSC Site. As discussed in the 2024 RFEIR, future development would be required to incorporate long-term water quality controls pursuant to stormwater standards, including the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Municipal Permit requirements and the Title 8, Chapter 9.17, Landscape and Water Efficiency Requirements, of the City’s Municipal Code, which provides additional guidance for erosion control and slope planting. Therefore, with adherence to applicable regulations and Municipal Code requirements, the Project would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Corporate Yard Fueling Station
Development of the CYFS would incorporate long-term water quality controls pursuant to stormwater standards, including the NPDES Municipal Permit requirements and the Title 8, Chapter 9.17, Landscape and Water Efficiency Requirements, of the City’s Municipal Code, which provides additional guidance for erosion control and slope planting. Therefore, with adherence to applicable regulations and Municipal Code requirements, the CYFS would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts related to substantial soil erosion or the loss of topsoil than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Civic Center Tenant Improvements
The Civic Center Tenant Improvement Sites would occur entirely within the existing civic center buildings and would be limited to interior improvements. The Civic Center Tenant Improvements would not involve ground-disturbing activities. As such, implementation of the Civic Center Tenant Improvements would not
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directly or indirectly cause potential substantial adverse effectsrelated to soil erosion or the loss of topsoil.
Furthermore, as previously discussed, development of the Project would comply with the NPDES Municipal Permit requirements and Title 8, Chapter 9.17, Landscape and Water Efficiency Requirements, of the City’s Municipal Code, which provides additional guidance for erosion control and slope planting as well as applicable policies of the MoVal 2040 General Plan. Therefore, the Civic Center Tenant Improvements would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Mitigation Measures: No new mitigation measures are required. c. Would the project 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- or off-site landslide, lateral spreading, subsidence, liquefaction, or collapse?
No New Impact. This topic was evaluated in the 2024 RFEIR and impacts were determined to be less than significant. A significant impact may occur if a project is built in an unstable area without proper site preparation or design features to provide adequate foundations, thus posing a hazard to life and property.
According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), the City is not located within an area of land subsidence. 14 Therefore, the Project would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Mitigation Measures: No new mitigation measures are required. d. Would the project be located on expansive soil, as defined in Table 18 1-B of the Uniform Building Code (1994), creating substantial direct or indirect risks to life or property? No New Impact. This topic was evaluated in the 2024 RFEIR and impacts were determined to be less than significant. A significant impact would occur if the Project were built on expansive soils without proper site preparation or design features to provide adequate foundations for project buildings, thus posing a hazard to life and property. Expansive soils contain significant amounts of clay particles that have the ability to give up water (shrink) or take on water (swell). When these soils swell, the change in volume can exert pressures that are placed on them, and structural distress and damage to buildings could occur. Highly expansive soil can cause structural damage to foundations and roads without proper structural engineering and are generally less suitable or desirable for development than non-expansive soils because of the necessity for detailed geological investigations and costlier grading applications.
Public Safety Campus
According to the Preliminary Soil Investigation (Appendix E) for the PSC Site, the PSC Site is underlain by near surface sandy soils that have a very low expansion potential. As such, the PSC Site would not be located on expansive soil, creating direct or indirect risk to life or property. Therefore, the PSC would not 14 United States Geologic Survey (USGS), Areas of Land Subsidence in California, https://ca.water.usgs.gov/land_subsidence/californiasubsidence-areas.html. Accessed August 19, 2026.
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result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Corporate Yard Fueling Station
The CYFS is comprised of Greenfield sandy loam (GyA), Hanford fine sandy loam (HgA), and Ramona sandy loam (RaB3), which are alluvial soils with a low potential for expansion. 15 Therefore, the Project would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Civic Center Tenant Improvements
The Civic Center Tenant Improvement Sites would occur entirely within the existing civic center buildings and would be limited to interior improvements. The Civic Center Tenant Improvements would not involve ground-disturbing activities. As such, implementation of the Civic Center Tenant Improvements would not directly or indirectly cause potential substantial adverse effects related to expansive soils. Therefore, the Civic Center Tenant Improvements would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Mitigation Measures: No new mitigation measures are required. e. Would the project have soils incapable of adequately supporting the use of septic tanks or alternative wastewater disposal systems where sewers are not available for the disposal of wastewater? No New Impact. As discussed in the 2024 RFEIR, all proposed septic systems (subsurface sewage disposal systems) must comply with Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB) regulations designed to prevent groundwater contamination from septic system effluent. This topic was evaluated in the 2024 RFEIR and no impacts were identified. A project would cause a significant impact if adequate wastewater disposal were not available.
The Project would not require the use of septic tanks or alternative wastewater disposal systems where sewers are not available for the disposal of wastewater. Therefore, there is no potential for a significant impact to the environment from soils incapable of adequately supporting the use of septic tanks or alternative wastewater disposal systems. The Project would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Mitigation Measures: No new mitigation measures are required. f. Directly or indirectly destroy a unique paleontological resource or site or unique geologic feature? No New Impact. Paleontological resources were evaluated in the 2024 RFEIR and determined that construction-related ground disturbing activities associated with future development could result in a 15 United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Web Soil Survey, https://websoilsurvey.sc.egov.usda.gov/WssProduct/l4xwizcc0yscbcquv2qzvhi4/GN_00000/20260819_19314607752_28_Soil_Report.pdf.
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significant impact of nonrenewable paleontological resources. However, implementation of GPU MM PAL1 would mitigate impacts to paleontological resources to less than significant. A significant impact would occur if excavation or construction activities associated with the Project would disturb paleontological or unique geological features.
Public Safety Campus
The Paleontological Resources Assessment (Appendix F) prepared for the PSC Site included a fossil locality records search, literature review, and intensive pedestrian survey. The Paleontological Resources Assessment determined that there were no significant paleontological resources identified within the PSC Site during the locality records searches or field survey. However, the Paleontological Resources Assessment determined that there were nearby fossil localities that have produced significant paleontological resources within sedimentary deposits that are also mapped within the PSC Site. The uppermost layers of soil within the PSC Site consist of younger alluvial deposits that may shallowly overlie older, more paleontologically sensitive sediments. In addition, the PSC Site is mapped in the Riverside County Land Information System (RCLIS) as High Sensitivity B, which is based on the presence of geologic formations or mapped rock units that are known to contain (or have the correct age and depositional conditions to contain) significant paleontological resources at depths below 5 feet.
Based on the results of the Paleontological Resources Assessment, the PSC Site is considered to have a moderate-to-high sensitivity for the potential to impact paleontological resources during grounddisturbing construction activities in undisturbed sedimentary deposits. In the event that a paleontological resource is discovered at the PSC Site, the Project would incorporate GPU MM PAL-1 identified in the 2024 RFEIR to ensure impacts to archaeological resources would be less than significant. Therefore, the PSC would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Corporate Yard Fueling Station
The CYFS would occur on previously disturbed land. For this reason, the CYFS would not result in a substantial adverse change that would directly or indirectly destroy a paleontological resource. However, in the event that paleontological resources are discovered, the CYFS would incorporate GPU MM PAL-1 identified in the 2024 RFEIR to ensure potential impacts to paleontological resources would be less than significant. Furthermore, the Project would comply with applicable State requirements for the discovery, treatment, and preservation of paleontological resources during construction, including halting work and retaining a qualified paleontologist to evaluate and mitigate any finds in accordance with PRC Section 5097.5. Compliance with these uniformly applied regulatory requirements would ensure that any previously unidentified paleontological resources are appropriately identified, documented, and preserved. Therefore, the CYFS would not result in significant impacts or in any new or substantially more severe impacts to historical resources than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
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Civic Center Tenant Improvements
The Civic Center Tenant Improvement Sites would occur entirely within the existing civic center buildings and would be limited to interior improvements. The Civic Center Tenant Improvements would not involve ground-disturbing activities that could disturb paleontological resources. Therefore, the Civic Center Tenant Improvements would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Mitigation Measures: No new mitigation measures are required.
4.7.3 Uniformly Applied Development Policies or Standards General Plan Goals and Policies
The 2024 RFEIR concludes that compliance with the following goals and policies applicable to the Project would avoid significant geology and soils impacts:
Goal S-1 Protect life and property from natural and humanmade hazards.
Policy S.1-1 Continue to restrict the development of habitable structures within Alquist-Priolo Fault Earthquake Fault Zones consistent with State law.
Action S.1-B Use the building inspection program to inventory and evaluate earthquake hazards in existing buildings, especially buildings with unreinforced masonry (URM), using the most current seismic design standards and hazard reduction measures. Explore measures to encourage building owners to upgrade and retrofit structures to render them seismically safe.
Policy S.1-10 Through development agreements and compliance with adopted master drainage plans and existing regulations, require that new development provide necessary storm drainage improvements and ensure that upstream stormwater generators fully address stormwater needs on their property.
Action S.1-E In updating the Capital Improvement Plan, consider and incorporate flood control improvements identified in master drainage plans, specifying funding and timing of prioritized improvements. Coordinate the City’s Capital Improvement Plan with planned County improvements.
Goal OSRC-2 Preserve and respect Moreno Valley’s unique cultural and scenic resources, recognizing their contribution to local character and a sense of place.
Policy OSRC 2-8 Require cultural resource assessments prior to the approval of development proposals on properties located in archaeologically sensitive areas.
Other Applicable Development Policies and Standards
Compliance with the additional development policies and standards identified below applicable to the Project would also reduce potential energy geology and soils impacts:
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California Building Code (CBC) is the State regulations protecting human-occupied structures from geoseismic hazards are contained in CCR Title 24, Part 2 (the CBC). The City of Moreno Valley adopted the 2025 California Building code on November 4, 2025 (Ordinance No. 1033).
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System General Permit for Storm Water Discharges Associated with the Construction and Land Disturbance Activities, Order No. 2022-0057-DWQ (or the latest approved Construction General Permit) requires compliance with the following: filing a Notice of Intent (NOI); a Risk Assessment; a Site Map; a Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP) and associated Best Management Practices (BMPs); an annual fee; and a signed certification statement.
City of Moreno Valley Local Hazard Mitigation Plan was prepared pursuant to the requirements of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act of 2000. The Local Hazard Mitigation Plan provides a strategy planning tool for the reduction of or prevention of injury and damage from hazards identified within the City. The City’s Hazard Mitigation Goals, Objectives, and related potential Actions identify a range of specific actions to achieve respective goals or objectives.
Moreno Valley Municipal Code, Title 8, Chapter 8.20, California Building Code, adopts the California Building Code as part of the City’s local building regulations, with amendments applicable to development within Moreno Valley. The chapter establishes building safety standards for the construction, alteration, repair, relocation, demolition, use, and occupancy of buildings and structures. Compliance with Chapter
8.20 ensures that new development is reviewed for consistency with applicable structural, life safety, accessibility, fire-resistive, and building permit requirements, as administered by the City’s Building Official. These standards are uniformly applied to development projects to protect public health, safety, and welfare and to ensure that buildings are designed and constructed in accordance with the California Building Standards Code and applicable local amendments.
4.7.4 Conclusion
With regard to the topic of Geology and Soils, the following finding can be made:
1. No peculiar impacts to the Project or the site have been identified.
2. There are no potentially significant off-site and/or cumulative impacts which were not discussed by the 2024 RFEIR.
3. No substantial new information has been identified which results in an impact which is more severe than anticipated by the2024 RFEIR.
4. No new mitigation measures would be required because Project-specific impacts would be less than significant.
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4.8 GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
Project
Peculiar
Impact that
is not
Substantially
Mitigated by
Uniformly
Applied
Policies
Significant
Impact not
Analyzed as
Significant
in the Prior
EIR
Potentially
Significant
Offsite or
Cumulative
Impact not
Discussed in
the prior EIR
Adverse
Impact
More
Severe
based on
Substantial
New
Information
No New
Impact
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS – Would the project:
a. Generate greenhouse gas emissions,
either directly or indirectly, that may
have a significant impact on the
environment?
b. Conflict with an applicable plan, policy,
or regulation adopted for the purpose
of reducing the emissions of
greenhouse gases?
The following section summarizes and incorporates by reference information from the Air Quality and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Analysis – Proposed Public Safety Campus Memorandum (“Project Air Quality and GHG Analysis”) prepared by Kimley-Horn and Associates (Kimley-Horn), dated September 2026. The report is included as Appendix A to this document.
4.8.1 Summary of Impacts Identified in the 2024 RFEIR
GHG emissions refer to a group of emissions that are believed to affect global climate conditions. These gases trap heat in the atmosphere, and the major concern is that increases in GHG emissions are causing global climate change. Global climate change is a change in the average weather on earth that can be measured by wind patterns, storms, precipitation, and temperature.
The 2024 RFEIR assumed that future development associated with the MoVal 2040 GPU would result in increased GHG emissions, largely due to increased VMT, as well as from stationary area sources (i.e., natural gas consumption for space and water heating devices, landscape maintenance equipment operations, and use of consumer products), energy consumption, water supply, and solid waste generation. emissions, largely due to increased VMT, as well as from stationary area sources (i.e., natural gas consumption for space and water heating devices, landscape maintenance equipment operations, and use of consumer products), energy consumption, water supply, and solid waste generation.
The 2024 RFEIR determined that the MoVal 2040 Project is on track to meet SB 32 (40 percent below 1990 levels by 2030) but not on track to meet AB 1279 (net neutrality by 2045) target goals for 2030 or 2045.
Additionally, the MoVal 2040 Project would not be consistent with applicable plans, policies, and regulations adopted for the purpose of reducing GHG emissions such as AB 1279 and CARB 2022 Scoping Plan. The MoVal 2040 Project would however be consistent with SB 32. The MoVal 2040 Project would be required to implement GPU MM GHG-1 and GPU MM GHG-2, which require the City to monitor the y
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implementation of the CAP and provide specific requirements for project subject to CEQA to analyze GHG impacts, respectively.
The City’s proposed CAP identifies strategies, measures, and actions that would be implemented to reduce GHG emissions consistent with State legislative goals. Therefore, with the adoption and implementation of the proposed CAP, GHG emissions generated by the Project would be reduced to meet State GHG reduction goals. Therefore, the Project would not generate GHG emissions, either directly or indirectly, that may have a significant impact on the environment, and would not conflict with an applicable plan, policy, or regulation adopted for the purpose of reducing the emission of GHGs, and impacts would be less than significant. environment, and would not conflict with an applicable plan, policy, or regulation adopted for the purpose of reducing the emission of GHGs, and impacts would be less than significant with implementation of GPU MM GHG-1 and GPU MM GHG-2, and impacts would be less than significant.
Mitigation Measures from the 2024 RFEIR
GPU MM GHG-1: The City of Moreno Valley shall monitor implementation of the Climate Action Plan (CAP) and update and maintain the CAP monitoring schedule, adding or enhancing Actions and Measures to achieve City of Moreno Valley-specific reductions targets in line with Senate Bill (SB) 32 (2016) and Assembly Bill (AB) 1279 (2022). Specifically, the City shall:
a) Monitor continuously and report annually on CAP implementation activities. The annual monitoring report shall include the implementation status of each Action and Measure b) Calculate greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions annually and monitor progress towards achieving the performance targets of each Action and Measure c) Update the community-wide GHG emissions inventories and targets aligned with SB 32 and AB 1279 every two to three years, in alignment with the five-year cycle specified below
d) Prepare and adopt a fully updated CAP starting in 2029, and adopted by 2030, and every five years thereafter as needed if the inventories are showing the City of Moreno Valley is not on track to achieve the 2045 targets.
e) Adopt Actions and Measures to close any “reduction gaps” between the updated inventories and applicable 2040 and 2045 targets no later than December 31, 2030 f) Create, enhance, expand, or replace Actions and Measures, as new technologies and programs emerge that warrant inclusion in the CAP
GPU MM GHG-2: For each discretionary project subject to and not exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the applicant shall:
a) Complete the City’s GHG Emissions Analysis Compliance Checklist to assist with determining project consistency with the Moreno Valley CAP, with the exception of logistics use facility projects that are not permitted to utilize the Checklist for CEQA streamlining, and
b) Incorporate appropriate GHG reduction measures to achieve their proportion of GHG
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emission reductions consistent with the assumptions of the CAP, and c) Document the infeasibility or inapplicability of CAP measures, and d) Propose alternative GHG reduction measures, as appropriate; or e) Demonstrate through a quantitative analysis that the project would not impede (or would facilitate) Moreno Valley’s ability to meet the GHG emissions reduction targets.
Because GHG emissions from industrial land uses were excluded from the CAP, applicants of projects that include industrial uses must establish, with substantial evidence.
4.8.2 Discussion
a. Generate greenhouse gas emissions, either directly or indirectly, that may have a significant impact on the environment?
No New Impact. The 2024 RFEIR concluded that the MoVal 2040 GPU is on track to meet SB 32 (40 percent below 1990 levels by 2030) but not on track to meet AB 1279 (net neutrality by 2045) target goals for 2030 or 2045. Therefore, the MoVal 2040 Project was required to implement GPU MM GHG-1 and GPU MM GHG-2.
CalEEMod was also used to estimate operational GHG emissions from construction and operation of the Project. CalEEMod calculates energy use from systems covered by Title 24 (e.g., HVAC system, water heating system, and lighting system); energy use from lighting; and energy use from office equipment, appliances, plug-ins, and other sources not covered by Title 24 or lighting. Mobile-source emissions were estimated based on the CARB Emission FACtor (EMFAC) model. For mobile sources, CalEEMod was used to generate the VMT from the proposed Project uses based on the Project’s trip generation rate.
Construction
Construction of the Project would result in direct emissions from construction equipment and the transport of materials and construction workers to and from the Project Site. Construction GHG emissions are typically summed and amortized over the lifetime of the Project (assumed to be 30 years), then added to the operational emissions. 16 Total GHG emissions generated during all phases of construction were combined and are presented in Table 7: Construction Greenhouse Gas Emissions. As shown in the table, the Project construction would result in approximately 1,505 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (MTCO2e) (approximately 50 MTCO2e/year when amortized over 30 years). Once construction is complete, the generation of these GHG emissions would cease.
16 The project lifetime is based on the standard 30-year assumption of the South Coast Air Quality Management District (South Coast Air Quality Management District, Minutes for the GHG CEQA Significance Threshold Stakeholder Working Group #13, August 26, 2009).
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Table 7: Construction Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Construction MTCO2e per Year
2027 Public Safety Campus 181
2027 Fueling Station 37
2027 Off-Site Improvements 176
2028 Public Safety Campus 689
2028 Fueling Station 29
2028 Off-Site Improvements 33
2029 Public Safety Campus 360
Total Construction 1,505
Amortized over 30 Years 50
Source: CalEEMod version 2022.1. Refer to Appendix A for the model outputs.
As shown in the table, the Project construction would result in approximately 1,505 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (MTCO2e) (approximately 50 MTCO2e/year when amortized over 30 years). Once construction is complete, the generation of these GHG emissions would cease.
Operation
Operational or long-term emissions occur over the life of the Project. For this Project, GHG emissions would result from direct emissions such as Project-generated vehicular traffic and operation of any on-site landscaping equipment. Operational GHG emissions would also result from indirect sources, such as the emissions associated with solid waste generated from the Project Site as well as electricity consumption.
Table 8: Total Project Greenhouse Gas Emissions summarizes the total GHG emissions associated with the Project. As shown below, the Project would generate approximately 10,201 MTCO2e/year.
Table 8: Total Project Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Construction MTCO2e per Year
Construction Amortized over 30 Years 50
Public Safety Campus Mobile1 6,276
Public Safety Campus Area 6
Public Safety Campus Energy 1,236
Public Safety Campus Water 132
Public Safety Campus Waste 418
Public Safety Campus Emergency Backup Generators 17
Fueling Station Mobile1 2,066
Total Project Emissions 10,201
Notes:
1. Mobile emissions account for EMFAC adjustment factors.
Source: CalEEMod version 2022.1. Refer to Appendix A for the model outputs.
However, the City’s CAP contains a Qualified GHG Reduction Strategy that would reduce GHG emissions to align with the State’s goals and recommendations. These strategies serve to reduce GHG emissions associated with transportation, building energy, solid waste, water, and wastewater. Each measure includes estimated emission reductions in 2030 would serve to reduce GHG emissions associated with transportation, building energy, solid waste, water, and wastewater. As stated above, the 2024 RFEIR determined that the MoVal 2040 Project and CAP would not conflict with applicable GHG reduction
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planning with implementation of mitigation. GPU MM GHG-1 requires that the City periodically update the CAP, adding or enhancing Actions and Measures to achieve City-specific reductions targets in line with SB 32 and AB 1279.
The CAP includes specific implementation and monitoring procedures that require the City to achieve increasingly effective long-term reductions over time and demonstrate substantial progress toward GHG reduction goals. As discussed in the 2024 RFEIR, City would update the CAP following updates to the Scoping Plan or new interim post targets, which would demonstrate how achievement of the State’s longer-term 2045 goal would be feasible. As a result, projects consistent with the CAP are also consistent with CARB’s Scoping Plan and other applicable GHG reduction plans.
The Project is permitted under the existing land use and zoning designation and would be designed in accordance with the 2025 CALGreen Code. The Project would include electric-ready appliances in accordance with the California Energy Code and incorporate solar photovoltaic panels throughout the covered parking areas in accordance with Title 24, Part 6. As shown in the completed CAP checklist (see Appendix A), the Project would be consistent with the CAP. Therefore, the Project would not conflict with applicable GHG reduction planning and impacts would be less than significant with implementation of mitigation, consistent with the findings of the 2024 RFEIR. Therefore, the proposed Project would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than those identified in the 2024 RFEIR related to greenhouse, and no new impacts would occur.
Mitigation Measures: No new mitigation measures are required. b. Conflict with an applicable plan, policy, or regulation adopted for the purpose of reducing the emissions of greenhouse gases?
No New Impact. As mentioned above, the 2024 RFEIR concluded that the MoVal 2040 Project would not be consistent with applicable plans, policies, and regulations adopted for the purpose of reducing GHG emissions such as AB 1279 and CARB 2022 Scoping Plan. The MoVal 2040 GPU would be consistent with SB 32, which focuses on reducing GHG emissions in California. However, with the implementation of GPU MM GHG-1 and GPU MM GHG-2, impacts related to consistency with applicable plans would be less than significant. A significant impact would occur if the proposed Project conflicted with an applicable plan, policy, or regulation adopted for the purpose of reducing emissions of GHGs.
As discussed, the City has adopted the CAP which establishes policies that incorporate environmental responsibility into its daily management of residential, commercial, industrial growth, education, energy, and water use, air quality, transportation, waste reduction, economic development, and open space and natural habitat in order to reduce GHG emissions consistent with AB 32. As shown in the completed CAP CEQA GHG Compliance Checklist (see Appendix A), the Project would be consistent with the CAP.
Additionally, as further discussed in Section 4.3, Air Quality, of this document, the Project is required to comply with Title 13-Section 2449 of the CCR and the CalRecycle Sustainable (Green) Building Program regulations, which include implementation of standard control measures for equipment emissions. The proposed Project is committed to meeting the requirements of the CALGreen Code by incorporating strategies such as energy-efficient lighting and other energy and resource conservation measures. The
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proposed Project would comply with applicable energy, water, and waste efficiency measures specified in the Title 24 Building Energy Efficiency Standards and CALGreen standards.
For the reasons described above, the proposed Project would not conflict with applicable State or local plans, policies, and regulations adopted for the purpose of reducing GHG emissions. The proposed Project would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR and no new impacts would occur.
Mitigation Measures: No new mitigation measures are required.
4.8.3 Uniformly Applied Development Policies or Standards General Plan Goals and Policies
The 2024 RFEIR concludes that compliance with the following goals and policies applicable to the Project would avoid significant greenhouse gas emissions impacts:
Policy EJ.1-8 Support the incorporation of new technologies and design and construction techniques in new development that minimize pollution and its impacts.
Action EJ.1-A Use the Climate Action Plan to guide City actions and investments aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions community-wide.
Policy C.3-4 Require development projects to complete traffic impact studies that conduct vehicle miles traveled analysis and level of service assessment as appropriate per traffic impact study guidelines.
Policy C.3-7 Support regional efforts for the development of a VMT mitigation impact fee program.
Policy C.5-1 Work to reduce VMT through land use planning, enhanced transit access, localized attractions, and access to non-automotive modes.
Other Applicable Development Policies and Standards
Compliance with the additional development policies and standards applicable to the Project identified below would also reduce potential GHG emissions impacts:
California Code of Regulations, Title 24, and CALGreen Requirements consists of a compilation of several distinct standards and codes related to building construction, including, but not limited to, plumbing, electrical, interior acoustics, energy efficiency, and handicap accessibility. The Project would be required to comply with California Building Energy Efficiency Standards and CALGreen requirements, which establish mandatory energy efficiency, lighting, building envelope, mechanical system, and electric vehicle infrastructure standards for new construction and certain improvements. Compliance with these standards would reduce building energy demand and help ensure the Project would not result in wasteful, inefficient, or unnecessary energy consumption.
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Title 24, Part 6, Energy Efficiency Standards, requires buildings to incorporate energy-efficient design features, such as efficient building envelopes, lighting, HVAC systems, water heating systems, and related controls, to reduce electricity and natural gas consumption and avoid wasteful or inefficient energy use.
Title 24, Part 11, California Green Building Standards Code, commonly referred to as CALGreen, requires sustainable design measures related to energy efficiency, water conservation, material conservation, waste reduction, indoor environmental quality, and, where applicable, electric vehicle charging infrastructure, thereby supporting reduced resource consumption and more efficient building operation.
Moreno Valley Climate Action Plan / GHG-Related Policies support energy conservation through measures such as improved building efficiency, reduced transportation energy demand, increased use of renewable energy, and expanded electric vehicle infrastructure. These measures help demonstrate consistency with local strategies to reduce fossil fuel use and improve overall energy efficiency.
4.8.4 Conclusion
With regard to the topic of Greenhouse Gas Emissions, the following finding can be made:
1. No peculiar impacts to the Project or the site have been identified.
2. There are no potentially significant off-site and/or cumulative impacts which were not discussed by the 2024 RFEIR.
3. No substantial new information has been identified which results in an impact which is more severe than anticipated by the 2024 RFEIR.
4. Mitigation measures from the 2024 RFEIR are applicable to the Project. No new mitigation measures would be required because Project-specific impacts would be less than significant.
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4.9 HAZARDS AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
Project
Peculiar
Impact that
is not
Substantially
Mitigated by
Uniformly
Applied
Policies
Significant
Impact not
Analyzed as
Significant
in the Prior
EIR
Potentially
Significant
Offsite or
Cumulative
Impact not
Discussed in
the prior EIR
Adverse
Impact
More
Severe
based on
Substantial
New
Information
No New
Impact
HAZARDS AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS – Would the project:
a. Create a significant hazard to the
public or the environment through the
routine transport, use, or disposal of
hazardous materials?
b. 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?
c. Emit hazardous emissions or handle
hazardous or acutely hazardous
materials, substances, or waste within
one-quarter mile of an existing or
proposed school?
d. Be 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 it create a significant hazard to
the public or the environment?
e. For a project located within an airport
land use plan or, where such a plan has
not been adopted, within two miles of
a public airport or public use airport,
would the project result in a safety
hazard for people residing or working
in the project area?
f. Impair implementation of or physically
interfere with an adopted emergency
response plan or emergency
evacuation plan?
g. Expose people or structures to a
significant risk of loss, injury, or death
involving wildland fires, including
where wildlands are adjacent to
urbanized areas or where residences Aare intermixed with wildlands?
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4.9.1 Summary of Impacts Identified in the 2024 RFEIR
In summary, the 2024 RFEIR concluded that implementation of MoVal 2040 Project would not result in significant impacts relative to hazardous materials. There would be less than significant impacts to routine transport, use, or disposal of hazardous materials and release of hazardous materials, as future development would be required to adhere to federal, state, county, and local regulations relating to the use, storage, handling, transport, and disposal of hazardous materials and contamination would reduce the potential risk of hazardous materials exposure to a less than significant level. Additionally, adherence with applicable federal, state, regional, and local plans and regulations, as well as MoVal 2040 GPU policies, would ensure that future development would not result in an accidental release of hazardous materials or emissions of hazardous substance near existing or proposed schools, and impacts would be less than significant. Adherence to applicable clean-up and/or remediation requirements and regulations would ensure that future development under the MoVal 2040 Project would not create a significant hazard associated with known hazardous materials sites, and impacts would be less than significant.
Furthermore, adherence to applicable federal, State, regional, and local plans and regulations as well as the MoVal 2040 GPU policies would ensure that impacts to airport hazards, emergency response, and wildfires would be less than significant.
Mitigation Measures: No 2024 RFEIR mitigation measures are applicable to the proposed Project.
4.9.2 Discussion
a. Create a significant hazard to the public or the environment through the routine transport, use, or disposal of hazardous materials?
No New Impact. This topic was evaluated in the 2024 RFEIR and impacts were determined to be less than significant with the implementation of the MoVal 2040 GPU policies, as well as relevant local, State, and federal regulations. A significant impact would occur if a project would create a significant hazard to the public or the environment through the routine transport, use, or disposal of hazardous materials. The types and amounts of hazardous materials to be utilized by the proposed Project would be typical of those used during construction activities, as discussed in the following analysis.
Construction
The Project would not involve the routine transportation of hazardous materials to or from the Project Site during construction. Hazardous materials such as fuels and oils associated with construction equipment, as well as coatings, paints, adhesives, and caustic or acidic cleaners, may be routinely used on the Project Site during construction activities. While certain hazardous materials used during construction may require disposal, such disposal would occur only for the duration of construction and would cease upon completion of the Project. Therefore, construction of the Project Site would not involve the routine disposal of hazardous materials.
All hazardous materials used during construction of the Project would be handled, stored, and disposed of in accordance with manufacturers’ specifications and applicable regulations, thereby minimizing
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potential risks associated with hazardous materials use. In addition, existing federal, State, and local regulations establish requirements for risk planning and accident prevention, protection from exposure to hazardous substances, and proper hazardous materials storage. The Project would comply with all applicable federal, State, and local requirements governing the use, storage, and management of hazardous materials, including GPU Policy S.1-25.
Accordingly, construction activities associated with the Project would not create a significant hazard to the public or the environment through the use of hazardous materials, nor would development of the Project on the Project Site exacerbate existing conditions in a manner that would result in a significant hazard.
Therefore, impacts related to the routine transport, use, or disposal of hazardous materials during construction would be less than significant. The Project would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts related to the routine transport, use, and disposal of hazardous materials during Project construction than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Operation
During operation, routine maintenance of the Project may require the use of various solvents, cleaners, oils/fuels, and pesticides/herbicides. Disposal of these hazardous materials is prohibited or discouraged at local landfills. Accidental releases such as minor spills or leaks could occur during the transport, storage, use, or disposal of these materials.
All hazardous materials would be used, stored, and disposed of in accordance with applicable federal, State, and local regulations and standards, including but not limited to Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Title 8 of the CCR, and Title 40, Part 263 of the CFR. These requirements are enforced by agencies such as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA), California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA), California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), and the Riverside County Department of Environmental Health Hazardous Materials Branch. Compliance with these regulations would minimize the potential for hazardous materials–related risks.
Accordingly, operation of the Project would not create a significant hazard to the public or the environment through the routine transport, use, or disposal of hazardous materials, and impacts would be less than significant. In addition, the Project would not result in any new or substantially more severe hazardous materials impacts during Project operations than those identified in the 2040 RFEIR, and no new significant impacts would occur.
Mitigation Measures: No new mitigation measures are required. b. 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? No New Impact. According to the 2024 RFEIR, implementation of the MoVal 2040 GPU could result in an increase in the use and transport of hazardous materials throughout the planning area. However, future
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development and redevelopment projects would be required to adhere to applicable federal, State, regional, and local regulations focused on preventing the release of hazardous materials. Additionally, adherence with policies included in the Safety Element would reduce impacts to less than significant. A project would have a significant impact from hazards and hazardous materials if: (a) the project involved a risk of accidental explosion or release of hazardous substances (including, but not limited to oil, pesticides, chemicals, or radiation); or (b) the project is involved in the creation of any health hazard or potential hazard.
Construction
Accidental conditions during construction of the Project could occur as a result of direct dermal contact with hazardous materials, incidental ingestion of hazardous substances, or inhalation of airborne dust containing hazardous materials. In addition, transportation of hazardous materials could result in accidental spills, leaks, toxic releases, fire, or explosion.
Compliance with applicable federal, State, and local laws and regulations, including Cal/OSHA training and safety requirements, would minimize or avoid potential impacts associated with the routine transport, use, or disposal of hazardous materials during construction of the Project. Appropriate documentation for all hazardous materials and hazardous waste that are transported, stored, or used in connection with construction activities at the Project Site would be maintained as required under existing hazardous materials regulations codified in the CCR.
Construction activities at the Project Site would be required to comply with federal and State laws designed to eliminate or reduce the consequences of hazardous materials accidents. For example, personnel working with or around hazardous materials would be required to use appropriate personal protective equipment, and safety equipment would be readily available in areas where hazardous materials are handled. Adherence to applicable federal, State, and local regulations governing the transportation, use, and disposal of hazardous materials would reduce impacts associated with reasonably foreseeable upset and accident conditions during construction of the Project to a less than significant level.
Operation
As previously discussed, during operation, routine maintenance and upkeep of Project Site may involve the occasional use of solvents, cleaners, oils or fuels, and pesticides or herbicides. These materials would be used, stored, and disposed of in accordance with applicable federal, State, and local regulations and standards, including but not limited to Title 49, Chapter I of the CFR, Title 8 of the CCR, and Title 40, Part 263 of the CFR. Compliance with these requirements, which are enforced by the USEPA, USDOT, CalEPA, and Cal/OSHA, and the Riverside County Department of Environmental Health Hazardous Materials Branch, would minimize the potential for hazardous materials–related risks. Accordingly, the Project would not create a significant hazard to the public or the environment under reasonably foreseeable upset or accident conditions involving the release of hazardous materials. Impacts related to hazardous materials releases during Project operations would be less than significant. In addition, the Project would not result
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in any new or substantially more severe hazardous materials impacts than those identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Mitigation Measures: No new mitigation measures are required. c. Emit hazardous emissions or handle hazardous or acutely hazardous materials, substances, or waste within one-quarter mile of an existing or proposed school?
No New Impact. According to the 2024 RFEIR, impacts regarding the accidental release of hazardous materials or emissions of hazardous waste within one-quarter mile of an existing or proposed school was considered to be less than significant with adherence to applicable federal, State, regional, and local plans rand regulations, as well as the MoVal 2040 GPU Policies.
The nearest school to the PSC Site is the Ridge Crest Elementary School, located approximately 0.4-miles to the southwest of the site. The nearest school to the CYFS Site is the March Middle School located approximately 0.4-miles to the west of the site. The Civic Center Tenant Improvements are located throughout the City and therefore would be located within proximity to more schools in the City. As previously discussed, all construction-related materials would be transported, used, and disposed of in compliance with applicable local, State, and federal regulations and manufacturers’ specifications.
Accordingly, the Project would not expose sensitive receptors at nearby schools to hazardous emissions or hazardous materials, and impacts would be less than significant. The Project would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Mitigation Measures: No new mitigation measures are required. d. Be 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 it create a significant hazard to the public or the environment? No New Impact. This topic was evaluated in the 2024 RFEIR and impacts were determined to be less than significant with the implementation of the MoVal 2040 GPU policies, as well as relevant local, State, and federal regulations. A significant impact would occur if the Project Site were included on a list of hazardous materials sites compiled pursuant to Government Code Section 65962.5 and would create a significant hazard to the public or the environment.
California Government Code Section 65962.5 requires the CalEPA to develop and update annually the Cortese List, which is a “list” of hazardous waste sites and other contaminated sites. While California Government Code Section 65962.5 makes reference to the preparation of a “list,” changes have occurred related to web-based information access since 1992 and information regarding the Cortese List is now compiled on the websites of the DTSC, the State Water Board, and CalEPA. A desktop review of DTSC Cortese List was conducted for the PSC Site and the Corporate Fueling Station Site. According to the CalEPA Cortese List Data Resources, the PSC Site and the Corporate Fueling Station Site are not located on a list
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of hazardous material sites compiled pursuant to Section 65962.5. 17 As the Civic Center Tenant Improvements would involve retrofits of existing buildings, the Civic Center Tenant Improvement Sites would not create a significant hazard to the public or the environment. Therefore, the Project would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Mitigation Measures: No new mitigation measures are required. e. For a project located within an airport land use plan or, where such a plan has not been adopted, within two miles of a public airport or public use airport, would the project result in a safety hazard for people residing or working in the project area?
No New Impact. According to the 2024 RFEIR, the nearest airport to the Planning Area is the March Air Reserve Base/Inland Port Airport (MARB/IPA). According to the Riverside County Airport Land Use Commission (ALUC), portions of the City are located within established compatibility zones. Future development within the ALUC would be required to adhere to all special regulations, including Municipal Code development standards and specific land use regulations regarding Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) notification imaginary surfaces, aircraft noise, and building heights. Therefore, future projects under the MoVal 2040 GPU would not result in a safety hazard or excessive noise for people residing or working in the Planning Area, and impacts would be less than significant. A significant impact would occur if a project were located within a public airport land use plan area, or within two miles of a public airport, and subject to safety hazard.
Public Safety Campus
The closest airport to the PSC Site is the MARB/IPA located approximately 5.3 miles west of the PSC Site.
According to Map S-10 of the MoVal 2040 GPU Safety Element, the PSC Site is located outside of the Airport Land Use Compatibility Zones. 18 Airport Land Use Compatibility Plans (ALUCPs) provide guidance to ensure that land development around an airport is compatible with airport operations, protecting public safety by limiting incompatible land uses near flight paths, thereby safeguarding the airport's functionality and the surrounding community from noise and safety hazards associated with aircraft operations. Given the distance between the PSC Site and the MARB/IPA, the PSC would not have the potential to exacerbate current environmental conditions that would result in a safety hazard or excessive noise. Therefore, the PSC would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Corporate Yard Fueling Station
The closest airport to the CYFS is the MARB/IPA, located approximately 1.3-miles west of the CYFS.
According to Map S-10 of the MoVal 2040 GPU Safety Element, the CYFS is located within the Compatibility 17 California Environmental Protection Agency. “Cortese List Data Resources.” https://calepa.ca.gov/sitecleanup/corteselist/. Accessed August 24, 2026.
18 City of Moreno Valley, MoVal 2040 GPU Safety Element, https://moval.gov/cdd/documents/general-plan2040/06-Safety.pdf. Accessed August 29, 2026
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Zone E. Properties within Compatibility Zone E are subject to low noise levels associated with aircraft operations. Occasional overflights may be intrusive to some outdoor activities in Compatibility Zone E. The only prohibited uses in this zone are hazards to flight. Hazards to flight include physical (e.g., tall objects), visual, and electronic forms of interference with the safety of aircraft operations. Land use development that may cause the attraction of birds to increase is also prohibited and man-made features must be designed to avoid heightened attraction of birds. 19 Development conditions in this zone include disclosure of airport proximity and existence of overflights for residential properties. The Project would develop a CYFS and would not include any physical, visual, or electronic forms of interference or residential uses.
Therefore, the CYFS would be compatible with applicable development regulations of the ALUC and would not result in a safety hazard and impacts would be less than significant. The CYFS would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Civic Center Tenant Improvements
The Civic Center Tenant Improvements would occur throughout the City entirely within the existing civic center buildings and would be limited to interior improvements. The Civic Center Tenant Improvements would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Mitigation Measures: No new mitigation measures are required. f. Impair implementation of or physically interfere with an adopted emergency response plan or emergency evacuation plan?
No New Impact. According to the 2024 RFEIR, impacts to an adopted emergency response plan or emergency evacuation plan would be less than significant with implementation of policies in the City’s Emergency Operations Plan (EPO), MoVal 2040 Safety Element and Circulation Element, and adherence to applicable standards in the Local Hazard Mitigation Plan (LHMP). A significant impact may occur if a project were to interfere with roadway operations used in conjunction with an emergency response plan or emergency evacuation plan or generate traffic congestion that would interfere with the execution of such a plan.
Public Safety Campus
According to the MoVal 2040 GPU Safety Element, evacuation routes in the City include I-215, SR 60, and major roadways through the City consisting of 129 miles of roadway, 34 bridges, and 127 water crossings designated as potential evacuation routes in the event of a disaster. As depicted in Map S-7: Emergency Evacuation Routes of the MoVal 2040 GPU Safety Element, the closest evacuation route to the PSC Site 19 Meade and Hunt, March Air Reserve Base/Inland Port Airport Land Use Compatibility Plan, https://rcaluc.org/sites/g/files/aldnop421/files/2023-06/March.pdf. Accessed August 29, 2026.
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would be along Brodiaea Avenue, located immediately north of the PSC Site. Therefore, the PSC Site would have direct access to an emergency evacuation route.
The PSC would establish a centralized public safety hub, consisting of a new joint-use fire and police station, EOC, and a regional animal shelter. The PSC would improve interdepartmental coordination, increase operational efficiency, strengthen emergency preparedness, and provide enhanced public safety services for the City and surrounding region. The PSC would comply with applicable GPU policies related to emergency access and evacuation, including Policy S 2-1 to guide emergency preparedness and response, Policy S 2-5, to partner with agencies and neighboring jurisdictions to protect critical emergency routes.
Construction activities associated with the PSC may require temporary closures or restrictions on adjacent streets during certain periods; however, emergency access would be maintained during both construction and operation in accordance with Section 503 of the California Fire Code. Accordingly, the proposed PSC would not substantially impair an adopted emergency response or evacuation plan, and impacts would be less than significant. The PSC would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Corporate Yard Fueling Station
As depicted in Map S-7: Emergency Evacuation Routes of the MoVal 2040 Safety Element, the closest evacuation route to the PSC Site would be along Perris Boulevard, located immediately west of the CYFS Site. Therefore, the CYFS would have immediate access to an emergency evacuation route. The CYFS would consist of a new aboveground fueling facility that would support the City’s growing municipal fleet demands and ensure reliable emergency fueling capabilities for critical operations. As such, the CYFS would be compatible with Policy S 2-3, which would promote critical emergency services to minimize exposure to hazards. Furthermore, as the CYFS would be located within the existing Corporate Yard, construction activities associated with the Project not require temporary closures or restrictions on adjacent streets, and impacts would be less than significant. The CYFS would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Civic Center Tenant Improvements
The Civic Center Tenant Improvements would occur entirely within the existing civic center buildings and would be limited to interior improvements. Furthermore, as the tenant improvements would be retrofits to the interior of existing buildings, they would not likely result in impacts to emergency evacuation routes, and impacts would be less than significant. Therefore, the Civic Center Tenant Improvements would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Mitigation Measures: No new mitigation measures are required.
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g. Expose people or structures to a significant risk of loss, injury, or death involving wildland fires, including where wildlands are adjacent to urbanized areas or where residences are intermixed with wildlands? No New Impact. A significant impact would occur if the Project exposed people and structures to high risk of wildfire.
Public Safety Campus
The PSC Site is currently vacant undeveloped land. The area surrounding the PSC Site consists of a mix of vacant undeveloped land and residential development. According to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), the PSC Site is located within a Local Responsibility Area (LRA). The majority of the PSC Site is located within a Moderate, High, and Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone (FHSZ). 20 While the PSC Site is located within a high fire hazard area, the PSC would not introduce permanent resident population. The 2024 RFEIR identifies the City as susceptible to wildland fires; therefore, land development is subject to applicable State and local fire safety codes. Specifically, all new construction in these areas is required to prepare a fuel modification plan before approval of tentative maps and grading permits. The City has also established a weed hazard abatement program, which is overseen by the MVFD, which contracts with the Riverside County Fire Department (RCFD). This program is designed to create defensible space, or a buffer between a building and the flammable vegetation that surrounds it, in order to stop or slow the spread of wildfire and protect property.
The MoVal 2040 GPU would also require preparation of a fire protection plan (FPP) approved by the fire code official prior to approving new development in VHFHSZs. FPPs must include mitigation measures designed to address the unique problems resulting from the location, topography, geology, flammable vegetation, and climate of the proposed site. They must also consider water supply, access, building ignition and fire resistance, fire protection systems and equipment, defensible space, and vegetation management, and must be consistent with the requirements of California Building Code Chapter 7A, the International Wildland-Urban Interface Code, and the Moreno Valley Municipal Code. Therefore, compliance with MVFD regulations and MoVal 2040 GPU policies would ensure that the PSC would not expose occupants to pollutant concentrations from a wildfire or the uncontrolled spread of a wildfire, and impacts would be less than significant. The PSC would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Corporate Yard Fueling Station
The CYFS would be located on the northern portion of the City’s existing Corporate Yard. According to CAL FIRE, the CYFS is not located within a FHSZ. Therefore, the CYFS would not expose people or structures to a significant risk of loss, injury, or death involving wildland fires. The CYFS would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
20 California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/5065c998b4b0462f9ec3c6c226c610a9. Accessed August 29, 2026.
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Civic Center Tenant Improvements
The Civic Center Tenant Improvements would occur entirely within the existing civic center buildings and would be limited to interior improvements. Furthermore, as the tenant improvements would be retrofits to the interior of existing buildings, they would not likely expose people or structures to a significant risk of loss, injury, or death involving wildfires. Therefore, the Civic Center Tenant Improvements would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR and no new impacts would occur.
Mitigation Measures: No new mitigation measures are required.
4.9.3 Uniformly Applied Development Policies or Standards General Plan Goals and Policies
The 2024 RFEIR concludes that compliance with the following goals and policies are applicable to the Project would avoid significant hazards and hazardous materials impacts:
Policy S.1-12 Work to prevent wildland fire and to protect lives, property, and watersheds from fire dangers
Policy S.1-13 Jointly with State, County, local and other agencies, inform property owners of wildfire risks and measures to reduce those risks.
Policy S.1-14 Require new development and redevelopment in VHFHSZs to prepare a Fire Protection Plan that minimizes risks by:
• Assessing site-specific characteristics such as topography, slope, vegetation type, wind patterns etc.;
• Siting and designing development to avoid hazardous locations (e.g., through fuel breaks) to the extent feasible;
• Incorporating fuel modification and brush clearance techniques in accordance with applicable fire safety requirements and carried out in a manner which reduces impacts to environmentally sensitive habitat to the maximum feasible extent;
• Using fire-safe building materials and design features, consistent with the adopted Municipal Code and Fire and Building Code standards; • Using fire-resistant landscaping; and
• Complying with established standards and specifications for fuel modification, defensible space, access, and water facilities.
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Policy S.1-15 Avoid, where feasible, locating new development in areas subject to high wildfire risk. If avoidance is not feasible, condition such new development on implementation of measures to reduce risks associated with that development.
Policy S.1-16 Require that all new development located in a VHFHSZ or a State Responsibility Area (SRA) be served by adequate infrastructure, including safe access for emergency response vehicles, visible street signs, and water supplies for fire suppression.
Policy S.1-17 Require new development and redevelopment in VHFHSZs to enter into a longterm maintenance agreement for vegetation management in defensible space, fuel breaks, and roadside fuel reduction.
Policy S.1-18 Continue to require proactive weed abatement, brush thinning, and removal services on new and existing development in High and Very High Fire Hazard Severity Areas in order to curb potential fire hazards.
Policy S.1-19 Cooperate with the Riverside County Fire Department and CAL FIRE to ensure that all portions of the Planning Area are served and accessible within an effective response time and to address regional wildfire threats.
Policy S.1-25 Consistent with State regulations, require proper storage and disposal of hazardous materials to reduce the likelihood of leakage, explosions, or fire, and to properly contain potential spills from leaving the site.
Policy S.2-2 Use the LHMP and Emergency Operations Plan to guide actions and investments for emergency preparedness and response.
Policy S.2-3 Locate critical facilities, such as hospitals and health care facilities, emergency shelters, fire stations, police stations, emergency command centers, and other emergency service facilities and utilities so as to minimize exposure to flooding, seismic, geologic, wildfire, and other hazards.
Policy S.2-5 Partner with Caltrans and neighboring jurisdictions on measures to protect critical evacuation routes such as SR-60 and I-215 and work with local agencies to develop contingency plans for operations when these and other roads are inoperable due to flooding or wildfire
Policy S.2-6 Continue to engage the Police and Fire Departments in the development review process to ensure that projects are designed and operated in a manner that minimizes the potential for criminal activity and fire hazards and maximizes the potential for responsive police and fire services.
Policy S.4-1 Minimize airport hazards in Moreno Valley through consistency with the March Air Reserve Base/Inland Port Airport Land Use Compatibility Plan (March ALUC Plan).
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Policy S.4-2 Review all projects within the March Air Reserve Base/Inland Port Airport Influence Area for conformance with the compatibility criteria outlined in the March ALUC Plan.
Other Applicable Development Policies and Standards
Compliance with the additional development policies and standards identified below applicable to the Project would also reduce potential hazards and hazardous materials impacts:
Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulation governs the manufacture of packaging and transport containers, packing and repacking, labeling, and the marking of hazardous material transport.
California Fire Code (Title 24, Part 9, California Code of Regulations), also referred to as the California Building Standards Code, incorporates the Uniform Fire Code with necessary California amendments. This Code prescribes regulations consistent with nationally recognized good practice for the safeguarding to a reasonable degree of life and property from the hazards of fire explosion, and dangerous conditions arising from the storage, handling and use of hazardous materials and devices, and from conditions hazardous to life or property in the use or occupancy of buildings or premises and provisions to assist emergency response personnel.
State Fire Regulations, Sections 13000 et seq. of the California Health and Safety Code, include regulations for building standards (as also set forth in the CBC), 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.
Local Hazard Mitigation Plan (2017) is designed to identify the city’s hazards, estimate the probability of future occurrences, and set goals to mitigate potential risks to reduce or eliminate long-term natural or man-made hazard risks to human life and property for the city and its residents. The 2017 LHMP is an update to Moreno Valley’s 2011 LHMP which the Moreno Valley City Council adopted on October 25, 2011 (Resolution No. 2011-102).
Emergency Operations Plan (2009) establishes a comprehensive, all-hazards approach to natural, manmade and technological disasters. The plan provides an overview of operational concepts; identifies the components of the City’s Emergency Management Organization; and describes overall responsibilities of federal, state, and local agencies. Overall, the plan establishes a system for coordinating the prevention, preparedness, response, recovery and mitigation phases of emergency management in the City.
Moreno Valley Municipal Code, Title 8, Chapter 8.36, California Fire Code,states that except as expressly excluded, the California Fire Code is adopted by the City. Section 8.36.050 provides fuel modification requirements for new construction.
Moreno Valley Municipal Code, Title 9, Chapter 9.07, Special Districts, addresses development’s compatibility with the city’s AICUZ. The AICUZ overlay district applies along the southwestern boundary
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of the Planning Area, adjacent to MARB. Development within the AICUZ is subject to specific development standards. Specifically, development within the AICUZ overlay district “shall avoid uses which concentrate large numbers of people; are noise sensitive; create hazards to aircraft operations; pose special health and safety hazards in the event of an aircraft accident; or involve public facilities and utilities for which disruption would have an adverse impact on large numbers of people” (Municipal Code Section
9.07.060(E)(1)).
4.9.4 Conclusion
With regard to the topic of Hazards and Hazardous Materials, the following findings can be made:
1. No peculiar impacts to the Project or the site have been identified.
2. There are no potentially significant off-site and/or cumulative impacts which were not discussed by the 2024 RFEIR.
3. No substantial new information has been identified which results in an impact which is more severe than anticipated by the 2024 RFEIR.
4. No new mitigation measures would be required because Project-specific impacts would be less than significant.
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4.10 HYDROLOGY AND WATER QUALITY
Project Peculiar
Impact that is
not
Substantially
Mitigated by
Uniformly
Applied Policies
Significant
Impact not
Analyzed as
Significant in
the Prior EIR
Potentially
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on
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Impact
HYDROLOGY AND WATER QUALITY – Would the project:
a. Violate any water quality standards or
waste discharge requirements or
otherwise substantially degrade surface
or ground water quality?
b. Substantially decrease groundwater
supplies or interfere substantially with
groundwater recharge such that the
project may impede sustainable
groundwater management of the basin?
c. 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:
i. Result in substantial erosion or
siltation on or off-site?
ii. Substantially increase the rate or
amount of surface runoff in a
manner which would result in
flooding on- or off-site;
iii. 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
iv. Impede or redirect flood flows?
d. In flood hazard, tsunami, or seiche zones,
risk release of pollutants due to project
inundation?
e. Conflict with or obstruct implementation
of a water quality control plan or
sustainable groundwater management
plan?
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4.10.1 Summary of Impacts Identified in the 2024 RFEIR
In summary, the 2024 RFEIR concluded that impacts regarding hydrology and water quality would be less than significant. The 2024 RFEIR determined that future developments would be required to adhere to applicable rules, relevant plans and programs. Pursuant to the requirements of the Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board (SAR-RWQCB) and Municipal Code requirements would ensure that future development would not violate water quality standards or degrade surface or ground water quality, and construction-related impacts. Additionally, pursuant to Moreno Valley Municipal Code Chapter 8.10, future development would be required to implement a Water Quality Management Plan (WQMP) and demonstrate compliance with the City’s MS4 Permit and to minimize the release of potential waterborne pollutants. Future developments would be required to adhere to the MoVal 2040 Project Open Space and Resource Conservation Element, which includes the goal to minimize water pollution and policies.
Therefore, adherence to relevant plans would ensure that future development would not violate any water quality standards or degrade surface or ground water quality, and operational impacts would be less than significant.
The 2024 RFEIR determined that adherence to applicable MoVal 2040 GPU policies would ensure that future development would not deplete groundwater supplies or interfere substantially with groundwater recharge, result in substantial erosion or siltation, increase surface runoff, and exceed the capacity of existing or planned stormwater drainage systems. Future development would also be required to adhere to regional and local plans, programs, and regulations relating to storm water runoff and volume flow. and impacts would be less than significant. Therefore, the 2024 RFEIR determined that the MoVal 2040 Project would not result in significant impacts relative to hydrology and water quality, and no mitigation is necessary to reduce potential impacts.
Mitigation Measures: No 2024 RFEIR mitigation measures are applicable to the proposed Project.
4.10.2 Discussion
a. Would the project violate any water quality standards or waste discharge requirements or otherwise substantially degrade surface or groundwater quality?
No New Impact. According to the 2024 RFEIR, adherence to relevant plans, programs, and Municipal Code requirements would ensure that future development would not violate any water quality standards or degrade surface or ground water quality during construction and operations. Therefore, impacts were determined to be less than significant. A significant impact would occur if the Project discharges water that does not meet the quality standards of agencies which regulate surface water quality and water discharge into storm water drainage systems or does not comply with all applicable regulations.
Public Safety Campus
Construction
The PSC would include development of a new joint-use fire and police station, EOC, a regional animal shelter, and infrastructure improvements on a 56.8-acre site. The PSC would include improvements to the
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existing on-site drainage channel to accommodate Project-related drainage patterns, improve stormwater conveyance, and enhance flood protection. Improvements would be constructed east of Redlands Boulevard and would extend beneath Redlands Boulevard, allowing stormwater flows to be conveyed across the roadway in a controlled manner.
During construction activities, stormwater runoff from the PSC Site could cause erosion and/or transport sediment off site. Thus, pollutant discharges associated with storage, handling, use, and disposal chemicals, adhesives, coatings, lubricants, and fuel could result in adverse impacts to water quality. As the PSC would disturb more than one acre, construction activities would be subject to coverage under the State Construction General Permit, including preparation and implementation of a Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP) and compliance with SAR-RWQCB discharge requirements. In addition, the PSC would comply with the NPDES construction regulations and the City’s Municipal Code, Chapter 8.10, 21 which also requires the development and implementation of a SWPPP. The SWPPP would set forth Best Management Practices (BMPs) for stormwater and non-stormwater discharges, including, but not limited to, sandbags, storm drain inlets protection, stabilized construction entrance/exit, wind erosion control, and stockpile management, to minimize the discharge of pollutants in stormwater runoff during construction. With compliance with existing regulatory requirements, impacts to water quality and waste discharge requirements during construction would be less than significant.
Operation
Operation of the PSC would introduce additional impervious surfaces and potential sources of water pollution typical of public facilities, such as sediment, fertilizers and pesticides, oils, paints, solvents, and trash, at the PSC Site. These pollutants could be conveyed in stormwater runoff to surface waters and potentially degrade water quality. To limit the potential for pollutant discharges, the PSC would comply with applicable regulatory requirements described above and evaluated in the 2024 RFEIR, including Municipal Code, Chapter 8.10, which requires new development to control stormwater runoff through implementation of BMPs such as permeable areas, landscaping, or on-site rain capture systems.
Additionally, the Project would adhere to GPU policies of the 2024 RFEIR, including GPU Policy OSRC 1-20, which requires that developments maximize the amount of pervious surfaces to permit the percolation of urban runoff while implementing best practices for stormwater pollution prevention and OSRC 1-22, which aims to minimize discharge of pollutants and sedimentation into the stormwater drainage system.
According to the 2024 RFEIR, development under the MoVal 2040 GPU would not substantially increase surface water flows to the City’s drainage systems, and impacts would be less than significant with adherence to the City policies and regulations described above. With adherence to applicable GPU policies, compliance with the City Municipal Code, and verification through the Project’s permitting process, potential pollutant discharges would be minimized. Accordingly, operation of the PSC would not 21 City of Moreno Valley Municipal Code, Chapter 8.10 Stormwater/Urban Runoff Management and Discharge Controls https://ecode360.com/43226798?highlight=management&highlight=stormwater&searchId=10246840983414619#43226798. Accessed September 1, 2026.
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violate water quality standards or waste discharge requirements, and impacts would be less than significant. The PSC would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR and no new impacts would occur.
Corporate Yard Fueling Station
Construction
The CYFS would include the development of a new aboveground fueling facility that would support the City’s growing municipal fleet demands and ensure reliable emergency fueling capabilities for critical operations. The CYFS would include the excavation and disposal of existing surface materials, followed by construction of two monolithic structural concrete pads. The CYFS would be approximately 0.22 acres of the City’s existing Corporate Yard. During construction activities, stormwater runoff from the CYFS Site could cause erosion and/or transport sediment off site. Thus, pollutant discharges associated with storage, handling, use, and disposal chemicals, adhesives, coatings, lubricants, and fuel could result in adverse impacts to water quality. Similar to the PSC, construction of the CYFS would be required to implement BMPs during construction activities to ensure that all potential pollutants of concern are prevented or minimized. Therefore, with compliance with existing regulatory requirements, impacts to water quality and waste discharge requirements during construction would be less than significant.
Operation
Operation of the CYFS would introduce additional impervious surfaces and potential sources of water pollution typical of fueling facilities such as oil, grease, gasoline, and diesel. These pollutants could be conveyed in stormwater runoff to surface waters and potentially degrade water quality. To limit the potential for pollutant discharges, the CYFS would comply with applicable regulatory requirements described above and evaluated in the 2024 RFEIR, including Municipal Code Chapter 8.10, which requires new development to control stormwater runoff through implementation of BMPs.
Additionally, the Project would adhere to GPU policies of the 2024 RFEIR, including GPU Policy OSRC 1-20, which requires that developments maximize the amount of pervious surfaces to permit the percolation of urban runoff while implementing best practices for stormwater pollution prevention and OSRC 1-22, which aims to minimize discharge of pollutants and sedimentation into the stormwater drainage system.
According to the 2024 RFEIR, development under the MoVal 2040 GPU would not substantially increase surface water flows to the City’s drainage systems, and impacts would be less than significant with adherence to the City policies and regulations described above. With adherence to applicable GPU policies, compliance with the City Municipal Code, and verification through the Project’s permitting process, potential pollutant discharges would be minimized. Accordingly, operation of the CYFS would not violate water quality standards or waste discharge requirements, and impacts would be less than significant. The CYFS would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
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Civic Center Tenant Improvements
The Civic Center Tenant Improvements would occur entirely within the existing civic center buildings and would be limited to interior improvements. Therefore, the Civic Center Tenant Improvements would not violate water quality standards or waste discharge requirements and impacts would be less than significant. As such, the Civic Center Tenant Improvements would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Mitigation Measures: No new mitigation measures are required. b. Would the project substantially decrease groundwater supplies or interfere substantially with groundwater recharge such that the project may impede substantial groundwater management of the basin? No New Impact. According to the 2024 RFEIR, future development within the MoVal 2040 Planning Area would increase the amount of impervious surfaces, which would reduce the amount of rainfall that would infiltrate the soil and incrementally reduce groundwater recharge. However, adherence with applicable Open Space and Resource Conservation GPU policies would ensure that future development would neither substantially deplete groundwater supplies nor interfere with groundwater recharge. Therefore, impacts to groundwater supplies were determined to be less than significant.
Public Safety Campus
According to Chapter 4.17 Utilities and Service Systems of the 2024 RFEIR, water in the City is provided by the Eastern Municipal Water District (EMWD) and the Box Springs Mutual Water Company. Most water comes from the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD), local groundwater, desalinated groundwater, and recycled water. 22 However, domestic water supplies throughout the City are not primarily reliant on groundwater. Furthermore, the PSC would not include groundwater extraction or groundwater pumping. Additionally, the PSC would be required to adhere to applicable GPU policies, including GPU Policy OSRC 1-21, which requires projects to use Low Impact Development (LID) practices.
Therefore, with adherence to applicable GPU policies, the PSC would not decrease groundwater supplies, substantially interfere with groundwater recharge, or impede sustainable groundwater management of the basin. Therefore, impacts related to groundwater resources would be less than significant. The PSC would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Corporate Yard Fueling Station
The CYFS Site would not include groundwater extraction or groundwater pumping. Additionally, the CYFS would be required to adhere to applicable GPU policies, including GPU Policy OSRC 1-21, which requires projects to use LID practices. Therefore, with adherence to applicable GPU policies, the CYFS would not decrease groundwater supplies, substantially interfere with groundwater recharge, or impede sustainable groundwater management of the basin. Therefore, impacts related to groundwater resources would be 22 City of Moreno Valley, Revised Draft Program Environmental Impact Report, https://www.moval.org/cdd/documents/generalplan2040/MoVal-2040-Revised-Draft-Program-EIR.pdf. Accessed September 1, 2026.
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less than significant. The CYFS would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Civic Center Tenant Improvements
The Civic Center Tenant Improvements would occur entirely within the existing civic center buildings and would be limited to interior improvements. Therefore, the Civic Center Tenant Improvements would not substantially decrease groundwater supplies or interfere substantially with groundwater recharge. The Civic Center Tenant Improvements would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Mitigation Measures: No new mitigation measures are required. c. Would the project 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:
i) Result in substantial erosion or siltation on or off site; No New Impact. According to the 2024 RFEIR, future development could alter drainage patterns by increasing the amount of impervious surfaces. However, implementation of BMPs and adherence to Municipal Code requirements and applicable GPU goals and policies would ensure future development would not result in substantial erosion or siltation on or off site. Therefore, impacts were determined to be less than significant. A significant impact would occur if the Project would substantially alter the drainage pattern of an existing stream or river such that flooding would result.
Public Safety Campus
As previously discussed, the PSC would increase impervious surface at the PSC Site by developing a new joint-use fire and police station, EOC, and a regional animal shelter. Additionally, the PSC would include additional infrastructure improvements, including improvements to the existing on-site drainage channel to accommodate Project-related drainage patterns, improve stormwater conveyance, and enhance flood protection. Channel improvements would be constructed east of Redlands Boulevard and would extend beneath Redlands Boulevard, allowing stormwater flows to be conveyed across the roadway in a controlled manner. As discussed in Section 4.4, Biological Resources, according to Appendix B: Biologically Equivalent or Superior Preservation Report, the drainage channel is considered a habitat under MSHCP.
Construction activities related to the PSC footprint would occur within the PSC Site and could impact riparian habitat. However, to address impacts to water quality from construction runoff and PSC operations, the Project would be required to adhere to BMPs aimed at minimizing erosion and removing sedimentation from surface runoff. Specifically, the PSC would comply with Municipal Code Section
9.17.110 and Section 8.10.50, requiring control landscape plans and erosion and sediment control in construction activity, respectively. Additionally, the Project would adhere to GPU OSRC P 1-7, requiring the implementation of feasible measures to minimize erosion. Therefore, with adherence to applicable Municipal Code requirements and GPU policies, impacts to the alteration of a stream or river would be
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less than significant and the PSC would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Corporate Yard Fueling Station
The CYFS would include the development of a new aboveground fueling facility that would support the City’s growing municipal fleet demands and ensure reliable emergency fueling capabilities for critical operations. The CYFS would increase the impervious surface at the existing Corporate Yard that would alter existing drainage patterns. The CYFS would be required to implement BMPs aimed at removing sediment from surface runoff. Specifically, the CYFS would comply with Municipal Code Section 9.17.110 and Section 8.10.50, requiring control landscape plans and erosion and sediment control in construction activity, respectively. Additionally, the Project would adhere to GPU Policy OSRC 1-7, requiring the implementation of feasible measures to minimize erosion. Therefore, with adherence to applicable Municipal Code requirements and GPU policies, impacts to the alteration of a stream or river would be less than significant and the PSC would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Civic Center Tenant Improvements
The Civic Center Tenant Improvements would occur entirely within the existing civic center buildings and would be limited to interior improvements. Therefore, the Civic Center Tenant Improvements would not substantially result in substantial erosion or siltation on- or off-site. The Civic Center Tenant Improvements would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Mitigation Measures: No new mitigation measures are required. ii) Substantially increase the rate or amount of surface runoff in a manner which would result in flooding on- or off-site;
iii) 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; No New Impact. According to the 2024 RFEIR, construction of new development and redevelopment throughout the Planning Area could result in a change of drainage patterns that could result in flooding on-or off-site. However, future development would be required to implement LID BMPs to infiltrate, filter, or treat the remaining portion of the runoff volume that was not retained or treated by other BMPs. Future development would also be required to adhere to Municipal Code Chapter 9.14.110, which requires flood control measures to be included in development plans. Therefore, adherence to Municipal Code requirements and applicable GPU goals and policies would ensure that future development would not substantially increase the rate or amount of surface runoff in a manner which would result in flooding onor off-site, and impacts would be less than significant. A significant impact would occur if the Project would substantially increase the rate or amount of surface runoff that would result in flooding on- or off-site.
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The Project would comply with applicable GPU policies including Policy OSRC 1-21 and Policy S 1-9 which utilize LID strategies and BMPs to reduce runoff prior to entering the public storm drain system.
Additionally, the Project would be required to adhere to Municipal Code Chapter 9.14.110, which requires flood control measures to be included in the development plans. With adherence to Municipal Code requirements and applicable GPU policies, the Project would not substantially increase the rate or amount of surface runoff in a matter that would result in flooding on-or off-site, and impacts would be less than significant. Therefore, the Project would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Mitigation Measures: No new mitigation measures are required. iv) impede or redirect flood flows?
No New Impact. According to the 2024 RFEIR, adherence to the Municipal Code and applicable GPU goals and policies would ensure that future development would not substantially impede or redirect flood lows, and impacts would be less than significant. A significant impact would occur if the Project were located within a 100-year or 500-year floodplain or would impede or redirect flows.
Public Safety Campus
The PSC Site is primarily located within a flood hazard identified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) as Zone X, which is defined as an area outside of the 0.2 percent (500-year) annual chance floodplain. A small portion of the southern end of the PSC Site is designated as Zone A, which is defined as an area with a one percent annual chance of flooding. The PSC would be required to adhere to Municipal Code Chapter 8.12, Flood Damage Prevention and Implementation of National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), which requires flood resistant materials and methods and best practices to minimize flood damage.
Therefore, with adherence to applicable Municipal Code provisions and applicable GPU policies, the PSC would not impede or redirect flood flows and impacts would be less than significant. The PSC would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Corporate Yard Fueling Station
The CYFS Site is located within a flood hard identified by FEMA as Zone Z, which is designated as an area outside of the 0.2 percent (500-year) annual chance floodplain. Therefore, the CYFS would not impede or redirect flood flows, and impacts would be less than significant. The CYFS would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Civic Center Tenant Improvements
The Civic Center Tenant Improvements would occur entirely within the existing civic center buildings and would be limited to interior improvements. Therefore, the Civic Center Tenant Improvements would not impede or redirect flood flows, and impacts would be less than significant. The Civic Center Tenant
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Improvements would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Mitigation Measures: No new mitigation measures are required. d. In flood hazard, tsunami, or seiche zones, would the project risk release of pollutants due to project inundation?
No New Impact. According to the 2024 RFEIR, impacts to flood hazards, tsunamis, and seiche zones were determined to be less than significant. A significant impact would occur if a project site is located within an area susceptible to inundation by seiche, tsunami, or mudflow.
According to Chapter 4.10, Hydrology/Water Quality of the 2024 RFEIR, there is no potential for tsunamis to impact the Planning Area, as the Pacific Ocean is located more than 40 miles from the City. As previously discussed, a small portion of the PSC Site is located within a FEMA Flood Zone A (1 percent annual chance of flood) while a majority of the PSC Site and CYFS are located within a Flood Zone X (0.2 percent annual chance of flood), which indicates a lower potential for flooding. Additionally, Lake Perris, located one mile south of the City is the only large water body that could cause a seiche. Therefore, because all improvements would be located outside mapped flood hazard areas subject to inundation, and because the Project would incorporate applicable FEMA and Municipal Code requirements, and GPU policies, the Project would not have a significant impact related to flood hazards, tsunamis, or seiche zones that would risk release of pollutants due to Project inundation and impacts would be less than significant. The Project would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Mitigation Measures: No new mitigation measures are required. e. Would the project conflict with or obstruct implementation of a water quality control plan or sustainable groundwater management plan?
No New Impact. According the 2024 RFEIR, future development within the Planning Area would be required to comply with the SAR RWQCB and would be required to implement a WQMP, which includes the requirement to complete and submit a SWPPP for construction-related activities and demonstrate compliance with the City’s MS4 permit. Therefore, with implementation of a WQMP and a SWPPP and adherence to applicable GPU goals and policies, future projects would not conflict with or obstruct the implementation of a groundwater management plan, and impacts would be less than significant.
As previously discussed, the Project would comply with Municipal Code Section 9.21.170, requiring a NPDES permit for stormwater runoff and a SWPPP for construction-related activities. The Project would also be required to comply with the City’s MS4 Permit to minimize the release of potential waterborne pollutants. Additionally, the Project would adhere to GPU Policy OSRC 1-18, which would ensure the implementation of the San Jacinto Groundwater Basin Groundwater Sustainability Plan, Policy OSRC 1-20, implementing best practices for stormwater pollution prevention, Policy OSRC 1-21 encouraging the use
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of LID practices, and Policy S 1-9 utilizing LID strategies and BMPs to reduce stormwater runoff. With adherence to Municipal Code requirements and GPU policies, the Project would not conflict with or obstruct implementation of a storm water quality control plan or sustainable groundwater management plan. Therefore, the Project would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR and no new impacts would occur.
Mitigation Measures: No new mitigation measures are required.
4.10.3 Uniformly Applied Development Policies or Standards General Plan Goals and Policies
The 2024 RFEIR concludes that compliance with the following goals and policies applicable to the Project would avoid significant hydrology and water quality impacts:
Policy OSRC 1-7 Require that grading plans include appropriate and feasible measures to minimize erosion, sedimentation, wind erosion and fugitive dust. Particularly in hillside areas, new roadways and trails should follow natural contours to minimize grading.
Policy OSRC 1-18 Continue to participate in regional efforts to proactively manage surface and groundwater resources and ensure their long-term health and viability, including the development and implementation of the San Jacinto Groundwater Basin Groundwater Sustainability Plan (Basin Plan).
Policy OSRC 1-19 Preserve natural drainage courses in their natural state to the extent feasible.
Policy OSRC 1-20 Maximize the amount of pervious surfaces in public spaces to permit the percolation of urban runoff while implementing best practices for stormwater pollution prevention.
Policy OSRC 1-21 Facilitate groundwater recharge in Moreno Valley by encouraging development projects to use Low Impact Development (LID) practices such as bioretention, porous paving, and rainwater harvesting systems, and by encouraging private property owners to design or retrofit landscaped or impervious areas to better capture storm water runoff.
Policy OSRC 1-22 Continue to regulate new commercial and industrial activities as well as construction and demolition practices to minimize discharge of pollutants and sedimentation into the stormwater drainage system.
Policy S.1-9 Encourage project designs that minimize drainage concentrations, minimize impervious coverage, utilize pervious paving materials, utilize low impact development (LID) strategies, and utilize best management practices (BMPs) to reduce stormwater runoff and minimize increases in downstream runoff resulting from new development.
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Other Additional Development Policies and Standards
Compliance with the additional development policies and standards applicable to the Project identified below would also reduce potential hydrology and water quality impacts:
The Clean Water Act (CWA) directs states to establish water quality standards for all “waters of the United States” and to review and update such standards on a triennial basis. Section 208 of the CWA authorizes the preparation of waste treatment management plans and Section 319 mandates specific actions for the control of pollution from nonpoint sources. Section 303 requires states to adopt water quality standards for all surface water of the United States. Section 304(a) requires the USEPA to publish water quality criteria that accurately reflect the latest scientific knowledge on the kind and extent of all effects on health and welfare that may be expected from the presence of pollutants in water. Section 303(c)(2)(b) requires states to adopt numerical water quality standards for toxic pollutants for which USEPA has published water quality criteria and which reasonably could be expected to interfere with designated uses in a water body.
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System General Permit for Storm Water Discharges Associated with the Construction and Land Disturbance Activities, Order No. 2022-0057-DWQ (or the latest approved Construction General Permit) requires compliance with the following: filing a Notice of Intent (NOI); a Risk Assessment; a Site Map; a Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP) and associated Best Management Practices (BMPs); an annual fee; and a signed certification statement.
Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB) Water Quality Control Plan establishes Statewide policies and regulations for the implementation of water quality control programs mandated by federal and State water quality statutes and regulations. Responsibility for the protection of surface water quality in California rests with the SWRCB and nine RWQCBs. The City of lies within the jurisdiction of the Santa Ana RWQCB.
Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board’s Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) Permit RWQCB MS4 Permit requirements are applicable to the City and the Riverside County portion of the Santa Ana River watershed. The MS4 Permit regulates stormwater and non-stormwater discharges from municipal storm drain systems and requires new development and redevelopment projects to implement applicable water quality management measures to control contaminants into storm drain systems, educate the public about stormwater impacts, detect and eliminate illicit discharges, control runoff from construction sites , and implement BMPs and site-specific runoff controls and treatments.
Santa Ana Region of Riverside County Water Quality Management Plan (RWQCB-SAR WQMP) is a guidance document that helps to design projects in compliance with water quality mitigation requirements for priority development projects. These requirements are specified in the MS4 Permit issued to the Riverside County Flood Control and Water Conservation District (RCFCWCD), County of Riverside, and other cities within the Santa Ana River watershed. The WQMP outlines those categories of projects, called priority development permits, that require project level WQMPs. Project-specific WQMPs are required to include storm water BMPs addressing post-construction activities. WQMPs could include
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the requirement for LID BMPs and hydromodification BMPs, as necessary, to address water quality concerns. LID comprises a set of technologically feasible and cost-effective approaches to stormwater management and land development that combine a hydrologically functional site design with pollution prevention measures to compensate for land development impacts on hydrology and water quality. LID techniques mimic the site’s predevelopment hydrology by using site design techniques that store, infiltrate, evapotranspire, bio-treat, bio-filter, bio-retain, or detain runoff close to its source.
Moreno Valley Municipal Code, Chapter 8.10, Stormwater/Urban Runoff Management and Discharge Controls, contains requirements that address reducing pollutants in storm water discharges to protect and enhance the water quality of local water courses. In addition to requiring a NPDES permit, Municipal Code Section 8.10.050 specifies that new development and significant redevelopment control stormwater runoff so as to prevent any deterioration of water quality through the identification of BMPs.
Moreno Valley Municipal Code, Chapter 8.12, Floodplain Ordinance, provides regulations to minimize public and private losses due to flood conditions. Projects located within special flood hazard areas as identified by FEMA are required to obtain development permits. Construction within the special flood hazards areas is required to use standards of constructions set forth in Municipal Code Section 8.12.170, including anchoring measures, flood resistant construction materials, and adequate elevation and flood proofing.
Moreno Valley Municipal Code, Chapter 8.21, Grading Regulations, includes the requirement for all projects that require a grading plan to also submit an erosion control plan. Pursuant to Municipal Code Section 8.21.160(B) erosion control plans are required to include details of protective measures, including desiltation basins or other temporary drainage or control measures or both, as may be necessary to protect adjoining public or private property from damage by erosion, flooding, or mud and/or debris deposits which may originate from the site or result from the grading operations. Additionally, Municipal Code Section 8.21.160(E) requires the containment of all sediment stating that runoff from disturbed areas is required to be detained or filtered by berms, swales, ditches, filter strips or other means as necessary to prevent the escape of sediment from the site.
Moreno Valley Municipal Code, Section 9.14.110 establishes street design and improvement requirements for land divisions within the City. The section requires streets serving subdivisions or parcel maps to be designed and improved in accordance with applicable City standards, including requirements for street alignment, width, grade, access, and related improvements. These standards help ensure that land divisions provide adequate circulation, emergency access, drainage, and public infrastructure consistent with the City’s General Plan circulation network and engineering requirements.
Moreno Valley Municipal Code, Chapter 9.17, Landscape and Water Efficiency Requirements, identify landscape design issues and provide standards to create aesthetic and water conserving landscape areas.
These requirements apply to landscape development in public rights-of-way, areas adjacent to the public
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right-of-way, easements, setbacks, slopes, parking areas, public, quasi-public, commercial, industrial and specified residential on-site landscape areas.
4.10.4 Conclusion
With regard to the topic of Hydrology and Water Quality, the following findings can be made:
1. No peculiar impacts to the Project or the site have been identified.
2. There are no potentially significant off-site and/or cumulative impacts which were not discussed by the 2024 RFEIR.
3. No substantial new information has been identified which results in an impact which is more severe than anticipated by the 2024 RFEIR.
4. No new mitigation measures would be required because Project-specific impacts would be less than significant.
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4.11 LAND USE AND PLANNING
Project
Peculiar
Impact that
is not
Substantially
Mitigated by
Uniformly
Applied
Policies
Significant
Impact not
Analyzed as
Significant
in the Prior
EIR
Potentially
Significant
Offsite or
Cumulative
Impact not
Discussed in
the prior EIR
Adverse
Impact
More
Severe
based on
Substantial
New
Information
No New
Impact
LAND USE AND PLANNING – Would the project:
a. Physically divide an established
community?
b. Conflict with applicable land use plan,
policy, or regulation of an agency with
jurisdiction over the project (including,
but not limited to, the general plan,
specific plan, local coastal program, or
zoning ordinance) adopted for the
purpose of avoiding or mitigating an
environmental effect?
4.11.1 Summary of Impacts Identified in the 2024 RFEIR
According to the 2024 RFEIR, the MoVal 2040 Project would not divide an established community. The MoVal 2040 Project does not include new major infrastructure such as a freeway that could physically divide an established community. Future development and redevelopment within the Planning Area are intended to provide opportunities for new employment, housing, and recreational uses and would not physically divide the community. The 2024 RFEIR determined that the buildout of future developments under the MoVal 2040 Project would be subject to goals, policies, and actions of the MoVal 2040 GPU Land Use and Community Character Element. Therefore, the MoVal 2040 Project would not cause a significant environmental impact due to conflict with applicable plans, policies, or regulation adopted for the purpose of avoiding or mitigating an environmental effect, and impacts would be less than significant.
Mitigation Measures: No 2024 RFEIR mitigation measures are applicable to the proposed Project.
4.11.2 Discussion
a. Physically divide an established community?
No New Impact. A significant impact would occur if a Project were sufficiently large or configured in such a way as to create a physical barrier within an established community.
Public Safety Campus
The PSC Site is traversed by Redlands Boulevard and is bordered by Brodiaea Avenue and residential development to the north, Cactus Avenue and residential uses to the south, and Wilmot Street, residential
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uses, and vacant land to the west. The PSC would include development of a new joint-use fire and police station, EOC, and a regional animal shelter. The PSC Site has an existing Land Use designation of R5 Residential, R10 Residential, R15 Residential, R20 Residential, and Parks/Open Space and a Zoning designation of R5 Residential, RS 10 Residential Single Family, R15 Residential, R20 Residential, and Open Space. The PSC would be permitted under the existing uses and zoning designation and would not require a General Plan Amendment or Zone Change. 23
Furthermore, implementation of the PSC would not result in a separation of uses or disruption of access between land uses, as the PSC Site does not include the development of large infrastructure or a barrier that would divide a community. Therefore, the PSC would not physically divide, disrupt, or isolate an established community and impacts would be less than significant. The PSC would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Corporate Yard Fueling Station
The CYFS would be located on the northern portion of the City’s existing Corporate Yard. The Corporate Yard is surrounded by residential to the north, east, and south, and Perris Boulevard and vacant land to the west. The CYFS Site has a land use and zoning designation of Public (P). The CYFS would be permitted under the existing uses and zoning designation and would not require a General Plan Amendment or Zone Change.
Furthermore, implementation of the CYFS would not result in a separation of uses or disruption of access between land uses, as the CYFS Site does not include the development of large infrastructure or a barrier that would divide a community. Therefore, the CYFS would not physically divide, disrupt, or isolate an established community and impacts would be less than significant. The CYFS would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Civic Center Tenant Improvements
The Civic Center Tenant Improvements would occur entirely within the existing civic center buildings and would be limited to interior improvements. Furthermore, as the tenant improvements would be retrofits to existing infrastructure, they would not require a General Plan Amendment or Zone Change and would not result in a separation of uses or disruption of access between land uses. Therefore, the Civic Center Tenant Improvements would not physically divide, disrupt, or isolate an established community and would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Mitigation Measures: No new mitigation measures are required. 23 City of Moreno Valley, Permitted Uses, https://moval.gov/cdd/pdfs/projects/mv2040/PermittedUses.pdf. Accessed August 18, 2026.
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b. Conflict with applicable land use plan, policy, or regulation of an agency with jurisdiction over the project (including, but not limited to, the general plan, specific plan, local coastal program, or zoning ordinance) adopted for the purpose of avoiding or mitigating an environmental effect? No New Impact. This topic was evaluated in the 2024 RFEIR and impacts were determined to be less than significant. A significant impact would occur if a project is inconsistent with the General Plan or zoning designations currently applicable to the Project Site, and would cause adverse environmental effects, which the General Plan and zoning ordinance are designed to avoid or mitigate.
As discussed previously, the Project is consistent with the land use designation and zoning for the Project Site and would not conflict with any other land use-related policy. The Project would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Mitigation Measures: No new mitigation measures are required.
4.11.3 Uniformly Applied Development Policies or Standards General Plan Goals and Policies
The 2024 RFEIR concludes that compliance with the following goals and policies applicable to the Project would avoid significant land use and planning impacts:
Policy LCC 1-2 Expand employment opportunities locally and provide sufficient lands for commercial, industrial, residential and public/quasi-public uses while ensuring that a high quality of life is maintained in Moreno Valley.
Policy LCC 1-4 Focus new development in centers and corridors so as to support the vitality of existing businesses, optimize the use of utility infrastructure, and reduce vehicle trip frequency, length, and associated emissions.
Policy LCC 1-8 Promote a land and resource efficient development pattern in order to support efficient delivery of public services and infrastructure, conserve open space lands surrounding the City, reduce vehicle trip lengths and improve air quality.
Other Applicable Development Policies and Standards
Momentum MoVal: In 2016, the City adopted Momentum MoVal, the City’s first Strategic Plan to guide the community’s growth in a three to five year timeframe from 2016 forwards. The City’s top priorities are grouped into six categories: Economic Development; Library; Public Safety; Infrastructure; Youth Programs; and Beautification, Community Engagement, and Quality of Life. Through the General Plan Update process, the priorities identified in Momentum MoVal will be incorporated to guide the community’s growth, with particular attention to land use, towards year 2040.
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Moreno Valley Municipal Code, Title 9, Planning and Zoning, codifies the City’s development standards, which governs zoning districts, land use regulations, development standards, and planning permit procedures within the City.
4.11.4 Conclusion
With regard to the topic of Land Use and Planning, the following finding can be made:
1. No peculiar impacts to the Project or the site have been identified.
2. There are no potentially significant off-site and/or cumulative impacts which were not discussed by the 2024 RFEIR.
3. No substantial new information has been identified which results in an impact which is more severe than anticipated by the 2024 RFEIR.
4. No new mitigation measures would be required because Project-specific impacts would be less than significant.
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4.12 MINERAL RESOURCES
Project
Peculiar
Impact that
is not
Substantially
Mitigated by
Uniformly
Applied
Policies
Significant
Impact not
Analyzed as
Significant
in the Prior
EIR
Potentially
Significant
Offsite or
Cumulative
Impact not
Discussed in
the prior EIR
Adverse
Impact
More
Severe
based on
Substantial
New
Information
No New
Impact
MINERAL RESOURCES – Would the project:
a. Result in the loss of availability of a
known mineral resource that would be
of future value to the region and the
residents of the State?
b. 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?
4.12.1 Summary of Impacts Identified in the 2024 RFEIR
The 2024 RFEIR stated that implementation of the MoVal 2040 Project would focus future development and redevelopment within Concept Areas, areas largely within or surrounded by existing urbanization, which would make them infeasible for mining. As identified within the 2024 RFEIR, the majority of the land within the Planning Area is designated as MRZ-3, land for which the significance of mineral resources cannot be determined, or MRZ-1, land for which adequate geologic information indicates that no significant deposits are present. As there are no mineral resource extractions within the Planning Area, the implementation of the MoVal 2040 Project would not result in the loss of a designated mineral recovery site. Therefore, the implementation of the MoVal 2040 Project would not result in the loss of availability of regionally valuable mineral resources and impacts would be less than significant. No impacts would occur in regard to mineral resource recovery sites.
Mitigation Measures: No 2024 RFEIR mitigation measures are applicable to the proposed Project.
4.12.2 Discussion
a. Result in the loss of availability of a known mineral resource that would be of future value to the region and the residents of the State?
No New Impact. The 2024 RFEIR found impacts to mineral resources to be less than significant in respect to the loss of available known mineral resources A significant impact would occur if a Project would result in the loss of availability of known mineral resources of regional value or a local mineral resource recovery site. As described in the 2024 RFEIR, a majority of the City islocated within an MRZ-3 area, and no portion of the Project Site is located in an area designated as MRZ-2. As the Project Site is not located within an
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area designated as MRZ-2, the Project would not result in the loss of important mineral resources.
Therefore, the Project would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Mitigation Measures: No new mitigation measures are required. b. 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?
No New Impact. According to the 2024 RFEIR, the MoVal 2040 would have no impact regarding the loss of a designated mineral recovery site. A significant impact would occur if the Project would result in the loss of availability of known mineral resources of regional value or local mineral resource recovery site. As previously discussed, the Project is located within an MRZ-3, and no portion of the Project is located in an area designated as MRZ-2. Implementation of the Project would not adversely impact mineral resources and would not result in new or increased cumulatively considered impacts to mineral resources beyond what was disclosed in the 2024 RFEIR. Therefore, the proposed Project would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Mitigation Measures: No new mitigation measures are required.
4.12.3 Uniformly Applied Development Policies or Standards General Plan Goals and Policies
The 2024 RFEIR concludes that compliance with the following goals and policies applicable to the Project would avoid significant mineral resources impacts:
Policy LCC 1-6 Promote infill development along Alessandro, Sunnymead, and Perris Boulevards to create mixed use corridors with a range of housing types at mid-to high densities along their lengths and activity nodes at key intersections with retail/commercial uses to serve the daily needs of local residents.
Policy LCC 1-8 Promote a land and resource efficient development pattern in order to support efficient delivery of public services and infrastructure, conserve open space lands surrounding the City, reduce vehicle trip lengths, and improve air quality.
Other Applicable Development Policies and Standards
There are no additional development policies and standards applicable to the Project.
4.12.4 Conclusion
With regard to the topic of Mineral Resources, the following finding can be made:
1. No peculiar impacts to the Project or the site have been identified.
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1. There are no potentially significant off-site and/or cumulative impacts which were not discussed by the 2024 RFEIR.
2. No substantial new information has been identified which results in an impact which is more severe than anticipated by the 2024 RFEIR.
3. No new mitigation measures would be required because Project-specific impacts would be less than significant.
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4.13 NOISE
Project
Peculiar
Impact that
is not
Substantially
Mitigated by
Uniformly
Applied
Policies
Significant
Impact not
Analyzed as
Significant
in the Prior
EIR
Potentially
Significant
Offsite or
Cumulative
Impact not
Discussed
in the prior
EIR
Adverse
Impact
More
Severe
based on
Substantial
New
Information
No New
Impact
NOISE – Would the project:
a. Generation of a substantial temporary or
permanent increase in ambient noise
levels in the vicinity of the project in
excess of standards established in the
local general plan or noise ordinance, or
applicable standards of other agencies?
b. Generation of excessive groundborne
vibration or groundborne noise levels?
c. For a project located within the vicinity
of a private airstrip or an airport land use
plan or, where such a plan has not been
adopted, within two miles of a public
airport or public use airport, would the
project expose people residing or
working in the project area to excessive
noise levels?
The following section summarizes and incorporates by reference information from the Noise and Vibration Analysis (Project Noise Analysis) prepared by Kimley-Horn, dated September 2026. The memorandum is included as Appendix G.
4.13.1 Summary of Impacts Identified in the 2024 RFEIR
The 2024 RFEIR determined Impacts associated with the increase in traffic volumes would be significant without mitigation. For existing noise sensitive land uses, possible noise-reduction measures would include retrofitting older structures with acoustically rated windows and doors featuring higher Sound Transmission Class ratings, which is a measure of exterior noise reduction performance. However, there is no mechanism in place for implementing such a retrofit program. In the event that existing uses are demolished and redeveloped, new homes would be required to provide sufficient sound insulation to meet City and California Building Code interior noise standards. Because it would be speculative to assume that all existing homes along impacted roadways would be redeveloped and the significant noise impacts would be to existing homes and other noise-sensitive uses in an already urbanized area, there is no feasible mitigation. Therefore, impacts to existing sensitive land uses would remain significant and unavoidable.
The 2024 RFEIR concluded that railroad noise and stationary noise would be less than significant. Impacts
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related to construction noise would be significant and unavoidable with implementation of GPU MM NOS1.
In regard to vibration, impacts related to construction vibration would be potentially significant, and implementation of GPU MM NOS-2 would be applied to future development to reduce impacts to less than significant levels. Additionally, there would be less than significant impacts to railroad sources, stationary sources, and airports, and no mitigation would be required.
Mitigation Measures from the 2024 RFEIR
GPU MM NOS-1 The Director of Community Development or his or her designee shall require applicants to demonstrate whether the project has the potential to exceed noise standards contained in Sections 8.14.040 and 11.80.030 of the Municipal Code. If a project may exceed standards or is located adjacent to sensitive receptors, the City shall require the applicant to prepare a Noise Analysis that estimates construction noise and identifies noise reduction measures that would ensure compliance with Municipal Code standards. Construction plans submitted to the City shall identify applicable measures on demolition, grading, and construction plans submitted to the City. Noise reduction measures can include, but are not limited to, the following:
1. Demolition, construction, site preparation, and related activities that would generate noise perceptible at the property line of the subject property are limited to the hours between 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. from Monday through Friday excluding holidays and from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Saturdays. The building inspector may issue an exception to this limitation on hours in cases of urgent necessity where the public health and safety will not be substantially impaired.
2. Idling times for noise-generating equipment used in demolition, construction, site preparation, and related activities shall be minimized either by shutting equipment off when not in use or reducing the maximum idling time to 5 minutes.
3. Demolition, construction, site preparation, and related activities within 70 feet from the edge of properties with existing, occupied noisesensitive uses shall incorporate all feasible strategies to reduce noise exposure for noise-sensitive uses, including:
a. Provide written notice to all known occupied noise-sensitive uses within 400 feet of the edge of the project site boundary at least 2 weeks prior to the start of each construction phase of the construction schedule;
b. Ensure that construction equipment is properly maintained and equipped with noise control components, such as mufflers, in accordance with manufacturers’ specifications;
c. Re-route construction equipment away from adjacent noisesensitive uses;
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d. Locate noisy construction equipment away from surrounding noise-sensitive uses;
e. Use sound aprons or temporary noise enclosures around noisegenerating equipment; f. Position storage of waste materials, earth, and other supplies in a manner that will function as a noise barrier for surrounding noise-sensitive uses;
g. Use the quietest practical type of equipment;
4. Use electric powered equipment instead of diesel or gasoline engine powered equipment; Use shrouding or shielding and intake and exhaust silencers/mufflers; and
5. Other effective and feasible strategies to reduce construction noise exposure for surrounding noise-sensitive uses.
For construction of buildings that require the installation of piles, an alternative to installation of piles by hammering shall be used. This could include the use of augured holes for cast-in-place piles, installation through vibration or hydraulic insertion, or another low-noise technique.
GPU MM NOS-2 Prior to issuance of a building permit for a project requiring pile driving during construction within 135 feet of fragile structures, such as historical resources, 100 feet of non-engineered timber and masonry buildings (e.g., most residential buildings), or within 75 feet of engineered concrete and masonry (no plaster); or a vibratory roller within 25 feet of any structure, the project applicant shall prepare a noise and vibration analysis to assess and mitigate potential noise and vibration impacts related to these activities. This noise and vibration analysis shall be conducted by a qualified and experienced acoustical consultant or engineer. The vibration levels shall not exceed Federal Transit Administration (FTA) architectural damage thresholds (e.g., 0.12 inches per second [in/sec] peak particle velocity [PPV] for fragile or historical resources, 0.2 in/sec PPV for non-engineered timber and masonry buildings, and 0.3 in/sec PPV for engineered concrete and masonry). If vibration levels would exceed this threshold, alternative uses such as drilling piles as opposed to pile driving and static rollers as opposed to vibratory rollers shall be used.
If necessary, construction vibration monitoring shall be conducted to ensure vibration thresholds are not exceeded.
4.13.2 Discussion
a. Generation of a substantial temporary or permanent increase in ambient noise levels in the vicinity of the project in excess of standards established in the local general plan or noise ordinance, or applicable standards of other agencies?
No New Impact. The 2024 RFEIR evaluated impacts related to an increase in ambient noise and determined to be less than significant with the implementation of GPU MM NOS-1, which requires the
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preparation of a Noise Analysis if the project is anticipated to exceed standards identified in Municipal Code Sections 8.14.40 and 11.80.30 and the implementation of mitigation measures to the extent feasible.
Regarding construction noise, construction activities associated with any individual development may occur near noise sensitive receptors and noise disturbances may occur; however, the 2024 RFEIR concluded that GPU MM NOS-1 would help mitigate noise impacts for future development. Through enforcement of the Noise Regulation of the Municipal Code and MoVal 2040 GPU policies and actions, the 2024 RFEIR impacts associated with stationary sources of noise would be less than significant. Additionally, railroad noise levels would not exceed 60 CNEL within the Planning Area. However, regarding traffic noise, impacts to existing sensitive land uses located in areas that would experience a significant increase in ambient noise levels exceeding the applicable land use and noise compatibility level would be significant and unavoidable at this program level of review.
A significant impact would occur if a proposed Project would generate or expose persons to noise levels that exceed standards established in the local general plan or noise ordinance, or applicable standards of other agencies.
Existing Noise Environment
To quantify existing ambient noise levels in the Project vicinity, noise measures were conducted (see Appendix G for full description of noise measurements taken to support the analysis). Short-term sound monitoring was conducted at four locations to measure the ambient sound environment in the Project vicinity. Measurements were taken over 15-minute intervals at each location during the afternoon period between the hours of 11:50 a.m. and 1:43 p.m. on August 26, 2026. The results of these measurements are included in Table 9: Existing Noise Measurements, below (refer to Appendix G for a figure of noise monitoring locations).
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Table 9: Existing Noise Measurements
Site/Location Measurement Period Duration Daytime Average (dBA Leq)
Nighttim
e
Average
(dBA Leq)
ST-1 East of 28850 Brodiaea
Avenue
11:50 a.m. – 12:05
p.m.
15 minutes 41.7 N/A
ST-2 Rose Angel Street north of
14341 Wilmont Street
12:14 p.m. – 12:49
p.m.
15 minutes 47.2 N/A
ST-3 Corner of Mammoth Drive
and Cactus Avenue
12:34 p.m. – 12:49
p.m.
15 minutes 62.6 N/A
ST-4 Dana Lane north of 25173
Dana Lane 1:28 p.m. – 1:43 p.m. 15 minutes 52.3 N/A
LT-1 Corner of Wilmont Street and
Brodiaea Avenue
August 26, 2026 at
11:29 a.m. – August
27, 2026 at 11:29
a.m.
24 hours 51.8 44.1
Notes: dBA = A-weighted decibels; Leq = average equivalent sound level.
Source: Noise measurements taken by Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc., August 26, 2026 to August 27, 2026. See Appendix G for the noise measurement results.
Construction
Construction noise levels for the Project were estimated based on typical noise levels generated by construction equipment published by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) and Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). Construction activities for the PSC would include site preparation, grading, building construction, paving, and architectural coating activities. Construction activities for the CYFS would include demolition, site preparation, grading, and building construction. Construction activities for off-site improvements would include grubbing and land clearing, grading and excavation, drainage, utilities and subgrade, and paving. Typical operating cycles for these types of construction equipment may involve one or two minutes of full power operation followed by three to four minutes at lower power settings. Other primary sources of acoustical disturbance would be random incidents, which would last less than one minute, such as dropping large pieces of equipment or the hydraulic movement of machinery lifts. The FHWA’s Roadway Construction Noise Model (RCNM) was used to calculate noise levels at the nearest residential receptors.
Construction noise typically occurs intermittently and varies depending on the nature or phase of construction (e.g., land clearing, grading, excavation, paving). Noise generated by construction equipment, including earth movers, material handlers, and portable generators, can reach high levels.
During construction, exterior noise levels could affect the receptors near the construction site. Noisesensitive land uses are generally considered to include those uses where noise exposure could result in health-related risks to individuals, as well as places where quiet is an essential element of their intended purpose. The nearest sensitive receptors to the Project site are the residential uses located to the north, west, and south of the PSC Site and to the north of the CYFS.
Table 10: Project Construction Noise Levels summarizes the exterior noise levels at the sensitive receptors nearest each Project component compared to the FTA construction noise thresholds of 80 dBA
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Leq for residential receptors. The 2024 RFEIR included GPU MM NOS-1, which requires that demolition, construction, site preparation, and related activities within 70 feet of noise-sensitive uses properly maintain and equip construction equipment with noise control components such as mufflers.
Implementation of this requirement has been incorporated into estimated maximum construction noise levels shown below. See Appendix G for construction noise calculations for sensitive receptors within 500 feet of Project construction activity.
Table 10: Project Construction Noise Levels
Project Component
Maximum Affected
Receptor Land Use
Receptor Distance
(feet) and Direction
Modeled
Exterior Noise
Level
(dBA Leq)
Noise Threshold
(dBA Leq) Exceeded?
Public Safety Campus Residential 50 feet to the West 75.0 80 No Corporate Yard
Fueling Station Residential 50 feet to the north 79.8 80 No Off-Site
Infrastructure
Improvements
Residential
30 feet to the
north, west,
and/or south
77.3 80 No
Notes: dBA = A-weighted decibels; Leq = average equivalent sound level.
1. The FTA’s construction noise threshold of 80 dBA Leq at residential uses (FTA, Transit Noise and Vibration Impact Assessment Manual, September 2018).
Source: Federal Highway Administration, Roadway Construction Noise Model, 2025. Refer to Appendix G for noise modeling results.
As shown in Table 10: Project Construction Noise Levels, construction noise levels would reach up to 75.0 dBA Leq to the west of the PSC Site, 79.8 dBA Leq at residential uses located to the north of the CYFS, and
77.3 dBA Leq at all residential uses located adjacent to off-site roadway improvements. These noise levels would not exceed the FTA standard of 80 dBA Leq at residential uses. Additionally, compliance with the City’s Municipal Code Section 8.14.040 would minimize potential impacts from construction noise, as construction would be limited to the hours between 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. Monday through Friday and between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. on Saturdays. Further, the Project would be subject to GPU MM NOS-1, which requires minimizing idling times for noise-generating equipment and incorporation of all feasible noise reduction measures. Impacts would be less than significant.
Operation
On-Site Noise
The Project consists of the development of a PSC and CYFS that are assumed to operate 24 hours per day, seven days per week. It is assumed that operational activity at the CYFS would be similar to existing conditions as the City’s fleet currently frequent the CYFS Site. The addition of a fueling station would not generate substantial increases in activity at the site. Therefore, the analysis focuses on the operation of the PSC.
The proposed PSC includes the operation of a fire station that would respond to emergency service calls.
Noise would be generated when the alarm sounds to alert personnel to respond to a service call during an emergency. In addition, the proposed fire station includes a training facility. Training activities could include the use of a chainsaw, air hammer, jaws of life, and saw. Maximum noise levels associated with training activities would be 108 dBALeq at 3.3 feet from the use of a saw. Pursuant to the City’s Municipal
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Code Section 11.80.030(E)(1) and Section 11.80.030(E)(7), sounds from emergency vehicles when responding to an emergency call and City-sponsored events on public space or publicly owned property, respectively, are exempt from sound level regulations. Therefore, on-site noise associated with emergency alerts and City-sponsored fire training activities on public space are not considered in the composite on-site operational noise analysis. Refer to Project Noise Analysis for reference noise level data used in this analysis (Appendix G).
Daytime and nighttime composite noise levels are shown in Table 11: Composite On-Site Operational Noise Levels – Daytime and Table 12: Composite On-Site Operational Noise Levels – Nighttime. All daytime sources have been assumed to also occur during nighttime hours. It should be noted that predicted noise levels are conservative estimates since it was assumed that all operational activity at the Project site would occur in a constant, simultaneous manner. In reality, it is anticipated that these noise sources would occur intermittently throughout the day and night (except for rooftop HVAC which would operate in a steady-state manner).
Table 11: Composite On-Site Operational Noise Levels – Daytime Receptor
Combined OnSite Project
Noise (dBA Leq)
1 Daytime
Ambient
Noise Level
(dBA Leq) 2
Combined
Project and
Ambient
Noise level
(dBA Leq)
Applicable
Noise
Threshold
(dBA Leq) 3
Exceeded?
1 – Residential (N) 45.9 41.7 47.3 60.0 No
2 – Residential (W) 47.3 47.2 50.3 60.0 No
3 – Residential (W) 30.9 47.2 47.3 60.0 No
4 – Residential (S) 42.8 62.6 62.6 67.6 No
Notes: dBA = A-weighted decibels; Leq = average equivalent sound level.
1. See Attachment C for operational noise calculations.
2. See Table 1 for representative noise measurements.
3. Pursuant to Section 11.80.030(c) of the Moreno Valley Municipal Code, the exterior noise standard for residential uses during daytime hours is 60 dBA. Representative ambient noise levels at receptor 4 exceeds 60 dBA under existing conditions. Therefore, the applicable threshold at receptor 4 is an increase in ambient of 5 dBA.
Source: Refer to Appendix G for noise modeling results.
Table 12: Composite On-Site Operational Noise Levels – Nighttime Receptor
Combined OnSite Project
Noise (dBA Leq)
1 Nighttime
Ambient
Noise Level
(dBA Leq) 2
Combined
Project and
Ambient
Noise level
(dBA Leq)
Applicable
Noise
Threshold
(dBA Leq) 3
Exceeded?
1 – Residential (N) 45.9 34.7 46.2 55.0 No
2 – Residential (W) 47.3 40.2 48.1 55.0 No
3 – Residential (W) 30.9 40.2 40.7 55.0 No
4 – Residential (S) 42.8 55.6 55.8 60.6 No
Notes: dBA = A-weighted decibels; Leq = average equivalent sound level.
1. The FTA’s construction noise threshold of 80 dBA Leq at residential uses (FTA, Transit Noise and Vibration Impact Assessment Manual, September 2018).
Source: Federal Highway Administration, Roadway Construction Noise Model, 2025. Refer to Appendix G for noise modeling results.
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As shown in Table 11: Composite On-Site Operational Noise Levels – Daytime and Table 12: Composite On-Site Operational Noise Levels – Nighttime, on-site composite operational noise would not exceed allowable daytime or nighttime exterior standards of 60 dBA or 55 dBA, respectively, at receptors 1, 2, and 3. Ambient levels at receptor 4 exceeds allowable exterior noise levels under existing conditions and the addition of Project operational noise would not result in a noticeable increase in ambient conditions.
Therefore, impacts would be less than significant.
Off-Site Traffic Noise
The 2024 RFEIR concluded that the traffic noise attributable to new land development would be significant and avoidable. As further discussed in Section 4.16, Transportation and Traffic, buildout of the PSC would generate a total of 4,349 daily trips along nearby roadway segments and operation of the CYFS would generate a total of 688 daily vehicle trips. The Project is consistent with the allowable land uses of the General Plan and as a result, traffic noise levels associated with the proposed Project have been contemplated and addressed in the 2024 RFEIR. Therefore, traffic noise levels generated by the proposed Project would be consistent with the findings of the 2024 RFEIR. Therefore, the Project’s impacts are within the limits of the impacts identified in the 2024 RFEIR and the Project would not result in any new or more severe impacts than previously analyzed.
Mitigation Measures: No new mitigation measures are required. b. Generation of excessive groundborne vibration or groundborne noise levels? No New Impact. The 2024 RFEIR concluded that because construction details, locations, and equipment for future project-level developments under the MoVal 2040 Project were not known at the time the 2024 RFEIR was prepared, construction vibration impacts would be considered potentially significant. However, implementation of GPU MM NOS-2, which requires a noise and vibration analysis for projects with the potential to generate significant vibration, construction-related vibration impacts would be reduced to a level less than significant. Vibration impacts due to railroad activities and stationary source would be less than significant. Since vibration associated with stationary sources would be localized to the immediate vicinity, vibration impacts due to stationary source would be less than significant.
Construction
On-Site Construction
Increases in ground-borne vibration levels attributable to the Project would be primarily associated with short-term construction-related activities. Project construction would have the potential to result in varying degrees of temporary ground-borne vibration, depending on the specific construction equipment used and the operations involved. The types of construction vibration impacts include building damage and human annoyance. As discussed in the Project Noise Analysis (Appendix G), this analysis uses FTA structural damage criteria of 0.2 inches per second Peak Particle Velocity (in/sec PPV) for non-engineered timber and masonry buildings and the California Department of Transportation’s (Caltrans) human annoyance criterion of 0.4 in/sec PPV for residential receptors.
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Project construction would require the use of loaded trucks, bulldozers, and vibratory rollers and compactors. Table 13: Typical Construction Equipment Vibraration Levels lists the vibration levels for typical construction equipment at 25 feet (the reference distance), 100 feet (the distance of nearest residential structures to the PSC), 50 feet (the distance of nearest sensitive receptors to the CYFS area), and 35 feet (the distance of nearest sensitive receptors to off-site roadway improvements).
Table 13: Typical Construction Equipment Vibraration Levels Equipment
Reference
Level
PPV at 25
Feet (in/sec)
PPV at 100
Feet
(in/sec)1,2
PPV at 50
Feet
(in/sec)1,3
PPV at 35 Feet
(in/sec)1,4
Small Bulldozer 0.003 <0.001 0.001 0.002
Loaded Trucks 0.076 0.010 0.027 0.046
Large Bulldozer 0.089 0.011 0.031 0.054
Vibratory Roller/Compactor 0.21 0.026 0.074 0.127
Structural Damage Threshold -- 0.2 0.2 0.2
Human Annoyance Threshold -- 0.4 04 0.4
Threshold Exceeded? -- No No No
Notes:
PPV = peak particle velocity.
1. Calculated using the following formula: PPVequip = PPVref x (25/D)1.5, where: PPVequip = the peak particle velocity in in/sec of the equipment adjusted for the distance; PPVref = the reference vibration level in in/sec from Table 7-4 of the Federal Transit Administration, Transit Noise and Vibration Impact Assessment Manual, 2018; D = the distance from the equipment to the receiver.
2. Distance measured from the site boundary of the Public Safety Campus to the nearest structure/sensitive receptor
3. Distance measured from the boundary of the fueling station area to the nearest structure/sensitive receptor.
4. Distance measured from the nearest roadway to the nearest structure/sensitive receptor.
Source: Federal Transit Administration, Transit Noise and Vibration Impact Assessment Manual, September 2018.
As shown in Table 13: Typical Construction Equipment Vibraration Levels, construction of the PSC, CYFS, and off-site improvements would not exceed applicable vibration thresholds. Impacts would be less than significant.
Off-Site Construction
Project construction would involve truck travel along nearby roadways, generating vibration events with each passing truck. According to the FTA’s Transit Noise and Vibration Impact Assessment, a heavy truck rarely creates vibration levels that exceeds 0.012 in/sec PPV at 50 feet when on a roadway. 24 The factors influencing levels of ground-borne vibration include vehicle speed, vehicle suspension, wheel condition and type. The frequency of vibration events is not listed as an influencing factor for vibration velocity by the FTA. 25 As such, multiple trucks traveling along the roadway would increase the frequency of vibration events but would not affect the vibration velocity experienced by sensitive receptors. Therefore, impacts would be less than significant.
24 Federal Transit Administration, Transit Noise and Vibration Impact Assessment Manual, September 2018. 25 Federal Transit Administration, Transit Noise and Vibration Impact Assessment Manual, September 2018.
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Operation
Project operations would primarily involve passenger vehicle travel. Operations of the PSC would involve travel of fire trucks. No other vibration-generating activities would occur on site. According to the FTA’s Transit Noise and Vibration Impact Assessment, a heavy truck rarely creates vibration levels that exceeds
0.012 in/sec PPV at 50 feet when on a roadway. 26 Due to the rapid drop-off rate of ground-borne vibration and the short duration of the associated events, vehicular traffic-induced ground-borne vibration is rarely perceptible beyond the roadway right-of-way and rarely results in vibration levels that cause damage to buildings in the vicinity. Further, there are no substantial ground borne vibration sources associated with the Project, such as rail or subways. Impacts would be less than significant. Therefore, the Project would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Mitigation Measures: No new mitigation measures are required. c. For a project located within the vicinity of a private airstrip or an airport land use plan or, where such a plan has not been adopted, within two miles of a public airport or public use airport, would the project expose people residing or working in the project area to excessive noise levels? No New Impact. The 2024 RFEIR concluded that adherence with the noise requirements of the ALUCP, the Municipal Code, and associated FAA requirements would ensure that future development would not expose people to excessive aircraft noise levels, and impacts would be less than significant.
According to the 2024 RFEIR, the nearest airport to the Planning Area is the March MARB/IPA, which is approximately 5.3 miles west miles from the PSC Site and 1.3 miles west of the CYFS. According to Map S10 of the MoVal 2040 GPU Safety Element, the PSC Site is located outside of the Airport Land Use Compatibility Zones 27 the CYFS is located within the Compatibility Zone E. Properties within Compatibility Zone E are subject to low noise levels associated with aircraft operations. Occasional overflights may be intrusive to some outdoor activities in Compatibility Zone E. Properties within Compatibility Zone E are subject to low noise levels associated with aircraft operations. As discussed further in Section 4.9, Hazards and Hazardous Materials, the CYFS would be compatible with applicable development regulations of the ALUC and would not result in a safety or noise hazard and impacts would be less than significant.
Therefore, the proposed Project would not expose people residing or working in the Project area to excessive noise levels from airports and there would be no new impact. The Project would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR.
Mitigation Measures: No new mitigation measures are required. 26 Federal Transit Administration, Transit Noise and Vibration Impact Assessment Manual, September 2018. 27 City of Moreno Valley, MoVal 2040 GPU Safety Element, https://moval.gov/cdd/documents/general-plan2040/06-Safety.pdf. Accessed August 29, 2026
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4.13.3 Uniformly Applied Development Policies or Standards General Plan Goals and Policies
The 2024 RFEIR concludes that compliance with the following goals and policies applicable to the Project would avoid significant noise impacts:
Policy PPS.1-1 Protect occupants of existing and new buildings from exposure to excessive noise, particularly adjacent to freeways, major roadways, the railroad, and within areas of aircraft overflight.
Policy PPS.1-2 Guide the location and design of transportation facilities, industrial uses, and other potential noise generators to minimize the effects of noise on adjacent land uses.
Policy PPS.1-3 Apply the community noise compatibility standards (Table N-1) to all new development and major redevelopment projects outside the noise and safety compatibility zones established in the March Air Reserve Base/Inland Port Airport Land Use Compatibility (ALUC) Plan in order to protect against the adverse effects of noise exposure. Projects within the noise and safety compatibility zones are subject to the standards contained in the ALUC Plan.
Policy PPS.1-4 Require a noise study and/or mitigation measures if applicable for all projects that would expose people to noise levels greater than the “normally acceptable” standard and for any other projects that are likely to generate noise in excess of these standards.
Policy PPS.1-5 Noise impacts should be controlled at the noise source where feasible, as opposed to at receptor end with measures to buffer, dampen, or actively cancel noise sources. Site design, building orientation, building design, hours of operation, and other techniques, for new developments deemed to be noise generators shall be used to control noise sources.
Policy PPS.1-6 Require noise buffering, dampening, or active cancellation, on rooftop or other outdoor mechanical equipment located near residences, parks, and other noise sensitive land uses.
Policy PPS.1-7 Developers shall reduce the noise impacts on new development through appropriate means (e.g. double-paned or soundproof windows, setbacks, berming, and screening). Noise attenuation methods should avoid the use of visible sound walls where possible.
Policy PPS.2-1 Use the development review process to proactively identify and address potential noise compatibility issues.
Policy PPS.2-3 Limit the potential noise impacts of construction activities on surrounding land uses through noise regulations in the Municipal Code that address allowed days and hours of construction, types of work, construction equipment, and sound attenuation devices.
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Policy LCC.1-11 Require that new development be compatible with the standards for land uses, density and intensity specified in the March Air Reserve Base/Inland Port Airport Land Use Compatibility Plan (March ALUC Plan).
Other Applicable Development Policies and Standards
Compliance with the additional development policies and standards identified below applicable to the Project would also reduce potential noise impacts:
City of Moreno Valley General Plan Noise Compatibility Standards are used to determine whether a land use is appropriate in a given noise environment. These standards are assigned based on land use and are used to guide land use planning decisions and evaluate compatibility of proposed development. It may require development or prepare site-specific acoustical studies, building design modifications, noise barriers, increased setbacks, or other mitigation measures to achieve compatibility City of Moreno Valley General Plan Interior Noise Standard is used in conjunction with the Noise Compatibility Standard matrix to guide development decisions. New noise-sensitive uses exposed to transportation noise typically must be designed to achieve California interior noise standards through building construction techniques and attenuation measures. Project are evaluated against the State residential interior standard of 45 dBA CNEL/Ldn for habitable rooms.
City of Moreno Valley Municipal Code, Chapter 8.14 (Construction Activities) establishes standards governing construction activities to protect public health, safety, and welfare and minimize disturbances to surrounding properties. The section regulates the timing and operation of construction-related activities and equipment to reduce temporary noise impacts on nearby land uses. Compliance with these requirements helps limit potential nuisance conditions associated with construction noise and supports compatibility between development activities and adjacent uses.
City of Moreno Valley Municipal Code, Chapter 11.80 (Noise Regulation) establishes operational noise limits and nuisance noise standards. The chapter regulates construction activities, mechanical equipment, amplified sound, commercial and industrial noise sources, and noise disturbances affecting adjacent properties. The Municipal Code does not establish quantified limits for vibration levels. Section 9.10.170 states that “No vibration shall be permitted which can be felt at or beyond the property line.” City of Moreno Valley Airfield Installation Compatibility Use Standards are associated with March Air Reserve Base (MARB). The Air Installation Compatibility Use Overlay District (AICUZ) in the zoning code contains standards intended to limit public exposure to aircraft noise and accident hazards and to encourage development that is compatible with the continued operation of MARB.
4.13.4 Conclusion
With regard to the topic of Noise, the following finding can be made:
1. No peculiar impacts to the Project or the site have been identified.
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2. There are no potentially significant off-site and/or cumulative impacts which were not discussed by the 202 RFEIR.
3. No substantial new information has been identified which results in an impact which is more severe than anticipated by the 2024 RFEIR.
4. Mitigation measures from the 2024 RFEIR are applicable to the Project. No new mitigation measures would be required because Project-specific impacts would be less than significant.
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4.14 POPULATION AND HOUSING
Project
Peculiar
Impact that
is not
Substantially
Mitigated by
Uniformly
Applied
Policies
Significant
Impact not
Analyzed as
Significant
in the Prior
EIR
Potentially
Significant
Offsite or
Cumulative
Impact not
Discussed
in the prior
EIR
Adverse
Impact
More
Severe
based on
Substantial
New
Information
No New
Impact
POPULATION AND HOUSING – Would the project:
a. Induce substantial 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)?
b. Displace substantial numbers of existing
housing, necessitating the construction
of replacement housing elsewhere?
4.14.1 Summary of Impacts Identified in the 2024 RFEIR
According to the 2024 RFEIR, implementation of the MoVal 2040 Project could result in the development of 22,052 new homes and an additional 38,915 employees within the MoVal 2040 GPU Planning Area. The MoVal 2040 Project had been designed to primarily focus future development and redevelopment within Concept Areas that consist of vacant or underutilized land along major transit corridors. Future development outside of the Concept Areas would occur in areas that are already served by infrastructure and would not require extensions into unserved portions of the Planning Area. Overall, the MoVal 2040 Project would exceed the State’s Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA) requirements, would reduce future population and household growth compared to 2040 Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) projections, and would locate future infrastructure along major transit corridors that are already served. Future redevelopment within the Concept Areas would exceed the City’s RHNA allocation and would provide additional housing that would accommodate residents that could be displayed by future development projects and ensure no net loss of housing. Therefore, the MoVal 2040 Project would not induce unplanned population growth and the displacement of housing and people associated with the project would not exceed the amount of housing that would be constructed under the MoVal 2040 Project. Therefore, impacts would be less than significant.
Mitigation Measures: No 2024 RFEIR mitigation measures are applicable to the proposed Project.
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4.14.2 Discussion
a. Induce substantial 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)? No New Impact. This topic was evaluated in the 2024 RFEIR and impacts were determined to be less than significant. A significant impact may occur if a project would result in new development such as homes, businesses, or infrastructure, with the effect of substantially inducing growth in the proposed area that would otherwise not have occurred as rapidly or in as great a magnitude.
Public Safety Campus
The PSC Site is currently vacant and undeveloped. PSC construction would temporarily increase the number of persons present at the PSC Site. However, these construction workers would only be present at the PSC Site during construction. The PSC would include various civic uses, including a fire station, police station, emergency operations center, animal shelter, and associated infrastructure improvements. The fire station would include living quarters for fire personnel during assigned shifts and may include sleeping rooms, restrooms, kitchen/dining facilities, and dayroom areas. The living quarters would be accessory to the fire station use and would not function as independent residential dwelling units. In total, the PSC would introduce 331 new jobs to the City by 2040, approximately 0.4 percent of the City’s 2040 projected employment number. While the Project would not introduce permanent residents to the City, if the 331 new jobs introduced 331 persons to the City, it would only be approximately 0.1 percent of the City’s 2040 projected population number. As the PSC would not generate new permanent residential redevelopment, the PSC would not induce substantial population growth in the area. Therefore, the PSC would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Corporate Yard Fueling Station
The CYFS would be located on the northern portion of the City’s existing Corporate Yard. The CYFS would consist of a new aboveground fueling facility that would support the City’s growing municipal fleet demands and ensure reliable emergency fueling capabilities for critical operations. As the CYFS would not generate new permanent residential redevelopment, the CYFS would not induce substantial population growth in the area. Therefore, the CYFS would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Civic Center Tenant Improvements
The Civic Center Tenant Improvements would occur entirely within the existing civic center buildings and would be limited to interior improvements. As the Civic Center Tenant Improvements would not generate new permanent residential redevelopment, the Civic Center Tenant Improvements would not induce substantial population growth in the area. Therefore, the Civic Center Tenant Improvements would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
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Mitigation Measures: No new mitigation measures are required. b. Displace substantial numbers of existing housing, necessitating the construction of replacement housing elsewhere?
No New Impacts. According to the 2024 RFEIR, impacts were determined to be less than significant. A significant impact would occur if a project would displace a substantial quantity of existing residences or a substantial number of people.
Public Safety Campus
The PSC Site is currently vacant and undeveloped; therefore, would not displace a substantial quantity of existing residences or people. Therefore, the PSC would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Corporate Yard Fueling Station
The CYFS would be located on the northern portion of the City’s existing Corporate Yard. As the CYFS would be located within the City’s existing Corporate Yard, it would not displace a substantial quantity of existing residences or people. Therefore, the CYFS would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Civic Center Tenant Improvements
The Civic Center Tenant Improvements would occur entirely within the existing civic center buildings and would be limited to interior improvements. As the Civic Center Tenant Improvements would occur within existing civic center uses, it would not displace a substantial quantity of existing residences or people.
Therefore, the Civic Center Tenant Improvements would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Mitigation Measures: No new mitigation measures are required.
4.14.3 Uniformly Applied Development Policies or Standards General Plan Goals and Policies
The 2024 RFEIR concludes that compliance with the following goals and policies applicable to the Project would avoid significant population and housing impacts:
Policy LCC 1-2 Expand employment opportunities locally and provide sufficient lands for commercial, industrial, residential, and public/quasi-public uses while ensuring that a high quality of life is maintained in Moreno Valley.
Policy LCC 1-8 Promote a land and resource efficient development pattern in order to support efficient delivery of public services and infrastructure, conserve open space lands surrounding the City, reduce vehicle trip lengths and improve air quality.
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Policy LCC 1-12 Balance levels of employment and housing within the community to provide more opportunities for Moreno Valley residents to work locally, cut commute times, and improve air quality.
Other Applicable Development Policies and Standards
There are no additional development policies and standards applicable to the Project.
4.14.4 Conclusion
With regard to the topic of Population and Housing, the following finding can be made:
1. No peculiar impacts to the Project or the site have been identified.
2. There are no potentially significant off-site and/or cumulative impacts which were not discussed by the 2024 RFEIR
3. No substantial new information has been identified which results in an impact which is more severe than anticipated by the 2024 RFEIR.
4. No new mitigation measures would be required because Project-specific impacts would be less than significant.
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4.15 PUBLIC SERVICES
Project
Peculiar
Impact that
is not
Substantially
Mitigated by
Uniformly
Applied
Policies
Significant
Impact not
Analyzed as
Significant
in the Prior
EIR
Potentially
Significant
Offsite or
Cumulative
Impact not
Discussed in
the prior EIR
Adverse
Impact
More
Severe
based on
Substantial
New
Information
No New
Impact
PUBLIC SERVICES – Would the project:
Would the project result in substantial adverse physical impacts associated with the provision of new or physically altered governmental facilities, 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:
a. Fire protection?
b. Police protection?
c. Schools?
d. Parks?
e. Other public facilities?
4.15.1 Summary of Impacts Identified in the 2024 RFEIR
The 2024 RFEIR concluded that there is potential for service needs to increase relative to fire protection, police protection, and school services with buildout of the MoVal 2040 Project and increase in 43,882 new residents within the Planning Area. With payment of development impact fees, service ratios would be increased as necessary to provide adequate levels of public services. As such, the 2024 RFEIR concluded that impacts on public services would be less than significant, and no mitigation is required.
Mitigation Measures: No 2024 RFEIR mitigation measures are applicable to the proposed Project.
4.15.2 Discussion
a. Would the project result in substantial adverse physical impacts associated with the provision of new or physically altered governmental facilities, 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:
i) Fire Protection?
No New Impact. As discussed in the 2024 RFEIR, buildout of the MoVal 2040 Project would necessitate construction of additional fire stations. However, future fire facilities would be subject to the MoVal 2040 GPU goals and policies, which would reduce impacts associated with the provision of new or physically altered fire protection facilities to a level of less than significant. A significant impact would occur if the local fire department could not adequately serve the Project, necessitating a new or physically altered
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station. Fire and emergency medical services are provided by the MVFD, which operates seven (7) fire stations in the City.
Public Safety Campus
The PSC would establish a centralized public safety hub, consisting of a new joint-use fire and police station, EOC, and a regional animal shelter. The proposed fire station would be two-story, 50,000 sf fire station, designed to serve as a regional facility for the RCFD. The fire station would accommodate approximately 58 employees by 2040. Therefore, as the PSC would involve the construction and operation of a new fire station that would provide improved fire protection services to the City, the PSC would not adversely impact fire protection services. Impacts would be less than significant. The PSC would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Corporate Yard Fueling Station
The CYFS would consist of a new aboveground fueling facility. The CYFS would not increase the demand for fire protection services as the CYFS would not induce significant or unplanned population growth.
Further, the CYFS would be conditioned to comply with California Fire Code and MVFD for emergency access, fire protection standards, and other design/building standards, and would not adversely impact fire protection services. Impacts would be less than significant. The CYFS would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Civic Center Tenant Improvements
The Civic Center Tenant Improvements would occur entirely within the existing civic center buildings and would be limited to interior improvements. The Civic Center Tenant Improvements would not induce significant or unplanned population growth. Further, the existing civic center would be required to comply with provisions stated in the California Fire Code and comply with MVFD guidelines and would not adversely impact fire protection services. Impacts would be less than significant. Therefore, the Civic Center Tenant Improvements would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Mitigation Measures: No new mitigation measures are required. ii) Police Protection?
No New Impact. As discussed in the 2024 RFEIR, buildout of the MoVal 2040 Project, construction of future police protection facilities could result in environmental impacts. However, future police protection facilities would be subject to GPU goals and policies, which would reduce impacts with the provision of new or physically altered police facilities to less than significant. As discussed in the Parks and Public Services Element of the GPU, the Moreno Valley Police Department (MVPD) provides law enforcement services that enhance, protect, and protect the quality of life for local residents, businesses, and visitors.
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The City maintains an annual contract with the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department (RCSD) for police protection and crime preventions services.
Public Safety Campus
The PSC would establish a centralized public safety hub, consisting of a new joint-use fire and police station, EOC, and a regional animal shelter. The Project would include a two-story, 90,0000 sf police station that would serve as a secure law enforcement facility with operational capacity comparable to that of the City's existing police station. The police station would accommodate approximately 210 employees by 2040. The new police station would enhance response capabilities and improve operational efficiency in the City. Therefore, the PSC would improve police protection services and would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Corporate Yard Fueling Station
The CYFS would be located within the City’s existing Corporate Yard and would support municipal fleet fueling operations. The closest police station to the CYFS would be located at 22850 Calle San Juan De Los Lagos, approximately 2.6-miles northwest of CYFS Site, which provides law enforcement services, including patrol, traffic enforcement, crime prevention, and special enforcement to the site. Furthermore, the CYFS would be consistent with MoVal 2040 GPU Policy PPS 3-8 and would implement Crime Prevention through Environmental Design principles to encourage the provision of adequate lighting, enhancing public safety and reducing calls to police services. As the CYFS would support municipal fleet operations and would generate substantial population growth, it would not generate a demand for additional police personnel, facilities, or equipment. Therefore, the CYFS would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Civic Center Tenant Improvements
The Civic Center Tenant Improvements would occur entirely within the existing civic center buildings and would be limited to interior improvements. Therefore, the Civic Center Tenant Improvements would not generate a demand for additional police personnel, facilities, or equipment. Therefore, the Civic Center Tenant Improvements would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Mitigation Measures: No new mitigation measures are required. iii) Schools?
No New Impact. As discussed in the 2024 RFEIR, impacts associated with the provision of new or physically altered schools would be less than significant. A significant impact would occur if a project would result in substantial employment or population growth, which could generate a demand for school facilities that would exceed the capacity of the school district.
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As previously discussed, the Project would not induce substantial population growth and would not include permanent residential uses; therefore, the Project would not adversely effect schools. The Project would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Mitigation Measures: No new mitigation measures are required. iv) Parks and Recreational Facilities?
No New Impact. According to the 2024 RFEIR, impacts to parks and recreational facilitates would be less than significant with the implementation of MoVal 2040 GPU goals and policies. A significant impact would occur if a project exceeded the capacity or capability of the local park system to serve the Project. As previously discussed, the Project would not contribute to a population increase within the City, and the Project would not require the construction or expansion of recreational facilities. Implementation of the Project would not impact parks and recreational facilities within the vicinity of the Project, as construction and operation would occur entirely within the Project Site.
Furthermore, future development within the City would be subject to the payment of a Development Impact Fee (DIF), that would be used exclusively for future facility improvements necessary to ensure contribution to its fair share of the cost of facilities, including parks. For these reasons, the Project would not result in an impact to the local park system or recreational facilities. The Project would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Mitigation Measures: No new mitigation measures are required. v) Other Public Facilities?
No New Impact. According to the 2024 RFEIR, impacts to other future libraries would be less than significant with implementation of MoVal 2040 GPU goals and policies. A significant impact would occur if the Project would result in substantial employment or population growth that could generate a demand for other public facilities, including libraries, which exceed the capacity available to serve the Project Site, necessitating new or physically altered public facilities.
As previously discussed, development of the Project would not result in any population increase within the City and would not substantially increase the demand for public services, including public health services and library services, which would require the construction of new or expanded public facilities.
Therefore, impacts related to other public services would be less than significant. The Project would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Mitigation Measures: No new mitigation measures are required.
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4.15.3 Uniformly Applied Development Policies or Standards General Plan Goals and Policies
The 2024 RFEIR concludes that compliance with the following goals, policies, and actions applicable to the Project would avoid significant public services impacts:
Policy PPS 1-2 Require that proponents of new development projects contribute to the acquisition and development of adequate parks and recreational facilities within the community, either through the dedication of park land and construction of facilities, or the payment of in-lieu fees.
Action PPS 1-P Require all new development and major retrofits to incorporate shade trees in parking areas, streets, and pedestrian routes, using minimum shade coverage standards.
Policy PSS 2-3 Whenever feasible, co-locate City facilities with other public facilities (schools, post offices, hospitals/clinics) so that multiple services may be delivered from a single location
Goal PPS-3 Provide for responsive police and fire services that ensure a safe and secure environment for people and property.
Policy PPS 3-1 Provide responsive, efficient, and effective police services that promote a high level of public safety.
Policy PSS 3-2 Provide fire prevention and emergency response services that minimize fire risks and protect life and property, including fire prevention, fire related law enforcement, and public education, and information programs.
Policy PSS 3-3 Locate and maintain police and fire equipment, facilities, and staffing at locations and levels that allow for effective service delivery.
Policy PSS 3-4 Maintain mutual aid agreements and communications links with the County of Riverside and other surrounding jurisdictions that allow for supplemental aid from other police and fire personnel in the event of emergencies.
Policy PSS 3-5 Monitor the pace and location of development in Moreno Valley and coordinate the timing of fire station construction or expansion to the rise of service demand in surrounding areas.
Policy PSS 3-6 Continue to require that new development make a fair share funding contribution to ensure the provision of adequate police and fire services.
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Policy PSS 3-7 Continue to engage the Police and Fire Departments in the development review process to ensure that projects are designed in a manner that minimizes the potential for criminal activity and fire hazards and maximizes the potential for responsive police and fire services.
Policy PPS 3-8 Apply Crime Prevention through Environmental Design principles in the design of new development and encourage the provision of adequate public lighting; windows overlooking streets or parking lots; and paths to increase pedestrian activity within private development projects and public facilities in order to enhance public safety and reduce calls for service.
Policy S 2-6 Continue to engage the Police and Fire Departments in the development review process to ensure that projects are designed and operated in a manner that minimizes the potential for criminal activity and fire hazards and maximizes the potential for responsive police and fire services.
Other Applicable Development Policies and Standards
Compliance with the additional development policies and standards identified below applicable to the Project would also reduce potential public services impacts:
Quimby Act was established by the California legislature in 1965 to provide parks for the growing communities in California. The Act authorizes cities to adopt ordinances addressing parkland and/or fees for residential subdivisions for the purpose of providing and preserving open space and recreational facilities and improvements. The Act requires the provision of 3 acres of park area per 1,000 persons residing within a subdivision, unless the amount of existing neighborhood and community park area exceeds that limit, in which case the City may adopt a higher standard not to exceed 5 acres per 1,000 residents. The Quimby Act also specifies acceptable uses and expenditures of such funds.
California Code of Regulations Title 24, Part 9, California Fire Code, also referred to as the California Building Standards Code, incorporates the Uniform Fire Code with necessary California amendments. This Code prescribes regulations consistent with nationally recognized good practice for the safeguarding to a reasonable degree of life and property from the hazards of fire explosion, and dangerous conditions arising from the storage, handling and use of hazardous materials and devices, and from conditions hazardous to life or property in the use or occupancy of buildings or premises and provisions to assist emergency response personnel.
California Senate Bill 50, Leroy Green School Facilities Program (1998), defined the Needs Analysis process in Government Code Sections 65995.5–65998. Under the provisions of SB 50, school districts may collect fees to offset the costs associated with increasing school capacity as a result of development. The fees (referred to as Level One fees) are based upon the proposed square footage of residential, commercial/industrial, and/or parking structure uses.
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The Emergency Operations Plan (2009) established a comprehensive, all-hazards approach to natural, man-made and technological disasters. The plan provides an overview of operational concepts; identifies the components of the City’s Emergency Management Organization; and describes overall responsibilities of federal, state, and local agencies. Overall, the plan establishes a system for coordinating the prevention, preparedness, response, recovery and mitigation phases of emergency management in the City.
4.15.4 Conclusion
With regard to the topic of Public Services, the following finding can be made:
1. No peculiar impacts to the Project or the site have been identified.
2. There are no potentially significant off-site and/or cumulative impacts which were not discussed by the 2024 RFEIR.
3. No substantial new information has been identified which results in an impact which is more severe than anticipated by the 2024 RFEIR.
4. No new mitigation measures would be required because project-specific impacts would be less than significant.
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4.16 TRANSPORTATION AND TRAFFIC
Project
Peculiar
Impact that
is not
Substantially
Mitigated by
Uniformly
Applied
Policies
Significant
Impact not
Analyzed as
Significant
in the Prior
EIR
Potentially
Significant
Offsite or
Cumulative
Impact not
Discussed
in the prior
EIR
Adverse
Impact
More
Severe
based on
Substantial
New
Information
No New
Impact
TRANSPORTATION/TRAFFIC – Would the project:
a. Conflict with a program, plan, ordinance
or policy addressing the circulation
system, including transit, roadway,
bicycle, and pedestrian facilities?
b. Would the project conflict or be
inconsistent with CEQA Guidelines
section 15064.3, subdivision (b)?
c. Substantially increase hazards due to a
geometric design feature (e.g., sharp
curves or dangerous intersections) or
incompatible uses (e.g., farm
equipment)?
d. Result in inadequate emergency access?
The following section summarizes and incorporates by reference information from the Vehicle Miles Traveled Analysis Memorandum (VMT Memorandum) prepared by Kimley Horn dated September 2026.
The VMT Memorandum is included as Appendix H.
4.16.1 Summary of Impacts Identified in the 2024 RFEIR
The 2024 RFEIR determined that the Project would not conflict with a plan, ordinance, or policy addressing transit circulation, and impacts would be less than significant. Regarding VMT, the 2024 RFEIR determined that impacts would be significant and unavoidable, as implementation of the MoVal 2040 GPU would exceed thresholds of significance related to VMT, resulting in an increase in total VMT and VMT per Service Population. As a result of some metrics that exceeded the significance criteria based on certain analysis methodologies, impacts would be significant. The MoVal 2040 GPU includes transportation demand management (TDM) goals, policies, and actions that would support VMT reductions; however, anticipated VMT reductions associated with proposed TDM measures would not be large enough to guarantee that significant impacts could be fully mitigated. Therefore, projected VMT generated under buildout of the MoVal 2040 GPU would be inconsistent with CEQA Guidelines Section 15064.3, subdivision (b), and impacts would be significant and unavoidable.
The MoVal 2040 Project includes policies and actions that would ensure future transportation facilities would not introduce hazards onto the circulation network, and future development and redevelopment
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would also be designed consistent with all safety requirements pertaining to ingress and egress onto the circulation network. Therefore, the Project would not substantially increase hazards, and impacts would be less than significant. Regarding emergency access, the 2024 RFEIR determined that adherence to applicable LHMP standards and the City’s Safety Element policies, as well as increased traffic capacity in the proposed roadway network, would ensure that the MoVal 2040 Project would not result in inadequate emergency access, and impacts would be less than significant.
Mitigation Measures: No 2024 RFEIR mitigation measures are applicable to the proposed Project.
4.16.2 Discussion
a. Conflict with a program, plan, ordinance or policy addressing the circulation system, including transit, roadway, bicycle, and pedestrian facilities?
No New Impact. The 2024 RFEIR concluded that the MoVal 2040 Project would implement roadway and circulation improvements, new bicycle and pedestrian facilities, as well as the polices and actions listed under GPU Goals C-1 through C-3 in order to improve the circulation network through MoVal 2040 GPU buildout in 2040. Therefore, it concluded that buildout of the MoVal 2040 Project would not conflict with a plan, ordinance, or policy addressing the circulation system, and impacts would be less than significant.
For this analysis, a significant impact may occur if the project conflicts with an applicable plan, ordinance or policy establishing measures of effectiveness for the performance of the circulation system.
Regional access to the Project Site is provided by SR 60 and I-215, with primary local access provided to the PSC Site from Brodiaea Avenue, Redlands Boulevard, and Cactus Avenue, and the CYFS Site from two driveways off Santiago Drive. The PSC Site and CYFS Site would be improved with internal circulation improvements and would connect to the existing circulation network consistent with City roadway design and access standards. Off-site roadway improvements would include full-width improvements along Brodiaea Avenue from Wilmot Street to Redlands Boulevard and along Wilmot Street from Brodiaea Avenue to Cactus Avenue. Half-street improvements would be constructed along Redlands Boulevard from Campbell Avenue to Cactus Avenue and along Cactus Avenue from Redlands Boulevard to Goldenrod Street. Street improvements include new curbs, gutters, sidewalks, landscape, lighting, signage, pavement, and associated drainage facilities to accommodate new, improved roads. To improve traffic operations and enhance emergency response access, three new traffic signals would be installed at the intersections of Brodiaea Avenue and Redlands Boulevard, Redlands Boulevard and Cactus Avenue, and Cactus Avenue and Wilmot Street.
As discussed in the VMT Memorandum (Appendix H), the anticipated trip generation for the Project was estimated using standard rates published by the ITE) in Trip Generation Manual, 12th Edition, 2025. The PSC and the CYFS components of the Project are anticipated to generate new vehicle trips during operation. Table 14: Project Trip Generation Summary shows the estimated trip generation for daily trips as well as AM peak-hour and PM peak-hour by proposed use.
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Table 14: Project Trip Generation Summary
Land Use / Project Component Quantity Unit Daily
Trips
AM Peak-hour PM Peak-hour
In Out Total In Out Total
Fire and Rescue Station (PSC – Fire)1 50 KSF 240 - - - 7 17 24 Government Office Building (PSC –
Police) 90 KSF 2,033 225 75 300 39 115 154
Government Office Building (PSC –
EOC) 30 KSF 678 75 25 100 13 38 51
Animal Hospital/Veterinary Clinic (PSC
– Animal Shelter) 65 KSF 1,398 159 78 237 92 138 230
Gasoline/Service Station (Corporate
Yard Fueling Station) 4 Fueling Position 688 21 21 42 28 28 56 Total Project Trips -- -- 5,037 480 199 679 179 336 515 Notes:
KSF = thousand square feet
1. The daily trip rate for the Fire Station at the PSC was assumed to be ten times the PM peak hours based on industry standard practices.
The proposed Project would be required to comply with all applicable City roadway design standards, access requirements, and transportation policies, including those addressing roadway safety and access management. The proposed Project would also maintain consistency with adopted circulation plans and would not degrade roadway operations or interfere with planned improvements identified in the MoVal 2040 Project General buildout traffic model. Because the proposed Project would utilize and connect to the existing circulation network in accordance with City standards, would not result in unacceptable roadway operations or safety hazards, and would comply with applicable plans, policies, and regulations governing transportation and circulation, the proposed Project would not conflict with a program, plan, ordinance, or policy addressing the circulation system, including transit, roadway, bicycle, and pedestrian facilities. Impacts would be less than significant. The Project would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Mitigation Measures: No new mitigation measures are required. b. Would the project conflict or be inconsistent with CEQA Guidelines section 15064.3, subdivisions (b)? No New Impact. Adopted in July 2020, CEQA Guidelines Section 15064.3, subdivision (b), focuses on VMT as the primary metric for evaluating transportation impacts pursuant to SB 743, replacing level of service as the basis for CEQA significance determinations. Pursuant to SB 743, the focus of transportation analysis changed from vehicle delay to VMT.
The 2024 RFEIR concluded that some methods of analyzing VMT showed an increase in VMT based on several metrics. As a result of some metrics that exceeded the significance criteria based on certain analysis methodologies, impacts would be significant. The MoVal 2040 GPU includes TDM goals, policies, and actions that would support VMT reductions; however, anticipated VMT reductions associated with proposed TDM measures would not be large enough to guarantee that significant impacts could be fully
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mitigated. Therefore, projected VMT generated under buildout of the MoVal 2040 GPU would be inconsistent with CEQA Guidelines Section 15064.3, subdivision (b). This would be considered a significant and unavoidable impact.
As discussed in the VMT Memorandum (Appendix H), the anticipated trip generation for the Project was estimated using standard rates published by the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) in Trip Generation Manual, 12th Edition, 2025. The PSC and the Corporate Yard Fueling Station components of the Project are anticipated to generate new vehicle trips during operation. Table 1: Project Trip Generation Summary shows the estimated trip generation for daily trips as well as AM peak-hour and PM peak-hour by proposed use.
As previously discussed, the 2024 RFEIR established that expansion of public services was anticipated to meet the population growth that would occur as a result of the MoVal 2040 Project. Specifically, it anticipated additional or expanded fire stations as well as the development of the public safety campus, which would be funded by development impact fees as the MoVal 2040 Project is built out. The Project consists of public service and municipal support facilities that implement these planned public infrastructure improvements. The PSC would establish a centralized public safety hub consisting of police, fire, emergency operations, and animal shelter functions. The CYFS would support municipal fleet operations, while the tenant improvements would modernize and expand existing public facilities. These uses are governmental and public service functions that support growth anticipated under the 2040 GPU and contemplated by the MoVal 2040 Project rather than introducing new population- or employmentgenerating land uses beyond those evaluated in the 2024 RFEIR.
The 2024 RFEIR evaluated VMT impacts associated with full buildout of the MoVal 2040 GPU, including population growth, employment growth, and the public infrastructure necessary to serve that growth.
The Project represents implementation of public facilities specifically contemplated by the General Plan and does not alter the land use assumptions, population forecasts, employment forecasts, or development intensity evaluated in the VMT Assessment. The Project would not induce additional growth beyond that already assumed under the MoVal 2040 GPU. Rather, the Project would provide public safety and municipal services necessary to accommodate growth already analyzed in the 2024 RFEIR.
Accordingly, operation of the Project would occur within the growth forecasts, service population assumptions, and transportation modeling framework used in the program-level VMT analysis.
Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15183, because the proposed Project is consistent with the development assumptions of the General Plan and would comply with applicable uniformly applied development policies or standards, impacts would be less than significant. The Project would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR and no new impacts would occur.
Mitigation Measures: No new mitigation measures are required. c. Substantially increase hazards due to a geometric design feature (e.g., sharp curves or dangerous intersections) or incompatible uses (e.g., farm equipment)?
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No New Impact. The 2024 RFEIR concluded that the MoVal 2040 GPU includes policies and actions described above that would ensure future transportation facilities would not introduce hazards onto the circulation network, and future development and redevelopment would also be designed consistent with all safety requirements pertaining ingress and egress onto the circulation network. Therefore, buildout of the MoVal 2040 Project would not substantially increase hazards, and impacts would be less than significant. Therefore, a significant impact could occur if the Project adds a new roadway design, land use, or transportation feature into an area with established transportation characteristics in a manner that is incompatible with existing conditions, or if Project Site access or design features were configured in a way that would create hazardous conditions.
The proposed Project would not include unusual or hazardous roadway design features and would be compatible with surrounding land uses. The Project would be required to comply with all applicable City roadway design, access, and safety standards, including requirements related to driveway design, sight distance, turning radii, and internal circulation. No sharp curves, hazardous intersections, or incompatible roadway uses would be introduced as part of the proposed Project, and the proposed Project would not substantially alter the geometric design of existing roadways.
Additionally, to improve traffic operations and enhance emergency response access, three new traffic signals would be installed at the intersections of Brodiaea Avenue and Redlands Boulevard, Redlands Boulevard and Cactus Avenue, and Cactus Avenue and Wilmot Street. Implementation off these off-site improvements would ensure traffic operations would remain acceptable under City standards. Therefore, the Project would not substantially increase hazards due to a geometric design feature or incompatible uses. Impacts would be less than significant. The Project would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the General Plan EIR and no new impacts would occur.
Mitigation Measures: No new mitigation measures are required. d. Result in inadequate emergency access?
No New Impact. The 2024 RFEIR concluded that adherence to applicable Local Hazard Mitigation Plan standards and MoVal 2040 GPU Safety Element policies, as well as increased traffic capacity in the proposed roadway network, would ensure that the Project would not result in inadequate emergency access, and impacts would be less than significant. A significant impact could occur if the Project was designed in a manner that failed to provide emergency access meeting local fire department requirements or otherwise impaired the ability of emergency vehicles to access and serve the Project Site or adjacent uses.
Development within the City is subject to the California Fire Code, as adopted and amended by the City, including Section 503 (Fire Apparatus Access Roads) and applicable provisions of Appendix D (Fire Apparatus Access Roads), as well as Moreno Valley Fire Department development standards and plan review requirements. These regulations establish requirements for emergency vehicle access, roadway geometry, fire lane design, emergency ingress and egress, and fire protection infrastructure to ensure
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adequate emergency response capabilities As previously discussed in Section 4.9, Hazards and Hazardous Materials, threshold (f), construction activities associated with the PSC may require temporary closures or restrictions on adjacent streets during certain periods; however, emergency access would be maintained during both construction and operation in accordance with Section 503 of the California Fire Code.
The proposed Project would also be required to comply with applicable City and fire code requirements related to emergency vehicle access, including driveway width, turning radii, and internal circulation standards. Compliance with these requirements would ensure adequate emergency access is provided at all times. Specifically, the PSC and CYFS would comply with applicable GPU policies related to emergency access and evacuation, including GPU Policy S.2-1 to guide emergency preparedness and response, GPU Policy S.2-5, to partner with agencies and neighboring jurisdictions to protect critical emergency routes.
The PSC would construct new internal access lanes and improve existing off-site access roads to current City and County standards to provide safe vehicle and emergency access. The proposed access configuration proposed for the PSC would provide direct and reliable ingress and egress to the Project Site and would be constructed in accordance with applicable City design standards and fire and emergency access requirements. These improvements would be designed and constructed in accordance with applicable MVFD regulations, City, and County requirements governing fire apparatus access, roadway grades, clearances, and surface standards. Compliance with these standards would ensure that roadway improvements function as emergency access routes. Additionally, the CYFS would be conditioned to comply with California Fire Code and MVFD for emergency access, fire protection standards, and other design/building standards, and would not adversely impact fire protection services.
As concluded above, traffic generated by the proposed Project would not result in adverse operational impacts to the surrounding roadway network. Because roadway operations would remain acceptable and no roadway closures or design features that would impede emergency travel are proposed, emergency access to and from the Project Site and surrounding area would be maintained. Accordingly, the proposed Project would not result in inadequate emergency access, and impacts would be less than significant. The Project would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR and no new impacts would occur.
Mitigation Measures: No new mitigation measures are required.
4.16.3 Uniformly Applied Development Policies or Standards General Plan Goals and Policies
The 2024 RFEIR concludes that compliance with the following goals and policies applicable to the Project would reduce but not completely mitigate significant transportation and traffic impacts:
Policy C.2-1 Design, plan, maintain, and operate streets using complete streets principles for all types of transportation projects including design, planning, construction, maintenance, and operations of new and existing streets and facilities. Encourage
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street connectivity that aims to create a comprehensive, integrated, connected network for all modes.
Policy C.2-2 Implement a layered network approach by prioritizing conflicting modes, such as trucks and bicyclists, on alternative parallel routes to provide safe facilities for each mode.
Policy C.2-5 Prohibit points of access from conflicting with other existing or planned access points. Require points of access to roadways to be separated sufficiently to maintain capacity, efficiency, and safety of the traffic flow.
Policy C-2.6 Wherever possible, minimize the frequency of access points along streets by the consolidation of access points between adjacent properties on all circulation element streets, excluding collectors.
Policy C.2-7 Plan access and circulation of each development project to accommodate vehicles (including emergency vehicles and trash trucks), pedestrians, and bicycles.
Policy C.2-8 For developments fronting both sides of a street, require that streets be constructed to full width. Where new developments front only one side of a street, require that streets be constructed to half width plus an additional 12-foot lane for opposing traffic, whenever possible. Additional width may be needed for medians or left and/or right turn lanes.
Policy C.3-1 Strive to maintain Level of Service (LOS) “C” on roadway links, wherever possible, and LOS “D” in the vicinity of SR 60 and high employment centers. Strive to maintain LOS “D” at intersections during peak hours.
Policy C.3-2 Allow for a list of locations to be exempt from the LOS policy based on right-ofway constraints and goals and values of the community. The City Engineer shall update the exempted intersections and roadway segments list periodically to be included with the traffic impact study guidelines and adopted by ordinance.
Policy C.3-3 Where new developments would increase traffic flows beyond the LOS C (or LOS D, where applicable), require appropriate and feasible improvement measures as a condition of approval. Such measures may include extra right-of-way and improvements to accommodate additional left-turn and right-turn lanes at intersections, or other improvements.
Policy C.3-4 Require development projects to complete traffic impact studies that conduct vehicle miles traveled analysis and level of service assessment as appropriate per traffic impact study guidelines.
Policy C.3-6 Require new developments to participate in Transportation Uniform Mitigation Fee Program (TUMF), the Development Impact Fee Program (DIF) and any other applicable transportation fee programs and benefit assessment districts.
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Policy C.3-8 Ensure that new development pays a fair share of costs to provide local and regional transportation improvements and to mitigate cumulative traffic deficiencies and impacts.
Policy C.3-11 Implement National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Best Management Practices relating to construction of roadways to control runoff contamination from affecting water resources.
Policy C.4-4 All new developments shall provide sidewalks in conformance with the City’s streets cross-section standards, and applicable policies for designated urban and rural areas.
Policy C.5-1 Work to reduce VMT through land use planning, enhanced transit access, localized attractions, and access to non-automotive modes.
Other Applicable Development Policies and Standards
Compliance with the additional development policies and standards identified below applicable to the Project would also reduce potential transportation and traffic impacts:
California Fire Code, Section 503 (Fire Apparatus Access Roads) governs the design, construction, and maintenance of fire department access roads to ensure emergency vehicles can reach buildings quickly and safely. Fire department access roads serving structures are limited to a maximum grade of 12 percent to facilitate evacuation and emergency response.
Moreno Valley Municipal Code, Title 8, establishes requirements for public infrastructure improvements associated with development, including streets, rights-of-way, sidewalks, drainage facilities, and related public works improvements. Projects are required to comply with applicable construction, dedication, and improvement standards during project implementation
Moreno Valley Municipal Code, Title 9, establishes development standards governing land use, site design, parking, circulation, access, and other zoning requirements applicable to new development and redevelopment projects within the City.
MoVal 2040 GPU Circulation Element establishes citywide policies for roadway planning, multimodal transportation, goods movement, transit, bicycle and pedestrian facilities, parking, and emergency access.
It guides how transportation infrastructure is planned and improved to support existing and future development while maintaining a safe and efficient transportation network.
Moreno Valley City Standard Engineering Plans provide uniform design and construction standards for public and private improvements, including roadway geometry, intersections, sidewalks, curb ramps, utilities, and other infrastructure improvements associated with development projects.
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Moreno Valley Transportation Impact Analysis (TIA) Preparation Guidelines establish the City's requirements for evaluating transportation impacts associated with proposed development, including VMT, site access, circulation, safety, transit, and active transportation considerations.
Moreno Vallery Transportation Engineering Division Design Standards establish standards for traffic signals, signing, striping, and traffic control devices. These standards ensure that transportation improvements are designed consistently with City, Caltrans, and California Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (CA MUTCD) requirements.
Transportation Uniform Mitigation Fee (TUMF) and Development Impact Fee (DIF) Programs establish a fair-share funding mechanism through which new development contributes to transportation infrastructure improvements needed to accommodate future growth and maintain the City's circulation system.
Moreno Valley Fire Department Standards establish requirements for emergency vehicle access, fire lanes, fire protection infrastructure, roadway design features affecting emergency response, and other fire and life safety measures applicable to development projects throughout the City. These standards are implemented through the California Fire Code, local amendments, and Fire Department review procedures to ensure adequate emergency access and public safety.
4.16.4 Conclusion
With regard to the topic of Transportation and Traffic, the following finding can be made:
1. No peculiar impacts to the Project or the site have been identified.
2. There are no potentially significant off-site and/or cumulative impacts which were not discussed by the 2024 RFEIR.
3. No substantial new information has been identified which results in an impact which is more severe than anticipated by the 2024 RFEIR.
4. No new mitigation measures would be required because Project-specific impacts would be less than significant.
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4.17 TRIBAL CULTURAL RESOURCES
Project
Peculiar
Impact that
is not
Substantially
Mitigated by
Uniformly
Applied
Policies
Significant
Impact not
Analyzed as
Significant
in the Prior
EIR
Potentially
Significant
Offsite or
Cumulative
Impact not
Discussed
in the prior
EIR
Adverse
Impact
More
Severe
based on
Substantial
New
Information
No New
Impact
Tribal Cultural Resources – Would the project:
a. 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:
i. 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), or
ii. 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.
The following section summarizes and incorporates by reference information from the Cultural Resources Assessment (Appendix C) that was prepared for the PSC Site.
4.17.1 Summary of Impacts Identified in the 2024 RFEIR
The 2024 RFEIR addresses potential impacts to Tribal cultural resources in Section 4.5 of the 2024 RFEIR and includes the results of a search of the NAHC Sacred Lands File (SLF) conducted to determine the presence of Native American cultural resources within the Planning Area. The 2024 RFEIR concluded that there is a potential to encounter buried resources associated with the material culture of traditional cultural territory used by the Luiseño, Gabrielino, and Cahuilla for thousands of years. Additionally, as part of the 2024 RFEIR, the City sent letters to Tribes informing them of the MoVal 2040 Project consistent with the requirements of AB 52 and included requested mitigation measures. The 2024 RFEIR concluded that subsequent projects implemented in accordance with the MoVal 2040 Project would be subject to the
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provisions of AB 52 and/or SB 18 and may require Tribal consultation with California Native American tribes that are traditionally and culturally affiliated with the geographic scope of the Planning Area.
Future AB 52 and/or SB 18 consultation may identify Tribal cultural resources not yet found and formally recorded that could be impacted by subsequent projects. Grading original in situ soils could also expose buried Tribal cultural resources and features including sacred sites. Therefore, implementation of future projects could cause a substantial adverse change in the significance of a Tribal cultural resource, which would be considered a significant impact.
Mitigation Measures: No 2024 RFEIR mitigation measures are applicable to the proposed Project.
4.17.2 Discussion
a. 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:
i) 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), or Public Safety Campus
No New Impact. As previously discussed in Section 4.5, Cultural Resources, a records search conducted for the PSC Site identified a total of 42 previously recorded cultural resources within a 1-mile radius of the PSC Site (Appendix C). Of the 42 cultural resources, one historic building was located within 0.25-miles of the PSC Site, and none were located on the PSC Site. If potential historic or cultural resources are discovered, the PSC would comply with applicable State laws and local policies regarding the inadvertent discovery of cultural resources and would be required to implement GPU MM CUL-8. Compliance with these regulatory requirements would ensure that any historic resources are appropriately identified and evaluated and impacts would be less than significant. Therefore, the PSC would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Corporate Yard Fueling Station
The CYFS would occur on previously disturbed land. For this reason, the CYFS would not result in a substantial adverse change to a historical resource. If potential historic or cultural resources are discovered, the CYFS would comply with applicable State laws and local policies regarding the inadvertent discovery of cultural resources and would be required to implement GPU MM CUL-8. Compliance with these regulatory requirements would ensure that any historic resources are appropriately identified and evaluated and impacts would be less than significant. Therefore, the CYFS would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
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Civic Center Tenant Improvements
The Civic Center Tenant Improvements would occur entirely within the existing civic center buildings and would be limited to interior improvements. Furthermore, the Civic Center Tenant Improvements would not involve ground-disturbing activities and would not impact historic resources. Therefore, the Civic Center Tenant Improvements would not result in significant impacts or in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Mitigation Measures: No new mitigation measures are required. ii) 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 subsection (c) of Public Resource Code Section 5024.1, the Lead Agency shall consider the significance of the resource to a California Native American tribe.
No New Impact. CEQA mandates that projects that are consistent with the development density established by existing zoning, community plan, or general plan policies for which an EIR was certified shall not require additional environmental review, except as might be necessary to examine whether there are project specific significant effects which are particular to the project or its site. Assembly Bill 52 consultation requirements do not apply to a Notice of Exemption or Addendum; therefore, formal AB 52 consultation is not required for the Project. Nevertheless, the Project would comply with Section 21082 of the Public Resources Code and Section 15064.5 of the California Code of Regulations, which specifies that the lead agency should make provisions for historical or unique archaeological resources accidentally discovered during construction.
Further, consistent with GPU Policies OSRC 2-8, the Project would incorporate measures GPU MM CUL-1 through GPU MM CUL-11, described previously in Section 4.5, Cultural Resources, to ensure that potential impacts to Tribal cultural resources would be reduced to a less than significant level. Compliance with these measures and existing regulatory requirements would ensure that any previously unidentified Tribal cultural resources encountered during construction are appropriately identified, evaluated, and treated in coordination with interested Tribes.
As no known Tribal cultural resources have been identified on the Project Site, and because the Project would comply with applicable recommendations and regulatory requirements that address inadvertent discoveries and Tribal coordination, the Project would not cause a substantial adverse change in the significance of a Tribal cultural resource evaluated under Public Resources Code Section 5024.1(c), and impacts would be less than significant. The Project would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Mitigation Measures: No new mitigation measures are required.
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4.17.3 Uniformly Applied Development Policies or Standards General Plan Goals and Policies
The 2024 RFEIR concludes that compliance with the following policies applicable to the Project would avoid significant Tribal cultural resources impacts:
Policy OSRC 2-8 Require cultural resource assessments prior to the approval of development proposals on properties located in archeologically sensitive areas.
Policy OSRC 2-A Maintain a map of sensitive archaeological sites in Moreno Valley and use it to inform project applicants of the need for cultural resources assessments.
Other Applicable Development Policies and Standards
Compliance with the additional development policies and standards identified below applicable to the Project would also reduce potential Tribal cultural resources impacts:
Moreno Valley Municipal Code, Title 7, Cultural Preservation, promotes public health, safety, and general welfare by providing for the preservation, identification, protection, enhancement and perpetuation of existing improvements, buildings, structures, signs, objects, features, sites, places, areas, districts, neighborhoods, streets and natural features having special cultural, historical, archaeological, architectural or community value in the City. Per Chapters 7.05 and 7.07, landmarks, structures of merit, and preservation districts and neighborhood conservation areas can be designated by a committee or by the City council on appeal. Title 7, Chapter 7.09.010 requires a permit to restore, rehabilitate, alter, develop, construct, demolish, remove or change the appearance of any landmark, landmark structure, landmark site, or any structure or site within a preservation district.
Public Resources Code Sections 5097.9 - 5097.991 protects Native American historical and cultural resources and sacred sites by requiring that descendants be notified when Native American human remains are discovered and provide for treatment and disposition of human remains and associated grave goods.
California Health and Safety Code Section 7050.5 requires that if human remains are discovered within a project site, disturbance of the site must stop until the coroner has investigated and made recommendations for the treatment and disposition of the human remains to the person responsible for the excavation, or to his or her authorized representative. If the coroner has reason to believe the human remains are those of a Native American, he or she shall contact, by telephone within 24 hours, the Native American Heritage Commission.
4.17.4 Conclusion
With regard to the topic of Tribal Cultural Resources, the following finding can be made:
1. No peculiar impacts to the Project or the site have been identified.
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2. There are no potentially significant off-site and/or cumulative impacts which were not discussed by the 2024 RFEIR.
3. No substantial new information has been identified which results in an impact which is more severe than anticipated by the 2024 RFEIR.
4. No new mitigation measures would be required because Project-specific impacts would be less than significant.
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4.18 UTILITIES AND SERVICE SYSTEMS
Project
Peculiar
Impact that
is not
Substantially
Mitigated by
Uniformly
Applied
Policies
Significant
Impact not
Analyzed as
Significant
in the Prior
EIR
Potentially
Significant
Offsite or
Cumulative
Impact not
Discussed
in the prior
EIR
Adverse
Impact
More
Severe
based on
Substantial
New
Information
No New
Impact
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 sufficient water supplies available
to serve the project and reasonable
foreseeable future development during
normal, dry and multiple dry years?
c. 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?
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
waste reduction goals?
e. Comply with federal, State, and local
management and reduction statutes and
regulations related to solid waste?
4.18.1 Summary of Impacts Identified in the 2024 RFEIR
The 2024 RFEIR concluded that implementation of the MoVal 2040 Project would result in less than significant impacts relative to utilities and service systems. As described in the 2024 RFEIR, buildout of the MoVal 2040 Project would generate an increase of approximately 43,882 people, 22,052 new homes, 38,915 jobs by 2040, which would necessitate construction of future water supply infrastructure.
Construction of future water, wastewater, stormwater, electric power, natural gas and telecommunications facilities would be subject to MoVal 2040 GPU goals and policies intended to protect the environment, reducing impacts associated with the relocation or construction of new or expanded water and wastewater facilities to less than significant.
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The 2024 RFEIR concluded that buildout of the MoVal 2040 Project would not exceed forecasted water demand projections for the EMWD, because it would reduce future population and household growth compared to 2040 SCAG projections. Similarly, the project is not expected to exceed forecasted water demand projections for the Box Spring Mutual Water Company (BSMWC), because it would reduce future population and household growth compared to SCAG projections. Therefore, buildout of the MoVal 2040 Project would have sufficient water supplies available to serve the development from the MoVal 2040 Project and reasonably foreseeable future development during normal, dry, and multiple dry years, and impacts would be less than significant. Additionally, the 2024 RFEIR determined that the MoVal 2040 Project would not generate solid waste in excess of State or local standards or more than the capacity of local infrastructure. As described in Section 4.17.2.4.d of the 2024 RFEIR, the City’s Building Code requires development projects to complete and submit a Waste Management and Recycling Plan for approval prior to issuance of building permits. Therefore, the project would not generate solid waste in excess of State or local standards, exceed the capacity of local infrastructure, or conflict with federal, state, or local management and reduction statutes and regulations related to solid waste, and impacts would be less than significant. Therefore, impacts regarding utilities and service systems would be less than significant.
Mitigation Measures: No 2024 RFEIR mitigation measures are applicable to the proposed Project.
4.18.2 Discussion
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? No New Impact. According to the 2024 RFEIR, buildout of the MoVal 2040 Project would generate an increase in population that could increase demand for water, stormwater, electric power, natural gas, and telecommunications infrastructure. However, future facilities would be subject to GPU goals and policies intended to protect the environment, which would reduce impacts to less than significant.
It should be noted that the 2024 RFEIR reported that buildout of the MoVal 2040 Project would generate approximately 43,882 new residents within the Planning Area by 2040. As previously discussed, the 2024 RFEIR had assumed that the City would expand fire and police services, an expansion of the Civic Center complex that would include a remodeled Public Safety Building capable of accommodating roughly 600 total personnel, as well as a satellite police substation in the southeastern part of the City to serve the anticipated demand from new development. Therefore, development of a Public Safety Building, similar to the proposed PSC, was anticipated to be developed as part of the buildout of the MoVal 2040 GPU. As such, the utilities and service systems required for the development of a Public Safety Building were considered in the 2024 RFEIR, and the Project does not include unique or peculiar components that would consume excessive utilities.
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Water and Wastewater
As previously discussed in Section 4.10, Hydrology and Water Quality, water in the City is provided by EMWD and the Box Springs Mutual Water Company. According to the EMWD 2025 Urban Water Management Plan (UWMP), EMWD receives imported water from the MWD, which has made extensive investments in programs to increase the reliability of its supply. As discussed in the 2050 UWMP, the MWD has sufficient water capabilities to meet the expected demands of its member agencies through 2050 under normal, historic single-dry, and historic multiple-dry year conditions. 28 As such, the Project would be adequately served by existing EMWD infrastructure, and the Project would not require or result in the construction of new water facilities, or the expansion of existing facilities, which could cause a significant environmental impact, and impacts would be less than significant. Therefore, the Project would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR and no new impacts would occur.
Wastewater service in the City is provided by EMWD. EMWD serves approximately 268,000 within its service area and treats approximately 49 million gallons per day of wastewater at its four active regional water reclamation facilities, including the San Jacinto Valley Regional Water, Moreno Valley Regional Water Reclamation Facility, Sun City Regional Water Reclamation Facility, and the Temecula Valley Regional Water Reclamation Facility. 29 Generated wastewater from the Project would be treated at the Moreno Valley Regional Water Reclamation Facility (MVRWRF). Typical daily flows at the MVRWRF are 11.5 million gallons per day, with a current capacity of 16 million gallons per day, and an ultimate capacity of 18 million gallons per day. 30 The Project’s incremental contribution to water and wastewater treatment would not exceed the existing or planned capacity of the MVRWRF or require or result in the construction of new water or wastewater treatment facilities or expansion of existing facilities. Therefore, impacts to wastewater would be less than significant.
Stormwater
The City of Moreno Valley manages stormwater through its Public Works Department in coordination with the regulation under the NPDES permit through Riverside County, under the Santa Ana RWQCB. The City also enforces a Stormwater Management Program under the NPDES permit using the Riverside County WQMP.
31 As part of the Project, the PSC would include improvements to the existing on-site drainage channel to accommodate Project-related drainage patterns, improve stormwater conveyance, and enhance flood protection. Improvements would be constructed east of Redlands Boulevard and would extend beneath Redlands Boulevard, allowing stormwater flows to be conveyed across the roadway in a 28 Eastern Municipal Water District (EMWD), 2025 Urban Water Management Plan (UWMP) https://content.emwd.org/sites/default/files/2026-06/EMWD%202025%20UWMP-FINAL%20-%20for%20website.pdf. Accessed September 2, 2026.
29 Eastern Municipal Water District, Waster Service, https://www.emwd.org/what-we-do/wastewater-service. Accessed September 2, 2026. 30 Eastern Municipal Water District, Moreno Valley Regional Water Reclamation Facility, https://content.emwd.org/sites/default/files/migrate-documents/mvrwrffactsheet.pdf. Accessed September 2, 2026. 31 City of Moreno Valley Public Works Department, Stormwater Management, https://moval.gov/departments/public_works/servicesstormwater.html. Accessed September 3, 2026.
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controlled manner. In accordance with the GPU Policy PPS 4-3, prior to the approval of the Project, it would require a will serve letter from utility providers demonstrating the adequate water sewer service capacity exists or will be available to serve the Project in a timely manner. 32 Therefore, with compliance with applicable stormwater requirements, the Project would result in less than significant impacts related to stormwater.
Electric Power, Natural Gas, and Telecommunications
Moreno Valley Electric Utility (MVU) and Southern California Edison (SCE) provide electricity services to the City. The Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas) provides natural gas. Short-term construction activities would require electricity during construction; however, it would not substantially increase demand for electricity. The Project would require on-site connections to existing telecommunication services; however, it would not require or result in the relocation or construction of new or expanded offsite electric power. Therefore, construction activities would not impact natural gas services, and the Project would not require the relocation or construction of new or expanded gas facilities. Accordingly, the Project would not require or result in the relocation or construction of new or expanded utility facilities that could cause significant environmental effects, and impacts would be less than significant. The Project would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR and no new impacts would occur.
Mitigation Measures: No new mitigation measures are required. b. Have sufficient water supplies available to serve the project and reasonable foreseeable future development during normal, dry and multiple dry years?
No New Impact. As previously discussed, the City is served by the EMWD, which receives imported water from MWD. As discussed in the 2050 UWMP, the MWD has sufficient water capabilities to meet the expected demands of its member agencies through 2050 under normal, historic single-dry, and historic multiple-dry year conditions. 33 Furthermore, the Project would be served by existing water infrastructure and would not require construction of new water supply facilities or expansion of existing facilities beyond those already planned for the service area. The Project’s limited water demand falls within the growth projections evaluated in the UWMP and 2024 RFEIR. In addition, the Project would comply with applicable water conservation requirements, including State and local water efficiency standards and drought management measures, which further reduce demand on available supplies. Consistent with the 2024 RFEIR analysis, sufficient water supplies are available to serve the Project and reasonably foreseeable future development during normal, dry, and multiple dry years. Impacts would be less than significant. 32 City of Moreno Valley, Parks and Public Services, https://www.moval.org/cdd/documents/general-plan2040/05-ParksPublicServices.pdf.
Accessed September 3, 2026.
33 Eastern Municipal Water District (EMWD), 2025 Urban Water Management Plan (UWMP) https://content.emwd.org/sites/default/files/2026-06/EMWD%202025%20UWMP-FINAL%20-%20for%20website.pdf. Accessed September 2, 2026.
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The Project would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR and no new impacts would occur.
Mitigation Measures: No new mitigation measures are required. c. 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?
No New Impact. According to the 2024 RFEIR, buildout of future projects would not exceed forecasted wastewater demand projections for EMWD which provides wastewater service to the Planning Area, and impacts would be less than significant. As discussed above, EMWD has four active regional water reclamation facilities which treat approximately 49 million gallons of wastewater a day. The Project would not Prior to Project approval, the City would be required to obtain a will serve letter ensuring there is adequate capacity by EMWD to treat wastewater. Therefore, consistent with the analysis in the 2024 RFEIR, the Project would not require construction or expansion of off-site wastewater conveyance or treatment facilities and would not result in new or substantially more severe impacts related to wastewater treatment capacity than those previously evaluated. Impacts would be less than significant.
The Project would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Mitigation Measures: No new mitigation measures are required. 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 waste reduction goals? e. Comply with federal, State, and local management and reduction statutes and regulations related to solid waste?
No New Impact. As described in the 2024 RFEIR, buildout of the MoVal 2040 Project would not generate excessive solid waste that would exceed regional forecasted demand. Furthermore, the 2024 RFEIR determined that future projects would be required to adhere to the City’s building code that requires development projects to complete and submit a Waste Management and Recycling Plan. Therefore, with adherence with applicable local, State, and federal regulations and GPU policies regarding solid waste, impacts would be less than significant.
Public Safety Campus
The PSC Site is currently vacant and undeveloped; therefore, solid waste generation would occur primarily during construction and would consist of cleared vegetation, soil and grading debris, packaging materials, and typical construction-related refuse. The PSC would be required to comply with CALGreen, which mandates preparation and implementation of a Construction Waste Management Plan and diversion of construction and demolition debris through recycling, reuse, or salvage in accordance with applicable diversion thresholds. Compliance with CALGreen and applicable local waste diversion requirements would ensure that construction-related solid waste is reduced and disposed of in accordance with State and local
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standards and within the capacity of existing solid waste infrastructure. Operational solid waste generation associated with the PSC would be consistent with regional growth projections evaluated in the 2024 RFEIR and would not exceed the capacity of local landfills or solid waste management infrastructure.
With compliance with applicable federal, State, and local regulations governing solid waste handling, recycling, and disposal, the proposed PSC would not generate solid waste in excess of regulatory standards, would not exceed the capacity of local infrastructure, and would not impair attainment of applicable solid waste diversion and reduction goals. Impacts would be less than significant. The PSC Project would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Corporate Yard Fueling Station
The CYFS would occur on previously disturbed land. Therefore, the CYFS would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR and no new impacts would occur.
Similar to the PSC, solid waste generation would occur primarily during construction and would consist of cleared vegetation, soil and grading debris, packaging materials, and typical construction-related refuse.
The CYFS Site would be required to comply with CALGreen, which mandates preparation and implementation of a Construction Waste Management Plan and diversion of construction and demolition debris through recycling, reuse, or salvage in accordance with applicable diversion thresholds. Compliance with CALGreen and applicable local waste diversion requirements would ensure that construction-related solid waste is reduced and disposed of in accordance with State and local standards and within the capacity of existing solid waste infrastructure. Operational solid waste generation associated with the CYFS would be consistent with regional growth projections evaluated in the 2024 RFEIR and would not exceed the capacity of local landfills or solid waste management infrastructure.
With compliance with applicable federal, State, and local regulations governing solid waste handling, recycling, and disposal, the CYFS would not generate solid waste in excess of regulatory standards, would not exceed the capacity of local infrastructure, and would not impair attainment of applicable solid waste diversion and reduction goals. Impacts would be less than significant. The CYFS would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Civic Center Tenant Improvements
The Civic Center Tenant Improvements would occur entirely within the existing civic center buildings and would be limited to interior improvements. Compliance with CALGreen and applicable local waste diversion requirements would ensure that construction-related solid waste is reduced and disposed of in accordance with State and local standards and within the capacity of existing solid waste infrastructure.
Therefore, the Civic Center Tenant Improvements would not result in significant impacts or in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
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Mitigation Measures: No new mitigation measures are required.
4.18.3 Uniformly Applied Development Policies or Standards General Plan Goals and Policies
The2024 RFEIR concludes that compliance with the following goals and policies applicable to the Project would avoid significant utilities and service systems impacts:
Goal PPS-4 Provide for utilities and infrastructure to deliver safe, reliable services for current and future residents and businesses.
Policy PPS 4-1 Coordinate with utility agencies to provide for water and sewer systems capable of meeting the daily and peak demands of Moreno Valley residents and businesses, including the provision of fire flows.
Policy PPS 4-2 Coordinate development activity with the provision of public infrastructure and services to eliminate possible gaps in service provision.
Policy PPS 4-3 Prior to the approval of any new development application, continue to require “will serve” letters from utility providers demonstrating that adequate water and septic or sewer service capacity exists or will be available to serve the proposed development in a timely manner.
Policy PPS 4-4 Whenever possible, project proponents should ensure that public water, sewer, drainage and other backbone facilities needed for a project phase are constructed prior to or concurrent with initial development within that phase. It shall be the ultimate responsibility of the sponsor of a development project to assure that all necessary infrastructure improvements (including system wide improvements) needed to support project development are available at the time that they are needed.
Other Applicable Development Policies or Standards
Compliance with the additional development policies and standards identified below applicable to the Project would also reduce potential utilities and service systems impacts:
California Code of Regulations, Titles 14, Natural Resources (Division 7), and Title 27, Environmental Protection (Division 2 [Solid Waste]), govern the handling and disposal of solid waste and operation of landfills, transfer stations, and recycling facilities.
State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) General Waste Discharge Requirements (Order No. 2006- 0003) established Statewide requirements for public agencies that own or operate sanitary sewer systems greater than one mile in length. The order required covered agencies to properly operate, maintain, and manage their sewer collection systems to reduce the frequency and volume of sanitary sewer overflows
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and protect waters of the State. Covered agencies were required to prepare and implement a Sewer System Management Plan, conduct monitoring and reporting of sanitary sewer overflows, and implement operation and maintenance practices intended to prevent discharges of untreated or partially treated wastewater to surface waters, groundwater, streets, or other areas where public health or water quality could be affected.
Moreno Valley Municipal Code, Ordinance 6.02.050, provides standards for the provision of solid waste (refuse) and recyclable material storage areas in compliance with state law (California Solid Waste Reuse and Recycling Access Act, Public Resources Code Sections 42900 through 42911). Additionally, the City’s Building Code requires development projects to complete and submit a Waste Management and Recycling Plan for approval prior to issuance of building permits. The Waste Management and Recycling Plan would identify the project type, and estimate the amount of materials to be recycled during construction. The project would also be required to complete a Diversion Report for review by the City’s Building Department to demonstrate that the project recycled a minimum of 50 percent of its construction waste.
4.18.4 Conclusion
With regard to the topic of Utilities and Service Systems, the following finding can be made:
1. No peculiar impacts to the Project or the site have been identified.
2. There are no potentially significant off-site and/or cumulative impacts which were not discussed by the 2024 RFEIR.
3. No substantial new information has been identified which results in an impact which is more severe than anticipated by the 2024 RFEIR.
4. No new mitigation measures would be required because project-specific impacts would be less than significant.
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4.19 WILDFIRE
Project
Peculiar
Impact that is
not
Substantially
Mitigated by
Uniformly
Applied
Policies
Significant
Impact not
Analyzed as
Significant in
the Prior EIR
Potentially
Significant
Offsite or
Cumulative
Impact not
Discussed in
the prior EIR
Adverse
Impact More
Severe based
on Substantial
New
Information
No New
Impact
If located in or near State responsibility areas or lands classified as very high fire hazard zones, would the project:
a. Substantially impair an adopted emergency
response plan or emergency evacuation
plan?
b. 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?
c. 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?
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
changes?
4.19.1 Summary of Impacts Identified in the 2024 RFEIR
The 2024 RFEIR concluded that implementation of the MoVal 2040 Project would result in less than significant impacts to wildfire. Future development would be designated, constructed, and maintained in accordance with applicable standards associated with the City’s LHMP. Compliance with the compliance with the MVFD and RCFD regulations and MoVal 2040 GPU policies would ensure that the implementation of the MoVal 2040 Project would not expose project occupants to pollutant concentrations from a wildfire or the uncontrolled spread of wildfire, and impacts would be less than significant. Future development and corresponding infrastructure development would be subject to the MVFD regulations and MoVal 2040 GPU policies. The MoVal 2040 Project would not expand potential development areas that would substantially increase risk of postfire landslide or flooding. Therefore, compliance with MVFD regulations and MoVal 2040 GPU policies would ensure that installation or maintenance of associated infrastructure would not exacerbate fire risk, and impacts would be less than significant. 0 0 0 0 X
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Mitigation Measures: No 2024 RFEIR mitigation measures are applicable to the proposed Project.
4.19.2 Discussion
a. Substantially impair an adopted emergency response plan or emergency evacuation plan? No New Impact. According to the 2024 RFEIR, impacts to an adopted emergency response plan or emergency evacuation plan would be less than significant with implementation of policies in the City’s EPO, MoVal 2040 Safety Element and Circulation Element and adherence to applicable standards in the LHMP. A significant impact may occur if a project were to interfere with roadway operations used in conjunction with an emergency response plan or emergency evacuation plan or generate traffic congestion that would interfere with the execution of such a plan. As discussed in Section 4.9, Hazards and Hazardous Materials, threshold (f), Project impacts to an adopted emergency response plan or emergency evacuation plan would be less than significant with implementation of applicable GPU policies.
Mitigation Measures: No new mitigation measures are required. 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 uncontrolled spread of a wildfire? No New Impact. According to the 2024 RFEIR, compliance with MVFD regulations and GPU policies would ensure that the project would not expose project occupants to pollutant concentrations from a wildfire or the uncontrolled spread of a wildfire, and impacts would be less than significant. A project may have a significant impact if, due to slope, prevailing winds, and other factors, it would exacerbate wildfire risks and expose project occupants to pollutant concentrations from a wildfire or the uncontrolled spread of a wildfire. For example, development near the ridge of a vegetated slope can exacerbate wildfire risk to a structure because fires burn up slopes much faster than on a flat or down-sloping area.
Public Safety Campus
The PSC Site is currently vacant undeveloped land that supports vegetation growth. The PSC Site generally slopes from north/northeast to southwest and has the highest ground level elevation of approximately 1,586 feet amsl and lowest ground level elevation of approximately 1,574 feet amsl. As discussed, the area surrounding the PSC Site consists of a mix of vacant undeveloped land and residential development.
According to CAL FIRE, the PSC Site is located within an LRA. The majority of the PSC Site is located within a Moderate, High, and Very High FHSZ.
34 While the PSC Site is located within a FHSZ hazard area, the PSC would not introduce permanent resident population. The 2024 RFEIR identifies the City as susceptible to wildland fires; therefore, land development is subject to applicable State and local fire safety codes. Specifically, all new construction in these areas is required to prepare a fuel modification plan before approval of tentative maps and grading permits. The 34 California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/5065c998b4b0462f9ec3c6c226c610a9. Accessed August 29, 2026.
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City has also established a weed hazard abatement program, which is overseen by MVFD. This program is designed to create defensible space, or a buffer between a building and the flammable vegetation that surrounds it, in order to stop or slow the spread of wildfire and protect property.
The MoVal 2040 GPU would also require preparation of a FPP approved by the Fire Code Official prior to approving new development in VHFHSZs. FPPs must include mitigation measures designed to address the unique problems resulting from the location, topography, geology, flammable vegetation, and climate of the proposed site. They must also consider water supply, access, building ignition and fire resistance, fire protection systems and equipment, defensible space, and vegetation management, and must be consistent with the requirements of California Building Code Chapter 7A, the International Wildland-Urban Interface Code, and the Moreno Valley Municipal Code. Therefore, compliance with MVFD regulations and MoVal 2040 GPU policies would ensure that the PSC would not expose occupants to pollutant concentrations from a wildfire or the uncontrolled spread of a wildfire, and impacts would be less than significant. The PSC would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Corporate Yard Fueling Station
The CYFS would be located on the northern portion of the City’s existing Corporate Yard. The Corporate Yard is surrounded by residential to the north, east, and south, and vacant land to the west. According to CAL FIRE, the CYFS is not located within a FHSZ. Therefore, the CYFS would not expose people or structures to a significant risk of loss, injury, or death involving wildland fires. The CYFS would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Civic Center Tenant Improvements
The Civic Center Tenant Improvements would occur entirely within the existing civic center buildings and would be limited to interior improvements. Furthermore, as the tenant improvements would be retrofits to the interior of existing buildings, they would not likely expose people or structures to a significant risk of loss, injury, or death involving wildfires. Therefore, the Civic Center Tenant Improvements would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Mitigation Measures: No new mitigation measures are required. c. 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?
No New Impact. According to the 2024 RFEIR, impacts would be less than significant with compliance with MVFD regulations and GPU policies that would ensure the installation of maintenance of associated infrastructure.
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Public Safety Campus
The PSC would construct new internal access lanes and improve existing off-site access roads to current City and County standards to provide safe vehicle and emergency access. These improvements would be designed and constructed in accordance with applicable MVFD regulations, City, and County requirements governing fire apparatus access, roadway grades, clearances, and surface standards. Compliance with these standards would ensure that roadway improvements function as emergency access routes and would not exacerbate wildfire risk. In addition, improved access roads would enhance firefighter access to and within the PSC Site and may function as fire breaks that could limit the spread of a surface fire onto or off the PSC Site.
The PSC would also install water infrastructure and fire hydrants in accordance with the applicable California Fire Code requirements, including minimum fire-flow and hydrant spacing standards. Installation and maintenance of these facilities would support fire protection services and would not increase wildfire risk in the Project vicinity. The Project would further implement required defensible space and fuel modification measures consistent with the California Building Code Chapter 7A, the International Wildland-Urban Interface Code, and the Moreno Valley Municipal Code.
Construction of utility connections and associated infrastructure could result in temporary ground disturbance and the use of heavy equipment, which may introduce short-term ignition sources during construction. However, vegetation would be cleared prior to construction and all work would comply with applicable State and local fire safety regulations and construction practices designed to reduce ignition potential. With implementation of these regulatory requirements and site preparation measures, temporary construction-related impacts would be minimized and would not result in ongoing environmental impacts or increased wildfire risk.
Accordingly, although the PSC would require installation and maintenance of associated infrastructure, such infrastructure would be designed and maintained in compliance with applicable fire codes and standards and would improve emergency access and fire protection features. Therefore, the PSC would not exacerbate wildfire risk or result in temporary or ongoing environmental impacts related to installation or maintenance of associated infrastructure. Impacts would be less than significant. The PSC would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Corporate Yard Fueling Station
The CYFS would be located on the northern portion of the City’s existing Corporate Yard. According to CAL FIRE, the CYFS is not located within a FHSZ; and the CYFS is surrounded by urban uses and would not require the installation or maintenance of associated infrastructure Therefore, the CYFS would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the General Plan EIR, and no new impacts would occur.
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Civic Center Tenant Improvements
The Civic Center Tenant Improvements would occur entirely within the existing civic center buildings and would be limited to interior improvements and would not require the installation or maintenance of associated infrastructure. As the tenant improvements would be retrofits to the interior of existing buildings, they would not exacerbate fire risk or that may result in temporary or ongoing impacts to the environment. Therefore, the Civic Center Tenant Improvements would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Mitigation Measures: No mew mitigation measures are required. 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 changes? No New Impact. According to the 2024 RFEIR, buildout of the MoVal 2040 GPU would not increase risk associated with post-fire flooding or landslides, and impacts would be less than significant.
Public Safety Campus
According to the Geotechnical Evaluation (Appendix D), the PSC Site is located within a generally flat terrain, with minimal potential for seismic induced landslides. Therefore, the PSC Site would not be adversely affected by landslides. For these reasons, the PSC would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Corporate Yard Fueling Station
As described in the MoVal 2040 GPU Safety Element, the majority of the City is relatively flat and has been assigned a landslide susceptibility of zero (No Risk) by the California Geological Survey. As depicted in Map S-3: Landslide Hazards in the MoVal 2040 GPU Safety Element, the CYFS Site is classified with a zerolandslide susceptibility. Development of the CYFS would comply with Moreno Valley Municipal Code Chapter 8.20, California Building Code, which adopts the building requirements of the CBC as the City’s Building Code, as well as applicable policies of the MoVal 2040 GPU. For these reasons, the Project would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts involving landslides than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Civic Center Tenant Improvements
The Civic Center Tenant Improvement Sites would occur entirely within the existing civic center buildings and would be limited to interior improvements. The Civic Center Tenant Improvements would not involve ground-disturbing activities. As such, implementation of the Civic Center Tenant Improvements would not directly or indirectly cause potential substantial adverse effects related to landslides. Furthermore, as previously discussed, development of the Project would c comply with Moreno Valley Municipal Code Chapter 8.20, California Building Code, which adopts the building requirements of the CBC as the City’s Building Code, as well as applicable policies of the MoVal 2040 General Plan. Therefore, the Civic Center
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Tenant Improvements would not result in any new or substantially more severe impacts than were identified in the 2024 RFEIR, and no new impacts would occur.
Mitigation Measures: No new mitigation measures are required.
4.19.3 Uniformly Applied Development Policies or Standards General Plan Goals and Policies
The 2024 RFEIR concludes that compliance with the following goals and policies applicable to the Project Other Applicable Development Policies and Standards
Policy S 1-12 Work to prevent wildland fire and to protect lives, property, and watersheds from fire dangers
Policy S 1-13 Jointly with State, County, local and other agencies, inform property owners of wildfire risks and measures to reduce those risks.
Policy S 1-14 Require new development and redevelopment in VHFHSZs to prepare a Fire Protection Plan that minimizes risks by:
• Assessing site-specific characteristics such as topography, slope, vegetation type, wind patterns etc;
• Siting and designing development to avoid hazardous locations (e.g., through fuel breaks) to the extent feasible;
• Incorporating fuel modification and brush clearance techniques in accordance with applicable fire safety requirements and carried out in a manner which reduces impacts to environmentally sensitive habi tat to the maximum feasible extent;
• Using fire-safe building materials and design features, consistent with the adopted Municipal Code and Fire and Building Code standards; • Using fire-resistant landscaping; and
• Complying with established standards and specifications for fuel modification, defensible space, access, and water facilities.
Policy S 1-15 Avoid, where feasible, locating new development in areas subject to high wildfire risk. If avoidance is not feasible, condition such new development on implementation of measures to reduce risks associated with that development.
Policy S 1-16 Require that all new development located in a VHFHSZ or a State Responsibility Area (SRA) be served by adequate infrastructure, including safe access for emergency response vehicles, visible street signs, and water supplies for fire suppression.
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Policy S 1-17 Require new development and redevelopment in VHFHSZs to enter into a longterm maintenance agreement for vegetation management in defensible space, fuel breaks, and roadside fuel reduction.
Policy S 1-18 Continue to require proactive weed abatement, brush thinning, and removal services on new and existing development in High and Very High Fire Hazard Severity Areas in order to curb potential fire hazards.
Policy S 1-19 Cooperate with the Riverside County Fire Department and CAL FIRE to ensure that all portions of the Planning Area are served and accessible within an effective response time and to address regional wildfire threats.
Policy S 2-2 Use the LHMP and Emergency Operations Plan to guide actions and investments for emergency preparedness and response.
Policy S 2-3 Locate critical facilities, such as hospitals and health care facilities, emergency shelters, fire stations, police stations, emergency command centers, and other emergency service facilities and utilities so as to minimize exposure to flooding, seismic, geologic, wildfire, and other hazards.
Policy S 2-5 Partner with Caltrans and neighboring jurisdictions on measures to protect critical evacuation routes such as SR-60 and I-215 and work with local agencies to develop contingency plans for operations when these and other roads are inoperable due to flooding or wildfire
Policy S 2-6 Continue to engage the Police and Fire Departments in the development review process to ensure that projects are designed and operated in a manner that minimizes the potential for criminal activity and fire hazards and maximizes the potential for responsive police and fire services.
Other Applicable Development Policies and Standards
Compliance with the additional development policies and standards identified below applicable to the Project would also reduce potential wildfire impacts:
California Building Code Chapter 7A, the International Wildland-Urban Interface Code establishes wildfire-resilient construction and site design standards for development in areas subject to wildland fire hazards. Chapter 7A requires new buildings in designated Fire Hazard Severity Zones and Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) Fire Areas to incorporate exterior materials, assemblies, and construction methods that improve resistance to flame exposure, radiant heat, and windborne embers. The International WUI Code provides complementary model standards for WUI areas, including ignition-resistant construction, defensible space, emergency access, water supply, vegetation management, and fire protection measures.
Together, these standards are intended to reduce wildfire ignition risk, improve structure survivability, support emergency response, and protect life and property in wildfire-prone areas.
California Code of Regulations Title 24, Part 9, California Fire Code, also referred to as the California Building Standards Code, incorporates the Uniform Fire Code with necessary California amendments. This
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Code prescribes regulations consistent with nationally recognized good practice for the safeguarding to a reasonable degree of life and property from the hazards of fire explosion, and dangerous conditions arising from the storage, handling and use of hazardous materials and devices, and from conditions hazardous to life or property in the use or occupancy of buildings or premises and provisions to assist emergency response personnel.
State Fire Regulations, Sections 13000 et seq. of the California Health and Safety Code, include regulations for building standards (as also set forth in the CBC), 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.
Local Hazard Mitigation Plan (2017) is designed to identify the city’s hazards, estimate the probability of future occurrences, and set goals to mitigate potential risks to reduce or eliminate long-term natural or man-made hazard risks to human life and property for the city and its residents. The 2017 LHMP is an update to Moreno Valley’s 2011 LHMP which the Moreno Valley City Council adopted on October 25, 2011 (Resolution No. 2011-102).
The Emergency Operations Plan (2009) established a comprehensive, all-hazards approach to natural, man-made and technological disasters. The plan provides an overview of operational concepts; identifies the components of the City’s Emergency Management Organization; and describes overall responsibilities of federal, state, and local agencies. Overall, the plan establishes a system for coordinating the prevention, preparedness, response, recovery and mitigation phases of emergency management in the City.
Moreno Valley Municipal Code, Title 8, Chapter 8.20, California Building Code, adopts the California Building Code as part of the City’s local building regulations, with amendments applicable to development within Moreno Valley. The chapter establishes building safety standards for the construction, alteration, repair, relocation, demolition, use, and occupancy of buildings and structures. Compliance with Chapter
8.20 ensures that new development is reviewed for consistency with applicable structural, life safety, accessibility, fire-resistive, and building permit requirements, as administered by the City’s Building Official. These standards are uniformly applied to development projects to protect public health, safety, and welfare and to ensure that buildings are designed and constructed in accordance with the California Building Standards Code and applicable local amendments.
Moreno Valley Municipal Code, Title 8, Chapter 8.36, California Fire Code, states that except as expressly excluded, the California Fire Code is adopted by the City. Section 8.36.050 provides fuel modification requirements for new construction.
Moreno Valley Municipal Code, Title 9, Chapter 9.07, Special Districts, addresses development’s compatibility with the City’s AICUZ. The AICUZ overlay district applies along the southwestern boundary of the Planning Area, adjacent to MARB. Development within the AICUZ is subject to specific development standards. Specifically, development within the AICUZ overlay district “shall avoid uses which concentrate large numbers of people; are noise sensitive; create hazards to aircraft operations; pose special health and
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safety hazards in the event of an aircraft accident; or involve public facilities and utilities for which disruption would have an adverse impact on large numbers of people” (Municipal Code Section
9.07.060(E)(1)).
4.19.4 Conclusion
With regards to the topic of Wildfire, the following findings can be made:
1. No peculiar impacts to the Project Site or its site have been identified.
2. There are no potentially significant off-site and/or cumulative impacts which were not discussed by the 2024 RFEIR
3. No substantial new information has been identified which results in an impact which is more severe than anticipated by the 2024 RFEIR.
4. No mitigation measures contained within the 2024 RFEIR would be required because Project-specific impacts would be less than significant.
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5.0 PREPARERS
5.1 LEAD AGENCY
City of Moreno Valley
14177 Frederick Street
P.O. Box 8805
Moreno Valley, CA 92552-0805
5.2 EXEMPTION CHECKLIST PREPARATION
Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc.
660 South Figueroa Street, Suite 2100
Los Angeles, CA 90017
Heidi Rous, Project Manager
Jessie Fan, Deputy Project Manager
Olivia Chan, Air Quality and Noise Specialist
Mehul Champaneri, PTP, RSP1, Transportation Engineer
Rachel Krusenoski, Environmental Specialist
Mayra Garcia, Environmental Analyst
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