AR 16 ATTACHMENT C_GP EIR_Addendum — Pasadena City Council, March 14, 2022

General Plan Amendment – Land Use Diagram Amendment for Lincoln Avenue Specific Plan Attachment C: Addendum to the General Plan Environmental Impact Report Page 1 City Council March 14, 2022

ATTACHMENT C

ADDENDUM TO THE GENERAL PLAN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT

Our Pasadena – Putting the Plan in Motion
Lincoln Avenue Specific Plan Update

Addendum
to the
Pasadena General Plan
Environmental Impact Report

Prepared for:

The City of Pasadena
Planning & Community Development Department
175 N. Garfield Avenue
Pasadena, CA 91101

Prepared by:

300 S. Grand Avenue, 8th Floor
Los Angeles, California 90071

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Table of Contents

CHAPTER 1 PURPOSE AND BACKGROUND ................................ ................................ ..1-1

1.1 Applicability and Use of an Addendum ................................ .................1-2

1.2 Format of This Addendum ................................ ................................ ....1-3

1.3 Summary of Findings ................................ ................................ ...........1-3

1.4 Lead Agency and Discretionary Approvals ................................ ...........1-3 CHAPTER 2 PROJECT DESCRIPTION ................................ ................................ ............2-1

2.1 Introduction ................................ ................................ ..........................2-1

2.2 Project Location ................................ ................................ ...................2-1

2.3 Project Objectives ................................ ................................ ................2-5

2.4 Description of the Proposed Project ................................ .....................2-6

2.4.1 Relationship to 2015 General Plan ................................ .............2-7

2.4.2 Relationship to 2013 Lincoln Avenue Specific Plan ....................2-8

2.4.3 Proposed LASP Updates ................................ ...........................2-8 CHAPTER 3 EVALUATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ................................ ..........3-1 I. AESTHETICS. ................................ ................................ .....................3-3 II. AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES. ................................ .........................3-6 III. AIR QUALITY. ................................ ................................ .....................3-9 IV. BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES ................................ .............................. 3-13 V. CULTURAL RESOURCES ................................ ................................ 3-17 VI. ENERGY ................................ ................................ ........................... 3-20 VII. GEOLOGY AND SOILS ................................ ................................ ..... 3-22 VIII. GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS ................................ .................... 3-27 IX. HAZARDS AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS ................................ ..... 3-30 X. HYDROLOGY AND WATER QUALITY ................................ .............. 3-35 XI. LAND USE AND PLANNING ................................ ............................. 3-40 XII. MINERAL RESOURCES ................................ ................................ ... 3-44 XIII. NOISE ................................ ................................ ............................... 3-46 XIV. POPULATION AND HOUSING ................................ .......................... 3-50 XV. PUBLIC SERVICES ................................ ................................ ........... 3-52 XVI. RECREATION ................................ ................................ ................... 3-54 XVII. TRANSPORTATION/TRAFFIC ................................ .......................... 3-57 XVIII. UTILITIES AND SERVICE SYSTEMS ................................ ............... 3-62 Environmental Determination ................................ ................................ ........ 3-67 CHAPTER 4 MITIGATION MEASURES ................................ ................................ .............4-1

CHAPTER 5 LIST OF PREPARERS ................................ ................................ ..................5-1

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List of Figures

Figure 1 - Regional Location Map ....................................................................................................... 2-2 Figure 2 - Specific Plan Update Areas ................................................................................................ 2-3 Figure 3 - Project Location – LASP .................................................... 2-Error! Bookmark not defined.

Figure 4 - Proposed Zoning Districts ................................................................................................. 2-11 Figure 5 – Proposed Generalized Land Uses ................................................................................... 2-12

List of Tables

Table 1 – Current and Proposed Mass and Scale ............................................................................ 2-13

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Acronyms and Abbreviations
AB Assembly Bill
BMP Best Management Practice
CAAQS California Ambient Air Quality Standards
CARB California Air Resources Board
CEQA California Environmental Quality Act
CERCLA Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act CF Flex Commercial
CG General Commercial
City City of Pasadena
CL Limited Commercial
CMP Congestion Management Program
du/ac density unit per acre
EIR Environmental Impact Report
FAR floor area ratio
FTA Federal Transit Administration
GHG greenhouse gas
GP EIR 2015 Pasadena General Plan Environmental Impact Report HRA health risk assessment
I-210 Interstate 210
IS Initial Study
LACSD Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County
LASP Lincoln Avenue Specific Plan
LEED Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
LTS Less than Significant Impact
LTS-M Less than Significant Impact with Mitigation
MERV Maximum efficiency rating value
MMRP Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program
MU Mixed Use
NAAQS National Ambient Air Quality Standards
NI No Impact
O3 ozone
OEHHA Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment
OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration
PFD Pasadena Fire Department
PM2.5 fine particulate matter 2.5 microns or less in diameter PM10 respirable particulate matter ten microns or less in diameter PPD Pasadena Police Department
PPL Pasadena Public Library
PUSD Pasadena Unified School District
PWP Pasadena Department of Water and Power
RCRA Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
RM Multifamily Residential
RTP/SCS Regional Transportation Plan/Sustainable Communities Strategy SCAB South Coast Air Basin
SCAG Southern California Association of Governments
SCAQMD South Coast Air Quality Management District
SOC Statement of Overriding Considerations
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S-U significant and unavoidable impact
T-BACTs best available control technologies for toxics
TACs toxic air contaminants
VHFHSZ Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone
VMT vehicle miles traveled
VOC volatile organic compound
VT vehicles traveled

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CHAPTER 1

PURPOSE AND BACKGROUND

The City of Pasadena (City) has prepared this Addendum to the 2015 Pasadena General Plan Environmental Impact Report (GP EIR) (State Clearinghouse No. 2013091009) to address the potential site -specific environmental impacts associated with the update to the Lincoln Avenue Specific Plan (proposed project or project). This Addendum is prepared in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act of 1970 (CEQA) (Cal. Public Resources Code Section 21000, et. seq., as amended) and its implementing guidelines (Cal. Code Regs., Title 14, Section 15000 et. seq., 2016). This Addendum has been prepared and will be processed consistent with CEQA Guidelines (Cal. Code Regs., Title 14, Section 15162 and Section 15164).

In 2015, the City updated the Pasadena General Plan and prepared t he GP EIR to analyze potential citywide impacts, broad policy alternatives, and programmatic mitigation measures associated with the update of the Pasadena General Plan and specific plan amendments , which updated development caps within each specific plan area. The changes focused on the Land Use and Mobility Elements and the Land Use Diagram. The update also included the consolidation of optional elements into required elements of the General Plan. The Land Use and Mobility Elements, together with the other General Plan elements, guide the overall physical development of the City through horizon year 2035. The GP EIR is a Program EIR as defined by CEQA Guidelines Section 15161, California Code of Reg ulations, Title 14, Division 6, Chapter 3 and prepared in compliance with CEQA Guidelines Section 15168. The Final GP EIR was certified and the findings, Statement of Overriding Considerations (SOC), and Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program (MMRP) a dopted by the City Council on August 17, 2015 (Resolution No. 9451).

Following the adoption of the General Plan Update and certification of the GP EIR, future discretionary actions include specific plan updates and amendments and zone changes to provide consistency with the General Plan. Therefore, the City is updating seven existing specific plans and creating one new specific plan to align with and implement the updated General Plan. The specific plan updates focus on establishing neighborhood-specific design and land -use goals resulting in new development standards and guidelines that will help shape the City’s major commercial and mixed -use areas. The Lincoln Avenue Specific Plan (LASP) is the first specific plan to be updated as part of the General Pla n Implementation Program.

Per the GP EIR, future discretionary review may rely on analysis provided in the GP EIR for the purpose of tiering and/or streamlining. The purpose of tiering is to use the analysis of general matters contained in a broader EIR (such as the GP EIR) with later CEQA documents on narrower or more site specific projects (CEQA Guidelines Section 15152). Tiering serves to reduce repetitive analysis and provide subsequent site specific analysis at a time when it is meaningful. Tiering is common and appropriate when the sequence of analysis is from a General Plan EIR to a program of lesser scope, such as a specific plan (CEQA Guidelines Section 15152[b]). Therefore, CEQA review required for the City’s eight specific plan areas may tier from the GP EIR pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15152.

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1.1 Applicability and Use of an Addendum
Per the GP EIR, CEQA review required for the City’s specific plan areas may tier from the GP EIR pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15152. In addition, per CEQA G uidelines Section 15152(h), other methods to streamline the environmental review process also exist. These methods include the use of a Program EIR (i.e., GP EIR) for later activities (CEQA Guidelines Section 15168) and preparing an addendum (CEQA Guidelin es Section 15164). Lead agencies have discretion regarding which method may apply and should be used.

Under the process described in CEQA Guidelines Section 15168(c), later activities in the program must be examined in the light of the Program EIR to determine whether an additional environmental document must be prepared. No additional documentation is required for subsequent proposed actions (e.g., updating of the City’s specific plans to implement the General Plan) if the examination determines that the potential impacts were within the scope of the GP EIR, and subsequent proposed actions implement appropriate feasible mitigation measures identified in the MMRP that accompanies the Final EIR. Whether a later activity is within the scope of a Program EIR is a factual question that the lead agency determines based on substantial evidence in the record. Factors that a legal agency may consider in making that determination include, but are not limited to, consistency of the later activity with the type of allowable land use, overall planned density and building intensity, geographic area analyzed for environmental impacts and covered infrastructure as described in the Program EIR. If the agency finds that pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15162, no subsequent EIR would be required, the agency can approve the activity as being within the scope of the project covered by the program EIR, and no new environmental document would be required.

The conditions in CEQA Guidelines Section 15162 calling for the preparation of a subsequent EIR are:

1. Substantial changes are proposed in the project which will require major revisions of the previous EIR or negative declaration due to the involvement of new significant environmental effects or a substantial increase in the severi ty of previously identified significant effects;

2. Substantial changes occur with respect to the circumstances under which the project is undertaken which will require major revisions of the previous EIR or negative declaration due to the involvement of new significant environmental effects or a substantial increase in the severity of previously identified significant effects; or

3. New information of substantial importance which was not known and could not have been known with the exercise of reasonable diligence at the time the previous EIR was certified as complete or the negative declaration was adopted, shows any of the following:
a. The project will have one or more significant effects not discussed in the previous EIR or negative declaration;
b. Significant effects previously examined will be substantially more severe than shown in the previous EIR;
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effects of the project, but the project proponents decline to adopt the mitigation measures or alternative; or
d. Mitigation measures or alternatives which are considerably different from those analyzed in the previous EIR would substantially reduce one or more significant effects on the environment, but the project proponents decline to adopt the mitigation measure or alternative.

Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15164, the City, as the lead agency, has prepared this Addendum to confirm that none of the conditions identified in CEQA Guidelines Section 15162 and Public Resources Code Section 21166(c) have been triggered. For a proposed modified project or implementing activity, CEQA Guidelines Section 15164 provides that an Addendum to a previously certified Final EIR may be prepared if only minor technical changes or additions are necessary, or none of the conditions described in Section 15162 calling for the preparation of a subsequent EIR or negative declaration have occurred. The City must consider the whole of the data presented in the GP EIR with the information provided in this Addendum and the previously adopted MMRP.

1.2 Format of This Addendum
The previously certified GP EIR serves as the primary environmental compliance document for the project, and this Addendum provides minor changes and additions to the GP EIR. This Addendum should be considered with the full text of the previously certified 2015 GP EIR. All applicable mitigation measures from the GP EIR would be applicable to the proposed project and, therefore, are incorporated by reference into this Addendum. This Addendum relies on the use of an Environmental Checklist Form (Checklist), as suggested in Section 15063(d)(3) of the CEQA Guidelines. Per the CEQA Guidelines, an addendum does not need to be circulated for public review but can be included in or attached to the Final EIR prior to making a decision on the project.

1.3 Summary of Findings
Based upon the Checklist prepared for the proposed project and supporting responses (see Chapter 3), adoption of the up date to the LASP would not result in substantial changes requiring major revisions to the previously certified GP EIR. Further, the proposed project would not result in any new significant environmental impacts that were not discussed in the GP EIR or a substantial increase in the severity of previously identified significant impacts. No new mitigation measures are required for the proposed project. Since only minor changes and additions are required to the GP EIR, and none of the conditions described in Pu blic Resources Code Section 21166 or CEQA Guidelines Section 15162(a -b) or Section 15163 requiring preparation of a subsequent or supplemental EIR have occurred, the City finds that the preparation of an addendum to the GP EIR is the appropriate CEQA docum entation for the proposed project and that the proposed project is within the scope of the GP EIR.

1.4 Lead Agency and Discretionary Approvals
This Addendum and the previously certified GP EIR are intended to serve as the environmental documentation for the changes being proposed under the LASP Update. The City of Pasadena is the lead agency under CEQA and maintains authority to approve the Addendum for the adoption of the LASP Update.

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CHAPTER 2

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

2.1 Introduction
On August 18, 2015, the City certified the Pasadena General Plan (GP) Final Environmental Impact Report (GP EIR). The GP EIR analyzed potential citywide impacts, broad policy alternatives, and programmatic mitigation measures. The GP EIR analyzed the update of the GP and specific plan amendments, which were limited to specific plan boundary changes and updated development caps within each of the City’s eight specific plan areas. The changes focused on the Land Use and Mobility Elements and the Land Use Diagram. The update also included the consolidation of optional elements into required elements of the General Plan.

The Land Use and Mobility Elements, together with the other General Plan elements, guide the overall physical development of the City through horizon year 2035.

The City is updating seven existing specific plans and creating one new specific plan to align with the recently updated General Plan. The specific plan updates focus on establishing neighborhood-specific design and land-use goals resulting in new development standards and guidelines that will help shape the City’s major commercial and mixed-use areas. The Lincoln Avenue Specific Plan (LASP) is the first specific plan to be updated as part of the General Plan Implementation Program.

The purpose of this Addendum to the GP EIR is to evaluate the environmental effects associated with the propo sed LASP Update and to determine whether these impacts are consistent with the evaluation presented in the GP EIR in compliance with CEQA (Public Resources Code Sections 21000 et seq.) and the State CEQA Guidelines (California Code of Regulations Section 15000 et seq.).

2.2 Project Location
The LASP area is located in the City of Pasadena. The existing LASP boundary extends along a 1.3-mile segment of Lincoln Avenue between Forest Avenue on the south and the northern City boundary just north of Montana Street o n the north. The LASP area is bisected by Interstate 210 (I-210). Figure 1 shows the general location of the LASP area within the region. *Specific Plan Boundaries are Subject to Change Figure 2 shows the general locations of the City’s eight Specific Plans that make up the General Plan Implementation Program.

Error! Reference source not found. shows the location of the existing LASP boundary and the LASP Update boundary. The LASP Update would modify the LASP boundary by removing two areas from the existing boundary, including one on the west side of the LASP area north of the I-210 and one in the southern portion of the LASP area between Hammond Street and Forest Avenue, which are currently regulated by the municipal code. The area to be removed on the west side of the LASP area includes a single-family residential neighborhood. The area to be removed from the southern portion of the LASP area includes a single-family residential neighborhood, a planned development (PD -4), and a commercial (CG) property. The two areas to be removed from the specific plan boundary are shown within the red dashed lines on Figure 3.

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Figure 1 - Regional Location Map

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*Specific Plan Boundaries are Subject to Change Figure 2 - Pasadena’s Eight Specific Plan Update Areas

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Figure 3 - Project Location – LASP

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2.3 Project Objectives
The primary goals and objectives identified in the 2015 GP EIR include:
 Objective 1: Provide a new Land Use Element that targets growth to serve community needs and enhance the quality of life. Direct higher density development away from residential neighborhoods and into the Central District, Transit Villages, and Neighborhood Villages.
 Objective 2: Reduce vehicle miles traveled for the City and the region by providing a diverse housing stock, job opportunities, and exciting districts with commercial and recreational uses, and transit opportunities in the Central District, Transit Villages, and Neighborhood Villages.
 Objective 3 : Ensure new development builds upon Pas adena’s tradition of strong sense of place, great neighborhoods, gardens, plazas, parks, and trees.  Objective 4 : Preserve Pasadena’s historic resources by ensuring that new development is compatible with and differentiated from existing historic resources.  Objective 5 : Achieve economic vitality and fiscal responsibility by providing jobs, services, revenues, and opportunities with a diverse economic base.  Objective 6: Provide a General Plan that establishes the goals and policies to create a socially, econo mically, and environmentally sustainable community. Provide safe, well-designed, accessible, and human-scale residential and commercial areas where people of all ages can live, work, and play, including neighborhood parks, urban open spaces, and the equitable distribution of public and private recreational facilities.  Objective 7: Create a cultural, scientific, corporate, entertainment, and educational center for the region. Provide long -term growth opportunities for existing institutions and foster a healt hy economy to attract new cultural, scientific, corporate, entertainment, and educational institutions.
 Objective 8: Create mobility guidelines and multimodal metrics consistent with Senate Bill (SB) 743. Incorporate new goals, policies, and programs that balance multiple modes of transportation and meet the requirements of the Complete Streets Act.  Objective 9 : Reduce greenhouse gas emissions and encourage walking, biking, transit, and other alternatives to motor vehicles by creating strategies to encourag e nonautomotive travel and protect residential neighborhoods consistent with Assembly Bill (AB) 32, SB 375, and SB 743.
 Objective 10 : Reconcile General Plan buildout projections with regional and subregional estimates for growth creating consistency with the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG).
 Objective 11: Incorporate housing sites identified in the adopted Housing Element with the Land Use Element.

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In accordance with the GP EIR goals and objectives, the proposed LASP Update includes the following vision:

Vision Statement: Lincoln Avenue will be the heart of the greater residential neighborhood where commercial and multi -family uses co -exist in a walkable, vibrant environment with public realm improvements that create a cohesive and well-connected corridor.

Vision Objectives:
 Neighborhood Character. Compatible development that adds to the rich cultural history of the community.
 Commercial Core. A strong spine of retail and services north of Wyoming Street, supported by reuse of existing buildings and targeted infill development.  Housing Choices. A variety of new housing options that complement existing neighborhoods.
 Connected Neighborhood. Enhanced sidewalks that support pedestrian comfort and safety, and create a cohesive sense of place.
 Greening & Open Space. A more livable and sustainable community with rich landscaping and open space.
 Innovation Hub. Clean industrial and commercial uses that provide future-friendly jobs.

2.4 Description of the Proposed Project
The proposed project would update the LASP to implement the General Plan. The purpose of this Addendum to the GP EIR is to evaluate the environmental effects associated with the proposed LASP Update as compared to the evaluation presented in the GP EIR.

This project proposes to update the following components of the LASP to bring it into alignment with the General Plan:
 Specific Plan Area boundary
 Vision, objectives, goals and policies
 Zoning districts regulating allowed land uses
 Density and intensity of development
 Height and/or overall scale of buildings and structures  Distance of buildings and structures to the property line (setbacks/stepbacks)  Urban design standards
 Vehicle access and parking standards
 Types and amount of open space and landscaping requirements  Public realm standards (sidewalks, street trees, parkways)  Implementation programs
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local serving retail and service businesses, offices, research and development spaces, and community uses, that would be supported by publi c improvements that enable an enjoyable pedestrian environment. It includes design standards, such as modulation and stepbacks, to help refine building mass and scale, reinforce existing urban character, and improve the aesthetic and design quality of new development; as well as, public realm standards, such as the regulation of sidewalk zones to ensure space for pedestrian movement, parkways, street trees, and other amenities. Finally, the LASP Update includes implementation programs, such as streetscape and pedestrian safety improvements, and potential funding sources to assist the City with associated capital costs.

2.4.1 Relationship to 2015 General Plan
The 2015 General Plan represented an update to the City General Plan Elements, including the Mobility Element and the Land Use Element , which guides the overall physical development of the City. The 2015 General Plan also established new development caps for each of the Specific Plan areas, including the LASP. However, the General Plan leaves the more detailed development and design standards to be identified in the Specific Plan. The proposed LASP Update establishes the regulatory tools needed to implement the General Plan through the identification of development and design standards suited to the LASP area.

As this document compares the environmental impacts of the proposed LASP Update to those analyzed in the GP EIR, it is important to note the following:
 The proposed LASP Update does not modify or change the intent of the adopted General Plan. Rather, the updates to the LASP are being proposed to achieve the goals and vision of the General Plan by adding the necessary regulatory tools for implementation. Additionally, minor technical corrections are recommended to align the General Plan Land Use Diagram with proposed zoning districts and land use designations.
 The General Plan established land uses and corresponding density and intensity standards but did not establish development and/design standards (e.g., height limits, setbacks, etc.). The LASP Update does not change or modify the land use designations established in the General Plan Land Use Diagram, but rather adds more specific restrictions to the General Plan Land Use categories for the LASP area. o The proposed LASP Update provides development and design standards through zoning districts and land use regulations, thereby, further regulating the land uses studied in the GP EIR.
o In the Mixed-Use zone, the LASP Update provides more restrictive density and intensity limitations than the General Plan. The General Plan permits a maximum of 87 dwelling units per acre (du/ ac) and a 2.25 floor area ratio (FAR), whereas the LASP Update would limit the LASP area to a maximum of 48 du/ac and a 1.5 FAR.
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2.4.2 Relationship to 2013 Lincoln Avenue Specific Plan The existing Lincoln Avenue Specific Plan was adopted by the City Council in October 2013.

The 2015 GP and corresponding GP EIR included some policies carried over from the 2013 Lincoln Avenue Specific Plan (2013 SP). The purpose of the 2013 SP was to redevelop heavy industrial uses and create a more neighborhood -forward Specific Plan area. Changes to specific plans are implemented through updates to the specific plan since, as discussed above, it is the specific plan that establishes development and design standards for that area.

As such, the development and design standards listed in the 2 013 SP are applicable to the parcels in the LASP area until the LASP Update being analyzed in this Addendum is adopted.

The proposed updates to the LASP would build on the progress of that redevelopment initiated by the 2013 SP by refining zoning districts for an even more cohesive neighborhoo d. The specific plan land uses organize land use types by category within the Specific Plan area, while the zoning districts establish the development standards for land use types, such as height restrictions, density limitations, parking requirements, public realm, etc. The primary changes from the 2013 SP included in the LASP Update include the following:
 Updated vision objectives, policies and standards that align with the General Plan and address current and future community needs, opportunities, and challenges.  Whereas the permitted land uses of the 2013 SP resulted in rezoning and introduced new residential and commercial development, the proposed updates to the LASP would refine design standards and neighborhood -serving uses within the updated zoning districts.
 The 2013 SP separated the specific plan area into seven zoning districts:

Single-Family Residential (RS -6), Multi -Family Residential (RM -16), Commercial Limited (CL), Commercial General 1 (CG -1), Commercial General (CG-2), Planned Development (PD), and Public/Semi -Public (PS) uses. The LASP Update would remove the RS, PS, and PD zoning districts, update the existing CG-2 zoning district to Flex Commercial (CF), and define one new Mixed Use (MU-48) zoning district to implement the vision of the General Plan.
 Whereas the 2013 SP limited residential and commercial zones by generally requiring separation of uses and encouraging single- and multi-family dwellings, the proposed updates to the LASP would reimagine the neighborhood as a mixed-use corridor of more integrated uses.

2.4.3 Proposed LASP Updates
The vision and goals of the proposed LASP Update are implemented through three sets of tools set forth in the LASP. These tools include land use regulations, design and development standards, and public realm standards . The specific plan regulates land uses and development standards primarily by the creation of new zoning districts. These districts regulate permitted land use types and associated development standards for land use types, such as height restrictions, density limitations, parking requirements, public realm, etc. By assigning more focused uses and design policies to each zon ing district within the Specific Plan area, the proposed updates to the LASP would include standards that improve building design and require site design that complements existing defining features of the neighborhood’s built form, such as consistent setbacks, parking location requirements, and landscaping. General discussions on the development and design standards to be Chapter 2: Project Description Lincoln Avenue Specific Plan Update

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implemented under the LASP Update are included below. Appendix A includes a list of the specific development and design standards proposed.

The zoning district naming conventions reflect their location within a specific plan (LASP is used as the zone prefix) as well as the land uses allowed within that zone . Figure 4 shows these zoning districts and Figure 5 shows the proposed land uses . The proposed zoning districts would become effective once codified following Council adoption of the proposed LASP Update. Upon adoption of the new LASP, the City’s Zoning Code text would be amended to replace existing permitted uses and development standards with the uses and development standards provided in the adopted specific plan. The Zoning Code map would be amended to replace zoning district designations indicated on the Zoning Map with the new LASP zoning districts. Other immediate actions include a General Plan amendment to the Land Use Diagram which establishes the type of land uses that are allowed on a particular site in the City.

Specific Plan Boundary
As discussed in Section 2.2, the existing LASP boundary extends along a 1.3 -mile segment of Lincoln Avenue between Forest Avenue on the south and the northern City boundary just north of Montana Street on the north. As shown in Figure 3, the LASP Update would modify the LASP boundary by removing two areas from the existing boundary, including one on the west side of the LASP area north of the I -210 and one in the southern portion of the LASP area between Hammond Street and Forest Avenue, which are currently regulated by the municipal code. The area to be removed on the west side of the LASP area includes a single-family residential neighborhood. The area to be removed from the sou thern portion of the LASP area includes a single-family residential neighborhood, a planned development (PD- 4), and a commercial (CG) property. The removal of the area in the southern portion of the LASP area would bring the southern boundary of the LASP a rea further north to Hammond Avenue, reducing the length of the LASP area from 1.3 miles to 1.1 miles.

Land Use
The proposed updates to the LASP would update zoning districts tailored to current community needs. The focus of the LASP Update is to allow hig her density residential development or mixed-use development along a six-block portion of Lincoln Avenue south of the I-210 freeway, and maintain and complement most of the current land uses and building stock to provide additional commercial storefronts a nd multifamily housing. This updated approach to land use regulation would support improved pedestrian conditions and provide opportunities for additional neighborhood-serving amenities. The LASP Update would contain the following zones and corresponding objectives:
 General Commercial (CG) – would foster a commercial center for the community and North Pasadena. Uses will focus on retail, restaurant, and services with additional flexibility towards offices and other complementary businesses.  Multifamily Residential (RM-16) – would protect current multifamily uses with modified design standards. Low-to-medium density housing, including duplexes, townhomes, and apartments, would be allowed.
 Limited Commercial (CL) – would continue the existing commercial use to serve as a buffer from the adjacent freeway.

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 Mixed-Use (MU) – would provide multifamily housing opportunities at a higher density along the corridor while also encouraging ground floor commercial uses, such as neighborhood shops and services.
 Flex Commercial (CF) – would support existing and new research and development uses and provide space for new and growing local startups. This zone would allow for most commercial uses including retail and offices as well as uses like artisan production and custom manufacturing.

The LASP Update regulates land use consistent with the City’s existing list of land use types and introduces three new land use types within the refined LASP area. These new land use types address uses that were not previously regulated by the City based on evolution of uses over time. The proposed definitions for the new land use types are included below, and would apply to future development following adoption of the proposed LASP Update.  Accessory Tasting Rooms is defined as uses accessory to an alcohol manufacturing plant that offer on-site tastings and sell beverages manufactured on the premises for on-site or off -site consumption. The subcategory includes establishments such as breweries, wineries, and distilleries that offer tastings and sales of alcohol beverages in accordance with a license issued by the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control.
 Alcohol Beverage Manufacturing is defined as a use where manufacturing of beer, wine, or other alcohol beverages are processed or prepared for consumption.  Custom Manufacturing/Artisan Production is defined as an artisanal, independent, or small-scale use limited to a maximum gross floor area of 15,000 square feet that involves the assembly, compounding, design, development, evaluation, manufacturing, processing, packaging, or treatment of components into products and conducted within enclosed buildings. These uses do not produce noise and vibration beyond the property line. Uses requiring State or Federal emissions permits ar e excluded from this use category to protect neighboring properties. Truck trips are limited to maximum of 10 per day. Small scale food production including commercial bakeries, but excluding catering, are included in this use category. Accessory uses that support the primary use of the establishment may comprise up to 25 percent of the gross floor area of the establishment. Accessory uses may include those such as, but not limited to, outdoor dining, on-site food and beverage tastings, and retail.

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Figure 4 - Proposed Zoning Districts

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Figure 5 - Proposed Generalized Land Uses

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Intensity, Density, Mass and Scale
The General Plan 2015 Land Use Element designates a range of intensities and densities in the LASP area to support the gradual transition of Lincoln Avenue from an industrial and limited commercial area to a vibrant neighborhood-oriented district, with new housing options, retail and service businesses, office spaces, and community uses that complement the surrounding neighborhoods. Updates included in the LASP are intended to:
 Implement the General Plan densities , measured as dwelling units per acre (du/ac), and floor area ratios (FAR)
 Encourage new commercial uses in existing commercial buildings, 3-story mixed-use,1 2- to 3 -story multifamily residential , and flexible light industrial/creative office development
 Refine allowed heights and height transitions to address mass and scale compatible with surrounding single-family neighborhoods
As shown in Error! Not a valid bookmark self -reference., FAR maximums in the non- residential zoning districts (CG, CL, and CF) would maintain a low-scale commercial and office character. FAR and density maximums in the MU zoning district allow for increased residential capacity from the existing LASP in order to provide new housing opportunities in the area and support local businesses. The density maximum in the RM zoning district aims to maintain a mid-scale multifamily residential character. Height standards would ensure that developments are built in relationship to their surrounding context, creating overall scale cohesion throughout a neighborhood or corridor.

Table 1 – Current and Proposed Mass and Scale
Draft
Zoning
Density (du/ac) Intensity (FAR) Height (ft)a
GP EIR 2013
SP LASP GP EIR 2013
SP LASP 2013

SP LASP
CG 0 0 0 1.0 0.8 1.0 36b 39
CL 0 0 0 1.0 0.7 1.0 36 36
CF 0 0 0 1.0 1.0 1.0 36b 39
MU 87 16 48 2.25 0.7 1.5 36 39
RM 16 n/a 16 n/a n/a n/a 36c 36
a. The General Plan does not include height standards
b. 2 stories
c. 28 to top plate

Urban Design
Design standards proposed by the LASP Update, such as modulation and stepbacks, would help refine building mass and scale, reinforce existing neighborhood character, and improve the aesthetic and design quality of new development. The setback ranges would reinforce existing setback conditions and/or provide a more consistent street wall on blocks that currently lack a well -defined character, while allowing some flexibility for visual interest to

1 Up to 4 stories with City’s density bonus for affordable housing height concession.

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address community desire for additional outdoor space for amenities. The proposed standards would maintain the existing height limits of two to three stories maximum. The proposed standards would also encourage new housing opportunities in the MU zoning district with required transitions to the surrounding neighborhood and reinforce setback conditions while adding requirements for parkways and landscaping. Proposed ground floor standards would reflect community intere st to improve the pedestrian experience at the street -level based on the following parameters:
 Minimum Ground Floor Height (not changing from 2013 SP)  Location of Primary Entrances
 Amount of Street-Facing Transparency
 Minimization of Blank Walls
Open Space
The proposed updates to the LASP would include open space requirements that would support high quality, accessible and usable open space across a variety of types that contribute to an active public realm and successful building design. Residential open s pace would be required according to the number of bedrooms, with larger units having a larger open space requirement. Required open space may be private to individual units or common among tenants. Non -residential open space would be required for the large st commercial developments (those over 40,000 square feet). A new public open space requirement would allow for additional community gathering places for certain projects in the CF zone over 80,000 square feet. These changes are intended to expand the amou nt of open space available to residents and employees along the corridor.

Parking
Vehicle parking requirements proposed by the updates to the LASP would lower the parking requirement for many commercial uses to allow more flexibility for business owners as uses change over time; these modified standards are designed to support economic stability and reduce vacancies through simplified regulation . The Specific Plan standardizes most commercial uses at 3 spaces per 1,000 square feet (2 spaces per 1,000 square feet in LASP- CG) to allow flexibility for changes of use in existing structures, aiding new business openings and promoting the reuse of existing buildings when possible. Projects are exempted from being required to provide parking for the first 5,000 square feet of a new or existing commercial use; this is intended to lower the cost of opening a small business and to incentivize commercial uses being included within mixed use buildings. Residential parking requirements would also be slightly reduced from existing requirement for some unit sizes; new residential units would be required to sell or rent parking spaces separately from the unit itself to reduce the cost of housing in the area and encourage use of alternative forms of transportation.

Public Realm
Public realm requirements proposed by the updates to the LASP would improve sidewalk conditions and the pedestrian experience through slight increases in sidewalk widths where new development occurs. The LASP Update builds on the Pasadena Street Design Guide to ensure sufficient widths create a sidewalk environment that supports functional activities.

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wider sidewalks. New width requirements for sidewalk zones will support adequate space for street trees, parkways, pedestrian movement, and other amenities. The LASP Update would require parkways to be provided by new development, including planting between 20 and 30 percent of street frontage , with addition al requirements to increase stormwater retention.

Street trees would be required to be planted in larger tree wells and follow new planting requirements to better support tree health.

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CHAPTER 3

EVALUATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS

The following evaluation assesses the environmental impacts of the proposed LASP Update in relation to the analysis provided in the 2015 GP EIR. Determinations are made as to whether the proposed project would result in new significant impacts or substantially more severe effects, which would trigger the need for a Subsequent or Supplemental EIR.

For each threshold identified below, the following questions are addressed and discussed in the narrative for each issue:

What is the LASP Update’s impact conclusion?
For each impact identified below, a level of significance of the impact is provided. While criteria for determining significant impacts are unique to each issue area, the environmental analysis applies a uniform classification of the impacts b ased on the following definitions consistent with CEQA and its implementing CEQA Guidelines:
 No Impact (NI) – A designation of no impact is given when no changes in the environment would occur.
 Less than Significant Impact (LTS) – A less than significant impact would cause no substantial adverse change in the environment.
 Less than Significant Impact with Mitigation (LTS -M) – A less than significant impact with mitigation incorporated avoids substantial adverse impacts on the environment with adherence to identified mitigation measures. For those issue areas where the impact of the LASP Update would be less than significant with the incorporation of the same mitigation measure(s) identified in the GP EIR, the impact is identified as LTS-M(GP). The number of the mitigation measure from the MMRP will be referenced and summarized in Chapter 4.
 Significant and Unavoidable Impact (S-U) – A significant unavoidable impact would cause a substantial adverse effect on the environment, and no feasible mitigation measures would be available to reduce the impact to a less than significant level.

What is the GP EIR impact conclusion? The issues that were found to be either less than significant or were found to have no impact in the Initial Study prepared for the GP Update, and were therefore excluded from further analysis in the GP EIR, are identified with (IS) after the impact conclusion.

Does the LASP Update involve new significant impacts or substantially more severe impacts than those analyzed in the GP EIR?
Are there any new or changed circumstances involving new significant impacts or substantially more severe impacts than those analyzed in the GP EIR?
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Is there any new information of substantial importance that was not and could not have been known at the time of certification of the GP EIR that rises to the level of requiring new analysis or verification?
Are any new mitigation measures required for the LASP Update?

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Would the project:
a) Have a substantial adverse
effect on a scenic vista? LTS LTS No No No No
b) Substantially damage scenic
resources, including, but not
limited to, trees, rock
outcroppings, and historic
buildings within a state scenic
highway?
LTS LTS (IS) No No No No
c) Substantially degrade the
existing visual character or
quality of the site and its
surroundings?
LTS LTS No No No No
d) Create a new source of
substantial light or glare which
would adversely affect day or
nighttime views in the area?
LTS LTS No No No No
Discussion:

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As detailed in Section 2.4, proposed updates to the LASP would further restrict the land uses from those analyzed in the GP E IR and establish additional development/design standards to create an even more consistent yet integrated pedestrian -friendly neighborhood.

The LASP Update proposes five zoning districts compared to the previous seven, which would remove single -family housing areas, planned development, and publi c-semi/public uses to provide more opportunities for mixed -uses, multifamily residential uses, and local-serving business and innovation. Updates included in the proposed LASP are intended to implement the densities and FARs analyzed in the GP EIR, encourage new commercial uses in existing commercial buildings, permit 3 - to 4-story mixed-use, permit 2- to 3-story multifamily residential and flexible light industrial/creative office development, and establish height transitions to surrounding single family neighborhoods. To accomplish this, the proposed LASP Update would primarily be consistent with the density and intensity limitations presented in the GP EIR and include a more restrictive density and intensity limitation for the Mixed-Use zone as compared to those standards in the GP EIR. The General Plan allows for a maximum of 87 dwelling units per acre (du/ac) and a 2.25 floor area ratio (FAR), whereas the LASP Update would further limit the LASP area to a maximum of 48 du/ac and a 1.5 FAR. As the proposed LASP Update would align with and implement the General Plan, buildout of the LASP Update would not significantly impact visual character or Chapter 3: Evaluation of Environmental Impacts Lincoln Avenue Specific Plan Update

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Furthermore, the current CEQA Guidelines Appendix G checklist also recommends considering a project’s potential to conflict with applicable zoning and other regulations governing scenic quality if the project is located in an urbanized area. As discussed, the proposed LASP updates include additional land use restrictions and establishing development/design standards. Similar to the General Plan Update, these LASP updates would not significantly impact views of the San Gabriel Mountains, and would improve the aesthetic quality of new development within the LASP. Therefore, impacts related to scenic quality would be less than significant with implemen tation of the LASP Update.

No new significant impacts and no substantial increase in the severity of previously ide ntified impacts associated with the proposed project would occur. Likewise, there is no new information of substantial importance requiring new analysis or verification. The project does not propose substantial changes that require major revisions to the GP EIR, and no new mitigation measures are required.

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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
non-agricultural use?
NI NI (IS) No No No No
b) Conflict with existing zoning for
agricultural use, or a Williamson
Act contract?
NI NI (IS) No No No No
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 for Timberland Production
(as defined by Government Code
Section 51104[g])?
NI NI (IS) No No No No
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Agriculture and forestry resources were addressed in the Initial Study (IS) prepared for the GP EIR, which found that impacts to this topic would be less than significant following the implementation of the General Plan Update. The Zoning Code permits commerc ial growing in designated zoning districts; however, the IS stated that the General Plan Update did not alter uses permitted by the Zoning Code, and the objectives of the General Plan Update did not relate to or conflict with commercial growing. 2 The IS also stated that there are no Williamson Act contracts in the City, nor is any part of the City designated as timberland, forest land, or farmland; as such these types of lands would not be converted to another use. 3 The General Plan Update did not have any impacts on agriculture and forestry resources.

Similar to the General Plan Update, the proposed LASP Update would not alter zoning districts or permitted land uses in a way that conflicts with the Zoning Code regarding the conversion of farmland, timberland, or forest land. While the proposed LASP Update includes additional land use restrictions and establishing development/design standards, the objectives of the LASP Update do not

2 City of Pasadena, Initial Study/Notice of Preparation, 2013. 3 City of Pasadena, Initial Study/Notice of Preparation, 2013.

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No new significant impacts and no substantial increase in the severity of previously identified impac ts associated with the proposed project would occur. Likewise, there is no new information of substantial importance requiring new analysis or verification. The project does not propose substantial changes that require major revisions to the GP EIR, and no new mitigation measures are required.

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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?
S-U S-U No No No No
b) Violate any air quality standard
or contribute to an existing or
projected air quality violation?
S-U S-U No No No No
c) Result in a cumulatively
considerable net increase of any
criteria pollutant for which the
project region is non-attainment
under an applicable federal or
state ambient air quality
standard?
S-U S-U No No No No
d) Expose sensitive receptors to
substantial pollutant
concentrations?
LTS-M(GP) LTS-M No No No No
e) Result in other emissions (such
as those leading to odors)
adversely affecting a substantial
number of people?
LTS-M(GP) LTS-M No No No No
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The GP EIR found that potentially significant impacts to air quality would occur if mitigation measures were not incorporated ; in some instances the GP EIR found impacts to air quality to be significant and unavoidable because no feasible mitigation measures would be available to reduce impacts to a less than significant level. The City of Pasadena is entirely within the South Coast Air Basin (SCAB) and therefore must comply with the rules and regulations imposed by the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) .

The SCAB is also subject to the California Ambient Air Quality Standards (CAAQS) adopted by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) and the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) adopted by the federal government. The SCAB is designated a nonattainment area (i.e., an area that does not meet the ambient air quality standards) for ozone (O3), fine inhalable particulate matter (PM2.5), and coarse inhalable particulate matter (PM10) under the CAAQS, and a nonattainment area for O3, PM2.5, and lead (Los Angeles County only) under the NAAQS.4 The GP EIR concluded that buildout of the General Plan Update would increase employment and population beyond current SCAG forecasts and contribute to cumulative SCAB nonattainment designations. While certain aspects of the General Plan Update Land Use Plan would lead to improvements in transportation and thus decrease emissions from that source, the GP EIR found that even with implementation of Mitigation Measure 2 -1, requiring the preparation of a technical assessment evaluating potential project construction-related air quality impacts to the City Planning Division prior to issuance of construction permits, and Mitigation Measure 2-2, requiring the preparation of a technical assessment evaluating potential project operation-related air quality impacts to the City Plan ning Division prior to project approval, construction and operation impacts would not be reduced below the required SCAQMD thresholds, and that future impacts could be significant and unavoidable. The GP EIR stated that although submission of a technical assessment for possible construction related impacts required by Mitigation Measure 2-1 could reduce criteria air pollutant impacts for individual projects, the cumulative impact of all future construction emissions would result in sig nificant and unavoidable impacts. In relation to the operation of buildout, the GP EIR stated that future activity would exceed SCAQMD thresholds

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LASP Update Impact
Conclusion
GP EIR Impact
Conclusion
Does the LASP
Update Involve
New Significant
Impacts or
Substantially
More Severe
Impacts than
those analyzed
in the GP EIR?
Any New or
Changed
Circumstances
Involving New
Significant
Impacts or
Substantially
More Severe
Impacts than
those analyzed
in the GP EIR?
Any New
Information of
Substantial
Importance
That Was Not
and Could Not
Have Been
Known at the
Time of
Certification of
the GP EIR that
Rises to the
Level of
Requiring New
Analysis or
Verification?
Are Any
New
Mitigation
Measures
Required
for the
LASP
Update?
as well, and that while Mitigation Measure 2-2 requiring the submission of an emissions assessment for operation -related impacts for individual future development projects , could reduce individual project impacts, the cumulative impacts of the General Plan Update buildout would be significant and unavoidable. The GP EIR found that implementation of the General Plan Update could expose existing or planned sensitive receptors to criteria air pollutants and toxic air contaminants (TACs), but that Mitigation Measure 2-3, requiring the submittal of a Health Risk Assessment for certain new industrial or warehousing land uses requiring use of diesel trucks within 1,000 feet of a sensitive land use prior to project approval, would ensure that mobile sources of TACs not covered under SCAQMD permits would be considered during subsequent project -level environmental review. The HRA prepared for thos e projects identified under Mitigation Measure 2-3 would identify project -specific measures to minimize health risk and individual projects would be required to achieve the incremental risk thresholds established by SCAQMD, thus reducing impacts to less than significant. This, however, would only reduce the impact on a project -by-project basis, and the GP EIR concluded that the future buildout of the General Plan Update would result in cumulative impacts to sensitive receptors that are significant and unavo idable. The GP EIR found that Mitigation Measures 2-4 and 2 -5 would require that major sources of air pollutants achieve incremental risk thresholds when placed near a sensitive receptor, as well as practice measures to minimize odors, reducing both impacts to a less than significant level.

The proposed LASP falls within the City of Pasadena and thus within the bounds of the area analyzed by the GP EIR; however, t he LASP area only accounts for a small portion of the area analyzed under the GP EIR. The LASP includes parcels generally fronting Lincoln Avenue between Forest Avenue on the south and the northern City boundary, just north of Montana Street. The LASP area is primarily built out, and the proposed LASP Update would govern land uses and improvements to integrate the parcels in a more cohesive, walkable pattern. Buildout of the proposed LASP Update would address Goal 35, Policies LU 35.5 and LU 35.10 that th e General Plan Update proposed for the City’s Land Use Element for Lincoln Avenue: (1) provide for the gradual phasing out of industrial uses that create conflicts with surrounding neighborhoods, and (2) redesign Lincoln Avenue to accommodate a mix of mobility choices including walking, bicycling, and transit in addition to the automobile. It is like ly that, similar to the impacts addressed in the GP EIR, impacts to air quality from the buildout of the proposed LASP Update would be less than significant for each individual project (and will Chapter 3: Evaluation of Environmental Impacts Lincoln Avenue Specific Plan Update

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No new significant impacts and no substantial increase in the severity of previously identified impacts associated with the proposed project would occur, nor would the significant unavoidable impacts identified in the GP EIR be worsened. Likewise, there is no new information of substantial importance requiring new analysis or verification. The project does not propose substanti al changes that require major revisions to the GP EIR, and no new mitigation measures are required.

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The GP EIR identified four areas within the boundaries of the General Plan Update area where sensitive natural habitats occur to varying degrees, including Arroyo Seco, Eaton Canyon Corridor, Hastings Canyon, and the San Rafael Hills ; however, the land use changes included within the General Plan Update would be confined to the eight specific plan areas within the City, no ne of which Chapter 3: Evaluation of Environmental Impacts Lincoln Avenue Specific Plan Update

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No land use changes were proposed in these areas, however, the GP EIR states that buildout of the General Plan Update could have potentially significant impacts to sensitive species, sensitive natural communities, and jurisdictional waters and/or wetlands. Mitigation Measures 3-1 through 3-6 would ensure that a qualified biologist would be involved in the assessment, mitigation, and monitoring of all projects occurring on land where impacts to biological resources could be potentially significant; impacts would then be reduced to a less than significant level following implementation of the mitigation measures. The IS prepared for the GP EIR found that development projects approved under the GP Update, including within the City’s eight specific plan areas, would be required to comply with the City’s Master Street Tree Plan, Chapter 17.44 (Landscaping) of the City’s Zoning Code, and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA), as applicable. As such, the General Plan Update’s impact on ov erland wildlife movement and migration would be less than significant and the General Plan Update would not conflict with the City’s tree protection ordinance. Additionally, the IS pr epared for the GP EIR indicated that there are no adopted habitat conservation or natural community conservation plans within the City and, as such, concluded that no impacts to such plans would result from the General Plan Update.

As stated in the GP EIR, all proposed land use changes would be confined to the eight specific pl an areas in the City, including the proposed LASP area. The proposed LASP area is designated as urban and suburban developed land containing some developed open space.5 The GP EIR concluded that the specific plan areas, inclusive of the proposed LASP area, did not contain any sensitive natural habitats, jurisdictional waters, or wetlands. As such, there are no Mitigation Measures applicable to the proposed LASP Update.

Similar to the General Plan Update, development under the LASP Update would be required to comply with the City’s Master Street Tree Plan, Chapter 17.44 (Landscaping) of the City’s Zoning Code, and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA), as applicable. Therefore,

5 City of Pasadena. 2015 General Plan EIR: Figure 5.3-1, Vegetation Zones.

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No new significant impacts and no substantial increase in the severity of previously identified impacts associated with the proposed project would occur. Likewise, there is no new information of substantial importance requiring new analysis or verification. The project does not propose substantial changes that require major revisions to the GP EIR, and no new mitigation measures are required.

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The GP EIR found that, while the General Plan Update did not propose the alteration or demolition of any historic landmarks, any development under buildout of the General Plan Update could potentially impact a historic resource, as the GP EIR lists 7,440 historical resources throughout the City which meet at least one state or national criteria. The GP EIR states that the likelihood of encountering Chapter 3: Evaluation of Environmental Impacts Lincoln Avenue Specific Plan Update

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LASP Update
Impact
Conclusion
GP EIR Impact
Conclusion
Does the LASP
Update Involve
New Significant
Impacts or
Substantially
More Severe
Impacts than
those analyzed
in the GP EIR?
Any New or
Changed
Circumstances
Involving New
Significant
Impacts or
Substantially
More Severe
Impacts than
those analyzed
in the GP EIR?
Any New
Information of
Substantial
Importance That
Was Not and
Could Not Have
Been Known at
the Time of
Certification of
the GP EIR that
Rises to the
Level of
Requiring New
Analysis or
Verification?
Are Any New
Mitigation
Measures
Required for
the LASP
Update?
and impacting a historical resource is greater within a historic district, and that any specific plan area tha t is within or adjacent to a historic district has a greater likelihood for impacting historical resources. The Central District, North Lake, and Fair Oak s/Orange Grove Specific Plan Areas contain and/or are adjacent to historic landmarks and/or historic d istricts. The GP EIR states that future projects under the buildout of the General Plan Update can avoid significantly impacting historical resources by adhering to the Pasadena Municipal Code 17.61.030 design review, to state and federal regulations, and to the policies of the City’s Land Use Element, including Policy LU 8.5, Scale and Character of New Construction in Designated Landmark and Historic Districts. Additionally, Mitigation Measure 9-4, which is discussed in Section XIII, would ensure that vibr ations from construction activity would not impact architectural structures of historical significance. Impacts to archaeological resources can be reduced to a less than significant level upon implementation of Mitigation Measure 4 -1, which would halt cons truction upon discovery of an archaeological resource and require consultation with a registered archaeologist before proceeding with development. The GP EIR lists the Topanga Formation as an area sensitive to paleontological resources and states that implementation of Mitigation Measure 4-2, which would enlist the service of a registered paleontologist prior to any grading activity in the vicinity of this area, as a sufficient measure to reduce the impact to a less than significant level. The GP EIR conclu ded that grading activities within the General Plan Update area are not expected to disturb human remains.

The proposed LASP is within the area analyzed by the GP EIR, however it is not listed as a specific plan area that contains or is adjacent to a landmark or historic district within the City. Therefore, buildout of the LASP Update is not expected to significantly impact any historical resources. If archaeological resources are discovered during construction of any project under the buildout of the proposed LASP Update, GP EIR Mitigation Measure 4-1 would be implemented, and the impact level would be less than significant.

As the LASP area is not listed as a sensitive paleontological area, projects under buildout of the proposed LASP Update would have not significantly impact these resources.6 As the LASP area is within the area analyzed by the GP EIR and found not likely to contain

6 City of Pasadena. 2015 General Plan EIR. Figure 5.4-2: Paleontological Sensitivity.

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The current CEQA Guidelines Appendix G checklist also includes assessment criteria for potential impacts to tribal cultural resources.

Tribal cultural resources are 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 C alifornia Native American tribe. These types of resources were analyzed in the GP EIR and Native American consultation was conducted. No sacred lands were identified in the LASP area during consultation. The GP EIR concluded that the results of the Native Americ an consultation did not result in new information or unknown impacts, but that while there are no known sacred lands within the City, the potential to uncover archaeological resources during grading remains. Buildout of the LASP Update would incorporate GP EIR Mitigation Measure 4-1 if any archaeological resources, including tribal cultural resources, are discovered during construction, reducing the impact level to less than significant.

No new significant impacts and no substantial increase in the severity of previously identified impacts associated with the proposed project would occur. Likewise, there is no new information of substantial importance requiring new analysis or verification. The project does not propose substantial changes that require major revisions to the GP EIR, and no new mitigation measures are required.

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Energy was not addressed in the GP EIR, as the IS prepared for the GP EIR found that impacts to this topic from buildout of the General Plan would be less than significant. The IS stated that Pasadena’s Department of Water and Power (PWP) had the capacity to service the projected buildout of the General Plan Update.7 Additionally, the IS stated that the City of Pasadena is wholly within the bounds of a Southern California Gas Compan y service area. Forecasted use from the buildout of the General Plan Update – which would be an increase in energy use - was found to be within the capacity of existing facilities. 8 All new development and tenant improvements would be required to comply wi th the California Energy Code, Part 6 of the California Building Standards Code (Title 24), CALGreen standards, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standards, the City’s Green Action Plan, the City’s Green Building Standards Code (14.04.50 4), and the Open Space and Conservation Element of the General Plan, which together would increase efficiency and decrease consumption levels compared to existing structures built under the 2008 Building and Energy Efficiency Standards or targets established prior to those standards.9 As such, the intensification of energy use resulting from buildout of the General Plan Update would result in a less than significant impact.

7 City of Pasadena, Initial Study/Notice of Preparation, 2013. 8 City of Pasadena, Initial Study/Notice of Preparation, 2013. 9 City of Pasadena, Initial Study/Notice of Preparation, 2013.

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No new significant impacts and no substantial increase in the severity of previously iden tified impacts associated with the proposed project would occur. Likewise, there is no new information of substantial importance requiring new analysis or verification. The project does not propose substantial changes that require major revisions to the GP EIR, and no new mitigation measures are required.

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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
California Geological Survey
Special Publication 42.

LTS LTS (IS) No No No No
ii. Strong seismic ground
shaking? LTS LTS (IS) No No No No
iii. Seismic-related ground failure,
including liquefaction as
delineated on the most recent
Seismic Hazards Zones Map
issued by the State Geologist
for the area or based on other
LTS LTS (IS) No No No No
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Geology and soils were addressed in the IS prepared for the GP EIR, which found that impacts to this topic would be less than significant following the implementation of the General Plan Update. According to the Safety Element of the General Plan and, as was concluded in the IS, one Alquist-Priolo earthquake fault zone along the Raymond Fault, an active strand of the Sierra Madre Fault, and a possibly active strand of the Sierra Madre Fault pass through the City, and the San Fernando and Whittier Faults are located within 10 .5 and

15.5 miles from the City, respectively. All active faults could experience a surface rupture in the lifetimes of development resulting from buildout of the General Plan Update. The Safety Element, California Building Code, the City’s Building and Safety Division, and the City Building Code would require all new development to comply with policies and regulations surrounding surface ruptures and would be required to conduct and submit engineering geology and soils reports prior to permit approval. Policies within the above stated regulatory setting would also enforce specific building standards related to seismic ground shaking, as the soil in the City is either sandy, stony, or gravelly loam formed on the alluvial fan adjacent to the San Gabriel Mountains, which are soil types characterized as loos e and porous and thus susceptible to seismic ground shaking. Geotechnical investigations would be required for all new development approval as the City contains zones where liquefaction could occur near Arroyo Seco, in the San Rafael Hills, and near Eaton Canyon and Hastings Canyon. State and City building codes contain standards that new development must comply with pertaining to liquefaction as well, which the General Plan Update would be subject to. The geotechnical investigations would also need to cover the potential for landslides and building designs would be required to comply with slope standards, as the City is susceptible to earthquake-induced Chapter 3: Evaluation of Environmental Impacts Lincoln Avenue Specific Plan Update

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Conclusion
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Impacts or
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More Severe
Impacts than
those analyzed
in the GP EIR?
Any New or
Changed
Circumstances
Involving New
Significant
Impacts or
Substantially
More Severe
Impacts than
those analyzed
in the GP EIR?
Any New
Information of
Substantial
Importance That
Was Not and
Could Not Have
Been Known at
the Time of
Certification of
the GP EIR that
Rises to the
Level of
Requiring New
Analysis or
Verification?
Are Any New
Mitigation
Measures
Required for
the LASP
Update?
landslides originating in the San Gabriel Mountains and San Rafael Hills. The IS concluded that natural water soil erosion po tential in the City is low, that future construction has the possibility to expose soil to erosion, and that all construction activity would be required to practice soil erosion mitigation practices and adhere to a transport and grading control plan as required by the Los Angeles County Stormwater Program. The above-mentioned threats of landslides and liquefacti on in addition to the threat of lateral spreading and/or collapse due to the project location and quality of the soil would need to be included in each geotechnical investigation. Gr oundwater extraction would be monitored by the Raymond Basin Management Board to ensure the continued prevention of regional subsidence.10 Finally, each geotechnical investigation would be required to address soil expansion and each project would be required to comply with the associated standards of the Building and Safety Division and California Building Code. As the project area is urbanized, septic tanks would not be utilized during buildout of the General Plan Update. Development would include sewer lateral lines and would not rely on septic tanks or alternative wastewater disposal systems. With adherence to all regulations and policies, submission of a geotechnical report, and implementation of appropriate practices during construction, the IS concluded that buildout of the General Plan Update would have a less than significant impact to geology and soils.

The proposed LASP falls within the same City boundaries as were analyzed in the IS, and therefore is subject to similar risks and associated potential impacts related to geology and soils. Therefore, the LASP Update would n ot cause significant impacts beyond those analyzed in the IS for the GP EIR. Additionally, buildout of the proposed LASP Update would be required to adhere to the same regulations, policies, and standards pertaining to geology and soil s impacts, both during construction and operation, as any new development in the City would , including the preparation of project -specific geotechnical investigations for individual development projects.

10 City of Pasadena, Initial Study/Notice of Preparation, 2013.

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The GP EIR concluded that while certain improvements under the buildout of the General Plan Update would reduce Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions per service population, the buildout would still create more GHG emissions than existing conditions and would not achieve long-term GHG reduction goals under Executive Order S -03-05 and target levels of AB 32; after implementing Mitigation Measure 5-1, which required the City to prepare a community climate action plan/greenhouse gas reduction plan, the impacts related to GHG emissions would remain significant and unavoidable. Forecasting tools to measure future emissions from transportation, energy, waste, water/wastew ater, and other sources (landscaping equipment, light commercial equipment, and construction equipment) provided a short -term projection for future levels; however, these projections were found to be insufficient given the uncertainty of how the General Plan Update buildout would be phased. The GP EIR found that without implementation of a community climate action/GHG reduction plan and under current state and federal regulations, the population growth that would result fr om buildout of the General Plan Update would prevent the City from meeting AB 32 targets for emissions. While buildout would improve Chapter 3: Evaluation of Environmental Impacts Lincoln Avenue Specific Plan Update

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The proposed LASP Update would further restrict the land uses from those analyzed in the GP EIR and establish additional development/design standards. The proposed LASP Update would allow for increased density and intensity within the LASP area compared to existing conditions; however, the GP EIR analyzed the updated development caps within each of the City’s eight specific plan areas, including the LASP area, and buildout of the LASP Update would not exceed the development caps analyzed in the GP EIR. Additionally, the LASP Update would not convert non -residential uses to residential uses. Furthermore, the improvements included in the proposed LASP Update would create a neighborhood where residents can live, work, and shop, and utilize multi-modal mobility, which would minimize emissions from transportation. Buildout of the proposed LASP Update would address Goal 35, Policy LU 35.10 proposed by the General Plan Update for the City’s Land Use Element for Lincoln Avenue: redesign Lincoln Avenue to accommodate a mix of mobility choices including walking, bicycling, and transit in addition to the au tomobile. Any new development under buildout of the proposed LASP Update would be subject to the policies of the City’s current Climate Action Plan, which was adopted in 2018 to fulfill the requirements under GP EIR Mitigation Measure 5-1, as well as any additional climate action/GHG reduction plans established locally, state-wide, or federally at the time.

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The GP EIR found that buildout in accordance with the General Plan Update would involve the transport, use, and/or disposal o f hazardous materials; however, impacts would be less than significant as construction would be short -term and in compliance with a ll California Health and Safety Code, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), and SCAQMD regulations; project operations would reduce industrial uses compared to existing conditions and all new development would comply with the City’s Safety Element. The GP EIR found that 844 hazardous material sites fall within the City or within a 0.25 -mile radius thereof; however, compliance with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), California Code of Regulations, Title 22, and related requirements, as well as adherence to the City’s Land Use Element Policy LU 3.5 Hazardous Uses would bring the impact level to less than significant. The GP EIR concluded that project development could affect the implementation of an emergency response or evacuation plan due to population growth, dev elopment intensity, and road closures during construction; however, coordination with the Pasadena Fire Department (PFD) and compliance with the Los Angeles County Operational Area Emergency Response Plan and the City’s Emergency Operation Plan would ensure each project and buildout of the General Plan Update has a less than significant impact related to this topic. Finally, the GP EIR found that areas of the city near very high fire hazard severity zones could expose structures and/or residences to fire ha zards during buildout of the General Plan Update. However, compliance with the International Fire Code, California Fire Code, and the City’s Safety El ement would ensure that future development under the General Plan Update would not expose people or struct ures to substantial wildfire hazards, and impacts would be less than significant. The IS prepared for the GP EIR found that no portion of the City is loca ted within an airport land use plan or within two miles of an airport, and no related impact would occur. Furthermore, the IS prepared for the GP EIR concluded that the General Plan Update would not allow development of buildings with increased height that affect flight patterns or pose a safety hazard, and any related impacts would be less than significant.

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Conclusion
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Conclusion
Does the LASP
Update Involve
New Significant
Impacts or
Substantially
More Severe
Impacts than
those analyzed
in the GP EIR?
Any New or
Changed
Circumstances
Involving New
Significant
Impacts or
Substantially
More Severe
Impacts than
those analyzed
in the GP EIR?
Any New
Information of
Substantial
Importance That
Was Not and
Could Not Have
Been Known at
the Time of
Certification of
the GP EIR that
Rises to the
Level of
Requiring New
Analysis or
Verification?
Are Any New
Mitigation
Measures
Required for
the LASP
Update?
Similar to the buildout analyzed in the GP EIR, construction under the proposed LASP Update could potentially involve the transport, use, and/or disposal of hazardous materials. However, the further restriction of land uses under the proposed LASP Update would reduce industrial uses compared to existing conditions. Additionally, construction associated with individual development projects under buildout of the LASP Update would be temporary in nature, and all development would comply with the California Health and Safety Code, OSHA, and SCAQMD regulations. The LASP Update is not expected to result in significant impacts related to the transport, use, and/or disposal of hazardous materials. Similar to the GP Update analyzed in the GP EIR, impacts resulting from buildout of the LASP Update would be less than significant as construction would be short-term and in compliance with all California Health and Safety Code, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), and SCAQMD regulations; project operati ons would reduce industrial uses compared to existing conditions. The GP EIR did not list any hazardous material sites on Lincoln Avenue; if a site were to be located with a 0.25-mile radius of the LASP area, future development would be required to comply with CERCLA, RCRA, California Code of Regulations, Title 22, and related requirements, as well as adherence to the City’s Land Use Element Policy LU 3.5: Hazardous Uses, and as a result any related impacts would be less than significant. Future development under buildout of the LASP Update could result in temporary road closures. Similar to the GP Update analyzed in the GP EIR, all future development under buildout of the LASP Update would be required to coordinate with the PFD. Additionally, buildout of the LASP Update would not interfere with the Los Angeles County Operational Area Emergency Response Plan or the City’s Emergency Operation Plan. Furthermore, no future development project would be permitted to block any designated evacuation route s. Therefore, s imilar to the GP EIR, the LASP Update is not expected to significantly affect the implementation of an emergency response or evacuation plan.

The current CEQA Guidelines Appendix G checklist also includes assessment criteria for potential impacts to wildfire for those areas located within or near a state responsibility area or on lands classified as Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones. The propos ed LASP Update is not located within a Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone for local and state responsibility areas, and no impact would occur.11

11 City of Pasadena. 2015 General Plan EIR. Figure 5.6-1, Fire Hazard Severity Zones.

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The GP EIR found that buildout of the General Plan Update could increase the amount of impervious surfaces in the City of Pasadena resulting in an increase in surface water flows into drainage systems within the watershed, potentially resulting in erosion, siltation, and/or flooding. However, the city is primarily developed and urbanized and all development would be required to adhere to applicable local, state, and federal regulat ions and standards, as well as implement site design measures, low -impact development, and best management practices (BMPs), including infiltration features that contribute to groundwater recharge and minimize stormwater runoff, erosion, siltation, and/or flooding. As such, these impacts would be less than significant. The GP EIR stated that General Plan Update buildout would involve some increase in residential density in the East Pasadena Specific Plan area within the dam inundation zone for Eaton Wash Dam; however, the limited water supply behind the Dam combined with the implementation of evacuation plans as required by the City’s Safety Element would make the impact to risk of loss, injury, or death in the case of dam failure less than significant. The GP EIR found that during the construction phases of projects developed under to the General Plan Update, there is the potenti al for Chapter 3: Evaluation of Environmental Impacts Lincoln Avenue Specific Plan Update

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The proposed LASP Update would further restrict land uses from those analyzed in the LASP area in the GP EIR and would establish additional development/design standards . The LASP area is currently developed and urbanized. All new development under the buildout of the proposed LASP Update would be subject to applicable local, state, and federal regulations and standards pertaining to water quality, wastewater, and hydraulic hazard risk reduction. Impacts to hydrology and water quality would be less t han significant.

Furthermore, as indicated in the IS prepared for the GP, no portion of the City, including the LASP area, is located within a 100-year floodplain. Therefore, the proposed LASP Update would not place structures within the flow of a 100 -year flood and no impact would occur.

The current CEQA Guidelines Appendix G checklist also recommends considering a project’s potential to conflict with or obstruct implementation of a water quality control plan or sustainable groundwater management plan. As previously discussed, all new development under the buildout of the proposed LASP Update would be subject to all applicable water quality regulations. Additionally, no development in the LASP area would include the extraction of groundwater. Therefore, the proposed LASP Update would not conflict with the implementation of a water quality control plan or sustainable groundwater management plan, and the impact would be l ess than significant.

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The IS prepared for the GP EIR found that land use changes proposed within the specific plan areas are intended to tie into the existing uses and surrounding neighborhoods. As such, the General Plan update would not physically divide an existing community and the impact would be less than significant. The GP EIR compared the General Plan Update’s proposed land use changes - including proposed net increases in development and new policies pertaining to building intensity and urban design - to existing land uses in the City and concluded that possible direct impacts to land use and planning would be less than significant. As found by the GP EIR and Chapter 3: Evaluation of Environmental Impacts Lincoln Avenue Specific Plan Update

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0.0-1.25, respectively; Low Mixed Use (0.0 –1.0 FAR, 0 –32 du/ac), Low Medium Mixed Use (0.0 – 1.75 FAR, 0 –48 du/ac), Medium Mixed Use (0.0–2.25 FAR, 0–87 du/ac), and High Mixed Use (0.0–3.0 FAR, 0–87 du/ac). The GP EIR concluded that modifying land use designations and the corresponding buildout would create a positive live/work environment, which would enhance quality of life while reducing environmental impacts related to consumption, pollution, and emissions due to transit orientation, reduced commutes, and improved multi-modal options. Moreover, the GP EIR found that additional goals and policies added to the Land Use and Mobility Elements by the General Plan Update would ensure new development would be compatible with the existing character of the City while enhancing urban design and regulating sustainable growth. The GP EIR stated that in addition to the goals and policies of the Land Use and Mobility Elements, all new development would also be required to comply with Title 17 of the City’s Municipal Code and applicable design guidelines. The GP EIR stated that additional environmental impacts from changes to land use patterns and building intensity and design, such as impacts to air quality, hazards, flooding, and traffic, would be addressed individually in each corresponding section. As such, the GP EIR found that the proposed updates would not conflict with any existing applicable po licies or regulations and would be implemented in such a way that creates compatibility within the plan area; impacts to land use and planning were determined to be less than significant in the GP EIR. Additionally, the IS prepared for the GP EIR found that there are no adopted Chapter 3: Evaluation of Environmental Impacts Lincoln Avenue Specific Plan Update

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The proposed LASP Update would have similar land use objectives as the GP EIR, and includes further restrictions to land uses and establishment of additional development/design standard s to reflect development patterns within the LASP area that has occurred since adoption of the General Plan Update. Similar to the General Plan Update, the LASP Update is intended to tie into the existing uses and surrounding neighborhoods, and would not physically divide an established community. Five zoning districts would organize land uses within the plan area: General Commercial (CG), Multifamily Residential (RM), Limited Commercial (CL), Mixed -Use (MU), and Flex Commercial (CF). The intention of these more restrictive land uses would be to maintain and complement the current land uses and building stock , both commercial storefronts and multifamily housing, and fulfill the vision of a mixed -use corridor that is a walkable, neighborhood-serving street al lowing residents the opportunity to live, work, and shop. The removal of a single -family residential zone from the proposed new LASP area boundary and the addition of a mixed-use zone exemplify how the proposed LASP Update would include more housing opportunities. The distinction between general, flex, and limited commercial zones would encourage services that cater to community needs and invite innovation at the local level. The LASP Update would also further restrict certain uses to maintain neighbo rhood character. The City’s General Plan Land Use Element designates a range of intensities and densities in the LASP area to support the gradual transition of Lincoln Avenue from an industrial and limited commercial area to a vibrant neighborhood-oriented district, with new housing options, retail and service businesses, office spaces, and community uses.

Updates included in the proposed LASP are intended to implement the densities and FAR’s analyzed in the GP EIR, incentivize adaptive reuse, permit 3 - to 4-story mixed-use, permit 2 - to 3-story multifamily residential and flexible light industrial/creative office development, and establish height transitions to surrounding single family neighborhoods. To accomplish this, the proposed LA SP Update is primarily consistent with density and intensity limitations in the GP EIR and would include a more restrictive density and intensity limitation for the Mixed-Use zone as compared to those standards in the GP EIR. The General Plan allows for a maximum of 87 dwelling units per acre (du/ac) and a 2.25 floor area ratio (FAR) for Mixed-Use areas, whereas the LASP Update would further limit Mixed-Use in the LASP area to a maximum of 48 du/ac and a 1.5 FAR. The additional development/design standards would further Chapter 3: Evaluation of Environmental Impacts Lincoln Avenue Specific Plan Update

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As discussed in Chapter 2, Project Description , the LASP Update would refine the LASP boundary by removing two areas from the existing boundary, including one on the west side of the LASP area north of the I -210 and one in the southern portion of the LASP area between Hammond Street and Forest Avenue, which are currently regulated by the Pasadena Municipal Code. The LASP Update also includes three new land u se types, including Accessory Tasting Rooms, Alcohol Beverage Manufacturing, and Custom Manufacturing/Artisan Production. No development of such uses is proposed under the LASP Update, rather, the LASP Update defines these uses and future development of th ese new land use types would occur in compliance with policies and regulations set forth under the updated LASP, once adopted, and the Pasadena Municipal Code. Furthermore, as previously discussed, the LASP Update would not exceed the development caps analyzed in the GP EIR. Therefore, the updated LASP boundary and the three new land use types proposed under the LASP Update would not result in significant land use and planning impacts.

No new significant impacts and no substantial increase in the severity o f previously identified impacts associated with the proposed project would occur. Likewise, there is no new information of substantial importance requiring new analysis or verification. The project does not propose substantial changes that require major revisions to the GP EIR, and no new mitigation measures are required.

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Mineral resources were addressed in the IS prepared for the GP EIR, which found that impacts in this topic would be less than significant following the implementation of the General Plan Update. The IS states that there is no active mining in the City. Based on the California Geological Survey and as stated in the IS, the Eaton Wash and Arroyo Seco Wash are classified as Mineral Resource Sectors and may contain mineral resources within the City, b ut neither contain active mines or reserves, and buildout of the General Plan Update would not result in development in either area. Additionally, there are no mineral resource recovery sites in the City. The IS concluded that there would be no impact to m ineral resources following implementation of the General Plan Update. 12 As the proposed LASP Update would occur within the same boundaries as those analyzed in the GP EIR and it is not located within any of the identified Mineral Resource Sectors, the proposed LASP area would not contain mineral resources or develop on Mineral Resource Sectors.

12 City of Pasadena, Initial Study/Notice of Preparation, 2013.

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The GP EIR analyzed impacts to noise from construction and operation of buildout of the General Plan Update, including statio nary noise, traffic noise, rail noise, industrial noise, and all affiliated levels of vibration. The GP EIR assessed the updates f or compatibility with the City’s Land Use and Noise Elements. The GP EIR concluded that increased stationary and traffic noises from buildout would have a less than significant impact; if residential and sensitive land uses continue to be developed in compatible areas, and those uses that are compatible with transportation noi ses are developed in compliance with the Noise and Land Use Elements, as well as other state and local regulations pertaining to noise, then this impact would be less than significant as well. Regarding exposure to long-term groundborne vibration, the GP EIR found that both rail and industrial uses could cause a potentially significant impact. Portions of the City are designated for and operated as industrial uses. Mitigation Measure 9 -1 requires all industrial projects to submit a vibration study providing evidence that vibration-causing activity would not exceed levels set forth by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA).

The City of Pasadena is served by the Metro L (Gold) Line. The portion of this line in the City runs north-south parallel to Arroyo Parkway and then turns to an east -west orientation along I-210, with its current terminus in the City of Azusa. Mitigation Measure 9 -2 requires all new development within screening distance of the L (Gold) Line to submit a study conducted by an acoustical engineer to the City’s Planning Division that demonstrates vibration impacts and possible reduction measures. Implementation of Mitigation Measures 9-1 Chapter 3: Evaluation of Environmental Impacts Lincoln Avenue Specific Plan Update

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those analyzed
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Any New or
Changed
Circumstances
Involving New
Significant
Impacts or
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Information of
Substantial
Importance That
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Could Not Have
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the Time of
Certification of
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Rises to the
Level of
Requiring New
Analysis or
Verification?
Are Any New
Mitigation
Measures
Required for
the LASP
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and 9-2 would reduce groundborne vibration impacts to a less than significant level. The GP EIR concluded t hat short-term impacts from construction vibration would be significant and unavoidable for buildout of the General Plan Update; Mitigation Measure 9-3 would reduce impacts to sensitive receptors within 25 feet of activity by substituting less intensive eq uipment when possible and utilizing vibration reduction techniques; however, because each new development involved in the buildout is project -specific, the GP EIR determined it is not possible to mitigate this impact below a significant and unavoidable level. Mitigation Measure 9-4 further addresses vibrations from construction on sensitive architectural structures within 25 feet of activity; yet, similar to construction vibration impacts to sensitive receptors, this impact would remain significant and unavoidable in the context of total buildout as each project would present individual circumstances. Mitigation Measure 9-5 requires all construction permits be issued only after submission of a plan for noise and vibration reducing BMPs for all development wi thin 500 feet of a noise -sensitive receptor; still, the GP EIR concluded that this mitigation measure would not reduce the impacts of construction activities to a less than significant level as the phasing, location, and magnitude of future development under buildout is unknown. Therefore, the GP EIR concluded that construction related noise impacts are significant and unavoidable. The IS prepared for the GP EIR found that no portion of the City is located within an airport la nd use plan or within two miles of an airport, and no impact would occur. Furthermore, the IS prepared for the GP EIR concluded that noise from helicopter flights would be periodic and, thus, the impact resulting from noise from private use heliports would be less than significant.

Buildout of the proposed LASP Update could have potentially significant noise impacts due to construction-related noise and vibration, as the phasing and location of future projects are currently unknown. However, similar to the updates analyzed under the GP EIR, the proposed LASP Update would implement GP EIR Mitigation Measures 9-3 through 9-5 to ensure activity within the vicinity of sensitive land uses, receptors, and architectural structures is compliant with FTA criteria and that BMPs are utilized throughout the construction phase of each future development project. As the proposed LASP Update would further restrict the development of industrial uses within the LASP area, the proposed LASP Update would not create impacts to vibration from this use. Additionally, the proposed LASP area is not adjacent to the L (Gold) Line and therefore would be subject to noise and vibration levels from rail use. As indicated in the IS prepared for the GP, there are no airports within two miles of the City. Therefore, the proposed LASP Update would not result in Chapter 3: Evaluation of Environmental Impacts Lincoln Avenue Specific Plan Update

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No new significant impacts and no substantial increase in the severity of previously identified impacts associated with the proposed project would occur, nor would the significant unavoidable impacts identified in the GP EIR be worsened. Likewise, there is no new information of substantial importance requiring new analysis or verification. The project does not propose substantial changes that require major revisions to the GP EIR, and no new mitigation measures are required.

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The GP EIR concluded that, while population, housing, and employment growth induced by buildout of the General Plan update would likely surpass SCAG’s forecast, the impact of buildout would be less than significant. The General Plan Update accommodates growth in all sectors; it permits new housing opportunities and it opens more opportunities for employment. The GP EIR found that th e City- wide utilities and infrastructure required to service the projected buildout population would be sufficient, and each service is discussed in more detail within its individual section of this document (i.e. Hydrology and Water Quality, Public Services, Transportation and Chapter 3: Evaluation of Environmental Impacts Lincoln Avenue Specific Plan Update

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The LASP area previously analyzed by the GP EIR shares the same objective of creating a more balanced housing/job ratio. Since the GP EIR was certified, changes in development patterns within the LASP have resulted in more opportunities for multifamily residential uses and mixed-use development, further achieving this goal. The LASP area is primarily built out under existing conditions and buildout of the proposed LASP Update would not exceed the projected growth analyzed in the GP EIR. Additionally, the GP EIR analyzed the updated development caps within each of the City’s eight specific plan area s, including the LASP area, and buildout of the LASP Update would not exceed the development caps analyzed in the GP EIR. Therefore, similar to the GP EIR, the LASP Update would not displace substantial numbers of housing or people, and the impacts would be less than significant.

No new significant impacts and no substantial increase in the severity of previously identified impacts associated with the proposed project would occur. Likewise, there is no new information of substantial importance requiring new analysis or verification. The project does not propose substantial changes that require major revisions to the GP EIR, and no new mitigation measures are required.

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The General Plan Update area is within the City of Pasadena and is serviced by the PFD, Pasadena Police Department (PPD), Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD), and the Pasadena Public Library (PPL). The PFD operates eight stations throughout th e City, with an average daily staff of 51. The GP EIR found that, while population growth and increased infrastructure from buildout o f the General Plan Update would result in higher demand for service from the PFD and possibly require new or expanded facilitie s, compliance with existing regulations and coordination during road closures related to future construction would ensure impacts remain less than significant. The PPD aims to employ 1.63 officers per capita and 0.72 officers per 1,000 residents. The GP EIR fo und that, while population growth and increased infrastructure from buildout of the General Plan Update would result in higher demand f or service from the PPD and possibly require new or expanded facilities, compliance with existing regulations would ensure impacts remain less than significant impact. The GP EIR concluded that while population growth from buildout of the General Plan Update would create new students in the population, it is unlikely that forecasted growth would exceed the capacity of existi ng facilities; additionally, per SB 50, all new development in the City is subject to a School Impact Fee to ensure that school services con tinue to meet the needs of the population. The PPL operates 10 facilities, all within 1 mile or walking distance of each residence. The GP EIR Chapter 3: Evaluation of Environmental Impacts Lincoln Avenue Specific Plan Update

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The proposed LASP Update would further restrict land uses from those analyzed in the GP EIR and establish additional development/design standards. The LASP area is primarily built out under existing conditions and buildout of the proposed LASP Update would not exceed the projected growth analyzed in the GP EIR. Additionally, the GP EIR analyzed the updated development caps within each of the City’s eight specific plan areas, including the LASP area, and buildout of the LASP Update would not exceed the development caps analyzed in the GP EIR. Therefore, the proposed LASP Update is not anticipated to increase demand for public services beyond the level analyzed in the GP EIR and found to have less than significant impacts.

No new significant impacts and no substantial increase in the severity of previously identified im pacts associated with the proposed project would occur. Likewise, there is no new information of substantial importance requiring new analysis or verification. The project does not propose substantial changes that require major revisions to the GP EIR, and no new mitigation measures are required.

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The City’s Municipal Code does not dictate a resident/acreage ratio for parkland and open space. While buildout of the General Plan Update would induce population growth and likely increase demand for parkland and open space and potentially result in the deterioration of existing facilities, the GP EIR found that improvements to existing and development of new open space and recreation amenities included in buildout, in conjunction with the Residential Impact Fee that each new development would be subject to as well as other in-lieu fees, impacts would be less than significant. The GP EIR concluded that the increase in population projected by buildout of the General Plan Update would increase demand for parkland, open space, and re creational facilities; increased use could deteriorate existing facilities or require the development of additional facilities. The GP EIR found that land uses permitti ng parkland, open space, and recreational activities would not be converted and that there would be opportunities for additional facilities to be built.

All residential development under the buildout of the GP Update would be required to pay a Residential Impact Fee; any type of project that acquires open space would also be subject to in -lieu fees. As such, the GP EIR found that impacts to recreation would be less than significant with adherence to existing regulations, including payment of applicable fees.

The proposed LASP Update would include open space requirements that would support high quality, accessible , and usable open space across a variety of types that contribute to an active public realm. The proposed LASP Update would require a percentage of future residential and cer tain nonresidential development projects be dedicated to open space uses. Similar to future development projects under the GP EIR, new development under the proposed LASP Update would comply with the City’s Municipal Code, Residential Impact Fees, and any other in-lieu and/or acquisition fees to ensure a less than significant impact to parks and recreation.

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The GP EIR analyzed the General Plan Updates for impacts to traffic and transportation based on calculations for vehicle miles traveled (VMT) per capita, vehicle trips (VT) per capita, proximity and quality of bicycle networks, proximity and quality of transit networks, and pedestrian accessibility, as well as compatibility with the City’s Mobility Element. The GP EIR concluded that implementation of the Chapter 3: Evaluation of Environmental Impacts Lincoln Avenue Specific Plan Update

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It found that transportation performance would improve, and pedestrian and bicycle accessib ility would increase from buildout of the General Plan Update, which would satisfy Mobility Plan goals around livability, non-motorized transit, and economic viability. The GP EIR stated that all improvements within the City are funded through the City’s transportation fee program with the exception of bicycle and pedestrian improvements. The proposed General Plan Update included Policy 2 .10, requiring the City to amend the existing transportation impact fee to include pedestrian and bicycle improvements. The GP EIR concluded that without full funding of circulation improvements, the General Plan Update would result in a significant impact. As such, Mitigation Measure 13-1 was identified in the GP EIR, which required the City to update the transportation impact fee program in place at the time the GP EIR was prepared by 2020 to ensure that impacts to traffic and transportation resulting from buildout of the General Plan Update remain less than significant.

The City implemented Mitigation Measure 13 -1 and upda ted the transportation impact free program , as mandated by AB 1600 legislation, as codified by California Code Government Section 66000 et seq. The GP EIR found that buildout traffic conditions would result in designated road and/or highways exceeding coun ty congestion management program thresholds, resulting in a significant project impact at the intersection of Pasadena Avenue at California Boulevard during the AM peak hour; impacts at all other intersections under Metro’s Congestion Management Program (C MP) would be less than significant. The GP EIR also identified significant impacts at two CMP Freeway Mainline Segments on Route 210. The GP EIR concluded that there was no feasible mitigation to reduce CMP impacts to a less than significant level, as improvements to road capacity would require changes to road infrastructure, which would have secondary impacts such as loss of bicycle lanes, parking, sidewalk space, etc. that would conflict with General Plan goals and policies and would cause other impacts to traffic and transportation. As such, this impact was determined to be significant and unavoidable. Finally, the GP EIR found that under buildout, project circulation improvements would be designed to adequat ely address potentially hazardous conditions (sharp curves, etc.), potential conflicting uses, and emergency access. The IS prepared for the GP EIR found that no portion of the City is located within an airport land use plan or within two miles of an airport. As such, the General Plan Update would not affect air traffic patterns and no impact would occur.

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Impact
Conclusion
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Mitigation
Measures
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Roadways and mobility within the proposed LASP area were analyzed within the GP EIR; the proposed LASP Update does not include modifications to roadways and infrastructure outside of the project area analyzed in the GP EIR. While the modifications within the proposed LASP would permit more residential units and uses, thus accommodating population growth, like the GP EIR concluded, the circulation improvements to which the proposed LASP would contribute – improved sidewalk zones, bicycle and pedestrian accessibility, parking, proximity to live/work/shop for residents – would be beneficial for the community and City as a whole. Further, each project developed under buildout of the proposed LASP Update would be subject to whatever transportation impact fee is in effect at the time of permitting, per GP EIR Mitigation Measure 13-1, which would ensure improvements continue. Additionally, buildout of the proposed LASP Update would address Goal 35, Policy LU 35.10 proposed by the General Plan Update for the City’s Land Use Element for Lincoln Avenue: redesign Lincoln Avenue to accommodate a mix of mobility choices including walking, bicycling, an d transit in addition to the automobile. As such, and considering the availability of transit, bicycle, and pedestrian facilities in the LASP area, impacts from the LASP Update related to proximity and quality of bicycle networks, proximity and quality of transit networks, and pedestrian accessibility would be less than significant. According to the GP EIR , the proposed LASP area does not include CMP intersections where traffic impacts would occur. Regardless, the Los Angeles County CMP has been dissolved. Additionally, as indicated in the IS prepared for the GP EIR, there are no airports within two miles of the City. Therefore, the proposed LASP Update would not affect air traffic patterns and no impact would occur.

The current CEQA Guidelines Appendix G checklist also recommends considering a project’s potential to conflict or be inconsistent with CEQA Guidelines Section 15064.3, subdivision (b), which requires the use of vehicle mile traveled (VMT) as the updated measurement of traffic impacts, replacing the level of service (LOS) method previously used. As discussed, the GP EIR included a City-wide VMT analysis for impacts to traffic and transportation based on calculations for VMT per capita and VT per capita. The analysis used the City of Pasadena Travel Demand Forecasting (TDF) Model, which was validated to 2013 traffic conditions and later updated to reflect 2017 conditions. Both the 2013 and 2017 models assumed that the I-710 extension would be construction by 2035, which is no longer a valid assumption. As such, an assessment was conducted to update the model to r eflect the 2035 horizon year Chapter 3: Evaluation of Environmental Impacts Lincoln Avenue Specific Plan Update

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No new significant impacts and no substantial increase in the severity of previously identified impacts associated with the proposed project would occur, nor would the significant unavoidable impacts identified in the GP EIR be worsened. Likewise, there is no new information of substant ial importance requiring new analysis or verification. The project does not propose substantial changes that require major revisions to the GP EIR, and no new mitigation measures are required.

13 Pasadena Future Year TDF Model Update and New VMT/VT Metrics Memorandum, Fehr & Peers, October 2020.

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The GP EIR found that regarding wastewater treatment and collection, services provided by the Sanitation Districts of Los Ang eles County, Los Angeles County Public Works Department, and PWP would adequately manage wastewater generated by buildout of the General Plan Update. Upon implementation of regulatory requirements and standard conditions of approval, such as payment of development fees and implementation of a site-specific Storm Water Pollution Preventions Plan for construction, the impact would be less than significant. Regarding water supply and distribution, the GP EIR found that buildout of the Ge neral Plan Update would fall within projections for PWP’s capacity; project requirements would be met by current services provided by PWP. Upon implementation Chapter 3: Evaluation of Environmental Impacts Lincoln Avenue Specific Plan Update

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Regarding solid waste, the GP EIR found that project buildout would be accommodated by existing service providers and facilit ies.

Upon implementation of regulatory requirements and standard conditions of appro val, such as the inclusion of storage areas for recyclable materials at future nonresidential and multifamily residential development projects pursuant to AB 341, recycling at least 50 percent of construction and demolition waste pursuant to the California Green Building Code, and solid waste reduction strategies under General Plan Policies 10.2 and 10.4, the impact would be less than significant. Regarding other utilities, including electricity, natural gas, and communications, the GP EIR concluded that future development under the General Plan Update would be accommodated by existing service providers, and the impact would be less than significant. The GP EIR found that the project satisfied and complied with the City’s adopted General Plan Open Space and Conservation Element pertaining to water conservation, General Plan Safety Element pertaining to continued earthquake strengthening for utilities and protection of water supply, and state codes and regulations pertaining to utility services, and that the proposed updates to the General Plan Land Use Element regarding energy and water efficiency and conservation and solid waste reduction would create more sustainable standards for the future of the City. The IS prepared for the GP EIR found that buildout of the General Plan Update would be required to comply with all applicable solid waste regulations, including the California Integrated Waste Management Act and the City of Pasadena Zoning Code Section 17.40.120 (Refuse Storage Facilities and, as such, no impact related to compliance with solid waste regulations would occur.

The proposed LASP area is within the area analyzed by the GP EIR, and the same service providers would manage utility services for future development projects under the proposed LASP Update. The proposed LASP Update would further restrict land uses from those analyzed in the GP EIR and establish additional development/design standards. The LASP area is primarily built out under existing conditions and buildout of the proposed LASP Update would not exceed the projected growth analyzed in the GP EIR. Additionally, the GP EIR analyzed the updated development caps within each of the City’s eight specific plan areas, including the LASP area, and buildout of the LASP Update would not exceed the development caps analyzed in the GP EIR. Therefore, the proposed LASP Update Chapter 3: Evaluation of Environmental Impacts Lincoln Avenue Specific Plan Update

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The current CEQA Guidelines Appendix G checklist also includes assessment criteria for potential impacts related to the relocation or construction of new or expanded electric power, natural gas, or telecommunications facilities. Similar to water, wastewater, and solid waste facilities, existing service providers would manage electricity, natural gas, and telecommunications services for proje cts under the proposed LASP Update. As discussed, the LASP area is primarily built out under exis ting conditions. Thus, it is anticipated that any new development in the LASP area would require lateral connections to mainlines in coordination with utility service prov iders, similar to what occurs under existing conditions. Therefore, the LASP Update w ould result in less than significant impacts related to the relocation or construction of new or expanded electric power, natural gas, and telecommunications facilities.

No new significant impacts and no substantial increase in the severity of previously identified impacts associated with the proposed project would occur. Likewise, there is no new information of substantial importance requiring new analysis or verification. The project does not propose substantial changes that require major revisions to the GP EIR, and no new mitigation measures are required.

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Environmental Determination

Based upon the evidence in light of the whole record documented in the attached environmental checklist explanation, cited incorporations and attachments, I find that the Project:

Has previously been analyzed as part of an earlier CEQA document (which either mitigated the project or adopted impacts pursuant to findings) adopted/certified pursuant to State and City CEQA Guidelines. The proposed project is a component of the whole action analyzed in the previously adopted/certified CEQA document.

Has previously been analyzed as part of an earlier CEQA document (which either mitigated the project or adopted impacts pursuant t o findings) adopted/certified pursuant to State and City CEQA Guidelines. Changes and additions to the earlier CEQA document are needed to make the previous documentation adequate to cover the project which are documented in this Addendum (CEQA Guidelines §15164).

However, none of the conditions described in CEQA Guidelines Section 15162 that would require the preparation of a subsequent EIR have occurred.

Has previously been analyzed as part of an earlier CEQA document (which either mitigated the project or adopted impacts pursuant to findings) adopted/certified pursuant to State and City CEQA Guidelines. However, there is important new information and/or substantial changes have occurred requiring the preparation of an additional CEQA document (ND or EIR) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Sections 15162 through 15163.

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MITIGATION MEASURES

A listing of applicable mitigation measures from the Pasadena General Plan Final Environmental Impact Report is presented below. The mitigation measures listed are t he same as the measures in the Final EIR and would be applicable to the proposed project. No new mitigation measures are required as a result of implementing the proposed project. The City, as the CEQA lead agency, is responsible for monitoring the implementation of the adopted mitigation measures.

Air Quality

2-1 Prior to issuance of any construction permits, development project applicants shall prepare and submit to the City of Pasadena Planning Division a technical assessment evaluating potentia l project construction -related air quality impacts. The evaluation shall be prepared in conformance with South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) methodology for assessing air quality impacts. If construction -related criteria air pollutants are determined to have the potential to exceed the SCAQMD - adopted thresholds of significance, the City of Pasadena Planning Division shall require that applicants for new development projects incorporate mitigation measures to reduce air pollutant emissions d uring construction activities. These identified measures shall be incorporated into all appropriate construction documents (e.g., construction management plans) submitted to the City and shall be verified by the City’s Planning Division. Mitigation measure s to reduce construction -related emissions include, but are not limited to:
 Requiring fugitive-dust control measures that exceed SCAQMD’s Rule 403, such as:
 Use of nontoxic soil stabilizers to reduce wind erosion.  Applying water every four hours to active soil-disturbing activities.  Tarping and/or maintaining a minimum of 24 inches of freeboard on trucks hauling dirt, sand, soil, or other loose materials.
 Using construction equipment rated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency as having Tier 3 (model year 2006 or newer) or Tier 4 (model year 2008 or newer) emission limits, applicable for engines between 50 and 750 horsepower.  Ensuring that construction equipment is properly serviced and maintained to the manufacturer’s standards.
 Limiting none ssential idling of construction equipment to no more than five consecutive minutes.
 Using Super-Compliant VOC paints for coating of architectural surfaces whenever possible. A list of Super -Compliant architectural coating manufactures can be found on the SCAQMD’s website at http://www.aqmd.gov/prdas/brochures/Super- Compliant_AIM.pdf.

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2-2 Prior to future discretionary project approval, development project applicants shall prepare and submit to the City of Pasadena Planning Division a technical assessment evaluating potential project operation phase-related air quality impacts. The evaluation shall be prepared in conformance with SCAQMD methodology in assessing air quality impacts. If operation -related air pollutants are determined to have the potential to exceed the SCAQMD -adopted thresholds of significance, the City of Pasadena Planning Division shall require that applicants for new development projects incorporate mitigation measures to reduce air pollutant emissions during operational activities. The identified measures shall be included as part of the Standard Conditions of Approval. Below are possible mitigation measures to reduce long-term emissions:
 For site-specific development that requires refrigerated vehicles, the construction documents shall demonstrate an adequate number of electrical service connections at loading docks for plug-in of the anticipated number of refrigerated trailers to reduce idling time and emissions.
 Applicants for manufacturing and light industrial uses shall consider energy storage and combined heat and power in appropriate applications to optimize renewable energy generation systems and avoid peak energy use.  Site-specific developments with truck delivery and loading areas and truck parking spaces shall include signage as a reminder to limit idling of vehicles while parked for loading/unloading in accordance with California Air Resources Board Rule 2845 (13 California Code of Regulations Chapter 10 § 2485).
 Site-specific development shall demonstrate that an adequate number of electrical vehicle Level 2 charging stations are provided onsite. The location of the electrical outlets shall be specified on building plans, and proper installation shall be verified by the Building Division prior to issuance of a Certificate of Occupancy.  Applicant-provided appliances shall be Energy Star appliances (e.g., dishwashers, refrigerators, clothes washers, and dryers). Installation of Energy Star appliances shall be verified by the Building & Safety Division during plan check.  Applicants for future development projects along existing and planned transit routes shall coordinate with the City of Pasadena, Metro, and Foothill Transit to ensure that bus pads and shelters are incorporated, as appropriate.

2-3 Prior to future discretionary project approval, applicants for new industrial or warehousing land uses that 1) have the potential to generate 100 or more diesel truck trips per day or have 40 or more trucks w ith operating diesel -powered transport refrigeration units, and 2) are within 1,000 feet of a sensitive land use (e.g., residential, schools, hospitals, or nursing homes), as measured from the property line of the project to the property line of the neares t sensitive use, shall submit a health risk assessment (HRA) to the City of Pasadena Planning Division. The HRA shall be prepared in accordance with policies and procedures of the state Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment and the South Coast A ir Quality Management District. If the HRA shows that the incremental cancer risk and/or noncancer hazard index exceeds the respective thresholds, as established by the SCAQMD at the time a project is considered, the applicant will be required to identify and demonstrate that best available control technologies for toxics (T -BACTs), including appropriate enforcement mechanisms, are capable of reducing potential cancer and noncancer risks to an acceptable level. T-BACTs may include, but are not Chapter 4: Mitigation Measures Lincoln Avenue Specific Plan Update

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limited to, restricting idling onsite or electrifying warehousing docks to reduce diesel particulate matter, or requiring use of newer equipment and/or vehicles. T -BACTs identified in the HRA shall be identified as mitigation measures in the environmental document and/or incorporated into the site plan.

2-4 Prior to future discretionary approval, the City of Pasadena Planning Division shall evaluate new development proposals for sensitive land uses (e.g., residences, schools, and day care centers) within the City for potential incompatibilities with regard to the California Air Resources Board’s Air Quality and Land Use Handbook: A Community Health Perspective (April 2005). In addition, applicants for siting or expanding sensitive land uses that are within the recommended buffer distances listed in Table 1-1 of the California Air Resources Board ( CARB) Handbook shall submit a HRA to the City of Pasadena. The HRA shall be prepared in accordance with policies and procedures of the state Office of Environmental Health Hazar d Assessment (OEHHA) and the SCAQMD. The latest OEHHA guidelines shall be used for the analysis, including age sensitivity factors, breathing rates, and body weights appropriate for children. If the HRA shows that the incremental cancer risk and/or noncancer hazard index exceeds the respective thresholds, as established by the SCAQMD at the time a project is considered, the applicant will be required to identify and demonstrate that mitigation measures are capable of reducing potential cancer and noncancer risks to an acceptable level (i.e., below the aforementioned thresholds as established by the SCAQMD), including appropriate enforcement mechanisms.

Measures to reduce risk may include but are not limited to:
 Air intakes oriented away from high-volume roadways and/or truck loading zones.  Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems of the buildings provided with appropriately sized maximum efficiency rating value (MERV) filters.  Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems for units that are ins talled with MERV filters shall maintain positive pressure within the building’s filtered ventilation system to reduce infiltration of unfiltered outdoor air.

Mitigation measures identified in the HRA shall be identified as mitigation measures in the environmental document and/or incorporated into the site development plan as a component of the proposed project. The air intake design and MERV filter requirements shall be noted and/or reflected on all building plans submitted to the City and shall be verified by the City’s Planning Division. The intent of this mitigation measure is to reflect current CARB and SCAQMD Guidance/Standards as well as CEQA legislation and case law, and the City implementation of the measure shall adhere to current standards/law at the time such analyses are undertaken.

2-5 Prior to future discretionary approval, if it is determined that a project has the potential to emit nuisance odors beyond the property line, an odor management plan shall be prepared by the project applicant, sub ject to review and approval by the Planning & Community Development Director or their designee. Facilities that have the potential to generate nuisance odors include but are not limited to:

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 Wastewater treatment plants
 Composting, green waste, or recycling facilities
 Fiberglass manufacturing facilities
 Painting/coating operations
 Large-capacity coffee roasters
 Food-processing facilities
The odor management plan shall show compliance with the South Coast Air Quality Management District’s Rule 402 for nuisance odors. The Odor Management Plan shall identify the T-BACTs that will be utilized to reduce potential odors to acceptable levels, including appropriate enforcement mechanisms. T -BACTs may include but are not limited to scrubbers (i.e., air pollution control devices) at the industrial facility. T-BACTs identified in the odor management plan shall be identified as mitigation measures in the environmental document and/or incorporated into the site plan.

Biological Resources

3-1 The City of Pasadena shall require applicants of future development projects that disturb undeveloped land in the San Rafael Hills and tract of land at the northwest intersection of Crestford Drive and Florecita Drive, shown on Figure 5.3-2, to prepare a biological resources survey. The survey shall be conducted by a qualified biologist and shall be a reconnaissance level field survey of the project site for the presence and quality of biological resources potentially affected by project development. These resources include, but are not limited to, special status species or their habitat, sensitive habitats such as wetlands or riparian areas, and jurisdictional waters. If sensitive or protected biological resources are absent from the project site and adjacent lands potentially affected by the project, the biologist shall submit a written report substantiating such to the City of Pasadena before issuance of a grading permit by the City, and the project may proceed without any further biological investigation. If sensitive or protected biological resources are present on the project site or may be potentially affected by the project, implementation of Mitigation Measure 3 -2 shall be required.

3-2 A qualified biologist shall evaluate impacts to sensitive or pro tected biological resources from development. The impact assessment may require focused surveys that determine absence or presence and distribution of biological resources on the site. These surveys may include, but are not limited to: 1) focused special s tatus animal surveys if suitable habitat is present; 2) appropriately timed focused special status plant surveys that will maximize detection and accurate identification of target plant species; and 3) a delineation of jurisdictional boundaries around pote ntial wetlands, riparian habitat, and waters of the United States or State. The results of these surveys will assist in assessing actual project impacts, and with the development of project-specific mitigation measures. Alternatively, the project applicant may forgo focused plant and animal surveys and assume presence of special status species in all suitable habitats on the project site. The qualified biologist shall substantiate the impact evaluation or the assumed presence of special -status species in al l suitable habitats onsite in a written report submitted to the City of Pasadena before issuance of a grading permit by the City.

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3-3 The City of Pasadena shall require applicants of development project to avoid potential impacts to sensitive or protected biological resources to the greatest extent feasible.

Depending on the resources potentially present on the project site, avoidance may include: 1) establishing appropriate no-disturbance buffers around onsite or adjacent resources, and/or 2) initiating construction at a time when special status or protected animal species will not be vulnerable to project-related mortality (e.g., outside the avian nesting season or bat maternal or wintering roosting season). Consultation with relevant regulatory agencies may be required in order to establish suitable buffer areas. If the project avoids all sensitive or protected biological resources, no further action is required. If avoidance of all significant impacts to sensitive or protected biological resources is not feasible, the project shall implement Mitigation Measure 3-4.

3-4 The City of Pasadena shall require applicants to design development projects to minimize potential impacts to sensitive or protected biological resources to the greatest extent feasible, i n consultation with a qualified biologist and/or appropriate regulatory agency staff. Minimization measures may include 1) exclusion and/or silt fencing, 2) relocation of impacted resources, 3) construction monitoring by a qualified biologist, and 4) an informative training program conducted by a qualified biologist for construction personnel on sensitive biological resources that may be impacted by project construction. If minimization of all significant impacts to sensitive or protected biological resources is infeasible, the project shall implement Mitigation Measure 3-5.

3-5 A qualified biologist will develop appropriate mitigations that will reduce project impacts to sensitive or protected biological resources to a less than significant level, if feasible. The type and amount of mitigation will depend on the resources impacted, the extent of the impacts, and the quality of habitats to be impacted. Mitigations may include, but are not limited to: 1) compensation for lost habitat or waters in the form of preservation or creation of in-kind habitat or waters, either onsite or offsite, protected by conservation easement; 2) purchase of appropriate credits from an approved mitigation bank servicing the Pasadena area; and 3) payment of in-lieu fees.

3-6 Applicants of projects developed pursuant to the General Plan Update shall obtain appropriate permit authorization(s) for impacts to jurisdictional waters, wetlands, and/or riparian habitats. The types of permits potentially required for impacts to jurisdictional waters are a Clean Water Act (Section 404) permit issued by the US Army Corps of Engineers, a California Water Certificate or Waste Discharge Order issued by the Regional Water Quality Control Board, and a Stream Alteration Agreement issued by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.

Cultural Resources

4-1 If cultural resources are discovered during construction of land development projects in Pasadena that may be eligible for listing in the California Register for Historic Resources, all ground disturbing activities in the immediate vicinity of the find shall be halted until the find is evaluated by a Registered Professional Archaeologist. If testing determines that significance criteria are met, then the project shall be required to perform data recovery, professional identification, radiocarbon dates as ap plicable, and other special studies; and provide a comprehensive final report including site record to the City and the South Central Coastal Information Center at California State Chapter 4: Mitigation Measures Lincoln Avenue Specific Plan Update

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University Fullerton. No further grading shall occur in the area of the dis covery until Planning Department approves the report.

4-2 The City shall require applicants for development permits that involve grading in areas within the paleontologically sensitive Topanga formation (see Figure 5.4-2 of the Draft EIR) to provide studi es by a qualified paleontologist assessing the sensitivity of the project for buried paleontological resources. On properties determined to be moderately to highly sensitive for paleontological resources, such studies shall provide a detailed mitigation plan, including a monitoring program and recovery and/or in situ preservation plan, based on the recommendations of a qualified paleontologist. The mitigation plan shall include the following requirements:
 A paleontologist shall be retained for the project and will be on call during grading and other significant ground -disturbing activities more than six feet below the ground surface.
 Should any potentially significant fossil resources be discovered, no further grading shall occur in the area of the discovery until the Planning and Community Development Director concurs in writing that adequate provisions are in place to protect any significant resources. Work may continue outside a minimum radius of 25 feet from the discovery pending review by the Director.  Unanticipated discoveries shall be evaluated for significance by a qualified paleontologist. If evaluation determines that significance criteria are met, then the project shall be required to perform data recovery, professional identification, radiocarbon d ates as applicable, and other special studies; and provide a comprehensive final report, including catalog with museum numbers.

Greenhouse Gas Emissions
5-1 Within approximately 18 months of adoption of the proposed General Plan Update, the City of Pasaden a shall prepare and present to the City Council for adoption a community climate action plan/greenhouse gas reduction plan. The Plan shall identify strategies to be implemented to reduce GHG emissions associated with the City and shall include as one alternative a program that achieves the AB 32 targets. In addition, the City shall monitor GHG emissions by updating its community-wide GHG emissions inventory every five years upon adoption of the initial Plan. Upon the next update to the community climate action plan/greenhouse gas reduction plan, the inventory, GHG reduction measures, and GHG reductions shall be forecast to year 2035 to ensure progress toward achieving the interim target that aligns with the long -term GHG reduction goals of Executive Order S-03-04. The Plan update shall take into account the reductions achievable from federal and state actions and measures as well as ongoing work by the City and the private sector. The 2035 Plan update shall be completed by January 1, 2021, with a plan to achi eve GHG reductions for 2035 or 2040, provided the state has an actual plan to achieve reductions for 2035 or 2040.

New reduction programs in similar sectors as the proposed Plan (building energy, transportation, waste, water, wastewater, agriculture, and o thers) will likely be necessary. Future targets shall be considered in alignment with state reduction targets, to the maximum extent feasible, but it is premature at this time to determine whether or not such targets can be feasibly met through the combina tion of federal, state, and local action given technical, logistical and financial constraints. Future updates to the community climate action plan/greenhouse gas reduction plan shall Chapter 4: Mitigation Measures Lincoln Avenue Specific Plan Update

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account for the horizon beyond 2035 as the state adopts actual plans to meet post- 2035 targets. In all instances, the community climate action plan/greenhouse gas reduction plan and any updates shall be consistent with state and federal law.

Noise
9-1 Prior to issuance of building and occupancy permits, applicants of industria l projects that involve vibration-intensive machinery or activities adjacent to sensitive receptors shall prepare a study to evaluate potential vibration impacts. The study shall be prepared by an acoustical engineer and be submitted to the City of Pasadena Planning Division. The study shall evaluate the vibration levels associated with operation of project-related equipment and activities experienced by nearby sensitive receptors. If it is determined that vibration impacts to nearby receptors exceed the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) vibration-annoyance criterion, the study shall recommend, and the applicant shall implement the identified measures with the purpose of reducing vibration impacts to a less than significant level. The City of Pasadena sha ll verify implementation of all identified measures.

9-2 Prior to issuance of building permits for the new construction of habitable area, applicants for development projects shall adhere to the appropriate Vibration Category 2 and Vibration Category 3 sc reening distances for light rail transit as recommended in Table 9-2 of FTA’s Transit Noise and Vibration Impact Assessment (FTA 2006) in evaluating vibration impacts related to trains on the Metro Gold Line. Applicants for development projects that fall within the screening distances shall prepare and submit to the City of Pasadena Planning Division a study evaluating vibration impacts to the proposed development from train operations. The study shall be prepared by an acoustical engineer who shall identif y measures to reduce impacts to habitable structures to below the FTA vibration annoyance criterion. The identified measures shall be incorporated into all design plans submitted to the City of Pasadena.

9-3 Prior to issuance of any grading and construction permits, applicants for individual projects that involve vibration -intensive construction activities, such as pile drivers, jack hammers, and vibratory rollers, within 25 feet of sensitive receptors (e.g., residences and historic structures) s hall prepare and submit to the City of Pasadena Planning Division a study to evaluate potential construction -related vibration impacts. The study shall be prepared by an acoustical engineer and shall identify measures to reduce impacts to habitable structures to below the FTA vibration annoyance criterion. If construction-related vibration is determined to be perceptible at vibration-sensitive uses, additional requirements, such as use of less -vibration- intensive equipment or construction technique, shall b e implemented during construction (e.g., drilled piles, static rollers, and nonexplosive rock blasting). Identified measures shall be included on all construction and building documents and submitted for verification to the City of Pasadena Planning Division.

9-4 Prior to issuance of any construction permits, applicants for individual projects that involve vibration-intensive construction activities, such as pile drivers, jack hammers, bulldozers, and vibratory rollers, within 25 feet of sensitive receptors (e.g., residences) or 50 feet of historic structures, shall prepare and submit to the City of Pasadena Planning Division a study to evaluate potential construction-related vibration impacts.

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potential exceedance of the FTA thresholds, measures shall be identified that ensure vibration levels are reduced to below the thresholds. Measures to reduce vibration levels can include use of less -vibration-intensive equipment (e.g., drilled piles and static rollers) and/or construction techniques (e.g., nonexplosive rock blasting and use of hand tools) and preparation of a preconstruction survey repo rt to assess the condition of the affected sensitive structure. Notwithstanding the above, pile drivers shall not be allowed within 150 feet of any historic structures. Identified measures shall be included on all construction and building documents and su bmitted for verification to the City of Pasadena Planning Division.

9-5 Prior to issuance of construction permits, applicants for new development projects within 500 feet of noise -sensitive receptors shall implement the following best management practices to reduce construction noise levels:
 Consider the installation of temporary sound barriers for construction activities immediately adjacent to occupied noise-sensitive structures.  Equip construction equipment with mufflers.
 Restrict haul routes and construction-related traffic.  Reduce nonessential idling of construction equipment to no more than five minutes.

The identified best management practices shall be noted on all site plans and/or construction management plans and submitted for verification to the City of Pasadena Planning Division.

Transportation and Traffic

13-1 The City of Pasadena shall update its existing transportation impact fee program by 2020. The City shall prepare a “Nexus” Study that will serve as the basis for requiring development impact fees under AB 1600 legislation, as codified by California Code Government Section 66000 et seq. The established procedures under AB 1600 require that a “reasonable relationship” or nexus exist between the traffic improvements and facilities required to mitigate the traffic impacts of new development pursuant to the proposed project. After approval of the Nexus Study, the City shall update the transportation impact fee program to fund all citywide circulation improvements, including the pedestrian and b icycle network. The fee program shall stipulate that fees are assessed when there is new construction or when there is an increase in square footage within an existing building or the conversion of existing square footage to a more intensive use. Fees are calculated by multiplying the proposed square footage or dwelling unit by the rate identified. The fees are included with any other applicable fees payable at the time the building permit is issued. The City will use the development fees to fund construction (or to recoup fees advanced to fund construction).

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CHAPTER 5

LIST OF PREPARERS

LEAD AGENCY
The City of Pasadena
Planning & Community Development Department
175 N. Garfield Avenue
Pasadena, CA 91101

Anita Cerna, Senior Planner
David Sanchez, Principal Planner

PREPARED BY
AECOM Technical Services, Inc.
300 S. Grand Avenue, 8th Floor
Los Angeles, California 90071

Fareeha Kibriya, Project Director
Cristina Lowery, Project Manager
Susan Ambrosini, Principal Urban Planner
Kathalyn Tung, Environmental Analyst
Allie Beauregard, Environmental Analyst
Nicholle Wright, Urban Planner
Mike Peterson, Urban Planner
Aryeh Cohen, Urban Planner
Jang Seo, GIS/Graphic Specialist

Pasadena City CouncilMarch 14, 2022

Pasadena City Council
March 14, 2022