HomeMy WebLinkAboutAddendumsubsequent or supplemental EIR under very narrow circumstances. Section 15162 of the CEQA
Guidelines states:
a) When an EIR has been certified or a negative declaration adopted for a project, no
subsequent EIR shall be prepared for that project unless that lead agency determines, on the basis
of substantial evidence in the light of the whole record, one or more of the following:
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 severity 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;
C) Mitigation measures or alternatives previously found not to be infeasible
would in fact be feasible, and would substantially reduce one or more
significant effects of the project, but the project. proponents decline to
adopt the mitigation measure or alternatives; or
0) 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."
Further, Section 15163 allows for the preparation of a supplement to an EIR in the following
circumstances:
a) The Lead or Responsible Agency may choose to prepare a supplement to an EIR rather
than a subsequent EIR if;
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1) Any of the conditions described in Section 15162 would require the preparation of
a subsequent EIR, and
2) Only minor additions or changes would be necessary to make the previous EIR
adequately apply to the project in the changed situation."
CEQA Findings
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The City prepared an Initial Study to determine whether the extension of the
Development Agreement or construction of the final Phase of the Specific Plan triggered any of
the conditions (described above) which require the preparation of a subsequent or supplemental
EIR. The City hereby incorporates the Initial Study as part of this Addendum. The Initial Study
evaluated the impacts of the proposed extension of the Development Agreement on Land Use
and Planning, Public Services, Utilities and Service Systems, Population and Housing,
Transportation/Circulation, Water, Biological Resources, Energy and Mineral Resources,
Cultural Resources, Recreation, Aesthetics, GeophysiCal, Hazards, Noise, Air Quality and
Mandatory Findings of Significance.
The Initial Study compared the environmental impacts of the proposed extension of the
Development Agreement with the identified environmental impacts of the approved
Development Agreement evaluated in the previously certified Temecula Regional Center EIR.
The analysis in the Initial Study indicates that no new significant effects will be caused by
proposed extension to the Development Agreement and subsequent construction of the final
phase of the Specific Plan. Nor will the proposed extension to the Development Agreement
increase the severity of any previously identified significant impact. The impacts will remain the
same as analyzed in the Temecula Regional Center EIR.
The Initial Study also analyzed whether new circumstances would result in new
significant effects or increase the severity of previously identified effects. The Initial Study
found that no new circumstances exist that introduce new significant effects or increase the
severity of previously identified significant effects.
Further, the Initial Study analyzed whether new information exists that indicates that the
project would introducenew significant effects or increase the severity of previously identified
significant effects, or whether any new information suggests new mitigation measures or shows
that the mitigation measures previously identified as infeasible are in fact feasible. The Initial
Study found no new information that suggested new significant effect or increased the severity of
previously identified effects. Nor did any new information suggest new mitigation measures or
suggest that mitigation meaSures previously identified as infeasible were in fact feasible.
Because the Initial Study finds no new significant effects, no increase in the severity of
previously identified effects, no new mitigation measures and no change in the mitigation
measures previously discussed, the City finds that a supplemental or subsequent EIR need not be
prepared, and that the City may rely on this Addendum to approve the proposed extension to the
Development Agreement.
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