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CC RESOLUTION 5149RESOLUTION NO. 5149 A RESOLUTION APPROVING ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT NO. EA -1152 AND CERTIFYING A FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT FOR THE PARK PLACE EXTENSION AND GRADE SEPARATION PROJECT The City Council of the City of EI Segundo does resolve as follows: SECTION 1: The City Council finds and declares that: A. On March 17, 2016, the City initiated an Environmental Assessment No. EA 1152 for the Park Place Extension and Grade Separation project; B. The Park Place Extension and Grade Separation project will close a 0.25 - mile gap of Park Place between Allied Way and Nash Street, creating a continuous four -lane collector roadway from Pacific Coast Highway to Douglas Street. The project would be required to cross the existing UPRR and BNSF rail alignments, including at least one grade -separated crossing. By extending Park Place and closing the gap between Allied Way and Nash Street, the project would create an alternative route and provide much needed relief to Rosecrans Avenue, a heavily congested, east -west major arterial in the South Bay region; C. The City reviewed the project's environmental impacts under the California Environmental Quality Act (Public Resources Code §§ 21000, et seq., "CEQA"), the regulations promulgated thereunder (14 Cal. Code of Regulations §§15000, et seq., the "CEQA Guidelines"); D. An Environmental Impact Report (EIR) was prepared pursuant to the requirements of CEQA Guidelines Section 15161; E. On March 28, 2019, the Planning Commission held a public hearing to receive public testimony and other evidence regarding the application including, information provided to the Planning Commission by city staff; and, adopted Resolution No. 2859 recommending that the City Council approve Environmental Assessment EA 1152 and certify a Final EIR for the Park Place extension and grade separation project; F. This Resolution and its findings are made based upon the evidence presented to the City Council at its May 7, 2019 hearing, including the staff report submitted by the Planning and Building Safety Department, the Final EIR, and the totality of the evidence in the administrative record. RESOLUTION NO. 5149 PAGE 1 of 5 SECTION 2,: Factual Findings and Conclusions. The City Council hereby adopts the CEQA findings of fact set forth in Exhibit A SECTION 3: General Plan Consistency Findings. The City Council finds that the Park Place Extension and Grade Separation project is compatible with, and will not frustrate, the goals and policies of the City's General Plan. The Circulation Element of the General Plan (2004) identified the need to provide additional roadway capacity in the southeast portion of the City, north of Rosecrans Avenue and east of Pacific Coast Highway. The extension of Park Place from Nash Street to Pacific Coast Highway was recognized as a potential transportation improvement to help satisfy this need and, as such, the existing segment of Park Place between Douglas Street and Nash Street was re -designated from a local street to a collector to be consistent with a future extension. The portion of Park Place from Pacific Coast Highway to Allied was completed in 2006. The proposed project will close the remaining gap between Allied Way and Nash Street. Furthermore, the proposed project is consistent with the following goals, objectives and policies of the General Plan: A. The project is consistent with Circulation Element Goal C1, Objective C1-1 and Policy C1-1.4, in that it will provide a roadway system that accommodates the City's existing and projected land use and circulation needs by constructing a missing roadway link designated in the Circulation element. B. The project is consistent with Policy C1-1.8, in that it will provide more efficient access to the 1-105 freeway by providing an alternative route from Pacific Coast Highway to Douglas Street. C. The project is consistent with Policy C1-10, in that it will provide a new east - west corridor parallel to Rosecrans Avenue and diverted trips from the heavily impacted intersection of Pacific Coast Highway and Rosecrans Avenue. D. The project is consistent with Goal C2 to provide a circulation system that incorporates alternatives to the single -occupant vehicles in that it includes five-foot sidewalks and shared vehicle and bicycle lanes that will accommodate both pedestrian and bicycle traffic in addition to vehicular traffic. E. The project is also consistent with Objective C2-1 and Policies C2-1.1 and C2-1.4 by providing a continuous pedestrian link from the Douglas Street Green line station to Pacific Coast Highway. F. The project is consistent with Objective C2-2 in that it expands it the bicycle network thereby supporting the use of the bicycle as a safe and convenient travel mode. SECTION 4: Environmental Assessment. The City Council makes the following environmental findings based on the whole of the administrative record: A. The City completed a Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) for this RESOLUTION NO. 5149 PAGE 2 of 5 project. A noticed Public Scoping meeting was held on December 8, 2016, pursuant to CEQA Guidelines §15083. A Notice of Preparation of the DEIR was circulated for public review from October 28, 2016 to December 9, 2016 pursuant to CEQA Guidelines §15082. A Notice of Completion for the DEIR was filed with the State Office of Planning and Research on September 27 2018 pursuant to CEQA Guidelines §15085. The public comment and review period for the DEIR was open between September 27 to November 13, 2018 in compliance with CEQA Guidelines §15087. The comments received during the public review period did not result in any substantial changes to the DEIR; B. The FEIR, attached hereto as Exhibit B and incorporated by reference, was presented to the City Council and each Councilmember has independently reviewed and considered the FEIR and its appendices prior to making a recommendation on the Project. Furthermore, each Councilmember has reviewed and considered the testimony and other additional evidence presented at or prior to the public hearing on May 7, 2019; C. The FEIR is an accurate and complete statement of the potential environmental impacts of the project and is in compliance with CEQA and the CEQA Guidelines. The FEIR was prepared under the City's direction and reflects its independent judgment and good faith analysis of the potential environmental impacts and includes substantive and thorough responses to comments received during the public review period; D. In response to comments from the public and other public agencies, some other minor changes have been made to the Final EIR, which is attached as Exhibit B. In accordance with CEQA, the City Council finds as follows: 1. Factual corrections and minor changes have been set forth as clarifications and modifications to the FEIR; 2. The factual corrections and minor changes to the FEIR are not substantial changes in the FEIR that would deprive the public of a meaningful opportunity to comment on a substantial adverse environmental effect of the project, a feasible way to mitigate or avoid such an effect, or a feasible project alternative; 3. The factual corrections and minor changes to the FEIR will not result in new significant environmental effects or substantially increase the severity of the previously identified significant effects disclosed in the Draft EIR; 4. The factual corrections and minor changes to the FEIR do not involve mitigation measures or alternatives that are considerably different from RESOLUTION NO. 5149 PAGE 3 of 5 those analyzed in the Draft EIR and that would substantially reduce one or more significant effect on the environment; and 5. The factual corrections and minor changes to the FEIR do not render the FEIR so fundamentally inadequate and conclusory in nature that meaningful public review and comment would be precluded. Therefore, none of the conditions set forth in CEQA requiring recirculation of a FEIR have been met. Incorporation of the factual corrections and minor changes to the Draft EIR into the Final EIR does not require the FEIR to be recirculated for public comment. E. Based on the foregoing, and on the evidence in the record as a whole, the City Council hereby finds that all potentially significant environmental impacts resulting from the project have been eliminated or reduced to a level of insignificance. SECTION 5,: Approvals. The City Council hereby approves Environmental Assessment No. 1152; adopts findings of fact set forth in Exhibit A; and certifies a Final EIR for the Park Place Extension and Grade Separation project as set forth in Exhibit B. SECTION 6: Reliance on Record. Each and every one of the findings and determination in this Resolution are based on the competent and substantial evidence, both oral and written, contained in the entire record relating to the project. The findings and determinations constitute the independent findings and determinations of the City Council in all respects and are fully and completely supported by substantial evidence in the record as a whole. SECTION 7: Limitations. The City Council's analysis and evaluation of the project is based on information available at the time of the decision. It is inevitable that in evaluating a project that absolute and perfect knowledge of all possible aspects of the project will not exist. In all instances, best efforts have been made to form accurate assumptions. SECTION 8: Summaries of Information. All summaries of information in the findings, which precede this section, are based on the substantial evidence in the record. The absence of any particular fact from any such summary is not an indication that a particular finding is not based in part on that fact. RESOLUTION NO. 5149 PAGE 4 of 5 SECTION 9: This Resolution will remain effective unless and until superseded by a subsequent resolution. PASSED AND ADOPTED RESOLUTION NO. 5149 this 7t" day of May, 2019. Drew Boyles ATTEST: J�)Ma6o City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: IL MarD. Hensley,it ttorney RESOLUTION NO. 5149 PAGE 5of5 CERTIFICATION STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS CITY OF EL SEGUNDO ) I, Tracy Weaver, City Clerk of the City of EI Segundo, California, do hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council of said City is five; that the foregoing Resolution No. 5149 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by said City Council at a regular meeting held on the 7t" day of May, 2019, approved and signed by the Mayor, and attested to by the City Clerk, by the following vote: AYES: Mayor Boyles, Mayor Pro Tem Pirsztuk, Council Member Brann, Council Member Pimentel, and Council Member Nicol NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None 411 WITNESS MY HAND THE OFFICIAL SEAL OF SAID CITY this k5 day of May, 2019. "M6 Tr2y Weaver, City Clerk of the City of EI Segundo, California EXHIBIT A CEQA FINDINGS OF FACT Findings of Fact Park and Grade e I • r1 ProjectFindings F d •Fact OVERVIEW AND INTRODUCTION These Findings of Fact are made with respect to the Park Place Extension and Grade Separation Project (project), which state the findings of the City Council of the City of EI Segundo (City) relating to the potentially significant environmental effects of the Project. The following Findings of Fact and Environmental Commitments Record (ECR) are required by the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), California Public Resources Code Section 21081, 21081.5 and 21081.6, and Title 14, California Code of Regulations (CEQA Guidelines) Sections 15091 through 15093, for the project. This document provides the findings required by CEQA and the CEQA Guidelines and the specific reasons for finding the project acceptable with no significant impacts. Recommended mitigation identified in the Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Assessment (EIR/EA) reduced potential impacts to less than significant levels. Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Assessment (EIR/EA) The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) is the lead agency for the proposed project under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The City of EI Segundo is the lead agency under CEQA. The City proposes to extend Park Place from Allied Way to Nash Street with a railroad grade separation to implement a critical project as identified in the City's 2005 Traffic Impact Fee Study Update, and the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) 2017 Federal Transportation Improvement Program (FTIP). The proposed project involves Federal funds administered by Caltrans. Thus, the project is subject to both CEQA and NEPA review. The EIR/EA is considered a joint CEQA/NEPA document; however, these Findings of Fact are required under CEQA only. 2 PROJECT DESCRIPTION The City proposes to extend Park Place from Allied Way to Nash Street with a grade separation to implement a critical project as identified in the City's 2005 Traffic Impact Fee Study Update. By extending Park Place and closing the gap between Allied Way and Nash Street, the project would create an alternative route and provide much needed relief to Rosecrans Avenue, a heavily congested, east -west major arterial in the South Bay region of Los Angeles. The project would also improve access to the 105 Freeway by creating a direct route from Pacific Coast Highway to Douglas Street. The project site includes a combination of both developed and vacant land. The northwesterly portion of the project site is developed and includes parts of the Plaza EI Segundo retail development, located along the east side of Pacific Coast Highway. This portion of the project site includes part of the existing westerly segment of Park Place, portions of Allied Way, and paved/landscaped parking facilities associated with retail activities. Within this area, both Park Place and Allied Way are four -lane roadways (two lanes in each direction). City of EI Segundo I Park Place Extension and Grade Separation Project EIR/EA Findings of Fact The central portion of the project site consists of vacant land, formerly occupied by heavy industrial uses such as Honeywell and the H. Kramer foundry. The majority of the H. Kramer property within the northern portion of the project site has been capped as part of hazardous materials remediation. The majority of other vacant land within the central portion of the site is either overgrown with vegetation or graded with exposed soils. A number of soil mounds exist within the former Honeywell portion of the property, along the southerly boundary of the project site. Within this primarily vacant area are both Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR) and Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) rail alignments that serve the Chevron Oil Refinery, which is directly west of the project site. Both the UPRR and BNSF rail alignments are elevated approximately 10-15 feet with embankments and chain-link fences along the right-of-way. From the Chevron Oil Refinery, both rail alignments traverse the project site in a northeasterly direction, ultimately leading off-site in a northerly direction towards an existing rail right-of-way adjacent to Aviation Boulevard. The easterly portion of the project site is developed with commercial uses and roadway facilities. Within this area, the project site extends along Nash Street, a four -lane roadway (two lanes in each direction) that terminates to the south at Rosecrans Avenue. This area of the project site also affects portions of the easterly segment of the existing Park Place, which is a two-lane roadway (one lane in each direction with a center turn lane). The project site also includes a parking lot associated with the existing ArcLight Cinemas located along the westerly side of Nash Street. The existing parking lot is paved with landscaping along the perimeter and numerous planters within the interior of the project site. The parking lot is accessed via the northerly terminus of Nash Street. The proposed project consists of extending Park Place by constructing approximately 0.25 miles of new roadway and creating a continuous four -lane collector roadway from Pacific Coast Highway to Douglas Street. The proposed Park Place extension would include an 80 -foot right-of-way consisting of a raised and landscaped center median, roadway with two travel lanes in each direction for shared vehicle and bicycle traffic, curb and gutter, a five-foot landscaped parkway, and a five-foot sidewalk. The proposed project would be required to cross the existing UPRR and BNSF rail alignments traversing the project site. Alternative 1C (Preferred Alternative) The project proposes to consolidate the UPRR and BNSF alignments to facilitate a single grade separation (proposed roadway undercrossing of the railroad tracks) by relocating the BNSF tracks to the west. The project would include a roundabout at the Park Place/Allied Way intersection. With the implementation of this roundabout intersection, improvements at the existing signalized intersection along Park Place providing access to parking areas at Plaza EI Segundo (immediately west of the westerly terminus of the proposed project) is proposed to match the new grade of the Park Place extension. These improvements would primarily consist of lowering the northerly and southerly legs of the intersection to match grade. In addition, a slight realignment of Allied Way is proposed to provide an adequate approach to the new roundabout intersection. Retaining walls would be installed along both sides of existing Park Place and proposed realigned Allied Way, immediately west and north (respectively) of the proposed Park Place/Allied Way roundabout intersection. At the easterly terminus of the project, the proposed roadway would extend directly north of the existing ArcLight Cinemas building, through an existing surface parking lot. Modifications to the existing Park Place/Nash Street intersection would be required to match proposed roadway geometry with a roadway design speed at 35 miles per hour (mph). Access to the ArcLight Cinemas parking lot and driveway to the 2121 Park Place property from Nash Street would be reconstructed. Draina a Facilities City of EI Segundo I Paris Place Extension and Grade Separation Project EIR/EA 2 Findings of Fact Drainage facilities associated with the roadway improvements would include new storm drain pipe and catch basins. Stormwater runoff would be conveyed via gravity flow to an existing detention pond located to the north of the project site. utility Relocation The project would require relocation of various utilities, including petroleum pipelines within railroad right-of-way and a 42 -inch reclaimed water pipeline between the UPRR and BNSF alignments. Modifications to City water and sewer as well as various underground natural gas and electric infrastructure would also be necessary. "M1071WA►, Right-of-way acquisition would be required as a result of project implementation. This would include fee acquisitions for roadway extensions and realignments, slope easements, temporary construction easements, drainage easements for stormwater treatment and conveyance, and utility licenses/easements. Construction Staqrnci Staging areas would ultimately be selected by the construction contractor, but would be located entirely within the project site boundary. Construction staging would likely occur within the vacant, former industrial area located within the central portion of the site. The proposed project would be implemented via three -stage construction in order to maintain rail operations along the UPRR and BNSF facilities serving the Chevron facility. Stage 1 would consist of a temporary shoofly along the UPRR alignment in order to construct the rail crossing over the proposed Park Place alignment. Stage 2 would include construction of the realigned BNSF tracks to utilize the proposed grade separation, in addition to the central portion of the Park Place roadway extension between the existing UPRR and BNSF facilities. Stage 2 would also include elimination of the temporary UPRR shoofly to switch rail operations back to the existing UPRR alignment. Stage 3 would include completing the remaining Park Place roadway improvements, generally west of the UPRR alignment and east of the existing BNSF alignment. Stage 3 would switch BNSF operations to the new alignment, and removal of the vacated BNSF track and yard. 3 RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS For purposes of CEQA and these Findings of Fact, the Record of Proceedings for the project consists, without limitation, of the following documents: The Notice of Preparation ("NOP") and all other public notices issued by the City in conjunction with the project; All comments submitted by public agencies or members of the public during the 30 -day public comment period for the Initial Study that began on October 28, 2016 and ended on December 9, 2016 except those comments that addressed the subject matter included in the Draft EIR/EA; • The Park Place Extension and Grade Separation Project Draft EIR/EA dated September 2018; City of EI Segundo I Parts Place Extension and Grade Separation Project EIR/EA Findings of Fact All comments submitted by public agencies or members of the public during the 48 -day public comment period for the Draft EIR/EA that began on September 27, 2018 and ended on November 13, 2018; The Park Place Extension and Grade Separation Project Final EIR/EA (including Response to Comments), dated March 2019; All comments and correspondence submitted to the City with respect to the project, in addition to timely comments on the Draft Initial Study and Draft EIR/EA; • The Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program/Environmental Commitments Record (MMRP/ECR) for the project; • All findings and resolutions adopted by City decision makers in connection with the project, and all documents cited or referred to therein; • All reports, studies, memoranda, staff reports, maps, exhibits, illustrations, diagrams or other planning materials relating to the project prepared by the City or by consultants to the City, or responsible or trustee agencies and submitted to the City or responsible or trustee agencies, with respect to the City's compliance with the requirements of CEQA and with respect to the City's actions on the project; 4 All documents submitted to the City by other public agencies or members of the public in connection with the project; Minutes, as available, of all public meetings and public hearings held by the City in connection with the project; Any documentary or other evidence submitted to the City at such information sessions, public meetings, and public hearings; Matters of common knowledge within the City, including, but not limited to those cited above; and • Any other materials required to be in the record of proceedings by Public Resources Code Section 21167.6, subdivision (e). The Draft EIR/EA, Final EIR/EA, and administrative record for the Park Place Extension and Grade Separation Project are available for review upon request at: City of EI Segundo Planning Division 350 Main Street EI Segundo, California 90245 The City Council has relied on all of the documents listed above in reaching its decision on the project. City of El Segundo I Park Place Extension and Grade Separation Project EIR/EA 4 Findings of Fact 4 PROCEDURAL HISTORY The City released a Notice of Preparation (NOP) on October 28, 2016 for the Park Place Extension and Grade Separation Project Draft EIR, and provided notice of a Public Scoping Meeting, which was held on December 8, 2016 at the EI Segundo City Council Chambers. Draft EIR/EA Michael Baker International, Inc. prepared a Draft EIR/EA for the Park Place Extension and Grade Separation Project, dated September 2018, under the direction of the City's Director of Planning. A Notice of Completion and copies of the Draft EIR/EA were delivered to the State Clearinghouse (SCH No. 2016101075) on September 26, 2018, and the Draft EIR/EA was circulated for a duly noticed 48 -day public review period that began on September 27, 2018 and ended on November 13, 2018. A Notice of Availability (NOA) for the Draft EIR/EA was provided via the Los Angeles County Clerk - Registrar, EI Segundo Herald, and two public places. As noted, the Draft EIR/EA was distributed to public agencies, organizations, and interested parties for a 48 -day commenting period. Hard copies and/or compact discs with electronic EIR/EA files were distributed to the State Clearinghouse and the above-mentioned agencies, organizations, and interested parties, including Native American tribal representatives. A hard copy of the Draft EIR/EA was also made available for review at Caltrans District 7 headquarters, City Hall, City of EI Segundo Public Library, and on-line at the following websites: www.elsegundo.org and http://www.dot.ca.gov/d7/env-docs/. Upon completion of the public review and comment period, 15 written comments were received. Final EIR/EA Written responses to all significant comments raised with respect to the Draft EIR/EA were prepared and incorporated into the Final EIR/EA. Written responses to comments received from public agencies have been made available to those agencies at least 10 days before the City considers certification of the Final EIR/EA. The comments received on the Draft EIR/EA and their responses have been considered by the City Council in deciding to adopt the Park Place Extension and Grade Separation Project and certify the Final EIR/EA. The Final EIR/EA was released and distributed to public agencies and other commenters on the Draft EIR/EA, and for public review, on March 21, 2019, more than 10 days in advance of the scheduled date of review and consideration by this City Council. The Final EIR/EA includes the comments and recommendations received regarding the Draft EIR/EA, a list of Draft EIR/EA commenters, and written responses to the comments received. Changes and corrections made to the various Draft EIR/EA sections are included as errata. As required by Public Resources Code Section 21081.6, a MMRP/ECR has been prepared for consideration and adoption by the City Council. The City Council considered adoption of the Park Place Extension and Grade Separation Project, certification of the Final EIR/EA, these Findings of Fact, and the MMRP/ECR at its public hearing on May 7, 2019. Notice of the City Council public hearing was duly given pursuant to the relevant provisions of California law, including the Brown Act. City of EI Segundo I Parts Place Extension and Grade Separation Project EIWEA Findings of Fact 5 FINDINGS OF FACT Pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21081 and CEQA Guidelines Section 15091, no public agency shall approve or carry out a project where an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) has been certified that identifies one or more significant impacts on the environment that would occur if the project is approved or carried out, unless the public agency makes one or more findings for each of those significant impacts, accompanied by a brief explanation of the rationale of each finding. The possible findings, which must be supported by substantial evidence in the record, are: (1) Changes or alterations have been required in, or incorporated into, the project which mitigate or avoid the significant effects on the environment. (2) Those changes or alterations are within the responsibility and jurisdiction of another public agency and have been, or can and should be, adopted by that other agency. (3) Specific economic, legal, social, technological, or other considerations, including considerations for the provision of employment opportunities for highly trained workers, make infeasible the mitigation measures or alternatives identified in the environmental impact report. With respect to significant effects, which were subject to finding (1) above, the public agency must find that potential impacts are mitigated to a less than significant level. References for discussion of environmental impacts within the Final EIR/EA are noted with each finding. A. Effects Determined to Have No Impact or a Less than Significant Impact The evaluation prepared in the Park Place Extension and Grade Separation Project EIR/EA found and provided substantial evidence that certain impacts of the Park Place Extension and Grade Separation project would have no impact or have impacts that are less than significant. The City Council agrees with the characterization of the Final EIR/EA with respect to all of the Park Place Extension and Grade Separation project impacts identified as "resulting in no impact" or "less than significant" impacts and finds that those impacts have been described and analyzed accurately and are supported by substantial evidence as described in the Final EIR/EA. Reference should be made to the Draft EIR/EA and Final EIR/EA for a more complete description of the findings regarding these impacts. This finding applies to the evaluation of the potential impacts for the following items as further described in the Final EIR/EA, that the project will not: Visual/Aesthetics ❑ Have a substantial adverse effect on a scenic vista. ❑ Substantially damage scenic resources, including, but not limited to, trees, rock outcroppings, and historic buildings within a state scenic highway. City of EI Segundo I Paris Place Extension and Grade Separation Project EIR/EA 6 Findings of Fact Agricultural Resources ❑ 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. ❑ Conflict with existing zoning for agricultural use, or a Williamson act contract. ❑ Conflict with existing zoning for, or cause rezoning of, forest (as defined in Public Resources Code Section 12220 (g)), timberland (as defined by Public Resources Code Section 4526), or timberland zoned Timberland Production (as defined by Government Code Section 51104 (g))• ❑ Result in loss of forest land or conversion of forest land to non -forest use, ❑ Involve other changes in the existing environment which, due to their location or nature, could result in conversion of Farmland to non-agricultural use or conversion of forest land to non - forest use. Air Quality ❑ Conflict with or obstruct implementation of applicable air quality plan. ❑ Violate any air quality standard or contribute substantially to an existing or projected air quality violation. 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 (including releasing emissions which exceed quantitative thresholds for ozone precursors). ❑ Exposure of sensitive receptors to substantial pollutant concentrations and Toxic Air Contaminants. ❑ Create objectionable odors affecting a substantial number of people. Biological Resources ❑ Have a substantial adverse effect on any riparian habitat or other sensitive natural community identified in local or regional plans, policies, or regulations, or by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife or U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. ❑ Have a substantial adverse effect on federally protected wetlands as defined by section 404 of the Clean Water Act (including but not limited to marsh, vernal pool, coastal, etc.) through direct removal, filling, hydrological interruption, or other means. ❑ Interfere substantially with the movement of any native resident or migratory fish or wildlife species or with established native resident or migratory wildlife corridors or impede the use of native wildlife nursery sites. ❑ Conflict with any local policies or ordinances protecting biological resources, such as a tree preservation policy or ordinance. City of EI Segundo I Paris Place Extension and Grade Separation Project EIR/EA Findings of Fact ❑ Conflict with the provisions of an adopted Habitat Conservation Plan, Natural Community Conservation Plan, or other approved local, regional, or state habitat conservation plan. Cultural Resources ❑ Cause a substantial adverse change in the significance of a historical resource as defined in § 15064.5. ❑ Cause a substantial adverse change in the significance of an archaeological resource pursuant to §15064.5. ❑ Disturb any human remains, including those interred outside of dedicated cemeteries. Geology and Soils ❑ Expose people or structures to potential substantial adverse effects, including the risk of loss, injury, or death involving: r. 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. (Division of Mines and Geology Special Publication 42) ii. Strong seismic ground shaking. iii. Seismic -related ground failure, including liquefaction. iv. Landslides. ❑ Result in substantial soil erosion of the loss of topsoil. ❑ Be located on a geological unit or soil that is unstable, or that would become unstable as a result of the project and potentially result in on -or off-site landslide, lateral spreading, subsidence, liquefaction or collapse. ❑ Be located on expansive soil, as defined by Table 18-1-B of the Uniform Building Code creating substantial risks to life or property. ❑ Have soils incapable of adequately supporting the use of septic tanks or alternative wastewater disposal systems where sewers are not available for the disposal of wastewater. Greenhouse Gases ❑ Generate greenhouse gas emissions, either directly or indirectly, that may have a significant impact on the environment. ❑ Conflict with an applicable plan, policy or regulation adopted for the purpose of reducing the emissions of greenhouse gases. Hazardous and Hazardous Materials ❑ Create a significant hazard to the public or the environment through the routine transport, use, or disposal of hazardous materials. City of EI Segundo I Park Place Extension and Grade Separation Project EIR/EA Findings of Fact ❑ For a project located within an airport land use plan or, where such a plan has not been adopted, within two miles of a public airport or public use airport, result in a safety hazard for people residing or working in the project area. ❑ For a project within the vicinity of a private airstrip, result in a safety hazard for people residing or working in the project area. ❑ Expose people or structures to a significant risk of loss, injury, or death involving wildland fires, including where wildlands are adjacent to urbanized areas or where residences are intermixed with wildlands. Hydrology and Water Quality ❑ Violate any water quality standards or waste discharge requirements. ❑ Substantially deplete groundwater supplies or interfere substantially with groundwater recharge such that there would be a net deficit in aquifer volume or a lowering of the local groundwater table level (e.g., the production rate of pre-existing nearby wells would drop to a level which would not support existing land uses or planned uses for which permits have been granted). ❑ Substantially alter the existing drainage pattern of the site or area, including through the alteration of the course of a stream or river, in a manner which would result in substantial erosion or siltation on- or off-site. ❑ Substantially alter the existing drainage pattern of the site or area, including through the alteration of the course of a stream or river, or substantially increase the rate or amount of surface runoff in a manner which would result in flooding on -or off-site. ❑ Create or contribute runoff water which would exceed the capacity of existing or planned stormwater drainage systems or provide substantial additional sources of polluted runoff. ❑ Otherwise substantially degrade water quality. ❑ Place housing within a 100 -year flood hazard area as mapped on a federal Flood Hazard Boundary or Flood Insurance Rate Map or other flood hazard delineation map. ❑ Place within a 100 -year flood hazard area structures which would impede or redirect flood flows. ❑ Expose people or structures to a significant risk of loss, injury or death involving flooding, including flooding as a result of the failure of a levee or dam. ❑ Inundation by seiche, tsunami, or mudflow. Land Use and Planning ❑ Physically divide an established community. ❑ Conflict with any applicable land use plan, policy, or regulation of an agency with jurisdiction over the project (including, but not limited to the general plan, specific plan, local coastal City of EI Segundo I Park Place Extension and Grade Separation Project EIR/EA 9 Findings of Fact program, or zoning ordinance) adopted for the purpose of avoiding or mitigating an environmental effect. ❑ Conflict with any applicable habitat conservation plan or natural community conservation plan. Mineral Resources ❑ Result in the loss of availability of a known mineral resource that would be of value to the region and the residents of the state. ❑ Result in the loss of availability of a locally -important mineral resource recovery site delineated on a local general plan, specific plan or other land use plan. Noise ❑ Result in a substantial permanent increase in ambient noise levels in the project vicinity above levels existing without the project. ❑ For a project located within an airport land use plan or, where such a plan has not been adopted, within two miles of a public airport or public use airport, expose people residing or working in the project area to excessive noise levels; or ❑ For a project within the vicinity of a private airstrip, expose people residing or working in the project area to excessive noise levels. Population and Housing ❑ Induce substantial population growth either directly (e.g., by proposing new homes and businesses) or indirectly (e.g., through extension of roads or other infrastructure). ❑ Displace substantial numbers of existing housing, necessitating the construction of replacement housing elsewhere. ❑ Displace substantial numbers of people, necessitating the construction of replacement of housing elsewhere. Public Services ❑ Result in substantial adverse physical impacts associated with the provision of new or physically altered governmental facilities, need for new or physically altered governmental facilities, the construction of which would cause significant environmental impacts, in order to maintain acceptable service ratios, response times, or other performance objectives for any of the following public services: o Schools o Parks o Other public facilities. City of EI Segundo I Parts Place Extension and Grade Separation Project EIR/EA 10 Findings of Fact Recreation ❑ Increase the use of existing neighborhood and regional parks or other recreational facilities such that substantial physical deterioration of the facility would occur or be accelerated. ❑ Include recreational facilities or require the construction or expansion of recreational facilities which might have an adverse physical effect on the environment. Transportation/Traffic ❑ Result in a change in air traffic patterns, including either an increase in traffic levels or a change in location that results in substantial safety risks. ❑ Conflict with adopted policies, plans, or programs regarding public transit, bicycle, or pedestrian facilities, or otherwise decrease the performance or safety of such facilities. Tribal Cultural Resources ❑ Cause a substantial adverse change in the significance of a tribal cultural resource, defined in Public Resources Code section 21074 as either a site, feature, place, cultural landscape that is geographically defined in terms of the size and scope of the landscape, sacred place, or object with cultural value to a California Native American tribe, and that is: a) Listed or eligible for listing in the California Register of Historical Resources, or in a local register of historical resources as defined in Public Resources Code section 5020.1(k), or b) A resource determined by the lead agency, in its discretion and supported by substantial evidence, to be significant pursuant to criteria set forth in subdivision (c) of Public Resources Code Section 5024.1. In applying the criteria set forth in subdivision (c) of Public Resource Code Section 5024.1, the lead agency shall consider the significance of the resource to a California Native American tribe. Utilities and Service Systems ❑ Exceed wastewater treatment requirements of the Regional Water Quality Control Board. ❑ Require or result in the construction of new water or wastewater facilities, or expansion of existing facilities, the construction of which would cause significant environmental effects. ❑ Require or result in the construction of new storm water drainage facilities or expansion of existing facilities, the construction of which would cause significant environmental effects. ❑ Have sufficient water supplies available to serve the project from existing entitlements and resources or are new or expanded water supply entitlements needed. ❑ Result in a determination by the wastewater treatment provider which serves or may serve the project that it does not have adequate capacity to serve the project's projected demand in addition to the provider's existing commitments. ❑ Be served by a landfill with insufficient permitted capacity to accommodate the project's solid waste disposal needs. City of EI Segundo I Park Place Extension and Grade Separation Project EIR/EA 11 Findings of Fact ❑ Fail to comply with federal, state, and local statutes and regulations related to solid waste. B. Impacts Determined to Be Less than Significant with Mitigation Incorporated The Final EIR/EA identifies the following significant environmental impacts associated with the project. Based on the environmental analysis of the project and the identification of feasible mitigation measures, potentially significant impacts have been determined by the City to be reduced to a level of less than significant, and the City has found in accordance with Public Resources Code Section 21081(a)(1) and State CEQA Guidelines Section 15091(a)(1) that "changes or alterations have been required in, or incorporated into, the project which mitigate or avoid the significant effects on the environment." The descriptions of the impacts in these findings are summary statements. Mitigation Measures are numbered to correspond to listings in the EIR/EA. Reference should be made to the EIR/EA for a more complete description. Aesthetics Section 2.1.6 of the EIR/EA discusses the project's potential impacts related to visual character and quality, and light and glare. The section concludes that the impacts can be mitigated to a level below significance. ............_........ _- IMPACT (c): Substantially degrade the existing visual character or quality of the site and its surroundings. IMPACT (d): Create a new source of substantial light or glare which would adversely affect day or nighttime views in the area. Substantial Evidence As noted in Section 2.1.6 (Aesthetics) of the EIR/EA, construction of the project would not expose sensitive uses to views of the project site. The only viewers of the project would be motorists traveling along adjacent roadways in the project area and patrons of the adjacent retail and commercial businesses. Construction -related vehicle access and staging of construction materials would occur within the City right-of-way (ROW) and disturbed or developed areas along the length of the project site, and would be visible to motorists and patrons traveling adjacent to the project site. Construction -related impacts would be short-term and would cease upon project completion. Mitigation Measure V-1 would be implemented and would require the City to implement a Construction Management Plan that would identify measures such as temporary opaque fencing around staging areas, the location for staging areas and stockpiling of materials, and construction haul routes, consistent with the Caltrans' Standard Specifications for Construction. Compliance with Mitigation Measure V-1 would reduce temporary visual impacts, and impacts would be less than significant. It is anticipated that the project may require nighttime construction activities. These activities may be required to take place for several months. Existing sources of light within the project area include vehicle headlights on adjacent roadways and lighting emanating from the retail and commercial businesses adjacent to the project site. Light and glare from nighttime construction lighting could potentially cause a nuisance to these motorists and patrons. Mitigation Measure V-2 would require that any lighting required for nighttime construction activities would be consistent with Section 2-208, Night Work, of the Caltrans Construction Manual (July 2017). This provision provides for adequate lighting for the safety of construction workers, but necessitates shielding so that lighting does not blind approaching drivers. Necessary lighting for safety and construction purposes would be directed away from land uses outside the project area, and contained and directed toward the City of EI Segundo I Park Place Extension and Grade Separation Project EIR/EA 12 Findings of Fact specific area of construction. With implementation of required mitigation, impacts would be less than significant in this regard. With regard to impacts to aesthetic impacts, the following mitigation measures are required by the Park Place Extension and Grade Separation Project: (V-1) (V-2) Finding The City of EI Segundo shall implement a Construction Management Plan that identifies measures to avoid visual impacts during construction activities, such as temporary opaque fencing around staging areas, the location for staging areas and stockpiling of materials, and construction haul routes, consistent with the Caltrans' Standard Specifications for Construction. Any lighting required for nighttime construction activities shall be consistent with Section 2-208, Night Work, of the Caltrans Construction Manual (July 2017). Necessary lighting for safety and construction purposes shall be directed away from land uses outside the project area, and contained and directed toward the specific area of construction. These mitigation measures will ensure that potential aesthetic impacts will be less than significant. Based on substantial evidence in the EIR/EA regarding visual impacts, the City hereby finds that changes or alterations have been required in, or incorporated into, the project which mitigate or avoid the significant effects on the environment. Further evidence supporting the fact that the environmental effects related to aesthetics will be reduced to a less than significant level is provided in Chapter 2 of the EIR/EA. Biological Resources Section 2.3.1 (Natural Communities), Section 2.3.2 (Plant Species), Section 2.3.3 (Animal Species), and Section 2.3.4 (Threatened and Endangered Species) of the EIR identify potential significant impacts pertaining to biological resources but conclude that impacts can be mitigated to less than significant levels. IMPACT (a): Have a substantial adverse effect, either directly or through habitat modifications, on any species identified as a candidate, sensitive, or special -status species in local or regional plans, policies, or regulations, or by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife or U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Substantial Evidence Implementation of the proposed Park Place Extension and Grade Separation Project could result in impacts to special status species Cooper's hawk, northern harrier, burrowing owl, California horned lark, American peregrine falcon, Southern tarplant, and paniculate tarplant. Impacts to special status species and migratory birds would be considered significant if development under the proposed project results in the "take" of special status species. Without mitigation, potentially adverse impacts could occur to nesting birds that are affected by construction -related tree and vegetation removal and construction noise. Implementation of the following mitigation measures would reduce these potential impacts to less than significant. Mitigation Measures AS -1 and AS -2 would ensure that if nesting birds that are covered by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) and/or the California Fish and Game Code are found on a construction site, protective measures would be City of EI Segundo I Park Place Extension and Grade Separation Project EIR/EA 13 Findings of Fact implemented. Mitigation Measures PS -1 and PS -2 would require preconstruction plant surveys and revegetation after construction, to minimize impacts to sensitive plants. As stated in Section 2.3.3 of the Final EIR/EA, impacts will be less than significant with mitigation incorporated. With regard to impacts to biological resources, the following mitigation measures are required by the Park Place Extension and Grade Separation Project: (AS -1) (AS -2) (PS -1) Pursuant to the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) and California Fish and Game Code, removal of any trees, shrubs, or any other potential nesting habitat shall be conducted outside the avian nesting season. The nesting season generally extends from early February through August, but can vary slightly from year to year based upon seasonal weather conditions. If ground disturbance and vegetation removal cannot occur outside of the nesting season, a preconstruction clearance survey for nesting birds shall be conducted within three days of the start of any ground disturbing activities to ensure that no nesting birds will be disturbed during construction. The biologist conducting the clearance survey shall document a negative survey with a brief letter report indicating that no impacts to active avian nests will occur. If an active avian nest is discovered during the preconstruction clearance survey, construction activities shall stay outside of a 300 -foot buffer around the active nest. For raptor species, this buffer is expanded to 500 feet. The biological monitor shall be present to delineate the boundaries of the buffer area and to monitor the active nest to ensure that nesting behavior is not adversely affected by the construction activity. Once the young have fledged and left the nest, or the nest otherwise becomes inactive under natural conditions, normal construction activities can occur. Burrowing owl breeding season focused surveys shall be conducted prior to ground disturbing activities. The surveys shall be conducted consistent with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) Staff Report on Burrowing Owl Mitigation (Staff Report) dated March 7, 2012. Should burrowing owl be found within the Biological Study Area (BSA) during preconstruction clearance surveys, the CDFW shall be contacted for consultation prior to clearing and grubbing. If burrowing owl are found to occupy the BSA at the time of the survey, a relocation and management plan shall be written, approved by CDFW, and implemented prior to site development. Determination of the appropriate method of relocation, such as eviction/passive relocation or active relocation, shall be based on the specific site conditions (e.g., distance to nearest suitable habitat and presence of burrows within that habitat) in coordination with the CDFW. Active relocation and eviction/passive relocation require the preservation and maintenance of suitable burrowing owl habitat determined through coordination with the CDFW during the nesting season. A preconstruction rare plant clearance survey is recommended to be conducted within the Biological Study Area (BSA) during the appropriate blooming season (March to September) to determine whether southern tarplant and/or paniculate tarplant occur onsite. Surveys shall provide 100 percent clearance of suitable habitat within the BSA. If southern tarplant and/or paniculate tarplant, or any other special -status plant species, are present and unavoidable, they shall be salvaged City of EI Segundo I Paris Place Extension and Grade Separation Project EIR/EA 14 Findings of Fact (PS -2) Finding and moved to a different location within the BSA that contains a similar habitat, in accordance with resource agency requirements. It is also recommended that fugitive dust be contained to the maximum extent possible via the use of an onsite water truck(s), and that all construction equipment be thoroughly cleaned of all weed seeds prior to entering the BSA to prevent the spread of invasive species. To increase the availability of suitable habitat and general habitat quality within the BSA, all undeveloped disturbed areas shall be revegetated with native plant species generally conforming to the plant composition in the immediate surrounding area. These mitigation measures will ensure that impacts to nesting birds and plant species will be less than significant. They will ensure that protective measures are taken if nesting birds and sensitive plants are determined to be present prior to construction. Based on substantial evidence in the EIR/EA and the public record regarding impacts to biological resources, the City hereby finds that changes or alterations have been required in, or incorporated into, the project which mitigate or avoid the significant effects on the environment. Further evidence supporting the fact that the environmental effects related to biological resources will be reduced to a less than significant level is provided in Chapter 2 of the EIR/EA. Cultural Resources Section 2.1.7 (Cultural Resources) of the Final EIR/EA identifies potential significant impacts pertaining to construction -related Cultural Resources impacts but concludes that impacts can be mitigated to less than significant levels. IMPACT (c): Directly or indirectly destroy a unique paleontological resource or site or unique geologic feature. Substantial Evidence While there are no known recorded paleontological resources within the project boundaries, earth- moving activities associated with construction of the project may affect paleontologically-sensitive deposits, which could result in the disturbance or loss of paleontological resources, including scientifically important fossil remains, associated fossil specimen data, and corresponding geologic and geographic locality data. Any loss of paleontological resources would be a significant impact and would most likely occur in areas underlain by areas in the proposed project boundaries mapped as Pleistocene older flood plain deposits (Qoa) (see the Paleontological Resources section in Chapter 2 for a detailed discussion). Therefore, Mitigation Measure PALEO-1 has been incorporated and would require preparation of a project -specific Paleontological Mitigation Plan (PMP) prepared by a qualified principal paleontologist, once adequate project design information regarding subsurface disturbance location, depth, and lateral extent is available. This measure would also require paleontological worker training, and preparation of a Paleontological Mitigation Report, in addition to other provisions. With regard to impacts to paleontological resources, the following mitigation measure is required by the Park Place Extension and Grade Separation Project: (PALEO-1) City of EI Segundo I Paris Place Extension and Grade Separation Project EIR/EA 15 Findings of Fact Prior to construction activities, the City of EI Segundo shall ensure that a Paleontological Mitigation Plan is prepared and implemented during construction of the project in those parts of the project area that have been identified as having a high potential to impact significant nonrenewable paleontological resources. The Paleontological Mitigation Plan shall be prepared by a qualified paleontologist and shall include the following: a) Preconstruction paleontological sensitivity training for earth -moving personnel, with documentation of training that includes, but is not limited to, sign -in sheets and hardhat stickers. b) A signed repository agreement. c) Proposed field and laboratory methods that are consistent with repository requirements. d) Reporting requirements to document that compliance with paleontological measures is being achieved. e) Submission of the final Paleontological Mitigation Compliance Report to the City of EI Segundo upon completion of project earth -moving activities. Finding This mitigation measure will ensure that the unanticipated discovery of paleontological resources is adequately addressed in accordance with CEQA. It will require preparation of Paleontological Mitigation Plan to ensure that impacts to resources are minimized. Based on substantial evidence in the EIR and the public record regarding impacts to paleontological resources, the City hereby finds that changes or alterations have been required in, or incorporated into, the project to mitigate or avoid the significant effects on the environment. Further evidence supporting the fact that the environmental effects related to paleontological resources will be reduced to less than significant levels is provided in Chapter 2 of the EIR/EA. Hazards and Hazardous Materials Section 2.2.4 (Hazardous Waste and Materials) of the EIR/EA discusses the project's effects related to hazards and risk of upset, hazards in proximity to a local school, and sites listed pursuant to Government Code Section 65962.5. The section concludes that the impacts can be mitigated to a level below significance. IMPACT (b): Create a significant hazard to the public or the environment through reasonably foreseeable upset and accident conditions involving the release of hazardous materials into the environment. ................... IMPACT (c): Emit hazardous emissions or handle hazardous or acutely hazardous materials, substances, or waste within one -Quarter mile of an existinra or proposed school. IMPACT (d): Be located on a site which is included on a list of hazardous materials sites compiled pursuant to Government Code Section 65962.5 and, as a result, would it create a significant hazard to the public or the environment. City of EI Segundo I Paris Place Extension and Grade Separation Project EIR/EA 16 Findings of Fact IMPACT (g): Impair implementation of or physically interfere with an adopted emerQencv response plan or emergencv evacuation plan. Substantial Evidence Section 2.2.4 of the EIR/EA identifies releases of hazardous materials/waste from past on-site and off-site industrial uses, which have resulted in contamination to on-site soil, soil gas, and groundwater. Past facilities include Honeywell/General Chemical, Air Products, H. Kramer & Company, rail operations and MTA/BNSF property, and petroleum pipelines. The project would involve acquisition of contaminated properties. There is a potential for exposure of contractors to hazardous materials/wastes in soil, soil gas, and groundwater. Soil excavation and earth -moving activities associated with the project could expose workers to contaminants associated with past uses on-site. During construction, exposure to these contaminants can be minimized through adherence to protocols for the removal, handling, and disposal of said materials. Implementation of Mitigation Measure HW -1 would require a Phase II site investigation to define the extent of on-site contamination and recommend appropriate coordination with other off-site properties owners and remediation. Mitigation Measure HW -2 would require a Soil Management Plan. Mitigation Measure HW -3 would require identification and relocation coordination of on-site monitoring wells. The Phase II/Site Characterization Specialist would be required to identify the location of on-site petroleum pipelines (Mitigation Measure HW -4). Any site disturbance activities within any easements for petroleum pipelines would be required to be conducted under local purview. Further, any on-site transformers to be relocated/removed during site disturbance activities would be required to be conducted under the purview of the local purveyor to identify property -handling procedures regarding PCBs (Mitigation Measure HW -5). Mitigation Measure HW -6 requires a Construction Contingency Plan be prepared in the event that unknown hazardous materials/waste are uncovered during site disturbance activities. Mitigation Measures HW -1 through HW -6 would reduce impacts regarding hazardous waste/materials to less than significant levels. Vistamar School is located approximately 0.25 -mile east of the proposed project area at 737 Hawaii Street. As discussed in the responses to a) and b) above, the project could involve the potential for release of hazardous emissions or handling of acutely hazardous materials. However, Mitigation Measures HAZ-1 through HAZ-6 would reduce these impacts to a less than significant level. Based on the Phase I ISA, seven regulatory sites were reported to be associated with the areas of proposed ROW acquisition within the boundaries of the subject site. As such, the project site consists of areas included on a list of hazardous materials sites compiled pursuant to Government Code Section 65962.5. However, impacts pertaining to reported releases at the project site would be reduced to less than significant levels with implementation of Mitigation Measures HW -1 through HW -6. As described in Section 2.1.4, Utilities/Emergency Services, in this EIR/EA, the project could result in short-term construction impacts to emergency access due to traffic delays associated with a construction zone; however, Short-term congestion would be addressed with implementation of a Traffic Management Plan (TMP), which would serve to minimize disruption to emergency services. Mitigation Measure U&ES-2 provides that prior to and during construction, the City and the Construction Contractor will coordinate all temporary ramp closures and detour plans with fire, emergency medical, and law enforcement providers to minimize temporary delays in emergency response times as part of the TMP to be prepared for project (refer to Mitigation Measure TRA -1), City of El Segundo I Parte Place Extension and Grade Separation Project EIR/EA 17 Findings of Fact including the identification of alternative routes and routes across the construction areas for emergency vehicles, developed in coordination with the affected agencies. With implementation of Mitigation Measures U&ES-2 and TRA -1, potentially significant impacts related to short-term construction activities and effects on emergency response would be reduced to a less than significant impact. With regard to impacts to hazardous waste, the following mitigation measures are required by the Park Place Extension and Grade Separation Project: (HW -1) (HW -2) (HW -3) (HW -4) Phase II Site Investigation: The City of EI Segundo shall retain a Phase II/Site Characterization Specialist during the Plans, Specifications, and Estimates (PS&E) stage to define the extent of on-site contamination and recommend appropriate coordination with other off-site properties owners and remediation, as necessary, for implementation of the proposed project. Soil Management Plan: The City of EI Segundo shall retain a Phase II/Site Characterization Specialist during the Plans, Specifications, and Estimates (PS&E) stage to review available files and recorded covenants and deed restrictions pertaining to hazardous materials for the project site as well as coordinate with the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB) regarding proposed construction activities within the former Honeywell and H. Kramer & Company properties. The Specialist shall prepare a Soil Management Plan that identifies necessary sampling efforts, necessary actions to satisfy covenant and deed restrictions, and soil management practices necessary during site disturbance (including safety precautions to ensure worker safety). The Plan shall also consider necessary sampling efforts, management of soils, and proper disposal of waste materials during demolition within railroad ROW as well as any work within the vicinity of a petroleum pipeline. The handling and/or disposal of contaminated soils shall comply with all federal, state, and local laws and regulations. On -Site Monitoring Wells: The City of EI Segundo shall retain a Phase II/Site Characterization Specialist during the Plans, Specifications, and Estimates (PS&E) stage to identify and coordinate property relocation of existing on-site monitoring wells, as necessary, with the contractor for the project. All well relocation shall be conducted in consultation with, and per the standards of, the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB). On -Site Petroleum Pipelines: The City of EI Segundo shall retain a Phase II/Site Characterization Specialist during the Plans, Specifications, and Estimates (PS&E) stage to identify the location of on-site petroleum pipelines. Any site disturbance activities within any easements for petroleum pipelines shall be conducted under the purview of the local purveyor. City of EI Segundo I Parts Place Extension and Grade Separation Project EIR/EA 18 Findings of Fact (HW -5) PCBs: Any transformer to be relocated/removed during site disturbance activities shall be conducted under the purview of the local purveyor to identify property - handling procedures regarding PCBs. (HW -6) Unknown Hazardous Materials: Prior to the start of construction, the contractor shall prepare a Construction Contingency Plan (CCP) in accordance with the California Department of Transportation's (Caltrans) Unknown Hazards Procedures for Construction. The CCP shall include provisions for emergency response in the event that unidentified hazardous materials, petroleum hydrocarbons, or hazardous or solid wastes are discovered during construction activities. The CCP shall address field screening, contaminant materials testing methods, mitigation and contaminate management requirements, and health and safety requirements for construction workers, including limiting exposure to potential residual contamination in on-site surface soils. The CCP shall be prepared in consideration of the Phase II/Site Characterization Specialists' Soil Management Plan. (U&ES-2) Prior to and during construction, the City of EI Segundo and the Construction Contractor shall coordinate all temporary ramp closures and detour plans with fire, emergency medical, and law enforcement providers to minimize temporary delays in emergency response times as part of the Traffic Management Plan (TMP), including the identification of alternative routes and routes across the construction areas for emergency vehicles, developed in coordination with the affected agencies. (TRA -1) A Traffic Management Plan (TMP) shall be implemented to reduce short-term construction -related impacts in the project vicinity. The TMP shall include, but not be limited to, the following provisions: • Public Information: Provide advanced notice and project updates to affected businesses and the general public, via brochures and mailers, community meetings, signage, and website information. • Motorist Information: Provide project information using changeable message signs and ground -mounted signs regarding closures, available detours, and alternate access points to existing businesses. Traffic Management: Prepare a traffic lane closure chart, detour routes, pedestrian routes, residential and commercial access routes, and temporary traffic signals during construction. Finding These mitigation measures will ensure that impacts from hazards and hazardous materials will be less than significant. Based on substantial evidence in the EIR/EA and the public record regarding impacts from hazardous waste, the City hereby finds that changes or alterations have been required in, or incorporated into, the project which mitigate or avoid the significant effects on the environment. Further evidence supporting the fact that the environmental effects related to hazards City of EI Segundo I Park Place Extension and Grade Separation Project EIR/EA 19 Findings of Fact and hazardous materials will be reduced to a less than significant level is provided in Chapter 2 of the EIR/EA. Noise Section 2.2.6 (Noise) of the EIR/EA discusses the potential project effects related to generation of noise in excess of agency standards, groundborne vibration/noise, and temporary or periodic noise above levels existing without the project. The section concludes that the impacts can be mitigated to a level below significance. IMPACT) ( E : axpose people to or generate noise levels in excess of standards established in _............. ............ the local general plan or noise ordinance, or applicable standards of other agencies. IMPACT (b): Expose people to or generate excessive groundborne vibration or groundborne noise levels. IMPACT (d): Cause a substantial temporary or periodic increase in ambient noise levels in the oroiect vicinitv above levels existinq without the project. Substantial Evidence Section 2.2.6 of the EIR/EA identifies potentially significant impacts related to noise. For short-term construction activities, the Section 7-2-10 of the El Segundo Municipal Code creates an exemption for construction noise, provided said activities occur between the City's allowable construction hours of 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday, Construction is also prohibited on Sundays or Federal holidays. Section 7-2-10 also requires that construction activities do not exceed the noise standard of 65 dBA measured at a residential receptor's property line. The closest receivers are the commercial uses located along Park Place. These commercial areas would be subject to short-term noise levels between 86 and 95 dBA Lmax generated by construction activities along the project alignment. However, no significant noise impacts from construction are anticipated as construction activities would occur between the City's allowable construction hours of 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday. Construction activities would not occur on Sundays and Federal holidays. It is not anticipated that construction noise would substantially interfere or interrupt ongoing commercial activities adjacent to the project site (e.g., Plaza EI Segundo, ArcLight Cinemas). In addition, there are no sensitive receptors in the vicinity of the project site. The closest sensitive receptors to the project area are residential uses located approximately 1,500 feet away. Based on the Noise Study Report (NSR), maximum construction noise levels would reach a maximum of 67 dBA at 600 feet. Since the nearest residential receptors are approximately 1,500 feet away, construction noise levels are not anticipated to exceed the City's construction noise standard of 65 dBA at residential receptors. Construction noise would be short-term and intermittent, and would cease upon completion of the project. Further, implementation of Mitigation Measures N-1 and N- 2 would minimize the temporary noise impacts from construction, by requiring sound -control devices/mufflers on construction equipment and providing attenuation around stationary construction noise sources, among others. The City's General Plan EIR provides land use compatibility standards for interior and exterior noise. The interior/exterior noise compatibility for commercial uses is 75 dBA, and for single-family residential it is 65 dBA (exterior) and 55 dBA (interior). Based on the NSR, predicted traffic noise levels associated with the project would reach a maximum of 59 dBA at the various modeled commercial receivers surrounding the project site. This would be below the City's noise compatibility standard for commercial uses of 75 dBA. Given the distance of the project site to any City of EI Segundo I Park Place Extension and Grade Separation Project EIR/EA 20 Findings of Fact sensitive receptors (single-family residential approximately 1,500 feet away), it is not anticipated that the project would result in any exceedance of the City's interior/exterior noise compatibility standards for single-family residential uses. Thus, the potential noise impacts during construction and operation of the project would be less than significant, upon implementation of mitigation measures. With regard to impacts to noise, the following mitigation measures are required by the Park Place Extension and Grade Separation Project: (N-1) (N-12) Finding All equipment shall have sound -control devices that are no less effective than those provided on the original equipment. No equipment shall have an unmuffled exhaust. The contractor shall implement appropriate noise mitigation measures, including changing the location of stationary construction equipment, turning off idling equipment, notifying adjacent business owners in advance of construction work, rescheduling construction activity, and installing acoustic barriers around stationary construction noise sources. Based on substantial evidence in the EIR/EA and the public record regarding impacts to noise, the City hereby finds that changes or alterations have been required in, or incorporated into, the project which mitigate or avoid the significant effects on the environment. Further evidence supporting the fact that the environmental effects related to noise will be reduced to a less than significant level is provided in Chapter 2 of the EIR/EA. Public Services Section 2.1.4 (Utilities and Emergency Services) of the EIR/EA identifies potentially significant impacts pertaining to emergency services. Fire and police protection are the only areas that have the potential for significant impacts, but the section concludes that impacts to police and fire services within the study area of can be reduced to less than significant with mitigation. IMPACT (a): The project result in substantial adverse physical impacts associated with the provision of new or physically altered governmental facilities, need for new or physically altered governmental facilities, the construction of which could cause significant environmental impacts, in order to maintain acceptable service ratios, response times or other performance objectives for fire and police protection. Substantial Evidence Section 2.1.4 of the EIR/EA identifies potentially significant impacts of the proposed Park Place Extension and Grade Separation project. Fire protection and emergency medical/paramedic services in the City of EI Segundo are provided by the EI Segundo Fire Department. Police protection services in the City of El Segundo are provided by the EI Segundo Police Department. Project construction would result in temporary impacts to traffic circulation that could affect fire and police response times. However, these impacts would be temporary in nature. Emergency services providers could experience travel delays during the temporary construction process. City of EI Segundo I Paris Place Extension and Grade Separation Project EIR/EA 21 Findings of Fact Short-term congestion would be addressed with implementation of a Traffic Management Plan (TMP), which would serve to minimize disruption to emergency services. Mitigation Measure U&ES- 2 provides that prior to and during construction, the City and the Construction Contractor will coordinate all temporary closures and detour plans with fire, emergency medical, and law enforcement providers to minimize temporary delays in emergency response times as part of the TMP to be prepared for project (refer to Mitigation Measure TRA -1), including the identification of alternative routes and routes across the construction areas for emergency vehicles, developed in coordination with the affected agencies. With implementation of this mitigation measure, impacts related to short-term construction activities and effects on emergency response and evacuation plans would be less than significant. With regard to impacts to fire and police protection services, the following mitigation measures are required by the Park Place Extension and Grade Separation Project: (U&ES-2) Prior to and during construction, the City of EI Segundo and the Construction Contractor shall coordinate all temporary ramp closures and detour plans with fire, emergency medical, and law enforcement providers to minimize temporary delays in emergency response times as part of the Traffic Management Plan (TMP), including the identification of alternative routes and routes across the construction areas for emergency vehicles, developed in coordination with the affected agencies. (TRA -1) A Traffic Management Plan (TMP) shall be implemented to reduce short-term construction -related impacts in the project vicinity. The TMP shall include, but not be limited to, the following provisions: • Public Information: Provide advanced notice and project updates to affected businesses and the general public, via brochures and mailers, community meetings, signage, and website information. « Motorist Information: Provide project information using changeable message signs and ground -mounted signs regarding closures, available detours, and alternate access points to existing businesses. Traffic Management: Prepare a traffic lane closure chart, detour routes, pedestrian routes, residential and commercial access routes, and temporary traffic signals during construction. Finding Based on substantial evidence in the EIR/EA and the public record regarding impacts to fire and police services, the City hereby finds that changes or alterations have been required in, or incorporated into, the project which mitigate or avoid the significant effects on the environment. Further evidence supporting the fact that the environmental effects related to fire and police services will be reduced to a less than significant level is provided in Chapter 2 of the EIR/EA. Transportation/Traffic Section 2.1.5 (Traffic) of the EIR/EA identifies potential significant impacts pertaining to conflicts with Level of Service (LOS) measures of effectiveness for performance of the circulation system but concludes that impacts to local intersections within the study area of can be reduced to less than City of EI Segundo I Park Place Extension and Grade Separation Project EIR/EA 22 Findings of Fact significant with mitigation. Impacts also pertain to conflicts with the Los Angeles County Congestion Management Plan, increased hazards due to a design feature, and inadequate emergency access. The section concludes that these impacts can be reduced to less than significant with mitigation. IMPACT (a): Conflict with an applicable plan, ordinance, or policy establishing measures of effectiveness for the performance of the circulation system, taking into account all modes of transportation including mass transit and non -motorized travel and relevant components of the circulation system, including but not limited to intersections, streets, highways and freeways, pedestrian and bicycle paths, and masstransit. IMPACT (b): Conflict with an applicable congestion management program, including, but not limited to level of service standards and travel demand measures, or other standards established by the county congestion management agency for designated roads or highways. ............ IMPACT (d): Substantially increase hazards due to a design feature (e.g., sharp curves or dangerous intersections) or incompatible uses (e.g., farm equipment). IMPACT (e): • Result in inadequate emergency access. Substantial Evidence Section 2.1.5 (Traffic) of the EIR/EA identifies potentially significant impacts of the proposed Park Place Extension and Grade Separation project. Construction would result in temporary construction impacts that may temporarily restrict vehicular accessibility within the construction area. However, these disruptions would be temporary, designed to not completely prohibit access to adjoining properties and roads, and would cease once construction of the project is complete. Construction of the proposed improvements has been examined relative to the existing system and it has been determined that both short-term and long-term lane closures will be necessary, however, Mitigation Measure TRA -1 would require that access is maintained to all business and properties within the project area throughout the duration of the construction process. Preparation of a TMP would be required that would include: a) a public information campaign to provide advanced notice to affected business owners and the surrounding community; b) detour signage; and c) re-routing to ensure access to existing businesses is maintained. Project operation is anticipated to result in beneficial long-term traffic and circulation impacts because the project would improve traffic patterns for businesses in the project area. For Existing 2016 plus project conditions, all study intersections are projected to operate at LOS D or better, except for four (4) intersections that would continue to experience deficient LOS with the diverted traffic conditions, but would experience improved LOS. The un -signalized intersection at Douglas Street at Park Place would be projected to operate at LOS F, but would not result in a significant traffic impact at this intersection because the project would not generate trips that would cause an increase in delay of four (4) or more seconds. Although the project would not result in a significant impact, a new traffic signal (Mitigation Measure TRA -2) shall be implemented at the intersection of Douglas Street at Park Place to address the deficient LOS, due to complaints the City has received regarding traffic operations at this location. As discussed in the Traffic Impact Analysis that was prepared for the project, the traffic assessment for the project was conducted based on the requirements of the 2010 Los Angeles County Congestion Management Program (CMP). As discussed in the response to question a) above, all of the study intersections would experience improved LOS under the project, with the exception of the un -signalized intersection of Douglas Street at Park Place. Mitigation Measure TRA -2 provides City of El Segundo I Paris Place Extension and Grade Separation Project EIR/EA 23 Findings of Fact for installation of a new traffic signal at the intersection of Douglas Street at Park Place, which would reduce significant traffic impacts to a less than significant level. The project would be designed, constructed, and operated consistent with the City of EI Segundo and other applicable standards and specifications for railroad grade separations, retaining walls, drainage features, and utility relocations/modifications. During short-term construction, the project could result in hazards due to temporary lane and ramp closures required for project implementation. However, these impacts would be temporary in nature and adherence to Mitigation Measure TRA -1 would minimize impacts in this regard. The project would not include hazardous design features. Mitigation Measure TRA -2 provides for installation of a new traffic signal at the intersection of Douglas Street at Park Place, which would reduce traffic impacts to a less than significant level. Impacts to emergency services in this regard would be less than significant with adherence to Mitigation Measures U&ES-2 and TRA -1, as discussed in Section 2.1.3 (Community Impacts). In the long term, the project would reduce traffic congestion and travel times in the project area. The improvements in the project are likely to improve emergency response times. Therefore, with implementation of Mitigation Measures U&ES-2 and TRA -1, potential impacts would be reduced to less than significant levels. With implementation of Mitigation Measures TRA -1 and TRA -2, potential short-term and long-term traffic impacts would be reduced less than significant levels. Thus, the potential traffic impacts during construction and operation of the project would be less than significant, upon implementation of mitigation measures. With regard to impacts to noise, the following mitigation measures are required by the Park Place Extension and Grade Separation Project: (TRA -1) A Traffic Management Plan (TMP) shall be implemented to reduce short-term construction -related impacts in the project vicinity. The TMP shall include, but not be limited to, the following provisions: Public Information: Provide advanced notice and project updates to affected businesses and the general public, via brochures and mailers, community meetings, signage, and website information. Motorist Information: Provide project information using changeable message signs and ground -mounted signs regarding closures, available detours, and alternate access points to existing businesses. Traffic Management: Prepare a traffic lane closure chart, detour routes, pedestrian routes, residential and commercial access routes, and temporary traffic signals during construction. (TRA -2) To minimize potential traffic -related impacts during operation of the project, a new traffic signal shall be installed at the intersection of Douglas Street and Park Place. (U&ES-2) Prior to and during construction, the City of EI Segundo and the Construction Contractor shall coordinate all temporary ramp closures and detour plans with fire, emergency medical, and law enforcement providers to minimize temporary delays in emergency response times as part of the Traffic Management Plan (TMP), including the identification of alternative routes and routes across the construction City of El Segundo I Park Place Extension and Grade Separation Project EIR/EA 24 Findings of Fact areas for emergency vehicles, developed in coordination with the affected agencies. Finding Based on substantial evidence in the EIR/EA and the public record regarding impacts to transportation/traffic, the City hereby finds that changes or alterations have been required in, or incorporated into, the project which mitigate or avoid the significant effects on the environment. Further evidence supporting the fact that the environmental effects related to transportation/traffic will be reduced to a less than significant level is provided in Chapter 2 of the EIR/EA. 6 ALTERNATIVES This section contains a discussion of the alternatives considered and rejected in the Park Place Extension and Grade Separation Project Draft EIR/EA, including the No -Build Alternative; Alternative 1A; Alternative 3A; and Alternative 3B. Transportation Demand Management, Transportation System Management, and Mass Transit alternatives were not considered viable options because the proposed project is not a major highway project and is located in an area with a population under 200,000. No -Build Alternative Under the No -Build Alternative, the City would not adopt any changes to the existing roadway and railroad facilities within the project site. Park Place and the remainder of the project site would be left in its existing condition. As a result, the No -Build Alternative would not provide for congestion relief or improvements in local traffic circulation in the project area. This alternative would have less impacts than the proposed project, except for compliance with the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) 2016-2040 Regional Transportation Plan/Sustainable Communities Strategy (RTP/SCS) (RTP ID LAOG321); SCAG's financially constrained 2017 Federal Transportation Improvement Program (FTIP) (FTIP ID LAOG321); and the City's Master Plan of Streets within the General Plan Circulation Element. The No -Build Alternative would be less effective in supporting future transit. Similar to the Build Alternatives, no significant and unavoidable impacts associated with the No -Build Alternative would occur. The No - Build Alternative would not support attainment of the project's purpose and need in the following ways: • The No -Build Alternative would not close the gap along Park Place between Allied Way and Nash Street. • The No -Build Alternative would not relieve congestion along portions of Rosecrans Avenue and Pacific Coast Highway. • The No -Build Alternative would not improve local traffic circulation and access to and from the 1-105 freeway. Given the foregoing facts, as more fully delineated in the project EIR/EA, this City Council finds that the No -Build Alternative is less desirable than the proposed project and therefore rejects the alternative. Public Resources Code § 21081(a)(3); CEQA Guidelines, §15091(a)(3). Alternative 1A City of EI Segundo I Park Place Extension and Grade Separation Project EIRIEA 25 Findings of Fact Alternative 1A is similar to the proposed project, except that Alternative 1A would include a stop controlled "T" intersection at the proposed intersection of Park Place/Allied Way. This alternative would result in increased vehicle delay at the proposed new Allied Way/Park Place intersection (as compared to the project, which would include a roundabout intersection). This alternative would have impacts that are similar to the project for most impacts. Like the other Alternatives, no significant and unavoidable impacts associated with Alternative 1A would occur. Alternative1A would support attainment of the project's purpose and need; however, not to the extent of the project. • Alternative 1A would close the gap along Park Place between Allied Way and Nash Street. • Alternative 1A would relieve congestion along portions of Rosecrans Avenue and Pacific Coast Highway; however, the stop controlled "T" intersection at the proposed intersection of Park Place/Allied Way would increase vehicle delay as compared to the project. • Alternative 1A would improve local traffic circulation and access to and from the 1-105 freeway; however, the stop controlled "T" intersection at the proposed intersection of Park Place/Allied Way would increase vehicle delay as compared to the project. Given the foregoing facts, as more fully delineated in the project EIR/EA, this City Council finds that Alternative 1A is less desirable than the proposed project and therefore rejects the alternative. Public Resources Code § 21081(a)(3); CEQA Guidelines, §15091(a)(3). Alternative 3A Under Alternative 3A, the proposed alignment and intersection configurations of the roadway extension would generally be similar to Alternative 1C. However, the UPRR and BNSF tracks would maintain their existing alignments, and two grade separations (roadway undercrossings of the railroad tracks) would be constructed. In addition, a driveway ramp extending from the proposed extension of Park Place (immediately east of the BNSF grade separation) to the westerly portion of the ArcLight Cinemas surface parking lot would be provided for access. As stated, this alternative would not consolidate the UPRR and BNSF railroad alignments to allow for a single rail crossing. Alternative 3A would require an additional underpass structure (two grade separations) as compared to the project (one grade separation). Similar to the other Alternatives, no significant and unavoidable impacts associated with Alternative 3A would occur. Alternative 3A would support attainment of the project's purpose and need; however, not to the extent of the project. • Alternative 3A would close the gap along Park Place between Allied Way and Nash Street. However, Alternative 3A would require an additional underpass structure (two grade separations) as compared to the project (one grade separation). Alternative 3A would relieve congestion along portions of Rosecrans Avenue and Pacific Coast Highway. • Alternative 3A would improve local traffic circulation and access to and from the 1-105 freeway. City of EI Segundo I Parts Place Extension and Grade Separation Project EIR/EA 26 Findings of Fact Given the foregoing facts, as more fully delineated in the project EIR/EA, this City Council finds that Alternative 3A is less desirable than the proposed project and therefore rejects the alternative. Public Resources Code § 21081(a)(3); CEQA Guidelines, §15091(a)(3). Alternative 3B Under Alternative 3B, the existing UPRR and BNSF tracks would maintain their existing alignments (similar to Alternative 3A). However, this alternative would include one grade separation at the UPRR rail alignment and one at -grade crossing at the BNSF rail alignment. The UPRR grade separation would consist of a roundabout intersection beneath the railroad alignment. Due to the design requirement for a 90 -degree at -grade crossing at the BNSF tracks, and Park Place extension alignment would be shifted slightly north with a design speed of 25 mph as compared to the other three build alternatives. This northerly shift would require improvements along existing Allied Way to match the proposed grade of the roundabout intersection, including retaining walls along both sides of the road, a retaining wall immediately south of the existing Dick's Sporting Goods retail facility, and intersection/driveway modifications at the signalized intersection immediately north of the proposed Park Place/Allied Way intersection. At the easterly terminus of the proposed project, the roadway would extend through the northerly extent of the ArcLight Cinemas parking lot. Modifications to the existing Park Place/Nash Street intersection would be required to match proposed roadway geometry. At this location, access to the existing ArcLight surface parking lot and 2121 Park Place property would be configured as one of the following two options: • Drivewav Access +DIS/ion 9: Nash Street would terminate at a cul-de-sac to the north of the proposed Park Place extension. Access to the 2121 Park Place property would be maintained via a reconstructed driveway with retaining walls. A driveway providing access to the westerly portion of the Arclight Cinemas surface parking lot would extend from Park Place immediately east of the proposed Park Place/BNSF at -grade crossing. • Drivewav Access Option 2': Under this option, access to the westerly portion of the Arclight Cinemas would be maintained by a driveway that extends north of Park Place and then curves to the southwest beneath Park Place (via an underpass structure), extending into the existing parking lot. A driveway providing access to the 2121 Park Place property would also be constructed similar to Driveway Access Option 1. As stated, this alternative would not consolidate the UPRR and BNSF railroad alignments to allow for a single rail crossing. Alternative 3B would require one grade separation at the UPRR rail alignment and one at -grade crossing at the BNSF rail alignment as compared to the project (one grade separation). Additionally, this alternative would result in increased vehicle delay at the proposed new at -grade crossing at the BNSF rail alignment (as compared to the project). This alternative would have impacts that are similar to the project for most impacts. Similar to the other Alternatives, no significant and unavoidable impacts associated with Alternative 3B would occur. Alternative 3B would support attainment of the project's purpose and need; however, not to the extent of the project. « Alternative 3B would close the gap along Park Place between Allied Way and Nash Street. However, Alternative 3B would require one grade separation and one at -grade crossing as compared to the project, which would require one grade separation. City of EI Segundo I Park Place Extension and Grade Separation Project EIR/EA 27 Findings of Fact • Alternative 3B would relieve congestion along portions of Rosecrans Avenue and Pacific Coast Highway; however, the at -grade crossing at the BNSF rail alignment would increase vehicle delay as compared to the project. Alternative 3B would improve local traffic circulation and access to and from the 1-105 freeway; however, the at -grade crossing at the BNSF rail alignment would increase vehicle delay as compared to the project. In addition, the inclusion of an at -grade crossing at the BNSF alignment could result in potential vehicle/rail conflicts and resultant safety concerns. The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) indicated that it is not in support of Alternative 3B due to this concern. Given the foregoing facts, as more fully delineated in the project EIR/EA, this City Council finds that Alternative 3B is less desirable than the proposed project and therefore rejects the alternative. Public Resources Code § 21081(a)(3); CEQA Guidelines, §15091(a)(3). 7 CONCLUSION The City Council hereby finds that, with implementation of the recommended measures identified in the project EIR/EA and MMRP/ECR, impacts would be reduced to a level below significance. The City also finds that no feasible alternative exists that would provide all the foregoing benefits to the public and reduce the environmental impacts when compared to the project. City of EI Segundo I Park Place Extension and Grade Separation Project EIR/EA 28 RESOLUTION NO. 5149 ■ FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT (EIR) PARK PLACE EXTENSION AND GRADE SEPARATION PROJECT The final EIR can be viewed at the following link on the City's website: