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POTENTIALLY POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT LESS THAN NO ISSUES SIGNIFICANT UNLESS SIGNIFICANT IMPACT SOURCES ISSUES MITIGATION IMPACT INCORPORATED (,, IS' M, �N DATORY , FIND INGSOFsSIGNIFICANCE.; a." `^` i �K;4 teg A' .� -; t '7 ? W4 , a. Does the project have the potential to degrade the X 1.2 quality of the environment, substantially reduce the habitat of a fish or wildlife species, cause a fish or wildlife population to drop below self - sustaining levels, threaten to eliminate a plant or animal community, reduce the number or restrict the range of a rare or endangered plant or animal or eliminate important examples of the major periods of California history or prehistory? b. Does the project have impacts that are individually - X 1, limited, but cumulatively considerable? ( "Cumulatively considerable" means the incremental effects of a project that are considerable when viewed in connection with the effects of the past projects, the effects of other current projects, and the effects of probable future projects.) c. Does the project have environmental effects which X 12 will cause substantial adverse effects on human beings, either directly or indirectly? EXPLANATION: a) Adoption of the General Plan consistency amendments will not create the impacts listed here. The amendments are an administrative measure necessary to maintain internal consistency in the General Plan following the adoption of the 2007 TOD Strategy and the 2010 Housing Element. The proposed action does not approve any specific project or result in any physical change. The impacts listed in "a" above were analyzed as part of the EIR for the 2002 General Plan and the 2007 TOD Strategy. No additional impacts would result by amending the General Plan to incorporate the TOD land use plan. The General Plan includes policies and actions which strive to protect environmental quality, plant and animal habitat, special status species, and historic resources and avoid and mitigate the impacts listed above. b) The cumulative impacts of development around the Downtown BART station were analyzed as part of the TOD Strategy EIR. No new or increased impacts would occur as a result of incorporating the provisions of this Strategy into the City's General Plan. Future development in the TOD area will continue to be subject to environmental review, and additional assessments of cumulative impacts will be required at that time. c) The proposed consistency amendments would have no adverse effects on human beings, either directly or indirectly. • The potential for such impacts was evaluated in the EIR for the TOD Strategy and determined to be less than significant. No additional impacts would occur as a result of updating the General Plan to reflect the the TOD Strategy. • TOD and Housing Element General Plan Consistency Amendments January 2011 ' Page 26