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Potentially Significant <br />Impact <br />Potentially Significant <br />UfiiesS Mitigation <br />Incorporated <br />.Less than. Significant. <br />Impact No Impact <br />1 s 1 f £ <br />a. Have a substantia! adverse effect on a scenic vista? <br />Comment: The oroDDsed wind turbine is located in an industrial aeneral <br />zoning district with heavy industrial uses. Attachment 6 shows 11 photo <br />0 • X • ' i P i <br />wind turbine would appear. The height of the tower and blade is similar or <br />|e.ss than the height of PG&E high tension utility towers in the vicinity, The <br />proposed wind turbine will be located on a monopole in the interior of the <br />i <br />f. i. <br />structure, especially when compared to the lattice-structure design of the <br />nearby electrical high tension wires. The photo simulations provide <br />sufficient evidence that the project will not create an adverse effect on <br />public or private scenic vistas. The photo simulations confirmed that the <br />proposed turbine will be a minor visual addition to a district that has a <br />sewage treatment plant, high tension wires and cellular network antennae. <br />It will not obstruct westerly views; of San Francisco Bay as it will be located <br />to the east of the bay and behind the PG&E substation and high tension <br />lines. <br />Therefore, there would not be a substantial adverse effect on scenic <br />vistas. v.- <br />- <br />. 1 h 1-u • i !•: c ? <br />b. Substantially damage scenic resources^ including, but not limited to, trees, <br />rock outcroppings, and historic buildings within a state scenic highway? • • • X 1 <br />Comment: The DroDOsed wind turbine is located in an industrial aeneral <br />zoning district with industrial uses. The height of the tower and blade is ij <br />biffiiiar ur ies>b indnine neignt QJ rbott nign iGnsion utility ipwsrs in in© <br />vicinity. The subject.property is not located along a SGenic highway. There <br />would not be a substantial adverse effect on scenic resources. <br />r <br />c. Substantially degrade the existing/visual character or quality of the site and <br />its surroundings? . <br />Comment: The proposed wind turbine is located in an area that is already <br />occupied by heavy industrial uses including the Orb Lorha Sewage <br />• • X • . $ <br />Treatment Plant, the PG&E substation with high-tension wires and an <br />adjacent junk yard, The existing visual character is of industrial Uses. <br />Open space to the northwest,is already compromised with the Pacific Gas <br />and Electri'c.high tension utility towers. The proposed wind turbine would <br />! <br />be compatible with the existing yisuail, character of the area. The photo <br />simulations support these findings. Therefore, the wind turbine would not • <br />iis surroundings. <br />d. Create a new source of substantial light of glare which would adversely <br />affect day or nighttime views in the area? D o 0 X 1 !• 1 <br />Comment: The proposed wind turbine would not Greats a new source of <br />light or glare as no exterior lighting is proposed or required. <br />I' fi I <br />II. AGRICULTURE RESOURCES. In determining whether impacts to <br />agricultural resources are significant environmental effects, lead <br />agencies may refer to the California Agricultural Land Evaluation <br />and Site Assessment Model (1997) prepared by the California <br />Department of Conservation as an optional model to use in <br />assessing impacts on agriculture and farmland. Would the project: <br />a. Convert Prime Farmland, Unique Farmland, or Farmland of Statewide <br />Importance (Farmland), as shown on the maps prepared pursuant to the D 0 • X <br />Farmland Mapping and Monitoring Program of the California Resources <br />Agency, to non-agricultural use? <br />Comment: There is no desianated farmland in San Leandro. <br />3