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Potentially • Significant Potentially Unless Less then Significant Mitigation Significant Impact Incorporated Impact ,No Impact g. Comply with federal,state, and local statutes and regulations related to X sold waste? • Comments: a-g: The project is consistent with the development assumptions included in the Downtown TOD Strategy EIR and therefore the impacts to local water and wastewater utilities and solid waste disposal services were evaluated and mitigations adopted at the time the EIR was certified, including mitigations for adverse impacts on water supply. In addition,per CEQA Section 15155(d)a water supply assessment study is required by the water provider. East Bay Municipal Utility District(EBMUD)reviewed the demand on water services for the proposed project and approved the Water Supply Assessment on December 10,2013.The proposed project will be required to comply with the following mitigations. Mitigation Measure #20: The applicant shall promote the efficient use of existing water supplies through a variety of water conservation measures, Including evaluating the potential for the use of recycled water for • landscaping in accordance with General Plan Policy 27.02. Mitigation Measure #21: The applicant shall conserve water through the use of such measures as low-flow plumbing fixtures and water-saving appliances in accordance with General Plan Policy 27.04. Mitigation Measure#22: The applicant shall be required to pay Its fair share of the cost of improving the water, sewer, drainage and other infrastructure systems needed to serve the development through use fees or other appropriate forms of mitigation in accordance with General Plan Policy 52.02. Implementation of Mitigation Measures#20,21 and 22 reduces potential impacts to a less than significant level. XVIII. MANDATORY FINDINGS OF SIGNIFICANCE. a. Does the project have the potential to degrade the quality of the X 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? Comment: The proposed project is located on a vacant site surrounded by developed properties. It provides no habitat for fish or wildlife species. Plant species within and adjacent to the project sites are limited to ruderal vegetation and ornamental species confined to limited landscaping on the property,and introduced weedy annual grasses and forbs occurring in pavement cracks,or other highly disturbed unpaved areas. No sensitive natural communities such as vernal pools, • marshes or riparian areas are present within,or adjacent to the project boundaries. Therefore the project does not have the potential to degrade the quality of the environment or substantially affect the habitat of an rare or endangered species. b. Does the project have impacts that are individually limited,but cumulatively considerable? ("Cumulatively considerable'means that the incremental x effects of a project are considerable when viewed in connection with the effects of past projects,the effects of other current projects,and the effects of probable future projects.) • If Comment: Impacts that are individually limited but can be cumulatively considerable include impacts related to aesthetics, air quality,geology/soils, hydrology and water quality,noise, hazards,public services,traffic,and utilities and service systems. Mitigation measures have been incorporated to reduce these impacts to a level that are less than significant. 25 •