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3.0 ENVIRONMENTAL CHECKLIST <br />1388 Bancroft Avenue Project City of San Leandro <br />Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration November 2018 <br />3.0-76 <br /> <br />Potentially <br />Significant <br />Impact <br />Less Than <br />Significant <br />Impact with <br />Mitigation <br />Incorporated <br />Less Than <br />Significant <br />Impact <br />No <br />Impact <br />19. MANDATORY FINDINGS OF SIGNIFICANCE. Would the project: <br />a) Have the potential to degrade the quality of the <br />environment, substantially reduce the habitat of a <br />fish or wildlife species, cause a fish or wildlife <br />population to drop below self-sustaining levels, <br />threaten to eliminate a plant or animal <br />community, reduce the number or restrict the <br />range of a rare or endangered plant or animal, or <br />eliminate important examples of the major <br />periods of California history or prehistory? <br /> <br />b) Have impacts that are individually limited, but <br />cumulatively considerable? (“Cumulatively <br />considerable” means that the incremental effects <br />of a project are considerable when viewed in <br />connection with the effects of past projects, the <br />effects of other current projects, and the effects of <br />probable future projects.) <br /> <br />c) Have environmental effects which will cause <br />substantial adverse effects on human beings, <br />either directly or indirectly? <br /> <br />DISCUSSION <br />The following are Mandatory Findings of Significance in accordance with Section 15065 of the <br />CEQA Guidelines. <br />a) Less Than Significant Impact with Mitigation Incorporated. The project is located in San Leandro in an infill and transit-oriented area. Based on the findings in this Initial Study, the proposed project would not substantially degrade the quality of the environment. See <br />subsection 4, Biological Resources, and subsection 5, Cultural Resources, for further <br />discussion of the proposed project’s potential impacts on these environmental resources. As described in the Biological Resources subsection, the proposed project could affect nesting birds as a result of construction-related activities. However, implementation of <br />mitigation measure MM BIO-1 would reduce potential impacts to a less than significant <br />level. Unidentified cultural resources may be impacted during construction activities. However, implementation of mitigation measures MM CUL-1, MM CUL-2, and MM CUL-3 <br />would reduce potential impacts to a less than significant level. <br />b) Less Than Significant Impact with Mitigation Incorporated. The impacts of the proposed <br />project are individually limited and not considered cumulatively considerable. The project site is completely developed with medical offices and parking, and the project would <br />replace these existing uses with a 45-unit residential building, parking, and landscaping. <br />Compared to existing conditions, traffic would be reduced. The project is located in a <br />transit priority area, would provide bike parking, and would include other sustainability features, including solar panels.