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Environmental Impacts of the Proposed Project ■ Agriculture, Forestry and Mineral Resources. The proposed project would not expand the Plan Area to include agricultural lands, lands under a Williamson act contract, timberlands, forest lands, mineral resource zones, or mineral resource extraction sites. Therefore, the proposed project would continue to have no impact on agricultural or mineral resources. Air Quality. As described previously, the proposed project would not increase the height limitations, allowed development density, and allowed development intensity. Therefore, the proposed project would not result in a new impact or in a substantially more severe impact to air quality and greenhouse gas emissions, as no increase in development assumptions would occur as a result of the project. Mitigation proposed in the 2018 EIR to reduce potential impacts from air quality emissions would still apply to future development in the Plan Area. Biological, Cultural, Paleontological, and Tribal Cultural Resources. The proposed project would not result in greater ground disturbance, habitat modifications, or other alterations in the allowed development footprint that would increase or otherwise modify potential impacts to biological, cultural, paleontological, or tribal cultural resources from those identified in the 2018 EIR. Thus, the proposed project would not result in a new impact or a substantially more severe impact to these resources. Mitigation proposed in the 2018 EIR to reduce potential impacts to these resource areas would still apply to future development in the Plan Area. Geology and Soils, Hazards and Hazardous Materials, and Hydrology and Water Quality. As described above, the proposed project would not result in greater ground disturbance or alter the boundaries of the Plan Area considered in the 2018 EIR; therefore, potential impacts to geology and soils, hazards and hazardous materials, and hydrology and water quality would remain consistent with those described in the 2018 EIR and the proposed project would not result in a new impact or a substantially more severe impact to these resources. ■ Land Use and Planning. The proposed project would implement the Specific Plan by updating the General Plan Land Use Map and Zoning Map and would not modify the proposed land uses in the Plan Area as provided by the Specific Plan. The 2018 EIR discusses the creation of the B- TOD Zoning District and land use designation, which is consistent with the proposed project. Therefore, the proposed project would not result in a new or substantially more severe land use impact. ■ Noise. Because the proposed project would not increase the allowable density or intensity of development in the Plan Area, the proposed project would not result in new or substantially more severe noise impacts. Mitigation proposed in the 2018 EIR to reduce potential impacts from noise would still apply to future development in the Plan Area. Population and Housing, Public Services, Recreation and Transportation. The proposed project would not increase the allowable density or intensity of development in the Plan Area, therefore, there is no anticipated increase in population and housing, demand for public services, demand for recreational facilities, trip generation and demand for transportation facilities, and demand for utilities beyond that analyzed in the 2018 EIR. Thus, the proposed project would not result in new or substantially more severe impacts to these resources. Mitigation proposed in the 2018 EIR to reduce potential impacts from traffic impacts would still apply to future development in the Plan Area. ■ Energy. As discussed above, the proposed project would not increase the allowable density or intensity of development in the Plan Area; therefore, the proposed project would not result in an increase in demand on energy resources and would continue to have no significant impact on energy. Addendum to the Environmental Impact Report 19