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FINAL EIR NORTH FORTY SPECIFIC PLAN SCH No. 2011122070 General Plan Amendment GP-14-001 Zoning Amendment Z-14-001 PREPARED FOR Town of Los Gatos July 18, 2014 NORTH FORTY SPECIFIC PLAN Final EIR SCH No. 2011122070 General Plan Amendment GP-14-001 Zoning Amendment Z-14-001 PREPARED FOR Town of Los Gatos Joel Paulson, Planning Manager 110 East Main Street Los Gatos, CA 95030 Tel 408.354.6875 [email protected] PREPARED BY EMC Planning Group Inc. 301 Lighthouse Avenue, Suite C Monterey, CA 93940 Tel 831.649.1799 Fax 831.649.8399 [email protected] www.emcplanning.com July 18, 2014 This document was produced on recycled paper. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.0 INTRODUCTION .......................................................... 1-1 2.0 COMMENTS ON THE DRAFT EIR ................................... 2-1 2.1 CEQA Requirements ........................................................ 2-1 2.2 Comments Received ......................................................... 2-1 2.3 Master Responses ............................................................. 2-6 3.0 REVISED SUMMARY ...................................................... 3-1 3.1 CEQA Requirements ........................................................ 3-1 3.2 Text of Revised Summary .................................................. 3-1 4.0 CHANGES TO THE DRAFT EIR ....................................... 4-1 4.1 CEQA Requirements ........................................................ 4-1 4.2 Changes Made .................................................................. 4-1 5.0 MITIGATION MONITORING AND REPORTING PROGRAM ... 5-1 5.1 Introduction ..................................................................... 5-1 5.2 Monitoring Program ......................................................... 5-1 5.3 Monitoring Program Procedures ........................................ 5-2 Tables Table 1 Commenters and Topics .................................................................. 2-3 Table 2 Speakers and Topics ........................................................................ 2-5 EMC PLANNING GROUP INC. 1.0 INTRODUCTION The Town of Los Gatos, acting as the lead agency, determined that the proposed North Forty Specific Plan (hereinafter “proposed project”) might result in significant adverse environmental effects, as defined by the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines section 15064. Therefore, the Town of Los Gatos had a draft environmental impact report (Draft EIR) prepared to evaluate the potentially significant adverse environmental impacts of the project. The Draft EIR was circulated for public review between April 4, 2014 and May 19, 2014, and public comment was received. CEQA Guidelines section 15200 indicates that the purposes of the public review process include sharing expertise, disclosing agency analysis, checking for accuracy, detecting omissions, discovering public concerns, and soliciting counter proposals. This Final EIR has been prepared to address comments received during the public review period and, together with the Draft EIR, constitutes the complete North Forty Specific Plan EIR. This Final EIR is organized into the following sections: . Section 1 contains an introduction to the Final EIR. Section 2 contains written comments on the Draft EIR, as well as the responses to those comments. Section 3 contains a revised summary of the Draft EIR, identifying the changes in the impacts and mitigation measures resulting from comments on the Draft EIR. Section 4 contains the revisions to the text of the Draft EIR resulting from comments on the Draft EIR. Section 5 contains the mitigation monitoring program. EMC PLANNING GROUP INC. 1-1 1.0 INTRODUCTION This side intentionally left blank. 1-2 EMC PLANNING GROUP INC. 2.0 COMMENTS ON THE DRAFT EIR 2.1 CEQA REQUIREMENTS CEQA Guidelines section 15132(c) requires that the Final EIR contain a list of persons, organizations, and public agencies that have commented on the Draft EIR. A list of the correspondence received during the public review period is presented below. CEQA Guidelines sections 15132(b) and 15132(d) require that the Final EIR contain the comments that raise significant environmental points in the review and consultation process, and written response to those comments. Based on the comments received and the responses to the comments, revisions have been made to the text of the Draft EIR where required. These revisions are included in Section 3.0, Revised Summary and in Section 4.0, Changes to the Draft EIR. 2.2 COMMENTS RECEIVED The following written correspondence was received during the 45-day public review period on the Draft EIR: Letter 1 Horton (April 5, 2014) Letter 2 Wojtkowski (April 5, 2014) Letter 3 Crumpton (April 7, 2014) Letter 4 Dallas (April 10, 2014) Letter 5 Davinci (April 13, 2014) EMC PLANNING GROUP INC. 2-1 2.0 COMMENTS ON THE DRAFT EIR Letter 6 Santa Clara County Parks Department (April 24, 2014) Letter 7 Walsh (April 28, 2014) Letter 8 Santa Clara County Department of Environmental Health (May 8, 2014) Letter 9 Nedom (May 9, 2014) Letter 10 Arzie (May 14, 2014) Letter 11 Hudes (May 14, 2014) Letter 12 Robinson (May 14, 2014) Letter 13 Dodson (May 15, 2014) Letter 14 Grewal (May 15, 2014) Letter 15 Bell (May 19, 2014) Letter 16 Law Offices of Berliner Cohen (May 19, 2014) Letter 17 Buxton (May 19, 2014) Letter 18 Caltrans (May 19, 2014) Letter 19 Crowder (May 19, 2014) Letter 20 Field, D. (May 19, 2014) Letter 21 Field, K. (May 19, 2014) Letter 22 Fok (May 19, 2014) Letter 23 Law Offices of Tamara Gabel (May 19, 2014) Letter 24 Harlan (May 19, 2014) Letter 25 Landry (May 19, 2014) Letter 26 Loughridge (May 19, 2014) Letter 27 Mattes (May 19, 2014) Letter 28 Schneider (May 19, 2014) Letter 29 Santa Clara Valley Water District (May 19, 2014) 2-2 EMC PLANNING GROUP INC. NORTH FORTY SPECIFIC PLAN FINAL EIR Letter 30 Shepardson (May 19, 2014) Letter 31 VanNada (May 19, 2014) Letter 32 Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (May 19, 2014) Letter 33 Murfeldt (May 20, 2014) Letter 34 Rathman (undated) Letter 35 Quintana (undated) A copy of each correspondence received during the public review period for the Draft EIR is presented on the following pages. Numbers along the left-hand margin of each comment letter identify individual comments to which a response is provided. Responses are presented immediately following each letter. Due to the prevalence of comments on schools and transportation, a master response is provided for those topics, and presented immediately preceding the first letter. Table 1, Commenters and Topics summarizes the topics addressed in each of the letters. Table 1 Commenters and Topics Commenter Schools Transportation Noise Air Quality Agricultural Cultural Resources Economics / Urban Decay Public Facilities /Services Hazardous Materials Land Use Biological Resources CEQA Process / EIR Format Aesthetics Water/Hydrology Project Description Alternatives No Environmental Comment 1. Horton X X 2. Wojtkowski X X 3. Crumpton X 4. Dallas X X X 5. Davinci X 6. SCCo Parks X 7. Walsh X X EMC PLANNING GROUP INC. 2-3 2.0 COMMENTS ON THE DRAFT EIR Commenter Schools Transportation Noise Air Quality Agricultural Cultural Resources Economics / Urban Decay Public Facilities /Services Hazardous Materials Land Use Biological Resources CEQA Process / EIR Format Aesthetics Water/Hydrology Project Description Alternatives No Environmental Comment 8. SCCo DEH X 9. Nedom X X X 10. Arzie X X 11. Hudes X X X 12. Robinson X 13. Dodson X X X 14. Grewal X 15. Bell X 16. Berliner Cohen X X X X 17. Buxton X X X 18. Caltrans X 19. Crowder X X 20. Field, D. X X X 21. Field, K. X 22. Fok X X X 23. Gabel X 24. Harlan X X X 25. Landry X X X X 26. Loughridge X 27. Mattes X 28. Schneider X X X 29. SCVWD X X 30. Shepardson X 2-4 EMC PLANNING GROUP INC. NORTH FORTY SPECIFIC PLAN FINAL EIR Commenter Schools Transportation Noise Air Quality Agricultural Cultural Resources Economics / Urban Decay Public Facilities /Services Hazardous Materials Land Use Biological Resources CEQA Process / EIR Format Aesthetics Water/Hydrology Project Description Alternatives No Environmental Comment 31. Van Nada X X X 32. VTA X 33. Murtfeldt X X X 34. Rathman X 35. Quintana X X X Source: EMC Planning Group 2014 Oral comments were received at the Planning Commission meeting on May 14, 2014. Table 2, Speakers and Topics presents a summary of topics addressed by each speaker. Table 2 Speakers and Topics Speaker Schools Transportation Noise Air Quality Agricultural Cultural Resources Economics / Urban Decay Public Facilities /Services Hazardous Materials Land Use Biological Resources CEQA Process / EIR Format Aesthetics Water/Hydrology Project Description Alternatives No Environmental Comment Van Nada X X Quintana X X X Wu X Despars X X X Hudes X EMC PLANNING GROUP INC. 2-5 2.0 COMMENTS ON THE DRAFT EIR Speaker Schools Transportation Noise Air Quality Agricultural Cultural Resources Economics / Urban Decay Public Facilities /Services Hazardous Materials Land Use Biological Resources CEQA Process / EIR Format Aesthetics Water/Hydrology Project Description Alternatives No Environmental Comment McBriarty X X Fok X X Harlan X X X Arzie X X Loughridge X Robinson X Oakley-Girvan X X X Nedom X X Farwell X Ventura X X Grewal X X Source: EMC Planning Group 2014 A transcript of the oral comments is presented later in this section. Numbers along the left-hand margin are provided for each comment to which a response is provided. Responses are presented immediately following the transcript. 2.3 MASTER RESPONSES