INITIAL STUDY HECKER PASS SPECIFIC PLAN AMENDMENT #3 (GPA 14-02) AND RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION (TM 14-04) PREPARED FOR City of Gilroy March 25, 2015 HECKER PASS SPECIFIC PLAN AMENDMENT #3 (GPA 14-02) AND RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION (TM 14-04) EIR Addendum to the Hecker Pass Specific Plan/South Valley Community Church EIR (SCH# PREPARED FOR City of Gilroy Melissa Durkin, Planner II 7351 Rosanna Street Gilroy, CA 95020 Tel 408.846.0451 Fax 408.846.0429
[email protected] PREPARED BY EMC Planning Group Inc. 301 Lighthouse Avenue, Suite C Monterey, CA 93940 Tel 831.649.1799 Fax 831.649.8399 Teri Wissler Adam, Senior Principal
[email protected] www.emcplanning.com March 25, 2015 This document was produced on recycled paper. TABLE OF CONTENTS A. BACKGROUND ............................................................... 1 B. ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS POTENTIALLY AFFECTED ..... 22 C. DETERMINATION ......................................................... 23 D. EVALUATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS .................. 24 1. Aesthetics ......................................................................... 26 2. Agriculture and Forestry Resources ..................................... 29 3. Air Quality ....................................................................... 31 4. Biological Resources .......................................................... 34 5. Cultural Resources ............................................................ 44 6. Geology and Soils .............................................................. 48 7. Greenhouse