Draft Environmental Impact Report
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TABLE OF CONTENTS OAKLAND GENERAL PLAN LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION ELEMENT DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT Page SUMMARY S-1 I. INTRODUCTION I-1 II. PROJECT DESCRIPTION II-1 III. ENVIRONMENTAL SETTING, IMPACTS III-A-1 AND MITIGATION MEASURES A. Land Use III.A-1 B. Transportation and Circulation III.B-1 C. Population, Housing, and Employment III.C-1 D. Public Services III.D-1 E. Air Quality III.E-1 F. Visual and Aesthetic Conditions III.F-1 G. Cultural and Historic Resources III.G-1 H. Vegetation and Wildlife III.H-1 I. Hydrology and Water Quality III.I-1 J. Energy III.J-1 K. Geology and Seismicity III.K-1 L. Noise III.L-1 M. Hazardous Materials III.M-1 N. Wind III.N-1 O. Consistency with Adopted Plans and Policies III.O-1 IV. ALTERNATIVES ANALYSIS IV-1 V. IMPACT OVERVIEW V-1 VI. REPORT PREPARERS VI-1 APPENDICES 1. Notice of Preparation and Initial Study 1-1 2. Hazardous Materials Supporting Documentation 2-1 Oakland General Plan Land Use and Transportation Element EIR ii Environmental Science Associates TABLE OF CONTENTS Page LIST OF TABLES S-1 Summary of Environmental Impacts and Mitigation Measures S-2 II-1 Households, Population, and Employment, 1995 and 2015 II-7 II-2 Household and Job Growth in the City’s Twelve Planning Areas, 1995-2015 II-8 II-3 General Plan Goals II-10 II-4 Correlation Between Proposed and Existing Land Use Categories II-16 II-5 Projects Within the Downtown Showcase District II-20 II-6 Projects Within the Coliseum Showcase District II-21 II-7 Major Land Use Diagram Change Areas II-24 II-8 Acreage in Proposed Land Use Categories II-25 II-9 Transportation Improvement Projects and Priorities II-27 III.A-1 Existing Land Use by Planning Area, 1996 (in acres) III.A-3 III.A-2 Potential Land Use Impacts Addressed by Plan Policies in West Oakland / Harbor III.A-14 III.A-3 Potential Land Use Impacts Addressed by Plan Policies in Central / Chinatown III.A-16 III.A-4 Potential Land Use Impacts Addressed by Plan Policies in San Antonio / Fruitvale / Lower Hills III.A-17 III.A-5 Potential Land Use Impacts Addressed by Plan Policies in East Oakland (including Elmhurst and Airport) III.A-18 III.A-6 Potential Land Use Impacts Addressed by Plan Policies in North and South Hills III.A-20 III.A-7 Potential Land Use Impacts Addressed by Plan Policies in North Oakland III.A-21 III.B-1 Daily Traffic Volumes (Two-Way) at Selected Locations III.B-3 III.B-2 State Highway Segments in Oakland Operation at LOS F III.B-4 III.B-3 Existing Level of Service - Downtown Showcase District III.B-6 III.B-4 Existing Level of Service - Coliseum Showcase District III.B-6 III.B-5 Summary of AM and PM Peak Hour Travel Statistics for CMA Planning Area 1 III.B-10 III.B-6 Roadway Segment Evaluation - 2005 AM Peak Hour III.B-12 III.B-7 Roadway Segment Evaluation - 2005 PM Peak Hour III.B-13 III.B-8 Roadway Segment Evaluation - 2015 AM Peak Hour III.B-14 III.B-9 Roadway Segment Evaluation - 2015 PM Peak Hour III.B-15 III.B-10 Trip Generation - Downtown Showcase District III.B-24 III.B-11Trip Distribution Percentages - Downtown Showcase District III.B-25 III.B-12 AM Level of Service Summary - Downtown Showcase District III.B-27 III.B-13 PM Level of Service Summary - Downtown Showcase District III.B-27 III.B-14 Trip Generation - Coliseum Showcase District III.B-28 III.B-15Trip Distribution Percentages - Coliseum Showcase District III.B-29 III.B-16 PM Level of Service Summary - Coliseum Showcase District III.B-30 III.C-1 Population Change, 1980-1997 III.C-1 III.C-2 Comparison of ABAG (Projections 96) and General Plan Projections III.C-5 for Households and Population Oakland General Plan Land Use and Transportation Element EIR iii Environmental Science Associates TABLE OF CONTENTS Page LIST OF TABLES (Continued) III.C-3 Comparison of ABAG (Projections 94 and 96) and General Plan III.C-7 Projections for Employment, By Sector III.D-1 Oakland Public Library System III.D-37 III.D-2 Summary of Oakland Parks (including City and EBRPD Parks) III.D-40 III.D-3 Local Serving Park Acres Per Capita, 1995 III.D-41 III.E-1 State and Federal Ambient Air Quality Standards III.E-3 III.E-2 Oakland Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Summary, 1990-1995 III.E-5 III.E-3 Alameda County Emissions Inventory (1995) III.E-6 III.E-4 Criteria Pollutant Attainment Status for the City of Oakland III.E-8 III.E-5 Estimated Daily Regional Emissions (2015) III.E-13 III.E-6 Estimated Worst-Case Existing and Future CO Concentrations Along III.E-21 Selected Roadways III.E-7 Average Daily Construction Activity Air Pollution Emissions III.E-25 III.E-8 Estimated Worst-Case Existing and Future CO Concentrations at III.E-29 Selected Intersections in Downtown Showcase District III.E-9 Estimated Worst-Case Existing and Future CO Concentrations at III.E-33 Selected Intersections in Coliseum Showcase District III.G-1 Paleontological Remains in Oakland III.G-2 III.G-2 Registered Historic Resources Within the Central Business District III.G-8 “Change” Area III.G-3 Registered Historic Resources Within the Estuary Shoreline III.G-9 “Change” Area III.G-4 Registered Historic Resources Within the Transit Corridor III.G-11 “Change” Area III.H-1 Composition of Wildland Areas within Oakland City Limits III.H-3 III.H-2 Rare, Threatened, and Endangered Vascular Plants Potentially III.H-8 Present in Oakland III.H-3 Special Status Animal Species in Oakland III.H-10 III.L-1 Existing Noise Levels III.L-3 III.L-2 City of Oakland Maximum Allowable Receiving Noise Standards III.L-10 III.L-3 Future Noise Levels Along Selected Roadways III.L-13 III.L-4 Typical Construction Noise Levels III.L-20 III.L-5 Traffic Noise Increases Along Local Roadways - Downtown Area III.L-24 III.L-6 Traffic Noise Increases Along Local Roadways - Coliseum Area III.L-28 III.M-1 Summary of Identified Potential Hazardous Waste Sites in Oakland III.M-5 Planning Areas Oakland General Plan Land Use and Transportation Element EIR iv Environmental Science Associates TABLE OF CONTENTS Page LIST OF FIGURES II-1 Regional Location II-2 II-2 Planning Area Boundaries II-4 II-3 City Structure Diagram II-12 II-4 Strategy Diagram II-14 II-5 Land Use and Transportation Diagram II-15 III.B-1 Analysis Intersections for the Downtown Showcase District III.B-22 III.B-2 Analysis Intersections for the Coliseum Showcase District III.B-23 III.F-1 Visual Features and Urban Form of the City of Oakland III.F-4 III.G-1 Selected Areas With High Concentrations of Potential Designated III.G-6 Historic Properties III.H-1 Plant and Animal Communities in the City of Oakland III.H-2 III.K-1 Regional Faults of the San Francisco Bay Area III.K-4 III.L-1 Noise Measurement Locations III.L-5 III.L-2 Recommended Land Use Compatibility Guidelines for Community Noise III.L-8 III.N-1 Downtown Showcase District Wind Measurement Locations III.N-3 Oakland General Plan Land Use and Transportation Element EIR v Environmental Science Associates SUMMARY A. PROJECT DESCRIPTION The project is the update of the Land Use and Transportation Element of the Oakland General Plan. The Element combines the State-mandated Land Use Element and Circulation Element into a single integrated document. It replaces the 1980 Land Use Element and the 1974 Circulation Element of the Oakland General Plan and updates the Land Use and Circulation sections of the Oakland Policy Plan. In addition to updating the City’s Land Use and Transportation Diagram, the Element introduces new strategies, policies, and priorities for Oakland’s development and enhancement during the next two decades. B. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS AND MITIGATION MEASURES Potential environmental impacts of the project are summarized in Table S-1 at the end of this chapter. This table lists impacts and mitigation measures in three major categories: significant impacts that would remain significant even with mitigation; significant impacts that can be mitigated to a level of less-than-significant; and impacts that would not be significant. For each significant impact, the table includes a summary of mitigation measure(s), followed by a column that indicates whether the impact would be mitigated to a less-than-significant level. Please refer to Chapter III for a complete discussion of each impact and associated mitigation. As stated in Table S-1 and in Chapter III, the Land Use and Transportation Element would result in significant, unavoidable impacts in regard to transportation, public services, air quality, noise, wind, and consistency with adopted plans and policies. C. ALTERNATIVES Chapter IV of this EIR analyzes three separate alternatives to the Land Use and Transportation Element: the “No Project” alternative, which would leave the existing 1980 General Plan in place; the “Alternative Designations” alternative, which considers the choices that were presented but not selected for the various sites analyzed during the Element update; and the “Environmentally Superior” alternative, which identifies lower levels of development in those areas with environmental constraints, including the hills, and requires mitigation of the adverse impacts identified in this EIR to the point where they would be less than significant.