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LOST CANYONS Final EIR Volume IV of V City of Simi Valley Whiteface Specific Plan Amendment 6: LOST CANYONS Final EIR Volume IV of V SCH #2008061111 Whiteface Specific Plan Amendment 6: Lost Canyons Draft EIR Prepared for: City of Simi Valley Department of Environmental Services 2929 Tapo Canyon Road Simi Valley, California 93063 Prepared by: IMPACT SCIENCES, INC. 803 Camarillo Springs Road, Suite A Camarillo, California 93012 (805)437-1900 Fax: (805)437-1901 November 2010 Would you make a June 2009 admin draft appendix CD label for Lost Canyons? Whiteface Specific Plan Amendment 6: Lost Canyons Final Environmental Impact Report Volume IV Comments on the Draft EIR and Responses SCH #2008061111 Prepared for: City of Simi Valley Department of Environmental Sciences 2929 Tapo Canyon Road Simi Valley, California 93063 Prepared by: Impact Sciences, Inc. 803 Camarillo Springs Road, Suite A Camarillo, California 93012 November 2010 TABLE OF CONTENTS Volume I Section Page I Introduction to the Final EIR................................................................................................................... I-1 1.0 Executive Summary .............................................................................................................................. 1.0-1 2.0 Introduction ........................................................................................................................................... 2.0-1 3.0 Project Description ................................................................................................................................ 3.0-1 4.0 Environmental Setting, Impacts, and Mitigations Measures .......................................................... 4.0-1 4.1 Aesthetics................................................................................................................................. 4.1-1 4.2 Air Quality............................................................................................................................... 4.2-1 4.3 Biological Resources............................................................................................................... 4.3-1 4.4 Cultural Resources.................................................................................................................. 4.4-1 4.5 Geology and Soils.................................................................................................................... 4.5-1 Volume II 4.6 Hazards and Hazardous Materials....................................................................................... 4.6-1 4.7 Hydrology and Water Quality.............................................................................................. 4.7-1 4.8 Land Use and Planning .......................................................................................................... 4.8-1 4.9 Mineral Resources................................................................................................................... 4.9-1 4.10 Noise ........................................................................................................................................4.10-1 4.11 Population and Housing.......................................................................................................4.11-1 4.12 Public Services – Fire Protection ..........................................................................................4.12-1 4.13 Public Services – Law Enforcement.....................................................................................4.13-1 4.14 Public Services – Education ..................................................................................................4.14-1 4.15 Public Services – Parks and Recreation...............................................................................4.15-1 4.16 Traffic and Transportation....................................................................................................4.16-1 4.17 Utilities – Water......................................................................................................................4.17-1 4.18 Utilities – Wastewater............................................................................................................4.18-1 4.19 Utilities – Solid Waste............................................................................................................4.19-1 5.0 Growth-Inducing Impacts.................................................................................................................... 5.0-1 6.0 Alternatives............................................................................................................................................ 6.0-1 7.0 Effects Found Not To Be Significant................................................................................................... 7.0-1 8.0 List of Preparers, Organizations, and Persons Consulted............................................................... 8.0-1 9.0 References............................................................................................................................................... 9.0-1 Impact Sciences, Inc. i Whiteface Specific Plan Amendment 6: Lost Canyons Final EIR 0024.007 November 2010 Volume III (on CD) Appendices 2.0 Whiteface Specific Plan, Notice of Preparation (NOP), Comments on the NOP Lost Canyons Draft Whiteface Specific Plan, Volume II, April 2008 Initial Study and Notice of Preparation (NOP) Responses to the NOP NOC Transmittal Form 4.0 Environmental Setting Summaries City of Simi Valley Department of Environmental Services, Planning Division, Summary of Residential Development, Second Quarter 2008 City of Simi Valley Department of Environmental Services, Planning Division, Summary of Industrial Development, Second Quarter 2008 4.2 Air Quality Reports and Health Risk Assessment URBEMIS2007 Combined Annual Construction Emissions Reports URBEMIS2007 Combined Annual Operational Emissions Reports URBEMIS2007 Combined Annual Greenhouse Gas Construction Emissions Reports URBEMIS2007 Detail Greenhouse Gas Report for Annual Area Source Unmitigated Emissions URBEMIS2007 Detail Greenhouse Gas Report for Annual Operational Unmitigated Emissions TDM Fund Calculation Health Risk Assessment 4.3 Biological Resources Reports Results of Focused California Gnatcatcher Surveys on the Lost Canyons Project Site; August 1, 2008 Biological Resource Assessment, Lost Canyons Project; June 26, 2007 Vireo bellii pusillus and Empidonax trailli extimus Presence-Absence Surveys; July 30, 2008 Jurisdictional Delineation of the Lost Canyons Project; August 31, 2007 Jurisdictional Delineation Letter of Transmittal; April 16, 2009 Jurisdictional Delineation Memorandum; March 31, 2009 Preliminary Tree Report, Lost Canyons Estates; August 16, 2007 Botanical Inventory and Rare Plant Survey of the Lost Canyons Development; June 21, 2007 4.4 Cultural Resources Reports Paleontological Assessment of the Lost Canyons Project, October 2006 Cultural Resources Archival Research for the Proposed Lost Canyons Preliminary Concept Plan, November 2006 Impact Sciences, Inc. ii Whiteface Specific Plan Amendment 6: Lost Canyons Final EIR 0024.007 November 2010 Appendices (continued) 4.5 Geological Studies and Responses Geological and Geotechnical Engineering Assessment, Lost Canyons Development; June 4, 2007 Response to Review Comments for Geological and Geotechnical Engineering Assessment; September 4, 2007 City of Simi Valley Department of Public Works Engineering Geology and Geotechnical Engineering Review; October 1, 2007 Geological and Geotechnical Engineering Assessment of the Proposed Water Tank, April 1, 2008 Waterworks District No. 8, Engineering Geology and Geotechnical Engineering Review on Proposed Water Tank; April 21, 2008 4.6 ENSR Environmental Site Assessment Update, Big Sky Country Club Golf Course; May 28 1999 4.7 Hydrology Reports GEOtivity Data Summary Report for Simi Valley; March 21, 2007 WRA Hydrology Study for Lost Canyons; August 27, 2007 WRA Tapo Canyon Flood Control Alternatives for Lost Canyons; October 8, 2007 WRA Dry Canyon Flood Control Alternatives for Lost Canyons; October 8, 2007 WRA Addendum to Tapo Canyon and Dry Canyon Flood Control Studies for Lost Canyons; March 12, 2008 WRA Addendum to Tapo Canyon and Dry Canyon Flood Control Studies for Lost Canyons; September 5, 2008 WRA Addendum to Tapo Canyon and Dry Canyon Flood Control Studies for Lost Canyons, April, 2, 2009 City of Simi Valley Status of Application Update; May 14, 2008 4.10 Noise Calculations Existing Conditions CNEL Existing plus Project CNEL Existing plus Project plus Cumulative CNEL Internal Circulation CNEL Lost Canyons Project Demolition Noise Estimates Lost Canyons Project Grading Noise Estimates Lost Canyons Project Construction Noise Estimates 4.16 Traffic Documentation Lost Canyons Project Traffic Impact Analysis; October 3, 2007 Tapo Canyon Road Analysis; April 9, 2009 Addendum to Lost Canyons Project Traffic Impact Analysis; March 30, 2010 4.17 Office of the Governor Press Release Regarding Water Shortage 4.18 Utilities– WRA Sewer Area Study for Lost Canyons Impact Sciences, Inc. iii Whiteface Specific Plan Amendment 6: Lost Canyons Final EIR 0024.007 November 2010 Volume IV Comments on the Draft EIR and Responses Section Page 10.0 Introduction to Comments on Draft EIR...........................................................................................10.0-1 11.0 Response to Comments .......................................................................................................................11.0-1
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