Pittsburg/Bay Point BART Station Area Specific Plan ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT (RECIRCULATED) CONTRA COSTA COUNTY CITY OF PITTSBURG IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT SCH# 98022071 JULY 2001 TABLE OF CONTENTS PITTSBURG / BAY POINT BART STATION AREA SPECIFIC PLAN RECIRCULATED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT Page CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION..........................................................................................1-1 1.1 Specific Plan Overview ..............................................................................1-2 1.2 Master EIR Overview................................................................................1-7 1.3 Intended Uses of the Master EIR..............................................................1-11 CHAPTER 2. SUMMARY..................................................................................................2-1 2.1 Proposed Project.......................................................................................2-1 2.2 Environmental Issues..................................................................................2-3 2.3 Summary of Impacts and Mitigation Measures............................................2-3 2.4 Summary of Possible Expansion of BART Parking in the Short Term.....................................................................................2-23 2.5 Summary of Alternatives...........................................................................2-23 CHAPTER 3. PROJECT DESCRIPTION............................................................................3-1 3.1 Overview of Project...................................................................................3-1 Description of the Draft November 1997 Specific Plan.........................3-2 3.2 Project Description....................................................................................3-2 Regional Setting ...................................................................................3-2 Local Setting........................................................................................3-2 Statutory Authority...............................................................................3-6 Relationship to Other Plans and Regulations..........................................3-6 Development Zones and Subareas........................................................3-8 Development Assumptions ...................................................................3-8 Proposed Land Uses..........................................................................3-12 Urban Design.....................................................................................3-15 Circulation.........................................................................................3-23 3.3 Implementation.........................................................................................3-32 Implementation Responsibilities...........................................................3-33 Pittsburg/Bay Point BART Station Area Specific Plan DEIR July 2001 Page i TABLE OF CONTENTS Implementation Tasks.........................................................................3-34 Redevelopment Plans for the Pittsburg/Bay Point Area........................3-36 Page ii July 2001 Pittsburg/Bay Point BART Station Area Specific Plan DEIR TABLE OF CONTENTS Page 3.3 Implementation (continued) Amendments to the County General Plan and City of Pittsburg General Plan....................................................................3-36 Development Review and Approval Process.......................................3-37 Anticipated Subsequent Projects ........................................................3-38 Construction and Grading...................................................................3-39 Phasing of Construction and Infrastructure Improvements....................3-40 CHAPTER 4. BACKGROUND AND MASTER EIR STUDY APPROACH................................4-1 4.1 Background ...............................................................................................4-1 4.2 Master EIR Study Approach......................................................................4-2 CHAPTER 5. LAND USE..................................................................................................5-1 5.1 Setting .......................................................................................................5-2 5.2 Standards of Significance..........................................................................5-20 5.3 Impacts and Mitigation Measures .............................................................5-20 CHAPTER 6. URBAN DESIGN AND VISUAL QUALITY......................................................6-1 6.1 Setting .......................................................................................................6-1 6.2 Standards of Significance..........................................................................6-10 6.3 Impacts and Mitigation Measures .............................................................6-11 CHAPTER 7. PARKS AND RECREATION .........................................................................7-1 7.1 Setting .......................................................................................................7-1 7.2 Standards of Significance............................................................................7-5 7.3 Impacts and Mitigation Measures ...............................................................7-6 CHAPTER 8. COMMUNITY SERVICES AND UTILITIES.....................................................8-1 8.1 Setting .......................................................................................................8-1 8.2 Standards of Significance..........................................................................8-14 8.3 Impacts and Mitigation Measures .............................................................8-15 CHAPTER 9. POPULATION, EMPLOYMENT, AND HOUSING............................................9-1 9.1 Setting .......................................................................................................9-1 9.2 Standards of Significance............................................................................9-5 9.3 Impacts and Mitigation Measures ...............................................................9-5 CHAPTER 10. TRANSPORTATION................................................................................... 10-1 10.1 Setting ...................................................................................................10-11 10.2 Standards of Significance........................................................................10-35 Pittsburg/Bay Point BART Station Area Specific Plan DEIR July 2001 Page iii TABLE OF CONTENTS 10.3 Impacts and Mitigation Measures ...........................................................10-41 Page iv July 2001 Pittsburg/Bay Point BART Station Area Specific Plan DEIR TABLE OF CONTENTS Page CHAPTER 11. AIR QUALITY............................................................................................ 11-1 11.1 Setting .....................................................................................................11-1 11.2 Standards of Significance........................................................................11-11 11.3 Impacts and Mitigation Measures ...........................................................11-12 CHAPTER 12. NOISE ...................................................................................................... 12-1 12.1 Setting .....................................................................................................12-1 12.2 Standards of Significance..........................................................................12-6 12.3 Impacts and Mitigation Measures .............................................................12-6 CHAPTER 13. HYDROLOGY AND WATER QUALITY......................................................... 13-1 13.1 Setting .....................................................................................................13-1 13.2 Standards of Significance........................................................................13-14 13.3 Impacts and Mitigation Measures ...........................................................13-15 CHAPTER 14. GEOLOGY, SOILS, AND SEISMICITY........................................................ 14-1 14.1 Setting .....................................................................................................14-1 14.2 Standards of Significance..........................................................................14-6 14.3 Impacts and Mitigation Measures .............................................................14-6 CHAPTER 15. VEGETATION AND WILDLIFE ................................................................... 15-1 15.1 Setting .....................................................................................................15-1 15.2 Standards of Significance........................................................................15-10 15.3 Impacts and Mitigation Measures ...........................................................15-11 CHAPTER 16. CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL RESOURCES ............................................. 16-1 16.1 Setting .....................................................................................................16-1 16.2 Standards of Significance..........................................................................16-2 16.3 Impacts and Mitigation Measures .............................................................16-2