Final EIR - 1992
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FINAL
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT
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McGlincey Lane Expansion to
Central Campbell Redevelopment Area
Lead Agency: City of Campbell
SCH #: 91053013
ClfMHILL
March 1992
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FINAL
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT
MCGLINCEY LANE EXPANSION TO
CENTRAL CAMPBELL REDEVELOPMENT AREA
State Clearinghouse No. 91053013
Draft EIR Publication: September 1991
LEAD AGENCY:
CITY OF CAMPBELL PLANNING DEPARTMENT
70 N. FIRST STREET
CAMPBELL, CA 95008
Contact: Randal Tsuda, Senior Planner
(408) 866-2140
Prepared by
CH2M HILL
March 1992
CONTENTS
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1
Summary
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2
List of Agencies, Organizations, and
Individuals Commenting on the Draft EIR
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3
Comment Letters and Responses
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4
Text Revisions to Draft EIR
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Section 1
Summary
This document responds to the comments received by the City of Campbell from
agencies, organizations, and individuals on the Draft Environmental Impact Report
(EIR) for the McGlincey Lane Expansion to the Central Campbell Redevelopment
Area. A total of thirteen comment letters were received during the 45-day public
review period. Eight additional letters were received after the comment period ended.
In addition, the City received verbal comments on the DEIR at three meetings; one
was held on October 4, 1991, with representatives of the Cambrian Community
Council, the second was a public informational meeting held on October 16, 1991, and
the third was a public hearing of the Planning Commission held October 24, 1991. The
minutes or summary notes of those meetings are included in this document as comment
letters.
A list of the commentors on the Draft EIR is provided in Section 2 of this document.
The comment letters and specific responses to the comments are included in Section 3.
Section 4 contains text revisions to the Draft EIR that have been made as a result of
preparing the responses. This document, along with the Draft EIR issued in
September 1991, constitute the Final EIR for this project.
Individual responses are provided for each distinguishable comment within a written
letter or statement. Individual comments are identified by a number in the left margin
of the comment letter; the responses to comments immediately follow the comment
letter on a separate page or pages.
Under CEQA, an Environmental Impact Report is required to discuss and assess the
significant or potentially significant effects of a proposed project on the environment.
CEQA defines an effect on the environment as "a substantial or potentially adverse
change in the environment" CEQA further defines the term "environment" by
reference to the physical environment. "Environment" means the physical conditions
which exist within the area which will be affected by a proposed project, including land,
air, water, minerals, flora, fauna, noise, objects of historic or aesthetic significance.
CEQA states that the economic or social effects of a proposed project are not
significant effects on the environment. An EIR is not required to discuss or assess
economic or social effects. The lead agency has the discretion to consider economic
and social effects if such effects cause physical effects not otherwise analyzed, or if such
consideration would assist in determining the significance of physical changes caused by
the project. The lead agency is required to consider economic and social effects of the
project only in assessing whether mitigation measures or changes in the project feasibly
reduce the significant effects of the proposed project.
Many of the concerns addressed in the letters and comments received are fiscal,
economic, or other redevelopment law/process concerns that are not required to be
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addressed nor responded to in the FEIR. Redevelopment law sets out a process called
the Fiscal Review Process which enables taxing entities to assess the fiscal implications
of the redevelopment plan. This process is currently underway. In addition, the
Redevelopment Plan Amendment public hearing process is the legally required process
for property and business owners to address their economic and redevelopment
law/process concerns. This process commenced early in 1992. However an attempt to
respond to the non-environmental comments is made in this FEIR for the reader's
convenience and in order to facilitate a better understanding of the redevelopment
program. These comments are noted as "Redevelopment Agency response," and have
been prepared by the Campbell Redevelopment Agency, not by CH2M HILL, the EIR
consultant.
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