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Initial Study and Negative Declaration <br />5.18. MANDATORY FINDINGS OF SIGNIFICANCE <br />Issues <br />Less Than <br />Significant <br />Potentially Impact With Less Than <br />Significant Mitigation Significant No <br />Impact Incorporated Impact Impact <br />Mandatory Findinas of Significance <br />Would the project: <br />a) Does the project have the potential to degrade the <br />quality of the environment, substantially reduce the <br />habitat of a fish or wildlife species, cause a fish or <br />wildlife population to drop below self- sustaining <br />levels, threaten to eliminate a plant or animal <br />community, reduce the number or restrict the range <br />of a rare or endangered plant or animal or eliminate <br />important examples of the major periods of <br />California history or prehistory? <br />b) Does the project have impacts that are individually <br />limited, but cumulatively considerable? <br />( "Cumulatively considerable" means that the <br />incremental effects of a project are considerable <br />when viewed in connection with the effects of past <br />projects, the effects of other current projects, and <br />the effects of probable future projects)? <br />c) Does the project have environmental effects, which <br />will cause substantial adverse effects on human <br />beings, either directly or indirectly? <br />X <br />X <br />X <br />DISCUSSION <br />a. The project site is surrounded by urban development, an interstate freeway <br />off -ramp, and a major public street. There are no existing rivers, streams, lakes, <br />or other water bodies on the project site and there are no rare, endangered, <br />or threatened species of flora or fauna known to inhabit the subject property. <br />In addition, there are no known historical, archaeological, or paleontological <br />sites or structures on the project site. Thus, this would be a less- than - significant- <br />impact. <br />b. Constructing the project would incrementally increase impacts related to <br />certain environmental factors, but the increases would not be cumulatively <br />considerable. The project includes the extension of the left -turn queueing <br />lane from northbound Hopyard Road to westbound Owens Drive and the <br />dedication of a portion the existing parcel abutting Hopyard Road for future <br />roadway improvements, including a right -turn lane and bicycle lane. <br />Therefore, this would be a Tess- than - significant- impact. <br />49 <br />