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ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT The DSEIR for the JDEDZ was completed and circulated for public comment on September 14, 2015. To allow adequate time for public review, staff extended the public comment period beyond the required 45 days required by State law. The comment period closed on November 23, 2015. Because the proposed JDEDZ would change land use policies and regulations, and does not entail a specific development plan, the DSEIR analyzed the physical effects of a reasonable development scenario based on the potential underlying land use changes. In this case, that reasonable development scenario includes club retail (148,000 square feet), hotel (132,000 square feet), and general retail (43,903 square feet) uses. Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Report (DSEIR) The DSEIR addresses a wide range of potentially significant environmental impact areas. The DSEIR describes impacts in each of the topical areas and summarizes the impacts in the Summary chapter of the DSEIR (see Chapter 2 of the DSEIR). Analysis of the impacts of the proposed JDEDZ indicated potentially significant and unavoidable impacts on air quality and transportation and traffic. The following bullet points summarize the eight significant and unavoidable impacts which are identified in the DSEIR (i.e., impacts that cannot be reduced to a less -than -significant level with mitigation). It should be noted that these significant and unavoidable impacts are primarily associated with the size and amount of development that would be expected to occur within the JDEDZ area, as development projects above a certain size generally have significant unavoidable traffic and air quality impacts under CEQA, regardless of mitigation measures intended to reduce vehicle trips or air pollutants, or the fact that projects in urban areas can have regional benefits (e.g., by reducing driving distances to shopping opportunities, or providing jobs close to population centers). • Significant and Unavoidable Air Quality Impacts The information provided below is intended to provide an overview of the anticipated air quality impacts and mitigation measures resulting from the implementation of the JDEDZ. For more detailed information, please refer to Chapter 4.B of the DSEIR (Attachment 2). The JDEDZ will generate significant and unavoidable air quality impacts as follows: m Impact 4.B-2: The JDEDZ would generate a considerable net increase of criteria pollutants and precursors for which the air basin is already in nonattainment status under the existing ambient air quality standards. Mitigation Measure 4.B-3 would slightly reduce total criteria pollutants but not reduce emissions to less - than -significant levels. o Impact 4.B-3: Due to an increase of criteria pollutants and precursors, operation of uses within the proposed JDEDZ area would conflict with or obstruct implementation of the Bay Area Air Quality Management District's (BAAQMD) 2010 Clean Air Plan, and this impact would be significant and unavoidable. o Impact 4.B-6: The JDEDZ would generate operational emissions that would result in cumulative criteria air pollutant air quality impacts, when combined with past, present and other reasonably foreseeable development in the vicinity. Page 9 of 22