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<br />Page 9 <br /> <br />a. Locate sensitive receptors as far as possible from any freeways, <br />major roadways or other sources of pollution (e.g., loading docks, <br />parking lots); <br />b. Incorporate tiered plantings of trees (redwood, deodar cedar, live <br />oak, and/or oleander) to the maximum extent feasible between the <br />sources of pollution and sensitive receptors; <br />c. Install, operate and maintain in good working order a central <br />heating ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system or other air <br />take system in the building, or in each residential unit, that meets or <br />exceeds an efficiency standard of minimum efficiency reporting <br />values (MERV) 13, including the following features: installation of <br />high efficiency filter and/or carbon filter to filter particulates and <br />other chemical matter from the building (either high -efficiency <br />particulate air [HEPA] filters or ASHRAE 85 percent supply filters); <br />d. Retain a qualified HVAC consultant or Home Energy Rating System <br />(HERS) rater during the design phase of the project to locate the <br />HVAC system based on exposure modeling from pollutant sources; <br />e. Install indoor air quality monitoring in units in buildings; and <br />f. Applicants shall maintain, repair or replace HVAC systems on an <br />ongoing and as-needed basis, or prepare two operation and <br />maintenance manuals for the HVAC systems and the filters: one <br />manual shall be included in the recorded Conditions Covenants and <br />Restrictions (CC&Rs) and distributed to building maintenance staff; <br />the other manual shall be a separate homeowners’ manual with <br />operating instructions and maintenance and replacement schedule <br />for the HVAC system and filters that is distributed to owners. <br />Project applicants shall retain a qualified air quality consultant to prepare <br />a Health Risk Assessment (HRA) in accordance with BAAQMD <br />requirements to determine the exposure of project <br />residents/occupants/users to air pollutants prior to issuance of a grading <br />permit, or issuance of a building permit, whichever is sooner. The HRA <br />shall be submitted to the Community Development Department for <br />review and approval. <br />For individual projects, the HRA shall be completed and identified <br />recommendations in order to reduce exposure to TACs below BAAQMD <br />thresholds of significance, if any, in the HRA shall be incorporated into <br />design and construction documents as Conditions of Approval prior to <br />issuance of grading permit or building permit, whichever is sooner. <br />Based on project-specific Air Quality and Greenhouse Gas Assessment, <br />the proposed project’s air quality construction plan shall incorporate <br />Basic Construction Mitigation Measures from BAAQMD.