Fountaingrove Environmental Impact Report - City of Santa Rosa ...

2.0 LIST OF COMMENTERS AND RESPONSE TO COMMENTS
into the Community Facilities Fee (CFF), which is paid regardless of improvements
or signals installed, and is collected with the issuance of a building permit. The CFF
is deposited into a fund for Citywide improvements and used as a financial resource
for Public Works Capital Improvement Projects.
22) CEQA draws a distinction between individual project impacts and cumulative
impacts, which are created as a result of the combination of the project evaluated in
the EIR together with other projects causing related impacts. There are no significant
individual Project impacts, including traffic impacts (see Draft EIR pp. 3-163 through
3-165). However, as described in Draft EIR Section 4.1.13, Transportation and Traffic
(cumulative impacts), Mendocino/Fountaingrove, Mendocino/Bicentennial, and
U.S. 101 Northbound Ramps/Old Redwood intersections would remain at level of
service (LOS) F under the analyzed cumulative scenario. This incremental
contribution by the Project to this existing traffic condition is considered significant
and unavoidable. As noted in Section 4.1.1.13, various projects are proposed or
underway for improvements to address these issues, as mitigation; however, even
with these projects, U.S. 101 and some associated ramps are expected to remain at
LOS F. No additional mitigation for this cumulative impact has been proposed at
this time.
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