Saticoy & Wells Community Plan & Development ... - City Of Ventura

Saticoy & Wells Community Plan and Code EIRSection 4.3 Air QualityAQMP uses SCAG’s 2008 RTP for its population forecasts. SCAG’s projected 2025 populationfor Ventura is 127,032.The projected 2025 population under the 2005 General Plan is 126,153 for the year 2025. This iswithin the 2007 AQMP population projections for the City. See Table 4.3-3 for a comparisonAQMP and 2005 General Plan population forecasts.Table 4.3-3Comparison of 2025 Population ProjectionsPopulationVentura AQMP 2025 Population Projections 127,0322005 General Plan 2025 Population Projection 126,153Estimated Persons Under AQMP Projection 879Source: 2005 City of Ventura General Plan EIR.The residential development facilitated by the Project (1,833 dwelling units) is within theallotted 1,990 dwelling units identified for the Project Area under the 2005 General Plan.Therefore, the population forecast for the Project Area is within that envisioned in the 2005General Plan. Therefore, the Project is consistent with the residential growth with the GeneralPlan and essentially the AQMP population forecasts and impacts to regional air quality wouldbe less than significant.Mitigation Measures. Mitigation is not required.Significance after Mitigation. Impacts would be less than significant without mitigation.Impact AQ-2Individual projects facilitated by the proposed Project wouldgenerate air pollutant emissions. The significance of airquality impacts associated with individual projects woulddepend upon the characteristics of the projects and theavailability of feasible mitigation measures. However,implementation of existing programs, in combination withproposed Community Plan policies and actions, would reduceimpacts associated with individual development projects toClass III, less than significant.Long-term emissions associated with growth facilitated by the proposed Project are thoseassociated with vehicle trips and stationary sources (electricity and natural gas). As noted inImpact AQ-1, development facilitated by the Project would be within regional growth forecasts.However, individual intensification/reuse projects could exceed the VCAPCD’s project-specificthresholds. Table 4.3-4 shows the size of projects that would be expected to exceed VCAPCDthresholds in 2005, 2010, 2015, 2020, and 2025. As indicated, it is anticipated that the size of4.3-9City of Ventura