3 ?$me gm am mg marmwa gag?; wm? ."wmwm?mm Wm ?wm ?me mmh?m?m Wkme 5% mg a gm mum Emmi 14.0 This document has been completed by the City of San Diego?s Environmental Analysis Section under the direction of the Development Services Department Environmental Review Manager and is based on independent analysis and determinations made pursuant to the San Diego Municipal Code Section 128.0103. The following individuals contributed to the ?eldwork and/or preparation of this report. Resumes of EIR and technical appendices preparers are on ?le and available for review at the City of San Diego, Development Services Department (DSD), 1222 First Avenue, Fifth Floor, San Diego, 92101. CITY OF SAN DIEGO LAND DEVELOPNIENT REVIEW DIVISION, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT Cecelia Gallardo, Assistant Deputy Director - Development Services Department Anna McPherson, AICP, Senior Planner Environmental Dan Joyce, Senior Planner Planning/Land Development Code Terre Lein, Associate Planner Landscaping Ami Gonsalves, Senior Transportation Engineer Traf?c Division Victoria Huffman, Transportation Engineer, Associate Traf?c Engineer Traf?c Division Jeanne Krosch, Senior Planner MSCP Jim Quinn, Assistant Engineering Geologist Geology Don Weston, Senior Civil Engineer Engineering Thomas Bui, Associate Civil Engineer Engineering Jeff Harkness, Park Designer Park and Recreation EIR PREPARER HELIX Environmental Planning, Inc. Kim Baranek, Senior Project Manager Dennis Marcin, Senior Environmental Specialist Sheryl Horn, Project Manager Melissa Whittemore, Project Manager Vanessa Brice, Environmental Planner Greg Mason, Biology Group Manager Sarichia Cacciatore, Biologist Amy Hoffman, Landscape Architect Justin Palmer, GIS Coordinator Katherine Fuller, GIS Specialist Rebecca Kress, GIS Specialist Rose Wojnar?Dillon, Document Coordinator/Word Processing/Production Aleksandra Wojtalewicz, Document Coordinator/Word Processing/Production Mary McGee, Production Manager OTAY-TIJUANA CROSS BORDER FACILITY DEVELOPMENT PROJECT OF SAN DIEGO 14? 1 NOVEMBER 201 1 SCH No. 20] 0121014; Project No. 169653 Section 14.0 ?nal Environmental! Impact Report Certn?icarion/Quali?catioas TECHNICAL APPENDICES PREPARERS Traffic Impact Analysis - LSA, Inc. Tony Petros, Principal Joe Jimenez, Project Traf?c Engineer Noise Impact Analysis - HELIX Environmental Planning, Inc. Charles Terry, Senior Acoustical Manager Alexander John, Environmental Planner Air Quality and Global Climate Change Technical Report SRA Valorie Thompson, Principal Drainage Study Latitude 33 Jim Kilgore, P.E., Senior Associate Water Quality Technical Report Latitude 33 Jim Kilgore, P.E., Senior Associate Geotechnical InvestigatiOn - Kleinfelder, Inc. Kevin M. Crennan, P.E., GE 2511, Senior Geotechnical Engineer Scott H. Rugg, CEG 1651, Project Engineering Geologist Sean T. Kearney, PG 8604, Staff Geologist ?Water Supply Assessment Otay Water District, in Consultation with Robert Kennedy, P.E., Associate Civil Engineer, Otay Water District Leanne M. Abe, P.E., Project Manager, Doug Gillingham, P.E., BCEE, Project Manager, Mark Elliott, P.E., Project Manager, Sewer Study Latitude 33 Jim Kilgore, P.E., Senior Associate Waste Management Plan Latitude 33 Jim Kilgore, P.E., Senior Associate OTAY-TIJUANA CROSS BORDER FACILITY DEVELOPMENT PROJECT CITY OF SAN DIEGO .14-2 NOVEMBER 2011 2010121014; Project No. 169653 Final Environmental Impact Report LOCAL AGENCIES I SANDAG SANDAG Responses to Comments 401 Street, Suite 800 San Diego, CA 92101 401 Street, Suite 800 San Diego, CA 92101 SPECIAL ORGANIZATIONS South County Economic Development Council 1NDIVIDUALS Briggs Law Corporation on behalf of CREED Schwartz, Heidel, Sullivan, LLP on behalf of Torrey Pines Bank Alan Francisco 1 1 Bay BOulevard, Suite Chula Vista, CA 91911 814 Morena Boulevard, Suite 107 San Diego, CA 92110 401 Street, Suite 2400 San Diego, CA 92101 alanfrancisoo @hotmail.001n August 15, 2011 October 24, 2011 August 5, 2011 August 12, 2011 August 25, 2011 October 3, 2011 OTAY-TIJUANA CROSS BORDER FACILITY DEVELOPMENT PROJECT CITY OF SAN DIEGO NOVEMBER 201 1 Ll. L2 L3 COMMENTS RESPONSES l?l BRIGGS LAW CORPORATION San Diego 814 Moreno Eastman-d, Suite 13? San Diego, CA 92110 Ibiepl?wne: 619-497-0921 Facsimile: Please respond to: Infand?mpire O?iec 12 August. 261 1. Aims McPherson Environmental Planner City of San Diego Development Services Center 122 First Avenue, MS 501 San Diego, CA 92101 DSDEAS@sandiego.gcv Re: Proiect no. 169653 Cross BorderFacility] Dear Ms. McPherson: Biland?'mpire Of?ce: 99 East ?C?Sfreer, Suite HI Upland, CA 91"786 Tefeph one: 909- 94 9? 7115 umimh'e: 9?9-949- 21' are was): ms 130 aaeazfvaa Alli} 1 223.11? {seawater-int Services On behalf of 1 am writing to submit comments on the proposed Only-Tijuana Cross Border Facility and provide evidence on the attached DVD for your consideration and for inclusion in the administrative record. is a non?pro?t, social-advocacy organization. There is a substantial amount of evidence that supports the conclusion that the Project will have a signi?cmt greenhouse gas emission and climate chanae impact See generally GHG Exhibits. An alternative that reduces the Project?s greenhouse gas en?ssions and climate change impact to a level of insigni?cance should be considered. In addition, this impact should be mitigated to a level of'insigni?cance. There are several feasible mitigation measures that can be implemented to reduce the Project?s greenhouse gas emissions that should be considered. In addition, CREED-21 is concerned about the ability of supplying water to the Project, See generally Water Exhibits. Thank you for your attention to this matter. Sincerely, Bitty?? CORPORATION Mekaela M. ?ladden Attachment DVD L1 L2 Comment noted. The City is unable to determine the exact nature of comments on the adequacy of the Draft EIR, because two paragraph letter provides only objections to the project?s greenhouse gas emissions analysis and water supply analysis without specifying how the proposed project?s analysis is de?cient. The letter refers only to a DVD with thousands of pages of documents about the general topics of global warming and water supply. No further analysis is included in the letter to tie the general topic discussion to the CBF development project. A greenhouse gas emission (and climate change) analysis was prepared on the proposed project as part of the CEQA process. A technical report was provided in Appendix to the ER and a Summary of that technical appendix is contained in Section 5.5 of the Draft EIR. A complete greenhouse gas emissions inventory was prepared on the proposed project (refer to Tables 5.5-1 and As shown in the technical report and Draft EIR (in particular in Table the proposed project would achieve a 29.96 percent reduction in operational (or long-term) greenhouse gas emissions, consistent with the goals of Assembly Bill (AB) 32, and would not result in a signi?cant impact. Therefore, no mitigation is required. - RTC-SZ COMMENTS RESPONSES 0F 132111.3ng (Ray?Tijuana Cross Border Facility Project no. ?69653 Exhibit Description para 5 Greenhotne Gas Emissions GHG 1 Bill No. 32 September 27, 2006 ?Not too late to save the point hear,? Center for Biological Diversity Report October 17, 2007 (33133 Arctic Sea ice Data Not identi?ed ?the Calif-3min Environmental Quality Act: On the Front Lines of Califomia?s Fight. Against Global Warming," Center for Biological Diversity Report September 2007 GHGS ?Our Changing Climate: Assessing the Risks, to California" Not identified GHij The Copenhagen Diagnosis November 2009 Negotiated Resolution ofGrow Victorville Smart v. City of'Victorville, et al. (San Bernardino County Superior Court: Case No, GIVES 831001) February 20 [0 {31-163 Negotiated Resolution of Citizens for Responsible Equitable Environmental Development City of Lake Forest, or at. {Orange County Superior Court, Case No. 30?2009-00299385} April 20! t} GHG9 Negotiated Resolution of Citizens for Responsible Equitable Environmental Development v. City of Sari Bengal-dine, et a1. (San Bernardino County Superior Court, Case No. GRIDS 918169) hiay 25, 2010 Negotiated Resolution ofGro-w Victorville Smart City ofVictorville, et at. (San Ber-naming County Superior Court, Case No. GIVES 80880? February 2010 ?Other Direct Greenhouse Gasea?CFCs? Not identi?ed GHGIZ EPA Victoria, Worksheet for Calculating GHGs from Refrigerants February 2009 GHGIS Climate Change Scoping Plan December 2008 L3 A Water Supply Assessment (WSA) was prepared on the proposed project as part of the CEQA process and is contained in Appendix "to the ER and summarized in Section 5.8 of the Draft EIR. The WSA was prepared at the City?s request and the December 2010 WSA was approved by the Otay Water District (0WD) Board at the February 2, 2011 Board Meeting (refer to correspondence contained in Appendix to the ElfR). It was the conclusion of 0WD that ?suf?cient water supplies are planned for and are intended to be available to serve the project site over the next 20 years.? COMMENTS RESPONSES GHGM CAPCQA, and Cii'nmte Change?Bmlua?ng and Addressing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from ijects Subject to January 2008 5 San Jose Business Joumal ?Big?Box Retailers Tap Ceiifomia?s Son Power for Stems" October 5, 201'}? GHGI 6 San Jose Business Journal ?More Solar in Store for Caiifomia Big-Box Retailers? June 15, 2007 Ioumai Seminal, ?Khoi?s to go Solar in California? April 26, 2007 GHGIS Kohl?s Press Release, ?Khol?s Opens 59?? California Solar Loca?rm at New Point West Store in Sacramento? September 30, 2009 GHGI 9 Wei-Mart Press Release: ?Vial?Mart Announces the Completion of Appie Valley Distribuiion Center Solar Project" January 18,2010 GHGZEO Wei-Mart Press Release: ?Wail-Mart to Nearly Double SoEar Energy Use 1'11 California" April 22, 2009 ?Target Begins Solar Power Roliout? April 30, 200? GHGEZ Fro ueniiy Asked Questions Regarding Renewable Energy Credits No: identi?ed GHGZ3 Exampies of solar parking lots Not identi?ed GHGZ4 Helps Supemmrkets Save Money, Reduce Greenhouse Gases? August 6, 2009 GHGES Attorney General, ?The Caiifomia Euviromnenta! Quality Act Addiessing Giobal Impacts at the Loco} Agency Levels? May 2008 Sunedison Named for Wei-Marci; Solar Power Pilot Eroject May 7, 2007 Letter to Honorable Ronald D. Lover-Edge and City Councii Members from Richard Lawrence, John Clarke, Cory Briggs, and. Jack Yeh Regarding Nego?ale? Resolution oijvereide Citizens for Smart (Emmi: v. City ofRivwside et al. February 16, 2610 RTC-54 COMMENTS RESPONSES Letter to Hunurable Daryi Busch and City Council Members Maithew Vespa, John Clarke, 391111 McCIendun, and Jack Yeh Regarding Negotiated Resoluliee of Center for Biological Diversity City 01" Penis et February 2010 Press release regarding settlement matched March 2010 Of?ce of Meaning a,an Reseamh and Climate Change; Addressing Climate Change Through California Envimnmenta} Qua?ly Act (CEQA) Review" June 19, 2003 GHGB 1. Scoping Plan Measures Implementation Timel?me October 28, 2010 GHGSE Of?ce of Ehe Governer Press Zhalezuma Schwarzenegger Signs Legisia?en it) Million Solar Roofs Plan October 2} 2006 GHG33 Siationary Equigmem Re?-igereni' Management Program Nevember 12, 2010 (HI-1634 ?Addressing Climate Change at ihe Project Level? Jemlaiy 6, 2010 {31-1635 ?Quantifying Gleenhnwae Gas Mitigation Resource 1b: Local Govemmenito Assess Emission Reductiens Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Measures? August 2310 Executive Order 3?3-105 June I, 2005 ?Local Govermnent?s Role in Responding to Climaie Change in Caiifomiz? May 9, 2009 (31-1633 FPCC Working Group 1 Not identified EPCC Working Creep 2 Not identi?ed IPCC Working (3112111) 3 Net identi?ed GHG41 snow and ice data October 19, 2007' 61-1642 ?Arctic sea ice decline: Faster than fewest? 2007 GHG43 ?Working 9 to 5 on Ciimate Change: An Of?ce Gmde?_ December 2002 Califomia Ciirr'mte Action Regisu'y: General Reporting Pretocul March 2007' ETC-55 COMNIENTS RESPONSES GHG43 for Quantifying GHG Reductions from Grid-Connected Eieet?eity Projects Not ideotj?ed GHG46 The GHG Protoeoi for Project Accounting Nol. identi?ed 5364? The Greenhouse Gas Protocol: A Corporate Accounting and Repottiog Standard Not identi?ed (31-164 8 The Greenhouse Gas Protocol: Designing :1 Customized Greenhouse Gas {Iateulstioo Tool Not identi?ed (31-1649 California Climate Action Registry General Reporting Protocol January 2009 The Greenhouse Gas Protocol: The GHG Protocol and Project. Accounting Not identi?ed (31-165 1 The Gleeohoose Gas Protocol: A Corporate Aoeomtiog and Reporting Standard, Not identi?ed {31-1852 The Greenhouse Gas Protocol: Designing a Customizeei Greeoho?use Gas Calculation Tool Not identi?ed San Diego County Grecmhouse Gas Inventory: An Analysis of Regional Emissions and Strategies to Achieve AB 32 forgets-Waste Report September 2008 WATER WATER - Executive Order 3?06-08 June 4, 2003 VATERZ Los Angeles Times, ?Water Shortage Worst is Deeodess Of?cial. Says? May 2, 2003 WATERS Notice to State Water Project Contractors October 29, 2098 WATER4 The State Water Project Deliver Retiability Report 200'? December 2007 WATERS Colorado River Basin Water Supply and Demand Study: Executive June 2011 Colorado River Basin Water Supply and Demand Study: Status Report June 2011 WA Colorado River Basin Water Supply and Demand Study: Teehm?eot Report A-Seeoario Development June 2011 WATERS Colora?o River Basin Water Supply and Demand Study: Technical Report B?Wa?ter Supply Assessmeot Jane 2011 COWENT RESPONSES WATERS) Celerado River Basin Water Supply and Demand Study: Technical Report C?Waier Demand Assessment June 2011 Colerado River Basin Water Supply and Demand Study: Technical Report D?System Iiieliability Metrics June 2011 WATERI 1 Paci?c Institute, ?Water Not; Want Not: The Poiemial for Urban Water Censervation in Caiifomia? November 2003 . WATERIZ Managing an Uncertain Future 2009 WATERI 3 'L'he State of Climate Change- Science for water Resource Operations, Planning, and Mmlagement January 2W9 4 Using Future C!imate Rejections to Support Water Resumes Decision Making in Califemia August 2009 Waterless Urinals Part at?Schools? Censervatien Efforts November 3, 12010 Commercial Buiidings: Water Use Ef?ciency ldeas Net Identi?ed WATER 1? Model Water Ef?cient Landscape C'r?inance Not identi?ed AIR QUALITY Emitting Air Qua?ty: Guide for Buiimng and Faeil it}; Managers Emember i 99?: AQ2 Building Air Quality: Anion Plan June 19.98 AQ3 ?Why Stwiy Human Heaith Indoors" Not Identi?ed AQ4 ?How Does indoor Air Quality Impact Student Health and Academic Perfm'manee" April 2010 AQS Air Quality and Land Use Handbook: A (Immunity Health ?erspective Apri! 2005 RTC-57