3.0 CUMULATIVE PROJECTS SCENARIO

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1 3.0 CUMULATIVE PROJECTS SCENARIO The CEQA Guidelines define cumulative impacts as two or more individual effects that, when considered together, are considerable or which compound or increase other environmental impacts. The Guidelines further state that the individual effects can be various changes related to a single project or the change involved in a number of other closely related past, present, and reasonably foreseeable future projects (Section 15355). This EIR examines cumulative effects using a list of past, present, and probable future projects producing related or cumulative impacts, including, if necessary, those projects outside the control of the agency (Section 15130). In addition, where appropriate, this section accounts for additional source documents that address regional and local trends and projections. The combined references provide for a more comprehensive analysis of cumulative effects than what would be captured using only a cumulative projects list. The analysis of cumulative impacts contained in this EIR includes the impacts of the proposed Project plus all other pending or approved projects within the affected area for each resource. The affected environment for most of the resource areas analyzed in this EIR was determined to be limited to the coastal zone within one mile of Goleta Beach. Table 3-1 contains a list of pending and approved projects within the Project vicinity. The approximate locations of the projects listed in Table 3-1 are shown in Figure 3-1. Although a substantial number of additional development projects are located in the Project vicinity within the City of Goleta, most of these projects would not affect the resources of Goleta Beach and are not addressed in this EIR. In addition, the impacts of Goleta area development (e.g., traffic, air quality, noise, etc.) are addressed in the City of Goleta s General Plan EIR and other planning documents. Goleta Beach County Park Managed Beach Retreat Project

2 San Jose Creek Campus Lagoon Goleta Slough Santa Barbara Airport 11 UCSB Note: Cumulative project numbers correspond to those presented in Table S. PATTERSON AVENUE EKWILL ST. Atascadero Creek MORE RANCH ROAD HOLLISTER AVENUE S. KELLOGG AVENUE WARD DRIVE FIRESTONE ROAD ROAD S. FAIRVIEW AVENUE FO WLER ROAD MOFFETT ROAD GOLETA BEACH COUNTY PARK ROAD LAGOON UCSB SANTA BARBARA AIRPORT Pacific Ocean Creek Pedro San 10 5 Goleta Sanitation Plant 2, 3 1 HOLLISTER AVENUE AVENUE MESA ROAD ROAD STADIUM ROAD OCEAN ROAD LOS CARNEROS ROAD 4 6, # LEGEND Cumulative Project Location Goleta Beach County Park City of Goleta 9 SCALE IN FEET N Cumulative Project Locations 0 1,500 FIGURE 3-1 EL COLEGIO ROAD 3-2

3 Table 3-1. Pending and Approved Projects in the Project Vicinity Map Key Project Name Address Description Status Southern California Gas La Goleta Storage Field Enhancement Project Flood Control Maintenance Activities in the Ecosystem Management Plan (GSEMP) Restoration Plan Permit Compliance Goleta Sanitary District Plant Upgrade Santa Barbara Airport Master Plan Airline Terminal Facility, Phase More Ranch Road Extraction of native natural gas from previously untapped deep reservoirs and conversion of depleted wells to additional storage use. Project includes two wells drilled into known gas reserves, two exploratory wells drilled into prospective reserves, and construction of 2,800 feet of underground pipeline and a dehydration unit at the La Goleta Storage Field. Plan for flood control maintenance activities in and five creeks: Atascadero, San Jose, San Pedro, Los Carneros and Tecolotito. Plan includes dredging, stockpiling sediment, disposal of sediment, and enhancement of specific areas affected by flood control activities. Update of the GSEMP, including incorporation of a preliminary Sea Level Rise (SLR) Study Restoration Activities within the Goleta Slough, Los Carneros Road at Mesa Road 1 Moffett Place Water treatment plant improvements to upgrade the wastewater facility to 100% secondary treatment. 500 Fowler Road 500 Fowler Road The Airport Master Plan provides guidelines for overall development, maintenance, and operation for the next 20 years. The plan evaluates the Airport s capabilities and role, reviews forecasts of future aviation demand, and plans for the timely improvement of facilities that may best meet that demand and maintain compatibility with the environs. Relocation and rehabilitation of historic airport building and construction of new short-term parking lot and frontage road In reviewpermit appealed to CCC Ongoing In development Ongoing In progress, Estimated completion date of April 2013Complete Ongoing Expected completion by Spring 2013Complete Goleta Beach County Park Managed Beach Retreat Project

4 Table 3-1. Pending and Approved Projects in the Project Vicinity (Continued) Map Key Project Name Address Description Status South Kellogg Recycling Facility Project Ekwill-Fowler Road Extensions University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB) Long Range Development Plan San Jose Creek Capacity Improvement & Fish Passage Bridge Replacement Project* San Jose Creek Bike Path Southern Extent Mouth Breaching 903 South Kellogg Avenue Fowler Road and Ekwill Street UCSB San Jose Creek along Highway 217 Sandspit Road at Goleta Beach County Park San Jose Creek along Highway 217 mouth Construction of an asphalt/aggregate concrete recycling facility, including a 960 square-foot office building and 1,840 square-foot equipment garage on a acre parcel. Extensions of various sections of Fowler Road and Ekwill Street, roundabouts at Hollister Avenue, and Class I/II bike paths Plan for campus development to year Includes: Increase in students from 20,000 to 25,000 New housing for students (4766 beds) and families (239 units), 1874 housing units for faculty and staff 1.8 million sf of new or redeveloped academic and support space Alternative transportation and parking programs, Policies regarding green building, sustainability, coastal protection and others. Increase channel capacity to accommodate a 100-year, as opposed to a 25-year, storm event, and to improve fish passage. Project includes channel improvements and Hollister Bridge replacement, each estimate to have a 24- month time horizon. Construction of a new bridge for the access into Goleta Beach Park from Sandspit Road Construction of a Class I/Class II bike path adjacent to San Jose Creek, from Hollister Avenue to the Atascadero Creek Bikeway at Goleta Beach Permit application by City of Santa Barbara to resume mechanical breaching of mouth as necessary to decrease water levels within the Slough and protect infrastructure such as Santa Barbara Airport. Pending CCC approval of CDP In final design phase, construction anticipated to begin in 2014 In process In process, construction commenced November 10, 2011completion expected Spring 2014 Conceptual design phase Alignment Feasibility Studies are being conductedis/mnd completed Permit application not yet submitted 3-4 Goleta Beach County Park Managed Beach Retreat Project 2.0

5 Table 3-1. Pending and Approved Projects in the Project Vicinity (Continued) Map Key 15 Project Name Address Description Status Upper Devereux Acquisition and Restoration Project Devereux Slough Restoration of up to 113 acres of tidal and freshwater wetlands and connected uplands in the slough for the purpose of providing and enhancing existing fish and wildlife habitat and open space. In progress * Sited at the proposed Project site Source: County of Santa Barbara Goleta Beach County Park Managed Beach Retreat Project

PART 4 GOALS, POLICIES AND ACTIONS

Goleta Slough Area Sea Level Rise and Management Plan Goals, Policies and Actions PART 4 GOALS, POLICIES AND ACTIONS 4.1 1997 GSEMP Goals, Policies and Actions The 1997 Goleta Slough Ecosystem Management