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Draft EIR for the Draft General Plan 2030
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Draft EIR for the Draft General Plan 2030
Notice of Preparation
(PDF, 2MB)
Notice of Availability
(PDF, 14KB)
1. DEIR Text
Cover & Title Page
(PDF, 107KB)
Table of Contents
(PDF, 55KB)
1.0 - Introduction
(PDF, 117KB)
2.0 - Summary
(PDF, 201KB)
3.0 - Project Description
(PDF, 207KB)
4.0 - Environmental Evaluation Introduction
(PDF, 60KB)
4.1 - Land Use
(PDF, 264KB)
4.2 - Population & Housing
(PDF, 168KB)
4.3 - Aesthetics
(PDF, 371KB)
4.4 - Transportation & Traffic
(PDF, 354KB)
4.5 - Water Supply
(PDF, 336KB)
4.6 - Public Services
(PDF, 341KB)
4.7 - Drainage & Water Quality
(PDF, 231KB)
4.8 - Biological Resources
(PDF, 410KB)
4.9 - Cultural Resources
(PDF, 244KB)
4.10 - Geology & Soils
(PDF, 230KB)
4.11 - Air Quality
(PDF, 463KB)
4.12 - Global Climate Change
(PDF, 536KB)
4.13 - Noise
(PDF, 362KB)
4.14 - Hazardous Materials
(PDF, 154KB)
4.15 - Agriculture, Forest & Mineral Resources
(PDF, 146KB)
5.0 - CEQA Considerations
(PDF, 374KB)
6.0 - References
(PDF, 141KB)
2. DEIR Figures
Figures Title Page
(PDF, 39KB)
1-1 Regional Location and Municipal Boundaries
(PDF, 269KB)
1-2 Greenbelt and Open Space Lands
(PDF, 488KB)
2-1 General Plan Planning Area
(PDF, 158KB)
2-2 Proposed General Plan Land Use Map
(PDF, 439KB)
2-3 Neighborhoods for Buildout Review
(PDF, 386KB)
4.1-1 City Sphere of Influence
(PDF, 184KB)
4.1-2 Existing Land Use
(PDF, 455KB)
4.1-3 Vacant and Underutilized Lands
(PDF, 328KB)
4.1-4 Existing General Plan 2005 Land Use Map
(PDF, 205KB)
4.3-1 Significant Views, Features
(PDF, 581KB)
4.4-1 City Resident Daily Travel Patterns
(PDF, 278KB)
4.4-2 Functional Classification of Streets
(PDF, 237KB)
4.4-3 Bicycle and Pedestrian Paths
(PDF, 213KB)
4.4-4 Railroads
(PDF, 182KB)
4.5-1 City Water Service Area
(PDF, 259KB)
4.6-1 Fire Hazard Areas
(PDF, 309KB)
4.6-2 City Parks and Open Space
(PDF, 304KB)
4.6-3 Areas Served by the City Wastewater Treatment Plant
(PDF, 217KB)
4.7-1 FEMA Flood Zones
(PDF, 191KB)
4.7-2 Tsunami Inundation Zone
(PDF, 191KB)
4.8-1 Vegetation Types
(PDF, 355KB)
4.8-2 Major Watercourses
(PDF, 260KB)
4.8-3 Sensitive Habitats
(PDF, 338KB)
4.9-1 Areas of Archaeological Sensitivity
(PDF, 472KB)
4.9-2 Mission and American Period Development Patterns
(PDF, 304KB)
4.9-3 Areas of Historical Archaeological Sensitivity
(PDF, 297KB)
4.9-4 Existing and Potential Historic Districts
(PDF, 298KB)
4.9-5 Areas of Paleontological Sensitivity
(PDF, 533KB)
4.10-1 Regional Seismicity
(PDF, 343KB)
4.10-2 Geologic Units in City of Santa Cruz
(PDF, 552KB)
4.10-3 Landslide Deposits
(PDF, 320KB)
4.10-4 Liquefaction Hazards
(PDF, 344KB)
4.10-5 Slope Map
(PDF, 425KB)
4.10-6 Soils
(PDF, 513KB)
4.13-1 Existing Noise Contours
(PDF, 349KB)
4.13-2 Future Noise Contours
(PDF, 353KB)
4.15-1 State Farmland Mapping
(PDF, 376KB)
3. DEIR Appendices
A - Notice of Preparation & Comment Letters
(PDF, 2MB)
B - Buildout Assumptions
(PDF, 2MB)
C - Traffic Methods, Assumptions
(PDF, 947KB)
D - Water Supply Assessment
(PDF, 17MB)
E - Greenhouse Gas & Air Quality Emissions
(PDF, 162KB)
F.0 - Title Page
(PDF, 27KB)
F.1 - Biological Resources Study
(PDF, 918KB)
F.2 - Cultural Resources Studies
(PDF, 8MB)
F.3 - Noise Studies
(PDF, 1MB)
F.4 - Geology Background
(PDF, 9MB)
F.5 - Traffic Volumes
(PDF, 181KB)
F.6 - Traffic Level of Service Reports
(PDF, 796KB)
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