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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - 06-16-2008-2b®~~~4` ~'o~~r'A ~r :kaf~b ~Eaco\~os ~-Alternate-SetuheF~ 1. ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE CONSIDERATIONS Consideration: The following questions should be asked with respect to each site: 1, What are the environmental justice implications if this site is selected for the proposed transfer station? If a potential site has environmental justice implications, have all Orange County residents been given adequate notice of the issue, relevant information, and opportunities to give meaningful input before the final decision (site selection) is made? Does siting of the proposed transfer station have a potentially cumulative environmental impact on a specific community or neighborhood? If a proposed site may be environmentally unjust, is (here an alternative resolution that would have a less disparate impact while still accomplishing our core purpose? Definition, The fair treatment and meaningful involvement of people of all races, cultures, incomes, and educational levels wish respect to the development and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, policies, and decisions. Fair treatment means that no group of people should bear a disproportionate share of the negative environmental consequences resulting from industrial, governmental, and commercial operations or policies, Attachment 2B Candidate sites will be respectively ranked Rogers Road area should be considering inequitable sharing of negative excluded from consitlera(ion. environmental consequences and potential cumulative environmental impacts on adjacent Hisfory of a site should be communities or neighborhoods. part of the environmental justce criteria. Include time dependent accumulative environmental impacts. Suggested removing non•protected character from criteria description. "Every neighborhood has character, but there should be more sensitivity to some neighborhoods because of its character." Attachment 26 Page 1 BOCC Work Session - 06/16/08 ~. Cmiecinnc frnm nnllonKnn nnrl fmnefr,r veh{nlo ovhweF t 2. IMPACT ON AIR QUALITY Consideration. Increased air pollution is a concern for projects with transportation components, The various vehicular emissions that are regulated include nitrogen oxides, particulates, non-methane. hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, aril carbon dioxide,`Therefore, potential changes in emissions that could affect these pollutaritievels are the primary focus of this criterion. Definition:. Overall percentage increase in nitrogeq oxides, particulates, non-methane hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, and carbon dioxide emissions resulting from collection vehicle hauling and operation. Candidate sites will be ranked with respect to potential percentage increase in exhaust emissions (nitrogen oxides, particulates, non- methahe hydrocarbohs, carboy monoxide, and, carbon dioxide emissions) from collection vehicles as computed using the additional haul distance measured from the waste generation cehtroid to the proposed site. The site with the lowest percentage increase will be ranked h'h G G b T k~N ig ,est. reernng ar age ruc s. ew Technologies for Cleaner Air, 2003, will be used to establish emission rates for the various pollutants. -~a#eFantl-sewer: 3, IMPACT ON THE LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE ~ Consideration:.. Within a community, the residents have needs that must be met to maintain a certain minimum Sites with available electric, water, and sewer standard of living and quality of life. From an infrastructure standpoint, these needs typically service (within 1000 feet of the transfer station include homes,transportation (streets, roads, sidewalks, and drainage), energy (gas and/or site) and suitable roadway connector design will electricity), telecommunications, and water aril sewer service. be ranked the highest, Existing roadway features will be compared to minimum Definition, Potential impact upon connector streets and roads from the standpoint of increased collection and standards for industrial access roads, transfer traffic volume and suitability of roadway designs for heavy ruck traffic Electric, water, and sewer service will be assessed with respect to availability, capacity, and impact of transfer station usage on existing systems.. Page 2 Impact on air quality should be considered a very important criteria. Recbmmerid air quality monitoring of the site, Attachment 2B Attachment 26 BOCC Work Session - 06/16108 Attachment 2B 4, f ..- . _ .., 1 I t I ~ . i , .' _ ~.: ADJACENT LAND USES_ r - Consideration: Official land use. provides information on the actual or customary use of the community, However, The candidate site with the least potential zoned or planned land uses may not show how different parcels of land are actually used: The impact in terms of change in actual or ' zontnglplanningvse and actual use, and existing customary uses associated with a candidate site customary uses on adjacent properties (within should be examined. 500 feet of transfer station property boundary) will be ranked highest. Definition: Potential impact upon a community's existing use of space (e.g., restriction of open space or outdoor uses, traffic volumes, or paBems that create Barriers to crossing of streets andlor neighborhood cdhnectivity) resulting from transfer station or infrastructure development. -6ikelihe ,. 5:.pROXIMITYTOSGH00LSCHURCHES,ANDRECREATION~SITES. Consideration; How near a facility is to parks, schools, churches, retirement centers, hospitals, or other public Carididatesitestyith street or roadway areas where people congregate can Be a concern' from the standpoint of both physical and connector accessthat least impact sensitive envitbnmental safety (vehicle exhausts, liquid; fugitive emissbns, and odor) from facility-related community areas wilibe ranked highest operations ortraftic..._ Definition; Potential impact offacility-related traffic through "sensitive" community areas (e.g., schools andlor other public areas) including pedestrian safety, collection or transfer vehicle exhausts, fugitive emissions, and odor. , Consider value of site to community - "Lost opportunity value." Very'important criteria. Attachment 26 BOCC Work Session - 06/16lD8 - ;~. ~ - ~. - I' - ,~ ' ~ ~ '~d 1 {, ~ ~ t e R All IAADCD ~1 ... ~ ~ _ ~ ~ C DCCII1GAIf GC fAADA(`TG i~::.,. ~~ ,ye p ~-E@m~ F}nf 6. NUMBER OF RESIDENTS IMPACTED Consideration: Residents adjacent to the site may be impacted in some manner by collection and transfer vehicle The site with the fewest number of adjacent Demographics should include traffic and from operation of fhe proposed transfer station. Potential impacts would largely occur residents will be ranked the highest. Residents race and class. in the form of nuisance impacts (noise and odor), traffic, air emissions, and visibility of the facility,. living within 500 feet of the proposed site property boundary and within 501 feet to 1000 Definition: Numbe~bf resitlentsliving in dwelling units adjacent to fhe site. feet of the proposed site property boundary will be considered.: The riumberof potentially impacted residents used in this evaluation will be computed by adding 50 percent of the total number of residents living within fhe 501 feet to 1000 feet zone to the Total number of residents living within the 500 feet zone. The most current census data will be used. Refer to Environmental Justice considerations for further application guidance (Community-Specific T DDCCCAIf`C r1C AIATI IDAI DI ICCCDC Criteria No:1). t~gj ; AI„i~ ri- 7. PRESENCE OF NATURAL BUFFERS Consideration, impact on the surrounding community, a transfer station should be located in an To mitigate the A site that provides the most buffer width in Natural buffers should be , area that provides separation from sensitive adjoining land uses and/or residences. Natural terms of wooded area or other natural screening maintained for air quality buffers should be maintained to reduce the visibility of the facility and to provide noise abatement feature(s) (i.e,, streams, hills, etc,) around the purposes. 'and airquality filtering, perimeter of the property will be ranked fhe highest, Importance of natural stream Definition: Presence of on-site open. space, natural wooded areas, trees, topographic relief, or other features buffers including intermittent -that provide separation from adjoining land ese or residences. streams should be recognized, Page 4 Attachment 26 Attachment 2B BOCC Work Session - 06/16!08 t .:. ,. S. ~ IMP,ACTS ON EXISTING BUSINESSES Consideration: .Negative impacts can range from the acquisition of a business or businesses, subsequent demolition, to a change in vehicular or pedestrian access, and permanent losses in business volume. Any of these conditions can exist alone or in combination with one or more of the others. Definition:•- Business impacts will include acquisition of a business or businesses and impacts on adjacent businesses, if arty. Adjacent businesses will be classified in one of four ways; destination- oriented, nondestination•oriented,highway-oriented, and interchangeable. *~g~i~ 9. BUFFER ZONES AND SCREENING MEASURES Consideration: Sufficient buffer zones and screening measures are important considerations in the development of a transfer station, In terms of visual amenity, the ability of the topography and landscape of an area to provide natural screening should be taken into account. If there is no natural screening, it might. be necessary to increase the buffer zone. The wider cumulative impact that proposed .development can have on the off site landscape, inparticular, onenvironmentally-sensitive areas adjacent to the site; should also betaken into consideration: Development needs to be sehsitively sited so as not to impact adversely on landscapes or by spoiling views and.,natural beauty, Definition:- Ability ofoff-site topography and landscape in the immediate area including open spaces, 'greenways, natural or wooded areas, and streams to provide natural screening of the site. A site that does not require the acquisition of a business or businesses and/or that impacts the least number ofdestination-oriented businesses will be ranked the highest, Adjacent businesses will be defined as those businesses located within 1000 feet of the proposed site that would share connector road or street access with the transfer station: The site that haS he;be§t adjacent natural screening will be ranked the highest. Page 5 Maintain natural foliage and tree bufferareas-would help to minimize air quality impacts. Attachment 2B Attachment 26 BOCC Work Session - 06/16/08 .~. Doefrinfinnc An vohinln frn{fin rnnfr,e .. .. •-@rke~taAes-er-pat~aa~s; } 10. TRAFFIC COMPATIBILITY Consideration: Transfer stations often receive surges of traffic when collection vehicles have finished their routes, Sites with street or roadway connector. access Transfer station traffic vaiies locally but tends to peak twice a day. The firstpeak is often near the that do not currently or are not projected in the middle of the day orshift; aril the second at the end of the dayo~ shift. Therefore, the best sites future~to exhibit significant midday traffic peaks far transfer stations are located away from areas that have midday traffic peaks and/or school bus and school bus or pedestrian traffic shall be and pedestrian traffic, Other considerations include: restrictions on vehicle traffic routes, bike ranked highest Lard use and development lanes and pathways (priority bicycle routes}, and congested areas with dangerous intersections. within a'one-half mile radius of proposed site ``' will be used to assess potential compatibility. Definition: Compatibility of projected transfer station traffic volume and vehicle types with existing traffic mix issues related to connector streets and roads. and flow patferhs in the immediate area of the site; Page 6 Orange Unified Transportation Board (OUTBoard) requests that the transfer station not be placed on a priority bicycle route, Attachment 2B Attachment 2B BOCC Work Session - 06/16/08 $-#isterisalgand-uses: }-kesaNns~tiens: 11. IMPACT ON HISTORICAL OR CULTURAL FEATURES Consideration: Communities develop where they do for any number of reasons. It is likely the location had easy access to water. Oftentimes, communities sprouted up as railroad whistle stops or at the inter- section oftwo main roads. For others, the location was of military or political interest or was otherwise defendable. Perhaps, a certain natural resource gave rise to industry in the area, or the farmland was fertile, or the scenery was picturesque, Such natural features shape the histories and cultures of any community, influencing who decides to live there, the bonds and traditions of those people, the organizations they create, and the values they collectively embrace. In tum, these cultural values greatly influence how the community interacts with and makes use of its natural assets, Understanding the community's history, values, goals, and aspirations provides an important starting point for preserving the area's natural resources aril assets, Consequenfiy this criterion's main goal is to explore the community's history and culture in an effort to identify those things the community feels are most important. Definition: Natural or manmade features that shape the historiesand cultures ofthe community, influencing who decides to live there; ttie bonds and traditions of those people, the organizations they create, and the values they collectively embrace. Identify the most important cultural or historic features in the immediate area of the proposed candidate transfer station site including sites that host cultural traditions and events, historic land uses, and local institutions. The site that has the least number of historical and cultural features located on properties that abut the site will be ranked the highest. Cultural and historic features shall be defined as indicated in Criteria 8 (Sites with Protected Sites of Historical, Archeological, or Cultural Sighificance) of ttte Exclrisionary Criteria. Refer to Envitorimental Justice considerations it Community-Specif c Criteria No.1. ~2-68aT ,,, , #~asi~y-ser+structien-lest; 12. COST CONSIDERATION Consideration: The characterisfics of a site can significantly impact transfer station construction costs (e.g., sites The.cantlitlate site with the lowest preliminary .with steep slopes may require extra vests associated with earthmoving and retaining walls; site site development cost estimate will be ranked access may require construction of turning lanes; off-site improvement of utilities may be required highest. to provide adequate capacity). Definition: Preliminary site development costs includirigsife acquisition, roadway access, utility extension, on-site roadways, retaining walls, and drainage structures. Page 7 Costs should include consideration of the future cost fo transport garbage, Attachment 2B Attachment 26 BOCC Work Session - 06116!08