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Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Report Page IV.H-5 Forward Inc. Landfill 2018 Expansion Project On August 24,2018 SAS met with Ms. Perez at the involved property to discuss the Sacred land identified by the NAHC.Also present were Forward Landfill's Ron Scatena and Ruben Ramirez.During the meeting the proposed landfill sites and Littlejohns Creek South Fork realignment design was clarified. Ms. Perez indicated that the unrecorded resource,which consisted of a prehistoric habitation site, lie situated between the existing Littlejohns Creek alignment and the proposed realignment approximately at the proposed location of the southern landfill expansion area.Ms. Perez officially recommended construction monitoring during all Project-related ground-disturbing activities. This monitoring is included in the revised Mitigation Measure J.1.,presented above. In an email dated August 23,2018,Marcos Guerrero, Cultural Resources Manager for LAIC, stated that the UAIC have no comments for this Project.To date,no other responses have been received. Visual Quality ' The currently proposed Project eliminates the large mound of waste previously proposed for the Brocchini property. However, it would continue to include the creek relocation,expand the existing landfill mound to the south, and add additional bulk to the northeastern landfill mass. It also would replace the existing composting facility with a landfill mound.The potential for off-site litter generation would continue, although over a shorter landfill life compared to the 2013 Project. Therefore,2013 EIR's Impacts K-1 through K-7 would continue to apply to the currently proposed Project.All measures identified in the 2013 EIR as Proposed as Part of the Project would be included in the current Project.Therefore impacts to visual quality from the 2018 Expansion Project would be similar to those described in the 2013 EIR. Visual impacts associated with the increased landfill mass would continue to be significant and unavoidable. All other visual impacts would be less than significant with implementation of measures proposed as part of the Project identified in the 2013 EIR. Growth Inducement The CEQA Guidelines (Section 15125(g))require that an EIR evaluate the growth- inducing impacts of a proposed action. A growth-inducing impact is defined by the Guidelines as "the way in which a proposed project could foster economic or population growth, or the construction of additional housing,either directly or indirectly,in the surrounding environment. Included in this definition are public works projects which remove obstacles to population growth." The environmental effects of induced growth are secondary,or indirect, impacts of the proposed action. Secondary effects of growth include increased demand on community services and infrastructure, increased traffic and noise, and conversion of agricultural and open space to development use. Inducement of disorderly growth that is inconsistent with local land use plans generally causes significant environmental impacts.