75B - PH METRO EAST MIXED USE OVERLAY (MEMU)

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environmental impacts associated with implementing the proposed Project and includes mitigation measures that can reduce potential impacts to the extent possible or to below a level of significance. The proposed project will be consistent with the prior findings in the original 2007 Final EIR certified by the City Council, and significant and unavoidable environmental impacts disclosed in the 2007 EIR Would remain for air quality, noise, and transportation/traffic. However, development of the Elan project would result in a substantial adverse change to an. eligible historical resource (the now -vacant Elks 'Club building), which was not addressed in the 2007 EIR. As a result, preparation of the current -draft SEIR was required, and the draft SEIR analyzes and proposes mitigation for the demolition of the Elks Club building, 5. The'SEIR, as required by CEQA, contains 1) an Initial Study; 2) a project description; 3) a description of the environmental setting, .potential environmental impacts, mitigation measures for any significant effects, and consistency with plans and policies; and 4) names of prepares. The mitigation measures included in this SEIR are designed to reduce or eliminate the potentially significant environmental impacts described herein. The scope of the SEIR evaluates the proposed project's effects on the following resource topics: air quality, cultural resources, greenhouse gas emissions, hazards and hazardous materials, hydrology and water quality, land use and planning, noise, transportation/traffic, and tribal cultural resources. 6. The City prepared a draft SEIR and published the Notice of Availability (NOA) in the Orange County Register as well as posted the NOA at the Orange County Clerk's Office on June 12, 2018. The City circulated the draft SEIR for a 45 -day :public review between June 12, 2018 and July 27,2018. The -draft SEIR was available for public review at the Santa Ana City Hall, the City of Santa Ana Main Library, and on the City's website. 7. During the 45 -day public review period, the City held a regularly scheduled public hearing with the Planning Commission on July 23, 2018, to receive comments regarding the draft SEIR. 8. The City received a total of written comment letters during the public review period and evaluated all comments received from the persons or agencies that reviewed the draft SEIR. Pursuant to Section 15088 of the State CEQA Guidelines, the City, as the lead agency for the project, has reviewedall comments received on the Resolution No. 2018-xx 75B-20