2018-075 - Final Subsequent Environmental IMpact Report No. 2018-15

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4. An SEIR is prepared when an EIR has been certified for a project and the lead agency determines that one or more of the criteria listed under Section 15162 and 15163 of the State CEQA Guidelines are met. The City has determined that an SEIR is the most appropriate environmental document due to the characterization of the proposed changes to the project that was previously approved with the certified Final EIR for the MEMU Overlay Zone in 2007. The current SEIR has been prepared pursuant to the requirements of CEQA and discloses the 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 the 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. Resolution No. 2018-075 Page 3 of 12