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

Home Browse Search

8. The City received a total of nine (9) written comment letters and two (2) verbal comments 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 reviewed all comments received on the document. The City provided written responses to all agencies and members of the public commenting on the draft SEIR at least 10 days prior to the City Council hearing. 9. In accordance with Senate Bill 18 (SB 18) and Government Code Section 69352.3, and Assembly Bill 52 (AB 52) and Government Code 21000, the City of Santa Ana requested a list of Tribal Organization contacts from the Native American Heritage Commission and sent notifications to the appropriate tribal organizations in January 2018 in compliance with SB 18, and again in April 2018 to comply with AB 52. No tribes requested consultation for the proposed project, and no tribal cultural resources were identified in the proposed project area. As a result, no new mitigation measures addressing cultural resources, including tribal cultural resources, were required. 10.The City has prepared a Final SEIR, consisting of comments and recommendations received during the 45 -day public review and comment period, written responses to those comments, and revisions and clarifications to the draft SEIR in response to those comments. For the purposes of this Resolution, the SEIR shall refer to the draft SEIR, including all of the technical studies and appendices to the draft SEIR, as revised by the Final SEIR's revisions, together with the other sections of the Final SEIR, including all of the technical studies, attachments, and appendices to the Final SEIR. 11. Findings of Fact with respect to environmental impacts, including environmental impacts identified in the Final SEIR as potentially significant, but which the City finds can be substantially lessened through the imposition of feasible mitigation measures identified in the Final SIER, are described in Exhibit A attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference. As a result of the environmental analysis in the SEIR, one significant impact was found from the construction of the proposed Elan project that pertains to loss of an eligible historic resource. Accordingly, the City has also prepared a Statement of Overriding Considerations in compliance with Public Resources Code Sections 21081 and CEQA Guidelines Section 15093, which finds that specific economic, legal, social, technological, or other benefits of the proposed project outweigh the significant and unavoidable impacts identified in the EIR. This Statement of Overriding Considerations is also described in Exhibit A attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference. Resolution No. 2018-075 Page 4 of 12