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Chapter <br />Statement of Overriding Considerations <br />4.1 Introduction <br />Section 15093 of the State CEQA guidelines states: <br />(a) CEQA requires the decision-making agency to balance, as applicable, the economic, legal, <br />social, technological, or other benefits of a proposed project against its unavoidable <br />environmental risks when determining whether to approve the project. If the specific <br />economic, legal, social, technological, or other benefits of a proposed project outweigh the <br />unavoidable adverse environmental effects, the adverse environmental effects may be <br />considered "acceptable." <br />(b) When the lead agency approves a project which will result in the occurrence of significant <br />effects which are identified in the final EIR but are not avoided or substantially lessened, the <br />agency shall state in writing the specific reason to support its actions based on the final EIR <br />and/ or other information in the record. The statement of overriding considerations shall be <br />supported by substantial evidence in the record. <br />(c) If an agency makes a statement of overriding considerations, the statement should be <br />included in the record of the project approval and should be mentioned in the notice of <br />determination. <br />The City of Santa Ana proposes to adopt a Statement of Overriding Considerations regarding the <br />potential unavoidable significant impacts of the proposed project. This section describes the <br />anticipated economic, social, and other benefits or other considerations of the proposed project to <br />support the decision to proceed with the project even though all of the identified impacts are not <br />mitigated to a less -than -significant levels. <br />4.2 Unavoidable Significant Adverse Impacts <br />The City is proposing to approve the proposed project, with reductions and revisions to reduce <br />environmental impacts, and has prepared a SEIR required by CEQA. Even with reductions and <br />revisions in the project, the following impacts are unavoidable because it has been determined that <br />no feasible mitigation is available. Refer to Chapter 2, CEQA Findings, for further clarification <br />regarding the impacts listed below. <br />Metro East Mixed -Use Overlay District Expansion and Elan August 2018 <br />Development Projects 4-1 ICF 19.18 <br />Findings of Fact/Statement of Overriding Considerations <br />