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ER No. 2018-72, AA No. 2018-04, DA No. 2018-02, & TPM No. 2018-01, — MainPlace
<br />Transformation Project
<br />June 4, 2019
<br />Page 12
<br />9. Pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines section 15164(d), the City Council must consider the
<br />Addendum together with the 1983 EIR before making a decision on the MainPlace
<br />Transformation Project.
<br />Previous CEQA Documentation
<br />The 1983 EIR was prepared to evaluate the potential impacts associated with the rehabilitation
<br />and redevelopment of Fashion Square as a mixed -use commercial center with 1,600,000 square
<br />feet of retail space, 1,500,000 square feet of office space, and 1,200 hotel rooms. The 1983 EIR
<br />was certified by the City of Santa Ana Redevelopment Agency in 1983.
<br />The 1983 EIR considers the environmental impacts relating to land use, soils and geology,
<br />hydrology, biological resources, archaeology, traffic and circulation, noise, air quality, aesthetics
<br />(including shade/shadow, solar glare, and illumination), housing/population, John Wayne Airport,
<br />public services and utilities (including natural gas, electricity, communications, water, sewer,
<br />solid waste, police protection, and fire protection), energy conservation, irreversible
<br />environmental changes, and growth inducement. It determined that the original, 1983
<br />entitlements would not result in any potentially significant impacts relating to soil and geology,
<br />hydrology, archaeology, noise, air quality, housing/population, John Wayne Airport, natural gas,
<br />electricity, communications, water, sewer, and solid waste.
<br />In 1996, the City prepared Addendum (ER 96-033) to the Environmental Impact Report for
<br />Proposed MainPlace/Santa Ana Expansion to the 1983 EIR to evaluate a proposed expansion of
<br />the original, 1983 entitlements' commercial uses. The 1996 Addendum evaluated each topical
<br />issue addressed in the 1983 EIR and included updated air quality and traffic analyses. The 1996
<br />Addendum concluded that no subsequent environmental impact report was required under
<br />CEQA because the proposed retail expansion did not result in new or substantially more severe
<br />significant impacts than were disclosed in the 1983 EIR. While the 1996 proposed retail
<br />expansion was never fully implemented, in 2000 the City relied on the 1996 Addendum and 1983
<br />EIR to approve a site plan and vesting tentative parcel map. These entitlements permitted up to
<br />1,509,255 square feet of retail, 1,500,000 square feet of office space, and 400 hotel rooms. A
<br />final parcel map consistent with the 2000 entitlements was approved and recorded in October
<br />2002. However, the improvements related to the parcel map and 2000 entitlements were never
<br />implemented.
<br />Mitigation Measures and Addendum Conclusions
<br />The City has prepared an updated Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program (MMRP) for the
<br />MainPlace Specific Plan. The original MMRP contained 19 mitigation measures, of which 8 are
<br />ongoing and applicable and 11 are no longer applicable because they have been completed or
<br />have been superseded by changes to various laws or codes.
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