2019-047 - Adopting Mitigated Negative Declaration Environmental Review No. 2018-75

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and handicap spaces. Four bicycle parking spaces are proposed. The project proposes 57,957 square feet of open space including 22,781 square feet of passive open space, 24,096 square feet of active open space and 11,080 square feet of private open space. A total of 227 storage units are proposed for all five levels in the parking structure, including 20 storage units in the subterranean parking level, for use by the residents. Landscaping is proposed within the required setbacks along all sides of the site. The existing student drop-off area for Taft Elementary school is adjacent to and north of the site and would remain with the project. Access to the road for the student drop-off area at the school is from Sunflower Avenue at the east side of the site. The exit for the student drop-off area is at the west side of the project. This existing 'looped" student drop-off route would be preserved and incorporated into the project and allow parents to continue to drop-off students at Taft Elementary school via Sunflower Avenue as the existing condition. Trash bins would be located at the north side of the site and within the parking structure. Waste bins would be located on each floor of the parking structure for tenants of each floor to deposit their solid waste. A trash loading area is proposed for the northeast area of the site. Trash trucks would enter the site at the east end of the site from the same driveway that Taft Elementary parents use to drop off students at Taft Elementary School. Trash trucks can also exit the site at the same east driveway at Sunflower Avenue. An emergency vehicle access route is proposed along the north project boundary for emergency vehicle access from both the west and east sides of the site at Sunflower Avenue. The project is scheduled to be constructed in two phases. Project construction would start in the first quarter of 2020 and the first phase completed in October 2021. The second phase is scheduled to be completed in December 2021 or early 2022. The project proposes Modern architecture. The proposed site plan is shown in Figure 5. Surrounding Land Uses and Setting: The existing on -site land use includes the Sound Church, parking lot and open space. The land uses surrounding the project that are in the City of Santa Ana include Taft Elementary school to the north, multi -family homes to the east and multi -family units to the west, west of Flower Street. The Enclave Apartment development to the south, south of Sunflower Avenue, the Avenue of the Arts apartment development to the southwest, southwest of the intersection of Sunflower Avenue and Sakioka Drive are in the City of Costa Mesa. Sunflower Avenue that is adjacent to and south of the site is the boundary between the cities of Santa Ana and Costa Mesa. An open Orange County flood control channel extends along the east side of Flower Street and forms the west project boundary. Figure 6 shows photographs of the on -site land uses and Figures 7 and 8 show the surrounding land uses. Figure 9 is a photo orientation map showing the location of the on -site and surrounding land use photos. J. Other Public Agencies Whose Approval is Required: The discretionary action required from the City of Santa Ana includes a General Plan Amendment from Low Density Residential (LR-7) to Urban Neighborhood (UN), a Zone Change to Specific Development (SD) zoning on the site and site plan approval. The project would also require a Notice of Intent to comply with the General Construction Activity NPDES Permit from the State Water Resources Control Board. The project would not require any other approvals from public agencies. K. Have California Native American tribes traditionally and culturally affiliated with the project area requested consultation pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21080.3.1? If so, is there a plan for consultation that includes, for example, the determination of significance of impacts to tribal cultural resources, procedures regarding confidentiality, etc.? Tribal letters were mailed December 31, 2018 to six tribes that formally invited consultation with the City in compliance with 21080.3.1. The Gabrielino Ban of Mission Indians — Kizh Nation contacted the City and requested consultation. The tribes that were contacted include: 1. Gabrielino Ban of Mission Indians — Kizh Nation 2. Gabrieleno/Tongva Nation Legacy Sunflower Apartments Page 6 Mitigated Negative Declaration — March 14, 2019