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

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California Resources Agency, to non-agricultural use? No Impact. The project site is developed with a church, church parking lot and landscaping. There is no agricultural use either on or adjacent to the site. The site is designated "Urban and Built -Up Land" by the State of California Department of Conservation Orange County Important Farmland 2016 map.Z Because there is no agricultural use on the site the project would not convert prime, unique, or farmland of statewide importance to non- agricultural use and impact farmland. b) Conflict with existing zoning for agricultural use, or a Williamson Act contract? No Impact. The project site is not in a Williamson Act contract. The existing R1 Single -Family Residence zoning on the site does not allow agricultural use and the requested land use and zoning designations for the proposed project do not allow agricultural use. The project would not conflict with any existing agricultural use or a Williamson Act contract. c) Conflict with existing zoning for, or cause rezoning of, forest land (as defined in Public Resources Code section 12220(g)), timberland (as defined by Public Resources Code section 4526), or timberland zoned Timberland Production (as defined by Government Code section 51104(g))? No Impact. There is no timber or forests on the project site or in the City of Santa Ana. The city does not have any land that is zoned and allows timber or forest production. The requested zone change to Specific Development (SD) does not allow timber or forest production. The project would not impact any forest or timber production. d) Result in the loss of forest land or conversion of forest land to non -forest use? No Impact. See Response to section "I Lc)" above. e) Involve other changes in the existing environment, which due to their location or nature, could individually or cumulatively result in the loss of Farmland, to non-agricultural use? No Impact. The project would not result in the loss of any farmland, either individually or cumulatively, and have no impact to farmland. III. AIR QUALITY: Would the project: a) Conflict with or obstruct implementation of the applicable air quality plan? Less Than Significant Impact. An air quality and greenhouse gas report3 was prepared for the project. A copy of the air quality and greenhouse gas report is attached in Appendix A. The South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) is the agency principally responsible for comprehensive air pollution control in the South Coast Air Basin (SCAB). The city of Santa Ana is located in the SCAB. As a regional agency, SCAQMD works directly with the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG), county transportation commissions, and local governments and cooperates actively with all federal and state agencies regarding air emissions. South Coast Air Quality Management District The SCAQMD develops rules and regulations, establishes permitting requirements for stationary sources, inspects emission sources, and enforces such measures through educational programs or fines and is directly responsible to reduce emissions from stationary, mobile, and indirect sources. It has prepared a sequence of Air Quality Management Plans (AQMPs) and on June 30, 2016 released its Draft 2016 AQMP, which is a regional blueprint to achieve federal air quality standards and healthful 2 ftp://ftp.consrv.ca.gov/pub/dlrp/FMMP/pdf/2016/oral6.pdf 'Legacy Sunflower Air Quality and Global Climate Change Impact Analysis, Ganddini Group, January 23, 2019. Legacy Sunflower Apartments Page 32 Mitigated Negative Declaration — March 14, 2019