2019-090 - Adopting the Mitigated Negative Declaration

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*:/ : 11-1 h WA 1. Introduction The City of Santa Ana proposes to construct and operate replacement parklands in lieu of 2.6-acre leased to Rancho Santiago Community College District (RSCCD) in Centennial Park and being operated as Santa Ana College's School of Continuing, Centennial Education Center (CEC). The city has identified three replacement park lands totaling 2.76 acres, where one replacement park, a 1.25-acre, Pacific Electric Park at the northwest corner of McFadden Avenue and Maple Street, has already been developed and being used as parkland. Two additional replacement park sites would be developed and operated as parklands: a 0.42-acre site at the southwest corner of East 6th Street and North Lacey Street (6th Street Site), and a 1.09-acre site at the northeast corner of West Myrtle Street and South Raitt Street (Raiff Street Site), in the City of Santa Ana. Figure 1, Regional Location, and Figure 2, Distance from Centennial Park/Santa Ana College, show all three replacement park sites' relative locations to the Centennial Park. The CEC Site is leased under a deed condition from the Department of Interior that requires RSCCD to provide specific on -site recreation activities. Because these recreation activities have not been provided, the RSCCD is currently pursuing a Federal Lands to Park Land Exchange to remove the deed condition and transfer it to replacement parklands of an equivalent value. The proposed project is required to undergo an environmental review pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) (California Public Resources Code 45 21000 et seq). This initial study evaluates the potential environmental consequences of the project. 1.1 PROJECT LOCATION 6th Street Site The 6th Street Site is at the southwest corner of East 6th Street and North Lacey Street in the City of Santa Ana, Orange County. Regional access to the 6th Street Site is provided via Interstate 5 (I-5), approximately 0.6 mile to the east. The City of Santa Ana is surrounded by cities of Orange, Garden Grove, Fountain Valley, Costa Mesa, Irvine, and Tustin. Figure 3, Local Vicinity — & Sheet Sik, shows the project site in local setting. The 6th Street Site is identified as Orange County Assessor's parcel numbers (APNs) 398-33403, 04, and 05, and totals 0.42 acre. Street addresses are identified as below: ■ 710 E. 6th Street, Santa Ana, CA 92701 (0.14 acre) —APN 398-33403 ■ 714 E. 6th Street, San a Ana, CA 92701 (0.14 acre) — APN 398-33404 ■ 720 E. 6th Street, Santa Ana, CA 92701 (0.14 acre) — APN 398-33405 Raiff Street Site Raitt Street Site is at the northeast corner of West Myrtle Street and South Raitt Street, comprised of 415 and 423 S. Raitt Street totaling 1.09 acres. The Raitt Street Site is identified as APNs 007-273-12 and 14. The Raitt 75C-24