2019-090 - Adopting the Mitigated Negative Declaration

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Study/MND is necessary. All public comments, and the City's responses thereto, are incorporated herein by reference. The mitigation measures set forth in the Mitigated Negative Declaration are specific and fully enforceable and will be implemented using the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program ("MMRP") attached hereto as Exhibit A, and incorporated herein by reference. The MMRP adequately describes implementation procedures, monitoring responsibilities, reporting actions, compliance schedule, and verification of compliance in order to ensure that the Project complies with the adopted mitigation measures. J. Federal Lands to Park Land Exchange Requirements indicate that replacement land must be of equivalent fair market and recreational value. The City of Santa Ana prepared the Recreational Value Assessment (RVA) for the three -replacement park sites in August 2018 to provide justification of public recreational utility of the land proposed for exchange and its replacement. The 2018 RVA concluded that the combined recreational value of the three proposed sites are of equivalent recreation value in comparison with the Centennial Educational Center Site at Centennial Park. Because NPS approval is required, an Environmental Assessment (EA) has been prepared under a separate cover to satisfy the requirement of NEPA and will be submitted as part of the City's submission to the National Park Service. K. On October 15, 2019, the City Council of the City of Santa Ana held a duly noticed public hearing to consider all testimony, written and oral, related to the IS/MND and the related MMRP for the project, at which time all persons wishing to testify were heard, the project was fully considered, and all other legal prerequisites to the adoption of this Resolution occurred. Section 2. Pursuant to CEQA, the City Council has independently reviewed and analyzed the information contained in the IS/MND prepared with respect to the Proposed Project, and all comments received regarding the IS/MND. The City Council finds, based on the whole record before it, that the IS/MND was prepared in compliance with CEQA and the State CEQA Guidelines (Cal. Code Regs., titl 14, § 15000 et seq.), and the IS/MND adequately addresses the expected environmental impacts of this project. Further, the City Council finds that there is no substantial evidence from which it can be fairly argued that the project will have a significant adverse effect on the environment. The City Council also finds that IS/MND reflects the independent judgement and analysis of the City Council. Section 3. Based on its independent judgment and analysis, the City Council hereby adopts and approves the IS/MND for the Proposed Project, Section 4. The City Council hereby adopts the MMRP for the Proposed Project, attached hereto as Exhibit A. Should there be any discrepancies in the mitigation measures provided in the IS/MND and the MMRP, the measures in the MMRP shall control. Resolution No. 2019-090 Page 3 of 6