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which constitute the record of the proceedings upon which its decision is based. f) A statement made pursuant to Section 15093 does not substitute for the findings required by this section. CEQA Guidelines Section 15093 provides that: a) CEQA requires the decision -making agency to balance, as applicable, the economic, legal, social, technological or other benefits, including region -wide or statewide environmental benefits of a proposed project, against its unavoidable environmental risks when determining whether to approve the project. If the specific economic, legal, social, technological or other benefits, including region -wide or statewide environmental benefits, or a proposed project outweigh the unavoidable adverse environmental effects, the adverse environmental effects may be considered "acceptable." b) When the lead agency approves a project which will result in the occurrence of significant effects which are identified in the final FIR but are not avoided or substantially lessened, the agency shall state in writing the specific reasons to support its action based on the final FIR and/or other information in the record. The statement of overriding considerations shall be supported by substantial evidence in the record. c) If an agency makes a statement of overriding considerations, the statement should be included in the record of the project approval and should be mentioned in the notice of determination. This statement does not substitute for, and shall be in addition to, findings required pursuant to Section 15091. The City of Santa Ana, as lead agency, having received, reviewed and considered the Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) for the Magnolia at the Park Multi -Family Residential Project (currently known as "The Addington") (Project), the Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR), and the Clarifications to the Final FIR (Clarifications), SCH No. 2018021031, as well as all other information in the record of proceedings on this matter, hereby adopts the following Findings and Facts in Support of Findings (Findings) and Statement of Overriding Considerations (SOC). These Findings set forth the environmental basis for the discretionary actions to be undertaken by the City of Santa Ana for the development and operation of the Project. This action includes the approval of the DEIR SCH No. 2018021031. 1.2 Organization/Format of Findings These Findings have been organized into the following sections: • Section 1.0: Introduction, provides the organization and records information for these Findings. • Section 2.0: Project Location, provides a summary of the location of the Project. • Section 3.0: Project Description, provides a summary of the Project, including an overview of the discretionary actions required for Project approval and a statement of the Project objectives. • Section 4.0: Discretionary Actions, provides a list of the discretionary approvals that are required by the Project. • Section 5.0: Statement of Project Objectives, provides the statement of objective sought by the Project. Resolution No. Page 2 of 76 Certification of the Magnolia at the Park EIR