2019-107 - Proposed Addington Multi-Family Residential Project

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WHEREAS, the proposed Project has been submitted and requires review and certification of an Environmental Impact Report (the "EIR") (SCH# 2018021031) (Environmental Impact Report No. 2018-01), and approval of Development Agreement No. 2018-01, General Plan Amendment No. 2018-06, and Amendment Application No. 2018-10; and WHEREAS, the Project Site is located at the northeast corner of North Main Street and Edgewood Road and the properties immediately adjacent to the site include Santiago Park to the north, single-family residential homes to the south and east and the Discovery Science Center of Orange County across Main Street to the west. The Project Site is located on North Main Street, an urban corridor within the City. The Project Site is also located at a main entry point to the Park Santiago Neighborhood, a residential neighborhood predominantly comprised of detached single-family dwellings; and WHEREAS, pursuant to section 21067 of the Public Resources Code, and section 15367 of the State CEQA Guidelines (California Code of Regulations, Title 14, § 15000 et seq.), the City of Santa Ana is the lead agency for the proposed Project; and WHEREAS, in accordance with State CEQA Guidelines section 15063, the City conducted an Initial Study to determine if the Project may have a significant effect on the environment and to evaluate whether an Environmental Impact Report ("EIR") was required; and WHEREAS, after conducting the Initial Study, the City determined that an EIR should be prepared to evaluate the proposed Project's potential to have a significant effect on the environment in the following areas: Aesthetics, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Hazards and Hazardous Materials, Land Use and Planning, Noise, Population and Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Transportation/Traffic, and Utilities; and WHEREAS, based on the Initial Study, the City further determined that impacts to Aesthetics regarding scenic resources including, but not limited to, trees, rock outcroppings, and historic buildings within a state scenic highway; to Agriculture and Forestry Resources regarding farmland; agricultural land, forest land timberland or conversion of; to Biological Resources regarding wetlands, conflicts with a tree preservation policy or ordinance, conflicts with a Habitat Conservation Plan or Natural Community Conservation Plan; to Geology and Soils regarding a known earthquake fault, landslides, or soils incapable of adequately supporting septic tanks or waste water disposal; to Hazards regarding sites listed on a hazardous materials site, an airport land use plan, private airstrip or wildland fires; to Hydrology and Water Quality regarding housing within a 100-year flood hazard area; to Land Use and Planning regarding conflicts with a Habitat Conservation Plan or Natural Community Conservation Plan; to Mineral Resources regarding loss of a mineral resource to the region or locally; to Noise regarding conflicts with an airport land use plan or private airstrip; Population and Housing regarding displacing existing housing necessitating replacement housing or Resolution No. 2019-107 Page 2 of 11