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WHEREAS, as required by State CEQA Guidelines section 15087(a), the City - <br />provided a Notice of Availability of the Draft EIR to the public - and published the Notice <br />of Availability in the Orange County Register - at the same time that the City sent a <br />Notice of Completion to the Office of Planning and Research on August 7, 2018; and <br />WHEREAS, during the public comment period, copies of the Draft EIR and <br />technical appendices were available for review and inspection at City Hall (20 Civic <br />Center Plaza), on the City's website, and at the Santa Ana Public Library (26 Civic <br />Center Plaza); and <br />WHEREAS, during the public comment period, on August 27, 2018, the Planning <br />Commission held a duly noticed public hearing to receive comments on the Draft <br />Environmental Impact Report pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines section 15087(i); and <br />WHEREAS, in response to a request from Chatten-Brown & Cartens LLP, on <br />behalf of the North Santa Ana Preservation Alliance, the City extended the Draft <br />Environmental Impact Report public review and comment period to October 4, 2018 to <br />allow additional time for public review and input; and <br />WHEREAS, consistent with State CEQA Guidelines section 15087(e), the Draft <br />EIR was circulated for a 59-day review period, from August 7, 2018 to October 4, 2018; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, during the 59-day public comment period, the City consulted with <br />and requested comments from all responsible and trustee agencies, other regulatory <br />agencies, and others pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines section 15086; and <br />WHEREAS, the City received forty-four (44) written comment letters and six (6) <br />verbal comments on the Draft EIR at the August 27, 2018 public hearing, including a <br />written acknowledgement from the State Clearinghouse that the City has complied with <br />CEQA environmental review requirements; and <br />WHEREAS, pursuant to Public Resources Code section 21092.5, on November <br />15, 2018, the City provided copies of its responses to commenting public agencies and <br />interested organizations and parties more than ten (10) days prior to the City's <br />consideration of the Final EIR; and <br />WHEREAS, on November 15, 2018, the City released the Final EIR ("Final EIR"), <br />which consists of the Draft EIR, all technical appendices prepared in support of the Draft <br />EIR, all written comment letters received on the Draft EIR, written responses to all <br />written comment letters received and verbal comments received on the Draft EIR, <br />revisions to the Draft EIR and technical appendices, and the Mitigation Monitoring and <br />Reporting Program; and <br />WHEREAS, on November 26, 2018, the Planning Commission continued a duly <br />noticed public hearing for the project to January 14, 2019 and held a second study <br />Resolution No. 2019-107 <br />Page 4 of 11 <br />