75A - PUBLIC HEARING ENVIORMENTAL REVIEW NO 2018-28

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AA No. 2019-03, CUP No. 2019-21: 813 North Euclid Street March 17, 2020 Page 3 machine be shut-off between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. and to plant a row of Italian cypress trees along the southern perimeter of the property to provide additional screening to the residential uses (Exhibit 3). The proposed hours of operation are consistent with other convenience stores and service stations along the Euclid Street corridor. The proposed after-hours operations will provide an ancillary service to the community and individuals seeking to fuel their vehicles, have a morning coffee and/or snack, especially for those residents and commuters who wake up early for work. In addition, this promotes a balance of land uses that assist in enhancing the City's economic and fiscal viability. As conditioned, the proposed after-hours operations will not be detrimental to the health, safety, or general welfare of persons residing or working in the vicinity. Furthermore, the new convenience store and service station will help activate and enhance the area and will generate property and sales tax revenue for the City. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT As part of the City's permitting process, the proposed project is required to undergo an environmental review per the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). In accordance with CEQA, the recommended actions have been reviewed through an Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration (ER No. 2018-28) (Exhibit 1). Sections 15070 through 15075 of the State CEQA Guidelines (Article 6) guide the process for the preparation of a negative declaration (ND) or mitigated negative declaration (MND). The MND prepared for the project contains a project description, project location map and findings that the project with mitigation will not have a significant effect on the environment. The scope of the MND evaluates the proposed project's effects on the following resource topics: aesthetics, agricultural resources, air quality, biological resources, cultural resources, geology and soils, greenhouse gas emissions, hazards and hazardous materials, hydrology and water quality, land use, mineral resources, noise, population and housing, public services, recreation, transportation and traffic, and utilities and service systems. The City hired a consultant to draft the MND and circulated it to all interested or required parties listed on the City's distribution list on January 6, 2020. A notice of intent to adopt was also published in the Orange County Reporter on January 6, 2020. The City circulated the draft MND for a 20-day public review between January 6, 2020 and January 26, 2020. The draft MND was available for public review at the Santa Ana City Hall, the City of Santa Ana Main Library, and on the City's webpage created for the project. This MND is intended to provide a means to receive and respond to comments pertaining to the analysis contained in the draft MND and to provide an opportunity for clarification, corrections, or minor revisions to the environmental document as needed. As a result of the environmental analysis, no areas of significant impacts were found from the construction of the proposed project. Mitigation measures have been provided to address potential environmental impacts, with a list of these mitigation measures found within the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program. Mitigation measures have been outlined to address potential impacts on cultural and tribal cultural resources, geology and soils, hazards and hazardous materials, noise, and transportation/traffic. 75A-3