75A - One Broadway Plaza Addendum_4.20.2020_wAppendices

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1. Introduction This Addendum to the City of Santa Ana's 2004 certified One Broadway Plaza Environmental Impact Report (2004 Certified EIR), State Clearinghouse No. 199101047 has been prepared in accordance with Section 21166 of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and sections 15162 and 15164 of the CEQA Guidelines. The City of Santa Ana is the lead agency responsible for the EIR, and this Addendum for the proposed One Broadway Plaza Project. Caribou Industries Inc. (Applicant) proposes to revise the existing entitlements of the One Broadway Plaza Project to permit a conversion of a portion of the permitted office square footage to residential use ("Proposed Project"). The Proposed Project would incorporate residential units within up to 19 floors, which were previously designated for office uses under the Approved Project. The Proposed Project would provide up to 415 apartment units for a total of approximately 318,153 residential square feet. The residential component would include penthouse suites, standard and executive residential units, and affordable units. The non- residential components would include office, restaurants, commercial uses, wellness fitness center with a spa, and a parking structure consistent with the Approved Project. 1.1 PURPOSE OF AN EIR ADDENDUM 1.1.1 CEQA Requirements Where a previous program EIR has been prepared, subsequent activities within the program must be examined in light of that EIR to determine whether an additional environmental document must be prepared. (CEQA Guidelines Section 15168(c)). Where the subsequent activities involve site specific operations, the agency should use a written checklist to document the evaluation of the site and the activity to determine whether the environmental effects of the operation were covered in the program EIR. (CEQA Guidelines Section 15168(c)(4)). Pursuant to PRC Section 21166 and State CEQA Guidelines Section 15162, when an EIR has been certified or a negative declaration adopted for a project, no subsequent EIR or negative declaration shall be prepared for the project unless the lead agency determines that one or more of the following conditions are met: 1. Substantial project changes are proposed that will require major revisions of the previous EIR or negative declaration due to the involvement of new significant environmental effects or a substantial increase in the severity of previously identified significant effects; 2. Substantial changes would occur with respect to the circumstances under which the project is undertaken that require major revisions to the previous EIR or negative declaration due to the involvement of new significant environmental effects or a substantial increase in the severity of previously identified significant effects; or Apri12020 Page 1