2020-065 - Adopting Environmental Findings of Fact

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The Warner Redhill Mixed -Use SECTION I ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW AND PUBLIC PARTICIPATION CEQA Findings of Fact The Final EIR includes the Draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR) dated January 2020, written comments on the Draft EIR that were received during the public review period, written responses to those comments and changes to the Draft EIR, and the Final EIR Errata making minor corrections and revisions to the Final EIR. In conformance with CEQA and the State CEQA Guidelines, the City of Santa Ana conducted an extensive environmental review of the Warner Redhill Mixed -Use Project: • The City of Santa Ana concluded that an EIR should be prepared, and the Notice of Preparation (NOP) was released for a 30-day public review period from July 26, 2019 (Modified on August 5, 2019), through August 29, 2019. The NOP was posted at the Orange County Clerk's Office on July 26, 2019 and August 5, 2019. The notice was published in the Orange County Reporter, a newspaper of general circulation. Under CEQA, a Lead Agency may proceed directly with preparation of the EIR without preparation of an Initial Study if it is clear that an EIR will be required (State CEQA Guidelines Section I5060[d]). The City of Santa Ana has made such a determination for this Project and has not prepared an Initial Study. • Completion of a scoping process, in which the public was invited by the City of Santa Ana to participate. The scoping meeting for the EIR was held on August 15, 2019 at 6:00 p.m. at the Embassy Suites located at 1325 East Dyer Road in Santa Ana. The notice of a public scoping meeting was included in the NOP distributed on July 26, 2019 and August 5, 2019. • Preparation of a Draft EIR by the City of Santa Ana, which was made available for a 46- day public review period (January 3, 2020 through February 18, 2020). The Notice of Availability (NOA) for the Draft EIR was sent to all persons, agencies and organizations on the interest list interested persons, sent to the State Clearinghouse in Sacramento for distribution to public agencies, and published in the January 3, 2020 Orange County Reporter. The NOA was posted at the Orange County Clerk's Office on January 3, 2020. Copies of the Draft EIR were made available for public review at the City of Santa Ana, Planning Division Counter, located at 20 Civic Center Plaza, M-20, Santa Ana, CA 92701, and the City of Santa Ana Public Library, located at 26 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701. The Draft EIR was also available for review and download via the following City website location: https://www.santa-ana.org/pb/planning-division/major-planning- p ro jects-a nd-d ocum ents/ bowery. • The Final EIR contains comments on the Draft EIR, responses to those comments, revisions to the Draft EIR, if any, and appended documents. The Final EIR was released for a 10-day agency review period prior to certification of the Final EIR. • After considering the EIR and in conjunction with making these findings, the City of Santa Ana hereby finds that pursuant to Section 15092 of the CEQA Guidelines that approval of the Project will result in significant effects on the environment, however, the significant effects will be eliminated or substantially lessened where feasible, and has determined that remaining significant effects are found to be acceptable under Section 15093. City of Santa Ana 3 May 2020