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City of Santa Ana City Council December 1, 2020 Page 4 th D.The TZC EIR contains valuable environmental analysisrelevant tothe 4& Mortimer Mixed Use Development Project. SAFER’s October 12, 2020, commentletter argues that the EIR prepared for the TZC th cannot have any informational value relative to the 4& MortimerMixed Use Development Project, on the sole grounds that the Project seeks a zone change and variance. However, the TZCEIR analyzes and documents the environmental impacts of zoning for the integration of new infill development into existing neighborhoods, the provision of a range of housing options in downtown, and the provision of a transit-supportive, pedestrian-oriented development framework to support the addition of new transit infrastructure. The Projectproposes a minor change to the zoning established in the TZCand analyzed in the TZCEIR. The Project is consistent with the objectives of the TZC, and, as documented in the Addendum, the TZC’s EIR’s conclusions relating to aesthetics, air quality, biological resources, cultural resources, hazardous materials, hydrology, land use and planning, noise, population and housing, public services, transportation, and utilities remain unchanged even with implementation of the Project’s zone change and variance. For each of these resource areas, the analysis in the TZC EIR still applies and is still correct for the downtown area. Therefore, the EIR has informational value relative to the Project. ************ Thank you very much for your consideration of this letter, which is meant only to supplement the cogent and clear analysis of the Project already included in the Staff Report and the proposed Resolutionsand Ordinance before you this evening. Please let me or Andrew Nelson, representative for Red Oak Investments, LLC, know if we can answer any questions you th may have on the 4&Mortimer Mixed Use Development Project at any time. Sincerely, Jennifer J. Lynch