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WHEREAS, the entire Project as currently proposed entails, among other things, (1) demolition of an existing commercial grocery market, surface parking lot, an existing commercial auto building, and ancillary structures on the Project Site; (2) redevelopment of the Project Site with a residential and commercial mixed -use development consisting mixed -use residential and commercial development consisting of two separate buildings located on two development sites at 409 (Site A) and 509 (Site B) East Fourth Street, with up to 169 residential rental units, 11,361 square feet of commercial space, 422 on -site parking spaces, and onsite landscaping and amenities; (3) approval of Site Plan Review No. 2020-03 to allow the construction of two structures over four stories in height; (4) approval of Variance No. 2020-06 to allow an increase in the allowable building size and massing for Site B; and (5) approval of Amendment Application (AA) No. 2020-04, which would change the zoning of Site B from Specific Development No. 84, Urban Neighborhood 2 (UN-2) sub -zone, to the Urban Center (UC) sub -zone; and WHEREAS, the requested Amendment Application would modify the zoning designation of Site B from Specific Development No, 84, Urban Neighborhood 2 (UN-2) sub -zone, to Specific Development No. 84, Urban Center (UC) to facilitate the construction of the proposed Project; and WHEREAS, in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby finds, determines, and declares as follows: Based on the substantial evidence set forth in the record, including but not limited to the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the Transit Zoning Code Project (SCH NO. 2006071100) and the 2020 41h and Mortimer Mixed -Use Development EIR Addendum, the City Council finds that an addendum is the appropriate document for disclosing the changes to the subject properties, and that none of the conditions identified in Public Resources Code section 21166 and State CEQA Guidelines section 15162 requiring subsequent environmental review have occurred, because: A. The project does not constitute a substantial change that would require major revisions of the 2010 EIR due to the involvement of new significant environmental effects or a substantial increase in the severity of previously identified significant effects. B. There is not a substantial change with respect to the circumstances under which the project will be developed that would require major revisions of the 2010 EIR due to the involvement of new significant environmental effects or a substantial increase in the severity of the previously identified significant effects. C. New information of substantial importance has not been presented that was not known and could not have been known with the exercise of reasonable diligence at the time the 2010 EIR was certified or adopted, showing any of the following: (i) that the modifications would have one or more significant effects not discussed in the earlier environmental documentation; (ii) that significant Ordinance No. NS-XXXX Page 2 11 A-2