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Proposal for CEQA Analysis Garry Avenue Business Park Submitted via email July 26, 2021 All Pezeshkpour, AICP City of Santa Ana j Planning and Building Agency (M-20) 20 Civic Center Plaza I P.O. Box 1988 1 Santa Ana, CA 92702 APezeshkpour@santo-ana.org RE: Proposal For CEQA Analysis for the Garry Avenue Business Park Dear Mr. Pezeshkpour: July 26, 2021 Paoe 2 Thank you for contacting EPD Solutions, Inc. regarding environmental (CEQA) compliance services for the proposed new 93,900-square foot (SF) speculative industrial warehouse building on a 5.13-acre site located at 1700 E. Garry Avenue. PROJECT UNDERSTANDING The project site is currently occupied with three office park buildings, totaling 102,946 SF that will be demolished as part of the project. Approximately 33,791 SF of the total SF of the existing buildings is currently vacant. The proposed project involves the construction of a business park with a 93,500 SF warehouse building, parking, and loading docks. Access to the project site would be provided via one inbound only driveway along Garry Avenue close to the northern boundary of the site near Pullman Street and one outbound only driveway along Garry Avenue at the eastern boundary of the site. Construction is anticipated to commence in July 2021 and is expected to be completed in July 2022. The project requires approval of a general plan amendment (GPA) to designate the site as Industrial (IND) and zone change (ZC) to change the zoning district to Light Industrial (MI ). The applicant has decided to allow the City to proceed with changing the site's land use designation in the current City -led General Plan Update (GPU) to MI and then follow that effort with entitlements that include the aforementioned ZC and DPR permit process. If the City's GPU is delayed, the applicant will proceed with the GPA, ZC and DPR as part of the project. PROPOSED ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW As discussed, the following outlines the alternative approaches to CEQA compliance for the project based on the above assumption. We address the 2 entitlement process approaches mentioned above (1. Project includes GPA and ZC and 2. Project is consistent with GP and Zoning) and how they relate to the CEQA compliance effort. 1. Project includes GPA and ZC a) CEQA Guidelines Section 15183 Exemption b) CEQA Guidelines Section 15168 Exemption c) Supplement or Addendum to Revised General Plan EIR (2021)