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City of Santa Ana—Cabrillo Town Center Project <br /> May 16,2023 <br /> Page 11of12 <br /> Yet, the Water Supply Assessment does not even acknowledge this difference in its <br /> general numbers and baseline assumptions. Water Supply Assessment, at 8. <br /> To the extent the Project's commercial area is over 26,000 sf instead of the 23,000, <br /> and if that area is also restaurant or dining area instead of retail (which is likely given <br /> the Project's general description of"leasable" commercial area), the Water Supply <br /> Assessment significantly understates the water needs. <br /> Finally, the Water Supply Assessment does not appear to consider that the Project <br /> provides amenities that potentially can be used by outside guests, thereby increasing <br /> the water needs of the Project. <br /> The noted omissions and understatements reasonably foreseeably show that the <br /> Project may have water impacts that were not properly studied, disclosed, and <br /> mitigated, in violation of CEQA. <br /> VI. CONCLUSION <br /> In sum, SMSWRCC requests that the City require a local workforce, that the City <br /> impose training requirements for the Project's construction activities to prevent <br /> community spread of COVID-19 and other infectious diseases, that the City consider <br /> the environmental impacts and entitlements associated with the Project holistically <br /> rather than piecemealed. Further, SWMSRCC requests that the City revise the Water <br /> Supply Assessment to rectify the aforementioned concerns, and, in light thereof, <br /> provide a new environmental document showing that the Project's water impacts <br /> were properly considered and mitigated, including consistent with the deficiencies <br /> noted above. If the City has any questions, feel free to contact my office. <br /> Sincerely, <br /> Talia Nimmer <br /> Attorneys for Southwest Mountain <br /> States Regional Council of Carpenters <br />