Item 41 - Amendment Application No. 2022-01 and Appeal Nos. 2022-01 and 2022-02

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Community Plan Exemption Checklist City of Santa Ana Gary Avenue Business Park Project 5.16 RECREATION. a) Would the project increase the use of existing neighborhood and regional parks or other recreational facilities such that substantial physical deterioration of the facility would occur or be accelerated? b) Does the project include recreational facilities or require the construction or expansion of recreational facilities which might have an adverse physical effect on the environment? Project Peculiar Significant Potentially Adverse No Impact that is Impact not Significant Impact New not Analyzed Off site or More Impact Substantially as Cumulative Severe Mitigated by Significant Impact not based on Uniformly in the Prior Discussed Substantial Applied EIR in the prior New Policies EIR Information ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Summary of Impacts Identified in the GPU EIR The Final Recirculated GPU EIR addressed recreation impacts on pages 5.15-27 through 5.15-31. The GPU EIR discussed that the GPU would generate additional residents that would increase the use of existing park and recreational facilities such that substantial physical deterioration of the facility could occur or be accelerated. The GPU EIR describes that buildout of the GPU would require construction or expansion of recreation facilities that could result in environmental impacts, and although required park fees for development could be sufficient to fund new parks and improvements, there is a lack of available land and lack of land designated as Open Space to develop new parks or expand existing facilities. The City of Santa Ana is essentially built. The GPU EIR includes Mitigation Measure REC-1 to monitor new residential development within the Dyer/55 Fwy focus area would contribute to reducing impacts to existing public parks within a 0.5 radius of the focus area. Compliance with this mitigation measure, regulatory requirements, and implementation of proposed GPU policies and implementation actions would reduce the potential impact of the proposed GPU on existing park facilities. However, the GPU EIR determined that because of the existing park deficiencies and scale of development in park -deficient areas, the impact would be significant and unavoidable. Impacts Associated with the Proposed Project a) Increase the use of existing neighborhood and regional parks or other recreational facilities such that physical deterioration of the facility would be accelerated? No New Impact. As discussed above, the Project would not create an additional need for housing; and would not directly increase the residential population of the City and generate additional need for parkland such that use of existing facilities would increase and physical deterioration would be accelerated. Therefore, the Project would result in no new impacts related to physical deterioration of park facility. 88