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III. ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW AND PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PROCESS <br /> In conformance with CEQA, the State CEQA Guidelines, and the City of Santa Ana CEQA <br /> Guidelines, the City conducted an extensive environmental review of the proposed project. <br /> ■ The City of Santa Ana concluded that a PEIR should be prepared, and the Notice of <br /> Preparation (NOP) was released for a 30-day public review period from February 26, 2020, <br /> through March 27, 2020. The NOP was posted at the Orange County Clerk's Office on <br /> February 26, 2020. The notice was published in the Orange County Register, a newspaper of <br /> general circulation. Under CEQA, a lead agency may proceed directly with preparation of a <br /> PEIR without preparation of an Initial Study if it is clear that a PEIR will be required (State <br /> CEQA Guidelines § 15060[d]). The City of Santa Ana made such a determination for this <br /> project and did not prepare an Initial Study. <br /> ■ Completion of a scoping process, in which the public was invited by the City of Santa Ana to <br /> participate. The scoping meeting for the PEIR was held on March 5, 2020, at 6:00 p.m. at the <br /> Santa Ana Police Community Room at 60 Civic Center Plaza in Santa Ana. The notice of a <br /> public scoping meeting was included in the NOP distributed on February 26, 2020. <br /> ■ Preparation of a Draft PEIR by the City of Santa Ana, which was made available for a 45- day <br /> public review period (August 3, 2020, through September 16, 2020) and extended to October <br /> 6, 2020. The Notice of Availability (NOA)for the Draft PEIR was sent to all persons, agencies, <br /> and organizations on the list interested persons, sent to the State Clearinghouse in <br /> Sacramento for distribution to public agencies, and published in the August 3, 2020, Orange <br /> County Register.The NOAwas posted at the Orange County Clerk's Office on August 3, 2020. <br /> Copies of the Draft PEIR were made available for public review at the City of Santa Ana, <br /> Planning Division Counter at 20 Civic Center Plaza, M-20, Santa Ana, CA 92701, and the City <br /> of Santa Ana Public Library at 26 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701. The Draft EIR <br /> was also available for review and download on City website: https://www.santa- <br /> ana.org/general-plan. <br /> ■ The Final PEIR contained comments on the Draft PEIR, responses to those comments, <br /> revisions to the Draft PEIR, if any, and appended documents. The Final PEIR was released <br /> for a 10-day agency review period prior to certification of the Final PEIR. <br /> ■ At its November 9, 2020, public hearing, the Planning Commission voted not to certify the <br /> Final PEIR and continue work on the GPU to a future date to allow additional time for outreach <br /> to Santa Ana's environmental justice (EJ) communities. <br /> ■ The City performed an intensive, extended community outreach program conducted between <br /> January and May 2021 as described in Section 2.4 of the Updated Draft PEIR (Volume II of <br /> the Recirculated Final PEIR). <br /> ■ Pursuant to Draft PEIR comments, the Planning Commission public hearing, and an <br /> expanded EJ community outreach program, the City made the decision to prepare a <br /> Santa Ana General Plan Update <br /> CE 5T ac an Statement 32 — 42 2 <br /> Of ri ing onsiderations -19- 61 /Rer�0 2 1 <br />