Item 28 - GPA No. 2020-07, AA No. 2020-05 - Westview Housing

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GPA No. 2020-07, AA No. 2020-05 - Westview Housing January 19, 2021 Page 8 provided on site and parking counts at another affordable housing development were obtained and substantiate that the project provides adequate parking. The site has been designed to place the buildings along the northwest portion of the site away from the existing single-family dwellings and the buildings tier down to three -stories as the buildings get closer to the adjacent single-family dwellings. As shown on the landscape plan the south and west lot lines will be planted with a minimum of a 36-inch box tree every 25 feet to screen the project. These site specific designs and standards are codified within the Specific Development No. 97 plan. In addition, a detailed Traffic Impact Analysis was prepared, with the Public Works Agency and Planning staff conducting an outreach meeting to overview the results of the study. Table 4: CEQA and Public Notification & Community Outreach CEQA and Public Notification & Community Outreach CEQA CEQA Type Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND) Environmental Review No. 2020-48, with technical studies was prepared for the project. No areas of significance or unavoidable impacts were determined to occur from the construction or operation of the proposed project with the implementation of mitigation measures (Exhibit 1). The project requires adoption of a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program (MMRP), which contains mitigation measures to address biological resources, cultural resources, geology and soils, noise, and tribal cultural resources. Public A notice of intent and MND was circulated to interested parties and Notification published in the Orange County Register on November 6, 2020. The draft MND was available for a 20-day public review at City Hall and on the project webpa e on the Cit 's website. Public Notification & Community Outreach Required A virtual community meeting was held on July 20, 2020 at 6:00 Measures p.m. in accordance with the provisions of the City's Sunshine Ordinance and in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Invitations/notices were mailed to property owners and occupants/tenants in a 500-foot radius from the project site. There were approximately 19 Zoom participants. The applicant provided all the required information to the City after the meeting. Details from the community meeting were posted to the project's webpage at https://www.santa-ana.org/pb/planning-division/major-planning- projects-and-monthly-development-project-reports/Westview- Housin Notification by mail was mailed to all property owners and occupants within 500 feet of the project site on January 8, 2021. Newspaper posting was published in the Orange County Register on January 8, 2021.