Item 26 - Public Hearing Vista Heritage Charter School (601 North Fairview Street)

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Vista Charter Public Schools District Office and Outdoor Space Project CEQA Exemption 15183 Plan Update. Additionally, the project would be consistent with applicable General Plan Update Land Use Element policies as detailed in Table 5. Overall, the project would be consistent with Criterion A. b) There are no project specific effects which are peculiar to the project or its site. The project site is located within the Fairview Business Park in an industrial area of Santa Ana. The Fairview Business Park is currently developed with institutional (Vista Heritage Global Academy and Templo Calvario Church), industrial, and office uses. As stated, the site's FLEX- 1.5 land use designation is intended to provide context -appropriate development in areas with existing industrial uses. The proposed Vista Charter Public Schools district office and outdoor open space areas would complement and serve the existing Vista Heritage Global Academy located adjacent to the site's southern boundary. Additionally, upon approval of the required Zone Change and Zoning Ordinance Amendment, project development would be required to comply with applicable standards for the SD-82 zone, which is consistent with the standards for Light Industrial uses in Municipal Code Sections 41-473 through 41-481. As such, the proposed project would not result in effects which are peculiar to the project or its site and the project would be consistent with Criterion B. c) There are no project specific impacts which the prior EIR failed to analyze as significant effects. The GPU EIR concluded that buildout of the General Plan Update would result in a total of 115,053 residential units and 72,967,816 square feet of non-residential development by 2045. The proposed project, which is consistent with the General Plan Update, involves renovating an existing 5,837-square foot building and developing outdoor open space areas on an approximately 0.9-acre site. The project would meet the development density requirement for the FLEX-1.5 designation and thus, was considered in the planned development of the General Plan Update and would have similar or lesser significant impacts than analyzed in the GPU EIR. As discussed in Section 4.0, there are no project specific impacts which the GPU EIR failed to analyze as significant effects. The proposed project is consistent with Criterion C. d) There are no potentially significant off -site and/or cumulative impacts which the prior EIR failed to evaluate. As stated, buildout of the proposed project is consistent with the General Plan Update and thus, was considered in the GPU EIR analysis. No off -site improvements are proposed in the project area and the size and nature of the project would not result in cumulatively considerable environmental impacts. Overall, there are no potentially significant off -site and/or cumulative impacts which the GPU EIR failed to evaluate. The project is consistent with Criterion D. e) There is no substantial new information which results in more severe impacts than anticipated by the prior EIR. As discussed in Section 4.0, the proposed project would result in similar and/or lesser impacts than the GPU EIR. There is no substantial new information which result in more severe impacts than anticipated by the GPU EIR. Therefore, the proposed project is consistent with Criterion E. As shown, the proposed project is consistent with Criteria A through E under CEQA Guidelines Section 15183. As such, the proposed project qualifies for the CEQA exemption. Dec i y ouncil 26 —119 1/16/20'2 e 59