Item 28 - Public Hearing - ZOA No. 20204-01 South Coast Technology Center

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ZOA No. 2024-01 for South Coast Technology Center at 3100 West Lake Center Drive July 8, 2024 Page 10 Public Notification and Community Outreach Project notifications were posted, published, and mailed in accordance with City and State regulations. Copies of the public notice, including a 2,000-foot notification radius map, and the site posting are provided in Exhibit 11. The site is not located within a neighborhood association boundary or near an establish neighborhood association. At the time this report was printed, no issues of concern were raised regarding the proposed development. In addition to the required public noticing, the project was subject to the City's Sunshine Ordinance (Ordinance No. NS-3040) requiring two community meetings to facilitate early public participation. The first community meeting was held on September 27, 2023. Three members of the community were in attendance and posed questions related to the ownership of the project site, leasing, concerns of transient activity in the area, and the land use. The second meeting was held on January 10, 2024, during which six members of the community were in attendance and inquired about the phasing of the project. Materials from the two required community meetings are included with this report as Exhibit 9, and all materials were published to the project's webpage on the City's website. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT Pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the CEQA Guidelines, the project is exempt from further review per Section 15183 (Projects Consistent with a Community Plan, General Plan, or Zoning) of the CEQA Guidelines. The environmental review contained in Exhibit 7 has been prepared and peer reviewed by a qualified CEQA consultant hired by the City, to assess the potential for the proposed project to result in environmental effects and whether the proposed project qualifies for an exemption under Section 15183 of the CEQA Guidelines. Moreover, the analysis evaluated whether the potential environmental impacts are addressed in the City of Santa Ana General Plan Update Final Recirculated Program Environmental Impact Report (GPU EIR). Specifically, the analysis evaluates demolition of the three existing office buildings, a parking structure, and parking lots to construct three new Class A industrial buildings for office, manufacturing, and/or warehouse use, ancillary improvements including landscaping, parking, freestanding signage, site lighting, and fencing as well as proposed off -site improvements including replacing asphalt, new grind and overlay, relocating the tree wells from the sidewalk to back of sidewalk, and modifications to sidewalks as needed to ensure ADA compliance. CEQA Guidelines Section 15183 allows a streamlined environmental review process for projects that are consistent with the densities established by existing zoning, community plan, or general plan policies for which an environmental impact report (EIR) was certified and does not require additional environmental review, except as might be necessary to examine whether there are project -specific significant effects which are peculiar to the project or its site. Moreover, projects that are consistent with the densities and use