Item 22 - Public Hearing Regarding Bristol Project

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Related Bristol Mixed -Use Project CEQA Findings of Fact SECTION I ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW AND PUBLIC PARTICIPATION The Final Supplemental EIR includes the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Report (EIR) dated July 2023, written comments on the Draft Supplemental EIR that were received during the public review period, written responses to those comments and changes to the Draft Supplemental EIR, and the Final Supplemental EIR Errata making minor corrections and revisions to the Final Supplemental EIR. In conformance with CEQA and the State CEQA Guidelines, the City of Santa Ana conducted an extensive environmental review of the Related Bristol Mixed -Use Project: • The City of Santa Ana concluded that a Supplemental EIR should be prepared, and the Notice of Preparation (NOP) was released for a 30-day public review period from March 17, 2023, through April 17, 2023. The NOP was posted at the Orange County Clerk's Office on March 16, 2023. The notice was published in the Orange County Register, a newspaper of general circulation. Under CEQA, a Lead Agency may proceed directly with preparation of the EIR without preparation of an Initial Study if it is clear that an EIR will be required (State CEQA Guidelines Section I5060[d]). The City of Santa Ana has made such a determination for this Project and has not prepared an Initial Study. • Completion of a scoping process, in which the public was invited by the City of Santa Ana to participate. The scoping meeting for the Supplemental EIR was held on March 30, 2023 at 5:30 p.m. at the McFadden Institute of Technology located at 2701 South Raitt Street in Santa Ana. The notice of a public scoping meeting was included in the NOP distributed on March 17, 2023. • Preparation of a Draft Supplemental EIR by the City of Santa Ana, which was made available for a 45-day public review period (July 6, 2023 through August 21, 20232023). The Notice of Availability (NOA) for the Draft Supplemental EIR was sent to all persons, agencies and organizations on the interest list interested persons, published in the July 6, 2023 Orange County Register, and posted at the Orange County Clerk's Office and the State Clearinghouse (SCH) at the Governor's Office of Planning and Research (OPR) on July 6, 2023. Copies of the Draft Supplemental EIR were made available for public review at the City of Santa Ana, Planning Division Counter, located at 20 Civic Center Plaza, M-20, Santa Ana, CA 92701, and the City of Santa Ana Public Library, located at 26 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701. The Draft Supplemental EIR was also available for review and download via the following City website location: https://www.santa-ana.org/related- california-bristol-specific-plan/. • The Final Supplemental EIR contains comments on the Draft Supplemental EIR, responses to those comments, revisions to the Draft Supplemental EIR, if any, and appended documents. The Final Supplemental EIR was released for a 10-day agency review period prior to certification of the Final Supplemental EIR. • Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15095, staff is directed as follows: a) copy of the Final Supplemental EIR and CEQA Findings of Fact shall be retained in the Project files; b) copy of the Final Supplemental EIR and CEQA Findings of Fact shall be provided to the City of Santa Ana 3 CEQA Findings of Fact September 2024