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Response to Letter CCB: Local Union 582, dated September 17, 2024 <br />This comment letter was received after the public review and comment period ended (July 6, 2023, through <br />August 23, 2023). As stated in Section 15088 of the CEQA Guidelines, Lead Agencies are not required to <br />respond to letters received outside of the noticed comment period. However, the following responses have <br />been prepared to provide clarity regarding the environmental concerns that have been raised. <br />Comment CC8.1: This comment summarizes the Project and states that it is going to City Council on <br />September 17. The comment states that UA Local 582 is opposed to the acceptance of this development as <br />a Project Labor Agreement (PLA) with the LA/OC Building Trades absent. The comment states that Project <br />Labor Agreements have benefits for members living in Santa Ana and would help them work closer to home. <br />The comment states that UA Local 582 wants to support the Project if a PLA with the LA/OC Buildings Trades <br />is included. <br />Response CC8.1: The comment does not raise any specific environmental concern with the analysis within the <br />Draft Supplemental EIR or requirements of the proposed Specific Plan. CEQA is an environmental protection <br />statute that is concerned with physical changes to the environment (CEQA Guidelines Section 15358(b)). The <br />environment includes land, air, water, minerals, flora, fauna, ambient noise, and objects of historic or aesthetic <br />significance (CEQA Guidelines Section 15360). The Project's potential economic and social effects are not <br />considered effects on the environment (CEQA Guidelines Sections 15064(e) and 151 31(a)). Thus, consistent <br />with CEQA, the Draft Supplemental EIR includes an analysis of the Project's potentially significant physical <br />impacts on the environment and does not include substantial discussion of the Project's economic or social <br />effects, such as labor agreements. This comment will be forwarded to City decisionmakers as part of the <br />Staff Report for the Project. <br />40 <br />