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Final Initial Studv and Mitiaated Neaative Declaration 1.0 INTRODUCTION This document is the Final Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration (IS/MND), including the Responses to Comments and the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Plan (MMRP), for the 10th and Flower Street Park Project (Proposed Project). It has been prepared in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) (Public Resource Code Section 21000 et. seq.) and the State CEQA Guidelines (14 California Code of Regulations Section 15000 et seq.), as amended. This Final IS/MND document supplements the Draft IS/MND released for public review on September 4, 2024. The City of Santa Ana (City) is the Lead Agency for the proposed Project. On September 4, 2024 the City distributed the Draft IS/MND for the Proposed Project to public agencies and the general public for review and comment. In accordance with the State CEQA Guidelines, the IS/MND was circulated for a 30- day review period, which is in excess of CEQA's required 30-day review period. The review period concluded on October 4, 2024. This Final IS/MND and MMRP document is organized as follows: Section 1.0 provides a discussion of the purpose of the document and discusses the structure of the document; Section 2.0 contains a summary of the Project description; Section 3.0 includes the comment letters received and responses to these comments; Section 4.0 includes corrections and clarifications made to the Draft IS/MND in response to comments and a discussion regarding why these changes do not require recirculation for the Draft IS/MND; and Section 5.0 contains the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Plan (MMRP). This Final IS/MND and MMRP document and the Draft IS/MND (Appendix A) together constitute the environmental document record for the Proposed Project. Introduction 1-1 October 2024 10th and Flower Street Park Project 2023-145