2024-053 - Final Supplemental for The Related Bristol Specific Plan Project

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WHEREAS, pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines Section 15082, on March 17, 2023, the City sent to the Office of Planning and Research and each responsible and trustee agency a Notice of Preparation ("NOP"), which was also published in the Orange County Register, a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Santa Ana, stating that an environmental impact report would be prepared; and WHEREAS, twenty (20) comment letters were received in response to the NOP; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21083.9 and State CEQA Guidelines Sections 15082(c) and 15083, the City held a duly noticed scoping meeting on March 30, 2023, to solicit comments on the scope of the environmental review of the proposed project, and ten (10) written comments were received; and WHEREAS, a Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Report (`Draft EIR") (SCH No. 2020029087) was prepared for the Project addressing comments received in response to the Notice of Preparation and evaluating the proposed Project's potentially significant environmental impacts; and WHEREAS, the Draft EIR determined that mitigation measures were required to mitigate impacts to a less than significant level for the following resource areas: air quality, cultural resources, geology and soils, greenhouse gas emissions, hazards and hazardous material, noise, and tribal cultural resources; and WHEREAS, the Draft EIR further concluded that despite the incorporation of all feasible mitigation measures, the proposed Project would nonetheless result in significant and unavoidable impacts relating to air quality and parks and recreation; and WHEREAS, in accordance with State CEQA Guidelines section 15085, a Notice of Completion was prepared and filed with the Office of Planning and Research on July 6, 2023; and WHEREAS, as required by State CEQA Guidelines section 15087(a), the City provided Notice of Availability of the Draft EIR to the public at the same time that the City sent Notice of Completion to the Office of Planning and Research, on July 6, 2023; and WHEREAS, during the public comment period, copies of the Draft EIR and technical appendices were available for review and inspection at City Hall, on the City's website, and at the City of Santa Ana Public Library; and WHEREAS, consistent with State CEQA Guidelines Section 15087(e), the Draft EIR was circulated for at least a 45-day public review and comment period from July 6, 2023, to August 21, 2023; and Resolution No. 2024-053 Page 2 of 7