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Generation of regional air pollutant emissions that would contribute incrementally to the production of ozone in the South Coast Air Basin. Short term construction noise reaching levels up to 9t dba for short periods. The City of Santa Ana has determined that the unavoidable adverse impacts of the proposed project are acceptable when balanced against the benefits of the project. The following benefits are found to outweigh and make acceptable the unavoidable adverse impacts of the proposed project as described in the Findings and Statements of Facts and the Final EIR: Although no relocation program is required by any local, state or federal legislation or ordinance, the Register has committed to provide an extensive Relocation Program that will substantially mitigate the removal of 190 apartment units. The Program will provide all tenants with the following relocation benefits: Referral assistance including personalized counseling and housing referral services, provided by Relocation Specialists with the necessary language skills to assist and ~ommunicate with all tenants. Printed, bilingual information statements describing all the available relocation assistance and benefits. Transportation to view replacement housing. Special assistance and referrals to governmental and social service agencies for tenants with special needs. Financial assistance representing payment for moving expenses, a rent differential and a bonus differential allowance. Specific examples of how the financial assistance would be calculated, based the number of bedrooms in the apartment and the number of individuals in each unit are provided in the Final EIR. This Relocation Program provides substantial benefits to the apartment tenants which would not necessarily be offered if the site were acquired for any other private project. Therefore, although the loss of the apartment units cannot be fully mitigated, the Relocation Program does provide the tenants with substantial benefits they likely would not receive under any other private project. The proposed project would directly generate temporary employment opportunities in construction and approximately 351 new permanent jobs in newspaper production and distribution. These jobs will include a range of skilled jobs including press operators, as well as a substantial number of semi- or unskilled jobs including truck drivers and mailroom newspaper handlers. The employees in these temporary and permanent jobs will create secondary economic benefits to the City and other area businesses. Although the project will not result in net peak hour traffic impacts on area streets, a number of circulation improvements will be provided that will benefit area residents and businesses and the City of Santa Aha. The project will contribute to a number of long term and area wide improvements through the payment of fees. These programs include the Drainage Assessment Area, Fire Department Area Fee, School Impact Fees, Foothill/Eastern Road Fee Program and Transportation System Improvement Area C-l, all of which will generally act to benefit the surrounding area, the City of Santa Aha and the region.