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CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT STATEMENT OF FINDINGS AND FACTS FOR THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER PRODUCTION FACILITY EXPANSION GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT, ZONE CHANGE, AMENDMENT TO THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, VESTING TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP AND STREET ABANDONMENT I. INTRODUCTION The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the State CEQA Guidelines (Guidelines) provide that: "No public agency shall approve or carry out a project for which an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) has been completed and which identifies one or more significant environmental effects of the project unless the public agency makes one or more written findings for each of those significant effects, accompanied by a brief explanation of the rationale for each finding." (CEQA Guidelines Section 1309t) The EIR for the Orange County Register production lacility expansion identified significant effects which may occur as a result of the proposed project. In accordance with the Guidelines, the City of Santa Aaa hereby adopts the findings in this report as part of the approval of the Orange County Register production facility expansion project. The City o[ Santa Ana has prepared an EIR for the proposed Register project in accordance with CEQA and the requirements of the State Guidelines. As mandated by legislation in the State of California, the EIR was subject to review and approval by the City of Santa Aaa City Council. At a public meeting held on , 1991, the EIR was certified by the City Council as adequate, in compliance with the provisions of CEQA. In adopting this Statement of Findings and Facts, the City of Santa Aaa City Council approves the construction of the Register production facility expansion project. The certification entails approval by the City Council of various planning documents, or changes to documents or ordinances pursuant to the approved project. These documents and changes include a General Plan Land Use Element amendment, a zone change, an amendment to the development agreement, vesting tentative parcel map and street abandonment. Any subsequent maps, grading permits or building permits will also be reviewed based on the documentation in the EIR. 'The Register has developed a Mitigation Monitoring Program to monitor and report the implementation of the mitigation measures identified for the production facility expansion as part of the environmental process for the project. The Mitigation Monitoring Program, developed in compliance with Assembly Bill 3180 which became effective on 3anuary 1, 1989, is included in this volume of the Final EIR for the proposed Register project. Il. DESCRIPTION OF THE APPROVED PRO'IECT The Register project site is generally bounded by Grand Avenue, Santa Aha Freeway (I-:~), existing single family housing west of Linwood Avenue and Sixth Street in east Santa Ana. The project applicant is the Orange County Register, the owner of the existing Register facility located at 625 North Grand Avenue.