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314 Phase II is estimated to generate approximately 15,924 average daily trips with 1,068 trips occurring during the a.m. peak hour and 1,538 during the p.m. peak hour. NEIGHBORHOOD IMPACTS Four residential neighborhoods have been identified (two in Santa Ana, two in Orange) surrounding the proposed Main Street Concourse project which could potentially result in project-related traffic impacts. They are: Parker neighborhood in Orange northeast of the proposed project; Batavia neighborhood in Orange Northwest of the proposed project; Northwest neighborhood in Santa Ana west of the project; Northeast neighborhood in Santa Ana south of the project. Based on review of the four neighborhoods surrounding the proposed Main Street Concourse project, the neighborhoods of Parker and Batavia are not anticipated to be significantly affected by the proposed development. No direct north-south arterial connection is presently, or anticipated to be available. The Northeast neighborhood south of the project is also not anticipated to be significantly affected. There is presently no connection between Owens Drive and the neighborhood. Tile Northwest neighborhood is located across the freeway and is not anticipated to be affected by the Project. Even though the quantitative analysis in the Draft EIR concludes that there will be no significant impacts to neighborhoods, the revised Draft EIR recognizes the difficulty of developing traffic forecasts for each individual neighborhood street. Consequently, neighborhood mitigation has been included to study and mitigate any future impacts identified to be resulting from this project. (See, for example, response to comment 12-GGG, 12-LLL). WorSt-case scenario. For purposes of consideration of traffic impacts, the cumulative traffic analysis has assumed that every parcel of vacant or underutilized land within the projects area of impact in either Santa Ana or the City of Orange will be developed to full general plan intensity. Consequently, the cumulative project list and the cumulative traffic analysis represent a worst case scenario. (Response to Comments 12-B, 18-A, 18-E, 18-F, and 19-H) 2 · FINDINGS The mitigation measure contained in the Mitigation Monitoring Program as Mitigation Monitoring Program Numbers 58 through 92 have been required in, or incorporated into, the project and those mitigation measures mitigate or avoid the majority of significant environmental effects identified in the EIR and outlined above. Substantial evidence supporting this finding is contained in the 24