2002-096 - Certifying the Environmental Impact Report for the Grand Avenue Street Widening Project

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FINDINGS AND FACTS IN SUPPORT OF FINDINGS FOR POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT ADVERSE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF THE PROPOSED GRAND AVENUE WIDENING PROJECT INTRODUCTION Consistent with the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and Section 15091 of the CEQA Guidelines, the City of Santa Ana has provided documentation that addresses the potentially significant adverse impacts associated with the proposed Grand Avenue widening project. As explained in Section 2.0 (Impacts Found Not to be Significant Based on the Initial Study) in the Environmental Impact Report (EIR), many parameters were screened out during the scoping process and found not to experience significant impacts as a result of the proposed widening project. Therefore, those parameters were not analyzed in the EIR. These findings and facts pertain to the topics analyzed in the EIR which are: Land Use and Planning, Population and Housing, Air Quality, Transportation, Noise, Cultural Resources and Cumulative Impacts. Potentially significant adverse impacts of a project can be divided into two categories: Potentially significant adverse impacts which can be mitigated to below a level of significance, based on implementation of identified project features, project mitigation measures and/or City of Santa Ana standard conditions of approval. Potentially significant adverse impacts which can be partially mitigated, but not to below a level of significance. As described later in these findings, the proposed Grand Avenue widening project will result in some significant adverse impacts which cannot be mitigated to below a level of significance. For each potentially significant adverse impact of the proposed Grand Avenue widening project, one of the following findings must be made, including the provision of facts supporting each finding: Changes or alterations have been required in, or incorporated into, the project which avoid or substantially lessen the significant environmental effect as identified in the Environmental Impact Report (EIR). Such changes or alterations are within the responsibility and jurisdiction of another public agency and not the agency making the finding. Such changes have been adopted by such other agency or can and should be adopted by such other agency. Specific economic, legal, social, technological or other considerations, including provision of employment opportunities for highly trained workers, make infeasible the mitigation measures or project alternatives identified in the Final EIR. Resolution No. 2002-096 Page 4 of 19