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. . . Santa Ana City Council/ Community Redevelopment Agency May 15, 1934 Page Two negative L~?acts in the City of Orange. (See, e.g., final EIR at pages 108-110, especially last paragraph page 110). As a result, the City of Orange has been actively involved in the planning process for the pro- posed redevelopment of Fashion Square for more than a decade. Notwithstanding this history of active involvement in the Proposed Development, Orange as well as the residents of Orange residing in areas adjacent to the proiect area, were provided inadequate notice and opportunity to review and comment during the EIR process. The only "notice" to Orange or its residents was the standard oublished notice to the public. Even that published notice was provided only fifteen days pr'ior to the hearing on 'the Final EIR. The inadequate notice afforded Orange has impaired its ability to conduct a comprehensive reviel' and to submit exhaustive comments on the proposed Final EIR. The City of Orange, therefore, requests an additional two weeks in which to review and comment upon this critical document concerning a project of great importance and, we believe, equally great peril to the residents of both Santa Ana and Orange. At the present time Orange would like to submit the following preliminary comments. II . INADEQUATE PROJECT DESCRIPTION The "conceptual" project description contained in the Final EIR does not provide sufficient detail needed to conduct the legally mandated analysis of the enviro~~ental consequences associated with the Proposed Development. If, as we under- stand, tentative site plans have been prepared, those plans should be disclosed, and the resulting environmental consequences analyzed, in the Final EIR. The City of Orange has previously submitted oral and written comments at the scooing and draft EIR stages of the environ- mental review process. Bernie W. Dennis, the Traffic Engineer for ùrange, testified at a public hearing at Santa Ana with respect to the scoping of the EIR. Robin Leiter, Assistant City Manager, wrote a letter dated April 19,1983, to Rex Swanson, Executive Director of the Santa Ana Community Redevelopment Agency! presenting comments on the Draft EIR. Orange's views were also presented at the public hearing on the draft EIR. Rather than repeating the previous comments and objections, Orange incorporates its prior comments by this reference as though fully set forth herein. \0