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. . , . . , .... RESOLUTION NO. 77- PAGE TWO in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Santa Ana hereby finds that the final en- vironmental impact report for the proposed Park-and-Ride Facility identifies significant environmental effects as sununarized on Exhibit A, attached hereto and incorporated herein as though fully set forth; that,except as otherwise stated therein, the measures set forth following each such significant effect miti- gate or avoid such significant effects; and that such mitigation measures are incorporated into the Park-and-Ride facility project. The facts in support of such finding are as follows: 1. On May 24,1977, the City of Santa Ana and the Orange County Transit District entered into an Agreement providing for the construction and operation of the Park-and-Ride facility, conditional upon subsequent approval of said project after review and consideration of a final environmental impact report. 2. On May 24,1977, the City of Santa Ana assigned its interests in the said Agreement to the Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Santa Ana. 3. Thereafter, the Redevelopment Agency and the Orange County Transit District agreed that the Redevelopment AGency would be the lead agency for purposes of environmental review of the project, which agreement was formalized by written agreement dated November 7,1977. 4. The said agreement of November 7,1977, further provided that any and all mitigation measures set forth in this resolution of approval of the project would be incorporated into the agreement for construction and operation of the Park-and-Ride facility, subject only to the subsequent right of OCTD to approve or disapprove the project as thus modified. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the project alternatives identified in the final Environmental Impact Report are found to be unfeasible for the following considerations: 1. The alternative of no project is infeasible due to social and environmental considerations. It would not promote greater utilization of public transit as an alternative to pri- vate automobile transportation. It would not provide for relocation of the central transit waiting area from the inadequate location at Sixth and Flower Streets. It would not provide any means of alleviating parking needs in the downtown area. It would have no beneficial effect on the goals of redevelopment of the central business district as established by the Redevelopment Plan of the City of Santa Ana. 2. The alternative of change in intensity of develop- ment is infeasible due to social and economic considerations. A greater capacity than 700 spaces would add additional cost to the project without satisfying any corresponding public need for such additional parking. A lesser capacity than 700 spaces would transfer parking demand to nearby sites in the project area. 3. The alternative design schemes for the project area are infeasible due to economic and environmental considerations. Such alternatives would add to the cost of the structure without corresponding benefits in efficiency or in mitigation of adverse environmental impacts. Furthermore, such alternatives would pro- duce greater adverse environmental impacts on the aesthetic and historical qualities of the mortuary property. " -2- 3B