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EIR No. 2005-01, AA No. 2005-02, VTTM No. 2005-05, SPR 2005-04 and SN No. 2005-01 October 10, 2005 Page 4 will be eight-foot high and mounted over the masonry wall. A landscape buffer will be provided along the wall adjacent to the secondary access road to mitigate its visual impact to the community and the adjacent properties. Lastly, perimeter block walls are proposed for soil retention and privacy. A six-foot high decorative block wall over a two-foot high retaining wall will be constructed along the west and south property lines to replace the existing perimeter walls. Analysis of the Issues Environmental Impact Report The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) required the preparation and approval of an environmental impact report (EIR) for this project. The environmental issues analyzed in the EIR included aesthetics, air quality, hazards and hazardous materials, and noise. In accordance with CEQA, a draft EIR was circulated for review and comment to public, local, regional and state agencies and interested parties on August 9, 2005 for a 45-day review period. On August 22, 2005 a public hearing was held on the document in order to obtain input from interested members of the public. By the close of the 45-day review period, a total of five written comment letters on the document had been received. The City has evaluated the comments received from persons or agencies that reviewed the EIR. In accordance with CEQA, each public agency that commented on the draft EIR will be provided with a response to its comments at least 10 days prior to the EIR certification. The Responses to Comments document, the Mitigation Monitoring Program and the Draft EIR constitute the final EIR. In addition, the Findings of Fact and a Statement of Overriding Considerations have been included for the project (Exhibit 8) The EIR concluded that, with the inclusion of mitigation measures, potential impacts to aesthetics, air quality, hazards and hazardous materials, and noise for the interior living areas, as well as cultural resources, geology, water quality and hydrology can be reduced to a less than significant level. The EIR also determined that implementation of the project would result in an unavoidable adverse impact to the exterior living areas, as noise generated from the Santa Ana Freeway will exceed the City's exterior noise standard of 65 CNEL and cannot be mitigated to a less than significant level with feasible mitigation 75C-6