19E - APPROVAL AND ADOPTION ENTERPRISE ZONE

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Environmental Checklist For CEQA Compliance C. Less-Than-Significant Impact. The existing area is mostly impermeable to stormwater due to the impermeable surtaces. stormwater runoff is collected and conveyed as sheet flows into Orange County Flood Control storm drains and infrastructure. The runoff from Santa Ana is generally discharged into the Santa Ana River and empties, untreated, into the Pacific Ocean. The proposed project would not result in any specific construction project, land acquisition project, . or other development project; therefore, no additional stormwater drainage infrastructure would be needed. Individual projects indirectly resulting from SEZ business incentives would be evaluated on a case-by-case basis during the City's development review process. Less-than-significant impacts would occur. D. Less-Than-Significant Impact. The City of Santa Ana is required to evaluate the appropriate level of water reliability sufficient to meet the needs of its various categories of customers (e.g., residential, industrial, etc.) during normal, dry, and continuously dry years. The California Water Management Planning Act of 1983 requires the City to evaluate the water supply and demand within its service area in the Urban Water Management Plan every `~ 5 years in the years ending in zero and five (City of Santa Ana 2005:1-1 ). The city receives 36% of its water through water imported by the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California and 64% of its water from groundwater managed by the Orange County Water - District (City of Santa Ana 2005:2-2). The Urban Water Management Plan uses historical normal year, wet year, dry year, and then multiple dry and wet years, as well as water usage over time in the service area, to establish a baseline (City of Santa Ana 2005:4-15). It then evaluates present and future conditions of water reliability in the city (City of Santa Ana 2005:4-15). The city used 44,920 acre feet of water in 2005 {City of Santa Ana 2005:4-19). This use includes all types of categories of customers, including large industrial users, ,~ = municipal uses (such as irrigating parks), offices, and residential consumers using water for • ~ drinking and landscaping purposes. The Urban Water Management Plan identifies that the city's demands for water can be met in average, single dry, and multiple dry years through the year 2030 based on current and projected water supplies and the demands forecast for normal, single dry-year, and multiple dry-year scenarios (City of Santa Ana 2005:4-19). - Based on this information and the City's evaluation and planning for reliability of water supplies, no new or expanded entitlements would be required to serve the proposed project area. Therefore, less-than-significant impacts would occur. E. Less-Than-Significant Impact. See Section XVI-B. F. Less-Than-Si nifican I g t mpact. It Is not antlclpated that the proposed project would generate solid waste, since it would not result in any specific construction projects, land acquisition projects, or other development projects. Any project indirectly resulting from SEZ business incentives would be evaluated during the City development review process to analyze impacts related to landfills. Furthermore, development projects within the proposed SEZ would comply with the City of Santa Ana Source Reduction and Recycling Element. Less-than-significant impacts would occur. G. No Impact. It is not anticipated that the proposed project would generate solid waste, since it would not result in any specific construction projects, land acquisition projects, or other development projects. However, should solid waste be created due to projects indirectly resulting from the business incentives of the SEZ, its removal would be regulated by local, state, and federal guidelines. No significant impact is anticipated. `:~ Santa Ana State Enterprise Zone November 2007 Initial Study 3-31 J8S 00814.07 ~`~ 19E-45