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City Place Sky Lofts Final Environmental Impact Report other discretionary actions necessary for its implementation. This EIR is intended to serve as a project EIR for the City Place Sky Lofts site plan approval and other related implementation actions. To implement the project, the City and/or other public agencies must consider various actions, permits, and approvals. The following City of Santa Ana approvals are anticipated to be required for the proposed project: • Amendment to Specific Development Plan 59 (SD-59) to modify the adopted SD-59 and establish permitted land uses, site development standards, and parking requirements for the proposed project. • Tentative Tract Map for condominium purposes. • Development Agreement. • Conditional Use Permit. In addition, the following approvals of agencies outside the City are anticipated for the proposed project: • Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) review of Proposed Construction or Alteration (FAA form 7460-1). 3.2 DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT 3.2.1 INITIAL STUDY AND NOTICE OF PREPARATION The City of Santa Ana distributed the Notice of Preparation (NOP) and an Initial Study (IS) for the proposed City Place Sky Lofts project on April 23, 2007, for the required 30-day review period. The NOP was distributed to the State Clearinghouse Office of Planning and Research, public agencies, service providers, and neighborhood associations in the vicinity of the project site. A copy of the NOP is provided in Appendix A of the Draft EIR. The distribution list for the NOP is provided in Appendix B of the Draft EIR. The City of Santa Ana received eight written comments to the NOP. Copies of these comment letters are provided in Appendix C of the Draft EIR. 3.2.2 SLOPING MEETING The City of Santa Ana conducted a public scoping meeting for the City Place Sky Lofts project on May 16, 2007. The meeting was held at 6:00 P.Nt., at the Santiago Park Lawn Bowling Clubhouse. The notice of the scoping meeting was included in the project NOP. Seven individuals attended the scoping meeting. One of the attendees submitted a comment card indicating the desire to be kept informed of future actions/activities concerning the City Place Sky Lofts project. This card is included in Appendix C of the Draft EIR. Based on the Findings of the IS and public input provided in response to the NOP, the Draft EIR evaluated the following environmental issues: aesthetics; air quality; cultural resources; geology and soils; hazards and hazardous materials; hydrology and water quality; land use and planning; noise; population and housing; public services; recreation; transportation and traffic; and utilities and service systems. ~IPROJ-BNVICityPlaceSkyLoftslFinal8lRlFindings-SOCIFindings-SOC.doc Page 3 January 23, 2009 75A-113