2009-025 - Final Environmental Impact Report No. 2004-02

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Introduction A. Executive Summary The Final Environmental Impact Report ("EIR") for the MacArthur Place South project was certified on June 20, 2005. The project is a mixed use development consisting of three 25-story residential towers, three low rise condominium buildings, asix-story residential/office building with 10,000 square feet of office and 15 residential loft units, and asingle-story 13,871 square-foot retail building consisting of 8,580 square feet of restaurant and 5,290 square feet of retail. The project site is located at the southeast corner of MacArthur Boulevard and Main Street in southeast Santa Ana. East of the site is the Costa Mesa Freeway (SR-55), south and east of the site is the City of Irvine and the City of Costa Mesa is located to the southwest. John Wayne Airport is approximately 1.1 miles south of the project site. This document constitutes the Addendum to the Final EIR for the Mac Arthur Place South project, SCH #200406 1 1 40, as certified by the City of Santa Ana. The Addendum reviews the environmental impacts identified in the EIR in relation to changes to the project since the EIR was certified. These include the elimination of the Cinema Lofts (comprised of 15 residential units and 10,000 square feet of office use), removal of 13,871 square feet of retail/restaurant uses, the addition of a 185 room hotel, moving the Cinema Tower south of its approved location and the eventual construction of a parking structure for joint use by the hotel and Cinema Tower. An Initial Study Checklist, pursuant to CEQA, is included herein. The Initial Study and the Addendum fully comply with all relevant California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) standards to determine if the EIR remains adequate to address the impacts resulting from the project pursuant to CEQA Guidelines § 15164. B. Environmental Impact Report Addendum Pursuant to §15367 of the CEQA Guidelines, the City of Santa Ana is the Lead Agency for this project. As defined, the lead agency has the principal responsibility for carrying out or approving a project. This Addendum updates the progress made in the project, as certified, and serves to update the information in the EIR as contemplated in CEQA Guidelines § 15164. This document will also be used to acknowledge the addition of mitigation measures and further project modifications to the site. The CEQA Guidelines (California Code of Regulations § 15000, et seq.) authorize the use of an Addendum for the purpose of making minor or technical changes, as long as these changes do not rise to the level of requiring a subsequent or supplemental EIR pursuant to CEQA Guidelines § 15162. CEQA Guidelines § 15164 states: a) The lead agency or a responsible agency shall prepare an addendum to a previously certified EIR if some changes or additions are necessary but none of the conditions described in Section 15162 calling for preparation of a subsequent EIR have occurred. C. Statutory Requirements Section 21166 of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA, Public Resources Code §21000, et seq.) sets the standard to determine whether another EIR should be prepared when an original EIR has been prepared. Section 21166 states: Resolution No. 2009-025 IBt~R~wfP9~ace South EIR Addendum 1