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Transit Zoning Code /Proposed Development <br />May 27, 2010 <br />Page 5 <br />CEQA also requires that when a Draft EIR is submitted to the State Clearinghouse for review by <br />state agencies, the public be given an opportunity to review and comment on the Draft EIR for a <br />period of not less than 45 days. In accordance with this requirement the Draft EIR began its 45 -day <br />public review and comment period on February 2, 2010. In response to comments received during <br />this period, the City amended the Alternatives Section (Chapter 5) to evaluate three new <br />alternatives to the proposed development on Agency properties, re- circulated the Alternatives <br />Section, and extended the review period to April 12, 2010. In addition to fulfilling CEQA's <br />requirement for public review, the City conducted two public meetings on February 22, 2010 and <br />March 22, 2010 in order to allow the public to provide oral testimony on the Draft EIR. In addition, <br />the City has conducted extensive outreach efforts throughout the process of drafting the Transit <br />Zoning Code (formerly a component of the Santa Ana Renaissance Specific plan). During the last <br />year, in conjunction with the proposal to develop Agency -owned properties in the Station District, <br />staff held an additional 20 community meetings and interviews. Staff has also worked diligently on <br />an on -going basis with SACReD, a coalition of numerous community groups and organizations, to <br />obtain input on the proposed development and planning effort. <br />The City received a total of 15 written comment letters and 14 transcribed comments from the two <br />public meetings. The City has evaluated all comments received from the persons or agencies that <br />reviewed the Draft EIR and has provided written responses to these comments in the Final EIR. In <br />accordance with CEQA, each public agency that commented on the Draft EIR will be provided with <br />a response to its comments at least 10 days prior to the final action by the City Council to consider <br />certification of the EIR. The Draft EIR, comments and recommendations received on the Draft <br />EIR, Responses to Comments, and revisions made to the Draft EIR in response to those <br />comments constitute the Final EIR (Exhibit 5). <br />With the exception of the redevelopment of the Agency -owned parcels, and other minor Agency - <br />sponsored projects, there are no specific developments currently proposed within the Transit Zoning <br />Code area. However, the Draft EIR analyzes a future build -out scenario that development at the <br />maximum allowable intensity allowed under the Transit Zoning Code. <br />While the Draft EIR determined that most potential impacts could be mitigated to a less than <br />significant level, it did find that, under a long -term, full build -out scenario, implementation of the <br />Transit Zoning Code would result in significant and unavoidable impacts to Aesthetics, Air Quality, <br />Cultural Resources, Noise, and Transportation and Traffic. <br />Findings of Fact <br />Under CEQA, no public agency may approve or carry out a project for which an EIR has been <br />certified which identifies one or more significant environmental effects of the project unless the <br />public agency makes one or more written findings for each of those significant effects, <br />accompanied by a brief explanation of the rationale for each findings. The CEQA Findings of Fact <br />