80A - SUPPLEMENTAL - SANTA ANA TRANSITZONINGCODE POST- RESPONSE TO COMMENTS - FEIR

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Chapter 12 Responses to Comments Received Since Publication of the Final EIR Response to Comment AQMD -3 This comment requests that the City provide AQMD with written responses to the comments set forth in this letter prior to certification of the EIR for this project. The City will provide the AQMD with a written response to these comments before the public hearing on the project. Response to Comment AQMD -4 Refer to response AMQD -2. Response to Comment AQMD -5 The commenter states that the City should consider developing criteria to determine the "availability ", "cost effectiveness ", and /or "feasibility" of the use of construction methods or equipment that would help to reduce construction- related pollutant emissions. Since this programmatic EIR is analyzing long - range future development, it is not feasible to determine the criteria that the commenter suggests. Technologies change as do costs. As indicated in the MMRP prepared for the project, future entitlements by the City prior to the issuance of grading or building permits will be required. Therefore, the appropriateness of these measures can better be determined at such time. Thus, the City does not consider the development of these criteria to be feasible mitigation at the time of this writing. Response to Comment AQMD -6 The commenter suggests several additional mitigation measures. The first suggestion is to re -route construction equipment away from congested streets or sensitive receptor areas. MM4.2 -15 sets forth mitigation to ensure smooth traffic flow. Also, in the FEIR, the following text change was added to the Transportation Section: In addition, any work that proposes to excavate, improve or otherwise occur in a public street sidewalk_ or any other public place will be required to obtain a permit from the Public Works Department. One of the requirements to obtain a permit as outlined in Section 33- 32(a)(71 of the Municipal Code is the preparation of a construction work plan that is approved by the City Traffic Engineer. This includes identif&g lane closures, their duration, the means for traffic safety control, the types and number of traffic delineators, schedule, hours of operation, etc. Compliance with the City's Noise Ordinance and the Municipal Code will prevent any significant impacts to local roadways or on the nearby school. Attainment of the aforementioned permit will require a construction work plan as stated above. The provisions thereof will ensure that the City Traffic Engineer will grant a permit at which time traffic disruption is determined to be at the minimum possible levels. In regard to the other suggested mitigation measures, as is standard practice, the City included the mitigation measures that are listed in the URBEMIS model since they are calculated into the "mitigated" model output. However, the City concurs and will add the following mitigation measures to reduce Impact 4.2 -5, identified in Section 4.2 of the DEIR although the reductions (f any) are not quantifiable. 12 -8 City of Santa Ana Transit Zoning Code (SD 84A and SD 84B) EIR