Item 28 - Public Hearing - Amendment Application for the Village Santa Ana Specific Plan

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5 LESS -THAN -SIGNIFICANT ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS WITH MITIGATION INCORPORATED the related project lists would be subject to their own project -specific impact analysis and would be required to incorporate feasible mitigation measures to reduce any potentially significant impacts to a less than significant level. The Project would implement mitigation measures (i.e., Project -Specific MM G-1 and MM G-2) to reduce impacts to a less than significant level. As a result, the Project's incremental effects would not cause the combined cumulative impacts to become significant and thus, are not cumulatively considerable. The GPU PER identified a significant but mitigable impact on previously unrecorded paleontological resources, to which the related projects could incrementally contribute. Such cumulative impacts from grading activities for projects within the City of Santa Ana would be reduced with the implementation of GPU PER MM GEO-1 through MM GEO-3. Additionally, all related projects (including those within Costa Mesa and Irvine) would adhere to their respective General Plan policies and/or mitigation measures to protect paleontological resources. The excavation required for the proposed subsurface parking garage could encounter sensitive sediments for paleontological resources. However, the Project would implement GPU PER MMs GEO-2 and GEO-3 and Project -Specific MM G-3, which would protect any discovered paleontological resources. Therefore, the Project's contribution to cumulative impacts on paleontological resources would not be cumulatively considerable, and therefore, would be less than significant with mitigation incorporated. 5.4 NOISE Threshold N-1: The Project would not result in generation of a substantial temporary or permanent increase in ambient noise levels in the vicinity of the project in excess of standards established in the local general plan or noise ordinance, or applicable standards of other agencies, with the implementation of mitigation. Findings: The City finds that changes or alterations have been required in, or incorporated into, the Project, which avoid or substantially lessen the significant environmental effect as identified in the Final Supplemental EIR. Specifically, the City finds that the following mitigation measure shall be implemented to reduce potentially significant noise impacts resulting from the Project (Draft Supplemental EIR, p. 4.9-32): Project -Specific MM NOI-1: Prior to the issuance of a permit to conduct nighttime construction activities (e.g., overnight concrete pours), the Project Applicant shall obtain a permit from the City to complete work outside the standard construction hours outlined in Santa Ana Municipal Code Section 18-314(e). In addition, the Project Applicant and/or contractor(s) shall develop a nighttime construction noise control plan that demonstrates the construction techniques that will be implemented to ensure noise levels remain below the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA's) nighttime construction noise criterion of 70 dBA Leq (A -weighted decibel equivalent sound level). Examples of such construction techniques include but are not limited to the following: • Locate stationary equipment (e.g., generators, air compressors, etc.) away from off -site residences/sensitive receptors. City of Santa Ana The Village Santa Ana Specific Plan Project August 2025 CEQA Findings of Fact and Statement of Overriding Considerations 5-13