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 and the Juaneno Band of Mission Indians, Acjachemen Nation-Belardes determined tribal cultural resources may potentially be encountered during ground disturbing construction activities. The potential to encounter buried prehistoric archaeological sites exists for excavation in undisturbed soils. Therefore, GPU PEIR MM CUL-6 and Project -Specific MM TCR-1 through MM TCR-6 would be implemented to require Native American monitoring during any ground disturbing activities on the Project site and to avoid potential impacts to tribal cultural resources that may be unearthed from Project construction activities. Therefore, project impacts to tribal cultural resources would be less than significant with mitigation incorporated. Cumulative Impacts: The Project would not result in cumulative impacts concerning tribal cultural resources, 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 GPU PEIR MM CUL-6 and Project - Specific MM TCR-1 through MM TCR-6 (listed previously) shall be implemented to reduce potentially significant tribal cultural resource impacts resulting from the Project. Additionally, the City finds that the Project will implement regulatory requirements RR TCR-1 through RR CUL-1 (listed above). (Draft Supplemental EIR, p. 4.14-4.) Explanation of the Rationale: The rationale and facts supporting the above finding are fully developed in Section 4.14, Tribal Cultural Resources, pages 4.14-14 through 4.14-15 of the Draft Supplemental EIR and in Chapter 3, Revisions to the Draft Supplemental EIR, of the Final Supplemental EIR. The following presents a summary of that rationale: As previously discussed, the Project site and vicinity are not known to contain tribal cultural resources. However, the excavation required for the proposed subsurface parking garage could encounter prehistoric archaeological sites containing tribal cultural resources. If tribal cultural resources are encountered during construction, the Project has the potential to contribute to cumulative impacts. However, the Project would implement GPU PEIR MM CUL-6 and Project - Specific MM TCR-1 through MM TCR-6, which would protect any discovered tribal cultural resources. Therefore, the Project's contribution to cumulative impacts on tribal cultural resources would not be cumulatively considerable and would be less than significant with mitigation incorporated. City of Santa Ana The Village Santa Ana Specific Plan Project August 2025 CEQA Findings of Fact and Statement of Overriding Considerations 5-21