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City of Santa Ana <br />3.20 Wildfire <br />Would the project: <br />California Environmental Quality Act <br />Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration <br />Less Than <br />Potentially <br />Significant <br />Less Than <br />No <br />Environmental Issue <br />Significant <br />with <br />Significant <br />Impact <br />Impact <br />Mitigation <br />Impact <br />Incorporated <br />a) Substantially impair an adopted emergency <br />response plan or emergency evacuation plan? <br />X <br />b) Due to slope, prevailing winds, and other factors, <br />exacerbate wildfire risks, and thereby expose <br />project occupants to, pollutant concentrations from <br />X <br />a wildfire or the uncontrolled spread of a wildfire? <br />c) Require the installation or maintenance of <br />associated infrastructure (such as roads, fuel <br />breaks, emergency water sources, power lines or <br />other utilities) that may exacerbate fire risk or that <br />X <br />may result in temporary or ongoing impacts to the <br />environment? <br />d) Expose people or structures to significant risks, <br />including downslope or downstream flooding or <br />landslides, as a result of runoff, post -fire slope <br />X <br />instability, or drainage changes? <br />Discussion: <br />a) According to the CAL FIRE, Fire Hazard Severity Zones Viewer, the Project area is not located within <br />a fire hazard severity zone. Although the Project may impact traffic on surrounding roads, none of <br />these roads are part of the City's arterial road network. Emergency services will be notified at least <br />10 days in advance of any road closures. Therefore, impacts are anticipated to be less than <br />significant. <br />b) The proposed Project will feature native vegetation, which are all flammable and susceptible to <br />wildfires, but due to the Project's location in a highly urbanized area, there is no potential for <br />wildfires. Therefore, there would be no anticipated impact. <br />c) The Project will not require the installation or maintenance of infrastructure such as roads, fuel <br />breaks, emergency water sources, or power lines. The additional lighting proposed for the pocket <br />park will be minimal and will connect to the existing Zoo electrical system. Therefore, the Project will <br />not exacerbate fire risk, and the impacts are expected to be less than significant. <br />d) The Project area is relatively flat and urbanized. It is not anticipated to expose people or structures <br />to significant risks of flooding or landslides. Therefore, impacts are expected to be less than <br />significant. <br />-50- <br />CWE7 <br />