Item 15 - Award Construction Contract for the Santa Ana Zoo Stormwater Capture and Diversion Project

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City of Santa Ana 1. Introduction California Environmental Quality Act Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration This California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration (IS/MND) has been prepared on behalf of the City of Santa Ana (City) to identify potential site -specific environmental constraints associated with the Santa Ana Zoo Stormwater Capture and Diversion Project (Project), located at 1801 East Chestnut Ave in the City of Santa Ana, California. This document has been prepared in accordance with the CEQA (Public Resources Code §21000 et seq.), and the State CEQA Guidelines (Title 14, California Code of Regulations (CCR) §15000 et seq). This IS/MND is an informational document intended for use by the City of Santa Ana and members of the general public as a preliminary analysis to determine if there is substantial evidence that the Project may have significant effects on the environment. If site -specific environmental constraints are found to potentially have a significant effect on the environment, with mitigation, a site -specific Environmental Impact Report (EIR) should be prepared; otherwise, the lead agency may adopt a negative declaration or MND. This IS/MND was compiled for the City with the assistance of CWE. The City is serving as the Lead Agency for the proposed Project pursuant to CEQA §21067 and CEQA Guidelines Article 4 and §15367. "Lead Agency" refers to the public agency that has the principal responsibility for carrying out or approving a Project. 1.1 Purpose and Document Organization The purpose of this document is to evaluate the potential environmental effects of the proposed Project. Mitigation measures, if required, have been incorporated into the Project to eliminate potential significant impacts or reduce them to a less -than -significant level. This IS/MND is organized as follows: ➢ Section 1 — Introduction ➢ Section 2 — Project Description ➢ Section 3 — Initial Study/Environmental Checklist ➢ Section 4 — References 1.2 Summary of Findings The CEQA Appendix G Environmental (Initial Study) Checklist is included in Section 3. The Initial Study Checklist identifies potential environmental impacts, by sections, and provides a brief discussion of each impact resulting from implementation of the proposed Project. Each response confirmed as applicable in the environmental checklist is discussed and supported with sufficient data and analysis as necessary. As appropriate, each section has discussion that describes and identifies specific impacts anticipated with project implementation.