55B - RESO - EIR SAN LORENZO SEWER LIFT

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Chapter 1 - Introduction The City of Santa Ana (City) adopts the following Findings of Fact in connection with the San Lorenzo Lift Station Project (Project). Such Findings must be adopted by the City pursuant to the requirements of Section 21081 of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) (Public Resources Code §21000 et seq.) and Section 15091 of the State CEQA Guidelines (CEQA Guidelines) (14 Cal. Code Regs. §15000 et seq.) prior to approval of a project for which an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) has been certified which identifies one or more significant environmental effects. The City also adopts the Statement of Overriding presented in Chapter 4 of this document, which provides the specific reasons that the Project's economic, legal, social, technological, or other benefits outweigh its adverse environmental impact. This document is organized as follows: Chapter 1 Introduction to the Findings of Fact and Statement of Overriding Considerations. Chapter 2 CEQA Findings of Fact regarding the significant environmental impacts of the Project and the mitigation measures for those impacts identified in the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) prepared for the Project and adopted as conditions of approval. Chapter 3 Findings regarding the alternatives to the Proposed Project evaluated in the EIR and the reasons that such alternatives were rejected or accepted. Chapter 4 Statement of Overriding Considerations explaining the specific reasons that the Project's economic, legal, social, technological, or other benefits outweigh its adverse environmental impact. Brief Proiect Description The San Lorenzo Lift Station project area is located at the western terminus of San Lorenzo Avenue, immediately north of West Segerstrom Avenue and south of an existing alley. The sewer lift station would replace the existing Segerstrom Lift Station, which is located beneath South Bristol Street approximately 700 feet to the west of the new lift station site. As described in Section F.2 of the Final EIR, Revisions to the Proposed Project, minor revisions have been incorporated into the design of the proposed San Lorenzo Lift Station facility. Specifically, in response to objections from an adjacent property owner regarding the Project's proposal to condemn approximately 292 s.f. of privately-owned property, the City has redesigned of the proposed facility so as to avoid the need for condemnation of privately owned land. As depicted in Final EIR Error! Reference source not found., Conceptual Revised Lift Station Site Plan, and Error! Reference source not found., Originally Proposed and Conceptual Revised Lift Station Site Plan, the proposed lift station facility would continue to be constructed at the west end of San Lorenzo Avenue, but would be constructed along the southern alignment of San Lorenzo Avenue and San Lorenzo Lift Station EIR (Project No. 06-3510) 1-1 Findings of Fact/Statement of Overriding Considers tb _ 11