75B - PH - AMEND DEVELOPMENT AGMT 2005-02

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Amend DA No. 2005-02, CUP No. 2011-05 VA No. 2011-04, SPR No. 2011-01 March 14, 2011 Page 8 discuss and review the revised project. Further, staff contacted the Association in early March to provide an update and obtain feedback on the proposed project. Finally, the contacts for this Neighborhood Association were notified by mail 10 days prior to this public hearing. The project site itself was posted with two notices advertising this public hearing, a notice was published in the Orange County Reporter and mailed notices were sent to all property owners within 500 feet of the project site, as well as concerned citizens listed on the Permanent Notification List. At the time of this printing, no correspondence, either written or electronic, had been received from any members of the public. CEQA Analysis In accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act, the recommended actions have been reviewed through an Addendum to the previously certified Environmental Impact Report 2004-02. CEQA guidelines (California Code of Regulations 15000, et seq.) authorizes the use of an addendum for the purpose of making minor or technical changes, as long as these changes do not rise to the level of requiring a subsequent or supplemental EIR pursuant to CEQA Guidelines 15162. The originally certified Environmental Impact Report was analyzed in light of the revised site plan and it was determined that there are no new significant impacts resulting from the changed plan. Several mitigation measures that required modification and/or further clarification have been added to the conditions of approval for this project. Additionally, a new traffic study was performed to analyze the potential changes in traffic circulation as a result in the increase in units. The result of the traffic analysis concluded that the residential use at this site will result in 11 more trips in the morning peak hour, 12 more trips in the afternoon peak hour and 139 more trips on a daily basis. However, according to the revised traffic study, the proposed project will not exceed, either individually or cumulatively, a level of service standard established by the County congestion management agency for designated roads or highways. Therefore, no additional review or mitigation measures are needed (Exhibit 8). The determination that there are no new significant impacts or any increases in the severity of the impacts previously identified in the original Environmental Impact Report mean that in accordance with CEQA 15164, the Addendum to the previously certified MacArthur Place South EIR and Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program is the appropriate document for the actions proposed (Exhibit 9). 75B-10