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ftr—a J� = BENDER READY -MIX CONCRETE MANUFACTURING PROJECT <br />Initial Study /Mitigated Negative Declaration <br />INITIAL .0 IN AL CHECKLIST STUDY <br />3.1 BACKGROUND <br />1. <br />Project Title: Bender Ready -Mix Concrete Manufacturing Project <br />2. <br />Lead Agency Name and Address: <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza <br />Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br />3. <br />Contact Person and Phone Number: <br />Mr. Vince Fregoso, AICP <br />Principal Planner <br />714.667.2700 <br />4. <br />Project Location: The project site is located within the eastern portion of the City of Santa Ana, at 561 <br />South Santa Fe Street. The site is approximately '/. -mile west of Grand Avenue, '/. -mile south of First <br />Street, and' /, -mile southwest of Interstate 5 (1 -5). <br />5. <br />Project Sponsor's Name and Address: <br />Bender Ready -Mix, Inc. <br />516 South Santa Fe Street <br />Santa Ana, CA 92705 <br />6. <br />General Plan Designation: The City of Santa Ana General Plan designation for the project site is <br />"Industrial" (IND). <br />7. <br />Zoning: The City of Santa Ana Zoning Ordinance designation for the site is "Heavy Industrial" (M2). <br />8. <br />Description of the Project: <br />The proposed project would include a range of aesthetic, drainage, water quality, and safety improvements <br />at the existing Bender Ready -Mix concrete manufacturing facility. It is important to note that the project <br />applicant does not propose to alter operations or facilities at the site beyond what is required by the City to <br />meet CUP and Municipal Code requirements. Aesthetic improvements would include landscaping, a new <br />block wall, aesthetic screening, and signage. Drainage /water quality improvements would consist of a <br />detention /desilting basin and on -site drainage conveyance facilities. Safety improvements would include <br />fencing and the repaving of South Santa Fe Street along the project frontage. Additional details regarding <br />the project are provided in Section 2.5, Project Characteristics. <br />9. <br />Surrounding Land Uses and Setting: <br />The project site is immediately surrounded by a sheet metal fabrication facility to the north, a steel <br />manufacturing facility to the south, South Santa Fe Street to the east, and the Union Pacific (UP) railroad <br />alignment to the west. The site is further surrounded by industrial uses to the north, south and east. Multi- <br />family residential uses abut the UP railroad alignment, approximately 25 feet west of the project site. <br />JULY 2011 3 -1 INITIAL STUDY CHECKLIST <br />31A-29 <br />