55A - RESOLUTION CERTIFYING EIR SAN LORENZO SEWER LIFT STATION

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Chapter 2 CEQA Findings Attachment "A" 2.2 Findings Regarding Environmental Impacts Table 2 -1, CEQA Findings, summarizes the environmental impacts of the Project which either have no impact or are less than significant, the significant impacts of the Project that will be reduced to less - than - significant levels with mitigation, and the significant and unavoidable impact. The City hereby finds that Project impacts associated with the issue areas of Hazards/Hazardous Materials, Utilities /Service Systems, and Water Quality/Hydrology either have no impact or are less than significant. This finding is based on the explanation and analysis included in RDEIR Chapters 3.2, 3.5 and 3.6, respectively, which the City ratifies, adopts and incorporates in these findings. The City hereby finds that mitigation measures have been identified in the RDEIR that will avoid or substantially lessen Project impacts associated with the issue areas of Air Quality, Noise, and Transportation and Traffic to a less than significant level. This finding is based on the explanation and analysis included in RDEIR Chapters 3.1, 3.3 and 3.4, respectively, which the City ratifies, adopts and incorporates in these findings. The City hereby finds that mitigation measures have been identified in the RDEIR that will lessen Project impacts associated with the issue areas of Transportation and Traffic, specifically the impact to intersection operations during implementation of Construction Configuration C.2 under Transportation /Traffic Threshold 1, but not to a less than significant level. This finding is based on the explanation and analysis included in RDEIR Chapter 3.4, which the City ratifies, adopts and incorporates in these findings. In addition, the City hereby finds that impacts to the following issue areas would not occur as a result of the Proposed Project: Aesthetics; Agricultural Resources; Biological Resources; Cultural Resources; Geology /Soils; Land Use/Planning; Mineral Resources; Population/Housing; Public Services; Recreation; and Utilities /Service Systems (except for wastewater). This finding is based on the explanation and analysis included in Initial Study prepared for the Project, which the City ratifies, adopts and incorporates in these findings. Additional facts that support the findings are set forth in the Final EIR, the staff report to the City Council, and the record of proceedings for the Project. Key discussions that support the Findings from the Final EIR are summarized in the "Evidence /Rationale Supporting Finding" column of Table 2 -l. However, other evidence may be contained in the overall record of the project to further support the finding. In making these findings, the City ratifies, adopts and incorporates the analysis and explanation in the Final EIR, and ratifies, adopts and incorporates in these findings the determinations and conclusions of the Final EIR relating to the environmental impacts and mitigation measures, except to the extent any such determinations or conclusions are specifically and expressly modified by these findings. The documents and other materials that constitute the record of proceedings on which the Project findings are based are located at the City of Santa Ana Public Works Agency, 200 South Daisy Avenue, Corporate Yard, MS 85, Santa Ana, California, 92703. The custodian for these documents is Steve Worrall, Senior Civil Engineer. This information is provided in compliance with Public Resources Code §21081.6(a)(2) and CEQA Guidelines §15091(e). San Lorenzo Lift Station EIR (Project No. 06 -3510) 2 -2 Findings of Fact /Statement of Overriding Considerations 55A -16