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ZOA No. 2012 -01, DA No. 2004 -03, VTTM No. 2012 -01, and SPR No. 2012 -01 February 13, 2012 Page 12 Finally, the contacts for this Neighborhood Association were notified by mail 10 days prior to this public hearing. Further, through the California Environmental Quality Act process, the neighborhood contacts, as well as adjacent properties and public agencies were notified of the release of Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND) prepared for the project and invited to provide comments. The notice identified the environmental process, availability of documents and contact information. 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. The City received written comments on the MND, which are contained within the Final MND, and was also contacted by the MacArthur Place Business Association requesting that the applicant contact them to comply with the CC &R's requiring that the project be brought before the Association for architectural review. At the time of this printing, no additional correspondence, either written or electronic, had been received from any members of the public. CEQA Analysis As part of the City's permitting process, the proposed project is required to undergo an environmental review in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). In accordance with the CEQA, the recommended actions have been reviewed through a Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND), Environmental Review No. 2010 -46. Section 15063 of the State CEQA Guidelines and Sections 15070 -15075 of Article 6 guide the process for the preparation of a mitigated negative declaration. This MND, as required by CEQA, contains 1) a project description; 2) a description of the environmental setting, potential environmental impacts, mitigation measures for any significant effects, and consistency with plans and policies; and 3) names of preparers. The mitigation measures included in this IS /MND are designed to reduce or eliminate the potentially significant environmental impacts described herein. The scope of the MND evaluates the proposed project's effects on the following resource topics: • aesthetics • agriculture and forestry resources • air quality • biological resources • cultural resources • geology /soils • greenhouse gas emissions 75A -18