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ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORTADDENDUM Bristol Street Widening Phase IIIB— Washington Avenue to 17`" Street A Supplement to an EIR (or Supplemental EIR), which is narrower in scope than a Subsequent EIR, may be prepared if any of the above criteria apply, but "[o]nly minor changes or additions would be necessary to make the previous EIR adequately apply to the project in the changed situation" (CEQA Guidelines Section 15163[a][2]). In the absence of the need to prepare either a Subsequent or Supplemental EIR, an Addendum may be prepared. More specifically, CEQA Guidelines Section 15164 states: (a) The lead agency or a responsible agency shall prepare an addendum to a previously certified EIR if some changes or additions are necessary but none of the conditions described in Section 15162 calling for preparation of a subsequent EIR have occurred. (b) An addendum to an adopted negative declaration may be prepared if only minor technical changes or additions are necessary or none of the conditions described in Section 15162 calling for the preparation of a subsequent EIR or negative declaration have occurred. (c) An addendum need not be circulated for public review but can be included in or attached to the final EIR or adopted negative declaration. (d) The decision making body shall consider the addendum with the final EIR or adopted negative declaration prior to making a decision on the project. (e) A brief explanation of the decision not to prepare a subsequent EIR pursuant to Section 15162 should be included in an addendum to an EIR, the lead agency's findings on the project, or elsewhere in the record. The explanation must be supported by substantial evidence. This Addendum to the previously certified FEIS/EIR for the approved Project has been prepared because the evaluation of the proposed modifications does not result in any of the circumstances requiring a Subsequent or Supplemental EIS /EIR. Although the proposed modifications would result in development that differs from that in the 1990 FEIS/EIR, those modifications do not trigger the need for preparation of a Subsequent or Supplemental EIR under the criteria listed in CEQA Guidelines Sections 15162 and 15163, respectively. Sections 2.0 and 3.0 of this Addendum demonstrate that no substantial changes are proposed in the approved Project or have occurred in the area of the Bristol Street Widening Phase IIIB Project that will require major revisions to the previously certified 1990 FEIS /EIR due to the involvement of new significant environmental effects or a substantial increase in the severity of previously identified significant effects. Specifically, the proposed modifications, as compared to the 1990 FEIS /EIR, do not result in new or substantially greater significant impacts because the scale and nature of the proposed modifications are sufficiently similar to that analyzed in the 1990 FEIS/EIR such that the impacts of the proposed modifications are within the levels and types of environmental impacts disclosed in the 1990 FEIS /EIR. ANA 111 -334 (PER- 02 -01) CITY OF SANTA ANA (01/30/2014 REV3) 132597 CM PAGE 3 55A -12