2014-028 - Approving General Plan Amendement No. 2014-01

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City of Santa Ana -Park View at Town and Country Manor Draft EIR Introduction • Agricultural Resources. The project site is an open grassy area and parking lot containing off - street parking serving Town and Country Manor. The project site is not listed on the Farmland Mapping and Monitoring Program for the California Resources Agency. The current zoning designation for the project site by the City of Santa Ana is Suburban Apartment (R -4) zoning district, and the current General Plan Land Use Designation is Medium Density Residential (MR -15). Since the site does not contain any agricultural resources and is not zoned for agricultural use, the project would not convert prime farmland, unique farmland, or farmland of statewide importance to non - agricultural uses and would not conflict with zoning for agricultural use. Additionally, the project would not conflict with a Williamson Act Land Contract. The proposed project would not involve changes to the existing environment that would result in the conversion of farmland to a non - agricultural use. Project impacts on agricultural resources are considered less than significant. • Biological Resources. The project site is isolated from natural wildlife areas by the surrounding urban development. The project site is located near the north bank of the Santiago Creek in the City of Santa Ana, but lies across Memory Lane from the Creek, within a developed area. The developed portion of the project contains an asphalt -paved parking area and hardscape features. The vegetation on the site consists of lawns. With existing conditions on the site, the probability of the presence of any species that are designated as candidate, sensitive, or special status in local or regional plans, policies, or regulations, or by the California Department of Fish and Game or the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, is extremely low. No riparian habitat or other sensitive natural community currently occur on the project site. Additionally, the proposed project does not contain any federally protected wetlands as defined by Section 404 of the Clean Water Act. There are no watercourses or bodies on the project site. Because the project site is isolated from existing native habitat by urban development, the site is not considered to be a wildlife corridor. The project site does not include the potential for a native wildlife nursery because of the isolated nature of the site and the lack of native habitat on the site. The project site does not contain any known biological resources such as native habitat or native trees. The developed portion of the site contains an asphalt -paved parking area and hardscape features, and the vegetation on the site consists of lawns. Adjacent sites are mostly developed. Based on these existing conditions, the site is not governed by a tree preservation policy or ordinance. Because the project site, as well as the surrounding areas, include urban uses and no native habitat, the project site is not located within an adopted Habitat Conservation Plan, Natural Communities Conservation Plan, or other approved local, regional, or State habitat conservation plan. Project impacts on biological resources are considered less than significant. • Cultural Resources. A Cultural and Paleontological Resources Study was prepared as part of the IS/NOP, involving a cultural resource records search. During the records search, archival Michael Brandman Associates 1 -3 H\Cl t(PN- JMb327b32]003MMVB2]0030 Sec01-0OIvhadvctim dac