55C - RESO - FIXED GUIDEWAY PROJECT

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This EA /DEIR was prepared to meet the requirements of NEPA and CEQA. As required by these laws, the environmental review process must be completed before the proposed project can be approved by the City of Santa Ana (acting as the lead agency for Santa Ana and Garden Grove) and the FTA. Meaningful public engagement was an important component of the SA -GG Fixed Guideway Project from the start. Well before any key decisions were made, the City of Santa Ana initiated a public scoping process to help define the appropriate range of issues to be addressed in the EA /DEIR. Four scoping meetings were conducted for the general public between June 8 and June 12, 2010. Two of these meetings were scheduled in the evening, one meeting was scheduled in the morning and one meeting was scheduled on a Saturday afternoon, providing those community members who could not attend any of the weekday evening meetings with an opportunity to participate. Public comment opportunities were made available at each meeting. It should also be noted that articles and advertisements were published in a number of local newspapers, including several non - English publications. All information materials were presented in English as well as Spanish. The alternatives identified for evaluation in this EA /DEIR were based on public comments as well as technical analyses, as detailed in the AA Report (under separate cover and available by request or on the City's website at http://www.ci.santa - ana.ca.us/transitvision). Following receipt of public comments on the EA /DEIR, the Santa Ana and Garden Grove City Councils will select an LPA for the Fixed Guideway Project. Their decision will be based on a combination of environmental impacts, community input, cost, ridership and economic development considerations brought to light through the EA /DEIR, AA, and public review process. Subsequent to the City actions, the LPA will be presented to the OCTA Board of Directors. If necessary to address comments received during the environmental public review, additional engineering may be performed to refine the conceptual design of the LPA prior to presentation to the City Councils. If a hybrid alternative which results in changes outside the envelope of environmental effect is selected, then an environmental re- evaluation may be needed. 2AILTEMMEML 1 Table 3 -1 summarizes the potential adverse effects associated with the implementation of Streetcar Alternatives 1 and 2. No impacts would occur from the implementation of the TSM Alternative. The information presented in Table 4 -1 is a summary of the analysis contained in the EA /DEIR. Adverse effects associated with hazardous materials, operational noise (moderate), safety, and construction air quality are anticipated to occur prior to incorporation of mitigation measures (CEQA only). Each of these adverse effects would result from implementation of Streetcar Alternatives 1 and 2. Mitigation measures would eliminate the adverse effects associated with hazardous materials and safety. Moderate effects associated with LPA Decision Report July 2D 14 55C -50 3.1 I Page