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EIR No. 2014 -01, GPA No. 2014 -02 ZOA No. 2014 -01 & AA No. 2014 -01 August 25, 2010 Page 7 Amendment Application The majority of the 425 acre Harbor Corridor project area is currently within Specific Plan No. 2 (SP 2), and was included in the orginal North Harbor Specific Plan boundaries created in 1994. The proposed zoning amendment would remove 120 acres from the SP -2 zoning designation, primarily near the Willowick Golf Course, and change the zoning district for those properties to Single Family Residential (R1), Two - Family Residential (R2), or Open Space (0). These proposed zone changes are generally in keeping with the existing land uses and subdivision lot patterns. In addition, a few properties along Fifth Street currently zoned Community Commercial (C2) are proposed to be added to SP -2 boundaries (Exhibit 6). Environmental Impact Report The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires that, where there is the potential for environmental impacts as the result of a proposed project, an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) be prepared in order to study and analyze any potential environmental impacts, disclose such potential impacts to the public, and mitigate such impacts to the greatest extent feasible (Exhibit 7). As such, an EIR was prepared for the Harbor Mixed Use Transit Corridor Specific Plan. The environmental issues analyzed in the EIR include aesthetics, air quality, biological resources, cultural resources, hazards and hazardous materials, hydrology and water quality, land use, noise, population and housing, public services, transportation and traffic, utilities and service systems and global climate change, as well as the cumulative impacts associated with each of these resource areas. CEQA also requires that when a Draft EIR is submitted to the State Clearinghouse for review by state agencies, the public be given an opportunity to review and comment on the Draft EIR for a period of not less than 45 days. In accordance with this requirement the Draft EIR began its 45 -day public review and comment period on April 18, 2014, with the review period ending on June 2, 2014. In response to written comments received, the City provided formal Response to Comments and EIR clarification or revision. In addition to fulfilling CEQA's requirement for public review, the City conducted a public meeting on May 12, 2014 in order to allow the public to provide oral testimony on the Draft EIR. The City received a total of 11 written comment letters; and evaluated all comments received from the persons or agencies that reviewed the Draft EIR and has provided written responses to these comments in the Final EIR. In accordance with CEQA, each public agency that commented on the Draft EIR will be provided with a response to its comments at least 10 days prior to the final action by the City Council to consider certification of the EIR. The Draft EIR, comments and recommendations received on the Draft EIR, Responses to Comments, and revisions made to the Draft EIR in response to those comments constitute the Final EIR (Exhibit 8). 75B -9