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Harbor Boulevard Mixed Use Transit Corridor Plan <br />Findings and Facts in Support of Findings and Statement of Overriding Considerations <br />increase in criteria air pollutant emissions, the project would continue to be <br />potentially inconsistent with the assumptions in the AQMP. This impact would remain <br />significant and unavoidable. <br />Mitigation Measures <br />Mitigation Measures 2 -1 through 2 -5 apply this impact. <br />B. CULTURAL RESOURCES <br />(1) Potential Impact: Future development that would be accommodated by the Harbor <br />Boulevard Mixed Use Transit Corridor Plan could impact unknown archeological <br />and /or paleontological resources during grading and construction activities. <br />Finding: 1. The City hereby makes Finding 1 and determines that this impact is less <br />than significant with the incorporation of the proposed mitigation measure. <br />Facts in Support of Finding <br />Mitigation Measure 3 -1 requires that project applicants in the plan area document <br />that they have retained qualified professionals to be on call during ground- disturbing <br />activities. Implementation of the measure also ensures that local, state, and federal <br />regulations are followed in the event that cultural resources are discovered. <br />Adherence to regulatory requirements and implementation of Mitigation Measure 3 -1 <br />would reduce the potential impacts to cultural resources to less than significant <br />levels. Therefore, no significant unavoidable adverse impacts relating to cultural <br />resources would result from project implementation. <br />Mitigation Measures <br />MM 3 -1 Prior to the issuance of grading permits, and for any subsequent <br />permit involving excavation to increased depth, the project <br />applicant for each development or redevelopment project <br />considered for approval pursuant to the Harbor Boulevard Mixed <br />Use Transit Corridor Plan shall provide letters to the City of Santa <br />Ana from a qualified archaeologist and paleontologist (for <br />excavations six feet below ground surface and deeper) who meet <br />the Secretary of the Interior's Professional Qualifications <br />Standards. The letters shall state that the project applicant has <br />retained these individuals, and that the consultant(s) will be on call <br />during all grading and other significant ground- disturbing activities. <br />In the event archeological or paleontological resources are <br />discovered during ground- disturbing activities, the professional <br />archeological or paleontological monitor shall have the authority to <br />halt any activities adversely impacting potentially significant <br />cultural resources until they can be formally evaluated. <br />Suspension of ground disturbances in the vicinity of the <br />discoveries shall not be lifted until the archaeological or <br />paleontological monitor, in coordination with the construction <br />contractor, has evaluated discoveries to assess whether they are <br />26 July 2014 <br />