2014-069 - Final Environmental Impact Report No. 2014-01

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HARBOR BLVD. MIXED USE TRANSIT CORRIDOR PLAN FINAL FIR CITY OF SANTA ANA 2. Introduction 2.3.2 Potentially Significant Adverse Impacts Fifteen environmental factors were identified as potentially significant impacts if the proposed project is implemented. These factors are: ■ Aesthetics ■ An Quality • Cultural Resources • Geology and Soils • Greenhouse Gas Emissions • Hazards and Hazardous Materials • Hydrology and Water Quality • Land Use and Planning • Noise • Population and Housing • Public Services • Recreation • Transportation /Traffic • Utilities and Service Systems 2.3.3 Unavoidable Significant Adverse Impacts This EIR identifies one significant and unavoidable adverse impact, as defined by CEQA, that would result from implementation of the proposed project. Unavoidable adverse impacts may be considered significant on a project specific basis, cumulatively significant, and /or potentially significant. If the City, as the lead agency, determines that unavoidable significant adverse impacts will result from the project, the City must prepare a "statement of overriding considerations" before it can approve the project. A statement of overriding considerations states that the decision making body has balanced the benefits of the proposed project against its unavoidable significant environmental effects and has determined that the benefits of the project outweigh the adverse effects; therefore, the adverse effects are considered to be acceptable. The impact that was found in the FIR to be significant and unavoidable is: ■ An Quality 2.4 INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE The following documents are incorporated by reference in this EIR, consistent with Section 15150 of the State CEQA Guidelines, and are available for review at the City of Santa Ana, Planning Division, 20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701. October 2014 Page 2 -3