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Resolution Certifying the REA/FEIR <br />Santa Ana - Garden Grove Fixed Guideway Project <br />January 20, 2015 <br />Page 3 <br />dining, and entertainment destination), Strategy B (create a comprehensive program to manage <br />parking that includes innovative strategies to provide parking, create revenue and enhance <br />accessibility in the downtown). <br />ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT <br />The REA /FEIR represents an informational document that is intended to advise public decision <br />makers, other responsible and trustee agencies, and the general public of the potential effects of <br />the proposed project. <br />The City of Santa Ana distributed a Notice of Preparation (NOP) for the EA /DEIR on May 24, 2010. <br />The NOP was distributed to the State Clearinghouse Office of Planning and Research, public <br />agencies, utility and service providers, homeowners' associations in the project area, nearby <br />property owners, and other individuals that may have had an interest in the project. Several public <br />project scoping meetings were held in 2010 to identify concerns or issues from the community. <br />The scoping meetings identified seven conceptual project alternatives including No Build, <br />Transportation System Management (bus improvements), two Bus Rapid Transit Routes, and <br />three Streetcar Routes. <br />Through continued community input, these alternatives were screened down to the four <br />alternatives presented to Council on December 20, 2010. The Reduced Set of Alternatives <br />included the No Build alternative and those technology options that best met the needs of the <br />community comprised of the two streetcar alternatives and a TSM alternative that included bus <br />service improvements and signal synchronization. The EA /DEIR identified those potential impacts <br />that could be significant and issues that would require additional analysis. The environmental <br />issues analyzed in the EA /DEIR included: <br />1. <br />Aesthetics <br />18. <br />Mineral Resources <br />2. <br />Agricultural and Forest Resources <br />19. <br />Noise and Vibration <br />3. <br />4. <br />Air Quality <br />Biological Resources <br />20. <br />Population and Housing <br />5. <br />Coastal Zones <br />21. <br />Public Services <br />6. <br />Community Effects <br />22. <br />Recreation <br />7. <br />Cultural Resources <br />23. <br />Safety and Security <br />8. <br />Ecologically Sensitive Areas <br />24. <br />Section 4(f) Resources <br />9. <br />Economic Effects <br />25. <br />Socio- Economics <br />10. <br />Endangered and /or Threatened Plant and <br />26. <br />Transportation, Traffic and Parking <br />11. <br />Animal Species <br />Energy Resources <br />27 <br />Utilities /Service Systems <br />12. <br />Environmental Justice <br />28. <br />Visual Quality <br />y <br />13. <br />Geology, Soils and Seismicity <br />29. <br />Water Quality, Hydrology and Floodplains <br />14. <br />Hazards & Hazardous Materials <br />30. <br />Wetlands and Navigable Waterways <br />15. <br />Land Acquisition and Displacements <br />31. <br />Construction <br />16. <br />Land Use and Zoning <br />32. <br />Cumulative Impacts <br />17. <br />Right -of -Way, Relocations, Utility <br />33. <br />Other Considerations <br />Coordination <br />75A -3 <br />