75A - PH - RESO SA-GG FIXED GUIDEWAY

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Resolution Certifying the REA/FEIR Santa Ana - Garden Grove Fixed Guideway Project January 20, 2015 Page 4 The EA /DEIR Notice of Availability was released on May 22, 2014, and the 45 -day public comment period began May 23, 2014. Subsequently, staff implemented an extensive outreach campaign that exceeded statutory requirements: • 3,796 postcards were prepared and sent to all properties within 500 feet of the area of potential effect (multi - residential and single -unit properties, including the owner and tenant of each property), as well as to key stakeholders who had previously participated in the environmental process. The postcards provided details of the three scheduled meetings in English, Spanish, and Vietnamese. • A press release was sent out via Nixle and an announcement was made by the City Manager at a publicly televised City Council meeting at the start of the 45 -day review period. • Seven news outlets, including the OC Reporter and the Orange County Register, provided print and web coverage on the Santa Ana - Garden Grove Fixed Guideway Project and the scheduled public meetings. • Information was placed prominently on the homepage of the City's website, eliciting 100,000 views in the first 30 days of the 45 -day review period. • To encourage attendance, staff contacted key stakeholders, groups, and neighborhood leaders (including those outside of the 500 -foot envelope, such as the Logan and French Park neighborhoods), and sent out an a -news release to over 2,000 neighborhood leaders in advance of the meetings. A copy of the Santa Ana - Garden Grove Fixed Guideway Project AA /DEIR was placed at seven locations, including five in Santa Ana, one in the OCTA office in Orange, one location in Garden Grove, and a digital copy online, for public review. • Three public meetings were held along the potential Santa Ana - Garden Grove Fixed Guideway Project route at various times to accommodate as many people as possible. Information, interpretation and translation services were provided in English, Spanish, and Vietnamese. Flyers in all three languages were placed at every community and senior center in the city, providing information on where to find the AA /DEIR, the website address, the 45 -day review period, and how to submit comments. Notice of the public meetings and calls for public comment were also promoted on the City's social media channels several times throughout the 45 -day review period. To encourage input, flyers on the 45 -day review period and calls for comments were also distributed as handouts at neighborhood meetings throughout the 45 -day review period. • Information was provided to the Santa Ana Unified School District ( SAUSD) Public Information Office and various SAUSD staff, to extend notification to those interested. 75A -4