2015-004 - Santa Ana-Garden Grove Fixed Guideway Project

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Santa Ana — Garden Grove Fixed Guideway Project Findings and Facts in Support of Findings and Statement of Overriding Considerations mitigated to a less- than - significant level through the imposition of existing regulations, standard conditions and /or mitigation measures. In order to ensure compliance and implementation, all mitigation measures will be included in the MMRP for the proposed project and adopted as conditions of the proposed project by the City Council. 6. Section 6 sets forth findings regarding those significant or potentially significant environmental impacts that will or may result from the proposed project and which the City has determined cannot feasibly be mitigated to a less- than - significant level. 7. Section 7 sets forth findings regarding the cumulative, growth- inducing, and irreversible effects of the proposed project. 8. Section 8 sets forth findings regarding alternatives to the proposed project. 9. Section 9 sets forth a statement of overriding considerations, which identifies the benefits that would outweigh the significant, unavoidable environmental impacts associated with implementation of the proposed project. B. Custodian and Location of Records The documents and other materials that constitute the administrative record for the City's actions related to the proposed project are available at the City of Santa Ana, Planning and Building Agency, 20 Civic Center Plaza Ross Annex (M -20), Santa Ana, California 92701. The City of Santa Ana is the custodian of the Administrative Record for the proposed project. 2. PROJECT SUMMARY A. Project Location The SA -GG Fixed Guideway Study Area is located in central Orange County, California and directly accesses both the Los Angeles -San Diego -San Luis Obispo rail corridor and the Pacific Electric right -of -way (PE ROW) rail corridor. Running predominantly in an east -west direction, the corridor extends 4.2 miles through the City of Santa Ana and into the eastern portion of the City of Garden Grove. The Study Area is generally bounded by Harbor Boulevard to the west, 17th Street to the north, Grand Avenue to the east, and 15t Street to the south. The eastern terminus of the alignment is the Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center (SARTC) and the western terminus is the Harbor Boulevard/ Westminster Avenue intersection. B. Project Description Following receipt of public comments on the EA/DEIR and after the close of the public comment period, the City Council selected Streetcar Alternative 1 with Operations & Maintenance (O & M) Facility Site B (west of Raitt Street) and 0 Street Parking Scenario A (parallel parking) as the Locally Preferred Alternative for the SA -GG Fixed Guideway Project on August 5, 2014. Streetcar Alternative 1 (proposed project) would utilize the PE ROW, an abandoned and vacant rail right -of -way owned by the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA), through the western half of its alignment and generally operate along Santa Ana Boulevard, and 4th Street on the way to SARTC. The 4.2 -mile alignment would include 12 stations and it is anticipated that the streetcar system would operate seven days a week with 10- minute headways during 3 January 2015