75B - PH - BRISTOL EIR FR CIVIC CENTER TO WASHINGTON(no exhibit 1)

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ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORTADDENDUM Bristol Street Widening Phase IIIA— Civic Center Drive to Washington Avenue 1.3 Project Background 1.3.1 Approved 1990 Final EIWEIS The City of Santa Ana General Plan designates Bristol Street as a Major Arterial Highway traveling in a north -south direction. As a result of significant growth and traffic congestion on Bristol Street, the City of Santa Ana, in the late 1980s, proposed to widen Bristol Street from a four -lane roadway to a six -lane arterial in accordance with adopted County of Orange and City of Santa Ana standards for a Major Arterial Highway. A joint EIS /EIR was prepared and approved by the City of Santa Ana and the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) for the widening of Bristol Street in 1990. The 1990 Project entailed a 3.9 -mile segment of Bristol Street from Warner Avenue to Memory Lane. Due to significant costs associated with construction and availability of funding, the street widening Project was divided into three phases; Phase I, from Wainer Avenue north to First Street; Phase II, consisting of the widening and reconstruction of the bridge which crosses Santiago Creek (northerly limits of the street widening Project); and Phase III, between First Street and Memory Lane. Subsequently, and also due to funding programming and availability, the Phase III segment has been further divided into two separate segments: Phase IIIA, Civic Center Drive to Washington Avenue (the subject of this Addendum),; and Phase IIIB Washington Avenue to 17th Street. The Bristol Street widening segments, as described above, operate independently; that is, operation of one segment is not dependent on another. The 1990 FEIS /EIR (SCH No. 87071509) was approved on November 19, 1990. The 1990 FEIS /EIR and associated technical studies, incorporated herein by reference, documented the environmental impacts of widening Bristol Street from Warner Avenue to Memory Lane in the City of Santa Ana. As stated in the 1990 FEIS /EIR, the purpose and goals of the Bristol Street Widening Project were to: 1. Provide sufficient roadway capacity to accommodate current and future traffic demand. 2. Improve the performance and safety of the roadway for the benefit of the motoring public. 3. To reduce current and projected future delays experienced at major intersections and to design intersections to function at acceptable Levels of Service (LOS). 4. To design the roadway in manner conducive to the provision of public transportation, namely bus service provided by the Orange County Transit District (OCTD). 1.3.2 Adopted Transportation Improvement Program The Approved Project is fully funded and included as project number ORA125 in the regional emissions analysis conducted by Southern California Association of Governments (SLAG) for the conforming 2013 Federal Transportation Improvement Program (FTIP) adopted by SCAG on September 19, 2012 and approved by FHWA on December 14, 2012. As provided in the FLIP, the Approved Project description reads as follows: BRISTOL ST (WARNER TO MEMORY LANE) WIDEN FROM 4 TO 6 LANES (IMPV AT BRISTOL /WARNER (ADD NBIEBISB THRU LNS, WB RT TRN LN) AND BRISTOL /FIRST (ADD NBISB THRULNS; SB LFTIRTITRNLNS The Phase IIIA project is a component of the Approved Project. The Phase IIIA Project's design concept and scope have not changed significantly from what was analyzed in the RTIP and FTIP. This analysis found that the plan and, therefore, the individual projects contained in the plan, are conforming projects, and would have air quality impacts consistent with those identified in the state implementation plans (SIPS) for achieving the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS). FHWA determined the RTIP to conform to the SIP. 305 -011 (PER 02) CITY OF SANTA ANA (01 /19/2015) YU PAGE 11 75B -26