2015-051 - Certifying Final Environmental Impact Report

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Mitigation Measures T -1 Any temporary lane closures shall be limited to non -rush -hour periods. Directions to alternative routes shall be provided to drivers, bicyclists, and pedestrians during road closures. Road closures shall not last over 24 hours without advance written approval of the Executive Director of the City of Santa Ana Public Works Agency or designee. T -2 Prior to the beginning of any utility relocation, demolition, or construction work, a detailed construction traffic control plan shall be prepared by a licensed civil engineer. The construction traffic control plan shall be based on the most recent version of the Greenbook: Standard Specifications for Public Works Construction (federal); California Department of Transportation California Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (state); Southern California Chapter of the American Public Works Association Work Area Traffic Control Handbook; and City Standard Provisions (local). The traffic control plan shall include extensive public outreach and public awareness through the use of mailers and notices in local papers and other publications. Finding: Changes or alterations have been required in or incorporated into the project that avoid or substantially lessen the significant environmental effect identified in the Final EIR. These changes are identified in the form of a mitigation measure, presented above. The City of Santa Ana hereby finds that implementation of the mitigation measure is feasible, and it is therefore adopted. Mitigation Measures T -1 and T -2 would reduce construction- related traffic impacts to the extent feasible. However, due to the reduction in travel lanes and duration of construction activities, Impact 5.10 -3 would remain significant and unavoidable and a Statement of Overriding Considerations is required. III. FINDINGS ON PROJECT ALTERNATIVES The CEQA Guidelines (Section 15126[a]) state that an EIR must address "a range of reasonable alternatives to the project, or to the location of the project, which could feasibly attain the basic objectives of the project, but would avoid or substantially lessen any of the significant effects of the project and evaluate the comparative merits of the alternatives." The alternatives were based, in part, on their potential ability to reduce or eliminate the impacts determined to be significant and unavoidable for the proposed project even after implementation of all feasible mitigation measures. As described in Chapter 7 of this Draft FIR, five project alternatives were identified, considered, and rejected from further analysis as described below: • Alternative Project Site • Preliminary Engineering Alternatives 0 100 ROW 0 110 Center Alternative 0 120 North Alternative 0 120 Center Alternative Four project alternatives were identified and analyzed for relative impacts as compared to the proposed project: • No Project Alternative CEQA Findings of Fact - 13 - Warner Avenue Improvements & Widening from Main Street to Grand Avenue Aug 2015