2015-051 - Certifying Final Environmental Impact Report

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acquisitions, and an increase of 4 partial acquisitions, compared to the proposed project. Facts in Support of Finding: • This alternative would achieve all project objectives. • This alternative would reduce the number of residential parcels that would be affected by construction noise; however, this impact would remain significant and unavoidable in this alternative, as it would for the proposed project. • The 110 South Alternative would reduce environmental impacts to population and housing; all other environmental topics would be similar to the proposed project. • This alternative would result in the loss of a strip of property along the north side of James Monroe Elementary School, National Guard Armory, and Delhi Park and the demolition of Cherry Aerospace, a large industrial parcel that provides the community with income and employment opportunities. While fewer homes would be demolished under this alternative, the demolition of Cherry Aerospace would not be an economically feasible substitute. Additionally, the impact to public facilities would have greater effects to the community compared to the proposed project. • Land use and planning impacts would be greater than the proposed project. Finding: The City of Santa Ana finds, based on the Final FIR and the whole of the record, that the 110 South Alternative is less desirable than the proposed project. Specific economic, legal, social, technological, or other considerations, including considerations for the provision of employment opportunities for highly trained workers, make this alternative less than desirable than the proposed project. Public Resources Code § 21081 [a] [3], Guidelines § 15091 [a] [3]). C. 120 South Alternative This alternative would use a 120 -foot total ROW width, the City of Santa Ana standard Major Arterial ROW, and would align most of the road widening to the south of the existing centerline. The ROW includes six 12 -foot lanes, a 14- foot -wide raised landscaped median, 7 -foot shoulder/bike lanes, and 10 -foot parkway and sidewalk. This alternative would require 31 full and 25 partial parcel acquisitions. Compared to the proposed project, the major differences with this alignment are the acquisition and building removal of three additional commercial parcels (at the strip commercial center), the fire station, and two industrial parcels (Cherry Aerospace and H &H asphalt). The majority of impacts to full residential parcels would be shifted from the north to the south side of Warner Avenue and result in the reduction of 4 full acquisitions. Facts in Support of Finding: • This alternative would result in the loss of a significant strip of property along Warner Avenue at the Monroe Elementary School, National Guard Armory, and Delhi Park. • This alternative would not reduce either of the significant and unavoidable impacts of the proposed project, and would increase environmental impacts to air quality, greenhouse gas emissions, and hazards and hazardous materials. Long term traffic noise impacts may be reduced. All other environmental topics would be similar to the proposed project. CEQA Findings of Fact - 15 - Warner Avenue Improvements & Widening from Main Street to Grand Avenue Aug 2015