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SANTA ANA CLIMATE ACTION PLAN INITIAL STUDY <br />CITY OF SANTA ANA <br />Table of Contents <br />Section <br />Page <br />1. <br />PROJECT DESCRIPTION ................................................................ ..............................1 <br />1.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................ ............................... <br />1 <br />1.2 Regional Setting ...................................................................................................... ............................... <br />1 <br />1.3 City Characteristics ................................................................................................. ..............................1 <br />1.4 Project Background ............................................................................................... ............................... <br />4 <br />1.5 Project Objectives .................................................................................................. ............................... <br />5 <br />1.6 Project Description ................................................................................................ ............................... <br />6 <br />1.6.1 Emissions Inventory, Baseline and Projections ................................. ............................... <br />6 <br />1.6.2 GHG Emission Reduction Measures .................................................. ............................... <br />7 <br />1.6.3 Potential Environmental Impacts ...................................................... ............................... <br />10 <br />2. <br />ENVIRONMENTAL CHECKLIST ..................................................... .............................11 <br />2.1 Background ............................................................................................................. .............................11 <br />2.2 Environmental Factors Potentially Affected ................................................... ............................... <br />13 <br />2.3 Determination ...................................................................................................... ............................... <br />13 <br />2.4 Summary of Environmental Impact Analysis ................................................. ............................... <br />14 <br />3. <br />ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS ....................................................... .............................21 <br />3.1 Aesthetics ................................................................................................................ .............................21 <br />3.2 Agriculture and Forestry Resources .................................................................. ............................... <br />23 <br />3.3 Air Quality ............................................................................................................. ............................... <br />24 <br />3.4 Biological Resources ............................................................................................ ............................... <br />26 <br />3.5 Cultural Resources ................................................................................................. .............................28 <br />3.6 Geology and Soils ................................................................................................ ............................... <br />30 <br />3.7 Greenhouse Gas Emissions ................................................................................. .............................32 <br />3.8 Hazards and Hazardous Materials ..................................................................... ............................... <br />34 <br />3.9 Hydrology and Water Quality ............................................................................ ............................... <br />36 <br />3.10 Land Use and Planning ....................................................................................... ............................... <br />39 <br />3.11 Mineral Resources ................................................................................................ ............................... <br />40 <br />3.12 Noise ........................................................................................................................ .............................41 <br />3.13 Population and Housing ..................................................................................... ............................... <br />43 <br />3.14 Public Services ...................................................................................................... ............................... <br />44 <br />3.15 Recreation ............................................................................................................. ............................... <br />45 <br />3.16 Transportation / Traffic ......................................................................................... .............................45 <br />3.17 Utilities and Service Systems ................................................................................ .............................47 <br />3.18 Mandatory Findings of Significance ................................................................. ............................... <br />49 <br />4. <br />REFERENCES ................................................................................. .............................51 <br />5. <br />LIST OF PREPARERS .................................................................... .............................54 <br />October 2015 <br />75B -97 <br />Page <br />