75D - PH - MATER DEI EXPANSION AND PARKING STRUCTURE

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EIR No. 2013 -01 and Amend DA No. 1999 -01 July 13, 2015 Page 6 The EIR, as required by CEQA, contains 1) an initial study; 2) a project description; 3) a description of the environmental setting, potential environmental impacts, mitigation measures for any significant effects, and consistency with plans and policies; and 4) names of preparers. The mitigation measures included in this EIR are designed to reduce or eliminate the potentially significant environmental impacts described herein. The scope of the EIR evaluates the proposed project's effects on the following resource topics: aesthetics, air quality, biological resources, cultural resources, geology and soils, greenhouse gas emissions, hazards and hazardous materials, hydrology and water quality, land use and planning, noise, population and housing, public services, recreation, transportation and traffic, and utilities and service systems. The City prepared a draft EIR and published the Notice of Availability (NOA) in the Orange County Register as well as posted the NOA at the Orange County Clerk's office on October 6, 2012. The City circulated the draft EIR for a 45 -day public review between October 6, 2014 and November 19, 2014. The draft EIR was available for public review at the Santa Ana City Hall, the City of Santa Ana Main Library, and on the City's website. This EIR is intended to provide a forum to air and address comments pertaining to the analysis contained in the draft EIR and to provide an opportunity for clarification, corrections, or minor revisions to the EIR as needed. Comments were received during the public review period. Pursuant to Section 15088 of the State CEQA Guidelines, the City, as the lead agency for the project, has reviewed all comments received on the document. As a result of the environmental analysis, only one significant impact was identified from the construction of the proposed project, which involves significant impacts related to long -term degradation of the visual character /quality of the site and its surroundings. For those impacts identified as less than significant, mitigation measures have been provided to address potential environmental impacts, with a list of these mitigation measures found within the attached Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program. Mitigation measures have been outlined to address potential impacts on aesthetics /light and glare, air quality and noise. Strategic Plan Alignment Approval of this item supports the City's efforts to meet Goal No. 3 Economic Development, Objective No. 2 (create new opportunities for business /job growth and encourage private development through new General Plan and Zoning Ordinance policies). 75D -8