2016-019 - California Environmental Quality Act

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WHEREAS, on or about December 4, 2012, the City held a public scoping meeting to gather public comments on the proposed Project and its potential impacts on the physical environment; and WHEREAS, on or about October 6, 2014, a draft EIR was circulated for public review and comment; and WHEREAS, on or about October 27, 2014, a Public Hearing was held by the Planning Commission; and WHEREAS, by the close of the 45 -day review period a total of five comments, three written comment letters and two oral comments, were received by the City on the document; and WHEREAS, the City has prepared a Final EIR, consisting of comments received during the 45 -day public review and comment period on the Draft EIR, written responses to those comments, the Mitigation Monitoring Program and the Draft EIR. In addition, the Findings of Fact and Statement of Overriding Considerations for the Project have been prepared. For the purposes of this Resolution, the "EIR" shall refer to the Draft EIR, including all of the technical studies and appendices to the Draft EIR, together with the other sections of the Final EIR, including all of the technical studies, attachments and appendices to the Final EIR; and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission of the City of Santa Ana held a duly noticed public hearing on July 13, 2015, and voted to recommend that the City Council: (1) Adopt a resolution certifying Final Environmental Impact Report No. 2013 -01 and approve the Mitigation Monitoring Program and Statement of Overriding Considerations for the proposed Project; and, (2) Adopt an ordinance approving a second amendment to Development Agreement No. 1999 -01 (DA No. 2015 -02) for the Mater Dei High School campus expansion project; and WHEREAS, on or about March 15, 2016, the City Council held a duly noticed public hearing and at that time considered all testimony, written and oral, and approved Resolution No. 2016 -019, certifying the EIR; and WHEREAS, the Facts, Findings, and Statement of Overriding Considerations Regarding the Environmental Effects for the Mater Del High School Parking Structure and School Expansion Project, is attached hereto as Exhibit A and incorporated herein by this reference; and WHEREAS, the Mitigation Monitoring Program sets forth the mitigation measures to which the City shall bind itself in connection with this Project and is attached hereto as Exhibit B and incorporated herein by this reference; and WHEREAS, as contained herein, the City has endeavored in good faith to set forth the basis for its decision on the proposed Project; and Resolution No. 2016 -019 Page 2 of 7