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GPA No. 2016 -01, AA No. 2016 -01, & ER No. 2016 -14 March 28, 2016 Page 7 The project site is located within the boundaries of the Lyon Street Neighborhood Association. Staff has notified all parties that have expressed an interest in the project by mail a minimum of 10 days prior to the public hearing to ensure they were notified of the meeting and to identify if there were any areas of concern, The project site itself was posted with a notice advertising this public hearing, a notice was published in the Orange County Reporter and mailed notices were sent to all property owners and occupants within 500 feet of the project site. At the time of this printing, no correspondence, either written or electronic, had been received from any members of the public, CEQA Analysis As part of the City's permitting process, the proposed project is required to undergo an environmental review in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). In accordance with CEQA, the recommended actions have been reviewed through an Initial Study /Mitigated Negative Declaration (ER No. 2016 -14). Sections 15070 through 15075 of the State CEQA Guidelines (Article 6) guide the process for the preparation of a negative declaration (ND) or mitigated negative declaration (MND). The MND prepared for the project, as required by CEQA, contains a project description, project location map, proposed finding that the project with mitigation will not have a significant effect on the environment, a copy of the initial study, and mitigation measures to avoid potentially significant effects (Exhibit 12). The mitigation measures included in the MND are designed to reduce or eliminate the potentially significant environmental impacts described herein. The scope of the MND evaluates the proposed project's effects on the following resource topics: aesthetics, agriculture and forest resources, air quality, biological resources, cultural resources, geology and soils, greenhouse gas emissions, hazards and hazardous materials, hydrology and water quality, land use and planning, mineral resources, noise, population and housing, public services, recreation, transportation and traffic, and utilities and service systems. The City prepared a draft MND and circulated it to all interested or required parties on the City's standard distribution list on January 25, 2016. A notice of intent to adopt was also published in the Orange County Reporter on January 27, 2016. The City circulated the draft MND for a 30- day public review between January 25, 2016 and February 25, 2016. The draft MND was available for public review at the Santa Ana City Hall, the City of Santa Ana Main Library, and on the City's webpage created for the project. This MND is intended to provide a forum to receive and respond to comments pertaining to the analysis contained in the draft MND and to provide an opportunity for clarification, corrections, or minor revisions to the environmental document as needed. Comments were received during the 75C -9