2017-046 - Approving Addendum Nos. 1 and 2

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Santa Ana/Garden Grove Fixed Guideway Project Addendum land use or zoning impact, and there are no agricultural or forestry resources located within the construction footprint. Both the construction and operations of the Project would be similar to the Project as evaluated in the EIR. No additional land use and zoning impact would occur and the conclusions that the Project would not result in a significant land use and zoning impact as identified in the EIR remain accurate. Land Acquisition and Displacements This environmental resource issue area is only applicable to the analysis pursuant to NEPA, and no further analysis is warranted in this CEQA Addendum. In addition, no additional displacements are anticipated by the design changes. Section 0 Resources This environmental resource issue area is only applicable to the analysis pursuant to NEPA, and no further analysis is warranted in this CEQA Addendum. Communitv Effects and Environmental Justice This section of the EIR includes an evaluation of potential impacts associated with fire protection, police protection, schools, parks, and other public facilities. The EIR determined that impacts to fire and police protection would be less than significant, and that there would be no impact to schools, parks or other public facilities. The design changes do not involve any modifications to the characteristics of the project that would affect any of these facilities. Both the construction and operations of the Project would be similar to the Project as evaluated in the EIR. No additional community effects impact would occur and the conclusions that the Project would not result in a significant community effects impact as identified in the EIR remain accurate. Visual Quality The potential visual quality impacts associated with the construction and operation of the Project were evaluated in the EIR. The EIR determined that the proposed project would result in less than significant impacts to visual quality including scenic vistas, scenic resources, or aesthetic features, or substantially degrade the existing visual quality or character of the area. Since the certification of the EIR, there have been no changes to the aesthetic environment of the proposed Project as evaluated in the EIR. However, as described under "Description of Design Modifications" the design modifications that have been determined to potentially affect visual resources, and therefore determined to require further evaluation are located at: (1) the Westminster Avenue Bridge, (2) the Santa Ana River Bridge, and (3) realignment of the track and change from one to two -wire catenary in the PE ROW. An additional change would occur within a portion of the Project as a result of the repositioning of the TPSS's. The visual impact of two wire catenary within the PE ROW is considered to be less than significant in the context of the prior analysis and presence of overhead wires in adjacent areas, therefore, no supplemental visual analysis was performed for this change. In order to address the potential visual quality impacts associated with the design modifications to the Westminster Avenue Bridge, the Santa Ana River Bridge, the realignment of track and change from one to two -wire catenary in the PE ROW, as well as the repositioning of TPSSs, a supplemental visual impact analysis was prepared (see Visual Impact Assessment Supplement, Appendix A). The purpose of the analysis was to identify any changes to visual effects that were previously disclosed in the EIR. The supplemental visual impact analysis concludes that no new significant visual impacts and no increase in the seventy of an impact would result as compared to the originally approved Project as evaluated in the EIR. No additional visual quality impact would occur and the conclusions that the Project would not result in a significant visual quality as identified in the EIR remain accurate. 6 I age 1170726.1