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)� OCTA I Santa Ana/Garden Grove Fixed Guideway Project <br />Visual Impact Analysis Re-evaluation Technical Memo <br />I MMW_WaOOO <br />TPSS would be generally located in areas that are multi -family residential, commercial/light <br />industrial and low to mid -rise commercial in nature and of low to moderate visual quality. <br />Landscaping features and otherfeatures, such as walls and paint colors associated with the <br />substation structure, would be selected on a site-specific basis to increase the visual <br />compatibilityof other structures within the surrounding environment. <br />Based on the nature of the areas in which the TPSS would be located, the TPSS structures <br />would be consistentwith the other structures and equipment typical of the location. For this <br />reason, the minor design modificationsto the TPSS locationsfall within the scope of analysis for <br />the 2015 EAand remain notadverse/less than significant. No visual impact was identified in the <br />2015 EA; therefore, this projectfeature would not result in anew adverse or significant visual <br />impact, nor would it increase the severity of a visual impact as compared to the originally <br />approved project and as evaluated in the 2015 EA. <br />Conclusions <br />The minor design modifications that have been determined to potentiallyaffect visual resources <br />and were re-evaluated in this memo include the Westminster Avenue Bridge, the Santa Ana <br />River Bridge, and repositioning of TPSS. Realignment of the track and change from one to two - <br />wire catenary in the Pacific Electric right ofway (PE ROW) is also proposed; however, the visual <br />impact of the two -wire catenarywithin the PE ROWis not considered to be adverse/significant <br />in the context of the prior analysis and presence of overhead wires in adjacent areas, therefore <br />no re-evaluation of the prior visual impact analysis was performed for this change. <br />Westminster Avenue Bridge. Based on the analysis, the modified bridge design would not <br />diminish the visualqualityofthe area. No adverse orsignificantvisual effect was identified in <br />the EA/FONSI; therefore, this projectfeature would not result in anew adverse or significant <br />visual effect, norwould it increase the severityofa visual effect as compared to the originally <br />approved project and as evaluated in the 2015 EA/FONSI. <br />11JPage <br />