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Executive Summary site. The Pre -Annexation Agreement also establishes that the County retains exclusive land use control over County -owned properties within the farmer MCAS El Toro. The Project site, which is approximately 108 acres, is encumbered by several public easements for drainage and utilities. The DoN has released fee title to approximately 60 acres of the Property, to Heritage Fields, which subsequently turned it over to the City via the Great Park Agreement executed between Heritage Fields and the City of Irvine. That agreement provided for transfer of some lands to the City as outlined in an earlier three -party agreement (DoN, City, and Heritage Fields). The City (with some use restrictions), in turn, has conveyed that property to the County, as required by the Pre -Annexation Agreement. The remaining portions (approximately 41.64 acres) of the Property are covered under a "Lease in Furtherance of Conveyance" or "LIFOC" pending completion of environmental remediation by DoN (further discussion of the LIFOC is provided in Section 4.7, Hazards and Hazardous Materials). Once the Property is remediated by the DoN, the DoN will make a Finding of Suitability to Transfer (FOST), allowing the transfer of the remaining Property, in fee, to Heritage Fields LLC. Subsequently, that portion of the Property will be transferred to the City, who must then transfer it to the County, as required by the Pre -Annexation Agreement. Additionally, pursuant to the Base Closure Community Redevelopment and Homeless Assistance Act of 1994 (BRAC Law), the Local Redevelopment Authority (LRA) for each closing military base must make a reasonable effort in its community reuse plan to meet the needs of the local homeless population. The County has been assigned as the official and federally -recognized LRA for the reuse planning at MCAS El Toro. In 2003, DoN and the EI Toro Homeless Service Providers Collaborative coordinated and identified properties on MCAS El Toro for use by the homeless service providers. The 125,000 -square -foot Warehouse 360 on a 5.2 -acre, surrounded on all sides by the 100 -acre County -owned parcel, was awarded to the Community Action Partnership of Orange County (CAPOC) and Families Forward (FF). In 2012, the DoN conveyed Warehouse 360 to the County via Quitclaim Deed and entered into Legally Binding Agreements (LBAs) with CAPOC and FF. In accordance with the LBAs, the County conveyed Warehouse 360 via Quitclaim Deed to CAPOC and FF with a requirement that it be used for homeless services within the allocated timeframe. Should CAPOC and FF determine that Warehouse 360 cannot reasonably meet the needs of their Program, the property will be conveyed to the County under Section 13 of the Base Closure Agreement. Subsequent to the Board approval of Supplemental Agreements, CAPOC and FF notified the County that Warehouse 360 is not a suitable option to provide homeless services, and therefore the property was reconveyed to the County under Section 13 of the Base Closure Agreement, and CAPOC and FF were provided with alternate conveyances to meet their homeless services, which met the purpose of the McKinney Act. 1.4 PROJECT DESCRIPTION SUMMARY The following discussion provides an overview of the proposed Project. A more detailed discussion of the proposed Project and processing requirements is provided in Section 3.4 of this EIR. The Project proposes a mixed -used, low -impact development (LID) that maximizes the benefit derived from proximity to the Irvine train station (Irvine Station) located less than a half mile from Property and the Orange County Great Park (OCGP). 1-2 EL TORO, 100 -ACRE PARCEL DEVELOPMENT PLAN PROGRAM ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT