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Executive The EIR addresses all potential significant effects identified in the Environmental Checklist, as well as several topical areas that the County decided to include in the EIR, though the Initial Study determined there would be no significant Project impacts. The following topical areas are addressed in this EIR. • Aesthetics • Land Use and Planning • Air Quality • Noise • Biological Resources • Population and Housing • Cultural Resources • Public Services • Geology and Soils • Recreation • Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions • Transportation/Traffic • Hazards and Hazardous Materials • Utilities and Service Systems • Hydrology and Water Quality Section 2.3 provides an overview of the EIR review process and a summary of the issues that will not receive further evaluation in the EIR. 1.8 AREAS OF CONTROVERSY/ISSUES TO BE RESOLVED Section 15123(b)(3) of the State CEQA Guidelines requires that an EIR identify issues to be resolved, including the choice among alternatives and whether or how to mitigate the Project's significant effects on the environment. With respect to the proposed Project, the major issues to be resolved by the County, as the Lead Agency, include the following; A pedestrian bridge is considered as a potential element of the proposed Project, connecting the Project site to the OCGP across Marine Way (Pedestrian Bridge). However, the County does not have land use authority over the bridge landing on the north side of the Marine Way, which is City property. This issue would need to be resolved in close coordination with the City and OCGP and additional CEQA documentation would be required, should the concept become a component of the Project. However, there would be no additional significant effects if the Project is implemented without the Pedestrian Bridge. The phased improvements of the Marine Way extension would influence the implementation of the Project. At this time, a construction schedule for the Marine Way extension east of Great Park Boulevard West is not available. It should be noted that Great Park Boulevard West referenced herein and in all EIR exhibits is referred to as GP -1 in all City documents. The timing of Marine Way improvements would be contingent on issues such as construction phasing of the adjacent Great Park Neighborhoods and funding availability. As discussed in Section 4.13, Recreation, delays in the construction of Marine Way would also potentially delay the construction of the "Park within the Park" concept presented in the Development Plan. Potential impacts associated with Marine Way have been addressed in the Orange County Great Park EIR and subsequent Addenda. During the preparation of this EIR, the City of Irvine has been conducting studies for Marine Way and the future development of OCGP. As of November 2015, an alignment for Great Park Boulevard was completed by the City that modifies the location of the intersection of Great Park Boulevard West and Marine Way. The modified alignment results in a different location than the one depicted on the exhibits provided in this EIR; EL TORO, 100 -ACRE PARCEL DEVELOPMENT PLAN 1-9 PROGRAM ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT