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loss of residential units and a loss of any retail, service or office use. As a result, a waiver from the allowable building type and architectural style is required so the development standards do not physically preclude the construction of the project. The two requested concessions could be avoided if the project were constructed using a different site plan and building type. If the project were designed with a multi-level parking and/or subterranean parking structure, or if the Applicant used different building materials (non-combustible, Type 1) to construct a taller project, additional area on site would become available to provide parking and to meet the required front yard setback. However, these changes would increase development costs, resulting in the affordable housing project becoming financially infeasible due to the significantly increased financial implications of using Type I construction. 7. The Applicant agrees to indemnify, hold harmless, and defend the City of Santa Ana, its officials, officers, agents, and employees, from any and all liability, claims, actions or proceedings that may be brought arising out of its approval of this project, and any approvals associated with the project, including, without limitation, any environmental review or approval, except to the extent caused by the sole negligence of the City of Santa Ana. Section 2. In accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), Sections 15070 to 15075 of the CEQA Guidelines, an Initial Study and Mitigated Negative Declaration (IS/MND) has been prepared which discloses the environmental impacts associated with implementing the proposed project and includes mitigation measures that can reduce potential impacts to the extent possible or to below a level of significance. Impacts from components such as agriculture and forestry resources, air quality, geology and soils, greenhouse gas emissions, hydrology and water quality, land use and planning, mineral resources, population and housing, recreation, transportation and traffic, and utilities and service systems were found to have no impacts or impacts considered less than significant. However, the project was found to have a less than significant impact on the following environmental categories when proposed mitigation measures are implemented: aesthetics, biological resources, cultural resources, hazards and hazardous materials, noise, public services, and tribal cultural resources. The IS/MND's analysis determined that the above-mentioned environmental categories would cause no substantial adverse change to the environment with the inclusion of environmental commitments, or other enforceable measures, that would be adopted by the City. All mitigation measures in the original Transit Zoning Code (TZC) EIR and associated Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program (MMRP) have been enforced and are carried over within the IS/MND, with exception of Tribal Cultural Resolution No. 2019-01 Page 4 of 9