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Sunflower Legacy Apartments – Mitigated Negative Declaration April 10, 2019 Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Plan Page 1 1.0 MITIGATION MONITORING AND REPORTING PLAN 1.1 Introduction This is the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Plan (MMRP) for the Sunflower Legacy Apartments project. It has been prepared pursuant to the requirements of Public Resources Code §21081.6 which, among other things, states that when a governmental agency adopts or certifies a CEQA document that contains the environmental review of a proposed project, “The public agency shall adopt a reporting or monitoring program for the changes made to the project or conditions of project approval, adopted in order to mitigate or avoid significant effects on the environment. The reporting or monitoring program shall be designed to ensure compliance during project implementation.” The City of Santa Ana is the lead agency for the project, and is therefore, responsible for administering and implementing the MMRP. The decision-makers must define specific reporting and/or monitoring requirements to be enforced during project implementation prior to final approval of the proposed project. 1.2 Project Overview The project applicant proposes to demolish the existing Sound Church at 651 Sunflower Avenue and construct 226 apartments in a five-story building and a six level parking structure on a on a 3.59-acre site. The parking structure includes one level of subterranean parking and five levels above ground and is proposed for the middle of the site along the northern project boundary. The five-story apartment building would be wrapped around the five level parking structure on three sides. The apartment building and the parking structure would front Sunflower Avenue. The project includes a central outdoor courtyard with a swimming pool and spa, outdoor furniture, bar-b-ques, outdoor yoga and fitness court and restrooms at the apartment building on the west side of the site. A central fitness center, clubroom and business center/conference room, mailroom, parcel room, bike storage area and apartment leasing area are proposed for the westerly apartment building. The project includes studio, one-and two-bedroom apartments ranging in average size of 612 square feet for the studio apartments, 670 square feet for the one-bedroom apartments and 1,105 square feet for the two-bedroom apartments. The apartment building would be 75 feet in height to the top of roof and the parking structure would be 70 feet in height. The project proposes 452 parking spaces, including 10 subterranean parking spaces and handicap spaces. Four bicycle parking spaces are proposed. A total of 227 storage units are proposed for all five levels in the parking structure, including 20 storage units in the subterranean parking level, for use by the residents. Landscaping is proposed within the required setbacks along all sides of the site. The existing student drop -off area for Taft Elementary school is adjacent to and north of the site and would remain with the project. An emergency vehicle access route is proposed along the north project boundary for emergency vehicle access from both the west and east sides of the site at Sunflower Avenue. The project is scheduled to be constructed in two phases. Project construction would start in the first quarter of 2020 and the first phase completed in October 2021. The second phase is scheduled to be completed in December 2021 or early 2022. The project proposes Modern architecture. 6-133