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EXHIBIT B Statement of Overriding Considerations STATEMENT OF OVERRIDING CONSIDERATIONS MAGNOLIA AT THE PARK MULTI -FAMILY RESIDENTIAL PROJECT STATE CLEARINGHOUSE No: 2018021031 CITY OF SANTA ANA: DP No. 2017-34 Introduction The City of Santa Ana is the Lead Agency under CEQA responsible for preparation, review and certification of the Final EIR for the Magnolia at the Park Multi -Family Residential Project (Project). As the Lead Agency, the City is also responsible for determining the potential environmental impacts of the proposed action and which of those impacts are significant and can be mitigated through imposition of mitigation measures to avoid or minimize those impacts to a level of less than significant. CEQA then requires the Lead Agency to balance the benefits of a proposed action against its significant unavoidable adverse environmental impacts in determining whether or not to approve the Project. In making this determination, the City is guided by CEQA Guidelines Section 15093 which provides as follows: 15093. Statement of Overriding Considerations. a) CEQA requires the decision -making agency to balance, as applicable, the economic, legal, social, technological, or other benefits including region -wide or statewide environmental benefits, of a proposed project against its unavoidable environmental risks when determining whether to approve the project. If the specific economic, legal, social, technological or other benefits including region -wide or statewide environmental benefits of a proposed project outweigh the unavoidable adverse environmental effects, the adverse environmental effects may be considered "acceptable." b) When the lead agency approves a project which will result in the occurrence of significant effects which are identified in the final EIR but are not avoided or substantially lessened, the agency shall state in writing the specific reasons to support its action based on the final EIR and/or other information in the record. The statement of overriding considerations shall be supported by substantial evidence in the record. c) If an agency makes a statement of overriding considerations, the statement should be included in the record of the project approval and should be mentioned in the notice of determination. This statement does not substitute for, and shall be in addition to, findings required pursuant to Section 15091. In addition, Public Resources Code Section 21081(b) requires that where a public agency finds that specific economic, legal, social, technological or other considerations, including considerations for the provision of employment opportunities for highly trained workers, make infeasible the mitigation measures or alternatives identified in an EIR and thereby leave significant unavoidable effects, the public agency must also find that overriding economic, legal, social, technological or other benefits of the project outweigh the significant effects of the project. Resolution No. Page 74 of 76 Certification of the Magnolia at the Park EIR