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TECHNICAL MEMORANDUM <br />1. INTRODUCTION <br />Project Title: Cabrillo Town Center <br />Project Location: 1901, 1971 E. 4th Street and 515, 525 N. Cabrillo Park Drive <br />Santa Ana, CA 92705 <br />Lead Agency: City of Santa Ana Planning Division <br />20 Civic Center Plaza <br />Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br />Applicant: Fairfield <br />5355 Mira Sorrento Place, Suite 100 <br />San Diego, CA 92121 <br />Prepared By: CAJA Environmental Services, LLC <br />9410 Topanga Canyon Boulevard, Suite 101 <br />Chatsworth, CA 91311 <br />The purposes of this Technical Memorandum are to assess the consistency of the Project's <br />proposed development plan with the development assumptions for the Project Site in the <br />environmental impact report (EIR) that was prepared in 2006 and certified by the City of Santa <br />Ana (the "City") in 2007 for City of Santa Ana Metro East Mixed Use (MEMU) Overlay Zone (the <br />"Overlay Zone"), which is hereinafter referred to as the "Certified EIR." This Technical <br />Memorandum assesses whether the environmental impacts of the Project fall within the extent of <br />the environmental impacts disclosed in the Certified EIR or whether the Project would result in <br />new or increase significant impacts beyond those disclosed in the Certified EIR in accordance <br />with CEQA Guidelines Section 15168(c), which sets forth criteria to use a program EIR for "later <br />activities" within the scope of a program EIR. <br />According to CEQA Guidelines Section 15168(c)(2), "[w]hether a later activity is within the scope <br />of a program EIR is a factual question that the lead agency determines based on substantial <br />evidence in the record. Factors that an agency may consider in making that determination include, <br />but are not limited to, consistency of the later activity with the tvpe of allowable land use, overall <br />planned density and building intensity, geograohn area analyzed for environmental impacts, and <br />covered infrastructure, as described in the program EIR." <br />As discussed in detail below, the impacts of the Project fall within the scope of the impacts <br />disclosed in the Certified EIR. For these reasons, no additional CEQA review is required for the <br />Project. <br />Cabrillo Town Center City of Santa Ana <br />TechQ" nno.,,,,r-Ji- nllpicr 2023 <br />City Council 18 — 435 10/3/2023 <br />