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City Place Focused Environmental Impact Report Findings and Facts in Support of Findings CERTIFICATION OF THE FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMP ACT REPORT, FINDINGS AND APPROVALS FOR THECITY PLACE PROJECT 1.0 CERTIFICATION OF THE FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT Pursuant to California Code of Regulations (CCR), Title 14, Section 15090, the City of Santa Ana hereby certifies the Final Environmental Impact Report ER-2004-01, State Clearinghouse No. 20040418 for the City Place project. The Final EIR was completed in compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), Public Resources Code Section 21000, et seq and the State CEQA Guidelines, CCR, Title 14, Section 15000, et seq. The City certifies that it has been presented with the Final EIR and that it has reviewed and considered the information in the Final EIR prior to approving the City Place project, as set forth herein. The City further certifies that the Final EIR reflects the independent judgment and analysis of the City of Santa Ana. The Final EIR consists of the Draft EIR, the Responses to Comments Report and the project Mitigation Monitoring Program (MMP). 2.0 FINDINGS Having received, reviewed and considered the information in the record before it, including the Final EIR, which is hereby incorporated by reference, the following Findings are hereby adopted by the City as required by CEQA (specifically, CCR, Title 14, Sections 15091 through 15093) in conjunction with the approval of the project, which is set forth below. The City is the Lead Agency for the environmental documentation for the project evaluated in the Final EIR. Based on the substantial evidence in the record before it, the City finds that the Draft and Final EIRs were prepared in compliance with CEQA and the CEQA Guidelines. The City finds that the Draft EIR was prepared by consultants retained by City staff, subject to independent review and judgment of the City. The City finds that it has independently reviewed and analyzed the Draft EIR and the Final EIR for the City Place project, that the Draft EIR which was circulated for public review reflected its independent judgment and that the Final EIR reflects the independent judgment of the City. The City has based its actions on full appraisal of all viewpoints, including all comments received up to the date of the adoption of these Findings, concerning the potential environmental impacts identified and analyzed in the Final EIR. In addition, the City has reviewed and considered the MMP, which is contained in the Final EIR and which describes the process to ensure implementation of the mitigation measures that have been incorporated in the approved project to reduce or avoid significant adverse impacts of the project on the environment. This MMP will ensure CEQA compliance during project implementation. 3.0 ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW PROCESS 3.1 PROJECT BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES U:\DBott\wp51 \ City Placejindings.doc ZOA 04-6/EIR 04-1/DA 04-4 September 29, 2004 CUP 04-28/SPR 05-5 v~~n Page I