2005-107 - Environmental Impact Report for the Shea Homes Development Located at 2800 North Farmers Drive

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Shea Homes Residential Project Findings and Facts in Support of Findings Environmental Impact Report The City finds that the impacts of the project have been mitigated to the extent feasible by the mitigation measures identified in the Final ElR and the MMP. The City adopts the MMP for the Shea Homes Residential Project. The MMP designates responsibility and the anticipated timing for the implementation of mitigation measures and conditions within the jurisdiction of the City of Santa Ana. That MMP is hereby adopted and its implementation is made a condition of approval of the Shea Homes Residential Project. The City approves and will implement all the mitigation measures in the Final ErR. 6.0 AL TERNA TIVES An ErR prepared pursuant to CEQA and the CEQA Guidelines must describe and comparatively evaluate a range of alternatives to the proposed project (Section 15126.6 of the CEQA Guidelines). Analysis of every possible alternative or options or combination of options would overburden the ElR with an unnecessary amount of detail that would be redundant and complex and would, as a result, fail to provide meaningful information for the City to consider in its review of the project. To develop alternatives that are analyzed in the ErR, a list of potential alternatives was prepared. For this analysis, the project alternatives were evaluated to determine the extent to which they meet the basic project objectives, while avoiding or substantially lessening any significant adverse impacts of the proposed project. Those alternatives, which met the basic objectives and avoided or lessened adverse project impacts, were advanced for further evaluation in the ErR. Those alternatives, which did not meet the basic objectives or which did not lessen adverse project impacts, were not advanced in the ErR for further evaluation. 6.1 ALTERNATIVES CONSIDERED BUT NOT ADVANCED IN Em FOR FURTHER EVALUATION Potential alternatives to the Shea Homes Residential Project were considered by the City but were not advanced for further evaluation in the ErR. The alternatives failed to carry out the goals and objectives of the proposed project. The reasons the alternatives were not advanced are described in the following Sections. 6.1.1 Alternative Location Because the City of Santa Ana is nearly built out, very little opportunity exists for an alternative site to be developed that meets the same or similar objectives of the project and which is designated for single family residential uses by the City's General Plan and Zoning Ordinance. Because of the limited availability of land in the City, the Alternative Location Alternative was not advanced for further review in the ElR. 6.1.2 Commercial Office Development Previously, located on the project site was a commercial office use. The Commercial Office Development Alternative would not be consistent with the General Plan and would not meet the objectives of the project to provide residential uses on the project site. Therefore, the Commercial Office development Alternative was not advanced for further review in the ElR. Resolution No. 2005-107 Page 32 of 38 Page 21