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d) The decision making body shall consider the addendum with the final EIR or adopted <br />negative declaration prior to making a decision on the project. <br />e) A brief explanation of the decision not to prepare a subsequent EIR pursuant to Section <br />15162 should be included in an addendum to an EIR, the lead agency's findings on the <br />project, or elsewhere in the record. The explanation must be supported by substantial <br />evidence. <br />CEQA Guidelines Section 15162, Subsequent EIRs and Negative Declarations, states the <br />following with respect to a Subsequent EIRs: <br />(a) When an EIR has been certified or a negative declaration adopted for a project, no <br />subsequent EIR shall be prepared for that project unless the lead agency determines, on <br />the basis of substantial evidence in the light of the whole record, one or more of the <br />following: <br />(1) Substantial changes are proposed in the project which will require major revisions of <br />the previous EIR or negative declaration due to the involvement of new significant <br />environmental effects or a substantial increase in the severity of previously identified <br />significant effects; <br />(2) Substantial changes occur with respect to the circumstances under which the project <br />is undertaken which will require major revisions of the previous EIR or Negative <br />Declaration due to the involvement of new significant environmental effects or a <br />substantial increase in the severity of previously identified significant effects; or <br />(3) New information of substantial importance, which was not known and could not have <br />been known with the exercise of reasonable diligence at the time the previous EIR <br />was certified as complete or the Negative Declaration was adopted, shows any of the <br />following: <br />(A) The project will have one or more significant effects not discussed in the previous <br />EIR or negative declaration; <br />(8) Significant effects previously examined will be substantially more severe than <br />shown in the previous EIR; <br />(C) Mitigation measures or alternatives previously found not to be feasible would in <br />fact be feasible, and would substantially reduce one or more significant effects of <br />the project, but the project proponents decline to adopt the mitigation measure or <br />alternative; or <br />(D) Mitigation measures or alternatives which are considerably different from those <br />analyzed in the previous EIR would substantially reduce one or more significant <br />effects on the environment, but the project proponents decline to adopt the <br />mitigation measure or alternative. <br />(b) If changes to a project or its circumstances occur or new information becomes available <br />after adoption of a negative declaration, the lead agency shall prepare a subsequent EIR <br />if required under subdivision (a). Otherwise the lead agency shall determine whether to <br />prepare a subsequent negative declaration, an addendum, or no further documentation. <br />1.3 Incorporation by Reference <br />The TZC Final EIR, including the original Draft EIR (DEIR), and has been made available for <br />public review at the Lead Agency office (City of Santa Ana). The Final EIR is incorporated into <br />this Addendum by reference. <br />January 2025 2 Environmental Analysis <br />