Item 28 - Public Hearing - Amendment Application for the Village Santa Ana Specific Plan

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The Village Santa Ana Specific Plan Entitlements and Development Agreement (1561 W. Sunflower Avenue) September 16, 2025 Page 26 impacts were identified, included Project specific mitigation measures. In addition, where impacts could not be mitigated to below a less than significant level, the SEIR made new significant and unavoidable findings. The Project's SEIR also provides information regarding short-term, long-term, direct, indirect, and cumulative environmental effects of the Project. It identifies feasible mitigation measures and alternatives that would minimize or eliminate the potentially significant impacts associated with implementation of the Project. SEIR's Notice of Preparation On November 3, 2023, the City sent to the Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation (LCI) and each responsible trustee agency a Notice of Preparation (NOP), stating that a SEIR would be prepared for the Project. A total of nine comments were received during the 30-day NOP review period which began on November 3, 2023, and ended on December 3, 2023. SEIR Scoping Meeting Pursuant to PRC Section 21083.9 and CEQA Guidelines sections 15082(c)(1) and 15083, the City hosted a public scoping meeting on November 15, 2023, to solicit comments on the scope of the environmental review of the proposed Project. Approximately 15 residents attended the meeting and raised concerns about traffic, pedestrian safety, and construction noise and debris. These issues were addressed in the Draft SEIR. In addition, participants were encouraged to submit comments on paper or via email to ensure inclusion in the draft SEIR and environmental analyses. Draft and Final SEIR Public Review and Availability The City determined at the onset of review and preparation based on analyses, the GPU Final PEIR, existing site conditions, setting, and responses to the NOP, that the Project would have no impact or a less than significant impact on the following environmental topic areas and that no further, detailed analysis of these topics was required in the SEIR: Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Biological Resources, Mineral Resources, and Wildfire. In particular, with respect to aesthetics, PRC Section 21099 provides that "aesthetic and parking impacts of a residential, mixed -use residential, or employment center project on an infill site within a transit priority area shall not be considered significant impacts on the environment." Here, the proposed Project is located in a Transit Priority Area and therefore the SEIR did not include a detailed analysis of aesthetics. However, a discussion on the topic is included in the Land Use and Planning section of the SEIR. For each topical area of potential significance, the SEIR evaluates impacts of the Project, what was evaluated by the GPU Final PEIR, mitigation measures already in place and adopted by the GPU Final PEIR's MMRP, and project -specific mitigation measures.