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

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CHAPTER 3 ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW AND PUBLIC PARTICIPATION In conformance with CEQA and the State CEQA Guidelines, the City of Santa Ana conducted an extensive environmental review of the Project, which included a Draft Supplemental EIR and a Final Supplemental EIR, including technical reports, along with a public review and comment period. The following is a summary of the City's environmental review of this project: The City of Santa Ana concluded that a Supplemental EIR should be prepared, and the Notice of Preparation (NOP) was released for a 30-day public review period from November 3, 2023 through December 4, 2023 pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines 15082. The NOP was posted at the Orange County Clerk's Office on November 3, 2023. The notice was published in the Orange County Register, available at the City of Santa Ana, Planning Division Counter, located at 20 Civic Center Plaza, M-20, Santa Ana, CA 92701, and the City of Santa Ana Public Library, located at 26 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701. Under CEQA, a Lead Agency may proceed directly with preparation of the EIR without preparation of an Initial Study if it is clear that an EIR will be required (State CEQA Guidelines Section 15060[d]). • The NOP public review period ran for 30 days. The City received response letters from the State, regional and local public agencies, and interested parties. These comment letters were included in Appendix A: Notice of Preparation and Scoping Comments of the Draft Supplemental EIR. A duly -noticed scoping meeting for the Supplemental EIR was held on November 15, 2023, at 6:00 p.m. at the McFadden Institute of Technology located at 2701 South Raitt Street in the City of Santa Ana to obtain information from the public as to issues that should be addressed in the Supplemental EIR. The notice of a public scoping meeting was included in the NOP distributed on November 3, 2023 and was published in the Orange County Register and was sent to agencies, interested parties, and individuals who requested to be notified of the Project. The Draft Supplemental EIR was distributed by the City of Santa Ana, which was made available for a 52-day public review period (April 17, 2025 through June 9, 2025). The Notice of Availability (NOA) for the Draft Supplemental EIR was sent to all persons, agencies and organizations on the interest list interested persons, published on April 17, 2025, at the Orange County Register, and posted at the Orange County Clerk's Office and the State Clearinghouse (SCH) at the Governor's Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation (LCI) on April 17, 2025. Copies of the Draft Supplemental EIR were made available for public review at the City of Santa Ana, Planning Division Counter, located at 20 Civic Center Plaza, M-20, Santa Ana, CA 92701, and the Southwest Senior Center, located at 2201 West McFadden Avenue, Santa Ana, CA 92704. The Draft Supplemental EIR was also available for review and download via the following City website location and CEQAnet web portal: https://www.santa-ana.org/the-village-santa-ana-specific-plan/ and https://ceganet.opr.ca.gov/. Additionally, the NOA was published in the Orange County Register. City of Santa Ana The Village Santa Ana Specific Plan Project August 2025 CEQA Findings of Fact and Statement of Overriding Considerations 3-1