2025-041 - Certifing Final Supplemental Enviromental Impact for The Village

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substantially greater environmental impacts than previously identified in the GPU FEIR, and therefore did not prepare an initial study in accordance with State CEQA Guidelines Section 15063(a); and WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 21067 of the Public Resources Code, and State CEQA Guidelines Section 15367, the City of Santa Ana is the lead agency for the Project; and WHEREAS, pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines Section 15082, on November 3, 2023, the City sent to the Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation and each responsible and trustee agency a Notice of Preparation (NOP), which was also published in the Orange County Register, a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Santa Ana, stating that a SEIR would be prepared; and WHEREAS, nine comment letters were received in response to the NOP; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21083.9 and State CEQA Guidelines sections 15082(c) and 15083, the City held a duly noticed scoping meeting on November 15, 2023, to solicit comments on the scope of the environmental review of the proposed Project, and two (2) written comments were received; and WHEREAS, a Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Report (Draft SEIR) (SCH No. 2020029087) was prepared for the Project addressing comments received in response to the NOP and evaluating the proposed Project's potentially significant environmental impacts; and WHEREAS, the Draft SEIR determined that mitigation measures were required to mitigate impacts to a less than significant level for the following resource areas: air quality, cultural resources, geology and soils, noise, and tribal cultural resources; and WHEREAS, the Draft SEIR further concluded that despite the incorporation of all feasible mitigation measures, the proposed Project would nonetheless result in significant and unavoidable impacts relating to recreation; and WHEREAS, in accordance with State CEQA Guidelines Section 15085, a Notice of Completion (NOC) was prepared and filed with the Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation on April 17, 2025; and WHEREAS, as required by State CEQA Guidelines Section 15087(a), the City provided Notice of Availability of the Draft SEIR to the public at the same time that the City sent the NOC to the Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation on April 17, 2025; and WHEREAS, during the public comment period, copies of the Draft SEIR and technical appendices were available for review and inspection at City Hall, on the City's website, and at the City of Santa Ana Southwest Senior Center; and Resolution No. 2025-041 Page 2 of 141