Item 14 - Award of a Construction Contract for Bristol St and Memory Lane Intersection

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ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT ADDENDUM Bristol Street and Memory Lane Intersection Improvements — Project No. 17-E883 3.2 AGRICULTURAL AND FORESTRY RESOURCES The previously approved 1990 FEISIEIR did not include evaluation for agricultural resources, as no agricultural resources are Iocated within the area of analysis. In determining nhether impacts to Wricu& ural resources are significant environmental e,,( etv, lead agencies may refer to the California Agricultural Land Evaluation and Site Assessment Model (1997) prepared by the California Dept of Conservation as an optional model to use in assessing impacts on agriculture andfwmlannd In determining whether impacts to forest resources; including timberland are sigu ficarnt environmental effects; lead agencies may refer to information compiled by the California Deparimennt of Forestay mind Fire Protection regarding the slate's inventory of forest land rrr Auffng the Forest and Range Assessment Project and the Forest Legacy Assessment Project; andforest carbon measurement methodology provided in Forest Protocols adopted by the Cahyorn&Air Resources Board Would the project: a) Convert Prime Farmland, Unique Fwmland or Farmlandd of Statewide Importance (Farmland}, as shown on the mars prepared pursuant to the Farmland Mapping and Monitoring Program of the CaVornia ResourcesAgency, to non-agricultural ruse? The Farmland Mapping. and Monitoring Program classifies the Project site as Urban and Built-up Ian&, No Prime, Unique, or Farmland of Statewide Importance is located in the vicinity of the Project site. No impacts would result from the proposed Project. The proposed Project would not result in greater impacts than previously analyzed in the 1990 FEISIE[R. Certified 1990 FEISIEIR Mitigation Measures: No 1990 FEIS/EIR mitigation measures are applicable: Mitigation Measures: No additional mitigation measures are required. b) Conflict MA exisMV zoning for agrtwulhwal use, or a Williamson Act contract? The Project site is located within a highly -urbanized area in the City of Santa Ana. Lands within the Project area are designated General Commercial and Low Density Residential as identified in the City of Santa Ana's General Plan. The zoning designation of properties within the Project area are Community Commercial and Specific Development (SD27). No agricultural uses exist on site or in the vicinity, and the Project would not conflict with a Williamson Act contract as none exist in the Project area. The proposed Project would not result in .greater impacts than previously analyzed in the 1990 FEISIEIR. Certified 1990 FEIS/EIR Mitigation Measures: No 1990 FEISMIR mitigation measures are applicablew Mitigation Measures: No additional mitigation measures are required. c) Conflict WM existing zonnft for, or cause rezoning, of, forest land (any defined in Public Resources Code section 11110(g)), tvnberlaad (as defrned by Public Resources Code section 4516), or timberlaind zoned Timberland Production (as defrned by Government Code section 511 b4(g)) ? The Project site is located within a highly -urbanized area in the City of Santa Ana. The zoning designation of properties within the Project area are Community Commercial and Specific Development (SD27). No forest land or timberland production exist on site or in the vicinity, and the Project would not conflict zoning pertaining to these resources. The proposed Projectwould not result in greater impacts than previously analyzed in the 1990 FE[SIE[R. Certified 1990 FEISIEIR Mitigation Measures: No 1990 FEISMIR mitigation measures are applicable: Mitigation Measures: No additional mitigation measures are required. ' Ca[iforniaDepartment of Conservation, Orange County Important Farmland 2014, ftp:Ilftp.consrv.ca.gov/pu$Idtrp/ F3MPIpdr120141ora14.pdf, accessed August 17, 2017, Final I December 2017 3-3 Environmental Consequences