Item 22 - Public Hearing Ordinance Second Reading - General Plan Amendment, Zoo Overflow Parking Rezone

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SANTA ANA REZONE PROJECT INITIAL STUDY/MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION Environmental Evaluation Setting Domestic water services in the City of Santa Ana are mainly provided by the Santa Ana Municipal Utility Services.76 Two small water companies serve a portion of the City through groundwater wells. On average, the Santa Ana Water Department delivers 43 million gallons of water daily to some 345,000 residents. This service is provided through 20 ground water wells, seven import water connections, seven pump stations, 10 reservoirs, and 480 miles of transmission and distribution pipelines. Santa Ana is a member city of the Metropolitan, which receives water from the State Water Project emanating from sources of the Sierra Nevada Mountain range and the Colorado River via Lake Havasu. According to the 2024 Santa Ana Water Quality Report, Santa Ana pumps approximately 85 percent of its water supply from 20 City -owned wells and purchases 15 percent of its supply from Metropolitan. The City's wells can provide a maximum of 71 million gallons per day (mgd) and Metropolitan can provide 65 mgd. Approximately 390 miles of local sewer lines are maintained by the City, with sewer trunks owned and maintained by the Orange County Sanitation District (OC San). The OC San's Green Acres Project allows for the reuse of reclaimed wastewater for industrial and landscape irrigation uses. Waste Management provides solid waste collection services to the City. Solid waste is transported by truck to the Sunset Environmental Service Transfer Station in Irvine and the CVT Transfer Station in Anaheim. The City adopted a Source Reduction and Recycling Element (SRRE) in 1992. This plan calls for recycling, composting, special waste disposal, and education and public information programs. Would the project: a) Require or result in the relocation or construction of new or expanded water, wastewater treatment or stormwater drainage, electric power, natural gas, or telecommunications facilities, the construction or relocation of which could cause significant environmental effects? Less than significant impact. The proposed project would be served by existing electricity, natural gas, sewer, and water utility infrastructure on the project site. The proposed project includes paving of an existing overflow gravel parking lot and associated access roadway. In addition, there would be a separate publicly accessible area in the southern portion of the project site containing a solar panel shade structure above the EV charging stations and associated EV charging stalls. As such, the proposed project would not include uses that would increase demand for water, wastewater, electric power, or natural gas services. The proposed project would include the construction and operation of 50 EV chargers and parking lot lighting. However, as noted in Section 2.6, a portion of this electricity is anticipated to be offset by the operation of the proposed solar shade structures. Furthermore, the 76 City of Santa Ana. 2025. Services. Website: https://www.santa-ana.org/services/#/city/answers/municipal-utility-services/. Accessed July 8, 2025. FCS 97 Https://adecinnovations.sharepoint.com/sites/PubiicationsSite/Shared Documents/Publications/Client(PN-JN)/D327/03270D47/ISMND/0327D047 Santa Ana Rezone Project ISMND.docx