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SANTA ANA REZONE PROJECT <br />INITIAL STUDY/MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION <br />Would the project: <br />a) Substantially impair an adopted emergency response plan or emergency evacuation <br />plan? <br />No impact. According to the CAL FIRE Fire Hazard Severity Zones Map, the project site is not <br />located within or near a SRA or lands classified as a Very High FHSZ. 80 The proposed project does <br />not possess characteristics that would physically impair or otherwise interfere with emergency <br />response as outlined in the OCFA Standards of Cover and Deployment Plan 2014 or with emergency <br />evacuations in the project vicinity.S1 As such, no impact would occur. <br />b) Due to slope, prevailing winds, and other factors, exacerbate wildfire risks, and <br />thereby expose project occupants to, pollutant concentrations from a wildfire or the <br />uncontrolled spread of a wildfire? <br />No impact. According to the CAL FIRE Fire Hazard Severity Zones Map, the project site is not <br />located within SRAs or lands classified as a Very High FHSZ. 82 The proposed project is located in an <br />urban built-up area and is surrounded by existing development on all sides. Therefore, no impact <br />would occur. <br />c) Require the installation or maintenance of associated infrastructure (such as roads, <br />fuel breaks, emergency water sources, power lines or other utilities) that may <br />exacerbate fire risk or that may result in temporary or ongoing impacts to the <br />environment? <br />No Impact. According to the CAL FIRE Fire Hazard Severity Zones Map, the project site is not <br />located within or near SRAs or lands classified as a Very High FHSZ. 83The project would continue <br />the existing use of the site as a parking lot and would not require installation or maintenance of <br />infrastructure that may exacerbate fire risk. <br />The proposed project would include adequate emergency access via the direct exit onto East Main <br />Street. The project site is an urban area surrounded by existing development and adjacent to the 1-5 <br />freeway. The project would not require emergency water sources because potable water is currently <br />provided by the Santa Ana Water Department, which has adequate water supplies available to serve <br />the proposed project and future development during normal, dry, and multiple dry years. Therefore, <br />impacts related to infrastructure that exacerbates fire risk would be less than significant. <br />80 California Department of Forestry and Fire Prevention (CAL FIRE). Fire Hazard Severity Zone Viewer. Website: <br />https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/6a9cb66bbl824cd98756812af4l292aO. Accessed July 18, 2025. <br />$' Orange County Fire Authority (OCFA). 2014. OCFA Standards of Cover and Deployment Plan 2014. Website: <br />https://ocfa.org/Uploads/Orange%2OCounty%20Fire%2OAuthority%20SOC_FINAL.pdf. Accessed February 5, 2025. <br />82 California Department of Forestry and Fire Prevention (CAL FIRE). Fire Hazard Severity Zone Viewer. Website: <br />https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/6a9cb66bbl824cd98756812af4l292aO. Accessed July 18, 2025. <br />83 Ibid. <br />FCS 101 <br />Https://adecinnovations.sharepoint.com/sites/PubiicationsSite/Shared Documents/Publications/Client(PN-JN)/D327/03270D47/ISMND/0327D047 Santa Ana Rezone Project ISMND.docx <br />