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INITIAL <br />SANTA ANA REZONE PROJECT <br />STUDY/MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION <br />Less than <br />Significant <br />Potentially <br />Impact with <br />Less than <br />Significant <br />Mitigation <br />Significant <br />Environmental Issues <br />Impact <br />Incorporated <br />Impact <br />No Impact <br />2.12 Mineral Resources <br />Would the project: <br />a) Result in the loss of availability of a known <br />❑ <br />❑ <br />❑ <br />mineral resource that would be of value to <br />the region and the residents of the State? <br />b) Result in the loss of availability of a locally <br />❑ <br />❑ <br />❑ <br />important mineral resource recovery site <br />delineated on a local general plan, specific <br />plan or other land use plan? <br />Environmental Evaluation <br />Setting <br />According to the 2021 Recirculated PEIR prepared for the General Plan, the majority of the City is <br />zoned as MRZ-3, which shows that the significance of mineral deposits cannot be determined from <br />the available data. A small area in the northeast corner of the City is mapped as MRZ-2, meaning <br />significant mineral resources are known or very likely. This area is the southern tip of the Lower <br />Santiago Creek Resource Area and the Santa Ana River Resource Area, 1.5 miles north of the City <br />planning area. There is also a small area in the southeast portion of the City that is mapped MRZ-1, <br />which means an area where no significant mineral resources are present or there is little likelihood <br />that significant mineral resources are present.59 <br />The 2021 Recirculated PEIR found that no mineral resource sectors and no active or inactive mines <br />were in the entire City planning area. The nearest mineral resource sector is Sector J of the Lower <br />Santiago Creek Resource Area located 1 mile northeast of the City.60 <br />Would the project: <br />a) Result in the loss of availability of a known mineral resource that would be of value <br />to the region and the residents of the State? <br />19 City of Santa Ana. 2021. Final Recirculated Program Environmental Impact Report, Chapter 5.11 -Mineral Resources. <br />Website: https://storage.googleapis.com/proudcity/generalplansantaanaca/uploads/2023/12/Chapter-5.11-Mineral- <br />Resources.pdf. Accessed February 12, 2025. <br />eo Ibid. <br />74 FCS <br />Https://adecinnovaticns.sharepoint.com/sites/PubiicationsSite/Shared Documents/Publications/Client(PN-JN)/0327/03270047/ISMND/03270047 Santa Ana Rezone Project ISMND.docx <br />