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Chapter 3 Findings Regarding Project Alternatives 3.4.4 Additional Findings ¦ Findings Related to Clarifications and Updates to the Draft EIR Chapter 3 of the Final EIR includes the comments received on the Draft EIR and responses to those comments. The focus of the responses to comments is on the disposition of significant environmental issues as raised in the comments, as specified by CEQA Guidelines ? 15088(b). Additionally, as a result of refinements to the proposed Developer Project since publication of the Draft EIR, the allocation of rental of units and for sale units that would be constructed under the proposed Developer Project and under Alternatives 4, 5 and 6 has been slightly modified. The February 23, 2010 financial analysis prepared by Keyser Marston Associates that was included as Appendix J to the EIR has been updated to reflect these modifications. The updated financial analysis, dated May 22, 2010, is included as Appendix J to the Final EIR. Findings Responses to comments made on the Draft EIR and revisions to the Final EIR merely clarify and amplify the analysis presented in the EIR and do not trigger the need to recirculate per CEQA Guide- lines ?15088.5(b). Similarly, the refined reallocation of rental and for sale residential units that would be provided by the Developer Project and the updates to the Keyser Marston Associates financial analysis merely clarify and amplify the analysis presented in the EIR and do not trigger the need to recirculate per CEQA Guidelines ?I5088.5(b). ¦ Findings on Measures Suggested in Comments on the Draft EIR Several mitigation measures and alternatives were proposed in public comments on the Draft EIR. Findings for these mitigation measures and alternatives are provided below. Findings on Mitigation Measures Proposed to Reduce Impacts to Cultural Resources ¦ Proposed Mitigation Measure. Make the Lacy Neighborhood a special district based on its historical character and proposed a Historic Neighborhood District, Conservation or Preservation Overlay for the Lacy Neighborhood. (See Final EIR Chapter 3 (Responses to Comments), Letter from Jeff Dickman UD), comments JD-24, -27, -35, and -45.) Finding. The Agency finds that specific economic, legal, social, technological, or other considerations make this mitigation measure infeasible. Rationale. The Lacy neighborhood has not been designated as historic, and there is no evidence that the creation of a historic district within the Lacy Neighborhood would reduce the significant impacts of the proposed project. Further, the creation of a historic district within the City is a separate process requiring adoption of a local preservation ordinance and cannot be accomplished through the CEQA process for the proposed project. (See Santa Ana Municipal Code, Part II, Chapter 30.) Therefore, it is not feasible to adopt and implement this measure as part of the project. ¦ Proposed Mitigation Measure. Create a "Master Plan for the Preservation of Cultural Resources in the Transit Zoning Code Area" that identifies properties expected to be impacted by the project, the type of impact expected, and mitigation measures to reduce impacts to and avoid demolition of 3-16 Revised Station District Project and FOL Settlement Agreement Findings of Fact/Statement of Overriding Considerations