55A - RESOLUTION CERTIFYING EIR SAN LORENZO SEWER LIFT STATION

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Exhibit 3 ■ ■ SAN LORENZO SEWER LIFT STATION .n ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT S.O Encur E SUMMARY A complete description of the Project is contained in Section 2.0, Project Description, of this EIR. Please refer to Section 2.0 for additional information, including a detailed description of the construction process and schedule. S.3 EIR PRocEss In December 2008, the City of Santa Ana prepared a CEQA Initial Study and Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND) for the proposed Project. The MND disclosed adverse environmental impacts in the areas of air quality (odor) and short-term construction - related traffic. Mitigation measures were presented in the MND to reduce those impacts to below levels of significance. The MND was circulated for public review, and then approved by the City of Santa Ana on February 2, 2009. Subsequently, the MND was challenged in California Superior Court by an adjacent property owner, Santa Ana California Lodge, LLC. As a result, the Court ordered that the City vacate its approval of the MND, and further required preparation of a project EIR. As a first step in complying with the procedural requirements of CEQA for an EIR, an Initial Study (refer to EIR Appendix A) was prepared by the City of Santa Ana to determine whether any aspect of the proposed Project, either individually or cumulatively, may cause a significant adverse effect on the physical environment. For this Project, the Initial Study indicated that this EIR should focus on five (5) of the six (6) environmental subject areas listed above in Subsection S.1. After completion of the Initial Study, the City filed a NOP with the California Office of Planning and Research (State Clearinghouse) to indicate that an FIR would be prepared. In turn, the Initial Study and NOP were distributed for a 30 -day public review period, which began on April 12, 2010 and ended on May 12, 2010. Written comments on the scope of the EIR were received during those 30 days, and were considered by the City during the preparation of this EIR. After considering public comments on the NOP, the City decided that a sixth subject area (Water Quality and Hydrology), which was not identified in the Initial Study as warranting further analysis, should be added as a subject area to be further analyzed in this EIR. According to CEQA Guidelines Section 15082(c)(1), an advertised public meeting (called a scoping session) was not required because the Project is not of statewide, regional, or area -wide significance as defined by CEQA Guidelines Section 15206. This EIR 4i was being- circulated for review and comment by the public and other interested parties, agencies, and organizations for a 4558 -day review period, which extended from July 14 through September 10, 2010. In response to the public review period for the Draft EIR, the City of Santa Ana received seven (7) comment letters. The City also received a public comment letter just prior to final consideration of the FEIR, which contained new information that the City decided to evaluate further. Based on a review of the comments provided, the City of Santa Ana opted to expand the EIR's analysis of alternative locations for the proposed project and to incorporate other minor revisions into the Draft EIR. The City also decided to recirculate the EIR pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15088.5. During the 45 -day public review period for the RDEIR, public notices announcing availability of the EIR will be mailed to interested parties, advertisements will be posted in the local newspaper, and copies of the HEIR and its Technical Appendices will be available for review at the following locations: City of Santa Ana Public Works Agency, Water Resources Division, 200 S. Daisy Avenue, Santa Ana, CA 92703; and City of Santa Ana Public Works Agency, First Floor, 20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701. After the close of the 45 -day "rniRDEIR public comment period, responses to written comments on the environmental effects of the proposed Project will be prepared and published. The Final EIR will then be PAGE S -5 55A -105