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Addendum Introduction and Summary This Addendum is to the Final Mitigated Negative Declaration adopted by the City of Santa Ana in January 2012 (2012 MND) for The Met at South Coast Multi-Family Residential Project (Project), and analyzes the potential environmental effects of minor technical changes between the Project described in the 2012 MND (Proposed Project) and the Project as ultimately approved by the Santa Ana City Council in April 2012 (Approved Project), The Approved Project, as described in this Addendum, involves only minor technical changes regarding the size and location of a vacant parcel included in the Project The Approved Project does not result in any new potentially significant impacts or cause a substantial increase in the severity of the impacts identified in the 2012 MND, and no substantial changes with respect to the circumstances under which the Project is undertaken have occurred. Thus, this Addendum to the adopted 2012 MND is appropriate pursuant to the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act, Pub. Res. Code section 21000, etseq. (CEQA), and 14 Cal. Code Regs., section 15000, et seq. (CEQA Guidelines). Purpose of an Addendum Pursuant to the CEQA Guidelines, a lead agency is required to determine whether its discretionary approvals have the potential to result in significant environmental impacts. In the case of the Project, the City of Santa Ana (City) is the lead agency and prepared and adopted the 2012 MND pursuant to CEQA. The 2012 MND adequately analyzed and addressed the environmental effects of the Proposed Project. As part of its final approval of the Project, the City required minor modifications regarding the size and location of a vacant parcel, resulting in the Approved Project. As the Approved Project involves minor technical changes to the Proposed Project, the City must review the Approved Project and the 2012 MND in accordance with Sections 15162 and 15164 of the CEQA Guidelines to determine the appropriate environmental review and documentation. CEQA Guidelines Section 15164 states that the lead agency or responsible agency may prepare an addendum to a previously adopted negative declaration if only minor changes or additions are necessary or none of the conditions described in Section 15162 calling for the preparation of a subsequent Environmental Impact Report (EIR) or negative declaration have occurred. Section 15162 of the CEQA Guidelines states that a subsequent EIR or negative declaration shall notbe required for the project unless the City determines, on the basis of substantial evidence, that one or more of the following conditions are met: • Substantial changes are proposed to the project which will require major revisions of the previous negative declaration due to the involvement of new significant environmental effects or a substantial increase in the severity of previously identified significant effects; • Substantial changes occur with respect to the circumstances under which the project is The Met at South Coast Multi-Family Residential Project lune 2013 Final Mitigated Negative Declaration-Addendum 1 75B-59