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Grand Avenue Widening Project Environmental Impact Report Section 1.0 Section 8.0. This section provides a qualitative analysis of the potential environmental impacts associated with the No Project Alternative. Section 9.0. This section lists the City of Santa Ana and consultant personnel responsible for the preparation of this Focused EIR. Section 10.0. This section lists the references used in the preparation of this Focused EIR. Appendices. The Appendices to this EIR include the NOP/IS, the responses to the NOP/IS, the scoping meeting information and technical reports prepared to analyze the potential impacts of the project alternatives. 1.3.5 CERTIFICATION OF THE FINAL EIR After the circulation of the Draft Focused EIR, the City will prepare responses to all written comments received on the Draft Focused EIR and will prepare the Final Focused EIR. The Final Focused EIR will consist of the Draft Focused EIR, revised as appropriate based on comments received during the public comment period, the EIR Appendices and the Responses to Comments Report. The City of Santa Ana City Council will consider the information in the Final Focused EIR prior to certification of the Final Focused EIR. The City Council will have to certify the Focused EIR for the proposed Grand Avenue widening project prior to taking action adopting one of the alternatives for implementation. 1.3.6 OTHER APPROVALS AND PERMITS The proposed Grand Avenue widening project will not require any subsequent discretionary actions by the City Council if Alternative 2 is approved. If Alternative 1 is approved, subsequent amendments to the City's General Plan will be required. The following permits and other approvals may be required during implementation of the proposed Grand Avenue project: The City will need an encroachment permit from Caltrans for construction work and implementation of traffic control measures in the vicinity of the Grand Avenue/Interstate 5 (I-5) interchange. The City or its construction contractor would apply for this permit from Caltrans District 12 prior to any work in or immediately adjacent to Caltrans right-of-way. If Alternative 1 is approved, a General Plan amendment will be processed to remove the project section of Grand Avenue from the City's Bikeway Master Plan pursuant to Mitigation Measure LP -1. 1.3.7 OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC INPUT AND THE EIR PROCESS There are several opportunities in the EIR process for public input. These occur during the NOP and scoping process; during the public review of the draft EIR; and at the public hearing(s) for the project. As discussed previously, the NOP was circulated in May 1998 and a scoping F: IPROJ-ENMGrand eirWew Text- GrandlSection 1.0-new.doc Page 1-21