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CITY OF ORANGE BRIDGE MAINTENANCE PROJECT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT NO. 13816 FINAL MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION NO. ENV-1849-16 Lead Agency: City of Orange 300 East Chapman Avenue Orange, CA 92866-1591 www.cityoforange.org Prepared by: Jennifer Le, Principal Planner Duane Morita, Contract Planner City of Orange Community Development Department • Planning Division Date: November 9, 2016 TABLE OF CONTENTS Sections Page # Existing Setting.................................................................................................................. 4 Project Description...........................................................................................................56 Checklist of Environmental Impact Issues...................................................................1213 Figures (Source: Figures from “Technical Memorandum - City of Orange Bridge Maintenance Project Water Quality Memorandum Federal Project No. BPMPL-5073 (077)”, Psomas, September 2014) 1 Project Location Map 2 Bridge # 55C0057, Chapman Avenue at Santiago Creek 3 Bridge # 55C0043, Tustin Street at Santiago Creek 4 Bridge # 55C0016, Glassell Street at Santiago Creek 5 Bridge # 55C0046, Memory Lane at Santa Ana River 6 Bridge # 55C0054, Chapman Avenue at Santa Ana River 7 Bridge # 55C0050, Orangewood Avenue at Santa Ana River 8 Bridge # 55C0563L, Katella Avenue at Santa Ana River 9 Bridge # 55C0159, Taft Avenue/Ball Road at Santa Ana River Appendices A “Natural Environment Study, Bridge Maintenance Project Eight Bridges Across the Santa Ana River/Santiago Creek, City of Orange, Orange County, California”, Bon Terra Psomas, September 2014. B “Technical Memorandum - City of Orange Bridge Maintenance Project Water Quality Memorandum Federal Project No. BPMPL-5073 (077)”, Psomas, September 2014. C AB52 Consultation Letter to the Gabrieleno Band of Mission Indians – Kizh Nation Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program Attached 2 MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION NO. ENV-1849-16 Project Title: Reference Application Numbers: City of Orange Bridge Maintenance Project Capital Improvement Project No. 13816 Lead Agency: Contact Person and Telephone No.: City of Orange Jennifer Le, Principal Planner 300 East Chapman Avenue (714) 744-7238 Orange, CA 92866 [email protected] Project Proponent and Address: Contact Person and Telephone No.: City of Orange Majid Farhat, Principal Civil Engineer 300 East Chapman Avenue (714) 744-5562 Orange, CA 92866 [email protected] Project Location: The proposed project consists of maintenance and repair improvements at eight (8) bridges located in the City of Orange, Orange County, CA. The eight (8) bridges are listed below. Refer to Figure 1, Project Location Map for bridge locations. The project limits include the approaches to the bridges, bridge decks, bridge girders, sidewalks, side rails, and concrete v-ditches behind the side rails. Refer to Figures 2 through 9 for project limits at each bridge. Bridge Bridge Name Location Bridge Number Reference Ownership 55C0057 Chapman Avenue at 0.1-mile east City of Orange Santiago Creek of SR-55 55C0043 Tustin Street at 0.3-mile north City of Orange Santiago Creek of SR-22 55C0016 Glassell Street at 0.1-mile north City of Orange Santiago Creek of SR-22 55C0046 Memory Lane at 0.1-mile east City of Orange/ Santa Ana River of The City City of Santa Ana Drive 55C0054 Chapman Avenue at 0.1-mile west City of Orange Santa Ana River of SR-57 55C0050 Orangewood 0.1-mile west City of Orange Avenue at Santa of SR-57 Ana River 55C0563L Katella Avenue at 0.3-mile east City of Orange/ Santa Ana River of SR-57 City of Anaheim 55C0159 Taft Avenue/Ball 0.1-mile east City of Orange/ Road at Santa Ana of SR-57 City of Anaheim River Existing General Plan Designation: None Existing Zoning Classification: None 3 EXISTING SETTING Revisions to the following discussions are shown in strikeout for deleted text and underline for new text. Regional Setting: The eight (8) bridges are located in the City of Orange, County of Orange California. The City has a total area of about 25 square miles and has regional access from the 5, 22, and 55 Freeways. Existing Site Conditions: The bridge locations cross either Santiago Creek or the Santa Ana River within urbanized portions of the City. Since the proposed improvements involve maintenance and repair work on existing bridges, there are no buildings or land uses within the work area. Each of the bridge locations is paved and covered with impervious surfaces. Surrounding Land Uses: The project provides maintenance and repair of eight (8) bridges that cross over either the Santa Ana River or Santiago Creek. Chapman Avenue, Tustin Street, Glassell Street, Memory Lane, Orangewood Avenue, Katella Avenue, and Taft Avenue are the roadways that connect with the bridges. The following describes those land uses that are found along the aforementioned roadways that surround each of the eight bridges: Bridge # 55C0057, Chapman Avenue at Santiago Creek To the north of Chapman Avenue, single-family residences and a commercial parking lot are located west and east of Santiago Creek, respectively. South of Chapman Avenue is vacant and undeveloped. Bridge # 55C0043, Tustin Street at Santiago Creek To the west of Tustin Avenue, single-family residences and commercial uses are located north and south of Santiago Creek, respectively. To the east of Tustin Avenue, commercial uses are located north and south of Santiago Creek. Bridge # 55C0016, Glassell Street at Santiago Creek To the west of Glassell Street, commercial uses, and vacant and undeveloped area are located north and south of Santiago Creek, respectively. To the east, Hart Park, and vacant and undeveloped area are located north and south of Santiago Creek. Bridge # 55C0046, Memory Lane at Santa Ana River The City of Santa Ana is located to the south and east of the bridge. Single-family residences are located within Santa Ana to the southeast. Commercial uses are located to the north and west of the Santa Ana River. Bridge # 55C0054, Chapman Avenue at Santa Ana River Office and commercial uses are located to the north and south of the bridge, east and west of the Santa Ana River. Vacant and undeveloped areas are also located along the west side of the Santa Ana River. 4 Bridge # 55C0050, Orangewood Avenue at Santa Ana River Vacant and undeveloped areas are located to the north and south of Orangewood Avenue and along the Santa Ana River to the west. Vacant and undeveloped area within the City of Anaheim is located further to the west. Other vacant and undeveloped area is located to the east of the Santa Ana River and north and south of Orangewood Avenue. Within the City of Anaheim, to the north and west of the bridge is the parking lot for Angel Stadium of Anaheim; to the south and west of the bridge is the North Net Fire Training Facility. The Santa Ana River Trail (SART) runs parallel to and west of the Santa Ana River. To the east of the Santa Ana River is the 57 Freeway, including on and off ramps; further east are commercial and residential uses within the City of Orange. Bridge # 55C0563L, Katella Avenue at Santa Ana River To the north of Katella Avenue, the Honda Center and vacant and undeveloped area, and other vacant and undeveloped area within the City of Anaheim are located east and west of the Santa Ana River, respectively. To the south are commercial and office uses, east of the Santa Ana River. Within the City of Anaheim, to the north and west of the bridge is the Honda Center and its parking lots. To the south and west are the Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center (ARTIC) and its parking lot. The SART transitions from the east side of the Santa Ana River to west side at Katella Avenue, utilizing Bridge #55C0563L to make this connection. The SART is located east of the bridge, north of Katella and west of the bridge, south of Katella Avenue. Within the City of Orange, east of the Santa Ana River, are commercial and office uses. Bridge # 55C0159, Taft Avenue/Ball Road at Santa Ana River (hereafter all references to this particular bridge refer to Taft Avenue/Ball Road) To the north of Taft Avenue, commercial and office land uses, and vacant and undeveloped area within the City of Anaheim are located east and west of the Santa Ana River, respectively. To the south are commercial and office land uses, east of the Santa Ana River. Within the City of Anaheim, to the north and west of Taft Avenue/Ball Road are Orange County Water District (OCWD) recharge basins, a golf driving range and parking lot, and the entrance to the Anaheim Coves trail and park. To the south and west are automobile dealerships, a secondary entrance to Honda Center parking (Phoenix Club Drive) and an OCWD recharge basin. To the east of the Santa Ana River are commercial and office land uses, within the City of Orange. The roadways that connect with the affected bridges are given classifications by the City’s General Plan Circulation and Mobility Element. The following provides these classifications and summarizes the design parameters for each of these roadways: Chapman Avenue, Tustin Street, and Taft Avenue Designated as Major Arterials, which are six-lane divided roadways with medians or contiguous two- way left-turn lanes, which accommodate up to 50,700 vehicles on an average day at LOS D conditions. Glassell Street, Memory Lane, and Orangewood Avenue Designated as Primary Arterials, which are four-lane divided roadways with medians or contiguous two-way left turn lanes, which accommodate up to 33,750 vehicles on an average day at LOS D conditions. 5 Katella Avenue Designated as a Smart Street, which are four- to eight-lane roadways with enhanced capacity and smoother traffic flow than standard arterial streets. These streets accommodate from 60,000 to 79,000 vehicles on an average day. The City’s General Plan Circulation and Mobility Element also shows that Bridge #55C0043 at Tustin Street at the Santiago Creek (near La Veta Avenue) and Bridge #55C0057 at Chapman Avenue at the Santiago Creek (near the 55 Freeway eastbound off ramp) are located near Critical Intersections.