2018-034 - General Amendment No. 2018-02

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F. The parking structure project required the acquisition of 19 residentially zoned properties, which reduced the amount of housing in the City. The Applicant is requesting that these 19 properties be redesignated to Open Space zoning and Institutional General Plan land use designation, which prohibits residential development. To accommodate this loss of housing, the City recently entitled a residential project on a site on East Fourth Street that was historically used for industrial purposes. In addition, the City is in the process of further increasing the availability of housing though the adoption of zoning amendments to the Bristol Street Specific Plan and the Metro East Mixed Use Corridor expansion. Both of these projects will result in an overall increase in land available for residential development that exceeds the number of units removed for the Mater Dei project. Therefore, the loss of 19 single-family residential properties will not impact the inventory of housing opportunity sites needed to achieve City's 2014- 2021 RHNA allocation. Section 2. The City Council has considered the information contained in Environmental Impact Report No. 2013-01 that was prepared with respect to this project. The City Council has, as a result of its consideration and the evidence presented at the hearings on this matter, determined that, as required pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the State CEQA Guidelines, the proposed project was analyzed in the previously prepared EIR and adequately addresses the expected environmental impacts of this project. On the basis of this review, the City Council finds that there is no evidence from which it can be fairly argued that the project will have a significant adverse effect on the environment. The City Council hereby directs that a Notice of Determination be prepared and filed with the County Clerk of the County of Orange in the manner required by law. Pursuant to Title XIV, California Code of Regulations (CCR) § 735.5(c)(1), the City Council has determined that, after considering the record as a whole, there is no evidence that the proposed Project will have the potential for any significant adverse effect on wildlife resources or the ecological habitat upon which wildlife resources depend. The proposed Project exists in an urban environment characterized by paved concrete, roadways, surrounding buildings and human activity. However, pursuant to Fish and Game Code § 711.2 and Title XIV, CCR § 735.5, the payment of Fish and Game Department filing fees in conjunction with this project is at the discretion of the State of California Department of Fish and Wildlife. Section 3. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana after conducting the public hearing hereby approves General Plan Amendment No. 2018-02. The amendments to the Land Use Element are attached hereto as Exhibit A and incorporated herein by this reference as though fully set forth herein. This decision is based upon the evidence submitted at the above said hearing, which includes, but is not limited to: The Request for Council Action dated May 15, 2018, and exhibits attached thereto; and the public testimony, written and oral, all of which are incorporated herein by this reference. Resolution No. 2018-034 Page 2 of 10