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WHEREAS, the Planning Commission determined that the project has not adequately addressed community concerns from the adjacent residents and residential neighborhood on which the project will have the most immediate and direct contact and impacts associated with the physical design of the proposed development, the significant and unavoidable aesthetics impact and change to the existing environment, the increase in traffic volumes and reduced traffic flow, and the potential parking and traffic intrusion into the adjacent neighborhood. WHEREAS, after deliberating on the matter, the Planning Commission voted to recommend that the City Council deny the Applicant's request to allow the multi -family residential development on the site. WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Santa Ana agrees with the Planning Commission recommendation of denial and determines that all of the findings required for certifying Final EIR No. 2018-01 and the findings of fact, statement of overriding considerations, and the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program for the proposed project could not be made. Further, the City Council of the City of Santa Ana agrees with the Planning Commission recommendation to deny the project and the determination that all of the findings required for approval of Development Agreement No. 2018-01, General Plan Amendment No. 2018-06, and Amendment Application No. 2018-10 could not be made. The City Council does hereby find and determine that the following finding has been established for the project: 1. That the proposed use will under the circumstances of the particular case, not be a good planning practice and it will be detrimental to the health, safety, and general welfare of persons residing and working in the vicinity in that it will negatively increase traffic volume . and further degrade the traffic flow on the surrounding streets and intersections and would result in additional delays and cut through traffic to the Park Santiago Neighborhood; it will create a significant and unavoidable aesthetic impact to the existing environment and physical surrounding that cannot be mitigated resulting from the massing and the height of the residential and parking structures. The residential units and parking structure ranges from 2 to 8 stories in height. Even with mitigations, the aesthetics of the height and the massing of the structures were found to be incompatible with the adjacent one to two-story single family homes to the east and south of the project site within the Park Santiago neighborhood; and at 81 dwelling units per acre, the proposed project will create a significantly higher residential density and development intensity and is incompatible with the density of the residential developments to the east and south currently developed at 7 dwelling units per acre within the Park Santiago neighborhood. WHEREAS, the City Council, after due notice as required by law, conducted a full and fair public hearing to consider Final EIR No. 2018-01, Resolution No. 2019-xx Page 2 of 4 75E-26