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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />OCTOBER 15, 2019 <br />TITLE: <br />PUBLIC HEARING: ADOPTA <br />RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF <br />THE CITY OF SANTA ANA ADOPTING THE <br />MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION <br />AND MITIGATION MONITORING AND <br />REPORTING PROGRAM AND APPROVE <br />SUBMITTAL OF THE CENTENNIAL <br />PARK/RANCHO SANTIAGO COMMUNITY <br />COLLEGE DISTRICT PARK REPLACEMENT <br />PROJECT STUDY TO THE NATIONAL <br />PARK SERVICE <br />{STRATEGIC PLAN NO. 5, 4A} <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />❑ <br />As Recommended <br />❑ <br />As Amended <br />❑ <br />Ordinance on 111 Reading <br />❑ <br />Ordinance on 2ntl Reading <br />❑ <br />Implementing Resolution <br />❑ <br />Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTINUED TO <br />/s/ Kristine Ridge FILE NUMBER <br />CITY MANAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />1. Adopt a resolution of the City Council of the City of the City of Santa Ana adopting the <br />Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND) and Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program <br />for the Centennial Park/Santa Ana College Park Replacement Project. <br />2. Approve submittal of the Centennial Park/Rancho Santiago Community College District <br />Park Replacement Park Project study to the National Park Service. <br />DISCUSSION <br />On November 5, 1979, the City Council approved a 30-year License Agreement with Rancho <br />Santiago Community College District (College) to construct and operate an Adult Career <br />Education Center at Centennial Park, under the condition the College abides to Deed <br />Restrictions required by the Federal Government on Centennial Park. The original 30-year <br />agreement was set to expire on November 5, 2009 and the parties, under the same conditions, <br />agreed upon a 5-year extension of the license in 2009 and again in 2014. <br />Between 2009 and 2011, the College requested a long-term lease agreement in order to make <br />improvements to the campus. However, the National Parks Service (NPS) would not approve a <br />long-term lease because they found that the operation of the Education Center did not comply <br />with the deed restrictions for the land upon which the Center is located in Centennial Park. The <br />deed restrictions provide that the property must be used for a public park and public recreational <br />75C-1 <br />