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14AN N III IIISi RESOLUTION NO. 2019-xx A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA ADOPTING THE MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION (MND) (SCH #2019089067) AND MITIGATION MONITORING AND REPORTING PROGRAM FOR THE CENTENNIAL PARK/SANTA ANA COLLEGE PARK REPLACEMENT PROJECT AND THE SUBMITTAL OF THE CENTENNIAL PARK/RANCHO SANTIAGO COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT PARK REPLACEMENT PARK PROJECT STUDY TO THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby finds, determines and declares as follows: A. The Centennial Park/Santa Ana College Park Replacement Project involves the construction and operation of replacement parklands in lieu of a 2.6-acre, Continuing Education Center ("CEC") Site currently leased to Rancho Santiago Community College District in Centennial Park ("Project' or "Proposed Project'). The replacement parklands include three park sites, the 6th Street Site, Raitt Street Site, and McFadden Site/Pacific Electric Park. The City constructed Pacific Electric Park on the McFadden Site, and the Pacific Electric Park opened in January 2018; therefore, the proposed project involves only construction and operation of two replacement parks on the 6th Street Site and the Raitt Street Site in the City of Santa Ana ("City'). B. On November 5, 1979, the City Council approved a 30-year License Agreement with Rancho Santiago Community College District ("College") to construct and operate an Adult Career Education Center at Centennial Park, under the condition the College _abides to Deed Restrictions required by the Federal Government on Centennial Park. The original 30-year agreement was set to expire on November 5, 2009 and the parties, under the same conditions, agreed upon a 5-year extension of the license in 2009 and again in 2014. C. Between 2009 and 2011, the College requested a long-term lease agreement in order to make improvements to the campus. However, the National Parks Service (NPS) would not approve a long-term lease because they found that the operation of the Education Center did not comply with the deed restrictions for the land upon which the Center is located in Centennial Park. The deed restrictions provide that the property must be used for a public park and public recreational area. In order for the City to enter into a long-term lease with the College, a land conversion needs to be approved by the NPS and City Council, transferring the deed conditions for the land upon which the Education Center is located to new park sites of equal recreational value and size. D. On August 18, 2015, the College and the City entered into a reimbursement agreement to reimburse the City up to $334,000 in costs associated with the land conversion requirements for the replacement properties and take the necessary actions to submit the required documentation to the NPS for a determination. If approved by the NPS and the City Council, the use restrictions could be removed from the license area and applied to the replacement properties in order to allow the City and the College to enter into negotiations for a long-term lease of the license area. #123890 75C-5