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2018-01 (State Clearinghouse Number #2018021031), Development Agreement No. 2018-01, General Plan Amendment No. 2018-06, and Amendment Application No. 2018-10 by advertising in the Orange County Register, a newspaper of general circulation, and by mailing to owners of property and residents within 500 feet of the Project; and WHEREAS, on November 19, 2019, the City Council conducted a duly noticed public hearing to consider the EIR, Development Agreement No. 2018- 01, General Plan Amendment No. 2018-06, and Amendment Application No. 2018-10 and solicited comments on the EIR. After hearing all relevant testimony from staff, the Applicant, the public and the City's consultant team, the City Council voted to not certify the EIR, adopt the findings, the statement of overriding considerations and the mitigation monitoring and reporting program and deny the Project; and 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, under the circumstances of the particular case, will not result in good planning practice and will be detrimental to the health, safety, and general welfare of persons residing and working in the vicinity; will create a significant and unavoidable aesthetic impact to the existing environment and physical surroundings that cannot be mitigated due to the massing and the height of the residential and parking structures. The residential units and parking structure range from 2 to 4 levels 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 and two-story single family homes to the east and south of the project site within the Park Santiago neighborhood; and at 58 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, Development Agreement No. 2018-01, General Plan Amendment No. 2018-06, Resolution No. 2019-xx Page 2 of 4