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167,253 square foot central parking structure and a 284 space surface level parking lot <br />with residential and commercial parking; (3) approval of Development Agreement No. <br />2018-01 between the City of Santa Ana ("City") and Applicant; (4) approval of General <br />Plan Amendment No. 2018-06, which would change the Project Site's existing land use <br />designation of Professional & Administration Office (PAO) to District Center (DC); and <br />(5) approval of Amendment Application No. 2018-10, which would change the zoning of <br />the Project Site from Professional (P) to Specific Development No. 93 (SD-93) <br />designation; and <br />WHEREAS, on August 27, 2018, the Planning Commission conducted a work <br />study session to overview the Project and thirty-two (32) verbal comments were <br />received (three (3) in support and twenty-nine (29) in opposition) and nine (9) written <br />comments were received (one (1) in support and eight (8) in opposition); and <br />WHEREAS, on November 26, 2018, the Planning Commission continued a <br />duly noticed public hearing for the project to January 14, 2019 and held a second <br />study session to overview the Project and fifty-eight (58) verbal comments were <br />received (twenty-five (25) in support; thirty-one (31) in opposition and two (2) neutral) <br />and eleven (11) written comments were received (two (2) in support and nine (9) in <br />opposition); and <br />WHEREAS, on January 14, 2019, the Planning Commission conducted a duly <br />noticed public hearing to consider the EIR, Development Agreement No. 2018-01, <br />General Plan Amendment No. 2018-06, and Amendment Application No. 2018-10 and <br />solicited comments on the EIR. At the meeting, seventy-nine (79) members of the <br />public spoke on the item, thirty (30) speakers supported the project, forty-eight (48) <br />opposed it and one speaker was neutral. After hearing all relevant testimony from staff, <br />the public and the City's consultant team, the Planning Commission voted to <br />recommend that the City Council does not certify the EIR, adopt the findings, the <br />statement of overriding considerations and the mitigation monitoring and reporting <br />program and deny the Project; and <br />WHEREAS, on February 5, 2019, the City Council conducted a duly noticed <br />public hearing to consider the EIR, Development Agreement No. 2018-01, General Plan <br />Amendment No. 2018-06, and Amendment Application No. 2018-10 and solicited <br />comments on the EIR. At the meeting, sixty-one (61) members of the public spoke on <br />the item, thirty-eight (38) speakers supported the project, twenty (20) speakers opposed <br />it and three (3) speakers were neutral and the public hearing was continued to the next <br />regular adjourned City Council meeting on February 19, 2019; and <br />WHEREAS, on February 19, 2019, the City Council continued to conduct a duly <br />noticed public hearing to consider the EIR, Development Agreement No. 2018-01, <br />General Plan Amendment No. 2018-06, and Amendment Application No. 2018-10 and <br />solicited comments on the EIR. At the meeting, one hundred and thirty-one (131) <br />members of the public spoke on the item, twenty-six (26) speakers supported the <br />project and one hundred and five (105) speakers opposed it and one hundred and sixty - <br />Ordinance NS-2979 <br />Page 2 of 10 <br />#19168v1 <br />11 A-7 <br />