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Honorable Mayor Pulido
<br />Santa Ana City Council
<br />January 21, 2020
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<br />RELEVANT PROJECT HISTORY.
<br />Agenda Item No. 60A considers two routes for the Project's proposed entitlements.
<br />(See Agenda Item No. 60A; with Staff Rept., at p. 60A-1 [recommending action in the
<br />alternative].) The Project, a 256-unit multifamily housing project, with shared parking for
<br />the Discovery Science Center, is located at 2525 N. Main St., Santa Ana, CA 92705
<br />(see City Staff Rept., Oct. 28, 2019, 2-1, 2-4, Tbl. 1, 2-5, passim.), and now includes an
<br />additional mitigation measure adopted after the public hearing was closed, as described
<br />below. Currently, the Project site contains an existing two-story, 81,172 square -foot
<br />office building and is surrounded by "Santiago Park" to the north, designated open
<br />space, and single family homes to the east and south, designated R-1 residential. (See
<br />City Staff Rept., Oct. 28, 2019, 2-4, Tbl. 1 [Project location information and adjacent
<br />uses].) Project construction will require complete demolition of the existing two-story,
<br />81,172 square -foot office building. (See City Staff Rept., Oct. 28, 2019, 2-4, Tbl. 1
<br />[project location information]; see also, id. at p. 2-5 [discussing demolition of existing
<br />office building].)
<br />On November 19, 2019, the Project approvals came before Council for review as
<br />Agenda Item No. 75D. The Planning Commission recommended denial of the proposed
<br />entitlements. After receiving public comment, Mayor Pulido closed the public hearing
<br />and brought Agenda Item No. 75D to Council for consideration. (City Council Meeting
<br />Video, Nov. 19, 2019, Hon. Mayor Pulido, at 5:03:25-5:03:30 ['close the public hearing
<br />and bring it to Council for consideration"].)'
<br />After the public hearing was formally closed on Agenda Item No. 75D, various
<br />councilmembers, for the first time, proposed various substantive amendments to the
<br />Development Agreement, DA-2018-01. (City Council Meeting Video, Nov. 19, 2019,
<br />Councilmember Solorio, at 5:46:42 ["Finally, I do have something that I would like my
<br />colleagues to consider to add into the development agreement [.... ]"; id.,
<br />Councilmember Solorio, at 5:48:20 ["City Attorney what might we need to do to add that
<br />in to the development agreement just as part of the motion uh spell that out..."];
<br />Councilmember Iglesias, also proposed terrace revisions that were withdrawn.)
<br />Ultimately, Council adopted Resolution No. 2019-107, which, for the first time and after
<br />the public hearing was closed, included additional "mitigation measures" in the form of a
<br />term added to DA-2018-01 requiring the Applicant to pay up to $150,000 for fencing on
<br />certain freeway underpasses lining Santiago Creek. (Councilmembers and staff,
<br />discussion of substantive motion begins at 5:51:54.)
<br />On November 20, 2019, the City filed a notice of determination ("NOD") for the Project's
<br />FEIR, which reflected these approvals with the amendment to DA-2018-01, as
<br />1 Santa Ana City Council Meeting, Nov. 19, 2019, including the video, draft minutes, agenda, and related
<br />staff reports, are available at, https://santaana.granicus.com/MediaPlaver.phr)?view id=2&clip id=2542
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