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Resolution No. 2019-xx Page 4 of 10 WHEREAS, in response to a request from Chatten-Brown & Cartens LLP, on behalf of the North Santa Ana Preservation Alliance, the City extended the Draft Environmental Impact Report public review and comment period to October 4, 2018 to allow additional time for public review and input; and WHEREAS, consistent with State CEQA Guidelines section 15087(e), the Draft EIR was circulated for a 59-day review period, from August 7, 2018 to October 4, 2018; and WHEREAS, during the 59-day public comment period, the City consulted with and requested comments from all responsible and trustee agencies, other regulatory agencies, and others pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines section 15086; and WHEREAS, the City received forty-four (44) written comment letters and six verbal comments on the Draft EIR at the August 27, 2018 public hearing, including a written acknowledgement from the State Clearinghouse that the City has complied with CEQA environmental review requirements; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Public Resources Code section 21092.5, on November 15, 2018, the City provided copies of its responses to commenting public agencies and interested organizations and parties more than ten (10) days prior to the City’s consideration of the Final EIR; and WHEREAS, on November 15, 2018, the City released the Final EIR (“Final EIR”), which consists of the Draft EIR, all technical appendices prepared in support of the Draft EIR, all written comment letters received on the Draft EIR, written responses to all written comment letters received and verbal comments received on the Draft EIR, revisions to the Draft EIR and technical appendices, and the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program; and WHEREAS, on November 26, 2018, the Planning Commission continued a duly noticed public hearing for the project to January 14, 2019. A second study session was held to review the Project. During the public comment period fifty-eight (58) verbal comments were received (twenty-five (25) in support; thirty-one (31) in opposition and two (2) neutral) and eleven (11) written comments were received (two (2) in support and nine (9) in opposition); and WHEREAS, on January 14, 2019, the Planning Commission 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. At the meeting, seventy-nine (79) members of the public spoke on the item, thirty (30) speakers supported the project, forty-eight (48) speakers opposed it and one speaker was neutral. After hearing all relevant testimony from staff, the public and the City’s consultant team, the Planning Commission voted to recommend that the City Council not certify the EIR, adopt the findings, the statement of overriding considerations and the mitigation monitoring and reporting program and deny the Project; and 2-24