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RESOLUTION NO. 2020-034 <br /> A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF <br /> SANTA ANA APPROVING GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT <br /> NO. 2020-01 AMENDING THE ONE BROADWAY PLAZA <br /> LAND USE ELEMENT FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED <br /> AT 1109 NORTH BROADWAY <br /> WHEREAS, Article 5 of Chapter 3 of Division 1 of Title 7 (commencing with <br /> Section 65300) of the Government Code requires the City to prepare and adopt a <br /> comprehensive, long-term general plan for the physical development of the City; and <br /> WHEREAS, on February 2, 1998, the City of Santa Ana adopted the Land Use <br /> Element of the General Plan, which has since been amended from time to time; and <br /> WHEREAS, Mike Harrah and Caribou Industries ("Applicant") seeks to develop <br /> One Broadway Plaza as a mixed-use development Project ("proposed Project"), <br /> originally proposed as a 37-story, 518,000 square foot office tower project on a 4.34- <br /> acre site at 1109 North Broadway in Santa Ana, California ("Project Site"); and <br /> WHEREAS, due to shifting economic conditions, the Applicant has proposed <br /> modifications to the original proposal that was adopted by City Council in 2004 and <br /> approved via a citywide referendum in April 2005; and <br /> WHEREAS, the Project as currently proposed now entails the construction of a <br /> (1) 37-story, 518,000 square foot tower that will include office, commercial and <br /> residential uses; and (2) a nine-story (one underground), 2,463 space parking structure <br /> for the project, and; (3) redevelopment of the remaining structures on the site for office <br /> and commercial uses. (4) approval of General Plan Amendment No. 2020-01, which <br /> would maintain the Project Site's existing land use designation of One Broadway Plaza <br /> District Center (OBPDC) but allow residential uses on the site; and (5) approval of <br /> Zoning Ordinance Amendment No. 2020-02, which would modify the Specific <br /> Development No. 75 (SD-75) zoning of the Project Site to allow residential uses; and <br /> WHEREAS, the requested General Plan Amendment would update text portions <br /> of the City's Land Use Element to reflect this change in order to allow for development of <br /> the mixed-use Project; and <br /> WHEREAS, Addendum to Environmental Impact Report No. 1999-01 ("2020 <br /> Addendum to EIR") analyzed the impacts related to the proposed <br /> amendment to the General Plan Land Use Element; and <br /> Resolution No. 2020-034 <br /> Page 1 of 16 <br />