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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: JUNE 16, 2020 TITLE: ADOPT A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PLANNING DIVISION TO PREPARE AND PROVIDE NOTICE TO THE AIRPORT LAND USE COMMISSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH PUBLIC UTILITIES CODE SECTION 21676(b) FOR A PROPOSED MIXED - USE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT LOCATED AT 2300, 2310 AND 2320 SOUTH RED HILL AVENUE /s/ Kristine Ridge CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDED ACTION Adopt a resolution authorizing the Planning findings and determination overruling the Determination of Inconsistency associated CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: ❑ As Recommended ❑ As Amended ❑ Ordinance on 1"Reading ❑ Ordinance on 2ntl Reading ❑ Implementing Resolution ❑ Set Public Hearing For CONTINUED TO FILE NUMBER Division to initiate the preparation and drafting of Orange County Airport Land Use Commission's with a proposed mixed -use development project located at 2300, 2310 and 2320 South Red Hill Avenue and to provide notice in accordance with Section 21676(b) of the Public Utilities Code to the Orange County Land Use Commission and the State of California Department of Transportation's Division of Aeronautics at least 45 days prior to the scheduled public hearing date for the City Council to consider the proposed project and proposed overruling. BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION Jeremy Ogulnick, representing Arrimus Capital, is requesting approval of General Plan amendment (GPA No. 2020-02) and amendment application (zone change) (AA No. 2020-01) to facilitate the construction of a mixed -use development known as The Bowery at 2300, 2310, and 2320 South Red Hill Avenue. The development would consist of four primary buildings and two freestanding commercial pad buildings that would contain a total of 1,100 residential units and 80,000 square feet of leasable commercial area. Due to the need for a General Plan amendment, the project was required to be referred to the Airport Land Use Commission (ALUC) for a determination of consistency with their AELUP. On May 21, 2020, the ALUC held a public hearing on the project and found The Bowery project to be inconsistent with the AELUP for John Wayne Airport pursuant to AELUP Sections 1.2 and 2.1.4 and Public Utilities Code (PUC) Section 21674. These sections empower the ALUC "to assist local agencies in ensuring compatible land uses in the vicinity of existing airports to the extent that the land in the vicinity of those airports is not already devoted to incompatible uses," and "to coordinate planning at the state, regional and local levels so as to provide for the orderly development of air transportation, while at the same time protecting the public health, safety and welfare." 55C-1