2020-066 - Approving General Plan Amendment No. 2020-02

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(PAO) to District Center (DC) and to update text portions of the City's Land Use Element to reflect this change in order to allow for development of the mixed -use commercial and residential Project; and WHEREAS, Environmental Impact Report No. 2020-01 (State Clearinghouse/SCH No. 2019080011) for the proposed Project was circulated between January 3, 2020 and February 18, 2020; and WHEREAS, the Environmental Impact Report analyzed the impacts related to the proposed amendment to the General Plan Land Use Element; and WHEREAS, on September 24, 2019, the City invited recognized Native American tribes to engage in consultation regarding the proposed General Plan Amendment pursuant to Government Code Section 65352.3; and WHEREAS, on October 1, 2019, the City received a request for consultation from the Gabrieleno Band of Mission Indians-Kizh Nation and a conference call between the City and Chairman Salas occurred on October 30, 2019 during which the history of uses and development of the Project Site and the depth of previous and existing infrastructure on the site was discussed. Chairman Salas did not respond to the City with any information or evidence pertaining to Tribal Cultural Resources; and WHEREAS, during the public comment period, a Planning Commission work- study session was held on February 10, 2020 where staff presented the proposed Project and described the Draft EIR; and WHEREAS, on May 11, 2020 and May 26, 2020, the Planning Commission conducted a duly noticed public hearing to consider the EIR and General Plan Amendment No. 2020-02 and Amendment Application No. 2020-01. 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 certify the EIR and adopt the findings, the statement of overriding considerations and the mitigation monitoring and reporting program and approve the Project; and WHEREAS, the "EIR" consists of the Final EIR and its attachments and appendices, as well as the Draft EIR and its attachments and appendices (as modified by the Final EIR); and WHEREAS, on August 6, 2020, the City gave public notice of a City Council public hearing for consideration of Environmental Impact Report No. 2020-01 (State Clearinghouse No. 2019080011) by advertising in the Orange County Register, a newspaper of general circulation, and by mailing to owners of property and residents within 500 feet of the Project; and WHEREAS, August 18, 2020, the City Council conducted a duly noticed public hearing to consider the EIR, General Plan Amendment No. 2020-02, and Amendment Resolution No. 2020-066 Page 2 of 7