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

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Application No. 2020-01 and at which hearing members of the public were afforded an opportunity to comment upon Environmental Impact Report No. 2020-01. After hearing all relevant testimony from staff, the public and the City's consultant team, the City Council voted to certify the EIR, adopt the findings, the statement of overriding considerations and the mitigation monitoring and reporting program and approve the Project. NOW THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES RESOLVE, DETERMINE, FIND, AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS: Section 2. CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT: The City Council has reviewed and certified Environmental Impact Report No. 2020-01, adopted the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program (MMRP) and Statement of Overriding Consideration for the proposed Project, including this General Plan Amendment No. 2020-02. Section 3. GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT: The General Plan Amendment consists of amendments to the Land Use Element and text updates, as shown in Exhibit A, attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference. Section 4. LOCATION OF DOCUMENTS: The General Plan Amendment, Environmental Impact Report and all supporting documents are online, and on file and available for public review at Santa Ana City Hall, 20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, California 92702. Section 5. GENERAL PLAN CONSISTENCY: The City Council hereby finds that the proposed General Plan Amendment is compatible with the objectives, policies, and general plan land use programs specified in the General Plan for the City of Santa Ana in that: A. The City of Santa Ana has officially adopted a General Plan. B. The land uses authorized by the General Plan Amendment, and the General Plan Amendment itself, are compatible with the objectives, policies, general land uses, and programs specified in the General Plan, for the following reasons: The existing General Plan land use designation for the site is Professional and Administrative Office (PAO), which allows business and professional offices uses with a floor area ratio of 1.5. In order to facilitate the construction of a multi -family housing project with a maximum floor area ratio of 2.1, the general plan land use designation is proposed to be changed to District Center (DC), which permits high intensity, mixed -use urban villages and pedestrian -oriented experiences that support mid- to high-rise office centers, commercial activity, and cultural activities with floor area ratios ranging from Resolution No. 2020-066 Page 3 of 7