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Amendment (GPA) No. 2020-02, which would change the Project Site's existing land use designation of Professional & Administration Office (PAO) to District Center (DC); and (4) approval of Amendment Application (AA) No. 2020-01, which would change the zoning of the Project Site from Light Industrial (M-1) to Specific Development No. 96 (SD-96) designation; and WHEREAS, Applicant agrees to execute a Mutual Declaration of Acknowledgement and Acceptance of Approval Conditions, signed by the developer and property owner and recorded against the development property, attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference as Exhibit C; and WHEREAS, the requested Amendment Application would change the zoning designation of the property from Light Industrial (M-1) to Specific Development No. 96 (SD-96) and adoption of Specific Development No. 96 to reflect this change in order to facilitate the construction of the proposed Project; and WHEREAS, Environmental Impact Report No. 2020-01 (State Clearinghouse/SCH No. 2019080011) for the proposed Project was circulated between January 3, 2020 to February 18, 2020; and WHEREAS, the Environmental Impact Report analyzed the impacts related to the proposed amendment to the zoning map and adoption of Specific Development No. 96; and WHEREAS, during the public comment period, a Planning Commission work- study session was held on February 10, 2020 where staff presented 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 the GPA, and AA applications described above. 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, 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, on August 18, 2020, the City Council conducted a duly noticed public hearing to consider the EIR, General Plan Amendment No. 2020-02, and Amendment 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, Ordinance No. NS-XXXX Page 2 11 D-4