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Resolution No. 2022-XXX Page 5 of 11 EXHIBIT A FINDINGS OF FACT SUBJECT: CITY OF SANTA ANA NOTICE OF INTENT TO OVERRULE THE ORANGE COUNTY AIRPORT LAND USE COMMISSION’S DETERMINATION OF INCONSISTENCY FOR THE CITY OF SANTA ANA COMPREHENSIVE GENERAL PLAN UPDATE, GOLDEN CITY BEYOND (2045) I. INTRODUCTION The City of Santa Ana (“City”) is required to provide findings supporting the overrule of the Orange County Airport Land Use Commission’s (“ALUC”) determination of inconsistency as required in the California Public Utilities Code (“PUC”) Section 21676(b). Based on the following Findings of Fact and the associated substantial evidence in the public record, the proposed action by the City on the General Plan Update, Golden City Beyond (2045) (“Project”) is consistent with the purposes of the State Aeronautics Act as stated in PUC Section 21670, which provides, in relevant part: “It is the purpose of this article to protect public health, safety, and welfare by ensuring the orderly expansion of airports and the adoption of land use measures that minimize the public’s exposure to excessive noise and safety hazards within areas around public airports to the extent that these areas are not already devoted to incompatible uses.” Specifically, the City’s proposed action on the Project provides for the orderly development of John Wayne Airport (“JWA”), and its surrounding area and promotes the overall goals and objectives of the State noise standards by avoiding new noise and safety problems, and protecting the public health, safety and welfare through the adoption of land use measures that minimize the public’s exposure to excessive noise and safety hazards to the extent that this area is not already devoted to incompatible uses. II. FRAMEWORK It is in the public interest to: (1) provide for the orderly development of each public use airport in this state and the area surrounding these airports so as to (2) promote the overall goals and objectives of the California airport noise standards adopted pursuant to PUC Section 21669 and to (3) prevent the creation of new noise and safety problems. A. To provide for the orderly development of JWA and the area surrounding the airport, the ALUC adopted the 2008 Airport Environs Land Use Plan for John Wayne Airport (“JWA AELUP”) on April 17, 2008. The JWA AELUP guides development proposals to provide for orderly development of the airport and the area surrounding the airport through implementation of the standards in Section 2.1 (aircraft noise, safety compatibility zones, building height restrictions). B. The ALUC also adopted a separate Airport Environs Land Use Plan for Heliports (“Heliports AELUP”) on June 19, 2008.