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2 <br /> <br />GENERAL PLAN IMPLEMENTATION AND ACTION: <br /> <br />The following highlights the programs and actions that occurred within this 2021 reporting <br />period of January thorough December 2021, to implement the City of Santa Ana General <br />Plan goals and policies: <br /> <br />1. Airport Land Use Environs Element (2008) <br />This element serves as a long–range guide to safeguard the general welfare of the <br />inhabitants with the City of Santa Ana near the John Wayne Airport (JWA). <br /> <br /> In 2021, the Uniform Building Code was applied to all new residential development <br />which requires the structures to be designed to sufficiently mitigate so as to not <br />exceed an interior noise standard of 45 dB(A) CNEL. <br /> Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Airport Land Use Commission (ALUC) <br />regulations require major new development, general plan amendment and zone <br />changes within the height restriction zone for JWA to be evaluated. In 2021, ALUC <br />reviewed one project, the Draft General Plan Housing Element Update (submitted <br />10/25/21) <br /> There are four registered private heliports serving the City of Santa Ana. These <br />are located at the Brad Gates Building in Downtown Santa Ana, OC Global Medical <br />Center at 17th Street and Tustin Avenue, the So Cal Edison site near McFadden <br />Avenue, and Freeway Honda off McFadden Avenue and the 55 Freeway. These <br />heliports are consistent with FAA regulations and designed to minimize their <br />impacts on the surrounding community. <br /> <br />2. Circulation Element <br />This element is concerned with accommodating the transportation needs of those <br />living, working and visiting the City. It articulates the vision for the ongoing <br />development and maintenance of a comprehensive transportation network to <br />efficiently move people and goods throughout Santa Ana and the surrounding region. <br /> <br /> The Environmental Transportation Advisory Committee (ETAC) is tasked with <br />providing Public Work Agency staff and City Council recommendation on matters <br />related to the public right-of-way and transportation programs. ETAC resumed <br />their meeting schedule starting on March 2021. <br /> In 2021, $15 million was expended to reconstruct approximately 14.3 miles of local <br />streets and 5.6miles of arterial streets. The City continued to implement two <br />community based planning efforts to improve walk-ability and bike-ability in the <br />City. The Active Transportation Plan, approved in June 2019, evaluated citywide <br />bicycle and pedestrian networks through an extensive outreach process and <br />includes recommendations based on the community input. The Safe Routes to <br />School Plan, approved in June 2020, identifies improvements along the safe <br />walking and biking routes to schools. Both plans provide the City with a list of <br />projects that the City has used in 2021 to pursue grant funding for implementation.