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RESOLUTION NO. 2021-XXX <br /> A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE <br /> CITY OF SANTA ANA APPROVING GENERAL PLAN <br /> AMENDMENT NO. 2020-06 FOR THE <br /> COMPREHENSIVE UPDATE TO THE SANTA ANA <br /> GENERAL PLAN <br /> WHEREAS, Article 5 of Chapter 3 of Division 1 of Title 7 (commencing with <br /> Section 65300) of the Government Code requires the City to prepare and adopt a <br /> comprehensive, long-term general plan for the physical development of the City; and <br /> WHEREAS, in 1982, the City of Santa Ana last completed a comprehensive <br /> update to the General Plan; and <br /> WHEREAS, various elements of the General Plan have been amended and <br /> adopted from time to time; and <br /> WHEREAS, the City of Santa Ana seeks to adopt a comprehensive update to the <br /> Santa Ana General Plan ("project" or "General Plan Update"); and <br /> WHEREAS, the General Plan Update identified the following five focus areas for <br /> potential change and new growth: South Main Street, Grand Avenue/17th Street, West <br /> Santa Ana Boulevard, 55 Freeway/Dyer Road, and South Bristol Street; and <br /> WHEREAS, the total long-term potential growth within these focus areas is <br /> estimated at 17,575 new housing units, 2,263,130 non-residential building square <br /> footage, and 6,616 jobs; and <br /> WHEREAS, the General Plan Update also requires the certification of the Final <br /> Recirculated Program Environmental Impact Report and related documents that have <br /> been completed for the project, which approval will be concurrent with the approval of <br /> the General Plan Update; and <br /> WHEREAS, pursuant to SB 1000, the City is required to address Environmental <br /> Justice in the General Plan Update due to a number of disadvantaged communities <br /> located within the City; and <br /> WHEREAS, the goals, policies, and implementation items associated with <br /> environmental justice have been selectively placed within the majority of the updated <br /> General Plan Update; and <br /> WHEREAS, the project as currently proposed entails, among other things, (1) the <br /> revision to the State mandated Elements of the General Plan; (2) the inclusion of <br /> optional Elements to the General Plan; and (3) approval of General Plan Amendment <br /> Resolution No. 2021-XXX <br /> City Council 32 — 122 1/1e2n of 5 <br />