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2 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />GENERAL PLAN IMPLEMENTATION AND ACTION: <br /> <br />The following highlights the programs and actions that occurred within this 2020 reporting <br />period of January thorough December 2020, 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 2020, 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 2020, ALUC <br />reviewed two projects included the pending comprehensive Draft General Plan <br />Update (submitted 10/15/20) and The Bowery Development Project (submitted <br />5/21/2020). <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. Due to challenges <br />brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, ETAC convened only in January, February <br />and March of 2020; and anticipated to resume their meeting schedule in early <br />2021. <br />• In 2020, $8.3 million were expended to reconstruct approximately 13.2 miles of <br />local streets and 1.7 miles 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