2024-056 - The City of Santa Ana Amending Resolution No. 91-088, Resolution No. 93-076 And Resolution No. 2000-062

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F. The City is in the process of performing a Citywide parking study to in part, evaluate Citywide permit parking program modifications. Completion of this study is not anticipated until the Fall of 2025 and will therefore not adequately address the near -term concerns brought forward by the South Bristol Focus Area residents. G. The City Council finds through extensive environmental review and traffic studies that proposed development projects in the area will not have direct impacts on parking, but none the less, the City Council desires to accommodate present and future requests, related to permit parking in these Parking Districts. H. The City Council finds that the Resolutions referenced above which created the Parking Districts include different standards to be used for defining a block under the Permit Parking District regulations. I. The City Council desires to amend the definition of a block. J. Upon completion of the Citywide parking study, the City Council will consider adopting various recommended parking rules and regulations which may or may not include the amendments considered in this Resolution. K. The proposed resolution amending Resolution No. 91-088, Resolution No. 93-076, and Resolution No. 2000-062 amendment to the Residential Permit Parking program supports and is consistent with multiple General Plan goals and policies of the Mobility Element, Land Use Element, and Housing Element. Addressing relevant permit parking programs and parking impacts is identified in multiple General Plan implementation actions of the Mobility Element, Land Use Element, and Housing Element. Exhibit 19 to the City Council staff report dated September 17, 2024 and October 1, 2024 accompanying this Resolution contains a list of all applicable General Plan goals and policies that support this recommended action. Section 2. The City Council hereby finds that the action is not a "project" subject to CEQA and no environmental review is required. Even if the action could be construed as a CEQA "project", the proposed resolution requires no further environmental review pursuant to Section 15162 of the CEQA Guidelines. Section 15378(b) of the CEQA Guidelines defines a "Project" that is subject to CEQA review as an activity that may result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment, stating that "Projects do not include" ongoing "administrative or maintenance activities, such as purchases for supplies, personnel - related actions, general policy and procedure making [Section 15378(b)(2)]" and "organizational or administrative activities of governments that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment [Section 15378(b)(5)]." The proposed amendment to Resolution No. 1991-088, Resolution No. 93-076, and Resolution No. Resolution No. 2024-056 Page 2 of 4