NS-3070 - Approving Amendment Application No. 2023-03 for Related Bristol

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• The General Plan envisions "urban villages", "an intense multistory presence" and "mixed use opportunities". The Development Plan implements this vision with a range of building heights and configurations in two mixed -use Districts/Villages, with heights and intensities within the limits identified in the General Plan. • The General Plan requires fiscal neutrality (Policy LU 2.4). The Project results in positive fiscal impacts. • The General Plan calls for community involvement (Policy LU 3.2). Significant outreach has occurred as outlined in Specific Plan Section 2.5, Community Engagement. • The General Plan encourages areas for community gathering and outdoor entertainment (Policy LU 2.3). The Specific Plan includes approximately 13 acres of open space, which includes public plaza areas and a central park, accessible to the public and allowing for outdoor entertainment. • The Specific Plan area is not within an Environmental Justice area. However, as designed, the provision of nearly one-third of the 41-acre site for publicly accessible open space with active and passive recreation opportunities is a means of addressing open space deficiencies prevalent in many portions of Santa Ana. G. The City Council has weighed and balanced the General Plan's policies and has determined that, based upon this balancing, the Project at 3600 Bristol Street and Amendment Application No. 2023-03, including the Related Bristol Specific Plan (SP No. 5) and the Zone Change, are consistent with the purpose of the General Plan. H. The City Council also adopts as findings all facts presented in the Request for City Council Action dated September 17, 2024 and October 1, 2024 and exhibits attached thereto; and the public testimony, written and oral, all of which are incorporated herein by this reference. For these reasons, and each of them, Amendment Application No. 2023-03 is hereby found and determined to be consistent with the General Plan of the City of Santa Ana and otherwise justified by the public necessity convenience and general welfare. Section 2. The City prepared a Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Report ("SEIR") that analyzed the Project's environmental impacts in accord with the California Environmental Quality Act (Public Resources Code, §§ 21000 et seq., "CEQA"), the regulations promulgated thereunder (14 Cal. Code of Regulations, §§ 15000 et seq., the "CEQA Guidelines"), and the City's Local CEQA Guidelines. The Draft SEIR was made available for public review for 45 days between July 6, 2023 and August 21, 2023. The document was made available online at the City of Santa Ana website and available for review at City Hall and the City of Santa Ana Public Library in hard copy form. In response to comments received on the Draft SEIR, the City prepared a Final SEIR and released it to the public on August 1, 2024. The Final SEIR in the City Council Resolution approving the Final SEIR is incorporated herein by reference. The City Council Resolution recommends certification of the Final SEIR (SCH No. Ordinance No. NS-3070 Page 13 of 16