Item 19 - Resolution Repealing Resolution No. 2019-107 Regarding 2525 N Main St.

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Resolution No. 2025-xx Page 1 of 5 RESOLUTION NO. 2025-XX A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA RESCINDING RESOLUTION NO. 2019-107 (1) ADOPTING ENVIRONMENTAL FINDINGS OF FACT PURSUANT TO THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT, (2) CERTIFYING THE FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT (SCH #2018021031), (3) ADOPTING A STATEMENT OF OVERRIDING CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE PROPOSED PROJECT, (4) ADOPTING THE MITIGATION MONITORING AND REPORTING PROGRAM, AND (5) APPROVING THE PROPOSED ADDINGTON MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL PROJECT LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AT 2525 NORTH MAIN STREET WHEREAS, AC 2525 Main, LLC (“AC 2525”) sought to develop the Addington Multi-Family Residential Project (“Project”), originally proposed as a 496-unit multi- family residential project on a 5.93-acre site at 2525 North Main Street in Santa Ana, California (“Project Site”); and WHEREAS, on January 14, 2019, the Planning Commission conducted a duly noticed public hearing to consider the EIR, Development Agreement No. 2018-01, General Plan Amendment No. 2018-06, and Amendment Application No. 2018-10 and solicited comments on the EIR. At the meeting, seventy-nine (79) members of the public spoke on the item, thirty (30) speakers supported the project, forty-eight (48) opposed it and one speaker was neutral. After hearing all relevant testimony from staff, the public and the City’s consultant team, the Planning Commission voted to recommend that the City Council not certify the EIR or adopt the findings, the statement of overriding considerations and the mitigation monitoring and reporting program and deny the Project; and WHEREAS, on February 5, 2019, the City Council conducted a duly noticed public hearing to consider the EIR, Development Agreement No. 2018 -01, General Plan Amendment No. 2018-06, and Amendment Application No. 2018-10 and solicited comments on the EIR. At the meeting, sixty-one (61) members of the public spoke on the item, thirty-eight (38) speakers supported the project, twenty (20) speakers opposed it and three (3) speakers were neutral and the public hearing was continued to the next regular adjourned City Council meeting on February 19, 2019; and WHEREAS, on February 19, 2019, the City Council continued to conduct the duly noticed public hearing to consider the EIR, Development Agreement No. 2018-01, General Plan Amendment No. 2018-06, and Amendment Application No. 2018-10 and solicited comments on the EIR. At the meeting, one hundred and thirty-one (131) members of the public spoke on the item, twenty-six (26) speakers supported the project and one hundred and five (105) speakers opposed it. Furthermore, one hundred and sixty-six (166) written comments were received with nine (9) in support and one