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CTT¥ COUNCIL RESOLUTION NO. 86-1 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA ESTABLISHING THE AREAS OF BENEFIT AND THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE AND BRIDGE FEE PROGRAMS FOR THE SAN JOAQUIN HILLS TRANSPORTATION CORRIDOR AND THE FOOTHILL/EASTERN TRANS- PORTATION CORRIDORS. WHEREAS, buildout of the land use element of the General Plan of the City of Santa Ana is dependent upon providing a balanced transportation system to serve the planned level of development; and WHEREAS, the City Council finds that implementation of the San Joaquin Hills, Foothill and Eastern Transportation Corridors will result in a transportation system which has the capacity to accommodate the additional traffic volume associated with anticipated future development; and WHEREAS, implementation of the San Joaquin Hills, Foothill and Eastern Transportation Corridors will help to relieve congestion on the existing transportation system; and WHEREAS, future state and federal revenue are projected to be inadequate to construct said transportation corridors in a timely manner; and WHEREAS, the City Council finds that future development should pay a share of the cost of implementing new transportation corridors to insure that the transportation system will be adequate to serve said development and that this share of the corridor costs should be proportional to the traffic generated by the development; and WHEREAS, Ordinance No. N$-]829 of the City of Santa Ana provides for the establishment of major thoroughfare and bridge construction fees to be paid by building permit applicants in the City of Santa Ana; and WHEREAS, notice of the public hearing on the possible adoption of the fee program was given to all affected property owners as provided in Government Code Section 65091; and WHEREAS, the property owners within the area of benefit did not file a majority written protest to the establishment of the San Joaquin Hills or the Foothill/Eastern Transportation Corridor Fee Program; and WHEREAS, a Negative Declaration was issued as a result of initial studies prepared to assess the environmental impacts which might be associated with the adoption of the major thoroughfare and bridge fee program.