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Draft date: 12/11/90 RESOLUTION NO. 91-003 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA CERTIFYING THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT FOR THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER PRODUCTION FACILITY EXPANSION PROJECT AND ADOPTING FINDINGS REGARDING SUCH PROJECT PUR- SUANT TO THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT. WHEREAS, Freedom Newspapers, Inc. owns certain property located at 625 North Grand Avenue which it has developed with newspaper production, distribution, and administration facilities, and an affiliated corporation, Register Properties, Inc., proposes to acquire additional property for the expansion of such facilities (hereinafter referred to collectively as the "subject property"); and WHEREAS, Freedom Newspapers, Inc. and Register Properties, Inc. now seek approval from the city of Santa Ana for additional development on the subject property, consisting, at a maximum, of 581,000 square feet of additional production and storage space plus additional parking facilities (the "Project"); and WHEREAS, the approvals sought by Freedom Newspapers, Inc. and Register Properties, Inc. include a general plan amendment, a change in zoning district designation for the property to be acquired, an amended Specific Development Plan to establish zoning regulations governing the Project, and an amendment to the existing Development Agreement between Freedom Newspapers, Inc. and Register Properties, Inc. and the city of Santa Ana to provide Freedom Newspapers, Inc. and Register Properties, Inc. with certain vested rights with regard to the Project; and WHEREAS, an environmental impact report (consisting of a document entitled "Draft Environment Impact Report, Orange County Register Production Facility Expansion," dated October, 1990, and a second document entitled "Response to Comments Received on the Draft Orange County Register Production Facility Expansion Environmental Impact Report," dated December, 1990) has been prepared for the Project (the "E.I.R.); and WHEREAS, the California Environmental Quality Act and the State CEQA Guidelines require that, prior to any approval of the Project, the city Council must make certain certifications and findings;