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E. F. G. Resolution No. 2004-020 Page 2 of 73 1. Adopt additional mitigation measures in response to comments from the Santa Ana Unified School District. Adopt and ordinance approving Development Agreement No. 2004- 01. Adopt a resolution approving Tentative Parcel Map No. 2004-02 (County Map No. 2003-262) as conditioned. On July 6, 2004, a second City Council meeting was scheduled and was continued by the City Council to July 19, 2004. On July 19, 2004, the aforesaid hearing was held and at that time the City Council considered all testimony, written and oral. Due to the size of the project and the impacts to the environment, an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) was prepared for this project. 1. For over three years, the City has considered a project to build a thirty-seven (37) story office building consisting of 518,003 square feet of office area, 8,525 square feet of retail area, 18,596 square feet of restaurant area and an eight (8) level parking structure on Broadway. On October 7, 1999, a Notice of Preparation was prepared, submitted to interested persons, responsible and trustee agencies, and filed with the County Recorder regarding this proposed project, which was at that time described as a 44 story office building with an adjacent parking structure. These structures would be built on a site which is currently developed with a number of homes which have been converted to a variety of older office/business uses, a shoe repair shop, and an apartment building. Most of these uses would have to be removed to make way for project improvements. a. On February 12, 2001, a Recirculation of Notice of Preparation was prepared, submitted to interested persons, responsible and trustee agencies, and filed with the County Recorder regarding this proposed project, which was at that time described abandonment and closing of a segment of Sycamore Street between Washington Street and 10th Street to allow for construction of the proposed 8-level parking structure, a reduction in the height of the office building from 44 stories to 38 stories, and the inclusion of helipad on the roof of the office building. A significant number of community meetings, public meetings and public hearings have been subsequently held to consider this proposed project. As a result of these community meetings and public comments, three (3) alternatives to the proposed project were developed and various impacts were identified to be studied. 2. 3. 2. 3.