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and oral. <br />D. General Plan Amendment No. 2008-01 has been filed with the City of <br />Santa Ana to modify the Land Use Element to change the property located <br />at 1501 West MacArthur Boulevard from Medium Density Residential (MR) <br />to General Commercial (GC). <br />E. The Council finds that General Plan Amendment No. 2008-01 is consistent <br />with the General Plan, including but not limited to its policies and goals of: <br />Promote the balance of land uses to address basic community <br />needs. Land Use Element Goal No. 1.0. <br />2. Promote land uses which enhance the City's economic and fiscal <br />viability. Land Use Element Goal No. 2.0. <br />3. Support land uses with provide community and regional economic <br />and service benefits. Land Use Element Policy No. 4.3. <br />F. The Council finds that the City's general plan is designed, as it must be, to <br />accommodate a wide range of competing interests -including those of <br />developers, neighborhoods and homeowners, prospective homebuyers, <br />environmentalists, current and prospective business owners, jobseekers, <br />taxpayers, and providers and recipients of all types of city-provided <br />services -and to present a clear and comprehensive set of principles to <br />guide development decisions. The City's general plan sets forth these <br />guiding principles. Once in place, it is the province of this Council to <br />examine the specifics of a proposed project to determine whether it would <br />be in harmony with the policies stated in the general plan. <br />G. The City Council has weighed and balanced the general plan's policies, <br />both new and old, and has determined that based upon this balancing that <br />General Plan Amendment No. 2008-01 is consistent with the purpose of <br />the general plan. <br />H. Amendment Application No. 2008-02, and Variance No. 2008-03 also <br />came before the City Council on May 5, 2008 for public hearing. This <br />resolution incorporates by reference, as though fully set forth herein, the <br />ordinance and resolution in support of this resolution and the findings <br />made herein. <br />Section 2. The City Council has reviewed and considered the information <br />contained in the initial study and the mitigated negative declaration and mitigation <br />monitoring program for Environmental Review No. 2007-73 prepared with respect to this <br />Project. It is determined that, as required pursuant to the California Environmental Quality <br />Act ("CEQA") and the State CEQA Guidelines, a mitigated negative declaration and <br />Resolution No. 2008-XXX <br />Page 2 of 4 <br />75B-62 <br />