Item 11 - Resolution to Provide Notice to the County of Orange Aiport Land Use Commision for the Village

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Exhibit A: Draft ALUC Overrule Findings — The Village Santa Ana Specific Plan (1561 W. Sunflower Avenue) Page 1 of 10 A. The City of Santa Ana is required to provide findings supporting the overrule of the Orange County Airport Land Use Commission ("ALUC") determination as required in the California Public Utilities Code ("PUC") Section 21676(b). Based on the following Findings of Fact and the associated substantial evidence in the public record, the proposed action by the City on The Village Santa Ana Specific Plan Project ("Project") at the northeast corner of West Sunflower Avenue and Bear Street, transected by South Plaza Drive (1561 W. Sunflower Avenue ("Project Street")) and related zoning change (amendment application) are consistent with the purposes of the State Aeronautics Act as stated in PUC Section 21670. B. The proposed Project provides for the orderly development of John Wayne Airport ("JWA"), and its surrounding area and promotes the overall goals and objectives of the State noise standards by avoiding new noise and safety problems, and protecting the public health, safety and welfare through the adoption of land use measures that minimize the public's exposure to excessive noise and safety hazards to the extent that this area is not already devoted to incompatible uses. This Project would not add any new residential or commercial noise impacts to the JWA 65 dBA Community Noise Equivalent Level ("CNEL") noise area. C. It is in the public interest to provide for the orderly development of each public use airport in the State of California ("State") and the area surrounding these airports so as to promote the overall goals and objectives of the State airport noise standards adopted pursuant to PUC Section 21669 and to prevent the creation of new noise and safety problems. D. To provide for the orderly development of JWA and the area surrounding the airport, the ALUC adopted the 2008 Airport Environs Land Use Plan ("AELUP") on April 17, 2008. The AELUP guides development proposals to provide for orderly development of the airport and the area surrounding the airport through implementation of the standards in Section 2.1 (aircraft noise, safety compatibility zones, building height restrictions). E. The ALUC is required to use the State Airport Land Use Planning Handbook ("Handbook") that was updated by the California Department of Transportation, Division of Aeronautics ("Caltrans") in 2011. The AELUP for JWA has not been updated to incorporate the Handbook nor has it been updated with information about the operation and environmental effects of JWA as reflected in its most recent Final Environmental Impact Report ("EIR") certified by the Orange County Board of Supervisors on June 25, 2019 for the General Aviation Improvement Program ("GAIP").