2014-028 - Approving General Plan Amendement No. 2014-01

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Goal 2, which encourages diversity of quality housing, affordability levels, and living experiences that accommodate Santa Ana's residents and workforce of all household types, income levels and age groups to foster an inclusive community. Second, the project supports Goal 4, to provide adequate rental and ownership housing opportunities and supportive services for seniors, people with disabilities and people needing sportive housing. Further, the project is consistent with Policy HE -2.2 to create District Centers with high intensity, mixed -use urban villages and pedestrian oriented experiences; Policy HE -2.4 to facilitate diverse types, prices and sizes of housing; Policy HE -4.1 to support development of affordable senior housing readily accessible to support services; Policy HE -4.4 to support service enriched housing for persons with special need such as seniors and people with medical conditions; and Policy HE-4.7 to exercise appropriate land use, planning and regulatory oversight over the operation, location and impact associated with social needs housing and facilities. F. The City Council has weighed and balanced the general plan's policies, both new and old, and has determined that based upon this balancing that General Plan Amendment No. 2014 -01 is consistent with the purpose of the general plan. G. As part of the City's permitting process, the proposed project is required to undergo an environmental review in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). In accordance with CEQA, the recommended actions have been reviewed through an environmental impact report, EIR No. 2010 -01. Sections 15080 through 15097 of the State CEQA Guidelines (Article 7) guide the process for the preparation of an environmental impact report. H. The EIR, as required by CEQA, contains 1) an initial study; 2) a project description; 3) a description of the environmental setting, potential environmental impacts, mitigation measures for any significant effects, and consistency with plans and policies; and 4) names of preparers. The mitigation measures included in this EIR are designed to reduce or eliminate the potentially significant environmental impacts described herein. The scope of the EIR evaluates the proposed project's effects on the following resource topics: aesthetics, air quality, biological resources, cultural resources, geology and soils, greenhouse gas emissions, hazards and hazardous materials, hydrology and water quality, land use and planning, noise, population and housing, public services, recreation, transportation and traffic, and utilities and service systems. The City prepared a draft EIR and published the Notice of Availability (NOA) in the Orange County Register as well as posted the NOA at the Orange County Clerk's office on March 11, 2010. The City circulated the draft EIR for a 45 -day public review between March 1, 2010 and April 15, Resolution No. 2014 -028 Page 2 of 6