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RESOLUTION NO. 2017-079 <br />A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE <br />CITY OF SANTA ANA APPROVING MITIGATED <br />NEGATIVE DECLARATION, ENVIRONMENTAL <br />REVIEW NO. 2016-165 AND GENERAL PLAN <br />AMENDMENT NO. 2017-02 FOR THE PROPERTIES <br />LOCATED AT 2223 AND 2237 WEST FIFTH STREET <br />BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AS <br />FOLLOWS: <br />Section 1. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby finds, determines <br />and declares as follows: <br />A. Community Development Partners (Applicant) is requesting approval of General <br />Plan Amendment No. 2017-02 to amend the General Plan land use designation of <br />the properties located at 2223 and 2237 West Fifth Street from Low -Density <br />Residential (LR) and General Commercial (GC) to Urban Neighborhood (UN) and <br />to update text portions of the City's Land Use Element to reflect this change in <br />order to facilitate the construction of a 51 -unit affordable housing project on the <br />2.33 -acre properties. <br />B. On August 30, 2017, pursuant to Senate Bill 18, the City mailed consultation <br />letters to all tribes listed on the Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC) <br />Tribal Consultation List. The consultation period has since concluded. <br />C. On November 27, 2017, the Planning Commission of the City of Santa Ana held <br />a duly noticed public hearing and voted to recommend that the City Council adopt a <br />resolution adopting Mitigated Negative Declaration, Environmental Review No. <br />2016-165 and approving General Plan Amendment No. 2017-02. <br />D. On December 19, 2017, the City Council of the City of Santa Ana held a duly <br />noticed public hearing to consider all testimony, written and oral, related to <br />General Plan Amendment No. 2017-02, at which time all persons wishing to <br />testify were heard, the project was fully considered, and all other legal <br />prerequisites to the adoption of this Resolution occurred. <br />E. General Plan Amendment No. 2017-02 has been filed to amend the General <br />Plan to change the land use designation of the properties at 2223 and 2237 West <br />Fifth Street from Low -Density Residential (LR) and General Commercial (GC) to <br />Urban Neighborhood (UN). <br />1. The existing General Plan land use designations for the project site at 2223 <br />and 2237 West Fifth Street are Low -Density Residential (LR) and General <br />Commercial (GC), which allow single-family homes at a density up to seven (7) <br />Resolution No. 2017-079 <br />Page 1 of 15 <br />