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PURPOSE &VISION
SANTA ANA GENERAL PLAN
• Road map guiding the future of Santa Ana
• Policy document providing foundation for City
ordinances and regulations
• Planning document guiding the physical development,
quality of life, economic health, and sustainability of the
City
• Has not been comprehensively updated since 1982
A SHARED VISION
SANTA ANA GENERAL PLAN
Santa Ana is a city that promotes the health and wellness of all residents, it has a
civic culture that actively embraces the power of diversity. Our city invests in
resources that create economic opportunities for the next generation, and it is a
community that celebrates our past while working together to create a sustainable
future.
OUR CORE VALUES
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KEY FOCUS OF THE PLAN
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FOCUS
Improve quality of life and the physical • Address environmental & pollution concerns
environment
• Promote environmental safety & resiliency
Create economic development & employment
opportunities
• Increase amount of park land
Balance land use diversity & compatibility ' Complete communities & streets
Grow sustainability &responsibly
• Expand housing choices & attainability
Preserve & celebrate local history, culture & Improve City's fiscal performance &
heritage sustainability
A vibrant downtown
• Improve public infrastructure, facilities &
services
REINVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES
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Focus Areas
Developed with input and feedback from the City Council,
Residents and Community Stakeholders, General Plan
Advisory Committee & Interagency Team
Benefits
✓Greatest potential for success
✓ Reinvestment opportunities
✓ By right development review & approval process
✓Certified PEIR - Streamlined CEQA review
✓ Focus growth & development on key corridors
✓ Maintain character of less dense neighborhoods
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1. South Main Street
2. Grand Avenue/17t" Street
3. West Santa Ana Boulevard
4. 55 Freeway/Dyer Road
5. South Bristol Street
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Follow Up From the Meeting of February 15, 2022
SANTA ANA GENERAL PLAN
• Received over 150 comments from City Council and EJ Stakeholders
• Met with the EJ Stakeholders
• Followed up with City Council
• Staff clarifications and recommendations for strengthening land use
policies to facilitate the decision making process
• Over 60 modifications and clarifications were made to the Plan
responsive to the comments
• EJ Stakeholders Support
Key Modifications &Refinements
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• Strengthen City commitments and leadership pertaining to
• Environmental & pollution concerns, advocacy & public education
• Community health & wellness
• Prioritize strategies to remove & mitigate environmental pollutions
• Prioritize open space preservation and development & increase the park ratio to 3
ac/1000 residents
• Prioritize public engagement, educations, and involvement by the community
including EJ stakeholders & local and indigenous representations in the local decision
making process
• Strengthen land use policies & actions to facilitate future land use decisions
Foundation to Champion EJ Quality of Life and Health
SANTA ANA GENERAL PLAN
• Create a Dedicated City EJ Position/Staff to work with the community
• Gather Data to inform City land use decisions and affect change
• City Repository for environmental justice information and Web Portal
• Form an Environmental Justice Action Committee
• Ongoing Community Engagement and education program
• Create Ordinances addressing distance buffer, amortization, etc.
• Continuous Process for improvement and evaluation, to gather more
information and identify solutions
NEXT STEPS
SANTA ANA GENERAL PLAN
• Adoption —April 19, 2022
• Effective May 20, 2022
• Comprehensive Update of the Zoning Code and Development
Standards
• Provide and allocate resources for new programs and services
• Implement actions
• Living Document - Annual and five year reviews
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
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Take the following actions:
1. Certify Final PER in compliance with CEQA and Certify that:
a) The Project PEIR has been completed in compliance with CEQA
b) There are no environmentally superior alternatives to the Project that will avoid or substantially
lessen the significant environmental effect as identified in the Draft PEIR; and
c) Concur with the findings and mitigation measures contained in the PEIR; and
d) Adopt a Statement of Overriding Considerations prior to certification of the PEIR
2. Adopt General Plan Update No. 2020-06
3. Adopt a resolution overruling the Orange County Airport Land Use Commission's
determination that the proposed General Plan Update is inconsistent with the
Airport Environs Land Use Plan for John Wayne Airport, including supportive
findings
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