6 - GPA19-01; AA19-01_651 W SUNFLOWER AVENUE

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iv. Urban Design (UD) Element, Goal 1, to improve the physical appearance of the City through development of districts that project a sense of place, positive community image, and quality environment. The project is consistent with UD policies 1.1 and 1.11, having been designed with high-quality design, materials, finishes, and construction, and integration with visual and physical links among districts, nodes, significant sites, landmarks, and other points of interest. The project will maintain and enhance an existing plaza to the southwest of the project site and will retain a public art installation already in place. The project has been designed with an enduring, contemporary architectural style that complements the existing developments in the vicinity while reducing aesthetic and physical impacts to surrounding land uses. The project site is located on a major arterial roadway and is adjacent to gateways into the City at Main Street/Sunflower Avenue and Bristol Street/Sunflower Avenue, adjacent to the cities of Costa Mesa and Irvine. H. 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. 2019-01 is consistent with the purpose of the General Plan. The proposed General Plan Amendment will not adversely affect the public health, safety, and welfare in that the General Plan Amendment will not result in incompatible land uses on adjacent properties, inconsistencies with any General Plan goals or policies, or adverse impacts to the environment. Section 3. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana after conducting the public hearing hereby approves General Plan Amendment No. 2019-01. The amendments to the Land Use Element are attached hereto as Exhibit A and incorporated herein by this reference as though fully set forth herein, subject to the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program (MMRP), and upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 4 below. This decision is based upon the evidence submitted at the above said hearing, which includes, but is not limited to: the Request for Council Action dated June 4, 2019, and exhibits attached hereto; and the public testimony, written and oral, all of which are incorporated herein by this reference. Section 4. This Resolution shall not be effective unless and until Ordinance No. NS- (AA No. 2019-01) to rezone the property from Single-Family Residential (R- 1) to Specific Development (SD) No. 94 becomes effective. If said ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, or otherwise do not go into effect for any reason, then this resolution shall be null and void and have no further force and effect. Section 5. The Applicant agrees to indemnify, hold harmless, and defend the City of Santa Ana, its officials, officers, agents, and employees, from any and all liability, claims, actions or proceedings that may be brought arising out of its approval of this project, and any approvals associated with the project, including, without limitation, any environmental review or approval, except to the extent caused by the sole negligence of the City of Santa Ana. 6-144