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WHEREAS, on June 30, 2020, the Planning Division of the City of Santa Ana provided a Notice of Intent to overrule the Orange County ALUC's determination that the Mixed -Use Development project is inconsistent with the AELUP of JWA and findings to the ALUC and the State Division of Aeronautics: and WHEREAS, all correspondences received by the ALUC and State Division of Aeronautics have been included in the public record; and WHEREAS, on August 6, 2020, the City gave public notice of a City Council public hearing for consideration of overruling ALUC's determination on the proposed Mixed -Use Development project by advertising in the Orange County Register, a newspaper of general circulation, by mailing to owners of property and residents within 500 feet of the Project, and posting a notice on site; and WHEREAS, August 18, 2020, the City Council conducted a duly noticed public hearing to consider the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) No. 2020-01, General Plan Amendment No. 2020-02, Amendment Application No. 2020-01, and the ALUC overruling determination of inconsistency action and at which hearing members of the public were afforded an opportunity to comment upon such actions. Section 2. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana made the following findings: A. The City of Santa Ana is required to provide findings supporting the overrule of the Orange County ALUC determination as required in the California 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 Mixed -Use Development Project at 2300, 2310 and 2320 Red Hill Avenue and related zoning change and General Plan Amendment 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 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 this state and the area surrounding these airports so as to promote the overall goals and objectives of the California 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 AELUP on April 17, 2008. The AELUP Resolution No. 2020-xx 75C-801 Page 3 of 13