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Agenda Item 2- The Bowery May 21, 2020 Page 3 surfaces" for airports as defined in Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR) Part 77. The proposed project is located within the FAR Part 77 "imaginary surfaces" referral area. The proposed maximum height for the project is 156 feet above mean sea level (AMSL) which does not penetrate the notification surface of 172.4 feet AMSL (see Attachment 3). Attachment 4 shows that the proposed project is located within the approach corridor for JWA which would be penetrated at 300 feet AMSL. The maximum building height proposed for this project is 156 feet AMSL, which would not penetrate the impact areas reserved for air navigation. The project applicant filed Form 7460-1 with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for each of the proposed buildings, and has received four Determinations of No Hazard to Air Navigation. FAA Aeronautical Study Nos. 2020-AWP-1999-OE, 2020-AWP-3470-OE, 2020-AWP-3471-OE, and 2020-AWP-2002-OE are included as Attachment 5. Regarding Flight Tracks and Safety Zones As shown in Attachment 4, the proposed project site is close to the JWA approach centerline, where residents would be subject to overflight of both commercial and general aviation aircraft. Attachment 6 shows the flight tracks over the proposed project site. Exhibits were prepared to demonstrate the elevations of planes flying over the property. The first exhibit in Attachment 6 shows a day's worth of normal operation arrivals. The next exhibit shows a day's worth of reverse flow (departure) flight tracks. Each exhibit also has a corresponding list of each flight, time of day, and elevation above the proposed project site. Under normal arrival operations, the average altitude of flights over the property is 790 feet above ground level. As shown in the Attachment 6 arrivals table, between 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. on January 8, 2020, aircraft were flying over the property with intervals between two (2) and eight (8) minutes between flights. For the 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. hour on the same day, planes flew over the property with the longest interval being at twenty (20) minutes and shortest interval being one (1) minute between flights. Attachment 7 contains the Safety Zones exhibit showing that the proposed project site is not within the safety zone areas for JWA. Heliports Heliports are not proposed as part of project. The City of Santa Ana General Plan includes language that states proposed heliport projects must comply with FAA Regulations, Caltrans Division of Aeronautics and the AELUP for Heliports in the development of heliports. Environmental Compliance A Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) was prepared as the CEQA documentation to analyze the potential impacts of the project. ALUC staff provided comments on the Notice of Preparation (NOP) on August 28, 2019, and on the DEIR on February 18, 2020. Both letters are attached, as well as the City's response to the DEIR comments (See Attachment 8). The letters emphasized that the proposed project is located under the primary aircraft approach corridor to JWA and stated that future residents would be exposed to significant aircraft overflight and single event noise due to the project's location. Additionally, during reverse flow operations at 75C-905