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AIRPORT LAND USE COMMISSION <br />FOR ORANGE COUNTY <br />3160 Airway Avenue • Costa Mesa, California 92626. 949.252.5170 fax: 949.252.6012 <br />August 28, 2019 <br />Jerry C. Guevara, Assistant Planner I <br />City of Santa Ana Planning & Building Agency <br />PO Box 1988 (M-20) <br />Santa Ana, CA 92702 <br />Subject: The Bowery at 2300 South Red Hill Avenue Mixed -Use Project <br />Dear Mr. Guevara: <br />Thank you for the opportunity to review the Notice of Preparation for The Bowery <br />Mixed -Use Project located at 2300 South Red Hill Avenue in the context of the Airport <br />Land Use Commission's Airpav Environs Land Use Plan (AELUP) for Jnhn Wayne <br />Airpori (JWA) and the AELUPJor Heliports. The proposed project would redevelop the <br />14.69-acre sit with new mixed uses that include retail, restaurant, and multi -family <br />residential. Three phases of nixed -use development are proposed, with 1,150 multi- <br />family residential units to be provided in three buildings 5 to 7 stories tall with adjacent <br />parking structures. A total of 80,000 square feet of retail and restaurant commercial <br />space is also proposed. The project would also provide approximately 236,000 square <br />feet of open space in courtyards, common area amenities, a roof deck, and perimeter <br />plazas and open space areas for residents and the public <br />The proposed project is located under the primary aircraft approach corridor to John <br />Wayne Airport and is within the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Federal <br />Aviation Regulations (FAR) Part 77 Notification Area for JWA. Any project within this <br />notification area needs to be reviewed by FAA and is required to file FAA Form 7460-1. <br />Also, note that any project within Orange County that is proposed for more than 200 feet <br />above ground level must also file FAA Form 7460-1. The proposed Draft Environmental <br />Impact Report (DEIR) should address all FAR Part 77 imaginary surfaces given the close <br />proximity of the proposed project to JWA. We recommend that the DEIR discuss how <br />all required coordination with FAA was or will be completed. <br />Additionally, we recommend that the DEIR include the City's maximum allowable <br />building height for the proposed project area as permitted through the City's General Plan <br />or Zoning Code. Because the proposed project site is located under the aircraft approach <br />corridor and conical surface for JWA, we request that the DEIR discuss maximum <br />building heights and existing ground elevation to address whether the proposed project <br />75C-949 <br />