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<br /> <br />OFFICE OF <br />THE COUNTY COUNSEL <br />COUNTY OF ORANGE <br />10 CIVIC CENTER PLAZA <br />MAILING ADDRESS: P.O. BOX 1379 <br />SANTA ANA, CA 92702-1379 <br />(714) 834-3300 <br />FAX: (714) 834-2359 <br /> <br />BENJAMIN P. de MAYO <br />COUNTY COUNSEL <br /> <br />DONALD H. RUBIN <br />CHIEF ASSISTANT <br /> <br />DEBORAH M. GMEINER <br />ROBERT L. AUSTIN <br />SENIOR ASSISTANTS <br /> <br />Writer's Direct Dial Number <br /> <br />RICHARD D, OVIEDO <br />HOWARD SERBIN <br />BARBARA LARKIN STOCKER <br />JAMES L. TURNER <br />NICHOLAS S, CHRIS OS <br />THOMAS F, MORSE <br />WAI'IDA S. FLORENCE <br />HOPE E. SNYDER <br />THOMAS C. AGIN <br />SHERIE CHRISJ:E'olSEN KEOUGH <br />ADRIENNE SAURO HECKMAN <br />KAREN R. PRATHER <br />JIM PERSINGER <br />GEOFFREY K. HUNT <br />JACK W, GOLDEN <br />CHRISTOPHERJ.MULLER <br />DANIEL p, TORRES <br />JOHN H. ABBOTT <br />MICHELLE L. PALMER <br />WARD BRADY <br />CHRISTOPHER M DARGAN <br />JANELLE B. PRICE <br />RACHEL M BA VIS <br />ANN E. FLETCHER <br />MARGARET E. EASTMAN <br />DANA J. STIrS <br />JAN T. MARTIN <br />MARIANNE VAN RIPER <br />JAMES C. HARMAN <br /> <br />(714) 834-3357 <br /> <br />August 6, 2004 <br /> <br />Ms. Kylee Otto <br />Deputy City Attorney <br />City of Santa Ana <br />City Attorney's Office <br />20 Civic Center Plaza <br />Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br /> <br />Re: Proposed Amended Airport Environs Element of City's General Plan <br /> <br />Dear Ms. Otto: <br /> <br />JULIE J. AlOIN <br />LAURIE A. SHADE <br />DANIEL H. SHEPHARD <br />JOYCE RILEY <br />PAULA A, WHALEY <br />THOMAS A. MULLER <br />STEVEN C. MULLER <br />ALEXANDRA G, MORGA:-.J <br />CAROLYN S. FROST <br />ROBERTN. ERVAIS <br />BETH L. LEWIS <br />LAURA D, KNAPP <br />JEFFREY M. RICHARD <br />ROGER P. FREEMAN <br />NICOLE A. SIMS <br />NIKHIL G, DAFTARY <br />JEANNIE SU <br />JAMES C. HARVEY <br />MARK R HOWE <br />WENDY J. PHlLLIPS <br />TERI L, MAKSOUDIAN <br />LEON J. PAGE <br />ANGEUCA CAS11LLO DAFTARY <br />KAREN L. CHRISTENSEN <br />MICHAEL A. HAUBERT <br />A~T.~EHURST <br />RYANM F, BARON <br />BRAD R. POSIN <br />LORI D. BARCELONA <br /> <br />DEPUTIES <br /> <br />One of the fundamental responsibilities assigned to airport land use commISSIons <br />("ALUC") by the STATE AERONAUTICS Act is to review particular types of local actions for <br />compliance with the criteria and policies set forth in the ALUC's adopted compatibility plans. <br />As I am sure you are aware, of all the types ofland use actions which an ALUC reviews, general <br />plans require the most careful scrutiny because once the ALUC has deemed the general plan <br />consistent with the compatibility plan, most subsequent land use actions and development <br />proposals will not be reviewed by the ALUC unless the local agency, in this case the City of <br />Santa Ana ("City"), agrees to submit them. Therefore, in an attempt to anticipate concerns that <br />the ALUC may have with respect to the City's proposed General Plan amendments, and to <br />coordinate with you on these issues prior to ALUC review, I have evaluated the proposed <br />amendments in the context of both the California Airport Land Use Planning Handbook <br />(January 2002), generated by the State of California Department of Transportation, Division of <br />Aeronautics, the Airport Environs Land Use Plan ("AELUP") for John Wayne Airport, Orange <br />County ("JW A"), and related documents. Though the General Plan Amendment submitted by <br />the City on July 19, 2004, was a step forward in achieving consistency with the AELUP, this <br />evaluation has resulted in additional issues surfacing that, in my opinion, should be addressed in <br />order to attain consistency of the City's General Plan Amendment with the AELUP for JW A. In <br />my discussions of some of these issues with ALUC Executive Officer, Joan Golding, she <br />informed me that she had raised similar issues in the June 14, 2004, meeting between Ms. <br />Golding, Mr. Alfred Brady, and City staff and consultants. <br /> <br />G:\advisoryljgoldenljack golden 2004lAirpo <br /> <br />CUP 04-24/DA 04-3/TTM 04-5 <br />SPR 04-6~~~~~b04-5 <br />