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<br />Mr. Jack W. Golden
<br />September 16, 2004
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<br />Golding would consider, discuss with the ALUC chair and then inform Mr. Trevino
<br />whether the meeting request would be granted.2
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<br />4. Since ALUC staff refused to schedule a meeting, Mr. Steve Harding, the Executive '
<br />Director of Planning and Building, and Mr. Trevino met with Ms. Golding's
<br />superiors, Airport Director Alan Murphy and Deputy Airport Director Larry
<br />Serafini, on Friday, February 27,2004. Mr. Harding and Mr. Trevino were told that
<br />the inconsistent AEE gave the airport "heartburn" and that the changes required to
<br />be consistent were "minor edits." Based on those representations, Mr. Harding and
<br />Mr. Trevino committed to immediately draft the appropriate amendments to the
<br />City's General Plan.
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<br />5. On Monday morning, March 1,2004, the City's Planning and Building Agency
<br />began working on amending the element. This work required reprioritizing
<br />significant on-going tasks and re-assigning numerous staff members so that the
<br />AEE could be completed quickly.
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<br />6. On March 16, 2004, Mr. Vincent Fregoso picked up, at the ALUC offices, the
<br />marked up copy of the City's 1987 AEE containing ALUC staffs comments.
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<br />7. On March 19,2004, Mr. Trevino, Mr. Fregoso, Ms. Golding, and Mr. Brady met to
<br />discuss the AEE, and Santa Ana's interest in becoming a consistent agency.
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<br />8. On April 15, 2004, Ms. Hally Soboleske e-mailed Ms. Golding to provide the
<br />timeline for the General Plan amendment. This schedule contemplated a referral to
<br />ALUC on May 13,2004, the Planning Commission hearing on June 14,2004, and a
<br />City Council hearing on July 19,2004. Ms. Golding responded on April 15, 2004
<br />indicating that she would schedule the ALUC hearing for the June 17,2004 since
<br />ALUC "likes to see projects after the planning commission's review and before the
<br />City Council's review and decision."
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<br />9. On May 3, 2004, Ms. Maya DeRosa, Ms. Soboleske and I meet with Ms. Golding
<br />and Mr. Brady to discuss ALUC staffs comments. At this meeting, the timeline
<br />was again discussed with the ALUC staff. The ALUC staff again confirmed that the
<br />AEE would be heard at the June 17, 2004 ALUC meeting.
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<br />10. On May 13,2004,3 after incorporating all of the ALUC's comments on the City's
<br />previous AEE, the City submitted the proposed 2004 AEE to the ALUC. .
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<br />11. On June 4, 2004, Mr. Brady notified City Staff by voice mail that the AEE was not
<br />going on the June meeting, but was going on the July 15, 2004.
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<br />12. On June 14,2004, City staff and ALUC staff met. The purpose of the meeting was
<br />for ALUC staff to give the City comments on the proposed 2004 AEE. At that
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<br />2 It should be noted that the meeting was to be between City staff and ALUC staff, the presence of ALUC
<br />members was not requested nor should it have been necessary.
<br />3 The City submitted the AEE to ALUC on the date promised by the agreed-upon time line.
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