Item 28 - Public Hearing - Amendment Application for the Village Santa Ana Specific Plan

Home Browse Search

the Project. Additionally, the Project would require 90 square feet of private open space and 100 square feet of active or passive open space per unit. The Project also prioritizes open space as a key placemaking feature of the development. Policy OS-2.1 (Recreation Variety) of the OS element encourages a variety of recreation facilities and activities to meet the diverse needs of the community. It also encourages the need for indoor and outdoor recreation opportunities, as well as traditional and trending activities. The Project would feature key open space areas. The Promenade has been designed to draw pedestrians from the residential area west of Bear Street, South Plaza Drive, and beyond to create a distinct destination along Sunflower Avenue. The Square is intended to be an intimate hub for public gathering, events, and relaxation from day to night. Various seating areas, water features, and experiential lighting and art are envisioned to activate the Square. A Fitness Loop would encircle and thread through the Project Site and include special markers to provide a continuous fitness path for residents and neighbors. The Recreation Lawn has been designed as an area where the community and their pets can gather and relax in a low- water -grass space. Moreover, the Project is consistent with and supports Implementation Action No. LU-2.12 (Distinctive Districts) of the LU that requires the development and adoption of specific plans or corridor plans for each of the five focus areas that establish regulations and design standards. A full list of all applicable General Plan goals and policies that support the Project are attached hereto as Exhibit A and incorporated herein by this reference. L. The City Council has weighed and balanced the General Plan's goals and policies and has determined that, based upon this balancing, the Project at 1561 W. Sunflower Avenue and AA No. 2025-01, including SP-6 and the zone change, are consistent with the purpose of the General Plan. M. The City Council also adopts as findings all facts presented in the Request for City Council Action dated September 16, 2025, and October 7, 2025, and exhibits attached thereto; and the public testimony, written and oral, all of which are incorporated herein by this reference. For these reasons, and each of them, AA No. 2025-01 is hereby found and determined to be consistent with the General Plan of the City of Santa Ana and otherwise justified by the public necessity convenience and general welfare. Section 2. The City prepared a Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Report (SEIR) that analyzed the Project's environmental impacts in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (Public Resources Code, §§ 21000 et seq., CEQA), the regulations promulgated thereunder (14 Cal. Code of Regulations, §§ 15000 et seq., the CEQA Guidelines), and the City's Local CEQA Guidelines. The Draft SEIR was made available for public review for 52 days between April 17, 2025, and June 9, 2025. The document was made available online at the City's website and available for review at City Ordinance No. NS-XXX Page 5 of 8