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RESOLUTION NO. 2004-057
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SANTA ANA APPROVING GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT
NO. 2004-04, AMENDING VARIOUS SECTIONS OF THE
CITY OF SANTA ANA PUBLIC SAFETY; CONSERVATION;
OPEN SPACE, PARKS AND RECREATION; AND LAND
USE ELEMENTS OF THE GENERAL PLAN
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby finds, determines
and declares as follows:
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A.
General Plan Amendment No. 2003-04 has been filed to amend various
sections of the City of Santa Ana Public Safety; Conservation; Open
Space, Parks and Recreation; and Land Use Elements of the General
Plan to ensure watershed and storm water quality and quantity
management for the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
citywide.
1.
The Santa Ana Region permit requires the City of Santa Ana to
minimize short and long-term runoff water impacts from new
development and significant redevelopment to the greatest extent
possible.
The Santa Ana Region permit requires that the City's General Plan
be updated to reflect current watershed and storm water quality
management policies.
2.
B.
The Planning Commission of the City of Santa Ana held a duly noticed
public hearing on June 28, 2004, on General Plan Amendment No. 2004-
04, and recommended that the City Council adopt a resolution approving
General Plan Amendment No. 2004-04.
C.
General Plan Amendment No. 2004-04 came before the City Council of
the City of Santa Ana for a duly noticed public hearing on July 19, 2004.
These amendments to the City of Santa Ana Public Safety; Conservation;
Open Space, Parks and Recreation; and Land Use Elements of the
General Plan are consistent with the balance of the General Plan, and the
various elements thereof.
D.
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Section 2. The City Council has reviewed and considered the information
contained in the initial study and the negative declaration prepared with respect to this
Project. The City Council has, as a result of its consideration and the evidence presented
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at the hearings on this matter, determined that, as required pursuant to the California
Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") and the State CEQA Guidelines, a Negative
Declaration adequately addresses the expected environmental impacts of this Project. On
the basis of this review, the City Council finds that there is no evidence from which it can
be fairly argued that the Project will have a significant adverse effect on the environment.
The City Council hereby certifies and approves Negative Declaration No. 2004-143 and
directs that the Notice of Determination be prepared and filed with the County Clerk of the
County of Orange in the manner required by law.
Pursuant to Title XIV, California Code of Regulations ("CCR") § 735.5(c)(1), the
City Council has determined that, after considering the record as a whole, there is no
evidence that the proposed project will have the potential for any adverse effect on
wildlife resources or the ecological habitat upon which wildlife resources depend. The
proposed project exists in an urban environment characterized by paved concrete,
roadways, surrounding buildings and human activity. Therefore, pursuant to Fish and
Game Code § 711.2 and Title XIV, CCR § 753.5(a)(3), the payment of Fish and Game
Department filing fees is not required in conjunction with this project.
Section 3. Based upon the evidence submitted at the above said hearing
which includes but not is not limited to: the Staff report and exhibits attached thereto;
and the public testimony; all of which are incorporated herein by this reference, the City
Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby finds, determines and declares as follows:
A. The City Council hereby, approves and adopts General Plan Amendment
No. 2004-04 to amend various sections of the City of Santa Ana Public
Safety; Conservation; Open Space, Parks and Recreation; and Land Use
Elements.
The amended language of these elements is attached hereto as Exhibit
"A" and incorporated by this reference as though fully set forth herein.
The City of Santa Ana Public Safety; Conservation; Open Space, Parks
and Recreation; and Land Use Elements shall be amended to incorporate
the amended language and shall be made regularly available by the City's
Planning and Building Agency.
Section 4. This Resolution shall take effect immediately after its adoption by
the City Council, and the Clerk of the Council shall attest to and certify the vote adopting
this Resolution.
B.
C.
ADOPTED this 19th day of July, 2004.
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
Councilmembers:
Alvarez. Bist. Christy. Franklin. Garcia. Pulido.
Solorio (7)
Councilmembers:
None (0)
Councilmembers:
None (0)
ABSTAIN:
Councilmembers:
None (0)
CERTIFICATE OF ATTESTATION AND ORIGINALITY
I, PATRICIA E. HEALY, Clerk of the Council, do hereby attest to and certify the
attached Resolution No. 2004-057 to be the original resolution adopted by the City
Council of the City of Santa Ana on July 19. 2004.
Date:
7/27/0>'
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Clerk of the Council
City of Santa Ana
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Amendments to public safety; conservation; open space, parks
and recreation; and land use Elements
Public Safety Element (page 19)
Objective 3.0: Preserve wetlands, riparian corridors, and buffer zones and establish
reasonable limits on the clearing of vegetation from the project site.
Implementation Program: Limit disturbance of natural water bodies and drainage systems to
conserve natural areas; protect slopes and channels; and minimize impacts from storm water and
urban runoff on the biological integrity of natural drainage systems and water bodies.
Conservation Element (page 22-23)
Policy: Encourage water conservation through design and facilities features of new
developments through the use of water quality wetlands, biofiltration swales, watershed-scale
retrofits, etc where such measures are likely to be effective and technically and economically
feasible.
Policy: Establish development guidelines for areas particularly susceptible to erosion
and sediment loss.
Policy: Provide for appropriate permanent measures to reduce storm water pollutant
loads in storm water from the development site.
Policy: Minimize changes in hydrology and pollutant loading; require incorporation of
control, including structural and non-structural and Best Management Practices to
mitigate the projected increases in pollutant loads and flows.
Policy: Ensure that post-development runoff rates and velocities from a site have no
significant adverse impact on downstream erosion and stream habitat.
Program: Maintain compliance with regional watershed and storm water management
principles.
Open Space. Parks and Recreation Element (page 25)
Objective 4.0: Encourage the use of water quality wetlands, biofiltration swales,
watershed-scale retrofits, etc. in existing and new open space, parks and recreation
facilities where such measures are likely to be effective and technically and
economically feasible.
Exhibit A
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land Use Element
Policy 5.12 (page 15): Provide appropriate permanent measures to reduce storm water
pollutant loads in storm water from a development site.
Action (Policy) 5.5 (page 25): Ensure that post-development hydrology and storm
water runoff rates and velocities from a site have no significant adverse impact on
downstream erosion and stream habitat.
Action (Policy) 5.6 (page 26): Minimize the quantity of storm water directed to
impermeable surfaces or system of conveyances (including roads with drainage
systems, municipal streets, catch basins, curbs, gutters, ditches, man-made channels or
storm drains) and maximize the percentage of permeable surfaces to allow more
percolation of storm water into ground.
Action (Policy) 5.7 (page 26): Encourage the use of water quality wetlands, biofiltration
swales, watershed-scale retrofits, etc. where such measures are likely to be effective
and technically and economically feasible.
Exhibit A
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