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RESOLUTION NO. 2025-033 <br /> A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF <br /> SANTA ANA AUTHORIZING THE PLANNING DIVISION TO <br /> INITIATE THE PREPARATION AND DRAFTING OF <br /> FINDINGS IN SUPPORT OF OVERRULLING THE ORANGE <br /> COUNTY AIRPORT LAND USE COMMISSION'S <br /> DETERMINATION OF INCONSISTENCY ASSOCIATED WITH <br /> THE PROPOSED THE VILLAGE SANTA ANA SPECIFIC <br /> PLAN PROJECT LOCATED AT 1561 WEST SUNFLOWER <br /> AVENUE AND TO PROVIDE NOTICE OF INTENT TO <br /> OVERRULE THE AIRPORT LAND USE COMMISSION'S <br /> DETERMINATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION <br /> 21676(B) OF THE PUBLIC UTILITIES CODE TO THE <br /> COUNTY OF ORANGE AIRPORT LAND USE COMMISSION <br /> AND THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF <br /> TRANSPORTATION'S DIVISION OF AERONAUTICS AT <br /> LEAST 45 DAYS PRIOR TO THE FUTURE PUBLIC HEARING <br /> DATE FOR THE PROPOSED PROJECT AND PROPOSED <br /> OVERRULING ACTION BY THE CITY COUNCIL <br /> BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AS <br /> FOLLOWS: <br /> Section 1. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby finds, determines <br /> and declares as follows: <br /> A. On June 19, 2025, the County of Orange Airport Land Use Commission (ALUC) <br /> held a public hearing on the above-referenced project and found the proposed The <br /> Village Santa Ana Specific Plan ("Project") located at 1561 West Sunflower <br /> Avenue to be inconsistent with the 2008 Airport Environs Land Use Plan ("AELUP") <br /> for John Wayne Airport ("JWA") pursuant to AELUP Sections 2.1.3 and 3.2.1 and <br /> Public Utilities Code ("PUC") Section 21674. <br /> B. PUC Section 21674 empowers the ALUC "to assist local agencies in ensuring <br /> compatible land uses in the vicinity of existing airports to the extent that the land <br /> in the vicinity of those airports is not already devoted to incompatible uses," and <br /> "to coordinate planning at the state, regional and local levels so as to provide for <br /> the orderly development of air transportation, while at the same time protecting the <br /> public health, safety and welfare." <br /> C. As a final review authority on legislative acts for land use matters within the City, <br /> the City Council may choose to overrule the ALUC's decision by following the <br /> Resolution No. 2025-033 <br /> Page 1 of 4 <br />