RESOLUTION NO. 2023- 061
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SANTA ANA APPROVING A ONE- YEAR EXTENSION OF
SITE PLAN REVIEW NO. 2020- 04 FOR THE CENTRAL
POINTE MIXED - USE DEVELOPMENT TO BE LOCATED
AT 1801 EAST FOURTH STREET
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:
A. On November9, 2020, the PlanningCommissionunanimouslyapprovedSite Plan Review (SPR) No. 2020-04 by adopting Resolution No. 2020-38 for the Central Pointe mixed -use development, which consists of 644 residential units and 15,130 square feet of commercial space for the property located at 1801 East Fourth Street.
B. Pursuant to Section 8.4 of the Metro East Mixed Use ( MEMU) Overlay Zone document, Site Plan Reviewapprovalsmust be exercisedwithintwo years of approval or become void after two years of inactivity unless the City Council by resolution extends the date on which a MEMU Site Plan Review becomes void for a periodor periodsnot exceedingthree years.
C. Taking into account the results of the global Covid-19 pandemic and its effects on securing funding, labor, and construction materials, the City Council approved the applicant's first request for a one-year entitlement extension on July 19, 2022 ( City Council Resolution No. 2022-062). The approval of the initial request extended the subject project's entitlements until November 9, 2023.
D. Recent increases in interest rates beginning the first quarter of 2022 and continuing through 2023, and their impacts on construction loans and land developmentcosts, haveresultedin additionaldelays tothe project's abilityto complete the plan check process, pull permits, and break ground on the project by the November 9, 2023 deadline that was established by the last City Council -approved entitlement extension ( City Council Resolution No. 2022- 062).
E. It is the Planning Division's policy to recommend no more than one-year extensions at a time, mainly in an effort to encourage the construction of previously approved projects.
F. Upon the completion of the plan check process and securing of funding for the project, the applicant intends to obtain all necessarybuilding permitsfor Resolution No. 2023- 061
the projectbysubmittingplansfor buildingplancheckandbreakgroundon the project to effectuate its entitlements within a timely manner.
G. The applicant filed the request and submitted filing fees for the second extension on August 28, 2023. The extension request came before the City Council on September 19, 2023.
H. In accordancewith the California EnvironmentalQualityAct (CEQA) and the CEQA Guidelines, the extension for this project is exempt pursuant to Section 15061( b)( 3). This determination has been made as it has been determined thatthe proposedactionto extendtheexisting, approvedentitlementdoesnot have the potentialto cause a significant effect on the environment, as the existing, approvedentitlementhasalreadybeenevaluatedpursuantto CEQA.
Section 2. Site Plan Review No. 2020-04 is hereby extended for a period of one (1) yearfromthe firstextensiondeadlineof November9, 2023to November9, 2024. This decision is based upon the evidence submitted, which includes, but is not limited to, the Request for Council Action dated September 19, 2023, and exhibits attachedthereto, andanypublictestimony, all ofwhichare incorporatedhereinby this reference.
Section 3. This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption by the CityCouncil, andthe Clerkof theCouncilshallattestto andcertifythe voteadopting this Resolution.
ADOPTED this 19"' day of September, 2023.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Sonia R. Carvalho, City Attorney
By: A, Jonathan T. Martinez
JO AssistantCityAttorney
Resolution No. 2023- 061
AYES: Councilmembers
NOES: Councilmembers
ABSTAIN: Councilmembers
Amezcua, Bacerra, Hernandez, Lopez
Penaloza, Vazquez ( 6)
None ( 0)
Phan ( 1)
NOT PRESENT: Councilmembers None ( 0)
CERTIFICATE OF ATTESTATION AND ORIGINALITY
I, JENNIFER L. HALL, City Clerk, do hereby attest to and certify the attached ResolutionNo. 2023-061 to be the original resolutionadopted by the City Council of the City of Santa Ana on September 19, 2023.
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