If the City of Tustin, the Tustin Community Redevelopment Agency, or any agency or political subdivision of either, intends to or does acquire title to any real property that lies within the boundaries of the former Marine Corps Air Station-Tustin, then notwithstanding any other provision of law, including Section 33607.5, neither the City of Tustin, nor the Tustin Community Redevelopment Agency, and none of their respective agencies and political subdivisions may grant or issue any land use or other approvals, in the form of any general plan amendments, specific plans, zoning ordinances, redevelopment plans, development agreements, subdivision maps, or other development permits or entitlements, to allow any persons or entities to develop any commercial, residential, or other land uses on all or any portion of any real property at the Marine Corps Air Station-Tustin that the City of Tustin, the Tustin Community Redevelopment Agency, or any agency or political subdivision of either, intends to or does acquire from any source, unless those approvals require, as conditions of approval and mitigation measures for allowing the development of those land uses, the conveyance, or the irrevocable offer to dedicate, without charge, to the Santa Ana Unified School District and the Rancho Santiago Community College District, for purposes of constructing and operating a K-14 facility, (a) fee title to a 100-acre parcel of contiguous land situated within that portion of the Marine Corps Air Station-Tustin that falls within the existing boundaries of the Santa Ana Unified School District and the Rancho Santiago Community College District and includes all or some of the real property referred to as Parcels 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 14 as shown on Figure 2-3 of the approved Reuse Plan for the Marine Corps Air Station-Tustin, or (b) fee title to a portion of the Marine Corps Air Station-Tustin that consists of a portion of land that is approved in writing by the Santa Ana Unified School District and the Rancho Santiago Community College District and that does not include any property designated in the Marine Corps Air Station-Tustin Base Reuse Plan for any other public entity or nonprofit organization, including, without limitation, the County of Orange, the Orange County Sheriff-Coroner, and the Orange County Rescue Mission, but excluding the South Orange County Community College District. Those conditions of approval and mitigation measures shall require that the conveyance or offer to dedicate that 100-acre parcel to those districts shall be made within 12 months of the date on which the City of Tustin, the Tustin Community Redevelopment Agency, or any agency or political subdivision of either, first acquires that property from any source. The requirements of this section shall be deemed satisfied upon the conveyance of the property, described in (a) or (b), to the Santa Ana Unified School District and the Rancho Santiago Community College District. Prior to conveyance of this property, the Santa Ana Unified School District and the Rancho Santiago Community College District shall agree upon a legal description of the property. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for purposes of Article 7 (commencing with Section 1240.610) of Chapter 3 of Title 7 of Part 3 of the Code of Civil Procedure, use of land for classroom facilities, including, but not limited to, educational and training programs, by the Santa Ana Unified School District or the Rancho Santiago Community College District shall be irrebuttably presumed to be a more necessary public use than any other use at the Marine Corps Air Station-Tustin. This section shall apply retroactively to all land use or other approvals relating to the Marine Corps Air Station-Tustin that are granted or issued by the City of Tustin, the Tustin Community Redevelopment Agency, or any agency or political subdivision of either, on or after January 1, 2001. Any such land use or other approvals granted or issued by any of these entities that do not comply with this section shall be invalid and of no force or effect.
(Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 123, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2002.)