2018-075 - Final Subsequent Environmental IMpact Report No. 2018-15

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City of Santa Ana 3. Findings Regarding Project Alternatives • Facilitate well-designed new mixed-use development projects that combine residential and nonresidential uses through innovative and flexible design solutions. • Achieve the harmonious integration of new mixed-use development within the existing fabric of the mid -rise and high-rise office environment. • Encourage urban form and architecture that incorporate contemporary design styles and solutions as well as the use of sustainable building and site design concepts such as green buildings, energy -conserving building materials, and landscaping designs that reduce water consumption. • Create highly amenitized streetscapes that provide items such as landscaping, street furniture, niche or linear parks, passive and active water features, public plazas and courtyards, public art, and public transportation shelters in a design that integrates the public "realm with the private development and serves to create a distinct identity for the district. • Provide for adequate buffering from the Santa Ana and Costa Mesa freeways. • Create a highly integrated pedestrian system that provides for connectivity between the residential areas and public recreation amenities to the north and the Overlay Zone. • Provide for active street life through the inclusion of dedicated pedestrian -oriented design and active uses on the ground floor at strategic locations. • Provide for a mix of housing in order to encourage a continuum of living and a variety of household types. • Ensure that each project includes exceptional site planning, unique architecture, high-quality building materials, extensive open space, indoor and outdoor amenities, and first-rate public improvements. • Encourage parking solutions that provide for adequate parking to ensure the long-term quality of the project, but that are creative in their design thereby enhancing the area's urban form. Parking requirements are designed to create a level of scarcity that will discourage vehicle trips, increase pedestrian activity, and enhance the provision of high-quality building and site design. • Facilitate project designs that encourage adequate amounts of retail or commercial space to service residents and/or employees within the development and the larger Overlay Zone. • Allow for the development of varied residential types in a mixed-use configuration including, but not limited to, loft -style units, live/work units, attached row houses, and high-quality stacked flats. • Provide adequate access for public safety services. • Stimulate investment and reinvestment in the area through the provision of a comprehensive planning framework that facilitates private -market success. 3.2.2 Elan Development Project Objectives The Elan Development Project is intended to implement some of the objectives of the MEMU Overlay District Expansion. Its primary objectives include the following: Metro East Mixed -Use Overlay District Expansion and Elan August 2018 Development Projects 3-2 ICF 19.18 Findings of Fact/Statement of Overriding Considerations