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EXHIBIT A Resolution No. _____ Page 22 of 71 Certification of the Magnolia at the Park EIR Project would also help to meet housing demands from projected employment growth in the City while maintaining a healthy vacancy rate. (DEIR, pp. 4.2-14 through 4.2-15.) Moreover, the Santa Ana and City of Orange areas are jobs-rich. The existing jobs-housing ratio is 2.06 in Santa Ana and is projected to be 2.13 in 2040. The Project would reduce the jobs-housing ratio slightly to 2.05; and to 2.11 in 2040, as shown in Section 4.9, Population and Housing, of the DEIR. The balance of jobs and housing and the bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure implemented by the Project would reduce vehicle miles traveled and the related air quality emissions, as employees could easily travel to employment opportunities within the Santa Ana and City of Orange areas. Thus, the Project would support AQMP objectives to reduce trips, promote infill development, and balance jobs and housing, and would not conflict with implementation of the AQMP. (DEIR, p. 4.2-15.) Further still, as discussed in the DEIR, the Project would not exceed any air quality standards. (DEIR, p. 4.2-15.) 9.3.2 Air Quality Standards Threshold: Would the Project violate any air quality standard or contribute substantially to an existing or projected air quality violation? Finding: Less than significant impact. (DEIR, p. 4.2-15 through 4.2-16.) Facts in Support of Finding: The Project would not violate any air quality standard or contribute substantially to an existing or projected air quality violation. As detailed in DEIR Section 4.2, Air Quality, the maximum daily construction and operational emissions would not exceed any of SCAQMD’s daily significance thresholds. Thus, the construction and operation of the Project would not result in a violation of an air quality standard or substantially contribute to an existing or projected air quality violation. (DEIR, p. 4.2-15 through 4.2-16.) 9.3.3 Cumulative Increase of Criteria Pollutant Threshold: Would the Project result in a cumulatively considerable net increase of any criteria pollutant for which the project region is in non-attainment under an applicable federal or state ambient air quality standard (including releasing emissions which exceed quantitative thresholds for ozone precursors)? Finding: Less than significant impact. (DEIR, p. 4.2-16 through 4.2-17.) Facts in Support of Finding: The Project would not result in a cumulatively considerable net increase of any criteria pollutant for which the project region is in non-attainment under an applicable federal or state ambient air quality standard (DEIR, p. 4.2-16 through 4.2-17.) SCAQMD’s cumulative air quality methodology provides that if an individual project results in air emissions of criteria pollutants that exceed the SCAQMD’s daily thresholds for project-specific impacts, then the project would also result in a cumulatively considerable net increase of criteria pollutant(s) for which the project region is in non- attainment under an applicable federal or state ambient air quality standard. As shown in the DEIR, implementation of the Project would not exceed SCAQMD’s applicable thresholds. Therefore, impacts related to a cumulatively considerable net increase of a criteria pollutant for which the project region is in non-attainment would be less than significant. (DEIR, p. 4.2-16 through 4.2-17.) 2-58