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manatt Santa Ana City Council December 16, 2019 Page 4 o HE Policy 2.4, Diverse Housing Types: Facilitate diverse types, prices and sizes of housing, including single-family homes, apartments, townhomes, mixed/multiuse housing, transit -oriented housing, multigenerational housing, and live -work opportunities. o HE Goal 4: To provide adequate rental and ownership housing opportunities and supportive services .... In assessing the Proj ect's consistency with the Housing Element, the City found that the Project will provide 256 rental housing units, and that the zoning amendment will expand the District Center designation and provide a connection between the existing District Centers to the north and south of the site by providing a residential development that will support a mixed -use environment. In addition to the City's findings, the Project will add to the diversity of housing types in the area, and will be compatible with nearby commercial areas. In addition to furthering the Goals and Policies in the Housing Element, the Project helps implement the following Goals and Policies in the Land Use Element. o Land Use (LU) Element Goal 1: Promote a balance of land uses to address basic community needs. o LU Policy 1.5: Maintain and foster a variety of residential land uses in the City. o LU Policy 4.3: Support land uses which provide community and regional economic and service benefits. o LU Policy 4.4: Encourage the development of projects which promote the City's image as a regional activity center. o LU Policy 5.5: Encourage development which is compatible with, and supportive of surrounding land uses. o LU Policy 5.7: Anticipate that the intensity of new development will not exceed available infrastructure capacity. o LU Element Goal 6: Reduce residential overcrowding to promote public health and safety. The City's findings identified that the Project is within 1/2 mile of existing transportation infrastructure such as the Santa Ana (1-5) freeway and State Route 22 (SR 22) highway which provide vehicular access to the region, the Orange County Transportation Agency bus routes along Main Street which connects to the Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center and the Anaheim Regional Intermodal Center which provides rail service