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Furthermore, the project is consistent with several goals and policies of the General Plan, including the Economic Development Element and Land Use Element. Land Use Element Goal 1 promotes a balance of land uses to address basic community needs. Policy 1.1 promotes medium density housing in and around the downtown area and Policy 1.2 supports high density residential development within the City's District Centers as a part of a mixed use development. The project will involve construction of a mixed -use residential and commercial building on Site A with a density of 69.6 du/ac, and a multi -family residential building on Site B with a density of 54.2 du/ac, on two adjacent city blocks in downtown, within the Transit Zoning Code area. Therefore, the Project will be consistent with the General Plan Land Use Element. 4) Recognizing the interdependence of land values and aesthetics and providing a method to implement this interdependence in order to maintain the values of surrounding properties and improvements and encouraging excellence of property development, compatible with the general plan for, and character of, the city, with due regard for the public and private interests involved. The project is consistent with the Land Use Element Goal 2 which promotes land uses that enhance the City's economic and fiscal viability. Policy 2.7 support projects that contribute to the redevelopment and revitalization of the central City urban areas. The development proposes to redevelop to City blocks currently occupied by a commercial building, surface parking lot, and vacant and unimproved buildings and parcels. Policy 2.10 supports new development that is harmonious in scale and character with existing development in the area. Both sites in the development have been carefully designed to be integrated within the existing development pattern in Downtown Santa Ana. The mixture of land uses on the project site, including residential, commercial, and open space, will contribute to the formation a dynamic downtown core. The commercial and open space components will serve both residents and visitors of the project site, as well as the large daytime employee population working in the project site's immediate vicinity. (5) Ensuring that the public benefits derived from expenditures of public funds for improvements and beautification of streets and public facilities shall be protected by exercise of reasonable controls over the character and design of private buildings, structures and open spaces. Ordinance No. NS-2999 Page 6 of 9