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City of Santa Ana—Cabrillo Town Center Project May 16,2023 Page 10 of 12 Table 1 Project Home Type Details Home Type Unit Count Percentage of Total Unit Count Studio Apartment 23 4.5% 1 bedroom Apartment 264 52.1% 2 bedroom Apartment 148 29.2% Live/work+2 bedroom Apt 14 2.8% 2 bedroom townhome 26 5.1% 3 bedroom townhome 20 3.9% 4 bedroom townhome 12 2.4% Total 507 100% Water Supply Assessment at 6. Accordingly, treating each unit uniformly in terms of the amount of water consumption is inappropriate given that the units with more bedrooms will surely consume more water than a studio or single bedroom apartment. For this reason too, the Water Supply Assessment is deficient and must be revised. Third, it appears that the Water Supply Assessment understated the scope of the Project. It provides: "The proposed project includes the development of a five-story mixed- use building consisting of 449 apartment units, approximately 23,300 SF of retail and commercial space, and a garage at the south side of the site, and 58 townhome units at the north side of the site." Water Supply Assessment at 6. However, per the April 24, 2023 Planning Commission Agenda, Item 4 (p. 5), the Project is described as having "26,800 sf. of leasable commercial space." As such, the Water Supply Assessment is short on 3,500 commercial space. Moreover, the Water Supply Assessment does not identify which portion of commercial space is retail. This is significant, since it is reasonable and also known that various types of commercial spaces have various water use and demands. For example, a restaurant uses more whereas an office or retail space uses less water." s See, e.g., the Water Supply Assessment for the Affinity Project in Pasadena,p. 5-6, available at: https://www.cityfpasadena.net/planning/wp-content/uploads/sites/30/Alpendix- I Water-Supply-Assessment.pdf