Item 26 - EIR No. 2020-03 and GPA No.2020-06 Santa Ana General Plan Update

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■ Enhance opportunities for corporate offices. ■ Attract economic activity into the city from surrounding communities. ■ Protect industrial and office employment base. ■ Maintain hotel and commercial uses. The overall scale and experience of the focus area along the freeway and city boundary will reflect an urban intensity and design, with inspiring building forms and public spaces. At the southeastern edge, the District Center land use designation will facilitate large residential mixed -use developments in structures that incorporate high -density housing, hotels, and complementary expansions of commercial uses. Adjacent to the 55 freeway, the Industrial/Flex land use designation will promote large-scale office -industrial flex spaces, multilevel corporate offices, and research and development uses. The node surrounding the freeway interchange will remain as currently planned for General Commercial uses, with new improvements introducing development and spaces that complement the existing examples and elements. South Bristol Street Focus Area The South Bristol Street focus area represents Santa Ana's southern gateway and is a part of the South Coast Metro area. Between Sunflower and Alton Avenues, the District Center land use designation will create opportunities to transform auto -oriented shopping plazas to walkable, bike - friendly, and transit -friendly urban villages that incorporate a mix of high intensity office and residential living with experiential commercial uses. The objectives of this focus area are: ■ Capitalize on the success of the South Coast Metro area. ■ Introduce mixed -use urban villages and encourage experiential commercial uses that are more walkable, bike friendly, and transit oriented. ■ Provide for mixed -use opportunities while protecting adjacent, established, low -density neighborhoods. Between MacArthur Boulevard and Alton Avenue, the form and intensity will scale down but remain distinctly urban in nature. The redevelopment of the auto -oriented commercial plazas will result in the construction of landmark buildings and structures set in and around spaces accessible to future occupants and the general public. The corridor north of Alton Avenue is planned with the Urban Neighborhood land use designation, allowing for commercial and residential projects, frequently in a mixed -use format, to develop in accordance with market fluctuations. The buildings and spaces in this part of the focus area will be sensitive to the surrounding low -density neighborhoods but will still emphasize the creation of active and attractive urban spaces. Santa Ana General Plan Update CEQA Findings of Fact and Statement Of Overriding Considerations -13- October 2021