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Related Bristol Specific Plan Entitlements & Development Agreement (3600 S. Bristol St.) <br />and Staff Resolution Modifying Parking Districts in the Surrounding Area <br />September 17, 2024 <br />Page 30 <br />However, the Draft SEIR concluded that despite the incorporation of all feasible <br />mitigation measures, the proposed Project would nonetheless result in significant and <br />unavoidable impacts to air quality and parks and recreation. <br />Air Quality. Implementation of the proposed Project would result in short-term <br />emissions of criteria air pollutants during Project construction and long-term <br />emissions of criteria air pollutants from vehicular emissions, natural gas <br />consumption, landscaping, applications of architectural coatings, and use of <br />consumer products. The emissions from the proposed project are primarily from <br />vehicle trips and use of consumer products that emit nitrous oxide or reactive <br />organic gasses. The majority of the Project's emission exceedances are from <br />consumer product and mobile sources and cannot feasibly be reduced by either <br />the City or Project Applicant below the SCAQMD thresholds. Emissions from <br />both consumer products and motor vehicles are controlled by State and federal <br />standards and the City and applicant have no control over these standards. Due <br />to the Project exceedance of the thresholds, impacts would be cumulatively <br />considerable and significant and unavoidable. <br />Parks and Recreation. As detailed in Section 5.12 of the SEIR (Parks and <br />Recreation), the City currently has approximately 1.2 acres of public park and/or <br />recreational space per every 1,000 residents, which is below the City's parkland <br />aspirational standard of 3 acres of parkland per 1,000 residents. Based on the <br />City's parkland aspirational standard of 3 acres of public park and/or recreational <br />space per 1,000 residents, buildout of the project in the SP results in a need for <br />approximately 27.7 additional acres of parkland to serve the estimated 9,238 new <br />residents of the project site. The 13.1 acres of publicly accessible open space <br />within a required 17.21 acres of common or private open space for residents <br />provided by the project would be approximately 10.49 acres less than the City's <br />parkland aspirational standard, which would exacerbate the existing citywide <br />parkland deficiency. Although the proposed Project and cumulative projects <br />would be required to provide park and recreational facilities, private open space, <br />and/or pay in -lieu fees as required by the Santa Ana Municipal Code, the impacts <br />related to the amount of parkland within the City would be cumulatively <br />considerable and cumulative impacts related to parks and recreational facilities <br />would be significant. <br />The SEIR also evaluated the following alternatives to the proposed Project that would <br />feasibly avoid or lessen the proposed Project's significant environmental impacts while <br />attaining most of the proposed Project's objectives: Alternative 1 (No project/No build), <br />Alternative 2 (Reduced project alternative that reduces the commercial component to <br />250,000 square feet and eliminates the 250 hotel room keys), and Alternative 3 <br />(Building of the existing zoning designations of C2 and CR, producing a maximum total <br />of 1,032,774 square feet of commercial uses, 1,375 multi -family units, 250 hotel room <br />