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301 center, drawing employees from outlying areas. Therefore, the project, as proposed, will not achieve a targeted job/housing balance. Using SCAG's jobs/housing ratios, 691 units would be required of the project. Therefore, a deficiency of approximately 489 units results. Making the assumption that more than one worker per unit will reside within the project, the deficiency is reduced but not eliminated. Because the proposed project provides many more new jobs than new housing to a job-rich region, its affect on the jobs/housing balance is considered significant. In the SCAG Northwest Orange County subregion in 1984, the job/housing ratio was 1:34. The projected trend for the jobs/housing ratio in 2010 is 1.57. The SCAG Regional Management Plan preferred jobs/housing ratio for 2010 is 1:44. For the project to have a neutral impact on the regional jobs/housing balance in Northwest Orange County, the "Guidelines for Implementing 1989 AQMP/SIP Conformity Procedures Related to General Development Projects" would allow a maximum jobs/housing ratio of 5:85. To have a jobs/housing ratio of 5:85 and a neutral effect on the jobs/housing balance, the project could produce only 1,641 jobs. The project is expected to generate 4,029 jobs. Since the project is a regional center, it is expected to create employment opportunities for the City of Santa Ana and the region in general. More housing would also achieve a jobs/housing balance in compliance with the AQMP, except for the fact that SCAG projections do not indicate a housing shortfall for future conditions. Significant impact is anticipated because the project is not consistent with jobs/housing ratios of the Growth Management Plan of the AQMP/SIP. CRITERION 2: VEHICLE TRIP AND VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED REDUCTION A project is required to demonstrate that vehicle trips and vehicle miles traveled have been reduced to the greatest extent feasible. The project design should include consideration of transportation demand management (TDM) strategies. A TDM program has been prepared in accordance with city Ordinance NS2124 and is consistent with this ordinance. This TDM program is to be designed to reduce project trips in order to reduce traffic congestion and project emissions. Thus, for example, the TDM program provides measures to reduce morning peak-hour office traffic by 15 percent through a variety of incentives, including ridesharing/carpooling incentives and inducements to reduce peak-hour office trips. The mixed uses of the proposed project will create internal capture of multiple trips, thereby reducing vehicle miles traveled. CRITERION 3: AIR QUALITY The third test specifies that the project may not have a long-term negative impact upon the region's air quality; that transportation, land use, and energy conservation measures must be used to the extent possible to mitigate the impact of the project on air 0 0 0 0 11