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475 <br /> <br />STATEMENT OF OVERRIDING CONSIDERATIONS <br />MIDTOWN DISTRICT SPECIFIC PLAN <br /> CITY OF SANTA ANA <br /> <br />The Final E1R concludes and the City Council of the City of Santa Ana finds that certain <br />significant environmental effects of the Specific Plan are unavoidable even after incorporation <br />of all feasible mitigation measures. Specifically, the proposed Specific Plan would result in a <br />significant unmitigated impact to the intersection of Seventeenth at Main Streets and Main at <br />First Streets, and a cumulative effect relating to air quality. For such a significant effect, the City <br />Council has balanced the benefits of the proposed Specific Plan against these unavoidable <br />environmental impacts in determining whether to approve the Specific Plan. The City Council <br />finds that this significant effect on the environment is acceptable within the meaning of Sections <br />15092 and 15093 of the CEQA Guidelines. Any altematives with less significant environmental <br />impacts are not preferable, due to the following overriding considerations. <br /> <br />The Specific Plan encourages development of office, medical office, institutional, trade <br />school, restaurant, retail, attached residential, and detached residential uses on <br />underutilized parcels in a manner which strengthens the economic vitality of the City. <br /> <br />The Specific Plan expands the City's economic base by increasing sales tax revenue and <br />provides local employment opportunities. <br /> <br />The Specific Plan provides projects which meets the residential, commemial, recreational, <br />and entertainment needs of the City and its residents. <br /> <br />The Specific Plan provides improved vehicular and pedestrian access, internal circulation, <br />and parking to accommodate future development. <br /> <br />The Specific Plan preserves important environmental and historical features and resources <br />to the greatest extent feasible. <br /> <br />The Specific Plan establishes links to surrounding neighborhoods, and employment and <br />shopping areas. <br /> <br />The Specific Plan protects and maintains the adjacent Willard, French Court, and French <br />Park neighborhoods. <br /> <br />The Specific Plan encourages the adaptive re-use of historically or architecturally <br />significant bnildings throughoat Midtown. <br /> <br />9. The Specific Plan establishes a positive image of Midtown. <br /> <br />10. <br /> <br />The Specific Plan creates high quality development compatible with surrounding uses and <br />activities. <br /> <br />11. The Specific Plan would be serviced by sufficient levels of public services and utilities. <br /> <br />OVERRIDING CONSIDERATIONS / MIDTOWN DISTRICT SPECIFIC PLAN/EIR NO. 94-1 <br /> <br />EXHIBIT B <br /> <br /> <br />