2004-020 - Statement Overriding Considerations for the Property Located at One Broadway Plaza

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One Broadway Plaza Environmental Impact Report Findings and Facts in Support of Findings 8 4.1.5.3 Facts in Support of the Finding Related to Television Reception For residential uses which do not have cable television, area television reception will be impacted because the project will interfere with television transmission from area television stations. It is anticipated that the proposed project win interfere with commercial and public station television signals for those living south and east of the project site because these signals are transmitted from hills in the Los Angeles northwest of the project site. This is an unavoidable adverse impact of the project because 70 percent of Santa Ana residents rely on television antennas to receive broadcast television signals. No mitigation for this impact is proposed. 4.1.5.4 Level of Significance oflmpacts Related to Television Reception The interference with television reception is an unavoidable adverse impact which cannot be mitigated below a level of significance because mitigation is not possible. 4.1.6 Impacts Related to Aesthetics 4.1.6.1 Potentially Significant Adverse Impact Related to Aesthetics As described in detail in Section 3.11 (Aesthetics) in the EIR, the One Broadway Plaza project will result in adverse impacts in the areas of land use scale and shade, and shadow impact. 8 4.1.6.2 Finding Related to Aesthetics Specific economic, legal, social, technological or other considerations, including provision of employment opportunities for highly trained workers, make infeasible the mitigation measures or project alternatives identified in the Final EIR. 4.1.6.3 Facts in Support of the Finding Related to Aesthetics The 37-story office tower would exceed the height, mass and scale of existing structures on and near the site. The contrast in height, mass and scale of the parking structure and tower relative to existing buildings on and near the site cannot be mitigated. The contrast would be a significant adverse visual impact on the site and sUIT0unding area. Residential uses in the areas north of Washington Avenue, east of Sycamore Street and west of Broadway Street would be considered sensitive to additional amounts of shade because of the use of the outdoor areas at these residences. Loss of sunlight would affect these uses during winter and summer mornings and evenings. These areas will receive a half hour more of shade as the shadow cast by the project office building and parking garage moves as the sun moves in the sky. During the winter and summer months, this additional shading would be a significant adverse impact which cannot be mitigated. 8 Resolution No. 2004-020 Page 39 of 73