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Chapter 3 Findings RegardIng Project AlternatIves
<br />to below the le-%rel of significance. In addition, Alternadve 2 would not sect the housing and transit
<br />objectives of the Project to the same extent as tlic proposed project.
<br />lternative 2 would reduce housing b y 25 percent, from 4,075 to 3,056 residential units. The potential
<br />number of affordable lousing units could also be reduced b y 25 percent. Providing 3,056 ne w units
<br />vould not meet Santa na-s Regional Housing Needs Assess ment for 20 6-2014, wMeh calls for 3,393
<br />total units, 1,248 of vrhich must be affordable for lo , Nreq lo-%v, and extrernely 1 xT incon-ie households.
<br />The City of Santa Ana has a great nccd for affordable housing; sixty percent of the households in Santa
<br />Ana have low, very to vr, and extremely lovr income. (Cite of Santa Ana General Plan Draft Housing
<br />Element 2006-20 14, Appen&x A, p. -10. ) Goal 2 of the Housing Element is to "provide a diVersity of
<br />alit lousing, of ordabifit r levels, and living e pericti es that a con -in- Iodate Santa Ana's residents and
<br />vrorkfor e of all household types, i come levels, and age groups to foster an in lu i -Fe inmu y."
<br />Alternative 2 would not meet this goal, or the follo-%N ug Housing Element policies, to the saine extent as
<br />the proposed project:
<br />HE-2.3 Rental Housing. Encourage the construction of rental housing for Santa 1 na's
<br />•esidents and workforce i11cluding a cot iitme t to veL` low, 1m v, and moderate
<br />income residents and modcrate income Santa Ana workers.
<br />HE-2.4 Di- versit y of Housing `Y ape . Facilitate and encourage a diversit y and range in types,
<br />prices, and sizes of housing, including single family homes, apartments, to - %vn
<br />hom es,, mixcd/inultivise housing,, transit - oriented deNTclopments, and 1i-%r- - %vo:vl
<br />housing.
<br />Alternative 2 would not n -leet the project's transit oriented objectives to the sate extent as the proposed
<br />project. Reducing the amount of lousing and retail space would result in a failure to f uUy emphasize the
<br />vise of the Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center S RT for City residents. A Mixed --use urban
<br />and transit -- oriented neighborhood requires a critical mass and balance b tiv en residential and non- -
<br />residential uses in order to succeed, (Draft EI , Section 5. 5.) 2 would not provide that critical
<br />mass and balance.
<br />In additive, it vrould not implement established SCAG RTP or RCP policies, or General Plan Land Use
<br />Element policies 1. 2, 1. 3, 1.5, 1.6, 13, 1.9, 2.4, 2. 6, 2. 8, 2 #9, 2,10, 4. 3, 4.4, 4.5, 5.I, 5. , 5.53 5.7,1 5.915 5.103
<br />and 5.11, on Urban Land Use Element Goals 1 through 7 to the sate -ic extent as the proposed project.
<br />(See Land Use Elen -ie t; Urban Design Element; Draft HIS. Table 4.7-3.) Specifically, the Alterna ti�r 2
<br />could not meet the f'ollo-%%i g SCAG R' P Land Use Goals to the satire extent as the proposed projcct:
<br />r Create t xed -use districts or « complete com ut ti s" in strategic gro with areas through a
<br />concentration of activides x6th Dousing, employment, and a ti-iix of retail and setiTices, located in
<br />close proximity to each other. Focusing a mix of land uses in strategic gro - %vth areas creates
<br />complete communities wherein most daily needs can be met -% ltl n a short distance of home,
<br />pro- viding residents With the opportunity to patronize them; local area and ran daily errands b y
<br />- %valking or cycling rather traveling by automobile.
<br />n I tensi�r nodes along corridors %pith people -- scaled, lruixed -use developments. Alany existing
<br />corridors lack the residential and commercial concentration to adequately support non --auto transit
<br />uses, Without Nrhich the existing transit systein cannot fully realize its potential for accommodating
<br />additional trips and relieving the transportation system. Thee nodes along the corridor also create,
<br />Transit Zoning Code (S D 4 ) E I R Findings of Fact/Statement of Overriding Considerations
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