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Chapter 3 Findings Regarding Project Aftematives <br />: .:: .:.:.:.......::..::.: ::: r T ea <br />:. : : . ; :... <br />an <br />esidenriai (units) <br />21026 <br />41075 <br />(21049) <br />Retail (so <br />351j000 <br />3073000 <br />(36$000) <br />Industdal <br />(990,000) <br />(990 ;000) <br />0 <br />Commercial f <br />(124,000) <br />(1243000) <br />0 <br />Civic s <br />(21,000) <br />(21,000) <br />0 <br />Green <br />60 }600 <br />602000 <br />0 <br />Parking I x534$000) (11772,000) (2333000) <br />URGE: PBS &J 2010 <br />Findings <br />The Agency hereby finds that specific econotnic, legal, social, technological, or other considerations <br />make the adoption of Alternative 3 infeasible. <br />Although Alternative 3 would ircduce a sigmflcant and unavoidable i-nipact of the proposed project to <br />aesthetics (shading and shadow to a less than significant level, it wo old restrict develop ent �� thin the- <br />City to low- to trod -rl e de%)-elopment, which would not meet project objectives to the same extent as the <br />proposed project. <br />Specifically, this restriction would require a reduction in housing (including ffor able housing) ftom <br />4,075 units to 2,026 units, ,%x4- ich N ould not meet Santa Ana's Regional Housing Needs Assessment for <br />2006 - -2014, which call for 33,393 units, 1.1,248 o f which must be a ffordable. for lokv, very low, and extremely <br />to w income households. The- City of Santa Ana has a great need for affordable housing — sixty percent of <br />the households in Santa Ana have low, very 1mv, and extremely lo-%xr incomes. (Cite of Santa Ana General <br />Flan Draft Housing Element, Appendix A, p. -10. ) Goal 2 of the Housing Element is to "provide a <br />dArerslt y of qualit y housing, affordabilit y levels, and living experiences that acco - iniodate Santa Ana's <br />residents and - %vor force of all household types, income levels, and age groups to foster an inclusive <br />community." Alternative 3 xvould not meet this goal to the same extent as the proposed project. <br />Sia larl y, It would not meet Housing Element police 2.2, set forth below, to the same extent as the <br />proposed proj <br />