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Chapter 3 Findings Regarding Project Aftematives <br />On balance, the reduction in impacts to shading and shadows provided by this alternative do not <br />outweigh the costs associated pith the loss of housing and retail opportunities that could also occur <br />under this alternative. <br />For these reasons,, the Agency rejects Alternative 3 as infeasible. <br />3.4.2 Findings on Alternatives to the Proposed Transit Zoning Code <br />Analyzed in the Draft EIR <br />Alternatives 4. 5> and 6, describcd below, present alternatives to the r o ff Developer Project. U dcr <br />each of these Alternatives, the proposed Transit Zoning Code would rct-nain the unchanged. The <br />Agency's findings on each alternative and the rationale behind each finding are set forth below. <br />Alternative : No Demolition of Agency Properties /Rehabilitate in Place <br />Description <br />This alternative would ehminate the detnolition of structures on the fourteen parcels within the Station <br />District currentl y ommed b y the Cite of Santa Ana Redev- elopmcnt Agency that -%vere slated for <br />demolition under the proposed Developer Project (see Figure -1 Pen-iolitions]) and instead rcquire that <br />those properties be retained and rehabilitated in their current locations. Additionally, the it Agenc y <br />would not acquire any of the t ire t y parcels identified in Figure -2 [Potential Nexv Santa Ana <br />Redevelopment ent Ag nc y Acquisitions]. Upon co mpletion of rehabilitation, the rehabilitated louses would <br />be offered for-sale as lov, or moderate incorne housing. The proposed Transit Zo ng Code would <br />remain the same under this Alternative. <br />In total, this Alternative could provide approximatel y 75 rental ur is and approxk1lately 24 for sale units <br />xvithin the Station District, for a total of approximately 99 units. Of these, approximatel y 72 could be <br />tented to low, vay -loxv and extret el y-low income households, approximately 19 would be offered for <br />sale as 10-%X7, incorne units, and one would be offered for sale to those meeting the Orange County criteria <br />for Xfoderate I con -le. (See EIR Appendix J (Updated) [Alternatives Tcsting: Financial Analysis], "Fable 1, <br />Alternatives Analysis.) By contrast, approximatel y 124 units would be provided by the proposed <br />Developer Project, of hich 121 vould be dented to lo , very -low and extte el -low income <br />households, and thitt y two units would be offered for sale, of which six units xxrould be offered for sale to <br />those meeting the Orange County criteria for Moderate Income. (1d.) <br />Findings <br />The Agency* hereby finds that specific economic, legal, social, technological, or other considerations <br />make the adoption of this alternative infeasible. <br />Construction of affordable housing units is critical to meeting the City's Regional Housing Needs <br />Assessment (RHNA) for 2006 - -2014. The Gig's IMNA calls for 3,393 units of new residential <br />construction, 694 of which are to be ffordable to very lo v income households, 574 of which are to be <br />affordable to lo v income households, and 665 to be affordable to moderate income households (MR, <br />Section 4.9). Alternative 4 vrould provide 37 fewer units that vrould be af'foidable to very-lo-%,v, lover and <br />Transit Zon Ing Code D 4 E I R F!ndIngs of FacVStatem ent of o err #ding Considerations 3- <br />