80A - SUPPLEMENTAL - SANTA ANA TRANSITZONINGCODE POST- RESPONSE TO COMMENTS - FEIR

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Chapter 12 Responses to Comments Received Since Publication of the Final EIR support of the Santa Ana Renaissance Specific Plan prepared by Moule & Polyzoides (HRG 2006). This project aimed to provide recommendations for historic preservation planning on about 400 acres, including many of the properties found within the Transit Zoning Code project area. Subsequent property - specific studies were conducted by Jones and Stokes (2006 and 2007), which resulted in the full recordation and evaluation of many of the properties within the Transit Zoning Code project area. These evaluations included determinations of eligibility for the National Register of Historic Properties (NRHP), the California Register of Historic Resources (CRHR), and the Santa Ana Register of Historic Properties (SARHP). An additional historic resources memorandum for the record was then prepared for several properties in Santa Ana by Sapphos Environmental, Inc. This memorandum provided recommendations about the eligibility of 30 properties for inclusion in the SARHP. All of these surveys are included in Appendix D of the EIR. Additionally, mitigation measure MM4.4 -3 would require a qualified professional to conduct site - specific historical resource investigations for future developments within the project area that would demolish or otherwise physically affect buildings or structures 50 years old or older or affect their historic setting. The moratorium on additional purchases would significantly constrain the ability of the Development Project to be accomplished. This would result in fewer units of affordable housing as stated in the previous paragraph. This comment is not a direct comment on environmental issues or the content or adequacy of the Draft EIR. The comment will be forwarded to the decision makers for their consideration prior to approval or denial of the proposed project. No further response is required. Response to Comment BHLG -7 This comment is not a direct comment on environmental issues or the content or adequacy of the Draft EIR. The comment will be forwarded to the decision makers for their consideration prior to approval or denial of the proposed project. No further response is required. Response to Comment BHLG -8 Refer to Response to Comments BHLG -4 and BHLG -5. Further, rehabilitating ten of the twenty properties under consideration for potential acquisition would substantially limit the opportunity to provide new affordable housing for families in furtherance of the City's affordable housing goals established in the Housing Element, the Implementation Plan for the Santa Ana Merged Redevelopment Project Area, and the City of Santa Ana Consolidated Plan. Further it would not enhance the streetscape and urban form of the area, particularly along Santa Ana Boulevard, with the construction of new buildings that meet the standards contained in the Transit Zoning Code and that support future transit planning. Nor would it secure provision of public open space or facilitation of a joint use arrangement with SAUSD for a new community center. Finally, it would not provide an economically viable redevelopment scenario for the Agency -owned properties. Additionally, it would result in the elimination of an opportunity to provide new quality housing. As a result, if demolition of the properties that may be acquired by the Agency were precluded, the Redevelopment Agency would not pursue their acquisition, and the benefits of the Developer Project, including the 12 -24 City of Santa Ana Transit Zoning Code (SD 84A and SD 84B) EIR