80A - TRANSIT CODE AND STATION DISTRICT - EXHIBIT O

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~ ~ ut~~r~ T'l~e Ci~~ of Santa Ana has p~•epa~ed ~n En~tiron~net~tal I~~pact Report ~EIR~ for the T~•ansit ~oi~in Code ~D S~-~ in compliance ~~rith the recluirexxrents of the Califarr~ia En~Tiron~e~~tal ua~~~ Act ~CE~~ ~PubZic Resources Cade section 2~.Oaa ser~,~, T`he Can~unit~~ Rede~Telap~nent Agenc~r of the Cit~t of Santa Ana ~Aenc~7} leas dlsct~etionar`~~ appra~ra~ po~~re~• o~rer a component of the p~•oject ar~al~T~ed in that EIR and ls, therefore, a Responsible Aenc~~ under CEA, A suc~~, prior to reaching a decision o~~ p~~o~cct, tine Aenc~r must canide~~ tl~e er~~~i~oi~ment~. ef~'ects of t~~e pro~ec~ as sllo~vn in the EIR, ~ '~°~~i docur~eixt presents the Findings of Fact and S~ateinent of ~~Tcri~~d~n Considerations that trust be adopted bar tie Aenc~? pursuant to the t~equiretnents of P~xb~.c Resout~ces Code Sectians Z1o0~,~.~ and ~d~, 2~D8~ and ~~5~,~ and Sec~ian ~~a~1, ~5~3, a.r~d ~5aG, respecti~~ei~~, of tine State guidelines far the It~pler~enta~an o~ CEA ~CEA uideiines~. TZus dacun.~ent is oi•atYi~ed as follo~v~ hap~er ~ Intraduction to the Findings of Fact a~~d ~tateinen~ of O~terridin Co~~sidciiatior~s. chap#er ~ P~~ecnts the CEA Fi~di#~gs of the Entritoni~en.tai ~rnpact Repo~:t ~E7R~, includlri the identifie~i ignificaf~t i~~pacts, chapter ~ Pr•ee~~ts the alternati~~es to the Pr~opased Project and e~raluates thetx~ in rel~tiori to the findings contained in Section. ~ ~~9~ ~a}~3} of the CEA ~u~delines, The Agenc~r rxiust consider and make ~indtns regarding alternatt~res ~~~~~er~ a project ~~ouid i~~~rol~~e en~~iranmentai i~.pacts tiiat cannot be iec~uced to a less-t~ian4 sir~~icax~t lc~zel, ar cannot b ubstai~tiall~~ reduced, b}? proposed m~tigatiori treasures, ~l~apter 4 Presents a State~~~er~t of ~~~erriding Conside~~ations tl~at is required in accoi•da~ice 4~ith ectian ~ 593 of the CEA uidclines for sini~'ieant impacts of t~~e Proposed Project t~~at cannot be mitigated to a less-than-sigr~ihcant ie~re~. 't'he Transit ~onirlg Code project area is located in the central urba~~ core of tl~e Ci~T of Santa Ana and comprises o~rer SOD blocks aril X50 acres 'File proposed pf~Qject is located in the area ~~Test of interstate 5, no~~t}~ of First Street, ar~d bet~~reen ~at~d A~Tenue and Fla~~rer Street acid souti~ of Ci~~ic ente~• I~i•i~~c in the Cit~F of Santa A~aa in grange Count~~, Cali~'o~•r~ia, 't'he Tt~a~~sit honing Code pro~Tides n~~4~ toning for all o~ the properties contained t~riti~in its boundat~r with the e:~ception of tiioe properties paned ~~igiit ~ndi~strFal or II~I~-~-~ca~~7 ~fYdustrial. ~'l~ese Il~i~ and ~~1~ properties ~~rauld retai~~ thcii• existing caning, but ~~Fouid be ca~Tered bit an a~Tetila~7 gone that allo4~rs far the option of future ini~edRuse development to be e~erc~sed at the disct~etior~ of the propert~t a~~rner. The Tt•ansit honing Cade pia~rides fot• t~~e integration of ne~~7 i~~£~il de~relopent into e~~isting nei~~borhoads, alla~~~s fog tic reuse of existing buildings, supports ini~ed,use de~~elopn~.ent, pr~a~~ides a transit-suppoi•ti~~e, pedestrian-oriented dc~~ciopt~ent fran~e~~ark to seduce ~relucle trips, reduce i•eer~liouse gas emtssios, ar~d support the addition oil` ne~~~ transit infrastructure, a~~d pi~o~Tides an economic de~Teloptr~ent stimulus. Trans~~ ~onin~ Code ~~D ~4} EiR Findln Fa~~~~~e~ent o€ Overriding ansiderations ~ ~ ~ l 4 I