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C~rapter ~ ~~r~a~~r~gs Rear~fr~~ Project A~terna~~ves
<br /> to belo~~ tl~e le~rel of slgnlficance, lf~ addition, Alter~.ati~re 2 mould not meet tl~e hausi~g ar~d tr~.nsit
<br /> ob jecti~Tes of the Project to the same extent as tl~e proposed project,
<br /> Altertiati~re ~ ~~ould reduce housing b~F percent, from ~,0~5 to 3,~5G resieler~tial units, Tl~e potential
<br /> number of affordable housing units ~~rould also be reduced b~~ 25 perce~.t. ~r`o~~iding x,05 ne~~t units
<br /> ~~~ould teat meet an.ta A~~a's regional ~~ousing deeds Assessment for.` 2~Ob-20~~, ~~hich calls ~`or ~,~9
<br /> total units, ~,2~8 of ~~~lriCl~ must be af'f
<br /> ordable far 101, ~''e~•~z lo~~~, ~.nd e~trer~~el~r lo~~r i~~cor~~e l~ausehalds.
<br /> Tl~e Cit~r o~ Saz~ta Ai~a has a great z~eed for affordable hausi~ag; si~t~~ percent o~ the l~ouseholds in Santa
<br /> lia~~e lo~~~, ~Tei•~F io~~~, at~d e~tren.~el~T lo~~~ i~~corne, ~~i~r of Santa Ai~a general Plan ~ra#`t pausing
<br /> ~;lerr~ent ~aaC~-2D~ 4, Appendil4 p. a.~ Baal ~ of the HousiE~ ~;lement is to "pro~ride ~ di~rersit~~ of
<br /> ciualit~~ l~o~~ing, affardabilit~z le~~els, and li~~ing e~pe~`icr~ces tl~at acco~~n~adate Santa Ana's residents and
<br /> ~~Tarkforce of all l~ousehald types, income Ie~rels, and age g~•oups to Faster an 1nC~USI~Te corr~rr~unlt~~."
<br /> Alternad~Te ~~rauld not meet tl~is goal, or the follo~~~.n Housing element policies, to the sar~~e e~tex~t as
<br /> tl~e proposed p~•ojcct;
<br /> H~~2. .e~~tal Housing ~ncoulage the construction of re~~tal housing f'or Santa Ana's
<br /> ~•esidents and ~~~arkfarce, i~~cl~~ding a cor~~tr~trr~e~t to ~re~~t la~~r, lo~~~, and n~odel`ate
<br /> income residents anti moderate itYCO~ne Santa Aria ~~~orkers.
<br /> ~~-2,~ Dl~re~`sit~F of Housit~g'Y ~~pe, ~ac~~ttate and encouiac a di~Tefsit~~ and range in t~Tpes,
<br /> prices, and sires of housing, i~7cluding single fan~il~r 1~a1~1es, apartments, to~~Fn
<br /> homes, rx~i~ed f rr~ultiuse housiz~g, tians~t~orlented desreloplr~ents, and li~~e~~~~oa~.`~
<br /> hOUSing,
<br /> Alternatf~~e ~~rould not meet the p~`o~ect's tratls~t oriented objectr~Tes to the sarr~e ehte~~t as the prapaserl
<br /> project, deducing tl~e amount of lousing and retail space ~~~ould result in a failure to fly en~phasi~e t~~e
<br /> use of tl~e Santa Ana Regio~~al T~•anspartation Centex` ~SAI~TC~ for its, ~`eider~ts, A mixedTuse urban
<br /> a~~d tra.~~s~t~or~ented nelgi7~orhaad re~~ltes a cr.•itical mass and balar~ce bet~~~een residential and i~o~~-
<br /> residcntial ~~ses its order to succeed, ~raf
<br /> t ec~o~ 5.5,~ ~lternati~~e ~ ~vouid not pro~z~de that cii~c~~
<br /> rrras and balance,
<br /> In addltior~, ~t ~~Fauld not lmplerr~ent established ~ RTP ar ~~P polrcres, or general elan Land Use
<br /> element policies ~,2, ~,5, ~,C, ~,6, Z.B, ~,0, ~-.3, 4,5, ~.2, 5.5, 5.7, 5,9,
<br /> and 5,~ or Urban Land Usc ~ler~ent foals 1 th.~oul~ 7 to the sar~~e e~te~~t ~s tl7e proposed p~`oject.
<br /> See Land Use ~ler~~ent; Urban esigr~ ~lerr~et~t; Draft E~~. Table ~,7~~.} pecificall~T, tl~e Alternati~~e 2
<br /> ~~'ould i~at 1~1eet the follo~~~ng CA~ I~TP Land Usc awls to the same e~te~~t as the proposed ~roject~
<br /> ~ r.`eate reed-use districts of "campiete coxr~r~u~~ities" in strategic gray;~tll areas tl~~•o~rl~ a
<br /> cotlcer~tr`at~an of
<br /> ~c~~rl~.es ~~~t~~ l~aus~ng, em~lo~Trx~el~t, and a fl~l~ off' retail a~~d ser~Tices, lac~ted in
<br /> close p~•oxixr~it~~ to each. other`, ~'acusing a min a£ la~~d uses In strategic grO~~TtI~ areas creates
<br /> complete cornr~unities ~vherein most dail~r needs can. be rr~et ~vitlrtn a short dista~~ce of home,
<br /> pro~~idin residents ~~itl~ the opportuniT to patrani~e thei~• local area and run dail~r rl`ands by
<br /> walking ar c}?cling ratl~el` tra~relin b~~ automobile,
<br /> a ~ntetisi? nodes alor~ corridors t~rith peo~~leYscaled, treed-use de~~elaplnents, ~riar~~~ existing
<br /> corridors lack the feide~~tial and con~rneicial ca~~centratian to adequa.tel~T support non~auto tr.`a~~sit
<br /> uses, ~~?ithout ~~rl~~cl~ tl~e exlst~t~ transit syster~ cannot full~~ realise its pater~tial for accar~~.adating
<br /> additiar~al trips and relie~~ing the tfanportada~~ s~~stem, '~~l~ese nodes along the corridor also create
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<br /> ~~ansit zon~n~ Code ~D ~4~ EIR F~n~in~s of ~ac~/tatement of ove~~id~n~ ~ons~dera~~ons ~
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