2010-024 - The Final Environmental Impact Report No. 2006-02

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Chapter 3 Flndings Regarding ProJeot Alternatives properties listed on the St1RHY that cotild be impacted by the proposed Transit Zoning Code, and Figure 4.4-1 shows all of these properties ou a tnap of the Transit Zoning Code area and the surrounding areas. The EIR then identifies IVii[igation lVieasure IVilVi4.4-3 to reduce impacts to historic resources throughout the Transit Zoning Code Area. This measure would require a qualified professional to conduct site specific historical resource investigations For future developments within the project area that would demolish ox otherwise ph}•sicall}• affect buildings or structures 50 years old or older or affect their historic setting. ~ Proposed lViitigation Measure. Preserve hstoric properties in the Lac}' Neighborhood. (See Final EIR Chapter 3 (Responses to Comments), Letter fiom Jeff Dickman QD), comment JD-28.) Finding. The Agency Ends that specific economic, legal, social, technological, or other considerations make tkis tnidgation measure infeasible. Rationale. 'T'here are a very limited number of designated historic resources in the Lacy Neighborhood (see Draft EIR Figure 4.4-1 [Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties within the Transit Zoning Code AreaJ), and the neighborhood itself has not been designated as historic. Mitigation measure h41~44.4-3 would reduce impacts to historic resources throughout the Transit Zoning Code Area to the extent feasible. Presetz-ation of all historic properties in the Lac}• Neighborhood is not Eeas}ble because it map inhibit the City's ability to meet its affordable housing goals. Construction of affordable housing units is critical to meeting the City's Regional Housing Needs tlssessment (RHNA) for 2006-2014, and the City- has an adopted policy to "maximize affordable housing on Agency-owned properties that is of high quality, sustainable, and available to various income levels." (See Santa Ana Housing Element [2006-2014], Policy IIE-2.8.) Additionally, preservation of certain properties ~vitlin the Lacy Neighborhood map inlibit the City's ability to "encourage the construction of rental housing for Santa tlna's residents and workforce, including a commitment to very low, low and moderate income residents and moderate income Santa Ana workers" (Policy IIE-2.3) and to fulfill its policy to "facilitate and encourage a diversity- and range in types, prices, and sizes of housing, including single-family homes, apartments, town homes, mixed/multiuse housing, transit-oriented developments, and live/work housing" (Policy HE-2.4). (Sec Santa Ana housing Element [2006-2014].) Further, preservation of all historic properties withn the Lacy Neighborhood would be inconsistent with the objecti~-es of the proposed Developer Project to "redevelop alt of the tlgenc}'-owned properties" and "provide new affordable housing For fauilies in Furtherance of the City's affordable housing goals established in the Housing Element, the Implementation Plan for the Santa Ana I\•Icrged Redevelopment Project Arca, and the Cit}• of Santa Ana Consolidated Plan." ~ Proposed Mitigation Measure. In-place rehabilitation, residential and business re-usa, and/or relocation of historic properties to ~*acant land witlin the Lac}= Neighborhood. (See Final EIR Chapter 3 (Responses to Conuiients), Letter from Jeff Diclu-nan ([D), comments JD-34, 38.) Finding. The Agency finds that specific economic, legal, social, technological, or other considerations make this mitigation t~aeasure infeasible. Rationale. Funding for de~~elopment of the Agency-owned properties witln the Lacy Neighborhood is contingent upon these funds being spent on residential uses. Therefore, use of these funds for non-residential adaptive re-use is prohibited. Accordingly, commercial re-use of historic properties on the Agency-owned parcels withn the Lacy Neighborhood is legall}' infeasible. Resolution No. 2010-024 Page 83 of 130 Transit Zoning Code (SD 84) EIR Flndings of Fact/Statement of Overriding Considerations 3-1T