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CRA 2010-02
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6/7/2010
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Chapter 4 Statement of Overriding Considerations <br />~ Pxovide additional public open space and facilitate joint use arrangement with SAUSD for a new <br />community center <br />~ Pxovide an economically viable redevelopment scenario for the Agency-owned properties <br />Having (i) adopted all feasible mitigation measures, (ii) rejected as infeasible alternatives to the Project <br />discussed above, (iii) recognized all significant, unavoidable impacts, and (iv) balanced the benefits of the <br />proposed Project against the proposed Project's significant and unavoidable impacts, the Agency hereby <br />finds that its benefits outweigh and override its significant unavoidable impacts for the reasons stated <br />below. Each benefit set forth below constitutes an overriding consideration warranting approval of the <br />project, independent of the other benefits, despite each and every unavoidable impact. <br />~ Developer Project Benefits <br />a. The Transit Zoning Code component of the Proposed Project provides a framework for the <br />development of compact, transit-oriented development, such as the Developer Project, that <br />contains a mix of residential, commercial and professional uses in order to address the City's and <br />the region's goals of providing sites for housing in already urbanized locations that are adjacent to <br />transit, thereby reducing vehicle trips and related greenhouse gas emissions, as well as stimulating <br />investment in underutilized land, and improving the jobs/housing balance within the City. <br />According to a study published by the Southern California Association of Governments entitled <br />"The New Economy and the Jobs/Housing Balance in Southern California," the Los Angeles and <br />Orange Counties regions have a higher proportion of jobs to housing than do those areas in the <br />Inland Empire. Due to a lack of readily available land for new housing construction in these jobs- <br />rich areas, workers are required to drive farther and farther distances in order to find affordable <br />housing. A situation that exacerbates this lack of available land for new housing is the over-zoning <br />of land for commercial uses, which cities have historically done in order to increase sales tax <br />revenues following the adoption of Proposition 13 in 1978. The Transit Zoning Code would re- <br />zone property, either through standard zoning tools or through overlay zones, that was not <br />historically zoned for residential use, thereby increasing the land available for residential <br />development and providing more housing in an already urbanized, jobs-rich environment (The Nezv <br />Economy and the Jobs/Housing Balance in Southern California, Southern California Association of <br />Governments, April 2001. Los Angeles, CA.) <br />b. The Transit Zoning Code area is ideally located for increased growth by its proximity to major <br />transit systems and its adjacency to existing residential communities and an established gridded <br />street network. The proposed Transit Zoning Code supports the existing transportation network, <br />and creates amenity-enriched connections between the Government Center and Rail Station, and <br />improves area-wide walkability. <br />c. The Transit Zoning Code allows land uses and land densities that will provide transit-supportive <br />development, such as the Developer Project, necessary to generate adequate ridership on the <br />proposed Santa Ana Fixed Guideway transit system which will serve Santa Ana Regional Transit <br />Center ("SARTC"). <br />d. The Transit Zoning Code provides zoiiiiig which would allow for the integration of new infill <br />development, such as the Developer Project, into existing neighborhoods. <br />e. The Transit Zoning Code and the Developer Project axe consistent with and further the goals, <br />policies and objectives of the Southern California Association of Governments ("SCAG") 2008 <br />Regional Transportation Plan: Making the Connections (RTP), and SCAG's 2008 Regional Comprehensive <br />Plan: He ping Communities /Ichieve a Sustainable Future (RCP) land use goals. The RTP's goals include <br />Transit Zoning Code (SD 84) EIR Findings of Fact/Statement of Overriding Considerations 4-5 <br />
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