19F - RFP - HARBOR MIXED USE TRANSIT CORRIDOR PLAN

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SCOPE OF WORK Compass Blueprint Demonstration Project Santa Ana: Harbor Boulevard Mixed Use Transit Corridor RFP No. 10-004-B29 Backeround The City of Santa Ana's General Plan Housing Element (October 2009) identifies a housing vision to increase the housing supply and diversity in the community. Towards this effort, the City of Santa Ana (City) has committed to evaluating key transit corridors to allow urban mixed use and affordable housing opportunities. One of these opportunity corridors identified is Harbor Boulevard, a major north-south corridor. This project will focus on the evaluation and creation of a Harbor Boulevard Mixed Use Transit Corridor (Corridor), including an evaluation of the feasibility of re-designating up to 42 acres for residential/mixed use along Harbor Boulevard, and amending the North Harbor Boulevard Specific Plan to allow residential/mixed use. This would also include analyzing the physical environment, services and infrastructure along the Corridor, creating a new general plan land use designation, amending the North Harbor Boulevard Specific Plan to allow for residential/mixed use zoning, conducting public outreach, and creating development and design regulations. The proposed Harbor Boulevard Mixed Use Transit Corridor Study has the potential to encourage a more active commercial and residential community, provide an expanded economic base, and improve the jobs/housing balance within the City. The project is in close proximity to a variety of key transportation pathways, including: the Garden Grove Freeway, Pacific Electric Right-of-Way corridor, and the OCTA Bus and Rapid Transit (BRT) alignments on Harbor Boulevard and Seventeenth Street (Figure 1). Thus, there is a unique opportunity to introduce a mix of land uses that will utilize the existing highway and transit network, help reduce commuter vehicle trips, and minimize air quality emission impacts.