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1 -KelP.TC ►1[9 ; ► + ►I DATE October 1, 2014 TO City of Santa Ana ADDRESS 20 Civic Center Plaza CONTACT Karen Haluza, AICP, Interim Executive Director FROM Nicole Morse, Esq., Associate Principal SUBJECT Harbor Blvd. Mixed Use Transit Corridor Plan - Environmental findings re: changes to project in response to City Council Hearing 9/16/14 PROJECT NUMBER SNT -11 On September 16, 2014 the Santa Ana City Council considered the approval and certification for the Harbor Boulevard Mixed Use Transit Corridor Plan (Harbor Corridor Plan or HCP) and associated Environmental Impact Report. Council directed staff to consider changes to the Harbor Corridor Plan to increase the flexibility and opportunity for future development in the Transit Node while ensuring that redevelopment is not limited to residential uses. FINDING: PlaceWorks analyzed the changes to the project and determined that the revisions would not result in any new significant impacts requiring recirculation of the EIR pursuant to CECLA Guidelines Section 15088.5. The analysis is provided below. SUMMARY OF CHANGES TO THE PROJECT The HCP has been revised to encourage a balance of new housing and commercial development opportunities, as well as facilitate hospitality and tourism uses at a higher intensity: The Harbor Corridor Plan Transit Node district has been broken down into the "North" and "South" zones. The "North" Transit Node comprises the properties surrounding the BRT station at Harbor Boulevard and Westminster Avenue, and has been modified to allow an increase in allowable maximum building height from six stories to ten stories. Permitted Uses (detailed in Table 3 -2) are revised to clarify that any proposed residential uses are only permitted on the second floor or upper floors, or behind commercial uses on the ground floor. In addition, with the exception of uses such as hotels, museum, and theaters; retail and services uses are required to be part of a mixed use project with commercial or residential components. The Building Types and Forms (Table 3 -3) are revised to eliminate certain residential building types in the "North" Transit Node zone, including Live -Work, Rowhouse, Tuck - Under, and Courtyard housing. In addition, the maximum number of stories allowed for the remaining building types allowed in the North Transit Node Zone (including Flex Block, Stacked Dwelling and Lined Block) is changed from six stories to ten stories. EXHIBIT B 3 \IacAi 0h it Place, :Jite 1100 Santa Ana. C aiiiorni J 1)?IU7 1 714 966.11 - 10 1 Pla(_eWorks.corn 75A -17