2014-069 - Final Environmental Impact Report No. 2014-01

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HARBOR BLVD. MIXED USE TRANSIT CORRIDOR PLAN FINAL FIR CITY OF SANTA ANA 5. Environmental Analysis LAND USE AND PLANNING SCAG Compass Blueprint Consistency Analysis Table 5.8 -3 provides an assessment of the proposed project's relationship to advisory SCAG Compass Blueprint principles. The analysis in Table 5.8 -3 concludes that the proposed project would be consistent with the advisory SCAG Compass Blueprint principles. Therefore, implementation of the proposed project would not result in significant land use impacts related to the advisory SCAG principals. Table 5.8 -3 SCAG Compass Growth Vision for All Residents GV P1.1: Encourage transportation investments and land use decisions that are mutually supportive. GV P1.2: Locate new housing near existing jobs and new jobs near existing housing. with Consistent: See responses to RTP /SCS Goals G2 through G5 in Table 5.8 -2, above, and Compass Blueprint Principle GV P1.3, below. Land uses and any public transportation investments, including traffic and circulation improvements, that would be accommodated by the proposed project would complement each other and would follow overarching goals of local and regional transportation plans. For example, future project residents and workers would have access to adequate multimodal forms of transportation, including OCTA's Bravo! Route 543 and other local bus lines, thereby providing residents and employees with a convenient and altemative way to commute to jobs and locations throughout the corridor and beyond. Residents and employees would also have access to a pedestrian and bicycle circulation system. The proposed project would lead to the development of an improved bicycle and pedestrian circulation system along Harbor Boulevard and its cross - streets: 5th Street, 1st Street, McFadden Avenue, and Westminster Boulevard. Proposed improvements include the enlargement of sidewalk and parkway areas to facilitate safe bicycle and pedestrian travel along Harbor Boulevard and efficient connections to the local and regional bicycle network. The City will also continue to work with OCTA to develop and enhance the transit corridors along Harbor Boulevard (as needed) to maintain an acceptable level of service, support the growth and diversity of land uses, and reduce the need for additional vehicle trips. Consistent: The proposed project would provide a mix of land uses with the capability for people to live close to work, shopping, entertainment, and other support services and uses. As outlined in the Harbor Corridor Plan, the housing types would include a wide range of rental and for -sale housing. For example, the proposed Transit Node zone would allow for the development of mixed -use flex blacks, liners, stacked flats, courtyard housing, and live -work units. The zone also accommodates retail, restaurant, entertainment, and other pedestrian -oriented uses at street level. Additionally, the proposed Corridor zone is applied to properties along Harbor Boulevard between bus rapid transit stations and is intended to provide housing options and neighborhood serving uses within walking distance of a transit node. The zone also identifies areas set aside exclusively for moderate- and high -density residential projects. The proposed project would provide new jobs near existing housing as well as new housing near existing and future jobs. For example, because of the mixed -use nature of the proposed project and the proposed array of retail, restaurant, entertainment, and other pedestrian -oriented uses, the proposed housing units and existing housing in the area would be adjacent to or near these jobs, providing residents with convenient and easy access to jobs. Furthermore, future residents of the proposed project would have access to OCTA's Bravo! Route 543 and other local bus lines, providing residents and employees of the proposed project with a convenient and alternative way to commute to jobs and locations throughout the project and Page 5.8 -14 PlaceWorkr