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 POPULATION AND HOUSING The initial study, included as Appendix A, substantiates that impacts associated with the following thresholds would be less than significant: • Threshold P -2 • Threshold P -3 These impacts will not be addressed in the following analysis. 5.10.3 Environmental Impacts The following impact analysis addresses thresholds of significance for which the initial study disclosed potentially significant impacts. The applicable thresholds are identified in brackets after the impact statement. Impact 5.10 -1: The proposed project would directly result in population growth in the project area. [Threshold P -11 ImpactAnalysis: The project would not result in a change in land uses or redevelopment within the Conventional Zoning Area. The change in zoning designations for this area would be consistent with the existing land uses. Therefore, no change in the number of residential units, population, building square footage, or employees are anticipated for this area. Since no change in population would occur in the Conventional Zoning Area, the analysis below focuses on the impacts related to the proposed growth within the Harbor Corridor Plan area only. Population Growth Harbor Corridor Plan buildout would add an estimated net increase of 15,327 residents to the project site over a 20 -year period or more. The total forecast increase in population in the City of Santa Ana between 2010 and 2035, based on General Plan land use designations, is 11,856 (CDR 2012). The corresponding forecast population increase for Orange County is 401,872 (CDR 2012). Since the project's population increase would exceed the projected increase for the City by 3,471 residents, it would induce substantial population growth in the area. However, the project's population growth is well within the projected increase for Orange County. As a result, there would not be a substantial impact on growth within Orange County through 2035. Employment- Generating Land Uses Buildout of the Harbor Corridor Plan would add an estimated 173 net new employees to the project area. The project related employment increase would be well within the CDR forecast of 5,453 jobs in the City of Santa Ana over the 2010 -2035 period. As a result, there would not be a substantial impact. October 2014 Page 5.10 -7