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 1. Executive Summary 1.3 PROJECT OBJECTIVES The following objectives have been established for the Harbor Corridor Plan project and will aid decision makers in their review of the project and associated environmental impacts: • Provide for the development of the site consistent with City's General Plan. • Provide for new housing and mixed use development opportunities. • Expand development opportunities that respond to transit investments. • Create economic vitality by providing new opportunities for businesses and residents. • Provide a variety of safe and efficient travel choices and access to multi modal transportation. • Create a sense of place. ■ Enhance community health and wellness by creating safer street design for multiple modes of travel, increase walkability and encourage live /work along the corridor. 1.4 PROJECT LOCATION The project area comprises approximately 425 acres oriented to Harbor Boulevard in Santa Ana, located in central Orange County. The project area generally includes parcels adjacent to Harbor Boulevard between Westminster Avenue and Gloxinia Avenuel�6e AX ay and parcels along Westminster Avenue, 1st Street, and 5th Street one -half mile east of Harbor Boulevard. The corridor's northern and southern ends are adjacent to the city boundaries of Garden Grove and Fountain Valley, respectively. The project areas consists of two areas 1) an approximately 305 -acre portion that directly fronts Harbor Boulevard or perpendicular arterial streets and 2) 120 acres consisting of the Willowick Golf Course and Campesmo Park, residential properties along Jackson Street, and commercial properties along 5th Street. The 120 -acre site is east of the Harbor Boulevard corridor and abuts the Santa Ana River to the east. 1.5 PROJECT SUMMARY The City of Santa Ana, as lead agency and project applicant, is processing the Harbor Boulevard Mixed Use Transit Corridor Plan, a specific plan, zoning amendment, zone change, and general plan amendment. The specific plan is available for review at the City of Santa Ana, Planning Division, 20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701. The Harbor Boulevard Mixed Use Transit Corridor Plan would replace the existing 425 -acre North Harbor Specific Plan ( "NHSP "). The plan would change the boundaries of the NHSP so that the project would consist of two separate areas: 1) 305 acres within the boundaries of the existing 425 -acre NHSP generally along Harbor Boulevard ("Harbor Corridor Plan" or "Specific Plan"), and 2) 120 acres within the existing NHSP in the Willowick Golf Course area (or "Conventional Zoning Area'). Both of these areas constitute the "project" for purposes of CEQA. The Harbor Corridor Plan would allow up to 4,623 dwelling units and 1,954,261 square feet of commercial units within four zones: Transit Node (TN), Corridor (CDR), Neighborhood Transitional (NT), and Open October 2014 Page 15