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

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Harbor Boulevard Mixed Use Transit Corridor Plan Findings and Facts in Support of Findings and Statement of Overriding Considerations (OCSD) sizing requirements, particularly in 5th Street, Washington Avenue, Green Drive, and McFadden Avenue. Several segments that serve the project area would be further impacted by buildout of the Harbor Corridor Plan. These are each 10 or 12 inches in diameter, and are all recommended for upgrade to 15 inches in diameter. Implementation of Mitigation Measures 14 -1 and 14 -2 would ensure that a development fee program is created to fund construction of necessary infrastructure requirements. Furthermore, Mitigation Measure 14 -3 requires that project applicants supply the City with necessary information regarding the sizing and location of backbone facilities necessary to serve their proposed projects. Implementation of these measures would reduce this impact to less than significant. Mitigation Measures MM 14 -1 Prior to the first building permit pursuant to the proposed project, the City of Santa Ana shall prepare a "Nexus" Study that will serve as the basis for requiring development impact fees under AB 1600 legislation, as codified by California Code Government Section 66000 et seq. The established procedures under AB 1600 require that a "reasonable relationship" or nexus exist between the water and sewer infrastructure improvements and facilities required to mitigate the sewer impacts of new development pursuant to the proposed project. The sewer segment improvements shown on Table 5.14 -11 of the DER are necessary to mitigate project impacts and shall be included, among other improvements, in the AB 1600 nexus study. MM 14 -2 Prior to the issuance of the first building permit pursuant to the proposed project, the City of Santa Ana shall prepare a Development Fee program pursuant to the AB 1600 Nexus Study identified in Mitigation Measure 14 -1, above. The Development Fee program would fund the Harbor Corridor Plan area -wide water and sewer infrastructure improvements. The fee program shall stipulate that fees are assessed when there is new construction or when there is an increase in square footage within an existing building or the conversion of existing square footage to a more intensive use. Fees are calculated by multiplying the proposed square footage or dwelling unit by the rate identified. The fees are included with any other applicable fees payable at the time the building permit is issued. The City will use the development fees to fund construction (or to recoup fees advanced to fund construction) of the infrastructure improvements identified in Mitigation Measure 14 -1. MM 14 -3 Prior to the issuance of a grading permit, the project applicant shall prepare water and sewer studies and identify the sizing and location of backbone facilities necessary to serve the proposed project, in accordance with City standards. The water and sewer plans shall be submitted to the City's Public Works Agency for 40 July 2014