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

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3. Proiect Description 3.1 PROJECT LOCATION The project area comprises approximately 42S acres oriented to Harbor Boulevard in Santa Ana in central Orange County (see Figure 3 -1, Regional Location, and Figure 3 -2, Local Vicinity). The project area generally includes parcels adjacent to Harbor Boulevard between Westminster Avenue and Gloxinia Avenuelkilfte Ix and parcels along Westminster Avenue, 1st Street, and Sth 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 30S -acre portion that directly fronts Harbor Boulevard or perpendicular arterial streets and 2) 120 acres consisting of the Willowick Golf Course and Campesino Park, residential properties along Jackson Street, and commercial properties along Sth Street. The 120 -acres is east of the Harbor Boulevard corridor and abuts the Santa Ana River to the east. Minor adjustments were made to the conventional zoning area to add parcels at Hazard Avenue /Elm Park Drive and residences west of South Figueroa Street. The project site and surrounding uses are illustrated on Figure 3 -3, Aerial Photograph. 3.2 STATEMENT OF 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. 3.3 PROJECT CHARACTERISTICS "Project," as defined by the CEQA Guidelines, means "the whole of an action, which has a potential for resulting in either a direct physical change in the environment, or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment, and that is any of the following: (1) ... enactment and amendment of zoning ordinances, and the adoption and amendment of local General Plans or elements thereof pursuant to Government Code Sections 65100- 65700" (14 Cal. Code of Reg. 1S378[a]). October 2014 Page 3 -1