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Agreement with DKS Associates December 20, 2016 Page 2 Metro East expansion project, including analysis, preparation, community outreach and related compliance with CEQA. Expanding the MEMU Overlay District west along primarily First Street will affect up to 48 vacant, underdeveloped, or abandoned parcels (33.52 acres) currently developed with or entitled to allow a variety of commercial and residential land uses. The expansion of the MEMU Overlay District designation to these properties would allow development of residential and/or mixed-use projects. The expansion project will also amend the MEMU document to update and refine existing allowable land uses and development standards, including parking requirements, within both the new and existing MEMU Overlay District areas. Expansion of the Metro East Overlay District is expected to produce up to 1,888 new residential units (3,776 residents), a maximum of approximately 2,835,000 square feet of new building area, which includes 944,500 square feet of non-residential square footage. The expansion project will create additional housing development opportunities that are consistent with opportunity sites identified in the City's 2014- 2021 Housing Element, Background The City's existing off-street parking requirements are outdated and rely on antiquated traffic and design models for development. The community continually voices strong concerns about parking availability in local neighborhoods, severely constricted street parking supplies, impacts of infill developments to existing area parking capacities, parking enforcement, the costs and procedures associated with street permit parking programs, and the low off-street parking standards contained within the City's newest specific plans/specific development zones. An innovative approach to phasing in off-street parking requirements will be required in tandem with the City's efforts to create and implement transitional zoning opportunities. Traditional approaches to writing new codes may establish regulating plans with allowable land uses/zoning and off-street parking requirements that assume rapid transition of land uses and rapid increases in transit demand in a short amount of time. However, some plan areas may not experience transition overnight; a phased approach to allowing various land uses and phasing the required parking as the area transitions may be more appropriate. DKS Proposal DKS is an experienced consulting firm located in Santa Ana that has prepared technical studies for environmental documents for projects throughout the region, including the Safe Mobility Plan in Santa Ana, as well as various other specific plans and parking studies throughout Orange County and the greater Southern California region. The parking study would be comprised of the following: 1. An inventory of existing land uses in areas identified by the City for potential increases in allowable mixtures of land uses and densities; 25F-2