75B - PH METRO EAST MIXED USE OVERLAY (MEMU)

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ITEM #2 — METRO EAST MIZED USE (MEMU) OF THE EDIBT AGENDA September 10, 2018 • Usher Santa Ana into the 21st century, while respecting our city's history and soul, and celebrating and enhancing Santa Ana's cultural and artistic vitality. • Leverage and utilize Santa Ana's unparalleled location and transit access to provide attractive housing options for young professionals, seniors and the workforce. • Strengthen Santa Ana's tax base and provide a positive return to taxpayers by analyzing how development patterns can drive a community's tax revenues up or down. • Improve our environment through green, sustainable, energy-efficient design while creating a new skyline with iconic architecture that inspires civic pride. The lesson of the past generation is that meaningful commercial development in Santa Ana depends on three factors, all of which must be present at the same time and they are as follows: • A good economy, nationally and regionally, that provides enough fuel for investment. • A good plan that fosters both growth and preservation, and that hits the sweet spot between what we want and what the market will actually build. • Good leadership, that takes hard choices head on, works through the inevitable labor pains of change, inspires public trust, and gives investors the confidence to take risks. When all three of the above elements come together, there's no stopping our community. And they are coming together today. Finally, the MEMU is considering the permitting of religious assembly uses in all land use districts within the overlay zone subject to a conditional use permit. The economic and fiscal impact of this proposed land use refinement needs to be further evaluated. Thank you, Michele Martinez Mayor Pro Tem Attachments: 1. Objectives of the Metro East Overlay Zone 2. Property Tax Dollar Breakdown 75B-315