Item 18 - Appeal Application Nos. 2023-02 and 2023-03 for Cabrillo Town Center project

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As shown in Table 9, Project GHG emissions from electricity and natural gas usage would result in a total of 908 MTCO2e per year. Mobile Source Emissions Mobile -source emissions were calculated using the SCAQMD-recommended CalEEMod emissions inventory model. CaIEEMod calculates the emissions associated with on -road mobile sources associated with residents, employees, visitors, and delivery vehicles visiting the Project Site based on the number of daily trips generated and VMT. Mobile source operational GHG emissions were calculated using CaIEEMod and are based on the Project's VMT analysis. The Project represents an infill development within an urbanized area that would concentrate mixed residential and commercial uses within an HQTA.72 The Project Site is in a dense mixed - use corridor with proximity to two OCTA local bus lines and the Metrolink Santa Ana station to the west. The Project would also incorporate characteristics that would reduce trips and VMT as compared to standard ITE trip generation rates. The Project characteristics listed below are consistent with the CAPCOA guidance document, Quantifying Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Measures, which provides emission reduction values for transportation related design techniques.73 These techniques would reduce vehicle trips and VMT associated with the Project relative to the standard ITE trip generation rates, which would result in a comparable reduction in VMT and associated GHG emissions. Techniques applicable to the Project include the following (a brief description of the Project's relevance to the measure is also provided): • CAPCOA Measure LUT-1 — Increase Density: Increased density, measured in terms of persons, jobs, or dwelling units per unit area, reduces emissions associated with transportation as it reduces the distance people travel for work or services and provides a foundation for the implementation of other strategies, such as enhanced transit services. • CAPCOA Measure LUT-3 — Increase Diversity of Urban and Suburban Developments (Mixed -Use): The Project would introduce new uses on the Project Site, including new residences and retail uses. The increases in land use diversity on the Project Site would reduce vehicle trips and VMT by encouraging visitors to walk and use non -automotive 72 The Project Site is also located in Transit Priority Area as defined by Public Resources Code Section 20199. Public Resources Code Section 21099 defines a "transit priority area" as an area within 0.5 miles of a major transit stop that is "existing or planned, if the planned stop is scheduled to be completed within the planning horizon included in a Transportation Improvement Program adopted pursuant to Section 450.216 or 450.322 of Title 23 of the Code of Federal Regulations." Public Resources Code Section 21064.3 defines "major transit stop" as "a site containing an existing rail transit station, a ferry terminal served by either a bus or rail transit service, or the intersection of two or more major bus routes with a frequency of service interval of 15 minutes or less during the morning and afternoon peak commute periods." Also refer to the City's ZIMAS System regarding the location of the Project Site within a Transit Priority Area.. 73 CAPCOA, Quantifying Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Measures, 2010. Cabrillo Town Center PAGE 52 18 — 1017 City of Santa Ana 10/3/20 2021