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

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Table 15 Consistency Analysis-2022 Climate Change Scoping Plan (Key Residential and Mixed -Use Project Attributes That Reduce GHG Emissions) Priority Area Building Decarbonization Key Project Attribute Reduces parking requirements by: Eliminating parking requirements or including maximum allowable parking ratios (i.e., the ratio of parking spaces to residential units or square feet); or Providing residential parking supply at a ratio of less than one parking space per dwelling unit; or for multifamily residential development, requiring parking costs to be unbundled from costs to rent or own a residential unit. At least 20 percent of units included are affordable to lower -income residents Results in no net loss of existing affordable units Uses all -electric appliances without any natural gas connections and does not use propane or other fossil fuels for space Project Substantial Consistency transit bus lines (OCTA local Lines 64 and 71), Metrolink's Santa Ana station. The Project provides 2 parking spaces per apartment unit (including guest spaces) and 2.2 units per townhouse. Project parking would be unbundled. The Project would be a market -rate residential development with no units dedicated to affordable housing for lower -income residents. However, the Project would be required to pay an affordable housing in lieu fee in compliance with Article XV111.1 of Chapter 41 of the Santa Monica Municipal Code to further the production of affordable housing units and development within the City_ The Project would not remove any housing or affordable housing units; rather, it would increase the housing stock of market -rate and affordable housing units through payment of an in lieu fee. The Project would result in a net increase of 507 total units which consists of wide range of housing types, including apartment units at different bedroom counts and townhome style units. The Project would comply with Title 24 and CalGreen standards. Source: Priority Areas and Key Project Attributes from California Air Resources Board, 2022 Scoping Plan for Achieving Carbon Neutrality, Appendix D (Local Actions) Table 3; November 2022. The 2022 Scoping Plan notes that these project attributes are intended as a guide to help local jurisdictions qualitatively identify those residential and mixed -use projects that are clearly consistent with the state's climate goals, since these attributes address the largest sources of operational emissions for residential projects. However, lead agencies may determine, with Cabrillo Town Center City of Santa Ana Technical Memorandum August 2023 City Council 18 — 560 10/3/2023