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

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discussion of whether the Project would impair an emergency response plan. Adherence to applicable local and state regulatory standards and mitigation measures identified within under that topic ensures this impact remains less than significant. Conflict with Transit, Bicycle, Pedestrian Facilities Plans The Certified EIR stated that the Overlay Zone would not conflict with adopted policies, plans, or programs supporting alternative transportation. The Overlay Zone would comply with City of Santa Ana Municipal Code requirements and would provide bicycle racks, parking spaces for carpool/vanpool vehicles, and display rideshare information. In addition, the Overlay Zone is intended to provide a live -work community that would reduce daily vehicle trips, thereby encouraging alternative transportation via pedestrian and bicycle traffic. After analyzing public transit within two miles of the Overlay Zone, the following facilities and/or programs could be incorporated into the project to help encourage public transit patronage for program -related trips. Note that the implementation responsibility for some of these facilities and programs would fall on agencies other than Santa Ana, the lead agency for this project. Thus, coordination between the City of Santa Ana, local and regional transit providers, and the project developer will be required on several of these items. The Mitigation Measure MM-OZ 4.12-1 shall be implemented, as required by applicable local, state, or federal laws or regulations, or the Overlay Zone. As the Overlay Zone would be consistent with the City's goals and policies pertaining to expanding alternative transportation, and because the Overlay Zone is designed to facilitate alternative transportation, this impact was determined to be less than significant. Congestion Management The Certified EIR stated that the Orange County Transportation Authority is designated as the Congestion Management Agency (CMA) to oversee the Orange County CMP. The following three intersections are the only CMP intersections within the study area: • First Street at 1-5 South Bound On Ramp (Santa Ana) • Fourth Street at SR-55 Southbound Ramps (Santa Ana) • Irvine Boulevard at SR-55 Northbound Ramps (Tustin) All three CMP intersections are signalized. As discussed above in the Thresholds of Significance, a traffic -related project contribution is considered significant for the City of Santa Ana intersections if the change in ICU is greater than 0.01, which is more stringent than the CMP criteria. In addition, a traffic related project contribution is considered significant for the City of Tustin intersection if the change in ICU is greater than 0.03, as identified by the CMP. As discussed above in Impact 4.12-7, two of the CMP intersections, Fourth Street/SR-55 Southbound ramps and Irvine Boulevard/SR-55 Northbound ramps, would experience poor LOS due to the proposed project. Implementation of the above identified improvement measures for these two intersections would improve the level of service to acceptable operating conditions (LOS D). Therefore, if the improvement measures are implemented in the future under specific development projects, impacts to these intersections would be less than significant. However, Cabrillo Town Center City of Santa Ana Technical Memorandum August 2023 City Council 18 — 624 10/3/2023