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

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diesel PM is the largest contributor to air toxics risk, accounting on average for about 50 percent of the total risk (Figure ES-2). Regional (Southern California Association of Governments) SCAG is the regional planning agency for Los Angeles, Orange, Ventura, Riverside, San Bernardino, and Imperial Counties, and addresses regional issues relating to transportation, the economy, community development and the environment. SCAG coordinates with various air quality and transportation stakeholders in Southern California to ensure compliance with the federal and state air quality requirements, including the Transportation Conformity Rule and other applicable federal, state, and air district laws and regulations. As the federally designated Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for the six -county Southern California region, SCAG is required by law to ensure that transportation activities "conform" to, and are supportive of, the goals of regional and state air quality plans to attain the NAAQS. In addition, SCAG is a co -producer, with the SCAQMD, of the transportation strategy and transportation control measure sections of the AQMP for the Air Basin. SCAG adopted the 2020-2045 Regional Transportation Plan/Sustainable Communities Strategy (RTP/SCS) on September 23, 2020. The RTP/SCS aims to address the transportation and air quality impacts of 3.7 million additional residents, 1.6 additional households, and 1.6 million additional jobs from 2016 to 2045. The Plan calls for $639 billion in transportation investments and reducing VMT by 19 percent per capita from 2005 to 2035. The updated plan accommodates 21.3 percent growth in population from 2016 (3,933,800) to 2045 (4,771,300) and a 15.6 percent growth in jobs from 2016 (1,848,300) to 2045 (2,135,900). The regional plan projects several benefits: • Decreasing drive -along work commutes by three percent • Reducing per capita VMT by five percent and vehicle hours traveled per capita by nine percent • Increasing transit commuting by two percent • Reducing travel delay per capita by 26 percent • Creating 264,500 new jobs annually • Reducing greenfield development by 29 percent by focusing on smart growth • Locating six more percent household growth in High Quality Transit Areas (HQTAs), which concentrate roadway repair investments, leverage transit and active transportation investments, reduce regional life cycle infrastructure costs, improve accessibility, create local jobs, and have the potential to improve public health and housing affordability. • Locating 15 percent more jobs in HQTAs • Reducing PM2.5 emissions by 4.1 percent • Reducing GHG emissions by 19 percent by 2035 Local (City of Santa Ana) City of Santa Ana General Plan Conservation Element, The Conservation Element of the City's 2022 General Plan sets forth the goals, objectives, and policies that guide the City's direction on air quality. The Conservation Element includes Goal CN-1 (Air Quality and Climate), which aims to "[p]rotect air resources, improve regional and local air quality, and minimize the impacts of climate change." It includes several policies germane to controlling criteria pollutant emissions from development projects: Cabrillo Town Center Air Quality ac77ca PAGE 8 18-654 City of Santa Ana 10/3/2023 July 2023