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

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• Support the adoption of a California GHG emission reduction goal. Southern California Association of Governments. To implement SB 375 and reduce GHG emissions by correlating land use and transportation planning, SCAG adopted the 2020-2045 RTP/SCS on September 3, 2020, calling 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 updated RTP/SCS calls for several land use -based strategies to accommodate growth, minimize criteria pollutant emissions, and achieve climate change objectives: • 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 The 2020-2045 RTP/SCS calls for a 19 percent reduction in per capita GHG emissions by 2035 from 2005 levels. This is intended to be consistent with CARB's performance targets during this same period. The bulk of these reductions are to come from transportation investments, pricing strategies, TDM strategies, and land use programs. On October 30, 2020, CARB accepted the RTP/SCS quantification of GHG emissions on October 30, 2020 (Executive Order G-20-239, SCAG 2020 SCS ARB Acceptance of GHG Quantification Determination). Regulatory Framework: Local City of Santa Ana Building Code. The City relies on the 2022 Title 24 building codes and 2022 California Green Building Standards Code (CalGreen, effective January 1, 2023) that promote green building requirements that reduce carbon -based emissions from new construction and remodels. City of Santa Ana Climate Action Plan. In December 2015, the City adopted the Climate Action Plan (CAP) that documents the City's GHG emissions inventory and sets a 2020 GHG emission reduction target of 15 percent below 2005 levels and a 2035 target of 30 percent below 2005 levels. It projected that 67 percent of these reductions by 2020 would come from energy sector changes, while 17 percent would come from transportation/land use and solid waste/water/wastewater sectors apiece. However, by 2035, the CAP projected that 54 percent of reductions would come from transportation and land use programs. The City has dedicated $750,000 in its 2024 budget to prepare an update to the City's CAP. Cabrillo Town Center Greenhouse. as ec PAGE 22 City of Santa Ana 10/3/2023 July 2023