Item 28 - Public Hearing - ZOA No. 20204-01 South Coast Technology Center

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South Coast Technology Center Project CEQA Exemption 15183 Table 4.8-4 Consistency with the 2022 Scoping Plan: AB 32 Inventory Sectors Actions and Strategies Project Consistency Analysis Smart Growth / Vehicles Miles Traveled VMT Reduce VMT per capita to 25% below Consistent. Based on the Trip Generation Assessment provided as 2019 levels by 2030, and 30% below Attachment K, the proposed Project would result in less operational trips 2019 levels by 2045 than those from existing land uses. In particular, the proposed Project would result in 1,212 passenger vehicle trips (employee commuting) compared to the existing 1,930 average daily trips. The proposed Project would also include 27 short-term and 27 long-term bike parking spaces as well as electric vehicle (EV) charging stations in accordance with Title 24 standards. Additionally, the Project would include vanpool/carpool parking spaces in accordance with a CALGreen voluntary measure (Appendix A5, Nonresidential Voluntary Measures). As such, the proposed Project would encourage alternative modes of transportation and would include land uses that would reduce total VMT. Thus, the Project would be consistent with the action. New Residential and Commercial Buildings All electric appliances beginning 2026 Consistent. The Project would be all electric and would not consume (residential) and 2029 (commercial), natural gas. Furthermore, the Project would exceed Title 24 standards by contributing to 6 million heat pumps 10 percent which would reduce energy consumption. As such, the installed statewide by 2030 proposed Project would be consistent with this action. Construction Equipment Achieve 25% of energy demand Not Applicable. The City of Santa Ana has not adopted an ordinance or electrified by 2030 and 75% electrified program requiring electricity -powered construction equipment. However, if by 2045 adopted, the proposed Project would be required to comply with such regulation. As such, the proposed Project would be consistent with this action. Non -combustion Methane Emissions Divert 75% of organic waste from Consistent. SB 1383 establishes targets to achieve a 50 percent reduction landfills by 2025 in the level of Statewide organic waste disposal from 2014 levels by 2020 and a 75 percent reduction by 2025. The law establishes an additional target that no less than 20 percent of currently disposed edible food is recovered for human consumption by 2025. The Project would comply with local and regional regulations and recycle or compost 75 percent of waste by 2025 pursuant to SB 1383. As such, the Project would be consistent with this action. Source: California Air Resources Board, 2022 Scoping Plan, November 16, 2022. Consistency with the 2020-2045 RTP/SCS On September 3, 2020, the Regional Council of SCAG formally adopted the 2020-2045 RTP/SCS. The 2020-2045 RTP/SCS includes performance goals that were adopted to help focus future investments on the best -performing projects, as well as different strategies to preserve, maintain, and optimize the performance of the existing transportation system. The 2020-2045 RTP/SCS is forecast to help California reach its GHG reduction goals by reducing GHG emissions from passenger cars by 8 percent below 2005 levels by 2020 and 19 percent by 2035 in accordance with the most recent CARB targets adopted in March 2018. Five key SCS strategies are included in the 2020-2045 RTP/SCS to help the region meet its regional VMT and GHG reduction goals, as required by the State. Table 4.8-5, Consistency with the 2020-2045 RTP/SCS, provides a consistency analysis of the Project with these five 2020-2045 RTP/SCS strategies. As shown therein, the proposed Project would be consistent with the GHG emission reduction strategies contained in the 2020-2045 RTP/SCS. As mentioned above, the latest 2024-2050 RTP/SCS was adopted on April 4, 2024. However, CARB concluded that the technical methodology SCAG used to quantify the GHG emission reductions for the Connect 2024-2050 RTP/SCS does not operate July 2024 Page 57