Item 26 - Public Hearing Regarding Bristol Project

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Exhibit 13 Consistent and Supportive General Plan Goals and Policies o Policy HE-2.4. Rental Housing. Facilitate the construction of rental housing for Santa Ana's residents and workforce, with a commitment to provide rental housing for extremely low-, very low-, and low-income residents as well as moderate income Santa Ana workers. o Policy HE-2.6. Housing Design. Require excellence in architectural design through the use of materials and colors, building treatments, landscaping, open space, parking, and environmentally sensitive ("green") building and design practices. • Goal HE-4. Provide sufficient rental and ownership housing opportunities and supportive services for seniors, people with disabilities, families with children, and people experiencing homelessness. o Policy HE-4.1. Senior Housing. Support development of affordable senior rental and ownership housing, readily accessible to support services; provide assistance for seniors to maintain and repair their homes to facilitate the maximum independent living. The project is consistent with these General Plan Housing Element goals and policies. The project will provide high -quality diversity of rental housing for Santa Ana's residents and workforce. Through the project's Development Agreement, the project will provide inclusionary housing fees that will be used by the City to provide onsite affordable housing opportunities in the community. Through innovative use of land, the project will provide for healthy communities with 13.1 acres of onsite open space, a full -service grocer, and underground parking, freeing up valuable acreage for the development of community - serving commercial, residential, and open space land uses. Moreover, the SP and requested entitlements address General Plan consistency for the South Bristol Street Focus Area in the following manners: • The District Center -High is a mixed -use designation identified in the General Plan as including "high density urban villages consisting of visually striking and dynamic buildings and spaces with a wide range and mix of residential, live -work, commercial, hotel, and employment -generating uses." • Table LU-2 of the General Plan (Buildout) identifies an assumed housing growth of 5,272 units in the District; the proposed 3,750 falls within the assumed growth. • Table LU-8 of the General Plan identifies the DC-5 area as allowing a maximum Floor Area Ratio of 5.0, or 125 dwelling units per acre and a maximum height of 25 stories. The General Plan allows the FAR to be calculated on a gross basis for an individual development project. • The General Plan's District Center designation would allow up to 8,733,780 square feet of mixed uses, inclusive of residential uses, based on the maximum FAR of 5.0 over the 41.13-acre (gross) site. As proposed, the Related Bristol will result in an FAR of 2.7, well within the maximums allowed in the General Plan. No General Plan Amendment is required nor proposed. Page 9 of 10