2024-053 - Final Supplemental for The Related Bristol Specific Plan Project

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SECTION Ix RESOLUTION REGARDING ALTERNATIVES The City of Santa Ana hereby declares that it has considered and rejected as infeasible the alternatives identified in the Supplemental EIR and described below. Section 15126.6 of the State CEQA Guidelines requires an EIR to describe a range of reasonable alternatives to the Project, or to the location of the Project, which could feasibly achieve most of its basic objectives, but would avoid or substantially lessen any of the significant effects identified in the EIR analysis. An EIR is not required to consider every conceivable alternative to a proposed project. Rather, an EIR must consider a reasonable range of alternatives that are potentially feasible; an EIR is not required to consider alternatives that are infeasible. In addition, an EIR should evaluate the comparative merits of the alternatives. Therefore, this section sets forth the potential alternatives to the Project analyzed in the Supplemental EIR and evaluates them in light of the objectives of the Project, as required by CEQA. Objectives The following objectives have been identified in order to aid decision makers in their review of the proposed Project and its associated environmental impacts. • Implement the vision and objectives established in the City of Santa Ana General Plan for the South Bristol Street Focus Area to create a southern gateway to the City. The South Bristol Street Focus Area objectives: a Capitalize on the success of the South Coast Metro area; o Introduce mixed -use urban villages and encourage experiential commercial uses that are more walkable, bike friendly, and transit oriented; Q Realize an intense, multi -story presence along the Bristol Street corridor; and • Provide for mixed -use opportunities while protecting adjacent, established low density neighborhoods. • Allow for the flexible redevelopment of the underutilized Project site to provide a balanced mix of residential, retail, and hospitality uses in the South Bristol Street Focus Area that integrate into the existing urban systems and provide a safe and attractive environment for living and working, as encouraged by the G PU. • Transform an auto -oriented shopping plaza with large surface parking areas to a community which maximizes opportunities for onsite open space which can be accomplished through the provision of subsurface shared parking and intensity of land use permitted by the General Plan. • Develop high quality residential spaces that reflect modern lifestyles, while responding to the need for additional housing at a higher density in an area of the City planned for growth. • Develop a project with a mix of land uses that stimulate economic activity, commerce, and new housing opportunities in the South Bristol Street Focus Area.