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

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Evaluation of Alternatives Alternative I — No Pro ject/No Build Alternative The No Proiect/No Build Alternative would avoid the significant and unavoidable air quality, and parks and recreation impacts that would occur from the proposed Project. Additionally, operational impacts would be reduced and mitigation measures, which include measures related to air quality, cultural resources, geology and soils, greenhouse gas emissions, hazards and hazardous materials, noise, and tribal cultural resources, would not be required. However, the environmental benefits of the Project would also not be realized, such as implementation of the General Plan DC-5 land use and South Bristol Street Focus Area objectives, improvements to offsite bicycle lanes, sidewalks, and stormwater infrastructure, CALGreen,/DAMP/LI D infrastructure improvements to storm water quality, and a reduction of drainage runoff from the area, removal of potentially contaminated soils, provision of housing within TPAs and High Quality Transit Areas, improvements to the jobs/'housing balance, and the potential to reduce vehicle miles traveled. The No Project No Build Alternative would not meet any of the Project objectives. The site would not be redeveloped to provide housing to help meet the region's demand for housing, would not provide a development consistent with other regional redevelopment in the South Bristol Street Focus Area, would not develop housing to assist the City in meeting its jobs,/housing balance, would not provide onsite uses that reduce VMT, and would not implement SCAG RTP%SCS policies related to providing additional housing near employment centers. Overall, this alternative would not meet any of the objectives of the proposed Project (Draft Supplemental EIR, pp. 6-1 2 through 6-1 3). Finding: The City of Santa Ana finds that the No Project/'No Build Alternative would not redevelop the site to provide development consistent with other regional redevelopment in the South Bristol Street Focus Area, would not develop housing to assist the City in meeting its jobs/'housing balance, would not provide onsite uses that reduce VMT, and would not implement SCAG RTP/SCS policies related to providing additional housing near employment centers. Overall, the No Project,/No Build Alternative fails to meet any of the Project objectives (Draft Supplemental EIR at p. 6-12) and is rejected on that basis. Alternative 2 — Reduced Project Alternative The Reduced Project Alternative would result in 2,722 fewer daily vehicular trips than the proposed Project. The reduction in vehicular emissions and consumer products from this alternative would reduce operational air quality impacts to a less than significant level. However, significant and unavoidable impacts related to construction air quality emissions would continue to occur and cumulative parkland deficiencies from implementation of this alternative. Additionally, the mitigation required for implementation of the proposed Project would continue to be required for the Reduced Project Alternative to reduce impacts related to air quality, cultural resources, geology and soils, greenhouse gas emissions, hazards and hazardous materials, noise, and tribal cultural resources to a less than significant level. Overall, although the volume of impacts would be less by the Reduced Project Alternative in comparison to the proposed Project, the Reduced Project Alternative would not eliminate all of the significant and unavoidable impacts of the proposed Project or eliminate the need for mitigation. Furthermore, the Reduced Project Alternative would result in a reduced beneficial impact. Providing less commercial space and no hotel space on the