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

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Project site would result in fewer opportunities to improve the jobs -housing balance as residents would have the potential to travel to fewer local employment opportunities. The Reduced Project Alternative would meet the Project objectives, but not to the same extent as the proposed Project. The site would be redeveloped to provide housing to help meet the region's demand for housing, would provide a development consistent with other regional redevelopment in the South Bristol Street Focus Area. However, no hotel rooms and less commercial space would be provided and a reduced improvement to the jobs -housing balance and VMT would occur. Overall, this alternative would meet the objectives of the proposed Project, but not to the same extent as the proposed Project (Draft Supplemental EIR, pp. 6-20 through 6-21 ). Finding: The City of Santa Ana finds that the Reduced Project Alternative would result in less commercial space and a reduced improvement to the jobs -housing balance and VMT would occur. In addition, the Reduced Project Alternative would not eliminate all of the significant and unavoidable impacts of the proposed Project or eliminate the need for mitigation. Thus, the Reduced Project Alternative would not achieve the Project objectives to the same extent as the proposed Project, would continue to result in significant and unavoidable impacts, and would continue to require mitigation. The Reduced Project Alternative is rejected on that basis. Alternative 3 — Build out of the Existing Land Use and Zoning Alternative The Build Out of the Existing Zoning Alternative would result in 9,541 more daily vehicular trips than the proposed Project. The increase in vehicular trips from this alternative would increase the proposed Project's significant and unavoidable operational air quality impacts. and unavoidable impacts related to air quality and parks and recreation would continue to occur from implementation of this alternative. Further, this alternative would result in significant and unavoidable impacts related to operational traffic noise. Additionally, the mitigation required for air quality, cultural resources, geology and soils, greenhouse gas emissions, hazards and hazardous materials, noise, and tribal cultural resources would continue to be required for the Buildout of the Existing Zoning Alternative. Overall, although the volume of impacts would be greater from the Build Out of the Existing Zoning Alternative in comparison to the proposed Project, the Build Out of the Existing Zoning Alternative would not eliminate any of the significant and unavoidable impacts of the proposed Project or eliminate the need for mitigation. Furthermore, the Build Out of the Existing Land Use and Zoning Alternative would result in a reduced beneficial impact, as it would not provide as many multi- family units on the Project site; and therefore, would not improve the jobs -housing balance. The Build Out of Existing Zoning would meet the Project objectives, but not to the same extent as the proposed Project. The site would be redeveloped to provide housing to help meet the region's demand for housing, would provide a development consistent with other regional redevelopments in the South Bristol Street Focus Area. However, fewer residential multifamily units would be provided and a reduced improvement to the jobs -housing balance and VMT would occur. Additionally, the alternative would result in less implementation of SCAG RTP/SCS policies related to providing additional housing near employment centers. Overall, this alternative would meet the objectives of the proposed Project, but not to the same extent as the proposed Project (Draft Supplemental EIR, pp. 6-29 through 6-30).