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

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Private open space areas, such as balconies and patios, would be provided at a ratio of 50 SF per unit, which is included in the 200 SF per unit requirement. Based on the ratio of 200 SF of open space per dwelling unit, buildout of the Specific Plan would include approximately 17.21 acres of public and private open space. Of that, approximately 187,500 SF (4-3 acres) of private open space would be provided based on the ratio of 50 SF per unit. Therefore, approximately 41.8 percent of the 41.13-acre Project site would be dedicated to public and private opens space amenities to meet the proposed Project's demands. Thus, onsite private and public amenities are anticipated to meet most of the park and recreation needs of Project residents. The proposed Project would require 14.6 acres of public parkland beyond the 13.1 acres proposed by the Project and 10.49 acres of combined public and private recreational amenities beyond that which is required by the Related Bristol Specific Plan development standards. The City currently has approximately 1.2 acres of public park and/or recreational space per every 1,000 residents; and therefore, does not have existing sufficient land or Citywide parks and recreation facilities to support in meeting the City's standard GPU policy as set forth in the findings of the GPU FEIR. Municipal Code Sections 35-108, 35-1 10, and 35-1 1 1 require that residential development fees be paid for the acquisition, construction, and renovation of park and recreation facilities prior to the issuance of a building permit for any construction which adds net residential units. Thus, the proposed Project would be required to comply with applicable Municipal Code requirements of 2 acres per 1,000 residents, which is less than the GPU policy of 3 acres per 1,000 residents, and/or pay development fees which would be used in part to acquire properties to build new park sites. In order to comply with the GPU policy, the proposed Project would require 27.7 acres of parkland or the dedication of approximately 67.3 percent of the Project site. While the proposed Project would provide approximately 17.21 acres of public and private open space onsite, inclusive of 13.1 acres of publicly accessible open space and facilities, and would comply with applicable Municipal Code requirements, the proposed Project would not provide 27.7 acres of parkland and recreation facilities onsite and would not meet the City of Santa Ana's performance standard for parkland, either on the site or cumulatively through the availability of parks and recreation facilities citywide. As discussed in the GPU FEIR, the City of Santa Ana is essentially fully built out and there is a lack of available vacant land to develop substantial new parks or expand existing facilities. Therefore, there would be no feasible mitigation measures that would be able to reduce the proposed Project's contribution to significant impacts related to the City's unsatisfactory level of resident to parkland ratio. As such, impacts would be significant and unavoidable, which is consistent with the findings of the GPU FEIR (Draft Supplemental EIR at pp. 5.12-5 through 5.1-6). Impact Finding: The Project would result in the increase of the use of existing neighborhood and regional parks or other recreational facilities such that a substantial physical deterioration of the facility would occur or be accelerated (Draft Supplemental EIR at p. 5.12-6). Facts in Support of Findings: As described in the previous finding, the proposed Project would provide 13.1 acres of onsite public parks as a part of the total 17.21 acres of open space and recreation facilities; and would be required to pay applicable fees pursuant to Municipal Code requirements, which would be used to maintain and improve other City parks and recreation facilities. However, as discussed within the GPU FEIR, the City of Santa Ana is currently parkland deficient and is not meeting the GPU policy of 3 acres per 1,000 residents. In addition, with buildout