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City Place Focused Environmental Impact Report Findings and Facts in Support of Findings 6,1.1 Alternatives from the 1992 EIR In 1992, the Santa Ana City Council certified the final EIR for the proposed Main Street Concourse Project and approved that proposed project. In addition to the approved project, the Final EIR evaluated three other build alternatives and a No Project Alternative, The build alternatives considered in that EIR were reevaluated as possible alternatives to the currently proposed City Place Project. Those alternatives were rejected as described below and, therefore, were not evaluated in the EIR for the City Place project. Alternative B: Reduced Density Garden Office This Alternative assumed development of the project site consistent with the General Plan land use designations for the site in place at the time of the 1992 EIR evaluation. Under this Alternative, it was assumed that the site would be developed under the District Center (DC) designation, but at a lower floor area ratio than the maximum possible under the General Plan designation, This Alternative assumed that the site would be developed with 244,000 square feet of retail center and garden space uses, There would be no residential uses on the site under this Alternative, This Alternative proposed substantially reduced land uses on the project site compared to the approved Main Street Concourse Project. This Alternative was not considered further in the EIR the City Place project because: . Alternative B does not include any residential units, The provision of housing in a variety of types and price ranges, including innovative uses such as live/work units, such as proposed as part ofthe City Place project, is consistent with the Santa Ana General Plan, . Alternative B proposed a different range of land uses, with more commerciaVretail and no residential uses, than the City Place project. However, the land uses proposed under Alternative B would not be expected to substantially reduce or avoid the potential adverse impacts ofthe City Place project related to air quality and traffic. For these reasons, this Alternative was rejected from further consideration and, therefore, was not evaluated in the EIR for the City Place project. Alternative C: Alternative Land Use (All Office) This Alternative assumed development of the project site with two 92,000 square foot, two-story garden style office buildings, and retail and commercial uses similar to the approved Main Street Concourse Project, including retail, restaurant, cinema and health club uses. There would be no residential uses on the project site under this Alternative, This Alternative was not considered further in the EIR for the City Place project because: · Alternative C does not include any residential units. The provision of housing in a variety of types and price ranges, including innovative uses such as live/work units, as proposed under the City Place project, is consistent with the City of Santa Ana General Plan. U: \DBott\wp51 I City Place findings. doc September 29, 2004 Page 26 75A-148