80A - TRANSIT CODE AND STATION DISTRICT - EXHIBIT A

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Cfrapter ~ Fir~a~ln~s Reardfn~ ~ro~e~t ~4~ternatives E4~.3 Rental dousing, ~ilcou~•ae the con~:uctian of rental housing for a~7ta Ana's residents and ~~Torkfarce, ~ncludtng a corr~~~tttnent to ~Te~•~~ lo~~F, la~~r, and Moderate incan~e residents and moderate income Santa .~~na ~~~arkers. HE~2,~ Di~Ter~sit~~ of ~o~~sing T~TpL.sr F`aCilitate and encourage ~ di~~ers;ter and ~'ange to ~rpes, prices, and sires of housing, including single fan~~~ ho~~.es, apartrrier~t, to~~ttn ha~nes, n~i.~ed~~nul~iuse housing, transit-a~"leted de~relo~~rzezats, end li~re~u~ot~~ housinr .~lternatl~te 3 ~~~ould ~~at r~eet t~~c project's transit ariented objecti~~es to the sane extent as the p~"abased project, .educing the a~~~ount of hauling and retail space ~~Tauld result in a failure to f~~il~~ emphasise the use a~ the ~~RTC far it~? residents, r~i~ed-use urban and t~~ansit~oriented neigllhorhaad requires critical ~r~ass and balance het~~reen residential and iron-presidential ut]4sr Draft E~ section ~.5.} ~lter~~ati~~e 3 4vould not pra~ride that c~riticai t~~ass and baiai~ce. Reducing lousing and retail apport~~nities ~~o~~ld result in . failure to full~~ benefit fiarri tl~e 1n~Testment ire the expansion of the t~•ansit s~~ste~~~ and 4~ould not adetluatel~~ target xo~~rth in housing, e~uplayment, a~~d commercial de~relopn~ent ~ti~~~~ ~~alk~ng d~stalace of the e~~~.ng a~ld planted t~"n~i~ t~tions. ~~x addition, ~~tcinatt~re 3 ~i~auld nat liplen~ent ~~TP and ~CI~ policies oir esta.biished c~leral Flan Land Use ~ien~ent pOl~cles ~ri.e, 1.1, ~r~, ~rV, i ~ ~a 13 L~I~kJ~ ~~V' L.rr/, F,rr~V~ i~ t} ~r~~ ~rL.r, wR~J, ./~J, J•~{J,~ and ~r, or Urban ~~ar~d Use Eie~cnt ails ~ thiaull7 to the extetzt that th.e proposed project u~DUld, ~~ee Land Use ~lernent; Urha~~ Desig~~ lei~ent; Draft T`ahie pecificall~~, lter~rati~re ~~Touid not nrieet tl~e folla~txin ~~TP sand Use oils to file same e4tei~t as the proposed project, ¦ create i~i~ed-use districts or• "complete coi~~~~~u.nities" iri strategic ~."o~~th areas thiougl~ a cancentratioz~ of actin?ities ~~~tli liousing, emplo~~met~t, and a t~~ of retail and ser~tices, located in close pra~.~~~it~z to each otherr Focusing a mix of land uses iii strategic g~'o4~Fth areas c~."cates ~ cainplete con~~x~ur~ities ~~~herein. most dail~~ needs can be r~ct ~~ntl~in a short distance a~ home, pi"o~~iding residents ~~~ith the opportunit~~ to pat~•onlze their local area and ru~i dail~T errands b~~ ~~al~i~~g or c~~clin rather tra~~elin h~T autotnobiler ¦ l~itensify nodes along cor"r"#do~"s ~~Flth peo~~e-scaled, i~cd-use de~~eioptx~cntsr i4~fan~t existing r caul ors lack tie residential and catiercial co~acentratioil to adequatei~? uppai~t iron-auto tianslt uses, 4~~ithaut ~~~liicli the e.~isting t~."atisit s~~stem ca~~not full~~ reaii~e its potential fai• accat~adating additional trips and reliei~ing the txa~isportatior~ s}7stcin. These nodes along the coy"ridar also create ~~ibrant, ~~~al~able carr7r~~i~nities ~~~ith localized access to ainenit[es, further reduci~~g reliance o~i file autor~rohile fo~• a ~~ariet~~ of tr"ips, ¦ Pedestrian-friendl~r et~viranments a.~~d Mare CQITIp.Ct de~reiaprnent patterns in. close pro.~it~7 to tiratlslt sei~re to support and ItTlp~~o~~e transit use ar~d ridership, Focusing housi~ig acid ernplo~~ient g~"O~~Tth in transit-accessible locations thro~~h t~~is transit-oriented de~telopn~c~~t approach ~~~iil sei~Te to reduce auto use and support t~oie i~ltitr~odal ti~a~Tel beha~ziar, dditionall~~, tl~e reduction. i;~ ~~ctail space ~~nde~~ ~~lternati~~e 3 ~~~ould reduce potential ne~~r exi~plo3~ment appor"tunities, and the economic benefits that cco~n.pati~~ such oppart~~~ities, as compared to the proposed projectr It ~~Tauld asa induce the amount of potential tai re~renue tliat tl~e Cit~t could use to reir~~~est and s~i~~ulate econoxx~ic de~relopn~ent~ I 3~8 Transit xon~ng Code ~S~ ~4} SIR Findir~s of Fact~tater~ent of Ovetridin~ Conside~~t~ons