80A - TRANSIT CODE AND STATION DISTRICT - EXHIBIT A

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Chapter ~~r~~~r~~s Re~ard~n~ ~ro~ect Afternat~ves .~~.dditionall~r, inRplace re~~abilitation and f ar relocatia~x ar~d rehabilitation of pra~~erties proposed for de~x~olidon oti ~enc~~-o~~~ned parcels ~~ritl~in the Lac~t Neigl~barhoad are e~raluated ire Recirculated Deft EIR Chapter 5~~~. pecificall~F, ~~lternati~~e ~ ~~~ould eliminate the dernoliaan of the structures cui'rentl~7 existing an the ~genc~~-o~~rned properties and/ox~ ider~tihed for acc~uisi~ion, and ~~auld instead require that tl~ase prapert~es be retaf~~ed and rehab~htated its the~~• current locations, t~ltei'na~.~re ~~~auid reduce the dexr~al~t~on of propeities a~~~r~ed h~~ the Rede~Telopxr~et~t ~genc~F and~or idend,ed far ac~uisidon, at~d ~~~auld instead require that tl~ase properties be rehabilitated, either in~place or ofd=site, uFiti~ the e4ce~tian a~' tiYe ~~ape~~ at CSI I il~iir~~ef~ S~~eet, ~jti~ich ~~~ould be den~alished. ~1ter~~ati~Te ~~~auld retain and rehabilitate the bungalo~~T cau~~t located at bII N~ ~~linte~~ street; ho~ue;~er, the ~•exx~ainder of the struct~xx'es located an the t~enc~~-o~~Tned parcels ~~~ould be detr~alished, Please see Chapte~• 5,0 for additional details ahaut these ~lterna~~res. ~ ~'roposed Mitigation, Creation of a cai~~unit~~ park ~~~itl~in tl~e Lace ~e~ghborhood b~~ taking the follo~~~.n actions. Close a portion of Sixth street between Poxte~~ acid Lac~r~ Relocate of the ~ritltage horses on the south side of Sixth tieet to other ~~acant land ors Fifth ~treet~ Iuild a single rro~~ of ne~~? housing along the south side of Santa 1~na Bi~~d. Use the rexx~ainder of the larid south of this single ~,'o~~~ of ne~~~ housing to c~•eate ar~other segment of tlae park. ~~cquire G~~ Sixth foi~ park purposes. al~7ae the ~~Taad campone~.ts fi•ai~~ this str~ctuiie beforie demolition, Preser~re ire puce ~0~ and ~~3 E, fifth Street. See final EIR. Chapter 3 Responses to Co~~ntnents~, Letter fioxx~ ~eff Dickman ~D}, ca~x~~~.ent I~l~din, xl~e ~genc~~ finds that spec€1`ic economic, legal, racial, technological, ai• other consideratior~s ~~ake this mitigation. m.easu~'e irfeasible. Rtianale, Clasirig a portion of Sixth Street be~~~een Porter and Lac~f is not feasible because it ~~roulcl se~rerel~~ 1~~~~t future transit planning ~~~tlitn the Cit~? and ~~Tould be ~ncansistent ~~~.tl~ tl~e 'transit honing Cade ohjecti4te of "pro~Tidirig a transit-supparti~re, pedestrian-oficz~ted de~~elapi~ent fr~rr~c~;~o~'k to support the addition of ne~v transit inf~iastructure." F~~rthel, st~'eet closures are, in general, couriter to the policies and desic~ standards contained. ~vitl~tn the proposed 'I~rarisit honing Code, il~laintainit~ a dine-grained, gi'idded street net~~~oi•k allo~~Ts for increased pedestfla~~ and ~~el~cular accesslb~.t~~ ~~?hich ser~res to disperse traffic thraul~out the area. I~~ additio~i, maintaining the e~istiri street grid allo~~~s for greater opportunities for filture transpo~•tatian alignments. Si~~~ilarl~~, building a single x'a~~~ of r~e~v housing clang tlYe south side of Santa ~~r~a BI~Td. and using the i•eti~alnder of the land sa~~tlt of ti~is single ra4v of t~e~~T l~ousir~g to create at~otl~e~~ segment of the suggested parr is infeasible because it ~~auld be inconsistent ~~~itli the De~relope~i ~'r~o~ct objecti~~e of "enhancing the streetscape and urban farm of the area, paxacularl~T clang Santa ~~~a l3oule~rard, with the constiiuc~ari of ne~~? buildings that meet the standards contained in the 'T'ransit ~~o€~ing Cade and that support future transit plan~~in," It ~~~ould also result in the lass of units that ~~~ould otl~er~~~ise be Tented to lo~~F, ~7er~F-lo~~T and e~t~~e~el~~-lo~~~ income households. Construction of affo~~dable housing units is critical to meeting the Cit~~'s Regional dousing ~~eeds ~~.sess~nent fo~• 20Db-~OI~-, and the loss of such units ~~~ould be it~cor~sistent ~~~ith the Cit~t's adapted paiic~~ to "n~a~if~i~e affordable housing on ~~genc~T4 j awned prape~~~ies tliat is of high clualit~r, sutai~~able, and a~tailable to ~rarious income le~~els," ~~ee f Santa ~~na I~ausing Element ~ZaO-~~4~, l~olic~~ ~~E-2,8,~ .~~ddid.onall~F, the loss of affordable ~ 3-~S Transit Z~nir~~ Cody ~~D 84} ~I~ i=findings of Fac~ltatement Overrid~n~ Considerations E 4 r f f I i i