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Chapter ~1r~dlt~~s Re~ardlr~~ Project A~ternat~ves <br /> housing ur~rts ~~?ouid fr~cons#stent ~llth the ~t~~'s poiic~t to "encourage the construction of rentai <br /> housing for• Santa Ana's r~csidents and ~~~ork~'o~~ce, including a cor~.r~xittr~ent to ~rer~t lo~~~, io~~~ and <br /> ~roderate i~acotue residents arad moderate income Santa Ana ~~orkers'> ~Polic~ 1~E~2.~~ and its <br /> polic~~ to "f~.crhtate and encourage ~ dt~rers~t~~ and range ~=pes, prices, and sires of housing, <br /> i~acludi~g sir~g~eRf~n~il~z homes, apartments, to~~t~ hor~res, n~i~ed~r~ultiuse housing, txa~asit-oriented <br /> de~reiopnae~~ts, and li~re~~~To~ik lousing" ~!'olic~~ ~~-~.4~~ ~ee Santa ,t~taa dousing Eiernerat ~oDY <br /> ~0~~.} <br /> Further, file it~T of Santa ulna currentl~~ leas ~ shortage o~ ~~er~tal units appropriatel~~ sired to <br /> acco~n~~rodate fatni~es. stated in the it~~'s oo~~ZO1~ lousira Eleme~rt, ~~rhile ~aaul~pie-famil~T <br /> housi~a co~uprises ~1~/0 of all lousing stock ~~~tl~in the Cit~r, or~i~r ~ 3°l0 of multiple famil~r and <br /> sinle~famil~7 rental units ha~~e tl~~•ee or more bedroo~~as. ~t is estimated tiaat 45°/a of ail families ~~~lao <br /> rent ha~re ~~Te o~• ~~rore n~en~ber. This translates into a shortage of I2,oo0 lane far~ilp rentai units. <br /> The De~~eloper l~ro~ect conta~~as 7S t«'o~~ecroom ufa~ts ~t~~ro of ~~?hich a~,•e Y~ar~ager units grad G7 <br /> three~bedraotxr units. ~n additio~a, tine ~~lerc~~ I-louse project ~~ro~~ld pro~Tide one threeRbedroo~x~, <br /> ~'~ve~one hedroo~rr ar~d f~~re t~~ro-hed~•oo~n units ~e~clus~~re of irranaer's un~t~ of speciai needs <br /> housing, rI'hese units are appropf~iatei~r sired to greet 5a~ata ~~rla's identified detnograpl~ic needs, <br /> Reducing the nurxaber of units that could he pro~rided b~T the proposedl De~reiope~• Project tivouid <br /> ~aot Further the it~T's polices relat€ng to the need for rentai housi~a surtahle for families <br /> ~rloxeo~~er, under l <br /> ~ealtla grad 5afet~~ bode cc~ion ~~334.~, In rede~relop~rrent project a~~eas, r7ot less <br /> than 0 percent of the ~•oss tai increment generated from a project must be used bit the <br /> rede~Telap~nent agenc~r to ~Iae~•ease and irr~pro~Tc tl~e communit~~'s uppl~~ of affordable housing. <br /> rI'herefo~~e, tlYe use of finds £o~• co~nn~unit~F ser~~i~ag i~afra.str~rcture on. tlae ~genc~t~o~~rned properties <br /> r~r~rst be ~~elated and propo~iaon~l to de~~elopr~rerat of a~`fordahle housi~ag~ There is no e~ridence ti~at <br /> fu~ads reed to constrict the eol~tnunlt~r park suggested b~? the coraat~ef~ter ~~~ouid be proportionai <br /> to tine pro~~ision of affa~dable laousing~ ~~~lthout sucl~ proportlor~alit~~, it ~~ould be lega~~F infeasible <br /> to use tlae genc~~'s set-aside funds to construct tine park suggested biz tine commenter. <br /> Finall~T, the ElR anal~~~ed tauraaerous alternati~re to the proposed project tl~at ~~rould reduce i~aapacts <br /> to histaric resources See ReGircu.lated EIR Chapter 5.0~~ pecificall~r, ~ternati~re ~ ~~~ould <br /> el~lninate tlae det~olition of e~isti~~ structures on .~~enc~T~o~~rned proper~es and ~~ouid eliminate <br /> an~~ of the ne~~~ potenti~.l acquisitio~as identified in Figure 5-, Therefore, the suggestion to prese~~~e <br /> in puce 7oI a~ad 7~~ E. Fifth Street is ~~ntl~in the range of altern~.ti~~es alread~7 a~~ai~~ed in chapter <br /> 5~~~ ~n addition, CEt~ does not ~~eq~rire aiternatl~Tes to i~adi~~id~zal project co~~panents. Tl~c <br /> suggestions pro~~ided in the comment arc not considerabl~~ di~feretit frorfr t~~hat is .lread~r anai~F~ecl <br /> i~x tlae E7R and ~~rould not ciearl~? lessen the sigr~if~cant en~~if~o~a~aae€at~.i effects of tine project. <br /> ~'r~ rasp Or~tror~/1'raffl <br /> ¦ ~'roposed itiatinn Il~easure. ~~dal language to tlae proposed project ~oraing code that includes <br /> measu~~cs for planned afet~~ near rail crossings arad suggested mitigation measures that include <br /> grade separations for major tlaorouhfares, imp~•o~re~nents to e~isti~ag at-grade high~~Fa~z-rail <br /> crossings, and car~tinuous ~randai resistant fencing or other appropriate ba~•riers to ]in~it access of <br /> trespassers onto tine railroad right-off <br /> ~~ra~T. See Final EIR ~l~apter ~Resporases to omt~ents, <br /> I,ette~• from Caiifornia Public utilities onamissior~ ~CPI~~~, co~aar~aerat PIJC--~~~ <br /> Findi The ~lenc~r ~'r~ads that specific economic, legal, social, technologicai, or other <br /> consider+a~or~s make tips r~i~.atlon rneasuie in~'eas~ble. <br /> t <br /> 'r <br /> <br /> ~"ransitZoning Coda 84~ ~!R Findings of Fac'~eter~ent of overriding ons~derations 3-~.9 <br /> - i <br /> I <br /> <br />