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• Complements and does not compete with the emerging business environment of <br /> Downtown Santa Ana. <br /> • Allows for the flexible redevelopment of the underutilized project site to provide a balanced <br /> mix of residential, retail, recreation, and office uses in the South Bristol Street Focus Area <br /> that integrate into the existing urban systems and provide a safe and attractive <br /> environment for living and working, as encouraged by the GPU. <br /> • Develops high quality residential spaces that reflect modern lifestyles, while responding <br /> to the vision of the GPU to help bring higher density housing into a jobs-rich area of the <br /> City planned for growth, to facilitate balancing the City's jabs-housing ratio. <br /> • Provides a positive contribution to the local economy through new capital investment, the <br /> creation of new jobs, development of more commercial opportunities, attraction of <br /> economic activity, and the expansion of the tax base. <br /> + Enhances alternative transportation activity by creating a walkable and bikeable mixed- <br /> use development that links with existing facilities and transit services to encourage non- <br /> automotive travel within the Specific Plan area and the local community. <br /> • Improves existing infrastructure to support the Village Santa Ana Specific Plan consistent <br /> with the General Plan conditions. <br /> + Provides a project that contributes to the creation of a vibrant urban core for the City by <br /> providing vibrant and attractive community amenities, recreational and open space areas, <br /> and gathering spaces that are directly accessible to residents and the community, and <br /> takes advantage of the site's location within the South Coast Metro area. <br /> • Provides on-site open space and community-serving recreational amenities recognizing <br /> that this area of the City is currently identified as park-deficient by the GPU. <br /> • Provides community benefits commensurate with the Specific Plan development proposal <br /> including public open space onsite and locations for public community events, as well as <br /> streetscape improvements along the project site frontages of Sunflower Avenue and Bear <br /> Street. <br /> Resolution No. 2025-041 <br /> Page 18 of 140 <br />