Item 22 - Public Hearing Ordinance Second Reading - General Plan Amendment, Zoo Overflow Parking Rezone

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SANTA ANA REZONE PROJECT INITIAL STUDY/MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION expected to remain the same with the exception of the additional 50 EV charging stations (outside of the overflow parking lot). According to the Trip Generation Assessment, the EV charging component of the proposed project would be anticipated to generate approximately 876 two-way trips per day, for a total of 1,122 two-way trips per day for the proposed project. Table 5 shows the trip generation for the proposed project. Table 5: Project Trip Generation Project Trip Generation Quantity Existing Overflow Parking 250 External EV Charging 50 Station Proposed Project Total AM Peak -hour PM Peak -hour Units In Out Total In Out Total Daily Stalls 20 4 24 3 17 20 246 Stalls 22 15 37 32 31 63 876 42 19 61 35 48 83 1,122 The City's Traffic Impact Study Guidelines does not have any specific trip -based criteria defining when a Level of Service (LOS) based traffic study should be prepared, although most agencies utilize a 50 or 100 peak -hour. However, once the trips associated with the new EV component are dispersed from the proposed project's driveway, the proposed project would likely contribute fewer than 50 net new peak -hour trips to any off -site intersection. As such, additional analysis was not determined to be necessary. The General Plan's Mobility Element governs transportation planning within the City and lays out goals and policies managing developments affecting pedestrian bicycle, vehicle, and public transportation. The proposed project would preserve the existing use of the project site as an overflow parking lot for the Santa Ana Zoo and would not include changes to the existing pedestrian or bicycle routes adjacent to the project site, including the Class IV Bicycle Track on 1st Street. The proposed project would also not include changes to the roadways adjacent to the project site and, according to the Trip Generation Assessment summarized above, would not produce a significant amount of new peak -hour vehicle trips. As such, the proposed project would not conflict with the Mobility Element of the General Plan and impacts would be less than significant. b) Would the project conflict or be inconsistent with CEQA Guidelines Section 15064.3, subdivision (b)? Less than significant impact. CEQA requires all lead agencies to adopt VMT as the measure for identifying transportation impacts for land use projects. To comply with CEQA, the City of Santa Ana adopted their City of Santa Ana Traffic Impact Study, referred to in the VMT Screening Evaluation as the City's Guidelines. The City's Guidelines list standardized screening methods for project -level VMT analysis that can be used to identify when a proposed land use development project is anticipated to result in a less than significant impact thereby eliminating the need to conduct a full VMT analysis. FCS 93 Https://adecinnovations.sharepoint.com/sites/PubiicationsSite/Shared Documents/Publications/Client(PN-JN)/D327/03270D47/ISMND/0327D047 Santa Ana Rezone Project ISMND.docx