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Chapter 3 Findings Regarding Project Alternatives income Santa Ana workers" (Policy HE-2.3) and to fulfill its policy to "facilitate and encourage a diversity and range in types, prices, and sizes of housing, including single-family homes, apartments, town homes, mixed/multiuse housing, transit-oriented developments, and live/work housing" (Policy HE-2.4). (See Santa Ana Housing Element [2006-2014].) Further, preservation of all historic properties within the Lacy Neighborhood would be inconsistent with the objectives of the proposed Developer Project to "redevelop all of the Agency-owned properties" and "provide new affordable housing for families in furtherance of the City's affordable housing goals established in the Housing Element, the Implementation Plan for the Santa Ana Merged Redevelopment Project Area, and the City of Santa Ana Consolidated Plan." ¦ Proposed Mitigation Measure. In-place rehabilitation, residential and business re-use, and/or relocation of historic properties to vacant land within the Lacy Neighborhood. (See Final EIR Chapter 3 (Responses to Comments), Letter from Jeff Dickman UD), comments JD-34, 38.) Finding. The Agency finds that specific economic, legal, social, technological, or other considerations make this mitigation measure infeasible. Rationale. Funding for development of the Agency-owned properties within the Lacy Neighborhood is contingent upon these funds being spent on residential uses. Therefore, use of these funds for non-residential adaptive re-use is prohibited. Accordingly, commercial re-use of historic properties on the Agency-owned parcels within the Lacy Neighborhood is legally infeasible. Additionally, in-place rehabilitation and/or relocation and rehabilitation of properties proposed for demolition on Agency-owned parcels within the Lacy Neighborhood are evaluated in Recirculated Draft EIR (Chapter 5.0). Specifically, Alternative 4 would eliminate the demolition of the structures currently existing on the Agency-owned properties and/or identified for acquisition, and would instead require that those properties be retained and rehabilitated in their current locations. Alternative 5 would reduce the demolition of properties owned by the Redevelopment Agency and/or identified for acquisition, and would instead require that those properties be rehabilitated, either in-place or off-site, with the exception of the property at 611 N. Minter Street, which would be demolished. Alternative 6 would retain and rehabilitate the bungalow court located at 611 N. Minter Street; however, the remainder of the structures located on the Agency-owned parcels would be demolished. Please see Chapter 5.0 for additional details about these Alternatives. ¦ Proposed Mitigation. Creation of a community park within the Lacy Neighborhood by taking the following actions: >Close a portion of Sixth Street between Porter and Lacy. Relocate 3 of the vintage houses on the south side of Sixth Street to other vacant land on Fifth Street. >Build a single row of new housing along the south side of Santa Ana Blvd. Use the remainder of the land south of this single row of new housing to create another segment of the park. >Acquire 617 E. Sixth for park purposes. Salvage the wood components from this structure before demolition. >Preserve in place 701 and 713 E. Fifth Street. (See Final EIR Chapter 3 (Responses to Comments), Letter from Jeff Dickman UD), comment JD-39.) Finding. The Agency finds that specific economic, legal, social, technological, or other considerations make this mitigation measure infeasible. 3-18 Revised Station District Project and FOL Settlement Agreement Findings of Fact/Statement of Overriding Considerations