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Grand Avenue Widening Project Environmental Impact Report Section 1.0 part of Alternative 1. The Mitigation Monitoring Program (MMP) described in detail later in Section 8.0 (Mitigation Monitoring Program) is incorporated in the description of Alternative 1. 1.1.3 DESCRIPTION OF BUILD ALTERNATIVE 2 Alternative 2 assumes the project segment of Grand Avenue would be widened from the existing four lanes in a cross section that varies from 80 to 110 feet wide, to six lanes in a 120 foot wide cross section, with a landscaped median. The addition of the landscaped, center median would remove the opportunity for some left turns across this segment of Grand Avenue. Existing driveway accesses would be retained. Under this Alternative, the widening, including the acquisition of right-of-way, would occur intermittently on both the east and west sides of Grand Avenue. Alternative 2 is anticipated to result in the acquisition of a total of 654,318 square feet of right-of-way, in a total of 20 partial takes and 56 full takes of existing parcels along this segment of Grand Avenue. The existing edge of right-of-way for Grand Avenue, and the proposed edge of right-of-way under Alternative 2, are shown on Figure 1-3. Table 3-1, provided later in this EIR, identifies the full and partial takes under Alternative 2, for each of the affected parcels along this segment of Grand Avenue. The resulting cross section would be consistent with the Major Arterial designation for this segment of Grand Avenue in the City of Santa Ana General Plan Circulation Element. This cross section would include a five-foot wide, on -street, Class II Bikeway as shown on Grand Avenue as shown in the adopted City of Santa Ana Bikeway Master Plan. This Alternative would also include a landscaped median. The estimated cost for this Alternative, including final design, right-of-way acquisition, demolition and construction, is $39.89 million. As discussed above, Alternative 2 will require the acquisition of property to accommodate the widened road. Because not all the property acquired will be used for the construction of Alternative 2, there will be remainder or remnant parcels left after the completion of construction. The City anticipates the majority of these remainder parcels would be combined into larger, developable parcels and sold to private parties for development. However, it is possible that some remainder parcels, even when combined with other remainder parcels, may not meet the City's minimum lot size requirements. In that event, the City would probably sell those remainder parcels to adjacent property owners. These parcels along the Grand Avenue corridor are designated for commercial or residential uses in the City's General Plan Land Use Element. The commercial designation applies to all the parcels on the west side of Grand Avenue for the entire project length from Seventeenth Street to First Street. The width of the commercial designation varies on both the east and west sides of Grand Avenue and is adjacent to areas designated low density residential. The commercial designation applies to the east side of Grand Avenue for the entire project length except for a small segment between 10 and 15th Streets that is designated low density residential. The EIR for the General Plan Land Use Element addressed potential impacts of commercial and residential uses on this segment of Grand Avenue at a program or planning level. As part of the future development process for these remainder parcels, any proposed commercial or residential uses would be subject to independent environmental review. That independent review will assess F: IPROJ-ENMGrand eirWew Text - GrandlSection 1.0-new.doc Page 1-12