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Ref # |
Implementation Action |
Agency / |
| GOAL LU-4: Support a sustainable Santa Ana through improvements to the built environment and a culture of collaboration | ||
| 4.1 | Complete communities. Create an inventory of neighborhoods that are underserved by essential retail stores and services, identify sites that could accommodate the development and operation of essential retail stores and services, and market these sites to brokers and developers. | PBA 2024 |
| 4.2 | Housing opportunity. Monitor the effectiveness of the Housing Opportunity Ordinance and provide options for City Council consideration on the requirements, including but not limited to requiring new affordable housing units on site and a mix of housing types at various price points. | CDA 2022 |
| 4.3 | Public improvements in activity nodes and focus areas. Create a public realm plan for each activity node and focus area to establish a unified vision for long-term improvements to streets, sidewalks, plazas, other public spaces, and placemaking elements. Identify public improvement priorities and pilot projects for each focus area and include them in the City’s Capital Improvement Program. | PBA/ PWA 2022 & Ongoing |
| 4.4 | Public/private open space. Develop and adopt standards that require the provision and maintenance of publicly accessible usable open space within new multifamily, commercial, office, government, and mixed-use development projects. Ensure long-term fiscal sustainability of publicly accessible open space. | PBA/ PWA/ PRCSA 2022 -2027 |
| 4.5 | Open space acquisition funds. Partner with community organizations to identify opportunities for and pursue grants to fund the acquisition of additional open space and community space in underserved areas, as identified in the parks needs assessment / parks master plan. | PRSCA 2023 |
4.6  |
Fireworks and environmental pollution. Study the data available to understand the health effects and environmental exposure, including air quality and noise impacts, from airborne sources such as fireworks shows and displays, with special focus on environmental justice areas. | PBA/CMO/PD 2022 -2024 |
| 4.7 |
Construction improvements. Identify best practices and communication tools to monitor mitigation measures and oversight of private and public construction improvements to protect the health and safety of health of the community, with focus on environmental justice areas. | PWA/PBA Ongoing |
| 4.8 | Mixed Use Lifestyles. Establish and implement thresholds in the Zoning Code to require minimum percentage of commercial uses to be included in mixed-use land use designations and in proposed conversion of commercial uses to residential or mixed use projects. | PBA 2022 -2027 |
| 4.9 | Collaboration with railroad companies. Collaborate with rail road right-of-way owners and operators to renovate the walls between communities and rail lines that provide the maximum protection for the community and public health, including strategies to reduce air and noise pollution. | PBA 2022 & Ongoing |
| Notes: CDA – Community Development Agency; CMO – City Manager’s Office; HR – Human Resources Department; PBA – Planning and Building Agency; PWA – Public Works Agency; PRCSA – Parks, Recreation and Community Services Agency; PD – Police Department associated with environmental justice policies |
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