Community Impact Assessment

Santa Ana-Garden Grove Fixed Guideway Corridor Appendix C Community Impact Assessment This page intentionally left blank. Santa Ana-Garden Grove Fixed Guideway Project Table of Contents Executive Summary ................................................................................................ ES-1 Chapter 1 Introduction ........................................................................................... 1-1 1.1 Background ................................................................................ 1-1 1.2 Study Area Definition .................................................................. 1-1 1.3 Community/Public Outreach ......................................................... 1-2 Chapter 2 Project Description ................................................................................. 2-1 2.1 Project Location .......................................................................... 2-1 2.2 No Build Alternative ..................................................................... 2-1 2.3 TSM Alternative .......................................................................... 2-4 2.4 Streetcar Alternative 1 ................................................................. 2-4 2.5 Streetcar Alternative 2 ................................................................. 2-9 2.6 Streetcar Alternatives Initial Operable Segments ............................. 2-9 2.7 Key Attributes .......................................................................... 2-17 2.8 Design Options ......................................................................... 2-22 2.9 Construction............................................................................. 2-28 Chapter 3 Regulatory Setting .................................................................................. 3-1 3.1 Land Use ................................................................................... 3-1 3.2 Population and Housing ............................................................. 3-11 3.3 Community and Neighborhood Characteristics .............................. 3-12 3.4 Community Facilities and Services ............................................... 3-12 3.5 Businesses, Employment, and Economic Conditions ....................... 3-13 3.6 Farmlands ................................................................................ 3-13 Chapter 4 Community Profile .................................................................................. 4-1 4.1 Local Planning Policies ................................................................. 4-1 4.2 Land Use Designations ................................................................. 4-5 4.3 Study Area Population, Housing, and Employment ........................... 4-9 4.4 Community and Neighborhood Characteristics .............................. 4-10 4.5 Businesses, Employment, and Economic Conditions ....................... 4-21 4.6 Farmlands ................................................................................ 4-23 Chapter 5 Environmental Consequences ................................................................... 5-1 5.1 Acquisition and Relocation ........................................................... 5-1 5.2 Economic Effects ...................................................................... 5-10 5.3 Community Effects .................................................................... 5-13 5.4 Cumulative Impacts ................................................................... 5-24 Chapter 6 CEQA Analysis ...................................................................................... 6-1 Chapter 7 Minimization, Mitigation, and Avoidance Measures ..................................... 7-1 Chapter 8 References ............................................................................................ 8-1 Community Impact Assessment Page | i October 2012 Santa Ana-Garden Grove Fixed Guideway Project List of Figures Figure 2-1 Regional Location .................................................................................. 2-2 Figure 2-2 Study Area........................................................................................... 2-3 Figure 2-3 Transportation Systems Management (TSM) Alternative ............................ 2-5 Figure 2-4 Streetcar Alternative 1 Alignment ........................................................... 2-8 Figure 2-5 Streetcar Alternative 2 Alignment ......................................................... 2-12 Figure 2-6 IOS-1 and IOS-2 Alignment .................................................................. 2-13 Figure 2-7 IOS-1 and IOS-2 - Raitt Street Terminus Configuration with O & M Facility Site B ..................................................................................... 2-14 Figure 2-8 IOS-1 and IOS-2 - Raitt Street Terminus Configuration without O & M Facility Site B ..................................................................................... 2-15 Figure 2-9 Western Terminus Design .................................................................... 2-18 Figure 2-10 Sasscer Park Design ............................................................................ 2-19 Figure 2-11 Santa Ana River Crossing ..................................................................... 2-20 Figure 2-12 Civic Center Drive Bike Lane ................................................................. 2-21 Figure 2-13 Candidate Locations for Operations & Maintenance Facilities .................... 2-23 Figure 2-14 Operations and Maintenance Facility Site A - Location and Configuration ... 2-24 Figure 2-15 Operations and Maintenance Facility Site A - Conceptual Layout ............... 2-25 Figure 2-16 Operations and Maintenance Facility Site B - Location and Configuration .... 2-26 Figure 2-17 Operations and Maintenance Facility Site B - Conceptual Layout ............... 2-27 Figure 2-18 4th Street Parking Scenarios ................................................................ 2-29 Figure 4-1 Existing Land Use ................................................................................. 4-6 Figure 4-2 Study Area Neighborhoods, Census Blocks, and Tracts ............................ 4-11 Figure 4-3 Population and Housing Densities .......................................................... 4-12 Figure 5-1 Land Acquisitions – Streetcar Alternatives 1 and 2: Study Area .................. 5-3 Figure 5-2 Land Acquisitions - – Streetcar Alternatives 1 and 2: PE ROW .................... 5-4 Figure 5-3 Land Acquisitions - Streetcar Alternatives 1 and 2: Raitt to Flower .............. 5-5 Figure 5-4 Land Acquisitions - Streetcar Alternatives 1 and 2: East of Flower .............. 5-6 Figure 5-5 Cumulative Projects ............................................................................ 5-29 List of Tables Table 2-1 Key Physical and Operational Attributes of Streetcar Alternative 1 .............. 2-6 Table 2-2 Key Physical and Operational Attributes Of Streetcar Alternative 2 ............ 2-10 Table 2-3 Key and Operational Attributes of Streetcar IOS-1 and IOS-2 .................... 2-16 Table 2-4 Typical Construction Sequence and Average Construction Time ................ 2-31 Table 4-1 Neighborhood Demographic and Socioeconomic Characteristics ................ 4-13 Table 4-2 County of Orange Economic Statistics ................................................... 4-22 Table 4-3 Employment by Industry ...................................................................... 4-22 Table 4-4 Summary of Employment Growth in Cities within the Study Area .............. 4-23 Table 5-1 Required Land Acquisitions .................................................................... 5-7 Table 5-2 Property Tax Revenue Losses ............................................................... 5-11 Table 5-3 Cumulative Projects ............................................................................ 5-25 Community Impact Assessment Page | ii October 2012 Santa Ana-Garden Grove Fixed Guideway Project List of Abbreviations ACS American Community Survey BRT Bus Rapid Transit CDC California Department of Conservation CEQ Council on Environmental Quality CEQA California Environmental Quality Act CIA Community Impact Assessment FAR Floor Area Ratio FMMP Farmland Mapping and Monitoring Program FPPA Farmland Protection Policy Act FTA Federal Transit Administration HCPs Habitat Conservation Plans IOS Initial Operable Segment LEP Limited English Proficiency LESA Land Evaluation and Site Assessment LRTP Long-Range Transportation Plan MPO Metropolitan Planning Organization NCCP Natural Communities Conservation Plan NEPA National Environmental Policy Act NRCS National Resource Conservation Service O & M Operations and Maintenance Facility OCTA Orange County Transportation Authority PE ROW Pacific Electric Right-of-Way ROW Right-of-Way RTP Regional Transportation Plan SARTC Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center SCAG Southern California Association of Governments SCS Sustainable Communities Strategy TMP Traffic Management Plan TOD Transit-oriented development TSM Transportation System Management USDA U.S. Department of Agriculture USDOT U.S. Department of Transportation Community Impact Assessment Page | iii October 2012 This page intentionally left blank. Santa Ana-Garden Grove Fixed Guideway Project Executive Summary This Community Impact Assessment (CIA) has been prepared as a background technical report to support the environmental analysis for the Santa Ana-Garden Grove Fixed Guideway Project. The purpose of this

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