(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) âEmployment center projectâ means a project with a floor area ratio of no less than 0.75 and that is located within a transit priority area. (2) âFloor area ratioâ has the same meaning as in Section 21099. (3) âTransit priority areaâ has the same meaning as in Section 21099. (b) Except as provided in subdivision (c), the requirements of this division are satisfied by an environmental impact statement prepared pursuant to the notice of intent described in subdivision (i) of Section 21189.70 and that meets the requirements of subdivision (d) for a transit-oriented development project, including a residential, employment center, or mixed-use development project, approved by the lead agency, located in the Old Town Center site, if the transit-oriented development project meets all of the following criteria: (1) The transit-oriented development project is proposed within a transit priority area. (2) (A) The transit-oriented development project is undertaken to implement and is consistent with the land use standards approved by the Navy and SANDAG for the Old Town Center site and the site plan for which the environmental impact report has been certified on or before December 31, 2022. (B) The site plan shall meet a vehicle miles traveled reduction of 25 percent below the regional average vehicle miles traveled identified in the sustainable communities strategy or alternative planning strategy applicable at the time of the approval of the site plan. (3) The transit-oriented development project is consistent with the general use designation, density, building intensity, and applicable policies specified in the Old Town Center site in either a sustainable communities strategy or an alternative planning strategy for which the State Air Resources Board, pursuant to subparagraph (H) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 65080 of the Government Code, has accepted SANDAGâs determination that the sustainable communities strategy or the alternative planning strategy would, if implemented, achieve the greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets. (4) (A) For a transit-oriented development project undertaken by a public agency, except as provided in subparagraph (B), an entity shall not be prequalified or short-listed or awarded a contract by the public agency to perform any portion of the transit-oriented development project unless the entity provides an enforceable commitment to the public agency that the entity and its subcontractors at every tier will use a skilled and trained workforce to perform all work on the transit-oriented development project or contract that falls within an apprenticeable occupation in the building and construction trades. (B) Subparagraph (A) does not apply if any of the following requirements are met: (i) The public agency has entered into a project labor agreement that will bind all contractors and subcontractors performing work on the transit-oriented development project or contract to use a skilled and trained workforce, and the entity agrees to be bound by that project labor agreement. (ii) The transit-oriented development project or contract is being performed under the extension or renewal of a project labor agreement that was entered into by the public agency before January 1, 2021. (iii) The entity has entered into a project labor agreement that will bind the entity and all of its subcontractors at every tier performing the transit-oriented development project or contract to use a skilled and trained workforce. (5) For a transit-oriented development project undertaken by a private entity, the transit-oriented development project applicant shall do both of the following: (A) Certify to the lead agency that either of the following is true: (i) The entirety of the transit-oriented development project is a public work for purposes of Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 1720) of Part 7 of Division 2 of the Labor Code. (ii
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