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Orozco, Norma From: false < Sent: Monday, July 16, 2018 7:42 PM To: eComment Cc: Pulido, Miguel; Martinez, Michele; Sarmiento, Vicente; Solorio, Jose; Benavides, David; Villegas, Juan; Tinajero, Sal Subject: City Council Meeting 7/17/18 Good day, Thank you for taking the time to read my thoughts and input on this situation. I apologize I do not have the time to come to the meeting in person. This time of the day I'm picking up my kids and working my way back home from the surrounding area. Two young children at a city council meeting... is a poor decision. I am specifically writing about my opposition to the proposal to rezone the property at 1440-1450 E 17th Ave to a public charter high school (Ednovate CHS). I live on Linwood Ave. I am daily getting on 17th from Linwood and heading towards the 55. 1 drive past the area on a regular basis. Traffic in the morning is decent, it flows well and the congestion really begins at Tustin Ave. The traffic will certainly be horrendous with a school there. The traffic will certainly back up badly for people living on and Wright street. The neighbors who have friends there are dreading it as well. Even if the school is as small as initially claimed, it will grow over time, we have seen this happen at Muir Elementary. Try driving down Mabury before school gets out. You'll be sitting on 18th for a long time. The folks I've talked with there are very frustrated trying to get home or go out during school hours. Parents park all over, illegally (red zones) and no action is taken. As far as my family and neighbors life on Linwood Ave. We live on a beautiful street, wonderful neighbors and it's a lovely pocket here on this side of town. Parking is easily found normally (outside of a weekend party which usually clears by 11 pm at the latest). We don't have those horrible parking permits like many parts of Santa Ana does. My friends and family can visit and park in front of my house anytime they wish usually. It's wonderful. We have no desire to start a parking permit on our street. The addition of a high school will most certainly increase our traffic on the street as well as surrounding streets. With Wright congestion significantly increased it's only a matter of time before parents (and students) figure out that parking and waiting on Linwood (both sides of 17th) for drop off/pick ups is much easier. Just a walk around the block. Linwood is a busy street at times and a feeder into the lower streets off 17th. With the added congestion it will be noisier and busier in general. Which is a shame, being that currently one can sit outside, enjoy the breeze and have some peace and quiet with out seeing people idling in their cars waiting for a student(s) or waiting to drop someone off. Finally, my last concern and reason my family opposes such rezone is that the light at Linwood is very slow and not so hot. 17th is busy at end of day and parts of the morning. I assume parking would be from 17th onto Wright. I can see an increase in accidents when one is heading westbound on 17th and attempting an unprotected left turn onto Wright. Also anyone attempting to come down Wright and cross 17th and all 6 lanes + center turn (insane) will happen. Poor decisions are made in rushed times. An increase of accidents will be a significant increase and delays on all neighboring areas and streets. When Wright becomes backed up, the far right lane (#3) on 17th would also be backed up to a stop while traffic slowly creeps onto Wright. Recipe for disaster. Usually when traffic backs up as such (as seen by 17th/Tustin Ave/55) red lights are ran through, people hang their cars in the intersection and safety is significantly reduced for pedestrians, drivers and their occupants. We feel (and talking with my neighbors here on Linwood Ave) that a relocation of this idea would be a better solution. There are many great buildings in Santa Ana that could be used for a nice Charter High School that would not significantly impact residential areas and the residents who regularly use the streets and parking for themselves and their families. I am sure that a suitable location off a major street can be found. For the safety of the students and the reduction of congestion in this area of Santa Ana.