CORRESPONDENCE - 75E (IN OPPOSITION)

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Orozco, Norma From: Sent: To: Subject: Clerk of the Council City of Santa Ana DEIR Section 4.11 Alan Fuller < Tuesday, January 29, 2019 9:48 AM eComment City Council Meeting, Feb 5, 2019 Regarding the proposed high density housing development at 2525 N. Main, I am very opposed to this being passed by your department. The traffic impact on the city and our neighborhood will be unbelievable. To put the full time population of at least 1,000 people and at least 2,000 cars at the apex of our neighborhood is terrible. First of all this is at a 5 — way intersection that is dangerous as is right now. To jam up Main Street with cars trying to enter or exit so close to a freeway off ramp is wrong . We do not want to mitigate this by having egress on Edgewood which would involve our traffic flow. There isn't enough room to stack more than 5 cars at a time at the light on Main Street. To ruin our city park with egress at the park entrance is not an option. This is zoned as professional and should remain as such. The implied traffic on the EIR study is inaccurate, as we have had professional office neighbors for 40 plus years without complaint. Addressing points on said DEIR: Section 4.11 Transportation and Traffic. 4.11.3 Environmental Setting 1) Traffic Study Area a) The intersections listed in Table 4.11-1 has errors and omissions. Intersection 9 listed as Main Street/Edgewood/1-5 Ramps is two intersections that should be evaluated individually: i) Traveling south on Main Street, there is an intersection with Edgewood to the east and the 1-5 N HOV lane entrance to the west. (The HOV entrance is scheduled to be removed.) ii) Traveling north on Main Street or on 1-5 and exiting on Main Street North is a separate signalized intersection south of Edgewood. b) The existing roadway segments listed in table 4.11-2 and table 4.11-4 do not include Lawson Way, which is central to projects 6, 7, 8, and 25 on Table 4.1, as well as providing access from 22E/Town & Country exit to Table 4.1 project 22 and this proposed project. The cumulative impact of all these projects on Lawson Way should be included in the DEIR. Section 4.11.6 Environmental Impacts 1) The analysis in the DEIR does not cover the cumulative impacts of residents of projects 6,7,8,22,25 on Table 4.1, as well as the proposed project, using the Park Santiago neighborhood as a bypass for 1-5 and/or Main Street. This is a real concern. The City has previously had to mitigate "through traffic" in the Park Santiago neighborhood by closing Santiago Street at the park, adding speed bumps to Santiago Street, and closing the intersection of Lincoln and Fairhaven. The potential impact from increased trips using the residential neighborhood in lieu of 1-5and Main Street has not been evaluated. This would