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Section 4.10 Public Services Section 4.10.2.6 Fire Protection Service Cumulative Impacts The cumulative impacts to fire protection service considers thewide area on Figure 4-1, and Section 4.10.2.6 uses traffic impacts over that area. Theccmclusion for the entire study area does not necessarily apply to the impacts to fire protection services for the Main Street corridor. Section 4.10.2.6 should be revised to evaluate the Cumulative Impacts of this prosect and proiects 6, 7, 8, 22, and 25 from Figure 4.1 on the Main Street corridor, and be DEIR should be reissued with the revised evaluation. 4.10.2.8 Fire Protection Services Mitigation Measures The need for fire protection mitigation measures should be evaluated for cumulative impact in the Main Street corridor of this prosect with multi -family housing protects 6. 7, 8, 22, and 25. Section 4.10.3.6 Police Services Cumulative Impacts Section 4.10.3.6 concludes that the cumulative impact of this project and other projects in the City of Santa Ana Police Department's (SAPD)_Northeast District would require two additional police officers. ****SAPD is already understaffed and unable to retain existing officers or hire new officers to reach its current staffing goal (per our meeting with SAPD earlier this year). The cumulative impact on the overstretched police services at current staffing levels should be evaluated, and the DEIR reissued with the Section 4.10.3.6 revised to reflect the evaluation. 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 Streetor 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 prosect 22 and this proposed Droiect The cumulative impact of all these sLrosects 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 OF REAL_CONCERNI The. city has previously had tomitigate "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 I -Sand Main Street has not been evaluated. This would especially relate to option C, with access from Edgewood in Park Santiago. 2) Freeway Segments. Table 4.115 shows the existing ;Level of Service (LOS) for all the freeway segments in the study area as unsatisfactory, and several are also shown as unmitigatible. The statement that the increase in freeway traffic due to the cumulative impact densification at the I-5/Main and SR 22LMain/Town & Country is insignificant because it is already unsatssfactory defies logic,_ 3) Table 4.11-16 Summary of Cumulative Project Trips refers to Figure 4.1 to locate the cumulative projects. Figure 4.1 omits several proiects shown in Table 4.11-16, and the