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Oroaco, Norma <br />From: <br />Larry Tay < <br />Sent: <br />Tuesday, June 04, 2019 11:06 AM <br />To: <br />eComment; Castaneda, Ruben <br />Cc: <br />Chris Cash <br />Subject: <br />City Council <br />Clerk of the Council: <br />This email is in response to the Notice of Public Hearing related to the Mainplace Mall Transformation Project and the <br />associated Resolution of Intent to Vacate Mainplace Drive between Main Street and Bedford Road. The City of Orange <br />expresses the following concerns over the proposed street vacation: <br />1. The realigned private drive aisle that replaces the vacated segment of Mainplace Drive provides a lower <br />capacity, less direct option for motorists having an origin on/via Main Street and destination on/via Bedford, <br />including the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA.) This could potentially affect long-standing traffic <br />patterns around OCTA and, at the same time, increase traffic on Main Street and La Veta Avenue. Moreover, <br />the proposed change could affect the quality of route options (access) to and from the OCTA parking garage for <br />both employees and visitors; and <br />2. If in the future, said private drive aisle were to be closed off, e.g., gated, deleted, or otherwise not traversable, <br />there could be potential diversion onto streets and intersections owned and operated by City of Orange. <br />Please feel free to contact me with any questions related to these expressed concerns, and thank you for the <br />opportunity to comment on this matter. <br />Regards, <br />Larry S. Tay, PE, TE, PTOE <br />Mgr. of Transportation Svcs./City Traffic Engineer <br />City of Orange Public Works Department <br />( <br /> <br />