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A ��J <br /> October 6, 2021 <br /> Via Email <br /> Santa Ana City Council <br /> 20 Civic Center Plaza <br /> Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br /> vsarmiento(&-Santa-ana.org, <br /> whan(&-Santa-ana.org, <br /> dpenaloza&Santa-ana.org, <br /> jessielopez(&-Santa-ana.M, <br /> pbacerra&Santa-ana.org, <br /> jryanhernandez(&-Santa-ana.org, <br /> nmendoza(rc�7,santa-ana.org <br /> Re: Santa Ana General Plan Update Open Space Element <br /> Dear Mayor Sarmiento and Councilmembers Phan, Penaloza, Lopez, Bacerra, Hernandez, and <br /> Mendoza: <br /> Rise Up Willowick appreciates the opportunity to comment on the City of Santa Ana's <br /> August 2021 draft General Plan Update ("the Update"). A memo to the Planning Commission on <br /> the Update's Open Space Element is attached as Exhibit A.' We previously submitted comments <br /> on an earlier draft of the Update in an October 6, 2020 letter to City planning staff, attached as <br /> Exhibit B, and a November 9, 2020 letter to the Planning Commission, attached as Exhibit C. <br /> Those earlier comments remain relevant to the draft Update and are hereby incorporated by <br /> reference. <br /> The policies and implementation actions in the Update's Open Space Element seek to <br /> avoid loss of parkland and create new public parkland,prioritizing currently underserved areas <br /> and requiring private developments to create public open space. We commend the City for <br /> revising these measures in response to public comments received on the previous draft Update. <br /> However, the Open Space Element still falls short in several respects. <br /> 1 These comments do not discuss the adequacy of the Update's accompanying Recirculated Draft <br /> Program Environmental Impact Report("RDPEIR")under the California Environmental Quality <br /> Act, which is addressed in a separate letter to City planning staff submitted on behalf of Rise Up <br /> Willowick by Shute, Mihaly & Weinberger LLP. <br />