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Catalog of City of Santa Ana Draft General Plan Update Comments Received Post February 15, 2022
<br />#Public Comments/Concerns Draft Policies and Implementation Actions Addressing Comments/Concerns City Response Source of Comment
<br />90 Suggested Language: Rise Up Willowick recommends a strong commitment to the
<br />reuse of Willowick Golf Course for the purpose that this community has consistently
<br />wanted: parkland and affordable housing. The General Plan should advance this
<br />commitment by creating a separate designation for Willowick in Figure LU-4 and
<br />Table LU-3, "Open Space/Affordable Housing (OS-AH)." The OS-AH designation would
<br />allow open space and park uses, along with a limited amount of housing deed-
<br />restricted to be offered at cost below market rates. It would allow a density of 30
<br />dwelling units/acre, and allow housing and ancillary improvements to occupy up to 12
<br />acres of the Willowick site. It would have a typical maximum height of four stories.
<br />The General Plan description of the designation would read as follows: The Open
<br />Space-Affordable Housing designation ensures that the Willowick Golf Course site is
<br />developed to help meet Santa Ana’s needs for parkland and affordable housing. As of
<br />the adoption of this General Plan Update, the City of Garden Grove owns Willowick,
<br />but intends to close the golf course and redevelop the site. This offers Santa Ana a
<br />rare opportunity to guide the development of a large tract in the West Santa Ana
<br />Boulevard Focus Area, very close to Cesar Chavez Campesino Park and single-family
<br />home neighborhoods (designated LR-7 and LMR-11) to the north and northwest
<br />Open Space-Affordable Housing allows for the entire site to be kept in open space,
<br />with a wide variety of public uses available, including passive parkland, playgrounds,
<br />ballfields, and park-related structures. It also allows, but does not require,
<br />development of a portion of the site with relatively dense housing, which must be
<br />restricted to units provided at rates affordable to lower income households pursuant
<br />to Health and Safety Code Section 50079.5. Such housing may occupy no more than
<br />12 acres and must be in a contiguous area (not scattered among parkland). The height
<br />and density limits ensure that any housing will be constructed at a scale to provide a
<br />transition from the adjacent single-family-home neighborhoods to the new parkland,
<br />while maintaining the open space character of the majority of the acreage.
<br />N/A The General Plan update land use designation of Willowick Golf Course is Open Space and is
<br />not proposing any changes to this designation. This land is not owned by the City. Should the
<br />City Council desire to make changes to its designation, it should be addressed as a separate
<br />General Plan Amendment.
<br />Rise Up Willowick
<br />letter dated
<br />3.18.2022
<br />91 Suggested New Policy: Policy LU-XX: Support, with City funds as necessary and
<br />prudent, and encourage development on the Willowick Golf Course site
<br />consistent with the OS-AH designation, which would bring substantial public
<br />benefit. Change the land's designation or allowed uses with caution and only
<br />upon a finding, supported by strong evidence, that the proposed new use will
<br />provide equal or greater benefits to the city and people of Santa Ana.
<br />N/A The General Plan update land use designation of Willowick Golf Course is Open Space and is
<br />not proposing any changes to this designation. This land is not owned by the City. Should the
<br />City Council desire to make changes to its designation, it should be addressed as a separate
<br />General Plan Amendment.
<br />Rise Up Willowick
<br />letter dated
<br />3.18.2023
<br />92 Suggested Action Change: Action S-2.4: Lead contamination - Work with local
<br />and regional partners, such as Orange County Environmental Justice, Orange
<br />County Health Care Agency and University of California at Irvine Public Health,
<br />to understand the prevalence, sources, and implications of lead
<br />contamination of soil across Santa Ana. Collaborate with such local and
<br />regional partners and environmental justice stakeholders in proposing,
<br />selecting, and implementing solutions to mitigate (i.e., remove, cover, and
<br />remediate) hazardous lead-contaminated soils in the city in a manner that
<br />includes benchmarks (including but not limited to time benchmarks) and
<br />routine monitoring of soil lead levels to measure and track effectiveness of
<br />selected programs.
<br />Recommended Action Change: S-2.4: Lead Contamination. Work with state, local and regional
<br />partners, such as the Department of Toxic Substances Control, South Coast Air Quality District,
<br />Orange County Environmental Justice, Orange County Health Care Agency and University of
<br />California at Irvine Public Health, to understand the prevalence, sources, and implications of lead
<br />contamination of soil across Santa Ana. Collaborate with such state agencies, local and regional
<br />partners and environmental justice stakeholders in proposing, selecting, and implementing
<br />measures to mitigate (i.e., remove, cover, and remediate) hazardous lead-contaminated soils in
<br />the city in a manner that includes key benchmarks and routine monitoring of soil lead levels to
<br />measure and track effectiveness of selected approach.
<br />Action has been modified to address community comment. Alana M.W. LeBron,
<br />et.al., UCI letter
<br />dated March 11, 2022
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