|
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 />103 Suggested Action Change: Action LU-3.26: Health conditions - Work with
<br />Orange County Health Care Agency and local stakeholders including Orange
<br />County Environmental Justice and UC Irvine Public Health to identify baseline
<br />conditions for lead contamination in Santa Ana, routinely monitor indicators
<br />of lead contamination, and measure positive outcomes. Collaborate with
<br />these organizations to secure grant funds for soil testing, remediation (i.e.,
<br />bioremediation, covering, removing), and prevention activities for residential
<br />properties in proximity to sites identified with high soil lead levels, with a
<br />focus on Environmental Justice census tracts. Publicly report findings from
<br />regular monitoring of soil lead levels and remediation and prevention
<br />activities.
<br />Recommended Action Change: LU-3.26: Health Conditions. Work with state agencies including
<br />Department of Toxic Substances Control and South Coast Air Quality Management District, Orange
<br />County Health Care Agency, and local stakeholders including Orange County Environmental Justice
<br />and UC Irvine Public Health to identify baseline conditions for lead soil and air contamination in
<br />Santa Ana, routinely monitor indicators of lead suchcontamination, and measure positive
<br />outcomes. Collaborate with these organizations to secure grant funds for soil and air testing,
<br />remediation (e.g., bioremediation, covering, removing, air filtration), and prevention activities for
<br />residential properties in proximity to sites identified with high soil lead levels of soil pollution
<br />(including sites identified with soil lead levels of 80 ppm or higher), and air pollution with a focus on
<br />communities disproportionately affected by soil contamination.
<br />Action has been revised to include suggested language, but does not include addition of new
<br />sentence at the end of action. Action CN-1.10 already addresses community comments related
<br />to making any environmental hazard or site history information public through publishing such
<br />reports on the Environmental Quality webpage (webpage is proposed as part of Action CN-
<br />1.10). Per March 28, 2022 roundtable, new revisions related to soil and air included in
<br />response to MPNA comments to broaden collection of baseline conditions. Reference to 80
<br />ppm added in response to OCEJ comments in context of pursuing grant funding.
<br />Alana M.W. LeBron,
<br />et.al., UCI letter
<br />dated March 11, 2022
<br />104 Suggested Action Change: Action LU-3.29: Development site history - Update
<br />the City’s Development Review application process to require developers to
<br />provide information regarding the prior use of the site and history of
<br />hazardous materials on the property, in order to identify potential for site
<br />contamination from hazardous materials or soil lead contamination to be
<br />remediated. Make development site history publicly accessible.
<br />N/A Making development project related documents is vital to maintaining a transparent
<br />development process. As such, and as already required by the City's Sunshine Ordinance,
<br />development projects are required to create project specific webpages where plans, reports,
<br />and renderings are published and available for public review. If the draft General Plan Update
<br />is approved and development site history reports are required, reports generated will be
<br />posted to the project webpage like the other documents. Suggested language is not needed as
<br />making such data publicly available is already required.
<br />Alana M.W. LeBron,
<br />et.al., UCI letter
<br />dated March 11, 2022
<br />105 Suggested Action Change: Action HP-1.5: Historic design standards - Update
<br />historic design standards for preserving historic setting and context,
<br />incorporating best practices related to landscape design, front yard fences,
<br />other property features, and remediation of lead-based paint and lead-
<br />contaminated soil.
<br />N/A Action HP-1.5 is strictly related to design. While lead contamination is an important issue
<br />facing Santa Ana communities, it is not germane to this actions and is already being addressed
<br />through other policies and actions such as action LU-3.6 Lead Paint Abatement and action S-
<br />2.4 Lead Contamination.
<br />Alana M.W. LeBron,
<br />et.al., UCI letter
<br />dated March 11, 2023
<br />106 Suggested Action Change: Action LU-4.3: Public improvements in activity
<br />nodes and focus areas - Create a public realm plan for each activity node and
<br />focus area to establish a unified vision for long-term improvements to streets,
<br />sidewalks, plazas, other public spaces, and placemaking elements. Identify soil
<br />contamination reduction opportunities and other public improvement
<br />priorities and pilot projects for each focus area. [Sic ] Program priority
<br />improvements and pilot projects into the City's Capital Improvement Program.
<br />Suggested Language, LU-4, IA 4.7: Construction improvements. Identify best
<br />practices and communication tools to reduce soil contamination and monitor
<br />mitigation measures and oversight of private and public construction
<br />improvements to protect the soil, health and safety of workers, the
<br />community, and the soil, with focus on environmental justice areas.
<br />Recommended Action Change: LU-4.3: Public Improvements in Activity Nodes and Focus Area.
<br />Create a public realm plan for each activity node and focus area to establish a unified vision for long-
<br />term improvements to streets, sidewalks, plazas, other public spaces, and placemaking elements.
<br />Identify public improvement priorities and pilot projects for each focus area and include them in
<br />the City's Capital Improvement Program. Program priority improvements and pilot projects into the
<br />City's Capital Improvement Program
<br />Soil contamination reduction is an important issue facing Santa Ana communities. As such,
<br />there are numerous policies and actions specific to that issue. Augmenting soil contamination
<br />to this action, which is to formulate a vison and plan for public improvements at activity
<br />nodes, is not germane or necessary. Additional edits have been added to action for clarity.
<br />Alana M.W. LeBron,
<br />et.al., UCI letter
<br />dated March 11, 2024
<br />Page 21
|