Item 30 - EIR No. 2020-03 and GPA No.2020-06 Santa Ana General Plan Update

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Catalog of City of Santa Ana Draft General Plan Update Comments Received Post February 15, 2022 #Public Comments/Concerns Draft Policies and Implementation Actions Addressing Comments/Concerns City Response Source of Comment 120 Suggested Agency/Time Frame Change: Action S-2.5: PBA & CDA / Target Year: 2022 Ongoing Recommended Agency/Time Frame Change: Action S-2.5: PBA & CDA / Target Year: Ongoing The comment is noted and is recommended to be included in its entirety. City Council 121 Suggested New Action: Add an Implementation Action that establishes a permanent Environmental Justice staff person whose responsibilities are to make sure that the goals and implementation actions related to improving the environment for our communities are being implemented and followed through, such as following through on a truly collaborative process to identify solutions to address lead contaminated soil, and coordinating with State agencies, such as AQMD, DTSC, etc. to make sure that they are following through on complaints filed on offenders here in Santa Ana and that those agencies are not issuing an overconcentrated amount of pollution-producing permits. Recommended New Action: CM-3.9: Environmental Justice Staff. Identify funding and hire a full- time Environmental Justice staff member to collaborate with the community to guide the implementation of the environmental justice policies and actions including community outreach, collaboration on environmental health studies, pursuing grants, and coordination with federal, state, and local agencies regarding environmental concerns in the City. Agency: CMO/PBA and Target Year: 2022. The community comment is in alignment with comments provided by members of the City Council. Staff has prepared a recommended action to identify funding and hire a full-time EJ staff person per Council's input.Action revised in response to OCEJ comment that implementation of EJ policies and actions should be a collaboration and guided by the community. City Council 122 Recommended Agency/Time Frame: Action CM-3.9: CMO & PBA / Target Year: 2022.City Council 123 Suggested Action Change: Action LU-2.7: Fiscal Impact Model - Create Develop a project-level fiscal impact analysis model and that incorporates the appropriate mix of land uses to achieve fiscal sustainability, or at minimum, requirements that new development be fiscally neutrality or beneficial to the City into the development process to make informed land use decisions. Recommended Action Change: LU-2.7: Fiscal Impact Model. Develop a fiscal impact analysis model that incorporates the appropriate mix of land uses to achieve fiscal sustainability, or at minimum, fiscal neutrality to make informed land use decisions. Require the completion of this analysis in mixed-use land use designations and in proposed conversion of commercial uses to residential or mixed-use projects. This is a Staff revision to clarify the intent of the fiscal impact mode and its applicability. Staff 124 Suggested Action Change: Action LU-4.8: Mixed Use Lifestyles - Explore establishing Establish and implement thresholds in the Zoning Code to identify require minimum percentage of commercial uses to be included in mixed use land use designations, as supported by economic and fiscal studies and in proposed conversion of commercial uses to residential or mixed use projects. Recommended Action Change: LU-4.8: Mixed Use Lifestyles. Establish and implement thresholds in the Zoning Code to require minimum percentage of commercial uses to be included in mixed-use land use designations and in proposed conversion of commercial uses to residential or mixed-use projects. Staff is proposing these changes to clarify the intent of this action and its applicability to certain projects. Staff 125 There are no provisions for the City to engage in soil-lead testing in residential neighborhoods, and no clear process or agreed upon safety thresholds for identifying lead contaminated properties. Recommended Action Change: S-2.4: Lead Contamination. Work with state agencies including Department of Toxic Substances Control and South Coast Air Quality Management District, local and regional partners, such as Orange County Environmental Justice, Orange County Health Care Agency and University of California at Irvine Public Health, to understand the prevalence, sources, and implications of lead contamination of soil across Santa Ana. Collaborate with such state agencies, local and regional partners and environmental justice stakeholders in proposing, selecting, and implementing measures to mitigate (i.e., remove, cover, and remediate) hazardous lead-contaminated soils in the city in a manner that includes key benchmarks and routine monitoring of soil lead levels to measure and track effectiveness of selected approach. Action has been modified to address community comment. Patricia Flores, OCEJ letter dated February 15, 2022 Page 24