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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 />ENVIRONMENTAL RISK & REMEDIATION
<br />133 Clearer data visualizations for EJ impacts: MPNA requests a better
<br />understanding of the cumulative and overlapping environmental impacts on
<br />EJ communities at risk of pollution exposure. a) Understandable visuals help
<br />communicate the gravity of EJ issues in each community to residents. b)
<br />Residents should know the City understands the extent of the pollution
<br />problem, and is addressing the EJ issues residents face. c) A clear
<br />understanding between residents and City officials provides a baseline for
<br />measuring progress on remediation goals.
<br />Recommended Action Change: CN-1.14: Expanded Interactions. Identify opportunities to expand
<br />attendance and support neighborhood associations and community groups to hold regular
<br />meetings with City staff and decision-makers in neighborhoods within environmental justice
<br />communities, so that residents, community organizations, and businesses can communicate their
<br />unique issues and needs, as well as their recommendations on how best to implement
<br />environmental quality, environmental health, and environmental justice policies. Arrange for
<br />language interpretation services as needed at these meetings so that all residents can participate.
<br />Through the collaboration of local and regional stakeholders, community groups and the City
<br />(proposed Action CN-1.10 Interagency Team) and increased participation in community
<br />meetings, additional mapping tools to assist with communication, visualization, and outreach
<br />will be developed in accordance with community needs. The City will continue to monitor
<br />data and revise visualizations to be user-friendly and accessible. In addition, links to the
<br />California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) website and map
<br />viewer which identifies EJ tracts and provides map layers based on indicators utilized in
<br />determining EJ scores are published in the Environmental Quality webpage to assist residents
<br />in locating the information.
<br />MPNA Attachment II,
<br />2.18.22
<br />134 Cumulative Impact Analyses: MPNA requests that the City incorporate into
<br />the General Plan Update maps and other visualizations depicting the overlap
<br />of water, soil, and air pollution and hazardous and toxic waste sites in Santa
<br />Ana. a) Existing maps from CalEnviroScreen (CES) in the EJ Background
<br />Appendix of the DPEIR show the Madison Park Neighborhood faces pollution
<br />exposure from air quality, toxic cleanup sites, groundwater threats, hazardous
<br />waste, and lead. b) The City should include details (zoomed-in versions) of
<br />these maps for every EJ Community in Santa Ana. c) These maps should be
<br />periodically updated for EJ Community Meetings. d) These results should
<br />distinguish between existing emissions, ongoing emitters, and newly planned
<br />emission sites.
<br />Existing Action: CN-1.10: Interagency Team. Establish an environmental quality interagency team to
<br />evaluate, monitor, and make recommendations to address air quality and environmental hazard
<br />issues, with a special focus on environmental justice areas. Publish results and information on the
<br />City’s website through a dedicated Santa Ana Environmental Quality webpage.
<br />The designation of a census tract as an EJ area is the result of a cumulative analysis of all of the
<br />indicators that the CalEnviroScreen methodology uses. Additionally, as the numerous
<br />programs to address EJ are undertaken, tailored visualizations for topical area or geographic
<br />area will be provided as needed. Moreover, designation of census tracts as EJ and census tract
<br />scores will continue to change based on new data and updates to the CalEnviroScreen. As
<br />such, providing up to date maps with the latest data and designations on the City's
<br />Environmental Quality webpage is a more optimal solution to providing the community up to
<br />date information.
<br />MPNA Attachment II,
<br />2.18.22
<br />135 Maps of Emitters: MPNA requests maps marking where the current permit-
<br />holders for emissions of any kind of pollution are located. Similarly, there
<br />should be separate map details for each EJ Community. a) Along with these
<br />maps, there should be explanations for how development will likely change
<br />the area over the next 25 years.
<br />Existing Action: CN-1.10: Interagency Team. Establish an environmental quality interagency team to
<br />evaluate, monitor, and make recommendations to address air quality and environmental hazard
<br />issues, with a special focus on environmental justice areas. Publish results and information on the
<br />City’s website through a dedicated Santa Ana Environmental Quality webpage.
<br />The California Department of Toxic Substances provides an interactive map viewer where
<br />members of the public can view location of permit holders, contaminated sites, and status of
<br />permits, with the option of only viewing permits in EJ tracts. https://dtsc.ca.gov/ Through
<br />the creation of the Environmental Quality webpage, this resource and others like it will be
<br />published on the City's webpage for ease of access and awareness.
<br />MPNA Attachment II,
<br />2.18.22
<br />EMISSION STUDIES / PLANNED REMEDIATION IN EJ COMMUNITIES
<br />136 The Plan should aim to reduce and eliminate existing emissions / toxic sites,
<br />and limit or avoid new sources of emissions and toxics. The current plan fails
<br />by not fully addressing remediation goal
<br />A number of policies and actions address this comment. The Draft Plan includes a number of policies and actions that directly seek to reduce and/or
<br />eliminate heavy industrial uses near residences through development standards, incentives
<br />and amortization programs, creation of new land use designations that, if adopted, will no
<br />longer permit heavy industrial (Industrial Flex--South Main Street Focus Area and West Santa
<br />Ana Blvd.), and examining the feasibility of implementing new laws to prohibit heavy industry
<br />near homes. In addition, there are a number of actions that if adopted will lead to the City
<br />working more closely with air pollution regulating agencies to reduce pollution emissions. To
<br />see related actions see draft actions LU-3.2, LU-3.3, LU-3.4, LU-3.15, LU-3.23, LU-4.6, CN-1.1,
<br />CN-1.4, CN-1.5, CN-1.6, CN-1.7,CN-1.9, CN-1.12, CN-1.17, S-2.1, S-2.2, M-5.8, and draft policies
<br />m-1.7, CN-1.1, CN-1.3, CN1.15, CN-1.16, CN-1.18, OS-2.5, LU-3.12, and LU-4.3.
<br />MPNA Attachment II,
<br />2.18.22
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