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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 />151 Santa Ana Suggests: Action CM-3.6 Fresh and healthy foods. “Pursue
<br />programs, incentives, and/or grants to encourage urban agriculture and small
<br />grocery or convenience stores to sell fresh foods in the city, especially those
<br />within environmental justice area boundaries. Examples include grants or
<br />loans to purchase updated equipment, publicity, or directories of healthy
<br />food outlets, or connecting stores to wholesale sources of healthy, local, or
<br />organic food.” Santa Ana Is Missing: A policy to measure and increase fresh
<br />and healthy food access for environmental justice communities Santa Ana
<br />Could Adopt: A policy more like that of the City of Chino’s Policy P4 “In areas
<br />identified as underserved with healthy food sources, the City shall consider
<br />financial incentives to attract grocery store-anchored retail centers” with
<br />Actions A2-A5 to “Conduct a study to identify areas of the City that are
<br />underserved by grocery stores... attract retail that is currently lacking, such as
<br />grocery stores, work with brokers and existing stores to identify sites that
<br />could be appropriate for a specific store... Monitor vacancy rates and sales tax
<br />performance for retail areas in the City... [and] Actively recruit retail stores by
<br />marketing available sites and devoting staff time to working with potential
<br />tenants”
<br />Recommended New Action: CM-3.6A: Food Deserts. Collaborate with Orange County Health Care
<br />Agency (OCHCA) to gather and map food desert data, and share publicly through the City's
<br />Environmental Quality webpage.
<br />Food deserts were researched as part of the development of the draft General Plan. That
<br />research revealed that no food desert areas currently exist in Santa Ana. To monitor and
<br />visualize this data, staff recommends adding a new action to collaborate with OCHCA to gather
<br />and map data and make it available to the public through the Environmental Quality webpage
<br />(webpage is proposed as part of Action CN-1.10). Once the data is gathered and mapped,
<br />funds and effort resulting from Action CM-3.6 to create a program to expand fresh and healthy
<br />food options in the City and can be tailored and targeted at any areas that may develop into
<br />food deserts over time.
<br />MPNA Attachment IV,
<br />2.18.22
<br />152 Santa Ana Suggests: Policy CM-3.2 Healthy Neighborhoods “Continue to
<br />support the creation of healthy neighborhoods by addressing public safety,
<br />use conflicts, hazardous soil contamination, incompatible uses, and
<br />maintaining building code standards.” Santa Ana Is Missing: A policy that
<br />identifies how such public safety issues will be identified and addressed Santa
<br />Ana Could Adopt: A policy more like that of the City of Alameda’s Policy 4.2
<br />“Stimulate neighborhood and community improvement by providing financial
<br />and technical assistance in the form of low interest loans, technical assistance
<br />and code enforcement,” Policy 4.9 “to support programs designed to
<br />rehabilitate deteriorated units and encourage the maintenance and minor
<br />repair of structurally sound housing units,” and Policy 4.13 “to provide
<br />ongoing infrastructure maintenance in existing residential neighborhoods
<br />through the capital improvement program.”
<br />A number of policies and actions address this comment. Providing healthy neighborhoods, specifically safe and sanitary housing as referenced in the
<br />comment, is of great importance and is addressed in both the General Plan Update and the
<br />Housing Element Update. The General Plan Update provides actions to help build and
<br />strengthen community, while the Housing Element Update provides actions related funding
<br />for rehabilitation and maintenance, facilitating workshops for owners and renters to
<br />understand landlord-tenant responsibilities, and ensuring neighborhood safety and
<br />infrastructure are addressed through the Capital Improvement Plan. See actions CM-1.7, CM-
<br />1.8, OS-2.2, OS-3.2, LU-4.3, M-1.5, PS-1.6, HE-1, HE-2, HE-3, HE-4, HE-10, HE-11, and HE-12.
<br />MPNA Attachment IV,
<br />2.18.22
<br />153 Santa Ana Suggests: Policy CM-3.3 Healthy Residential Programs “Invest in
<br />programs and public improvements that educate residents about
<br />opportunities to increase their physical activity and improve their health”
<br />Santa Ana Is Missing: A policy to educate the public on healthy residential
<br />programs Santa Ana Could Adopt: A policy more like that of the City of South
<br />Gate’s Policy P.3 “Information about community events should continue to be
<br />distributed to a wide range of community organizations including churches,
<br />senior facilities, schools, etc. using existing city-sponsored platforms such as
<br />the City website
<br />A number of policies and actions address this comment. Community engagement has been instrumental in the development of the General Plan
<br />Update and will continue to be instrumental to the decision making process moving forward.
<br />To that end, the Draft General Plan includes implementation actions to make community
<br />engagement and collaboration central to community education and decision making
<br />processes. See actions CM-1.1, CM-1.2, CM-1.3, LU-3.25.
<br />MPNA Attachment IV,
<br />2.18.22
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