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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 />154 Santa Ana Suggests: Action S-2.4 Lead Contamination “Work with local and
<br />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 environmental
<br />justice stakeholders in proposing solutions to remove hazardous
<br />lead-contaminated soils in the city and with benchmarks to measure and track
<br />effectiveness of proposed programs.” Santa Ana Is Missing: A policy to test,
<br />measure, record, maintain, reduce, and eliminate existing lead contamination,
<br />especially in areas disproportionately impacted by existing lead
<br />contamination. Ensure contaminated sites are remediated before new
<br />development occurs Santa Ana Could Adopt: A policy more like that of the
<br />City of Richmond’s Policy HL-40 “Ensure that contaminated sites in the city are
<br />adequately remediated before allowing new development. Engage the
<br />community in overseeing remediation of toxic sites and the permitting and
<br />monitoring of potentially hazardous industrial uses. Develop a response plan
<br />to address existing contaminated sites in the city...” and Action HW9.K for
<br />“standards dealing with the safe management of hazardous substances...
<br />[that] should require soil testing at development sites where contamination is
<br />suspected...”
<br />Existing Action: LU-3.29: Development Site History. Update the City’s Development Review
<br />application process to require developers to provide information regarding the prior use of the site
<br />and history of hazardous materials on the property, in order to identify potential for site
<br />contamination from hazardous materials or soil lead contamination to be remediated.
<br />The Draft Plan includes numerous actions aimed at addressing lead based contamination in
<br />the community, which were developed in partnership with community stakeholders. Lead
<br />contamination from non stationary sources like automobiles is a statewide problem and
<br />especially acute in urban environments where vehicle traffic is heaviest. The Draft Plan
<br />includes actions to help identify the exact cause of the pollution and to then seek funds to
<br />assist with remediation. The Draft Plan also includes actions to provide education related to
<br />renovations and construction on buildings that may have lead based products. Actions
<br />addressing lead contamination include S-2.4, LU-3.6, LU-3.17, LU-3.18, LU-3.19, LU-3.20, LU-
<br />3.21, LU-3.22, LU-3.24, LU-3.26, and LU-3.29.
<br />MPNA Attachment IV,
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<br />155 Santa Ana Suggests: Policy CM-1.2 Community Input “Engage residents and
<br />community facility users to provide input for facility improvements and
<br />programming.” Santa Ana Is Missing: A policy that effectively involves
<br />community members in the decision-making process Santa Ana Could Adopt:
<br />A policy more like that of the City of National City’s Goal HEJ-1 “Meaningful
<br />and effective participation, promotion of community capacity building, and
<br />fair treatment of all segments of the public in the process of creating a healthy
<br />environment and developing, adopting, implementing, and enforcing
<br />environmental laws, regulations, and policies” with Policy HEJ-1.1 “Facilitate
<br />the involvement of community residents, businesses, and organizations in the
<br />development, adoption, and implementation of community health initiatives
<br />and consider their input throughout the decision making process” Policy HEJ-
<br />1.2 to “Consider environmental justice issues as they are related to potential
<br />health impacts...” Policy HEJ-1.3 “Consider environmental justice issues as
<br />they are related to the equitable provision of desirable public amenities...”
<br />Policy HEJ-1.5 “Assure potentially affected community residents that they
<br />have opportunities to participate in decisions that affect their environment
<br />and health, and that the concerns of all participants involved will be
<br />considered in the decision-making process” and Policy HEJ-1.6 “Hold meetings
<br />and workshops at times and locations that are convenient for community
<br />members to attend, especially those that may be directly affected by a
<br />particular decision”
<br />A number of policies and actions address this comment. The Draft General Plan contains various policies and implementation actions related to
<br />increasing community engagement and participation, with a focus on increasing participation
<br />from community members that reside in environmental justice areas and historically
<br />marginalized groups. See actions OS-1.15, OS-2.8, CM-1.2, CN-1.3, CN-1.11, CN-1.14, CN-1.15,
<br />LU-3.25, and policies LU-3.2, and CM-1.2.
<br />MPNA Attachment IV,
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