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<br />1 <br /> <br />Recommended Clarifications to the Draft April 2022 General Plan <br /> <br />The following represents recommendations proposed by the community and City staff to the April 2022 version <br />of the Draft General Plan. The updated content is shown by element, with policy and implementation actions <br />displayed with tracked changes, with new content noted as underlined. <br /> <br />INTRODUCTION: <br />The following definitions under the Glossary section of the Introduction are proposed to be included as follows: <br /> <br />Open Space. Recreational and green spaces, including parks, commercial open space, manicured landscaped <br />areas, and public facilities such as trail corridors, water channels and rail infrastructure. <br /> <br />Park and Parkland. Publicly accessible sites and green space that are owned and/or managed by the City of <br />Santa Ana to support recreation and social gathering. <br /> <br />Park Deficient Area. Areas of the community that are outside the standard public parkland service radius such <br />as 1/2 mile for Community Parks and ¼ mile for Neighborhood Parks, respectively. <br /> <br />COMMUNITY ELEMENT: <br />The following Community Element policies/implementation actions are proposed to be amended as follows: <br /> <br />Community Input. Policy CM-1.2, Page CM-04 <br />Engage residents and community facility users with meaningful and effective participation to provide input <br />and involve them in the decision-making process for community facility improvements and programming. <br /> <br />Healthy Residential Programs. Policy CM-3.3, Page CM-09 <br />Invest in programs and public improvements that educate residents about opportunities to increase their <br />physical activity and improve their health, especially in environmental justice communities with higher risk of <br />negative public health outcomes. <br /> <br />Engage EJ Communities on Recreation and Cultural Programs. Action CM-1.1, Page CM-14 <br />Incorporate community stakeholders from environmental justice communities to form an Environmental <br />Justice Action Committee into existing and/or new ad hoc committees to guide the identification of <br />recreational and cultural programing needs and desires. Agency/Time Frame: PRCSA & PBA/2023 <br /> <br />Community Conversation. Action CM-1.2, Page CM-14 <br />Plan for and conduct a community survey every three two years related to community health, air quality <br />pollution concerns, parks, community engagement, and community service needs, with focused outreach to <br />environmental justice priority areas, utilizing various platforms, such as social media and school events, to <br />encourage substantial survey participation. Agency/Time Frame: CMO/2023 Every Two Years <br /> <br />Environmental Soil and Human Health Screening Measures. Action CM-3.8, Page CM-15 <br />Collaborate with Orange County Health Care Agency, and local stakeholders such as Orange County <br />Environmental Justice and UC Irvine Public Health, in efforts to provide increase healthcare services (i.e., blood