|
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 />22 Suggested Agency/Time Frame Change: PBA / 2022 Ongoing Recommended Agency/Time Frame Change: PBA / Ongoing The comment is noted and is recommended to be included in its entirety. Collaborative Letter
<br />(MPNA, OCEJ,
<br />THRIVE, & Rise Up
<br />Willowick) received
<br />3.14.2022
<br />23 Suggested Action Change: Action CN-1.10: Interagency Team Environmental
<br />Justice Office. Establish an environmental quality interagency team justice
<br />office with at least one public health expert on staff to ensure community
<br />capacity to play a leadership role in implementation of policy,
<br />implementation, and decisions involving environmental quality and
<br />environmental justice issues; to coordinate across agencies to implement
<br />environmental justice aspects of the General Plan and to evaluate, monitor,
<br />and make recommendations to address air quality and environmental hazard
<br />issues, with a special focus on environmental justice areas; Ppublish results
<br />and information on the City’s website through a dedicated Santa Ana
<br />Environmental Quality web page.
<br />Recommended New Action: CM-3.9: Environmental Justice Staff. Identify funding and hire a full-
<br />time Environmental Justice staff member to collaborate with the community to guide the
<br />implementation of the environmental justice policies and actions including community outreach,
<br />collaboration on environmental health studies, pursuing grants, and coordination with federal,
<br />state, and local agencies regarding environmental concerns in the City. Agency: CMO/PBA and
<br />Target Year: 2022.
<br />The community comment is in alignment with comments provided by members of the City
<br />Council. Staff has prepared a recommended action to identify funding and hire a full-time EJ
<br />staff person per Council's input. Action revised in response to OCEJ comment that
<br />implementation of EJ policies and actions should be a collaboration and guided by the
<br />community.
<br />Collaborative Letter
<br />(MPNA, OCEJ,
<br />THRIVE, & Rise Up
<br />Willowick) received
<br />3.14.2022
<br />24 Suggested Action Change: Action CN-1.11: Public Education - Augment
<br />existing outreach programs to improve public awareness of State, regional
<br />and local agencies’ roles and resources to identify, monitor, and address air
<br />quality and other environmental hazards in the community; provide regular
<br />reports to residents and environmental justice stakeholders that identify air
<br />quality and other environmental hazards as well as strategies for risk
<br />mitigation; provide accessible reporting tools and facilitate quarterly forums
<br />for community members to raise concerns about heretofore unidentified
<br />environmental health issues and environmental hazards in their
<br />neighborhoods.
<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 />Community comment is already addressed through proposed Action CN-1.10 which will create
<br />the Environmental Quality webpage portal to publish data, maps, and resources.
<br />Collaborative Letter
<br />(MPNA, OCEJ,
<br />THRIVE, & Rise Up
<br />Willowick) received
<br />3.14.2022
<br />25 Suggested Action Change: Action CN-1.13: Community Survey On Health
<br />Lifestyles - Plan for and conduct a community survey of residents related to
<br />community health, air quality, parks, and community services; with focused
<br />outreach for environment justice concerns and priority areas (tie into other
<br />City efforts like Strategic Plan, park and recreation planning, community
<br />benefits, etc.). Report findings to surveyed communities, and collaborate with
<br />residents and community stakeholders to shape policy and implement
<br />environmental and public health interventions to address issues identified
<br />through the survey.
<br />Recommended Action Change: CN-1.13: Community Survey On Health Lifestyles. Plan for and
<br />conduct a community survey of residents every two years related to community health, pollution,
<br />parks, community engagement, and community services; with focused outreach for environment
<br />justice concerns and priority areas. Report findings of survey through the various media platforms
<br />and utilize input to inform periodic evaluation and update of General Plan.
<br /> Action has been revised to address the spirit of the suggestions. Through actions such as CN-
<br />1.10, results of surveys, analysis, and outcomes will be publicly accessible through the
<br />Environmental Quality webpage.
<br />Collaborative Letter
<br />(MPNA, OCEJ,
<br />THRIVE, & Rise Up
<br />Willowick) received
<br />3.14.2022
<br />26 Suggested Agency/Time Frame Change: CMO / 2022 Ongoing Recommended Agency/Time Frame Change: CMO / Every Two Years The timeframe has be modified to correlate with the survey proposed to take place every two
<br />years (Action CM-1.2).
<br />Collaborative Letter
<br />(MPNA, OCEJ,
<br />THRIVE, & Rise Up
<br />Willowick) received
<br />3.14.2022
<br />Page 5
|