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Flores, Dora From:Christine Eastwood <ceastwood574@gmail.com> Sent:Saturday, March 30, To:eComment Subject:McDonald's Project at Tustin/Santa Clara Attention: This email originated from outside of City of Santa Ana. Use caution when opening attachments or links. To Whom It May Concern With regard to the proposed zoning change to allow McDonald’s to build a giant 4,000 sq ft. fast-food restaurant on the two properties just west of the corner of Santa Clara and Tustin Avenues, my husband and I are vehemently opposed to this plan. We realize that the projected tax revenue is very attractive to the city, but at what cost to those of us who will bear the brunt of the increased traffic along an already busy street and intersection. Directly across the street from the proposed location is Plumfield Preschool. Traffic turning into and coming out of that school as parents drop off and pick up their children will be made significantly more difficult with the addition of a McDonalds and the traffic it will generate. It is already challenging at times to navigate through the area with the cars dodging around one another as they come and go from the shopping center and/or attempt to get into the left turn lane for Tustin Avenue. Traffic already backs up at times in the center lane. Furthermore, there is already a large number of cars that use Santa Clara as an alternative “quick” way to travel between Tustin and Grand Avenue. The one signal that has been installed at Wright Street helps some, but not enough. To invite yet more traffic onto this street that has the major ingress and egress points into the Santa Ana and Fairhaven Cemeteries seems ludicrous. It’s already very dangerous for people coming out of the cemetery and trying to turn onto Santa Clara. We have seen a number of traffic accidents on Santa Clara near Ridgewood because someone was going too fast or just didn’t see a car coming out. This has been brought to the city’s attention on several occasions, but to-date there is no action. And finally, the amount of trash that will be generated by yet another fast food restaurant should be mentioned. Those of us who live along Santa Clara are already subject to folks simply dumping their used cups, wrappers, bags, and uneaten food onto our property just because they find it easier than holding onto it until they get home or find a trash can. We already have a problem with this from the other fast food restaurants surrounding our neighborhood. I cannot even begin to imagine what this new business will generate. And it won’t have to be picked up by the business, it will fall on us, as residents. When we bought our property in 1985, we chose this location because it was a nice neighborhood filled with homes and some apartments. We are most assuredly not interested in having you turn it into a fast food court that grows ever closer to our doorsteps. We respectfully ask that you do NOT change the zoning. Help us keep our neighborhood intact. We do not need another fast food chain restaurant anywhere near this location. Respectfully submitted, Wallace and Christine Eastwood 13