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Alcala, Abigail From:pjl <PJL@roadrunner.com> Sent: 5:17 PM To:eComment Subject:Related South Bristol Oct 1 2024 Attention: This email originated from outside of City of Santa Ana. Use caution when opening attachments or links. RELATED DEVELOPMENT SOUTH BRISTOL Please do not approve this project without completely addressing these issues. These must be iron clad in the Development Agreement. More Public Beneﬁt from the developer, (at a minimum, adjusted for inﬂa?on from the last 4+ years) spent in the area around the development, with ac?ve input from the residents and businesses most impacted. 13 ACRES In various mee?ngs, we’ve heard folks posi?vely gush about the great 13 acre “park” in this development. Realis?cally, this is open space only for the residents. No one from outside the development will be going there speciﬁcally to enjoy the park, walk the dog, or have fun with the kids. (maybe with an ice cream from Hans’) there is nothing in the renderings that resembles a play area or sports facility, much less public restrooms. If there is no playing ﬁeld, it can’t possibly take any pressure oﬀ of any of the parks that currently host mul?ple soccer games, basketball, etc. on every weekend. (more residents will exacerbate the situa?on) If there is a provision for that, it will be diﬃcult for people to use it. Where are “outside” visitors going to park? They’re not going to use valet. Currently in many Santa Ana parks, the leagues bring their own goals, corner ﬂags, etc. That won’t be an op?on. How will they gain access to the area to unload / load equipment? It won’t be a convenient walk . How are they going to get their picnic baskets (?), beer and soda coolers, and chairs / umbrellas to the site? That issue currently exists; several parks are under-u?lized (for sports) because of access issues. (e.g. Lili King… really can’t park unless we pay oﬀ / twist the arms of SAUSD. Sandpointe… constant street parking already ﬁlled. There are folks that think the addi?on of 13 acres to the City resume is a great thing; and any increase helps. But the over-all value to everyone outside of the property is marginal. There will be resistance to any organized sports if it upsets in any way the atmosphere of expensive luxury apartments. Referees’ whistles, boisterous players, cheering, fans and their kids are not part of this development; not to men?on evening prac?ces and pick-up games. If you visit a “league play” day in a Santa Ana park, you know that ac?vity would not work in this development. If this is truly a windfall for the city, it should have provisions for weekend organized sports for the community. It should be ironclad in the Development Agreement. We know from sad experience that terms of Development Agreements are not always met (see Nexus NS2691). Any less-ac?ve ameni?es, tennis or pickle ball, for example, will undoubtedly be restricted by “reserva?ons,” card or code access, lack of restroom access, and parking issues. And consider that tennis / pickleball in Sandpointe isn’t exactly booked solid. The open space is private. Santa Ana Parks has not been a part of the discussion. There are no guarantees; and this isn’t the windfall that some proclaim it to be. It is illusional. EIR / Quality of Life The area surrounding this proposed development will be subject to high disrup?ons in the quality of life; up to 15-20 years of construc?on issues, culmina?ng in a 260% increase in “unmi?gable” traﬃc by phase II. They propose to use commercial ride sharing, which only INCREASES the number of trips v. a personal vehicle. 1