Item 17 - Appropriation Adjustments for Bristol Improvement Project Phase 4

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Bristol Street Corridor Specific Plan March 2018 way between Warner Avenue and Memory Lane at the time, r Bristol Street Corridor Specific Plan acquiring additional needed right-of-way and the related I impacts of such land acquisition (i.e., residential and business displacement) was a major issue addressed in the EIS. Public comments on the project generally supported the need for the widening, provided that affected property owners would be adequately compensated for the economic costs resulting from the project. In addition, a major concern was that the widening should not adversely affect the several major community facilities currently located along this segment of the corridor: Mater Dei High School, Santa Ana College, Santiago Elementary School, and the John Garthe Reservoir. As adopted in 1991, the preferred alternative called for the widening of a 3,9-mile section of Bristol Street between Warner Avenue and Memory Lane from four lanes to six lanes. In order to avoid impacts on major community facilities, the widened roadway would have a meandering centerline shift. While right-of-way along most of the corridor would be acquired equally from both sides of the roadway, in areas adjacent to the major public facilities, all the right-of-way would be acquired from the side opposite the facility. Further widening would be provided at key intersections to accommodate additional right and left turn lanes and bus turnouts. To accommodate the proposed right-of-way widths, a section as much as 20- to 60-feet deep would need to be acquired from the frontage of existing developed parcels. The widened street section itself would provide for three travel lanes in each direction with a 14-foot wide, raised center median that could be fully or partially landscaped (Figure 5-6), Construction on Bristol Street during street widening project in, November 2010. The findings of the EIS indicated that the street widening project would have a number of beneficial effects on the Bristol Street Corridor including improved drainage, air quality, aesthetics, circulation, and noise attenuation. Adverse impacts related to the street widening included the potential displacement of existing residential and business uses, and potential short-term construction impacts relating to circulation, noise, dust, and utility relocation. The Bristol Street Corridor Specific Plan was originally prepared as a direct consequence of the policies, goals, objectives, and improvements approved and adopted as part of the former Bristol Corridor Redevelopment Plan and the Bristol Street Widening Project. Its function is twofold. First, the Plan is a tool for implementing mitigation measures to reduce identified impacts. Specifically, the Plan identifies which existing uses can be retained, where displaced uses can be relocated within the planning area, how to reuse irregular and substandard parcels created by the right-of-way acquisition, and how to best address environmental constraints such as noise. Secondly, the Specific Plan is a mechanism for addressing in a more detailed fashion, the goals and objectives in the City's General Plan. The Bristol Street Widening Project, because with the right-of-way acquisition, creates an excellent opportunity to move forward while achieving other development objectives. Specifically, the Plan continues to reexamine stagnant, underutilized, or disturbed parcels; reduce blighted conditions by identifying structures which need to be removed; mitigate environmental impacts and compatibility conflicts with adjacent residential neighborhoods; and provide landscape and urban design guidelines which will upgrade the overall character of the corridor. These improvements have attracted new private sector investment to the area and improved the business Page 17