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Variance No. 2007-01 March 26, 2007 Page 6 The third issue involved the stoppage of trains on Fourth Street as they approach the Santa Ana station. Staff contacted representatives from Metrolink and the Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) railroad for information. Metrolink does not have trains stopping on Fourth Street; however, BNSF trains may occasionally need to stop for approximately 30 seconds while the switching station south of Fourth Street is operating. This should not interfere with vehicular traffic on Fourth Street as the BNSF trains run only six times per day and normally at off peak hours. Also, staff monitored the crossing on two occasions (8:00 to 9:30 a.m. and 3:30 to 5:00 p.m.) on March 16, 2007 and didn't observe any trains stopping on the tracks. Finally, an issue was raised regarding day laborers congregating at the si te. As a condition of the proj ect, "No Loi teringU signs will be posted at the facility in conformance with California Penal Code ("CPCU) Section 602. However, the Police Department would need to receive a complaint from the property owner to enforce the "no loiteringU provision. The project could be conditioned to require a private security guard to prevent on-site loitering. It is likely, however, that day laborers would find another location close to the site to congregate. Other cities have required on-site hiring trailers with restroom facilities to be provided. This alternative would require the site plan to be modified to accommodate this alternative. It is likely that some day laborers will use parking on the HD Supply site or in the surrounding area while they seek work and that the City will experience an increase in the number of day laborers that congregate on or near the site if the proposed project is approved. On March 20, 2007 a meeting was facilitated by City staff with representatives of HD Supply, the property owner, and members of the adj acent residential and industrial neighborhoods. The meeting topics focused on those items discussed during the previously mentioned public hearing and included concerns about parking intrusion into the neighborhood, hours of operation and delivery, potential for additional traffic on Santa Fe, Second and Third, potential for congregation of day laborers, potential for noise and potential for trucks backing out onto Fourth Street causing unsafe conditions and traffic delays. During the meeting the representatives of HD Supply clarified their operations for the neighbors in order to address their concerns about hours of operation, deliveries, potential for additional noise, their strategy for discouraging congregation of day laborers and the operation of the truck delivery area. The issue of additional traffic on Santa Fe and Second and Third was also discussed and staff proposed that the existing 31A-7