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1 <br />Ocampo, Nuvia <br />From:Cedric Owens <cedricpowens44@gmail.com> <br />Sent:Wednesday, February 19, 2025 7:45 AM <br />To:eComments, PBA <br />Subject:Support for Transit Zoning Code/Specific Development No. 84 (SD-84) <br />Follow Up Flag:Follow up <br />Flag Status:Flagged <br /> Attention: This email originated from outside of City of Santa Ana. Use caution when opening attachments or links. <br />Subject: Support for Transit Zoning Code/Specific Development No. 84 (SD-84) Update. <br />Dear City of Santa Ana Planning Commission, <br />I am writing as a resident of the Transit Zoning Code area to strongly urge you to approve the <br />amendments to the TZC, with one change - storage units are industrial uses and do not belong in a <br />transit zone. <br />The health and safety of our community, especially our children and families, should remain a top <br />priority. As found in the research from UCI, industrial zone proximity is associated with increased <br />pediatric asthma. <br />Metal recyclers and waste dumps have no place 200 feet away from an elementary school, and a <br />crematorium has no place around the corner from homes and a neighborhood park. These types of <br />industries bring noise, air pollution, and health risks that are incompatible with the residential and <br />transit-oriented development we are working to build. The City Council has twice agreed unanimously <br />that industrial uses in this zone have placed an inequitable environmental and health burden on those <br />of us in the Logan and Lacy neighborhoods. The General Plan adopted by the City Council in 2022 <br />compels you to address these inequities by approving the proposed amendments. <br />Please do not allow outside business interests to override the concerns of the approximately 10,000 <br />residents who live here and deal with these health and safety concerns everyday. <br />Sincerely, <br />Cedric Owens <br />Resident of Santa Ana <br />*Mock K, Palma AM, Wu J, Billimek J, Lu KD. Breathing Room: Industrial Zoning and Asthma Incidence Using School District <br />Health Records in the City of Santa Ana, California. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Apr 15;19(8):4820. doi: <br />10.3390/ijerph19084820. PMID: 35457688; PMCID: PMC9032322. <br />FYI: 10,000 resident estimate is based on press release from city (linked below) which states that the TZC is <br />approximately 450 acres (.7 square miles) and that “Lacy and Logan are more densely populated than Santa Ana as a <br />whole, with a combined population density of 15,531.7 persons per square mile.” <br />https://www.santa-ana.org/city-of-santa-ana-moves-to-protect-oldest-neighborhoods-from-industrial-pollution-under- <br />historic-environmental-justice-initiative/ <br />  <br />Planning Commission 1 – 195 3/6/2025 <br />