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Bristol. This space could be used as a designated right turn lane which would alleviate the problem. (In the meantime, if the green light were longer, it would help) Even more important is the issue of safety in the event of emergency. People will not be able to get out of the neighborhood and emergency vehicles will have trouble getting in and out if this problem is not fixed! Widening Bristol provides the opportunity to do so and it should not be missed! POINT 3: In terms of modifying the plan in a way that would allow the Bristol Street Coalition people to stay on their property, we think this is very unwise and urge you not to reduce the width of the Bristol as planned. Leaving the buildings is bad planning, increases risks to vehicles and pedestrians alike and may leave the City open to liability when accidents occur. No matter how you figure it, it would put these businesses too close to the street and would create a safety hazard for vehicles coming and going from their properties. In addition, there is a lot of foot traffic along Bristol. Not doing a "full- take" would put pedestrians on a too narrow sidewalk, too close to the street, without any room for a buffer. From an aesthetic point of view, the plan to remove the buildings would allow future development that looks coherent with the newer development done by Santa Ana College across Bristol and the corners of 17th and Bristol. There is nothing architecturally or historically distinctive about the businesses' buildings that would dictate their preservation. Leaving them in place would leave no room for landscaping along the stretch of Bristol either. We want that part of the street to finally look attractive and we think the City should want that too! Ideally we would like the edge of our neighborhood to look like the beautifully landscaped and lighted area on South Bristol, but we know that won't happen. Still, we should at least leave room for some trees and plants along the street. We are sympathetic to the owners of these businesses. They have provided professional services and community services to the City of Santa Ana for many years and we applaud them for it. We hope that the City will provide them generous assistance in relocation, preferable within the City of Santa Ana. POINT 4: We have waited patiently for years while toxic soil abatement has been conducted because it was once a gas station. The City is continuously spending a lot of money to maintain the chain link fencing and green wrapping around the lot. It is regularly breached, tom, graffitied. We have been told that it will be remediated when the widening occurs. It looks like that is going to be another few years. This is fiscally unwise for the City and really unfair to us! It is a major entrance to our neighborhood and it looks terrible! It negatively affects our property values.