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Response PH1 -16 — Ruby Cardenas The EA /DEIR equally assessed Streetcar Alternative 1 along 4 "' Street and Streetcar Alternative 2 along 5`h Street. Response PH1 -17 — Ruby Cardenas The comment requesting an attractive streetcar system was forwarded to the decision makers for consideration. The comment is not directly related to the content or adequacy of the EA /DEIR, and no further response is necessary. Response PH1 -18 — Raul Yenez Section 2.9 on page 2 -29 of the EA/DEIR describes the public outreach for the development of alternatives, scoping, and circulation of the EA /DEIR. Section 3.5 on page 3 -61 of the EA /DEIR discusses additional public outreach in relation to targeting populations of EJ concern. The City has confirmed that notices were sent to multiple properties owned by the commenter. See Response PH1 -1 related to community outreach and distribution of notices for a detailed description of how the project complied with the CEQA and Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) Guidelines regarding noticing and public involvement. Response PH 1-19 — Raul Yenez The support for the Streetcar Alternative 2 was forwarded to the decision makers for consideration. See Response PH1 -2(1) related to construction impacts. See Response PH1 -15 for effects along 4`" Street. A comprehensive community outreach program would be developed prior to the start of construction activities. For business owners and commercial property owners, the disruption of construction activities would involve multiple construction crews operating along the corridor simultaneously. As stated on page 3 -202 of the EA/DEIR, access to businesses would be maintained during operating hours. In addition, the second sentence in the second to last paragraph on page 3 -202 of the EA/DEIR has been revised to state that signage would be posted to alert customers that businesses are open during construction and wayfinding to businesses whose access is disrupted. Signs would also be posted alerting nearby businesses of temporary lane reductions, weekend or nighttime closures, and /or detours. Construction would be completed in coordination with Downtown stakeholders and the business community in order to minimize potential impacts from construction, such as coordinating nighttime and weekend work. In addition, early construction plans call for the Downtown alignment to be constructed at the beginning of the construction process to limit impacts to businesses. Response PH 1 -20 — Tish Leon The public meetings during the 45 -day review period of the EA/DEIR served as a forum for recording public comments and receiving testimony on the project and EA/DEIR, and not as a forum in which the City answered questions or engaged in a dialogue with the public. All comments made at the time of the meetings were recorded to become part of the administrative record for the project; these oral comments have been included in this REA/FEIR, for which a response to each comment has been provided. Santa Ana-Garden Grove Fixed Guideway Project REAIFEIR P a g e1200 January 2015 75A -258