75C - PH - BRISTOL EIR FROM WARNER TO ST. ANDREW

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from the school site. The strip of land is presently within a fenced _ playground area, mainly used by the school children. Use of the �. playground area by local-groups is also available, on a reservation basis. Openings in the fence allow pedestrian access to the playground after regular school hours. No joint -use agreement with the City of Santa - Ana has been established to use this site as part of the City park system. The School District is in the process of demolishing the existing classroom building and replacing it with a larger one, set further back ^� on the site. The new site /facilities plan will retain the playground area in the front of the lot. The new playground area has been designed to respect the widening of Bristol Street and no loss of playground utility would occur. The preferred alignment would result in a minor increase from existing noise levels, and would not change existing visibility or access to this playground. No proximity impacts will occur that would substantially impair the use of this playground. The City of Santa Ana loaned the School District the money for the acquisition of land for this elementary school, and the loan has now _ been paid. This arrangement occurred with the understanding that the necessary right -of -way would be reserved for the City for the Bristol Street Widening project The executed agreement, dated April 22, 1986, states the following: R "The District agrees to convey to the City, without cost to - the City, an easement for street purposes over the portion of the property which the City determines to be necessary for the widening of Bristol Street, such conveyance to be made upon the request of the City at any time after the District's acquisition of the property." A copy of the executed agreement may be reviewed in Appendix C. At _ the time of the agreement, the property was privately owned by the Bristol Street Baptist Church. The front yard area, abutting Bristol Street, was apparently used for playground purposes at that time, but not for organized athletic events and not as a part of the public playground system. Rancho Santiago Community College - This college campus is located at the southwest corner of Seventeenth Street and Bristol Street and would lose property along the frontage of 17th Street, as follows: a. Nineteen (19) feet of right -of -way would be acquired along the first 320 feet of the 17th Street frontage with ten (10) feet of right -of -way to be acquired along the same frontage, continuing for 100 feet beyond the initial 320 feet. Approximately 20 - IV -54 75C -189 ^