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

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of right -of -way. In instances where there is less than 40 feet of right -of -way on one side of the centerline, property will need to be acquired on that side even if the alternative selected is for widening on the opposite side. Proposed mid -block css -sec ;ons, iaterseraon geometr'ics and bus turn -out specifications are illustrated in Figures 5, 6, and 7. None of the three alternatives include provisions for on- street parking. This is consistent with existing conditions and the City's policy for prohibiting on- street parking on major arterials. After evaluating the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS), the various oral and written comments received on the DEIS, and following a walk- through of the project area, the City Council selected a preferred alignment for the widening of Bristol Street. The selected alignment consists of a combination of the three widening alternatives described above, as follows: -- From Warner Avenue to Glenwood Place, widening would be from the centerline, following the 'both sides" alignment. -- From Glenwood Place to Edinger Avenue, widening would follow the "west side only' alignment, to avoid any disturbance of the Mater Dei High School site. From Edinger Avenue to Washington Street, widening would follow the "both sides" alignment -- From Washington Street to 17th Street, widening would follow the "east side only" alignment, to avoid any disruption to the Rancho Santiago Community College site. Between 17th Street and the Santiago Creek bridge, widening would follow the "west side only' alignment, to avoid any disruption to the Santiago Elementary School and Bristol Reservoir sites. The preferred alignment is illustrated in Figures 8A -8D, following. Right -of- way requirements and residential and business displacement impacts associated with the selected alignment are illustrated in Figures A through F in Appendix A. The preferred alignment was selected by the City of Santa Ana, on the basis of a careful balancing of the social, environmental, and fiscal costs of the three widening alternatives, and consideration of the City's Redevelopment Plan goals and objectives. Since due to the Redevelopment Plan, the preferred II -3 75C -48