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• Maria Morales, addressed City Council to express concern as to <br />parking, rezoning, vandalism, and crime. <br />• Lisa Fernandez, expressed concern as to traffic congestion, lack of <br />parking, security, and vandalism; requested street light or speed bump <br />to address speeding problems have been turned down. <br />The Hearing closed. <br />Council discussion ensued. <br />Councilmember Villegas, noted at the time the project was presented his <br />request to create a substation that will provide a desk for officers to <br />periodically stop by and clarified it would not be a traditionally manned <br />substation. <br />Judson Brown, Housing Manager, confirmed developer's commitment to <br />provide a substation. <br />Mayor Pro Tem Martinez, concerned of entitlement and change in general <br />plan. Requested staff to provide review of current traffic pattern, <br />improvements to infrastructure, and environmental impact. Expressed <br />concern as to ongoing infrastructure maintenance funding, need for <br />incremental growth and sustainability. <br />Fred Mousavipour, Executive Director of Public Works, noted area has a <br />10,000 vehicles per day use and does not justify the street width. <br />Recommends reducing a lane and adding protective bike lane. Noted <br />sewer and water line capacity is sufficient for new development, and <br />developer's commitment to add additional street lighting. <br />Candida Neal, Acting Executive Director of Planning and Building, noted <br />that environmental impact report was addressed, ongoing infrastructure <br />investments being funded by new project, and parking study performed <br />confirmed project met parking requirements. <br />Councilmember Solorio, asked if project meets existing parking <br />requirements. Noted General Plan is available to the public online. Opined <br />City has invested resources on infrastructure in recent years and <br />expressed security needs could be addressed by filling police officer <br />vacancies. <br />MOTION: <br />1. Adopt a resolution. <br />RESOLUTION NO 2017-079 - A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY <br />COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA APPROVING MITIGATED <br />NEGATIVE DECLARATION, ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW NO. 2016- <br />165 AND GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT NO. 2017-02 FOR THE <br />PROPERTIES LOCATED AT 2223 AND 2237 WEST FIFTH STREET <br />CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 7 DECEMBER 19, 2017 <br />