HomeMy WebLinkAbout5 - PUBLIC COMMENT_GORDONFrom:Flores, Dora
To:Bernal, Sarah; Fregoso, Vince; Thai, Minh; Gutierrez, Fatima; Pezeshkpour, Ali; !City Clerk
Subject:FW: Planning Commission Meeting - March 30, 2020 - One Broadway Plaza Project
Date:Monday, March 30, 2020 12:54:38 PM
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Good Afternoon,
The following communication pertaining to the Planning Commission meeting, has been
received for your review and consideration.
Kind Regards,
Dora Flores|Support Staff
Clerk of the Council Office | 20 Civic Center Plaza | Santa Ana, CA 92701
714-647-5278 | dflores5@santa-ana.org
www.santa-ana.org
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From: Thomas.A.Gordon [mailto:thomas.a.gordon@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, March 30, 2020 12:52 PM
To: Jeff Dickman <dickmanaj@att.net>
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Subject: Re: Planning Commission Meeting - March 30, 2020 - One Broadway Plaza Project
I echo Mr Dickman’s comments and respectfully request that an item as important as OBP be
discussed with full community involvement and that by postponing it 45 days would allow for
more community involvement and transparency on the part of the city.
Respectfully,
Thomas Anthony Gordon
714-679-3396
On Mar 29, 2020, at 9:44 PM, Jeff Dickman <dickmanaj@att.net> wrote:
Dear Chairperson McLaughlin;
One Broadway Plaza will create over 3,000 additional vehicle trips which will negativelyimpact the Downtown, Lacy, Logan, French Court and French Park Neighborhoods. OneBroadway Plaza will also degrade the health and safety of our community, and the qualityof life for thousands of Santa Ana residents who reside there.
Traffic already has a stranglehold on these neighborhoods, and One Broadway Plaza willonly worsen that problem. One Broadway Plaza will construct over 500,000 square feet ofnew developed space, build 402 apartment units, 18 floors of office space, a restaurant andretail businesses with zero neighborhood-specific traffic mitigations.
In response to the One Broadway Plaza project the neighborhoods of Logan, Lacy, FrenchCourt, Downtown and French Park (the Neighborhoods) DEMAND that the PlanningCommission require physical traffic mitigation and calming requirements be placed on theproject for the benefit of the Neighborhoods.
The Neighborhoods propose the One Broadway Plaza project;
1. Prepare a Master Traffic Mitigation and Calming Plan
2. Master Traffic Mitigation and Calming Plan must have the written satisfaction of theCity of Santa Ana, and the written satisfaction of the Neighborhoods
3. Will plan, design and construct all physical improvements identified in the Master TrafficMitigation and Calming Plan
4. The Master Traffic Mitigation and Calming Plan will include, but not be limited to thefollowing traffic mitigation and calming measures:
* Diverters, including turn restrictions, physical barriers and signage, to stop vehicles at keylocations from entering the neighborhoods, and to move vehicle traffic away, and on tolarger thoroughfares.
*. Diverters and Calming Measures should include:
· Curb extensions and signage to divert vehicle traffic, and reduce the crossing
distance for pedestrians
· Barriers and planters to restrict vehicles while allowing pedestrians and bicycles to
pass
· Traffic-calming bumps to encourage safer and more responsible driving, and to
combat speeding and unsafe behaviors.
· Roadway striping to slow speeding traffic
· Narrowed roadways to slow traffic on residential streets, and improve pedestrian
and bicycle safety. Slower traffic reduces the severity of accidents, reduces noise,and improves the livability of residential streets.
o Narrowed streets may include, but not be limited to, landscape planters in
parking lanes, raised medians, curb bulb-outs at intersections and mid-block, or a chicane (a slight bump toward a travel lane that creates ashallow curve) causing vehicle movement to slow
· Roundabouts to improve traffic movement at key intersections, to reduce collisions,
and improve safety
One-way traffic movement to limit ingress into a neighborhood
5. And City Staff to request the Council take action to identify Downtown, Lacy, Logan,French Court and French Park as "Traffic-Calmed Neighborhoods" once all traffic mitigationand calming improvements are installed.
6. Tasks 1 through 5 become the sole responsibility of the One Broadway Plaza developer,and shall be:
· Required as Conditions of Approval on the project
· Included in to the City's Development Agreement for the project for the
Neighborhoods
· Fully funded by the Developer through a CASH deposit
The Neighborhoods seek these necessary remedies due to the severe lack of current andplanned traffic mitigation and calming measures denied them. Neighborhoodrepresentatives are available to meet with the City and the Applicant to begin discussionsabout the type and location of the aforementioned measures at the earliest possibleconvenience.
Thank you,
Jeff Dickman, French Park
714 240 0883