HomeMy WebLinkAbout1 - PUBLIC COMMENT_CUP18-27_1703 EAST 17TH STREET
Santa Ana Planning Commission
Re: Rocket Express Car Wash. 1703 17th Street
Dear Planning Commission Members,
My name is Michael Gadd, and I own the FANTASTIC CAFÉ on 17th Street. And I am very sure that many
of you have enjoyed the Café for many years. Thank you for dining with us!!!
The Café sits next to an ugly empty building. I am sure the owners do the best they can to keep it up, but
it is an eyesore and a convenient place for the homeless to gather. Needless to say, it does NOT help our
business at Fantastic.
I have seen the new design for the Express car wash and am impressed with how they have responded
to the criticism of the original design.
I believe this is real step forward for our community. No doubt, the new car wash will be good for our
business! But I believe it will also dress up 17th Street in a very attractive way. It will also eliminate a
hangout for homeless.
I strongly urge you to support this creative, attractive new business for Santa Ana.
Sincerely,
Michael Gadd
From:Bernal, Sarah
Bcc:Angie Cano; Cynthia Contreras-Leo; David Benavides; Eric Alderete; Kenneth Nguyen; Lynnette Verino; MarkMcLoughlin
Subject:PUBLIC COMMENT 1703 EAST 17TH STREET_COVINGTON
Date:Monday, February 25, 2019 1:50:07 PM
Attachments:For Mr Zamora - car wash.docx
Commissioners: Please see attached comment regarding item no. 1 for your review and
consideration.
Thank you.
Sarah Bernal
Phone: 714-667-2732
City of Santa Ana, Planning and Building Agency
20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92702
City Hall is closed every other Friday. Click here for dates.
P Please consider the environment before printing this email. Thank you
From: Winston R. Covington [mailto:WRC4homes@aol.com]
Sent: Monday, February 25, 2019 12:21 PM
To: Solorio, Jose <JSolorio@santa-ana.org>; Kutner, Scott <SKutner@santa-ana.org>; Pezeshkpour,
Ali <APezeshkpour@santa-ana.org>
Subject: Fwd: ROCKET CAR WASH - QUALITY OF LIFE CONCERNS
Good afternoon,
Attached in the email below you will find 2 videos including
A video from Channel 2 CBS news ( 2 on your Side ) detailingHow a neighborhood Car Wash is negatively impacting the
Quality of life for the residents in the immediate area.
Ali, please forward this information to the members of the Planning Commission in time for tonight’s meeting.
Thank you,
Winston R. CovingtonCo-Chairman
Portola Park and Meredith / Parkwood Neighborhood Associations
Begin forwarded message:
From: Gilbert Zamora Jr <gilzamorajr@gmail.com>Date: February 24, 2019 at 7:33:18 PM PSTTo: Winston Covington <WRC4homes@aol.com>Subject: Rocket Car wash info
Here is the information that I was telling you about this afternoon. Please let meknow what you think.
Gilbert Zamora Jr
For Mr Zamora,
Here are the website links for the two car wash videos that you really
need to see. Both of these express car washes have caused
problems for the residents living by these washes.
To view these videos, just copy and paste the website links below:
https://cbsloc.al/2rjaiQ5
https://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/local/article206564359.html
From:Bernal, Sarah
Bcc:Angie Cano; Cynthia Contreras-Leo; David Benavides; Eric Alderete; Kenneth Nguyen; Lynnette Verino; MarkMcLoughlin
Subject:PUBLIC COMMENT_1703 E 17TH STREET_TARDIF
Date:Monday, February 25, 2019 3:10:41 PM
Commissioners: Please see below comment regarding item no. 1 for your review and consideration.
Sarah Bernal
Phone: 714-667-2732
City of Santa Ana, Planning and Building Agency
20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92702
City Hall is closed every other Friday. Click here for dates.
P Please consider the environment before printing this email. Thank you
From: Mike Tardif <mike@tardifsheetmetal.com>
Sent: Friday, February 22, 2019 9:38 AM
To: eComment <eComment@santa-ana.org>
Cc: McLoughlin, Mark <mmcloughlin@santa-ana.org>; Cano, Angie <acano@santa-ana.org>
Subject: Rocket Car Wash 17th St - Planning Commission 2/25/2019
I am a resident of Portola Park neighborhood.
I am opposed to the proposed Rocket Car Wash.
This installation will be too noisy for the Santa Ana residents who live just across a narrow alley
to the north of this site.
This installation will have an unsafe ingress/egress in the narrow alley to the north of this site.
Mike Tardif
Santa Ana
February 25, 2019
Planning Commission
City of Santa Ana
20 Civic Center Plaza
Santa Ana, CA 92701
RE: Proposed car wash at 1703 E. 17th Street
Dear Planning Commissioners:
I had the opportunity to serve on the Planning Commission for over five years. During my
tenure, the applicant proposed a car wash on this site in 2017. I voted against the proposal for
multiple reasons in 2017 and those reasons would compel me to vote against the current
proposed car wash today.
First, the site is approximately 720 feet from John Muir Fundamental Elementary School.
When this project was proposed in 2017, I drove through the neighborhood prior to the
Planning Commission hearing and got stuck in the traffic on Mabury Street generated by
parents picking up their children at Muir Elementary. There were cars waiting all the way down
Mabury Street to the proposed project site at 17th Street. That traffic has not disappeared.
Second, concerns were raised by surrounding neighbors in 2017 because the proposed
project had vehicles leaving the project site towards Mabury Street. The volume of
automobiles from the proposed car wash in addition to the existing volume of automobiles from
Muir Elementary School would have a severely negative impact on the Portola Park and
Meredith Parkwood neighborhoods and would have made Mabury Street virtually unusable
during the morning and afternoon peak periods. Changing the proposed site plan to have all
traffic entering and exiting the proposed car wash off of 17th Street would have a huge impact
on a Major Arterial carrying automobiles from the 55 Freeway just about a half mile away. This
would impact much more than just the Portola Park and Meredith Parkwood neighborhoods.
Third, adding a traffic signal was not going to adequately address the impacts of the proposed
project in 2017 and a traffic signal will not address the impacts of the proposed project today.
With the fundamental elementary school to the north of the proposed car wash, a traffic signal
at 17th Street and Mabury Street is not going to improve the flow of traffic along Mabury Street
as automobiles approach Muir Elementary School to drop off and pick up children.
The proposed use, with a secondary exit, would likely be successful and have significantly less
impacts if it was located 500 feet east at Sherry Lane and 17th Street, where a car wash would
not have to share Sherry Lane with a school, or at a site along the eastern side of Tustin
Avenue, where a car wash could operate without impacting nearby residents. The proposed
location at 17th Street and Mabury Street was not a good location for a car wash in 2017 and
is still not a good location for a car wash today.
Sincerely,
Phil Bacerra
Santa Ana Planning Commissioner – 2013-2018