HomeMy WebLinkAboutCORRESPONDENCE - #21 Orozco, Norma
From: Tim Johnson <tjohnson@jlkrllp.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2021 9:08 AM
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Cc: Sarmiento, Vicente; Penaloza, David; Phan, Thai; Lopez, Jessie; Mendoza, Nelida;
Bacerra, Phil; Hernandez, Johnathan
Subject: #21- Flower Street Sewer Improvements
As you consider approving agenda item#21 on the Flower Street Main Sewer improvements I urge you to make sure
that while construction is taking place that disruption to the community is minimized including making sure that the
temporary pavement patchwork is not subpar(like we see on other projects currently) and that lane closures are not
kept up overnight or on weekends when project work is not being done. We likely need this project to be completed
but we need to ensure that we start doing these projects in a manner that shows how great our city is.
We have two relatively good sized projects in our city going on right now which has been very disruptive and does not
need to be. Specifically, I would ask that you make changes and require the contractor to utilize better pavement patch
work than what we are seeing on the S Main Street Corridor project and the downtown Street Car project. There will
definitely be a lot of torn up pavement and it will be temporary but our residents deserve to have construction
mate rial/cones/signage put away at night as well as level pavement patch work. Unfortunately, sometimes I think we
have just come to expect that patch work will be done shoddy and it does not have to be that way. Look at our city and
the areas of patchwork that are not level, have potholed, or have mounds of patchwork that creates bumpy road
conditions. I urge you to hold the contractor accountable on this particular project and ask that you make any
changes/requests for this in this particular contract prior to approval. A construction contractors job is to get in and out
as quickly as possible...all too often this means that corners may be cut or pavement be not restored to acceptable
conditions (not by some book but by a driver's expectations) or cones closing down lanes when they are not needed to
be closed overnight or on weekends because it is easier the next day. Please start on this project setting the expectation
that our city deserves the best.
Specifically,with the S Main Street Corridor project,we are seeing poor pavement patch work as well as all too often
lane closures without a need for those lanes to be closed during non-construction time periods especially over
weekends. The pavement work,which likely will be similar to this Flower Street project, has been quite shoddy and
makes for very difficult, if not dangerous, driving and biking conditions. The pavement is patched in a way that can
easily damage cars,their alignment/suspension and their tire conditions. The pavement needs to be patched in a
manner that provides a smoother ride. The patch work is just not up to standards that we would see in other"nicer"
cities and should not be acceptable here in Santa Ana.
Similarlly,the downtown Street Car project has had very poor patchwork at major and important(if not
historic/highlighted) intersections. Take a look at 41"and Broadway which used to be a great example of integrated
pavement and brickwork. It has been tore up for a long time. It now looks very poor yet alone is so bumpy that it is just
not what we should expect. I understand that OCTA will be working on the 4t"Street area for the Streetcar but again,
this has been looking this way for far too long. This area should be restored to its former glory and the city should not
allowed OCTA to leave it, along with other areas,to be in its current dilapidated state for so long-even if temporary. All
too often "temporary' in the construction world has a very drastic different definition than it does for the public.
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